JOY!

I love a cheerful giver!  Give a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over out of your own substance.  Seeing My children graciously, generously and joyfully sharing your blessings brings delight to My heart.  With the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.  You may feel that you don’t have much to bring to the table.  You may feel that what you have to offer is just a pittance, but I delighted in the widow’s mite because I saw that she gave what she had.  That is all that I ask of you ...to give out of what I have given to you, knowing that I AM your Provider.
I have given gifts to each one and as you give your pittance, your mite, it becomes worship to Me.  Giving what little you have shows that you know and trust Me as the One who is the Giver of all.  It shows that you believe that every good and perfect gift comes from Me.  You become like Me as you give as I have given.

Bring your pittance, your mite and offer it joyfully, cheerfully knowing that I AM the one who multiples the seed that is sown.  Cheerfully, graciously, generously and joyfully give your mite of talent, time, energy, finances and resources.  You have a rich inheritance and can afford to be generous! 

2 Corinthians 9:7; Luke 6:38, 21:1-4; James 1:17  

The Gift Of Grace

You have been freely given all things through the gift of My grace.  It is the gift of God to you.  It costs you nothing, but it cost Me everything.  I give to you freely, lavishly, abundantly all things because I love you to infinity and beyond.  I loved you that much before you even knew Me because you are My creation, My workmanship, My masterpiece.  When you were ungodly and still without strength, I gave you Myself.  I gave you God, the One who is all in all, so that forever and ever I might show the excellent riches of My grace toward you in Christ Jesus.  I breathed life into your lungs and then, when you were dead in your sins, I breathed life into your spirit and raised you up again to sit with Me in the heavenly places.

So do you get it yet?  Do you see the great lengths that I will go to in order to have peace with you, in order to have you with Me, in order to make you one with Me?

In giving you this grace, I give you My pleasure, My beauty, My favor, and My joy as well as My riches, My strength, My power, and My glory.  I have given you all things that pertain to life and godliness through the intimate knowledge of Me, the One who has called you by the revelation of Myself and My excellent nature.  Freely you have received, freely give.

Rest in the contentment of My gracious love for you.  Be still and know that I AM God!  Stir up your faith to access this grace in which you stand so that you rejoice in the hope of seeing the glory of God.  I will be exalted in the earth; I will be exalted in your life.

Romans 5:1-2,15; Ephesians 2:5-8; Psalm 46:10; 2 Peter 1:3; Matthew 10:8

Faith To Finish

You have each been called to run a race of faith, to fight the good fight and to obtain a crown of righteousness.  The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor favor to men of skill.  Falling does not cause you to lose your race; failing to finish will cause you to lose your race.  The race requires endurance against weariness in order to finish.  The battle is against discouragement and condemnation.  The victory is solely by faith in the finished work of MY race and the strength of MY resurrection power in you to finish your race.  It is MY righteousness that will cause you to obtain your crown, not your own efforts. 

Today, I speak to those who have fallen, who are discouraged and weary in your soul to remind you that you have been made righteous by MY blood which flows through your veins.  A righteous man may fall seven times and rise again.  Seven is not a number of limitation.  It is the number of perfection and completion.  It represents however many times you rise again in order to complete your race of faith, to fight the good fight and to obtain a victor’s crown.  Do not allow your weakness to cause you condemnation, but rather allow it to bring you to the place of humbly receiving My grace so that the power of My strength can rest upon you to rise again. You are loved completely; cast off fear.  Receive My strength and courage to get up again, persevering to the end, believing that I AM the Author and Perfecter (Completer, Finisher) of your faith.  Arise and let’s go on from here.  

2 Timothy 4:7-8; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Hebrews 12:1-3; Proverbs 24:16; 2 Corinthians 12:9