PUT ON YOUR ARMOR THIS MARCH!

I’ve been hearing the Lord say over March, “Church, put on your armor! Church, step back into your war boots. Step out of passivity. Step out of powerlessness. Put back on your authority. Put on your mantle!”

For the last two weeks, I've been in such a space of intercession over the massive change and pregnancy the Church is in that I have barely wanted to post on social media. I have also been feeling the heavy assault and demonic agenda of the enemy that's been coming against the Church in this moment of change, and also against the voices called to lead the Church forward.

Why? Because in the season that the Church is in transition and needs to move and shift and to shake off its bonds and to step into who she's truly called to be, God needs a Warrior Church to rise to lead the charge and to model it.

But where is the Warrior Church? Where is the Bride taking back her role of authority and power?

Instead, the ploy of the enemy is to lure the Church into a counterfeit calling, distraction, and false righteousness.

And so the Lord says over the month of March, “Church, put on your armor and step back into the secret place. Step back into the fiery throne room. Step back into the place of being marked and branded by Me otherwise, you'll be led astray in March and April.”

These are months where there's something swirling, something sinister, that I'm sensing in the spirit, that is beginning to pick up speed.

We do not need to be afraid of this, but I've been sensing that there is something the enemy is trying to muster and stir up right now that would bring the Church into a greater level of division and distraction in a time when the Church needs to be united and coming to a place of being led where God is going, together.

When the old wine runs out, the Church needs to cling to God’s voice and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit, or she will forget WHO SHE IS.  

And those who have not been in the secret place are susceptible. They're easily triggered. They're easily wounded. They're easily led into acting out of the flesh because they don't know who they are anymore.

And the enemy, like a lion, is roaming around right now.

"Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." - 1 Peter 5:8

And I hear, “If you don't pray, you will be prey in March. If you don't pray, you will be prey.”

The Lord says if you don't get back into the secret place, if you don't put on your armor, if you don't pick up your mantle, if you don't step back into your authority, the enemy will keep robbing, stealing, plundering, and pillaging your life.

The enemy is looking for those who are weak right now. He's looking for those who are easily used by him to side with him and call it righteousness.

We have a decision to make. But I also hear the Lord saying, as you put on your armor, as you step back into that place of authority, there's something amazing that God is doing in this space right now.

I feel like we're in a season of taking back everything that's been stolen. I feel like we're in a recover-all season as a Church. I feel like we're in a season where the Lord is realigning us and unaligning us from everything that's been false, everything that's been stealing our joy, our focus, and our vision.

This is a time where God is unyoking us. It's a season where God is rebranding us, delivering us from all the years of serving in Saul's house.

God is removing the old armor. He's removing the old things we kept tolerating that have crushed us.

It goes deeper than any other season or purging process we've ever been in. This is a refinery of refineries, but it's something the Lord is doing quickly.

Why? Because we're in a major moment of change where we need to move with the Spirit of God, or we STAGNATE, shipwreck, and fall asleep.

We can't afford to wage war against each other when there are principalities and powers that need to be taken down.

We need to put on our armor. We need to step into our governmental role as the Body of Christ.

We've been thinking too small. We need to step back into that governmental mantle. We need the Church to be a wartime Church. We cannot sit idly by while nations are raging, demonic agendas are raging, propaganda is raging, and false religions and ideologies are trying to destroy our nations, our next generation, and our future.

This is a time when God needs a wartime Bride. The discomfort many are feeling in the Body of Christ is because God is putting on your war boots. He's fastening your belt. He's having you pick up the mantle you didn't realize was yours, lying in the dust. God is readying His war horses.

I keep hearing the Lord say, "Where are My horses of change? Where are My horses of change?"

I looked up the phrase and found this quote: “Don't change horses midstream," a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln, meaning you don't change horses in the middle of a process because it’s foolish, but it’s exactly what God is doing!

God is looking for His crossover agents, His wild horses of change that would unapologetically break through the religious barriers of this moment and lead the way.

Can you feel the invisible threshold in the spirit? It’s going to take some abrupt force to cut the ties with the old to break through, and that’s why He has raised up His spearheads for this moment.

It’s a changing of the guard unlike any other season we have witnessed.

“He changes times and seasons; He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.” - Daniel 2:21

This is a Daniel 2:21 moment. There is a changing of the guard because people are abdicating their roles of authority and leadership in a season when God needs His uncompromised Church to arise. We don't need safe, comfortable churches. We need the real Church to emerge. The nations hang in the balance.

I've had two identical dreams in the last week where I saw a massive hornet's nest being stirred up just as I was opening a door of change. The sound of the key stirred the hornets. They were restless. It felt like they were assigned to intimidate those who would try open it.

I could feel the fear of man. I could feel the words swirling and the intense high-pitched buzzing of slander and curses. I felt a mental attack, and my heart was racing, wondering if they would attack before I was able to open it.

Then the Lord led me to these Scriptures:

"I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. And I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from you." - Exodus 23:27–28

"Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet against them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you perish." - Deuteronomy 7:20

After reading these, I realized a major key here. Yes, the enemy sends swarms of chatter against us when we are pursuing the Lord and surrendering to change, but God laughs at it and sends His own counterattack!

God is fighting for you! And as we step into submission to Jesus, the King of Kings, we step back under His grace and covering and protection for the assignment.

Some have been out of grace because they've been out of submission, held back by the fear of man. But as you step back into obedience, you regain authority, and God turns what was meant to intimidate you into something that fights on your behalf.

Right now, the Lord is looking for voices who will come into alignment with Heaven. As we pray, proclaim, prophesy, and lead, it breaks through the thick atmosphere of witchcraft and strongholds swirling right now.

Come on, Church, break out! This is not a moment to be apathetic. This is not a moment to be afraid. This is not a moment to accept the bad report.

In March, spend more time in the throne room than on the phone. Spend more time focusing on what is true. Don't eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Readjust your gaze back to Jesus, the King of Kings. Ask God, what are You doing? What is Heaven saying?

March is going to be a month of clarity and getting your marching orders. A month of alignment with God’s vision after a year of feeling like it was being pulled from you in every direction.

There’s a new level of discernment coming. There’s a Holy fear over what we say and what we agree with.

Be wise about what you eat and what you partner with, or it will steal your once clear voice.

And I’ll say it again - If you don't pray, you will be prey in March. Guard your home. Guard your marriage. Guard your family. Break the slumber. Get back your keys of authority, Church!

LORD, we give you this month and dedicate it to you, hearing your voice clearly and being used by You to lead our families and Your people in this significant season of change. In the name of Jesus, I break the spirit of slumber and the python spirit that has tried to twist around the Body of Christ and me. I break divination and false prophetic influence. I break heaviness and every yoke in Jesus’ name. I cancel witchcraft that has brought double-mindedness and confusion in a time when Your people need to be awake. Lord, put on our war boots. I'm putting on mine right now! Put fresh fire in our spirits and a fresh fight in our bones. Stand us to our feet and keep us wise and ALERT in Jesus’ name!

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.” Ephesians 6:10-13