Thursday Morning Scripture – Matthew 3

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

3 This is He who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for Yeshua,
make straight paths for Him.’”[a]

4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 “I baptize you with[b] water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[c] the Holy Spirit and fire.

12 His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor, gathering His wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

The Baptism of Yeshua

13 Then Yeshua came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

14 But John tried to deter Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

15 Yeshua replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

16 As soon as Yeshua was baptized, He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and He saw the Spirit of YHWH descending like a dove and alighting on Him.

17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.”

Matthew 3:1-17 (NIV)
Footnotes
[a] Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3
[b] Matthew 3:11 Or in
[c] Matthew 3:11 Or in

Wednesday Morning Scripture – Psalm 60

The Future Glory of Israel

1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of YHWH has risen upon you.

2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but YHWH will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

4 Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

5 Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult,[a] because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

6 A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall bring good news, the praises of YHWH.

7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will beautify My beautiful house.

8 Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?

9 For the coastlands shall hope for me, the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring your children from afar, their silver and gold with them,
for the name of YHWH your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because He has made you beautiful.

10 Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in My favor I have had mercy on you.

11 Your gates shall be open continually; day and night they shall not be shut, that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations, with their kings led in procession.

12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the place of My sanctuary, and I will make the place of My feet glorious.

14 The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.

16 You shall suck the milk of nations; you shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, YHWH, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.

18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.

20 Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for YHWH will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.

19 The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light;[c] but YHWH will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.[c]

21 Your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I might be glorified.[d]

22 The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am YHWH; in its time I will hasten it.

Psalm 60:1-22 (ESV)
Footnotes
[a] Isaiah 60:5 Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide
[b] Isaiah 60:19 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night
[c] Isaiah 60:19 Or your beauty
[d] Isaiah 60:21 Or that I might display my beauty

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – It’s Time

Declare aloud today: 

The King is on the Throne! All creation declares that the King is on the throne; make ready, put things in their place, and be prepared.

For the King is about to reveal His glory; surely this is the culmination of His story. On display is His strength, His might, His power, this is His moment; this is His hour. The heavens shake, the earth trembles, as all the heavenly hosts assemble, The King is being revealed, He is being seen, and His house made ready.

Today, the Spirit of YHWH calls us:

It is time to lift up your heads and open your doors to let the King of Glory come in. It is time to declare that Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. It is time to sing with the angels, “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come, Holy Holy Holy is the Lord!” 

This is the time to behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, it is the time to declare, “All Hail King Jesus!” 

Consider carefully, who is your King? Consider what king you have let reign in your heart. Consider who you worship and who you have sworn allegiance to. Consider whom you serve, who is your saviour, your healer, your deliverer; consider whom you bow your knee to, whom you confess is Lord. Consider now in this moment in time who you serve, who you love, who you worship, who you pay homage to, who you yield to.

Today, consider who is your Lord and who is your King.

7 Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

Psalm 24:7-10 (NKJV)

The Future Glory of Israel

1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Isaiah 60:1-3 (ESV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – No Fear

In Chapter 7 of the book of Daniel, Daniel describes a vision he received of 4 great beasts.


These were powerful world rulers over kingdoms which seemed invincible, but as the Ancient of Days (God Almighty) sat in court and rendered righteous judgements, each kingdom came to an end. The vision continued, assuring us the Son of Man (Yeshua HaMashiach) will take His throne with power and authority that is everlasting:

13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a Son of Man,[a] coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

Daniel 7:13-14 (NIV)
Footnotes
[a] Daniel 7:13 The Aramaic phrase bar enash means human being. The phrase “Son of Man” is retained here because of its use in the New Testament as a title of Yeshua, probably based largely on this verse.

YHWH would remind you today:

Hold fast to your faith and do not be overwhelmed by the evil you see around you. Neither be afraid of the shaking taking place in nations. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken, but My kingdom cannot be shaken and it will remain. Rulers rise and fall, but My purposes will stand firm forever.

Continue to stand firm on the truth of My word and remember to fix your eyes on Me and not on circumstances. Let Me hold you secure and steady in the knowledge of My victorious love.’

Activation: Take a moment to search your heart for any fears or doubts you may have. For anything that comes to the surface, repent and break partnership with it. Give it over to Yeshua and ask what He would fill that space with instead.

1 Why do the nations conspire[a] and the peoples plot in vain?

2 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together
against YHWH and against His anointed, saying,

3 “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.”

4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; YHWH scoffs at them.

5 He rebukes them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath, saying,

6 “I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Psalm 2:1-6 (NIV)
Footnotes
[a] Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Revelation

13 And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across His chest. 

14 His head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes were like flames of fire. 

15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. 

16 He held seven stars in His right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from His mouth. And His face was like the sun in all its brilliance.

Revelation 1:13-16 (NLT)

It is My heart’s deep desire that My people would know the fullness of who I Am. That in every moment of each day they would be willing to be fully entwined with the different facets of My being. That they would see Me not only as their saviour and friend, but fully embrace My authority, kingship, and sovereignty.

Would My people know Me not only as “the Lamb that was slain” but also as “the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.”

My voice can be tender and kind and it can also thunder like a mighty ocean.

When I open My mouth, the two-edged sword of justice speaks just as loudly as My whispers of devotion to you in the night.

I am never one or the other.

I Am all power and all authority while still being all light, love, and compassion.

To fully embrace the fear of Me requires the complete reception of the full revelation of Me in my fullness. Will you go on that journey of discovery with Me? Will you accept Me for who I truly am?

Activation: Once more, read through Revelation 1:13-16 in the translation you like best. Then, close your eyes, breathe deeply and take a moment to still yourself. Next, begin working your way through these verses asking Yeshua to show Himself to you. For example, say: “Yeshua, will you show me your eyes with flames of fire?” or “Yeshua (Jesus), will you show me your feet like polished bronze?” And so on until you have gone through this passage. Give Yeshua time to show you these different facets of Himself and journal what you see and what He says to you.

13 As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into His presence.

14 He was given authority, honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of every race and nation and language would obey Him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed.

Daniel 7:13-14 (NLT)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Go Forth

Attention, soldiers!

I am releasing a spirit of action on the land.

Many of you have been waiting in the stall for a cue; I have flung wide the gates, now saddle up and charge!

King Asa was a righteous man, and I placed the desire of reform in his heart for the land and for the people. All it took was one uplifting Word from Me, and He jumped into action. He did all these things: removed the detestable idols, repaired My alter, assembled the people, made sacrifices to Me, reestablished My covenant, and initiated praise and worship. In the actions of one man, the land was cleansed and the people found Me again.

I want to use you to cleanse the land and help people find Me, too. I have placed desires in your heart to bring about reformation in your area of influence. You already know what to do. Now, jump into action! My fire shall fill you and fuel you to completion. Lead hearts to Me so I may transform them and give them rest, a hope, and a future.

I have called and equipped you to accomplish things beyond your imagination. Never doubt that or limit yourself. Be encouraged, for if I am for you, who can be against you? Stay focused on Me and what I have called you to do. As long as you stay in step with Me, you will succeed.

Now, mighty soldier, go forth and reform! Your work will be rewarded!

When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[a] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of YHWH, which stood in front of the entry room of YHWH’s Temple.

2 Chronicles 15:8 (NLT)
Footnotes
[a] 15:8 As in Syriac version and Latin Vulgate (see also 15:1); Hebrew reads from Oded the prophet.

18 Then Yeshua came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Millions

Without the proper environment a seed is worthless. When it is placed in its proper environment and is taken care of properly, it will produce millions of seeds that can produce millions more.


May I ask what step you feel your life is in? Are you sitting and not growing? I have placed millions of seeds in you. Are you waiting for someone or something to come along and “put you in the soil”?


Do you feel dead, like you are buried alive with no hope for the future? Or are you in a season of harvest full and ready but nowhere to offer what we have produced?

No matter what stage you are in, I am calling you to action. I am calling you to assist in bringing the harvest in. They are ready. YOU are ready. Step out and offer what is in your hand. Trust that I have equipped you. Your voice alone connected to My heart (the perfect environment) will accomplish what is needed. You do not need a degree or an eloquent prayer or even look the part. All I need is your YES and boldness to be used. I have put my seed in your heart, and the living water will flow through you.

Activation: Sit in the “SON” for a while and allow Me to show you what fruit is ready to be shared and who I am leading you to. Take this leap of faith with Me and watch as the multiplication of My harvest takes place.

Yeshua Sends Out the Twelve

1 When Yeshua had called the Twelve together, He gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,

2 and He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

3 He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.

4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.

5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Luke 9:1-6 (NIV)

Yeshua Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[a] others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go.

2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.

Luke 10:1-2 (NIV)
Footnotes
[a] Luke 10:1 Some manuscripts seventy; also in verse 17

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Ready, Set Go

Ready or not, here we go.

Can you see the starting position I am placing you in, ready for the race to begin? Everything from your past has been leading up to this point. I have placed you in the right location, with the right people, so that you can build what I have called you to build. I am granting you a new focus – causing your face to be set like flint. Your eyes will be so transfixed on Me that everything else around you will diminish.

Can you hear the angels on the sidelines? Cheering your name as you are ready to go. You will soon discover new spiritual mentors and coaches that I am steering towards you – to bring assistance, wisdom and guidance.

This race will be different. It will not look like the previous one. You will not burn out, you will not run out of ideas. And should you stumble, you will not fall, but swiftly find your bearings again. There is a second wind coming, more powerful, more sustainable.

Remain focused as you hear Me announcing, “Ready, set, go!”

Activation: Take a moment to visualise the race set before you. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a new outlook on what lies ahead. Are there any fears of what the future might hold? Fix your eyes on Jesus and picture Him guiding you through this next period in your life. Give Him your concerns about failing or burning out. Ask Him to give you a fresh focus and a new determination to keep going.

25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

26 Give careful thought to the[a] paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.

27 Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

Proverbs 4:25-27 (NIV)
[a] Footnotes
Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level

Yahweh’s Discipline Proves His Love

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race Yahweh has set before us.

2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Yeshua, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.[a] Because of the joy[b] awaiting Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now He is seated in the place of honor beside Yahweh’s throne.

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT)
Footnotes
[a] 12:2a Or Jesus, the originator and perfecter of our faith.
[b] 12:2b Or Instead of the joy.

I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which Yahuah, through Christ Yeshua, is calling us.

Philippians 3:14 (NLT)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The Walls Are Coming Down

I am increasing My favour upon the faithfulness of My people.

There are those of you that have been faithfully marching around the same walls for years. You have seen cracks appear, and at times have felt disheartened that these cracks have not widened.

I have heard your prayers, your groans of intercession. I have seen your faithfulness and the times that you have persevered through tears, fatigue, and injury. Even when it felt almost hopeless, you have been steadfast in holding on.

Dear ones, now is the time. The walls are coming down.

With great shouts of worship and praise, I will bring breakthrough. A new sound that will reverberate in the spiritual atmosphere and release waves of freedom that the old walls cannot withstand.

So come forth My faithful prayer warriors and intercessors – release the sound of triumph and victory that I will breathe into your lungs by My Spirit. Just as Jericho was liberated, so I will release a new liberation upon the earth.

Activation: Declare aloud, “Lord, release in me a new sound that is pleasing to you, a sound that will tear down walls and bring breakthrough and freedom.”

Start to pray or sing in tongues – notice the new sound that Yahuah is releasing from within you into the spiritual atmosphere. Use that sound to raise a shout against those situations in which you have been praying for breakthrough.

So the people shouted [the battle cry], and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a great shout and the wall [of Jericho] fell down, so that the sons of Israel went up into the city, every man straight ahead [climbing over the rubble], and they overthrew the city

Joshua 6:20 (AMP)

18 Yet I will [choose to] rejoice in the Lord; I will [choose to] shout in exultation in the [victorious] God of my salvation!

19 The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army]; He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet and makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my [a]high places [of challenge and responsibility].

Habakkuk 3:18-19 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Habakkuk 3:19 The troubled times of life may actually be the “high places” of spiritual growth for the believer who remains stable when tested by God.

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