Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – All Things New

You wouldn’t put new insoles into shoes that are worn out, with holes that will simply leak and spoil the new. The Lord would remind us today, not to partner with a poverty mindset. Being open to the new requires us to partner with the Lord in an attitude of abundance.

Today, the Lord is reminding us: You shall not lack any good thing! Remember that you are royalty – a son or daughter of the King. Therefore, do not be content to stay in the clothes of last season. Your clothes served you well in that season but embrace the fresh garments of praise I have for you. Do not stay dressed in the sackcloth and ashes of your history but dress as someone without lack. Dress as someone who is expectant, knowing that every good thing comes from above.

Activation: Today, spiritually put on the new garments the Lord has for you. Stand up and do the actions of taking off the old garments and putting on the new ones, ones that are made for royalty, robes of righteousness and sandals of preparation. Step into them and declare that you are without lack and you are getting dressed and ready for this season.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:11 (AMP)

Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:19 (ESV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – From Cross to Crown

My faithful one, I see how you have been suppressed, judged, and rejected in your obedient service to Me. Especially you, oh pioneers! Even with staying in My will, they persecute you, some into dark and lonely valleys. But do not lose heart for they did the same to Jesus. Despite all He endured, He still fulfilled His call, not allowing arrows to stop Him. My child, I do not want arrows to stop you, either. Do not be suppressed by mistreatment. Instead, allow it to take you “from cross to crown.”

Suffering can lift you high into glory if you do not quit. So stay focused on Me and your assignment. Pick up your cross daily and keep moving forward. If you do, I will redeem and reward you in this life and the next.

In your perseverance, watch as I pour healing oils over your wounds and fortify you, release you from prison and redeem you, compensate you for lost time and double your fruit, prepare a table for you in the presence of your enemies, and open new doors of opportunity into promotion.

I do not forsake My faithful; I reward them. Stay the course, and you too shall receive your crown.

Prayer: Thank you, Father, for awarding me with a glorious Kingdom call. My heart is to persevere as Yeshua did and fulfil my call to completion. In moments of mistreatment, help me stay focused on You. Strengthen and establish me, increasing my capacity for more. Sustain me all the way through, from cross to crown, despair to faith and shame to glory. My hope lies in You, Lord, for I know my work is never in vain and You richly reward Your faithful. I shall receive my crown! In Yeshua’s name, amen!

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10 (NASB)

How blessed is the man who perseveres through temptation! For after he has passed the test, he will receive as his crown the Life which God has promised to those who love him.

James 1:12 (CJB)

His master said to him, ‘Excellent! You are a good and trustworthy servant. You have been faithful with a small amount, so I will put you in charge of a large amount. Come and join in your master’s happiness!’

Matthew 25:21 (CJB)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Launch into the Deep

As I look into the spirit, I see an expansive body of water. Standing on the shore, I see the image of a person. As I look closer, I see that this person appears to be testing the temperature of the water by cautiously dipping their toe in, contemplating whether to get in or not.

The Spirit of the Lord says:

Come! Stop waiting and hesitating. Stop using familiar methods and past experiences as guides to see if you should go into the waters or not. I am the one who is calling you and I am calling you to leave the security of the shores and come to Me. The time has come to launch your nets and have faith in who I am. Launch into the deep with Me. Trust that I know what is there for you, even when it’s not visible to you. Come! Hear Me call you by name.

Stop playing it safely by relying on your own strength; stop playing it small by relying on your own understanding. Do you trust Me, or do you trust yourself more? You can only go as far as your faith in me will take you. Come! Come away from the shore and come with Me into the deep waters knowing that I am God. I know what I’m doing. Feast on My faithfulness, delight in My faithfulness, trust in My faithfulness for I am the faithful God, and I say Come. I am here with you. Come!

Activation: This is a call to stop playing it “safe” and to go deeper and further with God. This is also an invitation to really examine your heart to see where and with whom your trust really lies. Take time to sit with the Holy Spirit and ask Him, “Lord, do I really trust you or do I trust myself, my reasoning, experiences, and expertise more?”

Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust Him along the way, you’ll find He pulled it off perfectly! He will appear as your righteousness, as sure as the dawning of a new day. He will manifest as your justice, as sure and strong as the noonday sun.

Psalm 37:5-6 (TPT)

1 Do not fear, for I, your Kinsman-Redeemer, will rescue you. I have called you by name, and you are Mine.

2 When you pass through the deep, stormy sea, you can count on me to be there with you. When you pass through raging rivers, You will not drown.

Isaiah 43:1-2 (TPT)

I declare from the beginning how it will end and foretell from the start what has not yet happened. I decree that My purpose will stand, and I will fulfill My every plan.

Isaiah 46:10 (TPT)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Nurture

The world can often feel like an unsafe place where you are exposed to the elements. Your natural nature – your flesh – can feel overwhelmed with the pressures of this place you call your home. 

But imagine a newborn child who does not understand the world around it. All the baby knows is that it needs the nurturing love of its mother and father; the close security of being embraced.

I don’t want you to fear the darkness in the earth. You are My child, who I am nurturing and holding close, swaddling you in My love. 

You don’t need to wriggle away, like a teenager that slips out of its mother’s arms, afraid to let others see your dependance on Me. You may feel the time we spend together in the secret place is not needed so much anymore. You will always have need of My safe embrace so that you can be cultivated and cherished. Will you receive what is so freely given?

Activation: Ask the Father to put you back into the arms of the comforter. Spend some time feeling and sensing His embrace.

The Security of The One Who Trusts in The Lord

1 He who [a]dwells in the shelter of the Most High will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

3 For He will save you from the trap of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

Psalm 91:1-4 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Psalm 91:1 The wonderful promises of this chapter are dependent upon one’s meeting the conditions stated in these first two verses (see Ex 15:26).

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Laugh Out Loud!

I am giving you the ability to laugh in the face of great difficulty knowing that I am all you need. In doing so, I will release a new level of wisdom to steward what I am placing in and on you. Have I not said My peace I give to you, My peace I leave with you?  My peace makes no sense to the world, but for those who will trust Me, you can step into My peace no matter your circumstances. I am calling on you to be reflectors of My peace, which means your responses can not be the same as the world.

Application: Take a few minutes to reflect on whether you respond as the world would to challenges and difficulties. Ask YHWH to forgive you and ask Him to release a gift of laughter upon you. Ask YHWH what makes Him laugh. What is His perspective on the difficulties we face in this world. Make the choice today to embrace laughter.

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].

Job 8:21 (AMP)

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh; all who hear [about our good news] will laugh with me.”

Genesis 21:6 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Refinement

I AM takes fastidious care of you! It may feel at times as if you are walking the journey of life alone. Nothing seems to go as planned, with everything falling apart and going astray. I want you to stop and look around; ponder what is taking place.


You are deep within the refiner’s fire! The kiln is growing hotter and while the temperature seems unbearable, remember that I walk beside you. Place your trust in Me, knowing that your faith is being tested. Will you trust Me to be your faithful companion? Will you be My faithful companion in turn? Will you take My hand and walk by faith or continue to lean on your own understanding? Allow Me to burn off the impurities and renew you with My Spirit. Come My child, let’s enter the fire of refinement together!

Activation: Read Daniel 3:8-30. Imagine yourself in the place of these three men. How do you think you would respond in such a situation? How would you like to respond in such a situation? Reflect with Holy Spirit on how you have responded in the past to difficult tasks asked of you. Spend some time with Holy Spirit conversing on how to effectively and boldly embrace seasons of refinement.

2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like launderer’s soap [which removes impurities and uncleanness].

3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi [the priests], and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord [grain] offerings in righteousness.

Malachi 3:2-3 (AMP)

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king [looked and] was astounded, and he jumped up and said to his counselors, “Did we not throw three men who were tied up into the midst of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

25 He answered, “Look! I see four men untied, walking around in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the appearance of the fourth is like [a]a son of the gods!”

Daniel 3:24-25 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Face Me

And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 39:29 (BSB)

The Lord declares to you today:

I have poured out my Spirit on you. You are selected to dwell constantly in my presence, with my Spirit filling your inner being. I have revelation for you, revelation that only comes from standing in my presence. My presence is revelation to you, so come up! Come up here! I call you today to come stand on the highest heights of revelation and proclaim My presence to the whole world, always, through every aspect of your being and every element of your life, forever. Come up high and experience what it means to stand boldly in the presence of your creator. Come into my presence – to which you are continually invited – and be enlightened so that you too become a light. Without you opening your mouth, you will proclaim my being, the truth, the light, the way, because that is who you are. Stand in my revelation – which is my presence – and you will receive a full mouth of choice words that will dwell in every fibre of your being and explode into creation around you.

Activation: How do you stand in the presence of God’s Spirit and receive His revelation? Sometimes we make it overcomplicated. First, know that God has all you need and wants to give it to you – let your faith be in Him.

Now, seek His face. Who are you Lord? How can I get to know you? Why did you do this? Just ask Him – no need to use special words. Just ask Him as if He was right beside you wanting to know what your question is. Next, make a record of this encounter – having asked Him, write down your question, and be ready to write down the answer when it comes. It will come, maybe instantly, maybe in a day or two, but you will understand more about God than you did before.

Jesus the True Vine

3 You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you.

4 Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

5 I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

John 15:3-5 (BSB)

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

John 10:27 (BSB)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The Sound of Freedom

Do you know what freedom sounds like?

It’s easy to embrace freedom when it sounds like praise and celebration. But to get to that place an unravelling must first occur.

Before the sound of triumphant celebration is heard, the sound of freedom can be messy and mournful. Sometimes it is piercing and loud; other times it is fragile and fragmented. For is it not the sound of weights being pulled off, of scorch marks being healed, of broken hearts being pieced together? Was it not through the brutality of the cross that I set you free?


On that day, freedom sounded excruciating. For in the air echoed my cries of anguish, the ripping of my flesh, the cracking of whips and the hammering of nails. It was a complete unravelling. But on the other side of such violent turmoil the sound of freedom grew to be triumphantly thunderous. Where there was pain there came joy; where there was brokenness there came beauty. There is no need to fear the many sounds which freedom makes. Resist the temptation to shrink back from the noise and the mess, for the sound of freedom is triumphant in all of its forms. 

Activation: Are there areas of freedom you are contending for? Spend some time sitting with Holy Spirit reflecting on these things. Ask for Heaven’s strategy and then reflect on whether you are ready to partner with these plans. If you are, pray a prayer of surrender. If you are not there yet, pray for increased strength and courage to step into full freedom. 

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty [emancipation from bondage, true freedom].

2 Corinthians 3:17 (AMP)

Good News to the Oppressed

1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.[a]

2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of YHWH’s favor has come,[b] and with it, the day of YHWH’s anger against their enemies.

3 To all who mourn in Israel,[c] He will give a crown of beauty for ashes,a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that YHWH has planted for His own glory.

Isaiah 61:1-3 (NLT)
Footnotes
[a] 61:1 Greek version reads and the blind will see. Compare Luke 4:18. [b] Or to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. [c] Hebrew in Zion.

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Dismiss Fear

Beloved, do you trust Me to be who I say that I am? Will you trust Me to be God in every situation and circumstance? I AM who I AM. I am the one who is above all things, but will you trust Me to be greater than what is opposing you? Do you not understand that what you fear gets magnified in your life? And what you magnify is exalted and given power, position, and authority in your life. When you bow to the spirit of fear, you are revering and worshipping it. But your worship, Beloved, is meant for Me alone. It is at the mention of My name that every knee must bow. That which is not of Me, must go.

By My Spirit, I have given you power, love, and a sound mind. Stand tall for My presence is with you. For I AM who I AM.

I am your shield and the lifter of your head. So, I say to you, My Beloved, lift your head in the spirit of fear’s face, stand firm, resist its position, and command it to flee, and it will do so.

Activation:

Wherever the spirit of fear is present in our lives, this gives us an indication that there’s an opportunity to trust God more in that area. So, examine what your fears are. List them out and invite Jesus to be Lord in those areas.

Next, pray the following:

Lord, I thank you for teaching me how to trust you more in this area of my life so that I may walk in a greater level of boldness in you. You did not give me a spirit of timidity, cowardice, or fear, but by Your Holy Spirit, you have given me a spirit of power, love, sound judgement, and personal discipline that results in me having a calm and well-balanced mind. So, I stand firm in the power and authority that you have given to me. I take authority over the spirit of fear, and I bind and forbid its activity in my life. I command you, spirit of fear, to flee from me now in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

3 “You must not have any other god but me.

4 “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

5 You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

Exodus 20:3-5 (NLT)

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].

2 Timothy 1:7 (AMP)