REND

Joel describes the spiritual battle that will take place at the end of this age when the mighty army of saints will fight with Jesus in the last great battle.  He desribes the day of the Lord and how great and terrible it will be.  He asks the question, "Who can endure." 

As you read this passage, know with an assurance that you will endure because I am the enduring One Who lives within you.  The battle is Mine and the victory is yours.  Joel gives the call for people in these end days to turn to Me with all of their hearts with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.  He exhorts them rend their hearts, and not their garments.  Then he gives a beautiful description of Me and My character.  Listen to His words:

Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm.

Pray for those in these last days who have not rendered their hearts to Me.  Part of the word "surrender," is "render."  You can surrender many things to Me, but I am after your heart to be totally surrendered to Me.  When you surrender your heart to Me, I will give you the power to endure until the end.

JOEL 2

FRIEND

There was a time when I told My disciples that I no longer called them My servants, but I called them My friends because I had shared with them everything that I heard from My Father,  I shared how I chose them and appointed them to bear much fruit and that their fruit should remain.  I said that whatever they asked the Father in My name that He would grant their requests.

I say the same thing to you today.  You are My friend.  It is My joy to share with you everything that My Father ever told Me.  You can daily read what Father told Me as you read My Word.  I commanded My disciples to love one another. 

A true friend is one with whom you can share all that is on your heart and the deeper things of life.  I am your true friend, and I have the words of life.  Meditate on the words that I spoke when I walked on Earth and your friendship with Me will grow deeper and deeper.  Talk to Me daily just as you talk to the friends you trust. It is My delight to hear your heart spoken to Me in honesty and sincerity.  I also rejoice when I hear the requests you make to My Father in My name.

JOHN 15:15-16

EXTRA

People usually are pleased when they receive more than they expected.  That extra is always a blessing.   My desire is to give you extra blessings, not just blessings.  I came that you might have life and have it more abundantly. This does not mean that you will suddenly become wealthy financially.  The wealth of My Kingdom is so different than worldly wealth.  The wealth that I can give you is eternal, not just temporal.

I can give you extra peace on days when you are struggling.  I can give you extra joy when you are discouraged or depressed.  I can give you extra grace (the supernatural power to do the impossible in the natural) when you do not think you have enough strength to do the next thing.

You have not because you ask not.  Today come to Me and ask for the extra.  I am able to give you exceedingly abundantly above all that you could ask or think, according to My power that works within you.

JOHN 10:10; EPHESIANS 3:20

BRIGHT

I have called you to be a light that shines extremely bright in these last days.  The path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day (the day of My return).  When I appeared to Peter, James, and John on the Mount of Transfiguration, My countenance was so bright that it looked like My clothesI had been washed in supernatural laundry soap.  I was shining so bright that My brightness exceeded the brighteness of the glistening snow on the mountain.  Peter wanted to build three tabernacles to as a memorial to this occasion when Moses and Elijah appeared with Me on the Mountain.  Then My Father said, "This is My beloved Son, "hear Him!"

On that dramatic day, My Father revealed the secret to your being a shining light in these last days.  Listen carefully to My voice every day and then obey what I say.  When you do this, you will live a blessed life and your countenance will shine with the light of My glory.  Let My light within you so shine before men that they will see the good work that I do through you and glorify My Father in heaven.  Always remember that it is I Who works within you both to will and to do of My Father's pleasure.  You are My tabernacle who contains My glory. Shine brightly today.

PROVERBS 4:18; MARK 9:2-8

CONTRACT

I am in the covenant business, not the contract business.  When you sign a contract, you have no assurance that the person you had an agreement with will meet the provisions listed in the contract.  Today, more than ever, people are not honoring the contracts that they have signed.

I am a covenant keeping God.  I kept My covenant with Abraham, Moses, David, and I now am keeping My new covenant with you.  I covenanted that the day would come when I would write the law on your heart and give you a new heart.  That day came when I died for your sins.  I told My disciples just before I died that My blood was the new covenant.  The covenant of My blood guarantees that all who believe in Me will receive the three gifts I died to give them.  Those three gifts were My grace, My truth, and My righteousness.

Daily remind yourself that the law is now written upon your heart.  Remind yourself that only I, the obedient One, can keep the law through you.  Remind yourself that because you believe in My atoning blood, you now are the very righteousness of God in Me.  All the promises in My Word are yours through Me.  Rejoice today because My Father sees you dressed in My robe of righteousness.

LUKE 22:20; MATTHEW 26:27-28

TIRED

You are tride when you are weak and tired.  A good way to remember this is to rearrange the letters in the word, "tired," and you have the word, "tried."  You will be tried by My enemy at the times when you are weary and worn out.  TRY not to ever push your body to the point of exhaustion. 

I have provided a way that you can refresh your soul during those moments when you are weary.  Pray in the Spirit during those times.  When you pray in the Spirit you will build yourself up in your most holy faith and your inner man will be refreshed.

When you have seasons of praying in the Spirit throughout your day, you will find that you will be much more productive, and you will also have your spiritual ears tuned to hear My voice.  Try this today and you will experience a more fruitful day.

JUDE 20

RIVERS

You have rivers of living water within you.  On the last great day of the Feast of Tabernacles, I gave an invitation to all those who were present.  I was standing on the Temple stairs just after the priests poured water upon the public area where everyone was viewing.  I cried out, "If any man thrists, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."  I spoke this concerning the Spirit Who would soon come and dwell within those who believed in Me.

Value the gift of My Spirit within you, and pray in the Spirit often.  My Spirit will help you interecede for others and He will teach you as you read My Word.  He is able to bring to your remembrance everything that I ever said. 

Today tap into the rivers of living waters within you.  Drink from the wells of salvation within you.  Too many of My beloved are looking for My glory to revealed to them when they contain My glory within them.  They often feel dry because they forget that they contain living water that can quench their thirst.  Come to the waters and drink.

JOHN 7:37-39