OUTSIDE

I told the Pharisees and scribes that they appear clean on the outside, but within they were full of extortion and excess. 

There are many that you meet who appear to be so clean and perfect, but you do not know what is in their hearts.  Only I have the power to look into the hearts of people.  

Never judge people by the way they look on the outside.  Treat each person you meet as a treasure who I have made to glorify Me.  Then ask Me how to pray for them.  I know every secret in their hearts.

MATTHEW 23:25

MINISTER

There are ministers in churches who are paid to minister by preaching and taking care of those in their church. I have called all of those who believe in Me to do the same as a paid minister.

I desire for you to minister in the moment to others.  What does that mean? It means that I give you moments throughout the day to minister My love to others. Your pay is the blessing you will receive.

There is another way you can minister to others.  Paul wrote the church at Ephesus to allow no corrupt communication to come our of their mouths, but to speak only words that minister grace to the hearer.

EPHESIANS 4:29

COVER

My disciple Peter felt like the end of the world was soon approaching and so was My return.  Many in the world today are feeling the same way.

Because Peter was looking for My soon return, he had many exhortations for those who were looking for My return to follow. Those exhortations can be applied to our lives today.

Peter wrote: "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover a multitude of sins." The best way to have fervent charity is to share My gospel with those who do not know Me so that they will be ready for My return. 

1 PETER 4:8

SEARCH

The prophet Jeremiah talked about how I search the hearts of people.  He wrote: "I the LORD search the heart. I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of His doings (Jeremiah 17:10)

I want you to always walk in My ways by obeying My Word and by seeking Me with all your heart.  Jeremiah also wrote:  "And you shall seek Me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13).

I am always with you and I will never forsake you.  I want you to daily spend a quiet time in My presence. It is during those times that you can hear those things I want to tell you. Seek Me with your whole heart.

JEREMIAH 17:10; 29:13

STORM

I know that many on the east coast are expecting stormy weather as the season of  hurricane weather is approaching.  I know many are concerned for the safety of their loved ones.

Just remember when stormy weather hit my disciples as they were crossing the Galilee, the storms ceased when I rebuked the storm and got in the boat with them. 

You will have storms in your life that may have nothing to do with hurricanes approaching.  Know that I am with you always through every storm you experience in life.

MARK 4:37-41

DELIVER

My disciples came to Me and asked Me to teach them to pray.  I gave the teaching, and at the end of that teaching, I declared My Father's power to deliver them from evil.  I said the words below:

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen."

When I taught this prayer to the disciples, I had not gone to the cross where I became the perfect sacrifice to redeem all of mankind from their sins. My disciples would soon have the power to deliver many in My name from sin.  You have that power also.  Use My power within you to deliver many from bondage. 

MATTHEW 6:13

EMPTY

Centuries ago, My prophet Isaiah spoke about those who would come against Israel.  He said, "It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he awakes, and his soul is empty:

or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite; so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion (Isaiah 29:8)

This is what will happen to every nation that comes against mount Zion (My beloved Jerusalem).  I will always with great force come against every nation that tries to come against Israel. I watch over Israel.

ISAIAH 29:8 

EATING

When I was enjoying eating with My disciples My last Passover dinner with them, I took the bread and I blessed it and broke it.

After I blessed it, and I broke it, I gave a piece to each of them.  Then I said to them, "Take eat.  This is My body. None of My disciples understood what I was saying.

I was preparing them for the time when My body would be broken to purchase healing for their bodies.  I purchased your healing on the day when My body was bruised and My flesh was torn on the cross,  Receive the healing I purchased for you today.

MATTHEW 26:26

SANCTIFICATION

I am made to you wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.  I am all the wisdom you will ever need. I am all the righteousness you will ever need.

I am all the sanctification and redemption you will ever need.  When you are in Me and I am in you, My wisdom can flow through you.  All you have to do is ask Me for wisdom.

I have already set you apart to do My will, so daily ask Me to reveal My will to you through My Word. I am your redeemer, and I am able to redeem whatever Satan has stolen from you. Give Me praise.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:30

NEWNESS

So many are desperate during these dark days of the end times.  You have the wonderful opportunity to share the good news that they can become new in Me.

When you were baptized after you received My forgiveness of your sins and was born again, the pastor who baptized you in water said the words below from Romans 6:4

"Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." Thank Me today for your newness of life in Me.

ROMANS 6:4

REACH

My servant Paul learned the secret to day by day living.  He said that he had learned to forget those days that were behind and to press forward to those days that lay before him.

If you dwell on your past or even dream about your future, you will miss the NOW moments in your life.  Faith can only operate in the present time.

I want you to live moment by moment. When you surrender your day to Me, know that whoever you are talking to by phone or in person is appointed by Me as a time for you to reach out to that one with My love, joy, and peace.

PHILIPPIANS 3:13

GENTLENESS

One of the fruits of My Spirit is gentleness.  You live in a time when there are so many wars. You see on the news the wicked and violent actions of terrorists all over the world..

I want you to display the fruit of gentleness to those you encounter each day. People are hungry for a gentle touch and comforting words. 

Pray for comfort for those in these warzones and especially pray for Israel.  My Word exhorts you to speak comfort to Israel.  Speak this daily in your prayers for Israel and for your nation.

GALATIANS 5:22; ISAIAH 40:1

TREAD

 I want you to never underestimate the power I have given you.  I said, "Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19)."

I spoke those words when the seventy disciples that I sent out were discussing how amazed they were that they even had power over the devils. I was reminding them that I gave them that power.

I want to remind you today that you have that same power, and I urge you to daily use the authority I have given you to defeat the enemy. You are in a spiritual war, and I have already won that war when I died on the tree and was resurrected. The battle has been won, now enforce the victory.

LUKE 10:19

LONGING

Many people have a longing deep inside of their souls.  They seek many things to fill that longing. Some seek pleasure or material things. 

The psalmist wrote: "For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness (Psalm 107:9)." When you have a hungry soul, let Me fill it with My goodness.  Taste and see that I am good.

Only My presence can satisfy the longing soul.  When you spend time in My presence, I can heal your soul and fill your soul with My peace, joy, and love. I want you to hunger to spend time in My presence.

PSALM 107:9

CHOOSE

Joshua asked the children of Israel who they would choose to serve.  He asked them if they would choose the false gods of that time or would they choose the One True God.

The choice Joshua made was the choice that I desire for all on earth to make.  Joshua said, "As for me and my house we will serve the LORD.

Pray for those you know who have not made the choice that Joshua made.  Pray that My Holy Spirit will encounter them, and tell them that to choose to serve Me will bring lasting peace, joy, and love to them.

JOSHUA 24:15

WIN

My Word has a lot to say about conquering, but not much to say about winning.  However, Solomon wrote about winning.

Solomon wrote Proverbs 11:30: "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the one who wins souls is wise."

Armies can conquer armies and teams can win sports events.  Some may even win prize money in a contest. When the Holy Spirit anoints us to share the gospel with someone and they are saved,  we win an eternal reward. 

PROVERBS 11:30

ESTABLISHED

Psalm 112 describes how blessed is a man who fears the LORD and one who delights in My commandments. 

When you fear Me which means you desire to keep My commandments and you stand in awe of My majesty, your heart will be established.

When you fear Me, you do not have to be afraid of evil tidings because you trust Me with all your heart.

PSALM 112:7

UNTIL

 I know it is so painful to see the darkness that has shrouded your own nation and the nations of the world. You see the wars and the rumors of wars that I prophesied would come in the end times.

My psalmist felt the pain that evil men had caused in the world,  but then something happened. He went into the sanctuary.  

He wrote: "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end (Psalm 73:16-17). Trust Me to take care of the wicked.

PSALM 73:16-17

NARROW

I was speaking to the multitudes when I exhorted them to enter the strait gate.  I said: " Enter at the  straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and there will be many who go in there: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leads to life, and few there be who find it (Matthew 7:13-14)."

I am the Good Shepherd Who leads many in paths of righteousness.  However, so many have chosen to never get on this path or have chosen to get off this path.

I came to redeem mankind from sin, and I made it possible for all who trust Me to walk the path of righteousness. Pray for many to choose the straight gate and My path of righteousness.

MATTHEW 7:13-14

WRITE

I told the prophet Habakkuk to write down the vision I had just given him.  I told him to make it plain on tables. There are many visions, dreams, and prophesies in the day that you are living.

I want you to discern what is true in these visions, dreams, and prophesies.  Those that do not contradict the counsel of My Word are worth writing down.  

Some of these prophesies may not be fulfilled right away. When you write these prophesies down and you see them fulfilled, you will never doubt that I am faithful to always fulfill My Word.

HABAKKUK 2:2

GATHER

 "Gather to Me My faithful, those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice (Psalm 50:5)." This psalm was written many centuries ago when I was speaking to Israel.  At that time they were sacrificing animals to honor Me.

Those sacrifices ceased when the Temple was destroyed in 70AD.  Since I shed My blood and became the perfect sacrifice, the faithful to Me offer the spiritual sacrifices of thanksgiving, praise and worship.

I am now gathering Jewish people and Gentile people in this last great harvest. Pray for many Jewish people to come to know Me as their Messiah. Pray for many Jews to turn to Me during this war in Israel.

PSALM 50:5

ENTIRE

All My beloved want to allow Me to do an entire work in their lives.  I know you want this also.  I am in the process of sanctifying My body on Earth.

This means that I am speaking to the hearts of My beloved about what I want to accomplish in their character and also in their souls.

My beloved have already been sanctified by My blood.  However, My Spirit is still conforming them each day into My image.  Be patient and let My Spirit perfect you so that you will be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

JAMES 1:4 

MULTIPLY

I have the power of multiplication, and I am about to use that power in this last great harvest. So many of those who have been laboring in prayer for revival are going to see the results of their prayers soon.

Many have been praying for their lost relatives, and I want you to know that your prayers have not been in vain.  As this harvest time increases, you will see many salvations in your families.  Be expectant.

Many of those who have labored to bring the gospel to many nations will finally see the fruits of their labors.  Even those countries that have resisted My good news will see that the seed sown will bear fruit.

2 CORINTHIANS 9:10

TELL

There are many things that are being published that do not tell the truth.  My Word is truth and My Spirit is the Spirit of truth.

I am truth itself. There are so many lies being told over your media and even in churches.  Pray diligently against these seducing spirits and lying spirits that are causing many to believe lies.

Pray for My truths to be voiced by My remnant church in such a way that powers and principalities in the spiritual realm will be pulled down.  Publish with the voice of thanksgiving My mighty works.

PSALM 26:7

ABLE

Do you believe that I am able to do all things well?  I am truly able.  Whatever difficult situation that you are in, I am able to deliver you.

Whatever sickness you are having, I am able to heal you.  This is what My Word says.  If you feel all alone, I am able to make My presence known to you.

Whenever you lack faith, I am able to give you the faith you need.  I am able to make  all grace abound toward you so that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to ever good work. 

2 CORINTHIANS 9:8