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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Run From Offence

My beloved, I know you encounter difficult people. They make you feel drained, hurt and sad. While it’s easy to take offence and respond adversely, you know that is not the Kingdom way.

Precious one, My heart is for you to go higher.

I am calling you to show love, kindness and patience to the hard because they need it the most. Showing them love will open their hearts to receive My love so I can do a work in them. Closing your heart inspires contempt, giving space to the enemy so he can hurt them more. It takes nothing to love easy people, but I have set you apart to love the hard. If not you, then who? When you recognize the truth that they are acting out of wounds, your heart softens, unlocking compassion. And, when you acknowledge you have hurt people too, you are humbled to forgive and take the high road.

My child, do not fall into the trap of offence. Remember, this is not a battle against flesh and blood, but against evil. See their worth through My eyes, and focus on your assignment with them.

My heart is for them to experience My love, see the truth, repent, and be set free. You expand the Kingdom with love. Love the difficult people in your life. Do good to them, bless them, and pray that they find healing and freedom. You were once in their shoes, but thankfully you found Me. I want them to find Me, too.

Activation: Take an account of the difficult people in your life. Choose to repent for holding onto any hurt and unforgiveness towards them. Lay it at Jesus’s feet, and allow Him to mend your wounds once and for all. Root your self-worth in God. Declare your healing, and armour up. Anticipate seeing them. Set appropriate boundaries, but make a choice now to show love, kindness and patience no matter how they treat you. Pray for their hearts and bless them, that they may find God.

⁴³“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor(fellow man) and hate your enemy.’

⁴⁴But I say to you, ^[a]love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

⁴⁵so that you may [show yourselves to] be the children of your Father who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on those who are evil and on those who are good, and makes the rain fall on the righteous [those who are morally upright] and the unrighteous [the unrepentant, those who oppose Him].

⁴⁶For if you love [only] those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?

⁴⁷And if you greet only your brothers[wishing them God’s blessing and peace], what more [than others] are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles [who do not know the Lord] do that?

⁴⁸You, therefore, will be perfect [growing into spiritual maturity both in mind and character, actively integrating godly values into your daily life], as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:43-48 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Matthew 5:44 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.

²³Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.

²⁴And the Lord’s servant^[a] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

²⁵correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

²⁶and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
2 Timothy 2:23-26 (ESV)
Footnotes
[a] 2 Timothy 2:24 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Missing Piece

I long to bring you into the family of believers. The hurt you have faced has kept you away and isolated for far too long. It is time for restoration. Can you trust Me with this part of your life? Can you allow Me to show you that you belong in community with others? Your desire for connection sometimes brings heartache. Hurt does often come from those we allow in, but so does growth, love, and acceptance. Today I declare, you belong!

It is time to open your heart again and allow Me to reach down to the pain and replace the hurt with My love. My love also comes through others. You belong in the grip of that love because you are a part of the body. When you are missing, part of the body is missing. It is time to reconnect again. I am calling you out of your comfort of isolation and asking you to connect to those around you.

Activation: You are so loved, and I want to share you with others. Let’s take some steps together. Close your eyes and imagine with me…Can you imagine belonging to a body of believers, a weekend of fun and games or maybe dinner with some friends? What would it take to make any of this a reality? Could you make a call and arrange dinner or a game night? Or just one step into a church for one service? I believe in you; you are wanted and needed.

For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord, ‘Because they called you an outcast saying:“This is Zion; no one seeks her.” ’
Jeremiah 30:17 (NKJV)

²⁴while our more presentable parts do not require it. But God has combined the [whole] body, giving greater honor to that part which lacks it,

²⁵so that there would be no division or discord in the body [that is, lack of adaptation of the parts to each other], but that the parts may have the same concern for one another.

²⁶And if one member suffers, all the parts share the suffering; if one member is honored, all rejoice with it.

²⁷Now you [collectively] are Christ’s body, and individually [you are] members of it [each with his own special purpose and function].
1 Corinthians 12:24-27 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Feast

Receive my invitation to the big banquet!

My child, tuck in and eat to your heart’s content. Fill yourself with the goodness of My Word. I will satisfy your hunger. Open your mouth and I will fill it with the nectar of Heaven.

There are things you have been chewing over for months without being able to digest or swallow it. Now the time has come. Expect your knowledge and revelation of scripture to increase in the next few months. As you keep feeding and mulling over the passages, it will truly become like sweet honey in your mouth.

I will grow your capacity to apply scripture to your life. I will transform the core of your inner being and give you such a deep hunger to know more. Healing joy will wash over you as you read. Supernatural wisdom will be applied to circumstances around you. Spontaneously you will bring scripture into your daily conversations and share insights at work and in your family. Let the feast begin!

Activation:

Select a story from the Bible and set aside time to study it in detail. Seek out the deeper truths from the passage and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal how it can be applied to your life. Consider getting a new concordance or a study bible for future learning.

Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me,

“Behold (hear Me), I have put My words in your mouth.
Jeremiah 1:9 (AMP)

Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became a joy to me and the delight of my heart; for I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:16 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – White As Snow

The work I did on the cross was more than enough to set you free from your wrongdoings. Remember that I washed you clean once and for all. Do not doubt that you are clean. I’ve made you whiter than the whitest snow.

I have already forgiven you. Don’t think that I still hold anything against you. Let go of those thoughts and know that you are forgiven.

You are innocent. I will reveal to you the insights and wisdom you will need during this time in your life. I need you to be cunning as a serpent and harmless as a dove.

The enemy has tried to accuse you, but I have spoken up on your behalf in the courtroom of heaven. I am a righteous judge and I will crush all allegations made against you. Allow Me to be your great defender. Hear My words once again: You are innocent.

Activation:

Read the scriptures below out loud. Insert your own name to declare the truths over yourself. Continue to declare it until you feel the words settle in your spirit. Forgive anyone who has caused pain or harm to you or your loved ones in recent events. Ask God for His compassion and peace to refill you.

Life in the Spirit

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.[a]

2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 (ESV)
Footnotes
[a] Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
[b] Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me

Your innocence will be clear to everyone. He will vindicate you with the blazing light of justice shining down as from the noonday sun.
Psalm 37:6 (TLB)

“The Lord is your mighty defender, perfect and just in all His ways; your God is faithful and true; He does what is right and fair.
Deuteronomy 32:4 (GNT)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Adoration

My child, I absolutely adore you.

Will you receive that truth today?

I look upon you with great joy and it is My delight to lavish you with My love and affection.

Today, feel the warmth of My adoration. Stop for a minute and let Me encapsulate you with My arms. Breathe in My love; soak in My peace; rest in My adoration of you.

Will you bask with Me today in the warmth of My love for you?

Can you hear how My heart leaps with joy at the mere thought of you?

Activation:

Take a moment to quiet yourself in your Father’s presence. If you need to worship or pray in tongues to quiet yourself, do so. As you feel yourself becoming still, posture yourself to receive the truth of how much your Father adores you. In return, reflect on how you love and adore Him as well. If you feel so inclined, read this prayer aloud:

Thank-you Father that no matter how high I climb or how low I sink, I can never be lost from your love. May I live to praise You all of my days, and may I become increasingly aware that my greatest joy is to sit in adoration at Your feet. May my heart’s cry be to adore You with everything that is within me. Teach me Your ways and may all that I am reflect You. For each moment of each day, may I never forget Your beauty and splendour. I love You, Father, and I pray today that this love will continue to grow and flourish becoming fiery and all-consuming. Amen

Praise for the Lord’s Goodness.

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

1 It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night,

3 With an instrument of ten strings and with the harp,
With a solemn sound on the lyre.
Psalm 92:1-3 (AMP)

37 And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

38 This is the great and first commandment.
Matthew 22:37-38 (ESV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance- Stand With Me

Come up higher, above the noise, above the distractions, above the drama of everyday life. Come up higher, above the news reports, above your perspective to the place of vision.

Here, you can lay your burdens down at My feet and I will take them from you. Here, you can hear My voice and My will for you and I can give you what you were designed to carry, for I know the plans I have for you. Here our relationship can deepen and I can show you the depths of My heart for you and those around you. For I long to give you fresh vision and a new perspective that can only be viewed from the heights.

Come up higher and worship Me above your circumstances. Let Me take you to the place that only those who follow My ways can go, where even the air is pure. Allow Me to captivate you once more with the wonder of who I AM. In the place of My perspective you will find peace above the storms, rest where you are weary and renewed strength. You see, it is necessary to climb the heights so that I can show you how to truly partner with My heart and My ways to bring breakthrough on earth. I am walking just ahead of you, leading the way… will you follow Me?

Activation:

Take a moment with Jesus and pass each of your worries and burdens to Him, asking Him to take them from you. Then ask Jesus if He could show you anything that is blocking your spiritual walk with Him. He may bring to mind a person you need to forgive or an area you need to repent of. Take the time to deal with what He shows you. Then, as an act of faith, stand up and take a step forward, declaring, “Lord Jesus, I chose to move out of the old and follow you to new heights”. As you prophetically stand in the new position, place your hands in front of you and ask Jesus to release what He has for you today. Then rest and receive in His presence.

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9 (AMP)

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?

33 He makes my feet like [a]hinds’ feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble]; He sets me [securely] upon my high places.

34 He trains my hands for war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalm 18:31-34 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Psalm 18:33 I.e. the hoofs of a doe.

(The Shulammite Bride)

8 “Listen! My beloved! Behold, he comes, climbing on the mountains, leaping and running on the hills!

9 “My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, he is looking through the windows, he is gazing through the lattice.

10 “My beloved speaks and says to me, ‘Arise, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
Song of Songs 2:8-10 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Present Yourself

When the walls of Jericho came down, who was at the front of the march? Those who played the instruments and led the charge with song and worship. Worship is one of the most powerful weapons in My Kingdom. I would have you view worship as a battlefield to fight from, pushing back the enemy’s advances.

When My people praise My name, things change.

When My people humble themselves, things change.

When My people posture themselves in adoration, things change.

It’s not because I need to hear how great I am. It’s because you need to step into a place of honour and humility before your King! The one who does have the capability to order your steps, make straight your paths and defend you in times of attack. I AM the I AM and I can and will defend and preserve you. You only need to present yourself before Me, your King, and allow My presence to guide you where you need to go.

You may not feel like worshipping, you may be tired, you could be grieving, perhaps you feel alone. Worship, however, is not just in music for it is a life that you live. It is a lifestyle of praise and adoration, of obedience and joy, kindness and compassion.

Present yourself to Me today in a posture of worship.

Song of Praise for God’s Favor

O Lord, You are my God;
I will exalt You, I will praise and give thanks to Your name; for You have done miraculous things, plans formed long, long ago, [fulfilled] with perfect faithfulness.
Isaiah 25:1 (AMP)

O Lord, You are my God;
I will exalt You, I will praise and give thanks to Your name; for You have done miraculous things, plans formed long, long ago, [fulfilled] with perfect faithfulness.
Psalm 46:10 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Give Me Your Grief

Many of you have hearts heavy laden with grief. I recognize this.

Today, I ask you to put your hand into Mine and trust Me to lead you through this process. Let Me have every last bit of this pain that wrecks you. You are not meant to walk through this process alone. I am here, wanting to fill those voided spaces. It’s ok to grieve; it is a necessary process in life. It can not, however, become a place that you live in and never leave. You were made for love and joy and that I can give back to you when you allow Me into your most broken places, even where it feels impossible for you to feel joy.

Do you trust Me? Will you give Me all the broken and lost places of your heart?

Put your hand in Mine and let Me have every part of you, especially the painful ones, because I can take everything and turn it into something beautiful.

Activation:

Come into the presence of the Lord. Put on some worship music and begin to worship the Lord for His goodness. Just find one thing to be grateful for and thank Him. See yourself packing away into a box all the deep grief and suffering that you have been carrying. As you do so, see yourself releasing the pain. See it going into the box, close it and you give the box to Jesus. Allow Him to take these things and replace them with joy, peace, and everlasting love. See yourself receiving these beautiful gifts in exchange.

²⁸“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].

²⁹Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest (renewal, blessed quiet) for your souls.

³⁰For My yoke is easy [to bear] and My burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30 (AMP)

³To all who mourn in Israel,^[a] He will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for His own glory.
Isaiah 61:3 (NLT)
Footnotes
[a] 61:3 Hebrew in Zion.

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The Good Shepherd

I am the Good Shepherd. My aim is not to scold you or lecture you. My goal is always to help you advance and succeed. Don’t interpret a setback as a disaster. Don’t panic during an extended dry spell. Instead, stick with your commitment when the going gets tough. My staff will guide you and give clear directions.

My rod will protect you when the enemy is attempting to attack. And just as I shepherd My people, I want you to look out for others around you. Care for them. Be patient and wait for people to turn around. Serve with enthusiasm. Lead by example. Nurture My people and give them spiritual food. Encourage them. Speak the truth in love. Lift up your eyes and see the flock around you, whether small or large in numbers. Search them out. Follow My example and lead them on the right path, to My pasture land where they can find rest.

Activation:

“The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” What does it mean to you personally that the Lord has laid down His life for you? Would you be willing to do the same for others? Ask the Holy Spirit who the people are that you could serve or lead in this season. Is there someone you could mentor? Is there a person or a group that you could bring guidance and direction to? Pray for wisdom in how to go about it.

11 [a]I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd [b]lays down His [own] life for the sheep.

12 But the hired man [who merely serves for wages], who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

13 The man runs because he is a hired hand [who serves only for wages] and is not concerned about the [safety of the] sheep.

14 I am the Good Shepherd, and I know [without any doubt those who are] My own and My own know Me [and have a deep, personal relationship with Me]—

15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down My [very own] life [sacrificing it] for the benefit of the sheep.
John 10:11:15 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] John 10:11 The fourth of the memorable “I am” statements. See note 6:35.
[b] John 10:11 A reference to the atoning sacrifice Jesus was going to make to provide the way for sinners to be saved and reconciled with God.

No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends.
John 15:13 (AMP)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Burn for Me

I call you today to give yourself over to Me to allow Me, the God who is an all consuming fire, fill your life, your senses, your nostrils, and your whole being. Let the fire consume you. Give yourself over to Me utterly.

In the surrender you receive the promises I have to give to you – not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit. Don’t put off surrendering to Me. Dive in and enjoy the glory I have for you! Surrender comes from a heart of joy and gladness: gratitude is in every part of the act of giving. As you give yourself to Me I give Myself to you. Prepare to receive all this. Expect My goodness.

Activation: This is God’s invitation to reset your internal dialogue with gratitude. To do that, go to the source of all gratitude: rejoice in who He is. The God of all good gifts, the God who made everything, the God who is your safety, the God who is your gladness!

Take time today to encounter Him saying, ‘I thank you that you are…’ and then declare an aspect of who He is. Maybe work through the list of His names in the Bible.

As you put yourself in a posture of rejoicing, you are putting yourself in a posture of surrender – the posture in which God will come to you with everything He has for you, because it is a posture of complete faith, attentiveness and obedience.

As you thank Him about every aspect of who He is, notice when you come across an aspect where you hold back or are a little unsure about feeling how good God is. You need to understand that part of His character, His goodness, and set yourself rejoicing in Him, so ask Him to reveal it to you and dig deep to find out about it. Let your heart be soft – let His promises and answers arrive in whatever form He wants them to take. Allow His answer to be something you weren’t expecting. Expect to see His goodness.

This is your strategy this season for how you choose to be filled with more faith and so live in God’s goodness.

I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man[a] returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
Luke 18:8 (NLT)
Footnotes
[a] 18:8 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

“Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth; your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity], the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 58:8 (AMP)

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