PROPHETIC WORDS
GOOD NEWS!
by Jill Smith
September 2024.
Today God is breathing new life and vigour into His champions who have been oppressed and depressed by demonic spirits sent to stop them in their tracks. He is pouring out a fresh anointing upon them that is filled with the fire of passionate love for God and people. This anointing will mobilise and energise them to go, to reach out, to announce the good news of salvation and freedom, and to rescue and deliver others. God is awakening an army of lovers, healers and deliverers who are so grateful for the love and freedom He has poured into them that they can’t help but overflow with great joy and boldness, with absolute certainty that Jesus still sets captives free. They are not moving in grim determination or stern resolve, but in praise, gratitude, and joyful confidence in God’s limitless goodness and grace.
The breath of God is right now blowing away dark clouds of oppression that have overshadowed many and the light of His glorious deliverance day is breaking in. This is an Isaiah 61 day, the activation and release of the anointing of Christ, where multitudes will proclaim: “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of a spirit of despair!” (Is.61:1-3)
Right now, God is turning the tables on the enemy, turning things around for our good, having equipped us with His love and grace even in the dark places of challenge. His ‘vengeance’ against the enemy is the multiplication of the Christ anointing on multitudes who will overflow by rebuilding, restoring, and renewing ruined, devastated, cities and lives. He is exchanging double portions of favour and joy in place of shame, and robes of righteousness in place of garments of mourning.
Today is a good and glorious day. Welcome and receive this fresh anointing by faith and don’t delay, begin to activate the breakthough with praise and thanksgiving, lift up your heads and look around with fresh eyes of faith to see God’s goodness and grace overflow.
BIO
Jill is a New Zealander of pakeha and Maori (Tainui) decent based in the Franklin Region, just south of Auckland. She is married to Don and together they have a boisterous and greatly loved family, 4 children, their spouses and 11 grandkids. Jill has worked as a teacher, counsellor, art therapist, bible school lecturer and church minister. She is also a practicing artist, currently researching the potential of art to shift people’s focus and create space for encounter with God. She has ministered prophetically and encouraged, trained and mentored others in the prophetic over a number of years. She is currently developing a prophetic hub based at Uplift Church, Pukekohe, where she and Don have ministered for nearly 10 years. Recently stepping aside from pastoral leadership responsibilities, Jill is now freer to travel, focus the developing prophetic hub, write, and spend more time in her studio, one of her favourite places to spend time alone with God. She can be contacted at https://www.jillmiriamasmith.com