#397

I was conceived in sin and shapened in iniquity. I had no choice as to who I would be by natural birth, but I do have a choice as to who I will become by spiritual birth. I was not responsible for being born a sinner, but the full responsibility rests upon me as to whether I will remain one. I can be born a saint today, or I can keep the shackles of sin that were mine when I came into this world. It would be foolish to march to my judgment without the payment price for sins in my life's account. My march in this life could be the march of life to the rhythm of God's love and not the march of death to the tune of spiritual taps and the rhythm of a heart's deep regret. The judgment seat of Christ is not the place to make this decision, but today at the throne of grace, is the day to make my decision concerning life and death.

Jesus is a merciful God; therefore, he has presented to me the offer of love. He who believes in him shall never die, yet belief is not simply a confession of the mouth but a confession from the heart and mouth. After which, belief must be demonstrated by the obedience of faith in his death, burial, and resurrection. I must believe and die with him in baptism. If I have not died with him in the waters of baptism, I will not rise to walk with him in this life and the life to come.

I have allowed the waters of life to bring death to me, and now will these same waters lift me unto life with him. The waters that drowned all who were disobedient in the days of Noah also saved Noah and his family. They were saved by water, for the waters of the flood lifted them above the judgment that was in the water. The Lord has come and offered to lift me from the fire of judgment by offering me the Holy Ghost and fire to lift me from the fire of hell's judgment. I have waded into the waters of baptism, and the fire of love has lifted me from the judgment that is the fire of hell. God has said, "He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who believes not shall be damned." His love has stretched forth its arms for me as he has already manifested the fruit of faith to strengthen me that I may be able to hear and obey.

 

#398

I heard the voice of justice and judgment as it cried to taste my blood. I heard the voice of spirits in the halls of revenge as they cried out to have me listed with the damned. I heard the voice of jealousy as the accusers of mankind cried out to have me cast into the chambers of torment. If I had listened carefully with hearing ears, then I would have known that all who are born shall die. A man is born of a woman and of a few days, yet all his days are full of trouble. The Lord has assured me of an eternal existence of peace where there are no more days and nights. Time shall be no more, yet time in the dimension of time will present me with the opportunity to choose eternity in the light of love or in the darkness of the devil's judgment. As Moses went to Egypt and demanded the deliverance of Jacob's children, he has offered himself for my debts in sin's slavery camp and demanded my freedom from the cruel masters of bondage.

I behold his cross of judgment for me again. I behold his/ blood for my redemption again. I behold his sufferings for me. I will not remain a captive when such an expensive offering has been given for my freedom. I will not remain a spiritual pauper when such extraordinary riches have been laid up for me in a kingdom that cannot be conquered.

There are many soldiers of his cross who are enjoying the riches of God's exceeding, great kingdom. If I listen to the voices of Satan's army, I will be deceived and never act upon the faith within me, which shall cause me to join the wealthy warriors of Christ.

Many voices speak to discourage my expression of faith. Many voices of unbelief suggest reasons to wait on treasures upon the earth. I will believe the voices of deceit unless I offer myself as a sacrifice upon the cross of self-denial. I offer myself to God today, and my vision into the heavenlies will not be in vain. The Lord has sent for my help from the hills of heaven. Now I embrace the faithfulness of his promises and abide in the joy supplied by love.

 

#399

Imaginations can never reveal to me the truth and accuracy of the past, present, and the future. The spirit of wisdom and of revelation must reveal to me the truth of God's word lest I find myself in the army of the deceived. There is an army of people traveling in the dark ditches of error. There is a word from the Lord in this last day. I have heard the voice of prophecy in my ears, and I do not walk after the voices of lust and pride. Many have sat in the institutions of lust and spiritual pride but have not learned of God's ways and the Lord. I come and sit at his feet again, and he will teach me of the way of the last days. He is meek and lowly. I humble myself under his mighty hand that I may learn of him and not learn of the false christ instead.

The lessons concerning humility have been set before my eyes and my heart. I do not deny the importance of these lessons, for they are the foundational stones of my salvation. If I sit at the feet of the false teachers and false prophets, their leaven shall destroy my faith. I will be cautious, for God has warned all in his word, and now there is no reason to be deceived. I will not lust after the beauty of the false gospel, for it is the broad way and full of delicacies for the flesh. The false gospel comes as a beautiful woman bathing before a man with a lustful heart and mind. If I entertain it, I will be caught in its death trap. The words of the ministers of the false gospel are sweeter than honey. I remember that they are manifested as angels of light. I will not allow these transformed instruments to lure me into their chambers. Many have gone down the pathways of death, and many are already in hell's chamber of darkness. Many have become one with the spirit of error because they failed to heed this admonition. I determine to continue to eat from the table of the Lord, and I will not allow my children to suck from the breast of the false system of lust and pride lest they become the witches and the sorcerers of the last days.

 

#400

Many have already been hooked by the device of error and have given their hearts to the lasciviousness of error. I run from the chambers of human royalty and honor by men. The rewards given by men are full of substances that form hearts of pride and lust for more power. God has sent his word in written form and has brought it unto me in the spirit. I will not lay with the false system of error. It has come to seduce me in an attempt to draw me from his arms of love and honor. I purpose not to give my honor and my crown for spiritual adultery. The Lord has shown me the future. Spiritual Bathshebas have come to the forefront of the battle and joined in with distraction on the front line. The Bathshebas of the hour are teaching God's people to commit spiritual fornication. I will not listen to her voice and be drawn away after her enticement.

The Lord has opened my eyes to see the devices of enticement used by the enemy. I have grace to defeat all these things; therefore, I will not lean to my own understanding, neither will I attempt to stand alone. The iron of others shall keep me sharp and alert for the contention with the subtlety of the enemy. The mighty have fallen in this kind of battle. Grace is given, and revelation is imparted so that I do not fall with the wise and the prudent. Only those with childlike hearts and faith shall walk through the front-line of Bathsheba's wave of lust and beauty. There was a spirit speaking through the serpent. There was a spirit speaking through Bathsheba. There is a spirit speaking through the false prophets and the false teachers. I have heard the voice of the truth, and my weapons of war shall not fall to the dungeons of spiritual poverty and defeat.

 

#401

God has carried me behind the line of the enemy's stronghold. I have seen that he has no foundation to stand upon. He only has deception as a weapon. Deception has sent forth lust and pride as easy targets for ignorant hunters of flesh-loving people who seek to be wise. I will allow the law of the spirit of life to speak to me. I need not be drawn before the stones and the rocks of judgment. The Lord has already gone there for me. Instead of the stones of judgment for my sins, he has invited me to sit with him in heavenly places in Christ, and shall enjoy the exceeding riches of his grace. I desire to love him with all my heart. When I have loved him with all my heart, all of the weapons of deception will lose their appeal. In his bosom, there is no lust for the wisdom of the world, neither is there any pride to hang myself on.

Grace has leaped into my life. It has embraced me and led me past many being destroyed. I will allow my heart to shout. Now I will sing praises for the salvation that has kept me while the mighty are fallen. I do not rejoice that they are falling, but I am grateful that grace was received when the fall came. Grace is my reward in this life, and love is my security if I love God. Peace is my stability while death and confusion plan to destroy the unstable souls of the hour. Joy is an undefiled river of fresh water in my soul while sadness and grief have become the sewer for those who hate him. While the instruments of spiritual adultery are fashioned and aimed to bind me to weak human ability, grace has led me beside the still waters of peace and love. I remain in these arms of love, and I will not hear the voice of weak human emotions as they express worthless words that shall fail on every corner.

God has given me fresh water to drink and fresh bread to eat. He has given me healing from the wings of the Sun of Righteousness. He has granted me a healing in my mind that the wave of lust and pride, from this last effort of the princes of this world, does not snare me. I will not think that I can do it of myself, but only by God's grace and his power, can this be accomplished.

 

#402

The expressions from the princes of spiritual compromise have slain many while they have listened to the voice of false favor and vanity. God has granted me a love for the truth that I may be able to stand and not fall into the hands of deception from the devil, neither into the hands of the Lord's accurate delusion that awaits those who love not the truth. I prepare to give my life for truth. Many have given their lives for lies. Those who give their lives for lies have no mercy waiting to escort them to finished redemption. Those who give themselves for truth shall never lose in the end. If I lose my life for the gospel, I will surely save it. I will stand for that which is right, and my honor in heaven shall be great. If I give my life for a lie, I will be dishonored in this life and in hell. It is not enough to hear the voice of the mockers in this life, but to hear the screams of the damned forever is more than anyone can bear. I will bear the reproach of the cross, for it is bearable because of God's grace. I will allow grace to sustain me in this time of decision for truth and righteousness. I have the kingdom, but my search for righteousness must continue. I will follow righteousness wherever it leads.

I have come into the presence of the Lord's consuming fire. Now I shall leave the bonds of unrighteousness in the ashes of sacrifice. I must learn to die daily if I am to continue along this path of righteousness for his name's sake. I behold those who have forsaken this path and walked in the paths of unrighteousness. They are now the testimonies of goats and speaking corruption that speaks louder than the pillar of salt of Lot's day. Corruption is speaking in this present hour. If I will not hear God's word, I will surely hear the voice of corruption with its winds of famine and death. Life is speaking today. I hear the voice of life, and I follow life as it leads me away from the war on the front-line of battle.

God is leading me to the place of victory already won. I have run to the one who has already placed all things under his feet. I have run to the light that has already separated itself from all darkness. I have run to the head of all principalities and powers that has already caused all these enemies and their armies to bow. I have run to God, and he will give me rest from the wars fought by those who are corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. The Lord offered me life and a life free of the pains suffered by David and Bathsheba. Their lives were for my admonition. I live in heavenly places unaffected by the lust and pride of earthly kings and queens. Here in the presence of the Lord, the joy of submission to his lordship is an expression full of joy and triumphant rule with him in this life and in the life to come. God has invited me into the courts of peace. I give him my hand as I walk around this array of defeated warriors. I look at them from this position, and I see that they do not know where I am, for here, I am hidden in God. I have come to God. Now I will go with him, for there are souls to be won.

 

#403

Jesus is the Everlasting Father, the King of all kings. He is not limited because of my insufficiency. He is the head of the Church and the head of all principality and power. He has sounded the voice of triumph and caused everything to bow to one name, the name of the Everlasting Father.

Grace is given to me, and now I may enjoy the benefits of sonship, which are given to all fellow citizens of the house of God. These benefits are not temporary. They are a part of the everlasting covenant that has been made with me. I will not be a covenant-breaker, but I will keep the covenant of everlasting life. God brought me into this covenant by baptism. Now that I am circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of my flesh by the circumcision of Christ and was buried with him in baptism, I am no longer bound by sin and death. I lift up my head to the God of the covenant again. I worship my King, and I refuse to be bound by the elements from the old slave owner. I will not yield my members to unrighteousness. I am under a new master, the Master of love and the Redeemer of my soul. He has redeemed me from bondage. I refuse to be bound by debt, sickness, or eternal damnation. The Lord has freed me from these things. I now enjoy the riches that I have inherited in Christ.

Precious promises have been given to me. I rise up and enjoy the blessings of the blessed. No one can prevent me from enjoying the exceeding, great promises except me. He has given me all things that pertain unto life and godliness. I allow my heart to be renewed, and natural thanksgiving will flow from my innermost being. Thanksgiving shall create beautiful chambers of godliness and contentment. God has sent forth a refreshing. Now I am refreshed in the Spirit. I will no longer look upon the things that I do not have, neither will I be disgruntled and worried about the things that have been denied. Nothing can be given to me unless it is given from above. The request for things that have been sent back denied is of the Lord; therefore, I will not fret about them any longer. He is the head of my life, and all things concerning him shall be on time.

 

#404

I worship in the beauty of holiness. I worship with a heart filled with contentment and godliness. Now will my eyes see clearly and my mind reason with the oil of clarity and wisdom. I look unto the Lord and behold his joy. There is no sadness in him. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, but now sorrow and sadness have passed away in the grave where he descended. He left those things there. The Holy One was not suffered to see corruption, neither was he left in the clutches of sin and bondage. His victory is now my victory. His belly contained death, but he swallowed it up in victory. The sting of death is forgotten, and the strength of sin is withered. The power of the grave only has dominion over those who choose to go there without him. Hell's domain and its fire are only seen through God's word by those who have accepted the invitation of grace and its escort to the chambers of marriage where our King and Husbandman await my hands of willing obedience.

I look up, my redemption draws nearer than ever before. I look up. The arms of the redeemer reach for arms caught up by Resurrection's power. The voice of redemption prepares to sound. The light of glory shines in my heart to prepare me for the great catching away of saints in his own body. I leap for joy because of the love of God that has revived in me. Now my reason for serving the Lord is motivated by that love and not because of the servant attitude of one outside the house. The Lord desires me to live with him as a lover and not as a slave. A slave does not know what the Master does, but I know because I am espoused to him through his name and his blood.

 

#405

God has called me to testify concerning the resurrection. I will do it with the power of his spirit and great grace shall be upon me. His grace labors and enables me to accomplish solutions to the complex and simple problems of the hour. I lean on the Lord and not on myself, and I will experience the fullness of his grace. He has a fullness that I have never experienced. He has a testimony that I have never expressed. He has a light that I have never beheld. I look again to the favor given me, and I will find the benefits in the gift that I have overlooked. God is refining my experience. Abundance of mercy is at work on my behalf. Though I deserved judgment, he has given me an abundance of his mercy to lift me and bring me out of the consequences of my mistakes and entrapments by the enemy. He is very rich in mercy. When I was dead in trespasses and sins, he expressed his extreme kindness toward me. This same kindness is expressing its nature and victory toward me. I experience the victory that comes by his kindness toward me. I should have perished, but the riches of his grace rained kindness upon me. Now I allow the enabling grace that has made me acceptable in his sight to abound. Enabling grace is leaping with me in its arms. The Lord is carrying me. He brought me out of darkness and into his marvelous light. He brought me out of the devil's family and into the family of the Most High God. Much more, will he bring me out of every snare and every temptation.

 

#406

I am not a minister of the gospel because of my human achievements. I am what I am by God's grace. The grace that he has given is an effectual grace, which is laboring abundantly and effectually unto total victory and success in the kingdom of God. I do not fear the threats of the enemy. I have abounded unto a good work. God expressed his fullness to save me. Now he is expressing his fullness in keeping me and enabling me to accomplish the fulfillment of his vision; therefore, I do not fear, neither am I afraid of failure's threat.

The Lord is sending forth an expression of grace that shall transform me. By his grace, he is doing more than I could ask or think. I am a new creature in him. I lift up my eyes from the tree of man's knowledge and look to the knowledge of God Almighty. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. In him, there is no darkness. In him, there is no defeat. With every trial, I am growing in his grace and in the knowledge of him, my Lord and Savior; therefore, I am strong in this grace, and I show forth the testimony of his victory.

Though I have sinned and fallen short of his glory, I am justified and counted righteous. Sin cannot rule over me. Sin must bow to his name. I do not continue in the altar of prostrated sin. Grace shall only abound as I continue in righteousness and holiness. I do not take my relationship for granted, but I realize that which is available to me is a blessing and a free gift.

I do not use the blessing of forgiveness as an opportunity and occasion to sin and serve the flesh and the world. Many have lost their relationship with God and become slaves to another master because they took him for granted. I come to the altar of repentance, and I am broken on the Lord. I repent and acknowledge my helplessness to live victoriously without his grace and him.

I do not deceive myself and say that I have no sin, but I am honest, and I will not miss the grace that looks for me in this very hour. I can do nothing of myself, but through the Lord, I can do all things. I do all things by grace and now I will not falter and stumble over my own efforts and failures. I do all things by grace. Now I will seek to please him and not seek the gratification of my flesh and self.

God has touched me with his mighty grace. I stretch forth my hands and touch the scepter of righteousness. He has beckoned me to come into the throne room; therefore, I receive of mercy and grace. It is enough for every dilemma and all circumstances. I look beyond my circumstances, and I behold the victory now and at the end of the circumstances.

 

#407

Jesus has given his life for me. No other life can be offered for the sins of the world. He is the Messiah. His life was offered for my sins, and now my sin debt is paid. I acknowledge the power of the payment price for my sins, and I walk out of the prison of debt and regret. There is no power to restrain me. The Lord has abolished the power of sin and allowed me to go free by the holy path of his blood. The way is made for me, and no one can close off this pathway. I do not look to the left, nor the right to view the instruments that sound the tunes of condemnation in my ears. Their sounds do not fall on the ears of righteousness, for righteousness has heard the sound of redemption and accepted the trumpet's blast of surrender. Jesus came and surrendered to the will of the Father. In surrender, he offered himself once and for all to declare sin a loser.

Righteousness has been granted to me. Love has embraced me. Peace is now my reward. Joy is my strength, and mercy walks with goodness as a shield for my back. I look to him as his little one. I have stared at the shadows of condemnation and weakness long enough. I behold my King. He is just and lowly, yet awesome and mighty. He has redeemed me from the will of my persecutors. Now I allow the power of the will to be executed for me this moment. The power of the will is being executed for his name's sake and to make me free by the truth. I am freed and no longer bound; therefore, I leap for joy. The Lord has made me a son. I now enjoy the benefits of the covenant that have been instituted in my life for his name's sake.

 

#408

God has brought unto me plenteous redemption by the holy blood of Jesus Christ. The enemy cannot tread upon this sanctified blood. The blood of the Lamb of God is not an avenue for lions and vultures, but the sanctified blood is a new and living way for the redeemed. As long as condemnation is in the earth, then I shall feel the wind from its breath. As long as sin is in the world, I shall feel the effect of its wrath. I will not be troubled by the wind of condemnation and the effects from the wrath of sin, for God's grace is sufficient for me. Grace has supplied me with a sure anchor in this time of trouble. The Lord has given me the anchor, but I must anchor myself in him.

Many lives have been destroyed on the waters of life because many have placed their trust in the vehicles of man and flesh. If I lean on the arm of flesh instead of the arm of the Lord, I will be sabotaged by my own unbelief. I trust in the name of the Lord. I remember the name of the Lord that saved me while I was burning on the stormy sea of my past life. The same name shall save me in this very hour. I do not rely on the speedboats of the hour. I do not rely on the small boats of man's ideals. They are not sufficient for my journey. They shall be turned to and fro by the winds of adversity, but the ship of Zion shall not be tossed by any wind. It shall remain steadfast and immovable through every storm.

God has given me the faith of Jesus Christ. I have stopped comparing myself to all these things. The Lord did not spare his only begotten son, but he delivered him up for me and has given me all things that pertain unto life and godliness. I have come from my religious concepts of spirituality, and I abide in him, the ship of Zion. God is not religion speeding through this earth on a voyage of entertainment and self-indulgences. He is seeking and saving those who are lost.

 

#409

Many have risen up to play and called it the joy of salvation. True joy will come when I rejoice with the angels who are excited about the repenting sinners. No sea is too stormy when I am seeking the lost. God has come to give me directions. I have used traditions of man to detect what he is doing in the earth, but the Lord has said that he is not found by the radar systems of traditions.

I will seek him with a whole heart, and I will be given the vision of soul-winning for this hour of salvation. Man’s mind cannot detect the way of his spirit. I come unto the throne of grace, and I look through the eyes of faith. Now will I behold the clear light of direction, which is given by the mind of Christ. God is not hiding his will and the right direction from me. It is clearly revealed unto those who are called according to his purpose and those who love him. Those who love him shall cleave to him. When I have left my own reasoning and my own understanding and rooted myself in love, then I will cease worrying about controlling my destiny. I give the Lord the controls of my life. I cannot relinquish the controls without giving him all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength. When I have sought him with all my heart, in that day, I will surely find him and abide in the perfect will of God. The ship of Zion is not in trouble on the seas of life. God is not troubled neither is his body. The gates of hell are not going to prevail against his body; therefore, trouble in this hour will not prevail against me.

I am distracted because I have insisted on my own way. The Lord has already said, “Lean not to your own understanding, for there is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the ends thereof is death.” His way is not a seemingly right path, but it is the path of faith. Faith is speaking today. Faith is granting me a good report as it did for the elders. Faith is expressing new visions of peace in the midst of all these things in the earth. Faith will frame my vision and blot out the illusions of being sabotaged by the adversary and his host.

 

#410

I rise up and proclaim the gospel. God is prepared to do a work that I will not believe. I place my confidence in him and his word, not in how much I have prayed, how much I have fasted, how holy I have walked, how much I know, neither in what relationship I have with man. The Lord has accepted me in him. I believe the gospel that saved me. I believe that gospel that I have preached. I believe the gospel that I stand in right now. This gospel is the power of God unto salvation. I preach the gospel. It is the news that brings peace and glad tidings. I preach the gospel of God's kingdom, and my feet shall be shod with beauty. He has desired to grant me the feet that can travel through the land of serpents and vipers, which hinder the work of God. I preach the gospel of peace, and he will grant me beautiful feet. The Lord is the God of peace. Satan is bruised under my feet of beauty. He has calmed the storms of life and granted me an open door into the camp of the enemy where those appointed unto salvation reside. I accept the peace of God, and I go on to minister instead of adhering to the threats of the adversary. The Lord has set before me a door that the devil cannot shut. His peace, he has given. His power is real and effective against all the war tactics of the enemy. I rise up and proclaim my peace. It passes all of my understanding.

 

#411

I have preached the gospel. I do not worry about those who did not believe my report. The arm of the Lord is revealed to whom he reveals it to. My description of him was as a root out of a dry ground. They looked for human beauty and intellectual philosophy. The gospel did not bring a Christ with form and comeliness. The true gospel describes him without beauty that fallen man desires. When he walked the earth, he was despised, rejected of men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, and men hid their faces from him. In his humanity, he received the bruising of the Father's pleasure. He was put to grief, and his soul was made an offering for sin. The pleasure of the Lord prospered in his hands as he bore the keys of the kingdom upon his shoulder. He brought the government of God to the earth, and the increase of that government continues in its everlasting increase.

He bore the iniquities of all, and by his knowledge, he justified many. He poured out his soul unto death and was numbered with the transgressors. He bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors. He was bruised in a pleasurable manner. I lift up my head from my grief and despair, for he has allowed me to be bruised in trials; therefore, I have come and became acquainted with these things with my head lifted up instead of a head that hangs down. The Lord has brought righteous judgment to the Gentiles. He has spared the bruised reeds and the smoking flax. I behold the judgment that has presented me with the truth. He created the heavens. He stretched them out and spread forth the earth. He is the creator, and he is able to grant me all things.

I look unto the Lord, and I allow salvation to hold my hand and keep me. He is in covenant with me. He opened my blinded eyes and brought me out of the prison of sin. I sat in the darkness of a spiritual prison house. Now I am free. I give glory unto Jesus, the Lord. I sing unto him a new song. I sing his praise from the end of the earth. The wilderness and the cities of the isles lift up their voice. The rocks are singing, and many shout from the top of the mountains. He is given glory and praise in the islands. He has gone forth as a mighty man and stirred up jealousy like a man of war. He has roared and prevailed against my enemies. He will make waste the things against me. He will dry up the pools that have stood before me. He will make darkness light before me and the crooked things straight. He will not forsake me, but he will uphold me and turn back my enemies. My enemies shall be greatly ashamed, for they have been held by their chains of covetousness, which is idolatry.

 

#412

The Lord does not suffer from a loss of memory or any lapse in his thinking. The Lord is the only omniscient God. He knows all things. He created all things, and he has all power. I look unto him, and I receive of the valuable inspiration that flows from his mind, the mind of Christ. The mind of Christ is the mind of God. I purpose to become of this mind and allow it to supply me with the divine knowledge of the Holy Spirit. I have been summoned to the throne of grace. God called me to receive his kingdom and his righteousness. All things are being added unto me, for I have sought the kingdom of God and his righteousness. I will be prepared to cast aside covetousness and lust. This shall be demanded of everyone who will be his disciple and remain a part of his bride. The hour has come for a great purging of the Lord's body. I deny myself now, and I judge myself. If I judge myself, I will not have to be judged. God has given me the mirror of his word. I come to the perfect law of liberty and judge righteously concerning myself then will I be able to make correct judgment in regard to others.

 

#413

The day of rejoicing is given to me. God has shielded me from the grief and despair that sought to wrestle me from the foundation of joy. He has allowed grace to lift me into the expression of great joy and victory. The way of holiness is mine. He has taken away the lions and the serpents that sought to distract me from the purpose. He has sent his standard into their presence and resisted them. Though these things are loose in the earth, he has hidden me from them. I purpose not to be weary in well doing. I am reaping now. The Lord has light for me today; therefore, I will not be afraid to trust the way before my feet. It is not a strange path. It is a simple path. It is the path that God has chosen for me. I determine to walk in the light of love, and I will not fulfill the fears planned by seducing spirits. God has overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil; therefore, I will not be moved from the hope in me. He is the light of the world, and I do not walk in the darkness of unbelief. I walk in the light of love and faith. I come into this mighty river before me. These waters are waters to swim in. These waters are alive. Their flow is pure and right. In these waters, I will be washed again in the love of God. I trust the relationship that God has fostered. He has not given me a vain relationship, but he has given me a relationship bathed in the love of God. Now I will go and bathe someone else in his love. I will allow my words to flow from the Lord, and I will see great and mighty things that I do not know. I will go and rest and I will come forth refreshed. I will be a refreshing to the people.

 

#414

The Lord has knocked at the door of my heart. If I will hear his voice and open the door, he will come in to me and sup with me. I must desire to sup with him if I am to receive the inspiration and fellowship that he has designed for me to receive. He has removed sleep from my eyes, but my heart has slumbered. I am convicted, and my heart knows that it is the voice of my beloved that knocks. He has placed his hand by the hole of the door of my heart, but I was not moved for him. I was moved for other things that had no real value. The value that I have placed on this fellowship and communion that has been offered to me is not what it should be.

I must learn to open unto him immediately when he calls at the door of my heart, or I shall miss his coming. Those who wait on him will hear him when he comes and knocks so that they may open unto him immediately. This is a precious thing that has been given to me. I have taken it for granted. Instead of hands of gratitude and fingers of affection for the Lord, I have given my hands and fingers to other things in the morning. He could have withdrawn himself and left the door of my heart, but his lovingkindness motivated him to linger at the door of my heart. He is not far from any one of his people. If they would only happily feel after him and seek him with all of their heart, they would find him.

 

#415

The world cannot know God, but I know him. He has given me peace and many blessings. The things that he has given me are not as the things that the world gives, so I do not allow my heart to be troubled, neither will I allow it to be afraid. I rise up with a grateful heart and will be filled with the voice of thanksgiving. Blessed are the people of the Lord who will be found watching. The Lord will make everyone who watches to sit down and eat meat with him. I determine not to lose my relationship with him to a thief. He will come in an hour that I think not; therefore, I will be ready always. If I do not have faith to watch, then I will not have faith as a grain of mustard seed. If I do not have faith to say unto myself, "Watch," then I will not be able to say unto the sycamine tree, "Be thou plucked up by the root and be planted in the sea." I arise and worship out of a love for God and not out of duty. I truly love the Lord, and I will keep his words. He will come unto me continually if I love him and keep his sayings. These words that I am hearing are the words of the Father who lives inside of me. I am thankful that I am called and chosen; therefore, I will be faithful.

 

#416

I prepare myself for the Lord's coming. His wife will make herself ready. She shall be given grace that she might be arrayed in fine linen, clean, and white. She shall be adorned with the righteousness of saints. He has sent out the call unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. If I dishonor him, there is no way that I can be ready when he comes for his wife. Though I express gladness and rejoice to the music in our worship services, these things will not prepare me for the catching away of his wife. I must give honor to him in all things. I prepare myself, for heaven is being prepared to open up as he prepares to judge and make war. The armies of heaven are prepared already. He shall tread the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of God. He shall come with his armies. All shall know that he is KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. I call on his name today, and I will be delivered, for the hour cometh when he shall come to judge all ungodliness. He has sanctified me through the truth. I will remain faithful and receive the grace to endure unto the end and then will I be saved.

 

#417

Many are barren of miracles in their lives. God desires to show forth his miraculous power in the lives of those who believe. The birth of Jesus Christ was a miracle. He was able to bring forth a child from a virgin; therefore, he is able to bring forth the miracles that I need out of barren resources. I believe this. I have performed all of my rituals in an attempt to move him to grant me miracles. Now I cast aside my rituals that I have learned in religion and hear the true way unto the miraculous. He is sounding truth in my ears today. The sound of truth that I shall hear in my ears is not traditional; therefore, I do not look for what I have expected, but I look for a heavenly answer.

I entered into his presence the way I assumed he wanted me to enter, but now I realize that he has placed his presence inside of me. The Lord must touch me with understanding so that I will know that this light in my presence today is the light of all truth. Without God, the light, there is no real light. The incense of my traditions has not moved him to reveal himself to me in this manner. I have not done anything to move him to speak to me in this manner. He has chosen me and drawn me into the fellowship of his Spirit and his love. I hear the voice of love and the voice of the evening time. I do not fear. God has heard my prayers. He will answer my prayers, and I will rejoice at the birth of the miracles that he has designed for me. The testimonies that shall follow these miracles shall astound many. I do not look to myself for answers and qualifications. I do not qualify for these miracles according to the flesh. God has chosen to grant these things because of promise. He brings me the good news today so that I might know of his plans concerning me. I do not disbelieve his words unto me. I am strong in faith and worship with a new understanding of my God and his word.

 

#418

Miracles are conceived within me already. God has taken away the reproach that has rested upon me among religions. These things will also be confirmed unto me in other places, for he will send forth a witness of these things out of the mouths of others. I will not be corrupted from the simplicity of these words. The Lord is with me, so I will not be fearful in the presence of favor with God. He said, "Miracles are conceived in me." They shall come forth and testify of the greatness of his power and faithfulness. As newborn babies come forth from the wombs of fertile mothers, so shall miracles come forth in my life in these times. I do not search myself for ability and qualifications. I search God, and I behold his faithfulness and power. Nothing is impossible with him. The things he speaks shall be unto me according to his words not according to my ability.

I express my faith in his promises; therefore, I will go and declare the time of true miracles. In this age, there are many lying signs and lying wonders. However, in the face of these things, I determine to allow my soul to magnify God. His words have entered into my heart, and they are living words leaping with Holy Spirit power to bring to pass the actuality of their expressions. The words in my heart are not idle, but they are active. They are growing unto reality in the natural world. These living words are not mere symbols that stand for things. They are everything that they say they are. They are alive.

The Lord will show me strength by his arm. These words will strengthen me during this time of amazement. He will do great things for me. I fear the Lord from generation to generation. He will put down the mighty from their thrones, and he will exalt those of low degree. He will send the rich away empty. I am a part of the posterity of Abraham. He will fill me with good things, for the remembrance of his mercy has knocked on my heart. As Abraham received a miracle child, so shall I receive the miracles promised me. I rejoice with those who have already experienced miracles and I allow them to speak in my ears to increase my faith. I believe.

 

#419

I will give birth to miracles, for God will show great mercy unto me. He has blessed me. He has not cursed me. I open my mouth and allow my praises to be a horn that sounds the testimonies of the Lord's faithfulness. My horns of praise have been silenced in regard to miracles. I have only sounded my horns of praise in light of the ordinary things. I polish my horns of praise today, for they shall sound new melodies in light of new things.

I open my mouth and prophesy. These are the last days. In these days, God's spirit has moved to inspire sons and daughters to prophesy. I do not doubt. I open my mouth and name my miracles after the words in my heart. God has loosed my tongue. Now I speak the word of faith that is in me.

I am saved from my enemies and the barrenness of unbelief. Unbelief has presented me its parched ground of impossibility. Out of this dry ground and hopeless night of spiritual barrenness, comes the reality of the power of my stem of miracles. I will go and serve the Lord without fear in the presence of impossibility. He promised Abraham, and he performed for Abraham what he promised him. I am Christ's seed; therefore, I know that God will perform for me what he has promised me. Here is my miracle. I hold it in my arms of faith as I would hold a newborn baby. Here are my miracles of hope. I hold them in my arms as a nurse who labors in a nursery of newborn babies. These new miracles shall go before me into cities and communities. These shall prepare ways for me as witnesses of the Most High God.

 

#420

The tender mercies of the Lord God have come to me. I have forgiveness of my sins; therefore, I do not fret because condemnation rises up before my face and points its finger of accusation at me. I look at the promise of his faithfulness, and I am fully persuaded that what he promised, he will perform. God has given light to me. Though I have sat in the shadows of death; though I have sat in the darkness of no hope; though I have fallen in the ditches of frustration; and though time has silenced my praises because of the long wait for answers, the light of life has displaced death's shadow and no-hopes threat.

I take my miracle by faith and rejoice with expectancy. I send praise before my miracle and allow my praises to become the swaddling clothes for my miracle. I hold the miracle in hands of expectancy, and I rejoice before it touches my hands. I believe that I have received it, and I shall surely receive it. The knowledge of the way of Christ has come; therefore, I allow these words to guide me in the way of the miraculous. Their way is not unnatural as I have supposed, but they are as natural as the process of the Word of God. God's word will outlast the heavens and the earth. He has moved upon me by his living word, and I have conceived these miracles. I consider how natural this is. The heavens and the earth are natural to me. Now shall miracles become natural to me. I enter into the ways of heavenly promises. They are sure. His words have come unto me. Now I envelop the products of his words with thanksgiving and praise. These products shall surely proceed in my life and bring glory unto him, the promiser.

 

#421

The day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. I determine to make my calling and election sure. The day of the Lord is not a joke, neither is it a telecast whose script is written by men. I purpose to make my calling and election sure. I have not profited anything if I lose my soul while gaining the whole world.

I look up, for my redemption draws nigh. I lift my eyes to redemption arriving on the wings of love. I am prepared to ride the wings of this love to the place that God has prepared for those who love him. There will not be anyone in his bride who does not love him. No one can say they love him while they break his commandments. I cannot be saved if I think that there are no commandments in the new covenant.

There is a mentality in this present hour that has shoved aside the keeping of his commandments. The spirit of sorcery, which works throughout the earth, fosters this mentality. In vain do many worship the Lord, teaching for doctrines that are the commandments of men and not the commandments of God. I have searched the scriptures. They testify of the Lord, yet in vain, he is worshipped by the majority of believers. I will go and proclaim the truth about him. He is not worshipped the way man devises his own worship, but he is only worshipped in spirit and in truth.

I look unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of my faith. I behold the beauty of the Lord's glory shining in the face of his church. I have found his church, and I have found him, for he is in the middle of his body. His name is Jesus, and the name of his body is Jesus. The name of his church is Jesus. I know these things; therefore, I will go and proclaim them in the earth.

 

#422

God has not willed my defeat by the hand of my enemy, neither has he desired to see me become a fool by the actions of the flesh. He has granted me more grace in the time of weakness and willing disobedience. Though I have disobeyed, he has extended grace and goodness. I will remember God's acts of charity toward me when I deserved rejection. His love has ushered me into his presence that I might hear the voice of grace. The light of mercy has not gone out of my presence, and the hand of favor has not been retracted. He has extended to me the love of his heart and brought me to the throne in heavenly places. His goodness has designed an audience in the presence of angels. His love has granted forbearance. His wisdom has excelled in the presence of evil's plan to disqualify me by subtlety. The Lord has brought me from the clutches of the hunter's trap and allowed me to walk out untouched by the scorching fire of deceit. He has smitten the hand of the designer of wickedness and etched a new love in my heart for obedience and honor. I look again to the light of love, and I behold the exceeding greatness of his power working on my behalf. He has brought me to the kingdom for such a time as this. Now will his name be glorified in me, and others will be instructed in righteousness and holiness. I lift my eyes to the Lord again, and I behold the awesomeness of what he is doing in the earth everyday. I have come unto God with the light of praise, and he will show me the power of forgiveness and redemption.

 

#423

The Lord has lifted the banner of love and washed my eyes to behold it wave over my head that was bowed because of grief and misunderstanding. I look again at the banner flowing in the wind of the last days. What I have perceived as a long time, has come to the door of this present time and knocked on my heart. I do not look any longer at the manifestations of religious philosophies that spoil lives and produce weak testimonies of the love of God. I come to the place of vision and behold the vision of the Lord. He has stretched forth the banner of love and waved its victory for me to follow.

The hour is late, and the time is far spent. I awaken out of sleep and slumber, and I come and join the bride in her closet. I have sat with the spiritual drunkards of the hour, whose inspiration has come from the spirit of error, the spirit of antichrist. I will not drink any longer from the wine bottles of error. I cast these bottles into the pit, and I do not drink the wine of the whore. Many are drunken on the wine of the whore of spiritual fornication. Their voices are weak with testimonies of unbelief, and the author of confusion confuses their minds. God has invited me to sup with him in the chambers of love. There are no testimonies of unbelief here. There are no lights from the deceiver here. I look again at the throne room, and I behold the scepter of acceptance. The Lord has accepted me in him, the beloved. I accept my sentence of life instead of the threats from the mouth of spiritual drunkards.

 

#424

The hour is late. I will go and sound the alarm. I purpose to go and show forth the correct testimonies in the presence of the holy. God has set a trumpet to my mouth. Now I sound the alarm. He says, "Sound the alarm, and fear not the attitudes and expressions of those who are drunk on the wine of unbelief." He has given me "hard-headed" faith. I do not fear their faces, and I do not look at the intimidating eyes of hate. The Lord has made my faith hard headed. I will not turn back in the day of battle, but I shall see them fall in the day of battle as Saul fell. I look to the end of this journey, and I behold those who stand beside the banner of love on high. I look to the end of this journey, and I behold those who wear the garment of praise at the end. God has placed the garment of praise upon me. Now I will not wear the garment of heaviness again. I look to the author and the finisher of my faith. My author has not come to me and promised rejection. He has come and sealed the completion of the work that he started. God started a good work in me, and he will perform the work. I have looked to myself and found emptiness. I will come from the self-centeredness of my own mind, and I behold the power of my God and the promise. He has promised. He will perform what he promised. I look unto the completion of the work. I have looked at the adversary long enough. I look away from his show in the dark. His demonstration of actions without power to carry out his plan has fallen to the ground. Now I look at the slain warriors of evil in the distance, and I behold the church rejoice on the tombstones of evil persecutors. Jesus is the Lord. He does all things well. He will not do a bad work in my presence when he has promised me revival and victory. I come to the table of victory again and eat its bread and drink its wine. I must not be drunken on the wine of this world, but I will be drunken on the Holy Ghost. There is revival in my bosom. I shall go on to the activity of the Spirit, and I will behold the wind of a new Pentecost.

 

#425

I believe God's words unto me. He has given me power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing shall by any means hurt me. I will continue to place my trust in him, for he will save me from those that rise up against me by my own right hand. He is keeping me as the apple of his eye. I am hidden under the shadow of his wings from the wicked that oppress me. Though my deadly enemies compass me about, I know that they are enclosed in their own fat. I do not listen to what they speak with their proud mouths. Though they search for me as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places, the Lord has arisen to disappoint them. He will cast down my enemies and deliver my soul from the wicked. Jesus is my light and my salvation; therefore, I will fear no one. He is the strength of my life, so I will not be afraid of anyone. My enemies and my foes shall stumble and fall. They cannot find me in the secret of his tabernacle. He has placed me in his body, which is built upon the revelation of who he is. My head is lifted up above my enemies that are all around me. I offer the sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle. I sing praises unto him in the house of the Lord, for here in the secret place of his tabernacle, I am beholding his beauty. The Lord heard my cry. When I cried out unto him beside my bed for my little one, he heard my cry. My words unto him did not fall upon deaf ears, neither were my prayers in vain. He heard my cry, and he delivered her. He is the same God who has delivered her many times in the past. He will not suffer her to be destroyed by the hands of infirmity. God has given her power to tread upon the lion and the adder. She has trampled the young lion and the dragon under her feet. She has been placed in the secret place of the most High. She abides under the shadow of the Almighty; therefore, I will not fear for her, for the Lord is her refuge and her fortress. He is her God and my God. I trust in him, and I do not lean to my own understanding. God shall surely deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence. I am covered with his feathers and under his wings; I am trusting.

 

#426

A mighty pestilence walked in darkness today. A thousand fell at my side, and ten thousand fell at my right hand, but it did not come nigh me. I beheld the pestilence and the destruction with my eyes. I saw the reward of the wicked, but because I had made the Lord my refuge and my habitation, no evil befell me, and no plague came nigh my dwelling. Angels accompanied me to my bed. They stood watch over me while I slept and slumbered. The Lord sent them to the home of my little one. After I prayed for her, angels ministered unto her. God has given me many promises. He has said, "The sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den." Though the enemy has spread a net by the wayside, God has covered my head in the day of battle. Though the enemy weaves a spider's web for me, their webs shall become their own garments. I have run to the strong tower of safety, which is his name. I am hidden now. My enemies shall fear his name from the west and his glory from the rising of the sun. They have come in like a flood, but he has lifted up a standard against them. He has made a covenant with me. His spirit that is upon me and his words that he has placed in my mouth shall not depart out of my mouth or out of the mouth of my seed from henceforth and forever. I arise and go unto the people. I will preach the gospel. In the name of Jesus, devils shall be cast out, and the sick shall recover as I lay hands on them. God is with me to work with me and to confirm his word with signs following. I arise and go preach the word of the Lord.

 

#427

God's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear. The iniquities of the people have separated between them and their God. Their sins have hidden his face from them, and he will not hear them. I will go and preach repentance. The fruit of salvation will remain far from them, and their transgressions will continue to multiply unless they repent. Evil hearts of unbelief have caused God's people to depart from him. Truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter into their lives. I will go and preach the true gospel about the man Christ Jesus, his arm, who brought salvation and righteousness. I will proclaim the Christ that put on righteousness as a breastplate, a helmet of salvation upon his head, garments of vengeance for clothing, and zeal as a cloak. I determine to go and turn the people unto true righteousness and true holiness by the words that God will place in my mouth. This is the time of a great falling away. I determine not to worry about those who reject God's grace and all-sufficient love. He is complete and infinite in ability. No man can pluck his people out of his hand. Other loves are pulling them away. The love of many is waxing cold. Trust in self has become a plague among his people. The icebergs of cold love are all about those who have turned unto other loves. There is no grace for those who continue to place their hands to the plow and continue to look back. I remember the Titanic.

 

 

 

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.