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I have to speak what I am hearing. It is not possible to remain silent now.
"To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the Word of the LORD. They don't want to listen at all. So now I am filled with the LORD's fury. Yes, I am tired of holding it in!" "I will pour out My fury on children playing in the streets and on gatherings of young men, on husbands and wives and on those who are old and gray. Their homes will be turned over to their enemies, as will their fields and their wives. For I will raise My powerful fist against the people of this land," says the LORD. "From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds. They offer superficial treatments for My people's mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions? Not at all - they don't even know how to blush! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. They will be brought down when I punish them," says the LORD. This is what the LORD says: "Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, 'No, that's not the road we want!' I posted watchmen over you who said, "Listen for.the sound of the alarm.' But you replied, 'No! We won't pay attention!' Therefore, listen to this, all you nations. Take note of My people's situation. Listen, all the earth! I will bring disaster on My people. It is the fruit of their own schemes, because they refuse to listen to Me. They have rejected My Word... Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I will put obstacles in My people's path. Fathers and sons will both fall over them. Neighbors and friends will die together." (Jeremiah 6:10-21) LORD, I am asking that You would give us all eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to understand what You are saying. Let a godly fear enter the hearts of Your people. Let us ask for the old, godly way, and let us walk in it. Forgive us, LORD, for being ruled by greed. We are sorry. Forgive us for not listening to You. We are sorry. Change our hearts. Take out this heart of stone and put in a heart of flesh. Sprinkle us with clean water so that we can be clean. Tear down our idols and pour Your Spirit into us. Send light and truth and mercy and grace. Send Your unfailing love. Send Your kindness that leads us to repentance. You have to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. I am asking this in the Mighty Name of Jesus! AMEN
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For over ten years now the LORD has been speaking to me. When He first started speaking, He told me, "You are a voice crying out in the wilderness, 'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.'" So my message has been and always will be a message of repentance. Not many people want to hear it. Then in November of 2020, the Word of the LORD started coming to me in waves, one after another, strong words of rebuke, so I fell on my face, and I repented. Now, morning after morning, He is waking me up with strong words of warning for you. I have to speak what the LORD is telling me, but all the other voices - the voices of the prophets - are saying something different. They are saying, "America will be great again." So I want to share with you what the LORD showed me this morning, and you decide what you want to believe.
In 2 Peter 1:19-21, Peter says, "We have great confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. YOU MUST PAY CLOSE ATTENTION to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place - until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts. Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophets own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God." God told the prophets exactly what was going to happen. He laid out His plan for the ages for us all to see. He didn't want us to be surprised. He didn't want us to be unprepared. His plan. In black and white, God wrote out His story. He told us what He was going to do and why He was going to do it. It is fascinating! Line upon line. Precept upon precept. But not everyone can hear what He is saying. Not everyone can see what He is doing. They don't want to. They don't like His plan. "Are you amazed and incredulous? Don't you believe it? Then go ahead and be blind. You are stupid, but not from wine! You stagger, but not from liquor! For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, 'We can't read it because it is sealed.' When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, 'We don't know how to read.'" And so the LORD says, "These people say they are mine. They honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. And their worship of Me is nothing but man made rules learned by rote." Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear." (Isaiah 29:9-14) Wow. A spirit of deep sleep. Blind. The book is sealed. Oh my goodness! Why? They honor Me with their lips, but I want their heart. Isaiah 30:8-16 says, "Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the LORD's instructions. They tell the seers, 'Stop seeing visions!' They tell the prophets, 'Don't tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your Holy One of Israel.'" This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: "Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies, calamity will come upon you suddenly - like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down. You will be smashed like a piece of pottery - shattered so completely that there won't be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well." This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "Only in returning to Me and resting in Me will you be saved. In quietness and confidence is your strength." Did you hear that? Only in resting. Only in quietness and confidence will we be saved! "But you would have none of it. You said, "No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle." But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you ! (Isaiah 30:8-16) I know that many people do not want to think that the earth is about to be destroyed. We don't want to believe that America was chosen by God to bring about this destruction. We want to think that America is God's chosen place and that God will come to rescue us, but that is not what is written. "O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms. For I was angry with My chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands." (Isaiah 47:5-6). America is Babylon, and the spirit behind Babylon and America is - "I am and there is no other." God allowed His chosen people to fall into the hands of this selfish spirit. It was punishment. So our country was chosen by God to bring punishment on God's people first, then on the whole earth. "Babylon has been a gold cup in the LORD's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, and it drove them all mad." (Jeremiah 51:7) So the culmination of God's big, good plan is to destroy Babylon (America). "O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms. For I was angry with My chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands. But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy. You oppressed even the elderly. You said, 'I will reign forever as queen of the world!' You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences. "Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, 'I am the only one, and there is no other. I will never be a widow or lose my children.' Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic. "You felt secure in your wickedness. 'No one sees me,' you said. But your 'wisdom' and 'knowledge' have led you astray, and you said, "I am the only one, and there is no other.' So disaster will overtake you, and you won't be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you, and you won't be able to buy your way out. A catastrophe will strike you suddenly, one for which you are not prepared." (Isaiah 47:5-11) It is coming, guys, and it is coming fast. The LORD's plan is unfolding right in front of. our eyes. The LORD of Heaven's Armies has sworn this oath. "It will all happen as I have planned. It will be as I have decided...I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations. The LORD of Heaven's Armies has spoken - who can change His plan? When His hand is raised, who can stop Him?" (Isaiah 14:24-27) To find out more about what is about to happen in America: Isaiah 47 Isaiah 13 & 14 Jeremiah 50 & 51 Revelation 17 & 18 But there is always another voice calling: "Do you think that I like to see wicked people die?" says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live. However, if righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things and act like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No. of course not! All their righteous acts will be forgotten, and the will die for their sins. Yet you say, 'The LORD isn't doing what's right!' Listen to Me, O people of Israel. Am I the One not doing what's right, or is it you? When righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds. And if wicked people turn from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives. They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die. And yet the people of Israel keep saying, 'The LORD isn't doing what's right!' O people of Israel, it is you who are not doing what's right, not I.'" "Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don't let them destroy you! Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel? 'I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE,' says the Sovereign LORD. 'Turn back and live.'" (Ezekiel 18:23-32) The LORD said, "Only in judgment will you learn what is right." LORD, help us to learn what is right. Cause a godly fear to fall on the land, a Spirit that leads us to repentance. Open our blind eyes and unlock our deaf ears so that we can see and hear and understand and turn in our hearts. O send out Your light and Your truth. Let them lead us, let them bring us to Your holy hill and to your tabernacle. In Jesus' mighty name. AMEN Terri I can hear a song rising. Its notes are clear and true. Listen. Can you hear it, too?
In that Day, everyone in the land of Judah (that's us) will sing this song: Our city is strong! We are surrounded by the walls of God's salvation. Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter. You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You! Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock. He humbles the proud and brings down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust. The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot, and the needy walk all over it. But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough (thank you Jesus!), You are a God who does what is right, and You smooth out the path ahead of them. LORD, we show our trust in You by obeying Your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify Your name. In the night I search for You; in the morning I earnestly seek You. FOR ONLY WHEN YOU COME TO JUDGE THE EARTH WILL PEOPLE LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT. Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong, and take no notice of the LORD's majesty. O LORD, they pay no attention to Your upraised fist. Show them Your eagerness to defend Your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let Your fire consume Your enemies. LORD, You will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from You. O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but You alone are the One we worship. Those we served before are dead and gone. Their departed spirits will never return! You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten. O LORD, You have made us great. You have extended our borders, and we give You the glory! Isaiah 26 If your heart is singing this song, you are part of the redeemed, the remnant, the Bride. You are making yourself ready. If your heart is not singing this song, but you want to, face Jesus with your heart wide open and ask Him to teach you the words. Ask Him to teach you the tune. Ask Him to do for you what you cannot do for yourself. Let Him surround you with walls of salvation. Let Him make your city strong! Blessings, my friends. May we all learn how to sing the song of the redeemed in this hour. It is a beautiful, beautiful song that fills the whole earth with God's glory! Terri I want to speak what the LORD is telling me. He has been speaking the same word to me since January of 2009, but I see this day fast approaching. It is the Day of the LORD, a day of the LORD's judgment on the whole earth. This morning as I look out across the land, I see the fast approaching armies. They are coming from all directions, and I see no way they will relent. They are coming close. What is happening right now is world wide. It is a power play. It is ruthless. It is cruel. So I want to tell you what the LORD says. I don't want you to be caught unaware.
Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors - none will be spared. The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken! The earth mourns and dries up, and the land wastes away and withers. Even the greatest people on earth waste away. The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God's instructions, violated His laws, and broken His everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive...The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down. Throughout the earth the story is the same - ONLY A REMNANT IS LEFT, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest. But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD's majesty. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! (Isaiah 24) Can you hear it? Can you hear the sound of praise rising up from the earth. Stray olives and a few grapes praising the Righteous One. I can hear the sound. It is growing louder and louder. Melodies and harmonies joining together as one to bring praise to our King. In the middle of all of this chaos, a song is being sung, and it is beautiful! And it is rising until it fills the whole earth. My prayer is that your heart will be singing this amazing song, too. May the God of all music enter your heart with power to bring you a joyful song of thanksgiving and praise. May this song fill your heart to overflowing so that you can join in this joyful assembly that will usher in our soon coming King. I am asking this in the mighty name of Jesus! AMEN Terri AMERICA -
I have to say what is on my mind. I have thought things and said things the last few days that I have never thought or said before in my life, so I want to tell you what is going on inside of me. My whole life I have believed that America was chosen by God and blessed by Him. Somehow I never questioned this. I just believed it was true. I always thought that Israel and America were the "chosen" ones and that God would always come and fight for us because we are His. It never occurred to me, despite all the wickedness I saw, to question this assumption. Then in November God started giving me some hard words. I shared them with you in my live videos. On Monday, November 9th, the LORD said, "If you want to get involved with civilian affairs, you can never please Me. I am the One who sets up kings and kingdoms, and I am the One who takes them down." While making that video I made a conscious choice. I turned my back on my country and what is happening in this country, and I turned my face toward Jesus and started walking. I no longer thought about or worried about or even cared about who became president. This was HUGE! Then two days ago I got up in the middle of the night, and God took me to Jeremiah 50 and 51. I trembled. Read my post from two days ago. Jeremiah 51: 6-9 says, "Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don't get trapped in her punishment! It is the LORD's time for vengeance; He will repay her in full. Babylon (AMERICA) has been a gold cup in the LORD's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, and it drove them all mad. But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed. We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. LET HER GO; ABANDON HER. Return to your own land. For her punishment reaches to the heavens; it is so great that it cannot be measured." Oh my goodness! God said, "LET AMERICA GO; ABANDON HER. NOTHING CAN SAVE HER NOW. Her PUNISHMENT reaches to the heavens; it is so great it cannot be measured!!" So I began to think about my country - really think about my country. In January of 2009, the month that President Obama first took office, the LORD started speaking to me. At this time, He also unlocked scripture for me. I began to see God's big plan unfold right in front of my eyes, but I could not see where America fit in this plan until I saw Babylon. Every time God described Babylon I thought, "This is America." But it still did not click to me. I was thinking of Babylon as a spirit, and it is, but two days ago when God said, "Let her go; abandon her," I thought of Babylon as a place. For the first time I questioned my assumption that America was chosen by God and blessed by Him. So I started thinking - who is America. Isaiah 47 describes her as beautiful and proud, loving pleasure, living at ease, feeling secure. "O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms. You said, "I will reign forever as queen of the world!" You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences. "Listen to this, you pleasure loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, "I am the only one, and there is no other. You felt secure in your wickedness. 'No one sees me,' you said. But your 'wisdom' and 'knowledge ' have led you astray, and you said, "I am the only one, and there is no other." So to me America could be described as a beautiful woman covered with jewels and gold and fine linen, living in luxury. She is proud and boastful and arrogant. No. That's who she was. That's not who she is now. Now she is a spoiled child who constantly whines. Entitled. Ungrateful, unthankful. She throws a fit when she doesn't get what she wants. She doesn't play fair. She takes what doesn't belong to her, and she does not care who she hurts. She yells and screams when someone else has something she doesn't have. "It's not fair," she says. AMERICA. Wow. How wrong could I have been? America was a gold cup in the LORD's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank America's wine, and it drove them all mad. (Jeremiah 51:7) The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich. (Revelation 18:3) Her bountiful table became a snare, a trap that made her think that all was well. Her blessings caused her to stumble, and so she will get what she deserves. Her eyes went blind so that she could not see, and her back will now be bent forever. (Romans 11:9-10) Oh my goodness! People, flee Babylon. Don't fight for her anymore for strong is the One who judges her. Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, "Come away from her, My people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds." (Revelation 18:4-5). Don't get caught up in what is happening right now. Let her go. Face Jesus and open your heart wide. Let Him be your country. Let Him be your hiding place. We are coming upon crazy times people, and in the coming days we will know how crazy. So how do we make it? Fix your eyes on Jesus, guard your heart, and give thanks. Seek first the kingdom of righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. This is God's hour, and we will know it. Terri #2021witnesshimnow Here it is 2:30 in the morning. I can't sleep, so I get up to read. I am trembling at what I see. For the last couple of months the LORD has been speaking hard words over me, words of preparation. He has been calling me into account in every area of my life, and I am listening. Then at Christmas the LORD told me to tell you that Babylon has fallen. In March of last year, in one day, Babylon fell.
Now you might say, "What is Babylon? Where is Babylon?" Isaiah 47 and Revelation 18 tells us. "Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, 'I am the only one, and there is no other, I will never be a widow or lose my children.' Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic." "You felt secure in your wickedness. 'No one see me,' you said. But your 'wisdom' and 'knowledge' have led you astray, and you said, 'I am the only one, and there is no other.' So disaster will overtake you, and you won't be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon your, and you won't be ab le to buy your way out. A catastrophe will strike you suddenly, one for which you are not prepared. You said, "I will reign forever as queen of the world!" You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences. (Isaiah 47:8-11, 7) Babylon is a spirit - I am and there is no other. I believe with all my heart that this is the spirit over America. Both corporately and individually, everything is about us. Then in Revelation 18 it says, "She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with sorrow. She boasted in her heart, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.' Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day - death and mourning and famine. She will be completely consumed by fire, for the LORD God who judges her is mighty." And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her hatred remains. They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, "How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God's judgment came on you. The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods. She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet cloth...The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. The description of Babylon fits America to a T, so when God said, "Tell the people that Babylon has fallen," I knew what it meant. Then the last couple of days, the LORD has been giving me words to tell you about how to make it in the coming days. His promises are in black and white - solid, immoveable, and I was filled with joy. I am about to make those videos. Then this morning I got up because I couldn't sleep. I randomly opened my Bible, and I could not get away from this message. Listen to the LORD's plans against Babylon and the land of the Babylonians. Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep, and their homes will be destroyed. The earth will shake with the shout, "Babylon has been taken!" and its cry of despair will be heard around the world. This is what the LORD says, "I will stir up a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Babylonia. Foreigners will come and winnow her, blowing her away as chaff. They will come from every side to rise against her in her day of trouble. Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves! Don't get trapped in her punishment! It is the LORD's time for vengeance; He will repay her in full. Babylon has been a gold cup in the LORD's hands, a cup that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, and it drove them all mad. But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen. Weep for her. Give her medicine. Perhaps she can yet be healed. We would have helped her if we could, but nothing can save her now. LET HER GO; abandon her. Return now to your own land, for her punishment reaches to the heavens; it is so great it cannot be measured. Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare an ambush, for the LORD will fulfill all His plans against Babylon. You are a city by a great river, a great center of commerce, but your end has come. The thread of your life is cut. The LORD of Heaven's Armies has taken this vow and has sworn to it by His own name: "Your cities will be filled with enemies, like fields swarming with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you." (Jeremiah 50:45, 51:1-2,6-9,12-14) America is a wicked nation, and we felt secure in our wickedness. We said, "No one see me." Our 'wisdom' and our 'knowledge' have led us astray. We said, "I will reign forever as queen of the world," but we did not reflect on our actions or think of the consequences, but the time of consequences has come. I believe with all my heart that judgment is at our doorstep. So what do we do? The LORD said, "Flee Babylon! Save yourselves! Don't get trapped in her punishment! LET HER GO! Return now to your own land. We have all gotten caught up in the politics of the day. Both sides. Neither side is good. Neither side is REPENTANT. Neither side is turning to God. America is just another kingdom of this world - pride filled, arrogant, filled with selfish ambitions and bitter envy. America is filled with everything that God hates - all things earthly, sensual, demonic. What God loves is wisdom that comes from above. This wisdom is pure, peace loving, gentle at all times, willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. (James3:13-18) This wise kingdom is inside of us. It is the kingdom of heaven. Flee Babylon. Return to your own land. Face Jesus and open your heart wide. Ask Him what He wants you to do. Follow Him. Hide in Him. Fear Him. What is happening in our politics is the LORD's doing. We are on the brink of a civil war. The time of judgment has come, and no one can stop it. What we have to do now is not get caught up in it all. We cannot change any of the choices being made by others, but we can change is what is happening inside of us and the choices we make. Fix your eyes on Jesus, guard your heart, and give thanks. God is ALWAYS up to something good. Blessings, my friends. May God give us all eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to understand what the Spirit is saying. May the God of peace, Himself, sanctify us all completely, and may our whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ. For He who calls us is faithful, who also will do it. Terri My heart is filled with such joy right now. Since November 1st, the LORD has been speaking to me, separating me unto Himself with strong words that I knew I had to obey. Then right around Christmas, He started saying, "I want you to say this." Then He gave me word after word to speak to you. The LORD wants us to know what He is about to do, and He wants us to know what we are suppose to do to hide during this time. So I can see in the natural and through scriptures that we are about to come upon a very cruel time in our history, a time filled with terror and sorrow. Anyone who dares to open his eyes can see what I am saying is true, but no one wants to hear what I have to say. I have to say it anyway. So I have spent the last few days trying to do what the LORD is asking me to do.
While I was searching the scriptures so that I could make sure that what I am telling you is unadulterated truth, I found something fascinating. In this time of cruelty and loss and persecution that is going to come upon us all very quickly, I found that God is going to do something spectacular for His people and in His people. His promises and provisions are right there in black and white. His plan for the ages is right there in black and white. Listen to the headlines of all of the videos I am about to make. I have already made the first three, and it depends on how we respond to the first three videos as to whether the last videos will be valid in our life. We are coming upon a time when we will either be refined or destroyed by the times we are about to enter. But it is my prayer that you will find strength and comfort and courage in the promises God made for His people so long ago. 2021 will be a time of cruelty. 2021 will be a time of persecution. 2021 will be a time of sorrow and mourning. (I have already made these videos, and in each of these, I have given you the way of escape. We will have to do what the LORD is asking us to do in the coming days if we are going to make it. We have to guard our heart above all else for out of it flows the issues of life.) Then God began to speak these words over me. Notice that He is making me put a time period on each of these. The time is now. 2021 will be a time of refining. 2021 will be a time of humbling. 2021 will be a time of patience and endurance. 2021 will be a time of victory. 2021 will be a time of restoration. 2021 will be a time of strength and courage. 2021 will be a time provision. 2021 will be a time of rest. 2021 will be a time of joy and glory and freedom. 2021 will be a time of holiness. 2021 will be a time when everyone will see God move. 2021 will be a time of second chances. God wants us all to know what is about to happen. In John 15:11-27, Jesus says, "I have told you these things so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is My commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are My friends IF YOU DO WHAT I COMMAND. I no longer call you slaves, because a Master doesn't confide in His slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn't choose Me, I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using My name. This is My command: Love each other. If the world hates you, remember that it hated Me first. The world would love you as one if its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. Do your remember what I told you? 'A slave is not greater than the master.' Since they persecuted Me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to Me, they would listen to you. They will do all of this to you because of Me." Then in John 16:1, Jesus said, "I have told you these things so that you won't abandon your faith." Then in John 14:29, Jesus said, "I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe." God wants us to believe what He says and not abandon our faith, so He sent His Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us into all truth and show us things to come. Then He sent His prophets, those people who long ago saw things too wonderful to imagine, and they wrote it down. It was written for us. They saw what was going to happen in our lifetime, and they wrote it down so that we will believe and not lose faith. So I am going to tell you what God told them. I am praying that God will give us all eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to understand what the Spirit is saying. Amos said it this way in chapter 3: Listen to this message that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel - against the entire family I rescued from Egypt: (That's us if we know Jesus.) "From among all the families on the earth, I have been intimate with you alone. That is why I must punish you for all your sins." Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction? Does a lion ever roar in a thicket without first finding a victim? Does a young lion growl in its den without first catching its prey? Does a bird ever get caught in a trap that has no bait? Does a trap spring shut when there's nothing to catch? When the ram's horn blows a warning, shouldn't the people be alarmed? Does disaster come to a city unless the LORD has planned it? INDEED, the Sovereign LORD never does anything until He reveals His plans to His servants the prophets. THE LION HAS ROARED - so who isn't frightened? The Sovereign LORD has spoken - so who can refuse to proclaim His message? So the LORD is saying to us all, "WAKE UP!" The LORD is at the head of the column of this cruel army. He leads them with a shout. This is His mighty army, and they follow His orders. The Day of the LORD is an awesome, terrible thing. Who can possibly survive? That is why the LORD says, "Turn to Me now, while there is time. Give Me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning Don't tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead." Return to the LORD your God, for He is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish. Who knows? Perhaps He will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse. Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine to the LORD your God as before. Joel 2:11-14 #2021witnesshimnow A PRAYER FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR 2021
By Terri Tidwell December 26, 2020 As you all know, I believe we are headed for hard times in the coming years. I wrote about it on December 23rd, “A Word for 2021.” There are things happening around us that none of us can change, so I asked God, “What do you want me to do?” His answer was, “Pray.” It is funny what He wants me to pray for, though. He wants me to pray for me - not for other people. Say what?!?! And my prayers have nothing to do with my circumstances; they have everything to do with my heart. I am asking God to do for me things that I cannot do for myself. If God does not do these things, they will not happen. So I pray. For me. A lot. Then a month ago, God gave me a word out of Romans that said that not all of Abraham’s children were children of promise. That rocked my world. Until that moment I could quote you every promise God has made for my children, “All my children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be the peace of my children.” “The words that are in my mouth will not depart from me nor my descendants, nor my descendant’s descendants from this time and forever more.” When God told me that not all of my natural children may be children of promise, my heart caught. I had depended on the promises my whole life, but God is not going to hold my children or my grandchildren to the promises He makes for them. He is going to let them all choose. They get to choose the world and all the world has to offer, or they get to choose God. They cannot have both. It doesn’t work that way. Our back is always toward one and our face is toward the other, so we choose. Life or death. Blessings or curses. Each day we choose. Each minute we choose. In this time of great darkness, we choose. So once again I asked God, “What do you want me to do?” He said, “Pray.” Then scripture after scripture flooded my heart and my mind. The LORD said that human effort accomplishes nothing, only the Spirit brings life. Then He said, “The words that I speak are Spirit and they are Life and they will set captives free.” Everything I pray is scripture, so I know that my prayers will bring life. Then He said, “Where two people agree as touching anything it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. So I know that if the person who reads this prayer will face Jesus with his heart wide open and truly ask Him to do all these good things for them, He will. So I am praying that everyone of you who read this prayer will not just read it, but embrace it. I am praying that you will embrace the God who is so wonderful that He could and would do these kind things for us. I am praying that there will be such an intense hunger and thirst for God and for righteousness that enters your heart that you will never ever be able to get away from it again - a longing - an intense longing for something real, something good, something right. I am praying that you will be able to see clearly all the world has to offer, and you will see it for what it really is - nothing. I am praying that you will you will finally see what God has to offer so that you can turn your face toward Jesus and live. I am praying that you will want to embrace Jesus with every fiber of your being, that you would seek Him like you would seek pure gold or silver or precious gems. I am praying that this prayer that you pray today will echo inside of you in the morning and the evening and that parts of it will rise up within you all throughout the day. I am praying that these words will be planted in fertile soil that will bring forth a harvest of righteousness, fruit so big that it would take two people to carry it. Love and joy and peace and patience and kindness and goodness and gentleness and faithfulnesss and self-control. Grace and mercy. Light and truth. Wisdom. Understanding. Unfailing love. So I pray. For you and for me. LORD, I am asking that You would give us all eyes to see and ears to hear and a heart to understand what the Spirit is saying. Send out Your Light and Your Truth. Let them lead us, let them bring us to Your HOLY hill and to Your tabernacle. Expose the lies that we have been believing our whole life. Bring them to the surface so that You can heal them. Let everything that is hidden be made known. Let a lie not have dominion over us any longer. I am asking that You would search our hearts and know us. Try our anxious thoughts and see if there is any wicked way inside of us, and lead us in paths of life everlasting for Your namesake. LORD, I am asking that You would take out this heart of stone, and put in a heart of flesh. Sprinkle us with clean water so that we can be clean. Tear down every idol and every “High Thing” that is inside of us that gets in the way of us knowing You. Pour Your Spirit inside of us. Make us a well watered garden and a fortified city for Your glory. Dry bones, hear the WORD of the LORD. Breathe O’ four winds on these slain that we may live. Graves, open wide. Live. Open up you gates, you everlasting doors and let the King of Glory in - the LORD mighty in battle, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! Come and do battle for us, LORD. Destroy every one of our enemies. Put them under our feet so that we can crush them. LORD, I am asking that You would take every one of our thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ Jesus. Tear down strongholds. Turn our eyes from unclean things. Guard our ears that we may no longer listen to unclean things. Give us the strength to turn away. Let us no longer tolerate the things we have tolerated in the past. LORD, forgive us for what we have allowed ourselves to see and hear and do. We are sorry. LORD, cast out imaginations and every “High Thing” that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Wipe the slate clean. God, create in us a clean heart and an upright spirit. May every thought that we think and every meditation of our heart be pleasing in Your sight. Teach us Your ways and show us Your paths so that we may walk it them. Give us godly desires - desires that will please you. Let our heart long for something different. LORD, I am asking for wisdom, not the wisdom of this world that is selfish ambitions and bitter envies, but the wisdom that is from above. The wisdom that is pure, peace loving. The wisdom that is gentle at all times, willing to yield to others, full of mercy and good deeds. The wisdom that shows no favoritism and is always sincere. LORD, You said that those of us who are wise are peacemakers who will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. Let us speak the truth to others and love them. It is only the truth that will set people free. Give us boldness to stand up for what is right and true and just and fair. Give us courage and strength to do what You are asking us to do - speak the truth. Deliver us from the love of the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Forgive us for wanting to fit in. You said that if we want to be friends with the world, we have just made You our enemy. LORD, we are guilty, and we are sorry for wanting to fit into the world, for wanting the world to like us. Forgive us, LORD. We do not want to be Your enemy. LORD, we need Your strength in this hour. Strengthen us in our inner man by Your Holy Spirit. Root us and ground us in faith and in love. Help us all to know the height and depth and breadth and width of the love you have for us. That love is past understanding, but when we come close to knowing it, we will be filled with all the fullness of God. LORD, You said that the joy of the LORD is our strength. Then You said that when troubles of any kind come our way to consider it an opportunity for great joy, because our faith is being tested, and our endurance has a chance to grow. Then You said that when our endurance is fully developed, we will be perfect complete, needing nothing. So God, we are asking that You would place in our hearts a Spirit of thanksgiving and praise and joy. No matter what happens. Please LORD, I am asking that thanksgiving and praise be our response. Let joy come to strengthen us and give us endurance.and keep us safe. Let us in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us. LORD, teach us to be content. You said that if we have food to eat and cloths to wear, to be content. Forgive us for complaining. Forgive us for wanting more. Forgive us for not being satisfied. You also told us to not worry about anything, instead pray about everything, to tell You what we need and to thank You for what You have done. Forgive us for worrying. We are guilty. Now we refuse to worry anymore. Instead, I am going to tell You what I need and thank You. Then You said that the peace of God which passes understanding will guard our heart and mind in Christ Jesus. So LORD, send peace. Let this peace guard us as we choose to follow you. Thank You for teaching us to trust You. Thank You for showing us Your ways. Thank You for letting us get to know You. LORD, forgive us for trying to control our destiny. Forgive us for relying on our own strength. Forgive us for eating from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is not what we do that matters. Human effort accomplishes nothing. It is only the Spirit that brings life. It is ONLY what You do that matters. Forgive us for worshiping the work of our own hands. Forgive us for trying to save ourselves and others. Teach us how to lay down our pride and our power and to let You have control. Teach us to trust you with all of our heart, to lean not on our own understanding, and in all our ways to acknowledge You so that You can direct our paths. Finally, LORD, teach us to fear Your Holy Name. You said that the fear of the LORD is the BEGINNING of wisdom. Help us to see and hear and understand that You alone are God, and You do whatever You please. Everything that is happening in this world right now is because You allowed it. Our sin opened the door for so much to happen, and now the world is groaning under the weight of that sin. Judgment is upon us. Help us to understand that although Your very nature is love, that that love is just. You cannot let us get by with what we have been doing, so you discipline us because You love us. LORD, please let our heart yield to that discipline. Let us not continue to resist you. Forgive us LORD for not turning back to You the first time. We are sorry. Now LORD, help us all to understand that even though this is the year of the LORD’s favor, it is also the Day of the vengeance of our God. Let us see and hear and understand that if we continue in our own willful, self-centered, selfish ways, we will die. You cannot relent in Your punishment until we turn. You love us that much. You want us to live. LORD, we love You and we thank You for Your grace and Your mercy. Thank you for not giving us what we deserve, but instead, You give us Your unmerited favor. Grace. Mercy. Peace. Joy. Unfailing love. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Continue to work on us until we look like Your Son. Holy. Completely separated unto You. Continue to work on us, LORD, until love is our only motive. This is the highest calling of all - to love You and to love others. Only You can turn this heart into a heart that is full of love. I am asking You to do this great work in me. I am asking this in the mighty name of Jesus. AMEN A WORD FOR 2021
Terri Tidwell December 23, 2020 This year in January of 2020, the LORD gave me two very strong messages for the coming year. The first message can be found in Isaiah 40. It was a sweet word from the LORD. He said, “Comfort, comfort My people. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem (that’s us). Tell her that her sad days are gone and her sins are pardoned. Yes, the LORD has punished her twice over for all her sins.” But listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God! Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The LORD has spoken! … A voice said, “Shout! … O Zion, messenger of good news shout from the mountaintops! Shout it louder , and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah (that’s us), “Your God is coming!” Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. See, He brings His reward with Him as He comes. He will feed His flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in His arms, holding them close to His heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young. Oh my goodness! Such good news. Our God came this year with power! All of 2020 was an opportunity for God to do all of the good things He promised to do inside of us. James 1:2-4 says, “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GREAT JOY. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. All of us have had many opportunities for our faith to grow during the past year, and it has. God has been straightening curves, leveling mountains, filling in valleys, and smoothing out rough places. So this last year was a year of growth. You know what I am talking about. Then the second word God spoke to me in January of 2020 was, “Whatever you do this year will echo throughout eternity.” When He spoke this word to me, I thought it was because this was an election year, but OH MY GOODNESS! It was so much more! This has to do with the Kingdom of God advancing! It has happened in our hearts. So now God is speaking a new word to me. Since November of this year, the LORD has been saying, “Come out from among her and be separate.” So the last couple of months, the LORD has separated me from the world and the things of the world, from politics and all the kings and kingdoms of this world, from fitting in with family or church family. If you are interested in what God was saying, go to my LIVE FREE Facebook videos that my brother and I post every Monday. It is fascinating what the LORD is saying. Then the LORD started telling me what He is about to do. The Day of the LORD’s judgment is upon us. He has been telling me this for over ten years, but now the DAY is here. This has nothing to do with the Deep State or the Bidens or the Clintons or the Obamas or Soros. This also has nothing to do with President Trump or Q or the Anons or the White Hats. This is God’s hour. We can all see it. We all know that something is about to happen, and it is not good. This is what God says: Scream in terror, for the Day of the LORD has arrived - the time for the Almighty to destroy. (Who is doing it?). Every arm is paralyzed with fear. Every heart melts, and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear. For see, the Day of the LORD is coming - the terrible day of His fury and fierce anger. The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it. The heavens will be black above then; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will provide no light. “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty. I will make people scarcer than gold - more rare than the fine gold of Ophir. For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays His wrath in the day of His fierce anger.” (Isaiah 13:6-13) But even then the LORD’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike. (Isaiah 9:12,17,21. Isaiah 10:4). He says it multiple times. The LORD is not playing. He is about to use the powers that be to accomplish His purposes on the earth. But listen to what He says to those nations He uses to accomplish His purposes. What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of My anger. I use it as a club to express My anger. I am sending Assyria against a godless nation (that’s America and the rest of the world), against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet. But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is My tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation…. After the LORD has used the king of Assyria to accomplish His purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem (that’s us - God needs to refine some things inside of us), He will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him - for he is proud and arrogant, He boasts, “By my own powerful arm I have done this. With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it. I have broken down the defenses of nations and carried off their treasures. I have knocked down their kings like a bull. I have robbed they nests of riches and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs. No one can e en flap a wing against me or utter a peep of protest.” But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it? Is the saw greater than the person who saws? Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it? Can a wooden cane walk by itself? Therefore, the LORD, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory. The LORD, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night. The LORD will consume Assyria’s glory like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land; it will waste away like sick people in a plague. Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive - so few that a child could count them! (Isaiah 10:5-19) God is using this enemy army to do His purposes on the earth, and then He will destroy this cruel, proud nation. He is using this time and this cruel nation to refine us like silver and purify us like gold. God’s eyes are always upon His people to do good things for us. His plan is a good plan, a plan to prosper and not to harm, a plan to give hope and a future. But the LORD has to get rid of all of the things inside of us that get in the way of this good plan. His Kingdom is advancing, and it is advancing with power inside of us. Isaiah 10:20-20-27 goes on to say: In that Day the remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return; yes, the remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God. But though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand on the seashore only a remnant of them will return. The LORD has rightly decided to destroy His people. (Did you hear that?) Yes, the LORD, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, has already decided to destroy the entire land. So this is what the LORD, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says: “O My people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago. In a little while My anger against you will end, and then My anger will rise up to destroy them…In that day the LORD will end the bondage of His people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders. So what the LORD wants me to say to His people is this: “Tell the godly that all will be well for them. They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned! But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.” (Isaiah 3:10-11). Just before Jesus went to the cross, He spoke this over Jerusalem. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let Me.” (Matthew 23:37-38) For those of us who are letting Jesus gather us under His wings so He can protect us, this is what He says, “Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” This I declare about the LORD: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I trust Him. For He will rescue me from every trap and protect me from deadly disease. He will cover me with His feathers. He will shelter me with His wings. His faithful promises are my armor and protection. I will not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. I will not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at my side, though ten thousand are dying around me, these evils will not touch me. I just open my eyes, and see how the wicked are punished. Because I have made the LORD my refugee, and I have made the Most High my shelter, no evil will conquer me; no plague will come near my home. For He will order His angels to protect me wherever I go. They will hold me up with their hands so I won’t even hurt my foot on a stone. I will trample upon lions and cobra; I will crush fierce lions and serpents under my feet! The LORD says, “I will rescue those who love Me. I will protect those who trust in My hame. When they call on Me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them My salvation. (Psalm 91) A mighty storm is coming. This storm will destroy the whole earth and make it a wasteland, but the people of God will ride out the storm in the shadow of God’s wings. He will protect us - our heart will remain loyal, and our strength will not fail. Isaiah 24 says this: Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors -NONE WILL BE SPARED. The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken! But in the middle of this passage of complete destruction, there is a people who shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD’s majesty. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the lands beyond the sea, they praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs the give glory to the Righteous One. (Isaiah 24:14-16) For those of you who belong to the LORD, I would say, “No matter what happens, fix your eyes on Jesus, guard your heart, and give thanks. God is always up to something good.” And to those who don’t know Jesus, but you know that what I have just written is the truth, face Jesus right now and open your heart wide. Tell Him, “Jesus, I am a sinner, and I need a Savior! Please come and rescue me.” Then give Him your heart. Follow Him. Make Him your everything. Rejoice. Give thanks. He is able to do what you cannot do if you will only let Him. If we could get hold of this WORD, our whole world would change. Life and death are in the power of the tongue, so whatever we say, we get. So we should all be able to speak life, right?!?! The thing is that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We have to let God change our heart for our words to change. We have to let God fill our heart with His unfailing love; we have to let Him heal us and set us free; we have to let Him transform every thought that we think and every meditation of our heart so that our words will line up with His love for people. LOVE! It all comes down to love. LORD, we are asking that You would create in all of us clean hearts and upright spirits. Clean hearts. Upright spirits. Then we will be able to speak words of life. I am asking this in the mighty name of Jesus! AMEN Terri THE POWER OF LIFE AND DEATH IS IN YOUR MOUTH By Pieter Kirstein Don't curse your own destiny. James 1:26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain. James 2:12 So speak, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. Matthew 12:33 Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by [its] fruit. 34 Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings out good things; and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings out evil things. 36 But I say to you that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they shall give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned. This is a study on the power of the tongue and we will look at how it affects the life of every believer. God says My people are destroyed because of lack of knowledge and many Christians don’t know the power of their own tongues. We have been created in the image and the likeness of Almighty God the Creator and the way that the Lord creates is by speaking. The Bible teaches us in the book of Genesis that God spoke creation into existence and we need to understand the importance of speaking the right things. A lot of people’s tongues need to be redeemed because they speak their own destruction and I am witness of this reality because I used to be the victim of my own tongue and the Lord had to correct me. Prov 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul. Your soul can be ensnared through the words that come out of your mouth. God gave you a tongue to defeat your mind, so whenever the enemy brings evil thoughts to your mind, replace those thoughts with positive confessions. Jesus said in Matthew 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? So you make a thought your own when you speak it aloud, because in doing so you come into agreement with it. When you agree with it, it becomes faith in your heart and when you speak it, it releases power to create the faith in your heart and it manifests in your life. It is a spiritual principle hat governs the universe. David said in Psalm 119:89 Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. Every word that we speak is like a building block in our lives and we need to ask the Lord to guard our mouths continually. What I mean by our words being building blocks is that we have the ability as Christians to create through our words. It is a spiritual principle ordained of God. If a lie finds a place and I agree it’s true, then it is build over time brick by brick. Our agreement builds a stronghold and then it becomes a habitation for demonic presence. It is all about deception and it’s all about the lies. Satan knows the power of the tongue very well and when people declare negative things about themselves and their future then they give him legal right to cause havoc in their destinies. Speak to any true Satanist and they too will tell you that the way in which they put curses on people’s lives is through the power of the tongue. This is why the Bible gives us clear instruction about the power of the tongue in James 3. The enemy of our souls knows full well that the Lord God imparted authority to man and that he has been ordained of God to rule and reign in the earth. We also have the ability to create our own future through the power of our words. Our words are carriers of creative power and it holds the power of life and death, so we can choose to speak negative words full of fear, doubt and unbelief and by doing so we give the enemy the legal right to bring those negative confessions to pass in our lives, or we can choose to agree with what the word of God says about our lives. This reality can also clearly be observed in the lives of people. When they are negative about everything, then they will create a negative atmosphere around them. We need to renew our minds to the point where we naturally speak the word of God over our lives. We take on the nature of the Living Word inside of us and we choose to stay in agreement with what He says about everything when we speak his Word over our lives. The Bible encourages us in 2 Corinthians 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. True faith sees the invisible and believes the impossible and we as Christians are called to operate in the invisible realm of the spirit. The word of God paints the picture of reality and truth. God operates in the realm of faith and faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The more we fill ourselves with the truth of the word, the stronger our faith in God will grow because God cannot lie. The physical world around us is subject to the authority of God’s word and when we speak the word of God against our circumstances and keep doing it, then eventually everything around us will conform to the truth and power in the spoken word. Because God’s word is the highest authority in the universe, therefore when a child of God speaks His word over their circumstances then those circumstances must bow its knee. Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.God’s Word is Powerful. Genesis 1:1-3 NKJV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (2) The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (3)Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. Jesus said, in Mark 11:23 and 24 that, For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. (24) "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.I believe that the foundation scripture to illustrate faith the best is found in Romans 10:9-10, that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.(10) For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. In other words we literally speak our salvation into existence. The Holy Spirit revealed to my father years ago that it works like a dynamo. If you believe with the heart and confess with your mouth, and again you believe with the heart and confess with your mouth all the time and by doing that, then you release and activate the power to create. In Matthew 16:13-18 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" (14) So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." (15) He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" (16) Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." (17) Jesus answered and said to him,"Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.(18) "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. We legally become children of God in the spirit through the confession of our faith, when we make our personal declaration that “Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God. ”In the Greek the word faith is “pistis” which means, to say it! The Lord revealed that our tongue is like a match and our hearts like sulfur and when we make the confession of the word we ignite the power thereof in the spirit. God says in Jeremiah 23:29 NKJV Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? James 3:1-18 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. (2) For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. (3) Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. (4) Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. (5) Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! (6) And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. (7) For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. (8) But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. (9) With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. (10) Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. (11) Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? (12) Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. The Word of God declares that no man can tame the tongue, but the good news is that, God can! How does He do it? He conquers the heart with His love and fills it with His truth then out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak. A defiled tongue = a defiled heart, and we need to ask the Lord to cleanse our heart and help us to fill it with the truth and power of His word. My mother spoke her own destruction. She always said that she didn’t want to grow older than 44. This confession ensnared her own soul and gave Satan the legal entry into her life at that very age. She died of leukemia at the age of 44. Another testimony is that when we did deliverance on my own brother, the Holy Spirit led me to break the curse over his “will” because a demon took hold of his will at a young age when my mother said to him in anger, ”You do not have a will of your own.”My brother had to renounce the curse before the demon released his will. We really need to be careful with our words, because it activates the spiritual dimension. People destroy each other through their words and words can do even more damage than a beating. In the beginning of my Christian years, the Lord had our bible study group focused on the tongue for more than four years in a row, until we had renewed our minds through His word. It is such an important area. I remember one night during sleep, the Holy Spirit ministered to me through a dream. In the scene, I found myself sitting with other people in the setting of a lounge. We were all in conversation with each other. Suddenly this octopus tentacle came through the ground, as if from hell, and it fastened itself on my tongue. I couldn’t get it loose. The Lord showed me through this experience that the enemy has taken hold of my tongue and he was using it against me. I had to repent of all the negative things that came out of my mouth before the Lord and had to break those agreements. In another incident, the Lord again had to correct me through a dream because I was going through difficult times and became negative again. In the dream, I found myself standing next to the Holy Spirit and as we were standing there, the Lord Jesus spoke to me directly out of heaven. He gently rebuked me and said, “Stop saying that you can’t do it. Start to declare that you can all things through Christ who gives you the strength and give the Holy Spirit something to work with.” I thought “WOW” so the Holy Spirit works with the words that I speak. Immediately it became a revelation to me, just how powerful our words really are.It actually works as Jesus taught it in (John 12:49) For I have not spoken of Myself, but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak - You speak the word of the Lord by the authority of the Father and the Holy Spirit does the work. It is written in…(Job 22:28) I will also declare a thing, And it will be established for me; So light will shine on my ways. I encourage you to speak the word of God over your life every day. God is light and His word is light. David says that the Word of God is a lamp to his feet and a light to his path. By speaking the Word over difficult situations, we drive the darkness away because the enemy cannot prevail against the Light. (Romans 10:17) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (2 Corinthians 4:13) And since I have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” I also believe and therefore speak… In Psalm 5 we see how the throats of those that speak falsehood is described as an open sepulcher because they speak death. 6 You shall destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy: and in your fear will I worship toward your holy temple. 8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue. Ask the Holy Spirit today to conquer and renew your heart through the power of God's love and truth so that the fountain of your heart will only bring forth rivers of life. The LORD is my Shepard, I Shall Not Want. He Makes Me To Lie Down In Green Pastures And He Leads Me Beside Still Waters, And He Restores My Soul. My God Prepares A Table for Me In The Presence Of My Enemies and My God Is Now Making the Impossible Possible In My Life. The Lord Rescues Me from Every Evil Attack and Will Bring Me Safely To His Heavenly Kingdom. My Cup Overflows Continually Because God Anoints My Head With His Anointing Oil Of Gladness And Power. I Am Blessed In the City and Blessed In the Field. The Produce of My Ground Is Blessed. I Am Blessed Going In And Blessed Going Out. All My Enemies Who Rise Up Against Me Are Defeated Before My Eyes; When They Come Against Me One Way, They Shall Flee Before Me Seven Ways In Jesus Mighty Name. I Faithfully experience the Covenant Protection of God on Every Side because of the blood of Jesus. I Am Blessed In The Land That The Lord God Has Given To Me. The Lord Commands a Blessing on My Storehouses Every Day and I Am a River of God’s Divine Blessing to the Nations. The Lord Opens To Me His Good Treasure, The Heavens, To Give Me Rain In Season And To Bless The Work Of My Hands. I Lend And I Shall Not Borrow. My God Has Made Me The Head And Not The Tail. I Am Above and Not Beneath. I Receive Of Heaven’s Dew Daily and I Enjoy Earth’s Riches. To Me The Fullness Of The Deity Has Been Given In Christ And By The Grace Of God I Walk In It. Thank You Father That I Am Seated In Heavenly Places In Christ. I Have The Mind Of Christ And I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me To The Glory Of God, Thank You Holy Spirit That You Are My Faithfull Councilor And Divine Comforter And That You Enable Me To Hear The Voice Of The Shepherd Whenever He Chooses To Speak to me. I Walk In The Light As God Is In The Light, Therefore We Have Fellowship With One Another And The Blood Of Jesus Cleanses My Life. Thank You God That You Always Fill Me with Your Divine Wisdom and Discernment and That You Clothe Me in the Grace of Your Humility. Thank You Holy Spirit That You Always Empower Me to Bring Forth the Fruit of Righteousness to the Glory of My Father. I Humbly Ask For Your Close Fellowship This Day, In Jesus Name. The Spirit Of The Sovereign Lord Is Upon Me Because The Lord Has Anointed Me To Preach The Good News To The Poor, He Has Sent Me To Heal The Brokenhearted, To Proclaim Liberty To The Captives, And To Open The Prison Doors And To Release Those That Are Bound; To Proclaim The Acceptable Year Of The Lord, And The Day Of Vengeance Of Our God. To Comfort All Who Mourn, To Give Them Beauty For Ashes, The Oil Of Joy For Mourning, The Garment Of Praise To Lift The Spirit Of Heaviness And I Am Called A Tree Of Righteousness, The Planting Of The Lord For The Display Of His Splendor. The Lord says, “'I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches of secret places that you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, am the God of Israel. The Word of God which I have just spoken over my life is like a fire, and like a hammer that breaks every rock in pieces. |
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