Jumping the shark is a metaphor that was originally used to denote the tipping point at which a TV series is deemed by a viewer to have passed its peak, or has introduced plot twists that are logically inconsistent in terms of everything that has preceded them. Once a show has "jumped the shark," the viewer
senses a noticeable decline in quality or feels the show has undergone too many changes to retain its original charm. The
term has also evolved to describe other areas of pop culture, including movie series, music, acting celebrities, or authors for whom a drastic change was seen as the beginning of the end. Some have broadened its use to simply describe any decline
in appeal for the subject in question, without requiring a significant "jump the shark" moment.[1] The term derives from an episode of Happy Days in which Fonzie jumped over a shark while on water skis.
For all Christian purposes, I have chosen this theme for those that are groaning and travailing in their life.
Those that are stagnant and need a jump start and a faith builder. We can apply the concept to Gospel communication
too. Many people, (and also society as a whole), can reach a tipping point in their own perception of Christianity,
through a range of factors. Hypocritical actions or statements by Christians in the public eye. Unlovely pronouncements
on public issues. Using weak arguments as if they are strong ones, to back up an apologetic position. Presenting personal
opinions as if they are unchangeable Christian principles. Failing to understand the concerns and needs of not-yet-Christians.
Appearing to exclude, rather than include. Not being spoken to when visiting a church for the first time. By anyone.
Or being deeply hurt and dwelling in the valley rather than on a mountaintop. We will reason together here.
Rom 8:20-23
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected
thesame in hope, Because the creature itself also shall
be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole
creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thanksgiving In All Things
There should be no recalling of past hurts on this Thanksgiving day. There should only be the recalling
of the countless and innumerable ways I have blessed you and kept you. You pay Me no honor when you think only of your self
on this day.
You shared the phrase, Happy Thanksgiving, with others, but you failed to be happy or thankful. You
do Me no honor when you cannot set apart one day of the year, at the very least, to honor Me and to exalt My name.
Why is it that you only think about receiving and You do not give unto Me? You have not followed
my explicit command: 1Ch 16:8 "Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds
among the people."
You must give thanks in all things. You must call upon Me so that I might answer with favor. You must
make My name and deeds known to others. You must not live unto yourself, or only for those you know who return your love to
you. You do Me no honor when you keep Me separate and hidden from others, yes, even those that are afar off this day.
Please Me with gratitude, praise, and thanksgiving so that I might have such a one to use for
My glory. That is how you honor Me on this day and always. Little one, do not hold back your heart from Me. This is a grievous
wrong and you cannot advance in the Kingdom until you repent of a thankless life. Bless Me that I might bless you and all
you do for the sake of the Gospel.
My people are in a stupor. I have asked all to watch and pray and yet, by choice, not circumstance,
have they chosen to sleep like my beloved disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane. Arise! I am coming quickly. Are you dull
also of these words? Must I shake you? Must I allow alarming things to occur to awake you from this sleepiness?
Do not say it is a season. Do not say it is because of no stimulation. Do not say it is because
of your time clock that has slowed down to accommodate the time of the earthly season. Foolishness. Arise. Be eager to meet
with Me to hear of the new thing I have planned to do with your life. Have you indeed grown weary in waiting on Me to move
you to a place of favor and delight? Can you not arouse yourself and rally with Me to the occasion? Will I scold you or
shall I look with eagerness toward you as I see your faith and spirit of adventure rise up and meet Me in the times we spend
alone?
Let not routine and dullness be an excuse for the unwillingness to hear the many things I would
like to speak with you, child. Do not be wearied. Refuse to call this period stagnation. Say over and over once more, anticipation.
That suits what I have in mind for you. Rejoice!
Just as the Pharisees and Sadducees were divided in doctrinal beliefs, so has My Church remained
in dissention. My Church has withstood. The gates of hell have not prevailed. However, in these last days a move has been
started to be ecumenical. In itself, it sounds harmless. In itself, it sounds peaceful. In reality, it is the formation of
a shrewd politic organization that will usher in the one world-wide, universal religion that will enable the anti-Christ
to declare he is god and must be bowed down and worshipped. Get thee to the watchtower, O child. Be alarmed not for the sake
of those seeking peace and unity, but for those in opposition that Jesus the Christ is the only Way to the Father.
A few well-known and recognized adherents have become apostate
proclaiming that all paths lead to God. I do not even say to weep for these for they are not of My fold. As Judas, the one
being surnamed Iscariot, was not numbered with the Apostles and was labeled a traitor, so you will witness those who
have the same lot as he. There should be a standing argument for the truth of the Gospel. When one promotes a desire to exalt
them self above Me, when sin for a season is more pleasurable than purity of Gospel, when there is rejection of My unadulterated
Word, and when one's ambition is to be a rising star, rather than honoring Me as the Day-star, then there is no recourse than
to remain a recreant until the day of death.
You might say to Me, "Did You not know, Lord?" I say to you, I knew in the beginning of My way,
before My works of old. Salvation if the greatest gift I gave to mankind, but free-will is the most cherished of all. I would
say to weep for those that have not yet surrendered to My Lordship. All knees shall bow before Me one day. See to it that
You instruct others the way of relinquishing their life into My hands.
In the latter rain many shall turn to Me. In that time, there will also be a great falling away.
I have told you beforehand. Before you endorse your name to a concept, a leader, or a work, thoroughly exercise the gift of
discernment. You have had to detach yourself from those that have fallen away. How uncertain and unstable these times will
be as a great shaking commences. Fear not, little one, for I am the Great Shepherd. I know My flock. I call you My own. I
will not fail you or forsake you, but I would that you be as wise as the children of this world. At one time you called it
street smarts. I would say be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. This is not a time for sleep. Awaken! If
you do not stay in the Word, examining them daily, you will miss what I am saying next to My Church. There is so much treasure
to be brought forth, new and old. You will be ashamed one day if you do not rightly divide the Word of Truth.
As I urgently placed a star in the East to announce my arrival for all to witness, so I shall
place in the heavens above many compelling signs and wonders that My return is near. Do not let science explain it away. Do
not be alarmed that others do not look up to Me and see My glory revealed. Do not miss the signs of the times. Do not let
the oil in your lamp go out. Let it burn always. I have ordained a lamp for My anointed. Remain in Me.
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in
the bond of iniquity.
Believer, how can I send you forth and bless you when you will not be relieved of the gall of bitterness? How shall I use
you to set captives free when you are in bondage yourself? How shall others be drawn to Me when they see the unlovely
in you?
I will not remove you from the wilderness experience until you have conquered the enemy of your flesh. I will not lead
you into the promised land when you serve with such demand and hostility and impatience toward others. You will keep repeating
your lessons until you destroy that which is unlovely about you. You have harshly criticized those in My service so that you
can be exalted. This is not a weakness. This is treachery. You have leaned on grace to the extreme while not extending it
to others. I have given you gifts and talents and you desire to run forth with them, yet you know not yet that it is the Holy
Spirit that comes upon you, and it is the Holy Spirit that you drive away. If you do not repent of this gall of bitterness
I will come and remove your lamp stand. I have ordained a lamp for My anointed, but it now grows dim.
Believer, Jas 3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water
and bitter? Jas 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not,
and lie not against the truth.
Every time you give someone a word, you expect them to laud you and to reward you. You are making a mockery of the free
gift of salvation. I have chosen you to minister to others and pour in the Oil and Wine, and yet you expect a tip? You are
dining on earth's feast and not the Wedding Feast. You must bring to me these untoward thoughts and actions, confessing all,
and asking for forgiveness and cleansing. I can not send you forward in Power when you deny My Word by your apparent hostility
toward those that magnify Me only. Man does not owe you a living. If you have given your all to Me, you shall be a servant
to all, not a magistrate collecting taxes. Let Me teach you the ways of the Kingdom and the vows you should have made. Let
Me take you away from the trappings of the prosperity teachings that you received in your early walk with Me. As appealing
as they sounded, you did err in receiving words from others that you thought were from Me.
Believer, I gather no pleasure in chastising you, yet you will not hear what I speak; you will not see what I do until
you see that I am no taskmaster. Neither should you be. Come to Me that I might display love and healing to you. You yet must
forgive and forget your early years, your trial and testing years, the years when you found life to be harsh and disturbing.
You must forgive and forget those that placed cruelties upon You. It did build character and it served to make you cast your
gaze upon Me. Now look to Me and be saved. Look to Me and be delivered. Look to Me and when you fully experience My love and
grace and patience, which you will emulate. Then you can complete your exodus out of Egypt. Then I can send you forth
without pride and bitterness walking ahead. Be at peace as we root out the little foxes that are spoiling the vine. I say
they will become Amaleks instead if you do not heed My voice.
Child, because you know who He is, because there is only One that is He in your life, I
will come to you. 1Jn 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit
is truth.
You see My Godhead. You see Me. Despite the poor misrepresentation of who I AM by others, you
have chosen to search diligently for all aspects of My Godhead. You have not forsaken Me or your mission to proclaim I Am
Who I Am.
I sorrow also with you as you see those trampling defiantly down the wrong path of life. They
seek a gospel made convenient, not a God Who is. They seek a gospel that the world now calls as creed; Any system of principles
or beliefs. I am seeking My own to release with purity the unwavering the Message I came to earth to deliver. He will strengthen
you.
Pastor, you are alarmed because I have opened your eyes? I am alarmed you slept while this world
disdained My teachings, even within your own congregation. And I say now, if you will proclaim My Name and My will, you will
be labeled as aggressive, not contemporary. Child, accept no bribe, but be that as a Sent one. Child, do not fear to keep
membership and affiliation. Child, I do say fear offending Me. Do not keep silent in your spirit. Do not wonder as I show
you the degradation of man. Do not keep silent as I show you how to speak a word in season. Yes, the season of being
kept in ward is finished.
Will you pray, listen and act upon My words? If it is the flesh calling you, then I must ask
you to return to your early youthful days of obedience. If it is the Spirit calling you, then I ask you to be alert as I send
you out amongst wolves. The resounding of your name is not an issue. It is the Name you call upon that must now be lifted
up. Call upon Me so that I can make the crooked paths straight. Call upon Me because I need your voice to reason with
the lost. Call upon Me because that is what I am asking of you. Can you not do what is right even if you were never called
to proclaim Me? In your congregation you have been lulled into a socialization which is convenient for the community.
Can you not awaken to My desire? Proclaim Me before I silence Your lips.
Bow your head in shame for the compromise of your life and then I will hear you. And then
you will be heard with an astounding return. Call upon Me, child. Be to Me as I have been to you, forever bonded. I love you.
I need you. More importantly there is a vast multitudes that need to hear what we know. Go and do what is right as I am cleansing
you. Be in prayer, yes, but let Me hear the shout of victory. Yes, I love you and send you my instruction to further carry
on. I love you like no other. Reject the council that would lead you astray. Come, I bid, follow Me.
Luk 13:34OJerusalem,Jerusalem,which killesttheprophets,andstonestthem that are sentuntothee;how oftenwouldIhavegathered thy children together,asahendothgatherherbroodunderherwings,andyewouldnot!
The time will come, little one, that I shall no longer woo you. I have
sent servant after servant to you. I have sent minister unto minister to you. I have even sent My prophets unto you. I have
humbled Myself before you as I have begged you to listen. And ye would not.
How is it that you make Me weep and break My heart? How is it that you
make Me endure your sins that are unrepentant? Why is it you seek another Christ who will not make you look upon the cross?
Have you grown weary of Me, child? I have not grown weary of you, but I say soon the door will be shut. Even if you seek to
answer that knock, the Bridegroom may not open unto you.
I have longed to gather you under My wings. I have longed to shelter
you from the upcoming storms. I have longed to speak gentle and tender words to you, but you sought another. You would not
walk the tried and true paths of those I have sent to you. Yes, that Godly one in your family that you only now pay heed because
they have passed on. That Godly Christian that was an influence in your life, but lo, you looked and they were gone. And now,
that Godly servant I have displayed to you, yet you do not want the humble and meek way of Christ as they do. What more can
I say or do? The choice is yours and soon there will be no choice left for you if you are not watching and praying.
Will you heed My voice, beloved child and return unto Me? You did
know Me long before you knew the way of the world. I long to gather you unto Me for My mission is to gather and not scatter.
What is the mission you have done for Me? You have not gathered with Me. Begin to gather with Me as I draw you once
again under My wings. I love you so much, but will you dare to put Me off once more? Return to Me and repent. You will rejoice
as you hear angels in heaven rejoicing at your repentance. Fear not to commit to Me.
You belong to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Should not your language befit Royalty?
Here is what happened when I spoke only the Father's Word's: Luk 11:53 And as he said these things
unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently,
and to provoke him to speak of many things: Luk 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
You speak much, but your speech is of no value when the words I hear from you are vehement.
These are not My words. These are not words of comfort and encouragement. Do not call them exhortation. These come from within
you and are fleshly lust. They are counter-productive to the Kingdom of God and they are unspent non-productive in the ministry
of reconciliation that I urged My own to be dedicated and committed too. Why do you seek to scatter, rather than gather? Why
are you puffed with pride and selfish ambition when I have come to you time and time again in meekness and humility? Have
You failed to see My nature because it is repulsive to you? Have you failed to love that one that I sent to you because their
character resembles Me too closely? When will you learn to tame the tongue? I shall answer that for you. When your inside
is cleansed, instead of the outside.
Child, I have entrusted you with the secrets of the Kingdom of God. To alter them, to abuse them,
to erroneously teach them is a great discredit you do to the cause. Set aside your activities and come apart with Me to a
quiet place where I might minister salve to your soul and heal that long standing rage you have. I can heal. I can remove
the offence that you received as a young child and now treat others in that manner. I can make you a new creature so that
you no longer want to control others and exert authority. Trust in my gentleness to restore you to favor as I teach you to
prefer others in the Kingdom above yourself. Let he that is least come first. Yield to Me so that I might make you well and
whole and enabled to handle the Word of Truth to serve Me with. Seek My peace. I love you with an everlasting love. Come apart
now so that I might heal you.
Time is flying by you as you reflect on what accomplishments you have had in your life. You are
disappointed that great strides have not been made and your major dreams and visions and goals never materialized. You have
grown weary and have thought that if it has not happened thus far in your life, it never will. Once someone even suggested
this to you and you took it to heart. Your thoughts and your opinions have delayed your fulfillment. Your thoughts are not
My thoughts and your ways are not My ways. Mine are higher than yours and with the intent that you achieve peace first, peace
that surpasses all understanding. Have you achieved this peace yet that I have promised My followers? This is what I want
you to acquire first. This is what I want others to see when they gaze upon you. You want them to see success. How opposite
of My will for you on this journey of life.
Beloved, rise up! I have ordained a season for you and if you do not faint nor grow weary
you will enter in. Who do you think has placed that desire within you? Why do you let it fade? Why do you not believe the
testimony of the patriarchs who with long suffering waited for my personal covenant with them to come to pass?
Isa 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? thereis no searching
of his understanding. Isa 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to
themthathave no might he increaseth strength. Isa 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
You do not understand My ways, My will or My reason for prolonging your journey before you achieve that destination
that was birthed within your inner being so many, many years ago. You do not see My Spirit within you quickening that desire
with foretastes of the glory to come. You think I dash your hope, but I have never quenched that vision. Your own expectations
of how and when it should come to pass have hindered you on this journey. If it is not My will or way, I have firmly shut
a door. But I then opened another opportunity for you to serve Me and you looked away in disdain and refused it. How can this
be if you desire your vision and do not stop along the way to fulfill My vision of you of greatness in the Kingdom by being
a servant of all? You must desire and achieve this command first. You must seek Me above all before I fulfill your desire.
Otherwise you will have set your goal as an idol in your life above Me, your Creator.
Beloved, rise up! Be of good courage. Don't let My whispered words to your inner being fade.
Await My time for you to blossom. Occupy until I come.
My very precious child, this is not a rebuke
from Me, but a question from Me. You keep on continually looking for solace, comfort, understanding and relief from your common
everyday problems. You do not give people relief from theirs because your petty complaints consume you. When was it I promised
you a rose garden? If you can site that to me then you are indeed above Me. You possess a magic ingredient for sojourning
on this earth that I never promised anyone. Because you will not give, you will not receive. Did I not say through My servant,
Act 20:35, I have
showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how
he said, Itismoreblessedtogivethantoreceive.
Why doyou persist that I prove My love to you? Forgetting the prayers of others
surrounding your life to meet what you want? Answering your immediate when you do not know the meaning of the word patient?
Ignore My will be done in heaven as it is on earth so that you might be right, and I wrong? Demanding that you keep on receiving
without giving? Where do I fit in above your needs?
Child, little one, I love you so deeply, but in not fulfilling the royal
law ( James 2:8) you cannot advance in the Kingdom of God. It is impossible that I appease your desires while you ignore Mine
and others. Will you research what I just said and let Me teach you? You will have to forget the past and how you were
raised by others. You will have to let Me instruct you. Can you do that and learn of My humble heart which is proven by My
asking your permission this very day? I should by rights be commanding you, but then I would not be God Almighty. I give free-will.
I love you without bounds, but I desire for your best in My Kingdom, and you have not yet found it
Give me this acknowledgment of who you are in Christ and I will soon commune
with you further. Mar 12:30AndthoushaltlovetheLordthyGodwithallthyheart,andwithallthysoul,andwithallthymind,andwithallthystrength:thisisthefirstcommandment.Mar
12:31Andthesecondislike,namelythis,Thoushaltlovethyneighborasthyself. There is no other commandment greater than these. If you fulfill the greatest commands,
then we need not commune further today. Please Me as I examine you for I discipline those that I love. Do you choose
not to be loved by Me, yet gratified by man? Come to Me and I can resole those issues you have when you fulfill the royal
law.
You find yourself quite frustrated at serving and serving and serving and seeing no good results.
You are tired of putting forth the effort to volunteer when you are never recognized or have feedback. You see no power go
forth, and you see no results come in. I say to you this is because you have been doing your good works and not My works.
You are serving, but you are not ministering. You extend yourself to an organization or an idealism, but you do not extend
yourself to doing Kingdom works.
I said, John 14:12 "Verily,
verily, I say unto
you, He that believeth on me,
the works that I
do shall he do also; and
greater works than
these shall he do;
because I go unto
my Father." I did not say he that believeth on good works, but he that
believeth on Me. Do you not yet believe that I will tell you where to serve and to what the service should be? Do you not
yet believe that you should do the works that I did? Do you not yet believe I said greater works because My earthly ministry
was limited by my length of stay upon the earth. This is why I have called you to be an extension of Me.
There are good works and their are Kingdom works. The good works are commanded for all to do
in this injunction, "For the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law." Even non-believers have this law written
on their heart and they do obey it with good works toward one another. How shall I commend you then? Of what could I say that
men has not already said to men? There will always be thanks abounding for kind and helpful hands, but those are not My hands
come to set the captive free. Or My feet to walk where the Good News might be proclaimed. Or My voice, which
only spoke the words My Father gave Me. You must do acts of kindness, but those are not all there is in life to serving in
the Kingdom of God.
I have chosen you to do My works, and until you begin to do that, you will continue to feel unappreciated
and unfulfilled. I have called many, but I have chosen you. Will you serve Me and do the works I desire? It is
false pride if you do not feel capable or worthy. I must receive all the glory, therefore it is My works through your yielded
vessel. Will you yield to Me and allow Me to present new opportunities to you where you can minister in power? Will you pray
about opportunities and say yes when I ask? Be alert to the possibilities I send your way. I say watch and pray.
You advance and you retreat. You say I have you in the wilderness and trying times. You say My
promises are put on hold for you. Yet, you do not consider I gave you free-will and you are a blocked conduit by choice. You
do not advance because you are clinging to the familiar, not Jesus.
You do not let Me reveal Myself to you to tell others of the Good News because you are speaking
of yourself. You are not speaking of Me. You like being in what you call your comfort zone, yet this is not really comfort
from the Comforter is it? Others don't hear you because you are not speaking of Me.
God is to be exalted and glorified, yet you chose to say your ministry is this or that. You have
labeled your works as extending to others and outreach, yet you do not reach the little ones for Me because you are too busy
absorbed with self. You refuse and grieve the Holy Spirit because you think your thoughts are My thoughts.
Loved one, you have much to learn about the Kingdom of God and about surrendering your will
to Me. Before you step out to teach or minister to another person, I want you to minister to Me by saying you will spend time
each day learning not only who I AM, but what My desires are. You must come apart and listen to Me. I have listened to your
wants and needs long enough. Enough of this. Come apart with Me into that quiet place and learn of Me. If I was driven by
the Spirit into the desert for 40 days and nights to be tempted and tried, why is it you do not feel led to do the same before
the power falls upon you?
Put me off no longer and cease your fruitless activities in pursuit of the revelation I have
promised you. Do not be one of the foolish virgins for I tell you if you do not trim your lamp now with Oil, the door will
be shut unto you. The Holy Sprit is the Anointing Oil you need.
If you were not familiar with Me, dear one, I could not be giving you this holy warning. Come
now, and grow up into the full stature of Christ. You cannot minister in power when you are scattering instead. Come and gather
with Me. Why are you gathering thorns and thistles? For Me to burn up? You will hear Me say, I knew you not, if you know Me
not. If you know My Word that is what you will speak. Cease to talk if they are your words. Please Me in this, My child, that
you will begin to speak My words to others and cease your endless chatter. Hold not back the Holy Spirit, for if you so choose
to continue in your ways, then you have grieved Us indeed.
You have a strong desire to help people. I have placed that servant attitude in you. But I have
this against you. You try to do it all under the guise of reflecting Me to others. They do not see Me because you are standing
before Me, not humbly behind Me.
I said, "Come, follow Me", not come, and walk before I arrive to extend personal help to those
I am trying to reach. You mean well in helping others, but you see that so little of their own personal fruit or maturity
has developed and grown because they have turned to you and not to Me. Then you are taken aback at how others so take you
for granted and appear so immature.
I have called you to preach and teach the Gospel. You have not made those gifts a priority. What
you have lavished all your time and talent on is the gift of helps. That is good, but not when it becomes more pressing than
telling others the Good News.
You will have to learn to say no to the demands of men, without letting false guilt overtake
you when you are not available to instantly gratify others needs, or when you secretly harbor a resentment for the laziness
and expectancy of someone believing you should be their personal servant. They must learn to be My servant, and how will that
ever come to be when they are so used to you giving freely, and they never learn any more but to receive? Didn't I say
it was more blessed to give than receive? Can you not yet see that no one gives in return to you and that makes something
very amiss. Where is their servant attitude?
Can you see My point? You are hindering a thought or desire I place in their heart to come
unto Me. Instead, many think immediately, I shall go to such and such and they will have the answer, or fill my need. Therefore,
I must call you an enabler in preventing one's personal relationship with Me. I must call you an enabler in allowing people
to continue to be bound in sin rather than the freedom that only I can give. Did you see that---only I can give. Your works
should not be your works. They should be purely the works I do through your yielded vessel. No other foundation can man lay.
I do the works, you merely witness them.
Start relinquishing some of your leadership roles and you will indeed see some of the sheep scatter.
Don't take that to heart. It merely proves you have enabled people to profess My name, but have hindered them from a personal
and deep relationship with Me as you had to strive to have. Quit striving for others, and let the Holy Spirit draw and equip.
I have many things I want to do through you, but I need your undivided attention rather than the others who demand it. You
already understand what I am saying. I am pleased with you, daughter.
You do not even realize fully how you have chosen to worship an idol above the Living God. You
have opened a doorway in your life for the powers of darkness to enter therein. In your quest for new meaning in your life,
you have let in the evil one to destroy the love you had once explored in Me.
You have believed a lie. You thought you were seeking a path of peace. You listened to others
tell you of a way that might tickle your fancy. Now your mind has fowls of the air lodging therein.
I am the Good Shepherd. I have sought you out. I will bring you into the fold. You have wandered
too far from safety. You are in danger of judgment that will not be reversed in eternity. You are unaware of the little foxes
that spoiled the vine. The Holy Spirit has gently placed within your conscience a warning alarm that something is not right
within, and the peace and amusement, or so you thought when you strayed, is now not what it had appeared to be. I am nudging
you to renounce this way that is not of Me.
I am sending you this strong message. It is your free will to listen or reject it, but I tell
you that you cannot serve a god that is no God, and you cannot flirt with apostasy and a reprobate mind by continuing in the
things you do. They are not harmless.
Have the courage to ask that stable, Holy Spirit filled believer from your acquaintance if what
you are doing is wrong and harmful or not. I will place My wisdom and words in them for your counsel. Heed what they say even
though your flesh desires to rebel. Humble yourself under My mighty hand and I will set you free from demonic oppression so
that you might know Me, the Savior of mankind, and not another path. Life will become brutal and eternity will be gnashing
of your teeth for this err and sin against the Way.
I will that no person perish. Do not doubt the reality of this conversation. Do not walk away
and rebuff Me. I desire to rescue you now because My love for you is genuine as no other, and My grief for the way you have
chosen must be eased. I love you. Accept My love. You will be aright and you will be a great and powerful witness for Me.
You have already pleased Me by just allowing Me to complete My words to you today. Repent and I will send the promise of the
Holy Spirit to guide you in all your ways. I gently and lovingly say I love you. Lovest thou Me?
So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife; and
I would have the women dress becomingly, with modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair or gold or pearls or costly
clothes, but—as befits women making a claim to godliness—with the ornament of good works. 1 Tim 2:8-10 (WEY)
When was the last time someone said to you, "I admire your
Christian marriage."? Or can you not even recall it because it has never happened? Why is it that you bear the name
of Christ, yet you do not resemble the name of Christ as little Christ's. You are using other Scriptures
to justify your hostility toward your spouse. You use that as excuse as to the other partner failing the marital vows. I say
to you men, why do you lift your hands in prayer when they are stained with your anger and your strife in your home and elsewhere?
I say to you women, why are you not exercising the fruit of self-control and doing good works freely to your spouse? You both
have involved yourself in works, but not what I had ordained for you both the day you took your wedding vows before Me and
the assembly that were gathered there. Must I repeat your vows to you, the ceremony, the hope and joy of that day to you?
Must I urge you to open the photograph album as evidence that your joy no way resembles the radiation you reflected on that
day?You have not just lost footing in your marriage, but you have lost footing in the Kingdom of God.
And you still seek to justify your stance. How can I commend you? How can I call you my Bride and you call me your Bridegroom?
Would you treat Me as such? Your works are wood, hay, and stubble if you do not repent and make amends with your mate. Instead,
you are waiting for them to see the light. Look at Me, the Light, and begin your journey, with or without their consent to
restoration in your home. Your home is not a peaceful place for Me to abide. Begin by asking My forgiveness and ask for your
spouse's, if nothing more at this point, but the unlovely thoughts you bear toward them. If you have even been downright cruel,
you see what a long journey it will be before the past is not just forgiven, but forgotten, and a bridge of trust repaired.Think on these things until you have a genuine change of heart. It is your heart I look at and it is your genuine intent
at this very moment that we will start with. Be of good cheer for it was the wedding at Cana I performed My first miracle.
Will I not do the same for you?
You desire perfection in yourself and others. You are driven by that and you have yet to but hint that
this is the leading cause of the many frustrations, discouragements and inability to progress in the Kingdom of God.
I can not help you when you believe it is my responsibility to answer your prayers as perfectly as you
desire, rather than My will. Do you not yet know than other than Me there is no one that has walked this earth in perfection?
You can't. Others can't. Your standard is not reality, and the all or nothing mentality must cease.
When I spoke these very words, Mat 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect,
even as your Father which
is in heaven is
perfect," I was teaching you, in kindness, that you might understand that perfection in
My Kingdom is wrought by grace through Me. How can the imperfect be perfect? You were marred through
original sin and you then progressed in a choice, many choices even now. You cannot be perfect unless you are perfect for
My Father to use. I spoke of your works in My Name. I spoke on the Mount of Olives the conditions of the blessings you seek.
I did not say, "Be perfect and you will receive visions of grandeur and satisfaction in your life." I spoke of your availability
to Me which is evident right now that you are not perfect.
You do not let me use you in My Kingdom as I would. Would you
not swell with pride and be unreachable if every single thing you attempted to accomplish were perfect? How could you then
call upon Me in your weakness' so that I might strengthen you? I said not until earth passes away would my Word pass
away. Why do you choose one passage subject erroneously and base your entire life on it? You cannot be perfect unless you
surrender your life to Me and therefore be perfect to use for My glory. Re-think your life patterns and if you have elevated
yourself above Me, repent, for that is idolatry.
Study yourself to conform to My example on earth and you shall see that love, mercy and compassion, not perfection, drew
people to Me. You are driving people away with your stance and ways, and you are in danger of never achieving in Me true satisfaction
in your life. When you know I use you mightily, then you are perfected, not your works and achievement, but your availability
to Me
Listen carefully as I alone will teach you a more perfect way. Lean on your Savior and learn of Me for I am meek and gentle.
That is the perfect you I would like to see and develop. Draw close to Me and I will draw close to you and instruct in you
a better way, My child. Don't hold Me at arm's length by the standard you have created. I have no part in that. Follow Me
now.
Why are you filled with pride? Do you not know I lowered myself and submitted to a shameful death
on the cross for you? And yet you cannot humble yourself in this circumstance and submit to that one that is in authority
over you? The very one that you despise at this moment has been set above you to see if you would comply to My will.
Do you not yet know that all things work together for good for those that love Me and are called according to My purposes?
Do you not yet love Me, My child?
Your struggles are My struggles. Your cares and burdens are Mine also. You will see the justice
come into being in the area you seek, if you will just say, "I submit in the Name of Jesus", and allow the long range effects
to be My will evident.
I do not force My will, but I know from beginning to end. I know what is best, and I see that
you are not looking behind the veil of eternity as I can. Please Me, in this: Remove the hesitancy and the bitterness and
bow to My will. "Thy will be done." Say that often enough until you realize I am in control, and I see the best for your life,
even when you cannot see or realize it. When you stay in tune with Me, these resentment issues will resolve.
My love for you is unmovable. My desire for you is to recognize My sovereignty and place your
trust in Me. Yes, through man comes this answer. Yes, perhaps not what you desire, but exactly what is best for you,
and you will see eventually what was best for others also. Let me have My way, and please Me by attempting to understand.
Remove resentment far from you. It has no place in My Kingdom and cannot enter therein on the day of your homecoming. Be content
to let Me be Master and Shepherd. I do no harm. Trust Me, child, for I trust you to arrive at this place of submission. Do
not hinder your own progress. I love you far too much to let this situation continue. Surrender, is what I speak to you today.
You have lapsed into unbelief and sin after knowing Me. Your affection for Me was waned and your search
for the Truth that will set you free has led you onto a dangerous path of unorthodox deception.
You are backslidden, child, but yet not apostate. You must return to your first Love, or the consequences
will be too much to bear. The Holy Spirit is drawing you back. Do not grieve or quench Him, and do not stop your ears or stiffen
your heart.
I have not forsaken you and I have paid the penalty of your rebellious sin as well. I forgive you and
you must exercise faith to receive My full absolution of your waywardness.
I am urging you for recovery sake to seek out those that are mature and gentle that can help in the process
of your restoration in the Kingdom of God. You must humble yourself to accept this help, and by your conversation with them
and the disclosure of your past whereabouts, I will know if you are genuinely seeking Me once more, or if this is not just
a diversion to temporally give you relief from your overburdened spirit.
I cannot help but to speak to You of My fervor for your well-being. I can never cease to speak of My
love and mercy toward you. Return to Me and I shall once more be your Chief Shepherd. As I tell you of my joy in you, can
you not now tell Me of your joy in Me? I accept you as you are. Come to Me, no bars hold, and I shall comfort you and
show you green and verdant paths ahead. Receive My blessing upon you now. Go in peace and think on Me.
You restrict My love, little one, to only the world
in general, and not to you individually. You are My child and My love for you sent Me to the cross. Yes, for the world indeed,
but for you, my beloved, I would have gone for that alone. You restrict Me when You spread Me thin and do not cover your individuality
with My love.
I know many harsh and intolerable things have caused
you to think this way. I know of your hurts from childhood onward. But these were not meant to give you excuse to not understand
and grasp the passion I have for just you. I want you to be willing to draw near to Me that I might display My love freely
to you, without restriction. That I might flood you with agape love which you have not really experienced personally. Yes,
you know of the value of that word agape that only refers to Me, your Lord, but I desire to have your innermost being
receive it, not from the head upward, but fixed within the center of your being.
Let me recreate
in you what has been lost early in your life--awareness of My great love and application of it upon you. Trust Me fully as
I make you willing to accept My love for you. That will bring you the joy unspeakable that you crave, and that will remove
the undesired state you now dwell in. As always, I plead, come unto Me. This is My will for you and it is necessary You must
receive this love before this flows on to the others you desire to reach for Me. Be My vessel, but be filled first, for I
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