Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Glow With My Glory

I will sustain My people during the dark times, and I will light their paths through the night. I will make a distinction between them and the world as the church shines brightly like stars against the backdrop of thick darkness. I will keep their candles burning, and they will glow with My glory as they spend time in rich fellowship with Me. I will saturate them in the oil of joy that will keep their lamps burning through the late watches of the night.

The church will become more visible as the landscape of the world becomes darker. They will be as burning ones who are filled with hope, peace, and authority in this time of uncertainty. Many who have been desperately searching for solutions to the world’s problems will be drawn to My glory and goodness.

You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

Psalm 18:28 (NIV)

Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you.

Isaiah 60:2 (NLT)

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Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk9/2022) – Isaiah 60

God Is Coming

1 “Jerusalem, get up and shine![1] Your Light is coming! The Glory of the Lord will shine on you.

2 Darkness now covers the earth, and the people are in darkness. But the Lord will shine on you, and his Glory will appear over you.

3 Then the nations will come to your light. Kings will come to your bright sunrise.

4 Look around you! See all the people gathering around. Those are your sons coming from far away, and your daughters are there beside them.

5 “At that time you will see your people, and your faces will shine with happiness. First, you will be afraid, but then you will be excited. All the riches from across the seas will be set before you. The riches of the nations will come to you.

6 Herds of camels from Midian and Ephah will cross your land. Long lines of camels will come from Sheba. They will bring gold and incense. People will sing praises to the Lord.

7 People will collect all the sheep from Kedar and give them to you. They will bring you rams from Nebaioth. You will offer those animals on my altar, and I will accept them. I will make my wonderful Temple even more beautiful.

8 Look at the people. They are rushing toward you like clouds quickly crossing the sky. They are like doves flying to their nests.

9 The faraway lands are waiting for me. The great cargo ships are ready to sail. They are ready to bring your children from faraway lands. They will bring silver and gold with them to honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel. He has done wonderful things for you.

10 Children from other lands will rebuild your walls. Their kings will serve you. “When I was angry, I hurt you, but now I want to be kind to you. So I will comfort you.

11 Your gates will always be open. They will not be closed, day or night. Nations and kings will bring their wealth to you.

12 Any nation or kingdom that does not serve you will be destroyed.

13 All the great things of Lebanon will be given to you. People will bring pine trees, fir trees, and cypress trees to you. These trees will be used for lumber to make my Holy Place[2] more beautiful. This place is like a stool in front of my throne, and I will honor it.[3]

14 In the past, people hurt you, but they will bow down before you. In the past, people hated you, but they will bow down at your feet. They will call you ‘The City of the Lord’s,’ ‘Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’

15 “People hated you. You were left all alone with no one passing through. But I will make you great from now on. You will be happy forever and ever.

16 Nations will give you what you need, like a child drinking milk from its mother. But you will ‘drink’ riches from kings. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who saves you. You will know that I, the Great God of Jacob, protect you.

17 “You now have copper, but I will bring you gold .You now have iron, but I will bring you silver. I will change your wood into copper and your rocks into iron. I will change your punishment into peace. And those who punished you will be replaced with those who are kind to you.

18 There will never again be news of violence in your country. People will never again attack your country and steal from you. You will name your walls, ‘Salvation’ and your gates, ‘Praise.’

19 “The sun will no longer be your light during the day. The light from the moon will no longer be your light at night. The Lord will be your light forever. Your God will be your glory.

20 Your sun will never go down again. Your moon will never again be dark. That’s because the Lord will be your light forever, and the dark days of mourning will end.

21 “All your people will be good. They will get the land forever. They are the young plant in my garden[4] that will grow to be a wonderful tree. I made them with my own hands.[5]

22 The smallest family will become a large family group. The smallest tribe will become a powerful nation. When the time is right, I, the Lord, will come quickly. I will make these things happen.”

Isaiah 60:1-22 (ERV)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:1 Jerusalem … shine Or “Jerusalem, my light, get up!”
  2. Isaiah 60:13 my Holy Place This probably means the Temple in Jerusalem.
  3. Isaiah 60:13 I will honor it Or “I will give it glory.”
  4. Isaiah 60:21 young plant … garden See Isa. 4:1 and 5:7.
  5. Isaiah 60:21 They are … hands Or “They are the plant I planted, which I made with my own hands, to show how wonderful I am.”

Monday Morning Scripture (Wk9/2022) – Isaiah 52

Cheer for Downtrodden Zion

1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer come into you.

2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise, O captive Jerusalem; rid yourself of the chains around your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

3 For the Lord says this, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed, but not with money.”

4 For the Lord God says this, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and [many years later Sennacherib] the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

5 But now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl [with taunting and mockery of salvation],” declares the Lord, “and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

6 Therefore My people shall know My Name and what it means. Therefore in that day I am the One who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

7 How beautiful and delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news of good [things], who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy; for they will see face to face the return of the Lord to Zion.

9 Break forth, shout joyfully together, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 The Lord has bared His holy arm (His infinite power) before the eyes of all the nations [revealing Himself as the One by Whom Israel is redeemed from captivity], that all the ends of the earth may see the salvation of our God.

11 Depart, depart, go out from there (the lands of exile), touch no unclean thing; go out of the midst of her (Babylon), purify yourselves, you who carry the articles of the Lord [on your journey from there].

12 For you will not go out in a hurry [as when you left Egypt], nor will you go in flight [fleeing, as you did from the Egyptians]; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

Isaiah 52:1-12 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Dressed In Freedom

I am setting you free from a chain that has held you captive. This chain has been wrapped around your neck and has brought you into captivity. I am taking this restriction off today for you are rising in strength and freedom.

I love dressing you in spiritual clothing. Many of you are very good at putting on your spiritual armour. Today, I want to give your neck fresh adornment to replace the captivity that I have removed. It is a necklace of wisdom, sound judgement, and discernment to bring life to your soul. Let loving devotion and faithfulness adorn you. Let me put my necklace on you today.

Activation: Sit before the Lord and ask Him what necklace is around your neck. If it is one which is a sign of captivity, repent for wearing it and take it off in the mighty name of Jesus. Stand up to represent you rising in your spirit, shake off the dust, and pull off the chain to illustrate your agreement.

Now, ask Him to give you His adornment for your neck. Agree that loving devotion and faithfulness to Him are beautiful things, and you want to joyfully wear them. Agree that sound judgement, discernment, and His wisdom will adorn your neck and bring life to your soul. Sit down to represent your unity with Him and thank Him for your new necklace.

Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 3:3 (NIV)

My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgement and discernment.They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.

Proverbs 3:21-22 (NIV)

Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, Daughter of Zion, now a captive.

Isaiah 52:2 (NIV)

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Monday Morning Scripture (Wk9/2022) – 2 Chronicles 15:1-19

Don’t turn away from Him but turn to Him.

The Prophet Azariah Warns Asa

1 Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him, as your soul’s first necessity], He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will abandon (turn away from) you.

3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest, and without [God’s] law.

4 But when they were in their trouble and distress they turned to the Lord God of Israel, and [in desperation earnestly] sought Him, and He let them find Him.

5 In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, for great suffering came on all the inhabitants of the lands.

6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

7 But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

Asa’s Reforms

8 And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the repulsive idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he restored the altar [of burnt offering] of the Lord which was in front of the porch [of the temple] of the Lord.

9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers who were with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to Asa from Israel in large numbers when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

10 So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

11 They sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil they had brought—700 oxen and 7,000 sheep.

12 They entered into a covenant (solemn agreement) to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;

13 and that whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

14 They swore an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with [jubilant] shouting, with trumpets, and with horns.

15 All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought Him with their whole heart, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.

16 He also removed Maacah, King Asa’s mother, from the position of queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the Brook Kidron.

17 But the high places [of pagan worship] were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was blameless all his days.

18 He brought the things that his father [Abijah] had dedicated and those things that he had dedicated into the house of God—silver and gold and utensils.

19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

2 Chronicles 15:1-19 (AMP)