Daily Bread - Loaf8

#176

I am the Lord, and I change not. Though men change, I do not. My word is sure and steadfast. It is forever settled in heaven. You can count on my word, for it is inevitable. My word is gone out of my mouth and will not return to me empty or void. I have brought you the bread of the morning, your daily bread. Eat and be nourished. Eat and be satisfied. An enemy has attempted to beguile you. I say, "Be not beguiled. The bread that I have given is the manna of the last days." There is a famine of the hearing of the words of God, but I have prepared you a table full of manna. Eat and become strong. I have chosen you to feed the children the bread of the last days. Do not doubt the words that you hear in your ears, for they are the words of the Father. Man did not call you. Man did not choose you. I called and chose you for my own purpose and according to my own will. You did not author this relationship. I did. Now doubt not. Simply believe. Be not frightened because of the terror of men. I am inside of you to answer them. It will not be you that speaks, but I will speak through you. I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb. You were selected by the foreordination of God Almighty. Prepare yourself to speak all of the words that I give you. Be not afraid of the faces of men, for I am with you to deliver you out of every snare of man.

#177

I touch your mouth this morning with a fresh touch of the anointing and place fresh words in your mouth. Go and root out, pull down, destroy, throw down, build, and plant. I have given this power to the prophets of the last days. Jeremiah is not here any longer, but I am the Spirit that was speaking in him. I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. I speak in men today to perform the things that I will. I hasten my word to perform all that I have planned. I am against the false teachers of the hour. I will hasten my judgment upon them, and they shall be destroyed, for they are causing my people to err. I have said, "The gates of hell will not prevail against my church." Though the enemy has sent a flood of evil against my body, the enemy will not triumph over it. I have lifted up a standard against the enemy. Draw out your sword, and swing it valiantly. Be not dismayed at the faces of those who seem to be. Gather those whom the spirit of prophecy is in together, and speak against this flood. Dry it up with the words of your mouths. I have made the prophets of the last days a city protected by God. I have made them iron pillars and brazen walls. The enemies of prophecy shall gather themselves together to fight against you. They shall open their mouths against you to discredit you, but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you to deliver you. Be not afraid. Go and dry up the flood with the words of your mouths.

#178

Yield your will and affections to me. Humbly rely on me for salvation from whatever shall be. Be careful, for many are turned unto unbelief and fear already. Apprehend your thoughts, and conclude that I am in total control of the future.

Am I your Lord?

Then be fully persuaded that I will keep you in the hour of the temptations that are coming upon the earth. Cease consulting those who know not God lest you are deceived by the spirit of antichrist, which is in them. I am not double-minded. I have not told you to trust in the spirit of antichrist and the spirit of Christ. I am the truth. I am the way. I am the life. Perilous times are already here. You must have faith in me and not doubt my faithfulness unto you. Without faith, it is impossible to please me. Those who come to me must believe that I am and that I am a rewarder of those that diligently seek me. Believe that I am. Diligently seek me. Herein lies a secret to approaching uncertainty and fear with a heart filled with peace and confidence. Refuse the crowns of fear being offered in the world. Refuse the rewards of foolish thoughts by men of pride. I have come to you to grant you focus in an hour when my people need true peace. Many have placed their trust in men and themselves. I am; therefore, believe in me as Enoch believed in me.

#179

The tactics of the enemy are designed to turn you unto doubt, unbelief, and fear. You must not follow such voices that are oftentimes camouflaged as spiritual knowledge and insight into the unknown. Place your trust in the one who knows all things. This will please me. Place your hope in me, and I will translate you so that you will not see damnation. Place your hope in me, and you will not be found by the trouble that seeks all men. Trouble diligently seeks you. Now you diligently seek me. Diligently seek me, the God of answers, and cease consuming yourself with seeking the why's and how's. The time spent on investigation involved in finding this solution and that solution should have been spent in winning the lost. Many have spent months seeking to preserve their lives while lost souls have thrust themselves into damnation without faithful witnesses. What have you profited by seeking to save your own lives while those who need salvation are perishing?

Why are you here?

Why did I come?

Has my purpose changed because of unusual circumstances and uncertain things?

I have come to seek and save that which is lost. What is your purpose?

#180

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Are you ashamed of my words and me?

Are you ashamed to stand up and say that you trust me with all your heart?

Beware that you do not join the band of the fearful who are really trying to save their lives. This is a very subtle temptation. If you gain your life and the whole world and lose yourself or become a castaway, then what are you advantaged?

Beware that you are not found looking back to unbelief and man's assumptions. Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it. Diligently seek me, and you will be rewarded. How much effort have you used to preserve yourself?

How much effort have you used to seek me?

Am I entirely gratified when you do not seek to please me?

Have you ever considered that I desire to be pleased?

Have you read, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"?

What do I desire to say concerning you?

It is almost time for me to catch away my bride; therefore, walk by faith, and you will not see damnation. My bride will not be found because I will take her, for before her departure, she shall have this testimony that she pleased me. Without faith, it is impossible to please me. Come to me; believe that I am, and believe that I am the rewarder of them that diligently seek me. By these words, be focused to please me during the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold tried in the fire. The fire has come. Now trust me to make you spiritually rich, clothe you with white raiment, and anoint your eyes with eyesalve that you may see. Hear these words. I speak focus to your heart, mind, and spirit.

#181

I am come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly. I came in the flesh and gave my life for you. No one hired me to come. I came because I am the good shepherd. I came because I care about you; therefore, I came and laid down my life for the sheep. I have not changed my course or my purpose. Death did not alter my purpose. Do not allow events and days to modify your purpose. I have filled you with my Spirit. The love of God is shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost. You perceive my love by its action. The salvation of the lost was love's priority. What is love's priority today?

I have not come to this point in time to observe days and events. Why would I sit and observe the things that I know are coming to pass?

Be not distracted with the rest of the world. Heaven is not rejoicing because earth is walking across time lines. The angels of God are not joyful because the inhabitants of the earth are celebrating. Place your trust under the shadow of my wings, and declare the excellency of my lovingkindness. With me, there is the fountain of light. I am the light of the world, and in my light, you shall see light. Eternal life waits to become someone's award. I have freedom from sin to offer. Holiness and righteousness search for hungry and thirsty souls. A relationship with divinity is offered without money and without price. Today is the day of salvation. Who will administer my riches while my people worship at the altars of time?

#182

I have given my life a ransom for many. I have not delayed the gospel because of the festivals. I have not detained healing to worry about conveniences. I have not postponed the joyful celebration of the angels of God. They are waiting on someone to preach the gospel so that one sinner will have the opportunity to repent. I have come to save that which is lost. I am seeking those who have gone astray. I have sent out the call to minister. Hear the call of purpose in the midst of the noise of distraction, tradition, and fear.

Be not debased to an observer of events delivered by the hands of time. All these things must come to pass. Allow time to continue its march, but do not march to its cadence and its purpose. There are many bands marching to the beat of time's drummer. These bands play death marches for those who entertain sin. Who will take up the trumpet of truth, and play the melody of eternal life today?

Put the trumpet of truth to your mouth, and despise not the sounds of rejection before you. Play the fanfare for my name, and make announcements of life more abundantly during the gala funeral marches through time. I am full of grace and truth. Of my fullness, have you received and grace for grace. Grace and truth have come to you. I desire to take grace and truth to someone's house. Today is the day of salvation, and I came to give life unto the world. Who will adjourn their entertainment at the altars of death, and proclaim the message of life?

#183

The light of love has marked a path for your feet. It is a lamp along the treacherous paths of a world lying in gross darkness. Through dangerous and deceitful spirits, this light has laid out a clear way and kept darkness away from your heart and mind. As a plague, darkness has covered the whole earth. This is a devouring darkness. It has been sent forth to darken the hearts of many. You know me. Now glorify me as God, and be thankful lest you become vain in your imaginations and your heart becomes darkened with the foolish that think that they are wise.

My tender mercies have followed you. I did not hide my face from you when you were in trouble. I heard your cry unto me and turned my lovingkindness toward you when your enemies fired arrows poisoned with reproach and shame. Dishonor was in the design of shame that was forged against you. When your comforters left you at the table of alienation and enemies in friends' clothing approached your face, I sent mighty justification as meat and deliverance as drink. I caused the table of your enemies to become a snare unto them. The things that they planned for their own welfare became their traps. I darkened their eyes so that they could not see. I made their sides shake. My wrathful anger has taken hold of them, and salvation has set you up on high.

#184

Praise me with a song this morning. Magnify me with thanksgiving. This is better than all the vain testimonies of the self-righteous. Be poor in spirit and contrite in heart. I have heard you and held your hand as darkness growled and roared in vain. As a father walking with a child, I have led you through deceptive loneliness and treasonous beasts. Now as a husband walking with his new bride, I am comforting you in the strong arms of complete confidence and absolute faithfulness. With the silver cord of love, I have bound myself to you. This silver cord will not be loosed, for my commitment to you is eternal. I have given you the sure mercies of David and called you blessed.

While my right hand of judgment prepares to swing with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate, my arms are lifting those who are mine unto my bosom for departure. I am preparing to turn off the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof. They shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. I will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and I will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. Be content to dwell in my bosom and in my arms, for I will set my bride out of reach of my wrath before I shake the heavens and remove the earth out of her place.

Take heed that no man deceives you and draws you away from this relationship. Allow not the discreditors of the hour to shake your faith in my voice. My sheep know and hear my voice, and they will not follow the voice of another. Seek to walk closer with me. Seek to please me. If you do not please me, then how will you escape the hands of deception?

The darkness of deception shall not find you if you please me. When the great day of my wrath comes, I will hide you with my bride as I position her as kings and priests. Grace has come to you. Now follow the light of it into new dimensions of submission and love for me. I am teaching you how to love me. I am teaching you how to please me. By faith, Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because I translated him, for before his translation, he had this testimony that he pleased me. My covenant of life and peace is with you. Be not haughty or high-minded, but fear the Lord, your God, and keep my commandments. This is the whole duty of man.

#185

The love of many is waxing colder and colder. Take heed that no man deceives you. Come away from the table of devils. Can you eat from the table of the Lord and the table of devils?

Many are coming in my name saying, "I am Christ," and shall deceive many. Iniquity is abounding more than ever before, and the love of many is at a very cold point. Love my law and me and then will your heart be armed against being offended. Betrayal is rampant. Hatred has become a sea of coldness. Its waves flow through the earth like a river when it is out of control. The unfaithful shall be cast into this river of hatred, and many shall die for the word of God and the testimony that they hold. I have called you. I have chosen you. Now be faithful. How will you endure unto the end if you are not persuaded to be faithful?

How will you be caught away before the great day of my wrath with spots and wrinkles in your garment?

Am I pleased with spots and wrinkles in the garments of salvation?

Behold the power within you. You are born again of incorruptible seed by the word of God, which lives and abides forever. As a lamb without blemish and without spot, I was manifested for you. You have purified your soul in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, so love one another with a pure heart fervently. I redeemed you with precious blood, not with corruptible things as silver and gold. Now do not allow corruptible things to prevent you from loving one another. Only perfect love can successfully contend with fear. Unless you seek the love of God and abide in it, your heart will fail you for fear and for looking after the things which are coming on the earth.

Take heed to yourself. Watch and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before me. Take heed, for you do not know the time of my coming. Be ready every twinkle of an eye, for I will come suddenly and without an announcement. I say unto you and I say unto all, "WATCH."

#186

I am the good shepherd. I included you in my flock. You entered by the door into the sheepfold and not by some other way; therefore, you are not a thief or a robber. Many are attempting to enter into the sheepfold as thieves. I will reject them, for they have rejected the intimate relationship that I offered by means of the only door.

My sheep hear my voice. I call them by name and lead them. Seek to follow me, for I go before those who are mine. I have tuned your ears to know my voice. The voice of the strange shepherds is seducing many. Many are ensnared because they will not flee the stranger. My sheep do not know the voice of strangers. Go not out of the door of the sheepfold to follow those who have forsaken the right way. Your pasture is green, and your waters are still. I have led you here. Now lay down in my hand. You are safe from the thief who came to steal, to kill, and to destroy. There is life in my hand. It is abundant and full of satisfaction.

I came and gave my life for you. I have given you the example of leadership through my life as the good shepherd. Do you know each of the people in your pasture intimately?

I have given you the example. You should know them by name. They should know your voice, and you should know their voice. Many have followed the strangers because the shepherds do not know them. Arise to the example of true leadership, and get to know those I have given you.

#187

You could not find your way. You were lost. The kingdom of God was in your face, but you could not find it. I sought you and brought you into the hiding place of God. I have preserved you from trouble and compassed you about with songs of deliverance. You have been given sheep that minister to you with songs never sung before. Their songs of deliverance have been strength to you, a shepherd. Be grateful, and abound with thanksgiving. I am instructing you and teaching you in the way that you should go. I am guiding you with my watchful eyes and graceful hands of mercy. I have not treated you as a horse or mule. I have given you the intimacy of my tender love. Be glad in me and rejoice. Shout for the joy of deliverance and the fellowship of the Great Shepherd.

I brought you to fresh waters this morning and gave you a mind to eat from my hand, and drink from the veins of the fresh water in my hand. I pulled out the briars while you slept and removed the wild beasts from your dreams. I gave you peace in the night and wrapped you in hands of love. Come and follow me today. There are fresh waters and new streams of life. Fresh pastures await you as you follow me. Come and follow. Hear the direction given by me, and be led by the voice of love. There are sheep on the edges. Some are stubborn and have strayed too far. I am giving you sensitivity so that they might be rescued from the dangerous position that they graze in. Go not in your own strength or knowledge, but follow my presence. My presence shall be a comfort for them. Reach for them through my presence and not through your human spirit. The shadows of your human spirit will frighten them. Follow my presence. It is filled with peace. Come and follow me.

#188

The Light of the day has not departed from you. This light is with you always. The end of the age shall find me with you. I have promised. The promises that I make are made with love and understanding as a foundation. I am all-wise. I know the end of all things. My word has gone out of my mouth. It will not return to me void. I sent my word unto you. You are born again of incorruptible seed by the word of God, which lives and abides forever. The word of the Lord endures forever. Follow the word, and you shall not walk in darkness. The great light of truth shall keep you in the dark times. The enemy has sent a wave of darkness throughout the earth. It is the darkness of uncertainty. Do not allow it to trouble you. Let the mind of Christ dwell in you richly. You are begotten unto a lively hope by resurrection power. You have been given an inheritance that is undefiled and incorruptible. Your inheritance will not fade away. Stand fast in the liberty of Christ, and fight the good fight of faith. All the things that I have given you are reserved and kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. I have not started a good work in you and changed my mind. I am the author and the finisher; therefore, I will finish what I have started in you.

#189

April 13, 2003

My promises are sure. Be not moved away from faith. Uncertainty will not shake the foundation of your faith, for I have built you upon a foundation that is unmovable. Be of a strong mind of steadfastness. I have heard your voice and delivered your soul in peace from the battle that was against you. You cast your burden upon me, and I have sustained you. I will not suffer you to be moved. Be steadfast in the covenant. I am full of compassion. I have remembered that you are but flesh. You are a wind that passes away and then are you gone. I have prepared a place for you to go. Now totally commit yourself to me, and you shall enter into the eternal relationship with the bride and the bridegroom.

You must endure unto the end, not simply begin the race. Power to finish is in you by grace. Be not afraid of failure and the evil things that are begotten by unbelief. I have fixed your heart so that you may continue to trust in me. Be fully persuaded that your heart is established. I have placed my word in you and given you a new heart. You were once alienated and an enemy in your mind by wicked works, but you are now reconciled in the body of Christ. It is in Christ that I will present you holy, unblameable, and unreproveable in his sight. Be not moved away from this glorious gospel. Continue in the faith of Jesus, grounded and settled in the hope of glory.

#190

The wayward wander in a desert without fresh waters of life. Those who have drawn near the good shepherd drink of fresh still waters, filled with the nutrients of vitality and power. Fret not yourself because of the uncertainties of the hour, for I have not ordained you to solve these uncertainties yourself. Your good shepherd cares for you and has considered all these things aforetime. I am working out all impossibility for my own glory. None shall be able to glory in my presence, for I alone shall be glorified. I will share my glory with no other.

Lift up your head from the distressful environment that has attempted to frustrate you. I have not allowed the vapors from the pit of distress to come into me. You are in me, and I am in you. Rest from your labors, and believe that the end of all these things is a pit, but to the redeemed, their end is eternal life. Be not discouraged when you do not understand. Simply trust, and know that I will do what is best for you. I have not started you on this journey and sent you to the end of it without sufficiency. Only believe, and know that I have ordained a beautiful ending.

The cares of this life and the things that usher forth from your own mind impart the information of earthly reasoning. Reason no longer, neither counsel any longer with the ability of man, but counsel with me, and find out that I have more than enough wisdom for your situation. You are my child. Shall I cast you aside when trouble stalks you?

When perplexity attempts to overrun you, shall I hide my face from you?

Do you have compassion on your little one when she makes mistakes and end in perplexing situations?

Do you have compassion on her?

#191

I am the judge of the entire earth, and I will do right. If I, being the judge of the earth, will not have compassion on you, then where will you find help in a dilemma?

I am the Lord, your God. Regret not the sufferings and the misunderstandings that have come your way, but know that all these things are working together for your good. I am the Lord, and I change not. I have brought you to this point in life to show you of my faithfulness and to bring you to the threshold of love and faith. You have merely glimpsed the greatness of faith and love, but now do I show you of the real expression of faith and love. The light of the day prepares to leave. The brightness of my glory prepares to cease its shining upon the earth. The hammer of wrath prepares to swing and bring judgment to the ungodly and those who know me not.

Lift up your eyes unto the sky of my dwelling, and know that the issuance of my power and my spirit comes forth with exceeding, great swiftness. Lift up your eyes unto the hills of salvation, for I am doing a quick work in the earth. The redeemed prepare to ascend out of this world and unto the bosom of the Father. Lean no longer to your own understanding. Lean unto the understanding that comes from the mind of Christ. I have brought you to this place to show forth my glory. For my name's sake, I do show forth the exceeding, great power of this gospel. Know of a truth, that I am true to my word, and it shall now produce in your lifetime the glory of its essence. Lift up your head, and see the glory of the Lord.

#192

You have not wandered in a desert without the fresh waters of my love. I have given you the freshness of my provision each time you have come to my hand to eat. There is nothing stale about the food in my hand. My hand is your pasture of green grass and still water. You have grown strong in my hand. Remain in the hand of safety, and wander not into the strange fields of the last days. You are not a bastard. You know who your Father is. Many have received the Holy Ghost and do not know who gave it to them. I have given many the Spirit of adoption, and they do not know who adopted them. I have given many the Spirit of Christ and made them my own, yet many do not know that I am the Father.

Lean not into the pastures for food where the sheep and the shepherds do not know who I am. I gave some of them my Spirit to lead and guide them into all truth, not as a confirmation of their error. You cannot eat from any table except my table. Lie down beside the sheep of common faith, and abide in the pasture of worshippers who worship in spirit and in truth. Worship is not only in spirit. Many worship in spirit but in error.

I am not double-minded. Hear the mind of Christ. It is single. I have not authored an error, for I am without flaws. I have authored the spirit of truth, and another spirit has authored the spirit of error. The uncertainties of the hour have come from the spirit of unbelief. I am the good shepherd. There is no lie or darkness in me. Seek the way of my light, and you will not walk in darkness. I have shined the light of truth inside of you. It has searched your heart and convicted you of sins and transgressions. Walk while you have this light of conviction, and continue in my word. My disciples do not simply begin in my word. They continue. I have given you my everlasting word. My word is in your tongue. It is nigh you even in your mouth and in your heart.

I am speaking in my people. The voice of peace is speaking to you today. Eat the meal that I am giving you. It is fresh and filled with energy and wholesomeness. I have not brought you here to simply be filled. I have brought you the pureness that comes from my voice. You are eating from my mouth to your mouth. I knocked. You opened. Now sup with me. The result of this conversation is not going to end with you being satisfied and not ministered to.

Discouragement shall depart. Anxiety shall lift its heavy feet from your shoulders. Impatience shall be sent on a long journey to the pit of corruption. Insufficiency and weakness shall be banished to an island beneath my feet. Worry shall retreat, and make room for new confidence and dreams fulfilled. I have stretched forth my hand and poured fresh oil upon you. The words from my mouth are living words. Eat and be refreshed. The fresh water of my word has flushed out the cares of this life and the faulty information imparted from your own mind and the agitating spirits of the age. Trouble stalked you today. You did not know it was there, for as the child of royal subjects, you were guarded. Peace has surrounded you with its awesome womb, and compassion has soothed your mind with its tender touch. Meditate on what I have said unto you, and allow spiritual digestion to take its course in you.

#193

My name will be honored in you. It is already honored, yet it shall be glorified more than ever before in you, for the light of this name must shine brightly in the closing hours of darkness. The hour and the power of darkness have dominated the life of those who know not God. Those who are in bondage to the princes of the power of the air look for a light. How will they see your light if only the light of humanity shines?

The light of humanity is not bright enough for those in sin to see, for they are blind. The light of the glorious gospel is for the blind, which see not. The light of the gospel shines beyond human eyesight and penetrates to "the seeing soul." Let your light so shine that they may see you and your good works with the eyes of the soul. The light of humanism is shining, yet the masses are yet in darkness. Come to me today, and allow me to light your spirit with my Spirit. My spirit is a fire unfolding itself. It is a consuming fire that sin might be destroyed and that souls might live.

Lift up your eyes unto the True Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. I am the light of the world, and none can "put out" this light that I am. I am the Everlasting Light of Eternity, the Light of Adam, and the Light of Abraham. Without me, there is no light for that which you call wisdom. Without my wisdom, your reasoning is a mere bulb without electricity. I am the light of all true wisdom. Without my joy, you merely have gladness. Without my faith, you merely have human faith. Without my peace, you merely have the peace that the world gives. That peace can never pass your understanding, but the peace that I am passes all the understanding in the universe. Lift up your eyes unto the Eternal Light again, and allow me to shine this true light within you.

#194

I desire to baptize you with the light of love and shed "the love light" throughout your heart, your mind, your soul, and your strength then and only then will your love for me shine and express itself to me who gave it. You have tried to love me with a human love. I have given you divine love. Now allow a renewal of divine love, which is fruit of my nature and then will you rise up from the darkness of human love and have an expression of divine love. In death, the spirit, which I gave, returns to me who gave it. Now in life, the love that I gave, return it to me who gave it. I am the author of love just as I am the author of faith. You cannot be the author of your love for me, or you will perish with the humanist of the darkness. Come from your philosophies that you are drifting toward lest the winds of craftiness blow out your candle. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. Shall I light your spirit with the Holy Ghost and philosophies keep your light burning?

I will share my glory with none other. I will not share this that I do with the philosophical thinkers of the age. I am the author of this faith. Will I be the finisher?

All of the light of faith that shall be finished unto my glory shall be finished by me and not by your reasoning. Beware of the leaven of the philosophers of the age who are subtly sowing the seeds that will spoil you. I have said, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." You are complete in me; therefore, look not for another light, for I am the true light. Call for the true light, and I shall come with the radiant light of salvation. I shall shine, and the bulbs of your souls and spirits shall shine with what I am in you. I am wisdom, sanctification, redemption, power, and love. I am shining in this hour. Now cast aside all the outer works of darkness that the bushels might be removed and that the city might see your light.

#195

Many have missed my blessings and revelations because they do not receive things beyond their own gifts. There are many things revealed by prophecy that are not revealed through the word of knowledge. To one, is given by the Spirit, the word of wisdom, and to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit. Do not build a partition between your gift and the gift of the working of miracles. All the gifts are the workings of the same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as I will. The body is one, yet it has many members, and all the members are of one body. This great body, being many, is one great body, the body of Christ. The eye needs the foot, and the foot needs the eye. I have set the members in the body as it has pleased me and not man. Have you experienced the broad operations of the working of miracles?

Do not limit me in others because you have not experienced the glorious things that are happening in them. If you limit me in others, you will miss a blessing and cause others to come short in your ministry to them because you did not receive what was sent to you. The bearer of the gift will not be limited because you did not receive the fruit of his gift. You will be the loser. You have seen others lose because they rejected the fruit of your gift. Be not a loser with them in regards to the gifts that are in others. Allow me to correct your attitude in ministering the things supplied by your gift. I must correct your attitude so that the light of revelation is not reflected away from others by attitudes contrary to love. If they reject revelations because of envy, unbelief, or other reasons, then you are free of blame. The light of revelation is shining in you. Are you reflecting the light away from people, or are you being an open instrument for the light to shine unto others?

#196

Speak the truth in love, and be lowly in your communication unto others. Communicate your faith without hypocrisy and justifiable attitudes of false righteousness. Seek true righteousness and true holiness, which is without hypocrisy and dissimulation. Love is without dissimulation. Many practice hypocrisy and utter error against my word and me. They make the souls of others empty. When the thirsty drink from their mouths, their drink shall be empty. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put away everything that is of the lie. Those who do not speak the truth and pervert my word shall pervert it unto their own destruction. Do not be led away with the error of others. Receive of my grace so that you do not fall from your own steadfastness. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of me.

You have been anxious and impatient although I have shown you the end of many things. Break this cycle of circular regrets and continuous journeys to the throne with the unfairness vented upon you by others. I have shown you the end of these things, so go on to minister. Cease being preoccupied with what man can do unto you, and be preoccupied with ministry to those at the door of your lips.

Remember the man in your dream this morning. His face was vivid, and tears streamed from his eyes. He is chosen to receive of my blessings. Go unto him, and pray for him. Announce the deliverance appointed by me. Grace has knocked on your heart. Grow in it. As you trust what I have revealed, you will have grown before the next trial. You have been brought to trial. Now witness of the power of my blood, and overcome by the word of your testimony. I have placed it in your tongue. Speak what I say unto you and not what the devil and man want you to believe. You are free of the consequences of man's planning. Your future is planned and fulfilled by the same author. Rejoice. You are free.

#197

Go and say, "Lay aside the trumpet to play your own praise." The song of your own praise is not a rich melody. It is an empty tune from sounding brass and tingling cymbals. Go from the fellowship of those who say they are rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing. They are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Who they really are cannot be seen for this covering of self-righteousness. Many have become as men hidden by mounds of self-righteousness with my righteousness concealed. I desire to show you who you really are. The poverty level of your spirituality is not necessary. You may call it riches, but I say, "You will not be the rich man of God I see hidden until you have allowed the refiner's fire to make you rich." I have sat among my people as a refiner and purifier of silver. They have not counseled with me. They have sought religious experiences that are not worth anything. Allow me to purify you and purge you as gold and silver then will you offer unto me an offering in righteousness. I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire that you may be rich. The sorcerers and the psychics reign in your territories because you have not sought gold tried in the fire. You are not rich enough to close down their business of deception. Where is the salt of the earth?

Where is the light that dispels the false gods and prevents them from setting up their wares in your community?

Seek the Counselor, and ask for gold tried in the fire. You will be given riches that make you powerful enough to bail out perishing souls. Hide no longer behind the mounds of self-righteousness. Lay aside this weighty baggage, and come forth clothed with new garments instead of the filth of minstrel clothes. Lay aside the tunes of self-righteousness, and angels shall play the tunes of my righteousness. Obey these words, and come forth a new man not seen or heard before.

#198

The challenge before you is as a giant mountain in your eyesight, yet for me, the Living God, it is a pebble. The colossal walls before you are no match for my ability and my sufficiency. Measure not the task before you by your own mental instruments, but relegate all these tasks to my sufficiency and my promises. All things are possible if you believe. Remember, I am teaching you to be a spiritual mountain climber. These experiences will not be perils that destroy you. They are for your learning and your instruction. These experiences will bring new confidence into your life.

I am greater than any rope designed by man. I will not allow you to fall from the new places in the spirit that I have led you. The spiritual equipment that I have given you is flawless; therefore, fear not, I am your teacher. I have traveled this way before in my humanity. The path for you to follow is a plain path. Follow the tracks of the Son of God, and fear not. I have attached the rope of grace to your life. The rope of grace cannot be broken. Trust in my rope. The weight of your life and your mistakes are not too much for this divine rope. There are risks, yet I am greater than your inadequacies and your lack of human skills. By grace through faith, I am keeping you in every way. The fundamentals of faith have been given to you. Now allow the fundamentals of faith to respond to my faithfulness. The quality of my faithfulness is not as human faithfulness. I am faithful. Man will fail you, but I will never fail you. I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you. I have not brought you to this point in relationship with me and then decided to abandon you. I will walk through every trial with you even the valley of the shadow of death is not the end of my journey with you. Through the fire, through the waters, through the floods, through valleys, and through all man-made hindrances, I will be with you. You are not alone in this new struggle for acceptance and this struggle to understand the complex things that have come up against you. Worry not; I am the God of your salvation.

#199

Behold the strong arms of God, which hold the rope of grace that is bonded to you. The strong arms of the Lord hold fast to the rope of grace. You will not fall to the rocks below and be destroyed by the enemy. You are destined to fulfill the word of God that has gone out of my mouth. My grip is not weak and anemic. The grip of love cannot be loosed from the rope of grace that holds you. Show forth your confidence in my rope that keeps you abounding in all things. The rope of grace will not break. The sharp knives and sharp rocks of the enemy cannot cut it. This rope of grace has all strength. This strength cannot be reduced; neither can the strength of my rope be abused; therefore, fear not. I have given you the harness of faith. The belts of this harness are superior, for the faith that I have given you is unmatched. I have threaded the rope of grace to your harness of faith; therefore, be not yoked to anything of the darkness. You have taken my yoke upon yourself. Now be content in the yoke of the Lord. The equipment of the Lord for spiritual mountain climbing has no flaws and will not fail. I say again, "My equipment will not fail." You must use it and not your equipment designed by human reasoning and human trust. I am faithful and so are my words. My words are sure places to walk upon. Come and follow me. You will surely climb to the top of this mountain.

#200

Works did not justify you. You did not find me. I found you. I chose you. You did not choose me. You heard the message of salvation. The gospel was preached to you, and you heard of this faith. The foundation of this faith does not require you to stand on your own works for righteousness. Believe on Christ. I justify the ungodly, for your faith is counted for righteousness. This is the true faith. Trace the steps of Abraham, and you will comprehend the steps of Christ Jesus. I have set a door before the ungodly and invited them to enter in through the righteousness of faith. Speak the true word of God, and close the doors that make faith void and the promise of none effect. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. How will they hear without a preacher, and how will they preach except I send them?

I have sent you with a living word so that ears might be opened and comprehensive of faith. Grace waits at the door of their lips. Prophesy in their presence, and behold new ears that hear and eyes that see. Those who have been dull of hearing are crying out to hear. Those who have had hearts waxed gross with darkness are now crying out for new hearts. Those who have been spiritually blind are now crying out for mercy. I have appointed poor creatures of time to be heirs of salvation. I have elected them to be among the children of many nations having Abraham as their father. Go and speak faith to their wombs of hope, and they shall be born of the light.

Job 23:10-12

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.