EXHORTATIONS - May 2023
"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor" (Luke 4:18-19).
1 Peter 2:9: "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood…"
Part of your role as His royal priesthood is to carry on the works that Jesus came to do. What an incredible honor to be able to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, binding up the brokenhearted, proclaiming freedom for captives, and releasing prisoners from darkness. What a joy to proclaim, as His priest, the year of our Lord's favor.
The Spirit of God is calling for you to abide in Him and His Word. From this place, you then learn to speak and declare His truth over your own life, and then the lives of others. It's not enough just to speak the truth though; He actually wants to change your very thoughts and through your influence and willingness to disciple others -- the way other people think.
As you continue this process, your thoughts do begin to change, and you find you are thinking in alignment with Him and His Kingdom. Emerging from this process you step into your royal role taking up your keys, binding and loosing, and bringing Heaven to Earth by releasing the decrees and declarations you hear from the Spirit of God.
DW82 12-18-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
"And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52). If it was necessary for Jesus to grow in His favor, then it is certainly necessary for you as well.
Your favor will grow as you learn to steward it for the benefit of others. Stewarding your favor involves discipling and equipping new believers into their Christ identity -- like Paul did in the early churches.
"The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end." (Isaiah 60:19-20)
Satan whispers his crafty manipulations, steals your time, and drains you of spiritual passion. As a carrier of His light, you will step into your Christ calling to displace the thick darkness with the powerful Kingdom of light that you carry. His glory, His weighty presence, rises upon you, and the world is watching and waiting for you to step fully into your destiny and to arise and shine.
You expect to go from glory to glory as God opens impossible doors for the Kingdom elevating assignment He is giving you so you can bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom and glory.
Be the Joshua God has ordained you to be -- cross over and possess your land of promise and fruition.
ZZ – 2420 DW82 12-19-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
The word of the Lord is the storm in your mouth! It's the Spirit of God moving upon you and through your prophecies which releases the resurrection power of God into the lives of others that COUNTERACTS the storms of the enemy!
"He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of His hand He hid me; He made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in His quiver." (Isaiah 49:2)
2024 will be a year where you rise above the storm and become the storm. This will be a year of breaking out of confinement, and limitations. This will be a year for you to prophesy, worship, and be the voice of truth!
Watch as God places a strong conviction and an anointing upon you to speak the heart of God into this time.
Your bucket has been empty. Your belly has not felt like it has had rivers flowing from it (John 7:37-39), but soon it will. Maybe you have contended and done everything you could do but you have been severely discouraged, not seeing breakthrough or any advancement at all, while, at times, it may have seemed like the enemy succeeded,
The Holy Spirit has faithfully taken you into "Elijah in the cave" moments (1 Kings 19: 9-18) and reminded you of who you are in your Christ identity. The second wind is coming...and it's not going to be some "light change," but a major life interruption that shifts EVERYTHING inside you and around you.
ZZ – 2501 DW82 12-20-2023 2022 May Exhortations
2 Corinthians 12:9 - "...My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness...”
It is wrong for any Christian to attempt to live the Christian life. And we are not asked to do so. The Word of the Lord says "it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Galatians 2:20). This is the secret of living the Christian life. Defeat is not caused by less work but by too much work. When we are working, God's grace cannot come to us. Likewise, in our working too much, the life of the Lord cannot be manifested in us.
The New Covenant Law is not designed for men outside of Christ. The natural man cannot obey the New Commandment that Jesus gave. There is only one commandment to rule the New Creation, and that is to love one another even as Jesus loved us (John 13:34). That New Commandment made any other commandment absolutely unnecessary, for the man who walks in Love will never do wrong.
Someone asks, "Why is the Mosaic Law called the 'law of sin and of death?" Because it was to govern spiritually dead men. The Law of the Spirit of Life (Romans 8:2) is to govern Recreated men. It is the Spirit of Love.
Romans 8:2 - "For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death."
ZZ – 2476 DW82 12-21-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
Shake off the grave clothes of the former season as they will not fit you any longer. You must purpose not to remain in the place of former battles, lack, or pain. Instead, set your gaze on Him and lift your expectation to believe Him for immeasurably more than you have even thought to ask. You have believed Him for a measure when He has for you abundance.
See His love flowing through your heart and replenish the living waters that flow in and through you. His living water will awaken in you a renewed passion and zeal to disciple and equip others for the army of Christ. He is restoring your youth and giving you wings to soar like the eagle. But first, come away with Him by the still, cool waters, and He will renew your soul.
Rid yourself of small, limited thinking and walk with Him on this journey of intimacy and the adventure of your Christ calling. He is calling you to rise above and soar like an eagle. Renew your strength in Him and you will find supernatural grace for fruit bearing for His Kingdom. Don't let the familiar pull you away from the new. It is a time for the new: new beginnings, new assignments, new lands, and new discipling opportunities!
He is calling you to take new land and conquer giants. Your operating system will be 'not by might, nor by power, but by His Spirit (see Zechariah 4:6).
ZZ– 2410 DW82 12-22-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
Have you felt like you've gone into the grave? Have you felt like it is over, and the enemy thinks he has you beaten? This may have felt like a season of handing over the broken pieces of dreams -- watch as God breathes new life into what you thought was dead and impossible to raise.
"Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.'" (Ezekiel 37:12)
NOTHING can stop what God is doing right now. You may feel warred against on every side, pressed, persecuted, and backed into a corner, but God is moving in your life in ways you can't see yet, but soon will.
Closure is happening, and a new beginning in heart, environment, and mission is already underway. For all the taunts and constant attacks, NOTHING has been held back, or prevented, that God has promised for your Christ calling. Things may have been delayed and diverted for a time, but they have not been destroyed.
God bringing you into a time of fresh baptism of fire and intimacy with the Lord -- God bringing you into a time of dreaming again, and "re-visioning" -- God restoring the years that the locust has eaten -- God is taking you through the process of speaking with new themes and messages which He is preparing for you to carry.
ZZ – 2503 DW82 12-23-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
Living in regret will stifle and hinder your ability to move forward in your Christ calling. The story of Lot's wife (Genesis 19:26) is a true cautionary tale that warns us of the dangers of looking back instead of focusing on God's purpose for your life and choosing to move forward. He is the God of restoration, so ask Him for new occasions to advance His Kingdom.
Sometimes, Believers gaze at and grieve over missed moments, believing all is lost. If they're stuck in grief mode, it's hard to embrace new opportunities or even recognize them when they come.
But God is raising up a Bride who will stop mourning and instead run after Him to receive the new world-changing mindset He has for them. It's time to shed those grave clothes because it's going to be glorious! You'll be driving in a new way in days ahead.
You'll be moving down a stretch you've never moved down before, so watch the Holy Spirit as He leads you. Pay attention to the sound that is in your atmosphere -- you will hear the sound of the wind in the mulberry trees (2 Samuel 5:24), signifying the change and direction you are to take.
ZZ – 2505 DW82 12-24-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
Galatians 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
You may get confused and sometimes disillusioned because things in the spirit realm are often not predictable. Then you ask: How long do I need to pray to get a breakthrough? When will I step into greater increase and blessing? When will there be a shift in my family for the better? Where is my healing miracle?
The simple and unpopular answer is it's a test of faith. Hebrews 11:6 says, "And without faith, it is impossible to please God…" Are you digging a well now, believing to step into overflow? Keep digging. See the water coming soon with the eyes of faith.
Do you have family struggles? Envision growth. Do you have financial challenges? Work hard, sow faithfully and believe big. Do you have physical ailments? Get in the Word and read and meditate on every Scripture about healing. Get around faith-filled friends and believe together.
Galatians 6:7 - "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap."
ZZ – 2467 DW82 12-25-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
You were created for such a time as this. No matter how dark and fierce the storm, lean into Him -- receive of His strength and His faith. Press in close; hold tight to Him. Let all else go -- be set free. You declared that you would gladly follow Him. Come with Him, acknowledge the power that is part of your Christ identity -- it is needed in this hour. You have prayed to be transformed -- change will come from Him -- you will go forth in His power and possess the land.-- bearing fruit that remains for His Kingdom.
Hebrews 12:1 - "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and…run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
The new wine is being poured out. Will you pour it out with Him? Will you administer His healing balm with Him? Will you get back your fire and roaring voice for Jesus? Will you surrender all apathy and open your mouth and let His hot coals hit your lips?
Even right now He is pouring out His Spirit upon you and baptizing you in His fire and zeal, and courage will come upon you. Where yesterday you were wallowing in fears, muzzled and scattered, you will now feel like a roar of a lion will come upon your spirit, and your quest into the heavy calling upon your life will begin.
ZZ – 2495 DW82 12-26-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
"Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you." - Isaiah 60:1
The new wineskin has come and God is raising up the builders for it. They will be the ones who will simply set the table, and God's glory will pour out.
"Arise and Shine." He says to you, "What is your mountain? Where do you have to go to shine to be seen? What do you have to do? For there is a mobilization He is calling you to that is far greater than you've ever known before. You will advance in the day of His power, so stir yourself up, stir yourself up on your most holy faith and get on your boots and get ready to be a mountain climber.
Who are those who will follow Him into the new wineskin? Who will leave the old manna behind? Who will forfeit their reputation that was built on the old foundations, which now are in ruins, and build the new thing with Him? Who will lay down their earthly crowns and pick up their new mantles? Who will press against the fear of man and lean into the fear of the Lord? Who will love not their lives unto death?
He is calling you to go forward -- even now receive a new anointing of faith, receive a new revelation of His PURPOSE for your life, receive a new anointing of strength, receive a new anointing of grace, fear not for He with you. Resist the devil and he will flee, so it's time to shine.
ZZ – 2510 DW82 12-27-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
Many in the Body of Christ are exhausted and depleted after a long season of battle. Whatever the battle has been, the Lord has provided for you. In faith, receive the giant bottle of Samson water (Judges 15:19) from the Lord. He is supernaturally feeding and strengthening you with His power and might so that you will have unusual endurance and patience to stay in the battle as you continue to bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom through your Christ calling and not give up. What was once difficult for you will feel light and easy, and you will do things you didn't think you could do as you experience a surge of strength that will cause you to soar.
He is breaking off the spirit of accusation and confusion that comes with weariness. Your mental sharpness is being restored and your physical body is coming into peaceful order – including sleep rhythms. Drink deep and be revived in your spirit, soul, and body. Remember that you are seated with Christ in the heavenly realms; you live in Him, the Prince of Peace!
ZZ – 2464 DW82 12-28-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
You are turning a corner in 2024, a corner you did not account for or plan. You are coming out from under the weight of heaviness and weariness and tapping into the easy yoke and potency of your Christ calling. You are stepping out of the ring where you have been shadowboxing the enemy and every distraction and argument that comes to your door, and you are stepping into your Davidic anointing – into the 3rd Heaven current of His glory – to take down the giants and strongholds around you so you can see the ideas, strategies, and blueprints of Heaven and speak them forth in Jesus name!
Dead situations are coming to life, and difficult situations will end. This is not the time to fear or doubt, but to believe and trust that He is at work and that you will see the greatest advancement of His Kingdom through your Christ calling. . This is the time to speak life over your dead dreams, and say, 'Arise, arise, arise!'
He who started a good work, will bring it to completion. 2024 will be a wild year of celebrations, for He will crown the year with His goodness and favor. 2024 will end with fireworks, for you will see and know that the Lord your protector will work all things for your good.
ZZ – 1766 DW82 12-29-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
If we don't give up, eventually we walk into the Promised Land (Our Destiny in Christ). The last command of Jesus while on earth says, "Go!" That's why we often see the anointing increase as we go, moving with the cloud.
Dive deep into discernment. Do not take everything at face value. Draw close to Him and let Him show you what is truly taking place.
There is much taking place in the spirit around you, where the enemy is trying to load you up with much that is NOT yours. There is also His hand bringing alignment, and you will find the answers you need -- the clarity to be received regarding your Christ calling -- as you commune with Him. Cast off distraction. You will be surprised how much 'smoke and mirrors' has been surrounding you.
COME UP HIGHER! COME UP HIGHER! And as His voice thunders over you, deliverance is happening, clarity is being concreted, and the greatest alignment of your life regarding ministering and discipling others is happening RIGHT NOW in the release of a new Kingdom-advancing assignment. COME UP! COME UP! COME UP! It is time to ASCEND!"
ZZ – 2409 DW83 12-30-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
God is backfiring the curses of Hell right back on the enemy. God is turning the curse into a blessing for you because He wants you available to bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom through your Christ calling! He is also bringing divine reversals to situations that have experienced a downturn. He is bringing a reversal of fortunes, a reversal out of death into life, a reversal out of sickness and pain into healing and wholeness.
In this season of divine reversals, the Lord is not only turning curses into blessings, but He is also bringing restoration and redemption to areas of your life that have been broken and lost. Where there was once despair, there will now be hope. Where there was once darkness, there will now be light.
God is turning your mourning into dancing, your weeping into joy as you exert influence on the spiritual lives of others. He is taking the ashes of your past and creating a beautiful story of redemption. Your setbacks will become stepping stones to greater victories. Your failures will be transformed into testimonies of His faithfulness.
Do not underestimate the power of divine reversals. The Lord is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that you can ask or imagine. He is capable of turning the impossible into the possible. He is the God of miracles and He is working behind the scenes to bring about a turnaround in the way you appraise your Christ potential.
ZZ – 2518 DW83 12-31-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
You may think of fall and winter as seasons to let go and let things die. Much of the world can look barren after the trees have shed and the world gets cold and dark. But a season of shedding for one person can be a season of blossoming for another.
You may have watched those around you bloom and flourish, while you remained hidden and buried. However, it wasn't your season; it was theirs. You may feel like you've missed your moment, like you've been forgotten, or been left behind. But God can produce blooms in any season, and if you haven't seen the fruit that remains that you were hoping for in your Christ calling -- it's because it hasn't been your season. Your season to bloom and flourish is coming—don't lose heart! Winter blooms aren't late, they're simply operating on a different timeline than spring blooms.
God is bringing you into your season of blooming; it simply looks different than those around you. If you feel like you've missed your moment or are behind in life, it's time to start celebrating! You haven't missed it! God's timing is perfect and it's time to celebrate the beauty of God's timing in your life. Praise Him when you don't understand. Allow yourself to flourish, even if it seems in opposition to others around you. His timing with you is perfect.
Get ready for God to move you out of the confines and limitations of what you have experienced in the past as you consecrate yourself to and embrace with expectation your new season.
ZZ – 2520 DW83 01-01-2024 May 2022 Exhortations
Jesus' Blood overcomes all the enemy's plans. Now declare His righteous stand; decree His Kingdom over all the earthI You have roared, you are roaring, and you will continue to roar! The sound of your roaring is an eternal sound, piercing the heavens and shaking the land. Let His voice alone be what you hear.
Let the reality of the power of the Blood of Jesus bring a shift; you will see the Kingdom Believers that you have discipled into their Christ identity in your midst. The Spirit of holiness is working within...to show forth His righteousness to the sons of men. Roar over your circumstances, your flesh, and your soul – every place the enemy tries to control. Do not be discouraged and turn to fleshly and soulish endeavors. Submit to His leading through your Christ calling and bear fruit that remains for His Kingdom!
Stand in faith, the time is now. Do not be deceived by the enemy's lies; let the truth of victory be apprehended -- He brings the enemy camps into utter confusion. As a king and priest of His Kingdom, go forth and decree and you will see the enemy flee. Press through the 'flesh veil,' open your eyes. You have faith, confidence, assurance, and authority in the Lord to "TRAMPLE" on serpents, scorpions, and all of the power of the enemy realizing that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!
Declare that his kingdom is in ruins. Declare sight to those bound in the enemy's illusion Decree it is finished. Decree His advancing Kingdom had prevailed!
ZZ – 2522 DW83 01-02-2023 May 2022 Exhortations
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