Prophetic Word for 2025

Good evening. Welcome to Voice in the Wilderness. I'm Don

Noble with Pure Heart Ministries, and I welcome you today

with exceedingly abundantly and overflowing joy. It is a pleasure

to be with you this evening, and I have for

you the prophetic word for twenty twenty five that the

Lord has spoken to me. Now this is two parts,

so today is part one. Next week I'll give you

the other piece of it. But the prophetic word is

here and obey. And it all started this past July thirteenth.

I know it was the day President Trump had an

assassination attempt on his life. But that day, a beautiful Saturday,

I had my family, my sister, my cousins, and friends

at my home for our yearly summer gathering. Normally we

meet on July fourth, but because of my desire to

attend the summer church camp meetings, we moved the date.

My cousin, who knows I love antique glass, brought me

a beautiful gift. It was a glass owl swirled in

different shades of brown and cream. It must have been

a candy dish, as the head of the owl was removable.

She had no idea about my love of owls, not

decorative owls, my love of real owls. I had what

I call the distinct honor of seeing and hearing a

great horned owl many years ago. That horned owl was

roughly eighteen inches tall, and it was in a pine

tree next to the bathroom. I was up early one

summer morning and the screen window was open. I heard

this very loud, deep hoot, and as I peered out

the window, I could see it's silhouette on the branch

of the pine tree. I am not exaggerating. It was

a huge bird. Not only is it tall, but it

is robust. It is a big, fat owl. And I

actually got to see a great horned owl on the

operating table. So a local vet here and wheeling. I

happened to be at the office, and he said, hey,

why don't you come back and look at this ow.

The owl had injured injured its wing and he was

going to repair it, and it was It was just

crazy to be able to see that owl so up close.

I mean, gosh, you know, in the in the nature,

in the natural, you never get to see that. So

that was really cool. And anyway, this huge bird continued

to hoot, so I just stayed in the bathroom listening

to this thing. It was. It was wild. So I

started a fascination with owls. There was a screech owl

that made crazy sounds, usually in August, and I think,

if I'm correct, that's when they mate. And so I

kept hearing these sounds and it's not it's not a hoot.

It's just the literally a screeching, a screeching that sounds

like like a little kid screaming. And I had no

idea what that was until I looked it up. I

was like, oh my goodness. Anyway, while vacationing in Sun Valley,

Idaho one year, I saw a magnificent gray colored owl.

I don't know what, you know, what kind of owl

it was, but it was. It was really a neat

owl sitting in a blue spruce. And this was in

the middle of a sunny day. And I thought that

was so odd because they really are creatures of the night.

But there it sat in the blue spruce on a

sunny day. And my love affair with owls continues. So

when my cousin gave me this unique gift, I fell

in love with it. I knew the Lord had a

hand in it. Right then, but I wasn't sure how.

And then it began. I started seeing owls everywhere. And

it started in October instead of November. Usually the Lord

will begin early in November to start speaking to me

about the coming year. But this was early in October.

And I mean I began to see these owls everywhere.

It was it was just, you know, actually supernatural. I

saw pictures and magazines, I saw jewelry. I saw a

store here in Wheeling that sold so many kind of

owl things. It just never stopped. It just went on

and on. And what I usually do is I take

a photo of it so that I can refer back

to it. And it just it got out of hand

because I kept seeing so many pictures of owls. So

suddenly the Lord had my attention and I figured it out.

The Lord is speaking to me about owls, and I

knew that that was relating to the word for twenty

twenty five. Now the focus became the barn owl. And

the most striking feature of the American barn owl is

its large, heart shaped white face. It is ringed by

darker feathers in stiff tight rows known as facial rough.

And this rough and if you ever you know, you

can google a picture of an American barn owl and

you'll see that you'll see this perfectly white face with

this thin, dark feathers around the face, and that's called

the rough. The rough reflects and augments sound similar to

a satellite dish, and it funnels the sound waves toward

toward it exceptionally toward its exceptionally sensitive ears. So all

of that is working together to give this owl incredible hearing.

Unlike most owls, these owls do not have tough to ears,

So if you do google a picture of this owl,

you will see they have no ears. In fact, their

ears are hidden in their feathers, and their ears are asymmetrical.

So God has a I mean, who can figure God out?

It is amazing how he designed this creature of the night.

Because the right ear and its opening is tilted slightly upward,

yet the left ear and its opening is tilted slightly downward,

so they're not like directly across from one another. And

this asymmetry helps the barn owl locate the direction of

sound both horizontally and vertically, allowing the owl to pinpoint

the location of prey with remarkable accuracy, even in complete

darkness that is truly amazing. The barn Owl's keen eyes

and ears search for the slightest movement. They can hunt

in total darkness almost exclusively through sound, though they do

also have excellent low light vision. So this creature has

been created by God in such a very unique way

that sound is its most optimal feature, so that it

can eat, so it can find prey. And it's prayer

mostly mice, you know, rodents, moles, voles, those kinds of things. Now,

as most of you know, the Lord highlights things in

the natural that he wants to talk to me about

in the supernatural. And as long as I've been on

the radio, I've been sharing these kinds of stories. You know.

One year, I remember I was seeing red cars. I

was seeing red cars, red trucks. It was bizarre, and

you know it's the Lord, and you know it's supernatural

because typically when you're driving, you're not looking for a

specific color of car. I mean that sounds weird, I know,

but that's how the Lord works. It's supernatural. And the

minute I kept seeing all these red cars and red trucks,

I'm like, oh, so Lord, what do you want to

say about red cars and red trucks. This year it

was owls. And like I said, it started on July,

the famous July thirteenth of twenty twenty four. So yes,

the Lord highlights things in the natural that he wants

to talk to me about in the supernatural. And as

I pondered about this focus on owls and in particular

the bar, now it became obvious that the Lord was

directing me to the hearing aspect of this marvelous species.

Here is the word of the Lord for twenty twenty five.

Here and obey. And as I mentioned at the beginning,

there is a second part of this word, and that

part of the word is regarding wisdom, and I'll be

sharing that with you next week, okay, with regard to

hear and obey the scripture verse Now, it's interesting I

was seeing these owls just it seemed like every day

I saw a picture of an owl somewhere somehow. And

then out of the blue, the scripture came. And at

first I did not relate it to the hearing or

the owls or whatever. But this scripture gripped me. And

here's what it says. This is Deuteronomy, chapter thirty, verse twenty,

and this is I cut off a little bit of

the first sentence. Then it starts the second sentence. It says,

obey his voice and cling to him, for he is

your life and the length of your days. Now to obey,

first you have to hear. You have to hear him

tell you to do something before you can obey. So

once you hear, now you have a choice. Do you

ignore his voice or do you obey what he said.

All I can tell you is that it will be

imperative this year that when he tells you to do something,

you had better not hesitate or worship totally ignore him.

Now I'll share a personal story where I did, and

I'm just telling you not to do so. This occurred

toward the end of the summer, was either end of

the summer early fall, and I was having a conversation

with someone and this was in person. The conversation was

in person. It was at a certain place, and this

person had just lost their spouse. And in the conversation

I apparently said some things that really upset this person.

Now that was never my intention, truly, I had no intention,

Like why would I want to intentionally upset someone who

just lost a spouse? But I was floored by the

angry response, and I wasn't sure exactly what I did

or what I said that caused the person to get

up and leave. They they were so upset. Well, I thought,

I actually in my mind, as I pondered over this

for weeks, I thought, well, I think, you know, I

was actually trying to help. And I kind of got

put out because I was like, I can't even believe

this person is so angry at me, Like I didn't

do anything here. I am trying to help and this

person is like lashing out at me. So anyway, I

figured out obviously that what I had said was not

interpreted the way or what I meant. It did not

come across correctly, and it really bothered me for a while.

I mean, I'm the kind of person I like to

be in harmony with all people. I don't like anybody

to be upset with me or have an issue or whatever.

I like. I like smooth sailing peace, and so once

in a while I would hear the Lord tell me

to rectify the situation, and I had good excuses why

I thought I should avoid that plan, And probably my

good excuses were, you know, like like I didn't do anything. Lord,

I didn't do anything. I don't know why this person's

so upset. Well, after five months, I learned that this

person had been in the hospital recently, and I heard

the Lord clearly tell me to apologize for the misunderstanding.

I mean I didn't even hesitate. I mean I didn't

even I had no uh you know, I didn't argue

with the Lord. I didn't try to stick up for myself.

I just I knew, boom, I need to do this.

So I sat down and I wrote out a card,

and I told her how sorry I was and how

I hoped that she was recovering well. And it just

so happens that I'm currently on a twenty one day fast.

I can tell you that I heard his voice so clear,

and I knew I had to obey. And I will

kind of throw this in for free. When you fast

and pray, you will hear the Lord so clearly. And

if you have a decision you need to make about

anything big or little, I encourage you to go on

a fast. And I mean fast, I mean like no food.

And now what we do is we do one meal

in twenty four hours. So we fast literally twenty four hours,

eat a meal fast, twenty four hours, eat a meal.

But I'm telling you I heard I heard the Lord's voice.

His voice was so clear to me, and boy, I

mean I was willing and ready to obey so and

and I determined never to let my pride get in

the way again, because really, ultimately, that's what the Lord

showed me was the problem, was my pride. Yeah, so

there's somebody listening to me. You may have had a

similar situation and you have blown it off, and the

Lord has tried to get you to square this thing up,

and you've refused, just like I did, hesitated, made excuses. Well,

it's probably pride. Pride is really sly and it is

so demonic, and it so ugly, and I hate it.

So I have determined never again will I let pride

get in the way. And I'll tell you what if

it should ever happen again where somebody gets upset with me,

I'm going to address it quickly. I'm not going to

let it linger on. And my point is this, if

we want to live in the blessing of the Lord,

we must obey his commands when he speaks. Now, what

if this person had passed away before I could apologize.

I mean, you're talking five months past and we don't know.

We don't know the day or the hour a person's

going to go home to be with the Lord. Now,

had that happened, that would have not been good. So

that's just one instance that I wanted to share with you,

and this story happens to be at a relationship. But

one thing I do I want to say this. I

see twenty twenty five being bright and dark at the

same time, peace for those of us who remain steadfast

in the things of the Lord, and tumultuous for everyone else.

Let me say that again. I see twenty twenty five

as being bright and dark at the same time that

there will be peace for those of us who remain

steadfast in the Lord with our eyes on the Lord,

but it will be tumultuous for everyone else, including Christians

who don't keep their eyes on the Lord. Whatever you

hear the Lord tell you to do, whether it has

to do with your spouse or your children, relatives, friends,

co workers, strangers, just do it. It could be that

he wants you to share Christ with a coworker. Don't hesitate,

I'm not kidding. Don't hesitate their soul is on the line.

Maybe he'll tell you to fly somewhere or change your

plans right in the middle of a planned trip. Just

listen and obey. It could save your life. Now, just

like that bar, Now your hearing needs to be sensitive

to his voice. And I'll tell you this. If all

you do is clutter your hearing with television or chatter

on videos or a chatter on your cell phone, You're

gonna miss his voice. You're gonna need to find time

to have quiet space where you can be where it's

silent and you can listen to his voice. I'm telling

you this will be a critical year, and I mean

critical last year, did I what was the word of

the Lord for twenty twenty four? Be still and know

that I am God. That was the word. Be still

and know that I am God. This year it's here

and obey. So you have to be still in and

know the Lord so that you can hear the Lord.

We must hear his voice and obey. You know why,

because the reward is worth it. We must hear and

obey his voice. Because the reward, or I should say

the rewards plural is worth it. The rewards plour are

worth it. Let me get my English correct. So let

me conclude with these scriptures. I'm going back to Deuteronomy

chapter thirty. I'm going to be reading out of the

Amplified Classic Edition of the Bible, and so when I

shared with you in the beginning from verse twenty, that's

actually the last part of Deuteronomy thirty. So I'm going

to start Deuteronomy chapter thirty. I'm starting in verse eight

and reading through twenty. And you shall return and obey

the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments

which I command you today. And the Lord your God

will make you abundantly prosperous in every work of your hand,

in the fruit of your body, of your cattle, of

your land for good. For the Lord will again delight

in prospering you as he took delight in your fathers.

If you obey the voice of the Lord your God

to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written

in this book of the Law, and if you turn

to the Lord your God with all your mind and

heart and with all your being. For this commandment which

I command you this day is not too difficult for you,

nor is it far off. It is not a secret

laid up in heaven, that you should say, who shall

go up for us to heaven and bring it to

us that we may hear and do it. Neither is

it beyond the sea that you should say, who shall

go over the sea for us and bring it to

us that we may hear and do it. But the

word is very near you, in your mouth and in

your mind and in your heart, so that you can

do it. See, I have set before you this day

life and good, and death and evil. If you obey

the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command

you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk

in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his

statutes and his ordinances, then you shall live and multiply,

and the Lord your God will bless you in the

land into which you go to possess. But if your

mind and heart turn away, and you will not hear,

but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,

I declare to you to day that you shall surely perish,

and you shall not live long in the land which

you pass over the Jordan to enter and possess. I

call heaven and earth to witness this day against you

that I have set before you life and death, the

blessings and the curses. Therefore, choose life that you and

your descendants may live and may love the Lord your God.

Obey his voice and cling to him, for he is

your life and the length of your days. So again,

as I was sharing last week, you know, there's that

if if you obey his voice. And of course we

want to be people that do obey his voice. Now

we can, you know, we can get obstinate, and we

can allow pride, just like I did to get in

between and not obey him. And fortunately God was merciful

and I had an opportunity to make things right. So,

as I said earlier, it's imperative. I'm telling you this word.

Just write it down, tuck it away somewhere, put it

in your Bible, I don't know, post it in the kitchen.

Hear and obey. That's the word for twenty twenty five.

So keep the word near you. Keep the word near

you so you can say, as in verse fourteen, but

the word is very near you in your mouth and

in your mind and in your heart, so that you

can do it. You can't obey, you can hear. It

may save your life. Better yet, it may save the

life of someone you love or possibly someone you don't

even know. Amen, Well, this is Don Noble. You can

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really do appreciate your prayers. So I look forward to

being with you again next week to give you part

two of the Prophetic Word for twenty twenty five. This

is Don Nobles saying shaloam shalom, Peace be unto you