Dry Bones will have life!

Dry Bones will have life!

Peter Young, the pastor of my church, preached a powerful message at the beginning of 2011.  Eleven is the number of transition, and 10 is the number representing trials.  Peter said that since 9/11 our country has been in 10 years of trials, and now we are passing through this year of transition 2011, and we are coming out of the wilderness years.  We sang a new song about the dry bones coming to life, and I knew that we would be making that declaration.    

Take a look at Ezekiel 37:1-14.   The notes of my bible say, 

“contextually, this is designed to be a message of hope to a despondent people.”  and, “the dry bones represent the “exiles” who, according to v 11, have given up all hope...”  because they had been in Babylon for 10 years!   That would be 10 years of trials. 

It may not have been 10 years for you, but if you are reading this blog, and making declarations, then you probably been in a season of dryness and trials too.  The men I have spoken to have experienced the same challenges, which has caused a  loss of hope.  Hope deferred.  

Today we are going to prophecy, and make declarations to the “dry bones”, where hope has been stolen.  We are called, as men and women, to rise up to be “an exceedingly great army”, established in the land (relationships) God has destined for us, because it is time for divine alignment.  We are called “for such a time as this.”  

Declarations - Ezekiel 37:1-14 (add your own prayer/declarations as you are led by the Lord):

Thank You Lord for Your Word of hope for us today.  We know that You have given us the assignment to declare Your Word, which is the power to create.  Today we declare life, and the end of the dry seasons.  

• As the Lord has said, we, “Prophesy to these bones [the areas of lost hope in our lives and the lives of the men called to step into Kingdom marriages], and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!' 5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: 'Surely I will cause breath [The Spirit of God] to enter into you, and you shall LIVE!'"

• “Prophesy to the breath [the Spirit of God], prophesy, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”’ 

• "So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army." 

• "This is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again.'”

• We declare the doors of captivity to open, that no one can shut, and the doors to the past season to close, that on one can open!  

• And the Lord says to us, “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD.’”

• We receive the refreshing rain of the Holy Spirit today.  Fill us afresh, Lord, with Your empowering Spirit.  Surround, encompass and fill the men of God called to marriage.  Refresh them with Your Now Hope!  

“You will also declare a thing,       And it will be established for you;
      So light will shine on your ways.”  Job 22:27

Expecting to be amazed ~

Barbara

© Barbara Nelson – 2011