Awaken to Love and Don't Be Afraid

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First John Chapter 4

13. And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
14. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
15. All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.

16. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

17. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
18. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.

19. We love each other because he loved us first.



Philippians 4

6. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

7. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

9. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me, everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.




     Lately I have encountered so many believers who are afraid. They are afraid of death, afraid of life, afraid of things to come, and afraid of things that don't even exist. I try to comfort them and tell them that there is absolutely nothing to fear but so many want to hang on to fear. I asked Holy Spirit to help me and I prayed about these things He spoke to me and gave me some words to share to all who are afraid. He said:


     Are you afraid my children? And why would you be afraid? Do you not know that you have already passed from death to life and you will never die. You are not a body. You are a spirit. Spirits don't die. There is no fear in death because you died already. You were crucified with Christ and now you live by our faith. Do you think our faith will fail? Do you think that someone is strong enough to take you from us? Do you not realize that we live inside you and you are safe inside us?

     My children you are doing yourselves great damage by fearing. It's not okay to fear. When you were told to “Fear Not” it was not a suggestion but a command. Fear is the basis for all the destructive things that are in the world. Adam was afraid that he was missing something he needed to be like me so he partook of knowledge that brings forth fear and this fear brought forth death.

     There is only one cure for fear and that is love. Perfect love does drive out all fear and if you are afraid it's because you are setting your eyes upon things that created fear and not on the truth. 

     The truth is that you are a spirit created in my image. You are joined to me and we can never be separated. You must learn to see us as one and not two. There is no separation. You were baptized into Christ. You can't be removed from us. You are as much a part of us as we are a part of each other. 

     Jesus prayed in John Chapter Seventeen that you would each be made “one” with us. Please go read that chapter over and over until you understand just how much a part of us that you are.

     Here is the simple truth. You are our children. You have always been our children and will always be so. I formed you in your mother's womb so you were you mine even then? Yes you were. You are so safe that you belonged to me even before you knew me. You have always been safe in my hands. There is nothing that can separate you from my love so there is no need to fear.

     Here is the problem. My children believe what they see with their eyes more than what they read in their bibles and what they hear in their heart. Jesus said “I am always with you.” But you say “one day Jesus will be back and it will be good.” Who is correct? Is it Jesus that was mistaken, or is it you? One of you is mistaken and I'm quite sure we both know which one of you it is.

     Little children. Take your eyes off the world and look at heaven. It is your home. This world is not where you are from. You are from heaven and you are in heavenly places even now. As long as you see yourselves below and not above you will be afraid. 

     Your kingdom is not subject to this world. Your kingdom is within you and it is a spiritual kingdom. It is eternal and can never be removed. No one can take your Father off of his throne. So you have nothing to fear.

     Please my beloved. Turn off your news and your gloom and doom messages. It is called programming for a reason. They are programming you to be afraid. They are trying to scare the heaven out of you. If I told you not to fear and yet your news anchor or pastor tells you to be afraid then which voice should you hear? Remember that most of them have been programmed for fear also, so most who repeat the fear message are just confused. Although some of them know the truth and still use fear because fear sells merchandise. Either way they are wrong. 

    The kingdoms of this world have no power over you for they are run by fallen spirits working through men. You are safe because the all powerful Creator of all things lives in you and is never threatened by his creation.

     The creator is always more powerful than the creation. All power in heaven and earth is in Christ. The only real power working in the dark world is fear and deception. These are powerful weapons to a fleshly mind but not the Christ mind. 

     If you are in the flesh mind and someone tells you there is a snake in your bed, you may be afraid,  even if it was a lie and he is not there. Whatever you believe in has power in your mind. Once you see these fear mongers for who they are then you will not be afraid any more. They have no power over your spirit. Remember, you are not a body, you are a spirit.

     Look at what was spoken through Paul in Second Corinthians Chapter Five.

1. For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.

2. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing.

3. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies. 

4. While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.

5. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit.

     My little children if you knew that if your worn out car broke down there was already a brand new luxury car waiting for you at the dealership and it was paid for in full,  then would you worry about your car? If you knew that if your home gets destroyed you already have a beautiful mansion already paid for and fully supplied waiting for you to move in, would you be fearful of losing your house?

     I hear many say, well it doesn't hurt to be afraid. Yes it does, it causes your light to be hidden. Those who don't know the truth need your light and you are covering it up with fear. 

     Do you remember that Jesus told you that if your eye is single your body will be full of light, and if it is not single it will be full of darkness? What if all my children only looked at the light and each of you were so filled with that light that you drove darkness out of the world? What if the world could no longer live in darkness because your light was the testimony of Christ living in you?

     Many in the world come into so called church to find hope and all they find is doom and gloom. They don't want what you have because you don't have anything better to offer than the world. Your eyes are so much on the world that you are full of the world and not full of faith. Set your eyes on Jesus and be filled with glory.

     When you awaken to my love and know just how safe you are then you will be the ones  Isaiah saw when he said:

1. Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.

2. Each one will be like a shelter from the wind
and a refuge from the storm,
like streams of water in the desert
and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.

     Did your righteous King come? Yes He did. Are you not a kingdom of kings and priests? Are you not a prince? Is your Father the King? 

     Please stop being afraid of the problem and be the solution. You don't need to seek shelter, you need to be shelter. You are hidden in Christ. You are the temple. Open up and let those who are afraid see me in you so they will no longer be afraid. My little children, wake up and see just how safe you are and experience my love and peace and you will never fear again.

     Soak your minds in my love and my truth. You can't lose anything. Even your hairs on your head are numbered and inventoried and charted onto a grid so that you can't even permanently lose those. 

     You will lose nothing while sojourning in this land you call earth. I keep your tears in a bottle, do you not think I keep your laughter in my heart? Do you not know that whatever you give to me is safe for eternity? Every precious moment of joy in your life is recorded and one day you can re-live those moments in real time as often as you like. 

     Just wait until you get a look at my living scrapbooks. I wrote books for your life so that every wonderful thing that happened to you can be remembered forever. Think of every time your child brought you joy. Every time you heard your mother sing, All the times you had fun with your Dad. Every time you laughed so hard you could barely breathe. Playing with your friends when you were children. All these moments saved for eternity to be experienced over and over again. And anything that ever brought you pain or suffering will be deleted and remembered no more.

    My loved ones, let these words sink down deep into your heart: I love you and you are safe in me. No more fear. Let my perfect love fill every part of your being until there is no room for fear because all your empty places are full of my love. Awaken to my love and don't be afraid.


     This is the end of the words He spoke to me to share with you on this glorious day of resting in our Father's love. 

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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Return to Peace

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John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.


First Corinthians 1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ their Lord and ours:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


Colossians 3:15
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.




     As I was praying today I heard my savior's voice. He spoke to me these words and asked me to share them with you. He said:




     Little children, don't look at the world and expect to find your peace. I give you peace as a gift for I am the Prince of Peace. I am the Prince who brings peace. You will find true peace only in me. I am not afraid and neither should you be.

    I know you live in days when all you see is doom and gloom and you see fires and storms and you hear many false prophets telling you that these are signs of the end and of my wrath. My little children, I am not angry with you. Nor am I angry with sinners. I poured out my blood to save them. I reconciled them unto my Father.

     Those of you with children will understand that you may be angry with your children for a moment but you can't stay that way long. Your love for them overrules you anger toward them. And why do you get angry even for a moment? Is it not because you love them so much that you want better for them than what they are experiencing? Righteous anger is an outpouring of love because you want what is best for your children. I am not angry at you. In my jealousy for you I want only what is best for you. Your destruction is not my best. Your salvation and deliverance is much better. I seek only your salvation and what is best for you.

     If you had children and someone led them astray and told them lies and they became confused and went the wrong way would you be angry with them? Or would you instead have mercy on them and lead them back to the truth. Do you get angry at the deaf when they can't hear or the blind when they can't see? If you find a lost child wandering the streets do you beat them for running away or do you try to restore them to their family?

     Religion tells you that the world is full of sinners and I am angry with them and can't wait to destroy them. That is not the way I see things. When I was nailed to that cross did I curse the ones who nailed me to it or did I pray for them? If I can show mercy and compassion on the ones who nailed me to the tree then can't you show mercy on those who offend you? All were lost when I was nailed to that cross and yet I still gave my life there. Is my blood enough to save the world or isn't it? 

     I am the great shepherd who loves the sheep, even the ones who are astray. I seek to save that which is lost for all are mine? You were once lost. Were you not mine even when you were lost? You were lost and got stolen and I had to pay with my blood to buy you back from sin. You were a little lost lamb but you were my little lamb and I came to save you.

     Remember how I told you that I will leave the ninety nine in safety and search for the one that is lost, and will come again rejoicing when I have recovered my lost lambs? Those of you with children if you had five children at home safe and one child lost in the woods would you not go after them and find them to bring them home? Do you love your children more than I love mine?

     I tell you these things to bring you peace. Many of you have loved ones that are gone astray and loved ones in danger. I love them more than you love them and I am doing all I can do to bring them home safely. My Father loves the world so much that he sent me to seek those who are lost. I love each of you also and came willingly and gladly, to seek for you and find each of you. Holy Spirit loves you and came to dwell in you so you could never be lost again.

     I want you to look at the world differently so that you will have my peace. I don't want you to see what the world is trying to show you. They will pass up ten happy stories to report to you one evil one. The news you see and hear tries to make you afraid and cause you to lose your peace so that they can lead you astray also. 

     You will do things in fear that you would never do if you were in faith and resting in my peace. Think of the spies that Moses sent into the promised land. Joshua and Caleb saw the giants and the obstacles but understood they were no match for me. Because most of Israel was afraid they didn't enter the promised land at that time. 

     It's the same today. Usually ten out of twelve of my children will look at a situation and ten will see it as negative and fearful, and two will see it as an opportunity to bring me glory.

 

     You are in me. I am your promised land. Don't look at the giants of hate, poverty and anger that are in the world. Look into my eyes and stay in my peace. Do you really think there is anything in the world more powerful than I am?

     I am your peace. I am your safety. I told you that no one could pluck you out of my hand. You dwell in me and I dwell in you so you are always safe in me. The fear of death causes people to live in torment. My perfect loves casts out all that fear. If you are afraid you just need to focus on my love until your fear leaves. 

     You don't have to fear death. When you trusted in me you passed from death to life. You are already living in your eternity. You are living in two places at once. You are on earth in your body and you are already home with me seated in the heavenly realm far above all the chaos that you see on the earth. I am in heaven and I am in you. You will never be alone again. Not ever!

     The only thing the evil in the world can do is send you home. So why are you afraid my little ones? I have been given all authority in heaven and earth so those who think they are ruling the world are deceived. Pharaoh once thought he was in charge. Nebuchadnezzar thought he was in charge. Those who nailed me to the cross thought they were in charge. They just didn't understand the power of love.

     All authority that exists was made by me and for me. All these things will work out according to my plan so why should you fear? Did the powers in charge when I walked the earth stop my plan or did they execute my plan? They carried our what was previously ordained for them to do. In trying to destroy me they helped me save the world. So why are you afraid?

     Be at peace my loved ones, I know there are many evil things going on today, but there is also great wonder among you. Many are coming into the kingdom. Miracles are happening around you and you don't see them. If someone from the past stepped into the shower that you did this morning they would think it was a miracle. If they got on a plane or in a car they would rejoice at the things you take for granted. Do you know how many miles I walked in sandals? Look at the shoes on your feet. Are they not a gift from me? All good things come from heaven and so many of the things you take for granted or accept as man's inventions were gifts from me to you. So be glad and rejoice that you are so favored.

     Now I want to talk to you about the recent catastrophes. I am not the cause of the floods or the fires or earthquakes that devastated lives. Those of you who lost homes or loved ones or possessions need to know that I did not send this calamity to you. I am your deliverer, not your destroyer.

     I stop storms, I don't send them. What do I have to gain by such a thing? I told you in scripture that it's my goodness that leads men to repentance. Are these things good? When the storm arose on the sea and my disciples were afraid, did I tell them to accept the storm? Or did I stop the storm and ask them where was their faith? I was tired. It would have been nice if they had stopped it and let me sleep. Your enemy tries to deceive you and make you think these things come from me. That way you will continue to do nothing about it.

     I told you in my scripture that out of man's evil hearts these things are brought forth. I told you that there would be earthquakes and disasters but I didn't say I caused them. I saw these things and warned you. If you tell your children to take an umbrella because it's going to rain does that mean you made it rain or that you just saw it coming?

     If you really want to know where some of these things come from then look at your false prophets. The words of mankind are powerful and those who stand in your pulpits and sell you books about my wrath, speak of disaster after disaster. Your enemy takes their words and uses the power in them to bring things to pass. Yet you keep believing their words and adding power to them with your faith and bring about your own destruction. You help them destroy the earth by buying their books and sermons.

     Man's words are powerful. Man is in charge of the earth so you should choose carefully the words you speak to the earth. The good things in the earth that bring forth fruit should be blessed and the evil things that bring forth destruction should be cursed. There is no more curse on the earth. I took that crown of thorns and put it on my head. The blood that flowed from around those thorns cleansed the earth of it's curse and it is blessed again. It should bear fruit unto you and not thorns and thistles.

     Sadly these false prophets who speak destruction and doom are the ones who will stand before me and think they were prophesying in my name when they spoke destruction upon my children. They will tell me of all the curses and judgment they spoke against the children who were gone astray. I will have to tell then they we didn't know each other, and these were not my words. I wanted salvation and mercy and not destruction. If you truly “know” me you will know that I love mankind and my creation and I am saving both.

     All new testament prophesying is to edify and exhort. Yes, there are warnings, but they are for protection and not for destruction. If I warn you of a coning storm it is so you can prevent it or be protected from it. Stop believing the lies. I have come to save the world, not to destroy it.

     Do you really not know that if I didn't love the world it would be destroyed already? I want all to come to me and not perish. Even under the old covenant, repentance would have stopped all judgment. If Abraham had just kept on asking me about Sodom it would still be standing. If he had only said. “Please don't destroy Sodom for Lot is there?” I would have accepted that. Had the people repented then Noah's ark would have been a barn and not a boat. Had Pharaoh not sent his army after Israel there would have still been a place for him. It is my will that all repent and find salvation.

     My loved ones, I tell you these things so that you will have peace. Until you settle it in your heart that I am the savior of the world and not the destroyer then you will never have peace. Once you understand that I have come to save and not destroy, then you will work with me and not against me. You will have my heart for the lost and seek their salvation and not their doom. You will see storms and fires as works of the enemy and you will fight them will all your might and all your faith.

     Finally my loved ones, let my peace settle into your hearts. I am with you and will never leave you or forsake you. No matter what fire, or storm or disaster you are in right now, you are not there alone. Yes, your boat may be sinking, but I am with you and I can walk on water, so why are you afraid?

     I can still the wind and stop the storm. I can send rain and put out the fires so ask me to do so. Command the rains to come and the fires to cease. Command the destructive storms to stop and the wind to be still. I did what I saw my Father doing, so you do what you saw me doing.

     Have compassion on those who have suffered loss and pray for them and help them. Be merciful to each other. See each person as I see them. They are not evil, wicked sinners. They are lost sheep who are astray and think that I am hunting them to kill them and not to save them. 

     Do you remember the story of the prodigal son? I didn't run down that road to punish him, but ran to him to kiss and restore him. Did he squander all I gave him? Yes, he did. Did he commit sin against me? Yes, he did. Was I angry with him? Not even for a moment. What do material things matter compared to the life of a child? Money and possessions are just stuff. People are true treasure.

     Don't you see the cross? Don't you see my blood? Don't you understand I did this because I am eternally in love with each of you? If I loved you so much that I would die for you then don't you know that I want you to live in peace? Put aside your worry and rest in my peace. Don't forget little children to love each other as I have loved 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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