Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of today's post is The Sound of the Anvil.

A few weeks ago, while browsing in an antique store, I was intrigued by a large old anvil.

I've never been interested in anvils, but for some reason was fascinated by this one.

Later that night, I was reminded of the anvil once again.

I began to wonder if Holy Spirit was trying to speak to me.

I texted my friend, Clay Nash, asking what anvils meant

prophetically to him, if anything. Clay replied that when he thinks of an anvil, he's reminded

of the verse about beating plowshares into swords. Joel 310 says, beat your plowshares into swords. Joel 310 says,

beat your plowshares into swords

and your pruning hooks into spears.

Let the weak say, I'm strong.

That's pretty good.

The following day, we discovered

I wasn't the only one having anvil fascinations. Our friend,

Betty Love, a prophet and pastor in Mississippi, adds to the story. She said, my daughter,

Anna and I were ministering recently for our friends, Clay and Susan Nash.

Just prior to the beginning of worship, Anna called me over to the keyboard and said,

I hear the Lord say, it's hammer time.

Then, during the worship, I began to hear in the spirit a sound repeated, very loudly,

distinctly. This continued throughout the meeting. I asked the Lord what I was hearing, and he said,

Anvil. It's the sound of the striking of an anvil. After the service, she says, I told Clay

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