Stand Firm & NEVER Give Up (3.31.19)

My Children,

I speak to many who are trying to keep your head above water, who feel like they are going down for the third time.

I see your struggles and your discouragement.

You are being tempted to lose heart.
You have almost given up hope.

The waves created by the storms of life have overwhelmed you. But, I say to you, do not despair.  Do not give up hope. 

I Am your very present help in times of trouble, and I Will bring you through these times of adversity, into triumph. Trust Me and let Me guide your steps to make your way perfect.

Refuse to allow the enemy to make you feel lost or forgotten, for I Am with you. Keep your faith in Me. I’ve told you before - satans only weapons are lies and deceit. 

However, remember that I have told you to stay alert. Stand firm and resist the devil, and he will have to flee. he won’t be able to stay around the presence of the anointing that is on your life.  

Therefore, stand firm, stay prayerful and never give up. 

You know you have the victory. 
So, stand firm and never give up.

~ A Prayer Confession ~
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for reassuring me that You are always with me, and that You will bring me through this current trial that I am facing.

I thank You for the strength that You provide for me when I am going through the storms of life. 

I rest in knowing that you're always there with me.

Thank You.  Amen.

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD:
Psalm 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. 

Psalm 42:5 - Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in GOD: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 

Jeremiah 17:7 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 

Luke 18:1 - One day Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show them that they must never give up. (NLT)

James 4:7 - Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Romans 8:25 - But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 

1 Peter 5:8 - Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

#ScriptureReflection - Hosea 6:1-6 (3.30.19)

"Come, let us return to the LORD,
it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;
he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.

He will revive us after two days;
on the third day he will raise us up,
to live in his presence.
Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD;
as certain as the dawn is his coming,
and his judgment shines forth like the light of day!

He will come to us like the rain,
like spring rain that waters the earth."

What can I do with you, Ephraim?
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your piety is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that early passes away.
For this reason I smote them through the prophets,
I slew them by the words of my mouth;

For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice,
and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Look Up, Look Up & Receive God's Joy, Victory and Blessings (3.29.19)

My Child,

It is time for My People to rise up.  To stop looking down at their ashes and counting their woes and pains. It is time for them to lift their heads and look to Me. Where does your help come from? Your help comes from Me, the maker of Heaven and earth! I Am the One, the One who has healed you, the One who has removed sickness from your midst, the One who has removed oppression from your life, the One who has brought you joy amidst pain. And I Am the One, who will do it again!  

Many of you are asking, "When Lord?" And I am saying,"It is already yours.  Believe that you have received what you have prayed for." 

I Am calling My People to rise up and continue proclaiming the truth of what is already theirs.  Do not allow the enemy to sow seeds of fear and lies into your lives; but 'speak in faith' to your circumstances. And do not stop speaking when things don’t happen on your time. Instead, be faithful in prayer like Daniel, stay before Me and watch the power of My Word change your situation. 

Rise up from the ashes, for they will not bring you freedom. 

Those ashes will only push you deeper into oppression and fear. Many of you have heard the words 'new day' and have been wondering when is this new day coming? When will the sun rise on my circumstance? I Speak to you today - do not be discouraged because the day has become darker instead of brighter. Haven’t you heard?  It is always darkest before the dawn.  

The sun is about to rise on many of your lives and circumstances. I Am fighting for you.  Just continue to stand on My Word, and claim it is so.

Remember, no harm shall come to you and no weapon formed against you shall prosper. Continue standing in faith and do not allow fearful thoughts to enter your mind. Take every thought captive and no matter how your body feels, and no matter how your circumstances look, stand. 

Stand firm on My Word and continue to confess your breakthrough. Continue to confess victory in the adversary's face.

The breakthrough is so close.
Do not give up now.
Claim your victory and blessings.

Claim them now!

The darkness has increased because it is about to turn into the dawn. Step out of your ashes.

Look up, look up and receive My Joy. 

And do not stop believing.

Remember this Faith Believers,
There is nothing you will face today that the Lord can't bring you through. Thank GOD for what you have, Trust GOD for what you need.
 - Marilyn

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD

Psalm 121:1-2 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 

Isaiah 54:17 - No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. 

Daniel 10:12 - Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy GOD, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 

Mark 11:24 - Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 

Ephesians 6:13 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of GOD, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

Ephesians 6:18 - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; 

Be Still, Sit Before the Lord, Meditate on His Word & Watch God Deal with that "Impossible" Situation (3.28.19)

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still - Exodus 14:14

 

Faith Believers,

Are you are asking yourself “How will I get through this?" or "How can I take time to just sit still before the Lord and meditate on His Word?”

You can take this time - if you will go before GOD in prayer, asking for His Divine Intervention.

When the Israelites were being pursued by Pharaoh’s army, they allowed themselves to be overwhelmed by their circumstances; instead of being filled with faith. They panicked and blamed their situation upon Moses. Although he must have been greatly irritated at their lack of faith, Moses calmed their fears and told them not to fear.

Moses urged them to let GOD deal with what seemed to be an impossible situation.

Do you have an impossible situation you are facing today?

Be still and let the Lord fight for you.

  -  Marilyn

~ Prayer ~
Awesome Father,

Show me how to be still and wait upon You,
     especially when I find myself in what I see
     as an “impossible situation.” 

Help me to remember that NOTHING is impossible
     for You - only if I will let You fight for me
     instead of me insisting on my own way. 

Fill me with the faith to trust in Your Ability
     to answer my cries for help.

Amen

 

 

 

Pay no Attention to What Others Say or Do - Change is Coming. Prepare... (3.27.19)

My Child,
Some of you have allowed the voice of the enemy to enter into your heart. 

Resist what he is trying to do. 

At times, you allow what others say to cause your heart to fear. Do not concern yourself with what others are saying or doing. They are not seeking My Face as you are, and some of them have their own agenda. You will lose your focus if you continue to try to follow them or concern yourself with what they are saying and/or doing.

Cast down every word or thought which causes you to waver in your faith and to be burdened. Never fear what you hear, My child. Come to Me for guidance for your next step. You must remain upon the foundation I have established for you. Let nothing distract you from seeking My Presence.

Prepare yourself for the changes to come.
You have heard Me say this to you over
     and over again.

You need to spend more time at My Feet, to rest and be refreshed. I miss My Times with you. In My Presence is where you will learn more of Me.  You will be strengthened when you are challenged. You need this.  It is vital for your growth.

Everything I have told you concerning your walk with Me, I Will do. I Am watching over My Word, to perform it. The only change that will occur are the changes that come from your choices along the way.

Always pray about the choices you make.

Pray and trust in Me.

I will not fail you. My Word is true, and it cannot return to Me void.  Therefore, do not fear the voice of the enemy.  Pay no attention to the voices of those with their own agenda's. 

I love you and My Voice is the only One that matters.

Read and Meditate on God's Word
Jonh 10:4 - And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 

John 10:5 - And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. 

John 10:27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 

2 Timothy 1:7 - For GOD hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 

A Spiritual Thirst (3.26.19)

My Child,

I have not forsaken you, nor has My Anointing on your life left you.

You should know by now, there are times I Will lead you into the wilderness for a season - just as I did with the children of Israel. I allow these times to happen, so I can bring you to a place of being thirsty for My Presence. And to reveal to you how I Will allow water to flow from a rock for you. Therefore, do not become discouraged nor should you feel defeated.  

 

If you feel spiritually thirsty, it is because you are standing in a place that has been ordained and primed for a miracle.

I want you to realize that My Anointing is always flowing deep within you.  It has not, nor can it ever, leave you. 

 

Seek Me, this day, and allow Me to refresh you with My Living Water.  Let Me quench your thirst, as I reveal to you My Marvelous Works.  Allow your thirst to bring you into My Presence and cause you to seek Me like never before.

The dryness you feel will be quenched through My Living Waters, and every dry area in your life will soon spring to life once again. 

Now, come.  Come to Me, drink of My living Water and let Me revive your weary soul.

 

 READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD:
Isaiah 35:6-7 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water:

Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

John 6:35 - And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 7:37 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

John 4:14 - But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 

John 7:38 - He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Not Forsaken (3.25.19)

My Child,

There is nothing you are going through that I Am not aware of.  I see your trials, I see your pain, I have not forsaken you and I have not left you. I have not turned away.  Please stop fretting about what you see; for what you see is not of Me.  Remember what I told you, walk by faith not by sight - so dry your eyes.... I have not forsaken you.  

Yes, I know your road has been rough, and you are beginning to feel like all hope is gone.  You don't want to feel this way, but you do. That's what the enemy wants you to feel.  Didn't I tell you to call Me when he comes?  You can't fight him with your own strength; you need Me for this battle.  Do not forget what I said, the battle is not yours but it is Mine, the Lord's.  

Call on Me, I have not forsaken you.

My child, I see you worrying about this report.  Yes, I know what the reports say.  Why are you allowing the reports to intimidate you?  Do not allow the report to become your GOD. You are allowing the report to cancel out My Promises. Beloved I AM THE REPORT for your life.  

Trust Me, I have not forsaken you
 

Do you still feel forsaken?  Then let Me remind you about the night My Son prayed in the Garden. Yes, that night - the night before He died, the night He prayed for you.  Death was near, yet He was on His Knees, interceding for you.  Why would He pray for you?  Why would He die for you, only to then forsake you?

You are My Joy.You are My Child.

I Am your Father.

The Father never forsakes His children.

I love you and will always be there to protect you.

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD

Deuteronomy 31:8 - And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Psalm 9:10 - And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Psalm 34:17 - The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 34:19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Psalm 37: 25 - I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

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.

You Have Not Missed Your Blessings (3.24.19)

My Child,
I know you are feeling like you have missed what I planned for you. However, I come to reassure you that you have not missed the blessings I promised you.  

What I planned for you, is for you, and I have not changed my mind.  

Stop acting like the window for your blessings have come and gone. Do not allow time and/or mistakes to make you believe that you’ve missed your blessings. You must always remember this, “One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day,” and I have everything timed perfectly.

Who told you that your time had passed?
Your time is in My Hands.

Although the visions and the promises seem to tarry, wait for them, for they shall surely come to pass.  Have confidence in My Word and the work I Am doing in your life.  I Am not through working in your life. I Will continue to work until every promise is completed.

My timing is not your timing.
My thoughts are not your thoughts.
Neither are your ways my ways.
Therefore, believe in My Word
     and know that you have not
     missed your promised blessings.

My Word shall not return to Me void. 
A promise from Me is a promise that
     will come to pass.
I Am always faithful.

I Am faithful even when you fail.

I cannot allow My Word to return to Me void. I made a promise to Abraham, and even though Abraham made mistakes after I made a promise to him; his mistakes did not stop Me from fulfilling My Word in his life. Therefore, do not live your life as if it’s over.  Especially when I Am still working in your life. 

Just as Abraham’s mistakes didn’t keep Me from blessing him, neither will your mistakes stop Me from blessing you. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of GOD....

My Child, there is life beyond your past failures. 

There is joy beyond your disappointments.

There are blessings ahead for you.

Therefore, resist the devil, stagger not, hold on to My Word, and be fully persuaded that what I promised, I Will to bring pass.

Read and Meditate on God's Word:

Numbers 23:19 - GOD is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 


Isaiah 55:8 - For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 55:10-11 - For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 

Habbukah 2:3 - For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end, it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 

Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD; 

Romans 4:20-21 - He staggered not at the promise of GOD through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to GOD; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 

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: 

2 Peter 3:8-9 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

#ScriptureReflection - Deuteronomy 7 (NIV) (3.23.19)

Driving Out the Nations

7 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— ² and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. ³ Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, ⁴ for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. ⁵ This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire. ⁶ For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

⁷ The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. ⁸ But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. ⁹ Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. ¹⁰ But

those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
    he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.

¹¹ Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.

¹² If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors. ¹³ He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. ¹⁴ You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. ¹⁵ The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. ¹⁶ You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

¹⁷ You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?” ¹⁸ But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. ¹⁹ You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. ²⁰ Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. ²¹ Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. ²² The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. ²³ But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed. ²⁴ He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them. ²⁵ The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God. ²⁶ Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.

#ScriptureReflection - 2 Thessalonians 3 (ESV) (3.22.19)

Pray for Us

3 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, ² and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. ³ But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. ⁴ And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. ⁵ May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

Warning Against Idleness

⁶ Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. ⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, ⁸ nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. ⁹ It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

¹³ As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. ¹⁴ If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed. ¹⁵ Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Benediction

¹⁶ Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
¹⁷ I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write. ¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.