Do this in order to survive what is to come:
1) Enlarge your faith
2) Enlarge your prayer life
3) Enlarge your worship life
4) Enlarge your thanksgiving attitude
5) Enlarge your Word life
VIDEO LINK: 2023-10-29 - Glory Gathering - The 5 Things To Do Before 2024 - Terence Jedidiah Poh - YouTube
Notes from Ps Vlad Savchuk's sharing on Oct 25, 2023 [When in Transition Keep in Mind These Truths!]
Salient points
1. Life is made out of seasons (Gen 8v22; Ec. 3v1; Gal 6v9; Ps. 102v13; Ps 30v5; 2 Tim 4v2; Acts 14v17; Dan 2v21)
2. Change of seasons causes stress (Heb 11v8; Jos 3v4; 1 Kings 3v7; Jn 16v33)
3. Before you enter the new season, you must exit the previous season (Isa. 43v18-19; Phi 3v13; 1Sa 16v1; Jn 15v2)
4. The new season requires a different spirit (Num 14v24; Mt 9v16; Mt 9v17)
5. The new season will change your scene
6. God does not change when the seasons do (Gen 39v2-3; Gen 39v21-23)
7. New season means new supply (Josh 5v12; 1 Kings 17v7-9)
8. The new season brings new sacrifices (Joshua 3v5)
9. The new season will need a new strategy (Josh 9v14)
10. New season, new stewardship (Lk 16v11; Jn 6v11-12; Jn 6v11-12)
What to do in transition? Keep these 10 truths in mind.
1) Life is made out of seasons
Everything moves in cycles, night and day, life and death.
The Bible says that our life will have seasons.
So, it's important not to be discouraged when you hit a difficult season, because this season will not last.
Similarly, when you hit a good season, remember it will also not last.
But take heart because sometimes God will take you from a “good” season to a “great” season.
2) Change of seasons causes stress
Being in a transition means you're stepping into a new season, and most likely, you're stepping into something you feel unprepared for.
Both positive and negative life events can be the sources of stress and affect your health.
When you experience a change of season, it's natural to come under more stress. There is no such a thing as a stress-free season. Every season will have certain stress, and changing of season increases that stress until you adapt to that season.
When your seasons change, don't ask God to remove the stress.
Ask God to increase your strength.
Not all stress is bad. There is a type of stress that motivates an individual to make positive changes, achieve goals and grow. There is another stress which can be harmful and detrimental.
You cannot experience a shift in your season without God increasing your capacity to live with certain level of stress.
The first initial stages of your life changing will bring a flood of stress and that's why you need to anchor yourself more and more in God.
And when you get used to that new change, you won't experience that stress anymore.
Good times and bad times in life are like two train tracks. They go simultaneously at the same time.
In other words, your best seasons will have the worst days; and your worst seasons will have the best days.
So don't postpone your joy to another season. Rejoice in God today.
Don't postpone your being in God's word for another season. Be in God today.
Find peace in the storm. Find joy in the trial. Find rest in God when life is challenging and difficult. Renew your strength now.
Don't wait for the stresses to be dissolved. Ask God to increase your strength.
Transition could be a process of pain because it takes you from one state and condition to another. It could be a hard season, a dark season, because it takes a lot to adjust.
Anytime there is a change, it increases your stress for a short season. That's why in that season, instead of quitting or running away, you should seek God to increase your strength.
3) Before you can enter the new season, you have to exit the previous season
God's principle is always this: you have to leave to cleave. You have to exit to enter.
God wants to do a new thing. But to do a new thing, God is asking you to forget the former things. You need to leave the things behind where they happened.
This is one of the challenges for people in transition. They tend to bring bags of the past with them.
Are you mourning over your past where there were good things that happened there?
Maybe God did amazing things; maybe somebody walked away from your life; maybe you lost a position, an opportunity; maybe you lost a place that you really thought would be permanent but it wasn't permanent; perhaps you are in the place now where you had some good things that happened in relationships and those things now are no longer; maybe you're a pastor or minister and some people exited your ministry and you're mourning over the loss, you're hoping for them to come back; maybe you're hoping the good old days to come back, instead of looking forward to the future.
But God is saying we need to stop weeping.
God says you have grieved long enough for what used to be. Fill your horn with oil - get a fresh vision, get a fresh fire, and go, because the best days are not behind you.
You may feel like the best days are behind you because the best people left your life, or the best times left your life, and you feel like nothing is hopeful and optimistic.
But the Lord said to Samuel and I believe that this is same thing is for us.
Our God is not stuck in the past. Our God moves forward in the future.
Your future is greater than your past. Where you are headed is brighter than where you are coming from.
And to do that, you have to wipe the tears. You may grieve but that grieving period has to have an end and you have to close that casket and realize what is gone is final.
We all need necessary endings.
There are seasons projects and people and relationships that will serve its purpose and they will come to an end. And we have to grieve those endings and let that go, so we can open ourselves up for new beginnings.
So many people are stuck in this because they're not embracing the new thing because they're holding onto the old thing that had died, that doesn't work anymore or doesn't help anymore.
God has something new for you, but you can't step into the new if you don't let go of what you're familiar with – that thing is no longer useful for you and no longer going to be a part of your future (the brook dried up).
You got to move forward, pivot and shift.
When God says don't remember the former things, when God says it's done, move on! Move forward.
You may feel fearful because you don't know what the future holds. Well, you know someone who holds the future - it's God and He's the one that's asking you to fill your horn with oil.
Fill yourself again with optimism, faith, trust and vision.
Don't have memories bigger than your vision.
Don't have your past greater than your future.
The Lord is transitioning us into a new season.
Grieve the past, wipe the tears; then fill your horn with oil and go forward because God has provided something in your future that's greater than your past.
God has something more in your future than what you've seen in the past.
Where you're headed is bigger than where you're coming from.
Pruning is a painful necessity for those who want to step into a new season of fruitfulness.
Embrace necessary endings in order to receive new beginnings, in Jesus’ name.
Embrace the new, the uncertainty of the new, the fear of the new.
Navigate endings more proactively, move toward God and the purposes of God even if it's not comfortable.
4) A new season requires a different spirit
You can't step into a new season with an old mindset.
You can't step into a new season with the wrong spirit or wrong attitude.
New seasons bring a lot of challenges.
Your attitude and perspective have to be one where you see opportunities in obstacles, blessings in battles, and God's provision in your problems.
If you don't have that attitude, you cannot rise in your new season. Your new season will squash you.
If your attitude is one of pessimism instead of optimism; fear instead of faith; complaining all the time instead of trusting in God, you will step into a new season and you will never embrace it as God's gift. You will despise it and curse it.
When Joshua goes to the promised land, he sees breakthroughs. He has a different spirit.
The question is what kind of a spirit do you have? What is the default setting of your attitude?
Are you a complainer or are you a grateful person? Are you a person that trusts or are you a person that whines?
Are you a person that sees problems in every blessing? Or are you a person that sees blessings in every problem?
After interpreting Pharaoh’s dream about 7 years of famine and 7 years of plenty, Joseph finds a solution in the problem and his season switches. He becomes the Prime Minister.
Every person that succeeds in the new season is a problem solver, not problem finder.
Problems will always be there. But a person that is effective face every obstacle.
They trust in God; they have an optimistic attitude. They find a solution with God's help, with faith, and trusting Jesus.
These are people who thrive, and God's favor seems to follow them. They seem to be blessed.
In reality, they have a different spirit; a different attitude and perspective on life. They don't see cup half empty they see it half full.
It’s not about positive thinking. It’s an attitude of faith because new season creates new set of challenges you have never faced before.
If you complain, whine, and always see problems, you will be like the 10 spies out of the 12. They died like grasshoppers, not because God wasn't faithful, it's because they were fearful.
New season requires a new spirit.
That means you have to be an optimist, see every problem as an opportunity. See every closed door as an invitation; every sickness as an opportunity for God to heal; every problem as an opportunity for God to intervene.
You don't get rewarded for finding problems in life. You get rewarded for solving them. You go to a higher level not because you discover a problem but for solving it.
David did not become a giant killer until a giant was in front of him. Giants expose true giant killers. These problems are meant to elevate you when you solve them.
Joseph did not become a Prime Minister because he won a lottery. It's because he solved a riddle and then he solved the problem. He spent his whole life solving problems.
Being idle and being scared of problems, challenges and limitations will not promote you.
You may not know but God knows everything. He will give you wisdom and insights. He will guide you, and lead you.
So don't be a person who always says no to every new opportunity just because you see an obstacle there. Be a person that is a learner, not a complainer.
Gideon didn't know how to fight, Moses didn't know how to lead a nation, Noah didn't know how to build an ark. Solomon didn't know how to fill in the shoes of the one of the greatest kings that Israel had. Joshua didn't know how to lead a nation into a new land. The apostles didn't know how to lead the new movement that will stand in opposition to the Jewish faith.
But God was with them, and they had a different spirit.
With God, all things are possible. Every Mountain is a mole hill.
With God, we will conquer. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. You can do it through Jesus.
Become learners instead of being lazy. Learn new skill, stretch yourself and allow God to stretch your faith like a rubber band. Like a rubber band, faith is useless if it's not stretched.
God's way to promotion is to give you a problem to solve.
A different attitude, a different spirit sees a problem as an opportunity.
Have new faith, and experience the new ways of God. You will God's breakthrough and God's blessing.
Now declare this:
• I will see opportunities in obstacles.
• I will see blessings in my battles.
• I will have a new spirit and new attitude when I face new challenges through the strength of God.
You have to have a new mindset; and it has to be more faith-based than fear-based.
You have to have a mindset of God is going to do a miracle instead of I'm going to die here.
You have to have a mindset where a mindset of abundance.
God is going to move. Faith is really looking into your problem and expecting God to show up. Fear is looking at your problem and expecting the devil to show up.
We must have faith looking into the future.
5) New season will change your scene
Recognize your season, and adjust your life to this new season accordingly - dress accordingly, budget accordingly, and manage your time accordingly.
Your goal is not to conform to the season but to adapt to the season.
There is a difference between adapting and conforming.
Conformity is a negative quality of blending in, becoming average, refusing to stand out or capitalize on one's uniqueness, while adaptability is a positive quality of being able to sense the shift in the wind direction and proactively adjust one's course to take advantage of that wind shift.
While conformity is a weakness based on fear of rejection, adaptability is a strength based upon confidence in oneself and in one's own judgment and abilities.
There are certain adjustments you have to embrace when you enter into a new season.
If you do not make proper adjustments when you enter into a new season, you will feel wrong. It just will not be right and it will add unnecessary stress to your life.
6) God does not change when your season does
God does not leave you when your seasons change. God doesn't love you less.
In the case of Joseph, God didn't make his life easier but he made him more successful even in the difficult seasons.
Your enemies can take your code but they cannot take your anointing. They can ruin your reputation but they cannot destroy your character. They can take you from your family but they cannot take you from your God.
Stay attached to God, not to your seasons. Fall in love with God, not with your season.
When in the good times, praise God; in the hard times, pray to God; but do not leave the Lord just because your seasons change - whether good or bad.
Promises to remember:
• Through the valley of the shadow of death God is with me.
• Though you walk through the fire, it won't burn you.
• Though you walk through the flood and water, it won't drown you because the Lord is with you.
• The Lord says: I Am with you always to the end of the age.
• The Bible says He will never leave us and never forsake us – in good times and bad times.
Put your roots in the soil of God's promise and God's word.
Remember God does not change when your season changes. He doesn't abandon us when our seasons change. He doesn't leave us when we go through the valley.
People may talk about you, judge you based on your season (when it's a fruitful season, they will say you're blessed, but when it's a valley season, they will say you're cursed) but God doesn't leave you.
7) New season means new supply
When God removes the provision of “manna”, it means He is preparing you for “milk and honey” or prosperity.
When God removes the “just enough”, it means He's positioning you for the “more than enough”.
One of the ways you know that your season is shifting is when God changes the supply in how He provides for you. God is always the Source, but He changes the resource.
When you experience a new season, your Source doesn't change, but your resource changes.
Eg God provided for Elijah from the brook. But then the brook dried up, but the Source didn't dry up. The resource dried up and God told Elijah to go to a widow for He will feed him from there.
When your season shifts, and your brook dries up, it's time to pray and pivot.
Trust in the Source when your resource dries up. Trust that God will find a different resource - it could be a different job, career, opportunity or idea.
God is your Supply. Jehovah Jireh - the Lord who provides.
God is El Shaddai - more than enough.
God is Jehovah Rohi - He is your Shepherd. He will lead you to green pastures.
He will provide for you.
Seek first the kingdom of God and everything else shall be added to you.
God has a “resource” but He's always the source. Don't look at your job as your source.
When your season changes, God will switch the resource, which could be your job or position.
The Lord wants to prepare each and every one of us for a new season. He's a good Shepherd. He's a Good Father.
This is the gospel of the Kingdom - us believing God for all of our needs, and looking to God as our Source. We don't trust God only for salvation, but we trust God for everything.
The Lord is our provider, He's a Good Father and every good perfect gift comes from the Father of Light with whom there is no shadow of turning.
Trusting in God as our “Source” doesn't mean we don't work. It means we work, pray and pivot.
We worship and we work hard. But we trust in God to bring a new resource.
Sometimes that happens when your brook dries up; sometimes that season shifts when the business that you were doing tanked and you have to pivot to another business and do something else; sometimes you have to receive a word from God to stay at this particular thing and wait for things to turn around; and sometimes you have to pivot completely and jump to something else completely different.
8) New season also brings new sacrifice
Today's sacrifice is tomorrow's supernatural.
Israel walks into the promised land and the first thing God asked of them is to be circumcised.
They walk into a new season, manna stops. They walk into a new season, cutting begins. They walk into a new season and they're finally about to conquer the first city in the promised land, Jericho.
New season is about putting God first. It's acknowledging where your blessings come from, acknowledging who is your Source.
Put God first in your finances.
Put God first in your day by spending time in His word because new season requires new sacrifice.
New season requires new systems. God comes first.
Sacrifice shifts a season because by putting God first, He will begin to move mightily on your behalf, all other things the Bible says will be added unto you as God is now involved in your affairs.
We don't sacrifice to manipulate God for personal gain. A sacrifice is a thankful response for His blessings. It's affected by the forgiveness of our sins and restored fellowship with God and our neighbour.
We don't sacrifice to earn a blessing. We sacrifice because we acknowledge where our blessings come from. It comes from God.
For some people, to put God first in a day is a sacrifice; for some people to put God first in the month through fasting is a sacrifice; for all of us, to put God first in our finances is a sacrifice.
Give toward expanding of God's kingdom. When you do that, you you're planting seeds and that's how sometimes the shift happens in our seasons.
A drastic shift in the season is usually preceded by a sacrifice, and usually it is preceded by a financial sacrifice. A sacrifice has a way of shifting your heart towards the things of God, in God's direction because one of the biggest competitors for our heart is our money. Sometimes the Lord will go straight for the heart and he wants your heart to be anchored in Him so you acknowledge where your Source comes from.
Sometimes what you have in your hand is not enough to meet your need, but what you have in your hand is actually your “seed”. If you're a farmer, you’d know you shouldn't eat the seed, but you should plant them.
9) New season will require new strategy
We can't live on yesterday's success or dwell on yesterday's defeats.
When you enter into a new season, you live by God's principles and be led by God's presence.
When Joshua entered the promised land, God wanted him to depend on God for every decision. Trust in Him and seek His advice.
Joshua did that but in some occasions he just kind of relied on yesterday's victory and yesterday's success and he actually found himself in a defeat because he didn't ask God. He did not allow the Lord's presence/peace/spirit to guide him.
You may say common sense decisions don't need God's opinion. But the truth is, we need God for everything. It's good to pray for everything; to thank God in everything.
Don't let your success be your strategy.
Instead, let the Holy Spirit be your strategy. We must rely on the Holy Spirit and lean on the Lord.
New strategy will come from God. You have to develop your own intimacy with God and have the Lord guide your steps every single day.
10) New season new stewardship
It's always easier to obtain something than to maintain it.
Half of the Book of Joshua is about Israel defeating the enemy; and then there's the other half of the Book of Joshua is about dividing the spoil.
So, it's not just about obtaining, it's also about managing; it's not just about subduing, it's also about stewarding; it's not just about a miracle, it's also about management - how you manage that miracle.
When you enter into a new season and God is blessing you that you experiences a new thing, you will need to learn a new way of stewarding what you have because God wants to take you from “glory to glory” from “faith to faith”.
He wants to take you from fruit to more fruit to much fruit and to “fruit that remains”.
Sometimes people lose the season of blessing they don't steward it.
If you have a good season and you handle it poorly, it will turn into a bad season.
If you have a bad season and you steward it well, it will turn into a good season.
You must learn to steward the good season: if God brings a breakthrough, and you become arrogant and irresponsible, and you start to become lazy with your devotions and don't have time for God and family, and pick up bad habits, calamity will hit. This is not God's will for your life.
When you steward your blessings right, the Lord multiplies them because it glorifies His name.
It spreads His influence and goodness on this earth. Our God is a good God, and He wants to bless people that steward things well.
Think of yourself as a steward of every blessing from God, NOT an owner of it.
You are bought with the Blood of Jesus Christ. That means you don't belong to yourself. You belong to Jesus.
Stewardship is really a management of what belongs to somebody else. Stewardship is a calling; not an option.
We have to constantly walk in integrity, purity and righteousness.
Sometimes it's the foolish decisions that were made in good times that cause our eventual downfall.
So, when things are good, when you're in a good season, prioritise God, prioritise your sacrifice, discipline and living with integrity. Be attached to God, not to your good season or to a bad season.
Remember God is the “Source”. Stay close to Him in your seasons - God will take you from good to great.
Eg God took Joseph's seven-year good season, which Joseph stewarded well, to seven years of famine, which Joseph also stewarded really well, to becoming a prime minister in Egypt, second only to Pharaoh. Joseph rose to the top through a difficult time for the benefit of many (he helped others through the famine).
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Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring that wisdom and that shift that we need in our life so that we can embrace those changes.
Dear Holy Spirit, You're the one that changes seasons.
In Daniel, it says that God changes seasons.
Lord, You're the one that brings a set time of favor. You shift things in our life. You give us grace and in due season, we reap.
Lord, Your word says that as long as earth exists, there will be reaping and sowing, there will be night and day, there will be cold and warm, winter and summer.
Lord, I pray for those who are in between seasons, for those who are stepping into a new season, for those who are in transition right now, that You will give them wisdom help them to deal with the stress that comes with the those changes.
Help them navigate with wisdom, help them to steward the resources, problems and challenges that they're experiencing.
Help them have a different attitude of gratitude; attitude of seeing, believing and trusting that God will show up in their situation.
Help us not to get addicted to good times and help us not to get distracted, discouraged or deeply disappointed by difficult times.
Lord, I ask that You would help us make sacrifices in our seasons, to make new systems and new habits of always putting You first in our life.
Jesus, for those who are stuck in a season that is painful, in the season that is dark, in the season that is hopeless, would you lead them, would you pull them out of the miry clay, would you set their feet upon the rock, would you help them to be faithful in between the seasons, would you help them to walk in the valley, swim in the flood and go through whatever they need to go through, with You.
Help them not to postpone walking with You to a different time but to walk with You now, in Jesus’ name.
I break off every spirit of death; break off every spirit of disappointment, depression, anxiety, fear of the unknown, fear of future, chronic fear, in Jesus’ name.
Lord Jesus, let Your presence come right now. May the winds of change come; may they blow in our back; may we experience God's acceleration; may we experience God's favor.
I pray for those that are fasting, Lord, may You open Your favor.
May the set time of favor begin to come in their career, in their ministry, in their job and in their family, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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God is drawing His people in this hour who feel the tension the urgency of the hour - the global shaking economically and politically.
This is not an hour to fear; it's not even an hour to get discouraged. But there is this sense of “it's time to get sober, it's time to get alert; it's time to engage in the battle”.
We don't war according to the flesh; our battle is not against flesh and blood. Our battles are against principalities and powers/rulers in the dark world (Ephesians 6).
We need to pray God’s Word, not out of our emotions or our own desires. Pull these 10 scriptures out and meditate on them and memorise them and go to war with them in Jesus’ name.
10 scriptures to pray with
1) Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Jesus says behold I've given you authority over the demonic realm. Do you believe that?
2) 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
Sometimes when satan is raging and things are crumbling all around us, it's easy to believe that God has forgotten about us and that we're not important.
But this verse reminds us that God is faithful and He will strengthen us and protect us from the evil one.
3) 1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let's thank God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ. We're not fighting for victory; we're fighting from the place of victory and our victory comes through the cross and the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
4) Romans 8:37
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Sometimes our mind wars against us, and we want to magnify our problems or our diagnosis; but life and power and strength come from the Word of God.
5) 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
How we war, full of faith, and how we war, full of agreement with God's Word, is we don't war in the flesh and we recognise that we have to take captive thoughts of unbelief, thoughts of doubt. Do not pray out of fear, unbelief or worry.
We need to be praying the word of God. We need to take captive every thought; we need to be praying and dismantling demonic ideologies and thoughts that set themselves up against the knowledge of God.
6) Matthew 18:18-19
“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
Come away from praying your fears; come away from praying out of unbelief and doubt; and come into agreement with the power that's in the word of God. Let it wash your mind; let it renew your thoughts.
That's what God is doing - he's right there in the midst of us wanting to answer our prayers. We
just come into agreement in Jesus’ name for victory.
7) Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
Some of us are in the midst of a really trying time. They might come out against us one way, but they're going to flee before us seven ways.
8) Deuteronomy 3:22
You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.
If you are feeling harassed or feeling intimidated, or bullied, do not fear them. Do not fear
the report for the Lord your God is the One fighting for you.
9) Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
God is with us. Sometimes the devil tries to lie, deceive and sow seeds of fear and doubt and unbelief. We've got to take captive those thoughts and make them obedient to Jesus.
Choose not to live in fear. If you believe in the lies, you will empower the liar.
Refuse to empower demonic activity in your life.
How you’re going to dismantle it is to refute and cut out the lies of the enemies; and root yourself in the Word of God.
10) 2 Chronicles 20:15
And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
God is for you. God is with you.
Anointing and consecration go hand in hand. To be anointed is to be dedicated to the Lord.
It has been prophesied that God wants to pour forth a fresh bridal anointing upon His church.
The church is called to represent God on earth.
We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit.
The bridal anointing will break the yolk of slavery in craving for the pleasures of the world (distractions, busyness, money).
It will enable us to make our priorities right with God.
It will make us willing to live a surrendered life.
It will strengthen us to do His will.
It will purify us and circumcise our heart.
How does the Lord treat His bride?
1) Rev 19:7 - Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His wife has made herself ready
2) Ezekiel 47:1-6 - Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side. 3 And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles. 4 Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water came up to my waist. 5 Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed. 6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.
How to prepare to receive the bridal anointing?
Build stronger altar; go deep in walk with Him
Bridal anointing will bring:
1) growth
2) hope, refreshment, security
3) breakthroughs
4) love for God
When you are in the right position, God will provide all that is necessary to fulfil your call, and lead you to your prophetic destination.
Nothing in your life is wasted. He will all things out for the good of those who love Him and are called to His purpose.
Involve God in whatever plans you have, and you'' be more peaceful and joyful.
God doesn't want us to strife, He wants us to thrive. The quicker we surrender, the quicker the Lord will bless us.
Work from rest >>> involve God in your plan >>> know that He cares for you >>> He is a personal God
Salient points:
This Rosh Hashana 5784 will be a life-changing season.
Deuteronomy 28:13
And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
The Lord said He shall make you the head and not the tail but the qualification is this: you need to pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God, follow His instructions and do it with great joy and liberty.
Rosh Hashanah is a time to reset your mind, will and emotions (your soul).
Psalm 103:1
Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Tell the Lord - I want my soul to actually have expectations, identity and peace of being the head and not the tail.
New Jewish year 5784 starts on September 15, 2023.
With “4”, the year represents the opening of doors of opportunity for the new year to come.
It's also a time of new beginnings.
It’s a time to reset.
Internal thoughts = the things that you think. It's important to renew your mind by the washing of the Word. Our thoughts are connected to our mind, our will and emotions.
Your internal thoughts are a bridge to your external reality which is the things you say.
The reason this has been so important particularly in the last three years is because we're living in the 5780s.
The number 80 is the number “p-e-y” in Hebrew, which means the mouth (decade of the mouth).
That's why it's so important to understand about declarations, decrees, proclamations, what we say, how we say…
Prophetic word for September 15th 2023 Rosh Hashanah
5 = Grace
7 = Perfection
8 = New beginning
4 = Door
Anytime you see “perfection” you also see Kings and Priests. We are born again, perfected into God's image and He anoints us to be Kings and Priests according to the order of Melchizedek.
5+7+8+4 = 24
“24” is part of “12”. “12” is a part of the establishment of God's government.
“24” is actually the number for the priesthood.
The Lord said divide “24” by “4” (from 5784), and you’ll get “6”, which is the number of man.
“24” is associated with priesthood since it is composed of a multiple of “12”. It takes some of the “12”’s meaning which is God's power, authority as well as perfect foundation.
One of the things the Lord's going to do in this season is He is going to supernaturally recreate a stronger foundational value system in our souls and our minds and in our spirit.
“24” is also connected to deep and true worship.
Prayer as we enter 5-7-8-4:
Father God,
I need “grace”.
Lord, I need “perfection” as a king and a priest through my King and Priest, Christ Jesus, Yeshua, the Messiah.
Lord, thank You for New Beginnings.
Lord, may You recreate in our mouths through our hearts a year of “grace” and “perfection” in Messiah for “new beginnings” to walk through and speak to new doors of opportunity for the new era.
Lord, may this Rosh Hashanah we decree and declare that we are the head and not the tail.
Lord, may You circumcise our hearts in the immersion of the water separating us from the doubt, separating us from the unbelief.
Lord, we thank you for this opportunity that's coming up.
Declaration:
We're going to be the head and not the tail.
We're going to follow His Commandments in liberty and grace.
We're going to be empowered in this special year of the “dalit” (door).
May our “p-e-y” (mouth) be filled with God's glory and may all the portals of our mind breathe and say what God tells us to say.
And so we will have that new beginnings of “supernatural life”.
In Jesus’ name, amen.
Video link: Prophetic Word for Rosh Hashanah 5784 / 2023 - YouTube
Salient points:
Notes from Ps Paul Keith's sharing on Aug 22, 2023 [TITLE: Prophesying the treasures of God
Things are going to escalate in intensity, as we enter a season of time for the bride of Christ to make herself ready.
In a letter to the church of Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6), we learn that only a minority of the church were prepared for the coming of the Lord. Only a few did not have soiled garments. That means the majority had stained robes, soiled garments, and they were unprepared.
Revelation 3:1-6 [NKJV]
1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write, ‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. 6 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
We are being given an opportunity right now to wash our garments in the Blood of Jesus Christ, in truth and in faith, rooted and grounded in love, rooted and grounded in truth, as the Lord continues to unveil greater dimensions of spiritual truth from the word of God to us.
We need power - more than what was needed by the first-century Christians - because of the difficulty of the day in which we're living.
Our day is the darkest day in history because it is leading up to the Great Tribulation. The Lord says there's never been a day like it and there'll never be another one like it.
Therefore, we need power to live above the spirit of this world. We need power to prophesy accurately with the motivation of heaven, not the agendas of men or selfish ambition, and not for unrighteous gain.
We're living in a prophetic generation - so we must prophesy, it's not optional.
According to Joel's prophecy, we in this last-day generation will be a generation of prophetic people, and there will be a people that prophesy the truth.
There is a message of truth that is going out to make ready a people without spot and without wrinkle - men and women that believe every word proceeding from the mouth of God. They believe in miracles; they believe in genuine Holy Spirit-inspired visions.
Everything we see in the book of Acts, we can experience today.
This is the hour.
This is the generation this is not to be complacent or apathetic, or even have hope deferred, as we broach this End of the Age season, and begin to prepare a people that will be ready for a bridal union experience with the Messiah.
We are called to be a prophetic generation, to search by the spirit the very depths of God's heart and to reveal and prophesy things that have been concealed, but now revealed.
Prayer:
Lord, make ready your people. Put Your word in our mouths and let us prophesy the unveiling, the disclosure, the very manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ, Yeshua, our Messiah.
Grant that Lord, we ask in Jesus’ name, Amen.
VIDEO LINK: Prophesying the Treasures of God - YouTube
Salient points:
What is the Lord saying to us in this season amid the many uncertainties and chaos in the country and the world?
The word is “come”.
Let these 40-days be a season of “rest”.
In this season, God is truly asking us to come and abide in Him, to dwell in Him, not just to go in and out, but to learn to commune with him, to learn to fix our eyes on Him. And as we do that, God is going to bring rest.
Luke 14:16-21 [AMPC]
16 But Jesus said to him, A man was once giving a great supper and invited many;
17 And at the hour for the supper he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all is now ready.
18 But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come.
21 So the servant came and reported these [answers] to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.
The Lord has prepared a banquet for us; all we need to do is to “come”, as everything is ready for us.
In the urgency of the times, don't focus on the issues in the world. Focus on that “one thing” - spend time with God.
The Lord says, “Come and feast at My table”.
He has spread a table before us in the presence of our enemies (challenges, health problems, family problems, economic problems, political problems).
God has set a feast before us - and He wants to invite us to come to Him so that He can anoint our head with oil, and make our cup overflow.
There are three things about rest. How can we enter into that rest? What is God inviting us to in these 40 days?
Come and be…
Refreshed
Be rooted
Be renewed
God is the Fountain of Living Water. The Word of God is the Word of life.
When the Living Word is inside us, the life of God comes into us. The reason why we are not experiencing the Refreshing Spring is because we do not know how to engage with God through the Word.
We need to engage with God through the Word - not just reading, not even just understanding, but also proclaiming, declaring back to the whole spiritual realm; declaring back to our soul.
It's our soul that must be refreshed; our mind being refreshed is not good enough. This is because our soul is the will, the spirit, the emotions and the whole being of us. Internalise the Word, till it becomes flesh in us.
The more you repeat something, the more power it has over you.
So, as you read, proclaim, repeat, internalise it.
Personalise Psalm 23 (as a example):
Oh Lord God, You are my Shepherd. You are mine, oh Lord God.
I will never lack anything - I will not lack guidance, help, wisdom, finance, love.
And Lord God, You are always leading me into quiet waters.
Even though my soul is so disturbed, You're refreshing me, Lord. You're refreshing me today.
Oh Lord God, I will never be dry, and Lord, it is so wonderful You are helping me to make the right decisions, not just for my sake, but for your own name’s sake.
It's 100% I know that the decision I have to make today will be the right decision.
And even though I may go through valleys of darkness, I believe and I know, I know that You are with me.
Your rod of correction will correct me and Your staff will comfort me and not only that, oh Lord God, You are so good, You are going to prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemy (my enemies of confusion, fear, interpersonal relationships, problems with my family).
Right in the middle of that, Lord, You're going to spread a feast for me, giving me understanding.
Oh Lord God, You're going to anoint my head with oil - I will have fresh anointing. I'll be able to overflow, oh Lord God, that even when my friends come and ask me to pray for them, I will have a word for them.
Lord, I want to overflow. Thank you so much, Lord.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever, amen.
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Many people need us to overflow. That is why you must be nourished. You cannot give what you do not have; you cannot give what you do not have. If you did not receive from the Lord the peace, love and joy, you cannot give peace, love and joy.
Revelation 4:1 [AMPC]
We need to engage with God through the Word - not just reading, not even just understanding, but also proclaiming, declaring back to the whole spiritual realm; declaring back to our soul.
In these 40 days, there is an open heaven (over our home, church and ourselves).
But it cannot be opened (for you), if you don't want to spend time with God.
Revelation 3:20 [AMPC]
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.
God is saying if any man hears my voice and opens that door there will be an open heaven.
God wants us to be rooted in His glory and in His love.
Songs of Solomon 2:4 [AMPC]
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love [for love waved as a protecting and comforting banner over my head when I was near him]
Ephesians 3:17-19 [AMPC]
17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
The purpose of these 40 days is not only to refresh us, but also to root us, ground us to make sure when the next storm/challenge comes, we will not be defeated, we will not be blown away.
He wants us to be so grounded and that's why he's brought us into this great feast so that His banner over me is love.
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding.
29 He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound].
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;
31 But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
Before He can renew us, He must make sure that we totally believe that He loves us.
You will never allow someone to correct you, if you don't trust that that person is loving you.
Being rooted in God's love, being rooted in the glory of God is essential before He can renew us.
God’s understanding of us is greater than our understanding of ourselves.
He knows what is the key that will open the door that the jigsaw puzzle can come together.
He wants to renew our understanding and perspective of life.
God is renewing…
Our knowledge of Him. Start fasting and spend time with the Lord.
Our strength (inner strength/capacity). God needs to increase our capacity not just to cope but to overcome.
Our mind so that we have God’s perspectives of things
God is saying to us - I don't want you just to cope. I want you to overcome.
As we cling to the Lord, as we spend time with the Lord, we will soar with wings as eagles.
As we spend time with the Lord, as we are rooted in His love, rooted in His glory, as we refresh ourselves, as we read the Bible, as we allow Him to renew us, our minds, our thinking, our perspective change; we begin to have a God’s perspective.
Soaring is about advantage. Running is being ahead. Walking and not fainting, is about sustainability. Fly high, last long.
Proclaim: I will soar. I will have an advantage. I will run, I will be ahead not behind; I will walk, I will not faint because I have sustainability.
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Heavenly Father,
The longing of Your heart is that we'll be able to soar higher, run faster, walk longer. The desire of heart is that we be strengthened in our inner man - not just to cope, but to be an overcomer.
Lord, we want to thank You.
Today, I declare I will be an overcomer, not just a survivor because the Lord Who is within me is greater than he that is in the world.
And because You are more than a Conqueror, I will be more than a conqueror.
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VIDEO LINK: [SERMON] Urgency of the Times "Come" - Pr Lew Lee Choo // 6 Aug 2023 - YouTube
