October 27, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

When Darkness Prevails #3

Our churches are failing, why?

When darkness prevails we have to look at ourselves. Jesus warned us about our Christian family, religious leaders, and that our culture could crumble with the rise of darkness and evil. Revelation is full of scriptures that give specific reasons for our failure to confront the darkness. We cannot address the growth of darkness without knowing why and how our churches are failing in the battle against darkness.

I might be better off than some because where I live in CA. My ranch is in the mountains and the national forest is behind me. I have neighbors but the population is sparse and people like to be left alone. I can breathe better once I am at the ranch. The oppression of evil is not as great where I live, much less than most other places in California.

Darkness is everywhere even in our churches. I believe fighting against evil is a constant way of life for a believer. One cannot fight without the “armor of God”, power of the Holy Spirit, an active and working prayer life, and of course a consistence lifestyle of praise and thankfulness. It is not easy to fight and win against darkness but Christ has given us the means if we choose to do things His way; He accomplishes this task through us.

What is wrong with our Christian leaders and churches? They got complacent and cold. Our churches are not dynamic with the moving of the Holy Spirit. We come and go to church unchanged. Indeed, God wants to show up in our services, but we have “planned God out of the service.” Our services are not times of worship but ‘light and sound entertainment’—a production, which we believe is God orientated. We try to “work up the spirit of God” not invite God into our services with true worship and praise. When was the last time you felt the Spirit of God in the parking lot of your church or sensed the angles of God ministering to you as you approached the church building?

Pastors, you have failed. You know you are failing but repentance and care for the flock God has given you are far from your heart. You resist the Holy Spirit from working in your services—if you notice or feel God moving in your service you begin talking, change the direction of the service through video or a skit. You stop others from coming into the Kingdom of God—just like Jesus said you would do. You stop the Holy Spirit from doing His job (read and understand Proverbs).

Every new movement of God took aim at the traditional churches—the churches that were in dominance in their day. Leaders are afraid to look into the mirrors of the Holy Spirit and change who they are and what they are doing and why. I can safely say, “Do not be surprised if you do not find your pastor in heaven.” God’s measuring stick is much greater for leaders than for the common churchgoer—Jesus did warn of teachers and pastors who love themselves more than God who want significance and honor rather than being a servant.

What shall we do? Help your pastor be bold and courageous. Demand that we sing, in worship and praise God till God inhabits the praise of His people at each and every service. Set up 24-hour prayer sessions at your church and Bible reading before, during and after each service—either live reading or recordings over the speaker-system in every church building.

Ask God for forgiveness for your self and others. Do not rest till God hears you and floods your church with His presence and angels ministering each and every day. You want revival—make it start with you and spread it to others.

Want Jesus in your mist, start acting like Jesus, this is what Jesus expects of His Church.

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October 25, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

When Darkness Prevails #2

Heaven’s angles are not active

When darkness prevails the angles of heaven are not busy in the lives of God’s people. We need angels taking center stage in our activities on earth. Jesus had angels minister to him when He started and ended His ministry on earth. I am sure there were many more times, but the Bible is silent on this issue.

When God is on the move so are His angels. In fact, every revival or new movement of God has stories about angels interacting with men and women. We need angels, Hebrews 13:2 states, “Some have entertained angels; individuals not knowing the strangers were angels.”

Let me explain a little about angels (you should be praying that God sends them to you on a daily basis). Angels only know to do what God has sent them to perform. They know only ‘black and white,’ there is no gray area with them.

Jacob wanted God’s angel to bless him, but the angel did not want too. He knew Jacob was an unrighteous person and did not deserve a blessing. Jacob knew that. He, in essence, said, “I know I am a crook but bless me anyway” and wrestled/fought with the angel all night long not giving up. Finally, the angel blessed Jacob but not without a cost—an injured hip on the part of Jacob. Once again, this story illustrates the verse, Matthew 11:12, “The Kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force.”

How many times has God spoken to you personally through Scripture or a Word of Knowledge, telling you that you will be doing new and wonderful things in Christ? You waited years and yet what God said has not come to pass. You are waiting in the darkness. Darkness has a hold on your life—you have bought into false belief—doctrine that comes out of darkness. Want God’s kingdom, you must fight for it; not wait for it.

You must choose God’s will to be elected to receive God’s will. Just because God has chosen you does not mean you are so special that everything will be handed to you in Christ. “Only a fool,” Proverbs says, “waits and does nothing. It is a righteous person who knows and acts accordingly.”

Do not let darkness choose your path or your timeframe for the fulfillment of God’s promises. Ask God to move in your life. Request and even command that angels come, minister, and bless you—it’s a promise in Christ. You have a choice, either blessing (being visited by God’s angels) or curses (allowing darkness to rule over your future).

I choose angels today and every day whether or not I see and recognize them—I am a child of light, not darkness! It’s time to get out of darkness—fight for your blessing.

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October 23, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

When Darkness Prevails #1

When good people do nothing

When darkness prevails, as I said in the last article, it is never good for any society. How to prevail against evil? Where has the church gone wrong? It is my faith that prevails against darkness, my response to what God requests or wants. I must respond—I must act in faith.

The Holy Spirit gave me three dreams last night about President Trump being murdered. Each one was in a different location with a different scenario. I emailed or called a few friends, individuals that were intercessors or ‘faith movers’. I felt the need to do more than just myself praying for the President’s protection.

The responses I got back were extremely positive and encouraging. God was talking to them also. This always reaffirms to me and raised my confidence that God is busy getting as many people to perform His will, people who will listen to Him to do something.

The Bible speaks of God’s people doing nothing when they have it in their power to do good or perform acts of justice and kindness. God states that if we have it in our power to do well and do it not, it is a sin. Not only regarding good but also if it is within our power to warn others of impending doom & judgment, or when evil is about to overtake them. If we do nothing, then God will make sure whatever we did not do for others, that evil will come upon us.

Oh, how the Church has failed. We defer what is well within our power to do for others to do. We allow police, government, or institutions to do what God expects us to do. We fail not only with regards to Biblical teaching but also to God Himself. We do not act in faith—we fail God personally!

We look the other way. No wonder there is little influence the Church has made on our culture. No wonder darkness has prevailed in America without any ‘check and balance’. We are not worthy to be called by Christ’s name. We have become an embarrassment to Christ, just as Psalms states. We have become and now are called “the ashamed.”

When good people do not do what God asks, we can only blame ourselves. Do not blame our democratic principles, our judicial system, or our political leaders. It is our fault the way things have gone—how darkness has prevailed.

I will not see our President harmed nor will I allow evil to rejoice. I am placing darkness on notice—all of creation will and shall be placed under the feet of Christ’s authority. This is the Government of Christ being fulfilled in the last days.

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October 21, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

When Darkness Prevails

The Bible has plenty to say about the topic, “When darkness prevails”. It often uses the words: evil, unrighteousness, cruelty, corruption, and so forth in place of ‘darkness’. Proverbs speaks of the effects of evil actions, motives, or plans upon a society. It is never good!

Darkness has prevailed to extremes in America over the past few decades. God has instituted times of refreshing and new movements of the Holy Spirit. God has sought to redeem His Church and provide relief from the encroachment of evil upon our society, our moral standards, and our beliefs. However, each time our faith eventually fails. We have not been contending for God’s purposes in the right ways.

James said, “Contend for the faith which was once given to the saints.” Jesus said, “When He returns, will the Son of Man find faith on the earth?” We are missing the purposes and action plans of God. We judge what God is doing incorrectly. We become ashamed, dependent on worldly affirmation or wealth, or allow Satan to steal from us what God has given to us.

It is time to change our attitudes and perspectives. If we truly believe in what the Scriptures says then where are the manifestations of our belief in the Trinity? I suppose if Jesus was visiting our homes, churches, or each of us personally, He would still be reprimanding us for our lack of faith.

You ask me why has evil taken over so much of what America use to have or its love for Christ? We have allowed darkness to prevail. Spiritual problems require spiritual healing and solutions. We have allowed so many self-made idols to replace God operating in every avenue of our culture.

What must we do? “Humble ourselves, pray without ceasing, seek the face of our Lord in all we do, and turn, no stop, from committing evil works, words, and motives.”

I will be writing about an assortment of articles addressing this topic over the next few days—How to prevail against evil and where we went wrong. My hope is that these articles will move you to repentance and a deeper faith in God—a faith that prevails against darkness.

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October 20, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Distracted

It is easy to become distracted. There are so many forces that come to bear upon a Christian’s walk with the Lord. We can become numb to what is really going on around us.

The world has created so many means to keep our eyes off of what God is doing. It is God’s creation that often keeps me grounded. I live on a ranch. I have various animals and trees around my mountain property. Many times when I drive home it is not until I get within a couple of miles of the ranch that I feel as if I can breathe normally.

The world has no peace for me. It is full of evil and needs to be done away with—just as God has planned. I have no concern with what man can do to the environment but only with God destroying the present earth and heaven.

God keeps me focused on this in simple ways. I sense, no I can see with my spiritual eyes and heart, all of the creation moanings and crying for Christ’s return. This is what I am waiting for and wanting to happen.

It wants to be delivered from the sin and evil man’s disobedience has caused. I know that even though God is going to create a new heaven and earth, God is planning to keep the best of what He created in forming the new earth and heaven.

I cry also, along with, being in-tune with the sadness I sense in my animals, vegetation, and dirt beneath my feet. This is why I sing to the Lord and fear His great name. Whatever God has done or intends to do—it is always good and right.

As Jesus said, “The rocks would cry out if people do not praise Him.” Yes, I am not distracted; I follow the lead of all creation. I sing to the Lord who creates and will soon re-create again.

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October 15, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Your Future Depends on Pray!

I have been praying for many years, but knowing how to pray is a learning process. No one is born knowing how to pray. I like to pray but some prayers seem to work better than others. How close you get to God is directly connected to how much time you spend talking and listening to God.

God likes to talk and He likes to listen. It is yours and my prayers that move God. The main ingredient to an effective prayer life is the amount of time you spend alone with God. Even when I am in a group setting I picture myself alone praying to God when I am asked to pray…my focus in on God not who I am with.

Here are some of my most effect prayer patterns:

I like to say, “Good morning Jesus,” when I first wake up in the morning. I know He has been waiting for me to get up and get moving.

Or this prayer, “God what are we doing, this is not working!” There are many times things are not going as planned, and I need some direction quickly with results.

I like to pray Scriptures; especially when I am in a battle with Satan. When he is resisting me doing God’s will. It is best to throw a Scripture in his face and also say, “The Lord Jesus Christ rebukes you.” You need to take verbal action when fighting against evil.

There are many prayers that are written down or are in the Bible. When I do not have a specific purpose in mind, but I want God to offer His presence to a certain situation, I often pray the Lord’s Prayer or any number of prayers that part of church liturgy.

Since I am a charismatic I try to spend 30 to 60 minutes a day praying in tongues. I do not know what I am praying nor do I care. God knows and I make sure I am by myself. I do this often when walking my dogs around the ranch or tending to the animals. I often bounce back and forth between English and tongues when praying about a situation or person(s). The Holy Spirit knows exactly what to pray and I depend on Him to get the job done—connecting to the Father & Son.

I know God keeps a record of my prayers and I try always to pray in faith, that is, whatever I know what God’s will is, I pray that prayer. It always seems strange and so simple that God has placed so much importance on prayer. Prayer divides the humble from the arrogant, the ‘somebody from the nobody’, and the child of God from the adult in this world. Our future depends on God, so get connected, pray!

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October 14, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Fires & Prayer

I was asked by a friend to pray for the fires in California. Upon his request, I have and will but let me offer some wisdom for those who want to pray for the fires to be over in their state.

The Bible says, “Fire cannot and does not want to be satisfied.” That is to say, a fire cannot ever be satisfied, it wants more fuel and wants to keep burning. If one would pray the opposite—for the fire to be satisfied the fire(s) ended.

Here is my prayer: “Fire, may your anger be dissipated. May you be satisfied. May your fury go away.” If you would pray these words the fires would stop. Tell the fires what to do. God is God of fire and you can have authority over fires in Him.

I many times I have prayed for fires to obey what I say, and they obey exactly what I prayed for. You can also do the same in Christ.

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October 10, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

Water Can Kill but the Spirit Gives Life (II Cor. 3:6)

I am sure you know that some plants and trees need more water than others. Too much water can kill a healthy tree, especially an olive tree. Some olive trees, which were planted by the Spaniards who settled California, are still alive today. They need little water to produce fruit. This is why an olive tree is a type of anointing and has great significance in the Bible.

Olive oil was used for so many things in Jesus’s day and today we are finding out how important it is for us to use olive oil in the foods we consume in order to live a healthy life. My point is, want anointing, want God’s presence, want fruits of the Spirit manifested in your life—one ought to spend more time with the Holy Spirit and less time being watered by the gospel.

What we need is olive oil (the Spirit of Christ). We know through Scripture that the Gospel of Christ alone cannot produce olive oil. In fact, you will kill an olive tree, or if nothing else, you will stop an olive tree from producing fruit if you over water or only water. A good olive tree needs little watering but does need wind, light rainfall, lots of sunlight, and being planted on a hillside.

We think that we need to ‘pour the gospel’ into people’s lives in order to make them grow and produce fruit. When we do this, we are far from the Biblical truth and do not understand the wisdom of God. I Corinthians 3:6 states, “I (Paul) have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.” Yes, the gospel needs to be preached and at first, all of us need to be watered with the Word of God. But after the planting and initial growth, it is time to limit the watering of the word of God through preaching, but rather allow the Holy Spirit to do the His job. He, the Holy Spirit, needs to take over the growth of the word of the Gospel in our lives. We do not need more and more gospel being preached (even hammer into our lives), we need the activity of the Holy Spirit.

It is the Holy Spirit that brings the wind, rain, and sun in order to produce the oil and fruit in our lives for us to accomplish God purposes and will. I can offer you testimonies how the ‘gospel’ was only preached day in and day out, it was every Sunday’s message; the gospel was used to pressure a person into serving Christ. In some caused the tree (our lives) died slowly or at least discouraged the person (the tree) from moving ahead with Christ.

Christ had a better answer to the Gospel He preached. He backed up what He preached with miracles, signs, and healings. He preached with authority and power. He did not allow just His words/His gospel to stand-alone. Jesus knew that His disciples would need more to live a life He was calling them too. Jesus said, “Wait in Jerusalem for the Holy Spirit which My Father will send to you—the promise of the Father,” Acts of the Apostles 1: 4-5.

What Jesus was saying is that you need more than just believing in His Gospel. “You need the Holy Spirit (the oil of God) to do what I am asking you to do,” Jesus said. So let’s begin to allow the Holy Spirit to do His job. Preaching the gospel is always important and needed throughout our life as a Christian, but it is only the Holy Spirit (the 3rd person of God, 1/3 of the Trinity) that will take us across the finish line. As Paul states in Philippians 3:14-15, “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us, therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any of you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you.” Perfection in Christ comes to us through the Holy Spirit only.

I preach the Gospel of Christ but I allow the Holy Spirit to water with His light and precious rain, grow the tree with wind and sunlight. I allow the Holy Spirit to stop me from overwatering the tree—all olive trees need stress and drought in order to produce fruit—the works of God. As the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus after the water baptism to be stressed and tempted—making the Gospel come alive in His life—so we must walk in His steps allowing the Holy Spirit to have His way in our lives.

It is not the time for more watering of the gospel but rather wind, pruning, light rain, abundant sunlight, being planted on your mountain—these things only the Promise of the Holy Spirit can do. It is time for the increase!

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October 9, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

If You’re Like Me…

If you are like me, you want to go to bed and wake up in the morning in love with Jesus. Jesus makes my day much better and without Him, well, I do not want to think about that. This is why I am a Christian, Christ loves me and I love Him back. However, I am still trying to love Him as much as He loves me…not an easy task.

Also, if you are like me you are not just waiting for the next movement of the Holy Spirit. I am not waiting for Christ to knock on the door of my life but I have the door open, and I am standing in the doorway looking for Him to come to me. When I see Him walking down my street or coming over the hill to my property, I will run out to greet Him. He is my friend so I am ready for His return and expecting the next Holy Spirit Movement in America, which He is sending.

America, you are in such great need of a Savior. You are lost, full of sin, desperate for happiness, and spend all your day worshipping idols. Let’s see, there are idols of misplaced sexual identity, idols of self-indulgence and pride, idols of hate and failures, and most of all, idols that look to government, civil institutions, or welfare programs to meet your needs and satisfy lazy desires.

Yes, America lives for idol worship and the church willingly and blindly follows the example and ‘easy access’ to the satanic lie that says, “Let me take care of you; you do not need God to be your everything.” Satan lied to Jesus during His 40 days of being in the desert, being tempted by Satan. Satan only wanted Jesus to listen and worship him.

You cannot have Jesus and Satan. Choose whom you will worship! Get rid of those idols that have placed you in bondage—“you are poor, blind and naked”—you have so many idols in your life the Holy Spirit cannot come your way. No movement, no awakening, and no revival of any sort, because you live and look to idols, not to the God who created us.

The Holy Spirit will not rest over you, upon you, or live within you as long as you keep the idols of worry, dependence on the government, lust instead of love, or hate instead of kindness. I got Jesus and He brings with Him the power of the Holy Spirit—that is why I stand in the doorway, talking with my enemies in the gate, and have the blessings of God.

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September 30, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

In the Jewish Year 5778—a year for all of us!

Most of this article comes for Mr. Rohrbaugh. About 2 years ago I had a group of minister prophecy the same things Mr. Rohrbaugh is stating in his article, "Three Prophetic Words to Position You in the Year 5778" over my life. God has spoken this personally to me and I am a witness that what is written below is true. Mr. Jamie Rohrbaugh is from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and I believe what he is telling the Body of Christ comes from the Spirit of Truth.

So if you celebrated Jubilee and your heart is right before the Lord, you can expect great things this next year. It is time to express what God has promised to His children and look expectedly to God fulfilling His Word in our lives. Here is what Jamie wrote:

“As you may know, the Jewish New Year began at sundown on Wednesday, September 20. The Lord gave me three prophetic words for 5778, and I believe they will encourage you! Here is what the Lord has told me about Jewish year 5778:

1. Just in Time, Holy Spirit is Sending You a Double Portion Anointing

Many of you have felt like your anointing is gone. You have been through Hell and back, and your experience has left you feeling dry and uninspired.

After praying about this, I looked out onto my back porch. I often see doves there, but usually only one dove or, at most, two at a time. However, on a recent morning, I saw not one or two, but FOUR doves on my porch. Immediately, the Lord spoke to me and told me that He is sending a double restoration of the anointing to His people. Furthermore, this double portion anointing is coming to you—NOW.

This is not one of those prophecies that you have to wait three years to see fulfilled. God has already begun pouring out the first drops of His refreshing, and you will quickly find yourself under a deluge of healing rain, as you believe Him for it.

As it says in Joel 2:23, "Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you—the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month."

"Expect God to work miracles on your behalf this year."

If you need that double anointing, the Lord told me to tell you these things:

• All the anointing and inspiration that has been stolen from you is NOW going to be restored to you double.

• You will have twice as many inspired ideas as before.

• You will hear God twice as well.

• You will be anointed to prophesy twice as much as you were before.

• You will have twice as many supernatural encounters as you EVER had before.

Beloved, you are not dead. You are not even sleeping. You have been in a time of resting and healing, and now your spirit is going to roar back to life in ways you have never seen before. Hallelujah!

If you need this double portion anointing, put a demand on God to flow through you. In situations like this, the anointing works like a pump. You have to prime a pump in order for it to produce flow. If you have lost your flow, go ahead and prime your pump. Put a demand on Holy Spirit specifically to fill you with His flow and anointing.

Examples of ways you could do this include:

• Asking Holy Spirit for a word of knowledge or prophecy that you can share to bless someone.

• Doing something creative and asking Holy Spirit to flow through you to accomplish His creative work.

• Praying in the spirit over your day, then immediately carrying out what the Lord gives you unction to do as you prayed in the spirit.

As you exercise your faith to put a demand on God, you will find Him ready, willing, and eager to answer you with that double portion anointing He has promised.

2. In 5778, Exercise Your Governmental Authority More Than You Ever Have Before

Psalm 149:6-9 says, "Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; to execute on them the written judgment—this honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord!"

As God’s son or daughter, you have the honor of joining with the people of God to:

• Execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the peoples.

• Bind kings with chains, and nobles with fetters of iron.

• Execute the written will of God upon all nations and peoples.

In 5778, it will become increasingly important for you to use this authority to see God’s will carried out in your sphere and around the world.

How do you exercise your authority? Two ways:

• By letting the high praise of God be in your mouth.

• By wielding the two-edged sword, which is God’s Word (confessing it verbally).

For decades, God has been renewing His people’s understanding of how important it is to confess His Word out loud. By this point, mature Believers should be well versed in the power of speaking God’s Word. In 5778, it is time to move from simple understanding to very purposeful action in this area.

All around the globe right now, situations exist which need the governmental interference of God. The situation in North Korea stands out to me as one of the most important challenges that God’s people need to address now. However, many other situations both in your house and around the world will benefit from God’s intervention as well.

For example, think of the impact God’s Word could have upon:

• Your state of mind.
• Your marriage.
• Your finances.
• The government of the country in which you reside.
• The unreached people groups who still need to hear the Gospel, and more.

If you would like to receive all that God has for you, I strongly encourage you to set aside 10-15 minutes daily to praise God and confess His Word out loud. Confess His Word over yourself and overworld situations that concern you.

"Put a demand on Holy Spirit specifically to fill you with His flow and anointing."

If you will do this, you will be exercising the governmental authority that God gave you as His child, and you will see dramatic results.

Remember that Isaiah 55:10-11 says: "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."

3. Expect Your Intimacy with God to Produce Long-awaited and Visible Results This Year

Many of you have been sowing and sowing into the secret place of intimacy with God. You have not been doing this to get any material thing, but rather out of a true love for God. Your heart has been pure, and your hands have been clean.

Despite the fact that you have been truly seeking God for His face and not just His hand, you have not seen the results manifested in your life that you have been hoping to see. God’s Word provides many great and excellent promises about how God will bless you if you diligently seek Him, but you have not yet seen many of those promises fulfilled.

Your time of waiting has not gotten you down, but you have wondered in your spirit. Like the Psalmist and the saints in Heaven, you have cried, "How long, O Lord, faithful and true?"

Psalm 13:1-2 says, "How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?"

Although your faith in God has not wavered, you have wondered these same things. But the Lord told me: 5778 is the year of the ‘Joshuas’.

Psalm 12:5 says, "’For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise,’ says the Lord; ‘I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.’"

Like Joshua, you have lingered long inside the tent of God’s presence. You have not departed from His ways nor from seeking His face. His presence is your greatest love, and serving Him is your supreme pleasure.

And you are about to be elevated. You are about to see the manifestation of many promises that God has spoken to you. The things He has been whispering in your ear will soon become visible for all to see. Father God will put the fear of the Lord upon all those around you, and they will tremble at your approach.

As the Lord did in Joshua 5:1: "So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, that their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel”…so He will do for you in 5778!

This is the year of Joshua. Expect God to work miracles on your behalf this year. Expect His anointing to rest upon you. Expect the Commander of the army of the Lord to appear to you in person. Expect a supernatural paving of the way in every situation you encounter.

5778 is the culmination of many long-awaited promises. It is a year that opens a new season of healing, wholeness, and freedom; a new era of taking territory for the King; and a new age of government for all of God’s people who will. Will you exercise your faith to receive, and to move forward with God?"

WWJWMTD

What would Jesus want me to do?

Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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