Daily Prophetic Words--Praying for our Global Community

Greetings in the Lord! Well, this has been a very unusual week with the Lord.  On Monday, I came home from work exhausted not just from the start of the busy school year, but more because I felt the ramping up of vile wickedness in the spirit realm and cried out to God for strength to endure, "Have mercy, O God!"  As I rested in prayerful meditation, I heard a knock at my bedroom door, but upon answering, found that there was no one there.  Only one other time had that ever happened to me--right before Hurricane Katrina.  That morning the Lord woke me up very early with a knock at my bedroom door--three times until I finally mustered up enough courage to answer it as I was home alone and it was 4:30 AM!  This time, however, I was not afraid.  Rather, I recognized His presence and was alert the rest of the week expecting to discern more from the Lord about what is up. Sure enough, three days later I saw a young man I recognized from the year before, a student who is bent o

Greetings in the Lord, Today's word comes from Psalm 73.  It is a "wisdom" psalm; a passage of godly counsel concerning the destinies of the righteous and of the wicked. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.        A reminder that God blesses those who pursue His goodness in word, thought and deed! But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.  For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.  They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.  They are free from the burdens of man; they are not plagued by human ills.        There are times in our faith walk when we go through such difficulties for our godly convictions, that we may actually think that living like the wicked would be better than serving God.  Their lives full of selfish gain/greed, cruelty, and undisciplined, godless behavior seems carefree and easy, even enjoyable, so that they get to pursue all the lusts of the flesh