If not us…then who? If not now…then when?
LORD, use us for such a time as this! Empower us to declare Your word! Use us to help manifest Your will upon the earth! O LORD! Raise up the WATCHMAN! Raise up the WORSHIPPERS! Raise up the PROPHETS! Raise up the PRAYER WARRIORS! May we raise Your BANNER high, O LORD –over our cities…over our nation…over our government…over the world! Blessed be Your most holy name!! The name ABOVE ALL NAMES! We worship You, LORD!
The Word of The Lord should draw a response from us!
All of us have heard something from The Lord that we need to respond to. (And choosing to not respond is a response in itself).
He awaits to see how we respond today!
I hear The Lord saying…
May we not be “satisfied” to stay exactly as we are today! May we seek and desire to rise up into the revelation and positioning of who we are in Christ! Growth means change. Have NO FEAR to grow into what the Lord has prepared for you!
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)
Good morning! May we find someone today that we can connect with and let them know that they are loved! Sometimes all that is needed is to smile and to give them your full attention if they speak to you.
And if they begin to share something happening in their lives – sickness, relationship problems, etc. – can I encourage you to be bold and ask if you can pray with them?
I have connected with strangers in the grocery store and Walmart that are so desperate for release from their problems, that they begin to share personal parts of their lives with me. The Lord opens the door for me to gently take them by the hand and lead them to the One who can bring them through their circumstances.
And the Lord will open that door for you too! Be expectant and be ready!
All things are possible to him who believes. Mark 9:23 NASB
What things do you see in your life that need to be changed?
What things do you feel the Lord calling you to do-but you feel that it is just too hard?
Rest easy, my friends! ALL things are possible if we will just believe that Christ in us CAN work in and through us to make the “impossible” possible.
TRUST HIM TODAY!!
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Psalms 42:1-2
A dear friend of mine was talking about spiritually being in a place where it was “flat.” We talked about it being a “desert time.”
I love the mountaintop experiences, don’t you? I love to feel that surge of knowing God’s closeness, His presence. I love seeing God everywhere I look and hearing Him in every sound. It’s hard when that fades away and the experiences of the “everyday” intrude where once only God was. It’s not that He’s no longer there, but for whatever reason….we have allowed the circumstances of the everyday to take over…or He has pulled back to remind us of how much we need Him…for whatever reason, we just know that we are no longer on the mountaintop, we are in the desert.
I believe that the LORD allows the wilderness and desert experiences because He knows how we are…He created us. When things are going great, when we have no challenges, nothing to overcome—we begin to forget that we NEED our God. After all, everything is good.
But, when we feel all alone in our struggles, in our inability to “handle” things—then we remember that we are weak and He is strong. He is our Rock; our Anchor; our Wisdom; our Peace; our Joy; our Strength!
He is the reason we are overcomers. But, we can’t be overcomers unless we have something to overcome!
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. Revelation 2:7
So, brothers and sisters in Christ…don’t despair when you feel that you are in the “flatlands” or the “desert.” Keep walking; keep persevering and push through!! The oasis…the river of cooling, life-giving water is there in the distance…just waiting for you to drink your fill! Can you see it? Sparkling with love—ready to flow through you in rivers of living water.
Come! And quench your thirst, My beloved!!
“What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.”Matthew 10:27 NASB
Jesus was speaking this to His disciples. And I believe Jesus speaks these words to us today. We should have no fear to speak and proclaim what He is speaking to us!
May we walk in boldness and love as we share what God is saying to His people. May we invite and listen to His precious “whispers.”
God is speaking! Are we listening?
