AGAINST

My servant Paul had many enemies against him.  However, he was very secure in My love for and acceptance of him.

He wrote: "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?  Paul wrote this just after he confessed that the main enemy the had was his own flesh with its lusts.

You and all My beloved will always have a battle to overcome their fleshly lusts.  However, you can rest assured that I am for you. I have overcome the world and I can help you win over your flesh.

ROMANS 8:31

KNOW

There are many in the world who do not know God.  This is why it is so important to pray for more laborers to share My gospel of the kingdom throughout the world.

My beloved John shared how you will know whether or not a person knows Me or does not know Me.  He said, "He who loves not knows not God; for God is love (1 John 1:8)."

I exhort you to have keen discernment to know whether or not a person is born again. The person who is born of God loves not only My Father, but also loves Me, and loves others.

1 JOHN 1:6-8

 

CHASTENING

There is much in My word about chastening.  Good parents will chasten their children.  You chasten others when you correct them or rebuke them. You chasten your children when they misbehave.

You are one of My children, and there will be times when I chasten you.  I will correct you or My Holy Spirit will convict you whenever you are not obeying My Word.

My word was given to you for instruction, reproof and correction.  This is why it is necessary for you abide in My Word so that you will not ever veer off the path of righteousness that I have prepared for you.

2 TIMOTHY 3:16

PLANT

It is harvest time.  Pray for laborers for the harvest. Some laborers will plant and others will water, but I am the LORD of the harvest, and I am the one who gives the increase.

Pray for the soil of the hearts of people to be fertile and ready to receive.  The kingdom of God is what I preached when I was on earth, and it is what everyone is looking for now. 

The kingdom of God is righteousness (right standing with God), peace ( a peace that only I can give) and joy ( a joy that only My Holy Spirit can give). To enter this kingdom, you must receive Me as your King.

1 CORINTHIANS 3:7: ROMANS 14:17

INSTRUMENTS

I want you to daily offer the members of your body to be used as instruments of My righteousness, joy, peace and love.

I created the members of your body when you were in your mother's womb, and I knew you before the world began.

I created you to reveal My glory (My presence) to all those you meet in life.  I have promised that just as truly as I live, all the earth will one day be filled with My glory.  Until that day, reveal My glory to people.

ROMANS 6:13

DIRECT

There are so many wars going on in your world right not and the leaders of many countries are seeking what direction to take as they make decisions that will affect the world.

You must remember that you are not of this world, but you are in this world.  You now live in the Kingdom of God.

There is only one direction that I want you to take as a member of My kingdom.  Paul prayed this prayer: "And the LORD direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ."

2 THESSALONIANS 3:5

SEARCH

Search engines are a part of your present technical culture.  With the invention of the computer, you can now search for anything you have questions about and quickly find the answers.

There is a search that I want all people to do.  That search is to search for Me.  I have promised that if you search for Me with all your heart, you will find Me.

If you will seek Me, you will find Me.  If you will search for me with all your heart.  Than I will be found by you.  Pray for many who you know to begin to search for Me as the harvest time is now.

JEREMIAH 29:11-14

ROLLED

Just before the women arrived at the tomb where I was placed after My crucifixion, there was a great earthquake, and an angel descended from heaven and rolled the stone away. He then sat upon the stone.

The angel told the women to not be afraid, but to go and tell the disciples that I was risen. I rose on the day of first fruits which happens the day after the last day of Feast of Unleavened Bread.

I do not want you to ever be fearful to go and tell people that I am a living Savior who can redeem those who are bound by strongholds.  I can roll those strongholds away and resurrection life can come to them.

MATTHEW 28:1-8

RISEN

Today you just celebrated My resurrection.  You celebrate this every year, but I long for peoples of all nations to celebrate that miraculous day when I was the first fruit of all those who will believe in Me.

Except a seed is buried in the ground, it cannot spring forth and bear fruit.  I was buried after I was crucified to redeem mankind from the grips of sin.  

I was the perfect sacrifice that made it possible for you to know My heavenly Father as your father (your Abba) also.  I exchanged your unrighteous sin for My righteousness.  Spread this good news everywhere.

MATTHEW 28:6

RULERS

There are rulers of darkness in the physical realm and also the spiritual realm.  You have experienced in these past few years much darkness in the world.

My light is able to penetrate all darkness.  You are the light of the world, and I have given you all authority to penetrate all darkness.  You can do this by using the keys to the kingdom to bind and to loose.

Today you can bind the spirits of darkness and blindness and release My light (the light of My Holy Spirit) to unveil every dark spot of sin and strongholds in the hearts of those you know. and love.

EPHESIANS 6:12

FIRSTFRUITS

This Sunday you will celebrate the day I was resurrected from the dead.  I was raised from the dead on the day of "First Fruits." This year of 2025 both celebrations are on the very same day.

You and all My beloved are the firstfruits of the Spirit and you are eagerly awaiting the resurrection of your body when I return.

Rejoice this Sunday and celebrate the fact that when I died, you died. When I was raised, you were raised to newness of life.  When I ascended, you ascended and you are now seated on My right hand in the Spirit.

ROMANS 8:23

SAFE

I know that you often pray for your family members to arrive "safe and sound" after they travel to another location. You are always relieved when you hear that they arrived safely.

Did you know that the expression "Safe and Sound" is in one of the passages of My Word? The father of the prodigal son killed the fatted calf  to celebrate that his son returned home "safe and sound."

Pray for all the prodigals to return to Me. Many have walked away from Me. I love them and I want them to arrive at My Father's house "safe and sound." Pray they will experience My redeeming power.

LUKE 15:27

REVERENCE

The fear of the LORD is mentioned often in My Word.  To fear Me does not mean that you have to be afraid of Me.  It means that you show reverence to Me and obey My Word.

Wives, you are also exhorted to reverence your husband.  You reverence another person when you show honor to them.  

Now that you are in My kingdom that cannot be moved, and you have received My grace and My mercy and My power, you can serve Me acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

HEBREWS 12:28

REDEMPTION

When I spent My last Passover with My disciples, I lifted up the cup of wine at the end of our dinner.  It was the cup of Redemption that I held up to them.

When I held the cup up, I told them that it represented My blood of the New Covenant that was shed for many for the remission of their sins. They did not understand at that time what I meant.

My blood had to be shed to redeem the world of sin.  Those who will believe in Me and My sacrifice and resurrection will drink the fruit of the vine with Me at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

MATTHEW 26:28

BEHIND

My servant Paul knew the secret to living a fruitful life in My Kingdom on earth.  He wrote that he had not apprehended all that I wanted him to accomplish, but he did not look behind at those things.

He went on to say: "forgetting whose things that are behind, and reaching forth to those things that are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Paul did not dwell on the past. Instead, he kept moving forward to complete his high calling in Me. Paul did complete those works I planned for him, and you will also as you keep moving forward in My power.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14

PRINCIPALITIES

My servant wrote that we are not fighting a fleshly war.  We are fighting a war with principalities, powers, against rulers of darkness of this world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places.

You do have a battle daily with your own flesh.  Since Adam and Eve disobeyed My Father in the Garden of Eden, the prince of this world was able to cause fleshly lusts to be formed in every human being.

Everyone born was born in sin and that is why you have to be born again in order to win the battle you have with your own lusts (the lust of the flesh, the eye, and the pride of life).  

ROMANS 8:38; 1 JOHN 2:15-17

PAVILION

It is hard for you to find a place when you are out in the market place where there is not a lot of noise. You hear so many conversations that include words that you were taught never to speak.

James wrote about how powerful the tongue is.  He said the tongue was like a destroying fire, the rudder of a ship, bits in a horses mouth because those things are hard to tame, and so is your tongue.

Words are containers that can deliver strife, peace, or love. Your tongue is the most powerful weapon Satan can use to hurt others.  I have prepared a pavilion where you can hide from the strife of tongues.

JAMES 3: PSALM 31:20

COMPARE

Paul wrote the church at Corinth that it was unwise to compare themselves with others.  Each person is unique, and those who have surrendered their lives to Me have different assignments.

Those assignments are written in your Book of Life.  Your goal should be to fulfill all the assignments that are written in your Book of Life.  My Holy Spirit will lead you to your next assignment.

Pray every day that My Holy Spirit will help you finish your assignments for that day.  When this is your focus, your focus will be on Me and My work in you.  You then will not compare yourself with others.

2 CORINTHIANS 10:12

KINGDOM

My beloved Paul wrote two letters to Timothy.  Paul felt that I would return soon, and Paul warned Timothy that many would leave the faith and believe in doctrines of devils just before I returned.  

You are today experiencing what Paul warned Timothy about. I clearly told My disciples that the end would not come until the gospel of the kingdom was preached throughout the world.  

Pray for a great harvest, and be alert to share about My kingdom with others.  Many are looking for answers. My gospel is good news because when you are in My Kingdom, you will have peace and joy.

ROMANS 14:17

FORTH

I created you to bring forth much fruit.  I told My disciples that they did not choose Me, but I chose them and ordained them to go and bring forth lasting fruit that would remain always.

Even before the world began, I wrote about the fruit you would bring forth in your lifetime.  When you see Me face to face, you will see all the fruit you have brought forth.

I pray for all believers to bring forth much fruit for My kingdom on earth.  Join Me in that intercession, and pray for your family, your church, and your nation to bring forth much fruit for My kingdom. 

JOHN 15:16

PARTAKERS

My beloved Peter learned so much from My teachings.  He came to understand all of those teachings after I sent the Promise of My Father upon Him at Pentecost.

Peter had already received My Spirit within him when I breathed My Spirit into all My disciples.  This was their born again experience

At Pentecost My Spirit anointed Peter to teach. He taught that believers can be partakers of the My divine nature through the promises of God.  Meditate and memorize these promises daily.

JOHN 20:22; 2 PETER 1:4

READY

In the last letter that Paul wrote Timothy, he said that he was ready to be offered, and that the time of his departure was at hand. I also knew when the time of my departure was at hand.

When I rode into Jerusalem,  I knew that I would soon be crucified.  I was able to face dying for the sins of the world because I knew the joy that would come at My resurrection.

As I took My last breath, I prayed, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Pray for those who do not know how their sins can be forgiven. Pray for a great harvest time of souls.

2 TIMOTHY 4:6; LUKE 15:7

CLEAN

When I walked on earth I healed several lepers.  A leper came to Me and worshipped Me, saying LORD, if  You will, You can make me clean.  

When I put forth my hand and touched him, I said "I will; be clean.  And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

I am still stretching forth My hand to those who need cleansing in their bodies, souls and spirits.  Pray for those who are bound by unclean spirits.  Bind those unclean spirits and loose My healing to them.

MATTHEW 8:2-3

JUSTICE

I am both just and merciful.  The psalmist wrote: "Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face (Psalm 89:14)."

Solomon wrote: "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. There are three things that I require of you and they are that you do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Me.

Pray for those in government in your country, counties, and cities and in nations worldwide to do justly. Pray for them to humble themselves and ask for My wisdom. Pray that they will come to know Me.

PSALM 89:14; MICAH 6:8

REFRESHING

Just after Pentecost, My servant Peter spoke to all those who were gathered from every nation.  He gave them a message that had a great impact upon the crowds. Three thousand people were saved.

He told them that it was not too late for them to repent and be converted. He promised that if they accepted Jesus as their savior and redeemer, that His presence would bring them times of refreshing.

This is the message I want you to share with others.  So many have lost hope because they are trying to find hope in the world. Refreshing times of hope can only be found in My presence.

ACTS 3:19