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Oh my good news! I am reading the prophet Micah this morning and it is telling the story of a people who have gotten themselves knee deep into idolatry, falsehood, deception, I mean they are in a mess. Micah even says in chapter 2 “If a man walking after wind and falsehood Had told lies and said, I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’ He would be spokesman to this people.” Now that is not a compliment to the people of God to whom Micah is speaking, but it was the reality they were living in.

People do not like to be confronted on their “stuff”. Most people are not lovers of the truth, that is why they do not want you to tell them the truth about who they are. It is as though we have learned to function in our dysfunction so we do not want to change our function. Sin is a destroyer, no matter what the sin is, but we don’t want to hear the truth about sin, our attitude, who we are hurting, how we are self-sabotaging, none of it. Just tell me I am seen, heard and loved just as I am and I will be fine. This is what was happening in Israel and Judah while Micah prophesied.

Then all of the sudden, seemingly out of nowhere, Micah, speaking for the Lord says, ““I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with men. “The breaker goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And the LORD at their head” (Micah 2:12-13). God gathered them like sheep in a fold, then went before them to break them out! I see a gathering taking place of people who are scattered and God is about to do a jail break from the bondage, dysfunction, the disasters they are in. This is not unbelievers, this is a jail break for Christians who are in sin. Oh my good news, this is what God is about to do!

Reading the Bible can be mentally challenging. Not because the word of God is not truth, but because we have so much mental infrastructure that is not true. The challenge is, we have agreed with our internal mental infrastructure so when we read truth, even though we know its the truth, we do not agree with it unto action. Deception is so deep seeded, so deeply rooted in us, it literally does not move even when we read the word of God, which is truth.

How many sermons have we heard and done nothing with what we heard? How many bible studies have we attended, but still nothing changed in us when it comes to internal infrastructure. We are masters of justification and then wonder why we struggle with the same sins, the same attitudes, the same issues. We have been seeded by culture and it is deception. How do I know, because we read something in the word of God and even though we like what it says, we don’t agree with it, so we do nothing with what we just read.

James 1:22-25 says, “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.”

Humility is not a one time thing, it is a character quality, it means we remain teachable. We are so secure in what little we know about God, so we stop learning. When it comes to technology, we are out buying the latest gadget; when it comes to food, we are on the latest fad; when it comes to the news, we don’t miss a story. We change with culture, but we remain the same with what we know about God. My friends, we must be teachable, for what God is doing is beyond anything we have ever seen or heard before. If you are not humble, you will resist the move of God because of your internal infrastructure that thinks it knows all it needs to about God. Beware, God is going to offend us if we are not humble and teachable.

What you put your hand to is not your identity, who He says you are is your identity, no matter what your hand may be doing. Many people think their identity is what they do, so if they are not doing what they believe they were created for, they struggle with their identity. On the other hand, because people put their identity in what they do with their hand, when they are no longer doing anything with their hand, they don’t know who they are. Our identity is not what we do with our hand.

I am currently doing things with my hand which look contrary to who I am based on calling. However, my identity does not change. I can clean a chicken coup, oversee a chimney cleaning and go shopping for supplies to set up an AirBnB and it does not change my identity as a mouthpiece and minister of God. I know who I am and whose I am so what I do with my hand has no affect on who I am.

People who have tied their identity to what they do will only do what they believe they are called to do. But Jesus said, “The Son of Man came to serve, not to be served and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45). Jesus grew up learning the trade of stonemason or carpenter, that is what He did with His hands, but it was not His identity. His identity was Son of God; Savior of the world. Because He knew who He was, what He did, did not diminish who He was and He could serve anyone and do anything His hand found to do.

Church, our identity is not in what we do, but in who God says we are. We must separate these two things, identity and what our hand is doing, or we will never be a servant of all, for we will think that is not who I am so that is not what I am supposed to do and we will miss out on so many things God put on our path for us. I am a mouthpiece and minister no matter what my hand is doing, and you are who God says you are, no matter what your hand is doing. Now lets get to work, to serving, for we know who we are.

I wonder if our challenge is we want to be alive in the flesh so badly, we are not coming fully alive in the spirit. We cannot be alive in both the flesh and the spirit. We are called to put to death the deeds of the flesh so we can be alive in the spirit, but we have been lied to and said we can live in the flesh and the spirit simultaneously and that is just not biblically accurate. No wonder so many people avoid church, Christianity and even God. They were told come as you are, so they did. Then they were told say a prayer so you can go to heaven, so they did. But no one told them you have to die to your flesh in order to be alive in the spirit. So, they said a prayer, but do not have an abundant life. Hmmmmmmmm

1 Peter 3:18 says, “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;” Until we put to death the flesh, the self life we love so much, we will never be alive in the spirit. Being a Christian in the flesh is the most challenging life you will live. But we are not called to live in the flesh, but in the spirit. However, to do this, you must literally surrender all. You must die to your self, your flesh, and live for Jesus the Christ. There is no lukewarm, half-hearted, when I feel like it or am in the mood spirit life. When you have died to your self, to your flesh, you are alive in the spirit and you want you want to get up in the morning, for you are so alive.

1 Peter 1:13-16 says, “Prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.” Friends, He paid a big price for us to be free, this is not about going to heaven, but about living alive in the spirit on earth. We are ambassadors for Christ. We are His witnesses. We must die to our self, so we can live and show a dying world what life really looks Iike.

Chuck Pierce and Glory of Zion International in Dallas, TX does a Head of the Year conference to start off the every new Hebrew year. Insight both prophetically and practically is released during this conference from a variety of speakers and prophetically voices both planned and spontaneous. Staring on Thursday and ending on Sunday morning, revelation flowed freely through this ministry this past weekend. One thing Chuck said was, “Pay attention to the signs on your path this year.”

For you that don’t know on the Hebrew calendar, which predates the Gregorian calendar, it is the year 5784. The number 4 in Hebrew is the picture of a door, as the Hebrew alphabet is letters, numbers and pictures. Therefore, this year was themed the year of the door. Much was said about this year and there are many scriptures about doors, gates, thresholds in scripture, so the creeks off this years river are many. But, yesterday, I opened the passanger “door” to my son’s truck to go to church and when I did there was a fully developed spider web with a spider sitting right in the center of it. I looked at it, for it was visible to me and needed to be dealt with for me to enter into the vehicle.

Remembering what Chuck said about paying attention to the signs on your path this year, I found it prophetic, that a spider web and spider would be on the other side of the door. Spiders and webs represent deception, lies, evil spirits, entanglement, but it also represents an end of an era. The web and spider so visibly displayed on the others side of the door, represents the end of an era of lies, deception and evil spirits ruling in the atmosphere of the church. I called my son over and he killed that spider and destroyed that web so I could enter into his vehicle. My son said, “now that it’s dead there will be no more webs”. I said, yes, yes, yes, son you are so right.

My friends, the evil ruling spirits of the last era are dead, the web of their lies is visible and as we enter this new year of the door, open door, double doors, we must kill any old mindsets and destroy any webs of lies from a past season, an old era, for we have crossed over into a new space and time in which truth reigns, righteousness rules and purity prevails. Welcome to 5784. Get in, we have so many places to go!

When all the main amplified voices in our nation, who we call “prophets” are all saying the same thing, it is unique and worthy of taking note. It is unique not because it shouldn’t always be this way, but because usually there is not this type of synchronicity of sound that is undeniable. People have said, who are we supposed to believe, one person is saying this and another is saying that. We do not have that issue right now in this moment. All the amplified voices are saying a shaking is coming. All of the amplified voices are saying they do not know what it will be in specificity but a shaking is coming and it is inevitable.

For years I have said, Babylon is falling (Revelation 18). Since the Lord sent me to Jekyll Island, GA to abort what was conceived there in 2021, I have known this shaking was going to be financial. I have written about it over and over again. Then last Sunday, the Lord spoke to me and said, “Read the book of Amos, so I have been reading this book of prophecy all week long and yesterday I read Amos 8:4-8 “Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, saying, When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales, So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the refuse (chaff) of the wheat? The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. Because of this will not the land quake.”

When I read financial injustice is what is causing the land to quake, I was again told this shaking is going to be financial. We have been robbed financially since the conception on Jekyll Island, GA and we have been being robbed every since. Even today prices are higher and portion sizes are smaller, sounds like Amos to me. The hammer of justice is coming down on Babylon and this system of corruption is being judged by God Himself. Yes we will feel the shaking, but it is not for our breaking but our making. Don’t try and hoard, for your money won’t spare you from the shaking, only your faith will stabilize you when Babylon falls.

What is the purpose for which you were made? You and I were born for such a time as this. People love to look back on different eras of time, wishing they lived during one of the great awakenings; dreaming of what it would have been like in Ireland during the Welsh revival; or how much fun it would have been to live in Israel when Jesus was alive. We spend time dreaming of a day gone by while we live with no understanding of the purpose for which we were made right here and right now. What is the purpose for which you were made for right now?

We are living in historic days. We were born for these days, for this time, for this moment in history. What is the purpose for which God has made you for right here, right now. You are in your nation for a purpose. You are your gender for a purpose. You are your race for a reason. What is the purpose of all of it for right now? The answer to this question unlocks untold joy, which is really the fruit of contentment. Anxiety, fear, depression, are fruits of a lack of contentment, which comes from understanding purpose. God did not just toss seed and out you came, He planted seed and birthed you for such a time as this. Understanding your purpose is critical for your soul’s rest. If you don’t know the answer then ask the Lord, what is the purpose of my being born at this time in history? He will answer if you ask.

Proverbs 16:4 says, “The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.” God made you for a purpose. Paul said in Acts 13:36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.” God made you for a purpose. I pray you discover what that purpose is, so you can fulfill the purpose for which you were made. My purpose is to communicate the gospel of the kingdom to a generation that does not know the truth that wil set them free. I was created for a purpose in this time of history. What is your purpose, once you know it, you will realize you were created on purpose to solve a problem and it will bring you great joy.

We serve a God who speaks the end from the beginning, He does this so when we are walking through the process it takes to obtain the promise He has spoken we can remember the promise and not quit during the process. Jesus said, “When I return will I find faith on earth?” Hebrews 11:1 says, Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of that which is not seen.” He speaks the end from the beginning, in order to develop faith in us, not to make us famous. Faith is the value He wants developed in us, because faith is irreplacable, unshakable and honestly the foundation of everything. Everything not of faith is going to be shaken, so only that which cannot be shaken will remain. Faith can’t be shaken.

I was reading Psalm 105 this morning and the Psalmist was talking about the history of how God worked and walked with Israel. Here is what the Psalmist says in regard to Israel as it pertained to Joseph, “To Israel as an everlasting covenant, Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance,” When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it. And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: “Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.” And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him.” God made a covenant with them about a promised land they would possess, but they didn’t just walk right into it, they were processed into it, so they had faith when they entered it.

Many in the body of Christ have been processed for the past years, but today we are standing at the door of promise as we are about to enter into 5784 the year of the door. We are not going to kick in the door, ignore the door or scream at the door, no we have faith now, for we have been processed and we are going to use our faith to speak to the door and it will open. We have been given our voice back, which is the voice of faith, so we speak and doors open. Welcome to 5784, the year of the door! The process was hard, but for those who didn’t quit, faith has become the substance of the things we hope for, and now what God spoke so many years ago that started us on this journey is now at the door and here we are. Speak and the door shall open, for your faith has made you well, so you don’t have to yell!

I keep hearing the phrase “Second Hand Smoke”. The Lord is saying, many are breathing in second hand smoke, they are not breathing the fresh air of heavenly realities. Second hand smoke is filled with carcinogens and toxic air that is harmful to you, but the fresh air of heaven is what makes you a living soul, what fills you with hope, what puts in you the anticipation of good, just, right and true things. Second hand smoke is the doctrines of man, telling you who they believe God is, telling you what they believe God is saying, telling you what they want you to know about God. Fresh air is reading the word of God for yourself, hearing the voice of God yourself, experiencing the presence of God alone. Fresh breath from heaven is being alone with God and knowing what He says about Himself and you.

I was reading Psalm 104 this morning and it was such a breath of fresh air. It poetically describes God with imagery that causes men to marvel at HIs majesty, ponder HIs power and desire His truth. It captures creation in a way that makes me wonder why we settle for artificial light, rather than going outside and letting all of creation communicate the truth about who God is. The psalmist describes God by what He saw in creation and it is awe inspiring. He understood things we don’t and yet we think we are so advanced. Oh to get back to staring at the stars, listening to the sound of running water, watching the birds, oh the things we would learn about God. These things are the fresh air of heaven, nature is not second hand smoke, the media is.

Psalm 104:24 says, “O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions.” There is wealth to be discovered in creation. A wealth of wisdom, a wealth of truth, a wealth of understanding the ways of God. He is creator and He has used creation to communicate to us. It is time for some fresh air to get a fresh perspective, for all this second hand smoke is killing us, but the fresh air of heaven is life to us. Breath deep the fresh air of God, it will make you feel better.

Whenever I get a puzzle, the first thing I do is flip all the pieces over so I can see the side that has the image on it. Next I pull out all the border pieces, so I can establish the perimeter and then I start putting similar looking pieces together, so I can get a sense of what is going with what, and what may go where. The more pieces there are, the more time it takes, but it sure is a fun challenge and many people enjoy doing puzzles. The best part is, puzzles are an all ages activity.

The Lord has been putting puzzle pieces in front of me for a week now and they are thematic, but I am not clear what is going to happen, even though I do know the message being sent, which I will share with you. Let me give you the puzzle pieces.

For the whole summer my friend has been awoken in the middle of the night of many occasions to knocking on the door, smoke alarms beeping, alarms going off, things that have gotten her attention but she does not know what the Lord is saying to her, so she tells me and I have not gotten anything but the “sounds” she is hearing. Another friend, has been seeing 911 for months, over and over again in various places, yesterday he saw it again and his wife is asking what does this mean. Yet another friend as well is getting 911 and she said she believes it is national not personal. I have since Saturday been given some puzzle pieces as well.

On Saturday night the Lord said, “The enemy is at the gate, 2 Chronicles 20:20-21”. It says they went out to the wilderness of Tekoa. Then on Sunday morning, the Lord says, “Read Amos”. I open to Amos 1 and it says, “The words of Amos, who was from Tekoa.” Okay, what does Tekoa mean? Tekoa means trumpet blast. It references Jeremiah 6:1 “Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa”. Alarms, 911, trumpet blast and we are fast approaching the Feast of Trumpets. Puzzle pieces from various people unconnected sharing things with me and then the amplified voice prophets have all said “A shaking is coming!” What is God saying?

I believe the Lord is saying, “Brace for impact!” I do not know what is about to happen, but I know something is about to happen. A shaking of the likes that is setting off the warning alarms ahead of time is fast approaching. How’s do we prepare, I know the safest place to be is in the will of God. What does that look like? Obedience to the voice of God. What is coming, I don’t know, but what I do know is a storm is coming and Hebrews 12:26-28 shaking is going to happen and honesty we need it.