Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Above the Chaos

Beloved, I, the Lord, have set a higher standard for My people to rest and take refuge in Me. I am calling you to rise to higher places with Me far above the chaos and distractions around you. My desire is for you to experience My vantage point as we soar together at great heights.  As we begin to feel the thermals and ascend, take my hand and don’t look down. Stay focused on Me. I will be that comforting and stabilizing force as you rise. 

As we ascend through the clouds, keep your eyes on Me only. Just like an image becomes unclear when a snow globe is shaken, avoid fixating on the clouds or anything else that can hinder your view of what I wish to reveal to you. By maintaining your focus on Me, I will guide you toward clarity. With Me, you’ll find peace as you understand your new surroundings while staying calm and allowing everything to become clear

Activation:

Picture yourself inside of a shaken snow globe with the snow swirling about you. As you visualize this, reflect on a current situation in your life where you need the Lord’s clarity. Ask the Lord to share with you what He sees and His perspective regarding this situation. Ask Him to reveal its clear details to you. Additionally, according to Philippians 4:7, ask for His peace, which transcends all understanding, to guard your heart and mind in this situation. As you feel His peace settle you, visualize the swirling snow settling, allowing the image He wishes to show you to come into full focus and with clarity.

10 “Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

Psalm 46:10-11 (AMP)

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.

Psalm 32:8 (AMP)

The Sea Is Divided

13 Then Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid! Take your stand [be firm and confident and undismayed] and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for those Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see again. 

14 The LORD will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.”

Exodus 14:13-14 (NKJV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Be Intentional

My beloved ones, your quest for new heights, depths, and widths in Me brings Me great joy.  You have meditated My word and prophesied accurately as led by Holy Spirit. I commend your efforts and salute you for that. Additionally, you have even assisted those in need and done what was right. But there is one thing that has gradually diminished and gone amiss. As you have concentrated on doing the work of the Kingdom, you have inadvertently forgotten the core foundation of My Kingdom: My new commandment to love one another, both within the church and in the larger world. The time is up for mere “minuets” – superficial politeness and lifeless dry-bone Christianity.  

It is time to plunge deeply into My love and freely give of Me as freely you have received. The time has come to genuinely care for what is going on in other people’s lives and to give with intention, in whatever form that may be. Just as I sent My only begotten Son to model pure love and selflessness, I am calling you to love with the same unconditional love. I am beckoning you to defy social norms and to “get your hands dirty” even with those who seem to be the most “improbable” people according to society’s standards. My children, I want you to stretch wide and get out of your comfort zone, for generosity knows no bounds in My Kingdom. So invest in others and dare to go out of your way for the sake of My love.  In so doing, you will truly be recognised as Mine.

Activation: 

Take some time to reflect on the love that you’ve extended recently to other people beyond your family, friends, and those within your close circles. Have you intentionally demonstrated the true love of Jesus rather than just religious traditions? Take a moment and examine with Holy Spirit any feelings that you might have against specific groups of people. If so, ask Him to reveal the reasons why and repent. As you pray, listen for practical ways that Holy Spirit may guide you to love others as Jesus loved you.

34 I am giving you a new commandment, that you [a]love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. 

35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”

John 13:34-35 (AMP)

Footnotes

[a] John 13:34 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.

    The Excellence of Love

    1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not [a]love [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. 

    2 And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries, and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing. 

    3 If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body [b]to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all.

    1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (AMP)

    Footnotes

    [a] 1 Corinthians 13:1 I.e. a profound thoughtfulness and unselfish concern for other believers regardless of their circumstances or station in life.

    [b] 1 Corinthians 13:3 Early mss read so that I may boast, i.e. as a martyr.

      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 13:8 (AMP)

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      Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Eyes of Fire

      My beloved, I see you. You captivate Me. I desire to increase the intensity of My gaze. Will you come into greater levels of exposure before Me? Be brave, be vulnerable. My eyes of love are also eyes of fire, ready to penetrate your innermost being with power and life. Step closer, feel the heat, remove all veils, and let down your guard. For in this proximity, My eyes will burn impurities off you; they will burn off the things that you are carrying that I have not asked; they will burn off the passions that have dampened your resolve for obedience; they will burn off the distractions that slow you down. Through repentance, I will burn off the sin that has felt like it has consumed you and see it no longer. But beloved, you must come willingly, soft-heartedly, and with a desire for Me to see every part of you.

      After the burning what will remain? The gold. What you have built for eternity for My kingdom will remain strong and refined. You will stand purified, strengthened, and holy as a beacon of My grace and mercy, as one who can release hunger for holiness into My bride. You will stand in a place of greater authority and influence; whatever I overcome in you will become a sharpened sword in your hand, an area where the enemy will recognise your victory and fear you.

      But My beloved, even greater than this, will be the unhindered intimacy that you will step into, deeper than you have ever experienced as you become aware of how fully known and fully loved you are.

      Prayer:

      Jesus, I come close. I am hungry for more of You, and I long to be vulnerable and exposed in Your presence. I relinquish the veils before me, even the ones I am not aware of. Jesus, purify me in Your gaze; burn off what should not be there. I long to stand before You completely surrendered, transformed by Your fire, and empowered by Your presence in me. You are my strength, and You equip me for battle.

      31 For who is God, but the LORD?
      Or who is a rock, except our God,

      32 The God who encircles me with strength
      And makes my way blameless?

      Psalm 18:31-32 (AMP)

      14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, [glistening white] like snow; and His [all-seeing] eyes were [flashing] like a flame of fire [piercing into my being]. 

      15 His feet were like burnished [white-hot] bronze, refined in a furnace, and His voice was [powerful] like the sound of many waters.

      Revelation 1:14-15 (AMP)

      14 If any person’s work which he has built [on this foundation, that is, any outcome of his effort] remains [and survives this test], he will receive a reward. 

      15 But if any person’s work is burned up [by the test], he will suffer the loss [of his reward]; yet he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has barely escaped] through fire.

      1 Corinthians 3:14-15 (AMP)

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      Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Stone of Help

      I know the language of communication you use, and in this season, I will use what is around you day by day to communicate with you. I want you to take note of the ways I speak to you in your daily life as a reminder of My complete omnipresence and encouragement of My closeness for the seasons ahead when you will need this reminder. It is time to raise an Ebenezer: a reminder of who I am and My involvement in your life, from days past to the very present. I will be the same God in the seasons ahead, and as you raise your ‘stone of help’ (eben = stone; ezer = help), I will be an ever-present help for you in times of trouble. Remember Me first as your Father, the one who looks after you and has adopted you as My child into My kingdom. You will always find your hope in Me. For I am your great fortress, the Almighty God, your very present Father who welcomes you in every time and season. Wherever I take you, remember that I am Yours, and you are Mine. 

      Activation: 

      In Samuel 7:12, the people of Israel raised an Ebenezer (a stone of help) as a reminder of how God delivered Israel from their peril, serving as a symbol of gratitude for the Lord’s divine help. God wants to remind you how He is always in your life, protecting you and helping you in all your times of trouble. Ask the Lord today how you can raise an ‘Ebenezer’ in your life to thank and honour Him as your Deliverer and Help. This could simply be a song, a shout, praise, or anything that serves as a reminder of who He is, prompting you to stop and remember the Lord’s faithfulness as you give thanks to Him, your ever-present help in times of trouble. Ask, and He will show you!

      I have told you these things so that My joy anddelight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and  complete  and overflowing.

      John 15:11 (AMP)

      5 He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention  and  good pleasure of His will— 

      6 to the praise of His glorious grace and  favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ].

      Ephesians 1:5-6 (AMP)

      Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and he named it Ebenezer (stone of help), saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

      1 Samuel 7:12 (AMP)

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      Tuesday Morning Scripture 1 Samuel 7

      Rescue from the Philistines

      1 So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and they consecrated Eleazar his son to care for the ark of the Lord. 

      2 And from that day the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim for a very long time, for it was twenty years [until the reign of King David]; and all the house of Israel lamented (wailed)  and  grieved after the LORD.

      3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD  with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth (pagan goddesses) from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him only; and He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.” 

      4 So the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the LORD alone.

      5 Samuel said, “Gather all Israel together at Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you.” 

      6 So they gathered at Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

      7 Now when the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the lords (governors) of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the Israelites heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 

      8 And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, so that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” 

      9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried out to the  LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him. 

      10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines approached for the battle against Israel. Then the LORD  thundered with a great voice that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated  and fled before Israel. 

      11 And the men of Israel came out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as [the territory] below Beth-car.

      12 Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and he named it Ebenezer (stone of help), saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.” 

      13 So the Philistines were subdued and they did not come anymore into Israelite territory. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 

      14 The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered the cities’ territory from the Philistines. Also there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

      Samuel’s Ministry

      15 Now Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 

      16 He used to go annually on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places. 

      17 Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there; and there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the LORD.

      1 Samuel 7 (AMP)