THE JEWELS OF SUFFERING

1/23/04~

When I meditate upon your bleeding on the cross, my Lord

And I think upon your every painful wound

My heart swells with such a burning love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I muse upon the crown of thorns pressed on your head, my King

And I gaze upon your nail-scarred hands and feet

My heart magnifies with deeper love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I survey the throbbing soreness of your broken heart, my Friend

How your surely were consumed by all my sin

Then my heart rises with overwhelming love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I ponder how you chose this path of life for me, my Love

And I consider You alone are all my Prize

Then I take up my own cross to follow closely after You

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I consider all your gentle touches, loving Master

And how you brush me with your sweet kisses and embrace me

Then I am struck with fervent ardor as I meet you face to face

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

John 19:34
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

Mark 15:17
And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

Ephesians 2:16
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.

Philippians 3:18
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.


Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

I AM ETERNAL

2/27/2011~ 


My children, hear Me now. Take heart, there will never be an end to Me and all I have to share, to say, to do within My own and (also) for them. I AM ETERNAL. Remember, especially in the dark days ahead--I AM ETERNAL. Look for Me, listen for My Voice. Look for My instructions to each one of you, personally and  follow Me--Your Holy Shepherd within. I see all--past, present and to come and I AM greater than the greatest power that you’ve heard about or witnessed or will witness. I AM the Creator of all power, so do not be afraid, only trust in Me, dear children, dearly beloved of mine, placed in My heart and engraved on My Hands. Continue, continue on to love Me, freely, often, daily, anytime at all (meant in the sense of spending time with Him and seeking Him and finding Him). I AM here and as close as your mouth and I AM waiting. Come to Me.

(Take note~When tempted to finish in prayer--CHOOSE TO STAY with the Lord and He will reward you with Himself and/or His message and give you His assurance. Let God dismiss you. Usually after you choose to stay in God’s Presence, then a little while later, HE SPEAKS. Write down your prayers and desires and concerns and thoughts. Wait on Him (as braided and interwoven with Him) Then you will receive of His Spirit.

Ephesians 3:11
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:



Hebrews 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;



John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.



Psalm 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.


John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

THERE'S NEVER AN END

2/28/11~

...take up the pen & write. There’s never an end. Remember, there’s never an end. Let Me flow and flow and flow, in loving you, in teaching you, in freeing you, in delivering you from all you were set in and limited in. I AM here to do it and to set Myself anew and afresh (in you) and in My divine strength. I AM against Satan and all his demons and all he has personally done to you. I delight to do this and especially at this time. Trust Me to do it--powerfully, fully, avenging you with all My love and power! Go in peace...

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it.

MY TREASURE

11/99~

There are treasures to be explored in the silent corners of your heart

And there are jewels that shine with brilliance in the secret part of one’s soul.

I see sparkles and radiance ~~ now nuggets of golden truths

But oh, there is a price to pay for divine peace in God’s Heart.

Will you leave all the subtle distractions, will you truly bow before your King

Would you show your back to this worn world

To come face to face with your Lord

Could you trust that as you seek and as you do pursue

That there truly lies before you a treasure chest full of...Him

Then dive in ~~oh, seeking soul with full delight and ecstasy

For you have reached your very heart for where your heart is ~~

There is your treasure

And in your heart He breathes and lives and gives to you so freely

His invitation stands always ~~ O daughter--breathe Him deeply ~~

He is your all

Your One Betrothed forevermore

He gazes in your eyes with vehement desire.

You are His prize ~~ ahh, can you take it in ~~

He is-your utmost Treasure ~~And you ~~

Ah yes . . . His treasure.   

Isaiah 45:3
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

3 John 1:3
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

Psalm 27:8
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

 

MY HEART'S OUTPOURING~~

6/19/2011~~


(For truly saved believers in Christ)


Prepare us, Lord, prepare us for the dark days ahead, not only in the area of the physical, but especially in the area of the spiritual.  Help us leave behind us the tree of knowledge more and more and live from the tree of LIFE.  Help us to be faithful to You and to truth in the midst of persecutions.  We can do nothing without You and are not prepared enough, O Lord.  Rain down on us the revelations of the newer places in Your Kingdom~humility, perceiving You, hearing clearly, knowing what You will, but especially knowing You so well as we are hidden deeply within Your heart, looking at Your loving Face and trusting You. 


Help us rise up in all things in our battles against sin and Satan, reckoning we are dead to sin and Satan according to your Word in Romans 6:11 and help us come closer; help us to go deeper!   Draw us so we can run after You.  Leave us not where we are in any area~awaken all the sleeping places within us.  Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy! 


Humble us and cause brokenness, cause us to fall before You and know that we know nothing as we think we do.  "Prepare us", is my cry.  Let every new day be a day of adjustments, awakenings, discoveries, of the depths of Your heart and of Your burdens so we can identify with You and cling to You.  Let our gaze and our longing be to You, in the midst of all that is swirling around us.  We know that You always know all, see all, hear all~have all in control.  May we know You so well because we're tuned into Your Spirit and are increasingly sensitive to Your guidance and direction, Your impressions, Your very voice, O God. 


Help us to  speak up and speak truth.  Thank you for Your anointing and for Your authority.  Thank You for your graces and Your gifts.  Thank You for Your power and most of all, for Your loving Presence.  Thank You for listening to our prayers and cries and for knowing those who are Yours~Your foundation is firm and Your seal is sure.  Thank You for Your forgiveness and for Your cleansing with Your Holy, Saving, Redeeming, Delivering Blood.  Thank You for all the good plans You have for us and those we pray for as well, especially our families.  Thank You that You can reveal Yourself in a moment of time and open up a whole new world to those who have been blinded by Satan~those who have hardened hearts, stiff necks, rebellious and foolish ways, busy with their own lives, hurt and wounded, LOST, even as we were before You apprehended us and awakened us from our former destructive paths and caused our spirits to be born anew~regenerated.  What magnificent mercy!  Who can comprehend Your eternal love and mercy, O nail-scarred Savior and Lord, Prince of Peace and King over all?!   To You we bow!  We live and move and have our being in You, therefore, from our place in the heavenlies we command evil spirits to leave us and our families~to flee!  Praise God for our authority in Christ!


You are our only Anchor of Hope, sure, firm and steadfast.  You change not~You are the same, yesterday, today and forever.  Lover of our souls, Our Ransom, Redeemer, Maker, Beloved, Friend and Savior, Teacher, Guide, the One who feeds us with His very Words of Life and Spirit, there is NO ONE like You!  I adore You and I love You because You first loved me.  May all You have planned to do to transform us be so, for your good pleasure, for we were created for You and for Your pleasure.  We thank You in all of our adversity, knowing that You waste nothing and are able to use all that we have suffered through for our advantage and to the spoiling of the adversaries~to show forth Your greatness~to show the enemies of our souls that You are ever FOR us and not against us. 


I worship the Living God of the Universe~what a high privilege!  What an honor!  You are my very life and song and strength and breath!  I hide in You and look to You.

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FOR YOUR MEDITATION:
As you read these verses below, be nourished and washed with the water of the Word as the Lord God imparts His Spirit to you. 


1 Corinthians 14:8
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?


Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.


Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.


Matthew 25:21
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.


Ephesians 4:15
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial
 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.


Isaiah 26:4
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:


Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;  And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.


Song of Solomon 1:4
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.


Romans 9:18
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens


1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:


Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.


Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.


Acts 11:23
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his. And, let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Hebrews 9:12
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Acts 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil;

Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.


Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.


1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.


Job 19:25
For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:


Isaiah 54:5
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.


Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

2 Samuel 7:22
Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Revelation 4:11
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Psalm 56:9
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

1 John 5:11
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

BUILD UP THE KINGDOM WITH LOVE

...That revealed Presence...keep loving it and don't let it go, for My Presence is not only from Me or of Me, but indeed is Me and loves to be so close and near and enveloping your spirit. Don't worry over what you should share or not share. If you feel a check, be quiet, but don't try to understand. There's a good reason for it and sometimes it doesn't even involve you so much as the other person. If you feel blessed to go forward and share, then share. There is always someone waiting to hear a fresh word of My Love for them...I told you before and I tell you again~Love, Love, Love conquers All~yea, is All.  Share My loving, tender, grieving, longing, aching, sensitive Heart~show it, My child. I reveal not to all in a direct way, My Personal Love, but as you already know, sometimes thru My children. You be one of those children and share with others~~My Love. I won't take away from you what I've already given, so share it, that is, My Love. It is healing, it is genuine, it works, it releases. Build up the Kingdom of God, My child, in this way. Build it up. Remember, knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8--Love suffers long, and is kind; Love envies not; Love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Psalm 16:11--Thou wilt show me the path of life: in Thy Presence is fullness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

REJOICE IN ME!

6/5/11~

Write.  Look at all I'm teaching you.  Look at all you're learning.  Look at all the new experiences~alone with Me and with many other unexpected people and circumstances, and REJOICE!  Walk in faith and trust in Me.  I AM working.  I AM listening.  I AM moving you forward and upward as you are looking to Me~looking Godward.

I love you...I love you very much!  Continue to trust Me and don't be afraid to REJOICE in Me for who I AM and all I've done and all I'm yet to do!

Psalm 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

2 Peter 3:18
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight:

Psalm 118:8
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: