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December 15, 2022
Let it Be
Hebrew 12:15 – looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
Holding a grudge is like drinking poison every day hoping it will make the other person sick. It does nothing but kill your testimony. Be loyal to King Jesus in the middle of offense. Let Him tear out any bitter root and give you the joy of a clean heart.
Declaration: I will be loyal to King Jesus in the middle of offense. I refuse to drink the poison of unforgiveness. God’s grace and mercy flow freely to and through me.
Let it BeWhen the angel Gabriel called Mary “highly favored one,” she didn’t think he was actually talking to her. Isn’t that the way it always is? The Lord shows up, tells you something amazing, and you always think, “He can’t be talking to me.”
When God is first calling you and me into greatness, we tend to think He’s mistaken us for somebody else when, in fact, we are mistaking ourselves for somebody less. That’s what Mary thought too.
Gabriel quickly sees what Mary is confused about, then He calls her by name. Now, they’re both on the same page for about five seconds before he tells her the great news: she’s going to get pregnant. She points out the issue that she’s never known a man and it’s impossible for a virgin to become pregnant. Gabriel responds that the Holy Spirit is going to take care of the details and that’s how she’ll know the child is a supernatural child.
Before he leaves, Gabriel tells Mary how blessed and awesome she is, and that God has chosen her. In fact, she’s the most highly favored woman the world has ever seen.
I don’t know about you, but I would not be feeling blessed and highly favored about now. I would be thinking, “I’m going to lose my awesome finance, my parents are going to be shamed and ostracized, and I’m going to be stoned by the religious devils who say I’ve stepped out on my hubby to be. No thanks!” I might even head for the hills.
But Mary doesn’t. Maybe she has no place else to go. Still, she says this amazing thing – “I am the maidservant of the Lord. Let it be as the Lord has spoken unto me.” She may not have understood all of what God was doing, but she was definitely ready to get with His program.
You and I need to be able to say that too. When He tells you to adopt a baby, start a new business, create a new ministry, or go way out on some limb, that’s your response.
When Jesus gives you any kind of word about your identity, purpose, or destiny, you know the answer should be just as Mary said: “Let it be as the Lord has spoken unto me.” Start practicing that right now. It’s not only a way of saying, “Yes,” it’s saying, “I trust you with my life – all my life – no matter what.”
And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God…For with God nothing will be impossible.” Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.” – Luke 1:35, 37-38
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December 14, 2022
Every Jot and Tittle
Romans 12:14 – Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Bring King Jesus to anyone who comes against you in the name of the enemy. Jesus was not, and never will be, scared of the attacks from the enemy camp. You shouldn’t be either. Greater in He who is in you.
Declaration: I will bring the fullness of My King Jesus to those who come against me. I will pray for my enemies and those who spitefully persecute me.
Every Jot and TittleThe prophecies about the birth of Jesus are so important to know and understand. This one might just be my favorite. It’s an obscure prophecy about the birth of Jesus that’s not just about the town he would be born in, it pinpoints the Messiah’s birthplace down to the very square foot.
You might not have ever heard this before but, like the prophecy about Messiah behind born in Bethlehem, this is also in the book of Micah.
“And you, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, even the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.” – Micah 4:8
What is the tower of the flock? It’s the place where the Levitical shepherds kept newborn lambs that passed the test of being born spotless. They would be sacrificed in the Temple for the sins of the people. Hmmm.
And get this, the Tower of the Flock was in the “Shepherd’s field.” The exact same field that King David watched his flocks in when he was a boy. Jesus is from the line of David. He was literally born in the tower of his “father David” to be a sacrificial lamb for the sins of the world.
But that’s not all! The priests would wrap the lambs in “swaddling clothes” – the ripped up priestly garments covered in the blood of past sacrifices. Instead of throwing them out because they were now unclean, the Levites used them to protect the spotless lambs. That means Jesus was wrapped in the “blood of the sacrificial lamb” from birth!
It gets even better. They also used these cloths to make wicks for the menorah. It’s like they knew Jesus was the light of the world! They didn’t, but God did and He was prophesying it loud and clear at the Tower of the Flock. Check out what the angel said:
“And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” – Luke 2:12
The Levitical shepherds knew at the words “swaddling clothes” exactly where to look for the Messiah. There was only one place it could be and it’s so prophetic! My friends, God fulfills His prophetic words – every one of them down to the slightest jot or tittle. His word can be trusted.
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December 13, 2022
Leaven or Bread?
Job 12:13 – With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
Father God is a good Dad. He wants to take care of you, teach you, and counsel you. But many of us have the “I can do it myself. I have to figure this out on my own” attitude. We wait until we’ve made a mess to cry out to Him. Repent and call to King Jesus today! He will answer.
Declaration: King Jesus is my everything. I will call to Him in the midst of my mess and He will answer me.
LEAVEN OR BREAD?Most babies do not have any control over the circumstances of their birth – when they’re born, who they’re born to, the real estate they’re born on. They don’t know the condition of the world they’re born into. But Jesus was no normal baby. He was God Almighty in flesh form.
Today, I want to talk about the prophecy of where the Messiah would be born. The book of Micah makes some things pretty clear.
“But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” – Micah 5:2
Written about 700 years before Jesus’ birth, this prophecy eliminates all other cities and towns. That means if anyone rose up and said they were the Messiah but weren’t born in Bethlehem, they were disqualified.
My friends, Bethlehem literally means “House of Bread.” Jesus calls Himself the “Bread of Life” in John 6:35 and promises all who believe in Him shall never hunger or thirst. In contrast to that, we are to beware the “bread” the enemy offers.
Then Jesus said unto them, “Take heed and beware the leaven of the Pharisees.” – Matthew 16:6
He’s saying that the bread the High Priests and religious leaders of the day offer – manmade rules – leads to death. That’s still true today!
Remember in the Exodus story how the children of Israel were told to eat unleavened bread during the first Passover? Still to this day, the Jews rid their house of any leaven during the Feast of passover because it is synonymous with the sin of lying.
See the connection? Even during the time of Moses, God was prophesying about the place Jesus would be born and the times He would live in. My friends, Jesus is the “Bread of Life” born in the “House of Bread.”
This speaks of our day as well. Beware the leaven of religion that wants to replace life with death and freedom with manmade rules. Feast on the Word of Jesus – your daily bread – and have abundant life.
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December 12, 2022
A Next-Level Heart
John12:12 – The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem…
When Jesus shows up on the scene, everything else no longer matters. He changes everything: plans, schedules, events. But what is real is, you must be looking for Him. And once you see Him, get with His program.
Declaration: I will not miss my time of visitation. I will cooperate with God’s program by saying ‘yes’ to whatever He asks of me.
A NEXT-LEVEL HEARTYou may know my friend, Mylon LeFevre. He’s a true rockstar of the faith. I have the privilege of going out to his house sometimes to receive counsel from him. He’s a next-level guy and I love next-level counsel.
One day, he turns my whole life around just as the angel Gabriel did to Mary when he delivered the Good News that she was going to be mama to the Messiah. In my case, Mylon looked at me and said, “Troy, are you not called to save women out of terrible bondage?” I said, “Yes sir, I am.” He said, “Are you not called to feed orphans?” I said, “Yes sir, I am.”
“Troy, are you not called to run a church that makes a tremendous difference?” I said, “Yes sir, I am.” Now that he and the Holy Spirit had established my identity, he spoke into my purpose and my destiny with these words: “One thing I recognize in you is that you have a poverty mentality. You still tell people how poor you are and that you’re not very smart. Troy, for you to have such a huge calling, and for you to speak against it is the same as sleeping with a Philistine.”
When he said those words to me, I got it. Philistines are the enemies of God and hooking up with them creates nothing but more enemies. I decided right then that I’m not going to do that anymore. Just like Mary, I needed to learn to say,
“Let it be as the word of the Lord has spoken unto me.” – Luke 1:38
Mary was a teenage girl who didn’t have next-level counsel in her life, but she had a next level heart. She didn’t understand all of the message the angel was telling her, but she understood he had given her an identity, a purpose, and a destiny. She was chosen and she couldn’t pass that up.
Neither should you. What are you called to do? Be a Godly leader for your wife and kids? Be a crazy cool giver so people can be fed and freed? Are you called to teach, build, serve, invest, or drop everything and go across the world for God’s glory?
Write down who God says you are. That’s your identity. Write down the tasks he wants you to perform. That’s your purpose. Then write down where you see yourself within the Body of Christ. That’s your destiny. Speak those things over yourself and, like Mary say, “Let it be as the word of the Lord has spoken unto me.”
Do you want a next-level life? Have a next-level heart. And connect with your identity, purpose and assignment at my annual New Beginnings Conference Jan. 18-21. We live in a day and a time when you’re so important to the Kingdom. This resource will help you find your calling and bring heaven to your earth.
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December 11, 2022
Enhancement vs. Newness
Revelation 12:11 – And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
Are you living life as an overcomer rather than a survivor? Here is the difference: The world celebrates survivors–those who suffer and live to tell about it. But people of God are called to be overcomers–someone who gets beat up but rises and chases the bully away. Be an overcomer!
Declaration: I’m an overcomer. I take territories from the enemy and occupy them. I testify of the goodness of God everywhere I go.
Enhancement vs. NewnessAre you a person of revelation that is tapped into testimony? Just so you know, your testimony is not what you did before you were saved. That’s your history. We don’t live according to history because our history is all about death.
Your testimony is who Jesus is to you. How He’s shown up and how you have known Him by personal experience. When you testify to Jesus, it’s all about how He saved you and redeemed every part of your life. It’s all about life.
Because you and I are carnal, we come before God and we’re looking for enhancement. We just want to be better, do better and have better. That’s a pretty small vision.
And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. – 2 Corinthians 3:18
God’s not looking for enhancement. No, sir! He’s looking for transformation. He doesn’t want to just take what you’ve got and make it better, He wants to take what you’ve got, throw it in the trash and give you something awesome – something that looks like Him. Amen.
When He does that – when He starts moving you into your destiny – you’ll find your testimony is full of life. It’s full of upgrade, yes, but better than that, it’s full of newness. The experience of Jesus is always transformational. He loves you how you are, but He also loves you too much to leave you that way!
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December 10, 2022
Somebody Less?
Daniel 12:10 – Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
Know King Jesus will repay each one according to their actions. It might look like the wicked are getting away with their schemes, but they don’t understand what is coming. You are being purified and refined and are walking in increasing understanding of the times and seasons. Jesus is coming!
Declaration: God has a perfect plan for my life. Jesus is teaching me all things and increasing my understanding. I operated in a Spirit of understanding and wisdom. I’m looking for His return.
Somebody Less?The greatest story ever told starts off with something so miraculous that people all over the swingin’ globe still talk about to this day. It starts off with Gabriel the angel of the Lord showing up. He didn’t knock. This was not an expected visit. The brother just stepped in.
“Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, ‘Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; Blessed are you among women!’” – Luke 1:26-28
Sometimes God does that. Sometimes He decides to step into things at an entirely different level and that’s what we see here. The Bible says, “Mary didn’t think too much of herself.” She was likely excited about this time in her life because she was in the engagement process. She and Joseph are already betrothed. This means she’s 100 percent committed to him and everyone knows they’re going to get married.
It’s in this interim time Gabriel shows up and says these amazing things to Mary about being “blessed and highly favored.” The Bible says that “she cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.” Literally, she’s thinking the brother has the wrong address and the wrong girl. She doesn’t feel blessed and highly favored. I’m sure she just feels ordinary.
Gabriel recognized that, so he called her out by name in the next verse, telling Mary she is the one he’s there for.
“Then the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call his name Jesus.’” – Luke 1:30-31
Isn’t that the way it always is? The Lord will show up and He’ll tell us something amazing and we always think He’s mistaken us for somebody else. He hasn’t. You and I mistake ourselves for somebody less. We don’t see ourselves as God sees us and that’s the mistake of the whole thing.
Just like Mary didn’t see herself as highly favored, you probably don’t see yourself as God’s friend, child or even His favorite. But hear me on this – you are. You are His very favorite. You have all His love and all His attention because it is limitless.
Hear the words He literally sings over you, “This is my beloved child in whom I Am well pleased.” He knows who you are even if you’ve mistaken your own identity as someone less, someone ordinary.
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December 9, 2022
Messiah in the Mess
Romans 12:9 – Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
In these days of chaos, you will be challenged to give up on the goodness of God. You must hold onto the truth. Hold onto the legitimate sonship of the goodness of Jesus Christ. Loving good goes hand in hand with loving truth.
Declaration: I’m holding onto what is true and what is genuine. I think on things of heaven. My eyes are fixed on King Jesus.
MESSIAH IN THE MESSTo say that Jesus shows up in a mess is an understatement. Not only did He show up at a time when Israel was ruled by an Edomite (descendant of Esau who did not have the promise of God) by the name of Herod, He makes His entrance in the middle of an epic scandal.
Because she’s obedient to her identity and purpose, Mary has to tell Joseph she’s pregnant, but it’s a God thing. And Joseph thinks that’s whack. Can any man imagine being engaged to somebody and she showed up pregnant, says she didn’t cheat on you, but it’s a God-thing? Would that fly?
No, it wouldn’t and it didn’t fly with Joseph. What we like to call “the Christmas story” has a whole lot of messes in it. The very first mess is that Mary is pregnant. Although Joseph gets on board after an angel backs Mary’s story, the entire thing is filled with shame and scandal.
Miraculously pregnant through supernatural circumstances and in very real danger, Mary’s family sends her off to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Elizabeth is an old woman miraculously pregnant through natural circumstances.
So, they’re both miraculously pregnant and that’s another part of the Christmas story: sometimes it’s just as miraculous when God moves through natural things as when He moves supernaturally. Although one can be explained the other one can’t – both are supernatural.
And both of these miracles showed up in a messy time in a messy place when the nation was under godless internal and foreign rule, the rich should have been poor, and the poor should have been royalty. Having a child at Elizabeth’s age was scandalous, and being pregnant before the wedding was beyond scandal – shunning was a certainty and stoning was a possibility.
Just know this: God was in it the whole time and called it awesome. You see, you don’t get blessed without a mess. We grow, change, and find our destiny by going through the fire. We earn favor through difficulty. Whether Jesus shows up to you in a natural miracle or a supernatural one isn’t the point. The point is, He’ll show up.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. – Isaiah7:14
My friends, before the story of the virgin birth was was prophesied the Old Testament then fulfilled in the Gospels, it was written in the heavens. That virgin birth is a big part of my prophetic word for 2023 as well as the 5783 word in the Hebrew calendar. It’s mind-blowing what the Lord is speaking and you do not want to miss it. Join me at New Beginnings 2023, January 18-21.
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December 8, 2022
Blessing or curse?
2 Chronicles 12:8 – “Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations.”
God will let you choose who you will serve. We all serve something or someone. Your retirement fund, your legacy, your job–you name it. There is nothing wrong with preparing for future or making a path for someone else to follow, but it all ends. Serving the Lord and His purposes lasts for eternity.
Declaration: I’m a servant of the Lord Almighty. I will love what He loves and hate what He hates.
BLESSING OR CURSE?Not every blessing looks or feels like a blessing. If you’ve walked very long with Jesus, you’ve experienced pain, rejection and things that feel like a curse while you’re in the midst of them. Perspective is everything. Take Mary mother of Jesus for example.
There she is, laying there in a sheep stable giving birth for the first time. She’s just a teenager going through that tremendous pain only women know about, wondering if if’s suppose to feel like this or if maybe something is wrong.
Her mama’s not there and the women of Joseph’s family have shunned her and thrown her out with the livestock to fend for herself with a husband who didn’t have any idea how to help her. They had to have felt tremendous shame.
I can just see her laying on the floor of that stable remembering the words of Gabriel. “Hail Mary, you’re blessed. You’re the most highly favored woman anybody’s ever seen.”
I can also imagine her going over those words saying, “Didn’t God say I was going to be blessed? That I was special to Him and favored? This doesn’t feel like favor or being blessed.”
While most of us would be cursing the Lord or begging Him to take this away from us because we’ve changed our minds, there is no recording of Mary doing so. While she had to be feeling cursed, at that moment, Mary had to have faith that the angel told her the truth. This may be bad, but something good would come out of it.
Have you ever lost a job and felt like the biggest loser? Maybe you thought God brought that on you and you shook your fist at the sky asking, “Why? What did I do to deserve this?” only to look back a few months later and realize that job loss was actually a blessing. Maybe it allowed you to move on to something better or escape something you didn’t realize was eating you alive.
God is not in the cursing business. He’s in the blessing business and business is good. He even takes those blows life deals us and works them out for our good. He did that for Mary and He promises He will do that for you too.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. – Romans 8:28
This is the new Hebrew year 5783, and 83 in Hebrew is Pey-Gimmel: the picture of a mouth-camel. Whaaat? As weird as that sounds, it’s actually very beautiful. Pey, 80, is speaking and declaring; lining our words up with God’s Word. Gimmel means “lift up” as a camel lifts up one who rides it and bears burdens in desert places.
It’s a picture of a choice we have this year: to speak words that bless or curse; to lift up and bear burdens or to cast down and ignore the pleas of the needy. It’s a great big word I will be unpacking at my New Beginnings 2023 Conference January 18-21. Join me! There’s a personal word there for you, I promise.
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December 7, 2022
Celebrated in Heaven
Mark 12:7 – But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
As a member of God’s family, God has a great inheritance for you. The enemy is always after your identity and inheritance. He might not kill you, but he knows if he can convince you that you are not who God said you are, you will give up your inheritance. Don’t let him bully you! He is a cosmic punk and a big liar.
Declaration: I’m who God says I am. I have what God says I have. I can do what God says I can do. I will not be bullied or believe lies.
Celebrated in HeavenThe bloodline of the Lord Jesus Christ through his mother Mary, beginning with Joseph (standing in for Mary as she is the sole heir to her family bloodline) and going back all the way to Adam – all 77 generations – is found in Luke 2:23. By the way, seventy-seven is the number of the Church, but that’s just the cherry on top of what I want to talk about today.
Now, Luke was not a disciple of Jesus. He was a physician, historian and believer in the early church who thoroughly researched Jesus through interviewing eyewitnesses – most likely Jesus’ own family members and maybe even Mary herself if she was still alive.
Like all of us, Luke experienced Jesus and when he did, he was overwhelmed with Jesus’ humanity. To drive this point home, Luke traces the bloodline all the way to the very first human being. In doing this, Luke not only traces Jesus back to the original covenant, he proves Mary was in the line of David through his son Nathan.
Matthew 1 starts the genealogy at David and works forward to King Jesus because the book of Matthew is all about the Kingdom of Jesus. The word “kingdom” is in the book of Matthew more than anywhere else. When Matthew saw Jesus, he saw a King.
The reason I’m pointing all this out is if you go to the book of Matthew and trace the generations from David to Joseph – what’s real is, Joseph should have been the king of Israel. Mary, being in that line, also had royal blood.
Think about that for a second, because the guy who was the king in Israel – Herod – wasn’t even a Jew. He was an Edomite, a son of Esau. That’s how messed up Israel was when Jesus showed up. Nobody knows who the rightful king should be.
Nobody knows Joseph or Mary – both royalty – and they are some of the poorest folks around. If anyone in the history of mankind has been ripped off, it’s Mary and Joseph. This is my point: There are people that heaven celebrates that the world doesn’t. Jesus was born through people who only heaven celebrates.
Here’s what’s real. You are somebody that heaven celebrates. Even if the world has no idea who you are, heaven knows your name. It is so important that you and I, like Mary, line our mouths and minds up with what heaven says about us.
What has He spoken to you? This is what His Word says: You are His child, a joint heir with Jesus, a priest, a king, an overcomer – the list is long. Listen to Him and know that heaven celebrates you.
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. – Jeremiah 23 :5
Here at the intersection of the birth and Jesus and 2023, this 23 verse stands out – especially as this chapter in Jeremiah is all about being able to spot the fake shepherd. Why is that a word of warning for the year to come? Find out here…
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December 6, 2022
Even Mary…
Numbers 12:6 – Then He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.”
The Lord himself desires to make himself known to you, even more than you want to know Him. Get a dream journal and place it next to your bed. Ask the Lord to bring dreams to your memory and write them down. Jesus is speaking to you to encourage, warn, guide and just to make Himself known. Pay attention and be ready for your visitation.
Declaration: My nights belong to the Lord. He speaks to me when my spirit is quiet. I will see dreams and visions and I will remember them.
Even Mary…While Mary, the mother of Jesus, may not have been a graceful girl, she was indeed full of grace. How do I know? Her answer to the angel Gabriel when he came in and wrecked all her plans, relationships and reputation with the immortal words, “You shall bear a son…”
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her – Luke 1:38
There is a special kind of faith that makes a teenage girl say yes to a mysterious plan like the one the angel Gabriel unveiled that day. Faith fueled by, you guessed it, grace.
So what is grace? Grace is getting what you don’t deserve. It’s a good gift, and even as a child herself, Mary realized she had somehow qualified for something nobody else in history ever had or would. She was the first to experience the gift of Jesus – her savior.
We don’t often think about that. Even though Mary was cool and the angel called her “blessed and highly favored,” he did not call her “perfect” or “sinless.” While there are religious systems that teach she was indeed sinless and they even call her the “intercessor” between God and man, Mary knew better.
In her beautiful song of thanksgiving to the Lord known as “The Magnificat,” or “The Magnificence,” we read this:
And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. – Luke 1:47
Even Mary needed a savior. If she needed one, so do you. So do your kids, your cousins and the cashier at WalMart.
As the Christmas celebrations begin and the Hebrew year 5783 melts into the Gregorian year 2023, I’m reminded of this prophetic intersection of 83 in the Heavens – the star 83 Virginis. Located in the constellation of Virgo, it’s the promise of a savior written in the heavens before mankind was ever formed. And God almighty stamped that star with a magnitude, or brightness, of 555.
“Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the Lord your God, and the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.” – Isaiah 55:5
That is a great big word on abounding grace for all nations for all time! As we move into the new year, know you are blessed and highly favored. The gift of a savior is yours, and it’s your great honor and joy to share that gift with the lost and hurting around you. Say, “Let it be done to me as you have said” this holiday season and into 2023!
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