Daily Prophetic Words--Praying for our Global Community

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah chapters 42-44.  The imagery early in this passage includes the Lord clearing a way through a rough, dry landscape for weary travelers to pass through.  It is reminiscent of the time they spent in the wilderness where the Lord not only lead and provided for the Israelites, but He also shaped and formed and taught them to be a nation following the dictates of His heart.  On Sunday I prayed for a woman at church and while I prayed for her I saw this same imagery in a vision.  Naturally, at the time I thought it was for her personally, but now I realize that it was a corporate vision--God is clearing out our paths and leading us into our "Promised Lands", so to speak.  But to truly understand the word for today, you have to read those chapters together, then you will realize that this passage talks about a nation that has become "blind" and "deaf" because of their own rebellious ways---sometimes

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Jeremiah 28-29.  Both of those chapters have Jeremiah confronting the false prophetic voices of his day, the ones who were preaching "peace and prosperity" instead of facing the true moral decline of the leaders and people at that time--and who would not acknowledge the eminent danger of the approaching Babylonians as a result of their sins.  These were men who were not consulting the Lord in any way, shape, or form, but rather, tenaciously holding onto the status quo--because they were favored in this system; pure selfishness for their motives.  So they preached lies with all their might to persuade and deceive the people and tried to come against Jeremiah to silence him....to no avail.  Babylon came and the word of the Lord was fulfilled. You know, the challenging and oft interesting thing about being a prophetic voice of any era is the resistance that will sometimes rise up against the word of the Lord.  Oh, there a

Greetings in the Lord! The past several weeks I've been led to read from Isaiah chapter 14.  It is a hopeful message to those that love the Lord, that though they have been oppressed harshly by the "oppressor", God is turning the tables on the situation.  "The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land....Nations will take them and bring them to their own place." Isaiah 14:1-2. However, the majority of the chapter does not highlight the restoration and deliverance of Israel, but rather, talks about the "oppressor" and of their coming defeat.  "How the oppressor has come to an end!  How his fury has ended!  The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression." With violence and cruelty the oppressor of the land exerts force over the innocent

Greetings in the Lord! How many people know what it is to try and help someone that really isn't sold on their freedom yet?  You know, they complain all day long and you can clearly see their oppression, but  ultimately, when you try to help them they resist you; they get stubborn and shift their complaining from against their captors to you!  Some thanks, huh? Well, today's word comes from Exodus 17 and it is basically about this topic:  Moses being sent to deliver the Israelites from their cruel bondage only to have them turn on him in the desert when they become thirsty.  Kind of reminds me of when I was in Russia.  For years the people suffered under the oppression of Communism, yet, now that they've been living in "freedom" from that they reminisce about the "security" and "prestige" of the old Communist days.  They would tell me, "At least under Communism you had a job and would get a salary--we aren't guaranteed of anythi

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Psalm 83 & Amos 3 and has an accompanying vision for added clarity. "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 their name be remembered no more." With one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You---the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarites, Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.  Even Assyria has joined them to lend strength to the descendants of Lot." "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 their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, "Let us tak

Greetings in the Lord! Well, it's May and that means graduation time for all the high school and university seniors out there--congratulations!  It also means a busy travel time for their families wishing them well, and that is what I've been doing...106 degrees in Tucson, AZ by the way, but what a lovely commencement in the UA stadium.  Thank you Lord, for blessing this nation with wonderful schools of higher education....it's great to see more and more foreign nationals coming here as well, as it creates an amazing diversity on our campuses and enriches the whole learning process.  Amen. Well, today's word comes from Exodus 6 and Psalms 66.  In the Exodus passage, Moses had just gone to Pharaoh to give him the word of God: 'Let My people go;' and Pharaoh responds by making the plight of the Israelites worse, by increasing their work load and abusing them harshly.  The Israelite leaders get angry with Moses because of this, and everyone becomes more dis

Greetings in the Lord! From time to time the Lord will put a public person on my heart to pray for them, and on a few occasions He will give an accompanying dream or vision that sheds more light on why I would be praying for them.  I would like to share one such person, one of the few that I've had more than one vision of over the years. In the 2001-2002 time frame, I recall having a very vivid dream of Vladimir Putin.  In the dream I visited him in his large, dark wood office.  He was distressed about the state of affairs in Russia and what to do about them.  I talked to him at length about his faith in God and encouraged him that God was indeed watching over how he conducted himself, and "if you choose to do what is right, choosing what is just in God's eyes, God will protect and prosper you."   He was so moved by that prophetic promise that he got up from his leather chair and came around his great desk to kneel before me and ask that I pray for him.  I laid

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word come from James 3 and Psalms 57.  Put together it is a prophetic word about how worldly wisdom can act as a "sword" and a "spear" to bring about destruction instead of true wisdom. "Who is wise and understanding among you?  Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.  But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.  Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.  For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every evil practice."  James 3:13-16. So we can understand that those who have "selfish ambition" on their minds and "bitter envy" in their hearts quite often construct a worldly "wisdom" to justify and promote their own causes....and they will attract like-minded individuals, too, as '

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from 2 Peter 3, Psalm 53 & Psalm 52.  The main theme from these passages of Scripture is about the foolish and arrogant unbelief of God by the wicked, who, because they don't recognize God's patience with them as His mercy and take advantage of the time to turn away from their evil deeds, they continue on to their own destruction.  Meanwhile, the righteous continue to pursue wholesome thinking, holy living, and reap the blessings of our Lord and Savior who hears and answers their petitions.  Amen "The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'  They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.  Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Will the evildoers never learn--those who devour My people as men eat bread and who do

Greetings in the Lord! Today's words come from 2 Samuel 8 and Isaiah 11.  You know, I never cease to be amazed at how the Holy Spirit will lead me to read two very different passages of Scripture to make a point about something, or to emphasize the importance of a word to me if I really didn't 'get it' the first time around! ha  Yeah, I'm like every other Christian that way, sometimes it takes me a while, too, to know what God is saying.  Anyway, 2 Samuel 8 is a great passage talking about all of the victories David had over his enemies--the Philistines, the Ammonites, the Arameans, the Moabites, the Edomites, the Amalekites, and more that are not even mentioned in this chapter, like all of his own personal enemies--the house of Saul and his associates.  David had spent the better part of his young through adult life in battle against enemies and now the Bible talks about victory; subduing his enemies, taking plunder and increasing the kingdom under his rule.

Greetings in the Lord! Last night I was reading and turned to Ezra chapters 4-6.  Those are some interesting chapters because they are governmental letters written during that time, one between the officials of the Trans-Euphrates to King Artaxerxes, the Persian king, and his reply; and one from Tattenai, a later governor of the Trans-Euphrates region to King Darius, and his reply.  Both letters concern the rebuilding of the temple and city of Jerusalem. You see, previously, King Cyrus had decreed that Jerusalem's temple and city be rebuilt, complete with the return of the temple's equipment from Babylon and building materials to be provided for the completion of the work.  But of course, Israel's neighbors opposed the rebuilding process and over time wickedly persuaded King Artaxerxes to stop the construction.  It wasn't until the reign of King Darius that officials were able to reverse that decision by exposing the original rebuilding decree of King Cyrus.  Ame

Happy Easter everyone! Christ the Lord was risen today, hallelujah!  We serve a living Savior, who sits at the right hand of God the Father, who sent the Holy Spirit to fill us, lead us and guide us.  Amen. The blessings of following this living Savior will never end for the believer of His words.  As Psalm 112 reminds us: Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in His commands. His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice. Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.  He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will l

Greetings in the Lord! Well, there has been a lot of teaching among evangelical and prophetic circles in the American Church about the significance of the four blood moons coinciding with the Jewish festivals.  Historically, there have been major events involving Israel during this time (you can learn more by watching or reading what John Hagee and others are teaching on YouTube or in their books), but I will only share what the Lord has shown me. Around 1AM I saw the fullness of the lunar eclipse, the blood moon last night and marveled at its unique sight.  As I stood there looking at it, the familiar question came to my heart, "What does it mean?"  I really haven't studied it too much and every time I hear people teaching on it I am still left with that same question, unanswered in my pondering heart. I went back to bed and prayed, "What does it mean, Father?"  And He simply said, "Joel 3." So I opened my Bible and read the passage; it ta

Greetings in the Lord! The Lord has been taking me to this passage of Scripture quite a bit over the past three months, and it comes up again today.  It is from John 6:28-29, and 32-40. Then they asked Jesus, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent." Wow--so simple, yet that is a very deep work.  To believe in Jesus is to have eternal life in Him.  To believe in Jesus is to follow His commands, and to walk in love.  To believe in Jesus is to turn to Him for all things, because He alone can meet all our needs.  That is why Jesus is referred to as the Bread of Life---He is provision, our daily sustenance.  In Him we will never hunger for the temporal things of this world, or thirst for sweet lies of the devil, for his drink and food is deceptive and leads to death.  Jesus is the Life and Light of this world. "For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and give

Greetings in the Lord! With another shooting on a military base, news headlines are re-examining the prevalence of Post Traumatic Shock Disorder (PTSD) among our military service people returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, in particular.  While certainly theirs is a stressful job and combat can leave deep emotional scars, I would like to examine this issue from another perspective--from a spiritual viewpoint. We know the Bible teaches that we consist of a body, mind, and spirit , yet so often we do not fully take that into consideration as we go about our modern lives.  As life unfolds and events and experiences take place, we often overlook how the spirit realm interacts and affects our more familiar parts, body and mind.  We simply see a doctor for pain, a therapist for emotional wounding, and go about with life coping the best we can.  But I'd like you to consider the spiritual side. For years I travelled worldwide playing professional basketball, spending time in pla

Greetings in the Lord! A few days back I shared my dream about the big ugly frog I saw in a vision.  That frog represented propaganda, and more specifically, a rise of an intense cunning propaganda to recruit young men to radical Islam to fight for Jihad and the institution of Sharia Law.  Well, the Lord continues to give more insight from His Word into the people who push this propaganda:   Pic from www.productiveflourishing.com "Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction.  Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.  Declare them guilty, O God!  Let their intrigues be their downfall.  Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against You."  Psalm 5:9-10. You see, every rationalization they give to condone violent acts is a lie.  Every promised sensual reward in Paradise is a lie.  Every clever argument given to entice young men and women to carry out evil against humanity is a lie. 

Greetings in the Lord! Just before waking up this morning I saw a vision of a large (size of a very fat cat), putrid green frog sitting next to my bed.  It just sat there, looking at me with its mouth completely wide open, exposing its sharp black teeth to me.  In my vision, I called for help in catching this huge frog.  As two people came to round it up, the frog jumped back and forth to elude them, then jumped out of my vision. As a sat up in my bed thinking, "What on earth was that?" I recalled a passage of Scripture from Revelation 16:  "Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet.  They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty."  Revelation 16:13-14 Those three evil frogs of the passage were demons who had t

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is from Psalm 112.  The message to us is simple--we will be blessed when we choose to love the Lord, live a righteous life, and pursue justice.  God loves justice and righteousness, and we can't please the Lord without having an active faith in Him. Psalm 112 tells us that when we live an upright life, generous to all in need and honest in our dealings with people, we can expect an unforgettable legacy, honor and provision, security, and courage. "Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man....Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.  He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord....He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn (of authority) will be lifted high in honor." "The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the

Greetings in the Lord! It seems there have been lots of words lately about nations and leaders.  I discern that for the truly corrupt ones, the Lord is putting a date on His calendar for their removal and for the setting free of their captives, the weak and the needy whom they should have been protecting.  I am fully expecting to see amazing things in this regard in the not so distant future.  While living in Syria, there was one verse and word that the Lord had me share with a teammate of mine.  She was a Muslim, but the Lord had gifted her with wisdom and discernment of dreams and visions.  I told her about the vision I had of a great fire from heaven coming down to completely destroy the land of Syria.  She actually discerned the current trouble for Syria before I had fully understood the vision!  But the word to her was also very important.  It came from Matthew 6:22-23: "The eye is the lamp of the body.  If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.  Bu

Greetings in the Lord! It's amazing to see how many riots and violent protests are happening all around the world right now.  In Venezuela, Ukraine, Thailand, even in France--over the potential building of an airport, of all things.  And as I was reading about these and other events, I also was curious to compare what various news outlets had to say about the happenings.  Most news sources give the same major details, but usually from slightly different viewpoints with varying degrees of elaboration.  However, there are a growing number of conspiracy theorists out there.  They never fail to offer really "interesting" twists and bits of information, but it always seems like I'm entering a fog when I hear what they have to say.  It makes me nervous (fearful) in my spirit, really, and so I naturally will back away and hear what the Lord has to say about them and all the major news events going on these days.  Hear the word of the Lord: "Do not call conspiracy