Month: January 2025

For many days now the Lord has been nudging me to pay attention to the 10th of Tevet, which is the 10th of January. As I have been watching this day, I heard of the court date set for the former and soon incoming President of the United States; I heard of the incoming and now upon us Southern snow storm; I watched as the fires blazed in California; and I knew biblically today is a day the Hebrews fast in commemoration of a historical event that happened on this day.

If you don’t know a little bit about history, your Bible will say things you read but have no understanding of. Zechariah 8 speaks of fasting in four months of the year, it says, the fast of the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, and the tenth month. These four months were days of great trouble for Israel, so they commemorated them with fasting as a way of remembering dark days in their history. But God, through the prophet Zechariah comes in and flips the script for these four months.

Zechariah 8 says, “Thus said GOD of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth month, the fast of the seventh month, and the fast of the tenth month shall become occasions for joy and gladness, happy festivals for the House of Judah; but you must love honesty and integrity.” God turns their fasting days into feasting days, they are no longer to mourn the truth that historically Babylon besieged Jerusalem in these months according to 2 Kings 25 and Jeremiah 52. They were now to be days of feasting.

Friends, God is flipping the script today, what the enemy is meaning for evil, God is flipping for good. It may look like this 10th of Tevet, 10th of January is a day or mourning, but God is saying, no Babylon is falling, Yahweh is arising, it is time to stop fasting and start feasting. Religious people will struggle with this, because their tradition says we fast this month, but the Lord is saying we feast this month. Whose report will you believe?

The days of mourning are over, the days of feasting our here. God has said and continues to say, from this day on I will bless you. Let me end with Zechariah 8:11-12 “But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the LORD of hosts. For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.” Stop mourning, start feasting for God has flipped the script today.

The news is sceaming on “11” right now with all that is happening in countries in North America. Prime Ministers resigning, fires blazing, blizzards here and coming, court cases pending, inauguration looming, Presidents laying in state, and that is just the headlines this week. Last week it was trucks ramming, lightning striking, fireworks exploding, drones looming. If you watch the news you would think God is not in control, the enemy is winning and we are doomed. Fear sells that is why they produce it.

The Word of God trumps the local news, the national news and the international news. The Word of God is the daily news that sets the standard for all the other lower level news we hear in a day. However, if you are not reading the Good News, you will only hear the bad news and not know how to interpret what you are hearing. Our inability to interpret accurately the bad news is the reason we doubt the good news.

Here is the Good News for this 9th day of the year: Psalm 139:12 The Passion Translation “There is no such thing as darkness with you. The night, to you, is as bright as the day; there’s no difference between the two.” This is the headline coming out of the kingdom of heaven this morning. God does not see dark and light, for all is light to Him; He does not fear the bad news, for all is good news to Him; and He is living in us, so that is the news He is wanting to announce through us to a world that can only hear the bad news.

Open up your bible, read until you get a revelation and you will hear the good news of the day coming from heaven. God is light in Him there is no darkness at all, that is why the Word of God is Good News!!! Have a great day in the Light of the good news of God.

Delay has been like a swear word to believers. Many have felt like they have been delayed pertaining to what God has spoken to them. We tend to give the enemy credit for a divine set up that God has done, which includes time. Time is an element of the prophetic equation that most people don’t know how to factor in. Culturally we are a “now” time people. We have instant noodles; insta cart; instant cash at the ATM; instant, instant, instant and if it is not instant we call it poor service or delay.

What if it wasn’t God delaying us, but rather time is part of the development stage of us and we don’t necessarily like it, because we don’t understand it? When I was in high school I took a photography class and we had a dark room where we developed our own film and photos. The dark room had a red light, so we could see enough to put the film in the right chemicals in order to go from a film strip to a photograph. This process included multiple tubs, each tub having a distinct purpose. We transferred the film from one tub to the next, rather quickly, until we came to the developer tub, it had to sit in there for more time than the other tubs. Many have been and still are in the developer tub process as God is waiting to see His image on us.

The Bible says in Isaiah 46:10 “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times what is still to come. I say, My purpose will stand and I will do all that I please.” When God speaks prophetically to us, He is declaring the end we will see, from the start, from the beginning, so we have hope to walk through the whole process and not quit along the way. Don’t despise the days of developing, for the end is not yet, but it is coming and all will see what God saw when He created you. He is not delaying you, He is developing you.

For the past couple of nights I have been in a dream state in which I am seeing the numbers sequentially, 4-40-400. I saw them again last night in my sleep and so this morning I sat down with my Hebrew numbers and letters book and my bible to try and understand what the Lord is saying. Oh my friends, heaven is releasing such good news, it is beyond my ability to describe it, but let me tell you what the Holy Spirit said this morning.

4 – pathway, doorway, to enter, door
40 – water, liquid, massive, chaos, raging
400 – to seal, to covenant, to make agreement, sign

After looking up and adding up these numbers and their meaning, the Holy Spirit drops Isaiah 44:4 in my spirit, “They shall spring up among the grass
like willows by flowing streams.” Water, hmmmmm. I want to know the context, who is the, they? Listen to 44:3 and 44:5 for context. “For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’S,’ another will call on the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’S,’ and name himself by the name of Israel.” More water, the outpouring of the Spirit and an agreement to be the Lord’s.

The Holy Spirit says, “A door is opening (4) that will lead to a massive move of God (40) that will be a sign and seal (400) to the nations that God is for you and not against you.” I am stunned as I see this so clearly, 4-40-400 is 444 and is saying through Isaiah 44:3-5 that we are about to enter a Habukkuk 2:14 moment “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” Where the glory of the Lord is seen and heard by all.

We are living in the days of Noah where Genesis 7:14 says, the springs of earth and the windows of heaven agreed to water the earth with God’s glory. This is going to be massive, this is going to be glory, this is going to bring us into a covenant with God where we declare I am the LORD’s! Oh friends, I can see it.

Fiddler on the roof is remembered for its famous song with the word “Tradition” as its mantra. It is spoken in such a manner you can never forget the word. The song goes on to describe traditions that may or may not be benefiting them in their context, which makes it thought provoking and actually quite funny. Once you hear the song you cannot unhear it.

Just as for Fiddler on the roof and the word “Tradition” there is a word in the body of Christ that is ringing in the hearts of too many believers, but it is not a new word, but an ancient word which began in the garden and continues throughout stories in both the Old and New Testament. The word is “Suspicion”. From Adam and Eve’s suspicion that God wasn’t as good as He said He was to the Pharisees in the days of Jesus, the Bible is riddled with “Suspicion”.

Reading 2 Samuel 10 today this word came up yet again, but in the context of Israel’s enemies being suspicious of David’s heart of benevolence to an enemy nation. “David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.” So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites. But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it?”

The body of Christ still struggles with “Suspicion” and honestly just like in 2 Samuel 10, this “Suspicion” of each other is not benefiting us. When we are suspicious of each other or of people, we actually create troubles we do not need nor want, but our suspicion tells us they are not trustworthy, they are not safe. We call it discernment as we keep an eye on them, while assuming their motive based on their action or attire.

I pray that we no longer be known as people of suspicion or tradition, but rather we become like the disciples of Jesus who sat at the Passover table and when Jesus said, one of you is going to betray me, they were not suspicious of anyone at that table. Even after the guilty party took the bread which allowed Satan to enter him they still were never suspicious of Judas. Some call it clueless, I call it a culture of love that had no suspicion of others at their table.

As we enter 2025, let’s drop the spirit of suspicion and pick up a spirit of trust that gives people the benefit of the doubt, rather than casting suspicion. There are blessings hidden in some that the enemy wants us to be suspicious of. Let’s not buy into the narrative of those who are suspicious. May we not be the fiddler on the roof singing, “Suspicion!”

I have never met a person that wants to be controlled. The reason for this is because we were made for freedom. Free to make our own choices, free to love, free to give, free to follow, free to lead, free, free, free we were created to be free. They were free in the Garden of Eden to eat from any tree in the garden (Genesis 1); Jesus said in John 8, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. Freedom is the heartbeat of the word of God. We have been set free, but the challenge is remaining free for we have an enemy and the enemy has a name, sin. Sin is the antithesis of freedom, for sin makes you a slave and Jesus sets you free.

Have you ever wondered why we use our freedom to sin which takes away the very freedom we were given so freely? No one can make you sin, sin is a choice you and you alone make. Which means we give up our freedom freely by choosing to sin. Sin is not just a behavior we can call sin like sex outside of marriage, stealing, murder, idolatry, but sin is also a heart posture that wants to do things our way not God’s way. The Bible calls that sin rebellion. When we freely give up our freedom to sin, we become controlled by sin. But no one wants to be controlled, so why do we sin?

I was reading 2 Samuel 7 this morning and it says, “Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it. Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.” Do you realize God’s heart for you is to bring about the promises He spoke to you and over you? Did you know His desire is to make you know all the great things He has planned for you? His heart is not to control you but to liberate you, but you must let go of doing it your way and let Yahweh lead the way.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, He knows the plans He has for you, plans to prosper you, to give you a future and a hope. Did you know He spoke that through the prophet Jeremiah to a people who were slaves in Babylon? He made them a promise of freedom while they were in slavery. Friends, the blood of Jesus has been shed so you do not have to sin, let it go, freedom is waiting for you to access what has been granted to you in Jesus.

I love the body of Christ, I love community, you know why? Because others in my life value things I don’t; carry gifts I am not gifted with; and speak truth into places I cannot see are locked into lies. Isolation is the enemy of our souls, because it locks us into a one dimensional understanding and belief that what I believe is true. It is true, until you come out of isolation and realize there are other people with other values, other gifts and other ideas that you had not thought of. They are not there to cause division, they are there to add value to your life. This is why I love the body of Christ.

Intimacy and community is what brings about transformation in us. The more interlocked we are with other people, the more transformed we become. Where one person is strong, I am weak, so I can lean on their strength until I have their strength as one of my strengths. Where one person is gifted in this area and I am gifted in that area, we can share out gifts with one another, so there is no deficit in what we are doing together. I love the body of Christ.

Solomon, a member of the body of Christ speaks so highly of wisdom and with such elation it makes wisdom desirable. In Proverbs 4 he says, “Wisdom is the most valuable commodity—so buy it! Revelation knowledge is what you need—so invest in it! Wisdom will exalt you when you exalt her truth. She will lead you to honor and favor when you live your life by her insights. You will be adorned with beauty and grace, and wisdom’s glory will wrap itself around you, making you victorious in the race.”

Solomon left words that add value to the body of Christ and as we lean into what he is saying, as we buy what he is saying we should buy, it will beautify us as the body of Christ. Wisdom will smooth out our rough edges, calm our anxious souls and brighten our dull eyes. The body of Christ is the bride of Christ and we need wisdom so we can be beautiful for our bridegroom. I love how the words build the body of Christ so we can exemplify beauty and grace. Thank you for being a member of the body of Christ and sharing who you are with me, you make me more like Him.

When this morning person, who is normally up before the birds, turns into a night person for one night of laughter, dancing and playing pool with new friends and a wonderful housemate, it throws off my circadian rhythm for a couple days. But thanks be to God for a great nights sleep that recalibrates everything so we are aligned to that which we are assigned. This girl loves the early morning, but it was New Years Eve, so I had to embrace the joys of those who love the night.

I remember being in Bible school and one of our teachers told us we had to do our devotions in the morning and gave all the reasons why. Then I married a night person, my son is a night person and so is my best friend. All night people. The Lord reminded me, Jesus prayed all night and he rose early in the morning, so Jesus was a night and a morning person, which means we can be either or and Jesus is right there with us in our best hours of the day. I hope that liberated someone. ( 🙂 )

Now that we are in the new year, people are setting goals for this year in front of us. Many are on a 21 day fast to hear the Lord and His desire for the year; others are writing the vision and making it plain so they can run with it; and Proverbs 3 wants to add value to the beginning of this year and help direct us as we march forward into advancing the kingdom together. “My child, never drift off course from these two goals for your life: to walk in wisdom and to discover your purpose. Don’t ever forget how they empower you. For they strengthen you inside and out and inspire you to do what’s right; you will be energized and refreshed by the healing they bring.”

Friends, the joy of the season is going to be the joy of the Lord and it will not end. We are going to find a building consistently this year of joy after joy after joy coming in waves over us to wash off all the old seasons. This year we are going to come alive in a way we did not know we could. We are going to find ourselves operating in a freedom we did not see, a love we did not know how to receive, and a peace that we cannot deny. Wisdom and purpose are going to propel us into this new year and carry us for the rest of our days. We are in the best days of our lives even as we are shaking off the dust of a past season. Enjoy!

When calendars align it is a sign, but what is the sign saying? Where is the sign pointing to? These are questions we need to ask, not just assume answers to. Genesis 1 says, the Lord put the sun, moon and stars in the sky for signs and for seasons. The Hebrew people saw the celestial bodies (sun, moon and stars) as their calendar so they knew what time it was. Friends, we are alive today during an alignment of the likes I am not even sure how to process properly.

Hanukkah and Christmas both landed on the same day last year. Now today, the New Moon and the New Year are happening on the same day. The New Moon is the day the Hebrews knew it was a new month and the month that just began on the Hebrew calendar is the month of Tevet, the 10th month and for them it is the 5785 year. For us it is the 1st of January, the first month and the year is 2025. The alignment is two first months beginning on the same day doesn’t happen often, but then the Lord shows me this…

Rabbi Jason Sobel said, 5785 is the year of the open window, so I start reading in Genesis 7 where the first mention of the word window is. It is the windows of heaven that open to pour out rain on the earth in the days of Noah, to bring judgment on the wicked and redemption for the righteous. But as I keep reading, Genesis 8:5 (5785 hint hint) says, “And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.” This is today!!!!!

I started shouting, on this 10th month, first day in the Hebrew year 5785, so 1 Tevet 5785 (January 1, 2025) in Genesis 8:5 it says, the tops of the mountains were seen! This is huge, the Lord is saying to us, the judgement is past, the waters are receding, the tops of the mountains are revealing hope that a new day has begun. Not just a new year, a whole new day, a new way, same mandate, “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” (Genesis 9:1) but a new way.

Friends, the tops of the mountains are revealed, in this year of the open window, the year of open eyes, the year of open mouth, the year of open hands, God is saying to us today, “Can you see the tops of the mountains?” We made it through the flood. “You let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us to a place of abundance.” (Psalm 66:12). The windows are open, the abundance is coming down and we are going to build the kingdom a new on earth again. Let’s go!!!!