God's Goodness

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

THE LIMPING ONES

Inspired by the Lord as I thought of myself in the past & yet even now at times & also as I think of the homeless women who I visit a few times a week in the Emergency Shelters Program.  Jesus truly has called me to become a part of this ministry and I thank Him with my whole heart.

 
A PSALM~~ LIMPING AFTER JESUS 12/9/2015

For sure, without You, my King
I would have fallen thru the cracks
A long time ago.
I so remember crying out
To You innumerable times
As I felt myself
Sinking as though I would
Be engulfed by that
Imaginary, yet so seemingly
Real crack underneath
My sore, exhausted body.
And You would come along
And rescue me just in time. . .
Always, just in time.

I am one who strongly desires You
And sorely needs You. . .
For there is no other who knows me
And understands me like You do. . .
No, not one.

And so I come
After You and Your Pure and Perfect Love ---
Limping though I may . . .
I will ever be limping after You,
For there is no other,
No, not one, my King,
My Love, my True Friend.

God of the Limping ones,
I love You so, and I know You love me.

So limp I will and follow hard
After You, my Love
As You lead the way---
Where. . . I do not know
But I trust You with all my heart.

To love You and hear You,
To perceive You is my delight
To see your loving Heart and Hands
At work with my own
So lifts my heart
And I will ever be grateful to You. . .
For I know that no one else
Can awaken them
To Your Love and
So I wait on You with
My trusting heart.
For I know You love them dearly
And You love me. I love You so.

Though I may be a limping one,
You are ever Limitless
In all You are and in all You do
And I know You always see my thoughts
And hear my cries and prayers
And give loving attention to me . . .
So I cast myself on You---
Your Limping child.
I love You so.

 


Tuesday, September 29, 2015

GOD OF TRUTH

I was meditating on the matrix of lies that ever pervades our world even from the beginning of time.  The lies that were believed centuries ago are still the same lies that are promoted today!  Whether it has to do with our God & His Word or the earth and it's creation, or the last days lies & fears about the future, or Romans 13 being an extension of  Romans 12, meaning we are not under the foul leaders & that we are not obliged to obey them, the teachings of the false preachers and teachers or any number of HOAX'S that have been taught to us from childhood and will continue.  Yet it is our privilege and responsibility to seek the truth and, most importantly, to LOVE THE TRUTH  so we can move forward with our Lord and experience new places of freedom in Him!  Below is a little writing that I was inspired to write while I was musing on the world of lies and the goodness of God.


The world system is a matrix of LIES
It always was--from the beginning and even so--it is NOW.
Look not for any answers within it's covert and overt CRIES
Look only to your Perfect God of Truth and BOW.


O God, my beautiful Creator, I worship YOU
I love the way You feed me from your depths of KNOWLEDGE
So I can see and know all I am to Be and DO ~
With all my heart I thank You for Your protective HEDGE.


Here in your arms of love and COMFORT
I feel so safe from the barrage of DECEPTIONS
That ever rages across this world's COURT
To woo and entice the wandering darkened ONES.


There will never be enough WORDS
To thank You and praise You for all You mean to ME.
Your attentive care, Your Light and Your STANDARDS
Making clear for me everything I need to SEE.

And what do I see...that everything is upside down and BACKWARDS
Rabbit holes across this flat earth WITH NO BOTTOM IN SIGHT
Sheeple who are ever asleep, as though ZOMBIES
Caught and chained in a prison of DARKNESS.

Yet there will always be those who are ever SEEKING
And who love the truth...we are WIDE AWAKE!
In this I rejoice and celebrate life as NEVER BEFORE!
I enjoy my life and the lives of OTHER AWAKENED SOULS...
 
      And I laugh with a BRAND NEW, VICTORIOUS FREEDOM!





Friday, August 28, 2015

THE SWEET PLACE

     There is a place that's very sweet
     That reverent silence of my heart
     Where all that troubles me
     Seems to fade away
     And quiet morsels of life-giving food
     Saturate my hungry soul
     As I sit in full enjoyment
     And perfect satisfaction in all
     That Jesus desires.

     And as He envelopes me with
     His canopy of love,
     Heavenly beams of light
     Penetrate my being
     And I seem to be transported
     To another realm...
           Indeed...I am.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

THE DROPS OF OUR LORD'S BLOOD~~THE KEY TO OVERCOME HABITS, ATTITUDES, SINS

http://www.songofsolomondevotional.com/download/2014/SOS%20Chapter4.pdf

THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM 'A DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS' called
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART...ALWAYS, JESUS    by Esher Shoshannah  
                              The writing below is on chapter 4:6-7

This is a very insightful, endearing description of our Lord in His sufferings for each of us and how we can respond in love as His Bride.
                  
                                            *********************************************************

Listen in again to fullness of His heart being poured out to her. "O how you deeply touch My heart. In all of your submissiveness, your love for Me flows. The spiritual beauty that is in you brings so much glory to Me. My beautiful bride, your heart is all Mine. What joy it is for Me to bring My angels and bid them to gaze at you (Eph. 3:10). You are so filled up with My beauty, My goodness and mercy. My glory shines so much brighter when it is combined with other lilies as you, My love. You long to care for others who belong to Me. I love you so much for it! You are the joy that was set before Me at the cross (Heb. 12:2). There is still work to be done in you. I must increase and you must decrease. Soon, My lovely bride, you will climb the "mountain of myrrh" and begin to walk in a holiness you never thought possible. Trust in My love My beautiful dove!"

There is nothing more beautiful, no image more endearing, no sight so captivating as Jesus seen in the walk and ways of a spiritual lily! Eternal love flows and flows back and forth from their hearts to each other and to those around them! She is now prepared to go through one of the most difficult spiritual experiences in her Christian walk, crucifixion of the self-life. Listen to her response...

V.6 "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense."

You know, myrrh (1:13) represents the work of the Beloved on the cross for her and in 3:6 she had been reminded, through the dream, that He provides the myrrh and frankincense for her! Hallelujah! He is the great provider, Jehovah-Jireh! He, the spiritual myrrh, was crushed in crucifixion and His blood came forth! It is the power of the blood that dispels the shadows (Rev. 12:11)! We must be willing to go to the mountain of crucifixion with Him. It will be painful, but oh the resulting power and presence of God in your life! We cry out for the blessings of the abundant life and the Holy Spirit directs us to go up to the mountain of crucifixion. We struggle, resist, whine and hesitate! Find out if there is anything you are not aware of by praying Psa. 139:23,24. Ask God to search you. If nothing comes to mind then you are okay. If there is something, then listen to the following:

In her heart the Holy Spirit quietly speaks, "You are unaware of the bondages present in your life. Your heart yearns to please your Beloved. I have filled you with faith and love, now it's time to deal with the real problem - self which rises up and snares your spiritual feet in subtle, sinful traps. Look in the distance and you will see a mountain and a hill. One is the Mountain of Myrrh and the other the hill of Frankincense. To truly please your Heavenly Husband you must climb that mountain!"

Conviction swept through her soul. Sinful attitudes and actions long buried and forgotten came to mind: a bitter, unforgiving spirit concerning an abuse in her childhood and a lie that had gone unconfessed to mention a few. She felt so dirty. She cried out in her soul, "He will never love me knowing these things about me! What can I do to get rid of them?" The Holy Spirit said to her heart, "Look to the mountain! The answer is there!" She said, "I am willing to go. Tell me, what is on that mountain?" The Holy Spirit replied, "Only when you arrive there will it be revealed to you." In strong words of faith she spoke, "Yes, I must go if this is the only way to deal with my sinful self-will." A peace filled her heart. It was a gift from the Holy Spirit. In her mind the precious Holy Spirit caused her to hear the voice of her Beloved, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27).

Here was a crucial test of faith. The Lord's bride is going to a place where she had never been before! Why would she go? She knows just how important "myrrh" and "frankincense" are because of the dream-vision just experienced.

Already, she could feel godly sorrow working repentance in her heart. She had received eternal forgiveness from Him when she received Her Beloved as Savior and Lord. But lingering deep inside her soul was an uncrucified will. Although she had peace to proceed up this difficult mountain, painful things of her past - the unforgiveness, hurtful things said about others, hidden bitterness and pride all rose up in her to be dealt with. She knew in her heart that unless her will was dealt with there would be no real intimacy, no real walk in ministry with her Beloved. The Holy Spirit spoke gently into her soul, "Have you forgotten the awful separation you endured not long ago?" A dreadful emptiness swept through her soul. Just the thought of separation from Him again gave her new strength to climb. The Holy Spirit continued, "Victory is at the top of this mountain.  When you reach the peak you will begin to walk in beautiful, loving holiness.  A new and deeper relationship with the One whom you love with all of your heart will result." With that word, the bride took another giant step upward!

"Until..."

Praise God for the word "until"! To her it was a word of faith anticipating victory. The "how" of victory will be revealed to her on the "mountain of myrrh". The Holy Spirit now reassures her heart as she climbs step by step, "Because of your words of intensive expectation (faith), victory is coming into your life." David knew about this, when all seemed hopeless in that cave.  The devil hammered him with this thought,"You will be dead by morning by the hands of Saul!" but David spoke faith words in Psa. 57:1. "Be merciful unto me, God for my soul trusteth in thee until these calamities be overpast."

In those first steps up this imposing mountain severe attacks of discouragement race through her mind. There is no beauty on this mountain. It is foreboding and threatening. The higher she climbs the darker it becomes. Fearful sounds of thunder come crashing into her ears. The prince of darkness sends a chilling wind of no hope through her soul. No weapon is spared by the enemy to hinder her from making this ascent. Satan knows that if the Lord's bride makes it to the top she will have daily victory and the shadows of the little foxes will begin to disappear having no effect on her! She cringes and begins to turn away. The Holy Spirit reminds her, "You must climb this mountain. What you will learn at the top will change and empower you to have healing and victory over bondages and the controlling self-life! You will feel your Beloved’s love as never before!"

Fear once again grips her soul. But all of a sudden her Beloved appears to her and whispers, "Bride of My heart, you know how much I love you, your willingness to go to the mountain of myrrh pleases Me beyond all that you can imagine. The Holy Spirit will be with you through the whole process. He will give you My strength. (Deut. 31:6; Heb. 13:5)." With this blessed assurance she continues and all the time saying to herself, "I am pleasing the Love of my heart!" As she continues upward onto this mountain of darkness and evil she hears the Holy Spirit say to her heart, "Keep your spiritual eyes on your Beloved. Think about Him. Meditate on His Words given especially for you. Worship Him. The darkness and evil will not have power over you as you climb." (I Cor. 15:57; Rev. 12:11).

The dreadful darkness and diabolical coldness of self-will surrounded her. Winds of unspeakable shame and guilt struck at her trying to force her off the mountain. But each time, she did exactly as the Holy Spirit directed her. He reminded her of Psa. 119:105. All of a sudden in the darkness there was a lamp for her feet and a light for her path. She thought, "It is amazing how one look at my Beloved takes the fear out of the evil surrounding me."

She reached the top and what seemed to be an eternity was but a moment in time. The Holy Spirit asked her to walk into the darkness with all the fearful peals of thunder around her. With hesitant steps she enters. What she saw there was repulsive to her soul. She shrank back in horror. It was her Beloved on the cross. Tears running down her cheeks she heard Him speak in tones of excruciating pain from the cross. "Come closer, consider the cost of making you My bride."

Gazing at Her Beloved's torn and mangled body caused her to turn back in horror. At that very moment her Beloved cried out in anguish, "My God, My God why have You forsaken Me?" The Holy Spirit pulled the curtain away and what she saw was much more terrifying than what had happened to His precious body. The most unimaginably hideous looking dark images of sin formed: murders, adulteries, blasphemous words of slander, violence, hatred and so much more. Then came the demonic attack: laughing, mocking, spewing out filthy slime against His mind. They kicked, they howled, they screamed, they tempted, they tortured Him with unspeakable acts. What was once holy was being crushed and conformed to the most grotesque evil image possible. The Holy Spirit brought to her mind, "My Beloved not only took my sins (John 1:29) but He actually became my sin (II Cor. 5:21). My Beloved not only took my curse but became it (Gal. 3:10,13)." All the curses of Deut. 28 poured over His soul (tumors, boils, madness, blindness, pestilence, fever etc. (vs. 15, 21, 22, 27, 28, 35, 59; read Matt. 8:17).

She was made to look at her Beloved's spirit. What had been filled with the Holy Spirit and the glorious fellowship of the Father, now had been forsaken and left entirely empty. The chamber of His spirit became filled with anguish and loneliness. As she wept the Holy Spirit said to her spirit, "Do you now understand why a terrible darkness fell from the sixth hour to the ninth hour while your Beloved was on the cross (Matt. 27:45)? You are seeing Him in all His physical, emotional and spiritual hideousness. You are seeing what it meant for Abba Father to ‘crush’ His own Son (Isa. 53:5,10)."

She cried out, "O my Beloved I never realized the depths to which You went. I did this to You!" On His face she could see how deeply He was "despising the shame" (Heb. 12:2). No words could describe it. Fierce flames erupted from His innermost being as He cried out in pain. She saw her face in the midst of all those flames of evil which enveloped His soul (Rev. 20:14, 15).  The Holy Spirit spoke once again to her heart and said, "These are the flames of the second death you deserved to suffer. Your Beloved is taking the penalty you deserved! He loves you that deeply!"

It was too much for her to bear as she fell to her knees sobbing and filled with a love for Him she had never felt before. Streams of living water began to flow from her heart to the cross. When she looked up again, she saw in His eyes an unspeakable joy. That Spirit-filled water flowing from her heart to the foot of the cross was the "joy that was set before Him" so that He could "endure" her hell.

The Holy Spirit spoke gently to her spirit, "What you are about to see will be the key to overcoming the power your sin nature has within you. Those habits, attitudes and actions do not have to overpower you (Rom. 6:14). Never forget what is about to be revealed to you. This is going to make the dream given to you not long ago a reality in your daily walk with the Beloved."

She looked once again at the soul of her Beloved. She saw her sin rising up within Him to take control: the lust after things; the criticizing words of gossip which had fallen from her lips; the arrogant pride; the strife caused by angry thoughts and words; unholy things she had watched, read and heard; the spirit of irritation and aggravation; the selfish coveting after things! Each evil separately rose up to take over and chain Him in its evil grasp. Each sin was enthroned upon a black throne. Emblazoned upon each throne were these words, "I WILL NOT HAVE THIS MAN REIGN OVER ME! I will reign over my own life!" Then, in the midst of the sin sitting upon the throne, her face appeared exuding self-seeking, arrogance! Out of her mouth came, "I will raise my throne above the most High! I am my own god! My will and my desires alone!" This sight was too much for the bride and she fell on her face crying out, "I did this to my Beloved. Send me to hell! I deserve eternal punishment." At that very moment she heard the Beloved cry out, "Father, forgive her for she knows not what she has done!" A drop of His blood appeared over her heart and an inexpressible peace swept over her. The gentle Holy Spirit whispered, "Your Beloved's blood was placed upon your heart when you received Him as Lord and Savior." Her spirit fell back into the arms of the Holy Spirit and proclaimed, "Not my will! Not my will!" She then looked back to the soul of her Beloved in all of His pain and watched her sins, iniquities and transgressions try to overtake Him.

Just as they were about to prevail a drop of His blood fell on each sin giving Him full victory over every one of those evils. The Holy Spirit spoke, "Did you see what just happened to all those evil urges which live in your sin nature? Your Husband won a victory over each one of them! All during your lifetime these sins will separately attempt to take over the throne of your heart and rule you. They must be dealt with individually. Listen to what I wrote you, 'Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed (rendered powerless) that henceforth we should not serve sin.' (Rom. 6:6). Notice the word 'might'. It is still possible for you to be controlled by sin while you walk on earth."

The Holy Spirit continued to explain, "Jesus not only paid for the penalty of your sin (an eternity of punishment in the 'lake of fire' - Rev. 20:14,15) but also won a victory over the power of sin to control you while living on Earth. What you need is to know how to daily use His victory to overcome these sins which will attempt to rule you. Don't ever forget how your Beloved defeated each sinful thing. Let your heart hear these words which I wrote just for you and you will know how to have victory, "...reckon (consider) yourselves to be dead (to be separated from) indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:11). For example, gossip rises up to rule your heart. By faith say to that sinful temptation or attitude, 'You have no right to control me, Jesus' blood has already defeated you. I consider myself separated (dead) from your power to control me. My Beloved won a victory over you and I am alive in His victory. I don't have to battle you. Your problem is not with me but with Jesus who is my Lord. He is the ruler of my heart right now!" The Holy Spirit said, "Now you know how to stop sin. Remember, apply this each time when sin attempts to take over! Do it thirty times a day and you will have thirty victory celebrations."

The Bride, filled with joy amidst this awful scene at the cross said, "Yes, yes, I understand now. It's not my battle. My Husband's blood defeated the power of each unrighteous thing in me. All I have to do is apply it each time." The Holy Spirit excitedly said, "Then, what I wrote to you will actually be a living reality, 'For sin shall not have dominion (power) over you: for you are not under law, but under grace.' 
(Rom. 6:14)  It is all accomplished by your faith in the Word (Rom. 6:6-14). Then, sin’s power will retreat in defeat! You are to live and walk by faith."

Dear Christian, you and I must bring our old habits of independence to His cross and see them as having been crucified (Rom. 6:6-14)! We must take all of the attacks of the enemy to the cross and cease trying to fight them in our own strength (II Cor. 4:7-18)! We must be willing to go to the place of our birth (Calvary) and allow the cross to blot out what weakens our relationship with Him! He must increase and we must decrease (John 3:30) and it is realized only by daily going to the cross. The result will be Gal. 2:20! This is a sign of being a true bride of the Beloved, "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with all
its affections and lusts." (Gal. 5:24)! This is true spiritual warfare! Make it a habit! The crucifixion of the flesh is simply surrendering that sin to Jesus’ victory and your soul to His Lordship. His victory becomes your victory by faith as you proclaim each time His victory which has already defeated the power of these sins to control you, "Not my will but Thine be done. Jesus' victory is my victory!" Please read Rom. 1:17, I John 5:4 and Rev. 12:9-11, it will be very clear.

Dear reader, do you see why you first must go to the mountain of myrrh then you will experience the hill of frankincense? No wonder He instructed us to never forget His death through the communion! The mountain of crucifixion is the most difficult mountain we will ever have to climb.  Our independent sinful nature fights it with all of its strength!

This is the place where He will increase and we will decrease. It is the place of true surrender! Every right that we hold dear is placed at the foot of the cross! O how we struggle to keep what we think we possess, yet in reality, it all had always belonged to Him in the first place (James 1:17; John 3:27). Everything: our gifts, talents, abilities, hurts, desires, job, family, positions and habits must be placed at the foot of the cross and recognize His power over them! This is that for which Paul pressed toward the mark, the high calling which is in Christ (Phil. 3:13-14), to become more like Christ and have His image seen by the world (Rom. 8:29).

"...the hill of frankincense."
 
After surrendering daily each sinful temptation to the Lordship of our King, then we go from the mountain to the hill! Coming down is so easy. No real energy is needed. When you reach the hill you will feel a refreshing peace, purity and holiness sweep over your soul, your walk and your ways (see 3:6)! Why so effortless? Because the Holy Spirit is in control and it is by His power and might we are walking! The hill of holiness brings peace that passes understanding and joy unspeakable (Phil. 4:7; I Pet. 1:8)!

The bride looks down from the mountain and sees this beautiful hill. She already feels a refreshing breeze and lovely fragrance flowing from there. She takes a step toward the hill, her heart begins to pound as she feels the presence of her Beloved near. All of a sudden He appears. She rushes to His arms and He says, "Come with Me, we will go together. This is what I have been waiting for." Holding tightly to His strong arm they were immediately transported to the hill. He pauses and places a hand on each side of her face, then peers deep into her eyes and exclaims in love filled tones...


V.7 "Thou are all fair (beautiful, lovely), my love; there is no spot in thee."


O what Jesus sees in us that we do not see in ourselves! She is absolutely beautiful to Him. Before (1:15 and 4:1) He had said that she was fair, beautiful, lovely, but now He uses the word "all"! The struggle of our "will" up the mountain of crucifixion was very difficult, but one look from His eyes and these words from His lips made it worth it all! He has just described eight aspects of her physical features. Eight is the number of new beginnings (eight people in the Ark in Gen. 8). This is where we truly become the Lord's portion to His heart (Deut. 32:9)! O how lovely the walk of holiness is to your Beloved!

PRAY WITH ME: "O dear Abba Father, may I always see things through Calvary's eyes, through eyes of holiness. Is there anything in me not pleasing to You my dear Bridegroom? Dear Holy Spirit reveal it to me (Psa. 139:23,24), then I will take it to the mighty mountain of myrrh so that I may walk on the holy hill of frankincense in Your peace and power! Your Words and Your thoughts are too high for me, too wonderful for me (Isa. 55:6). What You see in me must be so because You are truth. I heard You say them to my heart by the Holy Spirit! I do not see what You see in me, but in faith I receive these amazing words of love for me from Your heart. If only I had understood earlier that You were not looking for perfection in me while I walked this earth, but simply a total surrender of my will to You. You are patiently transforming me into Your image through the dear Holy Spirit and that makes me beautiful to You! My soul is flooded with worship for You. In Your most worthy name Beloved of my heart, my Lord and my God, amen!"


 


Saturday, July 11, 2015

TELL MY CHILDREN OF MY LOVE

Tell my children, tell my children.  Tell them how much you love Me and how much I love them.   Tell them that in spite of all their failures, I am with them, loving them, watching over them, teaching them, leading and guiding...yes, right through the storms of life and there will be plenty of storms to go through, but I am WITH YOU IN THE STORMS and I am with your brothers and sisters too.  Remind them.  You know how everyone needs reminders.  Never give up loving others through My love...just look to Me in your brokenness and I will fill you afresh with My love.

Love is the KEY that opens the door to many secrets and treasures and they are all in My heart.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

SEND FORTH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT

               SEND FORTH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT    ~~SONG ~~

 
Send forth your Holy Spirit---all over this land

Send out your Holy Spirit---all over this earth

And pour out your mercies---Your heart of compassion

                                                                          To those who are held--in chains of sin.              



                                                                                
                                                    O Lord, your tears drop---for those who are in sorrow

And those who in darkness---slaughter the unborn

To those who are tormented---with sins of prostitution

                                                       And the poison of alcohol---and the drugs that stupefy

                                                                  

Pour out your Holy Spirit---to those who are struggling

In confusion of their gender---O rise up Holy Spirit

       Upon all the babies and children---who are sold for the evil deeds

                                                            Of satan’s own tormentors---and bring forth your justice.

                                                                  

Impart your Holy Spirit---to those who are lost

And blind and deaf, Our Light---release your Holy Spirit

To those who are lukewarm---O may they repent

Before it is too late---to those who cry for truth.
 
 
 
To the ones caught in their sorceries---unrealities…enticements
And for those in their delusions---bring light and truth, Yahweh
Cause our hearts to blend with yours---and wash o’er this terror and war
 
                                                         
                                                 With your merciful love, my King---wash o’er our hearts.


 
       "O WAKE UP SLEEPING CHURCH--- COME INTO TRUE REVIVAL

Awaken your hearts and turn away from yourselves

And weep with Your Messiah--for those held captive.

Let your tears blend with His and intercede from your hearts.

For Your Master calls you to REPENT."
                 
 
                                      Send forth Your Holy Spirit--All over this land.
                                      Send forth Your Holy Spirit--All over this earth.                 



                                                                                    ~~ 4/12/04 ~~~ WORDS
                                                     ~~ 4/23/04 ~~~ MELODY


                                                                                               
                           
           
                                      
                                                         

                                                                                   
                       
Cause us to seek Your Face and to seek Your strength continually.  Grace each of us to repent...to be sorrowful and to turn away from our sins and then to come before Your Face with open hearts of love and worship and thankfulness!  We know that You are always postured to give and that we are to always be postured to receive with expectation.  Cause us to ever move into the new lens changes you have for us and to have our will submerged in Your will.  Cause us to abide in You and in Your word for Your Honor and Glory. Amen.

Revelation 2:1-7-- Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 3:14-22--
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

 

 
 
 


 
 
  

THE SOUND OF TRUTH


 
THE SOUND OF TRUTH
 
Beloved children of the Lord
Do hear this trumpet call
                                                       It sounds to you
Of truth . . . in its pervading light
                                                 And roars to you in strength.
                                                
                                       
                                       The voice of truth—it calls and leads

At times will bring you humbly low

For as the curtains dark are rent

By shafts of light that penetrate

You see the spells of night run to their flight.
 
 
O hear the hoof-beat and the heart-beat
 
Emerging ever strong
 
To break and crash through all the lies
 
To set the captives free from...
 
THE HARLOT AND HER DAUGHTERS!
 
 
The truth in you, with fiery love
 
Will set the prisoner free
 
So heed the call
 
And compromise no more...
 
COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!
 
LEAVE BABYLON BEHIND!
 
DON'T YOU SEE,
 
THE WHOLE WORLD LIES IN WICKEDNESS!
 
 
The VISIBLE world is full of DECEPTION AND LIES and only leads to death.
The INVISIBLE world is full of light and truth and love--
Jesus Christ IS that way to the Kingdom of God!
 
O wear the truth and never stray
For constant truth will serve you well
‘Tis your unbroken chain in life
To lead, to teach, to point the way
                                            With urgent messages that pierce.


The Holy One bids you come

Ever deeper . . . closer still

Be filled, possessed and love His truth

Bond servant to your King,

                                           Your Treasure, and your Prize.


The narrow way is still before you
 
Set you heart, your eyes as flint
 
And forward march in urgent strides
 
Let no one—nothing--charm you from

                                          Your holy passion for His truth.


Follow Him, in love . . . THIS Jesus Christ
 
Uncreated, Undefeated, Mighty Lamb of God
 
Overcomer, Boundless One, Faithful, Emmanuel,

                          Unchanging, Alpha and Omega . . . Triumphant over all!

HE is your very Truth . . . Always . . . forevermore!

3/12/04
 
I was praying and saw in a vision the Lord’s large tears dropping on the land. This is a song of lament and tears. I do not believe in a worldwide revival, as many do these days, but I do believe that Jesus Christ is reviving individuals, who are seekers of Him, wherever they may be.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






 

 

 



 

 


 

HYMN ~ ~ THE JEWELS OF SUFFERING

                                                                         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 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.

1/23/04




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.”



Heb. 12:2—“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”



Heb. 13:12-14—“Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”



1 Pet. 4:1-2—“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin.



HYMN ~~ YOUR BROKEN BODY AND POURED OUR BLOOD

I had asked our Lord for a hymn and this is what
He shared with me.  He is SO GOOD!
 
 
Hymn   ~    Your Broken Body and Poured Out Blood
                                        O Lord, in ages past, and ages yet to see
 
And for all eternity, You’ll ever be

Adored and thanked, worshipped and praised

For giving us your broken body,

For giving us your out-poured Blood.

I’ll always thank you, Jesus.



So here am I--another ardent voice,

To join in singing is my fervent choice,

With the everlasting redeemed throng,

All those who bring their praise to you in song,

The eternal anthem--for evermore.

I’ll always thank you, Jesus.



I thank You, Jesus, for your broken Body

I thank You, Jesus, for your out-poured Blood.

I’ll always thank You, love and adore You,

For You laid down your life for me.

                                          For you laid down your life for me.

DEEP CALLS UNTO DEEP

Continually our Lord has been calling me to deeper places in Him
so that I can rise higher in Him and come closer to Him...
of course, ALWAYS AND ONLY BY HIS GRACE. 
So I want to share this poem with you
in the hope that it will touch your
heart to delve into deeper
places, that you might
rise higher in Him
and come closer
to Him and
that we
might
bring
Him
the
HONOR AND GLORY,
THE JOY AND THE PLEASURE,
THE LOVE AND THE WORSHIP
THAT HE CREATED US TO BRING TO HIM.
 
IF YOU ARE TOUCHED BY THIS POEM,
PLEASE SEARCH FOR MY POEM
 ON THIS SITE CALLED 'DEEPER STILL'.
 
Deep calls unto deep
                         
                                                                                                  I hear My Master say

So open up your heart, my child

For you ~ this is the way.

Not to hide ~ but to bare thyself to

One who knows but all & yet & still

Loves deeply ~ all of you & more.

“A mystery,” I hear you say

Your heart can’t comprehend

And yet, I say again, my own

I love you deeply ~ all of you & more.

                                                          Psalm 42:7-Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts; all thy waves

and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the LORD will command His

loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be

with me and my prayer unto the God of my life. c. 1997


Thursday, June 11, 2015

DWELL IN FIRST LOVE

~~ 6/2015 ~~

This is an inspirational note written to me by another lover of our Lord and Savior.  My prayer is that all those who need to return to their FIRST LOVE ~ kind of love would do so and that those who are living in that FIRST LOVE ~ kind of love will remain before our beautiful Beloved and King.

"I believe the Lord knows those who desire to not only return to their first love but to DWELL THERE. Alone with the beloved Lord, waiting in worshipful anticipation of the revelation of His Presence. Ah, yes....first love, that liberating glance, that forgiveness sweet, the release to go and sin no more and the love of heaven streaming down as bright sunlight through the dark cloud.

The love that consumes the sin and ravishes our heart as our Savior hung in shameful agony that belonged to me and you.

Yes, the Lord beckons us to come, return to the height from where we once were. Once again our heart aglow with heavens love, with heavens holy Son, the risen Lamb, the great I AM....

Worthy, oh worthy Lamb of God, worthy to receive glory, honor, praise and all our adoration."

Luke 24:32--And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Let us heed the warning that our precious Jesus gave to us in the book of revelation.

~~ FOR YOUR COMPARISONS ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT WORD ~~
     Revelation 2:1-7--KJV
1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
 
Revelation 2:1-7--AMP
1To the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]:
I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars.
I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name’s sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.
But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].
Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God’s will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent.
Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest.
He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.


Revelation 2:1-7--the LIVING BIBLE
“Write a letter to the leader[a] of the church at Ephesus and tell him this:
“I write to inform you of a message from him who walks among the churches* and holds their leaders in his right hand.
“He says to you: I know how many good things you are doing. I have watched your hard work and your patience; I know you don’t tolerate sin among your members, and you have carefully examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but aren’t. You have found out how they lie. You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.
“Yet there is one thing wrong; you don’t love me as at first! Think about those times of your first love (how different now!) and turn back to me again and work as you did before; or else I will come and remove your candlestick from its place among the churches.
“But there is this about you that is good: You hate the deeds of the licentious Nicolaitans,[b] just as I do.
“Let this message sink into the ears of anyone who listens to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: To everyone who is victorious, I will give fruit from the Tree of Life in the Paradise of God.


Revelation 2:1-7--J.B. PHILLIPS

1-5 “Write this to the angel of the Church in Ephesus: ‘These words are spoken by the one who holds the seven stars safe in his right hand, and who walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and what you have endured. I know that you will not tolerate wicked men, that you have put to the test self-styled ‘apostles’, who are nothing of the sort, and have found them to be liars. I know your powers of endurance—how you have suffered for the sake of my name and have not grown weary. But I hold this against you, that you do not love as you did at first. Remember then how far you have fallen. Repent and live as you lived at first. Otherwise, if your heart remains unchanged, I shall come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
6-7 Yet you have this to your credit, that you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I myself detest. Let every listener hear what the Spirit says to the Churches: ‘To the victorious I will give the right to eat from the tree of life which grows in the paradise of God.’