Anna M. Aquino

            As people of God we all need to seek the Lord regarding the times and seasons that we live in (1 Chronicles 12:32).  Often people have ‘Words of the Lord’ for the next year as it approaches.  For years I’ve posted what I have felt God was telling me for the New Year.  I’ve seen how God always has a way of bringing these words to pass though often not exactly how I thought He would.  Many times people have fun rhyming slogans for the year.  In an attempt to not conjure anything that God hasn’t given me, I don’t have some cute rhyming phrase that sounds good with 2015.  Not that there is anything wrong with people who do, but I don’t this year.  However, I have been receiving what I believe is a download from heaven regarding next year. I’m doing my best to prophesy the way I see it, so it may not have a pretty package, but I am excited to share it with you in this blog.  ...

            Today while driving back to get groceries I had an “aha” moment.  It was one of those moments were suddenly God seemed to connect the dots in my head.  It was a revelation by which I was tremendously blessed and instructed.  I believe that there are many who will read this, who have found themselves in similar places, learn from this Rhema moment.  While often my blogs are not outwardly prophetic in nature, this one is, so hold onto your hats people.  I hope God uses me here to speak to you in your season.             This has been a time of great transitions in the body of Christ. I believe this has been going on for the last several years. I know of several people who are pursuing the things of God,  who have made major moves whether it be through business, church, location, etc. etc.  I personally believe that to those who...

            Years ago in my gymnastics days, I went to a gym for classes that would physically shove us further down into our stretches.  It wasn’t enough to physically hurt us too much; however it did cause some pain.  However it did make us get more flexible than we thought possible.  The moments of uncomfortable forcing were worth it in the end.  Our class got more limber as a result.             There are many moments in our life that are like that.  Circumstances can push us further than we want to go.  We are uncomfortable and complain in the moment, but later we realize how much the situation helped us.  Those moments can make us ready, able, and prepare us for times we may need the flexibility.              Many of you have heard my rubber band analogy before, but I th...

My girls and I have been taking turns at dinner reading passages from scripture and then discussing the passages as we eat. Yesterday at dinner my oldest picked a passage where Jesus casted a demon out of a person.  This opened the conversation about angels and demons.  We also found ourselves in a conversation about spiritual doorways, and how one opens up doors in their lives for demons to come in and mess with them.  The conversation then went into using your spiritual authority that Jesus gave us, and that Jesus was stronger than any of this.  As I was explaining all of this to my youngest I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to explain to her that if she ever opens a doorway by committing a sin, then all she needs to do is repent and ask Jesus to shut it. She thought very silently for a moment and then piqued up, “Then Jesus puts caution tape over the door and nothing can come into it?”  I had to laugh at her for a moment, but she was right. “Yes, in a...