Has invited me again this year, to speak at the

THE 3^RD EASTER PRAYER CONFERENCE, Gulu, Uganda.

Date:  April 19 to April 24, 2011

Theme: Matthew 16:19  I will give you the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; {for your successive season

As a Prophetic Prayer ministry with the heart for restoration to the body of Christ, it is our desire to help you go deeper in intimacy with Jesus and to strengthen you upon His foundation through the message of and the revelation of the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.

I pray your Holiday Season was blessed and that this year will bring you many blessings and will be filled with Shalom and Favor.  How magnificent is our Messiah Yeshua HaMaschicak, He is truly worthy of our wholehearted love and allegiance.

Sunday, November 28^th, I attended a dinner where over 100 young men and woman pastors and leaders were invited.  The turn out was twice what we expected.  As a result, a conference was held January 5 to 8^th.   Please stand in prayer with us as God unveils the mission and purpose of this group of “Upcoming Ministers” and their impact in Uganda and the nations!

I spent Christmas weekend with the ATK (Advancing the Kingdom) Ministries staff, orphans and church in Nawensaga village. Over 650 people attended the Christmas celebration Saturday afternoon; of which about half were non-believing Muslims and the rest were the Muslim believers who attend ATK church regularly.  It was an exciting time.  (Sorry no pictures my camera is not working)

The Lord continues to hide me in the secret place, staying low, staying slow, and staying close to the heart of God.  During these quiet close times the Lord has been showing me more and more our authority and power in the Holy Spirit.  It is about our ability in God to walk in confidence, yet with humility, to overcome in every area of our life.

2010 was a challenging year and as I contemplated on what was ahead in 2011, Holy Spirit lead me to Heb 12:1-2.   “Therefore, we also since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.  Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”  I don’t have the space or time to expound on this now, but will in another article.  Suffice it to say, God is sovereign and it is all about the issues of our heart: our attitudes, especially during challenges.  We must never take our eyes of Jesus.

I continue to intercede for Israel and the Uganda Presidential Elections, which are to be held February 18^th.   Please pray God’s will be done. The outcomes of African Presidential Elections are not as predictable as they are in America.  Pray for safe, orderly and honest administration of the voting process for both pre and post Election Day.

I was part of the drama team at Victory City Church (VCC) Ntinda Christmas Program entitled “The Promised Messiah” which was presented on Sunday December 12^th.  It was a great opportunity to impart some of my own theatre background experience and it was great fun! I also had the privilege to teach on the Father Heart of God at the VCC youth camp, January 12^th. The Holy Spirit showed up in a powerful way and many lives were touched with the love of the Father during the camp.

Bishop/Evangelist Godfrey Mawa, founder of www.commissionsintrnational.com, who is in our discipleship group, invited me to join him to speak at an Annual International Youth Camp on Friday January 7th.  The theme was Youth Revival Camp – Empowering to Stand.   Bishop commented that what I shared was very powerful and the Director of the camp invited me to return next year.  To God be the Glory! I will be joining Bishop Godfrey Mawa, at the opening celebration of the 2011 school year at Makerere University, the first weekend in February.

Our discipleship group resumed Jan 18^th. We have started studying the Beatitudes in Matthew 5.   More pastors and leaders have asked to join and we have opened up the group to a maximum of 15.  This pastors and leaders are part of the “upcoming ministers” of Uganda.  Due to the busy schedules we will be meeting 2 times per month.  Please keep them in your prayers so they stay focused and committed to going deeper into the heart of God, consecrating their lives to Jesus.   During our last meeting each member shared the importance of this group and they decided that they decided they will continue to meet indefinitely.  This is great news!

There is a great need in Uganda and other places I have traveled, amount the younger generation.  Woundedness and insecurity has filled their hearts and discipleship is the answer to healing and empowerment.  However, discipleship comes at a great price by both, those doing the discipling, as well as those being discipled. It requires self-sacrifice; discipline and commitment form both sides.  I have come to better understand the scripture in Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

I will be ministering again in Gulu the end of March, with Northern Uganda Intercessors and will be visiting property about 17 miles from Gulu center, that has been given to Heaven on Earth Ministries to develop an orphanage, church and community center.   I also have had a number of recent invitations to go up to the Northern Uganda minister and encourage pastors who work in the karamoja region working with the karamjong.   I recently met an 80 young missionary from Wisconsin who is working in that area, building a community center and orphanage.  How cool is that!   I really feel the spirit of God in the direction of going to the Northern area.

I have also been invited to Kenya in April to speak at a women’s conference and have been invited by one of our pastors in our discipleship group to join him in speaking to the youth and pastors in Malawi.   I still have a standing invitation to go to Burundi this year and back to Rwanda.  I not these next months will be busy so I will wait on the Lord for direction and of course finances.

I just return from a week in Jinja and the ATK village base, ministering at the Saturday night worship service and again during the service Sunday morning.  After service a group of four of us ministered at the prison in the area and as the Good News was preached, the prisoners were very attentive and most received Jesus Christ as their savior.  We then attended the evening service at another new ATK church plant in the village.  God showed up as expected and the presence of God was there. It was a very powerful weekend and I am blessed to be a part of what God is doing in that Muslim area.  Dr. Cliff and Julie recently return to the states for a couple of months.

I continue to work with Dr. Cliff Pash and ATK, in Jinja and the village one week each month.  Until I am able to complete my 501/3C for TouchingHearts Int. Ministries, Dr. Cliff has offered to have my support and donations sent to ATK (Advancing the Kingdom) Ministries for tax deductions.  Write ATK Ministries on your check and insert in the envelope with a slip of paper designating the funds go to Jo Anna Watson of TouchingHearts Int. Ministries.  Thank you and May God Bless you.  Advancing The Kingdom, P.O. Box 3321 Lawrence, KS 66046

The school year is beginning in February and I am requesting help with sponsorship for school fees for David who has been such a help to me.  He has not finished his secondary schooling, which is equivalent to high school diploma.  Without a certificate from secondary school it is next to impossible to find a good job even as a Mechanic.

School fees per semester are equivalent to approx. $200 plus transportation about $3.00 each day.  I beseech you to partner with me in helping fulfill David’s dream of finishing school.  I appreciate any amount you can provide.  Again I remind you these young people are the next leaders of Uganda.  Approximately 77% of the population in Uganda is under 30 and more than half of them have not been properly educated or finished school.  I am constantly being asked to help with school fess, however I am only one person and with your help, I can touch the one God has placed in my path. Education is one way that we can help to empower an individual to be a productive member of society.  Even the Scriptures say, “that without knowledge the people perish.”

There is a great need throughout the nations and one person or ministry can not do it alone, but when many hands help the burden is lessened and the Kingdom of God is advanced.  When I hear testimonies, especially from the younger generation whom I am ministering and touching their hearts with the love of God, I am encouraged and convinced that God has called me to Uganda for such a time as this.

Some are called to “Go” to other lands to advance the Kingdom of God, some are called to stay and support financially and in prayer.  Even so, we are all partners in advancing the Kingdom of God here on earth.

Again thank you so much for your continued support, both financially and through prayer.

Love and Shalom, Jo Anna

An Ambassador of love for Christ to the Nations!

It is 4 am here in Uganda and I have been up writing since 2:30am. Since I was on a “writing role” I wanted to wish my fellow Americans a Happy Thanksgiving and give you an update. I want to first and foremost thank God for His steadfast love and His mercies for His mercies are new every morning and His loving-kindness is everlasting. He remains faithful to His word, even when we do not. How great is our God!

Next I want to thank all of you for your prayers, especially this year, as there have been many ups and downs. But God! I purchased a book from Bobby Connor in August of 2009 and he wrote in the book Hosea 2:14. God was gong to allure me to the wilderness and speak comfort to me. I also received two more words during my internship at IHOP Sept to Dec. 09 that God was going to speak comfort to me. In Hebrew the word comfort means to speak kindness.

This has been a year of wilderness for me in that I have had to face and still face some difficult obstacles, but even in this season, God has truly spoken comfort and kindness to me. He continually lets me know how much He loves me. He is calling me to go to a deeper place of trust and love in him, a place I have not traveled before. I am reminded of Paul where he has asked God to take the thorn in his flesh from him and God replies. My grace is sufficient. God is taking me to a place where His grace is sufficient and that my complete dependence is in Him and Him alone.

This journey has not been an easy one, but it has been a welcomed one as I have cried out to God to use my life for His pleasure and purposes. There is a great price to pay, dying to self but I am so very thankful that my God loves me that much. He is only asking me to love Him back that much. Yeshua talks about that in the Gospel of John, Chapter 17.

Why does He want me to love him back that much? I am glad you asked! It is because He wants me to give His love away to others. To give as He gave, “freely you have received freely you give.” We know that we cannot give away what we do not have. Beloved, He wants you to do the same.

Our Nazarite Discipleship Group has now been meeting every Tuesday for the past two months. We have been going deeper into the heart of God and Holy Spirit continues to show up and meet us in unexpected ways. This is the time for the Nazarites to rise up. I continue to hear reports from these young leaders how God is showing up in their lives and taking them deeper. I recently received a testimony by Pastor Vincent that during one of his meetings he gave an altar call for the Narzities to rise up and come forward. Over 100 young people came forward. It was a powerful movement. God is up to something here in Uganda. There is such a feeling in the atmosphere that Revival is just a heartbeat away and love is the way to God’s heart for revival.
I began a second discipleship group with the children from Sherry’s home. There are 16 children from ages 6 to13 I know these young ones are on God’s heart for they are the next leaders of Uganda and it is imperative they are discipled now so they will have a strong foundation in the Lord.

The end of August I traveled to Gulu in the North to speak at the conference on the need to pray for Israel. It was a powerful conference and we commissioned the intercessors at this prayer center as intercessors for Israel.

I spoke on Song of Solomon 8:5-6 at the Solemn Assembly in Wakiso, Sept 3rd and heard reports back that is was a very powerful message and one that has not been heard before. “Who is this coming up out of the wilderness, leaning on her beloved”

I also spoke at the Secondary school here in Luzira where I stay. I had an awesome time of sharing with the first and second year students prior to their exams. I spoke on “Success is Hitting the Mark” and the “mark” his putting our trust in Jesus. The Holy Spirit showed up as expected and I have been asked to return to speak to the third and fourth year students. Praise be to God!

I have been asked by Derek Prince Ministries in South Africa to be the liaison to distribute one of Derek Prince’s books to various bible schools, ministries and parliament within the Kampala area. This book is free and is a compilation of six books plus a self-bible study. So far the response has been great.

The end of September I was invited to attend the gradation ceremony of ATK Bible School in Jinja. That is Dr. Cliff Pash’s Ministry Advancing The Kingdom Ministries. I was able to distribute 30 of Derek Prince’s book to the graduates and remaining students. Graduates were receiving Doctorates, Masters and Bachelors certificates and it was a blessing to see these graduates realize such an accomplishment in their lives.

Since I have been short on finances, and am still saving money to fix my van, I have been staying around the Kampala area during November and will continue to do so through December. I was suppose to speak at a leaders conference to pastors in Gulu the 17th thru the 20th but was unable to go. I am also scheduled to speak at another conference the first week of December in Gulu on our Israel roots.

Good News! I received my two-year workers permit for Uganda, which is good until September 5, 2012.

I have looked at this season that I am in, as a time to go deeper in intercession and alone time with God. Who knows maybe that is His plan for such a time as this!

Again thank you so much for your continued support, especially in prayer.

Love and Shalom, Jo Anna

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September 3, 2010

9:00 am to 6:00 am

Opposite Choice Gardens Wakiso, Uganda

“”Arise, Shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the lord is risen upon you.”  Isaiah 60:1 Come join us in a time of fasting and prayer for the church to “Arise” so we can change a Nation!

Speakers: Apostle Emma Marvin Seruyange, Pastor Deo Musoke, Bishop Steven Senfuma, Apostle Ephraim Nyonyintono, Apostle Micheal Kimuli, Rev. Jo Anna Watson, Pastor Fred Kalule, Pastor Fred Kanyike

Arise and Shine by Jo Anne Watson

Isaiah 60:1-2

Arise, Oh Church and Shine His light,

For the Glory of the Lord is upon us.

As darkness covers all the earth,

It blinds the people’s eyes,

But as we stand in His light,

God’s Glory will be seen.

Its time we rise to new life

And come to full repentance.

To rise above complacency

and take back the land God gave us.

The time is here, the time is now,

a time of war & victory.

We have been called and set apart,

and filled with power and authority.

We must arise, unite and stand

For the Glory of the Lord is upon us.

Raley Field & Capitol Mall

“Gather to Me my consecrated ones, who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice . . . call upon Me in the day of trouble and I will deliver you” —Psalm 50:5,15

Ten years after the 400,000 gathered at our Nation’s Capitol for the first TheCall gathering, we are again summoning thousands of young and old, those who have been marked by TheCalls and those whose hearts burn for their generation, to gather as the consecrated intercessory representatives from and on behalf of California and every State to the Cross in Sacramento to Altar their lives, Altar their States, and Altar the nation.

Can California be changed? Can a nation be changed? Yes, but only if it is Altar-ed!

“Elijah repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down… then the fire fell.” - 1Kings 18:30,38

For more information, visit:

www.thecall.com

As we choose to go deeper into the heart of God we must be committed to pursue holiness and righteousness, with no compromise, at all costs.  It is a lifestyle of consecration, set apart unto our Lord, God.

In order to fully walk out this consecrated lifestyle, I believe we must make the choice to do so.  We have all been given a free will.   Either we choose for God or we choose for ourselves and we know our flesh will always choose for itself.   We must make a decision and then stay focused and committed to that decision.  It is really an act of our will.

In John 15:1-5 Jesus tells us that “we must be connected to the Vine and that apart from Him we can do nothing.”  We cannot walk in righteousness without compromise, nor can we draw closer to Him in the knowledge of God without choosing to abide in Him.

It is in the abiding that we are “pruned and transformed” into the image of Christ. As we are transformed into the image of Christ, we are filled with His light and it is His light in us that we are able to bear much fruit.  It is not of our own doing, but of Christ in us the “Hope of Glory.”

However there is another element that we need to pursue in this consecrated lifestyle.  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness, right standing with God), for they shall be filled (completely satisfied).”AMP    In pursuing this consecrated life, I have found that we must first have an unquenchable hunger and thirst for righteousness or right standing with God.  Without this unquenchable hunger and thirst we will give into our flesh.

This hunger and thirst is a desire to live rightly, without blame, before a holy God who calls us to be holy because HE is holy!   This hunger and thirst is to know God because He is a God of righteousness.  In Hebrew the words “to know” is Yadah, which means to know through experience and intimate relationship, much like the “knowing” of a woman and a man.

Therefore, this hunger and thirst is the driving force or passion that allows the Holy Spirit to keep us pure and focused in our pursuit of holiness, helping us to abide in Yeshua as we walk out this consecrated lifestyle.  As we hunger and thirst we are promised we will be filled (overflowing, completely satisfied) according to Matthew 5:6.

The Holy Spirit draws us and gives us the desire, this passion, the hunger and thirst.   However, I have found that before we can actually make the decision to follow wholeheartedly after God, in this pursuit of holiness or consecrated lifestyle we must “consider the cost.”   Look at Luke 14:26-30.  We must consider what is required of us to live in such a way.  This scripture has become such a reality to me, as I have desired to follow wholeheartedly after my Lord, pursuing this consecrated lifestyle.  Counting the cost is not questioning if you or I will follow after Him, but rather it is to what extent you or I will follow after Him.

Yeshua says, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, cannot be My disciples.”  It is not that they hated their families but they left everything to follow Yeshua.  They counted the cost and they paid the price. It cost them everything and to them it was worth it!

My question is how many of us today are willing to pay the price to be a true disciple of Yeshua.  That is to count the cost and determine it is worth it and follow wholeheartedly after Him.  We want to see Revival, but it requires each of us to position ourselves so we can know the heart of God.  Daniel says “he who knows there God will do great exploits.”

Positioning our self through abiding in Yeshua and staying connected to Him will give the Holy Spirit permission to shine His light in us in order to cleanse us of all filthiness.  2 Corinthians 7:1 says “Therefore, having these promises, beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”

During the past year the Holy Spirit has been tugging at my heart, reminding me of years past, about 25 years ago, when I was diligently seeking more spiritual disciplines in my life. It was during that time that I said out loud, “ God, I want to be a woman after Your hear, just as David was a man after Your heart.”  I wanted to pursue the deeper things of God.  I felt the Lord was asking me to “come away and be separate.”  He was calling me to come with Him to the mountaintop.

As time went on and the “stuff” of life happened, I found I was no longer perusing this consecrated lifestyle with unquenchable hunger and thirst.  In other words the passion was waning.  Oh, I was pressing in toward the high call of Yeshua in my life, but it was not enough, because the “pressing” got difficult.  There were too many pressures coming towards me from every direction.

Again the Lord is calling me to separate myself unto Him. He is calling me to go even deeper in Him and to come up higher with Him in order to run with Him on the mountain top as in the Song of Solomon.   I have asked the Lord to “Set me like a seal upon Your heart, like a seal upon your arm for love is as strong as death…” Song of Solomon 8:6.   This call requires me to “count the cost” as the price to pay is high.  It will cost me everything.  On Sunday, August 1, I will be 58.  I have heard this call very clearly and I have counted the cost and I have determined that pursuing a consecrated lifestyle to follow wholeheartedly after Yeshua IS worth it.  I also believe He is calling you.  It doesn’t matter your age, it only matters will you say YES!

We are living in the end-times and the pressure is going to get heavier and heavier.   If we are not abiding in Yeshua and hungering and thirsting after righteousness we are not going to be able to stand.  We WILL fall prey to our flesh, for the enemy roams around looking for whom he can devour.  God wants you to overcome and to stay standing.

When we choose to abide in Yeshua we are also choosing to practice the presence of God.  In fact, I now believe abiding in Yeshua is practicing the presence of God.  I had not had that revelation before.  When the pressures get tougher and we choose to practice abiding in HIM, learning to stay in His presence, we will overcome.  We will “stand.”

We have been given all the grace we need to overcome, but it is when we are in His presence, connected to the “Vine” our passion and our hunger and thirst grows. Here we can get to a place were we eyes for only Him.  Eyes that are focused only on Him and not on our situations or circumstances.

It is only when we have this unquenchable hunger and thirst for righteousness that we are completely satisfied. We must have eyes for only Him and we must be determined to rid our lives of anything and anyone that distracts us from the pursuit.  If we are serious about being carriers of “Revival” and shining His light into everyplace we go, we have no other option.

I have seen that there are three main obstacles that keep the people of God from embracing this pursuit.  These obstacles have no boundaries and are found everywhere.

1                    Unbelief – People don’t honor God when they walk in unbelief.  Hebrews 11:6 “without faith it is impossible to please God. For he who comes to God MUST BELIEVE that He is (GOD) and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him”

2                    Sexual immorality – Adultery, homosexuality, fornication, pornography, curses to the 10th generation.  Very serious with God.

3                    Idolatry –Not just the obvious.  Go deeper than what you think.  Holy Spirit whispered to me saying it is ANYTHING or ANYONE that we put before God, our thoughts, intents of our heart, ambitions, motives, families, children, friends, ministry, etc.

If we are serious about being carriers of Revival, and doing great exploits in order to see the great harvest come in, we have no option but to choose to abide in Him and run with passion after Yeshua with an unquenchable hunger and thirst for righteousness.

While living in Bethlehem, I had a dream.  In my dream a friend and I were going downstairs from where I stayed to the restaurant. (I did live above a restaurant)  What was unusual what that the restaurant was full and we had to wait in line at the door.  While waiting I noticed there was a small ironing board and an iron right next to me and when I moved they moved with me.  I took them upstairs to my apartment, but when I got back downstairs to the restaurant I noticed the iron and ironing board were back with me. Again when I moved they moved with me. As much as I tried to rid myself of them, they would not go away. Then I woke up.

Yeshua is soon coming back. He is coming as King, as Judge and as Bridegroom. He is coming to take His spotless Bride who is without wrinkle.  As His bride, I ask, are you making yourself ready?

Let us therefore  “cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”  Let us purpose to abide in Yeshua, pursuing a life of holiness and righteousness.  I challenge you to keep or start today, practicing the presence of God so you will live and move and have your being in Him.  The truth is we can live a set-apart consecrated lifestyle and it will bring Glory to our God.  He is calling you!  Will you say yes!

Love and much Shalom

Jo Anna Watson

TheCall is a divinely initiated cross-denominational “Solemn Assembly” gathering the people to corporate worship, prayer, fasting and repentance and to return to the Lord with all our hearts.

We believe we can see Uganda changed as the Lord pours out His Spirit and brings refreshing to the broken, destitute and the weary across the land. For more information or to Donate, please see TheCall Uganda website by clicking the link www.thecalluganda.com.

“So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the GAP before the land, that I should not destroy it: but… “ Ezekiel 22:30

By Jo Anna Watson

Many of us have received one or more prophetic words spoken over our lives.  I suspect many of you, as I, are still waiting for some of or all of these prophetic words to come to pass.   In fact, some of you have been waiting a long time and have wondered what do you do with these words of destiny.

We have all been given precious promises from God in the Bible and He is obligated to fulfill everyone.  In fact there are over 3,000 promises that God has given to us.  I might add, that many of His promises are conditional and as we faithfully meet those conditions, He is faithful to fulfill His promise to us.   However, as God is obligated to fulfill His promises to us, He is not obligated to fulfill the prophetic words spoken over our lives.  We are given the “word” and what we do with that word depends on whether or not it is fulfilled in our lifetime.

Isaiah 55:10-11 says, “For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth and make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.  So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Since God’s Word does not return void, what do we do with a prophetic word spoken over our life? And how do we use God’s Word in warfare to bring our prophetic word to pass?

First, we must look at the prophetic word as seed.  All things are started from seed.  In order for each seed to reproduce it must be planted and watered so it will grow.  If it does not grow it will die.  The prophetic words spoken to us are breathed into the spirit of God’s vessel as seeds from the mouth of God.

Once the prophetic word has been released from the throne of God into the earth realm it becomes seed.   Amos 3:7  “Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.”   As we look at Luke 8 we see the “Parable of the Sower.”  The prophetic word must go through the same process as written the Word of God in our lives.  When a word is released and sown into an individual who is receiving the word, it goes into the air and becomes “fair game” for the devil.

Secondly, we must remember that our enemy, the adversary is roaming around looking for whom he can devour.  His job is to kill, steal and destroy and he does not fight fair or clean.  The devil is our enemy and will stop at nothing to kill every word spoken over our lives to destroy our destinies.

We must be aware that there are familiar spirits assigned to know us. These familiar spirits are from Satan to cause us to stumble in areas of our lives and in our response to God and the prophetic word given us.  These spirits deal with our mind not the spirit.   Rom 7:23 says, “but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.  It is another law in my spirit that wars against my mind.”

Thinking is using the mind and we commit to God through our spirit. We believe God in faith by our spirit.    We cannot use logic or thinking to access the spiritual realm.  When we use logic or thinking we loose the spiritual dimension.  We are spirit beings and your heart and Spirit is the real you.   Our emotions, knowledge, intellect and mind belong to our soul and our soul wants to override our Spirit all the time.  It is up to us to allow our spirit to rule our soul.  We must believe who God is and what He says in His Word and that the spiritual realm is more real than the earth realm.

Many times the prophetic words spoken over us are so far removed from reality that we cannot even see the possibility of the prophetic words coming to pass.  That doubt opens the door for the devil to come right in and steal that word away.   But God!   God has as set time for each word spoken over us to come alive and we must never give up.

However, much depends on what we have done with the word as to it coming to pass and when.   Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Solomon writes “ To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.”  As we are able to see the reality of word given us in the spiritual realm, we can call if forth into the natural realm.

I am reminded of a word spoken over me back in 2002.   God told me that I am a Martha but He was going to change me into a Mary and that I would teach others to me Mary’s.   Now that is a life changing word if you ask me.  How can I a Martha ever become a Mary?  Five years have gone by and much has taken place in my life and I have had many choices to make to bring me to a place of sitting at the feet of Jesus, as Mary did and I am just now seeing the beginning of this word come to pass.   Some of you have been waiting much longer than that and I would ask, what have you done with the words spoken over your life?   How have you pressed into God for the fulfillment of your “word”?  Recently I was given a prophetic word that “I was a Mary and a Martha and that God was pleased with me.”  God is pleased with the balance in my life.”  That was a very encouraging word to me.

Now we can look at Luke 8 as it relates to the “Prophetic Word.”

1)      The “Wayside” soil – Luke 8:12 the wayside are those who don’t believe the word that was spoken. The devil will come and try to destroy and discourage the word from growing in your life.   First we must believe in the prophetic.  Amos 7:3.

2)      The “Rock”  – Luke 8:13 the rock are those who are excited about the prophetic word spoken to them but the word has no root.  It was not planted in their hearts.  They need to be rooted and grounded in God’s love to deeply receive the word.  When temptation and warfare happens they give up – they didn’t want to pay the price for the “Call” or “Destiny Word” God as placed on their life.

3)      The “Thorns” – Luke 8:14 the thorns are those who have been chocked with the cares and riches of the world.  They get caught up in the “pride of life, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes.”  They get caught up with the stuff of ministry and the pleasures of life.  Family and relationships interfere with God’s call on their life.  Even grown children can throw you off track. Family can be a big problem and cause you to stop being productive.  Read Mathew 10:34-39.

4)      The “Good Ground” Luke 8:15 these are those who have heard the word and have kept it hidden in their heart.  We want to hear the word and keep it.  Ephesians 1:17-23.   We must seek and use revelation that is hidden. We must have ears to hear what the spirit says, always looking to God for wisdom and revelation. We must war with the word given us to bring it to pass.

So we can see that it is how we handle the prophetic word from the Lord that will determine its outcome. We must not give up and we must trust God who knows the end from the beginning.  He knows the choices we will make that move us toward our destiny as well as those choices that move us away from our destiny.  God has given us a free will and will never override our choices.   Every prophetic word given to us is for the purpose of moving us forward into our destiny in order to fulfill God’s end-time purposes for the earth.

God is always moving and the enemy does not like movement.  When we move forward and take serious the prophetic word over our lives we can be sure the enemy will try his best to stop us in your tracks and he will bring distractions into your life to keep us from walking into our destiny.

We must be committed to the “Call of God” on our life by preserving with determination to keep moving forward with God.  When we receive a prophetic word from the Lord regarding our destiny we must plant it in our hearts, water it and keep it before the throne of God.  Sometimes God’s word may shake you up to move you forward.  We look for confirmation to get us from point A to B to C to D etc.  We must believe God’s word but we must also put action to our believing by speaking and declaring the prophetic word over our life and to stay focused on Jesus to keep the enemy from distracting us.

Third, we must understand spiritual authority and unity.   I Timothy 1:18 says, “This charge I commit to you son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.”  Prophetic words spoken over us determine the assignment in that season that God has for us.  Therefore the word given also determines our warfare and how we are supposed to fight.   “… the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matt. 11:12) The word will not die or leave unless we allow it to.   The Prophetic Word is a sign and an encouragement that will follow us and will keep us on track to accomplish and fulfill our destiny as it relates to God’s end-time purposes.

I Timothy 1:19 says “having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck.”   We must hold on to our faith so we are not shipwrecked.  We must declare and speak the Word we received over our lives back to God, putting Him in remembrance of that Word.  Continue to do this until the Word becomes real to you and part of you so you will not be moved by circumstances or distracted by the schemes and tactics of the enemy who is always out to steal, kill and destroy.

“I believe therefore I speak” II Corinthians 4:13.  Beloved of God we must speak out, we must move forward with what God has spoken to us!  “Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, God is with you always and He will never leave you nor forsake you.”  That is a promise from God.

In order for the Prophetic Word to grow and produce it must be received into your spirit and it must be spoken forth with declaration and authority.  God has given us authority over the earth realm.  We are seated in heavenly places with Him.  Ephesians 1.   We have a responsibility to war with wisdom and revelation for every prophetic word spoken over our life so it to come to pass.  To God be the Glory!