Be Clothed And Stand

Awaken out of your sleep and slumber!  This is not the time for PJs.  I have given My Bride clothes to wear.  Arise and put on your Kingdom garments.  Put on your shoes of peace that you received in Christ, Who is your peace.  In Me you have peace with God.  I have given you ruby slippers, bought with My blood.  Keep them on your feet to remind you that “There is no place like home.”  This world is not your home.  You have been seated with Me in the heavenly places just as I AM seated at the right hand of the Father since My work on the cross was finished.  Didn’t I say, “It is finished!”?  Stand in the finished work of Christ for your salvation through faith and by grace.  I have saved you completely from sin, sickness, disease and infirmity.  

Wrap that truth around you and firmly tighten it as a belt that will not slip.  Hold fast to the One Who is Truth just as I AM holding fast to you.

Cover your mind with these truths of your salvation so that you do not even entertain the lies of the evil one when he comes to try to condemn you to perpetuating cycles of sin, sickness, disease or infirmity.  Do not come into agreement with, but rather, refute these condemnations and any lying wonders he produces, for this is your inheritance in Me.

Keep the covering of My righteousness over your heart and wear it always so that even the unbelievers are dazzled by the brilliance of My righteousness through you and are drawn to Me.  You have been made the righteousness of Christ in the earth for My namesake and glory.  Let your righteousness shine continually.

Lift up your shield of faith and extinguish every fiery dart of the enemy.  Take your stance in the wholeness and completed work of Christ.  Raise that shield high by faith and say, “NO in Jesus’ name!”.  My Kingdom within you suffers violence.  I AM calling My people to be the violent ones who take it (back) by force.  Let God arise and the enemy be scattered. It is not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit that is within you that you overcome the evil one. 

Take up your two-edged sword of My Word and Spirit.  Hold it high so that its light and power cut away the entanglements of the enemy forces against you.  When you do this, the worldly things will fall away and My Kingdom in you will rise up in strength.  Hold your ground!  Be clothed with the righteous garments that I have given to you.  Be clothed with My power and stand in My grace. (Ephesians 6:10-19)

Drought and Destiny

Are you dry and thirsty?  Do you wonder at the desert landscape that you have found yourself in as you walk on parched ground that once was lush with life?  You have been called to abundance.  Do you question My leading and the reality of the Land of Promise with its abundance?  The dry lakebed can be a place of revelation and resurrected destiny if you will have eyes to see and ears to hear.  Take a look at what has been below the surface covering of the waters.  Observe the skeletal remains of what was once living and the rubbished remnants of what was once religious works, worldly pursuits or distracting entertainment.  What value is there in these things now?  I AM the Fountain of Living Waters.  Have I not said that I will never leave you or forsake you?  If you find that your land of abundance has become a desert, it is not because I have abandoned YOU.  See, hear, and consider whether the pursuit of your own agendas has distracted you from the pursuit of Me. 

Your own works will bring you to the place of desolation because dead works cannot hold Living Water.  I AM with you and I AM for you, but you must drink from the Fountain of Living Waters and not from your own broken cisterns that can hold no water.  Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.  I will comfort your waste places and make your desert like the garden of Eden.  In the lushness of My Presence you will sing with joy and thanksgiving.  Why would you wander in the desert when you are destined for abundance in the Land of Promise?  Come to the Fountain of Living Waters and drink freely, drink deeply of My abundance! This is your inheritance in Christ.   

     

Jeremiah 2:11-13, 33:3; Haggai 1:10-11; Hebrews 13:5; Isaiah 51:3

A New Season

You have entered into a new season which is a time to experience new beginnings and new things, both in the natural and the spiritual realms.  Now is a good time to re-evaluate what you will carry with you into this new season.  I encourage you to travel light as you will be moving forward at an accelerated speed and will need to step with precision and agility in order to keep pace with My Spirit.

Now is the time to leave behind the ways of the past as well as the burdensome baggage of disappointments, failures, and pain of previous seasons.  These things do not become you, they do not define you, and they will not serve you well in the new season.  Look to the example of Esther as you take with you nothing but what the Holy Spirit advises you to carry into this New Year of the King.

Stir up expectancy, excitement, and excellence because you are stepping into a season of Kingdom power that will release joy and eternity on the earth as it is in Heaven. The importance of worldly things will fall away as you catch a clearer vision of My Kingdom purposes.  Do not be focused on the destination, but look to Me and know that I love the journey with you.  Watch as the landscape changes from desert and wilderness to rivers and highways.  Rejoice with heaven as the people that I have formed for Myself rise up and declare My praise!

Ephesians 5:22-24; Esther 2:15; Matthew 6:9; Isaiah 43:18-21