Michael Ott Ministries

As I was praying this morning my loving Savior spoke to me and asked me to write down these words and share them with you.

He said

My precious children. There is no end to my love for you or my patience with you. I proved that love for you when I hung on that cross for you. I did it because of that great love and so that you could be with me forever. Today I want to speak to you about practicing heaven. I told you in my word that you should pray to our Father that his will be done on earth as in heaven. This is what I want you to practice.

Let us begin with your thoughts. When thoughts come to your mind ask yourself, would you have these same thoughts if you were not in your body but were standing in the presence of our glorious Father basking in his love? You are there already my loved ones. You are in me, and I am in you, and we are in our Father. You are our temple, so we dwell in you as you dwell in us. If you understood these things it would change your thinking.

I know you have a saying on earth, “What would Jesus do?” How about also asking yourselves what would I think? If you are going to live my life it begins with thinking as I think. I know many of you will respond with the scripture that says “your ways are not my ways and your thoughts are not my thoughts,” but that doesn’t apply to the born-again believer filled with my Spirit. You can have my thoughts and you can have my ways, and it is our greatest desire for you to do so.

For instance, if you are worried about money, would you be worried if you could see my Father in his glory sitting on his throne smiling at you and telling you that he will provide all you need and has done so already?

Those of you who worry about your children would you worry if you could see your children in our hands and see the future we have for them. Would you fear for them or would you rejoice because we are saving you and your whole house? I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It wasn’t just Abraham I wanted but his whole family line. It isn’t just you that I want, but it’s your children and grandchildren and great grandchildren. I want all of them and I will have them. If you believe in me then I will save your whole house.

Those of you who are worried about your health think about where you really are. Can you really stay sick when you are in my presence? When the healer lives inside you is there any chance you can’t be healed? Only if you don’t realize who I am within you and don’t let me work through your mind and heal you.

Your mind is the door between my world and the physical world. Your thoughts are the wall that keeps me out of your life. The scriptures tell you that “as a man thinks in his heart so is he.” This is absolute truth. I saved you and love and I want you well and blessed, but I will not force you. You must choose as an act of your will to let me have your thoughts and let me live through them.

My beloved, it’s not hard. You just need to learn how to practice heaven. That is what I did when I walked on the earth. I brought my character from heaven and modeled it for you. You are just as much in heavenly places as I am. Once that truth sets in you will begin to model heaven also.

My beloved Paul told you that he didn’t come with excellent speech but with the demonstration of my Spirit and power. What he meant was that he came and demonstrated what a man filled with the thoughts and desires of heaven looks like. You can do the same.

Here is a major problem. Your enemy has told you that you are not complete and you are still trying to attain to a place that you can never have. He tells you that you are a failure and a dirty rotten sinner and there is no way you can walk in holiness and power. These are lies that you believe in your mind and they keep you from awakening to who you really are. You are complete in me. I have already blessed you with all blessings in the spiritual realm. You are lacking nothing.

You have all you need but it’s in one compartment of your being called your spirit. However, your spirit is subject to your natural mind and can only flow as you give him permission. As long as you do your thinking with your natural mind and not your heavenly mind you will face these problems. To be heavenly minded is life and peace. This doesn’t mean you won’t have problems. It means you are well equipped to solve them. You have all you need but you must practice letting heaven rule through you.

Now that we spoke about your mind about yourself we should speak about your thoughts concerning others. You must learn to see others as I see them. You must love them but warn them. When I was on the earth I modeled this for you. The scriptures tell you in Hebrews chapter Seven that I am your high priest. I am undefiled by sin and separate from sinners. However; sinners loved me when I walked the earth. They knew I loved them but they also knew that I wouldn’t partake of their sin with them.

I became sin on the cross to take away the sins of the world. I didn’t do this to allow the world to keep living in sin. Even if they won’t admit it, sinners don’t want someone who will let them sin, but want someone who can deliver them from it. Have you ever seen someone addicted to something who didn’t want to be free from it?

This is where my church is missing it today. Yes, there is abundant grace but that grace is not so the world can live like they want and still go to heaven. Is that all that my blood means to you? My blood was to cleanse you from all sin and put you into righteousness and holiness. I came to free the world from sin, not to free the world to sin.

I am not counting your sins against you but there is one who is. His name is Death. He keeps score, I don’t. He pays in wages and his wages are harsh. This is why I gave you the law of the spirit of life in me. It sets you free from this vicious cycle of sin and death. You don’t have to sin and you don’t have to die. But you say, everyone dies. Enoch didn’t. Elijah didn’t. So, it’s not everyone. Yes, it is appointed for man to die once but if I died for all then all died. Remember the words of my beloved Paul when he said “should we continue in sin because we are not under law but under grace? God forbid.”

Do you remember when I told you that there is a new covenant and in this new covenant there are laws that I am writing in your heart and on your mind? Why would I write them in your heart? It is because they are laws of love. Not laws of punishment. It’s not a “thou shalt not” law. It is a promise. When I said “if you love me you will keep my commandments” that is what I meant. The way to keep them is not through keeping of statutes and trying to keep up with all the traditions. The way to stay holy is to once again “practice heaven.” In heaven love rules. Everyone loves everyone and would never consider sinning against another, because their love for me and each other is too strong.

Let’s look at it this way. Those of you who are married do you want your spouse to be true to you because they have to, or because they are so much in love with you that the thought of being with someone else would never enter their mind? This is the love law. Once you know how much you are loved you will fall in love with me, and you will be filled with the fullness of that love, and your hearts and minds will change. You won’t need to look into a book of laws when my ways are written into your hearts.

I tell you this because my church has been preaching the wrong message. Some are preaching that I hate sinners and can’t wait to destroy them because they don’t keep the law of Moses. Others are telling them that I love them so much they can live anyway they want to and all will be well. Those who tell them either of these things don’t truly love them.

Think of it this way. If they legalize all drugs today and anyone can have any drug they want, do you want your children addicted to them because they are legal? If they legalize murder today do you want to kill you neighbors? Of course not, because you love them. If they legalize prostitution do you want your sons and daughters to become prostitutes? Of course not. Sin destroys lives because the only thing sin wants is you dead.

I love sinners and I want them saved and free from the things that are destroying their lives and their homes. If you saw your child playing with a rattlesnake would you say “that’s okay, he is old enough to decide what to do on his on? My loved ones we must be truthful with the world. Yes, I am in love with them but their enemy is destroying them when freedom is available. “When I said “Be ye holy as I am holy” it wasn’t because I hate you, it is quite the opposite. I love you and living in holiness is living in heaven. I want you living in heavenly ways not earthly ways.

I am not asking you to do anything in your own power. I gave you Holy Spirit to empower you. Why do you think his name is “Holy” Spirit? Could it because he brings the holiness of heaven and pours it through you so that you have the power to live in perfection? How do you think I kept myself pure and holy when I walked the earth? I did this through the power of the Spirit.

Let’s look at this for a moment. When I was baptized and Holy Spirit came upon me it wasn’t for signs, wonders and miracles. The first thing he did was lead me into the wilderness where I faced every temptation that a man could face. Once I told sin to “get behind me” then I came back empowered to do the miracles I did.

Holy Spirit takes my righteousness and holiness and imputes it into you. You don’t have to do anything in your own power. I will walk in you and live in you and I will be your God and you will be my people. All I need is for you to do is wake up to the fact that if you are born again you are a righteous, holy being filled with heaven and that heaven is waiting to be modeled to the world.

My beloved, please see who you are. You don’t have to be bogged down in the sins of the world. They want you to be empowered to help them not join in with them. The best way to save a drowning person is by pulling them to shore, not by drowning with them.

Those of you with ears to hear, there is about to be a separation of those who are willing to let go of the world to gain me. I will separate the light from the dark and there will be no twilight. There will be noon day sun and there will be midnight darkness. You will decide if you will walk in the light by practicing heaven or hide in the darkness.

Please choose the light and drag as many out of the darkness into the light as you can. If you love them, warn them. Don’t tell them I am about to pour out wrath on them. I am not. I told you he that believes in me will not perish, but he that believes not is damned already. I didn’t damn him, his own choices did. Salvation is a choice, love is a choice, holiness is a choice. I will send my angels “messengers” and gather out of “MY KINGDOM” all offensive things and then the righteous will shine like the noon day sun.

Those who choose the light and to practice heaven will become great lights on the earth and you will shine and will walk in my power and might and there will be no end to the increase of my kingdom. You will learn to practice heaven and as you learn you will turn earth upside down until heaven and earth are mirror images of each other. When you have completed these things and made my enemies my footstool then I will come and reign with you. When you make my pathways straight I will walk them with you.

I do love you so much my beloved ones. So much that I long for you to dwell in the holiness of heaven so you can enjoy the blessings of heaven. Don’t forget my loved ones. Love each other and encourage each other. The world is trying to discourage you and tell you that you can’t overcome this world. The truth is you already overcame when you were born again.

Be at great peace my beloved. I will never leave you and my greatest joy is to dwell in you.

This is the end of the words he spoke to me this morning.

I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all.
michael

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Trying of Your Faith

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Hebrews Chapter Six

13. For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14. saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15. And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

Hebrews Chapter Ten

36.For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Hebrews Chapter Twelve

1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2. Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3.For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Colossians Chapter One

9. And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10. so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11. being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;

12. giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

13.He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

14. in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

James Chapter One

2.My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Almost every believer I know is going through some type of trial right now. It seems like we all are being tested and pushed to our limits daily. The reason it seems that way is because it is that way. As I was praying about these things this morning Father spoke to me and asked me to share these words with you.

He said,

My loved ones, count it all joy! Yes, count it all joy! Do not shrink back and hide from problems. Face them head on with confidence knowing that your God is with you in all your troubles, and I am bringing you safely through them. However, don’t expect an easy road. The race is not won by sitting on the sideline waiting on the others to stop running. It is won by running and running, and when you fall down you get up and continue running.

Did you ever hear a champion speaking of how easy it is to win a championship? Do you ever hear them say, “I don’t know why we practiced so much and worked so hard, it was easy and we should have just taken it easy and we still would have won?” Who ever heard of such a thing?

You are kings and priests. You are being trained to rule and reign with the one who overcame it all and sat at my right hand. I promised him that I would make his enemies his footstool. Oh, by the way, I am going to do that in you and through you.

Here is the problem. In the church today many people hear false messages. First, they hear preachers tell them to just come to Jesus and all their problems will be over. Let’s look at that in truth. Did Jesus have an easier life before or after he stepped into his ministry? No one was screaming “Crucify Him!” when he was a carpenter. Did the apostles have an easier life or harder life before they were called? I didn’t call you to easy street, I called you into the war of the ages.

The second falsehood is more deceptive. People are taught the truth that they are called into battle but are not told that all the weapons they ever used before are useless, and natural weapons are not to be used in this fight.

My weapons are totally different than the ones the world uses.
Here are some examples:

Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Pray for those who persecute you.

Do good to those who abuse you.

Love your enemies and if they are hungry feed them and if they are thirsty give them to drink.

Overcome evil with good.

When you have done all you can do to stand, then just stand there. It doesn’t matter how long, just stand there.

Bless those who curse you.

Be good to all.

Don’t seek your own way but seek what is best for others.

Here are some that are even stranger to the world.

Be angry but sin not.

Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath.

If your brother sins against you over and over and asks forgiveness, then forgive him.

If someone slaps the right side of your face give him the other side also; and do it in love.

Win your race by entering into the rest given to you by the one who already won.

These things seem so strange to the natural mind but in the spirit realm they are perfect.

So where am I going with all this my loved ones? I am telling you the reason that many are running out of patience is because they are using the wrong weapons to fight with. They have on the shoes of anxiety and not the shoes of peace. Yes, you are in a battle but you are not fighting with earthly weapons, but with spiritual weapons. Also, you don’t have to use earthly patience and endurance. You have been given heavenly endurance and patience.

This is why in the scripture you just heard you were told to “look unto Jesus.” You don’t get patience by looking at your problem. You don’t get patience by just trying to stick it out on your own. You get patience from looking at the one who already won this race. You will win also if you don’t give up. Do you remember that I told you that Moses endured the desert, and the wrath of Pharaoh by seeing “him” who is invisible? He was looking to me, not at the problems.

My beloved, the trying of your faith is not a punishment from me. It is a loving Father teaching his children how to be champions. You will overcome every obstacle in your path and you will see that patient endurance is the secret of a happy life.

When you look at Jesus you will be given confidence that you can win your race also. You will no longer fret and worry and say “Oh my, what are we going to do?” Instead you will look at your problem and then look back at Jesus and laugh and say “we've got this. We can do it.” Right in the midst of your troubles you can enter into his finished work and patiently wait for your victory.

I do love you so much my children. I love you so much that I chose you and adopted you and put you into my son. It’s the safest place you could ever be. Your troubles and trials will pass and you will stand before me one day so happy that you overcame.

Don’t be discouraged my loved ones. Don’t let your enemy tell you that your troubles are punishment from me because you failed. That is not true. Your troubles are the climber’s mountain, the jumper’s hurdles, they are the lifters weights, they are the runner’s mile. Each obstacle you overcome makes you stronger.

Do just like my beloved son. Set your eyes on the prize and don’t give up. There is an eternity of reward for the one who finishes the race. I am your biggest fan. I chose you and I have every intention of showing you just what a champion you are. Don’t give up my loved ones. We can do this, you in me and me in you.

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

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

The Power Returns

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Acts Chapter Thirteen

1. Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

3. Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

4. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

5. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews.

Acts Chapter Sixteen

6.And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

7. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

8. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. 9. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

10. And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

I woke up this morning as I usually do at 3:16 and these verses were dancing in my heart. Usually I know this is Father’s way of wanting to teach me something or to give me something to share. I pondered and meditated on these verses until Father’s voice came to me and he asked me to write down these words and share them with you.

He said,
My beloved ones, I love you and I am so happy that you are spreading the good news of the message of my beloved son. I also hear the cries of your hearts longing for the power that was in the message the early church preached. You wonder why signs and wonders and miracles are few and far between. I want to give you your answer and it’s more simple than you think.

This message about the church at Antioch was given to you as an example. Do you notice it said there were several prophets and teachers and they worshiped and fasted and were seeking me for direction? This is what is missing in the church of today. You meet and worship and have your messages and rush out to get to lunch or dinner and there is no time for corporate prayer and fasting and seeking me. If you will change these things you will see great improvement in your results.

Did you notice that Saul and Barnabas were sent out but not the others? Why weren’t they all sent out? It is simple my loved ones. My son is in charge of the church. I put all things pertaining to the church under his control. He is building the church through you.

We sent Holy Spirit to you to be your guide. Do you remember the scripture Jesus spoke to you in John chapter fourteen? He said he would pray to me and I would send you another helper like him who would be with you forever. He said this helper is Holy Spirit. He is another helper just like my beloved son. Was Jesus a helper to the disciples? Yes, he was but who was in charge? My son was in charge.

Here lies the problem. In your day, a helper is not in charge. A helper is someone whom you give orders to and they do what you want. This is not the case with Holy Spirit. He follows the same example as Jesus did. The helper you received is the one who gives you the power to carry out the mission you receive from him. So many people today go off on their own and expect Holy Spirit to empower them when they are not doing what He told them to do. They don’t know what to do because they haven’t spent time fasting and praying and seeking me.

When you do this you will get an answer and will be given instructions of where to go and what to do. Just as at Antioch some of you will be told to go and some will be told to stay and help others.

Do you remember the man whom Jesus said had the most faith he had seen in Israel? He was the centurion and he said that he was a man with authority and under authority. He tells one to go and he goes and another to do something else and he does it. This is the kingdom. Jesus decides who goes, where they go, and who stays. It is his plan you are supposed to be working and not your own.

Did you notice in the scripture you just heard in Acts sixteen who it was that stopped Paul and Barnabas from going into Bithynia? It was the Spirit of my son. He works everything according to his own plan. He has a plan for spreading the gospel, and kingdom power comes when you get instructions from heaven. Even Jesus followed this protocol when he said “I only do what I see my Father doing.”

My beloved ones, take some time to gather together and fast and pray and worship me. Holy Spirit will speak to you when your hearts are ready to hear and you will receive your instructions. Then the power that you seek to help save the world will work for you. Amazing things happen when a fellowship gathers in corporate prayer, praying in one mind and one accord.

Think of it like an army. As long as you do what your commander tells you to do then you will receive the supplies and ammunition you need. If you go rogue and get away from the battle plan you will be powerless. I will never leave you, but you will not accomplish my plan.

Come to me my loved ones. Spend time fasting and praying together. When your heart says that it is more important to hear my instruction than it is to eat then you will get your answer. Saving the world was my idea. Believe me I have lots of plans to hand out, but very few have their hands out waiting for these plans. I long to give you everything you want and need to preach this glorious gospel, but it will only work if you do it according to heaven’s plan.

I love you my children and I’ll be patiently waiting to hear your worship and prayers as you come together to seek me and my will. If you seek you will find me. You must seek me with your whole heart and not just half of it. I am so longing to see the power of the gospel return to the church, for this brings glory to my son.

Don’t forget my loved ones. Love each other and forgive each other, and be excited and ready, for days of glory are coming soon.

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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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Standing

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Ephesians Chapter Six

10. final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

11. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.

12. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

13. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.

14. Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness.

15. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.

16. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.

17.Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

18. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

19. And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike. 20. I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So, pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.

21. To bring you up to date, Tychicus will give you a full report about what I am doing and how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper in the Lord’s work. 22. I have sent him to you for this very purpose—to let you know how we are doing and to encourage you.

23. Peace be with you, dear brothers and sisters, and may God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you love with faithfulness. 24.May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.

As I was reading this chapter today it got me doing some really deep thinking about how we see things in our world. We are just certain that no one has it worse than we do and our problems are more serious than anyone else could ever imagine; and then comes this chapter in the bible.

Paul wrote this from prison. Not from the kind of prison we have in America, yes, they are awful, but Paul was in a dark, cold prison that was detestable. Not a place where they guarantee you food every day. No showers and toilets and bunks. Basically, if you didn’t have someone to provide for you then you starved to death in those places, if the rampant disease didn’t kill you first.

In all of this Paul’s focus was still on the church and how to spread the gospel. He didn’t cry about his conditions or agonize over his situation. He accepted that even in chains he was still God’s ambassador to preach the gospel. We should remember this point. Just because you are having problems in your life doesn’t mean you set aside the preaching of the gospel. Just because we are wounded or struggling doesn’t mean that we are disqualified from our mission.

Paul understood that he wasn’t fighting with flesh and blood people but with an unseen enemy that we were commissioned to defeat. We should realize this too. Far too many times we see people, our situation or even our Father as our enemy and this is never the case. Evil didn’t originate in people. People who do evil things are influenced by evil entities that we can’t see.

Surely if Paul could keep his focus on preaching the gospel and encouraging the saints even though he was locked up in prison then surely we can manage to do the same in our situations.

Let’s think about this a moment. Paul was locked in prison and the letters he wrote are still affecting the world two thousand years later. If he hadn’t been locked up would we have these letters? Only God knows for sure, but my point is that when the enemy thinks he has you locked up is when God does his greatest work through you.

Paul was locked away in prison but his focus was on encouraging others in spite of his situation. We should do the same. Many of us are struggling with pain and lack and broken relationships, but that shouldn’t stop us from encouraging others. As long as we have breath then we should use that breath to encourage and not discourage.

We must remember to take this chapter to heart. The way that Paul was able to withstand his situation is in the letter he wrote. He was locked away but he still had God’s armor on.

So, let us remember to put on God’s armor also. Let’s gird ourselves in God’s truth like a belt. Let’s put on the righteous breast plate we were given by Christ. Let’s stand strong in the peace that comes from above. Don’t stand quaking in the shoes of fear. Stand in the shoes of the peace that comes from Christ.

Let salvation be our helmet. In other words, get it through your head that you are safe in Christ no matter what your situation is.

Let’s take up that shield of faith. It is his shield not ours. Paul taught us that we no longer live by our faith but by the faith of Christ who loves us and gave himself for us. Let’s hold up that shield of faith and laugh at the enemy we can’t see. This enemy is shooting fiery darts that have no chance of making it through our armor.

If we could only see what we really look like wearing the armor of God. It must be like sitting in a tank being attacked by an enemy that only has a bow and some arrows that he set on fire. We would have to come out of our armor before he even had a chance to do any real damage.

Don’t forget we also have the ability to pray and connect instantly with headquarters. This is something our enemy doesn’t have. His communication is all jacked up and sitting on blocks because Jesus kicked his wheels off at Calvary. He has no one to pray to that will help him, and we have our heavenly Father who is listening for our every sigh and even hears our thoughts and desires.

We also have the sword of the Spirit. This is Holy Spirit’s very own sword. That is why it’s called the sword of the sprit. It is the very word of God. It is God’s promise that we will win the battle if we just stand in peace and use the weapons he gave us.

Don’t forget that God used words to create all things that exist both in the physical realm and the spiritual realm. When Father gives you a word to declare about your situation then speak it out. It will be filled with his Spirit and creative power. It will change things in this realm and all others. In every realm that exists in this age and all ages, God’s word is absolute.

Now my brothers and sisters, be encouraged. Are we in a fight? Of course we are. We were put here to finish off the enemy forces that Jesus obliterated when he rose from the dead. He stripped our enemy of his power and might and left him with only his fiery darts to shoot at those of us who are clothed in Christ and fully loaded with the weapons of truth. How frustrated our enemy must be.

So my loved ones, don’t give up. Put on God’s armor and don’t focus on your problems but focus on encouraging others. We will win this fight and every fight. We are more than conquerors. We are inheritors of the world he already conquered, and if we are willing to stand we are more than able to see victory.

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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Sunday, December 25, 2016

The Christmas Gift

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Luke Chapter Two

1.And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

3. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5. To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

6. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

15. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. 18. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

19. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 20. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

I never get tired of hearing this story. It truly is the greatest story ever told. This story brings me great joy each time I read it and it always will. I often wonder why, of all the people the angels could have appeared to, they came to the shepherds? Could it be that only the shepherds would understand that the baby in the manger was the lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world?

As I was meditating on the answer to this question Father spoke to me and asked me to share these words with you. He said:

My beloved children. This is my love story to you. I loved you so much and all of heaven was excited on that day. Yes, we knew his fate was sealed and he would be betrayed and crucified. Yet we looked past the pain that would eventually come our way and looked at his birth with great joy. We did this because we love you and sent him to save you.

The angels had known the plan from creation that he would come and set all things right. Do you notice they said “Peace on earth and good will toward men?” I want you to remember that. That is still my plan. I plan on bringing peace to all the earth and to show my goodness to every person. Would you remember that as you go forward and help me with this? Will you show good will to every person you meet? Even the ones you don’t like?

I am so looking forward to the day when we all dwell in peace together and there is no more evil and no more pain. When the earth if full of my glorious grace. When no one raises a sword against another and no one is angry with his brother. Will you help me my children? You can do this by loving each other and caring for one another. Not just in words but in deeds. Will you set your hearts and minds to be kind to every person you meet? I told you in scripture that it is my goodness that leads men to repentance. Will you be good towards others until they see my love in you and they turn back to me?

If you truly want to honor my son, then please do as he did for you. Lay down your lives for each other. Love each other as you do me. Encourage each other and be kind to each other. Peace can fill the earth one person at a time and it can start with you. Make peace with all those you are in disagreement with. I am not saying that you have to agree with evil. But make peace and forgive all who have done evil to you. This is the Christmas story. It is a love story about peace on earth and goodwill to all men.

Yes, I know, and I hear some of you say in your hearts that the date that you celebrate isn’t right. No more fighting about that. When you are in love with Christ then every day is Christmas. Celebrate his birth and his resurrection each and every day. The greatest act of love the universe has ever known shouldn’t be just celebrated once a year, but every day.

So please my beloved, celebrate my love, and know that you are the reason my son was born in a manger, crucified on a cross and resurrected and seated at my right hand to represent you as God in man flesh. You are that important to me, as is everyone you meet. If I love them enough to send my son to die for them, then can’t you love them enough to tell them?

I love you my dear children. Don’t forget it’s not about shopping and eating and chasing the things the world chases. It is about the one who loved you so much that he left the glory of heaven to be born in a stable like an animal, just so that he would qualify to be your sacrifice. It is not about gifts under a tree, it is about the greatest gift of all nailed to a tree. It’s not about a man in a red suit. It is about a man who shed every drop of his red blood so that you could be free.

He is my beloved son, Celebrate him!

Merry Christ Day my children.

This was the end of the words he spoke to me at that moment.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all and,
Happy Christ Day!
michael

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Two Choices

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Colossians Chapter One NLT

1.This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy. 2. We are writing to God’s holy people in the city of Colosse, who are faithful brothers and sisters in Christ. May God our Father give you grace and peace.

3. We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4.For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, 5. which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation ever since you first heard the truth of the Good News.

6.This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

7. You learned about the Good News from Epaphras, our beloved co-worker. He is Christ’s faithful servant, and he is helping us on your behalf. 8. He has told us about the love for others that the Holy Spirit has given you.

9. So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

11. We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, 12. always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. 13.For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14. who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.

15. Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,

16. for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see. Such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

18. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So, he is first in everything.

19. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20. and through him God reconciled everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

21. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

23. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

As I read these scriptures today and meditated on how God made peace with all things in heaven and in earth. I wondered why there is so much chaos in our own minds when Father already made peace with us. God says we are at peace and religion tells us that God is angry with us and can’t wait to pour his wrath out on us. As I was thinking on these things he began explaining these things to me and asked me to share with you.

Here are his words to me.

My children. I am at peace with you. You are holy and perfect in my sight. You enemy wants to deceive you and make you think I am angry with you. He can’t separate me from you so he tries to separate you from me by clouding your mind with lies. Deception is his favorite weapon because if he can deceive you then that deception is like a virus and spreads throughout the body, because you are all one.

You have already been taken out of the kingdom of darkness and been relocated into my kingdom of light and love. You no longer live in the dark realm. This is a fact, and the only part of you that still has anything to do with that old kingdom is your mind. This is why you can be transformed into my image by renewing your mind.

This means to change the way you think about yourself. You have to change your mind and believe my truth. You are washed in the blood of my son and are holy before me and you can’t let this fact slip. Don’t let your enemy make you think you are still in that prison of darkness and sin. You are in my kingdom and you are my children.

Keeping your mind set firmly on this truth is how you keep it at peace. Think of it this way. Remember when you were a child and you were in third grade? Are you still in third grade? No, but you can remember it. If you dwell on it for a few moments, you can probably picture your classmates and smell the books and the paper. You can remember your life in the old kingdom but you are no longer there. When you wake up to this truth you will become conscious of who you really are and then the enemy can longer deceive you.

Stay at peace with me by knowing that I am the one who made the peace. You didn’t make peace with me, I made it with you. If it’s my peace, then you can’t break it. I won’t change my mind. I loved you and saved you and chose you and I am delighted with myself that I did. You just don’t know how wonderful you are and how much I love you. I love you so much that I created eternity just to have a place that could contain the joy that I have because you are mine.

Here is another example. Do you ever slip and do childish things? Do you sometimes lose your temper and say things you don’t mean? Do you sometimes throw a tantrum when things don’t go your way? Of course, but that doesn’t mean you are still a child. It just means that for a moment you forgot who you really are.

When the truth that you are righteous and holy and made in my image becomes fact in your own heart and mind then you will grow into the truth. The truth can’t change. It is established forever.

The absolute truth is you are accepted and loved and holy in my sight so you only have two choices. You can accept the truth and grow into the truth, or you can keep believing the lies the enemy tells you and keep slipping back into old habits because you forgot your old ways died on that cross with my beloved Jesus.

I created you in my image. How did I do this? I looked at myself and formed you into what I saw. Just as a skilled artist looks at the picture in his heart and draws what he sees on the canvas. You must do the same thing. You must look at Christ and be changed from glory to glory. You are glorious already, and looking at him will make all the things that are hiding his beauty fall away.

Remember my beloved ones. You become what you focus on. If you focus on the lie that you are unholy then you will live like it. If you focus on the truth that you are already perfect in my sight you will become what you see. You are already all these things everywhere but in your own minds.

I set before you today two choices: Believe who I said you are or believe your enemy. You can choose to believe the only being in the universe who can’t lie. Or you can believe the only being in the universe who can’t tell the truth. Is it that hard my beloved?

My children, awaken to my truth and know who you are. Know that you are loved and you are called and chose to bear my light. You are my body. I inhabit you by my Spirit and wear you with honor. I am eternally delighted that you are mine. I want you to be delighted that you are mine also.

Don’t forget my children to love each other as I love you.

This is the end of the words he spoke to me this morning.

I hope you are encouraged by these words.

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

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Who Told You That You Were Naked?

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Genesis Chapter Two

15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis Chapter Three

1. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2. And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

9. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11.And he said, who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Matthew Chapter Twenty-One

18. Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19. And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

20. And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, how soon is the fig tree withered away!

21. Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

As I was praying today Father spoke to me and asked me to write down these words and share them with you.
He said,

My children, who keeps telling you that you are naked? Did you get this information from the tree of life or the tree of good and evil? This problem keeps plaguing my children. One moment you are in Christ, the next moment you are a dirty sinner. Well which is it? If you are in Christ and Christ is in you then are you calling Christ a dirty sinner? You are one spirit with me, are you calling me a dirty sinner? My people have an identity crisis. They really aren’t sure who they are.

Adam and Eve were created in my image and my likeness. They were like me but they believed the lie of the enemy. He told them they needed to understand how evil works or they wouldn’t be like me. The original lie they believed was that they needed something more. They were complete in the day I made them.

Now consider this. After they fell I went searching for them. Not to judge them, but to love them. I never told them they were naked. Because knowledge told them they were naked they hid from me and covered themselves in fig leaves. This is why Jesus cursed the fig tree. It doesn’t have fruit. There is no fruit in hiding nakedness. Fig leaves can’t hide nakedness.

He also said to the disciples: “Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22.And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” If you have faith you will curse your fig tree and until you deal with your fig tree you will never move mountains.

It’s the same in the church today. People try to put things on the outside to cover their nakedness inside. It is because they have been told they are not acceptable in my sight the way they are. They keep eating of the tree of knowledge that keeps telling them they are evil, and they keep trying to cover the evil with religious works to appease their consciences.

Do you not realize that Christ could have died a million ways? Why did he have to die on a tree? He was hung on a tree to destroy the evil tree of the knowledge of evil, and to make you a tree of righteousness. Think of it this way. A small child doesn’t know good from evil and they are innocent. You are innocent because you were washed in the blood of my son, and now you can enter into my kingdom as a little child because you wear his innocence.

You must stop eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The fruit of this tree is the law. You can’t live under both covenants. This is the covenant I made with you. I write my laws on your heart and in your mind and I remember your sins no more. I will be your God and you will be my people. If my laws are written in your heart and in your mind, then why do you keep going back to the tables of stone looking for your laws. Those laws weren’t given to you.

The law of Moses tells you that you are guilty, but once you come to Christ your guilt is removed. The law could never make you holy. I told you through Paul in his letter to the Corinthians that the strength of sin is the law. Without the law sin loses its strength. You must stop eating of this fruit because it brings death.

Think of it this way. You have laws in your country against murder. Unless you are a murderer then they don’t pertain to you. Could you imagine if you were innocent but were forced to live under the law that pertains to murderers? It would put you to death or keep you locked up in prison although you are innocent. This is what the law of Moses does for believers.

This is why Paul called the Galatians foolish. He told them that those who try to live under the law will live under the curse of the law. You are not under the law but under grace. Not grace to sin any way you want. Those who think that way are ignorant. My grace empowers you to live holy because the law was fulfilled for you by Christ, and sin has lost its power over you.

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ has made you free from the law of sin and death. There is no law telling you that you must sin. There is a life-giving Spirit in you telling you that you are holy and can live in his holiness.

If only my people would stop trampling on the blood of my son. They don’t realize when they try to go about keeping rules and regulations they are trying to make their own way of holiness, and are trampling my son’s blood under their feet because they think his blood wasn’t enough. They think they need his blood plus rule keeping. It’s not Jesus plus Moses. I made that plain on the mount of transfiguration when I said “this is my beloved son, Hear him.”

My beloved ones. You are clean because of his blood. You are made righteous and holy because of faith in him not by keeping rules. It’s time to stop eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and eat only from the tree of life.

I told you in Romans that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. Walking after the flesh does not mean sinning. Walking in the flesh is trying to keep rules and laws without the power of my Spirit. If you walk in my Spirit, you will realize that you are free from sin and will begin to live in that freedom. It is through my Spirit that sin was put to death in your life. My children; You are free. You are free. You are free.

You are holy on the inside and out. I told you to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice which is holy and acceptable. You are accepted in the beloved. You are clean inside and out and are clothed in my righteous robe. You are holy because you are in me and I am holy.

Even before the cross Jesus washed only his disciple’s feet. He said they were clean because of his word. If they were clean how much more are you clean who are washed in the blood and have his words abiding in you? You were baptized “into” Christ so he is in you and you are in him. You have “put on” Christ and he is your covering.

My children, my delight, you are so loved and accepted. Awaken to righteousness and sin not. Not knowing that you are righteous and holy is a sin. You are my righteousness in Christ Jesus. You are clothed with my light and my love and my spirit. My righteous holy children: Who told you that you were naked?.

This is the end of the words he spoke to me this morning.
I hope you are encouraged by these words.
Until next time,
Grow Rich in His Grace,
I love you all,
michael

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