You Are Not Alone (12.9.19)

My Child,

You are not alone.

When you do not know where to go from here or what to do next, all you have to do is ask Me.  Ask Me for My Wisdom and Direction.  I Am not a GOD who cannot hear.  I See where you are, and I Know all the things about you.  I AM the One Who has been holding you, keeping you from utter despair during those hours you wept alone. I Have seen your tears and I Know how you have yearned to please Me.

I Have cried with you, feeling the shame of your humiliation as if it were My Own. And it was My Own, little one, it was. You cannot hide from Me. You must quiet your thoughts and emotions in order to be restored. 

Peace is the platform of the soul from which you can access My Presence. Allow My Intervention into your circumstances, and you will have no regrets.  Refuse to allow chaos of any kind to interrupt your ability to stay calm.

My Child, I Am with you. 
Release all that is not of Me,
     and come closer to Me. 

To those of you who are feeling completely disconnected and lost, I Ask you to come back to Me, so that you can have safety and security.  In the world, you will have trouble and difficult situations to deal with; but in Me there is peace and tranquility.

I Will never forsake you.
You do not have to do this alone.

Ask for My Help.
Ask and you shall receive.

You are not alone.
You are never alone. 

Come. 

Read and Meditate on God's Word:
Psalm 23:4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 

Psalm 71:21 - Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Psalm 119:50 - This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

Psalm 119:76 - Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

Luke 11:9-10 - And I say to you, Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. And he who seeks finds. And to him who knocks it shall be opened. 

John 16:33 - These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

2 Corinthians 1:4 - Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of GOD.

Faith Believers,
I pray the peace of Jesus will flood your soul
and destroy any fears holding you back;
so the vision He has given you,
will come to pass.
  -  Marilyn

Pray & Listen for God's Voice (12.8.19)

My Child,
There are times you’ve tried to speak with Me, without listening to what I Am trying to tell you. You must always listen to Me, First.  Do not allow the enemy to press you into doing things before the time I Have appointed. Come before My Presence, to receive the clarity that you need, and I Will tell you plainly.

Hear My Voice and discern My Time.  Some of you have been through so much pain because you've missed the discernment I Have laid upon your heart.  My Child, follow the leading of My Holy Spirit; and when you do this, My Will shall be done in your life.

You must first realize that when you pray, I Will speak to you in many different ways. Sometimes I May even Speak through people and things.   Do not try to explain this to those around you, just simply tell them that you are seeking My Face and attending to My Words.

There are things I that want to change in your life; so that you can be led by My Holy Spirit in all that you do.

I Will speak clearly, for I Am
     not a GOD of confusion.
I Will make My Voice known unto you. 

Listen for My Voice, and be obedient to My Spirit.  For I Am ready to bring great & abundant fruition into your life; because I Have Promised you this, through My Word.

I Am not a man that I should lie.

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD:
Genesis 22:18  - And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. 

Habakkuk 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.

Psalm 86:6 - Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Isaiah 50:4 - The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

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

1 Corinthians 14:33 - For GOD is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

 

#ScriptureReflection - Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-36 (12.7.19)

Thus says the Lord GOD,
the Holy One of Israel:
O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem,
no more will you weep;

He will be gracious to you when you cry out,
as soon as he hears he will answer you.
The Lord will give you the bread you need
and the water for which you thirst.

No longer will your Teacher hide himself,
but with your own eyes you shall see your Teacher,
While from behind, a voice shall sound in your ears:
"This is the way; walk in it,"
when you would turn to the right or to the left.

He will give rain for the seed
that you sow in the ground,
And the wheat that the soil produces
will be rich and abundant.

On that day your flock will be given pasture
and the lamb will graze in spacious meadows;
The oxen and the asses that till the ground
will eat silage tossed to them
with shovel and pitchfork.

Upon every high mountain and lofty hill
there will be streams of running water.
On the day of the great slaughter,
when the towers fall,

The light of the moon will be like that of the sun
and the light of the sun will be seven times greater
like the light of seven days.
On the day the LORD binds up the wounds of his people,
he will heal the bruises left by his blows.


Source:  USCCB/NABRE

 

#ScriptureReflection - Habakkuk 2:1-5 (12.6.19)

2 I will stand at my watch
    and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me,
    and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

The Lord’s Answer

² Then the Lord replied:

“Write down the revelation
    and make it plain on tablets
    so that a herald may run with it.
³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
    it speaks of the end
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
    it will certainly come
    and will not delay.

⁴ “See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness —
⁵ indeed, wine betrays him;
    he is arrogant and never at rest.

Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive all the peoples.


Source: NIV  (New International Version)

Stop Reasoning and Trust God (12.5.19)

My Child,
I Opened the windows of Heaven, and you need only to ask!

Ask and ask and ask, for I Delight to shower an abundance of My Blessings upon you. Ask for what you need, and do not allow the enemy to bring condemnation upon you.

My Child, you are going to reap a harvest from those days of sowing in tears. 

You are a Child of the King.  Blessed and highly favored.  Therefore, as a Child of the King, talk to Me, your Heavenly Father, and ask Me for what you need. Do not be afraid to come to Me to ask for what you need.

Do not allow the enemy to cause you to feel unworthy of the promises of My Kingdom. There is no condemnation to those who are in Me or My Son, Jesus Christ.  My Son, Your Lord and Savior died so that you could have the right to live a blessed life.  It all belongs to you.  Have you forgotten this?

Just ask, for no good thing will the Lord withhold from His Children, who are walking with Him. 

Stop reasoning and just trust Me.
Rejoice and be glad in the things
     I Am going to do in your life!

 

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD

Psalm 84:11 - For the LORD GOD is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Luke 11:9-10 - And I say to you, Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives. And he who seeks finds. And to him who knocks it shall be opened.

James 1:5-8 - If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of GOD, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Romans 8:1 - There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Closed Doors. Open Doors. God is Able. Stand on His Word... (12.4.19)

My Child,

I Often close doors in your life, because something is behind that door that I do not want you to be exposed to.

Not every closed door is a bad thing.
Some closed doors are a blessing.

The doors I Am opening in your life are going to bless you in a great way. the enemy is whispering in your ear about that job you applied for recently. the enemy is saying, "you did not get that job because you are not anywhere close to being qualified for it." That is a lie from the pits of hell! You did not get that position because I Am preparing you for a huge blessing; and I Closed that door.

The blessings that I Am preparing for you will make the denied position look like peanuts. Stand on My Word and believe in what I Have the power to do. I Said you are blessed!

I Am about to give you a position much greater than the one you were denied .I Hold all Power in My Hands, and I Do not share My Power with anyone. I Am Jehovah GOD all by Myself, and no one can close any door that I Have opened, nor open any door I Have closed.

Rebuke the enemy with your entire being. Stop listening to what satan is saying and start telling him, "It is written in the Word of GOD that I Will be blessed, because I Belong to the Lord."

Believe My Child.
Believe and trust in Me.

You are not going to understand everything that I Do in your life; but trust Me, everything is going to work out for your good - when you believe that I Am able. 

 

 

 

Read and Meditate on God's Word
Isaiah 41:18 - I will open rivers in desolate heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 40:4 - Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth.

Philippians 3:13 - Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.

 

 

 

#ScriptureReflection - 1 Kings 7 (12.3.19)

Solomon Builds His Palace

7 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. ² He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. ³ It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. ⁴ Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. ⁵ All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other^.

⁶ He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

⁷ He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling. ⁸ And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.

⁹ All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. ¹⁰ The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight.
¹¹ Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. ¹² The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.

The Temple’s Furnishings

¹³ King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, ¹⁴ whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.

¹⁵ He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. ¹⁶ He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high. ¹⁷ A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. ¹⁸ He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital. ¹⁹ The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high. ²⁰ On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. ²¹ He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.
²² The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.
²³ He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. ²⁴ Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

²⁵ The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. ²⁶ It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.

²⁷ He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.

²⁸ This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. ²⁹ On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. ³⁰ Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. ³¹ On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. ³² The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. ³³ The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.
³⁴ Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. ³⁵ At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. ³⁶ He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. ³⁷ This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

³⁸ He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. ³⁹ He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. ⁴⁰ He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

⁴¹ the two pillars;

the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;

⁴² the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);

⁴³ the ten stands with their ten basins;

⁴⁴ the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

⁴⁵ the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.

All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. ⁴⁶ The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. ⁴⁷ Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

⁴⁸ Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

the golden altar;

the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;

⁴⁹ the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

⁵⁰ the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers;

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

⁵¹ When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

Source: NIV (New International Version)

 

Rise Above Your Troubles (12.2.19)

Beloved,
Let go of everything that is keeping you bound and troubled.

Rise above the troubles of the past and leave behind those things that have been holding you back. Refuse to allow anything to disable you emotionally. Let Me take those burdens from you so that you can be free. It is time to redirect your energy and re-establish your spiritual goals. I Am with you to bring healing to your soul and hope to your Spirit; however, you must release those things that have crippled you and caused you to stumble in your walk with Me.

I Want you to rise above your troubles, and renew your faith and confidence in Me.

If you don’t, disappointment and discouragement will steal victory from you by undermining your Blessed Assurance. You know within your heart that you can trust Me, but your emotional reaction to circumstances created a double-mindedness in you that has prevented you from succeeding.

Do not believe the enemy’s lies, and refuse to allow fear to undermine your faith. Now is the time to rise to a New Level of Faith - and trust in Me.

I Am more than able to bring all things to a point of order, perfection, and completion according to My Purposes and My Father's Will; however, I cannot do this until you release these things to Me.

And, I do not speak of a partial release in which you still maintain some control. I Speak of a total release in which you completely trust Me for the outcome. Trust Me Beloved, for I Am the Only One that can give you true and everlasting peace.






READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD Isaiah 40:31 - But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Mark 11:22 - And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in 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.
Hebrews 12:1 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
James 1:6-8 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Transition & Praise (12.1.19)

My Child,

I Am calling you into a time of worship and praise for all that I Have brought you through.  

 

Take your stand, and give thanks to Me, for all that I Have done in your life. 

 

I Am positioning you to receive the many blessings that I Am going to bestow upon your life.  Remember, when you praise Me for Who I Am, it brings Me closer to you; and I Love to dwell in the midst of those who sing praises to My Name.

When you praise My Name, you transition yourself from a place of heartache and despair -  into a place of joy and victory. 

Therefore, lift your voice up in praise, and sing joyful songs to Me.

I Am worthy of all praise!!

I Am Jehovah Shammah and I Will forever be present in the lives of My Children.

 

 

 

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD:
Psalm 52:9 - I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Psalm 126:3 - The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Ezekiel 34:26 - And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

December/Advent Cover Photo (2019)