FATHERS

I always loved talking with My Father before dawn.  I knew that once the light of the day was shining brightly that there would be little time if any to just listen intently to My Father.  You have so many distractions in your age.  Few of My beloved have quality time with Me daily.

You read one time that fathers on the average only speak to their children two hours a week.  Those hours are spaced during the few hours that fathers are not working outside the home.  Fathers today have to be intentional to spend quality time with their children.

So many in the world do not even know who their father is.  The expressive love that a father displays to his children is vital for their emotional well being.  My heavenly Father loves every child, but children need to hear "I love you" from their dads.  In the last days I will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and their children to their fathers..  My heart is always turned towards you.  Spend quality time in prayer today and listen to the love words that My Father is conveying to you.

MALACHI 4:5

CONCLUSIONS

It is so easy to jump to conclusions when you do not know all of the facts.  So many of My beloved try to guess at when I will return, and they come to their own conclusions.

"It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which My Father has put in His own power."  Only My Father knows the day and hour of My return. 

Rather than diligently searching My Word to try to figure out when I will come again, I want you to ask Me for wisdom every day so that you can apply the knowledge that you find in My Word to your every day life.  Kingdom living is not based on knowledge of facts.  It is based on intimate knowledge of Me and faith. Faith can only operate in your life in this present moment.

ACTS 1:7; JAMES 1:5; HEBREWS 11:1

CONFRONT

It is usually difficult to know whether or not I want you to confront someone with their sin or just pray for that person.  Confronting someone without the unction and anointing of My Spirit often will produce little fruit.

My servant John gave the answer when he wrote: "If any man sees his brother sin a sin that is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.  There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.  All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death" (1 John 5:16-17).

The only sin that is unto death is rejection of Me as Lord and Savior.  I exhort you to first pray for the fellow believer who you see sin.  I have given you and all My beloved the priestly role of praying and confessing the sins of others.  You are to ask Me to count that sin not against the person and also ask Me to send them the gift of repentance. I gave that priestly role to My disciples just after My resurrection.  I first breathed into them and said to them, "Receive you the Holy Spirit: Whosever sins you remit are remitted and whoever sins you retain are retained.

1 JOHN 5:16-17; JOHN 20:21-23

CONGENIAL

People are congenial with one another when they have the same tastes and temperament.  Such people usually do not have a problem in their relationships with kindred spirits.

The goal of My Holy Spirit is to conform you to My image.  This means that He is forming My temperament in your emotions and My thoughts in your mind.  When you lift up your soul daily to Me and ask My Spirit to help you love like I love, you are cooperating with this challenging assignment of My Spirit to conform you to My image.

People who live in your age more than ever need to see My love expressed through a human being.  When I exhorted My disciples to let their light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify My Father in heaven, I was challenging them to love like I love.  Loving Me with all your heart and loving others is the work of My Spirit within you. Yield to My Spirit today.

ROMANS 8:29; MATTHEW 5:16

ENJOY

I created the world for you to enjoy, and I also created your five senses to enhance your enjoyment of the beauty of the world.  I love to see you wake up early so that you can see the morning star.  I created that view so that you will know that I will be watching over you on that new day.

I also created the sunrise and the sunset.  I make the mornings and the evenings to rejoice. Listen carefully at sunrise and sunset and you will hear the birds praising Me at dawn and at dusk.  I know how summer is not your favorite month because of the heat, but I created the sounds of summer as night falls to entertain your ears.

When you take your walks in the morning stop for a moment and smell the roses.  I created your taste buds to savor the flavor of food.  Enjoy what I have created this day, and alert your senses everyday to welcome My creation.

PSALM 65:8; PSALM 34:8; REVELATION 22:16

PERSERVERANCE

You often ask Me, "Why do people go through so many trials?"  There are multiple reasons why people suffer many trials, but one of the fruits that can be produced through trials is perseverance.  Perseverance will lead to patience, and patience will finally be developed in our characters.

My Holy Spirit desires to fill the hearts of all believers with My love.  However, often My love is blocked from shining forth from the hearts of believers because they do not persevere through trials with a joyful spirit. 

How you react to tribulation will show forth My love. You have a choice to react in anger because you believe I am punishing you, or you can respond in love. I do rebuke those I love, but I do not punish them.  I bore the chastisement or punishment for all humans when I died on the tree.  Sadly, many experience no peace in their hearts when tribulation comes because they do not recognize the fact that I have either ordained the trial or allowed it to fulfill My purpose in their lives.

ROMANS 5:1-5; JAMES 1:2-3

BOTTLES

"Who can stay the bottles of heaven?" I asked Job this question.  I am in control of the weather, but you can intercede for My mercy when storms  come your way.  You also can pray for rains to come and for rains to stop.  Elijah prayed for rain, and it came.

Heavenly bottles not only store water, but they also store the tears that you have shed when you have cried out to Me.  David prayed that I would put his tears in a bottle when the Philistines took Gath. His enemies seemed to be winning.

Whenever your enemy (Satan) seems to be winning, cry out to Me, and.when you pray for the salvation of others, cry out to Me. I will put your tears in a bottle and later I will pour out your tears as showers of blessings upon yourself and those you cry out to Me for their salvation.

JOB 38:37; JAMES 5:17-20; PSALM 56:8