That you would grow to become more . . . In all maturation there is great pleasure. In each phase – new growth and ability. A father sees strength growing; a mother is pleased with new speech. As the child grows, also the joy of his parents. It is also true of your Father. It is to the Father’s pleasure Read more…
The favor of your God is a strong tower, giving elevated sight of your enemies, protection from their weapons, and a place of rest when weary. He who opposes Me has no shelter, only small strength, bare to elements which I control. He will not prevail; though I allow him to live and to attack, he will fade into the Read more…
There is strength in patience. The weak have little. The Spirit of God gives patience as the old man is replaced by the new. You shall be given as you choose to receive. Patience is not of the will, but of He who gives abundantly to those who seek My countenance. I Am long-suffering for those I love. I give Read more…
Who do you say that I am? I call you as Father, I give you understanding and guidance as Spirit, and freedom from sin that you would receive that Spirit. This is great truth beyond the comprehension of those without My voice. Do you hear My voice within? The demand of life is great, a weight unbearable even for the Read more…
Remember not the past as the structure of the present, for to those in My Name, there is now new life. Forgotten is the past. As one day of sun is not determined by the last, you too are not determined of your past. The Spirit renews, bringing life to death, good from pain, strength from weakness. As the seasons Read more…
Once planted, the small sprig rises to the sun, not in strength, but in obedience to its call. It draws from the soil, and finds stability in the same. The Light to which it gives obedience, in turn, gives nourishment unseen. Roots reach for what is known, but in obedience to the call of the sun gives true life. You Read more…
Reach for them, those who are about you. My words and ways are more. Your words to others are the pathway to understanding. Converse, that they may know a follower. Speak to them, that they may have a common place to walk with one of My own. If you do not speak to them, they will hear not My voice Read more…
In seeking. you will find Me. My Spirit leads you to a place unknown. Men direct their path to the known and foreseen, but My Spirit knows a great and final destination that the mind of man cannot conceive, therefore, man does not know the way. My light is only for your next step. The draw may not be what Read more…
I am pleased with faith. As a father is pleased with a son who trusts him, or a daughter who desires his strength, so am I pleased with the child who walks according to faith. Trust is the essence of faith, but where there is no doubt, there exists no faith, for even he who is sure of My hand, Read more…
When do I not walk with you? In worship you seek My presence, in also My Word, but then you raise your head to the work of the day and My presence is forgotten. Without thought of your true identity in Me, and your greater calling, swiftly you run as if to a game of time and skill. Eagerly you Read more…