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The Holy Spirit said, "Praise is a weapon. I am going to show you how to wreak havoc on the enemy camp." He showed me a huge circular saw blade that was lit up like a light, cutting through the middle of the enemy's camp. The devil's camp looked like ants in comparison to the giant saw blade that was bigger than the trees, ripping through the forest. He said, "The high praises of God's people is piercing to the enemy." I saw them running around cringing with ear-piercing pain as they covered their ears to try to muffle the sound of the praises of God's people. It was dropping them in their tracks, with excruciating pain.
Do you know the least effective way to help someone? Try to immediately solve their problems. Tell them all the clichés for why bad things happen or why they're wrong. Argue your point of view. In my Season of Doubt, it wasn't an argument that helped, it wasn't a new strategy, it was something else entirely. How often do we try to fix other people when what they really need is to be heard? I'm guilty of it, I know. Our knee-jerk reaction when someone shows us their struggle is to offer any insight we can. That's not a bad thing, necessarily, but it needs to be near the end of a very crucial series of events.
There was a person who came into our church yesterday wearing a head wrap and I could not tell if it was a man or a woman from across the room, but I did finally figure out that it was for obvious medical reasons. But someone posted that there were churches on the "attack list" (the enemy has always been on the attack but it is getting more public these days) and I wondered if we would or could be one of them. I think all big churches should wonder that. Anyway, our speaker was talking about the Cross, and the Lord started weaving His conversation in with the speaker's message going on. First the Lord asked me, "What would you do if that was a terrorist and not just a needy person?"
One of the challenges of transition is understanding how to exit one phase or stage of life and enter the next one. Jesus was tested in the wilderness while going into His ministry and tested even more in Gethsemane when transitioning out. You are the most vulnerable during strategic times of transition. There are 3 powerfully clarifying questions we've learned to use in times of transition: 1. "WHO will I need to BE NOW, that I've never been before?" And the next key question: 2. "WHAT will I need to DO NOW that I've never done before?"
As I witness the outrage, strife and bitter hatred on both sides of the Republican and Democratic parties, I see an evil emerging. No, not from the Democratic side as some would assume, but from the heart of man as a whole! As the church, we have gotten so ingrained within the systems of the world that we have forgotten who is actually in charge. Now, this article is not what many of you expected. It is not based on me telling you prophetically who is going to be the next President. We have already seen that happen with many prophetic voices who nationally prophesied Cruz or Rubio would be the next President of the United States of America; and with no apology whatsoever from many of these pastors and prophetic voices declaring they completely missed it.
This is the time each year that is important for your life, as it sets the course for you prophetically for the upcoming year. It is the Jewish New Year, called Rosh Hashanah—October 2–4, 2016, and the Day of Atonement, called Yom Kippur—October 11–12, 2016. Even though we are no longer under the Law of Moses, God still operates on the Jewish calendar. Historically, Jewish people believe that God examines our lives during the time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to see if we are ready for spiritual advancement, or promotion, to a new level of maturity. Whether you are aware of it or not, this is a time when you are able to hear God more clearly and gain direction.
We are in a divine season of God releasing new revelation and understanding into our life callings. This happens each year around the Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These holidays are both coming in October—so I want to help you prepare to move forward hand-in-hand with God during this season. God is releasing revelation and insight into your greater calling in life. But have you ever felt like something is holding you back from moving to the next level or from going after your life dreams? There is a dream thief that can try to take away your passion for life.
There's no questioning that we, as Believers have a very real enemy. If he can't have our spirit, he most certainly wants to rob us of anything and everything else that he possibly can. He's cunning, and more often than not, deceptively posing as something he's not. Here's the catch in that, with everything that our enemy is, God is much more! Which means, for every plan and snare the enemy sets for us, God has a plan already intact to stop us from stepping foot into the trap. If we do happen to find ourselves caught up in the enemy's trap, God has a plan for our release from it. It's all about whose voice we incline our hearing to and whom we choose to obey.
As I received this word for my dear sister in the Lord who is battling cancer, I felt in my spirit this word isn't just for her but to many who are also walking through fiery trials. Tell this to My daughter to whom I love and have called in these latter days to do a mighty work in My spirit. Tell her that I love her and to not fear for I am with her. Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
In the book of First Timothy, Paul was encouraging Timothy to wage a good warfare concerning the prophecies that were given to him. He wouldn't have told him that if he wasn't going to experience spiritual warfare. Every one of us has received a word from God either through a personal prophetic word, or the bible. The Holy Spirit is showing me that many of you have become disheartened because that prophetic word has not yet come to pass. For some of you it has been months, and for others it has been years that this promise has not manifested in the natural. There is a process between the time that we receive the word, until the word comes to pass
