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There are memories locked inside of us on a cellular level that want to keep us in old cycles, old systems, old patterns, but God is unlocking us and setting the captive memories free. We may not view memories as captives, but they are, for they are locked up inside of us and they actually hinder our forward progress. Memories speak to us and seek to dictate how we speak and act. These memories are being set free from us, so we can walk in truth not past captive memories.

I see cells opening and memories fleeing, flying away. This mass exodus from inside of us is going to transform us in a way that will be revolutionary to us. Can you imagine living without traumatic memories? Without a painful history? Not when you die, but now while you are living. God is opening cells and setting captive memories free and this will liberate your body, your soul and your spirit. This is what being a new creation looks like, feels like and will be like.

Words are seeds and words come from many places one of which is the captive memories. Those memories have caused us to seed chaos, discord, division, death, debt, divorce, disaster, doom and gloom. Captive memories have been locked into dark cells, but God is setting those memories free, so we can speak peace over our seed and it is going to change everything we produce.

Zechariah 8 says, “But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ declares the LORD of hosts. ‘For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.” There will be peace for the seed!!!! When our seeds are sown from peace the result is a yield of the likes we have not seen before.

God is doing an internal cellular unlocking and when these captive memories are set free from you, peace will be your bodyguard and yield will be your reality. Let the unlocking begin!!!!

Our life is determined by our view. What we see either shrinks us or increases us. If we see a God that is manageable, controllable, limited, we will live a life that is like the God we see and serve. But if we see our God as awesome, majestic, holy, grand, elevated, we will live a life that matches the one we see and serve.

I was praying Psalm 48 this morning and it says, “Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth.” Immediately I was reminded of the day I went up to Mount Rainier in Seattle, WA with some friends from Minneapolis. They had come out to visit me while I was attending Bible college there.

We drove to the mountain and inside the state park we traversed toward the mountain winding around the park roads. There was no sight of the mountain as we were driving in the park, which was odd, for this is a huge mountain. However, we turned one corner and Mount Rainier came into view on a bright blue skied day and it was breathtaking in beauty.

The first words that came out of my mouth at the sight of this mountain was majestic. There were no words to describe what we saw, it was more than a sight it was an experience. It changed me forever, because now this beautiful mountain I looked at from a far for so many years, was now up close and personal and it was beautiful beyond description.

Many people have seen God from a far. We love the look of Him in the distance, but we are about to see Him up close and personal. We have been winding through the state park of the spirit and we know we are close to Him but we have not turned the corner that brings Him into view yet. Oh but when we do, we will cry out majestic, glory, holy, awesome. We will stand in awe at the one who we have only enjoyed from a far.

The sights, the sounds, the smells, the experience we are going to have with the mountain of the Lord as the chief of all the mountains (Isaiah 2) is going to change us forever. Our view will forever be changed as we see Him in a way we have never seen Him before. Everyone is going to be awakened in a fresh way by the sight of Yahweh.

I was walking into my bathroom to wash something out in the sink and someone’s face flashed into my spirit and the Holy Spirit said to me, “Many of my children are mad at me because they have not gotten what they wanted from me when the wanted it.” I came and sat down at my desk to ponder what the Lord just said to me.

I sat here thinking, if I got what I wanted when I wanted it, I would have missed out on what I needed, even when I didn’t know I needed it. We think we need money, a microphone, a ministry position, a certain job, whatever it may be we think we need, so when we don’t get it we pull away from God.

What if what you think you want or need is not what you actually need? I thought I needed one thing, but in the waiting for what I believe I am called to be, I have found what I longed for and did not even know it.

We were made for intimacy with God. We were made for community with people. We have the ability to hear the voice of God; to speak to and hear from the Living God; this is beyond what we can even comprehend. We have the living God inside of us. Selah.

When we think ministry, microphones, money, men, women, positions, titles, whatever it may be is more valuable than intimacy with God, we pursue those things and miss the most valuable person, position and wealth offered to us. Jesus Christ is what we long for. Intimacy is what we were made for. I have learned He holds back what I think I want in order to give me what He knows I need. I need Him, His presence, His voice and so do you. Nothing satisfies like Him.

I know some people are mad at God because they haven’t gotten whatever it is they think they want, but when we wake up, we will see He is what we long for and He is truly our hearts desire, for He alone is eternally satisfying. #Mondaymusings

Over the past few days the weather was predicted to be extremely volatile in our area. On Friday morning before the sun rose I was walking the dog and the eery silence was in the air, the calm before the storm. It was palpable in the atmosphere. The wind was beginning to pick up, the clouds were rolling in and everyone was on edge as the radar showed some significant weather that was headed our way.

Now this morning, before the sun rose I was again out walking the dog and the calm after the storm was palpable as well. However, this atmosphere was not eery but peaceful. The birds were singing, the gentle breeze was blowing, the moon was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky. Two different days, same weekend and yet two completely different atmospheres.

Reading 1 John 2:8 this morning, the Lord reminded me of the difference in the days I felt and John penned it so well, “The darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.” If we build our theology on Friday’s weather, we will miss truth about Sunday’s weather. All day Saturday it rained off and on but the predictions that looked so promising and looming never landed with the punch they expected them to punch.

May we not be ones that build a theology around Friday’s weather, of darkness, death, gloom and doom, but may we be ones who build our lives, speak words and make decrees about Sunday’s truth. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the air is clear and Jesus is seated at the right hand of God. The darkness has passed, the true light is shining and the kingdom of God is at hand. The atmosphere has changed, now we must align our theology with that change.

When I first got saved, I would see a lot of pictures and those pictures would confirm where people were at in their life and it brought hope to them that God saw them, heard them and loved them. The picture might not have meant anything to me, but as I shared it with them, many times the tears would fall from their eyes as they knew what I saw was from God.

In our walk with the Lord the way He speaks to us changes over time, but He never leaves us with only one way of communication. He actually adds ways of communicating to us. We may have a dominant way of hearing, but He is always speaking, if we are listening, there is always something being said that lets us know He is with us in ways we may not even recognize.

While praying Psalm 45 this morning, I had a short film run through my spirit in which I saw people on horseback riding across the USA and I saw in their saddlebags a bible. As I was watching this in motion picture playing out in my spirit, the Holy Spirit said, “Those are the circuit riders of old and they are being released again across the earth again to bring the gospel of the kingdom.”

Psalm 45:4 says, “In your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!”

I see circuit riders carrying the gospel of the kingdom all across the nation and the nations for the cause of truth. They are coming in meekness and will be people of righteousness. God is sending them out two by two in order to see people set free. The circuit riders have been released to advance the kingdom of God on earth again. I can hear the sound of their horses hooves coming to a city near you.

When a nation wins the favor of a king, things change in ways most people do not understand or comprehend. Today is 3/14/25 and as I looked at this date the Lord spoke to me and said, “Today is a day or order. Today, I restore order.” 

He showed me in today’s date the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Then I was reminded there was a blood moon last night, thanks to people who take pictures of the sky when I am sleeping. And today is Purim, which is a feast found in the book of Esther. “Today is a day of order. Today, I restore order” says the Lord. 

I am reading Esther 1:13 and it says, “Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times…” this made me think of 1 Chronicles 12:32 which says, “Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.” Here we have Persian wise men who know the times and a tribe of Israel who knows the times. 

What time is it? “It is time to restore order” says the Lord. If God is restoring order this is the decree of the King, so it shall come to pass, but what is out of order. To answer this question we must know what time it is. 

A blood moon is usually a sign to Israel, while an eclipse of the sun is a sign to the Gentile nations. So a blood moon on Purim is a sign that what the enemy intended for evil God is turning for good, a new decree has been sent forth, “God is restoring order!” 

Kings make decrees, but they also throw banquets and give lavishly to their people. When David was on the battlefield with Israel and Goliath (1 Sam. 16), he was told the man who defeats the giant will have no taxes in Israel. King Ahasuerus says in Esther 2:18, after crowing Esther the new queen, “Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther’s feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.”

God is restoring order and this new order is coming with a new queen, a new feast, a new decree and we are about to see royal generosity. Can you see what I see? “It is time to restore order” says the Lord.

One of the things I do weekly is sit as the study hall monitor for three hours at my son’s school. During this three hours I interact with the students, listen to their stories, monitor their behavior and just thoroghly enjoy their presence.

Watching their personalities, listening to their conversations, monitoring their dance moves and judging their acrobatic feats is such a joy for me. We are usually in the church youth room which has a basketball hoop, jungle gym set, round tables and even picnic benches to sit on. But that room is under renovation this week, so we were moved to the conference room.

For one hour 10 students sat around a board room table and since it was the last hour of the school day, we created a scenario where we were in a Billionaires Board Meeting with one agenda topic, money. I wrote the agenda on the white board, they sat in their high back chairs around the mahogany table with laptops open and we opened our discussion with one question, “If you had access to unlimited resources what would you do with it?”

The answers to this question were wide and varied from buying houses and vacations for family members, to shopping for all the clothes they wanted. But one student, who is challenging at times, spoke up and said, “I would give everyone in the world a million dollars.” The room went silent. I let the silence linger for a moment then said, “Now that is what abundance sounds like.”

From the one student who has struggled in school came the answer about abundance that this mock board meeting was all about. One mom came in the room and asked what class this was and I said study hall. She smiled and said they are sure learning a lot today in this class.

Friends, Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came to give us life and give it to us more abundantly. Abudance is about generosity, and the one student who seemed least likely to understand abundance understood it clearly and revealed the kingdom of God in that mock Billionaires Board Meeting with those students in my study hall. May we have an abundance attitude in every area of our lives.

Do you ever wonder why some people live big lives and other people live small lives? Some would say it is an introvert versus extrovert thing; others would say it is based on how much money some has or does not have; but what does the Bible say?

Proverbs 11:24-25 says, “The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.” What if the size of your world is based on the measure you pour out?

The enemy of our soul wants us to believe we do not have enough time or money to be generous. The world tells us when you are rich you can be generous, when you are retired you can help others because now you have more time. The truth is, we all get 24 hours in a day, same measure for everyone, yet some are generous with their time and others are not.

In the kingdom of God, generosity is not a number we see in our bank account, it is an attitude we carry. 2 Corinthians 9:11 says, “You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.” In the kingdom of God we multiply our money by giving it away not by storing it up.

Our generosity causes others to give thanks to God. Then Amos 9:13 adds, “The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills.”

Friends, Isaiah 54 tells us to extend out tent pegs, make room for more. More people, more money, more blessings, more time, more grace, more truth, more of it all. But the more is waiting for us to pour out what we have on others so God can pour out what He has on us. Generosity is the kingdom’s idea of giving.

Voices…we listen to them everyday. We hear what people say, we hear what God says, we hear what the media tells us, we read books and billboards, voices are everywhere. We cannot escape voices. Loud voices, quiet voices, spoken voices, written voices, social media voices, still small voices. Everyone is talking and everyone has something to say.

Do you know why this is a good thing? God gave us a voice and He did not just give men a voice, He did not just give women a voice, He gave all of creation a voice. Birds sing, geese trumpet, ducks quack, turkeys gobble, bears growl and dogs bark. Trees clap their hands, winds blow, waves crash and fires crackle. Everything that is created has a voice.

Our voice is our ability to utter sounds that communicate messages. Nobodies voice is unnecessary, but not everyone’s voice is beneficial. How we use the greatest gift God gave all of creation, which is our voice, is of the utmost importance. Only you know how you use your voice, because only you are with you 24 hours a day.

Abagail is a woman in 1 Samuel 25 who used her voice to bless king David, so much so it says, “David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.” The king of Israel listened to her voice and did what she said. She added value to the kings life and he knew it and obeyed it.

My dad told me years ago, whatever you do Lisa, don’t lose your voice. He saw something coming in my life I did not see and I lost my voice for a season. That season was very dark for me, but God has restored my voice and I will never lose it again. Our voice is a gift from God, may we use it to be a blessing to others, to build up others, to add value to others. You have a voice, use it for the glory of God and never lose it, just like my dad said.

Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s on the Northside of Minneapolis, we knew all our neighbors. We knew when the street lights came on we had to go home for the night. We knew the sound of everyone’s mom’s voice calling them in for dinner. We spent so much time outside, playing kickball, kick the can, hide and seek, so much fun from the moment we got home from school until those street lights came on each night. We rode our BMX bikes, jumping man holes in the street and we skitched behind the bus on those snow packed streets of Minneapolis. I loved those days with those people.

This memory came to my mind this morning as I was reading Proverbs 8 when it says in verse 14 “You will find true success when you find me, for I have insight into wise plans that are designed just for you. I hold in my hands living-understanding, courage, and strength. They’re all ready and waiting for you.”

Wisdom is playful, she loves to play hide and seek. She doesn’t hide so we can’t find her, she hides so we can show we love the pursuit of finding her. She says of herself in verses 30-31 “I was there, close to the Creator’s side as his master artist. Daily he was filled with delight in me as I playfully rejoiced before him. I laughed and played, so happy with what he had made, while finding my delight in the children of men.”

When we find wisdom we find enjoyment in life. When we discover who wisdom really is, we will find our lives filled with laughter, delight and a childlike joy that others will see in us. Wise people are fun people, they love to laugh, dance, rejoice and they delight in others. If the church needs anything it is wisdom, because wisdom will make us fun to be around. I pray the Lord gives you a spirit of wisdom as Paul said in Ephesians 1.

If you want to join me, I am going to play a game of hide and seek with wisdom; then we will hit the dance floor and sing, I got joy; before ending our day smiling at the people God has placed in our lives because games are more fun with others than they are alone. Come on friends, let’s pursue wisdom, she is a lot of fun, I know you will like her, she adds value to everything we do.