The Father says today, anchor your attention, your focus in the immediacy of the now. Let the dead weight of past regrets remain buried in the tomb of yesterday, and refuse to borrow trouble from a future that is still in the womb of tomorrow. Your life is not a series of accidents or random happenings, but a succession of appointments, and the most pivotal one is the time you spend with Me right now. This day is a gift, a fresh canvas, and the most significant moment of your journey is the one you are currently drawing breath in.

Prophet Russ - I Refuse to be Weighed Down by the Disappointments of the Past - Today!

Shut out the world around you, says God. Make the choice to tune out the distractions around you and tune into My still, small voice. The wind of My breath over your life each day brings breath and life to your inner man; without it, you are merely surviving, but with it, you will surely thrive. As you pour out your heart and wait for My response, I will trade your heaviness for My peace and your uncertainty for divine strategy. This is the secret to walking in victory: constant, unbroken fellowship that transforms the mundane tasks of your day into miraculous encounters with My presence.

The Father says today, understand that obedience is the ultimate posture of heart that I look for. I do not require you to perform impossible feats or navigate complex religious protocols, or pump up some crazy Charismatic hype and calling faith, no. I simply ask for your willing "yes." Because of this, never despise the day of small beginnings. Know that your smallest act of obedience is seen, documented, and celebrated in the courts of Heaven. Every time you choose My way over your own, even in the quiet moments no one else sees, you are positioning yourself for a public outpouring of My favor.

Prophet Russ - I Choose the Path of Obedience, No Matter How Insignificant - Today!

Whatever you give your attention to, you will inevitably do well in, for where your focus goes, My anointing flows to meet you. If you will commit to being faithful in the assignment right in front of you, giving it your full care and diligence, you will see a harvest of excellence spring forth. Do not look to the left or the right, but keep your eyes fixed on the instruction I have given you. As you honor Me with your focus and your obedience, I will ensure that you prosper in the very things you have set your hand to do.

The Father says today, your most powerful ally is the agreement found in the heavens, waiting for your voice to give it substance on the earth. Open your mouth and declare breakthrough over those around you who are struggling. Do not be silent; be the herald of blessing over the oppressed and the broken. I have called you to walk as a spiritual authority, fully authorized to speak beneficence and favor over everyone you pass by. You are not subject to the atmosphere around you; you are called to set the atmosphere through the power of My word in your mouth.

Prophet Russ - I Speak Forth the Agreement of Heaven - Today!

Set aside all disagreement and strife, for the enemy foments contention, knowing that disunity opens the door to spiritual contamination. Make it your priority to close the breaches in your relationships. Act first in the spirit of reconciliation; do not wait for the other person to cooperate. Descend from the wearying task of demanding your rights and proving your point. As you condescend to humility and embrace quietude, I will step in. I will exalt you, I will defend you, and I will provision you in the sight of all.

The Father says today, I am bringing you into a new alignment with My heart, calling you to be a vessel of both celebration and compassion. Seek out and position yourself among the thankful. When you see others walking in blessing, refuse to let the enemy whisper lies of resentment, jealousy, or comparison into your ear. Instead, choose to rejoice loudly with them! Understand that when you genuinely applaud My favor on another, you are legally invoking that same grace to manifest in your own situation. Celebration is a seed; sow it deeply in the lives of others, and you will reap a harvest of joy in your own.

Prophet Russ - I Choose to Open My heart to Rejoice with Others - Today!

Furthermore, keep your spirit alert, for I am bringing a specific opportunity for you to minister to a broken spirit very soon. Do not avert your gaze or harden your heart to protect your own peace. I am asking you to stop, to listen, and to speak life with authenticity. Meet them right where they are, without judgment, and pour out the comfort I have given you. As you do this—as you choose love over convenience—you will find that the spiritual atmosphere around you shifts. The heavens that have seemed like brass over your own head will suddenly break open. As you water others in their time of need, I will ensure that you are watered, bringing the breakthrough you have been crying out for.

The Father says today, Bless them that curse you. Let your prayers and blessings for your detractors make their enemies jealous that they do not have such a friend lifting them up before My throne. Release kindness on those who despise you, for in so doing, you bring kindness into your own path. Don't be discouraged when your detractors rage. They cannot penetrate or influence the high and holy place of safety where I hold you close. Celebrate and be thankful for the immature, the angry, and the unkind, for as you lean into Me for comfort, miracles are released, and amazing things begin to happen when you stay in a place of ever-forgiveness. Invoke My favor then, over your enemy, for doing so configures the heavens to pour resources upon you from My hand.

Prophet Russ - As the Father Loves Me, I Choose to Love those who have Wronged and Hurt Me - Today!

Ask Me to bless your enemies and use them for My glory. Refuse to listen to your critics, for they are the council of the uninformed, demonstrating just how much they don't know about you and about Me. Don't curse and come against those who have wounded you. Refuse to retaliate even when they use every artifice at their command to provoke the lesser angels of your nature. I say again, pronounce My blessing on your critics. You are seated with Me in heavenly places! Should one so enthroned be intimidated by their threats? They have nothing but harshness toward you, but I will overwhelm them with My unconditional love. It takes two to fight. Don't stoop so low, but rather release My favor upon them. Collaborate with Me in blessing them, and I will occupy them with goodness and bless you in the process, says the Father.

The Father says today, "I commissioned you to be a conduit of blessing, not just a repository of supply for strictly your own need." What you make happen for others, I will make happen for you, so become a distribution point for kingdom resources to meet the needs of the poor and the suffering. The wealth of the unjust is laid up for the just, and that includes you. I am prepared to use you to resource the crying and the neglected. Find those that everyone overlooks. Your love will turn the despair of these needy ones into hope.

Prophet Russ - I am a Distribution Point of Blessing in God's Kingdom - Today!

Give priority to fellow believers. As much as lies in you, do good to all, particularly those of the household of faith, so don't neglect them. Whether they are next door or on the other side of the world, distribute to their necessity out of your surplus. Do it promptly, for your response time is obedience that sets the pace for My response time in blessing. Don't do this grudgingly or through any motivation other than the tug of the Holy Spirit upon your heart and upon your purse strings. You won't be disappointed, says the Father.

The Father says today, your joy terrorizes the enemy. You wondered why you are HERE walking around on the earth? You are an I.E.D. of My unmitigated joy. My joy and joy unspeakable is on the inside of you, bursting to get out and diffuse every assault of the enemy against you and those around you. You are explosive with My joy and delight, and when you detonate, you'll take out an entire column of the enemy's supply line. Choose joy today. The enemy has no defense against it.

Prophet Russ - My Joy Terrorizes the Enemy - Today!

Be a 'joy bomb,' says the Father. Push past the despair and frustration that plague you. Refuse to be held captive by the sorrows and disappointments that have dogged your trail. Instead, Let My joy detonate deep in your soul. I placed RIGHTEOUSNESS, JOY, and PEACE inside you. When others demand, "Who do you think you are?" just laugh the belly laugh of one with no cares. Fear not; I am caring for every care in your life. You will drink deeply of My salvation as you rejoice and rejoice again, says the Father.

The Father says today, Guard your heart against the seat of the scornful. Those operating in criticism purport to show wisdom, but bear in mind that I choose those that man's wisdom would never choose. Are you willing to be an instrument in My hand and part of My kingdom, even though others mock and disdain you? My blessing is on the one willing to be foolish and despised for My glory. The foolish, the unlearned, yes, even those things that are not, do I choose to overcome those things that are.

Prophet Russ - I Refuse to Sit in the Seat of the Scornful - Today!

Your seeming lack of qualifications then puts you in a good place to be part of what I do next, says the Father. Be encouraged. Refuse to live with a cast-down spirit. Turn up the intensity of your zeal this day; let your spirit come to the boil with passion for what I am doing in the earth. It's exciting to walk in My kingdom. The skeptic and the pessimist will have no part, so let it not be once named in your life. Be the first to embrace what I do today. Don't look back at what others think. You are a trendsetter trending to victory and destiny says the Father!