Here is the vision that I received at last Wednesday’s prayer meeting. As I think and pray more about this vision, I really believe it is from the Lord and it is a warning for all of us. Please pray about this vision after reading.
Vision received on 1/29/23 at MIP prayer meeting: While a mom friend (Odia) was praying fervently for our children, schools, country and the world; I received this vivid vision. I saw a shiny, big, long, powerful sword coming down from heaven and the sword swept across a massive field of a wheat farm. Though I couldn’t see who had the sword in his hands, I have a feeling that it one of the mighty, warring angel of God. Both wheat and tares were growing side by side. In case you are not aware, when a wheat grows into maturity, it naturally stoops its head downwards while the tares continues to grow straight up. In early stages, it is unclear which seed is a wheat and which is tare. As they grow, you can clearly see which one is wheat and which one is tare. The wheat’s head stooping downwards is a reflection of its humility and dependance on God, while the tare standing straight up is a reflection of its pride and self-sufficiency.
As the large sword was scooping across this wheat farm, I saw the sword chopping off anything that is too high in its height. The wheat whose heads are stooping downwards as it should be, are spared from the sharp blade of the sword. Tares are too tall, and their heads come off.
There is another thing that I saw in my vision that I thought was remarkable and full of God’s grace and mercies. For the “tare” family members, friends, people that we have been praying for; these tares had a special heavy weight around their heads so that their heads were forcibly bent lower to miss the sword’s blade of judgement as it crossed the field. I think the heavy weights can be circumstances or situations or relationships that make life very challenging for the tares. As painful as it is to watch your loved ones going through difficulites, perhaps it is God who is allowing this to happen in order to spare their life and soul.
I wish I can tell you that this year 2023 will get easier and better. No, I don’t think it will. I really hope I am wrong. Like you, I’m still tired and traumatized from years 2020, 2021, 2022. Whatever is coming up for 2023, we will make it through as long as our hope, trust, and refuge is in the Lord Jesus Christ. I feel the Holy Spirit asking me to share with you more of my skills and strategies learned in the battlefields of my faith journey with Jesus in last 12 years. There were so many!! I will do my best.
https://www.gotquestions.org/parable-wheat-tares.html
https://boldlyproclaimingchrist.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/wheat-and-tares-some-interesting-tidbits/
Prayer update on my health: Thank you for your prayers for me and my family. I thought I had strep throat and went to get tested. My throat area felt like there were glass shards all over. Even swallowing my own spit was too painful. CVS Clinic ran a Covid test despite the home test being negative; I had Covid! My throat was hurting so much, I barely ate for three days and lost 3 pounds. Yesterday morning, while a church friend was praying for me, I anointed my head and throat with oil. Immediately my throat felt relieved and my voice came back. I woofed down a large sub after. Last night I finally slept through the night and this morning, although I still feel weak, I am much better and stronger. My food is going down without pain and I look forward to eating more today.
Howard seems fully recovered. Evan still shows no symptons. Alex is fine too. Please pray that both Alex and Evan will be Covid-free. (Kids are good. Praise the Lord Jesus!)
Hi ladies! Attached is the next chapter from the Power of the Praying Woman book by Stormie Omartian. It’s a very important chapter so please read this carefully and prayerfully. (It’s chapter 3 if you have her book or want to get it.)
One reason that I still like to do my quiet time at early mornings is because I can quickly hear God’s whispers regarding any unforgiveness in my heart taking root. Because I know how utterly destructive this sin is; and it grows quickly, silently and deadly like cancer cells.
Please search your heart on this matter with God, and it’s a wise thing to ask a godly person to pray for you if you struggle in this area. God gives grace to the humble.
In my first two years following Jesus Christ, this was the main thing that we worked on. I would always hear very loud and clear what actions I must make to restore relationships. Even ones from our small town. I remember saying to God once, “Don’t you not care about my honor?! This is embarrassing!” God challenged me with the verse from 1 Peter 5:5. I resolved that I wanted His grace more than my pride and honor. Whether I felt like it or not, I listened and obeyed. Then I left the consequences to Him. Today I’m enjoying peace and rest in all my relationships and along the way I have learned to not be so sensitive and to be a forgiving person. Praise God! Please read and pray this chapter carefully. Love in Christ.
(It is fun to read what I wrote in May 2018. I remember exactly what God asked me to do to repair a relationship with someone from my town. It is embarrassing some things that your parent asks you to do as a young child. Likewise, now that I have matured more in Christ, I see the wisdom behind God’s direction.)
1 Peter 5:5-6
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”
So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
Today’s devotional from Rick Warren’s ministry on this same topic:
Don’t Give Up: Refuse to Be Bitter – Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope
Journal of Faith 