Ezekiel 7:23 Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Jeremiah 29:11 “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Ephesians 2:4-5 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
May your relationships with people, places, and things be subordinate to your relationship with God, always checking that no matter how much you love them, that you love the Lord first and most, realigning any relationship that draws you from, or diminishes your love for, the Lord your God. 2 Chronicles 8
May you offer to the Lord daily the sacrifices of praise from a humble and contrite heart, which is His due, for from His hand daily come mercies renewed for you each morning, even your next breath and next heart-beat. 2 Chronicles 8
May you search the depths of the word of God for the riches of His grace and the knowledge of His nature, growing in wisdom and experience as you plumb the untrodden landscape of His compassion and experience the unseen vistas of His majesty, guided by the faithful leading of His Spirit of truth, laying up for yourself wealth in His kingdom, for where your treasures are, there your heart will be, also. 2 Chronicles 8, Luke 12
May you live in such close communion with God and walk in such a personal relationship with Christ that those who come to you, whether for help or in curiosity, will leave with more value than they brought. 2 Chronicles 9
May you know the pleasure that comes with the true wisdom from God, for it cannot be found in the wealth of the world or the enjoyment of things. 2 Chronicles 9
May you value and respect the wisdom found in the previous generation, even as you desire your children to receive and learn of the lessons you have gained benefit from, for God is the source of all understanding, which He gives liberally to any who ask for the sake of honoring the Lord and serving His people. 2 Chronicles 10, James 1
May you walk in the realization and the truth that you are no longer controlled by your sinful nature, but by the Spirit of God which lives in you once you have become a child of God. Romans 8
May you rejoice in the fact that if Christ is in you, your spirit is alive because of righteousness, and the Father will give life to your mortal body through His Spirit dwelling in you, though it is subject to death because of sin. Romans 8
May you fulfill your obligation, not to the sinful nature, to live by it, nor to the enemy, to say, “yes,” to him, but to the Spirit of God, to walk as children of the Father. Romans 8
May it become real to you that if, by the Spirit, you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Romans 8
Are you prepared to follow the heavenly vision, My child, as I reveal it to you in greater detail? Walking in it calls for frequent adjustment, and requires spiritual resources that I have prepared for you, but you must seek Me as you have not before. Your spirit is, indeed, willing and eager, but your flesh is contrary and weak; remain watchfully vigilant that you may not be distracted from a continually prayerful attitude.
By drawing near and remaining close to Me, you will hear the whispered encouragement of My Spirit giving you strength from My Word, and you will discern the shape of the enemy's trap of temptation ahead. I have made a way of escape for you, but you must keep your eyes on Me; do not be overtaken by the cares of work in the world and look away from Me, or let the diversion of leisure lull you to sleep, lest you fall into the snare and your effectiveness be removed.
The patterns and forms that are set up in the world for the ministry by, and to, My people serve their purpose for the time they are needed, My habitual one, but My vision is a dynamic, developing, growing, maturing process. As you grow in your natural body, you exchange one set of clothes for another, and move from one level of lessons and practical work to another, although it is always centered on the chores about the house and helping each other in your family. So it is in My kingdom. When you feel the nudge of the Spirit and see the shift in your life, do not seek to hold on to the form or the pattern by which My Spirit has expressed the Father's love through you in times past, lest you miss out on new depths and greater reaches of ministry to My Body's members.
I am patient, My love, and I will walk with you through the new pathways as many times as you are willing to try, for I see your heart and I know your struggle. It is only when I see in the heart of one I strive with that the decision has been made to go no further that My Spirit lifts for a season, only to return when repentance and contrition has come. My Spirit will always direct you outward to reach others, My precious one, never drawing My people to turn inward to exclude or close out others from the riches of grace and loving acceptance which I have abundantly provided for My family.
Walk ever in the better way of love, extending service and ministry to others as servants for My sake, leading in love, but meek in ministry; not for the love of people, but for love of Me. For no matter whether others accept or reject you, I will always embrace you, just as I did when you were My enemy. That is the love that will see you through, and will not fail in your service to all.
May you cry, “Abba, Father,” through the Spirit of sonship given by the Father's love for you, which banishes the spirit of fear which would try to enslave you again. Romans 8
May your spirit receive the testimony of the Spirit Himself that you are God's children, and thus the Father's heirs and Christ's co-heirs, if indeed you share in His suffering in order that you may also share in His glory. Romans 8
May you consider that your present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in you, for even the creation waits eagerly for God's children to take their place. Romans 8
May you anticipate, with hope and expectation, the time when creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. Romans 8
May your enemy, who is too powerful for you, and your foes, which are too numerous for you, see the hand of God take hold of you and draw you out of deep waters. The Lord rescues you when His enemy confronts you in the day of your distress, and God brings you out into a large, safe place because He delights in taking pleasure in you. Psalm 18
May the Lord save you, as He does the humble, and may you see the faithfulness and purity of the Lord. Psalm 18
May the Lord keep your lamp burning as He turns your darkness into light, and help you advance against a troop when the enemy comes in like a flood. Psalm 18, Isaiah 59
May you take refuge in the Lord, Who is a shield to those who trust Him, for His way is perfect and His word is flawless. Psalm 18
May God arm you with strength and make your way perfect, giving you the agility of a deer and enabling you to stand on the high places. Psalm 18
May the God Who trains your hands for battle, and strengthens you to bend a bow of bronze, give you His shield of victory, sustaining you by His right hand as He stoops down to make you great. Psalm 18
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