Month: November 2024

The phrase “Watch the Water” has taken on new significance for me this past four days in Florida. Growing up in MN where we had lakes made me appreciate water, but being in Florida as an adult has taught me to “Watch the Water”. Little did I know the water had so many things to say.

This morning, I awoke very early, the sun had not yet begun to rise, but once it did the sights that it revealed spoke things to me I had not thought of before. There is no wind this morning, not one wave even landing on the seashore, the calm is palatable on the gulf this morning. The sun rising behind me has cast a beautiful color scheme in front of me. The water is what has my attention this morning.

I look out and it is so calm I can see a pod of dolphins pursuing their morning feast, dipping above the water line so I can see their fin sticking out. Then the pelicans are nose diving in head first for their breakfast. As I watch these beautiful animals in their natural habitat the Holy Spirt begins to speak to me.

Seeing dolphins live by design in this large body of water makes me realize our stress as people, comes from being in unfamiliar places, we were never designed for. Some may call it greedy, but we were made for more. We are designed for freedom; we were created for abundance; we have bodies that long to rest not rush; and all the arificial supply is not satisfying us because we are not living by design.

Like dolphins doing tricks in a pool at the zoo, we are doing what we have been trained to do not what we are designed to do. We wonder why we can’t enjoy life; why we don’t know how to love God and love people; it is because we are performing in a pool at the zoo rather than operating by design in wide open spaces that are holy places. Watch the water, it has many lessons for us to learn. I may be coming home, but not to a pool, for my heart is staying in abundance of truth the gulf has taught me.

Today on the Gulf of Mexico in the Panhandle of Florida, the sea is calm, the wind is not blowing hardly at all and the words the Lord spoke to me yesterday are still vibrating in my spirit, “When Wind Meets Water.” The lack of wind is why the water is so calm today. The clouds are grey, the weather is crisp, the waves are gently landing on the sand, the boundary line marked out by God for them. And all I keep hearing is “When Wind Meets Water.”

Wind is the breath of God, the voice of God, the words of people. Yes our words are winds, just like God’s words are winds. People can speak things and it is like a wind that blows across the water of our life and storms begin to arise. We have personal storms that rise, we have national storms that rise we have international storms that rise, all because of the words of people. “When Wind Meets Water” storms can arise, for our words are powerful.

Mark 4 shares a story of “When Wind Meets Water” and many believe it was a storm of epic proportions that arose on the sea that day, a storm that literally scared seasoned oarsmen/fishermen who grew up on this sea. “A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

The words of men can create storms in our lives, in our cities, in our states, in our nations, but there are words God speaks to the winds of men and it calms the storms they sought to create. We are created in the image of God, we have been given authority and that authority is in our mouth. When word winds create storms in your head, your heart, your actions, your body, your finances, your soul, your city, your state, your nation, open your mouth and speak to the storm. The storm is only words that are contrary to God’s intended purpose. Speak to the words that are speaking to you and remind them of who your God is and watch the Wind Meet Water and calm the storms.

Sitting on the 11th floor balcony of our family condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, listening to the waves come crashing in, opens up different revelations in the Word of God that are not seen or heard when in my bedroom overlooking the yard out my side window. When the water and sky meet out in the distance it is called the horizon and it changes my perspective, for I am looking at abundance and I see how small we are in light of how big this gulf is. This is only one gulf, and yet I see the magnitude and hear the sound of the majesty of our God and my perspective changes.

The waves are crashing in this morning and the question rise in my spirit, what creates waves? NOAA says, “Waves are primarily created by wind blowing across the surface of the water, transferring energy and causing the water to move in circular motions. Other factors like seismic activity and gravitational forces from the moon and sun can also generate waves, such as tsunamis and tides.” Immediately my mind goes to Genesis 1:2 which says, “Darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Then the Holy Spirit says, “Waves happen when wind meets water!”

My spirit leaps inside of me as the Holy Spirit begins to share with me about the move of God we are in, we will see and we will hear for wind is meeting water and it is creating waves of glory that are going to delight us, wash us and envelop us in ways we need and want so badly. A wind meets water move of God is here. Spirit (wind) and water (the Word) are about to release wave after wave after wave. The sound will recalibrate us, the abundance will overwhelm us, the peace will flood us, the joy will excite us. Oh friends, welcome to the Where Wind Meets Water move of God. It is truly beyond anything we have ever seen or heard before.

The story of Samson in Judges 15-16 is one that has been preached on in many services over the years. It is a great story of a barren woman who God blessed with a male child who she declared and then he maintained as a Narzarite from birth. If you look into the Nazarite vow, you will find it was a commitment to consecration, to be set apart for God’s use only. This was a voluntary vow men and women took.

This vow came with great gifts, for Samson this vow gave him supernatural strength. God was going to use this supernatural strength to defeat the enemy of Israel the Philistines. The Philistines killed Samson’s first wife because she could not get him to break his vow to God. Then he ends up with a prostitute, but he escapes that situation with the strength his vow provided him. He then falls in love again with Delilah.

The Philistines learned from their past mistake of burning to death his first wife and her family, so they bribe his second wife with money. A lot of money. This bribe works and she wears him down enough to find out that his strenght is not because of some charm he carries, but because of a vow he made to Yahweh. “He told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.” (Judges 16:17)

Samson broke his vow to God and lost his strenght. Samuel never broke his Nazarite vow to God and died a prophet whose words never fell to the ground (1 Samuel 1:11). Friends, our promises to God releases gifts to us that enemy seeks to steal from us, not because he wants the gift, but because the gift is defeating him and rescuing us. Our vows to God are powerful, we must guard them at all cost, for the enemy is after our vow not our strength or prophetic words.

Ephesians 4 tells us that the five fold ministry gifts are for multiple reasons, but one is to mature the body of Christ. We have a lot of titles that call people one of the five fold ministry gifts, like apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher or evangelist, but we have very few of those titles who are maturing the body of Christ. The days of titles are over the days of function are here. Those five gifts were given to the church to mature us, to equip us, to deploy us. The evidence that these are titles not functions in the church right now is the amount of immaturity we see in the body of Christ.

Sixty “prophets” confronted one “prophet” publicly and now we have a myriad of commentators weighing in on a matter revealing our immaturity from the “prophets” down to the YouTube commentators. Church, Proverbs 26:20-21 says, “For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.” The more we talk about it the more the quarrel stays alive and reveals our immaturity as the body of Christ.

Then we have a video of a Bishop having a health issue publicly on Sunday during the service and the venom being spewed about this man is embarrassing and again evidence of our immaturity. I am not saying we should not know about these things, but we speak about people we have never met and have no first hand knowledge of.

Those are just public quarrels and comments. This is happening in local churches as well with leaders speaking about their people, about people speaking about other people, the quarreling, strife, and slander is revealing we have had titles but not function, for the body of Christ is very immature. But thanks be to God, He does not leave us in our mess. We have entered a season of house cleaning so He can remove the reproach off us as a body, of whom Christ is the head. God is focused on function not title and we are about to grow up as God gives us leaders that function according to Ephesians 4 and train us to not be tossed to and fro any mo. Our best days are upon us. Maturity is so much more beneficial to all of us.

I was listening to a friend share yesterday and as I did she said, “I have never identified the end game of this endeavor I am in. I need to know what my end game is.” Then this morning in prayer, the Lord speaks to me and says, “The end game of sin is always death.” Romans 6:23 comes to my spirit “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” The next thought the Holy Spirit drops in my spirit is, “This is why I call people to repent, because the end game of sin is always death and I do not delight in the death of anyone.”

No one wants to die, but how many people are willing to repent of their sin in order to live and live life abundantly? The root of all sin is unbelief, we don’t believe what God says, therefore we do what we want to do, rather than trust God for what He knows we are supposed to do. The enemy damaged our trust as a child, for he knew better than we did, that it takes trust to obey the words of God over our own ways, thoughts, plans, ideas. The invitation to sin by the enemy is because he knows the end game of sin is death and he rejoices in things that die in us, through us and around us.

I was praying Psalm 85 this morning and it says, “Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.” The preceeding verses speak of restoration of fortunes, revival of people, and God turning from his anger. We love the words restore and revive, but I believe God is saying to us, He will restore, He will revive, but He wants us to remain restored, remain revived. He does not want us to return to our folly once He rescues us out of it. For the end game of sin is death, but the end game of remaining faithful to God is life and life abundantly. We need to repent and remain for righteousness is exalting the nations.

My spirit keeps saying over and over again, “People are the treasure, people are the treasure.” Friends, the most valuable thing on earth is people. People come in all shapes and sizes; they come in all colors and cultural backgrounds; they all have varying and different stories and current situations; but people are the treasure of earth.

Many pursue silver and gold as the highest commodity of earth, but the Lord says, “People are the treasure of earth!” People hurt us because they are so valuable to us. People are the gift that keeps on giving; people are who we pray for more than anything else; people are what make up our churches; people are why we have companies; people are what makes our life rich. People are the treasure and you are a people, which means you are a treasure.

When we get a revelation of people as the treasure, we will enjoy people, celebrate people, listen to people, laugh with people, cry with people, be patient with people, extend grace to people, smile at people, the earth is full of people, because people are the treasure of earth. Older people, younger people, all people are a treasure. Oh that we would get the revelation of how much God loves people. He sent His person, Jesus the Christ to earth, because He loves people.

The Bible is a story of people, lessons to learn from people, promises kept and broken by people, experiences of God and people. No person is perfect, but we as a people and each of us individually are a treasure. I see a treasure chest and as it opens, I see the faces of people, you my friend are the treasure of earth and you are highly valuable to God and me. Oh that we would get a revelation of how to love and treasure people!

Pain, it is something everyone has endured. Pain unhealed manifests in a myriad of ways, but it does manifest. Unhealed pain can be seen in self-protection, addiction, anger, fear or even suspicion. Pain has a way of eroding our ability to trust people, which causes us to operate in a way that is not our original design. No wonder the enemy hits us as kids when we are defenseless and then just reinforces it throughout our lives in order to establish the pain inside of us.

In this day and in this hour, we must be still and know that He is God. Psalm 46 speaks of storms, struggles, situations that cause unrest in the earth realm and in the midst of it all, the psalmist declares in verse 10 “Be still and know that I am God.” God is a strong tower, a refuge, He is the prince of peace, He is unmovable, unshakeable, unstoppable in what He is doing in the earth with all of HIs children. Both those who have accepted His invitation to salvation and those who have not yet.

One of the things we need to discern in this hour, as we deal with people who are in pain, in ways we do not even understand, but see the manifestation of, is the need to validate their feelings, but cast out the spirit. People who are afraid have many reasons for feeling fearful, if we do not validate their feelings we actually invalidate them. They need to know we see they are afraid, but we must not validate the spirit of fear that is trying to attach itself to them. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Fear is a feeling and it is a spirit knowing which you are dealing with is critical. Cast out the spirit but validate the feeling.

Anger is similar to fear, people will get angry about injustices they see and hear, situations they encounter, experiences they have. We need to validate the feeling of anger, but when we are dealing with a spirit of anger, we cast it out and make no room for it. God is cleaning houses, White houses and churches houses, our houses and others houses. Fear and anger are going to be seen and heard, because they are valid emotions but we must not tolerate them as spirits even as we validate them as feelings. #toolsforthecomingdays #lessonslearnedrecently #loveistheprinciplething

Spring is here in the kingdom of God, even though spring has not come naturally here in the earth realm. On August 30, 2024 the Lord spoke to me and said, “Now is the time when kings go to war.” This is a direct quote from 2 Samuel 11:1 which says, “In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle…” but it was August 30, not March or April when the Lord said this, so I kept it to myself and only shared it with a few friends privately.

On November 12, 2024 the Lord whispered to me Jeremiah 23, so I read the chapter and took some notes in my journal, one of which I wrote, “God raised up a king (speaking of the presidential election in the USA) because the shepherds weren’t doing their job, taking care of of the sheep.” Jeremiah 23 is a statement to shepherds and prophets who are not doing what God wants them to do.

Now yesterday I listened to Kris Vallaton’s message from November 10, 2024 called The New Era of Righteousness, I recommend all listen to it, but he says, the Lord speaks to him Jeremiah 23 and it says in verse 11, “Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD.” And the Lord whispers to me again, I am doing a spring cleaning in my church. Then Kris says, “Judgment begins with the house of God and it has begun, but once the church cleansing is over, the Lord will cleanse the world as well for this is the new era of righteousness.”

God is doing a spring cleaning, this is happening in a major way in the prophetic and the charismatic church with many stories happening and Kris says more will come out. This is not a time to point fingers as though we are not living in a glass house so we can throw stones, this is a time to search our own hearts, for we are the church, it is not a building and God is doing a spring cleaning in all of us. For we are in the New Era of Righteousness!!!!

Have you ever been to the chiropractor? I used to work for one as the marketing manager for his wellness center. What I love about the chiropractor is that people come in one way and leave feeling a whole lot better. The reason being is because they got a much needed adjustment. The challenge with the chiropractor is when you are out of alignment, you can come get an adjustment but it is only temporary, you need to keep coming back and for some people it is frequently.

We have a lot of Christian Chiropractors in the body of Christ. They give you a book to read to adjust you; they give you a scripture to read, hoping to adjust you; they give you a prophetic word or some action to take in order to help adjust you. The challenge is, adjustments are temporary, what you need is not an adjustment, you need to be brought back into alignment. Adjustments feel good for a while, but if you do not get back into alignment you are going to need another adjustment.

The word of God is not a chiropractic adjustment, it is an invitation to come into alignment with the assignment God has for you. If you are out of alignment you are not functioning by design. God does not give you an adjustment, He actually uses prophets, to bring you back into alignment, so you can get going with your assignment. Amos 7:7-8 says, “This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them.”

I hear the Holy Spirit saying, I am bringing a prophetic plumb line into my church in order to bring my body back into alignment, because I have an assignment for them to fulfill in their generation. This alignment will cause us to function by design, will break hope deferred and will cause blessings to flow freely. Once you are back in alignment, the need for adjustments ends, because in alignment is how God created us to operate by design.