In this season I need you to stand your ground and to be alert.
I am expanding your spiritual discernment so that your prayers will hit the mark every time. I will show you how to partner with the angels. Keep pressing in, My child.
I encourage you to build your stamina right now.
Work with Me in this and exercise your worship muscles. Train your prayer muscles and stay in My presence a little while longer. In the times ahead I need the whole body of Christ to stay on the spiritual treadmill. To remain steadfast and to keep a posture of determination and persistence.
It is not a time to slow down, sit back, or give up. Where two or three are gathered there will be new power released straight from heaven. Your prayers will bring change to your city and even your nation. Your perseverance will see circumstances transform. And through your tenacity and increased stamina the enemy will be defeated!
Activation: Ask God to give you fresh strength and motivation in your daily routine of prayer and worship. Ask the Lord in what practical ways you can partner with Him. Think of ways you can build in extended times with God in your day to day life. Even if it’s just a few minutes extra each day.
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:18 (ESV)
Search for the Lord and for His strength; continually seek Him.
1 Chronicles 16:11 (NLT)
For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.
I remind you today that I have equipped you and you are battle ready! I have vanquished the enemy and you are victorious My child. You are armed with strategies of obedient faith and praise. With this arsenal you will see that the enemy has been immobilised.
In 2 Chronicles 20, Joshaphat, Judah’s King is informed that a vast army is coming to wage war against him and his people. He gathers together the men, women and children before the temple and prays. He declares, “Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.” As the prophetic word of victory comes from the Levite Jahaziel, Joshaphat begins to worship and leads the people into singing and praise before the battle. When they go to the battle site, they see the men of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir have turned on each other and destroyed one another. The battle is won and the people worship again.
Like Joshaphat, turn to Me, recognising that no one can withstand Me. I have given you and will always give you a battle strategy.
Activation:
What are you experiencing? What is overwhelming you? Talk to the Lord about it. Dwell on how He enabled Joshaphat to have victory and that He says you will have victory. Praise Him. Thank Him.
Enemies Destroy Themselves
So they got up early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe and trust in the Lord your God and you will be established (secure). Believe and trust in His prophets and succeed.”
2 Chronicles 20:20 (AMP)
Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
The wind of My Spirit is pushing you gently but steadily into the new. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Take My hand and I will lead you to untrodden ground, a land that I have prepared for you even before knitting you into your mother’s womb.
Don’t you fret. It’s one step at a time until your feet will walk firmly on the Rock. And as you walk without turning back, you will see a new landscape unfold. It’s the land of the living, the land of hope, the land of provision, the place that you have dreamt about and asked for. So just come with Me, trusting that I AM the way and I won’t let you down.
Activation: Put on some soft worship music. As you stay in God’s presence, picture yourself hand in hand with Jesus. Look around,and with your sanctified imagination, see where you are. What type of scenery is it? Where are you? Feel the solid ground under your feet, smell the air. Do you hear the sound of waves or the chirping of birds in the woods? Ask Jesus where he is taking you and ask him to help you not to look back.
For You formed my innermost parts;You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13 (AMP)
But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:26 (NLT)
‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God.I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’
Has it felt like you’ve been stuck in a rut recently?
As if you are unable to go any further, stuck in the same old patterns?
Don’t despair, My child.
Be prepared to steer away from the dirt track as I am taking you back out on the highway. I am pulling you out of old traditions. I am breaking you out of the debilitating routine, and releasing the wheels from spinning in the mud.
There is a turn coming.
It may feel like a backward step initially, but it will pivot you towards the new direction I am calling you to go.
You are getting the thrill back, and the exuberance of being on the road again. The pace will pick up and it may feel scary at first, but you are ready for it. Be aware of My presence right next to you and listen out for My clear directions. I will show you how to keep in step with Me. You will finally be able to shift gears as you pursue the journey.
Activation: Take a moment to write down patterns or old methods you feel stuck in. Then write down what change you’d like to see. Ask God to help you to trust that He will bring these changes to pass. If there is fear of leaving the old, confess it to the Lord and ask Him for increased boldness to step out.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)
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.”
You showed dedication to your growth, so I called you out from the nest. Oh the faith it took for you to leap! You pushed past fear and now look at you soar! This is what you dreamed of night after night. Now, I get to marvel at you flying high in the open sky.
You have longed to be in this place, and the freedom feels amazing! However, the temptation will be to fly back to the nest when times get tough.
Precious one, fight the temptation to regress. Fight it at all costs.
I did not bring you out for you to regress back to a place you have outgrown. I have you on a forward trajectory. You must hold on tight to your progress and keep pressing forward into the new. I want to keep taking you higher and higher. But, I can only do that if you stay strong.
You can do it. You overcome with Jesus.
Break patterns of regression by rising up in your authority. Don’t go back to what was comfortable.
Fly against the wind to make you stronger for the more. If you do, I will see to it that you reach heights beyond what you’ve ever hoped or imagined.
Activation:
Take an account of your life. Do you notice a pattern of regression in any area, such as your freedom, relationships, work, ministry, family or finances? If so, ask the Lord to expose what causes the regression and reveal how to overcome it. You overcome by pressing forward with Jesus instead of retreating with the enemy in the difficult moments. Then, watch as the Lord breaks you past barriers and takes you higher than you’ve ever been before for an amazing and freedom-filled adventure
18 “Do not remember the former things, or ponder the things of the past.
19 “Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (AMP)
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.
What wonder there is for you to enjoy! While there is much concern and heaviness in the world’s atmosphere, remember that you can live above it! You are seated with Christ at My right hand. Remember the authority you carry and position yourself accordingly. You can know My timing and recognize the seasons without becoming burdened and undone.
Indeed! While there is much challenge and heartache, I would have you focused on the wonder of My Kingdom, pulling people up high with you!
Take the stance of a victor, a conqueror! Posture yourself in wondrous awe and joyful gratitude as you remember that you have the victory.
While the world’s circumstances may weigh upon you, remember who it is that dwells within you. Let your spirit lead you through your days as you find your security in Me. For as you dwell upon that truth and step into the fullness of the authority I have bestowed upon you, you will find yourself shaking the darkness and shining a light of hope upon those who need it most.
Activation: Turn to Ephesians 1:15-22. First, read these verses over yourself as a declaration and move into a time of prayer as Holy Spirit leads. Next, ask Holy Spirit to bring to mind someone who you can pray for. Again, using Ephesians 1:15-22 as a guide, spend time praying and decreeing over their life.
15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,
16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers;
17 [I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].
18 And [I pray] that the eyes of your heart [the very center and core of your being] may be enlightened [flooded with light by the Holy Spirit], so that you will know and cherish the [a]hope [the divine guarantee, the confident expectation] to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the [b]saints (God’s people),
19 and [so that you will begin to know] what the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His [active, spiritual] power is in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength
20 which He [c]produced in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion [whether angelic or human], and [far above] every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and world but also in the one to come.
22 And He [d]put all things [in every realm] in subjection under Christ’s feet, and [e]appointed Him as [supreme and authoritative] head over all things in the church,
Ephesians 1:15-22 (AMP)
Footnotes [a] Ephesians 1:18 In the NT the word “hope” expresses a cherished desire along with the confident assurance of obtaining that which is longed for. [b] Ephesians 1:18 See note v 1. [c] Ephesians 1:20 The first of three manifestations of God’s power exhibited in Christ. [d] Ephesians 1:22 The second manifestation of God’s power exhibited in Christ. [e] Ephesians 1:22 This is the third manifestation of God’s power exhibited in Christ.
7The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield; my heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.
8 The Lord is their [unyielding] strength, And He is the fortress of salvation to His anointed.
9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
Psalm 28:7-9 (AMP)
6 Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.
7 And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].
Unapologetically Marcia 