1:19: “I was with you when you went down to the River. When did we go down to the River? you ask. When you came to Me to wash you clean from your sins. You came up out of My River of Forgiveness – redeemed and whole. Clean.

“Why did you dirty yourself again? Why do you remain unclean? My River of Redemption is always there for you. You can wash every sin in your life away at any time. My River purifies and refreshes. My River chases the devil away. My River runs for YOU.

“This fallen world would seek to coat you with sin. Coat you and coat you until you are weighed down beneath it, unable to rejoice with Me as you once did. Unable to feel the Grace of My Forgiveness. My River forever calls to you, forever flows its banks right up to your feet. You need only to step in. Let go of the call from the world. Cry out to Me for Forgiveness as you plunge into My Cleansing. My River never runs dry. My River keeps no accounting. It is freely yours as often as you need it.

“My River carries supernatural Power. Not only do its waters cleanse, they also fill the inside of you, running through your soul to cause you to Desire Me, to keep your self pure. My River is full of LIFE. Full of Joy, Hope, and EXPECTATION. My River sings and dances and PRAISES Almighty God. My River lifts you up above the wiles of your enemy. Makes you forget your enemy and seek only Me. My River sparkles and swirls, exhilarates and awes. My River HEALS. Its Waters heal body, soul, and spirit.

“WHY DO YOU REMAIN ON THE BANK? Why do you run from My River? How could you prefer the call of the broken world over the Perfection of Bubbling Waters of Life?

“I call you to My River. Come and STAY. Come and Play in its current. Come to My River of Repair and Reaping. It ever runs FOR YOU. Amen.”
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Notes:

Psalm 36:8: They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

I Peter 3:21: This water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Revelation 22:1: Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Ezekiel 47:9, 12: …everything will live where the river goes…By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.

John 7:38: He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”

Psalm 51:2, 10: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin…Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Acts 3:19: Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

Titus 3:5: He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 22:17: The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

This morning as I sat with the Lord, He spoke this word to His people:

“There is a story I am writing for you. The story of your LIFE. I Am the AUTHOR and FINISHER of YOU. I AM the Great I AM. Know that I see you. Know that I hear you. I see your struggles. I Am with you in your struggles. I Am with you in your happy times. I AM WITH YOU, My People. Do not go into hiding from Me in your difficult times. Your enemy would love to isolate you – both from Me and those who would pray for you. Do NOT give him the pleasure of succeeding. When you are struggling, you NEED the prayers of those around you. Do not fall into shame. Do not fall into the lie that says ‘nobody will understand.’ I work through My People. Yes, I speak directly to you and nurture you. I also work through My People. I rely on their prayers for you and their care for you.

“I want you to think of it this way: if someone you love is particularly struggling, wouldn’t you want to know? Wouldn’t you feel bad in only hearing later, knowing that you would have helped and prayed for them? In the same way, I call on YOU to not deny those who love you the chance to serve you when you need it. Pride often gets in the way of this. FORSAKE PRIDE. It is a sharp weapon of your enemy.

“In the detailing of your life I allow you to go through difficult times. In My Hand, such times are always to teach you, deepen your faith, and perhaps to prepare you for what is to come. But I never require you to go through such times completely alone. I Am always by your side. Call on Me to strengthen you and guide you. To teach you what I long for you to know. And go to those who love you and can serve you well, in league with Me. Difficult times do not need to be only difficult. I have great blessings for you in the midst of them. Use ALL of My Gifts to you during such times. I can bring you through hard seasons with such blessings that when you look back on them you will remember the blessings more than the difficulty. Such is My Way with My People. Lean INTO Me, never away from Me. Lean into those I have placed in your life to help you. This is not a suggestion, My People. It is a commandment from Me, who Loves you. Do not forsake or disregard My Gifts for you.

“Have you heard this message enough? Must I say it yet again? DO NOT FORSAKE ALL MY GIFTS TO YOU IN DIFFICULT TIMES. I Am ever with you and Love you. Amen.”
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Notes:

Hebrews 12:1-2: Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Psalm 23:1-4:  The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

II Corinthians 1:3-5: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. 

Psalm 119:50: This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.

Psalm 119:71: It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.

Proverbs 29:23: Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.

James 1:17: Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

As I read again the words God has given us on the 22nd of each month, this message from December 2024 stood out to me. It came at 12:15 a.m.:

“Where is the Grace? Where is the Grace I promised America? Where is the falling of My Spirit? ‘Why do you wait so long?’ people ask. ‘We need you NOW.’

“My Grace is always with you. My Spirit is always with you. What are you doing with them? Do not forget your present in looking to the future. Do not sit back awaiting Pentecost in your dead church – and meanwhile do nothing to stave the deadness.

“BE My Pentecost.

“Yes, My Spirit comes. My Glory comes in new measure. Yes, I will work wonders in your midst. That does not mean I’m doing nothing now. I’m preparing hearts to receive when My Spirit comes. I’m spreading a hunger for Me, a desire to pursue Me like never before. I need YOU, My People, to speak of what is to come. To teach that this is the DAY of My Glory. To spread Love and Joy, words of My Peace and healing. The promise of a glorious future is Glory, indeed. Pray for it, anticipate with longing. Look ahead – and WORK NOW. There is always work to be done. The promise of the future must not cause mere rest in the present. Fight in the spirit now. Stand against evil, rise up against Satan. STOP COMPLAINING and GET TO WORK. PRAISE Me. Lean into Me. Strengthen yourself in My Word. Learn how to hear Me – in all the different ways I speak. ASK Me to guide you – then LISTEN for the answer. Go after My Harvest. Speak of Me to them with Love. Forgive others and hold no offense – give it no shelter in your soul. Prepare yourself in such ways – and you will be ready to receive all the Glory I pour out on you. I do not choose to release more Glory and Blessing upon you than you can carry with honor toward Me. Profaning My Glory is costly.

“Pray to Me night and day to pour My Spirit out upon your family, your church, your state, your nation. My promise will come forth. Lives will be radically changed. YOUR life can be radically changed NOW – through your obedience to Me. Many have called out to Me these past years of hardship – and have been greatly blessed by My Spirit and favor. Be one of these. I have much to give you now. In the waiting – I never wait. I AM never still. If you only knew HOW MUCH I hold back from you because you are not prepared to carry and steward it well. BE My Glory by spreading it NOW. Look to the future, Serve in the present.

“All Glory and Honor to the King who sits on the throne, to the Lion of Judah who comes in Victory and Power. Amen.”
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Notes:

I was intrigued by God’s use of “stave”–not a typical verb. I’d heard the phrase “stave off,” but that’s not what the Lord said, and its meaning wouldn’t fit His context. I looked up the definition of “stave” and found that as a verb it can mean “burst open or force a hole into something.” That certainly fits here.

Ezekiel 36:26-27: Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.

Philippians 2:13: For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Acts 1:12-14, 2:1-4: Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem…When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying…These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer…When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.

Psalm 84:11: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Romans 9:23-24: And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

“I would say to you, My People, take your stand and ready yourselves. For the greatest battle is just ahead of you. Your hearts shall soar with Me. You will greatly rejoice over what I have in store for your nation, oh America. My People, stake out the territory I have given you. Your family, your city, your church. Claim this territory for My Kingdom. Set up your banners, MY BANNERS, over your territory. Claim it for the Lord. Kick the devil out. Allow nothing of him to remain. Do you see evil within your territory? Declare it broken off by the Power of My Son’s Blood. You MUST take your stand. I require ALL My Army in this fight. Ask Me for discernment EVERY DAY. That old serpent, the devil, seeks to turn you astray, seeks to fool you with a voice that sounds like Mine. Only with My Discernment can you ferret out his lies. You MUST keep close to Me at this time. You must not let your guard down for a moment.

“At this time you celebrate and rejoice in My Son’s Death and Resurrection. By the shedding of His Blood, the Perfect Lamb, you are redeemed. By His Resurrection and Ascension to My heavenly throne, to sit at My Right Hand, you are now his co-heirs. You, also, move and live in His Power. You, also, have Authority over all the works of your enemy. You walk in VICTORY, for all things are beneath your feet. Do NOT insult Me or My Son in the face of His sacrifice for you by refusing to walk in the POWER that very sacrifice has afforded you. You lack nothing in the bringing down of your enemies. You do not lack Wisdom, Strength, Endurance, Love. For all of these things and so much more are yours through your inheritance through My Son. Do not profane your inheritance. Seek to speak only the words I put in your mouth. Are the words ‘I can’t’ from Me? Do these words agree with what My written word says to you? You can do all things through My Strength. You are My Children, My Mighty Army. I, the Lord God, am your Commander through My Son, Jesus. You fight for Victory by My Strength – OR you fall in defeat by your own lacking. The choice is yours. Choose wisely.

“All Power and Honor to My Risen Son, your Redemption and Atonement. Amen.”
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Notes:

I John 4:1: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Romans 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Galatians 1:4: [The Lord Jesus Christ] gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father…

Romans 16:20: The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet…

Colossians 1:9-13: …we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of  His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Romans 8:16-17: The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ— if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. 

Ephesians 2:4-6:  But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus…

Luke 10:19: Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.

Philippians 4:13: I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

During the night of November 1, 2024, God woke me up to speak a word. I noted the time – 1:53. Just the evening before, I’d been studying the recounting in John 21 of the disciples hauling in a huge load of 153 fish. I’d heard from somewhere that the 153 stood for the number of sheep nations during the Kingdom Age. I had no way of verifying that and questioned God about it. And so that night He woke me up at just that time and said: “Fishers of men. 153 fish caught. Yes, My nations. My People.” In the early morning hours of December 18, He had more to say about this. I find it significant that the time He awoke me was 3:16. John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
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3:16: “Healing for the nations. I bring healing to the nations. Each nation has its own unique problems and sickness. This evil flows from the particular principality of spirit that oppresses it. Some nations will refuse My healing, even as My Spirit pours out. Most will radically change. As people’s hearts are drawn to Me, the evil spirits over their nations are weakened. My Glory will raise up the people, forcing the spirits to flee. Woe to the nations who do not turn to Me, for they will become even darker. The nations who rise in My Glory will shine brightly and be blessed. Their land will heal, the people shall heal. My Spirit will flow freely. As never before, you shall see the meaning of the promise from My Word – ‘blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.’

“My disciples fished all night but caught nothing. Everything in its time. My early promise to them was to make them ‘fishers of men.’ One word from My mouth at the Appointed Time – and in their weariness of soul and body they obeyed and cast their net where I directed. By earthly measure, the difference from casting from one side of their boat to another seemed slight, insignificant. It was not the change of earthly space that mattered. My WORD went forth, and the fish swarmed. Then they knew it was I who had SPOKEN. Their bulging catch was carefully counted – 153 fish. MY NATIONS. 153 nations shall swarm to My net of Salvation. In My Time and at My Word, the obedience of My People will bring in the Great Harvest. THAT TIME IS UPON YOU. As My Spirit moves and My Word goes forth, you, My People, must obey swiftly. I require your ALL. I require your infinite TRUST in My Word, even when My Commands seem needless and without meaning to you. I KNOW WHERE MY FISH ARE. I know what it will take to bring them into My net of Salvation. I work through YOU, My People. Your obedience will bring them in – great droves of them that will astound you.

“My disciples had given their all to follow Me. In those years I taught them, prepared them for what was to come. They had witnessed the agony of My death and the WONDER of My Resurrection. Because of their obedience and devotion to Me, when the moment came requiring them to obey a command that seemed insignificant, was beyond their understanding, they were prepared to push through their weariness and obey. Had they not, the fish would not have been caught. SO I REQUIRE OF YOU, MY PEOPLE. The time is here for the Great Catch of My Spirit. Heed My call, follow My precise direction – and BRING IN MY HARVEST. My nations SHALL BE SAVED. My nations SHALL BE HEALED. Amen.”
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Notes:

II Chronicles 7:14: If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Psalm 33:12: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

John 21:2-11: Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing. But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. So Jesus said to them, “Children, you do not have any fish, do you?” They answered Him, “No.” And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish…So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.” Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

Matthew 9:36-38: Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”