Hope

Prepare the way of the Lord.  Prepare your hearts to receive from the Lord.  The Lord is not slack concerning His promises to  you as some count slackness, but there is an appointed time for everything.  Those promises and visions that have been sown into your spirit long ago, that have grown dim will surely come, though they tarry.  I AM not a dilly-dallying God.  There is purpose in everything that I do.  It is impossible for God to lie.  You are heirs of promise.

Lay hold of your hope as an anchor of your soul.  Your hope is not in your circumstances.  Your hope is not even in the promises.  I AM your consolation and your hope.  Take refuge in Me because I AM present with you in the waiting and I AM your reward.  I AM with you and in you as the hope of glory.

Isaiah 40:3-5; 2 Peter 3:9; Habakkuk 2:3; Hebrews 6:17-20 

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

RELEASE AND CLING

This is a transitional season where many of the things that have had the lifeblood of the Spirit in the past are beginning to fade.  Although the beauty and attractiveness of these things may remain for a time, the life-giving properties of them do not.  The temptation will be to try to clutch them tightly so that they don’t fall away from your grasp; but, I tell you now to let them go because they will no longer be beneficial for you or others.  I’m telling you once again that the former things are passing away and I AM declaring new things to spring forth.  That which has been life-giving in the past season can not sustain you in the new season.

You must cling only to Me and hold everything else loosely.  Do not spend time and energy wondering what things to hold on to and what things to release because they are not understood by the natural mind, rather they are spiritually discerned.  My Word is Spirit and it is life.  It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.  I AM the way, the truth and the life.  Cling only to Me and you will stay in the flow of all that is life-giving.

Isaiah 64:6b, 42:9; 1 Peter 1:3-8; 1 Corinthians 2:14; John 6:63

Be Clothed And Stand

Awaken out of your sleep and slumber!  This is not the time for PJs.  I have given My Bride clothes to wear.  Arise and put on your Kingdom garments.  Put on your shoes of peace that you received in Christ, Who is your peace.  In Me you have peace with God.  I have given you ruby slippers, bought with My blood.  Keep them on your feet to remind you that “There is no place like home.”  This world is not your home.  You have been seated with Me in the heavenly places just as I AM seated at the right hand of the Father since My work on the cross was finished.  Didn’t I say, “It is finished!”?  Stand in the finished work of Christ for your salvation through faith and by grace.  I have saved you completely from sin, sickness, disease and infirmity.  

Wrap that truth around you and firmly tighten it as a belt that will not slip.  Hold fast to the One Who is Truth just as I AM holding fast to you.

Cover your mind with these truths of your salvation so that you do not even entertain the lies of the evil one when he comes to try to condemn you to perpetuating cycles of sin, sickness, disease or infirmity.  Do not come into agreement with, but rather, refute these condemnations and any lying wonders he produces, for this is your inheritance in Me.

Keep the covering of My righteousness over your heart and wear it always so that even the unbelievers are dazzled by the brilliance of My righteousness through you and are drawn to Me.  You have been made the righteousness of Christ in the earth for My namesake and glory.  Let your righteousness shine continually.

Lift up your shield of faith and extinguish every fiery dart of the enemy.  Take your stance in the wholeness and completed work of Christ.  Raise that shield high by faith and say, “NO in Jesus’ name!”.  My Kingdom within you suffers violence.  I AM calling My people to be the violent ones who take it (back) by force.  Let God arise and the enemy be scattered. It is not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit that is within you that you overcome the evil one. 

Take up your two-edged sword of My Word and Spirit.  Hold it high so that its light and power cut away the entanglements of the enemy forces against you.  When you do this, the worldly things will fall away and My Kingdom in you will rise up in strength.  Hold your ground!  Be clothed with the righteous garments that I have given to you.  Be clothed with My power and stand in My grace. (Ephesians 6:10-19)

Drought and Destiny

Are you dry and thirsty?  Do you wonder at the desert landscape that you have found yourself in as you walk on parched ground that once was lush with life?  You have been called to abundance.  Do you question My leading and the reality of the Land of Promise with its abundance?  The dry lakebed can be a place of revelation and resurrected destiny if you will have eyes to see and ears to hear.  Take a look at what has been below the surface covering of the waters.  Observe the skeletal remains of what was once living and the rubbished remnants of what was once religious works, worldly pursuits or distracting entertainment.  What value is there in these things now?  I AM the Fountain of Living Waters.  Have I not said that I will never leave you or forsake you?  If you find that your land of abundance has become a desert, it is not because I have abandoned YOU.  See, hear, and consider whether the pursuit of your own agendas has distracted you from the pursuit of Me. 

Your own works will bring you to the place of desolation because dead works cannot hold Living Water.  I AM with you and I AM for you, but you must drink from the Fountain of Living Waters and not from your own broken cisterns that can hold no water.  Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.  I will comfort your waste places and make your desert like the garden of Eden.  In the lushness of My Presence you will sing with joy and thanksgiving.  Why would you wander in the desert when you are destined for abundance in the Land of Promise?  Come to the Fountain of Living Waters and drink freely, drink deeply of My abundance! This is your inheritance in Christ.   

     

Jeremiah 2:11-13, 33:3; Haggai 1:10-11; Hebrews 13:5; Isaiah 51:3