Grief

When we think back over the years of our lives, there usually are times when we are overwhelmed with grief.  Isaiah prophesied that I was a man of sorrows and that I was acquainted with grief.

I knew times of grief like in the garden when I asked My Father to remove the cup of suffering that I would face when I gave Myself as the perfect sacrifice so that I could then bear the sins of the world.

Isaiah also said, "Surely He has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows." I experienced every grief, every sorrow, and every pain people experience.  This is why I want you to come to Me during your seasons of grief.  I will be able to give you My peace and My joy to strengthen you during your grief.

ISAIAH 53:3-4

STAND

Remember when you were in summer Bible School, and you and all the children sang, "Stand up, Stand up for Jesus, you soldiers of the cross. Lift high the royal banner, you must not suffer loss.

That song causes both you and Me to grieve over the loss of a generation that has not been taught to fear Me and who do not know My Word.

So many even Christian children who had godly families that taught My word have fallen away.  Seducing spirits have had success in drawing this generation away from their faith.  Pray for this generation.

CORINTHIANS 2:5

VISIT

Most all of us love to have someone come and visit us.  We spend our time preparing for the visit. We clean our homes and even try to clear closets to get ready for our visitor to hang up their clothes.

We think about what we can serve our visitors for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  We even think about the places our guests might like to visit.

There is one visit, however, that I do not want you ever to miss.  That visit is when I come to you and desire to spend time with you.  Yes, I look forward to our times together in the morning when we have fellowship one with the other.  The only preparation for that visit is that you focus on Me, Your Savior. 

HEBREWS 2:6

PASSOVER

Tonight Jewish families all over the world will be seated at their tables to celebrate the first feast on the Jewish lunar calendar. They will enjoy remembering the great exodus of their people from Egypt.

Pray for them this evening as they celebrate Passover.  Pray also for the peace of Jerusalem as many will be on high alert in Israel because of the war there.

Pray for many of My Jewish brothers and sisters to be saved even during this wartime.  Pray that they will call out to Me for help. Pray for the laborers who are reaching out to Jewish people during this harvest time. 

ROMANS 1:16 

SUN

The psalmist wrote: "From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. Jewish days begin at sundown and end at sundown.  

I desire your praise all the day long, but there is something special about praising Me at the end of the day. As the shadows of dusk begin to form, you can begin to think of all the ways that I blessed you in the day.

When the sun first rises and  the sun begins to go down, the birds sing the loudest. They are praising Me. Join the symphony of their praise tomorrow and every day.  I will join with you, and together we can sing praises to My Father.

PSALM 113:3

CONFIDENCE

During these days of uncertainty, you and all My beloved need to put their confidence in Me and not in the news or what might happen tomorrow.

Have confidence in My ability to see you through whatever you may face in the future. Grace is the supernatural ability to do what is impossible in the natural.

My grace is more than sufficient to help you get through whatever circumstance you may face in the future.

HEBREWS 3:14

GLORIFY

My servant Paul exhorted believers to glorify God in their bodies and their spirits. God created all the beauty on earth to glorify Him which means to make His presence known on earth.

Every person born on earth has the same assignment which is to live lives that glorify God.  God is a spirit and we cannot see Him, so He created people to make His presence known on earth through their lives. 

Our heavenly Father sent Jesus to glorify Him on earth or to help us to know what our Father is like.  Jesus was the express image of God in the flesh. Pray daily that My Holy Spirit will help you glorify Me by your words and your actions.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:20

BENEFITS

When people are looking for jobs, they usually want to know what the benefit plan is. They want to have assurance that when they retire they will have enough money to live on until they die.

The benefit plan that I have for all My beloved is a benefit plan that is eternal.  However, eternity for every believer begins on they day that they ask Me to be their Savior and Lord. 

My plan is to daily load My beloved with benefits. David wrote this: "Blessed be the LORD, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah"

PSALM 68:19

CONSIDER

The writer of Hebrews gave many exhortations to those who believed in Me. One of the main exhortations he gave to My body on earth was something you should consider doing every day.

He encouraged those who read his letter to consider one another go provoke (encourage) one another to love and good works.

This is an exhortation that I want you to consider every day.  Consider each day how you can demonstrate My love to another believer and also how you can encourage believers to not be weary of well doing.

HEBREWS 10:24

CONSTANTLY

My servant Paul expressed My exact desire for all of My beloved.  Paul wrote these words to Titus: "This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that you affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men."

I have many good works for you to do before you come to be with Me.  Those works will benefit many people and they will help many to grow in their faith.

The very best work you can do while you are on earth is to share the truths of My gospel with others. Pray for opportunities daily to share My Word and also your testimony with others.

TITUS 3:8

WORKS

Just after I fed the multitudes, many asked Me, "What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? I responded with  this statement, "This is the work of God that you may believe on Him Who He has sent."

I promised later that those who would believe on Me would not only do the works that I did, but they would do even greater works.

There are works that I have written in your Book of Life that I want you to accomplish while you are on earth. These works will all be fulfilled as you keep your focus on Me and not yourself because I am the One Who works within you both to give you the will and then the way to do My good pleasure.

JOHN 6:28-29, 14:12; PHILLIPIANS 2:13

PRESS

My servant Paul never felt like he had attained all that I desired for him to attain.  However,  he never looked back at his failures. Instead, he pressed forward to the mark which was his high calling.

The way to walk in the Spirit is to leave the past behind and to press forward to those things that I have appointed and empowered you to do.

Every morning when you pray, "Offer your day, your way, your works and your will to Me"  When you do this My Holy Spirit within you will be able to help you do the next thing.  That way, you will accomplish what I have desired for you to accomplish in My strength each day.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14

BREATH

 

When I said that I am the way, the truth and the life, I was saying that without Me, you cannot live. I am life itself.  You cannot take another breath unless I ordain this.

After I rose again, and the disciples were gathered around Me, I went to each one and breathed My breath into them.  This is when they received My Holy Spirit into the temples of their bodies.

My Holy Spirit is the breath of life. I do not dwell in temples made by man.  I dwell in the temples that I made.  You contain My Holy Spirit because you received Me as your LORD and Savior. Thank and praise Me today because you contain Holy breath.  Pray for those who need My life, My breath within them.

ACTS 17:24-25; JOHN 20:22-23

AUTHOR

I know that before you read a book, you want to know everything about the author.  You want to know that the author is truthful and reliable.  You want to know if the author knows the Bible.

I am the Author and Finisher of your faith.  I wrote your Book of Life before the foundation of the earth. This book even talks about how I knew your substance and the members of your body before you were born.

This book contains all the works that I desire for you to accomplish while you live on earth.  You cannot read this book now, but at the end of time I will read it to you, and then you will see the chapters of your life unfold. I am faithful and truthful. As you trust Me daily, you will accomplish all of these works.

HEBREWS 12:2

UNBELIEF

The children of Israel could not enter into the promised land because they had an evil heart of  unbelief.  They departed from Me.

Unbelief comes from a heart that is full of pride.  This blocks so many people from coming to Me. They are high minded and think they know more than I do.

Many are falling away from the faith now because they have believed the seducing and lying spirits that Satan is sending in great number in these last days.  Pray for those you know who have yet to believe in Me.  Pull down any strongholds of pride in their lives, and pray that they humble themselves before Me.

HEBREWS 3:12

MIGHTY

I am the King of glory and I am mighty in battle.  With all the battles that are going on in the world, I want you to keep your focus on Me. Behind every physical battle, there is a spiritual battle.

The psalmist David wrote these words: "Lift up your heads , O ye gates, and be ye lifted up, your ever lasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in (Psalm 24:7).

Your head has three gates (the eye, ear, and mouth gates).  You have a choice daily to close your eye, ear and mouth gates to worldly things and instead, open them to holy things.  When your focus is on Me, the King of Glory, I will come into your heart and do spiritual battle for you.

PSALM 24

DELUSION

The spirit of anti-Christ is in the world and has been present since Lucifer fell from heaven.  Satan thinks that this spirit of anti-Christ is under his authority, but it is not.

I am the One Who is over all principalities and powers, rulers of darkness, and wickedness in heavenly places. I use the very spirits of Satan to fulfill My purposes. My servant Paul knew this and wrote:

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that hey should believe a lie (2 Thessalonians 2:10-11)"

2 THESSALONIANS 2:10-11

PERFECT

The lambs that were presented at the Temple during the Passover had to be perfect lambs.  They could not have any wounds, bruises, or infections.

I am the perfect lamb slain from the foundation of the earth.  When I was crucified on the tree, I was wounded for your transgressions, bruised for your iniquities, and the chastisement of My peace was upon you.

I bore the sins of the whole world which meant that My Father could not even look at Me because He has purer eyes than to behold evil.. My body was restored to perfection after I rose from the dead. You are now perfect in My sight because I exchanged your unrighteousness for My righteousness when I died for your sins.

ISAIAH 53

REFRAIN

Solomon wrote, "He who refrains his lips is wise." Peter, James and John had a hard time refraining their tongues.  I called James and John "The Sons of Thunder." 

When the Samaritans did not receive Me when I was on the way to Jerusalem,  James and John asked Me to command fire to come down from heaven to consume them.

Peter usually blurted out whatever he thought.  I even had to rebuke him at one point. However, it was Peter who learned to refrain his tongue and lips.  He wrote this: "For he  who will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile (1 Peter 3:10) 

PROVERBS 10:19; LUKE 9:53-54; 1 PETER 3:10

RELIEVE

When I see so many oppressed all over the world, I grieve.  So many do not know that I am their hope when  they are bowed down.

I came to relieve all those who are bowed down.  I am able to relieve the widow and the fatherless.  I am able to feed the hungry.  I am able to set the prisoners free.

I am the One Who will watch over strangers. I am the father to the fatherless. These words were written about Me by prophets and psalmists centuries before I came to earth. I am the same, today, and forever. I can relieve you.

PSALM 146

RENDER

The word, "surrender," has the word, "render," in it.  When someone renders something to another person, they are surrendering something of value to that person. The word, "render," means to give or to give over.

You are living in very dark, and evil days.  Paul exhorted believers to not render evil for evil.  It is a temptation for many to do this.  

Paul wrote: "See that no one render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men (1 Thessalonians 5:15.)." Pray for the those who are evil to surrender to Me and repent.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:15

KNOW

I  knew you before the earth was formed.  I know this is hard to understand, but it is true.  David wrote: "my substance was not hid from You, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."

I long for people to know that I have known them and now know everything about them.  There is nothing hidden from Me.  This is why I desire for people to come to Me instead of  running from Me.  

I am the One Who knows you better than you know yourself.  Come to Me daily.  Hide nothing from Me. Cast every care upon Me because I care for you.

PSALM 139:15; 1 PETER 5:6-7

ARISE

ARISE, SHINE; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. The prophet Isaiah wrote these words centuries before I was born.

During this resurrection season, give praise to Me for truly I am the light of the world Who desires for many to come to My light.

Pray diligently that many who are in darkness now will come to My light and arise to be shining lights in My kingdom.

ISAIAH 60:1

SENSES

My enemy's strategy is to first tempt people in the area of their five senses.  The lust of the flesh is giving in to the temptation to overindulge the five senses in an addictive way.

The five senses were created by Me so that people could enjoy what I created. Satan used the senses of Eve to seduce her.  She first saw the fruit was pleasant to her eyes. and it looked like it would taste good.

The only way to resist Satan's seduction through the five senses is to have your senses exercised to discern good and evil by abiding in My Word.  So many have become victims of addiction because they do not know My Word. Pray for this generation to return to learning the principles in My Word.

GENESIS 3:6; HEBREWS 5:14

REJOICE

It is nearing the time when people will be celebrating Resurrection Sunday.  It is a time to remember when My disciples discovered My empty tomb.  

There are many religions that worship various gods, but no gods that they worship were ever raised from the dead. I was able to go to Jerusalem with joy in My heart because I knew that soon all the world would be offered the gift of salvation.

Rejoice and celebrate the fact that you now have the same resurrection power (the Holy Spirit) within you that raised Me from the dead.

ROMANS 8:11

CAST

My servant Peter exhorted believers to humble themselves before Me by casting all of their cares upon Me for I do care for them

Never neglect casting your cares upon Me.  Think about how a fisherman casts his rod out into the water with the hope of catching a fish.  He does this with great faith that he will catch a fish.

I eagerly await for you to cast your cares upon Me with faith believing that I not only hear your cares, but I also will perfect all those cares that are a concern to you.

1 PETER 5:6-7; PSALM 138:8

SHEDDING

The author of Hebrews wrote to the Jewish believers before the destruction of the Temple in 70AD these words: "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without the shedding of blood is no remission."

I shed My blood for the remission of the sins of the whole world.  Pray for many today to recognize that though their sins be as scarlet, My blood can make them white as snow.

On that fateful day that I died on the tree, I exchanged the unrighteousness of human kind for My pure righteousness. Pray that many will receive Me as their Savior so that their sins can be washed away.

HEBREWS 9:22; ISAIAH 1:18

 

SLIP

The writer of Hebrews warned his readers not to take for granted the message of salvation that was given to those believers in Christ Jesus.

You are at danger to drift from the faith, not due to what you have done, but instead due to what you leave undone. When you skip your times in prayer and My Word, you leave a space in your heart and mind..

My adversary will fill the space in your mind and heart with doubt and unbelief. Those who are true disciples of Mine will continue in My Word.  Continuing in My Word is the only way you can be set free from the strongholds in your life.

HEBREWS 2:1; JOHN 8:31-32

LONGING

 You used to sing a song titled, "Longing for Jesus."  The words were, "I have a longing in My heart for Jesus, I have a longing in My heart for Him.

Just to be near Him, to feel His presence.  I have a longing in my heart for Him. You sang that song when you were a teenager in your youth fellowship.

I am so grateful that you still have a longing in your heart for Me.  I want you never to lose that longing.  Pray for those you know who do not have that longing to be near Me and to feel My presence.

PSALM 107:9

KEEP

 I created your body. Since you received Me as your Lord and Savior, your body is now the Temple of My Holy Spirit.

Every day I want you to offer your body to Me as a living sacrifice.  You can daily offer the members of your body to be used as instruments of My righteousness, joy, peace, and love.

When you are faithful to do this every morning, I will be able to use you as a co-laborer with Me to build up My kingdom on earth.

ROMANS 12:1  

EXALT

I appreciate it when you exalt Me with your praises and your worship.  I am always blessed when you sing to Me and mention My name.

I know that it is human nature to want to be successful and even to be exalted in this world through promotions and praises.  It is against human nature to be humble.

I humbled Myself and denied My kingly glory so that I now can help you humble yourself before Me. The best way to humble yourself before Me is to cast every care upon Me, and I promise to exalt you in due time when you do this.

1 PETER 5:6

SINCERE

My servant Paul wrote to the Philippian Church this exhortation: "That you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ."

This was Paul's exhortation and it also is mine to you.  While I was on earth, I truly was an offence to many, but I was never and offence to My Father.

There will be people who are offended by your stand for Me.  When you appear to My father, know that My blood shed for you will provide right standing with My Father.  I became sin for you, so that you will be able to be righteous in My Father sight. You will appear without offence before My Father.

PHILIPPIANS 1:10

DEEDS

There will be a day of judgment when I will render to everyone according to their deeds. There will be those who have done good deeds, but the motivation of their good deeds was to make themselves appear to be righteous.

There is only one way that a person can be righteous in My Father's sight. When I died on the tree, I offered mankind the opportunity to be righteous in the eyes of My Father. 

My blood was shed in order that those who believed in Me could receive remission for their sins. Pray for those who have yet to receive My redemptive power. I have the power to turn their hearts toward Me.

ROMANS 2:6

BRIGHTNESS

When I return, I will destroy My enemy with the brightness of My coming. I am the very brightness of My Father's glory.

When it is a very bright day with no clouds in the sky, you are not able to look directly at the sun.  If you were able to do this, you would have to close your eyes quickly because your eyes could not receive that brightness.

When Paul had his Damascus Road experience, My brightness surrounded him.  He described that brightness from heaven to be brighter than the sun. When you reach heaven, My Father is clothed in that brightness and His glory light fills all of heaven.  In heaven there will be no darkness. Only bright days.

HEBREWS 1:3

UNBLAMEABLE

You are living in the days when you will experience more and more persecution.  My adversary who is called the accuser of the brethren will use this tool to come against many of My beloved.

When accusations come your way, I do not want you to take it personally.  I want you to consider the source.  You are not fighting flesh and blood. You are fighting principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and wickedness in high places.

Pray for those who come against you with accusations and lies. Through My death on the cross, I have made you righteous and unblameable.  Thank Me for this wonderful gift of righteousness.

EPHESAINS 6:12; COLOSSIANS 1:22

FORWARD

A walk with Me is a walk of always moving forward.  I do not want you to regret anything in the past. When I forgave you of your sins before I died on the tree, I forgave you for every sin (past, present, and future).

I did not just cover your sins. I took them away.  So far as the east is from the west, so far have I removed your transgressions.

Meditate today and tomorrow and every day on how My blood was sufficient to cleanse you of all unrighteousness. I see you today dressed in a robe of righteousness.  See yourself dressed that way today.

PSALM 103:12

KNOW

The question I want you to ask those you meet as you go is, "Do you know Jesus?"  People either know Me or they do not.

At the end of time, there will be those who come before Me and I will say to them, "Depart from Me you workers of iniquity for I never knew you.

They will tell Me all that they did miracles in My name, but their motives were selfish to glorify themselves, not Me.  When you appear before Me, I will not only judge those things you have done in your body on earth, but I will also judge the motives behind what you did.  Remember this.

LUKE 13:27

turn

I know you are praying along with many of My beloved for a turn around in your nation.  You desire your nation to turn back to Me. This is My desire also.

First, before this turn around can happen, many even in My body on earth need to turn again to Me and seek My face.  When you seek My face, those things you need to confess to Me and repent of will become clear.

Repentance always precedes revival and restoration of a nation occurs only if My body on earth will humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways.  Then I will hear from heaven and heal their land.

2 CHRONICLES 7:14

STONE

When My beloved John was given the revelation I sent him, he heard: "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him who overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, that no man knows saving he who receives it."

Sometimes you may not see yourself as an overcomer, but John also wrote this. "Who is he who overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

Because  you are born of Me, I am in you, and you are in Me, and I have already overcome the world.

REVELATION 2:17; JOHN 5:5

DEPART

I told My disciples that it was necessary for Me to depart from them because if I did not depart from them, the Comforter would not come to them. 

I was God in flesh form when I walked on earth. Because I lived in a body on earth, I could not reach the whole world with the good news of My kingdom.

Once the Comforter came to all those who believe in Me, the world could be reached. I now live within you, and I will never depart from you. You now have the power of My Spirit to share My gospel. Take every opportunity to do this.

JOHN 16:7

FLOODS

So many are praying for their prodigals to return home.  Be assured that I hear those prayers of concerned parents.

The promise in My Word that will give those who have prodigals hope was spoken by Jeremiah centuries ago. Jeremiah spoke this: "For I will pour upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.  I will pour My spirit upon your seed, and My blessing upon your offspring."

Keep praying for your prodigals, and speak this prophecy over them.  Pray that they will become thirsty for Me and for My Word.

ISAIAH 44:3 

BONDAGE

When I taught on earth, I told the Jewish believers that if they continued in My Word they would know the truth and the truth would set them free.

They answered Me and said that they had never been in bondage.  I replied, "Verily, verily, I say to you, 'Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin.'"

I added, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." Everyone has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.  The only way out of bondage is to allow Me and the Words I speak to set you free.

JOHN 8:31-36

BITTER

The author of Hebrews warned against allowing a root of bitterness to develop in you if someone has hurt you. Allowing this will cause you to fall short of the grace of God.  

The root of bitterness in your heart can defile even those closest to you. Grace is the supernatural ability to do what cannot be done in the natural.

Whenever there are broken relationships in your life, pray for the person who is hurt.  If you were hurt, allow Me to heal your heart.  Then you can trust Me to give you My love for that person. When you do this, you are allowing My supernatural power to work in your life and you will not fall short of My grace.

HEBREWS 12:15.

 

THORNS

When I told the parable of the sower, I was talking about how the seed of the Word of God can grow and become fruitful.

The seed that fell among the thorns only produced a little fruit because the seed was choked by the thorns. Some people hear and receive My Word, but they can not bear much fruit because they are more interested in fulfilling their own pleasure than spending time in My presence and in My Word.

Spending time in My presence will give you joy and pleasures that are eternal.  Tomorrow and every day, take time just to sit in My presence and meditate on My Word.  When you do this, you will have a pleasant day.

LUKE 8:14; PSALM 16:11

BREAD

When I walked on earth, I said that I was the living bread that came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.

Many did not understand what I said.  They did not know that I would be the living sacrifice that was prepared before the foundation of the earth to take away the sins of the world.

On that day when I died on the tree, My flesh was torn, and the veil that separated mankind from My Holy Father was torn also. Those who believe that I died and was resurrected will live forever.

JOHN 6:51

IMAGINATION

 I created the imagination to enable you to worship Me.  When Adam and Eve walked with Me in the garden they had divine imaginations that enabled them to have continual pictures in their minds of My beauty and the beauty I created in the garden.

The eye of the mind is the imagination.  I had to destroy the whole earth with the exception of Noah and his family because the people on earth became vain (prideful) in their imaginations.

The idols that men create now are demonic images that Satan put in their imaginations.  I exhort you to pull down all vain imaginations that Satan gives you because it is those imaginations that cause strongholds in your life.

GENESIS 6:5; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5

HOLD

Your father always held your hand when you crossed the street.  You had great confidence in him.  You knew without a doubt that he would guide you safely across the street.

I want you to have that same confidence in My heavenly Father and in Me.  I want you always to hold fast to that confidence.

The writer of Hebrews exhorted the Jewish people he wrote to hold fast to their confidence. Hebrews 3:14: "For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end."

HEBREWS 3:14

ENLARGE

Paul wrote the Corinthian church that he and those traveling with him had mouths that were open and hearts that were enlarged. I want you to have the same attitude as you are with people.

I want you to be able to speak to people with a heart that is enlarged by My love towards them.  I want you to be able to speak My truths with My anointing.  Pray that your heart will never be prejudice or judgmental.

Each person you speak to is a treasure to Me.  When you speak from your heart rather than your mind, and esteem others higher than yourself, My words will flow through you and their hearts will be touched. 

2 CORINTHIANS 6:11

PRIESTS

I have made you a kingdom of priests.  I know that you would never think of yourself as a priest.  However, when you accepted Me as your LORD and Savior, I came by My Holy Spirit to live in you.

When you have time, study the priestly role that the Levitical priesthood had in the First Covenant.  You will see that they were quite busy offering sacrifices.  They wore beautiful garments.

Now think of yourself as a priest.  You daily offer Me the sacrifices of thanksgiving, praise and worship. I have dressed you in the garment of praise.  I want you to see yourself as a priest Who is so welcome to come into My throne to present these sacrifices and also to make your requests known to Me.

1 PETER 2:9

CONFESSION

The writer of Hebrews exhorted his audience to hold fast their confession.  Two of the things the writer mentioned to hold fast to was confidence in My blood and confidence that you can approach My throne boldly.

When you confess and profess what My blood does for you out loud, you fill the atmosphere with My Holy Spirit and My angels.  Satan hates it when you speak about My blood.

It is through the shedding of My blood that you are forgiven, sanctified, justified (just as if you never sinned), redeemed, healed, made righteous, and continually cleansed. Make this confession daily.

HEBREWS 10:23

VEIL

There is a veil of darkness over the eyes of those who do not know Me.  They simply cannot understand My Word.  That veil of darkness can come to a person who has involved with the occult.

The veil of darkness can come also by the spirit of darkness and blindness that has had the assignment to blind the eyes of a person who has yet to have spiritual understanding of My Word.

Pray fervently for those who have this veil over their eyes.  Bind the spirit of darkness and the spirit of blindness in My blood and command it to leave.  Then loose My Spirit of truth.  Only He can open the eyes of their understanding.

EPHESIANS 16:19

CONTINUE

In order to be My disciple, you must continue in My Word.  Only then will the truths of My Word be able to set you free from all the strongholds in your life.

When I told My disciples what would give them My joy in life, I mentioned three things.  I told them that they should abide in Me, My Word, and My love.

So many people are not even studying My Word today.  Pray for those who have left off faithfully reading and heeding My Word. Pray that they will see the value of My Word and understand that My Word will give them joy and liberty.

JOHN 8:31

ENTER

I purchased direct entrance into My Throne Room when I shed My blood on the cross to forgive you and reconcile you to My Father.  You can now enter boldly and approach My throne of grace. When you do this, you will obtain mercy and also find grace to help in time of need.

Never hesitate to come to Me with your requests.  I want you to cast every care upon Me because I care for you so much.  I love it when you start your prayers with thanksgiving and praise.

Your thanksgivings and praises tell Me that you have full confidence that I not only will hear your prayers, but I also will answer them.  I look forward to receiving your requests tomorrow and every day.

HEBREWS 4:16;  PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7

FASHION

King David knew that I had fashioned him and made him.  He wrote: "Your hands have made me and fashioned me, give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments (Psalm 119:73)."  He also wrote: "Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Your book all my members were written, that in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them (Psalm  139:16)."

So many in your culture today have no understanding that they were created by Me to be a part of My family on earth.  They were created to reveal My glory on earth throughout their lives.

Pray for revelation knowledge to come to many during this harvest time in history. Pray for the eyes of their understanding to be opened to this truth so that they can believe in Me and enter My kingdom.

PSALM 119:73, 139:16

KING

When I return to earth, I will come as King of all the earth.  I have always been King of all the earth, but many have not acknowledged My position. When you study My Word, you will see how I have the power to promote kings and demote them.

I set kings in position to rule the people.  Some rule wisely.  Others rule without My wisdom.  During this year when you will elect a new president,  recognize the power that I have.

Historically, kings who humbled themselves and asked for My wisdom were kings who ruled their people well.  Pray in this year of elections for those to be placed in authority who will seek Me first.

PSALM 47:7

LAST

Paul wrote Timothy that in the last days perilous times would come.  He described those times as follows: Men would be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

They would be without natural affection, trucebreakers, false, accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.

They would have a form of godliness, but would deny the power thereof. This is a description of what you are experiencing in your nation today. Pray continually for revival and reformation of your culture.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5

COURAGE

You never thought that you would live in a day when you needed courage to be a Christian.  It is like you are living in the days Luke wrote about in the Book of Acts.  That was a time of persecution of the church.

Your culture in America has fallen so far from the truths of My gospel in such a short time.  You are alive now to intercede for your fellow Christians on earth and to encourage them to have courage.

Paul was so blessed as he traveled to find like minded believers who loved Me with all their hearts and who also loved them with such brotherly love.  Use every day to encourage others in these dark times.

ACTS 28:15

TURN

I shared with My disciples that they soon would experience great persecution.  I told them that they would be delivered up to the synagogues and into prisons and that they would even be brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake.

Then I said that all they experienced would turn to them for a testimony.  The persecution of Christians in your present day is more than it has ever been.  This is a sign of the times that I am returning soon.

When you face trial, traumatic, and dark times, your light will shine brighter than ever.  My light that shines within you during trials will form a testimony that will draw many to Me. Pray for those who are being persecuted for My name that many souls will be won by their testimonies.

LUKE 21:12-13; PROVERBS 4:18

Glory

"Give honor where honor is due."  You sing a song about My glory in your worship time. One phrase in that song is, "You deserve the glory and the honor."

When you worship Me, think about the glories in heaven that you will see one day.  Think about the glories on earth that you see daily. The whole earth is filled with My glory (My manifested presence).

Do not forget that you are My glory.  I chose you to make My presence known on earth.  You daily have the opportunity to manifest My presence. Pray that you will glorify Me in what you say and do.

PSALM 72:19, 96:3. 97:6

APPOINTMENTS

I know how you want to make your appointments on time.  You learned many years ago that arriving late to an appointment was truly unkind. Your delay can cause others to have to reschedule their day.

There is one appointment that you do want to make on time.  That is your appointment to finally see Me face to face.  Everyone has an appointment to die and few have the opportunity to schedule their death.

Your appointment to die and leave the earth is written in your book of life.  Pray that you will make that appointment on time (not a day late or a day early).

HEBREWS 9:27

FEELINGS

When the sins of the world were laid upon Me, I was touched with the feelings of every weakness that sin brings. I felt the pain that disease brings.  I felt the bondage that addiction brings.  

I was able to go to the cross with joy because I knew that people could finally be set free from the torment that fear of death brings.  Through My shed blood, people could at last be made righteous and receive eternal life.  

I had to come to earth so that I could experience all the feelings people experience.  Yet, I was without sin. I became sin so that mankind could at last be justified and forgiven. Share this good news with others.

HEBREWS 4:15

BEHIND

My servant Paul prayed for My beloved to be be enriched in every way by Me. 

He also prayed that they would be enriched in utterance and in knowledge and that they would come behind in no gift as they waited for My return.

It is My desire to enrich all of My beloved so that they can share the gospel of My kingdom through the gifts I have given them  Pray that the gifts I have given you will bear much fruit in this harvest time.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:5-7

HINDER

One of the major tactics of My enemy is to hinder My beloved from doing My will.  This is why I taught My disciples to pray daily, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."

I know that you always want My will to be done in your life and the lives of those you love.  You can clearly see what My will is as you study My Word.

My will always is that you bear much fruit in My kingdom.  Sometimes you may be hindered by circumstances or direct attack by the enemy.  When this happens, do not lose hope. Trust Me to open a door when one door seems to close.  Trust me to place you where you can bear the most fruit.

1 THESSALONIANS 2:18

THIRST

On the day I was crucified when I knew all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, I said "I thirst."

I physically was thirsty, but I also was thirsting for My Father's presence. While the sins of the world were being placed upon Me, the perfect sacrifice, I was separated from My Father.

I cried out, "Why have you forsaken Me?" My Father has purer eyes than to behold evil. I felt all the horrors and pain of sin that separates people from knowing My Father.  Pray for many to repent of their sins and come to know Me as their LORD and savior during this great harvest time.

MATTHEW 27:46; JOHN 19:28; MARK 15:34; HABAKKUK 1:13

PRICE

I  wanted to remind you that I bought you, and you are Mine forever.  Yes,  I love you with an everlasting love and you certainly were worth the price I paid.

I was willing to be the perfect sacrifice that My Father required as the price to pay for the sins of the world.

Pray for all those who do not know how precious they are to Me.  Share the gospel of My kingdom with many during this harvest time.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:20

DESIRES

Psalm 37:4:  "Delight yourself also in the LORD; and He shall give you the desires of your heart."  When you delight yourself in Me, then your heart will be submitted to Me.

Daily, I want you to offer your heart to Me by delighting yourself in Me through your worship, praise, and thanksgiving.  I want you to tell Me all of your desires, even though I know them already.

When you sincerely want to do My will and love Me with all of your heart, then your desires will agree with the same desires that I want for your life.  

PSALM 37:7

HONESTY

My servant Paul exhorted Timothy to pray for all those in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all goodness and honesty.

Deception is blanketing the whole world now.  Satan, who is the father of lies, has taken advantage of a lack of prayer by the church for those in authority.

Begin to daily lift up those in authority in your government, in your churches, and in your cities. When you diligently pray for those in authority, goodness and honesty can be restored to your nation and to the world.

1 TIMOTHY 2:2

DIVIDED

I said that every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.  

One of the major tactics of My enemy is to divide and conquer.  The fruit of the spirit of anti-Christ is division.  You see clearly this tactic as nations are divided against nations and there is division in families and governments.

Bind the spirit of the anti-Christ and curse its fruit of division in your nation, the world., and families. Loose My Holy Spirit Who can heal every division. Make sure also that your on heart is never divided.

MATTHEW 12:25 

COLD

My disciples asked Me what would be the sign of the end of the world. I told My disciples that one of the signs would be that in the last days the love of many will wax cold because iniquity will abound. I was speaking of the day that you live in right now.

Many years ago, I told you that I was opening the flood gates.  I said there would be a flood of evil and a flood of good.  Since that time, you have seen the darkness of evil invading the world.

Iniquity is lawlessness. Iniquity is abounding in your nation and all over the world now.  You are seeing lawlessness even in your government. Pray for My body on earth to co-labor with Me to fight this evil.

MATTHEW 24:12

DEFENSE

 I am your defense against the enemy of your soul.  I am able to defend the gates to your mind (the ear gate, eye gate, and mouth gate.  Those gates are where My enemy wants to enter.

Satan cannot read your mind.  However, he can give you ungodly thoughts, vain imaginations, and ungodly words to say.  These are fiery darts he sends you daily to tempt you.

I want you to lift the shield of faith daily because that shield is able to quench every fiery dart Satan sends you. You lift that shield of faith every time you speak My Word out loud.  That is how I overcame the temptations that Satan sent Me, and I always stand ready to defend you with My Word.

EPHESIANS 6:16

CLEAN

When you are honest with Me and confess your sins to Me, I am faithful to forgive your sins and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. I stand willing always to cleanse you because I want you to have a clean heart that is free from the ungodly influences of this world.

Your culture today is cluttered with unclean, immoral things that you can view and hear.  This is why I want you always to guard the eye gate and ear gate of your mind.  Be careful to watch worthy things.

Also tune your spiritual ears to hear My voice.  Be careful about the music you hear and the deceiving voices that come via the media.  When your heart is clean, you can receive the good seed of My Word and it will bare much fruit.

1 JOHN 1:6-9; LUKE 8:15

SIGHT

I was able to give sight to the blind.  You walk by faith and not by sight, but I can also give you insight to understand My Word and faith visions and dreams that will help you make progress in your spiritual walk.

As you read My Word, you will discover how many times I gave dreams and visions to people. I gave dreams to kings that prevented them from sinning against me.  I gave visions and dreams to the early prophets in My Word.

Be open to receiving faith visions that will help you persevere in hard times.  Also, pray daily for Me to open the eyes of your understanding so that you can receive revelation knowledge from My Word.

HEBREWS 11:1

IMPORTANT

When I gave My teaching on the mountain, I shared what is the most important thing in life. There are many things that are important in life.  However, you need to remember that I am life itself.  Without Me, you would not have a life.

Many people in your culture today are seeking their own pleasure, promotion, status, fame, and money.  I called those things mammon. None of these things are of eternal value.

You are of eternal value to Me.  I created you to be a light shining in this dark world.  It is only as you value your relationship with Me more than the things of this world that you will be a shining light.

MATTHEW 6:33

QUIET

So often I had to go into the mountains and find a quiet place to talk to My Father.  It was during those times that I heard His voice clearly.  I usually went early before dawn because otherwise the crowds would be surrounding Me.

You live in a culture now that is very dark and many of the voices you hear are deceptive voices from My enemy.  The only way you can avoid being deceived is to abide in Me, My Word, and My love daily.

Begin your day tomorrow by spending time in My presence.  I have much I want to share with you.  However, if you do not have that quiet time with Me, you will not be able to hear My voice clearly.

MARK 1:35

CORRECTION

 A compass is very helpful to direct ta person who has lost his way. You are experiencing in your nation a generation that has lost its moral compass.

Children have not been taught to fear Me.  They have not been taught that My Word was given to them for instruction in righteousness.  They do not know that the words in the Bible were given to help them find their purpose and their direction in life.

Pray for a turning back to My Word in your nation.  Pray that people in these desperate times of darkness in your nation will turn to My Word for correction, inspiration, and reproof.

2 TIMOTHY 3:16

CONSTANT

My servant Paul had many young men that he mentored.  There were certain principles in God's Word that Paul constantly reminded these young men to emphasize when they taught others.

Paul told Titus to constantly remind those he taught to be sure to maintain good works.  This is a reminder to all believers today.

So much darkness is everywhere all over the world. It is vital that every believer let their light so shine before people so that they will see your good works and glorify My Father in heaven.  I also remind you that you are My workmanship created to do My works on earth.

TITUS 3:8; MATTHEW 5:16; EPHESIANS 2:10

FIGHT

It is so easy to forget that when you believed and received Me as your LORD and savior that you also signed up to be in My Army. Before you knew Me and My Word, you were no threat to My enemy.

The only way to win any war is to be a skilled warrior who knows the strategies of the enemy.  Paul warned the churches not to be ignorant of Satan's devices. One of his devices is to keep us in a state of bitterness and resentment.  

Whenever we are unwilling to forgive all those who have hurt and wronged us, we will be vulnerable to all the attacks of the enemy. Pray that you will always be quick to forgive.

2 CORINTHIANS 2:11

ARROWS

Even though so many children in your country and all over the world have not been taught to fear Me, there is hope for this generation of young people.

It is not too late to teach the children to fear Me ( to stand in awe of Me with a heart that is willing to obey Me)

I still see this generation as arrows in My mighty hands to be sent out to nations with the truths of My gospel.  Begin to pray for the youths of this generation to be taught of the LORD.

PSALM 127

REPEAT

You and all My beloved need to be careful about repeating things that they have heard.  It is so easy to think that you have heard something correctly when you have not.

Repeating something negative about someone, even if it is true, is gossip.  Solomon wrote this exhortation to his sons: "He who covers a transgression seeks love; but he who repeats a matter separates very friends (Proverbs 17:9).

You always heard your mother say to you and your siblings, "If you have nothing good to say, then do not say anything."  Whenever you pass on a negative report about a person, then those who hear this report will see this person from a bad light.  Remember the one who keeps his mouth keeps his soul from troubles.

PROVERBS 17:9, 21:23

HINDER

There are many reasons that we are hindered from carrying out our plans.  One of the reasons is that My  Holy Spirit knows what is ahead and we are hindered from moving forward because dangers are ahead.

My servant Paul was delayed and hindered from going various places because the timing was not right. You forget that there is no time or space with Me, but I always seek to put you in the right place at the right time so that you can fulfill My will.

Satan also can hinder us. This happened to Paul on several occasions. However, I have given you the keys of the kingdom to bind demonic powers. Do not allow hindrances to discourage you.

1 THESSALONIANS 2:18

SIMPLE

In this age of technology, it is difficult to keep up with what is new.  When I lived on earth, things were very simple.  I had no place to lay My head, and I trusted My Father to take care of Me..

The knowledge I want you to seek is not knowledge of the new.  It is knowledge of what is eternal.  My Word is eternal, and My Holy Spirit is able to give you simple interpretations of My Word.

My servant David wrote this, "The entrance of Your words give light; it gives understanding to the simple. Simply trust My Holy Spirit to give you wisdom, revelation knowledge, and understanding we you daily read My Word.

PSALM 119:130

NEWNESS

When you look at this new year, it is a time of hope that this year will be better than the last year.  I know your prayer is that you will not miss out on the new opportunities I will give you this year.

You pray daily to Me this prayer, "LORD, do not let me miss any divine appointments that you have for me today.  Then you are usually surprised when I open the door to you for those appointments.

Each day is a new day.  When you were baptized, these words were spoken over you, "You are now buried with Jesus by baptism into His death, and like Christ, you are raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father so that you can now walk in newness of life."  Walk in the newness I have for you day by day.

ROMANS 6:4

CARES

So many of my beloved are praying for breakthroughs and that is good, but sometimes if praying for breakthroughs in your life is a constant prayer, praying that way can keep you from seeing what is at hand.

Faith works in the now.  In order for breakthroughs to happen in your life, you must focus on Me and My power, not what you want to see happen.  I want you to give your cares to Me daily, and thank Me.

Yes, thank Me because I have promised that you will find rest for your soul when you do this.  Release each day to Me and live in the moment.  Thank Me that I have your cares and that I care for You.

MATTHEW 11:28-30; 1 PETER 5:6-7

DELAY

I taught a parable about how an evil servant felt his master was going to delay his return, so he started beating his fellow servants and began to eat and drink with the drunken.  This seems to be what is happening in the world right now.

Many believe that they have plenty of time before I return, so they begin to do evil things.  Others do not even believe that I will return.  People now are calling evil good and good evil.

No one knows the hour I will return.  This is why it is important that you be ready and that you also ready others for My return.  Look for opportunities to share My good news so that they will be ready.

MATTHEW 24:48-51

FRAMED

I framed the worlds by My Word.  I am framing My body on earth right now. I am putting the living stones together and fitly framing them into a building.  

Just as the Father of the bridegroom saw to it that the home for his son's future bride was excellent, My Father is preparing His house to be ready for My bride.  Only He knows when His Son will return to get His bride.

You can rest assured that what My Father is preparing for His bride is greater than anything you could imagine. My Father is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us. I am strengthening and empowering My bride to be ready to meet Me.

HEBREWS 11:3; EPHESIANS 2:21

RENEW

When a piece of furniture is renewed, it may become more beautiful and more useful than ever before.  I am renewing My body on Earth.  I am sending My Holy Spirit to refresh you and others because the battle against evil seems to be unending.

As you stay in My Word by meditating, memorizing, reading, hearing, and obeying My Word, you will be refreshed by My Holy Spirit.  He will lead you to the promises that declare complete victory.

Meditate on these promises today: "Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loves us (Romans 8:37).  "Now thanks be to God, Who always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place (2 Corinthians 2:14)."

ROMANS 8:37; 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14

CONCEIVED

I am present at every conception.  I am life, and life on earth begins at conception.  I am the LIGHT Who lights every man or woman who comes into the world.

I have a wonderful plan for every person born on this earth.  However, many will not choose My LIGHT, but instead will choose to walk in darkness. 

When people choose to walk in darkness, something else is born.  It is called sin. When lust is conceived, it will always give birth to sin. Pray for those who have chosen darkness to choose My LIGHT.

1 JOHN 1:9;  JAMES 1:15