Word of the Day
Beloved, once again, are there dry bones robbing hope of fulfillment in your present life and future? Remember, a graveyard is the place of resurrection. It is the place where I demonstrate My victory over death of any kind. Without death there would be no need for resurrection…no need for victory to overcome…no need for faith. Without struggle there would be no need to overcome. I am the Overcomer…I am the Victory. The victory is in Me (1 Corinthians 15:56-58). The victory is Me.
Are there dry bones in your marriage, in relationships with your children, or career? Are there dry bones in your emotions, causing you to shut them off because of hurt and response to offenses? Are there dry bones caused by unwillingness to forgive your own self the way I already have? What dry bones do you have in your life? Remember, they are things that robe the moisture of faith and hope from your present or future.
Dry bones speak as the enemy jabs them at you like a saber. They clamor and say it can never be or you have already had one too many chances. They can be anything from the catastrophic to the sublime. A dry bone is a dry bone regardless and all need resurrection no matter what.
Let go of any offenses (1 Peter 4:7-9). They are not worth it and have the power to bring a brittle aridness to your life. I destined you to be a garden saturated with life having the power to impact and change the environment around you, not the other way around (Isaiah 58:11). Letting go releases creative power. Letting go brings freedom. I declare freedom over you today for a new season of planting has come to a heart of resurrected hopes and dreams.
Dry bones are the opportunity to experience miracles. Therefore, I am sending the oil of My spirit to heal and soften you as you arise from the place of dryness in any area of your life. I am releasing My resurrection power into the dry bones and lost dreams of your life and the lives of those you love.
I am asking you to act contrary to all you think and feel. I am asking you to confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that you are My beloved—to confess and believe My Word is true regardless of how hard the enemy rattles his saber of dry bones. Confess your failures and be cleansed (1 John 1:9). I remember them no more and neither should you (Psalms 103:12). Looking back solves nothing. Trusting in Me solves everything. Set your face like flint and know you will not be put to shame, nor shall you be disgraced (Isaiah 50:7). Arise and be filled with the breath of My Mouth. Arise and breathe.
“The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:56-58 NKJV)
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us” (Psalms 103:12 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, I have always seen graveyards as the end of the line—as the place of unfulfilled dreams, desires and potential. In the natural they are and the graveyards of dead dreams within me would be the same if it weren’t for You. You are indeed my Resurrection Life and I choose to believe nothing is impossible with You. All it takes is one breath of Your mouth and everything lives…everything is made brand new.
The voice of the enemy likes to take the dry bones and use them against me. He longs for me to doubt Your goodness…Your faithfulness. He wants them to draw the very life and moisture out of my heart and cause me to walk in unbelief. Instead I choose to listen to You and I do so by faith. I believe You are good and that You reward those who seek You…those who trust in Your name. I receive a new freedom today…a new freedom to believe in ways I never have before.
Help me to not look back. Help me to set my face like flint in Your direction…to set my face like flint according to the truth of Your Word. I will not look to the right or to the left. However, I will look to Your promises and declare Your faithfulness. I confess my sin, my failures and receive grace in my time of need. I arise and in the process I am being filled. I arise and I breathe. Amen
Reflect and Journal
- Are there situations that have offended you…people who have offended you? Now is the time to let all offense go. It doesn’t matter if you have done it before and not succeeded. Today is a new day and you must continue to let it go until complete victory is accomplished. Be persistent and do not give way to guilt. Simply confess and receive until you have overcome.
- How does the enemy most often rattle dry bones in your life and jab at you with them? Look for a consistent pattern and let Holy Spirit get to the root of it.
- Offer the dry bones in your life up to the Lord for a fresh outpouring of oil and resurrection life. Write what He says about your situation.
- How can you personally be more diligent to confess what He has said to you until victory comes? Do you need to write down promises, scripture verses pertaining to your situation, or get a fresh Word? Contemplate this and do accordingly.