These glorious prophetic art cards from Codye Reystead are in our specialty gift bags for the ladies in the strip clubs.
When Codye asked me to check out her website and pick a few of my favorite pieces, this one nearly took my breath away. What’s funny is that when I first read the name, I read it as “Street Warfare.”
“That’s perfect for the girls in the clubs,” I thought!
As Coyde and I messaged back and forth, I realized it was “Sweet Warfare,” but I think the Lord had me see what I saw because the message IS perfect for the girls! Sweet, Street Warfare. Plus, the back of the card has Psalm 23 TPT, my fave.
The Lord is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough. He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace, the quiet brook of bliss. That’s where he restores and revives my life...You become my delicious feast even when my enemies dare to fight. You anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit; you give me all I can drink of you until my heart overflows. So why would I fear the future? For your goodness and love pursue me all the days of my life. Then afterward, when my life is through, I’ll return to your glorious presence to be forever with you!
(Side note: UpperRoom has a song with these exact lyrics.)
The Revelation behind Street Warfare:
My beloved, on the greatest battlefields of life, you will find a sacred space deep within My heart, a sweet space I have prepared for you. In this space, the living waters of My heart run freely with abundant hope, irrevocable joy, and extravagant provision, all of which I desire for you to experience in fullness.
For you see, these fruits will sustain you in the midst of battle. And it is in these battles that you will come to know Me as your Abundant Hope, Everlasting Joy, and Faithful Provider in all things.
I desire for you to walk in victory and to understand the ways of warfare, My beloved ones.
By setting you in Jesus, I have destined you for victory.
I have placed you in the One who knows no defeat, only triumph.
While the battles of this life may prove challenging, they will not overcome you, for you are in Jesus, and He is in you. As His beloved, you are covered in the overcoming power of His blood. I have set His blood upon you, which carries the mantle of eternal victory.
So, My beloveds, know this: as you advance on the battlefields of life, I have set you up for victory. I have set you up for sweet warfare.
In this place, you will come to know Me as you Great Defender and your Fierce Protector. You will experience what it is to have your heart guarded by My relentless love for you.
Yes, you will know My presence on the battlefields of your circumstances, and in so knowing, you will smile in the face of your opposition. You will taste the fruits of true victory and receive your bounty.
You will know what it is to live and abide in the living waters of My faithful embrace, protected by the blood of the Lamb and safeguarded by your Warrior King.
The blood of Jesus surrounding you will prove to be offensive to all your foes and foul to your greatest enemy. The enemy will see you abiding in the living waters of My heart and protected by the conquering blood of your King, and he will eventually be forced to surrender.
Yes, My beloved ones, as I did for King David, I will also do for you. When the warfare surrounds you, and the enemy closes in, choose to set your face like flint before your Warrior King. Abide in Me–and then remain there.
Let My abiding presence become your provision, your manna on the battlefield. Then, purpose your heart to lean even further into Mine. In this place, you will find much-needed courage and endurance for the battles ahead.
Stay hidden in Me, encompassed by My loving embrace. I will prepare a feast for you–a table in the presence of your enemies.
Though the battle rages, take courage!
The conflicts you face will not overcome you, My beloved ones, for you are under heaven’s jurisdiction of holy victory; I have placed you in Jesus, who knows no defeat.
Watch as warfare becomes sweet in this sacred place I have prepared for you!
Yes, My beloved ones, remain with Me in this sacred space of sweet warfare, and you will taste the fruits of eternal triumph.
I Am the God who sets a table of abundance for you amidst your foes.
I Am the God who sustains your joy on all your battlefields.
Yes, I Am the God who has promised you eternal victory.
So put on My empowering grace and receive My joy. The victory is yours. For you are mine, blood-bought by your Eternal Kinsman Redeemer. You now travel with the arrows of your Great Defender and Warrior King strapped upon your back. You are now, and forever will be, covered by the overcoming blood of the Lamb.
My relentless love for you is your greatest weapon...
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