Today’s Readings:
Psalm 57
Psalm 59
Isaiah 35
16 But as for me, your strength shall be my song of joy.
Psalm 57:16-17
At each and every sunrise, my lyrics of your love will fill the air!
For you have been my glory-fortress,
a stronghold in my day of distress.
17 O my strength, I sing with joy your praises.
O my stronghold, I sing with joy your song!
O my Savior, I sing with joy the lyrics of your faithful love for me!
The Lord says,
Don’t forget that worship is a weapon, and it is a mighty defense against the enemy. Worship, praise, sing, dance. It’s vital in this time of the squeezing, the pushing, the ramping up of increasing pressure. Worship. Praise. Encourage yourself in Me, and you will find breathing room. You will find that the walls closing in on you have a little more give. Don’t sink into despair. Don’t allow defeat a foothold. Don’t let the enemy get his claws into your thinking or your attitude. Push forward with worship and thanksgiving, and watch what I do. Watch how I make a path where there is no path. Watch as I create streams in the desert. Watch how I provide. Watch how I open new doors of opportunity that were not even previously visible to your eyes. Watch.
Breathe deep big lung fulls of air. Throw a mini dance party. Get your body moving. Don’t let anxiety get a grip on you. Shake it off. Sing, worship and keep moving. Keep telling everyone you talk to about how good the Lord Your God has been to you. Tell them how thankful you are. This live out loud, share your thanksgiving lifestyle reinforces it in your mind, heart and soul. This is like putting steel reinforcements on the inside of your mind and heart. A continual lifestyle of thanksgiving and living out loud with your choice to have a good attitude, a smile and a song makes your heart and mind an impenetrable fortress to the devices of the enemy.
8 Awake, O my soul, with the music of his splendor-song!
Psalm 57:8-10
Arise, my soul, and sing his praises!
My worship will awaken the dawn,
greeting the daybreak with my songs of praise!
9 Wherever I go, I will thank you, my God.
Among all the nations they will hear my praise songs to you.
10 Your love is so extravagant it reaches to the heavens;
your faithfulness so astonishing it stretches to the sky!
Sing. Worship. Dance. Live out loud. Share your thanksgiving out loud with anyone you see. They will be encouraged too. They will be challenged to be thankful too.
3 Strengthen those who are discouraged.
Isaiah 35:3-4
Energize those who feel defeated.
4 Say to the anxious and fearful,
“Be strong and never afraid.
Look, here comes your God!
He is breaking through to give you victory!
He comes to avenge your enemies.
With divine retribution he comes to save you!”
Make yourself available to lend a hand in the midst of someone else’s mess. Give encouragement, and offer help where it is needed. It’s a beautiful thing to forge bonds of unity in the midst of a mess. Community is important. Family is critical. Intimacy with Me is vital.
Choose hope. Steel your mind with thanksgiving and worship. Push away the darkness with songs of gratitude and hope. Inspire hope in others. Be the voice that lifts them up. Be the voice that invites them to look up and come up higher. You can do that by modeling it. Live it. Let your light so shine before men that they know that I Am indeed your God.
The Lord is Cutting off the Head of the Snake
The Lord says,
Trust that I am cutting off the head of the snake. Trust that there will be a decisive end to the evil that has forced its way into your home, community and nation. I Am chopping off the head of the snake, and there will be great celebrations of freedom. There will be great demonstrations of unity and thanksgiving and joy.
A sign that the head of the snake will soon meet the blade: Look for that UK leader to fall. The falling dominos lead to the guillotine.
The lies and the manipulation and the hatred and divisiveness will be silenced. I will remove them from the air. I will remove their air.
Live in peace. Dwell in My peace — above the storm, above the rancor, above the the squeeze. Push back. Push through. We are almost there.
How to Respond
- Live an out loud lifestyle of thanksgiving.
- Fill your home, head and mouth will songs of praise, worship and thanksgiving.
- Encourage yourself in the Lord by remembering His faithfulness and reading the Word.
- Declare that the Lord is bringing this season of pressure and extreme difficulty to an end.
- Declare that The Lord is chopping off the head of the snake.
- Declare that The Lord is removing the lies and manipulation and division from the air.
- Declare that The Lord is cutting off oxygen to the works of the enemy.
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