January 1 2024
Leaven - (a substance, typically yeast, that is used in dough to make it rise.
Galations 5v9
New International Version
"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough"
English Standard Version
"A little leaven leavens the whole lump"
Physical leaven is an agent like yeast that is introduced into a lump of dough. The yeast produced bubbles of gas in the process called fermentation. These bubbles spread throughout the entire lump of dough causing the dough to rise. This is how a typical loaf of bread is made. Spiritual leaven is anything we allow into our lives contrary to the word of God. Allowing spiritual leaven into our lives can lead to SINFUL BEHAVIOUR.
So, when the Apostle Paul says in Gal 5:9 "A little leaven leavens the whole lump", what is he saying to the Galatians and to us?
He's saying that a little bit of 'untruth', a little bit of 'false teaching,' a little bit of 'impure thoughts' is leaven that can affect and transform the whole person. Leaven is allowed in through the mind (thoughts), then seeps into the heart, creating a desire. That desire, if strong enough, can lead to a sinful action. A sinful action, in turn, can eventually destroy a person's walk with Christ, even a person's life.
Isn't this why God's word instructs us in 2 Corinthians 10v5, "bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ". In Phil 4v8 "Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, mediate on these things".
In Prov 23v7 "For as he (a man or woman) thinks in his heart, so is he/she". What this implies is that the emotions within our heart will be made manifest, eventually.)
What's the definition of SIN? The dictionary definition of sin is "A deliberate act of transgression against Divine Law, it is behaviour contrary to the word of God.
January 5 2024
Bees
Because of all their hard work, bees are often associated with industriousness and other qualities such as:
In addition, many connect the appearance of bees to miracles and divinity.
For all the bees’ work, they are undoubtedly synonymous with busyness. Their industrious nature is also the reason behind the origin of the simile “busy as a bee.”
Bees may appear in the Bible as symbols of productivity and prosperity. In some passages, they are seen as a sign of God’s divine providence. Bees are also symbolic of hard work and diligence, with their industrious nature characterized in the scriptures. Bees in the Bible are found in Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah, and Judges.
Personal note: The Lord directed me to this picture. I then found the above information online.
The Lord is saying: keep pure, be focused, dedicated, persevere, work hard, work together and you will prosper. Ask God for wisdom, wait on him to renew your strength.
Isaiah 40:31 King James Version
31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
January 27 2024
Impact
For I am coming in like a flood. Thick and fast. You won't be able to contain everything - so write it all down. I am giving dreams, plans, designs, opening doors, realms, endeavours. New music, new visions. There is nothing you can ever compare it too. Nothing can stop it. Listen intently, expect, desire and hold fast to all I am showing you.
Listen intently because if you do, you will capture all that I have for you. WRITE it down, be mindful and purposeful. Direct and focused.
There will be no doubt that I AM THE GREAT I AM.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 Peter 4:10
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace
(Personal note: I saw a container full and overflowing. The unusual thing about the overflowing was that I saw packages. Capture as much as the overflow as you can, it's going to be EPIC)
January 2024
TRUTH
I hear someone kicking the tin can down a road. I believe the Lord is saying - stop listening to the "noise" and pay attention. I hear LOUD railroad crossing signal bells.
TRUTH BOMBS
This morning as I woke the Lord showed me massive, big words saying Truth Bombs. I believe these truth bombs are massive. I believe they are related to the GLORY word the Lord gave me.
There was once a little girl and a little boy. They were born into a world. They grew and grew. They became part of this world and believed all that was told to them. They put their trust in the leaders and the teachings of the day. They put their trust in believing that people of that world, had their best interests at heart. They put their trust in history. They put their trust in science. They put their trust in governments. They put their trust in food. They put their trust in medicines. They put their trust in famous people. They put their trust in what was told to them in the news. They built their lives around these core beliefs.
Overnight they awakened to have all their trusts and core beliefs come crashing down before them. They saw the hypocrisy and the lies. They saw the pain and horror that had been done to multitudes of people and children. They stood there in unbelief. They stood there not knowing which way to run or go. They stood there totally bewildered and totally dumfounded. They could not move.
God saw their pain and came rushing to hold them up. He came rushing to carry them and to be ALL and everything to them. He came to their rescue, and he came with such a force they felt like they were floating. They felt like they were light as air and were lifted up to high places, but their feet were still on the ground. He took all of their pain, and he took all of their confusion. He replaced it with his glorious presence. He replaced it with HIMSELF. He replaced it with His GLORY.
It is only God who can give us the strength and comfort to get us through.
February 29 2024
Bear Down
The meaning of Bear Down?
:to exert full strength and concentrated attention
To those who do not know me and to those who do. IT IS TIME LIKE NO OTHER and it is time to Bear Down. It is time to seek me with all of your heart. It is time to seek me for answers, for direction and guidance. It is time to bury yourself in my word. It is time to USE my word, to speak MY word and to let it guide you in EVERY way. Holy Spirit will talk with you and lead you.
Jeremiah 29:13 New International Version. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
To those who do not know me-
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I’ve come that they may have life and have it abundantly.
To those who know me-
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding.
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Here are 7 ways the Holy Spirit speaks to us:
The Holy Spirit still speaks to us today. You can learn to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit in your life by experience and growth. When the Holy Spirit speaks, it is always with truth, love, wisdom, and grace. The Holy Spirit is always in agreement with the Word of God.
March 20 2024
Breakthrough
I hear BREAKTHROUGH
I hear CHANAGE
I hear OVERTURN
I hear VICTORY
New Living Translation JOHN 10:10
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
April 14 2024
Script
I hear the Lord say, "Let me be the writer of your day. Let me write the script for your life. Trust me. Trust me even if what I write is not what you had planned. Trust me even when things do not go your way.
Personal note:
I see a picture of an ink pen writing on a piece of parchment paper. I see the letters and words before the ink dries.
I know the Lord is saying - stay as close as you can. Seek Him and listen. Trust Him completely for everything. Hang on his every word.
Isaiah 55:8-9
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."
Jeremiah 29:11-14
For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord,
May 2 2024
Resilience
For I am changing you. I have been for a while now. You have not seen it. I have been strengthening you to be able to cope with the present day. I have and am showing you another way. Where there have been times where you have felt overwhelmed and crushed, I was and am there. You have a resilience that would never have found its way. You can come into the Holy Place like never before. Not because I wasn't letting you, but because now you SEE Me. The doors have been opened and your heart and soul have stepped into a new realm. You now see how close I am. You can now talk with me throughout your day. You can now see me more physically and spiritually. I am right here. Now that you know that - now that you have this discernment, now that you are communicating this way with the Almighty one who made the heavens and earth - think what you can do. Think of the power and influence you can have and change the world - your world around you, for the better. Think of the amazing possibilities. Do you think I give this power to everyone? Only those who love me and I trust do I give this to. Be sure to seek me, be sure to humble yourselves and to keep humble. Be sure to love your one true God. I do not give this power and authority for your benefit. I give this power to save the lost and heal the world. Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid. I send my workers into the field. I give them the tools and abilities to do the task at hand. With this presence - MY presence comes much commitment. Lay down everything that is not of me. Lay down everything that hurts. Lay down everything that eats away at your soul and spirit. Hand it all over. I have new tasks, I have new places, gifts and abilities. Let everything go that does not bear fruit. Lay it all at my feet. Let me exchange it for gifts, visions and discernment. Let me take all of your inabilities, and replace it with possibilities, strengths and charismatic renewal. I have so much more to tell you. I am waiting on you.
Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens--He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Luke 10:19 -Amplified Bible
Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy; and nothing shall in any way harm you.
John 14:1-3 - Amplified Bible,
Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me. 2 In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places (homes).
Matthew 9: 37 & 38
37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
Hebrews 12:1
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” God really does not want us to be bogged down with the cares of this world.
John 15:2
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit].
Hebrews 13:5
5Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!”
May 2024
Mark 16 V 15 - 18
15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.17And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;18they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
June 2 2024
Haggai 6 & 7
6“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.7I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty.
August 11 2024
Compassion
Recently I had a picture of our Lord standing side on. To his right were the lost and broken. It was as if they were at their wits end. It was as if the TRUTHS had come out and they were bewildered and lost. To his left were His saved children. I saw Jesus look at the lost and then turn to his saved children.
I shared this picture with a prayer group. One person felt it meant 'compassion'.
I have taken a week or so to discern what this means. The Lord spoke to me through a write up by Wander Alger. Posted on Facebook.
Wander Alger - August 8 2024
I was just reading a passage about Jesus' compassion when Holy Spirit stirred something inside me. Do you realise there is spiritual power in compassion? When Jesus was moved with compassion, He opened blind eyes (Matt 20:34), fed the multitudes (Matt 15:32), healed the sick (Matt 14:14, and even raised the dead (Luke 7:13). It was His intense love for His own that moved Him to take action and release His verdict against the forces aligned against them.
I wonder if the breakthroughs that are needed, both globally and personally, will not only come as a result of taking a righteous stand against wickedness, but standing alongside the suffering. It was the deep compassion of Jesus that moved Him into action, just as much as His fierce hatred of sin and the works of darkness.
Even as we ask for His truth to be revealed, our adversaries to be exposed, and thieves and robbers be brought to justice, so should we pray for His "Fury of Love" to compel us to action. Maybe itis when the Body of Christ rises with this depth of both zeal for truth and compassion for souls that heaven's justice will be served.
October 30 2024
Galations 6 v7
English Standard Version
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
December 3 2024
Dreams - Pay attention to your dreams. Write them down. Keep them in a journal. Pray about them.
Job 33:15-18 New Living Translation
15He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they lie in their beds.
16He whispers in their ears
and terrifies them with warnings.
17He makes them turn from doing wrong;
he keeps them from pride.
18He protects them from the grave,
from crossing over the river of death.
December 5 2024
Make Plans
I hear the Lord say - 'MAKE PLANS"
Proverbs 16:3 ESV
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 19:21 ESV
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Psalm 20:4 ESV
May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!
Proverbs 3:6 ESV
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Matthew 6:33 ESV
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Psalm 33:8 New Living Translation
Let the whole world fear the LORD, and let everyone stand in awe of him
