Shalom

from Jerusalem!

Happy

Birthday, Israel - 60 Years!

On the night of May 7th, the nation of Israel transitioned from mourning for their brave soldiers who have given

their lives for their country to celebrating the completion of 60 years as a nation that was born in a

day!

I took these pictures in

downtown Jerusalem, enjoying the wonderful atmosphere of joy

and pride.

At 10:30 PM, they turned the

street lights out and the laser light show with spotlights and

fireworks began. On the wallsof some of the buildings at

Zion Squarethey projected a moving diorama of Israel's

history. Perhaps you can see a bit of it in the third

picture.

In theplaza in front of

City Hall, there was traditional folksinging and

folkdancing to celebrate the miracle of entering into their seventh decade

as a nation!

The next day, I enjoyed going

to the annual Living Museum street theater held

each year in a different Jerusalem neighborhood. The

actors dress in period costumes from 1948 and

earlier.

This year it took place on many streets in Rehavia, an old

classic neighborhood close to Jerusalem's downtown. There were

skits going on in many locations, as well as musical performances,

old documentary movies and, of course, lots of food

stalls!

After walking aroundto

seeas much as possible, I sat down and watched the old

black-and-white documentaries of how the state was founded

and the land reclaimed.

They had a pioneering spirit of hunger, determination and

single-mindedness! That's what we need

as we seek God!

We pray that the people

of Israel will seek God as never before in thesetumultuous

timeswith those

same qualities that helpedthem establish the

Land!

The Meat of

Obedience

In his Saturday evening

service in Alabama on April 19th, Pastor Shelley

shared an experience he had just had the night

before:

Last night I had a dream that I believe is from the

Lord. It was so real that it

was almost like maybe it was what we describe as a night

vision. It was so real that when I woke up, I was

able to transcribe it as though it was being spoken again – I mean

word for word. And that's usually for me a good

sign.

I was gathered in

a large and beautiful room with a group of believers, many

of whom I recognized.

It was a long room,

somewhat designed like the ballroom of an elaborate mansion of days

gone by.

It was such a beautiful

room, an elaborate room.

I even noticed how ornate

and intricate the ceiling medallions over the

chandelierswere. I knew somehow that this was like an

outer chamber or a waiting room adjacent to other rooms of

greater importance.

And we were all

sharing revelations that had been given to us. There

was a heavy Presence of the Lord in the room as

each of us gave witness to what the others were sharing. There

was a very special spiritual camaraderie or

fraternal affection that was going on in the room.

And no one was cheapening

the revelation of someone else. Everybody was sharing a dream,

a vision, a Word, a Scripture. And all of us were connected, as though a tapestry was being

woven together with each of these pieces.

And all of a sudden, there was a regal sounding alarm like from a trumpet or a

shofar. It was brassy sounding and so regal, like the king was about to come in.

Then these two huge

doors that went from the floor all the way to the ceiling,

carved intricate beautiful doors, opened up of their own

accord and in walked a mighty angel.

I knew in this dream that he was not a warring angel, but he carried

a lot of authority and strength – a very, very

good-looking, handsome, strong angel – much taller than any of us

were in the room.

And when he walked in, the conversation just stopped. Nothing else

was important. We were standing in this room and here walks

this great angel who seems to have a message for

us.A greater intensity of

anointing came rushing into the room.

He said, "You have been summoned this day here so that

you can stand before the King and have fellowship with Him.

You have all been preparing for this day, although sometimes unaware

for most of your lives.

"He has not only

asked that you come before Him this day, but He has also requested

that you prepare for Him a meal to

eat.

"You will now be

given a short season to prepare this meal. Choose wisely what

you will serve Him and how it will be prepared.Much is

dependent on your meal offering."

With this, he

turned abruptly and walked out of the room, and the doors just

closed back of their own accord.

Immediately, the room just

burst out with excitement and chatter and questions. One

ofthe brothers said, "What shall we prepare for the

King to eat? What is His favorite

food?"

And in my mind in the

dream, I thought, "I don't know. What is His favorite

food?"

And out of my mouth, this

strange answer came: "Meat. It must be meat. He

is very partial to meat."

And then somebody said, "So what kind of meat does He

like?"

There was a table nearby and on it

there were stacks of elaborate silver serving platters, but they

were all empty. There was no food, no kitchen, no cooking

supplies or utensils.

Someone

elseasked, "Where will we get the meat and where will

weprepare it?"

And I gave an answer, although I didn't

know what I was going to answer.

"We must prepare

for Him the meat of obedience. It has to be a meat offering of

obedience. This is the food that He desires from

us."

Suddenly, all of us in this room received a

revelation at the same time that this was not natural meat that He

was desiring the most. It was our

lives - lives that could be lived in a constant state of

unquestionable obedience. That means you are in such union

with Him that you don't doubt that He has spoken

and that you have heard.

I want that. I need that! I'm after

that!

What is it that

keepsus from obeying the Lord? First of

all,we wonder ifwe

havereally heard from

God. And secondly, it's our fear of what people

think. "Have I really heard from

God, and what will people think about me if I do

that?"

I believe the Bride of

Christ will come to a place where we will know when God has spoken

and we will not be paralyzed by the fear or the opinion of anybody

else. We'll be ready to give God the meal that He

deserves.

I was awakened several times and thought of

this Scripture:

(Joh 4:32) But he said unto

them, I have meat to eat that ye know not

of.

(Joh 4:33) Therefore said

the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to

eat?

(Joh 4:34) Jesus saith unto

them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to

finish his work.

"Hey, Bob,

What About Alabama?"

On Tuesday night, April 22nd, Pastor Shelley shared the following phone conversation with us:

While I was praying today,

I heard the Lord say, "Call Bob

Jones." I said out loud, "I'm not

going to call Bob Jones. He's busy. Everybody

is calling Him. They're all wanting to know what he

thinks about Lakeland. "

And all of a sudden, the

Lord said very sternly, almost audibly, "I said, 'Call Bob Jones!'" I

still didn't do it until 6:30 tonight. I finally sent his

wife, Bonnie, a text message asking if it was a good time to

call. Immediately the text comes through: "Hey Steven.

Glad to hear from you. Bob's waiting for your

call now."

And I said, "This is probably, Bob, the most

selfish phone call I've ever made in my life, but I want to

ask you a selfish question." He laughed and said, "I

doubt that. Be careful what you say. What's the

question?"

And I said,"I have been watching the

streaming from Lakeland. I've been seeing the things that God

is doing. I am so happyand excitedabout

what God is doing in Lakeland.But I have one question

for you."

I said, "Bob, WHAT

ABOUT ALABAMA? We've had all these

Words that Alabama is a forerunning state!"

And he just laughed.

I'm telling you, he just laughed royally and then said,"I knew

that's what you'd be asking because you are the third one

that I've heard from."

And he said to me several things about

it. He said, "There is revival

going on. There are a lot of things going on in

Alabama."

And he gave me some testimonies that

he's heard. We know there are things going on right

here – not on the level, perhaps, of what we see, but we know that

God is doing something - preparation work and a lot of

things are happening.ButGod is

doing some things in people's lives, and some of

it is high officials.

Then he said, "Steven,have you

ever heard of a state called Arizona?" I said, "Yes,

Sir." "Have you ever heard of a prophet by the name of

William Branham?" "Yes, Sir, I have." He said, "Then you ought to know that God is

doing something big right now."

He said, "Do you know what I believe? I

believe that those mysterious lights that they've

been seeing over Arizona, and a few people have said they

sawover Florida . . . I believe that those are those

angels. I believe they represent, at least in some way, those angels that appeared to William

Branham."

And he said, "If that is the case, then it

doesn't matter what you see in the natural right now. If you

can see with the eyes of the supernatural, you will know that God is about to do

something a whole lot bigger than just another healing revival."

And he said, "I'll give

you something to watch for. There are going to be severe wind storms this year that are going to come from the northwesternpart of the United States and

Canada.They are going to shut down towns.

There are going to be places that are going to be really in trouble

because of the damage of these wind storms."

He said, "I saw it in the

spirit. But after that will be the full release of the Winds of

Change."

He said, "There are

going to be healings. There are going to be

miracles. There is no doubt about it. But we're talking about something

more than that."

He said, "I want to tell

you something. God is calling you to Mobile. He wants

you to go down there and tell those people thatit's time to contend for the Winds of Change

because they're on the way. They're going to blow next in

Alabama."

I

believe they're blowing. I believe they're

blowing.

And then he gave me the

Scripture about the seven Eyes of God. He

said, "This is another Scripture the Lord wants you to have.

Isaiah 11:2 as well." He said, "The seven Eyes of God

are roaming to and fro. That's what these

mysterious lights are about. This is a very prophetic

time. This is the season."

He said, "Let me give you a

Scripture the Lord's giving me for you: My meat is to do the will of my Father and to

finish His work."

I said, "Bob, where

did you get that Scripture?" He said, "The Lord just

gave it to me to give to you."

So then I read him

the dream I had just had. He said, "That is from the Lord. There is no

doubt in my mind."

When I read the angel's

words: "Much is dependent on your meal

offering,"Bob said, "I guess it is. I guess it

is. Let me tell you how much is depending on it. Everything is depending on the meal that you bring to

the King. Everything is depending on

it."

He said, "You had better

release that in Mobile. You had better tell those

people that the region, the state, your church, other churches that

are coming together have been summoned, they have been

called.

You see, there are going

to be some things broken through in Mobile that are

going to make the way for the

Winds of Change for the state of

Alabama."

Vision of

Leviathan Destroyed in Mobile Bay

Two days later, on Thursday morning, April 24th, Pastor Shelley shared the following vision at the Alabama Awaken Conference in

Mobile:

I had a vision during worship. It was just before JoAnnstarted speaking and singing

prophetically against those three

strongholds of racism, religion and revelry.

And I feel like it's a confirmation that God is dealing with those

things this morning.

I saw this beast, like a

dragon-looking thing, in Mobile Bay. I saw the tail of this thing shaking water

off toward the city of Mobile. For a

moment, even though this was in the spirit, I felt natural

fear about what this thing was desiring to

do.

I saw threeblows

against this beast. First, thestrong Hand of the Lord came

down and struck its back,and I believe the back of the beast was

broken.

Then this

thing, in the spirit, turned, and I noticed that he had on

the mask of Mardi Gras.I saw that Hand take it by the throat, shake

it violently,and not turn loose until it was graveyard

dead. Have you ever

held onto something so tight that your knuckles started turning

white? I saw in the spirit the knuckles of the Hand of

the Lord turning white.

But I knew, in the spirit, it wasn't

enough. And that's when I saw The Sword of The King come down and cut off its head and disembowel

it.Its innards went out with the tide.

Then Heidi Baker spoke.The Lord told her the

message about the meat of obedience was what He wanted her to

hear. She is facing some real difficult

decisions right now when she is going to have to face real

obedience. She

just ministered into that meat of obedience message.

When they were doing a wedding in

Mozambique, two huge snakes crawled in.She didn't

know what was going on, but the people ran out of the door. A

preacher started beating the snake. Then she saw the other

snake and chopped that snake up. One of the brides was sobbing

because she was superstitious about a snake coming on her wedding

day. So she hung that snake up on

a stick and preached about Jesus being lifted

up.

When she was doing that, I saw that

Joan of Arc anointing on her. We need some Joan of Arcs to go out in the trenches

and overcome.

Pastor Shelley's Speaking

Itinerary

Awakening the Gulf Coast Conference, Pascagoula, Mississippi

May 18 - 22

Open Heavens Prophetic Conference, Jerusalem, Israel

June 6 - 10

Tucson Ablaze: Recapturing the Glory, Tucson, Arizona

June 19 - 21

NHRM International Campmeeting, Smiths Station, Alabama

July 13 - 20

Rivers of God's Love Campmeeting, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

July 27 -

August 2

Shekinah Worship

Center Annual Conference, Lancaster,

California

August 13 - 17

Fusion Church, Auckland, New

Zealand

November 6 -

9

In

Closing

We want to thank you so

much for your love gifts, prayers and notes of

encouragement! They all mean so much to us!

By a miracle of God, we were able to pay

our quarterly rent this week! We are truly

grateful!

We now need your helpforour ongoing living expenses and monthly Jerusalem

taxes. Whatever you can do to

help us financially will be a wonderful

blessing!

God through you is our only

source to continue our ministry here in

Jerusalem!

(1Sa

15:22) And

Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight

in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the

LORD? Behold, to obey is better than

sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of

rams.

(Joh 8:29 KJV) And he that sent me is with me: the

Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things

that please him.

We say, "Yes,

Lord! We want to offer You the meat of obedience to

satisfy Your hunger! We know now what pleases

You: for us to be obedient to Your Voice, to obey Your Word, to obey

Your commissioning, to follow through with what You speak.

So we just say,

"Yes."

Blessings, Grace and Shalomfrom

Jerusalem!

Nancy Bergen

Jerusalem Revival Center

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