Shine Bright in the Darkness

    My Children must learn to navigate difficult situations with more ease, and with wisdom. Wisdom will lead you if you will pursue it with all your hearts, My Children.

    The times coming are the most difficult of all time. You will be persecuted for My Name’s Sake, but not lightly. No, (you will be) persecuted with having everything taken from you. Persecuted with having your loved ones killed. Persecuted with losing your own lives. Are you truly ready to face such persecution? Can you shine brightly for Me in a time so dark?

    I am looking to and fro for those I may promote in this time to shine for Me in that time. For those who will not deny Me, but will witness of Me to those who have never even considered giving Me their hearts. This work brings the highest of honors and awards in eternity, but few are willing to undertake it.

    If you are willing to become one of My Chosen Ones in this time, seek wisdom. Seek to know Me with all your heart and soul. Be willing to lay anything or anyone down when I lead you to. Be willing to go any place I call you to, no matter how far from those you love.

    Be willing to be chosen, and to be blessed. But count the cost. The rewards are indeed eternal, but there is a heavy price to pay in the present if you are one of Mine.

James 1:5

• 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Proverbs 2:1-3

• 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
• 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

2 Corinthians 12:10

• 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Lamentations 5:5

• 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Isaiah 48:10

• 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

2 Chronicles 16:9

• 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Prideful and Contrary

    My Children, war is upon you. (I heard great, great sadness in His Voice).

    The enemies of America are plotting…they are discussing the ultimate time to strike, and how best to land the deadly wound they have been planning.

    As America has walked contrary to Me in pride, I now walk contrary to her. In her pridefulness, she has made herself vulnerable to attack. Because you (America) have walked contrary to My Word and My Ways, I have given you a prideful leader. Prideful people care more about how a thing looks than how it is, and this is often their downfall. They make mistakes to keep up images.

   America has many enemies, many more than this man knows, and they are coming for her. Plans are being finalized and deals are being made behind the scenes for America’s downfall and the time nears.

   Oh America, I would have guarded you and protected you as My Own (the same as He would have Israel), but you walked contrary to Me. You have made an alliance with My Enemy and I cannot protect what is not Mine.

Proverbs 16:18

• 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Leviticus 26:40-43

• 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
• 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
• 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
• 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Make Ready

    The Lion of Judah is roaring. I saw Him in the Spirit and He is terrifyingly fierce! He is roaring to let the enemy know his time is up. He is roaring over the slaughter of His enemies, and He wants you to know this is a year of Recompense – both good and evil. Those who have done good will be recompensed with good many times over. Those who have done evil will be recompensed with evil many times over. Many people have done some good and some evil, they will be recompensed accordingly. Prepare to receive your recompense.

   For those of you who have sown into My Kingdom, get ready to receive a harvest at My Hand for you shall indeed enjoy blessings on earth as well as in heaven. You have pondered the lies of the enemy that your life would not ever get better but I say to you, believe Me instead! Believe I am a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Me.

   Make room! Make room! Make room to receive the blessings you have asked Me for! You must make room in your life for what you are asking of Me. You must be ready to receive it now. You must search your heart and ascertain it is what you really want. I am answering prayers for many of My Children now, but you must make ready.

Galatians 6:7

• 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Mark 11:24

• 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Colossians 3:23-24

• 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
• 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Luke 6:38

• 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

2 Corinthians 9:8

• 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Attacks from Every Side

    My Children are being attacked on every side. The enemy knows his time is short, My Children, and he seeks to dissuade you from your path, to discourage you and leave you weary. He desires to provoke you through others to cause you to discredit your witness for me by becoming angry or striking back at those who attack you.

   Do not fear the small, insignificant attacks of your enemy. Only pity the ones being used, for they shall pay a great price. I am never mocked, whatsoever a man sows, that shall he reap and I watch over My Word to perform it. Know that vengeance is indeed Mine and I repay in far more serious consequences than you are able to. I do not take lightly attacks and slanders against My Children.

   Rest, My Children, for your Father sees what is happening and I never sleep nor slumber. I will repay for you and you will see it.

Ephesians 6:16

• 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Galatians 6:7-8

• 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Job 4:8

• 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Proverbs 5:22

• 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Romans 12:19

• 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Psalm 121:2-5

• 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
• 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
• 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Luke 10:19

• 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

My Anointing

    I desire you would walk in My Anointing, but so many of My Children are not willing to endure anything to qualify them for My Anointing. They forfeit many blessings by their unwillingness to suffer for My Name’s sake.

   I desire your heart would be pure before Me so I will begin revealing to you the things and people that stand in the way of your purity. Release to Me all I show you that does not belong in your life. My Children often take on things and people that are not My Plan for them and hinder their own walks.

   I desire you would render your sins up to Me in worship, that I may deliver you from them. I desire a closer walk with you, and to bless you and provide for you, but you must obey Me. You must be willing to lay down whatever I require if you want all I have for you.

   You must be willing to lay down wrong relationships, wrong jobs, wrong locations, and wrong attitudes. You must be willing to lay down wrong beliefs. Whatever I show you I am displeased with, you must be willing to lay it down for My Name’s sake.

   Are you willing to lay all these things down to walk in My Anointing? My Anointing will allow you to minister for Me, to write for Me, to sing for Me, to paint for Me. My Anointing will make what is difficult easy. All of My Children want My Anointing, but very few are willing to walk through the trials to receive it.

   If you want all I have for you, do not turn away when you are being tried. Stand strong and pass the test. Keep walking forward for Me when you feel like giving up. Set your face like flint and finish the race strong. There are great rewards for those who do.

Last week's podcast:  The Promise of the Anointing
https://justpraisehimtoday.podbean.com/e/the-promise-of-the-anointing/

Isaiah 10:27

• 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 48:10

• 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Deuteronomy 28:2-8

• 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
• 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
• 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
• 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
• 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
• 7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
• 8 The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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