SIGHTS, SOUNDS, & STORIES 💥

Yesterday morning, as I drove to work, I was admiring the clear skies and the distant mountains that surround the Los Angeles area where I live. Suddenly, I felt like I heard the Lord say, “I want to fill the LA Basin with my glory.” It was so specific. He then showed me a birds-eye-view of the whole region. In the picture, the topography of the land looked like a literal giant bowl—or basin—that was filled with His liquid glory along with the prayers of the believers for revival. Revelation 5:8 NLT And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. My heart became overwhelmed by this imagery as I could feel the desire of the Father’s heart for it to become reality on the earth. Then, in the same moment, came this deep knowing that we must not let “any flies in the bowl.” Ecclesiastics 10:1 NLT As dead flies cause even...

Recently as I was in prayer, the Lord showed me a faceless figure wearing a high priest’s attire, but it wasn’t the High Priest. I immediately knew it was a representation of the demonic pharisee (religious) spirit.  This figure was holding a conductor’s baton and was using it to orchestrate or direct the plans of the enemy — plans of chaos and confusion that bring division and disunity, among other things.  It was almost as if I could see sabotage shooting out from the baton. It caused some to be spiritually blind. Others to be spiritually deaf. And others to turn on each other because they were surrounded by a swirl of lies.  But the baton was thin, weak, and fragile. I began to take authority over the pharisee spirit. I broke it’s power, releasing the Lord’s mercy and declaring His blood speaks a better word. As I did, the baton snapped. So easily and so quickly! No longer could the enemy conduct his plans. No longer could he sabotage the people of God by orchestra...

God is dismantling and displacing regional strongholds (including witchcraft/Jezebel, idolatry/Baal, and religion/Pharisee) by tearing down idols that have been established by counterfeit covenants.  A few months ago, on May 9, 2023, I was praying for revival in my city, Wilmington, California. As I shared in a previous post , I felt like the Lord gave me two phrases from Scripture to declare over my region: “Mercy triumphs over judgment” (James 2:13) and ”His blood speaks a better word" (Hebrews 12:24).  I asked the Lord, “Why those two verses?” He took me to Acts 9, which is the story of Saul, the Pharisee — a man who is out doing his own thing, thinking it’s the right thing, and making a mess of things. A man who is the epitome of how the demonic works.  Saul, with letters of authorization over cities, is literally shedding the blood of innocent people in the name of his cause. He is a man who is deeply lost and spiritually blind… just like so many in my city… just...

  247 years ago, on July 4, 1776, fifty-six brave men made a declaration. They wrote and signed a document known as the Declaration of Independence, declaring the 13 American colonies were free from the rule of Great Britain. But the declaration alone wasn’t enough. It also required sacrifice — the blood of thousands of individuals who believed in a better tomorrow and, in their words, "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  Because of this bold declaration and the willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice, we can now live in freedom in the United States of America. Freedom is always the result of sacrifice. And most often, it is the result of someone else’s sacrifice.  In America, we enjoy so many incredible freedoms not found in other countries. But are we really free? Even as Americans, we can be so bound — enslaved to fear, depression, busyness, offense, and the list goes on…. We can live in a free country, but still live a life bound to darkness. And for this...

“There’s a radical remnant rising up!”  When I first heard Holy Spirit say this, I asked Him what He meant by “radical.” To be honest, that word often carries a negative connotation in my mind. (But what we think and what God thinks can be two very different things! If God is speaking, we cannot allow our own biases to stand in the way of what He is trying to say!) I felt like God said to look up “radical,” so I did… and what I found was powerful: RADICAL is defined as: “of or going to the root or origin; fundamental.” It comes from a Latin word meaning HAVING ROOTS.  I feel God is saying: To be radical is to be rooted.  The Prophet Isaiah writes, "Once more a REMNANT of the kingdom of Judah will take ROOT below and bear fruit above. For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this" (Isaiah 37:31-32, NIV). The remnant who is rooted will bear the fruits of revival! Church, revi...