DOOR

When I walked on Earth, the good shepherds led their sheep to the sheepfold at night where they would be safe from the beasts that wanted to devour them.  The sheepfold had walls of stacked stones with briars on top.  There was an opening for the sheep to enter, and once they had entered the shepherd sat all night in the space where the sheep had entered.  He became the door to sheepfold.

I am the door Who protects you and all of My sheep from the evil one who wants to steal, kill, and destroy.  I never slumber or sleep.

I also hold the "Key of David" that opens doors for you.  I can open the door that no man can shut, and I can close the door that no man can open.  The door may be to a new job, a new church, a new neighborhood, or a new, higher spiritual place with Me.  Thank Me today for being the door of protection and opportunity for you.

JOHN 10:1-18; REVELATION 3:7

TRAINING

I know you have heard the Proverb,"Train up a child the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."  The most formative years of a child are from infancy to six years of age.  Mothers have a choice to be home to train their children with My values or to allow another person who may not have the same values to train their children.

There is not much written about My childhood in My Word, but I was trained as a child.  I had a loving mother and father who were faithful to always take Me to the Temple, and we prayed with one another.  My prayer for mothers today to recognize that training their own children by teaching them My Word and displaying My love to them is the most fruitful labor they can have on Earth.

You also are in training, and your trainer and teacher is My Holy Spirit.  Stay in His classroom daily and allow Him to teach you My ways and My Word.  I want you to pass every test that is given to you, and if for some reason you do not pass the first time, always be comforted to know that I will give you a make up test.

PROVERBS 22:6; JOHN 14:16-17

DISTRACTION

I want you to understand the assignments Satan (the devil) has to fulfill in your life.  When you are aware of these assignments, you will better be able to resist him in My name and through My blood. 

The devil has the assignments to destroy, deceive, depress and oppress, and distract.  My enemy has demonic spirits who want to fulfill these five major assignments.  Be on the alert to resist and to cancel out those assignments daily, but first submit to Me daily. 

Bind in My blood and in My name every spirit that cannot confess that I am God in the flesh.  Loose those spirits from their assignments and send those spirits to Me where I will deal with them.  I am over all principalities and powers, rulers of darkness, and wickedness in heavenly places.  However, you must use your spiritual weapons (declaration of what My blood has purchased for you and the declaration of My Word out loud in prayer).  Remember the devil is a defeated foe, but you are responsible to enforce My victory by skillfully resisting the devil.

JAMES 4:7; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-7

PRESSURE

Some people do not do well when they are under pressure, and My enemy knows this.  When you are under pressure and yield to that pressure instead of Me, you will say and do things that do not glorify Me.. I do not condemn you for those times.  In fact, I want to help you during pressure times.

I sent My Holy Spirit to be your helper.  Sometimes when you are under great pressure all you can say out loud is, "Help me Jesus."  I know you do not look forward to "Help Me Jesus Days," but I love to hear those words as you cry out to Me.  I will always answer your cry.

Do not allow My enemy to put you under pressure.  When you feel those pressure bands circling your head, just commit your works to Me and I will establish your thoughts.  Today may be a "Help Me Jesus Day."  If it is, don't forget that I am standing by with My Holy Spirit Who is the "Helper" plus a host of angels who can minister to you during those pressure times.  They ministered to Me when I was in agony in the Garden.

PSALM 54:4; HEBREWS 1:13-14; PROVERBS 16:3

PROCLAMATIONS

Usually people respond to proclamations.  They tune their ears to those proclamations, especially if the proclamations have something to do with them.  I came to proclaim the year of the Lord, but very few seem to be paying attention to this proclamation when it is a life or death matter for them.

On what is called the "Day of the Lord," in My word, I will be revealed to all mankind.  It will be a day of mourning for many who have not known Me.  On that resurrection day when the graves will be opened, all will see Me.  It will be both a day of vengeance and a day of comfort.

I came to comfort all those who mourn to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.  This is good news. That day is fast approaching, so more than ever, My beloved need to proclaim Who I am and what I came to do.  Today take every opportunity to declare the good news that I came to save the world, not to condemn it.

ISAIAH 61:2-3

GAIN

The world system you live in is founded on how much a person can gain.  However, My kingdom is founded on how much can a person lose. Most people in the world seek to gain recognition, gain money, gain promotions, gain good grades, and about the only thing in the world that is not founded on gain is weight.  Most people want to lose weight.

The abundant life that I want to give everyone who believes in Me can only be gained through loss.  One must lose his own ambition, his own prejudices, his own plans, and his own money.  Sometimes the believer is required to lose the relationships that in the past pulled him away from Me.

My servant Paul said that he suffered loss of all things that he might win Me.   I said, "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.  The cross is you with every selfish thought of gain.  Are you willing today to give yourself fully to Me and allow My Spirit to fill every part of your being?"

PHILIPPIANS 3:7-8; LUKE 9:23 

RESIST

I have given you all the weapons of warfare that you need to pull down strongholds.  I have also given you the keys to the kingdom to bind and lose demons.  However, you need to use those weapons of warfare and you need to use those keys.

If you need instruction on how to use those weapons and how to use those keys, that instruction is set forth in My Word.  I came to destroy the works of the devil, and I have given you the power to do the same.

Today and every day, submit yourself to me in the morning.  Place My blood and My armor over all your family members. loved ones, pets and possessions.  Also extend the shield of faith over them.
Declare out loud that your righteousness is of Me.  When you do this faithfully every morning, no weapon that is formed by My enemy against you will prosper.

2 CORINTHIANS 10:4-7; MATTHEW 16:19; EPEHESIANS 6; ISAIAH 54:17; LUKE 10:19