{"id":1405,"asset_id":1713,"title":"Prophetic Word on the Eve of 2023 Gloria Robles, IFA Contributing Writer | December 31, 2022","alias":"prophetic-word-on-the-eve-of-2023-gloria-robles-ifa-contributing-writer-december-31-2022","introtext":"<p>&nbsp;<img src=\"images\/image_2022-12-31_073701144.png\" alt=\"image_2022-12-31_073701144.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here in Texas we are not normally equipped for winter weather. Just before I wrote this article, we were seeing 80-degree afternoons. A few days later, however, a&nbsp;<em>very<\/em>&nbsp;cold front brought in some&nbsp;<em>very frigid<\/em>&nbsp;temperatures \u2014 in the low 20s \u2014 and we even had to deal with blackouts. What a difference a day makes.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accompanying that cold front were some very heavy winds, with distinct howling and whipping noises I could hear from indoors. Suddenly, I heard a very loud cracking sound.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I ventured outside to survey my property, and to my surprise I saw a tree toppled over in my yard. I was shocked to see how those powerful winds had snapped the tree at its base.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This particular tree had been dying: Half was vibrant, while the other half had branches that were bare and no longer producing. For months, I had hoped the tree would recover, but it never did.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coincidentally, the entire tree didn\u2019t come down, but only the dead half. If that part hadn\u2019t come down that way, eventually the whole tree would have been a loss.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I stared at that tree, I felt the Lord speaking prophetically to me.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u2019t know about you, but my 2022 was one for books, and not in the best of ways. This year I felt as if I were, like that old tree, completely stripped down. At times I have felt as if my prayers were fruitless. The degree of warfare I faced had left me discouraged, exhausted, speechless. At other times, my prayers felt&nbsp;<em>liquid<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 no words, just&nbsp;<em>tears<\/em>. Praise God \u2014 He understands the language of tears and groanings.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ifapray.org\/blog\/prophetic-word-on-the-eve-of-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2022-12-31 14:40:18","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2022-12-31 14:40:18","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2022-12-31 14:40:18","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}