Divine Interruptions - Greater is Coming!

I am scheduled for left knee surgery this week. I entered a time of prayer earlier and came out with this word, and it's what I needed. I just want and desire a greater anointing to rest upon the church, not about me, but for His Holy Spirit to move and operate in new gifts. I am just hungry to keep growing and moving into a greater walk with Him until He calls me home. To move upon His children in a fresh way and into a season of revival; that's certainly my heart's desire and my prayer. The Lord has graciously spoken to me about this time of surgery now happening, after originally thinking it wouldn't, not to question it but to keep trusting His will and His way and it's happening for a reason.... and I need to grow deeper with Him through it. I need to be still and keep hearing from Him. 

I've been reflecting on and listening to the song a lot lately, "Greater Is Coming" by Jekalyn Carr. Through that song, I am reminded of this:

"An olive has to go through three stages, for its oil to run. It has to go through the shaking, the beating, and the pressing. And just like the olive, sometimes you may have felt like you went through (are going through) the shaking, the beating, and the pressing. But God. You've gone through all of that (going through all of that) for your oil to flow. Now, your greater is coming".

Then, the Lord spoke this so clearly to me:

"I AM INTERRUPTING, BUT EMBRACE THIS DIVINE INTERRUPTION, FOR THERE YOU WILL FIND A NEW MOVE OF MY HOLY SPIRIT. AGAIN, THIS BATTLE WILL END MY CHILD, AND AN EVEN GREATER ANOINTING WILL REST UPON YOU THROUGH MY HOLY SPIRIT", SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. 

Maybe you're facing an "interruption" in your life right now, that you weren't prepared for, but maybe it's very well a divine interruption for you and God is indeed preparing you for something greater too! Be still and know that He is God! Trust the process! Even when you can't feel Him moving like you think you should, rest assured that He is moving!

P.S. I realize we should never hope for a trickle of God's power and Holy Spirit and giftings and anointing when He certainly has an overflow prepared for us. Let it flow, Lord. Let it overflow.

Turn to Him: A Word!

Sharing what the Lord spoke to my spirit. I know it is for someone(s). I pray it brings edification and encouragement to your life. 

"Your situation may look bleak or hopeless right now but I, the Lord God, have come by today to remind you that through Me it's not what it seems. For I am a God of hope and restoration. I am the fixer and mender of all things. Turn to Me and look unto Me this day. For I am the Author and Finisher of your faith. Trust that I am turning it around and working this situation for your good, says God". 

A Wall Of Fire About Me!

He will never, never leave me. Nor yet forsake me here. While I live by faith and do His blessed will.

A wall of fire about me, I've nothing now to fear.

With His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.

Then sweeping up to glory, to see His blessed face, where rivers of delight shall ever roll; He's the "Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star," He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

^^"Lily of the Valley" verse above. ^^

I am so thankful that God has proven to me and shown to me time and again how He's put "a wall of fire about me", and He brought that song and this scripture to my mind.

"A wall of fire about me": God's divine protection. I am reminded of the Prophet Zechariah, where the Lord promises, "I myself will be a wall of fire around it" to protect the city of Jerusalem "and I will be the glory in her midst" (Zechariah 2:5). 

I know we are safeguarded from the attacks of the enemy by God's supernatural fiery defense. And I know God's glorious and powerful presence dwells within us.

Just hold on to God. He's got you in the palm of His hand where you're most protected. He's your shield. And He has promised as our father, as our king, as our savior, and as our deliverer, to be our protector.

I pray this encourages you as it has me! 

A Promise Coming Down That Dusty Road!

A warrior's testimony, and I am so thankful that God is faithful to give us a song and a promise in the middle of challenging times:

I believe the enemy is so threatened by our worship to the One, True God... for there is an anointing that we walk in, and he just picks and picks. But I won't be threatened by his attacks. The price was paid on the cross of Calvary, a heavy price for that anointing to flow. And, I am just not going to have the enemy making me feel defeated!

I stand on and have God's peace and that's what I need the most in the middle of these troubled days. Then, comes this song I've been singing and reflecting on since last week... our dirt road is extra dusty right now, but when I looked in that side mirror turning into our driveway and saw that dust flying... all I could think and sing was, "There's a promise coming down that dusty road, and with His holy power (from His holy hands), Healing virtues flow, He's got the key to what you need, death and hell He will defeat, cause there's a promise coming down that dusty road"!

I am still standing on God's healing promises! I know God will fix what needs fixing! He's already assured me of that! He's done it before and He'll do it again!! The main thing is I'm still here! I'm still standing, and I will be until God calls me home! I don't doubt the Lord one bit in the middle of all of the trials and the shape of this sin sick world! There is a purpose in the pain, and we learn to trust the process! God has positioned me to fight the good fight of faith!

Good or Bad Fruit!

Matthew 12:33-37 KJV - "Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

This is a strong statement from our Savior! The fundamental question is: "How Christ-like is our speech?" This is just one area out of the whole of our behavior. We will be judged for every word, even the idle ones that we may just toss off in a time of weakness or when joking around with friends. That is a pretty strict judgment. The tree (meaning the person) is either good—producing good fruit—or he is bad and produces bad fruit. Which are we—the good or the bad tree? The picture here is that the heart is a kind of vessel—a bowl—and things are poured into the heart. At a certain point, the vessel will overflow, and an abundance will come out of it. What comes out of our heart—this bowl or vessel—will expose the characteristics of the heart. When we pour information into our minds, we process it. For a while, it stays in the bowl, as it were, and becomes mixed with what has been put there before. Our minds work on it for a while, and over time, it begins to gel into certain ideas. Once our minds are full, ideas break out in words, plans, and behaviors. Evil thoughts within, evil speech and/or works without. Or, we can put it the other way around—godly, kind, Christ-like thoughts within, godly, kind, Christ-like speech and/or works without. This is vitally important because "by those words" we will either be justified or condemned. Our thoughts are just precursors to our speech and action.

I want to strive to be Christ like. I want to be more like Christ. I want to become a better Christian.