Moving With The Wind

Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don

Noble of Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today

with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. I certainly hope that

you enjoyed those Christmas songs I selected. I enjoyed listening

to it myself, and I hope that you had a

wonderful and just a really blessed Christmas with family and friends.

It's a special time of year, and of course here

we are almost at the end of twenty twenty four.

Isn't that hard to believe? It seems like time is

just flying. But tonight I want to talk to you

about moving with the wind of His spirit. In less

than two days, we will be entering a new year,

and we will have come to the quarter century mark.

That's hard to believe. Twenty five years were in the

first quarter of a century. Now, twenty five years ago,

it was all about Y two K. And I don't know,

I'm assuming that most of you who listen were around

for Y two K. And you know, i'd I'd love

if I could see your faces. We just love to

talk to you about you know, what did you think

about Y two K? And you know, it was the

fear of the computers, not knowing how to transition into

the new twenty first century with two zeros. People were

getting a little crazy trying to prepare for the world

to somehow have this disaster. And of course I did

my part. I had the most glorious, I mean, most

wonderful New Year's Eve party ever at my home. It

was just family, my godparents, my parents, several aunts, a cousin,

my husband, and I made up these gift bags for

each person and each one had a Coleman waterproof flashlight,

a one pound bag of ground coffee, and other little

goodies that I thought they may need. Several family members

still have their Coleman flashlight, including me. As we sat

around the fireplace, I had each person name an individual

that they felt was the most important or the most

influential of the twentieth century, and so my mother chose FDR.

And I really wasn't surprised. My mother was a strong

Democrat all of her life until Ronald Reagan came on

the scene. She and my father and they that was

the end of being a democrat. My father named Winston Churchill,

and of course I liked Winston Churchill, but oh my goodness,

it started a firestorm with my godfather, who hated Churchill,

and of course he had to take time to elaborate

his distaste of Winston Churchill. Then I had each person

name a song that they thought kind of I mean

of the twentieth century, you know, it kind of embodied

the spirit of the twentieth century, or it could have

just been a favorite song of theirs in the twentieth century.

And I asked them to sing it if they could.

Oh my gosh, it was hilarious. But everybody had a song,

believe it or not. Now, I didn't tell them this

ahead of time. This was very spontaneous. My godmother actually

sang this song don't Sit on Sit under the Apple

Tree with anyone else but me. She sang it. So

it was really precious. And you know, when it got

to be midnight, believe it or not, these people lived

almost an hour away, they stayed till midnight and the countdown,

and we threw bags and bags and bags of confetti

all over my house. I'm not kidding you. It took

years before I stopped finding confetti in the couches, but

it was. Oh, it was glorious. It was such a

wonderful time. And if only iPhones had been invented, then,

my goodness, I would have their voices and fail is

to hear and see again. And that's just the you know,

the disappointing thing about that time. I don't even think

I had my camera out, and maybe I did, but

you know, it's wow just to be able to record

them and see them. Ugh. So take advantage of that

now that you have phones that can do that kind

of thing. When you have family gatherings and birthdays and whatever,

you know, record it all so that you have it.

So twenty twenty five, what lies ahead? Yesterday the wind

was pretty fierce at my house. I mean it was

blowing between twenty five and thirty miles per hour from

about six pm until early hours of the night, and

I had the television turned off. It sounded like a

train was coming. That's how loud the sound of the

wind was, and it was it was scary. And I

heard this one large sound, so I opened the door

to see if on my deck something you know, I

still have chairs out there and another table and chairs,

so I thought, maybe, you know, a chair flew in

the air or something, so I opened the door. I

could barely get outside. The wind was just blowing at

me so strong. Now, this morning, I watched the clouds

and they and there was sunlight that was cracking through

the clouds. And I mean the wind was probably around

ten to fifteen miles per hour, and the clouds were

moving west to east very fast, like like it was weird.

You know, you look up in the sky you see clouds,

and they're usually rather stationary. These clouds were moving at

like it almost seemed like the speed of light. And

I sensed in my spirit this quick moving the wind

of the Spirit is moving us to accelerate in these

last days. Acceleration is moving forward with greater speed and

greater force. And as we lean into the Holy Spirit,

I believe he will take us higher in the spirit

to soar above. And He has stated in the scriptures

that we are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

That entails us walking by faith to see our lives,

our situations, and our circumstances from Heaven's perspective. So as

we accelerate in the things of the Spirit, we're no

longer going to be looking at the earth. The circumstances

from an earthly perspective, which is really a carnal perspective,

which is really a total lack of faith. If that's

how you're looking at any situation in your life, anything

that pops up. We're called to walk in the spirit,

Paul said, and by this spirit, so that means that we,

by faith, are to be looking at all situations circumstances

from Heaven's perspective. I believe the Lord is also moving

us to draw closer to him. Now, I've said this

recently in the last couple months because I sense that

I feel that I know that what the Lord wants. Why,

because we're talking about we're talking about the Lord's return,

the imminent return of the Lord. Now, I don't think

it's that far away, and many other Christians feel the same.

Many other ministers and leaders in the Body of Christ

feel the same. Listen to any any minister on TV

and you will hear that his return is imminent. So

why wouldn't the Spirit of the Lord want to be

accelerating our relationship to draw closer to the Lord. This

is what David wrote in Psalm thirty seven, verses three

through seven. He said, trust in the Lord and do good.

Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

I want to stop there because people have predicted. I mean,

the economic situation of the US is still very precarious,

still very difficult. People are still having a hard time.

The prices of things have not gone down. Right. Gasoline's

still high, food is off the charts, everything's off the charts.

And President Trump said, not too long ago he saw

that it was going to be hard to get those

prices down. Now. He didn't say that on the campaign trail,

but he said that after he won. So you know,

people are wondering, well, how you know, David said, trust

in the Lord. Okay, so this is what you're going

to have to do. As you accelerate in the things

of the Spirit, You're going to have to trust in

the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely

in the land and prosper. So we don't look at

with our natural eyes look at the economy of the

United States and say, oh my, oh me, Now what

we trust in the Lord. We trust in his resources.

He's our source. Amen, He's our source of everything. And

we can actually live safely in the land and prosper

when we do those two things, trust in him and

do good. And then he wrote, take delight in the Lord,

and he will give you your heart's desire. So that's not

predicated on anything about what's going on in the world

at all. Even if another crazy virus comes. Take delight

in the Lord and he will give you your heart's desires.

That's a promise. These are promises, and all his promises

are yes and amen. Then David writes, commit everything you

do to the Lord. Everything, what's everything, everything, everything committed

to the Lord. Trust him and he will help you. Right.

This is not rocket science. This is very simple. Then

he says, he will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,

and the justice of your cause will shine like the

noonday sun. You know some people, I know, the Alliance

Defending Freedom Fund. I mean, these people are always defending

Christians who are up against it. You know, like Jack,

the guy in Colorado that was baking the cakes, you know,

decorating these fanciful cakes. And you know, the gay people

came against him and he's fought that how many times

in the Supreme Court, the Colorado Court. I mean, this

is what God's words said. He said he will make

your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of

your cause will shine like the noon Dane's noon day sun.

So hey take hope, he continues, Be still in the

presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.

Now you remember last January the word of the Lord

was be still and know that I am gone. See

God's going to keep speaking, still speaking that. And I

mentioned that to you in the fall because the Lord

again was highlighting that. Be still, be still and know

that I am God. David writes, do not worry about

evil people who prosper or fred about their wicked schemes.

I mean, just don't even pay attention to these people.

This is there. These are politicians, these are Hollywood people,

you know, doing very wicked things, and you see them

prosper a lot. Don't fret about it, don't worry about it.

Just don't even pay attention to it. Now verses twenty

three and twenty four of Psalm thirty seven, he writes,

the Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights

in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they

will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand.

So if you're a believer in Christ. He's directing your steps,

and guess what, He delights in every detail of your life.

You know, it's very easy because we can't see Jesus,

we can't see the Holy Ghost, we can't see the Father.

So we think that we can tend to think. Oh,

you know, they're not even aware. They don't even know

what I'm going through. They have no clue what I'm

doing today. Da da da da. Oh. Yeah. The scripture

says he sees everything. Now can you picture this? Can

you picture your sweet heavenly Father holding your hand wherever

you go? It says here, though they stumble, they will

never fall for or because the Lord holds him by

the hand. So just imagine. Imagine every day, you know,

you're walking through the house, you're getting in the car,

you're driving down the road, you're going to the grocery

store or the bank or whatever. He's holding your hand.

He's holding your hand. That should encourage you. It should

encourage you. He is holding your hand, he's guiding your steps,

and he's he's delighting in every detail of your life.

The wind of his spirit is gently moving us to

a fresh new fear of the Lord. This isn't the

first time I've talked about the fear of the Lord.

Probably once a year I talk about the fear of

the Lord because we need to hear about the fear

of the Lord, especially as we as this church age

is ending and we're coming up to the point of

the rapture. And I wonder, I wonder as I say that,

how many of you listening even understand what I mean

by the fear of the Lord. And I'm just I'm asking, please,

don't just have ears to listen, but have your spiritual

ears tuned to the Holy Spirit. And if you've listened

for any length of time to voice in the Wilderness,

you know that part of my call is preparing you

to meet your Lord one day. I'm preparing you to

get there. And surely you want him to say, well done,

good and faithful servant. You surely don't want him to say, oh,

wicked servant, depart from me. The fear of the Lord

is it's awakening to the reverence that is due him. Now,

if you ignore him all day, and you ignore him

all night, then you don't have the fear of the Lord.

The fear of the Lord causes a person to want

to behave in such a way that pleases the Lord.

That's probably the best definition of the fear of the Lord.

It causes a person to want to behave in such

a way that pleases the Lord. Now listen, listen to

me carefully. If you constantly bicker with your spouse, or

bicker with your children, or fight with your neighbors, you

have no fear of the Lord. I'm just I'm just

being straight out. You have no fear of the Lord

because he's opposed. He's opposed to contention, division, anger, jealousy, fighting. Yeah.

So we are entering a new year. Decide now to

walk in the newness of life in Christ. Make a

decision now. See, I'm not going to give you like

I used to. Do you know, fifteen resolutions to make

for the new year. No, No, this is a whole

new this is a whole new deal. Here, decide now

that you're going to walk in the newness of life

in Christ. Period. Surrender to Him and let him fix you.

If you're struggling with issues, if you've got baggage that

needs taken care of, don't drag all that baggage into

twenty twenty five. Get rid of it now. Now, I

believe this is going to be your best year. I do.

I think twenty twenty five is going to be your

best year. I think you're ready to walk up to

the plate and hit a home run. And you know what,

that's what I'm believing. You're gonna walk up to the

plate and hit a home run this year. You're not

going to be complacent and pathetic and weak and anemic.

And you know, now, you're the Church of Jesus Christ.

You're a believer. So I'm believing that you will step

up to that plate and maybe you're gonna knock one

out of the park. Walk circumspectully, keep your heart with

all diligence. Pray like tomorrow maybe your last day on earth.

See the good in people. It's easy to be critical.

Speak blessings over people. That's what I've been doing lately,

people that I just ah, you know, they you know,

you just oh, you just think, oh, my goodness, gracious,

why are people so irritable? I just speak a blessing

over them. When you come home from work, or you

come home from school, or you come home from going

to the bank, imagine Jesus is waiting for you at

the door. Just imagine him waiting for you at the door.

You walk in and boom, there's Jesus. Oh, he's so

glad to see you. He's with you and he's been

holding your hand. But you know, Jesus is supernatural, so

he can be in a couple places. You know, he

knows how to he knows how to leave the car

and suddenly be in the house and you open the

door and bam, there he is. So he's waiting for

you at the door, and he's in the door, and

he's there. You know. Uh, that might give you the

fear of the Lord. Let the wind of his spirit

draw you into the word of God. Let God's word

wash over you, flood your soul, and transform you into

the new creation you were created to be. Ephesians five

twenty six says the Word washes and cleanses us. Live

and breathe God's holy Word. Say that to yourself. I'm

going to live and breathe God's holy Word. Hebrews four

twelve says the Word of God is alive and powerful.

It's sharper than the two It's sharper than the sharpest

two edged sword, dividing asunder your soul from your spirit

even to the joints and marrow, and and it's a

discerner of the thoughts and intents of your heart. So

it exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. That's how the

Word begins to do its transforming work. But you've got

to read it now. Picture a tree with many, many limbs.

You're the tree, and the limbs are the things that

need to go. So you get out your handy dandy

chainsaw out there, and you're going to cut off all

these branches with your handy dandy chainsaw so you can

make good use of this log to build your cabin

in the same way, you spiritually cut off the dross,

the junk in your life that keeps you from being

pure and holy in most of all, which keeps you

from being like Jesus, so that you can take that

log and build your spiritual house and it will be

a strong foundation. Hallelujah. I talked about this before Christmas.

I talked about the light Jesus, and I believe that

the wind of his spirit is moving quickly to keep

us walking in the light. So listen to Ephesians five

one through verses fourteen. Excuse me, verses twenty one through

twenty Ephesians five. This is in the NLT New Living Translation.

Imitate God. Therefore, in everything you do, because you are

His dear children, live a life filled with love, following

the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself

as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

Let there be no sexual, immorality, impurity, or greed among you.

Such sins have no place among God's people. Obscene stories,

foolish talk, course jokes, these are not for you. Instead,

let there be thankfulness to God. You can be sure

that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the

kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person

is an idolater worshiping the things of this world. Don't

be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins,

for the anger of God will fall on all who

disobey him. Don't participate in these things people do, for

once you were full of darkness. Once you were full

of darkness, but now now you have light from the Lord.

So live as people of light, for this light within

you produces only what is good and right and true. Certainly,

carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in

the worthless deeds of evil and darkness. Instead, expose them.

It is shameful even to talk about the things that

ungodly people do in secret. But their evil intentions will

be exposed when the light shines on them. For the

light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, awake,

o sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will

give you light. So be careful how you live. Don't

live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make

the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don't

act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead,

be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms and hymns

and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the

Lord in your hearts. And give thanks to every for everything,

to God the Father in the name of our Lord

Jesus is Christ. This, my friend, is what living in

the light is all about. So let the wind of

His spirit lead you, guide you, and teach you all things.

Happy New Year, blessings to you. May His joy and

peace saturate your very being, and may you be conformed

to Christ in twenty twenty five. See you next year.

Love you all. Well, this is Don Noble. You can

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your prayers and I'm looking forward to talking to you again.

It will be the new year. This is Don Noble

saying Shalom shalom, Peace be unto you.