“A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.” John 16:21 KJV

RAW AND UGLY

Travail. It is simply defined as, “painful and laborious effort”. It is at this point that nothing else matters. Your hair doesn’t matter… your image doesn’t matter…the volume of grieving to those around you doesn’t matter. It is raw and it is ugly! True travail strips away all unimportant things. It strips away pride. It strips away the need to be right or validated. Travail will truly take you to the core of the matter…bringing you face to face with whatever needs to happen or change. It brings you to the birth of the new!

TRAVAILING THE PROCESS

This word was literally travailed out one hour before being published. Angie and I (Jeff speaking) were crying to the Lord about some things that are at the crescendo. It was raw and ugly, with many tears and petitions made to the Lord concerning the matter before us! All options have been exhausted and the point of final decision is almost upon us. We prayed until the travail of the situation was birthed out. After using a half box of tissue to wipe away the tears, we gathered ourselves and transitioned to our living room area. Once there, we quieted ourselves and just listened. This is what we heard next.

I AM WITH YOU IN THE TRAVAIL!

I heard the Lord saying, “I am with you in the travail! I see you and I hear your prayers and petitions that have risen like sweet incense before Me! You have travailed to the point of birthing! This was the last push! It was raw and it was ugly but the last push was the birth! Now, your anguish shall be like the woman who gave birth. You shall remember it no more! You will now see the joy set before you!”

THE BODY OF CHRIST

Once I voiced these words to my wife Angie, I also heard the Lord tell me, “Go and write these words to My people!” As I write these words, I believe there are many who will read and resonate deeply with this prophetic message. You are at the travailing point! You have little strength, but the final push is now needed! This has to change now! This has to happen now! No more delays! The birthing is here! Push through and travail to the other side!

OUR PRAYERS FOR YOU!

Engage your faith as we pray for you. “Dear Heavenly Father, We pray and intercede for your people who find themselves in the travailing process! We speak and declare victory and a finishing anointing to travail and to birth what you have intended and for what is now needed! Strengthen your precious people for this moment! Send your ministering angels to comfort and to protect your people as they birth the new destiny that surely awaits them on the other side of this birthing process! Minister and comfort your people, strengthen and protect them on all sides, and bring forth the joy that you have set before them! We pray and decree these things in the courts of heaven and before your Throne now in the precious name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Amen!”

TO OUR PRECIOUS PARTNERS AND FOLLOWERS

As this year is quickly coming to a close, I pondered back on the many words and journeys of the year. One of the very first words was, “2025 will be the year of the double.” As a quick update to you all, this year we had more than double the amount of blogs, subscribers, and Facebook followers! Also, these words have reached every nation in the world except for about 10 countries; 4 in the Sahara Desert region, 4-5 around the Ukraine region and 2 remote islands in the Pacific region! Wow! Almost every nation in the world! Our Lord is so good!

It is one of our greatest honors to serve you and to pray for you and to deliver to you the words we are hearing from our Heavenly Father. We believe 2026 will be even greater because our God is the God of increase! Would you consider becoming a partner to help support the work of this ministry? Great things can be accomplished when many people join together in unity. That is why we will be introducing to you the opportunity to join “The Two Dollar Team”. For the price of a small coffee, our monthly Two Dollar Team Members will be the foundational support team needed to help take “Living With Confidence International Ministries” to full time status and to expand the ministry to do future vlogs and videos.

As we pray for you, please remember us in your prayers as well. We believe our Lord has many great things in store for you as well as for “Living with Confidence International Ministries”. May you always experience His Perfect Peace and Joy this year and in the new year to come! Many Blessings to you all!