By Susan O’Marra of Chicago Prophetic Voice on 12-21-2012

I dreamed of fresh severe persecution breaking out against all of the saints that are true, and that are on the battlefields of the world right now. As I was dreaming, I heard the Lord audibly say, “You are going to have to laugh on the battlefield with Me.” I then woke up and heard: “You are going to have to laugh on the battlefield with Me. For I am beginning to rise up greater within you, and also in your midst, and because of My rising, and because of My deeper workings, you will have to laugh, and you will have to shake off all of the counter attacks, and all of the persecutions that will come with My new emerging around you, and also in your life. Whenever I am seen and heard, there will be a gnashing and grinding of teeth and an exposing of hearts. This is a sign that My works are having an effect, and also that I am breaking through the exterior hardness, to get to the deep inner workings of the heart of the matter. I am after the hearts and the minds of My People, and in My doing the deeper things, there will be adverse reactions and negative outbursts that will erupt because of it. But this is necessary to dislodge all of the hidden works of darkness that have bound them. I love My People enough to bring them through the storms into the Truth, and I love them enough to uncover what is hidden, to bring it all into My Light, so that they might gain real sight. So you are going to have to weather the storms with Me, and you are going to have to love the unlovely, until they become more like Me. You are on the battlefield with Me.”

“I am doing a great, deep, and even shocking thing in the earth. I am uncovering everything that hinders, everything that blinds, and that everything resists My True Purposes for My People in this hour. This includes anything within your own selves as well as those things also around you. I am after a pure People! So I am in full battle gear in your midst, and I am warring a great war! It shall increase even more! I tell you now, ahead of time, so that you will stand firmly and not fear! I tell you also so that you will not be dismayed at all that will be arrayed in the coming days. I tell you so that you will not lash out at those that strike out all around you, but recognize it for what it is, and choose to forgive, and choose to love with My Love. For great darkness shall arise with hatred in its mouth and in its eyes, but this is to be no surprise! No! It is only a revealing of its disguise! The darkness will be revealed everywhere, even within My House, even within My People, and even within the world. My Glory is at work! My Glory will expose all, will deal with all, and will also save all that want to be free from it. I will defeat the darkness in their lives if they will cry out to Me. But you will have to stand, and even laugh when it rises up to meet you and Me. You cannot look at it, nor take it in to yourself, but you will have to look at Me! You will have to be unmovable, unshakeable, and even fearless in the coming days. Turmoil shall increase with the emergence of My Peace.”

“In My Glory there is My Peace, and in My Peace is also My full Release. This is what causes the evil to surface within men, for that which binds them hates My Peace. My Peace crushes the head of Satan, and when I am seen, all that is hidden hates Me! Recognize this, and know that it is My War, and you are on the battlefield with Me! I have come to set men free, and I shall do it with you, and with each of My People that are walking with Me! My Glory is at work! I am shaking everything that is confident in it’s own self and in it’s own strength! I am after the deepest of roots and I am after the deepest of fruits! Watch, as I shake even more, for I am going to the cores! This New Year will break forth with greater War, but this is My War! I am coming to set men free! I am on the battlefield of men’s soul’s and of men’s heart’s! You must know this is Me, and when you see the great battle raging in the souls, and in the heart’s, then you will know it is Me, and you will know what to do, and not to take it personally! Know that it is Me, and labor in My fields with Me! Love the unlovely. Love the mean. Love the vile. Love the cruel. Love the unjust. Love the revilers. Love the accusers. Love the mockers. Love the haters. Love the boastful. Love the ones that curse you. Love them with Me, and know My Joy through the war with Me”

“In My Love there is Joy, a very deep Wellspring of Joy and of Life! Know that I will flow through you, to carry you through every storm! Just as I am not moved by storms, so neither shall you be either, if you will listen to Me and take My Hand in the coming frays! I have a higher wage for you, and you will be fully paid! You will reap the benefits of My Love, the benefits of My Mercy, the benefits of My Grace, the benefits of My Strength, the benefits of My Vision, the benefits of My Life and the benefits of My Light in the greater fight! I have a multitude of souls reserved for you! I have assigned many fields to you in the coming days and years! You will reap them with Me in Love’s Tears, as you battle with Me in the Spirit Realm and pray! Bring them before Me in prayer and watch Me move! Sow your seeds of prayer in the Spirit, and as you water them in Love’s Compassion in prayer with Me, you shall surely see them in the natural realm get set free! See them through Me! See the situations through Me! See the battle through Me! Know that the goal is victory!”

“My Government is fully at work in your midst. I am opening up everything that has been closed. I am also closing everything that has been open. I am stirring up the spiritual lethargy that has kept many of My People from the battlefields. I am also breaking the back of fear that has paralyzed My People, and has kept them from rising to their rightful places in Me! I will have a violent and fiercely righteous army! I will have an uncompromising army! So I am going to unmask the enemy! I am going to unveil all that presents itself as Me, and I am going to strip all false authority from before Me! I am after true sincerity and true humility! I am after clean hands and pure hearts! So the greater battle now starts! Check your hearts Children! Let no anger, let no bitterness, let no guile, and let no accusation be found in you, for I tell you ahead of time, the battle is Mine! Take out My Oil! Take out My Wine! Pour out My Spirit upon all that shall come, and see My Hand work greatly! You shall rejoice in the spoils that will come! I will transform this generation in a great, great work, and you must see it for what it is now, before the full fury comes, so that you will stand and rejoice in the great salvation that I will work! The darkness shall flee in terror before you! The enemy shall fail in all it’s attempts to defeat you! I am the Greater One in you, and also around you! Stand still, and see the Salvation of your God! Stand still, and see the Harvest fields and My extended Rod! It is Me! I am setting the Captives free! See them as Me! See them as free! See them through the eyes of Victory with Me!”

It is a time to laugh in the face of adversity! It is a time to laugh in the face of the battle with Me! It is a time to laugh at the darkness, and to laugh at the death at work all around you, and know that it shall break in My Holy Quake! Yes! I sit in the heavens and laugh, but you are to also sit with Me and laugh too! Know that I sit in your heart, in your soul, and in your life, so you must draw even more from Me! Draw from Me, draw from My Joy in the midst of adversity! Draw from My Strength, that will rise up to you when you drink! Learn to flow in My Deeper Flows, and enter into My Rest, even in the battles that come to attempt to steal My Best! No weapon forged against you shall prosper, but you must know this! You must enforce this! You must position yourself in this! You must loose My Joy in this, and you shall see the workings of the enemy fall utterly before you in victory! It is a Day of Victory! It is a Time of Joy and of Spoil for My People who will properly position themselves now! Those who do not, will suffer great turmoil and agony of heart and soul in the battles ahead. This is why I tell you now, so that you can laugh through the battles successfully with Me! Know that I am with you! Know that I am for you! Know that what you see currently arrayed against you, and arrayed around you is not the true, but it will be shaken more and shall be defeated to the core, and you shall laugh through it all even more! I am the God of War! I am the God of Love! I am the God of Peace! I am here to wage war in the darkness with you! I shall break all things through! I shall reveal Myself to you! In this New Year, I have a Glorious Harvest all arranged for you!”

Scriptures:

Psalms 2:1-12 “WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme? ² The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say, ³ Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us. ⁴ He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them]. ⁵ He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury, saying, ⁶ Yet have I anointed (installed and placed) My King [firmly] on My holy hill of Zion. ⁷ I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You. ⁸ Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession. ⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters’ ware. ¹⁰ Now therefore, O you kings, act wisely; be instructed and warned, O you rulers of the earth. ¹¹ Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him]. ¹² Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him!”

John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]”

Hebrews 3:6 “But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father’s] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].”

Isaiah 12:3 “Therefore with joy will you draw water from the wells of salvation.”

Revelations 12:5 “And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne.”

Revelations 19:15 “From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent).”

For further study:

Proverbs 16:21-23 “The wise in heart are called prudent, understanding, and knowing, and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener]. ²² Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly. ²³ The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips.”

Hebrews 13:6-8 “So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? ⁷ Remember your leaders and superiors in authority [for it was they] who brought to you the Word of God. Observe attentively and consider their manner of living (the outcome of their well-spent lives) and imitate their faith (their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider and Bestower of eternal salvation through Christ, and their leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness). ⁸ Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages).

Acts 4:1-31 “AND WHILE they [Peter and John] were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ² Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection from the dead. ³ So they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening. ⁴ But many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000. ⁵ Then on the following day, their magistrates and elders and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem, ⁶ Including Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship. ⁷ And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did [such people as] you do this [healing]? ⁸ Then Peter, [because he was] filled with [and controlled by] the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin), ⁹ If we are being put on trial [here] today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health, ¹⁰ Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but] Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body. ¹¹ This [Jesus] is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner [the Cornerstone]. ¹² And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved. ¹³ Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ And since they saw the man who had been cured standing there beside them, they could not contradict the fact or say anything in opposition. ¹⁵ But having ordered [the prisoners] to go aside out of the council [chamber], they conferred (debated) among themselves, ¹⁶ Saying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name [or about this Person]. ¹⁸ [So] they summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge). ²⁰ But we [ourselves] cannot help telling what we have seen and heard. ²¹ Then when [the rulers and council members] had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred. ²² For the man on whom this sign (miracle) of healing was performed was more than forty years old. ²³ After they were permitted to go, [the apostles] returned to their own [company] and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. ²⁴ And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them, ²⁵ Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things [that will not succeed]? ²⁶ The kings of the earth took their stand in array [for attack] and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah). ²⁷ For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel, ²⁸ To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. ²⁹ And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly, ³⁰ While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus. ³¹ And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.