Prepare for a NEW thing

Can I just keep it real for a moment???!!!
 

























2018 has been one of my hardest years, super difficult to overcome. It's been so many times in 2018 that it's been hard to press, hard to maintain anything good, hard to fight...My faith had been tested on so many levels and it showed me that I needed more. It's easy to trust when the stars are aligning but what about when they aren't? Will you still have full trust in the vision God has given you, will you still believe that all things work together for the good of those that love Him (romans 8:28)? This was a time for me in which I truly felt how apostle Paul felt when he said there was constantly a thorn in his side. Personally, I believe this thorn was a spiritual thing he was referring to and my thorn was spiritual as well. It was just so much friction & war fare for me which made each day very difficult. I always looked at it as a roller coaster, one day is good the next is bad....My faith was being tested. The Lord kept reminding me, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2Corinthians 12:9)." and I believe that many were going through the same thing LAST YEAR (praise the Lord, I can finally say & believe that it is over). There were many failures and trials BUT at the same time there has been so many triumphs and blessings. God, has truly been walking with me even in my darkest hours, battling things that felt like they would last forever but He was there. Constantly loving me, constantly refreshing me, constantly reminding me of who He is and who I am in Him. There were many blessings in 2018 but there was also a war going on in the spiritual realm in regards to my purpose. There had been many and I mean MANY times the enemy tried to take me out, spiritually, emotionally, physically....but GOD..
2018 was just over all a year of staleness in my spiritual walk, but yet it was a testament that even when you don't feel your best God is still faithful and we still have to press toward the mark of the High Calling. When I am weak, He is strong.

So, with that being said....I would like to just declare over you & I that 2019 will be a year of all things being made NEW. I'm declaring new spiritual blessings, new heavenly perspectives, our mind sets being renewed, fresh fruit being produced, and an out pour of Gods spirit. When your spirit is aligned with God and your free to praise and worship Him, everything else falls into place. There's freedom in Christ Jesus, there is love, hope, joy, peace in Him! When I think back to the gospels in retrospect to my life, it was full of endurance, constantly the faith and patience of many were tested. However, God was always with them and reassured them that the sufferings of their present time was not worthy to be compared with the glory that would be revealed in them. God wants to know if we can wait out the storm in hope, WITH FAITH that He will make all things new. As I was writing in my journal today, I asked the Lord what scripture should I meditate on....I was presented with Revelations 21:5....which was also mentioned at church for the New Years Service. So I decided to focus on that same scripture for this New Years blog post!

Revelations 21:5 "Then He who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' And He said to me, 'Write, for these words are true and faithful. ' And He said to me, 'it is done!' I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 'He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be my son."

Although this scripture could possibly be referring to the Lord making all things new in regards to the New Jerusalem, I believe the word of God is alive, relevant, powerful, and sharper than any double edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). Therefore, I can hear the Lord saying "BEHOLD, I will do a NEW thing in your life." I can hear Him saying don't worry, everything you wanted to posses in 2018, you will in 2019. Everything you didn't have the strength to do, I will give you the strength and you will do it in 2019. I have to teach my children to not lean on their own understanding, but yet trust in me and I will make every path straight.
I will allow my children to go dry seasons so they can learn to Press into my presence, even when they don't feel like it. To trust me, even when the odds are up against them. To seek My face, even when they feel as though I can't be found. 2018 was a year of pressing the olive, and 2019 is the year of releasing all of the oil unto the Sons of God.

2018 was truly a year of  DRY BONES, but I am believing that the Lord is blowing His breath upon those dry bones and calling them to arise. Purpose, arising...Supernatural faith, arising. Strength, arising...Gift and talents, arising. God is going to make every thirsty desert into a spring of living water. I trust that this will be a year of believing, expecting, and receiving the super natural from Father God. The children of Israel had to travel through the wilderness for 40 years before they entered the land of milk and honey. Jesus fasted and prayed for 40 days in the wilderness and was tempted by the devil (but obviously didn't fall for it), then the bible says after that He went forth in power healing the multitudes. Before every great and perfect promise, I believe the Lord stretches us and puts our faith to the test. Before He uses us in an miraculous way or before the promise manifests, we must go through something. Sometimes this consists of Him separating us and placing us in the wilderness..Yes you go to church, yes you read your bible, yes you lead worship and host bible studies....but God wants to know, can you apply all of that knowledge you received and retained? It's so easy to talk the talk but God wants to know can we walk the walk...and because He desires our heart He puts us through a test, He doesn't tempt us with sin but He tests us our loyalty and faith. He wants our motives to be pure, our faith to be mighty, and our spirit to be on fire for Him.

So because you have endured through fire hell and rain, here comes the openings of heaven pouring out the oil..are you ready to receive this NEW thing of 2019??? Because only those in position to receive will.

According to Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, the Greek word Kainos (pronounced Kahee-nos) refers to the "new" God spoke of in Revelations 21:5. This word Kainos is not regarding time yet is referring to something fresh, that which is unaccustomed or unused. This newness refers to a form of quality, or a different nature from what is contrasted as old. This could be a new creation, a new man (human being), a new character of manhood (spiritual and moral), etc. I believe that God is doing a new thing and we need to draw closer to Him, so that we may grab a hold of our purpose and defeat the enemy through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Armor of God (Ephesians 6:11).

                                                                   Isaiah 43:19

"Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." 

God told me to title this PREPARE FOR A NEW THING.
So Cheers to all things being made NEW 2019. Lets not create expectations based on the old experiences, old feelings, old habits. But lets base our expectations on the things that are ABOVE. Knowing that God is supernatural and can make miracles happen. Jesus said ANYTHING is possible to those that believe. If only you can believe.Will you believe with me? Stand in agreement with me? I don't know about you but I need God 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, so on and so forth. I need Him every year, every month, every day and I desire Him just as much. I want to give Him the glory He deserves. My reasonable service, laying my life down for His purposes and pleasures. To die to myself, being buried with Christ Jesus and my new self also raising with Christ Jesus. I need a renewing and refreshing in my spirit.  I need God to make all things new in a way that I have not yet seen before and I am believing for 2019. For the spiritual growth, for fresh oil to drench me from above, for the successes, the strength, the ideas, the dreams the visions, the creativity.
Lets watch it come to pass for you and I both.

DRIPPING FRESH OIL ALL 2019!!!! Ayeee.

Whats coming is better than whats been...IN JESUS NAME. Cheers. & Happy New Year. xoxo

Check out this song below, Whats coming is better by Deon Kipping: