Promotion is coming Aug. 1, 8 and at sundown on Aug. 13. No matter what happens on the Hebrew calendar, even though we are in the month of Tammuz with all its warfare and “between the straights” and “three weeks of mourning,” it does not change that this is the month of August, the eighth month on the Gregorian Calendar. God always promotes this month and sets us up for advancement directly following the three weeks of mourning.
Tammuz is the name of a Babylonian god. The Jews named the month after this god so they could remember their sin of worshipping the golden calf, which took place during this month as described in Exodus 32. This month has been a time of stripping and stretching. God has been revealing things that have become idols in your life. During this stripping He has been getting you ready for promotion and acceleration.
Why would God promote in such a difficult month on the Hebrew calendar? Even though the Hebrew calendar is God’s calendar, it always shifts from the month of Tammuz into the new month of Av, which means “the month of comfort.”
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Av is tough in the beginning for the first nine days, but then it quickly becomes a month of promotion and acceleration. God has been revealing the idols in our life in the month of Tammuz because you can’t be entangled with these idols while God is promoting you, expanding and growing you. Many of you have received tests of promotion this past week in the area of finances, relationships and distractions regarding needs for provision, protection and acceptance. God has been faithful to help you deter the temptations.
Matthew 6:24 (KJV) says, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Aug. 1 is the first day of month of the Gregorian month of New Beginnings, Aug. 8 is the day of new beginnings in the month of new beginnings and Aug. 13 is the last day of the three weeks of mourning in Israel, or the ninth of Av, which is a day of fasting and prayer over the temple destructions and the sin of worshipping the golden calf in Exodus 32.
Directly following this day, on Aug. 13, our advancement comes that night at sundown when mourning ends. God is going to send you some fresh ideas, but here is a prophetic warning. Do not make your fresh ideas an idol, as they will hold you back if you begin to worship them. You are called to worship and serve Him only. You have been through a lot of warfare, but now it is time to advance, and you don’t want the old with new or even the new becoming an idol.
Creative ideas are going to come quickly, and this is because these ideas will help the kingdom to expand. Receive the ideas, but keep yourself in perfect alignment and timing with Him as those ideas grow, develop and accelerate.
You are moving forward in this time of acceleration. Things are going to go fast. Keep your focus on God and only grab hold of the things He is asking you to grab. Promotion time and acceleration are here!
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Dr. Candice Smithyman is an international prophetic revivalist and healing minister who is founding pastor (retired) of Freedom Destiny Church in Orange Park, Florida. She is also the founder of Dream Mentors Transformational Life Coaching Institute, a biblical life counseling and coaching educational organization that teaches and trains educators and coaches in the specialty of life coaching. She is currently the host of the “Glory Road’ TV show, which can be seen internationally through Faith USA Network, Faith UK and Faith Africa, King Television, Praise Television, Precious Television, Charisma magazine online, Kingdom Flame TV at www.kingdomflame.com and Life Stream Networks at www.lifestreamnetworks.com.
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