Jewels From JudyThursday, April 03 2008
An Exhortation From The Heart Of The Father To Yours: Unity Through My Possession I Am building a building that cannot be torn down. I Am fitting you, forming you and shaping you to fit together into a holy dwelling for My Spirit. Oh My sweet beautiful children, I desire you to be gathered to Me and not to man. I have caused you to need one another to carry out My will for each individual's destiny, but to be completely dependent on Me while doing it. If every individual were completely dependent on Me and all their expectations were on Me to lead, guide and direct them, there would be no more lack or wounding in the church. I have given the Perfect Gift in Christ Jesus. He has given you His mind. You possess the mind of Christ, but have you allowed His mind - His Spirit to possess you? Do you want the mind of your flesh to possess you with all its lusts - with pride being its root passion? Or do you want the mind of Christ who created all things that were created? Who do you want to lift you up - God or man? If man lifts you then man can bring you down, but if you humble yourself under My righteous right hand then I will lift and sustain you. Many can readily see if someone is possessed of the devil, but can they see that you are possessed of Me - that you are My Treasured Possession? When people look into your eyes do they see pools of love? When you touch them does the power of heaven touch them as well? When a demoniac steps into a room, spirits of fear, anger, hatred, and rage enter with them. Agitation and apprehension fill the place where they enter. Even animals are upset and on guard around such as these. My church (and the world) has given too much credit to the power of the devil and his demons. Their powers cannot compare to Mine. Who will you exalt? Who will you magnify? The Lord of all creation or a created angel fallen from My grace? Did I not tell Saul on the road to Damascus, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" I was seated at the right hand of the Father, so how was Saul persecuting Me? He persecuted Me by harming those in whom My Spirit dwelled. My life is in My Spirit and if you are willing, My Spirit is in you. Those who harm you harm Me. Allow My Spirit to guide you into unity by allowing Me to possess you. Do not fear; this is not by power nor by might but by My Spirit, says the Lord. My first commandment is for you to love Me above all other things and everything within you. My second is for you to love others as yourself. My promise to you, as you obey My commandments to love, is that I will come and make a home in you. I love you with an everlasting love and live in you and I will manifest Myself to you. I will teach you all things. I Am in Jesus and He is in Me and you will be made perfect in Us by the Holy Spirit dwelling in you. Declare My name which is in you. Endeavor to keep unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. I bless you in this mandate and will be with you as you walk in it. I want to possess My church so it will move as one Body throughout the earth connected to the Head which is Christ. He is seated at My right hand and as each member of My church is possessed by My Spirit, they will move in unity with My Head. You will then be able to reach up into heaven and bring it down to earth. My kingdom come, My will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen - so be it. Mercy, grace and love be yours in abundance,
Friday, March 28 2008
An Exhortation From The heart Of The Father To Yours: Perfected Love Child, you worry too much. Have I not told you to come to Me and cast your burdens onto Me? What so many do in My Body is they bring something to Me then they take it back. They bring it - they take it back; bring it - take it back. As if I were playing a game with them! I Am not playing games. I will take off the yoke of slavery if you will release it to Me. I remove it from your midst completely if you will but leave it with Me. Let Me give you an example. You bring to Me the problems you face with your loved ones and I tell you to leave them at the Cross. Then at the first sign of trouble you rush in to try to fix what has gone wrong. This is where you need discernment to know what requires your help and from what you should refrain. This way you will not interfere with what I am doing and you will operate in the fruit of self-control which flows from My love. Remember the story Jesus taught about the son who took his inheritance and left his father for wild living? (Luke 15:11-32) That story was an example of My love. The father let the son get to the end of himself and to the point that he knew he needed his father or he would die. That father loved him enough to allow him not only starve, but to sin. (Many allow their children to sin but not starve.) The father hoped his son would indeed "come to himself" and return to his waiting arms. This gave the father the chance to show not only great mercy to the wayward son but also to show him what love that had been perfected looked like, felt like and acted like. The father treated not only the son who left with tender mercy but also the one who remained. In the Garden of Eden I could have rushed in and kept Eve from being deceived, I could have ripped the forbidden fruit out of Adam's hand, or I could have made sure the serpent never entered the Garden in the first place! There was a greater truth at work and had I rushed in to help I would have thwarted that greater work. Did I know that Adam would eat of the fruit? Did I know Eve would listen to the lies of the serpent? Of course I did. I saw the bigger picture. I saw mankind, and if Adam and Eve would not have eaten of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, someone down the line would have. I gave Adam the choice to obey Me just like I have given every person the choice. I have given everyone the choice to obey Me but it is more than that. I give mankind the choice to love Me. If you love Me you will obey Me out of that love. What My heart longs for is your love. "If you love Me you will obey My commandments." (John 14:15) In My love there is no fear. Perfect love casts out fear - that is to say love which has been perfected will dispel all fear. In fear there is torment but in love there is security and trust. In that love you can live and move and have your being. Worry is akin to fear. They are close relatives. You know Beloved, faith and fear do not mix. Without faith it is impossible to please Me but without love your faith will fail. This is why the "greatest of these" - faith, hope and love - is love. Love is the first fruit and with love you have joy and with joy you then have peace. How could you have patience without peace? Patience reveals kindness and out of kindness goodness flows. From goodness comes faithfulness and in faithfulness you become gentle. With all these in focus and working in cooperation then self-control will be ever present. Now we are back to what I told you at the beginning. You will be able to leave those whom you love at the Cross when all the fruit of the Spirit is operational in your life. You will trust Me to work in their lives so that have has its perfect work and fear is cast out. Cultivate the fruit, Beloved, be as a gardener and watch over the fruit and guard it with all diligence. It all starts with love. My job is to love you. When you fully receive My love you will be able to turn and love others. So receive My love. Its My love, its My love, its My love. Everything that I do I do from the perspective of My love for you. Allow My perfect love be worked in your members and all throughout your life. Permit the yeast, the Leaven of Heaven, raise you up to a new Standard. Jesus is your Standard! Let Him bring a lightness to your life and sweetness to your lips. This way when you speak you will be speaking My words and not your own. Be anxious for no thing. Allow My water to cleanse you, My oil to anoint and heal you, My fire to purify you and My love to transform you. Ask for wisdom and ask in faith. I will give it to you freely and abundantly as I Am generous. Ask for My perfected love to cast out ALL your fears. If you have fear in any area of your life, it is an area that needs My perfected love to be worked into it. Perfected love is perfect love in progress. It is a process, Beloved. Allow yourself to be cultivated as this is the goal. You look forward to "arriving" but I look forward to the journey. Enjoy the process even though it is painful at times. This is where you learn to turn and strengthen your brethren. If you came through the process quickly, you would expect others to as well. So embrace the process. Let Me knead out fear, doubt and unbelief like a baker kneads the dough before letting it rise. My perfected love is what you need to bring you out of the wilderness of anxiety and into the peace that surpasses all understanding that will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus. You are forever in My love, Scripture References: 1 Peter 5:7; 1 John 4: Philippians 4:4-7; Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 13:13; James 1:2-6; 3:13,17,18; Matthew 13:33; Luke 22:31,32 *Personal note: The Lord gave me this word while my husband was in surgery. Right as I typed in the last sentence the nurse came out to tell me he was awake in post-op! Our Father is so wonderful! In His love, Judy Friday, March 07 2008
An Exhortation From The Father's Heart To Yours: Who Are You Listening To? You did not call yourself, did you? I called you. So why are you wrestling with where you are to go and what you are to do? I have everything well in hand. You are sensitive to My leading and you will need to be more sensitive in the days ahead. There are issues to be dealt with and that is why I have you where you are now. Soon those things will be resolved and you will be untethered. The work here is important, is it not? I know you do not like it, none do, but your strength will grow as will your faith. You can trust Me to see you through to the other side. Know you are loved. That will not only sustain you, but propel you. It is a season of restoration and this is why the enemy seeks to destroy that word in your own life. He wants you to give up and turn around, but you must not listen to him. Satan hates you. I love you. Who are you going to listen to? With all My heartfelt love, Thursday, February 28 2008
The Lord Played The Cross Dream I was in a coffee house and sitting with a Christian friend, though I have no idea who it was, when we noticed that there were a number of men together at a table next to us. One of the men from another table came over and gave us each a pen with JESUS written on it. Then they gave us four more. I was excited and put them in my purse. Then they started singing some Christian songs that were very energetic. I knew them and sang along. This young man got up to preach, but said he was not sure if he was to give the message, and was waiting on the Holy Spirit. The Lord spoke to my heart and I said softly at first but then more loudly so they could all hear me, "The Lord played the cross like an instrument. He played it like a violin." At this many of the people in the coffee house began to pretend play an instrument (like violins, flutes and horns). I went on, "He played the cross as a song for our salvation. He took what was a horrible death and played it for our benefit." At this the people were applauding saying, "Yeah!" They played their 'instruments' and I continued to explain that His sacrifice thundered like a bass drum, it rang like a cymbal, it sounded like a group of (3) trumpets," and so on. (With each instrument mentioned it was played.) The whole group of people in the coffee shop were all clapping and cheering forChrist and His victory at the cross. July 8, 2001 Saturday, February 23 2008
An Exhortation From The Father's Heart To Yours Seek My Face You are touching heaven Come and worship and give Me your attention I want to see your face Plug into Me and tap into My love for you Come into My love, Jeremiah 29:11-14a Friday, February 22 2008
An Exhortation From The Heart Of Father To Yours: The Launching This is a time for launching. Many of you have been held in a holding pattern for some time and you have been crying out, "When God, when?!?" It is like a launching at Kennedy Space Center. Plans are made, but those plans are contingent upon the weather. The spiritual climate has been turbulent. This is because of the sound of praise and worship emanating from My church. Praise has touched heaven in a personal way. You no longer sing about Me, you sing to Me. As My body has tapped into join the sounds from heaven and exalted My name, the powers and principalities of darkness and the rulers of evil have been shaken to their core. Your launching has been delayed by My doing, so do not call what I Am doing "the devil" instead rejoice in Me until the enemy is self-slaughtered. The enemy expects you to be in panic and react in fear COUNTER ATTACK!!!
I Am launching you from this place*, beloved. I have been setting your feet firmly on the Rock. I have been drawing you back as an expert archer. You have thought you were going backwards, but this was not so. I was drawing you back to launch you. If an arrow from My quiver is chosen to be launched, I Am careful to aim it with the a fully extended bow. I draw back the arrow in the bow string, place it on the notch, and hold it to check the trajectory. I want My arrows to hit the bull's-eye. So be patient in this process, beloved. You are being launched. Love, *While this was spoken while in intercession for the Secret Place Encounter Conference in Bradenton, FL, I do believe this to be a corporate word for the Body of Christ for the "place" where we are presently and the "place" to which we are being launched. Friday, February 15 2008
An Exhortation From The Heart Of Father To Yours: My Uncut Jewels When a stone of great value is unearthed, it can be very dull to the natural eye. It takes a trained eye to see its worth. Many precious stones have been cast aside because the one digging did not have the eyes to see what it was they had in their hands. This is also true of My jewels - those I Am drawing to Myself by My Spirit. Those around My jewels-in-the-rough who fail to see their great worth and beauty often cast them aside and look for another that is already polished. It is My desire when a stone, a new born-again believer, is found, it is carefully handled and cut to precision. I want the beautiful facets, which I have infused into their being at conception, to sparkle and shine in the light of My glory. I Am calling My apostles, My prophets, My evangelists, My pastors and teachers to see the great worth that is all around them. Look at the jewels I have given you, My leaders! Behold the value - the eternal value that I have sat in your midst! Each and every person is of great value to Me. Look carefully at who I have sent your way. Look for the passion in their eyes that came from being pressed in on every side by the fire of My glory. Coal placed under intense pressure and heat creates diamonds. My fire creates a thing of beauty in a new believer transforming them from a lump of coal to a diamond. Some of My jewels are already cut and you need only help them be placed in their proper setting. Others have been cut but need to be polished. Some have been partially cut and need you to help finish the job so they can shine. This can be difficult if the "jeweler" before you damaged My beautiful stone; believe Me when I tell you that nothing is wasted in My kingdom. There are stones that have just recently been unearthed; these you will have the privilege of seeing go from a lump of coal to a beautifully set stone. You will first clean them with the Living Water and help to cut away the old rock with the skillful use of My sword. You must be careful and loving in this process. Be mindful of what you are doing. Make a careful examination of the natural nuances of each precious stone. If you are of My Spirit, this will humble you and that one you have set will also humbly reflect My glory. If you are of another spirit you will be prideful and so will your stone - taking all for self-glory. So I caution you to walk in humility in this process knowing you can only accomplish this with My wisdom and counsel. Do not fear or worry, as I will not leave you alone in the process but will guide your way to perfection. There are stones you will come across that are still coal and you must leave them to Me. These are the ones that haven't given their life to Christ. They may attend or belong to a church, but they do not fully belong to Me. Behold! The fields sparkle with jewels! Ask Me for the tools and the settings and I will give them to you. If you see the great value all around you and you follow My instructions, by the end of this year you will look at your jewels and be amazed at what they are doing to bring honor and glory and praise to My kingdom. As I have shown you, show others. Love, Vision: The Jeweler: I saw a jeweler who sat on a short, wheeled stool in the middle of two tables placed in the shape of an upside-down L. To his left on the table shorter in length sat a very large and beautiful golden crown. Its front was very tall, not like a king's crown, but more like the pope's MITRE. On it there were many vacant spaces to place jewels. A few large and very costly stones had already been set into place. On the longer table were hundreds of stones in all stages of cutting. The jeweler wore a magnifying eye piece so that he could carefully examine each stone. He only looked for those already polished and of great value, but even in his haste many beautiful stones were falling off the table and were getting lost in the cracks and corners of the floor. Some of incalculable value fell through the cracks and were never retrieved. There were some stones in raw form that were of greater value than any jewel on the crown, but because they were not cut in facets and polished, the jeweler quickly looked them over. Those uncut stones of great worth had been given to him to cut and shape into a masterful thing of beauty, but even the large stones of immense value were haphazardly being knocked off the table. Some fell into the trash and were inadvertently thrown out. All these jewels were given to him to bring glory to the Kingdom of God, but they were also for his crown to present to the Lord. The crown of exquisite beautiful was sparsely filled considering the amount of jewels that had been given the jeweler. The warning given to the jeweler was to slow down and look more closely at the stones that had been given him. He was not to look with his natural eye that magnified all the flaws, imperfections and the lack of polish residing in the stones, but he was to look with the magnified eye of the Spirit of God that would show him its amazing beauty that was hidden within each stone and He would give the exact skill and precision needed to bring it out. Vision: 2002 Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Thursday, February 14 2008
A Valentine from Heaven It was two days before Valentine’s Day 1997, and though my life looked wonderful from every angle, deep down I was miserable. I tried ‘to be a good person’ and live my life in a way that would be pleasing to my fellowman, but all the community works I was juggling did not fill the void in my soul. At the end of the day, I was exhausted and empty. Occasionally, I would get a glimpse of why I was so unhappy and what I needed – I needed the Lord! Sadly, I would quickly reject this notion because it wasn’t convenient to my lifestyle. Rejecting God was justifiable in my mind because I knew I couldn’t live up to His standards. Though I looked to the world for acceptance and comfort, I never seemed fulfilled. I was in a frightening and unwinnable battle. The void began when my father suddenly passed away. He was only 43 years old and left behind a wife and three children, as well as his parents who daily relied on his help. Well-meaning clergy told us, “God must have needed him,” and that “he was in a better place.” This didn’t bring consolation to my grief-stricken heart. My sister, brother, and I were sent to live with relatives that summer. Though young, my sister was soon married and moved to her own place. My brother’s bedroom was the walk-in closet of our aunt’s teenage boys – placing him continually at their mercy. My bedroom housed the huge gas floor furnace in the unfinished basement. Night after night I would earnestly cry out to God from that room, “Why my dad, why me?” I agonized over the loss of my dad and listened for an answer, but none came. I also learned to listen for sneaking feet coming down the stairs in the middle of the night. It was a time fraught with dangers for my brother and I. Meanwhile, my mother worked to stabilize our housing so we could come back and live with her. Unfortunately, her life was also full of snares, so it took more time than we ever imagined. Three years later, we moved into a home with her and the nightly threats and torment were over. Though I was often rebellious, we had many good times together. We traveled some and even spent an entire summer in Oregon. After coming back to our home state of Colorado, the unthinkable happened. Doctors diagnosed my mother with breast cancer. I never doubted that she would recover (because surely God would not ‘take’ her too). However, after a few years, and much suffering, she succumbed to the ravages of the disease. At her funeral I again heard from well-meaning folks, “She’s in a better place,” and “God must have needed her.” Really? More than her children? It did not sit well. Deeply dismayed, my confusion turned to anger that burned hot against God. He seemed selfish and more like a big bully who was no different from Greek gods who threw lightning bolts or hit people with a huge hammer. I decided if God was so selfish that He needed my parents more than their three children did, I didn’t want anything to do with Him. I would live my life my way, not His! Anytime the subject of God came up, I was like a cornered cat ready to fight; my cynicism towards Christianity and disdain for Christians grew. Some would try to explain to me how the Lord was loving, kind, and good. I reasoned, if God were truly loving, why wouldn’t He have kept my parents from dying? If He were kind and good, why wouldn’t He just put an end to all the suffering and evil in the world? This is where I found myself on the morning of February 12, 1997 – drowning in my own sorrow. Deep down I knew only God could rescue me. I saw on the calendar that it was not only two days from Valentine’s Day, but also the first day of Lent. Oddly, something went off inside me. It was HOPE! Jesus had been drawing me to Himself for months, and though I had been keeping Him at arm’s length, I could ignore Him no longer. God was throwing a lifeline into my Pit of Despair, and I prayed that if I clung onto it, He would be merciful and pull me out. I found an old Bible and began to read in Psalm 107: Then I cried to the Lord in my trouble and He saved me from my distress; He sent forth His word and healed me and saved me from destruction! I fell to my knees, and thanked Him for His goodness. I repented of sinning against Him. Later I found in John 10:10 where Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” This Scripture immediately dispelled the lie that God had killed my parents. I saw the “thief” had come to kill, steal, and destroy – not my heavenly Father. Oh, friends, how might that have eased my suffering had someone shared that truth with me from early on? In that moment, the Holy Spirit gave me great freedom, and peace flooded my soul. I knew Jesus didn’t condemn me but filled my emptiness with joy. He adopted me! As a child of God, I had a sense of belonging that I had never known. I began reading and truly studying the Bible. I saw it was like a beautiful tapestry that, through many authors over thousands of years, God had woven together. I could have never imagined it, but I found the Bible to be wonderful and freeing. You do not have to be an orphan to experience the debilitating wounds from being abandoned or rejected. We each have our own story of how we’ve been beaten and battered. We have fought with discouragement, doubt, and unbelief. At some point, all of us have been, or will be, wounded by different tragedies and heartbreaks. Our heavenly Father’s desire is for all mankind to experience His forgiveness and abiding love. The most wonderful Valentine’s gift anyone could ever receive is to be adopted by the King of kings! Being reconciled to God is a gift that anyone can accept at any time. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” He gave His best so we can live abundantly. Every day is Valentine’s Day with Jesus! Revised February 12, 2016 A Valentine from Heaven It was two days before Valentine’s Day, and though my life looked wonderful from every angle, deep down I was miserable. I tried ‘to be a good person’ and live my life in a way that would be pleasing to my fellowman, but all the community works I was juggling did not fill the void in my soul. At the end of the day, I was exhausted and empty. Occasionally, I would get a glimpse of why I was so unhappy and what I needed – I needed the Lord! Sadly, I would quickly reject this notion because it wasn’t convenient to my lifestyle. Rejecting God was justifiable in my mind because I knew I couldn’t live up to His standards. Though I looked to the world for acceptance and comfort, I never seemed fulfilled. I was in a frightening and unwinnable battle. The void began when my father suddenly passed away. He was only 43 years old and left behind a wife and three children, as well as his parents who daily relied on his help. Well-meaning clergy told us, “God must have needed him,” and that “he was in a better place.” This didn’t bring consolation to my grief-stricken heart. My sister, brother, and I were sent to live with relatives that summer. Though young, my sister was soon married and moved to her own place. My brother’s bedroom was the walk-in closet of our aunt’s teenage boys – placing him continually at their mercy. My bedroom housed the huge gas floor furnace in the unfinished basement. Night after night I would earnestly cry out to God from that room, “Why my dad, why me?” I agonized over the loss of my dad and listened for an answer, but none came. I also learned to listen for sneaking feet coming down the stairs in the middle of the night. It was a time fraught with dangers for my brother and I. Meanwhile, my mother worked to stabilize our housing so we could come back and live with her. Unfortunately, her life was also full of snares, so it took more time than we ever imagined. Three years later, we moved into a home with her and the nightly threats and torment were over. Though I was often rebellious, we had many good times together. We traveled some and even spent an entire summer in Oregon. After coming back to our home state of Colorado, the unthinkable happened. Doctors diagnosed my mother with breast cancer. I never doubted that she would recover, but after a few years and much suffering, she succumbed to the ravages of the disease. At her funeral I again heard, “God must have needed her.” Really, I thought, more than her children? Deeply dismayed, my confusion turned to anger that burned hot against God. He seemed selfish and more like a big bully who was no different from Greek gods who threw lightning bolts or hit people with a huge hammer. I decided if God was so selfish that He needed my parents more than their three children did, I didn’t want anything to do with Him. I would live my life my way, not His! Anytime the subject of God came up, I was like a cornered cat ready to fight; my cynicism towards Christianity and distain for Christians grew. Some would try to explain to me how the Lord was loving, kind, and good. I reasoned, if God were truly loving, why wouldn’t He have kept my parents from dying? If He were kind and good, why wouldn’t He just put an end to all the suffering and evil in the world? This is where I found myself on the morning of February 12, 1997 – drowning in my own sorrow. Deep down I knew only God could rescue me. I saw on the calendar that it was not only two days from Valentine’s Day, but also the first day of Lent. Oddly, something went off inside me. It was HOPE! Jesus had been drawing me to Himself for months, and though I had been keeping Him at arm’s length, I could ignore Him no longer. God was throwing a lifeline into my Pit of Despair, and I prayed that if I clung onto it, He would be merciful and pull me out. I found an old Bible and began to read: Then I cried to the Lord in my trouble and He saved me from my distress; He sent forth His word and healed me and saved me from destruction! I fell to my knees, and thanked Him for His goodness. I repented of sinning against Him. Then I found where Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” This Scripture immediately dispelled the lie that God had killed my parents. I saw the “thief” had come to kill, steal, and destroy – not my heavenly Father. In that moment, the Holy Spirit gave me great freedom and peace flooded my soul. I knew Jesus didn’t condemn me but filled my emptiness with joy. He adopted me! As a child of God, I had a sense of belonging that I had never known. I began reading and truly studying the Bible. I saw it was like a beautiful tapestry that, through many authors over thousands of years, God had woven together. I could have never imagined it, but I found the Bible to be wonderful and freeing. You do not have to be an orphan to experience the debilitating wounds from being abandoned or rejected. We each have our own story of how we’ve been beaten and battered. We have fought with discouragement, doubt, and unbelief. At some point, all of us have been, or will be, wounded by different tragedies and heartbreaks. Our heavenly Father’s desire is for all mankind to experience His forgiveness and abiding love. The most wonderful Valentine’s gift anyone could ever receive is to be adopted by the King of kings! Being reconciled to God is a gift that anyone can accept at any time. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” He gave His best so we can live abundantly. Every day is Valentine’s Day with Him! In the Father’s love, Judy The following is a longer version written in 2007 A Valentine from Heaven It was February 12, 1997, and from every angle my life looked wonderful; however, deep down I was miserable. When I woke up that morning, I realized I had come to the end of myself. I didn’t simply have a hole in my heart; there was a vacuum sucking the life out of me. I had tried in every way to “be a good person” and live my life in a way that would be pleasing to my fellow man, but the community works I was juggling did not fill the void in my soul. Though I had the right idea, I didn’t have the right motivation for what I was doing. At the end of the day I was still empty and longing for something, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what it was I needed. Every once in awhile I would get a glimpse that what I needed was the Lord, but in my “sorrow” I had rejected Him, so I had nowhere else to look but to the world. The more I looked to the world for comfort, the emptier I became. Instead of filling me, I seemed to have a perpetual leak. It was a terrible cycle that I could not seem to escape! Friday, February 08 2008
An Exhortation From The Heart Of Jesus To Yours: A Day of New Beginnings It is a day indeed of new beginnings. The promises of restoration will be seen in every aspect of your life as you submit yourself to Me. Remember, I reach into the depths of your woundedness and work My way out. Your idea of restoration is for Me to start from the outside and work My way in. This is not the way I work, Beloved. If I gave you everything you want or think you need on the outside, then you would forsake Me and never be healed on the inside. I Am much more concerned about developing your character by helping you go through the difficult storms of life, than to deliver you out of them. I look for the hidden things of the heart. I Am the One who discerns the motivations of man. I Am the Revealer of mysteries and secrets. I Am the One who breaks through the stopped up wells of your heart and allows the clean water to come forth. Drink deeply of My well, child, and see how I Am cleansing you from the inside will make everything on the outside look differently. Indeed this is a day of new beginnings. So embrace My inner cleansings, for if you refuse Me you will never enter My rest nor will you fulfill your destiny in Me. Come and sit with Me as I will surely show you a more excellent way to cleanse the wounds of your inner heart. Then you will rise up with wings as eagles and soar to places you can only dream of now. Come and see where I stay; come where I abide. Then you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. Very truly yours Psalm 146:7; Joel 2:25-27; Hebrews 4:11; Isaiah 41:10; 58:12; Jeremiah 30:18; Malachi 4:6; Hosea 6:1; John 1:37-39; 8:32 Monday, February 04 2008
A Word From The Heart Of The Father: Arise My Holy Harvesters As the harvesters of the harvest arise, there will be a great paradigm shift toward My grace and mercy. My love shall be revealed to them and extended to the lost they seek to find. My holy harvesters will give My pure Word and not a fairytale gospel. Many of My holy harvesters are young, even children, but they have hearts like warriors and do not shrink back when I tell them to advance. Their very parents and mentors will be challenged to new levels of faith for being in their presence. Some will be in error when they call them "reckless." Reckless is one who jumps out of a plane with a snowboard seeking personal glory. I seek those whose hearts are courageous and who will turn to serve Me and My glory. I do not look for those who will continue to be reckless solely for the attention they draw to themselves. I want and look for those who are not afraid to go where I send them, say what I tell them to say, and obey My Word to the letter. They seek adventure and an adventure they will receive! Those who seek to be obedient to Me will receive a crown of glory. Some will accuse them of being out of control, but do not tether such as these when I Am calling them to soar! These harvesters, these arrows in My quiver, will surely obey Me. They have learned and will continue to learn to walk in My counsel. Their respect, reverence and love for Me is unshakable and unstoppable. They hear My voice and another they will not follow. There was a time that I had need of hirelings, though it was not My preference, it was necessary. Soon these will be replaced by My holy harvesters. These will protect My sheep from wolves and false shepherds. I can trust them to do My will and not their own. They do not seek Christian fame. They seek to bring their heavenly Father honor, glory and praise. My holy harvesters eat a steady diet of My bread and continually bathe in My Living Water. They readily learned to recognize the pitfalls of sin, and they make no excuse to join behavior that they know offends and grieves My Spirit. Sin they once winked at now makes them mourn and weep. These will go to the Threshing Floor of My Presence and intercede for their loved ones. They will stand in the gap for the lost souls that surround them. They will go to the nations. They will persevere and they will prevail over My enemies. My glory will be seen around and about them in the gross darkness of this world's system. They are the ones filled with My joy and when approached by My messengers with an assignment they will reply, "May it be done unto me according to Your will, Father." Arise My harvesters, arise! Arise, shine for your light has come! Be counted as those in Gideon's army. Arise and come forth into the destiny that I have planned for you. As you take My hand, I will walk with you to places you desire to go and even where you desire not to go. As with My sons in the book of Daniel, I will walk with you in the fire and you will not be burned nor will you smell of smoke. As with My daughter Esther, I will hold out My golden scepter and bid you to come and bring your petition. As with My servant Nehemiah, I will give you the plans and the blueprints of how to restore the broken walls of My church - My holy city. As with Abraham, I will show you where to go and greatly bless you and many nations will be blessed because you have obeyed My voice. I have many such examples, but I will leave you with one more. As I was with My Beloved Son Jesus, resurrecting Him out of the grave, so I will be with you. So do not fear, for I Am with you; do not be dismayed, for I Am your God. I will, I will, I will strengthen you, and I will uphold you in My righteous right hand. Be strong and of great courage for I have indeed chosen you. I will train you and I will send you where your heart yearns to go. You have My Word to guide you and My Spirit to teach you. You have faith in My name; you have the power of the Blood of Jesus and you have been given the authority to use it. As the king in the story of Esther gave her his signet ring, so I give you. Go now and reverse the evil decrees spoken against My beloved Church and seal it with the authority given you. Behold the fields are white and ready for harvest. Let those who sow in My fields rejoice with those who reap. Arise My holy harvesters, arise! Your Father Judges 7:2-7; Daniel 3:16-27; Esther 5:1-3; Genesis 12:1-2; 22:18; Matthew 28:1-10; Luke 1:38; Isaiah 41-5; 60:1-5; Joshua 1:6; John 4:35-36 As I write this, there is a story on the news that is the enemy's counter-attack to this word. They have discovered a video tape of young boys ages 6-14 being trained by AL Qaeda for jihad to kidnap, break into homes, torture and kill. They are exceptionally well armed. The Lord's holy harvesters will retaliate with the love of the Father, the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. The weapons of our warfare are not natural but they are mighty in pulling down strongholds of the enemy. We have read the end of the story and we know that God prevails and all who put their faith in Jesus will prevail with Him. Amen Please pray for these children - surely there are many in other such terrible places that need to be brought into the Kingdom of God for healing and restoration. Here are two links on this news story: |
