My Grace is Sufficient

“But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me!” 2 Corinthians 12:9

My Child, discern the signs of the times. I have given you many signs, you have heard My word and still you have not yielded completley. I have sent My messengers with My Word to speak to you in this your hour of need. There is a great move of God taking place and all that will be required is My all-sufficient grace. My grace is more than enough for your peace and for direction in the path that I have ordained for you. Even as things are still shaking and vibrating; My grace is sufficient. In your own weakness, uncertainty and doubts; My grace is sufficient. When the darkness seems to be over taking the light My grace is sufficient. For I have given you the Anointed One, the anointing and an anointed word for this hour and for this time. You have more than enough; you have enough for yourself but I have even given you enough to give away. Give it away to those who are walking in fear and hopelessness. Understand the hour in which you are living; discern what I Am doing in this hour for when darkness shall come upon them; they will seek after the Light. You are My representative in the earth; you are the light of My presence; My grace is sufficient. Allow your heart to be refreshed and to be at rest in My presence; there is nothing to fear, My grace is sufficient. You have not lost your strength but you are flowing in My perfected strength in this hour. Fear not, do not be dismayed the greater your weakness, the greater My strength is displayed in your life and in your world. No matter how far you feel you have fallen away from your destined place My grace is sufficient. Don’t let terror defeat you; My grace is sufficient. Do not despise the day of My rebuke for it shall result in your restoration. Do not resent My chastening and My discipline for in it you are becoming My disciple. For as My Word says,

“And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory. 31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. 35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:30-39)

Glory in Me, your Strength and your Rest and be fully persuaded that My grace is sufficient.”

~Joann P. Laporte~

Nothing Gonna' Stop Us Now!

I was in prayer this morning and as I sat in silence to hear from the Lord a song flooded into my spirit. I do not know who sings the song but I could clearly hear the chorus in my spirit. I have been walking with the Lord long enough to know that He will use anything and everything to speak to His people; even things we may consider secular and blasphemous, but, lest we forget that all things were created by Him and for His use. The chorus of the song goes:
And we can build this thing together, stand in stone forever, nothing's gonna stop us now.

And if this world runs out of lovers we'll still have each other.

Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us now.

After seeking Holy Spirit on the matter by revelation He showed me that He was bringing forth a word about covenant relationships. The Lord has spoken that before one Word fails to come to pass heaven and earth will pass away and we know He exalts His Word above His name. There are many definitions of covenant but I found one that was very interesting and I believe is what God is saying to us today; a covenant is the promise made by God to humanity and the relationship it established, as described in the Bible.

And the Lord says, “The foundation is now firmly set and now it is time to build up and nothing or no one will be able to stop this work for being completed. For He who has begun a good work in you shall bring it to completion. And I can declare this now because you are on the sure foundation that is Christ Jesus; He is the foundation, the support, to what I have purposed to build in you. Through many trial and tribulation have I set every beam in its place. You have been built down deep in Me and now I say we are going up so come up higher. It is a season of revelation, so let he who has an ear hear what your God says to you today. There is an open door before you and I require that you ascend and come in. You have been given divine access and with this privilege you have been given the keys and you shall know of things not formerly revealed. Now through our mutual and binding agreement of the covenant we are going to co-labor together to see My purpose come to pass. I could have chosen someone else but I have chosen you and I could have assigned you another task but this was My desire specifically for you. For I know the plans I have for you and now I say nothing is going to stop us now. I see the heart of your commitment that has been sealed by My grace and is now manifested through your obedient submission. Now you have eyes that can see and ears that can hear from heaven’s throne-room. So lend Me your ear and look and see for I have removed the scales from your eyes. I have applied the balm of Gilead and I say go forth, come up and come in. This is your time and this is the season. Pick up your mantle and receive of the fullness of your anointing. We have work to do so put off your complacency and look up to the hills from where you will find help for every situation. I have equipped you and I have empowered you. Look and see and listen and hear for the secrets are being poured out and if you will catch the wind of My Spirit you will ascend to the secret place and though the earth may shake and crumble all around you our covenant is eternal; it shall never fail. So be encouraged, we are going higher and nothing gonna’ stop us now, I Am your God and My purpose shall never fail.”

Revelation 4:1 “After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."

Psalm 138:2 “I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!”

Mark 13:31 “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.”

~Joann P. Laporte~

It's All Free

This morning I was browsing through an on-line women’s catalog. As I went through the on-line catalog I added various items to my “cart” as items that I liked and would consider purchasing. After I completed the entire catalog I hit the “check-out” button to view all of my items placed in the cart and to see what the total purchase price would be. When I did so I had a list of about 40 items to now review and narrow down to my favorites. To my shock and amazement when I looked at the grand total it was ZERO dollars. I scrolled back up to the top and realized that all of my 36 items had the word “FREE” written next to them. Immediately almost instinctually without thought or hesitation I hit the “proceed to check out” button. Now of course this was some sought of error, a computer glitch that later corrected itself, but the Lord used this occurrence to remind me of a Word that He gave me some time ago and also to give me a glimpse that it’s fulfillment has come to the Body in a new way.

Isaiah 55:1 “Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink, even if you have no money! Come take of your choice, wine or milk, it is all for free.”

And the Lord says, “Be ready for I Am pouring out priceless spiritual food from heaven. I have prepared a table before you and now I say it is time to eat of it. Now I say to you accept the blessing that I have prepared for you before the foundation of the world. Make yourself fat on the free gift of My salvation. Dine sumptuously on the out pouring of My grace and mercy. Surrender and allow your soul to be nourished by My everlasting love. It is all free; I have paid for it all with My blood. For those who have longed after and thirsted after Me, I say come. To those who have actively and restlessly desired the food of My Spirit, I say come and eat. This is My invitation to receive the blessing of salvation; it is My invitation to receive My restoration now. It is My invitation for you to come and be richly fed from heavens provisions and I say allow your soul to be delighted in it abundantly and you shall live and be fully satisfied for these gifts which I offer no price can be set upon them and you shall only be indebted to My grace which is also free. So today I say all are welcomed to come and surrender to sup and dine with Me. Simply bring your trust and your faith; I say there is more than enough for all.

The Catatonic Season is Over

“The catatonic season is over”, says the Lord. “You have walked in your last season characterized by a marked lack of movement, activity, or expression. But now I say it is time to go forward. Again I say, arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! The night is long spent but the dawn is just upon you. You must press into the new day as you begin to see the sun come over the horizon. There is much for you to do, so come away My Beloved for I have done a new thing and it is truly marvelous in My sight. The renewal of many things that you have desired has come. If you will allow Me to, I will make all things new. If you will only trust Me, you shall receive all that I have promised you. It is time for you to receive of the promise as it is unfolding even now, right before your eyes. My child I delight in you and take great pleasure in you; you are My precious possession. You are My faithful one; truly great is thy faithfulness. Come now, let us steal away together into the secret place where we can reason together and creative power can go out from our communion and fellowship. Beloved I Am moving you out and into a large place so get your house in order. Your house will need to be ordered and I Am going to be your Provision to see it come to pass; for you and your entire household shall serve Me. And it will be substantial, yes, your destiny in Me shall be a great and awesome thing as it is a direct result of the anointing that I have pour out and which flows through you. So get things ordered as you have rehearsed it in your mind, sowed into your heart and as it has gone out from your mouth and now stand fast as the fruit is coming forth.

I Am setting your Foundation

Luke 6:48 “He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake or move it, because it had been securely built or founded on a rock.”

My husband and I were driving yesterday when he turned to a construction site that has been active for quite a few months now. He observed and said, “With all of this high-tech equipment they still have not been able to get this building up as yet, I guess they are still laying the foundation.” I look at him and said, “Well that could preach, but I guess it will be a very big and high building and the higher you have to go the firmer and deeper the foundation must be.” We just looked at each other and smiled knowing full well that this was a now Word from the Lord.”

And the Lord says, “The foundation will cost you something, often times it will cost you everything. Today I declare to you that I Am making your foundation to be everlasting. A great foundation takes time, effort and divine precision by the Master Crafter, the Master Builder and Master Architect of your life. I know that which I Am building in you so, I say cease striving with your Maker; yield to He who is the Master Architect of all creation. I know the way has been hard and the wait has been long. I know it seems as though your hope is long deferred as the enemy of your soul continues to assault you, but hear your Father today; I Am He who is called Faithful, and I will strengthen you and set you on a firm foundation and guard you from the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:3) I know it seems to you and those around you that there will never be a physical manifestation of all that has been invested and planted in you over such a seemingly long period of time. The enemy wants you to believe that it has all been a waste of time. He wants you to think that all that you have sown; your time, your talent and your treasury has been for nothing. But understand this, more time, more energy, more finances and more skill and precision must be directed to that which will be great and influential and everlasting after it has been established on a fixed and firm foundation. Despise not the days of small beginnings for I will complete My work in you for My own glory and for My own honor. An though it seems that your seeds lay dormant in the ground, germination is taking place; your roots are growing long and they are growing down deep. I say, the firm foundation of (laid by) God stands, sure and unshaken and it will be My glory within you, so rest assured, for I will complete My work in you. After I have laid the foundation you shall spring up high. And, remember when the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I Am the one who keeps its foundations firm and when the foundation is firmly set it shall never be moved.

And the Lord says, “This is your inheritance, you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household. You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord]. (Ephesians 2:19-21) So I say to you, “Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are. In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation. All power to him forever! Amen. (1 Peter 5:9-11)

Ask Me and I will Tell you

Jeremiah 33:3 (NLT) “Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.”

The Lord spoke this word to me as I slept about 2 weeks ago. At that time I did not fully understand the magnitude of which its power would begin to impact and affect my daily walk with Him. In my personal devotion to the Lord I have found that He is so awesome that He will speak a Word to us in preparation for the place that He knows He is taking us. Often times in my own walk, the situation is right upon me and before I know it I find myself in the place where this Word, if fully received, empowers and equips me to walk through the given circumstances. This was such the case again as I began to feel a great weight of heaviness suddenly the other day. I immediately began to seek the Lord for the burden that seemed to envelop me. And once again, there it was; my Word exploding in my spirit. “Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.” I suddenly realized that this burden that I felt was coming from a few days of climaxing uncertainty about this new place I now find myself in. I had felt a growing anxiety about my provision and protection in the days ahead and I knew the heaviness that I now felt was an extension of that anxiety. God is so faithful in His promise to lead and guide our steps, because my last word was, Philippians 4:6 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” and I walked around confessing that word for weeks. I believe that when we are faithful step by step He will provide and He will guide. So here I am having confessed this Word and now in the manifestation of the power that my confession holds, the enemy of my soul comes to challenge me to try to uproot it and displace me from my path so that I might not experience the fullness of its fruit. Now in this moment racked by anxiety He brings forth my next word, Ask and I will tell you. So that is what I did and this is what he said.

And the Lord says, “With loving kindness have I drawn you, but by way of crisis have I exposed you and revealed who you really are. Your struggle is an indication that you are in a season of transition. I Am developing your character; which is the part of your soul that is eternal. Your flesh desires to hold on to all that it has but it is only in allowing Me to strip you of yourself will you experience the dynamic transition that I have destined for you. During your transition I will force those things out of you that are not a reflection of Me. As your surrender to this work, you will experience a time of harvest and productivity. Your resisting My hand has wearied you, but now I say let go of all that has so easily entangled you and stand fast in the liberty by which the Word has set you free. Be elevated to the realm of freedom that your soul and spirit has been longing for. Do not allow yourself to become entangled again in all that has enslaved you in the past. Now is your moment of crossing over, forget the former things. Yes, I Am doing a new thing, press into the new and forget the things of your past. I Am a God of continuous movement, so let us walk on together to the joy that is set before you.”

Today ask the Lord for your next word, walk it out faithfully and trust Him for the next Word. He is faithful to those who prove themselves faithful to trust and obey Him every step of the way. Provision has been made for your next step. Ask Him and He will tell.

You Have Been Uncapped

The other day I forgot a bottle of water in the freezer. When I remembered and went to retrieve it, it was frozen solid. I placed it on my desk so that it might defrost. After a few minutes of sitting on my desk the bottle began to pop and make all kinds of squeaky noises. I lifted the top of the bottle off thinking it would stop the noise but it did not. I looked over at the bottle and saw that water was spilling over the sides and falling all over my desk. I was actually spiritually amazed and intrigued at the transformation that was taking place right before my eyes; the bottle just kept popping and squeaking and water just flowed unhindered out of the top.

And the Lord says, “You have been uncapped! The top has come off and you are about to break-out, breakthrough and spill over. And I Am well pleased at the transformation that is taking place before My very eyes. I Am revealing and I Am exposing all that has been hidden so that you are not hindered on your way. All that the darkness has hidden is now being revealed and will now lay bare before Me; the Light has come. This new flow will usher in My season of restoration and reconciliation. Once the floodgates have been opened nothing or no one will be able to stop you. No longer will you remain in your frozen and stagnate state. I Am causing you to be released so that you can be a vessel that will make My Spirit spill over into every area of the earth. Do not be afraid to move; you are now being defrosted for My use and as you move you will begin the realize unprecedented access and victory and gain and flow into uncharted territory. And after you have stood the defrosting which is the hardness of heart that has grown deep down inside of you, and has developed as a result of your last season, you will find yourself to have become a stream of living water which flows out from and abides in the fullness of My Spirit; the Living Water. I have taken the cap off, there are no more boundaries, no more limits, no more excuses. Though you may have to pop and squeak If you will allow it I will flow through you and from you into all of the world.”

Another Exchange

The Lord gave me a vision while I was in worship and I saw it so clearly while I was caught up in the spirit. A multitude of Believers were gathered together and everyone had their hands and heads lifted to the heaven. It was a beautiful sight because all were in one accord. I even saw little girls and little boys, practically babies, extending their hearts of worship and praise to the Lord. Many wept with burdened and broken hearts as they worshiped. And as everyone pressed in and warred in worship, The Lord said to me, “Do you see the spirit of heaviness that is rising to heaven with their praise? Do you see the atmosphere being realigned in the praise being released?” As I watched in my spirit it became very clear to me that there is a very specific exchange that the Lord is making in this day. The Lord is again inviting us into His presence and He is releasing a garment of praise that will usher ALL people into the throne-room to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. As we step into this garment many things will fall off of us automatically, one of which the Lord desires most specifically is the spirit of heaviness that has plagued the body in the last season and is seeking to sabotage us and stop us from pressing into our new place. The Word teaches that the Lord inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3). The word inhabits means to live or reside in; to be present in; to fill, as in a place. So as we praise the Lord in this season we are guaranteed and can be encouraged of the guarantee of His presence.

And Father says to His children today, “I Am making an exchange and even as you have walked in anguish fear and despair I desire for you to release that yoke to Me and receive from Me the garment of praise. Today I say to you, receive the exchange, receive the garment [expressive] of praise and release to Me your heavy, burdened, and failing spirit that has long been ruled by the heaviness of despair. In making this exchange you shall be given a new name. Your name shall be My righteous ones and you will be an expression of your God; lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God and it will all be for My glory. Yes this is the season of My glory; I will display and establish My glory in you and through you. And yes even the babes will worship as I Am pouring out My Spirit on ALL flesh. Your flesh will be stretched so that you are in perfect conformity to My will. Even the flesh that has tried to resist My Spirit will be defiantly stretched for it is a season like no other; My purpose shall stand and My glory shall overtake you. So come in, come in, enter into My gates praising and worshiping because you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. I am Faithful to bring these things to pass even as your eyes and your heart fails you know that I am He who has called you and I will help you. Look to Me for there is no other help in this day. Humble yourselves and be transformed by the Word and the Spirit. So lift up your heads and hands oh ye gates and be lifted up so that the King of Glory might come in. Worship, worship, worship and praise, praise, praise and I will come in. There is a move of God that will commence when My people offer up to Me the sacrifice of praise and come into one accord. This is that time; let the sound come unto Me and I will respond, I will respond. To those who are unfamiliar this is a strange sound, a sound that has been birthed in despair and disillusionment; it is the sound of those who have decided that they have no other choice but to praise Me until they get their breakthrough. It is a defiant and violent sound that knows that the Kingdom suffers violence but the violent must take, take, take, it all by force. Have you not desired a response, says the Lord. Then you must enter in, cloaked in the garment of praise and I will respond to your sacrifice and obedience with the supernatural release of My provision for this new place.”

Psalm 69:32 “The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.”

The Lord says, “I Am going to lift your feet off of the ground because you have become too familiar, confident and comfortable in the place in which you now stand. I have turned My ear to you, I have extended My hand and I Am moving My people. Those who have called out and cried out for Me to come to them have been heard in heaven. No longer will you wring you hands in despair and confusion. I have established you in your destiny but you have still been reluctant to step out of your place. I say that an abundance of grace and mercy has been released. And in this season I will lift you up and I will lift you out. This is My response to your gift of patience and trust in Me. You have believed Me and now I will respond in power and place you in a new place to stand. From this place you will gain new footing and be empowered to leap over new mountains as you possess new territory and take back all that has been stolen from you. You will press on a will be as shore-footed and as confident as the deer. No longer will you wobble, shift, and shake, but, you will walk on in your God given strength and confidence. You will now know what it means to be confident in your God; that promise has reached its fulfillment. You have turned toward Me even as I have always turned toward you and now we stand face to face. Let us walk along together and speak of all that has happened, what is now happening and the great and marvelous things to come in the plan for your glorious future in Me. It is My time, our time, of sweet communion. Nothing will hold you back now for by My hand you have been exalted over the mud and the mire of your last season; you have been lifted above your enemy. From this place you will again new insight and strategy for the days ahead.” Psalm 40:1-3 “I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.”

Transformation

Joel 2:12 “Therefore also now, says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning [until every hindrance is removed and the broken fellowship is restored].”

There is a reverberating sound of transformation in the atmosphere. Our spiritual atmosphere is being transformed right before our eyes. Transformation: Complete change: a complete change, usually into something with an improved appearance or usefulness.

And the Spirit of the Lord says, “There has been a shift. Things has changed, do you perceive it? Does your spirit man rejoice in what I have done and am yet still doing in you? I have orchestrated and systematically brought you to this place of revolutionary sanctification so that you are fit to fulfill the mission that I have given you. I Am the Potter and I have paid for you with the precious blood of the Lamb; you are Mine! I have fitted you, crafted you, molded you, anointed you and sanctified you for My use. The work of the Spirit has regenerated you and your whole man is constantly and consistently being changed and conformed into My image and My likeness. You have faithfully executed to process of being sanctified and your progress has been great; daily I see you dying more and more to your sin and flesh and pressing forward to living in righteousness. As a caterpillar turning into a butterfly so you are experiencing a metamorphosis; a complete change. I have begun the process in you and I have completed My work in you before you even began the journey. Now I say keep on coming, keeping on pressing. A butterfly would never decide to stop pushing out of its cocoon I have given it the will and the power to complete the task of transformation, it is in its DNA, it is its very nature. And I have endowed you, My child, with that same power; I have written it into your spiritual DNA, it is your divine nature. I know what you will be when you emerge from your place of darkness and struggle because I have created something beautiful and unique in each of you. Your struggle has been to stand in the secular and remain holy, yet you have pressed into the process of sanctification by embracing a lifestyle of persistent repentance, sacrificial servant-hood, a consecrated life of prayer, praise and worship that has called unto the deepness of My spirit and has attracted My power, presence and favor to you and now you will walk in its fullness and will experience an increased holiness of life, accelerated spiritual growth and maturity, reconciliation of broken relationships and a divine revelation and activation of your gifts and callings. Now set your face like flint; draw from My Spirit for your strategy to complete this mission and develop a mentality that will only see and do as the Father sees and does and that will never abort the mission. This will all be dependent of your spiritual tenacity to keep pressing forward, forgetting what is behind and pressing toward the mark. As you transform, the earth who awaits your perfection and your revelation as My children will also be transformed and regenerated and then heaven will kiss the earth and it will indeed be on earth as it is in heaven.”

Romans 8:18-25: “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.”