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It is the NOW TIME to do what you were born for.

When the Lord speaks to me about a subject on repeat, it definitely gains my attention. Though He is so vast, and so many mysteries to be discovered, He reveals the secret things, and we must steward them. “So then, let us [who minister] be regarded as servants of Christ and stewards (trustees, administrators) of the mysteries of God [that He chooses to reveal]. In this case, moreover, it is required [as essential and demanded] of stewards that one be found faithful and trustworthy.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Over and over again for months, through an overwhelming amount of signs that are pertinent to my birth-date, the Lord continues to nudge me… it’s time. So much so that the fear of the Lord is on it.

I will not pretend to have all the ‘know how’s’, however He is looking for our yielding, AND preparedness. So many have been waiting and waiting, may this today be an encouragement to step into His divine purpose for you. How? The best answer I have is walk in the Spirit and walk in faith – and that faith requires a work which is your step forward. Trust the Lord’s leadership, and be assured step by step He is leading you in His divine purpose and plan. Birth-ing requires movement; soon what has been moving and growing in the unseen shall be seen. Birthing is not still unless there is no life in it, act in faith and watch the Lord breathe upon what He has ordained.

Doubt is the enemy of birthing! Doubt acts as a rope that stifles and will eventually try to choke the life of that which the Lord is desiring to birth through you.

Early yesterday morning I woke up from a dream where I saw two pair of my shoes outside in the rain. The shoes were near a white home and near the door. One pair I saw close up and they were a pair of white leather heels that I own, the right shoe was on its side with the heel facing ‘inward’. My initial thought in the dream was, ‘I had done something wrong’, to leave my shoes in the rain. There was another part in the dream after when two women doctors were wanting me to go into an examination room to diagnose me. I didn’t feel ill, and actually in the dream I was confident that I was not. I walked away knowing I wasn’t going to take their prescription, as their vain attempts were not founded in truth.

When I had gone to bed the night before the dream, my heart felt a bit unsettled – Did I do something wrong? Was I amiss? I went to bed with a bit of a headache, and it came after a particular engagement. The kind of headache I feel when discerning certain things… I was questioning myself, which isn’t entirely wrong, as we should ask the Lord to search and know our hearts. “Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.” Psalms‬ ‭139‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭AMP‬‬

When I was inquiring of the Lord about it in the morning yesterday, I felt led to read in Joel. Initially I thought He was speaking to me about another dream, though it’s probably all interconnected I saw something I wasn’t expecting.

Vindication and Blessing

“So rejoice, O children of Zion, And delight in the Lord, your God; For He has given you the early [autumn] rain in vindication And He has poured down the rain for you, The early [autumn] rain and the late [spring] rain, as before. And the threshing floors shall be full of grain, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. “And I will compensate you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust— My great army which I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied And praise the name of the Lord your God Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame.” Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭23‬-‭26‬ ‭AMP‬‬.

Sometimes we have been so programmed that our personal lens is to interpret ’we have done something wrong’, and we automatically assume we are at fault. Then the light bulb went off, “oh the Lord wants me to wear MY shoes. The rain is blessing… I didn’t do something wrong”. I began to canvas the details of the dream with the Lord in my mind, I saw the turned over shoe again. Immediately I knew it represented righteousness, as in the Amplified version of the Bible whenever you read ‘righteousness’, it will have (right standing) next to it. The shoes have wooden block heels. The white represents purity, the Lord likened the wood to the cross, and the high heel to ascension. The enemy is always looking to tip us over, but the shoes were mine. I just had to put them on and walk in the rain of blessing. The trickery is to get us out of right standing, though as we stand in His Righteousness through the work of the cross, and equally take up our cross, we are able to ascend through and in our Oneness with Christ. “For God made the only one who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God through our union with him.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬ ‭TPT‬‬

I then was prompted to the detail that the two women were doctors. In the etymology of the word doctor it can be resourced from “Church father”, “teacher”, “make to appear right” to what gained my attention, “to treat as a doctor, administer medical treatment to” is from 1712; sense of “alter, disguise for the purpose of deception, falsify”. Immediately I understood what the Holy Spirit was revealing, the two women were trying to examine me and make appear right in their own eyes – false judgements. They were trying to prescribe, aka advise or make a ruling about me that was for the purpose of deception. Unfortunately this happens even in the church, and when it goes against the Word of the Lord that is rebellion, and that is the seed of witchcraft. Hence the headache.

I have never seen a more rigorous birthing season such as this in all my years of walking with the Lord – which is all my life. There has never been more assassination attempts such as now. However our hope is the Lord is watching over His Word to perform it! It shall come to pass! The darkness can not overcome or overthrow the light!

Double Blessing

In the above scripture reference in Joel the Lord says He is giving two rains, the autumn and the spring rain. In the dream I had two pair of shoes in the rain. No matter the season or terrain, the blessing of the Lord will be established! We are equipped through the Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus to ascend, as we are seated to rule and reign with Him! Two become one. To Become One. When I read the scripture a second time from a different version, the Word confirmed my interpretation regarding righteousness, “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for He gives you the former or early rain in just measure and in righteousness, and He causes to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.” Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭23‬ ‭AMPC‬‬.

222 The Door Is Open Before You

In the dream my shoes were positioned near the door of a white home. “And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his shoulder; he shall open and no one shall shut, he shall shut and no one shall open. And I will fasten him like a peg or nail in a firm place; and he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father’s house.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭22‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

This is the NOW TIME of birthing and blessing! The Sons of Righteousness are appearing.

““Behold (listen closely), the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as King and act wisely And will do [those things that accomplish] justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called; ‘The Lord Our Righteousness.’” Jeremiah‬ ‭23‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

On earth as it is in Heaven Lord, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done. He will deal wondrously with the faithful. He will not let them be put to shame! All for Your glory Lord!

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LOOK UP: HEAR AND KNOW

Distraction is the gateway to deception.

Many are beholding deception by gazing upon the distraction! If we become what we behold, and we continue to behold and gaze on the distraction, we therefore become deceived by it.

Look up!

This morning at 4:42 a.m. I heard the Lord say “Look Up”. Prior to this through the early hours He was waking me and speaking about beholding deception. Though I may sound like an annoying alarm, I must continue to be faithful on what He is saying regarding. He continues to speak (as I have been writing about) the coming mass deception.

I believe the time stamp coincides with John 4:42. “and they told the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; for [now] we have heard Him for ourselves and know [with confident assurance] that this One is truly the Savior of [all] the world.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭4‬:‭42‬ ‭AMP‬‬

For reference, a few verses earlier we read how many believed in Jesus based off the testimony of the Samaritian woman (woman at the well). “Now many Samaritans from that city believed in Him and trusted Him [as Savior] because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me all the things that I have done.””John‬ ‭4‬:‭39‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Further we read in John 4:42, the people are no longer going to believe just because they heard a story, a testimony, or a prophecy – their confidence was now found by hearing the Lord for themselves.

Confidence in Truth in this hour will be and has to come from the Lord Himself.
One • True • Savior 🛟

We can not base or root our beliefs from what others (family, media, leaders) have said or even from what we see. We have to hear and see for ourselves as deep abiding Truth can only be found by knowing the Lord for yourself. You must know and recognize His Voice!

Even satan himself appears as an angel of light, “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬. The Lord has been showing me, with evidence, that we will not be able to trust what we even “see”. We must KNOW by HEARING. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬. Who is the Word? The Word is a person, the King of Glory, “In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.”‭‭ John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“I ASSURE you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. The watchman opens the door for this man, and the sheep listen to his voice and heed it; and he calls his own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out. When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call. Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about. So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door for the sheep. All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them. I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture. The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep. [Ps. 23.]”
‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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HONORING THE FATHER

The first commandment with a promise 🌈💍👑 “Honor (esteem and value as precious) your father and your mother–this is the first commandment with a promise–[Exod. 20:12.]” Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭2‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

No matter what this Father’s Day (tomorrow) means for you, we can honor our Heavenly Father really well by loving Jesus really well, “tenderly and devotedly”.

It is the Father’s delight to give His Son a Bride, this is the long awaited and promised day to come in Heaven. While there is no pain of bondage in Heaven, I believe there is the pain of suffering love. Long suffering is a fruit of the Spirit. We can not come to the Father except through Jesus, and the Father desires to receive us! May we be expectant to enter their Presence and pierce their hearts with unwavering faith and pure adoration, let us meet them with our love.

The Father desires His family. May we love and honor Him through unity; by loving each other and His Son, for when we are one with the Son we can be one with the Father.

“I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as you and I, Father, are joined together as one. I pray for them to become one with us so that the world will recognize that you sent me.” John‬ ‭17‬:‭21‬ ‭TPT‬‬

We are the betrothed of Jesus, “the wife of the Lamb” – as wives this is how we are to also love the Lord!

“However, let each man of you [without exception] love his wife as [being in a sense] his very own self; and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband [that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly]. [I Pet. 3:2.]” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭33‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“For you reach into my heart. With one flash of your eyes I am undone by your love, my beloved, my equal, my bride. You leave me breathless— I am overcome by merely a glance from your worshiping eyes, for you have stolen my heart. I am held hostage by your love and by the graces of righteousness shining upon you.” Song of Songs‬ ‭4‬:‭9‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.” Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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THE DIVIDED IN HEART

It should break our heart that the Lord is returning for a remnant. My heart was gripped recently as the Lord shared His burden with me over this. What about the majority who will not make it? And what’s scarier / sadder yet is many of those who think they will enter the Kingdom of Heaven are perishing. Part of the great deception is many think they are in the remnant and they are the lukewarm.

Some of you wonder why you “can’t seem to find God”, well the Lord says to us in the book of Jeremiah when we seek Him with all of our heart, then He will be found. Do not blame God for your lack of searching while withholding from Him your entire heart.

Some of you have anxiety and lack of peace. Jesus is the Prince of Peace – and you know this. However your approach to Him is dishonoring – He’s not a genie you summon to comfort you. He is not a popcorn prophecy. He is the King of King’s and the Lord of Lord’s who is worthy to be worshipped with your whole entire heart. Many Christians are still living under a deception of “grace” (aka hyper-grace which is a deception) that is enabling you to stay stuck and entangled. You think you can do whatever you want and just ask forgiveness for it. The bottom line is many are living in sin, and still summoning Jesus like a genie to comfort them. This is twisted thinking. You can not serve two masters. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Your inability to make decisions and move forward in life is because you are entangled. You do not love and inquire of the Lord like He is your ‘vital necessity’, in others words your vitals are faint, your heart is sick and weak. Repent. Change your mind, and your lifestyle because the days are coming when you will get passed by.

So many are being swayed and lulled by the songs of this world! You seek temporary comforts that will quickly fade. (I’m not necessarily speaking to having nice things or experiences, but rather things that keep us from fully loving the Lord with all of our heart – compromises and sin. And yes for some it is money, it is sex, it is possessions, it is gossip, it is jealousy; it all comes down to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life as the Bible says). Better to be uncomfortable for a season on this side of Heaven (our lives are like grass that quickly fade) than to be eternally separated from Love Himself. “It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.” Ecclesiastes‬ ‭7‬:‭5‬ ‭AMPC‬‬.

I pray we would all repent of divided interests, loving the world – having one foot in and one foot out in our allegiance to the Lord. May we strengthen and encourage one another, and even rebuke in love when necessary so that the Lord would receive His full reward. One of my all time favorite verses since I was a teenager is in Psalms, and makes for a beautiful prayer, “Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk and live in Your truth; direct and unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear and honor Your name. [Ps. 5:11; 69:36.]” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭86‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬.

“Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. [Deut. 4:29-30.]”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭84‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in). Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? [Ps. 39:5-7.] And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.] But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear? For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭24‬-‭34‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides].”
‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭8‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Come close to God and He will come close to you. [Recognize that you are] sinners, get your soiled hands clean; [realize that you have been disloyal] wavering individuals with divided interests, and purify your hearts [of your spiritual adultery].”
‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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True or False?

.. “For the substance (essence) of the truth revealed by Jesus is the spirit of all prophecy [the vital breath, the inspiration of all inspired preaching and interpretation of the divine will and purpose, including both mine and yours].”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭10‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

If you can not find Jesus in it, it is false prophecy. Simple way to purify the prophetic, purify revelation, purify teaching, and purify preaching.

Deception lurks where Truth is not embodied.

“IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.] He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].” ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.” ‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭6‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

If you do not aim to embody Christ in your speech, in your action, in your teaching, in your preaching, in your prophecies … you are false (or that part of you is). Missing it is simply misrepresentation of Christ.

Lord Jesus, help us to RIGHTLY love, know and obey You!

Simple Kingdom realities : True or False?

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TO BE ONE

This past Sunday June 4th while in worship at the beginning of church service I had one of the most beautiful and liberating encounters with the Lord. Almost immediately after I closed my eyes in worship I had a vision of the feet of Jesus on the cross. Though I’ve seen this many times before, I couldn’t stand long, He is worthy of anything and everything I could bring in worship to Him. There was such tangible adoration, His worthiness and holiness were overwhelming, and I just wanted to love on Him. As I found myself bowing before Him with my face to the floor my body was now engaged in an encounter. It felt as though I were laying prostrate and I could feel my body sinking into the earth. My body was dissipating lower than ground level and the feeling of “nothingness” was the most freeing part of this encounter. I then had another vision and I was now a pool of liquid gold before the Lord. I had already been ‘weepy’ though now I was laughing and crying. As a seer since childhood, I can honestly write this encounter was more impactful than the angels I’ve seen or spoken with, more than the power and manifestations experienced, yes being laid before the Lord as pool of liquid was complete liberation.

To die is gain.

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“My true life is the Anointed One, and dying means gaining more of him.”‭‭ Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Though “the art of dying” seems to be my lifelong message and I’ve written or spoken about it more times than I can count – this was different. As proved to be so in the immediate intense opposition I faced after. Why the onslaught? Because the enemy doesn’t want you to die, he wants you to have self remaining for himself. He hates the yielded Bride because of what is accomplished in unity – unity throughout the Body, and especially unity with the Lord Himself. He hates Oneness because he wants to “be the one”. The accuser can not multiply, he only knows subtraction though craftily understands the power of agreement, so he incessantly accuses the Bride hoping she gives way with her agreement.

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
‭‭John‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

We increase and are empowered in our divine union with Christ. “In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭10‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Earthly power is found in our will.
Heavenly power is found in surrender.

There are many moving parts to explaining spiritual warfare – though in short I had to ask the Lord immediately leaving church what was going on because how could I have such a powerful encounter only to be “wailed on” all through service. There are a few things I am not going to get into, but the main beast in the field up close and personal was Leviathan. The serpent twisting, distorting, and manipulating the truth. (I posted on this Sunday on my FB page).

We all have different “beasts” and “giants” to conquer as we continue to move forward in destiny and in our promised lands. But this is the spirit after the Bride right now. If the enemy can distract you, he can get your attention, giving him too much attention he can talk with you, if he can talk with you he can deceive you, if he can deceive you he can get your agreement and with your agreement he has your will, your “power”. A few months back I had a prophetic dream where the Lord was showing me this same visual image of an enormous sea serpent that was aiming to wipe out humanity by deception. If the enemy has your agreement he has your will power, and eventually you succumb or surrender to him.

We make understanding our life on the earth so complicated. There is a tug of war for your soul and it never stops until we graduate into eternity. This does not mean we are incessantly caught up in warfare, because that is the distraction for many believers. But there are times, especially now as we are in a quickly changing and “crossing over” season we need to be on guard.

What now? What to do when things such as this occur? Seek the Lord with all of your heart. Seek Him until you find Him! Seek Him until peace floods your being, seek Him and do not stop until His presence is found! “Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Of course He never leaves, but I am writing of the connection of Oneness. You may say I am one with Him, we had communion yesterday, or last week or even this morning… you may say you talk to Him everyday but are you One with Him? Especially in the days we are heading into we need His breath to be our breath, this is vital union that Paul wrote about! It’s day by day and moment by moment, living in a place of union – the state of I am in You Lord, and You are in me.

As I pondered with the Lord the vision of liquid gold, I was never happier to be nothing. I felt impressed that now I could be molded into something – whatever He would desire. The Holy Spirit brought wedding bands to mind. As I’ve thought about this vision often over the last three days, I continue to think about the wedding bands with emphasis, so last night I began to research how they are made. There are two methods: hammer and anvil method and casting method.

In the hammer and anvil method the gold is softened and beaten into shape, it does not become liquid. The yellow gold is usually heated to around 1250 F followed by water quenching – “water quenching” is after you fire the metal and dip it in water to prevent it from becoming brittle and breaking while increasing strength and hardness (durability).

Gold casting – “becoming liquid gold” requires a hotter temperature of 1627 F to 2006 F to melt the gold depending on the type of gold used, and if there are any alloy’s. It is then poured directly into a mold.

Traditionally when two people enter marriage to become one in covenant they purchase each other wedding bands. The man gives the woman an engagement ring as a promise most often, and he purchases a wedding band for the wife to put on her finger during the ceremony. The woman purchases her soon to be Bridegroom his wedding band to also be placed on his finger during the ceremony.

As the Bridegroom, Jesus has already given us the promise and we are His betrothed. He also has purchased His Bride by offering His life as the perfect sacrifice for eternal Oneness with Him. We will receive the gold band He has sized for us at the wedding ceremony. You see He already poured Himself out for us, He already made the mold. The offering of our Bridegroom’s life we receive in full when in Heaven (complete Oneness for eternity), symbolically when He places the gold band on our finger (that He made by pouring out His life as liquid gold). Jesus is inviting us to follow His costly example that we may offer Him gold refined in fire. Our costly offering is our life cast into the mold He has made for us – for Himself. The liquid gold we become is for Him, its symbolic of the ring He forms for Himself. I was asking the Lord recently how do you “present to Yourself” a pure Bride? Now whether or not we actually wear rings in Heaven is not the point, symbolically it is when we fit the same mold He made with His emptied life and in turn offer our lives back to Him in this way, that He would present to Himself a pure and spotless Bride.

I believe the two methods of making gold bands are relevant to our transfiguration process. I think many of us have gone through softening by fire, the beating, forming and heating, and polishing process (hammer and anvil method), and we have have been water quenched by baptism. I believe many of us are beautiful gold wedding bands. Some with more intricate details than others. What was interesting in my research was that to re-melt a filigree, intricate or more detailed band of gold it would require more heat. For me, I love the details, I love intricacies.
But I suggest in our transfiguration process and in our becoming like Him from glory to glory, the more intense the process and heat becomes. Maturity requires surrender. And we go from maturity to maturity and surrender to surrender. The risk is greater. The ask is “more”, though by this juncture His increase Has become more in us so that ironically it doesn’t feel like a greater ask because there’s less of us. This is when we move to the phase of casting. Will we yield and become liquid gold? Though it is all to become like Him and for Him even at this juncture, is it worth it all? Will you yield even the beauty He has already made in you? Will you give Him the gold band that you have already become? This yielding requires a greater intensity of heat than the last formation, but is He worthy? Yes He is! This is the beautiful symbolism to becoming One with our Bridegroom King. We are continually “water quenched” because we are One with the Word Himself (we are cleansed by the washing of the water of the Word).

Do you see why the enemy is so jealous of you? Why he wants to distract you? The beautiful art of death and yielding is the most imposed on because he understands the power of it.

To die is gain.

Though I had this vision I don’t count myself as to have already attained it. I pray so. May this be the posture of Your Bride, Lord, help us continually give ourselves to you.

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” ‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

This is the passage the Lord led me to after service on Sunday. This is the beautiful description of laying down one’s life for another in union just as Christ has done for us.


“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.” Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭25‬-‭33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

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THE TIME OF COMING FORTH

The Lord quickened in my spirit today “it is a time of coming forth”. So many of us have been bewildered by timing, but now it is the time to “behold”. Behold, for the Word of the Lord is coming to pass. This is the time in which you shall see! It is the time where what was birthed in the spirit will be birthed in the natural – on earth as it is in Heaven. And “suddenly” it shall appear! Behold, the promises of the Lord are ’yes’ and ‘amen’. Behold, this is your time to see!

The etymology of the word ‘forth’ is an adjective meaning to bring forward, onward, farther; continually.

The etymology of the word ‘behold’ is a verb from Old English bihaldan (West Saxon behealdan) “give regard to, hold in view,” also “keep hold of; belong to,” from be- + haldan, healdan.

Keep in view, continue to look, for what the Lord has ordained He is now bringing forward into sight. What was alive in the Spirit will now become alive in the natural as the Lord performs His Word. Behold, look at the Mighty Hand of the Lord!

“Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.”” Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward! You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God’s will and then you receive the promise in full. For soon and very soon, “The One who is appearing will come without delay!”” Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭35‬-‭37‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by. For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. [Heb. 10:37, 38.]” ‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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Keep Me Tender

Keep me tender …
The prayer of my heart.
May I tenderly and devotedly love You Lord. May I give you the praise and affection You deserve. May this kind of love be the overflow of a surrendered and secure heart.

Heaven is attracted to vulnerability and humility. While the world boasts confidence in “toughening up”, Heaven looks upon the meek and lowly. Meekness and humility does not equate weakness, though rather speaks to the posture of one’s heart – a heart that is sensitive to the hand of the Lord, moved by the touch of the Holy Spirit, and who hears and responds to the Father’s voice. The tender of heart are the friends of Heaven, they are the lovers of God, they are the committed followers of Christ.

“I LOVE You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭18‬:‭1‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Be devoted to tenderly loving your fellow believers as members of one family. Try to outdo yourselves in respect and honor of one another.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭10‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“And out of your reverence for Christ be supportive of each other in love. For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord, for the husband provides leadership for the wife, just as Christ provides leadership for his church, as the Savior and Reviver of the body. In the same way the church is devoted to Christ, let the wives be devoted to their husbands in everything. And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride. For he died for us, sacrificing himself to make us holy and pure, cleansing us through the showering of the pure water of the Word of God. All that he does in us is designed to make us a mature church for his pleasure, until we become a source of praise to him—glorious and radiant, beautiful and holy, without fault or flaw.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭21‬-‭27‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].” Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“But the humble of heart will inherit every promise and enjoy abundant peace.” Psalms‬ ‭37‬:‭11‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“But the meek [in the end] shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. [Ps. 37:29; Matt. 5:5.]” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭37‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

““What bliss you experience when your heart is pure! For then your eyes will open to see more and more of God.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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To Give Or Not To Give – Matters Of The Mouth

The Lord does not withhold from us so why do we withhold from others? Withholding is a form of control and at the root of that control is fear.

There are different manifestations of withholding, however in tandem with Proverbs 18:21, I am addressing withholding in speech. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.” Many people will think grateful thoughts, kind thoughts about others and the like, but they will never speak them out. That is an example of withholding.

Often times we have the best intentions, however the very words bless, encourage, and exhort all require speech – aka one’s mouth! A great mishap of our brain is that when we’ve thought about something long enough, we actually think we’ve done or said the task – not true! How many of us have sheepishly responded to a lack of follow through with, “well, I thought about it” hoping to achieve brownie points for non-completion? It is literally our brains excuse. While of course we are growing and learning, I really believe this is an area lacking in our culture. We simply don’t take the time to love others well. We’ve tricked ourselves into a clear conscious believing action was accomplished through our thoughts. While we are to guard our hearts and speech to bring forth life, we must be careful that this guarding does not give way to fear. I’m not talking about flattery either, I’m talking about true and intentional affirmation, exhortation, and honor that translates as love in action displayed in speech.

Our greatest Blessing and Blessor is the Lord, His example of love in action through speech at the time of Creation comes to mind. As the book of Genesis writes, not only did the Lord use His mouth to speak mankind and creation into existence, He used His mouth to bless us and call all that He created good. The process of creation (LIFE) was not complete until He spoke the blessing. Over the seven days we read over again “God said, God made, God called, God blessed”. It would appear three of four actions were in speech; the Triune Godhead in perfect unity through expressive decree over all of life.

The Patriarchs followed this example at Creation when they were passing on the family blessing, this was considered a very honored and holy time. The blessing of the sons, children, and land was not communicated through a scroll, the blessing was spoken and the words were life and they were upheld as the highest truth. The father’s blessing (or curse) was unalterable, it held prophecy and inheritance rights – their future “lot” was literally hinged on the father’s spoken blessing.

We bless and affectionately praise the Lord, as He is rightfully due. And we love because He first loved us, however I believe in the Body we are not yet complete because we lack in this area of spoken blessing. We are not yet fully inheriting all that is ours, and it’s going to take an all in effort to begin speaking forth the blessing to all the members of the Single Body through appreciation and encouragement. What if your left foot only heard signals from the brain whenever it made a mistake or tripped. It probably would not want to run… and what if your heart never heard that it was loved, it may beat a bit slower than the others. Perhaps the right ear only hears when the left hand is pointing a finger? It would probably be scared to hear and closed off. Or… what if the brain loved all of the members and limbs of the body and was so grateful, but rarely told them so? My guess is the members and limbs didn’t get the signal, and they became despondent, weak, and perhaps feeble.

Though we all need healthy encouragement and affirmation, for some it is the very language by which they are able to receive love. May we be the lovers of God in this way, bringing life through the blessing of our speech.

“Nothing is more appealing than speaking beautiful, life-giving words. For they release sweetness to our souls and inner healing to our spirits.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭24‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“Anxious fear brings depression, but a life-giving word of encouragement can do wonders to restore joy to the heart.” Proverbs‬ ‭12‬:‭25‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing.” ‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly pursue what makes for harmony and for mutual upbuilding (edification and development) of one another.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭14‬:‭19‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“In that way, whatever happens to one member happens to all. If one suffers, everyone suffers. If one is honored, everyone rejoices.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭12‬:‭26‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous feed and guide many, but fools die for want of understanding and heart.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭10‬:‭21‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“A man has joy in giving an appropriate answer, And how good and delightful is a word spoken at the right moment—how good it is!”‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15‬:‭23‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“[The Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭50‬:‭4‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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Let Love Be Your Highest Goal!

Love is the missing puzzle piece, for at the root of anything missing in our lives there we will find a lack of love. Every one of God’s perfect promises, ways, and truths are fulfilled, followed, and believed through love. We love because He first loved us, therefore we must learn to receive from Him for we cannot give to others what we have not been able to accept ourselves.

Any place we have not been Fathered by Love there will be a deficit (from emotions to finances and anything in between). May our goal be that we become so transformed by Love Himself that we are complete with nothing missing and nothing lacking- for in our seeking, yielding and finding we are changed and energized from glory to glory.

God is Love ~ Selah.
Let this truth permeate through your being, as you meditate on Him and allow Him to heal any lack in your life you will then find grace in running your race. When we seek the Lord with all of our hearts, we will find His heart. His cords of love draw us into His heart and when we completely attach to Him here oneness is attained.

May Love be the beautiful prize for which we run! Jesus’ heart is the reward, knowing Him is the prize! This is the greatest determining of one’s future – how well do you know Him, and how well do you love? “They will know you are Christians by your love” isn’t just a cute song or glossed over Scripture. It means what it says, you will know someone is a follower of Christ – better yet how well they know Christ by how well they love. To be Christ-like is synonymous with Love-like; loving like Christ.

What a gift, what a Savior, what a Love … He found me and I found Him; I am nothing without Love, I am nothing without Him. At whatever cost, may I learn to love and honor You Lord (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and others well.

“Until then, there are three things that remain: faith, hope, and love—yet love surpasses them all. So above all else, let love be the beautiful prize for which you run.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭13‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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