The Secret Place: Part One

     Today I am writing about a very special place. It is my favorite place this side of heaven. I love to visit often and I am in the process of learning to live there.. I am speaking of the secret place of the Most High God. 

Many of you are familiar with Psalm 91 that says:

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High 

shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: 

my God; in him will I trust.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the Fowler, 

and from the noisome pestilence.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, 

and under his wings shalt thou trust: 

his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; 

nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;

 nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, 

and ten thousand at thy right hand; 

but it shall not come nigh thee.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold

 and see the reward of the wicked.

Because thou hast made the LORD, 

which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

There shall no evil befall thee, 

neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 

to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee up in their hands,

 lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:

 the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Because he hath set his love upon me, 

therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, 

because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: 

I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him, 

and shew him my salvation.

     This passage begins with the words "he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high".

We must learn to make this place our home and dwell there at all times. All these promises of protection apply to those who make God their habitation and learn to live in the secret place. I have been in that place many times but didn't realize until Father revealed it to my heart that He wants us to live there. He loves us so much that He longs to take us to a place of fellowship that is even better than that of the apostle John, who would lay his head on Jesus' chest and listen to the heartbeat of God.We can and must learn to see this place as more real than the natural world. 

     The scriptures say in Ephesians Chapter Two:

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

     Father's love for us is so great that he forgave our sins and made us alive when he raised us up with Christ Jesus and made us to exist in the same realm that He does.He did this for the purpose of showing us how much He loves us. Because of His great love for us He didn't want us to wait all of our lifetime until we passed into the next world to have fellowship with him. He wants us to be able to abide with Him where He is in the present time. He came to live in us and wants us to be able to see into that world where He abides and to be in constant fellowship with him at all times. 

     Jesus showed us how this was done. He accomplished more than anyone who ever walked on this planet and yet at the same time kept in constant fellowship with our Father. He always said that He only did what He saw the Father doing. He would say things like,"My Father in me does the works." Even when he raised Lazarus from the dead He said "Father I thank you that you always hear me." even though he hadn't said anything audibly. He was so in tune with Father that even his thoughts were heard.

     Father hears our thoughts also. That is why the scripture says "let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight.  He loves us so much that He hears every thought, every cry, every whisper and every prayer. We should be just as focused on Him as He is on us.

     Jesus' heart and his eyes were always on the heavenly realm and I'll give you a couple more examples.

     When He fed the multitudes the scriptures say in Luke Chapter Nine that Jesus took the loaves and looked towards heaven and blessed them. He didn't look at the loaves as his supply, He looked towards heaven. He understood that the realm above is more real than the physical realm. 

     In John Chapter Three when Jesus was talking to Nicodemus he said the following:
And no man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.

     Notice he didn't say which was in heaven, but which is in heaven.He came down from heaven and was still in heaven and on the earth at the same time.  He lived in both realms simultaneously. Thanks to Jesus and his finished work at the cross now we are able to do the same thing.

    These are His words and not mine. He is the one who seated us in heavenly places for we could not do it for ourselves. It was His plan to make us able to fellowship with Him in the spiritual realm and we are just now beginning to learn how to abide there and be conscious of both realms at the same time. He did this because He loves us and wants us to be fully conscious of that his love. He wants to be present in every moment of our lives for eternity. We are just beginning to see the depth of His love. What an Awesome Father we have who loves us this much!
     
     One day while I was studying about Stephen and how he was being stoned I told the Lord that it was wonderful that you let him see you while he was being martyred. He spoke to me and told me that Stephen saw him every time he prayed. 

     We can also learn to see Him when we pray. He want's us to see him at all times just as He saw our Father each time He prayed. We should be able to take our eyes off the temporary world and look into the eternal world and see Jesus seated at the right hand of Father. We have settled too long for a religion when we could have a relationship with a living God and His son Jesus and Holy Spirit. He is calling us into this relationship where we see and know Him face to face.

     As I was meditating on all these things last week I heard Jesus singing and I listened in amazement to the love song that He sang to me.The invitation in His song is for all who will listen to Him sing. He told me to write down the words of the song He was singing. I hope to record it soon but until then I will give you the words and you can ask Him to sing it to you also.

These are the words He sang to me:

Will you come to me

in the secret place?

For just a little while,

will you stop and pray?

I want you to see my face.

Behold the glory of my grace,

and get lost in my embrace.

In the secret place.

When you come to me

in the secret place,

look deep into my eyes

and lock the world away.

I want you to see my face.

Behold the glory of my grace

and get lost in my embrace.

In the secret place.

I am always waiting,

in the secret place.

Always waiting for you.

Please come right away.

I want you to see my face.

Behold the glory of my grace

and get lost in my embrace.

In the secret place.

All you have to do is look deep inside your heart.

Heaven's doorway is within you so no matter where you are.

There's a secret place.  It's our secret place.

I want you to see my face.

Behold the glory of my grace

and get lost in my embrace.

In the secret place.

     I hope you are encouraged by these words.

Until next time.

Grow Rich in His Grace

I love you each and every one.

Michael

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Faith or Family?

     Second Peter 1:3 

 According as his divine power has given unto us 

all things that pertain unto life and godliness 

through the knowledge of him 

that hath called us to glory and virtue:

     Recently as I was praying our Father spoke some things to me that have been soaking into my heart and settling in over the last few weeks. It's a tough subject to deal with because so many people are invested into a system that sounded right when we heard it, and many struggled for years to make the system work only to become frustrated at the results that came from the system the church calls faith. It sounds great to the ear but when you compare the message that some call faith to the message of the kingdom family it falls short. 
     It is not my plan to offend anyone but to help those who have struggled to find freedom and purpose and to the know the love of a Father who loves us so much that He provided all we could ever need before we were even born. It is from the love that He put in my heart that I share the following:

     Father in my heart I hurt for those who struggle to know you as Father, as Daddy, as best friend. I want them to know of the great love you have for them. I want them to know that you have a plan for their life and their victory is in surrendering to your plan and their treasure is your love working in their lives and hearts as it does in mine. Please my Lord, your voice is sweeter than life itself and your correction more valuable than all the riches of the world. Please my Father, my beloved speak to us and instruct us. I will worship and wait for your voice. I will write what you speak and share it with my beloved brothers and sisters. I love you Father and will wait in delight for your instruction.

In only a moment he spoke the following words:

     My son, my beloved share these words with my beloved, my children, the glorious inheritance bought for me by my son Jesus: My holy ones, washed in blood and righteous and perfect before me in love. Those who have professed their faith in my son and all that he did. Oh my son, declare unto them my love and affection for them! Tell them of my great passion for them and how I adore them and have built an eternity just to show them the greatness of my love. 

     My heart is consumed with love for my children. Oh the joy they bring to me! One day you will all hear me sing the song of my beloved children. You will hear me rejoice over you with singing and we will dance together through the dawn of the new creation built for me and my children.

     My children; Do you know how much you are loved? You are the reason for all I do and it is for my great love for you that I have done all the things from the dawn of creation. It was for your benefit that all things were worked out by my wisdom and my knowledge so that you could spend eternity in the place of my love and would have no regret. 

     I know in your time it is a new year and you are hoping for better things this year than last. Many of you are frustrated and have given up hope that things would ever change. There is change coming to you, but not because of your calendar but mine. There is a timeline for the ages that is drawn out in the heavenly realm. It is written in the stars and in nature but not many see it.

     Do you remember when my son Jesus was on the earth he told the leaders that they didn't know what time it was? They couldn't see the change from the law to the age of grace and now many leaders are blind and they can’t see the change from the age of grace to the age of glory.

     Do you remember I told you that you would be changed from glory to glory by beholding my truth, the perfect law of liberty in a mirror? That truth was written inside your born again spirit when you were birthed by my Spirit.

     Many leaders still can’t get from law to grace much less from grace to glory. The law had a certain glory to it and grace is indeed much more glorious, but the age of my glory is beyond compare to anything you have ever dreamed.

     Many of you have noticed that the things that once worked in prayer and ministry are fading now. Many have gone back to traditions and to legalism and others have gone to extreme grace that leads to people doing fleshly acts that they know in their hearts are not correct.

     Many of you have been wondering about why these things aren't working anymore. Many have tried to make excuses by blaming it on a lack of faith or on sin or unbelief.

     Many sick people feel condemned because the preachers who preach healing by faith don’t have the power to make the sick well so they blame the sick for being sick. This has caused many to feel inferior and fall away. It’s time we put away all these things and understand how the kingdom works. As the kingdom is understood it will usher in the age of my glory.

     The kingdom is a family. You who believe in the sacrifice of my son have been born into that family. As a child it is not your responsibility to care for yourselves. It is my responsibility to care for you. A newborn child doesn't have to have faith that their parents will take care of them. A parent cares for their child out of love not because the child has faith in them and believes them for their needs. 

     Have your ever asked your child what are you believing me for? Doesn't that sound silly in a family relationship? Likewise a child with a loving parent doesn't have to memorize what the parent says and try to use their words to force them into doing what they already promised they would do. A child who has real faith in their parents would say “ I know my Daddy loves me and he will provide for me.”

     He wouldn't treat his or her parents as if they were some far away force that has to be appeased so they will provide the child’s needs. 

     How strange these thing sound when compared to an earthly family and even more so when compared to the ultimate Father who knows all of your needs for eternity and is working things out for your eternity and not for your temporal pleasure.

     These things that have been running through my churches for years are silly. Can those of you who have children imagine making rules and regulations that your children have to keep so that you will feed them? Can you imagine having a sick child and waiting for that child to bring you ten examples of how you promised to heal them and to stand and confess every day that you are going to heal them? And then blame the child because they didn't have faith that you could do it?

     All these doctrines of faith have become twisted. When you were born into my family it became my responsibility to care for you. All things that pertain to life and godliness were given to you when you took my name. When you were adopted into my family you became my responsibility. These rules that the so called people of faith have put into practice are silly to me.

     When a parent makes a promise it is the parent’s responsibility to make it come to pass. I will do what I promised whether you believe it or not. You can’t cancel my promise by unbelief. If you tell your child that you are going to give them a bicycle for their birthday and they don’t believe you do you take the bike back or do you give it to them to prove you keep your word?

     This is a relationship not a business. All these rules and regulations and stipulations put on my promises are not from me. When you believed in my son you acted upon faith and that was the act I needed to give you all things. It is good to believe in my word and believe in my promise but the power to make my word come true came from my integrity and not from your faith. The man that confessed to Jesus that he was in unbelief still got healed.

     Do those who do not believe in my existence cause me not to be God? Just because they don’t believe do I case to exist? This faith message in the church has destroyed many because they think when they fail it’s because they didn't have faith so I punished then by not giving them what I promised. They have become discouraged and have given up their inheritance because of that frustration. If they had enough faith to get born again why do they need more?

     Many have been belittled by those who claim to have faith because of their many possessions and many of those possessions have come from those who have given all they had to try to prove they had faith. Gain doesn't always represent godliness. The kingdom is a family. We live by family rules not business rules.

     At your birth you were given an inheritance and it will be given to you when you are mature enough to handle it. The heir as long as he is a child is no different than a servant. Maturity is reached when you come to the point that you realize that you didn't earn the inheritance; it came because of a death of the one who did deserve it and did earn it. 

     It was all his to hold on to. It rightfully belonged to Jesus who earned it and because of his death it was passed on to all the other children in the family. As long as you think you can earn it then you can’t have it. It’s the faith that all things were given to you by him that proves to me that you are mature and able to handle all that was promised to you

     In the kingdom, just as in life, some people mature faster than others. There are fifty year old babies and ten year old adults. As a good Father I know what is best and distribute to you what is needful and not harmful. You don’t give a twelve year old boy a sports car. But it’s not his lack of faith that keeps him from receiving a sports car, it’s your wisdom in action.

     I told you in scripture that all things work together for good for those that love me and are called according to my purpose. Doesn't being adopted into my family fit into being called according to my purpose? Do you adopt children and have no plan for them? When my people understand this then they can stop focusing on the events of life and focus on my love for them. When you learn this then every problem that arises isn't a crisis and isn't’ a failure of your faith.

     For instance; if you have a flat tire it doesn't mean you are being punished for a misdeed or under attack, or have a lack of faith. It could be that your tires are worn and I want to give you new ones. It could be that your car is worn and I want to give you a new one. It could be that you were driving dangerously and in my wisdom I slowed you down. Once this is understood you can give thanks in all things.

     Does that mean you give thanks when the enemy attacks? No way! It means that you know that you are my child and vengeance is mine and the enemy will not go unpunished. Just remember that your enemy is not a person. You are not wrestling against flesh and blood.

     You have to look at everything as a family. These rules that you learned from the so called faith teachers make you a servant. Servants don’t have an inheritance. They are paid according to works. The children sit at the table and servants serve them. You can enter in to the finished work that was done by Jesus and inherit because you are family.

     I didn't thunder that day at the river and say this is my beloved servant. I said He was a son and I was pleased because he was a son. He did the works because he loved me and not because he had something to prove.

     Many of those who preach faith today cling to what James says about showing me you have faith by your works. If you have faith then works of love flow from you naturally. Not because you have great faith but because you have a great nature living inside you. You do things because you love people and you love me. It has nothing to do with proving your faith. It has everything to do with proving you are a son or daughter with my nature living inside you.

     It is time for my children to learn what great inheritance that my love provided for them. It's time to learn of me, not learn rules about me. As Peter said I have already given you all things that pertain to your life and godliness. If I have given them to you then they are already yours and you don't have to "believe" me for them. Just believe in me and they are yours. You don't have to struggle in faith to obtain them. 

     Many people twist the scripture that says it is through faith and patience that you inherit the promises. It means to have faith in me and my goodness and be patient and all I promised you will come to you. You don't have to struggle for it. Enter into my rest and spend time with me and all these things will come your way. 

     Oh my beloved children. Have faith in my love for you. don't worry. Your Father loves you and it is my good pleasure to give you this kingdom. Giving you the kingdom was my plan and not yours. Rest in my love and spend your time in worship and fellowship not in struggling to build enough faith to get something that I already gave you. 

     Be ready my children: The age of my glory is upon the earth soon and my glory will cover the earth as the water covers the sea. 

     What is that glory my children? 

Don't you know it's you? You are my glory!

Didn't I say that man was the glory of God? 

This earth will be covered with my beloved sons and daughters! Oh happy day when I stand on the earth and dance with my children! 

Rejoice my beloved and again I say Rejoice!

Ruling From Peace

     As I was praying today and having an amazing time in Father's presence He began to speak to me and told me the following:

     My son, speak unto my children the following words and listen carefully as you write them down. This is very important for you and them to know.

     My children, my beloved: How I long to gather you. Not to take you out of the world but to gather you unto myself and rule with you. I long to show you the goodness of my kingdom and the light of my glory; I long for you to know the exceeding greatness of my love toward you and for you to know my unending passion for you and all whom you love.

     I see my children, I see, I see. I know many of you are weary. Many are weak and tired and ready to give in. You have said in your hearts “What is the use? Why not just quit and give up? Why must we endure all these things?” I know every hurt, every discomfort, I know because I bore them for you.

     The reason that you are weary and worn is because you have labored for labor’s sake and not labored to enter into my rest. Most of you are trying to do the work and have not surrendered to being the work. You are my workmanship created to be the work and not do the work. You are trying to build a kingdom when you are the kingdom. You think you will enter in because of much labor when the way in is to rest in the work that was accomplished in you and to become intimate with me in this rest so that you may bear my fruit.

     Oh my beloved, don’t you know how I long for you sit with me in my throne and watch your problems disappear, lost in the glow of my love for you? Take a moment and take a deep breath and breathe in my presence. Can’t you feel me? Can’t you see me? Don’t you know I am always with you?

     I am changing you from a church that does into a church that is. You will go from feeding the hungry to being food for the hungry. You will become rest for the weary and health for the unhealthy. My kingdom is my presence. I live in you so wherever you are my kingdom is. You are the portals of heaven where sinners can look into your face and see me. You are the light of the world and I have placed you in this dark world to shine as lights.

     Don’t be afraid of the darkness. Keep your eyes on me. If your eye is single your whole body will be full of light. Focus on the light and look away from the darkness. Become the light and let those in darkness look upon you and be delivered.

     Many of you have gone here and there searching for the power to heal and deliver and have not realized that that power is inside you. Like it or not you are a river that flows. If you look at the light you will overflow with light. If you look at the darkness your banks will overflow with darkness. Look at the light my children. Look at the light.

     Do you want peace in your world? Look into the eyes of the Prince of Peace and stop looking at the destruction in the world caused by the Prince of darkness. There is more power in you than you could ever need but you can’t see it because you are looking for it outwardly instead of inwardly.

     In your heart is my secret dwelling place and I love meeting you there. Did I not say to sing and make melody in your heart unto the Lord? I live in your heart and when you make melody in your heart you make melody in my home. Fill our meeting place with love songs and we shall dance together there.

     Now you are asking what shall we do? I’m so delighted that you asked. It’s time to cast your cares upon me. It’s time to take my yoke and my burden. When I purchased you I didn't just buy your good days and your worship. I bought your problems, your dilemmas, your anxiety, your fears, your broken dreams and destructive habits. Did I know you had all of these? Yes I did, that’s why I bought you so that I could free you from these things. I counted the cost for you and gladly paid it with a price above and beyond the asking price. You are so worth it and this will be revealed to you in the eternity to come. So lay aside all these cares and worries. I am here to reveal myself to you as your Father. Yes I am your King and your Champion. Yes I am the Lord of the hosts of heaven and I am your commander in battle but I am also your Father, and you are my children.

     Listen closely. The Kingdom is a family. The Kingdom is a family. The Kingdom is a family. I planted a family in the earth to rule over it. The first family planted here failed. The last Adam brought forth a family of winners who will take over this world from East to West and from North to South.

     Don’t you see who you are my beloved? You are the family I sent into the world to overcome it and subdue it and to rule over it. I will rule with you and through you but you will only walk in the kingdom power when you understand the purpose of the kingdom. I rule from the throne inside you. Look no further than the Spirit that dwells within you for all you need. I am not in heaven that you should bring me down or down below that you should bring me up. I am inside you and ready to rule through and in you. You can rule the outside by surrendering to me inside. Give me the throne of your heart and I will establish my kingdom in you and then will begin to rule the things around you. Out of your heart flow the issues of life. When I take the throne of your heart I will assume the throne of your life. Sickness, disease, poverty and any other thing that troubles you will fall away from your life from inside out. The kingdom will advance from the throne inside you and fill the world around you.

     Understand my plan my children. Rest on the inside equals power on the outside. The force of my peace will be established in your hearts and then it will flow into all areas of your life. I planted a Garden of Eden in your hearts. It’s up to you to watch over it and let it grow. The tree of life is planted in the middle of the garden of your heart. Eat from it every day and live forever.

     The other tree still brings forth death. If you think you can be more like me through knowledge it will still bring forth darkness. You don’t need knowledge to be like me. I created you in my likeness and image. It’s not what you know. It’s who you know. A little child who knows me is more powerful than a scholar who only knows about me. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly. You don’t need great knowledge to know me.

     A child who can’t even read or write or speak is cared for by his Father who holds him in his arms and loves him. From the minute the child is born all the Father has belongs to the child. A Father doesn't hold his child and think of what can this child do for me? He holds him and says in his heart. “How can I build an inheritance for my child?” See how simple the kingdom is my children? It’s a Father in love with his children and children in love with their Father who wants to go adopt other children into his family to share his love with the world and to establish the family of God in the earth.

     Cast off your worries my beloved. Let me comfort you with my Spirit. Let me carry the load you are bearing. Let me show you of my goodness and give you bread to eat that you didn't labor for and water to drink from the well of life. Let me lead you to green pastures and cause you rest beside the cool waters all provided by my love for you. Let my peace rule your heart and my kingdom will rule the world. Labor only to enter into my rest, that is your work. When cares come to your mind resist them and return your heart to a peaceful state. Cast down every imagination that brings failure to your mind. You are victorious and defeat should never enter your thoughts.

     Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. Did I not say that I rested on the seventh day? What day is it my children? We are beginning the time of rest. The great harvest will come soon and my glory will cover this earth. The peace of the kingdom will begin to flow from each of you and many will be brought into the family by your testimony. Those who know their God will do mighty exploits. Knowing is the key. Not knowing about but knowing through relationship and fellowship. They will say of you as they did of the early disciples. These men and women and children have been with Jesus.


     Once again: Rest my children. Don’t do the work. Be the work. Be the finished work of your Father. You are the sons and daughters of my love. Be not afraid my beloved. I am with you and in you and will never, ever, ever leave you. Love one another as I love each of you. Pray for one another and lift each other up. You are one body. Take care of your wounded members. Restore those who fall. Walk in peace my children. Walk in peace and rule from that peace. I love you my beloved. Rest in my Love.

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Wedding Bells: A message to the bride.

     As I was praying today I was listening for the voice of my Father who always speaks to me when I pray. I ask questions and worship and as he begins to speak I write down his instructions. Today was different because as I was worshiping the voice of Jesus my savior  came to me loud and clear. Here are the words he spoke to me:

     It is time for my bride to make herself ready and I need your help. I want you to start telling her how lovely she is in my eyes. Change her with kindness and love. Explain to her clearly what she is worth to me.

     False shepherds have told her she was dirty and sinful and ugly. They have told her she was ugly because of sin and is not appealing to me. This is far from how I feel about her. These are lies. All lies. She is washed in my blood and holy unto me.

     Have I not shown these things to you in your life? Do you not see the beauty in the one you love? Don’t you see how lovely she is  and how amazing she makes you feel when she laughs? How her smile lights up your day and you feel more full of life when she is around. See how she makes you feel when she tells you that you are handsome and desirable? That is how my church feels to me. 

     She needs to know that I desire her. No woman wants to marry a man who finds her unattractive. My bride has hid herself from me because false shepherds have made her feel useless and ugly. I need you to change this my son. Go from place to place and tell those who are born again and washed in my blood that they are beautiful in my eyes. Tell them how much  love them and desire them. Tell them how I long to dance with them and to laugh with them. Make them feel my heart and know that my love covers all their flaws. I love my people and I want them to know it. 

     As my bride discovers my true feelings for her she will remove any undesirable thing out of her life because she doesn't want any hindrance to our love. It’s time to show my bride her beauty and take away all feelings of reproach. At my cross both blood and water mixed together flowed from my side. Blood for her purchase and water for her cleansing. She is gorgeous in my eyes and my heart beats with anticipation of the great wedding day.

     I have heard about enough of those who insult her but I  will give them space to repent because of their ignorance.  No man takes kindly to his beloved being dishonored and insulted and it is time for these things to change. 

     So go into the world and tell her that her groom has sought her and found her and given his life to purchase her.  Tell her how lovely she is in my eyes. Tell her how I long to live with her for eternity. Tell her to look at me so I can lose myself in her lovely eyes. Tell her to sing to me so that I may enjoy her sweet voice.

   Tell her I am hidden in the secret place and her worship will bring her to me.  Tell her that I visit her in the night and sing songs of love over her. Tell her that my love for her endures forever and my heart for her will never change.

     Tell her I come soon but no one knows exactly when because the time of the wedding is determined by the bride and not the groom. When she feels in her heart that she is ready the wedding will begin. Until then I wait and watch and listen. Tell her to hurry my friend. Tell her I am longing for her. The groom is at the altar. How long until my bride meets me there?

Reign With Me

As I was praying on August 16 2013 the voice of my Father came to me and said unto me the following:

     My son my beloved, preach to this people and tell them that now is the time to stand up. Now is the day of salvation. Now is the time to preach deliverance of the captives. Now is the time to force the will of my kingdom upon the world. Tell my people to become violent in their faith.

     When I spoke the world into existence it was not a quiet act. The universe rumbled from the power of my word and the heavens were blasted into place by the fierceness of my word. When I said let there be light it exploded into existence with great shaking and noise and celebration.

It’s time my people understood that my word spoken in faith is powerful and full of great force.  Be not ashamed to speak forth my truth into the world. Tell my people not just to speak my word but to declare it with nation shaking force. I said I would once more shake the heavens and the earth and you all are my shakers.

     So be bold as lions and harmless as doves. Lions don’t whisper. Go into the battle with the shout of victory and drive the enemies of the kingdom from the land. Chase them from one corner of the earth to the other until they hide in caves and quiver from fear; until they cry hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne. Now how do you suppose they will see my face? Did I not say that I would make my face to shine upon you? Have you not all witnessed me shining forth in each other?

      I am with you my people and I will declare once again that my kingdom was established when I put my son upon his throne.  Will you be the generation that finally understands what day you are in? It’s time to establish my reign and my kingdom and to establish righteousness and truth in the earth. Be not afraid. Only believe and proclaim the salvation of your God and watch my enemies scatter.

     I say again: Be not afraid my children. Be bold and courageous for your God is a consuming fire and the fire of my presence is in the preaching of my kingdom. Where my kingdom is preached my power is revealed. Be bold my children! Be bold! Stand together with your shields side by side and march in step as one organized army and show the salvation of your God unto this world.

      The people are blinded by the enemy and it’s up to you to drive him away so that the gospel can be clearly seen. Strengthen one another and uphold one another and become one with me and with each other. Let the battle cry be heard throughout the earth and let my glory come from inside you and know that your hour has not come; it has always been.

The enemy deceived my church into looking into the future when all these things have been available since the resurrection of my son. My power is not waning, it is constant. When the right message goes out then my power will go with you. I will confirm the preaching of the kingdom with signs of mass repentance, mass healing, mass deliverance and will not limit you. I will perform whatever you are bold enough to believe and declare.

     As the church awakens unto their righteous state then will death will be driven from earth. Did I not say that death would be the last enemy defeated? Did I not say to be carnally minded is death? Once the mind is renewed to righteousness then death will no longer have dominion.  Are these words hard to hear? Jesus is the resurrection and the life and if the resurrection lives within you then why should you have to die? It was appointed for man once to die and they did upon that cross. If one died for all then all died, so why do you surrender to an enemy that was defeated long ago?

     Repent my sons and daughters and believe the true gospel of the kingdom. There is no death in heaven. There is no sickness and no poverty.  Rule this planet from your position of seated in heavenly places. You are not from down below, you are from up above. You are not beneath; you are one with my son and my spirit and with your father.

     So rise up children and show the courage of your older brother who defeated all these things. Drive sin from your lives and from the church. Let holiness become the lowest standard not the high mark.  Put the things out of your lives and set aside every weight that hinders you and run the race before you for the finish line is in sight and the eternal prize awaits those who cross it. 

     

     Remember my children: I love you and I am with you and for you. I am your exceeding great reward and I am all that you need to overcome. Be strong in my power and in my holiness and walk in the light of my love so that all things are put under your feet. 

     Let my kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Turn earth back into the paradise I created it to be. It is up to you my children. The earth was given into the hands of men and will stay there until a generation that is willing to rule overcomes all and delivers the kingdoms of this world into the hands of their King.

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 is Worship?

I was praying today and was wondering and thinking in my heart about worship. There must be more to it than singing and dancing and lifting our hands. I know in the bible in John Chapter 4 Jesus said the following:

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

So what I was wondering is this: What is worshiping in spirit and in truth, and why does God our Father who has all things seek worship from us?

As I was meditating on this my best friend the Holy Spirit spoke to me two scriptures: Jesus is the way, the Truth and the life and He that is joined to the Lord is one Spirit.  I placed the words truth and one Spirit in italics because He spoke them louder than the other words. 

As we are in a habit of doing I thought about it and pondered and wondered and finally when all else failed I decided I would just ask Him and he said to me:

My son, my beloved. I love you with all my heart. I will teach you about worship and why it is so important. 

In your day people sing songs and call it worship but there is so much more to worship. The word worship itself means to bow down and many people sing to me with their lips but they don't bow down to me with their lives. I don't need worship for my sake. I am self existent and do not need words or flattery to make me feel better about myself. I completely understand that I am God and don't need anyone to tell me who I am. 

To truly worship me is to lay down your life and let me live through you. It is an attitude of the heart and not just what you say or do or a song or a dance. Worship is letting go of your purpose and plans and letting me decide all things about your life. Worship is seeking my will and not yours. Worship is done in love and is a loving surrender to me not because I am almighty God but because you love me and because I love you and want better for you than you want for yourself. 

As you "bow down" your life to me in every area of thought, expression and action then your whole life becomes filled with my truth and your life becomes one beautiful song to me. I love you so much and you can't hear them but I write songs with beautiful melodies to the beat of your heart because of my love for you. My love for you is greater than any person has ever fully known. My love for you sent my son to a cross to "bow down" his life for you and when you "bow down" your life to me then the cycle is completed and we are officially in a relationship. 

Remember, I bowed first to you because of my love for you. Even though you were in sin and separated from me my love for you was so great that I had to reach for you with all I had. That is why it is said today when a couple gets married that they come together at the altar. It is a relationship ritual of love. 

Jesus came to the altar first and took away every hindrance that could keep you from meeting him there. As you come to this altar of love called the cross, and you lay down your life and allow your own plans and desires to be crucified with my son you join him there in marriage. You become one. You no longer have two sets of plans for life but one. 

So everything you do in life becomes worship because you do it in love for me. When you sing, that is worship. When you dance, that is worship. When you encourage someone that is worship. When you feed the hungry that is worship. When you heal the sick and raise the dead, that is worship. Remember I said that if you did it to the least of these you did it unto me? Worship becomes your lifestyle and you are filled with my love and my glory. 

This is why I seek worshipers. Worshipers become one with me and get to spend eternity in the embrace of my love and in the joy of salvation. The more you know my heart you know that I do all things because of love. Worship brings you into my presence so that I can reveal my love for you even more. 

As with any couple there are rewards for expressions of love and adoration. A husband in love with his bride will lay down his life and then overcome death, hell and the grave for her. A wife who discovers this great love will fall deeper in love with her husband will meet him at the cross and give up the right to rule her own life so they can be together. They become one spirit. 

Love is the song and worship is the dance we dance together. I worshiped you and bowed down because of my love. You bowed down to me when you discovered that love. You sing to me and think about me and tell others how great I am and I speak blessings over you and tell everyone in heaven how wonderful you are. You build my kingdom on earth and I build your mansion in heaven. You sing your song of worship to me and I rejoice over you with singing! See how wonderful worship is? It's all about the love we have for each other. And now shall we bow to each other as we dance for eternity to the sound of heaven's orchestra?

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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