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February 21, 2009. You feel like you are on the raft in the middle of the ocean. All has been pretty calm and beautiful so far. Breezes have blown. The sun is comfortably warm. Your fresh drinking water supply is intact. But suddenly, with but a quick and low profiled warning, a storm is upon you. The winds blow, the waves become gigantic. No one is expecting you to survive. Something within you cries out to God for help. You know that He has called you. He never promised it would be easy. But now you see that all you have believed in and for is imperiled. How great is the cost? It could cost you everything just like the calling of Christ cost Him everything. Good news – you have all the faith you need to overcome and bring the greatest of victories. I believe in you because I love you.
2 Corinthians 11:24-25 “I’ve been flogged five times with the Jews’ thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I’ve been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day.” Ras Robinson
February 21, 2009. Things are coming together. You received an unexpected blessing. You knew a task had to be done, but it has begun much quicker than you anticipated. I sent the ones to help. It is being done right when it should be, according to My plans. If you will adjust, and receive My help and My helpers, you will be pleasantly amazed at what will be done. You were not planning on starting the task so quickly, but you adjusted to My schedule, rather than insisting on your schedule. If you will walk in My ways and by My instruction you will be on My time table. I bring things together.
Psalms 25:4-6 “Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you. Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love,” Bev Robinson
by Patricia Hamel
Nov 6, 2008
Today is a new day.
Your circumstances have changed but I have not
changed. I am with you and leading you. Do not
look at your situation but keep your eyes on Me.
Have I not led you this far? I will lead you the rest
of the way. You will know My grace and My
wisdom in this hour and I am close at hand. Do
not doubt and do not look at your circumstances
but look to Me, says the Lord. See if I will not
pour out a blessing on you as you pass yet another
test trusting in Me. Praise Me in your circumstances
and above all look at Me. You are not alone.
Trust Me.
28 And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord,
if it is You, command me to come to You on
the water.”29 So He said, “Come.” And when
Peter had come down out of the boat, he
walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But
when he saw that the wind was boisterous,
he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried
out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His
hand and caught him, and said to him,
“O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
32 And when they got into the boat,
the wind ceased (NKJV)
by Laurinda Van Den Berg
Routines and struggles…Rising and rushing…Running, fighting and silently hoping. The circumstances around you have affected you so and your tears are symptoms of the lie of the enemy. You feel like screaming, as if your life is about to self-destruct. And, if it were up to you, you will not be the one I have called you to be..
But I say to you: Let go. It’s okay, I am here. Rest your head, rest your heart. I have a plan and I won’t let you fall. If everything in you tells you to run away, then run to Me. I will not let the storm steal you from Me.
Listen to Me and let these words sink deep and speak new life. Arise and shine, My glory is upon you. Don’t hide anymore, let Me fight for you; let Me be your strength.
You say that it’s impossible, that your past is catching up with you, the world and circumstances that you are caught in feels so real, and you feel like it’s slowly killing you, ripping you apart. You think you’ve let Me down and you don’t know how to get up. You are frantically trying to get your life together, but it feels like sand slipping through your fingers. You say “Lord, can You deliver me from myself?
I am my own worst enemy…have You seen, have You heard what happened.
Please Lord, I’m losing the fight.”
But I say to you: My child, I know all things. I know when your strength fails you, when your heart beats unbearably fast. I know when you struggle to breathe, feeling like the world is closing in around you and there’s no way out. I know when you tremble. You’ve tried to be strong and you hid these things from the outside world, but I know that you are raw and at the end of yourself.
Not all is as it seems. There is a higher life and there is more to this life than what you have known so far. Will you enter in and seek Me despite these things; they are insignificant and I am the voice that will slice through your reality. I will help you move forward and upward. Will you surrender and seek My face?
Place your questions and your broken pieces in My hand, and My fire will consume it, and the ash will cause the ground in your life to be fruitful. I will make way for the new thing I am imparting to you.
These things that hold you back have to make way for My glory. Make room for more of Me in your life. These things that trouble you are not My reality. I know it feels so real, but even in this struggle, you cannot deny the flicker of My truth that goes against the grain and pulls you back every time. I have given you “bounce back power”–this is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
There is a separation taking place in you–a cutting away of the things that you cannot take on the road ahead. So choose to believe Me, praise Me even if you cannot lift your hands. Only believe, I am doing a new thing, and you shall experience it. I will even make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
I am revealing to you the true meaning of My grace–you will rejoice when you are weak, when you do not see a way open before you, because you will know Me like you have not known Me before. The enemies of faith will fade away. This will happen if you purpose in your heart to move with Me in blind faith.
Even through the tears, you have placed one foot in front of the other and I will sweep you up into My arms equip you–not to walk, or crawl– but to run. And like a deer’s feet, you will safely tread over the high places and the mountains.
Choose life, choose My promises, surrender to the burden that the Holy Spirit is laying upon you. He is guiding your steps. Lift up your head and turn your eyes and ears towards Me. There is a refreshing wind in the Spirit that cools the heat of the battle and clears the debris, drying your tears. The anointing breaks the yoke. My provision is here, the road is open before you.
I am with you, move in My favor. Be filled with all of Me, focus on Me, and I will bring the promises to pass. I am watching over My word to perform it. I am ripping out the weeds that have cluttered your life and left you hopeless and tired, and confused. I know you from the inside out and I will not leave you desperate and comfortless. You will find yourself in Me, for the old is passing away and behold, I make all things new. My blood has purchased you and I am wiping the slate clean.
Yes, I am redeeming your life from destruction.
If you look at yourself or others or circumstances around you, you will bump your foot against a rock. But come and learn from Me in the secret place. I am your very present help in time of need. I have invested in you over a long period of time, and there are things in you that need to be unlocked.
I have given you all that you need to be more than a conqueror and do valiantly, because I am your exceedingly great reward. Fresh rain is coming down and watering the seeds that have been sown in your life.
I am unlocking the potential, and this seed is sprouting already. My heart, My word, the knowledge of Me and understanding–all of this is being revealed, stirred, awakened.
I will not hide My glory from you and you will know that I am closer than a friend; My blood runs through your veins. Whatever has happened, whatever has been thrown against you, I will turn it around for good and a mighty testimony will be on your lips. These things that have happened have only shocked My life into you–not so that you can die, but that you can really, truly live. As you know Me, you will know life.
The enemy’s arrows will fall from you as if there is an invisible shield. Frustration and confusion will move to the camps of the enemy and you will have peace, joy, insight, foresight, revelation and understanding in the knowledge of Me. If you abide in Me, you will bear much fruit, because I have pruned you with love and I was there every step of the way–even if you did not know it. You have been separated, sanctified and purified for My glory.
I will meet with you in wonderful, unexpected and exciting ways…
I am singing songs of deliverance over you and placing My heart in you.
I am calling things that are not as though they are, and I am clothing you with My garments. I am adorning you with My likeness and thoughts.
I will cling to You and you will be a sweet aroma that draws the lost and awakens life and truth and a hunger for Me in this world and this aroma will fill Heaven.
My children, you are the ones in whom I will delight; men and women that I can trust. I am drawing you towards destiny, obedience, and purpose.
I am excited–I know the plans I have for you, and I desire to pour out My Spirit upon you in an endless supply.
You are an extension of My heart, My hand, My feet, My ambassadors, My voice to a dying world. So know that I have by no means forgotten you, I am actively at work in you for My good pleasure. I have been at work in you to the finest detail.
This is the time to reap, there is a quickening, an acceleration in My Spirit to do a mighty work in and out of season. I examine My people’s hearts. I have ordered your steps, and I delight in your way. The righteous will not be moved, they will not be forsaken, so arise and change the spiritual atmosphere around your homes, your workplace, your situations. Do this in fervent prayer as you bow your hearts before Me.
In Me is rest, a peace that the world does not know and solutions to everything you face. Take My hand and I will show you that even if you are up against a wall, there is a crack that I have provided. It is big enough for you to safely go through. This is your time, so follow Me.
You are a light to the world to those who are hurting and need a glimmer of hope. You are a bridge to carry them to the other side of the troubled waters. They will be untouched because of my Holy Spirit and your willingness to submit them to me due to the heart I put inside of you.
I am increasing your passion, love and compassion for the lost and hurting souls. I will deliver them as I am delivering you, all you have to do is encourage them with my word and lift them up to me by holding them up in prayer to Abba. I am teaching you to who Papa is so that you can pray to Papa for all of your needs and the needs of others.
It all begins and ends with me so be encouraged that you don’t have to do anything in your own strength. So don’t even try it because you will be discouraged. Let the light of my word guide you into all truth, this is what I require of you. My word is your most powerful and effective tool for ministry. Fill up your storehouses with my promises and wisdom because others are dying to hear the message of hope.
Their hearts are damaged and bruised so all they know how to do is hurt others out of their heart of hurt. I will restore their hearts with my love so they can show that same love to others. I am calling you to heal the broken hearted, set the captives free by using the treasure map I have freely given to you. It will be like a domino effect, moving in the direction I have set up and those prison walls will come down all over the world, people will realize that I am the ONE who can hold them up.
No more crutches that keep them crippled with no purpose in life. I am the one who gives life to the dry bones. My people perish due to lack of knowledge, not knowing what to do or how to get out. That is where the called of Christ are commissioned to heal the broken hearted with what I have put in their hearts. This is the “good news” of love, hope, peace, prosperity, power and joy in abundant life with me.
Do you see that this has already begun? Seek my heart in the secret place and you will know what I am doing today on the earth. I have appointed you for such a time as this, wait in the doorway and I will tell you when to step out. Be watchful with my word and you will know what to do, don’t allow guilt to drive you to move prematurely. Be led forth with peace in all you do. I love you beloved children of mine.
For your prayerful consideration…
JLL
