God Is Carefully Molding and Setting Us

Have you been in distress? If you have, out of the ninth chapter of Isaiah emerges a word of hope for those who have been in distress:

"Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress..." (Isaiah 9:1 NIV).

Interestingly, Strong's Concordance notes the following about the Hebrew word for "distress" (mutsaq) in this verse: "The term 'mutsaq' refers to something that has been cast or poured out, typically in the context of metalwork. It is used to describe objects made by pouring molten metal into a mold, resulting in a solid, formed object..." (Strong's H4164 definition, Usage).

I think we can all recall a time when we've felt "melted" by a season or totally poured out. It's a beautiful thought, however, to imagine those same blistering seasons as the times when God is carefully molding and setting us. God wants to remind us that it's in these times that he "molds" us and "sets" us up for something good—something so good it could only be his design.   READ MORE

(Article originally published on March 20, 2025.)

Intro from Cheryl Amabile:

Our forty-day Luke 4:14 Fast is well underway. If you haven't already joined in, consider engaging in a Daniel fast for the remaining twenty-one days from March 20 to April 9. We are believing for a mass breakthrough of healings, signs, and wonders as God pours out his Spirit in the nations. We are also being spurred on by prophetic dreams as we continue to contend for Israel and for God's purposes in our government. Today's briefing contains the latest intel for urgent prayer for President Trump. Your prayers and fasting are shifting history!

Cheryl Amabile
Editor The Briefing via TheCall 

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We Dwell in an Unshakable Kingdom

Scandals and exposures are happening all over the place, even in the Church.

There is most definitely a shaking going on. It has many feeling like there is no hope, as if things are spiraling out of control. However, it is the perfect time to remember, we dwell in an unshakable Kingdom.

"See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, 'Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.' Now this, 'Yet once more,' indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.

"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:25–29 NKJV)

The book of Hebrews tells us that God will shake everything that can be shaken. From this Scripture, many perceive that it is God doing the shaking. If so, what hope do we have? I found the answer to this question in a story I was privileged to hear a couple years ago.

A Violent Shaking

A man moved to the state of Florida. He had his garden professionally landscaped with gorgeous azalea bushes. What a beautiful sight they were!

Each had beautiful blooms that captured the attention of all that passed by.

They were stunning bushes—all except one. There was one bush that stubbornly refused to bloom. No matter what they tried, it would not bloom; it produced no flowers. Then, a massive hurricane came through his area.

Within two weeks after the storm, the stubborn azalea bush produced the most beautiful blooms he had ever seen. It was magnificent. He went to speak to the gardener, wondering what had happened. The gardener said he was about to dig that azalea bush up and shake it violently. The owner asked why he would do such a thing. The gardener explained that is what they sometimes do when a bush refuses to flower. He explained that sometimes the violent shaking causes it to awaken and bloom. The hurricane did that for them. It shook the azalea bush so hard, so violently, that it woke up and began to bloom.

Awakened to Bloom   READ MORE

(The following word was released on January 30, 2025.)

Pioneers, "Begin Unusual"

Pioneers, I keep hearing the words "begin unusual." Over this last month, as I've been off social media, the Lord has been highlighting a profound yet simple instruction for 2025 and beyond. This is something He has spoken to me personally, but I know it applies to many others who have felt a deep reverence stepping into 2025. There has been a real fear of the Lord regarding what we are meant to do, what we are meant to be involved in, and how we are to advance His Kingdom.

It feels as though, especially over the last six months, the Lord has been shifting our appetites and affections down to our appetites and desires. He has been prompting us to redefine and even question what we have been doing in the past and what we are called to do moving forward. It feels like the Lord is making a very loud statement to us: "Begin to build unusual!"

A Blank Slate   READ MORE

Word of the Lord released on February 11, 2025:

Recently, I heard the Lord speak this over many daughters of God: "Arise, daughters! Break agreement with a victim mentality. I am causing you to arise as victors and overcomers."

As I leaned into the Lord and listened to His heart, I heard, "My daughters, ARISE, ARISE, ARISE! For there are many of you who are in a battle of tension. There are many of you who are finding yourselves in a season of intense pressure to come under a victim mentality. There are many of you in this season who are taking the bait of the enemy to become a victim to circumstances, pressures, pains, and oppositions... But there are deep and mighty things that I am teaching you within the pressure and opposition—how to arise and stand in ways you never have before.

"I Am Inviting You Into the Winds of My Momentum"  READ MORE

These Are "Now" Words

I often spend my Sabbath days praying through the many personal prophecies God has given me over the years.

We war with our prophecies, and apart from the Scripture there are no better words to decree than the ones God has spoken directly to us (1 Timothy 1:18)!

Recently the Lord asked me to go back to the very beginning, reviewing the words in chronological order while decreeing their fulfillment once again.

During this process, the Holy Spirit highlighted two words from March and July of 2020, saying, "These are 'now' words!"

Although the recent exposures, deception, and refinement in the Body of Christ have been difficult, there is a purpose. Truth exposes sin. Where sin embraces repentance, restoration begins.

Those who have submitted to the Lord's fiery refinement will be used as restorers. Yet as the prophetic words below indicate, knowing your "kairos" moment is essential.

Circumstances may not look like you thought they would as you begin to move forward in this season. But I hear the Lord saying to His purified ones, "Wait for the wave!"

Storms of Exposure Will Yield to Waves of Restoration

Prophetic word received March 21, 2020:   continue >>>

Recently I heard the Lord say, "Deeper depths, deeper depths, deeper depths." And I sensed, as He spoke these words, an invitation to enter into the secret place—into the hidden place in Him—in a deeper way than we have ever experienced.

As I leaned into His heart and listened, I heard, "My people, the shaking is increasing. My people, the fire is about to increase in intensity in ways that you have not known before, and I am calling you, My people, deeper into the depths of My heart and My Word. I am calling you into deeper consecration to hear and perceive that which I am speaking and what My Spirit is doing.

Be Grounded in My Word

"For in this hour as the shaking increases, if you are not grounded and founded in My Word and in My rhema, truly living by every word that is flowing from My mouth (Matthew 4:4), in the days ahead you will find yourself shaken and unprepared.

"I say unto you that in the level of shaking and intensity of the fire that is coming, I am calling you deeper into the place of remaining in Me. Where many have found strength in the opinion of man and the opinion of others, and have been drawing from wells other than from the river of My Spirit and My living water in the secret place, they will find themselves shaken and unstable in the days ahead. I say unto you that as the shaking and the fire increase, I am doing a deeper work in the hearts and lives of My people. I am bringing you into a deeper fortified place of intimacy.   continue >>>