Bitter Rantings
Aug. 26th, 2007
Scribe: Priscilla Van Sutphin
www.upstreamca.org

Ps 64:2-4  Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, 
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity, 3 Who 
sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows 
shoot their arrows — bitter words,  4 That they may 
shoot in secret at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at 
him and do not fear. NKJV

Isa 5:20-21  Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !   21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight! NKJV

“ Many are the rantings of the bitter hearts against My beloveds in this hour. So many trying to squelch any opposition against what THEY want.  So many plotting to eliminate all whom they can.  The opposition to this kind of banter is WORSHIP beloveds.  MOVE in the opposite spirit and you will have the victory. PRAISE is the KEY to turn away all the bitter words coming against you.  Send forth your own bitter rantings against the enemy of your soul.  I will answer the heart who cries out to ME.  I am not ignoring you. CRY OUT in the night watches, and cry out in the morning, cry out at night. Cry out in song and WORSHIP ME in the beauty of holiness, for I am your ABBA and I love you and long to nurture you and heal you of all your complaints and deliver you out of your distresses.

I am the LORD Your DELIVERER, and I AM the LORD your HEALER !
There is nothing I won’t do for you if you will just ask and allow ME to touch you.  You must believe that in My timing, I will always do what is BEST FOR YOU!  Speak forth My promises for every word of promise is yes and amen.

There are men chattering and ranting in bitterness against all your opposition in prayer. There are men and women ranting against all Christians, against all Jews, because of their hatreds. But I am exposing the plots of the enemy. I am staging a coup for the sake of Your sons and your daughters.  I am overriding the judgments against many by My GREAT GRACE and LOVE for mankind.  For I am not willing that any should perish. Still there will be many who pretend in this hour.  Do not be dismayed and do not grow weary. Keep on BELIEVING though many will fall away into perdition, many others will be saved by My great GRACE in this hour.  I know the heart that beats after Mine.  I know those who are weary and weak, and for whom the world held no gentleness.  My love leads to repentance, and I will usher in a  GREAT AWAKENING, and SUDDENLY I will come to you My beloveds.  Hold on for the suddenlies are coming.  You are on the verge of great signs and wonders, great breakthrough in your lives.  But don’t think it will not cost anything.  Your hearts will break at the cost. But MY NAME WILL BE MADE GLORIOUS IN ALL THE EARTH.  My justice will be made known in all the earth.

Prepare the way of the LORD.  Clear the highway of all stones. Lift up your voices to the KING of GLORY.  Ask for the King of Glory to come down, to come in, to exalt His name in all the earth.  Who is this King of Glory, the LORD GREAT AND MIGHTY.  THE LORD STRONG IN BATTLE.  Do not be dismayed at the violence that is filling the earth.  Do not be dismayed at the plans of evil men and women, in the church, and in the world.  For I have overcome the world.  They hated ME, so they will hate you.  But he who endures till the end, I will bless with the crown of life.  There is a ranting coming from My own house against those who walk in TRUTH.  There is much skepticism, and doubt about all that I am doing, to draw My bride unto Myself.  Many counterfeits have come.   Know and understand that My time is near.  LEAN ON YOUR BELOVED for I AM with you and will uphold you with My righteous right hand.  Do not honor those who do not honor ME. Desire TRUTH in your inner parts.  Ask ME for the truth, and I will reveal it.  Ask me to remove deceptions and I will.  Ask and you will receive.

I am building intimacy with My bride so that in the times of trouble, she will be kept from the plans of the enemy.  You cannot imagine the miracles I will do.  STARTLING miracles will arise that will capture the hearts of the lost, and they will come running into the Kingdom.  Just when you think you are exhausted and worn and useful for nothing, you will see the greatest manifestations of My Kingdom. For I am taking out all the YOU in the things done, that only MY IMAGE will be uplifted and sought after.  The world will know that I ALONE AM GOD.  Do not underestimate what I will do, how I will do it, or how much I can do. I AM the MOST HIGH GOD, and there is nothing impossible for ME.  Keep in MY WORD if you want to maintain discernment, for the days coming will challenge the best of you.  CLING TO ME and you will be safe in My arms of love.”

Jer 6:26  O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes!  Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us. NKJV

Zeph 1:14-17 The great day of the LORD is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter ;There the mighty men shall cry out. 15 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress,
A day of devastation and desolation,
A day of darkness and gloominess, 
A day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 
A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the high towers. 17 "I will bring distress upon men, and they shall walk like blind men, Because they have sinned against the LORD; Their blood shall be poured out like dust, And their flesh like refuse." NKJV

James 3:14-16  But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there .NKJV

2 Kings 14:25-27  For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter ; and whether bond or free, there was no helper for Israel. 27 And the LORD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. NKJV