My child, how blessed are you when you delight yourself in Me. How victorious you are when you live your life in faith and believe Me. How happy you are when you are thankful in every circumstance. How peaceful you are when you choose to trust Me instead of fretting about situations you have no control over. Delight yourself in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to Me, trust also in Me, and I will do it.
Psalm 37: 4&5
My child, how much do you love your loved ones and want the best for them? Well multiply that by a million times and you would still fall short of how much I love and care for you. I want My very best for you. I have an awesome life for you. You just need to trust Me and follow Me with your whole heart. I will lead you as you seek Me. Never doubt My love and don’t be afraid of the future. You are in My hands. No matter how many times you fall I still love you with an everlasting love. And I always will.
Your Father in heaven who’s love you can count on.
Psalm 139: 1-18
My child, I have set you apart. You belong to Me. Avoid getting caught up in all the world has to offer. You are a soldier in My Kingdom. Don’t entangle yourself in the affairs of everyday life. You are not to go after the worldly but the heavenly prize. Start thinking more about Kingdom living and less about earthly surviving. Start focusing on Me and seeking My face and stop trying to please people who don’t care about your soul. Consider yourself dead to sin and alive to Me.
2 Timothy 2: 4&5 Romans 6:11
My child, I am with you in the rough times. I am right by your side when things are hard. Cling to Me during the night season. Know that morning is coming when I will make all things new.
Psalm 30:5 “Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning”
I was reading about what the famous basketball coach John Wooden said to his players. He told them that he didn’t consider winning the most important thing. As a matter of fact, he never mentioned winning to his players. He stressed “best effort” for everybody, and felt that a player should feel badly only if he didn’t give it his all.
That really hit me recently as I was running along side my running buddy. We are side by side as long as we’re running at a steady pace, but when it’s time to sprint, she bolts out way ahead of me. Knowing I was giving it MY best effort put all my feelings of failure of not being able to keep up with her away. I felt great knowing that I had given it my all and I could feel proud of my workout. I don’t dread her sprinting ahead anymore. She is 30 years younger than I am, so I shouldn’t be feeling that bad anyway! I want to know that I’ve done my best and that is success. I’m glad that I came to that conclusion before her 20 year old friend joined us too!
My child, do you want to be more like Me? Spend more time with Me. Do the things I do. Follow My lead and obey Me. You end up acting like the ones you’re around most. So choose carefully who you spend time with. Make sure you’re prepared before you go out among unbelievers. The only way to be prepared is spending time with Me.
Romans 8:29
My child, I have you. I will open doors before you. I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden wealth of secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. You are My chosen one. Believe Me today.
Isaiah 45: 2-5
My child, when I ask you to deny yourself and take up your cross and follow Me, it’s not so you have to do without, it’s so I can pour everything I have for you in. It’s to make room for the blessings and life that I have planned. When your plan is in the way, I can’t begin to bring you into your purpose. Move out of My way. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16: 24 & 25
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” My child, that is the starting place. A deep reverence of Me, Your Holy God. So many people go about with a casual attitude towards Me when a holy reverence should be at their very core. I Am and there is no other God besides Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and there is no savior besides Me. I Am the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
Proverbs 1:7 Isaiah 43:10 & 11 Isaiah 48:17
Your covenant with death has been cancelled and your pact with Sheol will not stand. In repentance and rest you will be saved. In quietness and trust is your strength. I long to be gracious to you and I wait on high to have compassion on you. I the Lord am a God of justice. How blessed are all those who long for Me.
Isaiah 28:18 30:15 & 18