Our family has been waiting on the Lord for specific answers to prayers/His promises for many years. We have also been standing in agreement with many families who desperately need Him to break in/break through and manifest/deliver here on earth what is available through Christ in us/in His Word. Because it’s available in Heaven, we are called to to pull on Heaven and bring it to earth: healing miracles, financial miracles, restoration of so many things the enemy has stolen over the years, etc.. The entire Body of Christ who is truly seeking first His Kingdom has been in a place of waiting for a long time; for many it has been literal years. The people of the Kingdom of Heaven have been on a journey/in seasons of preparation. Those who have not given up on God and walked away (those who continue to call Him faithful and good, and continue to stand on His promises/His word regardless of circumstances will soon begin to see those unanswered prayers and promises manifesting. We will shine as a living testimony to all those all around us who are currently being/will be shaken by difficult circumstances. God, in all His amazing wisdom, love and compassion, has prepared a people in advance to give testimony, direction and glory to Him on behalf of all who have yet to know Him as their Source; those looking for answers in all the wrong places; those who need to know Him more (because He is infinite there is no end to the unsurpassing greatness of knowing Him more); and for those who are currently resisting/rejecting Him.

As the Body of Christ has been transitioning from one season to the next, awaiting breakthroughs, our Heavenly Father has been faithful to encourage His people in many ways. The enemy of our souls knows something on earth is about to change in a glorious way that will cause tremendous damage to the kingdom of darkness; Satan has had an ongoing, increasing onslaught of attacks purposed in trying to get God’s people to give up/to doubt and stop trusting/to forfeit destinies. Satan’s schemes have not succeeded, however. God’s people have been growing in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; growing in wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge and fear of Him. They have been developing natural and spiritual gifts through surrender, obedience and perseverance, and have been maturing/being strengthened for such a time as this. A generation, a Kingdom people, have grown in revelation of Father’s love and have grown wholeheartedly in love with Jesus; have come to a greater understanding of the knowledge of who they are in Him as sons/daughters; have received an unshakable foundation of trust/faith in their Lord. They know He will do everything He says He will do in/through them, regardless of what’s seen/not seen in the natural realm. His people, the army of the Kingdom, are surrendered completely and wholeheartedly to Him, filled with His Kingdom vision and purpose/His infinite love for Him and for others, and will soon be filled with a greater anointing of Christ in them – His glory – for the purpose of advancing His Kingdom on earth (pushing back the powers, principalities, strongholds, and forces of darkness by manifesting the authority of Christ – the Light of the world in the midst of the darkness – wherever He sends them…to preach the Good News to the poor, to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom to those in bondage, and to release prisoners from whatever prison holds them captive (sickness, debt, addictions, loneliness, etc.); to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of the vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and to provide for those who grieve; to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness (Isaiah 61). God’s people have come to know Him, His voice, and have been tried, tested, and proven faithful in carrying out all that is on His heart – His Kingdom come and His will be done here on earth as it is in Heaven; they are His oaks of righteousness and a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor. They will rebuild the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations; they will inherit a double portion and have everlasting joy (Isaiah 61).

God’s Kingdom people are have endured much: the all-consuming invasion of cancer on a body – its impact on a family, their time and finances; the birth of a Trisomy 18 child who requires 24 hour care while another sibling lays at another hospital in a coma from a motorcycle accident (if I actually wrote all of the hardships that family has endured in the midst of this you wouldn’t believe me); the death of a mother from cancer in a family who’s children have watched the Lord use their very hands and prayers to dissolve cancerous tumors for others while on mission trips in foreign nations; the death of an only child, born with Down’s Syndrome after multiple miscarriages and the death of a husband, who partnered with her too few years; the promise of a husband and family, but the 40′s have suddenly arrived with no one in sight; the stories are endless. God’s army has been refined in the fiery furnace of deep trials and have been found faithful. (There are trials yet coming on the earth that have not been seen before, and those who do not know His love, His goodness and His faithfulness are going to be deeply shaken.) The army of the Kingdom knows their God and they will do mighty exploits in this nation and beyond; they will be used of Him to restore and take back a nation that has strayed so far away from the God they used to trust (the motto on our currency); so far from being one nation under Him, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all (justice for all the unborn; for all the children/youth who have been exploited through oppressive abuse/slavery of disgusting proportions is very much on the Lord’s heart).

Our family is wholeheartedly committed to being available to see His Kingdom come and His will be done in/ through us; we have purposed to be available to Him and have enlisted in His Kingdom army; however and wherever He chooses; one individual, one region, and one nation at a time. While waiting for the fulfillment of promises and unanswered prayers, the Lord always knows when we need encouragement (there are days when discouragement from delayed answers tries to set in), as we continue to press in for breakthroughs:

This week a friend sent an email of encouragement and telephoned to pray at exactly the right time (without me having said anything). Another friend sent another email of encouragement (again, nothing was said). A few days ago our youngest son had a dream the Lord told him to share. This dream connected directly to two Scriptures the Lord woke me up to read. If we will have eyes to see and ears to hear, He is speaking all the time; encouraging and strengthening every day. He sees each and every person and knows every detail of every circumstance. He desires to be everything we need. His is every good, perfect and beautiful descriptive word we could ever think of and beyond. He’s waiting for people to turn to Him; to seek Him – His love, His heart, His will, and His Kingdom purposes. If we will truly seek first the Kingdom of God and all His righteousness He will be our Supply; our Source. We will have need of nothing (Matthew 6:33-34).

If we will truly let Him build His house in us, through us and all around us, we will no longer labor in vain. Families will be blessed and we will have rest from our enemies (Psalms 127). For those of you who are weary…hang on…don’t let the enemy steal one more ounce of anything from you…your breakthroughs are even closer than the horizon. For those of you who have not yet given your hearts and lives to Him…it’s time. The contents and cycles revealed in the Old Testament are there for us to learn from. Whenever things were going good for God’s people they turned their backs on Him…they didn’t need Him; they gave their hearts (their love and joy), their time, their blessings, their families, and their resources to pagan idols; they reveled in their sin and thought nothing of it. When the Lord allowed their things/their stuff to be shaken by the enemy, only then did they repent of their wicked ways and again seek His face and His ways. When they gave themselves completely to Him and worshiped Him alone, He healed their land and His blessings abounded. Our nation needs to take heed and learn from the pages of history once again. What better time to return to Him…or to begin seeking Him for the first time…Christmas…the true and only reason we celebrate this season…what better time to seek Him more passionately than ever before…

In spite of what atheists, humanists, the media and others are trying to speak into our nation (“there is no god;” their politically correct agenda to remove Christ from Christmas), THERE IS A GOD…there is one, true, living God and He is the Creator of the universe and He loves uncomprehensably every single person ever knit together in the womb. In spite of what all of the diverse religions try to say, there is only one way that leads to God, our Heavenly Father: Jesus. Jesus is the only way, the only truth and the only life. He is love manifested…His love poured out…God incarnate. There is no greater love displayed than God sending His only Son to this earth…no greater love revealed than Jesus, who gave up all the comforts of Heaven to pay an expensive price – our debt of sin cost Him everything – that we might once again intimately know our Heavenly Father and be made righteousness through Him; forgiven, spotless, pure, holy and filled with His Son through the power of Holy Spirit…His glory, His anointing, His authority, and most importantly, His love, compassion, justice and mercy. Christmas…Christ…Christ in us…it’s all about Him. He gave His all for us; it’s time to reciprocate and give Him the gift He desires…ALL of us!

May everything He is manifest in/to all those truly seeking Him this Christmas. May everything He is increase and manifest in all whose hearts belong completely to Him. May His good and perfect “suddenlies” – the long-awaited answers – manifest in each and every individual/family standing on His promises. May the true love and joy of Christ be fully yours this Christmas and throughout the coming new year!