God has a New Place for you!

My child, you are so blessed by knowing the well of life, having that source of life within you from the day you were born again. See that no other water can satisfy you like the one you receive from me. Know that you would not have found this well without Me, if I would not have chosen you and brought you close to this fountain of blessing, you would have been wandering in this desert lost and alone for your whole life. 

But I have been with you from your mother's womb, I have been looking for you and provided for you day by day, I have taken you under my wings and covered you from the cold outside in this world. Now as you have grown and you stronger and stronger, you are also able to take care and provide for these that I have found and chosen to bring into my kingdom. 

You will have the strength you need as you go, you will find the wisdom and the love you need to pour out as you make yourself available. Don't think that you will not be strong enough and that you could fail, just see the goal ahead and fix your eyes on me, do not let the enemy in with doubts. Open your heart and let faith make a way, and do not say "No" before you even tried! Do not limit Me with your thinking and with the borders you live in right now. I can make the tents bigger and I can even take the borders away! 

As I give you this new responsibility and open this new road for you, I encourage you, my child, to come with boldness to the throne of grace and make that step of faith.  Do not be ashamed to be dependent on me completely! Be excited and make your first step, walk that new road in confidence, and do not be ashamed to knock on the same door I always knocked and ask for everything you need. Because my Father loves you and He likes to give in abundance to those who knock on His door!

Pictured: Pastor Marcus preaching in Antiga and Barbuda 🇦🇬

Fight with Godly Wisdom

I have placed in your chest the heart of a warrior. You are not shy of fighting, and you are skilled with your sword. However, my child, I want you to realize that your skills will be most effective when I who call you to war, and not when you think you should war. The enemy’s battle is raging all around. He has his armies dispatched to patrol all over the land. 

However, just because his armies are patrolling, doesn’t mean that they need to be attacked. Allow me to give you the strategies of war. Allow me to give you your battle plan, and allow me to position you to fight the battles I want you to fight. Let me carry you to the fight that needs to be fought, and don’t just pick fights wherever you are. 

For it is when you use your skill, and your warrior's heart is in the right place at the right time that you will gain ground in my name, and that you will indeed weaken the enemy’s plan. So, rest in my leadership, says the Lord. Don’t feel that you have to lead the charge. I am your commander. I tell you where to wield your sword, and I tell you when to yield it. 

Come to peace, and know that when you hear that trumpet call and the battle cry goes out across the land to mobilize my armies, you will be equipped and ready to fight the fight. So, incline your ears against my chest. Listen to the rhythm of my heartbeat, and move in tune with the sound of my voice, says the Lord. I have the blueprint, and all you need to do is act in accordance with it when I call upon you. Let’s fight this war together, and know that you can do so from a place of peace. 

I will call you to attention when attention is needed, and I will call you to rest when rest is needed. So, trust in me afresh, and together, let’s win this war, says the Lord. 

It’s Your Time To Step Out!

My child, I have given you a treasure to pour out to my people and I have made you into a vessel of blessing. I have taken you through the preparation and I have put the seeds into the right soil that you can grow and become strong. I have prepared you to step out and be the vessel that I have called you to be. Instead of stepping out, you thought that you are not ready yet and that you need more to do anything for me. The enemy has been using this opportunity nicely to keep you where you are at, but do not stay there. 

Now is the time! You are ready to step out and be what I want you to be at this time. Do not wait any longer and do not hide any longer behind the bushes but step out in weakness and pour out to my people in love. Trust me that I have given you my strength and that I will empower you again and again to do things that you did not know that you can do. As you step out and pour out to my children, I will give you more and will continuously shape you into the vessel that I need you to be for me. 

It starts with you and the decision in your heart to pour out and be my vessel in my hands. Do not be afraid but let my spirit empower you to turn this world upside down and to build my kingdom. You will see that those things that have been impossible, suddenly become possible.

You are not Trash, you are a Treasure!

If you look at the work a miner looking for diamonds does, it can seem so pointless at times. They spend hours on end just digging deep. However, each of those miners has one goal in mind - finding that one diamond.

My child, I know that at times when I take you through a process of transformation, and you feel like you are being challenged from all sides, you see nothing but the shuffling and the drilling, the sweat and the tears. My child, I am here today to remind you to look at the treasure inside. I am here today to show you that I have placed a diamond in you. I am merely doing all that needs to be done to bring that diamond out, so that you would stand in my glory, says the Lord.

Look at the goal afresh and realize that every time a pressure comes upon you, you are closer to shining brightly! Realize that every time you have to go a bit deeper and sweat a bit harder, the diamond is closer!

I have called you, and I have set you apart for such a time as this, says the Lord. You mean so much to me, and all I see is the diamonds and gold inside. So, just allow me to reach in and press forward. Surrender to my hand and rejoice in each difficulty, says the Lord!

Stand in Authority

When a child comes across a bully, it is easy to back down to avoid a fight, especially when that bully has beaten them up time and time again. However, my child, that bully that keeps coming around is the enemy, and he has been defeated over 2000 years ago by the blood of my Son. Do not be afraid, and do not back down, but know the authority I have given you in Christ Jesus. Know that I have given you all authority to trample over snakes and scorpions, to overthrow and overcome every single plan of the enemy.

The enemy's only power over you is the one that you give him. So do not be afraid and stand in your authority. Do you know that all the armies of heaven are behind you when you step out to face him? Do you know that there is nothing he can do to deter you from conquering the land that he has stolen when you know who you are in Christ? So stand as the warrior and conqueror you are and storm his camp, take his land and every single promise he has stolen from you. So rejoice that the battle has already been won and stand as the victor in any circumstance you face!