Recently I was out shopping and came across a display of decorative mantle books. As I stopped to browse through the selections, one title was highlighted to me. The book was "Great Expectations", a novel by Charles Dickens. When I saw the title, "Great Expectations", it was as if the Lord smiled and said, "Take note of this, for this is how you are to set your heart for this season". As I have sought the Lord for His heart on this, He has spoken several things to me about cultivating expectancy in our hearts for this season and all He wants to do. Here are some things I am hearing Him say: 1. Allow yourself to dream or imagine the thing that you are expecting. When our hearts are healthy a
I recently had a dream that involved two short scenes. In the first scene I was cleaning out a shelf in a closet. I knew that I was making room for something else, so everything had to be removed and the shelf cleaned. The second scene was very different from the first. In the second scene a familiar prophet stood before me and he was brushing a camel skin. As I have sought the Lord and meditated on this unusual dream, He led me to the message of John the Baptist. We know John the Baptist as the prophetic voice who came heralding the message of repentance and preparation for the coming of the Lord. We presently find ourselves in another significant time of preparation and repentance as God i
