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Break Every Chain

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I woke up this morning with this song in my mind…

We sang it at church yesterday, and the part of it that I was hearing when I woke up was

BREAK EVERY CHAIN
BREAK EVERY CHAIN
BREAK EVERY CHAIN

and
THERE’S AN ARMY RISING UP
THERE’S AN ARMY RISING UP
THERE’S AN ARMY RISING UP

A welcome encouragement today. There’s some chains that need broken, and I can’t wait to write of the testimony that is being forged in the furnace of our affliction. Boy, that sounds dramatic…but I believe we are on the verge of a miraculous move of Yahweh in our lives, one we have waited for now for over 12 years. He promised, and He does not lie. I don’t understand His ways or His time table…it certainly is not  in sync with what I think it should be or it would have happened 12 years ago!
As I spent some time in worship and prayer this morning, I just could not get this song out of my head, nor the sense that there is a literal army of angels behind me, rising up to battle the enemy of our souls, HaSatan. To break the chains with which we have been bound for so long. That was definitely encouraging, as I have struggled this past week in keeping bitterness at bay and faith and hope in Abba’s promise alive. 
I lifted my hands in worship, I saw in the spirit that army rising up, and felt a surge of confidence such that I could say
Bring it on, you filthy devil…

I have no desire to tempt Yahweh, nor to antagonize my enemy independently of spiritual back-up, but in that moment I truly felt I could say that and not worry about the repercussions because my Daddy’s got this. 
Whenever I wake with a song in my heart like I did this morning, I always think of the verse in Zephaniah that says Yahweh will rejoice over us with singing. So, I looked it up. I was pretty sure it was in the third chapter, and I asked “what verse?” then immediately heard “14.”  Here is what it says…

14 Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice, be in high spirits and glory with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem [in that day]. 15 [For then it will be that] the Lord has taken away the judgments against you; He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, even the Lord [Himself], is in the midst of you; [and after He has come to you] you shall not experience or fear evil any more. [AMP]

I can’t tell you how encouraging, and how precise, that was. The verse I was actually looking for is verse 17…

17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing. [AMP]

I feel a sense of peace now replacing the anxiety I struggled with last week. It is such a relief to know that Yahweh’s got this, because it is way beyond anything we could handle on our own.

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13

Thank you, Yahweh, for your encouragement today. Thank you for doing for me that which I can not do myself…

About Dawn Yoder

Dawn is the boss here at Oh Sweet Mercy. She's also the writer, editor, photographer, graphics creator, recipe developer, secretary, and doer of all the things. Except the dishes most of the time. Thankfully that is outsourced to her two capable children.

She also is a contributing author/recipe developer/photographer for Wildly Organic and Traditional Cooking School where she gets to do the fun parts - creating lovely food, photographing it, and explaining how to make it - without all the administrative duties that come with running a blog.

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