the FireCarrier

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Whether you are looking forward or looking back, you will find me. I am there. My finger prints are there. As you listen to the sounds about you, now you can hear me. I am speaking my ways to you, granting you protection. Don't react in fear but seek me. Follow the way I have imprinted for you. I have implanted my ways within you. Be secure.

You can hear me clearly. Stop listening to those other voices which mislead you. They bring lies and accusations. They are loud and controlling. They are not from me. Believe those things I have spoken to you and over you in the past. Their truth is from me. I remain here for you.

As they were walking along, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow you wherever you go.” But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.” He said to another person, “Come, follow me.” The man agreed, but he said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead! Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.” Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.” But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭57‬-‭62‬ (‭NLT)‬‬ I speak in various ways to my people. Even now I am speaking my heart to you. Wait for me. Allow my Spirit to fill and guide you in your journey. Yes, you too have been called. Follow the way I have shown you to be going. I will bring redirection when it is time. Until then, walk secure with me.

Quiet yourself from the noises of your day. Allow me to reach in and release healing. I will touch those spots and bring wholeness. Do not tire. I am not done. Continue with me. Soak in the truth and direction of my words. Cry out to me believing I will answer.

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t be silent! For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.” So Paul stayed there for the next year and a half, teaching the word of God. ‭‭Acts of the Apostles‬ ‭18‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ (‭NLT) Look back. See those places and faces I have placed along your journey. Yet there are more to come. There will be new faces and situations for you to come upon. Know I will be yet with you in those times. Walk forward. I am with you.

So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother. But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod’s son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then, after being warned in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee. So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets had said: He will be called a Nazarene. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭2‬:‭21‬-‭23‬ ‭(NLT) As you relook at things consider this, I have guided you and will continue to guide you and protect you. Walk with me. I have and will continue to open ways for you to walk with me. Put aside your fear and rejection. Come again and fly in the heavens. I will show you what you need to see, to grow in my way of love.

This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God’s word. The seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the devil come and take it away from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved. The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation. The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity. And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭8‬:‭11‬-‭15‬ ‭(NLT) You were created in my image. Allow me to direct you in this maze of life. Step forth in faith, as it is time for you to participate with me. Be active in doing...

I decided, “I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.” I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words: “O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.” But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults! I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to de...

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom. He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy. Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble. But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired. ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭28‬-‭31‬ ‭(NET) I speak peace and direction into your life. As you ask, believing what I tell you, more will be opened to you. It is time to fly again. Spread your wings and come upward to me.

I want you to walk with the expectation that I am there with you. Speak with my voice of love. Allow my covering to be a blanket of peace to those placed in your pathway.

So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Meeting Tent and the whole congregation presented them and stood before the Lord. Then Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded you to do so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” ‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭9‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭(NET‬‬) As you sit where you are, I am there with you. My hand of protection covers over you. Do not compare yourself with others, but compare yourself with the example I have given. Don't rush, but seek what I have for you. Inhale deeply. Fill yourself with my ways. I am there. Seek me with your whole heart.

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am. I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe. ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭27‬-‭29‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Learn who I am .

Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? And besides, do you think you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?” Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.” ‭‭John‬ ‭4‬:‭10‬-‭15‬ ‭(NLT) It is all right to look back upon the past. You revisit the places I have taken you, those pathways and adventures. I have been your guide. I have allowed you to experience and taste them. ...

The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.” “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.” But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” ‭‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Turn off the inner noise and repent. It is time to be joyful. Rejoyce in the freedom that I have provided. Be filled with the goodness which comes from above, Allow my joy to be seen flowing forth from you .

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭(NLT) You too can share in the journey. Allow others to see your light. Do not allow your light to become extinguished. Refill yourself daily. Bathe in my truth. Consume it. It is light and life. Allow it to guide you. Open yourself to me. Become what I have given you.

In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was already with God in the beginning. Everything came into existence through him. Not one thing that exists was made without him. He was the source of life, and that life was the light for humanity. The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it. ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭(GW‬‬) Don't rush through your day, but take time and sit with me. Allow me to teach you and share with you. Become what I have planted within you. Allow my light to shine through you in your actions of the day. I will show you the way to be going. Walk secure in my ways.

And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. But when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys; but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be on it at night, in plain view of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭40‬:‭33‬-‭38‬ ‭(NET‬‬)

The land you’re about to enter is a land with hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky. ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭11‬:‭11 ‬( ‭GW) Do you hear me? I am calling out to you. ‬‬It is time to come closer. It is time to receive so you might give to those in need. Carefully weigh your actions and your words. Do they align with me? Draw closer to me and my ways. Allow my healing to infiltrate your life. Allow my love to soak you. Now rise up in your day. Know that I will be with you. Be my light in the darkness.

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭27‬:‭50‬-‭53‬ ‭(ESV) Look forward. Do not be caught in the traps of the past. I am with you now. Allow me to guide you in your daily adventures. Allow me to teach you those things which will be ever-lasting. Walk forward in my truth.

Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars. She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table. She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding. “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭(NET) Do not live in fear. Come to my table and become whom I already see within you. Walk in the wisdom of my  pathway, speaking my truth in love.

In your prayer time wait for me. Do not rush through, but quiet your busy mind. Allow me to wash you from the dirt of your day. I will refresh and refill you with purpose and direction. Believe the words I have placed within you. Walk in my renewing.

Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment. For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭32‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ (‭NLT) My word never changes. I remain the I AM. I am watching over you. My shield of protection is available to you. Call upon my name. The victory is yours as you follow my way.

So Elijah went and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field. There were twelve teams of oxen in the field, and Elisha was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak across his shoulders and then walked away. Elisha left the oxen standing there, ran after Elijah, and said to him, “First let me go and kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you!” Elijah replied, “Go on back, but think about what I have done to you.” So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them. He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh. He passed around the meat to the townspeople, and they all ate. Then he went with Elijah as his assistant. ‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭19‬:‭19‬-‭21‬ ‭(NLT‬‬)

Then, with great skill and care, make a chestpiece to be worn for seeking a decision from God. Make it to match the ephod, using finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Make the chestpiece of a single piece of cloth folded to form a pouch nine inches square. Mount four rows of gemstones on it. The first row will contain a red carnelian, a pale-green peridot, and an emerald. The second row will contain a turquoise, a blue lapis lazuli, and a white moonstone. The third row will contain an orange jacinth, an agate, and a purple amethyst. The fourth row will contain a blue-green beryl, an onyx, and a green jasper. All these stones will be set in gold filigree. Each stone will represent one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe will be engraved on it like a seal. To attach the chestpiece to the ephod, make braided cords of pure gold thread. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭28‬:‭15‬-‭22‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Stop. Examine what you are doing and handover your frus...

Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him. As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave, Peter, not even knowing what he was saying, blurted out, “Master, it’s wonderful for us to be here! Let’s make three shelters as memorials— one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But even as he was saying this, a cloud overshadowed them, and terror gripped them as the cloud covered them. Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.” When the voice finished, Jesus was there alone. They didn’t tell anyone at that time what they had seen. ‭‭Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭32‬-‭36‬ ‭(NLT) Reach out for me and not the missing or broken pieces of your past. I am with you. Reach for me in each part of your day. Within me you will find the wholeness you are searching for.

Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭(NLT) As you look up and outward imagine me looking at you. Yes, I am smiling. My gaze is upon you throughout each day of your journey. Leave your fears and anxiety upon my altar. Become secure in me. I have paid the price. Come and walk upon the water with me.

After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Listen for my words, my direction, as you move throughout your day. Don't hesitate, but become responsive. Allow my healing to fill you with what you need. My light will show you the way to go. Follow me.

Moses told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you. If anyone has a dispute while I am gone, consult with them.” Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. And the glory of the Lord settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the Lord appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭24‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭(NLT )

Put aside the distractions and excuses. At this very location I am here for you. Draw closer. Learn my heart. Identify in my love for you. Grow deeper in my Word. Within it you will find life and the answers you need. My protection is available. My direction will lead you on the pathway .

All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking – and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance. They said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.” Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.” The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭18‬-‭21‬ ‭(NET‬‬) Do not fear. but draw near to me. You are forgiven and washed in the blood of my son. I have come so you would know my love. Recognize me and walk in the light of my pathway. Draw nearer. The price has been paid.

Amalek came and attacked Israel in Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him; and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed. When the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down. So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword. The Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua’s hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Moses built an altar, and he called it “The Lord is my Banner,” for he said, “For a hand was lifted up to the thr...

Don’t believe the lies you already sense this morning. Come. Seek me. I am there right in front of you, waiting for you to follow me. I have a message for you. Are you ready to get up and seek it? My truth and light remain. They are available to you. Follow me I will lead you into the adventure.

Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭21‬:‭21‬-‭22‬ ‭(NET) Do not rush through your day, but find time and sit with me. Unload your apprehensions and fears. Allow me to wash over you, cleansing the dirt of your day. Focus upon me. I will be there with you. I am the security you need.