You walked through the door of 24. Some argue over the legitimacy of January 1 as a door, but since June 2023, I have seen Jesus standing on this date, and He is serious about His beloved. You may have hit a barrier as you crossed into the new year. I saw only thin pieces of wood blocking the way, like thin slats. You can’t return to the way it was because the door of 2023 is closed. You can’t move forward because the way seems blocked.

If you did not overcome what was before you in 2023, you will hit it in 2024. But take heart: in 2023, we learned to believe the Living Word; the same is true for 2024. The thin slats of wood are easy to tear down. These are religious and man-made structures and lies we have been working and ministering behind. These are lies, such as you are not good enough or not worthy, I will never be able to, etc. These can be in your subconscious, and they hold you back. For others, it is the “churchy” things that are religious and/ or reflect the world, not Christ. The Living Word of God breaks through those lies you have been believing.

This image does not do justice to what I see. Yeshua rips those lies apart in powerful and passionate love and pulls the bride out. Yeshua is the Living Word filled with fire in His eyes for His beloved.

If He said so, we must take the Lord at His Word. Nothing is impossible as we hear and do. We are in partnership with “I AM.” The Living Word is sharper than any two-edged sword, which means a river of the Word of God and your verbal agreement. This Word pierces the bone and marrow, and bone is the very structure of your body. The Living Word, TRUTH, can heal structures, break structures, rearrange structures, mindsets, and even death.

The two-edged sword can tear down those structures and lies that keep you from moving forward.

Are you reflecting Jesus or the world? What lie are you believing? What is the TRUTH, the Rhema Living Word, that you need to replace it with? What’s He saying to you?

(Inspiration: Holy Spirit, Artwork: Nancy G Daniel)