Itching Ears

2 Timothy 4: 2-5 NKJV Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Yes, this letter was written to Timothy ...the up and coming leader in a specific church body. He was to endure sound doctrine and he was taught by his mother and grandmother. We read about them in 2 Timothy 1:5....when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in the your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.
Apostle Paul is guiding the young preacher to be ready for those with itching ears will appear. They would be people who turn aside to fables. ( I heard recently that ministries are using Tarot cards with God's word...what?)
That is so wrong in so many ways....especially when we are told not to go after the flesh in Deuteronomy 18.
Deuteronomy 18: 9-14 NKJV When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10 there shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire or the one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer, 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium or a spiritist or one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.
AS He appointed truth to us, then we are to obey Him.


There is a group of people who do not want the youth to know of the godly heritage that began this nation. There is group set on changing this nation to look like every other nation. BUT what makes America stand out is its beginning  in God! And even the first McGuffy readers were put into the school systems so that Scripture would be available to put into the hands and eyes of the budding new leaders of the future. But alas that changed as the 20th century rolled around. Men loved themselves more than God and took off into the crooked ways of greed and changing what was originally set in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In the 20th century, technology soared as did those things mentioned in Deuteronomy 18 that we were not to do!
Like putting your children through the fire....that was Molech and it is a spirit today where abortions are desired greatly. The spirit of divination is satanic  that involves enchanters, wizards, witches and witchcraft. Magicians, astrologers, nor false prophets are to be followed.

I do not do much on the 'Twitter' thing. I found that what I consider truth (heeding and speaking God's truth) is not what someone else considers truth. And then when I put something on there, I find a load of 'stuff' I really should not hear or read and language that no one should speak or write out for all to see!

The word of God tells us to preach the word of God boldly. That means we can also give truth to our neighbors and those we work with whether at work or even when volunteering for a detail within the community.
We must be able to recognize truth and stay out of fable alley and deceit communication center found on Crooked Street in Negative City. The only way to recognize truth is to read truth from the Bible that God provided for us. In finding truth within the pages of the Bible we find a life to pursue that is one of holiness, enriched with spiritual wisdom, where we can daily be infused with spiritual discernment and gain a very wise value system for living.

In this culture, you can see what most people value and how much they are willing to give for that which they desire greatly! They sacrifice the lives of children for their own 'rights' but betray that for which they were created. Men today are seen as only in the way, but God placed them to be leaders as the spiritual man who is led by God to lead the spouse (his wife) and his children by a rich heritage of knowing the Father who created people and desired the relationship with those who would be His spiritual children...the sons of God!


What we communicate is to be with truth and accuracy and to train others to do the same. But do we do that? Do we train our children to operate in truth or "white killer lies" that can cause a whole box of problems much later down the road to Crookedville township ending up in Trouble City in the state of decomposing attitude!
Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will not escape.

Yes, that means the one who lies will be found out that they lied! Knowing this verse is true according to God. Do we also remember Matthew 12:36-37 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned.


In receiving Jesus, we are justified. We live by the Holy Spirit Who was given to us as our Comforter. He is here to guide us and teach us that which was given by Jesus while He walked on earth. And it is how we react to the Holy Spirit that we are either justified or condemned. We should not be led by the flesh creature but by the Holy Spirit of God to do that purpose God set forth for us to do. You have an assignment as well as I have an assignment. Life is more than just waking and doing. Life is the true and is relationship with God our Father. It is a conversation daily with prayer indeed to find the freedom that came through Jesus Christ.


1 John 2:21-23 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-christ who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

For without God and that relationship we can find life to be but a blur! That 'itching ears' person is looking for that which will give them a platform for their own idea of position in their family, community and maybe within the vastness of the world. But there is no song, no idea, no new thing as great as our God. There is no man or thing greater than our God.There is no wisdom or understanding or counsel  against the LORD. (Proverbs 21:30)  We are to Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that we be wise in our latter days. ( Proverbs 19:20)
We know that having 'itching ears' is seeking that which feeds the lust of those who seek that lust!  John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, because their deeds were evil. 21 But he Who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen that they have been done in God.

Jesus was Light and will always be Light. He did the will of Father that was done in deeds clearly seen. It was God given to Jesus to declare and to do for the glory of God.
Jeremiah 17:5-10   NKJV

5 This is what the LORD says:

"Cursed is the man who trusts in man, And makes flesh his strength

Whose heart departs from the LORD.

6 He will be like a shrub in the desert (wastelands); and shall not see when good (prosperity) comes.

But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness (desert), in a salt land which is not inhabited.

7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose hope ( confidence ) is the LORD.

8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters which spreads out its roots by the river.

And will not fear when heat comes and its leaf will be green.

And will not be anxious in a year of drought  nor will cease from yielding fruit."

9 The heart is deceitful above all things  and desperately wicked.

Who can know (understand) it?

10 I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind (secret parts) Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

A tree will never fear, but a man will. And when heat comes, and it certainly will come, we are to be planted by the river of living waters where our roots go deep into God. We must go deep into His wisdom and hear the Holy Spirit direct us.

Yes, the heart is central to man. It is the inner self that which thinks, feels, and acts. Proverbs 4:23-27 NKJV  Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth and put perverse lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet and let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; remover your foot from evil.

For you and I: our mouth, lips, eyes and feet are physical symbols for that of communication, is it for attention and behavior. An open rebellion to God is seen in those who resist God and His standard. They will not marry but live outside that God commanded. They will have children outside that institution of marriage and call it their 'right'. Or if the child does not fit...they abort and call it their 'right'. They will try to change their gender because they believe God made a mistake. But God never makes mistakes. He is right, He is righteous and holy........is everlasting!

The heart that is right will follow what God placed for our protection. For His word leads us down the street called Straight.
Psalm 125:4-5 Do good, O LORD to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts. 5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Luke 43: 4b-6 NKJV Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.


In thinking about today, many children have been raised without a father to lead and in some cases the mother was absent as well, only to be raised by a grandmother or the 'state'. The difference is to be in leadership that God commanded from the beginning. Outside of that we live by the flesh creature, have itching ears, seeking platforms to make our name great when our true assignment is to shine the light of what God planned for a 'family', what is relationship with God almighty and live under the protection of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Without this.......we live like crooked people, in crooked houses with crooked ways and die that way.
Father....thank YOU for loving us first! (1 John 4:19)

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Remembering the Still Small Voice

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Was thinking of Elijah in the cave? He was running from the defiant Queen Jezebel, from what he thought was a broken covenant and rebellion in the extreme within the territory he called home. He had faced the false prophets of Baal. And even had them executed but there still remained other false prophets within Queen Jezebel’s palace.

Doing that “thing” for God brought Elijah to a low place. Some say it was pride. But Elijah was asked a question. And does not God ask us questions. Jesus did to his disciples.

1 Kings 19:9 And there he went into a cave and spent the night in that place; and behold the word of the LORD came to him;, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 So he said, “I have been zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.

1 Kings 19:11 Then he said, “ Go out, and stand in the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 13 So it was when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

And again Elijah responds as he did previously. Still within a refuge, the darkness of the cave can hide the most deep seated feelings of rejection and hurt. Now depression can be a physical problem like being dehydrated. And many things had captured the elderly prophet in his thinking. Did he adequately maintain his personal needs despite being occupied with a queen who sought her way and no other way!

The LORD did not reveal Himself in the spectacular events of that moment: He was not in the extreme wind storm, not in the earthquake nor was He found in the fire….but after all these astounding events, it was the quiet voice that captured Elijah.

In these days, one thinks that unless you are a part of the magnificent displays of a big mega-church then you are not with it, not a part of it, and have missed it. In these days, unless you have a platform, a mega name with many accolades, you have not risen to popularity that the world seeks. And in these days, if you have lived as a married couple for no longer than the estimated  three years to some five together…but it is over now...….it was good run, a good thing and now move on!

One might be told to cheer up….or “good thing you did not have children” or “there are better fish in the sea”!

What….who is looking for 'better' fish…?  Any commitments to a spouse, to having a job in the workplace, raising children, or leading in other places like church, can and will have issues come up when dealing with people. In those are we willing to make a true commitment to them for without a true commitment, we can make a mess of things including other people's lives. We then come to a juncture, a point of dealing with yes, the devastating effects within our lives which will include, anger, hurt, and depression with other's but also with God!

Feeling anxious and irritable can take its toll on a person. And within this depression can occur, plus a lack of energy & including the appearance of one with the “feeling of inadequacy as a person, as a wife, husband or even a daughter.

What are the signs and symptoms of depression?  Well for the aging prophet, he was not motivated by the high wind storm nor was he motivated by the earthquake. Even as the fire moved passed the opening of the cave still the prophet did not come out! Frankly, the man called fire down from heaven and God did that for him! (1 Kings 18:38--it was rebuilding the altar worship to God)

So too, if mega has anything to do with it, it is possible that people will not hear the still small voice.  Is the Mega done in order of worship to God or to something else? Is it true worship to God...so that others can know the way at home without bass guitarist with the torn at knees jeans and FEARLESS t-shirt on.  And what may be presented as just a great display of smoke, bright lights and much too do about nothing....and the moment is exciting, but sincerely people are really hurting, really addicted to something bad and really need to hear HIM speak. For when God has anything to do with it, He will speak in the quiet and He will hear the response of the individual as He did with Elijah.  Again the prophet did not come out even though the LORD was passing by, it was only when Elijah heard the voice did he come to the opening of the cave.
God was not in the wind storm, was not in the earthquake nor was He in the fire storm!

Ever been is a service and they say the Lord is passing by.....? Hey, the Lord is in our hearts....!  The commitment Elijah had made was hearing God.

It is the same in making commitments to God, to a spouse, to the boss man who hired you, the commitment to serve maybe in your community or even church. The commitment should not be bells and whistles or on a whim as the culture seems to dictate today, but by the still small voice that speaks truth wrapped in the love of God, for anything else will only bring one's life to a situation loaded with depression, no sleep, and most likely some anger and frustration! 

In making the commitment to God one is motivated by the voice of God: it is hearing Him speak love, peace, truth and grace! It is in the relationship of marriage one finds a hit at the commitment place, the point where two were committed with one thought to be together as the sun shone, in good and bad, in strength and weakness, old age too, where each day, each year, and each season is not measured in the mega, but in the still small moments. 

It is in those moments of taking each others hand and walk for an hour or two with no other thought than being together. To be committed to give each other time to speak, to laugh, and to enjoy those precious times of communicating together. Communicating love, and maybe pain. Communicating hope with tears. For when two people marry it is about the quiet part of the service where the minister will ask if anyone objects to the two being wed! And in the next moment it turns to the two facing each other, do you take this person?

For this person who writes this: my view was to be about knowing the best things for my husband's health. I was always wanting him to remain strong and healthy as the day we were wed. And with the Holy Spirit as our guide we can see our path directed toward good health.
My view was to be the best companion for life I could be to my husband.

I would like to say that I did not always encourage him in his work for there were times he seemed to be working much when our daughter was young and I thought he missed much of those great hours and evenings of her youth.

 On this side I see that he was learning things he needed to know where he would be working one day and from the perspective I have seen his dreams come to pass. I also today see us doing ministry together which has been my dream for over twenty years. Together we give God's word by Voice of Prayer and Life Giving Wells on You-tube. But I also see that together we are creative and confident of that which God called us to. 

As the praying wife, in the quiet place, I speak words out that declare what God has for him, for me and us together. Praying from the Lord's perspective His word is prayer is positive to change for each us, to continue to find the passion in life with God for that is the true transforming power.

99.99 percent of decisions are made were by prayer in the quiet place. Of the last twenty plus years, we never tried to escape what many would consider when storms hit a marriage. Commitment is always key and is regarded as being loyal to the one whether to husband or to a GREAT GOD. We each worked toward commitment, but at times we did not occupy thought and prayer always in the same manner. In that you will find the one who prays and speaks......to seek the Father's favor on this union blessed by God. But both at some point must come back together to face the weakness and to understand the strength is always in God Himself.

 In the re-commissioning of the prophet the quiet voice was needed. In the truth of the word of God, blessings come to those who believe it. And Elijah is told to anoint three people and each one was as an agent of the coming divine judgment or blessing of Israel.  He was to call Hazael of Syria to perform in Israel 2 Kings 8:12 ..... And Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child. 

 & 2 Kings 10:32-36…He was to call Jehu….2 Kings 9:1-10 And Elisha …Elijah’s successor…1 Kings 19:17

Elijah recognized the LORD'S voice. In his times of prayer, he sought to hear....and in all his doing for the LORD, Elijah at some point became captive to or overwhelmed by other voices. We must always come back to speaking ...that talking & conversing with the Lord ...not merely to Him but to where we hear Him ask us a question like He did with Elijah!  Did you hear God today? He still speaks!

 We can see the mega of God ....when we..look up at the starlight sky on a summer night and see a star sailing across with out regard to its end, watch the stretch of a newborn baby with clenched fist reach out when he cries and in these, we hold GOD to be great, with a heart that gives, and knows us all. And in that we remain anchored to His strength, to be effective to giving Him praise for His glory.....understanding His voice speaking into our situation, is Him speaking His power and majesty. (Psalm 29:4) 
For that which is above us....that moves without our control on it....so too, the tiny baby expresses the tiniest of cries, but tugs the greatest heart of all. For the Father knows those who are His. For without Him, we can do nothing. And with HIM...all things are possible that are of God and to His praise forever. Amen.
You cannot hear God if you are bouncing around like a 'red rubber ball'. Take a break from the culture of your land. Hear Him today in the quiet. Hear Him today as He leads....you will be most certainly glad you did.

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NOT YOURS

"NOT YOURS"

This morning I got up...thanked the Lord for the day....thanked HIM for the life in me to get up and then to rise for His purpose through me and mine! I did a number things, and went to the quiet place to pray and again give thanks for His goodness to us, the sacrifice of His son and the great opportunity to have a relationship with Him.
It was coming on the hour that I take out some bird feed and fill that which brings in the song birds and yes, some birds with attitude. As I walked the yard and was praying and relaxing in the warmth of the day, I saw a golf ball lying under this large pine tree not far from the corner of the house. As I got closer I saw black writing on it! I picked it up and it said " not yours"! And I thought your ball should be on the fairway of the golf course and not on the fairway of our backyard!
My thought was: "did this guy know he would lose it no matter how he played" which reflects badly on his hand and eye coordination. And he could not blame the loss of that ball due to an easterly wind this morning, for it is most certainly quiet....which the day revealed not an inkling of a breeze of any kind was around.  It was so quiet out, that you could hear the creaking of material objects expanding under the rays of the hot sun.

As I finished my duties outside I returned to the kitchen to wash my hands, & I kept looking at the found ball  that I had laid next to the sink.  I turned it around to see the words written " NOT YOURS" on it. I was still wondering why someone would get so angry about a ball in his possession, to mark it up enough that the person finding it in their yard...would no doubt see their attitude and hear them yelling out their complaints in advance for losing their ball!
My other thought was, "why would anyone play a sport that he has so much anger in". Maybe he rids his heart of anger by hitting the ball instead of his 'boss'. Maybe he expresses his restless heart within him to say " I am moaning noisily and if this gets into your hands, you will know it too! I am going to aggravate you today! And you know the 'enemy' tries to do that especially when you are getting close to that 'thing' God has for you to do for His glory!


The enemy is that way you know! He will try to stop you by reminding you where you came from and  that you cannot expect to walk out of that place because "it is not yours". Then when he tries to terrorize with throwing things at you like golf balls with written intents, sends email with no hope in it, sends a card for your birthday but no signature on it nor any kind of greeting other than what the card was imprinted with at the factory, or  when he the enemy yells to you that you are not exiting this place, because that out there, "it is not yours".

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. But we really must read this verse in context of Scripture given. Jesus the Good Shepherd spoke in John10: 7 "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves' and robbers' , but the sheep did not hear them. 9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. AND then verse 10: The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

In Jesus, we that is you and me (we) go in and out and we find pasture! That pasture is food to eat, it is a place where the Shepherd keeps His watch over us. We find clear running water for thirst and can lie down in green pastures and enjoy the harvest of food the Lord gives to us. 
Psalm 23 reminds of that!

Let’s begin by remembering Psalm 22 has to do with Christ on the Cross, Psalm 23 deals with Him as the Father’s Shepherd in WHOSE care Jesus would live for God,  die for man-kind but still reside in the Father’s hands and Psalm 24 revealing His ascension. And from Hebrews we find that prayer is requested for this and so too, we as His follower’s would do well to pray: Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably. 19 But I especially urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 20 Now may the God of peace who brought up our lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Seek to cooperate with leaders. That means any leaders you have over you including the President of the United States. We may not like ‘everything’ he does, but he was elected and if God is in it with him, it is best not touch God’s anointed. We should pray for all leadership whether in Washington D. C., Washington state, from the mayor of the city to the police chiefs, to fire chiefs, to the people who lead in the schools and universities. It is God that we desire to please. You and I are to love our neighbor and love God, but also please Him our Father, who is in heaven. (Hebrews 13:21….make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ)

So the Lord is our Shepherd and we shall not be in want of any good thing. Those who have repented and turned have Jesus as Lord! That pasture of His goodness supplies what we need bodily, soul and spirit in HIM!  He leads us by still waters not agitating waters! Those violent torrents of water coming from ragged rocks on high would terrify the sheep. YOU can hear those violent waters creating much commotion as it washes down as through the heights to the valley below.

David who wrote those words inspired by the Spirit of God had seen those waters of refreshment in the areas of the sandy and rocky country of where he grew up. He saw extended times where the hot sun dried up those streams and how ‘special’ the coolness and sweetness of that water was to a famished soul and when that refreshing was needed!

It is God who restores the believer into the spiritual history that was of the Jew and now Gentile. Those who are restored to the purposes God intended from the beginning. We are restored in righteousness for His name’s sake. His name is great and worthy to be praised.  His name is love, peace and forgiveness.

Ezekiel 34:14-24 NKJV “I will feed them in good pastures, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 15 “I will feed My flock and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. 16 “I will seek  what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, & feed them in judgment.” 17 “And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God, “Behold I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats. 18 “Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture----& to have drunk of the clear waters that you must foul the residue with your feet?”19 “And as for My flock, they eat what you have trampled with your feet & they drink what you have fouled with your feet.” 20 “Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: “Behold, I myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21 “Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, & scattered them abroad. 22 “Therefore I will save my flock, & they shall no longer be a prey; & I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will establish one shepherd over them, & he shall feed them---MY servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 “And I, the LORD will be their God & My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD have spoken.  This was for the ‘church’. It is for the spiritual to bought back into the natural of man!

Living by faith, is living with a trust in the Lord that restores. He takes care of the sick sheep and brings them out of addictions and out of those ever-changing passions man seems to desire live by but have nothing to do with a passion for God. We are to be reconciled back to God. The kingdom has come and those who enter do so by repentance into that open door of the kingdom. God must live in our hearts.

As from that of Ezekiel, the church must not be the ‘virtue-less cesspool’. If that which stinks and gets on you, it is still going to stink because it is on you....yes it is with you!  Ever been close to a cesspool and noticed the stink it gives off and especially on a hot day?  We sometimes have to drive by this small community heading west toward the interstate and there are times especially in the summer when this communities sewer system must be malfunctioning, for it is exposed, and running over the rims of that which is to hold it inside the vat! What a stink!

For His Name’s sake, He leads us in paths of righteousness and the church pastor, apostle or teacher should do the same. We are to lead others in paths of righteousness for is His Name’s sake. He is the ONE who died for us all! But not all of us will go and repent and follow Him. It is by grace that we have been saved. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

The architectural design is by God and in God and through God. The Redeemed believer is His new creation. And in HIM we have balance in our lives: we have His peace, His love and His power. And by His love we can love others . But His love brings conviction. Remember His love always tells truth. Anything outside of that is disloyal to God,  is disloyal to His love and brings conviction.  1John 4:1 says, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 
I am not going to talk about false prophets today but I do want to talk about love. John continues in verse 16: “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

WHEN Jesus came from the Father we saw a love that is a manifestation of connection with God His father. It was by "relationship"! So we should not make love “a god” to give  it as it is a thing. NO, we  instead give the love by knowing the God of  love. That is, we are giving a God who is alive and knows their heartbreak and failures! Many people today try to initiate love to others by “a god of love” without standing by their convictions that caused them to repent in the first place. Missing the very AUTHOR OF LOVE IS  not loving others but only applying that which only man can give and has no help from the Holy Spirit. Yes, we must love others more than our convictions but we cannot and should not ever love others instead of our convictions. If you remember the woman caught in adultery. Jesus forgave the woman but he also exhorted her to “Go and sin no more”.
LOVE recognizes sin........forgives but exhorts as well! Don't sin again.

That which lies on the other side should no longer bring fear to us. We certainly walk through valleys, those low places but those dangers should not cause us to fear when we have  the God-saving care with us through every season and every dark night. In the dark, the stalker stalks their prey in looking for their food. You and I have been given the Holy Spirit, and in that comfort we experience the seasons to come and to go, and we still see trials and tribulations, but the Shepherd is watching, and by His Spirit He counts His own, He watches over His word to perform it in their lives. His word brings that support and we should be speaking that God is with us and He is for us as this too is His word!

The table was set and what a rich spiritual feast it is that God has provided. What great taste and benefit to us all who are willing to humble ourselves and receive Jesus as Lord. Yes we are secure at the table of the Lord. For though enemies will be present there, we are not to fear. OUR head is anointed with oil. We are refreshed with the wonderful oils and smells of the Lord. We receive His oil of gladness (Psalm 45:7) the joy which the holy Spirit imparts to us (1 John 2:20) and that which is the odor of brotherly love…that fragrant oil of spiritual relationship found in Psalm 133. The spiritual find the scents of being united to the purpose to worship, to praise, to sing, and pray together when one heart with God.

Yes, all our days are to be forever the pilgrim following Jesus. For when God dwells in our heart by faith, we dwell in the house of the Lord forever. You and I can go out and we find we are shepherd by the Shepherd of the sheep. We find satisfaction and peace. We find His love that is viable. It was a love that is manifested knowing the Father of LOVE. If we do anything for another, it is that we operate out of that which is love we know of the Father for ourselves. 

When we do anything for the Lord, may we know HIM, go and in out finding pasture, finding that knowledge of Him, and that is seen as "the passion" for Him. For in that our actions will rebuke the devil when he speaks, 'not yours', BUT we speak I and my Father are one and my passion reveals the love that is of the Father and is given to others in the same way it was given for me, for you and for all ……...but all will not receive it, indeed!

New teaching at: Voice of Prayer  

Authority Is a Gift NOT Personal Rivalry

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New teaching at: Life Giving Wells

Fashioned for Purpose

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