上帝正呼召一群男女使徒到更高處
艾咪˙夏普Amy Shamp
2015年5月28日
中譯來源：微牧之歌
我最近在禱告中上帝顯示給我一個異象：一群男女在耶穌基督裡被提升到一個新的標準，一個不妥協的世代會先尋求上帝的國度，他們將在真理和神話語的啟示裡站立得穩。上帝正在興起一個世代，不僅能在神大能裡同工來證明祂的全能並且擁有聖靈所結出來的果子。
上帝對我說： “我在呼召我的子民到一個更高處。”我然後看到三個天使在放下啟示，代禱和決心。
上帝在呼召祂的教會到一個更高處；我看到一群領袖被興起因而帶領教會到一個超自然和真理的更高領域。
現在，我想鼓勵在全職服事的婦女。上帝讓我看到一群帶著信心和權柄在更高處工作的婦女，她們給國家帶來巨大的影響力。祂也讓我看到大天使被差派釋放一個使徒性的啟示。這些神啟示的話語已放在那群男女使徒的身上。正是我以下的分享。
帶有使徒性和先知性能力的婦女
我記得第一世紀第一個殉道者絲柯拉；意思就是”上帝的榮耀”。
[備註：這個故事是從不被接納為聖經的一部分稱為新約外傳中約翰雷克提到關於絲柯拉的故事] 據說她是第一個為主殉道的婦人。一個在以哥念有錢人家的女兒，18歲訂婚。當她從她的寢室窗戶聽了使徒保羅的道，她為了保守自己的貞潔，發誓不要結婚並且逃離她的家庭。她的家人為此事憤怒地把保羅關進了監獄。 (聖絲柯拉照片取自維基共享資源Photo of Saint Thecla via Wikimedia Commons)
最後保羅被驅逐出這個城市，絲柯拉也因為拒絕背叛基督被宣判焚燒而死。當火焰被點燃時，神的光圍繞著她並下起雨熄滅了火焰。她開始和使徒們一起在安提阿傳講神的福音，她再一次因成為基督徒而被判死刑。在一個滿是野獸的競技場上，野獸也不碰她只俯伏在她腳前。會眾開始大叫說，“基督徒的上帝真偉大！”使徒保羅就祝福她，差派她到各地傳講神的話。她透過禱告使人病得醫治。
約翰雷克在“屬天醫治的真相”的講道中說到關於推喇奴的學校，因著保羅關於聖靈的教導，他們廢棄了哲學和心理學。雷克說“絲柯拉就是從這個學校裡出來的古希臘的貴婦，一個上帝膏抺的醫治者。她的學生說她醫治的事工是前所未有的記錄。但是仍然有人不接受讓婦女來做神的事工。”
絲柯拉帶領許多異教徒歸向耶穌基督，教會把她稱為“與使徒們同等”的位分
聖女貞德，神秘的夢想家
讓我告訴你一個關於年輕的夢想家改變國家命運的故事。當她才13歲的年紀，聖女貞德開始聽到聲音並有天使和聖徒的造訪，告訴她被呼召拯救法國。在她17歲的時候，她帶領一群小的軍隊戰勝了奧爾良的圍攻，還有許多超自然神奇的軍事勝利。當時的國王也因此順利進入蘭斯加冕；這為法國的勝利鋪了成功的道路。但是，她卻被捕賣到英國，因為她拒絕撤銷聖徒如何指示她成功的爭戰的聲明，她在19歲時被判處死刑。 (照片取自維基共享資源Photo of interpretation of Joan of Arc via Wikimedia Commons)
聖女貞德繼續在禱告中將自己交托給神，留下了一個神秘的傳奇。聖女貞德奇特的看見和超自然的造訪，清楚聽見上帝的聲音；她被上帝使用來改變了一個國家的命運。
詩97:2 密雲和幽暗，在他的四圍。公義和公平，是他寶座的根基。
詩103:6 耶和華施行公義，為一切受屈的人伸冤。
上帝正在興起一個滿有神的話語和聖靈同在的超自然世代，為著公平公義而站立，正如聖女貞德在她的時代所做的。我們是上帝的兒子和女兒。我們被呼召在地上捆綁天上看為不義的，讓祂的國度降臨！
馬利亞.伍德沃思.愛特和麥捆
馬利亞是一個有醫治能力的牧師。有上千上萬的人在她的事工下被醫治，
並且聖靈的能力強大到離她20英尺以外都被觸摸到。她被認為是“打破城門”的復興運動者。在她事工的剛開始，她被自己的不安全感和自卑感阻礙，但很快的上帝的呼召和聖靈在她心中催逼。她當時面對許多反對，但是那些來侵擾她的人都降服在上帝的大能中。她在禱告中決定，要在神大能的權柄和能力中服事。(馬利亞.伍德沃思.愛特的照片Photo of Maria Woodworth-Etter)
上帝給馬利亞一個寬闊麥田的異象；在異象中，當她開始講道，麥子就開始落下變成麥捆。耶穌對她說，“當麥子掉落就像人們會掉落一樣。”她繼續服事一直到她在愛荷華西部一個教會裡講道，當她講道，人們就開始進入異象中，這也預表著她以後多年服事的果效。
她不能應所有牧師的邀請，她服事所帶來的能力引起了全國的轟動。給其他在事工裡的姐妹帶來亮光，也影響了許多跟隨她事工的人：凱薩琳.庫爾曼，艾米.森普爾.麥克弗森，約翰.雷克，史密斯.威格爾斯沃思，還有許多其他人。
“我親愛的在基督裡的姐妹們，當你聽到這些話語時願上帝的聖靈降臨到你，也因而使你願意委身在祂呼召你的事工裡。這是一個婦女要來發光的時候；把她們隱藏的快要生銹的才能發揮出來的時候；用它們來榮耀神，做她們力所能及的，依靠神的力量，就如祂如此說，”我必不撇下你。“
”不要讓我們屈服於軟弱；神會使用世上軟弱的，使有智慧的迷惑。我們是至高全能神的兒女。難道我們不該尊榮那位至高者的呼召並盡我們所能去幫助那些在死陰幽谷的靈魂？祂不是也差派了摩西，亞倫 - 米利暗成為你的領袖嗎？巴拉不敢去面對敵軍除非底波拉在車輛前帶路。上帝親自揀選興起了男人，女人和小孩 - 哈拿，戶勒大，亞拿，非比，拿其數，土非拿氏，彼息氏，猶利亞，馬利亞和姐妹幫助保羅。難道現在女人在神國度和葡萄園裡的工和以前相比不再重要了嗎？“—馬利亞.伍德沃思.愛特Maria Woodworth Etter
天使被差遣來釋放使徒
我看到一群天使被差遣來到地上帶來使徒的釋放 - 很多天使，降下啟示。這些啟示性言語已經在放在男人和女人中間將要帶來地上國度的震動，也將會像保羅的教導當年如何在屬世的學校裡帶來震動，改變了世界對基督教的看法。 
這些啟示的特徵將是神的大能和明證，也將會為這些男女帶來更大的恩典，當他們願意前往到世界上最危險的文化區域，包括穆斯林世界。恩典將降臨在他們身上有能力去傳講福音，也將會有巨大的神蹟奇事在全球人的眼前發生。
上帝與這些男人和女人同在，而且上帝透過他們所顯出的神蹟是前所未有的。我也看到許多門徒訓練的學校誕生，培訓中心為那些燃燒靈魂和渴慕真實超自然能力的青少年們建立。這火焰將使他們帶著堅定剛強追趕仇敵並有基督啟示的能力住在他們裡面。
在這些人當中會有很多有能力的婦女甚至小孩。要準備好，因為這年輕的世代將會變的更年輕；年幼的孩子甚至八歲將會看到巨大的神蹟奇事和神大能的明證。
珥2：28以後，我要將我的靈澆灌凡有血氣的。你們的兒女要說預言。你們的老年人要作異夢。少年人要見異象。
從使徒的時代開始，婦女就開始在事工上有份並帶來很大的能力。當上帝對你的生命有一個呼召時，你沒有任何理由來拒絕。不論性別，上帝正在尋找那些回應祂的呼召並在信心中站立的人！正如凱薩琳.庫爾曼說的：”它將耗費你的全部...但卻是值得的。“
"God is Calling a Company of Apostolic Men and Women – To a Higher Place"
Amy Shamp, Nashville, TN
May 28, 2015
I recently was in prayer and God revealed to me a vision of a group of men and women being raised up to a new standard in Christ, an uncompromising generation that will seek the Kingdom of God first, those that will stand in the truth and revelation of God's Word. God is raising up a generation that will not only operate with great power and demonstration but possess the fruits of the Spirit as well.
The Lord spoke to me and said, "I am calling My people to a higher place." I then saw three angels depositing revelation, intercession, anddetermination.
God is calling His Church to a higher place; I see a group of leaders being raised up that will bring the Church into a higher realm of the supernatural and of truth.
Now, I want to encourage women in ministry. The Lord showed me a group of women operating in a high level of faith and authority, and greatly influencing nations. He also showed me large angels being commissioned to bring about a release of the apostolic – depositing revelation. These revelations of the Word are being deposited in men and women, which I share below as well.
Apostolic and Prophetic Women of Power
I am reminded of the first century Protomartyr, Thekla, meaning "glory of God." [Note: This story is taken from the New Testament apocrypha that is not generally given the acceptance of canonized Scripture. John G. Lake mentions this story of Thekla below as well.] She is said to be the first woman martyr for the Gospel. Daughter of a wealthy family in Iconium, Thekla was engaged at the age of 18. When she heard the Apostle Paul's teachings from her bedroom window, she took a vow of chastity, refused to marry, and ran away from her home. Her family became so angry that they had Paul locked in prison. (Photo of Saint Thecla via Wikimedia Commons)
Eventually Paul was banished from the city, and Thekla was sentenced to be burned because she refused to be separated from Christ. As the flames were lit, light surrounded her and rain came and extinguished the flames. She began to travel with the Apostles, preaching the Gospel in Antioch, where she was condemned to death again for being a Christian. In an arena full of wild animals, the beasts would not touch her, but laid at her feet. The crowd began to shout, "Great is the God of the Christians!" Apostle Paul then blessed her, sending her to preach the Word of God, and she went about healing the sick through prayer.
John G. Lake, in his sermon, "The Truth About Divine Healing," was discussing the school of Tyrannus, where the teachings of philosophy and psychology were discarded for Paul's teachings about the Spirit. Lake said, "From this school came Thekla, a Grecian noblewoman, a God-anointed healer, whose ministry of healing is said by students to have set a record. And still there are those who would deny the right of Christian ministry to women."
Thekla converted many pagans to Christ, and the Church famously named her as "Equal-to-the-Apostles."
Joan of Arc, Mystic Visionary
Let me to tell you about a young visionary who changed the fate of a nation. At the age of thirteen, Joan of Arc began to hear voices and have visitations with the angels and saints, telling her that she was called to save the nation of France. At seventeen years old, she led a small army to victory at the siege of Orleans, followed by other supernaturally spectacular military successes. The King was then able to enter Reims and be crowned; this paved the way for the final French victory. However, she was captured and sold to the English, and because she refused to retract her statement that the saints had commanded her to do what she had done, she was condemned to death at nineteen years old. (Photo of interpretation of Joan of Arc via Wikimedia Commons)
Joan of Arc continually gave herself to prayer, leaving a mystic legacy behind her. Joan of Arc had incredible visions and supernatural visitations, and clearly heard the voice of God; she was used by God to change the fate of a nation.
Psalm 97:2 Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Psalm 103:6 The Lord executes acts of righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
God is raising up a supernatural generation of the Word and Spirit, those who will stand up for righteousness and justice, even as Joan of Arc did for her generation. We are sons and daughters of the King. We are called to bind what is unlawful in Heaven on the earth, to see His Kingdom increased!
Maria was a powerful healing minister. Thousands upon thousands were healed under her ministry, and she was marked by a powerful conviction of the Holy Spirit which would affect those in her vicinity even 20 miles away. She was known as a revivalist who could "break towns open." At the start of her ministry, she was hindered by her own insecurities and feelings of inadequacy, but soon gave in to the longing in her heart for souls and the strong call of God on her life. She faced much opposition in the time that she lived in, but many of those who came to harass her were those most likely to fall under the power of God. She was determined in prayer, and ministered with great authority and power. (Photo of Maria Woodworth-Etter)
God gave Maria a vision of a wide field of wheat; in the vision, as she began to preach, the grains began to fall like sheaves. Jesus told her, "Just as the grain fell, so the people would fall." She continued to minister, until she preached a meeting at a church in western Ohio. As she preached, people began to fall into trances, which would be a manifestation her ministry would be known for in the years to come.
She could not answer all the invitations to minister, and she created a national stir with the spectacular demonstrations of power that followed her ministry. None has done more to shed light on the role of women in ministry, and she greatly influenced many who followed after her in ministry: Kathryn Kuhlman, Aimee Semple McPherson, John G. Lake, Smith Wigglesworth, and many others.
"My dear sister in Christ, as you hear these words may the Spirit of Christ come upon you, and make you willing to do the work the Lord has assigned to you. It is high time for women to let their lights shine; to bring out their talents that have been hidden away rusting; and use them for the glory of God, and do with their might what their hands find to do, trusting God for strength, Who has said, 'I will never leave you.'
"Let us not plead weakness; God will use the weak things of the world to confound the wise. We are sons and daughters of the Most High God. Should we not honor our high calling and do all we can to save those who sit in the valley and shadow of death? Did He not send Moses, Aaron – Miriam, to be your leaders? Barak dared not meet the enemy unless Deborah led the van. The Lord raised up men, women, and children of His own choosing – Hannah, Hulda, Ana, Phoebe, Narcissus, Tryphena, Persis, Julia, the Marys and the sisters who co-labored with Paul. Is it less becoming for women to labor in Christ's Kingdom and vineyard now than it was then?" —Maria Woodworth Etter (Photo by Donna Smallenberg "The Song of Deborah" via elijahshopper.com)
Angels Commissioned to Bring a Release of the Apostolic
I saw large angels being commissioned in the earth to bring about a release of the apostolic – huge angels, depositing revelation. These revelations of the Word being deposited in men and women will make an impact on the nations of the earth, and will, as Paul's teachings made an impact on the secular schools of His day, change the way the world views Christianity. (Photo by Jennifer Page "My Firm Foundation" via elijahshopper.com)
These revelations will be marked by great power and demonstration, and there will be a great grace upon these men and women, as they will go forth into the most dangerous cultural regions of the world, including the Muslim world. Grace will be upon them to preach the Gospel with power, and there will be times when tremendous demonstration of signs and wonders will take place before the eyes of the global population.
God is with these men and women, and the miracles God performs through them will set records. I also see schools of discipleship being birthed, training centers for young men and women who burn for souls and for true supernatural power. These fire carriers will be unyielding in their pursuit of the enemy and will carry a powerful revelation of Christ living within them.
Among these will be many powerful women, and even children. Be prepared, because the younger generation is about to get even younger;children as young as eight will be seeing dramatic miracles and demonstrations of power.
And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. Joel 2:28
Even since the time of the Apostles, women have ministered and moved in great power. There are no excuses when God places a call on your life. Woman or man, God is searching for those who will answer the call and stand in great faith! As Kathryn Kuhlman once said, "It will cost you everything...but it's worth the cost."
Amy Shamp
Spirit Word Ministries International