Spirit of the Nazarite

The Door of Hope in the Face of Fear

2008-11-22T14:42:00.000-08:00

Door of Hope in the Face of Fear

The day after the Presidential elections I woke up with the most incredible sense of hope. This sense of hope was not due to the winner of the Presidency the night before. The sense of hope was in the God of all Hope! It was in a government that cannot be shaken. It was in a kingdom not made with human hands. I had such an incredible peace and confidence in the Lord. I do not think for one minute that God is winking or going to wink at our gross sin as a nation or as a Christian people. I do believe that in the midst of the storm He stands as a Door of Hope. The first book of the Bible that the Lord ever spoke to me to read was Hosea. That is a beautiful story to me. I want to suggest to you to read it and to especially read Chapter 2 after you read this message.
The Word of God says that in the last days it will be as the days of Noah. What did God do in the days of Noah? He provided an Ark of safety and provision to a man that believed Him. Noah still had to weather the storm, but he was safe in the Ark. He still had to hear the screams of those outside and I am sure his heart ached that they did not listen to the warning. Are we to sit idly by at this time and sit in our safe arks or are we to warn those of the coming judgments? Are we to present this beautiful Door of Hope which is the Lord? Yes we are!

Recently I was at Morningstar and we were in a time of worship during the service. Bobby Hussey was leading worship and began to say Holy, Holy over and over again. The presence of the Lord rushed in and incredible way. The room was filled with the tangible presence of the Lord. As I worshipped with my brothers and sisters I began to see in the spirit a multitude of doors opening up. I wish I could have drawn what I was seeing. It was an invitation! The invitation was to come into His presence. A few minutes late Bobby began to say there were doors opening in worship. Doors were opening in Heaven.

I want to interject a side note right here. I had no earthly Father to give me a last name. Long story not to be shared here…I did not like the last name that I had. I couldn’t wait for the day that I would marry and lose the name that I had grown up with. The Lord blessed me with an incredible last name that my husband gave me on our wedding day. Our last name is LaPorte, which means in French, “The Door.” I love the prophetic significance of my name. I want my life to be that of a door that leads people straight to the Heart of the Father! Jesus is the ultimate door! Our lives can also be doors and gates. Where are people led through our lives? Are they led to the Lord or are they led to destruction? For all of those who listened to Noah they were led through a door of safety.

I have a question for all of us. Has the Lord placed His dreams in our hearts to accomplish? If He has, can He take care of the needs to see those things come to pass? My heart goes out to those in the business world right now. The entrepreneurs who have heard the voice of the Lord to start a bookstore, a coffee shop, a small business or a corporation. Do those dreams end now that the stock market is on a constant decline? Do those dreams end because of who is or isn’t in the White House and the seats of government in this nation? I do not believe these dreams die. The dreams only end if our trust in is those things, or people I just listed. Our eyes have to be on the Lord right now. Our hearts have to be His, and fear has to be rooted out! Fears of all kinds are being rooted out of His body right now. He is making us perfect in His love. I believe the shakings that are coming have only just begun. I want to be found holding on to the Lord for dear life.

You can ask those who are close to me right now, how is she doing? They may say Denise has been a bit shaken lately. She doesn’t seem to have it all together. She is up one minute and down the next. I would answer for myself and say you are exactly right! I am being shaken to my very core in some things. Fears are being revealed in my heart that sends me over the deep end sometimes. I have one thing to say, “I am not quitting!” It is the process of the dealings of the Lord! He is looking at me and loving me in the middle of my wrestlings. He is looking at you and doing the same. If you are open to the Lord’s dealings right now, He is open to you-Full of Grace and mercy, not desiring that any of us should perish.

If your hope and faith was in a relationship, you can bet that the relationships in your life will be rocked! If it is a job, stock market, church, preacher, you name it, it will be rocked. When he comes back for His beautiful bride, she will not be crying out for the stuff or the people! She will be crying out, Come Lord Jesus, Come! I cannot live one more moment without You! You have to come to me, You are my everything! Take this world and all its lusts, just give me Jesus! Can I tell you something? This is the Door of Hope in the Face of Fear. When Fear is surrounding us on every side, this confident love of the Bride and the Bridegroom will sustain us with peace! My longing heart to be united with the One my heart loves-Jesus, this is my cry! I cannot wait for the day that He holds me and you in His arms of Love and welcomes us into His Kingdom that has no end! As One! Until He comes! Denise LaPorte

I have pasted the Hosea Chapter 2 here for you to read! Read it in the context of the message the Lord gave me.

Hos 2:1 Say to your brethren, 'My people,' And to your sisters, 'Mercy is shown.'
Hos 2:2 "Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts;
Hos 2:3 Lest I strip her naked And expose her, as in the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness, And set her like a dry land, And slay her with thirst.
Hos 2:4 "I will not have mercy on her children, For they are the children of harlotry.
Hos 2:5 For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has behaved shamefully. For she said, 'I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my linen, My oil and my drink.'
Hos 2:6 "Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.
Hos 2:7 She will chase her lovers, But not overtake them; Yes, she will seek them, but not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband, For then it was better for me than now.'
Hos 2:8 For she did not know That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil, And multiplied her silver and gold— Which they prepared for Baal.
Hos 2:9 "Therefore I will return and take away My grain in its time And My new wine in its season, And will take back My wool and My linen, Given to cover her nakedness.
Hos 2:10 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one shall deliver her from My hand.
Hos 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her New Moons, Her Sabbaths— All her appointed feasts.
Hos 2:12 "And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, Of which she has said, 'These are my wages that my lovers have given me.' So I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field shall eat them.
Hos 2:13 I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot," says the LORD.
Hos 2:14 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her.
Hos 2:15 I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Hos 2:16 "And it shall be, in that day," Says the LORD, "That you will call Me 'My Husband,' And no longer call Me 'My Master,'
Hos 2:17 For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
Hos 2:18 In that day I will make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, And with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, To make them lie down safely.
Hos 2:19 "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy;
Hos 2:20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the LORD.
Hos 2:21 "It shall come to pass in that day That I will answer," says the LORD; "I will answer the heavens, And they shall answer the earth.
Hos 2:22 The earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.
Hos 2:23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they shall say, 'You are my God!' "

HOPE!

2008-11-05T17:16:00.000-08:00

Hope!

Today at 9:45am Edit Note Delete
I woke up this morning singing Edde James's song, "The Name of Jesus is lifted HIGH." I woke up with and incredible sense of HOPE! It is really amazing to me. I am not hoping in a man and what he promises. My hope is in the Lord and His Kingdom. He reigns forever and we are in His Kingdom that cannot be shaken. Immediately last night I made a decision to pray for Obama. I truly feel no malice in my heart and will lift him in prayer. That has not been the case up unitl now...I was angry with him, his policies and stance on Life and Marriage. I still stand for life and marriage and will pray for him....I want to release over each one that reads this message A spirit of HOPE! Bless you all!

Amazing God!

2008-10-25T06:42:00.001-07:00

This past week has been amazing for me. It seems like everyday God would surprise me with provision for the House of Prayer. I would thank Him and say, God, You are so awesome and amazing. Somewhere along the way I began to catch on that He was fulfilling His dream through me. This 24/7 House of Prayer is in the heart and mind of God and we are fulfilling His beautiful dream in the city! Be Glorified Sweet Jesus! How I love you!

Praises Rise Like a Weapon in Your Hand

2008-10-17T02:59:00.000-07:00

Lord, I pray that today at NHOP our praises to You will rise like a weapon in Your hand! That today we will be moved by Your heart for our city and all of it's inhabitants. That we would worship you Lord and You alone! That you would be glorified and magnified in all we say or do! Lord You are our treasure today! May we search for You like the Pearl of Great Price, that we would sell all we have and give all of ourselves just to have YOU! That You would be moved with compassion and love as we seek You today. Lord, I plead Your blood over our sins and the sins of this nation, God end abortion and send revival to America! I love you Jesus!

Weak Love

2008-10-14T07:49:00.001-07:00

I am singing Misty Edward's song that actually comes from the Song of Songs, "Dark but lovely." There are dark places in our heart and God still says we are lovely, and we are beautiful. The song says some how MY weak love has overwhelmed you, somehow my weak love has stolen away Your heart. thinking on that alone will wreck you. My heart fills full than empty, full than empty! She also says try as I may to chase another lover, I find, I find there is none other. Who are the other lovers in our hearts? He won't relent until He has us all! I won't relent until I have all of Him! He will not allow us to miss this time in our lives....if we do it will ony be because we have blown past all His signs of love on the road and refused His love! So at the moment I am very weak and praying for Him to be very strong!

Something of Substance

2008-10-13T05:56:00.001-07:00

Have you ever just eaten junk all day long? You start off eating it and all throughout the day you do he same. You never really get satisfied. I have done this and just find myself really craving a full meal that will satisfy. I think back over the day and realize I had nothing of substance that would sustain my hunger! I cry out today Lord for Something of Substance from You! Only You can satisfy! Man does not live by bread alone but every word that proceeds form the mouth of God! Speak Lord Your servants are hungry for that which will satisfy!

Hurry up and FIX ME!

2008-10-11T06:11:00.000-07:00

When you are sick where do you go? To the doctor right...you want to go in and get the medicine and then start feeling good again, right? If I am going through something in life, I want to sometimes go to church and get a quick FIX. Hopefully the preacher will be preaching on something that will hurry up and FIX ME! Now don't get me wrong..We are to run into the Lord and be safe...We are to cry out to Him and He hears....We are to go to church and hear the word of the Lord....but sometimes it is a band-aid or a tourniquet to stop the bleeding long enough for you to heal....Are you ever in a place where the Lord says, when you leave this meeting tonight you will NOT be FIXED, you are still going to hurt and go through the process!? Last night at our weekly School of the Spirit the Lord would not let us FIX anyone! He wouldn't let us rush in and be the comforter and FIX each other will with well meaning words or actions...He just said, You will feel the pain and I will be the one who comes to you as you realize your total desperation for me and not man! My cry today is Lord, FIX ME! He says ok, Let's walk through the process......but Lord it still hurts! I know says the Lord but it won't hurt forever!

Love and the Day of Adversity

2008-10-10T05:29:00.000-07:00

I woke with this scripture ringing in my ears..Pro 17:17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. So here I am on this love journey....... The Lord is speaking to me as I open my eyes this morning, Denise a friend loves at all times! The next part is what I was hearing over and over, A brother is born for adversity...hummm? Matthew Henry's commentary says this about this scripture: No change of outward circumstances should abate our affection for our friends or relatives. But no friend, except Christ, deserves unlimited confidence. In Him this text did receive, and still receives its most glorious fulfilment. So to me this scripture is saying, Denise i want you to love all people all the time! Not your conditional love but My love...and I want you to know that you are to stick with this love for others when it is hard and goes against what you think...I do not want to be a fair weathered friend do you? I love where Matthew Henry says, "No friend, but Christ deserves unlimited confidence! I am not finished chewing this...Lord teach us to love all the time like you do.....What are your thoughts as you read this?

Made Perfect in Love

2008-10-06T06:59:00.001-07:00

1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Even though this perfect love is very foreign to me at the moment, I am determined to be made perfect in His love!

Rosh Hashanah

2008-09-29T08:15:00.000-07:00

ROSH HASHANAH

Sometimes I like the fact that I do not always remember things because when I realize my spirit was acting out before my head knowledge, I love it. As you know I said the other day I was singing the song by Heather Clark, Overcome/Baptize us in the Holy Spirit, Baptize us with Fire! Last night I am in my garage making the sounds of the shofar with my mouth. Releasing the sounds of the Lord and declaring Him God over all Gods! King over all Kings! Lord of Lords! Savior of all mankind! I knew Rosh Hashanah was coming up but one again I only remembered it is the Jewish New Year. Well to my wonderful surprise this morning I hear that it is the Blowing of the Trumpets and an offering is made by fire. Ok so do you get it? How awesome. Why do I forget this every year?This is one time I am glad I forgot. I love surprises and I love the newness of things. So today begins the ten days of Awe. Today begins the turning, the repenting of our sins. This is the fire we are crying out for in this time. To purify our hearts. Burn away the things that don't please you Lord! I am so excited as I write this.....Our spirit man is alive and well! Go to CBN.com and look up Rosh Hashanah,and it will thrill your soul as it did mine to know we are on God's timetable as we cry out with the sound of the trumpet blast and spend time being introspective and repenting before God!

The Pure in Heart

2008-09-27T06:53:00.000-07:00

Heather Clark has an incredibly anointed cd, Lakeland II. One of the songs on that CD is, "Overcome." She says let the fire burn in me, for the pure in heart will see you Lord! I wake up very often singing this song. I believe this is the cry of my heart. I want to see you Lord! Give me clean hands and a pure heart. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!

Not a Time for Hard Hearts

2008-09-24T04:05:00.000-07:00

These are two scriptures that were speaking to me this morning. Today is the day to seek the Lord. Today is not the day to harden your hearts towards Him. Seek Him! Hear Him! Serve Him! Obey Him! Love Him!

Isa 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.

Heb 3:15 while it is said: "TODAY, IF YOU WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS IN THE REBELLION."

The Beautiful Body of Christ

2008-08-09T14:40:00.000-07:00

I am amazed at the beauty of the Lord when we His body comes together in one accord and function as one. Maybe it is because we are in the middle of a trial that I am really seeing this in a new light. It is not like I have never faced a major trial before. This time though every time something happens to one of us we all jump in, stand and fight. That is beautiful to me.
Romans 12:5 says to-Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Rom 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Good food for thought!

Honoring the Father's

2008-03-23T20:10:00.000-07:00

Morningstar Ministries just held the Honoring the Father's Conference. The sessions I watched were incredible. If you have a chance to order them, they are well worth it. It is so important for us to honor those who have gone before us. All of us make mistakes, none are perfect. The men and women who have gone before us have done alot of good for the Kingdom of God. Take time to think of those in your life who you may need to honor in your heart and maybe even let them know it personally. We can focus on what someone is doing wrong or what they may have done wrong in the past, but let's turn that around. Let's focus on the good just as we want others to remember us by. "Honor your Father and Mother," which is the first commandment with promise. Eph 6:2.

Now Faith

2008-02-24T20:21:00.000-08:00

Today at church Pastor Perry brought a really good message on Now Faith! We often hear the verse quoted in Hebrews 11:1 ...Faith is the substance of things hoped for. Some translations say, "Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen. The emphasis Pastor Perry brought was the Now Faith. We so many times have past faith, future faith but not Now Faith. If we are constantly in the past and looking only to the future, what about the NOW! Now is the day for us to step out! What is God speaking to us to do NOW?

True Worship

2008-02-19T20:18:00.000-08:00

One of the things I love so much about the young singers and musicians the Lord has brought to the Nazarite House of Prayer is there willingness to unabandonly worship the Lord. If you will show up knowing that no one else may even show up, and you are willing to worhip the Lord, that speaks volumes. It is all about Him, right?

Keeping Him First

2008-02-19T20:10:00.000-08:00

Do you ever leave a meeting thinking, I talked way too much and drew too much attention to myself? I know the enemy of our soul is the accuser of the brethren and loves nothing more than to accuse us. My point is this, I always want to check mysef and make sure I wasn't drawing attention to myself and away from the most beautiful, worthy one who deserves all the glory and honor...... I must decrease and He must increase!

Our First 12 Hours of Prayer

2008-02-03T18:03:00.000-08:00

What can I say about our first 12 hours of prayer and worship at the Nazarite House of Prayer? I stand in awe of the Lord! We prayed, worshipped, poured our hearts out to God and received His heart of love towards us. God is looking for those who will worship Him at any cost. The young people that the Lord sent as worship leaders had no other purpose than worshipping their God. I told each of them from the start that God was the audience, and that there may be no other people to show up but us...guess what these young people still wanted to do it! Why? They love God and want something real! That speaks volumes to me. I can only imagine the joy that it brought the heart of God. What an honor!

The excitement builds

2008-01-29T21:13:00.000-08:00

Today was a really exciting day! It was full of all kinds of surprises. I found out about a couple of young people who are interested in doing a worship set at the House of Prayer that starts this Friday..You know when God is the one doing the stuff, you can just sit back and be amazed at His goodness and provision. When we are doing it, we can sure make a mess, with lots of stress! Lord, help us to lean on You, and not the arm of the flesh! Selah!

Thin Places

2008-01-23T13:47:00.000-08:00

I am here in beautiful Colorado on our family vacation. There seems to be such a open heaven over this place. I haven't stopped dreaming since I arrived. I thought Lord what is it here that is not back at home. I was reading this book Punk Monk by Andy Freeman and Pete Greig and in one place he addresses what he calls "thin places". It caught my attention in a big way. I thought about the times that I have traveled in ministry and there just seemed to be an open heaven of revelation flowing. I want to contend for "thin places" over our city. I want to press into the Lord through worship and intercession until there is a open heaven over our area. It will be incredible to see the lost coming to the Lord because they have encountered the Lord as they are sleeping in the casino hotels and walking on the street. Lord let us contend for a open heaven in our own homes and our personal lives and then let's take the city for the Kingdom of God!