Wednesday Morning Scripture (Wk12/2022) – Psalm 56

Supplication for Rescue and Grateful Trust in God.

1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me; all day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

2 My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust and faith in You.

4 In God, whose word I praise; in God I have put my trust; I shall not fear. What can mere man do to me?

5 All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They attack, they hide and lurk, they watch my steps, as they have [expectantly] waited to take my life.

7 Cast them out because of their wickedness. In anger bring down the peoples, O God!

8 You have taken account of my wanderings; put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not recorded in Your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; this I know, that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise, In the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

12 Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will give thank offerings to You.

13 For You have rescued my soul from death, Yes, and my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Psalm 56:1-12 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Tears In A Bottle

My people, I see your tears. They are in my bottle. Those tears you didn’t understand when you were two years old or the frustrations when you ran away to cry and life’s difficulties where you were pressed for answers that you didn’t have.

Call to me for healing, learn what I thought when you cried tears and in times when you did not allow tears to fall. I was there as I am now. Hold on to me and praise me when tears are nearby.

Come, weep, but don’t leave it there. Trust that praising Me is a mighty weapon of subterfuge against the enemy. Take aim with your voice, with words, song and musical instruments, that your heart may be restored, and so the enemy of your soul flees.

Activation: Reflect on your most frequent reaction to tears, in yourself, or others close by. For example, do you refuse to praise God because it doesn’t feel easy? Ask God what spiritual resources you could develop for future times of need.

You have kept count of my tossings, put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?’

Psalm 56:8-11 (ESV)

Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise

Jeremiah 17:14 (NIV)

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Wednesday Morning Scripture (Wk12/2022) – Psalm 20

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Prayer for Victory over Enemies.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 [1]May the Lord answer you (David) in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high [and defend you in battle]!

2 May He send you help from the sanctuary (His dwelling place) and support and strengthen you from Zion!

3 May He remember all your meal offerings and accept your burnt offering. Selah.

4 May He grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans.

5 We will sing joyously over your victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.

6 Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.

8 They have bowed down and fallen, but we have risen and stood upright.

9 O Lord, save [the [2]king]; may the [3]King answer us in the day we call.

Psalm 20:1-9 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 20:1 Verses 1-5, 9 is the prayer of intercession voiced by the congregation before David goes into battle.
  2. Psalm 20:9 I.e. David.
  3. Psalm 20:9 I.e. Lord.

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Let The Light In

Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:7-14 (ESV)

You have cried out to me for purity. You have declared your longing to see me, asking me to give you a pure heart. You have sung songs asking me to set you on fire, to give you a pure heart, and to refine you with my love.

And yet, when I respond to your requests with my light that exposes the darkness, with my refiner’s fire, somehow you want it to be a process that feels like sunshine and flowers!

I love you with an everlasting love; with a love that knows no limits. I long for you to be free from the influence of the one who has brought dark influences into your life, who has lied to you, and deceived you. It is my kindness that brings you to that place of freedom and deliverance; it is my love that draws you into my light and fire. If you willingly trust yourself to a surgeon’s knife when you do not know them, how much more can you trust yourself to me, the one who loves you and knows you intimately?

It is my light that shines into the deepest, darkest, recesses of your life. Trust that I am good and am bringing good to you at all times. Trust that my exposing light is not about shame, punishment or discouragement, but about healing and freedom. It is about us defeating the darkness as we work together to expel it from your life.

My light is good. Will you let my light in?

Activation: This word is not to prompt you to dig under every rock in your life but to encourage you to allow Holy Spirit to shine his light and expose what he wants to deal with at this time. He is the one leading the process. Declare today: “Holy Spirit, I give you full permission to shine your light and expose anything that you would like to deal with today. I trust you to know what is a priority.”

“And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.”

Genesis 1:4 (ESV)

“He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.”

Job 12:22 (NIV)

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12 (ESV)

“Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realising that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?”

Romans 2:4 (NIV)

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Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk12/2022) – Job 12:13-25

Job Speaks of the Power of God

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might; He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

14 “Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

15 “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

16 “With Him are might and sound wisdom, the misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].

17 “He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefoot and makes fools of judges.

18 “He loosens the bond of kings and binds their loins with a loincloth.

19 “He makes priests walk barefoot, and He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

20 “He deprives the trusted ones of speech and takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

21 “He pours contempt on princes and nobles and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them].

22 “He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness and brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

23 “He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].

24 “He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth and makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

25 “They grope in darkness without light, and He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”

Job 12:13-25 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Preparation For More of His Glory

I am sanctifying and transforming you into my image. I am showing you more and more of my glory, my character, my goodness, and my truth. Remember when Moses asked to see my glory? I replied by wanting to reveal my goodness. I want to reveal my goodness to you. My goodness is Jesus.

Experience more of Jesus today and you will experience more of my glory.

For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:6 (NKJV)

And he said “Please, show me your glory.”

Then He said, “I will make all of my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you.”

Exodus 33:18-19 (NKJV)

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Monday Morning Scripture (Wk12/2022) – 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Paul’s Apostolic Ministry

1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy [from God, granting us salvation, opportunities, and blessings], we do not get discouraged nor lose our motivation.

2 But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 But even if our gospel is [in some sense] hidden [behind a veil], it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing;

4 among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give us the Light of the knowledge of the glory and majesty of God [clearly revealed] in the face of Christ.

7 But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.

8 We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

9 hunted down and persecuted, but not deserted [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed;

10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body.

11 For we who live are constantly [experiencing the threat of] being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced in our mortal body [which is subject to death].

12 So physical death is [actively] at work in us, but [spiritual] life [is actively at work] in you.

13 Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had, who wrote in Scripture, “I believed, therefore I spoke.” We also believe, therefore we also speak,

14 knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and will present us [along] with you in His presence.

15 For all [these] things are for your sake, so that as [God’s remarkable, undeserved] grace reaches to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of [our great] God.

16 Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day.

17 For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!

18 So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.

2 Corinthians 4:1-18 (AMP)

Gospel Song of the Day – Make Me A Vessel

But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.

2 Corinthians 4:7 (AMP)