At creation, even before I sent rains to water the earth or created man to work the ground, springs burst forth from within to water the land in preparation for the growth of plants, grains, and shrubs. This is a beautiful picture of how My Holy Spirit is bursting forth in the hearts of people in new and unprecedented ways, moving powerfully from the inside out. Every life is so precious, and I know how to soften even the hardest ground.
Do not limit your expectations to previous experience or to what you see happening with your own eyes in the lives of those you love. Yes, I am sending out labourers to bring in the harvest, but I am also releasing dreams, visions, and angelic visitations that bring people to their knees in one encounter. Discard all talk of how many ‘conversations’ it takes on the journey to salvation before they have a life-changing encounter with Me. Behold, the days are numbered, and I am truly doing a new thing! I want you to partner with Me as you pray for your communities, family, and friends, but not with expectations that come from a mindset limited by the past. Maintain a heart posture of faith and expectancy which gives space for My Holy Spirit to move in sudden and extraordinary ways!
Activation:
Spend time with the Lord, and as you do, repent of any discouragement or unbelief that you’ve held where you have not yet seen friends or family come to Christ. Ask God for scriptures to declare over their lives and receive fresh faith as you make the declarations rooted in God’s word. Imagine the same people worshipping before the Lord, then praise God for what He is about to do!
4 This is the history of [the origin of] the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day [that is, days of creation] that the [a]LORD God made the earth and the heavens—
5 no shrub or plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to [b]cultivate the ground,
6 but a [c]mist (fog, dew, vapor) used to rise from the land and water the entire surface of the ground—
Genesis 2:4-6 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Genesis 2:4 Heb YHWH (Yahweh), the Hebrew name of God which traditionally is not pronounced by the Jews, usually rendered LORD. See front material, Principles of Translation.
[b]Genesis 2:5 Lit work.
[c]Genesis 2:6 Or flow of water.
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)
13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
14 The grace of our Lord [His amazing, unmerited favor and blessing] flowed out in superabundance [for me, together] with the faith and love which are [realized] in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:13-14 (AMP)
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