Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
The Spirit of the Lord says;
     Come away and draw close to me, I want to prepare you for the difficult days ahead.  Many of my dearest little ones will be caught off guard because they refuse to listen to My voice, they have been hearing the voices of many false prophets.  They are saying, "all is well, and you have nothing to be warned about."  Yet, I have placed watchmen on the walls, who have seen the perils from afar, and have been declaring to all that will have ears to hear, to hear what the Spirit is saying.  No, do not regulate your life by fear, you must always live by faith, trusting My Word.  You should be familiar with the chamber of My room, where I reveal and make known all secrets to My holy ones.  My Word is true, all of it is true.  It is your map and clearly shows where we are and where we are headed.  It is all good to those who have put their trust in Me.  Warnings are not to bring fear, but in order that you may be aware.  Your preparation, should be to become sensitive to My voice, get use to hearing the sound of Me.  I will lead you to the still and peaceful waters, even in the midst of the storms of life.  I Am your hiding place, your safe haven.  So don't be dismayed when you see what will come upon the earth.  It has always been coming to this.  Those who have made me their Refuge will see the pressure rising and building over the wicked and the evil, but it will not be able to touch My faithful ones.  I have been a Shield to all who know Me as a Warrior and to all who have allowed Me to fight for them in past battles.  Wake up to the cry of My prophets that run with My Word, you will recognize My voice.  I Am all that is desired and needed by My loves, a strong fortress to them, while the rich have trusted in their wealth as their high wall.  Everything that has been erected and built by all other gods will come down, every high place that was built by this Babylon system will experience a crash.  Men that doubt Me and My Word have already built up a new system to lean and trust on.  Their wisdom will be exposed as complete folly, yet they will only see it has higher intelligence.
     In the midst of these perilous times, water, rain, and the wind will blow My loves from their places of obscurity.  They will become vibrant once again with new life to spring up with fresh wells of revelation, insight, worship and understanding of the times and seasons.  Arising with abilities that will bypass their natural capacity to sustain and cause them to prosper even in the time of famines.  They will dream with clearer definition and awaken with understanding.  The visions they see will give them deeper insight into the next steps that must be taken to bring them to a place where they are inaccessible to the climate around them.  Their worship will come from those deep wells that have been untapped, but now the thirst for more will require them to draw more.  Sharpen your blade, strength requires you to be sharp now!  The wisdom you receive from Me will help you to succeed.   I have sent My armies from heaven to be at your aid, for My holiness will be displayed by My righteous ones.  You, My loves will be My pride and My glory, even in the middle of difficult times!
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"My Word is a map"
 
Love,

Pastor D.
Scripture References: Psalms 37; Psalms 91; Eccle. 10:10-12; S.O.S 4:16

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
     As we stay in God's Word and busy ourselves with doing the Kingdom's business, He busies Himself with our steps to bring us to our, 'such a time as this'.  We must stop putting God and His Word to us on trial.  When will we just simply believe, and quit trying to make an all-knowing [omniscient] God fit into our limited reasoning and understanding?  "If a person really loves Me, he will keep My Words, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make our home with him.  Anyone who does not [really] love Me, does not observe and obey My teaching.." (John 14:23-24) We can take this verse and see if we are keeping, obeying and observing His Word, or, are we constantly trying to get God to keep our words, and obey us?  This is what we find ourselves doing, "We humans keep brainstorming options and plans; but (except for the fact) God's purpose prevails." (Prov. 19:21; The Message) Purpose means the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan; the intention and design of a thing; that which is before one as an object to be reached or accomplished.  God, our Father always keeps the right view.  When your view becomes selfish, or gets obscured because of testings and trials, or because you have to many highways erected in your mind, He stays constant.  If you lose focus, all you need to do is go back to the One Who hasn't been moved.  God knows our intention and our design.  He established that, even before we were in our mother's womb.  Again let us be reminded, "like an open book, You watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before You, the days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day." (Psalms 139:16; The Message) He knows how to get His purpose and plan from us, and the path to accomplish it.  Since He loves us so much, we need to trust that when He tells us to do something, that it is for our own good, to bring us to His plan.
     There have always been people that have loved God enough to simply trust Him enough to obey Him.  I choose to join that group.  How about you?  Enoch was such a person as this.  He believed God in the midst of a generation of doubters and unbelievers.  What made him different?  I believe he made up his mind that no matter what anyone else did or didn't do, he was going to love God with his whole heart.  "Enoch walked (regulated his life and conducted himself in union with and in conformity to Him) in habitual fellowship with God; and he was not, for God took him [home with Him]." (Gen. 5:24) This is the picture of the end-time church, where we must be headed.  Just switch in your mind, that place where everything has to be your way, and let it be His way.  Serve Him from the place of loving Him without all of your self-centered criteria.  "And I am confident of this very thing that He which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." (Phil. 1:6) Confident means to trust, yield; bold to a vice; having an excess of assurance; trusting without suspicion.  Have you trusted God without suspicion?  Has everything He said to you been under suspicion?  Suspicion means to doubt the trustworthiness and reliability or favor of; to distrust or mistrust.  Only God has been proven to be above suspicion.  "As for God His way is perfect!  The Word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him." (Psalms 18:30) Come on family, let's be bold and have an excess of assurance in Him and simply live our lives regulated by His Word.  Everything will work together for our good, and we will be like Enoch.   One day we will disappear and be home with God!
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"Trust God without suspicion"
 
Love,
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
The Spirit of the Lord says;
     As you have felt and seen the effect of the harsh winds that have blown into the life of My people, you will now sense a strong refreshing wind.  This wind will help to blow my yielded ones on track, while everyone on the outside of the force of this wind is being tossed to and 'fro'.  These Kingdom winds are purpose-driven and destiny-forging.  The function of the winds will be to remove all obstacles and reveal all traps, to clear away the refuse and the pests that were blown on your course by the winds of adversity.  I Am assisting you to transition yourself, as you position yourself to allow My winds to blow your eyes and ears clear to see and hear what I Am doing now.  The impact will be felt worldwide for My true Church, they will run with great velocity which will give them a new potential to soar.  While I have been purifying My Church, she has become full, with a brand new zeal.  Fear no longer hinders their next steps for they have begun to 'know' their God, becoming more intimate with My ways.  The winds have allowed her to become intoxicated with the aroma from heaven.  Her fullness of Me causes her to overflow in her walk of life.  My will being done on earth as it is in heaven is what motivates her.  Now the true church is a' living worship' as well as obedient children who serve.  My people are more aware and conscious of desiring to please Me by obeying My Word, they now realize that they are empowered to be like Me in this earth.  The winds of adversity have brought My church to a place of humility and trust.  It has worked to blow away all idols that were revealed during the storms of life.  Now, they are unafraid of the giants in the land, for they know that there are more for them than against them.  They are arising with an unusual and unfamiliar anointing to war against the arm of the enemy.  Because they know with their God they will be strong and do exploits and with revelation knowledge they will wage war in a distinctive and unequaled way.
     Unity will come as My church begins to raise My Word to another level.  Now be aware that the enemy is not asleep at this time, he will try to challenge you, but don't be pushed in any other direction.  There will always be enemies to conquer as you move into your promises, but don't be bullied any more, you are more than a conqueror and you have the aid of the angelic host and Holy Spirit.  My Church is a rare and unique treasure that will separate herself from the impure, temporal, and profane of this world.  My true priest will be bold and holy.  My radical, new, sweeping wind will blow into the yielded temples that expect to receive it, even now!  Here comes the wind! 
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"The Winds"
 
Love,

Pastor D.
Scripture References: Lev.11:45; Psa. 144:1; Eze.22:26; Dan.11:32; I Tim.1:18;

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
     "But relative to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and our gathering together to meet Him, we beg you, brethren.  Not to allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed or kept excited or alarmed, whether it be by some pretended revelation of the Spirit or by word or by letter  [alleged to be]  from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has already arrived and is here. " [II Thess. 2:1-2]  As we see the day of the Lord approaching we need to be more careful concerning what we allow in our mind and heart.  We can't afford to be disturbed by all that is going on in the world.  Listen again to the importance of what we let in our minds.  "But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness and worldly worries and cares pertaining to the (business of) this life and lest that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or noose."  [Luke 21:34 ]  In order to remain fruit-bearers during harsh seasons we have to keep our mind stable.  "And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful." [Mark 4:19]  When we let worldly worries, cares pertaining to this life, deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things stay uppermost on our minds, we end up with unsettled, disturbed, alarmed, and an excited thought life, which when not dealt with will lead to overburdened and depressed hearts.  One thing leads to another.  This chokes the Word and causes the fruit to spoil.  Choke means to strangle completely; to drown or crowd out.  When your mind wanders off onto those other things it drowns and crowds the Word out of your heart.  All of us have allowed the Word to be strangled out of us at one time or another in our Christian life.  Yet, we cannot afford to do this anymore, we need to sharpen our skills as we see the day of the Lord approaching.
     "As you have therefore received Christ, even Jesus the Lord, so walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him.  Have the roots of your being firmly and deeply planted in Him, fixed and founded in Him, being continually built up in Him, become increasingly more confirmed and established  in the faith, just as you were taught and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving."  [Col. 2:6-8]  Roots are the means of growth, it represents stability, steadiness and strength.  It brings security, regardless of the environmental circumstances.  Just like the the roots of trees, we are to be made firm and certain, fixed and established by the water of the Word and keeping out the pesticides of worldly worries and cares pertaining to living at the same time.  "Blessed are the ones who trust in the Lord and whose trust is in the Lord, for He will be like a tree that spread out his roots by the river: and he will not fear when heat comes; but his leaf shall be green.  He will not be anxious or full of care in the year of drought, nor will he cease yielding fruit."  [Jer. 17:7-:8]  Let's keep our roots going down in His Word and let the Word take root in our heart and we will not be moved by anything other than God and His Word.  "So don't throw it all away now.  You were sure of yourselves in the beginning.  It's still a sure thing!  But you need to stick it out, staying with God's plan so you'll be there for the promised completion.  It won't be long now, He's on the way; He'll show up most any minute!" [Heb. 10:36-37; Message]
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"Guarding the mind"
 
Love,
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
     Well, this is truly being reminded again, about resting in Him.  Leaning our entire human personality on Him, and trusting in His power, wisdom and goodness.
     As we look all around us we can see that our Father is cleaning His House.  He has warned us through His Word that He would have a holy remnant.  Nothing has caught God off guard, for all that has been going on He knew.  He is bringing all that has been done in the dark to the light.  Our stand should be to pray for healing and restoration of hearts and minds, especially for those who are being uncovered.  This is the beginning of God's cleaning, and He is thorough.  Remember, we are God's house, we are where He dwells.  So, the House cleaning is an inside job, that is where it begins.  Every man and woman that is being exposed, God has dealt with while they were covered.  God covers our sins, iniquities, and faults not for the benefit of keeping them hidden so that we can continue in them, but in order that He may heal us if we yield.  Read Ezekiel 16:1-15, even though it is spoken to Jerusalem, we can take it as God speaking to anyone that He delivered from the ashes of life and made beautiful by His Word. 
     Through all that is happening in the Church, we as the 'true' church, should have a heart that is willing to lay prostrate as the Father walks through His House.  In fact this is the scripture that the Lord wants us to look at; "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."  [Psalms:139:23-24; Amp] Search means to examine intimately; penetrate; sound out; and try.  Try means to test; investigate and trial.  Notice the psalmist is making it about his personal relationship with God.  Last week we were asked to examine ourselves to see if we were in the faith. [II Corin. 13:5]  Now it is God that the psalmist is requesting an examination from.  When was the last time you asked the Lord to penetrate your heart, thoughts, and actions? I have never requested a trial from God to examine me intimately and see if there is anything wicked in me.  Wicked comes from the word 'wicker' which means bending that which was straight, by entanglement, interconnecting and interlacing.  Wicked is an entanglement of God with anything that is not Him.  In Hebrew, wicked is an idol that causes bodily or mental pain.  It is wicked to say we love God and not obey Him.  It is not only the leaders in ministry that are being uncovered because of the wickedness of adultery, fornication, all kinds of sexual perversions, it is everything that we have made idols in our lives that must be destroyed.  So, we must ask God to search and try us, while we stay humble enough to keep covered.
     II Peter 5:6 says, "Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you."  Humble by obeying God, this is lowering yourself.  We know that our biggest idol can be ourselves, for we are always trying to do what brings us the greatest satisfaction.  God gives grace to the humble while He resists the proud (self-deifying).  God resisting means that He will oppose, frustrate and defeat you.  Yet, He will give you His ability to defeat any sin, weakness, iniquity, or fault, if you will humble yourself.  If we don't humble ourselves, it is not easy when we are made to be humbled.  As we yield our ways to God, then He will exalt [raise you; set you up; elevate and advance] you.  While this great House cleaning is going on, stay humble, lay prostrate in your heart, for He is washing us thoroughly and repeatedly by His blood!  Are you yielding?
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"Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts"

 
Love,
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
   
     Last night I went to bed feeling spiritually and physically worn out.  The battles of the day were many, but I knew that tomorrow would have a signature of it's own.  I got up today ready to get my engines started.  This is what I heard the Lord say to me, and I would like to share it with those of you who feel you are duty-bound to keep yourselves charged up.  I have written it down as simply as it was spoken to me.
     Come my child, and enter into My rest, cease from your busy activities of the mind, heart and swirling emotions.  Come into the secret place that I have prepared for all of My warriors, a place of refreshing and a place to be restored.  It is where I've called you to reflect upon My divine protection, and to think on how I have carried you this far.  It has not been by your own arm that you have come to this place.  My grace has been in you, to make it seem effortless at times, those times are when you have truly tapped into My assignment and My divine plan for the season that you were in.  Learn a valuable lesson from this, it is this, that the closer you draw to Me in the secret place, especially in the times of heated warfare and you find yourself 'still' in your mind and emotions that you have entered into My rest, that you have tapped into My power and My wisdom.  From there you will hear My next marching orders.  Don't let the enemy of your soul lead you around in circles, devised by a chaotic mind or driven by circumstances of life.  No!  Turn the tables on him, run to the hiding place that has been provided for you, for these times, where you will experience a renewed vitality for the journey.  Know that all of his arsenal is ineffective here, because he cannot come to the secret place, and nothing of his can penetrate.  Here your focus will turn back on Me, your Deliverer, Provider, Healer, Restorer, and Lover of your soul.  I take care for every part of you.  Then your hope will be restored in Me and you'll not lose sight of the goal.  So, come enter into your rest, My child, My little one, My love.  Walk away from the noise and the things clamoring for your attention, and you will find a resting place provided right in the midst of the storm.
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"Under the Shelter"
Love,
 
Pastor D.
   
Scripture references: Psalms 91; Heb. 4:3    

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
     We have got to keep our blinders on to be able to run the race and not be stopped.  We know that when sin increases, so does the spirit of confusion and deception.  We should be increasing at the same time in the grace of God, His ability over and upon our inability.  Let's read "You were running the race nobly, who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the truth.  This evil persuasion is not from Him Who called you (Who invited you to freedom in Christ).  A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump (it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church).  [Gal. 5:6-7; Amplified Bible] Hinder means to beat back; to impede or interrupt; to prevent from acting or happening; an obstacle that restrains one from going forth.  We must be wise about the enemy and his ways of causing us to be hindered.  In the Greek language hinder portrays the moment when a runner comes alongside another and literally elbows him out of the race.  That is how the Message Bible says it.  "You were running superbly!  Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience.  This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place.  And please don't toss this off as insignificant.  It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread."  Now I love what is said by faith right after all has been said, "Deep down, the Master has given me confidence that you will not defect."  Defect means to abort, abandon or desert what you are doing to go to something else.  This is not the time for quitting or defecting the faith, for what, hell, here and later.  Understand all it takes is a little leaven or yeast to cause your whole walk of faith to be perverted.  Pervert is to turn from truth or its proper purpose; to distort from its true end.  Just think, to run the race and come down to the last leg and be hindered or pervert your run, because of something so small in comparison to what you would gain.  The kingdom and all that the Father has prepared for us, for a yeast size obstacle.  Whether it is unforgiveness,  physical sins, emotional shortcomings, or trials, tribulations or temptations of any kind.  It is not worth your race being restrained or stopped.
     "I say this in order that no one may mislead and delude you by plausible and persuasive and attractive arguments and beguiling speech.  For though I am with you in spirit, delighted at the sight of your (standing shoulder to shoulder in such) orderly array and the firmness and the solid front and steadfastness of your faith in Christ (that leaning of the entire human personality on Him absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom and goodness)" [Col.2:4-8; Amp.] Beguile is influence done by trickery; to delude or to mislead the mind or judgement of; to deceive by charm; or to falsely persuade others; to divert.  As we draw closer to the end-times the enemy is trying to cause believers to become disillusioned and discouraged with their walk with God.  Yet, we have more for us than is against us.  We have Holy help from on high.  We are going to lean (incline with your feelings, opinions, actions on God's power and ability).  "Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding." [Prov. 3:5]  We must daily die, or, in other words, give up our rights to making our opinions, actions, or feelings the leader in our steps or the way we live out our faith.  For example, at this very moment I am writing this word to you as I stand and receive the healing of my body.  My feelings are trying to rule, telling me, you are much too tired and 'out of it' for this.  I can't be body-ruled, I must lean my entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in his power, wisdom and goodness.  "So watch your step, friends.  Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God.  For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes." [ Heb. 3:12; The Message]
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"Run the Race"
Love,

Pastor D.
  

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,
 
The Spirit of the Lord says;
    
     In My House there is coming a necessary change, for awhile there has been indifference towards My Word.  I have heard the cries of My children for holiness and purity to flood My House.  Conversion will happen in My House, it will come from longing hearts.  Many have fallen into spiritual apathy in My House and I do see and recognize, it is because they have put their eyes and their faith in their spiritual leaders.  Yet, I have said in My Word to follow those who follow Christ.  This is the time that My holy remnant will arise and shake this world for a great awakening to Me and My Word.  A fresh new zeal will blow in My House for those who have withstood the pleas of this false church to have an adulterous relationship with it.  Zeal to speak My truth, zeal to seek and save the lost, zeal to stand against the false gods of this world's system.  I Am awakening the last day anointing upon the remnants of My prophets, teachers, apostles, pastors and evangelists.  For I have some who have not bowed to the god of this world's system and the evil that has darkened the gaze of the eyes of many that once ran true for Me.  It is not how you start the race, but how you finish the course.  The spirit that antagonizes My unknown end time warriors has been cast down, by them.  Fear will no longer keep them from rising up and declaring truth, my righteous ones are bolder now than ever before.  All that will come at this time will no longer play the harlot.  All the other lovers will begin to abandon them, and loyalty to Me will be the top thing in their hearts.  As the world of darkness goes into a spiral of wickedness, that has spun its tail into My House, My warriors will come forth unashamedly to defend My truth.  I will anoint them at this time to do amazing things that will cause many who see to leave their gods and turn to Me, the One and only true God.  Households that have been in crooked disrepair will be touched by one who will walk in the fullness of My Word.  Churches that were at the brink of disaster, only because men would rather believe a lie rather than truth, will see that I have not forgotten their faithfulness to Me.  I will visit them afresh and anew and revivals will begin to burst forth like fire in a dry and desert land.  They have kept the flames burning even in the midst of great persecution.  I will start in the small places, to make My name known among men once again, and they will know that it was not by their power, or their might, or their wisdom, all glory and honor will belong to Me.  Telling all that I, the Lord, once again Am walking through the House where I Am truly honored and revered.  Look and see, I Am still working My Word in the midst of all who believe and obey Me!  I will be honored in My House!  Many other houses that still bear My name will began to self-destruct because of the deception that flows from the lips of men, that they have revered more than Me.  Many have made an addendum to My Word and placed clauses and changed My Word to accommodate their sins.  These places will become more obvious that they stand for nothing, places where many have slid back from their once great love for Me.  Now, because they have beguiled and led astray many by enticing words of men wisdom, many souls have left their first love and sold their birthright for a porridge of flesh.  I stand and shout to them.  Come back now, while the way is still available.  For you My faithful remnant, stay ready for the help I Am sending to you now! 
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"Warriors will come forth"
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
Scripture References: Gal.5:7-8; Col.2:4-8; II Tim.3:1-5; Rom.11:4-6

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,

     "Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully." (I Peter 5:6-7; Amplified BibleI was watching the movie, The Lord Of The Rings, recently, and I begin to think about the character Frodo.  There he was carrying this ring around his neck which was constantly causing him to become weaker and weaker.  Slowly the carrying of this ring was changing his personality, as well as what he thought about.  His thought process was being overwhelmed.  There was a point where he could not discern between 'good' or 'evil.'  Toward the end of the show he no longer believed his armor-bearer, Sam Wise, who had his best interest at heart, he believed Smiegel, the one who had already been taken over by the evil of the ring.  Smiegel had become schizoid due to the evil power of carrying the ring, he had developed a dual personality.  Frodo chose to follow Smiegel, who only wanted to posses the ring at any cost, verses Sam, who was loyal, faithful and selfless when it came to Frodo.   For the sake of this message, I submit that if we carry the cares of this world around our necks, we end up slowly being taken over by the evil that comes from carrying burdens.  Our Godlike personality becomes warped, schizoid, just like Frodo and our ability to discern between 'good' or 'evil.'  One day we are standing and the next we are falling.  Instead of us magnifying the Word or the promises of God, we end up magnifying the cares, worries and burdens that we are carrying.  "As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the pleasure and delight and glamour and deceitfulness of riches choke and suffocate the word and it yields no fruit." (Mtt. 13:22; Amplified Bible)  Care here in these verses, carries the idea of distractions that cause anxiousness or taking thought.  As you see Fr odo throughout the movie, he is increasingly anxious.  Yet, he has one purpose, and that is to get the ring to the fires of Mordor, where he can once and for all throw it off into the fire.  This is what God's word tells us to do, casting.  Casting means to throw off or away from.  When we throw the cares or the distracting thoughts and anxiety away from us they will burn in the fires of God's glory.  When we trust God, then we are in fact demoting or humbling ourselves in our own estimation, then "He will keep us in perfect peace, when we keep our mind stayed on Him."(Isaiah 26:3)  

     As we learn and practice casting our cares, then we will be less distracted in our thought life and we'll be able to think like Christ.  "Since Jesus went through everything you're going through and more, learn to think like him.  Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way.  Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want. (I Peter 4:1-2; The Message) That's demoting or humbling yourself, by always doing what God wants and you won't always have cares that distract your thinking.  Listen to the seriousness of carrying cares; "But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence and drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to the [business of] life, and lest that day come upon you suddenly." (Luke 21:34; Amplified)  A person can become so distracted that they miss the Lord's coming.  So, let's throw our 'mind altering, mood-changing, evil cares into the fire and begin to keep our minds stayed on Him.  We will free ourselves, just like Frodo freed himself from the cruelty of the evil of Mordor and the control of Sauron, the wicked one.
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 "Cast your cares"

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,

The Spirit of the Lord says;

     Draw very near to Me through My Word
and obeying it.  I have given to you My Spirit so that keeping My Word
would be your delight, for the Spirit and I are One.  It is for your
benefit and blessing as well that you come closer to Me at this time,
for there is a divine shift taking place for all in My House.  My love
has brought Us to this time.  I Am now going through My house to sweep
clean all that will yield to My ways and Word.  For all who yield there
will come a refreshing and a supernatural strength to bear up under all
that will come in the days ahead.  These are the beginning of hardness
that history has never recorded before.  For all who surrender to My
Word, there will be a fortress built around their hearts and their
lives.  Do not be deceived, by thinking that all is well with you, I Am
calling all of My children to repent from following their own way down
their own paths.  As you well
know the end of choosing your own ways, end in death.  Learn now to
lean your whole self on Me, I must become your real all and all.  Justice
will come to all who live upright before Me.  Choosing Me in all of your
ways is increasing in wisdom, which is hearing My voice and obeying what
I have said to you.  Many will not yield, for the spirit of deception
has made their hearts hard and now there will come to them a stronger
delusion to believe a lie.  You will walk beside those who will swear
that they are following Me, but it will be plain by their words and
their actions that they no longer know Me.  All who know Me strive to
obey Me.  Do not be like the horse or the mule, who will not yield
without taking a whip to them.  No, you must stay tender of heart and
then your whole man will follow My Word.

     Loving Me, will be the most important
thing for you, this will be the road map.  My love, not the world's love,
for you will know to love what I love and hate what I hate.  My love is
set by My Word, it is strong, but will always be found in line with My
Word.  Sin I hate, and you must hate it also, never become passive to the
sin that is abounding around you.  Too many of those who sit in My House
are trying to have a love affair with the
world.  Mostly because they take pleasure in having their own ways
covered, so they excuse those who do what lurks in their own hearts.  I
Am turning up My light, everything done in the dark will be revealed.  I
have covered those who will not obey to give them every opportunity to
sweep out what is in there, not to allow them to continue in their sin.  
Everyone from the undershepherd that ministers My Word, to the priest
who sing the praises, and to every one who calls on My
name, from the youngest to the oldest, must lay down their own ways for
Mine.  I Am giving a clarion call to come to repentance, I will walk in
My House to purge it from every unholy and profane thing.  For I the
Lord your God Am a holy God, therefore you must be holy!


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"Sweeping clean all that will yield"

Love,

Pastor D.