Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Joy

The days of sorrow and famine are over.
Don’t look back at what has happened in the past for it is over!

I am opening a new chapter of your life. It looks so different to all that has happened to you in past days. Now you will see promises fulfilled and joy break out in your life. You will find yourself waking up in the morning full of joy and happiness. I have not forgotten about you. Now is your time.

I will turn for good what the enemy meant for evil. I will reward to you what he has stolen and I will give back to you the years the locust has eaten.

Activation: Declare over yourself that you are blessed and the joy of the Lord is your strength. Take back everything and every area of your life where you feel the enemy has tried to kill, steal and destroy in the last years. Speak it out loud!

For the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Nehemiah 8:10 (ESV)

Lord! I’m bursting with joy over what you’ve done for me! My lips are full of perpetual praise.

Psalm 34:1 (TPT)

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.

Joel 2:25 (ESV)

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God Is My Shield and Fortress | A Blessed Morning Prayer To Begin The Day

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].

1 Corinthians 15:58 (AMP)

Walk By The Spirit

It was for this freedom that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed].

Galatians 5:1 (AMP)

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood[contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.

13 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious].

14 So stand firm and hold your ground, having [1]tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart),

15 and having [2]strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in preparation [to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness produced by the good news].

16 Above all, lift up the [protective] [3]shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Ephesians 6:12-17 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 Ephesians 6:14 Lit girded your loins, a phrase often found in the Bible, is an urgent call to get ready for immediate action or a coming event. The phrase is related to the type of clothing worn in ancient times. Before any vigorous activity the loose ends of clothing (tunics, cloaks, mantles, etc.) had to be gathered up and tucked into the wide band worn around the midsection of the body. The band (usually about six inches wide) also served as a kind of pocket or pouch to carry personal items such as a dagger, money or other necessary things. Gird up your mind or gird up your heart are examples of variants of this phrase and call for mental or spiritual preparation for a coming challenge.
2 Ephesians 6:15 A reference to the Roman soldiers’ shoes which were studded with hobnails to give them stability on the battlefield.
3 Ephesians 6:16 Here the Greek word refers to the large Roman soldiers’ shield designed to protect the entire body. It had an iron frame and was covered in several layers of leather. When soaked in water before a battle the shield could put out the fiery missiles thrown at them by the enemy.

13 [1]Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:13-14 (AMP)

I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.]

Philippians 4:13 (AMP)

17 be unceasing and persistent in prayer;

18 in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 (AMP)

Blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] is the man who is steadfast under trial and perseveres when tempted; for when he has passed the test and been approved, he will receive the [victor’s] crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 1:5 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Shed the Old Armour

I am unravelling your life layer by layer, removing the buildup of hardness and defence that the years have created.

Often, people will take up armour that wasn’t meant for them to protect themselves from harsh words and intense warfare. This creates a hardening that makes it difficult for My Spirit to soften and penetrate the heart. But as David refused to wear Saul’s heavy, burdensome armour, so I am calling you to strip yourself of anything that has kept you from being real and raw with Me.

I am asking you to be vulnerable, allowing Me to shape and mould you into My perfect image. You can trust Me in the process even when it’s painful because the greater outworking of My glory will be manifest in your life through your humility and soft heart.

The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Deuteronomy 30:6 (NIV)

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Who Do You Say I Am

On your feet! Stand up! It’s time for action to be on the move. This is not the time to sit with your feet up. This is not the time to hide in the back row.

I have readied you for action. You are “booted and suited”. It’s time to move. You are ready for action.

God is silencing the whispering of the enemy, trying to tell you that you are not ready or robbing you of the confidence that God has clothed you in.

I have made you to walk in peace, not panic. You are ready to walk the paths I have laid down for you, the way I have cleared for you. I have gone ahead of you. I have laced up your feet tight. The shoes fit you well. The shoes are not too tight, and equally, they are not too big. I have equipped you with the shoes you need for this season. Do not be afraid that your feet will slip. Do not be fearful of falling. I have made you sure-footed for the paths I am leading you along.

32 It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.

33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He causes me to stand on the heights.

34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You make Your saving help my shield, and Your right hand sustains me; Your help has made me great.

36 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

Psalm 118:32-36 (NIV)

13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.

14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,

15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.

Ephesians 6:13-15 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Open Your Heart

Today, will you choose to love others as I love them?

My beloved one, I know that the heart is a delicate thing. It can be easily crushed and wounded. Opening your heart to those around you means choosing to be vulnerable and letting them see you for who you are. I understand that this can be truly terrifying. And yet, can I not be trusted to guard your heart? For I am bigger than any fear you might have!

It is through love that people see me for who I really am.
It is through love that people are saved.
It is through love that people are transformed.

I know that it is a challenge but my commandment is this: love one another as I have loved you (John 15:11, NKJV).

Do not be afraid of opening your heart and allowing me to pour out my love through you. Where your heart has been marked by fear, allow me to bring my healing anointing and mark those areas with my love instead. Bring me your fears and let me unlock the closed off places of your heart.

Activation: Allowing ourselves to live in connection with those around us requires an understanding of how deeply God loves us. Seek God today for a fresh revelation of his love, then, ask him to show you how you can share this love.

I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.

Psalm 119:32 (NKJV)

. . .there are three things that remain: faith, hope, and love – yet love surpasses them all. So above all else, let love be the beautiful prize for which you run.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (TPT)

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Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk40/2022) – 1 Corinthians 1-13

The Excellence of Love

1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not [1]love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction].

2 And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries, and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing.

3 If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body [2]to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.

4 Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.

5 It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured.

6 It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].

7 Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].

8 Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete].

10 But when that which is complete and perfect comes, that which is incomplete and partial will pass away.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

12 For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].

13 And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 13:1 i.e. a profound thoughtfulness and unselfish concern for other believers regardless of their circumstances or station in life.
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:3 Early mss read so that I may boast, i.e. as a martyr.

Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk40/2022) – Psalm 119:25-32

Daleth

25 My earthly life clings to the dust; revive and refresh me according to Your word.

26 I have told of my ways, and You have answered me; teach me Your statutes.

27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, so that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works.

28 My soul dissolves because of grief; renew and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.

29 Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness, and graciously grant me Your law.

30 I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances before me.

31 I cling tightly to Your testimonies; O Lord, do not put me to shame!

32 I will run the way of Your commandments [with purpose], for You will give me a heart that is willing.

Psalm 119:25-32 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – My Inner Working

Allow Me to take you into a closer examination of the inward workings of your heart.

As a watchmaker carefully regulates the intricacies of their time piece, allow Me to set things into right motion within you. Let me show you what is functioning properly, and what areas need to be fine-tuned.

Is your heart beating in time with the rhythms of Heaven?
Do you need a readjustment so that you are aligned with the right people and places?
Have you run ahead or behind My Kairos timing?

You have gone through a great reset but things like trauma, uncertainty, and pain can throw off your timings. Allow Me to reset the tiny pins in your heart so that all areas of your life come back into order with My perfect timing.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)

You perceive every moment of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the words I’m about to speak before I even start a sentence! You know every step I will take before my journey even begins.

Psalm 139:2-4 (TPT)

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May God’s Presence Cover You – A Blessed Morning Prayer To Begin Your Day

Further reading…

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it?

Numbers 23:19 (AMP)

Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 (AMP)

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 16:11 (AMP)

[1]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.

John 15:5 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 John 15:5 The seventh of the memorable “I am” statements.

38 For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers,

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38-39 (AMP)

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence].

1 Corinthians 2:7 (AMP)

But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:22 (AMP)

18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love];

19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

Ephesians 3:19 (AMP)

And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.

Hebrews 4:13 (AMP)

18 so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.

19 This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],

20 where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of [1]Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:18-20 (AMP)