The Generational Echo

The Bible is the all time number one selling book worldwide! It is also the most weaponized book in the world. These pages; these words; these authors; carry such revelation, power and authority, people fight each other to be right about what they read. Denominations are created based on what people believe is said in this one book called the Bible. The enemy uses this book to find strategy and then twists it for an evil plot. I love the Bible more than any other book, it is the only book I read literally everyday, why because it is full of life.

The Bible is not written by dead men or living men; the Bible is authored by the breath of God, the living word, the resurrected Christ, a current reality people were talked about in this ancient manuscript. There are more books that could have been written and probably were written that didn’t make it into this codex we call the Bible. John said, “Jesus did many others things as well. If everyone one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” (John 21:25). So there is even more than these 66 books, but these are the ones we read, we preach, we teach. Oh how I love my Bible.

The Bible is the greatest generational echo we will ever hear. It was written or spoken many many many years ago, yet we in our generation pick up the echo and speak it forth as though it was written today. David said in Psalm 22:30-31 “Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.” Friends we are not the first nor the last generation, but we are an echo of what has been said and we are speaking into what will be heard by a generation not yet born. Oh the power of God’s words. I pray we carry the echo from history and enjoy it in our current reality and then speak it so a future generation can enjoy the echo as well. The word of God is a multi-generational echo that knows no end, just like its author, God Himself!

God’s Property

Financial integrity is tested in so many ways. The test is not to shame you with a pass or fail grade, but it is to reveal to you, to the enemy and to the atmosphere what you will do when a financial test arises. I tell people that it is suddenlies that reveal our authentic response.

For you that follow me on these blogs you know I walk my dog every morning and the things I find tend to become messages I share. One day there was a literal 2 year old baby girl walking down the street on one of my walks with no one in sight, so yes I found a baby one day on my walk. Other times I find random things like hot wheel cars or “&” symbols. I pick them up and ponder the significance of them as I notice when something is different since I walk the same route everyday.

Well it happened again today, I was walking and lo and behold on the ground was an iPad. Yes a dark grey iPad mini. No scratches, no broken screen, no notice of it being thrown out of a car window, it was as though it was laid there on the ground for me to find. I pick it up and my first thought is, who can I give this to my son and I have an iPad. But as I am walking I flip it over and there is a sticker on the back that says, “Property of…” I knew this iPad had an owner and it was to be returned to them not retained by me. So, I got home plugged it in, called the owner and let them know I found their iPad and described to them the condition it was in.

This experience this morning spoke to me that what we do with property that which belongs to another says a lot. Jesus said in Luke 16:12 “If you have not been faithful with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?” Most people take care of their own needs, their own property, but we are called to also steward well other people’s stuff. It also spoke to me that God is about to pick up people who have been discarded and return them to their rightful owner. Church we are God’s property, we belong to Him and others have tried to take us as their own but God is being revealed as the owner of our life and He is calling us back to Himself. Prayer for others is letting God know I found your property and I want to let you know where it is located and what condition it is in.

Faith Talk

Faith! Such a powerful word packed with so much authority, yet in many ways so elusive. It is a common word in the Christian church and is said frequently among believers. But what is faith exactly, practically? I have faith, I know I do, for me faith meant I believe in Jesus, I trust His word. Yet, I knew there was more to this word and what the Lord has been showing me I want to share with you. This is not some huge revelation for most, but for me it is added flesh to this spirit word that has always been in my life, it is how I walk, but never really could explain in concrete simple language. I hope this helps you as it has helped me tremendously.

Faith is confidence in God and in His word! Hebrews 11:1 says, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not yet seen.” Faith is substantive, it is strong, it is steady, and it is evidence of the invisible. Faith is confidence in God and in His word. Simple!

Is it any wonder the enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy our confidence in God’s word, God’s power, God’s people, God’s church, God’s government? Answered prayer gives us confidence God hears us; miracles, signs and wonders gives us confidence God sees us; financial breakthroughs tell us God is with us; salvations tells us God is for us and not against us. But day to day when we pray and we don’t see what we say, it erodes our confidence.

My friends, we need some wins, kingdom of God wins. Not another platform revival where we have great services in a building, but no impact in our families or communities. We need some wins in our marriages; we need some wins in raising our children; we need some wins in our jobs; we need some wins in our health; we need some wins in our dreams coming true; we all need some wins. Wins are not just for some, God is for us all and He wins and He wants us to win. I am praying for you and please pray for me, that whatever a win looks like for you or for me, that God would give us some wins, for it will cause our faith, which is our confidence, to grow and Jesus said, when I come will I find “FAITH” on earth, so our wins are for His glory!

Speaking In Surround Sound

I have a friend who is non-verbal and he has taught me so much. We hear the words non-verbal and it means they cannot speak, but we have limited speech to words, there are so many ways to communicate. We speak with our silence, our distance, our attitude, our presence, our body language, our driving, our posture, our hands, our feet, our eyes. The innumerous ways we communicate is astounding to me and it is not just us as humans that communicate, it is all of creation that communicates.

I have a dog and though that dog does not use words, he communicates to me what he wants in a variety of ways. The Bible says in Psalm 19 “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard.” The heavens speak of the sun, moon, stars, birds, wind, clouds, all things in the air are all pouring forth speech, but what are they saying?

We have such a one dimensional way of hearing and because the “new agers” have captured the stars and called them a Zodiac; or captured the wind with their dream catcher; or told us astrology is wicked; we no longer listen to the heavens let alone have a clue what they are speaking to us. The Hebrew people listen to the moon in determining the beginning of a month. Abraham was invited to look at the stars to know how many descendants he would have when he was childless (Genesis 12). The magi saw a star and knew a king was born and took off immediately to follow that star.

We have so many ways that God communicates with us, but we must not be arrogant and think we know more than we do. God is infinite, we are finite; God is eternal, we are temporal; God is all knowing, we know very little. Humility is the key to accessing the more God has for us, but we must be willing to realize we don’t know as much as we think we do. We don’t know what the birds are saying or the stars are speaking but we fight over the breadcrumbs of what we have been taught. There is so much more, come up higher, those petty arguments are not worth missing the majesty of God over. He is speaking in surround sound, can you hear it?

It Is Who You Are

Did you know the door is already open, you just need to walk through it by faith, accessing all that has been granted to you?

Do you realize you are a king and priest? A king who can take the land that is crying out for the sons of God to manifest (Romans 8 ) and a priest who has access into the holy place where you can minister to God. The veil has been torn, Jesus is your only mediator.

Are you aware that you are in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7)? A king of peace and a priest of God.

Can you hear the invitation to oneness with God (John 15), so His roar is your roar; His ways are your ways; His thoughts are your thoughts?

Just a reminder this morning that Jesus conquered sin, hell, the grave and the enemy called Satan. The devil is literally under your feet, his voice, his seed may be still crying out from the grave, but it is only a vapor, not a reality. You don’t have to believe what the father of lies says to you.

I realize circumstances are screaming at you, but we must cast down the idol of circumstances and exalt the truth that sets us free. We must quit bowing to everything that screams at us as though their volume is their authority.

The truth is you have a seat in heavenly places (Ephesians 3)!
The truth is you are more than a conqueror (Romans 8 )!
The truth is you are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6)!
The truth is you are loved (John 3)!
The truth is you are set free (John 8 )!
The truth is you have access to abundance (John 10)!

Friends, slow down, sit down, relax and let the word of God do its work inside of you. Martha, Martha you are worried and upset about many things, Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her, but you can join her says the Lord. You are a king and a priest, rule from your seat!

New Means New

I was listening to some prophetic words on You Tube this morning and one of the suggested videos was about flooding happening in Dubai. For you that don’t know, Dubai is a very wealthy city and is in a desert location. The flooding literally diverted flights, stopped traffic and brought the city to a stand still, last night our time, which was during the day for them their time. As I was watching the videos the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “Isaiah 43”. For you that have ears to hear I believe there is a prophetic word of encouragement in this chapter for us with this natural occurrence happening in Dubai right now.

Isaiah 43 speaks of what God did to Babylon, how God delivered His people out of Egypt. The chapter is often quoted as one of the most used do not fear verses and how no matter what we walk through God will bring us out. But that all precedes what the Lord is prophetically highlighting for us today. Listen to verse 18-22 “Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people. The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.”

The desert is flooding as we speak, so this word is in now time, but what the Holy Spirit highlighted was the word formed, “The people whom I formed for Myself will declare My praise.” Formed in Hebrew means, be narrow, to bind, be cramped, distressed, vexed, squeezed into shape. This is not about all people, this is about those people who have been squeezed by the Lord into the shape He wanted to make them and they submitted to the squeezing. You who the Lord has formed, do not call to mind the former things, neither revivals nor mistakes, for God is doing something brand new.

I believe this prophetic picture out of Dubai is to tell us God wants us to not look for another revival or another model which is the old dressed in new clothes, He is doing something brand new. He wants to know can we perceive it. We have been squeezed in order to minister to Him and now we are the new wine skin carrying the new wine. Look, the rivers in the desert are prophesying to the ones who have been squeezed. This is good news.

It’s Biblical

Friends, Babylon is falling. Babylon is a system that controls its leaders and its leaders control the people. This system of control is falling. As it falls you will hear of things that make your head swim. When something happens suddenly our authentic response to it reveals more about us than about that which has been revealed. God is doing a controlled demolition of this system, for if it fell in one fail swoop it would cause us such trauma we would not be able to process what happened. We see one event go viral and people are shocked, sharing and screaming how can this be. It has been going on for decades, just under cover, but now God is uncovering that which has been covered up in every area of life. Nothing is off limits from the macro to the micro; from the family leaders to church leaders; from governments over nations to governments over churches; it is financial as well as Hollywoood and Bollywood, this system has invaded everything and its fall will be felt by all.

We as Bible believing Christians should not be surprised when we hear of some Babylonian structure being exposed, yet we are, and it is all part of the Great Awakening. Everything we are seeing and hearing is putting a hunger for truth in humanity in a way that only a Great Awakening can. Many first responses are shock and awe, but Paul said in 2 Timothy 3 “Realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.” So we should not be surprised by what we are seeing and hearing. Paul was speaking to the church and its leaders not the world when he penned this to Timothy.

The shaking is upon us, it should not shock us for the shaking is for the Great Awakening. Babylon must fall so we can see the kingdom of God that has been at work behind the scenes all along and is now coming into purview. We are living in history making days. When generations to come read about our day they will say, How Great Is Our God!!!!

Stop Thief

Praying in tongues yields a level of understanding that cannot be accessed in the natural. Thoughts you receive while praying in tongues are truly other worldly and when we truly hear what that other world is saying, it alters our understanding of operation in this world in which we live. For you that don’t know, as believers in Jesus Christ we have dual citizenship. We are citizens of earth and citizens of heaven. The work of transformation is to rebuild our internal infrastructure so our heavenly and earthly citizenship are synonomous. Jesus of Nazareth was the model of a unified dual citizenship. Henceforth, why He told us to pray, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. One person two citizenships.

With that being said, while praying in tongues this morning, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “I cannot cast out a thief you submit to.” John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” As people we have submitted to more theives that we even realize. Religion, politics, culture, memories, have all programmed us to believe the thief, submit to it, and therefore, our agreement with the thief is why it is not being removed from our life. We see the affects of the thief, but the thief feels allusive and we can’t seem to put our finger on it, because we have submitted to it.

Our submission is the thief’s authority to stay. Once we decide the thief is not benefiting us, servicing us, helping us in any way, but is actually stealing, killing and destroying us, we will evict it from our life. We have so much authority, we decide what theives are evicted and what ones remain. Proverbs 6:30-31 says, “Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.” The Lord will reveal the thief to you if you ask, but you must repent of submitting to the revealed thief if you want the thief evicted and the sevenfold return. The choice is yours as to what you do with the thief in your life. Personally, I am done being robbed and I am done submitting to the thief, no matter what form it may take.

Come On In

Have you ever thought about why people fear losing control? Control is truly rooted in fear, for if you were not afraid of something you would not need to control anyone. Why are those who are in control so afraid of losing control? Because they are afraid the new leader will do to them what they have been doing to others under their leadership. Think about it, people are so afraid of being controlled because the people who have been in leadership over them have not been adding value to them.

Every four to eight years in the United States we get a new President. In other countries like Nigeria, they alternate between a President that is Christian and a President that is Muslim, every election. The challenge is, whether they are Democrat or Republican; Muslim or Christian; the way they lead does not add value to the people they are leading, so people fear losing control because they do not want to be controlled the way they control others, so they want to remain in control. It is truly a sick system, but the system is not going to change, so you have to come out of that system of control to be free.

The reason people fear the righteous in power, is because they fear they will impose on the people things the people do not want. But the Bible says, when the righteous are in power the city rejoices. Biblically there is not Republican and Democrat, Muslim or Christian, their is only the righteous and the wicked. If you want to know which you really are, read the book of Proverbs and listen to what each does. The demarcation is obvious. What God is doing is not political, it is not about a party, it is about coming out of one kingdom and coming into another one.

The kingdom of Babylon is a kingdom of control, oppression, depression, fear, judgment, anger, violence, division and confusion. The kingdom of God is simple, it is righteousness, peace and joy; it is a culture of honor and the only law is love. The kingdom of God is for children, but the kingdom is its own culture, it is not African, American, Australian, Asian, or European. If you want to come out of Babylon and into the kingdom of God, you must be willing to take on a whole new culture, a culture that is not controlling, it is a culture of freedom, for whom the Son sets free is free indeed.

Diana Has Been Dethroned

DIANA HAS BEEN DETHRONED!!!!

A friend of mine the other day exclaimed the opening of a bathroom sink drain that had plagued her for weeks. Upon her declaration that not only did the sink drain open up, it actually opened up other drains that were not functioning by design at maximum effectiveness. This opening of one drain opened up other drains and I said to her, this is prophetic. Everything that has been stopped up, despite your many efforts to unstop them, will now begin to flow. We both smiled not realizing how this would manifest so quickly. I mean next day and everyday since quickly.

A couple days later I am reading Acts 19 and it is about Paul in Ephesus in which there is a declaration about a Greek goddess named Artemis. The Holy Spirit had me study who Artemis was and I learned, her Roman name is Diana and her name means flow restrained. I told my friend about this discovery as the Holy Spirit is the perfect point guard. We both rejoiced in the word of God confirming the opening of the drain in her house was definitely a prophetic statement for her, but now I know it is for not just her but for many.

Acts 19 says, “Not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all. Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

Yesterday, the Holy Spirit says to me, “Diana has been dethroned!” No context, no commentary, just a declaration. My friends, the flow that has been restrained in your life, is no longer blocked. The drains in your life that have been stopped up and not functioning by design are all open. Whatever has been delayed, denied, or distracted are now all open, for Diana has been dethroned. Everything is going to flow by design in Jesus name!!!!!!