Daily Prophetic Words--Praying for our Global Community

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from the book of Lamentations, chapter 3.  Overall, that book in the Bible is a hard one to relate to unless you've gone through or are going through some pretty traumatic ordeals.  Otherwise, it seems too bleak, too depressing, like a shipwrecked sailor being tossed about on the open seas, with no land or light of day on the horizon--it's utter ruin and devastation.  What's more, the writer even attributes his circumstances to God allowing his enemies to be the one to weigh His judgement against him for wrongdoing.  How awful!   Yet, in the midst of such a portrait the writer of Lamentations does not forget that God is faithful to the faithful.  He knows clearly that whether in good times or bad, prosperity or poverty, life or death, God is Sovereign and His love is eternal.  "Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassion's never fail.  They are new every morning; great is Your fai

Greetings in the Lord! This word comes from Joshua 10 and Isaiah 42.  The theme of these taken together is of conquest and liberation--all at the hand of God.  In Joshua 10, the story begins with five kings in the south of Canaan becoming worried at the recent victories of this people called Israel, and they decide to ban together against them in battle.  Well, God had other ideas. "The Lord said to Joshua, 'Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand.  Not one of them will be able to withstand you.'"  Joshua 10:8 The battle began and after one long day--made longer by God suspending time for a while so they could finish the job in one campaign--Israel and Joshua was victorious by the hand of God.  The Bible names these five kings by name: Adoni-Zedek, Hoham, Piram, Japhia, and Debir, as if to single them out so Israel would never forget these sure victories.  The time had begun for conquest and liberation.  And again the Lord tells us, 'Th