the FireCarrier

Jesus again crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee in a boat. A large crowd gathered around him by the seashore. A synagogue leader named Jairus also arrived. When he saw Jesus, he quickly bowed down in front of him. He begged Jesus, “My little daughter is dying. Come, lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.” Jesus went with the man. ‭‭Mark‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬-‭24a‬ ‭GW‬‬ Come to me. Bring your needs, leaving them for me. Your faith in me allows me to release what is needed. I remain the healer. In me is life everlasting. Come boldly before me. I will impart to you what is needed. It can grow as you walk in my way, reaching out to others.

This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. ‭‭Luke‬ ‭8‬:‭11‬-‭15‬ ‭NIV Don't rush through your day, but enjoy the sites I bring before you. Watch and expect me to talk with you. See the creation through the eyes I have given you. I am there. Learn to trust in me. Walk in the way I have given you.

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Don't rush ahead, but use the days to prepare. Become whom you are to become. Allow me to develop you into my image. Watch for my hand of direction. Move that way with me. You will hear me clearly if you listen.

While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV Look for me. Look outward. See and hear my creation. It is speaking. I am there with you in your pathway of life. I watch over your steps and speak to you. Put aside your doubts. Yes, I am there. The more you learn to listen and follow me, the more direct you will become in your life. Read my written Word. Open the layers of truth it contains.

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else— to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons. ‭‭Mark‬ ‭1‬:‭35‬-‭39‬ ‭NIV Warm yourself in my light. Allow it's healing rays to meet you. Let my words guide you throughout your day. I am with you on this journey. Listen for my guiding voice. Follow the way I have highlighted for you to be going.

Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work. Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. So the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their travels. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭40‬:‭33‬-‭38‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Do not be caught by false ideas. They too are but lies of the enemy. Learn to walk in my truth. Recognize my voice and my ways as I lead you forward. Feed yourself upon my Word. It is life  for you and those I bring into your  pathway. My ligh...

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...

The person in charge tasted the water that had become wine. He didn’t know where it had come from, although the servers who had poured the water knew. The person in charge called the groom and said to him, “Everyone serves the best wine first. When people are drunk, the host serves cheap wine. But you have saved the best wine for now.” Cana in Galilee was the place where Jesus began to perform miracles. He made his glory public there, and his disciples believed in him.” ‭‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭GW‬‬ It is the time for you. It is time for you to begin to perform the miracles. Don't make a scene, but step forward, believing. Share with others those experiences you have had and those you've yet to step into. Walk forward in belief. I and the Father are one. We reach-out to you.

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus I gave them into your hand. Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword or your bow. I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and o live groves which you did not plant. ‭‭Joshua‬ ‭24‬:‭11‬-‭13‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬ You cannot ask for more of me expecting, when you remain sitting on what I have spoken over you in the past. Wash yourself. Arise in my covering. Get out your old notebooks and recordings. Read them again. Hear what I said to you. Speak and bring new life from them. I have not changed. Align your walk with me.

Therefore, be alert,  because you don’t know on what day your Lord will return.  You realize that if a homeowner had known  at what time of the night a thief was coming,  he would have stayed awake.  He would not have let the thief break into his house.  Therefore, you, too, must be ready because  the Son of Man will return when you least expect him. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭42‬-‭44‬ ‭GW‬‬ Come and walk with me. You too can  walk across the waters. You can reach  out and bring healing to those in need. Don't be fearful, but speak, believing what I tell you.

So Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered it. The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. To the Israelites, the glory of the Lord looked like a raging fire on top of the mountain. Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭24‬:‭15‬-‭18‬ ‭GW Don't be in a hurry. Ponder my word. Ask me for insight so you may learn of my heart for you. My word contains truths you have yet to uncover. Bring your heart to my altar. Unload your failings and desires to me. Rest in me. Watch for me each day to show myself. I am there now with you.

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.” The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭20‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV Sit with me. Allow worship to come forth. Quiet the turmoil swirling around you. It is not from me. Put aside the distractions of the enemy and feed upon my word. Breath in my peace. Within it is life. Draw nearer. I am awaiting you.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23‬:‭37‬-‭39‬ ‭NIV‬‬ As you read my words, stop and listen. They will speak to you. Follow what I tell you from them. Allow life to follow through you and into the lives of others. My word is truth. Align yourself with me. You are my representative.

I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people. The One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their King will pass through before them, the Lord at their head. ‭‭Micah‬ ‭2‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I am there with you, even as you read this. If you look for me within your life you can find me. I have never left you. Reach out, explore and test the freedom I have given you. Follow the direction it leads you. I will provide the way. Follow me. In me you will find peace and satisfaction. In me is life.

Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. He said, “Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly. Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God. ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭18‬:‭9‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV ‬‬

Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead— have you not read what God said to you, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭29‬-‭33‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Settle yourself and enjoy my creation. Look around you. It was all spoken into existence. Do not be guided by your wants nor fears, but by my voice. Seek me and you will find me. Soak yourself in my written word. It will protect you and grant you the needed guidance. I am the way you are seeking. Continue with me.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ‭‭John‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Don't hesitate. Come forward into my presence. Feel the warmth...