Stay Grounded In Me

The Lord is saying:  My loves, I Am here, and I Am with you.  As the world moves closer to My righteous judgment, you will see many things that will cause you to fear.  But fear is not of Me.  When you become fearful it is because the enemy of your soul is speaking death into your ears and causing disruption in your lives.  Far too many of you give the enemy of your souls recognition, that he may have his way with you and pull you away from Me.  But this is not the mark of a mature child of Mine, but instead of one who is not yet fully grounded in Me.  The moment you surrender to Me, you are fundamentally changed into My child and are given My Spirit to guide you.  The key is to listen to My still, small voice, that I may guide you in all things.  This takes practice to listen to Me, because the loudness of the enemy can drown out what I speak to your heart.  Even your daily news shouts loudly of a false reality that is far from Me, so learn to filter what you hear through My Word, that you not be distracted from My will and My ways.  Stay grounded in Me, My loves, and fear will be removed.

 

1 Pet 2:1-12 (ESV) So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2  Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3  if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4  As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5  you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6  For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.” 7  So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8  and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 9  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10  Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11  Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12  Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. 


I Am Trustworthy

The Lord is saying:  I Am here, and I Am with you.  When you go about your day, remember that I Am always with you.  There is no need for you to fret about your tasks for they will get done when you acknowledge Me with you, for I will empower you to complete all of your tasks.  When you realize this, then you are put at ease and your days go much smoother.  Yes, there will be challenges along the way, but we will handle those when they arise.  My encouragement today is to always recognize Me in your presence, for this pleases Me and shows Me that you need Me and want Me to help you.  This is what a father/child relationship looks like, and even if you haven’t had an earthly father to show you this, I can assure you that I Am trustworthy and will never let you down.  I will never chastise you but instead encourage you in all that you do.  I Am your biggest fan!

 

Gal 4:1-7 (ESV) I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2  but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3  In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. 4  But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5  to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6  And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7  So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. 


Pray

The Lord is saying:  I Am here, and I Am with you.  Do not fear what you see with your eyes, but your Father in Heaven, who knows all things.  I see and I do according to My will.  You see but you do not have full understanding, for My ways are much higher than your ways.  You seen in part, while I see in full, and this day is a day that will bring fear to many if you have not yet given your lives to Me.  Even as you have surrendered to Me, many of you still want to have control in your lives, to make your own choices based on what you see.  But this will prove to be dangerous if you move without My guidance.  The enemy of your soul is reacting with force in the earth right now, for he knows his time is very short indeed, and he is prowling about as a lion seeking to destroy you.  But if you are surrendered to Me and follow My way for you, then the enemy cannot touch you for you are right with Me, and My promises to you are true.  The time that is written about in My Word is now being fulfilled.  Pray. 

 

Matt 23:1-39 (ESV) Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2  “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,  3  so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. 4  They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. 5  They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, 6  and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues 7  and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. 8  But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. 9  And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10  Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. 11  The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12  Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. 13  “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. 15  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. 16  “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17  You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18  And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19  You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20  So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21  And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it. 22  And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. 23  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24  You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! 25  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26  You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean. 27  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. 28  So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29  “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30  saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31  Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32  Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33  You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? 34  Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35  so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. 36  Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37  “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38  See, your house is left to you desolate. 39  For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” 


Stay Grounded In Me

The Lord is saying:   My loves, I Am here, and I Am with you.   As the world moves closer to My righteous judgment, you will see many th...