Small Straws by Marsha Burns:
Narrow your focus. There are many issues to spend your time and energy on, but not everything is good for you to dwell on. This is a time to sort out what and where you can focus your attention that will actually produce positive results. Some things will make you stronger and other things will make you weaker.
Psalm 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, whose in his heart he has purposed to go up.
May 17, 2025. Get ready for mind-blowing favor! Simply open your hands and receive it. Nothing you can do to earn it…nothing you can do to deserve it…except that you’re My child! More than you can ask or think or even imagine. These are the things that are coming your way. It’s even okay to do a little “thanksgiving” dance. Here it comes – receive the favor of a lifetime!
Ephesians 3:20 “Now glory be to God, who by His mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes.” Robin Robinson Bohlin
May 17, 2025. This is your day. This is the day that I place you in a position to impact those around you more than you ever thought you could. I have placed My Spirit within you. Listen to the prompting and leading of Me as I direct you into situations that you could never create. I am the Creator, and I will put you in situations that will cause you to be in awe of My power to direct.
Philippians 2:13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.” Jonas Bohlin
May 17, 2012. (Reposted) The question is not only what can you get, but what do you need to give up and what do you need to give to get? I AM The Giver, the One who made the spiritual law of giving and receiving. Don't give to get. Reverse the order and get to give. This is not a riddle or game. It's a way in which life works best. I have given to you enormous freedom to lay your own track of giving and receiving. You are reaping now what you have sown in the past. If your crop now is not what you want, begin planting what you do want and reap the rewards.
Luke 6:38 "Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." Bev Robinson
May 17, 2012. (Reposted) Be on the alert. Train your spirit to be aware of your spiritual surroundings. Acknowledge My Spirit moving throughout the earth. When you're awakened with a sense of urgency, yield to Me calling your name. When you are stirred in the midnight hour, ask Me how you should respond. Be a watchman on the wall. Stand guard. Be ready and alert in the heavenly realm. Perhaps it is a time of warfare for someone on the other side of the earth. Perhaps it is for agreement with someone for My glory to be revealed. Stand guard at the post where I have placed you. At all times be ardent in prayer.
1 Peter 5:8-10 "Be sober! Be vigilant! Your opponent the devil walks as a roaring lion seeking whom he should swallow down. To whom oppose solid in the belief! knowing the same sufferings to the one in the world are being completed by your brotherhood. But the God of all favor, the One having called us into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, may He ready you, support you, strengthen you, found you." Kevin Robinson
May 17, 2012. (Reposted) Many times in the early morning I arise before dawn, go outside my house and pray. I ask the Lord what He wants to say to the nations today. Some mornings, I am especially aware of gentle breezes surrounding me as I pray. The Lord speaks life to me for sharing with individuals world-wide. I am aware that as the Lord speaks, He will deliver through Me life-giving, resurrection life, power and insight to change lives for that day. It is awesome for God to give you and me that assignment to call people to be raised up and live life more fully. The Lord says today, "Speak and prophesy life to those I bring before you."
Ezekiel 37:8-9 "Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live." Ras Robinson