I released these words from the Lord on June 4, 2017 (Pentecost Sunday):
"Many of My people are entering into a new chapter in their lives. There'll be empowering, enabling, and anointing from on high. Receive by faith! This is a time to declare and proclaim that your new chapter is greater than your old chapter!"
The word 'chapter' here can mean 'a (numbered) division of a book', or 'a period of time'. Therefore, the words from the Lord here denote 'a leaving behind of an old chapter' and 'a moving on into a new chapter'.
Like someone reading a book, the Lord is at the moment opening a new chapter for you. So, look not behind you, but look ahead of you. Forgive yourself. Forgive those who have hurt you. Let bygones be bygones. Begin to bless, and not curse. And that's when you'll begin to see a new dawn beckoning for you. Psalm 46:4-5 says, 'There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn'. This is God's promise for those who are willing to walk into a new chapter.
By the way, 'at the break of dawn' is when 'the earliest light of the day' begins to unfold. It speaks of 'a brand new start'. And I declare that it's going to be a greater one for you. Because the Lord has said so!
People of God, that's exactly what happened on the Day of Pentecost some 2,000 years ago, when the Holy Spirit came upon those who waited for Him. Acts 2:1-4 says, 'When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance'.
Just before Jesus ascended to heaven, He had commanded the apostles not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which He said, "...for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." (Acts 1:4-5) Then He went on to say, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
And on the Day of Pentecost (the fiftieth day after the resurrection of Jesus), the Promise of the Father (i.e. the Holy Spirit) came! And that was to be a new chapter in God's book - the birth of His church!
Some days earlier before the Day of Pentecost, the Lord had indicated to the apostles that without the Holy Spirit (and the empowering of the Holy Spirit), the church cannot start! But that day of empowering had finally arrived! And as a result, the church era unfolded!
Peter stood up to preach the very first sermon in the church era (Acts 2:14-40), and on that day, many were baptized, and about three thousand souls were added to them (Acts 2:41). The Lord then added to the church daily those who were being saved (Acts 2:47).
People of God, as you look ahead in this brand new chapter, receive also the empowering, enabling, and anointing from on high. Declare and proclaim in Jesus' name that the best is yet to come for you! Declare and proclaim in Jesus' name that your new chapter is greater than your old chapter! Believe for it, and begin to walk in it. Amen!
