Dear Victorious Ones,

The Spirit of the Lord is saying:

"Many of you see the change ahead but are not sure that you have the strength to make the change. But I am a God who can cause a joy to rise in you. Begin to praise as you release the last of your strength to Me, and I will come down and empower you in a new, unexpected way. You need new strength to establish your new nest. I have eggs for the future that must be hatched and must be sat upon. I have revelation that must be released that will hatch out. I give you the strength now to sit on the nest and wait for My empowerment before you rise to move forward.

"I am going to bring a vision to you that will show you things that you have prayed for that have not been completed. You will say, 'Lord, why am I seeing that?' You will be seeing what you are seeing because now you will have the strength to see. Many details and vision have been waiting for you to see. I am causing things that have been stored deep in your spirit to come alive. You will say, 'Why am I having that vision?' It is because I am giving you the strength to see things that you once prayed about come into their fullness. This vision will give you the faith to pray again.

"I am releasing a spiritual wind from heaven. Today, I speak into the earth. Breathe in this spiritual wind. There is a stirring deep within you. Breathe in this spiritual wind that I might stir deep within. Breathe in My supernatural wind that I might stir deep within and cause vision that you have waited to see manifest before you.

Breathe in My wind, for I am sending a wind from heaven. This is a sovereign, supernatural wind. You have endured the heat of the moment and the season. Now the spiritual wind is coming. Breathe in that spiritual wind. Breathe in My wind. Let it carry you. Breathe in My wind. Let it lift you up. You will see and know the course you need. The wind is causing the trees of the forest to bind and open up the way you will go. Breathe in this spiritual wind. It is unlocking that which you have longed to see. Breathe in the wind, that it might unlock that which has not been stirred. Now is the time for stirring My love. Your course has been set. Your course has been unlocked. Breathe in My wind of My love. Breathe in My wind of love.

"You have prevailed for this course, but until now, the time to unlock was not. I have not felt pleased to stir the love. You have been trying to stir My love and muster up your vision. Now I am sending a wind that will realign and restore and awaken the eggs that you have been sitting on. I am sending a wind to create a nest and blow one old nest that you have been sitting on away and give you a new nest to sit on. I'm sending a wind deep within and it pleases Me to awaken My love."

LeAnn Squier released in song:

It couldn't be by might or by power.
It had to be by the wind of My Spirit.
It couldn't be by your might.
It couldn't be by your power.
It had to be by the wind of My Spirit.
I had to breathe on your rivers.
It had to be Me that blew on your flame.
It had to be My wind.
My wind awakens the dawn.
My wind contends with the darkness of night
until the day breaks open.
My wind awakens the dawn and puts the darkness to flight.
All of creation awakens to the sound of my breeze.
Trust in, rely upon and lean into My wind.
Let it carry you.
Trust in, rely upon and lean into My wind.
Your loss has caused your love to dwindle through the season of the past.
But hear what I say to You.
You will bear My fruit again.
It will multiply in the season you are now in.
It pleases Me to awaken now.
There is an awakening wind of heaven that is coming
To overcome in the atmosphere that you have been prevailing against.
Now My awakening wind is coming in.
My awakening wind will now contend.
I am being pleased to send an awaking wind that will contend."

John Dickson released in song:

I have drawn you to My chamber.
Now the winter is past.
I am sending My wind to awaken you.
Come away, My beloved.
The winter has past and the spring winds have come.
Come away, My beloved.
I am blowing the smoke from the battlefield.
I am blowing the darkness away.
I am blowing the smoke from the battlefield.
And I am blowing in My light.
Let there be light!
Let there be light!
Let there be light!
That which was swirling around your head
And blocking your vision - I am blowing it away.
Now you will see clearly, for My path is lighting up before you.

"You are like Jacob who struggled and felt cheated. Now My wind is coming and that creative idea will multiply. That path will form. I will allow you to see things that you asked Me to see. I will give you signs that things you prayed for are awakening. It will be like spring in the midst of summer. Religious forces contended with you and you lost many battles in your contending. Because you're still here, I'm sending an awakening wind that will contend.

"I put a call deep within you when I formed you in the womb. You said, 'Lord what was my purpose?' You tried this path and that path and another path. Now the awakening wind that will contend is coming to blow on you again. You will say, 'Now I see why I was positioned here. Now I see how I was captured and I endured.' You will see the awakening wind. It pleases Me to send this wind that will awaken My love. It pleases Me now to send My wind that will awaken My love within you again. You have contended with My word and you have sought My Spirit, but now I will awaken My love.

"You have depleted a storehouse in your waiting. But in the depletion of this storehouse you have obeyed Me. In your obeying of giving up and enduring, giving away, and not holding back, I will now reward you and even the world around you will bless you in new ways. It will be hard for you to receive the blessings that this awakening wind is blowing. I am blowing My awakening wind that will contend and cause your love to come alive.

"Many are waiting for this awakening to come. Many are in a slumber from their hurts from the past season. In the slumber from the hurts and wounds from the enemy, you will now rise up with new strength. You will enter into a place that you could not enter into in the last season. Now you will rise up and mount up. You will come from behind. You will lay on My love and My bed of love wind will cause you to enter in.

You will shout, 'Awakening has come!' I have saved you for this time of awakening. My wind will contend and My love will come alive in you again."

Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion Ministries

JESUS NEVER SOUGHT ADVICE FROM ANYONE

Imagine Jesus whispering to one of His disciples, "How do you think I'm doing?" or "How was that sermon I just preached, did I do OK?" We often ask people for advice, but Jesus didn't. This doesn't mean you shouldn't ever seek another's counsel. The Bible encourages us to do so.

One of His disciples said, "Now we are sure You know all things..." (John 16:30). Yet too often we are trying to get the answer to our current problem by telling everyone what it is; or in some final act of pressurized desperation, we attempt to solve it ourselves—before we have fervently sought God (James 5:16). Of course we should pray for one another, but Jesus already has the answer for every problem you will face. When He hears your prayers, He will never turn to an angel and say, "Gee, this is a tough one. I don't know how to handle this, what do you think?"

Jesus never asked for advice because He never needed it. Some don't ask for advice because of pride, but Jesus was humble and meek (Matthew 11:28-30) and tells us to be the same. After you seek a multitude of counselors (Proverbs 11:14), you may get your answer, but the best advice you'll ever get will be directly from God. He is available and He still speaks today (John 14:14). He will speak to you (John 10:4).

One word from Him is worth a million words of advice from anyone. I have gotten many words of encouragement from friends and counselors, but when God spoke to me recently and said, "Al, I love you and I will bring you through this," all of my heart rejoiced. Seek a fresh word from Heaven….it is hovering over you now.

JESUS NEVER CHANGED HIS MIND

Jesus never pulled one of His disciples on the side and said, "You know what I told you the other day? Well, I got to thinking about it and I was wrong. That is really what I meant..." Or, "I've been having second thoughts about what I said yesterday and I've changed My mind." This means Jesus will never change His mind about choosing you (John 15:16), using you (John 20:21) or forgiving you (Ephesians 1:7). Once He says it that's it.

Jesus may have given you some promises years ago and some of those promises may have not yet come to pass, but He never changes His mind. Even our greatest leaders admit to changing their minds about some major issues, but Jesus never did. He never changes His mind because He never makes a mistake. Your calling is not a mistake (1 Thessalonians 5:24). When He said something to you He meant what He said (Hebrews 13:8) because He never changes. Jesus did everything well (Mark 7:37) which means you can too.

When you say something, do it (1 John 2: 5-6). Jesus is bringing forth a confident, sure and powerful Church—one without spot or wrinkle (Ephesians 5:27). Don't feel confident? Put your confidence in Him. Have faith in Him (1 Thessalonians 5:24), He will help you. He loves you. He will bring you through.

JESUS WAS NEVER IN A HURRY

Isaiah 28:16b says, "...He that believes need not make haste." Jesus was never in a hurry. He never told His disciples to start jogging so they could get to the next town on time. God's people need to slow down and fellowship with Him. So many today are either busy seeking ministry or giving ministry to others. But, the early Church did something that few do today or even know about—they ministered to the Lord.

If you want to hear from God you must sit at His feet. To effectively minister to others you must first minister to the Lord. When you minister to Him He will speak to you: "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, 'Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them'" (Acts 13:2). When you minister to the Lord He will give you such peace and contentment that you will not wonder or guess—you will know what to do (John 8:29).

Unless you first minister to God, much of what you do will be polluted with flesh and not with His anointing. Some have it all wrong, He is not looking for volunteer "leaders" (Matthew 20:16). Yes, God is looking to save all of mankind, but He has not called all to be leaders. However, if He does call you to be a leader, you must learn to minister to Him before you minister to anyone else. That is where you will hear His voice and that is when you will learn to not get in a hurry; instead you will simply watch Him work (John 5:19).

This does not mean you empty your mind or enter some eastern meditative state. God's not looking for you to empty your mind, but to fill your mind with His word (Psalm 119:140).

HE NEVER SHOWED ANY PERSONAL FEAR

Why? He never had it. When you fear the Lord, you do not fear anything else. "...I will never leave you nor forsake you...therefore what can any man do unto me?" (Hebrews 13:5-6). Our Lord never showed personal fear because He knew His Father. In like manner God watches over you. We are to have a "Fear of the Lord."

Proverbs 8:13 says "The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance..." The fear of the Lord is to have great reverence for God and to hate evil. When you fear God, the angel of the Lord camps around you (Psalm 34:7), and you will never fear man.

You can sum up "the fear of the Lord" in one word—obedience (1 Peter 1:14). Jesus was completely obedient to His Father. As you do likewise, there will be no fear and you will lie down in peace and sleep in safety (Psalm 4:8). Bottom line, do as He did and expect the same results. He said we could (John 20:21).

Al Thomas
Celebrating His Life Ministries