This word is submitted by Shirley Craft (sjcraft@truevine.net)

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                    Valley of Dry Bones

"...Son of man, can these bones live?...LORD God, you alone know." 
Ezekiel 37:3

Many of My people are like the dry bones in Ezekiel's vision.  They are
in the valley of desolation, the valley of despair, the valley of
hopelessness, the valley of no way out and many other dismal valleys. 
Many feel encased in man-made tombs and caves and the stone has been
rolled in front so they cannot escape.  Many are saying, 'Our bones are
dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.'  Ezekiel 37:11.

Everything feels dead in their lives: lost their vision for ministry,
strained relationships, with families, friends, church and their
spiritual walk with Me.  Oh yes, they may continue going to church but
they never enter in, they cannot relate to what is going on around them.
They continue to function in the physical realm because of habit but in
reality they feel dead inside.  Even now as many of My people read this
word they will nod their heads in agreement and YES BUT!  I see no way
out of my situation.  I say, YES BUT, I AM ABLE.  Search through Ezekiel
37, pray through it and you will see what I AM able to do for you My
wounded child.

Just as Elijah ran from Jezebel, 40 days and 40 nights.  He ran to the
cave at Mt Horeb, for he knew in his spirit that Mt Horeb is the
Mountain of God.  I protected him and fed him during his time of running
because of his fear of man (in this case a woman), nevertheless, I met
him in the cave.

Just as Elisha died and was buried in his tomb (2 Kings 13:21), when the
Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so
they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb.  When the body touched
Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.  My
anointing never left Elisha, even in that dead place.

Just as Lazarus lay dead in his tomb--I AM came and commanded the stone
be rolled away and called him back to life.  I commanded the grave
clothes be removed from him.  I AM ABLE.  I Am able to restore what the
locusts have eaten.  I Am able to restore your health, your finances,
your relationships, your ministry, or whatever else you lost or what you
may lack, just know that I AM ABLE.  I AM the resurrection and the Life.

My people need to quit listening to all the voices speaking around them
and to them that continues to hold them in this dead place.  They need
to quit listening to themselves uttering negative words about themselves.  
They need to realize that it doesn't matter what all of the voices are 
saying about you, it truly only matters what you are saying about yourself 
and to yourself.  

My people need to stand up and prophesy to themselves.  I am saying to
My people the same thing I told Ezekiel: I will put breath in you, and 
you will come to life.  Then you will know that I Am the LORD.