SOMMER FAMILY BLESSING

Welcome to the blog for Linda Sommer.

My Blog will cover three subjects:

WORD FROM THE LORD, FAMILY, and MINISTRY.

WORD FROM THE LORD
Every day I spend time with the Lord in the morning and He speaks to my heart words that are encouraging, exhorting and sometimes rebuking.

At first, I felt not to share these words with others, but then I realized I am just one of His followers. There are many people who need a word daily from the Lord, but they do not have the time to seek Him. This is why I decided to share the words I received from time to time. The messages are in first person as the the Lord relayed them to my spirtual ears.

FAMILY
We have three sons and nine grandchildren. There is something new happening all the time in the Sommer family. I will post some of these events of interest.

MINISTRY
Tom and I have traveled the world. To find out more about our ministry you may consult our webpage -
http://www.voiceofthesword.com/.
I will keep you updated on future speaking enagements and ministry developments.


Thursday, June 30, 2022

DIVIDE

My enemy seeks to divide families, churches and nations.  You can observe how he has been at work in your own nation. As the family goes, so goes a nation.

The fruit of the spirit of anti-Christ is division.  Bind this spirit and loose My Holy Spirit of truth.  Pray and intercede for families that have been divided.  I am reconciling many family relationships in these last days.

I am bringing many prodigals home.  Never cease praying for those children who have rebelled and turned away from Me.  My Spirit is strong enough to cause them to have  a submissive, contrite, and humble spirit. Pray for the healing of the hearts of those who have rebelled because many have experienced much rejection.

1 JOHN 4:3

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

CURSED

Nations, cities, states, and small countries will be cursed if those lands are living in idolatry.  Idolatry always brings a curse upon the land.

I became a curse when I hung on a tree because the word of God says cursed is anyone who hangs on a tree.  When I became I curse,  it is now possible to break all curses.  However, what I did when I died on the cross must be believed and received for a curse to be broken.

Pray for those nations and lands where curses have existed. The idolatry in your own land has caused many curses to come upon your land.  I am so grateful that your nation is moving in the direction to break the curse of abortion off your land.  Pray that this idolatrous practice will be completely removed.

DEUTERONAMY 27; GALATIANS 3:13


Monday, June 27, 2022

REPORT

The servants of Cornelius who came to Peter's door when he was staying in Joppa told Peter that their master was a just man, and one who feared God, and of good report among all the nation.

Paul exhorted Timothy to first of all pray, supplicate, intercede, and give thanks for all men, for kings, and for all those who are in authority.  Pray that those who fill positions of authority in the future to be like Cornelius.

Pray that they will be just people who fear Me and who are of good report.  It is so important that you do this because then you will be able to live a quiet and peaceable life in all honesty and godliness. I want you to pray daily for your leaders in the church and in your governments.  

ACTS 10:22; 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-2

Sunday, June 26, 2022

PERSEVERANCE

Part of the full armor of God is "praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and  watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints (Ephesians 6:18)."  I want you to never give up praying for many to be saved and many to be freed of their strongholds.

When you persevere in prayer, there will be fruit.  As the day draws near to My return, you will see many souls saved and set free.  You are now seeing the fruits of your laboring in prayer for many.  I have heard your prayers.

Keep persevering and you will be amazed at how many you love will come in at this harvest time.

EPHESIANS 6:18

Saturday, June 25, 2022

PRESERVE

I am not only the Creator of life, I am also the Preserver of life.  Every life is precious to Me.  So many in this world do not believe that I knew them even before they were born.   

Many who have been born have chosen to walk in darkness. I gave free will to mankind so that they can choose to love Me or reject Me.  Otherwise, everyone born would be like a puppet who does My will at My bidding.

All life is precious to Me - even the life of a sparrow.  I attend every funeral of every sparrow because I see when even one sparrow falls. Pray for those who need to know how much I love them and value them. 

PSALM 36:6; MATTHEW 10:29-31


Friday, June 24, 2022

HIGHWAY

When you pray, you cannot see how your prayers enter into My throne room, but you believe that you can boldly enter My throne room and find grace when you are in need.

Your prayers travel on an invisible highway that I like to call "FAITH."  This highway is paved with a substance I call "HOPE.  Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.

Your prayers will always soar heavenward when you base your prayers on My Word.  My Word is the substance that will give you great hope. Before you pray, ask Me if there is a promise from My Word that I want you to declare as you pray. All the promises of God in Me are yes, and in Me Amen.

HEBREWS 11:1; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:20


 

Thursday, June 23, 2022

SORROW

I was a man of sorrows and I was acquainted with grief.  I felt all the feelings you have ever felt. However, I was without sin.

My soul was sorrowful as I agonized in the Garden just before I was betrayed.  Because I was the Son of Man as well as the Son of God, I had a battle in My soul.  I wanted to do the will of My Father, but I also knew what the cost would be.

The cost was that I bore the sins of the world in My body when I died as the perfect sacrifice for sin.  I became sin even though I never knew sin.  I want you to always remember what it cost Me when you take communion.

ISAIAH 53:4; MATTHEW 26:38

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

CHARGE

When I came down from the mountain where Peter, James, and John saw My glory, I charged them to tell no man what they saw. This was because it was not time for My power and glory to be revealed to the multitudes.

Now is My time for My power and glory to not only be revealed to a few, but to also be revealed to the whole world.  I charge you to share the good news of My power to save and redeem mankind from sin.  

Pray today and every day that you will be empowered to share the gospel with those you encounter.  I do have divine appointments for you. Listen carefully to My Holy Spirit as He leads you to those who have prepared hearts to receive My good news.

MARK 9:9 

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

PLEASURE

You are living in the last days.  No one knows when I will return, but as you read My Word, you will be able to discern that you are in period of history that I called, "The beginning of sorrows."

My servant Paul warned his spiritual son, Timothy, that in the last days men would be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.  You see this happening now in your own nation.

It is My good pleasure to adopt many people into My kingdom during this harvest time. Pray that I will use you as a laborer in this harvest to sow My Word into the hearts of many.  Yield yourself daily to My Holy Spirit, and then I will work through you to do My good pleasure.

2 TIMOTHY 3:4; EPHESIANS 1:5; PHILIPPIANS 2:13

Monday, June 20, 2022

PLACE

You live in extreme times when there will be wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places.  More than ever, you need to pray to be led by My Spirit to be in the right place at the right time.

I have given you My Holy Spirit to help guide you.  Listen carefully to His voice and obey when He gives you warnings.

Despite the chaos that is happening in cities throughout the world, I can lead you to a place of peace by the still waters.  I am Your Good Shepherd Who will provide what you need in a time of crisis.  Trust Me. I want you to do more than survive at this time.  I want you to overcome.  Be of good cheer because I have overcome the world.

JOHN 16:33; 1 JOHN 5:5



Sunday, June 19, 2022

LOOK

Where you look and what you are looking at has much to do with how you look at life.  If you are looking at the world with all of its darkness, confusion, and chaos, you will easily become discouraged.  I want you to remember always that you are in the world, but you are not of this world.

If you are looking at yourself and meditating on the ways you have failed, the regrets you have because of broken relationships, or your health or financial condition, you will also become heavy laden.

After I described the horrific times that would come before I returned, I exhorted My disciples to look up. You are in the period of time that I described which I called the beginning of sorrows.  When you see these signs of the end of the age coming to pass, I want you to look up, and lift up your heads because your redemption draws nigh.

LUKE 21:28

Saturday, June 18, 2022

FIX

I want you to fix your eyes upon Me.  As the darkness in your nation grows, you must fix your eyes upon Me because I am the light of the world. 

When you fix your eyes upon Me, you will see all that My Word says I am.  The writer of Hebrews encouraged My followers at the time of great persecution to fix their eyes upon Me. 

What will you see when you fix your eyes upon Me? When you fix your eyes upon Me, you will see  that I am My Father's glory, His son, the express image of Him, Creator and sustainer of all creation, the Word made flesh, the cleanser of all sins, the LORD over angels, and I have the name above all names. I am the author and finisher of your faith.

HEBREWS 12:2, 1:1-4

Friday, June 17, 2022

DILIGENCE

We are cautioned in God's Word to keep our hearts with all diligence. Your heart is your inner man which includes your soul (mind, will, and emotions) and your spirit. Your inner man can be easily influenced by the world and My adversary, the devil. 

My adversary does his diabolical work from the outside of your body to your soul within your body.  He tempts you to give into your fleshly lusts by first appealing to your five senses.  This is why I want you to be alert to guard the three gates to your mind (eye, ear, and mouth gate).  

Today and every day watch what you are watching.  Tune your ears to hear the voice of My Holy Spirit.  Be careful about what you speak because the devil enters through these gates if you open these gates to him when you are tempted.

PROVERBS 4:23; 1 JOHN 2:15-16

 


Wednesday, June 15, 2022

IMMEDIATELY

You live in a culture where people want immediate results.  They do not like to wait.  Those who have had health problems want the results of their various tests as soon as possible. 

Abraham was promised a child from His own loins, but it was forty years before he had the son I promised him. The waiting period for My promises to be fulfilled took lengthy time periods. 

When I walked on earth, people usually did not have to wait for their healing after I touched them.  They were healed immediately.  When I touched the leper, he was cleansed immediately.  When I touched the two blind men, they received their sight immediately.  I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.  Pray that My body on Earth will begin to see Me heal people immediately.

MATTHEW 8:3; 20:30-34; HEBREWS 13:8

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

ABOUND

There is something very special that I want you to abound in during these dark days.  I want you to abound in hope.  So many in the world seem to be losing hope.  That is because they are hoping that things will change soon in your nation and also in the world.

I am the God of hope, and I want you to only hope in Me.  When you put your hope in people, you will always be disappointed.  When you keep hoping that circumstances will change, you also will be disappointed.

I am the only One Who cannot change.  I am the unchanging God Who can fill you with all joy an peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

ROMANS 15:13


Monday, June 13, 2022

AFRAID

You receive news almost daily that could cause you to be afraid.  Fears you may experience can be both natural and spiritual. Natural fear was created by My Father to protect you. 

The recent pandemic caused many to be fearful.  The failing economy in your nation can also cause great fear of the future.  So many circumstances in life can cause you to open the door to My adversary to overwhelm you with fear.

The only fear that I want you to have is the fear of Me.  This fear will protect you and also will cause the fear that is from the devil not to paralyze you from doing My will.  You fear Me when you have an awesome respect for My power and majesty and a heart that seeks only to obey Me.  Pray for the spirit of the fear of the Lord to invade your nation and the nations throughout the world.

ISAIAH 11:2; 2 TIMOTHY 1:7


Sunday, June 12, 2022

DEALS

People exclaim when they find a bargain, "I found such a deal!!  When you find bargains, you want to share what you discovered with others.

The truth is that My Father dealt mercifully and bountifully with the whole world when He gave Me, His only begotten son, so that whosoever believed in Me would not perish, but instead would have everlasting life. The discovery of this truth should inspire you to share it with others.

The psalmist David wrote: "I will sing unto the LORD because He has dealt bountifully with Me."  You might want to write down the many times that I have dealt bountifully and mercifully with you throughout your life.  If you do this, I know you will, like David, start singing to Me.

JOHN 3:16; PSALM 13:6

Saturday, June 11, 2022

VICTIM/VICTORY

Do not allow My enemy to cause you to think that you are a victim.  When you trust in Me with all your heart, and stop leaning on your own understanding, you will know with confidence that I have destroyed the works of the enemy.

I have already won complete victory over all your enemies (satanic and fleshly).  No weapon formed against you will ever prosper.  You are more than a conqueror through Me because I love you.

I always cause you to triumph as you release every one of your cares to Me.  Meditate on these truths daily and you will never believe the lie of My enemy that says, you are a victim.  All you have to do in this life is to enforce the victory I have already won.

ROMANS 8:36-39; ISAIAH 54:17; 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14


Friday, June 10, 2022

EARS

I want you to yield your ears to My Holy Spirit  daily so that you will be able to hear My voice. I sent My Holy Spirit to guide you into all My truth as you read My Word.  When you have your ear tuned to hear the voice of My Spirit, He then will be able to guide you throughout your day.

Of course, the voice of My Holy Spirit is not audible.  He speaks to your spirit, and He speaks in a still, quiet voice.  This is why you truly have to be intentional to hear His voice.

When your children were young, you asked Me to help them hear My voice because you knew that they would be saved from many troubles if they had their ears tuned to hear Me. Pray for yourself and those you love to have ears to hear when I speak to them. 

JOHN 16:13


Thursday, June 9, 2022

CREATURES

You are My creation.  This means that you are one of My creatures.  Before you accepted Me as your LORD and Savior, you were constantly subject to sin.  Your fleshly desires ruled over you.  Once you were born again, you became a new creature.

You were born by the word of truth and became the first fruits of My creatures. You are a new creature in Me because you have My nature within you now. The old things in your life are passed away; and all things in your life have become new.

Because you received My sacrifice and the cleansing of My blood, you have been delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty as a child of God. Rejoice today because your life is now not your own.  The same Spirit that raised Me from the dead indwells you. Remember these truths.

ROMANS 8:21; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17



Wednesday, June 8, 2022

ACCORD

You just celebrated Pentecost.  The giving of the law at Mt. Sinai is celebrated by many Jewish Temples and synagogues on this day. Pentecost is also celebrated as the birth of the church when the Holy Spirit came in power upon My disciples. 

I had just ascended to heaven, and even though there was sadness because My followers would not see Me again until I returned, they continued in one accord and met together for prayer and supplication with My mother and brethren.

They were praying together when suddenly My Spirit appeared as tongues of fire upon each one gathered.  On that day they were empowered by My Spirit to take the gospel of My kingdom to the world. Whenever you gather for prayer and are of one accord, My Spirit will empower you also to witness to the world.

ACTS 1:14; 2:1

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

REFUSE

When you were a young child, there were many foods that you did not like.  Your mother usually told you to clean your plate. I saw you when you tried to hide what you did not like under your plate.  You thought your mother would never discover what you did.

The laws of what the children of Israel were to eat and not eat are found in Leviticus.  Paul and most of the disciples tried to follow those laws. However, Paul wrote these words: "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.  For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer (1 Timothy 4:4-5)."

I designed you with an appetite that is created to enjoy every kind of food, even if the law defined that food as unclean. I ate many foods that were defined in the law as unclean when I dined with the publicans. I give you grace to enjoy foods and everything I created.

1 TIMOTHY 4:4-5

Monday, June 6, 2022

SLOTHFULNESS

Centuries ago Solomon wrote these words, "By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idlesness of the hands the house drops through (Ecclesiastes 10:18)." The foundations of righteousness in your land and throughout the world have decayed and households are deteriorating.  

For too long My body on Earth has been slothful in their prayer life, but now My Spirit is awakening My body to cry out to Me in prayer. 

As My beloved continue to humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land. I am hearing the cries of My beloved in America and throughout the world.  Be encouraged to persevere in prayer, and the foundations of righteousness will be restored in your land and in other nations.

ECCLEIASTES 10:18; 2 CHRONICLES 7:14


Sunday, June 5, 2022

RESTITUTION

I want you to rejoice today because I gave you this word, "restitution."  What does it mean? It means the giving back to the rightful owner something that was stolen.  The time of restitution is coming soon when I return to the Earth.

Satan is a thief and he was able to steal the good things I had prepared for My children Adam and Eve through placing in their minds the lie that I was with holding something good from them.  Satan is still using this strategy with many on Earth.

What Satan stole in the garden of Eden will be returned to My children. When I fulfilled the plan of redemption that My Father had in His heart even before the foundation of the Earth, restitution then was possible, not only possible, the restitution of all things will occur. REJOICE!! 

ACTS 3:19-21

Saturday, June 4, 2022

SCOURGE

I gave this word to you during the night and as you waking up.  You searched and found that this word means to punish severely, to afflict, to drive as if by blows of a whip, to chastise.

When I was arrested, they mocked Me, scourged Me, and spit upon Me. After the third day I arose. I told My disciples that this would happen to Me, but they did not understand.

I suffered scourging for your sake to purchase peace and healing for you through My shed blood.  The prophet Isaiah prophesied this years before this happened to Me.  He wrote, "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)" Receive My peace and My healing today.

MARK 10:34; ISAIAH 53:5

 


Friday, June 3, 2022

QUENCH

You live in a day when My enemy is sending fiery darts daily to My body on earth. Those fiery darts are tempting words that, if received, will cause doubt, unbelief, fear, and anxiety in your mind. These fiery darts are designed to pull you down,

Satan cannot read your mind, but he does have the power to give you his diabolical words.  Your defense against those fiery words is to lift My shield of faith the moment you get negative, oppressive words from the devil.

You lift the shield of faith the exact same way I lifted it when the devil tempted Me in the wilderness.  The moment I heard those tempting words, I spoke the Word of God out loud. My Word  is not only the sword of the Spirit, but it also forms a shield that will quench every fiery dart the enemy throws at you.

EPHESIANS 6:16


Wednesday, June 1, 2022

TALK

All your conversations about Me are recorded in "The Book of Remembrance."  The disciples were so filled with the Holy Spirit after I was resurrected that they could not help but talk about the things they had seen and heard.

When the two walked together on the Road to Emmaus, they did not realize that they were walking with Me.  When I broke bread with them, their eyes were opened and they knew who I was.  I had opened up the Scriptures to them before that time of breaking bread with them.

My Word is the bread that I want to break with you daily.  I want you know that I am present with you as you read My Word. I can expound to you the Scriptures just as I did in the presence of the two who walked the road to Emmaus. Listen to the voice of My Spirit as He narrates My Word to you.

MALACHI 3:16;  ACTS 4:20;