Everlasting Arms

November 1, 2009

You are safe in My everlasting arms of love, beloved; never doubt it!  I hold you tenderly, but securely.  I will never fail you.  I will never let go.  So rest in this knowledge.   

Know that an hour of reckoning is coming, an hour of reckoning that will get the world’s attention.  For those who have walked seeking Me, yearning to draw nearer, will walk in a new place in Me, a place replete with My goodness.  I am eager for this hour to arrive.  I am eager for My dear children to know this wonder.  But be aware that the world will not look on it as the wonder that it is.  No, the world and I just don’t see eye to eye.  But My beloved will embrace what I am bringing about, surrender to My cause, and follow in My footsteps, My secure steps of love.          

My everlasting arms of love are holding you securely, My church, My beloved.  You are safe in My arms.  No matter what comes your way or the way of the world, I am with you.  I am with you, upholding you securely.  Do not doubt this when that hour of reckoning makes its appearance.  Just continue in the plan that I have exacted for you and know that I am with you, holding you securely in My everlasting arms of love.  You are secure in My truth, beloved, and always secure in My love.

You are My Masterpiece

You are My masterpiece, beloved, My extraordinary masterpiece.  I delight in you.  I love you so much that I gave My life that I might bring forth in your life all that would bring delight to My heart.

You are My masterpiece.  I prize you highly.  You are framed with My glory.  You are placed high in a dominant position.  You are never forgotten; you are always at the forefront of My mind.

Oh, My masterpiece, My masterpiece!  How I would like for you to know with deep certainty your value to Me!  Oh, how I would like to get the sweet truth over to you about how highly your are prized!  Will you hear Me as I speak words of love and devotion to you?  Will you listen to these words without interjecting your thoughts, and just listen to My thoughts about you, My masterpiece?

I have always had you on My mind.  You have always been at the forefront of My mind.  My palette is laden with rich, vibrant colors that I have used in your life.  Yes, yes.  There have been times when I needed to reach forth and gather some colors that to your eyes would appear gloomy, but, beloved, they were used only to enhance the vibrancy of the richer colors.  They were only used to show contrast on this painting of love and devotion, My masterpiece, your heart.  I thought in earnest before applying any color.  I pictured you in My mind long before you took shape in your mother’s womb.  Yes.  I saw you before that fateful day that you were born on earth.  I saw you.  I loved you and I had plans for you, good plans, plans to bless you, plans to lead you directly into eternity with Me.

Don’t ever think that you are anything other that valuable to your God.  Don’t ever think that you are not prized highly and held in the highest esteem by your almighty God.  You are valuable.  You are held in the highest esteem.  Don’t think otherwise.  Don’t forget it, ever!

So I have told you that you are My masterpiece.  You are very valuable to Me.  I prize you highly.  I would never let you go.  I would never sell you or trade you.  You are Mine forever.  Act like the masterpiece that you are.  Perform on My behalf, speaking My words of truth and enabling others see Me in you.  I am in you, beloved.  I am enhancing your life.  I do delight in leading and guiding your every step.  Don’t ever think otherwise.  Spend time with Me.  I enjoy gazing on your beauty.  Talk to Me.  Tell Me about your yearning to draw closer to Me and your delight in doing My will.  Don’t let the enemy pull you in another direction.  You belong to Me!  You need to spend time with Me.  He will try to tarnish My masterpiece with the tawdry ways of the world.  Don’t let him lay a brushstroke on your heart.  Your heart belongs to Me.  It is Mine to do with as I please.  Don’t let him have his way for a moment in your life.  Look to Me.  I wish to correct some areas that he has marred.  He is out to do some things to My masterpieces, trying to mar their beauty.  Don’t give him the opportunity.  You are Mine, My prized possession, My masterpiece.  Don’t give him the room to get even the tiniest brushstroke, beloved.  Don’t give him the room in your life to harm what is Mine in any way.  He is out to mar your beauty.  I am out to complete what I prize highly, My masterpiece, My work of art.  My prize of great beauty, you, My beloved, My own!!!

Daily Devotionals

October 29, 2009

I want to talk to you about your daily devotionals.  I want you to know that time spent with Me is of the utmost importance.  Don’t fail to spend time with Me on a daily basis.  Don’t fail to spend time in My word, meditating on its richness.  Set aside this time at all cost.  Don’t let the world pull you away from Me, beloved.  Don’t let the world entice you into looking in another direction, devoting your time to anything other than this much needed observance.

Why would I stress the importance of this assignation with your Almighty God?  Why would I take this time to tell you of its importance to you?  This is a time when I give you much needed strength, telling you truths, confirming My truth, and giving you the wherewithal to face the new day.  This is the time when My hand is placed on your head in a blessing for you to go forth in My name and reveal Me to others.  This is a time when you gain that much needed strength to face any occurrence that could otherwise send you reeling.  This is an important time, this time when you come to Me, spending time with Me, delving into My word to hear what I have to say to you at that moment, words that not only guide and direct, but confirm My undying love for you.

So, beloved, do not fail to seek Me in the morning hours, those hours before you start your day.  Come to Me.  Speak to Me.  I will speak to you.  I will tell you of the intent of My heart.  I will tell you words that you may pull on during your day, enabling you to walk in My power.  Do not fail yourself.  I tell you truly that you are failing yourself when you turn away from Me, looking to the world for satisfaction of heart.  Satisfaction of heart is just not found in the world, beloved.  It is found in knowing Me. 

This is a time when you will get to know Me, My goodness, better.  Yes, it is a time when you may relax in My presence, having a tête-à-tête of sorts with the Almighty God.  It is a privilege.  Don’t look on it as a drudge, beloved.  It is a privilege, a glorious privilege.  It is a time when the Almighty God will shine forth in splendor in your life, speaking truth to you, admonishing the evil one, and enabling you to rise up stronger and stronger with each passing day.  I take delight in this time.  I want you to.  Don’t fail Me.  Don’t fail yourself.  This is an important assignation, and it would behoove you to observe it.  Observe it with passion, beloved.  Yes!  I want you to observe it with passion!!!

Mustard Seed

October 21, 2009

Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

I tell you truly, beloved, that the mustard seed is indeed small, but within that small seed much is contained.  It is the same way with your heart.  Your heart is small when you are reborn, but the growth process that comes by My hand enables you to grow in your understanding of Who I am to you.

So know this truth, this day. Take it into your heart, knowing that I am doing something very beneficial for you, something that will enable you to prosper in this life and the next.  Your precious heart contains much, and I am in the process of bringing to life those things that will cause you to blossom into My likeness.  Never doubt My ability to accomplish this feat.  Never doubt My ability to enable you to shine forth the wonder of Who I am with your words and deeds.

I see extraordinary days ahead for you.  I see you rising strong in the light of Who I am to you.  I see you bounding forth with strong hope in My ability to pull off everything for which you have hoped and dreamed.  I know that the future looks bright.  I can see its brightness from My vantage point.  So, beloved, don’t ever doubt Me and My ability to shine forth on your behalf.  Do not doubt My ability to enable that heart that you look on as so small and useless into a heart with untold capacity, a capacity to withstand anything the enemy directs your way.  I am at work in your heart.  Look on this work as a work of cultivation, cultivation of something that is as small as a grain of mustard seed, into something extraordinarily lovely and useful for My kingdom’s purposes.

The Hand Puppet

October 20, 2009

The Lord showed me a lamb hand puppet.  Someone had put tape across its mouth.  Why did You show this to me, Lord?

I want to tell you something of the greatest importance, beloved, and I want you to know the serious significance of what I am telling you:  The enemy is out to close the mouths of My beloved flock.  He does not want you speaking the wonderful words of life that I am giving you to speak.  He wants to hush you.  He wants you to be silent.

hy is this?  Many are searching for truth in this day.  Many are longing for that void in their hearts to be filled.  You have the truth, the answers.  He does not want those who do not know Me to hear.  He wants them to stay in the dark.  You, beloved, must rip off that tape.  You must not be fearful of ripping off that tape and speaking on My behalf.  Oh, no.  You must speak out with confidence, total confidence in Me, the words that I give you to speak.  The light of My truth shining forth, will offer peace and strength to a willing heart.

Boldness

                                                        October 19, 2009                                                     

 Acts 4: 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness

                                                                      they may speak thy word.                                                                  

Speak My word with boldness, beloved.  I am always with you, no matter how things look, no matter what you hear.  Remember:  I am always with you and My words of truth will prevail.          

I am the Lord your God.  I have given you the tools to conquer anything the enemy would send your way.  I have given you My words of truth; they will never fail you.  My truth lives on forever. 

So speak forth the words of truth that I have provided.  Speak with boldness, beloved, for you have been given a very special gift, a gift that will never fail you, benefit the hearer, and will benefit those who are following My course forever.          

A Laughing Baby

October 15, 2009

In a vision, the Lord showed me a darling baby.  She had started to laugh, as if someone had just told her something funny.  Here is what was said to make that baby laugh so gleefully:

I told that baby that I was coming soon to collect My own.  I told that baby that it is going to be a glorious day for My beloved when I make My appearance in hearts and snatching away those unsuspecting hearts, taking them up into the region of My glory. 

Yes, the baby enjoyed hearing those words.  The baby laughed with glee.  I want you to laugh with glee too, dear one.  I want to see a smile on your face, because truly your God has seen fit to bless you mightily, and you will see that the outcome of your surrender to Me pays off in lovely dividends.

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit

October 14, 2009

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

I tell you truly, beloved, that those who serve Me with willing hearts will know the wonder of belonging to Me in a dynamic way. Those who follow after My heart will be blessed.  Those whose hearts are bent on serving Me will truly know the essence and wonder of being a chosen vessel of the living God.

I tell you that a heart that has relinquished itself to the living God will know full-well the wonder of My love, and will receive recompense many times over.

I see one who that yearns to walk in My favor, who denounces the things of the world, who looks on his own heart with a longing to see it purified, and I know that truly I can work in this heart.  Oh, yes!  Truly I can work in a surrendered a heart, a heart that recognizes its need for Me.  Never doubt this truth; never doubt this fact!

A day, an hour is dawning, beloved, when this work that I am doing will speed up, speed up like you have never known, and when this occurs, you must continue your surrender, continue your yearning to see your heart coming into sweet unity and harmony with your Beloved.  For the occasion is on the horizon when My beloved will identify My work from a new perspective and know without a doubt that the fires of justice are burning.  At this burning things will occur that will shock the world, but My beloved will be walking free and clear from the flames, and you will know the true blessings of being submitted to the one who blesses the pure in heart, those hearts that have known their need and surrendered to the call and the work of the God Most High!!!