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Called, appointed and anointed by God, Pastor Debra Lowe has been called to the forefront to pastor along side her husband, Michael Lowe at Hesed Ministries. Pastor Debra has served the Lord for 39 years. Called as a Prophet to the nation she also walks in the office of teacher and is an intercessor. Pastor Debra has used these gifts to minister to the body of Christ, teaching men, women and children to enter into His presence causing them to mature and be changed by His Word. As a servant of the Most High God she brings forth a word in due season to the body of Christ.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good Morning,
 
     I was reading the prophetic words given years ago I was amazed to see how pertinent these words are for us today.  I really shouldn't have been amazed because the word of God is always fresh and applicable, it transcends time and is always timeless. This was from December, the year 2008. 

  
The Spirit says:

     I have spoken once, yet twice have I said this to you; "Stand still and see the salvation of your Lord!"  Somehow you think that I am not working, because you don't see in the now the activity that is going on to bring My word to pass for you.  Your angels are constantly at work, to bring to pass My promises on the behalf of the one who believes and stand.  Do not be deceived by the scurrying around of the little foxes of our enemy.  He uses the natural forces to get your attention on him.  He does that to try and get your eyes to roam to the left and right, keeping you trapped by the present activities.  All of the chaos of transition can leave you feeling unsettled if you are not keeping your gaze upon Me and My promises.  I have not changed My mind concerning the prophetic Words that I have spoken over you.  They are settled with Me.  Are they settled with you?  They must be, in order for you to receive them.  They must always be in your heart.  I long to do those good things that I have said to you.  Yet, it is with eyes of faith that you will see the promises fulfilled.
     The winds of trials and tribulations have blown you off course.  They have arisen because of the promises, their purpose was to get you to shift your sail.  You have allowed yourself to be pushed around by these lying winds.  They blow in your ears, your eyes and through your emotions, telling you that it will not come to pass.  Resist those lying winds!  I am stirring up a fresh new wind.  A sweet wind that will cause you to set your sails of faith towards Me once again.  Catch it, and flow with Me to the places of purpose.  I will set you on the straight path once again, do not be detoured.  It is a narrow and constricted path that I have placed you on, it is for your good.  Trust Me, I do know the way.  Learn to follow Me.

    No longer allow personal pain and disappointment to cause you to stand still in fear, but stand, fully persuaded that I am God and I cannot lie.  My purposes and plans will prevail, if you stay in the force of My wind.  Only yield to My wind, not to the winds of doubt, lies and unbelief of our enemy.  If you will only look to Me, I will raise your sights, to see farther than you have been able to.  I will lift your expectations again, with tokens of My goodness. 
 
     "For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off. Hear My son and be wise, and direct your mind in the way of the Lord." (Prov. 23:18-19)
     "Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me." (Ps. 86:17)
     "So we’re not giving up.  How could we!  Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.  These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us.  There’s far more here than meets the eye.  The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow.  But the things we can’t see now will last forever. (2 Corin, 4:16-18; Message Bible)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     There is a shifting taking place, for I have heard the many prayers that haven risen up from you.  It has come to my ears like a sweet smelling incense and I have received every prayer.  Every prayer that you sent, every prayer by faith, every prayer that came through distress, every prayer that came through deep longing.  I have heard every one and I have held them near and dear to My heart, says the Spirit of grace and mercy, and I see what the enemy has tried to do.  He has tried with every prayer that you have sent to try and capture them and hold them at bay, to make you think that I have not heard you, because the answer did not come suddenly.  But I Am saying to you your suddenly is on the way.  The dams that have held up the floods of My answers are right now being broken all around you.  Dams of pressure are being released, says the Lord, because I have heard your prayers and I have sent ministering angels to answer every single prayer that you have prayed.  Your angels are standing right now, right now at your side to make ready and answer every prayer that you sent for I Am a God that remembers everything that you have done in My name.  I count you faithful and I Am faithful says the Lord.  I have never forgotten one thing that you have done in My name and I have heaped it up like ashes from the fire and I Am causing those things to multiply back unto you. It is a time of receiving if only you would learn to open your hands wide to receive.  I Am sending it right now says the Lord like a flood because I have pierced the dam that the enemy blocked and held up the blessings that I have ordered in your life.  I have ordered and I have ordained blessings to come to you, and right now that damn is overflowing.  It has burst and it is bringing forth, not just finances, see I Am a God that completes the whole man, not only in finances, but in every area of your life that you have cried out to Me.  I Am answering by giving wholeness in your relationships, and in your body, wholeness in your mind, wholeness in your walk with Me by restoring the joy of your salvation.  I see those that have walked with Me, and I have walked with you through the midst of the valley and I have been with you the whole time says the Lord.  Now there is a lifting of your head and of your heart.  That dam is bursting in your life for joy unspeakable and full of glory, I Am abounding in full force.  So this is the season that you by faith rejoice with Me as I rejoice with you, for I Am sending ministering angels loaded with My gifts on your behalf says the Lord.  This is truly your season of blessings so open your hand and believe and receive.  If you miss it, it is not because I have not given it, it is because you are not receiving.  I have given to you even the mustard seed of faith, so use that, to believe and receive the flow of blessings in your life.  I Am pouring out blessings that you can not contain says the Spirit of grace and mercy.
     "And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]." (Gen. 12:2)
     "The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]." (Prov. 10:22)
     "And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing [of good insured by God’s favor]." (Ezek. 34:26)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     How many times have we heard something and interpreted it out of context that may have caused us a great deal of difficulties?  You know the familiar conversation, it goes something like this……"You said ———–!!!" and the person who was speaking says:…."No, that's not what I said!!!"  Has that happened to you lately? 
     Do you remember the game we learned as children, where we would start a conversation by saying a simple sentence and it would be repeated to the next person and on to the next and it would go on until the last person would repeat what they heard?  It would begin by saying something like, " my dog is a black and brown shepherd," by the time it got to the last person it might be, "the shepherd is brown where the black dog bit him."  Well, I learned several things from that exercise: #1 – you can not listen to gossip, it is never complete in truth; #2 – people do not listen intently and last but not least, I came to the conclusion that when you speak there is a force that causes our conversation at times to be misdirected or confused.  Ephesians 2:2 makes reference to the "prince of the power of air".  Later on in Ephesians 6:12, we have a little more insight into this, "prince of the power of air".  Listen, it reads, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".  So we can see that the devil has a rank of delegated authority, and one of those evil spirits job is the "airwaves".  His sole purpose is to scramble up our communication lines.  He keeps the atmosphere charged with misunderstandings, misinterpretations, dirty filters, poor comprehensions, and selfish hearing, so that we are constantly dealing with offenses, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger, deception and all other kinds of little foxes that spoil our growth in our ability to hear clearly.  I am not saying this is the case every time, but we are told to know the ways of our enemy, so that we can be victorious all the time.  We take authority over this low-ranking prince of the power of the air and we say that you will not hinder our ability to hear clearly and/or communicate effectively.  We will keep the garden of our heart free of offenses, bitterness, malice, unforgiveness, etc. 

Hear what the Spirit is saying right now: 
     

     "For I am coming for My bride and she must no longer allow spots, wrinkles or blemishes to continue to grow on her.  These hearing problems have caused so many blemishes on My church.  My children continually hurting one another, fighting and bickering over small temporal things that have been destroying their abilities.  You must cease the wars among My beloved, and direct your attention to the enemy, who pitts you against one another.  You must see and understand that a house divided cannot stand, and will end up in self-slaughter.  Stop! My children, I have given to you all the power over all the power of the enemy, now use your power against the enemy and not against each other.  Love, love and prefer one another.  Be merciful, tenderhearted and kind.  Give allowances to one another.  Every time you are hurt by each other, quickly forgive them.  Those seeds of forgiveness will return to you on swift wings of My favor to you.  You will grow twice as much because of the mercy you extend.  You will become more mature and more sensitive to Me and My ways you will be alert to following Me.  This is the way of the Spirit.  Following the high road of love will always cause you to be on top, it is the steps to prosperity that will bring you to good.  Love will mature my bride and keep for her an atmosphere of miracles, wholeness, soundness and true prosperity.  Love is the atmosphere where I, in My glory abounds". 
     "That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy and faultless]." (Ephes. 5:27)
     "Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another." (Romans 12:10)
     "And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:" (Matt. 12:25)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     For this is My preparation, this is My table that I have prepared and set for you, even in the presence of your enemy.  So I set this table for you to eat and partake of all that I have prepared for you it is about keeping you strong, spirit, soul, and body.  I thought long and hard concerning you and where you are and what was going on in your life and I set a table says the Lord.  Every word that I send, every song that I give to you it is so you might arise and shine brightly.  I have given you milk for wherever you are in your walk with Me, if you are a babe I set a table of strong milk.  If you are growing by simply obeying I give you a table of bread, and if you are strong in Me I give you a table of meat.  I set a table says the Lord and it is fresh, fresh, fresh.  I do not give stale things, I give you fresh manna from heaven.  So today I Am depositing and downloading into you a fresh table says the Lord, and it is in preparation for what the enemy desires of you this week.  The enemy is constantly seeking whom he may devour, but I say to you this week as you partake of this table you will be strengthened from on high.  You will have the ability to rise up and ride over everything that the enemy can deliver or bring to you.  For not only will words of My songs come back to you, but every word that I plan for you to take and partake of will cause you to mount up with wings as unto an eagle and you will soar.  You will not walk like mere men but you will soar over the circumstances of this life.  You will begin to see things in advance because you will have the eagle eyes and you will see plans, and purposes clearly and you will know exactly what to do because I have prepared a table just for you.  Come and enjoy, for all that I make is very good.
 
     "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation," (1 Peter 2:2)
     "But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired." (Is. 40:31)
     "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over." (Ps. 23:5)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 

  To those who will stay in My presence until I change them, will experience a "knowing moment", a revelation of who I Am in the "here and now".  I Am going to keep coming to them in waves of revealing until they are overwhelmed with the power to be alive in Me.  They will be consumed by My presence but they will be awaken to be more and more like Me.  In the waves of My fires, of the flood, of the winds, and of My oil being poured from heaven they will see what I showing them, hear what I Am speaking, and go where I Am sending them, moving with the flow of Holy Spirit.  It will be unique, because they will be a fresh voice when many have become imitators, recordings of men.  They are the ones that I will exalt.  They will simply build on the foundation that I have laid and maintain humble hearts as they do so.  They will stand amazed at the work that I have done in them during the construction period of their life.  They will clearly see that I never cease nor stop but that I kept on working even in the night season while they were sleeping.  I Am doing an astronomical change in you beyond your thoughts and ability to believe.  There is no computation of the work that I have been doing in you.  It is beyond measure, it is beyond comprehension, because you keep asking, you keep requiring more of Me and because you require more of Me, I say yes to you, yes to you!  So I would say to those who come under My shadow, while you are under My wings, I am keeping you and making you.  Stay open to Me, so I can do the work that is needed in you to affect a change.  Everything I start, I complete, and I know what I purposed and planned for you.  So stand humbly in My presence and allow Me, yield your heart, yield your will.  
     For a long time, I have been asking and requesting for you to take your devotion to Me up to a new level, but before you can take it up a level, a death must occur.  You must abandon yourself to Me, I Am trustworthy with your life.  Know that there are too many people on the throne, too many in My space says the Lord.  I alone must sit on the throne in your heart and in your life.  So there must be a death of you.  You must die of all the things that you put your hands to that I have not called you to.  You must die of all the plans in your mind that you dreamed up and schemed up that I have not anointed nor put in your path for you to do.  As you give Me your life you will see how easy it is for Me to be lifted up as I lift you up.  You will begin to have clarification, understanding, and wisdom will come to you in this next level, this next place that I Am calling you to.  It will be a little easier for you to walk with Me.  It will be a little easier for you to hear Me.  I have been calling you to this place all along and you have never understood that you must die.  You hold on as if you are holding on to something very precious and I have something more precious than you could ever dream or conceive just waiting for you.  Stay in My presence.
 
     "Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant]." (James 4:10)
     "[I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your [a]fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self]." (1 Corin. 15:31)
     "And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you." (Phil. 1:6)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D. 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
  

     You have only lived in a partial of the power that I have placed on the inside of you, and as you yield yourself, all of yourself, your members, your thought life, your whole being to Me, then I will increase Myself on the inside of you so that you can accomplish and do everything that I have appointed and called you to do in this season.  For each one of My children, I have placed on the inside a supernatural ability.  Most only get to the surface of that supernatural ability, and when they do some wonder in their life, they are amazed at that and they usually stop there, but there is so much more that I have placed on the inside of you.  So much more, says the Lord, and the enemy constantly tries to keep you preoccupied in your life so that you never attain to the place that I want you to.  The choice is yours as always.  So what I Am doing is clearing away the fog for this moment, to give you the ability to see what I know.  Step in and gaze at what I have called you to be, and what I have anointed you to be in this season.  This divine time far surpasses even what you thought, says the Lord, and I have gifted you and I have equipped you.  Never do I call anyone to do anything without first gifting them and equipping them so that they will not fail.  So I say to you all that I have placed in you makes you able.  I can hear you saying, "I can not do anymore" but My Spirit living on the inside of you makes you able.  My grace is sufficient and I have heard this used over and over again, and it grieves My heart in this season says the Lord because My grace is the power to live.  It is the power to be what I have called you to be, I have anointed you with My grace.  There is nothing, no thing that you can not do with My grace says the Lord.  It is not weak, it is not powerless but it is the power of your Father abiding on the inside of you making you able to do all those things that the enemy tells you, "you're not able" but you are able says the Lord.  You are well able because of My grace, My anointing, My Spirit who lives on the inside of you.  So begin to see who you really are, gaze into the wonders of your God.  Just a moment to see what I have called you to do and be, and all of the giftings, abilities, and talents that lie dormant in your life.  Some that you have tapped into a little bit, but you have not released the portion that I have placed on the inside of you.  I know that what I have given you is way to much for you to handle alone, so I have given you, Me.  So lean on the Spirit, that is why I said "those who walk in the spirit they will not fulfill the lust of the flesh", but they will fulfill the longings of their Father's heart.  So I say look at who you really are.  The enemy is afraid for you to un-tap the resources and the power of who you really are and when that happens he will know that the sons and daughters of the most high God have arisen.  You can do those things.  The enemy is a liar.  You can do those "very things".  I have fully equipped you to do just that.  
     Right now you can sense the anointing, abide in that anointing, live your life by My anointed Words, and you will close the door on the enemy, and stop living life in that cycle.  In a vicious cycle of lies and you have been hindered from being who you really are.  You are the giant and the enemy is afraid of you for I have given you My ability.  Never again say what you can not do.  Never again say what you are not, for I have given everything to you My children.  I have not held back anything.  I have not withheld back any of My grace, any of My mercy.  My mercy is new for this day.  If you ask, I will cleanse you and forgive you and set you up on a high place.  I Am all the time exalting you so that you know who you really are.  You are well above every circumstance of this life.  Walk in it, be in the moment of what I have called you to be.
 
     "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." (1 John 4:4)
     "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." (2 Peter 1:3-4)

     "And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever" (John 14:16)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     This is a love story, My children.  I Am the beginning and the end and it is good for you My love.  I Am loving you with an everlasting love.  I have called you before you were ever known and I already approved of you.  I have gone ahead of you to make the way for you easier, if you will just follow Me.  This is a love story My children of how much I love you.  It is exhausted in My endless works and miracles that I perform in your life.  This is My love story for you My children and I have never stopped loving you and I will never stop loving you and caring for every care that concerns your heart and mind.  I will never stop loving you, this is a love story My children and it is good.  For I am a great lover, I am a great lover and I know how to love you and I know how to love you good and I will always love you.  This is a love story.
     Just like Joseph, as he went through many tests, trials, and tribulations but I never stopped loving him. My purpose and My plan for him never altered or changed no matter what he went through.  I called him, I anointed him, I appointed him and I brought him through and I set him at the seat of kings.  I made him the head in authority in a place and a land that was unknown to him and his people, but I raised him up because he never ceased to praise Me and to worship Me even in the deepest, darkest place.  My praise remained on his lips and because of that My children I raised Joseph up and I Am saying to you, as you continue to praise Me no matter where you are know that I Am exalting you.  I Am raising you up to the seat of kings.  I will lift your head up high above your enemies and people will know that I placed My hand upon you and My anointing covers and surrounds you.  I Am in love with you, My purpose and My plan for you never changes.  I knew you before you were formed in your mother's womb and even then I said blessed, you shall be blessed, you shall be seated in high places.  That is My call upon you.  No matter where you are right now, know that the end is good.  I have written it in My word and My end for you is good.  This is our love story.
     "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." (Jer. 31:3)
     "And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus," (Ephes. 2:6) 
     "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.  You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.  You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways)" (Psalms 139:1-3)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
  
     You are the salt of the earth and if the salt has lost its saltiness it is good for nothing except to be thrown out.  Hear Me as I say to you My people today, find your saltiness once again.  That part in you that I placed to savor this whole world, to cause seasoning from My kingdom to go throughout this world.  If you hold back what I have given you then the world will be lost, but I have anointed you in this final hour.  Do not hold back from the wittiness, creativity, and My ability I have placed in you.  I have caused it and placed it in you to save some and if you hold back then their blood will be on your hands. I Am saying to you My children today restore your saltiness.  Do not lose who you are in Me, because I have called you and placed you in specific places for this season, to season this world and to cause some to come.  So be who I have anointed you to be and be bold about it. I have given you My grace, all that is needed to live a powerful, holy, and influential life.  There is only one unique, you, and I have planted you to be the most effective where you are.  Do not let your own thoughts, circumstances, trials, tests, or the unknown happenings keep you from setting your world ablaze.  Know that as you stay deeply rooted in Me that you will grow and become fixed and stable, many will be sustained by your faithfulness to Me.  This is our season, this is our hour, stand strong, stand brave, be bold and declare who I Am in this life says the Lord.  Do not lose your saltiness.
 
     "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men." (Mtt. 5:13)
     "For His divine power has bestowed on us [absolutely] everything necessary for [a dynamic spiritual] life and godliness, through true and personal knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence." ( 2 Peter 1:3)
     "And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity]." (Ps. 1:3)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning, 
 
     If My people who are called by My name would begin to humble themselves and truly pray, pray in the spirit, for you are praying My mysteries, the secret things of My heart.  As you pray in the spirit I can go places and do those things that otherwise I could not enter in.  I needed someone on the earth to intercede, and as you do, pray in the spirit, you open doors, avenues, and ways for Me to make Myself known and work the miraculous.  As you yield yourself to prayer, you are saving and delivering and setting some free, you are thwarting the plans of the enemy in someone's life.  You are doing supernatural work as you pray in the spirit.  For years many have despised My gift, My gift of the spirit that I have given to My body to make themselves more stronger, more effective in this world.  I have given you a supernatural power gift, and as you pray in the Holy Spirit signs, wonders, and miracles are being wrought in lives of people that you do not know and people that you do know.  I Am stopping things that the enemy started.  I Am starting things that otherwise could never start in their lives so I Am working.  I Am doing the mysteries and performing those secret things in the lives of people as you yield yourself and at the same time I Am doing more work on the inside of you.  I Am transforming, changing and causing your minds to think like Me, when those wicked thoughts come, as you pray in the Holy Spirit you will find your thoughts lining up with My thoughts.  The more you pray, the more you will think like Me, says the Lord, so pray and yield your members to praying in My spirit.  It will build you up, it will cause you to know Me and know the secrets of My spirit who comes along beside you to help and to enable you and to make you more powerful in this time and in this season.  For I have told you once and I Am saying once again, I Am soon to come.  Can you not tell by the signs of this world?  If you saw nothing else, if you heard nothing else, I Am coming, so I say to My people, hold on to My hands.  They are unchanging, I never change, though the seasons and the times and people may change, I Am an unchanging God.  I told you and made a promise to you, I would come and redeem and restore you back to Myself once again.  I Am soon to come so order your life, order your life as if I Am coming this moment says the Lord.
 
     "In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness.  We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.  And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in accordance with God’s will."(Rom. 8:26-27)
     "So wait patiently, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits [expectantly] for the precious harvest from the land, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains. You too, be patient; strengthen your hearts [keep them energized and firmly committed to God], because the coming of the Lord is near."(James 5:7-8)
     "But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [[a]make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit; Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)—[which will bring you] unto life eternal." (Jude 20-21)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     Many times My people stop short and they do not receive the completion of what I Am doing.  So they become unfulfilled and they never fulfill what I have called them to do nor walk it out, or live it in their lives because they feel like it does not look like I Am through and it should not because I have not finished.  When I complete a thing it is for good, therefore doing good, it may go through a valley or through rough lands, but it will bring good.  So allow Me to finish what I started in you, I know exactly how to do and what to do in order to bring My good.  No one else has this plan except for Me says the Lord.  It is My master plan, and no one can duplicate it, to cause maturity in you.  Before you were formed I knew exactly what it would take to get you to that design and that desired place and if you will let Me because I have said it once and I will say it again to you, I can not make you.  I will not drag you kicking and screaming to that finish line but if you yield I will come and enable and help by My spirit, and we will do wondrous things on the inside of you.  No one has ever seen the completion of who you really are.  If you will only allow Me you will be amazed.  The plans, the purposes, and the dreams that I have for you far outweigh anything that you could imagine.  Let Me do it.  
     That is why My people stay in a cycle because they never allow Me to finish the perfecting.  They stay in a cycle by repeating the same things over and over again.  I have come to set you free, completely free so that when I Am finished you look like Me, you act like Me, you walk like Me.  Allow Me to do it so that I may be glorified in this world so that the world may know that you serve a living God, a God who is with you, for you, and who is all about you because that is what I Am all about.  You, doing exactly what I have called and anointed you to do.  It is a perfect plan.  It is a beautiful finish.  Allow Me to do it.
 
     "I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return]." (Phil. 1:6)
     "As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness; I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness." (Ps. 17:15)
     "for He delivered us and saved us and called us with a holy calling [a calling that leads to a consecrated life—a life set apart—a life of purpose], not because of our works [or because of any personal merit—we could do nothing to earn this], but because of His own purpose and grace [His amazing, undeserved favor] which was granted to us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago]," (2 Tim. 1:9)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.