Word submitted for your encouragement By Yolanda Ballard (roarnworship@cfl.rr.com)

ENTER THROUGH MY FIRE

Through much trial and tribulation do we enter in. For the Lord is doing a deep work in our spirit in preparing us for what is ahead. And that is why I am allowing you to go through the fire of testing so that I can pull out the dross so that I will have a pure vessel to move through with My glory. You must keep your eyes fixed on Me knowing that I am faithful to keep My words of promise to you.

Yes, I have said that in order to have life, you must first die to your self life. In order to have My resurrection power, you must go to the Cross and choose to walk the steps that I walked through........ To go to the Garden to make the choice to love not your own life, but to choose My abundant life that only comes after you have gone to the Cross and chose the crucified life for your daily lifestyle.

Why do you fret when I say you must first die? Don't you know that in order to have My power flowing through you, you need to be a pure and empty vessel full of My light, truth and glory alone? Not one trace of flesh must remain after I do My purging work, but you must choose to submit yourself to My purifying work. Yes, to have My life flowing through you, you must die, and that is why I take you through the fire. All that will remain will be My glory. Yes, My Sh'Khinah glory indeed!

As you walk through the flames of My burning fire, know that it is My love that is taking you through for I need for you to be ready to be able to stand against the enemy. You need to be able to stand strong with head set as flint against anything he hurls at you in the way of flaming arrows. Yes, he is even pulling out his big guns against you to destroy you.

You must keep behind your shield of faith knowing My word in your heart. Don't accept any of his lies for he wants to rob you of your health and finances and he wants to wear you down. Keep believing that My joy is your strength and that all things that you go through are for your good. For I am your God and I am in control of all things. If you serve Me, I work all things that are meant for harm for your good.

So I tell you this day to rest in My faithfulness. Even though your prayers look like they are not answered, don't lose faith in Me. Keep faithful unto death and I will give you My crown of life. Overcome by the blood of the Lamb, the word of your testimony, choosing death over life. Yes, in order to walk in My resurrection power, you must choose the crucified life.

Rejoice, My little lambs, for you have remained faithful to walk in My truth. You didn't want to go an easier way, and this separates those who are truly Mine from the counterfeit. Yes, I know who are Mine, and I draw you close this day. I gather you together as one for this is truly a day to rejoice, for this is a new day, a new hour for My power.

And My flame of love for you is burning brightly for all the world to see. Yes, you are My flaming ones. You are arrows of flaming glory against the evil one, because it is My love in you that burns brightly. As I burn your hearts with My love, know this day that I am for you, and nothing and no one can ever rob you of what I have placed in your heart this day.

I am taking you higher to a new level of faithfulness. You have passed the test. You have never given up in the face of danger. You have trusted Me no matter what I've allowed you to go through, and yes, I reward you with My presence in a greater dimension than ever before. Yes, this is the day of My power and glory, and I truly rejoice in you, for you are Mine!!!

Learn to love by letting go. There is a yearning of the soul that desires to possess that which does not belong to you. My love does not covet, it sets free. Give those that you love into My care. Yes, you have heard that you give roots and wings to your loved ones. Grant them the stability of knowing you are there for them and then release them one step at a time to learn to crawl, walk, run and then fly into their destinies in Me.



No more will the selfish endeavors of mankind ,

Be tolerated in this Church of mine !

I AM A Building of Kingdom works and measures .

NOT of Selfish endeavors !

You won't find me in the bar at the bottom of a bottle or glass . . .

You won't find me living in your past . . .

I AM right here in your Heart waiting for you even now !

SO ! Together let us rid you of these Sacred Cows !

For I AM GOD and not man ! ! !

And nothing bears fruit but by my hand !



These are days of internship ,

For I AM turning you over and over in my Love ,

And as a tern digs through the mud for its Joy ,

So shall you dig deeper into me ,

For as the Arctic turns from cold to warm and brings on the winds of change ,

So I AM changing you as I roll you in my will ,

To uncover the things not of me ,

And release them into my forgetful sea ,

So as I burn and turn you in my mold ,

These things of the past will be released and behold !

A new and shining garment is ready you see ,

For you are becoming more like me ,

And in this likeness you shall see ,

No longer the desires or things of man ,

But of my Love that can and will withstand !

All that it envelopes for this is clear ,

My love surrounds ALL Fear !

And in each endeavor as your will becomes mine ,

You then will carry my Love as a Sword Divine . . .



Jonah 2:8
"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

2 Corinthians 6:15-17
15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."[b]
17"Therefore come out from them
and be separate, says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you."[c]



Matthew 19:24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Matthew 20:1
[ The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard ] "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
Matthew 21:32
Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Matthew 21:43
"Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.



Matthew 22
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

Mark 9:47
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,