Daily Prophetic Words--Praying for our Global Community

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is actually part of a 6-month study that the Lord has been teaching me about, one that is a lot more common than people will want to acknowledge in the Church today. It is about adultery and the adulteress spirit. "My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not." Proverbs 5:1-6. First let's examine the top characteristic of an adulteress spirit: smooth, deceptive words that use charm and flattery and pleasantries to seduce the listener's heart--it's the same as preparing a fireplace with paper, kindling , and small pieces of wood with...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Exodus 17 and Isaiah 43:18-21 and has to do with God's provision even when we are in the "desolate" places of our life. The Lord delights to bring forth water from the rock; sustenance and newness out of barrenness and deadness. "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up, do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor Me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to My people, My chosen, the people I formed for Myself that they may proclaim My praise." Isaiah 43:18-21. That's very encouraging, isn't it? God is doing a new thing, even in the most barren and most dead places--new life, refreshment, and living water! Hallelujah! There is, however, a bigger picture to see here, as Exodus 17 points out. In that passage we find...

Greetings in the Lord! One of the things I've learned very well over the years is that God's timing is not our timing. I know, it's like, "You can say that again, sister!" right? ha Yeah, it's hard to wait...for good things, that is. For the possibility of unpleasant things to happen we can appreciate delay, hoping it never to come to pass, but not so for good things. We want them now. God's word speaks so often of timing, seasons, He calls it, that a special anointing was given to the tribe of Issachar to be able to discern the seasons of God. So that leads me to today's word from Psalm 68 and Mark 11:12-14 and verses 20-21) The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." Mark 11:12-14. In ...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah 11:1-16) V.1-3)"A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord--and he will delight in the fear of the Lord." V.10-11) "In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out His hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of His people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush , from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea." V. 15-16) "The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates River. he will break it up into seven streams so that men can cross over in sandals. There will be a highway ...

Greetings in the Lord! Exactly five years ago I received this word from the Lord: The Lord said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you." At that time I knew He was talking to me about going to Saudi Arabia. "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you ." Genesis 12:1-3. (09/09/06) I had some dreams around that time too, and such a vivid vision that I drew it in my journal, pictured here. This is the normal process the Lord uses to prepare me to go somewhere, so I wrote everything down and got ready for the opportunity to come up....but it never came. Until now. Exactly five years ago today the Lord called me to go to Saudi Arabia and now my ticket is set for tomorrow. I can't say that I've ever ex...

Greetings in the Lord! I came across an interesting article today talking about how the rich businessmen and government officials of China are desiring to move out of China and settle in Western nations. Last year alone, 68,000 Chinese people were granted green cards to live and work in the United States according to the article. http://news.yahoo.com/top-chinese-wealthys-wish-list-leave-china-065826880.html I witnessed this trend firsthand this year as I taught at an elite boarding school in the Guangdong Province--the province where 10% of China's GNP comes from. The school had around 5,500 students who primarily came from the wealthiest families in China, whether they be businesspeople or government officials. It was an eye opening experience for me since today's China is completely different than the China I remember of just ten years ago! My students wrote essays about their vacations to Europe and the United States and practiced their English telling me about their futur...

Greetings in the Lord! "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I AM doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I AM making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor Me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to My people, My chosen, the people I formed for Myself that they may proclaim My praise." Isaiah 43:18-21. Today's word declares that God is doing a new thing! And especially in places where He has been forbidden to be worshipped freely, as the Scripture points to "wild animals," "jackals," and "owls," all of which are used to symbolize entities that are hostile to the Lord God Almighty, will turn to Him as a result of the living water He will pour out in those desolate areas. Praise God! The passage goes on in Isaiah 44:1-5 to tell the servants of the Lord to not be fearful of being s...

Greetings in the Lord! Well, this is encouraging--I just came across an art project being done by the youths (18-24) of Tottenham to rebuild unity within the multi-cultural community in the wake of the riots. The article in Al Jazeera English edition goes on as follows: "With some people slamming their doors shut and others refusing to open them, it looked at first as though this community project might not get off the ground. But when marginalised young people in Tottenham , north London - the scene of the first of last week's riots in England - set about approaching locals to help with an oral history project, they soon gained the trust of community members, who then joined in to celebrate what is more often a denigrated postcode. The resulting exhibition, which opens next month, includes one of London's largest arts installations: around 150 giant photographic portraits of local residents. While British politicians lined up to condemn "feral youths...

Greetings in the Lord! As many of you may know, I have been living and working in South Korea and China for over a year and a half now. Both those contracts have been fulfilled and now I am preparing for a new place to live and work. But before I get to that, I would like to talk some about who I've been seeing and ministering to for the past 20 months: "exiled" Christians. What does that mean, you ask? Well, before I started my stints in South Korea and China the Lord spent a great deal of time teaching about the concept of "being put out of the assembly" for persistent , unrepentant sin. In the Old Testament there were many things that would get someone put out of the assembly. It was a procedure meant to cause the person some hardship and loneliness so that they would repent and desire again the closeness of God and the company of God's people back again in their lives....an ancient "time out," if you will. That's the same as how I ...

Greetings in the Lord! Well, today I spent a few minutes reading about all the riots that took place in England a little over a week ago--whoa, was that some trouble or what? Then of course I went back to re-read the prophetic word the Holy Spirit gave in July about the "season of confrontation" and fires that would appear in many cities throughout England. Whoa again. But I still had a question in my spirit about that prophetic word in July. The Lord included about confrontation with a spirit of witchcraft and sorcery and also that spiritual revival would erupt in those same places...but I had to think--how does witchcraft and sorcery fit into the riots? A spirit of anarchy, I could see that, but sorcery? It may be that those are very similar spirits, or that I am not familiar enough with the spiritual situation of England for it to make complete sense to me. Whatever the case, I have come to learn about the pervasive principality of witchcraft/sorcery that permeates and ...

Greetings in the Lord! Whenever the Lord gives me the same passage of Scripture three times in a short period of time I pay attention. In this case, it is a word from Isaiah 16. Over the years the Lord has given me that word many times for people, as unfortunately, the message is appropriate and timely for them. So what is the word? Well, in a nutshell, Isaiah 16 is a prophecy against Moab , the arrogant and perpetual enemy of Israel. They will be humbled because of their prideful despising and mocking of Israel. Did you know that God really frowns upon people hating others for no reason? That was the big problem with most of Israel's enemies--they hated them without cause or remedy. It was just plain hate. Maybe the driving force was jealousy or envy at the root, but in any case, they couldn't see the error of their ways because their own pride blinded them from seeing it, and well, jealousy is an endless pit. No amount of abuse or mocking would ever satisfy that vice. ...

Greetings in the Lord! Sorry for the long delay in writing, it's summer travel season, you know. But of course, that doesn't mean God goes on vacation, too! So I'd like to get back to work and share with you a recent vision and Scripture the Lord gave about England and surrounding UK territories. In the spirit one day I saw the flag of England and a map of the UK and was surprised to see the dots of cities in the south including Wales, and cities along the eastern coast of England shoot up in flames of fire. As I was trying to see what cities exactly were the ones lit up the map faded and a giant lion appeared and roared and roared! The lion of Judah had found its voice and was roaring loudly. It seemed that this was the season for confrontation and the taking back of land in the spirit realm. The spiritual enemy seemed to be witchcraft and sorcery...but also, that " spiritual revival will erup t " in the places where the fires broke out. The Lord referre...

Greetings in the Lord! You know it's funny the ways the Lord chooses to speak to people; it's probably as individual as people themselves. As for me, the Lord will quite often use modern pop or rock songs to convey His messages. Yeah, He gives Scripture to go with it, but the song usually gives the heart of the word and tends to pack an altogether different kind of punch. Music can be so powerful that way anyway, but when you hear His voice in it, well, it's awesome. Like take the song " Hallelujah " by Leonard Cohen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSJbYWPEaxw&ob=av2e Last night the Holy Spirit sang the familiar word--I recognized the song in four notes! (even though I think I've only heard the whole song maybe once or twice before). It has that kind of melody that grabs you. So I listened to the song again and Googled the lyrics. Even though there seems to be some question over the meaning of those lyrics, I discerned the meaning the Holy Spi...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Daniel 5 and is another word about President Assad of Syria. In this story from Daniel 5, we read about King Belshazzar, son of King Nebuchadnezzar, who was having a great banquet one night with his nobles and family. During the evening of drinking and toasting their gods of gold, silver, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand, a strange and fearful thing happened, a hand appeared and wrote on the wall: MENE , MENE , TEKEL , PARSIN Eventually Daniel was summoned to tell the king what the words meant, as none of the king's other wise men could decipher it. So Daniel enlightened the king with its meaning, but first prefaced it by reminding King Belshazzar of what had happened to his father, King Nebuchadnezzar during his reign--the Lord had greatly humbled him because his heart had grown exceedingly proud and calloused. "Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death; those he wanted to spare, he sp...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Ezekiel 24. There are 2 stories written about in that chapter, first the word to all of Judah and Israel about their lewdness (idolatry and corrupt living)--the Lord had been trying to show them the error of their ways so that they would repent and be made clean but they would have none of it. No matter the hardship the Lord allowed against them, nothing would change their hearts to live according to His words. Therefore the Lord was going to bring His wrath upon them and take away the "delight of their eyes": the temple. "Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until My wrath against you has subsided." Ezekiel 24:13. The second part of chapter 24 is a story about Ezekiel being told that the Lord was going to allow his wife to die and that he was not to grieve over her publicly . Instead, he was to weep privately ther...

Greetings in the Lord! As I was praying today and pondering in my heart some recent happenings, or non-happenings as it were, the Lord said " Judges 3 ." So I got out my Bible and began to read: These are the nations the Lord left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan (He did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience): the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians , and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains...They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord's commands, which He had given their forefathers through Moses. Hmm ...OK, so these Israelites were not familiar with war, or for us nowadays, it is just like Christians not knowing about spiritual warfare, the need for true repentance, or still having to learn about spiritual discernment and wisdom. We need circumstances and experiences for us to...

Greetings in the Lord! Every now and then the Lord will give me a word while I am praying that I want to share verbatim, just as He spoke it to me. So, today I will share a word He gave yesterday: May 14t h , 2011 "It's not too late for America! The hearts of her people are softening. There is a budding generation of kids that know My name and are passionate about doing My will. Clashes in the school place are/will be divinely inspired as an overwhelming wave of love and truth will sweep through. Expect a cleansing in the public schools of America. Teachers teaching lies are being uprooted, pruned off, and/or healed--returning to Christ and teaching and walking in His mandates. Let all the people say, "Amen!" and "Hallelujah!" Prayerful tears of intercession have filled My cups of mercy and I AM pouring them out over the American schools! Rise up My people! Rise up and take your stand on the wall! Rebuild the breaches, replace the doors, and post faithful...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from 2 Chronicles 32:24-33:25. The passage talks about the reigns of King Hezekiah in his later years; his son Manasseh , who reigned after him, and then his grandson, King Amon , who reigned briefly after Manasseh . While there are many elements to consider in each of the reigns, today I feel led to look at the act of repentance done by both Hezekiah and Manasseh for their pride against God, and the lack of repentance by the grandson, Amon . We can see a simplified cause and effect of God restoring both Hezekiah and Manasseh in their kingship for their humility, while Amon "increased his guilt"and reigned only two short years before being assassinated by his own officials. But as I was pondering over the significance of their repentance's it dawned on me: Hezekiah was going to die and pleaded with God for more time, so God extended his life by 15 years. Well, Manasseh was 12 years old when he took the throne. If Hezekia...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Genesis 18, a story about Abraham being visited by the Lord and 2 angels. Of course, they came to Abraham looking like 3 men, but Abraham discerned and recognized them right away as the divine and rushed about to wait on them hand and foot. It's hard to imagine that scenario most likely, but suffice to say that it does happen and we are encouraged in the New Testament to extend hospitality to all because we may not know when we are entertaining angels. Anyway, after Abraham had fed and refreshed his visitors the Lord told Abraham that he and Sarah would be having a baby in a year. Now that's a very shocking announcement given their advanced age and Sarah couldn't help but to laugh in disbelief...and is called out by God. Is anything too hard for God? After eating, the men get up to leave and Abraham walked with them to see them on their way. It was then that the Lord shared with Abraham His intention of destroying Sodom and...

Greetings in the Lord! Wow--the news just doesn't stop, does it? Well, that was the prophetic word for this year. I took a few minutes to re-read some of the recent words the Lord had me publish as well and saw just how often He talked about the raising up of Babylon to carry out His purposes around the world; to uproot leaders and execute judgement against the wicked. Make no mistake about it, God is on the move these days in a powerful way. In March I had a vision of the Lord riding off on a white horse--and He was in hot pursuit to carry out His business. Look out nations! More things are on the horizon! On that note I want to share with you the passage the Lord is leading me to read today from Daniel 11. This chapter talks about the kings of the "South" and of the "North" fighting against each other until the coming of the 'anointed one' or as most Bible scholars understand, the coming of the a ntichrist figure. "He will be succeeded by a cont...