Daily Prophetic Words--Praying for our Global Community

Greetings in the Lord! Today's verse is from Isaiah 16, which talks about the fall of Moab. This passage has already been given by the Lord in regards to the conflict in Syria, as Syria is the "Moab" mentioned.  In fact, I did a search and saw that all of the words concerning Syria and the fall of Assad were given in April '11 & '13, June '11 & 12, and September '11 & 13.  Not sure why the Lord clumped them together like that, but I did notice from re-reading Isaiah 16 today that a time frame was given in the word: three years. "This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab.  But now the Lord says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."  Isaiah 16:13-14. I wish I would've remembered that part of the verse when it was given back in April of 2011, as I did have some S...

Greetings in the Lord! I teach sometimes in our adult Sunday school class, and this past weekend I had another such opportunity.  Our topic was: "Magic and Sorcery--Delightful or Dangerous?  How Christians should understand the popular book genre of sorcery and witchcraft."  The class mainly focused on the Harry Potter series, as that book series is currently  the most dangerous for the spiritual life of a Christian.  The big reason?  Rowling uses the names of real demons, actual spells, charms, and incantations, and follows authentic practices of Satanism, Wicca, and various other pagan traditions in her book series to weave her storyline.  By using these actual names and practices, she not only teaches the reader accurately about such elements, but each book becomes a portal for unclean and evil spirits to enter the "house" of the owner.  A curse comes upon that household immediately, and once those spirits come...

Greetings in the Lord! This morning I had a dream where I was being shown all different types of drones--the unmanned flying aircraft popular these days with the Obama administration.  The man showing me these drones pointed out the varied weaponry on each, which included all types of guns and rocket launchers and telescopic lenses with tracking devices, and gave me a short briefing of each one's detailed purpose.  I was amazed that there was such a variety; each for a specific assignment.  Some of the drones had other technology as well, but mostly these were for attack, locating targets, and intercepting communications.  In short, they were very expensive model airplanes used for surveillance and offensive military assignments.  Well, after a vivid dream I usually Google online and see what's happening in the news, as most often it is related.  Sure enough, I came across this article today: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/drones...

Greetings in the Lord! Well, I wrote not too long ago from 2 Samuel 3, about how the war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time...and people wrote back to me confirming that their "war" was indeed taking a long time!  Yes, many of us are tired and weary from battling against the schemes of the devil these past months, and even though we know we are growing stronger in the Lord because of our trials, we still can't help but to pray at times, "Lord, are we there yet?" Well, today's word is one of encouragement.  It is from Psalm 46, and the verses that speak so loudly to me today are 9-11: He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear, He burns the shields with fire.  "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.   Praise God for that!  Fo...

Greetings in the Lord! This morning I turned to Isaiah 3, a passage that was given in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  It is quite descriptive and accurate for that storm, even citing what would take place in the days and weeks that followed.  So, naturally as I read that again this morning I was wondering, "Is another storm coming?"  And the answer that I discern in my heart is "Yes.  Another cleansing wind comes." Immediately I saw a map of the western coast of Mexico and the United States and saw a huge swirling mass to the west of these lands.  It moved from the central through the northwest part of Mexico and into parts of California, Arizona, New Mexico and continued up through Colorado and over to Texas, Oklahoma, and beyond. Isaiah 3:10) "Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.  Woe to the wicked!  Disaster is upon them!  They will be paid back for what their hands have done."...

Greetings in the Lord! Recently the Lord has drawn my attention to a woman I'd never heard of before, but one that is causing quite a stir in the Muslim world.  Her name is Irshad Manji, a Canadian author and human rights activist.  She is also a practicing Muslim and lesbian.  For her most recent book, "Allah, Liberty, and Love," I watched an online video clip of radical Islam jihadists storming her book signing in Holland and shouting death threats and insults at her.  The Dutch in attendance, non and Muslim alike, made a human shield around her so they could not hurt her physically.  That was in 2011.  Fast forward to another book signing in Indonesia in 2012.  She and her assistants and others in the crowd were attacked and injured by a mob of violent Islamists.  Wow, really?  An angry group of Muslims trying to use violence to stamp out differing viewpoints?  Never heard...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Ezekiel 37-39 and Psalm 68.  The theme--God routs the united enemies of Israel and shows Himself mighty!  So, to begin today's word, we start at the end of Ezekiel 37, where God promises to unite Israel's two nations, which at that time were, simply put, the northern kingdom called Ephraim, and the southern kingdom of Judah.  God promised to restore them into one country again and bless them, and "then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when My sanctuary is among them forever."  Well, needless to say, this promise was fulfilled with the founding of the modern nation-state of Israel in 1948.  Nearly a two thousand year old prophecy fulfilled!  As we continue reading in Ezekiel 38, we see that just as Israel is to be united, so the enemies of Israel will come together to make an alliance against Israel.  Well, that is obviously the...

Greetings in the Lord! Ever feel like the struggles at hand will not go away?  That you've been dealing with, and contending with, and seeking God's help for trials with the enemy that seem to just keep on lingering, and lingering, and lingering...yep, me, too.  Warring and holding your ground in the midst of adversity can make one very weary.  It's been a long, contentious year so far, and guess what?  We still have a couple more months to go! ;)  Well, we will make it, by the help of God, we will make it.  And I can't tell you how often when I'm in the middle of such a season of struggle, or an "assignment" that pits me against a stronghold, if you will, that I get the Scripture for today: "The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time.  David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker."  2 Samuel 3:1 David's struggle with the house of Saul was a long, drawn out,...

Greetings in the Lord! I wrote a while back about the rather aggressive season we are in this year--the enemies of God are plotting and moving against His people in very hostile ways, and that God is on the offensive as well!  Praise the Lord!  He rides His white horse into battle and "Victory" is His banner! Well, along those lines comes today's word from the book of Esther, chapters 5-7, where the deceitful and scheming "vile" Haman finally gets his--and that, on the gallows he built for Mordecai!  You will recall that in chapter 3, Haman had bribed King Xerxes with a very large sum of money to have the king issue an edict to rid his kingdom of "a people whose customs are different and do not obey the king's laws."  Of course, he doesn't mention who these people are, but quickly offers a huge amount of money to bribe the king....and is successful.  The edict is spread all throughout the kingdom that on a certain day the people of ...

Greetings in the Lord! Do you ever get those verses that no matter how many times you read them, the meaning just seems to elude you?  The best is when you run it by someone else and they get it right off the bat, and you just stand there feeling really dim.  Yeah, sometimes it's like that. "All man's efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied."  Ecclesiastes 6:7 Now, I bet you got that right away, didn't you?  Well, I had to look up other translations to see more about it....and I got this. "All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough."   and this: "Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied."   By then I had gotten the meaning and the cross reference from John 6:26-27 that I have been reading over the past couple of months: Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you s...

Greetings in the Lord! This week as I watched yet more news stories of young males causing trouble with their arrogant and foolish behaviors--even in the faces of law enforcement and court officials--I was lead to read from the book of Proverbs about "foolish sons."  "A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers."  Proverbs 17:2 "A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him."             Proverbs 17:25 "To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool."  Proverbs 17:21 "An evil man is bent only on rebellion; a merciless official will be sent against him."      Proverbs 17:11 There is an epidemic of foolishness, violent and arrogant, in our younger population today.  And don't think I am only pointing to young males--no way!  Youn...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah 57, and I will say that it is a rather stern word that also sheds light on the sometimes difficult ways of the Lord.  Difficult, in that we tend to think of God's mercy in gentle, soothing ways, and not necessarily in the way presented here. "The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.  Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death."  (verses 1-2) Death is God's mercy?  Well, when their present situation is too wicked too bear any longer, and no good person has the power to intervene and the whole lot of those in control are corrupt and wicked and still can inflict suffering on their victims, then, I guess, death would be a merciful act.  But still, it's kind of hard to imagine such a scenario, but in Isaiah ...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from the book of Proverbs--my favorite book of the Bible.  It has short bits of wisdom, easy to understand, but when applied appropriately, can pack quite a punch in its truth!  Like today's topic: the wisdom of being a good steward. "One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth."  Proverbs 13:7 "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food."  Proverbs 12:9 "The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception."  Proverbs 14:8 Each of these proverbs is a little different take on the foolishness of trying to be something you're not: either so rich that you don't have a care in the world and waste your money, or so poor that you have an easy excuse for being stingy, or so smart that you don't heed using common sense.  It's foolishness to ...

Greetings in the Lord! Grace, peace, and comfort to all those affected by the siege in Kenya.  Although the neighborhood looked so Western in my dream that I thought it was in the UK, obviously, my dream pertained to the terrible attack in the upscale mall in Nairobi--blessed be to all those who read it, believed the word of the Lord, and prayed His protection over His people in advance!  These are the days where evil forces are plotting trouble often, but God knows their schemes while they are still yet in the planning stages, and He leads us to prayerfully intercede on behalf of all those targeted.  The foretelling of these events is not for kicks and chills, but for Christians to activate their faith and use the most powerful tools made available to us: prayer and fasting!  After the tragedy of course we are moved to help, but prophetic words give us a jump start to action.  God is move...

Greetings in the Lord! Today I had a God dream that took place in a Westernized city, my best guess is a larger town in the UK.  We were running around the mostly minority neighborhood in a frantic, as we heard a certain building was being besieged.  I was not for sure who the attackers were, but the threat seemed to be instigated by radical Islamists.  As a group of us ran to take refuge in an apartment building, men in black military-type clothes were there tearing off the pretty silk hijabs from the group of younger, stylish Pakistani Muslim girls and were yelling at them.  I thought they were doing this because they were Muslim, but when a group of girls came who were fully covered (faces as well), the men let them in without a hassle!  As I assessed the situation, their hatred seemed as much racial as religiously motivated, and I realized that really no one was safe.  I left the building quickly and ra...

Greetings in the Lord! I’ve gotten a couple words lately concerning money, and warning not to love it or make it your life’s pursuit.   Today is more along those lines.   In Luke 16:10-12, Jesus says:    “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.   So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?”   Luke 16:10-12 I hear all the time from believers that they want to hear from God, and I always ask the same: “Do you really?   Are you willing to do what He asks of you?”   Truth be told, most people are not even faithful with the little things God’s Word asks of us, so why would He trust you with spiritual riches?   The crux of the issue is this—your faithfulness can be seen in ...

Greetings in the Lord! Once upon a time, the kingdom of Assyria would give shivers to all her surrounding neighbors—they were known for their excessive cruelty and harsh domination over their subjects and captives.   But, a day came when they were all as weak as wilting flowers in the sunlight, blown away by the evening breeze and heard from no more.   Such is today’s word; it comes from Nahum 3:13-15, 17-19 and talks about the last days of a terrible regime coming to an end…in Syria. “Look at your troops—they are all women!   The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed their bars.   Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses!   Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!   There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down… Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day—but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where. ...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah, chapters 15-16, and Jeremiah 48.  Both passages are incredibly similar, with some verses being quoted by both prophets near verbatim.  The issue at hand: a prophetic word about the fall of Moab. "We have heard of Moab's pride--her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart.  I know her insolence but it is futile," declares the Lord, "and her boasts accomplish nothing."  Jeremiah 48:29-30. "The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.  Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know of her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'" Jeremiah 48:16-17. "On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning...Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her."  This is what the Lord says: "Look!  An eagle is...

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Psalm 149.  The theme is simple: Praising God for bestowing the honor of salvation to His people, and for arming them to execute His judgments against those kingdoms hostile to God.   "Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song, His praise in the assembly of the saints....For the Lord takes delight in His people; He crowns the humble with salvation.  Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.   May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them.  This is the glory of all the saints.  Praise the Lord." Yeah, a little aggressive sounding, huh?  Well, in the New Testament that sword is a "sword of the Spirit" to...

Greetings in the Lord! I just came back from a conference held in Hollywood by a ministry working there.  The subject was on mind control being used in the music and media (movies, etc.) industries, and how mind control plays a part in End-time governance.  To be honest, I actually did some research before I went to the conference because I was so unaware of this issue, and truthfully, I wanted to see if there was any footage "coming from the horses mouth," so to speak, like from a celebrity confirming that this was indeed taking place.  Well, lo and behold, I came across one interview that sealed the deal for me.  In it was a short Q & A with Rosanne Barr on a "Hollywood Insider" type of show in which she specifically mentioned MK Ultra, a major mind control program, being used in Hollywood on celebrities and of her disapproval about it.  Wow!  It's not like I'm a huge fan of Rosanne, but I grew up with her shows a...