Tag: Joseph

November 14, 2025 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,

You are just like Joseph.  You may have been thrown into a pit or feel like you are in a prison, but I Am using those hard, difficult situations, those trials, tests, and tribulations to turn around for your good. Remember, Joseph said to his brother, you meant this for evil, but the Lord meant it for my good. So it is not only for you that I Am working things out, but it is for your seed and your seeds seed, that they might know that there is a God. I never stop and I never quit until every promise that I have given. I Am watching over My word even now, concerning you to bring to pass every promise that I Am giving you. Do not lose sight of what is going on, for the enemy will cause you to look around to see the things that he is doing. For he is causing chaos, he is causing trouble, he is behind all these things but these things must come in order for you to learn to keep your eyes on Me. I never change. It does not matter what is going on in your life. I never change. I Am consistent. I Am working things out for you. It is not based on the circumstances of your life. It is based on My promise and My faithfulness to you I watch over My Word to perform. My Word and I have spoken to you individually that I will never leave you, I will never forsake you, I will never quit. Everything I have spoken to you is yes and amen, that means I Am bringing it to pass. I Am using the hard things to bring it to pass so that you might be strong, immovable and always abounding. Hold on to My Word, it is what is keeping you. I will cause your eyes to look to the eternal, to the everlasting, not to the temporary. I use the temporary to bring about the everlasting, to bring about the eternal. Keep your eyes on Me. 

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” (Genesis 50:20)

“So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.” (2 Corinthians 4:18)

“Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage] And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
 Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, And all your ways will be steadfast and sure.”  (Proverbs 4:25-26)

Love,

Pastor D

September 22, 2023 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning, 

In the days that are coming upon the face of this earth, it will be My trees that will stand for Me and for righteousness and not be moved by what moves the world.  Their trust is in Me and My faithfulness to them and in keeping My promises.  Because they are deeply rooted in Me, they will rise with wisdom and insight for the days ahead, many of them will be like Joseph and Daniel. In times of difficulties, times of oppression, times of uncertainty, and challenging times, Joseph and Daniel received heavenly wisdom, knowledge, insight, and revelation for their families as well as for their nations.  I am giving to My trees of righteousness that same ability.  One will receive a piece of the puzzle, another will receive their piece, and still another their piece.  My true people will come together and they will excel at this time as they learn how to be One, as I Am One with the Son and Precious Spirit.  We are whole together.  So shall My people come, each with his piece to make a whole.  Stamping out their childish ways, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and a list of fleshly devices of separation.  One as I long for you to be. 

Listen My trees for I Am revealing to you the way to go through the midst of these times of trials and testing without anything hurting or harming you.  If you want in, come and let Me plant you and prune you by My river that you too may be an oak or an evergreen in My eternal garden.

“This is what the Lord says; Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future.  They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salted land.  But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.  They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.  Such trees are not bothered by heat or worried by long months of drought.  Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:5-8)

“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more….remain in Me and I will remain in you.  For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in Me.” (John 15:1-4)

“For you are still [unspiritual, having the nature] of the flesh [under the control of ordinary impulses]. For as long as [there are] envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard and like mere (unchanged) men?” (1 Corinthians 3:3)

Love,

Pastor D.

December 17, 2021 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Gideon was thought to be the smallest and the least.  He came from the smallest tribe and he was the least in his family yet I raised him up to be mighty.  Joseph was ignored and thought to be a bother to his brothers.  David’s brothers did not think highly of him, yet God used them mightily to save their families and nations. 
    If you have found yourself in these positions, get ready God loves to exalt the humble.

 
Good morning,
 
    Gideon was thought to be the smallest and the least.  He came from the smallest tribe and he was the least in his family yet I raised him up to be mighty.  Joseph was ignored and thought to be a bother to his brothers.  David's brothers did not think highly of him, yet God used them mightily to save their families and nations. 
    If you have found yourself in these positions, get ready God loves to exalt the humble.  If you have been treated like a handmaiden, or a servant, or treated as the least of all know that I have seen your faithfulness to Me.  Remember My servants of old; Abraham, I changed his name so that he could fulfill the calling and purpose that was in his life know that I am doing the same for you.  I Am changing your name, for many have been under a low name and I Am raising you up to a new level, into a new place.  I Am placing at your feet all that I have ordained for you to be.  Delayed assignments, postponed promises I Am bringing to pass for I Am a God who remembers every word that I have spoken over you even before you were formed.  I know the plan and destiny that I have for you, you will perform it.  I have pulled you up out of the lowest places and I will raise you higher than you can imagine. Though it may seem that in the natural you have come behind in many things.  I Am great at exalting the lowly and no man can push you down once I have lifted you up.  Understand the greatest things in your life are about to be fulfilled, I have not forgotten any good thing that you have done in My name.  I Am faithful to all I call, every promise that I have given I will fulfill it. Trust me, I will bring you up, I will exalt you and there will be no one left who can put you down.  There is no man that can move My hand, nor alter My plans that I have for your life so rejoice in what I have done and continue to do.  I brought my son through a generation of lineage of downcast and downtrodden and because he humbled himself and obeyed Me I made him Lord of all, there is nothing too difficult for Me.  I tell you that I watch over My word to perform it.  Your best days are ahead, so rejoice in the fact that I keep My word.
 
    "Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]." (1 Thess. 5:24)
 
    "Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it." (Jer. 1:12)
 
    "So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." (Is. 55:11)
 
    "Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you," (1 Peter 5:6)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

My people are always searching for an “easy word” and an easy way!  Life is hard, you say, and I say, yes, and the enemy of your soul tries to make it tougher than it really is.  I have always tried to strengthen you and make you tougher than anything that might come your way.  Making you well able to endure and outlast whatever you encounter.

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Good Morning,
    
     My people are always searching for an "easy word" and an easy way!  Life is hard, you say, and I say, yes, and the enemy of your soul tries to make it tougher than it really is.  I have always tried to strengthen you and make you tougher than anything that might come your way.  Making you well able to endure and outlast whatever you encounter.  Even when you are weak, My strength in you will arise and cause you to be able to go through and come out without the smell of that trouble on you and more wiser than you were before you entered.  My faithfulness to you is great, I will not fail to bring you to completion if you will allow Me.  I need your cooperation to do what is necessary to make you whole.  I have imprinted you upon the palm of My hand, so your name is always before My face, and because My love for you is so deep, I am constantly raising up watchmen to call out your name in prayer.  I do not slumber, so I Am constantly bringing it to pass.  That is why my angels, those that have been assigned to assist and minister to you, will not cease to accomplish their assignment concerning you.  Remember that I have given to you everything to bring you to your divine destiny.  There may be times that this may be held up because of the endeavors of the wicked one, and sometimes things you do, but as long as you will keep your trust in Me, it shall be even as I have spoken it to you.
     I have been removing all that causes you to stumble, so that you can do the work of laboring with Me.  You are the ones that I have ordained to see to it that the devastation of your generation will turn, and be elevated to the city on a hill that I destined you for.  Look past the smoke screen of the wicked one, and all will be made clear to you, you are the Joseph's in your family.   You have been sent ahead in order to save your generation from complete destruction.  It is no small thing that the enemy keeps trying to bring confusion to you and to take you out.  Just as he chased and hounded Joseph to try to make him doubt the call on his life, so the assignment of the enemy remains the same.  Through many trials, test, and tribulations, Joseph prevailed.  His destiny was greater than the testings that he endured, and through it all He became a developed and tested vessel for My glory and My plan to save nations, but especially his own generation of people.  Now you stand in the same place, you are even as Joseph.  You have endured trying and difficult times, accusations from within and without, you have been imprisoned for doing right.  Do not despair, your Helper will bring you out, for your destiny is to save your nation as well.  Many generations are waiting for you to rise up and shine from the dust.  You were brought forth for such a time as this.   I have confidence in you, for you are in My image, I Am a Warrior, and so are you!  The greatest part of you is yet to be seen.  Don't give up!
     "And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations." (Is. 58:12)
     "And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.  But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.  For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them." (Is. 61:5-7)

     "For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them." (Isaiah 61:4-8)
     "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Corin. 12:9-10)

Love,

 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,

     Trust me.  Just trust me.  Joseph learned to trust Me even as he went through the things that he endured in his life.  He knew My heart, he knew My call but he did not know the way to the end.  Yet, my plan was good.  So I say trust Me, even when you do not know exactly what is going on, I Am working those things out for you, for your good.  I know the end from the beginning, I Am the divine designer of every plan for you.  I have not messed up, I have not misstepped, I Am steady and I Am faithful even now says the Lord when things seem so cloudy.  Think about My servants, think about how they had to learn to lean upon Me and not trust their own understanding, nor their insight, nor their own wisdom but they leaned on Me.  There are times that you do not know what to do, that is when you must lean on Me for I know, I know the way.  I know how to get you there with the least amount of attacks from the enemy, I know says the Lord.  But it is when you run from the shelter, the secret place that you come under assault and attack from the enemy, but as long as you stay in a hidden place, where I Am working things out.  Trusting Me, looking to Me as a child does to their Father, knowing that I have nothing but your highest interest in My heart.  There is nothing that you are going through that I have not allowed already for the perfecting of you, some are hard to bear I know, but just like Joseph, I will deliver you from the pit.  It is all about you growing up, maturing, and being strong and being steady.  I will not let you fail, I will not let you fall, I will uphold you by My right hand of justice, I will not let go.  Stay steady and stay strong for this is the season of testing and blessing for My children but your eyes must be on Me, not on celebrities, not on man, not even on those that are well known in My camp.  Keep your eyes on Me for I Am the way and I will lead you in the way everlasting, I will not let you fail.

     "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby: If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious" (1 Peter 2:2-3)
     "You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fulness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for evermore." (Ps. 16:11)
     "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet fine, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure." (Is. 46:10)

Love,

Pastor D.