The Father says today that I am leading you away from the barren place and into a time of new fruitfulness and blessing. The voices that speak into your life only desolation and impending judgment - those voices do not originate from Me. Those who focus on the coming wrath and the gloom have only a partial view of what is happening. Yes, there is gross darkness at work in the earth, but am I not the morning spread on the mountains? They see the chaos and the struggles on the earth, but they do not see the full picture. I am establishing My kingdom, and that kingdom is built on righteousness, peace, and joy. My authority is increasing in the world. This is not a kingdom that is managed or dependent on human political systems; instead, My rule is above and over all political processes. I am sovereign over every nation and every government, and I bring about My will regardless of the plans of man.

Prophet Russ - I proclaim that the will of the Father prevails over all human actions - Today!

Know this says God, what happens in your prayer closet dominates anything that originates in the ballat box or the voting booth. Never allow your passion for politics to eclipse your passion for My kingdom and My Spirit, for My kingdom rules over all. Do not be afraid or become sidetracked by those who work against My purposes. It is not by human strength or influence that I accomplish My work, but by My Spirit alone. I am operating in the middle of the very problems and chaos that people create to fulfill My sovereign intentions. Understand that I have authority over all the nations of the world, and I remove one ruler and establish another as I see fit. Man pulls the voting lever, but I decide the outcome. Man is not your answer - look to Me always. People may participate in the political process, but it is My divine will that governs the results from My throne. You will see My purposes fulfilled despite the actions of men.

The Father says today, I am giving you favor with those you need to have favor with. Work situations, employment challenges, all of those interactions with the world around you—they are firmly in My hand. Surely in the world you may see indifference, selfish hearts, and even outright hatred, but I will cause even those who hate you to be at peace with you in My name. Roll the care of that circumstance over on Me. Those problems and challenges haven't taken Me by surprise, and it's not a problem. Trust Me. Don't move in desperation, or give in to panic or small solutions. I am a big God, and I am prepared to do big things. Dream a bigger dream. Broaden your horizons and believe for greater things, better things, new things, for I am all about increase and benefit and blessing even where creature comforts are concerned. Remember the prayer of Jabez, and know that I hear and respond to every petition lifted up in My name. I enlarged the coast of Jabez, and he didn't have the shed blood of Calvary over which to petition Me.

Prophet Russ - I declare that God will enlarge my coast and bring new things because I am trusting Him with my problems and challenges - Today!

The covenant that you stand on is a covenant of more than what Abraham could hope for, or Noah, or Enoch. You desire to see increase in the coming year, and I will be petitioned of you even as I was petitioned of Jabez in the Bible. Is the place where you are at too narrow for you? Ask of Me and I will enlarge your coast, and enlarge your life. Enlargement is available, but you must enter into a dialogue with Me regarding the enlargement that you are crying out for. I am ready to listen and ready to speak. I am ready to bring My wisdom online in your life that will shift your whole existence to a whole new place of blessing! Coming to know Me never ends in this lifetime. I want to make myself known to you as I said in My word, "from glory to glory". The depths of My Spirit stretch out all around you. The heights of My presence tower endlessly above you and flow boundlessly without measure beneath you.

The Father says today, 'I have a caravan of blessings on its way to you.' I am not meeting just one need, not just two needs, but also the entire inventory of concerns that are in your heart. All of those concerns that are beyond your capability are not outside My reach. Know that I am superintending your life and moving on your behalf. Concerning your loved ones and those close to you, know this—I have a way and a means to reach them in their struggles. They have made choices and those choices have consequences; however, the will of man is no match for the wooing power of My Spirit. The things that you want for them are the things that I want for them as well: redemption, salvation, and healing. All this is their portion and My resolute plan where they are concerned. I want you to realize that you are a part of the process through which I will bring change in those lives.

Prophet Russ - I declare that God chooses me to be a messenger of salvation, deliverance, and blessing for my loved ones - Today!

In every area of need and particularly where other people are concerned, My plan is not for you to sit on the sideline passively expecting something to get better. You are a part of the deliverance of those close to you who need to come to the foot of the cross. You have wondered when I will send that perfect worker to get through to them in their lost condition—know this, that I choose you. It is My will to redeem. I will lift them up out of the pit. I will bring them to a place of intimacy with Me. But know that you are My chosen messenger to speak to them on My behalf, even as you have cried out to Me on their behalf. Be willing to gather your courage and, with My wisdom, bring again the gospel of salvation, deliverance, and blessing to those who are outside the boundaries of the shed blood of Calvary. I will go with you and I will confirm your words with signs following. You will see results, and your rejoicing will be great!

The Father says today, I am pleased that you choose to tread My courts. I am so pleased that you are inquiring of Me this day. You have come before My throne, and you will not leave empty-handed or disappointed. Out of the unseen and into the seen, I will pour out My favor upon you. From the eternality of My throne, I will pour out upon you the temporality of My goodness in the situation you now find yourself in. You will taste and see the reality and substance of My goodness laid up in store on your behalf. You will know that your prayers are heard and that the answers you sought and petitioned for have not gone unheeded. So open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. I hover over you like the mother bird hovering over her young in the nest. I will fill you and feed you with My promise and My goodness as you cry out to Me. I am the God who rewards those who diligently seek My face.

Prophet Russ - I declare that I will testify of God's love, mercy, and goodness, and I will be a representative for His true nature - Today!

The testimony of My Spirit is the testimony of My faithfulness and My watchful care over those that belong to Me. Choose this day to be a representative and a voice advocating for My goodness to those who have been lied to and to whom I have been misrepresented. For centuries, men have maligned the testimony of the Cross and depicted Me as an austere and heartless despot hurling lightning bolts on hapless victims. Go out and testify to My love and mercy and goodness this day. Know that I will back you up with signs and wonders to attest to My true nature. Step away from the dark religious overtones of false thinking and open your mouth and your heart to declare just who I am and what I have done for all mankind upon the cross to bless and to benefit and forgive! I am opening up new experiences for you. Now is the time in this season of transition to ask anew regarding those long-standing features of difficulty and struggle in your life. Change is at hand.

The Father says today, I have changed directions in your life. You thought you were going in one direction, but I turned the map under your feet and made things turn out differently. I turned you around and said, "This is the way, walk you in it". You chose in that season to have a sensitivity to know and respond to My voice. You wanted to know My voice and what I was saying, and you responded. This is how it is when you walk in the kingdom. I will lead and guide, and as you respond, peace will come and blessing will follow. You have always wanted to make sure you understand what I am saying, but know this—your hearing is better than it used to be in times past. Realize this, that you do know My voice. Just as you are not ignorant of the enemy's devices, so you know My voice when it speaks. My sheep know My voice, and you are one of My sheep. You are one that I created, and I put Myself on the inside of you before you were formed in your mother's womb, because I knew you would come to Me and be looking to Me.

Prophet Russ - I declare that I am an elect of God, positioned with authority, favor, and blessing, and I know His voice - Today!

I knew you would find your hope, your help, and your resource in me. Since this is your choice, and you have made it, I will now turn things around. I am going to manifest the kingdom of God in your life and through your life to a lost and dying world. They are in need of resources, and they are in need of words of hope, words of faith, and words of life, and I have chosen to use you as one of My representatives. I have elected you to the privilege. I have elected you to a position of authority, favor, and blessing. You cannot be impeached, for I am your righteousness, and your assurance is in Me. You are My elect, and there is an authority and a favor that rests upon you. I am placing a scepter in your hand that is going to release My power breakthrough in your life and the life of others. This is your assignment - to get your eyes off of yourself, your problems, your challenges, give those all to Me and go pour your life out to the hopeless, the lost and the dying and you will see My hand made manifest says the Father. 

The Father says today, I am bringing a new influence of My Spirit into your life. I am bringing a refreshing and renewing spirit to lift your heart and ease your mind under the pressures of life you have been experiencing. The blessing I am imparting at this season is that of a lasting value, a bulwark, and a fortress of protection and provision. I will not leave you where you are. It doesn't matter what condition your life is in, or what your economic situation is, I am coming through to pay the dividends of Calvary into your situation for deliverance, provision, and restoration. No more sorrow or sighing, for the afflictions of the enemy and the attacks of the enemy against you are being confounded and defeated this very day. There is a new infilling coming—reach out and receive it into yourself.

Prophet Russ - I declare that I am shaking off things that have no value and receiving the wine of God's joy to replace the spirit of heaviness - Today!

Allow the wind of My refreshing to flow through you and totally fill you this day. You will be full of life and vigor, for I am releasing the wine of my joy to bring laughter and rejoicing beyond what you have experienced in the past. This is your portion, so shake off all those things that have no value to your life, things that are not conducive to My kingdom, or My promises. Walk away, shake it off, reject, and completely remove those illegitimate and joy-robbing things that have held you back. My grace is sufficient. I will sustain you and bring you that which is new and life-giving. There is a weight of My glory replacing the spirit of heaviness and the heartbreak that will no longer track you or rob you of your joy. I am showing up to show off and show out, and you will know that your Heavenly Father has wrought wonderfully in your life.

The Father says today, your strength in this time is not to pull the fire alarm on the trial in your life. This is not the time to press the panic button. Just because the waters of adversity are rising in your life does not mean your boat is going to sink. Put your trust in Me. Know that as I was with the disciples on the stormy sea, so I am with you. Come down into the resting place where I may be found. Come into My rest, for I have all in hand. The "peace be still" from My mouth is all that is needed to set things right and get you where you are going in a moment of time. Do not jump ship. Do not have little faith, but have great faith, for I am coming through for you. What is your expectation? Do you trust Me? Then let Me take it from here. There are hidden resources in your life that are going to be uncovered in a time of shaking.

Prophet Russ - I declare that a time of shaking is clearing the debris of my life and bringing me to a whole new green pasture - Today!

There is a shaking that comes, and you might think your losses will be great, but this isn't about loss. This isn't about destruction but about clearing the debris of life and bringing you to a whole new, green pasture. You will come into a new place of rest, and you will lie down in peace, and your sleep will be sweet. This is a time to change your perspective and see through, not just with your eyes. Speak to your eyes that they might see and to your ears, commanding them to hear. In that new revelation of truth and life, you will come to great restoration. You are going to have a new spring in your step. There will be a smile on your face and a confidence in your countenance that will not be misplaced, because you have put your trust in Me and are now stepping into a greater portion of your destiny and blessings.

The Father says today, I am not a hard taskmaster. I am not hard to get along with. I am not touchy or easily offended. I am not nearly as demanding as I am held out to be by those who claim to speak in My name. I am not looking for opportunities to discipline or to chasten you. I am calling you to rest and renew yourself in intimacy with Me. The transformation and breakthrough you seek will come from a place of rest, not religious performance. It is time to cleanse your mind from the shrill, demanding, unjust, and unfair concepts of religious expression that see Me as the Despot of Heaven waiting for an opportunity to hurl lightning bolts down on hapless victims. That is not who I am. I do not bring suffering into your life because I hate you.

Prophet Russ - I declare I am now entering into a season of rest, catching my breath, and being established in a place of favor - Today!

I do not bring suffering into your life because I love you. I am not the author of suffering. I placed the whole of human suffering upon Jesus on the cross; I have none left or reserved for some esoteric reason to put on your life for any reason. That isn't how you have been taught, but you be a Father pleaser and accept the clear testimony of My goodness and grace and mercy that is found in My word. You are entering into a season of rest. Look ahead, beloved, and you will see that I am finishing and completing work in many areas of your life. There will be a finishing anointing that establishes you and entrenches you in a place of favor, rest, and blessing. This season will be about catching your breath and preparing for a new launch during an intense time of harvest and fruitfulness.

The Father says today, I am not shy about what I am doing in your life.  This day I will radically make My favor known over you, for I am not ashamed to name you as My chosen possession. I will not do the thing I am going to do in a corner or in secret. We will not try to move forward in a way that the enemy does not take notice. No, I am going to blow a trumpet and dare the enemy to touch that which I have breathed upon in your life. I have set you as the pupil of My eye this day and graven your name upon the palm of My right hand. You do not need to be concerned about preserving or protecting the blessing, for it is not a fragile or ephemeral thing. You won’t protect the blessing; the blessing is protecting, benefiting, and promoting you even to this day. My wind is beginning to blow afresh and anew in your life.

Prophet Russ - I declare God's unyielding love and transformative power are actively reshaping lives and circumstances - Today!

I am coming to you on the winds of My Spirit to cause you to know and to be made known in My courts. My whirlwinds will be in evidence, and you will feel the blast and think “that is not mere wind—that is My Father!”. Even as the scripture says, whirlwinds of the south are coming to bless and benefit you. This day, My blessings are coming upon you, and they are going to overtake you. This will not be a one-time occurrence, but will recur repeatedly. My whirlwind is coming to you and through you in dynamic power to produce in your life the consequence of My loving-kindness and gentleness and longsuffering on your behalf. This is your time and your day to know My magnanimity toward you and the largess of My kindness and willingness to change, bless, and benefit you beyond all your expectations.

The Father says today, Your hope is not in vain. My message to you is a message of hope. Those things you have believed for and expected will be your portion. Not only are you a beneficiary of hope, but likewise a messenger of hope. I will make you a messenger of hope to those who otherwise would be hopeless. My word is going forth as lightning to take down the adversary and replace adversity with order, blessing and benefit. You will see what I am bringing about and will not have to question, "Is this God?". You will see what I am doing and realize that only an all-powerful and all-loving God would turn things around for you in this way. I am on your side, I am with you. I will never leave you nor forsake you. I will never change My mind about My promises to you. Come this day into alignment with My promise and My word, for the time is short and this is your now season to see My faithfulness brought to pass in every area of your need.

Prophet Russ – God’s Faithfulness is Manifesting in My Life – Today!

Obedience is the key to your breakthrough. Let your obedience be full and prompt in this timeframe. Step into My provisional promises and give full yieldedness in your heart and your actions to the leading of My Spirit. I am not a hard taskmaster. The things I am asking of you are not grievous, and they are not impossible. Come into a new cooperation with Me, for My promise will be made sure as you allow Me to come alongside you. We will work together in an easy yoke and burden-light assignment. Listen for My words of comfort and My words of instruction. As you hear and respond to My voice, things will begin to improve and change. Write down what I tell you. Hearken with greater attentiveness to the dreams and visions of the night, for I will show you My path in the night, and you will walk it out in the day almost immediately. You will begin to see the picture of My map of your life, and you will rejoice as you come to realize that I am bringing you into a delightsome land full of benefit, blessing, and goodness.