Daughters of Z

Ears to Hear (Part 35)

Good Morning,

 

    I have been meditating on Genesis 5:22, "Enoch walked in [habitual fellowship] with God after the birth of Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters."  I know this is an allegory.  Enoch is compared to the end-time "raptured" church.  Just think, we need to be a people that walk in habitual fellowship.  Let's look at these words, habitual and fellowship.  First, we must understand that Enoch didn't become a recluse in order to walk in habitual fellowship.  He did not stop having relationship with others [for he had more sons and daughters, that takes relationship].  He ended up spending the majority of his time with the One whose company he enjoyed the most.  Habitual means acquired by custom or frequent repetition of the same act; formed by repeated impressions; rendered permanent by continued action or use; made familiar by frequent practice.

    Before I was a christian, I use to smoke cigarettes, take drugs and curse like it was an official language.  I practiced these things just by frequent use and continued acts.  After the initial start of them, I just did them everyday.  It wasn't anything that I had to give to much thought to after awhile.  It became as natural as breathing.  You know you don't have to go around saying to yourself, don't forget to breathe (unless, you have a illness).  Well, by repeating the same action over and over again, day in and day out, it becomes a habitual practice.  Cursing spilled out as if I had stayed up all night trying to put those vulgar words together, but I hadn't.  I perfected it by frequent use.

    Keeping that in mind, think about our relationship with God the same way.  In the beginning when you first became a Christian, you had to start reading your Bible and initiate prayer and worship unto God.  You were starting a fresh new habit.  After awhile of being in frequent practice and continued use, it should be natural for you to pray, read your Bible and worship God.  Practicing the presence of God, walking and talking with Him all day long, living a life of prayer and worship should become a habit.  God is soooo good and His company is sweet.  It's so simple that we often try to make it difficult with all of our man-made rules.  In the end they frustrate the purpose of God and we end up with religion and not relationship.  Do you time your conversation with a close friend?  Do you talk only once a day to your child, your mate, your buddy?  It becomes a duty instead of developing a Godly habit.  No, I talk to my daughter about three or four times a day, I do the same with my closest friend and my husband.  I have never timed our conversations.  And if it wasn't for my cell phone that does time my phone calls, I would never know how long I've been on the phone.  Why?  Usually, I enjoy our talks!  When was the last time you just enjoyed talking to God?  So, the first thing we have to do is stop putting God on a time-clock.  Second thing, just lean back and let 'er rip, enjoy God.  He is the One who started relationships after all.  I imagine He knows how to form a good habit with you also.  He's quite entertaining, gifted, knowledgeable, unique and incredible in His ability to make you feel comfortable around Him.  I really like Him, as well as love Him.

    I believe that is what Enoch discovered.  That God was so awe-inspiring, so positive and just plain likable.  Enoch couldn't get enough of God.  That brings us to the next word, fellowship.  Fellowship means companionship, familiar company, a state of being together, intimate familiarity, frequency of intercourse - [connection; communication or exchange; a passing between].  This fellowship is developed by frequent use or continual acts of simply talking to God.  God is so awesome, just think, He can converse in any language, so He is accessible to everyone.  He made us, so He knows all about why we are the way we are and He knows how to straighten out the crooked places in us.  Yet He wants us to get to know Him and hang around Him.  He knows the issues of all of mankind, the roots of them, and how to get rid of the roots.  Who else knows all that about you, and still wants to be intimate with you?  If most people knew everything about you (even your thoughts), you would be by yourself.

    Yes, we must become a generation of Enoch's.  The only way is to let the love of God teach you the way to "walk in habitual fellowship" with God.  He is coming for those who are so in love with Him that they can't get enough of Him.  Right where you are, forgive yourself for trying to do it man's way, now let Holy Spirit show you the way.  You will delight to walk all day in the presence of God, that's habitual fellowship.  It will be said of all of us, "and they were not, for God took them home with Him."

 

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 34)

Good Morning,   

The Spirit of the Lord says;       

    There are moments in deep worship where I bring you to gaze upon My loveliness.  As you gaze upon Me you are continually being changed into My very own image.  As you keep gazing, you will see those things that once hindered you from being truly free, fall from you like a feather blowing in the wind.  For what was hard for you is nothing but dust in the wind to Me.  You will become free to follow Me up to mountains of victory.  Every mountain of testing and trouble has prepared you, so that you are able to navigate easily the new mountains of victory.  As you go up higher, where the altitude is thinner you will be able to maintain a soundness, where those who have never been up so high would fall away and faint.  You have allowed yourself to be trained by Me in those difficult places and steep areas that were meant to bring you down, instead you developed the 'hinds feet.'    
    At this high altitude, it is a place of great light for understanding and revelation.  You will begin to understand those deep things now, for I have taken you into My light, that minimizes obscurity.  Yet, be aware at the same time that this great light of revelation comes, it will be accompanied by great persecution.  When you receive deeper insight, you will have more responsibility for what I give to you.  You must handle with wisdom what I give.  For to whom much is given, much is required.  Treat this next level as a prized treasure, for I am bringing to the surface all that will advance My Kingdom.  Remember it is My Kingdom that you are living for, it is not for yourself or another.  Use it as I direct and only into the arenas that I instruct.  This great light is come for you, so that you may rise and shine and bring those who have been crying to see the light.  You will be a reservoir for them, not a pool.  I will pour you out freely to all that I will send you to.  Obedience is what I require.  Obedience is simple if you love Me.  As you step up into the light you are moving further away from darkness, and as you move up you will incur jealousy, persecutions and hatred.  It will be from those who say they are in the light, yet their hatred, jealousy and persecutions stem from the force of darkness.  They who do evil hate the light.  For they who persecute My children, who walk in the light, they are persecuting Me.  From these, withdraw!  Do not be afraid to keep walking closer to Me and My light, let your love for Me be your driving force.  The false have always persecuted the real.  Now My children who are children of the light will be reflecting the light of heaven.  Duplicating what they have seen in the heavenlies, from their times of deep worship.  Living in what to some may be the 'miraculous' will become normal to My light-walkers.  

Love,

Pastor D.    

Scripture References:
Prov. 4:18 - "But the path of the[uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more [brighter and clearer] until [it reaches its full strength and glory] in the perfect day [to be prepared].
Lk.12:48 - ...." For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required."
Prov. 6:16-19; Acts 26:14,15; John 3:20; I Thess. 5:5
Ephesians 1:17-19 - "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him..........."
Ephesians 2:6 - " And has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places."

 

Ears to Hear (Part 33)

Good Morning,

 

    Recently, I went to Mt. Vernon, the home of the first president of the United States of America.  As I saw all of his accomplishments and heard again the history of George Washington, I thought about the life that he lived and how he lived it to the fullest.  His bravery on the battlefield, his integrity in the office of the president, and his affection for this land, was all overshadowed by his love and care for his family.  All around in the old mansion, was the evidence of his love of living and enjoying life.  I thought about his prosperity and how generous he was with those he loved.  I thought about my own generosity.  How generous was I really?

    This scripture came to mind; I Timothy 6:17-19, says, "Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable.  Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.  Tell them to use their money to do good.  They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others.  All of us as believers have heard numerous prophecies regarding the end-time transference of wealth. [Prov. 13:22, "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner {finds its way eventually} into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up.]  When we hear this, most of us can see ourselves out of debt and enjoying everyday living to the fullest, with our wealth.  Our new car, our new house, our expensive clothes, the list goes on.  Where does the scripture that we read in Timothy fit in to our wealth?

    Let's look at Luke 16:10-12, " If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones.  But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities.  And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven?  And if you are not faithful with other people's things, why should you be trusted with things of your own."  Do you know that right now, with the 'little' wealth that you have been entrusted with, you are showing how faithful you will be later, with more?  Are you faithful with your tithes now?  Do you do good with the wealth you have now?  Do you give generously to those in need now?  Are you always ready to share with others, now?  If not, work on that now!  "Do not be deceived and misled, you cannot mock or ridicule God, you always harvest [reap] whatever you plant [sow].  Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature.  But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit." (Gal.6:8)

    Yes, there will be a wealth transfer!  Are you preparing to receive, so that you can distribute freely as directed by the Lord.  Of course, you will be taken care of.  You will be the vessel of God's choosing.  "For God gives to a man that is good in His sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God...." (Eccl.2:26)  "So let's not get tired of doing good [now].  At just the right time we will reap a 'harvest of blessing' if we don't give up.  Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone--especially to those in the family of faith." (Gal.6:9-10)  Do good, give, be generous, now!!  You are setting yourself up for the transfer, for the harvest of blessing!

    Is it any wonder that even our transfer of wealth comes from the place of God's great love.  It is still the foundation of all things that comes to us from God.  All the while we are growing up in love and expanding our ability to receive and give.  We are looking more like our Daddy now.

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 32)

Good Morning,

 

    This morning I finished reading II Kings chapter 2, the account where Elijah is taken up in the whirlwind by God.  Elisha stuck to him like glue and was there to see the chariots of God take Elijah up.  Elisha had asked Elijah for a double portion of the 'spirit' that was upon his life, he was told he would receive it, if he saw his departure.  As Elisha headed back across the Jordan river, he took Elijah's cloak and struck the river, (imitating what Elijah had just done) and he cried out, "Where is the Lord of Elijah?"  The river split to the side and he walked across.  Wow!  As I finished reading it, I thought, I need some of that double portion, so I cried out to God, ''Where is the God of Elijah?"  Two amusing things happened afterwords.  First, the Spirit of the Lord said, "I said in My Word that greater works than these [those of Jesus] shall you do." (John 14:12)  We'll come back to that thought later.  The second thing that happened was, $21 fell out of my bible that I was reading (which is one that stays on my book shield).  God is funny you know!  He knows where we live and what we need to charge our faith and He does it with a little humor and uniqueness.  You can always use $21, right?  Well, back to John 14:12; "I tell you the truth, {He is not lying, He can't lie} anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and greater works, because I am going to be with the Father."  Now, I know that Jesus knew what our lives would be like in the year 2009.  He knew that you would be working in an office, at a construction site, at a hospital, driving a rig, being a police officer, raising three children, or any of the many-faceted careers, jobs or callings.  Yet, Jesus did not stammer when He said, that "those who believe, shall do these works and greater."  He didn't say that these greater works was only for the five-fold ministries or the elect only.  He did say it was for 'whoever believes'.  Are you a believer?  Have you asked Jesus to be your Lord and Savior?  Are you loving Him, by keeping His Word?  Do you commune with Him daily and seek His Presence?  If your answers is yes, then he is talking to you, believer.  Believe to see those greater works flowing through you, affecting where you live, work and pray.  Do you have any rivers that you can't cross?  Have any 'lame' things in your life that need to get up and walk?  Any deaf ears around you that need to be opened?  How about wars that you want to have victory in?

    You have been anointed by Jesus Christ, to be the prophet in your life and do the greater works.  Then, why aren't more believers living a life in the greater works?  It is a heart issue.  Faith, love, and hope, as well as unbelief, hate and hopelessness etc., are deep issues of the heart.  We know that whatever is in the heart to the fullest, will be what flows out of the heart in the fullest.  Anything that is full to the brim will flow over.  (Matt.12:34-36) So we must keep hearing the Word on the greater works so that it begins to fill us up and then overflow from us.

    So let's clean the filter of our heart, and pump the Word of power through us until our atmosphere is charged with the greater works.  Now, "we can ask for anything in His name, and He will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.  Yes, ask for anything in His name, and I will do it!" (John 14:13 & 14) Let's be like Elisha and ask for the greater works.

 

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 31)

Good Morning,

 

    We are living in the most exciting time in God's timetable!  As we read the Word of God it is almost like having a panoramic view of our news at eleven.  The Word of God is daily unfolding before our very eyes.  As we see what is happening in Israel and also what is going on in our very own neck of the world, it should be fueling your fire for more of God.  Romans 8:19-25 says, "For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who His children really are.  Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse (because of the fall of mankind).  But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.  For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.  And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering.  We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as His adopted children, including the new bodies He has promised us.  We were given this hope when we were saved [if we already have something, we don't need to hope for it.]  But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we "must wait patiently and confidently."

 

    We are in the season of God's timetable, where all that can be shaken is being shaken.  All false foundations and securities are being shaken and removed.  Anything we thought that was our security is being revealed as sinking sand.  Our trust must be developed in the One true security.  Remember we saw in Hebrews 12:26 & 27, "Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also. This means that all creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things remain."  God and His Kingdom are the only things that are secure.  While the economy, jobs, people, nations, and earthly kingdoms are shaking, we must look up to our Kingdom, whose Builder and Maker is God.  As ambassadors from God's Kingdom, when the land that we occupy as ambassadors proves to be intolerable, the ambassadors are brought back to their homeland.  Our King is about to call all of his ambassadors home!  So, keep your mind on your 'eternal home', we are only here temporarily, representing our 'heavenly country'.  I've heard it said, "that sometimes we are so heavenly minded that we are no earthly good."  I have come to see the opposite is true, 'that we can become to earthly minded to be any heavenly good'.  After all our 'home' is in heaven and we receive our insight to live and to occupy this land from the headquarters in heaven. "...Aim at and seek the rich eternal treasures that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.  And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth." (Col.3: 1-2)  So, let the earth shake and groan into 'global warming', it is going through death and decay because of sin.  Creation, your wait is almost over, the sons of God are being manifested now.  We are growing up into mature sons of God. "Besides this you know what a critical hour it is, how it is high time now for us to wake up out of our sleep.  For salvation [final deliverance] is nearer to us now than when we first believed." (Romans 13:11)

 

Love,

 

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 30)

Good Morning,

    In the grand scheme of things, I have often wondered {Okay, I know all about having a wandering mind, hear me out first! }, I have wondered, am I fulfilling my destiny and purpose for life.  My purpose according to God's design.  Basically, it's because I don't feel like I have a great, big, awesome vision.  Well, today as I was talking to God, He let me know how He thinks about it and what is most important to Him.  I Corin. 12:4-7 says, "There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.  There are different kinds of services, but we serve the same Lord.  God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.  A spiritual gift is given to each of us so that we can help each other.  I used this scripture to say that we all are important to God.  Sometimes we forget that the greatest ministry goes on in the most 'normal' life settings.  I often get this impression from the Lord that it will not be the 'world's most anointed evangelists', or the 'well-known teachers', or the 'greatest apostles', or the 'mega-church pastors', or the most 'accurate prophets', that will receive the grandest reward from God, when we all get to heaven or even here on earth.  I get the impression from Father God, that it will be the ones that have simply obeyed Him to the best of their ability, everyday of their lives.  Whether, they are in the five-fold ministries or the youngest Christian.  Obeying Him is the atmosphere for the anointing.

   
    With that being said, I'd like to give 'proper honor' to all of you.  To the single mom and dad, who seeks the face of God for their children, and by faith keeps going on!  I say, use your gifts to the Glory of God.

    To the 'stay at home mom' who may feel ridiculed and looked down upon, that senses the pressure to get out into the work force, but feels the calling to minister her gifts to her children.  I say, minister on!

    To the 'working class' who gets up and goes the same route and endures the challenges of their jobs. At times it seems like your dreams of being your own boss is in limbo, and all your creative juices are drying up.  I say your gifts will make room for you.

    To all the bosses of big and small corporations, I say lead on by Godly example.  Remembering, you have been placed their to let your gifts shine for God.  To all saints, small and great, those who feel significant and those who haven't recognized their significance yet, we want you to know, you are necessary!!!

    To all, pastors, prophets, teachers, evangelist, and apostles, that have stepped out into your calling, and have yet to see all the prophecies fulfilled that was spoken over your lives.  We say keep on running with your gifts.

    Listen to the what the Word says; "Yes, the body has many parts, not just one part.....Our body has many parts, and God has put each part just where He wants it.  How strange a body would be if it only has one part!  Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.......In fact, some parts of the body that seems the weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.  And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care.  So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special care [that means all the seen-parts already receive honor like pastors, prophets, teachers, etc].  So God put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each others....." (I  Corin. 12:14-25) This protects against a big head and false pride.

    So, God made us all to receive the same honor, no matter what part we do in the body of Christ, whether it is caring for babies in the nursery or taking the gospel around the world.  We are all equal in due-honor.  As long as we are fulfilling our call and being in our place.  "So be careful that you are not saying, "I am not part of the body because I am not the hand, or I am not part of the body because I am not the eye", would that make it any less a part of the body? ( I Corin. 12:14-15)  If we are all placed strategically by God where we can perform the best, to enable the "Body of Christ' to be it's best, then we need to be glad about it!  Do not be envious, jealous, desirous, mad or angry at the other parts, but give honor to them.  Celebrate their part, we are one!!  I need you and all that you bring to me and vice-versa.  We are given to help each other, by ourselves we would be nothing, but together we make up the Body.  Honor means to love and prefer the other part more than yourself; to respect, admire and recognize the differences; to treat as superior; to defer to by giving glory to; desiring one for their intrinsic value [their own unique, beauty, whether seen or not so easily apparent].  Today, I give you praise for what you add to the Body.  You are honored by each and everyone of us.  Thank you for allowing yourselves to be a blessing to all of the rest of the Body.  I prefer, respect, admire, recognize, and defer to your beauty, uniqueness and your superior quality.

Love,

Pastor D.

                                    

Ears to Hear (Part 29)

Good Morning,

    As I waited on the Lord to see what he would say to Me for this day, I received two thoughts that was on His heart.  I will attempt to share them with you now.

  First, this year 2009, is a year of "finality and judgment."  Finality, for years of seeds that have laid dormant in our lives.  The seeds being, those prophetic words and promises that you have kept and have warred for, by consistently confessing the prophetic words.  Holding on to them when it looked like they had dried up on the vine.  This is the final year and then a beginning of great harvest, a multiplied harvest.  Judgment in the sense that judgment is defined as -- a definitive or an authoritative decision; a formal utterance or pronouncing of an authoritative opinion; an official decree.  Is. 42:8,9; says, "I Am the Lord that is my name!  And My glory will I not give to another nor My praise to graven images.  Behold, the former things have come to pass and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."  Job 22:28 says, "You shall also decide and decree a thing and it shall be established for you and the light of God's favor shall shine upon your ways.  When they make you low, you will say, there is a lifting up and the humble person He lifts up and saves."  I believe God is telling us that this year what we decree or pass judgment on in our lives will be established with a "springing forth".  The word for us is up, up, up, we are going up no matter the obstacles in life.  We must go up.  I am awe as as I see this lived out in Israel now.  There is war all around them, yet they are not backing down, their cry is that they must go up!  Their Helper is God Almighty,  He is the One who will help us go up also!  They war with a "prophetic promise"; that Jerusalem was given to them by God, and they received it and won't be denied.  Let's war with our promised word!!! 

    The second thought is that intimacy is the breeding ground for trust.  Intimacy is knowing the genuine inner core of someone; indicative of ones deepest nature, interconnected, interwoven, interrelated, very close connection.  We discussed this in an earlier message.  We understand that God will share His secrets with those who are intimate with Him.  Psalm 25:14 says, "The secret [of sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning."  The Message Bible says it this way, "God-friendship is for God-worshipers; they are the ones He confides in."  I want to be one of those that God confides in, don't you?  Connect that thought with this one in Matthew 5:8 - "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."  Pure means, clean and clear, free from dust, dirt or taint, free from harshness or roughness, containing nothing that impairs or that is hurtful, free from what harms, weakens or pollutes, uncontaminated.  This is the character that God by His Spirit helps us to become and then He delights to have intimate relationship with the pure in heart.  While we are becoming more intimate with Him, our hearts are being made more pure.  That is how trust is built and He then confides with the pure in heart and shares His secrets with them.  I want a pure heart so I must stay in the presence of the Purifier of hearts.  Then, what I decree will come from a pure heart not a dirty, tainted, polluted, harsh, hurtful, harmful and rough heart.  When I come from the place of intimacy with God and having a pure heart then my decrees will be backed with pure love.  Since, love never fails [1 Corin. 13:8], then my decrees will not fail, they will be with finality and judgment!  We have a lot of prophetic promises this year, miracles, transitions, enlargement, and greater glory, etc.  It all begins with a pure heart.  Remember, God is a God of the heart, who knows our thoughts, motives and intents.  Let's strive for a pure heart.

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 28)

Good Morning,

The Spirit of the Lord says:

    Remember the first love we enjoyed together!  The days when you innocently began to desire Me, when you yearned to truly know Me.  How you longed to know me.  It was beautiful and you began the journey towards Me.  I made you enticingly beautiful for Me, and your heart was very sensitive to My every Word.

    Then you began to want something more, more like the place that I delivered you from.  You began to long for the old familiar lovers, those who hurt you, abused you, ripped you of your honor and stripped you of your dignity.  Those who stole your innocence and broke you into many tiny pieces.  They made you lie, cheat, steal and even sell yourself for their pretentious love.  The lovers who did not see the costly value of you.  By the time you finally gave up and let go of the abuse of their love, you were shattered and broken.  Yes, and remember I was there waiting for you to realize that there was real love for you.  I then began to fix every broken place that was in tiny pieces.  I never caused you any more damage, but gently and lovingly I repaired and replaced every broken dream and every shattered vision.  I found you in the place of despair and right there I healed you and loved you.  I placed in you and upon you My precious jewels; tenderness, kindness, meekness, joy, peace, goodness, faithfulness, self-control and love.  I placed upon you a garment of praise for that spirit of heaviness, beauty for ashes of your broken life.  I continued giving to you, a shield of faith, a helmet of salvation, belt of truth, a breastplate of righteousness and I placed on your feet the gospel of peace.  I pulled your face out of the muck that your old lovers left you in.  I have caused you to stand.  I pre-pared and pre-paid a place for you, a place beyond all your dreams and imaginations.  I have given you a place of honor with kings.

    Now would you turn back to the place I picked you up from?  What desires are you really longing for?  It is the mind set of one who has never experienced My true love.  You behave as one that hasn't known My presence.  I desire for you to know Me more intimately, yet you desire the dung of this world.

    Hear My voice as I again tenderly call you back to Me.  Come away with Me, My fair one, come away where the little foxes cannot spoil our vineyard of love.  Come away and come closer that you can look and gaze deeply into My eyes and see the longing that I have for you.  You will remain Mine, only Mine.  Your adulterous heart will be replaced with a faithful heart.  For I Am a jealous love and I must have your heart alone, you must have eyes only for Me. Make your love "One" true love and make it Me.  I Am awaiting your reply.  Let it be, yes, for this will make you truly alive, living in My love!

    Do not allow traditions of men, religious exercises, old loves and lovers of sin to separate you from Me.  Run to Me and run away from the "old familiar voices".  I have given you My life, so now live it with Me.  A lifetime of committed love.  You have spent your life trying to get love from all others, all that I am asking is that you receive all that I have to give to you.  Say yes to true love.

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear (Part 27)

Good Morning,

    Habbakuk 3:19;  "The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make spiritual progress upon my high place [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! "

The Spirit of the Lord says;

    I Am calling you up to the highest place, to the mountain of the Lord.  All this time you have been going through a refining process.  I Am bringing up to the surface of your life, the gold that has been buried deep in you, My grand purpose and plan for you before the enemy set out to try to kill, steal and destroy it.  It has been buried because of old dirt.  The old dirt of your past and of previous generational weaknesses.  The gold is priceless, it's value will begin to go up and up.  This refining process has brought fires, fires of testing and fires of purification, removing the 'dirt of fear', 'the dirt of low self image', the 'dirt of repeated failures', all the 'dirt of the old man', and all the other dirty lies of the wicked one.  As you continue walking up towards Me, you have increased in your ability and in your stability.  When you slipped and fell, you got back up, you would not quit.  You heard Me, calling you to come up higher.  You threw off the dirt and begin to allow the process of refining, becoming stronger and choosing to become a vessel of honor.     For there were those who began this walk with you and they are no longer here.  They could not stand the intensity of the fires of change.  They could not stand the steepness of mountain climbing.  As you continued to climb up the mountain, they fell away.  Sometimes it seemed as if you could not take another step, yet you continued by faith and motivated by love.  Here is where the impossible, became possible; you begin to learn to lean your entire personality over on Me.  When you were weak I remained strong.  As you took the mountain one step after the other, you began to realize the very thing that was sent to destroy you, I began to turn it around for you.  You started to develop 'spiritual muscles', getting stronger even through opposing circumstances.  Every new level of the mountain you have been faced with new levels of trouble, suffering or responsibility, yet you pressed, becoming surefooted even in those times.  I brought you up the mountain on purpose, so that you would see the need to rid yourself of the heavy weighted baggage that you were carrying.  At each new height, you would let go of those things that so easily beset you, desiring to be free.  As you journeyed from the place of familiarity closer to Me, you can hear Me voice clearer.  I Am saying, "Come away from the noise of living in the valley, come where adventures of real living and great encounters with Me will show you things to come."  As you keep walking through troubles and sufferings, I will cause you to take the mountain much quicker now, yes, even now.  Remember I know the way!

    Unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, selfishness, jealousy, pride and all of the other dirt of your soul that have been used to try and keep you standing still in terror or fear can not keep you down.  You are walking lighter, higher and stronger now, making strides toward Me.  Let it go, let it all go!  Free to follow Me, higher still.  In order to come up higher with Me, to truly see Me as I Am, you must have a pure heart.  Therefore, you must allow the process of purification, ridding yourself of bitterness, hatred, unforgiveness, feelings of rejection, hurt, misuse and being abused.  You must cease all forms of manipulation, scheming to have your way and controlling others.  Rebellion and secret loathing of My Words, doubt and unbelief must come to an end.  For I Am 'God of the heart', I know your motives and the intentions of your heart and if 'what and why' you are doing anything does not line up with My Word, I will not and can not bless it!  I know the secret thoughts of your heart. Only those with a pure heart can see God!  The mountain journey will aid and assist in removing any and all impurities of the heart.  So, let's go up!

Love,

Pastor D.