SHELTER

There are many all over the world who are seeking shelter from the dark storm that seems to be invading the world.  I am that shelter.

When things in the world seem to be the darkest, I am still the Light of the world Who can shelter you under My wings.  Trust Me during these times, and know that I can supernaturally shelter you and give you great peace in the midst of the storm.

As you remain in My peace that is beyond your human understanding, you will be able to clearly hear My voice within you.  Do not listen to the storm that rages in the news.  Do not be anxious or fearful. Instead, pray with thanksgiving and I will always mount guard over your heart and your mind in these troubled times.

PSALM 91:4; PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7

AWE

There are so many blessings promised to those who fear Me.  You fear Me when you stand in awe of Me with an obedient heart. True worship is not singing worship and praise songs to Me.  True worship is doing My will.

What is missing in your nation now is the fear of Me.  People are fearful of many things especially after the pandemic that swept the world suddenly.  However, those who truly fear Me, will not live in fear because they know that I have not given them a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.

I want you to stand in awe of Me with a heart that seeks to obey Me in this next year.  I want you to teach others to fear Me, and this can only be accomplished as you teach others to read and obey My Word. As you stand for righteousness to be restored in your nation, also stand in awe of Me and fear Me.

PSALM 4:4; 2 TIMOTHY 1:7

GENTLE

When you ask Me daily to give you wisdom, you are also asking Me to enable you to walk in the fruit of My Spirit which is love.  My love is demonstrated by the following fruits of the Spirit: joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

James described what happens when a person receives and operates in the wisdom that comes from above.  That person will be pure, peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of  mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

I know how you desire to demonstrate the fruits of My Spirit every day.  My Holy Spirit will help you do this when you daily ask for My wisdom, and then listen carefully to My Spirit as He leads and guides you to demonstrate My wisdom in your daily walk with Me.

GALATIANS 5:22; JAMES 3:17

EXPECTANT

My disciples thought I would come back very soon after I ascended.  They remained expectant throughout their time on Earth.  Even when John received My revelation, he felt he would still be alive to witness My return.

It was this expectancy that kept My disciples true to My word.  They all fulfilled their assignments before they left the earth.  It is the hope of My return that will keep you moving forward in My Spirit.

Hope is not wishful thinking.  True hope is based on what My Word says.  Hope is the substance of faith, and that substance is My Word.  You can have strong confidence that I will return as you abide in My Word, and this faith based on the substance of My Word will stir you to complete all your assignments on earth.

HEBREWS 11:1

INCARNATE

The definition of the word, "incarnate," is to be made flesh or to take on a human body."  I truly am the Word of God made flesh, and I came to dwell among you so that I could identify with you completely.

I felt physical pain, emotional pain, mental pain, and I was even tempted in all points just as you, but I was without sin. I was willing to take on flesh in order to become your high priest who can make perfect intercession for you.

One time you asked Me what I talked to My Father about as you saw me awake to a new day.  I spoke to your heart that I tell My Father how you are feeling that day. Hebrews 4:15: "For we have not an high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

JOHN 1:14; HEBREWS 4:15

SILENT

 "Silent Night" is one of your favorite carols.  It was not a silent night when I was born.  The shepherds were watching their flocks by night because it was the season for the lambs to be born.  The sounds of little lambs being born could be heard.

The sounds of heaven were heard as the angels announced My birth to the shepherds.  My cries as a newborn babe were joined by the sounds of the various animals that were near where I was born.

As you remember My birth during this season,  I want you to be silent before Me.  Your church choir used to sing a song at the beginning of every service.  They sang: "The Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silent.  Let all the earth keep silent before Him." You are My temple. Take time during this busy season to be silent before Me.

LUKE 2

WRAPPING

I know that wrapping gifts at Christmas is not something you love to do.  It seems to you a waste of time when those wrappings are thrown into the trash on Christmas morning.  The kings from the east who visited Me had no idea that one of the gifts they brought would remain in My home until I was crucified and rose again from the dead.

My mother and another Mary waited until after the Sabbath to come and anoint My body for burial.  They had anointed My body and wrapped it in linen quickly before sundown after My death because another Sabbath was about to begin. 

One of the anointing oils they brought to the tomb on the first day of the week was frankincense. Frankincense is an anointing oil that is forbidden to be placed upon a sin offering because it has a sweet smell.  This fact is found in the Levitical law.  My Father saw to it that I was the perfect sin offering by making sure that I had risen from the dead before frankincense was placed upon Me. You see how detailed My Father is. This is why I want you to never be anxious or fearful. My Father and I will take care of you.

MATTHEW 2:11; LUKE 23:51-56; LEVITICUS 5:11

FOLD

Hope came into the world when I was born as an infant. Hope for mankind was sealed when I died, rose again, and ascended to be with My Father.

I formed the foundation of the world and I formed the heavens.  I formed you when you were in your mother's womb.  I was with you then, and I am not only with you now, but I also live eternally in you.

The day will come when the earth will wax old as does a garment; and as a vesture is folded up, earth shall be changed, but I will remain eternally the same. Paul wrote about the mystery that had been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is revealed in us: "Christ in you, the hope of glory:...." Share this mystery with many.  The world needs to know about this eternal hope.

HEBREWS 1:8-12;  COLOSSIANS 1:26-27

ASCEND

 I want you to set your affections on the things above, not on this earth at this Christmas season.  I want you to always remember that when I died, you died. When I was raised from the dead, you were raised from the dead. When I ascended, you ascended with Me.

You are in Me and I am in you.  This means that your spirit is seated next to Me in the heavenly realm.  Even though many had beloved friends and family members die because of the pandemic, you are not separated from them.  You are eternally with them in the spirit.  

Let your mourning be turned into dancing because your beloved ones are dancing with Me in heaven.  Keep that vision ever before you, and you will be overwhelmed with My hope, joy, love and peace.

COLOSSIANS 3:2-3

GLORY

When the angels appeared to the shepherds, they began their announcement of My birth with this phrase, "Glory to God in the highest."  They were giving glory to God because at last My Father's presence could be manifested more permanently on earth.  

My Father was able to manifest His presence temporarily on Earth though appearing in the cloud and the fire to His children in the wilderness. His glory also appeared from time to time temporarily upon people and in the Tabernacle and the Temple.

I am God in flesh form. During My ministry on Earth I manifested My Father's presence (His glory) in everything I did and said.  This Christmas morning as you open your presents, I want you to remember that you are a precious gift to Me because you now have the treasure of My glory in your earthen vessel.

LUKE 2:14; 1 CORINTHIANS 4:6-7 

FEEDING

Supplying food to the hungry is a part of My mercy.  When I saw the crowds gathered to listen to Me teach for hours, I made sure they were fed. During this season there is much preparation of food.  Some people start making pies and cookies even weeks before Christmas.

You have heard many stories of how I supplied food as an answer to prayer.  However, there are those who are starving to death.  They live in countries where curses are over their lands because of their worship of idols.  Pray for those countries.  They need to hear My good news that I will be able to supply their daily needs.

I also can supply food to those who have a spiritual hunger.  That food is supplied by My Word.  When you abide in My Word, you will never be hungry.  With all the food preparations this Christmas, do not forget to feed yourself the food, (My Word), that will last for an eternity.

BELLS

You will probably hear many bell choirs during this season. When your mother had a moment in heaven after her stroke, the first thing she said was, "I hear bells ringing and the most beautiful music I have ever heard."

Your bell choirs are just a preview of what you will hear when you are in heaven.  When your mother appeared before Me, I was holding her book of life, and I told her that it was not her time.  She returned to be with you for four more blessed years.

While she was still in My presence in heaven, I told her to share with everyone how important prayer is.  Exhort everyone during this busy season to make sure that they take time to pray.

MATTHEW 21:21-22

EVERGREEN

Christmas trees are all evergreen trees.  The fact that they are forever green in every season can symbolize the everlasting and eternal quality of My love for you.  I am an unchanging God. There is no shadow of turning in Me.  I am the same yesterday, today, and forever.

You are living in a world that is forever changing.  It seems that the changes lately in  your culture have not been changes that glorify Me.  Darkness is increasing as people turn away from Me.  This was prophesied in My Word.

Although I never change, I am changing you from glory to glory as you daily surrender yourself to Me. I trust as you review your past year that you will see how you have changed to be more like me.  My Holy Spirit has that assignment to conform you to My image.  Allow Him to have His way in your life.

JAMES 1:17; HEBREWS 13:8; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3; 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18;

CAROLS

This is the season when carols are sung in many churches, and many people go "caroling" from house to house in their neighborhoods.  This year I want you to listen carefully to the words of the carols.  Most all of them tell My story.

Even though people may not believe in Me, most everyone enjoys the hymns and caroling during this season.  Even though I was not born on December 25th, I love to hear people sing the story of My visit to earth in the form of an infant child.

As you sing My story this year, I want you to use the divine imagination that I have given you to envision multitudes of angels and saints singing praises around My throne.  This will help you to remember that you also are seated with Me in the heavenly places, and that you are far above all the chaos in the world.

EPHESIANS 2:4-6, 1:16-23

 

STARS

During this season when many in the world are celebrating My birth, most people remember how a star led the kings from the east to where I was born in Bethlehem. Many do not see how the heavens declare My glory, but the stars you can see from Earth tell My story.

Other names have been given to the star formations such as the formation called "The Big Dipper."  Ask My Holy Spirit to reveal to you what those formations are really portraying.

The heavens do declare My glory and the firmament reveals My handy work.  During this season, I want you to embrace My majesty and the wondrous works I do in the heavens.  When You meditate on My majesty and creative power, your faith will increase, and you will not doubt My ability to perform miracles.

PSALM 19:1; MATTHEW 2:9

PRIORITIES

I know that you go through some days when you keep saying, "Help me Jesus."  I hear your cry.  It seems that this last year that you had many, "Help me Jesus" days.

The whole earth is groaning for My return.  Many think that My return is soon.  Others feel like it is a long time before I will return.  I do not want you to have a rescue mentality.  Instead, I want you to live one day at a time as if it were your last time on Earth.

When you have the view that I could come even today, your life will have the priorities I want you to have.  Those priorities are that you SEEK ME FIRST moment by moment. When you put Me first at the beginning of each day and in each moment of the day, your days will be meaningful, not muddled.

ROMANS 8:22-23; MATTHEW 6:33

INVENTIONS

Inventions are helpful.  However, some inventions can become idols.  Even in the days when David wrote Psalms, he wrote how inventions often become idols.  He wrote: "Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions (Psalm106:39).

I can easily observe that many people in the world have become dependent upon the invention of the modern telephone. I have noticed that eye to eye and face to face communication has become the exception rather than the rule in most families.  

Just as the computer can cause people to become bound with strongholds, the modern telephone can also cause many strongholds in your life.  Be careful about how you spend your time, and be willing to spend more quality time with Me and fellowship with believers as often as possible.

PSALM 106:39

DAYSMAN

Job longed for a daysman (an umpire) to lay his hand on both him, God and others. He longed for an arbiter (someone to judge a dispute).  I am that daysman Who can bring reconciliation between you and others.

I am the reconciler, and I function in that position as you cry out to Me for reconciliation with family members who have separated themselves from you.  

Only I can judge the hearts of men, so I want you to release the hearts of those with whom you need to be reconciled. Release all judgments to Me. Continue to pray for the healing of their hearts, and look forward to the day when reconciliation is complete.

JOB 9:33; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:18

MISTAKES

We did not have schools when I walked on earth.  We learned what we needed to learn at home.  However, many were students of the Torah who spent hours learning both the Torah, the writings, and the prophets.  My servant Paul studied the Holy Scriptures under Gamallel, who taught according to the perfect manner of the law and was zealous toward God.

Most students in your day dread taking tests because they fear that they will make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes not only on tests, but in life tests they are given while they are on Earth.  My disciples were not equipped to understand the truths in My Word until after they were baptized by My Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

Because My Holy Spirit now dwells within you, He is able to bring many things to your remembrance that you have studied.  Ask Him to help you before you take tests in school or even are tested in life's lessons. He will be faithful to help you.

ACTS 22:3; JOHN 14:26

REHEARSE

You will be entering another year soon.  Before this year ends, look back at this year.  Rehearse the times when I blessed, strengthened and comforted you.  Rehearse the times when I encouraged you.

A good way to build your faith is to rehearse the many answers to prayer that you received.  My beloved psalmist David rehearsed the past victories he had just before he killed Goliath.  Those victories gave him confidence because he knew that I had the strength to give him the victory over his enemies.

Ask My Holy Spirit to make you more aware of My presence with you in this next year.  Look moment by moment for the little things that reveal My presence with you.  When you do this, you will daily be filled with My joy.  In My presence is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore.

1 1 SAMEL 17:37; PSALM 16:11

EYES

My servant David made a covenant with Me not to set any wicked thing before his eyes. The eyes are the windows to the soul.  The eyes are one of the gates to the mind.

What you see during the period of a day will have an influence upon your thought life.  My adversary, the devil uses imagery to perpetrate his diabolical plans to captivate your mind.

Ask the Holy Spirit today to help you to be careful about what you daily see.  Remember that the devil is the prince and power of the air, so be very careful about what you watch on your TV and your computer.

PSALM 101:3; EPHESIANS 2:2

CONTINUE

You and many others did not think that the pandemic would continue as long as it has.  So many are becoming discouraged, and some have even discontinued walking with Me day by day. I want you to encourage those who seemed to have lost all hope.

There are two things that I want you to continue daily even though dark circumstances seem to be unending.  It is during times like these that you need to daily abide in My Word and in prayer. I told those who followed Me that they were My disciples if they continued in My Word.

My Word will supply the spiritual nourishment you need to continue to daily live in My joy and peace.  During those times when you feel depressed, I want you to press into Me by spending more time with Me.  Take times during the day to still your soul and receive a fresh anointing from My Spirit. You will then be able to persevere in these troubled times.

JOHN 8:31

FORGET

There are certain things that I want you to never forget.  Never forget that I came to offer forgiveness for sins to the whole world, but I would have done this for you if you had been the only person in the world.  That is how much I love you. Never forget that I love you just as much as My Father loves Me.

Do not forget that I am the One Who does battle for you, and that I will always cause you to triumph through Me.  Do not forget that I do not condemn you.  Therefore, I never want you to condemn yourself.

Do not forget that I am your rock, your high tower, your advocate, your supreme warrior, your hiding place and that I can supply all of your needs according to My riches in glory.  Meditate on these truths before you go to bed tonight.

PHILIPPIANS 4:19

WISH

This is the season of the year when children and even parents are making their wish list for Christmas. You have probably already made yours. Sometimes those wishes come true and sometimes they do not.

Christmas is a season for gift giving.  However, so many forget the greatest gift they could ever receive.  That gift is My love.  So many have not yet received My love, and others do not even know how much I love them.

I do not have a wish list, but I do have a list of desires that I long to be fulfilled on Earth.  The major desire I have is that many will open their hearts to receive My gift of love.  No one comes to know Me except My Father draws them. Pray for My Father to draw many to know Me during this season of giving.

JOHN 6:44