Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Be One

You belong to me. I chose you before the creation of the world. Many of you feel lonely or isolated or on the outside. Or feel that you don’t fit in, or even rejected or bullied. But you belong to me. I am yours, and you are mine. You are my child and, you belong to me, my family. I want my family to know that they belong together. The cry of my heart is that you become one as we are one. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, embody me in your whole being So that we live in you and you in us, you are in us so that we are all in perfect unity so the world will know and see that you belong to me. You have my DNA I am your father and in you, Christ lives by his Holy Spirit in all his fullness.

I pray that all of them may be one Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

John 17:21 (NIV)

Activation: Pray that you get the revelation that the full trinity in perfect unity lives in you and that you are one with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That there is no separation between you and God but that all his fullness lives in you and all of you lives in him

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Monday Morning Scripture (Wk14/2022) – John 17:13-26

The Disciples in the World

13 But now I am coming to You; and I say these things [while I am still] in the world so that they may experience My joy made full and complete and perfect within them [filling their hearts with My delight].

14 I have given to them Your word [the message You gave Me]; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world and do not belong to the world, just as I am not of the world and do not belong to it.

15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but that You keep them and protect them from the evil one.

16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth.

18 Just as You commissioned and sent Me into the world, I also have commissioned and sent them (believers) into the world.

19 For their sake [1]I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth.

20 “I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,

21 that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe [without any doubt] that You sent Me.

Their Future Glory

22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;

23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me.

24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

25 “O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has never acknowledged You [and the revelation of Your mercy], yet I have always known You; and these [believers] know [without any doubt] that You sent Me;

26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them [overwhelming their heart], and I [may be] in them.”

John 17:13-26 (AMP

Footnotes

  1. John 17:19 Jesus’ sacrificial death allows Christians to be truly sanctified—set apart for God’s purpose.

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Courage

Take heart for I have overcome the world. It is time to know that in me, you are more than conquerors. In me you can do all things. Your confidence is in me. It is time to be courageous, my child, my bride, for I need you to rise up to your greatest hour. It is time to fight your adversary who roams around like a lion, looking for who he can devour. But just like I taught David how to kill the bear and lion with his bare hands as preparation to stand and face Goliath, so I have been training you.

Take your stand with weapons in your hand and rise up like David in the camp of the enemy. Declare today: “I come in the name of the Lord!” Put on the cloak of courage that I am bestowing on you; rise up, shine, and take the land I have given you.

Activation: Ask God to show you what your cloak of courage looks like. What colour is it? What texture is it? Are there words written on it? Then ask God what you need to give him or take off before you can put on the cloak of courage. See yourself stand up like David and say to any Goliaths in your life, “I stand in the name of the Lord.”

I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding].

John 16:33 (AMP)

But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a sabre, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”

1 Samuel 17:45 (NASB)

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Friday Morning Scripture (Wk13/2022) – 1 Samuel 17:31-58

David Kills Goliath

31 When the words that David spoke were heard, the men reported them to Saul, and he sent for him.

32 David said to Saul, “Let no man’s [1]courage fail because of him (Goliath). Your servant will go out and fight with this Philistine.”

33 Then Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight him. For you are [only] a young man and he has been a warrior since his youth.”

34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,

35 I went out after it and attacked it and rescued the lamb from its mouth; and when it rose up against me, I seized it by its whiskers and struck and killed it.

36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God.”

37 David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”

38 Then Saul dressed David in his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and put a coat of mail (armor) on him.

39 Then David fastened his sword over his armor and tried to walk, [but he could not,] because he was not used to them. And David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, because I am not used to them.” So David took them off.

40 Then he took his [shepherd’s] staff in his hand and chose for himself five [2]smooth stones out of the stream bed, and put them in his shepherd’s bag which he had, that is, in his shepherd’s pouch. With his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.

41 The Philistine came and approached David, with his shield-bearer in front of him.

42 When the Philistine looked around and saw David, he derided and disparaged him because he was [just] a young man, with a ruddy complexion, and a handsome appearance.

43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with [shepherd’s] staffs?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

44 The Philistine also said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”

45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a [3]javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.

46 This day the Lord will hand you over to me, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

47 and that this entire assembly may know that the Lord does not save with the sword or with the spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will hand you over to us.”

48 When the Philistine rose and came forward to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

49 David put his hand into his bag and took out a stone and slung it, and it struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone penetrated his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.

50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David’s hand.

51 So he ran and stood over the Philistine, grasped his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their [mighty] champion was dead, they fled.

52 The men of Israel and Judah stood with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and the gates of Ekron. And the [fatally] wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.

53 The sons of Israel returned from their pursuit of the Philistines and plundered their camp.

54 Then David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.

55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” And Abner answered, “By your life, O king, I do not know.”

56 The king said, “Ask whose son the young man is.”

57 When David returned from killing [Goliath] the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

58 Saul asked him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.”

1 Samuel 17:31-58 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 17:32 Lit heart.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:40 Smooth stones offered less resistance to the air in flight and would travel with greater speed and accuracy. The sling was a pouch attached to the ends of two long leather thongs, and was a formidable weapon (as the Philistine giant was about to discover).
  3. 1 Samuel 17:45 This weapon may have been similar to a scimitar (short curved sword).

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – I Am Love

Come and receive my love. Let it overwhelm you; let my love be the power to destroy every weapon formed against you. Without love you have no part in me. Love is my greatest command and you cannot love others if you don’t first receive my love.

Activation: Sit with God and ask him to show you how much he loves you. Ask him to show you those areas where you haven’t fully received his love, and then ask him to show you how to love others from this place of being loved.

God is Love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.

1 John 4:16 (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)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The Power of Love

I am and there is no other. I am love and it is from love that I created the world. I created you from love to be loved. You love because I first loved you. My love is all powerful because it is all that you need. My love covers, protects, creates, intercedes, and yes, sometimes it disciplines you. My love is eternal. My love for you sent my only son to die for you – to redeem you – and bring you back to me. My love in you has the power to turn every impossible situation around. My love is key. Love is the greatest weapon against the enemy for love conquers everything.

I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)

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Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk13/2022) – Psalm 147

Praise for Jerusalem’s Restoration and Prosperity.

1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our [gracious and majestic] God; Praise is becoming and appropriate.

2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering [together] the exiles of Israel.

3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].

4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names.

5 Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

6 The Lord lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.

7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises to our God with the lyre,

8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

9 He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry.

10 He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse, nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

11 The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

13 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates, He has blessed your children within you.

14 He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sends His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.

16 He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the frost like ashes.

17 He casts out His ice like fragments; Who can stand before His cold?

18 He sends out His word and melts the ice; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.

19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.

20 He has not dealt this way with any [other] nation; they have not known [understood, appreciated, heeded, or cherished] His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Psalm 147:1-20 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Gideons Arise

I am unravelling you and delivering you, my bride, from all that has restricted and bound you. Let me unfurl you and release you into the fullness of your expression of me. Don’t hold back. Those of you who have been hidden in the past – in old and religious ways – I am releasing you into a new expression of me. It is time for me to roll out the red carpet so the King of Glory can be seen. I will express my glory through the least and the little. I am contending for the least.

Those who feel forgotten, let me reach the hidden places of your heart and deliver you. You will be overcome in my glory. Stand up mighty warriors and move out! Watch as the Gideons arise! The ones who feel the least, the most insignificant or unworthy, will be called into my glory and will arise as a warrior generation. Come forth Gideons and rise up as mighty warriors. Receive your deliverance; rise up from your unworthiness and receive the greatness of God.

Activation: Watch, wait, and ask God to show you the glory room in Heaven. Breathe in the breath of God, you ones who feel the least or not good enough . Let God bring deliverance to you by saying out loud that you break all agreement with any lies of the enemy that tell you that you are nothing, or not good enough. Then, tell the spirit of fear and unworthiness to go and receive the power of God’s spirit to rise up in his power and glory.

The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground.

Psalm 147:6 (ESV)

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”

“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”

“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.”

The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”

Judges 6:12-16 (NIVUK)

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