This "word" is submitted by Bill Yount (blowtheshofar@juno.com)

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         "MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIT BY A WILD PITCH!"


Here comes the pitch!... It turns wild as it comes in like a deranged
missile at the batter.  Unable to back away fast enough, the ball
drills him in the back.  All eyes in the stadium including mine are
immediately riveted on the pitcher, questioning his intentions.

WHAT HE DOESN'T DO . . . MAKES HIM A STAR!

As the batter shakes off the pain, there's something he doesn't do
that makes him a star in the game...He never once looked back at the
pitcher who wounded him! Instead he proudly trots down to first base.
Silently his character spoke so loud that it filled the stadium with
reverence...."Thank you Mr. Pitcher, you did not strike me out. I
still made it to first base!"  At that moment I felt the Holy Spirit
come into that stadium and speak to me. He said, "Bill, how many of
My people have been hit by a wild pitch and they cannot take their
eyes off of the pitcher who hurt them and they never get on base
because of the hurt?"

I sense many in the Body of Christ-- because of "hits and hurts"
cannot discern who is winning or losing. And they don't know what
inning we are in.


THERE'S GOOD NEWS IN ALL THIS

I believe many have been up to bat spiritually and have been hit by
some wild pitches. Many can't take their eyes off of the one who has
hurt or wounded them.  I believe so many have gotten hit by wild
pitches in the Body of Christ that we got all the bases loaded.  The
good news is - we are still up at bat!  The bad news is - many are
afraid of the batter's box from being hit in the past.

GET BACK IN THE BATTER'S BOX

But God is saying, "Pick up the 'BAT OF PRAYER' and get back in the
batter's box one more time.   Pray for those who have hit you with a
wild pitch.  Pray for those who keep striking you out. Pray for those 
who throw so many 'wild pitches' at you that you have to end up taking 
a walk!"

There is more than one way to get on base. You can hit the ball. You
can get a walk. Or you can get hit! Getting hit still gets you on
base.  I believe God is still in our bat and I feel a "Home-Run
Anointing" coming over us as the Body of Christ is coming together as
an unbeatable team.

I see us hitting the ball so hard that it will go over every wall,
hitting the nations, smashing the 10-40 Window and every window to
pieces!  I see this ball going, going, like a ball inside a pinball
machine. Anything it hits only knocks it further on--- hitting
strategic land-marks of the enemy across the face of the earth. Every
time it hits something,  something hits it again and it keeps
traveling.


THE SPIRITUAL WORLD SERIES

I believe what I'm seeing is the last day "Spiritual World Series"
coming upon the earth. The world is about to witness a "Grand Slam"
from a team they thought would never win and YOU are next up to bat.

STEP  INSIDE  THE  BATTER'S  BOX  NOW!"

	I'm picking up my bat,

	Bill Yount