As I looked at the date this morning I was struck by the numbers: 2/22/25. Four twos in a row, followed by a five. This reminded me of Isaiah 22:22, which has been a mainstay verse for America these past five years: “Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens no one will shut, when he shuts no one will open.” In this season, this verse has spoken to the rising of the new Ekklesia in God’s power and might–to declare against evil and call in righteousness. This verse is reflected in the New Testament as Jesus speaks to His disciples in Matthew 18:18: “Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” As for the five–this is the number for grace. So: 2/22/25 speaks to me of our power through Christ’s blood and His grace toward us.

I then went back to read God’s words on the 22nd of each month during 2024 and into January 2025. His word one month ago leapt out at me as it, too, reflects the call and promises of Isaiah 22:22 and Matthew 18:18. God speaks of His church now rising up as His Ekklesia, as He always intended us to be. (In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “…upon this rock I will build My ekklesia–and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” Jesus chose a Greek word that in His day referred to a called-out group of citizens who gathered in a public place to deliberate and make governing decisions.) Here is a repost of the word from January 22, 2025:

1:03: “Do not think their end is in sight. The evil will be with you forever on earth. It’s not that they will cease to exist. They will simply have no power over you.

“I speak of days ahead, when My Church walks in My Holiness and Power, unencumbered by the wiles of Satan. He is a conquered foe. He has no power but what man gives him. My risen Ekklesia, walking as I have always called them to walk, will not be tempted by him, nor deceived. He will be quickly vanquished by their command.

“This is your future, America.

“Arise now, Ekklesia, My Governing Body, and take command of evil. Look at what you have already accomplished. Many of the plans of the evil have been held back by your prayers and declarations. Your FAITH holds Satan’s plans in check. Your actions, based upon My commands of what must be done, My words to you that reveal their plans – charting a course for your prayers. This is why you MUST have ears to hear what I tell you. There is no strategic plan for fighting evil’s plans without hearing My words of strategy. I give you all that you need, if you will only listen and follow. The church who believes I no longer speak is a church without power, indeed. They have My written word for a blueprint for living, but no current battle plan for what the enemy is doing in the moment. This will STOP. An Ekklesia who does not listen to its commander for warfare is no Ekklesia at all. You cannot preempt evil when you know nothing of its plans. You can only react when those plans suddenly strike.

“Look ahead now, America. I will give you strategy. I will reveal your enemy’s plans that you can thwart them with your words. You have no power of yourselves. But with My Blood, you have POWER unstoppable that makes demons flee. Look to Me, listen to Me, then obey. Evil’s grip will continue to fall. Recompense will come to those who have fought against you. Just reward – for the wicked and for the righteous. Your future is bright. It now shimmers before you. Follow my lead – to GLORY.”
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Notes:

I John 5:4-5: For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Ephesians 6:10-11:  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

John 16:33: “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Isaiah 30:21: Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

James 4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Hebrews 2:14: Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.

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 shall hurt you.”

1:58: “Great is our God. Sing it, America – great is our God! From the mountains to the valleys, His name is to be praised.

“Come walk with Me now, America. See where I take you – My first among the nations to be set free. Your fight is not yet over. The peak of it is to come. The pinnacle of your fight – and Mine. You will need your feet planted firmly in Me, your eyes fastened on Me, your ears listening to My commands for each moment. Such a position of Faith will guard you in the shaking, will keep you from being shaken.

“I need My People firm in the storm so you can help others who have not prepared. When they hear your declarations of faith and see your calm amid the storm, they will come to you for answers. Open your mouth wide and speak My Truth to them. I will fill your mouth with My words. Be a beacon of light, MY Light. I have planted you to help those around you. Great Harvest will come from the storm, for I will make Myself known in ways undeniable.

“Your greatest days are ahead of you, America. You shall be My witness to the nations – as your covenant with Me decrees. My Name is a Strong Tower. People will run to Me to be saved. They will need guidance and nurturing. They will need My steadying Hand – seen through you. They will need My Words of Wisdom – spoken through you. Arise, My People in America, and be My Beacon of Light to the world. I NEED YOU TO SHINE. Amen.

“Amid the battle, you will have struggles of your own. Bring them to Me without delay. I will give you the Power to quench each burning arrow of your enemy as you fight My Battle for America. You cannot allow yourself to be distracted. Let your heart SOAR in faith of WHAT I WILL DO. These battles will be your finest moment yet, My Army of Light and Truth. Hear these words once more – I SHALL SAVE AMERICA. Victory in the storm is already secured. So stand fast no matter what you see around you – and know that I have sent myriads of angels to fight with you. You shall empower them with your words of faith to Me, for they obey My words flowing through you. YOUR VICTORY IS ASSURED. Hear these words from Me. Plant them in your heart. You will NEED them in the stormy days ahead. I will be your port in the storm and your final resting place when it has passed. Remember to PRAISE Me at all times, for this will be your security and endurance.

“I AM a Just God. I will repay the wicked for their deeds. I will honor My Army of valiant Spirit Warriors. And I will use you to bring in My Harvest. Your life, the life of your nation, will never be the same, for no one can see the deeds I will do for you and remain unchanged. The Fire of My Glory requires a response. Many who have not known Me, even purposefully rejected Me, will be brought into My Kingdom. And My Warriors who have fought this battle will be highly elevated, for I will pour greater wisdom and understanding of Myself into you.

“Do you hear the drum beat of this apex battle? Gear up, My People, for the fight of your life – and call down My Glory upon you. This shall be America’s finest hour yet.

“All honor and praise to God, the Great Commander who keeps His Word to the last detail. He is Worthy to be praised forever. Amen.”
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Notes:

Psalm 16:8: I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Psalm 81:10: “I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.”

America’s covenant with God declared April 29, 1607 at Cape Henry: “We do hereby dedicate this Land and ourselves to reach the people within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations, take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this covenant of dedication remain to all generations as long as this earth remains, and may this land, along with England, be Evangelist to the world. May all who see this cross remember what we have done here, and may those, who come here to inhabit, join us in this covenant and in this most noble work that the Holy Scriptures may be fulfilled. From these very shores, the Gospel shall go forth, not only to this New World, but the entire world.”

Proverbs 18:10: The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Ephesians 6:16: In addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Psalm 103:20: Bless the Lord, you His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His word, obeying the voice of His word!

Psalm 34:1-2: I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the Lord. The humble will hear and rejoice.

Psalm 98:2, 7-9: The Lord has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations…Let the sea roar and all it contains, the world and those who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

2:09: “This day, God reigns. Tomorrow, God reigns. God always REIGNS.

“What does it mean to reign? To be and act as King. I AM forever KING. Therefore, do not doubt My Word. My WORD reigns. Is KING.

“Think on this. If My Word has power over all, where is there room for doubt? Is it reasonable, even according to earth’s standard of rational deduction? How much more so for the KING of all creation?

“WHY DO YOU DOUBT ME?

“‘But I do not doubt,’ you say. ‘I have faith in You’ so you say.

“Do you fear? Do you entertain worry? Anxiety? Are these forms of doubt of My Kingship, My Word? Have I not promised to take care of My People? Am I not all Powerful, all Loving?

“A heart that harbors any amount of doubt against Me is a double-minded heart. What does double-minded mean? Exactly what it speaks. Your mind is of two thoughts about Me. Faith one moment, doubt the next. Faith for one part of Me but not another. Such a mind will not produce consistent obedience to My Word. Ask Me for help in this. Ask Me to show you where you doubt. I will heal all your doubts. I will teach you faith. Faith is forged through witnessing My consistency. I will show you who I AM. I will build faith within you. I AM faithful. Amen.”
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Notes:

Psalm 146:10: The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 29:10: The Lord sat as King at the flood; Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.

Isaiah 40:8: The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Isaiah 41:10: Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Matthew 6:25-26: “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?”

James 1:6-8: But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Luke 17:5: The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 

Hebrews 10:23: Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

12:35: “My People will now march. March to the beat of My drum – not to war but to holiness. Yes, you are in wartime, and you fight every day against evil. That continues. But look now to the horizon – where I AM taking you. My Church must arise in holiness. I will have no more apostasy, no more false shepherds leading My flocks. Among My remnant of warriors I will require a full setting apart of oneself from the world. I must have your ALL – so you can carry ALL I have to give you. What have you not yet set on the altar before Me? What would you withhold from Me for fear of what I will do with it? THIS is what I must have. Holiness is purity. I cannot purify what you will not give Me. I cannot trust double-mindedness. Give Me ALL of yourself – and ask daily for Me to show you what you’ve overlooked. Turn your heart toward Me completely, as hungrily as a flower turns toward the sun. I will drench you with My Goodness. I will set your heart on fire for Me and My Kingdom. I MUST HAVE WILLING HEARTS. You shall no longer be complacent. You shall no longer sit in your pews and think it enough. You must march in My Power and Authority, founded upon the purity of your heart toward Me. My BLOOD is your authority. I gave My Life for the BLOOD of redemption. I require your LIFE in return – a living sacrifice to Me for My Kingdom. Who is with Me? Who will shout YES!? Come, follow Me – and march in holiness and single-mindedness toward Me. I will lead and guide you. I will show you the Way – MY WAY.

“Blessed be God the father. Blessed be the Son, the perfect Lamb slain. Blessed be the Spirit. Amen.”
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1:40: “The strength of My Spirit gives Light. Will you follow My Light? My Way is Light. Light for you, for My Kingdom. Follow My Way. Know and TRUST that I will lead you.

“Ask Me to unfold this word for you. There is much meaning beneath the surface. Amen.”
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3:28: “Do not ask Me for My Glory upon you. Ask Me to PREPARE you for it – for the full extent I would have you carry. Then you must be willing to PAY THE PRICE in obedience. When you have emptied yourself, obey all I ask of you – then I will give you My Glory as a mantle.

“My Glory can be seen when it falls – as a mist, a cloud, even as fire as at Pentecost with My first disciples. Anyone can see My Glory. Few can carry it. You must be willing to give Me your life. You must be willing to go through the fire of preparation – My fire that refines. My Glory is heavy. It must sit on a firm foundation of Love and Humility. My Glory is Kingdom first, never ‘Me first.’ My Glory is for My Servants.

“Ask Me to prepare you. This takes time, the continued refining of a willing heart. A Yes to My every command, even before you know what I will require.

“My Glory comes with a price. My Glory is worth it.

“Ask – and Come.”
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Notes:

I Peter 1:15-16: …but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Matthew 6:21: …for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Romans 12:1: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

James 4:8: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

John 8:12: Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Psalm 119:130: The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

II Chronicles 5:13-14: …then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Exodus 13:21: The Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.

Acts 2:1-4: 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.

4:35: “To God be the GLORY. I will have My people follow Me in Glory. What does it mean to walk in My Glory?

“It starts with Love. You cannot bear the weight of My Presence without walking and moving and living in My Love, for I AM Love. Walking in My Glory requires the emptying of yourself so I can fill you. ‘Take up your cross and follow Me.’ As I took up My cross – My destiny – so you must be willing to live out the destiny designed for you. This requires full obedience. A daily Yes to what I ask of you. Ears attuned to Me so you can hear what I speak. A heart aligned with Me, in humility. Hunger for My revelation. Zeal for My righteousness and justice. A soul in constant gratitude and praise of Me.

“All of these things transcend earthly desires and circumstances. ‘To You, oh Lord, I lift up My soul.’ This is what is required – the lifting up of your soul from earth and into My realm of spiritual eyes and ears.

“Do you say this is too much? I cannot begin to attain to these things? Yes, this is true. You need ME. And so we circle back to the beginning – a willingness to empty yourself of earthly desires and allow Me to fill you. Ask Me – and I will give you the desires of your heart – MY desires based on Love, Faith, and Humility. Earthly desires fade in the presence of Faith and complete trust in Me. A heart beating with My desires is a heart prepared to carry My Glory. As muscles are exercised to grow strong and carry more weight, so a soul must be prepared and exercised to carry My Glory, for it is weighty. Only I can prepare you. Only you can allow Me to do so – for I force Myself on no one. Will you empty yourself for Me? Will you choose Me above all else?

“My Glory awaits you.”

“My Glory is POWER and AUTHORITY. My Glory makes demons tremble and flee in terror. My Glory brings all My spiritual gifts, for I withhold nothing from those who walk in My Power. My first disciples walked in Glory – and it spilled off of them onto others for healing. Such is the Glory I will give to those who are willing to carry it in My Kingdom on Earth – and more. My Glory is the manifestation – the revealing – of Me, for it IS the very essence of Me. My Glory on My People will cause the very earth to heal. No onslaught of hell can stop, can outweigh My Glory. No amount of suffering can quench it, for it transcends all earthly circumstance.

“I desire ALL My People to be My Glory carriers. Ask Me for this – and I will prepare you. I LONG TO PREPARE YOU. For this is the appointed time for the pouring out of My Glory on earth. On you.

“AMEN. So be it.”
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Notes:

I Thessalonians 2:12: …live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

Matthew 16:24: Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

Psalm 25:1-2: To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust…

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

II Corinthians 4:17: For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison.

Luke 10:17: The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

Acts 5:14-16: And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number, to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.

Acts 19:11-12: God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

Romans 8:19-21: For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

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

Isaiah 60:1-3: Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.