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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Deeply Abide

Dear one, I know the love you have for Me, yet still there have been times that you have turned to the things of the world for help. In times of stress or trouble I have not been the first of your heart. You have turned to familiar things, retreated to your comfort zone and hidden away to seek relief. 

But My child, those are such shallow waters. Anything the world offers cannot quench your thirst or give you the guidance you require. Remember, I am the way, the truth and the life. The depth of relationship that you require can only be found by abiding fully in Me.

Come to Me, dive into deeper waters and you will see the fruit it will bring in your life. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and I will be found by you. I am calling you to nourish your spirit, to go deeper, to eat the bread of Life and to carry that with you into every situation that you encounter. 

For you have been called to bring forth My light, do not squander your call. Dive in with courage and boldness, abide in Me and I will lead you to places that you have never even thought or imagined.

Activation:

Read John 15:4-7 (AMP) through once, then come back here to allow the Lord to speak to you as you ponder over each verse:

4 Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me.

5 [a]I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for[otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. 

6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 

7 If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

John 15:4-7 (AMP)

Footnotes

[a] John 15:5 – John 6:35 Jesus uses the words “I am” over twenty times in this Gospel. Especially memorable are those places where “I am” is followed by a metaphor that declares His deity and His relationship to mankind as Savior (this is the first of seven such references); see 8:12 (Light); 10:9 (Door); 10:11 (Good Shepherd); 11:25 (Resurrection); 14:6 (Way, Truth, Life); 15:5 (Vine).

    v. 4 – Ask Jesus Christ what remaining in Him really means and how to enhance this mutual relationship further with steadfast faith and obedience. Ask Him to reveal to you the areas of your life in which you need to depend on Him more for spiritual sustenance and growth.

    v. 5 – What does it mean to bear much fruit? Talk to Holy Spirit about it and ask Him to give you an image of what it may look like in your life both in the everyday and in the long term. 

    v. 6 – In agriculture, unproductive branches are pruned and thrown into the fire. Ask the Lord to show you the areas that have been burned off in your life, and any areas that He still requires to prune. Release any feeling of loss to Him, and ask for His comfort and healing.

    v. 7 – Like a vine and its branches, the relationship with Jesus Christ should be intimate and continuous. His teachings are not just to be heard but lived out. Only then, being so aligned, will even our requests reflect God’s perfect will and therefore come to pass. Ask the Lord to show you where you haven’t been fully aligned with Him. Consider how to spend time with Him in different and deeper ways. Then gradually make it a habit to come back to being in His presence for increasingly extended periods of time.

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    Monday Morning Scripture – Psalm 19

    The Works and the Word of God

    To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David

    1 The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
    And the expanse     [of heaven] is declaring the work of His hands.

    2 Day after day pours forth speech,
    And night after night reveals knowledge.

    3 There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars];
    Their voice is not heard.

    4 Yet their voice [in quiet evidence] has gone out through all the earth,
    Their words to the end of the world.
    In them and in the heavens He has made a tent for the sun,

    5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
    It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

    6 The sun’s rising is from one end of the heavens,
    And its circuit to the other end of them;
    And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

    7 The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;
    The statutes of the Lord are reliable andtrustworthy, making wise the simple.
    8 The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart;
    The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

    9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
    The judgments of the LORD are true, they are righteous altogether.

    10 They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
    Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

    11 Moreover, by them Your servant is warned [reminded, illuminated, and instructed];
    In keeping them there is great reward.

    12 Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.

    13 Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous (deliberate, willful) sins;
    Let them not rule and have control over me.
    Then I will be blameless     (complete),
    And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

    14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
    Be acceptable and pleasing in Your sight,
    O LORD, my     [firm, immovable] rock and my Redeemer.

    Psalm 19:1-14 (AMP)

    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Vision of Glory

    I saw in the spirit a great power coming upon the Lord’s people. And the Lord cried, “New! New! New!” I saw communities gathered, and deep worship from the heart brought forth a heavy kavod of glory so overwhelming that the music stopped.

    The silence was profound, and people did not want to speak. Many were healed instantly in the glory. Life long struggles with addictions were removed. Relationships were restored.

    Worshippers wanted to remain in these places all night, and came rushing back early the next morning. People were drawn to these communities by the Spirit of God. Many openly confessed their sins and received glorious forgiveness.

    The presence of God will be felt in shops and businesses. Worship will break out spontaneously in pubs and coffee shops and restaurants. Workplaces will become holy places. Even bad language will be transformed. Lips that proclaim God’s glory will be unable to swear or lie.

    This is more than revival. This is the Kingdom of God.

    18 “Do not remember the former things,
    Or ponder the things of the past.

    19 “Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing,
    Now it will spring forth;
    Will you not be aware of it?
    I will even put a road in the wilderness,
    Rivers in the desert.

    Isaiah 43:18-19 (AMP)

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Journal Your Journey

    You have partnered with Me and journeyed further than you thought you could. Remember now your testimonies of what we have done together, of My going before you to open the way. 

    Let faith bubble up and trust My leading to go again. If you do, I will knit you into new communities and equip you with the specific things you need for our journey ahead. 

    Joseph, My earthly father, trusted My heavenly Father. He followed God’s leading above the noise of extreme danger. As a result, I was kept safe from slaughter while still a baby. Like Joseph, your part in the unfolding of My story is unique and significant. As you step out in faith, My glory is reflected in you!

    Activation:

    Journal your journey. Note down when you said ‘yes’ to Jesus in the last twelve months, even when you didn’t know how it would turn out. What happened? How has that built faith in you to say ‘yes’ again? Declare over yourself, “I have the faith to trust and respond like Joseph did, Amen.”

    The Flight to Egypt

    13 Now when they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.”

    14 So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.

    Matthew 2:13-14 (AMP)

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    Wednesday Morning Scripture – Psalm 144

    Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity

    A Psalm of David

    1 Blessed be the LORD, my Rock and my great strength,
    Who trains my hands for war
    And my fingers for battle;

    2 My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,
    My high tower and my rescuer,
    My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
    Who subdues my people under me.

    3 LORD, what is man that You take notice of him?
    Or the son of man that You think of him?

    4 Man is like a mere breath;
    His days are like a shadow that passes away.

    5 Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down;
    Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

    6 Flash lightning and scatter my enemies;
    Send out Your arrows and confuse and embarrass and frustrate them.

    7 Stretch out Your hand from above;
    Set me free and rescue me from great waters,
    Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]

    8 Whose mouths speak deceit [without restraint],
    And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

    9 I will sing a new song to You, O God;
    Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,

    10 Who gives salvation to kings,
    Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword.

    11 Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
    Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
    And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

    12 Let our sons in their youth be like plants full grown,
    And our daughters like corner pillars fashioned for a palace;

    13 Let our barns be full, supplying every kind of produce,
    And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

    14 Let our cattle bear
    Without mishap and without loss,
    And let there be no outcry in our streets!

    15 How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;
    How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the LORD!

    Psalm 144:1-15 (AMP)

    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Expansion is Coming

    What you call chaos, I call renovation. Your sight has been blurred for you have looked in the natural. I charge you now to look with the Spirit. Look to see heaven rejoicing! For now that demolition has occurred, it is time to expand.

    You have been contained in old places and seasons, feeling frustrated and weary. But these shakings and breakings are vital for the coming expansion. Don’t be alarmed by what has fallen, for I have anointed you to expand your tent.

    It is I who train your hands for war. You are equipped to occupy and govern. There will be a six-week period in February and March where I will shift you into position to speak. You must take up the mantle and open wide your mouth to release that which I download to you by the Spirit.

    This will be the foundation frame for new territory. Do not expect the space to look or feel familiar, as I am releasing a greater dimension of My glory. As the wooing of winter comes to an end, know that you have been fortified by Me.

    Activation:

    Ask the Lord for a new daily decree over the next 90 days. Record and review it in six months.

    Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity

    A Psalm of David

    1 Blessed be the LORD, my Rock and my great strength,
    Who trains my hands for war
    And my fingers for battle;

    Psalm 144:1 (AMP)

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    Lion Bites  – Global Prophetic Alliance – Rise in Splendour

    I have painted orange, yellow and pure white on the sky. Can you see the sun rising? The dawn has fully come, and I want you to see it. My perspective is wider and higher. Up here, the dawn colours are sharper and beautiful.

    There is no corruption by any interference from worries or anxiety. Come up to Me. See the wide open spaces from My perspective. When you feel like you’re stagnating, it’s easy to let fear or angst become your reality. But I call you higher!

    Hear My voice to keep moving, soaring above the circumstances surrounding you.  Rise to see things from My perspective. I’ll show you the night dissolving into a new morning. Ascend with Me and feel the light breeze on your face. Delight in this place, where everything is light and bright.

    Rest in this space. My shoulders can carry you if you want. Fly with me and glide above all the noise. Allow My sunrise glory to break over you and let’s float into the promises of a new day dawning.

    A Glorified Zion

    “Arise [from spiritual depression to a new life], shine [be radiant with the glory and brilliance of the LORD]; for your light has come,
    And the glory and brilliance of the LORD has risen upon you.

    2 “For in fact, darkness will cover the earth
    And deep darkness will cover the peoples;
    But the LORD will rise upon you [Jerusalem]
    And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.

    Isaiah 60:1-2 (AMP)

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The Thoughts of God

    Just as My love for you is endless, so are My thoughts about you! Consider the sand. Have you ever noticed how sand gets in everything? No matter how hard you try to wash it away, it keeps showing up in the strangest places? 

    I made every grain of sand to remind you how much I love you and how often I think of you. Ponder how many miles upon miles of sand it takes to contain the ocean and form the nations. Imagine how many grains there must be. 

    My thoughts surround you, and are far more numerous than all the sand in the world. I know every good and loving thought I have about you. You cannot erase a single one of them, and you are never far from My thoughts.

    Activation:

    As you go about your day today, remind yourself of the vast sum of God’s loving thoughts towards you. Ask Him to share some of His thoughts about you today, and write them down so you can reflect on them often.

    17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!

    18 If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.
    When I awake, I am still with You.

    Psalm 139:17-18 (AMP)

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Watchman Dreams

    I am allowing you today to see what the enemy is doing, so that you may defeat and foil every scheme. Where there are plans to steal, kill and destroy, you are being allowed to go into the enemy’s camp and take back what was stolen.

    I bring life in its fullness! No longer will the enemy take what is rightfully Mine and My children’s. I am sending dreams and visions to you, My children, to show you where the enemy has overplayed his hand, to give you prophetic intel so you can take back what was stolen.

    Come with Me with your head held high, let us go to the camp of the enemy and take all that was stolen. I am a good Father; I am with you all the way.

    Activation:

    God wants to give His people dreams where He reveals the enemy’s plans, and how to destroy those plans. The Lord will give strategy on how to decree and declare those schemes null and void. This is for those who long for a watchman capability, for those who know who He is and what His name does. You can defeat the enemy and his plans, and also intercede for those around you. Ask God for this watchman dreaming capability, then allow God to reveal enemy plans. Fix your eyes on Jesus, ask Him what to do and allow Him to lead you in prayer, intercession and warfare to see the enemies plans null and void.

    18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.

    19 Nothing of theirs was missing whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken; David recovered it all.

    1 Samuel 30:18-19 (AMP)

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Full Acceptance

    Now more than ever, I want you to remember that I am your Father, and you are My beloved child. I am a Father who gives good gifts to My children. I do not change. Nothing you do can stop My unfailing love, and nothing can snatch you out of My hand.

    Remaining strong in the face of adversity depends on you grasping this truth in your innermost parts, and never letting go. For I never let go of you.

    Activation:

    Ask Father God to reveal any areas where you have struggled to believe how beloved you are to Him, and where you have struggled to trust Him with childlike faith. Repent for what He shows you. Ask Him to renew your faith as a child so you can see, sense, or feel the depth, height, and breadth of His love so profoundly that you cannot help but pour out your love on Him.

    15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “[a]Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God.

    Romans 8:15-16 (AMP)

    Footnotes

    [a] Romans 8:15 An Aramaic word used by young children when addressing their fathers, but not used by Jews in prayer because it implies a sense of familiarity. Jesus’ use of the word emphasized his Father-Son relationship with God.

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Build and Plant

    I see you diligently working out solutions with the means in your hand, and I see you asking in faith for your provision to be multiplied. Saints, the harvest is ripe and the workers are few! Will I not send you out equipped?

    I’m calling you to build and to plant for the kingdom of God. To share the Good News of Jesus. You do not need to work out solutions with your small means. I am working them out with My greater means! Ask and you shall receive! Seek and you will find Me!

    This is My word for you today. I am epanding your vision to align with My vision in this hour. Open your eyes to see the glory of the Lord. The kingdom of God is at hand. You will see great signs, wonders and miracles as you walk in My ways and not your own.

    Activation:

    Ask the Lord for your vision to align with His vision for you. This is a now word for you. He will show you His ways and His plan for you, as you build the kingdom of God.

    Prayer and the Golden Rule

    7 “[a]Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

    8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.

    Matthew 7:7-8 (AMP)

    Footnotes

    [a] Matthew 7:7 Here the use of Greek present imperatives (asking, seeking, knocking; vv 7, 8) emphasizes persistent, constant prayer.

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      Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Build and Plant

      I see you diligently working out solutions with the means in your hand, and I see you asking in faith for your provision to be multiplied. Saints, the harvest is ripe and the workers are few! Will I not send you out equipped?

      I’m calling you to build and to plant for the kingdom of God. To share the Good News of Jesus. You do not need to work out solutions with your small means. I am working them out with My greater means! Ask and you shall receive! Seek and you will find Me!

      This is My word for you today. I am epanding your vision to align with My vision in this hour. Open your eyes to see the glory of the Lord. The kingdom of God is at hand. You will see great signs, wonders and miracles as you walk in My ways and not your own.

      Activation:

      Ask the Lord for your vision to align with His vision for you. This is a now word for you. He will show you His ways and His plan for you, as you build the kingdom of God.

      Prayer and the Golden Rule

      7 “[a]Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

      8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.

      Matthew 7:7-8 (AMP)

      Footnotes

      [a] Matthew 7:7 Here the use of Greek present imperatives (asking, seeking, knocking; vv 7, 8) emphasizes persistent, constant prayer.

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