Today’s Readings:
1 Thessalonians 5
1 John 4:7-21
Psalm 63-64
Isaiah 25:1-9
Let joy be your continual feast. Make your life a prayer. And in the midst of everything be always giving thanks, for this is God’s perfect plan for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Choose Joy
The Lord says,
Joy is on My heart. Where the enemy seeks to bring discouragement, destruction, disillusionment and defeat, I say no. I say, choose joy. I say receive the gift of joy that I freely give. Operate in a way that is opposite to the negative, and horrible and tragic things you see, opposite to the circumstances you find yourself in. Operate in joy and thanksgiving. These are the greatest signals to the enemy that he has been defeated.
Walk in joy. Take every thought captive and make it submit to the victorious reality of Jesus overcoming death and the grave.
Choose joy, and bless those who cross your path and those who I bring to your mind. This is a time for outreach and connection. It’s a time for joy, faith, hope and love to be shared liberally with all.
Be joy to those who haven’t been able to dig out of depression, defeat and discouragement yet. Declare that they will look up, see the face of the Lord Jesus and His outstretched hand, that they would reach for it, grasp it, and be pulled from this dark place, this dark cycle of fear, discouragement, depression and defeat – and pulled into a life of light, life, thanksgiving and victory. Declare that those living in emptiness and an endless cycle of empty activities would have an encounter with Jesus, that their hardened exteriors and hardened hearts would melt at the sight of Jesus and the life of salvation, communion, meaning, adventure and hope that He offers.
The enemy is working overtime to discourage, to trigger old feelings, old habits, old cycles, old mindsets – ones that you thought were long since defeated. I Am here telling you, THEY WERE DEFEATED and THEY ARE DEFEATED. The enemy must back up. Declare that the enemy has no place here. Declare that you are victorious in Christ, that you have been bought with a price. Declare that the price Jesus paid covered all of your sins, all of the attachments and trappings that once held you back, and all of the physical ailments that attacked your body. Declare that you are a child of God through the sacrifice and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Declare that the enemy has no place with you. Declare that the VICTORY IS WON, that the enemy has been defeated, and that his tactics are not working on you.
We’re on Offense Now
The Lord says,
It is time to be on offense. We are already on offense. The Church is making a great advance against the enemy. That’s why his oppression is hitting so many so personally and so viciously right now. He is scrambling and desperate. Keep your eyes on the Lord. Keep your heart close to His. Run and advance with the confidence of the Lord and with absolute assurance of His victory. This great advancement has more than enough momentum now, and it is gaining in strength every moment. It is gaining in power and speed as it moves forward. Nothing can stop it now.
A Time of Healing & Great Awakening
The Lord says,
I Am healing the hearts of many. I Am pouring the oil of healing and gladness into many hearts. I Am washing out the sleeping and blinded eyes of many and causing them to wake up and see what happening around them. I Am causing them to understand what is really going on and to see what is at stake – the future, the children, freedom. Watch, as it will be like a sleeping giant has woken up. Over the next few weeks there will be mass awakenings that I cause. And the enemy will see that the monster he thought he created has turned on him in a mighty and a vicious way. This sleeping giant, this giant mass of people who are newly awakened will be filled with rage and unquenchable anger at the lies they have believed, lived in and waved the banner that they called truth over. They will be piping, spitting mad, and the enemy and those who have sided with him, those who are not changing course, are not sorry for the evil they have done or allowed – these will run like rats on a sinking ship. They have nowhere to go.
The Traps are Being Set
The Lord says,
I Am planting cheese in traps for these rats. Irresistible cheese. And the rats will indeed be caught, publicly caught, in their pursuit of that irresistible cheese. It will be a decisive and a final blow to them.
How to Respond
- Do something active to get your mind off of your problems and off of the pressure and cares of the world.
- Declare today the day of the Lord’s victory.
- Declare that you are a child of the Most High God through Christ Jesus, and that the forces of darkness and hell have no place with you.
- Declare that you are an overcomer and the things that once held you back, once tormented you, were defeated on the cross. And they were not resurrected. They cannot come back and torment you. They have no right.
- Declare that the Lord is moving today to heal the hurting and to awaken many who are sleeping.
- Declare that the Lord is setting a trap for the wicked ones who have no remorse for their evil choices.
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