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

Hide-N-Seek

“Come out, come out wherever you are!”  

Many of you are playing children’s games in My House when I have called you to cooperate with me in the sanctification work of maturity.  Instead, you are hiding behind things like good deeds, the outer appearance of respectability, the approval of man, and many other worldly things.  These are only religious shells full of dry bones.      

I don’t play Hide-N-Seek.  I play SARDINES!  Where you are, there I AM with you!  I AM patient and longsuffering in My kindness toward you so that you may come to repentance on your own.  I AM also Light and Truth.  Your hidden place of darkness will be exposed in My light and truth, so come out of your hiding place while you are able to repent before Me freely before those hidden things of darkness become revealed to others who find you in that hiding place...and before you carry the responsibility and consequences of bringing others into the place of your darkness.  

Prophesy the breath of My Holy Spirit on these dry bones to revive them and bring new life into the place of dead works.  I will provide that new life in the Spirit with muscles and tendons to strengthen and reconnect you so that My Bride can go forth in the power of My Kingdom.  Be free of the empty shell of religious works and let your inner reality come into alignment with My Word of Truth.

“All ye, all ye, in come free!”

Isaiah 58:7; Matthew 23:27; John 3:19-21; Ezekiel 37:4-6

   

THE WASHING OF MY WORD

Many of My people have been hit and wounded by “friendly fire” because of the schemes of the enemy.  Where he has not been successful in “direct hits”, he has used the “fog of war” (uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in conflict) to take strategic advantage against My people from within My Body, My Family.

I AM Jehovah Rapha, “God Your Healer”.  I AM increasing the anointing on My Word, My Truth to cleanse My Bride through the washing of My Word, My Truth, My Presence.  This washing will remove the fog of war to bring clarity and healing to My people.  I will have a glorious Bride without spot, blemish, wrinkle, scar or any such thing.

I have called My people to be holy and set apart to Me.  I AM building a unified and victorious Church in the earth.  Each one of you has a part in that glorious wholeness and victory.  Come near to Me, the One Who is your Truth, your Healer and allow Me to pour over you My Living Word to wash you and cleanse you from the fog of war; healing you and making you whole.

Ephesians 5:25-27

PURSUING SHADOWS?

The enemy is trying his very best to convince some of you that pursuing Me is like chasing shadows, like trying to catch the wind.  He is a liar and the father of lies.  The truth is that I AM here with open arms and a heart full of love for you.  Draw near to Me and I will draw near to you.  Just one glance from My Bride ravishes My heart. The moment you turn your eyes back toward Me, I RUN to meet you even as the prodigal son’s father ran to meet him while he was still far off in the distance.  Even when you still can’t see Me, if you seek Me with all of your heart you will find Me.

Keep moving toward Me, keep turning in My direction and you will be met with the overflow of My heart.  I love you with an everlasting love.  Nothing can separate you from My love...nothing.  The light of My Presence will enlighten your darkness and chase away every shadow of doubt.  Turn your eyes upon Me and look fully into the unquenchable flames of love burning deeply for you.

Ecclesiastes 6:12; James 1:17, 4:8; Deuteronomy 4:29; Song of Songs 4:9, 8:6-7   

HUMILITY AND HONOR

I speak to those who have become weary and discouraged in your souls.  I have chosen you to be holy and set apart to Me as a special treasure.  You are My precious sons and daughters and as a loving Father I discipline those that I love.  I AM with you in these wilderness places.  I lead you through them to humble you, to test you, and to show you what is in your heart so that you will learn to obey My Word, to walk in My ways and to fear Me.  I have chosen you in order to bless you to possess and to rule over your Kingdom inheritance in the earth.  I discipline you to do you good in the end.  The riches of your inheritance in Christ are godliness and honor and life, but these come by humility and the fear of the Lord.
Do not shrink back from this work of humility that I AM doing in your life.  It is My grace which gives you the power to get the wealth and substance of your inheritance.  I resist the proud and give My grace to those who are broken in heart and humble in the spirit of their minds, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the broken ones. The tears, the trials, and the suffering are instruments of discipline which produce the desired humility necessary to rule well in My Kingdom.  You have been justified by grace to become heirs of grace.  That grace is My power and those who hold power must be humble in spirit in order to rule righteously.  You are My sons and daughters whom I love and I AM raising you up according to My timing and purposes for My glory.  It is by My glory and goodness that you are called to know Me and to know My ways so that you can rule well. My divine power gives to you all things that are appropriate for the riches of godliness, honor, and life.
Put aside weariness and discouragement and receive the humility that comes through My loving discipline in this season.  You will soon see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!          

Hebrews 12:3-6; Deuteronomy 7:6, 8:2-6,18; Proverbs 15:33, 22:4; 2 Peter 1:3