PLANTING

As you water your plants both outside and inside your home, I want you always to remember that you are My special planting.  The prophet Isaiah said the following about the ministry I would have when I came to earth:

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified (Isaiah 61:3)."

You are My planting on Earth.  I have planted you in the location that you are in right now.  I have planted you in the neighborhood, the city, and the country you live so that you can show forth My glory. I call you a tree of righteousness and My planting to share My good news where I have planted you.

ISAIAH 61:3

ENDURE

There is only one thing that you can count on to endure forever, and that one thing is My Word.  This is why saturating yourself in the water of My Word is so important in these last days.

The enduring power you need during these dark times is the Word of God and the anointing of My Holy Spirit.  You can only receive this when you are totally dependent upon My strength when you feel weak.

A runner begins to feel weak when he is about to cross the finish line.  His legs get weak, and his mind tells him that he cannot make it to the finish line.. You will be able to endure until I call you home when you are willing to bear all things with My strength, believe all things that I have said, and place all your hope in Me.

1 CORINTHIANS  13:7

  

INTERCESSION/INTERVENTION

Many are crying out for Me to intervene in this war in Ukraine.  Ever since Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, there have been wars, famines, earthquakes, and many other destructive forces.  The destroyer, the devil, became the god of this world when Adam and Eve disobeyed Me.

Right now it seems like all the earth is falling apart.  I predicted that this would happen in the last days.  I called these times the beginning of sorrows.

I have chosen to operate on Earth in response to the prayers of the saints.  Nations have been saved when My true church humbles themselves and pray.  This is why more than ever, My intercessors need to pray.  As you read the Scriptures, I always respond to the cries of My people.

MATTHEW 24:7-8

SUBMIT

You live in days when there is much need for My co-laborers to do spiritual warfare. I move to intervene on Earth as those on Earth pray.  I have chosen to be a co-laborer with you.  

Your labor at this time is to use your spiritual weapons and the keys to My kingdom to overcome the enemy.  When you resist My adversary in prayer, he has to flee. It is most important,  however, for you to first submit yourself to Me before you resist the devil.  

It is My power and My anointing that will work through you to overcome every evil force. Daily, submit yourself to Me as a living sacrifice, and then I will enable you to effectively come against the devil.

JAMES 4:7

POSITIONS

Most people in the world are seeking to fill the highest positions in their companies, in government, in education and many other fields.  I want you to remember that you are filling the highest position in My kingdom.

You are seated with Me in heavenly places.  You are seated right next to Me, and I have given you from that position all authority.

You have been chosen at this hour in your nation to reign and rule from that position of authority that I have given you by My name and by the blood I shed to redeem the world.  Use that position.  Do not try to escape the darkness of these critical times.  Instead, enforce My authority against My adversary.

EPHESIANS 1:3, 2:6, 3:10

LIKENESS

In order to be the perfect sacrifice I was sent in the likeness of sinful flesh.  I bore the sins of the whole world in My body when I was crucified.

I actually became sin for you so that you could become righteous in the sight of My heavenly Father.  I know that you stand in awe of Me and what I did for you.  I redeemed or bought you back from the grip of Satan.

Meditate on these truths when you worship Me, and recognize that I not only died to forgive you of all your sins, but for the sins of the whole world. These truths need to be shared.  Ask My Holy Spirit to give you the opportunity to share this good news with those who do not believe in Me.

ROMANS 8:3; 

NEGLECT

The word, "neglect," means to ignore or disregard or to treat as unimportant.  There is one thing that I never want you to neglect.  I do not want you to neglect your one on one time with Me.  I long for  you to just sit in My presence and allow Me to minister to you.

David wrote that he stilled his soul like a weaned child.  So many in these troubled times are crying out to Me, but the strength you need to get through these troubled times is My joy. My joy is your strength. In My presence is fulness of joy and pleasures forever more.  When a child is weaned, that child no longer cries in desperation for the next feeding. 

When a child is weaned, the parents finally have time to communicate their love to the child in other ways than just feeding the child.  I long to communicate My love to you every day, but you must have a time of quiet because then you are able to hear My love songs to you.

NEHEMIAH 8:10; PSALM 131:2

STIR

When Paul saw the idolatry in Athens, his spirit was stirred.  He was so stirred in his spirit, that he began to preach in the market place daily. 

You are now living in a nation that is full of idolatry.  Pray for My body on Earth to have boldness to proclaim My good news to others.  Also pray that My body will awaken to do warfare to pull down the strongholds of idolatry in your land.

Pray for the unction of My Holy Spirit to awaken all those who are sincere believers in Me to daily reach out to the lost by both praying and witnessing.

ACTS 17:16

ESTABLISHED

Everything that can be shaken is being shaken in the world today.  It does seem like there is nothing that is secure. I want to remind you today that you live in a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

I also want to remind you that I am an unchanging God.  You will re-establish security in your life when you stop looking at the circumstances in this world.  Instead, focus your attention on the kingdom that cannot be moved.

The kingdom of God is full of righteousness, peace, and joy in My Holy Spirit.  Establish your heart today with grace because you live in a kingdom that is unmovable and that is established for all eternity. I am King of that kingdom, and I am the one who governs things on earth.

ROMANS 14:17; HEBREWS 13:9

STEPS

Paul exhorted the Colossians with these words: As you therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in Him (Colossians 2:6)." This word that Paul shared is My desire for you.  You received Me by faith and this is the way you walk in Me.

You walk in faith, not knowing what will come next, but you are willing to take the first step in faith.  As you take one step in faith, then My Holy Spirit will lead you to take the next step in faith.  In order to do this, you must tune your ear to hear the gentle voice of My Spirit.

Step by step, the works I created you to do on earth will be accomplished.  I want you to finish the race of life well, but you have to walk before you can run. Ask My Spirit every morning to help you hear His voice clearly as He tells you the next step.

COLOSSIANS 2:6

LEAD

I sent My Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you into all truth.  During these challenging days in your nation, you need, to more than ever, listen carefully to the still, quiet voice of My Spirit.

It is important that you do not miss any divine appointments that I have for you each day. At the beginning of every day ask My Holy Spirit to help you to hear Him as He leads you to do the next thing.

Walking in the Spirit simply means following the voice of My Spirit moment by moment.  That is how I functioned when I walked on Earth.  I trusted My heavenly Father to tell Me what to do and when to do it. When you can hear the inner voice of My Spirit, you will be able to fulfill every work that I have prepared for you to do.

JOHN 16:13; EPHESIANS 2:10

INVASION

I told My disciples that there would be wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, and all kinds of disasters before I returned. You are seeing this right now.  There are armies that are on alert to  protect a country from invasion.

Do not be troubled by what you see in the natural.  Understand that physical manifestations are a sign of the spiritual battles that are going on in the second heaven where Satan and his demons dwell.  

There is a great warfare going on right now in the spirit realm.  This is why I want you to be sure to dress yourself in  My full armor daily.  I also want you to make sure you lift the shield of faith over you daily because Satan is sending a multitude of lies to My body on Earth to get My beloved into doubt and unbelief.

EPHESIANS 6:10-18

RESPECTER

I am no respecter of persons.  Peter discovered this when he finally embraced the fact that I loved the Gentiles as much as My own brethren, the Jews.  Paul emphasized this truth when he wrote: "There is no respect of persons with God (Romans 2:11)."

The day will come when I will judge the secrets of men according to the gospel.  I do not look at the outer appearance of people.  I have the ability to look into their hearts.

Even though you cannot know the hearts of all people as I do, I want you to see everyone as I see them.  I see all people as precious treasures who are worthy of the price I paid when I died on the cross to forgive them for their sins. Pray for those who do not know how precious they are to Me.

ACTS 10:34; ROMANS 2:11

  

COMPLETE

I have made you complete in Me.  My servant Paul knew that he was complete in Me.  He wrote the following words to the Colossians: "And you are complete in Him, Who is the head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10)."

Paul told the Colossians that he was praying fervently that they might stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.  When I cried out, "It is finished," just before I released My Spirit to My Father, I had finished the complete atoning work as the perfect sacrifice necessary to reconcile the world to My Father.

When you believed in your heart and confessed Me as your Lord and Savior, all your sins were forgiven (past, present, and future).  Share this good news with others because I died to forgive their sins also.

COLOSSIANS 2:10, 4:12; JOHN 19:30

EDIFY

 My servant Paul exhorted the church in Corinth to "Let all things be done unto edifying (1 Corinthians 14:26b). Paul was expressing one of My greatest desires which is that you and all those in My body on earth will desire to edify others.

The word, "edify," means to instruct or to help improve morally and spiritually.  My Holy Spirit has the assignment to conform you to My image.  You certainly cannot do this job.  However, you can encourage others to have open hearts to receive the words of truth in My Word and to apply what is learned to their everyday lives.

I want you to have it in your heart to build up people rather than tear them down others.  You are called to daily exhort one another to love and good works.  This is what it means to edify others.

1 CORINTHIANS 14:26b; HEBREWS 3:13

FROWARD/FORWARD

The word, "froward," means stubborn or willful.  To move forward in your closeness to Me, you must surrender your will to me.  Sometimes you do want to go your own way and do your own works instead of submitting your will and your way to Me.

When you go your own way instead of My way, My enemy can take great advantage of you.  You have opened a door to him and he will try to seduce you with his worldly temptations.  You  need to remember that you are in the world, but you are not of this world.

You are in My kingdom which is filled with My righteousness that keeps you on the right path and My peace that gives your mind rest.  My kingdom also will supply you with My joy that gives you strength. Offer your body daily to Me as a living sacrifice to do My will and walk in My way.

ROMANS 14:17, 12:1-2

VESSEL

I have ordained that you be a vessel to honor Me.  You are the temple that contains My Holy Spirit.  I know that you have a hard time believing that I would trust you to contain such a precious treasure, but I commanded My light to shine into your heart.

The moment you received Me as your Lord and Savior, My Spirit indwelled you. I commanded My light to shine out of darkness to shine in your heart to give you the light of the knowledge of My glory in My face.

I chose you as an earthen vessel in order that the excellency of the power within you might be of Me and not of you.  I prepared you to receive the riches of My glory through My Holy Spirit Who indwells you. I consider you a vessel of mercy, and My Spirit within you will show forth My mercy to others.

ROMANS 9:23; 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6-7

BRIGHT

You need to meditate on My brightness during this time of darkness in this world.  I am the light of the world, and I can dwell in the midst of darkness. I have been the light of the world since the creation of the world and even before that.

I was with My Father at the creation of the world, and I was with My Father before the world was created. I am the Living Word of God.  When My Father said, "Let there be light," My presence became known in the world. 

Isaiah prophesied about My light when he said, "And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising (Isaiah 60:3)."  He went on to say: "The sun shall be no more the light  by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but the Lord shall be to you an everlasting light and your God your glory (Isaiah 60:19).

JOHN 9:5; ISAIAH 60:3, 60:19).

EXAMPLES

Paul gave high praise to the church in Thessalonica. He wrote that they were examples to the other churches because they preached God's Word faithfully and their faith towards God was spread abroad.

I know you desire to be an example to others just as the church in Thessalonica was.  As you surrender daily to Me and ask for a fresh anointing of My Sprit, My Spirit will be able to establish you in faith and renew your mind as you read My Word.

My Spirit planted that desire in your heart. What He plants, He also grants.  I have promised to fulfill the desire of those who fear Me.

1 THESSALONIANS 1:7-8; PSALM 145:19

LAST

There are many verses in My Word that have the word, last, in them.  However, the one I want to share with you is the most important verse.

This is a word that should be first instead of last on your list to share with others.  The verse is: "And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that every one who sees the Son, and believes in Him, may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up on the last day (John 6:40).

The only way others in the world can see Me is that I reveal Myself to them in the Spirit.  Pray for the many souls who have yet to know Me to have faith eyes to see and receive Me as their Lord and Savior.

JOHN 6:40

TRAVAIL

A woman is in travail and has sorrow because her hour has not come, but as soon as her child is delivered, she is in anguish no longer for the joy that she birthed a child.  This is an illustration of what the world is experiencing right now.

When my disciples asked Me when the end of the world would come, I told them that no man knows the time, but they can know the season.  You are in the season of travail right now.  I called this time "the beginning of sorrows."

This time of travail must happen before I return. Even all creation is travailing now. Those who believe in Me are looking forward to My return.  Until that time, I want you to prevail during this time of travail just as a mother prevails even through travail because she looks forward to the joy that is coming.

JOHN 16:21; MATTHEW 24: 8; ROMANS 8:22

CAPTIVITY

I am the captain of the heavenly hosts.  I will come to your aid quickly when you are trying to pull down the strongholds in your life.  Know that only I can help you win the battle over your thought life.

Paul knew the secret to pulling down those strongholds.  He knew that the weapons he used were not carnal, but they were mighty through God.  It is only through Me and My power that those strongholds can be brought down.

The moment you receive an imagination, or high thought that exalts  itself against the knowledge of Me, bring that thought into captivity to My obedience. I will then help rid you of that thought.  Obey this exhortation and then you will always be ready to revenge every disobedient thought that my enemy puts in your mind.

2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-6

STEADFAST

It seems that things around the world and in your nation are moving very fast.  Many changes are happening and you may think that you cannot even keep up with the latest news.

The good news is that you are not in the world nor of the world.  You live in My kingdom and My kingdom is unmovable.  I want you to continue the work I have given you to do and remain steadfast in faith.

Come to Me in the morning and ask My Holy Spirit to lead and guide you throughout your day.  I have ordained works for you to accomplish each day.  As you remain steadfast in My Word and in your dependency on My Holy Spirit. you will accomplish every work I have designed for you.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 

CAST

 I want you to humble yourself by casting every care upon Me because I care for you.  Know without a doubt that I can perfect everything that is a concern to you.

When a fisherman casts his line out into the lake, he waits in quietness and trusts that he will get a bite from a fish. When he gets a bite, he moves the line around to hook the fish. This is the way I want you to wait upon Me.

When you pray about something that concerns you, be willing to wait for the answer.  Be patient.  You receive the promises I have provided with faith and patience .  Wait and know with great assurance that I have heard your prayer.  If the answer does not come right away, begin to praise Me for the answer.

1 PETER 5: 6-:7; PSALM 138:8; HEBREWS 6:12

WORKS

When I come in the glory of My Father with His angels, I will reward every man according to his works. Your works are written in your Book of Life.  That Book contains the works that I want you to accomplish on Earth.

The works for you to do were ordained by Me even before the foundation of the Earth.  I do not want you to miss doing these works.  Keep in mind, however, that the works that ordained by Me are also accomplished through Me.

I work within you to give you both the will and the way to accomplish these works. Give yourself and your day to Me every morning and ask My Holy Spirit to help you accomplish those works.  Pray that you will be on the same page as I am in your Book of Life.

EPHESIANS 2:10; MATTHEW 16:26; PHILIPPIANS 2:13; 

SHADOW

All fears are but shadows.  They are not real.  You must remember this because My enemy wants to paralyze you with fear.  You live in times when fear could just overwhelm you, but always remember that I am real.  I am not a shadow.

I am real, and I can hide you under the shadow of My wings.  When you hide yourself in Me, there is nothing to fear.  I desire for you to only have one fear in your life and that is the fear of Me.  You fear Me when you stand in awe of My power and My love and you desire to obey My commandment to love Me and others as I love you.

I am merciful, and you can trust in Me.  Trust in the shadow of My wings today and every day and make your refuge in Me until these calamities be over and past.

PSALM 57:1