Pure Glory

by Apostle Jacques Cook

Your destiny has nothing to do with the destination. If it did, you would say, “I have arrived” and go no further. When you pursue destiny through events, destiny is a constant journey with the Father that requires faith.

Do not have monkey faith but let go of the past so you can get to your future. Monkeys get caught in a trap due to having their favorite food put in a small opening of a coconut tied to a tree or stake. The hole is only big enough for the monkey’s empty hand. Once the monkey grasps its favorite food, his refusal to let go of the bait ends with his capture because his full hand cannot pass through the openning. Let go of the past so God can release something new to you. Ask God to release the Nike anointing and just take a step. Next time you come before the King show you believe the word and take a step of faith into your future.

by Hazel Straub

How many times have you groaned and wondered why you were going through a fiery trial?  Testing and the trials of life, show us that we cannot depend on ourselves but need to rely solely on God. Hard times drive us to cry out to him, who is The Solution.

When we come through the trial, we can see that the testing has also burned off of us some of the things that we carried that were not of God. When we lean on God, our testings make us better not bitter. Trials although difficult brings us something precious that can only happen, when we go through the fire with the Lord.

Abba Father God, give us eyes to see our trials through your eyes today.

Job 23:10 (New International Version 1984)
“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”

by Apostle Gabriel Cross

I see a vision of God pouring out his heart on us. His heart-desires, emotion, tendencies, character, divine nature.

I’m pouring out my heart upon my people in this hour. Bow down your heart for mine. Bow down your will for mine. My sizzling red-hot fervent love is for you and for each other. Be not torn this way and that way by your emotions. For I am the God of your emotions. Yield them to me. For I am circumventing you with my Spirit. I am circumventing you with my Glory and great favor.

The powers of darkness are failing and my Truth is prevailing in your life. My desire, I am filling you with my desire. What I want. The way I perceive it. What I like and how I would do it. Be consumed with heaven’s desire. The heavens are breaking open over you, the blessings are breaking loose for you. I am crowning you my bride, my Alaskan pride with great glory! I am crowning you with breakthrough, goodness, and extreme victory over your enemies this day.

This day things have and are still shifting in your favor. The works, the labor, and the seeds of yesteryear are not forgotten. Your ground is being tilled anew. Your land is fertile. New growth and new expedition. My power is being released and conformed in the powerless. My grace is being perfected in your weakness. My word is manifesting and being made complete in you. Trust Me. Expect Me. Wait for Me in your night seasons for I will come and fulfill my word for you even while you are praying.

Don’t focus or set your attention on the jealousy, insecurity, or the opposition of the enemy. Change your focus and keep looking to Me. For I have planned you to win. I have ordained you to overcome and not be bamboozled by the enemy. I have destined you to pursue, conquer, overtake and occupy.

The things that have affected you in the past serve only to make you more greatly effective in your future. So move forward and don’t look back. You are my Beloved. You are my heart. Go and release my heart to others. Just share my love. Share my love. Share my love. Release them from your judgment, release them from your heart and release them to Me.

For I will show you the paths of righteousness. I will lead you into all truth. I will give you insight and divine direction for I am your God. You are my people. I place my Spirit in you. I place my Fire in you. I place my Glory in you. I place my Love in you. I have placed my presence in you. Live in my presence, look within, trust the God within. For I will cause you to walk upright before me and you will serve no other gods and will leave all your idols behind.

Pouring, pouring out, the treasures of my heart to you. Stay under my pouring. Great blessing. Great healing. Great deliverance. Great victory. Great accomplishment. Great understanding. Great revelation. Great glory. Great power. Great authority. Great fruit. Great health. Great wealth. Great increase. Be enlarged. Be increased. Be restored. Be shifted. Be favored. Be encouraged! Be and don’t strive to be. For the Spirit of the Lord elevates and or takes you up to new realms of Glory and higher dimensions of love. Where it won’t be so forced but effortlessly expressed. May God’s heart be expressed in all we say and do this day….

by Hazel Straub

The Aurora Borealis dance and swirl in large shimmering curtains of ever shifting light, covering the night sky. Their beauty heralds the glory of God as an awesome reminder of our Creator.

As I marvel at the Northern Lights, the Lord says,”You are my delight and I love to spend time with you. My love goes beyond what you have done either good or bad. I love you because you are my child and I enjoy you. Listen to my voice and know my heart towards you. My desire is to give you a hope and a future. No need to do or to try to get my love. I call you a human being so you will remember to be and not strive to earn my approval. I made you for my glory and I approve of you. Enjoy the lights but remember you contain more splendor and light than them.”

Psalm 19:1-4(a) (NIV 1984)
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.”

illustration from jesuscrash.com

by Apostle Christiana Robinson

Trust is a hard thing to obtain from others, especially when you have been hurt many times. God asks us to trust in him with all of our heart.

Well, what if our trust ran out? What if our trust in others was so damaged that it alters our perception of how we view loved ones, church members, and  ourselves. One of the roots of lack of trust is rejection. Have you been rejected so many times, that you don’t trust anybody?

God is still dealing with the heart. This means the damaged part of our hearts, as well. God is still trying the reins of our hearts. One thing we fail to realize is that our trust is nothing compared to HIS Trust. Our lack of trust causes us to put people in a certain category. We start to believe in our minds and say, “Men are this way, woman are that way, leaders are this way, all churches are that way.” Sometimes in the body of Christ, we walk with a limited amount of trust. We become a skeptic thinking that if we get too close, something bad might happen. Some people can’t even move further in any type of relationship because of lack of trust. Let God heal you. Ask God to give you the grace to Trust with HIS trust. Ask God to give you the grace to Love with HIS love. If you’re not sure about someone, ask God to reveal their heart and then pray for them. Don’t place them in a category. Place them in the hands of God.

Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not to your own understanding, in ALL your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path.”

by Timothy Thomas

We are in a day of conflict. The Lord is causing us to face some enemies, things, situations, habits, spirits with whom we were previously passive. But in this day, his desire is that they (these enemies) be utterly destroyed.

“Then he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike on the ground. And he struck three times and stopped. And the man of God was angry with him and said, You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had destroyed it. But now you shall strike Syria down only three times.” (2 Kings 13:18-19 AMP)

By not going all the way, many have become sympathetic and have actually aided these enemies of God unawares. All in the name of being a “good Christian.” A good Christian is a warrior! We must become vehement against the enemies of God and like King David declared:”Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; they have become my enemies.” (Psalm 139:21-22 AMP)

The reason for the sons of God being made manifest has not changed. We are to destroy the works of the devil. Jesus has secured the victory for us. Let us walk in that victory.

by Hazel Straub

Daddy God is calling you to draw aside, quiet yourself and rest in him. As his child, he awaits you in the secret place with many delights. Release all of your burdens and cares to him. He heals your wounds and gives you fresh vision. You become transformed as you gaze into his face and listen to his voice. He loves and cares for you. Enjoy his presence.

by Hazel Straub

Do not become discouraged, when you have not seen the answers to your difficulties that you have anticipated. The darkest part of the night occurs just before dawn. God promises that he will never leave or forsake us. He gives us promises and asks that we trust him to see them fulfilled. Breakthrough and breakout are on your near horizon, as you keep believing him. He sustains you, while you rest, rely and trust him.

Your time of preparation, in the wilderness, teaches you to trust in God alone. His presence and favor go with you. Is the journey easy? No. Tests and trials are not fun but they build spiritual muscles. He is preparing you for the destiny, for which he created you. You are acquiring character, patience, hope, faith and love that will anchor you, when suddenly God’s promises manifest in your life.