Dear Friends, Early last week, the Lord gave me what I believe is a corporate word for the Body of Christ to illustrate the times we are in and to encourage those who are waiting on the Lord for their next assignments. In prayer, I saw a vision of a relay race. The race had already started and some runners were running their circuit. However, those running were not the focus in this vision. Instead, Father focused my eyes on the runner next in line: the one waiting at the starting block. I admired the strength and poise of this waiting runner. Though I could not discern the runner's gender, their body was perfectly primed. Every muscle had been developed and every cell of their being was ready to run. They were positioned exactly where they needed to be, ready to receive the baton from the runner who would shortly approach them. I sensed instinctively the price that runner had paid to get to this point. As with any sport, their training had not been easy. My eyes then moved to the coach standing beside this waiting runner. The coach was leaning forward in an equally "ready" posture, with his left hand on his knee and his right hand holding a stopwatch. He leaned into the starting block area with anticipation, joy on his face, and I knew that the coach represented the Father Himself. The entire scene was full of energy, excitement, and movement. Speed, strength, and precision all mattered here. The runner was ready and waiting for the handoff. At that moment, the Lord highlighted the one element most people overlook. He showed me that the most crucial element was something that would either advance or disqualify this runner: self-control. If the runner moved too soon, they would be immediately disqualified. If they failed to exercise self control and wait for the “kairos” moment of exchange, they would forfeit all their years of training. As I meditated on the vision, I heard strong CAUTION in my spirit for those who are rightly positioned and ready for their next assignment in this season. Continue to WAIT upon the Lord right now. Let the Lord release you at the precise moment required for you to run! At a time when current events and culture inside and outside the Kingdom “excite” action, it is critical to be self-controlled. To move or advance too soon is to be disqualified, forfeiting the very mission for which you have been trained! OBEDIENCE RATHER THAN SACRIFICE To highlight the importance of this vision, the Lord brought me to 1 Samuel 10-13. Many are familiar with the story of young Saul, whom Samuel anointed privately as king as Saul searched for his lost donkeys. There were strong confirmations of Saul's call to governmental leadership, including a changed heart and a prophetic anointing (see 1 Samuel 10). At the ensuing public anointing, Samuel had to call Saul out of hiding, so timid (and seemingly humble) was this leader! Yet only days later, Saul lost favor with God. Why? Samuel asked Saul to wait for him for just seven days after his crowning before offering a sacrifice at Gilgal. Yet the enemy brought pressure through the Philistine army. 1 Samuel 13:8-9 reports that “Saul…and all his troops were gripped with fear. He waited seven days for the appointed time that Samuel had set, but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the troops were deserting him. So Saul… offered the burnt offering.” Saul later told Samuel that he was seeking the Lord’s favor! But he was hasty, disobeying the Lord’s command. He forfeited his extended right to rule, and the Lord chose a more loyal servant, David, to carry on the Kingdom legacy. Timing is as important as training. Self-control is the final fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5, yet it is the first and most important fruit needed to keep in step with the Spirit. I believe the Lord is encouraging many in His Body today to exercise self control so that you do not forfeit your Kingdom destiny. No matter what your call or how anointed you are, there is a “kairos” moment to run your course. Like Samuel, God will come at the appointed time in this new season and will not delay. TRUST and SELF CONTROL are your keys to overcoming. Moving with the Spirit requires that even those final few moments of waiting are ENTIRELY surrendered to Him. Curious, at the end of my vision I asked the Father: "How much time is left on that stopwatch?" He replied: "Seconds, Deborah. Only seconds." I pray this vision will empower you to trust in God's timing and wait for the Holy Spirit to release you into the next leg of your race successfully, right from the start. Run well for your heavenly crown! Deborah Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Mark 11:23 ESV Jesus told her, “Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem… God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and truth.” John 4:21, 24 I had a dream this morning that I believe will bring hope to many who have been praying for “impossible” things to come to pass. In the dream, I was at home studying John 4 in depth. Then, almost instantly, I was taken to a mountaintop in Switzerland. For me, Switzerland represents both a neutral territory and a place of exquisite beauty, hope, and promise! The Lord ministered profound grace to me on a Swiss mountaintop 38 years ago. In the dream, it was either spring or summer. The mountain was green and rocky, and many people were with me at the summit in the late afternoon sun. Suddenly, the entire mountain began to move. In reading Mark 11 over the years, I had often envisioned mountains being “lifted up and cast into the sea,” but had never pictured it happening quite this before! The peak of the mountain became the crest of a wave. The ground just beneath the summit began to be pulled inward as the wave formed into a barrel shape. The earth buckled and the mountain bent with a flexibility that seemed naturally impossible! Then a large boulder fell from the top as if an avalanche were starting. In response, I moved down a few steps to the right to take shelter under a large rocky outcropping. When I reached this protected place, I saw a white gate that connected to an adjacent mountain. This gate was a Point of Entry (POE) to Switzerland, a border crossing. There were many people on the other side of the gate trying to get in. As a matter of life or death, it was considered safer to be on the Swiss mountain where I stood than on its twin peak. A young mother in the crowd pleaded with me to let her family in, but she had no documentation. I took her aside to explain that illegal entry was not possible. There were legal parameters for the immigration process and she simply did not fit the qualifications. She was of course upset by this. At that moment, however, the mother received a phone call; an old, black telephone handset was passed over to her, above the crowd. As she took her call, I was transported in the Spirit to see the person on the other end. He was a tall, kind, greying old man who stood in the middle of a nearby town in Switzerland. It seemed he had the credentials, authority, and goodwill to admit anyone he wanted as his friend. Smiling at me, the man granted the woman and her family permission to enter and to readmit me as well (I had crossed the border to speak with the woman). Here, the dream ended. MOUNTAINS ARE MOVING! When I woke, I heard the Lord saying: “THE MOUNTAINS ARE MOVING AND PERMISSION IS GRANTED TO ENTER YOUR PROMISED LAND!” The Lord then urged me to share this word, saying there are some of you who have been up against a mountain of impossibility that shows NO SIGN of movement. You have done your part; you’ve told the mountain to move, but it has stubbornly remained. Your decrees have felt ineffective; your faith has taken a hit. Yet in one day, everything can change. I prophesy to you that the very mountain you have felt “stuck” on all these years will become the very wave that accelerates you into your Promised Land. The Lord is SUDDENLY and UNEXPECTEDLY removing every curse and bringing you into the land of your blessing! There has been a divine timing to your release; it will not delay. I see legal obstacles being removed for some of you as a higher authority activates your call, releasing favor. I see whole families being granted access to promises where demonic “border guards” have kept you out. I see the joy of the Lord being released with such unwarranted favor and blessing that it will impact not only you but also those around you. I see a freedom coming that encompasses more than you dream possible! Yet I also sense a caution: the change you seek may not come in the form you expect or the way you desire! In an earlier part of the dream, as I looked out from the summit to a beautiful view of the other mountains, I noticed wide, paved paths on another summit miles away. I longed to hike there, but there was not enough time to reach it before sunset. Like all of us, given the chance, I would have chosen the easier path! Yet it was the more challenging mountain that brought a greater breakthrough in the dream. Interestingly, the name Switzerland in Germanic can mean "strength;" its Celtic name could mean "clearing." I prophesy that you will have CLARITY IN UNCERTAINTY and STRENGTH AND BREAKTHROUGH IN YOUR SUDDENLIES. You do not need to fear; you will know what to do and where to be at just the right time. Your obedience to what the Spirit of God tells you will result in freedom for others as well. JOHN 4: A SHIFT IN MINDSET In John 4 (the key text highlighteded in the dream), Jesus “had to travel through Samaria” to meet the woman at the well. He had a predetermined appointment with destiny in enemy territory. On the offensive, Jesus unlocked PERSONAL AND REGIONAL BREAKTHROUGH using the weapons of fasting, prayer, prophetic words of knowledge, compassion, and scriptural decrees to reach a woman who was by all accounts impossibly out of reach of the Father’s blessing!
I believe some of you are about to see your prayers and decrees turn a long-standing curse into a blessing. Heaven is on the offensive to set captives free! Your faith is the catalytic converter that breathes new life into toxic situations. As He did in Samaria, God is now releasing fresh revelation that turns weary believers into active reformers. The new testimonies coming forth now will impact families, cities, and nations for the Kingdom of God. Finally, I hear the Lord saying: “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” (Acts 18:10) Keep worshiping, keep speaking, keep decreeing that your mountain WILL MOVE. Build an altar of worship to the Lord on your "Mount Ebal" (Deut. 27:3; Josh 24:1) The enemy has hindered your testimony, but God is on the move. God has already provided for your protection and release. “For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU.” Matthew 17:20 ESV PRAY & DECREE WITH ME: Father, thank you for the blessings that overtake me! (Dt. 28:2) I believe that my decrees are powerful and effective against this mountain the enemy has used against me. I repent for the times I have doubted Your goodness or despaired of my breakthrough. By faith, I say to this mountain of opposition, “MOVE ASIDE! IMPOSSIBILITIES ARE BECOMING BREAKTHROUGHS AND MY BREAKTHROUGHS ARE MY TESTIMONIES!" I command all resistance to be broken in Jesus’ Name. All legal loopholes blocking my progress MUST YIELD to the Word of the Lord. Stubborn fear and arrogant pride MUST FALL. I will not be ashamed or disgraced because the LORD is on MY SIDE! I bind spirits of deception and self-protection in the mighty Name of Jesus. I will continue to worship God in Spirit and truth. I agree with YOUR ways, Lord: TURN THIS CURSE INTO A BLESSING! Thank you, God, that unbelief is being converted to faith and impossibilities bow to the One who makes all things possible. I ask You to shift every demonic mindset that opposes You - including any ungodly mindsets within me - so that those who have been kept from their destiny can now cross the border and enter fully into their call. (Philippians 3:12-15) Thank you that You never leave us or forsake us. I pray for every reader of His Inscriptions to be BLESSED with BREAKTHROUGH! Amen. Deborah 
Dear Friends, I often spend my sabbaths praying through the many personal prophecies God has given me over the years. This week the Lord asked me to go back to the very beginning, reviewing the words in chronological order while decreeing their fulfillment once again. We war with our prophecies and apart from the Scriptures, there are no better words to decree than the ones God has spoken directly to us! (1 Timothy 1:18) In the process, the Holy Spirit highlighted two words from March and July of 2020, saying: "These are 'now' words!" Although the recent exposures, deceptions, and refining 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 refining 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. 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 3.21.20) "I am the God of restoration: the Restorer of every breach, and the hope for ALL of salvation! There is no “shipwreck” I cannot salvage, no disaster I cannot redeem. On every level, this truth stands, whether for personal, family, corporate, or national restoration. I LOVE to restore and refurbish My Church! "The stories contained in just one portion of the past are precious to Me. As I restored Paul and his companions even through the broken debris of the storm-tossed ship (Acts 27), SO I WILL NOW BRING RESTORATION TO MY CHURCH, MY BRIDE. For I have seen the torment and the tossing she has endured and there is an end to these trials coming because her endurance has been made perfect. "Seasons of storms will yield to seasons of peace and prosperity. Those who do not know Me will find all their 'wisdom' useless in this hour, but those who know Me will emerge to do great exploits. "They will use even the momentum of a breaking ship and a shattered structure (the "religious" church) to propel themselves back onto land. They will live through the storms and display My goodness and mercy in this restoration. They will use their trials to build the next great move of My power on the earth. "Lean into Me; take hold of the pieces of broken debris you see around you and prophesy LIFE, HOPE, and RESTORATION to them! Out of the ashes, out of this brokenness that I HAVE ALLOWED will come new ministries, new hope, and new life.” WAVES OF RESTORATION (Vision Received 7.30.20) In July of 2020, the Lord gave me a second encounter concerning waves of restoration that would come after great devastation. At that time, many believers including myself had seen tsunami waves of revival coming in the Spirit: waves of God's power and glory crossing the earth to wash away evil, corruption, and sin. Yet that morning I heard the Lord say, “Look at this wave, Deborah.” When I looked, I saw waves of people - worshiping armies - moving across the earth, bringing refreshment and restoration to dry places. Immediately He reminded me of a football "stadium waves," where cheering fans raise their hands in harmonious, precisely-timed coordination with each other and create a visible wave traveling around the arena. I heard the Lord say: “I am releasing waves of RESTORERS. I am releasing waves of HEALERS!” I saw that there was a corporate shout of praise arising from the lovers of God and a movement that was synced with heaven’s timing. I saw a picture of worshiping warriors: those who are seated in heavenly places with hands and hearts raised in praise of Jesus. These people who make up the next “wave” already carry God’s Presence; but as they begin to move individually by faith, worshiping Him in Spirit and truth, they will suddenly see that they are part of a VAST MOVEMENT, a much larger plan for praise-filled, joyful RESTORATION on the earth. Because of their individual obedience, these healers and restorers will see and hear the effects of their private sacrifices to God making a worldwide impact. They will link arms with companions on either side, advancing corporately into the greatest wave of God’s power that has ever been seen on the earth. The goal is not to fill stadiums; the goal is to reach the corners of the earth! This wave will spill out of the stadiums and reach people on the streets who have never had the means or opportunity to come to Jesus. I hear the Lord saying He wants to “cause a stir” among the people on the streets, to release a flood of glory and restoration that will cleanse and purify that which has been polluted and contaminated for so long. OBEDIENCE is a key to this wave, for those who are obedient to “sync” themselves to God’s timing will see their parts fulfilled and will be carried along by this wave. They will be swept into the joy of a massive ingathering of souls. We are seeing the beginning of this wave of restoration now, and as believers we long for the restoration of ALL things. Yet it's essential that those who have been prepared for this great move WAIT FOR THE WAVE they are called to engage in, not swerving from the deep focus on the Lord they cultivated in the last season, and not breaking ranks with those with whom they are now aligned. Remain in your place of rest until you are sure God is calling you to move! I hear the Lord saying: “...The restorers are coming. The healers are coming. The warriors and rescuers are arriving on scene even now, moving into their individual places by faith, and they will see the joy and reward of their obedience to Me as they consecrate themselves at this time.” Deborah |
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AuthorA severe hearing loss from childhood caused Deborah Perkins to develop what she now calls her secret weapon: tuning in to God's voice. A Wellesley College graduate and an award-winning writer, Deborah is now a wife and mother of 3 boys. Deborah has devoted over 25 years to professional and lay Christian ministry in New England and beyond. Her passion is inspiring people to cultivate greater intimacy with God. 
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