Psalm 33:18 Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love.
Romans 5:5 Hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
2 Thessalonians 3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
1 Peter 5:9 Resist [the enemy of your soul], standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.
May you be willing to share the testimony of God's goodness with others that He would receive the praise, honor, and glory for what He has done rather than to boast in pride of what you think you “have” lest it become idolatry to you, for all that you use and have authority over came from God and will go back to God, even your breath and strength, and in mercy toward you, He is willing to remove all that hinders you from repentance. Isaiah 39
May you be willing to hear God's voice and feel His heart toward His people, and speak His words of tender comfort to the people of Jerusalem, God's own people of the heart, assuring them that the sad days will be gone and the hard service of forced labor will be accomplished soon, that their iniquity will be removed and the Lord's discipline completed. Isaiah 40
May you follow the advice of the voice of the Spirit which calls out for the way to the Lord to be prepared through the wilderness, a way made straight, smooth, and level, a way which allows the blind, lame, and halt to reach the One Who has all they need, and Whose compassion for the needy has caused Him to pay the price for their freedom, so that as you describe the path in terms they can understand, they will not be hindered from receiving or prevented from arriving where the glory of the Lord is revealed. Isaiah 40
May you cry out in obedience that all people are like grass and their reliability like the flowers of the field, gone as soon as the Lord breathes on them, but the Word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40
May you bring good tidings to Zion, shouting without fear from high ground, saying, “Here is your God!” for the Sovereign Lord comes with power, His arm rules for Him, and His reward is with Him as He tends His flock with tenderness as a shepherd, carrying them close to His heart. Isaiah 40
May you know that there is no one and nothing to whom you can compare God, for who can encompass the material world He created, or who can understand the mind of the Lord, enlightening and instructing Him with knowledge, or who can direct the politics of the nations to accomplish the planned goals, except the everlasting God Himself. Isaiah 40
May you lift your eyes and look to the heavens, considering the Creator of all the vast expanse, Who brings out the starry host, one by one, calling each by name, for by His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. Isaiah 40
May you not complain that God does not see what you are dealing with or know what you are going through, for He is the Creator of the entire earth, Who is never weary and has no end to His understanding, giving strength to the exhausted and power to the weak, and those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength, soaring on wings like eagles, running and not growing weary, walking and not becoming faint. Isaiah 40
May you, whom the Lord has chosen and not rejected, His servant, brought from the farthest ends of the earth, not be dismayed or afraid, for He, your God, is with you to strengthen and help you, upholding you with His righteous right hand. Isaiah 41
May you know that all who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced, perishing in their opposition to you so that none can find them, for the Lord your God will take hold of your hand, saying, “Do not fear, little one, I myself will help you.” Isaiah 41
Though your Redeemer make you into a threshing sledge with many new, sharp teeth to thresh and crush mountains of opposition and reduce the hills to chaff which the wind of the Spirit will blow away, may you rejoice simply in the Lord and glory only in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 41
My child, have you come to the end yet? Have you reached the point you can go no further? Are you up against the wall with no way out? If you haven't, you are nearing it, for the end is where you start with Me.
When you realized that you are a sinner, owing a debt you could not pay, with death the judgment and eternal punishment the sentence, you finally realized that you were out of resources. No matter how many years you worked, you could not pay off the fine. Once you finally knew you were at the end of your rope, you were willing to turn to Me. I was the answer that became meaningful when you finally understood what the question meant.
When I brought the Israelites out of Egypt, they continually faced the end of what they could do, and that is where they found Me. They left slavery, but did not understand freedom, so they looked for another master. They came to the shore of the Red Sea with Pharaoh's army advancing, and they realized they had reached the end of what they could do; that is when I gave them a new way to go – straight through the sea.
In the wilderness, they came to the end of their water. When they cried out to Me to express their need, their fear, their expectation, their concern, that is when I gave them the water from the rock.
When they needed food, and had no place to grow crops, nor neighbors to buy from, and their children crying from hunger, they knew they were at the end of their options. I showed up with “manna” which had never been heard of before. They could not see where it came from, nor tell where it went, but it supplied their needs when their efforts could not.
Do not fear endings, My love, for the end of your reach, the finish of your strength, the last of your resources, the shortcoming of your understanding, the final minutes of your time, are simply the door into My abundance and provision, the access to the start of what I will do for you. When you run out, I pour in; when you have to stop, I am finally able to start. I will not, until you do.
I share My glory with no man, and until you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have poured every last drop of effort into fixing the issue and still fallen short, you will not see My supply. You are never in danger of loss, My love, but I need you to understand deep down at a level the lies of the enemy cannot shake that you gave it your all and simply could not make it happen, before I will step in and bring it to pass.
Once you understand this, My precious one, you can willingly turn to Me at the start, dead to yourself, and receive of Me immediately. I am ready, even now, to start, as soon as you are finished.
May you give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1
May you thank Him for having chosen us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight, predestining us, in love, to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will – to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. Ephesians 1
May you be grateful that in Him you have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. Ephesians 1
May you accept that He has made known to you the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment – to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. Ephesians 1
May you be confident that in Him you were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him Who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that you, who are among the first-fruits in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory, for you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Ephesians 1
May you walk in the truth that having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing your inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-- to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1
May you be given by the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know Him better, and that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. For that is like the working of His mighty strength which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. Ephesians 1
May you shout in joy to God with all the earth and sing the glory of His name, making His praise glorious as you say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you and all the earth bows down to you, singing praise to Your name!” Psalm 66
May you let the sound of His praise be heard, for He has preserved your life and kept your feet from slipping, for though the Lord has tested you, refining you like silver, laying burdens on your back and holding you in prison, giving men authority over you and taking you through fire and water, yet He has brought you out to a place of abundance and prosperity. Psalm 66
May you tell all who fear God, and will listen, what the Lord has done for you, for He listened and heard your voice in prayer when you cried out to Him with praise, not holding or cherishing sin in your heart, and He has not rejected your prayer or withheld His love from you! Psalm 66
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