obedience – Daughters of Z

February 2, 2024 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,

I Am taking My people beyond what they are used to and it will be marvelous. See I Am taking some of the things that you have done in My name, and I Am incorporating and weaving them into the fresh new pattern that I Am making. But so many of My people have slid back and they do not even know it. My people love Me with their mouths but they have other lovers that they put first place. I Am calling My children once again to make Me your God, your only God, your source, your desire, and your passion. No one else can take My place. No one else no other God can give you what I can. You must yield your members for I have said whoever you yield yourselves servants to that is whom you will obey and so many of My people have become obedient to the god of this world, and the system of this world. I require My people to come alive once again and be holy. For I Am holy and I Am separating and calling My people into a place of holiness so that they can hear Me and walk in what I Am calling them to. You can do this. There is nothing too hard or too difficult for you in Me, you can do this and I Am calling you to a higher level in Me. So put your hands in Mine and come up as you praise Me. See what is going on in the realm of the spirit. See, leave off the gaze of this world for it will keep you bound but fix your eyes on those heavenly things and you will see and know what I Am doing. I Am doing something new and fresh in you as I prepare for our family gathering. Get ready and stay prepared.

“Because this nation approaches [Me only] with their words And honors Me [only] with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me is a tradition that is learned by rote [without any regard for its meaning],” (Isaiah 29:13)

”Do you not know that when you continually offer yourselves to someone to do his will, you are the slaves of the one whom you obey, either [slaves] of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness (right standing with God)?” (Romans 6:16)

”Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too difficult or too wonderful for You—(Jeremiah 32:17)

Love,

Pastor D.

June 19, 2020 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

There are moments in deep worship where I bring you to gaze upon My loveliness. As you gaze upon Me you are continually being changed into My very own image.

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Good morning,

There are moments in deep worship where I bring you to gaze upon My loveliness. As you gaze upon Me you are continually being changed into My very own image. As you keep gazing, you will see those things that once hindered you from being truly free, fall from you like a feather blowing in the wind. For what was hard for you is nothing but dust in the wind to Me. You will become free to follow Me up to mountains of victory. Every mountain of testing and trouble has prepared you, so that you are able to navigate easily the new mountains of victory. As you go up higher, where the altitude is thinner you will be able to maintain a soundness, where those who have never been up so high would fall away and faint. You have allowed yourself to be trained by Me in those difficult places and steep areas that were meant to bring you down, instead you developed the "hinds feet".
At this high altitude, it is a place of great light for understanding and revelation. You will begin to understand those deep things now, for I have taken you into My light that minimizes obscurity. Yet, be aware at the same time that this great light of revelation comes, it will be accompanied by great persecution. When you receive deeper insight, you will have more responsibility for what I give to you. You must handle with wisdom what I give. For to whom much is given, much is required. Treat this next level as a prized treasure, for I am bringing to the surface all that will advance My Kingdom. Remember it is My Kingdom that you are living for, it is not for yourself or another. You get to enjoy the benefits of Kingdom living as you follow Me closely. Use this insight as I direct and only into the arenas that I instruct. This great light is come for you, so that you may rise and shine and bring those who have been crying, to see the light. You will be a reservoir, a supply for them, not a pool. I will pour you out freely to all that I will send you to. Obedience is what I require. Obedience is simple as you love Me. As you step up into the light you are moving further away from darkness, and as you move up you will incur jealousy, persecutions and hatred. It will be from those who say they are in the light, yet their hatred, jealousy and persecutions stem from the force of darkness. They who do evil hate the light. For they who persecute My children, who walk in the light, they are persecuting Me. From these, withdraw! Do not be afraid to keep walking closer to Me and My light, let your love for Me be your driving force. The false have always persecuted the real. Now My children who are children of the light will be reflecting the light of heaven. Duplicating what they have seen in the heavenlies, from their times of deep worship. Living in what to some may be the "miraculous" will become normal to My light-walkers. This season is the birth of the most powerful heaven reflectors, my genuine children.

"But the path of the[uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more [brighter and clearer] until [it reaches its full strength and glory] in the perfect day [to be prepared]." (Prov. 4:18)

…."For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required." (Luke 12:48)

"[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength," (Ephesians 1:17-19)

Love,

Pastor D.

May 8, 2020 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Do not come down from the wall of assignment that I have called you to build upon. Continue to follow through with what I have spoken to you.

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Good Morning,

Do not come down from the wall of assignment that I have called you to build upon. Continue to follow through with what I have spoken to you. I have given you specific tasks to perform. Obedience is the key in walking this through to the fullness of all that I have ordained for you to do. This is the time to occupy, to stand watch over the certain walls that you are anointed to marshal. With every strategic position I have placed the appropriate body part to achieve the highest potential. Complete My building that we started together, while you praise Me for My ingenuity. For I have brilliantly used the things that the enemy tried to bring you down with to cause you to keep your hands to the task.

It will be the faithful ones that stayed with their assignment that will receive the privilege to open the gates to many entering into the Kingdom. For even now there is on the horizon a great awakening of those who have had their lights turned off. The lights that they trusted in and looked to for their leading has dimmed. The man-made lights that once enlightened their steps and was leading them far off and away from the narrow pathway has been growing faint. Now they find themselves stumbling in the darkness. You have the light and you are My children of the light. This is now the time to shine, shine through the darkness, and bring all those who are wandering into My enlightened steps. That's why the enemy has tried to confuse you by sending waves upon waves of trouble to reach you, to bring you down from the walls of authority that I placed you on. I know that you think that I have taken a long time constructing and preparing in order to bring your dreams and desires to pass, but I Am the Finisher. I will complete everything that I started, and I never forget your labor of love. What we are building is great and glorious for the Kingdom.

I delight in you! Now the enemy is looking at you and he sees that you will not come down, and he is afraid. He realizes that as you continue to yield to Me, I will come alongside and cause you to finish the assignment that I ordained. So no matter what you are going through and no matter how it comes to try to bring you down from building, do not fear I will uphold you and teach your hands to war. I desire to impact this world with My imprint of My Kingdom and I Am doing it through each one of My children. You wield a great influence, and we can finish in record time, only do not be distracted from your assignment.

"You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven." (Matt. 5:14-16)

"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)

…[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work]. (Heb. 12:2)

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear

Good Morning,

We will continue to discuss holiness of the heart, which is simple obedience. We saw that King David
had a repentant heart, when his sin was revealed by the Prophet Nathan.
There was even serious consequences of his sin, even after he had
repented. When we sow seeds, there is an expected harvest, whether good
or bad. God is not mocked whatever seeds we sow that and that alone
will bring our harvest. (Gal.6:7) The scripture goes on to tell us; "For
he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the
flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the
Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." "But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. " (Gal.6:8 and verse 4)

Now, let's look at the heart of another king and how he responded when the sin of his heart was revealed. Remember a simple definition for holiness is obedience to God and His Word with a yielded heart of humility. We
will pick up the account after Samuel the prophet told Saul the king,
to wait until he came to meet with the king and offer the sacrifices of
The Lord for the armies of Israel. You can read I Samuel 13:1-14. "
Saul waited seven days, according to the set time Samuel had appointed.
But Samuel had not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from
Saul. So Saul said, Bring me the burnt offering
and the peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering [which he
was forbidden to do]. And just as he finished offering the burnt
offering,
behold, Samuel came! Saul went out to meet and greet him. Samuel said,
What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that the people were
scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days
appointed, and that the Philistines assembled at Michmash…. So I forced myself to offer a burnt offering." (that is usually how we say that we ended up in sins, shortcomings, faults etc.) "And
Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly! You have not kept the
commandment of the Lord your God which He commanded you; for the Lord
would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your
kingdom will not continue; the Lord has sought out [David] a man after
His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince and ruler
over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded." We
must obey God in the simple things, that is the testing and proving
ground for the one who will obey. We can not go around picking and
choosing what we'd like to do and nullifying the rest of God's Word, because it is difficult on our flesh.

Now let's see if there was a heart change in king Saul.
Samuel gives Saul a Word from the Lord, that he was to utterly destroy
all of the Amalekites, men, women, infants , ox, sheep, camels and
donkeys. We know that Saul took the king of the Amalekites alive, and
he kept the best of the sheep, ox, camels, all that was good, Saul
kept. Listen to the voice of the Lord; "Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, I regret making Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not performed My commands. And Samuel was grieved and angry [with Saul] and he cried all night." (I Samuel 15:10-11). Samuel
went to meet Saul and of course he heard and saw Saul's disobedience to
the Lord. Saul, blamed his sin and disobedience on everybody else.
Samuel reminded Saul that when he was small in his own eyes, God made
him ruler over Israel. He told him again of the assignment that the
Lord sent him on, to utterly destroy the Amalekites. Yet, Saul
consistently said that he did obey God. (I Samuel 15:18-20) "And Samuel said, Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams." Listen, to the very next words, get it in your heart! "For rebellion (disobedience to God's Word) is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness (insisting on your way, becoming hardhearted to God) is
as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the
Lord, He has also rejected you from being king. And Saul said to
Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the
Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their
voice. Now, I pray you pardon my sin and go back with me that I may
worship the Lord.(verse 23-24) Do
you notice the difference of the heart of Saul compared to the heart of
David? Saul hasn't yet repented of his sin. He wants to look right in
the eyes of his people. The words that he is saying are not coming from
a broken and contrite heart,(the one that God will not despise). They
are coming from a prideful and arrogant heart, that needs to be noticed
as one that is respected. Why do you say that Pastor D? Let's look at
Saul's heart. "And as Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of Samuel's mantle and it tore. And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it
to a neighbor of yours who is better than you. (David) And also the Strength of Israel will not lie or repent; for He is not man that He should repent. Saul said I have sinned, yet honor me now, I pray you. Before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.' (verses 27-30)

Saul did reap his harvest, for not repenting. He
lost the kingdom and also lost his mind and the respect of the people
that he was trying to impress. Obeying God is better than any sacrifice
that you think is more worthy than yielding to His Word. When we sow to
the flesh we reap a harvest of death and decay. Remember, "If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. But
if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the
mouth of the Lord has spoken it." (Isaiah 1:19-20) It is the heart that consents, or is willing to obey that ends up obeying. Will to obey and you will obey!

Love,

Pastor D.