ENVELOP

When you wake up in the morning, I see you enveloped in My robe of righteousness.  I want you to see yourself this way as you wrap your morning robe around you. 

When you have this picture in your mind, there will be no room in your mind for condemnation to invade your thoughts.  I did not come into the world to condemn the world.  I came to save it.  My enemy loves for you to dwell on the times you said and did the wrong things.

You are not only enveloped in My robe of righteousness, but you are also enveloped in My love.
You are hid with Me in My Father's heart.  Today meditate on these truths, and you will have a blessed day.

JOHN 3:17; COLOSSIANS 3:3

ONLY

Many people object to My good news because they do not believe that I am the only way that they can be saved and live eternally. It is My Holy Spirit Who can open their eyes to the truth. 

I said that "I am, the way, the truth and the life.  The whole universe was created by Me and for Me.  You were created for My pleasure, and I know the very hairs on your head.  I have loved you eternally even before the foundation of the Earth were formed.

Pray for those you know who have yet to make the decision to ask Me to be their Lord and Savior.  Pray for the Spirit of Truth to reveal to those who think I am not a loving God because they believe that I send people to hell who do not believe in Me.  I gave mankind free choice.  No one goes to hell unless they choose to.  Many alive today choose to live in darkness rather than to come to My light.

COLOSSIANS 1:16-17;JOHN 8:12

FORWARD

What will life be going forward after this virus crisis is over?  This is the question that many are asking now.  Only I know the future and this is why I taught My disciples to take no thought for tomorrow. 

When you are absorbed with thinking about the future, it is so easy for you to become worried and anxious. I told My disciples that "tomorrow will take thought for the things of itself.  Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof (Matthew 6:34)."

Faith can only be exercised in the present moment.  You can trust Me with your future, but I want you to live in the moment, and ask My Holy Spirit to lead you to do the next thing.  You will be surprised at how I will use you in the moment if you will commit your moments to Me every morning.

HEBREWS 11:1; MATTHEW 6:25-34

COMPETITION

The natural man usually wants to compete for the best in most things.  You see the competitive spirit in sports, business, and among siblings.  The spiritual man, however, does not compete for first place.
On the contrary, people who are led by the Holy Spirit will esteem others higher than themselves.

Two of My disciples competed with the other disciples to sit next to Me in My kingdom.  My response to them was the same response that I give to you today.

I responded with this question, "Can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?  They responded with a firm, "Yes."  They did not understand that they would soon drink from the cup of suffering and be baptized by fiery trials. Ask My Holy Spirit to help you today to give you a servant spirit that is willing to lay down your life for Me.

PHILIPPIANS 2:3; MARK 10:35-40 

REMEMBER

This virus crisis has been severe in many lives. People have seen their loved ones rushed to the hospital with the virus.  The family left behind cannot visit their loved ones who are struggling, and the patient in the hospital cannot help but be confused.

There is no distance or time with prayer.  When you pray, your prayers can travel to heaven and back and change lives on Earth.  Pray for those who are experiencing trauma in their lives.

Your prayers are your way of saying, "I care for you."  I have given everyone the invitation to give Me their burdens, but many do not know how to release their cares to Me.  The way to bear one another's burdens is to intercede on behalf of those who are suffering and who do not know to turn to Me in prayer.

MATTHEW 11:28-30; GALATIANS 6:2

TRANQUIL

When you see city streets with no traffic, I am sure that this sight is almost surreal to you.  In spite of the appearance of tranquility, there is tremendous trauma in the emergency rooms of hospitals.  

Only I can supply the peace that passes your understanding during this virus crisis.  I am your peace.  I am your "Good Shepherd" who can lead you beside still waters so that your soul will be restored.

Pray for all those who are on the front lines to fight to save lives.  Pray for the families who have experienced fear and the death of loved ones.  Pray for those in the ICU rooms who are without any family support.  I see their distress, and I can give them the calm they need.  Pray that My presence will overwhelm them with peace in the midst of this storm.

PSALM 23

CURRENT

I know you like to keep up with the current news.  Some people feel like My Word is out dated and not current.  However, such people have never read the entire Bible.  Many of the prophesies in the Old Covenant speak exactly about what is happening right now throughout the world.

When the disciples asked Me when the end would come, I gave them the signs of My coming to establish My kingdom on Earth.  They did not understand because they were thinking of an earthly kingdom that would happen in their day to deliver them from the oppression of Rome.

I am coming soon and as you read what I told the disciples about the beginning of sorrows, you will discover that you are living in that time.  You cannot know the time of My coming, but you can know the season.  You are in that season now.  Read My Word daily to get current news.

MATTHEW 24