In my communion time with the Holy Spirit He pointed out that I share this word with you as you prepare for your new story of triumph in 2024 the things you need to lay down and the things you need to pick up, meditate and dwell on fully and more comprehensively on to ensure you remain steadfast in your pursuit in God. So allow these words to saturate your being and propel you forwards in Jesus name. Amen.

The Holy Spirit says today go ahead and lay aside the weight, the pressure and the agonizing that intends to draw you away from the path of the Lord and focus your attention on the things which seem to arise that are demanding your attention and requiring you to stop in your tracks and do them because they are priority or else you will go down.

The Holy Spirit says to tell you you will not go down doing the will of the Lord. Take a stand and refuse to back down regardless of the pressure and temptation that is seeming to overtake your sense and force you to take the sin action/option and compromise which means you lose out on the God promise.

Remember that you have the Author and Finisher of your Faith with you to encourage and strengthen you and keep you from falling and present you blameless before Him. You have the grace to resist this temptation and what you are facing Jesus already went through on your behalf and will aid you as you look to Him for the resilience and not to quit because of this sudden attack that has emerged to make you give into the sin that so easily ensnares you and impedes your forward movement.

Agree with the Holy Spirit and resist this onslaught and move forward and lay hold of the faith you began with which Jesus authored and it will turn out according to your earnest expectation and hope that in nothing will you be ashamed. Glory will emerge for you on the other side of this trial but remain faithful in your commitment to the Lord and don’t be moved no matter what, you will make it if you don’t faint and give in now.

The Holy Spirit reminded me of a situation where we were on a small boat crossing over to freetown Sierra Leone on the Atlantic Ocean and the boat’s engine stopped and they did not know what had happened and there was such fear and trepidation all around and frantic attempts to do much to rectify the situation but nothing doing, they could not get the engine back on, but the Lord said in the middle of all that fear you will make it across and a wonderful calm rested on us because we knew from the Lord that we would be saved and not perish.

We indeed were saved as the Holy Spirit said and the boat was sorted out and the engine fixed and we crossed over unharmed by this attack.

A plastic bag had caught around the engine of the boat and stopped the propeller moving we were told but it finally snapped loose and the engine could come back on and we were brought to shore.

The Holy Spirit said to share this testimony to encourage you that no matter how it appears and looks don’t give into the fear and sin but resist it and press forward not allowing your forward movement to be impeded.

That event went on to become a building block and reminder that when God says do something no matter what the obstacle is, the Lord will make a way for you to go forward. I have used it over and over in impossible situations to remind me of God’s faithfulness and it always works for my trust.

May you today as you receive these words find the grace to propel you forward in spite of the challenge and bring you forward to a victory that becomes an arsenal in your quiver of the greatness of the Lord to deliver you, I say in the name of Jesus and give you a new story of triumph. Amen.