#76

God has heard the voice of his people. Some are in very deep valleys and in great distress. I will open my ears unto the voices of those in desperate need. Faint is the sound of many of their voices. Just above a whisper, some cry out. With very little clarity, many speak but are not understood. The friends that should stick close to these are asleep. I purpose not to let my response be according to their faithfulness. Many times their unfaithfulness is rooted in their weakness because they do not have a friend. I will not be hasty in judging the actions of the people, for many times their actions are the expressions of weak, friendless people who have lost hope in the faith. I will go and raise the hope of the people with the love of a friend. God's word is in me, and by my words, strength will be restored to those weak in the faith. The language of the weak is not an unknown tongue. Those who call themselves friends do not hear their speech, for the love of many is waxing cold. I warm by the fire of the Lord's word in me.

I allow the fire of praise to shoot forth inside of me. I determine to speak in psalms and hymns that bring these fiery praises unto the hearts of the weak. The friendship in the body must grow beyond being associates in the faith. Many are only companions in a common cause. This is friendship, but I purpose to not allow my friendship to remain so small.

Love and trust are growing in me; therefore, my friendship will not remain distant. I will grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord. If I am righteous, my friendship will flourish as the palm tree. I will be as the dew unto those who are dry. My roots will be a strong support. My branches will spread beyond my own tree, and my beauty will be as the olive tree. The fragrance of my praise will have a pleasant odor. I will stretch forth the shadow of my friendship and cover others during their heated trials. I will water the friendless and revive them as fertile corn. God has joined me to abundant grace. I will now give the same grace to others whose reach has been shortened by the famine of the hearing of the Lord's word.

 

#77

God has arisen with healing in his wings. I will go forth as a grown calf of the stall. The energy of the word within me shall tread down the wicked devices. The works of the wicked shall not stand, for they shall be ashes under the soles of my feet. The Sun of righteousness has arisen, and the breath of his sun causes new growth in the body of Christ. Those being born into Christ must be loved as I love my own soul. I will go and proclaim the need of friendship born of the Sun of righteousness and grow with the love of the Christ. I proclaim a love that is willing to strip self of its robe that it might be given to his brother. Many have garments, possessions, and many things. I will remain heavy in the journey until I have stripped myself of my gain and shared it with my brother. I have not been defeated in my past battles. Others have strengthened me when I was weak. I behold the multitudes that come against the weak. I cry out for help and strengthen my brothers and sisters. The Lord has called me friend. He is the God of heaven that rules all the kingdoms of the earth. In his hand, is power and might, and no one is able to withstand him. Though my friends are weak, his covenant is strong. I offer praise unto him. I come to the Lord, and I go with him to drive out the evil that has sought to destroy those who are weak in friendship.

 

#78

I cast all my cares upon the Lord. He cares for me. He has cared for me in my valleys. On my mountaintops, he has been my provider. Through the storms, he has made my way secure. Through the fiery trials, he has kept me focused. In my wars with spiritual wolves, he has been my guide. During the times of great hurt, he has healed me and kept me from bitterness. In everything, he has been faithful. He is with me always even to the end of the age.

There is war in the earth and great war in the heavens. I take up the weapons of my warfare during this onslaught against the mind. Spirits have assaulted the people in their dreams with sensual darts of lust. Many beget lust in their dreams and do not pray through this subtle conception when they awaken. The people must learn to think on the right things while they are awake. They must keep their hearts at all times. God's people must give him all their heart and let their eyes observe his ways. By grace, I will set no wicked thing before my eyes.

I seek to find wisdom and get understanding. I sow wisdom as a tree while I am awake. While I sleep, wisdom shall bring me the riches of peaceful sleep and her ways of pleasantness. My sleep shall become a beautiful garden to walk through in safety. It shall become a place to lie down and not be afraid. It shall become a place where my thoughts and my ways are sweet and undefiled. I sow wisdom and discretion. By wisdom, the Lord founded the earth, and by understanding, the heavens were established. I will keep these things before my eyes and my ears, and they shall be life throughout my sleep.

 

#79

God is the confidence of those who love wisdom and understanding. He will be my counsel at all times, and his reins shall instruct me in my night seasons. Many have been moved to the chambers of lust and pride because they do not set the Lord always before their faces and their hearts. I will bring him back to my right hand, and I will not be moved to the dungeons of war in my sleep. I set the Lord before me, and my heart shall be glad. My flesh shall rest in hope, not in fear and lust. The Lord is with me. I must stay with him. He will keep me in perfect peace if my mind is stayed on him. The path of life will be shown to me. This path shall not become the path of death and fear while I rest. In his presence, is fullness of joy. At his right hand, there are pleasures forevermore. I will keep my eyes ever toward him. He is the one who has plucked my feet out of the net of the enemy. I will show forth love toward him, and I will love him with my whole heart.

The light of the body is the eye. I will allow God to be the focus of my eye, and my whole body will be full of light while I sleep and while I am awake. I fill my body with the light of my God, having no part dark then shall the whole body be full of light, and my dreams and my sleep shall be as a bright shining candle of love and peace. The Lord shall satiate me with the things of the Lord and replenish me with perfect peace. I shall awaken and meditate upon sleep that was sweet unto me, not the desolate sleep of lust and pride. I will sleep and bear the sweet fruit of understanding with dreams from God.

 

#80

God is faithful. God is faithful. God is faithful.

I do not doubt. His promises are sure. They will come to pass. I have need of patience. In my patience, I possess my soul. By grace, I will not falter at the finish line. I must endure unto the end to win and be saved. A clear path has been made for my feet. A heavenly convoy has been given to me. The ministering spirits sent with me are greater in power, might, and knowledge than any earthly bodyguards. I am secure from all the wiles of the devil. I will be assured of heavenly attendants escorting me. This is a faithful band. Now I look to the plain path paved by heaven's procession.

The Lord has never left me alone. He is with me unto the end of the age. He has eternal life dwelling within me, and a place is prepared for me. He is preparing to receive his bride unto himself. She shall be with him forever. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and she shall be changed. Immortality awaits her as a beautiful garment. Incorruptibility anticipates a time to be her adornment. In victory, death will be swallowed up. Death's sting made her his slave. Blinded by the venom of death, she was held as a slave in the chambers of sin. She shall be changed, and her cry of victory shall sound. She shall say, "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?"

I will continue in Christ, for he is giving me the victory through the Lord, Jesus Christ. God is faithful; therefore, I will be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as I know that my labor is not in vain in the Lord.

 

#81

I am built upon the rock of revelation. The gates of hell will not overpower the revelation of who God is. I continue to trust in him. The revelation of God cannot be moved. It will abide forever. No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper. Every tongue that shall rise against me in judgment shall be condemned. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and my righteousness is of him. He has given me eternal life. I shall not perish, and no man shall pluck me out of the Lord's hand. He has justified me. Now there is no one who can condemn me. I lift up my eyes, and I behold the battle being won by the heavenly company sent from God. I behold the battle. It is the Lord's. Now I prepare to enjoy the victory.

 

#82

I lift my eyes and heart unto the certainty that is in God. There is no uncertainty in him. He is the Light of the world. The darkness of uncertainty is not a factor in his mind. I will not allow unessential equations to be formulated in my mind because of wonder. I do not need to know what the future holds in its hands. He has placed me in the bosom of his omnipresence. The light of his bosom is a resting place from the amazement created in the womb of the unknown. The unknown is like a dark city with no lights and occupied with strange creatures speaking mysteries. I enter the city limits of tomorrow speaking in unknown tongues, and I will turn on the city lights of the dark, lonely streets. I speak in unknown tongues, and I shall author and write known truths on billboards in the darkness of uncertainty. The light of tongues shall remove the shadows from today, and I will walk into tomorrow through a skyline of strength and peace.

#83

Through the smog of my human understanding, a vision of tomorrow is only seen clearly through the eyes of God. Darkness and light are the same to him. I give my hand back to the Lord, and I rest in his bosom. I will escape into the smog of my own human limits, but I will return unto the safety of God's unlimited presence. The wings of the night will take me on a fearful journey if I venture into the suburbs of wonder. I accept the thoughts from the mind of Christ, and I allow his hands to lead me. His right hand shall hold me. Though the darkness covers me and the night becomes the only light about me, this darkness cannot hide from God. The night shines as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike unto him. I will hide myself in the womb of his presence. He will possess my reins. He covered me in my mother's womb and made me fearfully and wonderfully. He made me in secret and brought me through the darkness of the womb of humanity. My mother's womb did not fail. The womb of tomorrow shall not fail. The abortionist shall not slay me or my future. In the Eternal God, I am preserved. Today's birth pangs shall not affect the work of the Lord's hands. Through the dark channels of time's womb, I am safe and secure. The light of his design for my life does not have to be discovered. It continually shines throughout the deep things of the darkness. It even brings out to light the shadow of death and banishes it from the chambers of today and tomorrow.

God has told me of words spoken in bedchambers and behind closed doors. Now he tells me of the secrets of wisdom. The secrets of wisdom are double to that which is. He has not removed me from the presence of wisdom. He has hidden me in the womb of understanding. He sees the ends of the earth. He sees all that is under heaven. He speaks and tells me of the security of today and the surety of my peace through the smog of uncertainty. A strong city of peace is declared and prepared. As I came through the womb of my mother without human awareness of my future, so shall I come through the womb of time unto the reality of eternity. I behold the fear of the Lord that is wisdom and to depart from evil, is understanding.

 

#84

God has lifted up his voice inside of me as the Faithful Witness and contradicted the testimony and the accusation of my adversary. Grace is in me to enable me to endure the contradiction of these foes. They have been heard before, and their case against the Lord has never stood before the Judge of the entire earth. I do not allow their contradiction to stand before me as confusing factors in my life. Faith is the evidence that has contradicted the established arguments of my opposition. Faith has stood the test of every foe. Though my foes declare and assert that I will be defeated, the spirit of prophecy, which is God's testimony, is an assertion of the contrary to their affirmative. The Lord has not come to endorse the devil's accusations against me. He has come to offer a rebuttal that cannot be denied. His testimony shall stand. In the flesh, he endured all the contradictions of sinners against him. He is in me to enable me to endure all the contradictions of my foes. There is no lawyer greater than my heavenly counselor. God shall put all the devil's prosecutors to shame. The truth can only be contradicted with words. The outcome of the contradiction has no effect. I can do nothing against the truth but for the truth. God is for me. Now no one can be against me.

 

#85

I look to God's credibility, and I cease looking at my own. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The Lord has demonstrated the power of the gospel in the earth in many lives. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth. In the gospel of Christ, the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith. The just shall live by faith. The righteousness of God is manifested without the law. The righteousness of God is by the faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all those that believe. There is no difference. God is not a respecter of persons, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. I am justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Christ was set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God. This was done to declare his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of those who believe in Jesus. This gave no space for anyone to boast. The law of faith has excluded boasting; therefore, I contradict the accuser of the brethren with my confession of faith, and I hold fast to it without wavering.

 

#86

The dispute of the enemy cannot stand against God's righteousness. I have received remission of sins through baptism in his name. He has declared me righteous and adorned me with a robe of righteousness. He is the Lord, my righteousness that lives inside of me. I am pitched inside and outside with the righteousness of God. I will not drown in this flood of accusations. He has given me faith and grace to endure this contradiction of foes. Exhaustion shall not prevail. The hand of the enemy shall not deny me access to his promises. He has brought me manna from heaven. During a time of famine, I have plenty. The hearing of the words of God has dropped down like rain. I eat the bread of my profession, and I confess what he has said unto me. The enemy cannot resist this testimony. Each time the enemy opens his mouth against me, he contradicts himself. His self-contradiction is his own downfall. My rebuttal has silenced the response of the enemy's confrontation. Without an argument, God has justified me. Now there is no one that can condemn me.

 

#87

I do not allow my human knowledge to rule in my heart and mind. A very subtle enemy has been sent as a spiritual general against me. I am no match for the wiles of this enemy using intuition and experience as the foundation for judgment. If I lean to my own understanding, I will only glimpse the victory I could have experienced. My own understanding will only foster suspicion that will impress my mind with trees of knowledge. These trees of knowledge that come from the seeds of suspicion will only create forests of unknown and unwanted fruit. My practical knowledge is insufficient. It will only create a curtain for the enemy to hide behind. Human knowledge cannot make me aware of spiritual things.

I lean on the Lord and listen for his voice. He is the Author of my being. He is all-wise, all-powerful, and all-knowing. He is the head of this foe. This foe uses the unknown as a skillful tool to conceal direction and simplicity. I will not allow self-confidence to mask my mind. I do not wear that mask, which leads to a spiritual ambush. The power of redemption is working on my behalf. The Lord has saved me by grace, and he is keeping me by grace. I must trust him and not lean to my own understanding. Man's own understanding can become a secret place for my enemy to hide. I do not allow my own understanding to become a secret path for a spiritual ambush. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble; therefore, I walk through the secured door of humility, and I will close off the back stairs of pride.

 

#88

God is exposing this enemy and leading me around the pitfalls in my path. The enemy may lie in ambush and conceal himself behind the veil of the unknown, but the Lord is my refuge, a sanctuary of peace. He is not my last resort. He is my only resort in the war against principalities and powers. These spirits are rulers of the darkness of this world. I make my home in his grace as I enter through the door of humility. His grace is sufficient for me. A diversion has been created. I am not a fugitive; therefore, I do not allow suggestions in the spirit realm to lure me into the enemy's loophole. God does not need a loophole. He is God, and he is the light. I walk in the light, and I do not look for a diversion through the unknown.

The Lord's sheep know and hear his voice. I hear the voice of confidence in God, and I am not sealed inside of trouble through the doors of ignorance. I allow ignorance to be simple backgrounds that I ignore. I leave these backgrounds to the Lord. He understands them. I see through a glass darkly. There is no film over God's eyes. He knows all things. The suspense that I feel has not perplexed him. I place my trust in him completely, and this enemy will not embarrass me. The sword of embarrassment is drawn. I do not search for its origin or its direction, for that is merely a leap in the dark. I give him my heart, mind, soul, and spirit, and I am not entangled by my words. I simply trust in God. He is faithful. He has halted the swing of the pendulum that has swung before my face. I do not place my hand to it to stabilize it. I will only increase its swing, for doubt shall unsettle the balance.

God has given me the faith to rely on his faithfulness. Faith is not leading me to trust in doubtful meanings and uncertain expressions. He has not sent me riddles and puzzles. He has extended the hand of God to guide me. I now follow him as he shows me what is on the other side of the unknown. A dark glass is not my mirror of direction. The way through this ambush is past my comprehension. It is beyond the depth of my knowledge and understanding. The seal of secrecy is known of the Lord; therefore, I trust him. The unknown has no secrecy and no privacy in his presence. I hide myself in his presence. The fullness of joy is my bed. I rest in God.

#89

God has given me a tree of life. I eat the fruit of this tree, and I will have spiritual nourishment. The strength derived from this tree is necessary in my walk. I do not follow the spiritual invalids of the age. They are not able to focus on the priority of life. Being without strength, they are no longer focused on God as their first love. They have become invalids in spiritual convalescent homes. I cannot eat from the devil's table and the Lord's table. No man can serve two masters. I will love one and hate the other. Some say that they love the Lord with their mouths and stretch forth their hands and rob him in tithes and offerings. Righteousness is far from them, for they are thieves. The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. I am not deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. They have chosen to walk after the flesh and journey to the pit of corruption. Corruption shall not inherit incorruption.

The works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. God has washed and sanctified them, but they returned to the wallow and their pits. He justified them in his name and by his Spirit, yet they counted this an unholy thing. Now they are handicapped and counted with the shut-in. Their spiritual wheelchair cases do not give glory unto his name. I will not join the bedridden at the table of the Lord's enemy. With their mouths, they say they are his friends. By their actions, they profess that they hate him. They honor him with their lips, but their hearts are far from him. I will go and declare the power of the cross. Those who are his have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; therefore, I will not deny its power to enable me to live in the Spirit.

 

#90

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; therefore, I should be ashamed to live ungodly. I will go and preach repentance. The tree of life is in my midst. I invite the invalids who have been misled by the voices of corrupt spirits to come and eat genuine fruit. I invite them to eat the fruit of the tree where strength is found. I invite them to eat the fruit of love again and then will they have strength to obey the Lord. I invite them to eat the fruit of joy again and then will they have strength to worship him in spirit and in truth. I invite them to eat the fruit of peace again and then will they have strength to forgive. I invite them to eat the fruit of longsuffering again and then will they have strength to be patient with others. I invite them to eat the fruit of gentleness again and then will they have strength to be sensitive to the needs of others and compassionate toward all. I invite them to eat the fruit of goodness again and then will they have strength to be honest and upright in all things. I invite them to eat the fruit of faith again and then will they have strength to believe that all things are possible. I invite them to eat the fruit of meekness again and then will they have strength to be submissive and modest. I invite them to eat the fruit of temperance again and then will they have strength to restrain themselves and exercise self-control in all things. The fruit of life has been made available. The vehicle of grace is waiting on all who repent and submit themselves. Heavenly attendants are waiting to assist those who desire nourishment and nutriments from on high. The strength of the living word from the tree of life shall supply energy, vigor, and health to all that come. I will go and say, "Rise and be strengthened. Rise and be healed."

 

#91

Iniquity is abounding as a storm blanketing the earth. The people of the earth will lose their ability to love because of this cold storm. The love of many is waxing colder than ever before. God has brought me grace to endure unto the end. Grace brought me to the kingdom, and grace shall keep me in the kingdom. Man cannot remove me from the Lord's kingdom. He bought me with the blood of Christ and his sufferings. He did not bring me this far to lose me because of man's concept of God's word. I am being persecuted because of the word. I will not be offended, for the Lord has told me this would happen. This is for his name's sake; therefore, I gird up the loins of my mind. I am sober, and I hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto me at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

I stand having my loins girt about with the truth. I am not wrestling against flesh and blood. I am wrestling against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. I take unto myself the whole armor of God that I may be able to withstand in this evil day. Having done all to stand, I stand having my loins girt about with the truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness. I shod my feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Above all, I take the shield of faith wherewith I shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. I take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Rhema of God. I pray always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. I watch with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. God will give me the utterance of Rhema that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.

I do not despise the restraints that I feel. They are protecting me. God will call on me to speak then I shall speak boldly as I ought to speak. I remember that the love of many is waxing colder. The power lines of love are out in many places. Mighty trees are falling in this hour because they have been covered with sleety love. Their lights are going out, and gross darkness is affecting the eyesight of many. This icy deluge has influenced their hearts, and their voices now speak without clear direction. The broadcasts of their messages are not clear. They are confused and too proud to admit their errors in judgment. They continue to speak with forked tongues from double minds. The Lord will cancel their flights to heaven because the conditions of their hearts leave them unprepared for the flight of consuming fire.

 

#92

The storm of cold love is causing many tragedies among the people. Many are dumping their cold love on others, making the journey hazardous for the pilgrims. The cold fights among brethren are canceling the salvation of souls. I will not travel these roads. I cannot travel them without casualties. The hot waters of revival will cease among them. The cold love of the hour will foster forms of godliness with no power, for God will not join them in their war against each other. I determine not to fight with them and will not resist their evil plots. I will not cancel my flight to heaven to engage in selfish conflicts among proud men. The Lord is reaching for my hand. I give him my heart, and my hands will submit to his way. He has grace to give me. The prophets inquired and searched diligently for what he has given me. They prophesied of the grace that he is extending unto me today. I have prophesied with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. Though men reject the ministry within me, I will not challenge them. I have nothing to prove. God will confirm the truth of his calling. I make up my mind to pass the time of my sojourning here in fear. He is not a respecter of persons.

 

#93

Words and schemes are afflicting me. Some words are meant to kill me and my ministry. Hatred is spewing, and offenses are rampant. Many are being offended, and many are betraying one another. Many hate one another. The sorrows of the age announce the approaching of the skyline of heaven and of hell. I make up my mind not to be offended in God because I am reproached for the Rhema of God. I am blessed; therefore, I will not be a reed shaken by this cold wind. I warm by the sword of the Spirit. Its fire will light my path. Its flame shall keep my heart from the frostbite of the age. Its light shall be my refuge. I put up my sword to defend myself. If I live by it, I will perish by it. God brought me to this place to live and give life. I determine not to halt here to bite with others. I cease defending myself and the truth of the spirit of prophecy that is within me. It will speak and stand for itself. I will go preach the living word. It will not fail. Abraham believed in the voice of God. Now I believe in it, and the righteousness imputed unto me shall make my prayers effectual. The Lord is my defense. He is my counselor. I accept his counsel unto me. I am not alone. I believe.

 

#94

The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe. There is no force that can penetrate the strong tower of the Lord's name. I run into his name and I dwell there. God has given me his name as a place of refuge from the storm of iniquity, principalities, powers, and every evil force. I will not be disturbed by the things around me or the things that have come against me. There is stability in the name of the Lord. Though the things around me are unsettled and confused, his name is not a revolving tower that is turned because of the restlessness and confusion outside of it. I rest in my name. There is no war inside of the tower of his name. There is peace here. All the wars are from without. I determine not to fight the unseen forces that I hear. They all have significance, but I will leave the gravity of these things to God. I will go and allow the gift in me to speak. The gift has made room for me. Now I will not take the detour designed by adversity. I had turned unto the open roads along man's detour. The Lord has redirected my path and brought me to the plain path of his name. The fights among brethren are plentiful. They continually bite and devour one another. The enemy does not need to attack them. They are destroying one another.

Many are motivated by pride. They contend to be the greatest. I will go and serve others then will I please the Lord and find great rewards. I look into the distance along the by-pass from love. I behold the war among brethren and how senseless the deaths of great men are. I behold how many are slain by their own swords as they slay their brothers. I behold the enemy importing pride and the lust for power. I behold the subtle weapons of greed being imported and smuggled in hearts of covetousness. All these things are being done in the name of the Lord. I will go and follow Jesus, and he will lead me away from this by-pass.

 

#95

My help is not in my own defense. My help is not in the politics of men. My help is in the name of the LORD who made heaven and earth. I place my trust in God. He made the heavens. He made the waters. I praise the name of the LORD. He commanded and the heavens and the waters were created. He stablished them forever. The Lord made a decree, which shall not pass. I have run to his name. His name alone is excellent, for his glory is above the earth and heaven.

I do not build a tower myself, or I will only own another Babel. I will not build a strong city made out of man's wealth, or I will only own walls made out of my own conceit. I will not be haughty, for I will only invite destruction unto my bosom. I determine not to allow arrogance to seduce me. Arrogance comes in many fashions. I will adorn myself in humility, and arrogance will not find me in the tower of grace. God has called me to honor me. Before honor is humility. A proud man chooses to receive a wounded spirit. A humble man is strong enough in grace to defend against a wounded spirit. No one can bear a wounded spirit. I refrain myself from this foolish war, and I allow the gift within me to make room for me. It will bring me before great men. The truly great men of the age are not in the war along the by-pass. The by-pass is filled with offended brethren. A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. Their contentions are like the bars of a castle. I cast down my bars of contention and pick up peace. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. Those who are the Lord's will not kill, nor destroy good names. I behold the name of the LORD and trust in it. It is my rock and my shield. A fortress has been supplied for me. Here is safety. I dwell in the name of the LORD.

 

#96

God has heard the cry of his people. They have called on the name of the LORD, and they shall be delivered. He has called them, and they have responded. He is good and ready to forgive. He is plenteous in mercy unto them that call upon him. I have prayed, and he has answered. He has spoken direct utterances in my hearing. He has chosen me to bear his name before many and to preach the living word. I will not be weary in well doing, and I will not faint. The Lord has sent help and understanding. My strength shall increase, and my words shall confound the adversaries. I will go preach Jesus, and I will not worry about those who seek to destroy me.

A heavenly visitation will be given to me. This experience will change me forever, and a new boldness in preaching shall spring forth. I will preach in the name of Jesus boldly. Though I preach in the name of Jesus, those who bear his name will persecute me. There are many that wear his name but despise his word. They despise prophecy. The evident token of my blessedness is manifest through their hatred and separating me from their company. They reproach me and cast out my name as evil for his sake, for he has sent me.

I rejoice during this time of persecution. I leap for joy. My reward is great in heaven, for in like manner did men unto the prophets. Many love the praises of men more than the praise of God. They will not risk being cast out of their sanctuaries. The spirit of deception will cause them to think that they are doing God service by destroying me. I will not fear. I am being marked for his blessing. Though they think they are branding me for evil, I am being stamped for the Lord's benefit.

 

#97

I was not looking for God when he was made manifest unto me. I was seeking stardom and attempting to make a name for myself. He has called me to magnify his name. Those who magnify it shall suffer for it. I call upon it today. He will grant me more grace and peace. I offer thanks for the grace of God that is given to me that in everything I am enriched by God, in all utterance and in all knowledge. He will confirm the testimony of Christ in me so that I come behind in no gift. The Lord is coming soon. I pray for those who persecute me and say all manner of evil against me. The name of the LORD has become a guide and a specific direction for me. He has authorized me to use his name. This authorization will not fail. Spirits recognize me. His name is a means of recognition. I will pen my mouth and point his name in the direction before me. It is a bright light before me. The spirits that have withstood me must bow at his name. I am authorized to use his name. I speak and these spirits will obey me. They are subject to me in his name. His name is a tower of strength. I will walk in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. I am fortified and preserved in this stronghold. The King of the tower has stretched forth his arm to fend for me. His right hand keeps the opposition away from me. Now I will be fully confident that the hand of the Lord will beat off all foes.

 

#98

I do not look for the limelight of religious politics. The legal representatives of religious zealots will slay me for a spot before one another in their moments of fleshly glory. If I must slay someone's name to assure that I remain exalted, then God did not exalt me. He who exalts himself shall be abased. He who abases himself shall be exalted. I will humble myself under the mighty hand of the Lord. I submit myself to God, and I will resist the devil, and he will flee from me.

The accuser of the brethren is a ruthless prosecutor. The Lord has taken the stand on my behalf. He is the Faithful Witness. He is in me to give his own testimony for me. He is present to give the testimony of Jesus Christ on behalf of those redeemed by precious blood and forgiven of their sins. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. If I cast aside the spirit of prophecy, there is no way that I can hear his testimony.

God knows that I am guilty and so is every man. There is no one that is without sin. I throw down my stones of judgment, for all have sinned and come short of the Lord's glory. Whosoever judgest another, condemnest himself and is inexcusable, for he that judgest, doest the same things. God's judgment is according to truth against all that commit such things. If I judge them, which do such things and I do the same, then I will not escape the judgment of God.

I desire mercy for others, and I will not allow hardness of heart to become a rocky treasure for me. I will only take unto myself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment when he renders to every man according to his deeds. I will not obey unrighteousness, indignation, and wrath. God is against all that do evil, and there is no respect of persons with him.

The Lord is the righteous defender, but he will not take the cases of those that do evil and destroy others. I will render good for evil. I allow my great trial of affliction to be unto his glory. In my trials, the abundance of joy should abound unto the riches of liberality. In my trials, I will take upon myself the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. They are in need. They are hurting. They are in heaviness. I will teach them to greatly rejoice so that the trial of their faith, which is much more precious than of gold that perisheth though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, honor, and glory at God's appearing. The Lord desires to see his people rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of their faith even the salvation of their souls.

 

#99

I have listened to the complaining spirits among the people. They think that their trials are strange. They are inexperienced as they are being engaged in the fiery trials of the last days. I will teach them to rejoice and not think of their fiery trials as strange. The trials have come to try them, and prepare them to be glad with exceeding joy when the Lord comes. The fiery trials are to purge and to make them white. Their trials prepare them for good works. Every man's work shall be made manifest. The fire of God shall try every man's work of what sort it is. God knows the way that they take. He is trying his people, and many shall come forth as gold. I look unto his word, and I will not go back from the commandment of his lips. I esteem the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. His word will assure that I will be refined. I do not despise the furnace of affliction and persecution. The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold.

God is trying the hearts of his people in the fire. He will refine them, and he will bring them through the fire. He is the refiner and the purifier. I glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope; and hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.

Love will cause me to believe all things. I believe that God is the author and the finisher. He has begun a good work in me, and he will perform it. He commended his love toward me while I was a sinner. His love will assure that I will be saved from wrath because I am justified by his blood. I take the witness stand and offer a good confession. I will not fear. He reconciled me to himself by the death of the Son. Now that I am reconciled, much more, he will save me in my trials by the life of the Son. I count all these things joy, knowing this, that the trying of my faith worketh patience. I will allow patience to have her perfect work that I may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. I rejoice. The fire and furnace of my tribulation shall not destroy me. I shall come forth like gold.

 

#100

God is the author and the finisher of my faith. I look unto him. I set his joy before me, and I will endure my cross. The threat of shame shall not silence my faith. I continue looking unto the Lord. He has taken my hand in his hand. I lay aside my weights and besetting sins, and I run with patience the race that is set before me.

The Lord will not cast me aside, neither will he help evil doers. He will fill my mouth with laughing and my lips with rejoicing. Everyone who hates me shall be clothed with shame, and their dwelling place shall come to naught. God has taken up the cause against me. He will fight against that which is unjust. He is my shield and my buckler. His spear is against my foes. He has shut up the way of those that persecute me, for he is my salvation. My foes shall be confounded and put to shame. They shall be turned back and brought to confusion. They shall be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the Lord shall chase them. Their way shall be dark and slippery. The angel of the Lord shall persecute them. Though men hide their nets for me in a pit and dig for my soul, they shall be ashamed and brought to confusion. God will clothe them with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me. Confusion shall cover them as a mantle.

The Lord stands at the right hand of the poor to save them from those that condemn their soul. I have sought God in truth. He will give me understanding that I may keep his commandments. He has turned away reproach and granted me victory in the face of darkness and cruel judgment. In this trial, I have bought gold tried in the fire that I may be rich and clothed with white raiment. The shame of my nakedness shall not appear. My eyes are anointed with eye salve so that I may see.

I stand fast in the faith. I believe with all my heart that my old man is crucified with Jesus, and the body of sin is destroyed so that I do not serve sin. I am dead with Christ because of baptism and freed from sin. I am crucified with Christ, but I live. It is not me that is living, but Christ is living in me. Christ is living his life out in me; therefore, I may walk in his steps, for grace has abounded on my behalf. I do not frustrate this mighty grace. He has given me righteousness because of faith. Righteousness has set me in the way of his steps and exalted me out of the snare of self-righteousness.

 

 

 

Hebrews 10:22 - 23

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

 

 

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.