Lisa Great

Yesterday I found a playing card on the wet ground, it was a 7 of diamonds, but on the back were the words Ko Jo Kai, which I learned is a sisterhood at Albilene Christian University in Abilene, TX. I love following the bread crumbs of God.

Abilene, TX is named after Abilene, KS which is the end of the Chisholm Trail. The Chisholm trail is a cattle driving trail, that went from San Antonio, TX to Abilene, KS. This trail was named after Jesse Chisholm, who is from TN. The price given for cattle in TX was $4 a head, but in KS it was $24 a head, so they drove their cattle to KS for a more profitable outcome.

The trail attracted many male cattle ranchers and it was truly the wild, wild west. On this trail, one woman by the name of Magaret Heffernan Borland, who is known as the only woman in US History to drive cattle on this trail. A pioneer woman, who ran her own ranch, handled her own herds, and owned over 10,000 cattle. She drove her cattle along this trail and she was called a cattle barron.

As I was learning about all these things yesterday, per the playing card the Lord put on my path, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “Tell my people, THE CATTLE ARE COMING!” I smiled and told the Lord, we have heard it said, the camels are coming, but you are saying, the cattle are coming. The Lord said, “Yes, tell them I said, THE CATTLE ARE COMING!”

Psalm 50:10 says, “Every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.” The context of this verse is that God does not need our sacrifice, but we need His provision. The Lord wants us to lift up our eyes and look, not at anything other than Him, for He says, “THE CATTLE ARE COMING!” These cattle are not coming because of anything we have done, but because we serve a God who is generous, benevolent and cares for us more than we realize. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Jesus walked the earth and used parables to explain the kingdom of God to those who had ears to hear. He spoke of sheep and shepherds; lost coins and lost sons; wheat and tares; vineyard workers and land owners. Language of the day that spoke of something of so much more value than what they could see with their eyes.

I was on my morning walk today and I found a single playing card on the ground. It was wet, dirty and all alone. But this was no ordinary card, for it immediately spoke of a friend of mine, who has been given this exact card many times during a card game we play, so this card reminded me of her.

After picking up this card, I found a beautiful round table with a marble center at the dump station in the apartment complex. It was beautiful, so much so I went home got my truck and was going to bring it home. But the marble fell out and cracked on the ground, so the table stayed at the dump.

I have been struggling with the loss of this table for hours, until moments ago when the Lord spoke to me and said, “Which carries more value for you, the playing card that is speaking My voice to you or a table table that is only in now time?” I had to repent, for even though it has only been two hours, I was so disappointed in the loss of that beautiful table, I was missing the immense value of that playing card.

The voice of God must remain the most valuable thing in our lives, no matter how beautiful the things are God gives to us. Things are temporary, His voice is eternal. Things are beautiful, but His voice is powerful. He is not against things, but for me, this morning, it was a reminder to not let any thing carry more value than His voice.

This 7 of Diamonds speaks of more value to me than any marble table ever could, for it speaks of relationship with God and with one or His daughters. What a lesson to learn so early in the morning. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Being people of the clock, we struggle with God not because He is not faithful, but because we do not operate on the same time schedule He does. We hear a promise from God and think it is going to come to pass today, tomorrow or next week. Then years go by and we think the promise was just flattery or someone’s wishful thinking for us.

Time is not our enemy, time is our ally. Time is a gift from a generous God who has given the same amount of time to literally every single person who has ever lived. Time is the ultimate equalizer. We all get 24 hours in a day, no one gets more, no one gets less.

What we do with the time we have been given is different for every person. Some people use it wisely, others squander it, but we all have the same amount of it. Promises from God operate in time. When the apostles of Jesus were waiting on the gift from the Father that Jesus promised them, time weeded out 380 people, for 500 started but only 120 were there when the promise was given. (Acts 1-2)

The blessing of time for us, is that it has not decreased the number of people ready for Babylon falling, the Kingdom manifesting and the glory coming, but it has increased the number of people ready for this moment in history. What an honor to be alive for such a time as this.

I see people coming in by droves in the spirit, ready, watching, wanting God to do what only God can do. It has felt like a long time we have been waiting, but if the wait was for more people to wake up, it was worth it. Our King is worthy of multitudes seeing who He is and what He is doing in real time.

It may have taken more time than we thought but we must never forget Proverbs 21:30 “No one is wise enough or smart enough, and no plan is good enough to stand up to the Eternal.” Babylon thought it knew more than God, but the truth is, the promise of God stands and will be seen in our time. Babylon is falling. Can you see the bricks being removed, piece by piece for the reformation of the nations? Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When all you have ever known is one thing, that one thing becomes your true thing. What we experience tells us what is truth, so we believe what we see, what we hear and what we experience. This is why we need a manifestation in order to establish the new ways of thinking the Lord is inviting us into.

Hearing is one level of believing, seeing is one level of believing, but when we see and hear, it establishes the truth. We are going to have a sight and sound experience of the likes, it will make any Fourth of July celebration look like a dog and pony show. When God shows up, He shows off.

We have been living in a reality that is not based on truth. This is why so many people are locked into lies about God, other people, themselves, and cannot see clearly what is actually happening. We are experiencing a great awakening right now, but it is has been drop, drop, drop, but once it starts to rain, it will be a no umbrella needed experience.

God has been putting situations on our paths to slowly awaken us to truths we know, but have been buried by experiences that told us otherwise. This will come in the form of the way people treat us, gifts we are given, things we are hearing on a micro and macro level, prayers being answered. Oh the myriad of ways I cannot even begin to describe.

Drip, drip, drip, but friends, I am telling you, David did not remove His kingly garments and dance in the streets according to 2 Samuel 6:16 due to drips, he did that because it was raining the glory of God. The ark was brought home to the city of David, the presence of God was in their midst and he could not help but celebrate big. It was raining glory in Israel.

We know the drip, drip, drip, of a moment here or blessing there, but I am telling you, its about to rain, torrential rain, international rain, family rain, restoration rain, glory rain, kingdom rain. You don’t have to get ready, you just need to respond when you see it rain! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

“PREFERENTIAL PROXIMITY”

The Lord said to me, “I love everyone the same, I have no favorites, but they don’t all love Me the same way. I give them PREFERENTIAL PROXIMITY. They get to choose how close or distant they want to be from Me.”

We can see varying degrees of relationship between people and God. These varying degrees are by their choice. Hebrews 10:20 says, “Jesus has opened a new way for us to come near to God. That way gives us life with God. It leads us through the curtain into God’s Most Holy Place. Jesus opened that curtain for us when he offered his own body to God as a sacrifice.” Access has been granted to everyone, no exceptions.

We choose our measure of occupation of the unlimited access we have been granted. The Lord has given us PREFERENTIAL PROXIMITY, we get to choose our measure of relationship with the Lord. No one hinders us from accessing Him and no one accelerates our access to Him. We are responsible for our relationship with the Lord.

John 15:9-10 says, “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.” The choice to remain is yours, it is mine, it was Jesus’. Jesus was not granted any more proximity to God than we are, He just prioritized proximity with His Father over anything else.

People limit our proximity to them, but God does not. We have unlimited access, but we also have PREFERENTIAL PROXIMITY. If you see someone with a closer relationship to the Lord than you have, don’t be jealous of them, join them and seek His face, pursue His presence, prioritize His word. David said it best in Psalm 27:8 “My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When you are used to abuse it takes some time to shift into safety. When you are not used to being loved, it is easier to be suspicious than receptive. When you are more accustomed to labor, it is a challenge to rest.

Repentance is changing the way we think. We are so used to being told to repent of some behavior, we forgot Jesus said, Repent, change the way you think, for the kingdom of God is here. He did not say it was coming, He said it was here. They couldn’t see it, hear it or experience it, because they, like us, refused to change the way they think.

People have missed out on blessings because they viewed them through an unrepentant thought pattern. People push others away out of their own broken way of processing. People keep their distance with God because they view Him through a faulty perception. We must repent.

Isaiah 14:4-8 is our reality, but if you can’t see it, hear it, experience it, you must repent, for you are in an old mindset, not a current reality. “The pressure is gone; the raging is done! The Eternal has broken the hold of the wicked, snapped the staff and the scepter of tyrannical rulers. They would stop at nothing to beat, batter, and bruise the nations, constantly raging as they hunted down and tyrannized the peoples. The whole earth, mountains to sea, breathes a sigh of relief; the peace and quiet erupts into a lively, joyful song. The cypresses and cedars of Lebanon rejoice at his demise, singing: You can’t hurt us anymore. Now that you’ve been cut down, No one comes to cut us down!” (The Voice)

I hear you saying, this can’t be true, it is not my reality. It is true, you just can’t see it or hear it, because you are living in an old mindset. Jesus is saying today, like He said then, “Repent, the kingdom of God is here!” Spend more time with Jesus who is the Word and you will find repentance comes quickly, because His word transforms us. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

A seismic shift is happening in the body of Christ, the tremors of it have been heard, but when the earthquake happens, the narrative will appear and the nations will have to conform to the Word of the Lord.

The announcement from heaven, “This is my Son in whom I am well pleased”, was a seismic shift to a Jewish audience; When the apostle Paul released the mystery of Christ in you the hope of glory, seismic shift; In the 1500’s, Martin Luther brought a seismic shift to the narrative of the nations about being saved by grace; we know of seismic shifts, and another one is bubbling up.

With every seismic shift of narrative, comes persecution from religious people and leaders. They killed Jesus for His narrative; they persecuted Paul for his message; they ridiculed Martin Luther for his revelation; and they will do the same to those who carry with confidence the kingdom clarion call that is erupting.

Notwithstanding the message will go forth. It will change the way we think and it will heal places in us we don’t even recognize. One piece of this narrative will come as Nehemiah 8:10 “The joy of the Lord is our strength” or as said in the Voice Translation, “Go back to your homes, and prepare a feast. Bring out the best food and drink you have, and welcome all to your table, especially those who have nothing. This day is special. It is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve over your past mistakes. Let the Eternal’s own joy be your protection!”

The days of broken are giving way to wholeness; the sinner identity is giving way to sonship; the say a prayer and you are saved idea is giving way to walking with God day by day; the kingdom of God is at hand and the narrative of the kingdom is brewing and is about to break forth. It is going to be authentic good news that will bring joy to strengthen us. Www.apostolicresroucecenter.org

At the very core of who God is resonates through everything He does and says. If we do not have the core of God’s nature correct, everything we hear God say and see God do will be distorted.

What do you think the core of God’s nature is? We may speak of the fruit of His nature and call it His nature. We may speak to the evidence of His nature. We may even speak of our experiences with His nature. Yet, at the very center of who God is we must understand, or we will distort, confuse and communicate things that are not true about God, all because we got the core wrong.

The Lord spoke to me this morning and said, “The core of my nature is relational not results.” He went on to explain, “I do everything from my relational nature, but the world’s system does everything from the core of results not relationship.” As I continued to listen, the Lord continued and said, “The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is a results tree and the tree of life is a relational tree. The tree you eat from is the tree you believe is the core of Me.”

Pondering what I heard this morning, opened up my understanding and revealed the subtle deception we have believed that God is mostly concerned with our results. The truth is, God wants a relationship with us, but we are so accustomed to results, we don’t know how to do relationship with God or each other.

If we step back for a minute and think about this truth about God’s core, I think we will find it more true than we ever realized, I know I did. When your core is relational you want to reconcile not remain divided; you want to connect not separate; you want to forgive not harbor bitterness; you want to put others first not jockey for position; you want to linger not rush; you want Him not a title, platform, or following.

There is so much more to this truth, but for now, may we stop and consider the question, am I results or relationship at my core? The truth will set you free. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

When Jesus walked the earth, He used everyday situations to bring forth kingdom realities. He walked with those young men and the crowds that followed Him, sharing parables about the kingdom. He spoke of sheep and shepherds, images on coins and seeds found in soils. They knew what He meant by what He said, for they lived in the culture in which He was speaking.

The realities of the kingdom do not change, but the way we describe the kingdom may come in a variety of cultural explanations that people who understand the culture can understand.

Pickleball has become a fast rising sport in this nation. People of all ages, shapes and sizes play the sport. From little kids to older adults, both men and women, all are playing pickleball. I too have found my way into this sport and love it immensely.

While playing yesterday morning, a woman on our Friday morning team said to me, “Your patience is obvious and you play as though it is effortless.” I said, thank you, but walked away realizing, the reason this is true is because I quit striving to be better and I quit criticizing myself for every mistake.

You see, I watched some women who were better than me play and I noticed they do not get upset when a play does not work as they intended. They brush it off and engage in the next play. The adoption of this simple tweek, changed my game so much that my friend noticed it.

Friends, when we are critical of ourselves and when we strive, it is rooted in anxiety and fear, both of which rob us of being the best version of ourselves. When we learn from the last play and tweek it for the next one, we will find ourselves enjoying life, loving people and walking the pace of grace in every area of life. Relax, it will make you play better and others will notice the difference in you. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

On November 11, 2025 I was reading Jeremiah 23, for a conference I will be speaking at next year, for the theme verse is coming from this chapter. While reading this chapter, the Holy Spirit spoke to me in a nudging fashion and said, “This is the year my leaders will be punished for how they have treated my people.”

This word came from Jeremiah 23:1-2 “Woe to the shepherds who slaughter and scatter the sheep of My pasture! This is what I, the Eternal God of Israel, have to say about the shepherds tending My people: You have scattered My flock, driven them far away, and failed miserably at being their caregivers. So look! I will punish you for your negligence, for the careless evil you’ve done.”

Punish means to attend to and the new covenant word is discipline. I do not like to release words like this, for one it feels like a corporate word to the leaders of the church and of ministries and two because I want to wait for an echo as I know I hear in part. Then today, I was watching Emma Stark’s War Room Episode 52 and I heard in my spirit, “Here is your echo. Release the word.”

Jeremiah 23:9-11 goes on to say, “For even the prophets and priests are ungodly; I have witnessed them perform wicked acts in My temple. Now this path they are on will become treacherous, and they will slip and slide; they will stumble and fall into the darkness, driven into the gloom. For in the year of their punishment, I will bring them to ruin.”

To the leaders in churches and ministries who have not been faithful to the call, the Lord is entering into a year of disciplining you. He loves you so He has to discipline you. The end of this discipline will be a church that is healthy, loving and authentic.

There are so many hungry people, who genuinely love God and want to know God, but there are leaders in the church, in ministries and online who are harming His people and the Lord must deal with it. Hebrews 12:5-6 “My child, do not ignore the instruction that comes from the Lord, or lose heart when He steps in to correct you; For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He corrects each one He takes as His own.”

This is not about casting stones. The church is to be a safe place for God to reside and people to abide. My heart breaks for the hurting, and my prayer is for the leaders to see that with authority comes responsibility. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org