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2015年:天使出任務之年
Gale Sheeha, 2015年2月9日

天使造訪 

最近,在一場團體敬拜讚美的聚會中,當我向主舉起手,我感覺到手臂的每邊都有位天使將我的手舉高到新的層次。這就提醒了我聖經中亞倫與戶珥扶著摩西的手而使以色列人經歷得勝的故事(參考出埃及記17:11-12)(注1)除了這種自然界的感覺,我的全人- 靈,魂,體 – 也都感受到強化。

對我而言這是個非典型的經驗,過去我只有數得出來的幾次經驗而已,當天使穿越過靈界,造成瞬間的,可觀察得到的,在自然環境中的超自然改變。我的化學和心理學的學術背景讓我對於可證的原因以及有效的結果有些失之偏頗。

當危及生命的情形或其他重大需要存在時,之前的那些介入曾在關鍵時刻(發生)。例如天使導致超自然的光芒出現或讓自然的物理法則被取代。無論如何,這件手臂舉起的個人經驗畢竟仍只算是在傍晚敬拜發生的主觀經歷而已…直到隔天早上。

天使出任務的確證

第二天早晨一通從未謀面男士的電話把我吵起來,這導致了一件可觀察到的,明顯的果效。這果效是件意想不到的,可說是自發性的在10點前成交的物業銷售。這位男士是為了我才放了『出售』牌子的那物業,意欲與我會面而打電話。藉著這場買賣,主對我所說的就引起我的注意,讓我聯想起前一晚所經歷的天使造訪。

祂開始對我說2015年祂會如何差派『出任務的天使』在我們所面對的戰場為我們爭戰而贏得勝利。他們會藉著強化我們而幫助我們得勝,這是沒有他們的幫助我們就不可能贏得的戰役。很多之前看似是死局的情勢將會在今年藉著天使的活動得著逆轉。這樣的得勝是在我們三位一體的全方面的戰場上(靈,魂,和體)。 

    
 (圖片源自Pixabay 

主開始向我顯示出在2015年將會經歷在靈方面,情感上,和身體上的得勝,這是在2014年和之前的年份所未曾顯現過的。祂提到這些得勝可能包括財政上和健康上的突破,也針對事工,家庭和個人命定的達成。祂開始顯示這個希伯來5775年,祂要因著雙倍的恩典(兩個5)而帶來雙倍的完成(兩個7)。祂也提到前一個應許之年(5774)會轉化成天使輔助完成之年(5775)獲得雙倍的得勝。所以假如在2014年有些部分你並沒有經歷你所期待的得勝,在2015年將會有幫助臨到。 

天使是準時的

在整本聖經裡有提到很多天使介入的例子。每一次,天使都是在對的時間對的地點,帶來方向,啟示,身體醫治,和我們所需要的得勝。

從基路伯為了防止亞當永遠的毀滅而用火焰的劍把守伊甸園生命樹的道路,直到啟示錄裡第7位天使吹號,天使一直也都將會參與在神對地上人類的計劃中。

在聖經中有些很好的例子是關於天使顯現出來讓很多神的百姓可目視得到,對於敵人而言亦然。一位天使顯現出來對馬利亞告知耶穌的誕生。是關乎人類永恆計劃中最偉大的事件。一位天使,雖然因著二重天的爭戰而被耽延,對但以理顯現告訴他禱告已蒙應允以及將來地上會發生的事件。耶穌醫治一個在畢士大池等待天使『擾動』或攪動水面的癱子。在此之前的每一年,癱子都無法成為當天使為了醫治攪動水面時第一個下池的人。每年只有第一個下池的人能得著醫治。(參考約翰福音5:2-9)

許多天使,火車火馬,出現在以利沙的僕人眼前來顯示出主為祂的百姓爭戰的火力。(注2)神也使用一位天使在一個晚上就殺掉以色列的敵人,十八萬五千位亞述營中的人。(注3)試想,若一位天使就能達此壯舉,那麼整個天堂今天能為神的百姓如何出手?也有一大隊天兵同那天使讚美神,並對野地裡的牧人宣告出耶穌榮耀的誕生。(參考路加福音2:13-15)(注4)
 
    
(圖片源自elijahshopper.comMarybeth Stafford 所畫的 Fear Not”  

這裡所舉的只是少許聖經裡所提到的天使造訪,爭戰,介入的許多主要例子之一。聖經裡描繪了不同形態的天使。傳信息的天使如同加百列(注5),爭戰的天使如同米迦勒(注6),基路伯(注7)和撒拉弗(注8),以及其他敬拜和啟示的天使,乃眾多天使中被提及的。神會差派對的天使在對的時間去到對的地方來完成祂的旨意。 

無論如何,大部分的時候,天使雖是看不到但卻是活躍於神和人的事務中。聖經中提到每日均有多重的天使活動。很多是在我們個人日常生活中介入。我個人有個故事是關於天使雖然看不到,但仍然非常活躍地成為我們家人生活上的保護和保守。

我相信也有聖經上的故事是關乎未見的天使介入神百姓的生活。約書亞在耶利哥城之戰役就是其中一例(參考約書亞記6:13-20)。在六日默然繞城之後,第七日繞到第七次,百姓呼喊吹角而城牆倒塌。我相信天使是這城牆倒塌的因素。意謂著神之前就交付天使把牆推倒的任務,而他們準時準點的達成了。

對我們個人而言,天使是被差派來履行神的計劃。當神說,『耶和華說:我知道我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念,不是降災禍的意念,要叫你們末後有指望…』(耶利米書29:11-12),之後有天使被差派來為了神所賜給我們的命定而爭戰。給我們的佳音就是,天使會在對的地方準時來幫助我們贏得光靠我們自己無法贏得的戰役。2015年將會是天使活動加增的一年,在可見與不可見的層面均同。

天使可以加添力量

聖經上也有記載天使在耶穌成就主給祂的偉大任務後介入耶穌生活的例子。當祂變成人子,祂也藉著天使而加添力量(參考路加福音22:43)(注9)這真相一直都讓我很驚異,因為耶穌是在每位天使的創造上都參與的;正如聖經上所言,『因為萬有都是靠他造的』(歌羅西書1:16)。然而當耶穌來到地上,祂放下祂的神性而成為被聖靈強化的人子。祂如此行是為了成為我們的模範和如何戰勝撒旦以及全然成就神所賜予的命定來樹立榜樣。我們現在可以說,『我靠著那加給我力量的,凡事都能做』(腓立比書4:13),並且期待神差派天使給我們如同祂對耶穌所行的。

這些『出任務的天使』將會在當我們需要時準時加添我們力量,為我們爭戰,讓我們能像耶穌,或甚至是像使徒保羅般成功地完成神所托付的命定(注10)。此刻神正在尋找許多在耶穌再來能全然成就命定者和導引者。假設你覺得爭戰變激烈了,事實上可能確是如此。

在地上我們是正處於啟示預言性的時段,讓今日的教會得以展現主的得勝和成就我們個人以及集體的命定。仇敵正嘗試要盡可能地耽延這無法避免的結果,因為牠知道神的計劃中,當耶穌再來和千禧年之後不久,撒旦的終極後果是永遠的沉淪於火湖中。佳音是會有正義天使的『天兵』站在我們這邊來幫助我們準時的成就

啟動天使

聖經上提到一些我們可以啟動天使服役的行動。詩篇103:20指出,『聽從他命令、成全他旨意、有大能的天使,都要稱頌耶和華!』一些翻譯版本指出天使傾聽或注意,之後順服主的聲音。因此,假如我們要天使為我們服役,我們必須說出神所說的。
 
   
      (圖片源自 Pixabay 

耶穌永遠是我們的最佳楷模,即使當祂被撒旦試探,祂依靠經上的話做為對敵的武器。三次當撒旦在曠野中試探(參考路加福音4:1-3),祂宣告,『經上記著說』,然後說出一段舊約中的經文。其中一次撒旦甚至試著利用天使充當耶穌的庇護,因著牠知道耶穌可以藉著神的話和耶穌是誰這理由來呼喚天使。然而,耶穌認出這只是個試探神的詭計。當耶穌宣告出主真理的話,就停止了仇敵正進行的試探並終於讓撒旦全然退出這對抗。

我們的眼睛不是一直都打開看到戰爭的全面,就是在天上的界面裡撒旦和牠的軍隊以及神和祂的天使軍隊。然而,當我們宣告出神的話,就會啟動天使為我們爭戰。神被稱之萬軍之耶和華(注11)乃是萬軍之主的意思,地面上和天上均是。祂在爭戰的計劃裡使用天使來對抗撒旦和二重天的勢力將勝利帶至地上給我們。當我們說出祂所說的,天使會被啟動和差派來讓祂的話成就。因此,當我們發現自己陷入某種特別的爭戰中,我們必須找到(使用)特定的經文和是對照我們所需要的答案的預言性的經文。

很多次,對我個人而言,宣告出個人的預言性經文將眼中所未見的張顯而成看得見,摸得著的境界。這就是保羅為何指示提摩太要藉著所給他的預言為真道打那美好的仗。(注12)這幫助了提摩太成就神給他的命定。神所啟示的預言如同經文般我們可以用之抵擋敵人的攻擊。天使將會傾聽這些宣告因為他們也將會成為主的話。

天使如同風般

最後,令人興奮的事實之一是關於天使被差派來幫助我們的事工並帶領人們得到救贖。假設我們『重生』而耶穌是我們的主。我們每個人是都有事工要成就的。這並不意味著要有天使來幫助,我們就必須有一個講壇或是成為一個五重職事的講員,但我們必須是那些宣告神話語的人。在馬可福音16:15(注13),耶穌要所有的信徒往普天下去,傳福音給萬民。這可以是個人性的接觸或是大集會式的。我們是被呼召成為『世界的光』並代表耶穌。天使在這些方面幫助我們。

希伯來書1:7指出,『論到使者,又說:神以風為使者,以火焰為僕役』。風導致火焰擴散和在自然界以非常令人驚異的程度加強。一道微風吹入火中可以成倍數的增加導致每小時100英哩的強風產生。甚至有一個可見的火焰龍捲風的記錄是因著風介入而導致火焰增強至此。

即使在自然界中,風力加強的火焰通常是負面性的並會毀滅所有臨到的,但也有屬靈上的正面比喻可產生。這比喻就是藉著天使增強加添身為神的服事者的我們,我們就可以有超自然和倍增的能力給撒旦的領域帶來毀壞。這將會帶來靈魂的豐收,神蹟奇事,明顯的醫治,商業和財政的突破,世代的祝福,以及神所賜予的命定得成就。


圖片源自Pixabay 

聖父,聖子和聖靈是應被敬拜的而天使則否。然而,天使卻在我們的命定中佔了重要角色。提到耶穌,希伯來書1:13提到,『 所有的天使,神從來對哪一個說:你坐在我的右邊,等我使你仇敵作你的腳凳?天使豈不都是服役的靈、奉差遣為那將要承受救恩的人效力嗎?』

這是大好的佳音,知道在2015年天使將會『出任務』為了我們爭戰並為我們穩固尚未獲得的勝利。他們也將會與我們同工讓我們如同『火焰』般地有著加添倍增的能力來對抗黑暗的權勢!所以,希望你能得著鼓勵而剛強,信心被強化來面對2015年的爭戰。知道『天使在出任務』,是與你同工並為了讓你擁有新的勝利和開啟新的命定,是萬軍之耶和華,天使天軍的神,為你在今年所存留的! 

 

注1:出埃及記17:11-12,摩西何時舉手,以色列人就得勝,何時垂手,亞瑪力人就得勝。但摩西的手發沉,他們就搬石頭來,放在他以下,他就坐在上面。亞倫與戶珥扶著他的手,一個在這邊,一個在那邊,他的手就穩住,直到日落的時候。

注2:列王記下6:17,以利沙禱告說:「耶和華啊,求你開這少年人的眼目,使他能看見。」耶和華開他的眼目,他就看見滿山有火車火馬圍繞以利沙。

注3:列王記下19:35當夜,耶和華的使者出去,在亞述營中殺了十八萬五千人。清早有人起來,一看,都是死屍了。

注4:路加福音2:13-15,忽然,有一大隊天兵同那天使讚美 神說:在至高之處榮耀歸與 神!在地上平安歸與他所喜悅的人(有古卷:喜悅歸與人)!眾天使離開他們,升天去了。牧羊的人彼此說:「我們往伯利恆去,看看所成的事,就是主所指示我們的。」

注5:但以理書8:16,我又聽見烏萊河兩岸中有人聲呼叫說:「加百列啊,要使此人明白這異象」

但以理書9:21-23,我正禱告的時候,先前在異象中所見的那位加百列,奉命迅速飛來,約在獻晚祭的時候,按手在我身上。。。你初懇求的時候,就發出命令,我來告訴你,因你大蒙眷愛;所以你要思想明白這以下的事和異象。

路加福音1:19,天使回答說:「我是站在 神面前的加百列,奉差而來對你說話,將這好信息報給你。

路加福音1:26,到了第六個月,天使加百列奉 神的差遣往加利利的一座城去(這城名叫拿撒勒)。

注6:但以理書10:13,但波斯國的魔君攔阻我二十一日。忽然有大君(就是天使長;二十一節同)中的一位米迦勒來幫助我,我就停留在波斯諸王那裡。

但以理書10:21,但我要將那錄在真確書上的事告訴你。除了你們的大君米迦勒之外,沒有幫助我抵擋這兩魔君的。

注7:創世記3:24,於是把他趕出去了;又在伊甸園的東邊安設基路伯和四面轉動發火焰的劍,要把守生命樹的道路。

注8:以賽亞書6:2其上有撒拉弗侍立,各有六個翅膀:用兩個翅膀遮臉,兩個翅膀遮腳,兩個翅膀飛翔;

以賽亞書6:6有一撒拉弗飛到我跟前,手裡拿著紅炭,是用火剪從壇上取下來的。

注9:路加福音22:43有一位天使從天上顯現,加添他的力量。

注10:提後4:7 那美好的仗我已經打過了,當跑的路我已經跑盡了,所信的道我已經守住了。

注11: Sabaoth 是H4519, 翻作『萬軍之耶和華』,出現經文如下
“Lord of  Sabaoth “ - Lord of the armies of Israel, as those who are under the leadership and protection of Jehovah maintain his cause in war 

http://bible.fhl.net/new/s.php?N=0&k=4519&m=

雅各書5:4 工人給你們收割莊稼,你們虧欠他們的工錢,這工錢有聲音呼叫,並且那收割之人的冤聲已經入了萬軍之主的耳了。
羅馬書9:29 又如以賽亞先前說過:若不是萬軍之主給我們存留餘種,我們早已像所多瑪、蛾摩拉的樣子了。

注12:提前4:14,你不要輕忽所得的恩賜,就是從前藉著預言、在眾長老按手的時候賜給你的。提前6:12,你要為真道打那美好的仗(fight the good fight of faith),持定永生。你為此被召,也在許多見證人面前,已經作了那美好的見證。

注13:馬可福音16:15,他又對他們說:「你們往普天下去,傳福音給萬民(萬民:原文是凡受造的)聽。


"2015: A Year of Angels on Assignment"
Gale Sheehan, Santa Rosa Beach, FL

An Angelic Encounter

Recently, during a corporate time of praise and worship, while lifting my arms before the Lord, I felt an angel on each side of me raise each of my arms to a new level. At the time, it reminded me of the Biblical story of the victories Israel experienced when Moses' arms were supported by Aaron and Hur (see Exodus 17:11-12). Along with this sensation in the natural realm, there also came a feeling of strengthening that went through my composite being – spirit, soul, and body.

This was an atypical personal experience for me, that I had only previously encountered a handful of times, when angels transcended a spiritual realm and caused instantaneous, observable, supernatural changes in a natural circumstance. My background degrees in Chemistry and Psychology had made me somewhat biased toward provable cause and effect results.

These previous interventions had been at crucial times when life-threatening situations or other major times of need existed. These were incidents where angels caused supernatural light to appear or caused other natural laws of physics to be superseded. However, this arm-elevating personal experience was still just a subjective one that happened during this evening worship time... until the next morning.

A Confirmation of Angels on Assignment

The next morning brought an awakening telephone call from someone whom I had never met that resulted in an observable, tangible effect. This effect was an unexpected, spontaneous property sale before 10:00 A.M. The man calling asked to meet me at a "For Sale" sign I had placed on a property that I had just put up for sale. With this sale, which the Lord spoke was linked to the angelic encounter I experienced the night before, the Lord had now captured my attention.


He then began speaking to me about the year of 2015 and how He will send "Angels on Assignment" to fight for us in our battles to bring new victories. They will assist us by strengthening us for battles we would not have won had they not shown up. Many things that seem to have been locked up previously will be unlocked by angelic activity this year. These victories will include the battles that involve all portions (spirit, soul, and body) of our triune being. (Photo via Pixabay)

The Lord began to show me that spiritual, emotional, and physical victories were now available in this 2015 year that had not yet manifested in 2014 or previous years. He spoke that these victories could include financial and health breakthroughs, along with ministry, family, and personal destiny fulfillment. He began to reveal that this Hebraic Year of 5775 would be one where He had purposed double grace (5's) to bring double completion (7's). He also spoke that the previous year (5774) of promises would transition into an angelic-assisted year (5775) of completion with double portion victories. So if you have felt as though you did not experience some of the victories you were looking for in 2014, there is help on the way in 2015.

Angels Are On Time

There are many Biblical examples of angelic intervention throughout Scripture. In each case, angels were involved at the right time and the right place to bring the direction, revelation, physical healing, and victories that were needed.

From the time of the cherubim preventing Adam from eternal destruction by keeping him from the "Tree of Life" with a flaming sword in the garden of Eden, in times past until the time of the seventh angel sounding in the Book of Revelation, angels have and will be involved with God's plan for man on planet Earth.

There are great examples in the Bible of angels that were visible and appeared to many of God's people, and also to God's enemies. An angel appeared to Mary to tell of Jesus' birth, the greatest event for the eternal plan for mankind. An angel, although delayed with battles in the second heavenly realm, appeared to Daniel to tell him of the answer to his prayers and to tell him of future events on Earth. Jesus healed the paralytic man who was waiting for an angel to "trouble" or stir the waters at the "Pool of Bethesda." Each year before, the paralytic man was unable to be the first one to enter the water that an angel had stirred for healing. Only the first one into the pool each year would be healed (see John 5:2-9).


Many angels, horses, and chariots of fire, appeared to Elisha's servant to reveal the strength of the Lord's armies that fight for God's people. God also used one angel to kill 185,000 Assyrian enemies of Israel in one night. Just think, if one angel is capable of this feat, what the entire host of Heaven can do on behalf of God's people today. There was also a multitude of the heavenly host of angels that appeared praising God and declaring the glory of Jesus' birth to the shepherds in the fields (see Luke 2:13-15). (Photo by Marybeth Stafford "Fear Not" via elijahshopper.com)

These are just a few of the many great examples throughout Scripture that tell of angelic visitation, battles, and intervention. There are many types of angels depicted in the Bible. Messenger angels like Gabriel, warring angels like Michael, cherubim and seraphim, along with angels of worship and revelation, are just some of these. God will have the right angel at the right time and place to accomplish His goals.

However, most of the time, angels are unseen but active in the affairs of God and man. The Bible states that there are multitudes of angels active on a daily basis. Many are involved with us personally in our daily lives. I have personal stories where angels were unseen but still very active in the protection and preservation of my family's lives.

I believe that there are also many Biblical stories where unseen angels were involved in the lives of God's people. The story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho is one of those (see Joshua 6:13-20). After six days of marching silently around the city of Jericho, on the seventh day and after seven trips around, the people let out a shout and sounded the trumpets and the city wall fell down flat. I believe that angels were the reason that this wall fell. This would mean that God had given the angels this assignment to push the wall down well before that day and they were on time and in position to do it.

This means that, for us personally, angels are assigned to carry out God's plans. When God says, "'For I know the plans that I have for you," declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope...'"(Jeremiah 29:11-12), then there are angels assigned to fight for us in our God-given destiny. The great news for us is that angels will be at the right place and on time to enable victories we would never win by ourselves. This year of 2015 will be one of increased angelic activity, both seen and unseen.

Angels Can Strengthen

There are also Biblical examples of angels involved in the life of Jesus when He fulfilled His great assignment from the Lord. When He became a man, He also became able to be strengthened by an angel (see Luke 22:43). This fact always seems amazing to me because Jesus was involved in the creation of every angel; as the Bible states, "All things were created by Him" (Colossians 1:16). Yet when Jesus came to Earth, He laid down His right to His place of deity and became as a man empowered by the Holy Spirit. He did this so that He could be our role model and example of how to be victorious over satan and fulfill our God-given destiny. We can now say, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13), and expect God to assign angels to us just like He did for Jesus.

These "Angels on Assignment" will be on time to strengthen us when needed, war for us in battles, and enable us to be like Jesus or even the apostle Paul who completed their God-given destinies successfully. This is a time when God is looking for many to be successful destiny fulfillers and usher in the second coming of Jesus. If it seems as though your battles have intensified, they probably have.

We are at a prophetic time on the Earth for the Church today to demonstrate the victory of the Lord and to fulfill both our individual and corporate destinies. The enemy is trying to delay this inevitable outcome as long as possible, because he knows that God's plan for satan's ultimate, eternal destruction in the lake of fire will follow shortly after Jesus' return and Millennial reign on Earth. The good news is that there is a "heavenly host" of righteous angels on our side to assist us in causing this outcome to be on time.

Activating Angels


The Bible tells of some actions we can take to activate angels to be on assignment for us.Psalm 103:20 states, "Bless the Lord, you His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His Word, obeying the voice of His Word!"Some translations state that angels hearken or pay attention and then obey the voice of the Lord. Therefore, if we want angels to be on assignment for us, we must be speaking what God says. (Photo via Pixabay)

Jesus is always our greatest example, and even when He was tempted by satan, He relied upon the written Word of the Lord to be His weapon of warfare against the enemy. Three times when satan came to tempt Him in the wilderness (see Luke 4:1-13), He declared, "It is written..." and then stated a written Scripture from the Old Testament. One of those times satan even tried to use angels to be Jesus' refuge as satan knew that Jesus could call upon them based upon God's Word and who Jesus was. Jesus, however, recognized this to be just a trick to put God to a false test. When Jesus declared the true Word of the Lord, this would stop the enemy's current temptation and finally cause satan to completely retreat from this entire confrontation.

Our eyes are not always opened to see the fullness of the battles that happen in the heavenly realm between satan and his army and God and His angelic army. However, as we speak the Word of the Lord, it activates angels to fight for us. God as Lord Sabaoth is the God of the armies, both earthly and heavenly. He uses angels in His battle plans against satan and the demonic realm to bring victories for us on the Earth. As we say what He says, angels will be activated and assigned to see His Word come true. Therefore, if we find ourselves in specific battles we need to find specific Scriptures and also prophetic Words that are the answer to what we need.

Many times, for me personally, decreeing a personal prophetic Word brings the manifestation of something that has been unseen into a visible and tangible realm. This is why Paul instructed Timothy to fight a good fight with the prophecies given to him. This helped Timothy fulfill the destiny that God had purposed for him. God-inspired prophecies will be like written Scriptures we can declare against the enemy's plan of attack. Angels will hearken unto these declarations because they also will be the Word of the Lord.

Angels Are as Winds


Finally, one of the exciting facts about angels is that they are assigned to help us in our ministry and help bring people to salvation. If we are "born again" and Jesus is our Lord, we each have a ministry to fulfill. This does not mean that we have to have a pulpit or be a five-fold preacher to have angels assist us, but we must be those that decree the Word of the Lord. In Mark 16:15, Jesus charges all Believers to go into the world and preach the Gospel. This can be one-on-one with the people whom we are in contact or with large assemblies. We are called to be the "Light of the World" and represent Jesus. Angels help us on that assignment.

Hebrews 1:7 states, "And of the angels He says, 'Who makes His angels winds and His ministers a flame of fire.'" Winds cause flames of fire to spread and be strengthened in the natural realm in very amazing ways. A gentle breeze blowing into a fire can be exponentially increased to cause 100 mile per hour winds to happen. There is even one visible recording of a fire tornado that happened because of winds being heightened in strength in the midst of the flames.

Even though the natural, wind-empowered fires are usually negative and destructive to all that they encounter, there is also a positive spiritual analogy that can be made. The analogy is that with angels empowering us as God's ministers, we can be supernaturally and exponentially strengthened to bring destruction to the satanic realm. This will be evident with a harvest of souls, signs and wonders, manifested healings, breakthroughs in business and finances, generational blessings, along with God-given destiny fulfillment.(Photo via Pixabay)

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are to be worshipped whereas angels are not to be. However, angels do have a significant role to play in our destiny. Speaking of Jesus, Hebrews 1:13-14 states, "But to which of the angels has He ever said, 'Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet?'" And of the angels God says, 'Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?'"

It is great news to know that in this year of 2015 angels will be "on assignment" to fight for us and to secure victories we have not yet obtained. They also will co-labor with us to cause us to be "Flames of Fire" empowered with exponential strength against the forces of darkness! So, may you be empowered by encouragement and strengthened in faith for battles in this year of 2015. Know that "Angels are on Assignment" with you and for you to possess new victories and unlock new destinies that Lord Sabaoth, the God of the Angel Armies, has for you this year!

Gale Sheehan
Director, Christian International Apostolic Network (CIAN)