Growing Strong in Faith

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Romans Chapter Four

18. Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping, believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, “That’s how many descendants you will have!” And Abraham’s faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead and so was Sarah’s womb.

Abraham never wavered in believing God’s promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.

Colossians Chapter Three

1. Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.



     I woke up this morning and Holy Spirit was using these scriptures to paint images on my heart. I love it when this happens. I love the scriptures and I love being taught their true meaning by our teacher.

     For those of us who were trapped in the Word of Faith trap in years gone by it is so refreshing to finally understand that the book is a holy book but only comes alive in the voice of the teacher. The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. The book is not God, our Father is God and he is a Master Artist; his scriptures are paint and our hearts are the canvas. When we finally get these things in order we realize that our fellowship is not with rules and regulations and words written on a page but our fellowship is with a loving, caring Father whose heart sings because we are his children.

     This was one of those mornings when Holy Spirit was singing these scriptures to me and I was overcome with joy. The object of learning is not to learn but to fall deeply in love with the teacher. When the focus becomes not what can I learn but how can I delight in my teacher, then the whole experience brings inexpressible joy.

     I love being taught because I love the one who teaches me. Each of us is the teacher’s favorite student and we all have access to the secrets of heaven.

     So as I was meditating on the verses that were dancing around and singing in my heart I heard Holy Spirit’s sweet voice asking me to write down these notes from the teacher and share them with you.


     Blessed Holy Spirit said:

My delightful children, the ones whom I love and I love to gather to me and snuggle with. The ones whom I adore and have adored for eternity: Will you give me your attention? Will you set your mind on the things above and stop staring at your problems?

     Do you know why we showed Abraham the stars of the sky to count and the sand of the sea to consider? It was to take his mind off his body that was good as dead. His focus changed from looking at his good as dead body and he began to look at the unlimited God who puts stars in order and calculated how many grains of sand were needed to filter the oceans and keep them clean.

     It is when you begin to consider our limitless ability that you forget about your weak limited problems. You faith grows stronger as you give glory to the one who created all things and stop giving any glory at all to whatever is affecting you negatively. The way to put out the darkness is not to curse the darkness but to turn on every light available.

     This is why when faced with needing food to feed the multitudes Jesus didn’t consider the limited supply of food but gazed into heaven to see our limitless supply of multiplication. This is why there were different amounts of fish and loaves available and different amounts of people to feed recorded in scripture. What you have on hand and what you need don’t matter. What is available to you because you are a child of the Almighty is the focus. He understood that being a child of the Almighty entitles you to all that your Father has. He understood that he and his Father are one so all things that belong to Father are his already.

     It was the same with the story of the prodigal son. The Father told the son that stayed home that he could have had a party anytime he wanted. My loved ones don’t you understand that I gave earth to you and all things are yours already?

     He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. There is no separation between us. We are not two but we are one. One Lord, one faith, one baptism: One Father who is above all and in all. You were all baptized into the death of the beloved Son of God and you were all raised to newness of life. No one is excluded but many are ignorant of the truth.

     This is why our beloved Paul told you that you have the ministry of reconciliation. We were in Christ on that cross reconciling the world to us not counting sins but declaring righteousness. Jesus said if he be lifted up he would draw all men unto him. He left none out but many are not awake to their forgiveness and live as dead men not knowing the life that is available to them. They think we are angry at them when all we want is to awaken them to our love and fellowship with them.

     This is the born again experience. It is when the revelation comes to you that you are loved and forgiven and your old life is dead and you leave it at the cross and step over into life everlasting. This is why the early church was so full of joy. They understood the finality of the cross and the finality of the resurrection. If one died for all then all died and if one was raised in life then all were raised. Your spirit is as alive as it will ever be.

     When you come to this realization you will be full of joy and realize the goal of evangelism is not to condemn others and tell them how much they are in need of a savior. The message is that the savior already came and they need to awaken to what was already accomplished for them. Jesus was the lamb who took away the sins of the whole world. The gospel is the good news of what already happened.

     People need to be taught the truth. If you believe you are a sinner you will live in sin. If you believe you are holy and righteous because of the blood of the Son of God you will begin to live in holiness and righteousness. As a man thinks in his heart so is he. Your life will conform to what your heart believes.

     My beloved, this is what I want you to set your mind on. I want you to completely understand the finality of the cross and the resurrection as your death and resurrection. You are not dead but you are alive in me. You were already sanctified, justified and glorified. You rule and reign with me now. Just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it is not so. Every decision made from the throne is made with you in mind and in our heart, so you are already ruling and you don’t see it.

     Those of you with children understand this. The day a child is born the focus of your life and family is no longer on what is best for you but what is best for the children. You will change jobs and locations and move thousands of miles from home just for your children to have better opportunities. So are you ruling your house or are your children ruling with you?

     As you set your mind on things above and stop considering the circumstances against you but only consider that the Great Almighty God who sits on the throne is for you. If God be for you who can be against you? No one! Neither death or hell or the grave, none of those things are able to conquer you for you have already conquered in me.

     When Jesus was hanging on the cross he prayed “Father forgive them because they don’t know what they are doing.” You were forgiven even before he died. Stop letting religion define who you are. Look into my heart and see who you are. How important are you that the blood of God would be spilled to save you? How important is your neighbor that the blood of God would be spilled for him? The truth changes everything.

     So my loved ones don’t consider your problems but see the answer. Don’t consider your body or your bank account. Consider him who created the heavens. Consider the one who shed his blood for you. Consider him that was and is and is to come. The one who created eternity just to spend it with you because you are so loved and so much more than you understand yourselves to be.

     Jesus was our only begotten son, and he redeemed you to us. You can’t redeem something or someone unless they were already yours. He came to remind you of who you are. You were alienated from us in your minds. You were gone astray in your beliefs. You forgot who you were. You are sons and daughters and you are all the family of God. You are kings and priests because you are the children of the King.

     You are our offspring. You are given great glory because of your birth. Your bodies came from the earth but the earth came from the breath of our word. Then we breathed our life into you. The part of you that is alive is Spirit from our Spirit. No longer let religion rob you of your birthright. I have given you all things that pertain to life and Godliness. You own all things already.

     Finally my children: Grow strong in faith giving glory unto your Father. The way you glorify your father is to see yourselves as his children. No more denying who you are. The blood of Christ was spilled to declare your righteousness and yet you declare yourselves to be sinners? This does not glorify your Father. Becoming who you truly are brings glory to us. Growing up into the head which is Christ glorifies us. Worshiping your Father while laughing at your problems glorifies us.

     Be strong in the Lord and the power of His Might. Things aren’t up to your problems they are up to your Father who loves you and your Savior who loves you so much he gave himself to you and for you.

     I am delighted to be your teacher and to share with you the truth. I will lead and guide you into all truth. You shall know who you are and this will make you free. Free to be the children of God and to bask in our love for you: Freedom to love us without a law forcing you to or fear of retribution if you don’t love us: Freedom to love without fear. Freedom to be full of joy in the midst of your problems because you know your problems are small and your Father is huge. So look at the greatness of your Father and soon all the things that worry you will fade into nothing. You won’t even know how we fixed the problems, they will just be gone.

     Delight yourselves in our love for you and love each other as you are loved. Love did not begin with you. Love cannot end with you. Pass it on.



     And these are the glorious words my beloved Teacher gave me today.
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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What Does God Want For Christmas?

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Luke Chapter Two

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed every one into his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David :) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 

 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 

     As I read these verses again today Father spoke to me and asked me to write down the following words and share them with you.

He said:

     My little ones, it was our great joy to send our joy to you. It was our plan for eternity to be with you. I sent my Son because I love each of you and I wanted to be with you and in you. Our plans have never changed. We are on a mission to make all men, women and children know how much you are loved and how we long for you to know of that love.

     You have always been our delight. It is our delight to share everlasting joy with you. We long for each of you to be as full of joy as we are. The reason we are so full of joy is because we see the end and are not stuck in the past or stuck in the present. We know that our love never fails and no matter how hard a heart may be it is no match for perfect love.

     My loved ones, as you celebrate the times you call holidays I ask you to remember. Every day is holy to me. You could be filled with joy on every day and give gifts to each other every day. You could be delighted on every day in every hour if you would only focus on the story of my Son.

     The birth, death and resurrection of my Son is the greatest love story ever told and you are the focus of that love story. If only you will see how much you are loved then you will love each other as you are loved. This will bring peace on earth. The good will that I feel towards all men will become what you feel towards all and you will be in eternal celebration.

     My kingdom is not destruction, wrath and retribution; it is righteousness, peace and joy. This is the plan of heaven from the beginning for the world to be just like heaven and be filled with great joy. 

     So my loved ones, don’t let anyone make you afraid. The season of true love is just beginning and soon the whole earth will be filled with my glorious love. Don’t trust what you hear with your ears or see with your eyes. Trust what you feel in your heart where I dwell.

     I gave you the greatest gift of all and now I am asking for you to give me something in return. So you wonder, what does God want for Christmas? I am not only asking but demanding that you give me some things. 

     I want you to give me your worries and cares. Give me your burdens and your tears. Give me your sadness and I will fill you with my everlasting joy. Give me your loneliness. Give me your concerns for your future and your hurts from the past. I want them all. Will you not give me what I ask?

     My loved ones, a great new day is dawning. It is not a day of fear but of hope and light. The world is not coming to a terrible end but to a glorious new beginning. Wars will end and poverty will end and men shall bless each other and love each other and the Prince of Peace will reign in peace. 

     Don’t let others scare you. Yes my fire is coming but just as I stood in the burning bush yet the bush wasn’t consumed so I will be in each of you. My glorious fire will refine each of you and you will be filled with holiness and light. It is a glorious day that you are awakening to. My love is the fire that burns within me and love never fails. My love comes not to destroy the world but to destroy the things that are destroying my children.

     Finally my beloved ones rejoice in the day you are in. No more worry or fear. I gave you my best gift and I require you to give me what I asked for. Remember that each day belongs to my Christ. All things have been given unto him. Each day is Christmas. 

     I so loved the world that I gave my only begotten son. I never stopped loving the world. I never have or never will stop loving you. So give me your worries and cares because you know that is what I want for Christmas.



     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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Fall in Love Again

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     Isaiah Chapter Sixty One

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; 

he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives, 

and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, 

and the day of vengeance of our God; 

to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, 

the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;  

that they may be called oaks of righteousness, 

the planting of the LORD, 

that he may be glorified. 

     I woke up this morning to these words comforting me. As I embraced these words that danced in my heart I heard the voice of my Savior. He asked me to write some things down and share them with his loved ones. Here are the words he gave me:

     My little ones, I am not afraid or ashamed of your brokenness. In my eyes you are perfect and holy and delightful. Do you have burdens and cares and problems in your heart and in your life? Yes you do, but only because you haven’t fully surrendered them to me. Delivering captives, binding up broken hearts and setting prisoners free is my mission from my Father. All that I accomplished was because of fellowship with my Father. I knew he was in me and you should also. I have come to make you free.

     So many are wandering and have lost your hope and your purpose. You have set out to do so many things and have lost the one good thing. You are born for fellowship with me. That is your primary purpose and when your objectives shift things get out of balance and your life goes sideways or backwards instead of forward.

     So many of you are discouraged because of events and circumstances. It is because you have made them the priority instead of fellowship. You say if only this happens then I will be happy. If only I get this job or this person is restored to my life or if my ministry goes well then I will be satisfied. These things will never satisfy. Only drinking from the well of life called fellowship will satisfy you.

    Do you remember that I said “let all who are thirsty come unto me and I will give you living water? I am the river inside you. You must get your nourishment from me and not from circumstances. When it really comes down to it whether you win or lose is not the mission of life. All that matters is did you learn to fellowship with me throughout your life, regardless of if it were on sunny days or in a storm.

     It’s called seeking the kingdom. If you fellowship with me all the things that you are laboring for will come to you. They have already been given to you but they are in me. All your Father’s blessings to you are in me. You have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly realm that is in me. My God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by and in me. I am that glory. The secret of the kingdom is fellowship with the King.

    My loved ones, I don’t want you to suffer. I don’t want you to worry. I don’t want you to labor. The birds don’t sow or reap or gather into barns. Theirs is not the life of labor but the life of abiding in praise. You can learn to abide in praise also because you can abide in me as I abide in my Father and Holy Spirit, and they abide in me and we abide in you. You are not outside the circle. You are in the middle of the circle. 

     Don’t see yourself as an outsider. You are the beloved and the adored. How much are you loved? Greater love has no man than that he lay down his life for his friends. My cross is proof of how much you are adored.

     My little ones there are so many things I want to teach you but you are too focused on the earthly and not on the heavenly. Focusing on the problem does not fix the problem. You can look at something that is broken all day and that won’t fix it. You must look past the brokenness to the healing.

     Imagine if your car was broken down. You can look at the broken part forever and that won’t fix a thing. Or you can go get a new part that is not broken and replace the broken one and you are driving again. Look past the broken parts of your lives and look at the cure. Stop staring at the problem and gaze upon your answer. I Am Your Answer!

     Delightful ones, start over today. Return to your first love. I am right here in your heart. I am not far away. Do you hear me whisper? I am calling you away from your problems and into my bliss. Share our delight. Be delighted in your place. Rejoice because your names are written in heaven. Do you know where they are written? They are written on the pages of the beating heart of God.

     So my beloved ones, rest in me and fellowship with me. Drop what you are doing and dance with me. Take your eyes off your problems and get lost in the loving gaze of your one true love. The one who loved you before you even knew who you were. The one who looked at all the problems in your life and saw right past them into days of glory. The one who never finds fault with you and favors you at all times. 

     You don’t have far to go. I am always with you and always inside your heart. Come into the secret place and fellowship with me. No more worries and cares. Give them to me and rest in me. I am your true love. Fall in love again.



     And this was the message 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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I AM YOUR FATHER!

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Ephesians Chapter Three

14. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians Chapter Four

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call: one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.



     As I was praying today Father spoke to me and said to me: “Son, write down these words and share them with my children.”

     My little ones, the time of awakening has come. It’s time to awaken from sleep and see who you are. It is time to know the truth that makes you free. It’s time to know who you are and who you have always been. 

     You have been sleeping for a long time. Wrong teachings put you into a deep sleep and you lost your identity. False teachers told you that you were worthless sinners and you didn’t have any value. Then they taught you that you had to do all these things and keep all these new rules they made up to make you right again. I gave you only two rules when I spoke them through my Son. Love me and love each other.

     So what will this awakening be like? It will be resurrection from the grave thinking into the heavenly knowing. You are my children. You have always been my children. My Son came and found you because you got lost. He brought each of you back into right understanding of who you are. You thought your sin separated you from me so you hid from me in the world. All who see themselves in Adam run from me and all those who see themselves in Christ will run to me.

     It was the same lie from the beginning. Your enemy told you that you were naked. He tried to make you ashamed of yourself so you would hide from me. Adam and Eve wanted coverings so they wouldn’t see themselves naked. I was never ashamed of their nakedness. I didn’t tell them they were naked. The enemy told you that you don’t measure up and you don’t have all that you need, so you believed him and went into a deep sleep. It is time to wake up and realize that you are not who the world told you that you are.

     You are my beloved children. You are my offspring and my inheritance. I birthed you by my Spirit. You are not sinners born by accident who just happened to find my mercy. I loved you from the beginning. You were the plan. My lamb was slain before the foundation of the world. I knew what it would cost to keep you for eternity and my mercy was given before it was needed.

     So what does this mean my beloved? It means you must reject the lie. Anyone who tells you that you are unworthy of my love is not fully awake. You are my delight and my love and my plan. I want you to see yourselves as royal, holy children of the Almighty and this will free you from sin and lies and death. 

     You must come to know that you are who you are because you were born who you are. You did not earn your last name. I gave it to you. Do you remember what Paul told you in his letter to the Ephesians that all in heaven and earth are named for me?

     It’s time to know your true identity and rejoice because your family tree is written in heaven. If I kept Genealogy in the scripture do you not think I keep it in heaven? In heaven it is different. Not only is your family line kept but also the line of whom passed the gospel to you. One day you will find the person who taught you the gospel and then the person they were taught by and follow the tree all the way back to my Son.

     Oh Glorious Ones! How long will you see yourselves as small? You are children of God how can you be small? You are the purpose and plan of eternity so how important are you? I hear many who say yes but the scriptures say a man shouldn’t more highly of himself than he ought. But neither should he think any lower than he ought. 

  When you see your royalty you will understand that your neighbor is royalty also, and you will love and respect him because you know that he is mine. Do you remember that my Son told you that if you do anything unto the least of these “My Brethren” you have done it unto me? Wake up to who you are and who your neighbor is. You are not doing things to each other but are doing them to me. What did my Son tell Saul? Why are you persecuting “Me?”

     We are one body. I am the head over all things. My Son is the head of the church and the world. I exalted him and put him on the throne. One day when all things are complete he will give all things back unto me. All things will be under his feet eventually and all things will be in order. 

     It will begin with this awakening when you stop seeing each other as mere men and women and see yourselves as Royal Children of God and stop calling common what is precious. Is there not a person in the world that my Son’s blood was not spilled for? Are not all people precious in my eyes? Which of your children is more important to you? Do you not love them all?

     My dear ones please don’t let religion and the world put you back to sleep. Stay awake with me and fellowship with me and be my friends. 

     My Son came to give you abundant life and light. Don’t dwell in darkness. You are not bottom feeders. You are not children of the dark. Arise and shine. In other words, awake to the truth of whom you are and act like it. No more seeing yourselves as forsaken and belittled. You are citizens of heaven. You have all the rights and privileges of heaven. No more earthly limits. Live like you are from heaven and most of all, love like you are from heaven.

     Wake up my children. Arise, shine, rise up from the dust of religious decay and stand in my glorious liberty. No more being who the world tells you to be. Rise up and conquer in love and wake up all you meet. 

It is a glorious day that is coming upon the earth. Don’t miss it. Don’t partner with those who peddle fear. This world does not belong to anyone but me, and I gave it unto you. Take possession of it and drive out fear and ignorance. 

     The world is coming to a glorious awakening. Only those who love darkness are terrified of light. Destruction is coming and has come already to the dark kingdom. This has nothing to do with my glorious church. Don’t let anyone sell you fear or make you afraid again, you have already passed from death to life and are living in eternity already. Death has no hold on you. If you live on earth I live in you. If you come to heaven you live in me. Why the fear? Please wake up and fellowship with me in the light.

     I love you my dearest ones with love that you cannot even imagine yet, but soon you will. It’s time to let go of the world and grab hold of me. It is time to wake up to my love and wake up to your reality. You are not disgusting sinners saved by grace. You are eternally loved children born of my Spirit. This is the truth that will make you free. 

I AM YOUR FATHER! 

     These are 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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