Author: Faith Marie Baczko

Recently I have been hearing the words in my spirit: “FOR THE SET TIME, TO FAVOR HER HAS COME.” God sets the timing for favor to be released according to His purposes for specific seasons. The body of Christ is being established now and positioned by God into a new sphere of supernatural favor to accomplish His plan and His will in the season ahead!!

The enemy is counteracting with fierce warfare against the people of God and we can easily miss the movement that is breaking us out by becoming distracted by our personal warfare!    

There are places God is about to take us and things He has ordained for us to do that ONLY HE CAN ORCHESTRATE. These are things that require supernatural intervention that we cannot do for ourselves. When the appointed time arrives, God’s favor will suddenly open doors, phone calls will be received, and divine appointments will occur in the spirit of SERENDIPITY, where events suddenly happen by chance to aid and benefit us for the road ahead.

God will bring us to the forefront and position us where He needs us to be, to release the influence assigned to us. We each have been given a voice of influence to affect the atmosphere around us and usher in God’s Kingdom purposes. God uses prophetic voices to build the spiritual structures He needs for a particular season to hold the new dynamic of His will for that time. As He told Jeremiah:

“Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” Jeremiah 1:9-10 

Finances will come in on time to support the work and to get the job done. Things will happen spontaneously because God is on your side and is working to bring you into your place of influence assigned to you for 2022 and the years ahead. You have been faithful, and obedient over the years, persevering through the trials and the waiting for your time; now God says the time of favor has come!

“You will arise and have mercy on Zion; FOR THE TIME TO FAVOR HER, YES, THE SET TIME, HAS COME.” Psalm 102:13

The Hebrew word for Favor is chanon and means to bestow favor; to bend in kindness to an inferior. Isn’t this so wonderful that God would bend down to give us a kiss of Favor. The word set time is the word moed and means an appointment and a fixed time or season; a due season.

God does ordain set times of favor for His people and for individuals—THEIR DUE SEASON. Sometimes these times are appointments in His Presence where He imparts what is needed FOR THE NEW ASSIGNMENT.  God will not ask you to do what He is not prepared to support and to ensure takes place.  However, to occupy the new place prepared for you will require what may seem to be a risk but are just steps of faith causing you to press through the new doors and occupy your new territory!

Favor to accomplish the will of God is completely ORCHESTRATED BY HIM. It is not anything that you can work up or strive to attain. The people who need to find you will find you. God’s plan will search you out and establish you. When you honor God with your life and honor what He honors, the doors of favor will begin to swing wide open for you. When you keep God in first place, as your number one priority, He does the same for you! Doors will begin open that no one can shut, and when he shut doors that need to be shut from the past, no one can open them again. We have stepped into a new day and the old doors are shut!

Isaiah 22:22 is the key of favor being offered to us in this year. It’s the key promised, to David, to Jesus, and to the followers of Jesus. I’s a Key of favor that opens doors into kingdom realms and possibilities that only God can open.

David was very precious to God and a man God delighted in because of his obedience and his humility, and the Lord defended and protected David’s Destiny to rule as king. Joseph & Daniel & Esther were other saints who were beloved by God the Father. The Lord Preserved each one of them for SET TIMES and assignments in key moments of history. Joseph was sent ahead and given great favor to preserve life according to Genesis 45:5.

We’re coming into a season of the resurrection glory of God. And this Glory is the weight of His substance as God.  Our internal capacity to contain God is increasing and making us ready to be thrust out. The resurrection anointing is now getting us ready to break out of the grave and break out of the old dead places.

How does this happen? God is our thrust! He is the fire and the power beneath our feet. When we are thrust out there will be no turning back.  

The word key in Isaiah 22:22 is from the root word pathach. and means to open wide and to break forth, to loosen and to let go free. God is about to let us go free to run the race He has ordained for our lives. This is the new dynamic we are entering into this year. The opening of doors. The impartation of keys. If God says the set time has come—get ready! Step into your place and take your position.

God is now planting seeds of peace and prosperity in a time where we are being called to finish the work to complete the building of His House. What will sabotage the favor of God on your life? The answer is when you try to do it yourself! When you attempt to control and to push yourself forward. We need to have the attitude of Moses who wanted all that was his portion and was not willing to settle for anything less than what was promised and available to him. He knew that required the favor of God. He said to the Lord:

Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people. And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Moses understood that God’s Presence was needed for the world to recognize the source of the favor on his life and God’s people.

“If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?” Exodus 33: 12-15

God’s Presence carries His favor that will be going with us in the days ahead.

Through all the favor that is coming to God’s people, the world will be experiencing much shaking on every front and in every sphere. Shaking must and will happen in order to expose the rotten foundations and root system of present world structures.  Shaking will cause the structures built on these foundations to topple.  The foundation of lies and deception will not be able to sustain the weight of these demonic world systems. Such foundations found propping up carnal agendas in the Church will also be exposed by the shaking.

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which CANNOT BE SHAKEN, let us have grace, BY WHICH WE MAY SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY WITH REVERENCE AND GODLY FEAR.” Hebrews 12:28

We have walked through two years in 2020 and 2021 of praying, interceding, and decreeing fervently without seeing much fruit, we have now entered a type of THIRD DAY RESURRECTION GLORY now breaking out!  Who would have thought or predicted that God would answer the cry of the people of Canada and of other nations with a Freedom Convoy of magnificent and courageous truckers? We prayed for two years and God came through in the morning of the third year with a suddenly that has caused the world to stop and take notice! Suddenly we have an army emerging that is comprised of a new breed of freedom fighters taking a stand for truth and justice. Thank you God, and thank you truckers!

This generation of saints living today is a Forerunner Party fashioned to track with Christ in the days moving forward. It is massively important to now stand corporately with shields locked. as God rises in this hour to perfect all that concerns us and concerns His will being done in our lives. Isaiah 64:4  is a word God is giving us for this season:

“For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like You, who works for those  who wait for Him!” 

Before we talk about the present, the future and what now lies before us, an apprehension of the spiritual dynamics of the past and what has brought us to this day is an absolute necessity to accurately interpret future spiritual movements and events, sourced in both God and the enemy.

The first foundational truth we must grasp is that as God began His work to redeem mankind through His transcendent plan in Abraham, the father of Israel, that plan will also be completed in Israel, summed up in Jesus the Messiah, at His return.

God’s timeline for the unfolding of this plan, and all catalytic and notable events on that timeline, are therefore embedded within Israel’s Journey from its beginning toward the Day of its fulfillment. Israel’s journey to return home that began in the late 19^th century, set the stage for THE LAST DAY PURPOSES OF GOD TO BEGIN!

When Israel was once again planted securely in her land after two thousand years in fulfilment of prophecy, the countdown to the Day of the Lord and the return of Jesus began. The enemy mobilized and went into full assault mode to shut down this movement, leading the world into two World Wars and numerous other wars.

Most notably, around the same time Israel moves to return home, God begins to open the door to women as the key birthing agents of His end-time purposes! Over history we have seen God use certain specific individual women most powerfully! However, God’s work to release women as a Corporate Army was timed to coincide with Israel’s journey home and God’s end-time purposes.

We see the evidence of this with certain key dates that unlocked doors to women in the United States as an example. In 1872 Susan Anthony votes and is arrested leading to 1920 when the 19^th amendment was signed where white women given the right to vote. In 1924 native women were given the right to vote; in 1943 Chinese women received these right, and it wasn’t until 1965 that Black and Latino women given the right to vote.

As momentum builds, the Holy Spirit is about to begin a new and powerful movement that will see a vast army of women released possessing the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, and the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. These are Women wholly consecrated and separated unto His purposes alone; they love not their lives to death and are laid down lovers of God.

As the last century began the time of God’s ‘Reveal’ of women, He has been working to unshackle women from the mindsets, judgments and social constructs created by the enemy, that the world and a large portion of the Church has embraced as truth and acceptable. A social construct represents shared ideas or perceptions that exist in a society simply because people accept them, not necessarily because they have any foundation in truth. These social constructs regarding women, founded on deception, however, have worked to keep women imprisoned and restricted from becoming the marvel of creation God envisioned for them before time.

The world’s thought patterns are presently bridled to a worldly mindset constructed by the enemy. The word bridle means to put a harness on the head with which a horse is governed, used to control and direct the horse. TheCrownpiece or headpiece of the bridle goes over the head and controls the Bit placed in the mouth of the horse. The Throat Latch runs under the throat and the Browband runs across the forehead. This picture portrays a deadly prison when controlled by a malevolent force.

As I was preparing for a recent HWAM meeting—Headstone Women’s Apostolic Ministry, I heard the Lord say, “Get them ready!” In getting ourselves ready to be positioned and secured by God for this notable season before us, it is worth examining the question of what bridle is on our head? Or to what are you bridled? Are you bridled to the ways, mindsets, and social construct of the world? Or are you bridled to the Living God, His Word, His ways, and His precepts?

To be unbridled from God and the beauty of His ways is to become unrestrained in our emotions, angry, resentful, and easily offended. We want to be bridled to God, wearing His Crownpiece—the Helmet of Salvation, and wearing the necklace of the Yoke of His love.

THE DECADE OF THE MOUTH

This is the decade of Pey on the Jewish calendar which represents the mouth. Women cannot afford to be bridled or shackled to the enemy’s ways, words, or the construct he has fashioned for them for this notable Era; that we may become a mouthpiece for God, having His Bit in our mouths. It is important to take note of what is coming out of our mouths as it is a reflection what is in our hearts.

When I first got saved, after an incident where I became enraged at someone and let loose some nasty, choice words from my mouth, I walked into a tiny chapel and straight up to the Bible that was open, and read:

 “For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are with righteousness; Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.” Proverbs 8:7-8”

Perverse: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable. Contrary to an accepted or expected standard or practice. Corrupt, improper, incorrect, or marked by perversion. Arising from or indicative of stubbornness or obstinacy,

What is coming out of your mouth? Is it perverse? Is it to the expected standard of Christ, His beauty and His Holiness? The Lord then brought Isaiah 6: 5-7 to my attention:

“So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”

God said to Jeremiah, “If you take out the precious from the vile, you shall be as My mouth” (Jer. 15:19). Our mouths like Jeremiah’s are the weapon God gave us and uses to destroy, tear down and to build and to plant. When mouths are cleansed by God’s coals, WHAT WE SAY SHALL BE DONE, AND WHAT WE DECREE SHALL COME TO PASS!

Let’s stop using the enemy’s language and his words. The enemy is now attempting to develop a new social construct with new language, words and ways of communication that do not line up with God’s. The words that we use gives the enemy power to fashion and program our identity setting up precisely how we will act and what type of person and leader we will become. People are attracted to leaders who radiate God, release hope, confidence, and beauty. I sensed God wanted to bring these things to our attention because of where He intends to position us in this present world situation, a position that requires us to be standing and secured to a foundation of His holiness.

God has made women as special vessels, possessing a unique feature in their DNA, one that the world calls a woman’s intuition. This is the God given ability to understand and process the purposes of God and bring it to birth IN ITS TIME. This can be used for both good or for evil, women must therefore be closely aligned to the Word of God and securely tethered to His will, as the potential to wreak havoc is great. Hence the release of women in their time and not before their time!

Women have been called and are being released to be Esthers in this volatile moment of history, to take their place as history makers and representatives of the cause of the Kingdom. The enemy is on the rampage and Esthers are now rising up who have the ear of the KING.

God is saying to women get yourself ready to take your place, I heard Him say, get ready for the limelight. God intends to release women into the limelight in this upcoming season, where they will take centre stage.

The word limelight means: a concentration of light in a beam, produced by lime; lighting producing illumination; the center of attention, in the spotlight; The centre and focus of public attention, observation and the state of being prominent. For me it means to be standing in the focused LIGHT OF CHRIST.

According to Isaiah chapter 60 God directs us to, Arise, for YOUR LIGHT HAS COME. The Glory of the Lord is rising now upon His daughters! I believe God is now asking His daughters, are you ready to release your light? Are you ready to stand in the limelight of Christ?

However, to stand secured in this hour we must have overcome our issues as the army of God is a holy army, cleansed, purified, sanctified, and separated unto the King of kings. So, God is also asking his daughters, “Have you overcome? Have you overcome the desire to be in the limelight? Have you overcome your desire to control others and to make everything about you.?

WOMEN CALLED TO BIRTH!

Women are called to be the midwives of the notable purposes of God in the closing hour of history. They will birth and tend the mighty moves of God, producing a convergence of events in the climax of the ages, summed up in the return of Christ. Women are being called, rallied, and mobilized at the closing of this era of this dispensation to birth the beginning of a new era, a New World Order, and a new dispensation of the rule and reign of Christ on earth. This is a tall order and a mighty calling, not to be taken lightly.

Women are a significant part of the Elijah Headstone Generation and have been given key roles in the work to prepare the way for the Lord’s Return.

As I was writing a chapter regarding women’s roles, the word PRECEDENT dropped from heaven into my mind. I researched this word and sensed that God was saying that the precedent has been set by His courts! As a result, women are released to all spheres of leadership. According to the Lord’s decree: Huldah was a prophet, Miriam a leader & prophet, Deborah, a prophet, judge, teacher, pastor and the Old Testament equivalent of an apostle. Esther rose to become the ordained Queen and a leader in the land. The three daughters of Agabus were known and recognized prophets, Phoebe was an ordained deacon, and Junia an apostle. Priscilla was an apostolic teacher who taught the apostle Apollos.  In Law, only a higher court has the power to change a precedent, and as there is no higher court above God’s, His precedent stands!

The mantles of the great women of history are now being passed on to this generation of women to complete the task. Women are called to complete, as Deborah was raised up for Israel’s hour of emancipation from the Canaanites, Deborah completed the task to drive out the enemy. Esther brought forth the release and emancipation of Israel from the Amalekites—an assignment given to king Saul. Mantles of women such as Maria Woodworth Etter. Amy simple McPherson and Kathryn Kuhlman – all supernatural revivalists are now being imparted to a corporate army of women for such a time. Women, press in to receive your mantle!

THE ANOINTING BREAKS AND DESTROYS THE YOKE OF THE ENEMY! All women, as the ones chosen to give birth, carry within their being and their DNA the breaker anointing. The breaker anointing will break the amniotic sac, allowing for the water to break forth to begin the birth in the last days!

Begin to act and become the great Leaders God has called you to be. Battle proof your identity; construct it with the words of God and the Word of God. Allow Him to put HIS BRIDLE upon you and HIS BIT in your mouth as you now shift into a new position and place of strength.

Our job as servants of God is simply to be willing, obedient, and ready! It is His job to build the platform we stand on—whatever design it may be. It is made ready in His timing: it is His anointing that breaks the yoke: the harvest belongs to Him. We don’t have to strive to come up with something, just get yourself Ready in heart and mind!

Remember, the Angel came to Mary! The Holy Spirit came upon her. The Word of the LORD came to the prophets; the Holy Spirit came to the disciples and said to set apart Paul and Barnabas. The Holy Spirit Builds the House! It is not by Might or by Power! Jesus said, wait for Me in Jerusalem and the Holy Spirit came upon them at Pentecost! The Spirit came, was poured out and was released upon the Harvest. Daughters of God, the Holy Spirit will come upon you!

“Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward.” 1Samuel 16:13

I recently took some time off to fast and pray through the Fall Feasts on the Jewish Calendar, to hear from the Lord regarding a shift I sensed would be coming after the Feasts—and how to be positioned for it!  I would like to highlight a passage of scripture God has laid on my heart over very many years, that I sense He is now putting some weight on.

‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider it: Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.’ ” Haggai 2:18-19

We have just entered the month of Kislev on the Jewish Calendar that falls from November through to December. This is a very special month for many reasons. In the month of Kislev, Nehemiah received word of the condition of Jerusalem and cried out a mountain-moving prayer to the God of Israel, asking for favor from the king, that he might return to rebuild the walls of the city. I believe this relates to a rebuilding of relationships, especially amongst leaders that God is about to use in significant ways—the gaps must be closed.

Through the prophets, Haggai, and Zechariah his contemporary, God admonished Israel, the Governor, the priests, and everyone to finish the work of building the House of God and warns of a coming day when He would shake everything and overthrow the power of all nations. The book of Hebrews confirms this passage and adds that only the things that cannot be shaken will remain—these are things founded in Christ!

“For thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts.” Haggai 2:6-7

In the book of Haggai, the fixed date, the 24^th day of Kislev—the ninth month, is highlighted four times, where the word of the Lord came to the prophet to say that God would bless Israel from this day forward…But from this day I will bless you. On Kislev 24 the Maccabee revolt ended when they defeated the enemy; they cleansed and re-dedicated the Temple on the 25th. There was a cleansing of the idols and a rebuilding of the Altar of worship as revealed in the book of Maccabees 4.

“…the whole army was assembled and went up to Mount Zion. There they found the Temple abandoned, the altar profaned, the gates burned down, the courtyards grown up in a forest of weeds, and the priests’ rooms torn down. 39 In their sorrow, they tore their clothes, cried loudly, threw ashes on their heads, and fell face down on the ground. When the signal was given on the trumpets, everyone cried out to the Lord. 41 Then Judas ordered some of his soldiers to attack the men in the fort, while he purified the Temple. 42 He chose some priests who were qualified and who were devoted to the Law. They purified the Temple and took the stones that had been defiled and put them in an unclean place. They discussed what should be done with the altar of burnt offerings, which had been desecrated by the Gentiles, and decided to tear it down so that it would not stand there as a monument to their shame. So they tore down the altar and put the stones in a suitable place on the Temple hill, where they were to be kept until a prophet should appear and decide what to do with them. Then they took uncut stones, as the Law of Moses required, and built a new altar like the old one. 48 They repaired the Temple, inside and out, and dedicated its courtyards. 49 They made new utensils for worship and brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table for the bread into the Temple. They burned incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and there was light in the Temple! They placed the loaves of bread on the table, hung the curtains, and completed all the work.”

The miracle of the increasing supply of the oil for re-dedication of the Temple, supernaturally lasted eight days when they possessed only a small cruse. The 25th became the day upon which the Feast of Hanukkah was established.

In another related and significant event of history, on Sunday, December 9, 1917, the British forces led by General Allenby defeated the enemies of Israel—the Ottoman Empire, liberating Jerusalem for the first time in many centuries. That date on the Jewish calendar was also the 24^th day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev! The Jewish soldiers that were in the British army were able to celebrate Hanukkah in their newfound freedom, with joy and with the blessings of God.

In this notable month of Kislev, on December 6^th, 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved the U.S. embassy to this City. After two thousand years, the City of Jerusalem was returned to its God-ordained position as the eternal Capital and City of the Great King, as momentum presently builds and accelerates toward an explosive climax of the history of this land and its peoples.

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.” Zechariah 12:2

These accounts are all related to the re-establishing of God’s purposes in Jerusalem, and God’s desire for the return of His peoples, both Jew and Gentile, to build and complete the House of God. This is the era we are presently living in, and God is calling His leaders and saints to return to build the House of God one that is founded on His Heart and His Mind, blueprinted by Him, its Great Architect.

Jewish writings declare that Kislev is the month of dreams, having nine readings of scripture in the Parshah relating to dreams. I believe we are now at the beginning of the fulfillment of dreams we have long held dear to our hearts; dreams that are united to the release of God’s purposes in this hour. In 2021, the 24th of Kislev falls on November 27th at sundown. I sense God is saying “Get positioned and ready for things to begin to shift for you.”   God is now releasing His angels to take you to a higher level,  to open doors for you that only He can, that you may fulfill the destiny He has prepared for you from eternity past for this momentous hour of history!

In the New Testament, in almost every letter written to His Church, God is referred to as “the God of peace.” When we are saved and become a child of God through our belief in Jesus, we not only receive ‘peace with God,’ in Christ, we inherit ‘the peace of God.’  Jesus is the Prince of Peace—He Himself is the manifest Presence of Peace.

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not you heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”John 14:27

In a world where disasters, crime, terror, plagues, and economic uncertainty have now become a normal part of life, Jesus’ promise of Peace becomes a very precious gift to be sought and desired. Jesus said: “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation…” John 16:33

In this scripture Jesus went on to say that we are to be of “good cheer” because He has overcome the world! This seems to be quite the paradox—on one hand Jesus is saying we will have trouble and on the other, He says don’t lose your peace over it! How are we to apply this principle in our daily walk? If you are like me, your desire will be to know how this principle works. What does Jesus’ overcoming of the world mean to you and your present situation? It means just this—Jesus has taken upon Himself all that you are presently going through. He has walked through greater trouble than anyone has walked through, but He came out on the resurrection side of the trial, as a conqueror and overcomer of all tribulation and all evil!

How does this help you in your present situation? If Christ lives in your heart, the Conqueror lives in you, and through you can overcome all hindrances on your path to Glory, God is our refuge and strength, and a very present help in trouble according to Psalm 46. The Bible says that if you are ‘in Christ’ you are “…more than a conqueror.” It declares that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you—if you do not lose your peace!

When we face tough situations, there are two choices before us—two paths we can walk. We can focus on our circumstances and become buried under the implications of our situation or, we can choose to focus on Christ and put our faith in His ability to take us through to victory—the resurrection side of the situation! Because of His great love and compassion towards us, the loving Presence of God is usually much stronger in our troubles than at other times in our life.  David, who knew this very well said these famous words, “Yea, Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me…” (Psalm 23:4).

 With Christ in you, and with you at your side, you will make it through to the other side in victory. He is, Christ in you the hope of Glory.  God’s admonition to us is:

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST.”   Philippians 4:7 (emphasis mine)

Many of you may be saying, “You don’t know what I am going through, I have lost my child,” or “I have lost a husband or wife,” or “I have lost my house or my Job, and nothing can bring these things back,”—and you are right! However, I do understand as I have lost my son, my only child, who was only 24 years old. But through it all I have found that I serve an AWESOME, INCREDIBLE and WONDERFUL God who is referred to in the Bible as our REDEEMER and MIGHTY GOD!

JESUS IS THE REDEEMER!

The word redeems means: To buy back, to recover, deliver, make up for—be a compensating factor, save from blame, purchase the freedom of (a person), save by ransom, rescue or reclaim, fulfill a promise. Our Wonderful God can do all these things and more, when you put your faith in him and believe that He can! For whatever loss you may suffer, God is able to take your loss and your troubles and use it to bring forth good out of it, and lead you into victory—in the midst of your troubles.

Through it all, if we fix our eyes on Jesus, His Peace guards our heart. This is the Peace that surpasses understanding! The Lord will bring Glory out of your circumstances; He will use it to conform you to His image in the process, as you move from Glory to Glory in your walk with Him!  He works all things for good for those who love Him.

As we seek God’s face in all our troubles, Jesus our REDEEMER will BUY BACK, RECOVER and DELIVER; He will MAKE UP FOR and BE THE COMPENSATING FACTOR IN… He will SAVE and PURCHASE THE FREEDOM OF, He will SAVE FROM BLAME. He is THE RANSOM that saves you! He will RESCUE you and RECLAIM all that has been stolen from you by His enemy and yours, and HE WILL FULFILL ALL HIS PROMISES TO YOU!

“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you.” Isaiah 26:3(NLT)

We have now shifted into a new season with a new dynamic, just as the world did in the time of 9/11. This is a time when we must find courage like David who had to find his strength in the Lord, when his men wanted to stone him after the enemy had stolen their wives all their belongings (1Samuel 30:3).

God becomes our Commander in Chief as we enlist in His Army. He will direct our paths just as He did David’s. He will strengthen us for the journey and provide for us along the way. We must be passionate about our God and the Kingdom of God, as He is all we have and all that we will ever need! We cannot afford to enter into unbelief, as we are fighting for something far greater than ourselves with eternity in view.

Israel was a downtrodden people and persecuted in all the nations where they lived. When returning to the land they had little chance of survival as they did not know how to fight. However, everyone was called to fight—men, women, and children. In the same way we must become the holy soldiers that we are called to be. God is depending on us and believes in us, and with Him we will defeat the enemy as Israel did.

A CHOSEN GENERATION!

In the coming days God will need His people to be manifesting the fullness of Christ and who they are called to be, to fulfill their destiny in Him. The times require it! the days demanded it! The earth is groaning in travail for it. Will you answer the call? Will you rise up and be the person God created you to be for such a time as this? Will you be counted on the front lines of the battle for the Kingdom of God to accomplish His will on earth, as it is in Heaven? Let us not shrink back in in fear. Let us rise up in courage, in boldness, as Joshua was admonished to by God the father. God told him repeatedly to be of good courage, to not be afraid, that He would be with him wherever he would go.

In 1Peter chapter 2, Peter admonishes the people of God to become mature Saints, by turning away from sin. He tells them that though they have been rejected by men, they are chosen by God and precious to Him. He then makes this sublime statement:

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

Are we a chosen generation? Chosen for this hour of history! A generation called and ready to take the Promised Land and bring Heaven to Earth. A generation that cannot be cursed because God has blessed us as He did the generation in the book of numbers, who were primed and prepared to take the land. The heart of God for that generation was revealed as the Word of God burst forth from Balaam when he observed the camp of Israel,“How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel! (Numbers 24:5). He then prophesied:

“Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. “He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a King is among them. God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox. “For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’ Look, a people rises like a lioness, And lifts itself up like a lion; It shall not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.” Numbers 23:20-24

We can know and believe that we are a generation in whom the word of God dwells, in whom the life of Christ resides. The Word of God was first deposited in Israel. The Word of God that is Christ, then came alive within Israel and was born a man—the Son of Man and the Son of God. The Word of God therefore resides within the very DNA of Israel. The Word of God is also now intrinsically woven into the DNA of all born again believers grafted into Israel. We are now a part of a new family, a new Bloodline—the bloodline of Christ and of the Patriarchs. We are born again in Christ and are now children of Abraham, as Galatians 3:7 says: Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

The Bible declares that the Word of God does not return to Him void! It accomplishes whatever He says, it goes wherever He sends it, it runs swiftly to perform His will. It is time now for every Word of God spoken, to be fulfilled in us for this dispensation, for this era we have been chosen to steward. This is the high call of God! This is our destiny!

There are rich treasures to be found in Jesus Christ: eternal treasures, revelation, sublime creativity, ingenious innovation, eternal wisdom—all embedded within the His life. This Son of God lives within each believer; every rich treasure, therefore becomes our inheritance and is embedded within us. It is time for us to believe the truth of the Word! It is time for us to intentionally command every good thing within us to come alive, to come forth in our being; to come alive in our mind, to come alive in our brain cells, to come alive in our hearts, and to come alive in our emotions. It is time to call for the life of Christ that reside in us to begin to be revealed; that we would begin to manifest our spiritual and supernatural abilities in Christ. Find the river that is in you. There is a River deep within each one of us, bringing strength when it is needed—a Source, a fountainhead that sustains us. His name is Jesus!

We can now be bold to speak to the Word of God living within us. We can shout and command it to come alive in the name of Jeshua. We can Decree to the Word in us: Come alive every Word of God embedded within me! Every word of God prophesied over me now comes alive!  Shout, Come Alive Word of God and accomplish the will of God in me. Come alive in your people, that the glory of Your Word and of Your Name may break forth in a chosen and royal generation. Come alive to the fullness of the stature of Christ within me. Live in the name of Jesus! God is for you, eye has not seen the things He has prepared for His people. 

“All this is from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors as though God were making His appeal through us.” 2 Corinthians 5:18-20

Are you an ambassador of Christ? If you are born again the Word of God says that you are! If you have been reconciled to God through Christ, He has given you the ministry of reconciliation, you are therefore an ambassador of Christ sent from God. If our testimony is that we are Christians and we testify that Christ lives in our hearts, whether we choose to walk in this ministry or not, the world sees us as representatives of Christ and judges us accordingly. Our challenge is then: how well are we reflecting God’s Heart, Mind, ways, or His walk? Are others seeing Christ in you?

God is challenging us to begin to walk in the truth of His Word—the Word of God that we attest to and claim to believe! This generation—both young and old—is now presented with a world that is in dire need of the Truth and Light that is hidden in many Christian hearts. Multitudes in the world are in desperate need of Good News. The world is thirsting for Living Water! This Treasure has been placed within you, for them—will you give it?

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16

Are you living as an Ambassador of Christ?

Every day in our daily lives we can be faced with circumstances that press us on every side; situations that crush us, events that devastate us, and of course family and people who perplex or frustrate us. In these situations, we have the choice to represent Christ in obedience to his Word, or to react in the ways of the world. The way we walk through life’s challenges is particularly important to God. Every situation comes with the opportunity and challenge to reflect or present Christ to others.

Christians can easily fall into the ways of the world and react to situations in carnal ways—in anger, in judgment, in criticism, in fear and panic, and in unforgiveness. Whether knowingly or unknowingly the spirit of anti-Christ is released—a spirit that is in opposition to the ways of Christ, that magnifies the situation in a negative way. The situation is therefore bound up in sin, and God is bound by His own Word from coming to our rescue! Our level of faith is revealed in the heat of the test, and proven by our actions whether we really trust in the faithfulness of God.

There was no shadow of darkness between Jesus and the Father. Jesus lived a life of total obedience and walked in the favor of God under an opened Heaven. Many Christians are confused or perplexed when they do not see the promises of God realized in their lives; yet many either do not know the Word of God or choose to treat it lightly. The Lord said, “My people perish for lack of knowledge.” God is very serious about His Word. If He says do not judge—He means it. If He says that in the same measure that we judge others it will be measured right back to us—He means it! If He says to forgive seventy times seven and not to allow bitterness to take root in our hearts because gives Satan a place in our lives—He means it! And when He says that just as we have received mercy, we are to give mercy to others—He means that also!

“He Has shown you , O man what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8

The answer to any predicament we may ever find ourselves in is quite simply obedience. If we truly repent of our old sinful ways and humble ourselves before God, and if we choose to embrace the Cross and begin to live a life of obedience to our God, despite the costs, the fragrance of Christ will be released through our lives.

We will begin to walk under an open heaven in favor with God and with man, and we will see the answers to all our prayers realized. The Holy Spirit will be loosed to lead us into our destiny and the inheritance won for us at the Cross. If our prayers are not yet answered due to the Lord’s timing, He will give us His strength to be able to maintain our joy in faith, hope, and expectation of His faithfulness.

When our lives are aligned to the Plumb line of Christ, the world will be drawn to the Light of Christ radiating through us. The fragrance of Christ permeating our lives will attract the lost and the lonely. The world is groaning in expectation of the revelation of such Christians; Christians who have the Heart of Christ and are fragrant with the perfumes of Heaven. The Bible calls these ambassadors of Christ the sons of God:

“For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God…The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.” Roman 8:14-19

“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the one who sent Me.” Matthew 10:40

The word ‘sent’ in this scripture is the Greek word apostello which means to be ‘set apart’ and to be ‘sent out.’ I believe that if the magnitude of the revelation imparted in these words of Christ, were fully apprehended and taken hold of, the world would not be in the crisis that it now finds itself in—threats of nuclear war, terrorists invading the earth like a dark cloud, abortion, drug and substance abuse, violent crimes against children and women; witchcraft and the occult permeating the media, children’s books and TV programs; an escalation of sickness and disease; anxiety, hopelessness and suicide, all very prevalent in the world in which we now live.

Where is Jesus when the world needs Him so desperately? Where can we find Him? Is He hiding Himself, or is He sleeping in the boat while the storms around us rage? Where is Jesus? Jesus is presently imprisoned within the hearts of His people and patiently waiting to be released by faith to do that which He was sent to do, “destroy the works of darkness” (1Jn.3:8). If we claim to be sons of God, ambassadors of Christ, the King Himself whom we represent lives within us, and goes wherever we go. We are therefore Christ sent! We carry the King in our hearts, we carry His mission, and we carry His destiny within us. We are carriers of His Glory! Wherever we go, the King and His Kingdom goes with us.

Jesus lives in us, but He is bound from participation in the affairs of man by our complacency, our fear, our unbelief and by old doctrines that deny that the power of God is for today. 2 Timothy 3:5 speaks of those who have a form of godliness but deny the power. The word ‘power’ is the Greek word dunamis which means miraculous power. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:7 that this treasure has been placed in us earthen vessels, “to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” In these scriptures the power Paul speaks of is Divine, supernatural, dunamis, miraculous power.

In the book of Acts the Holy Spirit came in dunamis power with demonstrations of signs, wonders and miracles, more than once! On the Day of Pentecost Peter said that the promise of the Holy Ghost was for “…you and your children and for all who are afar off—for all whom the Lord our God will call” (Acts 2:39).

Dunamis power is supernatural power that is released from the very Life of God. Within His Life no impossibilities exist. Within the Life of Christ, the possibility exists to walk on water and to raise the dead as the laws of nature are all subject to Him.

The God that we love and serve is a supernatural God whose attributes are all supernatural. From His love, mercy and compassion, healing is released, lives are brought into order, the heavens are opened, and miraculous blessings are poured out. Jesus said that we would do even greater works than He did! From His justice, vengeance and wrath, power that can change the weather and the atmosphere is released.  Great dynamos of power will be released, that will shake the earth from its rotten foundations.

Jesus instructed His disciples to drive out demons, heal the sick and raise the dead (Matt:10:8), he said that these were the signs that would follow those who believe (mark:16:17). “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” John 14:12

Christ was manifested to destroy evil and so are we. When Jesus invaded the earth, it was a declaration of war with the kingdom of darkness. When we are positioned in Christ, in the victory that He won at the Cross, we have all His authority over evil. Jesus said that all authority was given to Him, “Go therefore.” We have been released to go in His name, to enforce the Kingdom of God to be more than conquerors for His glory. He has given us authority to set the captives free and to open the prison doors to those who are bound.

God is our source for all things: God is the Fountain of Living Water; He is our Jehovah-Jireh—our provider. Any source we look to as our provision outside of Christ is an Idol in our hearts. We are first and foremost lovers of God. Everything begins with a secret relationship with God. When we spend much time with Him, we begin to be changed in His presence. We develop the mind of Christ; we are secured in His love, and we are confident in His embrace.

In the bridal embrace, we hear his heartbeat for the lost, and can begin to fathom the depths of His love for humanity. We become laid down lovers, laying down our lives as He has done. We become the body He has prepared for His Glory.

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for Me…”

“…Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—I have come

To do your will, O God.” Hebrews 10:2-7

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During a recent time of intercession, I was moved by the Holy Spirit and with my face turned toward Heaven, I cried out three times, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” I was surprised by the intensity of the way I spoke, but was even more surprised when I heard God immediately answer, “Where is Elisha?” That stopped me in my tracks and caused me to think about Elisha. I sensed that the Lord was asking where were His servants, the ones fashioned in the spirit and character of Elisha—these are ones who get accelerated answers from God. Elisha cried out to God with that statement after he had received the double portion of Elijah’s spirit he had asked for. He saw Elijah taken up into the heavens, picked up his mantle that had fallen and struck the water with it:

“Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, “Where is the LORD God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over.”  2 Kings 2:14

When Elisha was called by Elijah to follow him, he left everything to serve him faithfully, as the disciples did with Jesus. Elisha was also not easily offended. In the last days before Elijah was taken, he admonished Elisha four times not to continue following him—Elisha refused to leave and stayed with him to the end. Elisha’s hunger for God was evident by his boldness to ask for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit; he persevered until the end and received what he had asked for.

God is looking for His Elishas in this hour who will be characterized by the greater works of Christ and of Elijah. Saints who are not easily offended when things are not going their way, or the going gets tough. These are the sons who will now pay the price and rise to the occasion of the divine appointment for this hour. The Lord is looking for those who will give everything to follow Him wherever may He lead.  In this critical season we must be positioned securely wherever the Lord would have us and go wherever He sends us. God may be asking many to relocate to new regions and cities. When making these important decisions remember that to be in the center of God’s will is always the safest and most secure place to be.

Leave Babylon!

I believe there is a spiritual movement God is presently orchestrating to reposition and relocate large portions of people is safe places and cities of refuge in preparation for what is coming on the cities that are erupting in turmoil. The Lord declared in Luke 17 that days would once again come on the Earth characterized by the days of Noah and the days of Lot.

“And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.” Luke 17:26-29

Genesis 6 tells us that the Earth in the days of Noah was corrupt in God’s sight and full of violence, “God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways” (Genesis 6:11-12).  It is important to step back and look at things in context to understand the flow of the movements of God and the trajectory of the progression of evil, as with each diabolic milestone the enemy merely regroups, rebuilds, and returns wiser and stronger than before.

There are times where God must do a course correction in the downward slide the world periodically takes as iniquity has its way. In the twentieth Century we saw God do this approximately every 40 years.  At the beginning of the 1900’s the corruption in the Earth led the world on a course toward WWI initiated by Germany. Nevertheless, God moved to bring victory on 11/11/11.  There was tremendous joy and celebration as the world heaved a great sigh of relief. The downward slide however, resumed, falling to its lowest levels of gross evil under Adolf Hitler that exploded into WWII—again initiated by Germany. During this period God raised up a man for the hour—Winston Churchill sounded the trumpet and with the Allied nations paved the way to victory in 1945.

After the shock and trauma of this ferocious war where fifty million people died, the weary world began to heal, nevertheless the world quickly entered a state known as the Cold War. In the 1980’s God again moved to bring relief and raised up a man for the hour. In 1987 Ronald Reagan boldly released the anointed decree to Mr. Gorbochov to “…tear down this wall.” The world once again breathed a sigh of relief when as communist governments were replaced, the walls across Europe simultaneously began to come down, including the notable Berlin Wall. There was great jubilation, and a period of joy and peace came upon the Earth. Yet, even as everyone was talking about peace, peace, the storms clouds began to gather once again. Evil never gives up!

It is also notable that during the times surrounding both world wars that significant shifts began to take place with Israel and the Jewish people. After close to two thousand years, in the period before and during WWI there began an Aliyah of Jewish people making their way home. That trickle became a flood After WWII, as persecuted Jews of Europe went home to initiate the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948.

With WWI, WWII and one Cold War behind us I believe God is now giving warnings that the world is once again approaching a time of trouble. America is Spiritually vulnerable on its Eastern and on its western fronts and the northern and southern borders. There may be light at the end of the tunnel, but to get there, we will need strong persevering intercession during a period of turmoil.

The system characterized by Babylon in the Bible is about to suffer a great fall. Babylon represents the world systems as shown in the book of Revelation and reflects the great pride and arrogance of man rooted in Satan—the prince of pride. The Lord has uttered the decree in His Word that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall (Prov. 16:18). The day always comes, even if it is long in coming, when God rises to judge sin and the pride of man.

“After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.” Revelation 18:1-3

Since 1945, in the aftermath of WWII, evil men continued their plot for world Dominion. In this present day, Satan’s diabolic intentions for a world order under his rule, is once again creeping over the planet as dark forces regroup to plot their return to power. In 2020 they moved into action in a resurgence to ultimately seize world power. Using Covid-19 as cover to implement their evil plan, they launched their strategies all over the Globe, crafted by the mandate of the World Economic Forum whose founder is the German born Klaus Schwab.  His recent book that spells it out is Covid-19: The Great Reset.

For the purposes of the New World Order, governments have strategically used emergency powers to hijack the world. With these powers they have locked in control over populations through lockdowns and mandatory mask wearing.   Forced vaccinations and vaccination passports to buy and sell is where we are headed, as the Media, Hollywood Stars, leaders of corporations and Social Media, have all strangely joined push to have the entire world vaccinated. The world is once again teetering on the edge of the abyss as diabolical people taste power.

During a time of sitting before the Lord I began to suddenly sense a burden in my spirit for the people of America, especially the states on the east and on the west coasts.  I began to think of New York and the movie Escape from New York. I began to think of California and the many prophetic warnings it has received over time. There is presently a great repositioning and movement of large portions of the population taking place, especially in New York and California. Hundreds of thousands of people have left these states and liberal cities, to relocate in Florida, Texas, and conservative states.  What is happening? There may be a spiritual calling out underway and time for many to leave these cities.

Unless God has positioned you in these places where crime is escalating and controls over the people are increasing, you should prayerfully consider leaving.  However, these liberal cities may be your assignment from the Lord, and if that is so God will keep you and watch over His purposes in you for that city. There you must stand and hold the ground He gives you without fear! A Spirit of faith will come upon you to stay and hold your ground. 

For others, God has Glory Zones of Light that the Harvest is being drawn to, with assignments to disciple these ones. These are protected zones that could even be a neighborhood. As I pondered these things, I heard the Lord say I was to read Micah. I began to read through the book when I came upon chapter 6:10:

“Arise and depart, for this is not the rest [which was promised to the righteous in Canaan], because of uncleanness that works destruction, even a sharp and grievous destruction.” Micah 2:10

“And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.” Revelation 18:4

God is raising up His Elishas for this hour who fearlessly follow wherever He leads.  He is preparing to release Elijah’s mantle upon a generation prepared in fire to run a race of fire—an Elijah generation who go before the Lord’s Presence. I have spent days pondering Elisha’s life, and one morning opened a daily devotional I have been using by Robert Henderson and read:

Elisha knew that it was time for him to receive the mantle of Elijah. Therefore, he would not allow anything to distract him or cause him to delay in following Elijah. The result was the receiving of the mantle that allowed him to make history (2 Kings 2:13, Henderson, Robert. 365 Prayers and Activations for Entering the Courts of Heaven (p. 76). Destiny Image, Inc.).

It is now time for an appointed generation to receive the mantle of Elijah and move out to become history makers. God is asking: “Where are my devoted Elisha’s who are ready to receive Elijah’s mantle and become the generation that does great exploits in my name as he did?” Are you one?

As I was praying recently the Lord spoke to me and said that more shaking was about to come, that this was a good time to posses the Spirit of the fear of the Lord! Before I go further, I would first like to build on the topic of fear that I touched on in a recent article, as fear can be both a good and a bad thing, depending on who or what you are fearing. In my last article I said in essence:

We never have to fear the enemy or anything when we are living inside of the will of God; nevertheless, if we are living outside of the will of God, we should fear! God created fear to keep people from things that would harm and hurt them. Fear can sometimes be a good thing, especially when it draws us to God and causes us to become obedient. Hebrew 10:30-31 says that God will judge His people, and that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God! God will sometimes use fearful situations to awaken and mobilize Christians, to move them out from a place of complacency or danger.

God designed humanity with a hormone called adrenaline for times of crisis; it increases blood flow and prepares the body to act in an emergency. This is good fear! Another good fear to have is the fear of the Lord that the scriptures say is the beginning of wisdom. The fear of the Lord keeps us safe in a position of awe before an awesome and holy God. The fear of the Lord provides protection and prevents us from straying into sinful situations that lead to our harm. To maintain a healthy fear of the Lord, is to remain safely tucked away in Him. When living and moving and having our being in Him, He is magnified before us in His might and His power above all, and we will therefore not fear anything but Him. The enemy holds no power whatsoever to intimidate and cause fear, as He has no power unless given to him through sin and disobedience. His power to steal, kill, and to destroy is founded upon disobedience to God!

We have entered a season of war and are moving through times of trial and testing on the Earth. The enemy is fighting to win and is making great inroads. As I said previously, most Christians are not fighting at all, except with each other! This must stop for us as a corporate people, as it distracts us from recognizing the dangers and the pitfalls ahead. We are not to fight in the flesh, for God has given us weapons to fight that are not carnal but they are mighty in God to pull down strongholds (2 Cor. 10:4).

There is a dichotomy to Christ depicting the two differing sides of mercy and Judgment—the double-edged sword. Many leaders, ministries, and individuals present from one or the other of these perspectives, some leaning heavily on one of these two characteristics. The opposing views of mercy and judgment have created some discord in the Body of Christ, as many aggressively taken their stand on one side or the other. However, God would have us understand that the double-edged sword comes forth from one source—from one mouth.

In Scripture, Jesus is presented to us as the Lamb that was slain and as the Lion of the tribe of Judah—He is both. All facets of Christ come from one heart and one mind. The key truth important to note, is that all that God is and does, is founded on His Love. His mercy pours forth from His heart of love, and His judgment is embedded with His wisdom and His love.

When I first got saved, after the initial honeymoon season of God’s love being poured out on me, I was quickly assigned to Boot Camp for intense training, refining of character and understanding of the spiritual warfare that began to target me ferociously. At the time, it felt as if I were running the gauntlet, with attacks and fiery arrows coming at me from all sides. For over two decades, I lived through God’s refining fire; yet through it all, I have always known the intensity of the Father’s love for me.

The scriptures teach that the Father disciplines His children (Heb. 12). In a typical family the father is usually the disciplinarian and the mother, the comforter, showering the child with love. Both are needed in the child’s growth and development. A father will relate to his grown son in a far different way than He would with his four-year-old or adolescent child. It is the same with our Heavenly Father, He is now looking for a high level of maturity to be revealed in His sons and daughters, from all He has sown into our lives over many years. The Father is looking for a return on His investment—He is looking for the revelation of the sons of God!

During the boot camp years and through an extremely painful and difficult trial, I sensed the Lord’s surpassing love and concern for me; however, He did not offer pity as I was prone to self-pity. He did not even offer me comfort, as at that time, I was in the midst of learning one of the most valuable lessons of my life. Instead, I heard the still small voice of God, the voice Elijah heard in the cave, after his spat with self-pity; the Lord said to me, “You have fallen under the weight of this trial…when it comes around again, rise above it.” At that moment, I didn’t need pity or loving arms, I needed to understand that I possessed the ability in Christ to rise in His authority, to overcome in this trial, and send my enemies fleeing. I was being trained to stand in conflict. That became one of the most important lessons I have learned to date. I was determined from that day, in the strength of the Lord, never to allow circumstances to overwhelm me and destroy me again, when I possessed the supernatural power in Christ to change it!

Understanding how God is moving in any given situation, at any given time has a multifaceted dynamic to it. Our knowledge, in a carnal sense, is limited to one perspective of a process that is in motion. We stand at a fixed position in time, in any given situation, viewing a moment in God’s transcendent and fluid process of transformation—our knowledge and understanding is limited, and can therefore only be ‘in part.’

There are so many layers of consciousness hidden from our view, in the tapestry of God’s handiwork, whether globally, in a nation, or in an individual’s life. If we understood this, we would see that to choose one facet of God to depict Him—as in mercy over judgment, or love over discipline, would be to miss the surpassing, multifaceted, treasure of a triune, omniscient being, presented to humanity as the one and only true God.

Many church leaders keep their people locked in an adolescent stage, dependent on them, never allowing them to grow into the mature, courageous, warrior leaders God intended—needed for this hour. Some leaders pile on the unsanctified mercy, and unsanctified grace, providing people with the permission to remain in a state of immaturity. They remain stagnant in regard to growth in righteousness that leads to strength in character, and a life that is deeply rooted and anchored in God—this is the life that cannot be shaken! Many Christians in my time of trial, with good intentions, would have comforted me, offered me Christian platitudes, like God will make a way—when what I needed was some tough love to shake me out of my stupor, caused by unbelief and self-pity, and a reminder of who I was in Christ.

When you have truly known and experienced the love of God, most would be willing to give all for Him, some, may even be willing to lay down their lives for Him. Peter thought that he would be willing, until his love was tested in the Fire; when he heard the rooster crow three times, he ran. When things do not go our way, we can become offended in God, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of our disappointment or disillusionment. Enduring love is love that has been tested by Fire in crisis, tempered by discipline—as steel is tempered in fire to increase its strength. Elijah said to the people at Mt. Carmel, “…the god who answers by fire—he is God” (1 Kings 18:24). Be assured our love will be tested.

Many of this present generation have been pampered or neglected by parents, given few boundaries, indulged by society, provided with everything, with nothing required in return. We are now all suffering the consequences of this, as they now act out on society. The frightening thing is that many of them now occupy important leadership positions in government. Unfortunately, this may also be true for many in this generation of Christians, grown up with too much grace and too little discipline—many abandoning the church when they become offended. Many, never having been taught the foundational principles of scripture, of obedience and humility, submission, and accountability. Yes, we can all sing, shout, and dance—and personally, I do love all of that! But when the shaking begins and the fire heats up, the question remains, will faith be there to uphold us? In the fire many are shaken and become offended in God. Even John the Baptist, who spent years in the wilderness had his doubts about Jesus when he was put in jail; he sent to ask if Jesus was truly the One. Jesus answered him, “…blessed is the one who is not offended in Me.”

I am putting an emphasis on discipline, the fire that refines, and the fear of the Lord, because during a recent time of prayer, the Lord brought these things to my attention. He said that more shakings were about to come, and the fire would be heating up; that shakings would be coming like travail upon a woman, increasing in intensity, that will bring forth a birthing, an awakening that is His Great Reset—a reset back to the knowledge of God and to the fear of the Lord! This Reset will be the love of God coming in a great wave of discipline on the earth. The Father is about to give His children and the Earth a spanking. Those who fear God will bow. Those who do not will be offended and fall away. The earth will be given the choice either to rebel or to seek out the face of God. Much of the world has been turned upside down, but God is about to set it right again—but it may come with some discomfort.

God is saying, to choose today whom you will serve. Will you to stay on God’s side and not be offended? Will you fear man, or will you fear God? The scriptures declare that our God is a Consuming Fire. There was a time when God instructed me to read Isaiah 33; verse 14 asks the question of, who can dwell with the devouring fire, who can live with everlasting burnings? It answers, he who walks righteously, and goes on to reveal the reward of living such a life:

“He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure. Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off.” Isaiah 33:16

We see this ability to dwell in fire also depicted in the account of Shadrach, Meschach and Abed-Nego, whose courage, born from a disciplined life, chose the fire rather than to bow to idols and gods. They told the king:

“…our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:17-18

The fire was heated up seven times for them, but they were not burned, as a fourth man was seen with them in the fire. If we choose to go through the fire of God voluntarily, we will find that it burns nothing, other than our chains and bondages of sin. God is looking, and the Earth is crying, for a new breed of saints who have been trained in fire, who are devoted to a righteous life, firmly anchored to the love of God. James provides us with particularly important instruction to take note of in these times of viral opinions, as we will be called to account for every idle word we have spoken before a holy God.

“Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way…the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!” James 3:1-10

I believe God would  say to many: “Which part of touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm, did you not understand? What part of listen to my prophets and you will prosper, did you not get? I chose this word 2 Chronicles 20:20 for the year 2020 to release the Word of the Lord for this critical hour. This was not a coincidence; it was by Divine design to test you.”

We have little understanding of the spiritual realities at work in the many spheres of God’s divine unfolding plan.  As Paul said, we should judge nothing before its time!

In regard to the recent events in the U.S, I just have to say with confidence that God is still on the Throne, and that it is not over until He says it is over! Eyes have been focused on the United States, but our God who ways are so much higher than ours, and whose eyes are seeing a much greater picture than ours, sees the whole chessboard, an all the players involved. The war we are fighting is over the truth! Victory comes when lies and deception are exposed. God’s plan for winning the war on truth is centered around a people who present the multifaceted wisdom of God to principalities, powers and to the world. What is the multifaceted wisdom of God that scatters the enemy and annihilates their agenda? This wisdom of God can be defined as the way of the Cross and of sacrifice—a people living a sacrificial life modeled after Christ. Secondly, walking in the fear of the Lord, that is the beginning of wisdom. Third, it is to be filled with the Spirit of wisdom and understanding; and fourth, possessing the wisdom from above that according to James is humble, pure, peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

Such a person, possessing such a life, by his very stand for truth, righteousness and the principles of Godly wisdom, will defeat and shred the enemy’s defenses and remove their platform. They are a people who will possess the anointing to know what to do as Joseph did—the scripture states, that for his times there was none so wise as Joseph who knew what to do.

Godly wisdom is coming out of agreement with the enemy and the world, and into agreement with God! When we agree with the enemy and world principles, we are aligning ourselves with principalities and powers; and if, as Paul says, our warfare is with principalities and powers, then by our agreement with them, we come out on the losing end. However, when we come into an intentional, sold out agreement with the will and the Word of God, we have power to tear down the ungodly strongholds of lies, and rip the veil hiding the truth and Godly reality. All sin and iniquity are cloaked in lies; the war is over who will control the narrative. We can then understand why the mainstream media is on the frontlines of the war over truth, and over dominion of the Earth. Many are the arbiters of propaganda, bought and paid for by the powers of darkness. God is perfect in wisdom and His plan is always perfect!  He will release a great captivity of souls from bondage and His Glory upon His people.

Persecution of Christianity

Jesus said in His Word that if they persecuted Him, they would also persecute His followers, that all who desired to live Godly lives in Him would be persecuted. North America has been resting on a bed of comfort for an exceptionally long time, while Christians around the world have suffered tremendously. It may well be our time now to walk through a season of travail! The travail to birth the notable moves of God can be hard labor—God is warning us to be prepared for the travail; to be ready to stand resolute and hold the ground of truth, justice, and righteousness.

Christians must be focused on God with our eyes fixed on Him as we may see persecution of Christianity gaining in momentum. In the days to come Christians may be challenged in their faith and with their allegiance to Christ. Please, let me be clear that I am not an advocate for violence, but rather resisting and warring in the spirit through prayer and intercession, and in the natural, through peaceful means and action. 

The Mainstream media and the liberal machinery, including the social media giants, big corporations and banks are now all taking advantage of what happened on the Capitol in the U.S., to clamp down on all conservatives, conservative thinking and speech, and ultimately Christians—their chief target! Covid-19 has provided the perfect means to complete the job of cutting off communication and discourse.

The Great Reset—the agenda of the World Economic Forum—a group of the elites of the world, is in high gear. Their plan is unfolding and moving rapidly in all nations, working forcefully to shut down all avenues of resistance to their ideology in America, in Canada and the nations of the world. Nevertheless, we must be reminded that we are never to move in fear, as no one, and nothing, can stop the Wind and Power of the Holy Spirit from moving to determine the will of God!

Preparedness for the Road Ahead!

God will always move ahead of His people to carve out the paths ahead for them as He did with Israel on their journeys to the Promised Land. In my last two shows we discussed Luke 22:35-36 and I find that God is continuing to bring revelation and depth from this scripture for this notable hour of history. I believe God is showing that this passage holds understanding and direction for the changing times by continuing to shine His light on it. Let’s read it again:

“But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one. For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.” Luke 22:35-36

As we said previously, when Jesus said, “But now,” He is signalling to His disciples that something significant was about to happen that would cause a dramatic shift in times; He then proceeds to give them instructions on how to be prepared. In verse 35 Jesus points out three specific ways to be prepared—first He told the disciples to take money—Jesus is referring to finances or possibly another means of currency with which to purchase goods—this could include bartering. I believe our banking system is no longer secure, and it is best to play it safe. A few months ago, the Lord told me to have cash on hand, I didn’t fully understand but was obedient.

Second, Jesus then told them to take a knapsack. I believe this represents being prepared in the natural with the essentials, such as food, water and necessities stored for emergencies—this is wisdom, as even our government recommends having at least three months’ supply on hand; we do not know the way things will turn and should be prepared. Preparedness could also be inclusive of having ministry resources on hand for sharing Christ, as God’s heart is very much on saving souls. We should be thinking of ways that we can do our part, as we each have a share in the harvest.

In verse 36 Jesus then implied that the instructions given were directly related to the fulfillment of a certain prophecy that, He would be counted among the transgressors, or rebels. and ends by saying “For the things concerning Me have an end.” Both statements are profound and embedded with much revelation. That Jesus would be counted with the rebels revealed that trouble was coming for His followers. Within four decades after Christ, Rome completely clamped down on the Jewish people and destroyed Jerusalem.

Jesus’ first coming was in essence a revolution against the world construct of that time, challenging all spheres and beliefs with the higher precepts of God. Jesus is the revolution that moves His people to follow Him, wherever it may lead, as there will always be a price to pay for freedom. What is now becoming increasingly clear is the push in the narrative to label and brand all conservatives, all Trump supporters—a vast majority that are Christians—as insurrectionists and problematic to the progressive ideologies of the new society and world order presently being crafted.

Jesus then concluded  by saying that the things concerning Him have an end. Having an end means having its fulfillment or a specified conclusion. Jesus was warning His disciples of the Cross that was to come—the end that was awaiting Him and those who were His disciples. However, verse 36 has greater implications and is a word that carries through time, pointing also to the last days—a season of time when all things concerning Christ will be summed up, have its fulfillment, and will reach its final conclusion. These are times spoken of in scripture characterized by great turmoil in the Earth.

This is the time when God is trumpeting the call to all, “Come into the Ark you and all your household! Jesus Christ is the Ark fashioned for the salvation of mankind; it is an Ark that is fashioned in praise, as the praise of God’s people is His holy habitation. How do we escape the siege? We lift up our eyes and ascend in worship and in faith. Praise is our escape route! As Jesus inhabits our praise. This is how He comes down. Let the whole earth praise him! Praise is the way we will we navigate our way through these times!

In January of 2020 God gave me a vision where I saw myself standing in a small boat on the ocean in the midst of a great storm with lightning and dark clouds, I had my hands raised to heaven praising Him with peace and great joy in my heart! He then said to me, “Praise is how you will make it through this year!”  Recently in 2021 the Lord again said to me, “Praise Me in the storm, because praise will bring you through the storm.” Don’t be afraid of the storm; God said in His Word that when we walked through the storm, we should fear no evil.

 2021 and the decade ahead

Considering these times that we have been chosen for—times where things happen suddenly and quickly, we should also be believing for God’s best to break out in the lives of His people, and for great and effective doors to now open before us. Yet, we should also be prepared for the worst—as the worst will also be breaking out through a people who are committed to lawlessness and deception. This will truly be a season of Light and darkness—Let us choose to look to the Light and the One who has power over it all, and the ability to bring in great transformation and awakening. As we do this, we also take heed to Jesus’ Word that lawlessness will abound–we would therefore be wise to put on the whole armor of God, and to also put safeguards in place to protect ourselves and our families.

If you have not already done so, now would certainly be the time to get your House, your relationships, and your marriages in order, as we will need each other and have greater strength and impact in a stand of unity. Now would be the time to examine our hearts, our faith level and what our stance will be in the face of injustice, persecution and the attempted removal of our liberties and freedoms. Now is the time to press into God, seek His face and pursue an increased level of faith and an increase in the gifts and virtues of the Spirit. Now is the time to live a lifestyle of prayer and fasting and pressing into the supernatural gifts of God. God is looking to find faith and will be working in us to cause our faith to arise!

What will this new era look like for you, for your family, your church, your ministry, or your work? Spiritually, the Church will be transformed to become a new wineskin—the Ekklesia, the wineskin of God’s original intention—a wineskin having relevance to its times, functioning in strength, wisdom and supernatural authority in an atmosphere of the Presence and power of God.

This decade will see the rise of the influencers. Many will see their sphere of influence increase tremendously. God has been preparing you for this moment to give you a voice of influence in the sphere you were created for. Now is your time! You are the sons of God being released for this moment of history—you are the sons of God the earth is presently travailing for—embedded with Good News, possessing great wisdom and moving in excellence.

In the past God came down to accomplish His will through the ministry of chosen men and women. In these times, God will move through the ministry of an army of fearless, and courageous servants like David, Elijah, Deborah, Joshua and Joseph, all fashioned and trained in fire to stand resolute in the midst of turmoil and storms, armed with the wisdom of
God.

Recently as I was praying to the Lord about how to be positioned and prepared for these times, He stopped me abruptly in mid-sentence, almost in a rebuke and said, “Be ready and positioned in your identity in Me above all! Spend much time focused on Me.” He was saying first and foremost be focused on Him, intentionally looking to Him, positioned in Him, sitting at His gates and waiting daily in His Presence. He then impressed upon me that like Elijah, we were to be positioned in prayer, with our faces set, ready to each run our supernatural race. When Elijah saw the cloud—the sign of the coming downpour—he rose and outran the chariots. The people of God were created for this moment—don’t miss your moment to shine.