I know to a lot of people laughter doesn't appear to be very "HOLY." But holiness means wholeness and set apart. It also means uncommmon.  I'm sure you have been in meetings, or even by yourself and the spirit of laughter just  hits you for no reason that you can think of. Maybe you just prayed a really serious prayer.

I’ve been in prayer meetings which had a very serious tone - and suddenly the spirit of laughter has descended. When we were coming into revival years ago I remember someone saying they had read an account of revival in a book- and in this revival at the time, there was a lot of weeping. Our church thought, "Well maybe we should weep because maybe God likes weeping, maybe it’s a way of being holy."

We had a "repentance" meeting and were all serious. We asked God to convict us and bring a spirit of weeping upon us. We waited for a while - nothing happened. After about 15 mins someone began to giggle. We tried to stifle our mouths because we were there to weep. After another few minutes someone else started to giggle. We could contain it no more - we hit the floor and laughed uproariously for about 3 hours. We had been under condemnation for years because of religious spirits. We didn’t need to be weeping right then - we were getting delivered and getting to know "Abba" ( daddy).

So what happens with this laughter? What is it all about? It’s a wonderful experience but really what is happening? What is spiritual about it and what does it have to do with God?

The Bible says that "God looks on His enemies and laughs and has them in derision." So if God laughs then He must be laughing because of victory. ( Psalm 2:4).

Sometimes I have been praying for someone and they are telling me really bad stuff. I start to pray and start laughing- why is that? That’s weird isn’t it? But you see I may not understand in my mind but my spirit begins to pick up on a victory that’s happening in the spirit realm for that person. When you pray then God answers and sometimes your spirit has received the answer before your mind.

I believe that the laughter (God’s laughter) brings down that victory into our experience.

Laughter eliminates fear - God is in charge - He told Job, "At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth." (Job 5:22).

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting (Job 8:21).  It’s OK to shout sometimes. People shout and scream at a little football, why don’t God’s people do some more shouting (and laughing)?

 God laughs at the wicked - because God always has the final word, "The Lord shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming. (Psalm 37:13).

God causes us to laugh at those who would cause destruction.

"The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him." (Psalm 52:6).

There is a time to ask and a time to receive - and a time to laugh in the victories of God. "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance." (Eccl 3:4)

When the anointing of laughter comes - the oil flows and the enemy runs for cover. The devil knows and is afraid of the laughter because he knows he is defeated.

Do you realize the enemy hates you to get in the anointing - the Holy Spirit makes you God conscious not self conscious or sin conscious. When you are in the Spirit realm you see what He sees. Guess what ? God sees the victories. God sees the end when you are just at the beginning.

When the enemy seems like a great big bear (fear) - God already sees him knocked out.

That’s why you laugh and you don’t understand why? There seems some big mountains and it looks like you can‘t get over them - but you suddenly start laughing at them.

God is the God of the mountains - we often feel threatened by them but God walks on them.

Laughter is in the empty tomb. In fact when I was in the Garden tomb one time I was trying to be very reverent. Then an angel tapped me on the shoulder and spoke to me " He certainly isn’t here." I started laughing and laughing because the angel didn’t seem to make an idol of an empty grave.

(Borrowed from Mabel Andlers).        

Laughter - uncontrollable joy.  

Laughter - the outward manifestation of being more than a conqueror.

Laughter is the sound of Resurrection Morning echoing throughout eternity. laughter is seeing our Captain of the Hosts holding the keys!!!

Laughter does a heart Good, like a medicine.

Laughter is an exceedingly, abundant, above and beyond attempt by the physical body to express a full picture of redemption.

It is diving into and swimming the breadth, the length, the height and depth of His love.

Laughter = spasms of uncontrollable God laughter, incapacitating the physical body. 

When enabled, laughter walks on the wings of the wind . . . upon clouds, and is carried in God’s arms.

Unknowing and uncaring of where it’s been or for how long.

It is the garment of praise unleashed into a broken world

Touch these vessels with much care Fullness of JOY may contagiously overflow.

Laughter is the echo of the vacant grave . . .

Amen.

kathiewalters@mindspring.com

CHRIS HARVEY:

Your Season Is About To Change

PASTOR JUDITH GATES:

THE COMMUNION TABLE

Beneath the wings of the Cherubim is where I’ll meet with you. There in that Ark of the Covenant was the Bread of His Presence.  It is where the blood was poured out...and the Lord is saying to you today, “I will meet with you there.”  Today, we are beneath the wings. Today, let your imagination, let your spirit begin to take over and see the mighty wings of the Cherubim overshadowing you.  

The Communion Table is the most awesome table that has ever been set on the earth.  A table at which you eat of your Lord’s body and drink of His blood.  His life is now in you.  He says, “I will meet with you there.”  It’s a table that will never, ever be empty.  It’s a table that will satisfy your needs for all eternity.  Today the wings of the Cherubim are over each one of us and He says, “I want to meet your needs today.  I came to meet your needs.  That’s who I Am. I Am that I Am, that I Am!”  I see the hugest Cherubim wings overshadowing us today. There’s not a need that cannot be met at the table of the Lord. “Under the wings of the Cherubim,”  He says, “I will meet you there.”  He wants to meet us today.  He wants to meet with us. As we have eaten of Him and drunk of His blood, He says, “I want to meet with you.” 

Communion is not something we do as a ritual but it is a living reality.  When we eat of Jesus we are taking His life into our bodies and yes, it is spiritual, but it’s natural too.  You see Jesus didn’t come to leave us broken, maimed, sick, diseased, poor, poverty stricken.  Jesus came and laid down His life which was everything we need in our life.  He became poor that we might become rich. You can spiritualize this all you like, but it is to do with wealth.  He took all those sicknesses, He was lacerated. There was hardly any flesh left on Him, he was so marred that He was unrecognizable.  Come on give up your sicknesses, today give up those things in your life, Jesus has already taken them.  He said, “I did this so you wouldn’t have to do it.”  It’s the greatest  exchange that there ever was!

He says, “I will meet with you today beneath the wings of the Cherubim, I will meet with you.  Come and let that great exchange take place.  Come you’ve eaten of My body, you now have My life.  You’ve drunken of My blood, My Life is now flowing in you.  Give up those things that are binding you, flowing in you, let them go under the wings of the Cherubim.” 

Let them go and let God.  He has done His part we have to do ours; we have to let go and let God.  Let go those things that are tying you down.  Let go worry, let go fear, let go tension.  Let it go, it won’t do you any good.  All it will do is make your body sick. LET IT GO!  Let go of disease let go of sickness. His body and His blood is flowing.  He is part of you, it’s in you right now and the spirit part is when you believe by faith that you have received the very body and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.  If you will believe that His life will bring life into your body, mind and spirit and it will transform you.  Then He says, ‘Let your light so shine that men may see your good works and glorify your Father.” The good works is when you let go and let the life of God come into you.  People say, “How come?  Yesterday you were bowed down with worry and care but today you are letting your light shine," and a testimony of Jesus comes into play.

“I’ll meet with you,” says the Lord, “Under the wings of the Cherubim.  I’ll meet with you, right here right now, if you will give up, if you will let go of whatever it is in your life that is not of Me, says the Lord.”  

 “Beneath the wings of the Cherubim is where I will meet with you.”

Prophecy and Communion Word at SHOW on Thursday 6.11.2008.

KATHIE WALTERS: 

Living in the Supernatural

We are living in the day when God is  releasing His glory. The supernatural realm of the Holy Spirit is our inheritance. God did not intend that we would just have religious head-knowledge, although we should know the Scriptures. The miracle power of God, the Angels, heavenly visitations, are supposed to be a normal part of our lives. God wants you to be free from the spirit of religion. It will keep you from God’s best and keep you in measure instead of fullness.

Condemnation, fear, false standards, intimidation, unbelief, inferiority etc. are all manifestations of Satan’s attack against your fulfilling the great destiny that is in your life. Everyone of us has a destiny to fulfill and God's supernatural power and anointing is available to us. My books, tapes, and articles will help you to leave behind the negative imprints of the enemy.

With Many Blessings!

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