EXHORTATIONS - January 2023
To not be moved by the world, you have to be shaken from past mindsets of the world. New requires a process, where the promises you often wait for are mined like diamonds.
We can focus on the loss the shaking has caused or, we can see it as a precursor for even greater grace revealed.
Rise up with expectation, not away from your wilderness but because of it. In God's upside-down Kingdom, the wilderness of shaking is actually chosen fertile ground for next season's multiplication!
Are you one of these shaken Believers God has called upon -- now unmoved on the inside so you can transform culture on the outside? The world may have brought shaking upon you, but God will use that shaking to reveal Himself through you to the world!
The oil did not cease, You are part of a new breed of Kingdom advancers who will not be moved by pressure, but who will move and disciple many others by your unearthly passion and enduring love. Your past season may have felt like a wilderness, but to God, it's now a harvest field of promises that He wants to reveal through you to the world.
Your shaking has made you a new breed of world changer who has abandoned the pressures of perception and expectation to live out a culture of leadership that Jesus Himself has set the course. The world around you is not just waiting for a new, great ministry; they are waiting for Christ in you, the hope of glory!
"But imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises..." - Hebrews 6:12
ZZ – 2773 DW9 05-23-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
"Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." - Isaiah 43:18-19
God is a living, breathing, moving God who is always calling you forward to join Him according to His seasons and timing."Shall you not know it?" You must put your thinking, faith, and expectation in position to see, now and walk in the new that is springing forth in God's purpose for your life. It is time for your Christ identity to become a Kingdom-quickening reality.
You can't see the new season through the eyes of yesterday, nor hear new life's call if you are listening to the hurts, lies, rejection, or insecurity that the enemy had attempted to tag the past season. Get ready for God to move you out of the confines and limitations of what you have experienced in the past.
Stepping stones are there to be leaped from, not carried to be stacked on the next. If you will know the new thing that God is doing in your Christ calling, it requires a letting go, a forgetting of that which would try and taint the new.
"NOW" is upon us! We are entering into a brand new season in 2023. "Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?" says the Lord…" - Isaiah 66:9
He will finish what He has started. You cannot give birth to the new or know His delivery unless you first forget the place you have toiled and let your expectation become fresh for today!
ZZ – 2780 DW10 05-26-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Luke 12:35: "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning."
"Dressed" implies walking IN the fullness of your Christ calling and anointing, and being ready for action as God directs. In 2024 there is need to act and respond quickly, so your "lamp" must be filled and ready to burn. God's calling His Bride out of "luke-warmness" and into BURNING for Him. He is inviting you into a new dimension of passionate, contagious, radical pursuit of Him -- being "dressed ready for service!"
A new passion for "serving" will arise that is marked with burning for Jesus, and a new understanding of the flow of the LOVE of Jesus out your heart into the lives of others you are discipling into a higher apprehension of their Christ identity.
The Secret Place prepares you for suddenlies. So steward God's words to you now, and lean into an authentic heart connection. Whatever the Lord has been speaking to you about, obey NOW as it is positioning you for the next step.
Breakthrough takes persistence to push past bumps and seeming setbacks. These "bumps" you are experiencing are a normal part of breaking into greater breakthrough. God is imparting what you need as you proceed. Be encouraged. Keep persisting. Anointing for breakthrough is being released to pioneer as you wait on Him, and then step out -- burning ones are marked for service.
ZZ – 2784 DW10 05-27-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
A new hunger is growing in us in 2024. It is essential to throw away the things that seemed okay to us in our last season: old thought processes, busyness for the sake of busyness, and meaningless things that consume our time. Some things we have allowed in our lives cannot stay with us because of where we are going. Many are realizing it is meaningless—all is meaningless—except for God’s purpose for our life! The only thing that matters is God and advancing His Kingdom in the earth!
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past." - Isaiah 43:18
"Jesus replied, 'No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.'” - Luke 9:62
"But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 3:13-14
ZZ – 2786 DW10 05-28-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
2 Chronicles 5:11, 13-14 tells us:"When the priests came forth from the holy place…when they praised the LORD…glory of the LORD filled the house of God."
God sent the praisers out ahead of the army, and the battle was won before it began…it can be the same way today.
Take 15 minutes of your day for the next week or so and PRAISE GOD. WORSHIP GOD. CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE…dance before the Lord with all your might. Declare the names of God into the atmosphere – whatever way God leads you to praise, just praise!
You can do this; you can see change. You can see faith replace fear. You can see joy replace anxiety. You can see peace replace chaos. When you praise Him, when you lift Him up, He comes on the scene, and everything changes. Scripture Of The Day - 285
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"And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:7
Jesus' birth in a manger was the most unique and powerful entrance into His purpose and calling the world has ever seen. The typical places, such as an Inn, are already too full. So God looks for the mangers in our lives to birth His promises and our purposes. Often, when we find ourselves striving for an open door at the Inn -- as we learn to trust God in the manger, without striving for the Inn, we will see promises and purposes born we could have never even conceived on our own.
Many people are waiting to walk into their purpose and Christ calling. But what if that purpose is already swirling all around us and we just struggle to see how our current manger-like position measure up to the vision or promise we've seen in our heart? Perhaps you see the manger around you and find it more of a burden than an entry point
An empty field is not always a negative assessment from God's perspective; it may be an invitation to sow into that which someone else will reap for generations.
Your manger is not insignificant, but strategic and purposeful. May you see yourself, your life, your circumstances, and others as God sees. May your new eyes give birth to His everlasting promises to sow, to reap, and to join Jesus in the whitened harvest He has declared for you to work.
Z – 2788 DW10 05-29-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
"I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well…" (1 Tim 1:18)
Many Believers are struggling to gain clear direction. Confusion has hindered many and vision had been affected as the intense warfare had taken all their strength to survive and consumed their vision, making it difficult to see beyond what was immediately in front of them.
Get out your promises and use them as the weapons they are! Speak them out. Pray them out. Dream and re-envision them. Recall and remember. Decree them. Imagine them manifest. See them fulfilled. Stir up faith in your own heart by remembering them. Let them inspire you, move you, fire you up afresh.
Ask God for strategy, ideas, and creative blueprints. Ask for wisdom and revelation. Find your words God has spoken and pray over them again. Decree them and fight the battle well! They are yours to fight with in this very season.
Take out your promises and use them as effective weapons against the enemy onslaught. Breakthrough is in the glory realm. Let's empower the glory realm by decreeing what God has already said. Start now. Pull out your promises and speak forth breakthrough.
Your breakthrough isn't further away than ever, it's closer than ever. Speak truth to the lies! Look beyond the smoke of the enemy. Speak forth what God has said. The glory realm is in your midst and so is your breakthrough. Speak forth your promises!
ZZ – 2794 DW10 06-01-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
"So Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words
fall to the ground" (1 Samuel 3:19).
Our purpose in Christ is so uniquely God-given and specially placed. If not one of Samuel's words fell to the ground, then why should any purpose of any of God's children ever fall to the ground? That's why we must dream!
You have a unique purpose within you that no one else has. You have value simply because of who you are to the Father. His love for you is unconditional, and He believes in you. He is calling you into your unique and special purpose.
It's time to speak forth the dreams that are in you. It's time to walk with Him with childlike trust, live your dreams and see God's Kingdom purpose for your life come to life. Not one purpose God has put within you will fall to the ground. It's time to dream -- the dreams that will unveil your Christ calling to those in the world who need it the most.
Imagine nations changed because you lived your purpose and dream! Hope breathes through those who choose to be awakened.
ZZ – 2792 DW10 06-03-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Psalm 91:1 -- "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
Our talking and listening to the Father should be a continuum or seamless activity. When we are in conversation with anyone, we should ask the Lord, "Father, what do you want me to hear?" and "Father, how would you desire me to respond?" When we are consciously doing this the Lord will do incredible things and we are giving God glory in many more conversations and releasing His love more abundantly to others.
We must participate and engage relationally with Him in order for His presence to manifest through our lives in power.
When prayer is foundational and we allow His will to supersede our will we begin to develop vision -- as vision expands we commence to see our earthly DESTINY (the purpose of God for our life).
Prayer encourages us to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit as He leads us to those who need help with their spiritual life and someone to disciple them.
God is the One who planted our life's PURPOSE within us in the beginning. He has invested Himself in our dream and as we are obedient and stay committed He will bring our DESTINY to pass.
ZZ – 2797 DW10 06-04-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
"Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, 'Where have you laid him?' They said to Him, 'Lord, come and see.' Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, 'See how He loved him!" John 11:33-36
Whatever else you may be battling, however, you are hurting, imagine Jesus weeping a tear over you, with you, though not a tear of final mourning, but a tear of love and life that speaks of His resurrection life ahead!
Jesus understands the very personal, seemingly not understandable place you are battling and His tears are right there with you -- dripping down over you in fact. And now, He calls you forth like Mary and Martha to follow Him further, through the tears, to a place where He plans resurrection and life!
"Now when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth!' And he who had died came out…" John 11:43-44
ZZ – 2803 DW11 06-07-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Ephesians 3:20–21: “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations,
You come to understand that your future comes from God’s possibilities and from His potential, not the world’s. His potential and all of His promises of possibility flow through the Holy Spirit into you, and He will strengthen you with His might to accomplish those things, to be who you are called to be, to do what you are called to do (God's PURPOSE for your life), and to have what you are promised to have.
Basking in His presence and power you are empowered to live above your natural ability.
You are enabled to live in the Spirit and by the Spirit—cultivating, nurturing, and discipling new believers into their Christ identity – thereby living the crucified lifestyle inside the word. This results in His gifts and the fruit of His Spirit continually increasing and flowing with rivers of His goodness that provide all you need for life and godliness as you are bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom.
His presence is also a place of genuine hunger for the Word of God -- hunger for fresh bread from the Word every day. There the Word comes alive and mysteries are revealed as the Word becomes like fire in the bones. Within you arises a holy boldness to decree the Word of God that changes lives and circumstances, shifting the unseen realm and breaking down every barrier of the enemy with the power of the Word.
ZZ – 2808 DW11 06-09-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Joshua 1:9 - "..,Be strong and courageous! Do Not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
Courage is on the rise! A new breed of daring is upon us. BE READY FOR A SPIRIT OF BOLDNESS AND MIGHT TO COME UPON YOU. You will arise in new boldness as anointed courage comes upon you as you gain ground for fruit bearing resulting from Kingdom exploits. Unprecedented harvest is breaking out and you are anointed, appointed, and called into such a time as NOW. Your anointed courage is shifting history.
There is a grace to bring our petitions before God and actually pray them out! Pray, speak out, contend and decree, but ask God for what you want regarding your Christ calling. Religious thinking would try and hinder or squash our freedom to just come before God and boldly ask, activating our faith. Don't get caught up in perfectionism, timidity, niceties or a dutiful, religious, "trying to get it right" way of praying, but just pray boldly! Be authentic. Be specific. Be bold.
The enemy has entrapped a people to think that speaking out will diminish their voice and influence. The opposite is true. Partnering with unbelief diminishes influence. Partnering with truth (making the Word Rhema to your spirit) and God's voice increases influence.
"Decree a thing" and see it established (Job 22:28) is imperative in this season. Our voice MUST establish Kingdom change. We must declare, decree, and announce breakthrough and promise in our lives and ministry to help others move forward in their spiritual lives, thereby, advancing His Kingdom. We must speak it out. We must ask and decree.
ZZ – 2772 DW11 06-11-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
We received our spiritual faculties at the time of our salvation. It is our responsibility to develop these by spending quality time with the Lord, and by cultivating their use.
Isaiah 40:31 - "...But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint"
To "wait upon the Lord" means that you actively "wait" in His presence (come apart, become quiet, and look up in an attitude of expectancy and worship), until all earthly activity ceases and you are lifted up into the activity of the spiritual realm, where your spiritual being is edified and developed.
To develop your spiritual hearing you must wait in His presence, believing with expectancy that your spiritual hearing will improve, and you will more clearly perceive His presence and hear His voice. Expect to receive more revelation about His purpose for your life.
John 6:63 - "The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life."
ZZ – 2814 DW11 06-13-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Gideon was addressed as "mighty man of valor." Mary as "highly favored one." It is not a coincidence that God called them by such terms not after they completed their purpose, but before. This is how they were addressed from the outset then God called them to step into the appointed time of their destiny.
You have a Messenger of Courage within you, a Helper, the Spirit of Truth, and He is calling to you like He did Gideon and Mary, already addressing you as beloved and a victor, not just hopeful of such. He wants to visit you, meet you, and call to the courage He already sees within you. He wants you to see yourself as He does -- carrying out your Christ calling) -- and He is imparting to you the courage necessary to leap out and seize the moment that is only just beyond your reach.
He is calling you "Mighty" or "Favored" to remind you of your Christ identity. Now that you know who you are, you know what to do next.
1 John 2:20 - "But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge."
ZZ – 2816 DW12 06-15-2024 January 2022 Exhortations
As you lean into God's presence in this season, God will transform the "isolation" into a set-apart, holy moment of transformation that sets you apart as you embark on the road called "you have not been this way before." New strategy is needed for a new season; a new road map is required for new challenges, but more importantly, a renewed consecration of the heart is called for out of Heaven to realign you before you cross into new territory. You will emerge stronger and ready to carry the weight of the greater glory, prepared to steward what is about to break open in your spirit.
Colossians 3:10 - "Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with His label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete."
The new robe God is placing on you is specifically designed for what is ahead. The anointing God is releasing on you from the prayer closet is hand-crafted for "such as time as this."Isaiah 43:18-19 (The Passion Translation) offers wisdom as we transform in His glory:
He is calling you to Himself in deeper surrender. A lukewarm connection to God will not allow access to the hidden manna God is giving His people in this season. Hearts on fire are the key that unlocks flourishing and customized strategy for moving forward. Consecration of your heart will transform you and give wings to all God has called you to in this next season. You will arise. You will emerge from the waiting, transformed, and mount up on wings from the Lord.
Because of this season, you will be dressed, with oil in reserve, ready for action at a moment's notice. Luke 12:35 says, "Be prepared for action at a moment's notice." You are being given wings to bear fruit that remains for God's Kingdom -- they are glorious, as is your future.
ZZ – 2821 DW12 06-16-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
The best way to prepare for His revelation is to immerse yourself in Scriptures concerning the topic at hand.
We know from scripture that our spirit stays awake all night and works on whatever we ask it to "I was asleep, but my heart was awake, A voice! My beloved was knocking" (Song of Solomon 5:2).
Go to sleep pondering the things you are learning, and as you lie in bed, you ask the Holy Spirit to grant you insight and revelation as you sleep.
You must believe God is working a NEW work in you.
New things require a NEW language. Your self-talk draws you closer or drives you further from experiencing NEW things.
When you were baptized you went into the tomb with Him and joined Him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, You too might live a NEW life. (Romans 6:4).
You have an uncommon Christ calling to an uncommon life. "The Spirit has given you a special way of bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom" (1 Corinthians 12:7). You are to "Kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you" (2 Timothy 1:6)
ZZ – 2768 DW12 06-19-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Acts 26:24-25 - "Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, 'Paul, you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!' But he (Paul) said, "I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason."
The words "beside yourself" mean to rave as a maniac, and it's the idea of incessant craving. Festus accused Paul of being crazy.
Modern culture is not drawn to Christianity because the little they are exposed to is not extreme enough for them. What the world really wants to see is a Christian (YOU) who is totally enthralled with who Jesus is. Your spiritual learning shouldn't be just systematic theology books but a distinguishable crazy love that goes public.
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Job 2:13 - "So they sat down with Job on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great."
Job's life helped create awareness of the need for a savior. Job is the question. Jesus is the answer. If our study of Job (and other Old Testament issues) doesn't lead us to Jesus as the answer, it reveals we never really understood the question. Any understanding we have about the nature of God that can't be seen in the person of Jesus must be questioned.
Ephesians 4:13 - "In the knowledge of the Son of God we shall become like mature men, reaching to the very height of Christ's stature."
Notice that coming into maturity is the result of gaining the knowledge of the Son of God. This revelation will completely change the believer because as we see Him we become like Him. This will enable us to accurately represent Jesus through our Christ calling -- bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom.
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"I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well…" - 1 Timothy 1:18.
Many people have thanked God for their word at the time of receiving it but have had them stored away and have forgotten them. It is time to pull your prophetic words out and use them! Get out your promises and use them as the weapons they are! Speak them out. Pray them out. Dream and re-envision them. Recall and remember. Decree them. Imagine them manifested.
There is great breakthrough available in 2024 from the glory realm, which is empowered by YOUR PARTNERING IN FAITH. The enemy has infiltrated your vision with smoke and mirrors to divert you from imminent revelation and victory. Yet, as you focus on God's goodness and decree His words, the glory will increase and neutralize even the effects of the past season.
Your breakthrough isn't further away than ever, it's closer than ever. Speak truth to the lies! Look beyond the smoke of the enemy. Speak forth what God has said. The glory realm is in your midst and so is your breakthrough. Speak forth your promises!
ZZ – 2828 DW12 06-22-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
"And also I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18)
He sees your heartfelt surrender, your desire for His purpose for your life, your commitment to His Word and your love for the disadvantaged and distressed. He knows how much you have persevered (and are persevering). Do you see Him still standing next to you in the fire? Do you hear His whisper amid the storms? He is the God who sees you, and knows you in the very moment you are walking in now.
As your heart rises up in assured, simple, and steady faith, so too will you defeat the giants of your land and possess not only the gates, but the land and all it leads to for His glory.
The enemy uses fear as a false or manufactured pressure to take ground from you. In a similar and even more powerful sense, your faith puts pressure on the enemy and causes him to fear the Kingdom you are bringing from Heaven to reality.
If you are feeling pressure in your purpose with God, it is very likely because your forward steps of faith are putting unbelievable pressure on the enemy and it is only a matter of time before you not only break through that gate but open the door for many others to follow and build in that territory or sphere of influence.
Your number one gift is an exponent in the lives He has given to you to disciple, and likewise, their number one gift will be exactly what you need to fulfill other pieces of your dream you've longed to see come about.
ZZ – 2832 DW13 06-26-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
A challenge for you this year is to ask yourself this: Do you just add to the noise within life's circumstances, or do you speak life to the dry bones, the dead dreams, the impossible situations?
John 11:11 is for NOW: "…Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up."
Determine to be one of those who believe. 2024 needs your faith for resurrection power. 2024 needs your faith for the prophetic, Lazarus-style solutions and miracles. This is a season where you will see what looked dead resurrect before your eyes.
God has "manna" stored up to bless and provide for you as you do what He's called you to do this year. This "manna" is supernatural provision that will often come from unusual sources, unexpected places, and in creative ways. Be about the Father's business in your daily business, and a feast of blessing will await you as the Isaiah 22:22 doors open to you (doors ONLY God can open).
Expect God's glory to intensify and open up supernatural atmospheres and gateways to glory realms of revelation—especially new realms of creativity and solutions never dreamed of before.
You're still standing, and this is victory! This is the season you've been prepared for and anointed for. Be blessed -- see God's love flowing into your heart as His breath is reviving you.
ZZ – 2836 DW13 06-27-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
There is such a feeling of satisfaction knowing that you are in the right place for the right purpose, in being sure you're doing what God has destined you to do. This is the life that is contented and fruitful. God has called you to redeem the time; you are to make the most of each moment (see Ephesians 5:15-17).
This is a season that if you are intentional to go up the mountain and keep your gaze on Jesus, you will receive new perspective and vision -- you will birth the assignment God has been waiting to give you. You'll come down the mountain and release the mighty thunderous sound into the earth!
Set your expectations high and never settle for second best, because you can do all things through your oneness with Christ who strengthens you. (Philippians 4:13) "It is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." - Luke 12:32
True contentment abounds and joy overflows when you recognize that your life is delighting the Lord. Nothing in this world can convey such a feeling of achievement as accomplishing God's purpose for your life. Your highest purpose and most noble quest should be to live in such a manner as to bear fruit that remains for God's advancing Kingdom.
ZZ – 2845 DW14 07-02-2024 Jaunary 2023 Exhortations
You are a part of a people God has produced to penetrate the veil of the ordinary. You are a golden, holy storehouse of God's potential. You have the life in you to liberate literally multitudes.
You are to become a history-maker and world-changer. God has determined the exact time of your birth. Truly, you are in the Kingdom for such a time as this (see Esther 4:14). You were placed on earth for a special assignment (your CALLING in Christ). (Ephesians 2:10).
"…He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature…" - 2 Peter 1:4
Whether it's a prophetic word, a passage of Scripture the Holy Spirit is highlighting, or some expression of God speaking something to you, you have an assignment regarding HIS PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE -- you need to align your words with what God is saying. Position yourself and live in expectation! This is the essence of the prophetic: You saying what God is speaking.
This is the essence of the prophetic: You saying what God is speaking.
The Word of the Lord places a demand on your life. Will you adjust everything -- your habits, your thought processes, your relationships, your pursuits -- or will you continue with "life as normal?" Normal will never apprehend the ascended life as long as you are content to continue with the self-absorbed status quo.
Ask the Holy Spirit for a fresh visitation of His resurrection power, breathing life upon those past-season promises and reviving them!
ZZ – 2758 DW54 07-03-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
The Bible counsels us to be very careful and guard our thoughts as well as what we ponder within our heart because that will set the cadence of our life. "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. " - Proverbs 4:23
Christ Jesus, in His gracious message on the mountain, informs us that it is the pure in heart that see God. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." - Matthew 5:8
The writer of the book of Hebrews again admonishes us to actively seek, and powerfully pursue, purity and holiness, if we are going to see and behold the Lord. "Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord." " - Hebrews 12:14
The Believer is already sanctified. "By God's will we have been sanctified once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah." -- Hebrews 10:10
We maintain our holiness through affirming and meditating our oneness with Christ Jesus throughout the day. Christ is holy -- we are "in Him " so we are holy. The Believer is not trying to get holy -- he is holy in Christ. When we sin, we repent into the heavenly, holy example -- never losing our right standing with God -- continuing to advance God's Kingdom through our Christ calling. Peace is a fruit of our oneness with Christ.
ZZ – 2760 DW14 07-06-2024 Jaunary 2023 Exhortations
God is preparing a remnant of true overcomers for a righteous revolution! The Spirit of God has been fanning the flame of discontentment within the hearts of the saints causing them to feel a deep dissatisfaction with mere powerless religious actions. There can be no true revolution with contented people! What you feel within your spirit is a divine disturbance driving you to seek God on a deeper level.
"The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?" - Amos 3:7-8
The time of timidity and fearfulness is coming to a sudden end -- with astonishing boldness, the saints of God are arising. It is only through doing things at high altitudes that you get used to the height, and pretty soon you are soaring! In Christ, you are one with Him. He wants to get you to the point where you are looking up, living up, coming up, and rising up as you live out God's purpose for your life.
Be the Joshua God has ordained you to be -- crossover and possess your land of promise and fruition (your Christ calling).
Be confident: you were born for this day. Don't delay: move forward in victory, taking your place as an overcomer, embracing fully the destiny of your calling in Christ. (see Ephesians 2:10).
Truly, as stated in Esther 4:14, you are in the Kingdom for such a time as this. You can know for certain that the Kingdom is in you for such a day as this. Take your stand and be a bold and brave beacon of God's love and light.
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God's heart is beating for the harvest and souls and the equipping of the saints. The Holy Spirit is aligning us to what His heart burns -- for, our hearts will burn for too. God is releasing swift acceleration upon the Church Body and turning things around. God is refocusing your vision to see with greater clarity and aligning you to the Christ mandate for this urgent hour. God is releasing breakthrough over your Christ calling.
When God-change is happening, your decrees are imperative. Your voice become the rudder, setting the direction to head in and establish new territory. This is a time to declare what God is saying, and declare with expectant faith, as you are entering the days of greater glory and maximum, unprecedented harvest.
There are rivers being made in the wasteland and roads in the desert by your decrees. You must stop wasting time going over old history and be alert to the brand-new that is bursting out.
"Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands." (Isaiah 43:18-19, The Message)
All the disappointments, unrealized dreams, offenses, unforgiveness, hidden agendas, unhealthy thinking, even the hurt of loss or fear of failure; anything unhelpful in our connection to God that we, the Bride, are holding onto—it all has to be surrendered to walk through the door into the era of destiny breakthrough.
To let go of the baggage, and all the baggage, not just some of it, requires humility and vulnerability. It requires trust to walk through that door -- unprecedented breakthrough that will unlock your destiny are beyond this door.
Focus determines direction.
V – 3 DW15 07-16-2023 January 2023 Exhortations
Abraham waited, trusted, and believed for HIS promise (Isaac), not fully realizing yet how it played a role in God's bigger promises that He was, and still is, establishing. (Genesis 18:11-15)
Many of us are waiting for our "Isaacs" to come in many forms, but what will happen when we receive such? Will we rest in that beautiful promise, or will we take that promise and keep moving forward -- moving from glory to glory advancing His Kingdom, believing God for as many Isaacs as there are stars in the sky and sand on the seashore?
God is doing something much bigger, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Our "Isaac" is not just our answer, it's an invitation into something much greater for such a time as this.
Likewise, you may be living before God right now in faith and patience, after many trips around the mountain waiting to inherit your "Isaac." Your part is key to His unfolding plan to bring His Kingdom to earth -- but you need to lift your vision higher. You need to see others beside you that are properly equipped and ready to participate in your vision -- this is Golgotha, the place you die to self and invest yourself in the spiritual development of other believers who need to know and understand their Christ identity. Going after your Isaac alone can be a long, weary journey and God wants you to look up and see the bigger plans that are unfolding.
V – 7 DW15 07-18-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Don't limit your thinking, because God wants you to catch the wind of His Spirit as you break out and break forth into the new thing that He has in store for you. Learn how to MOVE ON and FORWARD into the NEW! Don't live in the past but move into your future in the Lord.
Lift up your head to the Lord and let the King of glory come in and wage war through you – giving you the power to take the land. (Psalm 24) He does not want you to get stagnant but to come alive! Lean into the Lord and believe for the impossible.
Get into position and be ready for this outpouring of His Spirit. Things that were delayed and seemed to be stagnant will be coming to fruition this year. Seek His face - the glory of His presence will come – wave upon wave; stronger and stronger. Some of the most impossible situations will turn around for God's glory. NOW is a great time to really press in, seek the Lord, get into position, and be ready for this outpouring of His Spirit.
Fasting will sensitize your spirit to His Spirit, to enhance the relationship you have with the Lord, to cleanse your heart and to hear His voice more clearly.
"But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly." (Matthew 6:17-18)
Oil is continuously being poured on your head. Die to self and learn to feast at God’s table even in the presence of your enemies. Embrace the ascended life – living from heaven, dwelling in the sense of His presence, and living from there.
You will be BLESSED as you give your total surrender to the Lord. Believe for and expect an amazing, powerful, anointed, overflowing, glorious, and majestic breakthrough as you bear fruit that remains through your Christ calling!
V – 12 DW15 07-20-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
"He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear [with great reverence] and will trust confidently in the LORD." (Psalm 40:3,)
The Lord is raising up a new song within you – a song of hope, a song of freedom, and a song of anticipation for all He is about to do in this new day before you -- you will see the new land that is blossoming with new life and fruitfulness.
Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you? The fragrance of their flowers whispers, 'There is change in the air'..." (Song of Solomon 2:11-13)
He is freshly revitalizing your heart in this season that has grown hard as a result of spiritual warfare, false accusations, hope deferred and the cares of life. Come to Him and allow Him to prune and purge what is stunting your growth. Allow Him to make room for your Christ calling to super bloom!
Once you jump, He will open doors that you cannot even fathom!
Take the plunge and your obedience will make room for you and open doors that only He could open! No one will be able to stop the momentum that your compliance will create! No one will be able to stop the flow of living waters that will flow to and from your belly! Wherever your foot shall rest, there will be a blooming of life! No more barren places! The dead bones will come to life as your steps will be prophetic declarations upon the earth! The very ground you touch will come to life as you walk in your calling and destiny!
V – 60 DW15 07-23-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Psalm 92:10: "But my horn (emblem of excessive strength and stately grace) You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil."
Christ also longs to give you a stronger anointing so you can move forward in your Christ calling.
Having "exceedingly abundant" anointing for every occasion empowers you to work the works of God on earth, for "whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked" (1 John 2:6). This superabundant anointing not only empowers to perform the very same signs, wonders and miracles as our Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, but enables you to understand His will and speak His truth in every situation.
According to the Word of God, you are a "senior representative" of Almighty God, sent out with power to function (see 2 Corinthians 5:20). Never forget Christ Jesus stated that all power in heaven and earth has been given to HIM and now He commissions us to flow and function in this power (see Matthew 28:18).
Meditate on this most amazing promise from the Lord: "…you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things" (1 John 2:20). The Hebrew word translated as "unction" in this verse is (Strong's 5545), the Greek chrisma, derived from chrio (Strong's 5548), which means to smear or rub with oil; to consecrate to an office or religious service -- to anoint.
You have been smeared with the Holy Spirit, consecrated to the office of royal priest and king, to serve our Lord God! Believe this promise and begin to act on the unction that has already been given to you to bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom and move as you move forward in your Christ calling.
V – 19 DW15 07-25-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
Numbers 13:33 - "And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
How does the devil see you?
Does He see you as a terrifying and mighty warrior of God...or does he see you as a weak target he can prey on? If in your own sight, you're a weak, powerless Christian, the devil will run over you multiple times a day. But when you begin to see yourself as God sees you, as a conquering son or daughter of the Almighty God equipped with the very power of God Himself, the devil will want to steer clear of you.
If you are not strong in the Lord in your own sight, you need to change that. You need to get full of God's Word regarding your Christ identity, your right standing with God, and walking in the Spirit. Turn the tables on the devil and let him find out what it feels like to be a grasshopper for a change.
V – 22 DW15 7-27-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
1 Peter 2:9 - "But you are...a royal priesthood."
By what right do we become "a royal priesthood?"
By the right of the Atonement. Are we prepared to leave our self-absorbed existence and launch out into the priestly work of helping others with their spiritual lives in Christ? There is only one place where we are right, and that is in Christ Jesus.
Move on out in the reckless belief that the Redemption is complete and begin to demonstrate the life and priesthood of Jesus by pouring our lives into advancing His Kingdom.
V – 14 DW15 07-29-2024 January 2023 Exhortations
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