The Gospel of Love

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     As I was praying this morning Father spoke to me and asked me to write down these words and share them with you.

     My children, I love you also and I have forever and will forever. Change is coming. There is a revelation of my love that is coming that is going to change the world. People sing about my love and testify of my love but they have never experienced the day of my love that is coming.

     The scriptures tell you that my love is shed abroad in your hearts by my Holy Spirit. My Spirit is opening up in this day and pouring forth my love into people's hearts like never before. You will see those whom you have believed to be cold and hard become like little children. The heartless will love like babies love their mothers. You will see the most angry ones turn into mush at the tug of my Spirit upon their hearts.

     When Holy Spirit came at Pentecost all the believers began to speak in languages they didn't learn. Most people debate how this happened and miss the real story about what they were speaking. If you look again in Acts Chapter Two it tells you that they were speaking of the wonderful things I have done. The gospel of my Spirit did not come in condemnation. They heard all the wonderful things I had done and then they were convicted in their hearts when Peter told them they had killed the one who brought forth these wonders.

     The church will awaken to my true message. They will once again proclaim my wonderful acts. They will tell of my wonderful love for all people and all beings. They will speak of my glorious acts and will tell unbelievers of my amazing love towards them. Then my Spirit will prick their hearts and they will repent and come to me. 

     My church has wanted the power of the early church without preaching the message of the early church. The message that says “You are a dirty sinner and you are going to hell” is not good news. The message that says “You are loved and there is forgiveness for you and you can live holy and free” is good news.


    Once my people get back to my message and back to proclaiming my wonderful works, then all heaven will break loose. There will be signs and wonders in heaven and earth and there will be the smoke of my glory. The brightness will be so great that the sun will appear dark compared to my glory and the moon will blush because it can't bring light into the darkness like my Spirit can. Once the message of my love is restored the acts of my love will resume. The way to win the world is through the message of love and the proof of that love with the preaching of the cross.

     The early church understood that my love brought about all these things. I even told you that the proof of being my disciple is whether or not you love one another. People say your not my disciple if you don't have great miracles following you. They look at signs and proof of my calling. Remember the magicians in Pharaoh's court? Did they not do signs? Remember Simon the sorcerer? People thought he had my great power. Signs on their own are not proof of my calling but where there is true love and wonders you will find those who are called.

     Each of you know those who can produce power but cannot produce the fruit of my Spirit. All the power in the world does not make you my disciple. Love will make you my disciple and signs will follow those who believe in my name. My name is Love.

     I say these things so you will follow love with all your heart. Fall in love with me again and see my gospel once again as the gospel of peace and the gospel of love. For I so loved the world that I gave my all. If the church would suspend all it's teaching of eschatology and rumor-ology and teach people once again about my love then things would change rapidly.

     I have been misrepresented for generations and I long for those with my heart to stand up and proclaim my wonders of my love. I, your loving Father, have been portrayed as a mean, hurtful, vengeful monster who can't wait to pour out destruction and calamity. People even accuse me of giving my own children cancer and every other disease imaginable. 

     Even worse, some who know me tell others that I will heal all of these dreaded diseases if only they will jump through all the hoops listed in their latest book on how to be healed. Instead of seeing healing as a free gift of my love given to you by the bleeding back of my son, they try to tell you if you do all the right things and pay all the right people I will have mercy on you and take away your pain.

     I dealt with your pain and sickness when I was in Christ on that cross reconciling you to myself not counting your sins against you but washing away your sins and giving you eternal life. You didn't and couldn't pay what was needed for your redemption. Sin demanded a high price for your ransom and I paid it. I did it because I am eternally in love with you because you are my own beloved child, and I don't need any other reason. I didn't need your blood to buy it and I don't need you to do anything to receive it but open your heart and know that it is a gift of my love.

     Open your eyes and see what the money changers are selling. Did my beloved Son ever tell anyone to go home and confess scriptures until they had a dry throat so they would get well? Did he not just pour out love and grace upon them and heal them? The lame man at the gate didn't read twenty verses a day on healing so that he could be healed. 

     Reading my scriptures is wonderful and confessing them is wonderful, but your salvation and healing came by my son and not by your works. All these so called methods cause you to focus on what you are doing to get well and not what my son did when he healed you. I didn't send my Son to sell it to you I sent him to give it to you. From my heart to you. Just because you are loved, end of story.

     Soon this gospel of my love will be restored and my Spirit will sing with joy over my message that you are spreading and we will pour out true signs and wonders. Signs that do not bring salvation are not true signs. My beloved ones, those who call themselves believers, you pour out my love on my beloved ones and I will pour out all the power in heaven to deliver them from sin and all it's evil effects. I will set people free so they can know they are loved and they will love me in return.

    For I so loved the world that I gave my only begotten son. Why did I do this? So that whosoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. I did not send my son into the world to condemn the world but that through him they would be saved. This is the gospel of my love. Go and preach the gospel to every creature.



     This is 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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Lighten The Load

Matthew Chapter Eleven

28: Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 

29:Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30:For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”


Hebrews Chapter Twelve

1: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.


Isaiah Chapter Nine

6:For a child is born to us, a son is given to us.

The government will rest on his shoulders.

And he will be called: 

Wonderful Counselor, 

 Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, 

Prince of Peace.

7: His government and its peace will never end.

He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity.

The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
will make this happen!




     I woke up this morning and Jesus was speaking these verses to me. He spoke some things to me and asked me to share them with you. Here are the words he said:

     My loved ones. So many of you are carrying burdens that you are not supposed to be carrying. When I called you to follow me I told you to bring me your burdens and cares and to cast them upon me for I care for you. You were not meant to carry the load you are carrying. It weighs you down and stops you from running your race. I long to carry all your problems and cares. It's my job and my joy to do so. I don't just remove burdens and sin and sickness and death because I have to. It is my great joy to do so.

     I am not wearied by you bringing your problems to me. I am delighted. It shows that you believe in me. It tells me that you trust me with your lives and your deepest cares. What a great joy I get when you unload those weary shoulders of the  packs full of fear and doubt and unbelief and negativity. I love to see you unburdened and dancing on light feet instead of staggering under a heavy load.

     Think about the verses you just saw and heard. Who would you rather have handling your problems? Would you rather try to govern your affairs yourself or would you rather turn them over to someone whose title is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Everlasting Father.?

     Just imagine if you were going to court alone today and suddenly you found out that you don't have to go alone. The greatest attorney who ever lived took your case and is representing you not only as his client but as his child? What relief would that be?

     Now just imagine if you were in a business deal and you weren't sure what to do but you had the ability to access all the wisdom of the one who is called “wonderful counselor”? Imagine if this counselor gave you free information about all the deals you have to do and all the market futures, and all the hidden costs that you couldn't see? Imagine if that counselor knew all the prices of all goods and service now and into the future. Imagine if you could go into every business deal knowing the effect of the decisions you make before you make them? Why would you not use this if it were not only available but free? Especially when the counselor delights to work with you.

     Now imagine you are in need of a miracle. You don't have to wonder and wait and try to manipulate things to make them improve. Just suppose you could instead turn them over to someone who is called Almighty God and Everlasting Father? Not just the all powerful creator who made all things, but also you loving Father who delights in supplying your needs because although he is almighty God his favorite job is being your Dad. What would you do if you could just unload all your problems and cares and worries and rest?

    You can. It's called the gospel. This is why it is such good news. You no longer are in charge of all the things that burden you. You give your life to me and you and all your problems are my responsibility. All that I need you to do is let go and let me have them. I want you to lighten your load.

     Do you really think that your problems are too much for me? Look around at creation. Beautiful creation! Do you know how many different types of birds and fish there are? Do you know how many different flowers and plants and insects and creatures of all kinds that I created? I know each and every one by their personal names. 

     Do you not see the clouds in the sky and the drops of rain and the flakes of snow and yet no two are exactly alike? Do you not see so many different types of trees each of them with different leaves and each of them standing where I designed them to live. All of the flowers full of beauty even though they are only here for a season. I built a life for each of then even though they are but for a moment. You are an eternal being and my child. Do you think I would care for the flower of the field and not for my own child?

     Now think about the stars in the sky and see each of them is different in light and glory. Each in its place all doing the dance each night circling the north star. Showing that all the glory in heaven revolves around the “one light” All the truth in all of creation revolving around one truth. One way, one truth and one life.  All of heaven's glory showing that all things run on my schedule and according to my plan. 

     All these things are example to you of why you should let me handle your worries and cares and why you should stop wasting your time worrying and start spending your time in worship and fellowship. I want you to focus on me and let me focus on your problems. I want the government and governing of your life to be upon my shoulders because I love you.

     This is your assignment for today. Look at these things my beloved. Look at all the things I do without lifting a finger. Things that run on schedule. Seasons all in their places. Stars, sun and moon all in their places. The beauty of creation that I gave for you to enjoy and to rule over. Look at all these things. 

     Now look at the cross where I carried your sickness, disease and poverty. I took your lack there and your inability to make decisions there. I took your confusion there. I took your hopelessness there. I took you guilt and sin and shame there. I took your past mistakes and future missteps there. Just because I love you. Love is the reason for all I do. It is who I am.

     I took everything to my cross that would ever hinder you from living in my glorious gospel. I took it there and left it there, so would you leave it there also? Would you stop living like the cross never happened? Would you stop looking at the cross as an act of judgment and see it for what it really is? It is the greatest gift of love ever given.  I love you so much that I didn't want you to have burdens and cares. I wanted to deal with them before you were even born so that you could live free and live in glory with me. 

     When you see the cross as an act of love and mercy then taking up your cross becomes a joy and not a burden. When you understand these things you will happily put all the things that beset you on the cross so that they won't interrupt our time together. You will see the joy that comes from being crucified to the problems of this world, and the joy that comes from living from the eternal side of the cross.

     No more worry my loved ones. Give me your cares. Don't try to do this alone. Let me live through you. I'll trade you. You take my easy yoke and follow me. I'll take your worries and your problems and put them back on my cross where they belong and you can live in victory. You not only have a race to run, you have a race to win. So give me your burdens. It's time to lighten the load.



     This is the end of the words He spoke to me early 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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Offended By The Cross?

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Matthew Chapter Sixteen

24: Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. 

25: If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. 

26: And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

First Corinthians Chapter One

18: The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. 

19: As the Scriptures say,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

Galatians Chapter Six

14: As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. 

15:It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. 

16:May God’s peace and mercy be upon all who live by this principle; they are the new people of God. 

     As I was praying today these scriptures arose in my heart. I started meditating on them and Jesus spoke to me and asked me to write down the following words and share them with you. He said:

     My children, why are some of you offended by my cross? Some of you never mention it while others are taking crosses down off their meeting places so they don't offend those who are of other beliefs. So what about offending me? Is it fair to keep others from being offended at my expense? 

     My cross is the symbol of my great love for you. Those of you who are married could you imagine refusing to wear your wedding ring because you might offend those who don't believe in marriage?

     My loved ones are trying so hard to please the world and while not trying hard at all to please me. So many bend to every tradition of men and other religions just to keep peace. Do you not realize that you are selling your souls when you do this? Do you not know that petting a snake will not protect you from his bite?

     Why are so many of you offended by my cross? It is the very power that saved you? I poured out my life and my blood and my grace upon that cross and now you want to take it down because it might offend someone? Do you not realize that the cross is the only means of salvation and if they don't come through my cross they will never come to me and will never come to my Father? 

     Oh my loved ones. Hear the message of the cross again and meet me there. Don't be ashamed to die with me on my cross and expect to embrace me in the presence of my Father and his angels. The church today want's resurrection power but isn't willing to die to get it. 

     My precious ones, don't be fooled and lulled to sleep. Those who make you bend one truth after another to get along with the world are not doing you any favors. Your enemy want's to kill you and taking the cross off your building or not mentioning it in your sermons is not going to protect you. 

     It's time for an awakening and a great revival to begin. This will happen as my people once again embrace the truth of my cross, my death, my resurrection and the outpouring of my Spirit. You can't have the glory of the Spirit without being willing to bear the shame of the cross. If you are not willing to take up your cross and follow me into death, then don't expect to mount your chariot and follow me into heaven. 

     This is the truth the church is missing today.  Many teach that you can live any way you want and still have my power and my blessing, but this is not the truth. Yes my grace abounds to you but my grace is on this side of the cross. My grace empowers you to live as a resurrected, holy being. 

     I told you that you must be born again to see the kingdom of heaven and you must die to be born again. You were crucified with me at my cross. You entered into my death so that you could be raised and seated with me in the heavenly places. It's time to live out these truths and take your place in holiness and stand with me. 

     Please my beloved, warn those who are taking the cross out of the message of salvation. There is no salvation except you come to the cross and lay your life down and become one with me. It is the preaching of my cross that is your salvation. Preach it with all your heart so that many will be saved. 

     I was not ashamed of you and I hung naked on that cross covered in your sin. Will you not be ashamed of me? Will you tell the world that I love them so much that I bore their shame on that tree so that they could be set free from sin and death? Will you tell them that the power of my cross is still the power of salvation?

     I know you will my loved ones. This is why I shared this message with you. I knew you would tell all you meet to remember the cross and remember the one who went there willingly because of love.

     Love each other my beloved and encourage each other to walk in the full truth of my gospel. 

     This was the end of the words he spoke to me 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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Never Again

Exodus 14 

1. Then the LORD gave these instructions to Moses: 

2. Order the Israelites to turn back and camp by Pi-hahiroth between Migdol and the sea. Camp there along the shore, across from Baal-zephon. 

3. Then Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are confused. They are trapped in the wilderness!’ 

4. And once again I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after you. I have planned this in order to display my glory through Pharaoh and his whole army. After this the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD!” So the Israelites camped there as they were told.

5. When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.

6. So Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and called up his troops. 

7.He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariots, along with the rest of the chariots of Egypt, each with its commander. 

8.The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, so he chased after the people of Israel, who had left with fists raised in defiance. 

9. The Egyptians chased after them with all the forces in Pharaoh’s army, all his horses and chariots, his charioteers, and his troops. The Egyptians caught up with the people of Israel as they were camped beside the shore near Pi-hahiroth, across from Baal-zephon.

10. As Pharaoh approached, the people of Israel looked up and panicked when they saw the Egyptians overtaking them. They cried out to the LORD, 

11. and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt? 

12. Didn’t we tell you this would happen while we were still in Egypt? We said, ‘Leave us alone! Let us be slaves to the Egyptians. It’s better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!’”

13. But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. 

The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. 

14.The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”

     As I was reading these verses today and meditating on them Father's voice came to me and he asked me to write down these words and share them with you. He said.

     My beloved children. Why do you fear? If I fought for a group of people whose hearts were not really with me, will I not much more fight for you? You are my beloved and you are the ones I sent my son to save. 

     I am with you and for you. I am your champion and I am your protector. I am your deliverer, your healer and your mighty God. I will defend you against all enemies. I sent my son that you could have life more abundantly than you could ever imagine.

     Yes I understand that just like the children of Israel many of you are in a tight spot. You are facing down an army of evil that is against you just like the Egyptians were against Israel. Many have given up and assumed that your destruction is my will. This is far from the truth. I long for your deliverance more than you do.  

    Just like the children of Israel many of you have become so weary that you have accepted defeat as inevitable and you have given up and written yourselves off. This is not my plan for you my loved ones. It is my will that none of you should perish in any way.

     Death is not my friend. It is my enemy and it will be put down and driven off the earth by a group of my children who will finally realize who they are. They will take their places in charge of the earth and will wipe death from the face of the earth. It is the last enemy to be put beneath my son's feet, but beneath his feet it shall be. 

     He already overcame death and the grave and his resurrection is your resurrection also. You are seated with us in the heavenly realm in spirit and in the years to come you will become so strong in spirit that death will not rule over you. 

     Many will choose to stay as long as they like and will not come to heaven through death but through translation. This is the plan. Just as Enoch did and just as my son did after the resurrection. He didn't have to die again to come to heaven, he was received into heaven with a cloud of witnesses cheering him on. This is the way homecoming is supposed to be.

     I tell you these things because I want you to know that I am with you and for you and that your destruction is not my will. My will is your blessing and you being full of a long satisfying life. My will is for you to come to heaven because you have experienced every good thing you could enjoy on earth. 

     So what I am saying my loved ones is yes you may be facing an army of evil looking at you today. You may between deep water and a war. These things are facts but facts are not always permanent. Facts can change in the blink of an eye. 

     Just as Israel stood firm and saw deliverance so will you. Be strong and sure and know that your champion fights for you. If I could deliver all of Israel through Moses how much more can I deliver you through my son who stands between you and your problems. 

     Remember you are not standing alone. You are standing in Christ. See yourself in him. He is the strong tower that you are hiding in and you are the temple that he is dwelling in. So why are you afraid? 

     Be full of faith and courage my loved ones. Your champion never sleeps, and just like Moses told Israel that the Egyptians they saw that day would never be seen again, so I tell you: Rest in me and take one last look at your problems. This problem you are staring at today will not be seen again. 

     I am your deliverer. I am your warrior. I am your protection. I am your healer. I am your provider. I am your God. I am your Father. I am your fortress and I am your friend. Be strong in faith as you rest in me and watch me deliver you. 

     This is the end of the words he spoke to me 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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