WEATHER

I have heard you say to Me, "Lord, I love you, but I cannot help resenting it when you throw buckets of rain on us."  It is true that I am in charge of the weather. I use weather for three purposes.  The three purposes are for correction, for the land, or for mercy.  I spoke these purposes to My servant Job.

You are experiencing heavy amounts of rain in your country.  One or all three of these reasons for strange weather conditions can be applied to your country.  Trust Me to fulfill whatever My purposes are for your country, but your prayers will avail much.

I also told Job that I could stay the bottles of heaven.  I told Job that I was the One and the only One Who can divide a watercourse for the overflowing of waters.  Pray and appeal to My mercy today to stop the heavy rain you are experiencing in your country.  I always mete My judgment with My mercy.

JOB 38:25, 37; ISAIAH 30:18

UNUSUAL

Almost daily you face unusual circumstances and people who seem to be unusual. You live in a day when many unusual things will be happening.  I spoke about this when I shared with My disciples about the last days.  There will an unusual amount of floods and earthquakes and other natural disasters.  You will meet people who are unusually cold, distant, and uncaring.  They will only be thinking of themselves.

As you draw closer to Me in these days, you will discover how unusual My love for you is.  My love is nothing like human love that is based on feelings and often is fickle.  My love is all accepting, extravagant, and unending. 

I want you to allow My unconditional love to flow through you today even when you face unusual circumstances and encounter unusual people.

MATTHEW 24:6-13; ROMANS 5:1-5

BRIDGE

When communications between two people are difficult and tense, there are several reasons.  One reason is that the two parties remember how prior communications with one another have not gone well.  Such an assumption places a negative shadow over the interchange.

Often My enemy will give negative thoughts about one another, and the expectations even before the conversation occurs are not edifying.  You forget that My enemy hears every unkind word that has been spoken in the past, and he will make sure that each person remembers those words.

I desire that your speech always be seasoned with grace.  This is impossible if there is intimidation and mistrust.  Pray for the anointing of My Holy Spirit before entering such conversations.  That anointing includes wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.  You can have all knowledge and wisdom, but if you lack understanding the bridge that both parties need cross to come to a resolution will not hold.

ISAIAH 11:2; COLOSSIANS 4:6

COURAGE

My Word has so many exhortations about courage.  Moses said to Israel and Joshua, "Be of good courage," and Joshua gave the same exhortation to Israel before they went to claim the Promised Land.

David wrote this, "I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, wait, I say, on the Lord (Psalm 27:13-14."

David gave two very important steps you should take to receive My courage.  The first step is to remember how I have been good to you in the past.  The second step is to wait on Me instead of moving in haste when you face situations where you need courage.  When you wait upon Me by spending time in My presence, I will be able to strengthen your heart and infuse you with My courage.


DEUTERONOMY 31:6-7; PSALM 27:13-14

RESENTMENT

Resentment is anger internalized.  If you allow resentment to remain in your heart towards someone, then that resentment usually will turn into depression.  Resentment is feeling in the emotional level of your soul that, if allowed to remain, can poison your whole physical body.

Resentment can be based on the fact that you feel someone has taken advantage of you or that someone is not doing right by you.  You can resent having to work so hard with so little pay, and you can resent the fact that you were born into an unloving family.

Whatever the reason for resentment, I exhort you to get rid of it immediately.  Resentment will steal your joy and your peace.  Give your resentment to Me quickly by forgiving the one you resent or by learning to be content with whatever difficult circumstances you may be experiencing.  When you are content, you will not be contentious.

PROVERBS 26:21, 27:15, 17:14; PHILIPPIANS 4:11

BORING

When you serve in My kingdom on Earth, you will never be bored.  Many people who have yet to know Me in a personal way often get bored with the same routines of life.  I have heard people give thanks on Friday because they will have the whole weekend without work.  They often call Monday "Blue Monday" because they have to go to work again.

You are a co-laborer with Me in the work I have assigned you to do in My Kingdom.  Every day is a day when My Spirit will lead you to opportunities to share My love with others.

The labor I have given you is never boring, and you can daily look forward to what I will do through your earthen vessel.  Paul wrote that grace labored through him, and grace will always accomplish My works through you.  Look forward to working with Me today.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:10

INSTINCT

I have created mankind to have certain instincts.  The animals also have an inborn way to reacting to stimuli or a natural behavioral response. 

Instincts cause people to react rather than respond.  I want you to follow your impressions rather than your instincts.  My Holy Spirit will give you gentle impressions throughout the day.  If you quiet your soul enough to hear those impressions, you will save yourself from entering into difficult situations.

My enemy always wants you to react in haste rather than respond.  When you daily yield yourself to My Spirit,  you will be able to break old patterns of behavior that are not edifying.

JOHN 14:17