Instructions From Father Part One

     I was praying and asking the Lord to increase the power to heal the sick and hurting and He started talking to me and said these words.


     My son as you spend more time with me in the secret place you will begin to see a vision of who you truly are. You are like a man waking from a long sleep. It will take a few days to shake off the sleepiness. You will be fully awake soon. You must understand like the centurion who understood that Jesus was a man with and under authority that you are a man with authority and under authority. When you have faith that I sent you it will come with power. You must settle this once and for all in your heart.

     You are called and filled with my Spirit for a reason. The same reason Jesus was anointed is why you are anointed. I know your hunger to help those in need. That has grown out of our time together in the secret place. You know you weren't  always like this. You were centered on your life and your needs and your career. This longing to help those in need has come out of the times we have been alone together in the secret place. This has been born of our fellowship together. I have been changing you and you have been unaware. You have become single minded in the process.

     Think of our times together like a battery charger. The more you spend in the presence of my power the more you absorb my power and can release it later in the earth. Power comes from my presence and there’s no other way to get it. When we are alone you become impregnated with my heart and love for others. Your great desire to help them drives you back into our meeting place for power to help. You are very close my son to walking in the miracle working power of the next age to come.

     That’s why Jesus said to go into the secret place to pray. Kingdom power is released in the presence of the King. The more time you spend away with me the sooner you can walk in this power. Your purpose and calling is revealed and you are empowered to complete it all by spending time in my presence. You read in scripture the works the disciples did when I sent them out but you don’t read much about the time they sat at Jesus’ feet every night. Presence brings power. There have been times when my Spirit has interrupted meetings where you were and you saw my gifts and my grace. You can have this all the time when you learn to stay full of me. I am with you always but coming alone with me gives me time to release wonders through you. Jesus said "the Father in me does the work." I was in him but he still came away alone to pray to me.

     When praying for the sick don’t feed on the need. Feed on the power of my grace and the need will be fulfilled. Jesus did what he saw me doing. His concentration was on me and the circumstances around Him were changed. Looking at Jesus will make you able to walk on water. Looking at the water will keep you in a place where you always need rescuing. It’s all backwards from what the world tells you. You don’t have to fight the darkness: Looking at the light drives out the darkness. Looking at my love drives out the hate. Looking at my wealth drives out the poverty. Looking at my health drives out the sickness.

     Keep your eye single. Only look to me. A light shines because it’s a light. It doesn't go in search of darkness to shine into. It shines because it’s connected to the power. Keep your eyes on me and watch what I’m doing. You are transformed from image to image from glory to glory. That’s why the enemy wants you to look at darkness. You become what you stare at. Your eyes are the windows into your soul. If you want a soul full of darkness then focus on darkness. If you want a soul full of light then focus on me. It’s just that easy. You will become rich as you look at my wealth. You will become well as you look at my health. You will become powerful by focusing on my power.

     There is another reason Jesus said to pray that prayer in the secret place. You are shielded from seeing anything but kingdom power when you are there. You are separated from the outside world. As you spend more time in this place then you will be able to be in a crowd and still be in the secret place too. That’s why Jesus would gaze into heaven before miracles. He would look into the realm of plenty and pour it out into the word of famine.

     Always look to me before you pray for anyone. That’s why most prayers fail is because people focus on the problem. You should have your focus on me while addressing the problem with the words I give you to speak. Only life can drive out death. Death is the absence of life. Sickness is the absence of health. Night is the absence of day.

     You are the portal. You have the ability to live in both worlds at the same time. You can focus your spirit on me and be full of power and light and can pour it into the dark world with your words and actions. Think of healing as the same way you prophesy. It’s the same thing. Look into my Spirit and pull out whatever you need and speak it forth. My words are full of spirit and life. Ask me what to speak.

     Think of yourself as an extension cord. Plug into my power and let others plug into you. Remember my kingdom dwells within you. Your spirit is the portal to heaven. My spirit connects all believers together like a network. That’s why there is sometimes more power in a corporate environment. Learn to get everyone to focus on the power and not the problem and watch what happens in the meetings. There is power in one mind and one accord. 

     Until you can completely understand my power just think of it as spiritual electricity. Your Spirit is plugged into me and is always hot. Your soul is the connector to plug the world into the power. Meditate on this and we’ll discuss it more later. 
I love you son.


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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Instructions From Father 2

     I was praying on March 27th 2012 and Father spoke these words to me to correct and encourage me. I believe they will encourage you also.



     My son I love you more than you can contain and I have a great plan for your life. You must understand the more you give yourself to me the more I give my power to you. You say in your heart, “Can a man give his whole being to me twenty four hours a day?” I say yes he can. I can live in your every waking moment and live in your dreams while you are asleep.

     I told the disciples to tarry until they received the power. My church bypasses this instruction and goes out weak and beggarly. There is a place of one mind and one accord that you can enter in with me and my Spirit will empower you. You can learn to visit this place every day before you begin your day and you can come out empowered and refreshed. I long for my children to come into this place so that I may visit with them and release this great power into your lives.

     When Jacob laid his head upon the rock he saw a ladder from earth to heaven and angels ascending and descending upon it. He said surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not. He said this was the gateway into heaven. It wasn't actually the geographic place that was the gateway, but his dream consciousness was the gateway. If you lay your head upon the Rock before you sleep you can enter this same gateway. I created this part of man for my meeting place with him. That’s why I told you to sanctify your imagination.

     I long to show you constant visions and dreams but this place must be reserved for me. That’s why I said to cast down vain imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against knowing me. The world you call the imagination is given to you so we could meet there. This place can become holy and I can inhabit it with my Spirit because it is neither flesh nor spirit. It is a meeting place for us. You call it seeing in the Spirit and you can learn to live with this vision turned on at all times.

     Any imagination that you have that goes against my love for you must be dealt with immediately. I would never give you a vision of anything that belittles you or makes you look bad. You have to see yourself in the light of the perfection of Christ. You are sanctified, justified and glorified in my sight.

     What if a king from another country came to the president of your country and belittled himself in his presence. What if he fell on the ground and cried “I’m not worthy to be in your presence?” How strange would that be? You must understand that I see you as holy, undefiled, blameless, pure and glorified. I made you a king and priest already. Understand who and what rank you are and quit making small out of what I made you.

     You are not a lowly sinner saved by grace. Your old man was. You are a new creation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. You are perfected once and for all by my son Jesus. Quit this crying and bawling and acting like a prisoner of war. You are more than a conqueror. Stand up and be who I made you to be.

     I told you to boldly come to the throne of grace. Don’t dare to come any other way. Have boldness in what Christ has made you. In your heart I heard you say “how can I be bold and humble at the same time?” It’s quite simple; coming boldly to the throne of grace gives honor to the one who made you holy. You wouldn't wear dirty rags to a business meeting so why would you wear all that old thinking into my throne room when we are doing business?

     Step into who you are and understand that you are my child but you are full age and an inheritor of my very life. Yes I am your Daddy but you are my grown son. I said unless you humble yourself as a little child you can’t see the kingdom of God. You did this when you were born again. Since then you have been exalted to son ship in my kingdom. You are no longer a little child but a full grown son with all benefits of son ship  If this were a business it would be called God and Son’s. You are my partner now with full partner status and benefits.

     It’s your unbelief in who you are that’s keeping you from walking in the power of a full age son of the Almighty. One day you believe you are a king and the next day a poor sinner? I know these words sound harsh my son but it’s time to wake up to who you are. I said it is finished why do you say it’s not?

     I have put my will and my purpose into your heart. Quit asking permission to do what I put within you. You didn't come up with those desires on your own. They were given to you at your conception. You have spiritual DNA just like you do in the physical world. This DNA contains all the necessary things you need to be who you are called to be. If you want to do a certain work then go do it for the kingdom. A grown man asks their Father for advice not for permission.

     I have put all things concerning my kingdom into your heart. If you do what’s in your heart then you will walk in the power that I put within you. Start meditating on the scriptures I gave you that show that you are a king and a priest. If I need you somewhere else my Spirit will catch you away as he did Phillip. If you choose to be a son in my kingdom then you will give me the right to take you where I need you to go but I will not send you as a beggar but as a son.

     Know my ways. I am not weak. The supplies you need are stored away on the trail that I called you to walk. When Elijah got to the brook the ravens were already there. That’s how he knew He was at the right spot. My provision for you will flow soon. Once you know who you are you will inherit what’s yours.

     Don’t listen to any more condemnation. Only listen to those who encourage. You can’t make good bread if you are swimming in the leaven. The old ways are gone. They have been dead 2000 years. It’s the age of grace and don’t let anyone no matter what power they walk in tell you different.

     Remember Paul said that even if an angel from heaven preached a different gospel let him be accursed. There is a reason he said that. There are powerful forces doing lying wonders and signs to try to keep the dead message alive. Don’t be fooled. Anything that is not of me is Antichrist  Have no part of him. Don’t take that mark of slavery upon your head or let him put those shackles on your hands. You are my free born son and you are not to be in bondage to anyone.

     Just because your eyes see people being healed by those who preach law doesn't make it so. How many amputees have you seen healed? How many dead brought back to life? How many lepers have you seen healed? It will be easy to tell my power when my sons and daughters start to release it. It won’t be this temporary band aid healing that you see on TV. Remember even pharaoh’s magicians could turn a rod into a snake.

     I told my disciples to freely give because they received it freely. When you begin to see men give freely and heal because they love and not ask for money then you will know the sons of God are being revealed.

     Don’t be too critical of those who are going the wrong way. They are trapped by the enemy and don’t even know it. They’ll come around when they see the real gospel. They are just grasping for any kind of power that they can find. Restore them when you can. Most of them started with great intentions and were led astray.

    Don’t let anyone talk you out of the fellowship that we have this way. You know in your spirit that I am speaking to you and you know by the scriptures that this is the way I spoke to the prophets of old and the apostles. When Paul set out to write to the churches he didn't have an outline. It was this same word that flowed out through him. He had a few things on his heart he wanted to address but the words came as he wrote or dictated to a scribe.

     I didn't give you a written bible just to teach you how to read but how to write also. Keep writing these things down. They are useful to those on the trail behind you. But be sure to teach them how to write and not just how to read your writings.

     I am calling you away with me for a while before I send you on your next journey. I have many more things to say to you and many visions and dreams to show you. I will provide the place and the provision if you will provide the time and the fingers to write with.

     I have longed for so long for this teaching of hearing my voice and writing it down to be brought back into the earth. Why do you think that for so long the enemy even caused cultures not to allow anyone but royalty to learn to write? It was to suppress this way of speaking to my people.

     Tell the church not to worry about the economy but to fix their eyes on me and watch how the kingdom works. I have ways of provision that are so much better than what you've been living under. I am not limited by your limitations. I can provide in ways that you have never dreamed of.

     You don’t think I know how to make a vehicle? You don’t think I know where all the gold is hidden? You don’t think all the good ideas are invented yet do you? You have no idea what my favor can do for you. I can move upon the heart of kings and rich to lay treasure at your feet. Didn't I do it for the apostles?

     It’s my will for you to have great prosperity if you don’t forcefully take it from the people with a gospel that preaches to them that they owe me something. Tell the people the truth. All I wanted was their hearts and they gave those when they got born again. If they were being taught the true gospel then the power they received when they were born again would change not only their hearts but their minds and bodies also. If they want to give that’s fine but don’t put any limitations on my people. I can bless them regardless of what they give or don’t give. I’m not limited by their limitations.

     Joseph was a prisoner but was made a king. Noah was a simple preacher of righteousness but after the flood his family ruled the world. Jesus died broke and naked on a cross but now is exalted above all. All things are possible with me. Don’t set limitations on yourself based on your own education or experiences or by the amount of cash in the bank. You are my son and an heir of all things. Soon you will know how to write checks on your heavenly account and nothing will be out of reach for you.

     My son, share these words with your brothers and sisters for they need the encouragement. This letter is written to them also just as to you. Go to them and teach them how to have this conversation with me. I long to talk with them this way. I want to tell them of my great love for them. I long to share with them the secrets of the kingdom that they have inherited.

     Why do you think I chose men like Matthew and Luke? It’s because I wanted my words recorded. I still want my spoken words recorded. That’s why I want you to teach my people how to hear my voice and write it down. The enemy can’t steal it if it’s written down for them to see it over and over. He can’t convince you that you didn't hear me if you heard me and wrote it down. Then when he says that you didn't hear my voice you can say “Get behind me for it is written.”

     Now my son if you will take some time and give me your voice to pray in the Spirit them I will open all these doors for you. Remember my son. Forgive yourself for your mistakes and forgive all others who are still wearing the dust suit at this time. It’s not forever. I have an eternal place of habitation for you that is not made of dust but of glory. It will be unlimited. You will love the next suit I put you in. I love you my son. Please pray now. I need your voice.

I love you my Son.

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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Be Not Afraid!

Habakkuk Chapter Three 


Although the fig tree shall not blossom,

Neither shall fruit be on the vines;

The labor of the olive shall fail,

And the fields shall yield no food;

The flock shall be cut off from the fold,

And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,

I will joy in the God of my salvation.

The LORD God is my strength,

And he will make my feet like deer's feet,

And he will make me walk upon my high places.


     Recently I've been hearing a lot of people talking about the end of the world and I've seen fear spreading like wildfire. These things are normal for people of the world but I've been seeing Christians who are so afraid and wondering what to do. So today I want to take time to encourage you to stop just a minute and think about what's really going on here.

     I know you can sense that we are living in what people call the end times. We see all the signs that Jesus and the prophets spoke of in scripture coming to pass. But these are not end times. These are beginning times. We are beginning to see the scripture fulfilled. We are beginning to see the kingdom of God formed in the earth. We are seeing God's plan come to pass in the earth.

     So why are we afraid? I think it's because we spend too much time listening with our ears and not our hearts. If you will just take time every day to listen to what Jesus is speaking into your heart then you will find a calm assurance that no matter how the storm rages you will be safe in His care. He is more than able to keep us safe and protect us from whatever comes.

     I'm not saying that bad things will not happen. I'm saying that we have a mighty God who is more than able to deliver us from all harm and keep us safe. It's time we people of faith stood up and declared the salvation that we have in our God and become a place of safety where others can run to in this troubled time. The world needs a safe place to run to and that place should be the church.

     Take a deep breath my brothers and sisters. You are beloved of your Father. You have His love, his protection and He even sent His Spirit to dwell in us to keep us safe. How much more protection do we need? Remember in Matthew chapter ten that Jesus said that even the hairs of our head are numbered? He loves us so much that He even cares for the smallest details.

     We can rest in the security of His love. He promised that He would never leave us or forsake us. He is with us no matter what the New Year brings. He will take care of us regardless of the situation of the world. Just as it says in the scripture written above; it does not matter if the whole world system fails. He will feed us. Just like Habakkuk. I will rejoice in my God. He will deliver me. He always has and He always will.

     So, please my friends. Let go of the fear. Rejoice in the hope of our soon returning King. It won't be long until He returns and makes all things right. He's got His eye on you to watch over you and keep you safe. You can trust Him. He will deliver you.

     In closing this blog I would like to remind you of a few things:

Though the flood destroyed the world the righteous had a boat in Noah's day and we have a much better boat today in Christ.

Abraham left a prosperous place and followed God into the wilderness where he became the richest of all.

The children of Israel were in Egypt when the plagues fell on Egypt. They had faith in the blood of a lamb and were safe. We should have more faith in the perfect Lamb of God to keep us safe also.

God fed millions with manna from heaven when they were in a wilderness between Egypt and the Promised Land where there was no food. He provided them water and sheltered them with himself from the heat and from the cold.

He brought them safely through the sea while all the armies of Pharaoh drowned.

Daniel went through the lion's den and came out safe and sound.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego went through the fiery furnace and came out without as much as the smell of smoke.

God sent Elijah to a brook and had the ravens bring him food during the famine.

     Now look back at your own life and remember how many times He has rescued you and kept you from harm. He never fails and he never changes. His love for you is unchanging and He will be with you no matter what you are facing. Besides, what's the worst the world can do? Threaten us with heaven?

Isaiah Chapter forty one verse ten

Fear thou not; for I am with thee:

Be not dismayed; for I am thy God:

I will strengthen thee;

Yea, I will help thee;

Yea, I will uphold thee

With the right hand of my righteousness.


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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Back To Our Roots

Ephesians Chapter 3

14.For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
15.Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16.That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17.That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 
18.May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 
19.And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. 
20. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 
21.Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. 


     What a message! I love these verses! God and love are inseparable. The scriptures don’t just tell us that God loves us, they tell us that He is Love. You can't separate the two.

     As I was reading and studying these verses several things occurred to me. Beginning in verse fourteen it says that we are all God's family and share His name. Whether we are still on earth or in heaven we are all one family. I pray that this message will take the church by storm and maybe we can get past these walls that separate us and become one family again. You see in God's family there are no cousins, only brothers and sisters. We all share the same Father and were adopted into His family and became full brothers and sisters to His first born son Jesus.

     Verse sixteen says the He will strengthen us with might by His Spirit in the inner man. That's the real part of us. The flesh we wear is just the vehicle we drive while on the earth. The real us is the reborn spirit person you became when you received Jesus and he gave you a new spirit. 

     As we are strengthened by His Spirit the more of the character of Jesus we have dwelling in us. Then the scriptures go on to say that we can be rooted or grounded in Love. The way to put your roots into God is to put them into love. If every word we said and every act we did was rooted and grounded in the love it would change the world.

     If we let the Spirit of God strengthen us we are not just getting stronger. What we are doing is letting Him build a dwelling place for Jesus inside us. A place built in love where He can live comfortably within us. In the Old Testament they built a temple and God moved in. Since the resurrection all things are different. God moves in and then builds you into a temple from the inside out. His Spirit strengthens you so you can contain more of Him.

     So what is the purpose of all this building? Verse nineteen says it so we can know His love and be filled with the fullness of God himself. You see the God kind of love can’t be experienced in its fullness from the outside. He loves us so much that He can't stand being that far away from us. Outside is just too far away. He wants to be inside us so we can really be one. To be filled with the fullness of God is to be filled with His love. Once we are full of His love we can't help but share it with others. That is the purpose of this writing. I want you to experience what I have with God. I want Him to dwell in you also.

     Verse twenty says the God is able to do exceedingly; abundantly above all we can ask or think according to the power that works within us. I'm sure you are like me and want to have God answer your prayers above what you prayed for. It sounds almost too good to be true that everything we could need is inside us.

     So what is this power? It's our born again spirit that has been strengthened by the Holy Spirit and rooted and grounded in Love. So that means that we have our roots in the love of God and are grounded which means that we have our foundation built on love. When we become love on the inside then we will act like love on the outside. When all of our prayers are based on love and rooted and grounded in love then God will answer far above the things that we pray for. When love becomes the purpose of our lives then the power of God will spring forth from the inside of us and change the world.

     If we want to be stronger on the outside we have to let Him strengthen us on the inside. Then we will get to the purpose seen in verse twenty one where the glory of Jesus will be in the church.

     So I hope you will surrender to His Spirit today and ask Him to strengthen us inside and build a dwelling place for Jesus inside us. A place of love and power. Let's be rooted and grounded in His love and let His love be the purpose for all we say or do. Let's be filled with the fullness of God so we can reach out to the world and tell them how much He loves them.

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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Ask and You Shall Receive

Luke Chapter Eleven

9: And I say unto you Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you 

10: For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened 

11: If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father will he give him a stone or if he ask a fish will he for a fish give him a serpent 

12: Or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion 

13: If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him. 

     I've read these scriptures and heard them preached so many times especially by people who use God's promises to ask for things that we don't really need. Most times they are even taken out of context and people try to use them as a blank check to get anything they want. I must admit I was guilty of this myself before I was established in God's love and realized that as a true Christian it is never supposed to be about me, but about my neighbors and the lost.

     To prove this point I'd like to go back a few scriptures and let you see the whole story behind these verses. Let's start with verse five.

5: And he said unto them Which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him Friend lend me three loaves 

6: For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me and I have nothing to set before him. 

7: And he from within shall answer and say Trouble me not the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give thee. 

8: I say unto you though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 

     This is the key. The person in this story was not asking for himself. He had a friend come from a journey and he had nothing to set before him to eat. It didn't matter that he himself had no food in the house. You notice it was midnight and if there was no food in the house so this man probably went to sleep hungry. His hunger was not important but when his friend came and he was hungry, something had to be done.

     The word importunity used here means that you are asking and refusing to take no for an answer. Of course that's where we should be when it comes to the welfare of others. We as a church need to quit being so greedy and start caring more for the troubles of others and not our own. James chapter five verse sixteen says it this way:

Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 

     Notice it says pray for each other. I have a feeling the reason we don't see many answered prayers is because we are too busy praying for ourselves and not for others. James said that the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. This righteous man is not praying for himself but for others. That's the way we should do it. We should fervently pray for each other. We should do just as we read above in Luke, we should be asking, seeking and knocking but not for ourselves. The scriptures plainly said that our Father will give us what we need and He knows how to give good gifts to His children.

     Here is another clue. We must be just like this man in the parable. We must approach God in faith in respect and honor knowing that it is His will to give us what we need for whomever we are praying for and we should set ourselves so that we will keep pressing in until we get our answer. I believe that we will begin to walk in these things. This is true Christianity and I believe that Jesus is working in us to bring us to where He is, so that we may truly walk in love like He did. He will bring us to the point that we would even lay down our lives for each other.

     We know that God is greater than the friend in this story because he knows our needs in advance and has what we need already waiting so that when we pray for others he answers right away. We also know that God never sleeps or slumbers so we can go to him anytime day or night.

     There is also a double meaning to this parable just like there is in most parables that Jesus taught. We need to stay full of the bread of heaven and always have something in our house to feed the spiritually hungered. We need to ask, seek and knock and be continually filled with the Holy Spirit every day. He's the good gift that was taught in this parable. We should always have plenty of His presence ready to serve to all who are hungry.

     I encourage you today. Let's pray for each other, I'm praying for you, will you pray for me? I'll ask, seek and knock each day on your behalf that our Father will pour out his greatest blessings on you. Will you do the same for me?

     I want to thank all of you who read these words that I write. It encourages me so much to see how many are reading these posts on the website. I really do appreciate it and I am thankful for all the kind comments and the re-posting. Thanks again for all your kindness and may you always have bread in your house for anyone who is hungry.

Until next time,

Grow rich in His grace,

I love you all,

Michael

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Daily Bread

Matthew Chapter 6

Verses 9-13

After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power,

And the glory, forever. Amen. 

     Today I want to share a revelation about these scriptures. As I was meditating on them yesterday the Lord started putting different scriptures together as He often does. What got my attention was when He asked me a question about daily bread. I've heard many teachings on this and many think it has to do with daily food and I can’t argue that but I know that the bible says many things that are both physical and spiritual.

     The first passage that came to me while I was thinking of these things was the teaching in Matthew Chapter fifteen where it says:

21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22:And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying; Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25: Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26: But he answered and said, it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 

     Now the thing I saw here was that the children’s bread was the delivering of the woman’s daughter and actually wasn't even the bread but just the crumbs. Just the crumbs delivered her daughter and made her whole. Now if this was that powerful to a woman without any covenant with God, how much more is it available to us now when we are sons and daughters of God and now that salvation is not just of the Jews any longer but freely given to all regardless of race, gender or nationality. As the scripture says there is no more Jew or gentile, bond or free, male or female.

     So we know this bread He spoke of was not just physical bread but healing, deliverance and restoration and its available daily just as he said to ask. That being said, it’s still not just that but it is much more as we see in Matthew chapter 26.

26: And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is (my body). 27: And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28: For this is (my blood) of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins 

    We know that Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven and He even said so in the book of John chapter 6 verse 35.

     So now to keep it short, here is the main thing He showed me in this time of meditation. Jesus is the true bread from heaven and we know that He said man should not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The bible makes it plain that Jesus is also the word of God and that is even His name.

     So here is what we should do: We go to him every day in prayer and ask for our daily bread which is not just physical bread but more revelation of Jesus. We should be getting more and more of Him each day. The way we grow stronger and become who we are supposed to be in Him is by partaking of Him every day and yet there is even more. Let’s read in John chapter six verses 5-14.

5: When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? 

6: And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. 7: Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 

8: One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, 9: There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 

10: And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. 

11: And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 12: When they were filled, he said unto his disciples; Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 

13: Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. 

14: Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, this is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. 

     This was a great miracle, there were five thousand men not counting the women and children which may have pushed this number of people fed up way past ten thousand, but we know that all the miracles Jesus did were because He loved and had compassion and also to teach us something. You notice that Jesus took the bread and gave thanks and then He gave to His disciples to distribute it? That’s the pattern He was trying to teach me in my time of meditation.

     We should go to Heaven in prayer every day and ask our Father for more of the revelation of Jesus which is our daily bread. Then when we receive our daily bread we should give thanks and give out to as many people as we can feed in a day’s time. We as sons and daughters of God have the right to partake of the children’s bread which is everything that comes with salvation such as healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out the devil, prosperity and fellowship with our Father. We are to take this bread and feed the nations.

     So what happens when we do? Not only do we bring more people into the kingdom but we have twelve baskets left. God is not a God of barely enough but of more than enough.

     So here is my plan. I’m going to pray every day and ask my Father for my daily bread and I’m going to give thanks for it and share it with as many people who will eat it with me. I’m going to take it to the hungry and oppressed, to the saved and unsaved. I’m going to give it freely just like I received it and hope you will do the same. There is a hungry world out there that needs to be touched by the Love of God and needs to be filled with the bread of life who is our Lord Jesus Christ.

     So, if you are hungry maybe you should spend some time in prayer with your Father and let him give you this bread.

     I speak blessings upon all of you who read these words. I pray for you each and every day and I pray that every need you have is met and every desire God puts into your heart comes to pass. May you always have baskets full of God’s goodness and blessing.

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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Embracing the Light

First John Chapter One

1: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

 2:(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 

3:That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

4: And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

5: This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 

6: If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 

7: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 

9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

10: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 

     I love John's writings. It seems the disciple who was closer to Jesus than them all knew the very heart of God. After all, while all the other disciples were busy doing other things John spent his time with his head on Jesus' chest listening to his heart. It makes me wonder what Jesus taught him privately in whispers that the others never heard. So it's in his writings that I found myself today meditating about walking in the light and embracing the light.

     We spend so much time these days criticizing the evil in the world and focusing on all the darkness around us. We are wasting time looking at our faults and weaknesses. Our very lives become unfruitful because we can't see past ourselves and walk in what God has planned for us to do.

     I believe that God has a better way of fighting the darkness. It's called embracing the light. The scriptures listed above tell us that if we walk in the light as He is in the light then we have fellowship with him. Isn't it obvious that He knows that there is darkness in our lives? He understands what we are walking in and that we are in a dark world. Instead of focusing on the sin, the scriptures say that if we just admit that sin is in our lives and walk in His light that His blood will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. The only way to put out the dark is to turn on the light.

     Verse 5 says that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we abide in Him we abide in this light and His light will drive all darkness from our lives. That's the only way we'll ever prevail over the sin in our lives. We will never win the battle with sin by fighting the sin. We will only win when we admit the sin is there and walk in the light. This lets the power of His light drive the evil from our lives.

     So now comes the big question. How do we walk in this light? The answer is found in Chapter 2 in these verses beginning with verse 8.

8: Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 

9: He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10: He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11: But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. 

     Could it really be that simple? After all the years we've tried all the doom and gloom and crying and begging and fasting and praying to get sin out of our lives; Could it be as simple as loving your brother? But that's what it says doesn't it? He that loveth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

     Isn't that just like our loving Father? He made it simple for his children to walk in light by walking in love with each other. What an awesome and wise Father we have! We can embrace Him and embrace the light by walking in love with each other. As we embrace the light and walk in love then all the darkness will begin to flee from our lives. The blood of Jesus will cleanse us of all unrighteousness and bring us into perfect fellowship with our Father and with Jesus our Lord. Oh the riches of His grace and His love!

     So now I send out this to all who will hear. Let's love one another and put aside our petty differences. Let's walk in love and in the light and we can all walk in perfect fellowship with heaven. What a glorious church we are going to be when we learn to love each other!

I hope you find encouragement in these words.

Until next time,

Grow rich in His grace,

I love you all,

michael

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