⁹ Then you will call, and the

 Lord will answer;
    you will cry for help, and he will say: here am I.

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

The Good News: Have faith that the Lord your God is always near, for even through the trials and tribulations of life, you never walk alone.

He has offered me a resting pace in His luxurious love and that is where I am learning to abide and stay.

As I listen and follow Him He leads me daily to an oasis of peace and the quiet brook of bliss. THIS IS WHERE HE RESTORES AND REVIVES MY LIFE.

He opens before me the pathways to God’s pleasure and leads me along – so that I can bring honor to His name. If I go His speed and follow Him daily, and continue to abide in Him, learning to carry His presence, my life will bring Him all of the honor He could every want of me.

Even when the path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness (not talking about personal attacks against my family and things or me), fear will never conquer me. He always remains close to me and lead me. The comfort of His love takes away every fear, and I am never lonely. His authority is my strength and peace. The ONE who created the entire universe is the ONE who is with me, on my side, always with me to help me.

The Lord is my delicious feast, even when the enemy dares to fight.

My life is anointed with the fragrance of the Holy Spirit. He gives me all I can drink of Himself until my heart overflows. This is the presence I carry and changes and transforms the atmosphere around me.

Why would I fear the future? His goodness and love pursue me all of my days, and I will live in His presence forever.

So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, "As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me." So that place was called Baal Perazim.

Literally, ‘possessor of breaches’. We declare a ‘bursting out’ for John and Dawn. May they experience the very supernatural work of the Holy Spirit even as John is speaking about it to all of us! May they see breakthroughs, may you grant them keys to unlock circumstances around them. May they experience the powerful flow of your Living Waters From deep within, bubbling out to all around them. 

And His precious promise: Ps 84:11- No good thing does He withhold for those whose way of life is blameless. 

[10] Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. [11] When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. [12] He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. [13] There above it c stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. 

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Praying that the Open Heaven will lead to greater adventure in the Spirit, healing, revelation and love.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. [43] And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. [44] She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. [45] “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.” [46] But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.” [47] Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. [48] Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” 

When Jesus says, "go in peace" he is saying "walk into Shalom" - enter Shalom. Shalom of course, means peace, harmony, wholeness (healing), completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility.

2- stories came to mind 

1- (John 5 -1:15) 

Jesus healed the paralysed men at the pool of Bethesda. The paralysed men said to Jesus I can’t go to the water - because he focused on himself, but we aren’t focusing in our-self at this time we focus our eyes in Jesus and ask him to heal John miraculously. 

2- Jesus heals the blind man (John 9) 

We believe that the same miracle will happen for John so that whoever know John and his community will know and hear about God’s works and His glory. 

J&D this is not the time to retire, but a time to start a new chapter, it’s a new season 

Job 42:10-12 (God restored jobs fortunes)

God blessed Job more in later life then in earlier life

God has not forsaken you; He is preparing you and equipping you for the new beginning. 

John has been in many battles before; those battles have made him stronger, and God has delivered him. 
This is just another battle that God is using to strength John... it is not too big for God. 
Ps 144 -1:2 “Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.” 

-Although physically it may not seem possible, spiritually this is happening ... we had the sense of the subdue of the enemy; we have seen how God is using John to bring his word to us and is using him as a vessel. 

Thinking of the past where John was in the battle.- how God subdued his enemies and John & lifeline flourished and are more influential. 

⁶ As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.^[d]

⁷ They go from strength to strength,  till each appears before God in Zion.
John & Dawn have been set on pilgrimage throughout their ministry. May they be blessed. As they go through the difficult valley, may they be so refreshed as it becomes a place of springs and autumn rains! May they have such a great testimony of experiencing God in the valley and being strengthened, more than ever before!
Vs 11 - May the Lord not withhold any good thing from John and the family. And because only God is good, He knows what is good for them and we trust He will provide it.