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Matthew Chapter Ten
8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Isaiah Chapter Fifty Five
1. “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you without money, come, buy, and eat!
Come; buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Why spend money on that which is not bread,
and your labor on that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Hebrews Chapter Four
1. God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. For this good news that God has prepared this rest has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God. For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said,
“In my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest,’” even though this rest has been ready since he made the world. We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.” But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”
So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
As I awakened this morning Father spoke to me and asked me a question. He said “Why do so many of my people have trouble receiving the things I have freely given to them?” I used my best King James English and replied. “Surely God thou knowest.” We had a moment of laughter and he started bringing these scriptures up in my heart and mind and I studied them and sat down to listen for the answer and He spoke again and asked me to listen and write and publish. Here are his words. He said:
My beloved ones, why the struggle? Why are you trying so hard to buy what was given freely to you? It is the struggle that keeps you from receiving my best for you. I have freely given you all things but you struggle to receive them because you try to do so with religious labor.
What you have been taught is that there is a limit on my blessing. The truth is I give good things to my children because I am good and because I love you. Think of it this way: What is the best gift ever given? It was when I gave my Son to save the world. Now let me ask you a question: Did you pray that I would send my Son? Did you fast and quote scriptures and beg that I send my Son to save the world?
My children, all things are already yours and the day of rest has been available since before I made the world. As you heard in the letter to the Hebrews there has always been a place of rest and provision available for my children. The only difference is that those who hear my voice enter in to my goodness and those who try to earn it push it away from themselves because the standard they use to judge themselves was only ever kept once when my Son kept it. So they disqualify themselves in their own minds.
My loved ones, you don’t have to earn anything from me. You are my children and it is my responsibility to take care of you. I calculated all that you would ever need or want and provided it for you before the world began. This is why you were told to believe that you have and you will have. It’s the believing that I finished it that brings your wants and needs and desires to you. As long as you think you have to do anything else to earn it then you are in unbelief. If you think I have to do anything else that I haven’t done you are in unbelief. You must believe that the works were finished from the foundation of the world and when you do you will find rest. As I told you before; just come into the secret place and dream about what you want and it will come to you.
The Children of Israel could not enter the Promised Land because they didn’t believe I had already given it to them. They thought the giants were standing in their way. They thought they would have to take it by force when I had a different plan. They spent years in the wilderness and would not enter in because they didn’t believe it was finished and waiting for them. Most of them died and never got to see it when they could have already been living inside.
It’s the same today with my children. They think they are waiting on me to do something when I have finished the works and have entered into rest. They believe if they pray enough, or fast often enough, or quote enough scripture then they will force me to do something that I really don’t want to do but I will do because you force me to read the scriptures and perform what was promised. What a way to treat your Dad.
What I am saying my loved ones is that if you will stop all the so called acts of the religion you call the “faith movement” and enter into rest then all you need will flow through you and to you. I didn’t bind myself to you with a contract, I am your Father and we are one family. We are one spirit and one life force. We are not separate. The way you have been taught to receive teaches separation and separation is a lie.
My loved ones, all you could ever want or need or desire has been given freely to you. Those of you with children think of this. Did you earn your children or were they a gift from me? Did you have to toil or labor to get pregnant or did it happen while you were having fun? Did it happen while you were working or were you somewhere in a place of rest?
My sweet ones, I want you to have every desire you could ever imagine. I have already said yes to you on every prayer. The only problem is those who are unbelief come to me in prayer and ask and beg. Those who are in faith make their request known with thanksgiving, because they know it's already done.
Start to see prayer this way. You are not asking me to give you something. You have been given a free meal at the restaurant. The menu is unlimited and the kitchen has already cooked everything on the menu. All you could ever want to eat or drink is free. When you come in prayer you are not begging for food but are ordering what was already paid for. So when you come in prayer don’t think of it as maybe yes or maybe no. Don’t say, “I’d sure like to have this from the menu if it be your will.” When you pray say, “I’ll have this or that and thank you.” Prayer is not a negotiation but is as simple as ordering from the menu. This is true faith. If you believe that there is anything you need that I didn’t think of already and provide then you haven’t discovered who I am.
So rest in me and rest in who I am. There is no lack in me. You have inherited all things by being born, not by working for it. You have freely received and can give the same way because you know there is an unlimited supply and will never be a day when you could need anything that I didn’t already provide.
My loved ones stop the madness! Stop jumping through religious hoops. Stop double checking to make sure you dotted every I and crossed every T. We are not in a religion but we are in a family relationship. The food is cooked, the table is set, come and dine! Remember freely is the only way to receive!
This is the end of the words He spoke to me earlier today.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael
Matthew Chapter Ten
8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Isaiah Chapter Fifty Five
1. “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters;
and you without money, come, buy, and eat!
Come; buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Why spend money on that which is not bread,
and your labor on that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Hebrews Chapter Four
1. God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. For this good news that God has prepared this rest has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God. For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said,
“In my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest,’” even though this rest has been ready since he made the world. We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.” But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”
So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”
Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
As I awakened this morning Father spoke to me and asked me a question. He said “Why do so many of my people have trouble receiving the things I have freely given to them?” I used my best King James English and replied. “Surely God thou knowest.” We had a moment of laughter and he started bringing these scriptures up in my heart and mind and I studied them and sat down to listen for the answer and He spoke again and asked me to listen and write and publish. Here are his words. He said:
My beloved ones, why the struggle? Why are you trying so hard to buy what was given freely to you? It is the struggle that keeps you from receiving my best for you. I have freely given you all things but you struggle to receive them because you try to do so with religious labor.
What you have been taught is that there is a limit on my blessing. The truth is I give good things to my children because I am good and because I love you. Think of it this way: What is the best gift ever given? It was when I gave my Son to save the world. Now let me ask you a question: Did you pray that I would send my Son? Did you fast and quote scriptures and beg that I send my Son to save the world?
My children, all things are already yours and the day of rest has been available since before I made the world. As you heard in the letter to the Hebrews there has always been a place of rest and provision available for my children. The only difference is that those who hear my voice enter in to my goodness and those who try to earn it push it away from themselves because the standard they use to judge themselves was only ever kept once when my Son kept it. So they disqualify themselves in their own minds.
My loved ones, you don’t have to earn anything from me. You are my children and it is my responsibility to take care of you. I calculated all that you would ever need or want and provided it for you before the world began. This is why you were told to believe that you have and you will have. It’s the believing that I finished it that brings your wants and needs and desires to you. As long as you think you have to do anything else to earn it then you are in unbelief. If you think I have to do anything else that I haven’t done you are in unbelief. You must believe that the works were finished from the foundation of the world and when you do you will find rest. As I told you before; just come into the secret place and dream about what you want and it will come to you.
The Children of Israel could not enter the Promised Land because they didn’t believe I had already given it to them. They thought the giants were standing in their way. They thought they would have to take it by force when I had a different plan. They spent years in the wilderness and would not enter in because they didn’t believe it was finished and waiting for them. Most of them died and never got to see it when they could have already been living inside.
It’s the same today with my children. They think they are waiting on me to do something when I have finished the works and have entered into rest. They believe if they pray enough, or fast often enough, or quote enough scripture then they will force me to do something that I really don’t want to do but I will do because you force me to read the scriptures and perform what was promised. What a way to treat your Dad.
What I am saying my loved ones is that if you will stop all the so called acts of the religion you call the “faith movement” and enter into rest then all you need will flow through you and to you. I didn’t bind myself to you with a contract, I am your Father and we are one family. We are one spirit and one life force. We are not separate. The way you have been taught to receive teaches separation and separation is a lie.
My loved ones, all you could ever want or need or desire has been given freely to you. Those of you with children think of this. Did you earn your children or were they a gift from me? Did you have to toil or labor to get pregnant or did it happen while you were having fun? Did it happen while you were working or were you somewhere in a place of rest?
My sweet ones, I want you to have every desire you could ever imagine. I have already said yes to you on every prayer. The only problem is those who are unbelief come to me in prayer and ask and beg. Those who are in faith make their request known with thanksgiving, because they know it's already done.
Start to see prayer this way. You are not asking me to give you something. You have been given a free meal at the restaurant. The menu is unlimited and the kitchen has already cooked everything on the menu. All you could ever want to eat or drink is free. When you come in prayer you are not begging for food but are ordering what was already paid for. So when you come in prayer don’t think of it as maybe yes or maybe no. Don’t say, “I’d sure like to have this from the menu if it be your will.” When you pray say, “I’ll have this or that and thank you.” Prayer is not a negotiation but is as simple as ordering from the menu. This is true faith. If you believe that there is anything you need that I didn’t think of already and provide then you haven’t discovered who I am.
So rest in me and rest in who I am. There is no lack in me. You have inherited all things by being born, not by working for it. You have freely received and can give the same way because you know there is an unlimited supply and will never be a day when you could need anything that I didn’t already provide.
My loved ones stop the madness! Stop jumping through religious hoops. Stop double checking to make sure you dotted every I and crossed every T. We are not in a religion but we are in a family relationship. The food is cooked, the table is set, come and dine! Remember freely is the only way to receive!
This is the end of the words He spoke to me earlier 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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