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Encounters In The Word

by GOD TV May 31, 2022

written by GOD TV

Hello, everyone. I have something that I believe is going to really encourage you. The Lord wants to encounter you through His Word. For a good chunk of my Christian walk, I had a, what you would call a casual relationship with the Bible. I would read the Bible at church, or sometimes when I was spending time with God, but really I had this hidden belief that the Word was too intimidating and I wouldn’t understand it. I allowed this lie from the enemy to put me into shame, which actually kept me from reading the Word. After going through Bible school, I realized I really actually want to know the Lord through His Word, and I’m not going to let this lie keep me from knowing Him in this way.

So I decided I’m going to read the Bible in a whole year. I found a reading plan and I began to read it every single day through discipline. Some days, there were times I didn’t really want to read it. And other days when I did, but as I consistently read the Word, it began to transform my life and renew my mind. I went from being a shy and insecure person to a confident and secure person, in who I was in Jesus. A teacher that I really love, named Libby Gordon, once said that every single scripture carries an impartation. As you read the Word, whatever verse you are reading, it actually carries the power and the grace to equip you to carry out what the truth is saying.

So, as you read the Bible, say you’re reading about renewing your mind. As you read that verse, it’s going to actually renew your mind. The Word is living and active and it carries power to transform you and your life and your circumstances. So I want to challenge you to start reading your Bible, even if it’s one page a day. Even if it’s one chapter a day, everyone has to start somewhere, even if it’s small, and the Lord delights in your baby steps. So as you begin to read the word, notice how your life changes and is transformed. Also read the Word with the Holy Spirit. As you open your Bible, say, “Holy Spirit, help me to understand the truth that is in this Word, help me to understand what you are saying.” And you will realize that there is a wealth of revelation and wisdom in this Word, and you will never be the same again.

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Operating By Revelation

by John Mathai April 25, 2022

written by John Mathai

We are called to operate by faith and not by sight. What does it mean to operate by faith? Faith is not blind believing. It is based on truth. The truth is revealed in the word of God. Faith based on nothing is madness. Therefore God revealed to us by His word His plan of salvation and ways of living an abundant life. Now we can choose to walk by faith or by sight. Walking by faith is to walk by revelation. This means that we connect with His Holy Spirit within us and listen to His voice. Jesus listened to His Father and did what He saw His Father saying and doing. We too are called to walk by revelation. This is not how we were brought up in this world. We were trained to reason.

Operating By Reason

To operate by reason is to think about what we are doing. We have to plan and to think of the pros and cons of the decisions we make. This is to operate by the fleshly mind. When we choose reason over faith we become like the world. This is what is happening in most of our churches. We come to Jesus by faith but then walk according to our mind. We have not been trained to walk by faith or revelation. Therefore the Bible says we walk according to the flesh. We are exhorted to to be filled in the Spirit and walk by the Spirit. This means that our walk is according to what the Spirit says and not according to our reason.

Solution: Revelation

Our thinking must follow revelation. It is not wrong to think or reason but we must seek God’s mind before our mind. Seeking God’s mind is to walk by revelation. I have always intuitively walked by revelation. Sometimes people don’t understand how I came to a certain position. I too am amazed by the revelation but am confident it is the right decision. Later on I receive understanding of the revelation. This is where my mind is able to reason about the revelation. Revelation is the way the Spirit reveals to us the mind of God. This is so exciting that we can hear God’s voice as we actively seek to walk by faith. I would urge you to examine the way you walk and seek God first and all these things will be added to you.

Dr. John Mathai

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God Understands Like No One Else Does

by John Mathai December 26, 2021

written by John Mathai

God is all knowing and all present. We lack understanding and think we know when we really don’t. Why did Jesus have to die? Jesus is God and He knows what He is doing. Why should a man die for the sins of another? Why suffer when God has promised us an abundant life? Some of the things that happen to us do not make sense. No one understands what I am going through is a frequent thought we have. We think we are unique to our problems. Yet God understands our situation. He is the only one who understands and can get us out of the mess we are in. We can then share the message with others.

Understanding

We know all about everything but we lack understanding. Knowing is not understanding. We read a lot and we see a lot but still lack understanding. We can read the word of God but still not understand. Jesus spent three and a half years with His disciples to get them to understand. When they understood He was prepared to leave them to finish the job of sharing the good news of His death and resurrection. Yet they did not understand till they were filled with the Holy Spirit. Peter denied him three times before His death. How much do we understand and think we know when we really don’t?

Revelation

When we come to God He will reveal to us Himself. In Him we understand that all things work for good to those who love God and who are called to fulfil His purpose. He has an assignment for each one of us. When we are fulfilling His call then we do not have to question His purpose. He is in control and He will fulfil His purpose. His purpose is that we become like His Son, Jesus. We may think we have a job to do but His purpose is to make us like His Son. Now we understand because we know Him as our Father. We thank Him for all things that have happened, good and not so good in our lives because we know He knows best.

Dr. John Mathai

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Fire in His Eyes

by Asher Intrater July 19, 2021

written by Asher Intrater

The book of Revelation contains three references to Yeshua (Jesus) having “fire in His eyes.”

This power, the “pyros” of God, is the same spiritual fire that appeared at the burning bush to Moses (Exodus 3), in the pillar at the Red Sea (Exodus 14), on Mount Sinai (Exodus 19), on the altar of the tabernacle (Leviticus 9 and 10), to Elijah on Mount Carmel (I Kings 18), to Ezekiel in the glory cloud (Ezekiel 1) and at the river from the throne of God (Daniel 7).

This heavenly fire also fell on the early disciples on Pentecost (Shavuot) in Acts 2. That fire did not simply rest on their heads momentarily like a birthday candle; it entered inside them. If someone had looked in Peter’s eyes, he might have seen the same fire that John saw in Yeshua’s eyes.

Passion

In the three references in the book of Revelation, the fire was the same, but their purpose was different. The first time, Yeshua appears personally to John, His beloved disciple and best friend. The fire is passionate love.

Revelation 1:12-14

I saw One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were white like wool… and His eyes were like a flame of fire.

Yeshua is not rebuking John. He is about to give him the greatest prophetic revelation in history. He loved John, as David loved Jonathan. Yeshua has this passionate love for all of us, all the members of His Bride. It is the fire of the Bridegroom in the Song of Solomon (Song 8:6). It is called in Hebrew, “Shalhevet-Yah”. It is jealous and zealous: it is love in its purest and most intense form.

Purity

The second one is found in Yeshua’s message to the congregation at Thyatira. Although He also loves the people there, He chastises them for moral compromise, particularly because they permitted sexual immorality, false prophecy and Jezebel spirits to go unchecked in their congregation.

Revelation 2:18-20

These things say the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass… “I have a few things against you, because you tolerate that woman Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality…”

The same fire of God that fills us with divine passion, also purifies us from sin. Obviously, the same fire that can cook your food, can also burn your hand. The power that enabled Peter to raise people from the dead at his prayers (Acts 9:40), caused others to drop dead at his preaching (Acts 5:5, 10).

Punishment

The third instance is even more awesome: the heavens opening and Yeshua descending at the Second Coming, leading the armies of God. Here He comes not to purify, but to punish. There is no more time left to repent. He has come to destroy the enemies of God.

Revelation 19:11-15

I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns… And the armies of heaven followed Him on white horses… He Himself treads the winepress of the wrath of Almighty God.

Ultimately, Satan, the Antichrist and all those who have opposed the will of God will be cast into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:20; 20:10; 20:15). It is not the Devil who rules in the Lake of Fire. He will be tormented there. The fire of hell is the fire of the anger of God (Deuteronomy 32:22). The awareness of God’s punishment by fire kindles within us a pure, clean and eternal fear of our holy and awesome God (Luke 12:4-5; Psalm 19:9).

Window and Mirror

John saw fire in Yeshua’s eyes. The eye contains a hole in the middle – the pupil, which is like the aperture in a camera. It acts like a window. The source of fire is not the eye of Yeshua, but His heart. He has a fire burning deep inside His soul (Luke 12:49) and desires for it to be kindled in each of us.

The eye also has a clear lens covering the cornea. It acts like a mirror. When you look someone in the eye, you see your own image reflected. When we look in the eyes of Yeshua, the fire that is in His soul flows out of Him, through our eyes, into our soul. This energy transfer does not involve the physical eye, but the eye of the spirit (Ephesians 1:18).

Some people run from conference to conference, trying to get an impartation of the fire of God. Yet there is a direct, personal access to the fire of God that is available to us at any time. All we have to do is close our physical eyes, meditate on the Scriptures describing the fire in the eyes of Yeshua, imagining Him looking into our eyes, face to face; that spiritual flame will begin to flow from His soul into ours.

The eyes are located in the center of the face, halfway from the chin to the crown of the head. As we meditate on His shining face, we are transformed into the same image (II Corinthians 3:18). This spiritual transformation by meditating on the glory of God in the face of Yeshua is a key to understanding the priestly blessing, that “the Lord would make His face shine on you” (Numbers 6:25). The Aaronic benediction is fulfilled in Yeshua our high priest.

Try to spend time every day meditating on the fire in the eyes of Yeshua. May that beautiful spiritual fire of passion and purity be kindled in your soul!

July 19, 2021 0 comment

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Hearing And Understanding, Seeing And Perceiving

by John Mathai June 6, 2021

written by John Mathai

We hear a lot of things and see a lot of things. However this hearing and seeing is wasteful if there is no understanding of what we hear. This was the problem when Jesus walked on earth and it is still a problem today. We hear things but we do not always understand. What we hear passes through our brain and then we forget what we heard. To understand what we hear, we need to listen to what is said. Listening is a higher form of hearing. We listen to understand what is said. Even here we can understand with our mind or with our heart. Both are essential to understand what we hear. It is understanding with the heart that results in revelation, which is the so-called aha! experience when the light bulb comes on.

Seeing

We also see a lot of things especially through media and films. We are a very visual generation and are bombarded with images all day. Yet we need to perceive what we see to understand what we see. Many today see life as a movie. We watch our lives passing by like we watch a movie and then forget what we just saw until the next movie. What a waste of life! Life is for living not just to watch and forget. When we perceive what we see we will get rooted and changed. Transformation only comes through understanding the truth. Jesus died and rose again. This is the truth but lack of understanding keeps many from receiving the truth. Many hear the good news of the gospel but never receive the salvation in it.

Understanding

As in the days of the apostles so also today we declare the Good News but few listen and perceive the truth in it. They either oppose it or ignore it. The devil has blinded us from seeing and receiving. This applies in all areas of life. What we dismiss will not have any lasting effect on us. We will be like dreamers who dream but no action follows. We will be like clouds with no rain. Come today and listen to the good news of God’s message of salvation and receive the truth that Jesus is the only way to the Father and be saved. This will change your life forever and heaven will be your final destiny.

John Mathai

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Forgiveness: A Stealth Spiritual Warfare Weapon Satan Can’t Stand

by Jennifer LeClaire October 22, 2020

written by Jennifer LeClaire

My imagination was running wild. I couldn’t comprehend how someone who claimed to be a Christian could leave town on Christmas Eve without finishing the construction work in my home he was paid to complete a month earlier. I was literally shocked that this man, who I’d known for years, would essentially leave me living in a construction zone without any way to take a shower or cook a meal. Forgiveness was not even on my radar.

I was seething mad. But I was also violating Scripture. The Bible tells us to cast down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled (see 2 Cor. 10:5-6).

When we meditate on the thoughts the enemy puts in our minds, we are setting ourselves up for destruction. In this case, the enemy was playing on the injustice to set me up for bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness. Thankfully, I caught on to the enemy’s plan and brought those thoughts into captivity to the obedience of Christ, being quick to forgive and trusting God to be my Vindicator.

Forgiveness: Your Stealth Weapon

If the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, then forgiveness may be among your stealthiest weapons. The enemy never sees it coming. Think about it for a minute. God used forgiveness to deliver us from the enemy’s camp. All we have to do is repent and receive that forgiveness to remain free from oppression and condemnation the enemy heaps on our souls when we sin.

But there’s another side to that truth: When we walk in forgiveness toward others, the enemy cannot put us into bondage to resentment, bitterness, and unforgiveness. When you look at forgiveness through this lens, it becomes a powerful weapon that keeps your heart free and clean.

Forgiveness is a double-edged sword. If you do not forgive others, God will not forgive you (see Matt. 6:15). Unforgiveness hinders your fellowship with God and affects your anointing. You may still command devils in the name of Jesus, but authentic spiritual authority is diluted when you fail to obey God’s command to love people. Love and unforgiveness do not flow from the same spring.

If you do not forgive, it will hinder your prayer life. Jesus said, “Whenever you stand praying if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.” (Mark 11:25) Spiritual warfare falls under the umbrella of prayer. How can you effectively bind devils when you yourself are bound with unforgiveness? Unforgiveness puts you at a clear disadvantage on the spiritual battlefield.

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Overcome Evil With Good

Spiritual warfare is more than binding devils in Jesus’ name. Spiritual warfare is forgiving those who oppose you, hurt you, or persecute you. And not only forgiving but blessing them. And not only blessing them but trusting God to avenge you.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offered revelation on how to deal with people who mistreat you: “I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.” (Matt 5:44) How can you apply that revelation if you aren’t willing to forgive?

You may not feel like forgiving. And you may feel like giving that someone a piece of your mind. You may not feel like blessing your enemy. And you may feel like telling the whole town what they did. You may not feel like showing kindness. And you may feel like putting your wrath on display. But when you do you give the enemy a toehold, which can lead to a foothold, which can lead to a stronghold.

The weapon of forgiveness is mighty not only to pull down strongholds but to prevent the enemy from establishing a stronghold in the first place. Indeed, forgiveness is a powerful weapon—one that is too often neglected in our binding and loosing exercises. So, before you head to the battlefield, consider that the Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression (see Numbers 14:18 AMP).

The Lord is a warrior—and He never loses a battle. When you follow His lead and forgive—when you set your heart to overcome evil with good and allow God to take vengeance—you can’t lose. Amen.

October 22, 2020 0 comment

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Moving In Faith From Kronos Time To Kairos Time

by John Mathai July 16, 2020

written by John Mathai

Kronos Time

Time is a dimension that we are familiar with and our clocks remind us of that. Everything is ordered based on time. We set our clocks to wake us up at a certain time. Time controls us so that we don’t get to work late or miss appointments. Some workplaces fine you if you are late for work. The time we operate in is called Kronos time. Time also has an end just as it has a beginning. We all will die one day when our time is up. However, there is another time in which God operates, and in faith we can operate in it too.

Kairos Time

God operates in Kairos time as He is beyond space and time. He is eternal, meaning He is outside of time, since He has no beginning and no end. His time is always an eternal now. When we shift to His time then we operate in an eternal now. This shift means we can expect answers in His time and not ours. This will also change how and when we can expect answers to our prayers. Since God operates outside of time, His time is now. This should raise our expectancy in prayer to expect the impossible now.

Faith In God’s Time

Faith enables us to connect with God for He is our hope. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for …” (Heb 11:1). This means that our faith is the substance that makes what we pray for tangible. When we pray for healing we can expect to be healed. When we ask for money we can expect money to come into our bank accounts. Faith is the evidence of things not seen in Kairos time. Expect your faith to deliver now the tangible answers you have been praying for. Do not limit yourself by Kronos time. God answers to faith as He is the one who asks us to trust Him by faith. Try it and see the difference to your prayers.

Revelation Leads To Transformation

by John Mathai June 23, 2020

written by John Mathai

God reveals His mind to His followers. And the Bible is the written word of God. Through the Bible, God has revealed His plans and thoughts to His people. He has disclosed His commands that need to be obeyed in order to live a righteous life. This revelation needs to be received for it to be effectual. However, many reject His Word and therefore suffer the consequences.

His Revelation

God also reveals His mind through His servants, the prophets. Jesus is the revelation of God Himself in the flesh. The Word became flesh and dwelt amongst men (see John 1:14). Jesus’ coming was foretold in the Old Testament and revealed in the New Testament. Those who knew waited for His coming and received Him with joy. On the contrary, others feared and like Herod tried to kill Him. What are we going to do with Him?

Transformation Of The Soul

We can choose to receive Him by inviting Him into our hearts or ignore Him. But if we ignore Him it is to our own detriment and loss. He has promised us eternal life, but we often choose a carnal life through rejecting Him. God has given us free will to choose. He created us in His image with a free will. Adam chose to disobey and so suffered the consequence of the curse of rejection.

Now Jesus came to redeem us from every curse. Yet we still reject Him. The revelation of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Open your hearts and receive this revelation and be saved. Now is the time to reveal the sons of God. The whole earth is groaning in pain for this revelation. This is the opportune time for others to know us. God is sending His harvesting angels now to reap the harvest of souls. Let us rise up in faith and take our place and establish His Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven.

John Mathai

June 23, 2020 0 comment

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Paul’s Secret Spiritual Warfare Weapon

by Jennifer LeClaire April 16, 2020

written by Jennifer LeClaire

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Spiritual warfare is a way of life for me. I am careful to put my armor on, stay alert to the spirit realm, and walk as close to the Holy Spirit as I possibly can. Still, there are seasons where the battle rages and I grow weary. There are times when I need reinforcements in the face of surging enemies that are intent on killing me, stealing what is rightfully mine and destroying my family and ministry.

Although I’ve long understood the need for intercessors, an email from a general in the faith this week—and an expert in spiritual warfare—reminded me of just how important prayer partners are. After asking about the warfare against me after my book, Jezebel’s Puppets

The email read:

“With the undoing of moral restraint in our nation and the intimidating nature of Jezebel against those who speak against it, I was wondering how you were doing. … I know a few folks who have taken a strong public stand against this spirit who subsequently experienced some added battle. I just wanted to make sure you have folks praying for you. … The biggest factor is to have intercessors who can pray for you regularly and also spontaneously. Part of the Ephesians 6 dress code is where Paul adds, ‘And pray for me.’ He knew all the mechanics of warfare, but he also knew he personally needed prayer.”

A Revelation of Reinforcements

Let’s look at these Scriptures first hand. Paul exhorted the church at Ephesus—and really all believers—to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” (Eph. 6:11)

That’s where many spiritual warriors stop. But it’s not where Paul the apostle stopped. He had another weapon against the wiles of the wicked one. And he had reinforcements that were making intercession for him from Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the Earth. He didn’t just hope they might pray when the Holy Spirit brought him to mind—he petitioned for their prayers.

Prayer Against Spiritual Warfare

Once we get past the whole armor of God and personal prayer challenge, we see Paul the apostle reaching out for spiritual warriors to join his intercessory prayer team: “Pray for me, that the power to speak may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.” (Eph. 6:19)

Paul asked for prayer for God to provide an opportunity to speak, be heard and spread the gospel message clearly (Col. 4:3-4); that people would accept his message and believers would accept his God-given wisdom (2 Thess. 3:1-2); for deliverance from the Jews (Rom. 15:30); for deliverance from challenging circumstances and prison (2 Cor. 1:11; Phil. 1:19, Philemon 1:22); that he could see in person those to whom he was writing (Rom. 1:8; 1 Thess. 3:10).

Final Words: Spiritual Warfare

Of course, we know that Paul returned the favor and prayed for his spiritual sons, co-laborers, churches and even his enemies. Prayer is a partnership. You need prayer, your family needs prayer—and the leaders in the body who are out there fighting devils, equipping the saints for the work of the ministry, and preaching the gospel need your prayers. I need your prayers. So I ask, as Paul did, pray for me.

April 16, 2020 0 comment

The Lord has released the angels of abundant harvest.

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7 Vital Truths You Need to Know About Angels

by Jennifer LeClaire April 4, 2020

written by Jennifer LeClaire

Angels are ministering spirits sent to serve the heirs of salvation (Heb. 1:14). Angels help us, protect us, send messages to us, unfold revelation, guard us and more. Angels are all around us. Additionally, the Lord has released the angels of abundant harvest.

I’ve been studying angels more and more. While God must remain the center of our focus—we need to study His will, character and ways—we’d be foolish to ignore what the Bible says about angels.

The Bible mentions angels and other heavenly creatures over 370 times. Angels appear as men. They appear in dreams. Angels appear in brilliance. They appear in visions. Angels appear in trances. They have walked and talked with men on the earth. Angels move at the speed of light.

Here are seven truths we need to know about angels at a time when the Lord has released the angels of abundant harvest:

1. Angels obey the Lord’s commands, not ours.

I hear many, especially spiritual warriors, commanding angels. I cannot find in Scripture anywhere we are to command angels. Psalm 91:11 (AMP) says, “For He will command His angels in regard to you, To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].” And Psalm 103:20 says, “Bless the Lord, you His angels, who are mighty, and do His commands, and obey the voice of His word.”

2. Angels have a free will. Like humans, angels are not robots.

We know that one-third of the angels followed Lucifer (Satan) in his insurrection and were cast of heaven with him. Jude 6 (MEV) tells us plainly, “Likewise, the angels who did not keep to their first domain, but forsook their own dwelling, He has kept in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day.” Angels choose to serve the living God, just as we do.

3. You have angels.

In Matthew 18:10, Jesus said: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.” Angelic activity in the New Testament era was common. When Peter was released from prison (by an angel) he came knocking on the door where intercessors were praying for his release—but they didn’t believe when he actually showed up. They said, “It is his angel” (Acts 12:15b). The Bible says angels are ministering spirits to those who inherit salvation (Heb. 1:14).

4. Angels never die.

Luke 20:36 says, “For they cannot die any more, for they are equal to the angels and are the sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.”

5. Angels serve as deliverers.

Although God is our fortress, our strength and our deliverer, He can choose to send angels with deliverance assignments. Psalm 34:7 bears this out, “The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him, and delivers them.”

6. Angels can speak with a loud voice.

Revelation 7:2 reveals, “And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea …”

7. Angels have strong discernment.

2 Samuel 14:17 says, “So, your servant thought, ‘May the word of my lord the king provide rest. For like the angel of God, my lord the king discerns good from evil. May the Lord your God be with you.'”

The Harvest

These are only some of the many truths about angels and angelic beings. The Lord releases angels to accomplish many assignments, including bringing in harvest. We’ll continue our study on angels in the weeks ahead.

The Lord has released the angels of abundant harvest.

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