FORTH

I created you to bring forth much fruit.  I told My disciples that they did not choose Me, but I chose them and ordained them to go and bring forth lasting fruit that would remain always.

Even before the world began, I wrote about the fruit you would bring forth in your lifetime.  When you see Me face to face, you will see all the fruit you have brought forth.

I pray for all believers to bring forth much fruit for My kingdom on earth.  Join Me in that intercession, and pray for your family, your church, and your nation to bring forth much fruit for My kingdom. 

JOHN 15:16

PARTAKERS

My beloved Peter learned so much from My teachings.  He came to understand all of those teachings after I sent the Promise of My Father upon Him at Pentecost.

Peter had already received My Spirit within him when I breathed My Spirit into all My disciples.  This was their born again experience

At Pentecost My Spirit anointed Peter to teach. He taught that believers can be partakers of the My divine nature through the promises of God.  Meditate and memorize these promises daily.

JOHN 20:22; 2 PETER 1:4

READY

In the last letter that Paul wrote Timothy, he said that he was ready to be offered, and that the time of his departure was at hand. I also knew when the time of my departure was at hand.

When I rode into Jerusalem,  I knew that I would soon be crucified.  I was able to face dying for the sins of the world because I knew the joy that would come at My resurrection.

As I took My last breath, I prayed, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Pray for those who do not know how their sins can be forgiven. Pray for a great harvest time of souls.

2 TIMOTHY 4:6; LUKE 15:7

CLEAN

When I walked on earth I healed several lepers.  A leper came to Me and worshipped Me, saying LORD, if  You will, You can make me clean.  

When I put forth my hand and touched him, I said "I will; be clean.  And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

I am still stretching forth My hand to those who need cleansing in their bodies, souls and spirits.  Pray for those who are bound by unclean spirits.  Bind those unclean spirits and loose My healing to them.

MATTHEW 8:2-3

JUSTICE

I am both just and merciful.  The psalmist wrote: "Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face (Psalm 89:14)."

Solomon wrote: "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. There are three things that I require of you and they are that you do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Me.

Pray for those in government in your country, counties, and cities and in nations worldwide to do justly. Pray for them to humble themselves and ask for My wisdom. Pray that they will come to know Me.

PSALM 89:14; MICAH 6:8

REFRESHING

Just after Pentecost, My servant Peter spoke to all those who were gathered from every nation.  He gave them a message that had a great impact upon the crowds. Three thousand people were saved.

He told them that it was not too late for them to repent and be converted. He promised that if they accepted Jesus as their savior and redeemer, that His presence would bring them times of refreshing.

This is the message I want you to share with others.  So many have lost hope because they are trying to find hope in the world. Refreshing times of hope can only be found in My presence.

ACTS 3:19

ENTER

You often see the sign, "Do not enter."  I desire that all know how to enter My kingdom.  I told Nicodemus that unless he became as a little child and was born again that he could not enter My kingdom.

I told the multitudes that followed me that they must enter in the straight gate. I told them that I could help them enter that straight gate.

There are so many in your culture today who do not know how to even find the straight gate or how they can enter My kingdom. Pray for opportunities daily to share how they can enter into My kingdom.

JOHN 3:5; MATTHEW 7:13-14 

BREAD

When Satan tempted Me, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command these stones to be made into bread." I answered, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

My Word is your spiritual food. Yet, so many now in this generation do not partake of this spiritual bread. I am the living Word of God and I am the bread of life. Those who believe in Me shall never hunger.

Tomorrow when you break bread with your family, think of  Me.  I have the power to fill all the empty places in your life, and I can fulfill your hunger for peace, joy, and love.

MATTHEW 4:3-4; JOHN 6:35

SUPPLICATION

My servant Paul exhorted believers in Me not to be anxious about anything.  Instead, he told them to pray about everything

He told them to make their requests known to Me by prayer and supplication.  Supplication means loud crying.  Paul was urging believers to cry out to Me whenever they needed help.

My psalmist David wrote Psalm 107 that demonstrates how I will answer your prayers when you cry out to me for deliverance.  Read this psalm sometime today and see how I always hear your cries for help.

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7; PSALM 107

JOURNEY

I went through many cities and villages in Israel, but I knew that my journey would end in Jerusalem where I was crucified and later resurrected.

I was willing to go to Jerusalem to endure the cross for the joy that was set before Me. I knew that My journey did not end when I was crucified nor did it end when I was resurrected.

Just before I ascended into heaven, I told My disciples that I would return in the same way that I left. I look forward to the journey to receive My bride. On that day you will journey with Me into eternity.

HEBREWS 12:2 (I will resume the blog in one week)

DECLARE

No man has ever seen My Father, but I came to declare My Father on earth. I am God in the flesh and everything that I said on earth came from My Father.

I only said what My Father gave Me to say and I only did what I saw My Father do. I provided the voice on earth that declared all that My Father wanted people on earth to hear.

The teachings I gave were the very words of My Father. When you read My Word, you are reading what My Father wants you to know. I am still speaking to you through My Word and through the Holy Spirit. 

JOHN 1:18

STRENGTHENED

I have heard you and others exclaim, "LORD, give me strength!  Many times you do feel weak.  You may feel weak emotionally or physically.

As you grow older, you do not have the strength that you used to.  However, when you have surrendered your life to Me, I have promised to give you strength.

My joy is your strength.  You can be strengthened by the might of My Spirit Who dwells in your inner man.  My Spirit has glorious power.  Draw on that power today and be strengthened.

EPHESIANS 3:16; COLOSSIANS 1:11

EXCEEDING

I always want to do exceedingly abundantly more than you could ever think or ask.  This is My desire, so when you pray, I want you to pray believing.  I cannot wait to answer your prayers.

I want you to ask big with faith believing and receiving with thanksgiving when you pray.  It is My great privilege to intercede for you continually.

Do not ever give up asking. I delight to hear Your requests and I have paved a pathway of promises for you to receive. I always keep My promises.

EPHESIANS 3:20-21; MATTHEW 7:7

DEDICATION

I was in Jerusalem for the Feast of Dedication.  It was winter.  I walked into the temple in Solomon's porch.  The Jews in the temple asked Me to tell them plainly if I was the Christ.

I told them that I had already told them, but they did not believe Me nor did they believe the works that I did.  They were in unbelief because they were not My sheep.

There are many who need to come into My sheepfold during this harvest time.  Bind the spirit of darkness and blindness and unbelief, and pray that the unbelieving will have ears to hear My voice.

JOHN 10:27

STORM

The time for dangerous storms in your country is during the springtime.  When this season of storms comes, I want you to speak My peace in my name to the storms.

I was able to calm the storms that came up suddenly on the Galilee.  I am the same today, yesterday, and forever.  Pray for My peace to settle over the atmosphere above you.

When you have stormy trials during your life, I want you also to speak peace to those storms.  I am able to give you a peace that is beyond your understanding during every storm that you may face.

MARK 4:39

BOW

Elijah felt like there was no one left but him when he was fleeing from Jezebel. God told Elijah that there were 7,000 who had not bowed their knee to Baal.

The day will come when every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that I am LORD. Until that time, there will always be a faithful remnant that will not give themselves to worship idols.

Be encouraged today as you see the turn around in your nation.  This has happened because of the faithful remnant that has interceded for your country.  Keep praying that this remnant will grow.

ROMANS 11:4; PHILIPPIANS 2:10

EXPRESS

I came to earth for many reasons.  I came to be the perfect sacrifice, died on the cross, was resurrected to reconcile those who would believe in Me with My Father.

I made it possible for those who would believe in Me to be forgiven of all of their sins (past, present, and future). My Father's plan of redemption existed even before the world was created.

Another reason I came to earth was to reveal Who My Father is.  I am God in the flesh and I am the express image of My Father.  I told My disciples that if they had seen Me, they had also seen My Father.

HEBREWS 1:3; JOHN 14:5-10

FAULTLESS

It was My joy to go to Jerusalem to fulfill the plan My Father had for Me.  I knew that I had to bear the sins of the world in My own body to provide a way for mankind to stand faultless before My Father.

No one killed Me when I was crucified. I offered Myself as the perfect sacrifice to pave the way for mankind's sins to be forgiven and thereby have a relationship with My Father because of My shed blood.

It will be My joy to present you faultless before My Father's throne.  You will be able to behold His glory and live eternally with Me in My Father's house.  Meditate on these truths every day. 

JUDE 1:24-25

HUMBLE

It is so important that My beloved learn how to humble themselves before Me.  I have promised to heal your land if those who believe in Me will humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways.

Confession and repentance from your own personal sins and the sins of your nation is a way to humble yourself before Me.  It is My Holy Spirit that will convict you of sin. Repentance is a change of heart.

Another way to humble yourself before Me is to cast every care upon Me because I care for you.  When you hold on to your cares, you are trusting in yourself rather than Me.  Give Your cares to Me today.

2 CHRONICLES 7:14; 1 PETER 5:7

END

Jeremiah wrote: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace,  and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

This is a promise that I fulfilled when I died on the cross and was resurrected.  On the day that I forgave your sins, I exchanged your self righteousness for My pure righteousness.

Paul wrote about this expected end. He said: "But now being made free from sin, and become servants of God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

JEREMIAH 29:11; ROMANS 6:22

LAST

When I died on the cross and was resurrected I spoiled principalities and powers, and I made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

I have given you and all those who believe that My victory was complete full authority to bind those demonic enemies that are now illegal on earth.  I have given you those keys to My kingdom.

The last enemy to be destroyed is death. When all enemies have been  put under My feet, then I will give the kingdom to My Father and I will be under My Father so that God may be all in all.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:24-28

THOUGHTS

Solomon wrote: "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he:  Eat and drink says he to You; but his heart is not with you.

Most everyone knows that the thinking ability I have created for mankind is in the brain.  However, people do think in their hearts.  This means that thoughts in the mind can affect the heart.

When people are depressed or oppressed in their minds, their hearts are usually broken or wounded spiritually, not physically.  Pray for those who are down-hearted.  Pray for My joy to invade their hearts.

PROVERBS 23:7

DRAW

It was nearing the time when I would be glorified. Many had come to see Me. I told Philip and Andrew and the others that if I were lifted up from the earth that I would draw all men unto Me.  

They did not understand that I was sharing the way I would die. When I was lifted up on the cross, I bore the sins of the world in My body and offered forgiveness to all who would believe in Me. 

I made it possible for all those who would believe in Me to be reconciled to My Father. I still am drawing people to Me.  Pray that many will be drawn to believe in Me during these end times.

JOHN 12:32

PEACEABLY

Paul wrote many letters while he was in jail in Rome.  He exhorted believers in one letter to as much as was possible within them to live peaceably with all men.

I also exhorted people to bless their enemies and to do good to those who persecuted them.  This seems to be an impossible task, especially when your enemies are very evil.

Just remember that there is nothing impossible with Me.  My Holy Spirit is able to place My love in your heart even toward those who are your enemies.  Pray for My Holy Spirit's to help you to love as I love.

ROMANS 12:18, 5:5

VALUE

So many on earth do not recognize how valuable they are to Me.  I died to save them all out of the grip of Satan, and I provided a way for them to be reconciled to My Father.

I shed My blood on the cross to forgive the sins of the whole world. Yet, so many in the world do not even know that truth.  This is why I want you to give those you meet this good news.

I said in my word that I even number the hairs on the heads of people all over the world.  I said, "But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows."

LUKE 12:7

VANITY

Paul exhorted the new converts in the church at Ephesus not to walk as many of the Gentiles were walking.  He said that they were walking in the vanity of their minds.  They were proud.

He went on to say that their understanding had been darkened, that they were alienated from God because of their ignorance, and that their hearts were blind.

As you pray for people to be saved,, I want you to pull down the stronghold of pride, and bind the spirit of darkness and blindness. Then lose the convicting power of My Holy Spirit to them.

EPHESIANS 4:17-18

BONDAGE

So many in your day are in bondage to many different addictions.  I came to heal hearts and to speak liberty to those who are in bondage.

I want you also to speak liberty to those you know who have many addictions in their lives.  Your prayers will avail much as you use your weapons of warfare to pull down the strongholds in their lives.

Keep praying.  When you pray, pray with supplication with thanksgiving making your requests known to Me.  Thank Me always for hearing your prayers for liberty for others.  I came to free them.

ROMANS 8:15

SANCTIFY

My Word has sanctifying power.  When you read My Word, My Holy Spirit has the power to wash you so that you feel fresh and clean.

My Holy Spirit can reveal to you those things you need to confess to Me as you read My Word daily.  This is why it is so important for you to abide in My Word daily.

Today and every day, allow My Holy Spirit to wash you as you read My Word.  He never condemns you. His assignment is to convict you of sin, and He does this when you give Him a chance.

EPHESIANS 5:25-26

ORDER

Paul wrote the church at Corinth that they should do things decently and in order. When people in the church do not follow those in authority, there is confusion.

The same is true if a family is out of order.  I created the husband to be the head of the wife, and the wife is to be submitted to her husband.

Marriage is an example of My church.  I am the head of the church.  You are My body on earth, and it is only when you look to Me to give you direction and guidance that you, My body on earth, will glorify Me.

1 CORINTHIANS 14:40

IMMEDIATE

My servant Paul had a vision of a man in Macedonia who prayed, saying, "Come over into Macedonia, and help us." Paul responded immediately to that vision and set sail to Macedonia.

Paul's immediate response to the vision opened many doors to Paul for evangelism.  They met Lydia who became a believer and invited them to her home. Later Paul saw the man in the vision. He was a jailer.

The jailer feared for his life when I set Paul and Silas free from the jail. The jailer invited them to his home and his whole family was saved.  I want you to immediately obey Me as My Spirit leads you daily.

ACTS 16:10-40

HEIRS

Those who are older begin to think about what they will leave to their children.  My Father has provided a wonderful inheritance for His children.

Those who believe in Me have the same inheritance that I have.  You are joint heirs with Me which means that My Father has provided for you to inherit the whole kingdom of God.

The good news is that you do not have to wait until you go to heaven to claim this inheritance.  You can inherit this kingdom right now, and it includes My righteousness, My joy, My peace and My love.

ROMANS 8:17

LIBERTY

I came to proclaim liberty to the captives.  So many in your culture today have given in to their lusts and have allowed seducing spirits to imprison them with all kinds of addictions and perverseness.

I am able to set every one who has been addicted to drugs, alcohol, prescription drugs, and pornography free.  I have this power.

This is good news. Tell those you love that I can set them free if they would just turn to Me and allow My Holy Spirit to give them the strength to be free of those bondages.

ISAIAH 61:1 

REMAIN

I have a rest that is prepared for all those who believe in Me.  That rest can only be obtained by believing in Me and trusting in Me.

That rest can never be entered into if believers do not cease from their own works and instead, trust Me to work through them each day.

Every morning, I want you to give Me your day and ask My Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you moment by moment.  Then have your ears tuned to do those works I have prepared for you that day.

HEBREWS 4:9-10

MEDITATION

I know that there are days when your body just does not feel strong.  Often the skies are grey during these winter months and during these months people can easily become a little depressed.

The way to fight those down feelings is something that My psalmist David discovered.  He knew that if he could just get the joy of his salvation restored, then he would be out of the slump.

David knew that the way to have My joy restored in his soul would be to meditate on Me. He wrote that his meditation of Me was sweet. Meditate on Me during your down times and My joy will strengthen you.

PSALM 104:34

EXCEEDING

I am able to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.

These were the words that Paul wrote the the church at Ephesus.  He wanted the church that he planted there to understand the great power that they had within them

That power within them and within us is the Holy Spirit Who gives us the ability to do kingdom work here on earth.  Keep asking My Spirit daily to help you finish your assignments while you are still living.

 EPHESIANS 3:20  

ABSENT

My disciple Paul felt that he had more work to do on earth.  He had traveled throughout the region of the Mediterranean and established churches in Greece, Turkey, and finally returned to Rome.

Paul wrote many letters while he was imprisoned in Rome. It was at that time that he wrote the Corinthian Church and he expressed that he sometimes wished to be absent from the body and present with Me.

He had more time, however, to witness to those in Rome while he was imprisoned.  He finally was taken to the gallows.  That moment brought him immediately into My presence where I greeted him in person.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:8

WAIT

David exhorted his soul to wait on Me.  He knew that his soul (mind, will, and emotions) often went ahead of Me or did not follow the instructions in My Word.

It is the soul or our flesh that always is impatient.  We want to see the answers to our prayer right now or very soon.

David knew how to wait upon the Lord.  He did not count on his own ability or the ability of others to fulfill his expectations.  He wrote: My soul, wait only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.

PSALM 62:5 

AUTHORITY

When you see all the evil in the world that you live in now, you cannot help but ask the question, What happened to being kind and tenderhearted?

The horrible, evil atrocities that are happening worldwide is evidence that you live in a fallen world that is corrupt.  The good news is that by My perfect sacrifice, I defeated demonic entities once and for all.

Then, you may ask, why are these demonic demonstrations still evidence.  The answer is that so many in My body on earth do not use the keys to the Kingdom which gives them authority to bind and to loose.

MATTHEW 16:19

PLANT

My Word is a seed that I want you to plant deep in the fertile soil of your heart. If for any reason, you do not understand My Word as you read it, ask My Holy Spirit to give you understanding.

Understanding is the bridge between knowledge and wisdom.  When you receive understanding from My Holy Spirit, you will be able to apply what you learn in My Word to your every day life.

I call those who have planted My Word in their hearts "Trees of Righteousness, the planting of the LORD." Keep asking My Spirit to give you understanding of My Word and you will be a fruitful tree.

ISAIAH 61:3

ABLE

I am able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you could ask or think.  When some people came to me who needed healing, I asked them this question, "Do you believe that I can do this?"

After I asked them if they believed that I could do this, I then said, "Be it done unto you according to your faith.

Paul was glorifying Me when He prayed, "Now unto Him Who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power the works in us." You have My power within you and you can do the same works I did while I was on earth and even greater according to My power within you.

EPHESIANS 3:20 

ANOTHER

The new commandment that I gave to My disciples was that they love one another as I have loved them. They knew how much I loved them.  

So many on earth and even believers have not known how much I love them.  I offered My body as the perfect sacrifice to make it possible for those who believe in Me to be free from Satan's grip.

My Father so loved the world that He gave Me to enable you to be forgiven of all of your sins.  The only way you can love one another as I have loved you is to be a giver of your time and your life to others.

JOHN 13:34

CHOICE

Life is made of choices.  I also make choices.  I made the choice to receive you into My family.  You have many brothers and sisters in My huge family, so I want you never feel alone. 

I had a free will just like you do.  My Father gave people free wills so that they could choose to be His child. Thank you for choosing Me to be your Savior and Redeemer, and big brother.

The battle I had in the Garden of Gethsemane was a battle between My human will and My Father's will. I chose to do My Father's will to be crucified in order to forgive you of your sins.

JOSHUA 24:15

CONTINUE

When I died on the tree, I exchanged your self-righteousness for My righteousness, and I made it possible to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight. 

The righteousness you received through My shed blood is sealed by faith in Me. My enemy will try to steal your faith and your hope in Me, but you must hold fast in faith, believing until the end. 

Paul urged those believers to continue in faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel.

COLOSSIANS 1:22-23

CIRCUMCISION

Most baby boys are now circumcised after birth in a hospital.  My Jewish brothers and sisters have a ceremony to circumcise their baby boys. A rabbi does this delicate procedure in the home of the parents.

The ceremony is call a brit milah (covenant of circumcision). The Pharisees in My day were insisting that Gentiles needed to be circumcised. My servant Peter convinced them that God did not require this.

I require only that hearts be circumcised.  This means that those who believe in Me have hearts that are submitted to My Holy Spirit Who is the only One Who has the power to cut away fleshly lusts.

ACTS 11

DESIRES

When you delight yourself in me, I will give you the desires of your heart.  Your delight in Me opens the door for Me to plant My very desires for you in your heart.

My desires will be planted deep into your heart and what I plant, I grant.  My desire for you is that you will prosper and be in good health as your soul prospers.

My desire for you is that you will finish the work I have ordained for you to complete before you go home to be with Me.  Thank Me daily for fulfilling your desires.

PSALM 37:4

WIN

When you experience your team winning an important game, you rejoice and probably call your friends to report the victory.

Life is not a game, but My servant Paul wrote about what he was willing to give up in order to win an eternal prize.

He wrote: Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my LORD: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung that I may win Christ (Philippians 3:8)

PHILIPPIANS 3:8

UNDERSTANDIING

Paul prayed that the eyes of the understanding of believers in Me would be opened.  It is My Holy Spirit within you Who will give you the understanding you need as you read My Word.

Once you are born again, My Holy Spirit lives within you and He is the Spirit of truth Who can lead and guide you into all the truths found in My Word.

Understanding is the bridge between knowledge and wisdom.  Wisdom is applied knowledge.  My Spirit can give you wisdom and understanding, might and counsel, and knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

EPHESIANS 1:17-18 

TEMPLE

There are many in My body on earth who do not realize how serious it is to defile their bodies through  various addictions like alcohol, nicotine, prescription drugs and over-eating.

Paul wrote: "What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, Who you have of God, and you are not your own.

He also gave this serious warning: "If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." Your body belongs to Jesus. It is not your own.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19, 3:17

SIGN

When I walked on earth, I shared the troubles that would come near the end. I said that nation would rise against nation and there would be earthquakes and famine and wars and rumors of wars.

Then I told my disciples not to be troubled  when they saw these things occurring because they must happen before the end.  

The disciples then asked what would be the sign when all these things would be fulfilled. I shared that the gospel I was preaching must first be published to all nations." Pray that all My beloved will seize every opportunity to share My gospel with others.  You can start in your neighborhood.

MARK 13:10

FACE

Many believers say they want to follow me every day.  If you try to follow Me, you will not be able to keep up with Me.

I never turn My back on you.  My face is ever before you like a father who is teaching his child to take the first steps.  The father kneels to be eye level with the child and he coaxes the child to come to him.

This is the picture I want you to have as you seek My face daily. I am eye level with you and My arms are outstretched to catch you if you start to fall. Keep your eyes focused on Me and you will not fall.

PSALM 17:15

PARTAKERS

I know how you pray for yourself to be more like Me.  This is the prayer of many of my beloved.  In fact, they pray this prayer every day.

My disciple Peter became more and more like Me as he studied and obeyed My Word.  Peter also asked for My Holy Spirit to guide and direct him every day. Peter obeyed My Word and My Spirit. 

Peter gave the secret of how My beloved can partake of My divine nature.  He said: "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

2 PETER 1:4

Paul wrote that he and the the disciples who were with him were troubled on every side.  I know that you sometimes are overwhelmed by all the darkness in the world.  My light can penetrate that darkness.  

There will always be trouble.  I told My disciples that in the world they would have tribulation.  Then I assured them that they could still be of good cheer because I had overcome the world.

You and all those who have surrendered their lives to Me are in the world, but not of the world.  When I died on the cross and was resurrected, I won the victory over the god of this world who is the devil.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:8

PERTAIN

My disciple Peter grew both in his faith and in all things that pertain to life and godliness because he was diligent to study My Word.

Peter knew that it was the divine power of My Holy Spirit within in him and the anointing of My Holy Spirit upon him that helped him develop into a mighty man of God.

Peter knew that in order to escape the corruption in this world that he needed to partake of My divine nature by believing and receiving the promises in My Word. You have My divine nature within you also.

2 PETER 1:2-4

ALLOW

 I allowed My disciples to be entrusted to carry the gospel of the kingdom of God to the whole world.  They began in Jerusalem and then went to Samaria and finally to the uttermost parts of the world.

There are still places on earth where they have never heard the gospel.  I preached the gospel of the kingdom of God which was simply, "Repent and be reconciled to God."

Now, you can share with others the good news that I have finished the work of reconciliation that God sent me to do. Now, the message of the gospel is repent of your sins and believe that I am their Savior.

1 THESSALONIANS 2:4

DEER

Deer have very strong hind feet. Just after David was delivered out of the hands of his enemies and Saul,  he wrote this: "He makes my feet like hinds feet and sets me upon my high places (Psalm 22:34).

David declared in this psalm that I gave him strength and power, and that I made his way perfect.  David  trusted Me to deliver him, and he shared one testimony after another when I did deliver him.

I want you always to trust Me to deliver you.  You may have doubts when you are experiencing difficult circumstances, but I will walk with you through those circumstances and set you on a high place.

PSALM 22

CREATE

David was a man after My heart because he was humble enough to receive the corrective prophecy of Naaman who told him a parable that convicted David's heart.

David repented of his sin of murder and adultery, and then he cried out to Me and wrote a  prayer that I will always answer.  David had a contrite heart, and I do not despise a contrite heart. 

David wrote: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. David knew that only I  had the power to cleanse him and give him a new heart. Pray to always have a contrite heart.

PSALM 51:10

LISTEN

I am always speaking, but so few take time to listen to Me.  A big part of prayer is listening.  Prayer truly is a two way conversation.

So many who are suffering in this world need someone to listen to them. Part of sharing our burdens with one another is being willing to listen to what is on the hearts of others.

I want to challenge you this week and in the following days to take time in your prayer time to listen for My voice.  I want to speak to you heart to heart and spirit to spirit. Take time everyday to hear My voice.

JOHN 10:4

FEED

I told Peter to feed My sheep.  Many events in Peter's life had to do with food.  Peter saw the miracle of the food that was provided after I blessed it and fed 4,000 and also 5,000. 

I prepared a breakfast for My disciples after My resurrection. I told Peter then to feed My sheep and My lambs..  

Later Peter wrote: "Feed the flock of God that is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind." I exhort you to be diligent to feed yourself and others My Word which is your spiritual food.

1 PETER 5:2

LOOK

"Look not every man to his own things, but every man also on the things of others (Philippians 2:4)." It is  easy in your life to be so consumed with the things in your own life that you forget to reach out to others.

The things in your life can be the circumstances you are experiencing or even the material things that you have to care for.  The more things you have, the more you have to spend time taking care of them. 

I spent My life on earth taking care of the things that were a concern to those I met along my journey around the Galilee.  Today and every day, I challenge you to look for ways that you can help others.

PHILIPPIANS 2:4

AGE

The psalmist prayed this prayer: "Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails (Psalm 71:9). As you age, you do begin to lose strength, but My joy can strengthen you.

The one who wrote this Psalm knew Me well and he knew that I would never abandon him even in his old age. The author of this psalm wanted to live many more days so that he could praise Me more and more.

He wanted to spread the news of My righteousness and salvation.  He wanted to live as long as he could so that he could continually share the wondrous works that I had done in his life. Let this be your prayer.

PSALM 71

ASSURANCE

Many of My beloved want to have the assurance that I will be with them always.  My Word promises that I will be with you always. I promised the disciples before I left them that I would be with them always.

Isaiah gives this assurance also.  He wrote these words: "And the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance forever (Isaiah 32:17).

As you are faithful to abide in My Word and seek to walk in My paths of righteousness daily, you will receive the assurance you need daily to have confident faith in My presence with you always..

ISAIAH 32:17

DISAPPOINTMENTS

People will disappointment you and many times, you may be disappointed in yourself, but I will never disappoint you.

The disappointments you face in life often occur because you missed out on your appointments with Me.  When you abide in Me, My Word, and My love, I will always make My appointments with you.

You are able to experience My presence with you every day when you make your appointments with Me. This means that you will spend times thanking, praising and worshipping Me and reading My Word.

PSALM 16:11

PRESENT

When you have had to say goodbye to many of your loved ones on earth, you can be assured that you will see them again.

Paul wrote this: "Knowing that He Who raised up the LORD Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you (2 Corinthians 4:14)."

Paul had no doubt that the day would come that he would be raised up to see Me and all his loved ones who had entered heaven before him.  The day will come when you will be with those you love forever.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:14

OFFENCE

Paul wrote this: "Therefore  as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life (Romans 5:18)."

You and all those who believe in Me are justified by My righteousness.  You and all My beloved will be able to stand before My Father faultless because of My shed blood.

When I died, I forgave all your sins past, present, and future.  Your sins have not only been covered by My blood, but because I became the perfect sacrifice, your sins are removed.  Praise Me today for exchanging your filthy rags of sin for My pure, white sinless righteousness.

ROMANS 5:18

SEALED

  have sealed you and every believer by My Spirit.  I have also anointed you and established you by My Spirit.  

You have the earnest of My Holy Spirit within your heart.  I call all of My beloved to never doubt their salvation that has been sealed.  My keeping power is magnificent.

You can be assured that I will always be with you and that My Holy Spirit will guide and direct you throughout your lifetime.  This should give you the confidence you need to be faithful to Me.

2 CORINTHIANS 1:22

MIGHTY

My servant Paul prayed an anointed prayer for all My beloved followers.  He prayed that My Father might give unto every believer the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.

He prayed that all believers might be enlightened  to know what the hope of their calling is. and also what  riches are available to them because of their inheritance.

He prayed that all believers would understand the exceeding greatness of God's mighty power when I was raised from the dead.. Give thanks today that the same resurrection power dwells in you by My Spirit.

EPHESIANS 1:17-19

HERITAGE

Children are truly a heritage from Me, and the fruit of the womb is a mother's reward. Happy are parents who honor them and who also honor Me.

Pray for the many in this generation who have rebelled against Me and their parents.  Lift their hearts up to Me because only I can heal the wounds in many of their hearts.

I came to heal the broken-hearted and to set the captives free.  Many who have rebelled are bound now by various addictions.  Pray that they will turn to Me and receive the power of My Spirit to overcome these strongholds.

PSALM 127

AUTHORITY

When I walked on earth, people were amazed that I spoke with authority and was able to cast out demons.  I gave My disciples the same authority.

After My resurrection I breathed into My disciples My Spirit.  They then had My very Holy Spirit within them.

At Pentecost, My disciples had the Holy Spirit come upon them and baptize them. It was then that they went forth with the power of My Spirit to fulfill My work on earth.  I have given you the same authority.

LUKE 4:36: JOHN 20:22; ACTS 2:1-4

RESTORE

I am able to restore what has been lost.  My prophet Joel spoke these words: "And I will restore to you the years that the locust have eaten, the cankerworm and the caterpillar, and the palmer worm."

Difficult circumstances in our lives are like swarming locusts that come one after another to overwhelm and discourage us. When this happens in our lives, we have to remember where we are seated.

We are seated in heaven next to Jesus Christ.   Jesus is over all circumstances and we also can be victorious over circumstances when we keep our focus on Jesus Who has overcome the world.

JOEL 2:25  

BREATH

My disciple were born again after I was resurrected.  Shortly after my disciples knew I was resurrected, I met with them. Until that time the Holy Spirit was upon My disciples, but not in them.

At that meeting, I breathed My very breath into each of them, and I said, "Receive you the Holy Spirit." The Holy Spirit was upon Moses, Joshua, and David  and many others in the Old Covenant.

At Pentecost the 120 disciples that were gathered in the upper room were baptized in the Holy Spirit. My Holy Spirit then empowered them to be witnesses to the world.

JOHN 10;22; ACTS 2:3-4

CONSIDER

The author of Hebrews exhorted those who read his letter to consider one another and to encourage those who believe on Me to love one another and to do the good works I have planned for them to do each day. 

The best way I have given you to help others to love one another as I have loved them is to pray for them to be quick to forgive one another. It is impossible to sincerely love a person if you have not forgiven them.

Also pray for ways that you can help others to accomplish the works I have designed for them to do.

HEBREWS 10:24

BEGINNIING

 I was with God in the beginning of the earth. My beloved John wrote, "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God.  And the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God (John 1:1-2)."

The Holy Spirit also was in the beginning. Moses wrote: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.  And The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (Genesis 1:1-2)."

I was the living Word that spoke and all things were created by Me, for Me and through Me. At the beginning of each day in this new year, I invite you to worship Me in Spirit and in truth.

COLOSSIANS 1:18, 2:9

JOINED

Paul urged the Corinthian church to be joined together with the same mind and to speak the same thing.  He exhorted them to have no divisions among them.

As you enter this new year, I desire that all my beloved meet often to intercede for their nation and the nations around the world.  As they are faithful to humble themselves and pray, I will hear their prayers.

Pray that there will be no divisions in My body on earth and that they will begin to pray in agreement for the harvest time I have promised to manifest in every nation.

1 CORINTHIANS 1:10 

ESTABLISH

Moses wrote only one Psalm, and it is Psalm 90.  Psalm 90 was a prayer that all My beloved should pray daily.  

He wrote: "And  let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish the work of our hands upon us, yes, the work of our hands establish it (Psalm 90:17).

I desire that you will daily commit your works to Me so that I can establish your thoughts.  When you do this, I will be able to do My works through you. Your works will then make My presence known on earth.

PSALM 90:17; PROVERBS 16:3

SNOW

This is the season in your country when many people will experience snowy weather.  Mt. Hermon in Israel is covered with snow and when warm weather begins water flows to the fields below.

Isaiah wrote that as rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not, but instead waters the earth so that the earth can bring forth and bud, so My Word does not return to Me.

My Word always accomplishes what I please, and it will always prosper in the thing I send it out to do. Make it your goal in this year to read portions of My Word daily. You will then bear much fruit.

ISAIAH 55:10-11

AMBASSADOR

What you treasure in life is what will reveal the idols or strongholds that you may have in life. I pray that you and everyone reading this will treasure Me and My kingdom more than anything else in this world.

Make it your goal every day to seek Me first and to be a good Ambassador in My kingdom on earth.  You do this by making My presence known to others by what you say and what you do.

Ask My Holy Spirit daily to help you glorify Me on earth because this it your purpose on earth and the purpose of every Ambassador I have on earth.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:20

MIND

The mind is the where you encounter battles every day.  My enemy cannot read your mind, but he can put thoughts in your mind.

When thoughts of temptation, doubt, and fear come, remind the enemy that you have My Mind. Those who believe in Me and are born again have My mind within them.

My God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.  The sound mind that you have is My mind. 

2 TIMOTHY 1:7 

 

AWARE

Many people are aware that we are living in the last days.  However, they do not understand that I will come as a thief in the night.  

I shared what would be happening in the end times, and I did say when they saw these things happening, they were to look up because their redemption was drawing near.

I will come at an hour when you least expect it. What would you do if you knew it was your last day to live? The answer to this question will shine a light on what is important in  your life.

MATTHEW 24

DEPART

The only way that you can depart from Me is that you stop believing in Me.  I will never stop believing in you. Keep your heart with all diligence because out of it are all the issues of life.

My enemy will send you all kinds of doubtful thoughts.  When this happens, I want you to recall all that I have done in your life and how I have fulfilled so many of My promises in your life.

Focus on Me and begin to praise Me out loud whenever doubtful thoughts come.  Praise is the devil's death knell and those doubtful thoughts will leave when you praise Me.

HEBREWS 3:12

GATHERED

At the end of time, all nations will be gathered before Me, and I will separate the sheep from the goats. The sheep will be on the left hand and the goats on the right.

I will judge them according to the mercies they have shown to My brethren.  My brethren are My Jewish people.  You see the world now and how so many are coming against My brethren.  

This is a sign of the end times.  Pray for My brethren (the Jews) in these last days because they will face much persecution as you see what is happening in Israel.  All those who love My brethren will also be persecuted.

MATTHEW 25:32-46