

Find Joy on the Eve of Your Battle
Today is the biblical feast of Purim! (Esther 9.) Celebrate! It's always good to have a celebration after a victory of the Lord. But what about when you're on this side of the fight? When the battle is before, rather than behind you? First, we must know, despite how it often feels or appears, that we are NOT ALONE. Grasp not only with WHOM but HOW you are in Holy company. Second, joy springs from confidence and for that you'll need to check your '20' - your position and pe


A Grace for War, A Grace to Fight, and a Grace to Win
'I heard the Lord say, "You have yet experienced the level, the increase, the magnitude, the extension of My Grace, that is now available - that is being poured out. I mantle you, My remnant within the remnant, with a Grace for war, a Grace to fight, and a Grace to win." ' This from the strong, encouraging word that Penny Gibbs brought last night. She went on to expand how this works for this season and why we need it. This was just one of the many 'nuggets' released. Other i


Through the Battle to Increased Joy
At sundown tonight we enter into God's 12th month, the month of Adar. "When Adar comes, joy INCREASES!" Why? Biblically, the 12th month is anchored in the book of Esther - first by the battle and then by the party. They walk through one to get to the other. Which makes sense. In scripture, 12 is the number of government: Moving through the chaos and into order. But not just any order or government - Divine governance - God's order. And so, for us, this is when we lay hold


Good News, Hard News, and a Change of Clothes
Okay. So first for the good news. In a set of visions in Zechariah that are time-stamped to sundown tonight, God declares His intent to restore what was destroyed. That it will be so vast that no one will be able to measure it. That He will be a wall of fire around it and the glory in its midst. These words were released over Jerusalem and so must be honored there first. But as those who are grafted into all the promises, we see these also operating in the Kingdom now. Lay h