EVENTS

I know how you look forward to events in your life when you can get away from the routines of life and just have time to relax and receive inspiration from My Word and joy as you spend more time in My presence.  In My presence is fulness of joy. 

You do not have to wait for those special events in your life to enjoy My presence with you.  I am with you always.  Every morning can be a blessed event in My presence.  Acknowledging My presence in the morning as you spend a few minutes worshipping, praising, and thanking Me will set the stage for you to face every event of the day.  So many of My beloved put off their precious moments with Me because they feel they do not have the time.  However, just five minutes of focusing on Me and My presence will strengthen you for the day ahead.

Remember that with Me there is no time or space.  I can infuse you with My love, joy, and peace in just one minute.  Take that minute with this morning and every morning.  You will then experience My leading and guiding you throughout the day.

PSALM 16:11

WHY?

So many ask the question, "Why?," when unexpected tragedy occurs.  The truth is that the question, "Why?" may never be answered in a lifetime.  When tragedy strikes, the question that can be answered is, "What?"  What can a person who has experienced great loss of the life of loved ones, possessions, or health do as a response to such loss?  This is a question that can be answered.  Solomon answered this question when he wrote:

Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.

The path after tragedy strikes is not an easy path, but when you put your trust in Me, I will guide you and comfort you in the days that follow loss.  You live in a fallen world that is poplulated with many rebellious people who disobey the law.  There will be more lawlessness as the days approach My return.  You also live in a world that is on a downward spin.  This downward spin began when sin entered the world.  During these end days more than ever, I want you to put your full trust in Me.
You may not have the answer to the question, "Why?," but I am the answer to life eternal.  I can carry you through every trial until that day when you spend eternity with Me.

PROVERBS 3:5-6

PACKING

I know how you get a little frustrated when you are trying to remember everything to pack when you are going on a trip.  I never had to concern Myself with packing.  I traveled the Galilee and into Jerusalem with just the clothes on My back.  The more stuff you have on earth, the more you have to concern youself about things.

The one thing that I want you to be concerned about is the main thing.  The main thing is Me.  Keep Me uppermost in your mind all the day long, and My Holy Spirit will help you remember what to pack and the next thing I want you to do.  I sent My Helper to help you.  Call upon Him moment by moment and the frustration of the little things in life will fade in the presence of His comfort and peace.

JOHN 14:18

REFUGE

The world you live in is on a downhill spiral.  It has been on a downhill spiral ever since sin entered the world.  Decay, corrosion, polution, and coruption did not exist in the garden that My Father prepared for Adam and Eve.  The moment Eve gave in to Satan's temptation,  life on earth became tainted.  The moral decay you see in the world today is nothing new.  If you just looked at the way the world is going right now, you would have little hope.
This is why My servant Paul exhorted you to set your affection on the things that are above and not on the things of this earth.

As the time draws near to My second coming, I want you to know things will not get better.  However, keep looking up.  Your redemption is drawing nigh.  There will be a new heaven and a new earth that will be sustained by My life.  There will be no impurity and no sin in the new earth.  Look forward to that day.  Until that day hide yourself in Me.  I am your refuge and your ever present help in the troubled days that you are now experiencing.

PSALM 9:9; COLOSSIANS 3:2

FEAR

I know that there are times when fear will invade My peace.  The enemy's frontal attack is to get you in fear - fear of the future, fear of man, fear for your finances, and all kinds of fear.  Those invasions will occur from time to time, but do not ever allow the enemy to overwhelm you with fear.  If he is successful, you will be paralyzed and unable to move ahead in the Spirit.  Fear is the anesthesia that My enemy uses to paralyze you so that he can send other spirits to oppress you.

There is only one weapon that will always conquer fear.  That weapon is My perfect love.  Perfect love casts out all fear.  Daily ask My Holy Spirit to fill your heart with My love.  When you do this, you will be guarding your heart against giving in to fear when the enemy trys to attack you. 

Ask Me daily to help you love like I love.  You cannot walk in love and fear at the same time.  There are over 365 "fear nots" in My Word.  Memorize some of those "fear nots" and use them as a sword against the enemy when he tries to put fear on you.  Today you can say as David said many times, "What times I am afraid, I will trust in the Lord."  David probably had to verbalize this phrase often since his life was one of fight and flight.  Use those words today and fear will not have its way with you.

1 JOHN 4:18; PSALM 56:3

SUPPORT

People long for support from others in their lives.  So many feel that they have to face life's problems without support.  Many have no family and only a few friends, and they feel all alone.  I see their needs and desire desperately to help those who feel they have no support.  My arms are always outstretched to embrace them and to lift them up when they feel down.

You have experienced My support for years.  You have the good news to share with others that they are never alone.  Those who do not believe in Me look at your faith in Me as a crutch to lean on when times are difficult.  After all they say, "You are self-sufficient and should pull yourself up by your own bootstraps."  The truth is that I am the magnificent life-support system for everyone who is born on this earth.  No one can take another breath without My support.

Share how I have supported you with My everlasting arms through the years with others.  They need to know that I am not a crutch.  I am "LIFE," and without My support no person can do anything.

JOHN 6:63, 10:10

FORGETTING

My servant Paul wrote: "forgetting those things that are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press forward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
You may have made the decision to forgive someone, but I know it is hard for you to forget.  One of the tricks of My enemy is to keep you frozen in the past so that you cannot make spiritual progress in the future. 

The only thing that can help you forget those things in the past is My love.  Only My love can thaw out the frozen bad memories of the past that keep you blocked from moving ahead in faith.  My Holy Spirit has the assignment to fill your heart with My love, but He cannot do this when you keep rehearsing the past in your mind.  Take the thoughts of past hurts and give them to Me.  The truth is that rehearsing the past gives you vain imaginations (imaginations that are centered on you and your hurt). 

When ever you have a thought of past hurt, come to Me quickly and allow My Spirit to replace that hurtful thought with My love.  Even though the one who hurt you deeply is insensitive to your hurt, I am never insensitive to your hurt.  I came to heal the brokenhearted and to bind up the wounds of your past.  Today, the moment you have a memory that causes you to feel hurt, take a moment to receive My love that can heal every hurt from your past.   Take a moment to feel My embrace and the warmth of My love, then move on through the day with a fresh anointing that comes from My throne room.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13B-14; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-6; ROMANS 5:5