Revitalization and Progress

Progress, not perfection is the goal.  Each moment holds a measure of potential.  Energy directed towards a goal potentiates the effectiveness of a particular work in progress.

Maximized energy with focused aim accomplishes more than diffused and distracted effort.  Narrow your focus to the chosen path, minimizing diversions that draw you away from Me.  I AM your life-source.  Everything else depletes your resources of energy and drains life from your being.  Revitalization is a continuous process as you stay connected to Me, the One Who is Life, by walking in the Spirit.  I AM with you to revitalize, energize, maximize, and potentiate your effectiveness as you make Me the focus of every labor of love.

You were created for good works which I prepared for you to walk in even before you were born.  You were hand-picked, chosen by Me to bear fruit that is lasting…remaining for all eternity.  Focus your energies towards that goal as worship to Me.

Ephesians 2:10; John 15:16; Romans 12:1-2

The Beautification of the Bride

You are My Bride.  I have chosen you for all eternity.  I love you with an everlasting love.  I nourish and cherish you as My own flesh.  I set you apart to Myself and cleanse you by the washing of My blood, My Word, and My Holy Spirit.

I will have a Bride that is glorious…without spot, blemish, or wrinkle.  As you yield to this washing with My blood, My Word, and My Spirit, the spot of sin is removed, the blemish of immaturity gives way to the age of wisdom, and the wrinkle of bulging excess rooted in the fear of unfulfilled worldly desires melts away in the contented satisfaction of My all-sufficient Presence.

My Bride has come to the fullness of age.  It is time for her to make herself ready for her Bridegroom.  My desire is for you!  I yearn for the marriage supper.  I AM the lover of your soul.  Will you join with My blood, My Word, and My Spirit to prepare yourself in this glorious beautification of the Bride for her long-desirous Bridegroom?  As you do, My Bride becomes fit for her King.

John 15:16; Jeremiah 31:3; Ephesians 5:22-32

Broken Hearts and Crushed Spirits

I AM near to those who are brokenhearted and I save those who are crushed in spirit.  Call upon Me because I AM near to all of those who call upon Me in truth.  I will hear your cry and save you.  I fulfill the desire of those who fear Me and preserve all who love Me.

Bring to Me your broken heart and your crushed spirit; they are sacrifices that I will not despise.  They are a fragrant offering that is pleasing to Me because it says that you believe that I AM a good and loving Father.  I AM righteous and there is healing in My wings.  I will revive the spirit of the humble, and revive the heart of the broken or crushed ones who put their faith in Me.  You are not forsaken or forgotten.  I AM here to wipe away the tears from your face.  Bring to Me your broken heart and bring to Me your crushed spirit.  I will heal and restore you because My compassions never fail and My mercies are new everyday.  I AM good to all and My loving kindness is over all of My works to do you good.

Psalm 34:17-18, 51:17, 145:17-20, 89; Isaiah 57:17

Which Way?

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of that way is death.  I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  No one comes into the way of true life except through Me.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from wrong doing.  It will be health to your flesh…your body and soul, and strength to your bones…the framework of what holds that life together.  Don’t be wise in your own opinion, thinking that what you think that you know is true and sure.  The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but the one who seeks and does the godly counsel from the Holy Spirit is the wise person.  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowing Me as the Holy One…the One who is true, righteous, just, and all goodness will give you understanding.  It is by Me that your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.

If you are wise, you reap the benefits of wisdom for yourself, and if you scoff at My truth, you alone will bear the consequences of an arrogant, mocking attitude.  I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  If you love Me and love the truth of My Word enough to do it by the power of the Holy Spirit who is in you, then you will find the path of life.

Proverbs 3:7-8, 9:10-12, 12:15, 14:12; John 14:6; Romans 12:16

Yokes and Burdens

Beloved Ones, come to Me.  Come and bring your burden with you.  You were never meant to carry heavy burdens.  You were created to carry joy.  Come and stand beside Me.  I AM the Anointed One and I break the heavy yoke and lift your burden.  I will give you rest.  Come stand beside Me and walk with Me.  I AM gentle and humble.  Learn from Me and you will find rest for your soul.  My yoke is easy and not oppressive.  My burden is light and not heavy.

I have broken the rod of the oppressor, his rule, his yoke, and his burdensome demands.  Do not take them upon yourself again.  Walk with Me and you will find joy.  There is joy in My Presence, fullness of joy as I show you the path to abundant life.  My Kingdom is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.  I will show you what is truly right, bring you into the unshakable wholeness of My peace, and fill you will joy unspeakable.  The joy of the Kingdom is your inheritance.  I AM your portion and your cup.  I uphold you and increase your joy according to the increase of the Kingdom harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoils of war and the plunder of the enemy.

Come to Me.  Stop laboring under that heavy burden.  I have freed you from that so that you can walk with Me in joy!

Matthew 11:28-30; Isaiah 9:3-4; Psalm 16:7-11

No Condemnation

Beloved Ones, are you again experiencing the rise of an old besetting sin? Condemnation is not from Me. Condemnation is a ploy of the enemy to acquire ownership of the property of your heart and life for his own public purpose under the right of eminent domain.  But for those who are Mine, there is no more condemnation for those who do not walk according to their flesh but according to the Spirit of Christ who is in you.  Christ in you is your hope of glory.  If your heart condemns you, then KNOW that God is greater than your heart.

What the enemy intends for evil, I intend for good.  The sin that is rising to the surface is evidence of places in your heart and things in your life that you love more than you love Me.  Worship is bowing the heart and life to serve what you love.  You give strength and power to what you worship.  Besetting sins reveal places where the flesh has tried to rule the loves of the flesh.  Satan cannot cast out Satan.  Instead, he keeps you captive to your flesh and your sin.  Do not despise the flesh that you see because whatever makes manifest is light.  Instead, learn to hate the sin and turn to Me.  In turning to Christ, the veil (hindrance) of the flesh is removed.  The law (rule) of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus frees you from the law (rule) of the flesh which is sin and death.  Because of the grace of God to you and the power of that grace in you by the Holy Spirit of the resurrected Christ, you can experience the victorious life, too.

Set your mind on the things of the Spirit to live according to the Spirit.  The law (rule) of the Spirit of life in Christ is activated by loving the truth (and the One Who is Truth) enough to become skilled in the Word of Truth which is righteousness.  This does not mean speaking out empty words of victory into the air.  Rather, it means continually practicing the exercising of discerning good and evil by sharpening the sword of the spirit which is the living and powerful Word of God to you and then making that Word flesh in you (by being a doer of the Word).  The Spirit and the Word are the two edges of the sword which is powerful to separate the soul from the spirit of a man, discerning even to the thoughts and intents of the heart.  I have given you this powerful two edged sword NOT to wave in the air at the enemy, but to hand back to Me as an instrument of worship (weapon of warfare), allowing Me to destroy the works of the devil by surgically removing the soulish flesh of your heart.  This circumcision of the heart releases your spirit man to rise up in My victorious freedom and life.

When you love Me more than you love your sin, your shackles will fall off!  Only a free man can set a captive free.  The cost of freedom is life in the flesh. Where your heart is hard and unwilling, I AM here to help you in your weakness.  Call to Me and believe in Me.  My powerful grace is sufficient for you to live in freedom from sin.

Romans 8:1-14; 1 John 3:18-20; Hebrews 4:14-5:14; Mark 3:23-29

 

Transforming Presence

Beloved Ones, do not remember the former things because yesterday is past and cannot be changed.  Do not worry about tomorrow because today’s troubles are enough for you to overcome and tomorrow will have its own troubles.  My name is “I AM”, not “I WAS” or “I WILL BE” because I AM with you in the present to help you overcome.

Your life is made up of moments.  As you come to Me and give Me your mind, will, and emotions in each moment you will experience the “exchanged life” of Christ…My abundantly rich spiritual life, full of resurrection power in exchange for your natural life with all of its troubles, weakness, and failures.  As you come to Me, believing in My Presence with you, looking to Me in each moment for your life then you are transformed from glory to glory.  Each moment that you look TO Me is another step in the transformation process of looking LIKE Me.  Today if you hear My voice, do not harden your hearts as rebellious Israel did in the wilderness, but rather, know that I AM with you to help you.  Present your life to Me moment by moment as spiritual worship.  Present your mind, will, and emotions to Me in your moments today and live a life of transformation.

Isaiah 43:18; Matthew 6:4; Exodus 3:14-15; Hebrews 3:7-8