Walk In Truth

My child, I will teach you My way and you will walk in My Truth. I will give you an undivided heart, that you may fear My Name. When you know and walk in Truth, the Truth will make you free. Renounce all deception. Remove all lies. Living and walking by My Spirit is the only way to live in freedom and joy.

Psalm 86:11    John 8:32

My Word

My child, continue in My Word. It is the sword of My Spirit. Pray the Word and believe the Word. It is a powerful force in this dark world. So will My Word be which goes forth from My mouth, it will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

Ephesians 6:17   Isaiah 55:11

True Fulfillment

My child, true fulfillment is in Me alone. I planned it that way. As long as you seek for satisfaction in anything other than Me alone you’ll be miserable. Come to Me with all your thoughts. Come to Me with your plans, hopes and dreams. Come to Me, not only with your prayer requests, but with your worries, your concerns and your fears. In Me, you will find the depth of life and the wisdom to live it.

No Other Way

My child, this life was not meant to live in your own strength. I planned it so you would have to depend on Me. I never intended you to do it alone, but in the power of My strength. The same power that raised Jesus from the grave lives in you. Nothing is impossible. You only need to believe Me and obey Me and you will experience the fruitful life I have planned for you. Trust and obey, for there’s no other way.

Character the Goal

Scripture makes it very clear that God is interested in something a whole lot deeper than the superficial change we tend to be most comfortable with. He wants to live His life in and through us, to bring us to a place of spiritual health and maturity where He can use our life to radically impact the world. And it’s impossible for Him to do this without first transforming our character through the renewing of our mind.

What does character have to do with it? Well, the definition of character largely answers that question. Character in the Greek means proof of genuineness, trustworthiness. It’s not surprising, then, to find it translated in at least one place as proven character.”(Romans 5:3-4)

When the term character is used in Scripture, a great deal is revealed in regard to the condition of man’s heart. Character is that quality within which governs our response in any given instance or circumstance. It’s who we are at the deepest level of our being. In the end we always behave as our character dictates.

A weak character can’t help but succumb to temptation, sadly resulting in a never-ending cycle of bandaging up our sin, patch by cumbersome patch. But a character transformed through a life of godliness responds the very same way every time temptation surfaces: “Of course I won’t do that. That’s not who I am!” How would you rather live your life—on the verge of failure every time sin rears its ugly head, or benefiting from the much-needed help that godly moral fiber brings?