Month: September 2025

My husband sends out a weekly word of encouragement and as I was listening this morning, he asked us, “What sound are you listening to?” As he was sharing, the Lord spoke to me and said, “I am doing a sound check.”

When we planted churches in Malaysia, one of my jobs was to run the sound board, and when I was in Bible school I traveled with a ministry team and I was in charge of the sound board. I worked on an analog sound board, and now everything is digital, but when the team is doing a sound check, we are listening for any discrepancies in the sound that is being emitted.

The point of a sound check is to make sure the sound we are wanting to release, is of the highest quality, is mixed well so all instruments blend together in harmony. We are listening for any adjustments in the vocals that may need more or less reverb/gain. A sound check is necessary before the actual releasing of the sound.

The Lord said, “I am doing a sound check.” The Lord is listening to what we say and what we are hearing. He is doing a sound check. We may not speak what we are hearing but we think about what we are hearing and He is listening to our thoughts as well as our words. The Lord is doing a sound check right now.

What sound are you hearing? What sound are you thinking? What sound are you speaking? We are in the middle of a sound check. Psalm 89:15-16 says, “How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted.” Can you hear the joyful sound?

God is doing a sound check to make sure we hear the sound He is producing. It is not the sound of man’s opinions; people’s emotions; the news’ commentary; or the conspiracy theorists ideas. It is not the sound of the rapture, or the enemy at the gate, it is a joyful sound. Can you hear it? If not, don’t worry, God is doing a sound check right now to adjust you to His sound, not people’s voice. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When our familiarity is with the flesh, the arm of flesh, the words of flesh, we not only rely on flesh, but we seek out flesh for the validation of what flesh is saying or doing. This is the reason “birds of a feather flock together.” We must gather to ourselves those who are saying what we are thinking, hearing or even saying, for we are more familiar with flesh than spirit.

Spirit is breath, it is invisible, it is untouchable, but it is absolute substance. Spirit carries absolute authority, creative ability and power to change outcomes spoken by and agreed upon by those who are in agreement in the flesh. Spirit trumps flesh, if only we will speak words of authority that silence the words of flesh.

Flesh is divisive, unforgiving, offended, culturally Christian and needs others who are fleshly to agree with them, so they feel like they have authority. Flesh loves to deny truth; loves to think they are right so won’t talk to others who know things they don’t know. Flesh cannot handle truth for it operates in insecurity and hides behind hypocrisy.

We are spirit beings, we are called to be spirit led, which means we do what we hear the spirit say, even when our flesh resists the idea God is presenting to us. For God is spirit! This is why Zechariah 4:6 says, “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.”

This is elementary Christianity, foundational truth that will set us free if we became more familiar with the spirit than we are comfortable with the flesh. Church people who have been saved for years, but don’t walk by the spirit are needing a revival, not just those who we label as unbelievers. The church must become spirit led, because there is an authentic generation knocking on the door wanting the God who is spirit, not people who are flesh.

The breath in our lungs is not so we can have an opinion; it is not for self-promotion; it not so we can criticize other people; it is not so I can cut down someone else. The breath in our lungs has been placed there so we can praise the Lord. Psalm 150 says, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.”

We were given breath to be a blessing; to speak the word of God; to release blessings; to build up people, cities, nations; to sing songs of praise to the God who gave us breath. Have you ever really thought about the truth of why you were given breath? What are you doing with the gift of breath you have been given?

We have been given breath to become a living soul. Breath is what gives us life. Our words are breath; our very being is dust and breath. Genesis 2:7 “Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”

Dust in Hebrew is ashes, earth, mortar, powder, rubbish, debris. Breath in Hebrew is spirit, wind, inspiration, source of life. When breath is put into dust we come alive. No wonder He makes beauty from ashes (Isaiah 61:3).

It is easy to see the dust in people, but can you see the breath in them? Can you be like Ezekiel 37:9 and hear the Lord say, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”

Use your breath to speak to their dust and tell it to come alive. We must stop being dust speakers and dust seekers, for when dust meets breath, we come alive. If all you can talk about is the dust that people are, you need someone to prophesy for breath to come into you. Friends, when dust meets breath, they come alive. Prophesy to the breath! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When many of us hear the letters M-O, we think mode of operation or modus operandi. This morning the Lord added value to the letters M-O by saying, it is a mode of operation, and our mode of operation that He desires from us is mutual obedience.

I wonder how many Christians consider the truth that we are to be in a mutually obedient relationship with Christ. The idea of Jesus obeying us seems like a foreign language, even to my ears, but when the Lord explained it to me this morning, it made total sense.

We see obedience in light of a military idea. There is a commander and we are soldiers that only do what we are told and if we don’t there is some form of punishment involved. I was watching a show last night about these social media influencers that get put through some military training drills, so they see what other people do for a living.

What I loved about the show is how the social media influencers were so grateful for the hard work the military people do to keep us safe and how they now have more content for their channels but it is not surface but substantive content.

Back to M-O. Mutual obedience is not only us obeying what God says, asks us to do, but God obeying what we ask Him to do. I know this sounds weird, but think about this, prayer is us asking God to do what we ask of Him. We want the Lord to respond to our requests, asks, and He wants us to do the same for Him.

When we learn the dance of M-O, mutual obedience, it will help us understand more clearly what Jesus said in John 15, “If you love me you will do what I say.” It is an invitation to M-O, mutual obedience, for He wants to do what you say and He wants you to do what He says, for you and God are on the same team, you are not rivals. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

The older I get the more I reflect on the past, not to relive it, but to learn from it. I reflect on things I have seen, heard, done and had done to me. It is not a dwelling in the past, it is a reflecting on the past for the gaining of wisdom from my mistakes and the mistakes of others.

Being a lifelong learner means being able to look at life in all its complexities and diversities and realizing everyone stumbles, some fall, others deny and still some learn and grow from it all. So many things to see, hear and reflect on, it is not a burden but a blessing, for the days ahead will not be like anything we have gone through in the past.

Outpourings, revivals, healings, tents, buildings, stadiums, pulpits, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists and apostles. We have seen churches in homes, offices, buildings, on street corners, in small groups, large groups, cathedrals and sports arenas. So much to reflect on, rejoice over and learn from. All because we are standing in the threshold between what has been and what is upon us.

Shofars sounding in Israel, announcing a new day; shakings around the world, announcing follow the way; tectonic plates moving spiritually and physically, as the earth groans for us to arise as sons and daughters; and numbers 5786 declaring strike the ground, stake your claim, drive the tent peg, and connect heaven to earth.

So much to see, to hear, to say, but through it all the Lord cuts with His voice like a sharp sword and says, “I Am God and there is none like Me.” When Isaiah saw the Lord, he fell to the ground; when Jacob saw the Lord in Genesis 35, “Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.” In all of this we must return to the Lord! Remain as one with the Lord! And not lose sight of the Lord! Just a reminder, in the midst of it all, He is the Lord! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

The church has been a place where people hear the same thing over and over again. When you are going to a place which tells you what you already know, there is no reason to be teachable. The reason we need to be teachable is because we are being told, taught or trained in something we do not already know. Many Christians are not teachable, not because they don’t want to learn, but rather because they are so used to hearing what they already know, there is nothing new to learn.

As narrative creators arise with a message, a sound, a word, a truth, a promise, a song, a company, an idea, a thought, a question, you have never heard before, or never considered before, it is an invitation to be teachable. The challenge is, when we hear something we have not heard before, we resist it as wrong, because it is not aligning with what we already know.

Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3-4). The invitation of Jesus was to be teachable, for He wanted to teach them truth that would set them free.

The Pharisees/the teachers of the Law, resisted the gospel of the kingdom, because He was teaching something they had not heard before. Not only did they resist His message, they killed Him. The religious spirit is a murderous spirit and it will seek to kill the messenger in order to stop the spreading of the message.

If you hear something you have not heard before, it is your invitation to be teachable. Jesus preached a gospel they had not heard before; Paul preached a mystery they had not been told before (Christ in you the hope of glory) and religion resisted both messages and sought to kill both messengers.

The spirit of division and murder is in the earth, it comes in the actual murder of messengers and in the attacking of people’s character. History does not speak well of attackers. Remain teachable, it is the true identifier of godly humility. We do not want to be on the wrong side of history in the making. We are living in biblical times. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Blow the trumpet, sound the shofar, today is the beginning of 5786, it is a new year on the Hebrew calendar. Every Hebrew year is packed with prophetic promises. This year will be no different. Living in the decade of the 80’s in Hebrew, it is the year of the mouth, so open up your mouth, speak to the nations and declare they are the inheritance of the Yeshua. Jesus alone is King of all kings, Lord of all lords, ruler of all nations. He is in charge and He will never be dethroned, for He has a kingdom that knows no end. This is the good news and today is a a very Happy Hebrew New Year.

Colossians 2:9-15 is the announcement this trumpet is sounding on this first day of 5786.

“For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”

Happy New Year and welcome to 5786, the year where heaven is established on earth through us and we decree Matthew 6, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Vav us oh Lord, establish your kingdom on earth, we want to be ambassadors on earth of your kingdom that’s blueprint is in heaven. We will ascend to see and descend to build with words of life, hope, peace and joy. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

The residue of division is only residue. It is not reality. The residue of division is in the minority, not the majority. The one with the microphone amplifies where they stand, whether in the minority or the majority. But the microphone does not determine reality. It only amplifies its perspective. When the microphone or shall I say amplifier is handed to the majority it aligns with what is seen. This sight and sound experience is the spark of the reformation of a nation.

Being born into a divisive culture, whether in church or corporation, education, or entertainment, division has been amplified because of the ones that have had the microphone. But division is giving away to unity, which is the celebration of diversity. This is not religious or political, this is reformation of a nation. Everyone, everywhere, every day is what a reformation looks like.

The transformation is happening in homes, in coffee lshops, in gaming communities online, and now is being seen on televisions and heard on radios and podcast all over the world. The reformation is not just of one nation. It is of many nations. The reformation is not a church revival only but it will conclude revival. The reformation is not a media takeover, but it will include media. The reformation will scoop up education and bring about a transformation in the hearts and lives of humanity.

We are living in the days of reformation that are bringing about a global transformation not so that everything gets darker but because the light is shining and the darkness cannot overcome it or comprehend it. Psalm 82:8 says, “Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations!” God has arisen. He has judged the Earth and he is inheriting all the nations. We are living in the days of a worldwide reformation. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Matt Redman sang a song years ago that I used to shout from the top of my lungs declaring blessed be your name and a line in the song was you give and take away, you give and take away, blessed be your name. This song came back to my remembrance this morning as I was reading in Genesis 30 about Jacob and Rachel’s son named Joseph.

Joseph is a significant figure in the book of Genesis and many sermons have been preached on him. His journey from being thrown in a pit by his own family to being placed as second in command by a wicked ruler in Egypt brought about great sermon material. It’s hard not to hear messages in my head as I read certain passages in my head.

Reading Genesis 30, the Lord has been highlighting the names of people in this rich chapter. The mother named the children and Rachel said about Joseph the following words…”God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the LORD add to me another son!”

The name Joseph means God took away reproach and God added another. Joseph means God gives and God takes away. Which is why the song blessed be your name, you give and you take away came to my remembrance this morning. Knowing what God is giving or adding to us is very important and knowing what God is taking away from us is equally important.

God gives us people, and God takes away reproach, shame, ridicule, unforgiveness and brokenness. God gives us healing, prosperity, deliverance, and abundant life. I think it’s time to sing Matt Redman‘s old song blessed be your name and shout the words you give and take away. Thanks to Joseph a man who God used to give the land of Goshen in a famine to Israel and to take away the reproach of Egypt through a man named Joshua.

May we all declare today blessed be the name of the Lord! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Walking with God is a seeing, hearing, and speaking experience. Being able to see what God is doing is only one step in the process. After seeing we are supposed to be hearing what God is saying about what we are seeing. If we only see and don’t hear we come up with our own conclusion or understanding of what we have seen. What we are seeing gets filtered through our own perspective if we don’t hear what God is saying about what we’re seeing.

After hearing what God is saying about what we are seeing, we must only speak what God is saying, based on what we heard because of what we saw. Too many people see something and then say whatever they want, and declare thus says the Lord. This causes confusion in the body of Christ because not everybody is saying the same thing. We all may be seeing the same thing, but if we are not hearing the same voice and only speaking what He is saying it will bring confusion to the listener.

While I was sitting with some friends yesterday, the Lord spoke to me so clearly and said , ”DRY BONES ARE RATTLING”. This statement was made as an announcement from the kingdom of heaven. It was in decree form that I heard it. There was no asking of my opinion. There was no need for interpretation. It was a statement from God, declaring, “DRY BONES ARE RATTLING.”

This statement is found in Ezekiel 37:7 “There was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.” What caught my attention after finding the declaration was what happened after the sound of the rattling. Ezekiel says “the bones came together, bone to its bone”. This is a nod to Genesis 2 where Adam said about his wife Eve “she is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh”.

Friends what we are hearing worldwide is dry bones rattling. As we listen to the sound of the rattling what we are going to see is a coming together. The process of seeing, hearing and speaking is active, but we must be careful what we say so that we only say what God is saying about what we are seeing. We are about to see a coming together of the likes we’ve never seen before. Can you hear the sound of dry bones rattling? http://www.apostolicresourcecenter.org