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Psalm 18:35

You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand supported me,
and your gentleness made me great.

First Timothy 6:11

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Galatians 5: 22-26

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Colossians 3: 12-14

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Bear with each other and forgive one another,

if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Philippians 4: 4-5

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

Second Timothy 3: 23-26

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.

And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness.

God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

First Peter 3:13

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed.

Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;

yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

I woke up this morning with the Voice of the Lord speaking some of these scriptures to me. As he did he kept saying the word “gentleness” louder than the other words. I knew he was speaking to me about gentleness, but as I got up and asked him what he was trying to say he spoke plainly to me and asked me to write down these words and share them with you.

He said,

My children, I love you with all my heart and all that I have and all that I am. I am delighted that you are mine and are in my kingdom and are with me forever. However, I need my church to awaken to my love, and love each other and the lost with the love you are loved with.

It’s time to set aside the quarreling and the boasting and be gentle with each other and with those whom you preach the gospel to. I hear so many shouting among each other and towards unbelievers. Thinking by being loud they will prove their point. The gospel is not for arguing over. It is for demonstrating with love and kindness and meekness as I did when on the earth.

Yes, there was a couple of times that I raised my voice with the Pharisees but not with people who were blinded and in unbelief. The Pharisees knew the truth. They saw my works and knew who I was. It’s not the same with the people my children argue with. So many people who are so close to giving in to my love because my Spirit is wooing them, are turned away when they see my children arguing among each other just as the world does.

It’s time to understand who I am. I am meek and lowly and even though I sit on the throne of heaven I use my power to serve and not to rule. Could I force my will upon the whole earth if I chose to? Of course, I could at any moment, but that is not who I am.

You don’t win friends by conquering them. You win friends through love and grace and goodness, not by condemning them to hell because they don’t go to church on the same day you do, or they don’t baptize people the way that you do. Think of this: What if someone was lost for eternity because they came looking to you for love and what they got was a religious sermon that made them feel ashamed of themselves, and they turned from me forever?

Doctrines are very important but they should be discussed by mature believers in gentleness and love. They are not to be shouted about in front of young believers or unbelievers or argued about in all caps in an internet post. Do you know how many people your fighting with each other is turning away?

It’s time for my church to grow up and have respect for the people I bled and died for. You see them as lost heathens and I see them as future adoptees about to enter the family of love.

So please my beloved, walk in the spirit and be meek and gentle and full of grace and love. Season every word with love and with kindness and see how that works for you. Do you remember the days you were in unbelief? Did you receive eternal life through condemnation or did my offer of love melt your heart?

I hear the thoughts of many of you saying you have to scare people or they won’t turn from their ways. How is that working? How many scary movies are on the screens at your theaters and televisions? How many doomsday scenarios on your internet? I didn’t tell you that fear never fails. I told you that love never fails. Would you rather cross into eternity on a bridge built of fear or of love?

I am about to awaken many of you to my love for the lost and there will be acts of kindness like the world has never seen. It is my goodness that leads people to repentance and many will repent and believe when they see my glorious church clothed with love and not judgment. I am love and if you look into my heart you will not see one person whom you would want to argue with.

My Father loved the people of the world so much he sent me. He empowered me to do all that I did because he worked within me through the power of that love. I loved you and gave my life for you and rose for your justification. I sent Holy Spirit and He loves you so much he lives within you. We have done all we have done through love for you and for those who are lost. It is the reason for all we do.

We need each of you to awaken to that love and become one with us. We are pouring out grace and not judgment on people and we need you to do the same. We need you to learn that we will have mercy and not judgment. We need you to know how much you are loved so you can love others the same. Please my loved ones awaken to our love for you and let our gentleness make you great.

This was the end of the words He spoke to me at that moment.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Abiding

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John Chapter Fifteen

1. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

2. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

3.Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

4. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

5. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

6. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

7.If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

9. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.

10. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

11. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

12. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

13. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

14. You are my friends if you do what I command you.

15. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

16. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

17. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

As I meditated on these scriptures, Jesus spoke to me and asked me to write down these words and share them with you.

He said,

My loved ones, it’s not as hard as you make it out to be. You are trying programs and formulas and schemes and plans, but the kingdom abides in you if you abide in love.

I made it this simple so that you could do it. Just as Father made it simple for me. All that was necessary to accomplish my mission was to constantly abide in his love, and to love you as he loves me.

The kingdom is not some big secret. It is simple. This is how the kingdom can abide in you, because that is where love lives.

There are so many truths in these verses you just read. I would like to explain some of them to you. To begin with. I am not the vine dresser. My Father is. He constantly prunes and cuts things away from my branches. He only does it in love. He is tender and doesn’t do it to punish the branches, but wants to make them bear more fruit. Only a neglected vine is left unpruned.

I also told you that you are clean because of the words I speak to you. If you hear my voice and listen to my words, then there is not much for Father to cut away because you are already clean and ready to bear much fruit.

If you want to truly bear fruit you must abide in me and you do this by abiding in my love. You must constantly be listening to my words of love flowing from my heart to yours. This keeps you full of my love that you can share with others.

I told you that abiding in me means abiding in my love and keeping my commandments. The commandment I gave you is to love each other and lay your lives down for each other. This is also why I told you that you did not choose me but I chose each of you. Knowing that I chose each of you keeps you abiding in my love for each other, you know that the friend you are laying your life down for was chosen by me.

Branches don’t grow wild and attach themselves to the vine. They grow from the vine. This way you will see that the one you lay your life down for came from me. It’s not just some wayward branch that attached itself to me but it grew from me and is in my image. This keeps you in remembrance to love them because they came from me.

Let these words bring you great joy because you were chosen to bear my love and to abide in me. You can hear my words because you came from me and this should delight you to know that you came from me, and you will return to me.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Most of my children don’t understand this verse. They quote this scripture over and over trying to use it to get their prayers answered. This is not a blank check for you to buy anything you want. If my words abide in you then you are clean because of my words. I also called you friends because you hear my voice and you know my plan. If I am your friend and you have laid down your life for me, then you will only ask for things that bring forth more fruit. So, ask of me and I will give you anything that brings forth more fruit so that my father will be glorified in you.

Think about all the prayers I prayed for you in the scripture and the ones I pray for you now. These prayers are only so that you will abide in my love and bear fruit so that the earth will be filled with the garden of heaven.

I don’t want you asking for things that will destroy you or others. Think of this for a moment. If your five-year-old son asks you for an axe to play with you would say no, but if your sixteen-year-old son ask you for an axe to cut firewood for your elderly neighbor, you would gladly give him one.

Abide in my love and become filled with the life blood of heaven. Love is to the vine as blood is to the veins. The life force of heaven is love and it flows throughout all who are attached to me. When I came to earth, I poured out my love and my blood. Pouring out my blood was just a demonstration of pouring out my love. I laid down my life for my friends because of that love.

Now my loved ones. Stay attached and abide in me by abiding in my constant love. Let this love flow to each other and lay your lives down for each other. No more wanting what is best for you, but want what is best for the vine of heaven.

Learn that the kingdom within you is a kingdom of love. Heaven is reversed from the way the world operates. In heaven, we rule by serving, and do not seek to be served. We pour out all the resources we have to love others and all we ask in return is for them to do the same for others.

I told you that if you continue in my word you would be my disciple and you would know the one truth that would make you free. This is that truth. Love each other as I have loved you and you will know what real freedom is.

What will you be free from? You will be free from the greatest tyrant of all; your own will. The human will that is not surrendered to me is the meanest of slave masters. It will drive you to work your whole life for things you don’t even want or need. It will make you it’s slave and force you waste your life on uselessness.

The way of the world is to get your own way and collect all you can, but the way of heaven is to pour out your life as a love offering for others. The one who dies with nothing left to give wins. Just as I hung naked on that cross having nothing left that I hadn’t given for the world. Yet while bleeding and dying on that cross, I searched desperately for one more thing to give away. I found it. It was my prayer. Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing. This is how love lives, and this is how love dies, and this is why love never fails.

This is love my children. This is freedom. This is the kingdom. Abide in me. Abide in my love.

This was the end of the words he spoke to me at that moment.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Please love each other and know that your Father loves you and I do also, with all my heart.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Monday, November 14, 2016

Hear Him

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Mark Chapter Nine ESV

1. And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

2. And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

3. and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.

4. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5.And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

6. For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified.

7. And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”

8. And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

I woke up early this morning to the voice of my Father speaking to me and explaining these scriptures to me. He asked me to listen and write down what he said and share it with all who will listen. I hope you are blessed by his words.

He said,

My children the reason there is so much confusion in the church is because you are listening to too many voices. It is no wonder that the world doesn’t want to listen to the church. There are so many different messages coming from the church. One preaches love while another tells the world how excited I am to pour out wrath and judgment on them, while despising the blood my son shed for them. They don’t really see it that way ,but if they would they would come together and shout ‘grace, grace” to all who will listen.

Here is the problem. On the mountain you just read about there were four voices who speak with authority. There was my voice, there was Jesus, there was Elijah and there was Moses. What did I tell all who heard me? Did I not say “this is my beloved son, listen to him?” By doing so I once and for all settled it about who is in charge on the earth. I gave all authority in heaven and in earth to my son. Moses spoke in his time and Elijah spoke in his time, but since that day the voice of my son is absolute authority.

My beloved church is so confused because they build so many things on the wrong foundation. Jesus is the cornerstone of the new covenant. It is built on the apostles and prophets and Jesus is the most important cornerstone. Those who build their lives on the words of Moses will fall. Those who build their lives on the words of Elijah will fall but those who build their lives on the words of my son and his apostles and prophets will increase and will not be shaken.

Even after two thousand years many don’t understand that the old is passed away and all things are new. I couldn’t pour Jesus, who is the wine of the new covenant, into the old wine-skin of Moses and religion. That skin could never contain the glory that is in Christ.

Think about this. They put a veil over Moses’ face so that no one could see that the glory of that covenant would fade day by day until becoming obsolete. But when John saw Jesus in the revelation, his face was still as bright as the sun in it’s full strength. His covenant will never fade and will become more and more glorious as the righteous are changed into his image and each of you shines that way.

So how do you know you are listening to the voice of my son and not the voice of a stranger or a false prophet? Did not I tell you through the letter to the Hebrews that if today you hear the voice of my son you will enter into rest? His voice always brings rest. Even if he speaks things to you that may be hard for you to endure there will be faith and grace in his words to carry you through.

Now let’s get a little deeper into his words. When Moses was on the mountain he came down the mountain with words carved in stone. Jesus sat on a mountain and taught what you call the beatitudes, or the sermon on the mount. He didn’t come down with tables of stone. He wrote his words on the hearts of all who will listen. Even though his commandments seem harder than what Moses gave, there is a great difference. Moses’ commandments brought death and Jesus’s commandments bring life.

In the words that Jesus spoke is the power to keep the words he spoke. Moses’ words had no such power. Jesus said “my words are Spirit and life” and in his very words dwells the power to carry out the word.

This is the new covenant. It’s not rules written down on stones and tablets. It’s a soft voice spoken into your heart leading you the right way. It’s written on your heart in love and in your mind because you now have the mind of Christ.

Just as Paul said, anytime Moses is studied there is a veil over the hearts and eyes of the people, and they can’t see the living word for looking at the dead letter. My church needs to get it’s eyes off the dead that is passed away and look into the loving face of my son who loved you so much he gave his very life to save you.

This is the reason there is so little power in the western church. You can’t live under the words of Moses and walk in the power of Christ. The power of Christ is in the words of Christ. Just as I told you that if you walk after the flesh you will die but if you will walk in the glorious gospel of Christ you will live. His words are spirit and they are life and if you are not listening to his voice then you are feeding on death.

It is the same with faith. Faith comes by hearing his voice. Yes I want you to read the scriptures but I don’t want you just to “read” them. I want you to hear his voice in them. Ask him, he will read his word to you as you read it or a s you are going about your daily chores. Haven’t you noticed that when you hear scripture in your heart your heart comes alive while listening to it? Who do you think is speaking that to you?

It's time my church got the right message and shared it to the world. There are not ten different versions. There is one. When those who call themselves my prophets speak doom and gloom they don’t know what Spirit they are of. Just like the disciples who wanted to call down fire were of the wrong spirit. I am not looking to destroy the world but am trying to save it.

These false prophets set aside the mercy of the cross and pronounce doom on those things that I have blessed. Just as I told Peter not to call “unclean” what I have cleansed. I have given my church the gospel of reconciliation not the gospel of condemnation.

The blood of my son took away the sins of the world so I am not judging sin at this time. I have counted all men cleansed but not all are born again. You can wash a dead body and it is still dead. It takes my Spirit entering in that body to bring it into new life.

The problem is that people confuse the wages of sin with the punishment of God. The wages of sin is still death. If a man robs a bank and gets shot and killed by the guard, it is not my judgment that killed him. There is a punishment in your law that paid him and not my judgment.

There was a time when I counted all men guilty and that was at the cross. You were all baptized into death with my son on that cross and you were baptized into life when you accepted your punishment and put your faith into him to raise you again.

So what does the voice of my son sound like? Here are some examples of the words of my son: You are born again in my image. You are my beloved children and the reason for all I do. You are seated with me in heavenly places. It is my good pleasure to give you the kingdom. I have justified, sanctified and glorified you. I have spoken over you all blessings in the heavenly realm.

My beloved ones, You are righteous and holy in my love and I want you to bask in my love until you smell like heaven, and then go spread that fragrance throughout the earth. When others experience what you have then you can share with them how much they are loved and can lead them into adoption into our family.

This will only happen if you listen to the voice of my son and not to the voice of the old covenant. And if you listen to those who think I am trying to destroy everything you will not be able to hear anything else. You will be trapped in their cycle of never ending doom and you will do as they do and blame me for every calamity that happens in the earth.

Do you notice how the things they speak of never come to pass but are constantly moved from one date to a later date? Do you remember Y2K? 12-12-12? Do you remember the blood moons? What about all these things that didn’t happen when they said they would? Why keep listening to these people when they are always wrong?

So why am I telling all these things? I did not get off track. What I am saying is if you listen to the wrong voice you will have the wrong message and will not work with me to bring my kingdom into each heart on earth. The voice of my son says “I will make all things new and the earth will be filled with my glory. My will is going to be done on earth just as in heaven. “ The voice of my son cried out “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.” His blood did not cry out for judgment but for mercy.

Will you hear the voice of my son today and help me establish my kingdom into the earth in power and love? Will you hear his love words in your heart telling you how much he is honored that you accepted him as your king? Will you hear his voice telling you that he is in love with the nations and wants them to be disciples and not to be destroyed? Will you hear his voice telling you he is for you and not against you?

You may find this hard to hear but Jesus is your biggest fan. He loves you and is interceding for you always. When you make a mistake, he is the first to pick you up and dust you off and get you back on track and encourage you to run your race.

If he loves you enough to pour out his blood for you then don’t you think that maybe he is speaking to you in love and not in judgment. Will you hear his voice today? Will you open your heart and let him sing his love song to you?

This was the end of the words he spoke to me this morning.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Calling The Broken

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First Corinthians One

18. For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

19. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

20. Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

21.For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

22. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

23. but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

24. but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25.For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

26. For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

27. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

28. God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

29. so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

30. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

31. so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

I woke up this morning around 3:00 with the voice of my Lord filling my heart with joy. His voice is always wonderful, but this morning He seemed even more joyous if that is possible. As I rubbed my sleepy eyes, I asked him what he was so happy about at this time of day. He spoke to me and said” It’s time to gather the broken, the multitudes were fed with broken fragments and what was left was gathered for me."

I wondered what this means and he told me to get out of bed and write it down and share it with all who are broken so here are his wonderful words:

My beloved ones. You may not think you even matter. You think your little life is hidden and no one would even know if you never lived. You are not mighty and you don’t have great wealth or goods. You don’t have great popularity and maybe you don’t have a face the television camera loves, but you have the face I love.

My chosen ones, my heartbeat. This is not about calling the gifted or calling the perfect. It’s about gifting the called and perfecting the broken. If you have problems and you have broken dreams, if you struggle to find your identity and you don’t know for sure why you were born: I am calling you.

It is because of my wisdom that you are here. All this time you have been hidden in your nowhere life thinking you didn’t matter. But all this time you have been undercover. Hidden by me in this world just waiting for the time I light you up and let you shine.

You see your faults but I see your perfection. I see you washed in my blood and made holy because I said so. Do you need anyone else’s approval? If you went by the political correctness in the church today, you would have to throw out most everyone I called in scripture. Moses had a speech impediment, Noah had a drinking problem, David and Solomon had woman problems. Most of my disciples had problems taking instructions, and Peter just wanted to cut off one head to settle his anger issues.

Did I disqualify them because of their problems? Have you not read the story of Rahab who was a prostitute but was made holy by her faith? Have you not read about my dear friend Mary that you call Magdalene? I cast seven evil spirits from her because they were keeping her from being the wonder that she is.

My children, stop being so religious. Yes, I came so you could live holy and free from sin but you will only be free in me. There is no power in religion or self-will to make you that way. I came to call the broken and to perfect the imperfect.

If you have it all together and you think you are perfect in all your ways, then please disregard this message. But if you are broken and tired and if you are facing temptations and trials, if you are struggling with problems too big for you to overcome them I am calling you. You are just the one I am looking for.

My children I am calling you to make you free. I want you to be free from your addictions and fears and hopelessness because I love you and I don’t need another reason.

I am calling you second and thirds stringers, you bench warmers and un-chosen. I have chosen you to make you examples of the powerful grace that was born out of my love for you. If on the playground of life you were chosen last or not picked at all, then it’s you that I want. I love you and I have chosen you and hidden you in this world just for my purpose.

I am going to take the humble ones in this world and assemble a powerful army of witnesses of my love. You will go out in compassion because you know what losing feels like. Because you are not wise in your own eyes, because you understand that those who pretend they have no problems are lying. You understand what if feels like to have the shepherd you trusted steal your wool and not feed you.

I am assembling an army of people whose weapon is love and fight song is worship. I am going to empower you to change this world from the inside out. That is why I hid you where I did. Right in the life you think is meaningless. Right there so no one would know that you have been undercover all the time just waiting on your day to come.

I am calling, will you answer? Will you submit to my love and give me your fears and addictions and hurts and your past and let me heal you? Will you let me heal you so that I can send you out to heal others? Will you take the shame you endured and turn into compassion for those who are living through that hell you came out of?

Will you arise in me and be who I say you are and not disqualify yourself because the preacher at first church said you don’t have what it takes to sing in the choir or speak on the platform?

I am the one who made you and called you and I knew you before you were in your mother’s womb. You may be the outcast of the world but you are my delight. You are my beautiful child and my reason for creating all things, just so I could give them to you as a gift of my love for you.

Will you come to me today? Don’t worry about making excuses. I know who you are. You are not your problems. You are my child and your problems are passing away, but you will live with me forever.

If you are broken, bent or damaged, if you are hurting and lonesome and feel useless then I am calling you. Come to me and give me your brokenness. Give me your hurts and your problems. I am your answer and I will show you just how much I love you. I will show you just how valuable you are to me and how important you are in my kingdom.

I poured out my blood for you because you are a treasure to me. I did it because of love and for no other reason. Not to satisfy and angry God who wanted you destroyed, but to satisfy and unquenchable love that couldn’t stand to see you separated from me for eternity. My love for you has no bounds. All that is necessary is for you to come to me. I am calling you my beloved ones. Will you come to me and let me give you rest?

These were the words he gave me to share with you this morning. Please hear his words and please hear how valuable you are. Don’t walk, run to him. He loves you and he needs you. Don’t wait another moment.

Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Monday, November 7, 2016

Why Worry?

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Psalm 27 NLT

1.The LORD is my light and my salvation,
so why should I be afraid?
The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger,
so why should I tremble?

2. When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.

3. Though a mighty army surrounds me,
my heart will not be afraid.
Even if I am attacked,
I will remain confident.
4.The one thing I ask of the LORD,

the thing I seek most,
is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
delighting in the LORD’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.

5. For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary.
He will place me out of reach on a high rock.

6. Then I will hold my head high
above my enemies who surround me.
At his sanctuary, I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy,
singing and praising the LORD with music.

7. Hear me as I pray, O LORD.
Be merciful and answer me!

8. My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”
And my heart responds, “LORD, I am coming.”

9. Do not turn your back on me.
Do not reject your servant in anger.
You have always been my helper.
Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me,
O God of my salvation!

10. Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the LORD will hold me close.

11. Teach me how to live, O LORD.
Lead me along the right path,
for my enemies are waiting for me.

12. Do not let me fall into their hands.
For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;
with every breath, they threaten me with violence.

13. Yet I am confident I will see the LORD’s goodness
while I am here in the land of the living.

14. Wait patiently for the LORD.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.

While meditating on this chapter today Father’s voice came to me and comforted me. He shared these words and asked me to share them with you.

He said,

My children, why do you worry? Do you not know that I dwell in majesty and power and might and that all things are in my hands? Why are you afraid of those who think they rule over you when all they rule is the space between their own ears? They think they rule the world but their days are in my hands and their breaths are numbered.

They rule in dark power and you rule with me in glorious light. You are not beneath them, but you are far above them seated in power and glory in my son, my beloved, my Christ, King of the ages. They are earthly and you are heavenly so why get bogged down in the mud they crawl in?

My beloved ones, set your eyes upon me. The darkness of this world is only for a moment but my glory remains forever. Don’t be distracted by the dying gasp of a corrupt system that is about to fall into dust and never be remembered again.

I have told you that the kingdoms of this earth will fall to my kingdom and be delivered into the glorious liberty of my sons and daughters. You rule in light so fight with light. You don’t need swords and guns when you are armed with truth and light. No amount of darkness can stand in the light of my glory; so release my glory from within you and fill the earth with my truth.

If you really knew just how fragile the kingdoms of this world are you would laugh at them and wonder how they kept you in fear. They only rule because people allow them to occupy the place of fear within their hearts. Once people are no longer afraid then there will be no place for them to rule from. Don’t be afraid for even one moment.

Victory is mine and does not belong to anyone else. Don’t put your trust in men or governments or elections. Put your trust in me. Pharaoh trusted in horses and chariots but Moses trusted in me. Goliath trusted his stature and strength but David trusted my promise that he would be king.

Trust only in me. I am your deliverer, not some party or government or political power. I am your deliverer and by the time I am done in the earth my plan will be fulfilled when the meek inherit the earth and rule with my Son.

He will sit enthroned in your land as he is in heaven. That was his prayer that it would be on earth as it is in heaven and that is why he told you to pray that prayer. I will answer and have answered that prayer. His rule will be the same on earth as it is in heaven.

In heaven, he sits with me on my throne and multitudes gather around and worship and delight in our love and kindness. It will be the same on earth. The wicked will be thrown down and the righteous will be exalted to their rightful place.

So my children, don’t put your hope in people but put your hope in me. Don’t worry about who is in office on earth because it’s who rules from heaven that matters. Ask of me and I will give you the leader you truly want in your hearts. Not just a man with political affiliation but the king from heaven.

Let my peace fill your hearts my beloved. All things are in my hands. Yes, you should do your part but know that my will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Remember, don’t stoop down into the dust they wallow in but keep your words filled with light and love. Light destroys darkness, love destroys hate and my promise to you is sure. Your King will come and you will rule and reign with him. The knowledge of my glory will cover the earth. My kingdom is already within you and soon it will fill the world.

Be at peace my loved ones and never surrender to fear.

This is the end of the words He spoke to me just a few moments ago. I hope you are encouraged by these words.

Until next time,

Grow Rich in His Grace,

I love you all,

michael

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