The Body

Beloved Ones, there is no place in My body for a competitive spirit. It works against the Holy Spirit. Does it bring health and wholeness for the kidney to elevate itself over the lung, or for the mouth to elevate itself over the eye, or for the ear to elevate itself over the heart?
You are not your own. You were bought at a price; therefore glorify God because you have been baptized into one body with many members and just ONE Spirit. The body is not one member but many, and I have set each one of the members in the body just as I please. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the smelling? Is one more important than another? Should one receive greater honor than another? What would happen if the heart decided to elevate itself above the brain? What would be the benefit for the brain to elevate itself above the lung? The body must work together as one; if one member suffers the whole body suffers.
You are the Body of Christ and members individually. Be of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others. Consider that you are part of something bigger than yourselves. You are each an important part of the whole, but none is greater than another. There should be no vying for position (which creates schisms and divisions), but rather all the members rejoicing together in the honor that comes to the Body through wholeness.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Philippians 2:1-4

Staying Current

Beloved Ones, I AM faithful even when you are not. It is My nature to be so, and My faithfulness endures to all generations. I AM trustworthy and reliable to work My goodness on your behalf. You can be at rest in that, but you must also understand that floating along in the “Lazy River” ultimately gets you nowhere. You will not progress in Me, but will merely go around in circles just as My people circled around in the wilderness for forty years. That is because this attitude is rooted in unbelief and fear.
True freedom is found by entering into the current of My Holy Spirit. Yes, sometimes the current is fast and the waters are deep, but it is by staying in the flow of My Spirit that you progress into your promised destiny.
Today if you hear My voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, for true rest is found in obedience. Be faithful as I AM faithful. Jump into the current of My Holy Spirit! The water is fine...and…I AM here to catch you.

1 Corinthians 1:9; Psalm 119:90; Hebrews 3:7-19; 2 Corinthians 3:17

First The Natural And Then The Spiritual

Beloved One, what happens in the natural is often a picture of what will be in the spiritual. What you have seen through the grass fires, unpredicted rainstorms, and powerful wind storms of late are mere whispers of what I AM doing.
Many have been in a dry season where the grass seems greener on the other side of the fence, but I AM telling you that I will consume all of the wood, hay, and stubble in your life with the fire of My Holy Spirit. Even what was green and seemed to be good will be removed so that My best can come forth in your life. Through the charred remains will arise new growth, new life, and new purpose.
The heavy rains are as My mercies that I send from Heaven to water the ground of your heart, to quench your parched dryness and to soften it so that the weeds are easily plucked up by the roots. This is a season to root out those things that would choke out Kingdom fruitfulness in your life. Receive My mercies for strengthening those good things.
The powerful wind of My Spirit is blowing to remove the chaff, the worthless things and to knock down the obstacles that hinder you from progressing into your destiny.
Sing with thanksgiving in your heart for this season of new growth, new life, and new purpose in Me.

1 Corinthians 15:45-49, 3:12-13; Psalm 130:7-8; Psalm 147:7-8