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After Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothes, he took his place at the table again. Then he asked his disciples, Do you understand what I’ve done for you? You call me teacher and Lord, and you’re right because that’s what I am. So if I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you must wash each other’s feet. ‭‭John‬ ‭13‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ (‭GW) Be washed in the hope and forgiveness I have for you. Let them refresh you as you go through your day. My word is light and life. Allow them to be your guidance. Grow in my likeness and the direction I have for your life. Fear not, for I am with you.

So love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second most important commandment is this: Love your neighbor as you love yourself. No other commandment is greater than these. ‭‭Mark‬ ‭12‬:‭30‬-‭31‬ ‭(GW‬‬) How are you measuring? Do you compare yourself against others or with me? I am the standard, I have told you those things which are important. Become the image of Kurios. Reflect his love to those in your pathway. Wash yourself from the uncleanliness and sit with me. My word will grant perfect direction and bring healing. You are mine.

Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. ‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭(BSB) You have received life.‬‬ Now consider how to steward it. Be thankful. Reach out to others, as I have reached out to you. My spirit is here with you. Be opened to the guiding ways you receive. Learn to walk with me. Be washed in me. Allow me to be more than a crutch, but to be your source. I am life. Open yourself to the opportunities.

God the Father knew you long ago and chose you to live holy lives with the Spirit’s help so that you are obedient to Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. May good will  and peace fill your lives! ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭2‬ ‭(GW‬‬)

It is time to stop and assess the journey you are on. Listen for me. Have I given you changes which need be made? Make those needed adjustments and continue in your trek. Open your eyes and observe. Leave fear behind you. Grow in the giftings I have planted within you. step forth and become all which I already see within you.

Then Jesus told them this parable: “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders, comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’ In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent. ‭‭Luke‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬-‭7‬ ‭(BSB‬‬) Put aside the busyness which would distract you. Allow my presence to guide you within your day. I will show you the way which you should go. Do not allow fear nor distractions to lead you. Reach out to me. I am there. I am with you throughout each part of your day, yes even each portion of your life. Continue in the way I have for you. Ask and you shall receive.

Trust the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths smooth. Do not consider yourself wise. Fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. Then your body will be healed, and your bones will have nourishment. ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5‬-‭8‬ ‭(GW‬‬) Trust in me. Allow me to guide you throughout your day. I will show you the pathway you should be travelling. Learn patience. It will allow you to make right decisions. Seek my heart. There will direction available for each day.

Listen to the sounds about you. Each of the birds you hear have their own song. Just as them, you too have a distinctive way of speaking as you reflect back what you have received from me. Fill yourself with me. Allow my Spirit to guide you. Grow full in me. Listen and receive. I will direct you in my way. Walk in my authority.

People who want to live a full life and enjoy good days must keep their tongues from saying evil things, and their lips from speaking deceitful things. They must turn away from evil and do good. They must seek peace and pursue it. The Lord’s eyes are on those who do what he approves. His ears hear their prayer. The Lord confronts those who do evil. ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭(GW) Stop measuring yourself, but look to me. I will show you the pathway. I am the way of life. You have been forgiven. Move Forward in freedom. Be washed and refreshed.

But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD. They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge. ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭44‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭(BSB‬‬) This is a day of expectation. Step out upon the water. Walk to me, believing. Yes, move forward with me. I am the way you need be going. Put aside your past, for I see you whole and complete in me. Reach out in expectation. Cross over and walk with me. I am with you on your journey.

Open the gates of righteousness for me. I will go through them ⌞and⌟ give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord through which righteous people will enter. I give thanks to you, because you have answered me. You are my savior. The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. The Lord is responsible for this, and it is amazing for us to see. This is the day the Lord has made. Let’s rejoice and be glad today! We beg you, O Lord, save us! We beg you, O Lord, give us success! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the Lord’s house. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭118‬:‭19‬-‭26‬ ‭(GW‬‬)

My word, which comes from my mouth, is like the rain and snow. It will not come back to me without results. It will accomplish whatever I want and achieve whatever I send it to do. ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭11‬ ‭(GW‬‬) Don't fear or become alarmed at all the changes which seem to come your way. I have planted my influence within you. Seek me and walk in the way I will show you. Walk calmly across the water. I AM is ever- with you. Become secure in who I have said you are. My words are everlasting and true.

Whoever knows what is right but doesn’t do it is sinning.    ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭17‬ ‭(GW)

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.” ‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭10‬ ‭(BSB‬‬) Be secure with me. I am ever-present with you. Find direction and life within my written Word. Feed upon it. Listen for me throughout your day as I will be speaking to you, teaching you My way and heart. Grow in me. Stand tall .

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. ‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭(BSB) Keep moving forward. I will direct your way. Don't become distracted, but continue in the way I have shown you. Allow your life to speak peace to those around you. Be who I have created you to be .

Seasons will change from one to another. Their predictable pattern imprints itself into your expectations. Yet I am the unchanging one. What I have spoken moves forward. New life emerges from the old. It grows as I spoke to it. What I have spoken into you can yet emerge. New and improved life is your as yours as you seek me, following what I have for you. Come and sit with me. Allow me to refill you with hope and purpose. I will blow upon the fire already implanted within you.

And the word of the Lord came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied. “You have observed correctly,” said the Lord, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭11‬-‭132 ‭(BSB‬‬) Watch with expectancy. See what I will show you of my heart for the world. Lead them to see me. Let them know of my love. Learn to know my cues for you share about me. Allow my light to shine through you. Be ready. Are you watching?

I am with you. Wherever your journey takes you, I am already there. I have prepared you for the adventure. With me you have all you will need. Through the season ideas may change. How you view me relates to "now", yet I am always there. I am in your past and into the future. Walk secure with me. Learn my heart and my direction. I will be there to guide you. I AM is my name. I am all you need.

And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord, the Eternal God. ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭21‬:‭33‬ ‭(BSB‬‬) As you sit, looking out to the nature around you, I watch over you. You are my creation. Include me in your thoughts. Allow me to participate in your days. I have much to yet show you. Do not be guided by fear nor anger, but allow my covering to come upon you. I am with you. My arms are open to you. The season is changing, yet I am the ever-lasting one. My ways remain true .

In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬-‭21‬ (‭NRSV) ‬‬