FOUNDATION

I was with My Father even before the foundation of the world was created.  I prayed to My Father that I desired that all those My Father had given Me would also be with Me in heaven.

I prayed that those who believed in Me on earth might behold the same glory that My Father gave Me. I want you to know that you will be with Me in heaven and that you will see My glory.

While you are on earth, however, I want you to show forth the glory that I have already given you to all those you are with. My glory is My manifest presence on earth and you can manifest My presence daily.

JOHN 17

THANKS

I want you to never be anxious about anything.  Instead, I want you to pray about everything.  The moment you are anxious, begin to pray.

Pray about what you are anxious about, but pray with thanksgiving as you make your requests to Me. When you pray giving thanks to Me, you are demonstrating that you believe I will answer your request.

When you are going through trials, it is human nature to become anxious about your situation.  I want you to give Me thanks in everything even in your trials. This demonstrates your faith in Me to help you.

PHILIPPIANS 4:6; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18

DESIRE

Most people desire to have a long life.  My beloved David the psalmist shared what is required to live a long life and to see many good days. 

The requirements are for you to keep your tongue from evil, your lips from speaking guile, depart from evil, do good, seek peace and pursue it.

Pray for all those you love to be filled with My Holy Spirit Who will help them to meet these requirements to live a long good life.

PSALM 34:12-14

STRETCH

My hand is not so short that it cannot save.  When My early disciples began to be persecuted, they cried out to Me to stretch forth My hand.

They prayed that I would give them boldness to speak My Word. By stretching forth My hand to heal, and that signs  and wonders may be done in My name.

After they prayed this prayer, the whole house was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke My Word with boldness.

ACTS 4: 29-31

STAND

You will only be able to stand against My enemy if you have your loins girded about with My truth. My adversary tempts you often to doubt My Word.

When My servant Paul described the armor you must wear daily, he listed those pieces of armor that were necessary to win every battle against Satan.  He said having done all, then you must stand for My truth.

My truth is your offensive weapon against My enemy.  The Helmet of Salvation is your defensive weapon. The mind is the devil's playground.  Do not open the gate of your mind to Satan when he tempts you.

EPHESIANS 6

ENTRANCE

My servant Peter gave a great list of those things that I desired for you to add to your faith.  They were virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love.

He also exhorted believers to make their calling and election sure.  He said that if you add to your faith all these things he listed, you will have an abundant entrance into My everlasting kingdom..

He exhorted every believer to be diligent to do these things.  Ask the Holy Spirit daily to help you accomplish this list. My Spirit will enable you.  All you have to do is surrender your will to My will.

2 PETER 1

TESTIMONY

You are in the last days.  When My disciples asked what would be the sign of My coming again, I shared  with them that there would be great earth quakes, famines, and pestilences. You have seen this.

There also will be great persecutions.  I told them that they would be delivered up and put in prison and even brought before kings.  I told them that their persecutions would turn for them a testimony.

I told them not to think about what they might say to their adversaries.  I said that I would fill their mouths with such wisdom that even their adversaries would not be able to resist them. Pray for the persecuted.

LUKE 21:10-13

POWER

Sometimes you may feel powerless to help others, but I want you to always remember that I have given you the Spirit of power and that Spirit is My Holy Spirit.

I have sent "The Helper." My Holy Spirit is able to help you when you feel helpless.  My Spirit can give you wisdom and understanding, knowledge and the fear of the LORD, counsel and might.

Never hesitate to ask My Spirit of Power to empower you whenever you are facing difficult times or difficult people.  It is My joy to empower you.  You are never powerless.

2 TIMOTHY 1:7; ISAIAH 11:2

PURPOSE

When My servant Barnabas had the gift of exhortation.  He exhorted the believers in Antioch to with purpose of heart to cling to the LORD.

I give you and all my beloved the same exhortation today.  Cleave to Me with the purpose in your heart to do My will every day.

My purpose for all My believers is that they shine as lights in this dark world.  Let Your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify My Father in heaven.

ACTS 11:23; MATTHEW 5:16

EYES

My eyes are always watching the righteous and My ears are always open to their prayers.  My face, however, is against evil.

Take comfort in these truths.  Nothing goes past My sight.  This is why people are not successful when they hide their sins from Me.  I want you and all My righteous ones to confess their sins to Me.

When you confess your sins, I am able to cleanse you from those sins and, of course, I have already forgiven you of your sins (past, present, and future) when I died to forgive the sins of the world.

1 PETER 3:12; PSALM 34:15

OPEN

 I want you always to have confidence that I hear your prayers and also that I am watching over you daily. Peter walked with Me while I was on earth and he knew me well.  He wrote the following about Me.

"For the eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil."

It is now possible through My shed blood to come boldly to My throne of grace and find help in your times of need.  I always welcome your prayers, Come to Me daily with all of your concerns.

1 PETER 3:12; HEBREWS 4:16

SIGHT

Two people were on the road to Emmaus where they lived. They were discussing the things that they had heard about My crucifixion and My resurrection.

Their eyes were closed to these truths and they felt they were just idle tales.  Suddenly, I joined them and walked with them.

When we were close to their home, they invited Me to have dinner with them. As I broke the bread, suddenly their eyes were opened and they saw Me.  Pray for many to have their eyes opened to know Me.

STRANGERS

I made it possible for you to be a part of My family.  My servant Paul wrote this about Me. "For by Him we have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Now therefore we are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God: (Ephesians 2:18-19)"

When you were born again, you were born into My family and you became a citizen in My eternal household.  Rejoice today because you will never be alone or a stranger.

EPHESIANS 2:18-19

SAFETY

My beloved psalmist David had great confidence in My ability to keep him safe.  He wrote:  "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep for You LORD, only are able to make me dwell in safety.

There are so many who are fearful in these dark times during these end days. Radical Muslims are killing anyone who does not believe as they do.

Pray for My firewall of angels to surround those who have been threatened by radical Muslims and terrorists.  Pray that they will know ahead of time before they are attacked. Pray for peace.

PSALM 4:8

CONFIDENT

I  desire that you put all of your confidence in Me.  When you do this you can be confident that when you die, you will be in My presence for all eternity.

You can also be confident that when you pray anything according to My will that I will hear you and that I will also grant your requests.

When you put your confidence in Me, you can be confident of this one thing, that when I begin a good work in you, I will perform it until I return.

2 CORINTHIANS; 1 JOHN 5:14-15; PHILIPPIANS 1:6

COURSE

Life is a journey. When you choose the right course for your life's journey, you will safely arrive at your destination. I desire for you to choose the course that will lead you to spend eternity with Me.

John the Baptist chose the right course.  His course was fulfilled when he prepared the way for My coming. Many who heard him chose the right course and repented from their evil ways. 

When you share the gospel of My kingdom with others,  you are fulfilling the same course John the Baptist had.  You are preparing people to repent from their sins and receive My life within them.

ACTS 13:24-25

TRY

The day will come when every man's work will be manifest because I will reveal it by fire. The fire will try every man's work to discover what sort of work it is.

If any man's work survives the fire, he will receive a reward.  If any man's work is burned, he shall be saved, but he will lose his reward.

Pray every morning that you will accomplish all the works I have written in your book of life for that day.  Then ask Me to give you the will and the way to accomplish those works by the power of My Holy Spirit.

1 CORINTHIANS 3:14-15

TRIUMPHING

My servant Paul wrote these words to the Colossian church: "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.'

You are in My army on earth, and I have given you all power and authority over Satan. You can now bind those principalities and powers and send them to My footstool where I will deal with them.

I am your mighty Captain who has gone before you to defeat Satan and his demons when I shed My blood on the cross. Use your authority daily to come against Satan and his demons.

COLOSSIANS 2:15

FINISH

I said that there would be wars and rumors of wars.  I know so many are praying for the war in Israel to be finished and also the war in Ukraine to be over.

More than a thousand years ago Isaiah was asking the same question.  He heard that I would finish the work concerning Israel, and cut it short in righteousness, because a short work will I make upon the earth.

As you pray for these wars to end, remember that My timing is not your timing.  Rest assured, however, that I always finish the works on earth. I am also the author and finisher of your faith.  Keep praying.

ROMANS 9:28

SIMPLE

My servant Paul wrote that there are things that we are to have wisdom about and things that we are to be simple about.  

He wrote: "For your obedience is come abroad to all men.  I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet, I would have you wise to that which is good and simple concerning evil (Romans 16:18)."

I encourage you to focus on the good things.  Godly things are always good things. Do not put your focus on evil things because those things are worldly and will pull you down.

ROMANS 16:18

AFFORD

 As you pray prayers for this and the next generation and generations to come if I tarry,  your prayers will afford much.  David prayed and sang the following in Psalm 144:11-15:

"Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our

daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the likeness of a palace, that our garners may be full, affording all manner of store...."  I want you to pray this prayer for your children and for Israel.

Psalm 144:11-13

CONFIDENCE

I want you to always put your confidence in Me.  When you put your confidence in your own flesh, you will never enter the rest, quietness, and strength that I want to give you.

My joy is your strength, and you will enter the joy that is promised in My kingdom on earth when you release every burden to Me and trust Me to carry those burdens.

Take time to be quiet and still tomorrow when you meet with Me in the morning, and then cast all of Your cares upon Me because you are confident that I will take your cares and then you will find rest for your soul.

ISAIAH 30:15; ROMANS 14:17

TASTE

 My psalmist David wrote the longest psalm in the Bible.  He shared how much My Word meant to him.  He loved My statutes, commandments, precepts, and promises.

David expressed his love for My Word in this Psalm.  He wrote: "How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!'

David loved to read all that was written in My Word.  He only had the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) to read, but he loved to digest My Word daily.  I desire for you to digest My Word daily also.

PSALM 119:103

SHOWERS

The day will come when all the kings of the earth will fall down before Me. I came first as the suffering servant to bear the sins of the world when I died on the cross. I will return as conquering king.

I will come in the clouds. "I will come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth."

I will come to judge all nations, but I will also redeem the earth and the souls of many will come to Me.  Look forward to that day.

PSALM 72 

DILIGENT

My friend Peter exhorted those who believe in Me to make their calling and election sure.  He shared those things that we should be diligent to do.

Peter exhorted believers to add to our faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love or charity.

Ask My Holy Spirit daily to help you to be diligent in your faith walk with Me.  As you abide in Me, My Word, and My love daily, you will add these character qualities listed to your faith.

2 PETER 1:5-10