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Solomon in his proverbs says things we love to quote, but they are very real life things we need to ponder, process and allow to practically apply to our lives. One of the themes of the Proverbs of Solomon is around guarding our hearts, for it is the wellspring of life. It is easy to say, but hard to do, for the heart longs for things we do not even realize it is longing for.

If we view the heart like a tree, it has roots that are longing for water and it will seek a drink in places it may or may not realize it is drinking from. Therefore, if we are drinking from pollluted wells of water, because of roots we do not recognize, we will pour out water from our mouth that comes from our heart that pollutes the one that is listening. Silence is just as pollutant as speaking, for both represent how we are thinking.

Guarding our hearts is easier said than done, for another proverb says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” When we have been in a long season of waiting for a promise we know God spoke to us, when the Lord nudges to us to dream again, we may resist the nudging. This resistance is evidence of a heart that has grown sick in the waiting, in the hope that has been deferred.

But can I encourage you today, that God is not done with you, He does not speak and not fulfill what He said He would do. However, He needs us to agree with what He is doing right now. Many have been told things that have not come true yet, but when time meets promises, things happen and they happen quickly.

Friends, don’t resist what God is doing right now, because you have been waiting for so long and cynicism has crept in. Pray with David in Psalm 51, create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit in me. There is a wind blowing, a fire blazing, a love descending, a power residing, in us that wants to come through us, but we must agree with it, not resist it. Dream again, love again, serve again, forgive again, desires are being fulfilled and it is a tree of life. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Our posture in the spirit is determined by our understanding and accepting who we are, whose we are and what we have been given. When we do not know who we are, whose we are and what we have been given we live a very small, insecure, boring life.

God is fun! The Lord is full of adventures! Jesus is easy to get along with! The Father gives great advice! The Holy Spirit is the best comforter! Oh that we understood whose we are. Life would be so much more enjoyable; people would be so much more tolerable to us; and joy would be more speakable.

The Bible says, a cheerful heart is good medicine, I wonder if we need some laughter, some enjoyment, some fun in our lives to break off this heaviness many carry, cast out these diseases many are riddled with and lift off this yoke that many are under.

Think about this, Psalm 68 says, “Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.” Who are you in these verses? Are you the wicked and perishing or the righteous and rejoicing?

All God has to do is arise, stand up, take notice, look our direction. He does not make a move toward the enemy other than arising and look at the enemy flee, scatter, run for cover. One posture change by God, arise and the enemy can’t handle it. If you are in Christ and Christ is in you, if you just stand up in who God says you are, the enemy will flee. Didn’t Paul say, stand and keep on standing in Ephesians 6?

This truth is only one of many in the word of God and this alone is worthy of throwing our hands up in praise over; lifting our voice up in joy over; stomping our feet in dancing over. Joy is an inside job, because it is about knowing who you are, whose you are and what you have been given. No matter what it looks like circumstantially. God is arising so we need to be rejoicing for greater is He that is in us than He that is in th world. Rejoice! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When under a theology of everything needs to get worst so we can get raptured out of here, we look for bad things, in all things that happen. But Matthew 6 says, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done…ON EARTH as it is in heaven.” It sounds like we are supposed to make earth like heaven, not leave earth and go to heaven. With a slight shift from everything getting worst, to redemption of the earth and the nations, we see events a little differently.

There was a lunar eclipse last night that lasted 82 minutes. Lunar eclipses are a sign, a message to Israel and solar ecliipses are a sign or message to the Gentile nations. What I didn’t know is what this sign in the sky was communicating to Israel, so I did some research from a rabbinical point of view, since I am not a Hebrew.

According to the rabbi’s, the Talmud and even the Bible, the moon is a symbol of David’s dynasty (Psalm 89:37). This alone is a fascinating thought, but it gets better. The eclipse of the moon was a call to repentance; a call to look for redemption; a sign before the Messiah’s reign; a birth pang of redemption that brought hope to a people in exile.

The moon to the rabbi’s was tied to Israel’s destiny, David’s covenant and Messiah’s revelation. The blood moon was a sign to them of shaking, judgment or transition. (Joel 2:31/Acts 2:20/Revelation 6:12)

The blood moon was not just a bad omen where people lived in fear, but it was a sign of a coming Messiah, a reminder that redemption is near, transition is upon us and a reminder of the Davidic dynasty.

Genesis 1 tells us the sun, moon and stars are for signs and for seasons, and the Hebrew people would look to the sky for their calendar, their communication about coming events and for direction from God. The God who created these beautiful celestial wonders, is communicating to all of us that we are transitioning into the Messianic Age and that our exile is coming to an end. And this is worth shouting over. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

To a people who have only known hardship, poverty, or being less than in culture, comments or covenant, a warning is being issued from the heart of God. Not a warning to shame, but a warning to protect.

Israel lived in Egypt as a nation for 430 years. That means they were dipped in a culture of oppression for a minimum of four generations. That is a long time to be living under oppressive rulership. Multiple generations were born into oppression and they did not know anything different.

Understanding this is imperative, for it gives us a better view as to why they needed some time in the wilderness, they had to be retrained in the way they thought from oppression to abundance mindset. If the shift in mindset does not happen, we will become the very people and place we have been rescued from.

When Jesus said, Repent for the kingdom of God is at hand, He was not asking them to do some behavior modification, He was inviting them to change the way they think, for He was delivering them from an oppressive religious system and bringing them into a kingdom that would know no end.

The warning the Lord is giving us, repent for the kingdom of God is at hand, abundance is about to invade our lives, but we must change the way we think from oppressive, survival mode to abundance mindset or we will treat others the way the oppressive system treated us.

If we repeat on others what was done to us, we will perpetuate a system God has rescued us from. If you never forget where you came from, you will never do to others what was done to you. Friends, a new narrative is needed for a new mindset is being offfered and a new land of abundance is being accessed. Everything is changing, everything and we must change the way we think. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

People are powerful. Created in the image of God, we have the power to create other people, create businesses, build churches, invent space programs, start schools, develop blueprints, the list goes on and on, what people are able to do. This is a gift given to us by God, but the challenge is, we do most of it, if not all of it in our own strength.

Nation goes to war against nation with man-power, people who carry weapons, ride in tanks, shoot missles or launch drones. We build iron domes, golden domes, temples, and draw lines we don’t want people to cross. People decide who gets humanitarian aid and who has to live in poverty without water or paved roads. Human strength has both helped and hindered humanity.

The greatest challenge we face as believers in Jesus Christ is surrendering our human strength. We are so gifted, talented, educated, and motivated, we do more out of our own strength than we even realize. We pray to get a blueprint to build the next thing in our own strength. We meet with others to write songs, plant churches, or start businesses, all in our own strength.

Human strength has done some remarkable things on earth, but a new day is here and human strength is going to pale in comparison to supernatural signs that are going to make you wonder. Many are going to wonder how did they do that; where did they learn that; it is going to blow the natural mind, because we are about to see and hear what it looks like to be supernatural.

Genesis 14:14-16 says, “When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken prisoner, he lined up his servants, all of them born in his household—there were 318 of them—and chased after the captors all the way to Dan. Abram and his men split into small groups and attacked by night. They chased them as far as Hobah, just north of Damascus. They recovered all the plunder along with nephew Lot and his possessions, including the women and the people.”

God specializes in doing the supernatural not with large numbers, but small ones, for if it is human strength, might is found in big numbers in the bank, big numbers in your military, big numbers in your building, but God is still in the business of taking the few and doing mighty supernatural exploits that give Him all the glory. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Three words have permeated our atmosphere over the past year, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! With a bloody face and a fierce look, these words have called a nation into a battle that had already been waged, a war that had already been won. They were words for waking up the sleeping, arousing those who lay in graves of despair. It was an invitation to take back a country that had been long occupied by internal and external enemies. 

People in survival mode love the idea of a fight. We know how to wage war, we know how to take back what has been stolen, so those words resonated with many who had become apathetic due to disappointment, cynical due to delay, and angry due to feeling helpless and powerless to change anything. Three words rallied a nation and the cry for justice is being heard in the land. 

To hear the voice of God, who dwells in a tabernacle not on earth, who speaks from a throne not made by man, who has resources beyond comprehension, to hear the Lord of heaven and earth and to respond to His voice is the call of the church. To echo what He is saying is what we are called to do, even when it is not what the leaders on earth are saying and doing, at least not what is being magnified by the media. 

The decree of heaven is not fight, fight, fight, the decree of heaven is build, build, build. This decree is hard for many to hear, for they love the fight, they love the war, they make millions on the battle, but the Lord of heaven and earth is not in a fight, He is not inviting us into a war, He is calling us to build. 

In the words of the prophet Isaiah we hear, “And it shall be said, Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way.”

God is looking for builders not fighters. The call has gone out for those who want to build the kingdom of God on earth; who want to build a highway for our God. He is asking, where are my builders? 

Ephesians 4:29 says, do not let any unwholesome words come out of your mouth, but only that which is for the building up of other people. It is Ephesians 4:29 and Isaiah 54:17 time on earth as it is in heaven. Are you willing to accept the call to build, because this is the next phase of the kingdom of God on earth. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org 

Noise is artificial significance.
Noise gives the promise of safety, but it never delivers it.
Noise feels like the presence but lacks the person.
Noise fills the gaps where silence wants to penetrate.

Silence is a gift that is often forfeited out of fear of what we willl hear.
Silence is misunderstood because of the noise in our own heads.
Silence is powerful and penetrates the deep places of our lives.
Silence is truth that sets us free if only we will submit to it.

Psalm 62 says, “My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.”

How much truth do we forfeit because we love the noise of scrolling over the silence of reading God’s word?

How many hours do we waste trying to figure it out on our own, rather than waiting in the silence for the all knowing God to speak?

How much money do we spend trying to meet a need created by all the noise in our head, because we can’t handle the stillness called rest?

When we wait silently for God alone (selah) we find Him to be the very person we need, the very answer to our question, the very revealer of the lies lodged deep in our heart. We find His still small voice speaking words that will set us free, giving us commands that will get us out of our mess, and offering us solutions to problems we ourselves created.

Most people are troubled by noise, both outside of them and inside of them, but God is not noise, He is silence and His silence speaks, His silence reveals, His silence heals, His silence is a frequency that only He can emit in order to transform us, if only we would surrender to the silence. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

One of the greatest injustices in the church right now is expecting to be forgiven, but not forgiving others. The deception is deep, for most people believe they have forgiven others, but actually their lives reveal they haven’t. Unforgiveness is hard to detect in ourselves, because we believe we are free because we have been forgiven, not realizing we are stuck because we haven’t forgiven.

I was walking the dog this morning and the Lord said, “Marrow level forgiveness and healing.” I was shocked by this, for marrow is not a word I use. I know Hebrews 4:12 says, “The word of God is sharper than a double edge sword, separating even bone and marrow.” But honestly, I did not know what that meant.

This morning when the Lord made it clear he wants forgiveness on the marrow level, it caused me to look up what is marrow. Here is what I learned thanks to ChatGPT. Marrow is the hidden life source; producing blood; life factory; life source of the soul; life producing tissue, hidden deep in the bones.

The Lord wants marrow level forgiveness and healing in His people. This is not saying the words I forgive you, this is allowing the Lord to penetrate deep into the hidden places inside of you, so you can forgive. Jesus said, “For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.” (Matthew 6:13-14)

As we enter into this new age of restitution, it begins with us forgiving on a marrow level those who have hurt us, for only in our forgiving of them on that level are we forgiven and healed. The healing God is releasing is not surface level, it is going to the life source level called marrow and it starts with forgiveness. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

I was talking to a friend this morning and as we chatted and caught up on life, a phrase came out of my mouth and the Lord said, “this is what my people need to hear”. Here is what was said, “We have to let go to lay hold!”

Jesus said, “If you lose your life you will find it, but if you save your life you will lose it.” This has a Dr. Seuss riddle vibe to it, but since it was Jesus it is wrapped in so much truth it will take us time to unpack the depth of its meaning.

We as people are so riddled with fear, the idea of letting go of anything, let alone of our life, is not desirable at all. The root issue is fear, and fear blinds us to the promise of letting go of our lives. Until we are willing to let go of our lives, we will never lay hold of the life God has for us.

Christians will say they have let go of their life, but if the stock market crashes, if a war breaks out, if a doctors report is bad, if a child goes haywire, if a relationship ends, they live as though the sky is falling. This is because we have been baptized in a gospel of fear and not one of faith.

The life the Lord is inviting us to let go of is a life of fear, of control, of survival mode, of pride, but we can’t let go because we are so fearful. The root of fear is pride and pride is a stronghold that is hard to break loose from.

Jesus is inviting us to let go of our life so we can lay hold of His life. You can’t live a double life and call it Christianity, at least not biblically. The kingdom of God is at hand and the first order of business for the church and Christians is to let go of their life, which is rooted in pride and fear, in order to lay hold of the kingdom life that is rooted in faith, hope and love.

Friends it is long past time we let go, because the time is upon us where we are being invited to lay hold. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Do you know the reason why we need an awakening? Do you understand how powerful a spirit of wisdom and revelation is going to be for us? Have you ever realized how the gift of seeing is needed for us to function by design? God is not trying to expose us, shame us, or condemn us, He is trying to awaken us. In our awakening will be the shaking, because what we have been told, taught and trained in has not been the truth.

The awakening will be humbling, because we will realize we do not know as much as we thought we do. It will be challenging because we are going to need to repent of old belief systems in order to embrace the truth that will set us free. But we need an awakening, for only in an awakening will marriages be restored, friendships be reconciled, cities be rebuilt, nations will cease fire. All because of an awakening that is God’s idea.

Proverbs 29:18 (MSG) says, “If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.”

The awakening is not to make us more knowledgeable only, but to make us aware of truth, so we can walk in freedom. Illumination is going to lighten our load and give light to our path. Everything changed in Genesis 1 when God said, let there be light and the same is about to happen to us.

When the awakening is realized by many not just a few, it will be the light shining in the darkness and the darkness not being able to comprehend the light. Some will run for cover for their deeds are evil, but most will go out in the streets and dance, sing, shout and even cry, for they will finally be set free.

The work will begin when the light comes on. The building will accelerate, because when you can see you can work. We were made for production, and we are about to see the production of good works for the glory of God. Bring on the awakening, bring on the declaration from heaven, let there be light. Bring on the truth that sets us free. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org