Tag: heaven

June 16, 2023 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning, 

So clearly, I see, so clearly, I see says the Lord those who are on fire for Me will use their tongue. They will use their tongue to ignite the places that were dry in their lives and I will bend down from heaven and blow upon the fire that you have started. I will cause it to burn brightly, not only in your family, your life, your body, your finances, and in your mind, but I will cause it to consume everything in your pathway. That is who I Am. So do not be amazed when the fire starts and it begins to burn those things down that you have become familiar with for I am in the midst of our business doing what I Am anointed to do. This fire will bring clarity to your life, to your calling, and to your whole being, nothing missing, nothing broken by the fire that is ignited by your own tongue. I will do it, I will come and commune and cooperate with you to cause it to happen.  I  have been waiting, I have been waiting with the whole creation that has been moaning, groaning, and travailing waiting for the sons of God to appear on the scene and ignite with their own tongue, the fire that I placed on the inside of them, to consume them that they might stand and be like Me. When the fire multiplies because of all of My children speaking in unison the world will not be able to contain this heat of mine.  When all the smoke clears you will still be standing and the anointing will uphold you.  When you arise, you look like Me and all will know that you are My special ones. 

“As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You].” (Ps. 17:15)

  “For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].” (Rom. 8:19)

“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them. I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.” (Zec. 13:9)

Love,

Pastor D.

May 12, 2023 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Because of your faithful love for Me, I will begin to sweep you away.  In quiet moments of our intimate relationship, as you climb into My arms, I will bring you even closer. 

 
Good morning,
 
    Because of your faithful love for Me, I will begin to sweep you away.  In quiet moments of our intimate relationship, as you climb into My arms, I will bring you even closer.  There you will begin to hear Me as I sing songs of Our victorious love.  You will arise from that place of rest and become a recognizable force for the enemy, you will war with My Word as you have never done before.  A strong anointing shall rest upon you as you begin to rise to the level of the anointing that I have placed upon you.  Because you have remained loyal to Me when it was easier for you to turn your back on Me because you did not understand the season that you were in.  You remembered your first love and kept the flame burning for Me.  I Am enamored by your good love for Me.  My sweet dove, My little ones who have looked always on My countenance.  You are about to experience from heaven open doors, take this season and bring to Me those things that will expand My kingdom.  I Am now increasing the spirit of boldness, so that you may accomplish now, what was an impossibility in times past.  Increase revelation flowing to you in the night season that will shine brighter than your noonday sun.  Light that clears away all that darkness left behind, no more not knowing, but seeing clearly what I Am doing in this season.  You are ones that will begin now, to display My glory and My righteousness.  There will be no stopping you now.  You have shaken off the slumber, the weights, the cares, take flight My mighty eagles.  I will show you the vastness and the deepness of My heart, for you have been crying out; "more, more, I know that there is more of You and your awesomeness."  I Am responding to that deep longing and yearning of your heart, My bride, My fair one.  I Am arising now to your aide and your rescue.  Your meditation of Me has brought to you revelation upon revelation.  For those who have not hearkened to My voice, the Spirit of the Lord says come, draw closer to Me, I am gathering My loves together.  Pursuing Me has My rewards with it.  In this place of safe refuge I will begin to shower you with healing waters, right now feel the soothing rivers flow.  Flowing through all the broken places, the parched and stilled places of your heart and mind.  I have never forsaken you, My dear ones.  I was there when you were being assaulted, it was Me, that kept you alive and kept your mind sound.  I never abandoned you, you are always Mine as long as you allow Me and keep your eyes on Me.  I Am now hemming you in for your own protection and for your own keeping.  Remain in Me, as I will remain steady and faithful to you.
 
    "Behold, I am coming soon, and I shall bring My wages and rewards with Me, to repay and render to each one just what his own actions and his own work merit." (Revelation 22:12)
 
    "But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done. If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward. (1 Corinthians 3:12-14)
 
    "Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The beasts of the field honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen, The people I formed for Myself, that they may set forth My praise [and they shall do it]." (Isaiah 43:19-21)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

May 5, 2023 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 All this time I have heard the cries for more of My glory and My presence.  I have seen the longing of your heart for more of My heart.  To love Me first, has become your desire.  I have brought you to My banqueting table. 

 
Good morning,
 
    All this time I have heard the cries for more of My glory and My presence.  I have seen the longing of your heart for more of My heart.  To love Me first, has become your desire.  I have brought you to My banqueting table.  I have opened doors to make you feel welcome to feast from all that has been prepared for you.  All of heaven is fully available to all that seek Me afresh and anew.  Receive!  For those who have been crushed by the weight of living in this world's system, where you feel your hope has been dashed against the times of life, I say look up.  I have not forgotten you, your help is on the way.  Your latter days will far outshine any former days of darkness.  You have endured by fighting the great fight of faith while you cried out to Me to have a refreshing of our first encounters.  I shall do even better than that!  I will awaken you with songs of love that will revive you and quicken you with new strength.  You will hear My voice in the night season, to direct you with counsel.  I will keep you tight in the palms of my hands, I will not let you go.  I will restore your light with greater burning and your life with greater zeal.  I have listened to your heart, as you silently asked Me for deeper encounters with Me.  You have said that you really want to know Me.  Well, I will give you that request and much, much more.  I will hearken to the diligent desire of your pure heart, I will answer you.  Look for Me in the days ahead.  I will make Myself better known to you, My beloved.
 
    "For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." (Ps. 107:9)
 
    "After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him." (Hosea 6:2)
 
    "That Your beloved [followers] may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us! [or me]!" (Ps. 108:6)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

August 12, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

There is a mighty host of angel armies and they are right now at your disposal to do everything that you would command them to do, everything.

 
Good morning,
 

    There is a mighty host of angel armies and they are right now at your disposal to do everything that you would command them to do, everything.  Every Word of mine that is on your lips will send this army soaring.  Everything is under your feet, sickness, disease, trials, troubles, oppression, fear, everything that causes a stumbling block must get out of your way, as you declare and decree it will obey your voice.  Speak the language of Heaven and just as everything bows its knee to Me, as you use My name, it must do the same.  Remember whose you are and who you are, you are, and have citizenship from heaven.  Remember also that the enemy is a defeated foe.  All of his efforts equal to screams in the dark.  He tries to push you to believe his roar is packed with great power.  Yes, there is only one who has great power and you know Me, that I Am all power.  So arise and shine with My glorious light.  Blast darkness with My light and scatter it and dispel all darkness.  So shine as you speak My Word, stay seated with Me while keeping the enemy and all of his actions under your feet. 
    Charge the atmosphere with the language of heaven.  My Words are active and full of power to accomplish what I send it to.  All of heaven and earth await your words of action.  We always overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of His testimony.  You are among the mighty ones of valor.  You are redeemed and you should say so.
 
    "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary," (Ps. 107:2) 
 
    "Besides, to which of the angels has He ever said, Sit at My right hand [associated with Me in My royal dignity] till I make your enemies a stool for your feet? Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation?"  (Heb. 1:13-14)
 
    "But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;  who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body." (Phil. 3:20-21)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

July 1, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 He who praises from his heart raises perfect praise unto God.  He abandons his reasoning processes which alter his praise.

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Good morning,
 
    He who praises from his heart raises perfect praise unto God.  He abandons his reasoning processes which alters his praise.  But when he steps over into the realm of the Spirit and yields his members to the Spirit, the Spirit begins to work together with them.  Praising Me for who I Am, praising Me for what I have done and what I Am doing, praises Me for what I Am going to do because the spirit on the inside of man longs to be involved with what the Spirit of God is doing.  They are in tune with one another and if you allow the spirit on the inside of you to stay hooked up to the Spirit of the Living God, you will walk in a supernatural place.  A higher place beyond the places that men have been and you will excel in those encounters.  You will see what I Am seeing, and you will hear what I Am hearing and you will know ahead of time all that the enemy is doing.  You will see the angels doing the work that I called them to do.  You will see with the eyes of the Spirit and know the twenty-four elders and all the heavenly Sanhedrin are busy about My work.  You will be in the midst says the Lord, you will not stand outside.  You will be overwhelmed by the glory, the power, the honor, the might, and the majesty.  Then you will step into this earth realm with all of that glory, might, and power, exercising dominion and authority in every sphere that I have given to you. You will do what you must do on this earth and you will do it with ease.  For this is the generation that I have called, a people who will do mighty exploits with ease because they have learned to abide in the secret place.  They dwell in the midst, they sit in My presence, and they have experienced Me and they allow Me to work through them.  And this is the people that have abandoned themselves to Me so that I might do the works and they might see Me glorified in this world, in this land, and men will turn from their wicked ways, and they will recognize that there is a God.  Now, collectively and corporately My children will begin to shine as they fulfill their purpose.  They realize that they are in this world but not of this world, so they are separating themselves from the things of this world to be the extraordinary people that I have called them to be.  This is this generation that I have poured out My glory and My anointing upon, they will cause this world to know that they are Mine, for My seal of favor is upon them.
 
    "For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor)." (Ps. 5:12)
 
    "What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:" (Ps. 8:4-6)
 
    "And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2:6-7)
 
    "Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!" (Is. 60:1)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

March 11, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 I come quickly, so you must hold fast to what you have in Me.  Let no one and nothing rob you or deprive you of your crown. 

 
Good morning,
 
    I come quickly, so you must hold fast to what you have in Me.  Let no one and nothing rob you or deprive you of your crown.  For My church must be overcoming and My Bride is heavenly.  I have not chosen a bride from Egypt, but one risen from the ashes of the old and now is a new resurrected bride.  One that has decided to make My home hers.  This is a called higher and set-apart nation.  A holy and royal priesthood that continues to look beyond the temporal and keep their mind on the eternal.  In that day when I gather My own, all that you have done in My Name and all that I have recorded in your name shall unfold.  Your faithfulness shall be rewarded greatly, and it shall be your testimony but, dear ones this is not the season for looking at the temporal, the circumstances that presently surround you.  For your suddenly shall come in a moment and all that you see now will be in your history.  The only thing that is stable during all seasons is My Word, it never changes.  It is your compass and guide during transitions, changes, storms, and times of trouble.
     As I prepare My Bride, I will purge her with My prophetic rain of power in teachings and in demonstrations with peculiar signs and wonders.  This will be My wonder, as you begin to move in new realms of manifestations of faith, as you come out of lethargic and inactive ways.  Those who spend time in the secret place with Me I will give to them a new sense of perspective.  In order that your future will be as clear in view as the past.  You will see these fleeting things from My point of view.   You will know that I Am not only preserving you but I Am also perfecting you.  I know that you live within the confines of time, yet I Am.  I Am neither limited nor bound by time, I Am infinite and eternal.  I Am using this season to reorganize thoughts of confusion and fortify what I have built-in you.  You must have a "different spirit", a different attitude of mind in order to possess the territory at this time.  You can not conquer with the old mindset.  You must remember that the "giants" in the land are nothing but grasshoppers to Me and that I Am a Warrior.  I will fulfill My good Word to My true Bride in due time.  I Am your Lord and I change not!
 
    "I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown." (Rev. 3:11)
 
    "Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself." (Rev. 19:7)
 
    "And, A Stone that will cause stumbling and a Rock that will give [men] offense; they stumble because they disobey and disbelieve [God’s] Word, as those [who reject Him] were destined (appointed) to do.  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." (1 Peter: 8-9)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

September 3, 2021 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

This is why the veil was torn in two so that you might have this unusual, yet common access to Me.

 
Good morning,
 
    This is why the veil was torn in two so that you might have this unusual, yet common access to Me.
  In order that you might always go between here and the kingdom so that you might establish heaven on earth.  It is so that the world might know that there are people among them that are truly devoted to My way and not to the processes and the ways that the world operates.  It has been My plan to have people that genuinely reflect My image.  So I say come, come to where I Am and see.  See how I see, see what I feel, see how I think and how I act and move.  See and then imitate and do the same!  I have always called you to that higher place so that you could understand that you are not mere men walking upon this earth acting like mere men, doing what mere men do.  You are to be different, unique, and special, you are to be set apart and called to a higher life, walking in the higher planes and places that I have called and ordained for you to be in, to operate from.  If you function and move only from the low living you will only reap death.  If you function from the heavenly realm from the sphere of your Father, you will see and understand that you can affect your whole environment, your territory, and your land.
    You can ignite a fire that will be hard for the enemy to put out.  So come closer, come closer to Me, come and know Me.  Come and know Me as I know you.  Come and be intimate with Me, abandon every perceived idea, everything that has been taught to you that is not in line with My Word, abandon it and let it go.  You have been seeing Me from eyes of religion and now I say see Me from my Word, understand me from my Word, for I Am good, I Am kind, I Am gentle, yet I Am firm and I Am a Father to all who believe Me.
     
    "And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2:6-7)
 
    "The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing.  The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life." (John 6:63)
     
    "Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared." (Ps. 119:37-38)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

September 4, 2020 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 Join Me and open your eyes to see the things in the heavenly realm that I am right now causing you to possess, and if you will just begin to see it in your mind’s eye you can possess it, you can have it, you can walk in it, you can live in it.

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Good morning,
 
     Join Me and open your eyes to see the things in the heavenly realm that I am right now causing you to possess, and if you will just begin to see it in your mind's eye you can possess it, you can have it, you can walk in it, you can live in it.  You can explode with the power that I have placed on the inside of you to do harm to the enemy's camp, if you only see it.  Nothing is too difficult for Me, and nothing is too difficult for you as you stay in Me.  So if you will begin to open your eyes and see, see the power, I say that all of you have more power than the enemy could ever possess in his whole entire realm.  If you will understand that one can put a thousand to flight, two can put ten thousand you have enough right there to cause demons to flee that have been attaching themselves to you and attacking your family.  If you only see it in your mind's eye.  I am not holding anything back from you, I have given you everything.  Everything that pertains to life and godliness I placed it on the inside of you, so see it there, see everything that I have placed on the inside of you.  Everything that is available to deal with conflict, everything that is available to deal with emotional upheaval, everything in you to deal with financial despair, every answer available to deal with any kind of insult or assault from the enemy.  Everything is there on the inside of you see it right now, you are more anointed than you could ever believe because I have placed everything that I Am on the inside of you.  So allow it to flow through now, do not allow it to get to your head where you are big and blown up in your mind and ineffective, but in your heart where you walk like Me, talk like Me, act like Me, you love Me, and you do the things that I would do, and when you do those things, I cannot help but back you up with my word.  Do you not understand when I see My children, acting like Me, being like Me, thinking like Me, loving like Me all heaven is at your avail says the Lord.  There is nothing being withheld from you, except for the very fact that you alone by your own thought process, and your own mouth, you alone can stop all power from flowing.  So I say join with Me.  See, what I see.  You are a mighty fortress, you are a mighty army, you are all powerful.  It is on the inside of you says the Lord.
 
     "For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly." (Ps. 84:11)

     “How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up?" (Deut. 32:30)
     "Everything we could ever need for life and complete devotion to God has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness. (2 Peter 1:3)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

July 24, 2020 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Understand this and take to heart that the plan of the enemy is to keep your eyes and mind on all of the trouble and chaos that he keeps stirred up around you.

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Good morning,
    
     Understand this and take to heart that the plan of the enemy is to keep your eyes and mind on all of the trouble and chaos that he keeps stirred up around you.  Do not quickly forget what I have said, "in the time of trouble I will hide you safe in My pavilion and under the shadow of My wings."  My desire is that you would learn to keep your eyes and your mind stayed on My goodness to you.  Goodness and mercy are on assignment from heaven to do you good.  You must stay readily accessible by pressing into the hiding place that I have for you.  It is there that you have access to the Kingdom, all that you need for recovery, restoration, and a refreshing.  Yes, I have given to you all that is needful to live a victorious life.
     You are standing at the dawn of your breakthrough, do not be deceived now.  This is where the enemy will pull out all the wicked spirits of offenses, bitterness, and being unforgiving.  Your thoughts and your words you must work on putting a watch on, and cast them down.  You do possess authority over them.  Do not let idle, fruitless and harsh words and thoughts fill your mind and heart.  Remember your fight is not against people, but against principalities, powers, against rulers of the darkness of this present world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places.  They are always trying to get you to fix your mind on things that produce more of the thoughts that brought them down, self destructive thinking.  It is lying vanities of this world, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life, all of these spirits are self deceiving.  Here is where the spirit of deception will turn my children against one another, fighting in the House, instead of against the enemy.  This will cause you to be defeated when you fight against those who I am for.  In war, many times there is fire sent out that hurt and maul their own allies.  This confusion is a smoke screen to keep you from seeing who the real enemy is, and from receiving what you have labored and believed for.  Press in to knowing Me.  In knowing Me, you would recognize My voice, and not follow a stranger's voice.  Once you step through and learn to keep your mind stayed on Me, the light that you will have will be greater than what you had before the storm came.  What you have glanced at in the shadows shall be clearly known.  I make darkness light, and the crooked places straight!  Keep pressing to know Me better and you will not be deceived by the enemy.  You will discern My voice and My way by My Word, We are One.
 
     “You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both [inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation]" (Is. 26:3).
     "In his shelter in the day of trouble, that’s where you’ll find me, for he hides me there in his holiness.  He has smuggled me into his secret place, where I’m kept safe and secure—out of reach from all my enemies." (Ps. 27:5)

     "For all that the world can offer us—the gratification of our flesh, [lust of the flesh) the allurement of the things of the world, (lust of the eyes) and the obsession with status and importance (pride of life) —none of these things come from the Father but from the world.(1 John 2:16)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

July 17, 2020 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 I have opened a gate, a portal into more of My glory to those who have a heart of adventure to see My face, to go beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary.

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Good morning,
 
     I have opened a gate, a portal into more of My glory to those who have a heart of adventure to see My face, to go beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary.  You shall step into the places that very few men have ever seen, known or heard, but it takes boldness to go here, it takes letting go of the familiar.  It takes stepping in, past your feelings, past your thoughts, and past the things that are surrounding you; all of the happenings of this present age.  It takes faith to step here, and I say to you who have that faith, who have that desire, who have that longing, because not every man has the longing to go beyond the normal.  Not every man has the longing to go beyond what they see, feel, and think.  Even in My house people are bound by their feelings, what they see,  what they think, and what they can touch but I say step into those extraordinary places where I can show you the colors of heaven.  Those colors bring things into clarity out of obscurity!  It is where I can reveal to you the wisdom that is at your disposal, where I can cause you to be surrounded by the heavenly host, where there is no weapon that is formed on this earth that can penetrate the power and protection of that heavenly host.  So step into that place through your worship!
     The enemy has tried to steal the worship of My people through the COVID-19, through causing My people not to congregate.  A plan of the enemy to cause the power that I cause My people to have when they assemble together, not to be at its most effective.  That is why I said, not to forsake the assembling of yourselves together as you see the day approaching, there is great power that this available that can not comprehended.  By this time you should be further along in the places that I desire you to be, but I will multiply your seed of time sown during this season that the enemy tried to steal.  The secret places, the pools of glory, the anointing's that await you is through the gate.  So I say step in past your feelings, past your emotions, past the familiar places that you have been to, past those ordinary places, usual pools, and come into the extraordinary pools of glory that I have laid aside just for you.  So step in, step in through your worship, step in through your prayer language that I given you, the heavenly tongues to connect to heaven beyond your natural mind, beyond your natural conception of things and how they ought to be.  Step into the supernatural, step out of the ordinary into the extraordinary of your God.  I have laid these things up just for you, so step in.  Apply pressure, by applying My Word, and step in says the Lord, there are unique and needed treasures awaiting the bold ones.
 
     "Blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.  For whoever finds me (Wisdom) finds life And obtains favor and grace from the Lord." (Prov. 8:34-35)
     "..and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching" (Heb. 10:24-25).
     "My passion is to enlighten every person to this divine mystery.  It was hidden for ages past until now, and kept a secret in the heart of God, the Creator of all.  The purpose of this was to unveil before every throne and rank of angelic orders in the heavenly realm God’s full and diverse wisdom revealed through the church.  This perfectly wise plan was destined from eternal ages and fulfilled completely in our Lord Jesus Christ, so that now we have boldness through him, and free access as kings, before the Father because of our complete confidence in Christ’s faithfulness." (Eph. 3:9-12)
     "Lord, how wonderful you are!  You have stored up so many good things for us, like a treasure chest heaped up and spilling over with blessings—all for those who honor and worship you!  Everybody knows  what you can do for those who turn and hide themselves in you." (Ps. 31:19)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.