SOIL

When I presented the parable of the sower, I wanted the listener to be sure that their hearts were prepared to receive the good seed of My Word.

There were three conditions of the soil that prevented the seed from bearing fruit.  Only the good soil that was prepared and cultivated was ready to receive the seed of My Word and that seed bore much fruit.

When you read My Word, I want you to prepare the soil of your heart to receive My Word.  Learn to listen with your heart instead of just your mind when you hear My Word and you will bear much fruit.

LUKE 8

FAULTLESS

 I died on the cross to redeem you from sin.  It was My shed blood that supplied the requirement for those who believe in Me to be presented faultless before My Father in heaven.

When I was crucified I exchanged your self righteousness for My righteousness.  I am your Good Shepherd  Who will lead you in paths of righteousness for your whole lifetime.

Meditate on these truths today and thank Me for keeping you from falling.  I kept My disciples by My Word and I also will keep you from falling by My Word.  Abide in My Word daily.

JUDE 1:24-25

RESOLVE

I taught the parable about the wise steward who took action on his plan. Even though he was unjust, he made provision for himself in case he was put out of his stewardship.

The steward said, "I am resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they (other lords) may receive me into their houses."  He called all his lord's debtors and cut their bills in half.

I trust that you are resolved to spend more intimate times with Me in prayer and study of My Word in this next year. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you carry out this resolution. 

LUKE 16:3-9

BELLY

On the last great day of the Feast of Tabernacles just after the libation ceremony was finished, I stood  near the Temple steps, and I gave an invitation to all who were thirsty.

I cried out, ""If any man thirst, let him come to Me and drink.  He Who believes on Me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters."

I spoke of the Holy Spirit Who is able to fill the hunger in thirst for Me.  Those who drink of the living water of My Spirit will experience the baptism in the Holy Spirit and will speak with other tongues.

JOHN 7:37-38

REST

It is the day after you celebrated My birthday.  For most, this is the busiest time of the year.  Family comes into town and all the preparations for gifts and guests takes a toll on your soul.

My servant David had times that were busy.  He probably had one of those busy months like you had as you prepared for Christmas when he wrote Psalm 116.

He wrote Psalm 116:7" Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you."  This day is a good day to rest in the Spirit and think of the bountiful times I have given you over the years.

PSALM 116:7

REDEEM

I came in flesh form to identify with mankind and to redeem mankind from the grip of Satan. My Father's plan to redeem human beings was in place before the earth was formed.

I had to shed My blood in order to be the perfect sacrifice to redeem mankind.  After My last Passover dinner with My disciples, I lifted the cup of wine that represented My blood and said, 

 "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." Thank Me for the redemption price I paid to redeem you from sin.

MATTHEW 26:28

GLORY

When the angels appeared at My birth, they said, "Glory to God in the Highest." My glory light shined brightly all around the shepherds who were near to where I was born.

Every day that you live is an opportunity to let My glory light shine through you.  I even created your tongue to glorify Me.

You bring Me great glory whenever you make My presence known to others.  You are to glorify Me with the words that you speak and the way that you live.  Let My light within you shine through you today.

LUKE 2:14

BONDAGE

My servant Paul exhorted the Galatian churches to "stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

I came to set people free.  Isaiah prophesied that I would set at liberty those who were captive.  If you continue in My Word the truth of My Word will set you free.

Thank Me today for the many ways that I have freed you from the snare of  My enemy.  Always cry out to Me whenever you need Me to help you overcome the temptation to go back into bondage.

GALATIANS 5:1; ISAIAH 61:1 

FEELINGS

I came to earth to identify with mankind.  I am God in flesh form. I experienced during My short time on earth every feeling you have ever experienced. However, I was without sin.

I knew what it was like to cry out to be fed when I was an infant.  Later when I was despised and rejected by many, I felt the loneliness that rejection causes.

I was touched with the feelings of your infirmities. I can now make perfect intercession for you as I pray for you with My Father in heaven.  Give whatever feelings you have to Me, and I will minister to you.

HEBREWS 4:15

MANGER

Where I was born was all designed by My Father Who sent Me to earth to redeem the world from sin.  He knew that the manger was a feeding trough for the animals in the cave where I was born.

He knew that I was the living Word Who would present His glory to earth, and Who would feed many on earth with the words He wanted Me to speak.

 Swaddling clothes were used to wrap the lambs who would be sacrificed. It was My blood that provided the perfect sacrifice to save the world.

LUKE 2:7

HIDING

My servant David had many hiding places.  He had to flee many enemies.  He hid in caves and even hid in enemy territory.

David knew, however, that the only secure hiding place he had was in Me.  He wrote: "You are My hiding place and my shield: I hope in Your Word."

It was David's constant abiding in My Word that gave him hope and faith.  He knew that I would protect him.  He trusted not in his own armor, but in Me.  I am the full armor of God.  Find safety in Me today.

PSALM 119:114

BEHIND

My servant Paul prayed for all believers to not come behind in any gift; as they wait for My coming.  This is My desire not only for you, but also for all of My body on earth.

This is the gift giving season for people throughout the world as they remember the gift My heavenly Father gave when He sent Me as a little babe to redeem the world from sin.

As you are wrapping your gifts for others this season, pray that My Holy Spirit will work through the spiritual gifts I have given to you.  You will have many opportunities to do this in this coming year.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:7

PERFECT

My Father made every provision for Me to be the perfect sacrifice.  It was almost sundown in Jerusalem and Shabbat would begin at sundown, so Mary and others hurriedly prepared My body for burial.

They did not have time to finish placing the frankincense and myrrh on My body so on the first day of the week after the Sabbath My mother and Mary came to the tomb to finish preparing My Body.

Frankincense was not laid on My body because I had already risen from the dead. If frankincense had been laid on My body, I would not have been the perfect sin sacrifice.  Frankincense was never laid on a sin offering (See Leviticus 5:11).

MATTHEW 28:1-7

SNOW

The snow season has started for much of your nation.  My word has several passages about snow. One of those passages shares how important snow is for a future harvest.  

Isaiah 55:10: "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back to heaven, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater."

It is harvest time and many believe that this harvest is the last great harvest of souls before I return.  Pray for a great harvest in every nation.  Pray for the seed of My Word to bud and produce fruit in many hearts.

ISAIAH 55:10

WILL

 I created you with a free will so that you could choose to love Me.  If you did not have a free will, you would be like robots who do My will without choice.

This is why Adam and Eve gave in to Satan's temptation.  They chose to disobey Me. The three lusts (the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the pride of life were formed in their souls. 

Adam and Eve became worldly minded.  They wanted to please themselves instead of Me.  Daily surrender your will to Me. When  you do this, My Spirit will help you do what pleases Me.

PHILIPPIANS 2:13

STARS

The next time you look at the sky on a night when there are no lights from a city to compete with the brightness of the stars, think about what my psalmist David wrote about the stars.

David must have been looking at such a night sky when he wrote that I count the number of stars and I call them by their name.

What David wrote reveals My greatness. I desire for you and all My beloved to meditate on My greatness daily.  When you do this, you will always have faith to believe that nothing is impossible for Me.

PSALM 147:4

FIXED

 My psalmist David had enemies all around him constantly. My small nation Israel also has many enemies surrounding it.

When you daily check to see what is happening in Israel, you could become very discouraged.  Their enemies do not plan to quit coming against Israel until there is no more Israel.

David said that the man who fears the LORD will not be afraid of evil tidings because his heart is fixed, trusting the LORD. David feared the LORD. Trust in the LORD during these fearful times.

PSALM 112:7

LAWFUL

When I was in the home of one of the Pharisees on a Sabbath day, the Pharisees watched Me carefully to see if I would heal a man with palsy on the Sabbath.

I asked them if it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath.  They were silent.  Then I asked them if they would pull an oxen out of a pit on the Sabbath.  Again, they were silent.

I did not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it.  Now that you believe in Me, you are made righteous not by the works of the law, but by faith in My redeeming power through My shed blood. 

LUKE 14:1-6; ROMANS 3:19-24

SLEEP

It is my joy to give My beloved sleep.  When I created the world, I rested on the 7th day.  My Jewish brothers and sisters still celebrate a rest called Shabbat on the 7th day of the week.

This day of rest is a pattern that I desired for all who I created to enjoy.  I also created people to have a time of sleep when  their bodies could be restored.

I want you to believe and receive what David wrote about his sleep pattern. He wrote: "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for You LORD, only make me dwell in safety (Psalm 4:8)."

PSALM 4:8

FINISHER

I am the author and finisher of your faith.  I brought you into this world, and you have a book of life that records your life.

One day that book will be read to you.  There is another book also that will be read to you in heaven.  It is the book of remembrance that records every time you speak about Me or even think about Me.

These are the books that are being written daily by Me as you go through life.  I do not miss any moments.  I joyfully record those moments you spend with Me. Spend more time with Me daily.

HEBREWS 12:2; MALACHI 3:16

SHORT

So many are talking about My return to earth.  This was the subject of My disciples.  They wanted to know what would be the sign of My coming.

I told them that the end would not come until the gospel of My kingdom was preached throughout the world.  This is happening now through technology and transportation.  The world has grown smaller.

You are now experiencing a great harvest of souls.  Paul wrote of how that I would finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness; because a short work will I make upon the earth.  I am doing this now.

ROMANS 9:28

DETERMINED

Even before the foundation of the earth, My Father determined everything that is happening before, now, and in the future.

My Father has determined appointed times to celebrate His feasts.  There are three feasts that have been celebrated by believers in the past, in the present, and in the future after I return to Earth.

The three eternal feasts are the Feast of Passover that honors Me, the Feast of Pentecost that honors My Holy Spirit, and the Feast of Tabernacles that honors My Father.  We are the three in ONE.

LEVITICUS 23

GATES

When I was on the Mount of Olives, I always entered Jerusalem through what was called "the Mercy Gate." I entered it for the last time just before I was crucified, but I will enter it again.

When I return to earth I will stand on the Mt. of Olives and that mountain will split in half. The earth will shake, and I will walk once again through the gate that was closed by the Turks in 1541.

I will pass through the Eastern Gate once again to set My Kingdom up in Jerusalem. Look forward to this time that Ezekiel prophesied that I will return in glory to the earth.

EZELIEL 43:2

DELIVER

When you cry out to Me, I have promised to save and deliver you.  Psalm 107 lists many situations that you may experience in life that will cause you to cry out to Me.

The children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness in a desolate way when they cried out to Me.  They were thirsty and hungry and I delivered them and gave the water to drink and food to eat.

Throughout My Word people cried out to Me when they were in trouble, and I saved them in their distresses.  Today cry out to Me for those who are suffering all over the world. I will hear your cry.

PSALM 107

MOUTH

I created the mouth to be the part of the body that will form words and speak words that express My love to others.

Other animals have mouths, but they cannot speak words.  I am the living Word and by Me, for Me, and through Me was every thing created that is created.

I want you to use your mouth to speak the words that you read in My Word and that I speak to you through My Spirit within you.  When you do this, you will have a ministering mouth that can bless many.

COLOSSIANS 1:16

FAIL

 I prayed that Peter's faith would not fail him. Stan's plan was to sift him as wheat when he was tempted.

My body on earth is going through a great sifting.  I am praying that you and those I love will not allow their faith to fail because they fear when they see the things coming on earth.

Keep your focus on Me and faithfully spend time with Me in prayer and reading My Word, and you will fortify yourself to be strong in faith in the days ahead.

LUKE  22:32, 21:26