My dear one, for a short while now you have been in a season of many changes, but now you will be entering a season of many new and exciting releases that will reinvigorate and restore you in many ways. I will be releasing many things in heaven, and many things in the earth in order to accomplish My good will for mankind, and to harvest the souls of those who would respond to My calling. Though you thought your life was over, it will now begin again.
I will in the days ahead be releasing you from certain things that you have been involved in for a while now, and I will also be releasing My power to heal and perform miracles at the same time. I will be revealing new paths to you that were right in front of you but were hidden until you were ready to walk in them. Many of the things I now do will astonish you because they will be things that come completely from Me alone, and not things that you worked for.
Give Me this day My dear one your full obedience and make a complete commitment to walk in consistent righteousness from now on. You must never again return to those things which brought you death before, and you must now walk fully only in those things that bring you life. This is your day to receive some of your reward, but some things I will do simply because I love you. So My dear one, expect to walk in a season of many releases now.
My dear one, I realize that your circumstances have gotten worse and not better lately, and because you are weary you have been tempted to just give up your hope and go back to find some other way to make your life work again. But you must know that the evil one has come in like a flood lately just before I move in order to try to discourage you and drive you into despair. I would tell you this day My love, do not trust in what you see, trust only in Me! I am never limited by how bad things may get.
Do not give up your faith and trust just before My hand is ready to move on your behalf My dear one. I have been well aware of all these other things that are important to you, and those things are very important to Me as well. I am also well aware of all that you have sacrificed to follow Me. I do not keep slaves in My kingdom, but rather loving servants, so do not think that all I care about is what I want you to do for Me. I have felt all your heartaches, and I have heard each sigh and cry that you have made.
This is a day when My people need to praise, worship, and thank Me no matter how bad or hopeless things may appear, and I will do mighty miracles for you if you do. I made the whole universe, so do not think that your problems are beyond my ability to fix them. But the development of your faith is what I have been working on for so long and not these other things. I had to remove every distraction from your life in order for you to focus only upon learning, growing, and repenting of all that limited you before.
Try to just understand that it has been your spiritual growth and maturity that has been the most important thing during these recent years. These other things had to be set aside for a season until you were completely ready. You are so close to the end of your preparation now dear one, so do not give up or give in to depression or despair. I will do miracles for you no matter how bad things look or get. So do not trust in what you see, trust only in Me, and I will fulfill every good promise that I have made to you.
The Ruach of Truth keeps repeating to my heart, "Don't look back."
Remember Lot's wife? Lot and his family were warned by The Messanger of YahVeh, to escape from Sodom, for their lives and to not look back. But his wife looked back behind them, and became a pillar of salt.
Whoever seeks to save his life (look back to the world) will lose it. And whoever will lose his life (die to self and Live IN HIM) shall preserve it.
Many Messangers of YahVeh are Gathering His own out of the world and into His Kingdom Now.
To escape the world is to press on, to lose your will (your life) and Prepare The Way for our King. To press toward the mark, into His Reality.
His Reality must replace what we think, see, hear, or do. Your life is not your own. You were bought with A Price, The Kadosh/Holy Blood of The Lamb of YahVeh. You Belong to Him, The One Who Created you for His Purpose.
If we Listen, Hear, and Do All and Only What He Says, than we will Be Given His Grace to Accomplish His Purpose in us and through us, to Accomplish His Will, His Way. And The Glory of YAHVEH Will Be Revealed In All The Earth. So the world might know that YAHSHUA IS KING, and His Kingdom Is Come to this world.
Beloved, Enter Into all that He Has Prepared for you, from the foundation of the world, for such a time as this. Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, of the Magnificent Wonders that our Father Has Prepared for those who Love HIM and keep His Commandments.
He Has Prepared His Way for His People to Walk IN HIM. Each step of Faith is Given to those who TRUST IN HIM.
AMEIN AND HALLELUYAH.........PRAISE THE NAME OF YAHVEH FOREVER AND EVER....................
Leave behind the former things. Leave behind you all that weighs heavily upon you. Do not continue to pick up burdens that you are to no longer carry. I have dealt with you on this before, but you continue to look back, and you want to reach out to pick up those things. Let go, and move on. I have given you the freedom and the liberty. I have brought you through the valleys and have set you upon My Holy Mountain. You cannot go back, and you cannot re-dig that which was laid to rest. It is time to press forwards, deeper into Me.
There is no life in the past. For all is passing away, even as you step forwards with Me, the distance increases and the old pain has been totally removed. What I have cleansed, cannot be re-infected again. Do not allow old leaven to return to you, but realign your thinking now, and be free to pursue the future with Me.
Give Me all of your reservations, your hesitations, and your frustrations. Let's get to the root, and them and then I can finally remove all of the old fruit. Every seed that you allow to sprout in your thinking from the enemy, will only bring trial and confusion in your thinking. Renew your Mind in Me, and take every though captive. No more, will you be wavering, but you are quickly come to full stature in Me. It is time for your full maturity and your rock solidness in Me, to be seen.
The mature have fully left the former ways, the former measures, and the former passions, and have passed through the Valley of Afflictions and now are emerging on top of the Mount of the Most High. It is here that We will walk, and abide. Side by side, upon My Mount, where My Angels and My men abide, and that both will come and go, to fulfill My Will in the earth.
Gird up your loins, and set your mind for action. Prepare yourself to move, and to be moved. All is in readiness and has already begun.
The signs in the heavens and the signs in the earth have only just begun to warn men, and to awaken them. The greater signs will now begin, and yet, still what will become of the hearts of men?
It is up to them.
Choose this day whom you will serve. For in the choosing you are making a declaration to the strongholds around you. You have the gift of choice and I will do everything to fulfill the choices you make in my Kingdom. You carry great authority in the earth. Jesus gave it to you as a representative of my body before He left this earth to return to heaven. When will you realize that His authority is your authority and you cannot be bought because you have already been bought with a price, the precious blood of my son. Rise up to speak and declare the authority of the Kingdom and watch the kingdoms of this world bow to the name of Jesus. The earth is wretching in agony for the return of the King, watch as it announces His return, His soon return. Are you ready, have you made the right choice to serve me and only me. Have you readied yourself to be my instrument of Kingdom authority now in this great hour of need.
November 20, 2006
skullduggery – sneaky tricks, unfair and dishonest practices carried out in a secretive way so as to trick people
The devil is up to his old skullduggery. He is trying to trick My dear children into believing that they can advance with dishonest gain. Of course, he is lying. It is a trick to get My children off trick. It is a trick that he has played since time began. Yes, he is up to his old skullduggery, and I am not going to have it. And I don’t want you to, either.
Beloved, beloved, don’t fall for his schemes. Don’t listen to his lies. Where he is concerned, distrust is the name of the game. Don’t trust him. Don’t ever put your trust in what he has to tell you. Ever!
Listen to My heartfelt words this night: I have many wonderful things arranged for you to grow and advance in the knowledge of My will for you. I have many wonderful things that are coming up on the horizon, and I want you to anticipate them. Don’t fall for anything he tells you. Don’t travel in any direction that he tells you. He is a liar and a cheat. He wants to harm. I want to bless.
So, dear one, listen to Me and know that My plans for you are exceedingly wonderful. They will come forth without a hitch for that one who follows My course. But those who choose His way will be caught in a trap – a trap of quicksand, and I tell you, beloved, that it is quite difficult for one to get himself out of a trap of quicksand. But remember, beloved, if you are struggling, that your God is always willing to lend a helping hand.
But don’t go there with him. Stay focused on Me. Follow after My heart and you will know true heart peace. You will travel a road replete with My goodness. But the enemy has his trap set. Don’t fall into it. Don’t give way to his enticements. It’s a trick, dear one. His enticements are always a trick. Don’t fall for them for a moment. He is out to pull you under. He is out to see you fail. Pay his words no mind. Stay focused on My truth and know true heart bliss. That is what I have for you, and that is what you shall have, if you stay focused on the One Who loves you unconditionally and delights in leading you along His path of truth – His eternal path of truth – that He foreordained for your steps, and takes delight in seeing you traveling, unscathed by the enemy, free of his lying taunts, and free of those pitfalls that he so cunningly arranged for the feet of My children traveling through this life.
I am your God. I have wonderful things planned for you. Follow My course. Travel in My direction, listening to My voice, and see the appearance of many wondrous events in your life. Don’t listen to the lies of the enemy. Don’t turn in his direction. He is out to trip you up. He delights in telling My dear ones lies and words of enticement. Don’t fall for them. Don’t fall for them for a moment. Stay focused on your Beloved and see that the outcome of this hour is filled with wonders and delight. Don’t let him rob you of this coming hour. Don’t let him rob you of your destiny in Me. Follow My course, listening to My voice, and know true heart bliss, know true peace deep within, and know that I am delighted to call you My own as I guide you into this new hour of wonder and the rich, rich delight that lies therein!!!
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Mary Clark
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The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment -- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.
Most of the class might be considered economically disadvantaged, but still many would celebrate the holiday with turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the subjects of most of her student's art. And they were.
But Douglas made a different kind of picture. Douglas was a different kind of boy. He was the teacher's true child of misery, frail and unhappy. As other children played at recess, Douglas was likely to stand close by her side. One could only guess at the pain Douglas felt behind those sad eyes.
Yes, his picture was different. When asked to draw a picture of something for which he was thankful, he drew a hand. Nothing else. Just an empty hand.
His abstract image captured the imagination of his peers. Whose hand could it be? One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Another suggested a police officer, because the police protect and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the discussion went -- until the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.
When the children had gone on to other assignments, she paused at Douglas' desk, bent down, and asked him whose hand it was.
The little boy looked away and murmured, "It's yours, teacher."
She recalled the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How often had she said, "Take my hand, Douglas, we'll go outside." Or, "Let me show you how to hold your pencil." Or, "Let's do this together." Douglas was most thankful for his teacher's hand.
Brushing aside a tear, she went on with her work.
The story speaks of more than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship, and how much it means to the Douglases of the world. They might not always say thanks. But they'll remember the hand that reaches out.
"Though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand. Psalm 37:24
"My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8
This Thanksgiving, thank God for all of the "hands" that have "touched" your life. Then, allow the Hand of God to reach out through your hands and touch the lives of others.
Happy Thanksgiving!
A few days ago while spending time with the Lord and enjoying being in His presence I heard Him say "stay in the river, stay wet, don't dry out." This immediately brought to mind an illustration I heard recently of the importance of this.
The speaker who was from South Africa told us of a snake that is extremely dangerous and lives in the rivers there, it will often attack and bite people when they are in the river and even though it's bite can be fatal if you remain in the river you will not die, but if you get out of the water and dry out the poison very quickly spreads and kills. So the thing is to remain in the river until medical help comes, a medicine
is then given which makes the person vomit which gets rid of all the poison, then they will live. As help can take hours or even days it is during that time the snake will often bite repeatedly until it gets tired and finally gives up. So the only way to stay alive is to remain in the river even while under repeated attack, to come out of the water and dry out is sure death.
The reality of this truth in the spiritual is just so true, we must stay in the river of God and remain wet if we are going to stay alive in the times ahead. There is a river that flows from the throne of God "a pure river of of life, clear and crystal " (Rev 22:1). The river of God is the only place to be, to come out and to dry up is the beginning of spiritual death. As long as we stay in the river when the Evil One attacks us he can't take us out because the river will keep us alive, as it is the River of Life. We must not become dry (spiritually), as Satan looks for the dry places to inhabit. "he goes through dry places seeking rest" (Luke 11:24).
We need to position ourselves in the river constantly by drinking from Jesus the living water of life and let His amazing love continually flow over us. We remain wet by immersing ourselves in God's Word, by soaking in His Presence and then be a channel for the life giving water of His Spirit to flow from us to a dry and thirsty people. There is a mighty flowing river which He has promised to release, Isaiah 41:17-18 says "When the poor and needy seek water, but there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of valleys, and the dry land springs of water."
So I pray Lord as we remain in the river use us in this mighty outpouring of your Spirit. Amen.