Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – A Divine Exchange

This past season has brought many of you to your knees. It has been a season of challenge, struggle, and crying out to me.
Do you recognize that I was with you in those moments of pain and discomfort?
Do you remember me sitting by your side? Holding you as you wept?
I do.
I witnessed every tear and heard every cry. You were never alone; you are never alone. Look into the Spirit and allow me to reveal myself to you in those moments. Just as surely as I will never leave you nor forsake you, will I leave you in this place of heartache.
Bring me the hurts and wounds of this past season and lay them at my feet. Do not allow them to fester and burn. Untangle yourself from what is the past so that you may embrace the new thing that I am doing.
Trust me to put your heart back together, one piece at a time.

Activation: Sit with Jesus and write out a list of the heavy things you are carrying and ask him what He wants to give you in exchange. Lay down those burdens before Him and pick up the things He gives you in exchange.

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 23:18 (NIV)

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Friday Morning Scripture (Wk19/2021) – Isaiah 29:17-24

Blessing after Discipline

17 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, and the fertile field regarded as a forest?

18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see [the words of the book].

19 The afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord, and the needy of mankind will rejoice and celebrate in the Holy One of Israel.

20 For the tyrant will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off—

21 Those who cause a person to be condemned with a [false] word, and lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the [city] gate, and defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.

22 Therefore, the Lord, who redeemed Abraham [from paganism] says this, concerning the house of Jacob (Israel):

“Jacob will not be ashamed, nor will his face turn pale [with disappointment because of his children’s degenerate behavior];

23 For when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, they will sanctify My Name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe and reverent fear of the God of Israel.

24 “Those who err in mind will know the truth, and those who criticize and murmur discontentedly will accept instruction.

Isaiah 29:17-24 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Boldness

The spirit of the Lord says that it is time for boldness! It is time to stand up and be counted. It is time to cross the line and to put your head above the trenches. Are you willing to stand up for truth, for holiness, and for the glory of God even if it hurts or means you may lose your friends or reputation? Are you willing to be the “no-compromise” generation, putting your head above the parapet where others dare not? Are you willing to lay down your life for God and be bold in your witness, truth, and testimony of who he is? Will you be a bold witness to the ways and teachings of Christ? Will you boldly carry the message like Peter and the apostles who boldly spoke the word of God?

Activation: Picture yourself standing in front of a line and ask God to show you what you need to let go of or repent of, for where you have compromised in the past. Begin to step over the line and ask God to give you courage and boldness to stand up for truth and holiness, and to not compromise.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 16:26 (BSB)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Time To Speak

Lift up your swords, my warriors, my brides. It is time to yield the sharp double edged sword and let the word – my word – go forth across the earth. Stand tall, my bride, and advance! Use your voice as a weapon, letting the sword cut through the fear, reaching the distraught, for there is a time to be quiet but also a time to speak. There is a time for war and a time for peace; it is time for war, not giving in to the enemy’s lies and deception, but to declare as Jesus did:

So declare my word on the streets, in the shops, in your houses, and in your dreams. Do not hold back, for my world needs to hear the truth:

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’

Matthew 4:4 (NIV)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (NIV)

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – My Truth

Follow me my bride for I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life. Sit with me in my truth; let’s rest here awhile and listen to what I, the God of truth, reveals. Let my truth speak. Let my truth permeate into the depths of your being and reach the hidden places of your heart. There are too many tumultuous voices that are clamouring for your attention. Listen and be with me in truth and it will silence the enemy of lies. My truth is strong. My truth is pure. My truth brings certainty in an ever changing world and it will hold you steady in a time of war.
My truth is holy.
My truth brings clarity.
My truth sets you free.

Activation: Wait on me and let my truth permeate into the core of who you are. Declare that you are mine; that you are chosen; that you are loved. Let my truth burn in you so that you may bring your truth to me, even the truth that reveals those dark and hidden things you have tried to hide. Let’s meet in truth and let me set you free from everything that has hindered you.

If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

John 8:31-32 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Treasure

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 12:34 (ESV)

I treasure you so much that I gave my son in exchange for you. I treasure you my child; I treasure all of my children. I was willing to pay the cost for their return. I counted the cost, even as my son counted the cost on the road to Jerusalem as he set his face to complete the task before him, as he wrestled in the garden of Gethsemane and yet submitted to my will, choosing the pain, the suffering and the agony, for the joy that was beyond the cross.

Have you counted the cost? Have you set your face to pay the cost of following, of being my child? Have you wrestled your will into submission to mine? Are there areas where it still feels like the cost is high, where you have not settled the wrestle?

What are the treasures of your heart? Are there still treasures that you prize more highly than me? They are so far outweighed by the treasure of Heaven. My son shines brighter than the most precious, earthly glitter. The Pearl of Great Price is worth every ounce of your life, every penny, every sacrifice, every lesser love relinquished.

Am I your greatest treasure?

Activation: Ask Holy Spirit to show you anything that threatens God’s rule and reign, anything that is a pretender to the throne in your life.

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Matthew 6:19-20 (NIV)

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Luke 9:24-25 (ESV)

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

Luke 12:20-21 (ESV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Keeping Up Appearances

Oh, my people, you have been deceived by the world into thinking it is all about how it looks from the outside. You have been seduced into believing that what other people think matters more than righteousness and integrity. You have been more concerned with your reputation than mine. You have been deceived into thinking you are doing it for me – for reasons of honour, excellence, and service – in order to build my house. In reality, you have been building your house.

My ways are not your ways and my way has always been one that is concerned with the heart more than the externals. I am coming with my scalpel to rightly divide what is real and authentic from the counterfeit and the impure. I will cut through the external fripperies, through the gloss and veneer to the real and authentic beneath. In this time, there will be those who you discover are all veneer and no substance below. Be prepared as I strip away those with artificiality in their hearts, as I seek a pure bride whose heart is wholly mine.

Activation: Use the prayer from Psalm 139 as you engage with Holy Spirit in response to this word, allowing him to examine the “thoughts and intentions of your heart,” to shine his light and expose anywhere the enemy has led you into deception.

The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.

Isaiah 29:13 (NIV)

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:7 (ESV)

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Psalm 139:23 (ESV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – All of Your Heart

The heart of the matter is a matter of the heart. It has always been about your heart. You can keep me at arms length, trying to impress me with your prayers, your devotions, your service, and your ministry. You can try to satisfy me with less but ultimately it is your heart that I long for. Don’t hold back; I didn’t. Don’t divide your heart into compartments; I want it all, even as I gave it all for you.

I laid my heart out – bared for the world to see – exposed, and visible. I gave you my heart. I laid down my life and said, “I am yours; I am committed.” I long for you to acknowledge my love, to allow it to unlock a deep, deep work within your heart so that your response is one of equal abandon, of unreserved, open-hearted surrender of everything. I long for you to risk your heart, all of your heart. Trust your heart to me fully, completely, with abandon. Your heart is so precious to me; I cherish your heart; I will always cherish your heart.

Activation: Jesus, your pearl of very great price, is inviting you into a deeper level of trust and commitment; inviting you to let him search your heart for depths that are still closed to him, places where you have withheld trust, where you have not surrendered. We are told that our heart can be deceitful and sometimes we don’t see it. Ask Holy Spirit to show you where you are still holding back and any areas where there is a lack of surrender.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

Mark 12:30 (ESV)

Heaven’s kingdom realm is also like a jewel merchant in search of rare pearls. When he discovered one very precious and exquisite pearl, he immediately gave up all he had in exchange for it.

Matthew 13:45-46 (TPT)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 (ESV)

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Praise and Advance!

Do you see the movement, the marching of boots? The boots of the gospel of peace are marching to the rhythm of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah! These boots will now go forth in partnership with the praise of His name.

It is time to release your sound. I am increasing the rhythm of praise and worship in the earth realm. As this happens, so too will evangelism gain greater traction, and fresh downloads will be released among My people. This will bring forward momentum, resulting in a multiplication of harvest and Kingdom advancement.
I am calling you, My Body, out of a season of stillness and dryness, to come again to the waters, to be refreshed, refilled, re-fuelled, and revived to go out with My word in your mouth. Do not be afraid!

Do not be afraid of what you will say or how you will say it. At the time it will become clear, and you will be a witness in your workplace, in your family, on your street, and in your town. I will be glorified through your praise and through your life.

Make room for the fresh wind and move of My Spirit among you corporately, and so will I speak and release strategies for breakthrough and Kingdom advancement. Your praise will make way for the angelic to be released to go on assignment, where new ground will be broken, and many lives will be transformed and saved.

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 13:2 (NIV)

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!” The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

Acts 16:25-31 (NIV)

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