Today’s Reading:
Acts 1
John 14
Isaiah 66
Romans 16
“but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 NASB1995
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Trust and obey. Trust My hand to guide you, to instruct you to help you, to lead you down the path I have for you. It’s not all hard. It’s not all easy. Most is in the middle. You’ll find I do a lot in the middle. I’m guiding you to a new beginning. And many new beginnings will be found at the start of this new beginning. Your new beginning will be established and supplied by My hand. I delight in new beginnings, and I will establish the work of your hands. Finances, structures, building locations and grace, multiplied grace are here.
My transformation agenda is here. As it goes out from My breath it transforms people and structures, making all things new — repurposed, redefined, recommissioned, revived. This is a new leg of the treasure hunt of Me. As you seek me, as you dig deeper, you will find buried treasures. You will find hidden things of great value.
So rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her! All who love her, join in with her great joy, especially those who remember her grief! You, her children, will drink the milk of her prosperity and nurse with delight from her glorious abundance! For Yahweh says: “I will extend to her prosperity like a river and the wealth of gentiles like a flooding river. You will nurse from her breast, be cradled in her arms, and delightfully bounced on her knees. As a mother tenderly comforts her child, so will I tenderly comfort you, and you will find comfort in Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 66:10-13 TPT
Peace like a river flows from My throne. Step into the flow of that river of peace. You will be amazed at how it transforms you, envelops you, washes over you and changes you. The palpable reality of My peace flowing as a river from My Throne will cover you. When your inner man is this at peace, you cannot be rattled or shaken. You cannot be made afraid by facts, reports or stories from the news. Step into My perfect peace. It will completely transform you.
“I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous!”
John 14:27 TPT
This glory river has many attributes. In it shame disappears; wholeness and purity is found. Pure love is found. All of this you will take with you from the river of My glory that flows from My Throne Room in Heaven. But today I desire for you to be overwhelmed by, overtaken by, overshadowed by and completely transformed by My lasting, thick palpable peace. Peace is a light and a weapon in the storm. Wield the weapon of peace, and you will live in My rest. My faith rest life, the faith rest life that I provide, starts with peace. Peace has been made to sound sweet or trite, but it is powerful — more powerful than any narrative weapon of warfare. My peace can cause those arrows to fall inert to the ground. It’s like a stronghold that surrounds you and keeps you steady, safe and secure. My peace is defensive, yes; but don’t underestimate the absolute offensive power of My peace.
How to Respond
- Sit with the Lord until His perfect peace wishes over you.
- Pray, Holy Spirit thank You that You are with me. Thank You for your gift of new beginnings and for establishing the work of my hands and for revealing more and more of Yourself as I seek You. Thank You that that Your perfect peace surrounds me and strengthens me. Help me to live in the reality of Your peace. Help me to take on peace so securely that it becomes a stronghold of favor around me and a weapon — both offensive and defensive — in the storm.
- Declare, I want you to become scholars of all that is good and beautiful, and stay pure and innocent when it comes to evil. And the God of peace will swiftly pound Satan to a pulp under your feet! And the wonderful favor of our Lord Jesus will surround you.
Romans 16:19b-20 TPT - Decree, This is the day of new beginnings and the Lord’s establishment of the work of my hands. I will continue to seek Him as one seeks for buried treasure, and He will reveal new and amazing things to me.
- Decree, The peace of the Father is flowing powerfully from His Throne. I will step into and submerge myself in His river of peace. I will be overcome and overtaken by His peace, and I will be transformed and made more battle ready by His peace. I will not walk in shame, in fear or in doubt. I will walk by faith as I am empowered and protected by the Lord’s unending peace. I will wield it as a weapon, and narrative warfare will not touch me. Others will be caught up in the intoxicating rest of the peace that I carry. I will release and impart peace as I go. I am one who has received the peace of the Lord, so I can give it. And I will not withhold it or cling to it tightly. It has become part of me. The Lord’s peace is eternal and unending, so I can never run out when He is my Source, my Champion and my Provider.
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