I am perpetually with you, taking care of you. That is the most important fact of your existence. I am not limited by time or space; My Presence with you is a forever-promise. You need not fear the future, for I am already there. When you make that quantum leap into eternity, you will find Me awaiting you in heaven. Your future is in My hands; I release it to you day by day, moment by moment. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow.
I want you to live this day abundantly, seeing all there is to see, doing all there is to do. Don’t be distracted by future concerns. Leave them to Me! Each day of life is a glorious gift, but so few people know how to live within the confines of today. Much of their energy for abundant living spills over the time line into tomorrow’s worries or past regrets. Their remaining energy is sufficient only for limping through the day, not for living it to the full. I am training you to keep your focus on My Presence in the present. This is how to receive abundant Life, which flows freely from My throne of grace.
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”- MATTHEW 6:34
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”- JOHN 10:10
Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”- JAMES 4:13–15
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
I Am With You
I am with you and all around you, encircling you in golden rays of Light. I always behold you Face to face. Not one of your thoughts escapes My notice. Because I am infinite, I am able to love you as if you and I were the only ones in the universe.
Walk with Me in intimate Love-steps, but do not lose sight of My Majesty. I desire to be your closest Friend, yet I am also your sovereign Lord. I created your brain with capacity to know Me as Friend and Lord simultaneously. The human mind is the pinnacle of My creation, but so few use it for its primary purpose—knowing Me. I communicate continually through My Spirit, My Word, and My creation. Only humans are capable of receiving Me and responding to My Presence. You are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made!
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.- PSALM 34:4–7
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”- 2 PETER 1:16–17
“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”- JOHN 17:3
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.- PSALM 139:14
Walk with Me in intimate Love-steps, but do not lose sight of My Majesty. I desire to be your closest Friend, yet I am also your sovereign Lord. I created your brain with capacity to know Me as Friend and Lord simultaneously. The human mind is the pinnacle of My creation, but so few use it for its primary purpose—knowing Me. I communicate continually through My Spirit, My Word, and My creation. Only humans are capable of receiving Me and responding to My Presence. You are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made!
I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.- PSALM 34:4–7
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”- 2 PETER 1:16–17
“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”- JOHN 17:3
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.- PSALM 139:14
Friday, September 28, 2012
Open Your Mind and Heart
Open your mind and heart—your entire being—to receive My Love in full measure. So many of My children limp through their lives starved for Love, because they haven’t learned the art of receiving. This is essentially an act of faith: believing that I love you with boundless, everlasting Love. The art of receiving is also a discipline: training your mind to trust Me, coming close to Me with confidence. Remember that the evil one is the father of lies. Learn to recognize his deceptive intrusions into your thoughts. One of his favorite deceptions is to undermine your confidence in My unconditional Love. Fight back against these lies! Do not let them go unchallenged. Resist the devil in My Name, and he will slink away from you. Draw near to Me, and My Presence will envelop you in Love.
I have never thought about God's love from this perspective. It is hard to imagine that some of us have a hard time accepting the fact that God has unconditional love for us. God tells us today that we need to recognize our lack of confidence in Him and fight back against these lies. It is the Devil who is trying to force these thoughts into our heads. As believers, we must fight back. Now this does sound a lot easier to say than do. I have found it is easy to offer any questionable moment up to God. When you feel uneasy about a decision you are about to make, pray! Pray that God guides you down the right path and that He will lead you away from those Devilish ways. Drawing God into every moment of your life will push the evil one away.
Once we invite God into these evil moments and we see how He is victorious, we will build trust with God our Father. This trust will strengthen our relationship and His love will cover every path of our lives.
It is a huge step to ask God to stand over you when the Devil enters your body. But that big step gets a lot easier when you build a relationship with God. Today before you make that decision where you hear you conscious saying no, pray to God. You will be amazed at the strength you will have behind correct decision.
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.- EPHESIANS 3:16–19
"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence."- HEBREWS 4:16
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire… When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.- JOHN 8:44
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.- JAMES 4:7–8_________________________________________________________
I have never thought about God's love from this perspective. It is hard to imagine that some of us have a hard time accepting the fact that God has unconditional love for us. God tells us today that we need to recognize our lack of confidence in Him and fight back against these lies. It is the Devil who is trying to force these thoughts into our heads. As believers, we must fight back. Now this does sound a lot easier to say than do. I have found it is easy to offer any questionable moment up to God. When you feel uneasy about a decision you are about to make, pray! Pray that God guides you down the right path and that He will lead you away from those Devilish ways. Drawing God into every moment of your life will push the evil one away.
Once we invite God into these evil moments and we see how He is victorious, we will build trust with God our Father. This trust will strengthen our relationship and His love will cover every path of our lives.
It is a huge step to ask God to stand over you when the Devil enters your body. But that big step gets a lot easier when you build a relationship with God. Today before you make that decision where you hear you conscious saying no, pray to God. You will be amazed at the strength you will have behind correct decision.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Relax In My Everlasting Arms
Relax in My everlasting arms. Your weakness is an opportunity to grow strong in awareness of My Almighty Presence. When your energy fails you, do not look inward and lament the lack you find there. Look to Me and My sufficiency; rejoice in My radiant riches that are abundantly available to help you.
Go gently through this day, leaning on Me and enjoying My Presence. Thank Me for your neediness, which is building trust-bonds between us. If you look back on your journey thus far, you can see that days of extreme weakness have been some of your most precious times. Memories of these days are richly interwoven with golden strands of My intimate Presence.
Do not feel bad for yourself because you are tired and weak. Do not turn inward and have sorrow when you feel God is not with you. God is always with us. Be joyful knowing that we can lean on him when we are tired and weak. Call to Him to strengthen that bond between you. He is always around. God is stronger than the enemy, all we must do is ask and He will push the Devil out.
We must be confident and be strong knowing that the Lord our God is coming to save us. We do not know when or where, but we must trust His promise. He will return as our providing savior and we must be ready. Look at your life today. Do you trust that He is going to protect us until he returns? What if He came back tomorrow? Would you be ready?
Go gently through this day, leaning on Me and enjoying My Presence. Thank Me for your neediness, which is building trust-bonds between us. If you look back on your journey thus far, you can see that days of extreme weakness have been some of your most precious times. Memories of these days are richly interwoven with golden strands of My intimate Presence.
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, “Destroy him!”- DEUTERONOMY 33:27
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.- PSALM 27:13–14_______________________________________________________________
Do not feel bad for yourself because you are tired and weak. Do not turn inward and have sorrow when you feel God is not with you. God is always with us. Be joyful knowing that we can lean on him when we are tired and weak. Call to Him to strengthen that bond between you. He is always around. God is stronger than the enemy, all we must do is ask and He will push the Devil out.
We must be confident and be strong knowing that the Lord our God is coming to save us. We do not know when or where, but we must trust His promise. He will return as our providing savior and we must be ready. Look at your life today. Do you trust that He is going to protect us until he returns? What if He came back tomorrow? Would you be ready?
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