This word is submitted by Robert Carter (bashan@winshop.com.au)

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			America... you are on the brink


America, you are on the brink -- you are on the brink of fulfilling your
destiny in God that was determined before the foundation of the world. Your
birth was not by accident. Your foundations were not incidental. Every step,
every stage, every move that has happened in your history has been set
before the foundation of time.

Blood was shed to bring your birth. That blood cries out. Blood was shed
since then to establish the foundations for which the nation was once
famous. That blood cries out. Blood has been shed to free enslaved peoples
throughout the world as you rose to the cause. That blood cries out. The
blood that was shed to set captives free within your own shores and
emancipate those in bondage cries out, for the inequality and the prejudices
are being rebuilt.

The design of your currency, "In God we trust" was not by the figment of 
man's imagination, for your forefathers prophesied those many years ago that
your nation would truly need to depend upon and trust God.

No other nation in the world has had such opportunity. No other nation in
the world has had such trial and testing. This trial and testing has not
been in the natural as in other nations but it has been in the realms and
dimensions of the spirit. This is because your destiny is different to that
of other nations. Other nations have come and gone, other nations have
disintegrated and fallen, yet despite massive traumas and setbacks and
internal strife, America has stood. No other nation in the world has
ingrained into its core and constitution the equality and liberty of man and
the freedom to pursue them, yet the very freedom gained has permitted some
to enslave others with ungodly laws.

Wealth and prosperity was set before you. That wealth and prosperity has not
been provided for selfish purposes, but it has been stored up for use in the
latter days when peoples of foreign tongues and skins would call for help.
That prosperity has been stored to enlist the might and strength of
labourers to go forth into the whole world to proclaim the truth and
authority of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Be liberal in your giving. Be
lavish in your support. For in the giving and in the unconditional aid given
others, your return will astound. Seek out -- yes actively seek out those who
you can help.

"How can I help anyone?" may be your individual cry. Do you not yet know that
the Almighty is your source and his wells do not dry out -- the eternal God 
is your refuge and he will sustain you? Lift up your vision and see with
clarity of eye that the wealth of the sinner, the forces of the gentiles,
the finances that you say are there but do not believe you have are already
in your hands -- they are truly there and waiting for release.

Inventions that have been created in this nation were invented by the mind
and will of man, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, not to build
weapons of destruction... not to create inventions to amuse, not to create
inventions to enslave, but to spread the Good News of the Gospel. Men and
women from other lands came to America with inventions, so that the wealth
amassed would be available to all. Christians would not be obedient, so God
inspired ungodly men to created them and they are now amassing the wealth
that was reserved for the church. The church must -- I say again -- must
eradicate the poverty mentality it has permitted the world to introduce into
her vocabulary.

The church became fat and lazy so the nation has become fat and lazy and has
allowed ungodly elements to enter into positions of control and positions of
authority. The enemy has capitalized upon the greed and the imaginations of
man and has sought to enslave you and to enslave the world with pornography,
with greed, with avarice, with self-centeredness, with all sorts of things
that are contrary to the mind and the will of God. Like a tree planted
beside the waters that has withered and died back, America has withered and
died back because the source of the living waters was cut off. Murder reigns
supreme in schools, in industry, in seats of Government. Murder reigns
supreme in hospitals and clinics, especially when innocent blood is shed and
abortion is an accepted way of life.

The hand of God has been lifted because the ungodly have usurped their
control in the lives and destinies of people who could change the destiny of
the world. Lack of prayer has hindered the hand of God from moving, but has
not stopped the plan and intent of the Almighty. The education system that
planned to eradicate God from the vocabulary has created generations of
unlearned and ignorant people. The differences between the haves and the
have-nots have increased alarmingly in the minds of many people, but God is
there. The God who provides more than enough and over will provide even from
the left overs more than enough for those who call to him in their time of
trouble.

The spirit of the Lord would minister to you by saying that your time is
almost accomplished.

On the one hand, the nation is being brought undone. The nation is being
slowly decayed from within because of the ungodliness of the people. On the
other hand, the Christens who are faithful -- those warriors of the Lord who
are interceding and praying... those faithful saints who stand by Israel in
her time of need... those believers who bathe regularly in the blood of the
Lamb and speak the words he spoke will shortly see the tide turned.

Once that tide has turned, the world will again feel the might and the power
of God as the unashamed and uncompromised preaching of the true gospel of
Jesus Christ goes forth throughout the whole world.

America your time is upon you. Yes, you will lead, but many others will
follow. The islands of the sea are to receive a visitation of God that this
world has not yet seen. Many will flow to and fro from them to you and from
you to them. Bring them in -- indeed call for them to come, for a great
shaking and an awakening is about to occur.

The church is being refined and pruned. The ways of man are being tried in
the balances and where found wanting will be brought to account. Many will
be tested by fire. Some will suffer loss. The fire will consume the wood,
hay and stubble but will refine the silver and the gold. Unknown men and
women will suddenly emerge, proclaiming the news of Jesus' return. They will
come in spirit and power and many will say that they have come in the spirit
and the power of Elijah. It is true -- some of these people will indeed be as
it has been said -- and walk this planet as prophets of old. Their ministries
will be powerfully anointed and will be at times vastly differently to what
is presently accepted as the norm. Handfuls, perhaps relatively unknowns,
perhaps but they are known of God and their ministries will eclipse those
of many of previous times.

Do not try to organize this move. Do not try to control it. Do not
institutionalise it and make it a source of commerce as has already happened
in the church. Instead, become a blessing, give freely and lavishly, for
once this freedom, this willing spirit starts to flow, the abundance of God's 
blessings will flow. Think not of a church building with a million dollar
budget, but think of a worldwide church with unlimited resources. Think not
of a programme that might reach thousands, but look for hundreds of
thousands and even millions of souls. As you begin to realize that it is not
to be contained within your present spheres of knowledge and activity, but
there will be a "going into the whole world" that the flow of God will
commence with such proportions that will be immeasurable and unlimited.

This is indeed your time. What are you going to do with it?


With love and blessings,
Robert Carter
Bashan Ministries