I COME TO THE GARDEN ALONE
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2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the
host of them.
2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because
that in it he had rested from all his work which God created
and made.
2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth
when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the
earth and the heavens,
2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and
every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had
not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man
to till the ground.
2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the
whole face of the ground.
2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul.
2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
there he put the man whom he had formed.
2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of
life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge
of good and evil.
2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from
thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

It is the Eden to which I would have you return. It is a spiritual garden to be sure, but a very real place. Come!


2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which
compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium
and the onyx stone.
2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is
it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it
which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river
is Euphrates.
2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden
of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Come into the secret garden where blessings of abundance are found. Come into the abundance,t he abundant life Jesus came to bring. It is held for you here, fine things held back, gifts not yet presented, and a presence of God you have not yet found or known or experienced. A bench in the bower waits the weary who will find rest there. Come to be revived and refreshed.
In the Secret Garden I Will Unburden My Heart to You.

I love you more than you can know and more than you can access. Come into the secret garden and let Me express My love. There I will tell you of My love and explain our future together. I will let you in on the secret counsels of God. I will unburden My heart to you there. Come
Invitation to The Secret Garden

It is a place to be with Me where we can talk quietly and I can instruct you in wisdom and righteousness. It is a place of abundance and fruitfulness, a place which brings forth joy. It is a place of deep and secure peace in My presence. It is one aspect of the secret place of the Most High, and you are invited, hereby invited, to come. Come In. Walk with Me in the cool of the evening. Let Me converse with you. Allow God's will and way to enlighten your life and to permeate your being.

Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High abides under the shadow of the Almighty.

Come to My Garden
Come, My beloved. Come into the garden of spices and sweet aloes to the bench we can share in the center of the garden. All shame is gone so that you can behold the face of your Beloved unashamed. I invite you as God of the Second Chance once again to come with Me into My garden to rest there, to rejoice and to meet with your Savior. No one else, nothing else, no pressure, will be there to trouble or distress us. It is a garden of peace and joy, a garden of abundance. It is the Eden to which I would have you return. It is a spiritual garden to be sure, but a very real place. Come!

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

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And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

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I’d stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.

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Yearning for Him--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHOW ME YOUR FACE, LORD
SHOW ME YOUR FACE,
SHOW ME

In Genesis 3:8, we see Adam and Eve hiding themselves from the presence of the Lord God. Then Cain, 4:l6 went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. Now it came to pass in those days, the Lord spoke to Moses face to face.

In your presence - that's where I am strong. In your Presence - that's where I belong. Fullness of joy. Pleasures at your right hand.

Moses stood on the mountain, as God said, "my Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.

SHOW ME YOUR FACE, LORD!!!! That I might stand in this Holy Place. - Your Power and your grace. If I could just see your face. I will make it to the end, if I could just see your face. SHOW ME YOUR FACE.

The pure in heart shall see God. Worshipping God. Entering the Holy of Holies. - by the blood of the Lamb. Keeping away from distractions and determined to keep priorities in order. Dealing quickly with those things requiring attention so that they can proceed into the hope of the future. Come higher, come closer. In your presence, Oh Lord my God, that"s where I belong. Seeking your face - touching your Grace - in the cleft of the Rock. The Rivers cannot overflow, for you are my strength and song - I trust you, seeking your face all day long.

I delight to be:
HERE IN YOUR PRESENCE

Completely lost in you
My heart is now yours
My will is yours totally and completely, forever.

The Lord is saying: Spend time in deep intimacy with me. -- For out of your belly will flow rivers of living water. And I will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me.

Let me see your face
Lwet me hear your voice
for your voice is sweet
and you face is lovely.

Yes. You will look on me with new eyes. You will not lose hyeart and you will not faint for you are focused on me. I have seen those of you who are crying out for more of my personal nearness.

So, look up to me!

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock
in the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice
For your voice is sweet,
AND YOUR FACE IS LOVELY.

My beloved is white and ruddyk
Chief among ten thousand
His head is like finest gold.
His locks are wavy.
And black as a raven
His eyes are like doves
By the rivers of waters
Washed with milk
And fitly set
His cheeks are like a bed of spices
Banks of scented herbs.
His lips are lilies
Dripping liquid myrrh.

Who is this coming up out of the wilderness leaning on her beloved???Telling, Num l4:l4 the inhabitants of the land, that they have heard and seen face to face.

SPIRITUAL STOP SIGN

I am placing a stop sign in many places and many paths. I am not placing these stop signs in these places to hinder or to crush plans.... I am placing these stop signs in many places because you My Church have become too busy.

Many have become very busy doing My work and doing things in order to further My Kingdom but have lost the notion of stopping, and looking at the wonderous works that I have created. Stopping and looking at the wonders of Me.

My Church is now running. My Church is running from program to program seeking all that they can do for Me, which a lot of you have the right heart, but you have lost the treasure of being still before Me.

You have lost the treasure of stopping and smelling My fragrance. You have lost the treasure of stopping and resting before My throne and gazing upon My Glory.

When is the last time that you have stopped before Me, and gazed at My Glory, My Church? When is the last time you have stopped before Me, and My presence has taken your breath away?

Everything built on programs and built on man made ideas are going to crumble and fade, and they will not stand up against the winds of the tribulation that will come to this world. Things that are built on man made ideas and man made works are going to crumble in My presence.

I am asking you My Church to stop. Not to cease from doing My work, but to cease running, cease going after things not of Me. For many of you are going forth and doing My work without first gazing upon My beauty.

If you continue to run on forward in ministry and do not prioritise your gazing at Me daily, before you do all these things, all things not based on Me will crumble.

For many of you are feeling empty, and many of you are seeking Me for refreshment, guidance and strength,

Do not lose the treasure of gazing upon My beauty.

When one becomes so focused upon doing works for Me, they lose the true treasure of being with Me, and seeing the beauty of My holiness.

It is going to be MY people falling deeper in love with Me, and carrying deeper revelation of who I am, and My BEAUTY that is going to transform this world for My namesake. I am placing a sign in the spiritual realm, it reads "STOP".
Stop and be still and know that I am God.

Stop and gaze on My beauty.
Let NOT your hearts be full of ideas to further My Kingdom, before being enthralled by MY beauty and gazing upon My holiness.

There was a time when all I wanted was to find the very soil god used to make Adam and lay down there once more. To return. I thought I would find peace there, finally.

But now I have peace after arriving at the place He was taking me. I do not pant for peace anymore, though I am distressed at the discord around me. There is peace within. The garden is within.

leia

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Living in the Realm of the Strength of the Holy Spirit
by Keith Miller
www.sfwm.org


It's an incredible thing to walk in the strength of the Holy Spirit! It's a place where we live as overcomers not as the overcome, where we operate in supernatural ability, not the natural, and where the enemy has no place! The sevenfold expressions of the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2, Revelation 4:5), empower us to live daily in the fullness of the Lord so that Jesus will receive glory and honor through His great power working in and through us. We can walk empowered and strengthened, when the of the Spirit of the Lord is upon us.




As I grow and walk in my own knowledge and revelation of God's strength and fullness, sometimes I feel fifty-feet tall. Why? It's because I'm walking in a realm of authority where the strength and might of God isn't just upon, but also in me. I tell you the truth; I will not be tossed to and fro!






For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened [kratos] with might [dunamis] through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen (Ephesians 3:14-21).






Live in the Place of "I Can Do"





Imagine awakening every morning with the confidence of God's strength in you, being able to do all things through Christ who gives you strength (Phil. 4:13). And, this strength in you according to His wealth, according to the riches of His glory, according to who He is! "All" means everything. It means everything that He has purposed for you, the above and beyond what you can think or imagine, according to the greatness of His power that works within, that Christ Jesus may receive ALL of the glory in the Church and for the ages to come.




We're living in a time where God is doing and will do, exceedingly abundantly above and beyond what we can ask or think, and He wants to do these things through us! His thoughts are far above ours. In fact, His thoughts and ways are so high that He wants to blow the lid off limitation in our life and release us into an entirely different and higher level of our destiny in Him. God wants you to believe for your family, your neighborhood, your city, and nation! By the power of the Holy Spirit and His incredible fullness, you can think big! God renews the mind by stretching it like an elastic band beyond a normal pattern or realm of thinking or understanding. Sometimes it stretches to the limit, way out of our comfort zones, but just when we think we're going to snap, whoosh, it all makes sense-things connect in our inner man, and suddenly we know that we're able to do the above and beyond Paul tells us about.





An Abundance of God's Wealth





Mind stretched a little? Good. Ponder now, "the riches of His glory." According to Paul, God bestows to us strength and power according to the riches of His glory. His glory is abundant, it's bountiful, and it's endless. We can never ask for too much strength and power, because it's available to us in the same measure as He is glorious-unfathomable abundant measures! His abundance is the weightiness of who He is, His character, His nature, His strength, and His power, and He gives/imparts/bestows that in His children, according to the call and mandate He has on our lives. The greater the call, mandate, or authority He gives us, the more of Him; His power and strength He bestows.



We cannot walk in the fullness of our destiny or calling until we know the strength of God, and live daily by the strength of who He is in our inner man. We do not gain this strength in any other way than by the power of the Holy Spirit.





His Strength (Kratos)





The word Paul used for "strengthened," in the Ephesians 3 letter, derives from the Greek root word kratos for "power," and in biblical context means: dominion, strength, manifested power. God wants us to live by the strength of who He is in our inner man. Kratos especially signifies "exerted (applied) strength, power shown effectively in a reigning authority." More specifically, it primarily refers to God's kingdom authority, dominion, and majesty through the outward manifestation of His power. Kratos is used in God's dominion context also in Paul's letter to Timothy (First Tim. 6:13-16), v. 16b (RSV).





Kingdom Dominion in Your Inner Man





The world or natural realm won't rule and reign in your life if you operate out of the realm of being strengthened by kratos, that is, by being strengthened by kingdom dominion in your inner man. Kratos applied gives you the strength to do what you couldn't do before Jesus came into your life. God's kingdom authority, dominion, and majesty should reign in every believer's inner man, for we must walk steadfast in the things of the Lord. We cannot waver if we want to ascend into the incredible levels that God wants to release right now.



When kratos dominates your inner man, the enemy's lies won't hurt you, invade your thought process, or hinder you. Jesus gave me a wonderful revelation about kratos. When the multitudes, that is, the Roman cohort and the commander, and the officers of the Jews came for Him in the garden and asked for Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus answered, "I AM He." Such was His strength and His confidence that "they drew back and fell to the ground" (John 18:4-8). That, my friends, was the manifestation of kingdom dominion! Kratos . . .




Paul prayed for us to be strengthened (kratos) with "might." This word in the Greek is dunamis, (from which we derive words like "dynamic," "dynamo," and "dynamite"), signifying the inherent power of God. The Lord showed me a vision of dunamis. It was like swallowing a Holy Ghost hand-grenade and it exploding in our inner man. Wow. God bestowed this power according to what? According to the unlimited riches of His glory! This dynamite explosive power reigns and rules by the strength of the Holy Spirit in our inner man. This is what He granted to us! It's ours. We can stand firm, Hallelujah.





How to Live by the Strength of Who He Is





1. Become deeply rooted





We're encouraged to be strong in the Lord and His kratos power (Eph. 6:10). Read the Word and discover the fullness of this strength, power, and love for you. Develop intimacy and friendship with the Lord-spend time in the Secret Place of His Presence. Seek and come to know Him more than you have before. Those who abide in Jesus will know the anointing and will flow in it (John 15). When your roots grow deep, you'll flourish (Ps. 92:13), and the Spirit of the Lord will be upon you in strength!






2. Acquaint yourself with what God would have you do, pray for wisdom





Paul prayed that the saints at Colosse might be fully acquainted with what God would have them do in all wisdom and spiritual understanding (Col. 1:9. 10). He offered a similar prayer on behalf of the Ephesians (Eph. 1:17-19). Wisdom and spiritual understanding awaken you to the reality of God's strength and power in you, working through you, and flowing from you.





3. Plug into fresh oil daily





"But my horn you have exalted like a wild ox, I have been anointed with fresh oil" (Ps. 92:10). To be exalted as a wild ox, is to be strengthened. Oxen are strong and powerful. It takes a lot to knock an ox down. Fresh oil releases the strength of the Lord in the inner man.



It is only by His Spirit (Zech. 4:6) that you are able to accomplish the mighty and impossible and take pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in persecution, in distress, for Christ's sake. For when you are weak, then you are strong (2 Cor. 12:10).So become as strong as an ox by tapping into the precious oil of the Spirit every day.






4. Trust in the Lord





We cannot walk in the fullness of our destiny or calling until we know and trust the strength of God, and live daily by the strength of who He is in our inner man. We do not gain this strength in any other way than by the power of the Holy Spirit. King David trusted God even though hunted and persecuted. He said he wasn't plucked up or destroyed, but flourished like a green olive tree in the house of the Lord (Ps. 52:.






5. Rejoice for Christ and His Mighty Strength in You





Rejoice that you can rule and reign in this life with boldness, confidence, strength, zeal, and vigor, with Christ the High Priest going before you so that you can walk in the fullness of your inheritance, for every manifestation of power available to you, including kratos power. Rejoice around the Throne and sing a new song of victory, for Christ in you and His mighty strength in your inner man! "Blessing and honor and glory and power [kratos] be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever, and ever!" (Rev. 5:13b).

Cease striving and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10 NASU


"My Child, I AM bringing you into a place of rest in Me. You shall see the power that comes from the posture of rest. Cease from your striving. Be still! Rest! Just as you have come to honor Me with your worship, now learn to honor Me in your rest. Now is the season that you must train your soul to rest. Disregard that which is not essential and learn the simplicity that comes from life in Me (2 Corinthians 11:3).

The measure of your level of trust in Me is the degree to which you are able to rest in Me. When you completely trust Me, all there is to do is fall into My arms, lay your head on My chest and rest for you know that you are "home." Trust that as you rest, I AM living My life through you.

You, My Child, make life in Me more complicated than it really is. It's not that hard. Really! Believe and open yourself to receive the manifestation of all the desires which I have placed in your heart. Before the fall, do you think Adam struggled to hear the sound of My voice walking in the Garden? Did he struggle to find Me? Did he struggle in tending the garden? No. I came to him and he received Me. His life began in rest. Struggle is a result of the fall. It comes from the religious mindset that believes you must do something in your own effort and strength before I will come to you, before I will move. But I ask you, what was Abram doing when I appeared to him in Mesopotamia? What was Moses doing when I came in the burning bush?

Rest! That is all I desire of you now. Operate from a place of rest. Pray from that place of rest. Worship from that place of rest. Work from that place of rest. Minister from that place of rest. Fight the good fight of faith from that place of rest. War, heal, deliver from that place of rest in Me.

"There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest ..." (Hebrews 4:9-11a)

This is your season of rest. Rest, My Child, rest in Me!"