It's God's Word, Not Mine...: Prophetic Encouragement

By Gail J. Manizak

Gail Manizak is a gifted prophet. At sixteen years old, Gail became a born-again believer; joy filled her heart daily as page after page of poetry was written. Being full of Gods presence, she wrote daily as He led. At twenty-four years old, Gail, having been baptized in the Holy Spirit, received a gift of writing prophetic words. As with the poetry, it came very naturally to write what she heard in her ear. It was prophesied in 1971 that she would hold the office of a prophet. In April of 2010, she was officially released by leadership into the office of a prophet.

Prophetic words spoken confirmed this portion of her call, the first being spoken over her life forty years ago. This gift has been used to minister to people all over the world. In 2009, the Lord dealt with her about opening up the websites for personal prophecy requests. She was reminded of all the psychics, soothsayers, palm readers, card readers, and astrologers that were operating in the gift but not of the Holy Spirit. People were accepting a spirit of deception and lies. To be a servant to the people is an honor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Mar 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449740092

Gail J. Manizak

Gail Manizak is the founder, director and operator of, The Power and Presence Ministry. She ministers the gospel in thirty-six countries at the present time. She spends some of her time prophesying the word of the Lord for those that make requests. Additionally, she is a wife and homemaker, as well as the mother of four grown children. She is involved in the arts and is an artist in her spare time. She now resides in Ione, California, with her husband, who is also a minister of the gospel.

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It’s

God’s Word,

not mine…

Prophetic Encouragement

GAIL J. MANIZAK

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Contents

I Corinthians 13:2

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Biography

A Bruised Reed

A Hill Called Mt. Calvary

A Man Who is Hungry

A Season of Beauty

A Stranger They Will Not Follow

A Threat to the Enemy’s Camp

A Time of Waiting

A Voice Like Soft Thunder

A Word to the World

Accept or Reject

Accusing You Day and Night

Amazing Peace

Are You Willing to Go with Me?

Arrow to the Heart

Ascend to the Hill of the Lord

Back to the Garden

Backside of the Desert

Barrenness Will Go

Be Patient with Yourself

Beauty for Ashes

Before You Ask

Betrayal is a Compliment

Blessings Are Returned

Bondages and Torment

Boot Camp

Called to Be the Bride

Called to Higher Ground

Called to Serve

Called to Teach

Can Two Walk Together

Carrying the Glory

Chosen to Carry the Glory

Chosen to Rebuild

City of the Great King

Clear Skies

Cocoon Stage of Life

Come and Drink Deeply

Come Away Behind the Veil

Come, Let Us Reason Together

Crystal Clear Water

Dark Night of the Soul

Desert Seasons Shall Rejoice

Distractions and Discouragement

Do Not Hold onto Temporal Things

Do Not Weep Over Them

Do You Recognize Me?

Drawing You into Deeper Waters

Earthly Treasure

Eat the Scroll

Embark on the Journey with Me

Enough is Enough

Faithful One

Filling You Up, Pouring You Out

Finding the Treasures of Heaven

Freedom from Dead Religion

Fresh Season for You

Go and Make Disciples

Grave Clothes are Coming Off

Guard Your Heart

Hang Out in the Lion’s Den

Hard to Believe for Myself

He Heard and is Already Answering

He Makes My Feet like Hind’s Feet

Healer of the Heart

Healing Balm of Love

Hidden at Times

Holding My People Back

Holy Calling

I Am a Jealous God

I Am Speaking to You

I Correct Those Whom I Love

I Go Before You

I Have Ordained Your Way

I Sought You Out

In Demonstration of My Spirit

Isaac or Ishmael

It Was Not Time to Die

Just a Closer Walk with You

Layers of the World

Laying Every Hindrance Aside

Lean Not on the Arm of Flesh

Less Traveled Road

Let the River Flow

Lies, Lies and More Lies

Like Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Love, Joy and Peace

Manifestation of Your Healing

Many Walking in Deception

Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Maturity is Huge in God

Mighty Warrior in the Faith

Mountain Moving People

Multiplicity Coming to the Givers

My Grace is Sufficient

My Hope is in Him

New Strategies, New Ideas

No More Fear

No Questions

No Residue Left on You

No Weapon Formed Against You

Not All Paths Lead to the Lord

Nothing Will by Any Means Hurt You

Oil of Joy

One Flower from My Garden

Out of Obscurity

Peace in Your Home

Perfect Timing

Pick Up Your Cross

Pit to the Palace

Plans for a Future and a Hope

Plans That You Know Not Of

Preparation and Pruning

Prosperity for You

Putting the Pieces Together

Refilling and Refueling

Refuse to Bow

Renewed Like the Eagle

Revelation from the Throne Room

Safety Zone

Saved the Finest for Last

Season of Bliss

Season of Change

Sensitive to the Needs of People

Shaking Everything Not of Me

Shaking Heaven and Earth

Shift in the Atmosphere

Showers from the Heavens

Sought to Know Me

Spots in Your Feasts

Stand and Speak

The Answer is on the Way

The Clouds Hiding the Son

The Devil is a Liar

The Enemy is Under Our Feet

The Spirit of the Lord Raises a Standard

The Steps of a Good Man

To Be a People to Me Forever

Transition

Treasures of Heaven Released

Trial After Trial

Try the Spirits

Unconditional Love

Unraveling the Hidden Hurt

Valley of Darkness

Voice of a Loud Roar

Voice of Confusion

Wait Upon Me

Watch Your Dreams

Wheels in Motion

Which Jesus Are You Serving?

You Embraced Me

You Have Many Choices, Choose Life

You Sought to Know Me

Your Future is in My Hands

Your Gentle Guide

Your Sin is Gone

Conclusion

Foreword

I have known Gail for a number of years now. She is one of those people who may come into your life just once in a lifetime. A friend sent from Heaven itself.

My Prayer for all who read these inspiring words is that you will feel the peace of God and learn more about Him as He ministers to each of you and touches you deep down in your soul.

This woman of God has been through many trials, heartaches and lessons to bring these words penned into book form.

May it bless each of you as you read it. Being obedient is better than sacrifice. Gail has been obedient in putting these words of the Lord in book form to share with the world. Let these words penned by the scribe of the Lord refresh your heart, soul and spirit.

Terry MacClanahan

Acknowledgements

Honoring my Father in Heaven……..

I want to first and foremost acknowledge and give Honor to GOD, my Father and my Savior, Jesus Christ. The One who gave His life for me and set me free from the grip of sin. To GOD, the giver of Life and of Eternal Life. I am thankful for the Free gift of my salvation.

I give Thanks and Honor to the Lord for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit who is with me always, as my Comforter, my Teacher and my Guide.

Without the Giver of the Gift, Our Lord God Almighty, this book would not be. These words were penned through the gift and inspiration of the Holy Spirit, my part was only in yielding to the Voice of God my Father.

A special thanks to……..

Thank you to my incredible husband, Chuck Pyles, without whose help this book would not have been written. Thank you honey for being very patient with me as I spent many hours in my office at the computer. Also for the many days I sometimes spent hours praying and writing the prophetic for others while you patiently waited for me to finish in the ministry to others so that we might spend time together.

Thank you for your tireless prayer and encouraging words as this is what gave me the encouragement to keep pressing on. I am so grateful that God ordained our lives together and that you are not only my husband and provider but you are my very best friend.

A special thank you for helping with jobs I normally would have been doing as I sat and worked with a heart that wanted to get more of the Word of the Lord and encouragement out to the people who needed and wanted it.

Thank you for being you. I love you so very much.

Love, Gail

A huge thank you to my dear friend…..

To my friend and co-laborer in Christ Jesus our Lord, Mrs. Lila Grove: I thank you, my friend, as you proofed and corrected tons of errors before this book could be published. (I am thanking God for your red pen). I know God sent you to my rescue just in time…..as I entered this nightmare of grammatical changes. A huge thank you Lila, I love you dearly sister. Possibly when you first looked at the draft, you may have had second thoughts (?). God bless you for your willing heart to help me complete this work of the Lord. Love Gail

Biography

From the day I became a born-again Christian at the age of 16, I wrote page after page of prophetic poetry (as it is called today) which was full of my love for the Lord and His presence. Daily I wrote everything down. Writing what I was hearing in my ear became somewhat familiar to me. I was not mature enough to know the magnitude of what I had received from the Lord and how powerfully the Holy Spirit was speaking to me at the time. I sent it all to my fiancé and was never to see it again. Had I understood, I would have written it all in a journal and cherished every word given to me.

At the age of 24 after being baptized in the Holy Spirit, this gift turned much more towards the prophetic. Words flowed from me like a river. Encouraging words for others would go around in my mind that sounded like what I had read from Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Minor Prophets. I began to recognize the gift of prophecy from the Lord. I wrote personal prophecies for friends and relatives as well as myself. These inspiring words were shared as the Lord directed. Over the years, the ministry grew to three (3) websites reaching over thirty-six (36) nations around the world via the internet. The Lord spoke to me a number of times saying that He had given me a voice and I was to use it for Him. He reminded me that soothsayers, palm readers, etc. used the gifts He had originally given to His people but we, His people were not using the gifts of God. Many people were going to psychics and those who made money from the gifts. In January of 2009 I sensed Him dealing with me to open a website to share the encouragement with others on a personal and corporate basis in prophecy. After much prayer, my husband and I followed God’s leading. We received many personal prophecy requests from around the world. The Bible says, the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. With this in mind, I used my pen to write the beautiful and encouraging words Jesus gave me for His beloved children even through the many trials in my own life. I wrote and did not stop. I encouraged others to do the same whether through the Scriptures, word for word, the gift of word of wisdom and/or the gift of prophecy. I do not ever recall a request for which God did not give a Word.

The Lord desires to strengthen, establish and bring confirmation to His children. It is His delight to comfort and encourage us always, to bring us to the very place of our destiny in Him. The gifts are for the Body of Christ if we will allow Him to use us.

We must not judge by what our physical eyes see but begin to see prophetically. God sees much further than we do. His ways and thoughts are much higher than ours. This is why He referred to Gideon as a mighty man of valor in Judges 6:12 (NKJV) long before Gideon became one. The Lord sees our whole life from beginning to end and the outcome of everything we face. Thus He pushes us on and comforts us all along the way with prophetic words of wisdom and words of knowledge, and encouragement that is very necessary and important to our growth and which leads us into our destiny.

Enter into these writings expecting to receive from the Lord. There has been actual impartations through the words that you will read. Encouragement, strength, healing, deliverance and refreshing are available to you through God’s Word. Do not lose hope. Rejoice as you read and know that God is no respecter of persons. What He will do for one, He will do for you also.

~~In Loving Memory Of My Daughter~~

~Gloria Shawntel Smith~

[November 28, 1966 – July 31, 2010]

Valley of the Shadow of Death

Written: February 2, 2008

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. This is My word to you. For the valleys have been deep so that there is even a shadow of a cloud that shades the valley to cause even greater darkness. This is the darkest valley that My children, who are called by My name, will pass through. But listen, My dear child. I said, Pass through the valley of the shadow of death, yes, including the valley of the SHADOW OF DEATH, the deepest and the darkest valley. I, the Lord, know at every moment where you are and how you are. I carry you over. I will never leave you nor forsake you. You are Mine, bought with a price and I will never let you go. You are My beloved. I know those that are mine. I know My sheep. They are the ones who call Me Father, My little lambs, precious and at one time lost but now you are found", says the Lord.

And you say you found Me, but I tell you, My child, I came after you with a vengeance. The enemy would have taken your life and stolen eternity from you. I have watched over you all of these years for you are Mine. If I came and found and brought you into My Kingdom, if I took vengeance on your enemy and came and brought you to Myself, would I not heal you? Will I not make you whole? Will you not walk in the calling I have called you to walk in, from even the time of your conception?

You had victory at a young age in your life, yet you chose the pathway of defeat. But as My word says, I came and found you, My little lamb that became lost along the way. Yes, you were the one. That was you, My child. I cherish your words of love to Me and the honor of your heart. When you hear My name spoken, your heart within bows at My name. I see the heart. You are full of love and adoration for Me. Those that have been forgiven much, they are those that love much.

I see the desire within. I see the hunger to do My will. When the time comes to do what I have called you to, you will know when that time is here. There is much you will learn before that time will come. Think not that I am saying you will not minister My word, for everywhere you go, you minister My word, for your love for Me is great and your knowledge of Me is greater than many I will send you to.

Do not fear the world and the ways of the world. Do not resist going to a doctor nor to someone in the world to whom I would cause you to go. How do you know but you may be that doctor’s only voice for Me. Do not fight your way through but lie still in My hands and know that I am in control of everything to do with you. Not one hair on your head will be harmed. Not a sparrow falls to the ground that I do not know it. I am the potter, you are the clay…Does the potter say to the clay, why hast thou made me this way?

Do not resist what you think is not of Me. Everything that you think is not of Me, I will turn around for good and all things to do with your life will glorify Me. I am in complete charge of all things, the good and the bad. Learn to rest in Me in every avenue of this life. I want you to realize I am God. I am He that created, can re-create, can heal, doing whatever needs to be done for I am the Great Physician. There are times I want you in a certain place at a certain time for a certain purpose. Does this seem strange to you? I love you, My child. You are Mine. Fear not for I am with you every moment of every day. You are Mine. You walk by faith. Even in the darkest hours, you will walk by faith.

I have taught you perseverance and yet will teach you greater degrees of it for now is the time that My children are in warfare. War on your knees, war on your face before Me. I will cause your enemies to run from you and you will walk in the freedom of the Spirit. You will minister in the freedom of My Spirit, says the Lord. Think not too far ahead, lest you would be overwhelmed with all that is happening, for soon, time will run its course. You are My child of light. I have filled you with light and everyone but you can see the light for I have designed it that way to keep My children humble. Rejoice! Great is your reward in heaven! Read My word and it will be life to you and many to whom you will be speaking. Amen and Amen.

Scribed by Gail Manizak

NOTE: At the time this word was inspired of the Lord, my daughter had every chance in the world of living a long and full life according to her doctors. We must all remember that none of us knows the day nor the hour when it will be our last day upon earth. Take care of your health and make the best of every day God gives to you. Never count on tomorrow. Live each day as if it were your last and all will be well with your soul. The Lord so graciously showed me in a dream (24 hours prior to her death) that my daughter had chosen to go home. She had battled many years with illness, she was tired and weary of the battle.

PROPHETIC REVELATION, Section One:

And though I have the gift of prophecy,

A Bruised Reed

The Lord says:

A bruised reed I shall not break and smoking flax I shall not quench till I send forth judgment to victory. In My name alone you shall trust. A broken and contrite spirit I will not despise. I am near them and will save them. Evil shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate and lonely. The LORD saves the soul of his servants and none of them that trust in Me shall be desolate or lonely.

I have seen the sincerity of your heart as you have cried out to Me. Therefore many answers to your requests are on the way, answers have been set in motion. I am God and I care for each and every one of My children. I am concerned over every matter that concerns you. Many have not known My ways for they are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Out of My compassion and love I have looked upon My children and heard every petition. Out of My great love for you will I answer you. My dear child, every tear that you have shed and every hurt, every wound, every weapon that has been formed against you, have been mine as well. Rejoice My child, for I have heard the earnest cry of your heart and I tell you now, the answer is on the way.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence things that are not seen. As you are believing what you cannot see, I have chosen to release blessings and favor over your life and your family that you will not be able to contain. Release unto Me your cares and all of your burdens for many are those things the enemy would have you dwell on. Yet My burden is light and My yoke is easy. Many times when the circumstances of life become too heavy to bear, come and leave it all at the foot of the cross once again. I have paid the price for your freedom from sin and also from the guilt of sin, I have taken it all.

Come to Me, child, and rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me for I am meek and lowly in spirit. You will find rest for your soul. I am your Father who cares for you. As My word says, if a son asks bread, would I give him a stone? Is that not what My word says? Surely I would give him bread. But, Yes I will give you fresh bread as you ask of Me. Rejoice for your life is in My hands and you are safe with Me. Come, trust and obey.

Amen and Amen

A Hill Called Mt. Calvary

The Lord says:

Had it not been for a Hill called Mount Calvary, had it not been for the Old Rugged Cross, there would be no redemption. This was done for you, My child. And yes, I have heard your petitions and I have known your desires to go into greater depth in Me. I am working in you to will and to do of My good pleasure. Working My will daily in you, maturing you as you go, I see your heart and have heard your prayers for each and everyone, the prayers you have prayed for others. All this will be returned to you as good seed that you have sown eternally. This will return as a part of your inheritance even as My word says. It will return back to you and to your own. Those things that are eternal never die. The law of sowing and reaping is the perfect law of the land.

I have called you to walk in deep waters and I have made you strong enough to stand in those waters without wavering. I am your strength. When you are weak, then are you strong. You know how to stand in the strength of My word. I have taught you these things and instilled within you a perseverance that says, I will never give up. I have instructed you in My ways and you have followed My ways. My blessings will follow you all the days of your life and I will keep My covenant with you as I have promised in My word. I will never leave you nor forsake you. My strength will be yours always. I am your God and you are My child. As we walk together and we talk together daily, I am training you to be a warrior of the faith. Many trials, tribulations and temptations you have been through because of your testimony of Me. You have stood your test. Rejoice, My child! You have stood your ground and you have humbled yourself before Me many times. I am the lifter of your head. I am the words of encouragement to you.

My word is life to you. The Blood I shed is your cleansing. You have washed yourself in My Blood and poured your life into My word and continue to as I have instructed you. Study to show yourself approved to Me, a workman that shall not be ashamed. There is not a mountain too big or a valley too low that I cannot take victoriously. For