Daily Prophetic Words--Praying for our Global Community

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is from Jeremiah 31:28-30, 35: "Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the Lord. "In those days people will no longer say, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.' Instead, everyone will die for his own sin; whoever eats sour grapes--his own teeth will be set on edge." V. 35) This is what the Lord says, He who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar--the Lord Almighty is His name: "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the Lord, "will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me." ~This word is another for the country of the Philippines: As a servant of the Lord I write to decree that the strongholds of idolatry and c

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Luke 12:35-37, 45-46: "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them." V. 45-46) "But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers." At the beginning of this week I told you the Lord had me speak words to prominent businessmen, city officials

Greetings in the Lord! Today's verse comes from John 3:26-30: "They came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, that man that was with you on the other side of the Jordan--the one you testified about--well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.' To this John replied, 'A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, "I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him." The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less." In receiving this word today, I was struck by the sadness in the voices of John's followers as they asked him about Jesus. You can almost hear them question in their hearts the meaning and purpose of what they had been doing--had they been mislead in following John? Why were they to beco

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from John 15:1-2, 4, 16: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful...Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.....You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit---fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name." It was yet another amazing day with the Lord! Yesterday, He arranged that I would be the guest speaker at Rotary Club Int'l, speaking His words to a special group of Manila's finest businessmen, lawyers, city officials, media and advertising agents, the Chief Inspector for the police, top Philippine entertainers, and a Maritime Captain. It was a great evening as we shared good conversati

Greetings in the Lord! I want to begin by thanking all of you for your continued prayers for me while I am here. My days are pleasant and joyful, and so busy! I know that your intercession is a big reason why :) May the peace and joy of Christ be poured out on you mightily for your faithfulness. Well, the 'God encounters' are sure piling up! The Lord is sending my way all walks of life, nationalities, economic backgrounds, and ages to minister His life-giving Spirit to. What a joy and priviledge it is to serve the Lord! Whether through sharing scriptural words, dream interpretations, visions, or words of knowledge and wisdom given that moment, the Lord is showing Himself powerful to these, His children. The interesting thing is that while all the people and their "stories" are so different, every one of them is either a grandparent/godparent or has a grandparent that they were very close to that introduced them to the Lord (and probably still covers their gra

Greetings in the Lord! Today I will share my first 'God encounter' while in Manila. Before I left to come here, the Lord put on my heart to "Go to the churches." So, in keeping with that directive, I decided to visit the main cathedral close to my guesthouse after dinner. The Lord also said for me to take my Bible with me everywhere I went, and at dinner had me open to Ezekiel 3:20-21: "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die...the righteous things he did will not be remembered...But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning..." When I got to the church there was a children's service (mass) going on, which I found out was also an outreach program to teach the poor children of the area English along with their parents. The group happily invited me to join in, and when they asked me to talk to the kids,

Greetings in the Lord! I have finally made it to the Philippines..it was a long flight! But all is well and the Lord is present here too, imagine that. :) Today's verse comes from Isaiah 25:1-4a: "O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago. You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners' stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt. Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you. You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat." ~Indeed, those verses are the song of the history of the Philippines--overtaken by nations in the past, but the Lord has set them free to be their own nation; while protecting them from storms and heat. In fact, now as I write a typhoon is on the horizon, there was an earthqua

Greetings in the Lord! As I was praying and asking the Lord about the word to give for today, He put on my heart to begin to share with you all the "God moments" that will be happening while I am in the Philippines ministering this month....and have already have begun! Last week, there were two such instances, but I will share only one for time's sake. The first one happened after I was done playing basketball at Iron Mt. high school. On the way out the door, I saw the janitor, and we made small talk as usual. However, on that day he asked me where I was going to next and that opened a door to tell him about the Philippines, and then on to witnessing about Christ to him. He was overjoyed! He said over the past year he had been thinking more about eternal life, and he didn't want to go to Hell. He said he knew he was a good person, "I'd probably get in heaven, ya know, but I want to be sure;" but he didn't talk about these things with anyone so

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah 65:13-16, and 66:1-16. Since it is such a long passage, I will write only selected verses, but know for sure that this entire word is for the nation of the Philippines. "Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice but you will be put to shame. My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from the anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse; the Sovereign Lord will put you to an end, but to his servants he will give another name. Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes." Isaiah 66 talks more about the difference between those who are the servants

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Exodus 25:1-3: "The Lord said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze..." This word is given today in conjunction with the request from the Lord that I go to prophesy in the Philippines for two weeks now, in May. In prayer early this morning, the Spirit laid on my heart, "There is a woman named Nina that is waiting for you." I had a vision of a beautiful setting sun over a large ship in a port. As I turned around I saw kids playing and flying kites in a lush seaside park; off in the distance were dark mountians with thick, grey clouds hovering over them. The Spirit said, "I have chosen Nina to be a witness to the villages," which I understood to be more up near the mountians. I have not been to the Philippines before, but fr

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Ezekiel 33:30-33: "As for you, son of man, your countrymen are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, 'Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.' My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they express devotion, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. When all this comes true--and it surely will--then they will know that a prophet has been among them." ~Beloveds, there are some of you who are refusing to listen to the Lord's counsel and are planning events, activities, etc. out of the selfish ambition of your own hearts. Woe to you! Earlier, in Ezekiel 33:28 the Lord

Greetings in the Lord! Although I normally am not led to write on the weekends, today I received a word from Amos 5:7-13, which I will share selected verses: "You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground...(He flashes destruction on the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin), you the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth. You trample on the poor and force him to give you grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts. Therefore, the prudent man keeps quiet in such times, for the times are evil." ~This word was received after I had a vivid dream this morning about the lives of several NBA stars, past and present, and some successful female athletes, too. I

Greetings in the Lord! Today I have received many scriptures, which I discern, is about the new season we are entering. An early scripture I received was from Jeremiah 44, where disaster was prophesied against the unfaithful Jews living in Egypt. The chapter also includes a section about how the women in particular refused to give up their worship of the Queen of Heaven. The next scripture was Ezekiel chapter 8, where Ezekiel is taken by the Spirit of the Lord to the temple to witness the destable practices of the Jewish people, including their leaders, by their secret idol worship in the temple of the Lord. After that was Hosea chapter 4, especially verses 7-12: "The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful. They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness. And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. They will eat but not

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Exodus 33:1-6. "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, "I will give it to your descendants." I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.' When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments. For the Lord had said to Moses, 'Tell the Israelites, "You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.' So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb." ~This morning I awoke from a d

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is from Isaiah 54:1-17. I will highlight selected verses: V. 2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. V. 3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. V. 10 Though mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. V. 11 "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. V. 14 In righteousness you will be established; Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you. V. 15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing; whoever attacks you will surrender to you. V. 16 "See, it is I w

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah 42:1-7. "Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope." "This is what the Lord says--He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: 'I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the du

Greetings in the Lord! Today's verse comes from Proverbs 24:7: "Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say." "The assembly at the gate" is referring to where the Jewish leaders of the city met to hold court. In essence, the proverb is saying that foolish people's opinions and words will be of little value in times when true wisdom is needed to make decisions. Likewise it is inferring that only the presence of wise people will be appreciated (and admitted?) in the "assembly at the gate." Yesterday the Lord gave me a dream, too, that helped to illustrate this point. In the dream a dirty dog was following me home. My house, however, was more like a tree house, and I had to climb a ladder, swing from limb to limb, then jump from a platform to the front doorway. The dog (which was now clean and beautiful) did pretty well jumping from place to place, but in the end could not get into the doorway and fell all the way

Greetings in the Lord! Just two days after posting the word from the Lord about the US-Mexican Immigration issue, US Immigration officials made over 1,100 arrests at more than 40 sites nationwide at a company called IFCO Systems for immigration charges, and two other companies in several cities pleaded guilty on similar charges. If convicted, fines could run as high as $250,000 per illegal worker at IFCO, with a 10-year prison sentence for the business managers. The US Immigration officials found terrible living conditions for the illegal workers, some living in groups of 10 to 20. Many businesses wer accused of not paying over-time to the illegal employees, who were being set up for deportation. Willing or not, these released "captives" will soon be reunited with their families in Mexico, while US Immigration officials promise to increase their down on US businesses who look to cash in illegally on "cheap labor." It will be interesting now to follow along

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is from 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2: "Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith." Have you ever had a conversation with a non-believer and they say, "I have faith, just not in God," or something along those lines. I am surprised at how often I have heard that! Actually, the definition of faith also includes the characteristics of trust and loyalty, so faith is more like a relationship between beings rather than a trust in a belief system, laws of nature, or inanimate objects. So, what they mean to say is that they have put their trust in something or many things other than God. These misplaced trusts are what they rely on instead of the Lord. The Bible refers to those misplaced trusts as "strongholds," similar to fortresses. Now you can see the big difference b

Greetings in the Lord! Recently the Lord had me go to Iceland and Germany to prophesy to those countries. Today's word is from Psalm 83 and it speaks of the cry for help that Iceland currently groans from the depths of their souls as she very much is under beseige from the enemy. "O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still. See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads. With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. 'Come,' they say, 'let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.'...Do to them as you did to Midian, as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon, who perished at Endor and became like refuse on the ground....Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind...Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O Lord. May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may they perish in disgrace. Let them know that you, whose