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“Are You Ready to Die?”

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I’d been praying for months, “Lord, if there be anything in me that doesn’t give you praise, that isn’t pleasing in your sight, take it from me.”

The first week in February, 2017, during a prayer meeting, we all knelt down and submitted ourselves to the Lord as a group. We told Him we were bringing all we were before His altar, and asked to be emptied of ourselves and filled with Him.

The Lord’s Response

That night, for the remainder of our prayer time, I heard the Lord say several times:

“I AM Holy!”

“Be ye therefore Holy, even as I AM Holy.”

“Nothing unclean can stand before Me.”

“You must be a living sacrifice.”

“Are you ready to DIE?”

When the Lord asked this, I said, “Yes, Lord, I’m yours. Do with me as it pleases you.” Although I meant every word, at the time I had no idea what I was asking, and what would have to take place in order to be emptied of myself and filled with Him.

By mid-March, trials from multiple directions began to hit my life like nothing I’d ever experienced. Everything I held dear was attacked: my marriage, finances, family, friends, and even my health.

On April 27th, in the midst of all this, I was on my way to a friend’s house. It was pouring rain and the hour drive was taking twice as long. So I began praising the Lord and praying in the spirit. Suddenly, the full impact of the calamities swirling around me hit full force. Intense pain and sorrow welled up within my spirit and I began to groan in agony. The gut wrenching pain reached a level I couldn’t contain, and the groans turned to screams, which seemed to come from every fiber of my being.

So here I was, driving down the road, tears flowing, groaning and screaming in the spirit, heart completely crushed and broken, crying out to the Lord, when I heard Him say loudly:

“Dying is Not Easy!”

As these words penetrated through all the pain, suddenly everything converged in my spirit. I saw myself bowed before Him as I’d been doing for months, begging to be transformed into His image and likeness.

Then a vision of Jesus on the cross flashed in front of me, as I heard the Lord say,

“You must be crucified in Christ!”

Then I remembered what He’d said to me at the prayer meeting,

“I AM Holy!”

“Be ye therefore Holy, even as I AM Holy.”

“Nothing unclean can stand before Me.”

“You must be a living sacrifice.”

“Are you ready to DIE?”

When He’d asked if I was ready to die, I’d answered, “Yes!” Instantly, I realized The Lord was answering my prayers! Everything in me not of the Lord was being stripped away. I was being crucified in Christ!

Friends, I’ve been mostly quiet through this painful process, but last week the Lord spoke the following to me and made it clear it was to be shared:

“My people are not asking Me to finish the work I’ve begun in them. This final work may only be done with their permission.”

The Lord then led me to a section of the book The Pursuit of God by Dr. A.W. Tozer, which perfectly describes this process:

     “Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction… There must be a work of God in destruction before we are free. We must invite the cross to do its deadly work within us… The cross is rough and it is deadly, but it is effective. It does not keep its victim hanging there forever. There comes a moment when its work is finished and the suffering victim dies. After that is resurrection glory and power, and the pain is forgotten for the joy that the veil is taken away and we have entered in actual spiritual experience the presence of the living God.” pp. 46&47.

If the Body of Christ is to be transformed into His image and likeness, we must die to self. Jesus told us, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.” Matthew 16:24. Jesus meant what He said!

Brethren, the Lord is asking our permission to finish the work he’s begun in us. His question to us is, “Are you ready to die?” He wants us to know in advance, “Dying is NOT easy!” And as the work of the cross is carried out, our total focus must be on Him – we absolutely MUST TRUST HIM in this.  It’s been made very clear to me, without going through this crucifixion process, you’ll  be useless to Him in the days ahead.

Remember, the cross doesn’t keep its victim hanging there forever. The moment will come when its work is finished and the victim dies. After that is resurrection glory and power!

Please pray and take what’s been shared before the Lord for further interpretation. I believe the painful trials many of the Saints are going through right now are because our prayers are being answered. The Church is being transformed!

Scripture References:

1 Peter 1:16, Leviticus 11:44, “Be ye therefore Holy, even as I AM Holy.”

Galations 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me…”

Romans 12:1, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God…”

2 Cor. 3:18 says, “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

Matt. 16:24, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.”

Hebrews 12:1-2, “…looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross…”

 

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Chantal Duvier
Chantal Duvier
July 24, 2022 2:09 pm

I’ve been as a living sacrifice for a decade and have finally completed the process of sanctification. Truly many Christians are in error deeming themselves to be ‘born again’ yet have not completed this process, or even worse…not yet learned how to walk with and submit to Him on this level according to Romans 12:1. It is not only fulfilling a suffering requirement, but it’s also learning to go only where He directs, doing as He commands (not taking away or adding to it), yielding to His process of correction and moulding, and having in one’s life only that which… Read more »

Susan
Susan
November 3, 2018 12:47 am

Thank you Dianna!

Michael Molife
Michael Molife
June 19, 2017 7:08 pm

I have been following

Michael Molife
Michael Molife
June 19, 2017 7:07 pm

I have following your ministry starting with Z3news and I have to say that you are a blessing to all of us. This particular post has really spoken to me. I have praying for the same, that God cleanses me of all that may be hindering my spiritual growth and annointing. Just a few months ago up to last week I started getting financial and physical attacks, one after another. And your word confirms what I have been going through. “Dying is not easy”. The cross does not compromise, there are no negotiations on the cross. Thats whats so hard… Read more »

Pete
Pete
June 11, 2017 10:51 am

God bless you,sister. I thank yo so much for sharing your testimony!! Your testimony was powerful and I know the Holy Spirit is using you to speak to our brothers and sisters. I’ve been praying that Jesus would give me a pure heart and clean hands. I just watched your video with Lyn Leahz and then,I went to your web site. I can express how grateful that I am that God is using you to speak to us. God always confirms his word!!! As I said earlier,I asked Jesus to give me a pure heart and clean hands. Then,he confirmed… Read more »

Frank Dollbaum
Frank Dollbaum
May 24, 2017 4:57 pm

Diana, This is a confirming word for much of what the Lord has been doing in my life this year. Earlier this year was very trying but I daily ask for chastening, refining, perfecting so that I will reflect His image and His glory so that I can glorify Him with my life. I will keep a long story short and let the scripture do the talking. It is true that the chastening and refining is very painful and uncomfortable now, but the intimacy with the Lord and peace I have received from it would be worth it again and… Read more »

Victoria Vatland
Victoria Vatland
May 23, 2017 1:52 pm

Hello Diana, Words from our KING bring love, through this complete surrender on His sacrificial altar and His cup we become more aware of the lost He seeks to harvest into His Kingdom.Your journey, though I do not know details, pains me greatly, as you well know never as much as our Father hurts for His children’s hurt. My wilderness began in 1999 when my Mommy returned to her KING, there is little left of me, more room for Him!! I remember reading somewhere the problem with living sacrifices,,, they/we want to crawl off the altar when the fire gets… Read more »

Lori
Lori
May 23, 2017 1:48 pm

Diana, I saw a teaching on this by john paul jackson titled the 3 dark nights. Very informative. I highly recommend it. Thank you for your obedience to the Lord. Bless you.

pauline williams
May 22, 2017 8:15 pm

Precious sis
lifting up yr hands as u victoriously show the Kingdom light reflecting thru u into yr family and out to the world..yr proximity to Him…things of the earth grows strangely dim..

Henrico Cordier
May 22, 2017 6:36 am

Good morning, i am from South Africa and follow most of the entries in Z3 news. Can i request prayer please as me and my wife is going through financial difficulties for the past 2 ,1/2 years now. The second request is i want to know what is the will of GOD in our lives, and if maybe the financial difficulties are something to draw my attention to something else HE wants for our lives. Thank you and GOD bless

Olga
Olga
May 21, 2017 7:00 pm

Many thanks Diana.

This is, like Bette said it, where the rubber meets the road. Could you kindly contact me via email? I would like to know if you could help me with a question I have. Thank you.

Jo Ann
Jo Ann
May 21, 2017 2:15 am

Diana, Thank you so much. This word has been a game changer for me. The Lord has been trying so hard to pull me up out of the dust, but he hasn’t had much luck. He has given me beautiful new clothing but still I hold on to my prison garb. I come from a family that’s riddled with abuse and I’ve worked in an abusive environment for nearly thirty years. I know how to be abused but I’ve found that I don’t know how to be the daughter of the king. The Lord has told me that I can’t… Read more »

Robert
Robert
May 20, 2017 10:17 pm

I have been praying the same thing. I want to be used mightily and want noting in me that would hinder that. He has delivered me from some big stuff over the years and what’s left are things within my personality that I don’t know how to begin to overcome other than to ask Him to do what only He knows what to do. Things like patience, particularly with my wife. My walk with h Him has been pretty easy lately – feeling like I’m walking in victory. Then over the past few weeks it’s like the enemy has supercharged… Read more »

Frances
Frances
May 20, 2017 8:06 pm

Dear sister Diana, I am so thankful for you and your walk with our Lord. Your posts minister to my spirit so deeply, it goes deep within my being. I know what you are saying is absolutely from God almighty trying to wake us up!!! Oh God finish the work you’ve started in your children. God bless you dear sister. Blessings to you, frances

Aline
May 20, 2017 6:15 pm

Dear Diana,
I have read your last 2 articles and video and agree with them completely. Yah is certainly using you to awaken the believers! I am in a community that needs some help. But I really can’t discuss that publicly. I also need help.
I know you must be very busy; kindly pray and see if it would be OK for me to contact you privately. I trust Yah’s answer to you. Thank you for your holy boldness for Him! Keep up the good work!
Blessings and prayers, Aline

William
William
May 20, 2017 2:23 am

It’s really very hard, because true Christian followers will not be happy in this worldly life, because this world is currently ruled by Satan. Every day, every minute, every second, struggling, hurdles are there, but his grace and his might hand leads us. God gives more strength. For the rest of your life, may God utilize you powerfully, Diana. This is my humble request. Please remember her in your prayer my beloved friends.

debi walker
debi walker
May 20, 2017 12:58 am

Yes indeed awesome and powerful, sadly there will be many Christians who think they are ready for these end times but will certainly not endure to the end. God Bless you for your faithfulness and dedication.

Bette Stevens
May 19, 2017 11:17 pm

Diana

That is a deep word……But that is where the rubber meets the road…….and many
people will not be ready because they dont
want to hear anything negative,,,,aka,itching ears……
The bride is not ready to receive Christ

Blessings

Sue
Sue
May 19, 2017 10:50 pm

Wow! First I want to say I’m sorry you had been going thru some heavy trials. Many years ago the Lord showed me some pretty similar things of what layed ahead in dreams I have had and here we are now, and He would speak about Foundations, like “Does not a weak foundation collapse” and “I give and I take it away” Confirmations etc .Now that being said, my biggest struggle has been that I’m a smoker, or nicotine gum, then quit for 6 months then started up again now back to gum..I have the conviction of knowing better. I… Read more »

Jeff Byerly
May 19, 2017 10:38 pm

Thank you Dianna!
Awesome and powerful word!
God bless you !
Jeff