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Ephesians Chapter One

New Living Translation

3: All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

4: Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.

5: God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

6: So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.

7: He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.

8: He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.

9: God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure.

10: And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ everything in heaven and on earth.

11: Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

One thing I have found through years of walking with Jesus is there is a power in the book of Ephesians that opens our eyes to who we are in Christ. If we read the whole letter to the Ephesians often and every day if possible, then we will live out God’s truth for each of us and the world.

This letter explains not only our personal calling from God who knew us before the world was created, but it goes on to explain how the church is acting out God’s wisdom so that all heavenly beings can see his grace in action. I will go into more of that in a later post but for today I want to just focus on who you are.

You may think that you are just an accident and you have no plan or purpose and you are just wading through the muddy waters of life on your way to nowhere. That is not true. This letter tells us that Father wanted children from the beginning and he planned us and perfected us and he has loved us from the beginning.

As I am writing this His voice spoke to me and he wants to tell you himself what he thinks of you. So here are his words.

My beloved children. I have known you forever. You were in me before you came to the earth. You have always been in me. You are no accident of life. You didn’t happen because of millions of years of evolution. You were my purpose and my plan all along. I chose you and loved you and made every provision for your salvation.

I have an eternity of joy set aside for you because of my great love for you. You can’t even imagine what things lie ahead and I can’t reveal all of it to you or you would never get done what you are purposed to do on the earth.

I didn’t hide heaven from you. I hid it for you. It is here for you to experience now. Heaven is above the physical realm. Yes, it is a spiritual and a physical place full of glory and wonder. I want you to know all about it and to come to know your homeland.

I don’t want you to wonder any more about who you are and where you are from. You came from here and were sent there. I told you through my beloved Paul in his letter to the Corinthians that you are ambassadors of my son Christ. Ambassadors are sent from one country to another. You came from here and are sent there and will return here. There will come a day when heaven comes to earth and I create a new heaven/earth where all things exist in one space. Until then you must know that you were sent to earth for my purpose and my plan.

Your spirits are seated with my son in the heavenly realm but your bodies live on the earth. Once your eyes are fully opened you will be able to experience here and there at the same time. You won’t get bogged down in the earthly experience but will live from above and not from below. This is the way Jesus lived. You will know that your supply and your help and all you need comes from above so you won’t get tangled up in trying to supply yourselves and will learn to live in the provision of a loving Father who gave you an inheritance before you were born.

The reason so many people are telling you of heavenly experiences is not so you can long to come here, but so that you can know that this is your home and you are on a mission from here to there. I want you to know that all that is here is available there. The only thing stopping it is your blindness to this realm.

Your enemy has blinded your minds from knowing the truth. He wants you to think that you are a little old nothing on a speck of dust called earth in a limitless space and you are insignificant. He wants you to think that you don’t matter to anyone or anything and you only have a few short years to live on the earth so you better be greedy and get all you can and live all you can while you are alive.

That is such a lie. You are an eternal being. You were and are my plan from the beginning. You are my purpose and you are important. Do you think I would waste the blood of my son on a little speck of nothing in the middle of nowhere? Have you not heard the scripture that says “what is man that you are mindful of him?” This verse doesn’t belittle mankind. It elevates mankind to being so important that I have my mind on you constantly.

Man didn’t just show up on earth. I created a body and breathed man into that body from my breath. I didn’t bring to life a dead body. I breathed a life form from myself into that body. I transferred a life from within me into a body.

It’s the same when you are born again. Holy Spirit breathes in you and you become fully alive again. My presence fills you and the life of heaven is expressing itself through you again.

I am telling you all these things my beloved because I want you to know who you are and how important you are to me. I need you to awaken to the truth about yourselves and the truth about where you came from.

No more believing the lies that keep you bound to the earth and keep you trapped in a life that you hate. This is why you hate it because deep down inside you know there is more to life than what you are living. Your spirit knows the life of heaven and all that is needed is to repair the connection between your spirit and your mind.

My children you are my plan and my purpose and you are valuable to me and to heaven. I told you through in scripture that by the church is my manifold wisdom made known to the powers in heavenly places. I need you go grow into who you truly are not just for your sake but for mine. I need my sons and daughters to awaken and show my glory in the earth. I told you that the earth is full of my glory and you are my glory.

So please my children. See how precious you are to me and how much you are loved. Shake off the lies of the enemy and be my beloved.

This was the end of the words He spoke to me a few moments ago. I hope you are encouraged by these words.

Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Where is Your Hope?

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Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Romans Chapter Fifteen

8. For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9. and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name.”

10. And again it is said,

“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”

11. And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples extol him.”

12. And again Isaiah says,

“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
in him will the Gentiles hope.”

13. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

First Peter chapter One

20. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21. who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Ephesians 4

1. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2. with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,3. eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4. There is one body and one Spirit just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call

First Timothy 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

First Timothy Chapter Four

10. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

I was awakened very early this morning as Jesus asked me a two questions. He said, “where is your hope, and what are you hoping for?”

I was still sleepy and I pondered the question and my mind went to a lot of different things that I have been hoping would come to pass. Just like most people I have a lot of things that I wish would happen and as I was pondering the question He asked me another question. He said “Hope differed makes the heart sick but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life, so are you putting your hope in things to come or are you eating from the tree of life that you already have?

Suddenly I realized that my hope had been misplaced and I have been putting my hope in things and situations that may or may not come to pass instead of realizing that Christ is my hope and Christ in me is the hope of glory.

All these years I have misunderstood that proverb. I thought hope deferred was not getting what I hoped for but now I know that hope deferred means my hope is in things and not in God. I have put off my hope to future events and not kept my hope in Christ where faith is now and not in the future.

As I pondered these things some more he spoke to me and asked me to write down these words and share them with you. I hope you are blessed by these words of correction that he spoke to me.

He said,

My son, I love you with love that you are not even able to comprehend. I am your hope, I am your joy, I am your peace, I am everlasting life because I AM!

So many times you get lost looking to things and events and situations and hope they will come to pass instead of letting me hold the future and trusting me to work all things together for your good because you love me and because you answered me when I called. I called each of my children and you would not be born again if you didn’t answer me when I called.

You are my purpose and my plan and I want you to give me the future and take no thought about tomorrow’s needs, but trust me and love me and hear my voice while it is called today.

When you first were born again you fell in love with me and you didn’t care if you had a house or car or food or clothes. All you wanted was the joy that came with my presence. All you wanted to do was enjoy fellowship with me.

This is where I want you to live. I want all of your hope in me and not in things. Good days and bad days are in everyone’s future but as long as you have me then even bad days are wonderful.

I want you to refocus your hope on me and not on situations or things. I don’t want you to wake up in the morning and say “I hope this is a good day.” I want you to wake up and say “Good glory what a day, I get to live with Father, Son and Holy Spirit abiding with me and in me and no matter what today holds I will abide in love and fellowship with my creator and all will be well.

This is why most of my children’s hearts are sick and why their lives are full of problems. They deferred their hope to a future “what if “and are not eating from the tree of life inside their own spirits where I abide in peace and power.

Most of you have said, “if this happens it will make me happy.” Why do you put your happiness in an “if” when it can be in a certainty? If your hearts are sick then the issues of life that flow out of your hearts are sick and your life becomes anemic.

I want better for you than this my beloved. I want your joy to overflow constantly whether you have anything or not. My apostles could sing while locked up in jail and rejoice in beatings because their hope was not in the future but the one they hoped for their whole lives was abiding in them. Your hope is not in the future, your hope was realized when I moved into you and made your heart my home.

So please my loved one, don’t worry about the future, it’s in my hands. You are already abiding in eternal life so what are you worried about? Remember what my beloved Paul said? “To live is Christ, to die is gain.” Think about that. Do you really want to keep putting off all your joy into a future time or do you want to live in my living hope which abides in you continually?

My joy does not depend on circumstances. It flows from my Spirit within you and is flowing with salvation and glory. So put your hope in me and don’t put your hope in anyone or anything else. Remember three things abide forever, faith, hope and love. Faith leads you into hope and hope leads you into love and love remains forever and ever.

My love for you is eternal and doesn’t change according to circumstances. If you fall I will catch you. You are secure in my love, so put all your hope in me and watch what happens to your joy. Rest in me my beloved. I am your God and I will provide all you need and will never leave you or forsake you. Put your hope and faith in me and you will not be disappointed.

This was the end of the words he shared with me this morning. I hope you are encouraged by them.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Sunday, September 11, 2016

What is My Name?

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Isaiah Chapter 9

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor,

Mighty God,
Everlasting Father,

Prince of Peace.

Matthew 20 NLT

1. “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work.

2. “At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. 4. So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. 5. So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.

6. “At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’

7. “They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’

“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’

8. “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. 9. When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. 10. When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. 11. When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, 12. ‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’

13. “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 14. Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 15. Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’ 16. “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.”

As I was meditating on these verses today Jesus spoke to me and asked me to share these words with you.

He said:

My little children, why do you worry. Did you not receive the message of this parable? Did you not see how that the workers in this parable didn’t seek work? I came and sought them and put them into my vineyard. I do this because I am kind and concerned and I don’t want you just standing around worrying about your provision. There is work for each person in my kingdom and my wages are fair and honest. You don’t have to worry about your provision for I will seek you out to provide for you. And what is your work? I told you in John chapter six when I said, “This is the work of God, to believe in the One Whom He sent.”

Could it be that easy that just believing in me is the work you have to do that gets you paid your daily wage? Of course it is.
This is the way the kingdom works. As you seek the kingdom then the kingdom seeks you. You don’t have to look at the world or your abilities or your education to provide for you. If you just look for the master of the vineyard it will be given to you what to do. I will provide for you if you just look to me and stop worrying.

Go and consider the birds of the air. They get their provision and as they go about singing they don’t realize that they are doing my work. They are taking care of insects in my garden. They are scattering seeds to grow new plants, and pollinating plants and even taking fish eggs from one body of water to another. They think they are just eating and singing but they are providing a great service to the earth.

Now think about the people in the parable. Some of them who waited all day found their provision at the end of the day and received the same pay as everyone else. All day long they wondered if there would be enough for tomorrow and to their surprise they were rewarded with a whole day’s pay for an hour’s work.

I will provide for you no matter what time you come to me. Also if you will see this as a prophetic parable you will see a mystery. Do you see that as the day winds down to the end of this age all my workers will be in my vineyard? No one will be left out. Everyone will find their calling.

I am your provider and I am your answer. You don’t have to dream up schemes and worry if you have enough faith to get your answer. Your answer is looking for you. You answer has a name and my name is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. In my name is all you need in this age or in all ages.

If you need wisdom, I am your Wonderful Counselor. I give the best counsel because I know your every need and your future and will provide you with the wisdom you need to prosper. There is no problem too hard for me or any circumstance that I don’t know the way out of. If you will call on me I will counsel you and put your heart and mind in order so that you can prosper in all you do. I will speak to you secret things and give you hidden wisdom that your adversaries are not entitled to. I will give you wisdom generously and will not hold back any good thing from you.

If you were born with nothing in the natural world, and have no inheritance to begin with, then I am your Everlasting Father so you have an everlasting inheritance. You have all the riches of heaven and earth at your call because it all belongs to you. I put man in charge of all the works of my hands.

The meek shall inherit the earth so if you need land you just become meek and receive your inheritance. You are not orphans, you are born of my Spirit and are my beloved children. I am a loving Father who adores my children and I can’t wait until you receive me as your answer so that I can flood your life with my blessings.

If you need a miracle or need something easy like creating the heavens and the earth and putting the sun, moon and stars in their correct places and building mountains and rivers and oceans and other things, then I am your answer. These things are as simple to me as speaking them into existence.

I am your Mighty God. I am your might and your champion. You have my Spirit inside you and all the power that created all things resides in you. Most of my children are looking for me everywhere except for where I am. I am in your heart. I am not a million miles away. I am with you always.

If you are afraid and have been poisoned by the lies the world tells about how awful things are and how the world is about to explode any moment, then you need to call me Prince of Peace. I will be your prince. I will uphold you and will teach you to live in my peace and abide in my safety. My love is your safety.

As my beloved Paul told you in his letter to the church at Rome:

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Once you realize that my love is your safety and whether you live or die, you are secure in me then you will no longer be afraid of death and your hearts will be filled with my peace. I am taking you to a place where you will never be afraid again. You will be at peace whether you are safe in your bed or standing on a battlefield. You will be just as secure in either place. So don’t be afraid for I am your peace and I am always with you.

My beloved children. Please don’t be afraid. I will keep you safe in my love and I will provide all you need as you become like a little child and just trust me. There is no need to worry or be fearful of anything. I am all you need. Don’t look to others, or to money and riches or to governments, look to me. Call me by my name. I call you by yours: My beloved children.

This was the end of the words He spoke to me a few moments ago. I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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Saturday, September 10, 2016

My Little Lamb

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John Chapter 10

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”

6. This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. 7. So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

11. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15. just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

17. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters.

He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD

forever.

A few months ago I had been reading these scriptures and thinking about how wonderful our shepherd is. I was reading these verses and meditating on how Jesus said that no one took his life from him. He laid it down because he loves us. No one forced him to come to earth and die for us and take away our sins. He did this because of his great love for us. There was no “have to” and he could have remained in heaven and left us to be destroyed by evil and overcome with sin.

It was because of his great love for us that he chose to come and take away the sin that was destroying us and to make us righteous and holy so that we could fellowship with him forever. He had compassion on us because of his great love and he didn’t want us to perish.

Sometimes we forget just how wonderful he is and how much he loves us. This was always his plan as he even spoke it through the prophet Ezekiel in chapter where he said:

I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the LORD; I have spoken.

He loves us and has always loved us. He will separate from us those who pretend to be his sheep but aren’t his sheep. He will love us and reign over us.

While I was meditating on these things I was taken into a vision. In the vision I saw Jesus standing holding a little lamb in one hand and his staff in the other. He was turned slightly away from me and as he turned around I looked at the lamb he was holding and it was me. The little lamb he was holding was me!

I felt such peace and awe at the same time. I didn’t know what to do so I just stood there admiring him and my heart was dancing with delight. He motioned to me to sit down so I sat down in soft green grass and he stood before me and began to sing. I sat there and wept as he sang to me but the tears were joyful tears and I wanted to stay there forever.

When he finished the song I just gazed at him and kept weeping. I remembered the scriptures tell us that he rejoices over us with singing but I didn’t realize that he does it for each of us individually. As I sat there gazing at him he spoke to me and said “aren’t you going to write down this song?”

I said “Master, I can have this song?” He smiled and said “yes, but only if you will share it with others and tell them that I sing over each of them individually and tell them that this song is the invitation to come to me and get their own personal song.”

I was so delighted as I still am and every time I sing it I hope that those who hear it will go to him and hear their own song. He loves singing to you and I hope you will listen to this song with your heart and you will go to your shepherd and rest in his grace as he sings to you.

I hope you will excuse the sound quality because I didn’t record it in a professional studio but it was recorded in my prayer closet.

Until next time,

Grow Rich in His Grace,

I love you all,

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My Little Lamb

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Shepherd's Helpers

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John Chapter Ten:

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

As I was praying today, Father spoke to me and asked me to share with you the following words:

My son, tell my little lambs that there is abundance coming. The days of struggle and trial will soon be replaced by days of plenty. Many of you who are older remember when my Spirit flowed like rain and you remember when miracles were common. It has been a long dry spell for many of you and many of the young ones don’t even know what these days were like.

So you ask why has it been so dry? It is because many of those whom I called forgot that they are shepherd’s helpers and not the shepherd. My son shepherds my flock and there was a time when most of those whom I called to help understood that. In the last few years the shepherd’s helpers have taken the sheep to themselves and pretended that they had the answers and that the sheep should follow them.

They have pre-programmed messages and timelines according to their schedule and have scheduled my Spirit out of feeding time because they don’t have time for us. There is no more time for all night prayer meetings and all day singings, there is only time for their twenty-minute services so they can run one flock out and another in. This is not the way it is supposed to be.

A true shepherd’s helper will know that green grass and clear water belong to the owner of the pasture. They understand that their job is to assist their shepherd by being gentle and leading the sheep to the shepherd. They don’t see the sheep as their possession but see the sheep as the precious possession of the one who called them to help. They don’t treat them like their own sheep but treat them as who they truly are: the very children of God.

The true shepherd’s helpers don’t judge the sheep or sheer the sheep. They know that their hands aren’t as skilled as the shepherd’s hands and they don’t want to risk hurting the sheep. They will however fight against wolves, bears and snakes and pests who try to injure the sheep, and if they aren’t sure what is wrong with the sheep they will go speak to the shepherd as often as it takes to get the answers they need to help the little lambs to grow.

My children I am telling you these things to let you know that times are changing. Don’t follow any shepherd who leads you to themselves. Only follow those who lead you to me. It’s time for my sheep to be fattened and I am about to weed out the false shepherd helpers and replace them with those who will tend my flock in love. As this happens there will be an abundance of grace poured out through my helpers to strengthen my flock.

I will need your help. As long as you are willing to follow those who devour you then you will be devoured. If the shepherd whom you are following is scaring you then you are following the wrong one. If the one you are following is taking too much of your wool and leaving you sore from shearing you then you are following the wrong one. The last thing a true shepherd wants if frightened sheep scattered all over the country side. This is not helpful in growing the flock.

So stop following those who treat you this way and the ones who act like you were born to serve them. A true shepherd serves the sheep and will work day and night to protect them and feed them.

So I am calling you my lambs. I will sing to you the song of joy so that you will learn my voice and follow me. You know my voice. It’s the voice that makes your heart dance and makes you full of joy. It’s the sound of laughter and happiness that makes you want to sing along with me. Learn my voice and don’t follow another.

To those fallen shepherds: Yes, you were called to help me and assist me but you forgot that you were called to serve the flock. And you think the flock was called to feed you. I will give you a short space to repent and fall in love with my lambs again. I don’t want to take your place away from you but my lambs are my heart and I will not have them beaten any longer. I will not allow you to frighten them by telling them stories about them not being safe in my pasture. I will not have you telling them that they must fear the events of the world when my son told you that no one is able to snatch you out of my hand. I am the protector of my flock and I will not have you terrorizing them.

I told you in Ephesians that I am gathering all things together into one, into Christ and if you keep scattering my sheep I will scatter you. Don’t let this happen. Fall in love with the lambs you were given to watch over and pray for them day and night. Restore them and feed them with the feed that you get from me and not that cheap stuff you get from the world. My lambs need food from heaven and not food from the dump. They are not scavengers so stop feeding them that garbage.

To my true shepherd helpers. I know you have worked with little and have worked hard to keep the flock safe and together. I see your diligence and your love for my lambs. I understand that you have laid down your life for my lambs as I laid down my life for you. You have an eternal reward stored up but I will reward you with my presence. I will send those to help you so that you can rest and not be so weary. As your helpers come then I will call you to my table to eat and to be refreshed.

Shout for joy my little lambs. Days of refreshing are coming and I have not forgotten you. Return to my voice and follow me into green pastures of my grace and drink the cool, clear water of my Spirit and be refreshed. I will watch over you and will keep guard. Yes, there are wolves and bears in the world but your protection is my job and not yours. Your job is to follow your shepherd’s voice and go where he leads you. Follow close my babies for I love you with all my heart.

This was the end of the words He spoke to me a little while 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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Friday, September 2, 2016

The Truth Inside

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While in prayer this morning Father’s voice came to me and he asked me to write down these words and share them with you.

He said:

My dear children. It’s time to practice in the spiritual as you do in the natural. There are so many lying signs and wonders going on right now. You have been deceived by many who would mislead you. This is why you must practice using your spiritual discernment in knowing good from evil.

Your natural senses are being bombarded by the enemy. He floods your ears and eyes and senses with things that look good on the physical level but on the inside they are rotten to the core. It is very important to learn to judge things in the spirit and not in the natural. This is why I wrote through my beloved John in what you call First John Chapter Two.

But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

You must look at all things through this anointing that you were given. In the world that you live in it is getting harder by the minute to tell real from fiction. Technology can deceive you into believing you are seeing real images when you are seeing computer generated images. Not to mention even my beloved children go to movies where they pay good money to be deceived and scared out of their minds by images that are not real.

You have complete freedom to do and see what you want but some things are not good for you. It is never good to celebrate a lie. It is not good to allow your enemy to program your mind, and then have your mind war against the truth that is in your spirit, which leaves you feeling confused. Yes, I love it that you have freedom but I have much better things in store for you.

As you begin to trust this anointing that abides in you then you will know if something is true or not by the leading of my Spirit inside you. Some people call it listening to their gut because your spirit is deep inside you and it seems like you are getting information from deep within because you are. You must practice this more often. I gave you my anointing so no one could deceive you.

I told you in Hebrews Chapter Five that those who are mature have practiced using their spiritual senses and discernment and are good at it because they have practiced it. How will you ever master something unless you practice it? You must start today because there is great glory coming at the same time there is already great deception happening and you need to be in the truth so that you won’t be overtaken by the lie.

So how do you practice? You try everything you hear and see by my Spirit that dwells in you. You learn to hear my voice better by paying attention. Imagine it this way. Your spouse can speak at one volume and you don’t hear them. But suddenly if you turn off the television and stop the other noise and focus you can hear perfectly. This is what the world tries to do. They can’t shut off my voice but they can create enough background clutter that you can’t hear me plainly. This is why it is so important to spend quiet time each day tuning in my voice and tuning out others.

So how do you know what to tune out? It’s easy. I had it written down for you in Chapter Four of Paul’s letter to the Philippians where he wrote:

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Anything that is running through your mind that does not match up with this is clutter. In your time of meditation these are the things you should be thinking of. Now ask yourselves, if you turn on your minute by minute news cast do you hear any of these things? If you sit and listen to others gossip are you hearing any of these things?

So many of my children are asking me to speak louder and I am asking them to turn down the noise. My children wouldn’t treat a house guest the way they treat me. You wouldn’t have a guest come over and ask to speak to you privately and then get up and turn on the television and start doing chores while they spoke would you? Or is it more likely that you would you turn everything off and find the quietest place in your home and sit and speak to them face to face?

I love you so much my children and I need you to hear me and to know my truth for your own safety and your own well being. I want the absolute best for you and I don’t want you to live in fear and deception. Think of it this way. Suppose a burglar was going to break into your house while you are asleep and you don’t know if he is armed. Now imagine that you know when he is coming and what window he is planning to come through and you know for a fact that the only weapon he has is fear. How would it change the situation? Wouldn’t you have the police waiting inside your home and arrest him immediately.

Now imagine your enemy the devil is trying to break into your life. You don’t know when or how because you haven’t been tuned into my Spirit who knows all things before they happen. All you can do is react and try to repair the damage. But now imagine in your prayer time you heard that he was coming and how he planned to get a foothold into your life. You know when where and how he is coming so now instead of being on defense you can just call on me to stop the attack before it happens.

My children, this is why you must turn me on and turn off the world. Yes, all the things you focus on you are free to focus on but they are not good for you. A little wine with dinner is delicious but a case before breakfast is a problem. Keeping up with current events is good but believing everything the fear mongers try to sell you is destructive.

I have a plan for the world. That plan is for my children to turn off the lies and turn on my truth. It is a plan for my children to listen to me until you know who you are and know that this earth is set aside to be inherited by the meek. Not the devil. Not the Antichrist. I said the meek would inherit the earth. Do you really think that I would promise it to them and then have it destroyed by nuclear weapons? What kind of inheritance would that be? Which of you would buy your child a toy and then run over it with your car before you give it to them? A little common sense goes a long way.

So learn to test all things by the truth that abides in you. When you hear a news story compare it to the promises I have given you in scripture. If someone tells you a new doctrine about me then test it with your heart. Ask yourself if you could see me doing this? When my beloved son walked the earth he demonstrated my loving character enough for you to use as a model to judge by. He and I are exactly alike. We do not have any disagreement.

For example, some have said the recent storms were sent by me to teach people a lesson. Well how does that compare with what Jesus did. He did just the opposite. He stopped a storm to teach people a lesson. See how people get confused? Judge all things by Jesus and you will always know the truth for he is the way and the truth and the life. Use him for your measuring stick.

So I am asking you my sweet beloved ones. Try every voice. When someone tries to convince you of something take time to pray about it. Don’t believe everything you hear or see. Eyes and ears are easily deceived but your spirit knows right from wrong and good from evil. That is why I wrote the laws of the new covenant in your hearts and on your minds. You have a knowing inside. Some call it your conscience. You don’t have to read a sign that says you shouldn’t murder someone; you know in your heart that murder is wrong. It works the same for everything else. Try it all by the anointing that lives in you and walk in truth. The truth lives within you because I live within you.

Love each other my children and encourage each other to walk in truth.

This was the end of the words He spoke to me a few moments ago.
I hope you are encouraged by these words,
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace
I love you all,
michael

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Everlasting Love

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