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Greetings to all our Royal Girlz Ministry family and friends! I pray that each of you are experiencing God’s blessings and peace over your lives. Typically we would have already shared our Royal Girlz Ministry Prophetic Word For 2023 at the beginning of the new year, however this year has been quit different. This is my second time trying to get this word published, and it came with tremendous warfare, but to God be the glory, it is here!
The year 2022 was no doubt an extremely turbulent year for many of God’s people, and we had to hold fast to His word and promises to us. Thank you Father for your faithfulness to your sons and daughters and for allowing us to crossover into this new year and new season.
You Are Royalty
As we have entering into this new year, let us be reminded of who we are in Christ. The Word of God says “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”
You are apart of the royal priesthood from the Kingdom of Heaven. You are an ambassador for Christ, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. What a powerful identity we have in Christ Jesus. You have been made a minister of reconciliation in bringing others to the Father, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
You Have Been Chosen
I encourage you in 2023, to walk in your Kingdom authority that Christ has given unto you. It is in Christ that you will fulfill your Kingdom assignment and purpose. God has chosen you as His own even before the foundations of the world were established. Be encouraged as we advance in this new year and season. May God’s grace, mercy, and peace be with you now and forevermore.
Scripture References:
2 Corinthians 5:17-19
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light
Hearing From God
If you have been a Royal Girlz Ministry reader for any time now, you know that every year during the month of October I begin to still myself by fasting and praying. During this time of consecration I will hear the Lord speaking to me about the upcoming year. The last 3 months of 2022 brought such tremendous warfare not only in my personal life and ministry, but for the body of Christ as a whole. It seemed that the flood waters were surrounding me on every side. The scriptures tell us that when the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. If it were not for the Lord, many of us would have been overtaken by the flood.
Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
2022 The Year of Doors And Gates
The prophetic word for 2022 was that it was a year of doors and gates. It was a year that God opened many doors for His people in their personal lives, ministries, businesses and other favorable opportunities. The Lord spoke to His bride about making the preparations to prepare herself for His soon return. There was a shift that took place in the body as we searched ourselves to make sure we have pure hands and a clean heart with which God can use us in this upcoming move.
God began to draw the remnant even closer to Him by opening doors that only He could open and by closing doors that only He could close. These open doors have led the bride of Christ into higher and deeper levels of worship in Him as she was called out from among the unclean to be separate and set apart. We began to witness a true separation between the holy and the unholy right within the church. This year the separation will become even more clear as we draw closer and closer to the soon return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Rise Above The Flood
The word the Lord gave me over five years ago was that “You must come up higher or the enemy is going to overtake you.” Many times we think we can remain at the same level in God as we have in the past, but that’s simply not true. As we go higher and deeper in the Lord, it is in these depths and heights that He lifts us high above the flood just as He did for Noah and his family. Jesus is The Ark that keeps us safe from the enemy and from drowning in the flood waters. We now sit in heavenly places with Christ Jesus far above the flood waters.
Ephesians 2:4-7
But God is rich in mercy, and he loved us very much. We were spiritually dead because of all we had done against him. But he gave us new life together with Christ. (You have been saved by God’s grace.) Yes, it is because we are a part of Christ Jesus that God raised us from death and seated us together with him in the heavenly places. God did this so that his kindness to us who belong to Christ Jesus would clearly show for all time to come the amazing richness of his grace.
Going Up Higher
Pressing through all the distractions and spiritual warfare of 2022, I would hear the Spirit of the Lord give me words that He wanted me to share with the body regarding the year 2023. I realized quickly that whatever the Lord shared with me, I would have to write it down immediately. There was such opposition with the enemy over the word the Lord would give me and he would come immediately to try and steal it away.
The year 2022 was a year that the saints of God had to really increase their prayer time and alone time with the Lord just to keep our minds from being bombarded from the enemy. There were so many things thrown at us constantly and distractions all around us that we had no option but to lift our hands to God and ask Him to deliver us from the enemy.
Scripture References:
Psalm 18:15-17
Lord, you shouted your command,and a powerful wind began to blow.
Then the bottom of the sea could be seen,and the earth’s foundations were uncovered.
He reached down from above and grabbed me.
He pulled me from the deep water.
And He saved me from my powerful enemies, who hated me.
They were too strong for me, so he saved me.
Increase In Spiritual Warfare
As we experienced an increase in spiritual warfare, we also saw that as the body of Christ, we had to change the way we warfare. The open doors and gates of 2022 ushered in a new level of more powerful and ancient spirits of darkness. I prophesied about the return of these spirits in both our 2021 and 2022 prophetic words.
As these spirits have entered our earth realm by way of open doors and portals in the spirit realm, people have become possessed by these ancient serpentine spirits and they have made an abode in many people. The same serpent that deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden is the same one deceiving mankind today.
Scripture References:
Revelation 20:1-3
Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. He seized the dragon—the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan—and tied him up for a thousand years. The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)
God is separating His people unto Himself and drawing us closer to Him so that we will know His voice. The deception is getting stronger and stronger with each passing year. As we draw nearer to The Father, He will cover us and hide us under the shadow of His wings. In the time of trouble, He shall keep us safe and hide us in his pavilion.
Royal Girlz Ministry Prophetic Word For 2023
The prophetic word I received for 2023 is that this will be “A Year of Division and Separation!” As I already mentioned, we have seen a separation begin in the body of Christ, especially over the past couple of years. Many have experienced and seen this division in our churches, with our friends, and especially amongst our family members and those in our own households. Jesus Himself is the sword that will bring forth this division. The foundation scripture the Lord gave me for this year’s word is found in the book of Matthew.
Scripture References:
Matthew 10:34-39
Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief]. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].
Remain Steadfast In 2023
As we saw the importance of coming higher in the Lord, we must now learn how to abide and be steadfast in the Lord. God has already given us the victory, but we have to maintain it by staying steadfast in this season. What does it mean to be steadfast? Steadfast means to be sedentary (to sit and not be moved). This is the position we have to take this year and beyond that we are immovable and not shaken from the things of God.
1 Corinthians 15:57-58
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
As I mentioned earlier, the scriptures tell us that we are already seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. It is from this position that we are to rule, reign and wage warfare with the enemy. There are four critical areas in 2023 in which we are going to have to remain steadfast in.
REMAIN STEADFAST IN…
- The Love of God
- God’s Presence
- Your Purpose
- Your Assignment
Remain In God’s Love
The first prophetic word for 2023 is that we must absolutely remain steadfast in God’s love. Without the love of God we can do nothing! Love is the key to EVERYTHING that we do and everything that we are. 1 Corinthians 13 gives us the perfect description of love. We may have all the spiritual gifts in the world, but without love, we have nothing and we gain nothing. Jesus told us in His Word that the greatest commandment is that we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul and mind. The second commandment that follows that is that we love our neighbor as ourselves.
Love Is The Key
Remaining steadfast in God’s love is the first step that encompasses all the others. Without love, we can’t access the door that brings us into God’s presence. Without love, we can’t abide in His presence, fulfill our purpose or walk fully in our Kingdom assignment. If we follow the two commandments to love God and others, then we have obtained the golden key of love that gives us access to doors in both the natural and spiritual realms.
In 2023 God is dividing and separating those who walk in love from those who do not. By this separation, others will know who the true disciples of Christ really are. All things will pass away, but the Love of God will always remain. Let us remain steadfast in God’s love as we minister to others in love and advance the Kingdom of God here on earth.
Scripture References:
Matthew 22:36-40
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
1 Corinthians 13
I may speak in different languages, whether human or even of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy, I may understand all secrets and know everything there is to know, and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all this, if I don’t have love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have to help others, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing by doing all this if I don’t have love.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. And Love is not rude, it is not selfish, and it cannot be made angry easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it. And Love is never happy when others do wrong, but it is always happy with the truth. Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits.
Love Never Ends
Love will never end. But all those gifts will come to an end—even the gift of prophecy, the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages, and the gift of knowledge. These will all end because this knowledge and these prophecies we have are not complete. But when perfection comes, the things that are not complete will end.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, and I made plans like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways. It is the same with us. Now we see God as if we are looking at a reflection in a mirror. But then, in the future, we will see him right before our eyes. Now I know only a part, but at that time I will know fully, as God has known me. So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
Remain In God’s Presence
The next prophetic word for 2023 is that we remain steadfast in God’s presence. In order to remain in God’s presence, we must abide in Him. To abide in God means to stay in a given place, state, relation or expectancy. It means to continue, to dwell, to endure, be present, remain, to stand and to tarry. When we abide in God’s presence, we find peace and safety in Him.
The world is searching for peace and security, and the stage is being set for the son of perdition (the anti-christ) to be revealed. The word of God says that as the world cries out for peace and safety, sudden destruction will come upon them. As God’s people, we find our peace and safety under the shadow of His wings as we abide in His light and in the presence of the Prince of Peace.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4
You know very well that the day when the Lord comes again will be a surprise, like a thief who comes at night. People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly, like the pains of a woman giving birth. And those people will not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not living in darkness. And so that day will not surprise you like a thief.
Abide In God’s Light
Darkness is ever increasing in this world and gross darkness covers the people. The word tells us that the world hates the light of God because they love darkness and their deeds are evil. In the natural realm, we need light to see our way through the darkness and It’s no different in the spirit realm. Jesus said that He came as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Him should not abide in darkness. As we abide in His presence, we see God through His love and His light. Use the key of love to enter into His presence as you rest and remain steadfast in Him.
Scripture References:
John 3:18-21
He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
Isaiah 60:1-3
Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Separating Light From The Darkness
From the very beginning, God divided the light from darkness and made a distinction between the two. As God’s children, we are called to walk and abide in the light, not in the darkness. In order for us to abide in God’s presence, we must not rebel against the light. Jesus is the light of the world, so when we rebel against light, we are rebelling against Jesus.
When we follow Jesus we do not walk in darkness, but instead we walk in the light of life. Just as God separated the light from the darkness in Genesis, He is doing the same even now. There are people and things that God is separating you from because there is no agreement between light and darkness. Allow God to do this work in your life and do not rebel against Him. Separate yourself from everything and everyone that is not like God
Scripture References:
Genesis 1:4
And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. God saw that the light was good (pleasing, useful) and He affirmed and sustained it; and God separated the light [distinguishing it] from the darkness.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
You are not the same as those who don’t believe. So don’t join yourselves to them. Good and evil don’t belong together. Light and darkness cannot share the same room. How can there be any unity between Christ and the devil? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? God’s temple cannot have anything to do with idols, and we are the temple of the living God. As God said,
“I will live with them and walk with them;
I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
“So come away from those people and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch anything that is not clean, and I will accept you.”
“I will be your father,and you will be my sons and daughters,says the Lord All-Powerful.”
Abide In The Vine
As a gardener, I understand that it takes certain conditions in order for me to yield a good harvest. One of the most important things I need is light in order for my seed to grow healthy and produce good fruit. Jesus tells us in His Word that He is the vine and we are the branches. As we abide in Him and in His light, we will produce good fruit that we can feed others with. As God separates the light from the darkness, the distinction will be very evident in 2023 of who is abiding in God’s presence and who is not. The scripture says we will know them by their fruit.
Scripture References:
John 15:4-6
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Job 24:13
There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
1 John 4:12-16
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Remain In God’s Purpose
As we abide in the presence of the Lord, our focus will shift from the things of this world to the things of the Kingdom. The next portion of the prophetic word for 2023 is that God is separating His people from the concerns and cares of this world, and bringing us into alignment with His divine purpose and plan for our lives. If you’ve been struggling with what your purpose is in life then it’s time to seek that out.
God Is Intentional About You
You are the called and chosen of God and He has set forth a perfect plan and purpose for your life. God was and is intentional about the purpose and plans that He has for you. He told the young prophet Jeremiah that before He was born, He knew him and had already ordained him to be a prophet even before he was born. We see many examples of this throughout the bible.
In the same manner, God’s intentional purpose for you has already been set before you. As disciples of Christ, we are to seek out that purpose and begin to align our lives according to His perfect will and plan for our lives.
Scripture References:
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I made you in your mother’s womb, I knew you.
Before you were born, I chose you for a special work.
I chose you to be a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 29:11-13
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Align Your Life To God’s Purpose
As we align our lives to God’s perfect purpose and plan for our lives then we can begin to walk in the fullness of the Lord. If we fail to align our lives to His word and purpose for our lives we will always find ourselves outside of the will of God. How do we find God’s purpose for our lives? We find it within His word and by spending time in His presence. As we journey further into worship and prayer to the Father, He will begin to reveal unto you His purpose and plan for you. As He lays out His plan before us like a blueprint, it’s up to us to journey deeper and seek it out.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Walk In Complete Obedience
What God wants most of all is our complete obedience to Him. Whatever He is telling us to do in this season we better do it! I heard the Spirit of the Lord say “The realignments that you didn’t make in 2022… I will do in 2023.” God spoke to many of us in 2022 to realign some things in our lives that brought distractions and prevented us from fully seeking His Kingdom.
Many did not heed to His word, and what we didn’t do out of disobedience, He will tear down in 2023. Obedience is better than sacrifice. God wants us to be obedient to Him in every area of our lives, take up our cross and surrender all to Him. It is in Christ and obedience to His perfect will that we find our true identity and purpose.
Ephesians 1:11-12
It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Distractions In The Home
We have to be watchful that we don’t allow the distractions of this world to deter us from our purpose. For many these distractions include our family, children and sometimes even our marriages. According to the scriptures, to be free from distraction means to be free from domestic solicitude (care or concern for someone or something.) I found it to be very interesting that the only scripture speaking of distractions was related to marriage. Jesus said he did not come to bring peace to the earth, but a sword. This sword brings war, controversy, fighting and strife and our enemies will be those of our own households.
Scripture References:
Matthew 12:46-51
While Jesus was talking to the people, his mother and brothers stood outside. They wanted to talk to him. Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are waiting for you outside. They want to talk to you.” Jesus answered, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then he pointed to his followers and said, “See! These people are my mother and my brothers. Yes, anyone who does what my Father in heaven wants is my true brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 10:34-39
Don’t think I’ve come to make life cozy. I’ve come to cut—make a sharp knife-cut between son and father, daughter and mother, bride and mother-in-law—cut through these cozy domestic arrangements and free you for God. Well-meaning family members can be your worst enemies. If you prefer father or mother over me, you don’t deserve me. If you prefer son or daughter over me, you don’t deserve me.
Division In Families and Marriages
As God is calling us to come up higher in Him, there are many homes and marriages that are feeling the sword dividing them. The scripture tells us that we have to be willing to give up everyone and everything in order to follow him… and many times that includes our family. There are many marriages that are unequally yoked where the wife is a believer and the husband is not or vice versa.
It can become a distraction to your relationship with God when all your focus goes on a spouse or a child that has become stagnate, complacent and carnal in their walk with God. When your focus becomes more centered on your family than on serving God, you have crossed the line over into idolatry. We have to be obedient to God and keep our eyes focused on Him. We are in the final hours before Christ return and we can’t afford to be distracted by anything or anyone. Don’t lose sight of what’s most important, and that is serving God.
Scripture References:
1 Corinthians 7:29-35
But let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short. So from now on, those with wives should not focus only on their marriage. Those who weep or who rejoice or who buy things should not be absorbed by their weeping or their joy or their possessions. Those who use the things of the world should not become attached to them. For this world as we know it will soon pass away.
I want you to be free from the concerns of this life. An unmarried man can spend his time doing the Lord’s work and thinking how to please him. But a married man has to think about his earthly responsibilities and how to please his wife. His interests are divided. In the same way, a woman who is no longer married or has never been married can be devoted to the Lord and holy in body and in spirit. But a married woman has to think about her earthly responsibilities and how to please her husband. I am saying this for your benefit, not to place restrictions on you. I want you to do whatever will help you serve the Lord best, with as few distractions as possible.
Keep Your Focus On The Kingdom
The word of God tell us that marriage is good and honorable, and that God has ordained it. The Bible shows us through the institution of marriage how husbands should love their wives and how wives are to submit to their husbands in the Lord. One of Satan’s biggest threats is a God centered marriage where both the husband and wife are serving God and walking in their God ordained purpose. Satan hates unity and agreement and seeks to kill, steal and destroy marriages and families.
Idolatry In Marriage
We are living in the last of the last days and we must be steadfast to keep the things of God first in our lives so we don’t miss the mark. We should always be seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things will be added to us. Be watchful that you don’t begin to worship the wrong things in this life. Many of God’s people have turned their spouses and marriages into an idol to be worshiped and God is not pleased. Do not allow your marriage to become an idol or God will tear it down! Remember, our first commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind. No one or no thing is to come before God, not even our families, spouses and marriages.
Remain Faithful To God
Marriage can certainly be one of those distractions of the world that keep many people bond and not free to serve God as we ought to. As we continue to seek God and go higher in Him, we will experience a separation from those who refuse to advance in God. It is not your responsibility to remain in a place of stagnation waiting for your family members to catch up.
Continue to stay in prayer and in your word. The Holy Spirit will lead you and direct you into all truth and wisdom. I encourage you to keep your focus on Christ and the things of the Kingdom of God. Continue to press toward the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus and it may be that out of your obedience and faithfulness to God that the unbelieving spouse may be won over to Christ.
Scripture References:
Matthew 22:30
At the time when people rise from death, there will be no marriage. People will not be married to each other. Everyone will be like the angels in heaven.
Be Intentional About Your Assignment
Much like your purpose, God has an assignment for you to fulfill here in this earth realm. As disciples of Christ, we have all been given a corporate assignment to fulfill the Great Commission. That assignment is that we are to go out into the world and make disciples of Christ. As ambassadors for Christ, He uses us as vessels of reconciliation to bring the lost back to the Father. Just as Jesus had a purpose and assignment when He walked the earth, we do as well. In 2023 we must be intentional to remain steadfast in both our corporate as well as our individual assignments and purpose.
Scripture References:
Matthew 28:19-20
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Knowing and Following The Voice of God
It is so imperative that we not only know the voice of our shepherd, but that we follow His leading in this season. We have entered into a time and season that no man has witnessed before and therefore we need to stay close to the Lord. He is our Shepherd and we are the sheep of His pasture. The Father will lead us into a good place, but we must be diligent to obey the voice of God at all cost.
Scripture References:
John 10:1-10
Jesus said, “It is certainly true that when a man enters the sheep pen, he should use the gate. If he climbs in some other way, he is a robber. He is trying to steal the sheep. But the man who takes care of the sheep enters through the gate. He is the shepherd. The man who guards the gate opens the gate for the shepherd. And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep, using their names, and he leads them out.
He brings all of his sheep out. Then he goes ahead of them and leads them. The sheep follow him, because they know his voice. But sheep will never follow someone they don’t know. They will run away from him, because they don’t know his voice.”
Jesus told the people this story, but they did not understand what it meant.
So Jesus said again, “I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep. All those who came before me were thieves and robbers. The sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will be able to come in and go out. They will find everything they need. A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came to give life—life that is full and good.
Scripture References:
Psalm 23
The Lord is my Shepherd. I will have everything I need. He lets me rest in fields of green grass. And He leads me beside the quiet waters. He makes me strong again. He leads me in the way of living right with Himself which brings honor to His name. Yes, even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of anything, because You are with me. You have a walking stick with which to guide and one with which to help. These comfort me. You are making a table of food ready for me in front of those who hate me. You have poured oil on my head. I have everything I need. For sure, You will give me goodness and loving-kindness all the days of my life. Then I will live with You in Your house forever.
Deceiving and Seducing Spirits
Beware of the lying, deceiving and seducing spirits that are seeking to lead God’s people astray. The first sign of the end times that Jesus told his disciples to watch for was to watch that no man deceives you. The pulpits a full of false prophets and teachers operating in the spirit of deception and teaching doctrines of demons to their congregations. The scripture calls these false teachers wolves in sheep clothing.
I spoke earlier about how important it is to abide in the vine. As we abide in the Lord, we will produce good fruit, but every bad tree bears bad fruit and will be cut down and thrown in the fire. Again, it says we will know these false prophets and teachers by the fruit they bear. Stay watchful and vigilant saints of God as our adversary Satan is seeking whom he can devour.
Scripture References:
Matthew 7:15-20
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
You Must Endure To The End
It is clear that we are living in the end of the end times and the birth pains are steadily increasing. We are at the end saints and just like a pregnancy, the pains are intensifying and not getting easier. It’s getting harder to live in this world as a disciple of Christ during these perilous and dangerous times. Jesus told us that we would endure persecution for His name sake and we will begin to see this not just in other countries, but worldwide. More than ever we must hold on to our faith and keep our anchor of hope in Christ. We must continue to press and remain steadfast and immovable always abiding in Christ. Only those who endure to the end will be saved.
Matthew 24:11-14
Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Final Words
Finally my brothers and sisters, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. The prophetic word for 2023 is that of division and separation, but I want to encourage you to hold fast to God in this season. Many of the prophetic words and warnings that the Lord has given me over the past few years has not changed, but have only intensified. Instead of me repeating those again this year you can find those in the Royal Girlz Ministry Prophetic Word For 2022 in birthing pains.
Each year brings another level of increase intensity that heightens the birth pains. I want you to be encouraged and know that we at Royal Girlz Ministry are praying for you and your families. Continue to be steadfast in the love of God, abiding in Him, seeking His Kingdom, and staying within His will and purpose. Be confident in knowing that nothing can separate you from the love of God.
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Phillipians 1:5-7
I am sure that the good work God began in you will continue until he completes it on the day when Jesus Christ comes again.
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