“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 NKJV
RETURN TO YOUR FIRST LOVE
As I sat quietly with the Lord this morning, I felt an urgency to put away the small and petty things competing for my time and attention. With pen and paper ready, I heard the Lord say, “My bride! Truly, a battle is waging for your time, affection, and attention in this hour! I urge you to return to the secret place and to your first love! It is here that I will meet with you! Resist the urgent and choose what is truly important. Come and dine with Me,” says the Lord. “Come and feast at My table of abundance! I prepare a table for you in the very presence of your enemies (Psalm 23:5). Oh, taste and see that I am good!”
“Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!” Psalm 34:8 ESV
“My bride! Apathy and complacency have attempted to settle in on you. Resist these things and press in,” says the Lord. “Press into Me, My bride, for the hour is urgent and at hand! Much is being weighed in the scales of justice in this hour! Pray for your nation and intercede for those in authority over you! Watch and pray,” says the Lord! “Bring these petitions to My courts in heaven! Your prayers shift atmospheres and pull down strongholds in high places!”
“The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” 2nd Corinthians 10:4 BSB
GATEKEEPERS ARISE!
“Arise, you gatekeepers! Arise, you watchmen on the wall! Perceive with your discernment and with your seer gifts to expose the works of the enemy! See in the spirit and expose the works of the enemy,” says the Lord! “Now bring your case before Me in My courts. Arise, and now send the hosts of heaven on My behalf! You are My ecclesia! You are My representation on earth! Now, commission My hosts to tear down the works of the enemy! Do not think that your prayers do little or go unheard! Do not think that,” says the Lord! “Truly, I tell you, I bring each prayer and petition before the Throne of My Father! I do not sleep nor slumber at the sound of your prayers! Truly, I tell you once more! I bring each of your prayers to the Throne of My Father in petition for you!”
PROTECT YOUR GRACE
Draw near to Me, and I will draw near to you. Resist the lust of the eye and the lust of the flesh! Resist that which is petty and superficial. Do not take the bait of those who would seek to wear you down and draw you into foolish arguments. Walk in love, while maintaining firm boundaries. Owe no man anything except to love him (Romans 13:8). Shake the dust from your feet if there are those who do not receive that which you carry. Shake the dust and walk forward. Do not shrink back, neither dim your light in attempt to make others more comfortable. Be bold like a lion and gentle as a dove. Arise and awake, oh sleeper! It is time to walk in the fullness of your calling,” says the Lord of Hosts!
“The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.” Proverbs 28:1 ESV
“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.” Romans 8:19 ESV