HEIGHT

I desire as Paul did that all My beloved would come to comprehend the width, length, depth and height of My love. I desire for you to discover something new about My love daily.

The height of My love is My grace.  My grace is always pouring down on you.  The only thing that will block My grace from flowing in your life is pride.  I resist the proud and give grace to the humble.  

Whenever you put up the umbrella of pride, the grace and the showers of blessings I want to send you will be blocked.  Daily humble yourself before Me.  I know you do this daily when I hear you say out loud, "Lord Jesus, without you I can do nothing, but with you all things are possible."  Also humble yourself daily by casting every care upon Me.

JAMES 4:6; JOHN 15:5; 1 PETER 5:6-7

DEPTH

Paul prayed that all My beloved would be able to comprehend the width, length, depth, and height of My love.  Even though My love for you cannot be measured, Paul desired for you to learn more and more and experience more and more of My love daily.

The depth of My love represents My forgiveness.  I gave myself as the perfect sacrifice to forgive you of all of  your sins (past, present, and future). On that fateful day, I exchanged the dirty rags of your sin for My clean righteousness.

When you confess your sins, I drop those sins into the depth of the ocean of My forgiveness and I put up a sign that says "NO FISHING."  Do not allow My enemy to condemn you for past sins. You have been made righteous through My shed blood.

ROMANS 3:23-25

LENGTH

My servant Paul prayed that My beloved would comprehend the length of My love.  The length of My love represents My mercy.  My mercy extends to every generation. Paul was able to endure what he did and still persevere with My gospel because he knew I was a merciful God.

Some people ask the question, "If God is merciful, then why does He allow such suffering in the world?"  When Adam and Eve sinned, they opened the door for My enemy, Satan, to release his demonic hoards on the world.

I knew the way Adam and Eve would choose, and this is why even before the foundation of this world, My Father's plan was to send Me into the world to take back what Satan has stolen in this world.  It was My Father's mercy that caused Him to give Me as the perfect sacrifice to redeem the world. Give praise to Me today for truly I will unveil My mercy to you day by day.

PSALM 52:8, 59:17, 118:1; REVELATION 13:8; JOHN 3:16

WIDTH

Yesterday I shared Paul's prayer for My beloved to know the breadth (width), and length, and depth and height of My love. My love is wide enough to embrace the whole world.  Yes, I died to forgive the sins of the whole world.

Sadly, not everyone will believe in Me or receive My love.  One definition of "wide" is extending over a large area."  My love can extend over every area of your life.  My love knows no boundaries.  The strongholds that you may have can be brought down when you receive My love.

Fear is one of the bondages that holds you back from making spiritual progress.  Embrace My love today and allow My perfect love to cast out every fear that you have.

JOHN 3:16; 1 JOHN 4:18

 

INNER

My servant Paul wrote about the "inner man."  What did he mean by this phrase, "inner man."  You are a spirit.  You have a soul, and you live in a body.  Your inner man is your spirit and your soul (mind, will, and emotion).

Paul prayed this prayer: "That I would grant you, according to the riches of My glory, to be strengthened with might by My Spirit in the inner man; That I may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know My love, that passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God (Ephesians 3:16-19 - personalized)."

This is My prayer for you today.  I do want you to be strengthened in your spirit and in your soul by My Holy Spirit.  Ask My Holy Spirit to help you comprehend the breadth, length, depth and height of My love.  I want you to grow in this knowledge, and I want you to receive a fresh anointing  of My love within your inner man daily.

EPHESIANS 3:16-19

CONTRITE

I test the hearts of people, and when I see a contrite heart in a person, I rejoice.  People have a contrite heart when they earnestly repent of their sins. David had a contrite heart.  When he committed adultery and murder, he grieved over that sin and he repented.

David wrote that I was near to those who have broken hearts, and I save those who have a contrite spirit. He also wrote that having a contrite heart  is an acceptable sacrifice to Me.

When you have a contrite spirit, you are always ready to receive criticism.  You are teachable and humble. You are willing to be corrected by My Word. When My Holy Spirit convicts you of a sin, you do not hide it, but instead you bring the sin to light and confess your sin to Me.  Today, allow Me to search your heart just as David did. Allow Me to reveal to you any sin that might be blocking your fellowship with Me.

PSALM 34:18, 51:17; ISAIAH 57:15

BUILDING

Big buildings and big programs in the church mean nothing to Me.  What I am interested in is people who are willing to humble themselves before Me and seek My face. I am building My true church today.

Some people have not come back to their place of worship because they have enjoyed being at home where they can view a streaming service.  The writer of Hebrews wrote to forsake not the assembling of yourselves together especially as the day approaches for My return.

Why should you not forsake assembling with My body on Earth?  The reason is that you are not able to experience the reality of My presence as you worship with others.  When you worship together in your congregation, I am singing to My Father with you.  The writer of Hebrews also said that "I will declare Your name to My brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise to You (Hebrews 2:12." Do not miss your chance to sing and worship with Me at your next service.

HEBREWS 10:25, 2:12

CONTENT

My servant Paul was content no matter what his circumstances were.  He said, "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.  

Paul revealed His secret to contentment when he said, "I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens Me (Philippians 4:13).

I want you to always know that whatever you are going through, I can strengthen you to go through it.  Be content in that knowledge and this will help you to face every trying circumstance.

PHILIPPIANS 4:11-13

SMELL

My Father in heaven love the sweet fragrance of your prayers as they enter our throne room.  As you read your Bible, you will discover that the burnt offerings of various animals provided a welcome smell to My Father.

There are no more burnt offerings presented to My Father because I was the perfect sacrifice that was acceptable to My Father to enable mankind to receive forgiveness of their sins (past, present, and future).

When you offer your prayers, praise and worship to Me, a sweet fragrance invades our throne room in heaven.  The daily offering of your body to Me provides also a sweet fragrance for My Father and Me to enjoy. We look forward to your offerings and sacrifices every day.

ROMANS 12:1; REVELATION 8:4

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photographs bring back so many happy memories.  When a person comes to be with Me for all eternity, you especially love to look at photographs of that person.   As you review those pictures, you can almost relive the times those pictures were taken.

There was no photography when I walked on earth.  Many have tried to paint pictures of Me and movies have portrayed Me.  However, you will not know exactly how I look until you see Me face to face.  This makes you question why My Word exhorts you often to seek My face.

You seek My face when you draw near to Me as you pray and read My Word.  You can imagine how I looked in the many scenes recorded in the gospels.  You can feel My presence with you even through you cannot see Me.  Always know, however, that I am daily face to face with you.  I will never turn My back on you.

PSALM 27:8

EXCELLENT

It is always an encouragement to receive an excellent grade in school or to be called an excellent worker, writer, or parent.  When you hear such words, you are usually elated, and the exhortation that you are excellent in your various endeavors spurs you on to even be more excellent.

My body on earth needs to recognize how I view them.  When they get that revelation, My prayer is that they will be spurred to even be more excellent as My ambassadors for My kingdom on Earth.

The psalmist wrote My view of the saints on earth when he wrote, "O my soul,  you have said to the LORD, You are my LORD: my goodness extends not to you; But  to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent, in whom is all My delight." Remember always that you are My delight and My glory.

PSALM 16:2-3, 8:1-5

PROPHETS

My adversary has always attempted to kill the prophets.  So many prophets have been killed including the first prophet Abel who was killed by his brother Cain. My adversary hates true prophets who speak the words I give them.

Abel was the first prophet because by faith he offered My Father the appropriate sacrifice that included shed blood. He knew that My Father required blood to be shed for there to be an atonement for sin.

Abel's blood cried out from the ground and today the blood of those babies who have been aborted are still crying out.  Many of those aborted were called to be prophets in these last days. Pray that the curse of abortion is removed from your land once and for all.

GENESIS 4:2-9  

CONTINUANCE

I was encouraged to write this blog after I attended church today.  When I left the church and was waiting in the car for my family to take me home, I finally had some quality time to be with the Lord privately. I had been traveling for two weeks, so it was hard to carve out those times with the Lord.

As I was praying in the car, I heard these words spoken to my spirit. "I know how you love to joke about how long it takes for your family to finally get out of the church because they love to  talk and fellowship with others.

I want you to know that I love it when you continue in My Word and continue in prayer.  I love to fellowship with you daily." When I went home I looked up the word, "continuance." This word means to  keep going on and on for a long duration of time. Conversations with others is important, but aren't you glad that we can continue our conversations with Jesus our Lord for all eternity?

JOHN 8:31-32

 

OPPRESSION

Some days seem to have a heavy oppression in the atmosphere, and you feel weak.  Many times it is just the weather that causes that feeling.  On such days, I want you to put on the garment of praise to lift the heaviness away.

You have the choice daily to praise Me no matter what you feel. I want you to be alert about My enemy's tactics.  If he can get you on the feeling level in your soul, he can pull you down even further.

Paul exhorted the Philippian church to rejoice always,  This takes an act of your will.  Be determined on the days when you just do not want to get out of bed to ask My Spirit to give you a song to sing.  Wait a few minutes, and you will hear a song rise up from your Spirit.  Remember My promise is that I have delivered you far from oppression,  

PHILIPPIANS 4;4; ISAIAH 54:14, 61:3

PRESENT

The word "present" can be used as a verb or as a noun.  I want you to always know that I am present with you even though sometimes you do not feel My presence with you. I do desire that you would always be aware of My presence with you.

Daily I want to speak to you and present My love to you in such a way that will cause you never to doubt My love,

I also want to present My written Word to you in such a way that My Word can penetrate your soul and cause your mind to be renewed, your emotions to be anchored in My hope, and your will to be moved to obey Me. Ask My Holy Spirit today to help you to be aware of My presence and to awaken your soul to receive all that I have to present to you.

ROMANS 12:1-2 

FAMILY

 I am a family God.  Relationships are very important to Me.  In these last days My enemy is trying to divide families.  I said that there would be a time when there would be division in families, but the good news is that the spirit of Elijah is now present to draw the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to their fathers.

The spirit of Elijah is preparing people for My return just as My cousin John had that spirit and he prepared the way for My first appearance.

Pray for those you know who have not yet received Me as their Lord and Savior.  Pray that My Holy Spirit will draw them first to know Me and then they will be able to know My Father and understand that My Father loves them with the same love that He has for Me.

MALACHI 4:5-6

 

TREES

 I have called you trees of righteousness and you are my planting.  As I intercede for you daily, I pray that you will be fruitful. I do not want you to struggle to produce fruit.  Instead I want you to yield yourself daily to My Holy Spirit Who will help you be fruitful.

The fruit of My Spirit is love.  My love is expressed through you when you are joyful, at peace, kind, gentle, self-controlled, patient, faithful and good.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Today give the members of your body to Me so that they can be used as instruments of righteousness.                                                                                                                                                                                     ISAIAH 61:3

ASHAMED

Shame came into the world when Adam and Eve sinned.  Before that time, they were not ashamed of  their bodies. The moment they sinned, they discovered that they were naked, and they were afraid and hid from My Father.

Shame will always cause you to hide from Me.  The good news is that when I gave My life on the cross as a perfect sacrifice, I bore your shame.  Once you have accepted Me as your Lord and Savior, shame should never be in your life.

Paul wrote these words, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16)."  Paul was able to write this  because his hope was in Me, not in his own works of righteousness. That hope never will cause shame to be in your life, because you know without a doubt that My love has been poured into your heart by the Holy Spirit.

GENESIS 2:25, ISAIAH 54:4; ROMANS 1:16, 5:5

FREEDOM

 I told the Jews who believed on Me that "If you continue in My Word, then are you My disciples indeed; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:31-32)." The truths in My Word are able to set people who have been in bondage free.

During this season when your nation is celebrating their freedom as a nation, remember that your freedom was purchased by men an women who shed their blood and died to guarantee the freedom you have as a nation. 

I also want you to remember the freedom from the bondage of sin that I purchased with My own shed blood on the cross for you. Pray for all those who have not believed in Me, and who are still in bondage to sin.

J0HN 8:31-32

SERVICE

Your reasonable act of service is to daily offer your body up to Me as a living sacrifice and the members of your body to be used as instruments of My righteousness, peace, joy, and love.  

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service (Romans 12:1)." Paul wrote these words because he understood why he was created and what his mission in life was.

Paul knew that I knit the members of his body together while he was in his mother's womb.  Paul felt that it was only reasonable for him to offer his body daily to Me to be used in My service since I formed him..  He also knew that his purpose in life was to glorify Me while he was on Earth. Today and every day offer your body to Me.

ROMANS 12:1: PSALM 139 

SATURATE

 

One of the definitions of the word, "saturate," is to be completely filled or charged and treated.  My longing is for My beloved on earth to be completely filled and charged by My Holy Spirit.  The only way that this can happen is that people take time to receive the water of My Word.

Paul exhorted husbands "to love their wives even, as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present it (the church) to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."

My Word is like a mirror that can reveal those things that need to be sanctified and cleansed in you.  David asked Me to search his heart and to try him, and know his thoughts.  Look into the mirror of My Word and ask Me to reveal those things that need to be totally surrendered to Me.

EPHESIANS 5:25-26; PSALM 139:23