Jan 1999
Norman Miller – Word for the year – 1999, godly divine, My glory, My glory, My glory will shine.
11.7.99 Uluru
Barbara Miller – the Lord quickened to Barbara about a spirit of adoption on Aboriginal people and on the land. Ro 8:19-23 had been given to her by the Lord in Cairns and now the Lord was bringing it to her attention again. It was as if Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the land generally were waiting eagerly for the redemption of the sons and daughters of God so that it too could be redeemed. Because of our disobedience and the fall, the land and living creatures had been frustrated and were subject to death and decay. Creation was awaiting its liberation from bondage and its renewal and redemption. It was as if Ayers Rock and the creation round about was groaning as in the pains of childbirth to bring forth the children of God into the full redemptive purposes of God. It was as if the land was calling its people forth or birthing them into the kingdom of God so it could experience rebirth as well.
Not only are we as Christians adopted into the heavenly household as sons and daughters of God but the Lord gave Barbara a word that He has put a spirit of adoption on the Aboriginal people of this land. In the kinship system, there are either words for family members or words for stranger. Some Aboriginal languages don’t have words for friends and so friendly white people are adopted into the family. God put that in place. It’s like a spirit of adoption that’s put on the people of the land and the people of the land are saying “Welcome into the family, Come home” to the rest of the people of Australia. This is of great spiritual significance in this country because we know that there has been a lot of prayer that’s gone up for reconciliation and healing of relationships. I believe we’re seeing a turning point in that area.
The Lord also reminded Barbara how He stood and looked out over Jerusalem with His arms outstretched and said “O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you how often have I longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings but you were not willing (Mat 23:37). They missed out on the day of their visitation and Jesus wept. (Luke 19:41-44) And the Lord brought a brokenness over us at Ayers Rock to weep for the nation of Australia and pastors and leaders who had turned away, so they would not miss that visitation.
The Lord also showed Barbara that He put a spirit of adoption on the land of Australia as well and the land stands there with its arms outstretched to us just like Jesus did with Jerusalem saying, “Come home. Come into the family”. There are a lot of people in Australia who don’t feel like they’re home but the land is saying, “This is your home. We welcome you home.” The land is also saying, come home into the kingdom of God, that’s your true spiritual home.
The other word the Lord gave Barbara at the Olgas (Kata Tjuta) on Monday was that He had set Aboriginal people as gatekeepers in this land for their own areas across Australia and because the traditional owners of Ayers Rock, the heart of Australia, opened the gates to the National Prayer Gathering, then they were opening the spiritual gateway not just to that area, but to the whole nation. What God was doing in the spirit was that Aboriginal gatekeepers throughout the whole nation who had before closed their doors to the gospel because of the pain that came with it, would now open those gates. She saw gates or doors opening all across this nation. It was like the light turning on all across this nation. (God puts authorities in the land whether those authorities are national park authorities or traditional owners.)
We were raising a banner, a standard of righteousness and justice over the nation of Australia and at 1.30am on July 14 when we prayed the first prayer for this, Barbara saw a tower rising in the centre of Australia. The Lord said to her this is not like the tower of Babel but it’s a tower of strength for the righteous and the just to run into it. He had heard our prayer and He had answered our prayer. We can have great confidence in that. It is very significant that the Lord asked the Australian Prayer Network to pray for a standard of righteousness to be raised over Australia because when Barbara was in Israel, she asked the Lord what His redemptive purpose was for Australia and He told her it was for a godly justice to be shown. Considering the injustice of Australia’s beginnings and Satan’s plan to pervert God’s purposes, this makes sense. Amos 5:24 and Psalm 89:14 and other scriptures show us that God’s righteousness and justice go hand in hand. So, we were actually praying God’s redemptive purpose over Australia at His request from the centre of the nation.
Barbara led the final prayer for reconciliation at the 2am prayer meeting and she prophetically declared some of what the Lord showed her about a spirit of adoption on the land and the people of the land and the spirit of reconciliation this brings.
Norman Miller – The Lord gave Norman a prophetic word about 1.30am July 14, as we were to pray our first 2am prayer to coincide with prayer groups in eastern Australia. Ps Brian Pickering read part of it out. It was: “Know this that My hand is in the land and I will show you My authority and power for this prophetic time and hour” says the Lord.