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At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” The disciples were amazed at his words. ‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Move forward. Walk in the way I have set before you. Do not fear the unknown, but learn whom you are in me. Listen and you will hear me. My voice will guide you. My written word will fill you, leading you to my son and the way he provides. He is the only way to life.

After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. ‭‭Mark‬ ‭9‬:‭2‬-‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Do not allow fear to be your guide throughout your day. Stand in my light and lift upwards towards me. Reach to where we both last met. Do not hurry through your day, but look for me. I am there. I am waiting for you.

For everything God created is good, And nothing is to be rejected if it is Received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Look around you. I am there with you. Don't fear or hesitate. I will open the places I have for you to be going. Stand tall and walk forward in the love and authority I have placed within you. My love will guide and protect you.

Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity and will rebuild them as they were before. I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it. ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭33‬:‭6‬-‭9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Seek me. My way is wholeness and Love. I am there now in front of you. Feel my interaction with you. It is real. Watch for me and you will see me. You will know my directing you.

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Yes, I am the holy one. Allow me to reach out to you. Come before me and be healed. I will guide you in the way I have given you to grow. Trust in me. Do not look back at the failures, but look to me.

Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬-‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Turn off the inward noise and distractions which keep you from me. Be washed in my light to clearly see the pathway. Bask and be refreshed in my presence. I am waiting for you. I am the Father-God. Come and sit at my table. Listen to the words I will speak. They will wash away your anxiety. With them you can become whole.

Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate. They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there. While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Simon, three men are looking for you. So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭10‬:‭14‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Come to me. Come closer to those places we once walked together, those places where I worked through you touching others. As you look forward, what do you see? The opportunities grow larger. Reach forward. I will be there to guide you. Walk where you sense me guiding you. I am there.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come. It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. So watch yourselves. “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭17‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I am with you. Wherever you may go, I will be there. I will cover you in my love. Stop to listen for me. My peace is free. It will cover and fill you. My love provides what you need.

He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭46‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Watch and enjoy nature all about you. It is a part of my creation. Don't allow the accusations of the enemy to guide you. His wishes for you are to cause pain and to lead you to death. I am the life. I am the only way for everlasting life. Come now. Ask me to be with you. Know I am yet GOD.

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NIV‬‬ I have covered you in my light. Follow it. Turn off the noise which distracts you from me. Walk in the way I have shown you. Be filled with my word. Allow it to guide you in all truth. It contains the only life you need.

I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭16‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Don't turn back, but keep moving forward in the direction I have placed within you. I have made you unique, different from others, yet in my lineage. Listen, and you will hear me encouraging you. I am leading you  in the direction to be going.

Therefore Jesus said again, Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭7‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Look ahead. See through the tangled messes and missed dreams. Learn my Word and the direction it holds for you. I was there before the beginning and will yet be there after the worldly end. Do not fear but continue to follow me. Look ahead, I am there to protect and lead you.

LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps. Discipline me, LORD, but only in due measure— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing. Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland. ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭10‬:‭23‬-‭25‬ ‭NIV Look for me and you will find me. I am there ever-with you. Failures are in the past. Now move forward. I am with you. I will guide you in the way I have created for you.

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Don't become complacent, thinking you know me nor what I wish to be doing. You will miss me. You will not hear my directions for you. I am there, within your every day. Bring me your broken past. Place it upon my altar, releasing it. Reach forward to me. My power will again surge through you.

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬‬ ‭MSG‬‬ Read my word. It is life. It reflects my love and direction for you. It is through your life that others can find my love for them. Be kind to them as I am kind to you.

Is this the message others receive from you? Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Since you were brought back to life with Christ, focus on the things that are above— where Christ holds the honored position— the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne. Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things. You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Christ is your life. When he appears, then you, too, will appear with him in glory. ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭GW I am there. Listen quietly, as I am with you. Trust the directions I have whispered for you to hear. Do not allow the enemy to cause fear to obstruct in your way. I am the light. Follow after me.

This is what the LORD says: Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask which paths are the old, reliable paths. Ask which way leads to blessings. Live that way, and find a resting place for yourselves. But you said that you wouldn’t live that way. I posted watchmen over you. Pay attention to the sound of the ram’s horn. But you said that you wouldn’t pay attention. ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭6‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭GW‬‬ Do not rush through you day, but stop and look around you at my creation. Put aside the hurry which too often leads to anger or frustration. The trees reach upward to me. How about you? Can you learn from their leading?

I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep And my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Take your seat and close your eyes. If you listen you can hear me as I am speaking to you. I will guide you. Will you go where I show you to go? Listen for me. Don't be lost in your own business.

Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” ‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Do not be in a rush or you will miss me. Turn off the noise and hear my creation. It calls out to me. Each with it's own voice. Follow after me in the line of truth and life. Allow others to see my heart by your actions. Lead them as I have led you.

Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields— along with persecutions— and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭28‬-‭31‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Look about you. This is part of my creation. All things were created by My speaking them. You too speak things to life within your journey. Watch the words you speak aloud and those thoughts only you hear. Within them is life and death. Choose wisely.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV I am there with you as you sit to read this. I am sharing my ways, as I am life. My son walked upon the earth as you. He shared in the joys and pains. His stay was for you, to make a way for eternal life. His way still leads to life. Follow in him.

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming —not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Watch for me today and you will find me. I will show myself and my loving ways. I will reach out for you. Don't be fearful, but move forward in what I have told you. My peace is available. Trust in me.