The day before Valentine's day, 2008, I did a painting of the ocean stretched out before a young lady standing by the bluff at sunrise, looking up to the sky, beaming, her eyes sparkling, her hands stretched up to this wonderful God who loves her so, and whom she adores. She is singing from a song that says, "Take my hand, take my whole life through, for I can't help falling in love with You." (from a song Elvis Presley sang). In my spirit I sense that the whole painting is full of musical notes. Each of the bird is a note. Even the Torrey pine tree is singing, so are the Monarch butterflies, the hummingbirds on the branches, the tall grass in the wind, the little rabbit on the rock, the waves and the dolphins - each  emits  a sound, a song of adoration and praise to Him. The young lady is the warrior bride of Christ, who represent God's people everywhere, in all circumstances, good and bad, taking a minute or two to breathe out a song, to love on Him who is so faithful and so true.  Psalm 63:4-5 says, " And in your name I will lift up my hands.  My soul will be satisfied with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you." 

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Psalm 63:4-5

February 2008 

Orchid - Invitation to His Garden

In the spring of l993, I saw a vision of a high walled garden and knew that I was entering the garden. The verse the Lord gave was, "Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad." (Song of Songs 4:16)

Roses - Divine Romance

I was sorely wounded in my spirit from childhood and could not paint for 16 years. In l993, the Lord called me to be "a court painter, painting for the King." Thus started a process of healing through my art. The first paintings that the Lord called me to paint were roses. The verse was, "His banner over me is love." (Song of Songs 2:4b)

Sunflower - The Joy of the Lord

While praying, the Lord gave me a vision of a heart with a stout pipeline to heaven. The interpretation was, "I am going to pipe the oil of joy into the body of Christ." The Lord called me to paint sunflowers in the summer of l993  and the verse was, "Anointing you with the oil of joy." (Psalm 145:7bKJ)    In October of 2002, as the timing for this prophetic painting drew near, I received permission from the Lord to apply gold dots as drops of oil coming forth from the sunflower seeds.

Horse - Boldness

Fear bound me so tightly all my life until l994 when the Lord called me to paint a horse. The verse the Lord gave was, "He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing." (Job 39:22a) Thus began a journey for me step by step out of  fear and into freedom.  This is the season that He is emboldening  the church to be the "He-laughs-at-fear" horse.

Acacia Tree - 

Healing of Nations

In the summer of l994 the Lord called me to paint the acacia tree. It was while dotting the leaves with yellow paint that prayers for the nations broke out of me and did not abate until the last dot of the yellow leaf was painted.  The verse the Lord gave was, "The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." (Rev. 22:2b)

Lion - God's sovereignty

The Lord called me to paint a lion in l995 when fear of bankruptcy engulfed my family. He gave me Rev.5:5a to accompany the painting, "See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed." The painting is a word to the church that He is reclaiming the land and taking back what the enemy has stolen from His people.

Wild Bird - Provision

In l995, a little bird was sent to visit my husband Peter when he was about to lose his business.  The message the bird gave was, "Look at the birds in the air, they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they?"(Matt.6:26)

This true story in its complete form is on the Wild Bird  note cards and the prints.

Flame Tree - Holy Passion

The Lord commissioned me to paint the flame tree in the fall of l995 as a call to radical abandonment to Jesus. He purposed to use this painting to declare a season of cleansing and purging of the body of Christ in order to bring His bride into a relationship of cleaving to Him. The verse the Lord gave was, "For the Lord your God is a consuming fire." (Deuteronomy 4:24)

Butterfly - Identity/Rest

In January of l996, the Lord gave me two visions simultaneously. They were "the eagle" and "the butterfly." The message the Lord gave  for the butterfly was ,"Be who you are in Jesus Christ and step into your destiny.  Come out of the cocoon and be a beautiful butterfly." The verse the Lord gave was, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him." (I Corinthians 2:9)

Eagle - Destiny

The verse the Lord gave for the eagle painting was, "Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar like wings of eagles." (Isaiah 40:31a) Through the painting He was saying, "Eagles!  Fly off into your destiny.  Be all that you are. Enjoy your God-given gifting. Claim them. Fight for them. Step into them. Eagles! Arise!"

Warrior Bride  -  Sent-Out One

The church, the warrior bride of Christ, is the anointed prophet, intercessor, healer, artist, among other callings and gifting. She has emerged from the Song of Songs garden, where she has been soaking in His love.  Now she is being sent out. The verse the Lord gave was, "And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this." (Esther 4:14) ( the vision of the warrior bride was given to me in l996)

Tidal Wave - Revival and Youth

This painting came in two segments: the tidal wave over the world came in l996 to speak of revival. The verse the Lord gave was in Joel 2:28, "For it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh." In 2000, the Lord released the revelation of the the wild horses as youth into the painting, to signal that they, like wild horses, would "catch the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry" and run with passion for Him. See Job. 39:25.

Mountain of God - 

Song of the Overcomer

The painting is a call to climb His mountain all to the way to the top where there is no one else but God, to sing the song of the overcomer: "...they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony..."(See Rev. 12:11). The word the Lord gave with the painting was, "On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples..." (See Isaiah 25:6-8)  (The Lord called me to paint it in the spring of l999.)

Cluster of Grapes - 

The Call to Oneness

The Lord called me to paint the cluster of grapes in October of l999 to depict His prayer to the Father for His bride, "...that they may be one as we are on." (John 17:11b) He is saying that when the body of Christ is like a cluster of grapes, so plump and juicy, with each grape being whole and sweet, not sour, then He will come and take the first crop, to make them into wine, and it shall be the New Wine.

Torrey Pine (A) - 

My Heart, His Dwelling Place

Two paintings came in 2000 at the onset of Lent.  He called me to paint an old torrey pine tree that stood overlooking the Pacific Ocean. One was the front view; the other the back view of the tree. The first painting, the front, is so full of life and beauty, as inviting as one's home and sanctuary.  The verse the Lord gave was in John 14:23b, "My father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him."

Torrey Pine (B) - 

The Agony of Christ

The second painting is of the windblown back side of the same tree. The Lord opened my eyes one day to see that the tree depicted the agony of Christ on the cross 2000 years ago. He is saying, "Yes, my Son's agony and death paid for what you have with Me now - the lovely home We have made in your heart. My Son paid for it all. You have the right to the abundant life. Receive it." The verse the Lord gave was, "And by His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5b) 

Tree by the River -

  Higher and Deeper

The Lord called me to paint a tree planted by the river in June of 2001 while I was on the stage with musicians and dancers.  It is a call to His people to go deeper and higher into Him. We are to be rooted and established in love and intimacy with Him and to be rid of the bitter root of judgment with each other. (see Ephesians 3:17-19). Then the tree will grow tall and strong (Psalms 1:3) and the leaves will be for the healing of the nations. (Rev. 22:2)

Waterfall and Eagle - 

Release into Destiny

 The next night after the painting of the tree by the river the Lord called me to paint a waterfall and an eagle taking off. The Lord is saying, "Eagle, you have long been waiting and watching on a bare branch. When the tree begins to bud with new growth, and the waterfall turns golden with My glory, you know it is time to fly off into your destiny." He is declaring Isaiah 60:1 over the church, His bride, "Arise! Shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is upon you."

The painting of the horse running along the shoreline in a red sunset is a call to prophetic intercessors to arise and protect the borders in this pivotal "red alert" time.  May their "hoof beats" be heard and their voices rise up in praise of Him, proclaiming the goodness and mercy of the Lord!  The verse for the painting is:: ""Mercy triumphs over judgment." (James 2:13).  The painting-word came in June 2002.

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Horse in Sunset - Red Alert Season

James 2:13

June, 2002

The Lord of breaking through calls us into the season of breakthrough.  We are to pray breakthrough prayers - for healing, miracles, harvest, provision.  II Samuel 5:20 (AMP) tells us, "The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like the bursting out of great waters."  In October of 2002, the Lord showed me a picture of my being inside the breakthrough horse as He began to soar over my obstacles. I learned that it was He who was the breakthrough horse, not me.  All I must do was to abide in Him and He would break through my enemies before me.  In December of 2002 I knew that I had received my long awaited for breakthrough.  It was in the fullness of that knowledge that I painted the Breakthrough Horse painting.  

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The Breakthrough Horse

II Samuel 5:20 (AMP)

December, 2002

In this critical time of the army of God rising up to bring in the harvest, the Lord is giving an important word to those who are called to be leaders "for such a time as this." (Esther 4:14) The word He is speaking is servanthood leadership.  John 13:3-5 says, "Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up...wrapped a towel around his waist...poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples feet...".  Likewise we serve knowing He gives us the power and authority to do so; we know we are the beloved in Him and He is the source for all our needs to be that servant and leader.  In 2000 the Lord called me to paint a torrey pine tree by the Pacific Ocean to portray the agony of Christ on the cross.  In 2002 He called me to paint a basin and towel at the base of this tree to portray the kind of servanthood He is asking the leaders of His army to embrace in their hearts. (this painting was a collaborative work with the Salvation Army)

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Servanthood / Leadership

John 13:3-5

 Spring, 2002

Just days before the catastrophic fire of Southern California at the end of October, 2003,  a word from the Lord came forth that He would turn California into a breakthrough horse running towards the east, declaring, "Mercy triumphs over judgment." (James 2:13)  The horse is painted as emerging from fire and ashes, kicking the past off and moving forward into great light and glory, bringing an anointing for breakthrough to the nation. (This is a collaborative work of Jean with intercessor Lisa Newmeyer)

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California Breakthrough Horse

October, 2002

In March, 2004, the Lord called me to paint a soaring eagle as a word to the praying president and to the praying church.  The verse is from Jeremiah 33:3, Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. The Lord wants to give the praying president an encounter with Him in the secret place and carry him up high on His wings (Exodus 19:4).  He is asking the praying church to be the thermal wind that lifts him up with our prayers. Not only that, but He is also calling each of us to come be intimate with Him. Intimacy with Him is the source from which everything will come - peace, joy, power and authority, wisdom, guidance, safety. He is saying to the church, the bride of Christ, "Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me (Song of Songs 2:13b).  Eagles, arise!

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The Soaring Eagle - A call to intimacy 

Jeremiah 33:3

   March  2004

On May 28, 2004, the Lord called me to paint three peonies. In "dancing" with the bamboo brush on rice paper, painting the many layers of petals upon petals, I found myself singing the words "the manifold blessing of God" until the painting was done. The flowers are singing of the goodness of the Lord to counter "hope deferred makes the heart sick" (Proverbs 13:12).  With the verse from Song of Songs 2:12, "Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come," the Lord is ushering us into the season of praise.  It is a strange painting-word to come at this time when darkness looms over the earth, and the threat of terrorism is very real.  Yet there is a beat, a step, a rhythm, a song that Heaven is sending down to us, and we are to move in sync with it, for it is a mighty weapon of praise that will counter the assignment of death.

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 The Manifold Blessing of God - A Weapon of Praise

Song of Songs 2:12

May, 2004

In September 11, 2004, the Lord called me to be with the New York City Intercessors at their 24-hour prayer event to receive this painting-word for the leaders of the nations, and for each of us.  He longs to pick us up - prime minister, ambassadors, you and me - and put us on His lap to comfort us, that we may be enfolded in His voluminous white gown, pressing ourselves deeper, yet deeper into Him, learning to rest in His care.  He is saying to us, "Come be a little child in My lap. I hold your world in My hand.  I know your world - I was in your past world and I will be in your future world. Let Me tell you unsearchable things you do not know. Remember, I have overcome your world."  I saw a picture of myself as a child inside an adult size armor, and I felt the Lord say to me, "You are a warrior child." He is calling us all to be the warrior child. The painting is also a prophetic word for the season coming in when children will rise up as a mighty army. The verses are: Psalm 131:2 and Isaiah 11:6b

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The Warrior Child

Psalm 131:2 and Isaiah 11:6

September 11, 20

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Malachi 4:2

October 19, 2004

The Lord gave me the scriptures in Numbers 10: 9 - 10, "When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the Lord your God and rescued from your enemies. Also, at your times of rejoicing, you are to sound the trumpets, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God."

On the morning of February 15, 2005, I stood on the bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and with my cupped hands and lips, "blew the trumpet" several times to ask God to come to my rescue as I battled with my enemy - cancer.

My painting of the Amaryllis Charisma, which reminds me of three angels trumpeting, is a declaration of the faithfulness of God, who is Jehovah Rapha - the God who heals.

Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet. (Psalm 150:3KJV)

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  The Sound of Trumpets

Psalm 150:3 (KJV)

February 15, 2005

Who is this coming out of the wilderness leaning upon her beloved? (Song of Songs 8:5)

In March,2006, the Lord called me to paint a picture of the season the church is entering into. He is walking His bride out of the wilderness into a place of abundance and strength in Him.  When I see how the Beloved has His hand on her face as they gaze at each other, my heart knows His love to a greater degree than even before.

The painting shows the way out of the wilderness for each of us.  Our wilderness can be a gripping and crippling fear of death going through cancer or heart attack, or the pain of losing a loved one through divorce or sickness, or the pain of abuse, shame, rejection, loneliness or addiction.  The good news is that Jesus is in the picture.  We do not have to pull ourselves up by the boot strap to get out of our wilderness.  He, knowing our weaknesses, enters into the wilderness and practically carries us out of that place, when we invite Him to do so. Please read Isaiah 35.

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Song of Songs 8:5

March 2006

"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision."(Joel 3:14)

This is the most spiritually complex painting I was called to do for the Lord which took two months for the revelation to be complete ( March to April of 2006). The painting tells of the battle for the minds and hearts of multitudes in the valley of decision who do not see the true "face" of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and thus are attracted and addicted to that tree. Many faces of evil show up as ink blots in the tree, yet at the top of this tree there appears an clear ink blot of Jesus with His arm up declaring that He is head over all power and principalities (see Colossians 1). I was led to paint the Tree of Life as Christ on a tree calling out to one and all to come and drink of the living water and to receive healing (see Gen.3:19 and Rev. 22:1-2). In the cloud over the mountain of God are faces which depict the cloud of witnesses who have sowed seeds in years past and who urge us to bring in the harvest and finish the race.(Heb.12:1). We see a bearded Jesus showing up as The Witness among the cloud of witnesses. The painting came as a word of encouragement for the students who are prayer warriors on the campuses across the U.S.  In March of 2007 the Lord uses three paintings-words - "Valley of Decision ", "Out of the Wilderness" and "The Soaring Eagle" to call the praying church to urgently pray for the President to be as an eagle flying high to hear the voice of God "for such a time as this" (Esther 4:14) for his own destiny and that of our nation.

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Joel 3:14

April 2006

 There is eleven years difference between the first tidal wave, painted in 1996, and this one, painted in August of 2007.  The first one seemed to hover high over the earth waiting for God's people to learn to be one as the Godhead is One.  This second tidal wave seems imminent over the earth.  In fact, He calls us to take authority to call down the tidal wave of revival.  He has seen the tears of countless many, heard their prayers, especially the youth, crying out for revival to come to our nation and the nations.  He is mindful of  those who are weary and burned out and is asking us to  pray them back into strength, joy and authority so as to take their rightful places.

The heart of God is also perceived in the colors that show up in this tidal wave.  I loaded the brush with watercolors and executed the tidal wave in a few brushstrokes, in minutes.  I am surprised by the colors that emerged -  unearthly hues. Through the colors I am sensing Who He is for us - He loves us exceedingly beyond our comprehension. In spite of our weakness He is proud of all that we have achieved  in obedience to His call upon all our lives.  The bride of Christ is indeed rising up "for such a time as this" (Esther 4:14) and He is saying, "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh." (Joel 2:28)

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Joel 2:28

August 2007