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For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. Hebrews 2:1-4 (NASB )

Be my sign and I will write my ways upon your heart. I will place you where you are called. Heed my ways and I will wash over you with the colours of my palette.

What do you hear when you listen for me? Remove the distractions and aspirations and settle in with me. Draw closer and hear me beath life into you. Allow me to clean away the grief of life, those hurdles and attacks of the enemy releases. Wash yourself in the waters of my Word.

Have you ever had a dream or promise from God? It was one that really encouraged you, but that was then …and now when you rethink it the excitement has ebbed. You now just laugh knowing the time has long passed. Well I have a story you should review for yourself. It’s in Genesis chapter 18, the story of promise that seemed to never occur. But one day… God declares to you now, “Remember the dream. I am bringing in the harvest. My words and promises are true. What I have said is coming to pass.”

Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds! He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence. So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land. Hosea 6:1-3 (NET)

Just as the sun rises in the east, so my heart Is upon my people. Know my plans for you are unchanged. Draw near. Allow me to cleanse you from the junk the enemy would put upon you. Don’t rush by, but dwell with me. I am what you are seeking.

The Lord reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the winged angels; the earth shakes. The Lord is elevated in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name! He is holy! The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob. Praise the Lord our God! Worship before his footstool! He is holy! Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them. He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them. O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds. Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy! ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭99:1-9‬ (‭NET‬‬)

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41:10‬ (‭NET‬‬) Don't react in fear. Despite what the enemy places before you, I am yet in control. Come to me and receive healing and peace, Cast aside those reactions the enemy would feed you and set yourself in me. Seek me and my ways will guide you.

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter – one that remains trustworthy. You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you. Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector! Isaiah 26:2-4 (NET) Don’t let the noise of this world distract you from me. It’s demands and laziness call out to you. Resist them. Worship me. Sit with me in my presence and silence your internal busyness. Allow my covering to guide and direct you into what I have for you to share with others. Become what I have placed within you.

Don’t give up. My plans for you have not changed. Let me draw near and strengthen you.

While in the natural, the season may seem that it is ending, things are in constant change. So it is with you. I am sending change for you. Do not fret. You are leaving one season and moving into another. I will use you in new ways and higher levels as you grow in me. I will fill you and let you touch those I place in your pathway. While natural things change, it is not so with me. I am unchanged. My love is everlasting.

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. For by it the people of old received God’s commendation. By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir

For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One. No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do. They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone. You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent. The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me. When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor. I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91:9-16‬ ‭(NET‬‬)

O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings, a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you. You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them. You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains. You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious. Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor. They rejoice in your name all day long, and are v

Don’t allow fear to influence you. It is not of me. Don’t hide or be ashamed, but seek me. Come before my presence and be healed. Release what is holding onto you and step into my creative love. Allow me to breath my life into your life and situations. Become my beacon of light in the coming darkness.

The Lord said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant: ‘I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.’” (Selah) O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings, a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? Psalms‬ ‭89:3-7 (NET‬‬}

Do you think you know me? Are you familiar ways and my Word? Are you filled with my peace? Allow me to fill you to overflowing. My oil is available. Come stand before me. It’s cost has been paid.

Father, You are holy. Forgive my attitude towards others and situations. I ask for your clear direction within my life. Draw me to you and those you place within my pathway.

Hear the word of the Lord, you nations; proclaim it in distant coastlands: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather them and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.’ For the Lord will deliver Jacob and redeem them from the hand of those stronger than they. They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord— the grain, the new wine and the olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will sorrow no more. Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 31:10-14 (NIV)

For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, I will make myself available to you,’ says the Lord. ‘ Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the Lord. ‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11-14‬ ‭(NET‬‬) But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.” ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1:5-7‬ ‭(NET‬‬)

Do not be distracted, but wait for me. Do not move ahead with your own plans. Wait with me. Listen to my heart. Allow your wounds to heal. Be strengthened in me. I will send my healing ways, if you follow my direction. Wait for me, allowing my peace to become your guide.

  Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops. Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him. Psalms 85:10-13 (NET)

Wait. Quiet your internal noise, so you may hear me. Watch, I AM in front of you, leading your way. I am the eternal, never-changing one. Cast your insecurities to me. Trust in me; Trust in my ways and direction.

The LORD says,  “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’  Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds. How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another?  That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am  by worshiping the god Baal. Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it! My message is like a fire that purges dross!  It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the LORD, so affirm it! So I, the LORD, affirm  that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me. I, the LORD, AFFIRM that I am opposed to those prophets  who

  Awaken to who you are in me. Stand up. Let your voice be heard. Allow my compassion to flow from you.

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all. See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all. Always rejoice, constantly pray, in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not extinguish the Spirit Do not treat prophecies with contempt. But examine all things; hold fast to what is good. Stay away from every form of evil. ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:14-22‬ ‭(NET‬‬)

I have given you my Word. I’ve sent those before you to proclaim and demonstrate my heart. Open your eyes and your heart. Allow me to establish myself       within your life. Allow my ways to establish you and become your ways. Do not be caught by surprise. Judgement will come. Allow me to be your covering. Come beneath my wings so that you are safe within me. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me – and I in him – bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples. Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love. If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as

O Lord God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us!  Then we will be delivered! ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭80:19‬ (‭NET‬‬)

Do not be distracted by the coming storm, but be grounded in me and my love. Cover yourself in the garment I have provide for you. Be secure in my leading. Follow the way I shall show you.

I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do. ‭‭Joshua‬ ‭1:9‬ (‭NET‬‬)

He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?” He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper. When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?” 1 Kings 19:9-14a

Let me clean your wounds and fill you with my ways. Come out from your hiding and let me see you. I will give you rest and a purpose. Allow my presence to bring your healing. I have called you to speak for me, to demonstrate my love. Draw closer and you will find me, right before you, smiling.

Father, You are holy.  Forgive me.  Draw me closer to you.  Open my eyes to what you would show me. Reawaken my spirit to your presence. I am empty and of no use.

Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds! He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion, who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s. The Lord does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed. The Lord revealed his faithful acts to Moses, his deeds to the Israelites. The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love. He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry. He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers. As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us. As a father has compassion on his

  Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying. Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person. 1 Samuel 10:5-6 (NET) directions Put aside the distractions which keep you from me. Sit with me. Look into my eyes. Let go and let me into your life. Soak in my Spirit and be renewed in my strength and vision. 10/06 10:06

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26:26-29‬ ‭(NET‬‬)

And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22:35-40‬ ‭(NET)‬‬

Quiet yourself and sit with me. Allow my healing ways to wash over you. Let my peace have it’s way in your noisy life. Sit with me and honor my name. Find what you need within me.

Learn from Me:  originally posted 10/06/09 I had been praying in bed one recent night, talking with God when I was next in a twilight sleep. I heard him speak to me, "What do you see?" Instinctively I opened my eyes and said, "The door is open." I felt this flood of peace pass through me and I thanked him. A few days later I asked him again about the open door and it’s application when I heard Jesus say. "Allow me to be your example, for within me is life. I have successfully traversed from life though death and into life again. I have gone through the doorway ahead of you. Eternal life is yours. Healing is your inheritance. Come to me and learn rest. My ways have not changed. Take my yoke.  Allow me to direct your journey. Allow my spirit to work it’s way within you.  Learn from me. Let me become your example. All that I have is yours."

The hand of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.” So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the Lord was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house. As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.” Ezekiel 3:22-25 (NET)

I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 16:62 (NET)