Daily Bread - March 10, 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.

You have given thanks. I have received those thanks as a sweet savor of incense is received. In my nostrils, they were a sweet odor unto me. I have answered your expression already, for I did see and know before this time what you would do. I have already answered with a blessing that is much greater and much sweeter than all of your praises.

I bless, and I curse. The damned are cursed. The wrath of the Lord shall surely be poured out upon the earth, and my judgment shall not be stayed. I will rain down judgment upon the earth and the ungodly. All those who obey not the gospel and know me not shall feel the fire of my judgment. Fire and brimstone shall be rained down upon all those who know me not and obey not the gospel. Be fully persuaded of your faith, and entrust not these precious things into the hands of swine. Cast not your pearls before swine, or they shall turn and rend you. I have given you precious things and plenteous redemption. Continue to give thanks, and you shall see clearer in the future.

I have come and wiped away the cement from your heart. I have softened it by my spirit and by my word. Boast not of your own doings, for you can do nothing without me. Give honor and glory unto your king, and know the peace that passes all understanding. I am the light of your heart. Your own heart is desperately wicked and deceitful. You cannot even know it, but the heart that I gave is not hardened. It is a new heart of flesh without the stony characteristics. Submerge yourself in gratitude, and experience the new thing that I am doing in your life. Totally submerge yourself in a spirit of gratitude, and watch what I will do in your life. If you submerge yourself in gratitude, you shall be as a submarine with mighty torpedoes of praise that shall sabotage the structures of defeat, which are in the waters all about you. Come. Let us journey down in humility. Open your mouth with thanksgiving coming deep from your innermost being and then shall you sink out of sight and out of reach of the effect of all the fiery weapons that are being fired at you now.

I have said that, "If a man shall be my disciple, let him first deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me." How will you be my disciple when you are still first in your life?

Make me the Lord of your life today and then will you find self-denial a joy and a pleasure. I have victories that you have never tasted. I have pleasures on my right hand that you have never beheld. I have food that you have never tasted. I have blessings that have never flowed in man's cup. I have healing that you cannot find in a doctor's office. I have power that the world does not know. My love for you is greater than any love. Look again to the expression of my cross, and there will you find the secret of denial's success. When you have submitted to denial's call, then shall you lay down the many burdens that you bear. Bear these many things no longer. You bear them needlessly. The pains that come with all these things are meant to bring you to a new life in still waters. Follow the path of denial, and there will you find rest from the sounds of the enemies' artillery. Submerge yourself in gratitude, and there will you be hidden from the bombs of deception.

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?