The Love of the Brethren

Lord,  thank you for the love of the brethren.  For those who are moved by your Spirit to give prayerful council and encouragement.  Not like the friends of Job,  but those who are still before you and ready to be used as true comforters___those who speak your own heart,  who seek your peace and rest for them as a balm for their mind and soul.

Today, more than once, you comforted me with the love of brethren.  You showed me what true  peace makers are.  Yes, there are those who try to bring peace out of conflict,  or  peace in the midst of confusion, doubt and fear.  But we usually think of it in humanistic terms,  of the home, community, the nation and the world.

But there are those peace makers that come in the midst of personal conflict.  When one needs to be encouraged with your Word,  a clear Word of wisdom, comfort, or guidance.  A Word of prayer, that touches the throne and stands with you until there's an answer.

Sometimes I wish there was another term for thank you.  One that truly conveys that which I am helpless to say. 

So I will say thank you for seeing my heart, and knowing it in it's true intent.  Be praised above all else, my Lord for the at-one-ness of Your love through the brethren.  Amen

DARK PLACE OF KNOWING

Lord, of late I am cast down to face the lions of my own making.  In this dark place of Knowing who will deliver me out sure and victorious.

My shame, is that I am not here out of another's will,  me being persecuted for my faith and commitment in You, but out of a need to know that it wasn't self-righteousness that landed me here.

I see these lions as mighty in Your hands,  to strengthen my heart and faith in You.  You shall deliver me, even from myself.  Thank you for allowing me to be shut up, and confined with these lions that have, are and will always prove the intent of my heart toward receiving, sharing, and applying Your will and the ever forward progressing fulfilment of Your purpose in Christ Jesus your Son.  I'm OK down here with Your lions,  my appointed companions in faith.

This  picture captured my heart this morning.

The Holy Spirit moves upon the new creation in me to "see" with my heart the things that give our Lord great joy.

When we bought this small humble home, just over a year ago,  an elderly lady in her 90s  had left behind what I thought might be a Philodendron plant, which she stuck in the corner of the living room all by itself.  I'm not exaggerating when I say that it was the most pitiful and neglected plant I had ever seen.

Now I am no green thumb, by any means,  and I know this sounds ridiculous,  but I had such a feeling of compassion on that plant, so when "Mr. Moses", my husband, told me to throw it out,  I whimpered as though he wanted me to turn my back on my best friend.____  I know,  I know. 

I couldn't back down from what I felt in my heart about this plant.  Mr. Moses took great sympathy on my outrageous attachment to a dying plant and gave me a set time to see what I could do. 

I wish I had a before and after picture to show you.  I'm not kidding about the fact that the plant only had about 4 to 5 leaves left on it.  It was root bound in a small pot for it's size.  When I questioned in my heart about transferring it to a larger pot,  I felt a definite no.

I didn't have a clue what to do and just followed my instincts.  Now again, this will sound crazy,  but what I thought were instincts became inner promptings,  like when to water.  I placed the plant into the corner of our sun room (dining room) where we spend 90 percent of our time.  Right between two adjoining windows which get the morning, afternoon and evening sun. 

Oh I could just go on and on about my relationship with a dieffenbachia plant.  Yes,  I even felt to know it's real name. 

The flower is similar to a calla lily, a close relative, which are typically grown as foliage plants.  They are of the arum family, which includes elephant ears, pothos, monstera and eternity plants.  I'm sure that is of little interest to most of us, kind of like I just love my grandma, and any one before her, who's dead, doesn't interest me.  Boy!  did I just say that?

Well, here I am a year later,  and still wrapping my arms around my friend "Dieffen".  Beautiful Dieffen.  He is loaded with a  total of 14 blooms to the amazement of all who see him/her.  I've been told that I must be loved, because they only bloom when they are happy. 

There's a world of Love that goes on all around us.  Even in the pause of a forest fox to partake of the scent of a golden daffodil. 

Lord, teach me today, to stop, to pause to share with you the simple yet magnanimous joys of your gifts of love.  To look up and see Your loving gaze upon me,  and the "knowing" that I am your special creation, and feel your embrace.

Lord, You make me so happy,  I bloom for You!

An Oracle of Prayer

Oh Lord my Shepherd,  You have brought me into green pastures,  beside Your still waters.

You have restored my soul even with the Dew of Your refreshing Presence.  Only You can revive the thirsting soul.

You come as the Oracle of prayer in me.  The sound of praise reverberates from Your kingdom within me.

Your covenant and promises are made manifest in strength and righteousness,  in wisdom and in the power of Your Holy Spirit.  Let the heavens rejoice,  let the earth rejoice,  for the Lord who reign's in all power and glory over all is come to abide forever in His people.  I worship You my Lord, my Shepherd.  I give you praise among your people with joy and gladness, Beloved of my soul.   ___onesmallstone___

KNOWING HIM

I don't know how many times over the years, that I've made the remark, questioning, "How do I know, that I know God? How do I know that these teachers and preachers, prophets and such, (all claiming their own interpretations of the Word to be authentic, are not just their own insights, interpretation, and acquired knowledge?


An then "the Word" spoke the WORD into my heart...saying,
"This is the way you can know that you know me...if you keep my commandments.
if you say that you know me...and you keep not my commandments...you are a liar...and the Truth is not in you...
If you keep (guard, persevere, nurture, abide by, fulfill, honor, and obey) my WORD...in this will LOVE be perfected in you...to HEAR my WORD is to KNOW my WORD, for I AM the WORD...
When you have received the Spirit of my Word...you most surely received Love...I AM the God of Love...
Behold...what manner of Love I have given you as a free gift...even that I have called you my sons and daughters...
Your quarrel is not with flesh and blood...no!...but rather, be MY WITNESS and TESTAMENT to the TRUTH...
The world will never know you, or understand who you are...because they do not know Me...
In this are you made manifest...by my own righteousness...and my love which you have in unity with your brethren...My Spirit witnesses between you, concerning who you are, and who I AM...
He that has the Son (dwelling in his own flesh) the hope of Glory...has eternal Life...for He is the Life...
He that does not have the Son of God, does not have LIFE.
The Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding (knowing...unction) that we may come to fully know and be fully alive! in Him that is Truth...
This is the True God...and Eternal Life...
Hear Him!
Remember: This is how you recognize the Spirit of God...It is my Spirit that causes the spirit in you to leap within, at my coming...come in your flesh...I AM is come...
Greater is He that is in you...than he which is in the world...
He that loves not, knows not God
Remember the Sadducee's and the Pharisees...who could not confess, that Jehovah had come in His fullness, presenting Himself through His only begotten son Jesus...
How much more will you be rejected for claiming that the risen Christ has come into His temple, bought with great price, and not made of human hands...
His Kingdom in you, come in the flesh, ruling and reigning by His WORD and SPIRIT...
You are the bread and wine that He partakes of...that which is poured out in love and sacrifice toward a wicked and perishing generation...
Those who have ears...let them hear...
If you have received the witness of men...I tell you that the witness of God is greater...and this is that witness...He that believes on the Son of God, has the witness within himself...that God has given us eternal life, and that LIFE is in HIS SON...

MY ROCK, AND MY ONE FIRM FOUNDATION

IT IS TOTALLY AMAZING HOW THE MIND OF CHRIST IS EVIDENT IN THE BODY OF CHRIST..
AS YOU COME INTO HIS FELLOWSHIP UNDER THE LEADING OF HIS ROD AND STAFF...YOU FIND THAT HIS WORD TO ONE, IS HIS WORD TO ALL...
THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW NO OTHER VOICE, FOLLOW IN THE SAFETY OF HIS LEADING...
WE WANT NOT, AS WE FOLLOW IN OBEDIENCE...
WE REST IN SAFETY AND ARE FED AT HIS HAND, HIS SPIRIT WORD...
WE DRINK FROM STILLED WATERS OF FAITH AND TRUST IN HIM...
OUR VERY SOULS ARE RENEWED IN THE JOY AND CONFIDENCE OF HIS OVERSEEING...
TODAY WE WALK THROUGH DARK VALLEYS OF APPREHENSION...SURROUNDED WITH INSECURITIES OF EVERY KIND...
THERE IS ONLY ONE FIRM FOUNDATION...
ONLY OUR LORD CAN DELIVER US FROM FEAR AND EVIL...
THE ROD OF HIS AUTHORITY AND HIS CORRECTION SHALL BE OUR DELIVERANCE...
THE STAFF OF HIS WORD SHALL RULE EVEN AS HIS SOVEREIGN SCEPTER, LEADS AND GUIDES...
HIS WORD FROM BEHIND TO REMIND OF HIS STATUTES AND COMMANDMENTS...
HIS WORD WITH US AND IN US BEING ESTABLISHED AS HIS EVERLASTING KINGDOM...
AND HIS REVELATION WORD THAT CALLS UPON FAITH AND OBEDIENCE TO FOLLOW AFTER HIM INTO THE FULFILMENT OF HIS PROMISES AND THE CONSUMMATION OF THE AGES...
IT IS SACROSANCT!....
LORD...YOU HAVE PREPARED A TABLE BEFORE US IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR ENEMIES...YOU ANOINT OUR HEAD WITH OIL...OUR CUP RUNS OVER...IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY!...
THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME, PRESSES US TO OUR KNEES__EVERY KNEE SHALL BOWOF THINGS IN HEAVENAND THINGS UNDER THE EARTHEVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS THAT YOU ARE LORDTO THE GLORY OF GOD, YOUR FATHERAND NOW ETERNALLY MINEPhilippians 2: 10-11
___________Artwork courtesy of Jeff Haynia

YOU ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT

　
THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
Lord...You are the brightness of the Father's glory...
"The Bright and Morning Star"
The express image of His person...
upholding all things by your power.
The power of Your Word is might...
It has purged me from my sins...
You sit at the right hand of the Father...
Interceding for all men.
"Begotten Son"...yes!...and first to be...
inheriting His name...
Worshiped by His angels...
His ministers of fiery flame.
The earth and heavens declare your glory...
In the beginning they were made...
the works of your hands only...
their foundations you have laid.
Lord...now in these last days, speak forth...
in the same Word of power and might...
let the glory of Your presence in me...
declare before men...in their sight...
That we are the works of your hands, my Lord...
Oh let us take earnest heed...
for we are your heirs of salvation...
the "first fruits" of your own seed.
The worlds and the heavens will pass away...
in this I am happy and blessed...
that you are "The Word" that dwells in me...
In You I will find Spirit's Rest.
Yesterday...today and forever...
in You I'm delivered from death.
Not the laying down of this body...
but the promise of eternal Rest.
The promise of my spirit's new life...
Delivered from every trial...
delivered from every strife.
"Blessed High Priest" of my calling...
help me hold steadfast within...
my confidence and my yearning...
till that day when I enter in...
through gates of Heaven's homeland...
where my mansion waits on high...
to cloth this spirit's body...
"The apple of Your eye."

THIS MOMENTS PRESENCE OF YOU

HOW IS IT THAT YOU RISE IN MY SOUL...EVEN AS THE SUN BREAKS THROUGH A RAGING STORM?
HOW IS IT, THAT THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND IS LIKE A WARM EMBRACE...OR THE WIND THAT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE, COME AND GONE...LEAVING ME MORE ALIVE THAN EVER BEFORE?
PROMISE AFTER PROMISE...YOU REMAIN...YOU WAIT...YOU RESTORE.

I AM SATISFIED IN YOUR KEEPING

I AM LOST WITHOUT THIS MOMENTS PRESENCE OF YOU
MY THOUGHTS RUN FROM ONE TO THE NEXT...
"LORD, LORD...EVEN MY GOD."
MY BREATHING IN, MY BREATHING OUT
THEN I GASP FOR AIR WHEN I CAN'T HEAR YOUR VOICE...
WHEN I CAN'T TASTE THE SWEETNESS OF YOUR WORD...YOUR UNMISTAKABLE WORD...
THE LIFE GIVING SOURCE OF MY BEING
THE JOY OF MY SALVATION

MY ONE TRUE LOVE.

THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, "COME"

"You said you felt uncomfortable in your skin...that even when you are dressed, you feel naked and ashamed...
You know you can't hide from Me...not your body, your soul, your spirit, your thoughts__
The very fact that you feel anything at all is because you are standing in My Love Light, __ it reveals to Me all that you are or ever shall be__
You have finally come to the point where you know that it is futile to try and change yourself, or deliver yourself from the bondage that you find yourself in__

My Love has drawn you once again to My side__

I am here to help you My beloved__My arms are open wide to receive you__
Come and let Me wrap My Robe of Righteousness around you__
come and learn of Me__Let My Spirit and My Word birth you into New Life,
making your flesh, of My flesh,
and your bone, of My bone__a New Creation!
a New Heart!__
a New Mind!
with ears to hear, and eyes that see.
In this moment__you forgot your nakedness__
for these moments you had ears to hear__your eyes were fixed on Truth__you saw the Way__
I AM THE LIFE!__
you have heard My Voice.
Come__Choose Life."____John 3:16

THY KINGDOM COME

Legions, Legions!
Line the rim of heaven's vault
in harnessed waiting,
soon to reap
God's kingdom harvest
sown before the worlds began.
Trumpets, trumpets blaring
echos in the Valley of Decision
warning those with ears to hear
and eyes that see, the armies of the Lord
encamped about man's feeble strongholds__
"THE DAY OF THE LORD IS COME!"
Down with your graven images

that have no breath,

the workmanship of cunning men
who for a price, will lead you to barter at God's footstool
to sell your inheritance for a morsel.
Away with you gods that have not made the heavens or the earth
Who have spoiled the tabernacles of the Lord with wanton grieving.
What great noise and commotion
fills the great expanse with fervent heat___
The New Wine
The Leavened Bread now shall rise
and fill the secret paths of time and space
to light the Way to Zion's gates
that City Foursquare.
Thy Kingdom Come!_____________

My Burden Bearer

I AM NUMB LORD...I JUST READ THE HEART'S CRY OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, AND I AM TORN BETWEEN MY OWN SELFISH NEED FOR YOU AND MY LACK OF SPONTANEOUS LOVE OF THE BRETHREN...
I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN MY HEART...AND I FALL BEFORE YOU CONFESSING MY NEED FOR YOUR HELP...
I KNOW THAT THIS HOUR IS LATE...
I KNOW YOU WANT ME TO LEARN TO REIGN IN THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT...
LORD, I DESIRE TO REIGN WITH YOU...WHERE DO I START?...
YOU ASKED ME TO SURRENDER...PERHAPS I HAVE NOT SURRENDERED AS YOU WILL...
I CONFESS THAT I AM A SINNER...ONLY YOUR GRACE CAN SAVE ME FROM THE STRONGHOLD OF MY WILL...DELIVER ME O LORD MY GOD.
LET NOT THE ENEMY OF MY SOUL REJOICE OVER ME...
AS HE ANTICIPATES HIS VICTORY...I SHALL HOLD FAST THE PROFESSION OF MY FAITH...I SHALL CLING TO THE CROSS WHERE YOU CRIED, "IT IS FINISHED"...AND DECLARE THAT YOU RULE AT THE RIGHT HAND OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

LORD, I CANNOT GO TO BATTLE, UNLESS YOU PREPARE ME...WITH UNDERSTANDING AND DISCERNMENT OF YOUR WORD...AND WHAT AUTHORITY IS MINE IN YOUR NAME...

I KNOW I WILL NOT BE DELIVERED BY SPIRITUAL WORKS OR WORDS AS IF BY MAGIC...I HAVE KNOWN THE DEFEAT OF SUCH IGNORANCE AND PRESUMPTION...IT IS SPIRITUAL PRIDE THAT HAS CAUSED IRREVOCABLE DEFEAT FROM DISOBEDIENCE TO YOUR PERFECT WILL...AS I WALKED IN SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, PRIDE, AND VEILED ARROGANCE...

I HAVE SEEN THE FACE OF THIS HARLOT IN THE MIRROR...BUT I HAVE ALSO SEEN HER HEART...SHE IS A SINNER LORD, YES...BUT SHE WAS A SLAVE.
HAVE MERCY ON HER LORD...HAVE MERCY...YOU BOUGHT HER WITH YOUR BLOOD....ONLY YOU CAN WASH HER AND MAKE HER CLEAN...ONLY YOU CAN CALL HER BY NAME, AND MAKE HER YOUR OWN...ONLY YOU CAN TEACH HER TO TRUST LOVE AGAIN, AND TRULY LOVE IN RETURN...

SHE IS NOT FIGHTING AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD...HER ENEMIES ARE INVISIBLE...IT IS AN OPEN ATTACK UPON HER SOUL, BY SATAN HIMSELF...
YOU HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT YOU WILL NO LONGER RESCUE ME OUT OF MY UNBELIEF...THOUGH YOU COULD...FOR YOU WANT ME TO LEARN NOT TO EVADE OR ESCAPE THE LESSONS OF FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN THE POWER OF YOUR MIGHT...IT IS NOT IN MY POWER OR MIGHT...OR ANY OTHER...IT IS BY YOUR SPIRIT...
YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT...."THE ENEMY WOULD FLEE FROM YOU IF HE SAW ME"

DOES HE SEE FAITH?...DOES HE SEE CONFIDENCE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH?...DOES HE SEE THE PRESENCE OF YOUR SPIRIT IN ME__ WHO HAS ALL THE POWER OF AUTHORITY AGAINST HIM?...

TODAY'S GARDEN

LORD, THANK YOU FOR THIS MORNING...THANK YOU FOR PREPARING MY HEART AND MIND TO FACE THIS DAY...I AM AT YOUR MERCY TO RECEIVE YOUR GRACE...

EVEN IN MY WEAKNESS, YOU CALLED ME TO LAY BEFORE YOU MY HEART
YOU ENCAMPED ABOUT MY SOUL AND SPOKE IN A STILL SMALL VOICE
YOU ALONE HAVE RENT THE VEIL OF MY HEART AND MIND
THE WIND OF YOUR SPIRIT BLOWS THERE FREELY
COMING AND GOING AS YOU WILL
YOU SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE
AND IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY
AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES EVERMORE
YOU FEED ME THE BREAD THAT THE WORLD KNOWS NOT OF
YOU, MY LORD ARE THAT LIVING BREAD
ALL GIFTS AND PROPHESYING WILL CEASE
AND THOUGH I UNDERSTAND ALL MYSTERIES
IF I DO NOT HAVE MY BEING IN YOU
I AM NOTHING
EVEN IF I HAD ALL FAITH AND COULD MOVE MOUNTAINS
WITHOUT YOU, I AM NOTHING
FOR IN YOU ALONE I CAN BEAR ALL THINGS
BELIEVE ALL THINGS
HOPE ALL THINGS
ENDURE ALL THINGS
ALL ELSE WILL CEASE AND FADE AWAY
BUT YOU, MY LORD, REMAIN
YOUR WORD REMAINS FOREVER
YOU ARE THAT LIVING WORD

YOU DWELL IN MY HEART

I LONG TO KNOW YOU
EVEN AS I AM KNOWN
TO PUT AWAY ALL CHILDISH THINGS
AND STAND PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT
THANK YOU LORD FOR WALKING WITH ME THIS MORNING
FOR CAUSING ME TO MEASURE HOW FAR YOU'VE BROUGHT ME
IN THIS JOURNEY OF FAITH, THIS JOURNEY OF LIFE
FOR REJOICING TOGETHER OVER SAINTS MADE PERFECT
FOR THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES WHO REJOICE AND GIVE
PRAISE BEFORE YOUR THRONE
THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FINISHED WORK
FOR APPOINTING TO US BEAUTY FOR ASHES
THE OIL OF GLADNESS FOR MOURNING
A GARMENT OF PRAISE FOR THE SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS;
THAT WE MIGHT BE CALLED THE TREES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE PLANTING OF THE LORD
THAT YOU MIGHT BE GLORIFIED MY LORD
YOU ARE THE VINE
I AM BUT AN EXTENDED BRANCH OF YOU
FROM AGE TO AGE THE SAME
THAT I MIGHT BEAR FRUIT UNTO SALVATION
FOR AS THE EARTH BRINGS FORTH HER BUD
AND AS THE GARDEN CAUSES THE THINGS THAT ARE GROWN
IN IT TO SPRING FORTH; SO YOU MY LORD GOD, WILL CAUSE
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE TO SPRING FORTH BEFORE
THE NATIONS.
I AM "NOW" CENTERED IN YOU
RELYING ON YOU
LISTENING TO YOU
WAITING ON YOU
SPEAK LORD, EVEN AS YOU WALKED WITH ME IN YESTERDAY'S GARDEN
FOR THOSE WHO ARE FORGIVEN MUCH, SHALL LOVE MUCH.
MY DESIRE LORD, IS TO LOVE, EVEN AS I AM LOVED.
I ASK THIS IN YOUR MOST HOLY NAME___AMEN
Joy

"PEACE BE STILL"

 

Lord, I'm as still as I know how to be.
Open my eyes that I might truly see,
that knowing you is not how I feel.
Feeling will never make you real.
When I am empty there echos in me,
sighing and groanings my feelings
can't see...
Goanings that press to be ever heard.
But no human language has a word.
So look my Lord on this yearning heart,
who has come to be quiet
and set apart...
"Be still", you've commanded,
Now I obey.
Make me still like the storm
you commanded one day.
That I might know truly
on bended knee,
That Faith is the substance
of what I can't see.....

Joy

YESTERDAY'S GARDEN

I WALKED THROUGH YESTERDAY'S GARDEN
I'VE WALKED THERE MANY A TIME
NOW IT'S LIFELESS AND EMPTY
WHERE WEEDS AND POISON IVY CLIMB
YET THE ECHOS OF SONGS THROUGH THE AGES PAST
THOSE SWEET HALLOWED HYMNS OF PRAISE
REVERBERATE STILL ALL AROUND ME
IN SO MANY CHERISHED WAYS

"PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW"

STILL RESTS UPON MY TONGUE
I HEAR IT STILL WITHIN MY HEART
IT NEEDS BE EVER SUNG
SUNG WITH HALLELUJAHS

SUNG WITH GREAT AMENS

SUNG WITH GLORIOUS LONGING
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
SO I'LL LISTEN ER SO CLOSELY
TO LOVE'S SWEET, FAMILIAR REFRAINS
AND THANK THE GOD OF HEAVEN
AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN
AS I WALKED IN YESTERDAY'S GARDEN
I WALKED AND TALKED WITH HIM
AND REMEMBERED YESTERDAY'S BLOSSOMS
THAT BLOOMED THERE JUST FOR HIM
THEY TOLD OF THE OLD, OLD STORY
OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE
THEIR PRAISES, STILL TRIUMPHANT
NOW IN HEAVENLY REALMS ABOVE
THOUGH FLOWERS FADE BEFORE ME
THEIR FRAGRANCE FILLS MY DAY
EVEN THROUGH DESERT WASTE LAND
THOSE GARDENS OF YESTERDAY
I'LL LISTEN EVER SO CLOSELY
FOR LOVE'S SWEET MELODIOUS REFRAIN
AND THANK THE GOD OF HEAVEN

AGAIN, AND AGAIN AND AGAIN___________Joy

TRUTH'S COVENANT SONG

Angel of darkness? Angel of light?
Who speaks from the shadows___out of sight.
Words of judgement, filled with zeal,
lacking knowledge of Christ whose real.
You say,
"Don't listen to men___but listen to me."
A double tongue__it seems to me.
Come from the shadows, into the Light
then shall your words, be filled with might.
Join with the chorus, God's angels sing
Offer your heart, before the Great King
Walk with your brethren, whom ever they be,
Walk with His Spirit, so you might see,
He is our fellowship, along the Way
We hear His voice, we hear Him say,
"Love one another, be at peace
I will reveal the Imposter's fleece.
I Am the Shepherd, I show the Way
My Word is Truth, in spite what men say
Those who are mine, hear my voice
Those who are mine, will make a choice
Cease "Now" your rankling, cease from your rank
I know the heart in it's chosen flank
The whys and the wherefores, are up to Me
I give the increase to seed, do you see?
My Word, like the wind, it comes and goes,
The Word of my Spirit, to spirit it knows
I have been waiting, for you to lay down,
the sword of "your spirit"
a strange, familiar sound
Listen, oh listen, and hear what I say
This is the dawning of Light's New Day
Herald the message, loud and strong
The WORD and the SPIRIT,
Truth's Covenant Song. _jOy_

FAITH IN HIS DISCERNIBLE WORD

There seems to be so many voices without and within that give challenge to our faith in Christ. Heavy of the word FAITH___
We know that the scriptures tell us that Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

I believe that there is a faith that is of the mind and will of man. It is self centered, blind and deaf to the Way, Truth and Life of Christ. It is at enmity with the Word of God, and if it were possible, the very elect would be deceived by its subtle and yet toxic proximity to the Truth, it is a surrogate mother's child.

I fear, lest I touch God's anointed, or presume to know the heart or mind of any man. But I fear too, those who proclaim to speak in His name and turn the hearts of God's people who have itching ears, and follow after the pied-piper of false prophecy and man made doctrines.
We must turn our hearts and minds to the Living and sure WORD. We must learn to hear with the spiritual ear of the new creation man. To be sensitive to his still small voice, and follow no other, even in the face of ridicule and hostility. Though men grind their teeth in rejection of a still and waiting spirit, one who is a rest in the Lord, and His ability to lead and guide the simplest and weakest of vessels in the work of Faith,___let them grind on, for it is written, "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."
It is a Word that is discernible to the heart, mind and spirit of every believer that waits in still repose to hear the Holy Spirit reveal Christ and His will in us.
Can we get out of range, out of hearing distance, of the Word of God?___I fear so, therefore beloved of Christ, in all earnest proceed to seek Him out__The Way, the Truth and the Life.____jOy

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
YOUR GENTLE SMILE
YOUR EYES THAT SPEAK,
"FEAR NOT MY CHILD"
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT GLORY SHINES AS GRACE
AS MAJESTY, UPON YOUR FACE
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
LORD, IS IT TRUE
THE IMAGE MY HEART KNOWS OF YOU?
YOUR LOVE, YOUR TENDER WARM EMBRACE
NO GRAVEN IMAGE, I WILL TRACE
BUT AS THE SUN IN GOLDEN SHIELD
STANDS BRIGHT UPON THE HARVEST FIELD
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

IN HUES OF WHITEST GOLD

THE ROBE YOU WEAR
THE ROD YOU HOLD
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
THAT STILL SMALL VOICE
THAT CALLS MY NAME
"COME, NOW, MY CHILD
WITHIN THE FLAME
AND SEE THE ONE YOU CALL BY NAME
JESUS, JESUS LORD TO THEE
HOLY SPIRIT REVEALING ME"
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE__________jOY

I WOULD BE WHOLLY THINE

Lord, hear the sound of my voice.
It is the sound of repentance escaped from my heart.
Let the heavens take witness of my apathy, my sin, my shame.
Please, my Lord, let my words come from my spirit and be of truth before you.
Do what you will to bring me into the knowledge of your interceding heart. To understand the urgency of the hour, and how to pray in your Spirit's power and might.
Forgive my apathy Lord.
Forgive my unbelief.
Forgive my disobedience.

I would be wholly Thine.

I CANNOT HOLD IT BACK !

"EYE HAS NOT SEEN, NOR THE EAR HEARD, NOR HAS IT ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." I CORINTHIANS 2:9
"LORD SHOW US YOUR GLORY!" HAVE YOU EVER ASKED THAT OF THE LORD? "LORD SHOW ME YOUR GLORY!"
WHEN WE SHOUT GLORY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO US? IS THE GLORY IN THE WORD OR IN THE SPIRIT OF THE WORD? CAN ONE EXIST APART FROM THE OTHER?
THE LORD'S REVELATION IS THAT HIS WORD DEALS WITH US ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT WHICH OPERATE IN A DIFFERENT REALM THAN THE WORD, THOUGH THEY ARE ONE.
IN THESE LAST DAYS, MY BELOVED, CHRIST WOULD HAVE US WEANED FROM THE MILK OF THE WORD AND BEGIN TO EAT THE MEAT OF IT.
THE WRITTEN WORD GUIDES US IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVING. IT GOVERNS OUR MORAL LIVING AND AFFAIRS WITH THE LAWS AND PRECEPTS OF GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS WITH DOCTRINE, AND REPROOF. WE ARE SHOWN THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE TO WALK, AND WHO WE ARE TO WALK WITH ALONG THE WAY.
IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT DRAWS US BY THE WORD INTO THE REALMS OF THE SUPERNATURAL (GOD'S SPIRIT). HE IS INFINITE SPIRIT.
I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF OF HOW I HAVE AND DO HOLD BACK IN WONDER AND SHAMEFUL DISBELIEF AT TIMES. I HAVE HAD MANY EXPERIENCES WHERE THE CLERGY AND WELL MEANING FRIENDS HAVE MADE ME AFRAID THAT I WAS HEARING OR EXPERIENCING FAMILIAR SPIRITS THAT WERE COUNTERFEITING THE VOICE OF GOD, AND THAT I WAS BEING DRAWN INTO WITCHCRAFT.___THAT FEAR HAS COME TO PROCEEDED ALL THAT I SAY OR DO. IN THAT ONE THING I FEAR GOD THE MOST___TO PRESUME TO SPEAK FOR HIM, OR TO TEACH ANY MAN ANYTHING.
I THINK OF THE TIMES THE LORD HAS INVITED ME TO MOVE OUT INTO THE DIMENSIONS OF THE INFINITE BY FAITH, AND I WOULD NOT, BECAUSE OF FEAR.
YET DOES MY HEART OF HEARTS CRY OUT, "SHOW ME YOUR GLORY LORD."
I'VE STOOD ON TIP TOES BANGING ON THE DOOR, I PUUUUUUUUSHED FOR IT TO OPEN___"JESUS! JESUS!___IT'S ME, JOY, OPEN THE DOOR!"
WHAT HAS AND BECOMES SO OBSCURE, BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF___ IS THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING.
HIS SPIRIT WHICH GIVES US LIBERTY TO MOVE OUT AND INTO HIS MEASURELESS REALMS OF GLORY, IS COME, MY BELOVEDS.
MORE THAN EVER IN MY LIFE, I HAVE COME TO THE QUESTION, "HAVE I TRULY KNOWN HIM?"
ALL OF WHAT I AM IS MOSTLY OF WHAT I HAVE READ, (HEAD KNOWLEDGE). OR WHAT I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT, AND MY LIMITED COMPREHENSION HAS RECEIVED AS TRUTH. BUT THIS I KNOW, THE BEST OF HUMAN SOURCES CANNOT REVEAL CHRIST. THEY ARE ONLY A MEANS OF KEEPING THE DEAD FLESH ALIVE, UNTIL SPIRIT COMES.
I HAVE BEEN PREGNANT WITH THE WORD, AND FEEL THE PAINS OF BIRTHING IN ME. I CANNOT HOLD IT BACK.
WHAT HAS DRIVEN THE CLOUDS OF DOUBT AND UNBELIEF AWAY? WHAT HAS CALMED THE STORMS OF FEAR AND SELF-CONDEMNATION? WHAT HAS CALLED FAITH TO RISE IN ME AND GIVEN ME THE CONFIDENCE OF WHO I AM?
IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT COMES TO TAKE SANCTUARY IN OUR HEARTS. IT IS HIS FAITH THAT RISES IN US SO THAT WE CAN SEE HIS CONSUMING FIRE UPON THE ALTER OF OUR HEART, AS WE CONFESS, "MY LORD, AND MY GOD."
IT IS DEATH TO THE FLESH MAN, THAT HAS CLUNG TO IT'S OWN WILL AND WAY, HIS OWN UNDERSTANDING. THERE CAN BE NO RESURRECTION, NO CONCILIATION, NO TRANSITION INTO THE NEW LIFE, WITHOUT SUCH A DEATH.
IT IS A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION! AND OUT OF THE MOUTH SHALL PROCEED, "GLORY! GLORY! GLORY!"
FOR THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT, IS THE MIND OF CHRIST. AS WE COME TO WALK IN HIS SPIRIT AND TALK TO HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, AS WE COMMUNE WITH HIM BOLDLY IN THE GENTLENESS OF HIS SPIRIT___WE WILL COME TO KNOW HIM, AND IN THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION.___WE LEAVE BEHIND ALL THE ARTIFICIAL TRAPPINGS OF INTELLECTUALISM AND RELIGIOUS ZEAL___
THERE IS JOY AND PEACE AND FREEDOM IN CHRIST. AND IN THE TOUGHEST OF TIMES, HE STICKS CLOSER THAN OUR BREATH. HE IS OUR BREATH.
I MAY READ, OR EVEN SPEAK GOD'S WORD___BUT HIS WORD SPOKEN BY HIS SPIRIT IS THE EXCELLENT, THE MORE GLORIOUS WAY.
"I AM HIS, AND HE IS MINE. BECAUSE OF GRACE."
I CANNOT HOLD IT BACK!

AMAZING GRACE

WHAT WAS IT THAT DROVE ME TO WONDER AND SWERVE
WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE ME TO SHUN MORTAL CURVE
THE WAY ALWAYS SEEMED STRAIGHT AND NARROW TO ME
ALWAYS LED WHERE "THE VOICE",
I HEARD CALLING TO ME
JUST OUT OF SIGHT, YET I SAW JUST THE SAME
WITH MY HEART, I KNEW SOMETHING_
THIS VOICE HAD A NAME

I DO NOT REMEMBER A MOTHER'S EMBRACE
I ONLY REMEMBER HER SORROWED FACE
FROM YEAR TO YEAR, FROM DAY TO DAY
IT PRESSED ME TO SEARCH FOR A BETTER WAY
A WAY TO LOVE MOTHER, A WAY TO LOVE DAD
A WAY THAT WOULD HELP THEM TO NOT BE SO SAD

IN THE BEGINNING, THROUGH SERMON AND SONG
I HEARD OF A NAME, THAT I KNEW ALL ALONG
NOT JUST FAMILIAR, BUT KNOWING, I KNEW
THIS MAN THEY CALLED JESUS, IT HAD TO BE TRUE
WHEN I CALLED HIS NAME, HE REPLIED, "HERE I AM"
IN THAT SAME STILL SMALL VOICE SAYING,
"I HAVE A PLAN"

"FROM THE BEGINNING, BEFORE YOU WERE BORN
I KNEW OF THE WAY YOUR FLESH WOULD BE TORN
FLESH AND BLOOD WOULD SEEM TO BE CRUEL
BUT THERE WERE DARK FORCES
YOU MUST LEARN TO RULE

NOT BY YOUR MIGHT, NOR BY YOUR POWER
I SENT MY SPIRIT TO SAVE IN THE HOUR
THAT YOU WERE FOUND SEARCHING
FOR TRUTH IN THE WAY
AND OBEYED MY VOICE, IN ALL I DID SAY.

THOSE WEARING ROBES OF VANITIES PRIDE
DID STRIKE THE HEART BLOW ON EVERY SIDE
I KNOW HOW YOU'VE SUFFERED
YOU MUST NOT REGRET
FOR IN LIFE'S SURE ENDING
YOUR FATE IS NOT SET
EXCEPT IN MY WORKINGS
MY WILL AND MY WAY
IN THIS YOU ARE SEALED
BY MY SPIRIT THIS DAY

YOUR JOURNEY'S NOT OVER
NOR ER SHALL IT BE
FOR ON THROUGH THE IONS
YOU'LL WALK CLOSE TO ME

THERE SURELY ARE THOSE
YOU WILL OFFER YOUR HAND
SOUL'S SEARCHING LIKE YOU DID
THROUGH SIFTING SAND

BUT THEY SHALL FIND MERCY
AND THEY SHALL FIND GRACE
THE KIND YOUR MOTHER FOUND
CHANGED HER DEAR FACE

THERE WAS NO MORE SORROW
THERE WAS NO MORE PAIN
SHE TOO, HEARD MY VOICE
AND WAS NEVER THE SAME

YOU'VE SEEN THE WORK
AND YOU'VE TASTED THE TEARS
YOU'VE WAITED LONG
OVER LONG WEARY YEARS

AMAZING GRACE HAS SET YOU FREE
AMAZING GRACE, YOUR WALK WITH ME
AMAZING GRACE, HAS BID YOU COME
TILL ALL MY WILL AND WAY IS DONE.

FULL ATTENTION

LORD, I KNOW THIS IS A STRANGE WAY TO THINK___I KNOW HOW I FEEL WHEN YOUR PRESENCE IS NEAR, AND THERE IS NO MISTAKING THAT YOU ARE THERE. I'M USUALLY SPEECHLESS AND CAN DO NOTHING BUT GIVE YOU PRAISE, FOR LACK OF WORDS.

YOU REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING TODAY, OUR FAMILIES TRIP TO THE GRAND CANYON A FEW YEARS BACK. PARKING THE CAR, I GOT OUT AND HEADED FOR THE GIFT SHOP. ALL OF A SUDDEN A SMALL DEER CAME UP BESIDE ME, CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRUSH MY HAND SWINGING AT MY SIDE. IT TOOK EVERYTHING I HAD TO KEEP FROM SQUEALING IN DELIGHT. I PRAYED THAT IT WOULD STAY WITH ME AND NOT RUN AWAY.

THEN TODAY I CAME UPON THIS PICTURE. IT'S THE WAY IT HAS STOPPED WITH FULL ATTENTION UPON WHATEVER OR WHOM-EVER IT SEES. "FULL ATTENTION"
LORD, THERE'S REALLY NO COMPARISON, BUT BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, THE DEER TO A HUMAN WILL DO.
THERE'S A CERTAIN CAUTION BETWEEN THE TWO. WE DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE, WE ARE FROM DIFFERENT KINGDOMS, AND YET THERE IS A RESPECTFUL CURIOSITY BETWEEN THE TWO.
LORD, DON'T LEAVE, LET ME HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, FELLOWSHIP WITH ME LORD. I CAN'T HELP IT IF I LET OUT A LITTLE SQUEAL OF JOY AND EXCITEMENT, WHEN YOU ARE SO NEAR. I WILL STAND STILL, JUST THE TWO OF US HERE ON THE PATH. A CHANCE MEETING? NO, QUITE THE OPPOSITE__YOU HAVE COME TO RAVISH MY HEART WITH THE BEAUTY OF YOUR PRESENCE.
I LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN I WILL HAVE A SENSE OF YOUR JOY, YOUR PLEASURE AS I BRUSH YOUR HAND.
SILLY ME, THE THINGS I THINK, SOME OF THE THINGS I SEE.

A STONE IN THE HEART

THIS MORNING AS I WAS TAKING MY MORNING WALK...THE LORD, IN HIS USUAL WAY, HAS TO GET THROUGH TO ME BY COMPARING SOMETHING IN THE NATURAL TO THE SPIRITUAL.
I HAD A SMALL PEBBLE IN MY SHOE THAT WAS MAKING IT VERY PAINFUL TO WALK. I STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES TO TAP MY FOOT, TRYING TO SHAKE IT DOWN OUT OF THE WAY, UNTIL I COULD GET HOME AND DISPOSE OF IT.
BECAUSE I WAS WALKING THE DOG, AND THERE WASN'T ANYWHERE THAT I COULD STOP AND REMOVE MY SHOE, (AT LEAST THAT WAS MY EXCUSE) I CONTINUED ON TRYING TO IGNORE THE OBVIOUS IRRITATION.
I'VE BEEN ASKING THE LORD TO GIVE ME HIS INTERCEDING HEART...WHEN YOU ARE NEARLY SHUT AWAY WITH HIM...AND NOT OUT IN THE WORLD, YOU FEEL YOU ARE NOT IN TOUCH WITH IT'S PAIN AS YOU COULD BE...AND GOD FORGIVE ME...YOU GET INSENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.
THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS KEEPING ME FROM RECEIVING AN ANSWER TO THIS PRAYER...
THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT HOLY SPIRIT REVEALED IN MY MIND CONCERNING THIS...
"JOY...LISTEN! YOU PREPARED FOR THIS WALK, BY PUTTING ON YOUR SHOES...YOU DID NOT LOOK INSIDE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT COULD HINDER YOUR WALK. THE SMALLEST STONE CAN HINDER YOUR WALK WITH ME. LOOK INSIDE! LOOK INSIDE!
YES, I SAID THAT YOU COULD COME BOLDLY BEFORE MY THRONE...IN THIS I WILL COMMAND YOU TO REMOVE YOUR SHOES, FOR YOU WILL WALK ON HOLY GROUND...EVEN SO...TO WALK WITH ME, TO INTERCEDE WITH ME...YOU MUST LOOK FOR AND REMOVE THE STONES THAT MAY BE HIDING IN YOUR HEART.
YOU HAVE IGNORED THE STONE IN YOUR HEART, THINKING TO REMOVE IT LATER...
REMOVE IT NOW!....REMOVE IT NOW....STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND REMOVE IT NOW!
THEN COME AND FEEL THE PAIN OF A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART...THAT WHICH IS MY OWN HEART THAT INTERCEDES IN YOUR BEHALF...AND THAT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD...
　

BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED ME

Jesus asked Peter for the third time, "Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because He asked for the third time, " do you love Me Peter?" And he said unto Him, "Lord, you know all things, You know that I love you. Jesus said unto Him,
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For all of my Christian life, and in all of my ways, this has been the one question that has caused me to follow on after Him. He knows that I love Him, because He first loved me. His love is the only love that has been patient enough, merciful enough, and unconditional in its eternal scope, to bring me thus far in my walk with Him. It is through His heart and His eyes, that I see a man, woman or child needing this same love. This same peace, that the world cannot give. When I saw this picture today, and looked into his eyes, I was reminded of the countless beings upon this earth who struggle to find some measure of understanding as to who they are, why they are, and what's it all about. Their burdens and cares are in more ways than one, beating them down into the dust from whence they came.
There's so much more I could say here, but I'm not going to. It all comes down to Love. We spend a life time looking for it in all the wrong places. In the end, there's only one person who has laid claim to all that we desire, and that is God's Son Jesus Christ___
We desire Faith, faith in ourselves, in others and in someone that will deliver us from this eternal round of corruption. We desire Hope, hope for the future, our own future, our families future, our communities, our nation and the world at large. A hope that extends beyond the grave. Most of all we desire Love, love that is true, and will not forsake, love that can be trusted, and keeps its word. Love that conquers death and never dies.
When you look into someones eyes and their spirit is broken, they have lost faith, they have lost hope, and love seems eternally lost to them___When they struggle to believe there is an answer and the answer does not come___
Oh what fertile soil, what tender heart remains
Quick plant the seeds of Love
To see them grow, and bloom to fruit
They'll taste, they;ll eat, they'll know
That suddenly they're satisfied
as the world grows strangely dim
in the Light of God's wondrous glory
their life has been found in Him.
Springs of Living Water
well up from deep inside
they burst the walls of sin and doubt
from where they use to hide.
Their eyes that once where blinded
their heart that once knew fear
now beats in deep emotion
as a voice inside they hear
"Come, though your heart be broken
come though you may not see
come in faith believing
That the Love that you seek is Me
Trust Me with your tomorrows
trust Me with with every care
For I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life
Your burdens I've come to bear
The Voice you hear, has called your name
that Voice saying, "Peace be still"
That Voice that you've heard in a thousand ways
but you silenced with your will.
Come now, while your heart is tender
seek and you will find
All the answers to your questions
and peace to still your mind."
Just call out my name in faith believing
Jesus !"Feed my sheep. Follow me." St John 21:17

BY THE MEASURE OF HIS HAND

Have you ever measured the size of your feet with someone else, or the size of your hand against another's? Vanity will do that, but that's not what I'm talking about.
Sometimes when we want to do things we see the Lord doing, we measure our feet against His, or we measure our hand against His, and have to admit that we haven't grown into His shoes, or can handle what only His hand can control.

Actually, for me, it's more the other way around. I may take off bare footed to do something I'm sure the Lord would have me do. But I don't get far before I run head long into His nail scared feet. I'm also guilty of putting my hands into His workmanship thinking, "surely He needs my help," and then His nail scared hand appears next to mine so that I can see the Measure of it, to remind me who's doing the work.

Sometimes, like tonight, I want so badly to share with you of His immeasurable love, but only He can reveal it to your heart and mind. There's nothing that I can say that will convey His Love in a way that will penetrate the heart like His Holy Spirit can.
So when we walk, talk, or handle the things of God's Spirit Word, it is vitally important to be equipped, ready and fully prepared, to do His bidding. To come and to go, to speak and be silent, to lay our hands to the tasks He assigns us. Any zeal without knowledge, any works without faith, any mission without a calling, has not measured God's hand to the task first.
He is the power and the might of our calling. He is the Spirit Word that speaks Life and Light, Strength and witness to the One being revealed as the source of the message, the source of the work. This I know___by the measure of His Hand.

FILL THE SANCTUARY OF MY HEART WITH PRAISE.

LORD, FILL THE SANCTUARY OF MY HEART WITH PRAISE, RESTORE THE JOY OF MY SALVATION, THE FELLOWSHIP OF YOUR SPIRIT.
I AM AS DEFENSELESS AS AN INFANT LORD. HEMMED IN ON EVERY SIDE. MY EVERY THOUGHT IS CHALLENGED AS TO WHETHER IT IS TRUTH. YOU ARE NOT CONFUSION, YOU ARE PEACE AND JOY AND THE SOUNDNESS OF MY MIND. THEREFORE AM I DEPENDENT UPON YOUR LOVING CARE, COME AND HOLD ME IN THE HOLLOW OF YOUR HANDS.
THE ENEMY HAS COME IN AS A FLOOD UPON ME, LIKE A ROARING SEA ABOUT TO SWALLOW ME UP. ONLY THE BIRDS SEEM TO BE FAITHFUL IN THEIR SONGS OF PRAISE ABOUT ME, AND THE CLAPPING OF THE LEAVES IN THE TREES ALSO GIVE YOU PRAISE, ELSE I WOULD LOSE HEART.
I CHOOSE TO GIVE YOU A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE LORD. COME AND PLAY THE HEARTSTRINGS OF MY HEART, AND I WILL NOT BE MOVED. THOUGH MY HEART SEEMS TO CONDEMN ME, YET DO YOU REMAIN FAITHFUL, I KNOW YOU WILL NOT FORSAKE ME, FOR I AM IN YOU, AND YOU WILL NOT DENY YOURSELF. I REST IN THE PROMISES OF YOUR WORD.
IT IS WRITTEN; "YOU WILL KEEP ME IN YOUR PERFECT PEACE, AS I STAY MY MIND UPON YOU." I REBUKE THE ENEMY OF MY SOUL, AND TURN TO YOU MY LORD. I CONFESS WITH MY MOUTH THAT YOU ARE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. YOU ARE MY SONG, AND MY SALVATION. MY CONSTANT FRIEND, MY LORD AND KING OF THE KINGDOM OF MY HEART.
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"FOR THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DEPART, AND THE HILLS BE REMOVED, BUT MY LOVING KINDNESS SHALL NOT DEPART FROM YOU___NEITHER SHALL THE COVENANT OF MY PEACE BE REMOVED," SAITH THE LORD THAT HAS MERCY ON YOU.

I SEE AND KNOW HOW CONFOUNDED YOU ARE. TOSSED ABOUT WITH DOUBT AND FEAR.___YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO BE COMFORTED, BY YOUR OWN EFFORTS TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE ALONE, WITH YOUR OWN REASONING AND KNOWLEDGE.
I KNOW THE ENEMY, YOU MUST RELEASE HIM TO ME. AS YOU ARE IN ME, BEHOLD! THE BATTLE IS MINE. STAND STILL. BE STILL, AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD."
LISTEN TO ME___FOR THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON, IT IS SETTLED, THE ENEMY HAS NOT ACCEPTED HIS DEFEAT, WILL YOU CLAIM IT AS YOUR OWN?
I GIVE YOU COUNCIL___I WILL ESTABLISH YOU AND INSTRUCT YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS IF YOU WILL COMMIT THEM TO ME INSTEAD OF TO ANOTHER. I WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH, AND ORDAIN THE WORK I HAVE PURPOSED FOR YOU. IS IT NOT TO LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL AND MIGHT?
YOU HAVE CHOSEN ME AS YOUR GOD. WHO IS IT THAT TEMPTS YOU TO CONFESS OTHERWISE?
I WILL OPEN DOORS BEFORE YOU, I PREPARE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE ME AND MY SPIRIT WORD. I HAVE SET THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR LIFE, AND I WILL SET YOU AS A LIGHT UPON A HILL.
THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT I GIVE TO YOU THIS DAY___YOUR CHILDREN SHALL BE TAUGHT OF ME AND THEY SHALL BE FILLED WITH PEACE. I WILL ESTABLISH YOU IN MY RIGHTEOUSNESS AND YOU SHALL BE FAR FROM OPPRESSION. YOU SHALL NOT FEAR THE TERRORS OF DARKNESS THAT COME AGAINST YOUR SOUL. REMEMBER THIS WHEN OTHERS COME TOGETHER TO HARM YOU AND DISTURB YOUR PEACE.
FOR IT IS NOT I THAT CAUSE SUCH CONFUSION___I TELL YOU THIS NOW SO YOU CAN STAND FIRM AND UNAFRAID___THEY SHALL FALL AT YOUR SIDE FOR MY NAMES SAKE.
EVEN THE EVIL ONE IS MY INSTRUMENT WHICH I USE TO DESTROY. SO EVERY TONGUE THAT COMES AGAINST YOU, WILL I DESTROY, FOR YOU SHALL SPEAK MY WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE WHICH WILL CONDEMN THEM.
THIS IS YOUR INHERITANCE MY BELOVED; YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS OF ME."
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THANK YOU LORD, BLESSED IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GIVES COUNCIL AND WISDOM AND COMFORT. NOW I WILL LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, IN THE REST OF YOUR SPIRIT LORD. IN THE REST OF YOUR FAITH. ISAIAH 54: 19-17