the FireCarrier

The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God, as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”— “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ” And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NIV Come back. You cannot run from me. Come back to those places we would meet before. Allow me to wash you and bring the healing you need. Find the way to forgiveness. Reopen my written word and soak in it's truth and direction. I am the way to forgiveness.

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. He found those who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons in the temple courtyard. He also found moneychangers sitting there. He made a whip from small ropes and threw everyone with their sheep and cattle out of the temple courtyard. He dumped the moneychangers’ coins and knocked over their tables. He told those who sold pigeons, “Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that Scripture said, “Devotion for your house will consume me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬-‭17‬ ‭GW‬‬ Take the time to read my Word. Allow it to soak in. Within it is direction for your life. There you will find those things I consider important. Do not become distracted. I am the way to life everlasting. Remember me and my heart.

I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country— to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you...

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭4‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV Each day I am here for you, awaiting to make our connection. I desire to fill you with my heart and to help you grow into the image of my son. Look up in front of you. I too am there leading you, as if through a desert. It is a place for you to grow in the reliance of my guiding.

The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.” So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭34‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Be ready in the morning. I will show myself to you. Come alone. Do not become distracted as we chisel out the words you are to incorporate into your life. Hear my words in their intended tone and inflection. Don't fear. They are directions for life as you follow after me. With pu...

But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.” He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!” After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.” Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭70‬-‭75‬ ‭NIV Stop and take the time to listen to those internal conversations. Are they from me, or is the enemy again laying his traps of confusion? Listen for my voice and follow what I tell you. Reach outward in my love. I will lead you in the right pathways. You will become what I already see.

Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it Outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent. The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭33‬:‭7‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭32‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ When you come before me don't be ashamed. The price for you has been paid. The pathway remains open. Place your offering upon the altar. Allow me to hear your voice in pr...