the Sword, the Scepter, and the Sickle

This note is concerning a Word I received from the Lord a few weeks ago and have been praying over since.

I believe that in the coming years I will be raised up to operate on a national level. If you are faithful over a little thing, God will make you ruler over a big thing. As such, I get a word every now and again that I believe applies not only to a local area, but to us as a nation. This is one of those Words.

God says to me 'the Sword, the Scepter, and the Sickle.' I have been hearing this over in my spirit for a few weeks now, and have been seeking God on what it means. I believe this applies very immediately to my home church, Cross Connection, and to Trinity Church, which is the body God has placed Nikki and myself in here in Texas. As I said though, this is a National word, so take it and trumpet it wherever you have been planted!

God says a Sword of the Spirit was released sixteen years ago into the Earth. This sword is the Rhema word of God that has been wielded skillfully by His soldiers these sixteen years. I asked why 16 years, and God has brought to my memory that the gift of the Prophet began to be restored to the Body 16 years ago. I have Pastor Russell in Auburn to thank for the word concerning the Prophet being restored at this time. God is raising up a Generation and it is my job as a prophet of God to use this sword, not only to wield for the Kingdom myself, but to put the sword in the hands of as many people as I can to fight along beside me! The beginning of the Sword brought a new view of the Scepter.

The Scepter is the Authority of God! When you use the sword you are not fighting on your own behalf. You are fighting with the delegated authority of God. The Sword as the Rhema Word has begun to open our eyes to the authority we've been entrusted with, and effectively released us to begin walking in that authority. Are you walking in it? Authority is no good unless it is used, and used correctly! The dead will never be raised if you don't exercise authority and say 'Get up in the name of Jesus!' The crippled from birth will never be made whole if you don't say 'silver and gold have I none, but what I do have I give unto you, rise and walk.'
There is a world of difference between belief and persuasion. How persuaded are you that you can lay hands on the sick and see them recover. I can read this till I believe it, but am I persuaded in my spirit to the point that I put it into operation!? Belief operates on logic, persuasion operates in faith. I am persuaded that God is bringing to light a new depth of authority and I see a Scepter of the Lord being lowered into America! The Scepter, when used, produces miracles. Damon Thompson's word for 2009 was that 'miracles are God's response to the release of the anointing.' I'm persuaded of this! This Scepter unleashes a sickle into the Earth.

I am persuaded yet again that we are on the verge of the Third Great Awakening! God says to me that 'His word will not return unto Him void, that it will accomplish what he sent it to do!' But He also showed me that though it will none the less be accomplished, the timing in which it is accomplished is contingent upon us. Harvest will happen! But we can decide it will happen now! I see that we are on the verge of one of the greatest harvest times in the history of the world. Never has the Body been more strategically placed to reap a harvest of souls than right now! So we cry out, unleash a your sickle God, let the reaper overtake the sower!

The Sword has been released, the Scepter is being released, and the Sickle is on the verge.

The Sword of the Word, the Scepter of His Authority, and the Sickle of a Great Awakening.


In Him,

Andrew Peters