Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Rest and Refresh

I know many of you have been through seasons of unexpected change and transition where the challenge has taken its toll. I see how weary and weighed down you have become. My heart is filled with compassion, for I will not have My Bride ‘running on empty’ where physical and spiritual resources are depleted and capacity is spent. Amid weariness and exhaustion of soul, not only do I give you permission, but I invite you to come to Me, to lay it all down and to rest.

Resting in Me is more than slowing down and stopping activities for a short while. To rest in My Presence is to lean with your whole being into Me. To trust in My goodness. To trust in My ways, which are higher than yours. To trust in My solutions and perfect timing to see all things work together for good. To rest in Me is to let go and breathe!

Let Me remove those burdens that are no longer yours to carry and that weigh you down. Bring to Me your cares and concerns. Cease from striving, where worry and anxiety can overwhelm. In this place of rest, allow Me to refresh you and bring ease to your soul. Let Me breathe fresh life into the dry places, restoring joy where it has been robbed. I will pour fresh oil over you to empower you with strength. Come to Me and rest so that times of refreshing may come.

Activation:

If you can, respond to the Lord’s invitation by setting aside time over the coming days to sit with Him and worship. As you do, notice how the things that have been creating pressure and stress dissipate in His presence. In prayer, or by writing a letter or journal entry give to the Lord all your cares, concerns and unanswered prayers. Take deep breaths. Thank Him for His goodness and love. Receive by faith fresh oil, drinking deeply of His presence. Do this as much as you can until you feel refreshed and restored.

The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd.

A Psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],
I shall not want.

2 He lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.

3 He refreshes and restores my soul (life);
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.

Psalm 23:1-3 (AMP)

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will [a]ease and relieve and [b]refresh [c]your souls.]

Matthew 11:28 (AMPC)

Footnotes

[a] Matthew 11:28 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.

[b] Matthew 11:28 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.

[c] Matthew 11:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Fullness and Function

    I am asking for a greater level of dependence on Me at this time. For I am bringing an end to many things. I am bringing an end to many structures, many Churches, organisations, ministries and even relationships. For am I not the author but also the perfecter who for the joy set before Me endured the cross? I never start something without having completion in mind. Do not focus on the rubble. Do not focus on the dust. Don’t focus on what has been dismantled. Do not stay in the grief of what has gone but instead, I want you to see this as an opportunity to grow your dependence on Me.

    Do not open a door to fear at this time. For many of you, your identity is tied up in structures that make you feel safe and in the praise of man. Many of you are stuck in idolatry. I want to bring you into a position where your identity is in Me and Me alone.

    I am raising each of you up as living stones, fitted and functioning together like the human body. For the arm is useless without a hand and there is no voice without vocal cords. Likewise many of you are not functioning in the way I need you to be.

    Many of you are spiritually weakened, out of alignment and many of you are suffering from deep seated wounds. Many of you are in environments that are limiting rather than releasing and I need My body to be functioning at a greater capacity. So focus on Me as I bring the body to a place of wholeness and function. I want you to move into a position of fullness and function.

    Activation:

    Ask Jesus Christ to show you where you are out of alignment with Him and to reveal any places where anything has become more important to you than He is. Let Him talk to you and help you to see anything that’s been hidden. Pray the following prayer, or use your own words to commit to allowing God to be first place in your life again. Commit again to being an active part of the body of Christ doing all He asks of you at this time.

    Prayer:

    “Jesus I repent for my dependence on structure and my dependence on the flattery of man. I repent for any way I have elevated anything into a position that is higher than You in my life. I repent where I have knowingly or unknowingly partnered with anything that I have made into a false idol in my life. I ask that you would restructure my life with me so that you have the first place and the highest position in my life. Help me to move into a position of fullness and function. In Jesus Name Amen”

    1 Peter 2:5 (AMP)

    1 Corinthians 12:12-13 (AMP)

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    Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Bold Truth Tellers, Arise!

    I want you to be uncompromising justice warriors. I want you to be willing to have biblical truth on your tongue in a moment’s notice. I want you to be willing to stand firm without compromise. I want righteousness to be at the heart of all you say. My people love righteousness and hate wickedness. Do you?

    I want for you to be unwavering. I need a people who are not willing to compromise Kingdom truth in order to fit with the current times and seasons. I am asking My bold, brave, truth-tellers to arise. I am asking them to stand for truth, justice, righteousness, and purity.

    Even now, I am raising up those who will not compromise the truth of the gospel; those who will never compromise despite the pressures to submit to what is in this world. I am increasing your boldness. Bold truth-tellers arise!

    Activation:

    Read Daniel 3, take time to allow Holy Spirit to bring deeper revelation to you as you read the scriptures with Him. Think about the cost Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were willing to pay and the circumstances that they found themselves in. Take time to think about the outcome of their obedience and how God protected them. Allow Holy Spirit to speak to you through the scriptures and share His thoughts with you.

    13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in a furious rage gave a command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; and these men were brought before the king.

    14 Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image which I have set up?

    15 Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be thrown at once into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you out of my hands?”

    Daniel 3:13-15 (AMP)

    Dedicated Service

    1 [a]Therefore I urge you, [b]brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship.

    2 And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be [c]transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

    Romans 12:1-2 (AMP)

    Footnotes

    [a] Romans 12:1 Paul now begins outlining for the believer the practical application of the theological truths taught in chs 1-11.

    [b] Romans 12:1 Lit brethren.

    [c] Romans 12:2 From the Greek word meaning “metamorphosis.” Refers to the process that leads to an outward, permanent change.

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      Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – My Winnowing Fork

      I am doing a sifting work on the earth, says the Lord. I have been gathering a new generation of believers, piece by piece, grain by grain in these last months. This generation will not only be the ones who know My Name or accept My salvation but they will burn with an unquenchable fire. I am raising up burning ones, Holy ones with a reverence for My Name.

      I am calling particularly those in the 15-22 year old bracket. I am calling them to a higher place of leadership. They will carry a unique and necessary spirit of excellence which will stand against all iniquity and neglect of truth. These young and mighty believers are necessary for the Church. I have commissioned them with My winnowing fork to separate the pure from the impure. They will carry a mantle of a raw flame that will be uncomfortable to many, but necessary for all. That flame will burn up impurity and call those around them to a higher level of Holiness and fear of the Lord! Bold truth tellers arise! Burning ones arise!

      Activation:

      If you are currently praying for fresh fire in your Church, pray for your Gen Z church members to lead and step into the call on their lives. Bless them to steward the mantle well.

      If you are currently praying for a young person to come to Christ, take heart! God has given you a fresh prayer to pray. Awaken the flame of desire for you in them, Lord.

      If you are 15-22, this is a partnership word. Ask God: “How do I steward my mantle of sifting through what is pure and impure?” How do I steward that with humility and boldness? Take time to listen, learn and submit. You are ready!

      His [a]winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat (believers) into His barn (kingdom), but He will burn up the chaff (the unrepentant) with unquenchable fire.”

      Matthew 3:12 (AMP)

      Footnotes

      [a] Matthew 3:12 A tool roughly resembling a pitchfork, used to separate grains of wheat from the chaff by throwing the wheat into the air, and allowing the wind to blow away the lighter chaff.

        He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”

        Matthew 3:12 (NLT)

        Beth.

        9 How can a young man keep his way pure?
        By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].

        10 With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You];
        Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].

        11 Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart,
        That I may not sin against You.

        12 Blessed and reverently praised are You, O LORD;
        Teach me Your statutes.

        Psalm 119:9-12 (AMP)

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Refinement

        The Spirit of the Lord says you are entering a season of refinement. You have experienced stretching in the previous season. Watch now as My Spirit relights the fire that has been dormant within you. For you are entering a season of rediscovery and awakening. In this season you will hear the sound of My hammer on the anvil. Can you hear it even now in the spirit? Lean in and listen.

        Can you feel the angels bringing in new scrolls of destiny? This is your moment! Embrace it and claim all the wonderful possibilities that await you. There’s no time to waste! It is time now to receive the scrolls that I am releasing to you. It is time to lean into the Spirit and receive revelation from My throne room.

        Activation:

        Begin to engage with your spiritual sight and envision the hammer and anvil of the Lord! Lean into the spirit realm and listen. What sounds can you hear? Observe how He commissions angels to deliver scrolls of destiny to meet you where you are! What is written on the scrolls that God is releasing to you afresh today? Write down all of the revelation that the Lord shares with you.

        Prayer:

        “Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank You for the season of divine refinement.Where I was stretched, let me now be strengthened.I receive the fire that forms, not destroys. I receive the scrolls of destiny that You are releasing into my life.Awaken my ears to hear the hammer on the anvil. Let me feel the weight of Your presence and the call to holiness. Remove every distraction, every delay, and every deception.

        I declare:

        • I will move quickly in obedience.
        • I will partner with Heaven’s blueprint.
        • I will partner with You in all You ask.
        • Refine me. Reignite me. Recommission me, for You and You alone.

        In Jesus Christ’s Name, amen.”

        “Indeed, I have refined you, but not as [a]silver;
        I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

        Isaiah 48:10 ( AMP)

        Footnotes

        [a] Isaiah 48:10 The melting of silver requires a relatively low heat.

          “Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]?” says the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks the [most stubborn] rock [in pieces]?

          Jeremiah 23:29 (AMP)

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          Habakkuk 2:2

          How do you plan your goals?

          God Answers the Prophets

          1 I will stand at my guard post
          And station myself on the tower;
          And I will keep watch to see what He will say to me,
          And what answer I will give [as His spokesman] when I am reproved.

          2 Then the LORD answered me and said,
          “Write the vision
          And engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets
          So that the one who reads it will run.

          3 “For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time
          It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.
          Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,
          Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.

          Habakkuk 2:1-3 (AMP)

          On reading today’s Prompt, the verse that immediately came to mind was Habakkuk 2:2. If one has a goal, the best way to start is by writing it down. This makes it plain and gives it structure and timelines. It also makes it possible to think about anything that could change what you plan to do.

          An example of this, is the management of a project. When doing this, thought has to be given to key stages, which are: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure.

          Most things can be treated as a project. In fact, life itself can be treated as a project. Many like to have a structure to what they plan to do generally, day-to-day, or as a five year (or more) plan. I, myself, have tried to create structure over the years but have done so under my own strength. Plans have, therefore, fallen by the wayside, and resulted to nothing.

          Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

          Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)

          An individual needs to have a vision, purpose or direction. It has always been the cry of man’s heart to know the meaning of life. This is whether it be on an individual basis, just for them to feel the result, or if it is on a wider scale where the change is made for a community, organisation or even the world. When milestones are met, it can be so fulfilling.

          The Holy Bible was written over a span of two millenia. We are able to learn and receive from men and women who lived their lives for God. They were people like you and me. The pages of the 66 books, were the outpouring of prophets, priests, doctors, scholars, fishermen and more. From what we read we learn about God, His Son and the move of the Holy Spirit; what He did then and what He does now. He changeth not! It is from the writings so many years ago, that we are able to know the future; what God’s plans for us are.

          For I know the plans  and  thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace  and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

          Jeremiah 29:11 (AMP)

          As a Christian, you are nothing without placing God at the forefront of all you do and all you plan to do.

          For me, now is a plan/time for change!

          Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Throw Off the Grave Clothes

          Beloved, Hear My voice calling. I’m calling you up and out from the place of containment and confinement. Allow My word of life to resonate through your very being. I am reordering and aligning some neuropathways that have become a hindrance to your movement. I am bringing freedom where your decision making capacity has been hindered, held captive by fear and anxiety. Feel the weight of My love shift you into a place of ease and clarity. I am removing what is old and stale. I am lifting the heaviness from you.

          This is the day to allow the things that carry a smell of death and decay to be left behind. The old garments cannot come with you to where I am leading you. Today I release life over you. I have new garments for you to wear that will equip you for the days to come. I am unravelling the garments you have chosen to wear. I am also unravelling the garments that have wrongfully been put on to you that have hindered you for far too long. Allow Me to clothe you again, to cleanse and purify you. Throw off the grave clothes and put on what is rightfully yours.

          Activation:

          Ask Holy Spirit to show you where you are wearing old garments from past seasons. Allow yourself to meet with Holy Spirit in this place as you work together to allow him to unravel the old garments from around you. Ask Him what you were wearing and what He wants to clothe you with in its place? Ask Him why He is clothing you in the new garments for the season ahead.

          43 When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

          44 Out came the man who had been dead, his hands and feet tightly wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and release him.”

          John 11:43-44 (AMP)

          I will rejoice greatly in the LORD,
          My soul will exult in my God;
          For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
          He has covered me with a robe of righteousness,
          As a bridegroom puts on a [a]turban,
          And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

          Isaiah 61:10 (AMP)

          Footnotes

          [a] Isaiah 61:10 Or head wrap.

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          Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – I Delight in You

          I have known you before you were in your mother’s womb! Beloved, you are whom I delight in. I chose you before you chose Me. I want to remind you that I will continue to choose you. My love for you is unwavering, steadfast, and relentless. I cherish that you are unique and beautiful from the tips of your toes to the top of your head. When you wake in the morning, I am so excited to hear your voice. Today and every day, know that I am for you! Remember that if I am for you, who can stand against you!

          Can you feel Me even now as I hold your hand and remind you that I am proud of you. Feel My presence close to you as I lean in and remind you how I see you.

          Activation:

          Take some time to look for Jesus in the room, become more aware of His presence. What is He doing? What is He saying? Rest in this space with Him and allow Him to remind you afresh how He sees you and listen to the things He wants to share with you.

          Take some time to pray:

          “Father, I receive Your delight in me. I am not overlooked. I am not abandoned. I am not second best. I am chosen, cherished, and celebrated in heaven. I silence every voice that says otherwise. I silence the spirit of shame that has tried to weigh me down with lies. I hear Your words echo over my life: ‘I am so proud of you.’ I repent for every time I’ve doubted Your affection or tried to earn Your approval. Today, I rest in the truth that I am fully accepted, fully wanted, fully Yours. In the Name of Jesus Christ, I receive the truth that You are proud of me. Let my life be rooted in the revelation that I am Your beloved child in whom You delight. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

          “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],
          And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];
          I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

          Jeremiah 1:5 (AMP)

          14 I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
          Wonderful are Your works,
          And my soul knows it very well.

          15 My frame was not hidden from You,
          When I was being formed in secret,
          And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.

          16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
          And in Your book were all written
          The days that were appointed for me,
          When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].

          Psalm 139:14-16 (AMP)

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          Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Hope Restored

          It is time to pick up the things that have been discarded and forgotten. A time to remember the dreams and the words that I have given you. There is a deeper level of fulfilment coming in this season. I am bringing a fresh charge into boldly chasing after Me and My promises.

          I see places where hope deferred has led to disappointment and dullness. I can see that you were once excited by the things of the Kingdom but now they feel dull. Today I am breaking off discouragement and hope deferred. I am releasing you into a freedom to have Zeal for My house and the Kingdom once again. I now call you into the place of pushing forward in faith with excitement refreshed for the things ahead.

          Reach out to Me and touch the hem of My garment in faith. Know that I will never let My Word return void to you. I am refreshing weariness and restoring hope to you today.

          Activation:

          Ask the Lord to remind you of His promises over your life and where they might be fulfilled. Sit with Him and allow your faith to increase to see these words come to pass. Ask Him the next steps in partnering with Him to do all He is asking of you.

          10 “For as the rain and snow come down from heaven,
          And do not return there without watering the earth,
          Making it bear and sprout,
          And providing seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

          11 So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
          It will not return to Me void (useless, without result),
          Without accomplishing what I desire,
          And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

          Isaiah 55:10-11 (AMP)

          11 For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the LORD, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

          12 Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you.

          13 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 29:11-13 (AMP)

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