Lion Bites — February 2021
Daily prophecy for February, 2021, republished with the kind permission of the Global Prophetic Alliance. Every Monday — Friday.
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26 February 2021. RUN to Me!
I hear The Spirit of The LORD say, “I see you! I see you! You may think you have been forgotten, abandoned, left out, and even exiled, but I see you! Know this dear child that you may want to run away and hide when trials come, but that is never my heart toward you. I want you to run TO me, not away from me. I AM your Father; you are my child. Could I ever desert you? The answer is an emphatic ‘NO’, not ever!
Look up and start to focus your gaze on me, not on the things and even people around you. Don’t let the stuff of your now get in the way! Don’t get caught up in things you know you can’t change! Lay all of that at my feet for I can handle it. Then make time to spend in my presence and be healed, restored and strengthened in me. See how to prioritise your busy life. Work from a place of rest, not rest from work. Be strengthened in me, and then live your life and see how that changes things.
Stop beating yourself up; you’re doing a great job. Just keep focused on me, and together we can do this, and so much more. Are you up for the challenge?”
James 4:7-8a NKJV “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”
Matthew 11:29-31 MSG “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with Me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with Me and work with Me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly!”
25 February 2021. My Name
“Will you allow Me to place My Name upon you?” asks The LORD. “Will you allow Me to place My attributes on your life like a mantle of My Goodness so that you will radiate My Love, My Joy, My Peace? Will you carry My Patience, My Kindness and My Faithfulness to the world? Will you carry My Gentleness and self-control for all the world to see? Today will you let Me put My Name upon you so that when the world sees you, it will see Me?”
Activation: Take some time to dwell in this Scripture, and then sit and ask The LORD to show you which of His attributes He would have you wear right now.
Galatians 5: 22-23 NIV “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
24 February 2021. Unplug and Rest
“Unplug,” says The LORD. “Many times persecution leads you to a place of rest to seek refuge, yet in that place of refuge from persecution, you will receive the promise. In this time if you feel you are scrambling for refuge from persecution, if you have sought momentary rest, unplug.”
Intentionally reduce the noise level around you, turn off the news, the movies and even the worship music and rest with The LORD in the quiet. For I hear The LORD say, “You will hear my voice and receive my promises and direction for the next leg of your journey.”
Genesis 16:8-10 NIV “And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. Then the angel of The LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.””
1 Kings 17:6-9 NIV “The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of The LORD came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.””
23 February 2021. My Lens
The LORD is asking, “Do you ever run your life without reference to Me? What lens are you looking through for this coming year? Come up and sit with Me in the heavenlies and see through My Lens.
It’s time to set your eyes on things above, to get a vision for this year, to keep your vision higher, not based on this past year, past beliefs, past experience. My Lens is pure and holy, and I The LORD desire to share My Vision FOR you WITH you.
So, moment by moment, co-operate with My Spirit, especially when the many distractions of the world beg for your attention. Set your face toward Me.”
Ephesians 2:6-7 NIVUK “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.”
Isaiah 50:7 NIVUK “Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.”
22 February 2021. Break Every Unhealthy Cycle
In this season, where many of you have been locked down, forced to stay home, confronted with issues of self that were always allowed to remain due to busyness, The LORD is speaking to you. He is urging you to not just cope, placate, medicate, or escape. He is allowing you to be confronted with habits, cycles, behaviours and issues that have needed to be addressed for a long time.
As the good, good Father, He says, “Allow this confrontation to happen. Do not run away from the discomfort. For I desire to set you on a new path, one that will leave behind all these old issues. Yet they have to be addressed first.
Sit with Me and together let’s discuss what needs to change and how these changes need to happen. Allow My loving Correction. Receive My Healing. Ask Me for solutions. Together, let’s determine that you will end some old things and begin some new, much needed, ones. It’s time to step into healthy behaviours and healthy relationships.”
Isaiah 1:18 NKJV ““Come now, and let us reason together,” Says The LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.”
Proverbs 3:12 NLT “For The LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.”
19 February 2021. I Redeem Your Life
“I redeem your life from the pit.
In Genesis, you read how Joseph was taken out of the pit that his brothers had left him in. He was sold on to live in a place he didn’t want in his life, and he certainly didn’t choose. He faced family rejection and an unknown future. Yet he knew my overwhelming joy when he became the deliverer of his own family, and that rejection was turned around.
What does your life look like now? I still redeem and rescue you from the enemy’s lies and his plans. My Holy Spirit still picks you up, supports and sends you out with joy.
Though troubles may come, I release to you again a covering of peace for your stress and joy to give you hope. I AM active in your world today, strong and mighty to save.
Stretch out your hands in hope and trust. Ask Me for a dream life like Joseph. Envisage my plans for you to sustain you.”
Lamentations 3:55 NIV “I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit.”
Genesis 50:19-20 NIVUK “But Joseph said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
18 February 2021. Positioned for Success
“Do I line you up to fail? Did I hold you up through the wilderness for me to remove my hand now? No. You are being positioned for greatness, because I AM in you, with you and for you.
“I AM mobilising My People in these days and you have a clear and unique role to play in My Kingdom. It is a part that was written solely for you, even before you were formed in your mother’s womb.
Some look to others for examples of who to be, some try to put on other people’s shoes; some stress and strive to manufacture what looks like the ideal life; others spend their lives restrained by the hierarchies of man. Break out of these traps.
Simply yield to Me. Submit yourself afresh to your limitless God and ask me to remind you who you are. I want you to know your purpose and fulfill it even more than you do. Choose to let go of your striving, trust in My Plan and let me position you for success.”
Isaiah 66:9 NIV ““Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says The LORD. “Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?” says your God.”
Psalm 37:5 KJV “Commit thy way unto The LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”
17 February 2021. Shaking the Foundations
“Oh, My Child, see how I have stripped you down to this moment, confronted with the foundation of your belief. As all the dross and the mess gets taken away, now, we see what is left. Do you see Me, your chief cornerstone, rightly? In the shaking of the foundations of your faith, is it sturdy in the Word? Are you firmly planted in truth? Or did you build upon a misguided view of who I was and who I AM? I don’t condemn you, but I come in kindness, so we can build a fresh understanding of what is true of My Character. Let’s look together, and let’s get this right!”
Psalm 11:3 NIV “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Ephesians 2:19-21 NIV “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in The LORD.”
16 February 2021. Bless You
Today, The LORD speaks His blessing over you. Can you hear His voice as it roars and thunders over you? His voice is powerful; His voice is majestic. His voice breaks you free from all that has held you back. Allow His voice to speak into your place of pain or where you have become stuck and be set free to receive His blessing over you. Allow Him to fill you with His power and His presence so that you will be a blessing to the people and the places where He has planted you.
Activation: Take some time to read the priestly blessing over yourself and your household and ask The LORD to show you the place of pain or stuckness that He is freeing you from today.
Numbers 6: 24-26 NIV “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; The LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
Psalm 29: 3-5 NIV “The voice of The LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, The LORD thunders over the mighty waters. The voice of The LORD is powerful; the voice of The LORD is majestic. The voice of The LORD breaks the cedars; The LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.”
15 February 2021. Build Your Part
“Each and every one of you has a part to play in building My Kingdom. No one gets to sit on the sidelines. It is an “all-hands-on-deck” era. I, the Head of the Body, need every cell, every blood vessel, every nerve, every bit of tissue coming together in harmony as a healthy body!
Each of you has been given gifts, talents, callings, purposes to be used to establish my Kingdom upon the earth! Now is your time! Lay down every excuse, every reason, every hesitation, and all lack. Just say, “Yes, LORD, show me my first step.” I will then direct you, instruct you, equip you and enable you. As you do your part, My Kingdom will advance!”
Nehemiah 3:3-4 NIV “The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place. Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs.”
Ephesians 4:15-16 NIV “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
12 February 2021. Time of Multiplication!
“I AM multiplying My Perseverance in and through you. I AM multiplying your strength. I AM multiplying your confidence, and I AM multiplying your anointing. It is the time of multiplication!
For all the years that the enemy has stolen your victory, your movement and growth, I AM now restoring to a hundred-fold. I AM shifting you into levels beyond anything that you could have imagined. My Dreams and Desires for you are bigger than your dreams! I AM aligning them right now; simply receive the multiplication in this time. Stop a moment and receive what I AM wanting to give to you!
Activate this by simply praying: “LORD God, I receive the multiplication that you have for me today. I choose to look forward to victory, movement, growth, and I grab hold of all that YOU have for me today!””
Deuteronomy 30:3 MSG “God, your God, will restore everything you lost; he’ll have compassion on you; he’ll come back and pick up the pieces from all the places where you were scattered.”
11 February 2021. I in You!
“In this season, you will discover a new ability, a fresh abundance of provision, and a new grace to love others generously, authentically, and selflessly. How is that so? This is how I have loved you!
Trust Me to make you able to see those around you the way I see them.
Trust Me to provide you with the love to love them the way I love you.
Trust Me for the grace you need to love them.
You see, you are in me and I AM in you. I AM the One causing this fruit of love to grow. And I AM the One who wants you to share this love with others. You do not need to leave Me to go and love them. They are mine too. And I AM in them.
Do not look at past experiences of loving others, whether good experiences or painful experiences. These memories will hinder you. The reality of you fully living in me and I in you makes loving others easy because the love comes from me and it is perfect love. So stay connected to Me, remain in Me, and let My love be expressed by you to others freely. “
John 13:34-35 TPT “So I give you now a new commandment: Love each other just as much as I have loved you. For when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.”
Song of Solomon 2:10-12 NKJV “My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our land.”
10 February 2021. By Faith
Hebrews 11:7 NIV “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.”
“These days require that you live by faith just as the men and women of the Word did. Don’t lose heart when it feels bad or dark! Instead, look ahead by faith! Ask Me to help you see ahead — out and over these days that feel so constricting and so pressing. Look and ask, “LORD God, what do YOU have ahead that will motivate and inspire my heart? What plans do you have for me that I need to know about today?”
I revealed My Plans to Noah so that he would act by faith. I revealed my plans to Joshua and Caleb so that they would grab hold of the future Promised Land by faith! I want the same for you today. Come, by faith, and let’s discuss what is ahead.”
Hebrews 11:32-35 NIV “And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.”
9 February 2021. Know the Rock
“Learn about Me — all of My Character and all of My Ways. Get close and intimate; get to know My Voice, My Hands, My Eyes. For the more you know Me, the more you understand the world. Your discernment grows, and your feet stand firm. You learn to see me as both a righteous King and a loving Father. You know Me as both Judge and Advocate. You understand me as a God of wrath and everlasting love. Learn to know Me, study Me, and search for Me as I search your heart every day.
This is how you navigate shaking – by truly knowing the ROCK of your Salvation.”
Jeremiah 31:20 NIV “Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares The LORD.”
John 17:25 NIV “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.”
8 February 2021. I AM Your Focus
“I AM your focus. Come away with Me to the secret place, away from the swirling mists of confusion, the distracting voices. Come away with Me. Sit at My Feet, fix your gaze on me and let me speak to your heart. Fix your gaze on Mine. When you fix your eyes on mine, the chaos, the confusion, and the negative voices will fade. My Voice will become more audible to you.
Shut the door, shut out the voices that clamour for your attention. Do not allow anything to pull your eyes away from Mine. Look deep into My Eyes and let Me fill you with My Peace and My Strength.
Looking into My Eyes changes everything. Looking into My Eyes fills you with courage and boldness to face today. One look can transform your day. Not a glance, not a quick look but a long lingering look.
I AM your focus. I AM your very great reward. Come and drink deeply of Me.”
Activation:
To engage with this word and access the promises, a question you could ask is, “God, how do you want me to close the door, to disengage from the noise, in order to fix my gaze on you?”
Matthew 6:6 NLT “But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.”
John 7:37-38 NIV “On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
5 February 2021. I Will Make a Way!
“Child, you must know at all times that there is always a way. But the first way is up. All roads lead from Me. Don’t try to battle forward blindly on your own.
If you’re at the bottom of a pit and darkness surrounds you — look up and you will see the rope I threw down for you. Even if you can’t see with your own eyes, just feel for my peace and grab on tight.
I will pull you up. I will make a way!”
Proverbs 3:6 NLT “Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”
Luke 1:37 ESV “For nothing will be impossible with God.”
4 February 2021. Gird Up Your Loins
Ephesians 6:10 ESV “Finally, be strong in The LORD and in the strength of His might.”
“Gird up your loins. Strengthen yourself in Me. I have given you everything you need. I have poured out on you every spiritual blessing. I have anointed you, equipped you and dressed you for battle. You do not have to wear someone else’s armour. Your armour is made to measure, a perfect fit.
I have given you robes of righteousness, a breastplate to guard your heart, and garments of praise. I have given you the oil of joy for mourning. I have given you a measure of faith, faith that protects and covers you from the enemy’s destructive arrows. Faith to trust. I have covered your head — I AM your saviour, your healer, your deliverer. I have surrounded you with my truth to hold you secure. I have fitted your feet with My Gospel peace. How beautiful are those feet that carry My good news! You are ready to go. And I AM always with you.
I have given you a sharp two-edged sword that pierces even between bone and marrow, between soul and spirit, the power of My Word in your mouth. My Word, living and active that never fails, that always accomplishes what I have planned for it. I have given you My Authority, to wield My Sword, to walk in My Power. I have given you access to Me. Your prayers have impact; they accomplish great things.
There is nothing that you lack, so, gird up your loins. Take courage. Be dressed, ready for action. Take your stand.”
Ephesians 6:10-13 NIV UK “Finally, be strong in The LORD and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”
3 February 2021. Made for This Moment!
“Were you not made for such a time as this? Did I not create you for this moment, to receive My Word and affirmation? Today, I squash the spirit of smallness and insecurity! You will step into these days with thanksgiving, knowing that you are appointed to put feet on this ground, to speak words in this atmosphere and to sing praises in this land.
Today, remember who you are! You are one who is beautifully and wonderfully made, unique in every way, and sealed with the seal of the Most High!”
Psalm 139:14 NIV “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
1 Peter 2:9 NIV “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
2 February 2021. Do You Know Me?
The LORD asks: “How well do you know Me? How well do you know My Spirit who lives in you? I live in you in My Fullness with nothing lacking. I AM not far off.”
Is there a gap between what you think about the Spirit and what the Bible says? Which parts of truth have perhaps been ignored?
Your recent past has pulled down your expectations, leaving you without direction. Today, begin again to fan into flames that which has come to you through the Holy Spirit. Dig into the Bible, especially the parts you have not grasped and journey with Him afresh. He is still waiting, and He says, “My earnest desire is that you grow this year, flourish and blossom into Christ-likeness.”
2 Timothy 1:6-7 NIVUK “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
John 14:26 NIV “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”
1 February 2021. I Hold You Close
To each and everyone who is feeling lonely, distant from loved ones, isolated or on the outside, The Spirit of Te LORD wants you to know that He sees you and He does not condemn or ignore your feelings of displacement. In fact, He is coming to you — right where you are!
He is coming without any requirement of cleaning up your appearance, tidying up your feelings or hiding your true self. He comes to see you just as you are. He calls you by name and says, “My Love for you is so safe that you can come out of hiding, out of isolation and into My Presence. You can tell Me how you feel. You can be yourself with me for I AM the Expert at healing, restoring, delivering; I AM the Friend who sticks closer than a brother. I AM the One who stays when everyone else leaves you. That’s who I AM. My love covers, corrects, protects, strengthens and nourishes. Let it infuse you today. Let Me nourish you. Let Me be your safe place.”
John 15:15 NLT “I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.”
Psalm 27:10 NLT “Even if my father and mother abandon me, The LORD will hold me close.”
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