Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Mourn with Me

“Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].

Matthew 5:4 (AMP)

The Lord says: “I see the burden of grief that you carry. ‘How so, Lord?’, you ask, ‘Everything with me is fine’.

“But I see into the depths of your heart and there are griefs and losses you have not resolved. They lie dormant but will awake when you are hard-pressed and weary. There are relational hurts that caused pain; missed opportunities that caused regret; passions that were snuffed out; ideas that were sat on and visions that were lost.

You are hurtling down a highway of self-denial, ignoring the stop signs and the exits where you could find solace and healing. How can you bring My joy and peace to people when your heart mourns? I want you to learn how to lament to Me so that I can bring you the healing and peace that your heart cries out for.

Consider My servant David. He suffered much loss – his liberty, his king, his best friend, his family, his integrity, his kingdom, his son, his military anointing. But he never lost I AM, his God. His psalms are full of his raw feelings of grief and loss and reveal how he found comfort in Me.”

Activation:  God wants to take our burdens of grief. He wants us to be emotionally honest with Him. He needs us to be healthy – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Write a letter to God and pour out your feelings of loss and sorrow, as David did.

Read a psalm of lament to see how he found comfort at times of mourning (Examples: Psalms 6; 13; 25:16-21; 31:9-24; 42; 43; 56:8-16).

With the help of Holy Spirit, make an agreement with the Lord to have regular checkups where you can safely express your true emotions of loss and find the comfort He wants to give you.

Exaltation of the Afflicted

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me to bring good news to the humble and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted, to proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives and freedom to prisoners,

2 To proclaim [a]the favorable year of the Lord, [b]And the day of vengeance and retribution of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

3 To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following: To give them a [c]turban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning],
The oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:1-3 (AMP)

Footnotes

[a] Isaiah 61:2 The same as a day of salvation(49:8), and the year of my redeemed (63:4).

[b] Isaiah 61:2 See note Ezek 34:28.

[c] Isaiah 61:3 In the Hebrew there is a kind of wordplay here as “turban” (Heb pe’er) and dust (epher) have the same consonants and similar vowels.

    and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain; for the [a]former order of things has passed away.”

    Revelation 21:4 (AMP)

    Footnotes

    [a] Revelation 21:4 Lit first things.

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      Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Embrace the New Wine

      The Lord says, “Why do you hold onto the old wineskins and old vessels that carried the wine of yesterday? Yes, there was a time and purpose for them, but not today. The old vessels are not constructed in a way that’s conducive to or strong enough to carry the new thing that I am doing and pouring out. Now is the time for the new wine, and that requires new vessels that can contain it.

      In this hour, I am breaking the old vessels to make way for the new. It is time to abandon the status quo and business as usual. Position yourself to receive the new – this means new ideas, strategies, structures, and innovations.

      Look forward, and do not long for the old and outdated. Remember Lot’s wife – her nostalgia for the old and looking back caused her to be fossilised in the past. Learn from her error and move forward with hope and expectation for what lies ahead, and for what I am doing today.”

      Activation: Consider dedicating a specific time for prayer and fasting. Let the Lord determine the length and type of fasting. As you enter into this time, position your heart to deepen your connection with the Lord and seek His direction for embracing the new. Use this time of prayer and fasting as an opportunity to work together with the Holy Spirit to help you identify where you are tethered to the past. As He reveals these things to you, surrender the old ways and patterns to Him as you open your heart to the transformation that He desires to bring. This will help to prepare you to embrace and carry the new thing that God is doing.

      Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you

      Proverbs 4:25 (NLT)

      Remember [what happened to] Lot’s wife [when she looked back]!

      Luke 17:32 (AMP)

      37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. 

      38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, [a]and both are preserved. 

      39 And no one, having drunk old wine,[b]immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is [c]better.’ ”

      Luke 5:37-39 (NKJV)

      Footnotes

      [a] Luke 5:38 NU omits and both are preserved

      [b] Luke 5:39 NU omits immediately

      [c] Luke 5:39 NU good

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Walk Out Your Faith

        Beloved, walk out your faith. 

        Faith is not only having the right concept of Me or believing that My Word is true. Faith is acting upon My Word. Putting into practice what I call you to say and to do. 

        Acting out your faith demonstrates your trust in Me. 

        Walking out your faith opens My gateways of blessings.

        When you pray and read My word, don’t do it casually like looking at yourself in the mirror of My word and walking away, forgetting what you read, forgetting Me and everything I told you. 

        Instead, My Dearest, seek My face, looking into My eyes, gaze upon Me intently.

        Listen to My thoughts, feel My emotions, enjoy My presence, contemplate My Word, listen to My perfect law of liberty, recognize My call upon your life and My will for today.

        And then walk it out.

        Persevere in it.

        Hold on to Me while I walk with you. And you will become a sign for My kingdom and a blessing for others.

        Walk in faith and I will walk with you!

        Activation: Go on a walk with Jesus and ask Him where you need to make bold steps and walk out your faith. In faith then declare His godly solutions over those situations as a preparation for your action steps. And then walk out your faith aware of His presence with you.

        22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 

        23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 

        24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 

        25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

        James 1:22-25 (ESV)

        Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God

        [a] Aleph

        1 How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
        Who walk in the law         [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

        2 Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies,
        And who         [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.

        3 They do no unrighteousness;
        They walk in His ways.

        4 You have ordained Your precepts,
        That we should follow them with         [careful] diligence.

        Psalm 119:1-4 (AMP)

        Footnotes
        1. Psalm 119:1 This long Psalm (176 verses) consists of separate units, each of which has its first word beginning with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet as a memory aid. The first verse begins with the first letter of the alphabet, aleph (first letter of the word blessed), and the last unit of the Psalm (vv 169-176) begins with tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Love Surrounds You

        Beloved – My love never fails.

        My love never fails!

        Once more beloved, I say to you, My love never fails.

        My love goes before you, making your paths straight. 

        My love covers your back, freeing you from all that would wrongly hold you in place.

        My love walks beside you, keeping your hands steady.

        My love rests upon your mind, aligning your thoughts to my perfect peace.

        My love cradles your heart, as if it were a priceless jewel.

        Beloved, My love for you never runs dry and it never falls short.

        Step into the depths of My love; let the waves of My love crash over you.

        My love for you is fierce and passionate; anchoring and steadfast.

        It is unchanging in its pursuit.

        Believe Me beloved one when I say, My love will never fail you. 

        Activation: Declare out loud, “the Lord’s love will never fail me!”

        How does it feel making this declaration? 

        Do you feel those words sinking deep within you or do you find that they rest in the air not landing on you at all? 

        Do the words make sense in your mind but you can tell your heart struggles to receive them? 

        Spend some time focusing on this declaration; say it out loud, write it down, read it again and again, go over this statement as many times in as many ways as it takes for this truth to fully sink into your being. Over the coming days and weeks, keep this thought in your mind and if you feel this truth begin to fade, declare it over and over until you feel strengthened again. 

        5 Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies, Your faithfulness [reaches] to the clouds.

        6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgments are like the great deep.
        O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

        7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

        Psalm 36:5-7 (AMP)

        Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps His covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes His unfailing love on those who love Him and obey His commands.

        Deuteronomy 7:9 (NLT)

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – True Love

        Dear One, what is True Love? 

        Society pursues it, people yearn for it, some claim to have found it – but without Me there is never fullness. True Love can only be found in Me, for I AM love! I AM patient and kind; not envious, boastful, dishonouring or delighting in evil; I rejoice in truth and keep no record of wrongs; I always protect, trust, hope and persevere. I never fail.

        For this reason, the key to beautiful life relationships is to first pursue relationship with Me. I long for you to love and be loved to an extent you have never experienced before. Will you step afresh into My presence? Will you take time to read My word? 

        I invite you into a place of deeper intimacy with Me. Here, I will gently heal the wounds of the past, empower you to forgive, increase your capacity to love, transform you into My likeness and show you your true worth. This will help you to set healthy boundaries, release attachments that are not of Me and protect you from settling for less than My best. 

        As you make knowing Me your priority, doors will open to heal, align & transform your relationships – positioning you for your God-given purpose. I came that you might have life and have it to the full! So today, Beloved, step into greater relationship with Me for I AM the One who will never fail you.

        Activation: Prayerfully sit with Holy Spirit and jot down your priorities – the things that take up the most space in your life. Are there any that need to change to put God first? Repent where other things have taken precedence and commit today to put God first. Now pray this prayer. “Lord I submit all my priorities and relationships to you. I long to know you more and choose to put you first in my life. As I do, will you bring all my other relationships into alignment with your plans and purposes? Please align me for your best. In the Name of Jesus, Amen”. Then rest in His presence and allow Him to speak and minister to you. 

        We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.

        1 John 4:16 (AMP)

        4 Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. 

        5 It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured. 

        6 It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail]. 

        7 Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening].

        8 Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away.

        1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (AMP)

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Undivided Heart

        My beloved bride, I long for you to know wholeness and complete security in My love.  When a close friend visits your home, do you keep them on the doorstep to talk, or do you invite them in to spend precious time with you?  

        I am standing at the door of your heart and asking of you to let Me in. In to the deep recesses of your innermost being where I desire truth.  It is only from that place of deep assurance in who you are in Me, of knowing how valued and loved you are, that you will live a life of joy, freedom, peace and victory.

        I see many in My Body with a fragmented and divided heart.  A heart that is fractured by the experiences of life, experiences that have given the enemy a landing strip for lies.  In that place of brokenness, both false comfort and false idols take hold. I Am asking you to be brave. Spend time with Me and open your heart fully so that I might restore and bring newness of life.

        My love exposes the lies

        My love heals the pain and trauma

        My love holds you steady, safe and secure

        My love is peace and power

        My love utterly transforms

        My desire for you is to live with an undivided heart. A heart full to overflowing with Holy awe and wonder, a heart which knows the truth and is completely healed and set free! 

        Activation – Intentionally spend time in the Lords’ presence and ask Him to search your heart and reveal areas that need healing or where lies need to be exposed. Pour out the pain in the presence of the Lord and release forgiveness where appropriate.  Ask God to heal and restore.  Repent of believing any lies and ask God for scriptures to replace the lies with truth.  Declare those verses over your life, every day for a month.  Ask someone you trust to pray with you, if you need to.

        Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.

        Revelation 3:20 (AMPC)

        Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
        And in the hidden part         [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

        Psalm 51:6 (AMP)

        11 Teach me Your way, O Lord,
        I will walk and live in Your truth;
        Direct my heart to fear Your name         [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

        12 I will give thanks and praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
        And will glorify Your name forevermore.

        Psalm 86:11-12 (AMP)

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Shattering Containment

        Beloved, 

        This I am the Divine One who grants you the same unrivalled power and authority that raised Christ from the dead. I gave you the keys of confidence and boldness to unlock these gifts to be used mightily for My Kingdom. Your light is meant to be seen, bright enough to combust darkness. Your voice is meant to be heard, mighty enough to shatter mountains. However, along the way, the lies that told you that you needed to be unseen and unheard to “keep the peace” stole your keys, muzzled your voice, and stuffed your spirit in a container.  This has now caused you to feel “less than” and afraid to speak when you walk into a room. But do not despair. For I am the God who exposes darkness to set you free and to restore you! Come to Me, and let Me break you out of containment. I want to restore your worth so that you feel confident to fully be in the space you’re in and bold enough to speak.

        I give you permission to walk into places unapologetically with your head held high. I give you permission to set atmospheres rather than blend in or be affected by them. I give you permission to use your voice to speak bold truth rather than worrying about offending the status quo.  I give you permission, and I say to you, “Lions, break out and roar! Be the free, bold, and shaking presence I created you to be for My Kingdom!”

        Activation:

        Go into the spirit and find Jesus there. Ask Him to show you where you are contained and what lies were spoken or believed in your past that allowed the containment. When He does, repent and tell Jesus that you no longer want to be contained. Ask Him to break you out and watch as He lovingly, yet powerfully does! Take note of what you see in the spirit and how it makes you feel. Did you see your spirit expand? Did you feel the release? Can you breather easier? Do your words flow smoother? Thank Jesus for freeing you. Honour Him by unapologetically being the person God created you to be as you live your life with the confidence and boldness of being His child and walking in His power and authority for the Kingdom’s sake.

        Confirm Your Calling and Election

        His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence

        2 Peter 1:3 (ESV)

        “Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth in wrath,
        A whirling tempest;
        It will whirl and burst on the heads of the wicked.

        Jeremiah 23:19 (AMP)

        preaching and proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness and boldness, unhindered and unrestrained.

        Acts 28:31 (AMP)

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Conquering Territory

        Just as I commanded My servant Joshua to conquer the Promised Land step by step and to drive out the enemy one by one, so I am calling you to take territory for My Kingdom. I have placed you strategically into your city, your neighbourhood, your workplace, your family and even your friendship circle. I have given you your particular sphere of influence. Now I am giving you a mission to fulfil.

        It is time for My Joshuas to arise. It is time for My warrior bride to step out with boldness and courage and to take ground for My Kingdom. 

        My promise to you is that I will always be with you. I will protect you, guide you and I will give you strategy and wisdom. What I require of you is to be a courageous and bold warrior as Joshua was. Do not be afraid of the enemy or be intimidated by his schemes. Instead, fix your eyes on Me and on the assignment that I am giving you to bring My Kingdom into your sphere of influence.

        Activation:

        Spend time with the LORD and ask Him to give you a specific assignment where you can bring His Kingdom into your daily life, your family, your neighbourhood or your workplace. Ask Him to show you what area of your sphere of influence He wants you to bring a heavenly change to and how He wants you to shift the spiritual atmosphere. He might want you to start prayer walking your local neighbourhood, make declarations for the businesses in your city, warfare for the children and young people in schools and universities. Whatever the assignment, trust God that He will give you a strategy. Commit for the next couple of weeks to conquer this specific territory for His Kingdom.

        I have given you every place on which the sole of your foot treads, just as I promised to Moses.

        Joshua 1:3 (AMP)

        Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble in dread before them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not fail you or abandon you.”

        Deuteronomy 31:6 (AMP)

        I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

        Philippians 4:13 (ESV)

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        Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – You Are My Warrior

        My child, as you enter into a new season be aware not to bring with you some aspects of the old mindset that I am requiring you to leave behind. 

        One aspect of these is lack of self-worth; where you have come to believe that you are not enough. The enemy has had you look at others around you wide-eyed – whispering in your ear that they are brighter, stronger and more anointed. It is time to break that lie off of you right now.

        Remember that you are mine. You are unique in who I have created you to be and in what I have called you to do. Your calling is yours alone, and you are My warrior. It’s time to break off any restriction and realise that even as you live your daily routine, your voice can decree, declare and change atmospheres. 

        I am doing a new thing dear one, so do not belittle yourself. I am using every single skill I put within you. I am increasing your anointing to show you how I can and will open unimaginable doors for My people. Now lift your head as the fighter that I have made you to be and remember who I say you are.

        Activation:

        Meditate on and declare aloud the words of Psalm 139 to remind yourself who you are in the Lord and that you are uniquely created for Kingdom purposes. As you do, ask Holy Spirit to reveal to you and deepen your understanding of, your full identity in Christ.  

        13 
        For You formed my innermost parts;
        You knit me         [together] in my mother’s womb.

        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.

        Psalm 139:13-15 (AMP)

        12 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, anyone who believes in Me [as Savior] will also do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these [in extent and outreach], because I am going to the Father. 

        13 And I will do whatever you ask in My name [[a]as My representative], this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified andcelebrated in the Son. 

        14 If you ask Me anything in My name [as My representative], I will do it.

        John 14:12-14 (AMP)

        Footnotes

        [a] John 14:13 Acting as Jesus’ representative means that the person calling on His name is in a close relationship with Him and wants what He wants.

          27 But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].

          1 CorinthIans 1:27 (AMP)

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