In this live devotional episode, therapist‑author Shakeeta Torres welcomes listeners to her podcast, clarifies that the show is a supplemental resource rather than a substitute for professional therapy, and invites audience questions. She opens with a prayer and introduces the theme “Heaven’s War Room,” describing revival as a spiritual renewal that must first occur within the church before spreading to the world. She explains the purpose of revival—to revitalize believers and attract new followers—and frames it as preparation for spiritual warfare. Torres shares her personal journey: a season of exhaustion during COVID, discovery of Apostle Jennifer LeClaire’s morning prayers, attendance at Elijah Company, and the transformative experience of reading the book Decoding the Mysteries of Heaven’s War Room. The book’s impact led her to start a local prayer hub in Raeford, NC, and to join the Awakening Prayer Hubs network, including a cause‑based hub focused on human‑trafficking. She describes her nonprofit work, the strategic nature of God’s calling, and the challenges of persecution. Throughout, she exhorts listeners to pursue radical obedience, engage in prayer, read Scripture and the highlighted book, and seek personal revelation about their role in the coming revival. The episode concludes with an extended prayer for revival, boldness, and spiritual breakthrough, followed by a reminder to rate, subscribe, and share the podcast.
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Good morning. Good morning, Facebook. Good morning, LinkedIn. Good morning to YouTube. If you guys are on, good morning to Instagram. Um, I'm back again today for a specific message that the Lord wanted me to share, and today's topic is called Heaven's War Room. Okay, so I want to go ahead and just pray and go ahead and just get into it. Okay, so Father, I just thank you this morning, God, for your word. Father, I pray, God, that I say exactly what you want me to say, God, in this live on today. God, Holy Spirit, fill my mouth. Holy Spirit, have your way, God. Holy Spirit, let the word that I say, God, pierce the hearts of your people this morning, God. God, may it revive them. God, it inspire them, Lord God. May it, uh, cause them, Lord God, to pick up their cross, God, and follow you, Jesus. So Father, we love you this morning. I honor you, God, for everything that you're doing in this hour, God, on the earth, God. I thank you, God, that you are victorious and that, God, you hold all power and authority in your hands. So Father, as I say what you want me to say today, God, let it come with clarity, with boldness and understanding, God, and most importantly, your love. And so God, I thank you, God, this morning, God, and I just ask you guys just to, just to have your way. Amen and amen. So good morning, good morning, good morning. Um, as you guys can see, uh, the title of today's message is called Heaven's War Room. Heaven's War Room. Okay. Um, hey, I'm God Diva. I would definitely, uh, um, one go Diva, I would definitely, um, leave the replay up. This is a word that you do— I don't want to miss if you are a believer. If you are, um, professing Christ to be your Lord and Savior. Okay, and so, um, with that being said, um, this morning the Lord has been ministering to me, um, all morning about different things. There's different things that God been speaking to me about that's personal, um, but in particular he's been ministering to me about this revival and, you know, what's to come and what we should be doing as the body of Christ. And he let me know that Some people are, you know, not really sure if it's revival. Um, some people are kind of like a little bit unclear, unsure as to where they fit when it comes to this revival too. And so prayerfully today you'll get clarity. Prayerfully today, uh, God will speak to you about what you're supposed to be doing. Okay, and so first and foremost, I want to say that, um, revival begins with the church first. Uh, before, you know, revival can hit, you know, people who are non-believers— and which it can, I'm not saying that it cannot— it has to happen in the body of Christ first. For those of us who have been lukewarm, for those of us who have been, um, tired and weary and, you know, fighting and praying and pursuing and going through so many different things with grief and death and all of the above, right, things that try to take us out and cause us not to believe God again. And cause us to want to forfeit our purpose and what God has for us, okay? And so God is saying he wants to revive the body of the Christ first so we can spread out like a wildfire and, um, revive the earth. Literally revive the earth, okay? And so, you know, um, this morning, um, I said God was asking me questions, and I know when God's asking me questions, I know that he already has the answer, but the question is for me to pursue the answer. Okay, or to check my heart or check my motives, okay? Not in a bad way, you know, but just check where, where my heart and where I'm coming from. And so the question he asked me today, he said, what is the purpose of revival? And I'm like, oh God, that's a good question. I'm like, what is it? He said, share with my people today the purpose of revival. It is not something that just happened that we keep to ourselves, but it's for us to be revived, for us to go out and do what God's asking us to do. So let me get into the, um, let me go ahead and get into today's words. So what is the purpose of revival? It is to rev— it is to revitalize the spiritual life of its members and to gain new followers. You, you hear that? To revitalize the spiritual life of its members and to gain new followers. That means like what I just said, to revive the church, to revive believers, and for us to go and gain new followers. Y'all hear me? That a church revival involved a group of Christians praying and seeking the Holy Spirit's presence together while rejoicing over a renewed spiritual experience with the Lord. Okay, and God also told me that revival is literally preparation for war. It's preparation for what's ahead. He is preparing the body of Christ mentally and spiritually for what's ahead, you guys. And so with that being said, the Lord began to remind me a little bit of my journey and what he has been doing in me, you know, over the past year. And so I'm gonna share my story with you all, and I'm gonna go into what, um, God want me to share as far as a specific book. That I want to share with you all that has blessed me, and I think you should get to help give you clarity into the throne room of God, into heaven, into revival, into how to access prayer strategies, how to access what it is that God wants you to do here on the earth. Okay, so long story short, you know, last year around this time, I was in a season of my life where I was worn, I was tired. Okay, I had been, you know, working and plowing and doing what God asked me to do, but I was, I was tired. During the COVID you know, I was working hard. My family and I, we were working really, really hard. Um, you know, I was homeschooling my children, I started a nonprofit, I was doing— I'm seeing like 25 clients a week. I was doing a lot, but God had graced me for that. And I didn't realize that I was starting to get tired. And I'm like, God, I'm like, I'm tired, right? But I also felt like in my spirit that I needed something else. I'm like, God, I feel like I'm like— my growth, it's like, it's like my growth, I, I feel like I keep hitting a glass ceiling somewhere. Like, where is it where I need to grow? Because I know that we are called to go from glory to glory and from faith to faith, faith to faith. And for me, I'm always trying to learn new things when it comes to the Lord, right? And so one morning, it was like around February, I was at the gym, I'm on my, uh, working out my treadmill So I put on Facebook and I came across Apostle Jennifer LeClaire's, um, morning prayer, okay? And, um, I'm like, wow, God, I haven't listened to Apostle in a very long time, right? Um, I've known about her since 2013, and the very first book I read of hers was called The Making of a Prophet. And, um, that's when God was really showing me who I was, that I, that I am his prophet. And the book scared me, to be honest. I like, you know what, I'm not doing this. And I like, God, you can have it back. And I actually shared up with her last year when I went to the Elijah Company, okay? So long story short, you know, every morning, um, when I got a chance, I was tuning in and listening to her prayers, okay? And it was literally edifying me. It was giving me strength. It was increasing my spiritual man. It was knocking off things that had, you know, came against me while I was on the battlefield. And I have been through a lot— most good stuff, but some bad stuff too, right? And so God was literally using her through her prayers to pull things off of me and to revive me. So God was beginning a revival in Shakeeta Torres, okay? And so, um, she began to talk about, um, you know, Elijah Company in Florida, and, you know, inviting everybody to come who felt led to come. It's a very small atmosphere, you have to apply to get in, all this good stuff. And I'm like, okay, God. So I begin to pray, I'm like, Lord, you know, do you want me to go to Elijah Company? And God told me, he said, yes, I want you to go. I'm like, okay. So me, I try my best to operate in radical obedience because I know that if you sit too long on the thing that God's asking you to do, you will get scared. The enemy will attack your mind. The enemy will make you think that God didn't say that. And I don't want to give any room for the enemy, okay? So I encourage you to practice radical obedience even if you don't understand it, right? And so I went ahead, you know, I applied. You have to fill out a questionnaire, and, you know, I was accepted. And so, you know, I went to, um, you know, Elijah Company in April of last year for my— for the very first time, and it was powerful. Literally, we were under an open heaven for like 3 or 4 days, okay? And so, you know, being there those 3 or 4 days, for me, was just like— it was just so powerful. When I came back home, it literally took me almost 2 weeks to get myself together. And when I say that, meaning I on such a spiritual high that I had to pray and ask God to bring me down, y'all, because I was just so like, whoo, it was, it was intense in a good way. I was so sensitive to everything, like hearing God's voice was like thunder in my, in my, like thunder. It was just, it was amazing, but I knew I couldn't continue to stay in that state and be a mom, be a wife, and work because I was extremely just, uh, okay, you guys, anyway. So before I left, I had purchased, um, Summer Apostle's books, okay? And, um, she has over 50 books, you guys. I think over 60 books at this point. Her books and her writing is just amazing. Her books are full of the word of God, okay? And so, um, I have bought maybe about 5 or 6 books. And, um, when I— me and, um, my friend, my sister, you know, she was there beside me and we were looking at books again. And so I was looking at one book in particular. I'm like, oh, I didn't see this book the first time when I went and bought the books. And, uh, the book that I saw was called— was this one. It's called Decoding the Mysteries of Heaven's War Room. This is the book right here. I hope you guys can see it. Is this on IG? Here you go. Heaven's War Room, uh, here. Okay, Heaven's War Room, you guys. Y'all can see that on LinkedIn, YouTube. How you guys doing? And so, but you guys, when I picked up this book and I opened the page It was like thunder and lightning went through my body, okay? And I could hear thundering in the spirit, right? And I'm like, oh my God. I told— I said, Annie, I said, girl, this book is speaking to me. This speaker— this book is talking to me, girl. The girl, you better get that book. So I purchased the book. And so on my flight, you know, back, I had to go catch my flight that same day. On the very last day, um, I was reading the book on my flight and it was just like blessing me. So it was just like reading— y'all, I can literally see everything that she had written in this book, everything that she was writing in this book about what God was showing her, her experiences, her open visions and all that stuff. I could see it, I could see it. And so, um, soon after that, that was April, you know, I still felt like God wanted me to be connected to the ministry and I kept saying, okay God, like What's next? Like, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said, I want you to become a prayer hub. I was going to join a prayer hub, that was my plan. But God said, no, I want you to actually start a prayer hub. And I'm so glad that I did, out of obedience. And so from there, you know, I was connected to my regional leader, um, Pastor Joy. She's had— she's a pastor of Awakening Prayer Hubs in Birmingham, Alabama. And in Birmingham, Alabama, she has a powerful, beautiful ministry. And so, you know, ever since April, you know, twice a month we've had prayer. We came together contending for revival, contending for one another, um, saying what God is, um, showing us and what we're hearing from the Lord in our own personal time, right? And so, um, when I first, you know, became a part of the first meeting they had, you know, I shared with them this book and what happened. And I believe every single person in the, in the regional, our regional group, end up purchasing this book because of my experience. And they had similar experiences too. And so what it did, it was a clarion call from the Lord for us to prepare for battle, for us to prepare for what's to come, for us to understand kingdom, okay? Kingdom once again is not like what we think it is, you guys. It is not carnal, it is spiritual. And kingdom is not materialistic, okay? Kingdom is not about platforms. Kingdom is about purpose. Kingdom is about lost souls. Kingdom is about getting out the gospel to everybody across the world, across the nations. And this is what Awakening Prayer Hubs is about. It's about, you know, us praying and contending for revival. And so for, you know, uh, sorry you guys. And so for, you know, the past year, that's what God has been— without— well, for me, the past year, you know, when it comes to the revival that's coming, that's starting now, God has been preparing me and people in the prayer hubs who have been praying been contending for, um, revival for years now. For years, for years, you guys. And so I'm a prayer hub leader in my area, which is Raeford, North Carolina. Um, you know, I have a prayer hub. I have people that come sometimes and join me in prayer, um, against, uh, against, you know, principalities and what the enemy is doing. And I'm also a cause-based prayer, um, prayer hub leader for human trafficking. And so I'm a prayer hub leader for that as well. And I also have a nonprofit I started in 2020 And so God is so strategic. He is so strategic, y'all. And I'm just like honored. I'm just humbled. I'm just to be a part of the kingdom of God. Yes, does persecution come? Yes. Do we get backlash from things? Yes. But it's not like it was back in the Bible days, y'all. We are graced. We are fortunate. We are blessed to not have to endure some of the things that happened in the Bible days. Is some countries going through that? Yes, they still are. And we're praying for them too as well. And so let me share with you all a little bit about this book, okay? This book is powerful, okay? I encourage you to go get this book. Go get this book. And so I'm gonna read with you all, I'm gonna read real quickly, a quick chap— a quick, uh, paragraph that, um, that God put on my heart to read today. It says, this epic vision, along with other prophetic encounters and divine downloads printed in this book, will help you understand God's plans and purposes in the earth in this hour, in the hour to come, and encourage you to take your place in God's storyline. The epic vision starts in a war room. But before we can get to the war room, we need to gain a revelation of the realm I'm enter— I entered to receive the mysteries that became revelations. See, the rooms in heaven are one aspect of the mysteries of God. Few people have seen them and fewer talk about them, but the rooms in heaven are just as much a reality as heaven itself. The rooms in heaven are part of the mystical realm of the seer dimension. You can learn about the seer dimension in her other book called The Seer Dimensions. In order to get the most out of this epic vision, the other prophetic encounters I will share, it's important to understand this truth: God is unlocking ancient mysteries in this hour through dreams and visions, angelic encounters, and his still small voice. So in a nutshell, this book is about that. And as I read some parts of this book, like I said before, I could see, y'all. I could see what she was seeing, and it was so powerful. It was just like electricity going all throughout my body. And so I encourage you, um, to get this book to have a full understanding of war, of the war room in heaven, war rooms in heaven. And it's one part in here she was saying that, you know, we— there's so much revelation about God that's not even in the Bible. We know that. Some of us know about, um, I think it's called the, uh, um, apocrypha, uh, the books of the Bible that were removed that we have today, right? And what God showed me too, as well as that, read your Bible, still read your word, ask God to give you understanding and revelation of your Bible, right? But also in this book, she talks about how in heaven there is revelation of other books that we haven't even accessed yet. And the only way to really access some of that is through, is through prayer, is through spending time with God, is asking God to, to help you to tap into revelations that has not been written about, okay? And so I'm like, whoa, God, it is powerful. And so, you know, um, go get the book. Let's get the book. I, I'm honestly myself, I'm gonna go and like read this book again. I have highlights all throughout this book. This book is full of scripture, it's full of revelation, it's full of, um, inspiration. But you guys, we are being revived to prepare us for what's ahead. God desires for all of us to know him, to get to know him. And so with that being said, we have revival. We also have the enemy that's trying to destroy what God is doing too. And so you have to have this, um, mentality of, okay, God, all right, what's my position? What's my place, God? Walk in love, walk in authority, walk in boldness, right? But remember that you can continue to be in prayer, continue to be in your word, and go and get this book. And I promise you, Apostle doesn't even know that I'm doing this book I'm doing a review on this book right now. I will send this to her later after I'm done with the live. But what I'm saying, this book is powerful. And you know, I'm grateful for Apostle and her poor and the things that she has written, because all the books I've had so far are powerful books. There's not a book I have of her that I've read and have not felt God's anointing on it. So God has anointed her books. I'm anointing her to be a scribe, anointing her to be able to share his heart about specific topics. So all her books are great. All of them are great, okay? I'mma keep saying that. They're all great, okay? I'm not getting paid for this. I'm not a sponsor, but I believe in the vision. I believe in the call. I believe in what God has given her, and I'm going to continue to do what God's asking me to do and be obedient, okay? And so with, um, that being said, um, you know, as I was saying earlier, some of you guys were like— people— God was telling me some people are like, God, where do I fit? Like, where, like, where am I supposed to be in this revival? And God said, um, that you need to go and ask him, right? Because all of us, we have different jobs, we have different places that we work at. I know people desire to do ministry, but like, they don't know how, right? They might be restricted, they might not be able to do certain things or say certain things because of their job. Trust me, I know, I've been there. I'm very fortunate to be able to, you know, be a kingdompreneur um, and be able to like share my faith so freely without having a whole bunch of backlash. I used to have it a lot when I worked for other companies, but the Lord told me, he was like, do you want to go back to Egypt? And I'm like, no, I don't. He said, okay, then stay free. Because, you know, I was like, okay God, I need to go back, you know, get another job, I need to bring in more income. But God, if you do, yeah, you can go ahead and get a job if you want to, but I'm letting you know that what's going to happen is you're going to feel like you're like in bondage again. And I don't feel like I'm in bondage ever again. I want to be free, free to be me, free to be Shakeeta Torres, free to be who God's called me to be. Okay, and so God is saying, ask him, ask him for instructions, ask God for a strategy on how to be able to minister to his people, right? You can talk about God without saying God. You can minister to souls without having to talk about God and put God in their face. Like, okay, I'm gonna give you a prime example for myself. I'm a therapist, right? Right now I do have a, um, I do work with BetterHelp just a little bit right now, um, and I have clients. Most of them are Christians and some of them are not. And so the ones that are not, of course I'm not saying God, God, God, but I am continuing to pray for them. I'm continuing to intercede for them. I am saying God is still giving me insight into their life, right? And I'm still giving them wisdom and insight, right? And they receive it, they receive it. They don't understand that it's God. They know it's different. Some, it was, heal me, you're different. I'm like, okay, praise God. Hallelujah, you know. But what I'm saying is like, don't feel like you have to like be so like, um, how do I say it, so don't feel like God can't use you if you're not able to say his name, right? But you just pray and ask God to fill your mouth with his words, to fill you with wisdom, because there is place for you here on Earth. There is place for you in ministry. I can promise you that. God is no respecter of persons. God desires to use you. God desires to see his people, um, healed, set free, and delivered. Okay, so that is the word, um, that the Lord put on my heart to share with you all today. I'm gonna again go to Amazon and get this book called Heaven's War Room. It's amazing. Some of you guys may get a little overwhelmed. I'm gonna be honest, it was overwhelming for me in a good way. Like, my spirit was just on fire. It was— I was on fire. But for some of you, it might be a little bit hard to comprehend some of it. But that's okay. Like, start somewhere. Like, read a little bit, right? Take a break, read a little bit, take a break. Everybody's— everybody level, um, where they are with God and what they can receive is different, and that's okay. But don't let that scare you. Keep reading, and God will give you revelation as you read things, right? This book will open you up. This book will open up your spiritual eyes, and it will cause you to see the kingdom differently. It will. Okay, so thank you all, um, so much for joining. I'm not gonna be up here long. The Lord told me make it short and sweet. I actually have to go to a women's event today. It's going to be powerful and amazing. I'm going as a guest, and I'm going to just praise God and just— ah, I'm so excited. So God said, I don't care if you late, share this word before you leave today. So I was like, okay God, let me go ahead and go, go ahead and go live ASAP. So anywho, I want to pray. Um, and then I'll end this live, okay? And so, Father, I just thank you right now for your word. Holy Spirit, I ask you, God, to invade your people's space, invade their hearts, invade their minds, invade their territory. God, overtake them right now, God, with your love and your presence. God, revive them, Holy Spirit, from the inside out. Got anything they have dealt with, God, this year or even the years before, even today, even this morning. Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, revive their mind. God, heal their hearts. God, let them know that, God, you care about every single area of their lives. Holy Spirit, I ask right now, God, that you just have your way. God, have your way. God, in every single one of our lives, God, you just got however you see fit, Lord. Oh God, actually gotta break the spirit of fear, got a spirit of condemnation, the spirit of doubt, God, the spirit of being, um, nervous, God, the spirit of shame, the spirit of feeling like, God, you don't care about me. God, change their mindsets when it comes to you, Lord. Father, I pray even for those who are on the sideline, for those who are being watchers and not doers of your word. Father, revive them, God. Father, touch their hearts, God. Let them know and understand that, God, you desire to use them too, Lord. Father, every spirit of, uh, every spirit, um, that comes in the form of Sadducees or Pharisees, Father, Father, I ask you, God, to even change their hearts, God. Change their minds, Holy Spirit. Father, help us to be bold, God, to have holy boldness for you. Help us to speak what thus says the Lord, Father. Help us, Lord God, to do and execute your vision here on the earth because it's about the kingdom. It's about the kingdom of God and how you want to bring your kingdom here on the earth. And so, Father, help us today, God. Anchor our hearts, anchor our souls, God. In Christ's name I pray, Lord. Amen and amen. Amen. So that's all I have for you guys today. Um, for those of you who cannot stay, um, yes, who God made you to be. That's right. Um, Stacy, yes. Look at your comments real quickly, um, before I end. Say, hey, I have a client, I just walked in. Yes, I had the replay up, you can watch that. Um, hello, hello. And so I'm going to end. Thank you all for those who were, um, able to join in. Again, the replay will be up, and I'll see you guys next time. I don't know, at this point, you know, I'm really like being led by God about these lives. I went live for 3 days in a row. So thank you guys again. Um, Heaven's War Room is the book, and you can get it on Amazon. Um, I'll talk to you guys later. Thank you so much for being here today. If you like today's episode, please take out time to rate my podcast and subscribe and share with your family and your friends. Thanks again, and I will talk to you soon. Shakeeta Torres.
