Phyllis
Ford, Arlington,
TX
Dec 17 2014
Word of the
Lord For 2015: You Will Overcome Your Battles By His Grace
This is the year where the glory of God will
bring us into new levels of victory – victories in battle as God moves in,
among, and for His people. There will be overcoming battles by His grace and
His glory as the Kingdom of God expands and advances in ways only God could
bring forth now.
Are You Asking, "WHY?" Here Are Some
Encouraging Prophetic Insights For YOU
As many of us enter into this New Year, we will
find ourselves transitioning into the place God has called for us to be. So much ground has been covered, and what we perceived to
be lost has truly been gained.
As the Lord has begun showing me glimpses into
2015, He released to me Biblical downloads with answers unveiling several types
and shadows. These prophetic signposts indicate patterns that will help
us proceed on our journey forward.
Let me greatly encourage you by saying
you have
not been waiting in vain. Nor are you standing still while in pursuit of all
that God is preparing for you. But,
it is
time to be clear as to why things have occurred the way they have. Many have already moved into a new place in the Lord.
However, while advancing, some didn't understand what was going on in the midst
of heavy levels of warfare. For as they passed over from one phase to another
, the intimidating demonic resistance tried to deceive them
and get them to give up what they had already received.
Now is
the time to stand;
not in a place
where what God said to us can be tossed about by uncertainty and outside
influences, but
we must stand in the knowing.
The knowing is a place where the opinions of others and even ourselves
has no power to affect our stance on the promises of God, because they are now
knowledge and truth instead of theories and possibilities. It's time for us to know what God is saying and to
remember the manner in which God is saying it. Observing with discerning eyes what is going on around us
must be the order of the day. Proceed
knowing that your very movements at this time carries a strength that you have
not previously experienced.
While we were trying to conquer challenges during
2014, it came to our attention that there were issues that needed to be
resolved.
We needed to receive emotional healing, which included the need to
forgive and release things that we could not even understand. But as we came to
grips with our weaknesses, the Lord revealed to us hidden strengths. Working
through those experiences caused us to come to the end of ourselves, and now He
has turned our mourning into dancing!
As we cry out before the Lord with hearts of
repentance, we will make great strides. As we embrace the truth of Jesus
Christ, having passion for the things of God, we find the strength to dismantle
feelings of complacency and battle weariness. The reality is that we shall be a
people that the Lord is establishing now.
Those with the greatest passion will be on the
front lines, but know that your position doesn't exempt you from going through
more of the perfecting process of grace.
Those will be led by the Spirit of God if they submit to the process to grow.
These are major decisions that must be determined in the hearts of God's
people. Those that say
I am not a part of this because I am above this,
or who say
I don't need the Lord's help will find themselves in painful
experiences until they submit willingly to God.
We are approaching serious times, and the Lord is purifying
His people.
For those who pressed into the things of God
harder, stronger, and more determined, God pressed out of them things that were
no longer needed and replaced them with spiritual strengths that will become a
catalyst in the times ahead. We have become more aware of why our circumstances
played out the way that they did.
Things that
we felt would have benefited us were sometimes withheld because if those things
had been prematurely released it would have altered the course of our destiny. "Why?" Because we had no idea what was coming
in 2015.
God's Words For Your Situation
"As you look out at what lies beyond this
point, you will be greeted by the image of My glory. As you enter in, you will
find that every process that you passed through has brought you to the place of
My grace and My glory.
Now you are on the brink of seeing great things
fulfilled before you. Pick up from here, for there is much to be accomplished,
and you will marvel as the Kingdom advances for it will touch and affect
everything it passes over.
"New sweeps and changes are on the way. As I
refine and purify My people, I will work in them, through them, and for them.
Prepare yourselves, for all eyes will be upon you, and that which I have placed
in you are the keys to overcoming and the wisdom to war."
1 Peter 5:8-11 (KJV) Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in
the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory
by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you. To Him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:8-11 The Message
Translation: Keep a cool head. Stay alert. The devil is poised to pounce, and
would like nothing better than to catch you napping. Keep your guard up. You're
not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It's the same with Christians
all over the world. So keep a firm grip on the faith. The suffering won't last
forever. It won't be long before this generous God who has great plans for us
in Christ – eternal and glorious plans they are! – will have you put together
and on your feet for good. He gets the last word; yes, He does.
One of my first downloads from the Lord on the new
year was found in the Book of Esther.
As we
transition into 2015, we will find ourselves amongst some twists and turns.
Esther best illustrates the narrative of an overcoming people who must deal
with the enemies of their day. At a close glance it carries so many significant meanings
and subplots involving the greatest achievements in its teaching. All of this
is a backdrop of Kingdom building. The types and shadows revealed in the Book
of Esther will uncover a brilliant wisdom that we must walk out in order to
conquer the challenges ahead.
The Lord said to me there will be great
victories we will experience as we deal with the enemy within us, the enemy
within the Kingdom, and the enemy at the gate. For the sake of discussion, we will call these levels one,
two, and three.
Dealing With the Enemy Within Us – Level 1
As individuals of the Kingdom we must go through
the process of growth and maturity. In our realization we see that through
necessary change we will come out of old mindsets and religious concepts. We
will be challenged to remove old habits, attitudes, and behavior that we have
allowed to remain which have kept us from progressing. We will see ourselves in
how we deal with others and the adjustments we need to make. This will mark a
time where we will deal with these issues, or else future consequences of those
issues will begin to be more visible. The truth and the revelation that will be
presented to us by the Lord will purge us.
This is an Esther purification,
and a true revival will be the result of it in the midst of true repentance.
There will be those who the Lord is raising up
with words of resolve, healing, and deliverance that will ignite the hearts of
the people to desire higher levels of teaching with greater levels of
anointing. The old ways must be removed in order to grow and mature. The glory
of the Lord moving forward at increased levels will sweep over our lives for
good. This is another level of grace that will be strong in this hour.
More grace = more glory.
The power to overcome
will be real and tangible in worship, in prayer, and in times of crying out.
A boldness will rise up in the truth of God's love and will birth forth those
who are ready to move forward
. This is where
family and personal relationships will be restored. Many strongholds will be
removed, with generational curses broken.
Dealing With the Enemy In the Kingdom – Level 2
Level two deals with the Kingdom. It is where we
pick up our spiritual responsibility and our accountability in areas of
leadership and servitude. It is the place where we offer our service to others
while walking out God's plans and purposes according to His standard.
In the Book of Esther, Haman was an enemy to the
people of God. Despite his position, he set off in his agenda to destroy God's
people. Haman began manipulating his position to make God's chosen people
appear to be the enemy, when in reality he was the actual enemy. He was an
enemy to the kingdom, to the king, and to God's people
. In 2015 we will see an "Esther people" come forth
to uncover the Hamans of today including some who are within the Church.
There will emerge an apostolic strength with a
prophetic anointing that will impact the future and bring the current reality
into apostolic order with God's prophetic vision for the Church. More outreach
efforts will be realized because the emphasis will focus on unity and
compassion for the less fortunate.
The need to touch those outside the walls
of the Church will spread like a revival fire fanned by the moves of
evangelism.
Angelic assistance will shift Church atmospheres.
Watch for changes within leadership that will begin to happen
in house groups, prayer groups, and within the local churches. The Lord said
clearly that the move that we see will not be focused on individuals but
corporately ushered in by those who are hungry and willing to be conduits of
His life. There will be a strong corporate anointing with power amongst the
team.
In 2015, there will be great mysteries that will
unlock the significance of the Jewish heritage and within it provide specific
strategies to overcome specific enemies of this day. The time from the feast of
Purim to Passover will be remembered by many as the greatest time of 2015. In
this New Year, history will be marked with highly significant events.
Dealing With the Enemy at the Gate – Level 3
Level three is concerning the gates. In Esther's
time, at the city gates of the kingdom, the elders sat positioned. Business
transactions were made, and various judicial rulings and public announcements
were discussed and decreed. The gate was also where the two servants plotted to
kill the king, but Mordecai overheard it and informed Esther of the plan (see
Esther 2
At this level that which happens at the gate
carries the power to impact the community from various levels in government. Social unrest and many other things can be traced back to
the gate where key decisions were made and key events took place. As the people
of God change (Level 1) and the Kingdom moves forward as one voice (Level 2),
we will see it impact our communities (Level 3).
From the gates of the city to the gates of nations
troubled by economic woes and violence, there are clear indications that many
enemies have positioned themselves at gates – from the local and national
gates. The Lord Himself will begin to shake these gates. The convergence of
people declaring righteousness will conflict with the enemies of our day.
We will have to deal with the gate enemies of poverty to the
gate enemies of abortion. These things will be changed by a people transformed,
by the Spirit of God, and a Kingdom empowered.
When we become changed at level one we will affect
level two, and ultimately the effects of each level will affect each other.
This is the time where the people of God will begin to understand that we must
become an answer to these pressing issues and not a part of the problem.
Prayer,
worship, and evangelism will affect the gates as well, but it will be by His
grace and glory that regions will be shifted.
The Company of One – Operating Out of a Divine
Synergy For a Greater Effect
The Lord began to talk to me about the rising up
of a company of leaders who would share revelation knowledge and release
strategies in various methods and modes for the training and preparation of an
end-time army. This end-time army will consist of various tribes gathered
together carrying various expertise, giftings, and anointings with the power to
destroy evil principalities that have not yet been conquered.
Those who are of
one heart,
one
spirit, and of
one mind will come forth to battle in heavenly realms in
2015. I asked the Lord what the
one stood for; His answer was, "I
am the One." And He is gathering one people who will walk in a divine
synergy. Synergy means with the interaction of two or more agents or forces so
that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual efforts.
This company will move in levels of synergy with God and one another to
accomplish impossible things, and the glory of God will be heavy in the midst
of them.
Ephesians 4:4-8 There is
one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your
calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is
over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace was given
according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, "When He
ascended on high, He led captive a host of captives, and He gave gifts to
men."
