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Dailies On The Vine

Shrouded In The Mystery

Blinded by the Love of the deep,

Though shrouded in mystery, my soul it keeps

At rest in the treasuries that my heart has found

When surrounded by your flames and cloud

Have my life, my all I give to you

In this immeasurable space, so tenebrous how can I know?

Is this place confined or do boundless heights peer overhead?

Shrouded in the mystery, I lay this life down to be near to You

If this is death, then how does it sting? The thoughts of fear surrounding surely had concealed

The beauty of what Your jealousies demanded, all rightfully Yours

I yield to this Holy Passion, and place my heart in Your right Hand

Where righteousness and justice live out every one of Your commands

Life over death You have already proven, and You’ve led me here

Shrouded in the mystery to show me the depths where the grave could not hold You

That I may not see it’s void frame though instead taste of Your Breathe and Behold You

Because even here Your precious Blood still speaks of the offering You gave that sealed me as Yours

I am ever alive with Your glowing flame of Love as my guide

How can darkness overwhelm when Your burning heart consumes my desire?

Your blazing eyes of fire, taking all of me, I am held captive by Your gaze

Shrouded in the mystery Your Blood my wine, Your Body my food, why should I depart?

Whether furious rivers of pains and persecutions, or Majestic wonders of Your company ~

I do not know, I do not care – for in Your Arms it is indifferent

From the Heights to the Depths you have known me, and as I live to know You

We are becoming ~ I in You and You in me We are together One throughout all Eternity

Shrouded in the mystery, wrapped in Eternity’s flame You removed the veil,

I saw Your Face, I beheld Your Form

It was Holy Jealous Love that sent you to the grave

With Supernatural certainty You have declared I am Your Bride,

My soul cannot belong to another

Sing a new song King David has instructed

In Heaven’s wisdom Solomon his son has responded, shrouded in mystery he penned

The Song of all Songs that unite me to my Bridegroom’s heart

The Root of Jesse, Son of David, wrapped in Light is my favorite Man

Bride’s to be do you know Him?

Will you choose to come to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb?

Jesus the Christ, the spotless Lamb slain for this Banquet – He has invited all

The Bridegroom King is beckoning you must draw near,

For soon it will be time to feast!

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”For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].“ Deuteronomy 4:24 AMP

”Fasten me upon your heart as a seal of fire forevermore. This living, consuming flame will seal you as my prisoner of love. My passion is stronger than the chains of death and the grave, all consuming as the very flashes of fire from the burning heart of God. Place this fierce, unrelenting fire over your entire being. Rivers of pain and persecution will never extinguish this flame. Endless floods will be unable to quench this raging fire that burns within you. Everything will be consumed. It will stop at nothing as you yield everything to this furious fire until it won’t even seem to you like a sacrifice anymore.“ Song of Songs 8:6-7 TPT

”Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. [Rom. 11:33.] If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me, Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. [Dan. 2:22.]“ Psalm 139:7-12 AMPC

”For everyone is invited to enter in, but few respond in excellence.”“ Matthew 22:14 TPT

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Dailies On The Vine

That’s My King!

Tonight at sundown Purim begins, and continues until Shabbat, March 14 (extending through Sunday in Jerusalem). This is the most joyous of Jewish holidays as it commemorates the salvation from an evil plot to annihilate the Jewish people as told of in the book of Esther. Esther’s voice was the spear that intercepted this evil plan, as she risked her own life to approach her husband and King without an invitation on behalf of her people.

Recently, as of last week I had a dream where I had favor with diplomats and former President Reagan was speaking with me. I knew upon waking I needed to look up the meaning of the name Reagan, which is “king” or “royal”. The first title seems to be exactly similar in meaning with his last name; as we are familiar, a president is an “appointed governor of a province; chosen leader of a body of persons,” from Old French president and directly from Latin praesidentum (nominative praesidens) “president, governor,” noun use of present participle of praesidere “to act as head or chief”.

In the dream I was in a room with several children’s tables and chairs, with adults sitting in them, the diplomats and Presidents as well. There was a table I wanted to sit at, but it was crowded with one too many a chair, so that it couldn’t properly fit under the table. There was a certain individual highlighted to me who was trying to “force fit” in that chair. As I walked over, though not everyone was yet seated, I asked if I could sit at this same table with open chairs. A man in a suit entered my view and told me I could not although I was discerning in the dream that while he had the stature of authority, he however was not speaking the truth. I walked upward (north) and this is where I was well received by those in greater authority.

While there is more to the dream, a general application for many is this; the tables and chairs represent a position of childlike faith, and also those trying to fit or find their place in the Kingdom. Though others will try to keep you from taking a seat, or place, with affirmation and favor from the greater authority we stand. Sometimes we want to fit in, when the Lord has called us to stand out. President Ragean is a type and shadow of Jesus in the dream, “the First and the Last”, “the Chief, preeminent One”, “the King of kings and Lord of lords”.

There are many who are still in the place of “in between”, I particularly see this for those who the Lord is wanting to speak through and the breed of new watchman. The man in the suit was a watcher too, but did he carry the same authority as the President? No. This suited man could represent intimidation, a principality or ruler, and if even he was on the right side of the team of Light ~ yet still we can not fear man. When I was sitting with the Lord on this dream, the verse was quickened to me from Isaiah, “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all”.

”Then said the Lord to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Judah’s King Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub [a remnant shall return], at the end of the aqueduct or canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field; And say to him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands–at the fierce anger of [the Syrian King] Rezin and Syria and of the son of Remaliah [Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel]. Because Syria, Ephraim [Israel], and the son of Remaliah have purposed evil against you [Judah], saying, Let us go up against Judah and harass and terrify it; and let us cleave it asunder [each of us taking a portion], and set a [vassal] king in the midst of it, namely the son of Tabeel, Thus says the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. For the head [the capital] of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people. And the head (the capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son [Pekah]. If you will not believe and trust and rely [on God and on the words of God’s prophet instead of Assyria], surely you will not be established nor will you remain.“ Isaiah‬ ‭7‬:‭3‬-‭9‬ ‭AMPC‬‬
~ ”The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’ ”“ ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭7‬:‭9‬ ‭NIV

As there is a changing of the guard in this season, and for many new positions to enter in, the Lord is kindly saying to stand firm, you can walk in meekness and humility while standing. If He’s calling you to see from a higher perspective than it makes sense you stand, and when the King sends you that’s all the affirmations we need. You can not effectively govern what you can not see. This is why it’s so important to have the Lord’s voice in a personal way in this hour. (I was deeply moved by the Presidents voice in my dream).

Esther was appointed to a position of favor to save her nation, and yet it was not without harassment and evil plots. If we would understand that favor and promotion is most often for others and for the Kingdom of God, we will in confidence sit or stand wherever the Lord asks us to, because our position is in Him.

For His glory, we live and move and have our being In Him! The Chief High Priest, King of all kings has extended His hand of authority to His sons and daughters; He will show you the way to walk in, you are sent into this earth to speak and stand in boldness for such a time as this!

”Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.“ Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

He is the One we obey, love, admire, honor and respect. In security we become what He destined before the foundations of the world, and the pressures cease as we remember, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 1 Thessithonians 5:24. Just yield, and He will do the work, and for His glory we will cry, “That’s my King”.

“For from Him [all things originate] and through Him [all things live and exist] and to Him are all things [directed]. To Him be glory and honor forever! Amen.” Romans 11:36 AMP

For if you remain silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish [since you did not help when you had the c]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this [and for this very purpose]?” Esther 4:14 AMP

What an incredible and glorious honor that we can boldly petition The King!

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Dailies On The Vine

Yahweh’s Choice

You can move the heart of a room without moving the heart of The One True King. Saul was anointed as king, though was it because of the favor of God? No, in fact the Lord gave the people what they wanted; this is why we can easily misjudge the favor man for the favor of God.

Contrastingly, David won the heart of his King when no one knew his name. On distant roaming hills of humility David was faithful to shepherd and dream with God in obscurity. Was he any less favored, talented, qualified to be king because he was unknown by the people, or even liked for that matter? No, He was the one whom the Lord chose.

Your ability to work a room may win the hearts of men, but do you KNOW the heart of the King? The Lord chooses whom he crowns, and many we will see on that day in eternity who may be least in the eyes of men – forgotten ones even as David was forgotten in the line up for the choosing by his own father – however no less qualified when The Father sees and knows all. Thankfully Samuel was listening to the Voice of the Lord and did not follow what was right according to his own eyes.

You will find your God-ordained destiny and desires fulfilled in deep communion with the Lord. Your greatest advocate and mentor is Jesus Himself, and when you commit yourself to Him in “the wilderness” where He has taught you One-on-one to slay the lion and the bear, your confidence will not come from the favor and praises of men, it will be in the One who overcame in you. Imagine this, the Spirit of the Lord inside of David, they are one, and Jesus says, “hey son look what we can do, This is how you slay with one hand…”yes the same hand who first raised in worship was then taught to war. There are secrets in the days of battle ahead that only worshippers will carry. It will not be found on the lips of praises of men, for David was king long before Samuel came knocking on Jesse’s door. David was already king in the eyes of The King of Kings because they were one, and David first saught to know the Lord’s heart well in advance to becoming the peoples hero famous in battle.

Saul and David both were gifted, however eternity’s mark looks different underneath the surface. The Branch of the Lord grows through whom He has grafted, His root has always been Love. This is Yahweh’s choice, this is whom He breathes upon ~ those who seek to know His heart.

Think upon this, David knew the Lord by His heart, and the Lord knew David by his. This is true honor in Lordship and sonship. “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:5. ”After that, He gave them judges until the prophet Samuel. Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. And when He had deposed him, He raised up David to be their king; of him He bore witness and said, I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart, who will do all My will and carry out My program fully. [I Sam. 13:14; Ps. 89:20; Isa. 44:28.]“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭13‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

For too long we have crowned kings inside and outside of the church because they have been loved by people, not because of their depth of love for God. Saul could not give up his grip on the crown, while David never asked for one.

”From now on, worshiping the Father will not be a matter of the right place but with a right heart. For God is a Spirit, and he longs to have sincere worshipers who adore him in the realm of the Spirit and in truth.”“ ‭‭John‬ ‭4‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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Prophetic Scripting

O Lord, Come!

September is our ninth month in the Gregorian calendar and almost always represents birthing to me. What if what we are birthing this month is born through a different type of travail? Travails that are so painful as a result of hearts desperately sick with love. Do we agonize over the separations from our Bridegroom King? Would we endure beatings and bruises for Him? Do we truly long for more of Him in such a way that we would yield to this cost?

It was April 8, 2014 between 4:00 a.m. and 5 a.m. when I heard the Lord speak to me these words, “The burden of the Lord is this: that My people would know Me not only in the fellowship of My suffering, but also in the beauty of My holiness. A new wind is coming, one that you have not felt before, it comes from the mouth of God and is the Breath and Life of Heaven. It is a wind of yearning, to carry you up and close to Myself.” After hearing the Lord’s Voice, I went into a vision of ascension.

On the Hebrew calendar we are in the decade of Pey representing the mouth. Recently the Lord brought this encounter to my remembrance and I believe for “such a time as this”. Yes we are the Lord’s mouthpieces, but I believe there is a drawing into the Beauty of Holiness through His breath. The breath of Heaven is our Bridegroom’s kiss; He longs for us, to revive us with His holy kiss and as we breathe in Ruach “on fire”to experience true beauty – we are made alive and revived in the Beauty of His holiness that carries us up and closer, drawing us into union with Him. This is the passion of Christ. He longs and yearns for us, do we long for Him?

I propose we are entering a complete new season of intimacy with God that the world has not seen. We will be marked by the purest Love that we have ever known, where transformed hearts consumed with their Bridegroom King yearn for His nearness, and with the most sincere and devout adoration, count nothing as loss for Him. The birthing and travails that are coming upon us will lend a new and deeper revelation of the Spirit and the Bride. They will work together as One; they see the Lamb’s split side, and in union join together to quickly restore the Bride as they cry “Maranatha Come!”

“Oh Lord, Come!”

”The watchmen who go about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil and my mantle from me. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick from love [simply sick to be with him]. [Ps. 63:1.]“ ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”As I walked throughout the city in search of him, the overseers stopped me as they made their rounds. They beat me and bruised me until I could take no more. They wounded me deeply and removed my covering from me. Nevertheless, make me this promise, you brides-to-be: if you find my beloved one, please tell him I endured all travails for him. I’ve been pierced through by love, and I will not be turned aside!“ Song of Songs‬ ‭5‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”“Come,” says the Holy Spirit and the Bride in divine duet. Let everyone who hears this duet join them in saying, “Come.” Let everyone gripped with spiritual thirst say, “Come.” And let everyone who craves the gift of living water come and drink it freely. “Come.”“ ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭17‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

KEEPING YOUR FIELD

It is wisdom to consider and ask oursleves, “Is all that we are tirelessly working for and putting our efforts into going to have any eternal value?”Does what takes your time, thoughts and attention have eternal value? Are you investing into eternity? ”Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭35‬ ‭AMP‬‬.

We must live by the Word and for the Word; for the Word is living and active, the Word will not ever return void, and the Word is the One who Was and Is and Is to come – He Who forever Will be. ”I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭138‬:‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

And we know this Word is a Man, the One we call Jesus. ”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.“
‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

The Word is Jesus, in Him is the Life, and His Life is our light. If we are not living according His words, His plans, His desires (which practically are love Him, love your family, love others – and under this umbrella He came for the Church / His Bride and to seek and save the lost) then we are not fully walking in the light and to different degrees living in darkness.

Our life as an offering to the Lord on earth is brief and fleeting, ”So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.“ ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭18‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Are your investments on earth making eternal deposits? ”Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal; For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭19‬-‭21‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

We must live our lives with purpose and intentionality. Eternity is near. For some it could be today… others tomorrow and for some yet when our Beloved Bridegroom returns and draws us near.

Be mindful of your investments, you are the keeper of your own field.

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Dailies On The Vine

DRINK

The Presence of God is a non-negotiable. He must be ‘our must’ in this hour. We follow the cloud, we follow the pillar, we follow the Lamb, we follow the Cross. We follow Yahweh; I AM. Jesus is The Way The Truth The Life. He IS.

All else is secondary at best and reveals a breech in our lordship when He is not before all else, for whatever is before Christ is idolatry. For who can supercede his Creator? What created thing has precedence over their Maker?

It is imperative that the saints pay attention to His slightest leading right now, He is testing the hearts of men. This is the time to be sensitive, to incline your ear to His Voice, to obey the whisper, to smell His fragrance, to perceive the cloud in the sky, to let your heart burn unashamedly, to see His glory in creation, to see Him. For all things were created by Him; therefore nothing is BEFORE Him.

It is time to pledge our allegiance to the Lamb again. We must not veer.

Commit and submit yourself afresh to Him today. Jesus is your covering (protection and provision), He is the Savior, is He your Savior? We NEED Him. He is our alignment, He is our Head, our Light, our Life.

Do not forsake Him, do not hurt His heart; this life on earth is temporary and He is eternal. Friends, everything else will fade away… every person and created thing! I am lovingly warning you, and imploring you to use wisdom and drink from the Living Water once again.

We are all liars if we cannot admit that we have had other loves before Christ at one time or another. This is spiritual adultery for which we have to repent. Like the account of the Samaritian woman, we all have been “unclean”. Jesus’ remedy to her thirst was Himself. Drink deeply, be cleansed, and change your ways. Go, and sin no more.

”Then a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink”— For His disciples had gone off into the city to buy food— The Samaritan woman asked Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).” She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?” Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not get thirsty nor [have to continually] come all the way here to draw.” At this, Jesus said, “Go, call your husband and come back.” The woman answered, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I do not have a husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. You have said this truthfully.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, I see that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].” Jesus replied, “Woman, believe Me, a time is coming [when God’s kingdom comes] when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You [Samaritans] do not know what you worship; we [Jews] do know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews. But a time is coming and is already here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers. God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ—the Anointed); when that One comes, He will tell us everything [we need to know].” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you, am He (the Messiah).”“ John‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭26‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

About Love

We are so fickle, critical and judgmental with the things we do not understand. Why do we measure love when we are called to love without measure? Why do we, even the Church fail to comprehend a love that parallels to knowing our Lord?

Christ is our example, and we are also called to do everything as unto Him. If this be true in the believer’s life, then loving extravagantly as even in the same model after Christ should never be a commentary of scorn or reproach. There is no other god before Him, no idolatry; but after Christ how then should we be condemned for loving in such a manner that follows this model of devotion?

When we are caught in reasoning we more readily stumble into the trap of religion. Religion kills love. For in its lack of understanding it creates a boundary where we are called to live without boundary, ever aiming to quench a true baptism of love. Why do we marginalize love’s expressions when they stem from the love the believer has in Christ?

”Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!“ ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭TPT‬‬

The end time Bride will see a new model of persecution from the religious and or those who just simply fail to see rightly. The Church will be like the woman who was caught in adultery, only now cleansed and redeemed she will be living from a place of devoted love to Her Bridegroom King. From this place of redemption her perfume she pours out first to Christ, He causes her to overflow; in her marriage, family, throughout the Body of Christ and yet this sweet fragrance multiplies more onto others leading the lost to pathways of the King, to His Love and Light.

Once it was true she shared her love in mixture, unfaithfully before she knew her Bridegroom King. Now having grown and matured abiding in the Vine of His Life rooted and grounded in His Love, she has been sourced with the fruit and spices that enable Her to give the most fragrant offerings. Though now the persecutors (Pharisee’s) will stone her for sharing her love and offerings out of purity of heart. The stone they throw is against their own, they still fail to see the Chief Cornerstone. Was it not the Christ that said, ”I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.“ John‬ ‭13‬:‭34‬ ‭AMPC‬‬. The Lord Jesus is her vision, her overflow of love is meant to be symbolic in the Spirit and natural alike. May we not be like those who perish for lack of knowledge and failure to understand. ”My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will]. Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.“ Hosea‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬ ‭AMP‬‬. When we reject God (who IS LOVE) and who God is in and through others, we cut off inheritances.

”BUT JESUS went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning (at dawn), He came back into the temple [court], and the people came to Him in crowds. He sat down and was teaching them, When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the middle of the court and put the case before Him. Teacher, they said, This woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. Now Moses in the Law commanded us that such [women–offenders] shall be stoned to death. But what do You say [to do with her–what is Your sentence]? [Deut. 22:22-24.] This they said to try (test) Him, hoping they might find a charge on which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger. However, when they persisted with their question, He raised Himself up and said, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. Then He bent down and went on writing on the ground with His finger. They listened to Him, and then they began going out, conscience-stricken, one by one, from the oldest down to the last one of them, till Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing there before Him in the center of the court. When Jesus raised Himself up, He said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Has no man condemned you? She answered, No one, Lord! And Jesus said, I do not condemn you either. Go on your way and from now on sin no more. Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.“ ‭‭John‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬-‭12‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Jesus gave the adulteress a new identity in His covenant. He gave her Himself, and with her acceptance and yielding devotion she no longer would be walking in darkness. The accusations present day have not ceased, she is still accused “of love” but by those who misunderstand her actions and the purity they impart. The end time Bride also will have a new identity marked by unmatched devotion. There is a new baptism of Love, it is Bridal Love because it has always been about our covenant to our Lord and King. This Love is unfathomable, its depths unsearchable, a resevoir that enables the Church to run her race in any terrain. Yes, passionate love that will light up the world, offend the minds of those who can not comprehend, and lead by a trail of dripping oil igniting most holy vehement flames which sing their own melody, “Come, Come Away With Me”. This is a love to which there is no scorn.

When the Son of Man returns will He find faith in the earth? (Luke 18:8). And this we also know, “”For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.“ ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬ ‭AMPC‬‬. Faith that works through Love is the gateway to the heights and the depths. ”That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];“ ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

About This Love …

Longing For The Beloved
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Dailies On The Vine

Cultivating Love

Sometimes we adults need to get really childlike, Jesus did say after all we must be like a child to enter the Kingdom! I want to encourage you with simple biblical truths in creating an environment of love.

It is impossible to thrive in an unloving environment. The consequences of a sin-stained world are visible to mankind and even all creation, for in all areas of life we can take notice where sin is there is no love; in our own hearts, homes, work environments, culture, etc. At the root of sin is self. On a large scale, the sin-stained world and its effects are because of a lack of love that breeds rebellion, for true Biblical love is unselfish and seeks not its own. The external always begins with the internal, and while we may not be able to change the fallen world all at once or control others, we can learn to stay connected to Love and protected by our communing with God. This what we do as believers is change our inner environment (literally giving Jesus a place to rest His head, a place to live in our hearts and be changed by Him) to impact the external.

Living in a sin-stained world can feel daunting sometimes, but the good news is that Jesus made a WAY back to the heart of the Father WHO is love. Not only did He make a way, He manifested the true heart of the Father by giving His life for us. Jesus became the spotless sacrificial Lamb, His blood covered humanity’s stains, becoming the literal sin offering and propitiation for our sin. Jesus, in obedience to the Father in all selflessness gave His life for our souls, BUT also for the love and affection of our hearts! He was crucified and nailed to a tree, conquered sin, and resurrected from death while defeating its shame that we may be reunited to His heart. If we as Christian’s are in sin-cycles it is because there is a shame-cycle. We were liberated and freed upon receiving the Gospel of Salvation, but if you go back to the slavery of sin, you become a prisoner of shame. This is where we get really childlike! Receive His forgiveness, allow the blood of Jesus to wash and cleanse you, yield to His pruning, and walk in both divine grace and fear of the Lord to change.

Through Jesus, we can be restored to the original design through repentance and faith; for we all have been ‘unclean’ or in the old nature, though if we reach for the hem of Jesus’ garment like the woman with the issue of blood in bold faith, we too become whole and clean. We can enter boldly to the throne room of grace like Esther, and say, “I need Your salvation”. We like Moses can walk in the Fear of the Lord, and become His friend, we can rest in the cleft of His heart and say, “show me Your glory”. All Life is in the blood, Jesus is our heart health!

”And Moses said to Him, “If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?” The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you [personally] by name.” Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” And God said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion (lovingkindness) on whom I will show compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man shall see Me and live!” Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; and while My glory is passing by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and protectively cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”Exodus 33:15-23 AMP

How are we distinguished from all others on the earth? The Presence of God; God is Love, Holy, Just, Righteous, Pure, Fearful, just to name a few characteristics. And the thing is we were made for more than just glimpses of this Love, and of God’s glory- we were made to live in it. And we do that by living or “abiding” in the Vine, who is Jesus.

”“ I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified and honored by this, when you bear much fruit, and prove yourselves to be My [true] disciples. I have loved you just as the Father has loved Me; remain in My love [and do not doubt My love for you]. If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.“ John 15:1, 7-11 AMP

Regardless of the external environment that is unloving, we can stay connected to Love within, as now the Presence of God has a resting place within us. We have to cultivate this for Him, like growing a beautiful garden within our heart, we through repentance and remaining pure in heart, allow Him to prune us and cut away anything that is dead or growing bad fruit (more of that in John 15). We allow the Holy Spirt to water the garden; washing us and nourishing us with the Word of God. Sin separates us from Him, sin is void of Love, this why we must REMAIN in Jesus. He is Holy so we ask the Lord to make us holy, and treat our heart as such by guarding and protecting our hearts, because out of them flow all the issues of life. We give up our life to become One with the Vine, and eventually become a branch, we too take up our cross and deny self, for Love; our Love of Christ and our love for others. As we continue to flourish on the Vine we mature, transformed more and more into the likeness and image of Christ, from glory to glory, where we bear good fruit in and out of season.

”Do you not know and understand that you [the church] are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells [permanently] in you [collectively and individually]? If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.“ 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 AMP

”However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God]. If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides]. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]— for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God. And if [we are His] children, [then we are His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His spiritual blessing and inheritance], if indeed we share in His suffering so that we may also share in His glory.“ Romans 8:9-17 AMP

”Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 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.] By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]. Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. We love, because He first loved us.“ 1 John 4:7-19 AMP

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Dailies On The Vine

Sheep, Pigs, Wolves and the Dove

”Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.“ Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭6‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Amy’s version: do not give that which is holy to those or anything that would bark for your attention, with pretenses of loyalty and likewise do not throw your pearls of great worth before those who can not discern the meal and its quality, between that which is garbage and what is costly and timely to prepare- lest they trample, destroy, tear down what the Lord is building in and through you. Those who do not fear the Lord and discern He that is IN you, He is Holy and so is His temple within, where every sacrifice unto Him is a beautiful fragrance.

False Loyalty – Dogs eat Jezebel
Unclean and or Unwise and Undiscerning – Hogs trample Pearls of Price

In my opinion these are some of the hardest lessons.

Be innocent, unhardend and gentle as a dove
Be shrewd as serpent (Shrewd Greek φρόνιμοι (phronimoi) Strong’s 5429: Intelligent, prudent, sensible, wise. From phren; thoughtful, i.e. Sagacious or discreet; in a bad sense conceited.)

”Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.]“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭16‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

•Sheep learn to follow and love (hear the Lords voice, walk and obey in humility)
•Pigs are smart (intelligent though unwise) they are fleshy, selfish, and immature
•Wolves are mature but are crafty with discernment from the wrong father (satan)
•Doves are like mature sheep (soaring lambs) who become One with Spirit, they move in and soar in both realms. Their food is Love, the meal of the RISEN LAMB, they are One with Jesus.

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The Place Of In Between; leading and mantling the generations

I believe it’s important as new generations of fathers and mothers in the faith are rising to mention that while the Lord tests us He does not provoke us.

”Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.“ Ephesians 6:4 AMP

This language isn’t meant for only the home life, though applicable to how we treat the “children of God” entrusted to us, and anyone we relate to is an opportunity for trust.

It seems we are at a tender place of the ‘in between’. In the process of the changing of the guards, rising and repositioning, dismantling and re-mantling.

Let us not quench the Holy Spirit by leaning to our own understandings. Even when Elijah was entrusted with the opportunity to mantle Elisha, he tested him though did not provoke him. The only tests we are required to ‘pass’ are Gods, not man’s – and yet even so we can not abandon the order of submission, honor and love. And clearly in this illustration of Elijah and Elisha, God uses man to test man. This is where we need discernment; is this God initiated through man, or man initiated through self understanding?

In this place of ‘in between’ our actions in fathering and mothering at large may be well-meaning and unintentionally harmful, though in this tender place we need to be careful not to provoke and break the spirits of the children of God (I am not however referring to genuine discipline and consequences to sin, and unrepentant hearts).

And for that matter, regardless of age, title, or position, we are ALL the children of God. From a wide lens we are able to comprehend that we are to be subject to one another in Love regardless of how we relate, whether co-parenting, co-laboring, co-leading, father to son, son to father, peer to peer, etc.

”“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].”“ Malachi 4:5-6 AMP. In this passage the goal is heart connection before land repossession. It shows us what the Lord values, He is prioritizing heart restoration over land restoration. Yet there was a consequence for the unrepentant, loss of land equates with loss of inheritance. We see the same principle in the book of Jeremiah, ”For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you. Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and I will [free you and] gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’“ Jeremiah 29:11-14 AMP.

The point is blessing and restoration is found in the heart of the Father. Even the prodigal son in the parable in Luke 15 had to return home (repent) before he was fully restored after he carelessly wasted his fortune. In this parable the father who restored the “spiritually dead son” did not provoke his obedient elder son to jealously, though this is what ensued after his elder son thought he had been treated unfairly because of the celebration of the unwise younger brother after he returned to his fathers house.

And this is the difference; We cannot control other’s reactions, but we can as fathers and mothers, leaders, and servants of one another in the faith encourage and restore without provoking the other ‘children of God’. The father in the parable above did not provoke his elder obedient son, yet the sons heart was revealed in the story, and yet not to a place of shame, but simply the heart of the Lord in goodness and joy revealed his heart posture. With understanding of the father’s heart now clear, he could either join in the celebration or not.

In essence when we provoke we perpetuate the orphan spirit and religion, whereas when we allow God to test the hearts of man it leads to genuine advancement and or repentance, and restoration. We may be instruments called to protect and build the Body, purify and unite the House of God, to lead others to His ways and paths, though in all these things we should be careful to subject our understanding and will as all flesh are under the Mighty Hand of God.

Above all, whether learned patterns or reliance on our own understanding, may we remember love covers, and the Lords grace is sufficient as we navigate much uncharted territory.

In the place of in between may we consider, ”This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.“ 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 NIV

”If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit]. We must not become conceited, challenging or provoking one another, envying one another.“ Galatians 5:25-26 AMP

Jesus, help me to humble myself under Your Mighty Hand, may our endeavors be for Your Kingdom to come, on earth as it is in Heaven.

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