Phyllis Ford: "The Sifting is Preparing Us for the Shifting!"

When I was in early morning prayer while leaning into His presence, I kept hearing the word "sift". There are times when a word will take me on a journey to study God's Word and to pray into new insights; to pick up spiritual bread crumbs that will lead me into a greater understanding. Immediately I thought about when the Lord spoke words of wisdom to Peter as He revealed that satan desired to sift him as wheat. Yet, the Lord prayed that his faith would not fail (Luke 22:31). Simon Peter had no idea of the events that would unfold, but in time the process brought him into a closer walk with the Lord.

So many times the sifting process in our lives challenges us to reconcile feelings of hurt, disappointment, and misunderstanding. The beautiful thing is that many times a sifting in our lives better prepares us for the shift that occurs as we abide in Him.

So many have been pressing into the presence of the Lord. This is not a time to be discouraged, but a time to walk in a peace and expectancy as the Lord is shifting us into some very powerful life changes. It is so important not to see the sifting in a negative fashion. Instead of looking to it as a loss, we should see the endless possibilities, future breakthrough, and a higher level of spiritual maturity.

We press in with an understanding that our place before His presence is the best and safest place to be. This is a place where prayers, tears, conversations with the Lord, petitions, and repentance are being laid up. It is His heart that is forever touching us in ways only we can express in gratitude, praise, and honor unto Him.

Things that We Might Experience During this Sifting

• There will be some sifting of people who have run their course in our lives, those who we will "go forth" from to "grow forth" which will mark a shift that will increase our faith and prepare us for new relationships and assignments.

• The breath of Yahweh breathes truth upon us and changes us (sometimes without us knowing its full effect). We will awake with a fresh understanding to embark upon new ground that He has prepared for us.

• Just as the earth shakes, our lives are being shaken in the sifter of the Lord, but that which will remain is of great value and is vital to the manifestation of greater works to come. We see it even in our country and communities and as a result, we must fashion ourselves to pray; but it is our crying out in repentance that sifts us into a shift that amplifies our access to His glory.

I will also boldly say that "who we are to be" will undertake a major shifting and transformation. That which remains we must value and we must let go of that which is being removed. As a shift comes upon us, it will reveal to us who we really are and it will be between us and our Maker. We will see things in us that we have never seen before, and we will position ourselves accordingly.

Adjustments, changes, and renovation with movement must take place now. We will look back within these next 60 days and say, "Wow, look at God and what He has done." (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Phyllis Ford
Phyllis Ford Ministries
Email: PhyllisFordMinistries@gmail.com
Website: www.phyllisfordministries.com

Phyllis Ford has been called by God's grace to be a prophetic vessel. For the last 30 years she has been active in women's ministry and carries a strong emphasis toward prayer and intercession. She travels internationally and has released the Word of the Lord on the Internet for the past 10 years. She has conducted training in spiritual warfare, prophetic schools, and deliverance workshops, and also worked with abused and addicted women in secular settings for the State of Illinois. Phyllis lives in the DFW area in Texas and has three sons and one daughter.

Phyllis Ford's Itinerary:

September 28-30, 2018
Set A Watch—Mathew 26:41 & Isaiah 62:6
Speakers: Phyllis Ford and Wayland Henderson
The Greatness Center
4141 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19129
Register here

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