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(This prophetic piece by Lisa Enebeli is on of the most profound 2020 Prophecies I’ve ever read – it comports in perfect alignment in my spirit – Clay Sikes.)

“Over 6 years ago The LORD told me He is opening a door that is so big it is going to bring… now this past two weeks The LORD has been showing me that we are ending a 20 year chapter which The LORD has called the House of Laban (Genesis 31:38-42).

The LORD is shutting the door to the House of Laban, which is a house of affliction, injustice, and promises broken.

As I was in prayer this morning I finally saw the name on the door The LORD is about to open, you know the Isaiah 22:22 door we have been waiting for?

The name on the door that is shutting is the House of Laban and we are standing with our back to that door and the door that is about to open January 1, 2020 says House of Bethel/ House of Bread. God is about to open the House of Bread and we are going to feast on God’s word; God’s presence; God’s provision; angels ascending and descending; name changes; redemption; so many good things I can’t name them all.

We need to put off our mourning clothes and put on our dancing shoes, for this door is going to bring joy like we’ve never known before.

I see it, that is why I can say it!

The door we have waited for is the door to the House of Bread/ House of Bethel. God is doing a new thing now it springs up, do you not perceive it?  (Isaiah 43:19)”

“³⁸ These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock. ³⁹ That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it from my hand, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. ⁴⁰ There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes. ⁴¹ Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times. ⁴² Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night,”   Genesis 31:38-42.

“The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and no one shall shut; and he shall shut, and no one shall open,”   Isaiah 22:22.

“Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?  I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert,”   Isaiah 43:19.

Source: The Door That is About to Open January 1, 2020! ~ by Clay Sikes

I believe this coming year will be marked by opportunities, which if utilized will take us to greater heights both spiritually and naturally.

I’m going to look at signs and symbols that I believe will help guide us into the new year and beyond.

“When He [Jesus] had said this [“peace be with you”], He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw The LORD,”    John 20:20 

This was the first appearance of Jesus to His disciples after His resurrection from the dead.  They finally could understand what it meant when in…

“Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.
For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. They will scourge Him and kill Him.  And the third day He will rise again.”
But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken,”    Luke 18:31-34.

This year will be one when we will be able to understand many spiritual truths that have been beyond our comprehension until now.

The number 20 symbolizes expectancy.  Jacob waited 20 years for his wives and property.  Israel waited 20 years for deliverance to come through Sampson.  Solomon waited 20 years for the completion of his building project.

2020 = 40.

• Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness.
• Moses was 40 days on the mount to receive the 10 commandments.
• Jesus was tempted in the wilderness for 40 days.
• Jesus was seen by His disciples for 40 days after His resurrection.

These were major turning points in all of those situations.  This coming year may be a turning point for us in many ways.

Small Straws — These are 4 words that might represent 4 seasons of the year 2020.

1:    “Find things you can take delight in so that you dwell on goodness and not sorrow.  You can trust Me to bring you through every circumstance in peace,”  says The LORD.

2:    “You are on the path of destiny, and you will discover that weakness and failures can no longer define you.  Look to the future and not to the past.  I will strengthen you to overcome in the days to come.”

3:    “Refuse to allow discouragement to take you off course.  This year will bring definition to your hopes and dreams.”

4:     “Stay alert and spiritually aware.  You will not want to miss what I AM doing in your life and circumstances.”

“Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light,”  Ephesians 5:14.

12 Things God showed me for 2020:

1:    I saw a sign that read: “This Is The Sign You’ve Been Looking For.”

It was a big Neon sign, and I believe that the things I am about to share are things we have desired to know or need to understand that are relevant to us in the coming year.

“I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath…”  Acts 2:19a.

2:    I saw a myriad of emojis: Happy, sad, dismayed, outraged, clueless, bewildered, etc.

This is an indication that we will have many and varied situations that we can react to, but if we desire to respond as Jesus would, we can maintain peace.  We need to strive to keep our emotions in check.

A reaction is survival-oriented and on some level a defense mechanism.  It might turn out okay but often a reaction is something you regret later.

A response on the other hand usually comes more slowly.  It’s based on information from both the conscious mind and unconscious mind.

3:    I saw an arrow pointing to the right on a fence or a wall.  If we follow Jesus, He will lead us in the way we should go.  His Spirit lives in us, so we just have to pay attention and listen.

4:    I saw myself standing in the entrance of a long hallway, and at the end of that hallway was a door, and the walls, floor, and ceiling created an elongated box the exact width and height of the door.

And I realized that we will be shown the way and there will be no other place to go except to the door, which has not yet opened.

“After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven.  And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this,”  Revelation 4:1.

“Jesus said [to him], “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me,””   John 14:6.

5:    There was a person submerged in a body of water with forearm and hand extended above the surface of the water holding a lit sparkler.

I believe this was a signal of the importance of maintaining hope.  We must not lose hope when we find ourselves “under water” emotionally or psychologically.

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful,”    Hebrews 10:23.

6:    I also saw someone holding a light bulb, and I believe it was a symbol of inspiration and ideas.  The Spirit of The LORD will impart the inspiration necessary for us to fulfill His Plans and purposes for us.

The phrase comes to mind… The flow of destiny.

7:    I had an aerial view of a jet that had landed in a space just big enough for it in a heavily wooded pine forest.

It looked like an impossibility that the plane could have landed there.  But with God, all things are possible, and I was reminded of destiny.

God will take us to our destination no matter how difficult it looks naturally.  We are in a time of destiny being fulfilled.  We will land where we are supposed to be.

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,”   Philippians 4:13.

Two separate visions were about books.

8:    In the first vision someone was flipping through pages of a book, and I heard The LORD say, “Find your place.”

I believe we must find and keep our place in Christ.  Any other place is temporary and unstable.

“While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.  For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal,”   2 Corinthians 4:18.

9:    In the second book vision, there were many, many books opened on a table.  There are lots of things to learn and understand in this coming season.

“Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way,”   Psalms 119:104.

10:    I also saw dozens of sharp cutting tools… knives, scissors, box cutters, and even a hatchet.

I believe this is a symbol of us being on the cutting edge or in the forefront of what God has prepared for us.

We have to stay awake, alert and ready.

“Preach the word!  Be ready in season and out of season.  Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching,”   2 Timothy 4:2.

11:    I saw a sign that read: Do Something Great

We don’t have to be great on our own.  The Holy Spirit is GREAT, and all we have to is stay connected…living and walking in Him!

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit,”   Galatians 5:25.

12:    And, finally a beverage mug with the word, Begin. (period)

We have to take the first small step towards God and He takes a giant step toward us.

2020 = 4!

The number 4 is a number of “being”, it is the number that connects mind-body-spirit with the physical world of structure and organization.

Four symbolizes the safety and security of home, as well as stability and strength on a solid foundation of values and beliefs.

Are we ready for a number 4 year, or what?!

Recap and Conclusion — This is a year of:

• Expectation and opportunities.
• Turning points (decisive change).
• Self-control — peace.
• The flow of destiny.
• God will show us the way.
• Do not lose hope.
• We will be inspired.
• Impossibilities are possible with God.
• Find your place.
• There are lots of things to learn and understand.
• Be cutting edge by staying awake, alert and aware.
• The Spirit of The LORD will be Great in us.

Let’s Begin.

Source: 2020 Vision! ~ by Bill & Marsha Burns

Have you ever wondered what actually happens when you give a goat to charity? Learn how a Ugandan family’s entire livelihood was transformed by livestock given through Compassion’s Gift Catalog.

When you give a goat through the Compassion Gift Catalog, how exactly does a goat get to a child in need? And, more important, how does it really help?

It’s a common question from gift catalog shoppers — and not just about goats. Whether you donate a mosquito net, water well, Bibles or any other catalog gifts that help people in need, the actual gifts are bought and distributed by the local church workers who serve kids in Compassion-assisted child development centers. These staff and volunteers live and work in the same communities as sponsored children. They get to know each child on a personal level and understand what would best help the children’s families.

Goats are a powerful (and cute) example of how giving through the Compassion Gift Catalog can change the story for a family living in poverty.

Like Patience’s family.

The 10-year-old girl lives in a rural area of Uganda with her parents and siblings. She goes to a Compassion center based at a church down a long dirt road from her home. The meals she eats there have always been a big relief for her parents, especially since a drought in Uganda has made crops much harder to grow in recent years. Patience’s parents couldn’t even grow enough food to feed themselves — let alone extra to sell for income.

“We didn’t have a lot in terms of harvests, in terms of clothing, in terms of medical care,” says Patience’s mom, Dinah. “We basically didn’t have anything. But when they took on Patience [in Compassion’s program], we got relief.”

To make the family’s situation more pressing, Dinah had newborn twins.

“I gave birth to them during the drought, which was all over the media — a very difficult time with no food, with a lot of sunshine,” she says. “It was a very difficult Caesarean.”

Dinah’s recovery from the birth was slow. She wasn’t getting the nutrients she needed, and she wasn’t producing enough breastmilk to feed her baby girls. “Initially, I would buy milk if I had money,” she says. “But if I did not have money, I’d just give them porridge without any milk, which was very difficult for them.”

Dinah despaired as her husband searched for work in their village.

But one day the director of Patience’s Compassion center visited with joyful news.

Using donations given through Compassion’s Gift Catalog, he was able to buy goats for their family and others in their community who had the greatest need. And to make sure the animals made the biggest possible impact, the church would provide training to all goat recipients.

Patience’s family received four pregnant goats, and Dinah began going to the training course and passing along all she learned to the rest of her family.

“I learned quite a number of things,” Dinah recalls. “I learned to feed them well. I learned to vaccinate them so that the ticks do not make them sick. I learned to give them salt, because it is valuable for their health. And I also learned we need to keep washing them so that they keep healthy.”

With the help of church workers, the family built a wooden pen for the goats, dug a compost pit where goat manure would be used to make fertilizer, and started grazing the animals on a schedule. Soon each goat gave birth to one kid.

Patience helps care for the growing herd. “If we are going to leave home for the whole day, we leave them with peelings for them to eat,” she says. “We get manure from the goats. We apply the manure in our coffee plantations, and then when the coffee grows well, we sell the coffee.”

But the goats produced so much more than a great fertilizer. With their milk, Dinah was able to supplement her breast milk to feed the twins. As the goat herd grew stronger, so did the twins — now healthy toddlers. Their father tends to the flourishing banana and coffee crops, which he now sells for a steady income.

“I want to thank the people who gave us the goats,” Dinah says. “We have looked after the goats, and we have gotten a huge relief. I believe if other families get goats, they would also be as relieved as we are.”

That’s the power of giving a goat.

Whether you give a goat or another gift through Compassion’s Gift Catalog, you can trust that the church workers who partner with Compassion will know exactly how to use it to best serve children. Giving a gift without seeing the actual receiving of the gift requires an act of faith, but that faith generates limitless possibilities in the lives of the families Compassion serves. Is there any better gift than that?

Read more @ https://blog.compassion.com/give-a-goat/

(Carol’s note: If you want your goat to go to a certain child, you would first have to choose and sponsor them for $38/month, then send a family gift of money so a goat could be purchased for that specific family. That is what I do. There is great joy in hearing the links of poverty’s chains breaking because of small acts of kindness!)

I heard one word. “Underdog.” And I heard “2020 is the year of the underdogs!”

Source: 2020 is the Year of the Underdogs! ~ by Deborah Waldron Fry