My Charter

The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Rejoice, for I Am with you, for there are many who do not know Me, but those who do know Me are blessed indeed.  What I mean by blessed has little to do with your current situations, rather, it means that I know you, and you are My focus in every moment.  A person is poverty can have more than a person of great earthly wealth, because I am attentive to their every need and they are completely dependent on Me for all things.  Blessings come in many forms, and in deeper ways than just being given material things.  True blessings from Me are deep in the heart where your spirit and My Spirit are connected as one.  And the world longs for this but has little understanding of how this can be attained.  They try to fill that void with what they think will bring them peace, or joy, or happiness, but are never able to come to this understanding.  But you who are in Me and I Am in you; you have a deep peace and joy that cannot be replicated any other way than being in communion with Me.  So be encouraged, My loves, for you behold what the worldly desire but are never able to attain.  And though many of you are in meager circumstances, you are the ones who have the privilege of sharing what I have to offer those in the world, that they too have Me as you do.  There are also those whom I have given great material wealth, and you are generous to give to those who lack, and you too have the opportunity to share My love.  So no matter if you have great material wealth or not, you all have My charter to share My love and My blessing to others.

 

Luke 9:23-27 (ESV) And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. 25  For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? 26  For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27  But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.” 

(Matt 5 3:12; Ps 139; Ecc 1:8, 3:11; John 14:27; Luke 21:1-4; 1 Tim 6:17-18; Matt 28:19-20; 1 John 4:19)

Never Give Up

The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Better days are coming, My loves, for I know what you have been going through.  Life has been difficult, but it had to be this way for you to be ready for My presence in you.  If you were still immature in your faith, then you would be susceptible to the enemy’s lies and this would cause you to be far distant from Me than where you are now.  But because of your trials you are now ready for battle and be part of My army seeking lost souls, that they too will be with us in Heaven forever.  I know that you have had times where you were about to give up and surrender to the world to relieve some of the pains, because walking as a child of Mine in the earth is like a trout swimming upstream in very turbulent waters.  Along the way, there are many who succumb to the strength of the current and end up far from Me.  But you who have stood the test of time in the crucibles of testing have become strong and are able to overcome the rushing waters that lead to Me.  So, when you think you are about to give up and give in, press even harder into Me and My will for you and I will help you.  Many of you had been so focused on swimming upstream that you have forgotten how far you have come, so today I want to open your eyes to see how close to the finish line you truly are, and this small glimpse will encourage you never give up.

 

2 Tim 3:1-17 (ESV) But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2  For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3  heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4  treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5  having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6  For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7  always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8  Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9  But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. 10  You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11  my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. 12  Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13  while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14  But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15  and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17  that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 

(Ps 30:5; 1 Pet 1:6-7; 2 Cor 1:4; Matt 7:14; Phil 1:6; Gal 6:9; Heb 12:1-3)