The Reformer Volume 3

The Reformer Vol.3
September 15, 2006

“The Grace Awakening”



To my Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,


Hallelujah! What a wondrous saviour and glorious heavenly Father we have!. May His joy and peace permeate every area of your lives as you focus on Him.

What a marvelous time we are living in my friends. There has never been a time like it in the history of the world. Never before has mankind stood on the threshold of the greatest manifestation of the Glory of the Lord like we are now. Our heavenly Father, our dearest Daddy is readying His children for the great end time harvest and is preparing the Bride of Christ, His church for the return of the Bridegroom. There is an awakening that is happening across the body of Christ in Australia of the unmerited Grace and Mercy of God.

Many of our brothers and sisters are being awakened in their hearts and minds of God’s wonderful grace towards us. It is not found through our effort, but it is a sovereign move of Grace from the throne toward us His children so that we can understand His heart of love for us. It reveals the very nature of Christianity itself, that no matter what we do to try and earn favour with God, it gains us nothing. His love and mercy toward us is a free gift. No one can add to it, and no one can reduce its power toward us. He loves you and I so much that He takes it upon himself to not only supply us with a way of coming into right relationship with Him, but also empowers us, changes us, moulds us and makes us capable of living for Him. There is not a person on earth who can please the Father on their own. We all must accept His wonderful gift of grace and allow Him to lead and guide our lives within His perfect will.

Far too often we as children try to do things in our own strength. We do exploits for God, without hearing from God as to what, when and how He wants us to do things. There is a way which seems right to a man but only leads to death, and even in the things of God, if we try and go before God into what He wants for our lives, it can add additional burdens to our walk with Him. We may lose some of our peace, or joy, our health or even our harvest when we don’t consult with the Father first. Our Lord and master Jesus only did and said what he heard the Father say and do and as His disciples we must follow in His footsteps and only do and say what we have heard Him do and say. This is also of grace, for it is only by His grace that we can come to know His will and it is only by the empowerment of the Holy Spirit and His living word indwelling us that we can do what we are impressed of Him to do. I urge you my brothers and sisters, allow Him to flood you with His grace. Allow Him to empower you with His Holy Spirit and His divine all powerful Word of Life. It is FREE and it is for all who are weary and heavy laden. All who are hungry and thirsty He will satisfy, all who humble themselves before His throne of Grace will be lifted up. Come before Him with hungry hearts, make your requests known to Him for He longs to satisfy your every desire and need. Lose yourself in His wondrous presence and experience His love and mercy as you seek His face.

Several weeks ago while in the Spirit, I saw a vision of a wave of great magnitude coming steadily towards our city. It was many times the height of our tallest building and as I watched this unfolding before my eyes, the wave swept through the city of Brisbane. It was not like a natural wave however for the surge did no damage to buildings or people, yet it engulfed the lot of them. Nor did it sweep through and then die away. As it moved it seemed to linger in the city and spread out through the suburbs in a steady, unhurried manner. It did not stop moving nor did its pace slacken. Then the vision finished.
To start with, I felt that it was the wave of the Holy Spirit and the revival fire that was prophesied, and I believe that it is indeed that, but more so I believe that it is the Grace of God coming like an unstoppable force to this country. The Grace awakening has begun and the force of His great Grace is coming upon us.

Let us cry out to Him who is faithful to perform His word in our great country and let us see the might harvest of souls come in to the Kingdom to the Glory of God. Let us stand with our faces turned toward Him and expect His grace to flood over us and sweep us away into mighty adventures in Him. Lift up your eyes, from where does your help come? It comes from the Lord. Cry out to Him while there is still time to catch the wave of His grace. Let us be ready for it so we are not overpowered by it when it comes, but rather like a surfer on His board who is paddling towards the wave, be ready to be lifted up and ride it out until the very end.


Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ rest upon you. May His favor and blessings walk with you as your constant companion and may you experience revival and reformation in your lives like never before.

Your Brother in Christ,

John Olsen.

the Reformer Volume 2

The Reformer Vol.2
August 16, 2006




“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the Glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

“For Behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you, and His Glory will appear upon you.

“And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”



To my Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,


Grace and peace be unto you more and more as you partake in the grace that is from above. May the light of His glorious countenance shine upon you as you reflect His glory.

God is indeed doing wondrous things in this great land of ours and indeed in this day and hour right across the face of the earth. IT IS THE TIME FOR THE SONS OF GOD TO BE MADE MANIFEST. The whole earth will see the brightness of our rising and will fear the name of the Lord once more. It is His good purpose and pleasure to give us the heathen as our inheritance and for the hidden things to be brought out into the light.

There has never been a generation like the one living in the earth today, none have received such an outpouring of Grace and the Spirit as we are beginning to experience. My friends, we are just starting to experience the vast measure of the Spirit that the Lord is outpouring upon all who worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. This outpouring will continue to increase steadily with or without you or I for even though we will walk in a manner unlike that which was even in the early church, our children to come will have a double portion of the Holy Spirit, they will be unto us a sign and wonder. Even the very young will be raised up by the Spirit with wisdom, insight and understanding far beyond their natural years. The miraculous will be common place for them, and NOTHING will be too difficult for them through God. We will see them win battles that we have struggled in for years, and they will do it without breaking a sweat.

It is truly time my friends for us, the church to awaken from its slumber. Great evil in its fullest maturity is being let loose across the earth in our time, and we will have to stand to the very end with the Light of His Glory shining in the deep darkness that is now coming upon the people of the earth. It is truly time to arise with the Light of His Glory upon us.


“I have a fire to cast upon the earth that has now been kindled. Pray for My fire to come. It will purify the earth. Pray for it to consume the chaff and to purify My chosen ones I gave authority over the earth to man, and therefore I must be asked before I will move on the earth. This is the great purpose of those who walk on the earth, to know Me and My will. Then they can ask for My will to be done on earth as it is done here in heaven, and it will be done.”


Hear the Word of the Lord my friends and cry out to Him in faith for His fire that has been kindled to come upon this great nation of ours. Australia needs the Fire of the Holy Spirit to sweep across its borders, igniting the hearts and minds of men and women, boys and girls to turn them from the ways of destruction and to bring them into the Light of His Glorious Love.

Pray my friends, pray like you have never prayed before! It is time for us to forget the things of this world, its entertainments and distractions and it is time to seek His face and to see His Glory poured forth with Power and Might. Pray with your spirit, pray with your understanding, pray without ceasing, pray until you cannot pray anymore and then pray some more. Pray for His fire to come, pray for the manifestation in us of the Holy Spirit, pray that the Word of God will be preached with boldness and clarity in this dark time. Pray as Paul did, that we may be strengthened with might in our inner man; pray for His Kingdom to be made manifest in and through us. Pray for wisdom and understanding of the ways of the Spirit, pray for the eyes of the blind to be opened and the ears of the deaf to hear, that those bound by the devil and his ways be loosed into freedom and liberty that comes only from the Lord Jesus Christ. PRAY!


These are indeed exciting times. Times of His Glorious Majesty revealed to His Bride the church. My friends we must decide to dedicate ourselves to the meditation of His word, the seeking of His presence and the encouragement of the brethren through the Word of God as we meet together. We must strengthen ourselves in our inner man so that we may be able to stand, not only against the very forces of darkness that are surrounding us, but more so in the increased Glory as He pours it out in ever increasing measure. We cannot and we must not allow ourselves to think that in our current state we will be able to stand and minister His love effectively in the days ahead when His Glory is poured out like fire from heaven. Every minister of the Gospel will be required of the Lord to stand and minister through the Holy Spirit even when all those around are getting intoxicated in the Lord, or falling out because of the magnitude of His Presence in the place. He must increase in us so that we can decrease, until all that is left is the perfect reflection of His beautiful face. Then we will be able to stand face to face with our God like many who walked this land before us have. We must honor the work that God has wrought through the Fathers of Faith in this country and even through those He has brought to this land to speak forth His word and to ask God to release the mighty ones on this earth.

Father we thank you for your great plan of redemption. You love this nation of Australia and have planned unique and Glorious things for its people in these last days. We ask of you to send forth your fire upon us, burn up the chaff in our lives and purify us with your presence. Lord hear the cry of this nation, send rain upon this land and raise up by your Spirit the mighty ones who will go forth from this land in greatness of your power and love to work wonders on the earth. Capture our hearts and our minds, our gaze and our thoughts by your wondrous Word of Life. Breath upon your people in this nation Lord, awaken them to who they really are in the mighty name of Jesus. Jesus send your fire upon us, SEND YOUR FIRE UPON US! We yield to your Holy Spirit, your perfect will Lord use us we pray. Send revival & renewal to our churches and our lives.

Amen!

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ rest upon you. May favor and blessings walk with you as your constant companion and may you experience revival and reformation in your lives like never before.



Your Brother in Christ,
John Olsen.