Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Plaster

I am ripping off the plaster that I put over your wound in the last season.

I am ripping it off because I see that you do not have the confidence that it is not still a festering, open, sore wound. I am ripping it off because I see that you are hanging onto the wound as you have found your identity and comfort in it.

I am ripping off the plaster because I have deemed it no longer necessary to cover that wound, for I have declared it healed. I am ripping it off because you still believe it is a work in progress and act like it is still there. I am ripping it off because I want you ready for this new season, free from old wounds and ready for the battles ahead.

But how can you know the condition of the wound if you do not look at it without the plaster on? How can you see that, in fact, there is no longer a wound? And how can you appreciate what a magnificent work I have done on your heart unless you look and see it has healed nicely, leaving only a scar?

Now when you look at the scar you will remember me and know that I am your healer.

Psalm of David

1 Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—

3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Leap of Faith

As you are in this uncomfortable place of repositioning, I am wanting to expedite your process. I want to hasten it because the hour is short and I am in need of you. If you are desiring the same as I, and if you want to make a quicker transition, you must be willing to take big risks.

In this season you are learning more about who I am and My character. You must know that I love the risk takers, the people who dare to take big risks, knowing that what they are believing for is absolutely crazy. I love people who will make themselves look ridiculous by believing for big things.

As you step into bigger risks you will see that I reward the risk takers. In the big risks you will have a greater dependency on Me and you will have to die faster from your fear, worries, and fleshly desires. Dying of all that will make room for more of My character in you.

Look at my servant Daniel who took it upon himself to interpret the dream of the king without knowing what the dream was. He had no natural guarantee that I would give him the dream. Because of faith and taking that risk he left a big gap for Me to move in so that My glory would be revealed.

Where are the big risk takers who are willing to take the giant leaps of faith?
Know that when you step out, I step in.

Activation: Ask the Lord where you have not been believing for the big things enough for Him to do mighty works in your life. Repent and ask Him what to believe for and how to step out in risk.

Now, dream big and ask yourself this question: what if everything was possible, what risk with God would I take? Then ask the Lord how this would look in your life right now.

19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.

20 He said,

“Praise the name of God forever and ever, for he has all wisdom and power.

21 He controls the course of world events; He removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.

22 He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though He is surrounded by light.

23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you have given me wisdom and strength. You have told me what we asked of you and revealed to us what the king demanded.”

Daniel 2:19-23 (NLT)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Yield to Me

My people: do not doubt that I am in control.
I am the great I AM, and when you place your trust in me you cannot be torn apart by the schemes of this world. You may shake and feel the quake, but when you are rooted firmly in me you will not be swept away.

The question then is do you trust Me? For today I am asking you to yield yourself to Me. Do you give Me permission to blow away the things in your life that you do not need to carry? Will you yield to me, giving me the space I need to move?

Let Me blow away the things that are heavy and burdensome. Yield yourself to Me and the work I am doing within and around you. Recognize that I am shaping you to be the strong, fierce vessel you were created to be.

Prayer: Father, I give you permission to blow away the things in my life that belong to the past season. No matter how uncomfortable it may make me feel, I declare now, with all of my heart, that I trust You! Where You lead, I will follow. I yield myself to Your ways, knowing that they are higher than my own. You are trustworthy God and I yield to you!

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

1 Chronicles 29:11 (NIV)

Open up before God, keep nothing back; he’ll do whatever needs to be done: He’ll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.

Psalm 37:5-6 (MSG)

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David’s Prayer – 1 Chronicles 29:10-20

David’s Prayer

10 Therefore David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly and said, “Blessed (praised, adored, and thanked) are You, O Lord God of Israel (Jacob) our father, forever and ever.

11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and on the earth; Yours is the dominion and kingdom, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.

12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand is power and might; and it is in Your hands to make great and to give strength to everyone.

13 Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.

14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

15 For we are [1]sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].

16 O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy Name, it is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

17 I know also, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness and integrity. In the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. So now with joy I have seen Your people who are present here, make their offerings willingly and freely to You.

18 O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the minds of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You;

19 and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do all [that is necessary] to build the temple [for You], for which I have made provision.”

20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless (praise, thank) the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed down and honored the Lord and to the king [as His earthly representative].

1 Chronicles 29:10-20 (AMP)

Wednesday Morning Scripture (Wk45/2022) – Psalm 37

Security of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked.

A Psalm of David

[1]1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

2 For they will wither quickly like the grass, and fade like the green herb.

3 Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.

4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him also and He will do it.

6 He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light, and your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].

7 Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him; do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

8 Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evil.

9 For those who do evil will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.

10 For yet a little while and the wicked one will be gone [forever]; though you look carefully where he used to be, he will not be [found].

11 But the humble will [at last] inherit the land and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity and peace.

12 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth.

13 The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous], for He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to cast down the afflicted and the needy, to slaughter those who are upright in conduct [those with personal integrity and godly character].

15 The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart, and their bow will be broken.

16 Better is the little of the righteous [who seek the will of God] than the abundance (riches) of many wicked (godless).

17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].

18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will continue forever.

19 They will not be [2]ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will have plenty and be satisfied.

20 But the wicked (ungodly) will perish, and the enemies of the Lord will be like the [3]glory of the pastures and like the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke], they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.

22 For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land, but those cursed by Him will be cut off.

23 The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord, and He delights in his way [and blesses his path].

24 When he falls, he will not be hurled down, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

25 I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned or his descendants pleading for bread.

26 All day long he is gracious and lends, and his descendants are a blessing.

27 Depart from evil and do good; and you will dwell [securely in the land] forever.

28 For the Lord delights in justice and does not abandon His saints (faithful ones); they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.

29 The righteous will inherit the land and live in it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice and truth.

31 The law of his God is in his heart; not one of his steps will slip.

32 The wicked lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand or let him be condemned when he is judged.

34 Wait for and expect the Lord and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; [in the end] when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

35 I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power] spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought him, but he could not be found.

37 Mark the blameless man [who is spiritually complete], and behold the upright [who walks in moral integrity]; there is a [good] future for the man of peace [because a life of honor blesses one’s descendants].

38 As for transgressors, they will be completely destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their refuge and stronghold in the time of trouble.

40 The Lord helps them and rescues them; He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in Him.

Psalm 37:1-40

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 One of the longer psalms, Ps 37 also has the distinction of having every other verse (sometimes succeeding verses) begin with a letter of the Hebrew in alphabetical order. This technique served as a memory aid.
  2. Psalm 37:19 I.e. have their expectations in Your goodness be disappointed.
  3. Psalm 37:20 I.e. flowers.

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – My Agenda or Yours?

Parents, do not provoke your children. Love them unconditionally as I love you, forgive them as I forgive you, and raise them up as I am raising you. Do not inflict your agenda into their lives.

Give them freedom and teach them the responsibility that comes with it. Help them to understand that choosing My will is always the best. Speak My words into their being and not yours.

Your children are My gifts to you and I appointed you as My shepherds to lead and guide them on the path of life. Do not overpower or control them. Control will only lead to rebellious behaviours.

Learn from Me and how I teach you in your failures. Teach them the fear of the Lord so that My little ones will walk in My wisdom.

Activation:Do these words speak to your hearts? When they speak, do you feel the rattle of conviction? Have you put your wisdom above His? If so, repent for not trusting the Lord and not partnering with Him in raising your children. Ask The Holy Spirit to illuminate those places of your hearts. Ask Him to give you His wisdom and His grace to raise your children.

All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.

Isaiah 54:13 (NIV)

44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.

45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[1] Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

John 6:44-45 (NIV)
Footnotes
John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13

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Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk45/2022) – Isaiah 54

The Fertility of Zion

1 “Shout for joy, O barren one, she who has not given birth;
Break forth into joyful shouting and rejoice, she who has not gone into labor [with child]! For the [spiritual] sons of the desolate one will be more numerous than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

2 “Enlarge the site of your tent [to make room for more children];
Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them;
Lengthen your tent ropes and make your pegs (stakes) firm [in the ground].

3 “For you will spread out to the right and to the left; and your descendants will take possession of nations and will inhabit deserted cities.

4 “Do not fear, for you will not be put to shame, and do not feel humiliated or ashamed, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.

5 “For your husband is your Maker, The Lord of hosts is His name; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of the whole earth.

6 “For the Lord has called you, like a wife who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit, and like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected and scorned,” says your God.

7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Myself again].

8 “In an outburst of wrath I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer.

9 “For this is like the waters of Noah to Me, as I swore [an oath] that the waters of Noah would not flood the earth again; in the same way I have sworn that I will not be angry with you nor will I rebuke you.

10 “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, but My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, nor will My covenant of peace be shaken,” says the Lord who has compassion on you.

11 “O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed, and not comforted,
Listen carefully, I will set your [precious] stones in mortar, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

12 “And I will make your battlements of rubies, and your gates of [shining] beryl stones, and all your [barrier] [1]walls of precious stones.

13 “And all your [spiritual] sons will be disciples [of the Lord],
And great will be the [2]well-being of your sons.

14 “You will be firmly established in righteousness: you will be far from [even the thought of] oppression, for you will not fear, and from terror, for it will not come near you.

15 “If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me. Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.

16 “Listen carefully, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals And who produces a weapon for its purpose;
And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.

17 “No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from Me,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 54:1-17 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:12 Lit boundary.
  2. Isaiah 54:13 Or success.

Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk45/2022) – John 6:41-58

Words to the Jews

41 Now the Jews murmured and found fault with Him because He said, “I am the Bread that came down out of heaven.”

42 They kept saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now [have the arrogance to] say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

43 So Jesus answered, “Stop murmuring among yourselves.

44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him[giving him the desire to come to Me]; and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He [who was with the Father and] who is from God; He [alone] has seen the Father.

47 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who believes[in Me as Savior—whoever adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me—already] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it].

48 I am the Bread of Life [the Living Bread which gives and sustains life].

49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 This is the Bread that comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

51 I am the Living Bread that came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior], he will live forever. And the Bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).”

52 Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

53 And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you believe in Me as Savior and believe in the saving power of My blood which will be shed for you], you do not have life in yourselves.

54 The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood[believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

55 For My flesh is true [spiritual] food, and My blood is true [spiritual] drink.

56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood[believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] remains in Me, and I [in the same way remain] in him.

57 Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, even so the one who feeds on Me [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will also live because of Me.

58 This is the Bread which came down out of heaven. It is not like [the manna that] our fathers ate and they[eventually] died; the one who eats this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will live forever.”

John 6:41-58 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – When It Gets Difficult

When life gets difficult and you feel overwhelmed, what is it that you need in the crisis and the chaos? What do you need from me that will get you through?

I know your immediate answer will be to take away the difficulties and to make your life a lot easier. And yes, in exceptional circumstances, I do do that, for I am a God of the impossible and there is plenty of evidence of me doing that in times of crisis. But my normal modus operandi is to use the circumstances of life for your good – to take what is impossible and bring my solutions – for I Am the Way Maker.

I use everything that the enemy throws against you and I turn it around for your good. But for that to happen you need to align with me during your difficulties. Do not align with the enemy’s attempts to destroy you. If you give up, then he has his way and you have missed an opportunity to grow and overcome. I want to hear your testimony and so does the world, for the world wants an answer to their own difficulties and they want to hear from you as to how you overcame yours. So do not give up, keep trusting me, the Way Maker!

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 (NIV)

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)

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