ENTER

Not everyone who says to Me LORD, LORD will enter into the kingdom of heaven; but the one who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. 

The highest form of worship is doing My will.  So many ask how they can know My Father's will.  My servant Paul wrote that the way to know My will is to present your body as a living sacrifice and refuse to conform to this world.

My Word is My will and as you abide in My Word, you will be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  My will is that you abide in Me, abide in My Word, and abide in My love.  When you do this, I will not only give you the will to do My will, but I will also give you the way to do My will daily.  I am the way.

MATTHEW 17:21L ROMANS 12:1-2; PHILIPIANS 2:13

OPRESSION

You live in a day when My enemy is attempting to keep people oppressed under leaders who are far from righteous in their actions. His goal is to especially oppress and persecute those who are righteous in My sight.

The good news is that even in the midst of living in an oppressed society, you can have My peace, My power, and My joy because you are established in My righteousness.  

Satan can touch your self-righteousness, but if you have been made righteous by believing in Me and receiving the cleansing of My blood, you will always be far from oppression.  When you received Me as your LORD and Savior, you entered My kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy in My Spirit.

ISAIAH 54:14; ROMANS 7:14

BIRTHS

The shepherds were the first to receive the news of My birth. They were also watching for births.  It was the season for lambs to be born.  That night they would see Me, the lamb of God, just after My birth.

The Angel of the LORD told them that I would be wrapped in swaddling clothes.  The shepherds had spent most of the night wrapping new born lambs in swaddling clothes.

They were the first to lay eyes on Me as a baby.  They did not fully understand Who I was and why I had been born, but they would soon learn that I came to die so that they could one day have Me birthed in their hearts.

LUKE 2:8-14

NIGHT

It is the night before Christmas, and I know you have fond memories of the many Christmas Eves that you spent with your family.

It is fitting that you are having record cold where you live because the eve before I was born was also very cold.  It was not a cold night in December, however.  I was born the day after a cold night at the end of March. It was during the lambing season when lambs are born, and that is why the shepherds were keeping their flocks by night.

Today I am born in hearts all over the world. Yes, when people receive Me as their LORD and Savior, I am born in their hearts. My light always shines brightest in the dark. Pray for many to receive My light into their hearts.

JOHN 11:10

BRIGHT

This is the season when homes are lit with bright lights.  Many do not understand the fact that I am the light of the world. 

I am the brightness of My Father's glory, and the express image of His person.  I uphold all things by the Word of His power.

I know it seems like the whole world is enveloped with darkness, but hold on to what My Word says.  The day will come when I will destroy all evil with the brightness of My coming.

HEBREWS 1:3; 2 THESSALONINAS  2:8

AGAINST

I know that sometimes you feel like My enemy is causing much trouble in your life.  Some people call him the trouble maker. Satan hates this time of year because so many all over the world are thinking about My birth.

Instead of focusing on what My enemy attempts to do in your life, focus on the victory that I have already won over him.  I spoiled principalities and powers, and made a show of them openly triumphing over then in it.

Meditate on the fact that I have already won the victory over Satan and all of his demons.  You are warring  against them from the position of victory.  Use your keys to the kingdom to bind every demonic force that comes against you.  The loose My Holy Spirit to fill You with My joy and love.

COLOSSIANS 2:15

CONSTANTLY

During this season, people are sharing about My birth in the cards they are sending to one another.  My birth was so very important and it brings you great joy, but do not leave Me in the manger.

My Word tells you joyful news that happened after I ascended to heaven and sent My Holy Spirit during Pentecost.  The early church came into being and Paul later became an apostle.  A review of Paul's letter to Titus will remind you of how you should constantly rejoice in several truths.

All believers in Me can rejoice when they are reminded that they are sanctified, justified, washed clean, forgiven, made righteous by the blood I shed on the cross and that they are renewed and regenerated by My Holy Spirit.  Most of all they can rejoice because I will live with them for all eternity.

TITUS 3:5-8