Category: Hope

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I can’t hear You

Lord, I can’t hear You. Please…

You’ve let the world become too loud again in your heart, Little One. Not My world—the world of protest and angst, of fear and anger, of doubt and despair and desperation. Even Jesus “came apart”—you need to “come apart” before you completely come apart at the seams. The fabric of your life with Me is not thin, not fragile, not worn, not threadbare. It is like a blanket of down, remember? It is the soft buckskin of Give-Away deer to remind you, footprints like hearts through your day.

Lord, I somehow want to lie down on the sand. Literally. Stretch out on Your earth, let You heal me. Connect to ground and let the earth speak.

I want you to think of yourself as the Alpha Mare in your own life, responsive to and following Me as your stallion. Let others follow you. You follow Me.

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Choose Joy Over Fear and Worry

Lord, I find myself saying, over and over, I am tired. I am so tired. But I also keep saying I want more—more time to be creative, more opportunities to minister, to have an impact for You.

If you could lay down worry, and stress, and just go about living each day joyously and fully, and leave the parts of your life and your business that worry you in My care, you would immediately feel better. Pete would see that and he would relax, and feel better. Rather than wasting time and energy endlessly planning and worrying, you could be even more sensitive to My leading. Your life will take on a different hue. The joy will return. The success you stress over will flow to you, drawn by your confident expectation. It is My joy to give you the kingdom, remember?

The only lock on the door is your worry, which creates fear and stress, which leads to panic, depression, insomnia and a whole host of health issues, some serious. Ramp down. This is part of that old set of tapes, the tapes that say you are in a battle zone and you have to prepare for every possible enemy assault. No, no, no. You are in My Hands, and you have to prepare for every conceivable blessing—and blessings beyond all you could ask or think. But you will miss those blessings if you continue to give fear the upper hand.

You choose whom to listen to. All day long, every day, you choose. Choose Life. Choose Joy. Choose Me. Choose the Fragrance of My Annointing. Walk and live in the Presence of God. Let others wonder how you do it! Just do it! Let’s not waste one more minute, one more hour, one more day, one more week, one more year. Let’s not miss any more Moments. Let’s make Moments count. Let’s make Moments count, together. Give Me something to work with. Trade in your worry for My Joy. Expect the miraculous again. Refuse to be dismayed or pushed off course.

 

 

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Minute by minute

Lord, do You have a message for today?

I have a message every day. Every minute you breathe in and out, I am filling you with Life. Think about how you want to spend your life, minute by minute.

Imagine if every minute, you got a dollar. $60.00 an hour, more than you ever earned, working. How would you spend it? Would you spend it, save it, hoard it, waste it, give it away?

Your answer depends on your view of the next minute, doesn’t it? Living in the moment is good—but don’t let that prevent you from planning for and committing to a wonderful future.

Couples who marry, and plan for a family, commit themselves to a future life together. Commit to our future life together.

Believe I AM and I WILL BE. Believe I AM already present in what you call your future, and that your future will be blessed. That is how you live with uncertainty and overcome fear. You focus on Love—for today and tomorrow. And you build on Love, a sure foundation, for whatever comes.

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Master Builder

Lord, what can be done, for Texas? What can You do?

 

There is much work to be done on the ground. Many, many earthly hands are needed. And I Myself will be at work–inspiring individual actions and decisions for the best possible outcome, the highest possible good, in the aftermath. I told you before, Miracles are happening you will never hear about. Others will make the national news and give hope to many.

 

Lord, it is going to keep on happening, isn’t it? Is this what You said, about the end–wars and rumors of wars and famine, all of it?

I did not say that in the context of My Will being all of that, but as an alert ahead of time. Actions have consequences. Your job in all of this is to, moment by moment, decide whether you will stand on the side of hope or the side of despair. Will you speak for good or for giving up? Will you inspire others to believe in Me as Comforter and Restorer, or as Destroyer? Can you believe I Am able to bring Light out of darkness, and good out of evil, and calm out of the storm?

Let mercy and kindness flow to Texas now, from around the globe. Let Texas receive the outpouring of compassionate care from all over the world. Let the politicians wrangle–but watch Me inspire a different kind of flood, a flood of support, of help, of comfort, of resources, the likes of which the world has not seen before. I tell you this: the greater the need, the greater the help. The greater the destruction, the greater the rebuilding. And at the Last, when humans manage to find a way to destroy it, My response will be to create a New Earth and say, here you go. For I Am Creator, Redeemer, Restorer, ReMaker. I Make All Things New. That is why My Hands were Carpenter hands. I am a Master Builder, not a Master Destroyer.

 

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Notes of Hope in times of turmoil

Lord, where are You when natural disasters happen?

The same place I Am when personal disasters happen, like the death of someone you love. I am right there in the midst.

Lord, but I feel like Martha and Mary: “If You had only been here, this would not have happened.” I can’t reconcile You saying You are present with the destruction a storm like Harvey brings, with the widespread damage. If You don’t cause it, can’t You intervene to prevent it, or to minimize the damage?

What happened in the Martha and Mary story?

Lazarus died. They thought You abandoned them. You did, actually—I mean, the story says You deliberately waited. You didn’t go.

And then what happened?

Well, then You came, and they were so upset, all that grief.

And then?

Well, then, the Miracle. You raised Lazarus. You had them roll away the stone and You called him back to life.

I could have healed Lazarus, as I had healed so many others, but that would have limited Me in their eyes. Instead, I showed Myself as Lord of Life, Lord over Death, so they would never have to fear death again, not for Lazarus, not for themselves. I gave them greater joy and greater freedom.

Yes, okay, but how does this relate to, say, this hurricane? Or to people who do die?

I AM the Lord of Life. I can—I do—bring Life out of Death. After a devastating loss, the Resurrection that has to happen is in you. In the one who remains behind.

I Am still Lord over Texas. I am working miracles you will never hear of, greater miracles even than preventing landfall.  I am reuniting families and communities. I did not cause this destruction but I am willing to use it, to turn it to bring about good, much good that would otherwise never have been. I make all things New. Learn the Butterfly lesson. Renewal—freshness—newness, that is Who I Am, that is what I do. Let Me do this in you as well—body and spirit and mind.