A DEMON CALLED FORGETFULNESS

They call it a "dark night of the soul." This wouldn’t be my first, but it was perhaps the most real and sobering experience of my life. It was August, and I was crying out to God for sight, vision, all I could see was black. Death was waiting at the door, looking for even the slightest gap in my armor to pierce me with its poisonous dart. Faces of evil surrounded me. The voice of the accuser was loud in my mind, feeding me lie after lie, and I was eating out of his hand. He was slowly convincing me that death would be a comfortable escape. The road had been long, promises still seemingly out of reach, maybe succumbing to victimhood would provide relief. I was overcome with this feeling of wanting to give up, lay down and let the devouring forces of intimidation, hopelessness, and heaviness have their way with me. It didn’t matter what anyone said, my husband, family or friends, I was lost in a dark maze.

With resignation in my voice, I whispered to the Lord, “I can’t find my way. If there is any future left for me, You need to come find me and pull me out.”

And the very next night, I was taken into a dream.

I was in a house, sitting in a circle with several others along with my pastor and friend. There was a large man clearly in charge holding a manual, and on the front cover was the title “RESTORING THE FOUNDATIONS." One by one he was welcoming individuals in the circle to receive ministry. I was one of the last to go, and with a smile on my face I said "I don’t know what may be in there, but if there’s more healing and freedom, I want it."

I had been walking with God long enough to know that my perspective of the condition of my heart was inferior to His, and there’s always more from His view.
Things are not as they seem.
I positioned myself in a posture of receiving as he began to pray for me. His voice gentle, but firm, his hand heavy on my back, I began shaking.

"I think there’s something in there."
"What is its name?" he asked.
"Forgetfulness."
And with all authority he absorbed every bit of attention in the room with His Presence as he forcefully commanded this demon to come out of me. I coughed and spit and coughed some more as I was liberated and felt this pressure from the inside of my head lift off out the top.
Gone.
I woke up from the encounter with the same sensation of pressure in my head dissipating.

I knew in that moment God heard my plea, and as I slept He delivered me. I felt an immediate clarity in my mind, love and acceptance washing over my heart.

I recorded the dream and then did my research. I thought to myself, “surely there isn’t actually a demonic entity called ‘Forgetfulness.” I only share what I found next because I believe it will bring revelation, divine insight and breakthrough to many who have been in a similar battle with this hidden foe.

There is a demonic force that has plagued the people of God and I believe specifically targeted this generation, and one of its names is Lethe, a greek Queen of Heaven type whose name literally means forgetfulness or oblivion. This demon is charged with governance over a river called by its same name, and whomever she makes to drink from this river would experience complete forgetfulness of their lives and memories.

It is a river of death to identity.
And all it takes is one sip of agreement to lose yourself.

See, this is an inside job. The accuser slips notes of subtle deceptions through the crack in the door to your mind, waiting for you to read it, believe it and receive his invitation into deeper bondage where it becomes an open door policy. He seeks to keep you a victim instead of a victor so you never realize the fullness of Christ’s power in you.

“Who do you think you are?”
”You have no purpose.”
”No one understands.”
”It’s too late for you.”
”Your voice doesn’t matter.”
”You don’t belong here.”

The enemy wants to trap you inside the pain of your lived experience and trials. His aim is to destroy you by keeping you heart sick with hopelessness and unbelief. He deceives you into believing that the war on your life is coming at you from all around you, just not inside you. Meanwhile he’s getting more and more comfortable using your soul as his hiding place. He wants you isolated from the very ones who will remind you who you are and the Truth that will set you free. He tricks you into forfeiting your position of heavenly authority to operate in fleshly strength and negotiate for power that is already yours by Blood. But you can’t overcome an enemy who’s very power you are sourcing.

Because whatever you give your power to is what leads you.

Ask yourself, “What am I drinking? Am I drinking from the River of Life or the River of Lethe?”

It is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. Give strong drink to the one who is perishing and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. Proverbs 31:4-7

I know that for me, this was a generational curse that had plagued many in my bloodline before me and because it had gone unidentified and not confronted and cast out, it was simply waiting for me to give it permission to stay.

If you do well, will you not be accepted (will there not be a lifting up of your face)? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, and you must rule over it.” Genesis 4:7

You have an enemy, and you have an advocate.
Both stand at the door to your soul and knock.
One slips ideas under the crack to try and gain access.
The other waits patiently, knows your true name and lovingly calls you to let Him in and imprint you with His Nature.

So, today, I stand as a living witness, a delivered daughter from the fog of forgetfulness.

I expose every enemy in hell that seeks to rob you of who you are in Christ.

I prophesy that you shall live and not die.
You will remember, and not forget.
You will see the goodness of God and you will testify of His faithfulness.
Your true nature will be restored to you by His delivering finger.
Receive it today as I pray over you. Place your hands on your heart and head.

I SPEAK TO AND COMMAND EVERY DEMON ASSIGNED BY HELL TO PLAGUE THE PEOPLE OF GOD WITH FORGETFULNESS AND ROB THEM OF IDENTITY IN CHRIST TO BE EXPOSED NOW AND COME OUT OF HIDING. IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS, REMOVE YOUR CLAIM FROM THEM AND WITHDRAW ALL ASSIGNMENTS ON THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVES. GET OFF, GET OUT, AND NEVER RETURN.

I LOOSE THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION TO FILL THE ONE READING THIS, AND EVERY EMPTY SPACE IN THEIR MINDS AND HEARTS BE TOUCHED BY THE TRUTH OF SONSHIP. I LOOSE IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS WORDS, DREAMS AND VISIONS OF IDENTITY AND HEAVENLY DNA OVER EVERY ONE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE.

I CALL FORTH REMEMBRANCE OF PROMISES, PROPHECIES AND DESTINIES SPOKEN INTO YOU TO FILL YOU AND BE FULFILLED THROUGH YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.

Now write what He shows you, and recalls to your memory. Fill your mind with the Word of Truth and speak it over yourself every day. Meditate on His Word.

His Mercy really is new every morning.

"You stepped into my Egypt, 
You took me by the hand,
You marched me out in freedom,
into the promised land.
Now I will not forget You, 
I’ll sing of all You’ve done.
Death is swallowed up forever 
by the fury of Your love."

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."- George Eliot

THE FIRE IS NOT OPTIONAL

This was the phrase I heard upon waking from a dream on September 13th. In the dream, I saw many people from various walks of life that I knew and they were standing single file in a line. One by one, they were crossing through a doorframe that was engulfed in flames. I knew that this was necessary and the only way through to continue the pilgrimage that we were being led on together. I was awakened by a Voice in my bedroom that sounded like an alarm, an exclamation point of sorts declaring,

“THE FIRE IS NO LONGER OPTIONAL.”

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” —Matthew 3:11

There’s no more tolerance for picking and choosing what we allow the finger of God to touch in our lives. It’s all or nothing. All of us for all of Him. Everything on the altar, consumed by His Spirit. This is what it looks like to be baptized into the baptism of Jesus.
Spirit, Fire.
Both, And.
Not either, or.

If you want to progress with the body into this next era of Kingdom expansion you must accept the call to complete and total surrender and immersion into His Pure Fire, the fire of love, which burns away all selfish ambition, envy, jealousy, compromise, self protection and preservation, lust, pride and perversion. He is preparing His Bride to be holy as He is holy. We must receive the fullness of His Baptism in order to rightly bear His Image and His Name.

Many are coming out from under the fear and rule of man, but be careful not to try and shortcut the process of refinement and purification as you learn to use your voice again. You can be empty of the fear of man and still be full of pride, if you do not know the fear of the Lord. Your words will be vain and self-serving if you first are not consumed by His Fire. Ask for the Fear of the Lord before you deliver a message, and see what's left of it on the other side. A pure message will emerge from the flames, or none at all.

We need His Fire. We need the fullness of His Sevenfold Spirit, His wisdom, revelation, counsel, might, knowledge, and the fear of the Lord before we say or do anything else. We are in another window of the fullness of time, which means that there is a convergence and manifestation of epic proportions unfolding all at once. And yet many still sit in a valley of decision. I am here to tell you with great trembling and in the fear of a Holy God that His Fire is coming for each and every one of us. What kind of altar are we building? What kind of altar are we becoming? When was the last time you took an honest assessment of your works and words and asked His Spirit to audit you? The Auditor is now here. And He is testing every foundation, motive, agenda, vision and blueprint from the inside out. Of what spirit are you? It will rise to the surface in His Presence and what was previously easily hidden is all coming to light.

It’s time to grow up.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God… —Hebrews 6:1

This will be a wake up call for many, and not in a way they are expecting. Some will be alarmed at what He reveals on the other side of this crossing. Many will emerge with revelation that they are not at all in the phase of progression that they had assumed prior to stepping through this threshold. Some will step into acceleration and maturation and others will be forced into rest. It all comes by His Spirit. Many will face a sudden exodus from alignments and positions that fostered idolatry and falsehood. It will be unto deliverance.

This door is a gateway of transition for the Body of Christ as a whole, transition out of limited view and into wide open spaces, out of tribalism and into family, out of one man ministries and into the One New Man of mature sonship.

For He Himself is our peace and our bond of unity. He who made both groups into one body and broke down the barrier, the dividing wall [of spiritual antagonism between us], by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace. And [that He] might reconcile them both [Jew and Gentile, united] in one body to God through the cross, thereby putting to death the hostility. —Ephesians 2:14-16

It’s time to exit every narrative where you are the main character and step into His eternal Living Word, threading together bloodlines and families, nations and tribes, past, present and future converging in The Son. In Him, there is no wall of separation. The fire of His Love fuses and forges together every part of the body into a collective tapestry of beauty.

He will no longer tolerate those who claim His Name bearing a false image.

There is so much more that lies ahead than what is being left behind as we all prepare to cross this threshold. Leave your story and step into His-Story.

I’m laying down,
I’m letting go.
I give up what I think I know.
I close my eyes and wait upon the flame.
Standing here on sacred ground,
I listen for that rushing sound,
The wind, the flame, the all consuming One.

I need a fire.
I built this altar that you asked for.
I need a fire.
And it’s me I offer.

Here I am, I’m letting go.
I’m surrendering control.
Breathe on embers, make them grow.
Ignite this fire inside my bones.”

—I need a Fire, Natalie Furlong

RESURRECTION’S LIFE

I have had this question burning inside of me and I can’t quite seem to move on from it.

“I know what it means to share in your sufferings, Lord, but what does it look like to share in the power of your resurrection?”

 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:10-14

As I continue to ask this question, I have become more aware of this weight of responsibility of which I had been previously ignorant. I had been in such a prolonged season of stripping and death, that the very thought of resurrection thrusted me through a threshold of transition and into a vast, unfamiliar territory, forcing me out of a cave of processing past and present where I had grown far too comfortable and settled. Hope deferred had kept me from apprehending the future with an unshakeable confidence only found on the other side of an empty tomb.

What does a resurrected life look like? What does it sound like?

The resurrection of Christ is the most hotly contested, controversial and divisive aspect of his entire life and ministry. Why is that? Perhaps this points to the very power hidden in the revelation of his resurrection, and what has been made available to us as His Body. If we come into a deeper understanding that a man actually overcame death, what then is possible for those who believe? What then, does that require?

Here is what God is teaching me in this wrestle with taking hold of a resurrected life…

Resurrection is the first fruit of a life laid to rest through death. The tomb that previously prophesied finality becomes a womb of life, a new beginning. To be willing to be emptied is only part of the journey.

Resurrection is the full expression of Love that was initiated by the cross. To be perfected in Love means to embody resurrection’s life.

Resurrection carries a sound. It is a sound of hope, of belief, of encounter. It knows the end of the story. It is a sound of victory gained in intercession.

True intercession always gives birth to resurrection.

Resurrection’s gospel says “I’m coming back for you. I will not settle until what was broken and lost in death is regenerated and reconciled in love.”

Resurrection dances upon the skeletons of robbery and injustice with joy.

Resurrection prophesies that the grave does not have the final say. It is simply a doorway.

Resurrection declares “what you thought was the end is only the beginning. This is your victory lap.”

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:56-57

Resurrection bears the fruit of power and authority that was sown in lowly surrender. And with that power comes great responsibility…

“The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Now when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked. But others said, ‘we will hear you again about this.’ Acts 17:30-34

Resurrection rewrites history and violently apprehends the future.

THE COMPOUNDING EFFECT OF INTERCESSION

I had a vision the other day, and it completely shifted everything I thought about long suffering in prayer.

Leading up to this point, I had been wrestling with apathy towards this intercessory burden I had been carrying for years and heard an accusatory voice whispering to me,

“you don’t have to care so much. You don’t have to pray that much for them, you’re not really making a difference anyway.”

It was an apathetic voice of accusation trying to bait me out of love.

Because the enemy of love is not hate, it’s indifference.

One morning while in collective prayer with a few others, I was taken into this vision of one person I had been interceding over for several years. They were standing in between two mirrors facing each other. As they stood straight ahead facing one mirror all I could see was their single reflection staring back. Suddenly, they shifted their position ever so slightly and “turned” toward me.

What I saw next opened up a powerful revelation about prayer.

I saw an infinite reflection of people that were positioned behind the one person that I had been praying for, and the ripple effects of what happens in the Spirit when we pray for one person consistently over time.

Intercession for the one was actually unlocking breakthrough in all of these people that stood behind this person; all of the relationships, families and bloodlines that touched them through time and the weaving together of their destinies in Christ.

And The Lord said,

“That is the compounding effect of intercession. This is how I am building up My Body. Do not diminish the power in stopping for the one. Do not forsake the ministry of loving one. There is compounding interest building up in the Spirit that will be immeasurable to the human eye. All it takes is the turning of one to unlock generations and whole regions to the uniting and healing work of Love I am doing in this hour.”

Do not grow weary.

Pray one more time.

Go for one more.

We are on the cusp of explosive breakthrough.

7/7: FULFILLMENT, FINISHING, & NEW BEGINNINGS

This time last year I was writing about the completion of one season and signs of a new “epoch.”

Epoch - a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics. 

I realize now when that word was written, it was but a foretaste of the appointed time we have now entered. I believe we are in the midst of a finishing season and the birthing of many new beginnings, the revealing of refined blueprints.

There is a seven year cycle that the Lord is bringing to a close.

You will know the shift is here when you begin to see the manifestation and bursting forth of dreams and prophetic words that had been bottled up over the course of this time period from 2018 to now. The loose ends of the last season will begin to meet and usher in a fuller vision of the blueprints God was growing in you and building through your life. The unexpected crushing and refinement of 2024 was needed and necessary for what He is leading you into now. It was another level of strength training you didn’t know you needed.

There were many times during the course of last year where I said “I thought I already processed through this” and it was the Lord’s kindness to purge residue hidden from my purview.

And while the checkered flag is being waved over many processes and seasons of running, the Lord is also positioning us back at a starting line of this relay race of faith.

But this race is going to be run differently. Where you once were running alone, blind, weak, and empty on hope, you will now find hands behind you and ahead ready to share the load and receive the baton you were previously carrying on your own. Your vision is being restored so that you can increase your pace as you see farther ahead and gain confidence in your steps. God is not only going to finish what he started and give you the evidence of your faith (!), but He’s going to redeem what was stolen and revive the destiny that was aborted due to poor positioning and bondage.

This moment is both a finish line and a launching pad.

You may have already felt the wrestle and tension of this transition. I know that personally (maybe you can relate), I recently came to realize that what I thought was “the thing” I was born to build and had been pouring myself into wasn’t actually “the thing” but a stepping stone of process to prepare and position me. Before I made this realization, I was left frustrated and feeling constrained. Why was what felt so graced before now feel forced and unnatural?

This was a lesson in confusing assignment for aspiration.

I mistakenly had adopted a limiting mindset of assuming that the assignment before me was to be the vessel of the unique purpose and destiny God had for me. He graciously corrected my lenses and showed me that it was merely a temporary training ground to mature me into becoming the vessel fit to carry and birth something with entirely different DNA.

That’s why discerning the times and seasons is a mandatory tool of understanding for every disciple.

There comes a point of transition when you are awakened to the greater storyline of your life, and that demands greater responsibility.

We are at one of those transitional thresholds now, a reframing of the ages.

And this is, undeniably, an epoch of new beginnings and multiple births of never before seen blueprints. But, as our friends Semisonic so eloquently put it… Come on, let’s all sing it together!

“Closing time, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

Don’t be afraid of the endings ahead. Loosen your grip on the baton in your hand so that you’re ready for what’s next. Open your eyes. He’s waving the checkered flag.

Be faithful. Cross the finish line. For many this will simply look like proximity shifts, but for some, it will mean walking away from longstanding positions. This is a sign of fulfillment.

Now look around. You are standing on a launching pad that was drawn up and constructed for you before you were born, a window of time and place intertwining your DNA, the very purpose for which you were made.

“Closing time, time for you to go out to the places you will be from.”
—Closing Time, Semisonic

4/4: THE GATE OF GLORY & THE PRIESTHOOD RESTORED

I woke up from a dream on 4/1 about "American Idol." In the dream, one of the judges disqualified me from participating in the competition because the "opinions of the people" had a negative effect on the sound of my voice. I knew I needed to find the sound I was born for, but it didn’t fit within the framework of competition, and the only way to discover this sound was coming out from under my nation's idol of desiring to be first and praised in the eyes of men. There was a death to the opinions of man required in order to be filled with the pure sound of Heaven’s Glory. I could not offer a pure sacrifice of worship in the presence of idols.

The Lord has been highlighting the number 4 to speak to me for the past year (go back and revisit the prophetic timeline for March-April 2024). The number 4 in Hebrew is tied to the fourth letter in the alphabet, "dalet" which is a pictograph of a gate or door. Ezekiel 44 opens with the prophet being brought before the temple of the Lord and led around its perimeter by the Spirit. He was led to the East Gate, which remains closed to all except for the "Prince" who enters through a vestibule to commune in the presence of God. Ezekiel is then led to the entrance of the north facing gate, and the fear of the Lord overcomes Him as the glory of the Lord fills the temple. He falls down on His face in reverence. 

"Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the Lord filling the temple of the Lord, and I fell facedown." Ezekiel 44:4

The chapter continues as the messenger of the Lord gives the prophet an instruction to divide and  restore the priesthood and cleanse the temple of idols that were brought in by those who previously guarded the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. Those priests who profaned the name of the Lord by bringing their idols into His Temple and causing the people to stumble would bear the consequences of their sin and, while God would allow them to remain in the temple, they would no longer have access to the most holy place to minister in His Presence. They would be relegated to service in the outer courts and instead of being granted deliverance, they would bear the weight of their iniquity. 

Ezekiel was to raise up a new priesthood, musicians, craftsmen, judges, guardians and gatekeepers who minister to the Lord in purity. The standard had to be raised and restored.

"They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean." Ezekiel 44:23

Alongside of this theme of 4s, I have seen a battle raging between two fires. One fire is orange and one is blue. The Lord has been revealing that wherever this orange flame is at work, falsehood is present. Wherever the blue fire is present, it sweeps down like a wave and consumes whatever it covers. This is the pure fire of God. It comes to judge, and to heal, to purge and to protect.

The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of fire. Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. Isaiah 4:4-5

We are in a convergence of time, a supernatural moment of fulfillment. I recently went back and looked at several significant dreams I've held onto for years in intercession, and I know this is also true of many in my community, that we are in real time watching marking dreams unfold before our eyes. These dreams are not only being brought to fulfillment, they are bringing alignment and acceleration. Is this happening for you too? What dreams are playing out in your life right now? Be attentive to what, and who, is at work. We must find ourselves postured in humility for what comes next.

I see three battles at play right now— those of sounds, fires, and gates. These battles have been ongoing for ages, but we’ve reached a tipping point.

We are in a Mount Carmel moment. There is a face off between falsehood and truth, where the masks come off and we see what’s really real expose the powerlessness of the counterfeit. There will begin to be a public witness where the shouts of man’s ambition and fleshly passions meet the fire of God’s all consuming Glory. And the drought is about to break, a breaking in of glory so overwhelming that no man can contain it, name it or claim it.

Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.

At noon Elijah began to taunt them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened." So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. 1 Kings 18:26-29

There is a war for worship. 
There is a war of fires.
There is a war at the gates.
And the struggle for territory and possession is over this one thing.
The heart.

Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Psalm 4:4

If the enemy can infiltrate and pollute your worship, he has your heart.

If he can tempt you with his fire, he has your heart.

If he finds no Prince in your gates, he has your heart.

But there is a sound that nullifies the noise of his taunts, and it is the sound of travailing intercession that births life.

There is a fire that drives out falsehood and deceit, it is the blue flame of Holy Spirit possessed prayer.

There is a Prince who stands at your gates, and He ever lives to make intercession.

The time has never been greater, the stakes never more high than they are now to repair the altar of our hearts and restore the priesthood that is made up of living stones. Dig into the trenches of your soul as deep as you can and be baptized with the Water of the Living Word. Be delivered from the assignment of death that has been chasing and tormenting you for years. Offer all of yourself as a living sacrifice to be fully possessed. Leave no place in your heart untouched or unavailable. The battle is turning at the gates, His Glory is coming and it requires a pure offering. He will have His people. He will have our hearts. His fire is about to fall.

Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down. Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, "Your name shall be Israel." With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood. Do it again," he said, and they did it again. "Do it a third time," he ordered, and they did it the third time. The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: 

"Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.  Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."

Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!"

Then Elijah commanded them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!" They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there. And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain." So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. "Go and look toward the sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked.

"There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."

The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea."

1 Kings 18:30-44

LIGHT & LOVE WILL LEAD THE WAY

1 John 1:5-10 

And this is the message which we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him — none!

If we claim to have fellowship with him while we are walking in the darkness, we are lying and not living out the truth. But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of his Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.

If we claim not to have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we acknowledge our sins, then, since he is trustworthy and just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.

If we claim we have not been sinning, we are making him out to be a liar, and his Word is not in us.

1 John 2:9-11

Anyone who claims to be in this light while hating his brother is still in the dark. The person who keeps loving his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him that could make him trip. But the person who hates his brother is in the dark — yes, he is walking in the dark, and he doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

I have been meditating on 1 John for a while now, partially because it was teed up in my reading through the New Testament, but I haven’t been able to move on after listening to this sermon recently given by Ben Fitzgerald. It’s a powerful message on finding freedom by living in the light as a disciple of Christ. Please listen to it.

I have been learning quite a lot about light and love lately. It turns out the two cannot be separated.

The Lord has been exposing (with His flashlight of Truth) every remaining particle of hatred and entitlement stuck in the crevices of my heart.

My prayer has been simple, “Let me only hear what is True. Let me only see what is Light. Help me to love what You love, and hate what You hate.”

This single petition is rapidly reshaping my reality. It is causing me to take my eyes off of the brokenness, dysfunction and darkness of the systems and institutions of The Church and back onto the heart of His Bride. I have been recaptured by the Light of Love.

This seems elementary, wouldn’t you say? Oh, but how far we’ve drifted from this eternal truth.

I was sitting in a church service this past Sunday and the preacher took a step back from the pulpit during his message and asked a question.

He asked, “What is God’s ultimate value?”

I wasn’t even trying to answer the question, but the first word that jumped up into my head was, “HOLINESS!”

The crowd fell silent, and he responds. “Love.”

Does God value holiness? Of course, He is holy. But this proved to be an instance where I had taken an attribute of His Character that He has been graciously revealing is deficient in His Bride and misappropriating it as the central and core message of Truth. I had subtly created an imbalance of truths in my heart, placing a higher value on holiness over love, when it was meant that holiness is to be attained through love. This created a distorted perspective of the subject of my focus, overemphasizing and broad stroking the need for purity in The Church without looking through the right lens.

The Lord then told me,
“Take your eyes off of the system, and put them back onto My people.”

And last night, He gave me a dream.

In the dream, a girl who I used to disciple sat with me and asked me a question. She said, “how do I know if I am in the right church?” I looked at her with deep compassion, sensing her confusion and desperation in a time where there has been so much shifting, sifting and shaking in The Church. I could tell she was weary. I answered her, “Do the people around you pull darkness out of you, or do they draw out light? That is how you know.”

Remember 1 John? The person who loves his brother walks in the light, remains in the light, and in Light finds true fellowship. The one who hates his brother is blind and walks in darkness, leading others further into deception. Take your eyes off of the system and the structure, and put them back onto the people. This is of true importance. Are you surrounded by those who walk in the darkness of hate towards their Kingdom family, or those illuminated by Love? This is the measuring stick of His Church.

And here is a prophetic perspective I would like to lay before you today. To the one who has ears, let them hear.

We are in a period of re-entry and reintegration.

Those who were delivered by the hand of the Lord from systems, institutions and man made structures had to be set apart for a time.
You had to be made holy, led through a process of refinement.
You had to be trained in Truth, purified by fire, and delivered from darkness.

But you weren’t just separated to be delivered from deception and falsehood.
You were being delivered into Light.
He liberated you into Love. And now He’s leading you back.

He is taking you back, in Love, with Love. You are no longer just a voice of truth crying out in the wilderness, you are a holy vessel of deliverance carrying the message of True Love— raw, unfiltered, uncompromising; tenderized, compassionate, pure.

He set you apart to make you into a disciple of Light. And now you are to lead His Bride back into Love.

May we have ears to hear only that which is true.
May we have eyes to see only that which is Light.
Teach us to love what You love, and hate what You hate.

2025: REVELATION. REPENTANCE. REFORMATION.

I had a dream on December 29th, 2024 where I was in the midst of a local gathering of Christians. The formal service had ended and we were all collectively reciting and meditating on Romans 3:23 over and over...

“For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. ALL have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. WE have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God! WE ALL have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God!”

As the collective cry grew louder and more voices engaged in repeating this familiar passage, a spark striking hearts and spreading flame, the anointing in the room became thick and palpable, and tears took over as what was once a dry and dull drum transformed into revelatory and experiential knowledge cloaked in holy fear. Dream end.

I heard the Lord saying over this year,

“I am awakening My Bride to embody the revelation of Romans 3:23 in 2025. True, heartfelt, collective Repentance will pave the way for a Reformation Age to be birthed in and stewarded by Regions. For I am moving out of and beyond intangible spheres of influence and breathing life back into lands and territories where My People have embraced refinement and taken responsibility for the condition of their own hearts.”

“I am raising up local reformers. No longer must you look to the well followed influencers of media or giants of mega ministries to wield the hammer of reformation. I am placing tools in the hands of those I have positioned in neighborhoods, cities, and communities to uproot, tear down, build and establish right where their feet are planted. No longer will I accept excuses of disqualification or self-justification abdicating the keys of authority I have given to those who I have positioned at the Door of Regions. I must have Regional Rooms prepared for what comes next.”

“Prepare the Rooms, for as I have heard the laboring and travailing cries of my repentant reformers in the delivery rooms of Regions, I will birth the greatest global prayer movement this generation has ever seen.”

NOVEMBER & THE DAYS OF DEMARCATION

We are entering the days of demarcation and open Heavens.

I had a dream on October 16th, and in the dream I saw an announcement that was written and signed by Jesus. This announcement pointed to a specific date where a line of demarcation would be drawn and the world would enter a period of tribulation followed by reclamation. Jesus was making it known that He was the one authoring and sealing what was to come in His Name, and forewarning those who read and heeded this message that everything was about to change. There would be "many endings" followed by an invitation into ascension.

He took me to Revelation 5, and as I read I saw a vision of the Lamb standing to His feet in real time, taking a scroll, breaking the seal and unrolling it. The vision ended as He opened His mouth to speak what was written on the scroll. I knew that inside was a will, to be executed upon the proclamation of its contents by the Lord.

Through this dream, along with the vision the Lord was communicating a clear and definitive message. The world, as we now know it, is coming to an end, and the landscape of the nations is about to drastically change. This statement is not intended to implant fear nor should we adopt a high stakes mentality leading to impulsive decision making. We are to remain positioned firmly seated in Christ and in His authority, continuing to submit to Him in thoughtful obedience as certain events play out on the world stage. I am not making predictions of any kind regarding how these changes will come, but the Lord has revealed a "date of demarcation" when the world that we know will enter unfamiliar territory by HIS authorization. Many will attempt to credit the enemy for what unfolds, but hear now that it will come from the sovereign hand of the Lord and His Sevenfold Spirit moving through the earth. We are currently in the middle of a 40 day grace period that began on Atonement Day, 10/12/2024 and ends on the first day of the last 40 days of the year on the Gregorian calendar.

The date of demarcation is 11/21/2024.  

This date holds spiritual significance that could manifest in various physical signs and wonders across the nations. It is a date we must keep on our radar and seek the Lord personally for His Wisdom and Revelation. The comfort of familiarity as we know it is passing away and a new and unknown reality is unfolding through the end of this year heading into January.

I hear the Lord saying "Prepare for 40 days of rain" and Isaiah 24:18 is ringing in the spirit—
"The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake." 

This time period will hold great significance for the United States in particular as we begin to see the knowledge of the glory of the Lord fill the earth as the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14) His Knowledge will be poured out and His Glory clearly understood as floods of the Fear of the Lord are being unleashed right now into regions and atmospheres, preparing the way. It will not look like what we as the Church have imagined in our minds or defined as "glory." Do not be afraid. The purpose will be to bring destruction to certain paradigms and movements that have fed two dimensional, superficial illusions of His manifested Glory, those that have muddied the pure stream where His Presence flows. The Sevenfold Spirit of the Lord is sovereignly grabbing the attention of the world to reveal the Kingly and Priestly authority of His Son through His purified bride, the likes of which we have not yet seen. This means dismantling any structure, stronghold of thought and altar which has stood in opposition to His Holiness. A floodlight will shine on the United States.

The floodwaters of heaven being poured out during this 40 day period will purge and purify. 
His Glory will swallow and swell. 

We will see a simultaneous engulfing of movements where the voice of the Lord was ignored, man’s ways were exalted and filled with false worship, as well as an enlarging come to those who obeyed Him when He called and gave Him the honor due His Name. His Glory will sweep over both the den of robbers and houses of holy prayer. They will receive that which they sowed when His Glory shows up.

"This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: 'Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices, but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. From the time your ancestors left Egypt until now, day after day, again and again I sent you my servants the prophets. But they did not listen to me or pay attention. They were stiff-necked and did more evil than their ancestors.’ "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer. Therefore say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not obeyed the Lord its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips. Jeremiah 7:21-28

The Lord is both merciful and just. He is both holy and the embodiment of perfect love. He disciplines and judges unto restoration and reconciliation.
He takes away that His Glory may be made manifest.
The Lamb is standing and speaking. The Nations will hear and know that He alone is Lord.

Prophetic Instruction:

• We must remain securely stepping at the pace of His Grace. That is where we find protection and prosperity in times of adversity or unfamiliarity. He is speaking to many reformers right now to slow down and wait.

• It is for our good that as The Lord takes sovereign control over personal and corporate injustices, we die to any remaining expectation of what our version of justice and vindication looks like.

• Remain in a position of lowliness. Eat the Word. Do not forsake the place of prayer.

• Ask the Lord how to make you into a bridge of His reconciliation and restoration.

• Sharpen your Sword, the weapon of your faith which is the word of God fresh upon your mind, released through your mouth!

• Ask the Lord to expose any remaining areas where your faith is misplaced. No longer will we have the luxury to rely on man, but we must put all of our hope, reliance, and trust in the Lord.

This is what the Lord says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord. That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. "But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought  and never fails to bear fruit." The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve." Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools. A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary. Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water. Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. 

Jeremiah 17:5-14

OCTOBER & THE SEASON OF ATONEMENT

As I sat down to begin processing the month of October with the Lord, I felt an invitation to pull back and slow down and let Him lead me through an encounter that would be a roadmap for the coming month, as well as the turning of the page into a brand new season on His calendar.

I was planning on writing on the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah which took place October 2nd and 3rd and the prophetic meaning behind the year 5785 that we crossed over into last week.

BUT!

The Lord had other plans. ;-)

And then He spoke to me in a dream. He showed me that the Day of Atonement needs to be where our attention is fixed in this time period. This day will be a stake in the ground that sets off a chain reaction of kairos events over the next three months. It is important to cover the origins and history of this holiday as it is indicative of what God is revealing over this current time.

What is the Day of Atonement? Yom Kippur, which at its root (kippurim) translates to “cleansing” in Hebrew, is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It comes once a year and this year it begins on the evening of October 11 and concludes the evening of October 12. Its origination is marked by the day God forgave His people for the sin of erecting the golden calf just months after their Exodus from Egypt. (chabad.org) Moses intercedes on behalf of the Jews by reminding God of the covenant promise that was made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel).

But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

Exodus 32:11-14

It is then further established in Leviticus 16 as a set apart day of purification after the death of Aaron’s two sons who upon entering the tent of meeting, offered unauthorized (or “strange”) fire before the Lord.

 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said: ‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ Aaron remained silent.

Leviticus 10:1-3

The Day of Atonement is one of redemption, purification and reconciliation, the ultimate manifestation of its fulfillment being in the finished work of the cross of Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb.

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.” But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 12:18-24 (emphasis mine)

But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.”

Hebrews 8:6

All of this laid as a foundation, is thematic of the prophetic narrative being released from Heaven over the next three months.

The Lord is completing different time cycles in the month of October and initiating brand new ones on a massive scale in the Church.
There is a ten year cycle reaching it’s conclusion and I hear Him saying
“The atoning period from the last ten years begins.”

There are two primary meanings of the word atonement, like two sides to the same coin.
1. reparation for an offense or injury.
2. reconciliation.

The root meaning of atonement literally translates to “onement” or “unite.” This of course speaks to humanity’s reunion with God through the sacrifice of Jesus. And this narrative is still being played out as ripple effects through time, varying types and shadows reflecting the main blueprint of the cross.

We are about to witness a collision of recompense and reconciliation in the lives of God’s people that will usher in a greater unity, alignment and authority among the body of Christ.

Recompense will come to those who embrace the ministry of reconciliation and allow God to use them as a bridge. The two cannot be separated from one another. We cannot say we belong to Christ while we cry out for vengeance and vindication of our own accord. Godly Atonement and reparations are made while simultaneously ushering in reconciliation, unity and oneness. He is leading many of His people back to the very places where their Godly inheritance was forfeited or stolen to reclothe them and restore them back to their rightful place in His Kingdom, to bind back together that which the enemy attempted to steal, kill and divide.

The Lord is inviting His Bride into an encounter of BEHOLDING His Glory manifested in The Son like never before. And in this beholding posture, every unauthorized offering, kingdom, work and sacrifice is burned up on the altar of His Holy Presence taking up residence in our hearts.

There will be a collective cry erupt out of those who stop to Behold the Lamb. It will be the cry of Isaiah,

“Woe is me! For I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts!”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said, “BEHOLD, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and you sin atoned for.”

Isaiah 6:5-7 (emphasis mine)

As we rest and behold Him, He will come as the Chief Apostle over His Church to finish what was initiated.

“I am coming whether you want me to or not.”

The Lord in His mercy is descending with greater authority during this time to reset the clocks and bring repayment to what was lost. He is also bringing with Him His divine judgements to be executed across the earth that will draw the attention of all men. Those who lost their gaze and traded their vision of Him for lesser things will have an adjustment of the eyes that puts them back into proper position, even if it means the cost of laying down titles and ministries. He will have His people.

Many will say in the month of October, “THIS IS THAT! This is the seed of that which was prophesied all those years ago.”

God is giving His people new eyes to behold from a higher vantage point, beyond the injustice, robbery, and unfulfilled desires to see the story He’s been writing all along. He is revealing to His people that which He prophesied over families, regions, and nations has been planted and is emerging from beneath the surface of the dirt.

“My story begins and ends with hope. I am here to uproot and tear down every false foundation and seed of deception that would seek to choke out that which I have given to my people to plant and to build. I am coming with both restitution and reconciliation in My hands for those who have paid the price to remain in the fire of My process. You will see with your own eyes the hope that I gave you from the utterance of My promise manifest before you. My Word is coming full circle. Watch Me restore what man said was impossible.”

In this hour the King is Speaking and we must be ready to respond.

• Repent of divisive thought patterns that seek to elevate you in a position of dominance over another. Tear down the strongholds of pride that are blocking you from receiving and offering the gift of reconciliation.

• The enemy wants to take our eyes off the new chapter The Lord is writing through us and onto the narrative of the past to repeat history. Be cautious not to give in to the temptation of being drawn back into old patterns, relationships and cycles from which you broke free. There will be a scent of nostalgia in the air that will try to seduce you into emotionally driven, dysfunctional alignments and atmospheres to keep you in the cycle of the past and take your eyes off of BEHOLDING His wonder working power. Stay firm and stay sober, as the Lord is inviting us into a brand new life giving rhythm of function and being.

• Go back to the prophetic words God has spoken over your life, family and region. Ask for the Lord to give you eyes to see that which is springing forth in this time and partner with His Voice to usher in His Promises!

• Ask Him what cycle He is completing in your life, and what new beginning awaits you over the next three months.

• Let Him break every box of containment and fill you with Heavenly Hope once again.