Warriors of the Word for Wellness, Restoration And Revival

06/18/2026

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There is a demonic pushback taking place right now against many of God's people.

Not because you missed God.
Not because you stepped outside of His will.
Not because Heaven has changed its mind concerning your assignment.

The resistance is coming because you are moving in the right direction.

You have crossed into enemy territory my friend.

Your adversary does not waste ammunition on those who are sitting still.

He does not mobilize hell against those who pose no threat to his kingdom.

But when God begins releasing His firebrands into the earth, when He begins commissioning burning ones, when He begins sending voices into the wilderness, watchmen onto the walls, and breakers into impossible places, hell responds.

Because fire exposes what darkness desperately wants to keep hidden.

Fire reveals the snakes.
Fire calls out mixture.
Fire uncovers compromise.
Fire illuminates what has been operating in secret.

The enemy is terrified of a generation that burns with holy fire because everything that fire touches must be revealed for what it truly is.

That is why many have found themselves under unusual pressure.

Unexpected opposition.
Strange warfare.
Fiery arrows coming from every direction.
Mental attacks.
Physical exhaustion.
Discouragement.
Misunderstanding.
Delays.
Resistance.

The enemy is attempting to wear down the saints.

If he cannot stop you, he will attempt to exhaust you.

If he cannot silence you, he will attempt to discourage you.

If he cannot destroy your assignment, he will attempt to make you abandon it.

But I hear the Spirit of God saying, "forward march!"

The assignment has not changed because it is resisted.

The calling has not changed because it is opposed.

The word has not changed because it is challenged.

The enemy's resistance is not Heaven's rejection.

Some of you have mistaken resistance for a sign to stop.

But throughout Scripture, resistance often confirmed the assignment.

When Moses stood before Pharaoh, there was pushback.

When Elijah confronted Baal, there was pushback.

When Nehemiah rebuilt the wall, there was pushback.

When Esther stepped into her moment, there was pushback.

When Paul preached the Gospel, there was pushback.

And when Jesus Himself stepped into His earthly ministry, hell immediately reacted.

For every divine advancement, there is often a demonic reaction.

The enemy reacts because he recognizes movement.

Hell understands the significance of this hour far more than many believers do.

The enemy sees what God is building.

And because he sees it, he is pushing back.

But the greatest mistake you can make in this hour is allowing temporary resistance to produce permanent retreat.

Do not come this far only to quit on the edge of breakthrough.

Do not lay down your sword because the battle has intensified.

Do not abandon your post because the arrows have increased.

Do not silence your voice because hell raised its volume.

Isaiah 43:2 declares, "When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you."

The very flames the enemy hoped would destroy you will become the testimony of God's keeping power.

The King is advancing His Kingdom.

The vanguard is moving.

The fire is spreading.

And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

-Jessica Jecker Simply Jecker

06/17/2026

06/17/2026

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Reflection #40

Identify in Christ

There is something powerful about knowing who you are in Christ.
The world will try to label us by our failures, or past seasons, but Jesus calls us chosen, called, and crowned. When we rest in God’s presence, we begin to see ourselves through His eyes, clothed in strength, dignity, grace, and purpose.

The vibrant Scarlet Cord is woven throughout The Word, the love of Christ covers every broken place with redemption and beauty. The open Bible reminds us that our identity is not found in people’s opinions, but in the promises of God.

We are daughters and sons of the King, fearfully and wonderfully made, walking under His divine purpose.

Even in seasons of uncertainty, His Word speaks peace:

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11

Be still and know that He is God.
You are not forgotten.
You are deeply loved.
You are chosen, called, and crowned.
Amen🤍

🖊️ Denise Sylvia Bruning

06/14/2026

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📯 WHAT IF THE REASON YOU FEEL STUCK… IS BECAUSE YOU MISSED THE SOUND? 📯

Numbers 10:1–10

Israel lived in the wilderness surrounded by uncertainty.
No GPS.
No road signs.
No map to the Promised Land.

They had only one thing to depend on:

🎺 The sound of the silver trumpets.

One blast meant:
👉 “Gather.”

Another meant:
👉 “Move.”

Another meant:
👉 “Prepare for war.”

Their progress depended on recognizing the right sound at the right time.

And maybe that’s still true today.

Some people are fighting battles God never told them to fight.
Some are staying in places God already told them to leave.
Some are praying for direction while ignoring the instructions God already gave.

⚠️ Imagine an Israelite hearing the trumpet and saying:
“Maybe later.”
That delay could leave them behind while the entire camp moved forward.

And honestly…
many believers are spiritually stuck not because God stopped speaking…
but because they stopped listening.

🔥 God still sounds trumpets today.

Sometimes through a sermon that pierces your heart.
Sometimes through sleepless nights where conviction won’t leave you alone.
Sometimes through closed doors.
Sometimes through Scripture that suddenly feels personal.
Sometimes through pain that forces you to depend on Him again.

The trumpet of God is not always comfortable…
but it is always necessary.

The same trumpet that called Israel to worship…
also warned them about war.

Because God is not just preparing you for blessings.
He is preparing you for battles too.

👂 Don’t ignore the sound.
The instruction you delay today may be connected to the breakthrough you’re praying for tomorrow.

🎺 When Heaven says MOVE — don’t camp in fear.
🎺 When Heaven says STOP — don’t run ahead emotionally.
🎺 When Heaven says FIGHT — don’t surrender too soon.

There are seasons where one word from God can change everything.

“The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.” (Numbers 10:8)

Dear Lord, sharpen my spiritual ears. Help me recognize Your voice above every distraction, fear, and opinion. Teach me to move when You say move, wait when You say wait, and trust You in every season. Amen.

06/14/2026

Worship is our weapon 🙏🏽🙌🏽🔥🗡️🛡️🏹

Worship is not just a song you sing on Sunday.
It is a declaration of war against fear, darkness, doubt, and every lie of the enemy.

When you worship, chains break.
When you worship, Heaven moves.
When you worship, you remind hell that Jesus already won.

The enemy wants your silence because he knows the power your praise carries. But a believer who still worships in the middle of pain becomes dangerous to the kingdom of darkness.

Lift your hands.
Even tired hands.
Even shaking hands.

Because worship is not surrender to the battle—
it is surrender to the God who already conquered it. 🤍🙏🏻

06/06/2026

Beautiful 🙏🏽

Beneath His Feet - The Stone Floor of Heaven

From Sinai to the Jordan – Part Eight

Many people imagine heaven as clouds.
Scripture does not.

The first detailed glimpse Scripture gives us of the heavenly throne room is not fluffy white v***r floating through the atmosphere.

It is stone.
Beautiful stone.
Brilliant stone.
Terrifying stone.

The story begins at Sinai.

After the covenant was spoken and the blood was sprinkled, Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders ascended the mountain.

And then something astonishing happened.

They saw the God of Israel.

Not in His fullness. Not unveiled glory. But enough to leave them speechless.

Exodus 24:10 says: "And they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself."

Pause there.

The first detail Scripture gives us is not His face.

Not His robe.
Not His crown.
His floor.
The pavement beneath His feet.

The Hebrew word is sappir.

Many scholars believe the ancient stone was likely what we know today as lapis lazuli - a deep blue stone streaked with flecks of gold.

Imagine looking down and seeing something that looked like the night sky itself.

Stars beneath the feet of the King. Creation under the authority of its Creator. The heavens beneath the One who made the heavens.

This is not the last time the stone appears.

Centuries later Ezekiel is carried into a vision of the heavenly throne.

And there it is again. "Above the expanse over their heads was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance..." (Ezekiel 1:26).

Sinai.
Ezekiel.
Same throne.
Same King.
Same heavenly reality.

The prophets were not inventing new imagery. They were seeing the same court. The same glory.The same throne room that Moses glimpsed on the mountain.

There is another pattern hiding in plain sight.

God repeatedly reveals Himself on mountains.

Eden is described with mountain imagery.

Sinai is a mountain.
The Temple sits on a mountain.
Ezekiel sees a very high mountain.
The New Jerusalem descends from heaven onto a mountain.

Throughout Scripture, mountains become meeting places between heaven and earth.

The throne above.
Humanity below.

And precious stones appear again and again in those places where the two realms touch.

The stone floor of Sinai was not merely beautiful. It was announcing that Israel had stepped into sacred space.

For a brief moment, earth and heaven overlapped.

Then John is taken into heaven.

Lightning flashes. Fire burns. Living creatures surround the throne.A crystal sea stretches before it.

And once again precious stones dominate the scene.

"He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and sardius..." (Revelation 4:3)

Heaven is drenched in gemstone imagery.

Why? Because gemstones are created under pressure. Formed in hidden places. Refined through heat. Rare. Valuable. Beautiful.

Scripture repeatedly uses them to communicate glory, permanence, purity, and kingship.

Earthly wealth fades.
Empires crumble.
Gold tarnishes.
But the throne remains.
The stones endure.

Then Revelation does something unexpected. The gemstones stop surrounding God's dwelling. They become God's dwelling.

The foundations of New Jerusalem are built from precious stones.

Jasper. Sapphire. Emerald. And many others. The city shines with the same glory that once surrounded the throne.

The imagery is breathtaking.

Notice what has happened by the time we reach Revelation.

At Sinai, only seventy elders climbed the mountain. In the Tabernacle, only priests entered the holy places. In the Temple, only the High Priest entered the Most Holy Place.

Access was restricted.
Boundaries existed.
Warnings were everywhere.

Do not approach.
Do not cross.
Do not enter.

But Revelation ends with no veil.

No restricted courtyard.
No warning barriers.
No earthly priesthood standing between God and His people.

The entire city has become a Holy of Holies.

The throne is in the middle, and the people dwell in His presence.

The journey that began with elders trembling before a sapphire pavement ends with redeemed humanity dwelling before the throne forever.

At Sinai the elders saw precious stone beneath His feet. In Ezekiel precious stone surrounds His throne. In Revelation precious stone fills heaven. And in the end precious stone becomes part of the eternal city itself.

The story moves steadily outward.

From throne.
To sanctuary.
To city.
To creation.

Because the goal of Scripture has never been merely getting people into heaven.
The goal is God dwelling with humanity.

The mountain expands.
The sanctuary expands.
The throne room expands.

Until the glory that once rested above a sapphire pavement fills the entire renewed creation.

Perhaps that is why Peter calls believers "living stones."

Not random stones. Living stones. Being built into a dwelling place for YHWH. And the final surprise is that Scripture eventually applies stone imagery to people.

Not monuments.
People.

Peter writes: "You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house..." (1 Peter 2:5)

Think about how astonishing that is.

The stones move through the story.

From Eden.
To Sinai.
To the breastplate.
To the Temple.
To the throne.
To the New Jerusalem.
And finally to the people themselves.

The goal was never merely a gemstone-covered city. The goal was always a transformed people reflecting the glory of the King who dwells among them.

The imagery that began beneath the feet of the King eventually reaches His people.

The throne room is not merely where the story starts. It is where the story is heading.

The sapphire pavement of Sinai was never just a floor. It was a glimpse of the destination. It was a reminder that the God who dwelt above the mountain intends one day to dwell among His people forever.

Here’s the most important takeaway…

The most precious stones in Scripture are not the ones beneath His feet.

They are the ones He is redeeming.

So, are we shining with His glory, His beauty, His life? Or are we still decorating Egypt?

05/31/2026

Amen 🙏🏽

05/22/2026

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As Pride Month approaches, I want everyone to know that my views on the LGBTQ community have changed.

And honestly… I never thought I’d say that.

My beliefs spiritually have not changed.

I still believe the LGBTQ movement is rooted in spiritual deception.

I still believe the enemy attacks identity heavily in this generation.

I still believe this world is spiritually confused.

I still believe the rainbow was originally God’s promise before the world turned it into something else.

I still believe all of that.

But what HAS changed is the way I view the PEOPLE involved.

A year ago, I responded with anger, mockery, hatred, and judgment toward people in that community.

Pride Month would come around and I’d make jokes, post memes, argue online, and feed into negativity because I saw the spiritual side of it so strongly that I forgot these are still human beings created by God.

And after truly coming to Jesus, something in my heart changed.

Because when you genuinely begin walking with Christ, you start realizing that every single one of us is spiritually broken without Him.

Not just “them.”

ALL of us.

Maybe we struggle with different sins.

Maybe our lives look different outwardly.

But every single one of us has fallen short of God in some way.

And I think Christians sometimes make the mistake of treating LGBTQ sin as if it’s somehow beyond God’s grace while overlooking the sin in their own lives.

Pride.

Lust.

Greed.

Hatred.

Po*******hy.

Addiction.

Bitterness.

Gossip.

Jealousy.

Sin exists everywhere.

That’s why EVERYONE needs Jesus.

And this is something I feel very strongly about now:

I do NOT believe someone has to become perfect before coming to Christ.

I also do not believe LGBTQ people are banned from Jesus.

If someone who identifies as gay, le***an, bisexual, transgender, or struggles with identity wants to seek God, pray, read the Bible, and build a relationship with Jesus… who am I to tell them they can’t?

That is between them and God.

Conviction is God’s job.

Transformation is God’s job.

My job is to love people and point them toward Christ.

Last weekend I went to a Renaissance Fair, and there was a very large LGBTQ crowd there.

A year ago, I probably would’ve judged them harshly, laughed, made comments, and mocked them.

But this time felt completely different.

I just felt so much sadness in my spirit.

Not hatred.

Not disgust.

Just sadness.

Because instead of seeing “the enemy,” I saw people who are searching for identity, belonging, love, acceptance, healing, and purpose in a world that is spiritually broken.

And honestly, I think many people in that community are deeply hurting.

Some were rejected.

Some were abused.

Some grew up without love.

Some feel unwanted.

Some are desperately searching for acceptance somewhere.

And instead of wanting to mock them, I found myself silently praying for them all day.

Because I know what it feels like to be broken too.

Jesus didn’t save me because I was already good.

He saved me while I was broken.

And I think somewhere along the way, many people have confused Christianity with cruelty.

Jesus never told us to celebrate sin…

but He also never told us to hate people.

You can stand firm in your beliefs while still loving people deeply.

To anyone in the LGBTQ community reading this…

I want you to know that Jesus loves you.

And I know many of you have been deeply hurt by churches, religious people, or Christians who made you feel hated, rejected, mocked, or unwanted.

But people hurting you is not Jesus hurting you.

Following Jesus is not about becoming perfect before coming to Him.

None of us could ever clean ourselves up enough on our own.

Jesus meets people exactly where they are.

And my prayer is that anyone reading this who feels far from God would realize this:

You do not have to run from Jesus because of your past, your struggles, your confusion, your pain, or the things you’ve been through.

Bring it all to Him.

Because the love of Jesus is powerful enough to reach every single one of us.

05/21/2026

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I think a lot more women are struggling quietly than we realise. Trying to do life “right.” Trying to heal right. Parent right. Rest right. Trust God right.

Meanwhile we’re overthinking conversations from 3 days ago while trying to tick off a to-do list we will never finish in a day.

Darling… we really need to cut ourselves some slack sometimes.

God already gives us grace for the moments we stumble.

But truthfully… Half our exhaustion comes from trying to live up to expectations we created in our own heads.

The perfectly calm version of us. The perfectly organised version. The woman who never struggles, never gets overwhelmed, never doubts herself.

She doesn’t exist.

At least not around here she doesn’t. 😅

And I honestly think God has a soft spot for the women who keep trying anyway.

The tired ones. The anxious ones. The deeply loving ones.The women whispering “Lord help me” throughout the day while still showing up for the people they love.

Maybe grace was never meant to be something we only hand out to everyone else.
Maybe we needed some for ourselves too.

- Little Sparrow Loved.

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