Daily Bread - January 17, 2005

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

Open your mouth, and give thanks for my goodness. I have been good to you. My goodness and mercy have followed you everywhere that you have gone. You dwell in my house by the same grace that saved you. It is by grace that you are saved, and it is by grace that you will remain saved. Give thanks for my grace. I have supplied you with all things that pertain unto life and godliness. Give thanks. Many are void on the inside because they are not thankful. A thankful heart will never feel the emptiness that so many know. I have filled your heart with love and baptized you with the fire of dedication. The fire that burns inside of you is because of the grace that you have found. Noah found grace in my sight and so have you. Give thanks for what you have found.

You have kept your mind on me; therefore, have I given you perfect peace. The peace that I have given passes all understanding. Your understanding has not limited my peace, for my peace is infinite. The endless realm of my peace is beyond your finite understanding. It is unlimited. You cannot measure it, for it is immeasurable. If my people understood how vast and immense my peace is, they would trust me with all their hearts. I have given you peace that is gigantic and colossal. Give thanks for my peace. I am insignificant in the hearts of many believers. Their faith is minute and diminutive. When I come, will I find faith on the earth?

The enemy has devised tactics of war against my people to restrict the peace of the people. Go and declare that my peace is not incomplete, neither is it imperfect or inadequate. It is boundless. Consider my grace. Where would you be without it?

I am able to make all grace abound toward you so that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. The good works that you do is of me. I supply the sufficiency that makes good works possible. My righteousness remains in you; therefore, the fruit of righteousness is enriched in everything that you do. Give thanks to me for my righteousness and the exceeding grace of God in your life. Diminish your testimony about yourself and your sufficiency to zero and then will I be glorified.

I give the grace to submit yourself unto the gospel of Christ and to pray unto me with a fervent heart. Clothe yourself with humility, for I resist the proud and give grace to the humble. Humble yourself under my mighty hand, and I will exalt you in due time. Cast all your care upon me. I care for you. Be sober, and be vigilant because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him steadfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. I am the God of all grace, and I have called you unto my eternal glory. After you have suffered awhile, I will make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, and settle you. Give thanks. I have made you glad. Now serve me with gladness. Come before my presence with singing, thanksgiving, and praise. I will inhabit these expressions and make you an overcomer in all things.

Amos 3: 7 - 8

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?