During the last few months of 2022 and even now as we enter 2023, God is transitioning me into a new season of ministry. He has given me only enough information to follow Him on a task-by-task journey.

The end of last year was unusually difficult because it seemed that God was blanking my mind to everything else while He moved me from my home of seven years to a new living space as well as into a new ministry office.  I understand His need to keep me focused on the move, but it has been a bit confining. The most difficult part has been not sharing in the daily interactions with God as He reveals His heart while we write together.

He hasn’t yet told me what the new season will consist of, but I can tell you of one significant change.  In October, the Lord directed me to delete or unpublish all my ministry and community pages on Facebook as well as deactivate my ministry profile.  Since then, I have not posted or blogged on Facebook. God did have me post a few links to my website on Truth Social which seems to be the Lord’s preferred media outlet for future prophetic writings.  The most difficult part of these last few months is that God has been unusually silent about what’s next.  This morning is the first morning that He had me sit down in front of the keyboard and write about what’s been happening. 

I need a few more weeks of organizing the office and settling into my new home.  I also had to get a new phone before the 3G network was displaced at the end of the year. So now I’m trying to figure out new technology on top of all the other awkward changes.  Moving is never easy … even with God directing everything. I’m hoping to find my comfort zone and get back to delivering a word from the Lord.  Finally this morning God did tell me that He wants me to finish up the magazine on “Jesus, The Everlasting Father” for February publication.  So, He did leave me at least one area of comfort to look forward to.  Draft pages of the current edition will be available on this site under the tab “The Rogue Prophet Magazines” as each page is produced. The finalized magazine is expected to be ready by mid-February (2023). 

I could make assumptions about what God is up to, but my best guess really has no value with so few exact words from the Lord about His intentions.  I think there are going to be big developments early on this year for our country.  Keep watching Trump as he carries the anointing from God.  God has appointed Trump as a deliverer for our nation similarly to how God appointed the Old Testament judges when the people repented of their waywardness. If our nation truly turns to God, the Lord will make a way to save this nation.  As always, only the elect will find refuge in the shadow of the Almighty.   

I’m not sure that I willingly signed up for most of this.  As a younger Bible-toting country-club-Christian, I didn’t expect to have to set aside my princess crown and royal robe to pick up battle armor and the title “mighty warrior”. 

But God, had other plans … On the day that He ordained, He propelled me rather forcefully from a comfortable life to a road marked with persecution, trials, betrayals, and heartache.  It was all part of the equipping needed to walk me into the role of prophet. 

Since the day that I first heard God speak to me there has been an unmistakable burden to share with others what I have learned from Him.  I was 40-years old when I first knowingly heard the voice of the Almighty.  That was the day that everything changed.

Looking back over the previous two decades, I can see more clearly what God was up to.  While I may carry forward the battle scars and deep wounds, I have seen much triumph.  Though my few earthly treasures may not reflect my Kingdom value or standing, I’m confident that God is faithfully holding on to my victor’s crown reserving it for the glorious day that we meet face-to-face beyond earth’s gravity.

These 20 years of learning faithfully at the Master’s feet have wiped the smug indifference of church life from my heart and replaced it with unfailing passion and determination to step in sync with my God.  I will wait when He says to be patient.  I will be heard when He says speak. I will suit up for battle when the enemy readies its fiery darts.

My identity is resolute.  I know who I am and whose I am.

We have arrived at the final day of our 40-day journey to making America God’s again. We aimed from the beginning to spark our own personal revival. Now we must make a plan going forward to keep our momentum going.  

What encouragement or challenge do you need to keep pressing in to knowing God’s will every day of your life?  Have you knowingly encountered God?  If so, there is no turning back. Once you have heard His voice, it’s impossible to be the same person who could ignore the Almighty.

In our daily Bible studies, we’ve met heroes of the faith, mighty warriors, and persecuted believers. We have also seen that God expects to be our one and only God; He has jealousy, anger, and wrath for rebellion against His heart; and has amply warned us of the consequences of choosing a wrong path. 

Which Bible study character or story did you relate to the most? Which one makes you want to choose differently? Do you see yourself like David as he went up against the Philistine giant? Are you like Gideon, Joshua, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, or Elijah?  Have you learned how not to disappoint God like those offering strange fire? 

Do you know your identity and purpose on this planet, in His Kingdom, at this time on the calendar? Who are you?  Whose are you?  What is your “job”?  What is your eternal destiny?  What will you do to change the world … one faith-step at a time?

Today is a recap of what we’ve discovered throughout this revival time.  In the first 20 days we took aim to set ourselves apart to seek God, devote time in prayer, poise ourselves to hear from Him, establish and walk out allegiance, and learn how to assess trials. Additionally, we considered our steps of faith, need for discipline, and how to strengthen our body, mind, and spirit for kingdom benefits.  Then we looked at spiritual components including if we have spiritual eyes to see, ears to hear, a mind that understands, and a voice that speaks life.  We also examined if our heart is apathetic and lukewarm or if we passionately stand firm for truth and justice. We considered if we have a God-conscience or selfish ambition. We discussed the helmet of salvation, breastplate of righteousness, shield of faith, belt of truth, feet fitted with readiness, and the sword of the Spirit as we reviewed God’s authority and protection provided in the spiritual armor.

In the second half of the 40 days’ journey, we did further inventory of our spiritual identity by assessing our strengths and weaknesses in the spiritual war.  We studied about enemy and friendly fire, humility, obedience, discipline, self-control, experience, training, and mentoring. Additionally, we looked at our need to discern between good and evil.  We talked about being willing to carry each other’s burdens. We learned that God hates evil and injustice, and that He has justified anger, jealousy and wrath.  Also, we considered that spiritual-bootcamp trials are different than punishment.  In our further study, we read Bible passages that confirmed that the devil, demons and evil spirits are real and have a spirit voice. We inventoried our God-given money, time, talents, and anointing. Finally, we made sure to record “memorial stones” to remind us of God’s supernatural provision in times of our greatest needs and challenges.

What day or part of this 40 days has been most endearing to you?  What part has been the greatest challenge?  We have not ignored the hard stuff! Have you identified anything new about your own identity?  Have you discovered something new about God’s character?  Are you more equipped than before for the spiritual battles? 

Read: Psalm 23:1-6; Psalm 121:1-8

This day in the journey is set aside to look at the memorial stones or the significant times when God has supernaturally provided for you.

When there seemed to be no way across, God stopped the flow of the Jordan River. The people were able to walk to the other side on dry ground. He told them to set up memorial stones as a reminder.

“Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.” (Joshua 4:5b-7 NIV)

Have you written down the successes that God ordained in your life?  These are particularly helpful on the days when you feel alone, abandoned, or powerless. You can recall those memorial moments and be energized with hope when desperation and defeat try to prevail. You can be reminded of those times when everything seemed impossible until God opened a door that you weren’t expecting.  He provided a way to manage the challenges that seemed too big or too burdensome.  You thought it couldn’t be done — yet, here you are, standing firm on the other side of that thing.

When the young shepherd boy, David was preparing to stand against the Philistine giant, he remembered the Lord’s provision in fighting off lions and bears. That memory gave him inspiration and courage to boldly go into battle where others cowardly refused. What is going to help you overcome obstacles and fears going forward? Take inventory of your successes! It’s part of your equipping.

“‘The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.’ Saul said to David, ‘Go, and the LORD be with you.’” (1 Samuel 17:37 NIV)

Read: Joshua 4:1-12; 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Our shared process of journeying to revival has involved looking inwardly at who we are and whose we are. We’ve studied the importance of seeking God, knowing Him, and being armed for battle.  

As we near the end of these 40 days together, let’s inventory how we use our money, time, talent, and anointing.  Have you ever written down and considered your value at this time on the kingdom calendar.  How are you using your finances in a way that pleases God? Is your time being used effectively to serve God? Each of us has unique talents that when used in a specific time and place are part of God’s divine plan. Whenever God delivers anointing through us, we have an encounter with the Almighty.  What has God designed in you that has been ignored, unused, or wasted? And what have you knowingly brought forth exactly as God intended?

Is there an area of obedience with your finances, time, talent, and anointing that you already know needs to improve? Have you given God consent to position you and use you for heavenly purposes? Do you have the courage to risk embarrassment or sacrificial giving? What needs to change to put you exactly where God wants you, doing exactly what God wants for you, and exactly when God wants it?

Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1-22; Proverbs 1:20-33

Those of us who walk with the Spirit can feel like strangers in a world where it is the status quo to ignore God and refuse to obey Him.

Being led by God’s spiritual voice, that others can’t hear, is the most important part of the unseen battle. However, that spiritual walk with God cannot be easily proven to our non-Spirit-led friends and family. That distinction and separation can cause us to feel like foreigners in our own hometowns.

Having spent the last decade bringing proof Scriptures about our requirement to hear God, I’ve learned something strange about those who don’t seek God. They are just as bold about saying that God doesn’t speak as they are about insisting that the devil and demons do speak. Their false theology leads them to believe that those of us who hear God, must surely be hearing from the devil. Insisting that God’s voice is the devil speaking is known as blaspheming the Holy Spirit.

The devil, demons and evil spirits are real. They have a spirit voice that speaks deception. In the Scriptures, we can read that Jesus talked to and heard the devil, demons, and evil spirits. Those spirit-voice conversations, recorded in Bible texts, were likely only heard by the one providing testimony. All throughout the Bible, we can read of the heroes of the faith who singularly and independently heard God and obeyed.  We can also read about those who refused God and walked contrary to His will. 

Hell is real too. Whether someone believes that hell is real or not doesn’t change the facts. Those who ignore God and choose their own paths should not expect to have a heavenly home with God. They instead will spend eternity in the devil’s domain and surely they will hear the enemy’s voice of condemnation.

Study: Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 5:1-20; Mark 9:42-48

During the past several days, we have reviewed a few critical areas of being armed for battle in the spiritual war. On Day 30, we evaluated the importance of mentoring the next generation of the family of faith. Day 31 cautioned about knowing the difference between good and evil. Day 32 was a reminder to carry each other’s burdens. Day 33 we took a hard look at the idea that God hates evil and has justice and wrath. On Day 34 we considered how trials can be used for our training.

Today, we will consider the schemes of the enemy. The devil’s mission is to kill, steal, and destroy.  We know that he is a liar, and the father of lies. Satan and his minions use powerful seductions and subtle manipulations to deceive and lure the weak-willed into a pit of destruction. We must have a battle strategy to guard against the craftiness of the destroyer. 

Consider the areas in your own life that are weak. Are you naïve, ill-equipped, or untrained?  How has the enemy been successful in wreaking havoc with you? What attacks have wounded you the most? What have you done to fortify yourself against those enemy invasions?  Understanding the devil’s tactics will help solidify your stance against him. 

I’m going to use a few questions about doctrines to highlight some of Satan’s lie manipulations. Consider why believing false doctrines gives the enemy a warfare advantage. 

1) What warfare advantage does Satan achieve by doctrines that promote that there is more than one true God or that Jesus is not the one and only God?

2) What warfare advantage does Satan achieve by doctrines that promote that Satan, demons, and evil spirits are not real? Why would convincing us that the evil resides in our own hearts prove useful to him?

3) What warfare advantage does Satan achieve by doctrines that promote that God is mute or that God is a book? How can convincing us that God is powerless to speak to us be used against us?

Read: Isaiah 14:12-15; 54:16-17; John 8:44-48

Training is essential to prepare us for actual battle. The spiritual war is real and if we’re to know how to forge forward in the thick of it, we must be aware, prepared, suited with armor, and have the weapons of combat.  As I have said many times before, not all trials that we go through are punishment from God. Many trials are about providing the equipping and training to make us mighty warriors. 

God’s testing is always going to be about arming you to choose Him with priority. He wants to make you aware that every scheme of the devil is going to be aimed at manipulating you away from your devotion to God.  There are times when God must allow hardships and consequences to remind you that your focus has shifted from the priority. Other times God is putting you through a spiritual boot-camp of coaching, fitness, and experience.  Those lessons will give you the foundation against future temptations that God knows will be on the path ahead.

“The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (2 Timothy 4:18 NIV)

There are times on this path in obediently following God, that I have been hurt and angry with Him for allowing others to use and abuse me. I’ve questioned how the Righteous Judge could patiently watch while I was treated unfairly, persecuted, censored, betrayed, and falsely accused. But in hindsight, I can see clearly that He was training me to become more like Him.  He used those trials to equip me with wisdom, help me to see who is for me or against me, more readily identify the imposters, and anticipate traps by the enemy. 

Spiritual training is never comfortable. The only way through the pain is to keep choosing God first. When you’re tempted to walk away, cry out to Him. When you’re tempted to give up, seek Him for direction. When you’re tempted to be lazy or uninvolved, ask Him to mentor you to a better way.

Read: 2 Timothy 4:1-18

Because we so often want to focus on God’s love, we can miss that God also hates.  God has sovereign justice and wrath … without those His love would be insincere. God will never allow His love to be used as a doormat.  One of the keys to being armed for battle is agreeing with God’s wisdom in love, justice, and wrath. 

Here are some Biblical truths about what can provoke God’s wrath:

1) No other gods.  That’s the first and greatest commandment. (Exodus. 20:1-7; Deut. 12:31, 16:21-22)

2) Do not deny the voice and power of God (aka blaspheming against the Holy Spirit) (Mark 3:28-29)

3) Do not harm God’s prophets and anointed ones. (1 Chronicles 16:22; Psalm 105:15)

4) God hates evil. (Zechariah 8:17, Psalm 11:5)

5) Seven abominations. (Proverbs 6:16-19)

Some think that God is not allowed to get angry or jealous, but that’s contrary to Scriptural texts as noted above.  So let me suggest questions that you may not have considered.  If you don’t hear God’s voice in prayer, can you keep yourself from provoking God’s wrath by solely keeping the intent of the law? Also, can you please God by simply keeping the law or do you need to walk in faith?  Ask God to teach you how to be more than just a law-keeper and how to truly be a God-follower.

Please study the Scriptures passages included above.