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Prisoners of Hope

Prisoners of Hope

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Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

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The higher we ascend in understanding of divine love; the more our hearts start to mourn for the suffering occurring in this world. Our own peace doesn’t comfort us, for how can one who loves be comforted while others continue to suffer, and suffer greatly? In a world of suffering, peace is a byproduct of a hope, thus an illusion until the hope is fulfilled.

In lack of understanding, we are unaware of the extensive suffering throughout the world on many levels and the part we play in perpetuating the cruelty, suffering and pain. We don’t really “see” it. We may hear of it, but it doesn’t penetrate our being causing us to make a change. We feel empathy for a moment, but the blindness allows us to get caught up in our daily lives feeding the very cruelty we despise. Our hearts and minds are darkened so that we think “things aren’t so bad” and “we are pretty good”, thus others who are enduring suffering feel the coldness of a “hardened heart”. It’s understanding our blindness and the ability to be blind that creates true humility. We don’t know as we should. 1 Corin 8:2

For all creation is in bondage to the cruelty of others, as well as their own cruelty upon themselves. As a human being it’s near impossible to not be an instrument of cruelty to creation on some level. Our infrastructure isn’t built on the care of others, but on their abuse and suffering. And as it continues to expand upon cruel foundations, the suffering only increases. It’s like mud is everywhere and we can’t become clean, and the current mud makes more mud.

As we start to awaken to the truth, thus divine love, we start to see both the suffering and the part we play in it more clearly. This mindfulness is difficult to behold, for it cloaks the heart in a garment of mourning and sadness.

In this awareness, our hunger and thirst for righteousness grows strong and we push into it with all our being. Our hope is that the Creator will soon have great mercy and come to His creation to save, heal, restore, and renew. We have enough suffering. We need healing and renewal. Malachi 4:2 We need the medicinal touch of the Creator to flood this world like a light in the darkness to set us free from fear, pain, suffering, and death that we receive and give. To open up the door into this realm and let His presence overtake this place. For with every day, the suffering increases and a spirit of mourning grows heavy.

It’s a hope that can only be fulfilled by His spirit alone infusing this realm, infusing us, for it is impossible for the enslaved human spirit, which is bound in weakness, to break such strong bonds. With this hope of deliverance for all of creation from the chains of suffering, we become prisoners of hope. Prisoners, in their weakness, who can become so much more by His power in them. We are the problem, and we, in our very weakness, are the cure for Christ came to make us into the temple of the spirit of God, the spirit we all so desperately need. May we seek to be the temple of His divine nature.

Psalm 30:11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

This verse and others like it, put a spark of life into the sadness, a hope. The hope that one day soon the suffering will end, that there will be no more cruelty, pain, and death. That the dawning day will truly bring in a Day that the Lord has made. Psalm 118:24 A Day to change all days. 

The ways of life are so beautiful. They captivate the spirit like the most stunning sunset. The purity and perfection they contain is glorious, harmonious, loving and life-giving. Yet, here in the world it is near impossible to abide in this beauty that our hearts so long for. Thus our hunger and thirst for His righteousness increase by which perfection is manifested among all of creation. We need deliverance, a healed creation, and the promise of it keeps us prisoners to this hope. I pray a hope that is soon fulfilled.

While we wait for the consummation of all our hopes, may we continue to seek to increase and abound in loving kindness. In this world, even little lights seeking to love others in sincerity and truth make a significant impact.

Zechariah 9:11-12 “As for you also,

Because of the blood of your covenant,

I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 

Return to the stronghold,

You prisoners of hope.

Even today I declare

That I will restore double to you


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Tears in a Bottle & An Unfailing Love

Tears in a Bottle

& An Unfailing Love

It is a great gift to be able to share these words with you … first of all I love you; with the love of the Father.

I wish none to perish, for love, the Father’s love, has taught me so much and has exceeded anything of mercy and grace I could have imagined. I desire for this love to be in you.

A part from the Creator of all, we can’t exist because only His ways are perfect righteousness, goodness, and endure forever. When we operate by our thoughts alone; we only create corruption because of our finite understanding. In His love, He is calling us to be a part of His mind. For His thoughts to be ours. For His ways to direct each step. But we must give over our mind; which is our ability to do what we will; and instead trust Him in and with every detail. We have to give up our minds to Him, so He can completely fill them with His thoughts.

Yes, the depth of this trust feels very vulnerable, but it’s the trust that will keep you eternally in all peace, love, beauty .. perfection. This trust protects you from all that is evil; it is for your very best.

His Spirit is here in truth, power and love as never before. He entered a pure man to enter the flesh; to enter this corruption to give us Himself .. this is how much He loves us.

But love must be received and given willingly by the giver and the receiver for this is its nature. So you must desire this love. There is nothing like it in this fallen earth. This is death, the pit, not life. Life is pure, perfect, holy, love and absolute joy; where no fear exists. When thoughts of life is in your thoughts … you see as you should and you start to enter abundant life because your mind is becoming His.

The Father loves us; He is coming to heal us and restore all that has been damaged. His love will overwhelm you as you open up to it.

All this brokenness, pain, suffering came through one and through One it’s restored and regenerated. Come into the One, the spirit of Christ, the spirit of the Father and your renewal will begin, now is the time.

As I look around; there are beliefs about the Father that need to be corrected, they are born of death, not of life. In not seeing life, the beauty and love it holds, these ideas are what minds trapped in the pit have created and believed about the Father … I pray you can hear and understand ..

The Father isn’t found on the outside; but on the inside. He is the peace, love, beauty, healing and the rest you seek. You find Him there; within. Outside are many false portrayals, images, of who He is. Due to the depravity of this existence, gruesome concepts have been applied to Him, this is not who He is. This is a corrupted view of Him crafted in no knowledge of Him.

He is the most amazing Father, perfect in love; a love that never fails. Selah.

No matter the transgression; He knows our frame and what you’ve been born into; blindness, darkness, bondage, lies, slavery … because of one’s transgression. He has great mercy; but He is holy and thus you must want to be cleansed in your mind, which is giving it up for His, your thoughts for His thoughts, and be united to Him in truth and spirit.

Let go of all beliefs/thoughts of the pit .. all that contradicts perfect love; put one no between you and the Father as He revealed Himself in Christ. This is how you are not deceived when the truth comes from within. I know. Let no person, teacher, religion, institution or the like come between you and Him… remove them and become united to Him yourself.

Attribute nothing to the Father but the purest of love; for He is love. All beliefs of eternal suffering let Him purge from your mind as you learn about Him from Him. They are found in this pit, of the pit, which all is being destroyed and that destruction has begun. The Father will fill all in all. Nothing will remain that isn’t of His purest love and life. This is the depth of His love for us.  It isn’t the children He is destroying but the cancerous wickedness that has taken a hold of them and corrupted their souls.  You must cease attributing gross abominations to Him that haven’t entered His heart or entered His mind. Don’t attribute any ugliness to Him; like He doesn’t love you, doesn’t care, doesn’t exist, will cast you off forever, or gives correction without mercy. Theses are not in His heart. These are ideas formed in sin, of sin, by sin ..

You must learn to hear your Father’s voice and follow it. For when you do He will lead you by His love in the most intimate counsel to the Garden of Eden. Yes, He is restoring this earth from the beginning.

You’ve come to birth by pain to learn that you might not transgress against Him so you can abide in eternity with Him. This flesh existence is a nit, eternity .. is forever. As you learn to embrace His ways, you’ll start to transition into life. The Garden of Eden, the perfection of creation, will grow around you as it grows in you; this is the kingdom of God. As others see His glory manifesting in you, for that is what makes you grow, hearts will turn to Him.

He is love; His love never fails. He is faithful, He can’t deny Himself. Selah

Hold on to the pit and that is where you will stay until it is destroyed, and then as clay is broken on the potter’s wheel to be recreated, so you will be.

Let go of all the corruption and open up yourself to love in its purest form – directly from the Father’s heart.

All things are becoming new; starting with us. The waiting is over for those who come to Him in truth and spirit.

In the video below I shared these words written above …

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The Ultimate Beauty Secret

The Ultimate Beauty Secret

 

Here is what the Spirit has been teaching me this week. And this one is for the MEN as well!

People hold different images of what beauty is and true beauty comes in many varieties. In my opinion, true beauty isn’t just about outward appearances. The outward appearance can be very deceiving about the true self. True beauty moves from inside to out. The inside and outside are connected. A huge mistake in this society’s wisdom is that it too often tries to separate the two and deal just with the outside (medications, diets, surgeries etc). If you want outward changes focus inward because when we attend to the inside then the outside will follow.

True love is the defining element of true beauty; love of God, others and yourself. Yes yourself, because you can’t truly know the love of God and not have a love for the creation He made and loves, you. I realize this can be a slippery slope – this love of self – because it can be be a negative false love in terms of narcissistic, self-absorbed and so on. But when the love of self comes from the love of God it is as it should be.

What is the ultimate beauty secret? Love. And how do we gain this true love of God? Stir the Deep, the one thing that changes everything else. I know I say this is the answer to everything, but I have found in my life that to be the case. When I read Matthew 6:33 – I decided to live it. And found it to be true. As we draw close to God in truth and abide in His Word as a bride (what I call stirring the deep), our spirits born of Him grow and strengthen in us. As a result we become more united to Him, and His love, truth and wisdom fill our beings – our thoughts, actions and lives. Many “issues” that we have, which resulted in broken down bodies and a lack of care for ourselves, are resolved as we draw near to Him in truth. It isn’t an instant process by any means. But it is the only path to true life.

When our spirits are NOT rightly connected to God– then this is what we see:

Destructive stress, bottled up resentment and bitterness, festering anger, jealousy, emotional pain, lack of self-worth, envy, unforgiveness, endless worry, and the list goes on. These things eat away at our lives destroying them. They wreck havoc in our spirits thus our bodies. All these affect us starting inward moving outward. For them we eat too much or not enough. We live with stress, lack of balance, harmful addictions and habits, and self-loathing. We don’t take care of ourselves. We treat ourselves worse than we treat our cars. We make poor decisions, which leads to more problems. What’s happening in our physical bodies is often a result of what’s happing inward. Our spiritual health affects our physical health and treatment of ourselves.

When our spirits are rightly connected to God and anchored in His love this is what we see:

As we learn the truth about us, God and others, the jealousy and envy flee and instead we enjoy uniqueness, freedom, and joy in which we flourish. We experience the love of God which gives us a love for God, others and ourselves, which affects how we attend to each one of these. As we understand our value as His cherished creation and child, we start to take care of ourselves and treat ourselves with respect, which spreads to others. From the wisdom gained, we make good decisions in all areas of our lives and the self-destructive behaviors and habits dissipate. As our relationship with God grows, our trust in Him expands and the stress and worry wane and balance, rest, peace, courage, and power increase. As we experience His mercy, forgiveness floods our hearts and resentment, anger and bitterness flee.

We start to live as the new creation that we are in Him – and that changes everything.

Our lives are governed by our spirit – our thoughts, words, actions, reactions. When our spirits are rightly connected to God, then we live as we were created and God created us very good. Everything is affected by our relationship with God. If you are wanting to make outward changes in your life – start inward with your relationship with Him – because then your efforts won’t be in vain. What we need is a daily diet of God’s Word.

Proverbs 4:22 For they (God’s Words) are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

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