William J. Seymour’s spiritual formation in Kentucky

The Prophet’s Word and the Revival in Kentucky

This prophetic word, which emphasizes deep dependence, divine convergence, a ferocious recompense against financial attack, and a call to a new level of revelation and authority, strongly relates to the life and ministry of William J. Seymour, a pivotal figure in Christian history who received his key spiritual formation in Kentucky.

Seymour, an African-American preacher, was born in Centerville, Kentucky, around 1870. His life embodies the prophetic promise of moving “out of the chains of disappointment, weariness and heartsickness” and into an inheritance. As a man of color in the segregated South, he faced immense societal opposition and hardship—a clear spiritual and physical parallel to the “ferocious attack… in the area of finances” and the battle with “fear, witchcraft and intimidation” mentioned in the prophecy.

The core of the prophetic word lies in the call to “be at My feet listening to what I am speaking and what I’m building.” Seymour’s destiny changed when he left Kentucky to attend Charles Parham’s Bible school in Texas. Although forced to sit in the hall due to segregation, his heart was fully surrendered. He was “surrendered in stillness to His way, to His agenda, to His pace,” embodying the requirement for deep dependence.

When Seymour moved to Los Angeles, he brought the message of the Holy Spirit baptism he had retained from his studies. His work began quietly in a small house, but the fire fell upon tongues, resulting in the famous Azusa Street Revival (1906–1909). This revival was the very “era where fire will fall upon tongues and a commissioning will take place” and the beginning of the “tidal wave of the healing revival” mentioned. From the chains of his origin in Kentucky, Seymour was raised up as one of the bold ones to destroy the works of darkness, his ministry demonstrating the explosive joy in deep partnership with Jesus and the Spirit.

Chapter One: The Divine Convergence and the Bold Ones Rising

Hear now the voice of the Spirit, for the pages of destiny over your life are now turning!

I declare that the people of God are moving higher, out of the chains of disappointment, weariness, and heartsickness, into a place of ACCESSING in greater ways the inheritance that is theirs in Christ. You are a child born into a royal family; you inherit royalty and all that the royal throne represents. This inheritance is not a distant promise, but a present reality to be governed from a whole new level of revelation, understanding, and authority that flows from deep dependence upon Me.

The enemy has attacked many of you FEROCIOUSLY in the area of finances to bring stress, unrest, and anxiety. There has been a significant wave of opposition, a fog so thick it brought a weight and a heaviness, leaving many distraught. But I declare to you today that a FEROCIOUS RECOMPENSE is moving in your life! I am not only restoring what was stolen, lost, and broken, but I am bringing you into the divine convergence of My hand!

Listen close to the promise of the harvest: you shall receive harvest of seeds sown in previous seasons, the spoils of war from previous seasons, and crucial INSIGHT that the enemy tried to steal and cloud from previous seasons into THIS SEASON NOW! You shall see that these places of contention are becoming spaces of the greatest joy in My Spirit you have yet experienced, as My Spirit brings transformation, freedom, life, and healing both TO YOU and THROUGH YOU.

It is SO imperative that you are at My feet listening to what I am speaking and what I’m building. You must renew your minds—your thinking—to align with Jesus as we see Him in the Gospels. We must learn to bring our feelings and reasoning into subjection to the Word. I smiled and said, “REVELATORY REST.” It is imperative in this hour to be surrendered in stillness to His way, His pace, His timing, and His direction. Don’t waste any time. We must follow His pace, for many have erred by mistaking the patience of God for weakness.

The Lord has shown me a shift: the battle has broken, and I am raising you up as My bold ones to go forth on new assignments and to destroy the works of darkness from the place of deep communion with Me. My daughters rising up as trailblazers as they say ‘YES’ to Me are possessed with greater vision than they have ever carried. When we come around the Lord’s table, that is worship. God is willing Himself to go wherever He is truly invited. WATCH WHAT I AM GOING TO DO!


Chapter Two: The Era of Fire, The Commissioning, and the Word Made Flesh

The Word of God, Elohim (God), speaks again, for He is here taking Jesus’ place!

Every Word that God has spoken to us has the potential to produce in our lives. The things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. The Lord showed me Jesus painting new assignments, deep wells, new lands that for some were completely unexpected, things never thought of. Contained within these things is the most explosive joy in deep partnership with Jesus and the Spirit and watching His Spirit move. As they partnered with Him, not only was life flowing through them to bring change and transformation to others, but life was flowing INTO THEM, bringing them to life again. The pain will be healed. Double portions!

This is the era where fire will fall upon tongues and a commissioning will take place in greater ways of those being positioned to speak, sing, and declare the Word of the Lord. There is a heavier anointing to write that is about to fall upon many of you to write with the Lord again. Just as Isaiah predicted, it has happened. The Lord extends the right to use His name to all believers. In observing how Jesus operated in the Father’s name, we gain great insight on what it means for us as disciples to use the name of Jesus. Heavens Response to a Heart Attack—Death will release its grasp, hell will release its grip, and men will stand before the judgment throne of God.

As the Church, the saints, we are called to represent Jesus in this present age. It wouldn’t take long to evangelize this country if we could only get the pews into the pulpit, but the ministers can never do it alone. One godly family can evangelize one hundred families very easily. This requires the individual believer to follow the ancient, simple commands: “Always carry a Bible or Testament in your pocket, and do not be ashamed of people seeing you read it on trains, etc.”

This is your calling: to be full of eyes, before and behind, seeing both the spiritual realities and the needs around you. If you have any chains (unforgiveness, jealousy, etc.) that keep you from honoring one or more people, confess that to the Lord and ask Him to release you from them. The pastor had the confidence of the churches as no other man had, and brought to many evangelists a blessing which no other man could. This is the fruit of a life submitted to God’s pace, a life where the heart does not seek its own will, but the will of the Father. Polycarp said, “Not nearly as hot as the fire you’ll experience!”—a chilling reminder that the day of God’s wrath has come for those who refuse to hear. But for those who receive the Word, it is life, and health, and peace. I am on my way to Kansas City.

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