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_________________________________________________ You can only be one if I am your Centerpiece. I am the Missing Piece. When Im not there in the first place between you, as the Center & pivot of all you enact & do, there is only a void for Satan & his demons to fill. Make Me the Center of your lives & all will be well with you. I will show you a better place, that secret place of the Almighty under the Shadow of My wings. Here you shall find peace as youve never known & you will know that I have called you & ordained you, & you shall go forth in My power. Not by your might, which is nothing but weakness, nor by your ever decreasing power of your flesh, but by My life-giving, invigorating, quickening, all-engulfing, all-powerful Spirit of Love, Power & of a sound mind. You will need every little bit of storage space in your minds for the good grain & the sound doctrine of My Words. Anything else will only disturb & interfere, cause disharmony & distortion... 2 ____________________________________________________ It isnt a bad thing to want to know how I created the World and yet, when it comes down to it, it all remains a matter of faith and what you or they are willing to put faith in: whether it be Me, My Word and the supernatural, or the finite reasoning of man & science falsely so-called. Therefore, seek not to arm yourself with fleshly knowledge, but be faithful to commune with Me & I will let you delve deep into the mysteries no man has ever known before you, the supernatural revelations of the truth of the Spirit, which defy the so-called facts of man. So look up to Me & remain focused on Me. There IS no condemnation for those who walk in Me and live in My Spirit. If you just continue this walk with Me, I will also perform the miracle of helping you to overcome your besetting sins, help you to forsake the residue of the Enemys strongholds in your life. If you continue to be willing & keep saying Yes to Me, I will cleanse you from all that, free you from every chain & I will mightily use you.

doing, a person is always more important in My eyes than any bedroom slipper project youre working on for Me. Beware lest you make a god out of your work! 7 _____________________________________________________ Picture yourself as an archer. You skillfully hold the bow, focusing on the target, sharpening the better of your eyes, aim exactly as you pull the arrow, stretching the string to the point where you feel that this is what will give the arrow the momentum needed to hit the bulls eye with the right impact. That's what good prayer is like. It's time to cultivate that skill, give it the place of honor it deserves as a means to survival. Your soul is the bow, the arrow is your prayer, & My heart is the bulls eye. I am the True Goal, & if you hit Me, itll always have the desired effect. You only need to shoot short distance, as Im always close. Just wrap your burden, your question or desire around the arrow & let it fly to Me. 8 _____________________________________________________ Time is in My hands, & I can stretch it for you. The Enemy has ways of making time appear shorter. Learn to operate more in the Spirit & lean less on the arm of the flesh. Keep trusting! Keep relying on Me, and this will help you to give Me all the glory, as you will see so clearly how I have done it for you.

9 _____________________________________________________ What do you think it means when it says ...in all things tempted like as we are...? A-L-L. Why do you think I had this, what some people could call a pretty snappy attitude toward My parents when they were looking for Me & found Me in the temple? I knew I was superior & let them feel it. Just like you sometimes feel you could do things better than others in higher positions than you. But thats how we, yes, including Me, learn or learned obedience through the things which we suffer. And then we can comfort others with the same comfort wherewith we are comforted. 3 _____________________________________________________ No matter how much you think others may benefit from what Its always easier to see the spiritual weaknesses in those who you have to say, there is always more you can learn from them, if are supposed to be leading you & supposed to be better samples to you. But the real crunch, & the real change comes, real youre just humble & patient enough to find out. Theres nothing more important than finding out what Ive got to humility comes when you have to carry responsibility for others. say on a matter, yet your behavior sometimes seems to indicate A lack of love is always a manifestation of not hitting the bulls that you think theres nothing more important than people finding eye of Gods perfect will. out what YOUve got to say. O that ye should altogether hold In this world & in this life, there will hardly ever be a completely your peace! And it should be your wisdom. (Job 13:5) Remember perfect day or hour or even a completely perfect minute, for the poem about the owl? ...The less he spoke, the more he youre constantly surrounded by the results of the curse. Look heard... wish we were all more like that bird... The more you pray forward, therefore, to the time of My coming, when that which is about what you say or write, the more sure you can be that its perfect shall come, and you will know then, even as you are known by Me, and all will be well. really from Me, & not just another opinion. Learn to resist the temptation to speak unless spoken through by 10 ____________________________________________________ Me. Angels have been working overtime to get you where you Go forth in the power of My might, and nothing will be able to withstand you. And the little things that made life so impossible are, innumerable battles had to be won, & the Enemy has fought for you beforehand, suddenly will seem ridiculously insignificant. long & hard & furious. Youve finally gained enough experience In all you do, wait for Me and My counsel & strength & power to to recognize his traps. rise above! Its a matter of giving the glory to Me, instead of Tell Satan, Apotheon & the likes in their faces, What have you nincompoops to do with me? Get thee hence! Know ye not that I yourself! am a chosen of the Lord? For verily, He has bought me, paid for me the high price of His blood, and yes, His angels have fought 4 _____________________________________________________ The world is yours to conquer. Picture each new day as a vast for me, and He has taught me to fight as well! landscape of virgin terrain which I put before you. You can Wave your weapons in their heinous faces! Can you see them choose whether you turn to the left or to the right, take the jerk away, suppressing frightful squeals & howls? No chance! highlands or low lands, whether you ford a river, explore a lake Continue to walk circumspectly, on guard, in ever closer or ocean or march straight into the jungle... Its all yours, if you communication with Me & your direct overseers. Now that youve learned to fend for yourself, take the next step & take Me with you. learn to defend, protect & liberate others! Show us & them what 5 _____________________________________________________ youre made of, that all the blood, sweat, tears & prayers have What counts Here is your spirit, and what seems weak in the been a wise investment, for I, the Lord, have foreseen it, I have flesh is might in the spirit. Your weakness is your strength, for said it, and I will not fail! Go forth in the power of My might! Win, fight, conquer! Going forth to conquer & to conquer! Be counted your reliance on the Lord is your only hope. amongst Davids mighty men! My Gideons band of the Last 6 ____________________________________________________ Days! Walk worthily of this privilege. Act honorably, according to No matter how important you consider whatever youre your calling. Give your all.

11 ____________________________________________________ Im glad, I rejoice when I can make you happy. For this is My happiness. I have no other. This is My purpose, to make My children, My bride happy. In this I find the greatest of pleasures & fulfillment. Nothing else will ever satisfy Me as much. And the fact that after our making love, and you finding your ecstasies in Me, you reward Me with the fruit of MORE babies, NEW brides for My kingdom. In this, the circle is made complete. The eternal circle of being fruitful & multiplying. Obeying My commandments & bringing forth ever fresh, new fruit to Me & that your fruit remain, and in turn that fruit should again bring forth more new fruit. No, its not a process that can be achieved in a rush. You dont just pop a seed in the ground and plop an new tree or plant stands there, but first the seed has to remain in the soil, be moistened & warmed, until its shell grows soft & breaks open. Then a tender shoot pokes out its tiny white tip at first, then it grows, and after a while you see the first tiny leaf on the surface. I specify in quality fruit. Quantitys alright, but quality is better. You, the sons & daughters of David, are My choicest & favorite branch. In you I specially delight, for you render the pleasures unto Me that the others dont dare. Oh, they bring forth fruit unto Me, and I delight in them, and I reward them and care for them, and sometimes it seems to you that they are even closer to Me, as they are so sacrificial, so obedient, they dont seem to be battling some of the besetting sins you have to battle, they seem purer in your eyes. Nay, I say, this is only because they are shutting & sealing themselves off completely from the world of delights which I have created, but they dont dare admit that they not only come of Me, but that I delight in them, too. You are the ones I have blessed with that liberty. You long for it, you desire it, and sometimes you get homesick for Heaven, longing for the sweet, pure liberties you will experience here as naturally as eating a meal on Earth. Without any of the curses & plagues of jealousy, much less any of the physical dangers of diseases which are associated with sexual freedom on Earth right now. In My Kingdom all these things wont be anymore, and all things will be pure. Oh what a day that shall be when thou shalt join with Me in My Kingdom, to be ravished by Me forevermore. Thou shalt have such joy that thou hast never known and thou shalt see such beauties that thou hast never seen. And thou shalt know that it HAS been worth it all all that thou hast suffered, and all that thou shalt yet go through. Thank you, for coming into My arms, My dear! Thank you for loving Me, making love to Me & bearing fruit for Me: Wilt thou bring forth more fruit? Yes? Then just keep coming... keep coming... keep ever coming for more, and I will give you until you are full, until you are truly satisfied, until you lie exhausted and completely exasperated, thrilled, and helplessly & hopelessly surrendered to Me, the Master of your soul. I have created thee for that purpose, to be ravished by Me. For you to lie before Me & let Me take you & fulfill your wildest dreams. Let Me kiss you with My words, let Me love you with them, for they are My seeds that will bring forth the fruit that you and I desire. They are what will make us one, if you absorb them and let them mingle with your being. They are the everlasting magic that will spring forth in miracles thou hast not seen, nor heard of. They are what will make you invincible. They will cause you to rise above this physical dimension, which you now as yet feel limited & bound to... Not for much longer, My darling. For soon you will fly! No, you will never come back down to their earthly level once Im done with you, darling. And you wouldnt want to for nothing in this world. You know its just a shadow in comparison to the true pleasures I have in store for you. You know it is nothing and count the riches of this world but dung. They are an illusion of the Enemy of their souls, a fake, a cheap, sparkling & shiny counterfeit, The most desired object in the world, and once you get near it, it turns out to be a cage hung over the black abyss of nothingness. Only focus on Me, Who giveth you richly ALL THINGS to ENJOY, the eternal Giver and Source of every good & perfect gift: your only link with true happiness. Amen, child? Cling to Me!

12 ____________________________________________________ Because you receive & believe the New Wine, there are always constant new revelations, spiritual renewing of vision & outlook, new perspectives & views in your life, which give your life & mind hardly enough time to stagnate & settle for the old, comfortable rut. As long as you keep receiving the New Wine & do your best to give out what youve received to always make room for more new revelations, you cant get stuck in a rut, even if youre tempted to. The simple act of drinking in & receiving & believing the Word is already an active part of fighting the Devil, as you will defeat doubts, thoughts of the Enemy, clearing out his cobwebs & keeping your mind & heart clean of any of his dirt. Now ye are clean through the Words which I have spoken unto you. Theres nothing more important you can do than absorb & drink in My cleansing, purifying, strengthening Words. 13 ____________________________________________________ What I have said, I have said for all. For now it is spoken in the dark, and only few hear & listen. But soon it will be heard everywhere. My voice shall be heard in all corners of the Earth, and My Words will be known by all, great & small. 14 ____________________________________________________ Count your blessings & assess all Im doing for you, gather the sum of what youve learned, and testify of them. The more you know, the more responsible youll be to act accordingly. If ye know these things, happy are ye if you DO them. Redeem the time, for the days are evil. 15 ____________________________________________________ As long as you learn from your mistakes, nothing is lost. Even your mistakes made are then one of all things which work together for good for them that love Me. Turn around, determine to keep an eye on that weakness, ask Me to help you be on guard & deliver you from evil, strengthen the feeble knees & the hands that hang down, & go to work on building new, healthier habits. And thats what you call progress & learning. 16 ____________________________________________________ Soon that which they say now rules the world money will be no more, and you will look and its gone. First to be replaced by Satans mark for his short time and then to be replaced forever and eternally by My new & everlasting System of true values. Prepare for it and adapt to it, learning to apply the true values of faith and unselfish love right now, and you will be rich. People will come to you & look up to you for possessing the most priceless possessions which no money on Earth can buy. Build lasting works onto the true foundation of faith in Me. Build, in faithful labors of love, an everlasting house of souls unto Me, reap a harvest of gold, pure & everlasting. Cling tightly to Me, so you will gain the strength you need. The hour of darkness is coming. Let Me be your only light, and I will light your path. I will guide you where all other mens hearts would fail from fear. I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness. I do not lie. Each of My Words is worth infinitely more than the most valuable bill or coin. My Word has brought forth the universe, which has brought forth everything humans manufacture and produce and sell for a certain price in the first place. Theyre all just borrowing it from Me to begin with. Theyre all living on borrowed time, and guess Who theyre borrowing it from? I lend it to them, and soon I will return to see what each man has done with it and reward them accordingly. Pay respect to Him, to Whom honor is due, the Maker and Giver of all things! Those who are rich in this world often walk away from Me sadly, unwilling to find true happiness in giving their all to Me and others to bring them Salvation & happiness. When I return, will you cry, If I only had given up this thing and that or the other for the Lord, how many more I could have saved!? It requires faith to set your affections on things above. Faith which is acquired by faithful intake of My Word, so invest your

time, your Earthly currency, wisely and well. Tomorrow the dividends and gains of your investment may be required of you. Will you be found wanting? Every moment you spend with Me, is time invested wisely. Every Word you glean from My lips is another wealth of those true & lasting riches. You do not wrong in sitting at My feet & gleaning those riches. All must die, although the Enemy has duped them into a state where they seem to be oblivious to that fact. Every second of every minute of every hour of every day a person dies, and yet it doesnt occur to the majority of them to make any preparations for that event. Instead, they keep pursuing that which is Earthly, fleeting and timely, only to be losing it all in the end and to stand before Me with empty hands. Be not thou like them, but learn of Me. The way of the cross is the way of true glory. Forsake that which might bring you temporary glory in their sight, and come, follow Me! Please do, for every day you spend in other pursuits is a day lost for Me! Invest your time wisely, by bringing every moment, every action, every move, every breath of your life to Me and letting Me use it to the full. Then you wont have to be ashamed. If it is Me that worketh in you, youve got nothing to lose, nothing to regret, only to gain, to grow, to expand, to multiply, to further & advance My Kingdom. To give means to invest. To invest means to earn & reap & harvest the dividends. You sow in tears and shall reap in joy. This is the way, walk ye in it! This is the path I have ordained for you, the irregular path, the crazy path of a prophet. Now therefore, look nor hearken neither to the left, nor to the right anymore, for any of their opinions. If you would save their souls, you must ignore their opinions. Realize that they are the ones in want, in need, in danger, yea, in the valley of the shadow of death, and you are the one with the answer, their salvation. Things will NOT continue as they were. And when they will change, when that which is forecast will come to pass, then you will have your chance, and I will have My chance, if you will let Me work and speak and move and live through you. Thats why you must train now, so you will be prepared when it happens. Be like Me. Enduring unto the end. And I am with you always even unto the end of the world, which isnt that far off anymore. 17 _____________________________________________________ If you dont expect miracles, how do you think theyre ever going to happen? Its your expectancy, your faith, your counting on Me doing it, that makes it happen. Just like youre pulling down this prophecy right now, just like you know I will talk to you if you expect Me to, likewise Im ready & willing to do anything else for you, if you just believe it. Pray much more for those around you, for your prayers can do & will do mighty things, which, in turn will strengthen your faith, and their faith, and result in more people praying, more prayers, more miracles, etc. So, look not at the waves, nor at the wind, at the state of the world, much less listen to their doubtful opinions, but stay close to Me and stand up for Me. Pray down strength from Me, and thats how I will be able to shine through you. Let go & let Me. Just let Me do it for you, through you, with you, and in spite of you. That little spark & ember of faith, unseeming in its appearance, hardly there, hardly noticeable, is the one big difference between you & the rest of them around you, for with that little switch of faith you can turn on My power. Turn it on! Make it happen! Let it shine! Turn the keys of the Kingdom to get the heavenly machinery of miracles working for you! Let that engine take you far! 18 _____________________________________________________ Lift your eyes into the distance & the future I have in store for you! Lift up your eyes & look on the fields, for there will be a mighty harvest.

19 _____________________________________________________ Shoot your arrow of your vision, your destiny, your prayers into the future which is as bright & golden as My promises. Give your life to others, & it shall be given unto you! Give NOW, before its too late! 20 _____________________________________________________ GOD FIRST! Always remember that! NOT A MOVE WITHOUT YOU is a good slogan. 21 _____________________________________________________ Its those seemingly small disobediences that the superficial eye can barely distinguish as such, that cause the greatest pain & damage sometimes: Esaus mess of pottage for a birthright, Sauls sparing of the Amalekite... The burying of the talent... It all comes down to the one great commandment. For if they would have loved Me with all their hearts, they wouldnt have obeyed half-heartedly; they would have carried out My instructions to the full. Full faith, love & trust means being afraid to make a move without Me. I should always be your first & foremost focus point of communication! Without Me you could make a mess of things. Only Im way out there & know whats ahead, where the dangers lie & I can show you things thou knowest not great & mighty or humble & small. But the things I show you will make all the difference in the universe. If you would only know how loved you are! If you had only a glimpse of My love for you! Im not bound by many or few. Im the Creator & am privy to the exception to every rule I ever made. Theres always a deeper magic from before time, some clause in the contract of the foundations of creation that the Enemy in his shortsightedness & blind rage & lust for power is not aware of. 22 _____________________________________________________ Your weakness is your strength, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Your weakness is what makes you turn to Me instead of running out the door & jumping right into the day without Me. Your discomfort is what makes you feel not at home in this world, which is what I desire, so you seek Me and My Kingdom first. 23 _____________________________________________________ As your faith and your ability to rise above grows, you will learn to smile & be joyful in spite of all the oppression around you, for you will carry My victory in your heart. Theres no limit to what I can do through & for you! The more effort you make to let My Spirit rule in your lives, the less room there will be for any minions of the Devil to hang around. Make every move & speak every word in My authority, in the power of My Spirit! You cant witness in the flesh if you want to win souls. 24 _____________________________________________________ I want to renew your lives, raise your standard to a new one, a new level you hadnt attained before. The wheel of revolution is rolling in your life. This new & higher standard will not come by itself. It will require both, spiritual efforts in seeking My guidance faithfully & obeying by then applying them to the physical: doing the manual jobs of applying elbow grease to whatever thy hand findeth to do. 25 _____________________________________________________ Once you learn to pray in everything you do, youll get closer to the ultimate goal of turning every thought into a prayer. Mark 16:15 is actually a part of My great commandment to love your neighbor as thyself. Another part of it is to pray for them. Your top 3 priorities are: 1. The Word 2. Prayer 3. Witnessing No. 1 is the obedience of the great commandment to love the

Lord, thy God with all thy heart & soul & mind. Nos. 2& 3 are the obedience to the second, which is like unto the first: to love thy neighbor as thyself, but really also fulfilling the first one, as you show your love for Me by your obedience, and by loving the least of these, My brethren through your prayers or bringing them My Word, youre also loving Me. 26 _____________________________________________________ Youll always be disappointed if you make your happiness dependent on people or things. Enjoy My blessings! Enjoy them a little bit more everyday by reminding yourself of them more often. See what you can come up with, that you can be so thankful for! 27 _____________________________________________________ Thank Me daily for your children, because one day, youre going to see like I see, and realize just what a blessing they are. Pity those poor, duped, selfish people who think theyve got no time to learn to care for another human being, to learn responsibility for another little soul! 28 _____________________________________________________ Some battles are for the sole purpose of having you learn to rely only & wholly on Me nothing & no one else. To make you realize that Im EVERYTHING and more than enough. My fellowship with you is much more important for you than anyone elses. Learn to walk in the Spirit. Make the extra effort to wait on Me, even when you feel like rushing out & jumping into the day. The excitement is My gift, just dont forget Me, the Giver! Take Me with you each day, wherever you go, whatever you do! Forget Me not! I love for you to sing songs of love to Me. Sing to Me with your heart. Listen to Me with your soul. Let our love conquer each others hearts! By this shall all men know that you are My disciple if We have love one for another! Show them that you love Me! Sing of your love for Me forever! Reach out & receive new anthems of love for Me from the cloud of heavenly helpers that surrounds you, for in this Realm, music amounts to praise! One continuous declaration & manifestation of love & gratefulness, which grows & grows & climaxes, resulting in spurts of love, fruit conceived, miracles wrought, greater works of My love accomplished. This is the manifestation of My Holy Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is Love. Against such there is no law. Proclaim this love. Let it be your beacon, your torch, your halo, your ever accompanying glow that shows people theres something special about you, something weird, something they cant put their finger on: your love for Me! Let this be the essence of what constantly permeates your being, let this be the flux emanating from you. How much better it is than a complaining spirit. Dont complain about the state of the world. Fill your heart & mind so much with My presence, with My praise, with thankfulness for the things Ive done for you, I am doing for you, and the even greater things I will yet do for you; for My faithfulness, which will never leave you nor forsake you, that there will be no more room for anything negative. Love Me enough to praise Me & thank Me for all Im doing & have done, and love your neighbor by letting them participate of your love for Me, by not wasting their time with profanities, but by blessing them with showers of light when you open your mouth. 29 _____________________________________________________ Let Me be your song! I will be your greatest song, the One that will make their hearts soar & lift you high above the dungeons of this world. If Ill be your Melody, you will set the hearts of men who seek free. If Ill be your tune theyll know theyre not alone! 30 _____________________________________________________ In My eyes you already are perfect. If you set your aim high, you may get better results. If you walk through life with the firm knowledge that one day you wont be making anymore mistakes, you may quit making them earlier.

31 _____________________________________________________ Stand tall like a man for Me and for those who need My love, My unadulterated, unselfish, sharing, sacrificial & humble love from you. 32 _____________________________________________________ Doubts are thoughts from hell. Only the obedient ones shall shine like the stars forever. 33 _____________________________________________________ Youre going way too much by what youre feeling like doing, instead of by the simple desire to obey Me! I use those times youre frustrated by your own inability to get anything accomplished in your own strength. Thats what reminds you of your need for Me. 34 _____________________________________________________ Stay on the right channel by staying in My Word. 35 _____________________________________________________ Constantly remember that if the Devil cant stop you, hell try to slow you down, & hell do that by tempting you with things that are not My best & highest will for you for the moment, but that which I call his second best! He cleverly uses your curiosity & interest in things, your own desires, inklings & feelings thats his playground: your little urges to which you so quickly & easily yield. But you MUST Learn to forsake these for Me! Dont follow your own leadings, follow Mine. Time spent with Me equals time saved, not wasted. For I will prevent you from wasting it on things the Enemy would get you involved in, in his permanent effort to lessen your effectiveness. 36 _____________________________________________________ You must strive to be faithful in the little things Ive told you to do, before I can trust you with bigger, greater things. Its natural for man, in his pride, to seek greater things for himself, but the way of My workings of the Spirit is that you have to show yourself faithful in the little first, before you can be trusted with more. For the little things ARE big things in My Kingdom. 37 _____________________________________________________ Always make sure that what youve got to say comes from Me & isnt just your own opinion or assumption. Focus on Me! Enjoy Me without any distractions! 38 _____________________________________________________ As the Boss & Owner of this enterprise, I consider that which is good for My company, naturally also good for Myself. Trust Me. This is My outfit, its in My hands, thanks to the yieldedness of your king & queen. The best thing you can do is pray! 39 _____________________________________________________ Be careful with your words, actions & your behavior & always commit your sample to Me. Keep a smile on your face in spite of your hardships. Youre a salesman of My message. But if people dont see youre happy with what youve got, they wont feel like youve got a lot to offer them. Attitude is everything in salesmanship. 40 _____________________________________________________ Look beyond that which meets the eye. The obvious isnt necessarily always the truth. So much more lies beneath the surface, and to uncover the hidden truths, you always need an agent to clear away the rubble its buried under. The more you seek in the Spirit, the more youll find. The more you let go of this World, the more you will cherish My World, the World of everlasting ecstasies, instead of fleeting pleasures. You could accomplish so much more if you would use more the underused weapon of prayer. Come to Me! Ask Me what you will! I have granted you the desires of your heart, have promised to move mountains at your request, & still you are not moved to come before Me & pray as you should. Wanna change the world?

Pray! Wanna do things that count & make a difference? Pray! Whichever way you do it, PRAY! I can show you great & mighty things thou knowest not of, IF you will call unto Me! NOTHING is impossible to you! You even have the power to change My mind. Let My Spirit be your magic Carpet, rub the oil lamp of My Word & ask Me to perform any wonders & miracles for you that are needed to obtain the victory! Ill remove any obstacles in your path & help you defeat all your enemies... 41 _____________________________________________________ Human love is limited in its capacity to forgive, to take the humble seat, to prefer the other person, sometimes even simply by time. But My love is forever & constantly unconditional. Permanent. Everlasting. Eternal. Like a rock that can never be moved. Like a mountain. Like streams that never run dry. 42 _____________________________________________________ You only wind up making a mess of things until you finally learn to sit back & let Me act. By continuing to make these kind of I do everything wrongexperiences you will see the need to stop making your moves without Me. 43 _____________________________________________________ Your past is but a stepping stone, a launching pad from which you will soar & rise above, way above this world & its ways, for I have given you the crazy faith to set your affections on things above. As you learn to operate in Me, in My strength & wisdom, in the power of My Spirit, you cannot fail. Give Me all the glory all the time, & therell be no stopping you. 44 _____________________________________________________ Prove that you are My disciple by showing love. How can you say you love Me, whom you have not seen, if you cant even love one you have seen? Stop expecting more of others than you are able to yourself & be more generous with your love & affection. Look beyond that which bothers you. If you cant love, all the knowledge of My Word in the world isnt going to make a difference!

Hollywood? Forget it. Some of those guys are going to suffer in hell for having led millions astray with their universal bad samples of selfishness, bad habits, coolness, cruelty toward each other & hatred... I beg you, My children, NOT to look up to them! Look up to the real stars, the ones who are going to be stars in My Kingdom, & already are in My eyes: The cheerful givers, the little saints, the nobodies who make My kingdom possible, who give My existence - the existence of it all - a meaning... the diamonds of dust, without whom My light would be invisible, & without which this World would be in total, absolute darkness. So many are deceived by Satans black light, which is actually darkness. It will soon be revealed & exposed for what it really is. That bit of black energy you get from the Enemys sources may look like its going to get you somewhere or boost your own ego for a little while, but it will only turn out a fake, a deceit & your loss in the end. It may shine with its strange & artificial glow for a little while, but only leave you in cold, gross darkness. The whole world will soon be in cold, gross darkness & already is, if you dont shine your true light. So, stick to the true source of My heavenly energy, My Love & My light, which you will find in My Word & as you come & bathe in My Spirit in prayer & sweet lovemaking with Me. Shed the cloaks of darkness, of pride & selfishness, & nothing will be impossible for you. 46 _____________________________________________________ Every incident in your life is being used & in part even orchestrated by Me in preparation for times ahead, valuable lessons for your life, or simply milestones you find orientation by, if you live according to the Spirit. You must work hard to prepare for the calamities that are about to befall the World. And just like Noah needed My exact instructions in order to be able to build the first ship in history, so will you, if you wish to survive the flood of iniquity. The time is truly drawing near & youre feeling the vibes of impending doom. Do what you can & I will do what you cant. Dont let your mind do the work, just let Me take over... you must learn the art of letting go & letting Me take over & do the work, the talking, the thinking! Let Me drive! Just sit back & relax!

47 _____________________________________________________ I am the Source of love, and I have unlimited capacities to give 45 _____________________________________________________ & thus, you do, too. Just come to Me to get it & pass it on. Only those who abandon their own selfish desires have the If you decide to love, no matter what, youll do just fine. The ultimate privilege to use My power to the utmost, without answer lies in simplicity. limitations. Love must be the theme of your life! For then theyll know for One of the purposes of this Earthly life is to get people so sick of sure you are Mine, that you have been with Me, and I, if I be lifted that system that seeing My wonderful heavenly System will up, will draw all men unto Me! immediately strike them as the solution, the answer to all their Itll fall like scales from a lot of peoples eyes when they come questions, the light after a long dark night. Many who come Up into My Kingdom, the realm of My Spirit. It happens all the time. Here exclaim, "Of course! Its all so simple! Oh, why wasnt I able The great awakening: "Oh, it was right there all the time. It was at to see this before? Why dont they see it? It all would be so much our reach! You were there all the time, Lord, You are... LOVE! All easier & so much more beautiful if they would just share... give a that was needed was just a little more love!..." And then they cry little more... love a little more...!" Theyre overwhelmed by the & cry, and I wipe away all tears from their eyes... Just like you beauty & the simplicity of it. Its like coming to see the light after cried. No worries. Nothing wrong with crying. Thats why I having lived a life in blindness. You, My children, have the ability invented it, you know? Heart & soul wash. Its good for you. Pity to see that light & carry that light in your hearts already, thats those who never do. You can imagine what they smell like in the what makes you so special. Its just that the Enemy tries with all spirit. Imagine you never wash: The dirt just grows so hard on his might to get you to hide that light under bushels of pride & you, that crust of pride... yuck! fear of sticking out & not being accepted... bushels of coolness, Thats another reason I said, Become like a child: children arent bushels of pretending youre really not that different... Well, if too proud to cry. Its part of childhood. And, you want to know a you knew how beautiful that difference is, not only in My eyes, secret? Its part of manhood, too. Part of being a real man. So, let but also in the eyes of those out there who seek Me, even if they them hide in their pride & in their false, hard fronts... You just would never admit it, you wouldnt be ashamed of it anymore. come & flow & move with Me. You soften the ground in the spirit. Those among you who Im really able to use best are those who Make it more fertile for the seeds of love, with the tears of a dont hide it but flaunt it. They let it shine. They gladly share My broken, receptive heart. Tears are the lubrication that enable Me love in a smile with anyone they pass by. They dont care if to implant the seeds of My love in your heart more easily. Thats anyone thinks theyre nuts. They know the principle of why, many times when people really get moved in the Spirit & happiness. They just go out there & shine & shine & give & give, speak in tongues or strong prophecy, they weep. Its another way and their radiance grows, as they grow closer to Me, until, as My in which the Devil has deceived the world away from the way Word says, they shall shine as the stars & the brightness of the things are in My world: to have them thinking that crying is firmament forever. Those are the REAL stars. something bad. Well, with so much to cry about when you look at

the sorry state of the world, its definitely better to cry than to laugh away your life in silly foolishness, like so many of them do. The Devils entertainments & amusements are distractions that lure you away from thinking about reality. The reality that the world is in such a poor state, you should be crying instead of laughing! You should be shedding tears in desperate prayer for all the heartless injustices, cruelties & torturous crimes that are being committed by the wicked every second of every hour of every day, and pray like a house on fire that you wont be found guilty of their sins, too, by participating in their delicacies they derive out of other peoples pain. Sure, you are saved, all your sins are forgiven. But all the ones who will be lost because you were too busy entertaining yourself instead of doing what you could to get them saved will one day make you cry. Why do you think I have to wipe away so many tears from My childrens eyes? Because they fail to weep & pray in intercessory prayer for them now. Because they fail to sow the seeds in weeping now. Because, if they would, joy would come in the morning, but great will be the lamentation of those who fail to sow My seeds in this life, when this is what I would have wanted them to do. Great will be the sorrow of those who fail Me and the lost who are searching for Me, when it would have been in their ability to save them, but they would not, simply because they were too busy entertaining themselves... Can you see the atrocity of this? Be not deceived into thinking that I will judge unrighteous judgment, for this is what My blind enemies on Earth say about Me: "What kind of a God is this, who rewards his rich, spoiled, pampered & indulgent children with heaven for exploiting the poor? For refusing to share their wealth? For not only standing by in cold indifference while others suffer & die, but even being the perpetrators & cause of their suffering, more often than not?" Can you blame them for rejecting Me & refusing to believe in the God of such a distorted picture of what is being portrayed as Christianity? Can you imagine how much that hurts Me? Can you imagine how sick with anguish it makes Me? No, you cannot. So, dont be deceived by any means, into thinking, that all those lukewarm, selfish, self-indulgent so-called Christians will go unpunished, and woe unto you, if you are going to be counted among them. Being spewed out of My mouth isnt going to be as glorious as they may picture heaven to be. Living in everlasting shame & contempt, while those they abused & neglected will find comfort in My bosom wont be all that glorious, either. Only My faithful ones, those who truly give their lives in order for others to find Me will be rewarded richly. The others will even lose that which they think they have. Poor, destitute & naked, not rich & adorned, as she pictures herself to be. Oh, how Satan has deceived her into perceiving herself as a queen. His magic, fake mirror of false images distorts grossly the reality of the way things really are & the way I see things. Soon that glass will be shattered, and there will be great wondering, amazement, and the shock will be so great that there even will be half an hour of silence in all of heaven. The awe of her exposure will be so great... nothing will move... only silence. Imagine the whole universe staring at you for half an hour, pondering the shame you have brought upon My name by your bad behavior: This will be the fate of the Laodecian church. The lukewarm Christians. Oh, be not counted among them, but get on fire & burn your life, like a candle at both ends, & give, give your life unto them for Me! Please! I beg you, for your own sakes, for lost souls sakes, for the sake of their eternal future and yours: Choose ye THIS DAY whom ye shall serve, for soon it will be too late. As certain and as truly as My name is the name in which every knee shall bow, as truly as My throne is established in righteous judgment, I swear by My holy name: I will not let these injustices committed by My wayward children go unpunished. There will be no excuse. There will be no weaseling out of the responsibility & the guilt by lamenting, "Oh, but we were deceived! Satan has sent his emissaries to join our ranks & has deceived us. He has lured us away from the true path with his riches, with his splendor, with his lies & temptations!" Nay, but I will say unto them: "But I have sent you My prophets, to whom you would not listen! I have given you My Words, but you would

not hear. You hardened your hearts every time You heard My voice in your conscience, you chose the easy way, the selfish way every time. Oh, yes, you gave a little bit of your money to your church, and you will be rewarded if this money was used to support missionaries who helped others to find Me. But what is that, compared to what you could have given, compared to what you could have done? You called Me, Lord, Lord... every Sunday in your church, but I wasnt your Lord. I was not your God. The god you trusted in was the god of this world, the god of money, the god of mammon, the gods of pleasure, your own bellies, your own luxuries. For if I would have been your God, you would have sacrificed these things unto Me, you would have laid them on the altar, in order to help others to find Me, those, who knew Me not, those who were waiting, starving & freezing for My Word, for My gospel from your hands. Instead you tried to pay Me off with a little here & a little there... just enough to stop your conscience from burning like a prick in your sides. Just enough to deceive you into thinking that you were so good, so much better than those godless, ignorant, uncultivated non-Christians, those heathen, those pagans. YOU have turned My creation into hell; they didnt! You have exploited the poorer nations of this Earth; they didnt. You professed to have known better, claimed to possess the exclusive truth; they didnt. Well, it turns out you missed an important part of that simple truth of Mine: Love!" It all comes back down to love... the meaning of existence. And the sooner you get it, the better. The sooner you GIVE it, the better! The sooner you forget everything else & get out there & obey this greatest, yes, this single most important of all My commandments, the better! Go & obey this one rule of Mine & you WILL fare well: Thou shalt LOVE! Write this commandment on the tablets of your hearts. Engrave it so deeply, you will never ever be tempted to forget it again, not even for a single moment: Thou shalt LOVE! All else will fade away, will be worthless, embarrassing ashes between your teeth, only whats done in love will count & stay. Love today! 48 _____________________________________________________ To pour out your hearts unto Me for the sake of others is an essential part of worshipping Me, loving Me & your neighbor as thyself, which you must not neglect. Through prayer you have the power which created the universe at your disposal, at your service to do anything for you, so dont let laziness keep you from making use of it! 49 _____________________________________________________ You must be stirred to greater action than ever before, if you want to be used by Me in the future, if you even want to survive the impending future events. The Enemy will continue to tempt you with decoys & tricks to get you away from My highest & best, so, beware! Make prayer, your most important task in life a habit! Use that power! You can really change things if you pray! The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much! And this is almost an understatement in these modern times and in relation to what you could accomplish! Change the world through prayer! Change your life & the lives of those around you! Just DO IT! 50 _____________________________________________________ If you knew the privilege that is bestowed on you, you would treasure it much more than gold & silver. You would not waste a second thought on this little problem here, that little desire there, for you would cling to this precious, most rare gift in the universe as to an untold treasure. Almost everybody has money, sex, food & things, but not many people have this direct wire to Me, the Creator & Master of all things, Who can even see to it that those who DONT have those things WILL have them, if YOU would only pray & grant Me the attention I deserve. By praying you can relieve the suffering so much, and by neglecting to pray, you sin. For to him that knoweth to do good & doeth it not, it is a sin. I have to withhold My blessings, because you do not pray. How blessed are those who pour out their hearts to Me in prayer every

day. Who not only pray for themselves, but dedicate their time, their most precious commodity to pour out their hearts in intercessory prayer for the benefit & concern of others. That is a love I will richly reward. That is a faith which will be most highly honored in My Kingdom: That of knowing that in praying for another, youre doing the greatest work, the greatest service , the most valuable favor to that person you ever could, for you dont only give of your own time & heart to them, but you rely on Me to do the work you cannot possibly do. They dont spend their time in the Devils device of worry, which is fear & a lack of trust, but they wisely invest their time into the currency of faith & they turn in their heavenly cheques one after another into My heavenly bank, for Me to hand out the cash of My blessings to those in need, the ones they pray for. Now, that is wise investment indeed. In fact, there is nothing wiser on this Earth you can do. Invest every second you can into the biggest, booming bear market in the universe! Even the dark times, the seeming downhill slopes of your life have in reality been uphill slopes in My direction. Be not envious of evildoers. Even if they may not appear to be evildoers on the surface, just perfectly normal people, sometimes the greatest sin anyone can commit is to do nothing! So, be not envious of selfish doers of nothing to alleviate the suffering around them. There is not a colder & more empty & harder heart than that of a person who has everything in the physical & yet lacks the love to share it. There is always the seemingly legitimate excuse of pointing toward others who have even more & give even less, but they wont be there when you stand in front of Me. Be not like those rich evil doers of nothing, but stir yourself up into action of prayer! And pull down My blessings upon your fellowman & thereby BE a blessing unto your fellowman! You want to be free & set others free also? Pray! The power I have given you to release in prayer on the behalf of others can do more to change the course of history you see unfolding before your eyes right now than you think! Make history! PRAY! Change the course of coming events! Reduce the number of those who WILL suffer & die in the inevitably unfolding coming events in history by praying for them, and giving them My message of warning, so that they can prepare. And while theyre at it, they might just happen to help you, too, by sharing their material blessings with you. How many lives you could save & change if you would be more faithful in praying for them. Dont miss out on your purpose in life by being distracted with 2nd bests! 51 _____________________________________________________ Do you really believe that I know best? Well, if so, just act accordingly! Stop worrying whether you get your fair share or not! Give and it will be given unto you! Stop complaining like those who wallow in their self-righteous self-pity & moan about never getting anything in return when all they do is give & give.... Believe Me, if they were truly as giving as they believe themselves to be, they wouldnt be complaining. For they would be filled with a silent, cheerful joy unspeakable, that small personal trademark of the saints, the reward for believing & acting on the knowledge that it is more blessed to give than to receive. So, give, even if it hurts. Even if it goes against your nature or against all that you feel like doing! Just give! Pour out of yourself & I WILL pour in, you can never outpour Me. 52 _____________________________________________________ Other worlds,... other dimensions..., other realities..., they all have the same core, the same Creator, and the essence is the same everywhere and in all of these: love, light and life, they are one, and they are to be desired. Only when youve grown wise & mature enough to truly believe that that world really has nothing to offer you, can you let go & fully focus on the sunshine of My love everyday & bathe your face in its light. If you would reach out & receive My life, suck for My love, as if nothing else could ever satisfy you, then you would indeed be satisfied. 53 _____________________________________________________

Habits and familiarity stand between that what you are & what you could be, between what you could accomplish and that which you actually wind up doing. 54 _____________________________________________________ The signal of the trumpet has to be clear in order for the people to get the message. Thats why its important you take the time to be more thorough & investigate. Dont be superficial & rash. There are so many factors you are not aware of yet. Becoming aware of whats happening, of what others are feeling & going through is the opposite of leading introverted lives. It takes time. It takes more than a swift glance into someones direction & thinking youve absorbed their situation in a glance & now youre fully equipped to answer a matter. You have so much to learn. In the Spirit, things move slowly & majestically. Not as quickly & hectic as you do in your world. The difference is almost like the way you view ants: They move speedily & they always have got to do something to ensure their provision & survival. But Here everyone knows that all the fretting, worrying & haste in the universe wont add one iota to your stature. It is a commonly known law of the nature of My Spirit World that ALL things are by Him & from Him & to Him, so, all you might as well really do is let go & trust Him! Our Father, which art in Heaven, Thy will be done! Thy Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven! Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever, Amen! This prayer is based on the founding principle of the rules of the Spirit! Youre simply praying for that same law to apply in your temporary, physical realm, which is ever permeating the atmosphere, the calmness, the tranquility, the timelessness, the eternal assurance of Heaven. You trust in Him for your daily bread & cease to struggle & toil for it, like the ant. And rather, you concentrate on the truly essential, the learning of the spiritual lesson you were sent here to emphasize on: the forgiveness of others wrongs against you, and the recognition & refusing to yield to the temptation of evil, recognizing that the power & Kingdom are truly Gods & not the usurpers. 55 _____________________________________________________ I have called you to spiritual accomplishments, not great works in the physical realm. The unseen, unnoticed work you do for Me, to further My cause, to spread My message, THAT has eternal rewards! Im teaching you to think in a completely different & new way than the way you have been raised in before. Rational thinking wont help you survive in the days to come, only crazy faith in Me & following My leads, which means obedience. If you live in Me, act, move & breathe in Me, listen to My Voice & follow My instructions, you WILL wind up emitting that love I want them to see through you, and you will be the tools & vessels I need you to be. Your obedience in taking this path will result in changes of lives of those who will be attracted by the love you will radiate. They will feel the warmth of your fire. Welcome to the point between theory & reality! Thats where you need faith which can see beyond that which meets the eye. Faith which sees My creation, the potential a person has to become something greater. Look not at that which you see with your eyes. See the possibilities! See My hand working in their lives! Look at Me! Dont look at the flesh! Waver no more. A lot depends on YOU. You must take the initiative! If you had perfect faith, nothing wavering, I wouldnt have to test your faith anymore. 56 _____________________________________________________ Self-pity is another machination of the evil one. Im exposing his tricks, lies & devices to you, which hes trying to pull on millions. I want you to become expert fighters, so you can recognize problems and their causes at an instant. Recognizing the Devils devices will be an invaluable asset in the future, for you wont be able to permit yourselves to be fooled by

him on any single occasion. These things will be matters of life & death as we exit the drill phase & approach the real battle. I am your Strength! 57 _____________________________________________________ Physical circumstances are irrelevant to Me! To rise above means to rise above anything that binds you, confines you to any boundaries, any limits, anything that says, It cant be done! Learn not to trust & lean on your own understanding for an instant, but to constantly stay in tune with Me! Its your only hope! The ones who love Me with all their hearts will always be in the minority. The true prophets will always be lone voices in the wilderness. Let Me be the sunshine of your life. Only I can give you happiness, true contentment & true beauty of the inward parts. He that soweth to the spirit will reap life: the more time you invest in the Spirit by delving into My Word, the more life you will reap. To fully absorb the Word, you have to dedicate yourself wholly to it, without distractions. Worship Me! The sun of righteousness with healing in My wings, your sun & shield, giving grace & glory, not withholding any good thing from them that walk uprightly. 58 _____________________________________________________ Treasure My lashes of love for the compliments they are, without fearing them. Put your hand in Mine & trust Me blindly for whatever I may bring along... Sign a blank sheet of paper everyday & let Me fill in the details. You dont have to know everything in advance, I do. I want you to be ready & willing to accept anything I may ask you, whenever it may come! Dont be so afraid! Trust! Open up your hearts like a flower would open up her petals to the sun & let Me shine deep into your hearts. Dont hide your inner heart, your core, your essence from Me, for you are already fully known, accepted and loved unconditionally by Me. Spread wide open for Me, little blossom, and let Me make love to you!

Your head says, oh, but theres bills to pay, shopping to be done and this & that & the other... The heart says: Theres listening to be done, there are Words to be heard from the Maker of the universe, Words from the mountain! 63 _____________________________________________________ I have equipped you with My Word. It will restore light where there was a gray hazy mist of lies, it will be a bright beacon on your path, a clashing sword in battle. Its like the sword Excalibur, which wins every battle, as long as its wielded. As long as you lash out at the Enemy, youre bound to win. Hell tell you, you have no chance, but listen not to him. As soon as he opens his mouth, a lie comes out. He may cunningly mix it with a bit of truth, so that you might believe him, and he comes across as the defender of the mistreated, the champion of the underdog, trying to get you to show weakness when you should not, and again, trying to get you to harden yourself when you should not. One thing you need to know about the nature of the Enemy is that he never plays fair. Hes the first to scream, Thats not fair!, and will be the first to break the rules. Hes a pathetic, cowardly, desperate punk who knows that his time is short, ready to tear down into the abyss as many with him as he can. 64 _____________________________________________________ There are so many factors, so many angles youre not even aware of. Ask Me to constantly open your eyes & make you aware of opportunities to share My love. If you were more aware of your weaknesses, you would be a lot more humble.

65 _____________________________________________________ Imagine if parents on Earth wouldnt have any cares & worries about having to come up with the provisions for their families, and on top of it would not be subject to sin & the devils temptation: Their children would be their greatest joy, and the major theme around which the large part of their activities would revolve. Thats the way I, your Heavenly Father, and My Queen, the Holy Spirit, care for you, watch you, rejoice in you, our 59 _____________________________________________________ children. Focus on Me, and I will be the glasses through which you will Imagine older brothers & sisters on Earth would not be driven by see everything clearly. Everything will make sense if you look at their own selfish desires, interests & motivations of usually only things through Me. Especially try to see with the eyes of love. wanting to impress their peers or older ones than themselves (not the real old ones, you know, it always has to be just the 60 _____________________________________________________ right age group to be considered worthwhile impressing): They Thy Kingdom come, on Earth, as it is in heaven means the would find their greatest joy in helping, tutoring, watching, and marriage of the physical & the spiritual realm. The veil shall be playing with their younger brothers and sisters, or those of their rent! And soon everything that was hidden shall be revealed. friends. Well, thats how your many helpers on this side care for Everything will be open! Now you see through a glass darkly. you, take their interest & joy in you, their younger brothers & Then you shall see as I see. sisters on Earth. They dont spend their time on selfish pleasures, nor look down on anyone they dont deem cool or 61 _____________________________________________________ worthy, they are driven by My great Love, the driving force of our If the ball is in your court, the best One to throw it to is Me. Let celestial realm to want to do anything they can to be a blessing Me decide when it is best to make which move next. Trust in Me, and a help to anyone, great or small, lowly or great. All that is the Leader & Captain of your team, and youll play safe. Trust & required is that you ask, and they will answer & intervene & help look to Me as you go, and I will lead & guide you every moment you with anything you might need help with. All you need to do is of the way. I cant tell you all the exact moves of the match before seek to listen to their whispers, hearken for their voices, and you it starts, as a lot will depend on the moves the other team will will hear many thrilling stories, revelations, and youll be given make, the ones were playing against, AND your reactions to insight into all the mysterious hidden intricacies that make life so those moves. Also call on the help of your other team members, seemingly complicated without their help. your Spirit helpers & angels, as theyre going to be a big help in Life could be so much easier for Earths little boys & girls, if, keeping the opposing team at bay. instead of running around in a blind frenzy to get what they want, Watch out for pride, one of the central players of the Enemy, and or even what the Devil told them they should run for, they would dont be too soft, either, as you wont stand a chance of winning acknowledge their heavenly brothers, sisters & parents, who are the game, otherwise. Alright, Im passing the ball back to you... ever watching, ever caring, ever loving, ever willing to share, to apply all their might to lighten their young charges load, to ease 62 _____________________________________________________ their path, to make their lives more enjoyable. Try to imagine how I feel about so few being willing to listen to You, My children of David, are more blessed than any other Me. This is a pain I still feel everyday when I look down upon the group of people alive on Earth, because you have been given the children of men & suffer from their neglect. Dont listen to your awareness of your greater, heavenly Family around you. The head, listen to your heart. Your head says, youve got to do this Family is not only that relatively small Earthly group of believers, or that or the other in order to fulfill your duty, so that men will but a much larger entity, a body consisting of countless speak & think well of you. Your heart says, just listen to the Lord! members behind the curtain which separates your realm & ours. Forget all that & just love the Lord, and He will work out the rest. You are just the tip of the iceberg. The secret, hidden real force

of this army lies beneath the surface, or rather, above the wavelength of that which is perceivable to mortals. So, come, play with us! Come & join hands with your older brothers & sisters who love you more than anyone on Earth could ever love you. Come, & work with us, and well show you how, well show you many tricks that will make your work so much easier, so much so that youll feel like youre flying in comparison to the tedious way youve been going about it before you applied for our help! Come & fight with us & well introduce you to the newest, most sophisticated equipment, artillery & vehicles any military body in the whole universe has ever known. Well let you partake in our intelligence & fill you in on important details as to what the Enemys next moves are going to be, how you should prepare, what pitfalls to guard against. Well equip you with technology that makes the mere word technology sound pre-historical! Call us, your GREATER FAMILY, for help! CALL ON ME! Ill come running! Those who mess with us dont know what theyre getting into. Let this boost your confidence a little bit, next time you feel prone to feel inferior. You, yes, tiny little you, are part of the most powerful gang in the universe, the one whos getting ready to rule & run the joint for good, & youre in touch with the Boss, the Man on the top!

Lift up the standard of Love, My pioneers! For soon this standard will fill the whole Earth, like a mighty mountain that will fill the whole Earth, and you will have been My pioneers, the founding fathers, who, in the last & most wicked days of man will have withstood all opposition to declare & establish this eternal standard. Right now, in the eyes of man, love is nothing but a romantic idea or an emotion, considered foolishness by some. But in My kingdom, that standard of love will be just as tough a law as the laws of man today. If you will break it, you will reap consequences. There will be statutes which will have to be kept, and they will all be part of the new standard, the standard of love. And, oh, how proud I am of those like you who now, when this future is considered nothing more than a wild dream by those who surround you, already proclaim it. My day shall come as a thief in the night. Blessed will those be whom Ill find lifting up the standard of love in their lives, deeds & actions, and teaching others to love just the same. For soon that love will be a cutting light in the darkness, which will be seen from miles away. My sheep will follow your beacon & My voice in you, so, be My standard bearers, My heralds, proclaim My standard of love!

69 ____________________________________________________ Strait is the way & narrow is the gate which leadeth unto life & 66 _____________________________________________________ few there be that find the way of unselfish love, the radical, There are always new changes of plans possible, factors you revolutionary, anti-System way of My Spirit. And wide is the gate couldnt even think of, but that I can prepare you for miraculously & broad is the way that leadeth unto destruction, the way of doif you constantly stay in tune with Me. Pray without ceasing. your-own-thing, the loveless, unloving, cold-hearted, Keep your channel open at all times. Be ready for anything! reasonable way, and many there be which go in thereat. Be My Especially when you have a needy situation. Be always prepared called-out ones, the set-apart ones, different from the norm. for the option that I might bring about some unexpected means Dont be cold & cruel & normal, but warm & loving, caring & of supply for you, even at a time or from a direction you might sharing, even if the whole world will call you crazy. not expect. The normal way is the way of death. The road to life requires faith. Its not normal. Its not the rut that millions tread upon day 67 _____________________________________________________ in day out. I may not look like a lot when you cant see Me at all, when you want someone tangible or just an ordinary nice life, but there just 70 _____________________________________________________ aint no such thing as an ordinary nice life. It may look like some Those who cling to the old ways of the flesh are going to reap people have one, but everybodys got their price to pay. the destruction of the flesh. He that liveth by the sword shall also Sometimes their ordinary nice life is just a facade created by die by the sword. Theyll find out that they have been puppets in demons, & in reality theyre living a lie. Sometimes they just put the hand of the god of this World, the god of war, of hate, of on a show (very often, in fact) & are really miserable inside, or pride, and of all that is an abomination to Me. just as lonely as you sometimes feel... I want you to see right through him! He will have no power over Sometimes they may have a swell time on Earth & have to pay those who will see right through him. Time will expose him for in hell for it later, like the rich man in the Bible, who wanted poor what he really is, and when he is gone, time shall be no more. Lazarus to only dip his finger in the cool water to refresh him & ease his suffering. 71 ____________________________________________________ You are living right next to that spring, that river of cool water Learn from Me to be longsuffering. Love suffereth long & is that so many would like to only get a tiny taste of. For you its kind. Be longsuffering & kind! just, Oh yeah, the ol river... Be confident that all is in My hands! Trust Me for everything: Maybe Im letting not-so-nice things happen to you at times to your health, your protection, your supply. Sometimes, when remind you that things could be worse. One of the main causes youve been disobedient, you start worrying whether Ill still for things getting worse is mans lack of appreciation for the bless you, but I will, as long as you return to Me & do your best good things. The disability to ever be content in whatsoever to learn from your mistakes & not to repeat them. I am much state they are... And when they dont appreciate what theyve more loving, patient, longsuffering & positively inclined toward got, I might have to take it away from them & let them fall into a you, My children, than the Devil is trying to have you believe. situation that makes them a little more desperate, a little more The devil is the epitome of a politician. And the way he appreciative. campaigns to gain voters & supporters for his cause is by an One thing that always works wonders is if you praise Me in spite ugly smear campaign against his Opponent: Me. So, he spreads of everything! Although you may be familiar with My Spirit, My all those lies about Me, about how unjust I am, how unloving, Word & the things I have to offer you, there lies an innumerable how unmerciful I am, and oh whats one of his favorite words?amount of new thrills & kicks right before you which youre not Unfair! And subtle & sly as he is, he manages to convince quite a aware of, & youre letting familiarity cheat you out of them! few with his propaganda. But dont listen to, much less believe If you wouldnt let people & the situation around you distract you his rap about Me not loving you! You mean everything to Me! so much from the fact that everyday with Me could be an exciting Dont let the old punk tell you anything else! I love you more than new adventure, you would enjoy life a lot more! You think youve youre able to fathom. tasted all Ive got to offer? I CAN make you happy! Who else knows all your hearts desires? The Devil may be in on some of 72 _____________________________________________________ them, but he will only tempt you with counterfeits that may look NOTHING will be able to stop you, if you walk fully emerged in like theyll make you happy, but... I WILL! Me, in the confidence that the laws of physics dont apply to you anymore in the hour of faith, when I call you to step out on the 68 _____________________________________________________ water, when I challenge you to rise above.

Remember, greater work than the works I did ye shall do. Dont let the agents of darkness tell you youre too insignificant, youre not worthy & blah blah. They only have a chance the second you believe them. But if you know they are liars, and all you focus on is Me, My truth, and My promises, they know you are a greater threat to them than they have ever known. For you bear the light that will destroy them. Thats why they hate & fear you. And with every battle you gain strength & grow stronger in faith, in the wielding of your weapons, in your desperation & closeness with Me, in ignoring the circumstances. To hell with the circumstances. Circumstances dont count. Soon the circumstances will be the most disastrous they have ever been in all of history, and you will wish you had learned not to go by or look at the circumstances. Only look at & go by Me. I am your only hope, but if you begin to cherish that hope for its true potential you will start to realize more & more just what powers, what possibilities lie at your fingertips. You will walk like Moses before the magicians of Pharaoh & prove that your magic is stronger. You will walk in the same power that was given to Me on Earth, to stop the wind, to walk on water, to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to multiply the bread. Just learn to faithfully, daily focus on Me, take time to get onto My wavelength, into My rhythm & heavenly groove, and youll walk by faith, not by sight.

vessel & let me fill you with My oil, My strength, My energy, the power that will enable you to DO IT! You wanna DO IT? Let ME do it through you! Dont be like the flowers in the garden that wanted to be something else. Be like the bamboo that I can flow through! Thats all Im asking you to learn & do right now, & nothing else matters. If you want to get things done, start off whatever youre going to do by praying & dont stop until you can wait no longer to burst with energy and drive and a compelling force to get done the thing I lay on your heart to accomplish! Therell be no stopping you, but the love of Christ constraining you! Dont do anything without Me! Dont move until you hear My voice or get My sign, This is the way, walk ye in it! Dont get impatient with yourself! Im not impatient with you, so, why should you? Others dont learn in a lifetime what youre learning now! Remember, its often just the Devil whos making you feel guilty about not being more busy, accomplishing or achieving more so you can pat yourself on the back! It takes faith to just wait on Me! But youll feel so much better, if you do! Trust Me!

76 ____________________________________________________ Worry not about your situation. It couldnt possibly be as impossible as the odds for this universe to function by itself. And if I and the Father take care of the endless empty spaces out there; dont worry, were also going to take care of you & your 73 ____________________________________________________ empty pockets & bank account. Have We ever let you down? Nay, You can never take anything for granted! You must pray for little Songbird, we have not let you fall to the ground. The every little thing, & not takeem for granted, or they might not strongest arms in the universe have promised you their care! come to pass. You always have to count on attacks from the I can show you areas in your life you could improve in, especially Enemy with people who are stuck on themselves & pride-ridden, your area of trust. Stop doubting My ability to save you! Stop sad tales of cases who could have but wouldnt. Strive to whining! Stop wavering & hesitantly crawling across the ice! Get always be reliable, even with people who dont promise any up! Stand up! Run! Jump onto one of those horses that are earthly reward. running past you across the same frozen river youve been trying to crawl across. 74 ____________________________________________________ Try Me & put Me to the test, instead of relying on your aching arm The attitude of demanding part of your reward already on of the flesh! Try giving Me a chance to supply without having to Earth is like the prodigal son asking for his inheritance to go off rely on your talent in part, so you can give Me the whole glory. & squander it. Its reigning a little now & foregoing certain Instead of still needing this little bit of self-affirmation, this little privileges later. Remember Sophie the washerwoman & the rich pat on your back... let go & rely FULLY on Me! lady. I want you to become completely disattached from any Im not pleased when you go & look around for something you desire for worldly gain, because soon these things will lose their need without My counsel. Thats why Ive had to allow this significance entirely, and I want you to be prepared for this. seeming defeat... But out of it came the greater victory of this lesson. The Devil may tell you, Soon you forgetful people will 75 ____________________________________________________ have forgotten it all again! But My Spirit, the Comforter, Whom I Im teaching you a brand new modus operandi. Like Moses will send unto you, will bring all those things to your running away from a very hectic, active, stressy & busy life in remembrance. If you walk in the Spirit, you WILL remember Egypt & coming to the wilderness to learn to do nothing but tend these things: She will remind you! Shes like a super-dupersheep for 40 years... I had to get Egypt out of him first. Before mega-smooth computer program that can enhance your rusty youre going to get into your gear of operating in the flesh, Id little system anytime with all the knowledge you need, brings up rather have you do nothing but learn to hear from Me, listen to any stored data from the past, or even brand new information Me, soak up Me, absorb Me, take time with Me, loving Me, that hasnt been there so far, in revelations, dreams & prophetic begging Me, learning to let Me do things for you & through you. visions. All you gotta do is download Her & install Her on your You couldnt do it in the flesh. You have to give it all up into My system! hands, just stop talking & close your eyes & let Me give you the And cooperate more with your spirit helpers! Dont let them feel words to speak. THATS the way I want you to learn to operate & left out! Counsel with them about every move! Ask them for do everything! Let Me do it! Until then, dont feel discouraged checks before every little thing you do! In the multitude of about not getting accomplished much! Its like the story about counselors, there is safety! You want safety? Counsel with the the Sultan whom the Devil reminded that it was time for his multitude Ive surrounded you with! Theyre waiting for you to let prayers, so that he would feel more content with himself. You them take over the wheel & drive. would like to feel better about yourself, but I want you to be Relax your tired eyes, arms & legs, & just lean back and let them desperate. I want you to know what an absolute hopeless mess steer you while you completely trust & enjoy the ride! THATS you are without Me, and that truly, without Me you can do what I call a first class ticket to Heaven. Have you ever seen nothing! anyone traveling first class driving himself? Let them take over! A lot of My children are still operating too much in the flesh, Let them take the responsibility, because, you ARE their leaning too hard on the arm of the flesh! responsibility. Do you want to be like a stubborn kid that just Im making you weary of relying on your arm of the flesh! insists on driving himself, no matter how tired you are? I will not Trust in Me, focus on Me, hold Me tight & never let go, because give you a serpent if you ask Me for bread! without Me youre lost. Most church Christians are so suspicious of the Devil in every Your principal task is to learn to operate by Me, not merely to co- spiritual matter, they reject the gifts of the Spirit altogether! All operate with Me, but to function by Me, to make things happen My Spirit warriors have, in order to really make things happen through Me, just use My power & get things done by using Me! down there, is YOU, the children of David. The demons & familiar Let Me be your Genie in a bottle! Just rub the lamp, open your spirits have lots of human vehicles on Earth they can act through

& wreak havoc through. But for a human to fully yield to one of My holy ghosts, it takes surrender of pride & self that is only rarely found. It also takes complete faith & trust in Me. Will you have that faith & trust to let go of yourself completely, & let My Spirit take you over, make you over & catapult you to heights youve never dreamed of? Talking bout a new creature: THATS the way to become one! Surrender your pride, your accomplishments to Me. Care not who gets the glory, for only those who give all the glory to Me will be those who will have full access to all the halls of heaven & will truly reign with Me. So, be not dismayed by this crushing of your self, this humbling of your sense of accomplishment, this rendering you helplessly, hopelessly coming to the end of your rope & just letting Me finally take over! Thats the only way it works 77 ____________________________________________________ I test you not only through your trials, but also by moments of superiority, in moments of success. If you would realize how irrelevant the circumstances of those individual situations are, how each of them is really only there to pose a new challenge before you, a new opportunity to make another grade, to climb another step higher, spiritually... you would take each of them much more gracefully. Take them as from Me, saying, 'Thank You, Lord, for entrusting me with another test, another challenge, for You know I can handle this one by Your grace!' If you had a glimpse of the blessings I have in store for you when you pass those tests the way you should, you would put on your best behavior, there would be no complaint or murmur on your lips, only praise! Take on My Spirit, seek to give unselfishly, that your love may be found pure in My sight, and I can truly reward you! Seek to give of yourself. Seek to die that others might live. If you want to be My follower, you must learn to speak up for the truth with conviction, to fight for it, willing to provoke, even though you know this will cost you your life. Do WHATEVER it takes: Do the HUMBLE thing! Go the way of the cross! If there's a choice of things to do, choose to do that first which gives you the least pleasure, not that which gives you the most! I am a Giver at heart, and I want those who follow Me to be givers, also. Heaven on Earth is a gift I give to those who have learned to obey Me & give to others, instead of seeking selfish pleasure & satisfaction. Even in the age of cyber space, 'The only Bible the world is going to read is the one bound in shoe leather!' Shine for Me, stand up for Me, mean business for Me, be willing to REALLY live and die for Me. Lay hand on your cross I've given you to bear, deny yourself & preach Me out there in the highways & byways & charge them to come in that My house may be full! Lovest thou Me? Feed My sheep! Show your love by your actions! You want My blessings? Then GIVE!

the circumstances, none of it is a match or a challenge to the Lord. No matter how bleak the night, how terrible the approaching danger or threat. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. The Lord doesnt look at the accomplishments, but at the ratio between what you have and could achieve with it, and that which you actually do. The ones who are actually applying themselves & give their all for the cause are so very few. He grieves over the lack of willingness of His children to give the way He gave. Its very hard for Him to understand how people who have been given so much can still be so selfish, so foolish and so shortsighted. Its the same way it makes you sad when you see your children arent obeying you, no matter how many times you ask them to do certain things, when you see how they dont appreciate what theyve been given, and continuously only crave whatever the Enemy has to offer. Imagine you were a general of a great army, and your own children were constantly flirting with the Enemy! Wouldnt this grieve you unbearably & almost drive you insane? Especially because you would know that the Enemy only seeks to destroy them, to inflict harm on them, and tear them down to defeat. It hurts when they dont see it. All they see is that the Enemys soldiers have much funkier uniforms, and they would like to just have fun sometimes & forget about this old war. Thats why the Lord just has to blurt out the shocking truth sometimes, to wake people up from their delusion. The truth of the matter is, you havent even yet begun to fight, and its high time. Worry not about your own life, for whether you live or die, you do it unto Christ, and your loss is only your gain. Youve just got to rewire your thinking completely & think like Him. Its like everything is upside down. To gain means to lose & to lose means to gain. To give means to receive, to die means to truly live. Success in the world means failure to the Lord, and the higher you climb on the Systems ladder of success, the lower you sink, spiritually, when youre called to be one of the Lords servants & messengers & apostles. When youre called to be one of His missionaries, then there just isnt much success in anything else you may accomplish, as far as the Lord is concerned. All the applause in the world is like ashes between your teeth, and a sad farce, for while they are clapping for you, you hear the cries of the lost youre failing out there somewhere in this poor, lost & lonely world. The children of the Lord are fainting in the land, not knowing what to do. What will you do?

80 ____________________________________________________ (Spirit helper:) If you would know the Lord more, you would love Him more; and to know Him more youve got to spend more time with Him. Once you know Him the way you should, you will love Him like you should and youll obey Him like you should & get others to know Him, and to love Him, like they should. Imagine youre the King of kings, the Lord of lords, and the supreme Ruler over everything, and you suffered and died for this dude who all the time is afraid and ashamed of admitting that hes associated with you, just because the people hes 78 ____________________________________________________ surrounded by dont know about you yet... How would you You have asked Me to take your all, and I am asking it from present such a guy to the rest of the masses of saints & you, which means the surrender of your life, your pride, your all, multitudes of martyrs who themselves suffered & died for you? on the battle field. If you're willing to take this step, then you truly Youd be searching for words, stammering, well, er, umm, this will be mightily used of Me. My promises are always contingent here is so-&-so, ho-humm, he never really stood up much for me, on your obedience, your commitment, and now is the time for Me but hes a nice guy anyway... to ask you for this final step of utter commitment. It costs you Doesnt sound too hot, huh? So, why dont you turn around and everything. But this is what you have asked Me to take. make Him proud of you by showing that youre proud of Him & I ask you to take the final step for Me; to be one of My seekers - NOT ashamed to be called His servant, His bride? not for answers or fulfillments, for you have found the answers - Granted, its all by faith for you, and times are surely darker, the a seeker for My lost sheep to give My answers to, and in this Devils power & lies have greatly increased. So what? Make up highest of all callings, find the greatest fulfillment of all. your mind! Do you believe that Jesus is Who He is or dont you? Would you lay down your life for Me and for the sheep? Now is And IF He is, do you really think you have any reason to hide the hour of your destiny, the ultimate test. Here is the crossroads your acquaintance with Him? People would prefer it if they could of choice between greater usefulness than ever & settling for just put you in the religious nut drawer, but wait, wheres my second best... It's all up to you! religious nut who tries real hard to be a real cool dude like all the rest of the unbelievers drawer? Guess Ill have to make a new 79 ____________________________________________________ folder for that one. And its a folder that pretty soon will wind up (Spirit helper:) No matter who or what is opposing you, its no in the trash can, cause its just a little bit too exotic for most match for the Lord. No matter what the difficulties, how adverse people to care about.

Start having the guts to be your beautiful, original, genuine self, a humble servant of the Lord. Youre a walking gold mine of knowledge. A walking treasure chest. But God cant bless you hoarding all that gold for yourself, Hes heartbroken about it! The Lords gonna bless you mightily for giving it out!

between you & Me. Never before has the human mind been so drilled & conditioned by the input of the Enemy, for he has much greater platforms & means of implanting his thoughts into human minds than ever before, through the media & education. Theres a lot more I have to get past first. 81 ____________________________________________________ Once you have learned to put the fleshly way of thinking aside, & The direction Im guiding you is not to accumulate more stuff, let My Spirit take over, then Im able to teach you to lay the but to trash your trinkets & head for the hills. Usually, whenever foundation for communication with Me. I know you really need something, havent I always supplied? Now your heart has been made soft & moldable & open & fertile When not, you can assume that Im expecting you to manage for My tender seeds. with whatever youve got & be content with such things that ye Let them grow. Let them take root in you & bring forth have. magnificent fruit in you from Me. Magnificent fruits of My spirit, Im preparing you for times when no one will be able to buy or of love, of mercy, of a personality so much more beautiful than sell unless he has the mark of the Beast. This game of commerce you could have ever become in the flesh. Let Me take you over & isnt going to continue forever. Get used to the way of the future: make you over. Looking unto Me for all things! Im making you over spiritually and as a person, your character. Paper is not a very good foundation to base your life on, to hinge Youre becoming a new building for Me, which will house & your hopes on & to build your actions around! Itll be a very shelter many, with many new improved features. Im constantly disappointing master. up for new enhancements, which are going to make your life for Me more & more exciting all the time. 82 ____________________________________________________ Just keep your face focused on Me, and no matter what you do or Your life is but a vapor... yet while you live it, you deem it so what happens, its going to be an enhancement, an improvement important, and every moment seems to be the absolute & only for the better & a blessing for you (Ro.8:28). reality, all that matters, except by faith, which tells you, cheer up, Whatever the circumstances are, I want you to look past & theres more! beyond them, through them, at the hidden blessing, the greater Folks who think they know better than God can sometimes be the victory which will come about through seeming defeat; at the very voice of the Devil himself. lessons & wisdom gained by means of an apparent loss, at the They dont see the greater truth, the greater mystery beyond the greater purpose of God, at the greater good which will always obvious. They cling to the way of the flesh. come forth out of supposed evil for those who love Me, at the The flesh sees only the temporal, the immediate. Faith looks beauty which will come out of the ashes of the old. beyond, at the Promise, laid there before the foundations of the Sometimes the opposite of what appears to the carnal mind, is world, and reaches out for it, stands on it, chooses it as a firmer actually the truth. Those who dont have the oil of My Spirit in ground than what is generally perceived as reality. their lamps only see the apparent evil. They have been bewitched Life is a school in which you are being tested, taught & prepared by their glamour into rejecting My power. for greater purposes hereafter. Out of the mouths of babes & sucklings have I ordained Yet all you can think about is your fun. Whens the bell gonna strength, that I might still the enemy & the avenger. I will use the ring, so I can run out & have fun with my friends? You try to get voices of children to shut up the Enemy. And unless you by with the least necessary amount of effort invested in My become like a little child, you shall in no wise enter the Kingdom studies, hoping youll just about make the grade in order to enjoy of God, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. both, the fun & pleasures here & now, AND the rewards later. Your father David saw this all along & knew this all along, which Youll be sorry one day, & wish you had done better! Only those is why he had such a great burden for the children, and became with good grades will pass on to the real privileged the founder of one of the few religious movements in the World opportunities, similar to the way things are in the world, which is with such strong emphasis on children, childcare and home only a shadow, an example of things to come. schooling. Sometimes I give you things to see how you will handle them. To If you could see as I see, you would know that those apparent & see if youre going to be willing to give it back to Me. Its like seeming burdens are one of the greatest blessings, treasures & playing ball with a very young child. At first they want to keep the privileges ever bestowed upon you. ball for themselves & they run off with it & shake their head when Children are a vessel of whatever you have the faith to fill them you say & beckon, Cmon, roll it back to me! Youve wondered with. They are the incarnation of the verse, According to your sometimes how kids could be so dumb, right? Well, there you go. faith be it unto you. If you dont have the faith that they will become a blessing, that Blessed is the man who has his quiver 83 ____________________________________________________ full of them... Its time you start appreciating those arrows for I dont want to scare you of the future, but if you would see the what they are. Not mere useless, ugly & dirty sticks that are severity of the impending doom, you would act differently! You causing you nothing but trouble, but arrows, which, when would dig out the Word and start reading & memorizing as if your combined with the bow of My weaponry & the skill of the life would depend on it as much as breathing. I will have to Archers hand, namely Mine, can go further than you ever have or become your oxygen, if you want to survive the days to come! I will... will have to become your only light, your bread, your water, and Its another trick of the Enemy, to have deluded folks into everything you need to live, for the Devil is going to try to cut all thinking that kids are a burden. Open your eyes & look beyond other means of supply. what you see in the flesh! Look at My unlimited potential of You cant serve two masters. As East is East & West is West & opportunities! Despise them not, but seek Me, for all I can do in Neer the twain shall meet, so it is with Me and Satans ways: their lives! Suffer little children to come unto Me! Let them come Neer the twain shall meet. unto Me & dont be of a cold, harsh, cruel, unbelieving heart, just Love is telling the truth, even if it hurts. because you have been disappointed! Pick them up & take them back into your arms, & try again. Fight for them! 84 ____________________________________________________ Have a little more faith in Me, that I can do a miracle in their life, True satisfaction comes from a place which eludes the carnal that they are My children, and I will lift them up. mind, and you sometimes have to do the opposite of the Pray for them, and Ill show you what to do. Ask Me what you can expected to get there. do to bring each one back to Me! My way up is down & to advance for Me, you might have to step back sometimes. 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Youre the enemies of state no. 1, as far as the Devil is concerned, for he knows you will rip the kingdoms of this Earth from him in due time, for you are ushering in, announcing & proclaiming the coming of My Kingdom! In a way you are spies for the future government, infiltrators of the usurpers government, which will soon rightfully be reclaimed & conquered by Me, with your help, but you can bet hes not just gonna stand by & watch. As useful as the internet may be, one of its primary purposes is to collect information for the Beast, so, be prayerful & cautious, & dont feed the Beast whats destined for the ears of My children only. 86 ____________________________________________________ Look for somebody to love! If you look for someone to love, youll always find something wonderful to do! If you can live according to this task & convey it to others, so much good could be done. Go out unto the highways & hedges & look for someone to love! For God so loved the World that He gave His only begotten Son to look for someone to love! Go ye into all the world & look for someone to love! Look for someone to help, to cheer up, to encourage, to pray for, to witness to. If all your actions would revolve around this simple theme, youd find life to be so much more fun. You can love in anything you do. And doing things for love, means doing things for My glory. Youre not bound by time, tide nor space, you can just close your eyes anywhere you are & ask Me to guide your thoughts to someone who might need your prayers. You can even pray for those in the spirit world, or those you dont know what happened to them, whether they are still in the physical realm or have passed on to the spiritual. Prayers, just like love, are not bound by time or tide or earthly spheres. As the wind bloweth where it listeth & thou knowest not from whence it cometh, nor wither it goeth, so is everything that is born of My Spirit. You cannot lock it up or confine it. So, whenever you feel like youre trapped by the hopelessness & discouragement of this world, break out into My Spirit & know that I can use you wherever you are to love someone else. Love that knows no boundaries.

of what men might think of you; fears of mens opinions; fears of rejection; fears of consequences for unorthodox actions. Rather fear the consequences of lack of action, for this will only result in true loss, lost opportunities, in failing Me & My highest will & thus in the failing of countless others who might have been reached, but werent because of your fears of what they might have thought about you. To hell with what they think about you. Theyll think much more highly of you if theyll see youre different, not so stuck-onyourself, like all the rest of them, scared to make one wrong move. Theyll think much more highly of you if theyll see youre one who for once is bold & daring enough to break out of the confines of pride, clichs, opinions & traditions of men...'The Game. To hell with their game & break out of it! Dare to be different! Dare to be unconventional! Dare to challenge the established rules of etiquette. No, you shouldnt talk to that girl, because her boyfriend might get upset! YES, you should talk to that girl, no matter what anyone thinks or says, because you might be her one & only chance in a lifetime to find Me! Overcome your fears! Dont let them stifle your inspiration, choke & reduce your usefulness to Me to a trickle compared to the raging river it could be. Let the torrents & cloudbursts of My Word convert your trickle in the wilderness into a mighty, raging river, whereby many shall find life, strength & hope. Break forth! Break the dams & confines that bind you, that would have you trapped & would stop you from where I want you to gush forth & bring life! Gush forth & flood them! Stop trickling about hesitantly & gush forth! Do you believe I am the Truth, or not? The one single Truth of cause & effect? I am the Cause of everything: you are part of the effect. Every little move & action of yours depends on a choice, whether you will react to the impulse with a yes or a no, a 1 or a 0.... 1s and 0s,... thats all a computer program is based on. Make your right choices today. Say YES to Me! Every time!

88 ____________________________________________________ (Spirit Helper:) Prayer the great unrecognized action of faith 87 ____________________________________________________ only & purely conceivable as effective by the eyes of faith Overcome all fear. There is no fear in love. In order to have useless in the eyes of the unbeliever; one of the great mysteries total love, you must combat & overcome all fear. Recognize it as of God. For who, in their carnal minds, would have ever begun to your principal enemy & attack it head-on. For almost the Devil's assume that in all the great & glorious efforts & works of man, entire power lies in fear. But I want you to trust wholly & know which will all come to naught in the end the most lasting & without a doubt that you have nothing to fear. effective deed & effort should be the one which commits the task There is NOTHING to fear. For I will let no harm come upon you, into the hands of the Lord, in obedience to His command, Stand as I have promised. back & see Me fight!? Stand back & see Me work! For hath not Look for someone to love also means, in other words: Shed all My hand made all this? He Who hath begun all this, should He fears. Be willing to reach out daringly, with nothing to fear, no not also complete it? The Beginning & the End. thought wasted on the consequence, just be driven unstoppably It is mans temptation to assume that he needs to finish what by My love. God has started. In reality, God is only in the process of Defeat your fears! Eliminate your fears! Obliterate your fears! choosing those who choose to let Him work through them, to Weed them out! Seek them out & tear them apart, like evil little help Him establish His true Kingdom. agents implanted on your system by the Enemy. Expose your How finite are the works of man. In all their doings, in all their toil fears. They are the remnants of the darkness in your life. Flood & striving, they accomplish not a fraction of what a believer can them with the light of My Love & Words, & burn them out. achieve on his knees, committing the matter which needs to be Fearlessly stand before Me as a valiant warrior for My cause, done to the Maker. determined to do ANYTHING, for what is there to lose? There are God wants to work. He begs, Command ye Me! He wants us to only greater victories to gain. tell Him what He should do, like a Genie in a bottle, Who would Face your fears & challenge them with the white-hot sword of My be without a job without our prayers. So, lets let Him work Spirit! Get rid of them! Blast them! For I want you to fear neither through us! Pray! Commit what you would have done, to Him, & threats on the inside, nor threats from the outside; neither loss He will do it. nor pain, nor any other thing that men should do unto you, only The works of the flesh often accomplish only the opposite of fear Me. what the Lord wants in your life, for by strengthening & Only fear the results of what might happen if you dont obey Me: increasing your carnal sense of accomplishment, your trust, the loss of souls & victories won, the tears, the hurt & the shame. confidence & reliance on the Spirit is weakened. But fear nothing that might stand in your way, between you & the When I am weak, then I am strong, for His strength is made thing I want you to do. perfect in weakness. He must increase, but you must decrease. Only focus on Me, anchor your look firmly on My eyes & go forth His power in you needs to grow, and your own puny little in fearless obedience of whatever I command you. Then you will strength must come to an end. mightily overcome. Command the Lord what He should do for you, instead of trying Dont let those fears hold you down any longer: fears of to get there by your own strength & efforts, & youll see how reactions of man to the things I might ask you to do or say; fears much further you will go on the wings of the spirit than your own

two feet could ever carry you. Why walk when you can fly? 89 ____________________________________________________ Its not good to be working with people who cant give you any spiritual support. If those who are saved can at times be used by the Enemy & subject to his influences, how much more so those who dont want to receive Me! Just like you are drawn closer toward Me every minute, so those who reject Me grow further & further away from Me by the minute, thus growing worse & worse. He that is not for Me is against Me.

again & again, even after having been chopped down countless times. Unless every trace of the roots is torn out, it will crop up again & again. The love of money is the root of all evil. Sometimes I manage to break someone, & their ego is shattered on the ground, & when they dont accept My hand then to lift them up again, sooner or later the Devil will revive them with his same old enticements of lust for pleasure, love of money & egotism.

93 ____________________________________________________ I have not given you the spirit of fear, nor of uncertainty, nor 90 ____________________________________________________ of darkness, nor of confusion, but the Spirit of power, of love, of Only when you have learned to treat success & failure with the light & of a sound mind. But the Enemy is the author of same desperation, yet clinging to Me in joyful trust in spite of confusion, of self-righteousness, of contradictions, saying things anything that happens, only then will you be stable, unshakable, but never really meaning them, much less keeping his word. immovable by any event or obstacle & can say with the true But be not shaken, even though the whole world should come overcomers: None of these things move me. tumbling down around your ears, and even though all forsake Remember to give Me the glory whenever youve gained a you. victory, whenever youve made it through a day with flying The Devil is an artist of his own kind, and his art is to perfect colors, and remember that the next test may be just around the selfishness & disguise it in a cloak & veneer of self-righteously corner. This victory may already be your next test: to see being convinced of the saintlihood & faultlessness of the selfish whether youre going to give Me the glory for it. All youve got to person, only able to see the faults in others. THATS the do is REMEMBER ME! Thats the key! Sometimes big secrets of perfection of the art of Lucifer, thats his masterpiece: PRIDE! the universe lie in such seemingly insignificant things as the He easily finds entrance into the hearts of those who dont name of a flower: Forget Me not! Dont forget Me! Dont forget to constantly remind themselves of how frail their foundation is give Me the glory! In your remembering Me every step of the way when they base their lives on their own goodness. lies the course, the quality & the effectiveness of your voyage Only those who truly cast themselves entirely upon Me & My through life. mercy & fully realize that anything good about them is nothing of If you forget Me, things are going to happen to remind you of Me. their own merit, only those who truly strive to prefer others to Because it is really an urgent & pressing matter that I become an themselves, & only those who are willing to put their own desires integral part of you! Forgetting Me for an instant may cost life, on the backburner in order to put Me first, only those find in Me cost you a right choice or decision, which might cost you a soul, the power to overcome him, the great tempter, the great lover of which may cost you a kingdom of other souls who might have self. been won through that one. For the loss of a nail...the loss of a He that loseth his life for My sake the same shall save it. But shoe...the loss of a horse... the loss of a king... the loss of the Satan constantly reminds you of all you stand to lose: No, you kingdom. The memory of Me will be the nail that will keep the CANT give THAT much, are you CRAZY? Remember, everyone horseshoe of your action attached to the foot of the horse of My has a RIGHT to demand their MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PRIVACY!!! power, which will enable you to go much further & accomplish The Devil is the advocate & promoter of privacy! much more than you could in your own strength. Plus, it will prevent you from stumbling & causing the loss of your crown or 94 ____________________________________________________ someone elses & thus prevent any loss that might have been The less firmly you are attached to the World & the System, the brought upon the kingdom by any mistake made by failing to less youre going to be affected by the cataclysmic changes that remember Me. are going to befall it. Wanna quit making mistakes? Remember Me! Wanna stop The more you stay tuned to Me & move with My Spirit, the safer blowing it? Remember Me! Wanna win lasting victories & make youll be. Being a pilgrim & stranger in this world always shows continuous uphill progress without the 2-steps forward, one- its advantages when this world is being shaken up by Me & step-back grind? Simply remember Me & give Me the glory by turning events. acknowledging Me, thanking & praising Me & asking Me to keep Let Me carry you above all the waves the storms are whipping up. you from falling, even when you think youre safe. Thats the The sea beneath you is seething & foaming, a black, menacing secret. brew. But you are safe in the palm of My hand, little bird! And you sing on, in spite of the storm. Youll experience first hand My 91 ____________________________________________________ peace in the center & the eye of the storm. Its better to make blunders of the mind than be so afraid of As those on your left & on your right fall prey to confusion, you, making mistakes that you never dare to do anything. unafraid, as one who has got nothing to lose, can rest tranquilly The world is like a lost lover Ive got to find, and youve got to & peacefully in My palm. help Me find her... the lost sheep who are still in the world. The world says: give a little bit of your love to me, cause Im waiting 95 ____________________________________________________ right here with open arms... Love them for Me, will you? Pray for After every storm the sun will shine again: this is the way it a love for the sheep, like Dad used to have: a good shepherd who has always been. I will not forsake you utterly, however hard the cares for the flock, feeds the sheep, prays for the lost & is wind & rain of My purifying chastisements may seem. concerned about them. For though much terror has been brought into the world & worse Your generation is having it easier than any other in history, and shall come: is not My power greater than all that? Isnt My love things wont be able to continue the way they are. greater than their hatred? Man is just reaping the results of the seeds of selfishness, of I dont want you to be overwhelmed by the evil you see in the wanting to enjoy, take, consume, without giving anything in world, leaving you stunned & unable to give life & light to others, return. For centuries & thousands of years people have known I want you to be overwhelmed by My joy, My love & My goodness that you have to sow, in order to reap. Only in these times, & light and to shine it forth & overflow onto them, like a fountain children demand everything in return for nothing. Adults likewise of life, love & light, everywhere you go. have adopted this attitude of, I deserve this, so Im going to take You will see My hand manifesting itself on your behalf. it, only to find out that someone is going to have to pay the I send you out like Don Quixote & Sancho Pansa, to battle the fiddler in the end. windmill giants who are turning the wheels of fortune in this 92 ____________________________________________________ world. Now you must show whether you have the guts to resist Worldliness is a tough weed. It will raise its ugly head & sprout unto blood.

So, be not entangled in the affairs of this life, for this is battle time! Flesh & blood will not inherit the kingdom of God & man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word that proceedeth from My mouth. Are you willing to sacrifice, to be a fighter for Me, to lay your life on the line? If so, let go & let Me run the show! Youre gonna see that with Me, so much better things will be!

those who are weak in their own sight & run to Me for strength & protection. Foolish are they who think theyre strong enough to save themselves. Wise are they who take My Words to heart. Foolish are they who only trust in their own minds. Thus it has been from the beginning, and thus it shall be until the end. The battle royal between those who trust in the flesh & those who put their confidence in the Spirit; those who choose Me for their Captain and those who choose to be the captains of 96 ____________________________________________________ their own fate; the former will sail their boats safely into My All these things from My hands: milk & honey. And yet, so harbor; the latter, in their blind rage of pride and ego will crash many, so often take it for granted. They dont see the myriads of into an iceberg, like the Titanic, & great will be the calamity & the miraculous processes needed in order to get these things to you: cries of woe thereof. the precision in the exact right distance of the sun from the Earth When will they ever learn? Many are called, but few choose to in order for plants to grow... water... people never realize what a learn out of the lessons & experiences I bring into their lives. miracle water is. They just take it for granted & waste it, waste it, Many simply prefer to heed the lies of the majority. They think waste it... But soon, all this flow of blessings will come to an with a carnal mind & see with the eyes of the flesh: the sheer size abrupt halt, & everything willfully wasted now will be willfully of the majority, the size & apparent strength of it appeals to them, wanted then. For these are indeed the fat years, but the lean and they want to be part of it, part of the in-crowd. They seek to years are just around the bend. impress, they dont want to be humiliated. This is why its expedient for you to operate fully by faith. Its the Beware, therefore, and fall not into the same trap! Its very easy only way youre going to survive then. Learn & prepare now by to yield to the temptation of wanting to impress, but know now adjusting to lean wholly on Me, and the transition wont be too that this is the way of the flesh. Seek not to impress with your painful then. If you already allow Me to carry you now, to care for abilities, but with My Spirit. Which means, having to do the you, as if you had nothing but Me, it will not be so difficult then, humble thing that breaks your bottle, thats tough on your pride. when there will REALLY be nothing but Me to rely on. Think about it! Trust not in uncertain riches, but in the living God, Who giveth you freely all things to enjoy. And lay not up for yourselves 97 ____________________________________________________ treasures on Earth, where moth & rust doth corrupt, but an Im asking you to forsake your independence. incorruptible, eternal crown & treasure in My realm, built by The supposed benefits of independence are only illusions, as spiritual materials: faith, My Word & souls won. For riches they only enslave you to your own lusts, and the path of selfcertainly make themselves wings, they fly away as an eagle gratification is not the road to true happiness & fulfillment. toward heaven. Let Me be your treasure, your Supplier. Let faith Delve not in nostalgia about the past, for every day is getting in Me & My Words be your currency. And prove Me now herewith better. Let there be no remorse over past failures. The lessons & if I will not open unto you the windows of heaven & pour forth victories gained out of seeming defeat, far outweigh the loss such a blessing that there shall not be room enough to hold it. there might have been. What is it that you value? Wherein do you find your greatest Your life is meant to be lived for Me and for others. satisfaction, joy & fulfillment? Is it not in the ecstasies & bliss of Those who settle for mere Earthly contentment are like goats My Spirit? For you have drunk from all those other cups & they who can survive on anything. But My sheep will never be truly have left you thirsty & you have found that only the clear satisfied with less than My fresh green grass and the sound of refreshing water of life that I give quickeneth. The flesh profiteth My voice. nothing, it is the Spirit that quickeneth: The Words that I speak Nothing short of the real thing would ever do the trick for you, My unto you, they are Spirit & they are Life. Come, & find life loves. abundantly, and water that will never leave you thirsty again! Please continue on this rough & rugged road that leads to the Find greater delicacies, greater enjoyment, greater kicks & only rewards worth attaining for true overcomers. There is yet intoxication & thrills than in anything that can be found on Earth. much more for you to learn, so, open your ears & your hearts, Mere shadows are found on Earth of that which is found in the and be diligent. Be ready for many new exciting lessons, things glories of My Kingdom! And yet, so many of My children are so to achieve, territories well explore, souls & worlds well conquer. fixed on those shadows and act as if they were all there is that is Only those who see with the eyes of My Spirit, only those who worth striving for in life: the temporal, the fleeting pleasures of are in tune with Me, can see the opportunities all around, the this life, the immediate, quick satisfaction, the cheap thrills, as adventures, the colorful, endless possibilities. For people like opposed to My lasting joys. you there will always be more than enough to do, while the Why do you, My children, settle for less than the best over & over spiritually blind stare into the gray nothingness of their boredom. & over again? Why do you subject yourselves into the hands of Change the world by opening the eyes of the spiritually blind & the powers that rule the physical & temporal realm, who seek to proclaim that theres yet another world to find! use you as pawns in their game, when you are destined to become My rulers of the eternal realm? 98 ____________________________________________________ So, come, My children, & forsake those fleeting pleasures today, There is yet a lot more progress to be made. Think in no wise having food & raiment, let us therewith be content, learning to that you have attained. There are new challenges ahead, and a be content in whatsoever state, and find out about the thrills of forsaking of the old is due. Everyday is a completely new the REAL winners & champions of the universe. The kind of chapter. Be prepared for anything, for changes. happiness that money just cant buy, the bliss of living for love. Be not deceived by any false sense of security. Youre only going Find out how much more blessed it is to give than to receive, to make it if you cling to Me for every little thing I bring across how much more fun it can be to be consumed instead of your path. Only by My grace shall you stand. Take hold of that consuming, to be used by Me, instead of seeking to use others to grace now. give you self-confirmation & pats on the back. Why not strive for Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. But what gives you the a higher goal & wait for a pat on your back from Me: Well, done, guarantee that you will be able to bear tomorrows evil with thou good & faithful servant: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord? greater grace than todays? Behold, the future is NOW! Act NOW And oh, what a joy that shall be! The joy will be the greater, the to be prepared. The only guarantee you have is right NOW. more you are willing to forego the cheap, fleeting & fake joys of Live NOW the way you would not be ashamed of if you were to this world. Besides, you will already be able to enjoy glimpses of stand before Me tomorrow. For what is your life? that heavenly bliss in this life. Only I can strengthen you sufficiently, so, cling to Me, every There is such peace in humility. So, forsake the laughter & the minute, and cease from being so easily distracted, upset or boasts of the proud! Why lean on the arm of the flesh? Wise are irritated, shaken and driven from your path by things & matters

so minuscule & mundane. Trying to pull others up to a higher spiritual level will strengthen you. Only be aware that you also have not fully attained yet. Always bathe your actions & your speech in love, and you wont go wrong. 99 ____________________________________________________ Hatred stirreth up strife. What a great fire such a small member the tongue can kindle. By thy words shalt thou be condemned & by thy words shalt thou be justified. Prove your maturity by refraining from wrath. You havent been as prayerful as you should have been, didnt really desperately seek Me, nor have you reached out enough for My Spirit. Sometimes I have to let things happen to wake you up. Hello! Somebody down there? Im HERE! Waiting! Put on My Spirit of meekness, and I will give you greater wisdom to fight! If Im coaching you, youll score more points. Let more of Me shine through! 100 ___________________________________________________ When you are weak, then you are strong. Walk in humility. What makes you truly great is not the talent I have given you, but the anointing I give you whenever I am able to use you, speak & flow through. In doing so, you wont have to rely on the flesh anymore, for I will do it all. I have begun the good work in you, and I will perfect it. I have said it, and I have done it. It is done already. The things I have revealed in the Spirit long ago, they are done already, they have come to pass already in My eyes, so, walk with your head held high & shine, shine now as you will shine then, for Me its already all the same. Yes, there are trials & tests still before you. Greater ones than you have ever experienced so far. But in My eyes, you have passed them already, for I know you will cling to Me as your only hope. You have put Me first, and are determined to keep doing so. You have stopped running away. You are heeding My call, embracing My love & I hope you will continue to treasure it more than anything. The greatest temptation for a sincere Christian is to make a god out of his duties toward Me, instead of worshipping Me wholly, so, dont ever forget that: I want You much more than the bedroom slippers you make for Me. You cant look to people for inspiration and fulfillment. You will only find your lasting joy in close communion & constant union with Me. Stay close to Me! Dont run away! Hold My hand! Receive My whispers! Try to hear them when you read your mails, when you drive, when you sing, & learn to keep in constant tune with Me. Put Me on fully! Let Me be you! 101 ____________________________________________________ With man its impossible, but I am a God Who thrives on mans extremities. Where you cant anymore, there I can. Where you end & come to the end of your capacities, there I begin & have a chance to start working finally! through you. Not by might nor by power nor by mans gifts, wit or prudence but by My Spirit. Only if I enable you, you have the strength to work these workings of My Spirit. The flesh is utterly incapable, useless, a hindrance, an annoyance. It doesnt cut the cake when you intend to do My work & the works of My Spirit. Its got to be My Spirit in you! Keep going & keep trying for Me, even if they dont respond. Beckon & urge them to follow Me, even if they do so reluctantly. Pressure from Me gets My prophets out of the System, & then its gotta be them to exert pressure on the people, to get them out, too. The Systems brainwash taught you, You shouldnt pressure anyone, especially when it comes to religious matters! The devil has become a master at subtly spreading his message, camouflaging it in cloaks of independence & individuality, when all the while conniving to enslave them all to his demons, manifested in their own lusts, selfish pursuits & ambitions. Be freed from this lie, which has been binding you, tying your

hands & stopping your mouth, keeping you from proclaiming My truth as you should. Be no longer stopped by their outward shows of reluctance. Its much like a womans outwardly cold pretense of not being interested in a man, while inwardly craving his every bit of attention. Ive left some special rewards to the wise, those, who dont give up too easily, the persistent ones. If things would have be too easy, there would be no challenge. Youve got to fight persistently to reap the most precious blessings & benefits in life. Its hard work, even spiritually. Attack this hurdle with fervor & determination, & you will become a true overcomer & accomplisher of the lasting works of My Spirit. Tackle this obstacle, & you will truly become a useful tool in My hands, for you will truly have learned to operate in the Spirit! Its a spiritual effort, a spiritual push, & youve got to put some real spiritual force, umph & drive into it to get the desired results. Be a spiritually violent & forceful warrior, tearing down the Devils strongholds in the hearts of the children of men. Develop your spiritual muscles, work out & workem up. Become a strong man in My Spirit. Hurt feelings & sensitivity come only from the Systems hogwash of pride. Up Here, the truth is welcome in its full power, for it is known as a force of liberation from Earthly chains of pride & inhibitions. No more cowardly & weakly chickening out & backing up at the slightest show & display of reluctance & resistance, okay? Attack the goal & the foe before you head on! Race toward the mark of the prize! Move forward! Dont retreat! No surrender! Not an inch! Okay? Thats the Spirit! 102 ____________________________________________________ I do some things to teach you patience, other things to keep you patient, and yet others to make sure youre still patient. For verily, you have need of patience. Patience with others, even patience with yourself. Patience with your & their mistakes & faults... There is nothing greater you can accomplish but to love Me and those around you. 103 ____________________________________________________ Im always available, always eager to hear from you, and more willing to give than you are to receive. Ask Me about the things that are going on in your life. There is so much to learn from all youre going through. I know that the more I give you, the more you will overflow onto others. I wont judge anyone by the amount of souls they have won, only by their faithfulness to do whatever they could in their situation. But those samples of outstanding performances or achievements for Me should give you an alternative to what youre seeing on your right and on your left, and for you to know that nothing is impossible and there are no limits to what I can do with a man who is determined to let Me use him. To feel bad about it would be the opposite of the desired effect & definitely does not come from Me. Let those positive testimonies inspire you and encourage you to attain to greater heights & actions for Me! What Ive done through others! Let Me prove to you that nothings impossible. I dread that spirit of conformity, that normal way & the urge of people to adapt & assimilate the style, the behavior & the exact patterns of everyone around them. I love it when someone dares to be different, to step out of the norm, the habitual scheme... Thats the kind of people with the potential to change the world. 104 ____________________________________________________ How can My soldiers be fighting wholeheartedly when they dont really hate their enemy? When they cant even see him? The same forces who will be at work during the time of the AC are already at work right now to bring him to power. A new world order doesnt just pop out of nothing without having been thoroughly planned. Some things look simpler on the surface

than they really are, and just because you cant see the intricacy on the surface, doesnt mean its not there...

Its the yielding to Me, and accepting the perfect peace that whatsoever state I have put you in, I have put you in it therewith to be content, that brings happiness. For you know that I love 105 ____________________________________________________ you, and even though it may not look like it, you know that I will If there wouldnt be any opposition, there would be no challenge. keep My promise & everythings going to be alright! Youve got to have some kind of contrast against which you can Thats My promise to mankind: Everythings going to be alright! see the light. It works like this in many other aspects of My Even if it seems that everythings going all wrong, temporarily, creation. for the Devil and his cohorts are given temporary control over Adversity is what makes you strong. this world, you will see: Everythings going to be alright! Some people are just looking for an excuse to do what they Rejoice, for your redemption draweth nigh! would really like to do: Quit. Throw in the towel & say Uncle to Let Me restore unto you the joy of My salvation by looking at the the Devil. Get me back into the matrix! I dont want any more of wonderful things ahead, beyond the shadows that surround you this hard life of faith... & are so imminent. Look through the matrix of the Devil onto the Distract me, distract me! Keep me busy with superficial greater goal behind it, My Kingdom, where nothing shall hurt or thoughts. I dont want to see the ugly truth! I dont want to hear destroy. Where righteousness will cover the Earth as the waters all those things about how bad the world is. Let me sleep! Let me cover the seas. dream on, this blissful little dream Im having... Dont wake me up Yes, troubles will come, and troubles are necessary, in order for with your talk about warning & End time...! mankind to appreciate My blessings that I will bring over them, Only few have the faith ascribed to Job, who can say, Even if it even My rule, which they would resent otherwise. First they must looks as if God is breaking His Word & breaking His promise to see the righteousness of the Devil, before they will be able to Me, I will still trust Him! appreciate Mine. Only few deem themselves less righteous than God. Even you must have those days of battle and of pain, in order to You have to constantly be on guard & desperate, always on the appreciate the good days. Soon I will have to withdraw a whole lookout, not hobnobbing with those who have already betrayed lot of blessings from mankind: because they dont appreciate Me, and trying to please them... them, but are taking them for granted. The tendency to be shallow & superficial & worldly was already Satan is My sheepdog. And even those judgments Im allowing in those who left before they left and in those who are indulging the Devil to leash out upon the world will bring people into My in it right now, its only a matter of time until it sprouts into an fold. ugly weed thats going to invite the giants of doubt & criticism in A mighty harvest shall come through the troubles that are to do their share of damage in their part of the Fathers estate, awaiting the world. before they peter out themselves... unless they repent. Hear, therefore, the Words from My mouth, like My prophets of old, that you may be strengthened & will stand your ground in 106 ____________________________________________________ the days of adversity, and you may have an answer to give to him The first shall be the last. The last shall be the first. that asketh thee. Sometimes those who were expected the least to be used by Me, You tried to tear yourself loose from Me to see whether your arm are the ones who wind up being used the most. For My ways are of the flesh could carry you any further than I could. But you saw not your ways, and I choose whoever I will. Sometimes I use that it was not so, but that from My hand come blessings, and in people who were the most unlikely candidates, that it truly might My hand is the power to withhold blessings, when I know its be the excellency of My power in you & not anything of best for those who I love. yourselves, lest Israel say, 'mine own arm hath saved me.' All things that are good for you, I will grant you with a generous Only those who follow Me each step of the way are going to make heart. it. Encourage others to follow Me, to hear from Me, to receive My So, continue to be My prophet brides, those who shall be known guidance. More desired to be are My Words of guidance to you, for their love for Me. Love that will enable them to do all things, a than thousands in gold & silver. Trust in My riches! Seek My love to overcome all obstacles, the love with which I have loved riches, those riches & treasures in Heaven, where neither moth you first, by which I have created you. nor rust doth corrupt! Seek My face every day! Thats the best preparation. I will guide 108 ____________________________________________________ you with Mine eye, thou shalt hear a word behind thee, saying, A day in My courts is better than a thousand others. An hour this is the way, walk ye in it! I will instruct you & teach you, lead spent in the halls of My courts, in prayer & praise & worshipping, & guide you each step of the way. seeking & trusting Me will accomplish a thousand times more Im your only hope & chance of survival! You have to learn to than any hour spent trying to solve the problem in the flesh. really rely on Me and My help to make it through whatever the In other words, prayer is a thousand times more effective than future holds! anything else you can do, because by praying, youre leaving the I will be your secret weapon! I will be your defense! I will be your matter in the hands of Him Who is really able to do something secret Source of instructions, which will ensure your survival, about it. your protection, your provision and your success! Just follow No matter how cool you may be, how open, how permissive: Me! Just be prepared for whatever, whenever it comes, by without Me, youll still wind up a failure. following Me closely each step of the way. You must not rely on anything but My hand, My power & My Putting Me first is the key to happiness. Spirit. 107 ____________________________________________________ I lead you down the rugged paths into the abyss & depth of despair so you will cry out to Me. For look at who are the ones who go astray: is it not the rich and the noble ones, the ones for whom everything comes so easy? Solomon went astray because he didnt have to go through the hardships his father had to go through, which made him appreciate the kingdom, for he didnt just receive it by birth, he couldnt take it for granted, because he had to suffer persecution even from loved ones before he could inherit it. Without the things you suffer you would never be able to learn the lessons I want you to learn. Its those many afflictions & sufferings that make you righteous (Ps.34:19). 109 ____________________________________________________ The majority of people prefer darkness to the light, for their deeds are evil. Its not necessarily that theyre obviously or blatantly evil, either, but when the Father shall judge every work of every man, woman & child, all things shall be revealed. Now is the time of faith, to take things by faith, even though you dont see or understand every aspect of everything involved. Blessed are they who, not seeing, yet believe. So, take My blessing by faith. Know that it is there, even if you dont see it or feel it, just take My Word for it. Thats the only foundation on which you can stand. As long as you hold on to the rock of My Word, you wont get washed away. Abide in Me, and abide in My Word. Thats the

secret place, the shadow under the wings of the Almighty.

am. But I AM. Thats a fact you can build on, no matter what all the scoffers & 110 ____________________________________________________ doubters can do or say. And your job & task it is to show them I The greater the darkness, the brighter the light, and the closer am. we get to the End, the brighter you will shine. Woe unto a man if the light that be in them is darkness, and if the 114 ____________________________________________________ words they speak will be found to be lies to deceive many. Nobodys perfect, & thats not what Im expecting of you. I Your Enemy would love to accuse Me of the same sins he is a will make you perfect, but its none of your own doing other than master of himself, and he tries, but blessed are those who have simply following My leadings step by step. the faith to see through his lies, who have the discernment not to Ye are clean through the Words I have spoken unto you, and trust him, but look past the apparent sense his accusations may there is no wiser investment of your time, no greater treasure make temporarily, expose them as lies & find Me again on the you can gather, than this. Only one thing is more blessed than to other side of the shady cloak the Devil would have tried to cast receive these Words, and that is to give them. between us. Look for the next step I would like you to take. Like crossing a Shady Cloaks of Lies is one of the Devils favorite games. As river: Look for the next stone or rock on which to put your foot. soon as he spins another one and he spins many he looks for My Words, My instructions to you are like those rocks. And as an appropriate victim to present it to, to see whether he can you follow them step by step, youll eventually get to the other hypnotize them with it, distract them with it from the truth, the side safely. only true Center of all, the only One Who could give meaning to You are My rays of hope. Focus on Me & receive power to shine. their lives. Shady Cloaks of Lies the Devils favorite game. Im calling you again & again to come to Me, to rest in Me, bask in Make people aware of that. Me. The secret lies in letting Me fill you to overflowing. When your 111 ____________________________________________________ cup runneth over onto others, you can be sure that goodness & By allowing a bad sample of others to become your excuse for mercy will follow you all the days of your life. Giving that which giving up, you yourself have become an even worse sample. you receive fills you even more than the actual receiving. Look not at others! Look to Me! I'm the only One who will never Dont look for popularity if you want to be successful in My disappoint you, & the only One who can preserve you from service. becoming a disappointment to others. Always seek the truth. The moment you judge others for their behavior is your first step Inhale it, absorb it, and reflect it, and you will be a piercing ray of down the road of acting even worse. That's how the world got light that will cut through the Devils clouds, and the darker it worse & worse all the time. This process was highly accelerated gets, the brighter youll be. by the Devil's ability to show artificially created & enacted 'bad If you invest what little strength you have to connect with Me, behavior' on TV & in the movies..... Just like people are more youre tapping into a Power Source thats unbeatable, invincible. prone to believe a lie than the truth, they also tend to imitate the bad, rather than the good -- otherwise, why aren't there more 115 ____________________________________________________ Ghandis & Mother Teresas? (Jn. 3:19). There is yet so much If you just focus on Me, and the dire necessity to put Me at more to learn for all of you, & yet, each of you has that innate the center of all your activities, thoughts & endeavors, youre tendency to think that you know better. making a straight bee-line toward My perfect will for you. If you humbly ask Me to show you your weak areas & how you Its a fine balance to know when something becomes a can improve them, you'll fare so much better. And you'll have so distraction, or whether its something I want to use to draw you much more to share from the revelation & overcoming of your closer to Me, so, youre just going to have to stay in tune with Me mistakes & shortcomings. & make an effort to ask Me everything! Ill be right there to answer you every time, even when you dont 112 ____________________________________________________ feel like it. Feelings are deceptive! The inspiration you receive The more you dwell in My Word the better you know your from Me when you come to Me, which spurs you to action & weaknesses, for My Words are a mirror to your soul & an divinely inspired interaction with others, those types of emotion exposing light of the wickedness & deceitfulness of the heart of are a gift from Me. man. My Word is a two-edged sword, discerner of thoughts & The other, natural emotions can either be good or bad, but intents of the heart, & if you really want to know the truth about whichever, you should not let them determine your actions, nor yourself, study My Word. In fact, that's the main reason why most your state of mind. people shun My Word, because it reveals the ugly truth about YOU need to get a hold of My Spirit & the victory, whether YOU them. It's not always very uplifting or encouraging; it's breaking, feel like it or not! If you dont feel it, just get desperate & break & a downer at first. But then again, it's like the story of the through to My side until youre there. Some things you have to wayward son who didn't stick it through the reading of his fight for. fathers testament until the good part came. Break the vicious cycle of not feeling like you can get a hold of The good news is that I can deliver you from all the sins & Me & thus not really being in the victory. weaknesses & make a new creature out of you. All have been Break it by punching through in the Spirit, regardless of whatever tempted to feel more righteous than God about some point at one feelings; grab hold of Me, and I will pour down My divine time or another. inspiration & anointing on you. Self-righteousness makes you judge people in your carnal mind, applying the letter of the law & by doing so, you're robbing 116 ____________________________________________________ yourself & cheating yourself out of opportunity to 'love the Passive rebellion is a very poisonous spirit. Its the silent unlovely', 'go the extra mile', 'cast a veil over a multitude of sins' type of rebellion many young people use to prove that they & rise above the 'natural cycle'. were right all along. They try stressing your patience to the limit Let Me manifest My life-changing power in you, & you'll inspire until you finally give in & then they can point their finger & say, them to change, as well, for they will see My awesome power at See? I knew it. work first hand. People have to realize that in this life, a lot depends on them. A lot depends on them, when it comes to whether they will ever see 113 ____________________________________________________ the fulfillment of their dreams or not. How much are they willing I really AM, I really DO exist. Do you think I told Moses thats to invest? How much elbow-grease are they willing to put into it? My name because it is the answer to the most essential question: If your input is zero, thats what you will reap. He that soweth 'God, are you REALLY there? I AM!!! Im not often quite easily sparingly, shall also reap sparingly. perceived & recognized, nor accepted as the God of Love that I If you want something out of life, youve got to put something

into it & not just sit back passively & wait for everything to just come along. Show Me that youre learning out of this lesson. Your children are a mirror to you. All these lessons I allow to come along in your life for a purpose. 117 ____________________________________________________ Everything is dead without the Spirit. All the perfection one can try to attain in the flesh, is dead & nothing, without the true life of My Spirit. Dont just let the things you learn inform you, but form you, shape you into something greater. Learn to see with the eyes of the spirit, not merely acknowledge data & accumulate information. Dont just accept facts with your brain, but come to know with the tacit knowing of faith, so you learn to apply the information adequately, and the right bits at the right time. Thats when believing becomes seeing and faith becomes knowing. 118 ____________________________________________________ I want to teach you to love. Without love, it all avails nothing. Let all your things be done in love. I'm proud of you when there is so much love among yourselves that people can tell you are My disciples. Show people that you've tapped into the source of Love. Knowledge? Efficiency? Skill? Coolness? --None of these things come anywhere near the power of love! Be a representative of Love. You represent Me, & I am Love. Stop letting all other ambitions & motives distract you from the one & only true purpose you're on this Earth for: to love. 119 ____________________________________________________ How easily you lose sight of Me, when Im there all the time. If you only had a notion of how present I am. How real. Become Christ-conscious! Become more conscious of Me! Focus not on the things at hand, focus on Me, & the things at hand will take on a whole new meaning & they will come & go with such greater ease. I want you to know beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Im always right here with you! I need you to be alone with Me before I can teach you how to successfully live with & lead & guide & shepherd others. Theres always more of Me & what I give is only limited by what you can handle. 120 ____________________________________________________ Just because your personal experiences have formed a certain frame of what you can imagine as possible and what not, it doesnt really have any influence whatsoever on the fact whether its really possible or not. And My children should always know, that in spite of their own limited experience & all theyve learned to be possible or not, all things are possible to him that believeth, for with Me, nothing shall be impossible. Dont be deceived by the apparent, dont limit yourselves to your own finite minds and experiences. Ask Me to open your eyes & expand your vision that you may be able to see those things which right now you cant see. Call on the keys of vision & understanding, and I will broaden your perception. Just because you cant see Me doesnt mean Im not there. Just because you cant see Uranus, Pluto or Jupiter at least not in broad daylight, doesnt mean theyre not there. Just because you cant see My millions of angels & spirit helpers doesnt mean... and so on. Theres more to life than what meets the eye. 121 ____________________________________________________ Just as it is more blessed to give than to receive, so it is more blessed to love than to be loved. - And the most blessed is the ability to love unconditionally, even when that love isnt requited or even appreciated, to give when you apparently receive nothing in return. That is love that overcometh all things. Love that rises above the circumstances. Love that sees beyond that which meets the eye, into a distant future, where even the most seemingly futile efforts of love are richly rewarded, and, oh, will they be appreciated then.

Even those to whom you were pouring out your love, who didnt appreciate it when you did, and it was like pouring water into a bucket full of holes, it will fall like scales from their eyes, & they will be so thankful. I doubly appreciate your efforts to love when that love is not returned. There will be tears in Heaven, but mostly tears of joy & of gratitude for the unspeakable love that gave when nothing was given in return, love that never gave up, refusing to look anywhere but toward that day when your seemingly lost efforts will meet the highest reward. Regardless of any other ambition in life one may have right now: Love is the only light, the only truth, the only thing that gives a life purpose. Love will never be lost. Though all the riches in the world & all the mighty monuments to the accomplishments of man will cease & sink into the sand, love will remain, for it is the eternal essence, that part of Me in this world that will outlast everything. Love, only love will remain. 122 ____________________________________________________ For they all seek their own & not that which is Christs Everybodys into their own thing; their own plans, interests, dreams, opinions, views their own world. Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground & die, it abideth alone... On its own, the grain of wheat doesnt do much good. And down there in the darkness it doesnt see, feel or perceive much but its immediate surroundings: the earth & the worms, an occasional mole or bug. But if it absorbs the heat of My sunshine & the waters of My rain & lets its shell become soft, something inside starts growing, which finally wants to burst through the shell of your former confines. And thats the moment when your old man dies to make room for something new, something greater than your former self. And as you grow steadily heavenward, finally you see the light & eventually find yourself side by side with many, countless other stalks of grain. Your roots intertwined with theirs, you sway & dance in the wind in unison, youre not an individual entity anymore, alone no, that lone self & former you has died youre one with the harvest now, ready to bring forth much fruit. 123 ____________________________________________________ I am a God of the New. I am always the new, the unknown element, which is why people shun Me, for they are used to their old, comfortable ruts. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear Me not. For I am the God of change, and he that is open to Me is open to change. He that seeks Me seeks the new. 124 ____________________________________________________ I am the difference between life & death. For I am Life, & without Me, youre dead. Lifeless, motionless, dead. If you would be fully aware of how incapable you are to get anything accomplished without My help, you would constantly be seeking My contact, desperately grasping for Me as a drowning man grasping for air. I am your oxygen. I am what keeps you alive. If I withdraw just a fraction of the necessary ingredients to keep you alive, your body would cease to exist. What man is taking for granted is actually an endless sequence of miracles. Dont think of the eternal realm as a lesser realm. The pride of man is thus that he considers his own world superior, just like most people consider everything that is their own to be of superior value than that which is someone elses: whether it be their own opinion, their own point of view, their own country or family or way of doing things... their own religion. Thats the difference between true faith & all false religions. True faith is the opposite of all that is your own, for it comes not from your own world, nor your own mind, nor from any place or realm that is your own. For the Kingdom of God does not belong to any man, but any man can choose to belong to the Kingdom of God. So, there are those who claim to be Mine, but they only want to use Me, instead of letting Me use them. There are those who want to make Me their own, but refuse to let Me truly call them My

own, for they refuse to listen to Me and they refuse to obey Me. Those are the ones of whom I prophesied in My Word, I have never known you. (see Mt.7:22,23) For how can I know them, if they continuously lock Me out of their hearts & lives, when I want to come in & know them, make love to them? Only those who let Me love them, come in unto them & possess them can be claimed as Mine, and those, in return, have the right to call Me their Lord & Husband. If you continue in My Words you will receive the strength to do My works. But if you constantly run off, doing your own thing, how can you claim you belong to Me? If you really want to serve Me, then start by sitting down at My feet & listening to Me daily. You MUST spend the expedient amount of time with Me each day to fully enter into My consciousness the realm of My Spirit My heavenly thought power & My full possession. Otherwise all your works are like nothing. As one that beateth the air. Stop beating the air right now & start making moves that count, performing works that will last, by doing them in My power & by My Spirit, following My guidance & instructions. Let Me empower you before you get to work, & you wont feel condemned, empty or depressed at the end of the day, & your sleep will be sweet. Let Me be the One to fulfill your hearts desires & finally stop yielding to every craving & whim of your mind. Imagine youre a deep sea diver. I am the bottle of oxygen on your back! Thats how much you need Me! What choice did you make today? Did you choose to sit at My feet & listen to My Words, or did you prefer to run out on Me again? Youve got to make the decision to forsake all & follow Me every day of your life! 125 ____________________________________________________ When you will come to be with Me, all your sorrows, your battles, your trials, will all fade away in an instant & will seem ridiculously insignificant. You will immediately be so absorbed by the matters that truly count & so overwhelmed by the sheer impact of the eternal nature, all your former temporal difficulties, human shortcomings & failures will be shadows of the past. As you will be drawn unstoppably into My light that will make all those former shadows fade away, you will see & know as you are seen & known & you will embrace the new, the much better version of what youve left behind in that earthly cocoon. Let this breeze of eternity soothe your mind & remind you of how irrelevant all your trials & worries are, how unreal they suddenly become when faced with the glory of the eternal realm of My Kingdom. Trust in Me, that everything I allow to happen in your life someday soon will all make perfect sense. When you will come face to face with the final, complete picture of your life, every seemingly meaningless stroke will have a perfect purpose. Even those dark shades, the sorrowful times & dark battles &, yes, even your sins, will serve for the contrast needed to make that picture perfect. 126 ____________________________________________________ Hear! Hearken for the sound of My voice, My whispers, the Words from My lips, throughout the day! Keep an open ear for the checks & whispers your helpers would like to give you. Learn to integrate them more consciously in your daily activities. If you become more aware of them & acknowledge their presence more, things will flow much more easily, your day will open up into a larger range of possibilities of revelations, lessons, instructions & thus greater efficiency. If youre open, they can show you more effective ways of doing whatever you are doing. And always check in with Me & them before you start doing something new. 127 ____________________________________________________ Sometimes you have to seek & search in the spirit for the cause of your problems, & then I can reveal the culprit, the perpetrator, the responsible root of evil to you, & it becomes your

target, & then, ITNOTPOTKs, you fire away! You are continuously under attack by an invisible foe, but with My help & through My Spirit, you can locate them, pinpoint them, & through the weapons Ive given you, liquidate them, annihilate them, & get rid of them! The power I have given you is always greater than that of the Enemy! Unfortunately, a battle is often lost because you fail to recognize & pin down your enemy! Often you tend to ignore them, brush them aside with an attitude of, Oh, I dont have time for this today! But If you dont get alone with the Lord & lick the Devil first, you might as well forget it! Its expedient, absolutely necessary, that you win the victory over your spiritual enemy first, before you can seriously consider making any real spiritual progress. And without spiritual progress, there wont be much progress in the physical realm. You can see the victory or defeat on your faces. A victorious face will always go further in spreading My victory & furthering My cause than one that is ridden by trial, self-doubt & defeat... After all, nobody will believe that youre able to help them out of their hole if they can see you stuck in one yourself. So, get the victory first thing before you do anything else: get a hold of Me & let Me annihilate the devil for you! Let Me practice My sharpshooting skill a little bit, by helping you to focus on your target everyday, pull the trigger & shoot the balloons of the Devils bluffs & scare tactics for you. Call on the keys & the names of your specially appointed defenders, when being attacked by Lethargy, Apotheon, Pan, Bacchus, Obstacon, the evil Selvegion or Vandari! Half the victory is already won once you recognize & detect their presence or approach. Dont let them cheat you out of the joy & happiness I could give you everyday by simply ignoring them or pretending theyre not there or hoping theyll just go away. Thats one way how NOT to win the victory: hoping theyll just go away. Unless you show them Whos the Boss & that youre no quitter, but an adversary to be reckoned with, theyll always come back & torment you when you least need it. Fight, beloved, for this is what you were born & called to do: to be fighters for Me, warriors to make the Devil tremble. Liberators of your entrapped & captive brethren. Guerrillas of the spirit who will beat the hell out of the wicked forces of the foe with the new weapons. Youll have to fight your way through to victory. If I would just give you the reward without you having to fight for it, you would never appreciate it as much as once you will have bled & fought for dear life over it! Do you think Im making a mistake? All this battle & fighting business thats not the film youd like to play in? Im the Director, & I chose My cast, & even though you may have a hard time believing this, but I know best whos suited for which role. Sometimes it takes a while for an actor to grow into a role or for a role to grow onto them. But when the movie is done, youll know that I was right. And as you will receive your reward, your Oscar, you will thank Me & say, Even though I initially had my doubts about the Directors wisdom in choosing me for this part, I want to thank Him now for giving it to me in spite of my earlier protests... And youll go on to thank your producers, your staff & colleagues, & all the little folks behind the scenes who made it all possible. I know, its a little tough & strenuous at times, the shooting & making of this movie of your life. The training for the battle scenes alone is wearisome & its hot & uncomfortable. And, oh, the antics of some of those other actors! Well, welcome to the Hollywood of the real life! Once you take the time to carefully study the script, you begin to realize it actually makes beautiful sense, & I promise, therell be grateful tears when youll see your name among all the others scrolling down at the end, & youll know it will have been worth it all! Your heart will be one great, big 'Thank You! And on My cap you will read a whole-hearted Youre welcome! 128 ____________________________________________________ My Love for you grows. Especially when I see that youre

trying your best to obey Me, trust Me & follow Me... It makes Me so proud of you. Im proud of you for being willing to be different. Im proud of you for being willing not to be conformed to any clich, anything thats been there, but for having the courage to be something completely new & unorthodox. When it comes to this world, Ive always been strange & weird, not because I am weird, but because theyre so far away from the way things are supposed to be. Theyre so far away from My standard of love, so deep into their darkness, the light scares them half to death. It takes humility to be willing to seemingly be the loser, but humility is one of the most precious & most to be desired qualities in the universe! Strive for the golden garment of humility! It only looks like a shaggy rag in this world, especially to unbelievers & captives of mammon, but to the eyes of faith it is one of the greatest treasures to be desired. If you want to learn of Me, seek humility! If you want to follow Me, bathe yourself in humility! If you want to be like Me, acquire humility! If you would be truly free, desire humility. Humility is wise & meek, not easily puffed up, not easily provoked.... Humility is love. Whatever you do, dont let it become tainted with pride, but make your humility plain & obvious to all men. For it is pride that makes people rise against each other & spout out hateful words. But humility always takes the low seat, apologizes, and is meek. This doesnt mean youre supposed to let them trample all over you, but it does mean that you should remain polite & calm, and not reel off a barrage of bad language, even if you may have all the legitimate reasons in the world for it. Trust Me, and leave these matters in My hands & learn not to get upset when something happens, but to take it as from My hand, even as a test. Just take it as something that Im allowing to happen in your life right now, for a purpose, even if its just to see whether youll be smart enough to just give it back to Me. Just say, Thank You, Lord, for handing us this situation! Could we now kindly hand it back to You, for You to take care of it? We cant, Lord! We thank You for this terrific lesson, Lord, but Youre going to have to take care of the details, show us how to handle this & do the rest, the part we cant... That is wisdom. That is faith. That is believing Romans 8:28. Thats trusting Me the way it pleases Me. Thats knowing that Im in control. And no matter how grave the situation may look right this minute, by faith & by My grace, youll be able to laugh about it tomorrow, next week, or at the very latest when youre with Me in My Kingdom. Id be honored to prove Myself worthy of the trust you put in Me. 129 ____________________________________________________ Thou art wise that thou art simple in faith to use & claim the power of My keys. Avail yourself of their power & nothing & no one shall be able to withstand you. If I hadnt given you the power to remedy this situation, the solution, & hadn't made it possible for you to solve this problem, I would not have allowed it. There IS an answer to every problem. Its just that most people dont even look for it, or have the faith that it is there, or they think, Nah, thats too simple...! My answers always had to be easy enough for a child to grasp them, otherwise they wouldnt have been universal enough. Love is the answer. Prayer is the answer. They can come up with all their carefully designed plans of improvement, but if they cant come up with love & faith, they wont succeed. Sooner or later, every human being will have to come face to face with the fact that without Me you can do nothing. Lets face it: without Me you cant even breathe. Who made the lungs & the oxygen? And Who created the process that made an endless supply of oxygen possible? Just because they refuse to give the credit to Me doesnt change the fact that Im still responsible for it. Air is a good description of My nature: It is invisible, yet vital & all around you. Sometimes it is warm & still & sometimes whips your faith in strong winds, or wreaks judgment over the Earth in fierce storms. Mostly taken for granted, you never miss it as much as when its not there, just like people are most desperate

for Me when I remove the things that keep them alive, when theyre nearing their death... Thats when they realize in terror that they cant survive another minute without that certain something theyve been taking for granted all their lives, like a drowning man. With all their knowledge about the intricacy of My creation, of how complex everything is, they still refuse to accept Me, just because that would be too simple... View your task as one of a life-guard, offering the rope of Salvation to a drowning population. Those who are firmly anchored in this World will go down with it. But those who let go, and have got nothing to lose are the truly blessed ones. Freedoms just another word for Nothing left to lose... I am your Home & your Refuge! Seek not any Earthly security, which is all fake & temporal anyway. Stay close to Me, the One Who can ensure your safety, your health & your survival, wherever you are. Once you realize that nothing else matters but Me, you will live happily & in freedom. 130 ____________________________________________________ I am the Great ANYHOW! My specialty is to do things in spite of the unfavorable circumstances & against all odds. The very existence of life is a proof of that. I am He Who creates something out of nothing; in fact, everything. I can make something out of nothing, in fact, the less there is of you, the more I can do with you. The problem Im having is with those big shot somebodies, who think they really are something. The ones who are too important in their own sight to even stop once to acknowledge Me or think of Me. Rejoice that you are nobody! I can use nobodies a lot better than somebodies! Rejoice when you feel small, useless & like nothing! Thats when I can use you! Thats the point where you cry out to Me & realize that without Me youre nothing! 131 ____________________________________________________ Satan knows what a loss it is to Me when one of My brides is too entangled in their own matters to come to Me. Thank you for rebuilding that wall that had crumbled under the Enemys attacks. I bring about greater strength, greater glory & usefulness out of rebuilt things that had been cast on the junk pile by others. I am a Specialist in healing wounded souls. I gave Adam the garden, but I didnt take over the gardeners role for him. That was his part. Have faith that Im able to do for others what I have done for you. If they give Me a chance. 132 ____________________________________________________ Moving feels like dying but its also going to be the beginning of a new life. A new deck of cards, a brand new situation, with an almost limitless amount of new possibilities for Me to use you in. Its exciting, and you can feel things really moving. As you move your ship across the fierce oceans of this life, I will be your anchor, My Spirit will be the wind to blow you to your destiny & My Words of instruction will be your helm & rudder, steering you in the directions I tell you to. Ive got you tightly in the palm of My hand, I wont let you fall, I wont let any harm come near you. I can see things and people the way theyre going to be & they already are in the spirit. There are many who have been broken, but they dont know yet about the Potter Who has everything in His hand. How many throw their lives away because they see no hope at all. There are many who would yearn for the comfort you know. But they dont see any hope. Thats why Im letting you experience the feeling of abandonment, of feeling completely lonely & forsaken, at times. May these experiences break your hearts for those in the world who have no notion of Me. You carry My torch, children, so, hold it high, for all to see, and become not entangled in your own bickerings, desires & lacks... things you want and think you lack, when you lack nothing but the ability to see My abundant blessings & show the due gratitude.

Lift up your eyes, and hearts and tongues in thankful praises to Me. Please Me by praising Me! Its vital to have a thankful attitude. Remember always to thank Me, My love, for things truly could be worse. It pleases Me so when I see you thankful, even for the little things. Constantly focusing on the hole in the doughnut is a very dangerous trick of the Devil. Its the opposite of the glad game: Instead of seeing the good things in a bad situation, he shows you the bad side of any good situation, makes you focus on that which keeps it from being perfect. Show Me and the world a grateful smile! But if you let the Enemy cheat you out of the joy of My blessings by failing to recognize or to acknowledge them, walking around under a cloud of doom all day because of whatever you think youre missing out on, nobody will believe you that youve got anything more than what theyve got. Everything I give you is good, and you can accept it, take it, and use it and enjoy it. Enjoy life as the gift that it is. Enjoy this school as the gift that it is. 133 ____________________________________________________ The god of romance, of physical love, of wanting to be loved instead of giving love is the one that has threatened to take My place in My childrens lives more than any other god, and often he has succeeded, resulting in an empty, dissatisfied life of one who has missed My highest calling & will for their life. Beware of making an idol out of any human! Delight thyself in the Lord & He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. You say, Give me the desire of mine heart, oh Lord, then I will delight myself in Thee. Once I have given you the desires of your hearts, you say, more, more! I cant delight myself in You, unless You give me more! Addiction to a human being can be one of the worst kind. It is an abomination in My sight for any of My children to make a god out of anything or anyone else but Me. In your witnessing & in winning people to Me, it can never be early enough to point people toward Me, lest they become so focused on you that they cant let you go, and you will be standing between Me and them. The art of letting go is a prerequisite for anyone truly desiring to serve Me, for one must not only be willing to let go of all other things AND persons that would stand between them and Me, but they must actually DO so. Its the difference between being willing to forsake all and actually doing it. Its the difference between knowing the way & actually walking in it. The difference between being a hearer and a doer. Show Me your faith by your works.

calm when others would freak out. To feel safe & secure when there is nothing to hold on to, no rope, no net only My invisible hand. Trust in the face of adversity. Dont despise simplicity, for it bears a beauty that they who seek perfection know not of. 136 ____________________________________________________ When you shall seek for Me with all your hearts, I will let you find Me. Though that what you will find is often the opposite of what you were hoping for in the flesh, death of self, death to the flesh, death to pride & everything that exalts itself. My road is not the easy road. When you put the pleasures of the flesh before My needs, I cannot fully bless you. When you seek the things of the flesh, I cannot punch through! What you do is weightier than what you say! Good words wont be able to make up for bad deeds... I always keep My Word, and I want My children to stick to their words as part of their testimony for Me, and to reflect the good fruits of their faith in Me by their reliability. If you say youre going to do something, DO it!

137 ____________________________________________________ Our love is going to help you make it at your very own pace. There is much to do, but how are you going to do it if you dont learn to make use of My power in order to do it? I knew all along that you were going to need this time to make it. You dont have to torture yourself with self-condemnation & anxiety, wishing you could do things better & faster. Focus on what youve got instead of the things you lack. I love you just the way you are & want you to learn to do so likewise. Youve really got no reason to murmur about yourself & the way you are made. Trust Me that you are just what & who & where you were meant to be. All I want is to love you & be loved by you, to communicate with you & have you communicate with Me. To make love to you... All I want is you. I long to be all you ever needed. I want to be the fulfillment of all your dreams. Your happiness is My goal, for that happiness will rub off on others. Thats selfish! The Devil says. He just wants everybody to love Him! Yeah, so what? Who doesnt? At least theyre always going to get love in return, and more, much more than they could ever give, while hes got nothing to give except for fleeting selfish pleasures & momentary delights; cheap counterfeits of My true happiness. The Devil is the greatest party pooper of all times. You have got so much more than hes got to offer, because what youve got is real! Its lasting! Its alive, and grows & multiplies & 134 ____________________________________________________ never stops! His version is as temporal as the kicks you can buy Come, ye that are hungry & thirsty, & partake of the food that with paper money, which will always be worth less tomorrow will not leave you hungry again, but which satisfies your soul. than it was today, and woe when the fire of testing comes! The more you move into the realm of My Spirit & dwell in My Then you will stand on your firm ground of gold. The currency of Word, the more you will see things the way they are seen from true faith will buy you what you need when paper money will be Our side. All is vanity thats going on around you. So few seek to nothing but sad history. Be not afraid of the fire, but delight in it, strengthen the things that remain. But all you do in love will be as it serves no other purpose than your purification. It wont burn like a little seed of eternity. or hurt you. Sow the seeds of eternal life. Save their spirits from starvation. Go where My Spirit leads you, to the lowly in heart. 138 ____________________________________________________ My Spirit resists the proud but seeks out & makes love to the Remain on My path of love. humble. No greater power hath any man than the love I have given you, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they have a vacuum, theyre My children! For I am Love, and I cannot fail. Love is all there is, not self-satisfied or pretend to know & have it all. Go where the and all that will remain. Love will remain victorious, the humble spirits call & beckon you to come. There you will find everlasting conqueror. fertile ground & fulfillment. There you will be needed & will find If you knew how badly the world needs you, you would hold back your destiny. in pride no more, you would freely give, for freely you have received, and they crave it, they yearn for it... This cannot be all, 135 ____________________________________________________ they say, But what else is there? They cannot see it. They see Never underestimate or despise the little things, much less glimpses of it here or there, in the Hollywood fairy tales, or in a the little people! brief encounter with someone they feel they might have loved in If you want the full reward, the full blessing, youll have to go another time, place or world, but, they figure, it cant be real in through the hard times, full length, breadth & width. this world, where everything is so cold & cruel & calculated... Glory in your sufferings, excel in your tough times... thats rising Show them My softness, My overwhelming love that knows no above. To smile in situations where others would despair. To be boundaries! Step out of your pride! Prove to them that I exist. Let

go & be used of Me, My instruments of love! 139 ____________________________________________________ The path of the least resistance takes you down & ever lower. Only My Spirit can guide you right where I want you to be. Things will be worse. Prepare for more uncomfortable situations! Only the ones who are able to take whatever comes, will be able to make it & stand! 140 ____________________________________________________ Count the cost, My loves, lest you find out in the middle of the road that the price is higher than what you are willing and able to pay, and you might have to turn around again. Determine whether youre really willing to pay the maximum price of surrendering all Many people who said they were going to follow & serve Me went back ashamed, because the price turned out to be higher than what they had expected. Giving all means total death to self, letting it all go completely, and not clinging to every little straw of pride, any little glimpse of hope of saving yourself. You cannot climb the mountain of My highest will with a load on your back! Pride is too heavy to bear for anyone. It becomes a burden to anyone else around, as well. Oh, the weight of pride. The weight of sin that doth so easily beset you... What backbreaking pride! Why, My children, why do you carry such a heavy burden I have not ordained you to bear? All of you must overcome pride if you really want to put Me first in your lives. Seek to do the humble thing, constantly. If there is an option between 2 things, choose the more humbling option! I called you to take up your cross & follow Me, not to nail others to crosses & crucify them with haughty looks and proud thoughts & gestures... Nothing is impossible, but Im talking about the limitations youre imposing on yourselves by your pride, your inability to really let go completely & let Me take over, and consequently, a lack of faith through a lack of obedience, which comes with the yielding. You are in dire need of a lot more humility and determination to make it up that mountain of My highest will. Dont feel bad about it or condemned, just let it humble you and let it make you realize how nothing you are. Eat and drink in My Words as if your every breath of life depended on them. If youre going to make it, then its not because of anything of yourself! Praise is the voice of faith, and the opposite is also true: cursing is the voice of unbelief, its the ultimate statement that I am not in control, its the life-blood & breath of murmuring, the epitome & manifestation of thanklessness & ingratitude! IF you want to serve Me, then get ready for humble work and total crucifixion of your self! As much as I love you, your beautiful, divine self, My creation, My bride, the way I can already see you in the Spirit: that other self, your old man, your fleshly old creature, is an abomination to Me. And in order to completely & fully become that new creature, you have to obey My Word & be transformed by the renewing of your minds, presenting your bodies a living sacrifice, which is your reasonable service! Dont be unreasonable & just strut out there onto the battlefield like some novice, bragging, Yeah, Ive got what it takes, alright! As soon as the bullets start zinging around your ears and the first casualty falls and you get wounded, youll be cowering in fright, you will run for your lives, because you were not prepared! Pretending to have faith when you dont have it is dangerous! Sit down & humbly start sucking My paps & get some faith by drinking in the milk of My Word! Pride is a little kid pretending to be a grown-up. They mimic adults, when in reality, they dont have a clue of what being an adult is really all about: The worries, the responsibilities, the hard work in caring for others. 141 ____________________________________________________ I am your Home! I will be your place of refuge; here under My

wings & in My arms you can find rest & safety. I will give you more security than any four walls in this world ever could. My protective force field around you, the hedge of My angels & helpers around you, protect you from the attacks of the wicked ones. Faith is the solid foundation I want you to build for your spiritual Home. My children & chosen vessels throughout the ages have always been thorns in the side of the System, appealing to their charity for a place to stay, for a meal or for their help in another way. Take whatever comes as from My hand. I never meant for your journey through this world to become all too comfortable. I dont want you to feel at home in this world! I want you to be pilgrims & strangers, gospel gypsies & My ambassadors! Be proud of your vocation, and of your heavenly Home, renouncing your Earthly citizenship. Be Heaven-conscious! I want you to be sure of your Heavenly Home! Prepare for your real, eternal Home! Make yourselves cozy in the secret place of the Most High! Ill be better to you than a known path or anything else youve ever known before! Just trust Me, inhabit Me & let Me inhabit you! I long to be & live & dwell & move in you, and I long for you to dwell in Me! Look & see with the eyes of My Spirit! Look not at the waves & the wind! Look at Me! Ill be your ship, your vessel, & Ill carry you safely Home! 142 ____________________________________________________ Connect to Me in whatever situation I bring across your path. Prepare for greater changes! Look for My strength, & My opportunity for strength in weakness. Seemingly impossible situations are ideal breeding ground for Me to operate. Im forcing you to look up to Me in desperation. Im waiting on you to love you each day, as sure as you know thats the sun out there... (Is.54:10) I want you to become more sure of Me than you are of anything else. Learn to see Me with the eyes of your spirit! I would like to give you visions of Me! Try to visualize Me when you seek Me, so that you will start learning to see things in the Spirit! I have yet many things to show you & reveal to you. Prophecy is like radio! Discover Spirit-TV! Fine-tune your senses for it. Seek Me not only with your minds ear, but also with your spiritual eyes & see what I will reveal to you. A picture is worth a thousand words, & the gift of vision can be an even more efficient & quicker way for Me to communicate certain things to you. Watch out for the great & mighty things of the Spirit I wish to show you! Come & see; taste & see. There is yet so much more to be heard, felt experienced and seen. Im more willing to give than you are to receive. Fine-tune & adjust your receiver! Tune up for the gift of vision! Get ready for Spirit-TV! Stop seeing things merely with the eyes of the flesh. If you look at people with the eyes of the spirit, you will see their true nature. I can reveal things to you about people that they wont even know about themselves! I can show you things of the Spirit that will encourage you & will give you new strength to carry on. You seek a beauty that is not of this world. There is no other satisfaction for you than My heavenly light! Come, & open your eyes to visions of heavenly light! Catch some rays of heavenly sunshine, flooding your soul with glory divine! Greater light than the sun's. Eternal radiance that doesnt hurt the eyes. My light is only pure & good! Seek Me for My pure & true light! Bathe in My light! Just a glimpse of My true, eternal, life-giving, heavenly light will strengthen you & lift you up & encourage you enough to keep going with renewed vigor & strength! Consider My heavenly light that source of energy you need in order for your spiritual flower to really come to full bloom & blossom into its full beauty! So far, you have felt its warmth & it has pulled you up above the ground from the depth of the cold, dark Earth; you have soaked in My water & rain, but now you

must open up your petals fully & look fully into My wonderful face! There is a whole lot more to Me than you have known so far. You truly aint seen nuthin yet! Open your eyes, & I will show you! I will reveal Myself unto you, & all your helpers around you & give you many visions of things that thou knowest not. There is no limit to what I can show you with the eyes of the Spirit. As the days grow ever darker, & you find ever less satisfaction in the finite beauties of the world, look for more, for greater things, beyond those seen with mortal eyes. You have tried to soothe your hunger for beauty by means of the flesh. Often what you consider beautiful, is downright ugly & an abomination to Me, while other times that which you consider ugly is beautiful in My sight. Learn to see with My eyes, and fully put on My mind. When you hear from Me & you are attuned to Me, you can rest in My mind, but often, when youre involved in all your physical activities, you slip out of it again, you elude Me, or My mind eludes you, simply because it gets crowded out by your habitual way of doing things in the way & strength of your carnal mind. But there is yet a more pure & a more perfect way, My love, and I would like to train you in it. Take My hand & I will lead you there, to the place where you shall be able to see, see things the way I see, perceive things the way I do, that place where you will be so enwrapped with Me, you will never want Me to let you go again. Then & there, we will be truly one. One in heart, in mind & in spirit. Then My thoughts will be your thoughts, My Words will be your words, & all you will have to give to those around you will come from Me, & you will finally have learned to be like Me, a true sample of My love, a doer of My Word, not a hearer only. A walker of the path, not merely one that knows the way, but goes the way & shows the way. Let Me take you there! Come, let us be one! Come to that point where youll want Me as much as I want you! 143 ____________________________________________________ When you cant look anywhere but up, lying flat on your backs, I can get through to you the best & reveal My will to you. By running away from a testing in one situation, you may only find yourself having to start from scratch in another situation, or having to repeat this lesson later. In other words, the progress is slower than when one sticks to the situation theyre in. But I give you choices & vents to ease your pains & trials. If you seek Me first in your hearts & are willing to put your personal emotions & desires on the back-burner, I will help you to make the right decision There IS no perfect situation on Earth. The question is, are you strong enough to stick it out here until youve got the victory? Are you willing to obtain a complete victory over your trials by faith & through clinging to My power? Or are you going to run off, hoping the pain will go away? The greater blessing lies in gaining the victory over the enemy at hand, to win this battle here & now. I never condemn you for taking the easy way out. I love you way too much to condemn you for your weaknesses. However, the consequences of your choices must always be borne by yourselves. This is a golden opportunity right now to win a golden victory. 144 ____________________________________________________ Since the beginning & the days of old Ive had to allow your enemy to test My children, to see whether they would still trust Me even when all goes wrong. Can you rise above these circumstances? Look not at the waves & the wind & the gray abyss beneath your feet, but look up to Me! My hand is always right there. I have never & will never let you fall! Dont live by fear, doubt, worry & anxiety, but by faith, hope & love! My way up is down, to the death of self; self-confidence, self-reliance, self-sufficiency. And up on the wings of a glorious resurrection from the ashes of that death: a new creature that doesnt need to worry how its going to accomplish or cope with this, that & the other, but who simply rises above by My power, in God-given joy & carefree trust & faith.

Forsake those weights that hold you down! Time for a grand forsake-all! Toss all your worries & excess weight over board! I want you desperate & hopelessly dependent on Me, because Im your only hope of survival! Im teaching you to trust & rely on Me more. Show Me that you know that you cant make it without Me! I always bless it when My children are willing to forsake the old in order to embrace the new. 145 ____________________________________________________ I want to give you the ability to find peace in the midst of the storm. I will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies & you will lay down in peace, the troubles will not come nigh you. My participation in your life has been greater than you previously thought, even during times you felt distant from Me. It is I that long for greater closeness with you, & it's your own mental conditioning that stands between us. Im just going according to your pace! Im taking you step by step. Just be ready for Me, & in due time I will open the right door! If you continue to faithfully seek Me, nothing can go wrong. I want you to be that bird singing his songs on the overhanging branch above the raging cataract, the symbol of peace in the midst of the storm. The little bird doesnt see whats going to happen tomorrow, he just keeps singing anyway, trusting that Ive got it all under control, that everythings in My hands. My kindness toward you shall not depart from you even when the mountains shall depart & the hills be removed. My thoughts of you & toward you are full of benevolence & mercy, not belittling you, judging you or condemning you for your sins. I died for your sins already, so, why should I condemn you for them? 146 ____________________________________________________ Every morning My mercies toward you are new. I have promised I would care for you, and I will. Dont let the Enemy trick you into thinking youre not important enough or Im too distant or indifferent to care for you. I died for you, so, you are important enough. If I even care about every sparrow that falls, how much will I care for you, My precious ones! You are the reason for this whole spectacle on Earth. You and all those I also hope to retrieve from the mess the Devil is trying to make out of it all. History repeats itself. The large majority of people have always ignored the warnings of My prophets & were caught by surprise & with their pants down when the troubles came, and it wont be any different next time. You owe it to them, to warn them anyway! Remind people that there is a God who is just, Who will not allow these injustices to carry on unpunished forever. What goes up must come down, and the bigger they come, the harder they fall. Its like the law of gravity. And the graver the atrocities, the stronger the effects of that law. Continue to teach them, continue to share My Words, old & new... Imagine how loudly your words of warning will ring in their ears once they see it all happening. Be My voice, My messengers, My heralds, My proclaimers, My witnesses, servants, and I will be your strength and all you ever needed. Let My Spirit ignite you! Only the road of obedience will give you the zest & the vigor thats needed. My message is the magic that will change lives & bring life to others who were as good as dead. You can give a meaning to their lives. Of course, to be willing to accept & receive the truth is the primary requirement. Those who lie to themselves & prefer to live in the lie will always oppose you. All youve got to offer is the truth. Live it! Share it, speak it, give it, sing it & I will be with you & your mouth & everywhere you go, in all you do & every word you shall speak. 147 ____________________________________________________

Every situation has to be judged on its own merits. You cant apply a standard solution, as every individual situation is different & has its individual solution. Seek Me for the specific answer.

digging out of the mines of the darkness of your physical world... Only that darkness could bring forth such precious jewels & gems. Without the additional beauty from the sufferings of the present world, the final outcome wouldnt be the same... Its the touch that leaves the beholder breathless. 148 ____________________________________________________ The more you absorb Me, the more you will reflect My light. Im Love is the answer, & the more love youll receive from Me, what makes you special & what theyre attracted to. the more love youll have at your disposal to pass on. Short Be more conscious of Me & mindful of Me in all your interactions circuits of the Enemy happen when someone tries to receive the with others. Stay connected to Me & pray for an opportunity to energy & power not from the appropriate Source, namely from show them its Me, giving Me all the glory! Me, but from somewhere or someone else instead. Lift Me up, so that I can draw them unto Me through you. Be My Although I have given you each other to be manifestations of My magnet! If its only yourself you show & portray, it comes across love for each other, if you become too obsessed with the as presumptuous & arrogant & pushes them away. manifestation, it becomes a form of worshipping the creation But if you are connected with Me & are poled correctly, you will more than the Creator. When human love takes the position that radiate love & humility, & thats what will attract them. Only boast My love should have in someones life, disappointment is pre- in Me; let Me be that which you want to show off. programmed. Really showing Me to the people means to show love to the Trust that I can satisfy you fully. Dont let the Enemy get your people, which isnt always that easy when those people are so focus on the hole in the doughnut & on all that you think youre deceived & often quite cocky in their ignorance which they lacking & missing out on, when youre so richly blessed! mistake for knowledge. There is a great danger in not recognizing & appreciating My This is why I send you to seek out the humble & poor in spirit, blessings, for usually the only way for Me to make you appreciate the hungry & not the full. Shine with My light & let them see, hear & acknowledge them if youre unable to see them, is by & feel Me in you! Point them to Me by constantly staying withdrawing them & making you see them by the lack of them connected to Me & perpetually flashing the message, Its only when theyre gone. Jesus! Gratitude & thanking & praising Me is so important & such a positive force. Rebuke the Devil when he tempts you to stare at 152 ____________________________________________________ the vacuum, the emptiness, the deep black hole in the middle, Its hard for your natural man to thrive on a promise thatll be that black hole of your desires. Look at Me instead, the great fulfilled sometime in the distant future. You want joy & happiness Giver & Filler of all things, & praise Me for all I have given you right now & your flesh rebels against discomfort & makes you already even if you cant see it. But if you praise Me for it by want to yell, I dont care about the future, I want to feel good faith, I will make it visible to you. I will let you see your blessings, right now. Well, thats where faith comes in handy. Faith acts which the Devil has been trying to hide from you with that shroud content in the face of adversity because it knows it already has & of self-pity, of comparing by making someone elses blessings owns the fulfillment of the promise right now. You hold the title look so much bigger than yours... deed in your hands. You may still look like a pauper, but youre The more you praise & thank Me, the more you will discover to on your way to the bank with the title deed, and when you get praise & thank Me for, & this will strengthen your faith to pull there, youll be a rich man. down even greater blessings from My hand. Walk with your head Trust Me, that Ive blessed you with riches, even when you cant up in the wind & keep your antenna pointed straight upwards. No see them. Take My Word for it. Trust in My Words even when you good thing I will withhold from you. dont feel like it. Aah, thats when I like those tests the best, Be thankful for what youve got. Express your thankfulness so during those times when you dont feel like it, because it shows that I can bless you with more. Me youre willing to defy natural circumstances; to be cheerful in I love to give. Giving is My greatest joy. Giving your life for the spite of the way you feel. brethren is the supernatural, powerful force of love that drives & Dont let circumstances drive you into a defensive position! Stay compels you to give all, filling you up with unspeakable joy, to on the attack! Rise above the circumstances. the point that no matter how much you give, you still feel like you You can rise above anything. New, unexpected situations are never made a sacrifice. simply new challenges for you to rejoice at & to laugh in their faces, thanking Me for bringing them along to make you grow 149 ____________________________________________________ stronger. Only those who are alive, quick & vibrant & ready to change, Say, Thank You, Jesus, for this new battle, for this new fear, trust, respect and love Me, because theyre finding out I challenge, for this new & strange adversary or obstacle to tackle! never let them down. In every new situation I will catch them & It is a good day to die! Hallelujah! And roar a battle cry thats hold them up in My hands, bear them across any river of going to send shivers down the Enemys back! Let him know adversity & take care of them much better than any known way youre on your feet & a force to be reckoned with today, that hed or anyone else ever could. Im all you need. better clear your path, or hes going to wish he had! Thats the Dont let circumstances sway your decision. Ill be with you spirit of a warrior! Thats the attitude of a victor! everywhere you go So many cower in fright or in a state of near-defeat, hoping the Enemy wont come near them. 150 ____________________________________________________ Youve got the priceless opportunity to be My knight in shining You dont have to have all the answers right now. Whats armor who stands in the gap & rescues them & gets them out of important is, that you obey. Im just waiting on you to say, Yes the Devils dark dungeon of defeat. One to rally them together to Me. with a battle cry & to renew their hope & courage, their will to fight. 151 ____________________________________________________ The Enemy has come in like a flood & My Spirit will lift up a There is always an upgrade & an improvement on each of My standard against him, but My Spirit needs you as a vessel & a creations in the physical! Everything down there, on Earth, is tool, an instrument of peace to bring back to their hearts what only a shadow of a heavenly reality... an image of something they lost. The Enemy was dealing with Me & said, Sure theyre all greater to come. going to serve You with the fear in their necks that this world is The only thing you have thats just as real as what Weve got Up going to pot soon. But give them a little more time & theyll all fall Here is the Spirit. Though human spirits on Earth are encased in for me, Youll see! And so, I had to grant him more time, I had to earthen vessels, its the raw material that My Kingdom is made grant him the ability to display even greater temptations than of. It still has to be refined, processed & purified, which is the ever before, make his matrix look more appealing, more painful process of trials & testings. You are the diamonds were attractive than ever before with all its glittering & shiny toys &

distractions & enticements. I had to let him make Me & My prophets look like fools to have been predicting an earlier doom, and now... Its true, many have fallen by the wayside & have given in to the attraction & the lure. Many have been hypnotized by his sirens & have fallen asleep with the fumes of his opiates. But I will raise them up again, and you can be there to help them up. To show them youve been waiting for them. Yes, it may still look like the Devil is winning, but not for much longer. Those who discern the signs of the times can tell that his days are numbered & the wicked shall be turned into hell & all the nations that forget God. It will come to pass. So, be not dismayed by the fact that you are few, and less than ever, those of you who really mean business for Me. My prophets have always been solitary voices against a mob of mockers & scoffers who would have pulled them off the wall of conviction & My highest calling. Youre in good company. And compare the rewards. What is the reward of a life lived in selfish comfort? What is it, compared to the glories I have prepared for you? 153 ____________________________________________________ You must spend time loving Me, otherwise you wont be able to function properly. Im in the process of making you utterly dependent on Me, because its what you need. If you dont learn it, how are they ever going to get the point? Be a sample of a God-follower! You dont have to know anything except how to call on Me & receive My answers. If you do this faithfully, theyll see that it works, & theyll follow your sample!

to be different if they could just shed their fears of not being accepted or what others may think about them if they dared to veer from the status quo? If you come across like, Hey, I dont care if youre different than me; I love & accept you the way you are, itll always be a help to begin with. But if their reluctance to embrace & fully accept you is met by the same reluctance from your side, well just have to wait a while until time will melt the ice & soften the hardness. Theres nothing thatll make you more tolerant of others like time, when youre following Me. I will even teach you to love your enemies & have pity & compassion upon those who you think want to harm you. If you truly seek to learn from Me & to become like Me, you will learn to have mercy. Lighten up, & be merciful on others as I have been & will continue to be with you. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. To will & desire My good work & pleasure you find in you, but to do it, you dont find so easily. If your sample would match your inward desires to be loving like Me, you could be bearing so much more fruit. Pray that I will enable you to act according to your belief. Faith which worketh by love is the formula for success with people, especially for winning them to My Kingdom. Keep on loving! Keep on trusting! Keep on believing that I am there & will reward your every effort you make, to be a sample of My love! Whatever thou spendest, I will repay!

155 ____________________________________________________ Happiness is usually found elsewhere than you assume. Get a glimpse of My birds eye view, & youll be able to tell which 154 ____________________________________________________ roads will turn out to be dead end streets & which roads lead to Good times will come & go. Im the only steady & constant higher ground & progress. Usually the road of forsaking all is the Source of security, inspiration . Only I can safely guide you along one that leads you higher, whereas if you refuse to let go of all this rugged, steep & dangerous mountain path. Folks you meet the excess weight of your personal desires, it drags you down to on your way up arent always kind & often they even serve as an where it keeps you stuck in a hole somewhere. additional test, whether theyll be able to persuade you to quit & The first step to becoming My disciple is forsaking all. Matthew give up by the lack of being the support & encouragement theyre 19:29 still applies & works today! I can only give you a hundredsupposed to be, or even by failing to show appreciation for your fold of all you leave & forsake for Me if you actually do so. encouragement & support youre trying to give them. Forsaking all is never done just once & for all; its a process that Do you really do these things as unto Me, or in order to receive goes on. their love, sympathy, attention & praise? I never ask you to give up one thing without giving you One thing thats going to help you overlook others faults is something better. And even NOTHING is better in some cases remembering your own & what a hopeless mess you are than clinging to something thats not My highest will for you yourself. Dont expect everybody to recognize your motives as anymore, because freedoms just another word for nothing left pure & right when you cant even be 100% sure of their purity to lose: I.o.w., freedom is sometimes equivalent to having yourself, knowing that the heart of man is a deceitful thing, who NOTHING! Nothing to tie you down, to keep you stuck or chained can know it? to some stake or rut in the ground. I know how it feels not to be accepted by those you call your Dare to step out & let Me be sufficient for you. Let Me be all you own. Consider it part of being a partaker of My sufferings. ever needed & Ill prove it to you, that I am! What else do you Sometimes a mans accomplishments are not recognized until need besides Me? Right! Nothing! his life is over & his fleshly presence is taken away. Not many of All you need is Me. Everything will make perfect sense if you put My children have been granted the privilege to rest on their on My mind & let Me grab hold of you in final total possession! laurels & reap all the credit for the gifts they shared with the You will no longer grope around blindly & will no longer be led world during their lifetime. People are too narrow-minded to fully astray if you let Me be your Guide, Your eyes, your senses, your appreciate revolutionary, radical new gifts that seem strange to Everything. them. The different kind always have a harder time. Why do you think 156 ____________________________________________________ they all adapt & conform to each other, wearing the same style of The drawing power, the suction, the empty space you create clothes & the same fashionable hair-cut? Thats the easiest way. in you for Me to fill is the way to happiness & fulfillment. I can If youre not different but show that you want to be like them, itll answer every question if youll but ask, solve every problem you be easier for them to accept you. They wont have as many put Me in charge of, fill any need & empty space you open for Me! suspicions about you but will quietly accept you as one of their All nature is full of examples of this principle: Every creature own. seeks her mate to unite with, so together they can bear fruit. Only in My Kingdom can people be free & bold enough to be Everything is a sample of how My love, My heart seeks you & what they really are inside their innermost selves & reveal yearns for union with you. themselves openly. Its because all fears are history here. Fear of And in becoming one with Me, you will become one with all the the unknown, fear of the strange & different. In Heaven there are other partakers of My love. And the result will be one big, happy, so many different styles & people, beings & things that on Earth joyful, universal Family, My Kingdom of Love! would be considered strange. Acceptance & tolerance of the It ever grows & expands. new is every new arrivals crash course. But new arrivals to Most people never even acknowledge My presence nor existence Heaven are free from fear & thus, what would be fearful at all, blatantly denying the possibility of My existence in spite of suspicion & bewilderment on Earth is only joyful awe & the plain evidence all over My creation. Imagine your children excitement up Here. just simply refusing to acknowledge your very existence! No, So, instead of going on the defensive, why not try to see the Ive got no father! I simply came into being by an unplanned, heavenly potential in others? The points where they might dare random process called evolution... If you think you have reasons

to be frustrated sometimes, all I can say is Welcome to the club!

Kingdom & shooting My bullets of light & life into the Devil's territory & land of the dead. 157 ____________________________________________________ There are many who feel deep down inside that they're not of this Open pathways are before you everywhere; if you will just world, and if I could motivate you to get concerned about My lost open your spiritual eyes you will see them. In the flesh you only sheep out there to step out & search for them, & call them into see the limitations, the confines, the hole in which you see My house, how much more blessed would your own lives be! You yourself. Seek Me, therefore, to lift you out of your hole & onto would feel so much more joy & excitement instead of all this the pathways of your choice. Remember, Gods way up is down, introspection & analyzing, wondering & worrying. & the road of greater obedience is often the least attractive one. I That's the main purpose of this Family! I was a missionary, & if give you alternatives, but dont expect them to be as richly you want to be a true follower of Me, then that's what you, too, specked with as many hidden blessings as that special path of will be. greater obedience. The alternative roads, those which contain a You've got the choice: whether you boldly stand up for Me & certain amount of compromise, dont have any hidden blessings, proclaim, announce & testify Me before men, or prefer not to rock for they already appear to be so blessed & easy there may be the boat, to just hide your light & pull it out occasionally. Are hidden trials involved, though. you a do-or-die revolutionary for Me, a shiner, or a light-hider? Your primary responsibility is to make sure you get a hold of Me Don't hide your light, let it shine. Follow & obey that heavenly & My perfect will for you & find My perfect path for you. If you commission with heavenly rewards of greater joy & fulfillment seek counsel, only rely on those who follow God. than anything you've ever known, and an eternal crown to shine What looks like the difficult path to you may be in reality the like the stars. easiest path, for when you cant do it, Ill do it for you. Quit Make Me happy by trying to make others happy, telling them struggling in the flesh & let Me take over! about Me! See how much more happiness will fill your walls! I must make you so sick of compromise, youll get so disgusted Each tract you leave in somebody's hand will be a strike at the with it, youll never want it again! Compromise is your most Devil's heart. Demons can't stand the sight of a victor, the shine treacherous enemy! Its the very voice of the Enemy, using your of a Lord-sharer, the conviction of a cross-bearer, the umph of an flesh to get you to settle for the lesser option to keep you from overcomer, the mercy of a missionary, nor to get into the way of walking My highest road... a warrior for Me! (Dan.12:3) Seek Me more desperately! Realize how much everything You wanna shine like the stars forever? Be wise & share My depends on learning to get My counsel & direction & be more light with them that sit in darkness, & turn as many to urgent, more alert & desperate about it! I can only answer you righteousness as will receive Me, & you will! You will already with the same intensity with which you seek Me! shine in this life & people will see it, not to mention the way in To be a hearer only, instead of a doer means youre actually which you will shine when you come to My kingdom! Let it shine! deceiving yourself! What hast thou that thou hast not received? Lets start all over 159 ____________________________________________________ again on a good, firm, solid foundation of knowledge of the fact He that soweth to the flesh will reap the corruption of the that in reality, when it comes down to it, youve got & know flesh. The flesh corrupts. It corrupts the spirit & chokes the nothing! things that really count. Only the Spirit brings life! Nothings pretty good for starters, at least it is for Me! Much Your fleshly loss has been your spiritual gain. In losing your better than some of the stuff that some people think they have, pride of life you have found Me, My voice, & a humbler path. thats only creating a mental road block preventing Me from Long live the Spirit! And it does. It lives forever. starting to really work in their life! In becoming partakers of the spiritual, the eternal, youre taking Thats why forsaking all is so important: it leaves you with on a very special role in this world, for you have inherited that nothing but Me, & when Im all youve got, then youre really free eternal, immortal ingredient, which marks you as different & to just let Me use you & do it through you! If My children could makes you stick out from them. only let go of the things that weigh them down, knowing that I The less there is of you, the more the light shines through. You can more than supply everything they need. But the road of utter must decrease so that I can increase in you. Are you willing to trust is like death to the flesh... When it comes down to it, youre become a little bit less of yourself & a whole lot more of Me? either going the way of the flesh or the way of the spirit, which will require a complete break with relying on the flesh. 160 ____________________________________________________ Whatever happens, I will take care of you! Youll always be safe (John Lennon:) Thank the Lord for it, even if He used the under My wings & I will care for you all the days of your life! Devil to bring it along. Seek Me even harder & more diligently! Get down to more How much more powerful God is than the Devil! I had serious business with Me in seeking My guidance! Beware of underestimated Him, you know? Thats a mistake youre prone to comfortable compromise! ... Learn to be consequent & follow make when you judge God by the people who supposedly through on the things I show you! For the flesh battles in you, to represent Him, & their interpretation of what He supposedly said. get its way, to push its way through, to sway you & influence you Hear Him yourself! You can judge for yourself! Just like you hear to settle for the lesser option than My best.... Only if I become the the Devils message all around & everywhere in the images, primary point of your focus, can you operate the way I truly want sights & sounds of violence, selfishness & greed & Buy this, buy you to. that & the other!, so you can hear Gods voice all over, too. He still speaks & doesnt limit Himself to any man-made rule & 158 ____________________________________________________ boundaries as to who or what He uses to speak through. In the multitude of counselors there is safety & where there Just remember the Christian lady with her bread & thank Him are 2 or 3 gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst when you hear His message, even if the Devil did bring it, as in of them. Learning to counsel together, to communicate & to the case of many movies, books & songs. come to decisions together is a good thing. We counsel & He really is all-powerful & everywhere & even capable of just communicate a lot Up Here, so, learning to do it during your life- using the Devil for His own purposes. So, dont be afraid of the time on Earth is good preparation for greater things. old punk. Your God is so much greater, so much more powerful, 'Get out of yourself & get into others!' Witnessing is what it's all He wont let the Devil near you. Youll be quite awed & silenced about, and there are enough lost sheep out there to keep you by just how great He is, one day! Look up & cheer up, mate! distracted from your own problems and feelings of self-pity for Theres really nothing to worry about! the rest of your lives. After all, that IS life! You have never lived as intensely & as 161 ____________________________________________________ thoroughly & as fully as when you've been out there on the battle Good & evil cant coexist peacefully, one will give way to the field, fighting for the souls of man, beckoning them to enter My other.

If I had not flooded the Earth in Noahs times, you never would have seen this day. If I wouldnt have asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac you and no one else never would have known what it truly means to love Me above all. And is it really so selfish & cruel of Me to want everybody to love Me first? Im just telling you whats good for you. Just like every plant grows towards the sun & flourishes & prospers by obeying that law of nature, so will you if you will obey My law of love. But if you turn away from Me, your spiritual Sun, you wont prosper & grow, but wither & die, thats how simple it is. Only the rebellious, the jealous, the envious the proud, those whod like to be the big head-honcho themselves, like Lucifer & anyone else wholl ever listen to him, they have a hard time yielding & cow-towing to an even greater One than themselves. They dont want to soak up the sun, they want to be the sun themselves, but in so doing, they become a black hole sun, radiating blackness & darkness, poisoning the world. Theyre polluting the world with their rubbish. And what do you do with rubbish? Clean it up! Get rid of it! You recycle what can be salvaged & still be used & get rid of the rest. Now, whats so unloving about that? Thats what any loving father, keeper or creator of anything would do: Keep & protect his children, offspring, flock or creation from harm & varmint that might threaten to destroy or cause them to get sick, & so, you get rid of the threatening menace. Some people nowadays might not call that love, but I consider it My loving responsibility. Nowadays people confuse leniency for love, letting them get away with anything... But thats not love. I require obedience, because nothing but obedience to Me will ensure your happiness & safety. And I will do My best to protect My lambs from the influences of those who try to lure them away from the straight & narrow path of strict obedience, which is the road to happiness & a safe haven. Especially when your child is young, you protect it even more zealously from danger. The older he gets, the more you allow to happen to him, to let him learn to reap the consequences of his own actions. Thats why right now you see less cataclysmic intervention from My hand. I will have to allow the world to follow that rebellious punk to his bitter end, in order to learn a lesson that will keep them behaving for a thousand years. 162 ____________________________________________________ A baby is always a token of My love, not a problem! It may bring about some new challenges, but start taking a positive approach to the new wonderful things I bring about in your lives! I will care for My own, and as with everything else, youll see in the end that this is the best thing that could have happened! How many miracles & wonders I have wrought in your life! Dont you think to get you to the destination of My choice will be an easy thing for Me? Whats important is that you act by faith, knowing that I can & will do it! Act as if its gonna happen and its gonna happen! Dont forget your umbrella when you ask Me for rain!

utterly dependent on Me. I need holy holes & nothings to fill up with My Something! Its good if you feel incapable! Im tossing you into the water & youll only be able to breathe by My miracle-working power. Its pretty hard to trust in yourself when you need a miracle for every move. Youre not going to make it walking in the flesh, only if you rely utterly on My Spirit. Throw yourself completely on Me! I will carry you! 165 ____________________________________________________ Sometimes all I need in order to be able to do greater things in someones life is for them to realize that they cant do it all on their own. Its a good thing to learn to ask for help. Humility is so precious, and yet so rare! Babies and humility are related. Children are an heritage of the Lord, and by rejecting this heritage, selfish people are forfeiting their heritage & their part in Me. Only the selfish dislike children. Children are a more important factor than many realize. Theyre the fruit of man, although some have come to accept the concept that the fruit more worthy of bearing is their little colored papers... The love of money is the root of all evil, and if you consider money a greater & better fruit to bear than children, then youre on the Devils track, not Mine! Your children will still be your heritage from Me, even long after the last bill of paper money will have gone down the drain. Welcome them with arms wide open, love them as I have loved you, and that love will never return unto you void. Even IF the Enemy gets a hold of them temporarily & twists & warps their minds & turns them against you! Let it be a test of unconditional love, like I have loved you unconditionally, even when you turned from Me. Forgive them as I have forgiven you and continue to forgive! Love in spite of failure, thats real love. Only unconditional love is really love, everything else is just opportunistic attraction. I chose to make you & everything in this world imperfect, so that when you will meet the perfect, it will be all you ever longed for. You, the imperfect, are the hole, the vacuum, that I, the Perfect must fill, and the more you realize just how imperfect you really are, the more you realize how much you really need Me, and the more perfect our union will be. I am the factor in the equation that will transform you from the imperfect state to the perfect, I am the good in you and about you. Cling to Me, absorb Me, & I will rub off on you & it will change you for the better. Those who reject Me will go the opposite way. And in the end, each man will reap what they have sown & will be showered with their reward.

166 ____________________________________________________ Never neglect Me, the Sunshine, the Source of love & warmth in your life! For there were times when you looked elsewhere for that utter satisfaction of your inward needs. You were looking hither, thither & yon, but you did not find it until you finally turned towards Me, in full expectancy & knowledge that I am the One Who can fulfill your needs, and I alone. Im sorry for the pain those times have caused you, when you 163 ____________________________________________________ were wandering through the deserts of this life, looking for a Now that Ive managed to stretch your vision toward further source of inspiration here, behind this rock, or there, in that tent, horizons I would like you to walk mindfully of this, your new and all you found was bitter disappointment. I, the Lord, your vision, wherever you go & whoever you talk to. I always bless it God, am a jealous God, for I love you ardently, and I could not when you faithfully witness & testify of My higher calling for you. permit anyone or anything else to take My place in your heart any Stay faithful to the vision & keep it fresh in your mind & on your longer! heart everyday, knowing that there is a higher calling for you, a Those you are living with now are having to learn the very same higher destiny that I have in store for you, & if I have promised it, lesson! How do you pass it on? Point them to Me constantly, know that I will bring it to pass! Prepare for it! especially in your sample! If youre a satisfied customer yourself, Keep this vision & make it known. If you go in obedience to Me, this will speak much louder than any words you can say. youll know that I will protect you, youll be safe from harm. The reason why I want you to come & get the love from Me, is because I want you to share it, I want you to pass it on! Come & 164 ____________________________________________________ get it & then pass it on! When you get to the end of your rope, then I have a chance! Can you give sufficient love out of your own personal reservoir Many of My servants have found out to their surprise what things to even completely satisfy one other single human being? No, they were still capable of when they already thought their times the only Source of Love that can truly satisfy any human heart of usefulness were over. am I, so, come, turn to Me, love Me with all youve got, bring your I dont need anyone who is strong in themselves, I need empty vessels & let Me fill them up to the brim, and then you can somebody weak, who in their own flesh cant do it, somebody share what youve got & what you just received from Me. Only to

return to receive more next time & the next... 167 ____________________________________________________ The Devil may stand in front of you & sneer, What do you think youre going to accomplish with that tiny, ridiculous flashlight of yours, in my all-surrounding darkness? But he only dares to try to bluff you because he knows you cant see what he sees. That torch youre wielding is a searing hot weapon that makes his demons squeal & run, and he knows the only chance he has of getting you to stop is to bluff you into thinking it doesnt really amount to much after all, what youre doing. And so, he tries to distract you with personal problems, makes them look much bigger, more important, more relevant, than this unimportant little light... But, hey! Dont let him fool you! Its exactly the other way around: Your personal problems are tiny, unimportant & insignificant in comparison to the monumental task of flooding the Devils territory of darkness in My light! You have the power to bring life wherever you go. Your sharing the Word with people wherever you go makes all the difference there is between life and death! Without you & your pouring out the Word, there is only barren soil everywhere, being scorched by the heat. There may be fertile ground here & there, but well never know until you give it a chance by sowing the seeds of My Word on them & watering them! Let it rain! Let My love pour forth & rain down on you and them! Well never know the difference unless you do. The difference between what is and could be or could have been... You have the power to change destiny. You can help Me change destiny. You can save a lot of people! You can give Me detailed instructions of things you would like to change in this world that you see going wrong, pray for them in the name of the power of the keys, and you will change destiny! In the name of the power of the keys you can change destiny! You can change history! The history of what would become unless you make your move, reach out & make that connection with Me & apply that power of the keys to get Me to change the course of things! So many people that may have been destined to die could be saved. And yet so many you could have saved might die because you didnt do anything... Think about it, what power I have given into your hands, and the difference between what will or wont happen, depending on all you will or wont do! I havent given this power into everybodys hands, but I have chosen you! Yes, insignificant, unimportant little you & you & you have I chosen, to put into your tiny little hands the power to change the destiny of people & whole nations. Please be careful & faithful with that power, & apply it to the best you can! Its a great privilege & also a great responsibility. Dont let the Devil belittle what youve got in your own sight or make your own little problems look so much bigger or more important to you! If you really get down to serious business of changing the world for Me, you will forget about your problems, youll see that they were just an illusion created by the Enemy of your souls & the souls of those you are to save, to distract you from your important task! You could save someone from being completely lost in this cold & lonely world, just like I saved you out of it. Didnt it make all the difference in the world to you that someone reached out to you & shared My light, My Word, My Salvation with you? You can make that same difference in the lives of others. Someone might be waiting for you to reach out for them & save them, just like I used someone else to find & save you! Can you do for others what I & others have done for you? Im not asking you to ignore the problems, but to claim My power to rise above them. Youll see how insignificant they are compared to the monumental significance of the task I have put before you, the importance of the message I have asked you to share with the World, & the urgency, the life & death matter of getting out there & saving lost souls! Have compassion for My sheep out there, youre going to find them, if you seek! Look at what I have given you and what more I am able & willing to give you and despise it not. Choose this day what difference you will make & what mark you will leave in the world, how many youre going to save, and how

youre going to change the course of history & destiny! Take this challenge seriously, & let it spur you to action for Me! Together we can make it against the evil one & snatch many from his clutches that he would destroy unless you & I intervene to save them from their otherwise bleak destiny! Can you receive their signal? S.O.S.! Save our souls! 168 ____________________________________________________ Often I had to watch you rush out the door in this way: Now is not a time to stop, look & listen; now is the time to forge ahead in our own steam, for this thing that Ive got to do is the most important thing & we can always put the Lord first later! And then you wonder why youre having tough times & battles & why things arent running as smoothly... If you want things to run smoothly, youve got to apply the oil of the Spirit! Youve got to take the time to put Me first in every situation & in any kind of situation! You had better take Me along, if you dont want situations where every moment is agony & Why me, Lord?! You better spend extra time with Me on days when youre exceptionally busy & need extra strength & energy, & not crowd Me out of your life & exclude Me! And until youre going to learn it, how can you expect anyone who looks up to you, to learn it? Youve got to set the sample & the rhythm & the tune which the others are going to dance & move to! If you play your jerky, Let-me-do-it-in-the-flesh tunes, thats the kind of jerky moves youll get! But if you play your relaxed & calm, Hey, lets trust the Lord for anything melodies, everything jumps in rhythm, everything flows in tune... Youd better tune right in on Me! Ive been around all those years, you just havent been able to see Me this clearly, but the more you open your eyes, look to Me & spend time with Me - the more youll seek Me, the more youll find & see! Soon, youre going to see Me everywhere & in everything, for thats where I am, literally! Sometimes youve just been seeing the Devil too much in everything & you figured, No, the Lord couldnt possibly be in that place, its already occupied by the Devil... Well, look beyond, & youll see that whatever place the Devil may temporarily be usurping, hes only waiting to get his butt kicked out of there. Im putting on My boots, & youll be watching him run in no time. So, look again! You may not have seen Me there before, but look again! I am the deeper layer, the true foundation, that which the Enemy has only been trying to cover up & hide with his fake false front & illusion! Many people believe in it, but you just poke your finger in it & show its just a fake a slimy film & layer thats been placed over the real truth, and you can just rip it off & wipe it away with one wave of your hand & the magic wand Ive given you the Word & the power of the keys! Let them see what you see. Pray, like Elisha prayed for Me to open his servants eyes, so pray for them, that they may also see. But in order to make others see, youve got to also make sure you stay permanently focused on Me & dont let anything divert or distract you! Keep your eyes on Me, the author & finisher of your faith, & keep tuned right in on Me! 169 ____________________________________________________ Remember Isaac! Only once Abraham was willing to sacrifice & yield that which he loved most dearly, was I able to bless him mightily to become the father of faith. I cannot tell whether you truly love Me first until youve really lain your Isaac on the altar. Letting go of the person you love most in all the world is a painful process, but one day youll see the perfect sense in this. Ive got to have you open, ready & willing for anything. So, seek & ye shall find, knock & it will be opened unto you, ask & you will receive. Pressed down, shaken together & a good measure will I mete into your bosom for trusting Me fully & putting Me first in your lives! 170 ____________________________________________________ You have to continue to make the right choices everyday. Every day Im presenting you with a new challenge to follow Me,

everyday Im calling you to leave your boats & fishes & the affairs of this life. 171 ____________________________________________________ I love you with all your mistakes, just the way you are, so, if you wanna be like Me, you can love yourselves, too! Quit listening to the Devil & believing all the lies he tells you about yourself or others. This is a war you should be able to enjoy because youre so far superior to your enemy! Hes bluffing & lying & trying to trick you with his magic of making everything hes got look sooo big. But all youve gotta do is snip your fingers & the facade collapses & you see the wondrous glorious reality of how things really are, namely that I am truly in control, not he. When I return, it will be like somebody snipped their finger & the spell of the hypnotist is broken. His illusion is NOT reality. Even though there are a lot of hypnotized people out there who are convinced that what they are seeing right now is real, your magic is much stronger than the evil magicians, & you can free people from Satans spell & wake them up out of their trance! Refuse to let fear his greatest trick have any grip or power over you whatsoever! Come & get soaked in My perfect love every hour of every day! Let us never be apart! Lets stay connected! He may growl & try his scare tactics on you, or try to weave one of his hypnotic spells of doom & dismay, but you can zap him with the power of truth. I have given you power over Satan, and I want you to apply it! In the name of the keys of the kingdom were gonna bring Satan to his knees! Hes going to cower before you & whine & beg you to stop. Im right behind you, & theres nothing the punk can ever do to harm you. He only will keep trying if he senses that theres doubt in your heart. He only has power over you through any seeds he has sown in your heart that youve allowed to grow there. But if your garden is clean and strong, filled with My life-giving Word, & youre in tune with Me, he can do nothing! He only attacks when youre weak. Thats why its so important that you stay faithful & really make Me your A No.1 responsibility & focal point in life, every day! 172 ____________________________________________________ Are you willing to extend the same amount of patience, love & forgiveness to others that has been shown you? If I have forgiven you your great debt, why shouldnt you forgive them theirs? Maybe Im just allowing them to be so weak to test you & see how you will handle it, how much patience you will have for them, how much love; how much you will pray for them to make it! It simply takes time for faith to grow. Whats important is that you each make the connection with My Holy Spirit & let Her empower you to do what you cant, let Her take you over. The Comforter comforts you over the fact that you cant do it & helps you do it! Like a Mother will say to a frustrated child, Come here, let Me help you! Like a mother taking her childs hand when hes trying to write or draw something beyond his ability, She guides your hand & does it for you. You hold the pencil, but She guides your hand. All youve got to do is be yielded & willing vessels, and thats where the only problem lies: all your wiggling around & your own ideas of things you think youve got to do in your own strength, or things you feel youve just got to have right now. Thats why a broken heart is such ideal breeding ground for My Spirit to start working in you: Youre not as full of your own desires. Youre grieving over some great loss, like the disciples were, over the loss of My physical presence. They just waited for the fulfillment of some promise I had given them, that only made sense to them vaguely. They couldnt even begin to imagine what the Holy Spirit was, or the Comforter I had been telling them about. So, they waited, just like you right now, in a state of uncertainty of whats going to happen next, but they were not disappointed, & went on to greater works than they ever would have dreamed of. So, keep waiting patiently on Me & for Her, its going to be

exciting! 173 ____________________________________________________ Your children ARE important to Me, and they should definitely be to you! You should do the best you can for them, and you MUST be faithful in that which is not really the least: your little ones. Your little ones are of great concern to Me, and you cant really be a good missionary or disciple if youre a lousy father or mother. So go & learn what this meaneth: I will have mercy, not sacrifice! Whatever sacrifices you may be able to make for Me as a missionary on some far flung field can't amount to much if you have failed those very ones I have entrusted you with... Its all a test, My love, all a test, and transporting you across some ocean wont make a great missionary out of you if you cant even love those in your own back yard. I want you to show My love for them. I told you they were your mission field... have you watered your little plants? Have you cared for your garden? Have you been faithfully sowing My seeds into their hearts? Is your sample such that your children would want to assume your life-style? How does your sample come across? Do they really feel like youve got something to offer them, better than what theyve got? Whatever your goals may be, love is still the most important thing, and thats what will speak louder then anything else you may do or say. Love is all they need & want from you, and if they wont get it from you, where are they going to get it? Consider it a golden opportunity, this handful of young souls at your disposal right now, ready & receptive for your love; hungry for your love! Could there be anything more important in this whole world for you to do than trying your best to fill that need? Youve been wanting to give them My Word & doctrine. But the essence of that is LOVE, and without love, its all dead works, & love is the only language theyll understand right now. Speak it! Youve got it, so, give it. Youve got something to give that the System hasnt got ... love, the greatest & most important thing of all, without which all these other things are useless, meaningless & empty! Love is all you need! 174 ____________________________________________________ How do you inspire someone to give more love? Simply by being a faithful example of giving all the love you can, yourself! How do you pull somebody out of their hole of pride, of twisting any little innocent phrase uttered to mean a personal attack against them in their mind? How do you keep someone from crawling back into their den, time & time again? How do you inspire them to praise Me? Well, the same thing applies! Youve got to be such a sample of outgoing communication, of humbly opening yourself up & communicating, instead of withdrawing & closing up, that it becomes contagious. Make praising Me a contagious habit! Dont be dragged down by their negativity & lack of praise, but pull them up to a higher level by praising Me all the more cheerfully. Youve got to learn not to let them drag you down to their level, youve got to learn to pull them up! Your UP-power needs to be stronger than their down-power! You must learn to become a thermostat, regulating the temperature of the atmosphere around you, instead of merely being a thermometer, measuring & reflecting the temperature given off by those surrounding you. The problem isnt really much more of a problem than what they would call a mathematical problem in school: Its a test & an exercise, a lesson for you to learn, to make you smarter, wiser & a better shepherd, sample & fighter! So far, the problems & enemies youve had to battle, were your own, but the next grade of this school is to learn to overcome the enemies & problems others are battling with. You no longer just take care of yourself, your own little problems, but youve become responsible to help others with theirs as well. Thats what learning to be a shepherd is all about. So, pray for them & their problems, as you would for your own; dont get frustrated about them, much less allow any of them to drag you down. Its time to stop being the baby yourself, but take care of others.

Dont be like those kids who consider school to be a drag, but consider it a privilege. The very situation youre in is specially tailored for you & your needs, your NWOs & the very things you need to learn to grow & make progress. Dont give up on them, but have faith for them, pray for them, fight for them. All these things are happening for your sake & benefit, to make you stronger! You should be very thankful for them, as without them there would be no lesson, no wonderfully challenging situation you can learn so much from! Do your best to be a faithful sample of love! If you flunk the test, they might flunk the test. A lot of their progress depends on your progress; their sample is largely dependent on yours. Rejoice over the glorious opportunity of a new battle to win for Me! THATS the spirit of a warrior! Thats the kind of soldier Im going to be able to be proud of & tell, Well done, thou good & faithful servant, and you can already, right now, by faith enter into the joy of thy Lord, because I want to give you My joy! You can have an advance & get to enjoy a good portion of it now, already in this life! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord! Come in & be happy! If you dont have any reasons to be happy, who then? 175 ____________________________________________________ (Gem, a Spirit Helper:) His strength is made perfect in weakness, so, glory in your weakness! Use it! Be proud of it, for thats how He can use you! Let your imperfection be His chance to bring about greater perfection than you ever could! Just give up your attempts to try it in the flesh & let the Lord do it completely. Trust completely in Him regarding all your affairs. Commit them to the Lord in prayer & trust Him wholly for each of them. Hell get so much better results than when you try to do it with just a little help from Him... When you realize that those accomplishments were really the Lords, its easier to get into praising the Lord for the result, instead of patting yourself on the back... If you knew what great friends you have over Here on this side, you wouldnt be so frustrated sometimes over the lack of friends there. When people come Here & see all their helpers on this side involved in their spiritual upbringing... what joyful reunions these happenings are, the greatest of which will be the Lords marriage supper! Your flesh wont get in your way anymore, then. All your human, Earthly clumsiness will be done away with, and every move youll make will be perfect, like Him, isnt that cool? The Lord is just adding the humility & appreciation factor right now, the extra touch of love thats going to make the whole creation even brighter & more glorious in beauty the final touch. You will see that Hell truly have done all things well, when youll see the final outcome, the end product. So, dont neglect your time with the Lord & us, no matter what it is youve got to do: Let Us take care of it, & itll turn out better, okay? Before every phone call: pray! Over every letter you send off: pray! About everything you do, every word you say: pray! THATS the way to do it & thats the way of safety & the path that will ensure success in all your moves! Dont treat us like something strange or alien, honey, we know you better than you know yourself, & were closer & a bigger part of you than you think. Were RIGHT HERE! 176 ____________________________________________________ You cant go by your feelings as to what defines victory & defeat. True victory is defined by faith, unshakable faith that wont be shaken by anything anyone says. Pride sucks the very joy out of life. Youve got to keep fighting that old man, youve got to keep forsaking all & youve got to re-commit yourself to Me & My cause afresh every day! Be faithful everyday to say yes to Me, over & over again. In order to make the right choices & make the best out of everyday, youre going to have to remind yourself each day anew of that

you belong to Me & that Im all youve got that really counts... and nothing else matters! When you wake up in the morning, remember that you are Mine & your life belongs to Me & youve got to consciously commit that day into My hands, or things might simply not turn out as well! Thats what putting Me first means. Hearing My Words & not doing them is like sand. Obedience is a solid rock foundation you can build your life on everyday! Remember that Ive got you, and commit everyday into My hands first thing, before the Devil has a chance to distract you with something else. Dont let your pride get in the way of communicating & making progress! So much depends on you & how you take it & what you make out of it! 177 ____________________________________________________ I long for you to find satisfaction, grace, strength, joy, peace & trust & all your heart desires, in close communion with Me. Dont you understand? It doesnt really matter where or who or what you are, but what matters is that you learn this lesson. The desired results of all Im doing in your life is you and each of you becoming that person I want you to be: a person that is close to Me, that trusts Me, that relies on nothing but Me and that wont be shaken because you stand on Me, the firm foundation, clings to Me, the Author & finisher, and is satisfied by Me, the great Filler of all things. The instability of your situation is engineered by My hand in order for you to make Me the Stabilizer of your lives, the only factor that always remains & around which everything revolves. If youre truly satisfied by nothing but Me, if what you truly want is nothing but Me, I promise you, I wont disappoint you! Wait & see! 178 ____________________________________________________ Even if it looks like everything is lost & all the progress you made is blown to the wind, those are just the storms of testing that blow away the chaff & that which remains is the worthwhile stuff, the material worth keeping. Connect the spiritual with efficiency in the physical. Accomplishing labors of love through the power of the spirit is the ultimate fruit of applying all that youve learned. The proof of the pudding is always a physical manifestation, your works. I want you to manifest the things I show you in obedience & take greater steps toward applying My counsel in your practical, everyday life. Its the ultimate proof whether My power really helps you to accomplish that which youre not able to do in the flesh, or whether its all just fine in theory. 179 ____________________________________________________ Oh, the hurt & pain a soul can inflict upon itself when it locks Me out of its world. The sadness, the gloom, the darkness & emptiness... And how it pains Me when My children refuse to believe in Me, build a brick wall in the place where once there was a door to Me, a door to simple, childlike faith & simple belief & trust in Me. Brick by brick, lie by lie, blocking Me out. Break down that wall! You cant do it with half-hearted efforts! Youve got to put your heart & some umph into it! Break it down! Its a sturdy, solid wall, held together with the mortar of many disappointments, frozen hard with the icy winds of disbelief; another spiritual plain, another dimension, one where I dont exist, or where I am very far away, like a vague shadow of things long gone by a fairy tale, like Santa Claus. And lo, there are many, countless in number, who live in that same world one where My light never shines, but only the fake, artificial light of the usurper, Lucifer, keeps everything in a gray, hazy mist... so depressing! They dont even have the hope of a better & brighter, more colorful world to come...! I could be the answer to all their problems, & yet, they reject Me because of the lies theyve been told. Do you see how important your task is? For you are so few against so many! Oh, if only you had greater boldness to stand up for Me in a greater, not merely defensive way. Go on the attack!

Christians like to apply that one to others & make themselves judge over another person, when the very first person they should apply that verse to is themselves. Its easy to spot the negative in others, and so difficult to see the good. Oh, its easy to see the good in others that are far away, like in those unreachable superstars the Devil is trying to get everyone to think theyre so great, well maybe some of them are. But that person next door or in the next room? Instead of unrealistically glorifying people that are completely out of our reach, why not come to grips with the fact that their whole wonderful appearance might be just a fake, whereas those people you think you know so well may have a deeper side to 181 ____________________________________________________ them than you might ever know, if you dont care to find out. But Every day is an intricate new creation of Mine, full of many in any case, you should give them the benefit of the doubt. And planned & coordinated processes, innumerable activities behind even IF they have that weakness or two... who doesnt? For sure the scenes... a brand-new work of art. In fact, its a continual you do! So, if you want to be leery of someone, be leery of those work of art that never stops, for you may have to sleep, but I thoughts that come creeping up into your own mind. Bring each dont. Were all constantly working behind the scenes for you & thought into the captivity of Christ, as the Scripture says. all the other millions of My children and those who are yet to A properly working conscience tries to keep your every thought become My children for each new day to become just that step in in check. The Devil always accuses others of the very thing hes time to bring them closer to Me in the way thats needed to bring most guilty of himself! He hates for you to apply the same tactics about the optimal result in the big picture on yourself voluntarily that he tries to use on you subtly, Another great scene in the movie of life. Most people are sneakingly, without you ever being aware of him doing so. unaware of this fact & think theyre just haphazardly put there by His input is always presented irresistibly attractive, and its fate, without a specific purpose or role to play, but you, My definitely not always real, but more often than not simply a children, need to be aware of the fact that youre actors in a great downright, blatant LIE! Hes the father of lies and thats what hes work, & you need to turn to the Director & follow the script in best at: lying, cheating, bluffing, faking, deceiving... everything order to bring about the best possible performance. that is false, he is the master of. But I am the REAL THING! Unlike in a worldly movie, though, to be a star in My show, its The real thing may not always be as attractive, especially when not about how cool you come across, how well you can act, but youve been spoiled by the attractive looks of the fake, but its how much you care & do for others that counts the most, & thatll REAL! Its going to get you through the winter! REAL fire will! qualify you for star status in My Kingdom! Artificial fire wont! You still have a tendency to be deceived by And My highest awards often go to those who took on the that which your eyes behold, and I want you to look deeper! Look lowliest roles, the nobodies & nothings who just did for others beyond that which you can see! Look into the heart! There you what was needed, whenever they could, even if it meant a will see real & lasting beauty! You may also see pain, you may sacrifice of an opportunity to show the world how well or great see tears & hurt, but you will never, never wind up disappointed they could have done something else. by some pretty false front there that turns out to be something If you want to be truly blessed by Me in every aspect, do the un- completely different than what it pretended to be! Look deeper! glorious thing, the humble task, take the lowly part. For in Look into the hearts of people! Open your eyes to the depth that learning humility, you acquire the primary requisite for becoming lies beyond the apparent! a truly great person! If you treasure humility as one of the most Look for real! Behold! What great & mighty things I would show worthy goals & ideals in your life, you will seek those humble & you, that thou knowest not! Open spiritual eyes & see what I want lowly deeds, for you know that they are good for you! So, neglect you to see, things Im willing & eager to show you! not the humble tasks, especially those that nobody else has done Claim the keys of vision, for I have yet greater things in store for yet. Dont let others snatch away all the blessings & rewards for you as an important tool & instrument yielding vital information doing them, but be a blessing to them by giving them a break & that will ensure your survival and that of many others, and showing em youre truly one of them. Youre not too noble to dip consequently, the salvation of many. your hands in the dirty dish water or clean the toilets or hand out Dont let the evil one deceive you anymore. I give you the power a tract! to see right through his false & phony front. Loosen yourself Doing the humble thing, listening to & respecting each other, not from the deceptive bonds of appearance! looking down on those who you might think are not quite as smart as you... these are all essential parts of the Law of Love. It 183 ____________________________________________________ will make you a lot more likable & desirable. Humility of the Spirit The imperfect things in life require more faith of humans to has something highly attractive for those who seek true love. believe in Me, as they figure, how could a perfect God have The reward is a peace & happiness, a certain kind of satisfaction created something so vile, so dirty, so low & humiliating? I that doing the lowly task brings, that nothing else quite does... mean, going to the toilet, changing diapers... you cant tell me that a perfect God would have planned it all to be thus... Oh, yes, 182 ____________________________________________________ but I did. And for a reason & purpose, as one fine day theyll all The Enemy likes to operate incognito. If you would always see. Without a comparison to the imperfect, that which is perfect recognize his voice as being his, you wouldnt fall for it nearly as would never be as fully appreciated... Youll appreciate not often... But often his sneers come camouflaged as the voice of having to go to the bathroom anymore in Heaven, a pain-free reason or as your own thoughts. He persuades you very subtly world, without dirt & pollution... It illustrates well the filth I have to adopt his opinion & view of things, like a very smooth & saved you from, through My sacrifice. diplomatic talker, who manages to talk people into his own view There is nothing uglier in the physical than the torturous by making them think that his opinion is their own... After all, execution of a man, as Mine was. Through all that filth, pain, this is what you have always thought, too, isnt it? And its very blood & agony I was able to bring Heaven, the perfect place reasonable indeed, when you think of it! You were right all where every moment is perfect, to every soul who will receive along... Making something sound like your own idea, when its that sacrifice as a personal gift of love from their Creator as actually just his perverted way of seeing things is one of his remission for their sins. oldest & favorite tricks! Its My perfect will for you to be right where you are right now, as So, check your thoughts & bring them before Me: Lord, is this unbelievable & unorthodox & uncomfortable as it all may seem, attitude really Yours that Im having? Try the spirits, especially so that you might learn the faith & the patience & the trust, that the ones that enter your own mind! A lot of self-righteous even when all things dont look as perfect as they should, I am in 180 ____________________________________________________ The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell from whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. Can you hear the wind blow now? Now you know what its like to bend with My Spirit not to be fixed on this world, not attached, nor rooted down, nor chained to it, but to be free, moving with My Spirit, as She beckons you... swiftly & easily able to change directions, speed or intensity at a moments notice... Welcome to the freedom of My Spirit. There is no greater freedom than this.

charge. There might be a lot of reasons behind those imperfections in life, My perfect imperfections! 184 ____________________________________________________ The reason so many of My children dont really live godly in Me, is because they have shielded themselves from the possibility of experiencing persecution. They wouldnt do anything thats not politically correct with few exceptions. Some are bold enough to stand up & step out for Me and the truth, and I will reward them mightily! 185 ____________________________________________________ Love loves the unlovely. If you only love those you jibe with, what great feat is that? Anyone can do it, even the unbeliever. Thats why Im teaching you My supernatural love, that which goes above human capacity. Yes, you cant even love without Me, thats why you need Me so bad, & you have to ask Me for more love, for your own is not enough! You feel embarrassed about it, but just give your empty heart to Me, & I will fill it! You see, thats why I dont like you to fill your mind, your heart & your self with any old thing that comes along, any old book or movie, because I can only fill an empty space & vacuum thats waiting for Me to fill it. But if you fill it up with something else already... Its like: you cant eat any more healthy food once youre stuffed with junk food. When youre full, youre full. You just need to wait then until youve digested whatever it was you ate or read or watched & make space for something new, which hopefully will be a wiser choice. What you can do, though, is, you can reserve that spot for Me, so that, as soon theres some space for Me to fill it, I will. You can already tune in to My wavelength, log on to My server & press the download button, & as soon as My computer detects any blank storage space on your hard drive, I will fill it with the desired & needed input! You have to learn to be led of Me even in those apparently tiniest of decisions: Lord, should we really watch this movie now? Is it really Your will for us to watch it now? The same way you should seriously consider if its really a good thing to stuff yourself with chocolate when you know soon you might be having a decent meal... Do you see how much like children you are? Always wanting to have the sweetest, give in to the craving... pretty spoiled, actually. Thats why the person youre having the most trials with is probably the one whos got your very same weakness. ...You see that spoiled child inside yourself reflected. Its another lowly process of digging in the dirt, rubbing your nose in the imperfect, all to make something better out of you. Its that friction, that heat, that pain, that transforms you & improves you. Wait on Me. Stop rushing ahead without Me in your life, wait for My instructions & learn to patiently wait & move & act at My majestic speed.

that love is still the answer & the most important thing! Show it in your actions & your interaction with each other. Showem how much you love each other, and that theres still enough love around, even for them. Even if they think youre a little crazy... To hell with what they think of you, as long as you can get them to think of Me. I have chosen the weak vessels to confound the mighty, the lowly to confound the great, the nothings & nobodies in order to confound the big shot somebodies. Who is lowly enough to let Me work through them because they feel incapable themselves? Look for the downtrodden, who feel useless & incapable, those who are empty, seeking to be filled, & tell them to give Me a chance, to let Me use them, fill them & lift them up! Stay tuned to My wavelength, slowly & humbly moving about, doing what you can, at My speed and in My strength.

187 ____________________________________________________ Praise is another underestimated weapon you dont use enough. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, and if trivial matters and bad language proceed out of your mouth with greater ease than My praise, then it shows that theres is something wrong. Your mouth is your most important instrument of conveying to others what you believe in, what you think and what you are, by your words you will be justified or condemned, and whosoever controls your tongue, he is the one who is in charge of the helm that steers your boat. Do from your belly flow rivers of living water (Jn.7:38)? Is it not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you (Mt.10:20)? Then praise My name, for Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God & whosoever shall confess that I am the Son of God, God dwelleth in him (1.Jn.4:2,15). If you want to be free from the Devils grip, praise Me! Let the Devil and his demons know without a doubt that you belong to Me, that youre not ashamed of Me, and that you worship Me, not him! Fear is the opposite of faith, and by getting you to fear, the Devil is trying to get you to worship him, instead of trusting in Me! Praise is the voice of faith, so voice your faith by praising Me... (Mt.10:32; Mk.8:38). Will you fight to overcome the Devil by raising your voice unto Me? If you hide your faith you are fighting a defensive warfare which no man can win. Which is it you choose: Faith or fear? If it is faith, then let Me hear it, and let the world hear it. Praise is the manifestation of your faith in Me. The sacrifice I require of My children is the sacrifice of your lips, yield your tongues unto Me in praise, for I dwell in the praises of My people. You can choose whether you walk a high or a low road. One that believes quietly a defensive warfare, barely managing to keep the Devil off your back, or an offensive, where you take the Kingdom, and every place upon which the soles of your feet tread is yours, with an attitude that loudly proclaims that you are My children & servants of the Most High, who are not ashamed of their calling. According to your prayers and your praises and the intensity with which you confess Me before men I will be able to 186 ____________________________________________________ bless you. Dont worry about what people might think or say of you. You There is no other way to please the Father but to confess Me are different, you know that, and youve got to live with it, and before men. That is a faithful & just servant in His eyes: one who you can be proud of the spiritual heritage youve got! If you think will not deny Me before men, but who will boldly confess Me & you can put on some kind of show about how well you might fit not make a secret out of their belief in Me. in & how much like everybody else you can act, you might as Discipleship is more than just making a living for yourselves! It is well forget it. I sent you as sheep in the midst of wolves, not for living for others & bringing Me to them, salvation and all that you to pretend to be one of them, but to be a shining light unto youve found in Me. my other sheep, that they might see you & find you & recognize you as a beacon in the darkness to whom theyll be able to turn & 188 ____________________________________________________ find Me. Why dont you just say, Lets pray!? So much pain & Rebuke Apotheon & Arakan when you feel tempted with feelings suffering could be eased if youd simply pray more. Im pleased & thoughts of inferiority. Youve got nothing less than they. In with your coming to Me daily for instructions, but its about time real, lasting values, they are the ones to be pitied in comparison you start putting the things Im saying into practice. Otherwise I with the riches youve got. just keep repeating Myself & this might become a vain tradition, a Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good ritual or ceremony, and you know that I dont go for that at all. works & smiling faces & looks of love, and glorify their Father in I know youre trying, but in some instances youve just got to Heaven, rejoicing inwardly over the recovery of love that they stop trying & simply do it! See, nobody expects you to be the had long thought lost & vanished. Showem Im still around! And answer man whos got the solution for everything. But we should

all be able to expect you to be able to point others, who are having a problem, to the Answer Man, and whats easier than offering to pray together? Take the problem to Me! 189 ____________________________________________________ I want you to learn to also tune in to Me when the conditions arent perfect... When youre surrounded by noisy strangers & unbelievers, and those around you are no support because they are stressed or battling themselves. I want to be your focal point & your main Center of attention in any circumstance. Its part of your training. Call it the skill of distraction-blocking... Make Me the central point of your focus & attention under whatever kind of condition, even if its noisy, chaotic or confusing all around you. You can get in the Spirit anytime & anywhere... you just quietly slip aside for a minute, if you can, you close your eyes & connect with Me. Smile though your heart is breaking; smile even though youre aching... If you connect with Me, I WILL give you the grace and the peace that will make you smile! Youre standing right in front of this mountain wondering how youre going to make it. Well, youll make it the same way you made it this far: by trusting in Me, not yourself, relying on Me as your Guide, holding My hand & heeding My voice & obeying My instructions. If there was no hope for you to ever make it, I wouldnt present you with this challenge! I guide you step by step along the path of reaching your ultimate potential. I know what you can personally achieve & what youre made for, which is the highest possible grade you can tackle, and Im not going to expect more of you than what youre capable of, so, you shouldnt either. Dont expect too much of yourself too fast. Do the unconventional things My Spirit asks you to do at the spur of the moment. Become more spontaneous & instantaneous, not so calculating, picturing in your mind what the other person might think if you say this or do that... Forget it & just DO it! When you realize youre failing in an area you should come to Me & ask Me to help you to make it! I can make your crooked paths straight! I could iron out all your faults & flaws over night, if I wanted to. But I want to use them. Bring those areas in which youre failing to Me, and I can iron the whole thing out & bend it all straight. Im your Handy Man. 190 ____________________________________________________ You will have to get used to being a thorn in the flesh of men, who are becoming continuously more wicked, and remember that theyre not really accepting you on their ground, but Im just tolerating them temporarily on My ground, which I am permitting the Enemy to usurp from Me for a season. You are My children, and he that receives you receives Me, and woe unto them that reject you. See it as part of your task & testimony. Without even saying much, your mere existence is witness to their spirits enough to make a decision either for or against Me, but you have to grant Me a little bit of time to either let their cup of iniquity be full or to bring forth fruit meet for repentance. I know it humiliates you, and its an uncomfortable position for your pride, to be somewhere where youre not really wanted. But its part of a prophets mission to go places where hes not really welcome, and have I not said that I sent you out as sheep into the midst of wolves? So, let them growl & show their teeth a little, what is that to thee? Endure hardness as a good soldier. Seek not to be a man-pleaser, but please Me! Fear not them which kill the body, but fear Me! One of the winners in this life who does not extend a helping hands to the needy, and especially to My servants in need, will surely not make a good picture in the next. 191 ____________________________________________________ Let's have another cuddle & love-up time! Let Me whisper My Words of love into your ears again & be wholly Mine! Let Me

transport you out of the realm of the physical & into the infinite courts of Heaven & Beyond. There you shall find solace & comfort & guidance & all you need for your soul to make it through this weary world. How I delight in My loved ones abiding & living together in unity, in harmony, in victory, without internal discord. Let go & let the world pass you by with its twisting & turning. Don't worry, you're not missing out on anything. In fact, they're missing out on the truly good times, peaceful times, heavenly music & atmosphere & infinite Words of wisdom. Fully live in the conscience of that you are superior, and you've got so much more to give them than they could give to you. You should be so full of this conviction, that you're of My royal priesthood, that they almost come to you without you having to approach them: 'What is it about you guys? There's something special... what is it?...' You know where you're going at the end of this life, they don't. You know what this life's all about, they don't have a clue. You don't have to slave away at one of their meaningless jobs, but they work hard for a false & fake security that's soon going to disappear from under them like a rug someone is jerking away. While your security is built on the Eternal Rock. You even know the future, both, the dreadful & the glorious events to come. All they know is that one day they'll die. So, if you want to feel better about what you do, just do more. Pray for Me to help you to be more efficient in your work & to really help you to accomplish something that lasts, fruit that remains & to become 'a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth. Even prayer is work spiritual work, and I reward you for your effort of obedience to petition Me, by granting your requests. 'Ask and you shall receive.' Nourish your spiritual stature by investing time, effort & work in the works of My Spirit. You're feeding on My Word to help you grow spiritually, and then you obey by acting on what I told you through My Word. That's like the exercise that makes your spiritual body grow strong & muscular. Become a holy man by immersing yourself in prayer & communion with Me. That way you can always be sure you'll be doing the right thing, if you follow Me step by step & let Me guide you by the hand. Pray without ceasing. It's like keeping your 2way radio on all the time. Ready & on stand-by to receive new last minute instructions and to let Me know whenever you need help. Just keep your battery recharged & stay tuned to My wavelength. You just might have to turn the knob a little every now & then to make sure we're still connected, and you might have to recharge your battery, then you won't have to worry about losing the connection. You can stay online with Me 24/7 without wasting money or energy. If you can't do anything else, you can always pray. 192 ____________________________________________________ Your days would flow so much more smoothly, theyd be more exciting, more alive & more fruitful, if you would include Me more. You can see Me in everything if you seek Me, & you can touch peoples hearts in most unexpected ways at times... When you think of Me, its like the contact is made from your side. Im always there, but as long as you ignore Me, you dont profit as much from My presence, naturally, as you do when you tune in to Me. And, of course, I cant use you as much as I would like to if youre literally in a state oblivious to Me & you fail to acknowledge Me. In all thy ways, acknowledge Me, & I will direct your paths. You can determine the positive or negative outcome of a situation by deciding whether youre going to pray or not. Dont let the Enemy & the power of habit cheat you out of this opportunity to make a golden opportunity out of each one. Every moment is a golden opportunity to do something wonderful, if you include Me in it. Even if you cant see any sense in what Im allowing to happen, once you realize that ALL things come from My hand, itll help you to acknowledge Me more & ignore Me less.

Certain things may a signal from Me, a sign, Hi there! Remember Me? Many apparently meaningless details & incidents start making sense once you start turning to Me. Its like turning a light on in a dark room. Its like learning to read: all of a sudden those symbols start making sense. If you want to grasp the meaning of every day & every moment of life, start learning to read My signs. A lot of things you may not understand may be My handwriting on the wall, & if you seek Me & ask Me, I can reveal their meaning to you. To you, My brides of the End, it is given to read & understand the signs of the times. If you look beyond that which is at hand & seek Me in it, & the deeper meaning, itll be like reading the Matrix. Its like learning to read computer programming language. Come to Me & your spiritual helpers for tutorship more often, & well teach you lessons on reading the secret script of the matrix of your life. Life can be much more exciting than you think. If youd take full advantage of every golden opportunity in life, youd never ever be bored, confused or frustrated... Life would be constant fulfillment & excitement.

even make one right move. Lean not unto your own understanding but trust in Me with all your heart! Seek Me desperately and with your whole heart, even when things appear to go well. Dont feel condemned, but do feel convicted, that there is yet so much more to do... so much you havent even begun to tackle. Remember to take one step at a time, seek Me for which step to take next, and then take that step & do it & then the next one & so on. Thats progress. You CAN make it, no matter how impossible it may seem! I have promised it, and I will empower you, I will do it and you shall see it.

195 ____________________________________________________ Here in My arms you will find the secret strength you need to make it. There is always more, & Our love will never run dry. My love for you will never fail, itll go on forever & ever & ever. So what if your life is a mess! Look at Me! Every life is a mess without Me! Cheer up, if you dont feel good. Those who feel good and righteous about themselves usually are the ones who are far from it. 193 ____________________________________________________ It is more blessed to live a sacrificial life of hardships & Desperation is required to really bring results. Indifference & sufferings than a life of ease. When things are rough & tough, complacency kill your spirit. thats when Im blessing you the most. My queen is like the voice of the Holy Spirit, begging & When youre hurting inside, thats when Im blessing you with beckoning all to come to repentance, to turn unto Me with all strength. your hearts, but so few listen, so few hearken, and even less I dont just want you to endure the trials & testings & hardships & obey. So many of My own children are so involved in seeking battles, I want you to embrace them, welcome them, enjoy them their own thing. & look forward to them. So few stir themselves up to call upon Me, to intercede for Im giving you special spirit helpers whose task it is to help you others. So few weep & feel & pain with those who are lost. So to love and enjoy the battle. many hear the voices of the Enemy, the voices of selfjustification, or listen to the debilitating voices of doubt. 196 ____________________________________________________ The plenteous life-style has hardened the hearts of many, to The worst thing in the world you can do when you dont know where it has become as the stony ground in the parable of the what to do is to keep going. Traffic lights are there to get you to sower: they hear the Word, but then the Enemy comes and takes stop when youre about to be run over by a flood of traffic from the seed away, the birds & evil spirits of the System snatch My other directions if you just keep going. golden Words right off of their minds & hearts again, keeping Pride & fear of being rejected drive you into the path of least them busy with other, trivial things to think about, and the resistance. To sneak out & take the comfortable option is not sunshine & warmth of the comfortable lush life dries them up, conviction! sucks the life out of them & prevents them from growing roots in Youve got all hell fighting you once you decide to serve Me, but their hearts... its not like Im leaving you helpless or defenseless. Youve got to Truly these lands are stony ground. And almost the whole world have a fighter nature in order to make it. is infested by this disease now in one way or another, for the Whore has made drunk all nations with the wine of her 197 ____________________________________________________ fornication. Right now, youre learning from what has happened, but the ideal & perfected use of prophecy is to be warned of these things 194 ____________________________________________________ beforehand. If you shall seek Me with your whole heart I will let you find Right now, your gift which is still in the infant stages helps My grace, which is sufficient for thee. But you have to come with you to analyze the events & things happening around you, but in determination, boldness and desperation before My throne of the future, it will actually help you prevent the sort of mistakes grace to find mercy & help in time of need. And one important youre now learning from. factor is not to let the Devil trick you into losing that desperation. Making mistakes is part of the school of life, but the goal is to Much is at stake here: the destiny of nations; of millions of souls learn to make less of them. either lost or won, your eternal reward or regret, according to Search for treasures of My Spirit, unrevealed, hidden & veiled, whether you did your part that was needed to save them or not. reserved only for those who truly seek Me with all their hearts. I You can justify yourself by the fact that youre giving more than have yet many things to give you. the average person, but you will always know that there would have been more you could have done, if you dont really give and 198 ____________________________________________________ do all that is possible. He that is not for Me is against Me & he that gathereth not Break through that wall of deception; the Devils trickery & with Me, scattereth abroad (Mt.12:30). Are you gathering with Me illusion, which causes you to fail to see the truth behind the or scattering abroad? Gathering with Me means to go out there facade! Seek Me and the truth, the real picture more desperately, with Me, without the camp, bearing My reproach (Heb.13:13), for you cannot rely on your own minds. You cannot rely on your into the fields & gathering lost souls, & by passively doing eyes and on your physical senses, much less that which you nothing, youre scattering abroad, instead. deem to be your own knowledge. Your own knowledge can be One of the primary reasons for the success of evil in the world is worse than ignorance at times, because it closes doors that I that good men are doing nothing. So, fight against those demons would open. You think you can tell by your experience that a that are trying to stop your mouths & destroy your witness & certain thing is very unlikely to happen in a certain situation or testimony. Its a battle, yes. Its a war. Its tough. And you havent with certain people, so you dont expect miracles anymore, you even yet begun to fight. The fighting is happening out there. And quit, you surrender, you give up. only by obeying Me & launching out into the deep will you find Forget what you know! I am Everything and you are nothing. Just My complete blessing. Overcome, even as I have overcome. be a holy hole that needs to suck Me up desperately in order to

Im telling you where the greatest blessings lie. Theyre sometimes hidden under a cold layer of snow or ice, the facades that some of those lost sheep are taking on to hide their true selves. Nothing will ever last; only the souls you win for Me. Will you allow fear, pride & Lethargy, your enemies, to hold you back & keep you from your highest calling & destiny? 199 ____________________________________________________ As long as youre pleased with yourself, its pretty hard for Me to get you to desperately want change. It keeps you from staying desperate & humble. It also keeps you from getting really, really serious about your life. If you dont want to keep making the same mistakes over & over & over again, some things are going to have to change. Some things youre simply going to have to get more serious about & more desperate. The times you were the most desperate in your life are not the times you like to remember the most, much less would you like to re-live them, but they were the times that brought about the biggest changes in your life. They were the times that spurred you into action: into memorization of My Word, desperate prayer, greater efforts to witness. Feeling too comfortable & too good about yourself distracts you from getting really desperate and looking for those areas in your life you need to change in. I HATE that complacent spirit... the spirit of amusement while the world is going to hell. What will you have done with your life? Are you just carelessly going to continue enjoying what youve got or are you going to get concerned about those who havent got? Look at the immensity of the purpose of your life! You truly have a challenging task. Dont let the misery of the World just pass you by untouched, but implore Me to change things! 200 ____________________________________________________ In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (1.Thes.5:18). It is the Fathers will that you thank Me and keep a thankful attitude in everything & every situation, and not start complaining & murmuring about it! Give thanks in every situation you find yourself in & youll see its up to you & your attitude what will become of it. Even the worst situations can turn into good and lead to a better one, if youve simply got the right attitude, one of trust & of thankfulness for whatever I bring. I may be testing you to see how youre going to handle it, how much love youll come up with or whether youll let your pride take over & spoil it. I will have mercy, not sacrifice: Before you can go out and sacrifice your pride to Me by being a faithful witness, youve first got to have a LOVE for the people. Go and learn love, & then it wont even BE a sacrifice anymore! Without love, its nothing. Without love you are nothing. Without your love for Me, your obedience is nothing, and only love will give you the grace to obey Me in the first place. Without love, theres no use in witnessing. Im sending My prophets to the world to give everybody a chance to repent, to turn around & change their minds, their hearts & their ways, because I love them. Thats what John 3:16 is all about. I love them, and the Father loves them, thats why I came. Thats why He sent Me and thats why Im sending you, because I love them. That whoever will receive you might be saved. 201 ____________________________________________________ If you would get desperate with Me everyday, you would find so much greater strength & grace for all the things you do and want to do. Its a matter of life and death. Many lives and many deaths. You could be a bringer of life & saving them from death. Now is not the time for jesting. Its war time, an all out struggle between the two opposing forces of the universe, and youre right in the thick of it.

Those who stand strong on the rock of My Word & truth will be raised above the storms, & those who stand on earthly soil will be washed away. The Devil tries to get you so occupied with earthly affairs that you wont even have time to start taking the affairs of My Spirit World serious enough. Thats your struggle: flesh or spirit. Every day, every hour & every minute you have to make the choice & decide. And it takes faith to choose the Spirit, the invisible... Especially when that which I, the Lord of the Spirit ask of you is hard for you to do, and that which the Lord of this world uses to distract you is so attractive. If you reach out to Me, I will reach out to you! If you put Me first place, I will take care of you. But you will have to renounce all these distractions. Prove your belief by the amount of time you spend with Me. You cant just go on in flesh mode. You will have to switch to Spirit mode if you want to get anywhere & accomplish anything, and if you want to survive. Youre walking towards a pitch-black, gloomy night, and only I am out here in front of you. I can see through the dark, but you cant. Youre blind without Me. So, dont be unfaithful & neglect your time with Me. You need it, and I need it, too, for I need you. I really, and honestly need you! I cant do the job without you! Im dependent on you to get the job done. 202 ____________________________________________________ The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak: The spirit stands for your willingness, and even comes from My Spirit, which works in you, both, to will & to do that which is My good pleasure. I have begun the good work in you, and I am the One to complete it. But the flesh is what hinders you. It stands for weakness. That which is considered strength in the world is actually a flaw, a handicap if you want to do the works of the Spirit. Success in the flesh profiteth nothing. If I dont anoint your works to be accepted by the world, then it is My will for you to utterly dedicate all youve got to the Spirit, and there you will find strength that they who trust in the flesh know not of. Naturally you want to show the world that youre not a failure. But think of Me on the cross. I didnt look like a success to anybody hanging there. And if you really want to be My disciple and follower, so it will be with you. Success in this world is almost equivalent with failure in My eyes. Its the same old scheme: are you willing to apparently be a loser in the worlds eyes and a winner in Mine, or do you want to be a winner in the worlds eyes and a loser in Mine? This constant struggle of the flesh to crowd out of your life the things which are important to Me, by the things which you consider more important at the moment, is so contrary to Me, My will in your life, and thus your spiritual progress. Its the flesh that weakens you, disables you to do the works of My Spirit. The flesh is weakness, the Spirit is strength. Its the exact opposite of the way the world looks at it, and, subconsciously, youre still rather prone to look at it that way yourself. The spirit is associated with people who are physically weak, or with ghosts, dead men without any physical strength at all. In other words, irrelevant to success & achievement & all that really matters in this world. Its the eternal struggle, and its becoming more & more intense, as the world of the flesh fights its last furious battle & lashes out innumerable temptations at My brides to lure them away from Me. The god of this world appeals to all that your flesh desires, all you could ever dream of having in this life, in order to get you away from Me and the Spirit. He fights for your time, your energy, your attention. And every minute he achieves to lure you away from Me to fulfill the gratification of the flesh, is a point for him, which weakens you a little more, delays your progress a little more. He knows he cannot stop you, so he delays you. Hes throwing gimmicks, obstructions, obstacles and all manner of devices onto your path, the course you run for Me, to slow you down, to keep you from reaching that goal, to get you to miss the mark, which is what sin means.

Sin means missing the mark. So, in order to hit the mark, and not sin, youve got to focus, youve got to take time, youve got to concentrate, youve got to stay clear of any distraction. Love doesnt go by whether anyone deserves to be loved or not, love is unconditional. I will always love you, no matter whether you fail or how often you fail. In the flesh, youre a loser. In the Spirit, youre a prince. You can walk through your days either as a loser or as a prince, depending on whether you walk in the Spirit or in the flesh. Are you going to be a loser or a prince today? Are you going to walk in the flesh ? Or in the spirit, as My prince and anointed, My beloved, in whom I am well pleased, in spite of countless faults & flaws by the standards & measures of man? Are you going to live your days according to their standard or Mine? According to theirs, youre a no-good, a loser. In My eyes youre a bearer of riches, a prince among paupers. It is so important that you spend sufficient time with Me everyday, in order to get on My wavelength to grasp hold of Me, in order to walk according to My standard of love. Cling to My Word as if it were all youve got. Cling to My hand as to your only strength, your only hope of survival, and reject the temptations of the many distractions the Devil throws your way each day! DO the Word. Make it merge with every fiber of your being. Rub it in as a precious healing balm & ointment that will heal & cleanse you from every ill, every weakness, every blemish! There are many who believe in Me, but few who know that Im present in every human beings life every day, eager to interact with My children, to speak to anyone who will listen. For these are indeed the last days, in which, as I have promised, I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, that they may prophesy, dream dreams & see visions, if only they be willing to receive and believe! I have loved you more than you have ever known, more than your perception of love can ever fathom as long as you live in the flesh. And nothing and no one can stop that flow, nothing can stop the flood of My love for you, which is also manifested in My Words of love to you, so, let it flow & never stop!

You really must be set on fire if you want the world to come out & see you burn. They wont be attracted to half-hearted or logical thinking, but only to the supernatural voice of My Spirit. Inspiration is essential; otherwise itll be cold dead works & words. The sample must be the outstanding thing and what makes you different. Pray for compassion for the sheep. Claim the keys of passion! Woo them like a lover. Love must be the driving force of this revolution, the Revolution of Love. 206 ____________________________________________________ You must change your attitude & stand up for the conviction that your time is Mine, you are not your own. Dont subject yourself to bondage, its a new day. Be prayerful about your interaction with outsiders, for their unbelieving attitude rubs off on you, subconsciously. You have to realize that in order to prove your loyalty to the System youre undermining your loyalty to Me. Ye cannot serve God and mammon... Sooner or later there wont be any more in-between.

207 ____________________________________________________ Claim the key of the gift of sacrificial love. Its that special Key that makes true saints out of ordinary, originally selfish people, who were not any different from all the other folks, but have been touched by My supernatural grace & have been transformed by My Spirit into something they were not. Claim the Keys of change and transformation and renewal of life for a complete change-over of heart and soul and mind! A missionary is a man or woman who is utterly dedicated and yielded to Me, not holding anything back. Nothing else matters to them but to give, to pass on that which they have received from Me. They are compelled, driven by that force, that love unspeakable, peace that passeth the understanding of your mind, My supernatural Spirit. The love of Christ constraineth them. A missionary is a picture of utter trust in Me vs. the flesh. They know they are doing My work, and that Im a fair Boss and 203 ____________________________________________________ Husband, and will never fail to fulfill My part of the deal. They can Burning with My Spirit is not anything you can do in the flesh. count on My supply and My faithfulness to reward the faithful. Only I can set you on fire, you cannot force it. Humility & A missionary is a picture of true wisdom, for he has seen through brokenness is what makes you material that I can ignite. the vanity and emptiness of this World, that its got nothing to Otherwise, itll only smolder, smoke & choke the people. give that could ever truly satisfy, and thus they rush forward to In order for it to become real, there needs to be pain & fill that aching need in their fellowman for that only real and desperation. lasting treasure that truly satisfies: My Love & Salvation. You cannot fake love, nor the real fire. Any element of self, which A missionary is humble, yet proud. Proud to be working for Me, might distract from Me, the true light is only harmful, as it will the King of kings & Lord of lords, doing even the humblest & lead the searcher into a false direction. Youve got to be willing to lowest & most menial task, just to follow My example in gratitude, become nothing, nothing at all, nothing but Me. and to fill the need. Watch out for any of those elements that would distract you. A missionary does that which no one else would do, what nobody else can do or is willing to do, and thus they become 204 ____________________________________________________ superhuman. My missionaries are My supermen. What do you want to do? Do it yourself, promote self, or take Just like I was raised from the humiliating death on the cross and the humble road, deny yourself & glorify Me? The comfortable ascended into the sky in glory and am set at the right hand of My road is the one that promotes anything you like but Me. Fathers throne, so shall My humble missionaries be highly When you start promoting Me it starts to become exalted above all men. uncomfortable... Thats when you start dying to yourself, They are the rulers of My future. For who else will be worthy? because it makes your pride, your selfishness, your ego, your old Who else will have the love necessary but those who have man & everything in you that stands for this comfortable & already given their lives in love? compromising little life, squeal & hurt. All those who think they are something shall stand in shame in Im going to help you, but I cant take this pain from you. that day when I will exalt those carriers of My Words. So, you have to check your motives. Is your goal & vision easy What is a missionary? Theyre all Ive got. And theyre all youve living? Or do you sincerely want to further My cause & Kingdom? got. For without them, this life and this whole world would truly Selfishness weakens your spirit. Pray against selfishness be meaningless, there would not be any hope for any of you. everyday. As long as you continue to be willing to fight & Honor them. Help them. Dont turn them away, but give, as it is in sacrifice for Me, youre going to be fine. Gods way up is down. your power to give, for truly it shall not be unrewarded. 208 ____________________________________________________ I wish for you to proceed in faith and confidence, not fear. I wish for you to walk in love, not in fearful trembling of what the future might hold.

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If you want to fear anyone, fear Me! Its the only wholesome fear there is. Its a warm fear, because you know its going to lead you to do the right thing, and its the beginning of wisdom, the first step that leads you into the right direction. Its not really fear, but more like respect. You respect Me, you acknowledge Me, you check with Me, and youre scared to make a move without Me, because you know you might land on your face otherwise. Its time to put on the new man Im making out of you, a fully grown, mature adult in body & spirit, wielding My anointing & authority, the full stature of the man of God Im anointing you to be. Its serious business! Youre fighting against powerful enemies! It requires sobriety and shunning any kind of foolishness & shallowness. Be free to be the real you, and thats a serious fighter! Foolishness is one of those elements of self. You know that I have a good sense of humor, but basically, Im a serious man, acquainted with a lot of grief, and were at serious business here, fighting a serious war for a serious cause with a lot at stake. Those fates of countless human lives you are wrestling for are nothing to be taken lightly. Dont take this anointing lightly. Wear it with silent pride in Me, constantly keeping that secret connection up with Me. Let Me be your secret. Ill be your secret weapon, your secret power, the secret to all you would call success. The voice behind the curtain. The power beneath the surface. I want you to inspire in people a hunger for the greatest mystery of the universe, arouse a curiosity in their minds and hearts about what it is that makes you tick, that faith that there is something so much greater & more real than this world. Let Me live, move, walk, talk, think in you, love them through you, talk to their hearts through you, touch them through you. Let them see Me through and in you... the secret power & source behind everything you do, every miracle you will work, every word of wisdom you will speak, every song you will sing. Let Me fully possess you, and there will BE no limits to what you can do. 209 ____________________________________________________ One of the advantages of the Enemy over you is your carnal tendency to expect things to happen in the usual way, not any differently from the way youve seen or experienced things happening before. Count on the unexpected, learn to be prepared for even the least likely in a group of possible events to happen, even an entirely new one that no one would have even dared to imagine... You dont have a clue how things are going to pan out. My Word and Promises about the future are unshakable and unconditional. Im always with you, will never leave nor forsake you, etc. Others of My promises ARE conditional, and their fulfillment depends on your individual choices. Praise Me whenever one of you has made the right choices toward victory and deliverance, for a lot of work in the spirit was necessary in order to bring that victory about. If youre open, you can learn through anything & everything Im allowing to happen & bringing across your path. Openness to My Spirit, My truth & My revolutionary new wind, is one of your greatest assets. Youre taking time to absorb My Words & My lessons daily, My revelations, and there isnt in this world anything better you could do! I AM your driving force. I AM your motor! I AM what keeps you going and got you going in the first place. I AM the beginning and the end, He Who worketh both, to will and to do that which is the perfect will of God in your life. I AM the Engineer of every lesson youre learning, and thus even the Allower of every mistake youve ever made and will yet make. These Words only apply to those who are choosing My Words to be the source of the very strength and essence of their life. If life, and everything ever created came about through My Word, why should it be surprising that that very same Word should also be the essence of your strength, energy & power in your personal life?

Thats why theres nothing you can do, no situation you can ever fall into, in which Romans 8:28 wont apply. Be it good or bad, whatever happens to you who love My Words, it will always be for good & for the better, never for worse! For those who love God, things will ALWAYS turn out to make perfect sense one day, and you manifest your love for God by receiving the Seeds of Love, the Word of God, into your hearts. Theyre more important than food, more important than money, more important than anything you can do. Keep in mind that these Words werent just destined for your ears only, but that youre supposed to giveem to the world. I will cause you to burst forth in My perfect time, like a newly born spring bursting forth into a mighty river. Be prepared to teach nations... Prepare for the time of the End when you will teach many. You will be the beacons of My light to the world in the greatest darkness this World has ever known. Youre going to become My most skilled warriors of all times! Stand back and see Me fight! Through YOU! 210 ____________________________________________________ Im not rushing you. Im taking you at your pace. I knew all along what you were willing to do and give and what you were capable of, and how much time you would need to put it into practice. Youre doing fine in coming to Me for all these things. Few people on this Earth come to Me for counsel when theyre having a problem. Lots of people pray, but few wait for the answer. As soon as you come to Me, I will give the answers that will make the mountains just melt away. So, if theres a thing youre having trials or doubts about or battles with, just say so. You can come to Me and then you can go forth in My Spirit & clear out the problems. 211 ____________________________________________________ Ask of Me and I will give you the heathen for your inheritance. You can already assume that authority in the spirit. You definitely dont have to be afraid of them. Remember that I am much greater than he that runs the world. And youre more than conquerors by being willing to appear like the losers. 212 ____________________________________________________ Through sin, Satan is able to attack you with condemnation. But only until you get a hold of Me & pump down enough of My heavenly water to wash all that filth away. You should not to neglect to pray against evil worldly influences dragging in the Enemys vibes, trying to belittle you, to put you down. 213 ____________________________________________________ The Serpent will spew out a great flood of lies after the Bride, and the Earth will swallow it (Rev.12:15), so be prepared. Be prepared for the greatest collision and confrontation between My Bride and the World which has ever been, resulting in the greatest tribulation there has ever been. For I will wreak trouble on those who seek to trouble you. Ill give them greater issues to worry about, trust Me. The plagues of Pharaoh are a good picture of this. He oppressed My people, and I sent him plagues, and although the AC will never let up on you voluntarily, nor will he be persuaded, I will give him enough distractions on all fronts to keep him busy with other matters than persecuting you, My beloved, and in the end he will face his final Nemesis descending from the sky, namely Me, and he shall taste the white-hot sword of My mouth & take a thousand year ride he wont forget, playing yo-yo in the bottomless pit. Yes, ridicule him, he cant stand that! Dont underestimate him, but dont respect him too much, either, for he doesnt really deserve any respect. Hes a foul traitor, and a pitiful case, the true epitome of a loser, although right now hes really acting up & is pretending to be the winner. Hes all fake & phony, the only thing thats real about him is his spiritual stench, and thats all there will be left of him, someday, a bad-flavored memory of a

chapter in the history of the universe which everyone will have learned one good thing out of: Never to want any of it again. Thats My purpose, so we can all finally enjoy creation together, each one with thankful hearts. Although there still will be challenges, dont worry. New planets & territories to conquer and enlighten with the knowledge of truth. To teach is and will be your ultimate destiny... to teach others to teach others to teach... After all, free choice will still be a fundamental law of the universe, but you can teach from your personal experiences why you personally recommend to choose good: because youve seen evil. Of course, some wont be happy with a historical record of evil and will want to experience it for themselves. We might send them back into the past, to get a good first-hand experience of what evils all about, and that should cure them. You are My future rulers & teachers, and to be heavenly minded, to some extent, means, to be future-minded. Once you come Here, you will know the victory has been won, although some of the actual fighting is still to take place. Its hard to comprehend while you're still on the temporal plain, but its still the truth. Its like those people asking, Who made God? Its hard for a temporal being to grasp the concept of eternal beings. Although I was created, for I am the Beginning of the creation of God, the Father is and was and will always be eternal. There is no beginning nor end to Him. There will be an end to the kingdom of Satan, his world, to be replaced by My Kingdom, with the barrier between the dimensions gone. I will bring about that End, just like I brought about the beginning of this World, thats why I said, I am Alpha and Omega, and for you, who have grasped that point, there will be no end. 214 ____________________________________________________ You would like to drop everything & follow Me, but I could use you more in a different capacity. The Devil is attacking you, trying to make you feel inferior. But I want you to assume the authority & power in the spirit & accomplish & do that which youre ordained to by Me! Its time you fulfill your ultimate calling! Youve got to believe! Keep your vision, your eyes & your focus beamed on the royal mantle of anointing Ive given you: that shining crown, that golden glory, that high calling of God, & let no man belittle you! Keep your vision of the grander things Ive ordained you to do! Tear loose from the little, insignificant distractions & mundane affairs of life! Trust Me for more. Enlarge your vision! Raise your goal, your standard & vision. Aim high! The futures yours to claim! Its yours! Grab it now! This is the day of your anointing. Youve got to believe, act... prepare for it! Get ready for it, Im going to do it! Get ready for God! 215 ____________________________________________________ Wanting to be everybodys friend stems from wanting to avoid confrontation, and can be a form of laziness, when you allow others to compromise. Often you dont really pray about whether what someone wants is good for them or My will for them. On occasions, you have compromised & just let them do whatever they feel like as long as its within the realm of the tolerable. Being a good shepherd requires more than that. Youre so afraid of becoming the kind of shepherd that used to bug you when you were younger, that youre not much of a shepherd at all. Just lying there idly in the meadow, while the lambs are playing dangerously close to the woods or are even hobnobbing with the wolves or other suspect animals isnt really doing the kind of job I would expect from one of My shepherds. I cant rely on that. I cant trust you with them when youre that lenient & just let them do whatever they please, hardly ever tellem off, just because you dont wanna rock the boat. It takes greater love, greater commitment, greater yieldedness, greater readiness to be and do and go wherever, whatever I demand at any time. Greater obedience to the Holy Spirit. Learn to speak up & not harbor things inside.

216 ____________________________________________________ You just cant have the faith that I can fully bless you if you know youre not obeying Me fully. I want to gently lead you along the path of perfect & complete obedience. Pray without ceasing, and come, lie here with Me on that promised meadow of meditation and reflection, committing all your cares to Me. Commit your family to Me, your needs & finances, your enemies! I can take better care of them all than you ever could, just give Me a chance! Believe and drink in! Dont let the perverted & twisted thoughts & doubts of the Enemy interfere & cause static & pollute your mind! Block him out! Leave him out in the cold! Hes got no part in you, you are Mine, and theres nothing he could ever do to change that. Theres nothing you could ever do to change that. I love you unconditionally. All he can do is bluff & lie & try to scare you. But if you look into My face & hold My hand, you wont be scared. How can you be scared if youre lying in My bosom? Nothing and no one can do you any harm. Use greater wisdom & greater love even for your enemies in your communications with them. Live peaceably with all men, as much as it lies in you. Its better not to write anything, than words which stir up strife. Witty words wont get you out of trouble, only My power & wisdom will. There are many who need your prayers. Come, and implore Me for them. I need you to pray for them. 217 ____________________________________________________ You say, Lord, I dont want to keep You only for myself, but it costs so much to share You with others... The worst thing in the world you can do when you dont know what to do is to keep going... Its a time of great transition & upheaval, & there will be even greater upheaval in the future, so, it behooves you to pray as if everything depended on prayer, which it does, and to hear from Me & seek My face as if everything depended on getting a hold of My instructions & revelations, which it does. Not a step without Me! is the standing order of the day. You cant afford it to make one. Its essential that you go through this crash course in AME. 218 ____________________________________________________ There is a reason why things are tough & tight. In emergency situations I draw people together. For when things are rough & not as usual, nobody can just bear their own burden anymore, but people have to flock together, join their resources & pitch in together. 219 ____________________________________________________ Its human nature not to respect someone on a lower level or stage of development as much as you would one of your own rank & level of experience, or higher. You have to learn respect, even for the little ones & whatever they might have to say. Show respect toward them in the way you answer them, once theyve told you whats on their hearts. 220 ____________________________________________________ People with inferiority complexes often subconsciously overcompensate their feelings of inferiority by putting on a hard & arrogant, proud outer front to shield & protect them. Its a vicious cycle & a deadly trap of the Enemy: first he makes you feel really bad about yourself, & so little in your own eyes, makes you hear all their sneers & criticisms of you sometimes real & sometimes imagined then he amplifies them in your mind to where you feel you could hide under the carpet or plain disappear... and there, down there in your little hole & shelter, sometimes over years, you develop new confidence, but you harbor that resentment toward those people who used to ridicule you. You have found out by now that youre not as pitiful as they are, you know now theyre deceived, but you cant really come up with sufficient love for them to humble yourself & submit yourself into their hands, like I did, becoming their servant, or like Neo did in Revolutions...

Youve got to find your own personal Mr. Smith, who is belittling & ridiculing you constantly in your own mind, renders you ineffective in some ways. The demon who keeps asking you, Why do you still keep fighting when you should know by now that its useless? Youve got to pinpoint him, nail him down, knowing that I in you am far superior to him, and that I am going to give you the victory, & then look him in the eye, & say defiantly, Because I chose to! Because this is what Im born to do: I am destined to fight & lick you bastard, Im destined to WIN! So, get out of my way, you little satanic nincompoop, in the name of the power of the keys! I will pray for you, My love, that your faith fail not, and that you will expose & challenge your own personal enemy, and know that Im always not only right beside you, helping you to fight, but I will be in you, fighting him through you. Full possession is your destiny, for you were meant to be all Mine & Mine alone, and when the time is ready, you will win your final victory

My chosen ones, he knows that that's all he needs in order to render a potentially powerful threat to his kingdom useless, or so weakened by comparison, that he won't have to worry much anymore. One day you will see just how ridiculous the issue was, over which you risked a life of unity, a potentially powerful team and weapon in My hand against the Enemy... All it does is, prove that you didn't really care about winning others into My Kingdom in the first place, much less to seek My Kingdom first. All you really cared about was yourself, your personal satisfaction, and that nobody got any more of anything than you did... You didn't really have what it takes, that's why you settled for less than God's best, or even 2nd or 3rd or 4th best... What a shame. You always knew it somehow. After all, your old friend, the Devil, has been telling you all along that you didn't have what it takes, and most of the time you believed him. Those bright & glorious promises... yeah, it would have been nice had 221 ____________________________________________________ they applied to you, too, but they were written for someone else. You have many enemies. And youve got to fight them one by And Me, well, I'm just going to have to look for someone else. one. They know they cant stop you, so they seek to delay you by Someone who might not despise that crown... someone who bluffing you, intimidating you or attacking you with fiery darts of doesn't mind a little sacrifice. Sure, years of training, of pouring doubts. into you My Words, My care... down the drain. Not the first time... You are the light, and they hate you! They seek to obstruct you, I've seen it many times. Just another one who thought I for they know they cant put you out. So, they try to weaken you demanded a bit too much... another one who didn't really care from within, trying to stop the flow of the fuel, so your light will about this sacrifice of Mine on the cross. After all, you didn't ask grow dimmer, for less people to see than if you would really get Me to die for you, did you? And if I did anyway, well, that's My on fire for Me and burn! own fault, you figure. My own fault, too, that I was as dumb as to The Enemy is trying to get each one of you so absorbed with choose you, right? For a task that I should have known full well their own personal little matters & affairs that you wont manage that you didn't have the guts & whatever else it takes for it... to concentrate on the common foe, the common goal, much less Well, which is it going to be for you? You tell Me! I know full well to really unite and attack him. that I'm putting you through dire straits right now, that I don't The Selvegion are trying to make sure you will fight for your little seem to be blessing this union between you an awful lot. You comforts & commodities & rights. think you might get things rigged up a little bit better by Theyre only the infantry. Next come the archers, then the spear yourself.... fighters & finally the horsemen. Or in terms of modern warfare: Maybe it's worth a try, you figure... Set out all on your own, not next are the tanks, then the planes & finally the missiles. having to let all those other idiots bug you. Yes, on your own is What the Punk isnt realizing, is that with each battle, beloved, the key phrase, by yourself, and for yourself, and all around youre growing stronger. And with every new upgrade & weapon yourself... Another few hundred miles down independent road... he tries on you, you grow stronger & develop ever greater All alone through the galaxies... well, I knew somebody like that, resistance against him. They will finally realize that they wont who was finally ruined by his own bad company... have a chance against you from the spiritual realm anymore, and What's it gonna be? You tell Me! will see their last resort in attacking you in the physical during the tribulation, and thats right where I want them. He thinks 224 ____________________________________________________ youre the mice & hes the cat, when all along, youre only the You will have to make a decision similar to the one My disciples bait to trap him into the physical world, where we will be able to had to make when I asked them to forsake their miraculous finally annihilate his whole system. catch, for a great testimony. The disciples had just witnessed the Hes going to find out that in chasing you, hes bitten off more miracle, thus they were willing to follow the Miracle Man, not just than he can chew. cling to the mere manifestation of the miracle. In time, you will also witness My undeniable miracles, which will persuade you 222 ____________________________________________________ beyond a shadow of doubt, and there will be no more hesitation. Im going to use you in your different capacities to win the Some things simply take time, even though the matter is always war, each with different modi operandi, different views, attitudes, urgent. Im preparing you for your exodus, but preparation takes motives & tactics. According to personal choices & even time. mistakes, circumstances can change. What counts is that the The essence of the missions success lies in openness to My war is being won, not who gets the greatest credit or glory. moves, regardless whether its the way anyone expected or There are certain things you dislike & that rub you the wrong experienced it before or not. Forget all you know is the slogan way.... But whats important is that there is sufficient unity, for the day. A little child shall lead them, and blessed is the man loyalty, mutual respect and love for the cause that you win the who will be open and alert enough to see My hand in that leading. war and make it happen. Stay alert in the Spirit, and open to unexpected moves & changes, never underestimating the little things. 223 ____________________________________________________ How easily everything a man has is lost by pride. It's a gamble. 225 ____________________________________________________ 'Who's gonna give in first?' I want you to start receiving messages for the ones you Some never found out. Only to discover in tears much later that minister to. Neglect not this gift of prophecy, nor use it solely for the issue that had caused them to separate was so ridiculous, so yourselves... shamefully ludicrous and downright idiotic... But thus is the I teach you to overcome your fear of man, your tendencies of wisdom of Satan. denying your own convictions of what you believe is right, or His art & witchcraft consists in making mountains out of things that I have shown you to be right. Remember the old and molehills, big monsters out of tiny little bagatelles. Small, tiny the young prophet. Im teaching you to stand up for the things seeds of dissension which grow into ugly big giants & demons of Im showing you personally, your link with Me. What is the most discord, hatred, disunity and jealousy, and what have you... important thing every child of God must learn, and every whatever divides, whatever drives a wedge between My people, generation has to learn it individually? To hear from Me, find out

My personal will and act on it, because, sooner or later, thats all you will be able to rely on, and you will need to be able to trust in your channel then! Youre each important to Me, and whatever I give each of you will bear equal weight and be an equally important piece of the general picture & puzzle of My perfect will for your team... Each one has to be open to new leadings, new angles, new factors in the equations, new possibilities they might not have considered before. You dont all have to be doing the same things all the time. Unity is something greater than that. Youve each got your unique talents & calling, your natural swing or umph or momentum, that thing which is your personal special contribution to this enterprise. Some of you are still looking for theirs, but youre all going to find it if you stay close to Me, keep coming to Me for every move & every decision. I will lead you in a clear direction, not an uncertain path. 226 ____________________________________________________ A prisoner & slave of the Matrix doesnt have Me to lean on, so, he only has his own flesh & circumstances to lean on. You can always trust a Systemite to be a Systemite; to seek to advance his own cause & leave you standing cold in the rain, if need be, to never stick up for you at the slightest risk of his own personal loss. They are unprotected subjects to pride, envy, selfishness, & all kinds of bad spirits lingering around. You can tell the effect of Cesar demanding his pound of flesh: your energy, your time, your very substance & being, just for a little meager support.

useful pre-requisite when challenging the Devil, the accuser of the saints. Because sooner or later hes going to pull out any sin he can find that you ever committed knowingly or not and blessed is that man who has learned to mete others with a standard of loving forgiveness, for with that same standard he will also be met... 229 ____________________________________________________ (Dad:) Were all different kinds of vessels of the Lords living water. I poured forth without measure. The more water you get, the more chances youll have that there are a few little impurities or strange little creatures strange truths in there. What matters is that the World is being watered & saved from dying of thirst. A few little trickles arent nearly enough to make a real difference. Some things youve just got to take by faith. Its one of those things youre just going to have to trust the Lord for... Why did He choose me? Because He knows best. Even Jesus suffered from attacks of the Enemy.... I was a fella who loved the Lord the best he knew how, just like you... Show the world the goods youre made of. Make us proud! The benefits of backsliding? Weve ALL experienced them.

230 ____________________________________________________ There are some things you simply might not understand, which youre going to have to either trust Me for, or put your own reasoning above Mine, saying you know better than Me. Thats what the 70 did when they left Me after My cannibal sermon... They figured, Thats it! That cant be it! This makes no sense! It goes against all we ever believed to be right... Are you 227 ____________________________________________________ really willing to forget all you know? Come to Me first. Things will work better that way. You know, thats sometimes the hardest thing for a man to Im not impatiently expecting My children to learn how to drive a forsake: his own knowledge. He may not have a lot in material truck when they only recently learned to ride a bike. Youve got wealth, but oh, his spiritual riches are well kept in his brain up to trust in My patience, and also be patient with yourself. there, and no man can take that away from him... Sometimes you folks are your own toughest judges. You must tell Pan that youre going to go on for Me, even if theres nothing about My plans that you understand. Walk by 228 ____________________________________________________ faith, not by sight. Faith is more important than knowledge. Faith You dont all have the same tastes, likes & dislikes, (-and you is the driving power that compels you to do something for Me, dont have to). Your spirit helpers dont, either. whereas knowledge can sometimes leave you cold, a passive Are you going to be able to work with each other in spite of your observer of whats happening. differences? Get out of the grand stand! Participate, run & fight with us, I am your Anchor and safe-guard. I will not lead you astray. instead of analyzing. Once youre down in the arena, youll see There are great lessons to be learned, about team spirit, about just how tough it is to fight the Devil and the whole world and still humility, about not seeking that which is your own, about try to be a perfect sample. preferring one another... So, stop criticizing and analyzing and come on down, walk on the Shepherding requires being grounded & firmly rooted in the ground with Jesus, right here in the arena, where its happening. wisdom that is from above, My meek Spirit, humble & quiet Thats where the crowns are being won, where the winners are. verification, making sure that this is, indeed, the direction Im Be a co-fighter, really attacking the Devil where it hurts, in the leading, before announcing it to the whole world and causing a real-life, flesh & blood battle down in the arena of witnessing & great stir, when maybe it turns out that Im actually leading you preaching the gospel. elsewhere. The Family is not a defined entity that can be generally analyzed In quietness and confidence will be your strength, and the or categorized, but the Family consists of thousands of majority of My great accomplishers throughout history were personalities & different characters, which make up the overall quiet people who just did what they could, according to their sample of the Family. The Family is you & what you make of it. faith... And hiding behind the excuse that you cant do the job because, There are different types of human personalities, like there are theres hardly anyone else doing it either, just wont cut the different types of angels and spirit beings, different types of cake. That kind of attitude never won a war or revolution, and I animals or astral bodies: stars, planets, moons, comets, will hold you personally responsible for any loss that you could asteroids, etc. They all fulfill different purposes to maintain the have prevented. balance of the universe. Some people resent being labeled or The trick is not to wallow in self-condemnation or self-pity categorized in any way, or even the fact that people might know because youre all alone & theres no one there to help you & something about them which they wouldnt want them to know, understand you... The trick is to overcome all that & snap out of it but there is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed, so you & just do the work! A lot of people could have been saved, and might as well get used to the fact that youre an open book. you are as responsible as anyone who has received such a large Theres a lot about you that others could tell you about you, not amount of truth. to mention what I could tell you about yourself... It all depends on Im not forcing you, but Im trying to motivate you, to move you how much truth about yourself you are willing and able to take. into action, begging you to get down to the real thing, face the Some folks simply prefer to dish it out, but with the same responsibility of the job you are given by Me. All other things are measure you mete, you will also be measured again. It all comes distractions, and the time of your ignorance We have winked at, back to you, sooner or later. Being a tough task master on but from now on youre being held responsible! yourself first of all, means youre prepared to take whatever Self-righteousness comes back in your face. Beware of selfcomes, and that youve got nothing to hide, which is always a righteousness. Lay low, and learn all that you can from others.

Hold back with your own wisdom, and hold your peace and learn your piece! 231 ____________________________________________________ Im working on the motivation of your hearts. I want you to learn to love & teach your kids, to witness to your fellowman and to keep your house neat out of love for Me, because you know it pleases Me, and out of love for others. I want you to open up. Im teaching you about the importance of communicating, understanding & sympathizing with others; Im teaching you the importance of acquiring spiritual wealth above material wealth & making a living. Out there, thats all they exist for: making a living. Is that all people ever consider living for & investing all their resources in, their time, their energies, their lives? What shall we eat? What shall we drink? Wherewithal shall we be clothed? Where shall we live? and Who will fulfill my sexual needs? These are pretty much all the questions that they are concerned about. Once those are covered, it goes on to, How shall we spend the time that is not spent on any of those previous questions? How can we entertain ourselves? 232 ____________________________________________________ One of the first steps to getting something done for Me is to pray for them to happen. Its like youre charging My angels to go before you & clear the way of any obstacles. You want to get something done for Me? Then start off by praying them through! Your own physical energy will never be enough. The power of prayer is the secret. If you would take the time, I could show you things about each person you meet, and you should. You must pray more about things... This habit of making decisions without counsel & united prayer, thats one major NWO: eliminate that bad habit & replace it by the way its supposed to be. Youve just got to make it a rule: No more decisions without counseling & praying together about it, period! Theres more at stake here than just a few hurt feelings! 233 ____________________________________________________ It is good that you are alert, but you can also trust Me that the situation is in My hands. Commit the whole thing into My hands & trust Me. You can determine your course of action. You have to go according to your faith on major decisions... All this is going to make you stronger, bolder, braver, more valiant & courageous. It will help you to rise above & make out of you that which you were not, but what you have always felt destined to become. I am with you. Im re-making you. Its a painful process in part, but it will be worth it all. 234 ____________________________________________________ A bad disease, handicap or injury cancels & disables all other plans & activities. Things just cant keep going as usual, cant continue, because someone has had an accident or fell sick; the kind of emergency situation where everything around just stops & people have to focus on it, take time out & deal with it. Youre all affected by it & disabled. What complicates the issue is, when the patient denies the symptoms or tries to justify them by mistakes made by others. Although you will want to do everything in your power to drag this comrade in arms along, there comes a point where its either drop the body or die yourself! This is the horrid, cruel but very real nature of warfare. There comes a point where the person youre trying to save determines to give you their co-operation and start fighting for themselves or theyre going to have to be left behind. You cant risk the whole mission, the whole troupe ALL the time over one person who refuses to get the victory! Because all the shouts & laments of Oh-how-could-you-be-socruel are soon going to go under in the noise of the real battle, and then help you God if you find yourself paralyzed by something you didnt fight hard enough to shake while you still had the chance to do so.

Youre going to be as one who has risked the safety & lives of your comrades over your own well-being. Theyre going to be gone, because you refused to fight, and youre going to be lonely and sorry. 235 ____________________________________________________ A sick or handicapped person can reach out to help others & do good at times, but you wouldnt send a handicapped or sick person to the battle front in a war. If youre going to be My frontline soldiers & Endtime warriors, youre going to have to be cured first, or at least be rid of that piece of shrapnel, that bullet or tip of an arrow thats still stuck in your wound. Then youll have to stop the bleeding, pray for a quick healing, get some rest & re-filling, a clear vision, & then you can join in the fray again. Youve got to get rid of some of your excess weight & baggage, & some of your inappropriate habits & attitudes that dont come in handy when fighting a war. I need reliable soldiers who will fulfill their duty, regardless of whether they feel like it or not... You should be able to rule your spirit & emotions! 236 ____________________________________________________ Thank you for fulfilling My hearts desire, and allowing Me to fill you to the brim, and for asking Me to fill you to overflowing. I will grant your request, and from henceforth you will overflow with My love, My Spirit, My Words and My wisdom. Untold riches are yours in the spirit. Come, let us ascend unto the next level of greater challenges, deeper riches and revelations, of closer ties to My Spirit; more permanent interaction between Me and you, and much closer union with your helpers and lovers in the spirit. Come, and join us in a permanent love feast, where you will be so thrilled and will find all your heart ever desired. Where Earthly matters will be less relevant than ever, worries will be completely done away with, as you will find Me taking care of every little detail for you. Thus is the path of those who have laid their personal desires at My feet, only wanting to do that which is good for My Kingdom. Yours shall be a first-class ticket to Heaven, as you hold on tight to the magic wand of My keys. Welcome, up Here, in the chamber of greater love, a new level of greater dedication. Strip naked, and join us in a love orgy that will thrill you. It will make you want to forget your present world, and yet, My greater love & joys & ecstasies of the Spirit will also give you greater strength to deal with the affairs of the physical, as you will find greater joy in your tasks, more grace to give, a greater love and understanding for those who you come in touch with. Touching you, for many, will mean touching Me, for you are all My gifts of My love to those people out there. Many, whose intentions werent pure, or were not willing to pay the price, who held on to some selfishness in their hearts, compromised & never found the strength that it takes to do My work; the supernatural power of divine and unselfish love. Welcome among the ranks of My true shepherds, those anointed and appointed to feed My flocks, scattered throughout all the Earth, on the highways & byways, and wherever you may find them. They are your goal and destiny. Your highest goal for which you want to strive, you will find it not by trying to make a name for yourself or leave your mark in history by some selfeffort, but by sharing that which I lay on your heart with those whom I shall lead across your paths. There are countless sheep who are hungry, even starving for My love and truth. Im going to open up your eyes and will enable you to see that which lies underneath: the loneliness; the longing for assurance of a glimpse of that which you have seen and felt and experienced; a ray or glimpse of hope. Youve got to be My transmitter of hope for them. Tell them about My great mystery, why I suffered that cruel death, the key part of My mission, that I did it for them, and if they can just believe and accept that, they wont have to worry anymore about what will come, about their mistakes, or whether they will

make all the right decisions or do all the right things in this life. Tell them of My unconditional love. The New Testament, a new agreement and contract I have made with Man, means: unconditional love. All youve got to do is accept and receive it. Stretch out your hand, and let Me lay there the greatest gift in the universe, and you will be forever Mine to care for, to love, to shield and zealously protect from any harm, to provide for, to satisfy, to make happy and to fill with joy, to fill your very hearts desires. If you only reach out & touch Me! 237 ____________________________________________________ Remember the big lesson on self-righteousness! You never know when I might let you fall into the same trap or condition that youre seeing someone else in and either laughing about or shaking your head at... Next time that fella down there might be you! It helps when someone goes through a terrible trial & feels like freaking out & someone comes along & says, Oh, thats not so bad! Ive been through the same thing & Im still alive... In fact, it turned out to be quite okay in the end... Thats all some people need to hear sometimes. Youre learning to discern My voice from the Enemys. Its a constant choosing the good & eschewing the evil. Watch out whom youre allowing to speak through you. Always be on guard, and claim the promise I gave you, that I would constantly fill you to overflowing with My Words, My Spirit & My love! Remind the Devil of that when he comes around to try to use you for a channel of his message... his little sarcasms or worldly attitudes. Keep washing your heart & mind with My Word & My positive input! 238 ____________________________________________________ Know beyond a shadow of a doubt that all is forgiven and forgotten as far as Im concerned! All that counts is your love for Me... I dont want anything else. And, in a way, your love for Me is a result of your mistakes: If you had been more successful, do you think you would have been that desperate to find Me? As long as everything goes alright, man is pretty used to cruising along on his steam as usual, without desperation nor a real deep need for Me. 239 ____________________________________________________ You need to learn to go on steadily for Me, even when it looks like everyone else is jumping off the ship. Im going to be with you! And thats what matters! Let Me be your Stabilizer! I want to be your Anchor, and the only thing you cling to. Come to Me with your empty vessel & say, Lord, erase all I know & just give Me your pure, clean, unadulterated input! Its gotta be You, otherwise, itll be no use! I want to be the only steady & fixed factor of regularity & stability you can lean on! The only ground for you to stand on. All other ground is sinking sand. I want available tools at any time I need them, adaptable at a moments notice. I want you to forget about the circumstances. I want you to focus & rely solely on Me. Youre just going to have to make a greater effort to put Me above your circumstances. I dont want your circumstances to dictate your times with Me, what youre going to ask Me, etc., I would like to dictate your circumstances by your times with Me: Me giving you the instructions and the Words that will create new circumstances. Right now, My Words to you are a result of your circumstances. You find yourself in a situation, you seek My counsel about it, & then My Words might alter your circumstances according to the extent you implement them. But now, the next step is that you come to Me blank open ready for Me to create a whole new set of circumstances for you. Make the verse happen that says, This is the day which the Lord hath made! Let Me make your day! Let Me not only actively participate in your day, but let Me rule it and make it, and determine what your actions are going to be! Give every minute, every second, every hour of it to Me as clay in My hands to form out of it a new creation, a new sequence of miracles, an episode of wonders to behold.

Empty yourself completely of all that occupies your mind and then give Me that blank mind, heart, soul & life of yours, and let Me fill it with the stuff I consider really relevant. Give Me your mess, and Im going to create a Masterpiece of My perfect harmony & order out of it! If that sounds like your kind of music, lend Me your ears, and I will fill them. I will fill them with the music that created the stars. I will sound into an orgasmic explosion & climactic event that will thunder around the world, and youre going to wish youll be in it! Are you going to ride My sound-wave? Were going to be heard around the world, and its going to create an echo that will never end, and ricochet through time, history and eternity. Give me your minutes, and I will give you millennia! Give Me your hours and Ill give you eons! Give Me your days, and I will give you all eternity! Eternity is yours for the asking! What are we going to do with it? Empty your mind, the glass of your life, completely of all that has been filling it previously, let Me give it a real good rinse, or even create a whole new vessel out of it altogether, if need be, and let Me fill it, and fill it, and fill it, and fill it... From My angle, your problems look pretty ridiculous & irrelevant. Behold, I make all things new, if you give your old world to Me & let Me remake it into a much better, new & glorious reality! 240 ____________________________________________________ If youre going to be filled by Me to the point of constantly over-flowing onto others, Youre going to have to take time with Me to get filled without distraction by others. Are you willing to seem like all you would not want to be? Sometimes thats the only way I can make someone become what theyre truly meant to be. Stop listening to the vile opinions of man. Especially of men who are in bondage to the lurks of Satan! Lets move on to the things that are REALLY relevant, for time is short, and weve got a big job to do! Concentrate and focus on whats relevant. Life is about finding My lost brides in the spirit out there, wooing them, and bringing them Home to Me. Ive created you to be a servant and a blessing to many! Its the beginning of a brand new life without compromise, without worrying what others say. They seek not the will of the Father, just like Peter didnt when he was trying to convince Me not to go to Jerusalem to be crucified. Imagine if I had let him! The greatest and most important mission in the entire history of man could have been foiled! If you could see how much is at stake, you would not hesitate one minute! Radical changes are necessary right now! Its time for another acid test! Time for Me to see whether you love son or daughter or wife or husband more than Me, or whether youre going to put first My call to you to feed My sheep... Im calling you like the shepherd boy to slay the giant with the smooth rock of My Word! Love doesnt care what people say, and were talking about the most important love here, namely your love for Me! Your highest duty is to Me alone, and its time to make that clear. Focus fully on the task ahead and the vision Im going to give you, even if you feel like dying! The Enemy is going to try a few big stunts, for sure! Are you ready for them? 241 ____________________________________________________ Delusion must be destroyed, in order to build a firm foundation of truth. Think not that I am come to bring peace. I am not come to bring peace, but a sword to set man at variance with his father, daughter with mother... I bring that sword of variance, to cut down the veil of false appearances and views which hinder you from doing My work. With every layer of that curtain that I cut down, you come a little closer to the whole truth. Shed your former concepts of truth and reality and empty yourself completely and open yourself utterly to Me. Let Me be your strong anchor and first love. One of mans major dilemmas in this day and age is his own knowledge, or that which he thinks he knows. Everybody is so

convinced of their own view and opinion that theyre not open for the truth, everybodys an evangelist for their own little private & personal pet truth. This is actually one of the greatest obstacles youre up against. How can you show that your truth is truer than theirs? Well, in the end, only My power and anointing will tell the tale, and If this work is of man, it will come to naught, but if it is of God, no man shall stand against it. And by their fruits ye shall know them... Healings, miracles, good fruits & manifestations of My power. You throw your rod on the ground and it turns into a snake, and then the Pharaohs magicians do the same, but yours will eat up their snakes. If youre truly going to be My anointed, the world will see it. Moses walk out into the desert on his own was the only way to get him to My holy mountain. Keep My message, not your needs in the forefront of your mind. You must learn to rise above even your physical needs and let them dictate your life no longer! But seek ye first My Kingdom and righteousness, and all these other things shall be added unto you. Its going to be a lone hard road, and youre going to look like the loser, but I told you, you had to be willing to look like everything you didnt want to be. War is on. This is the real thing.

people to do are too crazy. They make no sense. Its all too uncertain for them! No, theyd rather play it safe, serve the Devil & work hard for his meager wages than trust Me that if they obey Me, I will supply all their needs. Your task is going to be to find those who are fed up with being slaves of the Devil and want to use their energies for a better purpose. Am I enough for you? Do you think I can manage to make you happy? Fulfill you and satisfy you through and through? Test Me & see if I really am the Best! I am a jealous God, I never made a secret out of it. Its a known fact throughout all the ranks of Heaven that Im simply so much better than anything else, that putting anything on a same level of importance with Me, or even above Me, is nothing short of sheer insult. And Im looking for humans in your physical world who believe that. Are you going to be one of them? Do you really think that Im the best Thing in your life, or are you still waiting for something better to come along? If youre still not completely satisfied, you havent discovered all Im capable of! Theres more to Me, much more! Try Me!

244 ____________________________________________________ Throughout history, whatever army or military force had acquired any kind of position of power, as soon as they stopped conquering, growing, & invading more of the Enemys territory, as soon as they felt safe enough to settle down and just enjoy 242 ____________________________________________________ what they had, they started becoming corrupt. If you feel like youre not going to accomplish anything, its You had been shaken up by the effects of compromise, areas, going to cause you to get desperate to have Me accomplish which so far you hadnt allowed Me to touch. So I tore down that something through you! There are desperate times up ahead, and last layer of delusion which blocked your view from seeing the the faster you learn to get desperate with Me, the better off youre plain naked truth. For some people, the whole ugly awful truth going to be. about themselves is just too ugly, and more than they can bear. Theres a storm of opposition from the Enemy and even those, Its time to part with compromise. Its time to find out where each of whom you dont know exactly whether theyre friend or foe - of you really stand. time will tell whether they will go for the option of love that will If youre a babe, then act like one & drink in the milk to get lay down his life for their friends but all those things will just stronger. If youre a disciple, a fully grown, mature doer of the serve to strengthen you. Word, then show Me your faith by your works! Youre in a higher league now, and you look like a skinny runt And if youre serious about making the changes needed in order compared to all the bullies, and you feel pretty lost... Theyre to get to the standard I want you to have, but you feel that those joking about you a little, and the training is very exhausting. Its living in the same Home will hold you back from doing so, in their another acid test. Things are always toughest at the beginning of momentary state, then youre just going to have to be willing to a new ministry, a new grade, and, well, thats just the way it goes forsake them, even if it hurts a lot. Show Me that you are willing & the way we all find out whether youve got what it takes. and able to sacrifice! Show me that you are willing and able to The thing to do now is to gratefully and wholeheartedly take up act on what Im showing you to do, even if those dearest to you this new challenge, as opposed to getting discouraged & lying dont understand and think youre making a mistake. Show Me down with an attitude of, How could I ever think I was going to whose follower you are! make it? So, be at peace, everything is alright, even though you feel like at 245 ____________________________________________________ rock bottom. Theres no better place to start, because theres no Obey Me step by step, and as you obey one step you will be other way to go but up. shown the next. This crisis is not for nothing. Its not an empty or unnecessary drill! Things are not going to continue as they are, 243 ____________________________________________________ and I want you to survive, so, youre going to need a tougher The Devil had you so confused & in such a mud hole, its state of mind in order to make it! Theres even a reason for all time to remind yourself and him of Whos in charge here. Show this lukewarm reasoning youre being confronted with, for him by praising Me that you still know that I am in control in spite nothing makes you as sick of lukewarmness, as being handed or of all his futile attempts to sow confusion and hoodlum! fed a good mouthful of it yourself by someone else, and I sure Better to be betrayed than to be one of the traitors. hope its gonna make you hate it! Lift up your heart to Me, dont dwell down there in the muddle of Its a problem when people read the Word but only pick out your own mind! Come up here, where the air is clean! Come up to whatever they like or appeals to them & sort of ignore the heavyMy holy mountain! Receive My precepts & write them on the duty stuff, or say that wont apply to them. tablets of your heart. There comes a time in every life, when they see where they erred The test every great leader throughout the ages had to pass, & failed to see the truth. from Moses and on down until the Family: The resistance of the In the end, there are going to be 2 in the field, one with My true half-hearts. The criticism of those who would want to be the anointing, one without... leader themselves. The rebellion of the proud & unyielded. Who When I return, there will be shiners & shamers. Keep in mind made you a ruler over us? Its the very voice of Satan! He got to what youll want to be on that day, & keep working toward that the same point where he got fed up with My leadership & he was goal: becoming a shiner for Me. Its nothing you can work up in thinking, Who made You the Boss over us anyway? I wanna be the flesh, but it can be achieved by faithfulness to Me. my own boss! And the majority of the people out there simply Keep striving for humility! Humility that will enable you to prefer themselves as their own boss, or if they dont have the approach anyone at any time with My message without any fear, strength & courage to be their own boss, theyll accept the Devil born of pride, about what they might think of you. I wish you or any one of his System stooges; at least hell give them what would fall so much in love with Me that you would only care what they think I cant: security and a fixed, safe position in this world, I think of you! and its material blessings. They figure the things I am asking

I dont want you to stay empty, I want to fill you up with Me! I want to satisfy you! Focusing on the positive means, not staring at the problem, at the hole, but looking up to Me, the solutionGiver, the Filler! Stay focused on Me, not on your needs! Look at Me, the Supplier! Look at My promises! Reach out for My heart of love, and touch Me, and I will guarantee you greater satisfaction than any woman could ever give you! Its not always necessarily bad to be in want of a certain thing that youve been taking quite for granted... Youve got to create a vacuum for Me to fill it. Theres got to be a need before you get stirred up sufficiently to call on Me with all your heart to fill it. Commit tomorrow into My hands. Commend the day into My hands in the name of the Keys, & look what I do with it. Let each day be Mine, and its going to keep getting better. 246 ____________________________________________________ (After watching Mr. Hollands Opus:) One day, the subtle tricks of the Enemy, which he used to deceive millions to get them to abdicate, for a mess of pottage, their highest calling of being their brothers keepers, of being teachers & shepherds of the flock, will be exposed & laid open for the whole universe. The mess of pottage of some personal dream or desire in the end often only turned out a decoy, a distraction of the Enemy, a compromise to settle for a quick, easy-to-see, easy-to-reach solution or satisfaction, as opposed to the long & winding, thorny road of faith & patience. For who would have thought that that child or that youngster could have turned into a brilliant mind, a shining light & beacon to many under your influence & tutorship? Who could have suspected that they were wide-open treasure chests, waiting to be filled with what you had to give them? Im handing out a crown of great glory to those special few who had the vision, who were faithful, who led My little ones & guided them by the hand, who had an unselfish love to pour their own lives into those young & brittle vessels, often at the cost of giving up their own dreams & visions & goals they had for themselves. Because they had the faith that those young ones could grow & rise above their own limits, that they could far exceed whatever accomplishments their teachers might otherwise have achieved... Because they were unselfish enough to esteem another, younger one higher and more important than themselves, therefore I say, Hail to the faithful teachers! Glory and honor to them from everlasting to everlasting... to those who shared the know & shared the glow, who passed on the knowledge of My truth in faithfulness & a humble anointing. How greatly shall those be honored by countless millions... forever. 247 ____________________________________________________ I prefer you in a desperate & helpless state. I can use you much better like that. Complacency is one of the greatest enemies My children have, and one of the most dangerous, because the presence of that yucky spirit feels as familiar and cozy as a friend, and is seldom recognized and exposed as the heinous foe it really is... Dont fall into the mode of taking things for granted. I want you to stay alert & keep your eyes open for those golden opportunities to touch someones life, to influence someone for the good, which might bring eternal changes, to sow the seeds of My wisdom into their hearts to teach, being instant in season and out of season... 248 ____________________________________________________ What is love? Love is respect, not taking someone for granted, showing appreciation. Love is like light, reflected in the gazillions of tiny little particles of which everything consists, without which the light itself would remain invisible. Even so, love, without countless tiny little manifestations, isnt really there. Focus on the immediate little steps of love to take, right in front of you as opposed to far-off goals of grandeur & splendor. Its the little things that make the Kingdom of Love stand, the little, tiny molecules, that hold the whole universe together.

No ocean or mighty river without the tiny little drops of water, or the even tinier water molecules, and likewise, no greater love than this without all the tiny little, but consistent & constant manifestations thereof. No babies without tiny little, invisible-to-the-naked-eye sperms & eggs, no body without tiny little cells... Its the tiny little faithful actions & deeds of love that make Love the greatest thing in the universe. So, dont worry about great accomplishments & making your mark in history. Never mind about grand aspirations and great names for yourselves. If you just stick to the tiny little actions, deeds & steps of love, youll be doing just whats necessary to bring about the triumph of good over evil, and youll be doing just fine, and youll be fulfilling the best possible destiny for yourself there is. For how can you assume that youll be ready to lay down your life for another someday, by some grand endowment from on high, if youre not willing to take the little steps each day to show others that you care for them, that you consider their happiness and satisfaction and care more important than your own? How can you think that someday youll be ready and faithful not to deny Me, and to stand strong in the hour of temptation, when you cant resist the little temptations of selfishness right now? You didnt think little things were THAT important, did you? Its because most people are impressed by whats big. Dinosaurs & mammoths, skyscrapers & towers of Babel, Yeah, lets build an even higher one... But what was once the highest building in the World is now a heap of scrap & sorrow, and its the ants, not the dinosaurs, who have survived. So, be thankful, if youre small & little. Enjoy it, while it lasts. Its like the advantage & gift of being invisible. Those who are inflated by their pride are always a target. Even when theyre not, they always feel attacked, they always feel criticized, they always feel like everybodys looking and staring at them... when often, its all just in their heads. Love IS our most important weapon. Its the stuff that our weapons are made out of! And all the great words & great visions & great aspirations & great announcements of, Behold, we shall do this, and we shall do that, we shall conquer this land, and we shall be great indeed... can sometimes turn out to be nothing but hot air and a lesson in the importance of the faithfulness in little things like love. If you are called to do great things, forget not the greatest of all: the love & humility to treat others the way you would like to be treated yourselves. Walk a mile in their shoes, and if you still feel like you have some great words to say afterwards, write them down, and pass them on in humility and silence. The World knows enough big mouths. What it needs is to see action. Whatever you may say: tiny deeds of love will always speak louder than words. What convinced people that I was the Christ were not only My Words, but ultimately My actions: the miracles I and My disciples performed. And through My Words I want to give you the faith to do miracles yourselves. Just remember, the way to get to those big miracles of love is via tiny little stepping stones of faithful deeds & manifestations of love toward Me and your fellowmen everyday. In everything you do, every minute of every day, love is the most important thing. That is something that will never change. Even though the manifestations might differ or change according to the occasion: Sometimes the ultimate proof of love will be the correction of somebody or to stand up for your convictions of the truth, but it always has to be done with love, for without love, anything good you might do is nothing. If youre failing to give love, youre failing Me. 249 ____________________________________________________ Before you show love to those outside, you have to make sure you love those closest to you as much as yourself. See it as one of your major tasks in life to impart to others what you have learned, not only by recounting your experiences, but also by honestly, humbly and lovingly approaching them about areas in which they could improve in their lives. For example, if there is something someone says or writes that lacks clarity, instead of just pretending you understood, why not sweetly admit, Oh, Im sorry, I didnt understand this. Do you

think you could make it a little more clear or explain what you were trying to say? Whats important is that each correction is done in love, and that all your teaching is an act of love. I have bestowed upon each one of you the ability to see & comprehend different things, & you can only fully profit from the things I teach all of you individually by sharing them with each other. Who knows but what you might have to share could be the missing piece in the picture of the major lesson Im trying to teach someone at this very moment in their lives! Or perhaps by what youve got to share, something else will be triggered, a reaction, or a related thread, which might help you or yet another person along... Sharing the know & being your brothers & sisters keepers is a wonderful thing. Keep an open mind when you come to Me in prayer, for what I could show you to convey to someone else. 250 ____________________________________________________ When will you start seeing and really believing that all things come from My hands, all things are in My hands, and that many of these things Im bringing about in your life are really just for the sole purpose of testing you? Each person perceives as reality only a fraction of the grand picture. Only I can reveal the whole picture, and in due time, I will. Seeing things through My eyes requires more than just an open mind & being objective. Even your objectivity is still quite subjective, as it is subject to your own desires, opinions, your point of view, even your selfishness. Being an evangelist or missionary, an apostle, means not just waiting for opportunities to arise, but creating opportunities. When you have the right to enjoy a liberty which I have granted, but you forego it, in order to avoid that one of your members should get hurt, thats living the law of love. Your hurt is your reward! Your pain will be your joy! Enjoy every little bit of your pain, for this is godly hurt, and its going to bring about good fruit. When you are ruled by love, you dont waste away the hours moaning & groaning you wish you had the liberty of the good old days while the world is going to pot...You work as if everything depended on working to get souls saved into the Kingdom. A little more pain and sacrifice for you bring life and relief and Salvation to others. Forsaking all everyday! Thats one of the slogans of a true disciple to keep in mind if you want to start off each day clean slated in order to get the most you can do out of it. Forsaking all in order to put Me first, thats the goal.

Little is much if God is in it. 252 ____________________________________________________ If you pour out your life to others, I will pour out My life to you! Take more time to minister to those I have brought across your paths. Spend more time feeding them. Your needs will be taken care of. All I ask is that you be faithful in the little things. Dont worry about the costs, I will more than repay whatever thou spendest. Whatever troubles you, give it to Me, & dont let it distract you from the job at hand! Prayer is the pump that sucks down My sap from the heavenlies. It creates a vacuum for Me to fill. When you dont know what to pray, just start praising Me, thats one thing you can ALWAYS do. Why make an idol out of your blessings, when you can have the Giver of the blessings, the Blesser Himself, to worship, and to love, and to adore? 253 ____________________________________________________ Its time for radical changes & time to get down to serious business with Me! Time to seriously seek My face. Things ARE going to get desperate, sooner or later, and Im not going to let anyone get away with taking things for granted any longer. On the other hand, I dont want you to panic & stare at the waves! I want you to look up, to Me, and continue to trust in Me. My promises are still true, especially in time of crises! If something doesnt work, I dont seem to be blessing it, and withdraw My support, its time for a change. As long as everything is all comfortable, I hardly get any of My children to move. I always have to turn up the heat before they will get stirred up enough to look for a change or a different direction. You cannot neglect your job for Me.

254 ____________________________________________________ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Im asking you to dwell within the realm of My heavenly thought power, so you can be free from the vain, empty, often useless thoughts of man. This will result in you choosing at every turn of the road, the right one of two possible ways: mans way or My way. Mans way leading to destruction and death, and My way leading you further on, the high road and the low road. How can you make sure youre going My way up, and not your own way down? By not relying on your own finite thoughts & the empty words of man, but by basing all your decisions on My input; My Words, My thoughts, My way, and like this you will move within the realm of My Spirit, My calm, My heavenly sphere of protection... peace that passeth the understanding of your mind. 251 ____________________________________________________ Turn every thought into a prayer, and My wings will lift you Please dont neglect My time with you. Sometimes a break can higher. renew your hunger for My Word, and then I will pour forth again Analyzing circumstances & then drawing your conclusions from in greater strength, but you wouldnt want to go too often without that analysis, as to what you think you should do, can very easily any spiritual food, or youll dwindle down to a skinny runt in the be one of those ways of man. You think things over, you judge spirit, and were at training here, where a lot of spiritual effort & your situation, your chances, the probability that youre going to strength is required, and as the saying goes, nothing comes from make it by the height of the waves, by the gusts of the wind, and nothing. The same principle applies to your prayer life. Ye have you figure, No, I think today is a good day to stay home. I think not because ye ask not. its better to quit, to tie up in port, to give in, to not even try. Im bound to certain rules & can only give you what you actually You think this is the right thing to do, the reasonable thing, & ask Me for. You believe in prayer as much as you pray! everybody would surely nod their heads & agree with you. But If you shall seek Me with all your heart, I will let you find Me. then, what about Me? Did you commit the situation into My I need to be able to count on your loyalty to Me! Are you still with hands in fervent prayer? Did you make really sure that Im not Me? Its more than ever time to delve into My Words. going to calm the storm, or enable you to sail the stormy sea, Dont limit Me by unbelief, but let Me work in you to bring about anyway? You could be in greater danger staying at Home than the changes needed in order to get to the point where youll be a launching out by faith, if thats what My highest will would have real blessing to your brethren, both, IN the Family and those not been for you! Seek Me, consult Me, and not your own mind. Lean yet in the Family. NOT to your own understanding! Youve got what many are looking for. Youve got the key to the hearts of many who I have been preparing for this. 255 ____________________________________________________ I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me. Will you just lift Me Youre like Neo the first time he comes to the oracle & she up and exalt Me? Put the emphasis on Me and My Word, teaching tells him, No, Im sorry, kid, you havent got what it takes! And them to establish their own personal connection with Me, and I he doesnt, at that point. But from then on he learns to esteem will draw them unto Me! They will come! another higher than himself, in honor preferring one another.

What you need in order to make it to the next step is a love that is willing to lay down your life for each other. You have the potential for it, but whether youre willing to go the way you see before you, or finally start walking in it is entirely up to you! I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He is thy life, and the length of thy days (Deut.30:19,20) You are choosing between the ways of life and death right now, the way of your own carnal mind, of the flesh, and the way of My Spirit. What may seem like the easy way out is often only a harder way down the road. I am steadfast, stable, and I, the Lord change not. If you can make up your mind to truly follow Me, I will make a way, even when there is no way. There are times when it seems perfectly legitimate, reasonable & alright to quit; the only reasonable thing left to do. But those are often the times when the true heroes are born, those who say, Lord, contrary to all the circumstances, contrary to what my mind tells me and contrary to the way I feel, in spite of the fact that I know that this rugged road in front of me here will bring a lot of pain & suffering, as it already has, in fact Im still suffering... In spite of all this, Lord, I decide & choose to keep going for You! There are a thousand voices telling me this cant be the right way when it hurts & feels so bad, but Im just going to follow You and Your dreadful road up to that cross, because I believe in You: You are worth it, and I dont really want anything else but You! Ill follow! To the death! Those who have any other motives will sooner or later peter out, anyway. Only those who have Me for a motivation & incentive to keep going will find the strength to keep going, no matter what.

did, and while the men of force go down in flames & lighting up the landscape in one brilliant flash, sometimes a little, insignificant person can continue working, lighting many candles in many places, and thus give an equal amount of light, only in a quieter way, but nevertheless the same amount of light. So, have patience and compassion for the weaker ones, for you never know what I may do in their lives over time, and what great miracles might be wrought through their weakness. Its not the strong & mighty who will conquer the Earth in the end, but the meek shall inherit the Earth. 258 ____________________________________________________ Learn to apply your faith as a drawing power, like electricity, to work in your lives. Put it to use & make it work! Plug it in & let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works & glorify Me! Thats the purpose of faith. Share something useful, uplifting, encouraging, relevant. Give whatever is helpful.

259 ____________________________________________________ Come to Me, come down to the depths of the core of your heart in desperation, & find Me there, waiting with open arms & eager to answer you, eager to supply your needs! I have needed & longed for you to stir yourselves up. Its the indifference that won't let Me cope, that wont let Me work, that wont let Me stir Myself up, as long as you dont stir up yourselves! I have to allow troubles in your life, for without them, youd be self-satisfied... I have to create a need, & at times have to withhold My blessings, for only in those times you really stir yourselves up wholeheartedly to come before Me as you should. I need your concern & your desperation! Nothing comes from nothing. If you cant get stirred up emotionally, cant invest your heart, its just 256 ____________________________________________________ lifeless clay.... Set up a spiritual firewall against evil intruders! Dont let them But when theres a need, it creates a vacuum. Its like the plant their spyware cookies on your system so they can spy out darkness that cries for the light, the cold that longs for My when youre most vulnerable! Dont grant them any access & warmth, the question that waits for My answer, the problem make sure your firewall doesnt allow any leakage! which yearns for My solution. Im pleased when you earnestly cry Run your spyware checker program regularly, claiming the keys out for My help, I need that! against any evil little intruders & keep your system clean of As the need grows, your desperation also needs to grow. anything that might cause trouble! Only turn to safe sites for I withhold My blessings at times to erase any shadow of a doubt good, healthy, clean & uplifting input & dont take any risks! about whether it really comes from My hand. Nothing comes from Better safe than sorry! nothing. The keys of imprisonment can act like a spiritual firewall thats There is no such thing as good luck, and as far as youre shielding you from hostile intrusion & attempts of the Enemy to concerned, theres either My blessings for you because of your hack into your system! Keep it up & running & activated all the obedience to Me and your faithfulness in giving Me the glory, or time! the absence of them. The feeding of the 3000 & of the 5000. The more you try, the less results, and the more you trust, the more 257 ____________________________________________________ get filled! The less you start out with and the greater the need, Men of force are men of faults... and often, those men of the greater & the more obvious the miracle, and the more will be force are surprised who really winds up making the grade. Often left over! those weaklings, those, they never would have had the faith for, I want you to give Me the credit for your supply! Tell them of the who they couldnt possibly figure how in the world they were times I saw you through. Let everybody know that I am the Man ever going to make it. But time is the great tester, and often a in your house, Whos putting the food on your table! great strengthener of the weak, of the slow, and of those who keep the best of their energies for later, in fact, until the point at 260 ____________________________________________________ which theyre 100% sure that its My power & My energy working In order to have a good, clean & strong channel with Me, a in & through them, not any of their own. person needs to have good, strong & clean faith, which is built Men of force almost always have a strong remainder of their own by faithful study of My Word, they need a good, strong & clean energy & their own self integrated in their works, spirit, and you should be free of strong emotions & personal accomplishments, deeds & actions for Me. And I can use that. involvement in the situation youre trying to hear from Me about, But they also strive with Me a lot more, argue with Me a lot more, if you want pure, clean & untainted prophecies. There is almost like Peter did... and they dont always cast themselves onto Me always a certain trace of the vessel in the messages youre as hopelessly as those naturally weak ones who know they receiving from Me, but its a difference whether the vessel has wouldnt stand a chance in this world without Me. been burned in the oven of many fires or whether its still a Men of force often have strong personal opinions, preferences relatively young, weak, soft & brittle vessel, which might even and dislikes, and these can cause hurt, and sometimes occasionally lose entire crumbs & lumps of clay which spill over unnecessarily drive away some who could have been used by into the message. Me, otherwise. If the truth kills, let it kill is one of their slogans, There are conditions to the contract, which you, the user, have to and theyre sincere about it, and would die for their conviction keep in order for this equipment & this line of communication to any day, & they look down in disdain on those who lag behind work properly. them in their convictions, which might not be quite as strong yet. The written Word is still the no.1 way of finding My will. But its a little bit like The hare never made it, but the tortoise

261 ____________________________________________________ If you strive for My best & highest, sometimes you feel the only way to get there is total absorption, total embrace, but in reality, sometimes it requires letting go. Letting go of mistaken concepts & perceptions. Sometimes you dont really see clearly because youre too close. 262 ____________________________________________________ Indifference & familiarity are 2 major enemies of true & good friendship & companionship. Gratitudes an attitude you cant do without as friends! And show your appreciation by returning kind deeds of love. You dont have the patience for friends with handicaps? I was an Outcast, the Son of God, permanently marked as not one of them, battling with the Devil all My life, appalled by the hypocrisy, hardness & evil of their hearts & destined to die a criminals death. My destiny was My handicap! Work on your qualities as a friend. Your companions need someone loving, patient & understanding, not aggravated! Here comes in the art of discerning between the sin & your friend, the sinner. Freely give yourselves to each other unselfishly, without expecting anything in return.

Show them that I am a greater Lover than the god of this World. He only seeks to enslave them, puts them into a trance & gets them hooked on selfish lust. But Im the only One Who renders all, Who gave to the blood to the death. No greater love hath any man than this. Therefore, neither is there greater satisfaction, fulfillment & happiness in any other...

266 ____________________________________________________ Put your confidence in the true values, not in your talents, your wits, but in Me, My Word & your connection with Me. When youve got nothing, Ill be your All-in-all! When youve got nothing & Im all youve got to cling to, thats when I will prove Myself most efficient & effective for you, thats when Ill be all you ever needed. The flesh is almost like the false identity the Enemy wants to give you; the weak, sinful & despicable you. But you can look way past that at your higher anointing & youll know what Ill make you capable of. Youll be unstoppable & you can do all things through Me if you just focus on your true identity: My creation! Remember who you are! Its the slumbering higher anointing which dwells within each of you, which the key & the call of David & the chord of his harp, bring to life. That which you can be & are in the spirit: the creation of My omnipotent hand, not the 263 ____________________________________________________ fake identity the Devil is trying to brainwash you to accept. Id like people to learn to see Me in everything, to look for an Be My creation, My children, awaken, & come to life, oh ye very opportunity in every situation to glorify Me or to remind people of creations of My hand, the sculptures of My eternal breath! Hide Me! Be more optimistic & look out for the opportunity instead of no more, crawl no more into the dark dungeon, the grave, the letting yourselves be bogged down by the seeming impossibility. empty shell of this flesh, which is nothing but corruption. I beg The Devil would like to sneak in & grab the glory for virtually you to refuse to accept the lower identity which the Devil & the everything thats pleasant under the sun. System are trying to give you & that you render your services What matters is whether you give Me the glory! Refuse to give it completely to Me. Be a fully functioning agent for My cause & to him! Just take whatever comes your way, trusting in it from dont let them brainwash you any longer into believing & the Romans 8:28 angle, giving Me thanks in all things, even IF the accepting the loser role he would like to put you in. Devil did bring it! Sometimes youve gotta have some guts to Be more than conquerors by the faith which overcometh the grab the spoils of Egypt. If youre too scared about whether its World, faith in Me & the higher calling & destiny Ive ordained & really politically correct to do this or accept that, there goes empowered you for. Its going to happen soon, & its going to be another lost opportunity. Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed like flipping a switch, pressing the delete button, & your former are the humble, the thankful, those who grab it by faith & thank self, your fleshly identity will be remembered no more. Old things Me for it, no matter where it came from. Its only pride that makes have passed away, behold, all things are made new. This is what things complicated. it means to truly become a new creature in Me; thats how drastic the difference is. 264 ____________________________________________________ Youre My agents of love. I have created you, ordained you, I dont want you to keep Me all for yourself. One of the greatest enlightened you, activated you, sent you forth. Be that which I proofs of your love you can give Me is to share Me with others. have called & chosen you to be. Reject & cancel the former. Be Not like the jealous, prudish, selfish & possessive church the greater one you can be that originated in Me. That which is Christians who hardly ever mention Me, much less share Me with flesh, is flesh, but that which is born of the spirit, is spirit. Break anyone else. No wonder they dont believe in sharing. They dont out of the cocoon of the old. Let go of the flesh & cling to My even share their faith. Spirit. But you are called to act & live differently. I want you to be bold & The lessons you learn from your interactions & experiences with open & share Me freely: I am a bride of Christ, & I would like to key people serve to make you willing to change into what youre share my Husband with you! Hes the greatest!... This may supposed to become. Im going to dwell in you richly & will use sound shocking & provocative, but thats the attitude I want you you mightily, as it has been ordained from before the foundations to have. of the World. Blessed are your eyes & ears, for you have come to I desire to satisfy those you come in touch with, those I send be one of My saviors at an hour like this, which is going to be across your path. unlike any other. Therefore, be not perplexed by your weakness, So much depends on your willingness to share Me with others. but shed it like an old cloak. Soon I will clothe you in strength, Your happiness & fulfillment, not to mention the souls saved & anointing & power & none shall be able to withstand thee, if you the happiness youd bring Me. can believe. 265 ____________________________________________________ I want you to share Me, your Lover & Husband, with the lovestarved, hungry & searching out there. I want you to recruit other brides for Me! Can you do this for Me? I want & desire a sexy, unselfish, wildly willingly sharing bride whose sole desire is to give Me the utmost pleasure possible, not by selfishly withholding Me from others & insisting on being the only one to satisfy My needs, but knowing that nothing else will satisfy Me more than your freely sharing Me with others & ever giving more of Me! Ever giving more of Me to others is the secret to happiness & the meaning of life! Continue to give others ever more of Me, & youll continue to be completely & totally satisfied. 267 ____________________________________________________ Glorify Me in all you do. Use it for edification & lifting Me up, not the Enemy or self, or sad feelings of gloom & hopelessness. If singing is similar to prophesying, it would be good to pray before you sing, that I will override any elements of self, & that its purely My Spirit that comes through. If you want your singing to be clean, wholesome & edifying, youve got to make sure that its in My Spirit you sing, not your own, & that your singing isnt tainted by self, or even the spirit of the Enemy. The less there is of you, the more the light shines through. The more you glorify Me & the less you just display your skill, the more I can use you.

Burn free with the message that truly glorifies Me... Be completely freed of the shackles of pride, get in touch with people on a low & humble level, of one who reaches out his hand for help & in return gives the blessing of My Spirit. Follow Me & youll be alright. 268 ____________________________________________________ Testings, trials, purgings, & then some more testings... Its a rough & tough exam youre learning for: the hour which is to come upon the whole world to tempt them that dwell on the Earth. If I am to keep you through it, I must be sure youre not so attached, so affected by all thats going on in the World. The affairs of this life... The worries & cares of life, which choke the seeds of My Words! You must be watchful that those cares of life dont choke the effect of My Word on your heart. The Devil is trying hard! If youd spend more time with Me about your issues, youd find out that Ill take care of them... If you go to a doctor with a problem, you have to sit in a waiting room for a few hours, then you have to tell him your troubles, & you have to listen to his advice or follow his treatment. If you can take the time to attend to your physical problems, how much more should you take time with Me to counsel about the affairs of your life! Consulting time with Dr. J.! 269 ____________________________________________________ Do you trust Me? I know you still have some doubts & fears & worries. Im not expecting perfect trust for starters, but we need to get there & make progress in eliminating your doubts & fears & replace them with more & more faith & trust, and one sure fire way to strengthen your faith & trust is for you to see Me supply, without the interference of your own arm of the flesh, so, stand back & see Me supply. Stand back & see Me fight & work on your behalf! 270 ____________________________________________________ Youre never a failure if you obey Me & are trying to find a way to implement My Word. I have given you the power to do My work. Youve just got to use it. You activate it by using it, by going forth & finally getting into that gear, engaging in that mode of witnessing, fulfilling your divine purpose & destiny. Sometimes youve got to get right back to where you started from, in order to get somewhere new. If the roads youve been walking so far havent taken you to your destination, youve got to get back to where you started from & try again. Only remember, its a new era, and there are new methods & means youre going to have to use, new songs youre going to have to sing, and new tools youre going to have to apply. Ill be your coach. Ill be the leader of your team, & all youve got to do is follow Me & I will make you fishers of men & I will give you such a catch that there will not be room enough to hold it. Can you believe it? 271 ____________________________________________________ (Dad.:) You dont always have to know where youre going... Sometimes the Lord just wants you to trust even though you cant see where youre going. We walk by faith & not by sight, remember? Just put your hand in His, Hell be better to you than a light or a known path. As long as you keep going in the right direction, everythings going to be alright. Let nothing worry you! When youre trusting youre not heard to fret, & when youre fretting, youre not trusting yet. So, let go, my friend, & let God have His wonderful way! 272 ____________________________________________________ Grab hold the hem of My garment, My heart, and pour out your needs, sorrows & heartaches to Me. Tell Me what you want. You asked Me to do whatever it would take to make you more fruitful, and I can only use broken men & women, no others will do. Do you trust Me fully, that Ive got your life in My hands?

I want you to become a sample of utter trust first of all, before you go out & preach something you cant even really practice yourself yet. Im establishing a trusting in the Lord completely mode in you right now. There was always something else you were able to rely on beforehand... Now all thats gone, and Youve just got to learn to trust Me! Youve got to trust Me blindly, even if it looks like its a dead end street Im leading you into. Trust that I will make a way where there is no way! 273 ____________________________________________________ Whats your top no.1 priority? To love Me! Your 2nd greatest duty is to love your neighbor: make a greater effort to love each other & the lost sheep out there. Care more for others. Help each other more. Find out what they need. It also means that if someone has a particular & outstanding problem, which needs special care & attention, to attend to it, not to avoid it. Sometimes, blessings can be taken away rapidly, when not appreciated & fought for like you ought. Love is a multi-faceted & many-splendored thing, which not only includes being kind & nice to each other. It also includes imploring & seeking Me for a person with a problem & helping them to apply the solution I give or show you for them. Tacitly standing by, crossing your arms & shaking your head isnt going to do the trick. You are Mine, & I can do with you whatever I consider best, & if you want to let Me use you at all, you each have got to trust that I know best where to put you & in what capacity & situation to use you. If youre going to trust Me for the situation I put you in, then trust Me fully & in every aspect, that I know what Im doing. Put your whole hearts into it, before Im going to have to take it away from you. Apply your whole heart, dont just look at what you would like, but what you can effectively do to help. And nobody was ever helped by ignoring their problem. Nobody was ever healed from cancer by saying, Its not so bad... Its gonna go away... You can pray for it, yes, but sometimes, concrete action has to be taken & an operation needs to take place to cut out the festering growth... Trust Me, the great Head Doctor, that My diagnose is correct & My prescription to attack the problem is the right one. Things might get worse temporarily, but trust Me; thats the only way theyre ever going to get better. 274 ____________________________________________________ You dont have an easy task & I dont blame you for wanting to give up. The problem is, if you give up prematurely, rescue yourself prematurely, in other words, youll always wonder, What if I had kept trying? Would we have succeeded? The true pioneer would rather die trying than quit prematurely. Thats why I dont want you to throw in the towel yet: I want you to become a true pioneer & a perseverer. Hold on! Misunderstandings, pain, hurt & problems, are principally a result of that element of self, and this wont occur if you put Me first, give Me the glory & credit for everything & make sure right from the start what youre in it for: winning disciples for Me. Get more heavenly minded by getting out there & winning souls. Thats the most inspiring thing you can do, and the best preparation for Heaven, where youre going to meet all of those souls again & they will be your grateful friends, companions & lovers, too... dont insist on having your heaven on Earth first, without bringing heaven to the lost. Thats like chasing happiness when you ought to be giving it to others. Make others happy. 275 ____________________________________________________ One of the greatest lessons in life is to detect whether something is for real. You have to learn to detect the lie, the deceit. The goal is to train your gift of discernment to the point where you can almost see it or touch it. Sometimes you can smell it, that its there somethings wrong, but you cant put

your finger on it until you touch it or have exposed it & it becomes plainly visible. Your aim is to expose the true, hidden motives. Youve got to strip off the cloaks & pretenses layer by layer & uncover either the ugly truth underneath, or beautiful, naked sincerity & trueness of heart. Live as truthfully as you possibly can, & make it as easy for others to be truthful with you, when they tell you something honest you might not like. Tell the truth as you would like to be told the truth. And be aware of the fact that many people are trapped in a game in which they seem to think they need to put on a pretense, or that they just cant show their true selves. Pity them & free them with My truth! Set free the captives of lies with My Words & deeds of truth! As I have set you free from the snares of the pressure to deceive, so shall you set free others in the same bonds. Nothing is as liberating as the naked truth! Live it, use it, make it your theme & credo. Convey trueness of heart! Ain't nothin like the real thing!

too much of something, too much of you; too much satisfaction... how can I fill it?

278 ____________________________________________________ Your praise angels are those who record all the things to be thankful for, they help recollect all those things; theyre the keepers of the record of the manifestation of My power in your life. Your angels of praise help you when you know not what you should praise Me for. Be mindful of them & their presence, tune in to their leadings. They can also help you to aim at the Enemy & to hit him where it really hurts the most, to shoot off a load of praise in just the right direction. Make it so painful for him to linger around, hes going to avoid you & fear you. So many great victories could be won, if people would only learn to wield that weapon of praise. The Devil cant stand praise, which I have ordained out of the mouths of babes & sucklings. When a baby giggles, it praises 276 ____________________________________________________ Me. Some of those funny little words they make up are often You must believe that everything I allow to happen in your life praises unto Me: they are just thankful to be alive & enjoying life, comes from My hand, & that I know whats best for you. the life I have given them. The Devil doesnt have any power whatsoever to let anything Praise is simply a matter of gratefulness. So many folks take all occur in your life without My absolute control & permission. You these things for granted, because the Devil has actually duped are Mine, and He has no part in you. So, when bad things happen them into thinking that these things came about by themselves or you feel distant from Me, its only a test Im allowing to or that you had to earn them yourself, & so, why should you happen, and if you flunk, it only shows you need greater care, thank anyone? Thats the Devils religion: You dont have to more special attention from Me. Im tutoring you, personally, thank anyone, because everything youve got, youve only got because you mean that much to Me, and I want to help you to because you worked for it yourself! make it! I have reserved you for Myself. If youve got that kind of an attitude, youre actually spiritually Learning to love and teaching how to love is what its all about. dead. Only babies & children & the simple-minded & poor in It all revolves around love, and without love, all the rest amounts spirit can appreciate the ability to just receive a gift & be thankful to nothing. Love is the gold dust that, when contained in your for it... Of course, when youre not thankful, I sometimes have to actions, your deeds, your works, converts them into real, lasting withhold the blessing in order to teach you greater appreciation values. You will know youre sowing to the spirit, investing in for those things you tend to take for granted. But, basically, this eternity, and you will see the result in changed lives around you, is a great, ongoing lesson for the entire universe: to learn the and thus youll feel the results in your own heart almost praise of Me. Its simply a powerful & integral part of keeping the immediately. whole machinery going. Thats just the way it works. Thank Me & Love is what makes you real. Its what converts empty, fake & youll make uphill progress. In everything give thanks! Let phony pretenders into real, truthful, honest & giving people you everything that has breath praise the Lord... Come to realize can rely on, you can trust in, and its going to be something how important it actually is. Oh that men would praise the people will be able to sense & feel about you; theyll be able to Lord... see it in your eyes. No matter if they may be inclined to think A more praiseful attitude would solve so many problems! Praise youre weird or strange, whatever it is. If youre genuine, if youre is the voice of faith. In other words, without praise, your faith is real, if your heart is covered and embalmed in My elixir of love, mute, it can not be heard. Your faith is as loud as your praise. theyll know they can trust you. Praise is power and spiritual wealth. That is how My Family & My children throughout time have been The power of praise is even greater than the power of prayer, able to operate and survive against all odds: It wasnt that they because prayer still depends on the faith with which it originates, had any outstanding means, finances or wealth to back them up, while praise is already taking the next step, believing Me & it was a look into their eyes that told people, you can trust trusting Me for the answer & by faith thanking Me for it. them! That is what you must learn to put your personal trust in, Blessed is the man who has learned to wield that weapon boldly more than any other physical security or guarantee you would & accurately, who learns the skills of praising Me in the power of want to give to anyone: Its My Spirit that counts! The Spirit of the Spirit, who can ride on the wings & waves of praise. Its an Love. Without it, their thoughts about you may be subject to any energy force thats irresistible. amount of doubts. But once youre walking in My Spirit, theyll sense youre emanating a certain warmth that feels like an old 279 ____________________________________________________ familiar & faithful friend.... Thats the kind of spirit that engenders Praise generates wealth. For unto him who praises Me for trust. those things which he has shall yet be given more. Its the Thats a greater value & asset you can have than large resources positive investment of the little power, the little strength, the little & any amount of finances to back you up, for theyll sense your energy you have, which generates more power, My power, to reliability, and that you wont deceive them. Thats why its so work on your behalf. important to get any traces of deceit out of your lives. Its gotta Praise multiplies your prayer power.The Most High dwelleth in be truth thats ruling your lives. Its gotta be genuine. Its gotta be the praises of His people.Where My people praise Me, there I Gods good gold. Its gotta be love. feel at home, for I know I am welcome there. Im treated like a guest of honor & with respect, & a grateful attitude. 277 ____________________________________________________ You have to put something in, in order to get something out of it. You have really only just begun to learn, and the best attitude Increased praise will enhance your prayer time, as you will feel to have is to know that you know nothing. more inspired & youll notice the increased effectiveness of your How can you grow when you think youve already attained? I can prayers. You will notice the effect of praise right away. only make nothings into something. Behold what wonders praise can do. I can only fill the empty & void places, the lowly hearts. You need to have a vacuum; an empty space for Me to fill. If theres already 280 ____________________________________________________

Too many times you let things, circumstances or incidents, pass you by indifferently, without getting stirred up to seek Me about them, to counsel with Me or beseech Me about them. Its that passive, fatalistic attitude, which makes people go around in circles without ever getting anywhere, ever learning but never coming to knowledge, as one that beateth the air. You often accept things as from Me, but you dont give them back to Me, commit them unto Me or into My care, you dont always commend a situation into My hands, nor command Me concerning the work of My hands; you dont tell Me what you expect Me to do about a certain thing. You dont do it because youre too lazy, or distracted, or because youre afraid to be disappointed in case I dont answer according to your liking, & you fear this might hurt your faith. But in any case, whether I answer a prayer specifically in the way you want Me to or not, its always better to have prayed for a situation & to commit it into My hand, than not. The results will always be better! And theres a lot of things for you to pray & get stirred up & even desperate about! If you leave anything to itself, it wont just automatically improve by itself. Everything needs care, and the best care you can give to things, people & situations, is to pray for them. Thats why sometimes I have to put you in desperate situations where almost the only thing thats left for you to do is pray & trust Me for the outcome! Pray & cover everything there is to pray for, until you know, it is done & you have done all you could! 281 ____________________________________________________ Things only become too much to handle when you dont perfectly rely on Me. There are situations in life, where circumstances seem to push you to the edge; the absolute extreme & limit of just about as far as you can go before youre about to quit & yell at the Enemy, I surrender! Thats what you call tests, and I admit, this was a severe one, but thats the only way I can train you for this war. If you cant handle the situation anymore, just say sincerely: Sorry, but Ive got to get a hold of the Lords mind for this situation first right now, so, would you mind if I just take a break & pray for a few minutes? Or, Come on, lets pray together!

of souls, thats what I call winners! Nobodies, who dont care what the hell anybody thinks about them, as long as they can tell another soul about Me, thats what I call real winners! You may look like the total losers to the World, but, hey, are you willing to look like a total loser to the World in order to become one of My total winners? Sometimes I seem so far away to you, sometimes My whole Spiritual realm seems so unreal & so far away to you, & you wonder why you cant feel the presence of your angels & spirit helpers, and all youve got to cling to is My Word. But, hey, thats the deal: Youve got to put your faith in My Word, not in feelings, not in the manifestations or the fruit of My Word, but simply & purely in My Word itself. I have sanctified My Word even above My name, & heaven & Earth shall pass away, but My Words will never pass away, so, I think its a pretty good & solid foundation to build & base your life, your actions, your faith, your everything on, dont you? So, if youve got nothing but My Word, its still pretty good! Youve got nothing but that magic wand, but that magic wand can get you anything you need & want! Just learn how to wield it! The Word is the secret. The Word is the Power! Even though the World is in darkness, for you it will be a brighter & more glorious day than ever before. You will be forging ahead to new & greater & more glorious horizons, ever knowing that the best is yet to come! Lo, so many are lost & waiting, and the darkness is ever increasing. Behold what a shining light thou holdest! Hide it not away, but let it shine!

284 ____________________________________________________ Be that yielded contact somewhere in the vast intricacy of the Big Picture of the universe & eternity, the relay that says yes to God at the right time & place, & let My power flow through you freely. It may be hard work, & it may be insignificant what I ask you to do, it will probably & most likely be humbling. But your willingness to say yes to My humble task; thats whats needed to bring about the desired progress & growth! Take one little step at a time; you can only write one word, one letter at a time. "Changing the World one heart at a time... One day those songs, along with all your efforts, will be historic 282 ____________________________________________________ events of the time when there was only one world to change... Theres one thing that nobody can do better than you, not Then itll be enlightening the universe one world at a time... But even Me, and thats the job Ive given you to do for Me. the efforts now are the same. Even changing one life is like There are many things you were created to do that only you can changing a whole world, a whole universe. Look how hard it is to do. Each person has their own scintillating beauty, their own even bring the light permanently into the life of one person... particular sparkle or shine to contribute to the Big Picture of My Men loved darkness rather than light... Light is always the creation & plan. There are some things I cannot do because I strange new ingredient, along with the truth... The lie was so cozy have ordained others to do them. Some things I just left for you & comfortable... so easy to live with... to do. Living in the darkness is just drifting along effortlessly, but living Everything you do matters! And some things matter a lot, in the light is a constant struggle & fight! Its dangerous, because whether you do or dont do them makes a big difference. You youre exposed to your enemies, & they come to pick at you & make a big difference! see whether they can uproot you. The wind and the weather will You matter & everything you do matters! test you severely, and the sun will sear you with scorching heat... The life you live right now on Earth is only the tip of the iceberg. But all this will only make you thirst for Me more desperately, will Its only the snowball thats going to start a big avalanche. make you cling to Me for dear life, in utter reliance on Me, & Because everything you do will cause an effect, which again will thats when I can use you. cause an effect, and on & on it goes forever. He that believeth in Me hath eternal life, and eternitys a long, long time to cause an 285 ____________________________________________________ awful lot of effects, let Me tell you! Praying is not only an essential part of love a parent should Everything you do & go through means a lot. Even everything have for their child, but its actually the most important & you say has a great impact! effective thing you can and must do! When youre weak and feel like an utter failure & you call out to Im bringing you to the end of your wits. The only chance you Me, youre giving meaning to My existence in a way only you can. have is to bring the matter before Me. Im your only chance! The great plan is that everything, and everybody will lovingly The only chance for anyone to make it up that straight & narrow interact, teamwork & co-operate in one heavenly, ecstatic & way which leadeth unto life, your only chance to avoid being climactic symphony... Everybody has an important part & role to sucked down that broad & wide gateway that leads to play... everybody matters, everybody makes a difference, destruction. I, the Gardener, with My sharp ax of My Word, am everybody can contribute, and we all need each other. Its your only chance against the Devils evil magic weeds. wonderful. Im trying to teach you to rely & depend more on Me in the area of 283 ____________________________________________________ finances, supply & planning your activities, in the area of If you give what youve got to Me, youre the perfect & ideal childcare. material out of which I like to create My kind of winners. Winners

The moment you realize that you dont have a clue what to do & call on Me, then Ill have a chance the only chance there is to right the wrongs. For only I can see what the Devil is trying to accomplish, only I can see where the real danger lies. Sins are like weeds which have to be torn out & chopped down with the ax of My Word, otherwise theyll let in the giants of gloom & despair (demons & bad spirits unhappiness). Stop everything in such a situation and chop down the weeds. Pull out the ax. Stop all playground activities & pull out verses. You cant continue business as usual. So much depends on you & whether youve gotten a hold of Me yet on any given day to get your strength, your guidance, your inspiration from Me, to be an example of My love and of trust & utter faith in Me for everything... Your whole situation is destined to drive you into My arms, to desperately cling unto Me for your bare survival. For all too easily you slip right back into the confidence of the flesh, and thats when you start making mistakes. It wont work without Me.

champions at the game according to the Devils rules, with their false charm & using demonic powers to win the favor of the masses. But someone who reminds people of their Creator will hardly ever receive a warm welcome among those who have rejected the very thought of their Creator, who have embraced the Big Lie that life & the World with all thats in it came into being by itself, just so they can keep doing their own thing without their conscience pricking them too hard... Keep tugging along this path of humility & pray that you will meet humble ones who will receive Me. There must be some soft & hungry sheep there somewhere. Pray that I will help you to meet them & bring them across your path. Dont let the hardness of heart of the others affect you. Search & seek out My lost sheep, and you will find the fulfillment that you seek!

289 ____________________________________________________ Keep the vision that youre not of this World, that youre 286 ____________________________________________________ pilgrims & strangers, & that youre never really going to fit in if (Spirit helper:) Mans idea of goodness & righteousness you want to be My disciples. Everybody wants to be accepted, differs so drastically from Gods, and one of mans greatest nobody wants to feel or be treated like an outcast, but those who problems is their own idea of righteousness & their tendency to have decided to follow Me are never really going to be fully judge God for His... accepted by the System, no matter what they do... Youre learning to praise the Lord even for so-called bad things Im teaching you to trust Me more & less in the arm of the flesh, that happen. Sometimes through a great loss people and the Devil is going to test you along those lines: Are you gain something greater they would have missed sure youre still going to trust Him? Looks like Hes leaving you otherwise... hanging in the air... Countless folks had to realize that some tragedy that happened Im not incapable of caring for you, just because the Devil is in their lives was the very best thing that could have ever tempting you a little & the System is turning the heat on. Just happened to them, because it made them stop going down the remember Whos in charge & relax. road of perdition or it led them to the Lord in desperation. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God & His righteousness, & all these things shall be added unto you! If you really put the affairs 287 ____________________________________________________ of My Kingdom first, youll see how all those physical matters are Greater things with Me often mean humbler things first: of secondary importance & relevance. humbler ministries & methods... With Me its always, small beginnings; greater ends & he that is faithful in that which is 290 ____________________________________________________ least is faithful also in much! Beware, lest ye be led astray from the simplicity of the Gospel I teach you faithfulness in the least, before I pour out My of Christ! It has happened to many who were thirsting for blessings on you fully. You can achieve much more for Me, if you knowledge above the childlike simplicity of My Word, My Gospel, work unitedly. My truth! Humiliation is good for you. My Spirit is just simply more The Devil is always telling mankind that Im cheating you, just manifested in humility & a lowly approach. because I dont tell you everything there is to know all at once, when hes the biggest cheat & liar of all times in fact, the father 288 ____________________________________________________ of lies. Youll see just how vast the difference is that prayer has made Hes going to appear as the great savior from all My supposed in your life & in the course of your destiny. injustices; I am the culprit in his version of the story, & you are Everybody no matter how seemingly insignificant their role or all My victims... poor abused guinea pigs, who are never being task all have their perfect place in My Big Puzzle. You will find told the whole truth by Me. out that you were doing exactly what you were supposed to, all Im granting the old punk and all of mankind this freedom, along. because I want you to find out the difference between the truth & Right there, in that humble little place, humbly trying your best to the lies that are all around you, between the darkness that tend to the needs of a handful of sheep, youre fulfilling the very surrounds you, & the light. Im not telling you lies, he is. And in best & highest purpose you ever could, and its something much order to distract from the fact that hes such a blatant liar, as better & greater in My eyes than any big & glorious ministry usual, he points his crooked finger at Me, accusing Me of not which would be highly esteemed in the eyes of the System. telling you the whole truth. That which is highly esteemed by the World is abomination to Me, and friendship with the World is enmity with Me. Beware 291 ____________________________________________________ when all men speak well of you, but rejoice if they speak all When is love not love? When is love not pure, but tainted? manner of evil against you falsely. The servant is not above the Every time someone loves another, there is a little bit of selfish Master: If they have done it to Me, theyll do it to you. desire involved... So, where is the point where someone can say, If they dont, and youre popular, then there must be something This is not of God? Where is the borderline? Sometimes I wrong & youre not faithfully giving out My message. simply cant bless it when someone only focuses on what they A prophet is not without honor except in his own country: want. Jeremiah, Isaiah & all the prophets had a hard time in their own When they let go of it & try to give love to another, concentrate land, and the only ones who enjoyed fame & power, like Daniel or on the needs of another, try to please Me & fulfill My Joseph, were those who were abroad. commandment of love not just toward the person they love & Its one of the rewards of the fulfillment of My commandment to want the most, then I can bless them with the desire of their Go ye into all the World & preach the Gospel to every heart. creature... I often give you your Isaac, only to ask you to give him up for Me People need to have a certain minimum amount of humility again, to test whether you really love Me above all. before they can show honor to a man of God. They will always worship & fall down before the tough super-hunk types, who are

So often your strongest desire is the very thing that stands between you & Me, & there is just no other way but for you to give it up for Me, as much as it may hurt. People so often figure I wouldnt have given them such a beautiful feeling of love for someone if I wouldnt have intended for it to last forever & I wouldnt demand of them to give it up again. No, I dont demand it: the choice is up to you. But I cannot bless you having any other god before Me, & whenever you refuse to give your Isaac back to Me, youll notice things going downhill from then on. So often people selfishly want someone to cater to their needs & wants, when love real, unselfish love is all about learning to give instead of receiving, to serve, instead of being ministered unto... But being able to learn this requires a certain amount of maturity. Maturity comes from suffering the very thing most people try so hard to avoid. It comes from learning that its not in yourself, but in forsaking that self-love & finding Me at the end of yourself, & finding that I am so much greater, so much more sufficient & so much more able than yourself. Lest Israel say, Mine own arm hath saved me. I want you to find out for sure that it is I Who saved you, not yourself, that My strength is sufficient for you, not your own, that it is not by (your) might nor by (your) power but by My Spirit that you will live, overcome, make progress, win victories & grow & accomplish anything at all. Youre all having to learn to not just show love to the one you feel most attracted to, but the one you feel least attracted to, and in this, in reaching out to love the one it costs you the most to give & pour out to, find My blessings... Love loves the unlovely. Love reaches out & is kind even to those you dont feel attracted to, but feel appalled by... Its laying down your own wants your own life, in order that someone else might live.

may not be as attractive or have as much winner potential as others, but it all depends on your heart, and how much you allow Me to set you on fire, how much you want that victory.

293 ____________________________________________________ Its the Enemy, through his tares & weeds of the cares of this life, along with his evil birds, his evil spirits that whisper doubts & lies into your mind, that I dont speak to you anymore for whatever reason, which are subtly trying to crowd out of your life your personal time for receiving My seeds. Tear out those thorns that wont let the seeds of My love sprout in you. Tear them out & burn them, & follow Me into My chamber, completely forgetting about the Enemy & his old World. Let him have this whole World, but let Me have you, & let yourself be full of Me! You need Me more than ever, & I want you to indulge ever more in the spiritual riches & wealth Im pouring out on you, emphasize more on them, acknowledge their importance, become more dependent on them & make greater use of them! I am your oxygen! And neglecting Me is a very dangerous thing to do! Im the most important factor in your life. My communication with you is the leading of My Holy Ghost towards a higher destination & purpose for you, & you must not forsake this personal connection with Me, your channel, no matter what comes or happens! The importance of the spiritual far outweighs the importance of the physical. Where will you spend Eternity? In My Realm! Where do you find guidance, direction, comfort, solace & strength to continue on the right path in the physical? In My Realm! So, come, follow Me, My love, follow closely, take My hand & come along with Me! Come & see! If you dont even come & see yourself, if you dont take time to communicate with your King, how can you be a successful ambassador for Me? Your first & foremost responsibility is your loyalty to Me! Youll never be able to make it without this personal link with Me. 292 ____________________________________________________ Forget about all those outside influences: what the neighbors or Its a tough test to make it through, to become one of My town folk might think about you... Youre working for Me, but future kings or queens, and theres a price to pay. Otherwise You cannot do the Masters work without the Masters power. people would consider it unfair that I will have given My future And to get it, you must spend time with the Master! rulers all those privileges when they might think they never got a Im the main Source of supply of all your needs. All you need is chance. But when it shall be revealed how much each of those love for Me & to come & get it! Whatever you need! Come & get kings & priests of Mine have had to go through; all the suffering, it! Whatever you want! If youre in tune with Me, youve got it! Do the testings: the refusals to yield to the Enemys shiny you really think any Earthly lover ever had any more love for his temptations & easy way out, over & over again, it will be clear & bride than I, the Lover of all lovers, have for you? understood, that indeed they deserve their position. Anything you want, youve got it! Anything you need, youve got Right now, in the World the cards are dealt unjustly as far as it! Anything at all, youve got it, baby... Quit worrying about what positions of power go, and the distribution of wealth, for the other folks might think of you! Just worry about what I think of dominion is given to the evil one to give to whoever he chooses. you, & then be bold enough to be My nut! Are you bold enough to But in My Kingdom to come, truth & righteousness will cover the be a nut for Me? Are you brave enough to ignore their ridicule & Earth from shore to shore, as the waters cover the seas, and scorn? Are you wise enough to even look beyond & past their there will be no more unrighteousness. laughter & to look right through it as the facade of insecurity it Pray for those who are battling hard & who are being buffeted & really is, their desire to possess a fraction of what youve got, so battered around by the tempter. Pray that they might cast that you can still love them? To have sympathy for them when themselves on Me utterly & thus find the supernatural strength they laugh at you? needed to continue & to walk on My straight & narrow, rugged So, their minds may tellem what a funny & weird guy you are, & path which leads to the greatest rewards possible... Its either they laugh, but in their hearts it looks quite different. In their suffer a little now & reign forever later, or the other way around. heart, theyre crying like a baby, because they dont have a clue Your sample will never be perfect enough to withstand the about what to do. Look through that facade, so that you can fulfill onslaught of the Devils lies. No matter how good you are, you your purpose, the reason you are here! could never be perfect enough for him to stop accusing you in Dont walk around blindly, oblivious to whats really going on! the ears & minds of others. Look at Me: I was the most perfect And the only way to see the spirit, even to see their spirits sample there ever was, and yet he was able to turn the mob beneath their facade & false fronts, is to get a hold of Me. You against Me. cant live without it, My dear, you cant succeed without Me. Hold the reins tight & not so loosely, as that is exactly the way Without Me, ye can do nothing. Its just as simple as that. So, the Enemy can get in: by giving all that leisure, & an idle mind is quit trying! Dont even try to do anything without Me, its useless. his workshop. Youve got to be more on the attack & be You might as well forget it! It will be futile, empty, vain attempts, conscious of the fact that you need to train, not just try to give as one that beateth the air! them an easy life. Stop going around in circles! Take My hand & lets really be Im training you all to be My race horses for the final race, and I going somewhere! I need you to! Its time to wake up from cant just ride you leisurely with loose reins in this battle & race slumber! Its time to open up your eyes to My full reality! Youve of the End. I have to strap the saddle on real tight & you have to got to be fully awake & aware of My reality first, before you can give it all youve got! You may need all that sleep & all that food, attempt to wake up others. Its wake up time! Good morning, My but when its racing time, you must give it all youve got. You love! Did you sleep well? Yes, it was only a dream! It was the

Devils bad dream of a World of bondage in which you were tied down by his rules, his laws, dependency on his kingdom & his system, when in reality Ive set you completely free! Oh, you were worrying so much in that long, awful dream... But now its all over! You must shed the cloud of the influence & spirit & emotion that dream would have on you, the Devils dream world. Just come to Me faithfully, My love & Ill keep you awake! Dont let the Devils sleeping gas put you to sleep! Remember, Im your oxygen! Breathe Me in, & youll keep wide awake & full of energy! Let Me be your oxygen, your energy, your Everything! Everything you want, you need... youve got it! Youve got it all by faith, which you get by spending this time with Me, in My personal Word for you. Only I can give you the exact counsel you need. Neglect not this link with Me. Its vital. You need it more than anything else. 294 ____________________________________________________ Bitterness sometimes is based on a misunderstanding, and with the help of the evil Selvegion the Devil can often distort & use anything to hinder peoples unity if you havent really learned yet how to be on guard against them. They draw your focus on some wrong someone is committing against you, or has committed, and the last thing in the World they want you to do is recognize that they are really the culprits, so that you would unite against them & chase them out in united prayer & claiming of the keys. Real love doesnt lock others out, criticizing them & shaking heads over all their faults & weaknesses. Its pulling them into your circle of fellowship, not leaving them out in the cold... Prove whether youve really got what it takes to not only stay in this Family, but to also move forward in it. Anyone can stay where they are & stagnate, thinking they have arrived & feel all self-righteous about it, looking down on others. But standing still is the beginning of backsliding! You either keep constantly gaining more ground & territory, keep making progress, going forward, or you slide back into the morass of System-standard me-thee-thou-&-no-other-ness. 295 ____________________________________________________ (S.H.:) The Lord is restructuring your whole department of priorities & attempting to get you to put His Word first & make everything revolve around the Word. Its hard to make drastic changes little by little, which is why weve had to apply some more drastic measures & allow a series of tumultuous incidents to occur in your life, to uproot you from your former level, so, if everything looks a bit chaotic in your life from time to time youll have to excuse us, but this was the only way to have a revolution in your life as peacefully as possible. Plus, its good preparation for greater changes yet to come. Keep the Lord first everyday. Keep in mind the affairs of His Kingdom as your priorities & have everything revolve around them. Missionary work is primarily established through preaching the gospel, getting out the Word. Get back to the basics of getting the Words in and out, and youll see how everything will fall into place. You just need to take on a winners attitude! The Lord knows youve got what it takes; its just you who still needs to be convinced of the same! But if the Lord knows it and says so, you can bet that He knows best, so, it pays to act on it & take it by faith. If He says youve got what it takes, Youve GOT it!, Amen? Youve got it, so go on & GIVE it! 296 ____________________________________________________ You cant always expect people to find out the score by themselves. Youre there to tell them! Every good shepherd is able to learn from the sheep & he knows when its time to follow their leading, but youre still the shepherd! Youre My employee! And as soon as you get that point, that this is your job, & youre going to stick to it & get with it & quit roaming about the landscape like someone who doesnt have a clue about what hes supposed to do, everythings going to be honky-dory!

I started this revolution with one father and his 3 kids. Little is much if God is in it. It doesnt pay to worry! But it always pays to love & be loving, and to keep loving, even when you dont feel like it! When you dont feel like being kind & loving, but you do it anyway, thats a miracle! So, be the miracle & continue to be the miracle & just hold on to Me, and you will continue to see ever greater miracles! Be a miracle of love for Me! 297 ____________________________________________________ Can you feel the tension in the air? Its the calm before the storm! The days of peace & of ease are numbered. The hour of temptation which cometh upon the whole earth to try every man, woman & child which dwelleth therein will come. Therefore I say unto you: Prepare! Prepare your hearts; for what you will need most of all is faith to protect you from fear & despair! Faith for miracles to help you rise above the most atrocious & miserable circumstances of all times! Blessed are those who are poor now, who are learning to do without, who have already learned to appreciate the little things, the small things, that which the rich, the wealthy, the mighty & complacent despise, for those who live humbly wont fall as hard. Woe unto the mighty, for in that day everyone shall say How the mighty have fallen, have fallen... Marvel not that you are a lone voice of warning... Were there not 400 prophets who foretold victory, & yet the one who prophesied the kings death was right? Therefore, redeem the time, for the days are evil! Learn to truly rely on My arm, & not on your own. The time has come to lean utterly on Me, My child! These are My judgments on the wicked who forget God. Although they are part of the Evil ones plot, I allow these things to judge & humble the wicked, the mighty & proud. There will be a great Harvest during that time of Great Confusion. The coming crisis will cause a mighty widening of the eyes of those who have not discerned the signs of the times, & it will open their ears & hearts to your words. Time is the great tester. Just like I purged Israel for 40 years in the wilderness & I had purged Moses, tending the herds of Jethro the Midianite for 40 years, so I also purge & purify & prepare the hearts of My people, My chosen & called-out ones. Rejoice in thy humbled state, in thy weakness, in thy incapability, for I am He who is able to thus work through you. Rejoice, for when you can not, then I can! When you come to the end of your rope, then I finally get a chance to work through you! Be sober, be vigilant; for the night is almost upon you! Woe unto the Earth and the inhabitants thereof, for the serpent will soon be cast out, having great wrath, for he knoweth his time is short! You are My bride, who I will care for and protect and hide in the wilderness, so worry not, but trust! Trust in Me and forget thine own arm! Lean wholly unto Me and I will carry you and see you safely though the tempest and raging storm! Though a thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand, yet shall it not come nigh thee, for I have chosen you out from among them, thou art Mine. Because thou hast put thy trust in Me and hast said unto Me, Thou, Lord, art my rock and my refuge, therefore will I protect thee and keep thee and carry thee all the days of thy life! Your life is in My hands as a precious thing, and I will not blow it out! Only rest there in My hands, and try not to move around too much in your own strength, but yield your little strength to Me and I will multiply it and use thee mightily as I will. For there are many who say, Lord, use me; but in this way or that way, in this capacity or that one ... But only few have the trust and yieldedness to truly commit their life into My hands and say, Lord, do with me as Thou wilt. Or Use me as You best see fit! For as I have said to My Maria that her weakness is her greatest strength, so I say the same unto you: when thou art weak then thou art strong, for My strength is made perfect in your weakness! Be weak in yourself and strong in Me! Let Me empower you, overwhelm you and take you over! Be completely Mine! Surrender your will unto Me completely, and I will mightily use you! Give Me your all, My love! Cease from worrying and let

Me take care of you! Why do you fret so much, do you not think that I am fully capable of caring for you? Or that Im not willing? I have promised it and I will do it! Fret therefore no more. Show them that your greatest strength is in your faith in Me! That is the true gold that I would counsel every man to buy: the gold of faith! Every trial will only be another precious lesson learned, yet increasing your value. When He has tried me I shall come forth as gold. Even when they will say, Behold, he hath been utterly consumed by the fire, yet I shall raise you up like the Phoenix from the ashes of defeat and raise you to greater heights than thou hast dreamed of. Call them unto Me! Woo them and win them away from the Wicked one. My sheep shall hear My voice through thee and a stranger they will not follow. Let anger be far from your heart! Refrain from anger and cursing lips! Glorify and praise Me in your heart! Praise without ceasing! Youve got a lot to be thankful for! Just look at the doughnut and not the hole! Behold, I am your doughnut, so, look at Me! Let Me be your biggest blessing and constantly be thankful for Me! Ill be more than youll ever need! Only trust and be not dismayed! Trust in Me, the author and finisher of your faith. 298 ____________________________________________________ Everything that happens to you comes from Me, because I allow it for a reason. Stop seeing the people behind those incidents & circumstances, stop blaming them, & instead, you really must begin to see Me in all this; seek Me in all this & ask Me why I allow it to happen this way. Youve simply got to look more to Me. As Dad said, For Gods sake, youve got to see God! Your life is going to start going uphill if you start seeking Me first thing everyday, truly putting Me first on a daily basis & including Me in everything you do. That also will amount to giving Me the glory in all you do & for all you do, instead of seeking the glory for yourself, or the recognition. Youve got to watch your motives, like Bruce in Bruce Almighty: he wanted to let the World know who he was, what a wonderful & talented TV reporter he was, but the more he got what he wanted, the more wrapped up in himself he became, & the bigger the mess grew that he made out of things. Since Im only allowing whats best for you, youll have to take it by faith that for right now, its best to keep you humble, low profile, fairly unrecognized & we dont make a big star out of you. I exalt those who are little in their own sight, those who know beyond a shadow of a doubt that its all Me, & they wouldnt be tempted for a moment to give the glory to themselves. Recognition by the World could be downright dangerous to your spiritual growth: its a potentially very dangerous poison. Its like sunlight, which in the proper amounts is okay, but if youve already been indulging in it a lot, you need to watch out, for you might easily develop skin cancer. Any extra exposure, recognition & applause from the World, without finding the right balance to do the humble thing, could be dangerous. Thats why Im having to abase you; & believe Me, I can use you so much better in lowly & humble capacities. Whats really best for you right now is those little, humble jobs where you can use your talent to spread some love & My message. Trust Me that I know best whom I can trust with highly elevated positions. Why not trust Me that the shady spot I chose for you right now is exactly the right one for you, & that in due time, when you will have learned to humble & abase yourself & to put your whole heart into the task at hand, regardless of who gets the credit, I will promote you & lift you to the next appropriate level? True humbling is a genuine process that takes time... I would like for you to give encouragement & show kindness to the little people I send across your path on a personal level. Personal witnessing is so much more effective than mass witnessing. Ask Me for more love, for the grace to love them, knowing its not really their own fault what theyve become, but have pity on them as captives who have been duped & entrapped by the Enemy with his lies & lures & enticements. Theyre captives, slaves of mammon, & youre a free man

walking among them. Show a little love & mercy, show compassion! Can you spare a little lovin for those people? Thats all they need, & all they want, & as long as you dont have it, youre missing the mark. Can you spare a little lovin, instead of getting upset at the poor captives of Satan? Your job is to free them, to give them a glimpse of My hope & light & love! You need to have a major love & meekness revolution! Take My yoke upon you & learn of Me, for I am meek & lowly in heart. Will you follow in My footsteps & learn of Me? Its a humble path! And the same people who cheer you, may crucify you later, so, watch out! Dont fall into that terrible snare of pride... Do the humble thing! Choose the humble path! Give a little love & sympathy wherever you go! What the World needs now is love... Now more than ever. Its almost becoming extinguished, & thats your calling: to show My love to the World, not to show off how smart, cool & talented you are! Give love to the needy & save their souls! Thats all you should worry about, thats your perfect role! Be more like Me; a meek & humble, loving Man. Love is the answer! Love is Me! Love is IT! Dont forget it, dont neglect it not for a minute! They need every bit of it you can spare, so, please love, love them up for Me, & let Me love them through you. It would make Me & them so happy and you, too, youll see! Love! 299 ____________________________________________________ (S.H.:) The Devils always going around Improving Gods creation, correcting His mistakes & supposedly ironing out the flaws & righting His wrongs... that which the carnal mind deems imperfect. But His ways are just different. That which man or the Devil often call bad is in reality good, & that which many call unclean, He has called clean... It always boils down to the question of who they think knows better: they themselves, or God? Thats faith & trust, where even if you dont fully understand something, you still trust Him to know best. In the case of ending ones life prematurely, one of the main reasons the Lord opposes that is because many people just find Him in their final hours, days or weeks, as was brought out in My Life As A House... The flaws & imperfections are just whats needed to bring about the desired results: like fertilizer! Some folks only want to see nice, good & clean things, but thats not reality! Thats Hollywood the Devils dream world... to get people to stay permanently dissatisfied with the real World... 300 ____________________________________________________ When you are tempted to get upset about a certain situation, think of Me, put on My mind, and commit the situation into My hands ( Hebr.12:3). Agree with thine adversary quickly whilst thou art in the way with him.. Be friendly and show a meek spirit. Anger can really be a dangerous inroad of the Enemy, and you must claim the Keys right away when you feel attacked. Bruce Almighty was specially made for people who think they know so much better than Me when I allow them to get into an unpleasant situation, and who challenge Me and defy Me, wondering how I can dare to have let such atrocities happen to them... But usually when I let them have their way, they become even more frustrated and upset with themselves, because they see theyre making an even bigger mess out of things when they are in charge of a situation, than when I was. If you let Me be in charge of your life, your Home, your situation, your relationships everything, and you truly and humbly commit and yield all to Me, as Bruce did in the end, learning how to pray real prayers from the heart especially for others - you can test Me and see if everything wont work out alright in the end. Thats My challenge to you! Test Me and see if I wont work out any situation, any problem in life you fully commit unto Me! Remember also to pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you and to make an effort to love your enemies, do good to them that hate you... Try to come up with a lot more understanding and sympathy for people, put yourself into their

shoes: consider the background and evil times they were born into... Ask Me for the gift to deal with people, especially for a gift of greater love, empathy and understanding. The times when youve been a lousy sample make you realize how desperately you need to change, and they make you realize that its good what Im permitting to happen in your life. When your eyes are always wandering longingly to some elevated, unrealistic place in your mind, where you think you ought to be, and your heart follows them, you wind up being completely discontent in the state youre in, unlike the apostle Paul, who had learned to be content in whatsoever state. Appreciate and count your blessings, be thankful, praise Me more, and just let the light in more, so that there wont be any room for all that darkness which would like to take hold of your life and soul and mind! Stay on guard and on the attack against anger and murmuring! Remember how much mercy, patience and longsuffering Ive had toward you, and it might help you to wink at the faults of others a little more... Remember that with the same measure you mete out to others they will mete out to you again. Judge not that ye be not judged Do unto others as you would have them do unto you! If you criticize others, you will also be criticized! Youre the one whos got the truth and should know better. If ye know these things happy are ye if ye do them." 301 ____________________________________________________ I have made women different; the soft, warm, emotional counterpart to the hard, cool, rational way of the masculine character. There is more you can do in order to understand them, and I want you to! Thats your homework for this course in interhuman relationships you subscribed to in this college of life. And if you neglect your homework, you shouldnt be surprised if you flunk the tests. I have provided the study material for you. Its work, & the hardest part is overcoming your own lethargy & lack of interest. Life is all about venturing out into the unknown, exploring the other side, conquering the new. Otherwise theres no progress, no challenge, no growing, no forward movement. Put yourself in their shoes to try to see & feel things the way they do. In order to be loved by them, you need to love them enough to be willing to try to understand them, to leave your masculine pedestal & descend to the depth of the female psyche. Dont worry; dont be afraid; Im not going to let you get lost there... Im holding your hand, & Ill be your guide. Im the Lover of all lovers, & I can teach you a lot about women that you dont know, but youve got to show some interest & do the part you can do, so I in return can do what you cant & fill in the blanks, or whisper in your ears what you dont find in the textbooks. Get wisdom! Get wise & learn about women. I know youre scared, but instead of letting them draw you away from Me, draw them closer to Me. To learn to teach them to satisfy their desires with My help, you have to know what it is they want & then present the heavenly solution to them from the right angle. Just saying, The Lord & the Word will solve all your problems wont do the trick! You may have to spoon-feed them & let Me love them through you. I am a sexy, ardent Lover, Who can fulfill their wildest dreams better than anyone else ever could. Many men simply dont care enough to want to understand. Finding out what women want could improve life on planet Earth a whole lot. Thats the way I arranged it, the conditions for love & marriage: If you want it to grow, youll have to share it. If you refuse to share it, it will shrink. Just like a flower will wither away if you hide it & keep it away from the light, so love will wither if you try to keep it to yourselves. Its a law of the spirit Ive established. Are you ready to trust Me that I wont let you get hurt more than youre able to bear? When you grow, it hurts your muscles, so if you want to grow in love, youll have to bear with a little pain as you

give away what you hold most dear... Ready for this? Well, whenever you are... Ill be waiting for you with greater rewards. Have I ever disappointed you or failed to reward you sufficiently for a step of obedience you took towards Me? Maybe you dont always see your rewards, which is why its so important to count your blessings from time to time & never cease to praise Me! I love to teach you the wonders of life! 302 ____________________________________________________ The weakening of the flesh in order to bring about My strength in you really is a beautiful process for Me to behold. The shedding of the old to give birth to the new. The farewell of the cocoon of the flesh to welcome the wings of the spirit which will help you rise above & fly higher than youve ever been before... Letting go of the flesh & the enticements of the world in order to put Me & My will first in your lives is a crucifixion of the flesh, & the Enemy fights it, but I highly honor each sacrifice you make for Me! Pioneering & stretching out your hands of faith in a new direction is what all My children who are willing & ready to undergo changes I bring about in their lives, are preparing for: the big changes in the World that are now on the horizon. Even though the times ahead will be the darkest in all of history, you will be My shining lights in it, for you hold My truth, & you are My candles & torches in the night, My diamonds of dust. You were created for this purpose, & I have prepared you for this. Fear not, but walk into the future with your heads held high & raising high the torch & flame I have given you. Fight & resist the oppressing forces of darkness. The Evil one will seek to control every facet & angle of a mans life. So, prepare yourselves. Focus on, & guard in your hearts My high calling for you to be My shining lights to the World in gross darkness! I will feed you, keep you, supply for you & care for you just like I always have. You will have to rely utterly & totally on Me, which is what Im teaching you right now, so you can depend on Me more & more as time progresses. The greater the desperation, the greater the vacuum, the power with which you draw strength, energy, input & counsel from Me! The greater the need, the more I can fill, for I can only fill the hungry with goods, but will have to send the rich, the full, the self-satisfied away empty. So, isn't it a blessing to be small & desperate, clinging to Me for every day of your life? Isn't it so much more blessed than the self-satisfied, lukewarm mode of confiding in the flesh? Stir yourselves up & implore Me, seek Me & beg Me to fill the need. Where there is no need, there is no space to fill... 303 ____________________________________________________ To be honest & to tell the truth is part of the proof of your love. Its part of the price of living the law of love. Learning to communicate openly & honestly is one high attribute & quality to attain, & if you can, youll be so much more of an overcomer, a true prophet of God & child of God who wont have anything to hide... just pure light, pure truth, innocent & humble. The pair of pliers grabs the piece of gold & holds it in the fire until it melts. Making you pass through the fire will bring forth the peaceable fruit of righteousness, which will spring forth into a fruitful tree of life, bearing much fruit unto Me & bringing life to many. So, marvel not, nor be dismayed at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, but rejoice, for in this you shall become truly unafraid & a brave heart of gold... Its a special destiny, a special trial, a special purging, but with a special reward. You will understand & know that is has been worth it all, & you will rejoice in My wisdom, in My mercy, that I have bestowed upon you the honor to suffer thus, because of the special splendor, the special beauty for ashes, the particular brilliance, shine, magic & usefulness this purging will result in. Hold on, knowing that you shall come forth as gold... There is no other way for Me to make you truly willing to do anything at anytime for anybody & be nobody for Me! I am the Planner & Perfecter of all this. I am what matters.

Through all this, I draw you closer to Me! Thou art Mine. I am a consuming fire & a jealous God, & will have no other gods before nor beside Me. I will consume them with a raging fire, & only that which is gold will remain. Anything that tries to lure you away from Me, I will consume it! Anything that would occupy your mind, your heart, when I have reserved them for Me, I will utterly blow them away in raging heat & an all-consuming fire. I am all that matters, & thats all I want to be in your life: all that matters! I will cause the wrath of man to praise Me! In all their raging, they will only draw you closer & tighter into My arms, & I will be your shelter, & all that surrounds you, all that concerns you, & all youll ever need! I long to fully possess you... have you care about no one, & nothing else, until I am done with you, & then you shall emerge, a new creature to bring light & life to many others. In your life, nothing else matters but Me! 304 ____________________________________________________ No matter what happens, you have to follow the little dog trail of My Spirit, stay close to Me & not leave My side. Venture out toward Me & take a step of faith toward freedom! I am in control. I know, it sounds hard to believe, because there are so many other influences, but theyre all subject to Me! If you go in My full anointing, then youve already won! But the moment you get your eyes off Me & you start looking at yourself, youll sink. If you keep your eyes on Me & you dont care what else happens around you, then youll rise above, youll overcome, & things will fall into their proper place on your left & on your right! The absolute top priority is Me & My will & what I want to do & want done in your life! Just keep your eyes on Me! Keep your heart & your affections set on Me! Keep walking on for Me! Keep walking on towards Me! Im always waiting right here with My open arms, ready to be all you ever needed, ready to be your Comfort, ready to be your One & only, your first love! 305 ____________________________________________________ Take time to really concentrate on Me, My Kingdom, lost souls & the things I want you to do. Dont ever feel lonely, for I am right here with you at all times! If ever you feel tempted to get lonely, just listen for My whispers, okay? And reach out for My touch! I have always yearned for you to reach out & touch Me! I have loved you more than you knew! If you manage to keep your mind stayed on Me long enough, you might finally really manage to let Me shine through you, to put on My mind & be a real little diamond of dust for Me & sparkle & shine like you never did before! The more you tune in to Me, the more My thoughts will become your thoughts, & the more natural it will become to you to hear from Me. Youll hear My words right in your mind & heart! Wherever you are, we can be connected & together... even if your hands are busy doing something else... 306 ____________________________________________________ Him that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed lest he fall, so, be on guard, for the Enemy would like to get you off of the straight & narrow road of only leaning on Me & following My instructions! Make no move without Me & dont speak unless spoken through! Each day you spend with Me in close fellowship in communication with Me, learning of Me, will accomplish a lot more than a thousand days running around in the wings. Especially when you dont really have your battle plan laid out before you yet. Be honest: you dont have a clue what to do, nor where to go. Stick to Me & dont do a thing on your own. Build your house on the Rock & not on the sand! Receive My instructions & carry them out, instead of pushing through any of your own ideas! What will you contribute to the establishing of My Kingdom on Earth? If you truly put Me first, I will take care of those other affairs. I am what concerns you, & Who you should focus on. I am the Master Shepherd Who will show you which way to lead the sheep!

Come, sit with Me, & learn of Me, & I will teach & show you how to truly accomplish! Only by constantly choosing Me above all other options will you become one of the chosen. 307 ____________________________________________________ I am enough for you! Enough to supply ALL your needs! I want you to find out first hand that I am enough! 308 ____________________________________________________ Rebuke Pan, whos trying to distract & twist your mind, & Apotheon, whos trying to make you feel bad about yourself & like a loser! Claim the keys of clarity & peace of mind! I will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Me, because he trusteth in Me. Trust in Me & keep your mind stayed on Me, for in Me it will find a safe & calm harbor. Im allowing this fight to make you stronger, cleaner & more convinced of the truth you believe in than ever before! This is causing our connection to be strengthened incredibly, & one day you will look back at this challenge with rejoicing & triumph! Keep thanking & praising Me for this battle, as bleak as it may seem, for out of it you shall emerge more victorious & stronger, purer & more upright in heart than ever more golden & glowing with the light of one who has been tried in the fire of God! 309 ____________________________________________________ I am your Soul Mate, the missing Piece and the Source of utter fulfillment in your life. And it hurts Me when My saved children still wander through life with an attitude of but I still havent found what Im looking for.... Neglecting My Word is like committing spiritual suicide, like starving your soul to death. Neglecting My Word is turning your back on Me, because I and My Word are one. So, in neglecting My Word, youre neglecting Me, your Husband and Master, opening your mind, heart and life to another instead, the Enemy, who would love to snatch you away from Me. So, if thats what you want, to elope and run off with the Enemy, then go ahead and keep ignoring Me, keep refusing Me and My precious seeds of love and life I would implant in you. Pretty soon the Devil and his demons are going to realize that the light has gone off in your house, and theyll come in like thieves in the night and are going to have a ball on your bill, which may sound funny at the moment, but will leave your place in a hell of a state the next morning. In other words, your life will turn out to be one huge chaos and mess, if you exclude Me, the guiding Light and Bringer of order. The Enemy wont even let you participate in his order, at least not for very long, since his intentions toward you arent benevolent in the least, but he only seeks to confuse and destroy. If you refuse to take in My word, you might as well start singing Bye-bye love, bye-bye happiness, hello loneliness, think Im gonna die... and you will die spiritually, rendered useless for Me, on the scrap heap of society. All because youve lost the vision and the desire to follow Me and be a fisher of men, to lay down your life so others might live. Youve lost the vision of that crown, that high calling of being one of My chosen future rulers of the World. If you want to be My disciple, youre going to have to spend time with Me, period! I have established these rules for your happiness, safety, health and a fulfilled life. Dont stop taking in the sap of life. If you cut yourself off from the sap of life, your tree will wither and die away. I put before you today the path of life and death: choose your own future! Will you be a tree of life planted by the rivers of water that brings forth his fruit in its season, or will you allow yourself to spiritually dry out, wither and die? I will always love you and be there for you, for I remain faithful even when you are faithless, but when you come to the end of your road and the time will come for a review & to answer the question What have you done with your life?, it may be that you will wish you had been there for Me, too, sitting at My feet, listening to My words so that you could have been able to do My work.... What will you do with your life?

310 ____________________________________________________ Unity is a requirement to receive the other weapons & the strength to make it through the days to come. My power is love, & if you dont love one another, you cannot avail yourself of that power... First of all you have to learn the lesson of love. Only love will make you strong enough to be a martyr or any kind of witness for Me, both, now & in the future! Without love, it is nothing, it availeth nothing, you are nothing... So, learn to love, for thats the most important thing! Be My love for others! When you share something you know, do it with love! If its more of a manifestation of love not to say something you know, then learn to be silent! You must decrease, your knowledge, your mind, your abilities; but My love in you must increase! Thats the first step to survival! You wont make it without love! Pray that I will make you not only a vessel of My Word & My message, but also a power-tool of love! A generator of affection! A distributor of kindness! Your heart feels so utterly incapable of giving love to so many, especially when you feel like so many dont want your love, or Mine. But look again, My love, & youll see that love is the only chance youve got! You can know as much as there is to know, you may have all the other impressive gifts or talents, but what you need is the hand of love, a heart of love that reaches deep down into the heart of another & touches them & tells them "No matter what you feel or think right now, God loves you immeasurably & unconditionally! This is the only magic that will ever really truly touch & change a life! My Spirit is love! What do you think healed the lame man at the temple gate? Just an awesome manifestation of power to impress the multitudes? No, My Spirit reached out & touched that man & healed him, made him walk, fulfilled his wildest dream, which made him jump & praise with joy! That was love! The gift of tongues... some kind of theological display of supernatural spirituality? No an orgasm of love, as thousands of My Spirit helpers were united with their charges so closely they could even control their tongues & proclaim My Gospel in languages the foreign visitors to Jerusalem could understand... Peters sermon that day; a great theosophical treatise to impress the Scribes with Peters eloquence, or a message of reconciliation between Me & My backslidden people? A marriage proposal from Me to anyone who would receive Me that day & would choose to become My bride? Every miracle has behind it a greater purpose of love even the supernatural destruction of evil is only serving the purpose of love in abolishing their hate... Unconditional love & forgiveness of sins... are manifestations of My supernatural miracle working power of love. Lessons on combating familiarity & showing appreciation are all lessons of love. My first foundation stone of higher heavenly education: love.

312 ____________________________________________________ "According to your faith be it unto you" also applies with prophecy: if you have the faith for supernatural, absolutely outof-this-World revelations of "great & mighty things which thou knowest not", then they shall be given you. And otherwise My Spirit has to work with what you've got the faith for & use the reservoir of Word you've got stored up in your heart & in the back of your mind. If I'd be revealing to you EVERYTHING you need to know, there wouldn't be any need for you to read the printed Word anymore, nor for turning to other sources for learning. The gift of prophecy is not meant to take the place of the printed Word, as long as the printed Word is still available! There might come a day when prophecy will be all you'll have to rely on, & I'm preparing you for that day, but in the meantime, enjoy the feast & the variety of means to hear & learn from Me that's available. "According to your faith be it unto you" is also applicable to those who leave the Family. Faith is a drawing power, a vacuum, & when that vacuum has been replaced by a fullness of other things than My Word, My Spirit & My input, then the Word & My Spirit & input have simply been crowded out of their lives. They lost the connection, & they've been "alienated" from My Spirit & life. They were so filled with their own thoughts & wants, doubts & things they let the Enemy place in their hearts over the years... How do you lose the faith? By neglecting the Word. It all boils down to the Word, or a lack of intake of the same. Faithfully keep your daily appointments with Me, & faithfully keep loving Me, sitting at My feet & keep drinking in My Words of Life, which will quicken you, keep you alive & in My Spirit. Keep drinking in My Word & keep alive with My magical, heavenly sap, which will cause you to bring forth fruit, instead of dying on the vine. Isn't it a wonderful feeling, the prospect of bringing forth fruit for Me? Your branches hanging full with blossoms, promising a ripe & abundant harvest? Spring is coming, & your tree will blossom, & all those blossoms will become fruits in their season, at harvest time, as long as you stay planted by the rivers of My water, & you keep receiving My life-giving sap...

313 ____________________________________________________ Remember that your weakness is your strength! I choose to talk through "whispers" much more often than through "shouts." The World knows enough big-mouths who have come & gone, & yearns for those who touch their heartstrings with their tender & loving songs. Reach out for those who have aching hearts; remind them with My still small voice that, indeed, there IS something more. Let them know they don't have to be afraid. Be My songbird that comforts their hearts. Don't be like the noisy sparrows, who can be annoying at times, but be like the special songbird that usually picks a quiet place where his voice can be heard... Keep it quiet for as long as you can. 314 ____________________________________________________ 311 ____________________________________________________ A new page; a new leaf turned over... blank... for Me to fill in Things wont always continue as they are. & for you to sign. That's the way I like it. That's the kind of All who will live godly in Me shall suffer persecution. business transaction of faith & trust & submission that I like. You Persecution is an integral part of the revolutionary Christians show Me your trust, & I reward you for it! life, and remembering that will help you to stay awake spiritually. Sometimes it's hard to focus on Me, when there are so many The main reason lethargy & lack of conviction hinder My children vibes around you & things going on... You don't feel like shutting from accomplishing what I would have them accomplish is that a the door on them, because you don't want them to feel unwanted lot of them have it too easy. Its hard to stay desperate when life or excluded. And yet, sometimes you just have to take a stand & is so easy. Its hard to believe in the Endtime approaching when pay the price of conviction to make sacrifices for that which you youve been floating on a cloud of ease for years, & nothing value most. ever happened... You'll never be able to please everybody the same, & often, in Persecution & judgment have always hit most of My children by order to please Me, you must be willing to "fall from grace" with surprise, but I want you to be prepared. I want you to know that the people, be willing to let them think badly of you... "How can time is short & not act as if things are going to keep going the he be so arrogant, to set himself apart from the rest of us like same way they have been for the next hundred years, for they that? Does he think he is something better than we are?" When wont. it's not necessarily so, but just that you're choosing better Be prepared to forsake all at a moments notice, when the time company than theirs, namely Mine. And in a way, you even do it comes. But, be assured that, wherever you may wind up, Ill be for them, for it's better for them, too, if you get a hold of Me first, with you & I will use you as a testimony! Be thou faithful unto so you'll know what to give them... death, & I will give thee a crown of life! Don't be afraid to shut the door on the rest of the World occasionally & hang the "Do not disturb!" sign on the door in

order to be with Me. People around you will just have to accept the fact that I'm the most important "thing" in your life, & they'll have to respect that. I am your strong shield & exceeding great reward! Your mighty bulwark! And even so you shall become a bulwark in their midst. Not any longer subject to their whims, tossing you to & fro as they like, but someone who knows his goal & will in no uncertain terms correct whatever types of behavior should pose a potential obstacle between you & that goal. Those with great leadership qualities, those full of action, courage & initiative, do not always make it in My Kingdom in the long run, but those who have chosen the good part of sitting at My feet, hungering for My Words, it will never be taken away from them! It's My promise! If you let circumstances rule you without ever coming to Me to find out My will for you, never presenting your body a "living sacrifice" & committing your day, your life unto Me afresh everyday, that's when you're failing Me & heading the wrong way: the dead end street of dead works. I've got to be the Beginning & the End of all your works in order for them to be works of faith instead of works of the flesh. Just like faith without works is dead, so works without faith, love & spirit are dead, also. I've got to be in it, in order for it to come alive. Those who do good works without My Spirit to strengthen & uphold them, sooner or later run out of strength, & they just peter out.

greater heights of accomplishment & achievement than you have dreamed of. The Devil is just scared out of his wits, because he knows what I'm capable of doing through you! So he tries to pull his cloak over you, his gray & gloomy veil of sadness, of loss, of defeat, when there's yet EVERYTHING to gain! School has just begun! You ain't nearly done yet, so, don't let the old punk fool you, like the fox & the cat in "Pinocchio" were telling him not to go to school... Don't be nave & don't fall for his lies! I've had to rescue you out of many a cage & entrapment, & out of the belly of the whale, & now out there on the winds & waves of the open sea of life you're going to have to prove if you're noble enough to lay down your life for your brethren in order for My fairy - the Holy Ghost - to make you into a "real boy"! Now that's the epitome of the difference between My way & the World's: you must die in order that you might really live!

316 ____________________________________________________ The Devil is sooo busy distracting My children from focusing on Me. The Father purges every branch that it may bring forth more fruit, so, the chastisements, corrections & purgings must come. He eliminates all blemishes from My bride for Me, so that she may be pure, blameless & spotless before Me, which is also the main reason for the Tribulation ahead... Judgment must come, & it must begin with My own house. Let not even those closest to you distract you from Me, for only I 315 ____________________________________________________ can give you the solutions for each individual situation, & its My ways are not your ways, not the ways of the World! In the essential that you remain in close, personal contact with Me & World, the winner is always in the right, but I sometimes train My dont lose the connection! This connection can be compared to children to become more than conquerors through becoming the flame of a candle, & as in Burn Free!, the hands that come good losers. If this life would all be oh-so-wonderful from A-Z, closest to extinguishing the flame are the well-meaning ones of why, you would dread the day I call you to join Me in My close loved ones... So, beware that no man snuff out thy flame, Kingdom. but guard it with all diligence! But by maintaining it thus, that My children & true brides more often than not appear to be the losers in this World, I make them 317 ____________________________________________________ conquerors of death, even through their own death of self & Look at what you can do for Me! Dont look at the wind & pride, even as I conquered death through My suffering on the waves, nor at your fellow servants... Keep your eyes full of trust cross...(Jn.12:24). in Me, your Captain, & your heavenly crew. This death will always result in a glorious resurrection which will Keep your eyes on Heaven & keep attuned to the Spirit world! make it worth it all: the suffering, the sadness, the gloom & Look not at the flesh! The flesh has nothing for you! Look at the humiliation & the pain. Spirit & there find riches & untold treasures to give & to pass on "Fools laugh only in the sun", but a wiser man will have learned to those who are searching, thirsting & starving for My love, My to find joy & laughter even in the rain. I have to remind you of this Words, My answers, My Spirit & Wisdom... basic truth & principle over & over again, because of your Look at your Family in the Spirit! Seek contact with those who tendencies to be influenced & swayed by the conditions & really have something to offer you! The riches Ive got to offer are circumstances of the World... outward appearances, & worldly spiritual! All I can give you is the Spirit! Will you treasure Her ideas of success. Love loves the unlovely. Everybody loves the above all Earthly things? Delve into the Spirit & get in touch with beautiful, but love those who are unloved, & you'll truly gather up those of the Spirit World. Get to the Source! for yourself a treasure in Heaven! The carnal, the known is so much more comfortable, & you feel There is still so much for you to learn, & this fact alone should more secure. But its time to reach out for the new, to stretch out keep you young & fresh & excited at heart, & not let the Enemy your hands of faith & venture into the unknown! Its time to go make you feel like your life is practically over... through the gate, to pierce the veil & get in touch with those it I'm touching you with My finger & revive you, rejuvenate & really pays getting in touch with! Its time for that which really resurrect you & I make you young again! matters! Time to get to know your real friends better, those I put before you the ways of life & of death, to choose this day, & behind the veil, who have been watching you, helping you, according to your faith be it unto you! "As a man thinketh in his supporting you, leading & guiding you, praying for you & heart, so is he!" You can think of yourself as a dinosaur on the accompanying you for the longest time. And they can guide you brink of death & oblivion, & that's what you're going to be! OR to the right people, too, whom you can give what is essential, & you lift up your eyes, your face to Me, the Giver of eternal life, & they in turn will give you whatever you need. let Me invigorate you, quicken & strengthen you & let Me fill you Come & play with your older, more mature brethren in My realm. until overflowing with sparkling life & energy! "As thy days, so Theyre so close: just as close as I am, & its essential that you shall be the thy strength!" start learning to tune into them & communicate more with them! I want you to be young & free - the older you get! See how much My ways differ from the ways of the World? The older you get, 318 ____________________________________________________ the younger you become! That's My magic! That's My Lie back & let Me possess you & take you fully! You are unfathomable, incomprehensible, un-analyzable miracle-working Mine! Get back to the basics to the Spirit! Remember who you power & way, confounding the wise & mighty! are: a spiritual creature! I want to show you who the true heroes & conquerors are, those Welcome to the melding of the dimensions! In order for it to who rise above the rules & confines of the physical world by My come to pass, yours has to be absorbed by Mine, your flesh omnipotent power! needs to be absorbed by My Spirit! Total surrender! Utter Come, follow Me, & I will yet rejuvenate you & bring you to yieldedness to Me! Complete possession & absorption of all you

are by Me, your Husband, your Maker, the Fulfiller of all your needs, desires & passions! Nothing else matters but our union, our becoming one & melding & merging together! Im coming to absorb you, to join you unto Me, & our love is all that matters... I have always loved you 319 ____________________________________________________ If you put your hopes in the flesh, you can count on winding up disappointed! The flesh profiteth nothing! It is the spirit that quickeneth. The Words that I speak unto you, they are spirit & they are life! And I have come to give you life more abundantly. The flesh is dying. Youth is such a deceitful thing, having the Devil telling you your flesh is immortal, invincible. Thats why youth is the Enemys perfect harvest field. Especially when they are strong, beautiful & successful in the flesh. Only those to whom it is given can resist the temptations to fall for the lures & the deceit of the flesh: the temptation to think of itself as all-powerful & all-knowing, & to humbly admit that you know & can do nothing! So, fret not when you are weak, but know that thats when you are strong in My eyes & thats when I can use you.

Me! Sometimes you wonder whether therell ever be any significant progress made, but I the answer is up to you! The spiritual attacks are intensifying, & you must strengthen & adapt your battle mode accordingly! How is your memorization going? Your Keys Promises, Bible verses? How often do you come together to wield the weapon of praise?

326 ____________________________________________________ I wish to make you stronger & wiser, & I only manage to do so by having you come to Me, desperately seeking My face & My help. You know that running away doesnt seem to be the answer, ignoring the problem not either... So, deal with it! No matter how dirty something gets, you can always clean it right up! It may take some serious work, commitment & elbow-grease, but it is possible! We need to attack this problem. By letting it linger, itll only get worse. The secret lies in you coming to Me each time instead of despairing! Obstacon, Pan, Bacchus, the Selvegion, Apotheon Arakan, & the demons of depression, Pride & Jealousy... The sooner you learn to fight & lickem, the better! 320 ____________________________________________________ I want you to learn spiritual warfare, and that just simply isnt Asking Me everything is the goal: to get you to the point achieved by curling up & feeling condemned everytime these where youll be in such tight & close communication with Me, demons are being confronted! Its not your fault theyre attacking youll automatically ask Me everything & wont even consider you! You are children of light, youre active forces for Me in doing a thing on your own. You will have truly learned then to put gross darkness, so, of course, youre the Enemys targets! on My mind, not to reason around in your own carnal mind. When Youre his primary targets, because, weak as you are, you are My Im in control & you let Me move & think in you, speak through brightest lights, piercing & penetrating his thick darkness. So, all you & do everything to you, then youll know, This is it! you can do is fight! You can run, but you cannot hide! So, sooner or later, youre going to have to confront them, pull out your keys 321 ____________________________________________________ turned to swords & fight, fight, fight! Theyve got no chance "The carnal mind is at enmity with God. Anyone who falls against your weapons. Youre an unbeatable foe! But theyre also prey to carnal reasoning becomes a potential enemy to My quite aggressive in the first place, trying to intimidate you with cause. fear or condemnation! But you must know theyre only bluffing! What Im calling for is that you all lay aside your carnal reasoning You must see through their intimidation strategy & call their & seek Me in everything. bluff! The only chance they have is in intimidating you, The greater the impossibilities, the more likely Im going to do hypnotizing you with their gruesome illusions, paralyzing & the miracle to prove that there IS no such thing as impossible. stunning you with fear or weakening you with condemnation or The greater the need, the more My power to supply will rush in to depression. But if you take up your shield of faith, which acts like fill the need! The greater the vacuum, the stronger will be My a gas mask against his poisonous gases of deceit, standing on answer. My promises that you are victorious as long as you fight, call on the keys & My help & start wielding those weapons, they dont 322 ____________________________________________________ stand a chance... Theyre going to be the ones running. Youve got to learn to be driven & pushed forward by the They attack whoever is in the weaker state. Since youre getting wind of My Spirit... Your efforts have to be made in the spirit. Im all soaked up in the veneer of My Word, they see they dont stand teaching you to operate in the spirit. much of a chance against you, but they know they can still attack If the spiritual is ok, everything else will fall into place as well. you through other people, & have them poke around in your weak spots, your temper, impatience & anger. You must see that its not the person fighting you, but the Enemy through them, so 323 ____________________________________________________ look past the person & deal with & address the Enemy, the spirit My way & chosen path for you is the high road, not the low thats using them to attack you! road. With a little bit of spiritual insight & fighting skill & knowledge of Without faith it is impossible to please Me... Youre either the tactic & strategy, this whole fighting business takes on a whole servant of faith or the servant of fear. different angle, doesnt it? Its fun to fight when you know youre actually the stronger one. And you always are, because I in you 324 ____________________________________________________ am stronger than all the Enemys forces combined! I have Life could be so beautiful if you would see with the eyes of overcome them all, Im their living doom, & so are you, as long as faith. Trying to play it both ways, My way AND the Systems, just you let Me think & live & move in you! All the Devil can do is try wont work. If youre going to make the choice for Me, then its to distract you, bluff & deceive you try to get your focus off Me going to have to be all-out. You cant ride 2 horses at the same for a moment. But he knows he doesnt stand a chance for real time! Its either Me or the System, you cannot serve God and as long as you refuse to take your focus & glance off Me. As long Mammon... as you keep your connection strong with Me, hes the loser always! So, it pays to stay in tune with Me! 325 ____________________________________________________ Fight for your unity together. The Devil can only get in through The problem in battling Pride & other related demons is, you wedges & loopholes in your armor, like selfishness, pride, fear, cannot focus on the victim, as they will often not even accept suspicions, etc. your help; you must focus on Me, on the power, to get rid of the So much is up to each one of you, your decisions, choices & enemy! Its up to you then to pray & uphold the spiritual standard determination to give & yield & surrender all for the cause, which & not get sucked into the vortex of downhill movement they entails the willingness to strip bare before all, asking for prayer, would often like to drag you into. You must not allow yourself to being willing to confront & attack your ugliest weaknesses by be pulled down to their level when theyre under such demonic having them exposed. Only this way are you ever going to influence of pride & self-pity! You must stay strong & focused on overcome your most serious enemy in your midst: Pride! Its all a

matter of being willing to overcome & exterminate Pride in your midst! 327 ____________________________________________________ In order to see the good & positive in others & in order to really love & appreciate them, it helps when youve got a picture of all their good qualities. When youre in the gear of thinking negatively about someone, pull out some of the positive input on them from your arsenal or mental archives, to counter-balance your view of them. You can get a lot done by promoting steps toward improvement without attacking anyone. Instead of pointing your finger at someones faults, point toward a positive solution: greater emphasis on memorization, the Word, focusing on the work instead of the problems, getting busy for Me, etc. 328 ____________________________________________________ Im allowing this battle to show you how much the spiritual affects your lives, & how much more seriously you should take the task of preparing & arming yourselves with the Word & My keys. The more you familiarize yourselves with the Spirit helpers Ive already shown you, the easier it will be for Me to reveal other ones to you, which you may not know yet. Know your friends. And know your enemies!

here. 330 ____________________________________________________ (Solomon:) To gain greater understanding: talk less, listen more; move real easy, quietly, smoothly, softly & slowly. You want to acquire understanding? Heres the first requirement: silence! Just keeping quiet, listening, not giving good advice, much less lecturing, youll be amazed at what youll learn. If you cant keep quiet & listen long enough, they cant help but think youre not even interested enough in finding out about them & trying to understand. In order to understand, you must listen. And dont always answer right away whatever comes to your mind. Let it sink in. Pray about what youve just heard. Learn from it. Take the time to deal with every point & every statement. Find out what it means. Whats the hidden language & whats the Lords insight on it? THATs the way to learn & gain greater understanding!

331 ____________________________________________________ Sex is good! Anything thats humbling & bottle-breaking is good! There is nothing dirty or wrong about it! Why do you call that unclean which I have sanctified? Its just the Enemy, trying to spoil all the fun, & keeping you from enjoying one of the most beautiful things I ever created a symbol & manifestation of My 329 ____________________________________________________ love for all of you, My brides. He hated it from the beginning & Its a life-or-death situation; its desperate! Cling to My Words has been deceiving people by taking the credit for it one of his & strive to obey for dear life, because your lives do depend on it! most outrageous lies of all. You must go on in spite of a negative audience reaction. The If you have My Spirit, love-making is something holy, sanctified, Devil will always try to enter your midst somehow, & just like Ive beautiful & precious. It serves multiple purposes, from keeping had to endure Judas presence or Peters out-of-the-spirit you humble to creating children new precious souls: your statements, or James & Johns, or Thomas, youre all human & reason for existing, practically! Be fruitful & multiply means: prone to be attacked by the Enemy, some more frequently than Thou shalt have sex! It was the first commandment I ever gave others. to man, so, how can anyone say theres something wrong with It doesnt make much sense to approach a person under attack it? Its like saying all music is wrong or bad or all literature, just as if everything was normal you always have to go about it because the Devil has his types... I gave it, created it, ordained it, prayerfully & expect a battle & verbal attack of the Enemy. so, take it & receive it as from Me! Use it! Enjoy it! Let it set you My promises are ALWAYS conditional & hinge on your free! obedience. If you choose not to obey Me, all those promises can be inherited by another who chooses to do what I asked. 332 ____________________________________________________ Hold fast that which thou hast, lest any man take thy crown. Its There will always be a few things in life you wont understand, talking about the blessing, anointing & task Ive given you, your which will be an inexplicable riddle to you. Those are My tests & job & the things Ive told you to do. Those who refuse to, challenges for you. abdicate their crowns to someone else. If youre going to hold on Its a test of love, to see whether you will love unconditionally, a to the blessing, then youre going to have to fight in the spirit. test of your loyalty to Me, to see whether youre willing to go on Ask Me to give you My real & genuine love that keeps on giving for Me, even if I dont give you your hearts desire. Remember, unselfishly & unconditionally, even if it hurts... As long as you the blessings dont precede obedience, & sometimes there are a keep looking at conditions like, Oh, they dont need me few things I require you to do before I can bless & reward you, & I enough or they dont love me enough, its not going to work. It test you & see how you will behave even if you dont receive your is a matter, whether youre going to determine to do all you can hearts desire. Whether you will have a murmuring attitude about to get the victory or not! it or stay cheerful, loving, giving & thankful for those things I do Its all in your faith in the Word! You really believe in it? Then for bless you with. loves sake, start applying it & making greater use of it! Start obeying it, & using it like a sword & weapon against the Enemies 333 ____________________________________________________ of your soul. This in love type of love is a selfish form of love, its There wont be any amount of good works behind which youre wanting another person, its not really giving. It falls more into going to be able to hide & show just how righteous & obedient the domain of Lust & its motto, I love me & I want you! Thats you are. All the witnessing in the World isnt going to help you if basically what most of the World is mistakenly seeing as love, youre not going to get into the Word yourself first, clinging to it but its not always real love, although I can use these kind of for dear life. Ask Me to show you whats the problem, let Me grab feelings sometimes to bring about My will in a persons life, just hold of your heart & let Me heal it! like I use other negative emotions like desperation or I must remind you to choose that good part, which shall never frustration to break people, humble them, etc. be taken away from you. All the other things can be taken away The question is whether a person will yield to Me in all this, trust from you, so, why not build all, your hopes, your dreams, your Me that My wisdom is greater than their own in allowing certain faith, your emotions, your whole life on that firm ground of the apparent injustices to happen, or whether they will allow a root of foundation which will never be taken away from you? bitterness to spring forth in their heart. It either draws them Im all the help youll ever need. Come on, lets take that old awful closer to Me - if they receive this form of correction, it makes millstone from around your neck & dump it into the sea. Dump them search their heart, & they check, Lord, show me why I those weights from your past! Take them out of your pockets & deserve this punishment, this treatment, this withdrawing of Your see how much more easily youll get over those hurdles, & come, blessing, OR they self-righteously harden their hearts against dive into My waters! Im expecting you, ready to satisfy you like Me. no one ever did! Please, come soon & dont leave Me waiting Many people in the World have an in-built, automatic defense

mechanism against other peoples in love feelings, & they often become cold, harsh & unloving towards those who are in love with them, resulting in unrequited love, one of the great & sad mysteries of life. The answer is rooted in the secret of true love: not looking & waiting for someone to love you & make you happy, but going out & finding someone to love & make happy yourself. Once you do this & apply & give love yourself, you also become more attractive to those you want to love you. A perfect example of this is Groundhog Day: as long as he had any selfish motives, he failed in trying to conquer her heart. Only when he finally was completely broken & had become a truly loving man, was he able to conquer her heart with genuine love, & it broke the spell. Before the position of your heart is right, it acts like the wrong pole of a magnet: it pushes people away. This feeling of I want you! often has the opposite of the desired effect. But once your heart is truly turned toward Me & you allow Me to love others through you, they become attracted to you, too. 334 ____________________________________________________ The best thing to do when you want a hug from someone, is to give them a hug! Its the attitude of the heart that makes the difference: whether you WANT a hug or you want to GIVE someone a hug. Its all a matter of whether all that concerns you is what you want, or whether you care what I want. I want you to learn to give, not walk through life always wanting this, wanting that, wanting someone... Id like people to come to the point where they have the attitude that sings, I want to give keep on giving... 335 ____________________________________________________ Feeling rejected in those in love feelings has to do with whether the love you have is the passive & selfish kind, or the active, giving & unselfish true kind of love. Let Me activate you & turn you into a generator of true love, a giver of true love, one active doer of true love, & I personally promise you that you wont feel rejected anymore. If you feel like you cant do it yourself, ask Me! Of course, you cant do it yourself! Thats what Im here for, to help you do it! Turn to Me for your needs, instead of to another frail, imperfect human being, & Ill give you so much to give, not only to them, but also to countless others who might really need your love, they wont be able to help but love you & receive you with arms wide open. 336 ____________________________________________________ St. Francis prayed, Let me not seek to be loved, but to love... for it is in giving that we receive... You may be waiting for others to give you love, while all the while Im waiting for you to give love to others. Youre not a baby anymore, but old enough to give love yourself, not look around for somebody else to give YOU love! You have to focus on giving instead of receiving! Keep on giving! Be not weary in well-doing, for in due season you shall reap if you faint not. These answers wont satisfy you & your longing UNLESS you receive them, accept them as My truth, My answer, My solution to your problem & apply them, believe them & act on them! 337 ____________________________________________________ The keys have the power to transform your natural presence into the presence of God! Call on the keys to let Me transform your draggy presence into an irresistible presence that theyll want to hug & feel like kissing, too. You just need to come to Me & get that power of My divine love & let Me transform you, change you, & Ill guarantee, never again will you ever feel unloved! Everybody will enjoy your presence! You wont have to be afraid of anyones reaction, either, when you feel like kissing them. Youll just kiss them, & theyll be fine, because youll be giving a kiss, not wanting a kiss! If you dont speak up about your desires & battles, & you dont give them to Me, either, the one who always winds up running to your aid is the Devil, in the form of one of his emissaries, who

will be eager to tell you things like, They hate you, anyway & they love everyone else more than you. Hell also give you the desire to leave. After all, everyone will be better off if you leave! One day, My love, as rotten & useless as you may feel right now, you will see the difference you have made in their lives, just like the guy in Its A Wonderful Life... Try to imagine just a tiny glimpse of the difference youve made in their life already, not to speak of whats to come, and the difference youll make in the lives of many others if youll just hang on to Me & let Me turn you on & let your light so shine before men... 338 ____________________________________________________ When you cant do anything but pray, let Me remind you that praying is not the least you can do for someone, but the most. Theres not as much in it for you as when you comfort them with your natural presence, but believe Me: prayer is MUCH more effective! Youll SEE it one day! You cant do anything, except all Ive been telling you! Stop feeling sorry for yourself for not getting what you want, & start coming to Me for what I want you to give! You can only be a help by deciding to grow up in the spirit & become mature enough to stand on your own 2 feet spiritually & emotionally, by doing whatever you can to really ease the load instead of perpetually wanting & wanting & thus being an additional weight, drawing, instead of giving...! 339 ____________________________________________________ Are you willing to change & let Me make you a new creature, or are you hanging on to the old the shadows of the past? There are dark spirits in that past, and its time you tell them to leave. You need to change some of your attitudes! Trust Me that I have made thee thus for a good reason! I have made you beautiful, & the only thing that needs to change is your heart & some of your attitudes. Come & jump into the waters of My Word, & youll be clean! Dont listen to the liar! Kick him out! 340 ____________________________________________________ Your fears are mainly a lack of faith in My Words to you. Nobodys forcing you to believe or obey My Words, but your happiness depends on it... Will you choose to be happy, or miserable? 341 ____________________________________________________ I have given you your request, but did it really make you happier, spiritually stronger? Did it bear good fruit? Or did it just result in you desiring even more, like an ever-growing hole that nothing seemed to be able to fill? If so, then this kind of addiction is Obsession & needs to be rebuked & replaced by genuine, giving love! I desire to make you happy, & I will, if you just come to Me & accept My will for you, instead of insisting on what you want. Trust Me that I know better whats really good for you! 342 ____________________________________________________ Dont let the World push Me out of your life! Dont let it reconquer in one day all the precious territory in your heart that Ive had to gently woo & win over months! Could it be that youre still so impressed by the World that you respect their opinions so highly? Dont you know yet that youve got so much more than they? Give them what youve got to give & dont let fear of them rule you! Trust in Me completely! Dont run off to fight the battle in your own strength! Dont take up the challenge on your own! Dont let the sight of those waves, the howling of that wind sway you, distract you & pull your focus off Me! Stay strong! Stay firmly attached to Me! Whats the worst thing that can happen to you? That they crucify you? Ha! Tomorrow will be another day. Why not leave an imprint on their hearts they cant help but remember? One that says, God was here! Give them something to talk about! Provoke them! Be My prick! You can be one of My rebels against the System & still be loving,

you know? Be a last chance for some of them to ever hear My voice knocking at their hearts... Just shine with My love & My light, & be not driven by fear! You either have faith or fear, you cannot have both, which do you choose to be ruled by? The Devil hates every minute & every second you spend with Me, because he knows with each of those moments you grow stronger & become a greater threat to his kingdom of darkness! Gently & quietly blow their minds by touching their heart-strings. Awake the flying unicorn in them that comes running at the sound of the harp of David! You are their shepherd, calling & gently beckoning My sheep! Dont just tickle the ears of the Philistines the Systemites! But call & gently woo My sheep... cooing for them & showing them the way to Me, pointing at Me, the Grand Master Shepherd. Give them an occasion to remember, so that they will know one day that a prophet has been among them! Give them My message. Look not at the waves or the wind of what could or might be their possible reactions or opinions! My Spirit rules over all of them, & if theyre not going to receive it, if they wont heed their Masters voice when they hear it, theyre going to be sorry, & its going to be their loss, not yours! Let them have it! Sock it to them! Be My prophet & they will know its Me speaking through you! Just give Me a chance! I will reward you for being a faithful deliverer of My message!

them too much if those surrounding you should fall. I need you to go on, anyway. As I have told you many times, What is that to thee? Come thou, follow Me! Dont let it distract you! Dont let it dismay you as though some strange thing happened unto you! But in all & any challenges you face, take them as from Me, fully conscious & certain of the fact & truth of Rom.8:28, that I know what Im doing & wouldnt allow this if I wouldnt know that this is good for you. Always see My hand in it, whatever befalls you, & I will help you find the hidden purpose. Dont be distracted by the ugliness the Devil wants to show you: stay focused on My beauty! Prayer & fasting clearly demonstrates that you believe that the battle & the cause are a spiritual one. Youre not intending to fight it in the flesh, but by being willing to weaken the flesh in order to grow stronger in spirit. You can only counter spirit with spirit. Spirits laugh at any attempts of the flesh to combat them. Only spirit can combat spirit. Dont try to go about it with any form of natural reasoning, or theyll laugh in your face. Only those who are willing to admit to, & openly declare the absolute incapability of their flesh to resolve the matter, have a chance. Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit. More than conquerors by being willing to appear as losers... 346 ____________________________________________________ What youre up against is pride, a deep, bottomless abyss, & woe unto him that falls therein! Pride, your arch-enemy! Its always hard to detect him in your own life. He has a special system of camouflage that makes it almost impossible to spot him in your own life... Just as My Spirit is manifested in fruits, like humility, love, patience, etc. (Gal.2:22,23), the spirit of the Devil has its manifestations of pride, self-righteousness, hatred, jealousy, envy, bickering, strife...

343 ____________________________________________________ Your job is simply to present the message. THEY have to make the choice whether theyll receive it or not. Just do your job, whether they receive it or not. You cannot have a proud or arrogant attitude, it must be a humble certainty that youre successfully fulfilling your job, whether they receive you or not, as long as you stay faithful to the message. Nervousness comes from relying on the flesh... Trust & confidence come from relying on Me. 347 ____________________________________________________ Pride blows things up out of proportion. Pride breeds fear & 344 ____________________________________________________ discontent. The proud are always afraid of something; of losing The flesh hopes all things will continue as they were: No someone or something... At the root of practically all sin there is reason to get desperate... pride. It says, I deserve, because... Whereas those who have Whether soon or later, the end of that flesh will come, whether it fallen onto My rock & have been crushed & humbled there, know wants to believe it or not, & those who are prepared for that final they deserve nothing. Why, they would have deserved hell, but journey are always better off than those who are not. only in My mercy did I save them & gave them the gift of Even the very elect would be deceived, if it were possible, but the Salvation so they could escape what they deserved. And they are only thing that protects My very elect is the Word. Those who grateful & humble about it, knowing its not because of anything know My Word well enough & have chosen that good part, they they did or they are... only My mercy that saved them, a gift! are My very elect. None of their own goodness or good works pure mercy. Thats the only input, doctrine & truth that really opposes the When you really & truly know that, thats when you stop Matrix, the only true anti-matrix, the only real alternative to the demanding from others to be treated in a certain way... You just Devils web. Beware, lest ye be led astray from the simplicity of take whatever comes, because you know that what you would the gospel of Christ. Be a faithful watchman unto the house of have deserved would have been much worse. Israel & give them warning from Me, that they might be saved by But not so the proud. They are a special, elitist type of crowd. My truth! They rebel against humiliation with hands & feet, & they ferociously defend that which they consider rightfully theirs, 345 ____________________________________________________ because, after all, if its theirs, they must somehow deserve it, Sorry if you thought the war was over just because you won right? I mean, would God have given it to me otherwise, if I one minor, initial battle. The Enemy will always come back in didnt deserve it? How can you dare to want some of it?! greater force than before, when he has been defeated in an area. But so many gifts in life I give you not because of anything He doesnt give up so easily. But as long as you choose to fight youve got, or you are or youve done, but simply because I love him back, youre victorious. The only way he can win is if he can you, & out of mercy, & to see whether youre going to be just as get you to quit & give up... generous with My blessings as I have been with you, to see Whats important is that you abide in Me & I in you. He that whether youre willing to give & to share, not because anyone abideth in Me, & I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. would deserve it, but because I love them, & therefore you love And thats what you want, right? If you abide in Me & I in you, them, too. therell be not much room left for those spirits to drag you down, How could you withhold from others that which I have given you youll be so full of My input & so tuned in to My power, you will to share? Freely ye have received, also freely give! overcome all those negative vibes around you. Just abide in Me But the proud are like the man in the parable I told, who had been & encourage others to do the same... forgiven a great debt by his Lord, but then went to one of his I know its hard when you feel attacked by the Enemy through the debtors & demanded that he should pay every penny he owed person closest to you, but as I have told you before, Im allowing him or hed have him cast into prison. After all, theres a special this, so that you will rely on Me & Me alone if need be, willing to reason why the Lord forgave me my debt: Im special, you know? go on for Me with or without anyone. I need each of My Endtime He knew all I have suffered & done, & so I deserved it. But you followers to be so completely sold out on Me that it wont affect dont, so you better pay me back what you owe me. Youre not as

special as I am! I mean, how could you be? Look at all those faults of yours!... And so, the proud often live in their delusion until one day the bubble bursts, & I take away from them even that which they think they have & they thought they deserved & wanted all for themselves & didnt want to share, & so they lose everything in the end, unless, of course, they repent & recognize the error of their ways. How could you not wish for others the same mercy that was bestowed upon you? How can you not share with them freely & willingly the blessings I have so generously showered upon you? Do you really think youre so much better? Do you really think I can bless such selfishness & pride? Oh, the System, yes, theyll always understand & defend you, for in the System youre not expected to share. Why should you? I mean, you have to work hard & earn for yourself every little thing youve got, so that in the end, your reward is the pride of saying to yourself, I deserve this! & with a slight contemptuous glance at your neighbor you quietly add: And just for the record, dude: you dont! You want some? Get your own! So, if anyone even insinuates, Shouldnt we share what weve got?, they become outraged & yell, Are you out of your mind? Thats completely insane! Everybody should have their own! Whats yours is yours & whats mine is mine, so, hands off, buster! When all the while, they are really the insane ones, only thinking of themselves... their System of insanity! If youre not willing to share everything youve got, & I mean everything, you dont even need to attempt to get people saved & unplugged from the Matrix, because, after all, they might threaten to invade your privacy! They might want to move in with you, take away your precious living space... why, they might even need sex & you might have to share with them, or worse, share your partner... No, its much safer to do like the churches do: you can get them saved & then tellem they can stay living right where they are, the same way they always have, just try to be a good sample... Im looking for those who have learned or want to learn what this meaneth: I will have mercy, not sacrifice! Why? Because it was mercy in the first place that brought you here, not any sacrifice of your own, or any good deed, & you didnt really deserve any of it to begin with, so, if youre not willing to show & extend that same mercy toward others, youre not worthy of it. Im looking for people who want to live what this means: Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. If you dont have that same greater love for others which I had for you in laying down My life for you, you might as well forget it. And dont tell Me youd be willing to lay down your life for them, youre just not willing to share what youve got. Thats the real problem with pride: it makes a hypocrite out of you, because it makes you think much more highly of yourself than what you really are. Instead of taking the blame, you start giving all kinds of spiritual excuses, and Dont start insinuating anything that might put me under conviction... you see, Im very, very sensitive, & if I wont feel your support, Ill just blow up in your faces... Pride is the true terrorist, terrorizing all its victims in its way: Do as I please, or else!... You better be nice to me, or Ill explode! Theyre like those people with explosives tied to their bodies & if anyone around them makes a wrong move, theyll just blow everything up. Just like jealousy: If I cant have you for myself, then nobody can! It takes humility to take correction in order to serve & follow Me, but if you prefer to be ruled by pride, you have no part in Me! Youll always wind up doing more damage than good in the long run, in spite of all your good works & the sacrifices you make to show how good you are... You cannot hide the truth from Me of whats inside you! You have to be willing to let Me expose it to the light, or else I cant free you from it, & if you hang on to that darkness, I cannot use you! 348 ____________________________________________________ Compared to the love of Heaven, all earthly loves are let-

downs & disappointments, & this experience will serve its purpose in making you become more heavenly-minded; ceasing to seek satisfaction & fulfillment of your dreams in this earthly life. Only from the vaults of Heaven will you find treasures worthy of passing on... The flesh... after all, is the stuff pride feeds on. My Spirit is humble & seeks the humble & lowly in heart, & isnt very attractive to pride it doesnt feed it. Its the great testing time for all My children, & many will be found wanting & will have to determine to shape up, or settle for compromise, & be left behind by those who truly want Me above all... Were going to have to get rid of Saul a name which stands for pride in order to bring about Paul, the evangelist, apostle & missionary & fruitbearer & life-bringer I want. 349 ____________________________________________________ Im calling My chosen ones to Me, constantly, & they have to follow & obey that call, either leaving the rest behind or bringing them along, according to their choices, but their motives must also be right. Not hitched on some personal relationship dream they might be having, but to find & follow the radical truth & die for it daily, and whenever it is required. Its a real life & death battle, not a vacation. One great requirement of any of My true followers is the willingness to confront themselves, keep book with their own souls &, if necessary, come to the conclusion, Ive been wrong all along, I must start from scratch! Toss everything over & start clean slated: Forget your old ideas & attitudes... If you can see the shape youre in with My eyes, thatll be a good place to start on your way up again. How much do you really love the truth? Are you willing to kill your pride for it? Are you willing to die to self right for it? When you feel down , dont let pride pull you out of it, but try to find Me there! Im right down there in that deep, dark abyss & dungeon of your soul with you, and I understand. I understand. I need you to seek My understanding of your problems & pains, My comfort, & My unconditional love. Total deliverance starts by full-fledged honesty on your part to come to grips & face to face with the truth. This is just between you & Me. The others will know when the battle is won. Its not going to be an over-night victory, but the moment you will fully face the truth will already lift the burden & load in the spirit... Its all up to you. The ball is in your court. If you dont know what to do with it, give it to Me! 350 ____________________________________________________ Desperation is good for you. Its only if you still see these things as a burden instead of a blessing that you view them as punishment. Anything that makes you pray more than you usually would, is a blessing in disguise. You dont have to do it, all you have to do is trust Me. You dont have to worry, or bear the burden... just trust Me! Commit it into My care! Command ye Me! (Is.45:11) (Mt.6:27) The less you think about it, the easier the work will be for Me, & the less you will get into My way of perfecting that which concerneth you. Praise Me for your troubles! The Lord hath given, the Lord hath taken it away; blessed be the name of the Lord! Im going to take care of it all as long as you continue leaning on My everlasting arms. I want you to fully experience My greatness; I want your faith to grow. I want you to stand back in awe at the wonders youre yet to behold from My hand. I want you to revel in My love for you! I want you to never doubt My love for you again! Please, dont, for it pains Me! No matter what it is that worries you... whether it be the past, the present or the future... just let My love soak it all up & absorb every worry & let it flood your lives. I want to spoil you with My love. I dont want you to think Im stingy. Neither do I want you to be stingy with yourselves or with each other OR with Me, for that matter... Will you have as generous an attitude towards Me & each other as I have towards you?

Be generous in your praises to Me, be generous in your affection towards each other; be generous in your tithes & offerings. Give, and it will be given unto you! You wonder why there isnt more love? Give more! More money? Give more! The more you give, the more you get! Try Me! You decide to give more of what youve got, & just watch what happens! Focus not on the need, on your lack, but on all youve still got to give. No matter how much you lose, youre still so much richer in the spirit than everybody else for miles around! Youve got so much to give. And yet, you so hesitantly & reluctantly share, barely even aware of how rich you are, always only focusing on the physical circumstances of your needs & lack of having what others have got. You share with them what youve got & theyll share with you what theyve got; thats the way it has always worked & the way it was ordained from the beginning! The meaning of life: the secret & the magic lies in the simple act of giving! Stretch that muscle a little more & work it up a bit more, & youll be able to run circles around everybody else. Or even better yet: teach them how to give, too, & let them also participate of the heavenly blessing & the meaning of life! 351 ____________________________________________________ Come on, lets crucify your flesh & bring to naught all your old habits, attitudes & ways that would raise themselves against My reign over them, lets kill them, mortify your worries & get everything out of the way thats not utterly yielded to Me, & let it result in a glorious resurrection of a new creature in Christ Jesus that really lets Me live & move & think & talk & make decisions in you, & that can wholeheartedly say, It is not I that live, but Christ which liveth in me. (Gal.2:20) 352 ____________________________________________________ The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak (Mt.26:41). To will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not (Rom.7:18). Youve got to will a little harder & put your will so much on My side that the unwillingness of the flesh will be overcome. Your spirit, may be willing; but your flesh, your old man, may act quite unwillingly. But since what actually counts is what you do, not merely your intentions, how willing you really were is evidently seen in the physical manifestation, your works... Although you may consider yourself willing, there is still more to give, more progress to be made, more willingness to be shown. Real willingness says, Yes, Sir! Whats mine is Yours; what else can I give? And the more you practice THAT kind of willingness, the easier it becomes, because THATS the kind of willingness that makes Me willing to pour out My blessings to you beyond measure... And in the process, you become more & more willing all the time! 353 ____________________________________________________ I love you as My dear, beloved child & bride, & love it to be gentle & sweet & tender with you. But I also have ordained it that My people should shepherd each other, & you have to get used to correction. Your survival in this war depends a lot on the progress you make in your training, and in order to grow, you need correction. If there was nothing about you that needed to be changed anymore, this would mean that your purpose on Earth would be accomplished, & I could just take you Home to Me. But as long as youre still on Earth, you can assume that theres still progress to be made, things Id like to change about you. And you will need to receive some correction. Ive ordained shepherds to help you see areas in your life, which might not even occur to you to ask Me about, as you might not even be aware of them at all. Youve got a pretty straight view forward: you look at the things you want & you run for them & you grab them if you can; you jump over any obstacles or run around them if you can, & thats your way of going through life. But if you walk a little more circumspectly, & you get your focus off the object of your affection long enough to ask Me about those other things &

their meanings, youll discover so much more beauty, so many more things that add to the purpose of life & the joy of it... Take time to absorb other things more as well. Open your life, My sweetheart. Even things you may initially dislike can turn out to be so precious. Even correction from Me, although hard to take, brings forth the golden, peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby (Heb.12:11). Its a matter of exercise, training, being drilled & used to it. Dont shun it. Itll do you so much good. Learn to appreciate & cherish it & be grateful for it. Its a great humbling factor, the medicine to your soul you need. 354 ____________________________________________________ The most common religion in the World: the worship of the flesh. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death, the way of all flesh. The way of the spirit is often the complete opposite, defies the way of the flesh, & thus the flesh fights it. This rejection of My way of the spirit is often preceded by some rejection of truth, & therefore, not having received the love of the truth, I must allow those other spirits to speak to them & offer them the lie. Choose what youre going to believe: your own truth, or Mine... 355 ____________________________________________________ Humility is the ability to take the blame. Pride is the inability to do so & thus always blames the others, radiating a black cloud of accusations & pointing the finger. Its a spiritual choice between the humble road of taking the blame & letting Me change you by accepting the truth, & the road of pride & not really accepting the responsibility for what happened, which will lead to seeking the blame elsewhere... 356 ____________________________________________________ Im like a Great Doctor, coming into a very, very sick World, eager to bring My healing, but in order to benefit from My healing, the patients have to accept the fact that they ARE sick. The problem with that is that their false medicine man & voodoo doctor, the Devil, has given them a drug that makes them feel good in spite of their sickness, & that drug is pride. He also distracts them with other sins, but pride is at the root of them all. Pride is what makes people refuse My help, because it makes them refuse to see the seriousness of their condition! It doesnt occur to them why that snaky voodoo doctor would go to any lengths to defy Me & destroy them. He even cooked up whole fields of science based on his lies, for no other purpose but to deceive them that did not receive the love of the truth. How much do you love the truth? Do you want ALL of it, lock, stock, barrel, no holds barred, or do you say Thats enough! when it gets to the ugly part? (Gen.8:21, Jer.17:9) The only thing that truthfully reflects the state of your heart is My Word. Let it sink in deeply, for thats the only thing that will heal it. How much do you want the truth to make you free? Are you willing to part with your own, personal little matrix? 357 ____________________________________________________ To look for details that arent so in My Word is one of the Devils oldest tricks. Hath God said so? Ye shall not surely die! And he was right: they didnt. At least not right away. But the punishment was there, & I tell you, it was worse for them than death. When death finally came for Adam & Eve, it was like sweet relief from the pain & suffering they had brought upon themselves & the whole World by choosing to believe the Devils lie over My Word. So, the Devil will always find something I said he can point his finger at & gleefully say, See? Not true! to get you to discard the whole message, so you wont believe & receive it, but rather believe his version. But youll be the one suffering the consequences. Whether youll die right away or later: you will know one day that your death your spiritual death & decline occurred the moment you chose to doubt My Word & disobey...

you were just buried later. 358 ____________________________________________________ The lust of the flesh is the ambitions of the flesh to strive against & nullify the spiritual. The natural reaction of the flesh to the spirit is to counter & contradict it, to fight it. The flesh claims to know better. Better than Me or anyone whom I may anoint at the moment to take up My standard & raise a conversation to a spiritual or more edifying level. Thats why you must be aware of the struggle, so that you make a conscious effort not to discourage each other. Everyone has their weak & fleshly moments. But Im trying to teach you to be aware of those unguarded moments & to make an effort not to blurt out any silly thought that comes to your mind & would love to cross your lips, but to restrain yourself in order not to break the spirit when someone is trying to say something edifying, even if you may not feel at that moment that its a hundred percent appropriate. Those feelings can be deceiving at times. Its called respect, & esteeming your brother higher than yourself to give them the benefit of the doubt at such occasions & ask Me to control your actions & support your brother or sister in spite of your initial urge to contradict them or steer in a contrary direction of what theyre saying. Claim the key of unity. If you keep in mind how important unity is & your loyalty to each other in supporting each other when someone is trying to lift Me up, then you realize that it far outweighs anything cool or funny you might have to say. Its those idle words youre going to have to give an account for; those that dont have any meaning, no value, no edifying purpose, nothing uplifting to them, no spirit, only flesh. Youre pointing downward instead of up. Instead of supporting your brethren & gather with Me, in an effort to lead them to Me or to score points in Heaven, you scatter abroad... Its like a naughty child tossing over a toy brick construction their brother or sister has just been trying to build. Im trying to teach you the importance & the severity of the impact of each of your words. Youve heard that quote lots of times, Words are real things. They bless or they curse, they build or destroy, lift up or condemn... Words are the building blocks of the universe. Through My Words the worlds were made (Heb.11:3), and if you follow in My footsteps, you must be aware of the impact of your words. You create or destroy with them. You either sow good seeds or weed seeds. There is no in-between. Either you promote Me & My message, or the Enemys. The Enemys subtle message always promotes the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life. Do you want to go through life doing, sowing & promoting things that are good or merely not as bad? Its not about not backsliding or not sinking back into the mire, its about going forward, gaining territory, an offensive warfare, an attacking initiative, not a defensive strategy just simply trying to defend & protect what youve got from the Devils attacks. Whatever doesnt promote Me & My truth, must be promoting something else... the World, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes & the pride of life... even what they call love doesnt have anything to do with the real thing. That worldly concept of love is one of the most dangerous illusions, robbing Me of more workers than any other of Satans tricks. Only the real, true 100% sold out revolutionaries can stick to My raw truth of Mt.10:37.

that surround you & have them benefit from it. 360 ____________________________________________________ Inasmuch as you apply these Words & take up the challenges, so shall you also be a partaker of the promises. The grass is always greener on the other side & you all simply have to learn to be thankful for your individual situation, trusting Me that I knew best what kind of a situation to give you. Likewise youre going to have to trust Me that I will give you the most perfect, personally designed situation & role to fulfill in the future. Its still a little hard for you to trust Me, the Director of the play, with the distribution of the roles. You would all like to be little directors yourselves... The quality of your performance depends on your dedication & what you put into it. Sometimes some rather unknown actor in a little, less significant side-role can take the audiences breath away more than the main actors & characters, & by the grace of God you can be such a man, but its up to you, your willingness to put all youve got into it... If the motive is to inspire them & to help them make it, & to give your own life for anothers & forsake your own interests, then anything is possible. But if you just want to show off how much better you think you can do, you might as well forget it. The best is to be content with your little role & play it the best you know how & trust Me for it & just do what you can to make the best of it. You never know who might be chosen for different roles in a later cast... And theres still lots of stories to be told, a lot of history to make & a lot of victories to be won that people are going to tell tales & write plays about for a long time to come. Just stay on the right side & do what I tell you, & youll fare alright. Dont worry about who gets the glory. 361 ____________________________________________________ I love you unconditionally: success or failure, I treat both of those imposters the same, & that is, I treat them both as success. If you fail in some area, Ill use it to draw you closer to Me, so. Just go at My speed, which is slow enough to ensure that everyone can make it. I use whatever you let Me use. It has to happen voluntarily: youve got to want it. Im bound by what you actually ask Me to do, so, pray & ask Me. You absorb the vibes of those around you, & if you pass them on to Me & commit them into My hands & ask Me to work in their lives, you can change them & change your environment, your surrounding your world! I can give you the answers & solutions the words & attitudes & actions those people need, individually tailored to their data, which you first transmitted to Me. You transmit the data, & I send you the answer, the update, the plugin or fix-up, whatever they need. If youre too tired to do anything else, theres still sooo much you can accomplish through prayer! You can be partakers of My sufferings & help Me carry My cross by helping your brothers & sisters to make it, by praying for them, supporting them, & doing whatever I show you & put within you to help them, lift them up & encourage them. Many lives are saved by those who decide to live for others... Those who forget about their own burdens & crosses for the sake of others, & to help them carry theirs, turning the power outward instead of inward, which has a great reward: the joy & happiness of truly living for others.

362 ____________________________________________________ Looking unto man is walking the low road; looking unto Me 359 ____________________________________________________ is walking the high road. When you were looking at man, you The Enemy can only get you down & discouraged or feeling took their failings as an excuse to lower your own standard, & condemned for things you could be doing better when you dont you sank ever lower. link up with Me as much as you could. As long as youre on My But now you know there IS no excuse; that what I have told you wavelength, praising Me or communicating with Me, hes got no that I want from you is what counts, regardless of what anyone chance. Thats why Im trying to get you all to pray & praise else does, now you look to Me & I can lead & guide you in My without ceasing, so that your channels will be occupied by Me high road, free from the distractions of what anyone else says or all the time & thus youll give no place to the Devil... does... Thats the kind of conviction it takes in order to become a In order to really hit home, youve got to focus the power not only sample to others. onto yourself & pray or praise for your own benefit, but itll be No more the low road of taking the path of least resistance & the lots more effective if you turn that power outward, toward those least risk, the path of comfort, pleasure & self-satisfaction

because you figure, After all, why should I be giving more than what anyone else might be giving? Why cheat myself out of any pleasure or selfish gain? Now its different. Its Im going to give & keep going forward, even if Im the only one; even if no one else does. Hes loved me so much, how can I give Him back any less than all I can? THATS the attitude that makes more than conquerors & turns losers into winners. Thats what makes Me proud of you; its gonna make you shine, & youll never regret it! 363 ____________________________________________________ I dont want you to be part of that System, or established to the point where you think you have to watch out for your reputation. I want you to burn free & be liberated from clichs of prestige & worrying about being accepted. Its lukewarmness & man-pleasing & everything I abhor & I want you to hate it, too. If youre really going to burn free & spread My message, be My samples to this wicked nation, youre going to have to leave the old ways behind. Come, step out into the new! Dont stay in the old, worn out rut! Come away from her, My children! Come out of the Whore! Come out from among them & touch not the unclean thing! You could be much further along if you would just choose to be more radical, more sold out for My cause & less enwrapped by the System, your Egypt, your Babylon... the place you look up to in awe & think I want to be accepted by them! But thats the very pull of the World thats enmity against Me & My cause, against everything I stand for, everything Ive poured into you. Its bringing to naught everything I have tried to establish & cultivate in you. Just one little look from the Whore & youre gone again, hypnotized, spell-bound, & youve forgotten all your vows of faithfulness & how you wanted to serve Me & do the humble thing, be nobody, do anything for anybody to please Me, etc. You still think shes a lady, when all Ive been trying to make you see is that shes a slut. Shes not worth it. I want you to kick her butt! Kick her out of your life & sock it to her. Let her sic her dogs on you, so what. You think shes really ever going to like you or accept you? She hates you & would like to destroy you & would like to tear you in pieces if she could, because her heart belongs to her lover, Satan. 364 ____________________________________________________ Shepherding requires wholehearted dedication, if you want to keep everyone happy & content. A shepherd is usually the first to get up, not the last. A true shepherd is a servant to others, making sure theyve got all their needs met, & thats a full-time job. A shepherd has to be on the ball & get his instruction from Me, the Master Shepherd, so he will know the direction I want him to go & lead the flock every day. A shepherd will also need the help & counsel & support of the older sheep or fellow shepherds, especially if hes new on the job, to make sure hes not forgetting anything important. 365 ____________________________________________________ Reason says, I cant afford to give because my own situation is too tight. Generosity says, You never lose by giving. Reason sees your own lack; generosity sees the abundant blessing that lies in giving in spite of the lack. Reason is the hoarding, stingy, selfish & self-preserving, so-called realistic attitude. Generosity is an open heart that pours forth; it can do no other, ignoring the reasoning of your mind. Giving your love away (and whatever Ive given you)... is doing what your heart says to. So, listen to your heart! Its so much greater to live by the heart & following what the heart tells you to do than do just hearken to the narrow confines of the mind. The mind sees the boundaries & impossibilities & why it cant be done & shouldnt even be tried. The heart just feels the urge to do it anyway & trust Me for the outcome. 366 ____________________________________________________ Im always right here with you. I never leave you, nor forsake

you. Even if you feel distant from Me. None of you will ever develop their full potential on Earth, you will always be imperfect, as long as you live in the flesh, but you will be awed by what each of you shall be: perfect like Me, nothing wanting. So, love each other, knowing that the imperfection you see will soon be exchanged for a perfect, whole soul...Hold on & see what no eyes can see, beyond that which is now, this fleeting shadow, into the everlasting beauty & glory of what youre all going to be! Love each other with a glimpse of that perfect love, which casts out all fear & all other imperfections, sins & blemishes. Love is what makes you perfect! Be perfect in love, My children! 367 ____________________________________________________ If you let people know everything that pops through your head, theyll soon lose respect & stop listening. But if you only speak when youve got something worthwhile to say, the chances are higher that they might actually listen long enough & stay interested. Foolishness kills peoples respect for you. If you get into a foolish spirit, people will have a hard time taking you serious next time youll have something important or serious to say. You dont have to be foolish, sarcastic or nervous, or superficial; you can just be loving & thus win their hearts. Say something when youve got something to say. And listen, when you dont! Too few people really know how to listen anymore, so, why not be one of those, skilled in that rare art? And dont only listen to the words of their mouths, but try to hear the unspoken words of their hearts! Learn the secret language of what they really mean to say. You can only learn this with the help of My Spirit, and only if youre seriously interested, if you sincerely care & want to become a soul winner, if you love them & would like to see them in Heaven! You can pray, when you meet a person that has your interest, that I give you the key to their heart & show you what it is that touches them & awakes them from their spiritual slumber or gets them out of their hole. Many, many people only act in a superficial manner because they are afraid to show their true, inner self. Listen harder. And look deep into their hearts, deeply into their eyes & let Me reveal to you their thoughts, their desires, their fears, their dreams & heartaches. 368 ____________________________________________________ The greatest gift you can give Me is another soul to love. I love it when you love another one for Me & bring them to Me to be ravished by Me. Inasmuch as ye have loved the least of these, My brethren, ye have loved Me! 369 ____________________________________________________ You must see a potential friend in everyone you meet, a friend who might receive Me, if you just give them a chance, a friend you should be willing to lay down your life for your pride & reputation. No greater love hath any man than this... What you give them & tell them or dont will make all the difference in the World to them; you can determine their eternal future by what you choose to give to them or withhold from them. 370 ____________________________________________________ If I am the goal, the target, the bulls-eye, then of course, the Devil will do all he possibly can to distract you from Me, to cause you to miss Me & if he wont manage to do so by outside influences, hell use anything he can get a hold of inside your 4 walls. The art is to keep focusing on Me, anyway! The consequences if you dont are the usual consequences of missing the mark, failing Me & not hitting where you were meant to: failure, sin, disobedience, beating the air, wasting precious time, & consequently feeling condemned or discouraged about it, so, it pays to fight to keep your focus on Me! It pays to do everything you possibly can to keep Me first place, even if its not easy, even if its a fight, even if it costs a lot. The first-class ticket might cost a lot more than a cheap last-minute flight, but it compensates the extra cost by many blessings: the assurance of My company, guidance, blessing & that youre in

My perfect will... 371 ____________________________________________________ It all amounts to the old issue whom youre going to believe, in whom youre going to put your faith, trust & confidence: in yourself & your really limited amount of knowledge of yourself & all things, or in Me... Opinions are not really what matters: its the content of truth in them that counts! There is so much more than what you have so far been able to experience & discover... Are you ready for more, much more than you could ever imagine, or are you happy & satisfied with what youve already got & think you know? Let go of the old & open yourself up wide to the new: forget all you know & think you know & soak up My truth!

hurts Me when you associate the pain & hurt with Me, or give Me the impression that (in your mind) Im responsible for it, when Im actually the One Who can soothe & ease your pain. Next time you feel like running away, why dont you come running to Me? Ill take you places where youll really find comfort, great peace & satisfaction... If you would fight to overcome that pride which makes you resist correction, youd find so much greater happiness. There lies great peace & fulfillment in that humility & yieldedness of admitting right from the start, Lord, Im blind, open my eyes so that I can see!... Lead me, I don't know where to go... I allow you to feel clumsy, so that you feel weak & incapable in your flesh & lean on Me instead.

375 ____________________________________________________ Continue taking whatever comes as a new challenge & 372 ____________________________________________________ lesson from Me, seeing Me in everything. Continue to grasp My (Dad:) What matters more than what people say is what the Lord vision, My way of seeing things, & My mind. Continue to make an has got to say, and as far as our sins & mistakes go, He has effort to think with My mind, the far-out, supernatural way as made it clear that the blood of Jesus Christ...cleanses us from opposed to the carnal & reasonable... ALL sin (1.Jn.1:9), and you can stand on that no matter what Continue to put your trust in Me, looking to Me for guidance & anyone or the whole World or the Devil & all his demons might direction, even correction, for better ways to do things than you have to say about it. Amen? have been doing them. Theres so much to improve, that You are forgiven. Forgiven by the Lord, and even if they choose sometimes you dont have a clue where to start, but Ill be your not to forgive you, what counts is the forgiveness of the Lord, clue. Ill still be all you need, & the moment you integrate Me & Amen? Its another test of whose authority you adhere to & include Me in the equation, the solution will be underway. As consider supreme: what the World has got to say, or the Lord. soon as you cast the burden on Me, it will leave your tiny What has more value to you? What has greater weight, the shoulders & it will be on Mine, which are quite a lot more judgment of the World or the judgment of the Lord? Look at the capable, and the matter is resolved; I dont want you to worry World: they have persecuted & hounded His children since the about it anymore. You can keep it in prayer, but dont worry! beginning of time, no matter what they did. And thats even part Worry isnt good for you, so I want you to instantly convert every of the price one has to pay for living godly in Christ Jesus. worry into a prayer, okay? Just know that the Lord has forgiven you & stand on the rock of If worry is a sickness or a poison, then prayer is the cure. Worry that fact, the forgiveness & Salvation of sins by the blood of is the question mark, prayer brings the answer. Worry is the Jesus Christ. Show them Salvation power! After all, it wouldnt black hole of the vast need thats there to fill & prayer is the mean much if there werent anything to forgive, right? Even if the switch that turns on the heavenly machinery that sets the filling Lord may be using this sin to humble you, keep you desperate & process in motion. Worry is the darkness, prayer turns on the get you more serious with Him, His power to forgive & save you light. So, pray, instead of worrying. from your sin is very real, and you might come across people in your life who might need that power even much more than you. 376 ____________________________________________________ The Lord usually has a much harder time with those who dont All so many care about is themselves, their own satisfaction, really need his forgiveness that much, who always have been a their own needs, their own problems, when just a little bit of good person, so, its pretty hard for them to accept the concept focusing outwardly, on others & their needs, would in itself of them being sinners & needing the Lords forgiveness, already solve so many of their problems & even fulfill their especially when their sins are much less obvious than what the needs. If you focus on the needs of others, you cant feel lonely World considers sins. or sorry for yourself, nor feel unloved, because as you give, you See, the Lord judges sin differently, & a lot of self-righteous receive, as you pour out, I pour in, its one of the laws of My people in the World will get a big surprise when they will stand Spirit; as certain as the laws of physics, and more so. before Him & find out what the Lord actually considers the worst sin. The AC will be the epitome of self-righteousness & what the 377 ____________________________________________________ World will consider goodness, yet the Bible calls him the man of Love will be the necessary weapon & ingredient & sin, and the whole world will see what the Lord thinks about him prerequisite for you to make it through the dark days to come. when He returns... You want to survive? Then love each other. You want abundant Let it be another separation factor between you & the World. supplies? Then love each other. You dont want your faith, your Spirit is spirit & flesh is flesh, & never the twain shall meet... fire, dedication & love for Me to die? Then love each other. Love the way of the World & the ways of the Lord are so totally each other to the extent where you are willing to die for each opposite... the further away from the Worlds ways you get & the other, not withholding from each other, which tendeth to both, closer you come to the Lords way of seeing things, the better off physical and spiritual poverty, but freely giving to each other youre going to be. what you also freely have received. I hurts Me to see that you are withholding from others the 373 ____________________________________________________ blessings I have so richly showered you with, wanting to keep & There are a lot of things to find out! Its like a scientific preserve the bear share of it for yourselves. Nothing shall be able experiment, or a new pioneer move to completely unexplored & to mete that abundant flow of love I will pour forth unto you if you virgin territory. You dont know whether theres any water there, give as I have ordained you to give. or whether there are wild animals, youre not sure how youre Give to those around you who need you, even if they may not going to survive, but you do it anyway, thats what I call the look very deserving to you. Love loves the unlovely! The way pioneer spirit! they dont look very deserving to you may be the very same way you may not look very deserving to someone else, of whom you 374 ____________________________________________________ might be expecting more love. Pour out to others in the way you Take Me with you! When you go somewhere & just feel the want to be poured into... need to get out, when you feel the need to run away, run to Me. I understand that you want to get away from the pain & hurt, but it 378 ____________________________________________________

I want you to appreciate those I have given you to live with. There will come a time when you will realize that you wouldnt have made it without them. Be grateful even for the battles involved, as the most precious & valuable challenges I have brought into your lives to grow way beyond the state you would have without them. Its My solution to your problems, My healing to your spiritual blindness & inability to see some of your very own weaknesses. Some day you will see the perfect touch of My hand to bring about a magical constellation, which set loose a mountain slide of chain reactions, an explosion of My love. A baby brings many new burdens in the form of a greater work load. But in My eyes, that babe may be the purpose youre here for, for what else is life all about but learning to care for someone else, learning to help those who are weaker? Soon it will turn out to have been the biggest blessing & richest source of rewards in your life you could have ever dreamed of. You will be so overwhelmed that youll be ashamed of every time you wondered whether it was worth it. 379 ____________________________________________________ I would like you to spend more time on those that are weaker, that need your guidance, time & attention, feeding them, in giving mode. It is human nature only to want to spent time with those you look up to, those you admire & think are cool. But I have ordained it thus that in order to truly enrich oneself, theyve got to give to those who are weaker: those who look lower or baser in your eyes, those you naturally dont feel inclined to spend so much time with. Everybody wants to hang with the rich, the strong, the beautiful, thats just human nature, so that they can benefit from those qualities of these privileged somehow. But the way to become truly rich, strong & beautiful yourself - in spirit - is not by spending time only with those who already have those qualities, but by stooping down to help & lift up those who are looking up to you. So, look not only at what you can get from others, those you look up to, but look also at what you can give to others, to those who look up to you, & who need you. Focus on the children, the sheep, the needy. Its a time to focus on giving & put the receiving mode on pause, as far as the carnal pleasures go that you have all put so much emphasis on. Get in Spirit mode, & then not only in receiving mode, but also in giving mode. Switch the button to out more often, & not only leave it on in most of the time, feeding your loved ones only crumbs of the big meal Ive been serving you. I want you to truly learn to freely give, to pour out in streams & not just trickles. I want you to become like a river. Where does a river flow? It doesnt flow to the high places, it flows to the low places. To those who have not, those who are parched & dry & thirsty & yearn & thirst for you & what youve got to give. So, your focus has just been a little bit too much on the high regions, which dont really need what youve got to give that much. Give not to those you would like to receive from, but to those who are willing to receive from you. Ask Me to show you what you can give to them, what you can do with them, what you can share with them, read with them, talk to them about. Discover a whole, entire new World & universe of Giving, which will far surpass that of receiving or giving to those you expect from in return... Expand your horizon. Look not only up at the high & mighty, but look down on the low & downtrodden & discover the excitement of being needed - not by those you want to need you, but those who need you already. Discover the thrills & the ecstasy of giving unselfishly to those from whom you might not expect much in return, but who might yet surprise you, if you only give them a chance. In order to find people who look up to you, you must not seek those who are attractive to you, but those who are unattractive, humble, lowly, those who apparently have got nothing to give in return. And they, in turn might be able to give something to those that you might again look up to... you never know what unexpected rewards might come to you through unselfishly

giving to & loving someone you might consider unlovely... Focus on the need of others & the needy, & I will richly repay. If you treat others with contempt - those you look down on, those who might not have much to offer you - then those you look up to will treat you with the same contempt. Its the spiritual law of cause & effect, whatsoever a man will sow, that shall he also reap. So, do your utmost possible to treat people with an equal amount of respect, courtesy & love, paying attention to the younger as to the older, the handsome & the ugly, the weak as much as to the strong, to the poor & needy as much as to the rich & wealthy, & soon youll see that there isnt even such a vast difference between them. Those who you expected a lot from might turn out to be a disappointment, whereas those of whom you would have expected nothing or little might pleasantly surprise you. Get ready for some more pleasant surprises as you willingly give to those who dont seem to have much to give in return. Ask Me for the needed amount of unselfishness to do so & for specific guidance as to what I would like you to give to each, individually. 380 ____________________________________________________ Doing things for Me means doing things for others, and not those others one holds in high esteem & looks up to & wants affection from, but the least of these, My brethren... Discipleship means laying down your life for each other without ever really considering it a sacrifice. It means that you will prefer doing something WITH somebody else, simply because I have said in My Word that it is better for you to do so. Thats the direction were heading: closer unity, more caring for others, less independence & privacy, more sharing & fulfilling My law of Love. Are you willing to get ready for it? Are you willing to prepare for a change in your lives? Do you trust Me beyond a shadow of a doubt for it, that Im not going to let you go under or are you still harboring doubts in the backs of your mind about sect & control, or are your feelings of independence & selfishness just fighting against all these impending changes with all their might? And if they are, are you giving in to them, or are you determined to keep fighting them until the bitter end, do or die? Are you really willing to lay down your lives for My cause? If youre going to be a winning team thats going to succeed in its mission, were going to have to see some commitment. Can we see some commitment? Are you embracing the changes or dreading them? Whatever your answer is going to be, let it be honest, above all. Honesty is fairness, for it will let the others know where youre at & thus where theyre at... can they count on you fully? Are you with them? 381 ____________________________________________________ It feels good to hear you say that you cant make it on your own, that you need My help, to see you so desperate... Its so different from your usual, cool & apparently indifferent way, when you dont seem to need My help much for anything. Can you see why Im allowing these situations & crises to happen in your life? Otherwise My presence in your life would be nearly obsolete, you would barely need Me for anything. But I want & need you to want & need Me, so, Im having to allow these challenges to appear before you, which finally make you desperate enough to cry out for My help! See, if you were desperate & humble enough from the beginning & not cruise on the drift of apparent victory, or all things flowing just fine without seeking My face constantly, they might not even occur. But its your resting on your laurels, your being confident of, Well, now the Lord surely must bless me, that allows the Enemy to come in & test you again with the next battle. Him that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed, lest he fall is probably one of the key verses in your life, because as soon as you think youve got it made, youre allowing the Devil to prove to you that it aint so. And its good, because it reminds you that you havent got it made at all, but that you desperately have got to cling to Me for every moment & every step of the way, if you want to make it at all.

Naturally, its also a test of humility, & it shows how fragile & fleeting some of these opportunities are, how much more one should pay attention to what Ive really got to say & how easily something is lost thats at stake. Its to be taken seriously. Your life isnt just a vacation! Its a life & death battle, and it only takes an unguarded moment to let the Devil deal you a fatal or serious blow that you might seriously regret! Choices & consequences! You chose to say the wrong things & act the wrong way, to let the wrong spirit take over & rule your life & being temporarily, & now youre reaping the consequences. If you think thats drastic, look at the much more drastic results of Adam & Eves choice to listen to the Devil in the Garden & eat of the forbidden fruit: all mankind is still paying the consequences for that after 6000 years! Therell be no more uncertainty, no ups & downs, if you cling to Me each step of the way & seek Me to open your eyes to whatever traps & snares the Enemy might be throwing your way! Never, ever take it for granted when things are going smoothly, but only know that its most likely the calm before the storm, the moment of peace before his next attack, & you should stay desperately stay on guard against them, his subtle surprise attacks.

You never know which Saul, no matter how hard he has been kicking against the prick, might turn into a Paul, because of My miraculous intervention in answer to prayer. 385 ____________________________________________________ What is born of the flesh is flesh & what is born of the spirit is spirit. You cant legislate righteousness, & likewise you cant impart the things of the spirit by means of the flesh, routines, schedules or rigmaroles. It all depends on how alive My Spirit is in you, how actively you live it yourself. Flesh can only satisfy flesh, but only spirit can satisfy spirit. Those who only seek the gratification of the flesh, who dont have any spiritual hunger at all, theyre like Leave the dead ones lay! The Devils got them already! Let those dead bury their dead! Why bother about them? You keep going for Me, reaching for new heights to attain, new spiritual thrills & ecstasies to experience & make sure you dont fall into that same trap. Just cling to Me, My love, knowing youre in good company. The really dedicated ones will always be in the minority. Just make sure youre one of them!

386 ____________________________________________________ If Youd Only Reach Out & Touch Me! I long for people to 382 ____________________________________________________ reach out & touch Me, and instead, they look anywhere else for Welcome to the end of your rope! Your extremity, My satisfaction. The first & foremost commandment is to love Me opportunity! Its not just clichs or Words of comfort, but the with all your heart & soul, and whenever you fall short of that result of My engineering, the precise place & position in the spirit goal, everything else suffers: your love for others is weakened, I need you to be to really start using you. As long as you still feel your power & strength to forgive, and consequently you become too good or too strong to do certain humble tasks for Me, as long more critical, seeing their faults, or focusing on them more than as you still rely on yourself or even your situation, its no good. you should & thus wind up discouraged & defeated. Its got to be stirred up, lest it stagnates & becomes no good. As Satisfaction lies only in My arms. I have given you each other to long as theres motion in it, I can use it & it generates energy. As love & enjoy, but you can only fully do that by loving & enjoying soon as the flow of motion stops, it dies & becomes useless to Me first, and I will tell & show you exactly what you must do in Me. order to love & enjoy each other, otherwise youll only wind up So, let it blow, let it move, even if its all tossed about from one confused, because instead of putting Me first, you will have extreme to the other. Youre going to have to be strong & mature allowed each other to become your distractions from Me. Its like now & show that you can live together & talk together. children only playing & talking with each other without paying sufficient attention & giving heed to their parents. 383 ____________________________________________________ We, your heavenly Parents & all your aunties & uncles & Stay up here. Not as high above it all, but upholding the brothers & sisters in the spirit realm are always close, but it all standard. Be helpful, loving, humble & understanding, trying to depends on the clarity of your own view how well you perceive help them make it. Gently teach them to stand & walk on their Our closeness. We are like towering giants, so much higher, own. Its like teaching someone to walk without crutches. mightier & more powerful than any of your tiny little mundane Try to keep positive. Actively point them to Me. Show them how affairs, problems, disputes or differences with your brethren, they can find full satisfaction in Me. heartaches, needs and whatever it may be. Ever present, ever Be a shepherd! Its a little hard when the sheep dont eagerly real to protect you and the whole vast landscape of your life, receive the food the shepherd has to offer, but just love them! your realm, from severe storms & floods. Were unmovable like mountains, like a hedge of giants to protect 384 ____________________________________________________ you, and yet you so often wander through this life & through your Those who are rebellious against Me & My nature, My days as if you were utterly helpless, forsaken & all alone, only spiritual ways, will fight & resist you! observed from a far distance by a scarcely interested, barely They look down upon that which is weak & despised. They caring, obscure God and a few angels & spirit helpers. Isnt that wanna have fun, they say, they wanna show how strong they are how you perceive Us? What a wrong concept & perception, My in the flesh... they worship the flesh! The Egyptians rule, the love! You have been allowing all the influences, the blinding Babylonians have the power, the Persians are our masters, the decoys, distractions & fumes of the Enemy, the prince of the Romans, they are mighty! Not those puny prophets the Lord is power of the air, the originator of the fog & darkness, to distort sending us! And look at this One Who claims to be the Messiah: your perception of how close, mighty, powerful & ever-present a nobody! Were not going to cling to Him!... We really are! And thus they reject the words of My humble servants for today. Open your eyes, fully recognize, perceive, and see and But judgment begins with the house of the Lord, & those who acknowledge We are here, We are always here, and We are knew their Masters will & did it not will be beaten with many always more than capable to aid you, lift you above any obstacle, stripes. Its going to be millstone time sooner or later for each according to your faith! one of those who have taken offense in one of those weak & little We are not only here as judging observers, like a jury of critical ones who chose to believe Me & My Words & to stand up for jurors, nor are we merely conducting an experiment & watching them. you to find out how you will react in a certain situation. But We These reproaches to the cause of Christ, clouds without rain are here for you, because We love you, We want to help you and & wandering stars, enemies within, have been around since the are just waiting for chances & ways in which We can help you. very beginning. Cain & Abel were brothers. There will always be No one in the physical world will ever love you in the way that those brothers who go the way of Cain, the way of the flesh... each one of Us Here do! And nowhere else but in your fellowship These are the enemies I asked you to pray for in My Word, those with Us will you receive & find the love necessary to pass on to personal enemies who just resist the voice of truth coming from others & make them truly happy! We are the secret of your their brethren whom they despise. Pray for them, that My Spirit success! Neglect Us and youll fail. Use Us, interact with Us & might manage to come through to them. communicate with Us, & Well reveal unto you the mysteries of

the universe that will make your puny little earthly problems melt away like ice in the sun. Ignore Us & youll be sorry. But it wont be Our fault. Dont you see how silly it is, when Were here all the time waiting to help you somehow, waiting for you to reach out to Us, to acknowledge Us somehow, & yet you keep getting distracted by this, that or the other & dishonor us by disbelief? You havent even started to make use of a fraction of the potential thats there at your demand. You think the Spirit Realm has little to offer to the physical? The physical realm is only a product of the Spiritual. Everything you see, feel, touch, is a creation of the Spirit. God is a Spirit, and just because spirit to you means invisible, you mentally restrict & minimize Our potential to near impotent, instead of what it really is: omnipotent! There is NOTHING I cannot do! And there is nothing you cannot do through Me! You should be treating those little circumstances of yours that way: laugh into their faces as the illusions of time they really are, instead of treating & respecting them like all-absorbing factors that determine the state youre in & rule your life, your emotions, your level of faith! Stop letting irrelevant circumstances rule you, and start acknowledging that which is really relevant & important, namely Me, and all those other towering giants around you in the Spirit, all here at your beck & call, ready to prove to you what Were capable of! Make Me the most important factor of your life, give Me the attention & reverence, the importance & priority that is My dues, as the One Who in turn will reward you with total success, anything you ask & desire, anything you want. There are those who have abdicated the privilege of being My chosen people, and have chosen to fight against My cause. Those who were given the light of the truth have rejected it and despised it, and it has been given to others, who hungered for it & yearned for it.

for Me, even if those around you wont tug along. Your flame is vulnerable, which is why the Enemy is trying to use water from within our own ranks to put it out (a trick he very frequently uses, as nothing is as effective in dissuading a rebel for My cause, as criticism & lack of support from within our own ranks!). But you are not alone in this fight, so, keep on fighting! Seek for ways to implement My Word more, to become a more effective weapon in My hand.

390 ____________________________________________________ A lot of people depend on your sample, your taking Me seriously, & your taking the time to put Me in the first place in your life! You cannot afford to just be slack one day & neglect Me completely. Lets switch back now to the serious-business-withMe gear, shall we? Theres so much to do & so little time to get it done & you need My power to do them, and to get it, you must spend time with Me. Ignoring someones problem altogether is not love, and you can always at least pray for someone when theyre battling. Fight for one another! Sometimes youve got to fight for a brother or sister in order not to lose them, & not just indifferently let them go down the drain, thinking, Well, its their own fault... Its not entirely their own fault if you completely neglect your duty to pray for them! I have prayed for you, and a real shepherd spends time in prayer for his flock, thats just all there is to it! Dont let your indifference kill them! You cannot just abdicate your responsibility & say, Fend for yourself! Youre old enough! Everything depends on you putting your whole heart into this! Forget your Boys just want to have fun spiel! Therell be more than enough fun when you get Here, & Im not going to let you go without any fun in this life, either, but, remember, youre being prepared for the severest test of mankind in all history, and right now, youre all far from ready, you wouldnt make it. You wouldnt stand a chance, youd be found wanting. So, take your job seriously! Take this war seriously! Dont look at 387 ____________________________________________________ those who have turned aside! Im dealing with them in My own Just like I & My helpers like to remain in the background & way! What is that to thee? You must focus on your job at hand! primarily unseen, so the true saints in your world are not those Ive given you these sheep & these lambs, & to coordinate out to draw attention to themselves. Theyre too busy getting My everything & make sure it all runs smoothly takes time, effort & job done of witnessing to the lost. prayer, you cannot just ignore things & leave them alone, hoping Those who represent themselves are seldom My true, whole- theyll turn out alright eventually. hearted, & fully dedicated, loyal warriors. Theyre too interested Yes, the Enemy is on your heels! Its a situation not to be taken in & concerned about themselves to really lay down their lives in lightly. He knows youre a serious threat to him, and that his only search for others who might need Me. chance is for you to let up your guard & stop taking this If you really want to elevate Me & lift Me up & glorify Me, then you seriously. You have no excuse by looking at the failure of others! dont need to seek fellowship with those people, to let them know I have told you, for them, it may be alright, but for you its not! I how cool you are. If you really want to glorify & exalt Me, go out will judge you for your own neglect, not theirs. You have a Godamong the highways & hedges & charge them to come in, that given responsibility right now, and one of your primary lessons My house may be full! Dont waste precious time you could be is not to allow anyones weaker sample to motivate you to spending witnessing & winning souls. compromise, follow their sample & let down your guard & say, Find those who are hungering & thirsting for only a glimpse of Well, if they can do it & just be slack about it, I can do it, too! what youve got! Wrong, you cant do it, too! Im not going to let you get away with it, for he that hath been given much, of the same shall much be 388 ____________________________________________________ required, and you have been given much! Youre a bulwark of (Dad:) You need to learn to not allow any sample of less- truth in a sea of lies! Guard that truth! Guard that flame with your than-it-should be to be an excuse in your life to give less than life & dont risk having it snuffed out by the compromising waters you know you should. of System input that weakens you! Theres no time for it! It all depends on your faithfulness & personal obedience to the Lord, & how easily you will let the Devil bargain you into some 391 ____________________________________________________ kind of compromise. If youre really sold out on Him, you wont A revolution isnt some kind of spare time hobby you can let it happen. pursue when all the other things have been taken care of. Most people wont think favorably of you, if you go & do 389 ____________________________________________________ exactly what I want! Its a war, and you never know when the Enemy will send out The only thing that brings life is to live the life youre preaching: a party to raid your haven & deal you a mortal blow, so, it pays to being a furious voice for the truth out there on the streets stay on guard! everyday, where it counts, & being a sample of the real thing The Enemy knows who his most dangerous & potentially by laying down your life for the sheep down there every day of powerful opponents are, so, hes not going to send out his your life, not just talking about it as if it would be some nice thing troops to attack those who are spiritually asleep, but those who to do when the weather is not too hot nor too cold! I wish that are a menace & a threat to his kingdom. Hes going to try to get you were either hot or cold! you to lower the standard & compromise, using as an excuse the Youre free to be one of the countless masses of those whose imperfections of the others. Those of you who mean serious own life was too important for them to sacrifice it to the search of business about Me will have to go on & continue being sold out lost sheep or souls out there...

You should be ruling & determining the circumstances, because Ive given you power over them & not be their slave & letting them toss you to & fro! The circumstances are yours! Your destiny, your future, the whole landscape of your life lies before you, for you to determine whats to become of it. What will you do with your life? Who are you going to be? Just another halfhearted, lukewarm compromiser, afraid of what people might think of him, or a true disciple who is not too selfish, not too concerned about his own wee little life to lay it down for others in the firm belief that Im not a liar, but that My Word is true: there ARE sheep out there right now who are starving for My love, and I will hold you accountable for each & every one of them that was there in your power to reach & find, but you would not because you were too selfish, too occupied with your own little affairs & too concerned what people might think about you. Will you be a loser, who was too afraid to look like a loser in the Systems eyes & thus compromised & danced according to their fiddle? Another sheep, howling with the wolves? Or will you be a winner, one of the few rare true conquerors who, by being willing to appear as the seeming losers, overcame this World & will shine like the stars forever & ever? If its this life you put your money on, go on. I will not condemn you. The sheep you have failed & will yet fail to find will condemn you some day. Why didnt you obey your Lord & why did you never go out to find us? 392 ____________________________________________________ Grab hold of the anointing & then just walk in it! Ive given it to you, its yours already, so, just take it, put it on, & forward, march! Just do what you know I want you to do & therell be no stopping you! Im trying to teach you not to let the Devil stop you! To just laugh at his attempts to stop you! Ignore them! Walk right over him! Dont listen to the Enemys voice, nor look at his distractions & decoys he comes up with as soon as you start going in the right direction, just keep looking at Me and the power I have given you to blow the Devils nasty illusions to bits! But some of his software is still integrated in your concept of reality. Whatever he tries to present to you as reality or relevant is absolutely irrelevant, and doesnt stand a chance as soon as you let Me move in with My reality, that what I consider relevant & important! The Devil goes: Oh, but the money, and all the bills... I say, Seek ye first My Kingdom & the welfare of My sheep, seek My lost souls, and all these things will be added unto you, freely! Ever since the Garden of Eden the Devil has managed to persuade people to rather believe in his voice than mine, because his option is usually the one which sounds more attractive! There is apparently more in it for you, if you choose the Devils option of disobedience. But is it really so? There seemed to be more in it for Adam & Eve to choose to eat of the forbidden tree: more knowledge, a new taste, and the serpent even said, Ye shall be as gods! Now, THAT sounded interesting! But what was the reality? Curses, pain, thorns & agony ever since, in trade for paradise. What is it that makes the Devils option of disobedience so attractive to you? Hes telling you: No, dont go out, handing out these silly tracts. Have you had a look at them? I mean, most people wont even be able to relate to them! Theyll look down upon you as the lowest of the low: members of some strange sect! Boy, if youre asking me, it sounds like youre much better off staying right where you are, in the comfort of your bed. There are so many other things you can do & should do: check your emails & take care of all the details youre supposed to take care of!... And blah, blah, blah, on & on he goes, not really necessarily audibly in your head, but thats the kind of feeling he conveys to you, the influence he exerts on you, the gist of it, isnt it? Hes that very subtle voice, apparently coming from your very own mind, which makes you look at those tracts critically: How would you have related to something like this, if you had been given one of those on a street?... Well, youll never know. But you can still be sure that I will bless

you mightily if youll obey Me & give those tracts out, anyway! At least it will mean that somebody will have to make a decision either for Me or against Me, for My Word or against it. They will be reminded of Me, of the fact that I still exist, at the very least in the minds & lives of people like you, who are willing to humiliate themselves for that belief to such an extent that theyre willing to endure the ridicule of people by handing out these tracts. It makes them wonder... It doesnt fit into the picture! Is there something Im not aware of? This is strange! Even if they brush it off afterwards, they will remember that point in their lives some day as a very crucial & decisive one, where they were confronted with My truth, My light in their life, & they had the choice to either accept it or reject it. So, what the Devil is offering you in exchange for the eternal rewards of fulfilling My highest will for you are the lazy comfort of your Home if you dont go, and avoiding the ridicule you might suffer, or the scorn some people might have for you, for handing out religious tracts. And for that youre willing to let them go down the drain forever. No chance to hear from Me, no opportunity to make that choice... Maybe somebody else can do it... But what if the Devil tells them all the same things hes telling you, & they also choose not to obey? Then you have virtually become as gods, deciding over the fates of countless people & souls you just determined to let go down the drain of perdition... Will you be a god, a king, the master of your own fate, not subject to the ridicule & scorn that servitude entails, but with your head held high in pride for a season, or will you choose the humble road of a servant, lower yourself in the eyes of men in order to bring them salvation, and consequently rule & reign with Me forever? Will you run away from My task for you, like Jonah ran from Nineveh? And what will the consequences of your disobedience be? What does it mean, I will require his blood at thine hand, if thou warn not the wicked? Well, it means that you will be responsible for every act of unbelief which he would have not committed if you had been faithful to give him My message when you had the chance to do so... And instead of having his gratitude for all eternity for having brought them the message of salvation, you will, in a way, have to be his servant, eternally apologetic for not having given him the chance to know the great alternative for his meaningless life... You will always be the guy who was supposed to have given him the message that could have saved him. Those who want to preserve their pride in this life usually wont have much to show forth to be proud of in the hereafter. Its not like people are actually going to be proud of their accomplishments in Heaven, since they will give Me all the credit, but they either have or have not accomplished works that I will be proud of them for. And if through disobedience you have failed to accomplish the things I wanted you to accomplish for Me, there wont be much Ill be able to be proud of you for, and in some cases, like I have told My disciples, I will be ashamed of those who were ashamed of Me and of My Words. What they think of you may be more important to you right now, because thats what you can immediately see, hear or feel, but when youre going to be in My Kingdom, where all that counts is what I think of you, you will wish that you would not have been so short-sighted during your Earthly life! To whom much hath been given, of the same much shall be required, and if youve been sowing sparingly, you will reap sparingly. Which reality counts to you? The here & right now, the affairs of this life & what others think about you? Or that which is of Eternity, of what your Eternal King will think & say of you when you come Home to Him with meager or plenty increase & profit from what I have invested in you? Its in your hand to make Me either proud of you or ashamed! Half-heartedness doesnt have to be your destiny! I have given you the power to rise above your natural weaknesses! You can decide to use that power & overcome! Will you overcome your tendency to compromise, to accept the Devils easy way out in this life?

What IS your life? What is it worth if you dont give it to Me & apply it for Me, if you dont use what I have given you for the purpose I have given it for? Which is to win others to Me. Will you die daily for Me so that others might live? Or is all that matters to you yourself & your own little comfort? I know your weaknesses. I know youre selfish. But I have given you the power to overcome all that, all you need to do is believe & make the choice to obey. Make the choice to overcome! Make the choice to defy all your natural weaknesses & all that the Devil will scream into your ears, & go forth & be a faithful servant of Mine! In what will you invest the little time that is left? Will you take up your cross & follow Me? 393 ____________________________________________________ Dont just let Me be an irrelevant Ghost spooking about in the back of your mind, make Me real in your life, & show it by giving Me the place I deserve. Give Me the first place in your life by obeying Me! The time of choosing the lesser option, the compromise option, is past! Its time to choose My highest will! Its time to put on your battle gear & prove to the rest of the World that God still has a few white-hot, revolutionary representatives on this planet, who are not intimidated by the lies of the System, who are not afraid to die daily for Me. Show them that there are still people willing to lay down their lives, their pride, their reputation for Me, and that you are one of them! Show Me that you dont only believe in My Word in theory, in your head, but that youre also willing to obey it & apply it to your physical life, by putting those Words into action. This love, this message aint for keepin! Its no good, it doesnt become real until you give it away & share it with others! It only becomes real by giving it away! Just like seeds dont do any good unless theyre sown... money will do you no good unless you spend it & get it out among the people; clouds will no good unless they burst open & rain down upon the ground. Dont withhold that which youve got, but be a living example of My way, giving what youve got so that others may benefit from it! Those who have scattered abroad will enjoy their increase, the harvest of the seeds they will have sown. 394 ____________________________________________________ Its sad whenever someone is too busy to show love! Take time to bathe everything in prayer. Take time to put Me first! Take time to love Me & your fellowman! Even if people act a bit dumb sometimes, or ask silly questions, its not an excuse to not show love! You may consider yourself smarter than they are, but if you havent got love, of what use is all the smartness in the World? The Devil is pretty smart, & he considers himself so much more clever than everybody else. But, hey, its the heart that counts, and you wont be judged or rewarded by how smart you were in this life, but by the love you show. Its the heart that matters most! You should be viewing each person you meet as a potential new friend for eternity. You can become Me for them, if you let Me & My Spirit inhabit you. But you must be free of pride & self & of wanting to show off your own smartness or abilities! Convey love, its the only thing worth conveying! Seek to show love above all! If you dont have enough, ask Me! Claim the keys of love, mercy & compassion for the sheep out there, & I will give you My love. Love that is willing to lay down your pride, your coolness, even your very life for them. Let Me show My love, My kindness & My mercy through you! There is no higher purpose you could possibly pursue or fulfill! Make this your highest goal, to truly be a messenger of My love! All else doesnt count! So often you dont pass the test of love I bring across your way! Whenever anyone asks you a dumb or silly or even pointless question, see it as a test of love! Will you roll your eyes & give a snappy remark for an answer or not answer at all because you figure its not even worth your breath? Well, thats arrogance! Failed! And youll have to wait until the next test comes around, another golden opportunity to show love instead of pride!

Meet each question asked with friendliness, kindness, politeness & an air of understanding, loving-kindness & patience. Without love, you might as well forget it! You cannot do the work of the Spirit without the Spirit! Spread Love! 395 ____________________________________________________ I will use anything to further My cause & have My message spread. Remember the parable of the hired workmen: those who agreed to work in the field didnt do so in the end, & those who said they would not, repented and went to work instead. Those who are supposed to do My work & preach the Gospel, spread My message & be My ambassadors, often fail to do the job, & so I have to raise up & use others to do the job for Me. So what if I use those who have been used by the Devil in some way before? Wasnt Saul, who later became Paul, a persecutor of My children, & thus heavily used by the Enemy? And yet, because of his great sin, there was also a great repentance, and I used him more effectively for My cause in the end than any of the other disciples... Dont be like those who try to put Me in a box or try to dictate who Im supposed to use or not, who I am supposed to save and who not... Its just self-righteousness. Rather glorify Me for every miracle I do in the lives of others, especially in the lives of those who went astray, to bring them back to Me & My service, often to be used more mightily by Me than ever before! During the Endtime the Devil will have a lot of power, but yours will be greater! It already is! Use it! 396 ____________________________________________________ When I sent Jonah to Nineveh with My Word, saying that I would destroy the city in 40 days, what was more important to Me, My Word or the lives of the people? Well, by My actions I proved that the people were more important, even though Jonah was very wroth with Me & upset. Even so, I want you to learn that the most important thing is love. Love for Me, love for the lost, love for the brethren! The only Bible the World is going to read is the one bound in shoe leather; the only Word of God theyll ever read or listen to is the Word of God theyll see in your sample; thats LIVED in your life: the Word of God they can touch & feel & see. Its not how much you know, but what you do with what you know... Thats wisdom. Knowledge puffeth up, love edifieth. 397 ____________________________________________________ All Im expecting is that you put yourself into a position of willingness & commitment to do My will. Im expecting you to say Yes, & really apply yourself to obeying Me. Once you make the decision that youre going to obey come what may, I do the rest for you & help you to put it into practice & into action. Youve got to do the wenting, Ill do the leading & all the rest. Im helping you to develop initiative & the art of taking positive action by the circumstances Ive put you in. Always remember, though, that one of the greatest actions you can take & things you can accomplish is action through prayer, the underestimated weapon! Keep in tune with Me through prayer, commanding Me what I should do, & youll get so much more accomplished than you could ever do yourself, even with an army of people serving you. Its gotta be God! Remember! Its gotta be Me Who does it all. The part that you cant do! 398 ____________________________________________________ Your initial ideal reaction to every problem you encounter in life should be to give it to Me & trust! Your spirit helpers & angels of the cloud of witnesses around you in the spirit world are waiting for that outcome when you face a difficult situation: whether you will give it to Me & trust, or try to do it yourself & wind up in dismay & worry & frustration. You've got the power of the universe at your disposal, you've just got to apply it, make it work for you & use it by praying, digging out My promises & memorizing them & claiming them. If you were fully aware of their power & effectiveness, you would take

this a lot more serious & spend much more time on becoming skilled in the art of wielding the power of the keys and some of the other new weapons: action through prayer, the weapon of praise, etc. 399 ____________________________________________________ Just like I gave Abraham the fulfillment of his desires & My promises to him, the heir of My covenant, and yet I asked him to give this embodiment of all that was important to him back to Me, even so it is with all of you: everyone has the choice whether they're going to let the things I have given them, their boy- or girl-friend, their children, wife or husband, become their new god, the thing they live for, the thing that all their actions revolve around, or whether they're going to give it back to Me every day, lay it on the altar & put Me first. In a very real way, this sacrifice greatly enhanced Abraham's love for Isaac. It showed to him how blessed he was, every day, after this, to even have him, because I could have also taken him away from him. Now that he had shown that he would not even withhold his very son from Me, now he could love him with a love that was pure, purged of any selfish intentions or motivations. He loved him with a love that daily cried out to Me in thankfulness: "God, I thank Thee for this son whom You have given me, and whom you have asked from me, and I have not withheld him from you, and for this son that you have given back to me!" It was a love that was enhanced & beautified by utter submission to Me. That's the kind of pure love that is necessary, in order to make it in this life and death game of faith! A love that says to the one whom you love: "I love you, but you are not mine, but have only been given to me by the Lord, and I am willing to give you back to Him at any time He requests you. He has loved me as much as to give you to me, and I will love Him back & give you back to Him any time He asks, and this in return, will again, strengthen and purify our love for each other..." Your Isaacs are all the things that get so important to you that they drag you away from Me. Whatever it is that just seems to become more important than Me. Are you willing to lay down your own desires on the altar, in order to serve Me and further My Kingdom? As long as you are ridden by your own selfish desires, you're not different from anyone else in the World. And you aren't, really. You've got the same desires. Abraham had the same desires to have a family, as any other man in the World. But the difference between those like Abraham & the rest of the World is that they can say, "See, I've had the same desires as you, I'm the same kind of material as you, but I've had to learn to put the Lord first, before that natural desire of mine. We've got to learn to give back to God that which He gives us in the first place, to show that we're thankful to Him, that we acknowledge that it all comes from Him, and that we learn not to take each other for granted, for that way we will only hurt each other. But when we give each other back to the Lord, it enhances our love for each other, it makes our love grow and grow and grow..." As long as You love Me first & put Me first & show & prove by your actions that I'm the most important factor in your life, that love I have given you for another human being, or a ministry, or a hobby, or whatever it is, will be in the realm where I can bless it. But if it becomes larger than that, if anything or anyone occupies more of your time, your thoughts & your actions, & more of your heart & emotions than I do, the blessing is gone, eventually, and something will have to change. Obedience to the first & great commandment to love Me with all your hearts is what it's all about, and means, allowing nothing, no object or person on Earth, to distract you from that most important task in life. Only those who will have learned to let go selfish desires & lusts & to put Me first, before anything else they want or think they've got to do, will make it in the days to come. 400 ____________________________________________________ Love is spirit. It's like the wind that bloweth where it listeth & canst not tell whence it cometh or wither it goeth, it is like the fertile ground that brings forth its fruit in due season, and also like a raging fire, burning the dross & the chaff, giving warmth to

those who are cold, and, again, like water, which, when poured out upon the thirsty ground, will refresh & bring life. I would like to plant My seeds into your fertile ground. I would like to pour you out like water upon the thirsty ground & send you like a raging fire to consume all that stands in My way, only leaving that which remains after a fire storm: the pure, the unshaken truth & solid foundation of My rock - all else will burn. I want you to be a soft breeze to those who yearn for Me, and a raging storm to those who reject Me. When focusing on the power of the spirit, the carnal things you are worried about seem rather small by comparison, don't they? What's flesh, is flesh, & what's spirit is spirit, that's why I have ordained you to come out from among them that only think in carnal terms, that only move in the realm of the dead flesh. Come out & move in the living realm of the spirit! My Spirit will supply all that you will need. I have given you promise after promise after promise that I will care for you. I WILL supply all your needs. I will supply as you obey. Don't focus on the need, focus on Me, the End of all your needs! 401 ____________________________________________________ The Devil always tries to find new ways to enslave people, to make them feel guilty or in some way indebted to him. There comes a point where the wicked become so corrupt that you have to decide whether you're going to obey God rather than man, & seek God's standard, rather than man's crooked standard. The Devil is a liar and a thief, & so are his followers. They're trying to rob My servants & enslave them, bind them so they're not free to serve Me. Claim My protection against the Devil's bluffs & his "empty winds." I want you to be sure & certain of My will in all that you do. I will defend you from Satan's stooges. They might send their dogs to nibble at your heels, but if you've got nothing to lose, what can they take away from you? If you trust Me for everything you've got, what harm can they bring upon you? The Devil wants to strip you of your rights & your freedoms to serve Me, but I want you to rise above all that & grow above it. 402 ____________________________________________________ What's important is that people recognize that you're not "sailing under your own flag," but under Mine. They need to see that you belong to Me, & that I sent you, that you've got a message, that you've got something to say. You want to expose the System, destroy their delusion in order to build a firm foundation of truth, destroy, root up & tear down the old, rotten, decadent, in order to build the foundation of the new, eternal, "the one that's going to last". Let them know you're a man with a message, a clear & bright message. Make it at least clear enough that those who seek the light will also recognize it in you. Unless the trumpet gives a clear sound, how can those that hear it understand the signal? "It's time to wake up!" "It's time to recognize the fact you're being lied to!" "It's time to turn around & fight! Choose today where you stand!" "It's time to open up your eyes & see the light!" "Today, when you hear His voice: don't harden your hearts!" 403 ____________________________________________________ I'm not expecting more of you than what you are able to give. Whenever "fate" is handing you a burden that's too big & heavy for you, or you think it is, instead of committing it to Me & rolling it all over onto My shoulders, you start moaning & complaining, & acting as if it's all too much to bear. It's so important to stay in tune with Me & attuned to My voice, & not give in to any seemingly overwhelming circumstances, but to keep an attitude of trust. You should be thanking Me for every new challenge I bring across your way. Everything in your life comes from My hand, and is just another opportunity for you to show & prove trust in Me! Whenever something happens, you should seek the purpose &

lesson I have in this for you, since you are responsible for the spiritual course & state of your "ship", and thus the one I'm usually dealing with first. There are many lessons involved in the things I'm allowing to happen around you, if you ask Me & care enough to find out! The question you should always ask first of all is: "Lord, what do You want to show & teach me through this?" Whenever anything happens that seems to be making your burden unbearable, get on your knees & ask Me what I want to show you by that! Ask what I want you to do about it! Don't just take it as one of fate's "bitter blows" & lie down & let the Enemy's hoards trample all over you. Consider these situations tests, but also potential traps from the Enemy. For the minute you stop seeing Me & My hand in it & you react to it in the flesh, you're bound to make a bigger mess out of things than they already are. Take it to Me, bathe it in prayer, know & trust that I have brought it along for a specific purpose, to bring about a specific lesson in your life, and it's your job to find out from Me, what exactly it is, & then to learn it, get the point & get on with it, so we can cover the next step, or do that which I want you to accomplish! Your intuition can sometimes trick you, & just saying what you feel like can have detrimental results. Then there's the factor of clinging to past hurts. You must forgive & forget. Especially forget those ridiculous lies of the Devil, which sow seeds of mistrust in your heart. Those lessons & experiences & things that you have learned by experiences in your life or by having tried & proven a certain truth from the Letters, are living treasures others can benefit from. 404 ____________________________________________________ I have made you thus in order to change you, transform you. I sow in imperfection to raise from it a crop & harvest of perfection. The seeds of perfection already lie in you dormant, sometimes to be seen in glimpses, when you're inspired, but you have to go through a certain grind in life, a certain amount of pain & suffering, in order to really be made clean, pure & white & all that I wish for you to be in eternity. You'll see, these light afflictions will be so nothing, compared to all the wonders you will see & experience, and it will have been worth it all. Every moment of suffering you experience in life will only enhance the joy you will feel for eternity. Every difficult situation only serves to make you shine brighter then. Every little affliction will bring about greater appreciation, greater ecstasy & sheer bliss & thankfulness for the perfection of My eternal Realm & all you will encounter there. Heaven & My eternal Kingdom will be such an exceedingly joyful place, especially because of the contrast it will be to all that you're experiencing now. It's like the light compared to the darkness. But the darkness has its purpose, My love, just trust Me. Even so, the battles you're experiencing will also enhance your love, your personality, your character, your understanding & ability to deal & interact with your fellowman. Just like I learned a lot from My interactions with people during My time on Earth, became a lot more understanding of their plight, much more patient & merciful, so will all this serve to teach you greater love. I want you to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. One of the most loving services you can render to people is to listen to them. Listen to them prayerfully, so that if there's any dirt & mental pollution they're heaping on you from the bottom of their hurting hearts or the dark corners of their confused minds, you can bathe it in prayer & be cleansed from it right away, while they speak, and it won't get you upset. If they want you to look at them while they speak, just pray with your eyes open. Consider this loving interaction with each other, this loving service of hearing one another out & have them share what's on their heart part of your loving service to Me, part of your labors of love, which will not be in vain, nor remain unrewarded. Every word that is spoken between you is being recorded, so make sure they are loving, edifying & encouraging words, lest you will have to be ashamed of them one day. Remember Me, who endured worse contradictions from sinners

than you have. Don't resist the purging. How do you think you grow? By everything being just the way you like it? By never having to face any major confrontations? By never having to fight & stand up for your rights? 405 ____________________________________________________ It's easy to fall into a state of truce with the Enemy. It all sounds so reasonable. "Why should we rock the boat? Why should we challenge & aggravate the Enemy unnecessarily? Why risk any further problems?" The problem is, if you don't go out to attack the Enemy on his territory, he will come & attack you on yours, and usually has an easy time invading your grounds, because he already knows you're not much of a fighter in the first place. After all, otherwise, you'd be out on his grounds, trying to snatch souls out of his clutches! The Enemy is fighting like mad to keep you busy with relationship problems & other affairs of the physical realm, so busy that there isn't much time to dedicate to the spiritual warfare anymore. You just barely manage to defend yourselves, & thus won't inflict any harm on the Devil's kingdom & he's happy & satisfied. "Mission accomplished!" The Enemy has lured & enticed so many, lulled them to sleep with his poisonous gas into a compromising state of peaceful coexistence with him, that they really don't present much of a challenge to the System. He knows he has practically won the war by peace! "He shall destroy many by peace..." None of My prophets was ever really enthusiastic & thrilled about giving My message to the people. Moses, Jeremiah, Jonah, they all had to be persuaded to do what I wanted. To become an undesirable, one of those outrageous religious fanatics that spread those controversial truths, messages of doom... extremely unpopular. But what can I say? "Hold fast that which thou hast lest any man take thy crown!" Will you allow the Devil to keep mocking Me & sneering into My face? Or will you be among those to stand up & show him Who's greater? Are you willing to be made by Me, an influence on Satan's people, greater than his influence has ever been on My people? You CAN be, just by proclaiming the truth, no matter what the cost! It WILL have an influence on them, you can bet! Whether they will receive it or not, it's going to be the most influential & decisive factor in their entire lives! Things will go either uphill or downhill for them from then on. By your obedience, you can accelerate the process, you can stop any further delay of My judgments, which will bring about greater repentance, greater results & greater harvest! The tools are now there with which to reap the harvest! What's still missing is the workers to sow the seeds & to gather in the harvest. You scatter the seeds, I'll bring in the workers and the results! Do what you can & I will do what you can't! 406 ____________________________________________________ Just like one has to realize first that he's a sinner in order to want Salvation, so one has to realize he's bound in order to want to be set free. Pray for those captives who are in the clutches of the Enemy, trapped in the tentacles of Bacchus, distracted by the spirits of seduction, enticed & deceived by Pan, discouraged & defeated by Aptheon, Arakan & the demons of depression, hindered by Obstacon, silenced by the grip of Lethargy or captive to yet other tricks & devices of the Enemy & his hoards. Behold what a great cloud of helpers I have given you: Styrian, Arcothon, Illuminus, Lucerne, Yokum, the S.O.S., the Activation Angels, Tola & Tor, & all power in Heaven through the keys of the Kingdom. Now it's the time to shake off the weights that held you down, & really put the weapons to use I have given you! Time to sound the battle cry! No longer will we defend our ranks passively from the Enemy's attacks, hoping we will survive them the best we can, with the least amount of casualties & wounded possible, but we will go on the attack & make the Enemy tremble! I have been raising a new army, a new generation of fighters out of the old. The Enemy has been mocking Me, saying about them,

"Just give them to me for a while, let me tempt them with my distractions, my lures & the enticements of the world, and you'll see, they'll forget You, they'll all turn their backs on you! Let me twist their minds with worldly thoughts & doubts, and see what a 'mighty army' You will have left when I'm through with them. You'll see, they won't care about You!" But I have had faith in you, and though many have left indeed, whose hearts weren't fully with Me, I believe in you! And I'm calling you all back to life this day, as it were from the land of the dead: "Come away from her, My children, she has nothing to offer you! Come on back to the land of the living! Streams that never run dry..." Behold, I make all things new. This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us rejoice in it & be glad! The armies of heaven are on the move and marching. The testing period that the Enemy was given to try & tempt My brides is over! The time has come to attack! Some of you, whose eyes have not yet been opened in the spirit, are still oblivious to what's going on all around you in the spirit, and all you see is the shiny wagons, armor & weapons of the Enemy. "Surely, surrender is our only hope," you think. But just like Elisha prayed for his servant to open his eyes so that he could see that more were with them that day, than with the enemy, so you, whose spiritual ears and eyes are already more attuned to My heavenly realm, must pray for those who can't see yet. Don't let them be deceived & fooled just because they can't see the full truth! Pray for them, help them to see what you see! Help them to hear what you hear & feel what you feel: the excitement, the moving & stirring of the Spirit, that cries, "The time is at hand, My children!" "It's time to wake up from slumber!" Just like in the fairy tales of old, My bride has been laying asleep for a long period of time by a spell that was cast on her by a wicked witch, and thorns & hedges of thistles have grown around her, but here I come, her Knight in shining armor, and I will kiss her awake & take her with Me to places & heights never known before! Awake, My love! Arise, My bride! It's a new day, and a time for greater steps than you have ever taken before! Time to leave this enchanted land of darkness, the kingdoms of the World which has been put to sleep by the Enemy! It's time to live up to all that I have proclaimed & promised you would be! Now is the time! Awake, all of you, to the World of the Spirit! It is here! All that I've promised, is right at your reach, right now! All you've got to do is reach out & receive it, take it, use it, grab it, claim it, make it yours! The kingdom is yours, My children! Let's advance & take it! Who will follow Me?

by being a better member yourself? Not tearing down, cutting and wounding & criticizing others for their failings, but lifting up, giving support, binding up their wounds. It doesn't really matter what you are: unless you just become a holy hole for Me & let Me fill you up, it's all useless & nothing anyway! There's still way too much of you in that vessel! Let Me pour it out & re-fill you, renew you! Give Me the rests of your old self, let Me pour them on the ground & re-make you into something better; not a shining, glorious ornament, but a useful vessel! "I am a toilet! - Are you?" 408 ____________________________________________________ When Daniel & his friends were brought to Nebuchadnezzar's court, they refused to eat the king's food. They only wanted bread & water. Sometimes it's better to just stick to bread & water than all the stuff the System has to offer. Just because the System has to offer it, doesn't mean that you should take it! You don't have to take every temptation the Devil hands you, do you? Remember, the fruit of the forbidden tree was knowledge. The wrong kind of knowledge. Some things you wouldn't want to know. Why get to know evil, when there's so much good to know? There are so many things to learn about & from My Word... 409 ____________________________________________________ Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial, this is just regular battle mode. Satan is fighting My efforts to knit you more closely together. He dreads the unity between you, so, he's planting his landmines of sensitivity in your midst, so that if anyone steps on one by some careless remark - no matter how innocent its intentions you'll have another crisis, another wounded soldier to take care of, which will delay your participation in the battle. Have a positive attitude. Focus not on the lack of progress, but look at the progress they're going to make by faith. Better to be surprised than causing failure by your expecting failure & a negative attitude & a lack of faith! If you just keep focusing on the work that's to be done & try to attack it the best you can, even with the problems you're having, you're soon going to praise your way right out of the pit into which the Devil is trying to cast you, for I will give you victories to praise Me for!

410 ____________________________________________________ Isn't it great to really focus fully on Me & My Words, My work & My affairs, without any distractions from the outside, without the distractions of the entertainment of the World, which are more often than not, attempts of the Enemy to get you "away 407 ____________________________________________________ from thinking", or to get you to seek solace & relief elsewhere You're discouraged. The Enemy has managed to make you but in My arms; to get you hooked & addicted to another kind of focus on man again, man's failings, instead of My power to comfort than Mine? overcome, My ability to make you rise above all that. Your focus So many have found their comforters elsewhere, which is why is on the bottom, the pit, not the new heights to which I want you they haven't really developed the skill & habit yet to find their to attain! Some people are hurting you, getting you into a comfort & strength in Me at any time. The time for substitutes is resigning & rejecting mode. Don't let it be so, but embrace & over. It's time for the real thing, which is Me. I am the original receive even those blows, the hurts inflicted on you by your Satisfier & the only One Who can truly satisfy every longing of brethren. It's part of being a partaker of My sufferings. I've had to every heart. suffer a lot of failings & shortcomings, lacks of love & sense from It's just that so many haven't even given Me a chance yet. They those I felt were Mine & should have stood up for Me, received were too busy finding relief & temporary satisfaction in their Me, supported Me. In the end, I was deserted, left alone & substitutes, which to them appeared more easily available, as supported only by a very few faithful ones. Thank Me for the they were right there in the material world, where they could see faithful ones! them & grab them, no reaching out with the hand of faith for Be thankful for what you've got instead of yearning for some spiritual comfort required. But the time is now to really determine support from distant, vague sources. My Family is not a perfect, whether you will set your affections on things above or things but a peculiar people, lest any flesh should boast. Remember that are seen: the eternal or the temporal; the real thing or the what a failure you are, yourself, and that I allow all these things cheap imitation & easy way out, Me or the Devil's substitute. for a reason. You're not perfect, either, and have a lot to be Come on & get real with Me! Experience that I am real! Find out cleansed from. Don't think of yourself as if in any way you had I'm not messing 'round or fooling around, I'm for real, & I mean attained. business with every Word I ever said. I require not sinless perfection, but how much love you give, how faithful you are to Me in giving out the truth. 411 ____________________________________________________ The Family is far from perfect, but it's still the best I've got & the Sometimes the plan for the day is just to stay faithful in the best you've got, too! Instead of criticizing, why not little things... doing what you can to help the other one to make it wholeheartedly make efforts to make sure it'll be a better place through their day & their battles with at least the knowledge that

there's someone who cares for them, is concerned about them, prays for them. Once I've seen how faithful you have been with the little things I have given you to care for, I can also trust you with something greater: a wonderful witnessing opportunity, or something completely unexpected... The art is to keep the vision for the glorious things in the doing of the humble & mundane, little things of everyday life. Often people walk through life completely dissatisfied because they're constantly expecting something greater, something better to happen to them, all the while completely neglecting & despising what theyve got. But him that I can trust in that which is least, I will also trust with greater things, but those who are not faithful in the little things, often first have to learn to appreciate what they've got, which they sometimes only learn by losing all they've had & didn't appreciate... If you don't appreciate what I've given you, you might lose it any time. The imperfections are part of the plan to help you one day really appreciate My perfection. Heaven is going to be your reward for having been faithful with the little, imperfect things of Earth: The more imperfect your conditions on Earth, the greater will your joy be in Heaven. That's why the lame man who was healed by My power lept & jumped for joy. For you, who have been able to walk all your lives, it is nothing special, but for one who has been lame from birth or for a long time to suddenly be healed & be able to walk & run... that's joy unspeakable. You're having to go through life with all your little achings so that when you will come to Me, you will find perfect joy in the contrast. You will find I am so much better than anything else you've ever tasted in this world. That's why the Devil is trying to come up with more & more perfect counterfeits & substitutes & distractions all the time: more & more perfect entertainment, shows, computer games, movies, System music & sounds, all available by remote control, so you don't even have to move or do anything to get instant satisfaction; more & more perfect tasting food with artificial flavors, made to even "top" My natural flavors I have put in foods naturally, more & more perfect drugs & narcotics... He's trying to literally spoil people stupid so they won't ever want to get off of their fannies to do anything else but indulge in his "perfections". After all, who needs anything else, if you can have all these "perfect" pleasures & entertainments? Who wants to deal with real people, when the faces & bodies on TV are so much more "perfect"? Who wants to deal with real life when the thrills & kicks he can give you are so much nicer, easier, better? Well, there's only one thing about it all & that's that it isn't real. It's all fake & phony, & you're enjoying it all on borrowed time & money, while in reality he's cheating you out of your lives, your time, your energy and your touch with reality. For a lot of people, reality is the worst thing to cope with. They stuff their worlds & lives with the Devil's substitutes, be they money, material possessions or his entertainment or drugs, foods, games, sex, or their jobs, all of which are often excellent counterfeits of My reality. He's even come up with his very own counterfeit love. But in the end, none of that will ever truly satisfy, & when all this artificial "perfection" will have left the World high & dry, he will come up with his ultimate counterfeit: his plastic one-World religion, the "perfect" System, without any more evil, without any more money, without anymore crime... "Welcome to Utopia!" So, My advice for you today is: don't try to get away from reality! It may not be perfect, but it's the best thing that could happen to you! It will strengthen & mold your character, make you grow into a real man, one who will not only seek his own selfish satisfaction, but one who is concerned about others & their welfare as well. Those who are trying to escape from reality by numbing themselves & trying to alter & adjust it artificially to their liking are only cheating themselves out of the most valuable things this life has to offer. You, not they, are living on the true ground of reality. I am the good & true & firm foundation, everything else is either sinking sand or one of the Devil's artificial clouds that he built in people's minds by his mental conditioning them with false doctrines &

downright lies & delusion. So, don't expect too much from yourselves or out of every day of your life. Even if you're not making headlines as a flaming evangelist, winning dozens of souls every day, if you just manage to be real everyday, to walk humbly on the ground of My reality, staying faithful in the little, mundane things of life & keeping the heavenly vision while doing so, focusing on Me & My reality without being deceived by any of the Devil's soap operas, then in My eyes that's already a lot, & you won't even have to tell people all that much about you. They will sense it. They will feel it. The very air about you will be different. There will be "strange" vibes accompanying you wherever you go, of a world that smells & tastes so weird to them: the smell & taste of the real world. 412 ____________________________________________________ I'm making out of you a spiritual man & it just takes time, & lots & lots & lots of My heavenly water & Spirit. Just like it takes a lot of blood to transfuse into a man whose blood was poisoned & has to be renewed, so it takes a lot of spirit to transform a fleshly, carnal man into one who is spiritual & is concerned with the things from above, not the things of Earth. For the things of Earth are not edifying, but more often than not a distraction & hindrance from learning the more important & eternal values of the spirit. The worries & cares of life don't enhance unity, for instance. They make you encapsulate yourself in your own little world that doesn't grant others permission to enter so easily. You become irritated & easily aggravated, whereas, once you have delved into My spiritual world of trust & where Eternity reigns & everything that lives & breathes knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm in perfect control of everything, then you can convey that same peace to others as well. Calamities may be all around, but you won't be heard to fret. People will wonder, "How can they be so calm while the whole world is tumbling around their ears?" And then you can let them know that it is so because you have been with Me. It's My peace that makes you beautiful. It's important for you to get a hold of that peace first thing everyday. The peace of knowing that I'm in control of your circumstances, because you have committed them into My care. The peace of knowing that everything's going to be alright, because you just had a chat with the Creator of everything & He told you so & He confirmed to you that He still loves you & will take care of you. See what riches I have in store for you. Great & mighty things which thou knowest not. Continue to be a source of strength, love & encouragement. Once you start getting My spiritual angle of looking at things, even the things of Earth that surround you, which otherwise can be a nuisance & a hindrance, all of a sudden start making sense. Love - My real & true love - is what causes everything to make perfect sense, even the smallest & most mundane of things... Love is the magic that converts ashes & dung into beauteous new life. 413 ____________________________________________________ Fight to stay in the Spirit everyday. You still don't ask Me when an inspiration hits your head, whether it's really of Me. The thought entered your mind & you just figured that that's what you were supposed to do, without checking with Me about it. I don't want you to do things to impress Me or anybody else, or to prove what a great guy you are. But I want you to rather fight to love Me & others. If your motives aren't right, then the spirit isn't right, either, and if a project doesn't carry My Spirit, then it's just dead works. 414 ____________________________________________________ What is there to correct or improve in an already perfect situation? What challenge is there in an already perfect situation? I'm teaching you to love the imperfect more unconditionally, and I'm teaching you to love the Perfect, namely Me, more through

this all by simply driving you into My arms over & over again, desperately & helplessly looking for a solution, & finding here strength & encouragement & wisdom to go on over & over & over again. It's like a baby's love for her mother. If she's hungry she'll cry - over & over & over again, and even so will she find nourishment & comfort in her mother's arms & at her breast over & over again. In the beginning the baby just takes it for granted & is oblivious & indifferent to the fact where the nourishment comes from, it just takes it & greedily absorbs it. But over time, a relationship of appreciation & love is established, and you can see it in the way she smiles at her Mom in a way she smiles at no one else, as if to say, "You are my sunshine! You're my all in all! You make me happy! You're always there for me! And as a reward, I'm going to give you my very best & biggest smile! I cannot do anything else yet to show you my love, but this I will give you, my smile!" I'm bringing out the best in you through your hunger, your desperation for the solution to these problems, I'm bringing out the best smile in you! A great, big fat happy grin for Me, every time you see My face, every time you suck at My paps & are being satisfied by Me. Before, you were going through this life with a gloomy outlook, barely believing that I loved you, even though I had bestowed many blessings upon you, some of which you didn't even recognize as such. You were crying like a baby, angrily, frustrated, moaning & groaning & complaining. I know both, the good & the bad sides of each of you, and I see the total sum of the real you, not the temporary versions of when you're at one extreme of the pendulum or the other. I love you when you're bad, because I can already see the good in you coming out of it again. Why don't you trust Me when I tell you that I believe in you? I'm trying to get you to have positive faith in people, or at least in My power to change people, & not give up on them prematurely. Have faith in the people I've put by your side, faith that sees what no one else can see, "the good & possibilities that others cannot see." You see here the connection between faith and love? Without love, your faith is nothing. Love is the lifeblood of your faith, & it doesn't matter to Me if you're going out & getting 1000 tracts every day & win 10 souls an hour, if you can't even love. Peter wasn't tossed about by the Devil forever. There came a time when he was converted & he strengthened his brethren & became a leading & major supporting pillar of My church! I will pray for you, that your faith for them will not fail, & your love for them will not fail. You don't want to spoil them, & you figure they should learn to manage to function & operate properly, regardless of circumstances. But people don't "function & operate" like machines, they actually need that little human ingredient called love to "function" properly! I'm trying to make you a little more humane toward others, to have a little more love. My goal is to replace that heart of stone with a heart of flesh, and if you thought I was going to do that by some magic trick, "voil!" Think again! Just remember, "Love never fails." Love is the most important thing! Let love reign!

matters is that you stay by My side & don't let your own willfulness get the better of you. I have set before you the path of life, and the path of your own will, that which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is destruction. Choosing Me & My way & My will means choosing life. Trying to save your own life & trying to ensure your own wants will mean the loss of true life. Stay close to Me for true life, & don't let Satan fool you & lure you away from My side! I'm shepherding you closely, but I cannot keep you from all temptations. Just keep focusing on Me, knowing that I'm your secret to success, the One Who can ensure your becoming a true winner & conqueror & overcomer. Love is the future! And since love is what you want, the future is yours. Leave those goats alone who settle for anything less & come with Me into that land of Love where you will feel truly at Home and like a king. Here you will forever be a servant. There you will forever reign with Me. Just ensure your future position by maintaining a humble position down there. Don't lord it out over anyone, but continue to learn to be their servant, humbly doing all you can to make them feel loved & to be truly fed by My Words & My truth, with which I have blessed you. Just stay close, that's your personal secret to success & the key to your future.

416 ____________________________________________________ You've got to believe in My love. You've simply got to know that I love you! The original sin of man was to doubt that, and the greatest sin, the sin against the Holy Spirit, is to reject that love by not believing that God so loved the World that He gave His only begotten Son, once they've been given the chance to receive Him. Strive with all your might to believe in My Love, that it's always there for you, that I mean only the best for you, that I would never allow anything to hurt you without a divine purpose that is higher than what you know or can see right now! Believe in My Love! How can you love Me in return, unless you first know beyond a shadow of doubt that I truly love you? Many people fear Me, and they obey Me to some extent, because they know it's better for them to obey Me to escape My punishment & chastisement. But that motivation is not really enough to do & accomplish the works of love I want you to do. The fear of God is a good beginning, it is the beginning of wisdom, but it's not the end of it. Unshaking faith in My love, that's what really brings results, the kind of fruit I desire, fruits of love. I don't just want My brides to yield to Me out of fear of what might happen to them if they don't, what they might lose out on, that they might miss My blessings. So, will you believe in My love for you, My darling? Will you finally surrender to Me, knowing that there is nothing else to satisfy you, no greater love in all the Earth, nor in all the Heavens, than My love for you? How could you delight yourself in Me fully when you can't even believe in My perfect love for you? I knew the only way I was ever going to get through to the very core & bottom of your heart was by giving you the gift of prophecy & filling you with My life-giving Words & seeds for you personally, so that you would know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I love you personally, and care for you personally, enough to 415 ____________________________________________________ counsel you on the problems you're facing. The Enemy hates My predictions & visions of the future & I'm shining the light & warmth of the sunshine of My love onto tries to ensure that the opposite is going to happen. your heart, even the dark, unknown corners that you yourself His attitude is, "Oh, yeah, did God say so? Well we're going to haven't been aware of. I'm revealing to you the secrets of your see about that!" And he tries all he can to foil My plans. The own self, the secrets to success in dealing with those around Enemy never foresees the benefits of the backsliding he causes. you, and the very secrets & mysteries of the universe. He's only concerned with the temporary defeat & delay he Can you believe now, that I'm going out of My way to show you causes. After all, he knows he can't stop Me; all he can do is try My love? Can you believe now that I walked up Golgotha for you, to delay Me & My plans by throwing a few monkey wrenches into yes you, My love? Can you believe now that I would do it over My machinery, frantically trying to delay & postpone My future, and over again, to win you, if it were necessary, My love? That's because he knows the future will bring his doom. He knows the why Peter said that those who turn their backs on Me crucify Me Endtime events will trigger a chain reaction that is going to wake over & over again... They don't believe in My love for them. up & bring back to life many of those he has successfully lulled Because they doubt My great love & desire to care for them, they to sleep. think they've got to take the securing & ensuring of their survival As you follow Me step by step, you'll see the path ahead more & into their own hands, as well as their desires & the things they more clearly. want. What is important is that you stay faithful & close to Me. All that But you are learning to leave all that in My hands now, that I give

the very best to those who leave the choice with Me. You are learning to trust in My love. Believing in My love for you, you will also be able to praise Me much better! Your heart will be full of praise for Me, because you will love Me, because I have first loved you. I'm right here with you, to protect you! Cling to this, the greatest treasure in the universe! The love of God!

done. Whatever will happen, just follow Me! I'm training you to follow My voice, and that training often involves "zig-zag" movements, as is so often appropriate in a war. I'm teaching you not to "zig" when you should "zag" & vice versa, which happens when someone follows their own leadings, intuitions or carnal wisdom & they often wind up getting hit by the enemy. So many find themselves wounded on the battle field & when asked what 417 ____________________________________________________ happened, they can only reply, as the soldier in that story, "Well, There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end I guess I must have zigged when I ought to have zagged!" And thereof are the ways of death. Often what seems right to you in I'm teaching you how to avoid that by listening to Me daily, and I your own mind, only results in spiritual death. The sacrificial will tell you in an instant when to zig or zag, when to turn left or option, the option of laying down your life for Me, of taking up when to turn right, when to move forward or backward or stop. your cross, the option of truly denying yourself & your own When I tell you to get down, you better do so, and now is a time desires, that's the only option that truly results in life. for everyone to lay low on their own desires, so that you may When I'm putting before you an option to do the absolutely learn how to hold up the banner & standard of David again & radical, contrary-to-all-your-rational-reasoning thing, how radical make this Family once more what it truly should be. are you? How sold out for Me are you? How willing to really say Some are waking up to My call. Make sure that you're among My "Yes!" to Me without reservations? chosen ones by choosing My path above all others everyday... Usually, time & history have proven that the harder way was the It's very vital that you learn to hear, follow & obey My voice at more fruitful way. What if I had not chosen to take My Father's every instance. How can you enjoy life, when you're groping cup & not gone the hard way? My Father could not even have around in the dark, without the light of My Word? sent the Comforter, because it was expedient for My flesh to go away, so that My Spirit could come. Even so, it is expedient for 421 ____________________________________________________ you that your flesh should be crucified & mortified, so that the "Learning obedience" for Me meant to learn to love even Spirit might come to life in you. more than I had before I came to Earth; and seeing, feeling and Are you willing & ready & open for My very best? I will never let experiencing the whole thing the way humans do, changed pretty you be tempted above that you are able, but I still require you to much everything for Me, as far as My viewpoints, ways & abilities say "yes" sometimes. If you say, "yes" you will open up relays in of relating to them were concerned. You can have all the wisdom the spirit. of a God, but without love, it's still not the same. Part of the love Some suffering is good for you because it brings out the best in the Father had for the World in sending Me to Earth was you, purges the Lethargy out of you, the dross, the laziness of manifested in His teaching Me through this experience to relate the flesh & the rut of the old ways! much better to you. Welcome to the company of those who were willing to die for The main reason people doubt the Scriptures today is because their faith, for their God, and for the sake of others. the Devil just lies about them, discredits them & gets people into I am handing you the spiritual affliction of that cross. Are you a critical mind gear about them, especially because they don't willing & ready to take it? Are you willing to truly have your own want to accept their divine authority. Who wants to hear about desires, your own wants & ways & plans crucified? Do you still "denying yourself" & "taking up your cross" & "losing your life" believe that I love you, even though I'm asking you to sacrifice all or "hating your life in this world" when that's the exact opposite your Isaacs? of all the popular doctrines the Devil has brainwashed them with for a century? 418 ____________________________________________________ Don't be fooled or influenced by the skeptical, doubtful, The hour has come that I'm asking you to take up your cross. incredulous mindset of the blinded masses. Without the light of Are you ready for it? Have you been wasting your time & letting the Word, even My own children can fall into blind rages, how your spiritual muscles become all lax & weak, or have you been much more so those who have always rejected Me & My Word? preparing, so that when I would call you, you would be ready? The light of My Word will shed light even on the darkest corners Nobody ever said that dying daily would be fun or easy. I'm really of history and the life of every man, and will show the difference testing your willingness, and of course, you have to be really between what was and could or should have been. The entrance willing to pull it through if you commit to Me & say "yes"! But of My Word giveth light. In its absence, there is only darkness, or sometimes I will lead you down a certain path only to get you to a the Devil's cheap counterfeit & imitation of My true light, which certain spot, to get you into a certain position of willingness of may make things appear a certain way, but only My true light will heart, or to bring about other circumstances that were necessary reveal what they really are. to accomplish My will, but then there might be a turn or change in direction... 422 ____________________________________________________ To whom much hath been given, of him much shall be 419 ____________________________________________________ required. You've been given much, & I'm waiting to see some Usually things look completely different from Up Here than returns. I'm expecting more of you. Keep your eyes on the from your personal, subjective "ants view" of things, & you're harvest! just going to have to trust Me that I'm really telling you the better "What have you done with your life"... in order to win more souls, of 2 options, although your feelings might be telling you the to get out My Word, to warn the wicked? opposite! No servant is above his master. If I have been humbling Myself & 420 ____________________________________________________ have gone out among the people to preach a message I knew The keys strengthen our link & connection & ensure its most of them would reject in the end, and that would lead Me to clarity & freedom from enemy static. As you learn to treasure death on the cross, I am expecting the same of My followers. And these Words of Mine & our times together above all else, & as when there's so much to do & so few willing to do it, I just have you learn to find greater satisfaction in these things of the spirit, to ask whoever is willing and available, and I recruit whoever I you will also grow in the ability to seek My Kingdom first, which can get a hold of. will result in greater obedience, thus greater blessings, & greater Nobody wants to do the humblest of all jobs of passing out My fruitfulness. Words: to be faithful witnesses. Of course, being a good sample It takes those years of experience, in most cases, to bring is part of that witness, but if the witness is missing altogether, someone to the end of their own rope & the realization that I truly what good is the best sample? Besides, there's nothing that will know best what's better for them & which road truly leads to help you to become a good sample of true love & humility like happiness. It's high time to awaken from slumber & get My job going out there to die daily! Otherwise, what difference does your

living together communally make, if it's just to live & survive together? It's interesting, but it's not really showing the World that you've got a message to deliver, unless you actually use your communal living in order to get My message out. Use your lives, & everything I've given you, to get out My message, and you will find yourselves blessed. You've got to do the wenting in order for Me to pour down My grace. The boat has to be in motion before the rudder can take effect. I've told you where to go: into all the world. Everywhere! Preach My message to everyone, everywhere, that's what Mark 16:15 means. How blessed are the feet of those who carry glad tidings from My Holy mountain! You've got the glad tidings, the good news that could make them happy, the news that there is something more: My Holy mountain, Space City, where they can come after this life, if they only will believe it & accept Me. Now you've just got to move your feet & bring it to them! This is the main purpose of the Family: to be My chosen mouthpiece to the World. What if My mouthpiece has gone mute? What if the salt loses its flavor? What if the light of the candle goes out? Would you choose My will or the easy way out? It's the get-out-&actually-do-something revolution! Going out & passing out My Words is doing the humble thing. Why not make a difference & do the humble thing? 423 ____________________________________________________ You're feeling weak & incapable in the flesh, because that's what I want you to be, just able to rely on Me & nothing else, desperately dependent on Me, knowing there's no chance you could ever make it on your own. My strength is made perfect in weakness. I can simply use you best when you're feeling this weak & know you can't do anything by yourself. And all you need is My grace, that's enough. It's all by My grace that anything gets accomplished. So, just float on My grace & in My strength, which is perfected in weakness, & rise above. Your weakness is the ideal breeding ground & environment for My strength to flourish best. The magic elixir of My power comes out best in weak vessels, such as yours. My ability lies in your incapability. So, rejoice in your infirmities, because when you're weak in yourself & in the flesh, then you are strong in Me.

going to make it, and it's part of My high purpose in this whole equation. I am the golden middle way, the pathway to choose that will lead you safely without hurting one & neglecting the other. I specially put this challenge before you to make double sure you wont fall into the temptation of just coasting along on the momentum of the flesh or your own carnal mind & wisdom, figuring you'd be smart enough to handle this. I purposely gave you this one, which I knew was going to be too hard for you to figure out by yourself, in order for you to get into the modus operandi of "without Me ye can do nothing." Finally you're getting desperate enough so that you come to Me at every turn, because you don't know how to go on. Training with weights is going to help - to have experienced situations like these beforehand: next time something similar comes around, you won't be so freaked out because you know you survived the last one... What it all comes down to is work. You're going to have to work hard & study hard on this, it's going to be a real challenge, none of those classes where the good grades will just come flying to you. You're going to have to seriously sit down & do your math over this one, which means, sitting down with Me & seeking answers & solutions, which I've promised to give you, if you will. But that will require sacrifices, as studying anything usually does: your friends are playing outside & having fun while you have to sit at home & study & find the solutions to your equations.

426 ____________________________________________________ Pride & sensitivity are scattered & strewn throughout every strata of society, especially amongst Christians, the main target of the Enemy, and, of course, he's most of all going to try to stop you, the children of David, in whichever way he can. Sensitivity makes an Old Bottle out of you, it's selfishness, it makes you resist change, opens up a crack for the Selvegion, etc. One of the most important things you need to do is to believe in My love. The same applies to the love of the Family: if you learn that, each member of the Family really loves you & doesn't resent you as the Enemy would like you to believe, if you realize that they're fighting on your same side, everyone will be on their way to victory. You'll all be taking the wind out of the Enemy's sails by exposing him and his demons as liars first thing when they come & tempt 424 ____________________________________________________ you with negative thoughts or feelings about what that other Sometimes I've got to deactivate all that useful-in-the-flesh person might think or feel about you. gear & feeling first, before I can make you really useful, useful in Things are going to have to change with everyone, if we're going the sense of accomplishing something for Me, something that to make the headway that is necessary to climb the mountain of lasts, something that bears fruit in the spirit! the Endtime together, the fiercest challenge My brides have But when the appointed time shall come, you will be activated faced in all of history. and "awakened" & you will be more effective, more active and You've got to be able to tell each other the truth. The love and the downright explosive than you've ever been before. Your time will trust has got to be there for each one of you to be able to take it, have come, and the hour of your destiny & purpose will have knowing that what was said was not said in order to hurt you, but arrived, and all things will be made clear, every detail of your to help you & to get you a step further ahead in the way. You're preparation will make sense then. I've got your life in My hand only going to make it together! One thing that's really got to be perfectly, and although you can interfere to a certain extent with installed is a faith in the unswerving love of each member for the your own decisions, as long as you're yielded to Me and you other. This is going to be the tie that is going to bind the Family declare in our unwritten daily contract that you are Mine & I can together. do with you what I will, you can safely assume that I will, and that This means, no more critical & hurtful words, only speaking the I will use every minute to prepare you to the utmost for that truth in love, showing that you are willing to esteem the other purpose of your existence that will render the greatest possible one's opinion greater than yours & taking the humble seat for My amount of fruit for My Kingdom. sake. Without Me you can do nothing that counts. Nothing that lasts. Sacrificing your pride for each other is what it's all going to Nothing worth mentioning. If you really want to get things done, amount to. It's time that My Family shows that they're truly My if you want to make a difference, you've got to learn to let Me use followers by showing the World that example of a group of you to the full. That's what counts, & that's all that matters. people who really love each other, wash each other's feet & are "The less there is if you, the more the light shines through", so willing to lay down their lives & their pride for each other. always seek to give Me the full & total glory in whatever you do, Live My Words & be a sample of one who faithfully absorbs them and as long as you do, I will make sure to fulfill My Word, that if I & puts them into practice. Let them sink in & transform your be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me. being. If your motive is to glorify Me, then I can use it. Anything you say or do: let My light shine through! 427 ____________________________________________________ I'm calling you to become mature enough to forsake 425 ____________________________________________________ something when it has taken an inappropriate place of Focus hard on only pleasing Me! It's the only way you're ever importance in your lives

The time of the merging of the spiritual & physical realm is drawing nigh, and I want you to be prepared for it, by focusing more on the spiritual & less on the physical. I want to use you as My heralds of this event, giving others the chance to prepare for it, too. See your job as less that of a prophet of doom, but as a herald who is giving others a chance to prepare for coming events. John the Baptist was a voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make straight paths for the Lord", in other words, "Prepare for the Lord's coming!" Which is, in essence, what I also want you to do. You're My voices in the wilderness, telling the people to prepare for My 2nd coming. The message I want you to give people is to "prepare", & to let them know that you're willing and able to help them to do so. "Strengthen the things that remain" is the message that would appropriately describe what I want you to convey to the world, and how can you convey that successfully & effectively, unless you first live it yourselves? The things that remain are the things of the spirit, the eternal things. Things like physical relationships, marriages, families, etc., have all proven to be more fragile & subject to time than ever before. The reason for this is, that the lasting values that used to strengthen relationships before, have been removed from them, and those were precisely the spiritual ingredients I want you to help people to re-discover. People don't even know anymore how to find the right partners because they are so conditioned by the System to look for superficial qualities in partners, & they're making physical things the most important requirements, instead of ensuring first of all that the spiritual foundation is there, which includes being the right kind of partner, not just finding the right one. This requires humility, a word that has virtually lost all meaning & use in the World today. Most western cultures despise humility as a weakness. The Devil has conditioned people to such an extent, puffed up their egos & blown up their pride & self-will thus, that it's a mental habit very hard to kick to be selfish, seek your own ends & put yourself in the first place. A weakness like that can take years to be fully exposed & for the victim to even become fully aware of it. Consider it a great blessing & step forward that you have gotten to know your weaknesses better, are more aware of them & will thus know better what you need to fight & be on guard against, which is a great advantage you have before many who have not even yet begun to fathom that there might be anything wrong with them, who keep inhaling the Devil's deceitful gas of pride & ego-inflation. Just like in an inflated economy, the day of reckoning will tell whether an inflated ego really has got what it takes when met with the sharp pin of reality. That's why I want you to walk on the ground of My humble reality, not float around on some cloud of self-deceit, like so many others, so that you can tell them, "Come on down, walk on the ground with Jesus!" The spirit is the true reality. The flesh is under the curse & thus under the heavy influence of the Devil, the father of lies, so, you can't really rely on the flesh. If you want truth, seek the spirit. If you want values that last, seek the spirit. If you want excitement & true satisfaction that far exceeds any thrill of the flesh, seek the spirit. If you would only value the spirit as you should, you would find much greater satisfaction there than in anything the World, the flesh or the Enemy have to offer. Do you think the Enemy just settles for the flesh? His pipes, bells & drums are spirit, too! They are the spirit of rebellion against Me. Their spiritual influences usually have the effect on people that they indulge in the flesh even more. They fall prey to all kinds of vices, perverted sexual practices, and worst of all, it strengthens their egos & pride, alienating them ever more from Me & causing them to distance themselves from Me more & more. In reality, the Devil is just trying to win them over to his camp, so that they'll be ready & willing vessels for him & his demons when the time comes. If you think about what challenges are still up ahead for you, don't you think it's time to mature, sober up & put your own selfish desires on the backburner? Now it's time to break those habits, to loosen those bounds of

feeling all goody-goody about yourself in the flesh. You can feel much better in Me! And you'll have so much more to give to others, in return! 428 ____________________________________________________ Sometimes it's easy to focus on the negative, especially during times of battle. I mean, what's so cheerful about a battle field? There's blood & guts all around you, pain & death, hellish noises of weapons & bullets flying around your ears, your wounded comrades... Not much positive to look at, except by the miracle of faith, and with the eyes of faith. Claim the keys of faith! Claim the keys of faith to see what no one else can see; to see the victory in the midst of battle, to see the light in the midst of darkness, to see the joy, the reward and the glory of triumph in the midst of gross pain & suffering & fighting all around you! It's impossible in the natural, it's impossible to do by yourself, but with Me beside you and the keys in your hands, nothing shall be impossible! I have given you the keys! The keys will pierce like torches right through the thick darkness the Enemy would like to envelop you in, their light is just going to melt the darkness away! Claim the keys of hope that they may bring a fresh breath to your aching, weary & tired heart, to refresh you & give you new joy and courage and vision for the battle. Study more about the use of the keys of the Kingdom, for the reason some of you are still battling & not gaining ground as you should is because you have not yet spent the necessary amount of time to learn to wield them properly in the Enemy's face, which is why he's attacking you so ferociously right now, because he knows it's going to be his last chance. Once you will have learned how to use them properly, he knows he's done for & he won't stand a chance against you! Thus, these attacks are also serving Me, because they drive home to you the importance of learning to battle properly. You know that this is not just a vacation but a war; that all that talk about battle is not just an allegory or a fairy tale, but hard core reality! See it like this, from this positive angle: without all these battles, you might still doubt whether all this is really the truth, but the battles just prove that what I am saying in My Word is true. It's the same as the fact that the Family has been persecuted more than any other Christian group in the past three decades, this proved to you that they are really My chosen ones, because they fulfilled My Word, for so have they persecuted the prophets which were before them. The Devil hates you just like he hates Me & he will persecute & attack you just like he tempted & tried & finally tried to kill Me, & eventually was granted the permission to do so in order to fulfill My destiny. But you've got nothing to fear about death, just like I had nothing to fear, because I knew I was going to rise again. The Devil was granted permission to tempt Me with fear & tribulation shortly before I was being taken captive, just so that I would really be tempted in all things like you are, & I would go through all the human despair & agony that you know. Was I ever jealous or sensitive, you wonder? Or prone to negative thinking? Yes, I was tempted by them all, but the Father gave Me the power to overcome them. Even so, He can and will give you the power to overcome them, it just all depends on how much you avail yourselves of that power. With the power of the keys, you have available now for yourselves that same power that I had, and that My disciples had, to do miracles & to overcome the Devil & all his temptations, fears, doubts, agonies & devices he tries to trick you with, and as the days will grow ever darker, that light of the truth of the keys will also ever shine brighter, for where sin doeth abound, there grace doeth much more abound. Wield the keys! Wave them high up, over your heads, let the Enemy know that you're not going to be easy prey! Be prepared to battle. Be on guard constantly! There's a battle going on that will determine your future. Don't let the Enemy out of your eyes for an instant, always be aware that his next attack might be coming at any moment, and don't just fend off his attacks on you, but take the initiative & go on the attack! I'm so desperately in need of fighters, warriors, soldiers, people who are not drifting around in complacency, but are fully aware

of the fight & who take it seriously & who take the time to study & learn how to fight, so that they might become skilled in the techniques of war! There's nothing that pleases Me more than a positive declaration of your faith that you are determined to fight this war and not only are you going to fight it, but you're also going to win it. Even though you're often closer to defeat than victory, at least you're fighting, and you're gaining more & more experience in your fighting, you're not just silently tolerating the Enemy in some corner of your lives, but you're serious about having him exposed & expelled & cast out of your midst, overcome, defeated, finished, exterminated! All those who hate the Enemy are specially loved by Me, because they have made it clear they are standing on My side & are not going to give in to compromise. You have experienced compromise & know its bitter taste, which is a great advantage, for now you recognize it and are allergic to it! That's an invaluable lesson in itself! To refuse compromise. Because nothing will drive My army closer to defeat than compromise with the Enemy. It's so chicken, so cowardly, because you're actually giving in to a weaker Enemy, who knows he would have been defeated by you if you would have just kept fighting, but he lured you into a peaceful coexistence with him by offering you nice gifts: "Why wrack yourselves, fighting for this God of yours Who only gives you the bare necessities, when I can supply you with a sheer endless amount of my glittering gimmicks that provide any kick you can possibly imagine?" (Except, of course, real happiness & genuine fulfillment, because that just isn't found in compromise & settling for peace with the Devil, but he won't tell you that!) When you're going through hell, remember that I'm right there with you, My angels are right by your side, and you've got the power of the keys, the greatest force in the universe, so, it's impossible for you not to win! Don't get anxious or uptight, much less afraid, for even if you go down to the depths of hell, I'm right there with you! "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord!" Blessed is he that goeth forth in the name of the Lord! Blessed is he that goeth forth in the name of the power of the keys! Go forth in My name & nothing shall be able to withstand thee! Go forth! March! Attack! In the might & power of the Spirit which conquers all. For all that is, comes from the Spirit & the Spirit reigns over all. For God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must seek to worship Him in spirit and in truth! Become one with My Spirit and My truth everyday! You must touch base & ground with My Spirit & in truth. Go forth in spirit & in truth! You've got to advance, you cannot lay back & let the Enemy gain any more territory! Now is the time to hit him back, to strike back, to counterattack & force him to withdraw! First of all you've got to force him to retreat completely from your own life, and then the light can take over in your life to such an extent that it will drive away those who would cling to you falsely, for they won't be able to stand it. Either they'll yield to it & will meld with it & seek to become one with it & absorb it also, or they will resist it & clash with you. I want you to become a rock in their midst. - A rock of refuge for those who seek to worship in spirit and in truth, and a rock of offense to those who will resist it & have ulterior motives. Only the spirit is eternal, the flesh is destined to decay. You & I must become one, and you can only become one with Me by letting Me implant My seeds in you. My Words are My flesh & My blood, without which you have no part in Me. You have to consume Me to become a part of Me. Eat My flesh, drink My blood, for I am the very Word of God, by which the worlds were created, that ye may become part of My eternal power & glory! Consume Me, drink Me, eat Me, absorb Me, receive Me! My Words didn't make sense to those who were blind & deaf to the spirit... Therefore, be not like them, but let your eyes & ears be opened & be ye healed of your blindness & deafness to the things of the spirit! Be healed & be free! Whom the Son hath made free, the same shall be free indeed! I have made you free from your sins, but it always takes a little while until people grasp the point & absorb Me to the point where they shall be free indeed from the bounds of the flesh. "Come, taste & see that I am good!" "I am the bread of life.

Whoever will eat of this bread will never be hungry again!" In order for your spirit to grow, you've got to take the consumption of Me & My Word as seriously as you take the nourishment of your bodies! But too many are putting the physical above the spiritual! You think reading My Word is nice, but you don't consider it as important as feeding your body. Your spirits start to yearn & groan & become sick when you don't feed on My Word. All creation groaneth to be delivered. They're all starving & waiting to be finally fed the true bread. So many having been fed the counterfeit of the Enemy, his false truths, his lies, leading their souls & spirits to corruption. Yet, so many of My children do not even see this. They try to concoct for themselves their own personal mixture of truths & half-truths between what My prophets say and those doctrines of the World that appease them the most, similar to the way the children of Egypt would occasionally worship the gods & idols of the heathen around them, whenever it seemed to them like I was too busy to care for them. In reality, they were too busy caring for themselves to even care about Me. And that has been the crux of the matter all throughout history. Man is usually too busy caring for himself to even care about Me, and thus he thinks I'm not communicating with him, because I must not be interested in him or that I don't care about him. But he won't care enough about Me, he doesn't seek Me, that's the problem. Nobody's interested in their Creator, nor in finding out what He's got to say, they're all too enwrapped & busy with creation, trying to keep it functioning. They need to get back to their Maker & refer to the Manual or call the service hotline, but it won't even occur to them. So, they all keep trying to fix the damage themselves, just like Joe in the story, who was working in the airplane factory & didn't call the Boss when something went wrong & wrecked the machine... That's a typical picture & illustration of mankind... You don't just eat every once in a while. Likewise, you shouldn't just hear from Me every once in a while, & be assured, there's no end to this heavenly bread! You will also find that hearing from Me personally will enhance your reception of the Word I have given through My prophets & king & queen. It will become even more clear, more to the point, more applicable & appropriate to your personal, immediate situation. Even the old Words of David come to life & make more sense to you than ever before, or you discover new secrets about old Bible verses you may have read hundreds of times. So, keep consuming Me, keep eating Me, drinking Me in & becoming filled with Me. It is My great pleasure, and it will only do you good! "The entrance of My Word giveth light", and life and love, and strength, and faith and all that you need in order to go through the battles of this life successfully, so, don't neglect it, but give it first place, okay? ILY & I love to fill you up, My gorgeous Bride! 429 ____________________________________________________ If people would only let My Word be the discerner of the thoughts & intents of their hearts... (Heb.4:12) But then, they don't really believe My Word in the first place, where it says, (Jer.17:9): "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" There comes a point when the only love that seems to be successful and able to do the subject justice in getting rid of the sin, is the love manifested in chastisement. There are many who don't really let the light of My Word shine deep down into the dark corners of their hearts. So few desire truth in the inward parts. What they don't realize is that one of the greatest services of love I can give them is to open their eyes to look at their sinful state openly & honestly & truthfully, because it's one of the purposes in life to recognize how far you are from the state you're supposed to be, the heavenly or perfect state. Only in recognizing how far away you are from it, can you realize the dire need you have of Me to change you, to renew you, to save you. The renewal & regeneration of the Holy Ghost... I am the love of your life. 430 ____________________________________________________ (1.Thess.2:10,11) Sometimes it's pretty hard to "receive the

love of the truth," like the scene in the "Matrix" where Neo finds out what the Matrix is: it makes you almost sick, it's so overwhelming, when you finally come to grips with how bad, how wicked, how far astray & distant this present world is from Me, from the way things are supposed to be & from the way I have ordained them to be... to which extent the World is in the hands of the Devil & has got an iron grip on every man, woman & child, using them as slaves & batteries for his kingdom of darkness & to his own ends. Even those I have freed from his slavery still have to fight against him & his influences, his enticements & deceptions & former illusions of the Matrix. If you've been freed from the Matrix, "unplugged", saved, your life is a constant war against the agents of the Devil, & often you don't feel like fighting at all, & you feel like, "Plug me back in! I don't want to fight! Give me some kind of lie or half-truth, so that I can live in peace again, so that I don't have to fight this ugly war anymore!" That's why some of the most deluded people in the World are Christians, people who have been saved from their sins, but who don't really care to find out exactly what that means. They think, "Oh, sure, it's easy: just basically try to be a 'good person', don't do anything bad..." It's sort of like the way I tested the rich young ruler, who asked Me what he should do to go to heaven, & I told him the basic commandments, "Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal," etc., and of course, he proudly stated that he had kept all those. So now came the real clinch: "Well, there is one more thing you can do, if you really want your treasure to be in Heaven, not on Earth: go, sell all that you have & give it to the poor & come, follow Me!" But that was a bit too much too ask. He didn't really want the truth all that badly, not at such a great price! The crux is that these people always have other gods before Me. Wealth & Mammon, the god of romance & his tricks to make a god out of the person you love. And just like with the rich young ruler, it is often a test to prove how much you really love the truth, & what price you're willing to pay for it. I have already stated the price: "All that thou hast!" Whether it's money or wealth, your fleshly family, your comfort, or the person you love most in the World... (Mt.10:37,38) Those verses are part of My truth that is hard to swallow & hard to take. The kind of truth that makes people go, "Plug me back in! That's more than I can take". And the part about losing your life in order to find it & denying oneself is just as hard. It's the exact opposite of what the World preaches. It also means going against that what you want, and that's the real crux of the matter with some. As long as I allow them to keep their little idol, it's okay to be a Christian. And as long as they hold on to it, the Devil won't even attack them too much, because he knows, they're still partly his. "Huddersfield belongs to You AND me", he can say about them, and he knows they won't be nearly as effective as if they would really forsake all. One thing about the truth is, you can't help anyone to receive it; it's their own decision. It's going to be tough to swallow, like the red pill for Neo. Morpheus said, "Remember, all I have to offer you is the truth!" And the truth hurt beyond measure. But never was a statement made in a film that depicted so clearly what I want My prophets to do: just offer the truth. Those who seek it & want it & love it, will receive it, including all it's ugliness. They'll just be happy to be freed from the lie, even if the life they'll be living for the truth will be one of hardship, of sacrifice & of foregoing many pleasures the easy, selfish life of the Matrix had to offer, and even if it means constant war. 431 ____________________________________________________ Decision-making time: all parties involved pray about the options & find out what they personally want, or even better, what I would want them personally to do... Usually people take whatever options sound best to them, as in the case with Abraham & Lot. Lot chose the valley, & consequently got himself into trouble in Sodom. I'm challenging you to stretch your spiritual muscles & limbs into new, more exciting areas & changes, higher plains. Everybody involved needs to stretch their muscles of faith & trust in some area. The thing to do is to focus on Me & keep your

focus on what's up ahead, not the easier, more comfortable option, IF you want to follow in the footsteps of Abraham, the father of faith, & be part of his heritage, a bearer of the crown of those who choose My highest will & option. "The root of all bad attitudes & mindsets is compromise." Compromise is settling for the Devil's option & alternative to My highest will for you. Compromise is giving in to your own selfish desires, feelings & comfort, instead of striving at any cost for what I want. Compromise is letting the Devil trick you into some kind of half-way & in-between thing to settle with, instead of fully saying "yes" to Me & following through on that commitment. Compromise is that which is standing between Me & you & what would keep you from total & utter commitment & yieldedness to Me. Compromise is a monkey wrench designed to disable My new weapon of full possession. Compromise is the breeding ground for lukewarmness. Compromise is the opposite of fire, devotion, determination & dedication. Compromise is the Devil's contraception to stop you from bearing fruit for Me. Be on guard against compromise! Don't let the Devil bargain you into settling for anything less than My best! Take the mountain! Like Abraham, like Joshua, like Caleb. And let the rest of the weaklings, half-hearts & compromisers settle for the valley & the low-lands. I know your flesh rebels against it, your mind is racing in order to find a way out of this. But this is what taking up your cross & denying yourself means! That's doing what I want , not what you want. That's "Nevertheless, not my will, but Yours be done"! "The most uncomfortable place for a Christian is a comfortable place!" Shake off the chains of lethargy & laziness! 432 ____________________________________________________ There is such a thing as taking yourself too seriously. While you may feel like I'm asking you to be crucified right now, when I'm indicating that My highest will for you is the hard road that you don't want, I still also want you to enjoy life, & trust Me. Sometimes I can only send you My help or do the miracle after you have already taken the first step of faith, which is usually the switch that does the miracle of turning on the light. All you have to do is reach out the hand of faith & flip the switch. Your obedience in doing whatever I tell you to do, then brings about My blessing & the help & the inspiration you needed. The trick is not just doing what you feel inspired to do, but doing something so that you will get inspired! I sometimes work in mysterious ways to test your faith & keep you humble. I use all of you to compliment & help each other, filling the needs, keeping you all humble & dependent on each other & learning how to operate in unity! I use everyone's talents & gifts to help each of you. Like this, nobody runs the whole show alone & nobody feels left out, either. The right way to take a responsibility seriously is to take the matter to Me, commit it into My hand & trust Me for it. I won't leave the load on your poor little shoulders! You're all in My hands, your life, your Home, your affairs & your future, and I, ultimately, carry the responsibility, so, relax, take it easy & enjoy! I'll take care of you! 433 ____________________________________________________ (Spirit Helper:) "We have not an High priest which cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all things tempted, like as we are." He can relate to the feelings of your infirmities. He's been there. He has also been through it, not getting ahold of the Father's voice sometimes & feeling like "Father, Father, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" He's trying to show you that with all your struggling in the flesh, you still won't get as much accomplished as He can achieve through a tiny baby. A baby is able to do nothing but trust in God, trust that his mother will feed him & take care of him. And the Lord would be pleased by you having that same trust in Him. A baby is such a picture of perfect trust. That's why He said, "You gotta be a baby to go to heaven." You gotta be a baby to get a taste of that heavenly peace & trust & faith. Just trust like a baby! God will take care of you, of all the details, so, stop

worrying! You're not really letting go & letting Him. You're still worrying about things that might still go wrong somewhere.... Or you're wondering, "What else can I do? There must be something else I can do to make the most out of the renewal... what is it?" But if you'd just relax & enjoy life & just let go & let God have His wonderful way, you might be able to hear His voice a lot more clearly, because He is pleased by trust. His strength flourishes in weakness, but it's got to be trusting weakness, in order to come about fully. "In quietness &confidence shall be your strength". Don't forget about the confidence, the quiet trust, the assurance that God is in control, He can handle things, anything you give Him! He's not going to let you fall. He has taken care of you all these years, & He will continue to do so. Don't worry so much that you might fail Him. Just let go of those worries & trust in Him! It's easier than you think! You're doing better than you think! So you think you're a lousy fighter, & you're having a hard time with this option that seems to be His highest will for you. You're feeling like Abraham, going up the mountain to sacrifice Isaac. But in reality, He hasn't asked anything as grave of you, and even if so, just trust Him, that as you obey Him, He will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to escape. Just trust & don't seek to be rescued prematurely! God didn't tell Abraham at the foot of that mountain, "No, it's okay now, I can already see that you trust Me, you can turn around now & go home." No, he had to let him go through the whole rigmarole of dragging him up there, building an altar & gathering the fire wood, pulling out his knife & prove that he was really going to go through with it, then He said "stop!" & provided a ram instead! There's no fooling around with God. He might ask anything crazy of you, & then you'd better have the faith to trust Him for it & go through with it all the way until He says "stop", or you're not going to receive the blessing & the approval, "Now I know for certain that you love Me!" Just have faith, even as you climb up your personal Mount Moriah, knowing that the Lord loves you & feels with you & He's with you every step of the way. He knows how it feels, & it hurts Him, too, having to test you like that, but He knows also that it's expedient for you, in order to bring about the results that He desires: the amount of faith & yieldedness & dedication & obedience that you need in order to really bring forth much fruit for Him, which will also make you happier for Him in His service. "Don't carry the World upon your shoulders!" Just shrug your shoulders & say, "I don't know. But He does. I can't do it, but He can. I'm a failure, but He's the greatest of all winners & conquerors, & He is mine & I am His. I am weak, but He is strong. I may be nothing, but He is everything & all that matters!" Because you His children - are all that matters to Him, you know? You don't want to fail the World, you want to fulfill your mission to the World, you want to make sure you're being heard & seen by the World, that you're faithful in conveying your message. But God has to plan & prepare His "explosions" thoroughly, sometimes. When Abraham was around, he and his clan were practically all God had to work with. And he spent a lot of time, just training & teaching him, so that he could pass on a legacy and a heritage of unprecedented faith. Faith enough to build a whole new nation on. One little promise of God, that God waited so long to fulfill until it seemed so impossible that it required a miracle. When you come to the end of yourself & think you're no good for anything anymore, then God has a chance to show His greatness & strength through you. Even so, God is concentrating & focusing on you, His children, His Family right now. There are others, feverishly working at spreading the message of Salvation, doing CTP work & even spreading messages of warning. But there is only one Family. And God has a special plan & purpose for you, His real, central core of His true Family, because the legacy & heritage of the Family is going to be the foundation His new World is going to be built on in the Millennium. Just like Abraham's seed was going to be as the stars & the sand, so are going to be the fruit of the Family. There is going to be no end to the children of David. This

little, bedraggled band, only a handful, compared to the billions, just like Abraham & his family, are going to be the forefathers of generations & generations to come, in the spirit. 434 ____________________________________________________ "I the Lord, will be their God, & My servant David a prince among them" (Ez.34:24). You must look into the future. When Abraham was alive on Earth, not many folks knew about him, comparatively speaking. He had his encounter with the king of Egypt & with maybe a few hundred or thousand others, but none of them were aware of who he was going to be. Again, what I made him, I brought about through a tiny little baby. Something anyone can do: make love & have a baby. But it was something special I did, just like the Father did the most special thing in all history by sending down a baby... Sometimes the whole impact that tiny little baby had, that seemingly insignificant life of faith, is only revealed years, decades, or even centuries later, as is so often the case with people who are considered saints in the World: they're hardly ever considered saints during their life-time. Even so, Dad, and you, his Family, are despised right now by the majority of the World, but just a little peek into the future will reveal a glorious destiny. But you've got to trust Me that I'm going to bring all that about. It's not how much you do or you try to do, it's how much you believe. It's not how much you accomplish or you think you must, it's in how much you will trust! 435 ____________________________________________________ I'm trying to get you to seek first My Kingdom instead of being too preoccupied with the supply of your needs. I simply want you to put your trust in Me & know that all these things shall be added unto you, as I have promised, if you put Me & My Kingdom first. I would like you to love Me first. That's the top commandment. And as long as I still see & feel that there are other things more important to you, I'll have to keep working on that. Rejoice that I'm having you grow & don't keep you always revolving around the same point. 436 ____________________________________________________ Find in Me true abundance when you're lacking, and the ability to rise above your circumstances. I don't want you to be swayed by them, nor have them dictate your moods or actions, I want you to learn to have Me dictate your circumstances by your trust & by your prayers. You shouldn't only stop worrying, but you should rejoice & praise Me at every turn & encounter with a new challenge, a vacuum for Me to fill, a chance for Me to prove to you My power of supply, My capability, My endless, unlimited, miracle-working power, My benevolence toward you & My strength on your behalf. Be bulwarks of hope for those around you. Even those who may not believe right now, in time of need will remember that you had faith that exceeded the range of their hopelessness, the range of the physical circumstances, faith that believes that all things will be well because I'm in control. I want you to draw on My power, to really suck & gain strength from Me. My energy & never-ending power is there for you. You've got the vacuum, & I've got the wherewith to fill it. Just use the power! It is there! Come, & draw strength from Me, as from a well that never runs dry. Have I not promised that he who would drink of the water I give, it would become a well of living water in them that would cause them to never be thirsty again? Why do you still hunger & thirst, why do you still lack, when I could fill all your needs more than abundantly? Just come & get it! If you would only spend the time with Me to get it... You think you need to spend time in order to fill your other needs, & you spend time on doing this & doing that, but if you would spend the time directly with Me, I would take care of so many things. The underused weapon of prayer! Avail yourself of it. Don't neglect it! I could do & take care of so many things already before you can even start worrying about them, if you let Me! 437 ____________________________________________________

All of you must learn not to make physical circumstances your masters, nor to let them push you around. The days of letting physical circumstances push you around is going to be over soon. Soon I'm going to show the World Who's the Boss, not only in the invisible, spiritual realm, but also in the physical. As I have shown you, the one came forth out of the other, and the servant is not above the Master. When it comes down to it, the physical realm only will serve My purpose after all, so, recognize it as a means to an end, as something to serve you & My cause, & not as your master. It's time to seek first My Kingdom & righteousness & to truly trust that in so doing you'll find that I will fulfill My promises to you & supply all your needs. It's time to truly start trusting Me & to start having the kind of faith without which it is going to be impossible to please Me, and not only that, but it's even going to be impossible to survive without it, because faith, not money, is the currency of the future! In a way, faith is all that determines the value of anything, anyway, including money, so, it's all a matter of what you put your faith in: Me, the Creator & Giver & Provider of all things, or paper. 438 ____________________________________________________ "Not as the World giveth give I unto you... My peace give I unto you..." My peace is quite different from the World's idea of peace, the selfish peace of "leave me in peace" and "Peace and safety!"... My peace comes from accepting the often hard to take truth that I give them, letting it enter & change their hearts & lives & change the things that need to be changed in order to really find inner peace. It's the peace of knowing that even though the whole World is at war with Me, and thus the whole World will be at war with you, if you're on My side, you're still going to be better off, because My peace, the peace that I give, is better than the sickening false peace that comes from compromise & refusing to be the enemy of the World, by saying "uncle" to the Devil, because you've just got the faith & the experience & the guts to believe, and the wits to know that I'm a better friend to you than any brainwashed-bythe-Devil Systemite will or could ever be. 439 ____________________________________________________ You're coming close to the goal of every human being: true happiness & fulfillment. Most folks bet on the wrong horses to find it, but you're riding Me, & it's the most thrilling ride of all. Your peace & happiness speak louder than any words. Your calm & silent loving conviction & attitude of faith, a sample of living what you preach, that's what will win the hearts of those who are willing to give Me a chance. Forget yourself & claim the keys of abandon & lose yourself in Me, My love! Trust in Me utterly & just plunge into Me, delve into Me & get lost in Me, never wanting to find any of your old self again! I will make you a new creature! You won't recognize the old! I may ask you to do things at times that don't make sense to you, or I may even ask you to start going a certain direction & then ask you to turn around again, but if you just trust Me more than your carnal reasoning, you will always pass the test & see that it will all wind up making perfect sense in the end. I love it when My children despise the voices of their own carnal reasoning, the voices of their own minds, the voices of the reasonable ones in the World who say that things are obviously so & so, not the way I say. I love it when you give Me a chance to defy them & prove to them that in all their smartness, it'll avail to nothing if they make their bill without the Keeper of the Inn, the One in charge, Whom they're trying to lock out of His own creation. What do you think will happen in the long run if you refuse to pay your rent & ruin the house you live in and lock the door & refuse to let the landlord in? Sooner or later he'll call the police & break down the door to take back what's rightfully his & kick you out, put you in front of the door, or even in jail. They may be thoroughly deceived that I may not have any rightful claims to My property, but they'll find out in the long run. I have enough proofs & witnesses that I'm in charge of this joint, even though the Devil may say, "But you've handed it over to me! I won it in the gamble!" But the game isn't even over yet, & though

he may think he's winning - or rather refuse to believe that he's losing - all things will come back to Me in the end. Of course, everybody hates the landlord's representatives, the folks he leaves in charge over his building. So, your job isn't an easy one. If you have any weaknesses, they'll criticize you for them, if you have any strengths, they'll try to make them look like weaknesses. The Devil is a cunning master of propaganda & twisting things around with his lies. He'll convince the masses that black is white & white is black, before long, so, stay snuggled up to Me in My camp, instead of listening to their distortions of the truth. It's especially difficult not to be influenced by those other voices when they come out of your own ranks & from among your own midst, from among My own children. But this just intensifies the test & brings it home to you, showing you that it is real. The Devil isn't pussyfooting around, & he'll use anyone who'll let him & who'll swallow his baloney. They feel invincible, like for sure they're going to win the race in their own strength, but prepare for the greatest lesson in all of history, the final outcome of the battle royal between flesh & spirit: all eyes will see in the end who will have been stronger, those seemingly invincible hunks of the flesh or those apparent weaklings. Blessed are the weak, for they give Me a chance to show My strength, & I will be their reward. Cursed is the man who trusteth in the flesh & maketh flesh his arm (Jer.17:5). I hail you weak ones, you, who without Me cannot do nothing & are fully aware of this. I encourage you now, stay on this path, for it is Mine. 440 ____________________________________________________ Be free with Me & My Family & learn to freely give. There is freedom in giving. Despise the riches & wealth of this World by giving them away! Prove to Satan that you're absolutely not impressed by his fake & counterfeit version of blessings & riches, by giving away what you can & sharing all things, not treasuring anything but the riches of My Spirit! Be freed from their chains & come forth & be different! Give, give, give & give again, give until you're free & until you've shown to the whole World by your giving how foolish they have been in their hoarding! Giving is the key to freedom! Give wherever & whatever you can! Give until you're totally free! 441 ____________________________________________________ If you do things right the Devil will fight you, & he'll fight you the hardest in the beginning stages, so that he can convince you to quit before you can even get started... In all your ways & in whatever you do, keep your focus on Me, keep trusting in Me & look not to man. Loving people takes time & effort... It's like with babies: it's not very efficient work, one would think, to pace up & down with a baby in order to get her to sleep, & changing diapers. But you've got to clean them anyway. That's part of a shepherd's job, part of a parent's job: it just takes time, time you need to spend with them in working out their NWOs, helping them get the victory over their battles. I'm your Toilet, flushing your mind & heart with the water of My Word. So, take My yoke upon you & learn of Me, how to be meek & lowly in heart, not impatient. I'm not giving up hope. I know that in the long run, you will make it. Just because someone is battling and even battling for a long time, it doesn't mean there's no hope for them. It just means they're alive, the Devil is on their case because they mean great danger to him. Everything that's worth something costs something. You have to learn to see things the way I see. I see differently! Where I see great pain, a greater fight, I also see a greater victory, greater sacrifice, greater love, and consequently, a greater reward. For some people, the difference between the battle & the reward isn't always that big. "Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down... C'est la vie." But those who've got to fight for dear life in order to make it through another day, they truly rejoice & praise Me when I give them the long awaited victory. Remember? "The real believers get excited & praise the Lord!"

442 ____________________________________________________ Sometimes "bad" things aren't all that bad after all, especially not from My point of view, & when weighed against all the lessons learned & wisdom gained out of them, which drive people closer into My arms & put their outlook more into a realistic perspective: that it's actually quite naive to think that everything's always going to go honky dory, that nothing's ever going to happen, even if you don't pray or tune in to Me or run around outside of the shelter of My protection. Let each man & woman choose whom they're going to serve. If it be mammon, then let them serve him, but let them also be fully aware of the consequences, the price they'll have to pay: the price of slavery, the price of absence of true happiness which only comes by seeking spiritual fulfillment, (for man is a spirit & can only be fully satisfied by spirit), the price of the absence of My blessings & protection & of the peace that obedience to Me brings. If they seek the comfort that's found in things that are bought & sold, let them bathe in that cold comfort. But don't be surprised if your hearts turn cold & lifeless, frozen by the spell of the white witch, spoiling her victims with Turkish delight but turning them into stone, only for them to wind up waiting for the breath of My resurrection, which I will bring upon My return...

think it's the best. Everybody wants a life-boat when the ship is already sinking. But who wants to come away from the superficial partying while the ship is still cruising? Who wants to believe those who say that the ship is going down while everybody's still having so much fun? I want people to serve Me because they love Me & choose to serve Me above the other, more shiny options, not only out of the fear of My impending judgments.

446 ____________________________________________________ I will show you the solutions. That's why it's especially important for you to cling to Me every step of the way & make sure you get a hold of Me. Sometimes the solution consists in separating two factors so that we can get a closer look at them individually. Progress & growth comes by parting cells. In order to bring forth growth, the cell needs to divide & multiply. "Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground & die, it abideth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." So it is also with cells. The disintegration of things, the spreading of things, the partition of things, especially of living things, is one of the great secrets of life & of the universe. First 2 cells get together: the sperm & the egg. They unite as one & form a new entity. Then that has to part many times & develop into a new baby. 443 ____________________________________________________ For the baby to grow, you're going to have to do some splitting. I'm willing to give you anything & do anything for you. Otherwise the baby will die. No new life that could have been. No I like to fulfill the desire of your heart, but it also becomes a test joy brought to all those it would have touched. Just the sadness for you, & for Me to see whether you will still function & stay that death & stagnation brings. victorious even if I take the desire of your heart away from you I'm explaining to you one of the principles of life, and if you want again, either temporarily or permanently. to "keep your love alive", then you can't disobey that great rule Sometimes you've got to let go of something wonderful in order of all living things, either. You can't just say, "Oh, I'm an to find something even more wonderful, & even though that exception to that rule. I know, God has His laws & all that, but requires faith to believe in things you cannot see, that's exactly He'll understand that my situation is special... And He can work the kind of faith I require of you & all My children & brides who around my special case a little bit & adapt the rules & laws which want to serve Me well. usually make the universe function." But what you've got to learn, My loves, is that it is not I that have 444 ____________________________________________________ to adapt to you, but You will have to adapt to Me & bend to My Anger manifested in criticism of other people's mistakes is a rules. You have to realize Who's the Boss, Who's the Shepherd & pretty bad habit! You cut many wounds by this type of behavior. Who's the Teacher here. Just because I humbly washed My It's a form of pride & self-righteousness, where you become so disciples' feet doesn't mean I let them get away with everything. upset about people's mistakes & lack of perfection that you start It doesn't mean that I let them stomp all over Me & let them do getting angry about it. It's a lack of love & a very ugly form of whatever they pleased. The World is full of spoiled children... pride; anger born of pride. It's a perfect playground for the And I have been leaning toward spoiling My children a little bit Selvegion. over the last decade or two, but this is only because I wanted Usually just a little prayer could have prevented the thing you got you all to be sure of My love for you. For many would doubt My upset about. But prayer goes against your proud, wanting-to-be- love otherwise, when they will see the atrocities of the Endtime self-sufficient nature of "I can do it myself." It's the epitome of happening, & like so many times before, they would ask, "How the stubbornness of the flesh, "I'll do it my way" & the end of it could a God of Love allow all this to happen?" But you know now are often the ways of death. that I love you like no one will ever love you, and you also know Blessed are the meek, blessed are the poor in spirit, because that it is expedient for these things to happen. they usually don't fall prey to this kind of pride. Especially the Even so it is expedient now for you to go away, even as it was intellectual kind of pride... "How can they be so dumb?" Looking expedient for My disciples that I left them, in order to send them down on others is disobedience, for I have told you to esteem the Comforter. Even as it was expedient for My David to go away each other higher than yourselves, to be each other's servants, in order for My Words through him to do the things that his flesh preferring one another. could have never accomplished. Claim the keys of humility & surrender. Yield yourself utterly to My Spirit was able to work through My disciples that which they Me & into My hand! Ask Me to keep you meek & humble never would have accomplished through My fleshly presence. throughout the day, esteeming your fellow-servants higher than The death of the flesh - My flesh - brought the life of the Spirit. yourself. Seek meekness! The smaller unit has to die in order to give way to a greater new 445 ____________________________________________________ unit... That's the secret & principle on which all living things are Blessed are the weak. It's the day & age of the weak. The founded. Cell partition. weak & the meek, not the strong & mighty, will inherit the Earth. There is greater strength in the spirit than in the flesh. After all, 447 ____________________________________________________ the spirit is eternal, not the flesh. The choice is, "Do you feed Those who hear My Words & don't do them deceive your body and starve your soul"? Especially young people have themselves & they build their house on the shifting sands of to make that choice & answer this question. disobedience. Is their body, their mere physical existence & its pleasures really I'm teaching you to see properly..., and you're just learning to that important to them that they're willing to completely neglect see. Many times you didn't really want to see. their souls & spirits for it? Are they so duped, so fascinated by Your sin was doubt. You doubted My love for you, and that doubt all the pleasures the Devil has to offer, just like Pinocchio on brought failure. Faith is a force that brings success, and a lack of "Pleasure Island", that they don't realize that Satan is making a it brings failure. spiritual jack-ass out of them? You're wondering why I'm not using you more. I want people who choose My way voluntarily, and because they It's no good as long as you seek your own glory. It only starts to

become good when you start giving all the credit to Me, otherwise it's just all so much pride & a works trip. As soon as you start feeling capable of anything, you let your flesh do it. You rush at it. No waiting for Me, no bathing the matter in prayer, no, you try it first in the flesh, & if it doesn't work, "Well, we can still pray then". But that's not putting Me first. That's trying out everything else first, & if it doesn't work, well, then I'll be your last resort. So far I have usually been your last resort. You haven't really been following Me, but you've just been dragging Me along behind you in your life to consult when things wouldn't turn out so good. Then I would tell you a direction, make a suggestion & you'd say, "Yeah, great, Lord! Thank You very much! I'll try that!" But then, as soon as another idea popped into your head, of course, you had to try that first & forgot about what I said. I'm trying to recruit you over & over for a job & a task you don't really seem to want to do. You may say you want to, because it all makes so much sense, & you know that the reward for it is a happiness you'll get no other way in this life, but you're just not willing to pay the price for it! In My unconditional & endless love, I want to give you another chance, over & over again to score more points for your general outcome in the love game. You're like one of those who are not very good at a certain game, but the Father just believes in the kid, although he falls & makes a mess of things all over... to Him, he's the champion. If you only knew how much I love you, if you had only a glimpse of a fraction of My love for you! You may think you know better than Me... "Yeah, my Dad thinks I'm going to be a good player, hmmmph!" But let Me tell you that even if you never become a better player than you are right now - and I'm saying this in spite of the fact that I want you to make progress - what matters most to Me is that you keep playing at all & don't quit. If you keep following Me the best you know how, instead of wanting to get Me to follow your plan, if somewhere along the line you're going to start refusing taking another of the Devil's sidetracks & temptations to lure you from My way & you really get into the habit of asking Me first thing each day, "Now, Lord, what do You really want me to do? To Hell with what I want! What do You want?"... as long as there's even a slight chance that that might happen, there's hope, & that means you're a live one, otherwise the Devil wouldn't be tempting you anymore, because he would already have you bagged. Putting Me first each day means, not allowing any idea of yours to distract you from praying & getting ahold of Me with all your might & finding out what I really want you to do. Often you just take it for granted that if an idea pops into your head, "Of course, it must be from the Lord, otherwise He wouldn't have given it!" But in reality, it could have just been the Devil's distraction to keep you from praying. And often the fact that you don't even ask Me for a confirmation proves that it is so. That's why being alone sometimes, & not being able to do anything else is just the very best thing that can happen to you. Just being stuck here in a room with Me... My perfect set-up for you & Me! Be aware of that willfulness, that restlessness, that won't let you find rest & strength in Me. It takes faith to be doing nothing but waiting on Me. You feel convicted about doing something. But you shouldn't be doing anything without Me! We've had this lesson so many times... But I'm not giving up! I'm a very patient teacher, especially with those who want to learn, even if they sometimes tend to think they're smarter than the Teacher Himself. I see the heart, & as long as there is a desire to want to see your failings & want to do better, what else can I do but teach you, even over & over again, until you get the point? Just make sure that you try to apply the same patience, love & mercy with others & don't be like the man whose debt was forgiven but would not forgive others for theirs. Bestow mercy even as mercy has been bestowed upon you. Love as you have been loved. That's all I'm asking, really. 448 ____________________________________________________

Don't expect more of others than you would of yourself. You know others have done it to you, and you have done it to others, so, keep that in mind, it's a good & important lesson! It's a typical human weakness to overrate yourself & to see your own state through rose-colored glasses, while very easily seeing the faults of others. If you see a fault in somebody else, the first thing you should to is ask Me, "Lord, am I like that, too? Do I have that same weakness also?" Because, if I let nothing happen to you without a reason, chances are that I want to show you something, and one way to reveal to you ugly qualities about yourself that you're not aware of is by bringing them into your face by others. 449 ____________________________________________________ If you expect more out of life than you're willing to put in, always look around for flaws & things to criticize, if you're not seeking to stay on a positive channel nor making an effort to stay cheerful, by looking at the doughnut instead of the hole, then not even I can help you. In this case the rule applies, "God helps those who help themselves," because I want you to make at least the effort to try to see Me in things, to see My goodness in the things I brought into your life, & to praise Me for them, even though you were maybe expecting or hoping for something else. I can only reward you according to what you invest, like Sophie the washerwoman. Your happiness in this life depends on your obedience, your attitude & gratitude toward Me. As long as you keep thinking, "God, I would have done better than that if I were You", that's not really an attitude of trust & gratefulness that engenders My joy. My joy comes from truly accepting that I love you, care for you and I'm giving you what's best for you, not doubting all of these. Happiness & joy comes in the yieldedness of truly trusting Me that I know better than you, that your life is in the best hands of the universe, & there's nothing to complain about. That the rough times you're going through are exactly what you need in order to make you what you're supposed to become. It's in trusting that you're getting just what you need & deserve, and realizing that if you want something better, murmuring & complaining won't help at all to get it. Get up & do something for it! You're going to have to show faithfulness in the little things before I can trust you with bigger things. That's just the way it works. Maybe you just want & demand a little bit more from life than you deserve right now. While there may be a lot of handing out of unjust rewards in the World, bestowing the greatest riches on the least deserving, when it comes to My Kingdom & My children, I can and will only bless you according to your works. As long as you faithfully obey Me, I bless you accordingly. Happiness doesn't come by waiting for it. You're going to have to do something, and not for yourself, but for others, trying to make them happy. If you could focus on others enough & be concerned enough about them, about their Salvation, their finding Me, if that would be your primary purpose, incentive & prerogative in your life right now, then you would also find happiness. You may be waiting for happiness, but happiness is waiting for you to come out & get her. Happiness is a hungry, waiting soul, waiting to be made happy by your obedience to Me in getting out there & finding her. In order to not fall into a state of spiritual obesity, you need that focus on the outside, the look out for new souls to conquer. 450 ____________________________________________________ (Mt.19:29) If you want to inherit a hundred times more, you have to do some forsaking. Going forward, making headway gives you a new incentive to live, while clinging to the old makes you feel like wanting to give up, vegetate & die. "Let the dead bury their dead". If they don't get the point, what's that to you? Some people are called & made & predestined to be pioneers of the new, leavers-behind of the old, otherwise they just die. The Devil is trying hard to stop you from becoming a completely yielded vessel. Anything that leads you back to the comfortable path of compromise with the System & the old path you've been

trotting, is less likely to be from Me than from him. I want you to have change. He wants you to stagnate. I say: "Launch out into the deep & forsake all that you have & I'll give you a hundred times more!" What have you got to lose? Come, follow Me & I will make you a fisher of men! 451 ____________________________________________________ It's time for My Family to stop pretending they're just a bunch of nice people. It's time to come forth & show their true face as what they really are: My prophets of the End, heralding the downfall, the collapse & the destruction of the System. If you don't feel like you're called to this, then go back to sleep. Join the dead in burying their dead. But if you feel My call, then act on it! It's going to be tough. It's going to be rough. But you are going to love the toughness & the roughness, because you're going to feel & know beyond any shadow of a doubt at every moment, you're going to be right in the center of My will for you! Don't try to figure out in your head, how. Just say "yes", & I'll do the rest. Your willingness is all I need, and I need you to keep focusing on this goal, that vision, & not veer from it, not let the Devil distract you with any "reasonable" compromise. If you listen to the carnal mind, you're lost! You're tempted to doubt, but there will come a time when you won't be tempted anymore, when you will have abolished the mind frame of the World completely, & I will have renewed your mind completely, transformed you into a non-conformist of the extreme kind. A flint against their faces, their proud & haughty looks against Me. Yes, they shall hate you, as they have hated Me, but I will love you, you will love Me and nothing else will matter. Tell Me that this is not what you want and I will let you go your way. But if all you want is Me, then let's bust the Matrix together! You'll also have much greater help available. When you're doing exactly what you were born & created to do, you're not that concerned about ridiculous little details anymore that before would cause you to stumble. You're going to see. You're going to believe, because you're going to see. You're going to see because you believed, and then you're going to believe even greater things, and have faith for even greater things because of what you saw. That's how My magic works: you pull down a little bit of miracle power by the faith that I give you, and you're going to see things that are going to strengthen your faith to call down even greater miracles, & on & on & on it grows! Neo's power grew, the more he kept exercising it. That's exactly how the keys of faith work. That's what "miracle" means: it's a work of My hand to look at. That's why I performed so many miracles; they were the proof of My Words, that what I was saying was the truth. And My disciples believed in My Words & thus created the miracle power necessary for Me to do My first miracle. And from then on, their faith grew & grew, and the miracles became bigger & bigger until I raised Lazarus from the dead, the general rehearsal for My own resurrection. I rewarded each little stretching of their faith with a new miracle. This also gave them the faith to do miracles themselves: everything I told them actually did happen, and it also had to be true that "greater works than these" they would do. They believed My promises about the Comforter, and they waited. And She came, and made them explode into a disciple-winning chain reaction of miracles, the birth of My church! The more you believe My Words & call on the keys of miracles & draw down that miracle power from Me, the more you strengthen your faith to believe all I'm telling you. This next explosion of faith is going to result in My Endtime Revolution and ultimately in My Kingdom established on Earth, because the time is drawing near. "They can't stop our reign!" 452 ____________________________________________________ Just keep walking toward the light! Don't stop, don't look around, just look straight ahead! If the Devil tempts you with feelings of the comfort of the current situation "Oh, it's so nice where you are right now, you don't have to keep walking..." don't

listen to him! If he tempts you with his own fake imitations of the light & says, "Oh, look over here: another light! Maybe that's the one you should follow!" - Don't listen to him. He tempted Me not only with all the riches of the World, with power, etc., if I would forsake the Father's way & go his way... Going his way would have meant to become a winner in this World, but a loser in the eternal task I was ordained to fulfill. I wasn't sent to save Myself, but to save all of mankind. The basic lesson & purpose in all is to refuse to walk the path of selfishness, not to seek to save ourselves, but others; not to live for ourselves, but for others. So, if you're tempted to settle for some selfish & "secure" compromise, where do you think those voices are coming from? Isn't it the tentacles of Bacchus trying to keep you addicted to your lazy little comfortable situation, and the spirits of seduction trying to lure you back into the ways of the World? "Oh, I'm sure we'll find a less extreme compromise & a way to work things out, so that you won't have to go that uncomfortable way..." Wield your keys turned to swords & cut yourself loose from the tentacles & slimy fangs of the wicked ones! Break loose from the comfort of this World! Cut Lethargy to the heart, who's trying to shut you up & keep you from proclaiming My truth! Keep walking on! Don't stop! Don't look back! Remember Lot's wife! Lot wasn't too happy about where he was heading: he didn't even know where, & wound up in a cave, eventually, with his daughters. All he knew was that he was forsaking the pleasures & comforts of Sodom. But he kept walking. So, don't turn back & freeze into a pillar of salt like his wife did! Lifeless, static, never to be used again in the land of the living... Don't let the Enemy tempt you with anything less than My highest & best! I'm not going to forsake you. Even though you feel like you don't have the strength, I promise you My strength whenever you need it. You won't need any strength of your own, because you will have Mine. Put on My strength, made perfect in weakness! I love your weakness. Just give it to Me! If you give it to Me & let Me use it, let Me fill your weak vessel, then I can turn it into strength that you know not of. 453 ____________________________________________________ Focus not on what you're leaving behind. Focus on the new life you'll find: the changes, exciting challenges & new horizons to conquer! Life is exciting if you flow with My river of change! Always keep your antenna up & ready to receive My signals & cues as to when it is going to be the time to move. Just follow Me! Step out by faith! Don't look at the waves... Look at Me! 454 ____________________________________________________ Claim the keys of courage & courage shall be yours! Fearlessly fight the Enemy as one who is truly willing to die for his cause, for that's the kind of foe that the Enemy cannot stop. He cannot intimidate one who refuses to cower or be frightened by his bluffs. Any attempts of his to stop you, you must see through them as bluffs. Focus on Me, & hold on tight to the magic wand of the keys & the Word in your hands, which will cause you to rise above all circumstances & lift you clear out of this World. I recruit whoever is ready for higher destinations. By becoming Mine alone, wholeheartedly, I will be able to use you so much more effectively to touch & change the lives of others. 455 ____________________________________________________ I wish to give everyone multiple chances, and I want you to learn likewise, to have patience with others & learn better how to handle their flaws. Show mercy, and be generous in bestowing your love on others. Honor to whom honor is due. I always bestow greater honor to those who have proven over time to be most trustworthy. Learn to judge according to My criteria. I can use everything I give you & make you go through, if you just patiently hold on. What I give you, I will use in due time. Just

like every one of My Words will not return unto Me void, but will bring its fruit in due season, find its mate, and its fulfillment, so it is with the gifts I bestow on you & equip you with. They're all there for a purpose, and for their own special time & season, and it's better to patiently wait than to force things & push things through in the flesh, for fear that I will somehow let you miss out on your destiny & purpose. That fear is of the Enemy, because it's a lack of trust which stems from the feeling that I don't really love you I may choose to test your patience & faith, and a lot does depend on your faith If you let the Devil destroy your faith in My love for you, then it is you who allows & causes you to miss out on some of My blessings, not I. I am bound by your faith in many ways. Often people will go & try things in their own flesh, thinking, "I'm going to try to get for myself those things which God doesn't grant me..." Only to find out that that wasn't where it was at, either, & sinking ever lower into despair. But down there in the dungeon of despair, they'll often find Me again, as they're willing to give Me another chance because all else has failed. And there they often find how much I truly love them, and that My love is not dependent on your goodness or any works of yours. I just love you, that's all, and you either believe it or you don't. Faith in My love for you is a driving force that will get you further than any self-esteem or self-confidence in the flesh. Because selfconfidence will get you places without Me, and faith in My love for you, which will boost you with heavenly self-esteem, will get you place where I take you, and you'll always get further with Me than without Me in the long run. The way of the flesh always ends somewhere. But with Me, there IS no end! We'll always get further, much further, than the flesh could ever take you. So, have patience & faith in My love, and put your money - the time of your life which I have given you to spend - on the spirit, if you want to be smart & reap lasting fruit! Believe that I love you, no matter what the Devil tells you. If you had a clue how much I love you, each of your steps would be a jump for joy! 456 ____________________________________________________ "How can we have the cake & eat it, too? How can we be a little bit selfish & yet please You, Lord?" Isn't that more or less what you're asking? Well, you know that I often grant you your requests, but you also know that the result sometimes is leanness to your souls, & when your desire is to just be lazy & loaf around, the result will often be leanness in physical blessings as well. "There is he that withholdeth & tendeth to poverty..." I simply cannot bless you as much as I would like with true happiness & all you yearn for when you're withholding My Words from the people & are neglecting My commission & the job I have given all My children to do. I don't condemn you and I love you unconditionally, but I still have to remind you of the truth & of your neglected duties, anyway. The Devil has a much easier time to enter your ranks when you're being selfish & off guard. When you're doing My will, you're waging an offensive warfare, not just a defensive one. It's the Devil's reasoning, that just because something is possible or available that it's obvious that I want you to do that. Some things are just quite simply his decoys. I'm trying to help you to score points in the love game, so, I'm showing you what unselfish things you could do. Keep your eyes open for more opportunities like that. They're scattered & strewn all over, hidden blessings, sometimes well disguised, like bonus points in a computer game. I like to play with you & have fun with you, too, you know? So, whatever you do, take Me with you so I can bless your fun, & look out for opportunities to do unselfish deeds, so you can score points & collect blessings!

murmur & go through life with a "Why me?" attitude & expect more out of life than they're willing to invest. But the overcomers - and that's what I have called & chosen you to become - see with the eyes of faith. They see the good even in the bad. They don't feel sorry for themselves, but they look outward at others & their needs & are driven by compassion for them. Overcomers focus first of all on Me, then on others & their needs, & not on their own. Choose to be an overcomer today. Choosing to be an overcomer means forgetting about yourself. It's a whole different mind gear, a whole different ball game, and a different kind of company, to seek the help of those who can reveal to you what you can do for others today, instead of pondering about all the things you think you need to be happy. Just forget about yourself, and everything else will fall into place, because all you will want to do is My will. Some of the greatest miracles - & most needed ones - of this day & age are the healings of spiritual diseases, like selfishness. The more you are willing to forego the selfish pleasures of this World & the more you invest into the life to come through unselfish deeds & acts of kindness, or simply giving My message to others, the more you will be rewarded with glimpses & foretastes of the heavenly rewards already in this life: the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, meekness, temperance, goodness, faith, mercy... Against such there is no law, and the rules & laws of this physical World, that hold you down or keep you thinking about yourself, will fade away & lose their meaning. When you're bound by My law & rules of love, you're actually free of the physical laws & boundaries of the physical World. Do you believe this? Then rise above & overcome, simply by giving Me a chance to prove it & letting Me implement My laws & rules of love & unselfishness in your life! If you cling to My laws & the things that I want & seek to obey Me in everything, you will see the fulfillment of this, & you will witness My miracle working power & the blessings of true freedom in your life! Don't focus on the selfishness of others! Dont let it distract you! Just focus on Me & I will show you the need! Look beyond the manifestation or symptom of the problem & let Me show you what's behind it, and then, let's rush in to fill the need! Love is the answer! Don't withdraw when you see a problem. Do the opposite! Rush in & see what you can do, with My help! Don't turn your back! GIVE! Even when it seems contrary to what you think you should be doing! Give, nonetheless! Trust Me!

458 ____________________________________________________ "Man proposes, but God disposes." You may have your little plans, but it's wiser not to make them without Me, because if your plans don't jibe with Mine, a lot of things can happen that can change your mind & outlook on life, & make you see the importance & advantage of sticking to My ideas, after all. A lot of people can sense the impending changes in the air, & you, My prophets, of all people, can't act as if nothing would ever happen or change. I simply cannot let it happen. Judgment begins with the house of God, & if you're off track, you can be sure you'll be the first I'll set straight. As long as people who don't know My Word, My will, nor what's to come, act more maturely & wisely, more circumspectly than My own children, something's wrong, & I've got to keep My house in order, lest people say, "God, it looks like You can't even keep Your own house in order & Your own people straight..." There is such a thing as being a reproach to My cause, when the sample some of My children give to the World isn't the sample I want them to give. You are My face to the World. All I'm asking is that You consult Me & don't make your plans without Me. Don't limit Me to only a tiny ridiculous corner of your life, when I am the universe that makes your life worth living. I am the door by which you can enter into new Worlds to conquer & great adventures everyday, yet you seek to keep Me in a little box 457 ____________________________________________________ you take along on your own little routines... Sometimes I just need to hear that You need Me, & that you I want My brides of the End to show they're different by living acknowledge & appreciate the difference that My life, My love & their lives for Me, making their lives revolve around Me, & not My Spirit make in your life! I need your praises. I know your life is having other gods before Me. Please, give Me every day! I think not a piece of cake, but that's the art: being thankful even for the it's fair for Me to withhold My blessings & protection from you on difficulties & the parts that are a little rough. Anybody can the days you withhold from Me, isn't it?

It's not that I mind you having fun, I just want you to include Me & let Me in on the fun, & not all of a sudden act as if you never knew Me. Where is your loyalty to Me? See how much more fun you can have with Me! You don't have to exclude Me, as if you were trying to hide from Me with an attitude of, "Oh, God doesn't like us to have this kind of fun, anyway..." That's what the Devil would have you think. Remember, I'm NOT the great Ogre in the sky who doesn't want you to have fun! But I need you to include Me if you want Me to protect you & bless you fully. You don't have to leave Me at home or tuck Me away into your little box where no one can see Me! In fact, you can use Me as a guide to even greater fun, as a Source of new ideas, and especially, as a Source of more love to give to those around you & those you come in touch with. Otherwise, you'll pass by so many unnoticed golden opportunities in which I would have liked to use you, but you didn't even give Me a chance... Start becoming a God-pleaser by putting Me first! Happy rediscovery of Me & My ways!

But I want you to base your confidence on My love for you. I want to be a true mirror to you, one that shows you your flaws, but can also help you to overcome them, and that is not achieved by ignoring them. The veil I cast over countless sins is not a veil that hides the ugliness beneath, but a veil of healing. I can heal your ugly qualities, if you're willing to face them & accept My healing power for them. It's a choice between the ordinary - the System way, doing it like everybody else - and the extraordinary: My way. A choice between the mountain or the valley. Being a mountain man means to be willing to make a break with the System's ways of conformity. My attitude has always been, "to hell with the proper way!" Those who are willing to forget the "proper" way, the way the System says things ought to be, they are the ones who change the World & make headlines for Me, not those who choose & prefer to stay within the bounds of the "ordinary". I didn't behave the way they wanted because they didn't behave the way I or the Father wanted, in the first place. I had to show 459 ____________________________________________________ them that the Father wasn't all that fond of their neat little "Blessed are the peacemakers." "proper" way, as they thought. In fact, their "proper way" stank I am the Prince of Peace. A choice for Me & My ways is a choice to the heavens, it reeked of selfishness, hypocrisy and of the foul for peace. stench of self-righteously pretending to be what they were not. I want you to fully realize that, because sometimes you are quick They were not being obedient, and they were not on God's track, to take an antagonistic & hostile stance against those who and by rejecting Me, they finally proved it. They showed what oppose you. You're quick to pull out a sword, like Peter, when he they would do with God, if He came down to Earth: betray Him cut off Malchus' ear. But I have told you to "bless them that and have Him murdered by pagans. That's how in tune they were persecute you & pray for them which despitefully use you... with God, and how much they "loved" God. Remember that I endured much more contradiction of sinners I have put that dislike, that anger against that cage in your heart: against Me, so that you may learn patience, meekness & humility the cage of the "proper" way. The cage of the conformities to the from Me & not come across as hostile to people. Remember that I ways & attitudes of man, always rejecting the ways & attitudes of came not into this World to judge or condemn them, but that God. It's the same cage or box that every man, woman or child through Me they might be saved. needs to break out of if they truly want to be free. My truth has I want you to have a more loving, more merciful attitude. View set you free, but then the Devil comes & tries to set some things them as captives you have the power to free, if they will but "straight": "Hey, wait a minute: that you're free, doesn't mean receive your message, but first of all, you've got to be faithful in this or that or the other... You still have to keep these certain giving that message to them. rules of ours." It's always easier to be a prophet of doom than a healer & nurser My truth exposes the cage & the confines that the Devil is trying of wounds & tender of sheep. There is a time & place for the to keep you in, and it's up to you whether you want to break out warning message. But along with the warning you've also got to & be free each day or not. It's as if every morning when you wake give them the answer, a glimpse of hope, that I am the light at the up, the Devil has woven a new web around you, consisting of end of the tunnel, waiting for each of them with arms wide open, habits, selfish attitudes & chains of conformity, and you must if they will just receive Me. decide whether you're going to live with them or not. Keep on the lookout for those who might be searching. Concentrate on overcoming your besetting sins & the demons Have pity & mercy on those poor folks who often simply don't Satan uses to attack & weaken you personally. know any better & remember, "Blessed are the peacemakers." I It's going to be pretty obvious to most people involved, once I am sending you into their midst as a bringer of peace, a herald of really start playing the principal role in your life. They're going to My era of peace. know the difference. "Be ye followers of me, even as I am also of The antichrist has his own heralds, & although he portrays his Christ" means you first have to be My follower, otherwise, where era as an era of peace, too, "he shall by peace destroy many", are you going to lead them? There's nothing like life on the because his is not real or true peace, and the peace the Devil mountain! Valley life will never ever truly be "it" for you, it'll gives is only short-lived. But you can be a herald & messenger of always only be the same old "cage". Choose freedom, choose the Prince of true, genuine, everlasting peace and freedom. the mountain! Leave the System valley cage of conformity to everybody else's way behind. 460 ____________________________________________________ It's pretty hard to accept the whole ugly & awful truth about 461 ____________________________________________________ yourself & to learn to apply that truth daily, to keep on the right Bask in My sunshine! Turn your faces towards Me! I'm gonna path, & to put it into action, you've got to want that truth, even if make you glow with a radiant glow that's going to far surpass it hurts or nearly kills you, and then live it & act on it! any beauty in the physical. Some have to have a certain image that they can hold up to 462 ____________________________________________________ themselves in order to keep their self-esteem at a level where It's time for another swim in My Word. Come on, dive in, & they can stand to live with themselves. It really takes time to find out how refreshing I can be! establish a deep conscience of the fact that all these things really don't matter, but simply the fact that I love you more than you 463 ____________________________________________________ could ever know, should be all the boost necessary to give you Sometimes you take what you're used to as the standard & healthy & truth-founded self-esteem, godly self-esteem, not the norm, but the closer you get to My Spirit, the more you realize based on some kind of false & unrealistic image that pride wants that you're by far not anywhere near the top of the mountain yet, to paint of yourselves. but actually have just conquered a few hills, and the real It's a very common human quality, to need to cling to some mountain is still waiting for you. Well, what's important is that unrealistic self-image in order for people to walk through their you come out of the valley at all, and that you keep making lives with their heads held high. It's the distorted, unrealistic view progress. You don't have what it takes, but I can give it to you for of yourself through the mirror of pride. You don't see the flaws the asking. anymore, and it boosts your self-esteem & self-confidence. Claim the keys of courage & courage will be yours! All the

qualities you lack & need to climb the mountain ahead are at your disposal through the power of the keys, and will be yours for the asking! You just need to avail yourself more of the power. Use it! Receive it! Take it, it's yours! You just need the faith to stretch out your hand to receive it and the humility to realize that you can't make it without it, that you need it, and thus you will ask for it, claim it, depend on it, instead of your flesh. The flesh sits there, selfsatisfied, & pleased by its own routine. "Why, things are going just fine. I don't need any help. We've done fine so far without any extra help, and we're going to manage..." - It hardly even acknowledges the extent to which you've been dependent on Me all these years. It would like to take the glory for itself. It strives against humility and against the changes I would like to bring into your life. "Oh, let's continue on here, in our nice & comfortable rut..." But I say: don't listen to the voice of the flesh! Don't give in to the comforts of the flesh! Don't yield to the lusts of the flesh. Don't go the way of the flesh, the easy way, the low road, don't take the compromise! If you want Me to use you, you're going to have to resist the temptations of the flesh to settle for the easy & comfortable way! Being a soldier & fighter for Me is definitely not the comfortable way. Nor is the comfortable way in any way being a soldier & fighter for Me. Every soldier also needs some time of relaxation & recuperation, but I'm talking about when your whole life just seems to revolve around finding an easier way to do it, following the path of the least resistance constantly, avoiding confrontation, settling for the less challenging compromise. If that's the pattern of your life, then you can tell that your life hasn't really been guided by Me. It's just not My way to seek the easy way out, to look for the comfortable way, because that is the way that seeks to avoid the cross, the hardships & any sacrifice. Just because it's there, doesn't mean you have to use it or do it or that it's of Me. Making things more comfortable for you is not My will! To hell with the comfortable way! The comfortable way is landing an awful lot of people quite uncomfortably in hell, when you could have saved them from it! A lot of people are going through an uncomfortable hell-on-Earth type of life, while you are busy being comfortable! The most uncomfortable place for a Christian is a comfortable place. So, beware of the comfortable place! 464 ____________________________________________________ Some encounters, acquaintances & even relationships in life are tests & lessons & learning experiences. Those who will look to man will always fail sooner or later, because they will always discover flaws that will make them stumble, if they look to man. Only those who look to Me will make it. Only those who can see My hand in it all, even in spite of the failings of those who perhaps should know better, will make it. It doesn't only depend on how good or bad a leader you are, but also on how good or bad a follower they are. And if they're only going to be good followers as long as everything is going honky dory, and you're bending over backwards to please them & try to play all the tunes they want to hear, then that's not really what life as a disciple is all about, and you're simply going to have to entrust them into My hands, knowing that you have done what you could. It may not have been perfect, but that's as good as you managed, and I will have to do the rest, that which you couldn't do. You should have been looking to Me all along! You have to trust Me & look to Me, the Shepherd, not the sheep! The spirit behind something is all that counts. My will for you is to feed the sheep & supply their needs, instead of being concerned with your own needs. Haven't I always supplied? Pass on that peace, that confidence to them, that I will always supply. Trust in Me, look to Me for the supply of your needs. I am the One Who's in charge of that, and Who wants to make you happy, so that you in turn can make them happy. As long as you look anywhere else as a source of your happiness or fulfillment, you

fail. You should know better than that by now! 465 ____________________________________________________ Is it going to be incentive enough for you to keep going when I tell you, "I believe in you!"? The more you seek support & encouragement or approval & praise from your fellow-humans, your brothers & sisters, the more you just find out you're barking up the wrong tree. It's difficult to be pleasing both, the people AND Me at the same time, and you're just going to have to make your choice as to what's more important to you. You're going to have to get to know Me a lot better yet, you're going to have to be more sure of Me, in order for Me to become a greater Source of inspiration to you than any people on Earth could ever be Just faithfully point them to Me, not only when they're demanding things from you that you can't give, but also when they're heaping compliments on you. Tell'em, "It's actually all the Lord, if there's anything good about me at all..." Just like you're unable to give them all the love, fulfillment & emotional support they need, you should also be humble enough to admit that you don't deserve their praises. Tell'em, "Don't praise me, praise the Lord!" Otherwise I just might have to let them discover your feet of clay. If you fall for the trap of accepting man's praise, the fall will come, eventually, & the taste of disappointment is always bitter. So, it's always best & safest to keep pointing them to Me in all things & constantly glorify Me and remind them, "It's not in me, it's not in me, it's only in Him... It's only Jesus today..." 466 ____________________________________________________ You can stand because I've said that you can do all things through Me. You say you can't, but I say you can. Now, who are you going to believe? Who are you to doubt My Words, which have brought forth the Heavens & the Earth & the entire universe & all that lives & crawls & breathes in it? If I say, "Let there be light", there IS light! If I say, "Take thy bed & walk," the lame walk & don't say, "I can't!" You may think you can't, but I'm going to prove to you otherwise! Of course, you've got to give Me a tiny bit of a chance & not be so stubborn to refuse to even consider that you can. It's not that you can't, but it's because you won't, you don't want to, that's another story. You're coming closer to Me every moment of your life, because I love you, and the closer you come to Me, the more you will see just how much I love you & what a vast amount of care I bestow upon you. What's in My interest is the best possible for you, your eternal happiness, and if I deem this lesson you're supposed to be learning the very best thing for your eternal happiness & welfare, then you can trust Me that it is so. Can you have a little faith in Me that I still know best & still do what's best for you because I love you? No one will ever be able to love you like I do. You may even hate yourself & feel like everybody else hates you, too, but I still love you, love you, love you, & there's no end to the love I have for you. (Heb.12:2) Look at Me & you shall be more than a conqueror! You don't have to be a loser! Just look at Me & keep your eyes on Me, & you'll be a winner! Just stay focused on Me, Me in you, the hope of glory! I I love you, no matter how bad you are or could ever be, because you have received Me. It will have been worth it! I'm not putting any pressure on you, I'm just trying to get you to love Me by realizing how much I love you. I love you with a burning love, which is only returned with a tiny fraction of the intensity with which it originates, but I'll be waiting faithfully & patiently for your love for Me to grow. Look at Me! I held on, I didn't quit, and if you keep looking towards Me, I'll also give you the strength to hold on! You can become more than conquerors by just holding on to Me & keeping looking unto Me, the Author and Finisher of your faith. The good work I have begun in you, I also WILL complete. There is no "loser" option with Me, if you just keep holding on & looking unto Me...

467 ____________________________________________________ Humility is what makes you brave, bold & courageous, because you know you've got nothing to lose in the first place, no reputation, no pride, and nothing else, you only stand to gain the satisfaction of doing what I've ordained you to do, regardless of what anyone might care to think about it. If I would have stopped for a minute to care about what people thought of Me, I never would have driven the money changers out of the temple, and there are many other things I wouldn't have done. I could have been embarrassed when the harlot came to wash My feet with her tears, but I couldn't have cared less about what the Scribes & Pharisees thought of Me, because I went by standards of the heart & not the clichs and superficial standards of the people. You see, the goal is to train & teach the World in God's ways, not to accept & compromise around her ways. Compromise with the World will always be a temptation until you learn to have conviction to know & stand up for what you know is God's correct standard. Remember to stay humble & honest and full of conviction & boldness to stand up for what you know is right, which is My standard, & not the way the World would look at this. You cannot allow her to stop you from doing what I've ordained you to do. You've got to learn to stand up for your rights. I want you to trust Me completely for all your needs, to depend on Me and thank Me & glorify Me, accordingly. I want you to learn gratitude... to appreciate My supply for you, instead of taking everything for granted: don't take it for granted, but ask Me for it, and thank Me for it. 468 ____________________________________________________ I use people to make people, to shape people, to influence people & change people. People are some of My favorite tools & instruments. There's nothing like people to affect or change or even make people. What they will become mostly depends on their own choices, & last not least, the influences they get from other people. People make people, in more ways than one. 469 ____________________________________________________ You've got to learn to love folks even with their mistakes. "Love the sinner & hate the sin" doesn't really mean, "Sure, I'll love the sinner. As soon as he gets rid of the sin!" Imagine if that was My attitude! No, loving the sinner means loving them in spite of their sin & patiently helping them to overcome their sin & having the faith that will eventually manage to do so by My grace! I want you to learn compassion for the sinners. I want you to weep for them, to pray desperately & wholeheartedly for them to be healed & to be touched & delivered by Me. I want you not to condemn them! I know this hasn't been your intention, but often you have done so simply by the lack of love you've shown. You withheld your love from them because of their sin, and that broadcast the message: "You don't deserve my love or affection, because of your sin!" My body was broken, and My blood was shed precisely for your healing and remission of sins, so, how can you withhold it from them when that's the very purpose I went through all the suffering & agony for? What counts is not the amount of good works you do, but the spirit in which they were done & that you're learning to operate in My Spirit & My love. When you look at people, what I want you to see is somebody I love. The way to not motivate somebody is to think of them as somebody who "doesn't look like they're going to make it" or whatever drawer you feel you've got to put them in! If you want people to stop putting you into drawers, you've got to stop that habit yourself first of all! Give people a chance! And give Me a chance to touch them, to work in them, to bring about a change. It's never too late for that change. Never ever give up on anyone prematurely. Never condemn them or judge them in your heart for not making progress fast enough! Never condemn them for their weaknesses! Overcoming

mistakes, faults & weaknesses & sins is one of the major objectives in life. Your weaknesses & sins are an important part of this school of life. If I would have sent you all perfect to this Earth, what would there be to learn? What would there be to save? What purpose would there have been for Me to come & die for? I love you completely despite all & any of your sins & flaws & short-comings. And I want you to learn to love others with that very same love of Mine for them, too. I've got a love that sees through faults as if they were glass or not even there. I just see the good, that's what love does. People are always quick to judge others for their flaws, just like they were quick to judge & crucify Me. But learn to see things differently! Learn to see through the eyes of forgiveness, and the eyes of love. "Against such, there IS no law!" Learn to be loving, forgiving & seeing through My eyes, with the eyes of hope, of faith and greater possibilities for people, instead of putting them in a box! Love people as I also love them! Love them with My liberating power of love! 470 ____________________________________________________ Love is the way! Love is what everybody needs! Love is the answer! Love is the power without which you can't do the Master's work, and to get it, you must spend time with the Master! Make sure you do all things in love, in My power! Beware of the flesh & the pressure it would like to put you under! The rush & the fretting & fuming of thinking you must do it in your own strength! It's the Enemy trying to trick you into that, so, don't fall for it, but be assured that you won't stand a chance in the flesh! It's no use! Don't even try to accomplish anything in the arm of the flesh! Don't even try anything without Me, My blessings & My Spirit! You're just bound to make a disaster out of things! Let's make sure we stay closely together! Don't let your mind rush you into any feverish activities without making sure you're doing it in My strength & power, taking the necessary time to ensure you're getting that power from Me beforehand. "He that soweth to the flesh will also reap the corruption of the flesh, but he that soweth to the spirit shall reap life eternal!" The things you do when you invest your time into the things of the spirit will result in eternal fruit, more souls, and a harvest that will never rot away, while the things you do when you invest your time in activities where you simply indulge in the flesh are temporal & won't last, but they will pass & wither away, like everything else you see in the temporal realm. Sow to the spirit! Let us accomplish things together that will last! Remember what you're here for & what your job is! Your task is a spiritual task! Flesh is flesh, & it will wither away, but I have ordained you for things that will last, so, don't let the flesh distract you from the spiritual things you're destined to do! 471 ____________________________________________________ You must make greater efforts to tap into the riches of the Spirit. Even making love is not just merely a matter of the flesh, but much more a matter of the spirit than you think. Flesh can satisfy flesh, but only spirit can satisfy your spirit, and that aching, yearning, burning void & vacuum deep in your souls! Discover the art of loving in the spirit! You must learn to see the flesh much less, and the spirit much more, in each other and in everything! Pray to find the ecstasies in store for you in the spirit! Find out how much more there is to discover in the spirit World, by making the Spirit World a greater part of your lives! It's much more real than you think! Find out how much greater ecstasy, satisfaction & fulfillment lies in loving Me and My Holy spirits more! 472 ____________________________________________________ As long as you're still concerned about what people think about you, you won't have what it takes. A prophet doesn't care about people's opinions. All he cares about is performing My will, regardless of what anybody thinks or says. It's simply human nature, and a natural reaction & mechanism of

self-defense to find flaws in someone who seems to have been favored more than others, be it in forms of talents distributed to him, or the amount of attention they're getting or the situation they're living in. Just keep your focus on Me, the One Who can bring real beauty to any situation, even in spite of what people say about you, and in spite of the fact that there may be others in better situations than you. Envy is one of the Devil's weapons to suck the joy out of life. Instead of keeping you thankful for what you've got, it keeps you staring at the hole in the doughnut: "But there's something missing!" Envy spoils it all, no matter how blessed you are, for it will never allow you to see your blessing but only what you're missing out on. 473 ____________________________________________________ Learning to aim straight & even to discern & recognize your true enemy takes time & skill & experience, with all the tactics of deceit & camouflage he applies. It takes time to learn the skills of spiritual warfare. 474 ____________________________________________________ Thankfulness is happiness, and if you're not thankful, you're not happy! If you don't make a conscious effort to count your blessings & to focus on the things you could & should be thankful for, the Devil is always quick to point your attention towards things & flaws in the overall picture you can start murmuring in your heart about & go, "Yes, I know I should be thankful, BUT!... Look at this, & look at that flaw..." Or, "Yes, I would be happy, IF.... But..." Whereas faith, and seeing with the eyes of faith means, seeing Me in everything, in other words, seeing the good in everything, like Pollyanna's "Glad Game!" If life hands you a lemon, make some lemonade out of it! "All through life, my brother, if you'd be a happy soul: keep your eyes upon the doughnut, & not upon the hole." You could even focus on the fact that Dad quoted that little poem wrong, but who cares? Look at the blessing & at the truth in it! It's easy to find fault! It's easy to see the mistakes in others & where they screwed up & how difficult they're making your life, and "if you look for the bad in people, you're going to find it!" But I say, look at the good! Count your blessings! Life could be much worse than this! But don't even focus on how much worse things are going to get or could be, but focus on how good you've had it, and most of all, on how good it's still going to be! No matter what the Devil is going to do, the outcome is going to be a good one, and a glorious & happy one for you! Now, that's something to cheer up about, isn't it? No matter what's going to happen, I'm going to take care of you! Isn't that something to praise Me for? Maybe that's the ingredient that's been missing in your life! Show some gratitude! And if people ask how you can be so happy, don't be ashamed to let them know it's because of Me! That's actually how witnessing works! Witnessing is advertising the Product that has brought you the greatest satisfaction. But if you're actually not satisfied or not grateful for what you've got, if you're letting the Devil distract you & get you to focus on the things that are still not perfect in your life, then nobody's going to be curious about what you've got, either, because it's obvious that all you've got is the same as they: a bunch of problems. But I have given you the solutions! I AM the Giver of solutions & the One Who can answer all your questions, solve all your problems. Maybe you should acknowledge that fact more & use it and show gratitude accordingly, instead of allowing the Enemy to divert you from it and instead cause you to "look over here & look over there... there are STILL some problems..." Life on Earth in this age, while the Devil still has dominion over it, is never going to be perfect, otherwise, there would be no need for Me to come & save mankind. In fact, it's far from perfect, so, focus on Me, the perfect One, and the bringer of perfection and Salvation, the Deliverer from pain & suffering, the Prince of Peace to bring surcease from war & strife! Focus not on the circumstances, which are largely brought about

by the Devil's mingling in My affairs, plus man's lack of wisdom & lack of love, and his falling for the Devil's tricks, but focus on the fact that you have found the One Who is going to right all the wrongs & turn things around in your life and in everybody else's who will accept Me. No, it's not always going to happen overnight and in such obvious miraculous & supernatural ways that it's not going to require any faith on your part. Faith is the prerequisite, and what is the voice of faith? Praise! So, let Me hear your faith in your praises & gratefulness to Me, and you will see that this attitude is also going to spur you on to greater action, which is going to make your faith more visible in your works! 475 ____________________________________________________ (Natalia:) The most High dwelleth in the praises of His people! So, if you want Him to dwell among you and within you, you simply have to praise Him. Make your love for Him known & show it in your praises! Show Him that he's welcome in your heart, that you acknowledge that He knows best, & that you're even thankful for His measures of discipline, for they always make you better in the end. It didn't occur to you that praise was going to be such an important factor in your life, the factor that would change everything, that a praiseful attitude was what was going to turn your life around! The wings of praise will carry you further than you thought! You have yet to discover what a mighty weapon praise really is. You want to be an overcomer? You want to partake of the 7 promises the Lord gave to them that overcome in chapters 2 & 3 of Revelations? Praise, and you will overcome! Praise is the voice & trademark of overcomers, for they will praise Him no matter what, regardless of any circumstances or conditions, regardless of any calamity, any problem, anything that might not be going their way, they know that despite all it may seem like, the Lord will have His perfect way in the end, and, yes, everything's going to be alright! No matter what the Devil may do, they that overcome will praise God. Regardless of what might go wrong, they that overcome will praise Him! So what if you can't see it, to him that overcometh is given the faith to believe the opposite of what they see, if need be, because they trust Him, and therefore they will praise Him. Even though it may seem that God is breaking His own Word, His own promises to them, though it may seem that He may even kill them, the true overcomers will yet praise Him! So, if you want to be an overcomer, just praise Him, no matter what happens. It's a mighty weapon! Let His praise become your song, let it become your voice, your weapon, your shield, your vehicle, your trademark, your banner & everything you will be known for! Your life can change now, if you choose, by rising above your circumstances & overcoming them through praising Him! Isn't it marvelous how simple the solution to all your problems is? Would that ever have occurred to you? That the simple, childlike weapon of praise was going to be the answer, the solution to all that was wrong in your life? Claim the keys of praise, and keep loving Him through your praises! Just start praising Him like you should, from the heart, and all the negativity, all the shadows that have darkened your life will flee away. Come out of the shadow lands & come to the mountain: "Standing on the mountain, praising the Lord..." Come up here, standing on the mountain of life, praising the Lord! Come out of the valley of the shadow of death! Murmuring & negativity are the voices of death, but praise is the voice of life, it brings life, you know? It has actual creative power! It's all intertwined, because praise is actually a part of love, it's a way of showing your love for the Lord, of giving your love to the Lord, of making love to the Lord, and thus it's a part of His creative power. It originates from Him, because He did the things that cause you to praise Him in the first place. The problem is when you neglect to praise Him for the good things He does for you, you interrupt the cycle, and He cannot bless you as much as He would like to. It's another of the laws of the Spirit, you've got to praise Him for what He already gave you if you want to receive

more. So, if you have been asking but not receiving as you expected, it's most likely because you've been neglecting to praise Him for what He already gave you. "Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, in that ye would consume it upon your lusts..." Whenever your motives are selfish, you will neglect to praise Him, but if you praise Him and give Him all the glory & honor for it, how can your motives be selfish? That's why it also says that all things received with thanksgiving are clean. In other words, praise cleanses everything! If you thank Him for it, it becomes clean! No matter what He gives you or sends your way, even if he uses the Devil to bring it along, even apparent curses or problems or calamities, if you praise Him for it, it's going to work together for good, because you've proven by your praise that you love Him, and all things work together for good to them that love Him by praising Him! Praise Him in your heart, praise Him with your lips, praise Him with your actions, with your life! Life is going to be life indeed when men will have learned to let their lives be turned into one single, continuous praise of Him. 476 ____________________________________________________ There are a lot of factors involved behind the scenes, determining why I allow things to happen, why things don't work out as you would ideally have them, and if you seek Me about it, you can find out! Get My view & My glimpse of the situation! See & find out what it looks like to Me; catch My angle! When your emotional priorities don't coincide with Mine, and the things I know are really the best for you, then I'm having to make use of the right You've granted Me to "do whatever it takes" in your life to draw you closer to Me and to get the best possible result & the greatest potential usefulness out of your life, even overriding your personal desires, which are simply not always in line with what's good or best for you in the spirit. As long as everything is honky-dory, you simply assume everything is the way it should be, so why get desperate & seek Me about the things that need to change? When everything's the way you like it, you don't seek change, but rather to preserve things the way they are. But I want you to seek Me, and I need you to seek greater & closer union with Me and your helpers, I need you to focus more on the spirit world, in order to ensure your future survival and greater fruitfulness for Me. You cannot bring forth the fruit I want you to without getting ahold of Me, My Spirit and your helpers more. So, consider it a compliment and a token of My love for you, when things are going rough in the physical, because that means I'm drawing you closer to Me and into My spiritual Realm! Isn't it a wonderful privilege to be cared for & desired thus by the Creator of the universe? That's why I'm reminding you to be more praiseful, in spite of apparent unfavorable circumstances, because the true circumstances, as I see them from behind the veil, are quite different! A grand privilege! Praise Me more by faith, knowing that all is in My hands & perfect care, everything will work out alright, despite the way it may seem. Sometimes, instead of running away or seeking a new situation to run to, I'm expecting you to look for ways to improve your current situation first, not giving up on folks around you prematurely. You're My love for them, so, don't seek for Me to take you - My love for them - away from them prematurely, when I'm not done yet loving them through you, okay? See what more wonders love can do & how miraculously it can change the most chaotic or rotten looking situation or life... It can transform the worst problem cases and the greatest losers into winners by My grace; trust Me! 477 ____________________________________________________ Youre learning precious lessons through My withholding the flow of blessings at the rate you would want it: youre learning patience, consideration, learning to put Me first in the whole process & to praise Me in spite of the fact that Im not giving you everything you want, because I know better whats the best for you... Youre learning to communicate about these issues, which

is rather humbling for you, and thus youre also learning greater humility out of all of this, which is also good. I think, we can really talk about progress here. It may not always look like it so obviously on the surface, but if you brush aside a little of the debris & the fallen leaves, you can discover the precious treasures I have created & brought forth in your life. Remember, its paying attention to the details that allows you to discover some of the nicest secrets about the universe. 478 ____________________________________________________ The longer the preparation, the greater the explosion! Don't worry about these years of preparation; don't see them as a waste of time or not getting accomplished anything - don't feel guilty or condemned about it. What matters is that you're going to be ready at the time when I will really need you! That's all that counts, that I'll be able to rely on you then. So, just keep following Me, and keep learning how to follow Me, how to refuse the Enemy's shiny distractions, his apparently more glorious or gratifying other options. Keep learning to see Me and My hand and My purpose behind the things that I allow to happen in your life, keep asking Me about them, and about their deeper purpose. Keep putting your doubts on the back burner, and keep trusting that My ways are higher than yours, & that as hard to believe as it may seem right now, every little detail will fall into place & wind up making perfect sense in its contribution to the Big Picture. 479 ____________________________________________________ While it's true that I'm teaching you lessons on humility, surrendering & submitting to the ideas & views of others, the most important thing for you to learn right now is to learn to work in co-operation & teamwork with Me and your spirit helpers, and that includes standing up for your own convictions. I don't want you to follow Me or do the things I ask you to do in order to achieve a certain "audience reaction" or the approval of the people around you. I want you to follow & obey Me out of conviction, out of love for Me and knowing that I'm the best thing that ever happened in your life. The best thing that ever happened in your life was and is and always will be I, and the sooner you learn that & quit looking elsewhere for that complete inner fulfillment you're yearning for, the better off you're going to be. Another human being will rarely ever turn out to be as good a steward over your heart as I am and will be, especially in this day & age. So, seek not to run anywhere else but into My arms, My love! This is where you'll be perfectly safe & warm, no matter what happens around you & what the circumstances are. Keep on overcoming by praising Me, trusting Me and loving Me in spite of anything, and I will give you that white stone, and in it a name written that no one else will know but you - and Me! A name that will be your special code of direct link-up & instant utter communication & oneness with Me, your personal access code to My heart. I cannot grant just anyone access & entrance to the Holy of holies & inner core of My heart, as I'm sure you will understand, but only to those who will approve themselves in this life as true overcomers. You see now the difference between those who are saved but are failing Me throughout their lifetimes and those who will be overcomers? You see now the reward that's going to make it all worth it? To him that overcometh will I give all the best of the secret hidden treasures as described in My book of Revelation. If you're ever tempted to lose the vision or wonder whether it's all worth it, look up those promises, take them to heart, and they will strengthen you & help you to hold on! I love you more than you'll ever know! 480 ____________________________________________________ So many follow their own leadings, their own intuitions, without going the proper way that I have ordained, of doing first things first. You cannot enjoy the greater gifts without doing the humble things first, the little, menial task of laying a stone-by-stone foundation of firm knowledge & assurance of My Word. Only a small minority knows that you've got to learn to be a good follower first, in order to become a good leader.

And the best leaders of all are those who don't come across like leaders at all, but who inspire others to do good by their own samples. Becoming a sample, not a sermon, is what it's all about! Try to be a sample of honesty without hypocrisy. It's important that you're being 'real'. Let everything you give come from the heart, truthfully & honestly. 481 ____________________________________________________ I can't stress enough just how important praise and keeping a praiseful attitude is! It's the key that turns darkness into day, in spite of adversities, trials, battles, personal problems, etc. Praising faith just laughs in the face of all these circumstances & says, "So, what?! My God is greater than all that, and He can cause me to rise above all this in the blink of an eye, if He chooses to. But if not, I will still not surrender to the voices of negativity, but I will still know that He knows best and only allows what is best for me, and I will keep praising Him for that!" So, if you would truly have Me turn on the light in your life in all its power, learn the skills of praise! Seek wisdom in learning how to praise Me, for there is much more hidden in that treasure than you can even begin to fathom right now. Your pride fights it. Because Pride knows he's going to be defeated by it! Praise is utter humility & surrender to Me, not seeking any glory for the flesh or for yourself, but only seeking Mine. And that is a factor that just eradicates a lot of the darkness that's prevalent in the World right now, where everybody just basically seeks their own glory, and to glorify themselves, to pride themselves in their accomplishments & pat themselves on the back, or proving their worth & showing off with the status they have achieved to reach by themselves, through their own hands or by means of fleshly heritage in the things they acquire, their material possessions, their wealth, their cars, houses & other status symbols. Whereas the status symbols of the Spirit World are the exact opposite: "the less there is of you, the more the light shines through" is the slogan in the spirit, and the less you exalt yourself & seek your own glory, and the more you seek to glorify God, and just fill the need by whatever humble and invisible action, that is what makes you shine with greater brilliance & glory. If you seek to do that which matters & bears importance according to the rules and standards of Heaven, you would be wise to seek things that glorify Me, to sing and write songs that glorify Me, songs that express your gratefulness and love to Me! Ask Me for awesome melodies carrying Words of praise! Find out what a wonder-working weapon praise can be! Remember, loving Me is the greatest commandment, and what better way is there to express your love for Me - besides your obedience to Me - than by praising Me, in word and song & deed? 482 ____________________________________________________ A true fighter will always miss the fight during a period of truce or peace with the enemy... Some are born to live a life of compromise or settling for whatever little plastic peace the Devil will toss at them. But My true sheep and My true children will never be satisfied with anything less than My truth, and that which I feed them. It's simply because they know that this life isn't everything there is. There is something more, and compared to that, this life is a mere shadow. It's natural to want the bliss and the joys and the ecstasy of what's to come, already in this life, and I have granted you the possibility to enjoy some of it, and to get a little foretaste of those heavenly joys & ecstasies. The only problem is that the Devil won't just idly stand by, watching people enjoying My heavenly freedom without intervening & trying to spoil the fun with his lies, just as he did in the very beginning. That's simply the rein I have given him, to test My children & let them and Me and the whole World find out whether they're also willing to pay the price for it. Whether they'll hold on to the blessing even if it means resisting the Enemy's lies & temptations & going to war for the righteous cause. You'll see that as time goes by and you keep on fighting, that you'll actually become stronger, and it eventually will get easier.

It will not always stay this hard! No crown without a cross, no victory without a battle, no triumph without a trial... Look at the reward! Look at the desperation and the closeness to Me you gained through fighting! Your whole life is changing. The adversity is making you more profound, it opens your eyes to where you can see through the Devil's lies. Isn't it worth it? Aren't these battles precisely what's making you what you are destined to be? Real fighters keep their eyes on the reward and the glorious crown ahead, not on the temporary struggle, pain and fight! The victory is all that matters! That total closeness to Me I have promised to My overcomers! That secret access to My very heart. Let those who will settle for less, settle for less, but the true overcomers would rather die than give up. "Surrender? Hell no! We haven't even yet begun to fight!" 483 ____________________________________________________ Life is the best school, and I am its Teacher. The problem is that too few students pay any attention to Me, and the Devil has lured them all away from Me and is keeping them all too busy learning & studying about his twistings of the truth, so that they don't even have time anymore to learn from life itself. Usually, as they grow older, there will be experiences that teach them. Experiences that will often leave them disappointed about the philosophies they were brought up with, and so they wind up disappointed and confused. You have a light to shine onto their path, if you only will. You have love to shower them with. "Things are gonna be much better, if you only will..." Oh, how I wish for you to be so in tune with Me that you would shower the people continually with My love, be a radiator of My love & energy for them, a constant light to shine in the darkness! If you will wholeheartedly make that your goal and ambition, it can happen, you know? It is possible! Do you want to? Do you want to be a shining light of My love to the people? Oh, how I wish you would! How I wish you would make this your principal endeavor. The Devil fights it so much, because he knows that that's the most important part of your testimony and your witness. As Dad said, "You can't really say you've delivered your soul, unless you delivered the love first!" Love is what you were born to. People almost expect it of you! They know & sense that something is wrong when you put on your proud, cool, & defensive act, closing yourself up to any possible hurt or ridicule! If they think you're funny, so what? Be My clown! "Make'em laugh!" Don't take yourself so seriously! But you must keep loving! If you knew how powerful your looks of love could be, that should be emanating from your eyes... if you could only overcome your fear of rejection! It is time for you to overcome! It is time for you to confront your enemy, your personal "Mr. Smith", and face him, and fight! Open your eyes and see whether I will not use you as an instrument and channel of My love, in spite of all the Devil can do to try to discourage you, intimidate you or stop you from doing it! Keep daring on! If there is a show of resistance from somebody, move on to the next! Scan your audience for a receptive pair of eyes, and then don't be afraid to make a connection. Claim that keys promise: "Call on the keys to give you God's eyes when you look at your audience, & those who see you will know it is Jesus speaking and singing through you." Let Me speak & sing and love them through you! That is your purpose, your task, your destiny! Why miss out on the thrills of fulfilling your destiny? For the fear of a little rejection & ridicule? Are you going to let the Devil bluff you & scare you out that easily & get you to surrender the field to him so easily? Why do you think I sent you into their midst? Just like the Father sent Me to hell to preach to the spirits in prison for 3 days and nights... do you think I would have needed to do so if there had been no hope for them whatsoever? See what wonders love can do, and find out whether love cannot transform one of those "zombies" into one of My living creatures & powerhouses of energy of God! I didn't give up on you! So, don't give up on them, prematurely, either!

Yes, I know it's exhausting, it takes a lot of energy, it's tiring, and you often wonder if it's all really worth it... You figure, "Oh, they'll just have more problems if they get saved, anyway, because then the Devil will start fighting them!" So what? Would you rather leave them in his clutches? You cannot continue to see things with the carnal mind like that! Look at it like this: you are in this fight, in this battle against good and evil, the good fight of faith, and you know there's no turning back, no way you're going to quit fighting, and you desperately need the help of more fighters to help you survive in the future, just as they desperately need you and your witness, the truth you've got to share with them, in order for them to find their purpose in life, and a cause worth fighting for! Just because there are some who will resist the option of breaking out of their cozy little cage doesn't mean that there are none who want to be freed. And even if they all just wanted to stay trapped in their cage, you would still owe them the message that they could be free if they wanted to, and I would increase your power and supplies by another means. But I have purposely ordained it thus that you need the help and support of others, and that you operate in teamwork with them, just as I have ordained all of life to be a constant scheme of give & take, love & be loved! The times that you had the courage to reach out into the darkness resulted in so much fruit! Imagine how much more fruit there could be if you would only reach out more often! So, pray desperately, My love, that you will not fail Me in those golden opportunities I bring across your path! You'll never know whom you might meet! Keep your eyes open for receptive hearts, and even if it's not quite obvious upon first glance, keep on digging! There are many who don't know that they have been deceived, who don't even know that there's a truth to discover, a real sense & purpose in life! Find them, and in finding them, help them to find it, and to find Me, and in finding them, help Me to find them! My little lost sheep! Oh, please, make them your task in life, your mission, the one job you're wholeheartedly dedicated to: finding My lost sheep! I can't beg you enough! Yes, I know it's not all that easy! Some of them don't even know that they're sheep, and some are well camouflaged in wolf's clothing! You've just got to be open to My Spirit to lead you to the ones, and what's most important is that you send out clear signals that will beckon them to come and will attract them to you! And what is it that makes it obvious & clear to all men that you are My disciples? "If ye have LOVE one to another!" (Jn.13:35) So, show that love, let it shine, and they will come, okay? Never cease, never stop showing and emanating that love! Never stop radiating love and spiritual sunshine! Keep shining on! 484 ____________________________________________________ Stress & pressure can be tricks of the Enemy to get you out of the gear of trusting in Me fully, and being led of Me. Stay in My protective bubble. I want you to learn to be the same person, whether you're interacting with brethren or with outsiders, not to become a chameleon & adapt the color & spirit of your surroundings! Just be My creation & stand up for Me and My truth wherever you are, to the extent you're able to, and always keep on the lookout for an opportunity to be a witness for Me. Just stay connected to Me. Be My you when you're around them. Take Me with you wherever you go, and stay close to Me and on My wavelength! 485 ____________________________________________________ There is no spiritual life without prayer. Prayer is the A & O of it. If you want to live in the spirit, if you want to bring forth fruit in the spirit, and accomplish anything in the spirit, it's going to have to begin with prayer. Souls and disciples are spiritual babies being born through prayer! Praying for others is one of the first steps of love. Through prayer, you become a practitioner of what you believe in, it's one of the first ways of putting your belief into action! You put My

power & magic into effect through your prayers! Draw them in through your prayers. All the words in the World won't do the trick, it's gotta be My Spirit working in their heart, and the only influence you have on this process is through your prayers. Just because prayer sounds so familiar, simple & childlike, it's not very appealing to the intellect. It doesn't come across as anything glorious, mysterious or special you can do, since it's basically something every child can do. But how many really use that power? It is your means to practice the greatest magic in existence, your usage of My power, and you should think twice about whether you should allow the Enemy to cheat you out of that weapon, just by making it look as something simple & childlike and completely different in your eyes than it really is! Just like praise, prayer is one of those weapons that sound so simple, so contrary to all that appeals to the human intellect & ambition to accomplish something on your own, that it's pretty easy for the Devil to trick you into neglecting them through pride, which is lucky for him, because he knows that if you start using those weapons as you should, his days are numbered. If you're going to win disciples, you're going to have to win them to the habit of using the power of prayer, too, and that includes having them learn from your own sample of a prayerful attitude! They must see that you really believe in My power, and that means, you're going to be using and applying My power through prayer. Before anything is going to work out in the physical, you're first going to have to establish it in the spiritual, by asking Me to make it work, through prayer. Make room for it to happen through prayer. You're not only creating a vacuum inside of your own heart & spirit for Me to fill, but you actually create a space for Me to fill with My miraculous answer within your realm of operation, your world, your environment, your surroundings & circumstances, your situation. Make room for miracles and new disciples - through prayer! Make it happen - through prayer! Use My magic! - Pray! Draw in new disciples, sheep and supporters through prayer! Get rid of obstacles, both, in the physical and the spiritual - through prayer! When you start becoming aware of all that prayer is capable of and what you're capable of through prayer, it just about becomes ridiculous that you don't use that greatest of all powers available to man to a greater extent than you do - doesn't it? Of course, it takes time and requires patience and faith to pray! It doesn't minister to your carnal sense and desire for accomplishment. You want to accomplish something with your own hands, and that doesn't happen when you pray. You're using a remote control for My hands to do something instead. But if you're wise, and you have the faith & insight it takes to really accomplish great things, you will actually realize that this way - using My hands, instead of your own - you can get so much more accomplished, it's like multiplying your own strength innumerable times over. With your own two hands you can maybe move a few bricks at a time, but using My power, you can move a whole wall or as I have said in My Word - a whole mountain, with the same or even less physical effort. I appreciate your wanting to do things for Me. But there are so many spiritual forces at work behind the scenes, that you simply must forsake any attempt to do this with your own natural means. You must operate in the spirit. That means you must give Me commands and put Me in charge of the things you want Me to do! "Command ye Me!" - Especially concerning the work of My hands, and My sons & daughters. When you can't do something yourself, then you've got to ask Me to do it! You've got to learn to let Me work! "Stand back and watch Me fight!" I'll say, "Just wait patiently, My son, and watch Me a while & see what you can learn from Me!" "What do you see?" "What have I already done in your life?" "What can you learn out of it and what do you think I'm trying to tell you through this?" I'm telling you, relax! Take it easy! Stand back and watch Me

fight! Enjoy life a little bit! Learn how to let Me do it, instead of thinking you've got to do it all yourself! You can't do it yourself! I've got to do it for you! Stop trying to carry that heavy load yourself! Let Me help you! Let Me carry your burden! Let Me carry your load! 486 ____________________________________________________ Put your hand into Mine & trust that I will lead you to the very best place possible for you! You say, "Yes, Lord, I do trust You, and I want to trust You, but I'm a little bit scared that You might lead me down a path I do not want to go." I'm just asking you to trust Me to walk that road toward new horizons, open doors of change, toward surrender of your own ways, your independence & your individual freedom & preferences, in order for Me to give you greater, inward freedom and fulfillment. I can't always beckon you to follow Me down roads that sound like fun excursions to Pleasure Island. My road is the road of sacrifice, of surrendering your own freedom to do with your time whatever you want, in order to invest more of it in others, & their benefit. If that road would look like a pleasure trip, it wouldn't be a test of faith. I'm calling everyone in My Family to mature, to grow up, to forsake some of their personal freedoms & preferences, for the sake of My greater Family, greater unity within My Family, and thus a greater testimony of greater love. It all amounts to a choice between true loyalty to My Family and basically pursuing your own way. Everyone of you ought to know by now that your own way, with your own little reservations & conditions, is not really the road to true happiness. Even though I'm leading you down the road of faith, trust & commitment gently & slowly, nevertheless I do expect you to take steps forward & make some progress & forward movement, otherwise you'll stagnate or wind up going round in circles, & you'll always wind up at the same stage of spiritual growth, over & over again, having to repeat the same old lessons. Progress & maturation is to let go of the old, & will always present to you new challenges, new learning experiences and thus you will constantly grow & gain greater riches of experiences & lessons gained, resulting in greater faith and also greater ability to make decisions with My help. I'm calling you all to take a step forward, in faith, not in fear. Whatsoever is not of faith, is sin, so, don't do it if you don't have the faith for it. Pretending to have faith when you don't can also be a sin. But at least you can all take the step in the direction in which I'm leading you, seek My face about it, and communicate about it. You're prone to avoid unpleasant subjects, trying to avoid unpleasant confrontations, when it's simply part of love to bring up those subjects at times, for the sake of greater honesty, openness & humility. It also shows that you have greater faith in each other, that you believe it's not going to make the other one stumble, if you bring this up now. It teaches you consideration, tact & responsibility in your conversation, because you will be prayerful about your choice of words, in order not to offend the one you'll be talking to. This is all practicing & acting out My Law of Love, whereas if you don't do these things, you'll simply stagnate & never make any uphill progress. No communication, no advancement, all for fear of touching the unpleasant subjects... But I know that you've got greater potential than that, & I'm going to prove it to you, if you just give Me a chance & are bold enough to come out into the sunlight & bare yourselves to Me and each other. Bring out all the laundry of reservations & doubts you might have about this, that or the other, and learn to communicate about it & deal with the issues, instead of letting them rot away, hidden away in the darkness. If you don't confront them and deal with whatever there needs to be dealt with, if you just wrap everything up in silence & never talk about it, never address it, you'll suffer for it! You'll reap the consequences of not having communicated about it openly & honestly, some day. Because you will all wind up failing Me to some degree, by failing to learn to communicate with each other,

even about unpleasant issues. That's what I'm talking about when I'm saying that My Family has to learn again to be shepherds of each other, to be their brothers' keepers, to both, give and take correction from each other without getting offended. Those who want to make progress will welcome it & be grateful for it, and it will make a big difference in their lives, & they will be eternally grateful that you took the courage & addressed those unpleasant issues. Fear is still an Enemy and definitely an opponent to overcome in your midst. "Perfect love casteth out fear", so, let perfect love rule among yourselves, establish My Law of Love as a standard among yourselves, and you will cast out those fears. 487 ____________________________________________________ "I have set before you an open door that no man can close." Where I guide, I provide, and I will make a way where there is no way, as I have promised, if that's the direction I'm leading you. The most important lesson to learn, and hurdle to overcome is the issue of flesh vs. spirit. It is expedient that the flesh be crucified in order for My Spirit to rule you, in order for you to seek that which I want, and not the things which you want. Every day should be a new decision for each of My disciples, where they say to Me, "Not my will, but Thy will be done!" But the flesh doesn't let go so easily of the things it wants, and even Paul said that the wanting of My good will, he found in himself, but the execution thereof, the performance, the doing of it, he found not. It's simply not there. It's not within your flesh, not within your constitution, to perform that which is My will. That's why it's got to be My Spirit doing those things through you. You can't do the works of the Spirit in the flesh, and to get ahold of My Spirit just takes time fellowshipping with Me, asking Me, receiving from Me, drinking in from Me. Without Me and My Spirit, you can't even see clearly where to go, much less take steps in the right direction. But isn't it better like this, desperately looking to Me for each step you're going to take, depending on Me and knowing that without Me you can accomplish nothing, than thinking you have need of nothing and just going full steam ahead in the power & strength of your own flesh? Isn't it better to wait for Me and for My strength? Learn to let Me work through you, and I will use you! But going on in the energy of your own flesh will only do more harm & damage than good in the long run. I still don't want a Christian Endeavour union, but "Lord-letters." As long as you know you're nothing and can do nothing, it is good! You have the choice to go ahead in the flesh & make a mess of things, or to wait for Me, even if you feel like you're not accomplishing anything. That shows that you've got faith that I'm the One Who needs to do it, anyway. I want you to desperately depend on Me and look to Me for every move you make, but I also want you to learn to work more in teamwork with others. There is so much you've yet to learn & to see. Some things that are pretty obvious to others, you're only barely beginning to see now. I have chosen to work in unity & teamwork with My millions & billions of spirit helpers in order to set an example of what I want you to do. Become a teamwork of spirit and flesh. First learn to co-operate and work in unison with Me and My helpers, and once you are being spirit-led, apply the same method with your human coworkers, keeping in mind that just as your helpers and I have to take you where you're at, you have to Can you see what I'm doing in your life? You're learning to love, as you are being loved. Without it, all works & accomplishments mean nothing. 488 ____________________________________________________ What counts is the instructions I'm giving you for today. The fact that I may have told you something that sounded completely contrary in the past, or that I may have led you in what looks to you like the opposite direction should not surprise you any longer. Those who are experienced in My guiding & leadings of their lives, know that this is simply one of My modes of operating. It's a test of faith for you, because you can't see all

that's ahead, & which is the best way to get to the desired destination. I give you everything so that you give it back to Me. If you receive everything from My hand & thank Me for it & are willing to give it back to Me every time (like the picture of a parent playing ball with a toddler: the toddler has to be willing to throw or roll the ball back to the parent, otherwise it won't work...), then you'll eventually find out that this game works, and it's actually fun, and that there's a sense to all this give & take, even though you (the toddler) may not see it at first... Do you see the persuasion & loving patience that's involved in persuading someone to give up something, to give it back to Me, in order to get the ball rolling & make progress? It gets better all the time, you know, if you just trust enough to give the things or people you love back to Me. Every time you trust Me and give one of those beloved items or persons back to Me, put them into My hands & are willing to forsake them for Me, I will improve them a little bit for you, and you'll get back something better than you had before. And if I choose to take something or someone away from you for a period that to you may seem "permanent", you can also trust that this will only serve for Me to give you something better, as you'll see in the long run. You may not always agree with Me right away that it's better, but you will, eventually. Also, remember that I may like you to ask Me to give it back to you! Instead of getting offended, hurt, proud & bitter about Me asking to give something back to Me that you love, I want you to trust in My promise that I never take one thing away from you without giving you something better, and be humble and trusting enough to ask Me and even remind Me of My promise. "Hey, Lord, but didn't you promise...?" That's perfectly alright, because I have purposely limited Myself to give to you only what you ask for - usually, that is - and often "ye have not because ye ask not," which is pretty sad, because I'm so much more willing to give than you are to receive. The only requirement is that you ask. That's not asking too much is it? 489 ____________________________________________________ Will your life be one of failure to do My will by the aid of perfect excuses, or will you just brush all those drawbacks & setbacks aside & break out & launch out into the deep waters of My will for you? Sure, you can decide to always stay near the coast line where the water is shallow & relatively safe, if that's all you've got the guts for, & boast & show off to the ones still on the shore how brave you are. But then again, how far will you ever get? The reason of getting into the water at all is not just to piddle around, but it's for getting somewhere, and you won't be catching fish in the shallow water, at least not nearly as many as if you follow Me out into the deep. Piddling around in shallow waters might not provide the challenges necessary for you and those with you to grow, and the beach and the shore is always so close, within reach, that the danger of going back there is greater.

I have problems with people who think they're so great & perfect that they don't need any help. Pride is My main enemy, and the enemy of love, because it's what makes people think they don't need Me, and then they act accordingly, which, I admit, doesn't make it entirely easy to see the need and the needy situation underneath that pretense. The need is often well-hidden under a veneer of pride, at other times so obvious that it's overwhelming & you feel helpless at the demand. That's when you've got to turn to Me, as you see that you cannot do it by yourself, but you've got to tap into My power & endless resources in order to come up with the demanded supplies of love & care. It's a challenge for you to rise above your laziness, the inability to see the need below the surface, and the temptations of the Enemy to draw your attention away from the focus on others' needs. Find their needs. Discover what a difference it will make. It will change your life into a completely new & different one. 491 ____________________________________________________ The Devil is an artist at making a mountain out of a molehill, he amplifies bagatelles through his magnifying glasses of excessive emotions, fears, sensitivity & the spectrum of a subjective point of view. A subjective point of view often completely fails to see the overall picture & zooms in on a tiny little issue, magnifies & amplifies it completely out of proportion until you've got a Mt. Everest of a problem, artificially inflated out of what was originally a tiny little lump or innocent blunder of the mind. Even the art of learning to love is part of the spiritual warfare, and your Enemy will always pose traps for you, in order to stop you from accomplishing the goal of loving others, and causing you to hurt them unwillingly instead... Be on guard. The Enemy will always look for an opportunity to attack & hinder, to divide & conquer and destroy your unity. Watch out for the Devil's traps! He knows where your weak spots are & when you're most vulnerable. It's usually after you've given, & you feel like you've done your duty. But love keeps on giving, even when you feel exhausted. There's more to give! There's more to forgive; more of a distance you can walk with them! Don't stop! Don't stop giving, don't stop loving, for loving never stops! The moment you stop, it dies. Love has to continue, and in order to keep it alive, you have to keep loving, keep using it, keep moving. Crank up the motor of love & keep burning the fuel. This kind of combustion doesn't cause any pollution nor waste, but constantly produces positive energy!

492 ____________________________________________________ Be more enjoyable by being more trusting! As you trust more, you will also be more trusted! I have made you strong enough to bear with more than you might think. Keep trusting Me that I won't give you more than you can handle. I'm asking you to praise Me more; to make sure you're aware of all the good things I heap on you, so that you can have a more positive attitude & outlook on life and enjoy it more! Open your 490 ____________________________________________________ eyes & see all the good and the wonders & many benefits & If you look for a needy soul or situation, you will find it! blessings I've given and am giving you, and will continue to give, Looking for a needy situation, a vacuum to be filled, isn't really if you will appreciate & make use of them & thank Me for them! something that comes naturally to most people. You haven't really been on the lookout for needy situations and 493 ____________________________________________________ holes to fill with My love as you could have. You've been so busy Love is going down a road that you, in your own "right" looking for the personal answers & solutions to your own mind, according to your desires, and your flesh, would not problem that you've often forgotten that the greatest solution to choose. It's the road one takes in defiance of the flesh. It's what all your problems is simply forgetting about them & getting into made Me walk up that road to Calvary, and what's making you others! "Find someone else to make them happy, and then wanting to understand that for which you naturally don't have happiness finds you!" any understanding... It's walking the extra mile. It's part of the Devil's lies that just because people are so Like the brother who ran out to the battle-field to his heavily imperfect, so full of flaws, so dumb, so slow, so unable to see wounded brother, only to die there with him, because he clearly, that I would not love them very much, when the exact expected it of him. opposite is true: I delight in the fact that people desperately need Are you willing to learn and to acquire a greater love than what My help, and that I can love them, fill their needs & be there to you have known & called love thus far? help them. Are you willing to be a prisoner of love and in this find the

greatest freedom? It's all got to do with loyalty, commitment, being a faithful & reliable friend, it's all got to do with being a man of honor. It's not a pride trip I'm talking about. It's seeing through to the end what you've started, not stopping at any point short of death & the ultimate extreme. It's learning all that you have not yet known about love. You've been given a great gift. But it is also required of you to use it and to make the most of it. Not to bury your talent in selfishness, laziness or fear, but to make the most of it, bring forth fruit from it, use it & invest it. My Words to you are not just pretty Words to enhance your life or make it easier. They're instructions that will turn you into a better man, something more like Me, and I'm requiring that progress of you. 494 ____________________________________________________ I'm teaching you to pay more attention to the details, to finetune your operations, plans & proceedings. You've got a general view of the Big Picture, but there are still many, many details to discover, and since My Big Picture is multi-dimensional, there will always be new angles, depths & glimpses to discover in it. In fact, the Big Picture is a living picture that's still growing & evolving, not by itself, but by My design, as everything is, so, you discover as you go & while it continues to grow. View life as an expedition with many things to observe & study, with tons of details to glean & learn from. Paying attention to the details will help you not to overlook important factors, it will teach you patience & the importance of little things. It will help you to not so easily misjudge or misunderstand things, not to make snap judgments. If you realize how much hinges & depends on little things, you will learn to hold your peace on a matter until you're certain you've got all the details straight & you're not missing any of the factors in the equation, and you'll see, you'll be a lot less prone to making mistakes in your life. Take a hint from Me, the Creator of all things, and Master of precision: you'll get more done, and you'll do it a lot better, by not ignoring the little details! Details are important! Tiny little herbs & spices can completely change the entire flavor of a big meal. Tiny little strokes & touches make the big picture come to life. Tiny little thoughts gear the actions of people, big & small, and tiny little words can make the difference between life & death... Tiny little atoms & molecules, the building blocks of the entire, gigantic universe... Tiny little sperms & egg cells uniting into a new human being, consisting of innumerable more little cells. To Me, every little detail matters. Every little hair on your head, every little sparrow, every little word you say. Even all of eternity consists of tiny little moments, as does the ocean, of tiny little drops... One of these days you'll just see how much I am into details: every man & woman being faithful in doing just the tiny little thing they can do. Tiny little prayers, accomplishing more than all the greatest works of the flesh. Whenever man decided to get something "great" accomplished like the tower of Babel, for instance - often, what resulted was nothing but confusion and destruction. Now, during the time of man's greatest accomplishments ever, there is also the greatest confusion ever, with less people knowing what they're here for and where they're going, than ever before. That's why you, My tiny little lights in this gross darkness, are so important to Me. You may seem like nothing, and yet, everything revolves around you, as you will someday see. Remember what infuriated Nero in "Peter & Paul" the most? That some were saying that Paul was the most important man in the World. Not the great ruler of the Roman empire, but a little Jewish preacher from the edge of the World... It's still the same: not the big rock stars or movie stars or pompous politicians are really the important people, but My little pivots, like you, on which the axis & the wheels of history are really turning. There were many great & pompous men in Nero's day, but who ever remembers them? But the Peters & Pauls are now recognized as the real stars, & thus will it also be in the future. The Britney Spears' & Michael Jacksons & George Bushs

are going to be obscure & unheard of then, but everyone will know about the Family. 495 ____________________________________________________ I want you to see My creation in each other, the new man or woman, which I'm making you, the king, queen, prince, princess, priest or priestess you're going to be when I'm done with you - by faith. Don't look at the old man with their faults & human failures, but at that which you're going to be. You've got to look in the spirit, through My eyes, through the eyes of love, faith & hope. Forsake the eyes of doubt, of criticism & of seeing the so-called "realistic" side or view of things, which is only the temporal view of things, really, which will cease, along with all that is temporal, & look on that which is eternal. See things in the spirit. 496 ____________________________________________________ I am your top priority, and you do well to remember that, to keep it in mind and to keep putting it into practice. If you do, all else will fall into place, for only I can give you the necessary faith and love for others that will enable you to live by faith which worketh by love. All My prophets had feet of clay and weaknesses, none of them was perfect, so that people would still have to look to Me, not just at the man. The only man you do well to look up to and "behold the man", is I. I was a humble man, troubled by His enemies, with a very short public ministry that ended on the cross. I need to make sure that it will be all Me working through you, that you will be giving Me all the glory and none of those things like reputation and what people say or think of you matter to you. Just keep trusting Me that I know what I'm doing, and I will anoint you in your time & will have you progress at My pace, not anyone else's. Let not your heart be troubled by all these things. Yes, time is short, & the days are evil, but let not go of the anointing I have given you over your enemies! Don't be overwhelmed by all that is to trouble you, but let Me be your Comforter, your Strength, your strong Pillar, your Anchor! It's got to be Me! It's got to be Me moving and thinking and acting in you and through you and by you, otherwise it will all be of no avail. That's still the most important thing you've got to learn: to let Me operate through you. They will see the anointing, the peace and the power, yes, even the authority that spending time with Me and putting Me first daily will give you, and they might figure, "Well, if it works for him, it might work for Me, too..." 497 ____________________________________________________ Learning to have My peace & calm in the middle of all & to be a pillar of My strength & tranquility, that's what learning to be a shepherd & leader of My flock is all about. To absorb what's going on around you, but not to be absorbed by it! To be a steady rock in their midst that they can lean on, that they can flee to when there's confusion or turmoil, unshaken, and always pointing them to Me, the Source of your peace, and the Rock on which you stand. I commanded the seas to be calm and they were calm. That's the kind of strength I give. You're in command. Everything's under My control, so there's no reason for hurry nor worry, no reason to fear, just perfect trust. 498 ____________________________________________________ It's not an exclusive thing to have Me as a chatting partner, Advisor, Helper and Counselor, it's something available to anyone who would only dare to give Me a chance. If they only would But often they just don't take Me seriously enough. They don't fear or respect Me, but rather choose to ignore or avoid Me, if not as something unpleasant altogether, then at least as something secondary or of less importance than their own little lives & priorities & ambitions, until I allow something to happen in their lives to wake them up. They think their whole world & universe spins around them, not Me, and that's where they're making their mistake & are going to

find out someday that they are going to be left far behind by those who discerned their True Center. Love & accept them at the stage they're at, without condemning them, just as you would not wish to be condemned or judged by those who are further along than you.

keep your motor from over-heating! You also need to make sure you're not loading up more than you're allowed to take. Sometimes you feel tempted to take on anyone who needs help or would like to get a ride with you, but then you run into danger that your vehicle might simply not make it up that hill, and you must ask Me first about each new passenger you take on! 499 ____________________________________________________ If you keep all these safety rules & precautions, and make sure A Family Home's purpose is not just to survive & spend a you're behaving properly out there in the traffic, then I can bless happy time with each other, but to be a mission station, a colony you with a safe ride, & you'll know you won't have to worry so of establishers of My Kingdom on Earth. And in order for My much about anything, because, even though you bear Kingdom to be established, people have to know & hear about it, responsibility, you've delegated that weight safely into My hands, so that they can make the choice either for or against it, and My by obeying Me in all these things & thus knowing for certain that sheep will get a chance to join you and help you in your efforts to I will keep My promises & My part of the deal! win yet others for Me. Come, & be re-filled, My love! Tank up & get this overhaul, checkYou already have My commandment - to go out & preach the up & renewal of My Spirit done! Let Me refresh your system! Let gospel anytime, anywhere. If you'll just get out there, I will lead & Me clean you up completely & make you all like new inside! guide you & show you where to go, trust Me. Always focusing on the need, the purpose for all of this: not just Seek ye first My Kingdom - that's what I call righteousness - and to improve yourself and to enhance your own life-style, or make all these things shall be added unto you! your model look nicer or fancier, but in order to make room for more passengers to pick up towards My destination - their 500 ____________________________________________________ destiny, the accomplishment of My highest will for each of them Sometimes it takes time to prepare both, the hearts & lives of and you. My prophets & chosen ones, but also the hearts of the people, A racing car cannot keep on without regularly pulling into the the sheep, & turn them to greater receptivity for Me and My boxes & getting checked up, refueled, new tires and serviced, to message. As long as the times are alright, there is little make sure that nothing is going to go wrong during the next desperation and hunger for My Word or leadership & guidance, rounds. Well, this racing car isn't just a little one man cab, but a but as the times get rougher, the desperation for Me also grows. passenger bus. I can enhance & update your model according to It's got to be My time! People have got to wait on Me! It's got to the need and the vision, and that which seemed least likely to run be My move! So often, folks get impatient & their urge to get & win the race, often winds up being the big surprise in the end. I something done in the flesh so they can pat themselves on their love to surprise everyone! If only the strong would make it, it backs, impatiently drives them out into a spur of feverish activity would get boring, wouldn't it? But I have chosen the weak things in which they sometimes get so involved that they don't even of this World to confound the mighty; the foolish, to confound notice My voice anymore, or that the Spirit and anointing has the wise, and that which is not to bring to naught that which is... departed from them... I didn't choose the young, strong, noble prince of Egypt to The temptation is there to just get out, get up, jump out & run & rescue My people, but the old, lonely & strange shepherd from do something. But you need to wait for My kiss! I need to kiss the wilderness... you awake first, otherwise you will only run around in your sleep. You need to be awakened by the kiss of My love first, the kiss of 501 ____________________________________________________ My anointing of love! Without the anointing of My love, you will It pays to be on guard constantly against evil spirits. fall flat on your faces. "Deliver us from evil" is part of the prayer I taught you to pray, You can't do My work without My power, but you can still because it's very relevant to each of you. manage to go through the motions without a lot of love, if need Each one of you is prone to become a target of evil, that's just be. But there should and ought to be a lot of love in My Family of one of the facts of life, and that's why you've got to pray & stay in Love, and if there isn't then something's severely wrong, close communication with Me to help you overcome that evil, to something which can't just be ignored. You can't just keep going withstand it, to resist it, & that I might deliver you from it. It's as if nothing happened, after the love has gone. You can't nothing to be ashamed of, nothing really weird or odd or terrible, pretend everything is alright after the love has gone. There's no it's daily life on the battlegrounds of this World. Evil is bound to use in pretending, no need to be going through the motions... attack you, oppress you & harass you, and you've just got to stay you can keep steering that steering wheel all you like, but when on guard & vigilant against it on all sides. The Enemy will always the motor has died down, you won't be getting anywhere. Maybe seek for the weakest link in your chain & target that. If one you'll coast a few more hundred meters on your former regains strength, he'll pick the other, next weakest link. momentum, but soon you'll come to a halt, and since we're You shouldn't label or dump that person altogether, nor put them usually trying to make uphill progress, without the motor & in your "hopeless case" drawer, but fight for them and with them engine & power of My love present and at work in your lives, you & stay desperate with Me to deliver you from evil, just as I have might even be in danger of sliding back & rolling back down the taught you to pray. hill a piece, until you pull the hand brake & start the motor again. It actually works, & is a system I have established in order for Which also means you better make sure you always have enough you to learn to fight & care for each other, to remain in unity. The fuel in your tank. wrong thing to do when someone gets attacked is to selfSee, I'm really not expecting anything too difficult from you! I'm righteously point their finger at them or to turn your back on teaching you to drive, so that you can safely pick up My them. The right thing to do is to show them unconditional love & passengers on the way. But I'm making sure that you're keep praying for them, "Deliver us from evil". becoming a safe driver, one who will make sure to get everyone I didn't say, "deliver them", or "so-and-so," but I said "us", safely to their destination. And one of the main rules is: always because everyone of you is subject to it, and you're all going to make sure your tank is full! Make sure your motor is running & have to be forgiven for trespasses as you will have to forgive well oiled with My Spirit. Sometimes, with all the commotion others theirs, and all have to pray not to be led into temptation... everybody makes, you don't even realize right away that the None is exempt from that. motor has gone off. But then I give you My warning signals, and Keep your focus on Me, and I will deliver you from evil! you realize. Make sure there's enough air in your tires, ensuring a soft, instead of a bumpy ride: be soft, gentle, polite & kind to 502 ____________________________________________________ each other! The bigger a team becomes, the more patience is required Make sure the brakes are all working, so you can stop, look & for the weakest member. Children are a factor you can't just listen when any obstacles or other drivers or circumstances are ignore. You can't just ignore the little things, the little people and getting in your way! Make sure there's enough water & coolant to the details, in favor of a big thing, or potentially big thing. In

order for any enterprise to become really great, one has to also spend time with the little details involved, one can't just ignore the little people & things. 503 ____________________________________________________ The trials you go through because of your not getting what you desire are only a small shadow of what I'm experiencing. I want you to share Me with the World! I want you to introduce Me to them! I want to love them & have more children with them! My full blessing & the full outpouring of My Spirit can only flow when there's obedience and surrender & submission to My highest will. If you want the full blessing, you must also pay the full price of seeking the highest & best. I want to share with the World. I would love to see you arranging dates for Me with the World. I would love to hear you say to them, "Would you like to have a date with Jesus?" "Would you like to get to know Jesus?" I want you to be a match maker for Me! I want you to arrange dates for Me with My potential future brides out there. My love for you is not affected by your weakness. My love is stronger than yours, and so much greater, so much more forgiving & all-encompassing. But I can only have a happy & fulfilled relationship with you if you're willing to share Me with the World. 504 ____________________________________________________ (Dad:) "As you go, God will show. If you'll obey, He'll make a way." Sometimes the anointing comes as you do the "wenting" often, in fact. The boat has to be in motion, before the rudder can take effect. He's just waiting for you to go out there & simply do it. That's where you'll find the anointing & the inspiration & the strength & the love you're now lacking. You've received all the theoretical instruction one needs, now it's time for the practical part, time to put it into action. 505 ____________________________________________________ (S.H.:) You want to give people a glimpse of Heaven? Well, then you're going to have to get one for yourself first. You're going to have to become intoxicated & high on the heavenly Elixir of love yourself, first, before you can arouse the curiosity of others! Heavenly help is what you need! Heavenly help is yours to receive. In any situation, any problem you're facing, even if it's something you desire & feel like you can't have... Just because you can't have it in the physical for whatever reason, doesn't mean you can't have it in the spirit. Everything is yours in the spirit - by faith. That's the Lord's promise to each of you. You can avail yourself of anything from Heaven that you've got the faith for, while your Earthly blessings still somewhat depend on your obedience & your actions in the physical. In other words, we're always here for you, to fulfill your heart's desires, even if you may not always find a physical fulfillment of your heart's desires. The spirit is always available, the flesh may not. That's the kind of freedom you can find even in a prison cell, the overcoming of & rising above the flesh... "In the spirit in the spirit you can be so free, you can be whoever you want to be." There are no limits to the spirit. Limits are a thing of the flesh. So, wanna live a life of no limits? Gotta live your life in the spirit! 506 ____________________________________________________ Seek Archer's help in overcoming Baal, who seeks to tie you down in self-condemnation, and belittling & hurting those around you. Worship of Baal, in this day & age, is more widely spread than you would think, although men don't do it consciously or are not aware of whom or what they are worshipping, just as they are not aware that they in effect worship the Devil by worshipping their own minds & intellects & yielding to their pride. You can see the worship of Baal in the way people are hurting each other and hurting themselves. He makes them hate themselves, & thus also show little or no respect to others, but

only disdain & contempt instead. It is Baal who makes you look down on others, belittle them & causes you not to esteem them nor yourself. He is one of Satan's executives of the hatred & disdain he has for mankind. It's that attitude of resigning to negativity & worldliness, using bad language or hurtful words, a disrespectful attitude, caused by his criticism of the way I made you and those around you, or people in general, with all your flaws. If you can tell where this attitude comes from, namely not from yourself, but from him, this will help you stay on guard against him. He is one of the perpetrators of hatred & violence on the Earth, one of the Devil's vilest officers, instigating strife among men, persecution and discrimination & torture, oppression by the strong against the weak... Beware of his evil inroads into your heart & mind by trying to get you to despise & look down on others, or even despise yourself and your life, which is a precious gift I have given you. He is the one mainly responsible for your not enjoying the ride of your life, not enjoying the company of others, not enjoying yourself. He constantly points at the "flaws" with which I've made you and others. You have to remember that even those flaws are from My hand, and thus, are ultimately for your best; not to feel bad about them or get all negative about, but to see them as challenges to rise above, and - if nothing else - as tools to make you appreciate My perfection more, the full extent of which you will get to experience when you come Home to Me. Follow Me along the dotted line of My little dog trail of the Holy Spirit to show & reveal to you the steps you can take toward My perfection, which might be something completely contrary to what you might think, or what the World or the Enemy might consider perfect. All it takes is staying in close touch with Me & pumping down My power, My life & light & instructions, simply staying alive & moving & growing in the spirit by maintaining a live & pulsating, intimate relationship & line of communication with Me. Action in My Spirit is the antidote against Lethargy and once you will have overcome Lethargy by taking action in My Spirit, you will also be fighting much more successfully against your other enemies, like Baal, Pan, Apotheon, Bacchus, Pride, etc. Action in the spirit will ultimately also result in the kind of physical action that will reap spiritual and eternal results: fruit that remains, the bull's eye of My plan for you. So, keep aiming at that bull's eye of My perfect plan for you, your destiny in the power of the keys! Call on Archer's help to help you aim at your invisible enemy! Let him guide your hand & steadily & firmly practice your skill in hitting the mark. You must see through My eyes, no matter how hopeless the aspects. Reject what you see with your carnal eyes & look beyond, at the unseen; the spiritual, the beauty I will bring about for the ashes of the temporal imperfection, the sin, the disobedience, the weakness & the flaws that might be all you can see with your eyes right now. Love with My love, which is eternal & sees the eternal creation, not the flesh, and is unconditional, because temporal, finite conditions scarcely count when compared to eternity, limitless possibilities & My never ending power of Love. 507 ____________________________________________________ What is your life? It is but a vapor that is here a little while & then it's gone. Take no thought for the morrow! Stop worrying! You should always be prepared, but you should never worry! Worry not about your own life, but about all the lost souls that are perishing daily out there. If you can't clearly see the road ahead of you, then that is so that you will seek Me more! Otherwise, you would just procede in the flesh & follow your own carnal mind & reasoning. This is not a time for reasoning, this is a time for blind trust & obedience & just following Me, even though you can't see where I'm leading. I need disciples who can blindly trust Me & will just follow wherever I go. So, shake off the fears & worries & replace them with faith & trust! Life can really be thrilling & exciting if you seek Me & focus on Me in all things! If you know you've got Me with you, it's not scary at all, because you know you're an unbeatable force.

There's nothing to be afraid of, nor any reason to worry. "When you're trusting, you're not heard to fret & when you're fretting, you're not trusting yet..."

how a man could become a bride of Christ. But the wind bloweth where it listeth & thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth, so is everyone that is born of the spirit. You cannot tell the one 508 ____________________________________________________ who is born of the spirit where he's supposed to go, nor can Your faith will make you whole! Just come running to Me normal, mortal men tell where these are coming from. Nobody each day, no matter what the Enemy might do or tell you to can tell them what they're supposed to be, or what they can't be, distract you, & all will be well. I know there are many things because, "in the spirit, in the spirit, you can be so free, you can troubling you. You wish you could make progress faster... be whoever you want to be" and whatever I want you to be! But the only way to make progress at all is to get ahold of Me & I have blessed and loved you for wanting to be that which I want My power. you to be, not what you are, nor what you want to be, but what I I'm going to help you do what you can & you'll have to trust Me want you to become... that which I choose and prefer, a tool & for what you can't do yet at this time, rather than falling into the vessel according to My liking! snare of self-condemnation. I have chosen you to become a special vessel to absorb what I Put your full trust in Me, blindly, that I am leading you in a good am giving. The only requirement is that you stay faithful to Me, path, and I will give you the strength you will need at the time that you don't take this liberty I have given you as a license to do you'll need it. as you please or to get sidetracked with other things, but you Those steep declines on your life's roller coaster ride are simply must constantly seek Me as to how I want you to invest the time I part of it. have given you. I know better than you what you can handle. If you stand on this To whom much hath been given, of him much shall be required, truth, that I won't allow you to suffer more than you can bear, and I have given you this great privilege to be a chosen vessel of than you will also know that whatever befalls you must be within Mine at the price that you should also really be Mine and Mine the range of what I know to be bearable. So, bear it with a grin. If I alone, and that you strictly discipline yourself & consecrate allow it, it means that you can handle it. yourself to Me; make Me all that matters to you! Seek Me & ask Me where the challenge lies, where the solution Am I worth that much to you? Am I worth to you all you've got? lies, what I want you to learn out of this. It's not too much, it's not All your time, all your attention, all your obedience & all your too hard or too tough to bear, because I'm allowing it, and I know desires? Can I truly be all that you want & all you desire? Can that you can handle this. you truly trust Me that I'm going to be all you'll ever need & I can see you better than you see yourself, and I can see the needed, all you want, & ever wanted & all you ever craved? I will hidden, potential strength that lies dormant within you, waiting to give you all the other things you ever craved & wanted as well, if be activated! I see you as stronger than you see yourself. you will make Me your only desire, for I am Everything! I am your strength! Is there anything too hard for Me? So, if Everything that's good & everything you ever wanted is found in anything seems to be too hard for you, the problem can only lie Me! in you not availing yourself of My strength as much as you should... 510 ____________________________________________________ In giving to Me, you're pouring out your substance unto Me 509 ____________________________________________________ and My house, and you're showing your faith in giving back to You're My bride! I like to consume you, as you like to Me what I have given you in the first place. Don't consider it a consume Me. As you breathe Me in & drink Me in, so I also enjoy technical formality only, for it's part of your worship, your to drink, breathe you in, inhale you & ravish you, absorb you! I service, your sacrifice to Me, as it is the effect that will help love to become one with you! It gives Me such ecstasy. others you give to, to bring forth more fruit to Me, in which you Love is the meaning of life on every level. Even on the highest will find great blessing. Give willingly & cheerfully, as from your level, I the Son of God & Creator of all things, as well as the whole heart. It is of utmost importance to the furtherance of My Father Himself, We live to love and to be loved. Even though you Kingdom. The more you give to Me, the more I will be able to give may feel unworthy of such honor, it is not the flesh that counts, back to you. it's the spirit that makes all this possible. Just like the penis enters into the dark & hidden places of the 511 ____________________________________________________ woman's intimate parts, so I love & crave to enter into the dark & Don't let the Enemy trick you into believing that I don't love hidden things of this dark & mysterious realm of the flesh, the you or that you're too bad to deserve My attention! physical, and I crave for intimate contact with My believers in the He tries. If he can't get through to you with his old lies anymore, physical realm, those who can only perceive Me by faith. This is he'll try to weaken you with new lies. That's his art: weaving & so specially rewarding, gratifying & satisfying for Me, you can spinning new lies all the time, so, don't you fall for them! Stay hardly imagine it. close to My truth, & also be faithful to expose the Enemy's lies he When My children set aside their Earthly desires & seek their uses on your loved ones, but do so in love. satisfaction & utmost fulfillment in Me instead, this means so The longer you love Me, the more time you will spend in My arms much to Me, it pleases Me so very much. Just like without faith it right here with Me, the more the urge will grow in you to also is impossible to please Me, there is no greater way to please Me share that love with others, and the more My love in you will than by this expression of faith, of pulling down My seeds from compel & constrain you to give that same love to those who also Me by faith. seek Me. You must patiently allow Me to work in your life & worry "Blessed are they who having not seen, yet believe!" So, keep on not about doing it in the arm of the flesh. believing, & keep on drinking in My love, keep on sucking My My love for you grows and grows so much that it's going to paps & nursing & feeding on Me, keep on consuming Me, the explode & burst through the confines & limitations the Enemy is Bread of Life! For unless ye eat My flesh & drink My blood, ye trying to impose on you. have no part in Me! I need you to consume Me! I need you to I do not love you any less for things you do or don't do, but your hunger for Me, to crave Me, to desire Me, to need Me, to be utterly own capacity to love and your own joy could be multiplied many dependent on Me! I need you to be desperate for Me to fill your times over by giving out more & giving your life & My message to souls & spirits to the utmost! others more, by sharing Me more with others. The more you yield to Me and the more you choose Me, the more So, why piddle around in puddles, when there are oceans to it will become irrelevant what others may think... the more you swim in? You could have so much more by overcoming the will be willing to be My love slave, ready to be consumed by the confines, the limitations & restrictions that you are allowing right fire of My love & devotion. now to hold you back & keep you from sharing more. Keep Just as Nicodemus couldn't understand how a man could be focused on the goal and the possibilities & the greater potential, "born again", so the Nicodemuses of today don't understand the greater love, greater joy & greater victories that lie out there,

waiting for you to avail yourself of them. As I have waited for you to finally reach out and touch Me, now the next step is that you reach out to those that would also like to get to know Me and touch Me and don't know how or where. They know they're being lied to and I have sent many helpers to help them distinguish between the lies and the truth, yet it's hard for them to know exactly whats the truth, because they haven't seen it practiced, for this is the privilege reserved for My Family. - The only true alternative to the Devil's heartless System. Show them, "Yes, there IS an alternative, and there IS an answer!" Show them that there IS an exit out of the Devil's matrix! Be the hope of the hopeless!

point where you give up on your own carnal mind, only wanting My mind on the matter more effectively than this one? Right now you can only thank Me by faith for this situation & having brought you to this point by it, but someday soon, your heart will be filled to the brim with gratitude for My wisdom and love in using this very situation to get you to this extremely important & decisive point in your personal history. These are the turning points that make history in My book! My history books look quite different from those of the World, where the great heros were the conquerors & big head honchos. Altough I use those characters, too, the way My history books are written, is that they revolve around the true heroes & heroines behind the scenes, the unheard of mothers & little people who day in day out sacrificed their lives for someone else, 512 ____________________________________________________ not taking lives from countless others in battle, but giving life. The best thing you can do when someone is being attacked All the little things that happened behind the scenes that I is to stop everything and pray until they've got the victory! engineered in order to teach this person that lesson or bring that The times to just ignore things & just let it pass are over! I want child or that person to another pivotal point of decision that you to take action, action through prayer & do something about it would influence & change their lives & those of many others for in order to enable Me to do something about it! When someone in the good... The meek shall inherit the Earth, and even though your midst is being attacked, it's a test for all of you! It's a test of they may be making the least racket & no news at all, much less love, whether their battle also becomes your battle, or you just history, in this World, you will see that My accounts of history as indifferently continue whatever you just happen to be into! to who was truly more important to bring about the truly good You've been through similar battles & have come out alive, & you changes that really mattered, will sound quite different. can see things from the top of the mountain in some ways, & to Chose to become one of the few to see things from My angle. you they don't look nearly as bad. But what does that help them Reject the way of the loud & proud. Continue to trust in Me and unless you come down & descend from your high horse, & help My strength. them up & pray for them? That would be what I'd call maturity! Put your confidence in Me, instead of yourself. In quietness & Maturity is caring enough to help someone else who is going confidence shall your strength be. through a phase of spiritual attack & weakness! It kills Me over & Be tutored by the Master & Lord of all things on True History, on over again when I see how much those who supposedly should the ways of truth that are well hidden behind the loud & proud know better fail to just see the simple responsibilities of love, facade of the Enemy. which should be so natural & common sense, which has become anything but common in this day & age when iniquity has come 514 ____________________________________________________ to the full. I want you to check your motives. I don't want your getting In such a situation, you don't continue business as usual. Call on out My Words to be another man-pleasing trip or something you Me for help! I'm your emergency call & 24h hotline, always do because everybody else is doing it, but something you do available & at your service, always ready & willing to send out a because nobody else is doing it, and I said it should be done, in rescue squad to help you! fact it's the Holy Commission My Family has been ordained for, It has become a common symptom of this sick society that as all of My disciples have been. people are just standing by & do nothing when others are being It's the one thing all hell will fight you tooth & nail to stop you attacked in broad daylight! But I don't want you to be part of that from even getting started. society & for sure don't want you to act like them! Indifference is All depends on how much you want to obey & do it for Me! You one of the prevailing sicknesses of society: did you catch it? It's already know what I want, now you just also have to want it badly a highly contagious kind of spiritual paralysis & numbness... enough. How much do you want it? Feeling "comfortably numb"? Is the Kingdom of God a pearl of such great price to you that Wake up & stir yourself up! Don't be a coward who's just you're willing to sell everything else that you've got in order to standing by & watching as the Enemy takes over your brother or seek first the good of the Kingdom, just like I gave up My life for sister! you? You were a pearl of great price that I gave everything for, Someone can't call the police themselves while they're being now, how much are you willing to give for Me? I know, for you it's raped or lying on the ground bleeding! In some situations you all by faith, and the things around you, the tangible world & all have to do something to help! It's like the story of the good that you can hold in your bare hands is so distracting and telling Samaritan. How much of a good Samaritan are you? Or are you you you'd be foolish to let it go for some God you cannot even more like the Pharisee who passed by, seeing to it that his robe see. But that's faith, without which it is impossible to please Me. wouldn't get dirty? How do you think I would act in a situation And again, how much do you really want to acquire it? How like that? The good shepherd leaves the 99 & goes out into the much time do you invest in acquiring that good gold from Me by wilderness, out into the storm, into the brambles, and He couldn't spending time in My Word, strengthening your spirit for the care less about His clothes or how He looks afterwards. All that battle? You've got to have it in before you can get it out. matters is the rescue of the lost sheep. Be a true shepherd & So many are falling short & failing to do the job... Everybody's so defend the sheep with your life! involved in doing their own things, making bedroom slippers for Me or even for themselves or for others, while what I desire is for 513 ____________________________________________________ them to give their love to Me and bring others to Me also. Some things you just can't grasp or comprehend while People have become so hardened, so cold & indifferent to others' you're going through them, but can only see properly sufferings. All that counts for them is what they can touch, hear retrospectively, after a good while of time has passed & you see & see, and what they want... People have become more selfish all the benefits, the positive changes that difficult situation will than ever before, as Paul and others have prophesied about have brought about in your life. How it stretched your muscles of these times. patience, your desire to understand the other, carnally So, how badly do you want to be different? How badly do you incomprehensible side, how it contributed to making you more want to be unselfish? How badly do you want to become one of longsuffering, more gentle... My shining heroes? How badly do you really want Me, and how Seeking Me about it and refusing to accept your own thoughts on much do you really want to be close to My heart? The the matter but rather Mine, that's such a good sign of progress! prerequisite is that there cannot be anything else between us, no Which other situation might have possibly gotten you to this other desire of yours, just Me... How badly do you want that?

How badly do you want to get rid of all the other distractions & weights & sins? How badly do you want to be free? How badly do you want to learn how to fly? 515 ____________________________________________________ If you lack energy, come & get it straight from the Source of all power & energy! I have promised: "I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness." You go a lot by how you feel, and by what you see. But I want you to experience that I am "more real than anything you see or feel"... I want to be the Light that you turn on in your life when it's dark, the heat you can avail yourself of when it's cold, your food when you're hungry, your drink when you thirst. I want you to realize how badly you need Me. How nothing you are without Me. How useless everything will be unless you reach out for Me & do it in My strength! It all depends on how badly someone hungers & thirsts after righteousness. If they're going to be happy & satisfied with anything less than My best, then they won't continue their search, but simply settle for whatever they're content with, 2nd or 3rd or maybe 4th best... Whatever compromise the Enemy of their souls & of their happiness will be able to persuade'em to settle for. But since you've asked Me to become your all in all, I will allow things to happen in your life to make you desperate for Me to the utmost, even if that's not always a pleasant process. Your bones are aching, your stomach feels nauseated, you feel tired, but you can't sleep anymore... Time to get ahold of Me! Time to start learning to rely on Me for strength & as the only true Source of energy, & to give you a boost to help you to make it. Without Me you can't even get started, and that's good. What's the use in getting started in your own strength & getting going in the flesh, if you want to accomplish acts of the spirit & bear everlasting fruit? If you want to accomplish works that count in the Spirit, you're going to have to get ahold of Me & realize just how real and how important I am. I am the Designer of every little molecule you and all that surrounds you consist of. And while each of those molecules might or might not continue to exist for a certain time span, I am the Planner with the plan behind each of their existence, in other words, much more real than anything you feel or see... So, that's pretty important, isn't it? So much strength, wisdom & power to avail yourself of. Just because most people are never aware of that & ignore Me & never avail themselves of My power, does that mean you have to behave as if you were as ignorant as they? I'm right here - the Source of strength to overcome all weakness, all laziness & any mood that might threaten to hold you down. Just use Me! Put Me to use & avail yourself of Me! Don't take Me for granted! Don't be so familiar with Me that you hardly give Me anymore attention, just because you think you've already got Me all figured out & know all about Me. When it comes to all there is to know about Me, the amount of what you do know is pretty close to nothing. If someone asked you whether you would want a delicious breakfast, have sex with the girl of your dreams or indulge in your favorite pastime, like watch a thrilling movie or go horseback riding or for a trip to a south sea island, you'd be wide awake with excitement then, wouldn't you? Well, I'm all these things & more for you, your Soul Mate, Who alone is able to fulfill those wildest dreams for you. You have a hard time believing it, do you? You think, "Yeah, you could, Lord..., but then, why should You?" Well, I would, because I love you and would like to make you happy, and your lack of belief is the only reason why I shouldn't... It's all just limited by your own faith. Some of you lack the faith to overcome their weaknesses or their laziness or they lack faith for simply more energy. Some of you lack the faith to be able to really trust Me & thus overcome & eliminate their fears. Some of you lack the faith that there's ever going to be enough love for you... Some lack faith in My power to supply or the faith for protection or faith in My love. That's all you really need in order to get all you ever needed & wanted. Drawing faith, to draw the power, the love, the strength you need from Me.

So, exercise, gain and cultivate your faith. Buy that good gold from Me which is going to get you through the hardest times of history, when paper money won't have stood the fiery test: get faith! And you know where to get it! Just listen to Me, feed on & apply My Words! Keep on the lookout for My exciting ways to bring to pass your wildest dreams. Life is really exciting, if you just open your eyes & realize what's going on! Avail yourself of My strength & light & life! 516 ____________________________________________________ It doesn't matter what or how or where you are, I will always love you! Always be mindful of My unconditional love for you & don't get bogged down with thoughts of self-condemnation! That's the downhill spiral & drift of the Enemy. Call on Archer & his heavenly archers for help to aim at the right goal, the highest, & let nothing divert you from it. All things work together for good to you because you love Me & are called & chosen according to My purpose. In spite of all the gloom & doom you feel, life is still thrilling & something glorious! Think of all the joy you're still going to bring into people's lives! You've each got Me, the Source of all joy & bliss & heavenly love & sunshine right in your hearts. The victory IS available for those who would avail themselves of it in the power of the keys. My power is always on and available, like electricity or a broadcasting station. Now, if you let the Enemy persuade you that it's no use to even flip the switch, turn the knob & get ahold of My power, that it's better to remain in the valley & darkness of his dumps, then that's really your own fault. If you choose to float back into the darkness because you think it's more comfortable there, then that's your decision & responsibility, and you can't blame it on anybody else, nor should you bear that kind of responsibility or burden if anyone tries to heap it on you. You can't look at man in this business! If you look at man, you're sunk! If you look at all the sin and the human failure that's there, & all that's wrong, you might as well give up & quit & tie up in port right now. The difference between the System & the Family is not that there is no sin in the Family. It's that in the Family there is a lot more grace to be found. My grace. The sure mercies of David. In the World there is sin and the accompanying condemnation which alienates them from Me. In the Family, there is sin with the accompanying forgiveness & mercy and lessons of love & humility gained out of them in the long run, as I have promised to all those who love Me, because even your sins are part of "all things" that work together for good to you. The difference between the System & the Family is Me. In the System there is darkness with no light. In the Family, there is still a lot of darkness & dirt & sin which is inborn human nature or contamination from the World or brought about by the Enemy's attacks & intrusions, but there is hope, because I am there to cleanse anyone from their sin for the asking, there is forgiveness, there is love in spite of the sin. That's what grace is, the grace whereby ye are saved, not of yourselves, not of works, lest any man should boast. Nobody can boast of My Salvation, you can only rejoice in it & thank & praise Me for it, and that's the neglected path that could and would bring the victory to so many, if they would only choose that path of praise. Instead of allowing the sin and the bad all around to drag you down into the pit, you should praise Me, that in spite of all that filth I love you and will always love you, and - don't worry: I have cleansed you, and I will continue to cleanse you and sanctify you unto Me. You are very precious to Me. Like diamonds just hewn out of the dark, black rocks: There's still a lot of that black stuff all around you, and if you focus on that, you're not a pretty sight, that's true. But just wait until I'm through with you! Now, some say, "Stick me back into the mud & into the rocks! I can't bear the shame of my filth! I don't want the World to see how dirty I am, and down there in the mire with all the other dirt, at least I won't stick out! Put me back in!" Or they say, "Whoa,

you guys are really not looking that much better than the rest of the rocks down there in the mine. I might as well go back there & spare myself all the chipping away on me by the Master's hand; all that cleansing & uncomfortable purging." It's all a matter of focus, like Pollyanna said: "If you look for the bad in people, you're going to find it." The trick is to look at the good & focus on the good, which, in essence, means to focus on Me in each of you, the hope of glory. It's having faith for each other, faith that looks not so much at what you or they are, but what by the grace of God someday you're all going to be. That's seeing the spiritual man or woman in each other, as opposed to seeing only the flesh, and that's where having a spiritual relationship starts. Sometimes familiarity can really kill it. You live with someone for years & you're so familiar with all their faults & you lose faith that they could actually be used by Me in some mighty or special way. You lose interest in whatever they're getting from Me, just because you know the vessel so well, you figure, "Well, what's in there couldn't be much better than what I already know of his outside." Wrong. You have incredible treasures in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be manifest as clearly being Mine & not your own. Which, again, should give you all the more reason to praise Me & thank Me, that I have chosen you weak, earthen vessels as vehicles & sacred carriers & holders of My messages, My wisdom, My Spirit. So, look not at the flaws in yourselves nor each other, but see Me in you, and the bounty I have bestowed upon each of you, of My true eternal riches and beauty, and rejoice, be thankful, be humble & glorify Me, love Me and revel in Me, for I glory in you. I would like to use you, no matter how little you think of yourself! And I would like to use that brother or sister of yours, no matter how familiar you may be with their weaknesses... Of course, if you're not really interested in being used by Me, but are only interested in yourself or in how you can use others, then there's not really that much I can do to help you, except let you get another bellyful of the selfish life in the darkness, & I'll leave you there for a while until you're ready & willing to once again sparkle & shine along with all My other diamonds in the rough, & ready to be cleansed again. Sometimes even the rough times in the darkness will bring about a certain purging already, as you realize you don't really fit in there, either, or they realize you don't, or you consolidate what it really is you want in life. Whichever way you choose, I will not condemn you.

But all in all, theirs will have been a much wiser investment than that of all the selfish lives put together. Catch a glimpse of the way I see it. I've had to let the entire older generation of the children of Israel become extinguished in the desert, and in the modern day version, it is those who trust in and look at the flesh who are going to have to become extinguished, and only those who truly trust & rely on My Spirit will make it in the end. Like Paul asked some of the early Christians, "That which we have begun in the Spirit, are you going to perfect it now in the flesh?" The flesh can be such a distraction from that which really matters. That's why those who are doing it in the arm of the flesh are dying out. Learning together to focus on the spiritual part of your relationship, and making Me the center & golden middle of it, is what will salvage your being a team for Me. I'm really your only hope. You're going to have to live this relationship in the spirit, with Me being the Center of it, and the top priority in both your hearts and lives, otherwise it can't work. So, let it grow. How can you let it grow & cultivate a spiritual relationship? By sharing with each other what you experience in the spirit, the things I'm teaching & revealing to each of you. You will have to make the choice whether you're going to see each other in the flesh or in the spirit. It is the spirit that quickeneth - brings life - the flesh profiteth nothing - it's no good. So, work on seeing each other in the spirit. I didn't say, work on the other to help them see you in the spirit, but work on seeing the other in the spirit. It's got to be your view, your focus, your attitude that's going to have to change. Changing the world starts with you. What matters is that each of you goes on with Me, and whether the other one gets the point or not: what is that to thee? Just make sure you're getting the point of what I'm trying to get across to you, & you'll see, I'll take care of the other one, you won't even need to do much except pray for them, and just focus on Me & do & say & share what I'm showing you to. Just focus on Me, and things will start to flow, you'll see.

518 ____________________________________________________ You wonder why I allow funny things like these to happen in your life, & whether it's maybe because you're off the track somewhere, and this is some kind of a punishment. 517 ____________________________________________________ But you need to trust that your life is in My hands & that even The Enemy tries to tell you "it's all wasted!" He says, "Look these odd things are ordained by Me for different purposes. They at them, they're so wasted! It's just a big waste! They waste their keep you humble, desperate & dependent on Me. You know energy, they waste their lives... what a waste..." Yeah, when they you're not going to get through this all in one piece except for My could have lived their lives selfishly, like so many others, and protection & care, & like this I draw you closer to My bosom. invested it more "wisely" & carefully like most people, seeking I love you and I want to be your Shelter from the storm. I want to pleasure & gain for themselves, instead of "wasting" it on so draw you so close to Me and let you experience My comfort, so many kids... that you'll be able to comfort others with the same comfort you Many might say that My life was wasted, and I was being wasted have received from Me. and looked definitely wasted by the time I carried that cross. But "wasted" can also just mean a very intense form of "being spent", and as far as eternal rewards go, nothing is really wasted 519 ____________________________________________________ in a life that's spent in giving unselfishly & living for others, I will be your strength when there is no strength, I will be whether they be your own children I have entrusted in your care your comfort, your guiding light. I will steer you safely into My or others I lead across your path. Sure, it's pretty tough when harbor. Trust wholly in Me. I will be your ship and My Spirit will those very ones you poured your life into can then turn around & be the wind to propel you gently forward in the right direction. In say, "Mom, how could you be so stupid & waste your life on all the World you feel pushed around at times, but I give not as the those kids?" (Indicating that it might have been better for World giveth. In Me you shall find peace and safety. I am your everyone involved if you had only had one or, two, namely them relief & surcease from the strain the World puts on you. I am your and maybe a little brother or sister to play with...) Comfort. If there would be nothing to comfort you from, why And sometimes it's because you missed the opportunity should you need a Comforter? somewhere to really teach them some character values & help Even so, the adversities of this life were ordained to gear & steer them to become less selfish than most everybody else around. your focus in My direction, to make Me the goal in your life, the But in the end, the whole universe will finally see what was really place where you will find all the answers & all you yearn for. It is wasted and what was really wisely invested. for that reason also, that I'm not able to grant you all the desires Sometimes they could have gone more in the power of the Spirit of your flesh, because I know that in this you would not find the than the flesh, and sometimes it didn't look all that anointed & greatest fulfillment you truly long for. You must trust that I don't blessed because they simply didn't wait for Me or didn't really want to withhold anything that's good for you, I just simply depend on my supernatural help. happen to know better than you what's truly best for you, and

that's not always just what you want or desire at the moment. Sometimes the best for you is to wait a little while and learn a little patience, as I have said, "ye have need of patience" and patience takes faith, so it all contributes to your acquiring the true riches & values of the spirit, the everlasting riches & values, God's true gold & currency: the currency of faith. What greater gift could you acquire than the ability to rise above all earthly and physical circumstances, according to your need? That's the same power and magic that fed the 5000 when there was no food. Come on, let's defy the laws of physics together, by means of the superior laws of the spirit and confound all those thinkers & would-be scientists with a science and knowledge that will defy all theirs, and that is deeper & greater than anything they could ever come up with in their finite minds! My path is higher than that. So much higher... Learning to fly. That's what it's all about. Just a little while longer you will be confined to the boundaries of the physical World with it's laws. Just a little while longer you will be bound to the laws of gravity that tie you down to the ground. Soon we'll leave all that behind. "Come fly with Me!" 520 ____________________________________________________ One step at a time... Go slowly, My love. Sometimes you go too fast in picturing all these different possible scenarios in your head, like Mark Twain said, "many troubles, most of which never happened." You're so close to that attitude of positive trust, cheerfully trusting that I know best & trying to see My hand even in apparent tragedy. Those who are alert & attuned to My Spirit will find each other and flock together, being brought together by their helpers & their whispers. Those who are in their ruts of doing what they've always been doing the way they've always been doing them, will probably continue to do so, but those who are open & receptive to My winds of change can enjoy new breezes & exciting changes, both, in the spirit, and as a result of those changes in the spirit, also significant changes in the physical. So, be open for My positive winds of change! Don't let the Enemy bog you down with his negative version & view of things, which he would like to impose on you. It's easy: those who make My goals their goals & My business their business will thrive & rise above & just ride on the wave of My will, but those who continue to selfishly seek the fulfillment of their own desires & plans, thereby often standing in the way of those who would seek to do My will above all, will be taken out of the way or fall by the wayside... As much as you love them, you must see that it's better if they're gone, so that you can concentrate more on My job for you. My job for you is the sheep who are not yet in the fold, who have not yet even ever heard the words of David. There is a totally new crop & harvest of a generation that has never even heard about My spiritual revolution.

to teach a child to do the dishes or to be a help in the household. But if you don't take that time & invest that time, you'll be stuck on your own as the only one who can "do it," having failed to train others to follow in your foot steps, having failed to let others help you. Including others more would definitely be a key to greater success in My eyes. That selfish & self-efficient sample is one of the greatest factor in others' not really feeling needed. Nobody wants to be a burden. It never dawns on you how tough a job of responsibility is until you have one yourself. Who of you is not here entirely by My grace alone? Those who had the most potential & were able to lean on their own arms have fallen flat on their faces and have petered out, long before those who needed Me and nothing but Me to cling to, in order to make it through another day. Great abilities in the flesh can be more of a handicap than a blessing in My work, and stand between Me and you, stopping you from accomplishing those things I really want you to do. So, don't be afraid to let go. Just let go & fall back into My arms! 522 ____________________________________________________ Fall in love with the spirit. Open your eyes to the way I see the perfect way they are in the spirit. I'm teaching you & allowing you to experience a little bit if Heaven on Earth already, in order for you to show heaven to the World. I'm teaching you to learn to love each other to the point where you're willing to lay down your life for the other, in spite of whatever flaws or imperfections they may have, by learning to see them through the eyes of the spirit and My eyes of love! I have called you to explore the realms of the Spirit. 523 ____________________________________________________ I gave you this "Isaac" from My hand, & yet I'm asking you now to forsake it again... the ultimate test of faith. Though you may have to forsake your heart's desires for My sake, and for My work's sake for a time of "sowing in tears," "joy cometh in the morning", and there will be a day of great rejoicing when you will reap, if ye faint not, and when you will see that it has been worth it all. Though now you may be tempted to see Me as cruel to give you something and then ask you to return it and give it back to Me, to give it up for Me, one day you'll see that this test of your first love was utterly necessary. "Let Me be your First Love..." See not the loss, but what You have gained out of it! Incredible lessons, and a broken heart, and a much closer relationship with Me! Isn't that what you really wanted? You are becoming a warm, compassionate & tender-hearted lover of God and others. Isn't that worth striving for? 524 ____________________________________________________ I want you to be more desperate for My help, realizing more that you need Me, get you to the point where you see that nothing works without Me. The World is busy working away without Me, and where are they headed? Destruction. You've been working without Me for a long time, and it takes a while to turn someone around & have them get into a whole new modus operandi of working by Me. It's not a thing that happens from one day to the other. It takes time. Moses didn't become the patient shepherd overnight, either. It took him 40 years, until he was 80, to get where I wanted him. Learn to focus on Me without distraction. That's the foundation on which you can then build lessons of teamwork & unity, etc. But if you're distracting each other from establishing that foundation of putting Me first & making Me the basis of all your actions & interaction, then you'll have problems. As long as you are the greatest influence on each other, I'm not able to be the greatest influence on either of you. I want to be the most important "thing" in your lives.

521 ____________________________________________________ It's more difficult in many ways, more humbling and it requires more patience to operate as a team, to learn to function as a team, but the reward and benefits are that it safeguards you from a selfish & independent road of pride & self-efficiency, which makes you go through life with an attitude of "I don't need anybody else", the result of which is usually that you'll find out that while others would have needed you badly, they won't need anybody with that attitude, either. It's okay to be needing others, and I have ordained it thus that others need you, too, and they need you to need them, as well. There is something so much higher, nobler and more important to strive for than just plain efficiency in a worldly sense, of how many funds you can bring in on your own, or how much work you can get done on your own. To learn to be working as a team is much more important in My eyes, and something much more valuable to achieve. 525 ____________________________________________________ Teaching someone to harmonize takes time, just like it takes time Each day is like a new beginning from scratch. You can't take

the inspiration, the feelings of victory and triumph from the day before with you into the new day. It's a little bit like daily forsaking all, or dying daily & being born again. It shows to which extent I like to make all things new. So, every new day is a new challenge, a new chapter of your life to be written, involving new lessons, new treasures to hunt and collect, and, of course, new battles to win. They're really continuations & sequels of all you've learned in the days before today, but yet there's a feeling & nuance of newness & strangeness to it all. The victories of yesterday were won, but the outcome of today is still undetermined. It's because of this uncertainty that you're having to come to Me afresh every morning, to find Me, get ahold of Me, be filled with My strength & find guidance from My hand, and confirmation of the path before you from My mouth. It's a little bit like My parable about the husbandman whose servants told him that an enemy had come & sown bad seeds among his crop, and they asked him what to do. The landlord said, "Just let them grow, and at the harvest we'll separate them..." Sometimes you just have to wait and see how things or people develop. 526 ____________________________________________________ "All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's" (Phil.2:21). That pretty sadly just about wraps it up. All seek their own. So few are interested in My cause and My affairs. So few are concerned about the lost sheep, starving and bleeding out there, for whom I died, and whom I would love to reach and feed and lift up with the words of David, but too few seek that which is of My interest, they all seek their own. Seek to be a more genuine sample of My love. Be more concerned about My sheep out there. Keep feeding them. 527 ____________________________________________________ I have led you in the direction of forsaking all, the direction of willingness to change, of being willing to do things against your own natural inclinations, of greater teamwork. You must constantly stay alert and attentive to any last minute changes. This is taxing on the carnal mind, which would wish to know as much as possible about what's going to happen, but this is My training & teaching you My modus operandi of walking by faith, not by sight; trusting in Me, and My hand to guide you, and not following the course of the "obvious" step to take next. The trail is only seen with the eyes of the spirit, in doing what I want, none of your own plans and ideas. Is your priority the pursuit of your own, personal plans, or even the welfare of your own flesh and blood family, or whatever you think is obvious that you should do? Or are you going to seek that which is Mine, namely My Kingdom, My lost sheep, and My little dog trail, the hidden path of the Holy Ghost, that only those find who seek Me with their whole hearts? It all comes down to trusting Me and obeying Me rather than what man says is the obvious thing you should do. But just because you can't trust Me for some of the things I allow, you think you have to take things into your own hands. I'm asking those who say they wish to follow Me, to keep straight their priorities and determine what's most important in their lives: their carnal (adult) children, or the many lost spiritual children of Mine, who might be lost forever in this life, just because you were so encumbered about with much care and worry for your physical children, who were My responsibility to begin with. You seem to be so afraid that I'm too incapable or heartless to take good care of those I have given you. Can you keep them from death? Can you keep them from prison, and the paths of darkness they have chosen for themselves in their lives? No, not by caring for them every waking hour of your life could you keep their spirits from wandering into the depths of darkness, if that's what their choice is. But I can. IF you will commit them into My hands, which will often mean, first letting them go out of your own hand & trusting Me for them. My ways are unlike your ways, and they're mysterious ways, and you don't always comprehend them. But does that mean that

they cannot be good? Does that mean you know better than Me? Does that mean I have failed, I was absent or asleep when this or that bad thing happened? What do you know that I might have allowed them to be cast in prison to show you a glimpse of the countless captives in the prisons of Satan that you will never free? What if I have even allowed someone you know to die to show you a glimpse of the pain of the millions that are dying out there without the Words of life in your hands, that you and your children are taking for granted, yea, and some even despise? What if they're out there in poverty, without a job, without money, just for Me to show you a glimpse of all the countless destitute & poor spiritually, who would long to be blessed with a fraction of the riches you've got? What if all those supposedly bad things you see Me allowing to happen to them are in reality good things that draw them closer to Me, that would wake them up from the error of their ways, if you would not attempt time and time again to protect them from My chastisements? I'm not saying that no pain was ever caused by human failure, I'm just saying "what if?" You will never find out as long as you just pursue the obvious, and that which you think you should do, without seeking Me personally. 528 ____________________________________________________ It's one thing to want to change, and another to actually do it and allow it to happen, and being truly open to change and progress would mean to address the issues, not avoiding them. There is often someone who will stop the flow of the Spirit by not getting their switching point in line with the rest of My movement, stopping the flow in the direction of greater teamwork and cooperation. I'm teaching you to look before you leap, which means that even in a case where I give a general "okay," you need to keep looking for signs of confirmation along the way. I'm trying to teach you to read My signs. They are all over the place, and often people don't register them. If they would stop to notice them and ask Me, "Lord, what does this mean?" I could show them so much more & teach them so much more, and their path would become clearer. I may open a door, and it may look alright, but you won't really know whether it's the right one for you until you go through it, or at least have a look in there & "check it out." I expect My children, those who know Me personally and follow Me, especially over such a long space of time, to touch Me and get ahold of Me personally, to roll their burdens over onto My shoulders, and to trust in Me fully, to let Me carry their load. Otherwise, if you're not even able to do this, what kind of salvation, what kind of faith are you going to offer to others? It requires faith to let the arm of the flesh rest a little while & have the World call you crazy because instead of securing your sustenance with the work of your own hands, you're spending your time hearing from Me and in My Word. But "they that have chosen this good part, it will never be taken away from them." Choosing to sit at My feet and listen to My Words and feed the World My Words is the good part, and you will thereby become My friends, My lovers, My brides forever, for you have proven that I and My love and My seeds mean more to you, are worth more to you than your reputation. 529 ____________________________________________________ It's really a very common & natural & widely spread problem, this phenomenon of wanting to be loved, instead of taking the initiative to give love to others instead. That passive attitude of "Why don't they like me or love me?" which results in resentment, isolation, or simply indifference... "Well, they don't like me, so why should I care about them?" And as part of your self-defense mechanism you start looking at their flaws & all the things that are wrong with them, and instead of seeing them like victims you could be helping, as people in the same boat with needs & weaknesses just like your own, you categorize them & exclude them from your life. I'm trying to tear down the wall between you and those people out there that you have built to protect you. You've grown strong

enough, and I would like you to venture out from behind these walls in order to rescue others. Don't be afraid anymore of getting hurt! You've got the Words of eternal life, and even though they might not receive them the first time around, you must keep trying, you must sow the seeds faithfully. You must overcome your fears, your pride, your lethargy & your hesitancy to go out there & feed them, if you want to inherit My fullest blessings. It doesn't really matter where you go, because My sheep are everywhere. The "father of faith" went out, "not knowing whither he went," and that's the footsteps I want all My children of faith to follow in. Just GO and I will show! I have promised you that there are sheep out there, so, just launch out on this, My promise, and put Me to the test! 530 ____________________________________________________ The making of a spiritual man... To teach somebody to see, not with the eyes of the flesh, which grow dim and will perish, but with the eternal eyes of the spirit, to look past the hatred, past the rejection, past all the negative reactions the Enemy stirs up in them towards you, and yet being able to love them, as I have loved them & endured such contradictions of sinners against Me. Remember, they're the victims, they're the captives, not you. They're the ones who need to be saved & rescued, delivered. They might not be aware of it; they might not see any need for salvation or a need to change. But they probably will, before long. That's why I want you to seek those who are desperate, who can already sense that something is wrong with the World. But even among those who haven't seen it yet I've got those who are My sheep. They just instinctively know that I'm in control, no matter what happens, so, they are cheerful in spite of all that might be going wrong. That's why it's important to discern, you know? It's time to focus on the job I've given you. It's time to cast yourself wholly onto Me & stop relying on the arm of the flesh. Blessed are those who find joy in passing My Words & My message on to others. This, My joy, shall be their strength. I am faithful, and a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Me and seek to do My will.

warfare! Welcome to the battle-field and to My army! This is how things work out here on the battle front: lots of changes, and you can't get used to it fast enough. As long as I am the One who's calling the shots, you don't need to worry. As long as I am guiding you personally, what is there to worry about? Just trust & follow! I will not lead you astray! 533 ____________________________________________________ The best warriors are the crazy warriors, who barge into the Enemy's territory with a wild roar and shout, the ones who get carried away by the rush of victory! There is a time for everything, a time to tread low and be watchful, and a time to just burn free and let the chips fall where they may. This time right now might be the only time in history, the last chance left, before My return, to really burn free and let the chips fall where they may, to freely sow My seeds, to really let them have it! That's why I want you to pour it out without measure, not stingily, but generously, just pouring out your life, all you've got! If you would know and see the power I have given you, you would use it. You would no longer hold it back or keep it to yourself, but you would venture out & conquer the Devil's territory. I have given it to you & have promised you every place on which the soles of your feet would tread. So, go forth to conquer! Tap into the power of David! Be enriched and strengthened to go forth to conquer and to conquer! You are My followers, and just as I have gone forth to conquer and to conquer, so must you. Be not fearful, be not hesitant, be not overly cautious, but be valiant, be courageous, be brave. Give it all, holding nothing back!

534 ____________________________________________________ "Everything's gonna be alright!" If you can convey to people that everything's going to be alright, because I'm in control, it's okay, they can trust Me... that's already worth a lot. And if you love them unconditionally, with the love you got from Me, then they get a glimpse of hope that I can love them like that, too, and that I won't allow anything bad to happen to them. Comfort them with the comfort you've found in Me! 531 ____________________________________________________ Be so full of My light, which is stronger than all their darkness... Decisions, choices, changes... So much depends on each of be that ray of hope for them. You can practice that magic, and you, your desperation to find My perfect will for you... you're going to be quite skilled at it, if you keep it up! Apart from the physical organization of the Family, the Family is Encouraging & comforting others is part of the magic of love; it's also a spiritual army, and a lot depends on how loyal you are a softer magic, but not any less powerful! being to that army. Whoever happens to be fighting on your side, alongside you in that army at the moment is your brother or 535 ____________________________________________________ sister in arms, and they deserve your loyalty, in spite of any & all When I grant you the desire of your heart, that blessing could weaknesses or flaws. be compared to a rose. And what do roses usually have? Right, Of course, they have flaws, faults & battles. They are fighting the thorns. "No rose without a thorn." So, why do you keep Devil, the enemy of their souls. They are in a war of worlds, a complaining about the thorns? Is that too high a price to pay? severe struggle, which brings a lot of upheavals into one's life, Does that mean that, yeah, you wanted this heart's desire, but while those who have withdrawn from that spiritual battlefront to only if it comes without any problems? It's like saying "Don't you just live a selfish life have no right to point their finger at them in have any roses without thorns?" Well, not if you want the real an accusing way. Yet they are usually the first to point their thing! "If it's real things you want, it's the real thing you'll get." finger at them, because in having made a truce with the Enemy, If you want the real thing, not the Devil's cheap plastic they are also subject to his "comments" on issues. How much do counterfeit & imitation, if you want beauty that lasts, please, you allow yourself to be affected by those comments? How much accept the little bit of suffering it's wrapped in, along with it, do you listen to those doubts? How much do you look at the otherwise you'll just be cheating yourself! wind and the waves, and at circumstances, instead of the spirit? If you really want it, you're going to endure a little hardness for it, Before you can expect others to put their lives into your hands, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. you must be sure of your utmost loyalty to Me, My Words, and These things show you how mature you really are, & whether all My Family. Which do you prefer? Flesh or spirit? the things you know & were supposed to have learned, have really been applied & put to action & have turned to experience & 532 ____________________________________________________ true gold wisdom. "Stop! See thou, do it not, for now I have seen that thou Until then, all the good advice you can give is just so much hot lovest God!" air. It's the sample without the sermon. But once you've endured, My will has been brought about by your going in this direction for once you've been there, your words turn into gold, because your as long as was necessary. I have taught you many lessons, the heart is in them, and it's not just all empty, puffed up wind from decisions in the spirit have been made, the switches have been your head, but valid & solid, tried & proven, life-giving counsel. made in order for all the rails to lead in the right direction. The path is clearer than before. Your train was headed in that 536 ____________________________________________________ direction, but now I'm bringing in new changes of course. Many of those who have "been in the way" for many years, That's the way I cause My children to follow Me. This is tactic and and "seen everything" have - with all that they've seen - often

lost sight of My spiritual goals & guidelines behind all these things. They have become so influenced by the experiences of what they've seen with their eyes, that they have doubts whether My Word actually still works or applies, and whether it's really the supreme standard... Their personal experiences have outweighed their faith in My Word. Whereas those who are totally sold on Me and My Word, who believe that I truly can never fail, will still hold true to My Word, even if they can't see it fulfilled yet before their eyes. It's a test of faith. Are they going to still believe Me, even if it seems as if I have broken My Word? It's the test of Job, the test of Abraham, and the test of those tried in the wilderness, which things have happened as an ensample to you, upon whom the ends of the World have come. Sometimes you have read My Word all your life, and yet you have never really lived it, never really gotten the point of that passage you memorized or read or heard a thousand times. "Yes, I know all that," you say. But, have you ever really tried it? Have you tried to live it and to experience it, to put it into action and effect and to the test? Have you found out how happy you can be if you don't only know these things but actually do them? That's "New Bottle-ness": the openness & readiness to let Me reveal something completely new to you, even by means of an "old" verse or quote that you may have heard a hundred times before, and the willingness to apply it to yourself today, right now, in a new & radical way you may have never considered before. "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak..." That's one of the experiences I've made during My life in the flesh, which has helped Me to have more compassion for all My mortal, flesh & blood children and brethren and brides. I know how fragile you are, and how incapable. That's why I don't judge you. But I do try to give you clues & help you how to overcome the weakness of the flesh & try to show you how to rise above all those things that hold you down. I'm saying, "You CAN do it, if you believe!" In fact, you can do ALL things through Me, IF you believe! 537 ____________________________________________________ I'm happy for you when you feel victorious & on the upper side of things, but remember that "the Lord is nigh unto them of a broken heart, and a contrite spirit He will not despise." So, when you're desperate or battling, you're actually not any further away from Me than during these more victorious times, but I'm actually closer to you then, although you may not really feel it. Walk by faith, not by sight or feelings, to learn to treat those two "imposters", success & failure, just the same! The time I was clearly & even visibly with Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego, was the time they were thrown into the fiery furnace, so, know that I am with you always when you go through a fiery trial. The times when you've recuperated from your last trial or battle, when you feel stronger, and like walking on your own again, are the times when I can actually let go of your hand for a little while & see how you'll be faring. But it would certainly be wise of you not to stray too far from My hand again, knowing that the next battle might just be 'round the bend, and "he that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed, lest he fall," for the unexpected assaults of the Enemy are always the toughest ones to take. So, be prepared, always! Be cautious! You're living in perilous times, both, spiritually and physically! Constantly be on guard against any attacks from the inside or the outside! Treat victory and battle - even seeming defeat - just the same, knowing that for you, just to be fighting spells victory. Persistence equals victory! You've just got to keep on! And nothing else matters! Also keep in mind the objective, and what you're fighting for: the defeat of self in favor of greater love, unselfishness & sacrifice for others. Learning to be there for others, and to give, not just to receive. Continue to bear in mind that heavenly, golden and noble objective & goal of unselfish love. Don't try to sneak out of those little unselfish jobs you can do for others, whatever "thine hand findeth to do", but do it "with thy might", from the heart, willingly, as unto Me, knowing that those are the kind of things that will

strengthen you in the best & most worthwhile & noblest of all disciplines. That's walking in My footsteps & making Me your Champion, Example and Hero. Don't underestimate the little things, for they are often - in My eyes - the big things. Seek to understand, to empathize, to see their viewpoint, to lend a listening ear & a helping hand & thus fulfill the law of Christ, My Law of Love. 538 ____________________________________________________ I weaken the arm of the flesh, in order to strengthen the spirit. I want you to trust Me more for everything. I want you to stretch & exercise your muscles of faith, just like you need to exercise in the physical. I've had to take some of the distractions away from you, which occupied you & made you feel like there was nothing else that concerned you much besides what was going on immediately around you. There is a trace & shadow of neglect running through your life right now, which seeps into many different areas. "This you should have done & not left the other undone!" Your projects are all good & nice, as long as they don't cause you to neglect the most important things in your life! The sample you're being directly reflects on My Family, and whatever love or lack of love you show will resemble My love & that of My Family to them. So, please do not fail to show them My love. It's quite a responsibility to be My face to the World, My hands, My mouth, My feet, My representative! Be a channel of My love! What if this was the only time you had left to show My love? 539 ____________________________________________________ Just remember that whichever way things are going to work out in the end, that all things work together for good, because you love Me and I love you, and the more you love Me, and take time to love Me and invest energy & time & prayer power and your passion into this, our love, the better things are going to work out. A lot depends on you and what you put into it. You can steer your boat into virtually any direction and towards any destination, according to your faith, which is the power that will draw down My wind to guide you & push you into the waters and harbor of your choice. If you just keep up that pace of My Spirit, that "slowly but surely" pace, you'll know that you'll reach your destination safely, because I'll be the power to get you there. 540 ____________________________________________________ In a way, the keys of the Kingdom are like music, and in a way, they are My music! You determine the key in which the tune of your life, or that fraction of your life, this day, this moment, this hour is going to be played in, by availing yourself of the corresponding key. You claim the key of victory, and your life becomes a song of victory, a victorious, and cheerful tune. You will learn more about these mysteries, and you will fully understand when you come Home into the eternal realm, for here everything is musical and enwrapped in heavenly sounds. Just like the Enemy rules the soundscape of the physical World at large, with it's wailing, mournful, monotonous & mechanical noises, so I rule My Realm, and it's filled with heavenly symphonies. By imparting My songs, which contain My Words & message, you're shedding a little bit of the heavenly soundscape onto the Earth. Seek Me about what songs to impart to those around you. Now, that your flesh is weakened, your gifts of the Spirit have been strengthened. Get ahold of Me first thing in the mornings, so you can tune in to Me, "getting in tune", and "tuning your instrument" to Me, to My key. With the power of the keys, it all becomes so much clearer, and you can almost "hear" that heavenly tune to which your daily rhythm is supposed to be geared, it almost becomes tangible to you, doesn't it? It's a gift you have to keep cultivating, day by

day. Like a plant, like a tree planted by the rivers of water... 541 ____________________________________________________ Sometimes you have to start from scratch & take that first step of faith... Just launch out there in blind trust & write the first few lines, knowing that if you ask, I will answer, even if you don't "feel" like there's anything coming. Sometimes you can feel it coming, other times, you have to prime the pump & only a few drops will come at first, then a trickle, & finally it flows... This is to help you not to take this gift for granted, and to help you appreciate these Words of Mine, and to treasure them. Sometimes I don't feel much like "spoon feeding" you when there's so much food around that you haven't touched yet... How about some spiritual clean up in My Word? Just stay tuned for My voice as You go. Remember that I speak to you also through My written Word. Nothing like getting into the Word for staying on My channel... 542 ____________________________________________________ Ye have need of patience. Just because you don't feel like you're accomplishing very much, doesn't mean you're not in the center of My will. Maybe I'm still in the process of preparing you. Remember that Moses was 80 by the time he was ready for the Exodus. I'm cultivating the desire in you to get out & reap the harvest like the way a man is being aroused & stimulated. My urges for you to "get out & do it" are like your natural sex drive, which I have given to every man to ensure his progeny. I'm arousing you & stimulating you spiritually to woo & win My lost bride. This doesn't mean that you should rush & do it in your own strength. You need My Spirit to do it. And the realization of impotence & failure without Me is just helping to make You seek Me & My Spirit more and to make you more desperate for My help & My power, without which you simply can't do it. There's such a humongous job out there to do, that there's no chance in a lifetime even to think that you could do it on your own without My power, and so I'm making you more desperate to get ahold of My power. I'm driving you into My arms by the sheer recognition of the vast need and your impotence to do anything to quench it, and thus of the need you have for My power to do it through you and avail yourself of that power... In other words, if you want to love them - successfully - you'll have to love Me first & get all the love for them you need from Me first. And that's why I'm keeping you & training you & teaching you here in My arms. And you simply need to trust a little that that's okay. You don't have to feel condemned for not accomplishing anything for Me, even though I'm constantly reminding you of the great need. You need to realize the need to overcome lethargy and other weaknesses, your fears, etc. But you can't overcome them without My help, so by drawing to My Word in desperation and seeking Me with greater desperation in spirit, you're actually coming closer to that goal. The Enemy can't stand it when one of My children clings to Me desperately and is crying for help and crying out to Me as to their only hope. That's like poison to him. At first the Enemy is attracted by it, because he sees you weakened, and he tries to get you even more down and deeper into despair. But what he didn't see was the poison underneath: the desperation, and the hook of My love and Salvation, which unstoppably draws you closer to Me in such situations, and while he took a few nibbles at you, and thought you were going to be his next meal, he'll find out that you're actually going to kill him, ha! You're the Enemy's death, his downfall & nemesis. The deadly poison, that while it looked so attractive to him, and he joyfully was trying to gobble you up, you'll be that which kills him from the inside like Neo did with Mr. Smith. That's what you are to the Devil & his System. Like the man in "Medusa Touch," who people thought to be a menace and a threat, something evil... Yet he was the hand of My judgment, virtually unstoppable. - And by what? - By sheer thought power. You have the weapons of heavenly thought power, amplified by the keys and full possession, AME, prayer & praise... imagine how powerful a threat you are to the Enemy's

kingdom. His only chance lies in trying to dissuade you from ever beginning to use those weapons. That's all I'm waiting for. Use those weapons to make it happen! 543 ____________________________________________________ You simply have to trust Me that you're going to get through this one, too. I know, it's all dreadful from your point of view, but as you'll look back at this point in your road some day soon, you'll laugh about it, trust Me. It's just one of those "molehills turned mountain" that seem so huge & insurmountable to you right now, but after a while you smile about how you ever considered this a real challenge... Appropriating faith is the weapon that'll already propel you to the place in time in the spirit where you'll be able to laugh about it, and just by believing My Words to you right now, you consider it already "done", that this supposed "obstacle" is just another of the Devil's bluffs. 544 ____________________________________________________ If the "rat" seems to have developed a certain resistance against My "poison", you will simply have to heighten the dose or try some other variations of My heavenly "pesticides," just come to Me for counsel about it, & I'll give & show you what you need each day & what exactly you must do to successfully bust Satan and his crowd successfully in each situation. You may find out that this "rat" actually mutates into a monster, a great, fierce dragon, that will try to stop you with all within him from conquering the sleeping princess, and from awakening her with the kiss of My love & delivering her out of his clutches. But all the while you're becoming more & more skilled & stronger all the time as well, and if you're determined to keep fighting him, no matter what, to always get up again & fight another round, then you'll win in the end & conquer & save the world through love & perseverance, love that never fails & never quits. It's going to be a love explosion, like one huge orgasm, resulting in many seeds sown & many more new children born into My Kingdom... That's what I'm preparing you for. Whether it's going to be here or somewhere else, it doesn't really matter. As long as you stay in touch with Me & continue to be guided by Me, I will steer your ship safely into the harbor of My choice. 545 ____________________________________________________ Grow stronger in My strength, not your own. Do you still think that any of the strength you need to combat the Enemy will have to be your own or something you can come up with or have to work up yourself? I'm teaching you the strength of patiently waiting for Me and absorbing and assimilating My power. You are not greater than he that is in the World, but I am. And if I am in you, then he doesn't stand a chance. At that point where you recognize the uselessness of the flesh, the futility of the flesh, that "the flesh profited nothing," that's where you finally get desperate enough to make sure you're getting ahold of My strength, and that that's the only chance you ever had and will ever have, Me in you, your only hope. I'm also strengthening the ties of unity between My people, the skills of teamwork and successfully fighting the Enemy together as a team, not "each man for himself." It's the merging that I'm encouraging, the melting together of hearts & lives, requiring surrender & submission, not the elevation of one single person. Elevation of self has always been the Devil's scheme, all those horns on those beasts "coming up" or "rising up" or "waxing great," while those truly greats of My realm & My true heroes have always lived by the rule, "He must increase, and I must decrease, it is not I that live, but Christ who liveth in me." Don't miss this revolution of unity, the revolution of the meek & humble & lowly ones melting together, the true revolution of My Spirit, which doesn't advocate any single person or unit for their outstanding accomplishments, but will judge you by what you have done for the body as a whole, what you have done for somebody else in order to help them to make it. This is not a competition for anyone to see who gets the most accomplished.

It's a teamwork, a united effort, and I want My Family to explode as a whole, not just a few individuals here or there. So, the goal is not to stick out in a "behold, here I am" kind of attitude, but to sink in, to dive into the whole body & meld in, to blend in and to become one with My Family, to become a strengthener of that which is feeble, not a judge. "Any element of self is disgusting..." it doesn't belong, it only pollutes the white linen of the righteousness of My saints, the humble & meek spirit of unity. Any aspirations & desires to seek one's own glory are like an abomination in My sight, and are counter-productive to the movement of My Spirit & that which I want to bring about. That's what it's all about... The willingness not to do or accomplish anything outstanding, but just to do the humble thing, the little faithful things that make this kingdom stand, to be a nobody & be willing to do anything for anybody, anywhere, at any time... the love that lays down its life for another. That's the kind of love that will make it. 546 ____________________________________________________ When you feel weak, then you're actually stronger in My sight, & when you're desperately crying out to Me because you have just recognized that there is nothing good in you whatsoever, then you're actually closer to Me than when you feel like you're doing okay... Archer will help to defend you against Baal, for he is the god of the flesh that causes you to seek to elevate yourself above others & make them feel inferior and hurt them, instead of esteeming them higher than yourself & preferring them to yourself. Claim the keys of humility when you sense that you are about to develop a condescending attitude towards someone. Problems just don't go away by ignoring them. Seek Me more desperately, seek to obey Me more desperately, seek more desperately to stay on the straight & narrow path and to keep clean from any inroads of the Enemy, stay clear of compromises, and fight more whole-heartedly, if you really want a victory. Stop merely existing & getting by! Start living! Start really running toward the finish line and the goal! Fight to win! Mean business! Get real! Stay on guard! Get on the attack! 547 ____________________________________________________ "Give God all the credit all the time!" There's a reason for it, you know? It's a security check to keep you humble. Because otherwise, if you take even the tiniest bit of credit to yourself, it becomes a form of worship that may seem innocent enough at first, but pretty soon it'll grow & grow into a hole in the dyke that will result in a catastrophic flood of evil sweeping into your life. So, when analyzing the situation with a magnifying glass something that detectives following the little dog line of the Holy Ghost sometimes do - then you can see who's the real culprit here, namely you: you are, and always have been, your own worst enemy. Be merciful as I am also merciful to you and forgive you for your sins. "I will have mercy, not sacrifice!" Forget about any sacrifices you want to make for Me! It's mercy I want, not that sacrifice! 548 ____________________________________________________ (Dad:) "The heart of man is desperately wicked", and you're just no exception, son. Sometimes our own perception of ourselves can be a little tainted, especially when we're prone to be sensitive and thus not welcome the corrections & suggestions others are trying to make to help point out some of our flaws... But the thing is, the Lord often uses weaker vessels than ourselves to point out things to us that are wrong about ourselves, especially in order to make sure that we don't esteem ourselves more highly than anyone else, won't be respecters or persons, but will receive correction as helpful hints & tokens from anyone, great or small, old person or child. And as long as you refuse that kind of correction, those hints the Lord often gives especially through those that are younger & those we wouldn't always necessarily deem "worthy" of correcting us, you

may miss some important points He may be trying to bring home to you. You're wondering why He didn't show you this before. Well, He tried, through others He was using, but you weren't open to what they had to say, because you figured because of the magnitude of their own problems, they weren't entitled to. But see, that's not how it works. Just because someone else has problems, too, doesn't make everything they have to say null and void, nor does it mean that their problems are so much bigger than yours that they don't have a right to point out some of your own flaws... It shows true greatness when a man is always open to correction and constructive criticism, even if at first it may not feel that way, and you get offended, and you wonder, "Who does he or she think they are, anyway, to tell me what's supposed to be wrong with me?" But when you react that way, then you know that you've fallen into the trap of pride. It's just so much easier to see the faults in others than to be willing to see your own, that's human nature, and when you've got a problem along these lines of self-righteousness, it's good to remember, like I've often said, what a mess you yourself have made along the same lines or in other points, and the Lord is definitely letting you have a taste of your own "mess" right now, & that's sometimes the only cure. But, as always, you'll be better for it, & it's just another of the sheer endless amount of things & events that work together for good. In fact, this will enhance & magnify your love for the Lord, because you'll realize how even more desperately you need Him than you previously thought, and that will enhance the Romans 8:28 power in your life even more. The more you love Him, the more things will work out for good for you, the better things will work out. Just beware of the natural man's reaction to curl up in resignation because of your faults. You should wholeheartedly & humbly receive them & learn from them, so you will be able to avoid them more, in the future. Don't get into that indifferent, "nothing really matters anyway" spirit... that's exactly what the Devil wants, & exactly the opposite of what the Lord wants you to do. He wants you to take a positive approach to it, to learn from these things, to let them humble you. I know, you didn't think you were perfect, but you thought you had your flaws & faults & weaknesses & shortcomings all figured out already, that you were fully aware of them, and that you didn't need anybody to tell you anything about it. Well, you were wrong on that one. There are things you need to work on that you're not even aware of, and that the Lord purposely didn't show you Himself, because He wanted you to humbly receive them from them... The Lord likes people to interact that way: "You receive some correction from me, & I'll receive some from you. You help me to see some of my weak points that I can't see myself, & I'll help you see some of yours!" That's humility! That's unity! That's love! Because you all have faults and weaknesses, and the Lord has made no one sinless saints. The Lord has blessed you with some outstanding gifts. But that doesn't mean that He blessed you with having no weaknesses to work on. In fact, your gifts will always make you more prone to fall into the trap of pride than less gifted people will be, so, you will always need some extra & additional help in order to avoid those pitfalls. The Lord can't make it obvious & warn you beforehand: "Okay, now, this is going to be a test of humility, to see how much correction you're going to be able to take from this one, otherwise it wouldn't have been a test. The way He tests the people is by going in clandestinely among the people: the King in beggars' robes, which is why He said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me." You didn't think that by taking correction from them, you were actually taking correction from the Lord, did you? Well, but these are the ways of the Lord. His ways often exceed our own capacities, our imagination, our faith, our comprehension. Just to show you that you haven't "arrived" yet, by far, that there's still lots of progress to be made, lots of lessons to be learned, and if you think you've got it made,

get ready for a big surprise! So, decide who and what you're going to be, decide whom you're going to serve, who you will love and who you will hate. If you really love the Lord, you will hate the Devil, and you won't grant him any access or entrance into your heart, life, mind and spirit, but you will resist him unto blood. That means, you will be tempted to become aggravated, but you won't be aggravated. You will be tempted to get angry, but you won't get angry. You won't give in to his spirit! 549 ____________________________________________________ I don't like to make decisions for you. I can help you make them, but you have to decide yourself. They're like tests & ways for Me to find out where you're at, what you're made of & where you stand... The choices you make are what you are. They make up your testimony, your witness, they become your whole legacy & your life. So, don't dread making them, nor shun them or try to sneak your way out of them, since they're so important. Enjoy making them, or at least learn to enjoy it. It's the Enemy, who's trying to get you to dread those choices. He likes to muddle things up, to keep them not so clear, so nobody quite knows what's going on exactly, in his misty haze of confusion. But I have always provoked people to make clear choices and decisions with My radical ways, either for Me or against Me, there was no in-between.

your reality, the way I see it, and the way it is! It's not a vacation your on, this trip through life, but it's warfare! I have sent you out as sheep among wolves, therefore be wise as serpents - don't let him outsmart you - and harmless as doves, knowing that he may be able to destroy your body, but you will be the true conqueror in the end. He that loseth his life for My sake, the same shall save it. If you follow in My footsteps, and you are willing to lay down your life for love, then you're going the path of the true conqueror and overcomer, and you'll wear that incorruptible crown, while those who seek to take, take, take are going down, down, down.

551 ____________________________________________________ That "show-business" type of gospel, the "show must go on" type of holy roller theme, unfortunately isn't entirely honest & truthful, not with themselves, and not with others. It's not the same as the blessing it is to have around someone who is truly humble and filled with My true wisdom, which is considerate & giving, instead of demanding & taking. Learn how to give. If you can just stay focused on that & stop trying to make some kind of a show business out of that and "behold what I've learned" rah-rah, but just sincerely try to live it instead, without having to look around for the applause of others for it, then you're actually a lot more in My footsteps of the humble path than the one you walk by making others feel bad for not accomplishing the same as you... 550 ____________________________________________________ I don't reward people according to their "great That's the difference between the Enemy and Me: while I accomplishments," but for their faithfulness in the little things. gave My blood to be shed for the World, he only takes. I am the Witnessing is one of those. It's the little things you read between Giver, he's the taker. He thinks the World is His for the taking, but the lines, that tell whether love is really genuine or not. the truth is that everything of value has its price, and I have paid Make sure you stay in prayer & thus make sure you're the true price. Yes, he will also leave his place in heaven, not accomplishing what I want, and that I will get all the glory for it. voluntarily, like Me, but because he will be cast out. But instead Just do what you can do, and trust Me for the rest... Trust that I of laying down his life, he will be the greatest taker of lives there will give you the anointing, and also the desire and the burden will ever have been, like I said, a murderer from the beginning for whatever task I want you to accomplish, and if you don't have (Jn.8:44). the strength or anointing for anything you think you should do, So, you do have a dangerous enemy, which is why life isn't just trust that it's not My time for you to do those things yet, but something to be taken lightly. It's dangerous to underestimate that I'm still in the process of preparing you... your enemy or pretend he's not really there, to just avoid thinking "The hare never made it, but the tortoise did", and a little crippled about him or the threat he poses, or to wishfully think that he boy like Tommy can accomplish "more" in My eyes, and in the probably won't care too much about you, and if you leave him in aspects of real, genuine love, than many a great flashy evangelist peace, he'll leave you in peace, too. and flaming prophet who only stumbles others with his unloving He hates you too much to leave you in peace, and he will either sample & testimony of grandeur, display of self that's lacking try to lull you to sleep with all his lures, hypnotisms and honest-to-God truth & humility. temptations, and cause you to let your guard down, or he will There IS a difference when I'm really in it. You'll feel it. You'll feel ferociously attack you with all he's got. His goal is the same in a warm tug at your heart when it's really Me coming along & either tactic: your destruction. It's up to you which way you will asking you to follow Me. There's got to be love in it, and without allow him to combat you. The slow & subtle poisoning by posing love, it's nothing. as your "friend", bringing into your life all the tempting things And even if you spend your whole life just learning how to truly that will cause you to lower your guard & defense against him, or love one person, if that's My will for you - and who can say that it the open confrontation. isn't? - then you're better off doing that than any other grand There is no peace with the Devil. If there's one enemy it pays to ministry I didn't really call you to, or trying to do it before you're rather fight openly and not seek a moment of truce with, it's really ready. Everybody's got their own pace. Satan. Otherwise you'll regret it. Any moment of compromise, any moment you don't openly declare war on him and fight to the 552 ____________________________________________________ finish, will be a moment that will weaken you! You've got to be I am capable of taking care of any amount of contrary constantly on guard against him, beware of his presence as the circumstances and turn them to your good, and, as I have enemy of your soul constantly, and never let down your guard, promised, "I will make a way where there is no way". I have also never think, "oh, well, he's not really that bad... if I just close my said that I have put before you an open door that no man can eyes, he'll go away & perhaps he'll ignore me if I ignore him!" shut. You can ignore him safely by focusing on Me for your protection, This is the way, walk ye in it! Which means that this is the that's alright. But never think that he's not there or that he's not procedure I want you to go by, to learn by and that's the way to out to destroy you. That's the mistake that some have made. successfully follow Me. They underestimated him. They figured, "oh, well, he's not really Learn to claim the keys to guide you, and to open the right doors as evil or nearly as dangerous as he's always hyped up to be..." before you, to supply your needs and to remove any obstacles Or they figure that maybe the others were too weak, but they're that might obstruct your path of My perfect will for you, and you strong enough to withstand his temptations. They won't give in will see, you'll be free and you will get there, 1, 2, 3. I am the to him. They're different... But little by little, one compromise will Author of your path, and I will also help you to finish it. Your life follow another, and he'll find your weak spot, and you can always is safely in My hands. I am the Architect & Constructor of this count on him to be a real Judas & traitor & to stab you in the building of your life, and the more willingly you yield yourself back when you least expect it, when you're weakest and let down into My hands, the less you interfere with your own will, wants & your guard. desires, the better the outcome will be. The more you trust, the So, there you have another bleak picture, but it's My picture of more magnificent the edifice will become.

Changes are good for you, even if they're just changes of mind, of attitudes and perspectives and direction of focus. Keep on moving... 553 ____________________________________________________ Sometimes you seemingly refuse to see the signs I'm strewing all along your way. I've been giving you many signs & tokens of encouragement! So, why do you complain in your heart? Everything that's worth something costs something. The price for being a vessel of treasures is that of pain, that of being set apart, yes, even some sort of "exile" situation. Look what John got during his exile on Patmos: The Book of Revelations. It takes going through certain kinds of experiences to be able to be a vessel or a channel. You don't hear songbirds all chirping together in big flocks, do you? They're usually more solitary types of birds. What's more important than your "mark" you leave, your "accomplishments" is the real difference you can make through love. And love doesn't think about herself & what she's missing out on, love is concerned about others! And who did I tell you to love - right after Me? Your neighbor, or the one closest to you! Imagine how it must hurt to be living with someone who always keeps looking into the distance, where the grass appears to be so much greener... Being happy spells learning to be content & grateful for what you have, and instead of selfishly yearning for far-away dream-lands where everything is happening that you think you're missing out on, you should be tuning into Me and others, to make sure they're happy. The root of the problem lies with taking things for granted... also called familiarity, and you know what's bound to happen when you're not thankful for what you've got. Heaven and its happiness are yours for the asking, and the accepting of it, by simply receiving whatever situation you find yourself in as My personal love-gift to you, hand-tailored for your personal need, if you could only trust Me and thank Me for it! Life isn't going to be perfect - ever - in this present life, and I ordained it this way for you, so that you would - like Abraham seek a better place, a City Whose Builder & Maker I am - your true Home. This World is not your home, so you might as well quit looking for the perfect place in it, and the perfect situation, where everything is going to be as you wish. Heaven just won't happen as long as the Devil is still in charge of this place! You can enjoy glimpses of it, but in order to do that, you're going to have to get rid of the Devil's garbage first, that he's piled up in your life! You need to have daily clean-ups, get rid of the Enemy's dirt first, be washed clean with My Words, before you're going to be able to enjoy that heavenly happiness. And you can feel the difference: "Now you are clean through the Words which I have spoken unto you!" Now that you've listened to My Words, which have straightened things out, made things clearer, & washed away the garbage & filth the Devil would have liked to dump in your temple of the Holy Ghost, which he will try over & over & over again to usurp. Just like he will usurp the temple in Jerusalem in the End, so he already tries to usurp the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is your body, every day right now, and you've got to fight to keep him out! The perfect World is coming, for you to enjoy for all eternity, so, why not prepare for it, by already starting to live in the joy and the love and the peace of it, as much as you can, and you can, if you're tuned in to Me! Lock out the Enemy & don't let him usurp your temple, & just tune in to Me and love others - your neighbor - as yourself, knowing that they would probably also wish that things were slightly different, so, make it different for them, and as much as you can, try to make their dreams come true, and I'll see what I can do about yours. 554 ____________________________________________________ When you're at war with an Enemy that rules pretty much the whole World, things aren't always easy, they aren't always rosy.

This World is inhospitable to you because you're not a part of it. You're it's enemy. Be glad you are, though, because in being the World's enemy, you're being My friend! Friendship with the World is enmity with God, and thus enmity with the World equals friendship with God. Of course, the Enemy wants to make it tough on you, & he makes you want to regret your choice to become his and his System's enemy almost before you finish making it. He's asking, "Are you sure you want to leave my dreamland of compromise, the warm & cozy state of truce with me? Are you sure you want to join the side of those who have declared an all-out war against me?" He knows, if there would be a way to get by peacefully coexisting with the Devil & still pleasing Me at the same time, you probably would. But there isn't. And so, the only choice you've got is allout war against the Enemy. And he'll fight you back, for sure. He sends his emissaries, just to remind you that the nice, comfortable days of truce are over. The days of feeling at home in this World are over. It's time to come to grips with the fact that you're an unwanted, unwelcome alien here, a pilgrim & stranger from the other side, the Enemy camp, as far as they're concerned who are sold out to the Devil. The World only embraces & pampers those who have swallowed the Devil's hook & are definitely in his camp. They're like the Nazi forces during WWII, indulging in all the luxuries & suppressing the "unwanted" elements, and just like in WWII, this is only the beginning of woes. At first they edge in on your privileges, hassle you & make things tougher for you, but sooner or later they'll find the perfect excuse to start a full-fledged persecution against you and your kind. 555 ____________________________________________________ "If we walk in the light,... we have fellowship with one another" (1.Jn.1:7). The light of open & honest communication shoos away the Devil's darkness & his opportunity to sow any discord or start any rumors. Through the power of the keys you can forgive anything. The Devil often uses little things & seemingly innocent little sins, lacks of forgiveness or tiny little grudges in the back of people's minds. Remember the "camel's nose." Once he's got the tip of his nose in by one little thing that's lingering in the back of your mind, he'll try his head, then the neck and you know the story... Don't let him take over your tent! Give no place to the Devil! Just like you're never going to find the perfect place in this life and this World, it's also very unlikely that you're ever going to find the perfect people to live, work or fellowship with. Nobody's perfect. People naturally want others to be more like themselves, but that would defeat the wonderful variety I have given you. Keep in mind Joseph, & all he had to forgive his brothers for. (Joseph:) You have gained spiritual riches and nourishment of which you've got plenty to share with your brethren now, and many are feeding from it and are basking in the sunshine and the warmth of the fire, made from the wood you gathered, and you're helping them through this cold, spiritual winter and time of famine. Don't be offended if they don't know what to make of you and your coat of many colors, your strange & odd little ways... It's not enough to just be different. It's important to make a difference, to strive to be different in an uplifting way, a positive way that takes the initiative to make a positive difference. I was tempted to just resign while in prison and passively sink into the abyss of self-pity. But thankfully, the Lord quickly had me snap out of that, because He had given me a job to do. Always keep in mind and focus the job the Lord has for you, that's greater than anything you could imagine right now, and that He's preparing you for right now, through all you're going through, in order to do a better job at ruling the World some day. You will be righteous and fair rulers because you will have gone through sufferings yourselves that will have shown you the other side, that will enable you to relate to those that might also suffer and be plagued by doubts, or hurt by others. Blessed are the peacemakers. How do you make peace? By forgiving and taking a step toward the others, trying to understand, and trusting the

Lord for the rest, the part you can't understand. He made all of you. He must have known what He was doing, didn't He? Haven't you learned that He does all things well? So, even in creating you and those others with all your flaws, and putting you in this situation where you'd have to learn to get along, He must have known what He was doing, right? And don't worry, Heaven is full of oddballs! You will really feel at Home here, because the place is just buzzin' with seeming nutcases that really made the differences in the World that brought about God's perfect plan. The wild dreamers that saw the things no one else dared to see, that were even ridiculed by their own brethren... If you avail yourself more of our help, you will have more faith & courage to be that bold, to tell them your dreams in spite of what they might say. Maybe I wasn't always the wisest or discrete in choosing who I was going to share my far out dreams with, I wasn't the most cautious, but the Lord used that boldness later in order to get me where He wanted me: right beside the throne that ruled the World, and that's where you're going to wind up too, some day, along with those brothers & sisters who never would have dreamed that you would ever make it there, along with them, just like you may be having a hard time picturing them as that which they're supposed to be, and, by the grace of God, they're going to be. In fact, a lot might depend on you, as to whether they're going to make it or not. In my case, the Lord used me in order to ensure my entire family's survival. Be sure you don't miss any golden opportunities for ways in which the Lord might want to use you in order to ensure your Family's survival! Never think that because you're locked up in some dungeon or prison cell, along with criminals and the scum of the World, that God isn't going to be able to use you there. You never know where you might end up next, if you seize the opportunity, stay open to His limitless possibilities & just keep trusting that He knows what He's doing! It pays to have crazy faith and to not limit the Lord in any way when it comes to His plans for you. 556 ____________________________________________________ Greater unity equals greater power. You want more power? Strive for more unity! You want Me to raise you to a level of greater strength, more energy, greater love? Seek greater unity! I will alter your circumstances, and improve them, according to your faith & prayers, but the power you seek, and the changes you seek don't come by Me just pressing a button and magically transforming you into something better & stronger, just like that. As you know, I take time for My greatest accomplishments & works, and even creating an update to a computer program takes time and work. And in order to enhance you, upgrade & improve you & transform you into the state of greater strength you want to attain, I might do it through a lower, baser & humbler road of having you merge with others. It's hard work, having to roll up your sleeves & working in the mire of inter-human relationships, where sin rubs against sin, flaw against flaw, and imperfections meet their mates & counterparts. This is the inevitable road of humanity: that of having to learn from and with each other. There are times of solitude when I just seclude you unto Me & hold you close to My breast & nourish you, just tuning in to you and your needs alone, but there are also those times when I require you to humble yourself & get down to the nitty-gritty of having to deal with other humans' weaknesses, the confrontation of their handling your weaknesses and differences of opinion. Climbing the mountain of this life consists in overcoming those differences & sometimes seemingly insurmountable obstacles of qualities you spot in each other you just don't feel you're able to reconcile with. But that's one of My favorite ways I like to prove My power, when you say, "I can't! I just can't cope or deal with that," I say, "You can! Just give Me a chance, & I'll prove it to you!" 557 ____________________________________________________ In some ways, the selfish way is the easier way. You have to carry the Devil's heavy yoke, but for that you don't need to share your life with others, you don't have to give & pour out your life

to others, as service for Me requires, and thus for some it's simply easier to serve the Enemy. I don't mind stealing away former employees of the Devil, just like he evidently doesn't mind recruiting Mine. One will never appreciate the freedom I give until they have been the Devil's fool. Very few are content to serve Me without ever having seen or tried the other side. It's heartbreaking to see them make the wrong choice, but choice is what it's all about. It's always a matter of whether you believe you are your own, or whether you believe that since I not only created you, but have also bought and redeemed you with My blood, you're rightfully Mine. If you accept the fact that your life actually belongs to Me, you won't make such a big fuss about Me wanting to use you and wanting to employ you for My purposes, you figure it's a whole lot better serving Me than the Devil. But evidently, the majority of people see it differently. And then there are those who don't even know yet that there is an alternative to the Devil's bondage & slavery at all, and those are the ones that I would like to employ you to reach and to free from their captivity, or at least to make them aware of the fact that there IS an alternative. 558 ____________________________________________________ My thoughts toward you are thoughts of peace, even though in the World you may have no peace, but I give you My peace. Sometimes, the only reason why you don't have any peace is because you're still focusing on the World too much, and you're not holding still long enough to be filled with My peace. If your mind isn't stayed on Me long enough, I can't keep you in perfect peace, because you don't trust enough in Me (Isa.26:3). You must strengthen yourselves in the power of the keys by memorizing specific key promises, geared to your particular problems & weaknesses. What's important is not to walk through your days aimlessly, but to receive a clear vision from Me beforehand, of what I want you to do. A lot of these things just require self-discipline. The power to obtain the victory and overcome all obstacles is in your hands, but it depends on your application, and your determination to wield that power, that will actually DO it and give you the victory. You need to get up & grab it! Changes are good for you and ordained by Me. Call on Arcothon's power to defeat the fat, obese demon Apotheon, who's trying to make you feel so bad about yourself you don't even want to get up! Arcos will help you to become a conduit of the power & energy of God, the greatest power & energy there is. So, if you lack energy, that sounds like the right address to turn to, doesn't it? Life, light & love, the energy of God! Open your life up to the life, light and energy of God! Flip the switch, & turn it ON! Greater power has no man than he that opens His life to the flow of the power of God! 559 ____________________________________________________ Isaac was My miracle. On the surface he looked like just any other boy, but a good glance at what lies beneath, and upon digging deeper, one could see that there was something very special happening there, and it's that same working of My power which worked in Isaac's life, and that of My children of old, that also has to come to the fore on behalf of your destiny. It's gotta be My plan for you, none of your own! It's got to be My time for it. Time is perfectly in My hands, quit worrying! Do what you can, and I will do what you can't. When I say, "Roll ye away the stone," or I give you a burden or an idea to do something, then do what thy hand findeth to do with thy might. Even if I'm having you wait for the fulfillment and the mate of these promises like Jacob had to wait for Rachel... The important thing is to keep trusting in Me, no matter what, knowing that whatever happens is good for you, and the closer you stay to Me and the more you love Me, the better it will be for you - whatever happens. I delight in doing My miracles when they seem all the more impossible. I waited for Abraham & Sarah to grow in age beyond

the point where it was humanly & commonly possible to have children until she conceived Isaac. Remember, she laughed at My Words, but that laughter turned into flesh & blood! Have faith that I can fulfill My promises to you even when it looks humanly impossible because of circumstances, or the state the World is in. Continue to make the daily choices to set My miracles in motion, that will keep you on the straight & narrow track of My perfect will for you, and you will see them come to pass. And remember that My way up is down, so that even when you're feeling down & no good, & at the end of your rope, that may be when in My eyes you're closest to the top! So, keep humble, stay desperate with Me & faithfully looking for My guidance, trusting that whatever comes, you're safely in My hands. That's all I'm requiring you to do (Micah 6:8). I just require everyone to do what they can, humbly, and to stay close to Me, to trust that I'll do for them what they can't, so that they in turn may give Me the credit & the glory for it!

someone is focusing on himself, they become like a negatively poled magnet: it pushes other objects - in this case, greater blessings, happiness & fruitfulness - away. Whereas in turning around and focusing on others, trying to make them happy instead of yourself, and seeking your own survival & gain & benefit, you become a positively poled magnet that attracts others and draws My blessings to you. Your only hope is to turn around and start focusing on Me totally, to "pray without ceasing," staying connected with Me at all times. Don't turn off the heavenly communicator, but stay tuned to Me! Make your life a life-long song that doesn't stop when your "Getting in tune" is over! You can't stop looking at Me while you're walking on the stormy waters of this life, or you'll sink down again into the abyss of "realistic" negativity, or should we say "negative reality"? Step out on the water of permanently positive reality, and stay there, by focusing on Me non-stop! In the flesh it is impossible, but all things are possible in the spirit! Just don't turn the power off! Keep it on! Keep walking in the Spirit, the anointing, this closeness to Me! 560 ____________________________________________________ Why turn it off? Why not walk in this spirit, My Holy Spirit, Flow with the river of God & don't worry about whether it's permanently? Stay tuned to Me. taking you places fast enough. What does experience teach you? No more changing identities like Clark Kent into Superman and Did your worries ever avail much? Did they ever happen? Were back. I want you to remain Superman! Forget about Clark Kent! they ever justified? While I don't want you to get complacent & Forget about the "realistic," pessimistic, negatively inclined self-satisfied, I want you to develop greater trust in Me for your Systemite! Become My new creature permanently, by refusing to life. In your mind, I'm still so far away from you most of the time look at the waves of the negative reality of the Devil, and staying during the day. fully in My positive Reality! Since you tend to easily forget our closeness that we enjoy in the I'm not "gone," when you're finished hearing from Me. I'm always mornings, why not come for another session later during the day, there, like I promised (Mt.29:19). I am permanently connected to and another one in the evening? That way you'll never be My angels and spirit helpers who are permanently by your side. uncertain about My love for you again. I want to pull you closer, You can talk to Me permanently, check in with Me mentally about ever closer, & while I'm proud of the progress you've already every single thing you do. This is the part about AME that you made, I also see what's still lacking in your life, & how much never dared to put into practice yet, and it's also what heavenly closer you could still come, and have got to come in order for Me thought power is all about. to really effectively and efficiently use you, and to really live full That's also what full possession and "giving no place to the possession & heavenly thought power all the time. Devil" amounts to, because if every moment of your life is If you have to eat physically 3 times a day, why not come to Me occupied by Me, we're going to crowd the Devil clear out of your for spiritual nourishment 3 times daily, also? My Spirit would be life. It can be reality for you right now! so much more present in your life at all times. It's like being "on-line" with a computer: before, you've had a slow connection, and now you've got a fast broad-band 561 ____________________________________________________ connection. Take advantage of your spiritual flat-rate, and stay The Devil is trying to cast you into the pit of negativity, which online permanently! Don't go off-line anymore! Stay online & is where he keeps an awful lot of his captives. attuned to Me permanently, "walking by faith and not by sight!" It's the supposedly "realistic" twist of things, or better the Close your eyes to the negative spin on things, and view them pessimistic twist, which always makes you see the downside, with new eyes, your spiritual eyes. even in your blessings. I want to be with you and talk to you always. The Enemy makes you see the flaws in others, or dwell on them, Like this I'll be able to guide you much better & lead your spirit when you should be looking to Me and hear from Me what you firmly by the hand, and you'll be doing & saying those things could do to help them or to remedy the situation, to make a which I want you to do & say. positive difference. It's also the Enemy that makes you belittle the treasure and immense blessing of the Words from Heaven 562 ____________________________________________________ and the weapons you were given. He makes people doubt the Don't worry about tomorrow, but commit your care into My power of the keys, the effectiveness of prayer & praise, and the hands! I will uphold you with My right hand. The young lions do veracity of prophecy. lack & suffer hunger, but they that trust in Me and fear Me shall "The joy of the Lord is your strength." How do you find My joy? not want any good thing! By looking at things through My eyes, the eyes of the spirit, You will yet appreciate Me as the greatest treasure you've got, a which see the blessing where others see burdens. very present help in trouble and faithful Provider. You will yet It's that negative outlook that's holding you down, weakening learn to trust in Me completely. Sometimes I have to remove the you and robbing you of the strength you need. ability to trust in one's own flesh in order to help them make the You should be happy, and jumping for joy! transition to put their whole trust in Me. When it comes down to All you see is the hole in the doughnut, the things that others it, it's all going to have to be Me seeing you through in the end, have that you don't have, and the greener grass on the other side and as time progresses, you will learn this more & more. of the fence. There IS no hole! The holes are just portions of the Stay on My wavelength! Just know I'm always close, constantly same batter that you take apart, in order to give the doughnut its there holding vigil over you and guarding you, for you are very special form and shape: the shape of a circle, a symbol for precious unto Me. eternity. In the light of eternity, or from an eternal viewpoint, all It's time to get down to serious business! Playing time is over! those "holes" in your doughnut make perfect sense. Childhood is over. It's time to become a man, time to stand up Not only are you despising the hole, but the whole doughnut, and be counted! It's time to wake up to who you are and walk in wanting a bigger or better one, disregarding My eternal theme of the anointing I have poured out on you. "he that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much." Don't slip into behavior that doesn't distinguish you from the Your major problem stems from a negative attitude toward life average! I need you to be different! itself! Everything still revolves pretty much around yourself and what you want, but that's the cycle of negativity. Spiritually, when 563 ____________________________________________________

Sometimes the greatest waves of thankfulness come when you're just awed by the things I was able to do in your life because you've had the guts to undergo a great big change in your life. You have to decide whether you're really going to accept Me as your Master and Lord, and the only One to determine your circumstances. Although one might say it is merely a matter of feelings I'm talking about - these feelings are not to be underestimated, because they are more than mere feelings, they are spirits, and fruits of My Spirit, which translate into strength & greater power & usefulness & fruitfulness for you! What makes sense and what is reasonable is not the kind of criteria you can go by in these matters, but only follow the leading of the Spirit. Where is She calling you, beckoning you, gently guiding you? I will be your Counselor and your Guide, your Instructor when it comes to Words of counsel and wisdom. But She is the one Who rules the emotional realm. Where do you think you will be happier? If it is material things that hold you back, or issues of convenience and what seems more logical, reasonable or practical or advantageous, consider where these aspects have led you in your life. Did they guide you in the path of fruitfulness, of happiness, of sheer joy and excitement & bubbling over with My heavenly bliss? Or have they robbed you little by little of the very joy of living, of the ability to see and appreciate My good things and blessings in your life? The little things and the little people, those with a vacuum, they are what bring My kind of happiness, they were the kind I was drawn to, not the high & mighty, the heady, arrogant & proud (Lk.1:53). Are you willing to launch out by faith & trust Me completely for your life? This is the way of unlimited miracles, and possibilities. Whereas if you limit Me to only use you under conditions and specific circumstances, you're also limiting Me to only bless you with a certain amount of the joy and rewards of what total yieldedness would bring.

solution, and I cannot even tell you, "Do this or that & you'll be fine..." I can only offer you suggestions. The choice is going to be yours. Pray that I'm going to do the miracles, the part that you cannot do... Focus on change, focus on the spiritual needs of others, focus more outward than inward... I know your heartache and pain, and I can feel your burden, and the hopelessness you feel in the impotence to do anything about it. But there is something great, mighty and powerful you can do about it all, and that's to pray. One of the reasons I'm letting you get into these difficult, twisted & complicated, seemingly impossible situations, is to have you realize that there's nothing in the World you can do about it... except to pray! I and the Father, and all My heavenly realm of counselors are at your disposal, waiting for your instructions, your communications, having you tell us what you would like us to do about all these situations, to commit them into Our hand. If you commit the situation into Our hands, there is so much more we can do about it than you ever could. There's nothing you can do, and no talking in the World is ever going to help as much as prayer. When you have the choice which weapon you're going to apply, prayer is the wiser choice. We have the means to do things and set processes into motion that you can't. We can do what you can't. No matter what We might tell you to do, the circumstances could change and cancel the effect of our counsel, but if you commend the situation directly into Our omnipotent hands, We'll do something about it against which Satan and circumstances are powerless. We will open the right doors, instead of just pointing you toward them. We will make things so obvious that there won't be anymore doubt as to whether this is the right way you should walk. If you could only see the need for more desperate & fervent prayer in your life! Satan would be powerless against you, and he would just be forced to stand by in awe as you would clearly rise above any of his ludicrous attempts to try to do anything to stop, hinder or delay you! The Devil has put all his money and wit onto the tactic of having 564 ____________________________________________________ you do anything else put pray, to distract you from using this Thank you for conveying and transmitting a picture and weapon, to keep you in a state where you're content enough in impression of your situation to Me, My love. It is very touching order to keep you from praying desperately & really getting ahold and special and heart-breaking. Sometimes I'm first having to of My power on your behalf! think a little bit Myself, ponder these things in My heart, receive Hearing from Me was an important step, because faith cometh by counsel from My heavenly counselors, who are all connected hearing. But now you're going to have to put that faith you with Me, and especially receive counsel from the Father on all acquired by hearing from Me into practice, and use it by applying these matters. For even My omnipotence, omnipresence and the even more powerful weapon of prayer! omniscience are still dependent on the Father. Although He has Once you've got the faith that comes by hearing from Me given Me all power in heaven and in hell, I still need Him, you personally, the effect of your prayers is much greater than that of know? a Christian who only has a vague idea of Me being somewhere in It's not like He is retiring, because I'm taking over the business. heaven, and that I just might hear his prayer & perhaps do In a way, He's still running it all; He's just letting Me do most of something about it. You know that I'm right here, and we're only the business, that's all. But there comes a point when even I have waiting for your instructions to start working on your behalf! Tell to sit back a little and reflect, and receive some powerful input us what to do! Tell us what you want done, and if it's in line with from Him and some of the other heavenly counselors on these the Father's will, you know you have the petition you asked of matters you present to Me. It has always been that way, and it Him! This is the confidence you should have in Him! always will be. Heaven will never be a One-Man show with one (1.Jn.5:14,15) big & all-powerful head honcho running everything. Not even the The amazingly & astonishingly simple answer to your complex Devil operates like that, but is smarter than to try to do it all conglomeration of question marks & blanks in your mind is: just himself & delegates his dirty work to millions of his fallen angels. pray! It'll do more for you than you can ever think or say or know Although he's much more of a macho & a tyrant than I have ever or come up with & do yourself... been, & he's not nearly as open to counsel from others as I am. There are so many beautiful sides & aspects to your situation, so 565 ____________________________________________________ many facets & angles, possibilities to consider, that it even takes It's good that you're coming to Me to find out what I want you Me a while of pondering and counseling with My companions and to do. lovers up here, including the Father, to see what is the best You could be getting Us, the real workers behind the scenes, option, solution and counsel we can offer you for such a complex busy for you, with the things you would like to see done, and you situation. need done before you can do anything. You see how important even your seemingly insignificant We are the ones who can put things into motion for you, who can situation is for us, and what kind of a challenge you're presenting prepare the way, prepare the hearts of the people you want to us with? You see how seriously We're taking all this? These reach. You have a goal? You have a vision? Tell us all about it in things do matter to us, My love, and they matter a lot, and I prayer & ask Me to make it happen! cannot just give you a reply off the top of My head, which I hardly You thought you were supposed to make it happen, but what it ever do, anyway. Sometimes there is no rash & quick & snap took was the realization on your part that you can't really make

anything happen... that if something's going to happen, we are going to make it happen, the much greater force here in the spirit World, waiting to work on your behalf! We are here for you, waiting to serve you, to enable you to serve My purpose... Your earthly mind gear has it ingrained in people that they're supposed to do things by themselves, whereas, according to the heavenly modus operandi, hardly anybody ever does anything by themselves. I always sent out My disciples 2 by 2, and I've always been preaching & advertising the strength of unity, and My heart delights in seeing My people, My children, My brides working together, hand in hand, and I especially delight in teamwork between the dimensions. You tell us what you need from us, and we tell you what we would like from you. That's how successful business works, even in the World. Talking 'bout 'free trade'. It can't get any freer than this. Everything you need is for free for the asking, all you need is wholehearted dedication and a little faith. And in order to comply with our requests, you still need obedience, and that's basically all that's required to make such a heavenly transaction & business deal. You never were much of a business man in the World, but I can teach you some things about heavenly business & heavenly businessman-ship. You want to be a businessman for Me, busy for My business? I'd be glad to recruit you. You've already established a fairly good line of communication with us, which is already a rare & choice quality, which qualifies you for business interaction with us & our Realm above many others. The next step is that you place your order. Tell us what you want, when you want it, and where, in which quantity, and we'll counsel about it, and if it is within the interests of our heavenly & eternal goals & prospective, we'll be glad to supply you with your demand. If you're our employee, our "man" down there, in your particular situation, it's only natural that we should supply you with those things you need in order to get the job done that we would like you to do. "As thy days, so shall thy strength be;" the older you get, the stronger you'll be if you're well connected with Me, regardless of whether everyone else in the World pipes a different tune. Look who's ruling the World: who are the politicians, the governors, kings, priests & presidents? Now, they may make it look as if the young ones are ruling the World, but that's just a subtle deception. Just because the young ones are their target of commerce, doesn't mean that they're actually ruling. All they're really ruling is their mom & dad's purses & wallets: "Mommy, I want this" & "Daddy, I want that!" But they're not really ruling. They're just cogs in the machinery; the little batteries that keep the machinery of commerce rolling. And while they're getting everything they ever want, they're becoming so pampered, self-satisfied & slothful, that it would never even occur to them to even start thinking about anything as tedious as ruling the World & any form of administration. Even the president is just a little puppet. He doesn't even know what to say in public, he's just their dummy. But in that aspect, he may even be smarter than you: he knows he doesn't need to do anything himself. His daddy and his daddy's friends will always tell him what to do & say. In this the saying is fulfilled, "the children of darkness are wiser among themselves than the children of light." The Devil has taught his children what the score is, and they don't seem to have any problems learning it. But some of My children still think they've got to do it all themselves. Just tell us what you need, what you want, and we'll do it, so that you can do it.

older brother despised his birthright. I am the God of Joseph, Who carried him all the way through the wilderness, next unto the throne of Egypt as the right hand of the ruler of the World of his day, and the God of his brothers, who, although they had done wrong, repented and were forgiven, and the God of all their descendants. I am the God of Moses, who was drawn out of the water, and though he could have been a ruler, like unto his ancestor Joseph, he refused to serve a wicked king and preferred the sufferings of his own people instead, and led My people out of Egypt again. I am the God of Israel, the God of David, and I have kept all My prophets, kings & priests, and have in these last days poured out My Spirit upon all flesh, so that whosoever will may come & serve Me, and partake of My goodness. I am the God of Love. And if I fail to care for My own, I am worse than an infidel. So, worry not, & obtain perfect trust in Me. The Family is not a place for those who just want to save their own necks. It's a place for those who love Me so much that they're willing to give up their own lives, desires, lay down their pride & sacrifice selfish ambitions, in order to bring others to Me, into My fold & safe haven, as well. I won't allow anyone to pretend to be more of a disciple than what they really are. No matter how legitimate the excuse, in the end, it's only that: an excuse. Nearly everyone has their own little idols, a little shrine in some corner of their heart to another god, some issue, some fancy, some little hobby or strong liking, that is sometimes just as important to them, or even more important than I am, and I just cannot tolerate any other gods beside Me. Only sufferings can bring forth depth.

567 ____________________________________________________ Plain hard work is good for you, it keeps you humble & illustrates what I do with you. You are My work, and hard work, too! It takes hard work to keep you clean spiritually, just as it takes hard work for you to keep your house, your clothes & dishes & even your bodies clean. It takes some scrubbing of the walls of your heart with My Word, and a few tough & trying circumstances & fiery tests & trials to burn out the dross & get rid of the hard crusts... Yes, it is work for Me to engineer all that, it doesn't just happen. Just as it is plain hard work for you to train your children properly and to keep them in the way they should go. Just because there's no visible reward, it's hard to do things for Me or simply because they ought to be done, for love. But if you know that nothing is hid that shall not be revealed, then it's only a question & matter of time before everyone will know what you're all about anyway, so, why not work for the future right now? You don't know exactly what it holds. Because some things didn't happen when someone said they were going to happen, does that mean you should put your money on success in this life? It's easy to follow God & be a disciple when you "know" that everything's going to go to pot. But that same kind of conviction is pretty hard to maintain when the World around you just keeps going & going without the judgement ever happening, & you wonder whether you've been fooled. "The judgements aren't coming, anyway, so why should I keep leading this difficult life of sacrifice, when everybody else around is having so much fun? I wanna have some fun, too." But real conviction stands its ground. You know right is still right, and wrong is still wrong. You know that you're going to be 566 ____________________________________________________ rewarded abundantly for the right you do, and for avoiding the I am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? I wrong. am the God of Abraham, who went out, not knowing whither he If you do things for Me and as unto Me, you'll reap eternal went, and I have carried him all the days of his life, the God of benefits and more permanent blessings than paper money. I'll Isaac, the son & heir of promise, the son of miracles, whom I reward your faithfulness in the little things by being faithful to required of Abraham, and he withheld him not from Me, you, even and especially during the tough times. wherefore I blessed him all the more, and the God of Jacob, who There are always new & different angles to view things from, and was not the firstborn, but who became as the firstborn when his I want you to see things from all kinds of different sides. I want

you to be more understanding of your brothers & sisters, to empathize more with them & walk a mile in their shoes. It's good to see things realistically, and not judge your whole world by just the little part of it that you've seen. There's so much more you haven't seen, so, expand your horizon & open your eyes to what's yet to discover. Get the real view of things!

approval of man, and the opinions of man, he that cares more about what people say than what I say, he is not worthy of Me! This is your conviction. This is your faith. now stand up for it. You know Whom and what you have believed, and you know that nothing can stop you, if I decide to bring it to pass. And it is My desire to set you free. For too long you have been bound & chained, trying to play the game according to their rules, which 568 ____________________________________________________ are not Mine. Only those who are not ashamed to be Mine in the most Now it's time to hear the call of freedom, My love, & fly higher intimate ways possible are going to be strong enough, for their than you've ever been before. Because your wing was broken, love will be strong enough & deep enough. It is My love for them but I have healed it in special & tender loving care. Fly.... fly and their love for Me what will help them make it through the high... and I'll be the wind beneath your wings! Come, take a step darkest night in history. out on the water toward total freedom! It's yours for the taking! I am saving the best wine for last, although you may not be able Shake the shackles of circumstances & man-made boundaries! to see it right now. Their rules! They have forsaken Mine, so why should you keep You miss out on some of the joys of life if you focus too much on theirs? For those who follow & live by My rules, the rules of the the negative qualities of people, their imperfections, the far godless society don't count anymore! You're set free by My distance they are from the way they're ideally supposed to be. superior law of love, which they'll never understand, because it's See them with the eyes of faith, as that which by My grace one so much higher than their narrow minds that bind & confine day they're going to be... as tomorrow's victors, tomorrow's others to only that which they can see, grasp & comprehend! understanders, tomorrow's seers, for truly, I will make them see Don't be afraid! Walk on by faith, and in full conviction toward and understand all that they can't see & grasp right now. The total victory! I'm right behind you, above you, below you and entrance of My Word will give light & understanding even to the before you! I encompass you from all sides & nothing shall be simplest of them, or the most carnal minded. For they are My able to stop you! children, and I will not let Satan defeat My promises. Have faith in them. Have faith in My power to change them and 570 ____________________________________________________ make them what they're meant to be! Sin not by disbelief and "Pity the weak" and continue to have the faith that I can lack of trust in Me knowing what I'm doing. If you keep doubting, change people, trusting that all things come from My hands. I it will be like saying you would have known better than Me. often steer things contrary to the directions your carnal mind You don't bring about a positive change by a negative viewpoint would have expected. or attitude. You must become so positive that you simply refuse Learn to discipline your spirit. to see the negative, you just rise above all the negative A truly good warrior has to learn to train, control & discipline his circumstances, because you believe & trust Me that I knew what I own spirit. Be not troubled if I even allow those closest to you to was doing, and that by My grace they're going to be what they're turn into your enemies temporarily. They're tough tests, but I've meant to be. given them to you because I knew you would be able to handle them. Sometimes it's even better when someone doesn't know that There's still lots to learn. You'll be amazed how much wisdom much at all, but is simply an empty vessel waiting to be filled with there is yet to gain. We've hardly even gotten started yet. My input. In fact, being a holy hole is one of the best qualities Extend the same mercy you've been shown. you can have & one of the best prerequisites for really becoming Extremes usually serve good teaching purposes. something for Me. If you're already "something" in the natural, naturally witted, gifted or talented, it's a lot harder for Me to come 571 ____________________________________________________ through in all My power. The same type of people who doubt that little old you can Those who know that they are nothing in themselves, already receive living Words straight from the mouth of God, also fought know which part of the glory they should give Me. All of it, lock, Me for having the audacity to say that I was the Son of God. And stock, barrel, because they knew they could have never done the same kind of people who were responsible for My death anything by themselves... would also rather see you dead, and every true & dedicated child of David. 569 ____________________________________________________ It's good for you to find out what burden you have the faith to 572 ____________________________________________________ carry, and which no longer; to find out what you've got the faith Sometimes you get hit by what I'm doing or allowing or & the vision for. Put Me on the spot. I like for you to tell Me what demanding from you in your life as if it was an act of utter you want Me to do for you, to commit these things into My hands, cruelty, and your first reaction is to rebel against it, like Abraham & not just carry the burdens until you drop. I want you to bear My first rebelled against Me when I asked him to offer up Isaac. But burden, which is light, & My yoke, which is easy, the yoke of My as time goes by it shows that this "act of cruelty" was actually an service, and of a life where I can freely supply for you because act of greater wisdom & greater love than your mind was able to you're doing My will, & not adhering to System standards. fathom. I want to set you free, to fly wherever My Spirit calls you. Don't let Right now you feel like "Oh, He's at it again... God is torturing me the old snake tie you down. "Oh, yes, it's very irresponsible to again. He certainly must not like me very much..." But just wait a neglect your duties to the System, to the State, & to the way while, and you'll see things differently. things are supposed to be, and the way we run things here..." "Pay us your dues!" That's the tune of the System. But I have 573 ____________________________________________________ chosen you out from among them to set you free and to burn The Enemy will always use the very thing that is the most free! important thing to you as a way to get between us. Sexual I have come into the World to set mankind free from the burden desires, on one hand, were given to you by Me, and I have of their sins, but I have given My Family to the World in order to created you with them, but on the other, it is one of those things set them free from the slavery of the System. The only that I give, expecting you to give them back to Me, or at least not alternative. But the Devil tries to deny you the right to be free. He to put before Me in your life. says, "No, this can't be done! You're breaking the rules! You're This is an area you're just beginning to open up to Me. mine! You have to fulfill your duties toward my rules, my It's not that I want you to forsake it entirely, but I want you to use system..." it more for My glory, to use it more in My Spirit and in My love. I He that loveth son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of don't want you to consume it in your lusts, but to offer it up unto Me..." And he that loves more the praise of man than Me, the Me as a sweet smelling incense... an offering of love unto Me.

Glorify Me in the act of love, do whatever you do for My glory, especially making love. Making love should be a very special way of worshiping Me. Have a giving attitude, not that of one who is just consuming. Become more loving, more giving & more sacrificial. Becoming a missionary starts at home. Do whatever thy hand findeth to do with thy might

Sharing has eternal dividends. Not very many people get converted by becoming interested enough all by themselves to find out & investigate. They need incentives. They need someone to spark the flame of interest. The Devil sure isn't being idle about imposing his religion on everyone else. No matter if the whole world does the wrong thing, right is still right, and wrong is still wrong, and if you know how to do right 574 ____________________________________________________ and do it not, then that's wrong, too. Anything is made pure by receiving it from My hands & Even if the whole World is going the wrong direction, and even if thanking Me for it. it seems they all do so willingly, and that nothing can stop them, Keep the Enemy at bay by praising Me in all you do & say! Give you've still got to tell them that they're going the wrong way! the glory to Me for anything and everything, especially the things That's your message, that's your purpose, that's your ministry! you enjoy the most! Don't take anything for granted. If you want It's your job to find out how you can let people know - whether it to make sure that anything in your life has My blessing, ask Me to be politely or not - that they're going the wrong way. If you saw bless it, and thank Me for it. Anything in your life that you will somebody walking down a road towards a certain danger or even include Me in will contain My Spirit and My blessing. certain death, you wouldn't be too concerned about the Any activity in your life will be blessed as much as you will politeness in your message or in your words you would use to include Me in it. make them turn around, would you? You would just try to be as convincing as possible, politely or not. You could even get a little 575 ____________________________________________________ frantic about it, or sounding completely unreasonable, and yet it The sum of everything I've been trying to teach you, all would be justified, because you would just be very upset & amounts to the same ever new & yet oldest of all things: it's all excited about the thought of them continuing down their path to about love, how to acquire & practice & give greater love, how to certain death or danger, right? overcome selfishness. Just because some or even many don't want to hear the truth, Remember, "the greatest of these is love." You cannot do it does that make the truth bad? Or is it still the truth, and even if without the power of love. If you don't feel that My love they don't wanna hear it, isn't it still a whole lot better than all the constrains you and is your motive, then stop everything & get lies in the World together? So what if they believe that their lies ahold of Me, and love Me and receive My love, until it truly are the truth? You know better. And you owe it to them to at least becomes your motivation. tell them & warn them. "Oh, sorry, sir, but what you're believing This is the reason for it all. It's not a technical thing. All this talk there is really not the truth!" - If you want to do it the polite way. about staying "online" with Me permanently, focusing on eternal Or you can scream, "For God's sake, wake up from your values & goals, praying more, etc., all it amounts to is just delusion! You're living a lie!" greater love, and love is the purpose for it all. You've got to have Just ask Me about what kind of language to use on what My love, otherwise it all won't work. Love is the A & O, the occasion. What counts is that you believe the truth, and even if beginning & the end, the purpose of everything. It's not who gets you may not know all the single answers to every question or the greatest glory, who gets the greatest rewards, who gets the problem you may encounter out there, you know the Answer most done, but it's all & simply about learning to love. Man, and you'd be surprised how many people would envy you If at any point on your path you notice you're veering off that for what you've got, who would long for a glimpse of that faith straight & narrow path of love above all, then hold it, go back, if and that light that you've got. necessary, do whatever you must to find that true goal again, that truest of all goals. 577 ____________________________________________________ Love and nothing else is what shall remain. (S.H.:) When you live in the spirit, you live better, you live deeper... more intensely. When you live in the spirit, you really 576 ____________________________________________________ live. You find out what really matters. Living only in the flesh, the Keep in mind the long-term goal. The immediate, short-term really relevant matters of life just pass you by, and you live your gratification is often only a cheap fake, and a pretty poor shadow life and pass on into the next world and stand there like a of the real thing you could have if you'd only hold on a little stranger, not prepared at all. longer, & don't feel like you've got to consume & have it right Feed your spirit, too. The Lord is so good. People have no idea now. how good He is, that's why we must tell them. For one thing, you're feeding the flesh like this, which again, wars against the spirit, and it makes you weaker in spirit, weaker to do those things which I would like you to do. The flesh 578 ____________________________________________________ upholds itself and what it wants, while those things I would want As the whole big moving picture of God unfolds more & more from you, come from the spirit, the spirit of letting go of the flesh, into ever more fruit, ever more souls, ever more heavenly of yielding it, surrendering it, laying it down. children, and His Realm expands, there will also always be more See, when you wake up in the morning, the way you're & more to counsel about. programmed, because you're still living in the flesh, & the Every living soul is a sheer endless source of subjects to talk Enemy's vibes permeate the air, and simply because of the curse about, especially since it also gets in touch with endless & fall of man, which affects you somewhat, even though you're amounts of yet other souls, and each of these encounters & saved, makes you naturally strive & act contrary to My Spirit, constellations forms a different picture, endless opportunities, which is why it says, the natural or carnal man is at enmity with and so many things to find out. In heaven, things flow a lot more, God. and will be much freer... communication between us will be even That's why you've got to get ahold of Me first thing in the much better than now, and it won't all necessarily happen in mornings in prayer, and get "re-programmed" anew each day, words, for there are other means of communication, as you will get ahold of My wavelength & seek the things of My Spirit, to be find out. "transformed by the renewing of your mind." Communication with us won't ever stop or slowly trickle down to Staying close to Me may not yield the immediate, cheap thrill of a halt or fade out, but it will go ever on, ever increasing, ever the flesh, but a longer-lasting, more genuine & real satisfaction, improving, ever resulting in greater fruit, greater wisdom, greater which will not only benefit you but others as well. light & greater love, in spite of all & anything the Enemy might try The flesh doesn't want to give up its privacy and those areas & to do to make it not look that way or to stop us! We shall territories in your life that used to belong to yourself. overcome. I have already overcome him, and that's why you will Again, the difference lies in focusing on the long-term goal. also overcome him through Me.

Right now, he's trying to stifle & smother communication that's spiritually edifying in any way he can. Although the physical means of communication have improved & multiplied tremendously during your life-time, you can also tell how the quality of communication has been deteriorating, as he gets people into an ever increasingly superficial & materialistic mindset. He tries to tie them up completely in the physical realm, so that they'll be too entangled to even start looking for an exit, a way to break through into the spiritual. The Enemy rules the realm in which you live right now, and I want you to be aware of his devices, so that you can fight him better & won't fall for his deceit. I'm exposing his lie with My truth. Just as I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, so he's the wrong way, the Lie and Death, and the more I expose him to you, the more power you will have to expose him to others as well, and show them what's keeping them captive. His communication is all very one-sided, like someone who only likes to talk about himself, and thus he's also getting people onto his same, selfish wavelength of only wanting to talk about themselves & all boring each other to death, when they could find so much life, so much fun & excitement by focusing outward, first of all on Me, and then on others, helping them to find true purpose in Me & truly deep & satisfying things to talk about. That's why I'm looking for empty vessels, those who are not so full of themselves that there's no room for more, but those who are empty, who have found nothing in this world nor in themselves that was able to satisfy them, for they're looking for something higher, something better, something everlasting. That's the difference - or one of the differences - between those who are spiritual-minded and the carnal-minded: the carnal minded think in earthly, temporal terms, the spiritual in terms of eternity. They don't just settle for things that can be acquired, achieved or accomplished in this world, but they put their money, their time, their energy on something beyond that, something more lasting, which is what gives them the crazy faith to reach out to other souls and win them also for the eternal Realm. For those that be wise in this world, the things of God are foolishness to them, but for those who know better, all that "wise" talk is just so much vain & empty blah. The more they glory in their own greatness, and the greatness of their realm, the greatness of their accomplishments, the more repulsive it becomes to My sheep, when they hear the stranger sing songs of praises unto himself. They inwardly know that he doesn't cut the cake, that he's only interested in himself, when it comes down to it, that he doesn't have the love of God in him, and that all the things he may want to talk about don't really satisfy that longing for everlasting values, and so, he just bores them. On the other hand, those who are enticed by his lures, and those who shortsightedly settle for the cheap thrills & instant satisfaction of this world will easily become bored by talk about spirituality. It's because they can't relate to it because their fields of interest lie elsewhere. They want what they can see & touch & consume right now, they couldn't care less about eternity. All that interests them is right here & right now, no matter how. That's the selfish twist of the world: right here, right now, no matter how, they've gotta have it and they're gonna, even if it means they have to betray others to get it. Once you start listening to their hypnotic tunes, it's very easy to become enticed by them. But that is why I have all the more to tell you. For receptive vessels are rare and few. 579 ____________________________________________________ Once you start changing, those changes usually become platforms for greater & better changes. Changes are almost always blessed by Me, especially those that require a certain amount of boldness & sacrifice on your part. As long as you keep saying "yes" to Me & My open doors, you can be assured that I'll bless you. Trust Me for the outcome. 580 ____________________________________________________

If you know you've got a certain weakness in an area that you need to overcome, or a root of sin that you need to tear out & not allow it to grow, then you've just got to keep recognizing it, keep confronting it, keep at it. Keep applying the remedy. Keep calling on the Gardener & the Gardener's helpers to help you combat those evil, ensnaring weeds, hindering you from bearing any real fruit in your life. Lethargy is a spiritual, hindering force trying to stop you from doing that which is most important to Me. You've really got to go on the attack. It's not that Styrian is just going to come in & do all the work for you. You've got to fight with all your might & make an effort yourself, & then she's going to help you. You've got to fight for the victory in the spirit! Fight that battle, facing down your enemy! Declare all-out war & rally to your side those who were destined to help you. Everything that helps feed the flesh, weakens the spirit. You've simply got to fight, recognize the enemy, stare him in the eye & declare an all-out war & fight to the finish! Ask for prayer. Seek that victory, and seize it! I am come to save you from your sin, not only to forgive you for them, or earn you the Father's forgiveness by My sacrifice, but also to really free you from your sins, including your besetting sins. Just lay aside the weights and the sins which do so easily beset you, looking unto Me, the Author & Finisher of your faith, the beginning and the end, the Alpha & Omega, Who hath delivered, Who doth deliver and who will yet deliver. 581 ____________________________________________________ My stance on what is family and what isn't, is a little tough to take for those who are carnal minded & put their money on this World. Look what I asked of Abraham... That wasn't a very "family-oriented" thing to do. Look what I did to My own Son... Jesus: I had to forsake Him and let Him go and suffer a cruel death at the hand of the wicked & unbelievers. People could say, "What a Father You are, God! Tsk tsk..." But you see, My Family is a Family of the Spirit, and it's open to anyone who will, anyone who would like to join it, but in order to join it, you'll have to leave the flesh & the allures of the World at the door. Once you have decided you want to be part of our big heavenly Family, there are some pretty exclusive rules, and all that hog-wash from man's carnal mind, influenced by Satan, will have to go. In that aspect, I'm separating the wheat from the chaff, the boys from the girls, those who have got what it takes to believe My radical doctrines & drink My strong wine, and those who will have to be left at the door when the Bridegroom enters in with only those who were wise enough to fill their lamps with the oil of My Spirit. They didn't persist in only burning their own smoldering wax, running on their own carnal wisdom, but they asked Me to fill their empty vessel with My input, to replace their vanity with that which really counts, counsel, views & thoughts from Me, and the more you do this, the less important the world and its views will become to you, for the more I will matter in your life. I am the Source of warmth & light in your life, the Source of supply of all that you need. I take My responsibilities toward My children, those who have chosen to become My spiritual children by accepting My Son, Jesus, very seriously. Especially if they have decided to trust Me for their lives. Those who have decided not to trust Me for their lives, but make others responsible for them, are not walking in the path of faith, they don't have the same standard, and the rules by which they judge are man-made, not Mine. They are not the standards of faith, but the standard of doubt, of man caring for himself, of the arm of the flesh saving itself. But without faith it is impossible to please Me. There is a difference between those who are My children and really trust Me, and those who are My children but still primarily trust in the flesh and refuse to trust Me. It's better to acquire My view on things than many personal

opinions. It's better to know nothing at all except that I'll take care of you than many of the so-called "facts" & pieces of knowledge that make up the wisdom of man, which is foolishness to Me. "What fools those mortals be" who trust in their own wisdom & rely on their own arm of flesh & say, "Mine own arm hath saved me." Don't in any way feel inferior to those who are rich & highminded in this world. You have nothing but a little faith, and yet you have so much more than they. That little bit of faith is all the difference between you and them, but that little bit of faith is your direct link with My eternal and total power, so, it amounts to quite a big difference in the end, and makes all the difference in the world. It's that pearl of great price, which is becoming of ever increasing value to you, as you realize all it can do, and everything else becomes worthless by comparison. You have been a pearl diver for My truths, and you have found it, that most precious of all pearls, that key to My Kingdom called faith, and as you focus on it, and it becomes all-important to you, and as it reveals to you mystery upon mystery, opens unto you door after door, and supplies you with riches upon riches, all else fades away into oblivion and less importance, except those who would also like to bask in the true light that this little pearl gives off, having realized that all the other lights were fakes & counterfeits. So, don't consider yourself poor, worthless, a pauper or loser. You've got something to give! You've found the true Source of all true riches, and many will bask in your light and in your wealth in the days to come. And even they, who would hinder you now, and would judge you now for not heeding to their ways, will be grateful then, that you refused to compromise for their sake, and even they will be proud of you, and they will bow down at your feet in gratitude that you made the wise decision for their benefit as well. They cannot see it now, but they will see it then, and they will rejoice. And then they will also truly be part of My great, big, happy, eternal Family!

commission is to love them with My love. If nothing else, you can love them through your prayers. Then you can ask Me for what other steps you can take to love them, & I will show you. You have to develop a vision & a burden for it, the goal of reaching them. You think they don't want to be reached, but you've got to look past the surface, beyond the superficial impression they give off that they don't want to be touched or loved with My love. They may not even know what's good for them, but you've got to look past all that & look at their poor, sick & aching hearts, knowing that you've got the medicine, & then be willing to administer it. Don't hold back! You've got the love that they need. You've got the life they want to lead. Be a faithful conveyer of My love! Go forth, in the name of love! Focus on Me as that which they lack & need, & be so full of Me that I will just pour out of you into them. Don't be too proud to give Me to them! 585 ____________________________________________________ The influence of the world, along with the power of habit keeps you lagging behind the way I would have you adapt to My changes (Lk.16:15).

586 ____________________________________________________ Stir yourself up & search Me with your whole heart! For he that calls unto Me wholeheartedly will also receive a wholehearted reply! It's all that half-heartedness that comes from people being so self-satisfied, & complacent with the way things are, that stands in the way of them ever getting stirred up enough to really get something done for Me. In order to really do the humanly impossible, one has to get desperate for the cause. It's that desperation that makes things happen; the realization of the urgency of the matters at hand. The ship's going down, & yet the band plays on & the captain & his crew are saying, "Don't panic, everything's under control...." when really everything's out of control, because they're trying to 582 ____________________________________________________ grab the control more & more away from Me, practically want to "This is my quest: to follow that star, no matter how eradicate Me from people's minds, lives & consciences & give it hopeless; no matter how far..." Reach for that star, My little crazy over to the one they will receive, who will come in his own name, Don Quixote! You've got nothing to lose except that stony prison unlike Me, Who came in His Father's name & they did not receive. of a reality in which the Enemy would like to keep you locked up. So, it pays for you to be alert & be among those who are But there are no confines to those who possess and wield the prepared for what's going to happen. But if you're not prepared keys of the Kingdom! The rules that apply to you are a when it happens, how can you be of much help to them? How will completely different set than the ones the Devil has set up for his they know that you knew what was going to happen if you didn't slaves. My servants are messengers & ministers of freedom in prepare yourselves? this world of confines! You are the chain busters, the prison It's not an attitude of complacency I want My children to have, busters, the matrix busters, exposers and destroyers of that but one of alertness & desperation. After all, you don't just stand prison for their minds, which held you captive for a time as well, by in complacent indifference when you see a ship go down and but from which I have set you free in order to set others free as most of its passengers drowning, do you? You can't just stand well. by, shake your head & say, "Tsk, tsk, I knew all along that this You must make the decisions of which new territories you want was going to happen." to conquer next. And if you shoot for the stars, you might at least You've got to DO something about it! You've got to save their reach the moon, & the higher your vision, the higher you'll also souls. Nobody is as concerned about getting their souls saved as fly. when they're realizing their ship is sinking. And a lot of people are beginning to realize there's something wrong, more than 583 ____________________________________________________ they're being told, and people will be more & more willing to The Word is your greatest & most valuable gift. The Words listen. But you've got to show by your attitude that you're real, are the spiritual music, the tune & key that makes all My children not just another fake & phony with half-hearted or selfish around the World tic, and the most powerful weapon. motives. I will honor your faith you have put in My Words and your love for That's why you've got to pray desperately each day, with genuine My Words. The Devil will fight you all the more, the closer you concern for others - that's why I want you to start showing more come to My perfect will for you, the more you threaten to really concern for others - that's what it's all about, concern for others, accomplish for My Kingdom, but keep on believing & keep & that's why I want you to pray desperately each day for Me to forging ahead. show you what is the right attitude to have, what kind of an aura you should bear, what kind of a mantle, and what kind of a spirit. 584 ____________________________________________________ This doesn't mean that you have to be dead serious all the time. I will speak to you anytime, regardless of the way you feel, But you've got to be real. It's even going to help you to be more and regardless of what you've done or not done. cheerful, because you're going to be less concerned about There are times when My children don't have a clue. But I can yourself, & more concerned about cheering up others, helping give you a clue. I'm the Clue-Giver! Haven't got a clue? Ask Me them to carry their load. what to do! You're not in this world in order to collect & gather applause, but You've got to be faithful in that which is least in your eyes, before souls. What do you think is going to be more rewarding in I can bless you with that which you consider much. Your eternity? That little bit of applause that's here today & gone

tomorrow, or that little bit of money? Or the souls you're going to win by going out searching for My lost? It's time to get serious about what you believe in. Time to make the connection between your faith and the so-called real world, but also the real world of your actions, to really put your faith into action & live that faith & live by faith! "The just shall live by faith!" - "Not by bread alone, but by every Word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

of the truth as to which extent they've been lied to, and not only they, but their fathers and their fathers' fathers before them. But this is not the first time that My children stand alone against a vast majority of antagonistic generations. Abraham, Noah, and a good many others were in the same boat. I know your temptation to wonder whether so many could be wrong after all. But that's precisely why I said that the days before My coming would be like unto the days of Noah. When the flood came, it washed away the entire population of the world, except for Noah 587 ____________________________________________________ and his family. So, don't be amazed that the vast majority of One shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand people are headed to perdition. to flight. Go forth like Jonathan and his armor bearer, & find out Why am I allowing them to be misled? Because they have chosen who is stronger. I am not limited to save by many or few. In fact, to believe a lie (John 3:19). I've always specialized in using the few: the 300 of Gideon On the other hand, the greater the darkness, the brighter the against the huge army of his enemies. Or when Elisha & his light, and the greater the contrast between you and them, the servant were besieged by the enemy. If you could see in the greater the power. Just don't be afraid to let it shine! Don't let spirit, you would also see that they that are with you are more their darkness intimidate you, influence you, enwrap you in any than they that are with them. Your power is greater, and you just way, but pierce that light through their darkness & let it shine in have to grab hold of that power & believe in it & wield it & not be its full radiance! A city that is set on a hill can not be hid, neither swayed by physical circumstances, such as numbers, or the can a light be put under a bushel! flood of mental conditioning that has programmed the masses Let your light so shine before men, even if they think that your against what you stand for. light is darkness, or dangerous, & even if they may not all glorify There is still that still small voice of My Spirit that speaks to all your Father when they see your good works, which they may not those who are My children. After all, the propaganda & hogwash consider that good in their warped minds. But let their minds not of the Enemy didn't prevent you from finding the truth, did it? influence you, but know who you are, what you are and Who you Even though you were raised in it. When you were confronted are serving, and one of these days, they're going to see the truth, with the truth, you chose to believe it, in spite of everything you and they will glorify Me and the Father then, for you, and the had been brought up to believe by the System. mercy that you have brought to them, even if they didn't So, what makes you think that I can't do the same thing for recognize it. Even if they don't receive Me or your full message, if others that I've done for you? What makes you doubt that I can they will even only give you a cup of water or any token of preserve My own unto Me? "My Father, which gave them to Me, hospitality, they will glorify the Father one day for the good work is greater than all, and no one will be able to pluck them out of you did in letting your light shine before them, and they will be so My Father's hand!" You have also read that nothing, no high or grateful they did not reject you, even if they couldn't handle your low or depth, nor principalities nor powers, nor things that be nor message yet. things to come, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate Know who you are in spirit: the only real alternative to the Devil's you from the love of God! Neither shall many or few, or any System & Matrix, and while there will be those that will reject you amount of Satan's propaganda and lies. My sheep will always, and some will only receive you in part and somewhat hesitantly still be My sheep, and they will hear My voice, and a stranger remember that they'll be rewarded for whatever good they do you they will not follow! - but there will also be those who will have been waiting for you. It may not be helpful from your point of view that most of My They may not show it at first, & it won't always be easy, but other sheep - those of the churches - antagonize you, reject you something inside them will cause them to receive you, as you and despise you. But why is that? Is it because they are more have received Me. righteous than you because you believe in free love & extramarital sex? They may think that makes them more righteous 588 ____________________________________________________ than you, but that's only because they are deluded & deceived. I will empower you. The Devil is such a liar, such a swindler, For in reality, it is they who are the fornicators & adulterers, for a real boogie man, trying to scare you out of the things I would they are whoring and compromising with the System. They're not have you do, before you even get started, in hopes that you dropped out. never will. They did not "come out from among them," nor did they ever Everyone has their little mountains to climb in life. They may "forsake all that they have" so that they could be My disciple, nor seem ominous & unconquerable from down below, but once you do they know what this means, that "all who will live godly in start climbing, you'll see it's actually much easier than you Christ Jesus will suffer persecution"! To whom do those thought, because you'll find Me and countless helpers right by Scriptures apply? Who are the just that live by faith? Who are the your side, making it almost too easy for you. called out ones, hated by all nations & kindreds & tongues for My All that really suffers & goes down is your pride. Tell Me what to name's sake? do about your pride; whether we should just leave it in peace, Now, this doesn't mean that everybody hates you, but the there in that cozy, dark corner of your life, & not disturb it, or majority always will. "For strait is the gate & narrow is the way whether we should chase it out, stir it up & get it out into the that leadeth unto life, & few there be that find it. And broad is the sunlight, where it's going to shrink & disappear like a vampire in way, and wide is the gate that leadeth to destruction, and many the daylight! there be which go in thereat." So, though in this world you may If there's anything that vampires are good symbolisms of, it's be the few, the persecuted minority, be assured that they that be pride. It sucks. It's sucks & drains your life-blood, hiding away in with you are more and greater by far than they that be with them. a coffin in some dark place of your life when you're working for Yea, in all these things ye are more than conquerors through Him Me and exposing yourself to My sunlight. But as soon as the sun that loved you! My love for you, and My love in you is greater is gone, it'll come out & try to suck your blood & turn you into a than all, and it will conquer all. Wherefore, be comforted with zombie that sucks instead of gives, draining the life-blood of these Words. Be strengthened! Wake up to who you are and to others, too, instead of giving your blood to them, as I did. It's the how powerful you are, and cease from being intimidated by the exact opposite of all I ever lived & taught & preached. Devil's empty lies & bluffs. Sure, he can impress with his I never demanded anyone's blood, but I gave Mine freely, & even quantities of zombies that have rejected Me and will continue to told My disciples that they would have no part in Me unless they reject Me, and trod down their path of doom. But you have would eat My flesh & drink My blood, which turned quite a few of nothing to fear of them. them away from Me temporarily! If anything, they are afraid of you, and your out-of-this-world They did come back later when they realized what I had meant by courage that they lack, to accept the truth, the naked, full impact this, when they saw, & when the Holy Spirit revealed it to them,

how the Scriptures had to be fulfilled & how I had to give My life, in order to save them, that by My blood they were going to be saved, no other way. Some had expected the Messiah to be a great deliverer in the flesh, who would cast off the Roman yoke from their neck. But I was "only" a Deliverer in spirit, Who would free them from a much greater yoke, though, than the Roman yoke, namely the yoke of their own sins. That is not something that appeals to pride, nor the flesh, nor to anyone who settles for this temporary world. This only appeals to those who are weary of this world, who know that it has got nothing to offer them. Slay your pride and bury that slain vampire in the dust. And out of those ashes, out of that dust, new life will spring forth & grow, a truly new man: My hero. The one you scarcely dared to dream of being. But you can be, if you choose to. Doing this for yourself because you're after those laurels, would be the wrong motivation & incentive. There's a need. The world needs My super heroes, and they're not going to make it without them. I have called you the saviors of this world, and you are. Without you doing the job you should, the world is not going to be saved at the time and in the way it was meant to be. All it costs is your pride. You know, how the Devil is always after people's souls in some movies or stories? "All it costs is your soul..."? Well, the one thing I'm after is your pride. The thing is, people's souls usually belong to the Devil in the first place, unless they're bought & redeemed with My blood. But the one thing I'm after, once I have saved your soul, is your pride. I want you to surrender it to Me, to yield it to Me and to sacrifice it for Me. Pride is often the one thing that prevents people from getting saved in the first place. But then, once you're saved, in order to fulfill your great Commission & save the souls of others, it costs your pride again and again. The price for the greatest reward there ever has been and will be: your pride! If you yield & give it to Me instead of clinging to it protectively, that "cool," protective outer garb, whatever it is that you think makes you look cool & prestigious in this world, I will give you a new robe of light that's going to make you fly. Recognition in Heaven comes through humble tasks, dying to yourself, sacrificing your pride & laying down your life for others.

hands in order to receive the blessing & not let it fall to the ground. Sometimes you have to be wanting it enough & not take it for granted. Sometimes you have to be made aware of the need first, and you also have to go through experiences & dry spells that will help you appreciate those blessings more. You pray a lot harder for My supply during the lean times. Remember that I'm limited by your prayers, so, you actually get what you pray for, and if you stop praying, I can't keep pouring. That's another reason why it says, "Pray without ceasing." I keep supplying as long as you keep praying. Remember not to take My flow of supply for granted, & never to stop praying it in and thanking Me for it. These times also make you search your heart & see where, in which area you might be failing Me, and where you could be doing more, and it's good you're looking in different directions, for new ways & methods of doing things. But don't start feeling abandoned or cast out because of some supposed failures. My love for you is way too great. I could never abandon or condemn you or cast you out for anything that you did or did not do. Any such feelings come from the Enemy! It's a lack of trust in My love for you, and he's trying to put Me on the same level as his: just because he will self-righteously condemn you for your failures, that doesn't mean that that's Me. No way. Condemnation will cause a hindrance in our connection, because it dampens your faith that I will bless you. As long as you're faithful in doing all you can in order to please Me & stay close to Me, I respect & acknowledge that, & you can be sure that just as much as the Enemy is trying to belittle My deeds for you in your mind, it's also just him trying to belittle your deeds for Me, but I see things differently & know how to appreciate your every effort. My love for you is greater than any wrong you might ever do... There's a lot that your finite, mortal mind cannot yet grasp about the vastness & the extent of My power to forgive, otherwise you wouldn't be fretting so much, but you would be trusting Me a lot more, and rejoicing a lot more, instead of feeling depressed about all your supposed failures. This negative type of thinking also affects others, because it 589 ____________________________________________________ makes you apply that same kind of thought not only to yourself, There is a time for everything, for everything there is a but also to them. You judge others with the same harshness with season: a time to laugh, a time to cry, a time to rejoice, and a which you judge yourself. time for weeping... And the art of living is to be content in It's a very common human weakness, and one of the Devil's whatsoever state you're in, whether you're up or down, & to treat favorite traps, which he can use exquisitely with people who are those two imposters, success & failure, just the same. The "accomplishers," whereas those who naturally feel & know that weapon of praise comes in most handy during these times of they are & can do nothing in themselves, tend to give Me the testing, when you don't feel so much like it. Just wield the glory a lot more for everything, and also to be less harsh & weapon of praise & see what wonders it can do. judgmental on their brethren. Blessed are the merciful, for they Have a praiseful attitude! Take each new day, no matter how shall obtain mercy. gloomy it may be, as a thrilling challenge & new opportunity to Seek meekness, mercy, purity of heart, and even poverty in spirit, conquer new territories for Me! Every little progress you make, being reviled by men and persecuted... I was telling My disciples every step you take that brings you closer to Me, is a bit of new on the mountain the way I see things, as opposed to the world's ground gained for the Kingdom, and another victory over the way of looking at things. I was giving them a glimpse of how high Enemy! Don't let him make you feel like a loser, when you're My thoughts were above theirs, and in what aspects. actually winning. Hunger and thirst for righteousness, and mourn (for) the sorry It's one of his ugliest characteristics to constantly belittle state of the world & even your own sometimes, because these everything & anything good you're doing or accomplishing, to times of contemplation make you realize what things are not the belittle the miracles I'm doing, "Ahhh, that doesn't amount to way they should be, and your need to improve them with My much! That's only a drop in a bucket..." And thus preventing you help. You will be comforted by Me, for I have gone through the from praising Me for what I've already done for you, attempting to same sorrows, and by the Comforter, Who has wept since the keep your eye on the hole, instead of the doughnut, the need, beginning of time over the hardness of the hearts of the children instead of My bountiful supply. But where there's a need, there's of men, and the error of their ways. So, be comforted from your a vacuum to fill. You just have to assign that vacuum to the right mourning, and let your hunger & thirst after righteousness be address, namely Me, and not take it onto your own shoulders & filled. try to carry the burden yourself! I'm the One in charge of your needs; I will supply. Remember? I'm the Man in your house! You 590 ____________________________________________________ are but My little brides. Will I not care for you faithfully? You must fine-tune your instrument! Close your eyes & really "Prove Me now herewith, if I will not open the windows of heaven make an effort & zoom in on the details. & pour forth such a blessing that there will not be room enough You have to be able to read the fine print & hear even the faintest to hold it!" whisper of My Spirit! We're training your ears. Of course, sometimes you have to do a few certain things in order to help Me open that window, or you've got to hold up your 591 ____________________________________________________

Focusing outward, on the sheep, is the best remedy against any personal problems there is. Nothing strengthens unity like rallying together to fight against the real Enemy out there & fighting to get My message out & win souls into My Kingdom! 592 ____________________________________________________ I was a teacher, and I am the Master teacher, and if you follow My footsteps, it's natural for you to also want to become a teacher. You find strength again in the vacuum that's there in the spirit, a vacuum that you need. It's the inborn need to be needed. You need to feel needed by the sheep, a flock to pour out to, because you were born to be a shepherd. If you're faithful to pour into them, and to share with them what I'm giving you, and you learn to focus on their needs & tune into their bleatings & what's needed in order to strengthen them, you will also hear the call of the greatest need of others better, wherever they may be. For although you were born to be a shepherd, I have had to replace the stony heart with a true shepherd's heart first, and it's only now, since you're coming of age, that you're learning to train your ears & focus your attention on the sheep & not your own plans to become some kind of a hero, much like Moses, when he was younger. You're finally ready to become a shepherd, requiring your own personal exodus from Egypt, so that in due time you might become a leader to lead more of My children out of spiritual Egypt. 593 ____________________________________________________ You must not allow the Enemy to cast you into the dungeon of despair & feeling useless. I simply have chosen the weak to confound the mighty & it's better to be weak and a yielded instrument in My hand than a strong but unyielding reed that only bends according to its own will. What you are and who you are and what you'll have been will all become manifest to all by the works you will have done in the end, but it's not those great & glorious accomplishments that are seen by all that make you really great in My sight, as you should know by now. It's faithfulness in the little things, yes, like teaching, like standing in the gap & cooking & doing the dishes. 594 ____________________________________________________ I don't just want to be Your "boss" or commander, I want to be loved by you! Obedience without love is not really what I'm after, and without love, it all means nothing to Me. Love is and was & always has been the most important thing in life. Nothing but total love satisfies. In Heaven, in the City of Love, where the God of love rules & dwells with His own people of love, there is no such thing as lovelessness, just as there is no darkness in this City of Light. Likewise, you will also never ever lack energy anymore, because love IS the energy of God. You need warmth & light & love to function & operate fully. On the other hand, you're also going to have to give it your best, even if the conditions aren't ideal or perfect, and I will bless you for every effort to break out of your natural limits. If there's not enough love around, don't just be a thermometer, but be a creator, a generator of love. Make up for the lack that's around! Make a double effort! Let your light shine & let your love shine, & who knows but that it might just be the ember that's going to spark their flame, too? The remedy for your lack of energy is the best remedy for everything: love! If you focus on love, and you just fall in love with Me, and consequently with the souls of those around you, you'll fall in love with life, and the more love you have. It gets you moving into positive action. My love, My ultimate motive & incentive can spur you on & cause you to move out into positive action. You cannot allow pride or fear or resignation to cause you to withhold it! You've got to give it anyway! It's your calling, your destiny, your commission, to be a powerhouse of My love, an ambassador of love, an envoy of love. Love is what I want you to convey, love is your message, love is

what I want you to deliver & what I'm sending you out to give to the world! You've got to make My love your token, your standard, your goal, your banner and the essence of everything you do, everything you say. It must be your motivation & driving force everywhere you go, there can be no other. Mere sense of duty will not do. It's got to be love, anything else is not enough. And that's what's going to make the difference. The difference between making money & changing the world by daring to be different & striving for the things that last. The magic and power that's going to enable you to make that difference is love! That's the difference that will arouse others' curiosity long enough to be willing to ever listen to you, let alone follow you: It's the difference that will be the "happiness factor" in your life, and the energy you lack. If you get ahold of My love, get connected to Me, getting re-filled with love for Me and those you're going to meet, that's going to give you power & energy like nothing else will ever do. 595 ____________________________________________________ Be gypsies for Me & pilgrims & strangers in this world. I'm giving you freedom & liberty to serve Me the best you can, according to your faith & abilities & vision, and you can do all things through Me Who strengthens you. It pleases Me that My children should develop their own initiative, come up with their own plans & visions & different ways of doing it, even though it might not be the way everyone else does it. 596 ____________________________________________________ If your faith has received a sudden boost, and you've acquired a new vision which changes the outlook on everything, why, according to your faith it will be done unto you. The directions I had been giving you thus far were the ones I was able to give you according to the faith you've had so far, which was influenced by the prospects of the various options you saw available. Now there's another option which opens up a whole new dimension of possibilities, and it's busting your previous mind frame, & thus enabling you to see further, to take into consideration realms you thought were out of reach before. Now there's a fifth dimension, a new factor, which would enable you to enjoy ALL possibilities simultaneously, and a nearly endless variety of more possibilities, directions & places to go, at the same time! If this is a vision you would really like to take on, as My crazy crusaders, reaching every corner I might possibly send you out to, according to your faith be it unto you. Don Quixote was only able to bring others happiness as long as he didn't care what others thought of him. You can let the Enemy scare you out of practically anything. He can scare you right out of living, if you let him. With the right vision you can have the faith which will spur you on to take the kind of initiative that opens My windows of Heaven & pours down such blessings that there will not be room enough to hold them! T-ry Me! 597 ____________________________________________________ Any ministry you're going to pursue: witnessing, teaching, singing... they're all for the benefit of people, so, you're real main ministry actually is people. People are what My Kingdom consists of, & by seeking first the Kingdom, you're actually putting your priorities on people. It means you're not living for yourself, but for Me & others. And once you make Me & others the central pivot that your life revolves around, you'll start noticing the blessings pouring in. Now, it's pretty hard to create new habits & a modus operandi that revolves around others when you've been spending so many years revolving basically around you & how you feel & making yourself feel good... That's what intoxication is all about, and any addiction that Bacchus tries to pull you away from Me with: numbing the pain, making yourself feel better. You're not willing to face whatever pain & strain life is handing you & so you take the Devil's easy way out: "Oh, you don't have to go through all this pain! Here, take this, it'll make you feel better!"

And instead of handing your pain over to Me, for Me to deal with it, you cheat Me out of an opportunity to help you & manifest My power in your life, and you cheat yourself out of an opportunity to grow in faith and love for Me, because instead of allowing Me to do a miracle in your life, you rely on Satan's counterfeit solution, which isn't a solution at all. It just helps you forget or ignore the problem. What kind of a solution is that? So, this situation where you're forced to realize you need other people to help you also makes you wonder, "what can I do for them?" Well, for one thing, they're already going to be mightily blessed by helping you. But you can pray for them, ask Me to show you things about them & areas in which they might need help or counsel & in general just show more concern & appreciation for them! "People are what matters." People are what it's all about, and it's time to really start focusing on people & how you might be able to help them, what you can do for them, so that they in return might help you with what you need! That's what the life of faith & the life of a missionary is all about. You've just got to have a heart for people, be concerned about them, be moved with compassion upon them as I was and still am. Love is what it's all about, and it's people you're supposed to love. They're the destination & recipients of that love. What do you do with all that love? You give it away! To who? To people! Humans sometimes have their ways of simply not seeing the obvious, which is why I'm reminding you & making it clear: people are your mission, people are your purpose, your ministry & the reason you're here. All those great saints of the ages that ever lived, they weren't so great because they attained some state of saintliness or holiness, but because they dedicated their lives to people. Do whatever it takes to touch & heal people. That takes humility & initiative to go out & give of yourself. You can't keep it in! 598 ____________________________________________________ The Enemy is pretty subtle & very quick in building new Egypts, strengthening hidden & formerly unknown parts of your "old man," & sometimes it takes time to even recognize them, which is expedient, though, in order to be able to fight them. You've been praying for Me to keep you close unto Myself & for Me not to allow anything that would cause you to drift further away from Me. Now, all that comes with a price! You can't "dwell in the house of the Lord forever" & still go shopping in the Devil's supermarkets, along with all the other greedy System junkies. Greed is now considered natural & one of the "healthiest" factors & ingredients for a thriving economy, and modesty is becoming a rare & odd thing, not really looked on kindly anymore. You've been training yourself in modesty, being content with the things you have, and even forsaking some of the few luxuries you had been enjoying before while the Devil has continued to het the world hyped up in ever more stark raving mad materialism and greed. So, in a World like that... would you even want to be one of the "top of the heap"? I'm only giving you what you can handle & what's within the frame of what you've asked Me for. You've asked to stay close to Me, so I didn't allow anything that would cause you to stray. Your desires & goals were altered by My Word. My Word made you aware of the truly important things in life, & so your priorities changed. When you'll be coming Home, everything is going to be the way it was meant to be. That true Home of your heart is Here, My heavenly Realm!

clothed" mind gear that everybody's in out there. In order to win souls, you've got to stop worrying about these worldly matters, & have perfect trust that I will take care of them, so that the souls you're trying to win can really see that you've got something that they haven't got, that you're actually not in the same sinking boat with them, but that you've got a heavenly life-boat to safety. As long as you see things from the same materialistic angle as they do, it's going to be pretty difficult convincing anybody that you've got something that they haven't, & making them want what you've got! It's got to be something better than what they've got. As long as you only want what they've got - their money and you cannot instill in them the desire to have what you've got, namely Me, you're not going to be much of a soul winner. My calling, the job of a missionary, is not one to be pursued halfheartedly or lazily, you've got to give it your all! As you do all I can, I will abundantly reward you & supply all your needs, just as I have promised! 600 ____________________________________________________ It's got to be My Spirit. Nothing else will touch the people. What matters, & what makes the difference, is My Spirit! Let My light shine before them. Show forth the power of unity! Always be a good witness & shine with My Spirit! 601 ____________________________________________________ Some things you find out by open & closed doors. I won't reveal everything to you in prophecy, since I also want you to "knock," so that doors will be opened unto you, & you give various people their opportunities to make choices according to which they may be blessed. You will have given them an opportunity to be blessed by Me. Who wants the blessing? Call around & then take the first good door that opens. 602 ____________________________________________________ Your attitude had to change, putting greater emphasis on unity and the testimony & witness than perfection, or even your own taste, which was heavily influenced by System input. Get away from the gear of trying to impress people. Spread forth My message & shine forth with My love & My Spirit! You put your money on the wrong horse, you were trying to impress, instead of reaching out to touch them! You had to find out where it wasn't at. 603 ____________________________________________________ So much is in your hands. So much power! Your destiny lies in your own hands, & you can determine so many things through prayer. I can do anything & there's nothing I won't do for you if you ask in faith! I might just change your way of looking at things & help you to see through My eyes, but whichever way, you'll notice the difference. There's incredible power in your hands, & you can apply the keys of change not only for yourself but also for others, especially those close to you, who are also yielded to Me & under My influence, being shaped by My hands... You're growing & progressing together, & you can help each other become that which you're supposed to become. Keep praying for changes to happen. You don't like the way things are? Pray for Me to change'em!

604 ____________________________________________________ Unrealistic expectations stop you from just being yourself. You'd like to be strong & able to perform a lot of mighty feats, 599 ____________________________________________________ worthy of admiration, or at least so you could pat yourself on Money is important, but the only thing that's going to last, your back & be content with the way you are, not always so the only eternal value that you can take with you from this world desperate for change. But I have made you weak instead. into the next, are the souls you're winning for Me. In order for Me to truly become the Source of all power & energy And in order to win souls, you're going to have to put on the robe in your life, your Driving Force, as opposed to your own drive in of My Spirit, that heavenly-minded gear, & not the usual, "what the flesh, it just takes this weakening of the flesh. shall we eat, what shall we drink, wherewithal shall we be You're just going to have to accept the way I've made you, or ask

Me to change you. It all boils down to faith, & according to your faith be it unto you. You can shape your environment & change your world according to your faith. You've got to cultivate your faith, & keep it growing! You've got to keep making progress, constantly gain new territory, face new challenges, have new changes. You've got to stir yourself up to call upon Me! Don't let the indifference kill you, nor Lethargy lull you to sleep, spiritually.

that the spirit ultimately is stronger. The flesh may look as if it has got the upper hand for the longest time, but in the end, the hare never made it, but the tortoise did. The flesh may think of itself as invincible and all-powerful, but it isn't. You want love? Come & get it! I can give it to you! Your spirit is a wonderland that I can fill with My love & light. Otherwise - without My infilling, it'll just be cold & dark & useless. There's no way you're ever going to have enough love without coming to Me first to get it. I am the Bread of life! Unless you eat Me, you're going to 605 ____________________________________________________ faint! How do I give power to the faint & strength to those that Whenever you come upon a challenge that's too big for you I have no might? The same way you gain physical strength by want you to turn around & give it back to Me. No problem in the eating food & taking in physical nourishment! You've got to eat world is too hard for Me to handle, & I just want you to learn to Me, just the way you eat your food, if you want Me to do you any use My strength, My love, My understanding, instead of your own good. If you get hungry you eat, right? So, if you feel like you're capacities. That's why I'm letting you run into challenges & running low on spiritual energy & "lovability," just stop & take a situations I know you can't handle on your own. break & take a bite of Me! Come, "taste & see that the Lord is I'm allowing all this as a test for you. I'm in total control. This good." situation is engineered by My hand to see how you'll handle it, Your great & "unbearable" dilemma is actually the best & most whether you'll bring the problem to Me to solve it & use My perfect way possible for Me to show you just how desperately strength, or you just give up in the sheer hopelessness of not you need Me. Can you see now how perfectly I'm in control of being able to handle this in your own strength. absolutely every aspect of your life? If you give Me your life, I'll I never was in the business of showing off how smart I am, since take it! I won't just ignore you & have you go on business as I figured there were already more than enough people trying to usual. Everything starts to make sense, if you care to find out! do that. So next time you feel tempted to make a silly joke on someone else's behalf, skip that opportunity to make yourself 607 ____________________________________________________ look smart & score another point on your humility chart instead. One simple way you can stay on My wavelength is by What people in the world consider smart sometimes, We, Up praising Me. Whenever you can't pray without ceasing, praise Here in heaven often call downright dumb, because a lot of times without ceasing. those smart jokes or witty remarks just cause others pain, which You'll keep the Enemy & his bad spirits away & safeguard your is a pretty dumb thing to do by heavenly standards. That's own spirit & tongue that way, and you'll make sure that whatever another area in which you have to learn to put on My mind, & not you do is bathed in My Spirit, a positive & grateful attitude. be subject to your own, old way of thinking. There's a lot to do, that's why it's specially important to make Call on the keys of submission & subjection for your tongue, and sure you stay in My Spirit. yield that little member to Me, so that you only speak when spoken through by Me. "In the multitude of words there wanteth 608 ____________________________________________________ not sin." Take Me with you! Don't let our communication go under in all the stress & the distractions! Remember to live each day as if 606 ____________________________________________________ it were your last. Like this you won't miss any golden opportunity I'm showing you how much more understanding, patience & to get in a witness. You've got nothing to lose, so don't be afraid longsuffering is to be expected of you. If I don't show you to what or ashamed to talk about Me! You can only gain by it, & so will heights you've still got to grow, how will you ever make the they, even if they initially might resist it! necessary progress? Keep up the spirit of giving. It's the warmth that will draw them to Radical, supernatural changes are required to make radical, the fire! It's not always that easy to get a fire going. You supernatural progress! You can't do it yourself. What they need sometimes have to keep feeding it for quite a while until it'll is a love that by far exceeds your own finite capabilities, & you're finally really burn. But that fire will come in really handy when the only going to get the stamina you need by plugging into Me first World's other sources & means to create heat artificially will have thing, before you make your clumsy attempts to lift them up. You run out, & the lights go out! can't do it without Me. The only way you're ever going to love Your light & your fire may seem rather insignificant right now, anyone enough, & the way they need to be loved, is through Me but it'll really light up the landscape then, when the darkness & by My spirit of power & love & of a sound mind. comes. Prepare for it, and help others to prepare for it! The best The only real & true & lasting cure is My love, & you're only going possible way to prepare for it is by establishing a living to get that from Me. You can't feed a starving soul from empty relationship with Me. Encourage others to do that! pockets. Show them that it's possible to talk to Me, hear from Me, to be You've got to have it first, in order to give it. You can't love in the loved by Me and to receive whatever they might need straight flesh, you can't perform a miracle of My Spirit in the flesh, and I from Me. All they've got to do is to invest in My currency, faith. have ordained it to be purely a work of My Spirit from A to Z. They've got to invest a bit of their time & their hearts & their That's just the way it is... You've got to come & get it from Me. energies into My currency of faith that will withstand the tests I've ordained it that way to prevent you from ever thinking it's when all the other currencies of this world will have been you. consumed by the fire of judgment. It's not in you, it's not in you, it's only in Me! One doesn't have to be perfect or holy or a sinless saint in order It's true: you don't have enough love! Just admit it. to hear My voice & love Me intimately... I have chosen earthen There's another good reason for really making sure you get vessels for My treasures, that others might have hope, too. ahold of Me first thing every day, because if you don't, you know All they've got to do is invest in Me, put forth a little effort of faith you're gonna make a mess of things, & no matter how hard you & put some of their time, money & resources on My horse, even try, you're never going to manage to say or do the right things. though it may not always appear to be the winning one. Without Me ye can do nothing! In order to love your neighbor as yourself, you've first got to love 609 ____________________________________________________ Me & get filled up with My love for them. Nothing is impossible "The wicked are like the sea when it cannot rest." "There is with God, but for you, everything is impossible without God! no peace for the wicked." Unbelievers don't have the same peace I can let the world get away with operating in the flesh, because & rest that remains for My children, because it requires faith to they live in the flesh & they love in the flesh. But I have called be able to rest in Me. you to live in the spirit, to be one of those who will prove in the They're frantically groping around in the dark, rushing to & fro, ultimate showdown of all ages in this Battle of flesh vs. spirit, thither & yon, afraid that they might be missing out on

something, when all the while, the best thing they're missing out on - My love & Salvation - could be found in quietness & contemplation & stillness in their hearts. The Enemy fights like mad to keep them from ever getting there, & so he keeps'em busy, busy, busily beating the air & chasing the ever elusive bluebird of happiness. And what's worse is that some people can go through their entire lives like this, ever hardening their hearts to My voice. It's good for you to find out the difference between them and you, between what you've got & they haven't. Strive hard to be separate, as if you would around somebody having a bad disease. Keep them in quarantine from you & take all the precautions you can, keeping your own spiritual resistance strengthened & taking in lots of the medicine of My Word.

they only pursue the materialistic side, they'll never be truly satisfied without fulfilling the part they can do for Me, to help further & advance My cause & Kingdom, but it's your job to remind them of that golden opportunity! Without a vision the people perish. Without someone showing them what they could be doing for Me and for others, how they could invest some of their lives, energies & resources into My eternal cause, their spiritual muscles wither, their focus grows more & more narrow all the time, & the opportunities of what they could have accomplished for Me, and thus for greater & everlasting rewards, literally perish & become lost, so, it's your responsibility to make sure to give them the vision. I'm allowing you to be in a situation of greater need right now for their sake, so that you don't just continue leading your little selfsufficient lives as before, but so that you will see the need of ministering to those who in return are able to minister to your 610 ____________________________________________________ physical needs! It's time to start establishing your church and They're like natives of a jungle tribe who are diseased, solidify a work for Me, and thus truly live by faith, which means although it barely dawns on them that something's wrong with truly living the life of the just. them, because they've lived in their filth & disease all their lives. You will get so much further that way than by just relying on your You come along, having once been a member of their tribe, but arm of the flesh. Your true job & calling is to live for others, to you've gone to work for the Great White Doctor, Who their witch live to minister to their spiritual needs, to feed the hungry & doctor has told them is "no good", & that He has "bad joojoo". starving the words of David, as I have been feeding you. All you can do is stay so convinced yourselves of the Strengthen the things that will remain, both, for you, as well as effectiveness & greater power of the Great White Doctor's for those you will minister to, as you will give them priceless medicine that your confidence that you've got something better opportunities to invest in eternity and My eternal values, as than they, and the peace you have about it will be a testimony in opposed to living visionless, selfish & materialistic lives. itself. You will no longer let all their loud rituals, chants & dances Relying entirely on Me and My sustenance for your living, you & ferocious, menacing gestures distract you or divert you from will come much closer to full possession & being guided by Me what you know is the truth, and you will just patiently have to non-stop! Beware of the Enemy's attempts to divert you from wait for an opportunity and a needy situation to arise where the this! He will tempt you to get back into your old rut, but you must Great White Doctor can prove His greater Magic. not allow him, but stay true to this vision I'm giving you, because Their boat may look a bit more fancy than yours, but what you the people, My sheep, truly need you to be the shepherd I have know, & they don't see yet, is that their boat has a hole in it, and ordained you to be. they're all attached to this big sinking ship, while you in your Even by needing them, you're fulfilling a great need in them, the small & humble life-boat will be relatively safe. It may not look need to be needed. I need them, and they need Me, and they need very appealing right now, and they may look upon you almost you and you need them. It's a time for My children to find each with pity, because they could never stoop down to such low other and find how much they need each other. It's going to be levels as you in your little life-boat, but just wait until the storm My bride's secret of survival through the darkest night of history. comes & the Titanic crashes, & they'll see things quite You will all need each other to make it! No more self-sufficient differently. Whatever you do, don't let their way of seeing things lives! No more time for that kind of pride & independence. affect you, not for a minute! 612 ____________________________________________________ 611 ____________________________________________________ I am making you a shepherd. You will feed My sheep. This is You will not be disappointed if you put your hopes, desires & your job, your task, your destiny. Feed them the lasting food, the aspirations on Me. If it's Me you're longing for, you will find that Bread of life, & lead them to My good pastures, beside My still I'll be more than enough & more than you ever needed and waters. As you will faithfully feed My sheep & fill their needs, you desired & ever dreamed of. I am here to fill your every longing & will see that I will faithfully feed you & supply all your needs! your every need, every craving & desire for love, passion & From henceforth you will be a feeder of sheep. There are those affection, plus everything else you might desire & long for: who are good at being fishers of men, but your main quality will mysteries & secrets revealed, and riches upon riches, much be that of feeding My sheep. I am giving you the very words they more everlasting and fulfilling and satisfying than anything you are needing to hear to feed their souls & spirits & deepest could ever find in this world. longings & yearnings for true, intimate fellowship with Me, their I like you to pass this message & knowledge on, that there are Creator. You can re-connect them with Me, just like you have greater riches to be found in Me than where most people are been re-connected with Me. seeking satisfaction. Often, the more pleasure they derive from this world, the more successful they are at managing to lead 613 ____________________________________________________ satisfactory lives, the less they see the need for Me and intimate It's detrimental to be hanging out or fellowshipping with the contact with Me, but if you pray for them, I can create that same wrong type of people, because you often allow their lower vacuum & longing in their souls for Me that I have placed in you, standard to be an excuse for you to lower yours, too. because you have asked Me for it. Being poor doesn't make a loser out of you. Only thinking you're If you pray for them, that they won't be truly satisfied by none of a loser because you're poor, & that you have to compromise for the Devil's materialistic counterfeits & by anything but the real gain, will make a loser out of you, spiritually! thing, I can protect them from that deception, just as I have "Real faith will always take the option that when there's a protected you, and I can consecrate & reserve them unto Me. compromise, an opportunity to go the normal way, it will still You've got to claim them for Me! If you already know they're My choose the radical, the different way..." sheep, and especially if they have already received Me & you Your flesh still longs for the regular, the "normal" way, where know they are My children and they have received My message you won't have to trust Me to bring in whatever you need to through you, and they're receiving Me in receiving you, you can survive. claim the keys of destiny for them, that they might reach & fulfill But sooner or later, that whole "proper" way of doing things is their highest destiny & truly fulfill a divine purpose in their lives, going to disappear. The "proper" way is headed for the mark of instead of being satisfied with filling their little niche in the the Beast, & at that point, you will have no part in it anymore, & business world. One doesn't have to exclude the other, but if the sooner you start to prepare & find an alternative way of doing

things, which is Mine, the better off you're going to be. Don't dream that things are always going to stay the way they are, but keep in mind where it's headed: toward the mark of the Beast, because this System is of the Devil, and he's not going to give it up voluntarily. I'm going to take it away from him by allowing him to fully establish his kingdom on Earth, proving to all mankind what an absolute mess he's going to make out of things, and it's going to be war, and nothing less. He's going to declare open war on My bride, and that's where he's going to have gone too far, & where he's going to find out that he can't keep making the bill without the Keeper of the Inn... Don't be a System junkie yourself; but be thankful for the fact that you can learn to trust Me for the income & outcome of every single day, that I'm your Provider, the One Who feeds you, the One you work for! Are you going to stand up for Me proudly, & say, "this is my God, the One I'm working for, and He has never failed to supply all my needs"? "A disciple is someone whose primary goal in life is to serve God and not mammon." Is your primary goal to serve Me, and not mammon? Every penny in the service of mammon is hard earned by bearing the heavy yoke of mammon, while every cent I bless you with in My service, that is being given to you in return for My Words and Family tools is a testimony to My great power of supply, My power to lift you up. My yoke is so easy, it can help you fly! Putting on My yoke is almost like putting on a pair of wings, in comparison to the heavy, steely yoke of the System and mammon, who will squeeze every drop of energy out of you in return for every penny you earn. That money just disappears again, as it develops eagle's wings itself & disappears into this hole or that, this bill or that need... it never stops; it's a vicious cycle & a deadly trap! Step out of that treadmill! And step out on the water of My will for you! Don't lose sight of the goal, the vision I've given you! Establish a ministry that's really going to spread My Word & My message, & stop compromising for gain. Do something for Me, that's going to make an obvious difference! Show & prove that you're actually going to take up your cross & follow Me, spreading My message of truth to the lost & hungry sheep & being a ray of light in a dark & dreary world! 613 ____________________________________________________ Resign to your fate & fate will accept your resignation! Resigning to your fate is the exact opposite of what I have been trying to teach you. Resigning to your fate means yielding to your circumstances instead of availing yourself of My power to change them. It's conforming with & settling for the "prison for your mind" that the Devil has constructed for you, your personal little "matrix." Some tests do re-occur, sometimes time & again. You all have your besetting sins. If you endure hardness as a good soldier of Mine, I can encourage you that there WILL be an end to those trials & battles & sufferings. Do you still believe that I am all-powerful? Or do you think, "Nah, the Lord can do quite a lot, but not this thing..."? It's still according to your faith. Do you believe?

Categorical Index Vol.I: Action: 248, 506, 536 AME: 320, 321, 413, 425, 458, 476, 542, 561 Anger: 297, 300, 444 Attitudes/Mindsets: 39, 74, 91, 200, 235, 263, 277, 278, 280, 295, 309,
334, 351, 362, 365, 403, 409, 421, 431, 439, 449, 457, 460, 506, 517, 521, 529, 568, 573, 586

189, 211, 230, 245, 250, 253, 258, 263, 269, 271, 272, 273, 289, 297, 299, 312, 314, 323, 324, 343, 350, 360, 371, 375, 398, 403, 416, 419, 428, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 443, 447, 449, 451, 455, 464, 467, 478, 481, 486, 492, 497, 507, 508, 509, 514, 515, 519, 520, 527, 528, 538, 539, 543, 552, 553, 559, 560, 562, 566, 568, 569, 578, 581, 599, 604, 608, 609 Faithfulness/Perseverance: 36, 248, 251, 252, 255, 274, 287, 300, 411, 441, 447, 449, 458, 476, 480, 493, 509, 531, 537, 551, 584 Family, The: 65, 420, 433, 451, 557, 566, 568, 569, 587 Fear/Courage: 45, 87, 91, 208, 323, 455, 463, 467, 486, 489, 507, 512, 529, 533, 596 Flesh Vs. Spirit: 8, 22, 33, 37, 55, 62, 70, 75, 76, 83, 84, 88, 96, 100, 101, 117, 140, 142, 157, 158, 164, 175, 194, 201, 202, 207, 257, 266, 285, 302, 314, 315, 317, 319, 321, 322, 344, 348, 351, 352, 354, 358, 365, 374, 375, 384, 385, 386, 400, 410, 412, 417, 423, 427, 439, 445, 455, 461, 463, 470, 487, 511, 517, 519, 521, 527, 530, 536, 538, 540, 563, 576, 577, 578, 581, 588, 604, 605, 606, 611, 612 Forgiveness/Mercy: 54, 154, 172, 238, 372, 447, 455, 460, 469, 501, 547, 555, 589 Forsaking all: 79, 129, 133, 157, 170, 250, 261, 266, 349, 417, 443, 450, 452, 453, 523 Freedom: 180, 293, 440, 460, 557, 569, 582 Fruitfulness: 11, 312, 392, 393, 420, 470, 489, 493 Full Possession: 142, 151, 155, 191, 192, 208, 220, 303, 314, 318, 320, 345, 424, 428, 439, 454, 484, 496, 542, 560, 561, 611 Giving: 19, 50, 51, 76, 148, 190, 262, 334, 335, 336, 338, 350, 352, 362, 365, 376, 377, 379, 393, 440, 457, 480, 491, 510, 537, 597, 608 Giving the Glory to God: 3, 43, 75, 175, 206, 263, 267, 298, 360, 413, 424, 447, 465, 481, 547, 551, 568, 574, 589 God first: 20, 21, 25, 28, 35, 56, 90, 93, 100, 115, 143, 148, 157, 169, 171, 176, 177, 227, 239, 240, 243, 250, 252, 293, 295, 298, 303, 304, 306, 348, 370, 386, 390, 393, 399, 420, 431, 435, 437, 447, 457, 458, 496, 498, 519, 520, 523, 524, 563, 566, 573, 597, 599, 606, 611 God's Justice: 146, 567 God's Love: 11, 21, 30, 41, 46, 57, 64, 66, 70, 95, 128, 137, 145, 156, 161, 171, 177, 195, 216, 236, 265, 282, 293, 303, 304, 305, 310, 318, 329, 349, 350, 361, 366,374, 412, 416, 421, 428, 429, 446, 447, 455, 456, 466, 469, 479, 503, 506, 509, 511, 515, 516, 568, 589, 606, 611 God's Promises: 107, 146, 157, 194, 253, 266, 270, 300, 410, 466, 479, 505, 508, 519, 529, 558, 559, 562, 564, 568 God's Ways Vs. Man's Way: 15, 16, 45, 50, 61, 68, 78, 84, 88, 101, 106, 124, 144, 177, 183, 238, 240, 241, 242, 247, 254, 255, 257, 263, 283, 286, 299, 313, 315, 323, 362, 372, 412, 417, 419, 439, 455, 458, 460, 463, 467, 480, 495, 500, 513, 517, 561 Grace: 100, 423, 516 Happiness/Joy: 96, 127, 137, 155, 158, 166, 174, 181, 341, 420, 439, 449, 553, 561 Healing: 273, 428, 610 Hearing from God: 20, 21, 62, 75, 103, 106, 111, 124, 126, 127, 142, 143, 147, 153, 156, 157, 185, 191, 210, 217, 225, 243, 251, 254, 260, 268, 305, 306, 309, 312, 316, 329, 403, 420, 428, 488, 498, 508, 525, 528, 532, 541, 560, 561, 571, 584, 590, 596, 608

Backsliding: 243, 294, 312 Beauty For Ashes: 144, 250 Big Picture, The: 123, 175, 181, 250, 282, 284, 478, 494, 578, 606 Change: 12, 24, 53, 66, 98, 123, 132, 142, 199, 224, 233, 239, 253, 266, 270, 339, 363, 373, 382, 407, 412, 450, 453, 463, 486, 520, 525, 527, 532, 552, 563, 579, 585, 602, 603, 604, 606 Children: 84, 116, 165, 173, 246, 285, 378, 433, 434, 446, 488, 502, 517, 527 Choices/Decisions: 143, 170, 176, 209, 224, 255, 315, 324, 340, 354, 355, 358, 381, 397, 399, 415, 420, 431, 442, 445, 486, 487, 549, 557 Churchianity: 47, 76, 245, 264, 347, 363, 460, 587 Communication: 10, 21, 84, 137, 142, 158, 174, 176, 216, 231, 260, 293, 303, 306, 317, 320, 359, 386, 428, 477, 479, 485, 486, 501, 508, 555, 564, 565, 578, 608 Conviction vs. Compromise: 79, 87, 101, 103, 128, 154, 157, 159, 184, 190, 191, 196, 205, 206, 225, 240, 244, 293, 314, 324, 362, 387, 388, 389, 392, 428, 431, 451, 452, 463, 467, 479, 482, 484, 550, 554, 561, 562, 567, 569, 576, 587, 596, 602, 609, 610, 612 Correction: 58, 111, 112, 215, 249, 316, 347, 353, 384, 429, 456, 458, 476, 477, 518, 548 Creation: 2, 105, 129, 130, 151,156, 181, 259, 386, 428, 494 Dedication & Commitment: 79, 103, 116, 134, 138, 207, 314, 352, 360, 380, 392, 397, 413, 417, 441, 533 Deliverance: 428 Dependence On God: 75, 76, 83, 96, 97, 108, 124, 129, 140, 144, 164, 259, 293, 342, 345, 381, 382, 414, 424, 425, 445, 452, 470, 485, 487, 490, 515, 521, 524, 530, 542, 545, 606 Devil's Devices: 63, 67, 70, 71, 72, 93, 101, 103, 107, 110, 115, 116, 131, 132, 133, 137, 140, 148, 152, 167, 171, 179, 182, 193, 194, 212, 220, 221, 223, 247, 263, 265, 266, 268, 289, 290, 292, 293, 315, 316, 337, 346, 357, 358, 389, 392, 401, 406, 408, 410, 411, 415, 427, 439, 445, 450, 452, 470, 472, 483, 484, 491, 506, 511, 542, 550, 553, 561, 578, 588, 589, 597, 598, 604, 611 Discipleship: 44, 79, 96, 97, 105, 140, 155, 187, 196, 207, 224, 244, 253, 309, 349, 380, 391, 417, 418, 430, 460, 463, 464, 499, 567, 612 Discernment: 237, 275, 473, 530 Doubt: 32, 171, 357, 392, 403, 531, 613 Endtime: 16, 46, 68, 83, 94, 104, 152, 209, 213, 268, 292, 297, 302, 311, 395, 427, 451, 459, 612 Faith & Trust: 8, 16, 17, 38, 55, 57, 61, 65, 67, 72, 76, 94, 96, 105, 109, 117, 119, 135, 137, 141, 144, 145, 152, 162, 164, 168, 175, 177,

Heaven: 45, 121, 125, 141, 175, 411, 505, 553, 555, 564, 594, 598 Heavenly Thought Power: 254, 305, 320, 359, 542, 560 Holy Spirit: 76, 114, 139, 172, 180, 202, 205, 322, 547, 563, 587, 600 Honesty: 215, 228, 244, 275, 303, 347, 349, 380, 460, 480, 486, 555 Humility/Pride: 3, 36, 45, 47, 61, 64, 93, 96, 128, 130, 140, 176, 181, 186, 190, 201, 223, 228, 248, 263, 267, 287, 288, 298, 326, 343, 346, 347, 348, 349, 355, 356, 360, 374, 381, 382, 407, 422, 426, 427, 444, 460, 465, 467, 477, 481, 490, 545, 546, 548, 551, 588 Independence: 223, 380, 611 Jesus: 9, 113, 124, 128, 129, 130, 165, 421, 428, 433, 439, 564, 588, 592 Keys of the Kingdom: 17, 120, 127, 129, 256, 420, 428, 439, 444, 454, 463, 475, 540, 542, 456, 552, 555, 558, 603, 611 Knowledge: 2, 117, 118, 120, 129, 227, 290, 515

135, 149, 152, 239, 241, 315, 392, 428, 436, 457, 460, 466, 469, 519, 536, 542, 552, 558, 578, 613 Patience / Waiting on the Lord: 3, 28, 54, 71, 75, 102, 172, 186, 227, 262, 284, 447, 500, 519, 520, 525, 539, 558, 606 Peace: 144, 181, 308, 412, 438, 459, 497, 555, 558 Persecution: 184, 311, 571 Pioneering: 4, 68, 373, 450, 499 Praise: 14, 28, 67, 108, 148, 187, 252, 278, 279, 297, 301, 350, 359, 416, 449, 457, 474, 475, 476,481, 492, 516, 542, 574, 589, 607 Prayer: 7, 17, 19, 25, 38, 40,47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 66, 73, 84, 86, 88, 108, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 199, 201, 216, 232, 251, 252, 259, 268, 280, 281, 285, 288, 302, 338, 350, 359, 361, 375, 384, 397, 398, 404, 436, 444, 485, 488, 501, 512, 542, 564, 565, 586, 589, 603, 608, 611 Progress: 176, 189, 199, 201, 233, 242, 244, 304, 338, 373, 403, 404, 425, 435, 446, 450, 463, 477, 486, 493, 499, 508, 512, 528, 548, 562, 604, 606 Protection: 141, 216, 256, 416, 518, 562

Law of Love: 250, 331, 486, 537 Leadership: 9, 166, 168, 193, 480 Little Things & People: 248, 284, 287, 297, 477, 480, 494, 502, 515, 537, 545, 551, 563, 593 Looking unto Jesus: 111, 114, 119, 142, 144, 148, 168, 189, 253, 263, 304, 326, 345, 370, 375, 409, 410, 415, 449, 453, 461, 464, 465, 466, 496, 501, 507, 516, 517, 561 Love: 6, 31, 41, 44, 47, 55, 59, 68, 69, 71, 86, 87, 91, 98, 118, 121, 134, 135, 138, 148, 154, 165, 166, 173, 185, 186, 200, 202, 203, 205, 248, 249, 273, 276, 291, 294, 296, 298, 301, 310, 315, 333, 335, 336, 347, 348, 361, 366, 368, 369, 377, 394, 396, 399, 400, 404, 414, 415, 426, 441, 469, 470, 476, 483, 487, 491, 493, 500, 512, 522, 529, 534, 537, 538, 544, 545, 551, 553, 575, 584, 594, 597, 606 Loving Jesus: 11, 21, 28, 29, 75, 80, 137, 142, 177, 191, 209, 229, 231, 240, 264, 265, 305, 368, 399, 458, 471, 475, 509, 511, 515, 568, 573 Meaning/Purpose: 483, 606 Meekness: 99, 257, 444, 445 Metaphors: 76, 185, 192, 256, 298, 361, 414, 456, 500, 544, 556, 561 Miracles: 17, 40, 72, 224, 296, 310, 558 Money: 16, 81, 92, 165, 612 Movies: 127, 138, 181, 255, 298, 299, 300, 315, 430, 451, 542 Music: 28, 29, 267, 313, 481, 540 Mysteries: 8, 21, 60, 87, 88, 90, 100, 122, 151, 183, 192, 197, 213, 277, 282, 318, 333, 386, 416, 446, 479, 509, 540 Negativity/Positive Thinking: 182, 242, 263, 327, 409, 414, 442, 444, 449, 472, 474, 475, 481, 492, 495, 516, 555, 561, 568, 589 Obedience: 11, 14, 21, 24, 32, 33, 55, 80, 87, 150, 161, 163, 176, 178, 189, 191, 245, 306, 329, 332, 343, 393, 397, 400, 405, 420, 422, 432, 447, 449, 503, 504, 514, 594 Overcoming & Rising above: 57, 72, 84, 87, 90, 94, 95, 107, 121, Supply: 96, 148, 245, 252, 259, 269, 289, 293, 307, 321, 400, 464, 467, 562, 581, 589, 599, 601, 612 System, The: 11, 16, 45, 47, 50, 67, 69, 87, 94, 101, 104, 109, 111, 165, 179, 193, 195, 201, 206, 226, 231, 243, 284, 288, 347, 363, 372, 401, 408, 411, 421, 430, 439, 451, 460, 467, 512, 554, 587, 598, 609, 610, 612 Teaching: 246, 247, 249 Thankfulness: 14, 26, 27, 67, 107, 132, 148, 200, 261, 300, 403, 411, 449, 457, 467, 474, 553, 561, 589 Trials & Tests: 77, 82, 92, 100, 107, 135, 143, 151, 268, 281, 284, Relationships: 1, 9, 89, 174, 182, 217, 228, 234, 262, 294, 301, 330, 333, 334, 335, 337, 358, 367, 378, 379, 414, 427, 455, 468, 469, 477, 486, 516, 517, 522, 556, 567, 568, 578 Revelation: 103, 111, 132, 142, 197, 371, 446 Sacrifice: 250, 361, 417, 463, 550, 573 Salvation: 236, 372, 586 Sample: 111, 136, 153, 154, 168, 178, 205, 300, , 388, 390, 402, 439, 458, 480, 505, 511, 535, 538, 600 Security: 10, 85, 129 Selfishness: 27, 78, 89, 93, 122, 201, 250, 264, 265, 274, 333, 334, 347, 376, 427, 452, 456, 457, 490, 514, 557, 561, 575, 578 Self-righteousness: 93, 105, 195, 237, 300,372, 444, 448, 501, 548 Shepherding: 174, 212, 214, 225, 296, 353, 364, 379, 383, 390, 403, 414, 415, 441, 464, 490, 497, 512, 592, 611, 612 Sin: 51, 112, 202, 416, 447, 460, 469, 486, 516, 555, 580, 588 Spirit Helpers: 76, 127, 175, 192, 195, 317, 328, 386, 398, 476, 505, 506, 520, 546, 558 Spiritual Weapons: 217, 398, 454, 475 Spirit World: 5, 10, 40, 52, 54, 60, 61, 65, 134, 142, 175, 181, 317, 386, 471, 564, 565

302, 332, 345, 350, 381, 382, 404, 407, 414, 443, 464, 512, 513, 535, 537, 553, 566, 572, 605, 613 Truth: 105, 112, 114, 241, 244, 245, 284, 290, 349, 354, 355, 356, 371, 411, 428, 430, 460, 551, 576, 581, 587 Unity: 158, 218, 222, 225, 294, 310, 326, 358, 380, 409, 412, 426, 432, 487, 491, 501, 521, 545, 548, 555, 556, 565, 600 Vision: 4, 12, 18, 19, 30, 40, 59, 64, 97, 122, 142, 163, 168, 211, 214, 246, 373, 428, 434, 447, 553, 555, 564, 567, 576, 582, 595, 596, 611 War of the Spirit: 10, 12, 35, 45, 47, 56, 63, 65, 72, 79, 85, 95, 101, 104, 105, 127, 152, 158, 167, 174, 195, 196, 208, 209, 220, 221, 222, 234, 235, 256, 308, 325, 326, 328, 345, 389, 390, 405, 406, 428, 430, 454, 473, 482, 491, 501, 506, 512, 531, 537, 542, 544, 546, 548, 550, 554, 570, 580 Wisdom: 128, 129, 301, 330, 396, 403, 535 Witnessing: 16, 23, 29, 39, 45, 78, 87, 101, 114, 132, 133, 134, 146, 151, 158, 167, 187, 198, 199, 201, 205, 209, 229, 230, 236, 251, 252, 264, 265, 270, 274, 288, 295, 298, 337, 342, 343, 367, 387, 391, 392, 395, 402, 404, 405, 422, 449, 456, 459, 483, 499, 503, 511, 514, 520, 526, 529, 542, 557, 576, 586, 591, 599, 608 Word, The: 12, 13, 16, 34, 56, 63, 84, 109, 112, 114, 201, 209, 251, 260, 283, 295, 312, 344, 356, 357, 358, 408, 420, 421, 428, 429, 462, 514, 541, 553, 583, 598 Worldliness: 92, 105 Yieldedness: 75, 76, 78, 138, 266, 291, 297, 318, 352, 360, 361, 369, 374, 415, 416, 417, 418, 424, 444, 447, 449, 450, 486, 487, 527, 545, 557, 563, 579, 593, 604, 605, 606

1 ____________________________________________________ If you clothe yourself with the cloak of humility, & abase yourself to a position where you're receptive to learn things, even though they don't make any sense to you; if you're willing to, like Don Quixote, not see as man sees, but see the noble in the mundane, the princess in the whore, then you'll be a star according to My book! There is hope as long as you're open to receive My Words of Life, which teach you to see things not the way they seem in the physical & in the carnal, but the way they really are in the spirit. Judge not according to the obvious, but judge righteous judgment! Not all that glitters is gold. Digging deeper will always reveal the ultimate truth in the end, if that's really what you're looking for, like any true disciple always will. I have loved you with unconditional love, and so should you learn to love likewise. I have forgiven you and continue to forgive your countless sins & overlook your flaws, & you should learn to forgive as you're being forgiven, to love as you're being loved, to help others to grow, even as you're being helped and taught by Me. You can become like Me! If you're determined to learn from Me, I am determined to teach you. Thinking you deserve something better is pride and selfrighteousness, thinking you know better than Me. Make something better out of what you've got by learning from Me! I can make everything out of nothing. Even so can you, with My magic of love. Hold on to My promises! I can bring it to pass against all odds. 2 ____________________________________________________ Strengthen the things that remain, instead of the arm of the flesh. Spread your wings & fly to new horizons, do new things and enjoy the freedom I am giving you! Keep focusing on the freedom that I have in store for you, and all the countless possibilities it entails. Walk toward the realization of that vision by faith. Make it happen!

as an area that My light isn't shining on yet, so that's where he can play his game of "Shady cloaks of lies & deceit." What's one man's meat can be another's poison, and it becomes poison the minute that it becomes a god for you, once it becomes so important to you that it occupies your thoughts, your time, your motives and your actions more than is due. Living for Me and serving Me very often entails sacrificing personal desires, as hard as it may be sometimes. You think that because you desire it, you're supposed to have it, but that's not necessarily so. Sometimes those desires are the very temptations of the Enemy, designed to lure you away from what I desire for you. Certain rewards can only be enjoyed after certain tests. Sometimes the only thing that will enable you to pass the test is letting go the desire for the reward, which means laying down your life, your own desires for the sake of another. These things must be given to you, you cannot take them by force or by demanding, which is not according to the Law of Love. Resist the temptation, recognize it as the Enemy it is, and fight this foe! Those spirits first influence your flesh and subtly cooperate to subvert your spirit, until you're giving them a chance to come in and take over. You can fall from any level of service. If you think you're standing, take heed lest you fall. Often the more desperate you feel, the more useless, and the less "holy" you feel, the closer you really are to Me, whereas when you think you're so right & you're so convinced that the other party is wrong, you might actually be in for a a big surprise. What has had to die in order to bring forth the new was your own perception of things! I've had to shatter your deceptions & illusions in order to make you see the truth. Another veil is gone, another layer of the Devil's deceptions, and you're one step closer to My throne.

5 ____________________________________________________ Nothing happens by accident or without a reason or a purpose. I cannot bless dishonesty, no matter how minimal or insignificant I love you and want you to be happy serving Me. I'm not it seems to be to the logical mind. There is no such thing as "a expecting you to go out & do things for Me that you hate, little white lie." although some things might initially be simply tough & become You must realize that I knew all that was going to happen, and better as you go. But people must be able to see that you love I've allowed it. Do you believe that I've allowed all that happened what you're doing, & that you're doing it because you feel you're as the best thing that could possibly come out of it? called to do this beyond the shadow of a doubt, and there's no How else would you have come to the point where you're willing other thing on Earth you would do. to finally let Me fully take the reins in your life? Invest your time, energy & resources, your lives, into My All this is necessary for you to come to greater purity before Me, Kingdom. Start living by the faith that in so doing I will which is going to enhance your power incredibly. Without it, miraculously supply your needs. The less your arm of the flesh is nothing's going to work. If you're going to work for Me, you're involved, the more I'll be able to do for you! going to have to have pure hearts, and I'm using these things to I can work better miracles without any support from the flesh! If purify & cleanse you. Rejoice, for I'm freeing you from all the dirt you'll just bring My message to the people, you'll fly higher & go that would otherwise obstruct the light & cause you to shine less further than you have before. radiantly. Rejoice, because you're going to shine all the more In order to open up a new book, you have to close the old book brightly through all of this. Rejoice, because this cleansing is a first. In order to start something new, you'll have to forsake the great blessing, not a curse, nor reason for sorrow. I love you. old, something has to die in order to give way to the new. 6 ____________________________________________________ 3 ____________________________________________________ The only road that's going to take you to the right destination is If you want the cloak of humility, you're going to have to walk the road of humility. the humble road. You cannot pretend or presume to be ready for something when Stop any & all activities that would feed your pride, which will you're not, when you're not yet fulfilling the requirements. make you lose the garment of humility again. You can't say you're in 10th grade before you passed the final Seek and walk the humble road! Don't let the Devil entice you to exams of the ninth grade... go down any road that will minister to your pride. "Freedom's just another word for 'nothing left to lose'" - no reputation, no pride, nothing! If you lose your reputation, 4 ____________________________________________________ welcome to the club! If you lose your pride, congratulations! And Real, genuine, unselfish love loves the unlovely. I see and which other way are you going to lose your pride but by being judge totally contrary to the way man does. humbled? And how are you being humbled? By being a sample I'm having to blind some people physically in order to make them of one of My "peculiar people," My called out ones, who are not see in the spirit. Imagine if you were blind, what a different of the world, the blessed ones whom men shall revile & speak all attitude you would have, how much humbler you'd be, and how manner of evil against, falsely. Those who only walk because of much more grateful! My grace, those who live by My grace and by their faith in Me, Hiding from Me is always the result of sin. Any area of your life those who have no other strength, no other shield, no other you're trying to hide from Me will be used by the Devil somehow provider but Me.

A factor entering the equation that tempts you to rely on the flesh doesn't help. My way of seeing things often very strongly differs from yours. The sin of self-righteousness exceeds the sin of jealousy on My scale of "graveness." The obvious & blatant sin is not as bad as the more subtle sin of self-righteousness. Make it clear without a doubt that you accept the blame. Your life may seem a total disaster in your own eyes right now, with only Me to trust for what you need in order to make it, but in My eyes, you're in the best position you've ever been in, so, cheer up: what looks like the worst to you, is actually the best you've ever been. You've got no more urge to prove & show to the World what you are & what you can do, because you've already found out that you're just a mess and only make a mess of things without Me. So, if there's ever something good that's supposed to come forth from you, it's going to have to be Me, right? What better foundation for anyone's future is there? 7 ____________________________________________________ I don't judge you by the amount of accomplishments you achieve, but reward you for the amount of love you show. You've got to have it inside before you can give it out; you've got to have the love for each other first, before you can let your light so shine before men. If you can't even love each other, how can they expect that you're truly going to love them? So, I prefer your sitting still & waiting on Me, learning from Me what it means to have mercy, to any sacrifice. The more you trust in Me, the better off you're going to be. The life of faith is exciting, much more exciting than knowing you can just coast along & trust in your arm of the flesh. Life is too precious to be only living it for money. And learning to love is so much more important than anything they can teach you in any old school, university or apprenticeship. Be a slave for love! It's so much better than being a System slave for the Devil! 8 ____________________________________________________ If My Word is your strength, you should read it. You don't leave your sword lying in a corner while you're going out on the battle field. You believe in the Word as much as you read it. So, if you want your faith to grow and become a force that's real in your life, just use the Word. The most precious gift I have given you is My Word. Just because others don't appreciate it as they should is a poor excuse for being as blind as they are & not recognizing the treasure I have given you for what it is! The masses are hypnotized by the evil light of the usurper, and they can't even see what you see. You must carefully choose in what you will invest the time which still remains. It will require discipline and a conscious effort to make sure you invest it in the right things. I am the foundation. Choose this day what you will build on it: hay, wood or precious stones. Wood is a sturdy material, and definitely an upgrade to straw, but it won't stand the test of fire, either. The only thing that's going to pass the fiery test is that from My eternal realm: My Word & the pursuit to not only treasure it for yourselves, but also to get it out to others, so that they, too may be partakers of My Word & be transformed into precious stones for your crowns. Striving for precious stones & the pure gold of faith requires the utmost dedication, commitment & seriousness about your business. You're not just slapping together a mud hut or a wood shack, you're building something that lasts, which requires investing time & well-planned effort into your building. You're only going to get out of it what you're willing to put into it. He that soweth sparingly will also reap sparingly. It's not the feelings that count or indicate how close you are to Me. What I can offer you is the same old secrets & weapons that would get you where you want to go, if you would only apply them: My Word, action through prayer, unity, praise & My keys... Invest in these and you will reap dividends that last, and you won't feel like you've been wasting time!

9 ____________________________________________________ Use the sword of the Word against your foes. Exposing them in the light of My Word is one of the best remedies & most powerful arms against them. Get on the attack with the white-hot sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, & cut the Devil to the heart! The Word is your most important weapon of attack, use it! It will solve many of your problems & strengthen your connection with Me. You want to see things My way? Read My Word! You want to think My thoughts? Study My Word! You want to be strong in the Spirit? Absorb & eat & drink in My Words, and you will be! The secret of basically everything you long for lies in the Word. It's the magic seed that's going to bring the fruit in your life that you desire. It's the golden standard that'll help you see things clearly, according to My rules & standards, it's the light on your path & a lamp unto your feet. So, if it gets dark & dim all around you, just turn on that power torch of My Word, and light up the landscape all around you. 10 ___________________________________________________ Seek Me desperately for the course your life is to take. The Devil fights tooth & nail to stop you from accomplishing My highest & ideal plan for you. When I give you a vision or plan for the future, the Devil will fight it, and it depends on all involved to ward off those attacks from the evil one, and if one link in the chain fails to see their part & the conditions they have to fulfill, the whole plan may come to naught. History or destiny is constantly being re-written & re-planned & re-shaped by its participants and their decisions. It all depends on each of you. Each one has to fulfill their part. If any party allows the Enemy to foil the plan, the final victory is going to have to be brought about by some other means, or even by other players... Your place as one of My winners is not guaranteed. Each one's place among the winners & final victors is only determined by their own constant determination, conviction and decision to keep on for Me & Me alone, no matter what, and if whatever your brother does causes you to stumble or give up, that brother may be held responsible for his mistakes, but you will be held responsible for your own decision to focus on his faults instead of Me, and whatever your looking at the waves will result in. If you want victory, you've got to keep looking at Me. Everything else will only spell defeat... 11 ___________________________________________________ You are what you are by the choices & decisions you make every day, every second, minute and hour, and what you will be is determined by all that. You're not the same you were yesterday because of the decisions you made today. You're either one step closer towards the goal or one step further away than you were since the last step you took, depending on the direction in which you took it. That's why some people never seem to be making any progress, they move a bit forward and then a bit backward. But with each passing time, something more is revealed, and you can see a little more clearly... 12 ___________________________________________________ I could look into the future & tell you all that's going to happen, but I want you to learn to counsel with Me. As children of God to whom the Word of God is being revealed, you become as gods, as the Bible says, and your decisions have greater impact on your future, than the decisions of unbelievers have on theirs, unless they choose to receive Me and My Word, too. I have called you, as I told My disciples, not only My servants, but My friends, and you are even more than My friends, you have become My bride. And as such, I want to go with you, accompany you & be right by your side through the troubles you pass, and not just predict your future & say, "there you go." Your future is still in the making, and determined by your decisions, so, why should I influence them by revelations of what's going to happen? You might prefer it that way, but that's

only because you see as a child sees, not as the Father, Who sees what's truly good for you. I want to use this situation to draw you closer to Me than you've ever been before, and I want you to trust Me for the outcome, & not tell you what's going to happen next, so that you can run full steam into that direction & basically forget all about Me again. As soon as you have a plan, an idea, or a vision, you forge ahead, & only when you encounter difficulties, you look to Me for the answers. Closeness to Me will make you freer than you've ever been. 13 ___________________________________________________ The System has become even more System, things are hardening, and they're getting so hard that you can almost feel it beginning to crack. This is the faith that overcometh the world: the knowledge that upon whom This Rock falls, it will grind them to powder. Stay focused on the spiritual, instead of getting side-tracked by the carnal. It is not you who are poor, but they. The things they indulge in, and the riches they now boast of are as fleeting as anything that can be eaten up by moths & rust... as a leaf in the wind, which will soon turn to dust. It is you who are rich indeed, and blessed with spiritual & lasting riches. The physical may rule right now, for this little season, but you are the rightful heir of the true and coming riches. They who rule now will wallow in dust and ruin and lament later, while you will possess a peace and riches that remain. The Devil hates you for that, but there's nothing he can do. Keep looking at Me! Pay no mind to him! He's bluffing, cheating & lying! Zap his evil bubble of deceit! Expose him & laugh at him & ridicule him for his ludicrous attempt to stop you! I in you am so much greater than he is... he's like a tiny little dwarf in comparison. You shall see it one day, and all the world will wonder, "What? This little nincompoop has terrorized this world for so long? That ugly little dwarf? That's the one we worshiped and by whom we were awed, thinking he was so great?" It will fall like scales from their eyes, & some will laugh at this atrocity, others will cry. Come and see, behold My greatness, which far exceeds anything your adversary can muster up. We will all have a good laugh about him very soon. It won't be long now. Get ready!

16 ___________________________________________________ When someone operates in the flesh, there's nothing uplifting about it, no heart, no soul, no spirit, no real life in it. Without the Spirit, it's dead, without love, it avails nothing... 17 ___________________________________________________ Don't view circumstances as obstacles, but as stepping stones, & rise above... Aim your arrow way beyond the horizon, beyond the scope of what you see... That's the kind of vision I want you to have, to break out of the confines of the familiar, to get out of the "think local" gear. Think universal! 18 ___________________________________________________ You don't find happiness in your own selfish pursuit of it, and Heaven on earth is only found by bringing a little bit of Heaven to others. What you give and pour out to others must be the pure waters of Heaven, no element of self or seeking vain-glory or your own satisfaction in it, or it will be contaminated... To give that which is pure requires humility. Only in total humility does one find the grace to give out that which is pure, the pure, unadulterated light and water and food from Heaven, the spiritual nourishment that will truly set them free and will truly strengthen the sheep. The true sheep won't care whether the food is wrapped up in an appealing appearance. It doesn't have to be "cool," it just has to be nourishing. If you seek heaven on Earth, just give a little bit of heaven to others who are needy, and then that heavenly happiness you seek will find & overwhelm you.

19 ___________________________________________________ Make sure that what you give is truly the pure & unadulterated water & nourishment from Heaven, don't let it be tainted by your own attempts to make it "more attractive"... The true beauty that is really going to save the World lies in the simplicity of My truth & My Salvation, even if those you give it to won't initially recognize it as such, nor will they reward you or appreciate you much for it. When there is a choice, choose the true beauty, that which bears My message in it, not that which you think will please them 14 ___________________________________________________ most... It's gotta be the heart. It's gotta be something real, that The humiliation, the humbling, the being made nothing is lasts & is different & will make a difference. good for you! You must learn to walk the humble road, the low Focus on the mission of giving what is pure to those who need it, road, if you want to learn how to be truly used by Me. Forsake the even if they may not even be aware that they need it. The road of the high and mighty. I want the strength you avail heavenly vision comes through faith, believing that I know better yourself of to be found in weakness! I don't want you to rely on what's not only good & best for you, but also for them. Like a the arm of the flesh, big equipment, or whatever gives you mother or a nurse that's giving a sick child a medicine the child strength that is not Mine. doesn't know yet, and you say, "C'mon, taste this, it's going to be I must take those false crutches away from you, the false good for you!" confidence in money & the things of this world, because they're You've got to convey the faith, that I, their heavenly Father & all going to burn in the fire. Great Doctor, their Maker & Mender, know best what's really good for them, and even though that which you present to them 15 ___________________________________________________ as My medicine may not appeal to them at first, if they only try it, You've got to remember the garment of humility if you want to they will like it, or at least it's going to help them. be guarded and protected against the fiery darts of the Enemy. Can't you testify of the good that My medicine has done for you Don't be so quick to think that for sure you must be right, no in your life? The "leaves of life & healing" of My Word? Aren't matter how strongly your feelings and intuitions may be you a lot better off than before when you didn't have a clue what suggesting you are. Sometimes, what seemeth right unto a man was wrong or where you were going? (or woman) only ends in destruction. Choose this day whether Apply the healing balm of My Spirit generously with all those you you will be a help in constructing, building and edifying My come across. Heal the land by spreading My pure, unadulterated Kingdom, or whether you're going to tear down and destroy! elixir wherever you get a chance. I'm making a new man out of If you will be a helper and a builder, you must keep on the you. One a lot less like yourself and a lot more like Me. garment of humility. I've got to get you out of the way, before I get a chance! I've got 20 ___________________________________________________ to make absolutely nothing out of you until there is nothing left I'm still here when all others have left & long given up on you. of your own self, before I can really begin to use you, and as long I still love you when the capacities of all others to love are as you're still so full of your own opinions and your own self-will drained & run dry. about things, I've got virtually no chance! I know your frame & that you are but dust. I'll use you to some extent, but it's not the same as when you I want you to reach the end of your rope, the end of your own completely let go & just let Me! capacities & find Me there, way beyond the limits of man to love, to give and to pour forth... I want you to experience the vast difference between My love and your own, so that you will know

without a doubt which of the two is better to give. I want you to have nothing left but Me. I want to be your warmth when you're cold, your food when you're hungry... everything you ever need. And the more I will be to you, the more you let Me satisfy you, the more enthusiastically you will also share Me with others! You will want to advertise Me, because you'll have found out that I'm able to satisfy & quench anyone's thirst & still any hunger & fill any need. I have chosen the weak, those who cannot do it in their own strength, to confound the mighty, and that which the world considers foolish. And if you're poor and needy, hungry, cold, thirsty or lacking, and you'll let Me be sufficient for you, if you believe that I am all you need, then be of good cheer: I will make you rich. So, if you find nothing else to thank Me for, thank Me for My promises to you, and that I will keep them and fulfill them as surely as I am. Thank Me for My love for you, which will never cease, no matter how badly you might fail Me. Thank Me even for My purgings and chastisements, by which I purge you and purify you so that you might bring forth more fruit. 21 ___________________________________________________ It's this very desperation, this incapability to cope with life in your own strength, that I cherish the most, because it creates the necessary desperation in you to call down My power, and that's when I get a chance to work. When all you've got left is trust in Me, then I get a chance to work in you. When you realize that you can't do it by yourself, that's usually when I finally get My chance! Your very weakness will be your strength. What's going to help you make it through is not any of your personal strength, much less a pretense of any strength that's not really there, but your only hope is your trust in Me; getting ahold of Me daily, & never to neglect that link. You are on enemy territory, and it's scary, dangerous, & not to be taken lightly. Make sure that you're always close to Me, in tune with Me, and not letting go of My hand! All those who have erred from the way, thought they were smart enough to make it without holding My hand, without having to come & ask Me everything. Your weakness is your strength. Your need to rely on Me, your incapability to make it on your own... all this is actually your fort. It's your safeguard & anchor that keeps you close to Me. So, despise it not, nor be ashamed of it. 22 ___________________________________________________ You've got Me and My shoulders to cast all your worries & problems on. Your failures really don't count nor influence My love for you at all, and you shouldn't worry about them influencing your future, either, because fear of failure actually causes failure. "Fear is the enemy," and the root of a lot of your problems lies in fear. But if you know you've got nothing to lose, what are you so afraid of? What do you stand to lose? The fastest & most efficient way to get rid of any elements of self, pride & reputation with this world is to become nothing, giving out My Words. You must be so convinced of the truth, that you're in the right, and that My Word is the best thing you could ever give to people, that they can't help but see that there must be something to it. Stop sympathizing with the Devil & swallowing his views. You must expose his views as false, and as lies. The fact that other Christians will hardly ever accept you does not speak against you as much as for you. You've got a different type of God, One Who's alive, kicking and rocking! Be proud of the fact that you're not part of any of the established churches! You're not part of the System, and that's your fort, not your weakness! So, even though the majority is brainwashed against you and My truth, let's face it: if they wouldn't be captives of the great liar and deceived by his lies, what great need of the truth would there be?

The light only has its outstanding purpose in the darkness. The darkness never liked the light. Your only hope is those sitting in the darkness who are waiting for the light, the children of light; you must call to them! And you will find them, if you're faithful! 23 ___________________________________________________ This is a time of contemplation, of clearing out old cobwebs, of getting the victory over former bad habits, and a time of preparing for something new & strengthening the things that remain. Anger is just one letter away from danger. You must learn to cast your burdens on Me, & when you see that something is not going exactly right or the way things should, just trust Me for it. Learn those praise songs & get into praising Me through music. Let it soothe your spirit & calm your anger. May it engender trust & peace & love in you. Become a truly meek man of God. 24 ___________________________________________________ Don't let the Devil's reality intimidate you into compromising with him! Anyone can believe as long as things are going fine. Remember Job! The one responsible for his sufferings was the Enemy. He's just the great tester & tempter to see & find out who of My children & brides really mean business, & who could be easily dissuaded to flunk out & serve him instead... Remember that this life is only the darkness through which the little sapling makes its way to the light! Look not for lasting pleasures or heaven in this life, but rejoice in the life to come! Think about My glorious future that will make it worth it all. Don't get stuck worrying about dark times ahead! Look beyond & past them, into My glorious light, into which you have already come, out of the darkness, by faith. It's all by faith! When the seed is still encased in its shell, it's in total darkness, and when the shell cracks open, it appears to be in the light, and free, compared to its former confines. But you're only growing & groping your way through the earth until you pierce through the veil, the spot that separates darkness & light, and come out into the sunshine! You can feel the warmth, the closer you get to the surface, but the Enemy sends frost & blithe to harm you, snails, to eat you up before you can make it out, and you've felt them have a bite of you. But this must only make you all the more determined to fight your way to the top, because the faster you'll grow, the sooner you'll be stronger, & strong enough to withstand all the Enemy's attacks. 25 ___________________________________________________ Just like the builders of the Matrix sometimes made changes in the Matrix, which changed things, so Satan has been given certain power to change things in order to influence your perception of things. You see the truth in a certain way, and he says, "Oh, yeah, really? Let's see if those things be so!" And he makes certain changes in order to shake your foundation, that what you perceive as the basis of your concept of everything. Hasn't this been his concept from the beginning? "Hath not God said?..." And he is very persuasive & powerful in deceiving you & trying to get you to doubt & "forget what you know" in his own way. It is good, because like this, anything you built your faith on that was not the true foundation will be eroded, and all that's left is the solid rock truth of My Word. You had built your concept of life and your little world on a little island, which, even though it was based on the rock of My Word, the other parts became almost more important to you, and now that they've been eroded by the storms & raging river of this life, you find your reality reduced to this rock again. Maybe you have perceived things or interpreted them to mean that things were going to happen a certain way, and the Enemy used this & changed things & now calls Me the liar, when he is! When people started exposing the Illuminati, and Communism as their primary tool, Communism was nearly disbanded & officially "died" as a political ideology that had proven to be not as successful as Capitalism. But as soon as that paradigm is ingrained in people's heads, be ready for another surprise...

It doesn't matter what it's called... The Enemy will rule the world by his blue print, his deceit & lies.

& gifts & tools I've given them than to Me. But it's war time now, time to attack, and the time for toying around is over! I need you to put your weapons & gifts to use now, get them out there on 26 ___________________________________________________ the battle field, and use them to win souls & free the captives, do Faith is a gift of My grace, & nothing you can work up in the My job & reap the harvest. flesh, or pride yourself in, nor give yourself the credit for. Nor It's time to get serious about what I've given you all these things can you blame others or criticize them or look down on them for for, your experience, your talents, your gifts, knowledge, wisdom, having "less" faith, because faith is a tricky thing that only faith, the weapons of prayer and My Word, and it's time to break shows its true value in the thick of the testing, and some who free from any chains of the Enemy and explode into freedom, and thought they didn't have any all of a sudden find themselves with be the revolutionaries you were ordained to be. a lot more than those who thought they had a lot... "Forward, march!" is the motto of the day! Time to attack! You can't lean on anything you've got, that you've accumulated Testing & training time is over. All further training will happen or acquired on your own over time, not even your faith, your right on the field, where you will see and experience it much knowledge of the Word, much less your mind or your wits or more intensified, much more real. your own goodness, but the only thing you've really got - and all I've been preparing you, and it's time to take the theory & put it you really need, at the same time - is Me! into practice. I'll be there to give you faith when you've got no faith! I'll be there Don't look at the wind, don't look at the waves, don't look to give you love, when you've got no love - strength, when you've whether the others are catching on. Don't worry, you won't be left got none of your own... I don't want you to boast in your faith. I alone! You're not alone in this fight, & there's a mighty army right only want you to boast in Me. behind you, right beside you, and right in front of you! It's all a work of My grace: your love for Me, your faith in Me, and everything, and you have nothing more of anything than anybody 28 ___________________________________________________ else that wouldn't have been given you by Me, purely by grace "As they went, they were healed. You've got to do the alone. wenting. Once you get in motion, each will find their calling, Sure, it helps if you ask Me for these things, but since you their strength & personal ministry. What matters is that you get thought you already had a lot of faith, you didn't ask Me for more. going. Sometimes, in order to get a car started or a boat off Faith to do the works of Him that sent you, to put those Words shore, all hands on deck have to get out & push, even the driver, into action, to do those things which you hear from Me, is a faith or the captain, & once the vehicle or vessel is underway, each you have not naturally in you, so you must beg Me for it! one can assume the position they're best at. What is it that converts lifeless faith into a living, fruitful, visible To get your boat going, you might have to make a sacrifice & do faith? The works by which it is manifested. The very same works what you don't feel to be your calling so strongly, even if it's by which every man shall be judged by Me. The works in which something you don't like to do or you have trials doing. There is you manifested, proved & showed your faith to the world! simply a greater need to witness right now than for anything else. First rank the apostles, who give out My Words, the prophets, Because there's such a need right now to save the lost souls who receive My Words, rank second. which are otherwise going to be lost to Me for this age, I'm It all amounts to 3 words: trust and obey. You cannot pretend to calling all hands on deck. It's an emergency situation, a red alert trust. Either you do or you don't. And if you do, it will also be a kind of situation, where even the captains have to pitch in and lot easier for you to obey. Neither can you pretend to obey. Either row the life boats in order to get them saved. you do those things I told you, or you do them not. And that's There are times when one has to forsake their personal calling in what's going to determine what kind of a man you will have been order to heed and obey the great & general call to go & seek & in the end. Not what I have told you, but whether you have done save that which is lost. what I told you! And if you don't find in you the faith to do what I called My disciples to become fishers of men. Fishing is a skill. I'm asking of you, ask Me for it! Remember, I'll be there to give You can't just stand there in the middle of the brook or river or you faith when you have no faith! lake or sea & wait for the fish to jump into your net. It takes a Humbly admit that you haven't got the faith it takes to obey Me, & little skill to trick them into the net, a certain way to swing the ask Me to strengthen your faith, to give you more faith, and I will. fishing rod, or to cast your net in the right way, without scaring But don't ever pretend to have when you haven't got what it the fish away. takes... Some things you've still got to ask Me for. Don't forget This is going to simply require practice and the leading of My Me, the main factor in the whole picture! Holy Spirit. You can't look at them like a prophet of doom or Straight to Me - that's where I want you to run, to turn, to look for judgment, or they'll be scared off. You've got to look at them with every solution to every problem. I'm right here! Why try to work love. Remember they're lost sheep, & you're trying to restore up faith for a situation yourself when all you've got to do is hand them to the Great Shepherd. it over to Me & then trust Me that I'm gonna take care of it? I know it won't all be easy & will be somewhat new for you, not your usual routine, but just trust in Me, and I will help you make 27 ___________________________________________________ it! I'm more than just a fairy tale. I'm a real factor in your life, & heavily involved in it! The Enemy's influences in your life at times 29 ___________________________________________________ seem more real to you than I. They achieve this just by stopping On the subject of depression, the person under attack has to you from praying! They do it subtly, and over a long time. They start out by making a decision to do something positive about make you too lazy, or undermine your faith in prayer somehow, the state they're in. First of all, they need to realize that they're or they tell you there's no need, or make you feel condemned so under the attack of the Enemy, and that they're responsible you won't consider yourself worthy of asking Me anything... themselves to do something to fight him, they can't pin that many different tricks & schemes... Attacks of doubt, responsibility on anyone else or make anyone else responsible discouragement, delusion, depression... Once you finally do call for it. It's their battle, and they're responsible to get the victory. out to Me in desperation, & ask Me to save you, I come through Sure, they can ask for help, but they can't use it as an excuse to for you & will be the sunshine after a rainy day for you, and more. get even more down to say, "Boohoo, nobody's helping me to get I will flood you with miracles, solutions & answers that will make the victory..." you wonder how you could ever have doubted Me in the first They've got to make the choice & the decision that they don't place. want to remain in that state & so they say, "I refuse to stay in this Am I not truly all you need? Just give Me a chance, & I will prove condition," and accordingly go on the attack with positive action, it to you over & over again! whatever they may be capable of at the moment, be it getting into Sometimes it's even all My good gifts to My children that distract the Word, praising Me or asking for prayer. them from Me, and they start giving more attention to all the toys They need to make an effort, and it's really only a tiny effort, too,

with the help of all the power I've given you at your disposal. If they would only make the decision to take the first step in the right direction, that would be it! I could then release all the power necessary to help them, and also give you the anointing to say & do the right things to support them & help them out of that hole. To fight or not to fight, this is the question! The answer is obvious: you have no other choice than to fight, the only other option is to say "Uncle" to the Devil & make everyone else's day around miserable, too, which is a very selfish thing to do. When you feel the Enemy attacking you in your mind, go on the offensive! Refuse to let him play his dirty games with you! Just get up, grab a guitar & sing a song of praise, or just start praising Me right then & there, & read the Word, ask Me to show you exactly the kind of Word you need to pull you out of that vortex, and ask Me to give you My own, personal counsel for you, and just don't stop until you've got the victory! Remind & safeguard each other. 30 ___________________________________________________ (Styrian:) Lethargy is mostly manifested in your life by getting you to avoid telling the truth because you don't want to deal with the results & repercussions. Other factors involved include laziness, fear, pride and your weakness of wanting to please the World, which is Vain's territory. They're matters of the heart between you and the Lord which you've got to get right. Like not taking His blessings for granted, not holding grudges with Him for things He allows, showing more gratitude for Him and simply asking Him for more love for others, & more faith, all of which requires humility to admit that you desperately need Him. Sometimes the victory lies in recognizing that you've been given the victory already, the grip is gone, whereas sometimes you tend to doubt the power of the Lord, & act as if the Enemy's grip & hold on a certain area in your life is still there, when the Lord has already freed you from it, just like the chained eagle. Habits. Change will help you make progress in that area, and if you call on your personal angel in charge of change & progress, and you call on the keys of change & progress, you'll shoot forward by leaps & bounds. Sometimes it's good to look back & thank the Lord for the way you've already come, for all the victories He's already helped you to gain. One of the Enemy's favorite tricks is to blow your problems way out of proportion, just like Don Quixote's wind mills, that you hardly see anything else. You don't see the progress you've already made, you only see the huge mountain & obstacle blocking your way. Obstacon deceives you into perceiving them as much bigger & more insurmountable than they really are. A lot is really happening in your mind, influenced by your perception of things. There are more helpers available for you than you're aware of. Just keep focusing on the Spirit & keep yielding your sense of priorities to the Spirit World, without becoming entangled so much with the affairs of this life, as much as they seem to be banging at your door... 31 ___________________________________________________ (Angel:) You have to quiet down! You've been frantically trying to catch that elusive bluebird of happiness, the epitome of all the joy & fun & things you thought you were missing out on, when it just takes a good stop, look & listen at times to find out what you've already got to be thankful for, and to learn what life is really all about. Otherwise, the gist of life just basically passes you by. The thing that's really going to move you into action is the love the Lord is teaching you right now to have for those around you, those you're sometimes tempted to wonder whether they're not just dragging or slowing you down, stopping you from reaching your true & great destiny, somewhere on some distant, glorious horizon. When they're really the gist of the lesson right now. After all, what are the 2 great commandments? Love the Lord thy God, and thy neighbor as thyself. You've been making a lot of progress in your relationship with the Lord, learning to love Him

more, but now you're also going to have to make progress in learning to love the people around you and the people you come across. In order to become a real lover of people you've got to forget about your ego and tune in to them & their needs instead. I am a "helper of love, who wants to give you counsel... on the art of love & wooing & winning and being a vessel of (His) love" (3522:46). Everything takes time, even for these things to be revealed unto you. You're often impatient, and would like to know everything all at once, do everything all at once & "get it over with" so you can finally cash in your rewards & have some fun. But that's not how it works. Making you the tool and vessel you want to become is going to take time. And getting frustrated when it doesn't happen quickly enough & looking around elsewhere for satisfaction instead only delays things further & slows down your process. Take time to love, take time to learn the art of love. It takes time to become an artist! Though you may have some God-given talent, it just takes time & practice to make the most out of it, and as with some of the greatest artists of all time, your work may never be appreciated by others during your life-time, but that's just the price one risks having to pay for being a true artist & master of the art... You can't have your cake & eat it, too. It's either the real thing or the cheap counterfeit that the masses go for. Only time will tell the difference, and there you go again... it takes time! So, don't be impatient about yourself about not accomplishing more, nor be impatient with those around you, nor let the impatience of others mislead you! You think you've just been stagnating for the past few years, but a realistic look reveals something quite different! You've virtually been crossing worlds over that amount of time, and why? Primarily because you've been daring to take the time to tune in to the spirit world! Look at the riches you've accumulated and acquired. They won't put butter on your bread, you say? Just wait and see all that they're capable of! You'll be surprised! Yes, the Lord has been having to keep you humble, because naturally, you're prone to pride. But just keep remembering that it's all a gift, & nothing of your own! You've just got to be still enough to receive it, hold out & reach out your hands for the gift and receive it. That's what too many people are too proud to do, but that's what you've got to teach them to overcome. It's not of works. It's by grace, the gift of God, lest any man should boast. Teach them how to receive by giving them a sample of being a great receiver yourself, & show them it's nothing of your own. It's all a gift, & they can have it too. 32 ___________________________________________________ (Change:) Sometimes something good has got to give for the benefit of something better, or in order to prevent a great evil. It's called sacrifice. Sacrifice and change are ingredients of the Family like chicken meat is of chicken soup. Sometimes it's the greatest changes that take the longest amounts of time to bring them about, the inner changes of heart. I cannot bring them about, but I can change certain circumstances and conditions in order to get you into a position of greater willingness to accept the changes the Lord wants you to make. I like to gently lead you one step at a time. It's just that sometimes, when you don't really follow those repeated, gentle nudges, that we have to increase the force of those nudges, which then result in those unpleasant "forceful shakings", which are really only caused by your resisting me. If you're really open to change and desirous of change, and you really hunger & thirst after the progress the Lord wants you to make, you see things differently. Often you were not able to see things my way or the Lord's way because your heart was still stuck in the past, and the way things used to be in the "good old days"... That's Old Bottle-ishness. Conservatism, call it whatever you want, stagnation, death. You look backwards, instead of ahead, into the glorious future, which the Lord has promised to be much

better than the past. But no, you want to get back to the way things were, or at least try with all your might to preserve that last bit of the heaven on Earth you once knew & try to cling to it with all your might & fight to preserve it, instead of boldly marching ahead into an obscure future, blindly, by faith in the promise alone, that things are going to be better there, because all things work out together for good... Without your help, I can't work or bring about that change of heart or attitude, but together, with your consent & open invitation to have me work in your life and reveal things to you, we can accomplish a lot & take great strides & bring about much positive change & progress! Accept change as something good, something necessary, something wonderful in your life, and receive it with arms wide open, just like a baby. A baby brings lots of changes into your life, and that's why children are becoming so unpopular in today's society, who constantly resist change & fear not God. That baby may only be a small source of noise & trouble in your life today, eating up your resources today, and making you wonder what else it could possibly be good for, besides giving you trouble, but a look into the future with the eyes of the vision that I can give you, of what that baby can become one day, if you'll only rear it with the right kind of attitude, will give you a completely different outlook. And so it is with the changes I bring into your life. They may look a little disturbing to you now, maybe useless, eating up your energy and resources, costing you effort to dress & feed them, but in the future, if you keep feeding and seeing them through with the right kind of spirit & attitude, you will see that it will truly have been for the best. Change is really the opposite of the Devil's spirit of stagnation. Although he pretends to be the great pioneer of change & progress in the World & accuses Christians & believers of being old-fashioned, in the spirit his philosophy is really old and rotten, and the same kind of selfish & greedy philosophy he has been introducing since the beginning. That's the difference between looking with the eyes of the spirit and merely seeing things with the carnal mind. The eyes of faith will reveal the way things really are. And I can take things a step further & not only show you the way things are in the spirit, but also the way they're going to be or are supposed to be in the future, if you take all the right steps of faith & eagerly walk in the direction of the changes I want to bring into your life. Ask yourself everyday, what can we change today in order to make things better? Be open to me, welcome me, call on me to reveal to you all the many things that could be changed. Tell your loved ones about the benefits of tuning in to me, too, that they don't need to dread me; I mean them no harm. I never take anything away from you without the plan of turning it into something better. I work on behalf of the Lord in your lives, so, any change happening in your lives is going to be for good and for the better. Just be sure you also call on the Lord for wisdom and discernment for which possible changes are really the best to further His cause, because the Enemy might try to distract you with some of his lukewarm alternatives, or even tempt you to go overboard. Everyone has to go according to their own pace. Most of these things happen in your life, whether you're aware of them or consent to them or not. But the Lord, in His love, wants you to be aware of them so that they are going to benefit you more, you will know more of what's happening, what He's doing in your life, and in giving us your cooperation, it's going to be a lot easier on you and us. He's trying to get you to not only passively and reluctantly accept changes, but to actively use them as a weapon to go on the offensive. An attack is definitely a change, isn't it? It may be a passive attack, as in when you're being attacked by the Enemy, or it can be an active one, when you take the initiative, but in both cases, it signifies change. In the first scenario, change is inflicted on you, and you must take it passively. In the second, you determine what impact the change is going to have. You take the initiative, leave your camp and go out to "change the world!" The Lord is talking about the merging of the dimensions, that's a

change you're helping to bring about by your obedience to do what you can to change the world! You're sowing the seeds of the Lord's spiritual love, which will grow & blossom into little trees & flowers & buds here & there until finally, one day, the whole world will be covered by spirit trees. It's an explosion! Just that it seems to be happening very slowly to you, and it's a process that continues over generations. Just like the Devil's people have been working over generations in order to establish Satan's kingdom on Earth, so we have been working on establishing God's Kingdom, and you know which is going to be the one that's gonna last! So, keep changing! Keep revoluting! Keep revolving and evolving, growing and splitting your cells, multiplying & bringing about that which the Lord has ordained to become! "Thy Kingdom come!" That's what we're all working towards. If you keep this motto in your head, one of the basic & fundamental factors & essential points the Lord has established for His followers to pray for, then you'll also know what to pray for (and, after all, prayer is one of the mightiest weapons by which change is brought about), and what to work towards, what to strive for! Find the kind of changes the Lord wants you to make, the kind of initiative He wants you to take, and what kind of actions & steps He wants you to take each day to bring you a step closer toward that final goal: "Thy Kingdom come!" One of the primary requisites in order to bring that about is what follows next in the Lord's prayer: "Thy will be done!" You've got to yield, submit & surrender to His will, in other words, be willing to accept & make the changes He wants you to have or make in your life, and remember that it's better to make changes than merely taking them. If you make changes instead of merely taking and accepting them as they come, then you take the initiative, and you call the shots, you're on the offensive, and not on the defensive, which is exactly what the Lord is shooting for. Keep working toward that final goal. Take action! Action through prayer is fine for starters, & then, as you go & continue to grow stronger & stronger, wielding the weapon of change, you'll also break out into enacting other changes, by some real, Spirit-powered action! That's the principle. Now you've just got to apply it! 33 ___________________________________________________ (Windsor Elerian:) You have always been a freedom lover, but you have let the Enemy cheat you out of that freedom a few times. His deals offer you comfort & "safety" - a relative amount of "peace," but it's that false peace that is exposed as idolatry. Wrong attitudes, aggressions, bitterness & pride affect your freedom more than any person ever can. Your bondage lies in the fear of man, and the fear to lose your last bit of respect and reputation; in the fear of what men might think of you, a fear born of pride. The Lord is going to continue to lead you out of the entangled mess of the System, the labyrinth of bondage, and I am right here to act as your scout. I beckon you to follow me on the way toward freedom. And when the time is ready, you can just grab hold of my mane & jump on my back & ride on my back as we'll race full speed into the most total freedom anyone can have. 34 ___________________________________________________ (Angel:) Concern for others is a key to your own liberation. Focusing outwardly, tuning in to the needs of others will always draw the Lord's blessings & power. Counseling requires desperation to find the right words, since choosing the wrong words to say the right thing could mean defeat. The Lord is using this to free you from your sarcasm and cynicism, qualities that are so unlike Him, and such deeply ingrained System influences in you that He has not found any other way to help you get rid of it than through this intensive training with someone in need of your counsel & direction, & yet so sensitive. Remember that the Lord often just allows people around you to

act or be a certain way just for your benefit, to test you, try you or teach you an important lesson. This habit is a bondage of your own tongue uttering things which displease the Lord, and so very counterproductive to your attaining His true freedom. Your words have created this monster that's attacking now. Pray together for deliverance from the influence of your unloving words of the past, from your habit of the wrong usage of words, and for a gift of using your tongue properly, the way the Lord intended, without sarcasm, cynicism and all those other System influences. Keep your conversation clean of anything that's not of Him. He wants the pure to be altogether pure. After praying, you must not assume that you have done your part once and for all, but you must stay on guard and make a conscious effort to keep your conversations clean of worldly influences.

thing, or the hardships, opposition & oppression he suffered at the hands of his enemy? I'm trying to make a fighter out of you, but that just won't work without having to overcome a certain amount of hardship & opposition & difficulties. I'm trying to get you to overcome your concern about people's opinions, even of those from among your own ranks, and you only get there once you really wake up to the fact that you've got nothing to lose. You may have to lose your reputation with your brethren in order to win their love.

37 ___________________________________________________ You have to give it out, in order for My Spirit to flow. You've got to partake in the battle in order to really feel like part of My army! You've got to do the job in order to get paid. You've got to obey to be blessed, do the "wenting" to get healed... You've got to do your part in order for Me to be able to do Mine. 35 ___________________________________________________ The time of your ignorance and the time of your preparation I (S.H.:) It's not by chance that the Lord said "By thy words thou have winked at, but now the time is coming for you to participate shalt be justified and by thy words thalt thou be condemned." It's in the battle. Every able man, woman & child must help to win your words - just as much as your actions - that determine what this battle. Anyone who's available must grab their weapon & kind of a man you are. fight. It has come to that. You have a gift with words. You can really be used by the Lord The onus is on you. Say not in your heart "I can't." When I have with the words you're using to impart wisdom & of your promised in My Word that you can do all things through Me and knowledge of His Word and revelations. But often, that that with the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, the word "can't" inspiration is not there, and when you're "ex-cathedra," has no meaning to you, it is an offense to Me if you still act as if surrounded by your loved ones you're familiar with and with you "can't." whom you feel you can "let it all hang out," you often lower your Take on an "I can" attitude! Believe that you can! Because it's guard and your standard, and you say many a thing you would true! "I can't" is the slogan & mindset the Devil is trying to drill never dare say to a stranger. into you! And we pretty much know that it amounts to "I don't Part of that habit and influence comes from your worldly pals, of want to," but the soldier can't just simply say "I don't want to course, which is one thing you must guard yourself and be fight!" He that taketh not his cross daily is not worthy of Me. vigilant against from now on with all your might. It's a deadly It's your God-given duty to fight for the Kingdom, to fight for the trap. You're inflicting more harm than you can fathom by letting lost souls. yourself fall into the trap of using the same lingo those guys use. It's time to go on the attack for souls! You can't lose! It's a It's as if you're tearing down the man that's different from all winning battle, all you have to do is overcome your own fear, those foul-mouthed System-suckers, as if it had been nothing but pride, laziness & lethargy! a facade or a pretense, and leaves one to wonder which of the I need you to fight for Me! Trust that I will strengthen you, and two is the real you. you will not regret it! The blessings will far outweigh the price If you're wondering what needs to die in order for the new man to and the sacrifices you might have to make. be born, that's it, right there: that foul-mouthed, run-with-the- You'll grow so much stronger, become so much more alive. Be a pack, pretending-to-be-a-Systemite side of yours is the one the saver of souls, live what you preach... Lord wants to eliminate. It's going to require a tough fight & constant conscious effort & 38 ___________________________________________________ attack. Yes, it stinks. Get clean! Get rid of that dirt & filth. There's Some things you've got to take by faith, even though you may nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade, a skunk a skunk, but not understand them yet fully. There are many different aspects try to stick to vocabulary that you wouldn't have to be ashamed to each situation, and things are not always as clear cut & black of using in the presence of the Lord, which you are - just about & white as seems to be evident from the Bible. According to constantly, except when you do use that kind of language, some verses, those in hell will stay there for eternity, yet others because that's when the Lord needs to turn away from you seem to indicate that all men ever born will eventually come to because He can't bear it. the light. According to some verses, Salvation is by grace & It's almost tantamount to treason, because you're waving the forever, and according to others, you must work for it and you qualities, banner & uniform of the Enemy when you do that. It's a might lose it. So, the truth must lie somewhere in-between, and new day, and the time when the Lord used to wink at this self- that is so. styled "Patton-imitation" type of lingo is over now. It's a new day In the case of those who received Salvation, but immediately in which it behooves every ambassador for Christ to behave as afterwards rejected it, eternal life wasn't actively present in the such. lives of those spiritually "still-born," who receive Me but then It's time to clean up your act on a large scale! If you really want reject Me again later. (1.Jn.3:15) to do your part to reach the world for the Lord, you must rid My mercy isn't anything for mortal man to fathom or understand. yourself of any excess weight - garbage you've been dragging There's just so much more to the Father's love than you can along from the System. fathom with your finite minds. All I can do to help you is give you "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all!" a little glimpse of what's beyond the scope of your minds, & encourage you to take it by faith & trust Me that there is more, a 36 ___________________________________________________ larger part of the picture you may not yet understand. You must allow Me to correct you in different ways, without Remember also that this is one of the differences between you immediately assuming that I've forsaken you. and the churches, that they have confined themselves strictly to It was the Enemy attacking you, but the Enemy is attacking the Bible, whereas you, My Family, have opened yourselves to everyone, and a lot depends on how much you will allow him to My new Words for this new era, and to the fact that there's simply get the upper hand, or how strong you will build your resistance more truth than that which can be found in the Bible. against him. You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, but have had a rather lethargic attitude about your 39 ___________________________________________________ fighting, a little bit like the Postman in the movie. What made him It's not a time to keep going business as usual. It's a time of a fighter? A continued life of ease & freedom of doing his own great change and a time of contemplation. It's a time to seek My

face & see what things I would have you do differently than the way you have been doing them. It's a time to get ready for even greater changes ahead, for strengthening the things that remain, your faith & trust in Me and the things which are not of the Earth, not seen, not temporal... It's a time to start getting your act together as the messengers I want you to be, and not to keep leaning on the arm of the flesh. It's time to quit repeating the same mistakes over & over again, of just doing what comes naturally, the obvious, without even bothering to ask Me about it & consult with Me. It's a time to be willing to let Me kill those unfruitful elements in your life & to allow Me to purge them & go on to newer, more fruitful ways, methods & things. Time to stretch your muscles of faith & trust in Me for the future! Time to realize fully that I'm the One Who's supplying your needs, & that not your own arm has saved you. 40 ___________________________________________________ Make My business your business, not promoting yourself and your own cause, but Me and My cause. You'd be better off truly serving Me, promoting My cause, My message. 41 ___________________________________________________ Stretch your faith & reach out for the goal of greater miracles! I have spoken about raising the dead & healing the blind & sick, and I want you to raise your goal to that level, not stay on the same kindergarten or pre-school level forever. I want you to progress, to focus on higher goals, and to have the faith for Me to overcome any & all impossibilities. I want you to realize that there are no barriers that can hold you back, whether it be a poor physical condition, a shattered personal relationship, or a poor financial status. I want you to be fully aware & conscious of the fact that I am able and willing to alter your conditions favorably for you at any time and in any situation, especially when you're determined to do My will and to use that gift in order to further My cause & seek not your own. I want you to get over & past the point of worrying about your physical needs to a state where you regard them as way below the priorities of My agenda in your life. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God... & all these things shall be added unto you." It's a good time to apply the power to rise above when you're down & you can't go on! It's a good time for Me to do a miracle when you find yourself in an impossible situation. See the opportunity instead of the difficulty. Focus on Me and My bright opportunity even in this seemingly dark & bleak situation. I have told you, your redemption draweth nigh, & whom the Son hath made free, the same shall be free indeed. The Devil tries to defeat those statements of Mine wherever he can, and you wonder where is that great liberty & freedom I have announced? You can only see the things which are keeping you bound in the physical, but I'm using those physical confinements in order to set you free from those things which really bind you, spiritually. You're like the Jews who were expecting Me to free them physically from the Romans, when I had come to free them spiritually, from their sins. Now, which is the greater freedom? That's why I said, whom the Son hath made free shall be free indeed. Whoso committeth sin, the same is the servant of sin. Thank Me for My correction, and if I have called you to be a servant or a slave, seek not to be loosed, but trust Me that I have chosen the best path & destiny to make you what you're supposed to become. And be hopeful, because I have said "your redemption draweth nigh," but don't become impatient if it's not quite here yet. You can see the light on the horizon, but it still takes a little while until it's fully day. A new day will come. A new page will be turned over. A new book will be written, and things will have changed. In the meantime, pray for those changes to come to pass, which you can see now only in the distance, on the horizon. Don't fret or get impatient, but pray them through! I will make these things & changes come about in My perfect time, you can just focus on them in faith, patience and trust, and help bring them about by faithful prayer.

There is a purpose in all the bleakness and the hardship. Be sober & vigilant, mindful of the roaring lion that goeth about, seeking whom he may devour, but also fully in knowledge of the fact that I have given you the victory over him, and I won't let you be his next meal! You wonder how I could possibly have arranged all these dreadful & awful situations to work out for best. All this ugliness doesn't look too much like it's been arranged & conceived in heaven. Well, but when a baby is first conceived it may not always be a pretty sight in its embryonic state. And even a newborn isn't all that pretty. It takes time until you recognize the beauty in it. Or a picture when you first start, or when you record or write a song. So it is with My sometimes unconventional & not-sopromising looking ways & plans in your life. "Just wait & see!" You may not think this is going to turn out very good, but just wait & see! Sometimes it takes faith to trust that a God of Love is doing all this, all those things that don't seem to make any sense to the human mind. What you consider unclean, I have often called clean. I'm giving you the light at the end of the tunnel to look forward to. Just keep walking. There's going to be some more darkness to get through, some more pain, but if you keep your eyes on the light at the end of the tunnel, or on the rising sun on the horizon, although you may barely only see its first few rays of light, hold on to that promise, and you know it's going to be good. Everything's gonna be alright. My Words aren't just empty words. They're real, & they're going to come true. You've got the truth, because I'm not a liar. A lot of other people are still wondering what the truth is, or may be completely oblivious to the truth, constantly & perpetually deceived by the old liar, but I have given you the truth! The truth shall make you free! That's what it is that makes you free indeed. All I have to offer you is the truth! But the truth is all you need in a world of lies, in order to cut through & rise above. The truth and the knowledge of the truth will help you rise above and free you from all the confines, simply because you're realizing that they're living a lie. You've got to expose the lie and the wrongs before the truth can really set you free. I'm freeing you from the wrongs & lies in your own mind, heart & attitudes right now, and you will be made free indeed. Take My Word for it. 42 ___________________________________________________ Remember to praise Me and thank Me for what you do have, for if you don't continually appreciate the fact that things could be worse, I might have to allow them to become worse, just in order to prove it to you, that you did have a lot of reasons to be thankful. You must use the weapon of praise, as I have said, you must use all the New Weapons, and remember to integrate your spirit helpers more. I purposely won't give you all the answers & solutions anymore Myself so that you will learn to seek your helpers for them. We must delegate so that everyone gets their chance to be used, so that everyone can develop the ultimate power & make utmost use of their gifts & fulfill their purpose & destiny. 43 ___________________________________________________ (S.H.:) All that is received in thanksgiving is sanctified. You just have to sanctify whatever you do or enjoy in thanksgiving and prayer of cleansing, just like you would wash your hands before a meal and brush your teeth afterwards. If you would bathe your consumption of the Lord's blessings more in prayer and praise, you would also be guided better into knowing what is kosher and what isn't, and you would find greater strength to resist the temptation to yield to those things which aren't. You know the Lord has given you a lot of slack and freedom, and He likes you to enjoy His creation, and even allows you to go wild every once in a while. But you must not allow the Enemy to take the credit for it and convert it into sin. Whatsoever is not of faith is sin. You must cleanse it in thanksgiving & prayer, & rebuke the Enemy & make it clear between him and you that he has no part in you! You're enjoying whatever it is you're doing or allowing, on behalf of the Lord, with His permission, knowing that if you're

doing anything wrong, He will show you your failure, and by His grace you will be able to correct it. Greater men of God have committed greater evils and sins than you, and yet God has been able to use them mightily, so, tell Satan the accuser to get lost and just start praising the Lord!

lived in a poorer and more humble way because they wouldn't get bogged down with an abundance of earthly possessions, they wouldn't get entangled with the affairs of this life, in order to please Him who had chosen them to be a soldier. Consider it an honor that your life-style is much more like My own, Who did not have where to lay My head, and that of My true 44 ___________________________________________________ prophets throughout the ages. (Huldah:) When someone is emotionally involved in Be encouraged! You're in good company! Don't compare your something, it's hard for them to hear from the Lord about it standard to that of others. Take it as a special token of My love objectively. It's never easy for humans to submit to another's that I have chosen you to be different, like I've always had special leadership, especially when they're leading in the opposite servants who stood out from all the rest, who were used direction of their own will and desires. That's where the Lord's specially by Me, even if they had to go on all alone at times, admonition comes in to be one another's servants, preferring seemingly forsaken by Me and the World, but only they knew one another & esteeming the other higher... Humility. A great because I told them and assured them - that I had not forsaken virtue to strive for. them, but that I was with them... And later on, history showed You must pray for the supernatural, miraculous strength of the that they were right, and the rest of the bunch followed in their Spirit to overcome your human weaknesses and rise above your footsteps. fears & all that would hold you back, all that would try to get you It's not all that awful to be different. Being blessed with a to chicken out on the Lord & fail Him. You can do all things specially strong link with Me simply requires spending less time through Him, especially with the power of the keys. with the affairs of this world. I'm doing something special in your Just look at the Lord, and the fact that He can do it through you. life, and it's nothing to feel bad or abandoned about. I'm right Don't look at it as pressure or some sort of Damocles sword, but here with you! Don't let the Enemy tell you anything different! look at Him and His promises of power to rise above! Look at the potential, the ideal, that which the Lord knows can and should 46 ___________________________________________________ be, and that which by grace you're going to be, no matter what Any heart's desires are only husks and leanness of soul the Devil can do. He can only delay you, but he can never stop without Me. you! Sooner or later, any grip he might have on you is going to You need to find your happiness & fulfillment in Me if you're be released, and you're growing stronger every day and every going to "sell" Me successfully to people. If your fruit is to hour through your struggle against him. You might feel weaker remain, you need to be purged from those other "gods" that than ever before, but in reality you're growing stronger all the you're having before Me, be it money, sex, love, affection, time in the spirit! romance or success, recognition, whatever it is your heart selfishly desires. As long as any of these things still outrank Me 45 ___________________________________________________ in your heart and in strength of desire, they will be stopping you You must spend more time with Me and listening to My Words, from letting Me use you as I would, and this will mean that I will for that's from where your faith will come, and what's going to have to continue to purge you. free you from unbelief. But if you let your circumstances Be not surprised that I'm still having to chasten & cleanse you, overwhelm you instead of running to My arms, then it's no as long as there are other things that are evidently more wonder you feel distant from Me. If you don't call on Me to help important to you than I am. "Everyone of you that forsaketh not you, if you don't let Me heal your wounds, then you're going to all that he hath, cannot be My disciple." And you can't fool Me, I feel like "Well, Lord, where've You been when I needed you?" know what has priority in your heart. But I was right here, hoping you would turn to Me for comfort & If people would only give Me their whole hearts & truly & wholly solace, but the Enemy tricked you into thinking that you weren't dedicate their lives to My service unconditionally, then they good enough for Me. He does it very subtly, and it's not even would find the desire of their heart, and I would give it to them, as consciously in your mind that you think these things when you're I have promised. But as long as they're chasing it in their own depressed, otherwise it would be too obviously the Enemy. It's might & do whatever they can to secure it for themselves by their more like an underlying feeling. Well, that's exactly what those own might, it eludes them, and the stronger they try to grasp it, demonic influences & oppressions are. They not only manifest the less tangible it becomes. It's hopeless & futile! themselves through thoughts in your mind, but also emotions, You've got to go at it from a different angle & seek to make Me feelings, moods... the whole spectrum of your inner being. and others happy first, and then happiness will find you! That's I don't see you as a failure! I'm pointing out the need, and it's one of the principal laws of the universe. That's why it's so convicting for you to see the need, but I'm preparing you for the important that you dedicate your whole being to Me first thing job, not judging or condemning you for not doing it. It's never as everyday. Give Me all your heart's desires & commit them into My bleak or as negative as the Devil would paint it. hands, to do with them as I see fit, and yield to Me, then I will You must view the difficult times in your life differently from now bless you & see what I can do for you. on, not as something bad or dreadful, as a sign that I've Don't despise your birthright as others have, and be not envious abandoned you, but as a token of My extra special care for you. of evildoers! There will be an eternal reward for your having to I'm spending extra time with you, paying extra attention to you in forego the pleasures of sin for a season, because you are My order to mend your flaws, to make you better, enhance you, make child & My bride; there will be greater blessings than you can you more beautiful for Me. ever fathom, which will make it worth it all in the end! Much more There hath no temptation befallen you but such as is common to lasting pleasures & happiness than anything you could find man. anywhere else but in Me. All roads will lead you to the same You have food and meat that others know not of, to do the will of conclusion in the end, that true and lasting happiness is only the Father... Even basic human needs become secondary to that found in Me, because I am the Source of all you're longing & what the Father wants. He can keep you going with or without it. yearning for. I'm teaching you to get by on less, because in the future there If you focus on Me as the ultimate "Object" of your affection and will be less of everything available. desires, you will find happiness and bring happiness to others. Just as "judgment begins with the house of the Lord," within My As long as you're looking elsewhere, you're programmed for house, I "deal" with those first who are closest to Me. If you're disappointment. going through rougher times than others, consider it a privilege, because it means that I'm considering you to be among those 47 ___________________________________________________ who can handle it. You may think you're having hard times right now, but you It was often so that My specially chosen prophets were poorer may look back at these times with different eyes someday, as and more rugged than the majority of the children of Israel. They has happened so often in your life. Retrospectively, things never

look as bad as they might look at the moment you're going through them. It's like in Whinnie The Pooh, where the terrible mountain turned out not to have been much more than a molehill, and the dreadful forest just a few bushes... That's how you'll look back at your life, too! 48 ___________________________________________________ Accept yourself for what you are & enjoy the ride without constantly worrying what you're missing out on or how much more you could be making out of what you're given. You'd have a much better time just loving Me and enjoying Me & trusting Me for the results, of what you're going to become as a result of absorbing My seeds. My Word shall not return unto Me void, and the Words that have created & formed the worlds will certainly also be able to make you that which you're supposed to become in due time. What did the world have to do in order to become so beautiful? It just had to hold still, be there and lie in My hands in yieldedness, and that's what you've got to learn too: the bottle needs to hold still in order to be refilled! Just hold still instead of fretting so much! Just let Me love you and give My seeds to you.

failure, between being an overcomer or one who is being overcome by the world. Where will your faith to overcome the world come from? From My Word. I am the Word, and I have overcome the world, and through Me you will overcome also, but you cannot if you neglect Me. Despise not the greatest treasure, the greatest riches I have poured out to mankind in this day & age, for in them you find the strength to overcome, to rise above and the secret to everything you will ever need. My Word is the essence of Me, and My Word is the essence of My Family, of My power and everything you want and need to know about Me. You want to know about Me, about the future, about the meaning of life and what it's all about? Read My Word. Be wise and don't neglect it. For to hearken thereunto is the path of life.

52 ___________________________________________________ For many things you just rely on your own understanding, still, and you haven't made it a habit yet to consult Me about everything. Just shoot up a prayer & commit the thing into My hands & ask Me to give you a warning sign if there's anything fishy about it. I will give you the right checks & confirmations if 49 ___________________________________________________ you check in with Me. But you've just got to do it & make it a Give them only My Word, not what they would want to hear. habit! Tickle not their ears, don't try to make My road appeal to them or It's like teaching your child the habit to ask you for permission make it look comfortable. It is not a comfortable road. My path is before she goes anywhere, just to make sure it's okay. Usually, I a rough and rugged mountain path, and those who choose it will just say, "Sure, go ahead." And the only times a longer must be strong in spirit, not fat and pampered, and they must be explanation will be necessary is when I will have to explain to ready for sacrifice. But it will still be better than the valley, when you why a certain thing won't be good for you, or in situations it will be flooded with iniquity. where I will say, "Yes, it's okay, but be cautious of this or that or the other..." 50 ___________________________________________________ See, I'm not really that different, and My dealings with you don't The main ministry of the Family to the world is to minister to differ all that much from your dealings with your children. That's them My Words for today. The Bible is not enough in order to another reason why having children is such a blessing & one of serve Me appropriately in this day & age, even though it is very the major purposes in life: there is hardly a better example of My much the foundation. I am not a mute God, I still have a lot of relationship with you, hardly any better parallel which explains to counsel to give to My children. Just like it was necessary for My you better how I like to interact with you, how much I love you, followers to listen to My Words 2000 years ago, so it is today, how I wish for you to learn to obey Me, etc., than having children. and even more so, for the times are even more perilous & dark. The greater the darkness, the more needed is the light of My 53 ___________________________________________________ Word. One of the basic needs of man is to be needed, and if they To neglect My Word is to refuse the torch that would light up won't feel needed, you're never going to win disciples. your path, and to insist on continuing to walk in darkness. If you Pray for greater unity, pray that I help you & show you to do what really want to know the truth, just use My Word, consume My you can in each situation, with each personal relationship with Word, read it and eat it. That's what will make the difference in those you know & are in touch with, in order to advance unity! your life. You must not neglect any of the weapons, and unity is one of It was expedient for Me to go away in the flesh in order for Me to them. send My Holy Spirit so that I could be with all of My disciples simultaneously, and in order for them to be able to give and pour 54 ___________________________________________________ out My living Word. Follow Me step by step. You can only see dimly at first, and The Word is more important than fellowship. you need to hold on to My hand & follow the little dog line until you can see the matter clearly & find out My perfect will for you & 51 ___________________________________________________ what is best. A lack of a vacuum for My Word is one of the biggest & Abide in My presence. It is possible for you, otherwise I wouldn't saddest problems among My followers today. Without My Word ask it. The only way to drive this fact home to you is by you can't make it! Without My Word it's no use! Without My Word presenting you with one seemingly "impossible" situation after you're destined to lose! If you neglect My Word, you neglect the another. most important weapon I have given you to fight this war, you're I'm asking you to have faith for the "impossible." neglecting your daily food, you're neglecting Me! Don't keep your eyes on the "impossibilities" of your Without taking in sufficiently of My Word you will wind up too circumstances, but on Me and the fact that they each come from weak for the battle, when you could have become valiant and My hand, only to draw you closer to Me and as a test to see strong. whether you're going to fall for the lie that indeed there is such a Woe to the self-satisfied! Woe to those that do lack hunger & thing as "impossible" or whether you're going to accept My thirst for righteousness and truth and all that is found in My challenge & turn the "impossible" situation over to Me to deal Word. For they may think that they have, but will be found utterly with & prove to you again that there is no such thing. wanting. Woe unto those who are too blind to see the writing on the wall. 55 ___________________________________________________ Blessed are those who have an ear to hear what My Spirit saith It is necessary for Me to bring on the night before I can bring unto the churches. The testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of back the Spring. It is necessary to bring on the purging before all prophecy. Blessed are they who exercise themselves therein, is pure again. who neglect not My Word, nor My voice, but who sharpen their You say, "Bring on the good times! Stop all this suffering," but ears to catch My every whisper. It marks the difference between it's necessary for Me to bring on My judgments first. You must life and death. It marks the difference between success and agree with Me on this, you must desire them as something good.

You still resist them, and tend to murmur in your heart against Me for allowing the times to be so rough. But if you would make an effort to see from My vantage point, you'd see the sense in it. When you see a spoiled child, you know that what it needs is not more of what he wants, but correction. I'm asking you to agree with Me that judgments must come, and to pray that I bring on that which I know the world needs most. Don't resist My discipline and purging, but trust that it's good for you! Welcome it! Welcome Me with open arms, even if I bring correction with Me. Dread it not, but cherish it. Be thankful for it, for through it I am making you what you need to become, not what you are but what you're going to be by My grace, and My chastisement is My grace in this case, My privilege & special honor I bestow upon you. Trust that I'm not allowing you to be tempted above that you are able.

quickly things can turn from bad to worse if you don't take Him seriously. Certain things He just can't let you get away with. He's invested too much in you, you've become too important. No matter what goes wrong in your life, it doesn't give you a right to use such language! It's the opposite of praise! It's speaking the Devil's words! In other words, instead of letting holy spirits utter God's praises through you, you're allowing the Devil's unholy spirits to use your mouth to sling profanities into God's face, and you can bet your life that He's not going to let you get away with that unpunished, because He loves you. You're not walking uprightly unless you're talking uprightly. No wonder the Lord has to withhold good things from you. Walking uprightly in this day & age means to adhere to the counsel He has given for this day & age, His statutes for today. If you sow the Devil's seeds, you'll also reap the Devil's fruits, 56 ___________________________________________________ and you've seen how quickly they grow into huge weeds that will True love is giving, it's not "wanting." let his giants & demons climb into your garden, so beware! Whenever you see that the Enemy has penetrated your camp and Beware of foul language! has entered in your midst, you cannot keep going business as Every word you say is the reflection of a choice you made. usual. You must stop & pray! You've chosen to either yield to good or bad influences, and it's Don't allow the Devil any entrance! I've told you that I wasn't an obvious sign you've yielded to bad spiritual influences when going to let you go on with sins anymore that I might have profanities are coming out of your mouth. tolerated or winked at in the past! You can't get away with that anymore! You're too old, too Your conduct is of extreme importance, and if you break the responsible for the Lord to let you get away with such things! "If rules, if you commit sin, it's going to be judged from now on! you can't say something nice, don't say nuthin' at all!" There's no more getting away with it! Someday you're going to look up to Me & say, "Lord, when You 58 ___________________________________________________ let me get away with everything & You spoiled me & gave me all Be wise! my requests, I loved You, but I didn't love You as much as after It is in your power to choose to be so, instead of being foolish, You pulled out the rod & started chastising me for my sins and just following your whims. Being wise means not to always shortcomings." follow your whims, but do those things which are going to be You will know that I knew best what you needed. I needed to good for you in the long run. show you that you would never love Me as much by spoiling you One big necessary step in acquiring wisdom is going slow & as you would by Me correcting you! I could have never given you taking time to absorb My Wine for you, making sure it's really enough! You would never have been satisfied, no matter how becoming part of you & you're not forgetting all the potentially many of your hearts' desires I would have granted you. life-changing truths I'm blessing you with. No matter how much love you would have received, it never Take time to pray, take time to meditate. Take time to absorb Me would have been enough for you! fully, and to become a part of Me - to let Me become a part of you, You will sing like king David: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, a conscious part of you that's always there, one that you cannot but now have I kept Thy Word. It is good for me that I have been lose. Staying in My presence is more a matter of the heart than of afflicted that I might learn Thy statutes." the mind. You only learn to truly keep My law of love by the afflictions I'm It's your mind I have to get past most of the time, so that I may letting come upon you! finally get ahold of your heart. It's heart-to-heart communication This is the real War we're fighting, the Holy War, the War of the I'm longing for, not just a cold, technical exchange of the mind. I worlds! The weapons are real, and the stakes are real, too! The long to be loved by you. pain and the losses are real if you don't fight right, if you don't Even though with your mind you can make the decision to love win, if you don't train enough in order to become strong & able somebody, it's still another step until you can truly say you love soldiers, and there's no running away! There's no tucking your somebody, and that's just something that comes from the heart, head under a pillow & hoping it'll go away! not the mind. Love is a matter of the heart, "the heart of the matter..." 57 ___________________________________________________ If you really want to dig down deep, you not only have to (Dad:) God's way up is down, so, cheer up, son, you're on discover mind-boggling truths, but let those truths sink deeply your way up. There were many times when I was at the end of my into your heart where they will change your life & take the rope, completely freaked out & not knowing how on earth the desired effect. Lord was going to pull me out of a certain situation, but it's gotta You've got the anointing of endurance and vigilance. Endurance be the Lord that pulls us out of it. It makes you more thankful for means, you don't have to swallow the Devil's lies telling you that His salvation. He comes & saves us over & over again from the I'm giving you more than you can bear. And vigilance means you result of our sinful ways. He doesn't just save you once & then can recognize the Devil's tricks & attempts to trap you so that leaves you up to your fate, but if you call on Him & trust Him, you won't fall for them. He'll be there for you every time, no matter how big a mess I have given you a new anointing of endurance and vigilance, you've gotten yourself into. which means you have the strength to carry on and you've got It'll make you so thankful & much more humble, & you'll think the alertness & the discernment not to fall for his traps & lies. twice before you start murmuring or complaining after He's Hang on to those gifts, please! saved you so miraculously out of an impossible mess that it took I need you to make it! I need you to love those around you for His miracle-working power to get you out of. Me! They cannot make it without your love, and I cannot make it It takes an impossible situation for Him to do a miracle, just to without your love! Things won't be the same without your love! make sure that you get the point that it was Him Who saved you Your love is so important. Even though it may seem so little to and it could only have been Him. you what you can do, so small, so insignificant... If you could see Jesus loves you and He cares for you, He feels with you, and He the future as I see it, you would know what a huge difference knows exactly what's going on inside of you. It pains Him to see your love makes. So, please, do not withhold it! Please do not let the agony you're having to go through, but He also sees that it's it grow cold! Keep it alive & keep it burning by feeding it the right necessary. He has to turn up the heat a bit & show you how things.

Don't feed your pride by self-elevating ministries, but feed the fire of love by doing the humble thing instead. 59 ___________________________________________________ "If you don't get alone with the Lord and lick the Devil first, you might as well forget it!" How true! If I had to do it, go out into the wilderness, in order to resist the temptations of the Enemy and overcome him once and for all, how much more so will you have to do it. Fighting and resisting the Devil instead of giving in to his temptations and nudges is what it's all about. Not missing the mark (the essence of "sin") because you've allowed the Enemy to distract you, that's what it's all about. It means sharpening your focus. Fighting with all that's within you to drown out the voices that would tear you away from what's really relevant. Cutting out all the frills, the things all around the true essential & center of the meaning of life, and instead of just circling all around it or hitting the spots all around it, hitting straight into the bulls eye... I am the Target! If you will focus on Me long enough, if you just manage to hold still long enough and to not give in to all the voices reminding you of this or that or the other you could do, if you just stay clearly focused on Me, barring everything else from your mind, you will hit the mark! It all depends on how seriously you want it! If you want it badly enough, you will stay focused on it, you won't let anything else distract you from it. But if you do allow other matters to distract you, then it just shows that it wasn't all that important to you to begin with, in other words, other things are still more important to you than I am. You've got to deal with the Devil & make it clear between him and you on whose side you stand, and that he won't have a chance anymore trying to get you over to his side. Otherwise he'll keep trying and trying. This battle is inevitable. The answer lies in giving up what you are, surrendering your old man, to be totally absorbed by Me. Why keep getting stuck with the affairs and matters of the Matrix when I have revealed to you the secrets of the Big Picture, the larger layer that even engulfs the Matrix, and is a much higher Reality than the Devil's fake? Why not shoot and aim for the Real Thing? Why let the Enemy distract you with his offers of truce and betrayal so that you can benefit from the "blessings" and fake steaks of the Matrix? He tempted Me. "You don't have to go through all this suffering! You can stop it all right now! Make an end of all this nonsense! Life is to be enjoyed..." Life was meant to be enjoyed, but never on his terms! I'm trying to get you to make the transition from enjoying the prosperity you gain by compromising and relying on the arm of the flesh, to the prosperity that comes from truly enjoying all things from My hand, the rewards I give to those who obey Me. Those who stay faithful to Me and trust Me, those who remain because there's nowhere else to go, are much better off than those who prefer to secure their living with their own abilities. Things are very, very tough, sitting on the fence between serving Me and him. You'll either accept the deal he has to offer you that will give you his prosperity at the price of virtually your soul - the lack of ability to love - or you'll send him to hell and get on My bus & get busy serving Me & start do what I recruited you to My army for! Obstacon is tempting you with the "good" options of the 2nd best! - In reality, the 2nd best presents an obstacle that will stop you from reaching the very best. If you're serving Me from a platform, a ministry where you right away come all out with what you stand for, as you do when witnessing, it's just so much more conducive to true success and what I call bearing fruit than the way where you just present yourself and your abilities in the limelight, and you're so concerned about your image & reputation that you only dare to speak up about your beliefs once a rare & exceptional situation comes up! Bring My glory into your life by telling people about it. It activates My power in your life when you decide to obey Me and take up your cross, deny yourself and lay down your life for

Me! Experience the power of obedience! Find out what miracles I am capable of working for you! 60 ___________________________________________________ You've got to trust Me, that even this dark chapter in your life will work together for good, & that My hand is upon you for good and not evil. My thoughts toward you are thoughts of love & mercy, not of punishment, and if I'm allowing this, it's only for your best. It's making you stronger, and that's what it's all about: strengthening. The easy way is one of the surest ways to be led astray. If it's tough & difficult and you cling to My hand in desperation for every step of the way, knowing that otherwise you won't make it, then you can be pretty sure that you're on the right path, and that this is My way for you. Trust that it's not evil or bad, but ultimately for your good! It's just one of those lessons in life ordained to make you stronger. I'm all that you have and all you can rely on! This will strengthen your dependence on Me more than anything else. Never let your guard down, never take your focus off of Me. Lean fully on Me and Me alone. Permanently put Me first. We're progressing from the theoretical to the practical realm, where the consequences for failing to learn and apply the lesson will be more drastic and tangible. I want you to rely on Me. Only I can hold you up. My jealousy is good for you! It's not destructive! My jealousy will prevent you from leaning on someone else but Me, which is not good for you. We're trying to strengthen the things that remain, and that is faith, trust and reliance on the Eternal, not on man, or anything else that is temporal. 61 ___________________________________________________ Your life could be much steadier in My joy, in trust in Me and in confidence & faith, more steady in flowing with the Holy Spirit, if you would make Me a more integral part of your life at every moment. My company brings you such joy & peace. Why do you seek satisfaction elsewhere when it has proven over & over again to be futile? Come running into My arms, just the way you are, just you, no false pretenses, cover-ups, no self-worked-up goodness... I don't need any frills, no fancy ado, all I want is you, just you! Just follow My leadings instead of drifting around aimlessly, waiting for some gust of wind to pick you up, for some circumstance to open or shut a door before you... I am the Creator of all circumstances, and the great Coordinator of it all, so, why not avail yourself of My service? Just make it a habit to come back to Me as regularly as you eat a snack or you go to the bathroom or you put another log of wood onto the fire in your stove... In order to keep the fire burning you've got to keep feeding it, lest it go out & you freeze spiritually.... How much you get from Me is only limited by your own faith. The rule is simple: ask and it shall be given you. Those are the only conditions. You need to ask. You don't run after your child all day long & ask, "What is it you'd like now... Do you want this? Do you want that?" The best is, not to spoil them too much, but let them ask if they want something. You can lead them in a certain direction, as to what the available options are, but they've got to do the asking themselves... usually. 62 ___________________________________________________ That vacuum, the emptiness, the drawing power and hunger for Me is the prerequisite for receiving anything from Me, for the rich I have sent empty away but fill the hungry with goods. I know what you need, even before you utter it, and when you don't know what to ask, My mercy is greater than your inability. I'm going to prove My love to you if you do as much as call out to Me and expect Me to answer. I will not disappoint you! I want to prove as false all the doubts the Enemy plants in your mind. You must trust Me that while things are tough for you, they are

the best for you, much better than if I would spoil you with an easy life. Comparing with others who seem to be having it easier on the surface, won't do you any good, and you'll be amazed to find out that there's a different story beneath every surface. You just have to trust in My fairness. Living by faith in the communal life-style of the Family has its advantages. I can provide much better for My children than you can for yourselves in your own efforts. The life of faith is the better option. All the working hard in the flesh for material gain is in vain, and I can supply and provide for you much more abundantly and in greater ease than you can by means of the flesh. Of course, you're going to have to do for it what I'm asking you to do, and not cling to those activities which don't further My cause... I have certain expectations from you, who have decided to follow and serve Me. My expectation is that you bear fruit. 63 ___________________________________________________ Where I guide, there I'll provide, and I'll make a way where there is no way. But you must believe that I will, and use your title deed of the thing you're hoping for and act knowingly that you possess the thing you're asking, and thus move forward in expectation. That means, you will make the necessary preparations, like the girl who was called to be a missionary but didn't have the funds to go, but she believed & packed her things & the day she stood at the train station, ready to go, I supplied the funds miraculously. Or like the little girl who took an umbrella and rain coat to the prayer meeting for rain... You must have more crazy faith & not let the circumstances & "voices of reason" intimidate you. Crazy faith is what's going to be needed in the future, and the sooner you exercise yourself in it, the better off you're going to be. 64 ___________________________________________________ When you're feeling most useless I can usually use you most, whereas during those times when you think you're actually accomplishing something, our communication sometimes comes to a halt. It's the "arm of the flesh" syndrome, and precisely the reason why I'm having to make you the nothing I need you to be in order to make you into the something I want, the useful vessel, tool & instrument for Me. I use it to show you how nothing you are, how helpless and hopeless, without Me. The truth is, that nobody, no matter how high and mighty they may feel in this life, can stand without Me and My help, and they're all just as hope- and helpless as you are, they just may not know it yet. So, you've really got the advantage there. You know something they don't know yet, which helps you to prepare for what's coming, which means that you're actually ahead of them. In your hopelessness and in your desperation you find Me, and that's the greatest asset anyone can have in this life. How do you become the "hope of the hopeless"? By having experienced the hopelessness yourself first, comforting others with the comfort wherewith you yourselves have been comforted by Me. You "pass it on!" That's the beauty of it! It's the principle on which the happiness and meaning of life is built, to "pass it on." 65 ___________________________________________________ How can you say you love God, Whom you haven't seen, if you cannot love your brother (or sister) whom you have seen? Becoming a missionary starts at home. If they can't even tell that you love them, what's the use of all the preaching in the world? Love your brother or sister for Me. If your unity and your bond of love with your brother or sister is okay, then you can be pretty sure that your love bond with Me is doing okay, because I want you to manifest your love for Me in your love for the brethren.

Let a new era in your life begin, a new era of love. In order to really make it happen, you've got to proactively fight for it & make it happen, realizing that the unity & love you have for each other is one of the most effective weapons you have got in your arsenal. Make love your life, your goal, your ambition, and unity your treasure, which you're going to shield and guard zealously. Be a shepherd that lays down his life for his sheep, and let them know that and feel that beyond a shadow of doubt. Lovest thou Me? Love My sheep! 66 ___________________________________________________ I'm Your emergency rescue squad. Whenever you call Me & send Me your SOS, I'll be right there. I have not come to save the healthy, but the sick, not the strong, but the weak. You've got to continue to pour yourself out. Just showing the way won't do the trick with some, they want you to walk with them. You've got to let them wear you out just like I did, because the way up is down. I let them waste Me, devastate Me, completely wear Me out & wipe Me out, but in this I found the strength that never runs out. I was willing to give all, not holding back, and in return I received all. It's humbling when you find yourself unable to give as much as they demand, when you fall short of their expectations, but it just shows that what you need cannot come from yourself, but from a Source that is greater than you. If you can't give enough, turn to the Source that never runs dry. You can live up to the demand through Me. It has nothing to do with the way you feel, faith cannot be based on feelings. Get a re-fill of your capacities to love. 67 _____________________________________________________ I'm trying to show you the positive side of what you consider such a dilemma. I'm challenging you to stretch your faith. If you lack, ask Me. The weapons are at your disposal. Who are you to say you can't if I tell you, you can? 68 ___________________________________________________ The natural & carnal man is at enmity with God, and so in the flesh it's impossible to live godly. You'll only have the grace to endure and then even enjoy the life-style I have chosen for My disciples of the End if you live in the Spirit. You've got to walk in the Spirit, be led of the Spirit. For the carnal man it's impossible to attain. You have to let Me make you a new man, a new creature, the spiritual man. Unfortunately, you're only free enough from the distractions of the flesh and this world to even be interested enough in the Spirit to really delve in when you are going through trials & tribulations. It's only when you're driven to the end of yourself that you're willing to give up everything in order to gain the new, the unknown, that which I have to offer. But when things are going okay, you're okay with compromise, you're comfortable with the idea of conforming & taking any easier way out... And thus, I simply have to send you lots of trials in order to keep you desperate & as close to Me as I wish you to be. You wonder, "Is that it? Is this really my destiny? Is there really no easier way out? Am I destined to battle forever?" Well, as far as having to fight until your dying day is concerned, yes, that's every true warrior's destiny, and he won't mind. What matters is that you keep fighting faithfully in whatever capacity you can, that you do the best with the cards you've been dealt. You just have to make sure that you get your strength for the battle from Me every day. I wish to be the Source of all that you long for, all that you need, and all that you dream. I don't want you to look elsewhere for satisfaction! I want you to look to Me for the fulfillment of your wildest dreams and trust Me that I will bring it about as much as you can handle it in My perfect time. Trust Me that I know a better way to happiness than the one you would choose! Don't think that you've got to hide things from Me, nor that you

can hide things from Me. Realize that every good & perfect thing comes from My hand. Receive each pleasure as from My hand. 69 ___________________________________________________ You're learning, and that's one thing the Enemy can't stop. That's progress he cannot hinder, because even if you suffer many blows, you will grow stronger and wiser with each one, and ultimately, he's just going to hang himself by fighting you. You become stronger with every minute of the battle! It's wise not to underestimate the Enemy, and to be aware that it's got to be Me fighting for and through you. You'd be surprised in how many little ways you can deal him blows, just by swinging the weapons of love in his face. One way the Enemy has been able to get back in was by getting you to let down your guard of desperation. If you stay on guard and desperate with Me for every move, every word you say, everything you do, he'll be a lot more hesitant to attack. The coward only attacks you when you're weak, and "weak" means, when you're self-confident (strong in yourself and relying on your own wisdom instead of Me), when you take the victory for granted and you don't stay on guard. That's when you start making thoughtless jokes which might cause little hurts here & there, or you just get off on doing whatever you feel like doing, and before you know it, the Enemy has caused you to stumble again. The thing to do is to stay alert in the spirit. You often wonder "what in the world did I do wrong now?" but it's often simply the fact that you've let your guard down in the spirit. You've got to stay in prayer all the time. "Pray without ceasing!" Isn't that the ability you want to acquire? Full Possession, the ability to stay in tune with Me all the time? What better way to teach you this than to let you suffer an attack whenever you let down your shield or your antenna, your connection with Me? The quality of your connection with Me is often reflected in the quality of your connection with your brethren, and when there are things between you and them that are wrong, then you've got to seek Me about them, you can't just allow them to fester. Use these situations to learn from by "absorbing" them. You can change them by absorbing them in love, patience and longsuffering, instead of reacting antagonistically. By watching and quietly bringing these issues before Me. I know best how to handle things. It's the best thing you can do, because it shows you trust Me to do something about it, instead of taking the matter into your own hands. In other words, you're attacking the Enemy by one of the most effective and yet most underestimated and underused weapons: prayer. You're proving that you're believing that prayer works. More than getting upset about the issue, or more than reacting in some way to show your disapproval, you show that you believe that prayer is the most effective thing you can do about it, and that is a victory. Prayer changes things! You can pray for people's manners, their character, behavior, their attitudes... whatever it is you see, carry it before Me in prayer. Who is better equipped to deal with anything that is not the way it's supposed to be in My army than I? Pray for one another! 70 ___________________________________________________ I can and will supply, according to your faith. Don't look at the hole, the need, the vacuum, but at Me, the Light, the Giver, and My capacities to give. I want you to expect miracles with cheerful anticipation and excitement of what I'm going to do. I want you to have expecting faith. Expect Me to do it for you, and I will, because I want to. I want to teach you to live and survive by faith. Make faith your currency!

making a better person out of you, I might have allowed it also. There are greater riches in life to be gained than material wealth. You're learning how to love. That's more important to Me and in My eyes than for someone to become popular and successful in this world. "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!" "Popularity, power & plenty are dangerous, so watch out!" Rather draw them unto Me because they can sense that you've got the truth and the true and the pure light, unadulterated of any ulterior hidden motives of self-glorification, vanity & pride! You are My ambassador and vessel I pour into, a vehicle, a tool of inspiration, so that people can get to know & see Me through you. I can make you rich in spiritual wealth, but if you climb up the World's ladder of success, you're bound to neglect My values, bound to compromise with the world, you're going to be less likely to win more souls for Me. "For what is your life? It's but a vapor that's here a little while and then it's gone..." Stay focused on the essential things, on the values that remain. 72 ___________________________________________________ Keep making progress in focusing outwardly, out toward the field and the sheep. Passing out tracts sure is a conversation starter in the right direction, if you want to witness. If you would just get going, I could be showing & leading & guiding you in the right direction. Turn around, if you want to make a mark for Me, instead of leaving your own little mark on the world... That's the decision every angel has had and every human being will have to make: whether they're going to promote themselves or Me. In the end, there are really only those 2 options: you either work for Me or for Mammon, for love or for self and selfishness... for the truth or some half-baked compromise, which sooner or later winds up as a lie or some form of self-deception. If you really want to live for the truth, choose to do so. You want the magic to happen? Just get out witnessing! Witnessing should be the purpose of everyone's existence in the Family. If you're convinced that you've got something better than they, how can you be looked down on? Apply what you've learned and share your spiritual wealth in trade for their material riches! Break that box & let it roll, break that pride & let it flow in grace and humility! Give what you've got to give. You can't keep it in! You've gotta let it out! It's time to show the world My love. The world is crying, "When will I be loved?" They're waiting for the love of David, the kiss of the harp of David. Will you withhold it from them? You want your dreams to be fulfilled? Just go out there and make it happen! Don't allow the Enemy to hold you back with pride and fears! 73 ___________________________________________________ Withhold not from them to whom it is due if it is in thine hand to give! You must not withhold your love for fear of losing, for you will only lose by withholding; never by giving. This requires faith, for the carnal mind tells them that they lose by giving, that the more they give the greater the risk of losing it all, but I say the opposite: the more you withhold, the more you risk losing your love! The flesh tells you the opposite of what My Spirit tells you, and the acid test & the crunch of faith is, who are you going to believe more, Me or your own flesh? It's a difficult test; for you're much more familiar with your own flesh than with My voice, so, in the natural, you tend to believe your own inclinations and instincts more; the protective instincts of preservation, of battling to keep what you have, rather than to give. I'm the Opposite of all that the flesh tells you. When the flesh tells you to keep, I say, give! He that soweth sparingly will also reap sparingly. Withhold not!

71 ___________________________________________________ What's most important to Me is your character and your spiritual strength. If riches and fame would have contributed to making a better person out of you, I might have let you experience it. If a life of greater ease would have contributed to 74 ___________________________________________________

(Windsor Elerian:) Now is the time of the harvest! It's time to return to the vineyard of the Lord, time to get back on the wall of the work He has called you and chosen you to do. Don't be like the foolish virgins who would refuse to surrender to Him. For in refusing to render your service to Him, you're like those who refuse to yield themselves to Him, you're refusing to bear fruit to Him. Some are willing to receive the seed, but they are not willing to bear the fruit, but a truly fulfilling bride for the Master is one that both, receives His seed and bears fruit for Him. This is the ultimate fulfillment of anyone's destiny, to bear fruit unto the Master and Lord of all creation. Don't be like those foolish and selfish ones who say, "I don't want to work at bearing fruit yet for the Master. I first want to enjoy life." What they're really saying is, "I want to be my own master!" They don't want any master but themselves, but in this they are putting themselves under the yoke of the Devil, the master of selfishness and the master of one's "own way." For there are really only 2 ways: the straight & narrow pathway of the Lord, which is hard to find, and the large, broad highway of the Devil, the one which the majority choose to walk. Some have walked the path of the Lord for a while, but then became diverted and sidetracked onto a lane that took them back to the Devil's broadway of selfishness. Disobedience drove them away from the true Master, and so they wound up under the yoke of the usurper, even if only for a time, to help them discern the difference; to melt them, break them, humble them, teach them... whatever is necessary to make them see the right path and to come back to the Lord's service, where they will open up others' eyes also to the slavery of the Devil. The way of freedom is rough, rugged and steep, but those who are called unto freedom will always return to the road of freedom in the end, they will never settle for the Devil's comfortable compromise for too long, they won't fall for his counterfeit "freedom." The freedom the Devil offers is a delusion and deception. He is just very carefully hiding the chains attached to his deal, but true freedom lovers won't fall for his magic tricks for very long. Sometimes they really get entangled in a deep mess, but they will fight for their freedom! They are the Lord's true freedom fighters, because they will pay any price and go to any length to first of all fight for their own freedom from the Devil's deception, in order to then free others also. Sometimes they need to get entangled in order to reach some in special positions. They can point the way to freedom, and then they "jailbreak" together, bringing others with them into freedom, the freedom to fight for the Lord, instead of being a captive of the Devil. You couldn't really set others free until your eyes were open to this fact, that you still need to make your jailbreak yourself. You became ensnared again by the fowler! Now it's time for you to bust out, to break the cage door open, and free many other birds along with you. I am here to help set you free so that you might soar up high into the wind again. So that you might become a freedom fighter for the Lord, like me, and like all the others of His brides, fighting for the freedom of the whole world, which is lying in the chains of the evil one! Fighting for freedom is what it's all about! Fight for yours and fight for theirs. You've got the weapons of truth and love, and none of the chains or cages or entrapments of the enemies can stand against them. You've got the keys, which will unlock any door which might hold any of the Lord's brides captive to the Enemy! Recognize their power and use them to both, be set free and to set free others! This is your destiny and high calling, there is none higher! Follow the call and shout of your queen to freedom! Follow the heart of your mother into total freedom, total love, total truth, free from the chains of compromise, free from any spider webs of half-truths, free from any poisonous gas of deceit with which the Devil is trying to lull to sleep. Free! Freedom is here! Take it and give it! 75 ___________________________________________________ I'm showing you a lot about not resisting the pain but accepting it instead.

You've all got to be willing to take the pain along with the love. The virgin instinctively knows that she's going to be hurt by allowing herself to be loved. But fear of pain and the decision to resist and not allow it will only result in hardening. 76 ___________________________________________________ You want to know why I allow poverty and why I allow poor health. "He filleth the hungry with goods, but the rich He hath sent empty away." (Luk.1:53) "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick." (Matth. 9:12) "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost." (Matth.18:12) Sometimes the way I see things is the exact opposite of the way you see them. What you call a blessing, I call a curse many times, and what you call a curse, I see as a blessing. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8,9) To pass on My living Words to others and directly challenge them from My lips will be a larger part of your ministry as time goes on. It is My will for you that you take the time to hear from Me for your sheep. It's part of your healing ministry to them, to heal them with My Words of life, to heal their bodies, souls and spirits. I have come to bring salvation to the entire man... the physical and the spiritual. I have come to satisfy all your needs, to heal all your ails: mental, physical, spiritual, everything. Just as I was given the authority by My Father to forgive sins, so I was given the power to heal not only their spirits, but also their bodies, as a physical illustration of the spiritual healing power of My salvation. My name means "Savior." My cry and My call to mankind is to "Come, let Me save you!" I want to save you wholly & entire, I want to cleanse and heal all of you, your mind, your body, your heart, your spirit... your soul. In this upside-down & backward world run and ruled and ruined by the usurper, a lot is wrong with a lot of souls, and there's a lot of healing to be done, a lot of correcting what is wrong. Just because you have grown used to the way things are doesn't mean that that's the way they're actually supposed to be. I have come to bring change; a change of each & every life, a change of direction for each & every man and woman as well as for mankind in general. My message was and still is: "repent!" Which means, "turn around! You're going the wrong way! You may think you're going the right way, but I'm telling you something different! Now, who are you going to believe? Here, this is the right way to go: follow Me, and I'll show you!" One of Satan's greatest and most successful weapons against mankind is that feeling, "It feels right, so it must be right!" Or, "This feels familiar, it feels okay, it doesn't feel strange, so it must be the right way!" They become so familiar with the wrong way, the Devil's way, that they actually think it's the right way. After all, it "feels right!" They have become alienated from the life of God because they have neglected the Words - which are the Spirit and Life - of God. They think they know better. Faith is not built on feelings, but by the fact that My Word says so. Often something you will read in My Word will cause you to have unpleasant feelings. You may not like what I have to say. But does this mean that what I said is wrong? Perhaps your own attitudes have been tainted and influenced to a point where what you think is the truth is something you have come to accept as "truth" because that's just what everybody says or "knows" nowadays. The Devil's first appearance in the Garden of Eden was with the intention to get Eve to doubt My Word. "Hath God said...? Surely NOT! Surely it is NOT so!" And he has been following that same scheme ever since, and your test in this is to either stay faithful to My voice, or believe your "own intuitions," which, sad to say are often tainted by the input of popular opinions, which often come straight from the Devil. If you really want My unadulterated truth, and if you want to hear My voice of truth, you must be ready to forget all you know. You can "listen to your heart," but you must first ask Me to search your heart, and to give you a hunger for the truth and

nothing but the truth, and that I won't allow you to settle for any half-truths or deceptions of the Enemy of your soul. He's very sly and knows how to make his lies extremely attractive. People automatically tend to think that they would never be as dumb as Adam and Eve to allow themselves to fall for the Devil's lies, but that's already the first lie they swallowed right there: "Oh, I'm never gonna be that dumb!" Well, you might have another surprise coming on that one, when you'll find out one day how often and how easily you fell for the Devil's fairy-tales! Adam & Eve will look like heroes to you then, by comparison!

just makes it all melt away, and everything becomes possible again: where there was only cold and grey, all of a sudden, life springs up again everywhere! You can be like that to those people! You can be like the sun of Spring to them!

78 ___________________________________________________ You are right where I want you to be, regardless of what it may seem like at times, or the voices calling you to "come hither, thither or yon." Where I guide, I provide, and if I don't provide, then you'll just 77 ___________________________________________________ have to assume that "It's von ting: yust to shtick!" - And that I can use you and your talents, but only to promote My you're right where I want you to be. If it is My will for you to go, I solutions, it's not that they are the solution or even part of the will open the door for in My due time. solution - they're only instruments & vessels to bring it to them. Always double-check before making major decisions to make The solution is My Word, and it has to remain pure, and clean, sure you're truly following Me! and untouched of any element of self, and it cannot be tainted or I like things done in decency and in order. I like things to be overshadowed by any display or promotion of self. When you taken care of. I like you to be considerate towards those who are allow that, they tend to worship you instead, and it obstructs the looking up to you, who love you, who depend on you. true light & hinders their connection with Me. If there will be a situation where I'll be calling you to follow Me As soon as you determine that what you want to promote and just drop everything, you'll know it's the right one, you won't completely is My Word, and nothing else but Me and My Word, have any doubts about it! In the meantime, just learn to follow Me that everything else, your gifts, your talents, your music, your step by step right where you are. You don't have to make any songs, your self - are only tools you want to apply and use in gigantic steps when you're still learning how to walk. I don't want order to bring that gift to mankind, you'll feel My Spirit flowing you to bite off more than you can chew. through you and spur you on to action. I want you to be open for My challenges in your life, yes. But I Put aside your carnal mind and be ready to expect what you think want you to make sure that they are truly My challenges to you, is impossible to happen! Give Me a chance to prove to you what not anybody else's. I want you to follow Me. I'll lead you to the is "impossible" and what not! I tell you what's impossible: right places to go, if you check in with Me, just don't ever take nothing is! There is no such thing as impossible to Me! I can anything for granted that it's "obvious" that you should go there, change any life! when I might want you to stay or go elsewhere instead. To categorically dismiss people as hopeless cases, to put them Since I'm not providing for you to go anywhere else, you're just in drawers, that's the same kind of churchy and self-righteous going to have to assume that I've got a job for you right here to attitude that Jonah was portrayed as having in this movie do, lessons to learn, progress to make... ("Veggie Tales - The Story Of Jonah"), but you shouldn't allow There are major things & changes the Family is going through that to happen to you! Give them a chance! And give Me a right now. There is lots to be learned about the new chance to change their lives. infrastructure of My Family. Everything and anything is possible with Me, and you insult Me The move of My Spirit is a large emphasis on unity, greater unity and hurt Me if you put Me in a box & say, "Sorry, Lord, but it's than ever before. quite obvious that You're not going to be able to do that! I might just do it in order to prove to you how wrong you are in 79 ___________________________________________________ putting Me or anyone else for that matter in a box, because I've been trying to establish a closer & better relationship anything is possible, and anyone can change! Anything can between Me and you by taking all the physical distractions of the happen - there are no limits to what I can do. more superficial kind of fellowship away, and I'm trying to get Be open to the possibility of Me changing anybody, no matter you to focus outwardly, on the truly lonely people in this world, how hopeless it may look to you! It's presumptuous of you not to who don't know Me at all, who have not yet found Me, who don't even give them a chance because you think you've got them all have the faith you've got, to help support them through life. figured out. Have compassion and look for them, try to reach them, to find Never say that I won't be able to do a certain thing, change a them. certain person or turn a hopeless situation around completely, If you feel alone, you've still got Me to comfort you & to share because I just might be out to shock you! With Me, you better get everything with; to get the answers to all your questions from. ready for the unexpected, the totally-out-of-this-world! But so many people in the world are much lonelier than you and Walk on water! Turn water into wine! Raise the dead! Heal the don't know that My comfort is available for them, they're just lame and cure the blind! Ascending up to heaven in a cloud! waiting for someone like you to come along and tell them. You've heard that I'm still as active and as able to do such things They know that there must be something more - or at least they as I was 2000 years ago? You better believe it! hope there is, but they don't know for sure - as you do - that I can do anything! Just give Me a chance, and do your job of indeed there are millions of others on this side, yes, even establishing that magical connection between 2 ears and My billions, even only one of which will constitute better company Words, and stand back and get ready for something to happen! than they've ever enjoyed on earth. Something you might never have dreamed or deemed possible! The grain of wheat in the ground feels lonely. Only once you've You just find the right kind of pair of ears for Me, give them My broken through that veil where you come into the light, you'll find Word, and look out! Do you think I made this whole world for out that you haven't been alone all along, but that there are nothing? Just to be some kind of a nightmare to show off how millions of others like you. wonderful Heaven's going to be by comparison? I want to use You can be one of My agents to bring them warmth or you to bring Heaven to them right now! But they're only going to nourishment, to help them grow toward the light! see and enjoy and have heaven in their lives as much as you To some you are like angels! You've got to be aware that you've show them, as much as you allow them to have! got so much more than the average lonely person in the world! The Devil is so scared of you, fighting you like crazy because he Your loneliness is a godly loneliness; a solitude I use to draw knows he's going to lose victims out of his clutches of hell, and you closer to Me, to strengthen our ties, to make your faith & they're going to have heaven happening in their lives. That convictions grow & enhance our relationship. If all things work ingredient of heaven is like a poisonous, deadly virus to his together for good to them that love Me, for sure it will also kingdom, his system, his Matrix! It totally busts it! It's like what include any feelings of loneliness you might experience. the Spring does to the snow! It breaks the cold spell of winter & But what about those that don't even know that there is a God to

love? Those are the people I want you to have compassion for, the people I want you to reach, to dedicate your life to.

Learning to really apply My power to your life is a process that requires time and focus. You've got to stay focused on your goal, just like a student would be focused on his diploma or final exam, his graduation, throughout years of studying, listening, 80 ___________________________________________________ absorbing information and material in school. I have ordained that the connection between you and My Spirit My course isn't all theory, but an essential part of it is learning to World can only be established by faith. When you break through put the things you study into practice with witnessing, getting by faith, and you touch Me, or get in touch with your helpers, out My Word. then you'll also be rewarded with that comfort of knowing you're "He that is faithful in the least, is faithful also in much," if you're not alone. But first you have to make the effort of faith. faithful to get out the message in a low position, then you'll also You'll be rewarded with understanding, assurance, and My be faithful to get it out when you're in a more elevated position. heavenly gifts of the Spirit, brought to you by My heavenly Have less of a "Jonah" attitude toward them, and more of a company and host of angels and helpers, after you have reached "Jesus" attitude, the attitude of a shepherd that would give his out by faith & made the connection. You ventured out to trust Me life for the sheep. It's easy to preach hellfire and damnation from that if you would flip that switch, I would not leave you in the an elevated platform. But it's another story to be mingling with dark, and I rewarded you with the light and warmth of My love them, right down there on the streets, on eye-level, in order to that poured into your "room" consequently. bring them My truth. If I would not require of you to have the faith first, I would make it I'm trying to teach you to love the fight, to really cherish the too easy; there would be no challenge, no test, and the "game" battle & barge right into it. would be boring! Everybody could become a "winner" too easily. There are more "clandestine" troupers than there are open So, I've made it thus that this "treasure hunt" of life wouldn't be fighters and attackers and front-line soldiers, and I need more of all too easy. I'm not telling everybody: "Hey, everybody; the those who truly have nothing to lose and wholeheartedly give treasures over here! Come and grab your rewards!" their lives for My cause. That is, I often do tell them, but they won't believe! They won't My power is available for the main purpose I have given you the believe, because they've already been conditioned by the Enemy, power for: to witness, the meaning of existence. the great "party pooper" and his lies that "there is no treasure!" "There's only this dull life, and the only reward you'll ever get is 82 ___________________________________________________ the money you'll get in exchange for the work you do, and that's The more you become like Me, the more you'll become a it!" "The only reward you'll ever get is that which you earn with different you, and the more you'll become the way I would like your sweat!" you to be, but you're still going to have your own personal traits, Well, that's his variation of the game, and since it appeals to a lot features & characteristics. I don't want you to become like of people - ever since Cain - I let them have their "fun" and let robots, all looking & acting the same. I even use your them find out which is better: the Enemy's rules or Mine. weaknesses. You are not completely free of his indoctrination yet, but keep Your life is a piece and work of art in My hands, and if I would falling back into the urge of working it up in your own sweat, have wanted to just create the perfect you in an instant, I could instead of staying focused on the search for My true treasures. have saved the long introduction of what happened in your life You're still distracted by the Devil's variety of My game, which I so far. called "Life - more abundant," and which he dubbed "Survival - if That's not how I work. I don't create "perfect" humans factoryyou manage!" You follow the twist of the world: "I'll do it because style! I take My time to shape each one personally by My own everybody does it," and spend your time & energy worrying hand. I take infinite care in every little detail. You wonder, about and doing all you can to get the Devil's little "Monopoly" "Whats He doing that for?" paper money rewards for your sweat, while I'm still waiting for But that's where you've got to trust Me that I can see the finished you to start hunting My real treasure: the lost souls out there, result of what you're going to be, I have a vision and inspiration buried in the harvest field of life. of what the finished symphony of your life is going to sound like. Sure, they're well hidden perhaps, at least some are, but the main I like to take the time to make it perfect. reason you're not finding any more is because you're too I'm trying to get you to shoot for something more than the occupied playing "Survival." Is the Devil's variation of My game immediate cheap thrill. really that much better? I can't believe it. I just think he's fooled Money will buy you things, will pay your bills & give you instant you into thinking that that's the way it goes, just like he's fooled satisfaction, even some kind of peace of mind, temporarily. You all those other people into believing in Evolution! Money is still wonder, "Winning souls isn't going to put butter on my bread." your priority, not souls! Don't you realize how sad that is? What But oh, the eternal rewards for each soul that you win for Me! lack of faith? And how much you're missing the mark in this? If I could get you to make souls your major focus and incentive, You say, "Well, if You would take care of my financial needs, then what an endless episode of joy your life could be! I could focus more on doing Your work!" No, you wouldn't! If you could see the eternal and everlasting rewards that will Because that's not the way it works! The step of faith comes first, follow this act of humbling yourself in order to bring a person to then comes the reward! Me, if you could only see a glimpse of it, you would stop working I need you to take the step of faith which shows Me that you for anything else and investing your life into anything else but believe that lost souls are a greater and more valuable treasure this. to "hunt" and look for than money, and if you would only go and Do you have the faith and the kind of long-term vision it takes to look for them, I would reward you, as I have promised in My win souls? This treasure hunt is a little tricky. The clues that Word! guide you to My true treasure aren't always that easy to find. And Come on, look a little harder! The treasures are there the Enemy, the party-pooper has made the game more difficult by somewhere, you just need to look! Show yourself worthy of My hanging nice & shiny distractions all over the place, little "plastic rewards by obeying Me and playing the game according to My treasures" & imitations, to keep you from looking for the real rules! ones. Money is his master piece of those counterfeit treasures. The 81 ___________________________________________________ love of money is the root of all evil because it distracts people I want to prove, show and manifest My life-changing power to from the true essence of life. All their lives long they're chasing you first, so that you're going to be all the more "sold" on My paper, getting nowhere, when all along; if they would just look a "product," and that your faith will be fresh, fiery and alive, and little more carefully and if they would just stop for a moment and testifying of your very own experience when you tell others about cease to be so distracted by the Devil's counterfeit treasures, how I could change their lives or how they could apply My power they could find the real treasures that are there to find in this life. to their lives in order to make them better. Not in elusive paper money, nor in the things that it buys, but in

the very fellow human beings I have created to be by their side to be reached, to be touched, to be explored, to get to know, to give to and share with all that you've found & learned in life. The Devil has invented many devices and inhibitions to stop humans from reaching out to each other. The fear of "what the other might think of me," pride, false mental pictures and perceptions of each other, also called prejudice, even laziness, because it takes a certain amount of effort to get to know someone... All this is stemming from a lack of faith that indeed it should be more rewarding to invest your life in other human souls than this oh, so wonderful, shiny, and most desirable of all gimmick: paper money! Soon it's going to become even more elusive, and you won't be able to see it at all anymore. It will only exist in a "virtual" bank and electronic cyber world... the Devil's "perfect" imitation of faith. His riches and wealth will finally be as invisible as Mine are, only to be received by faith in his system and obedience to him as a faithful "serf." No man can serve two masters. Blessed is he who has chosen the right Master. Who is your master? Who are you serving? Me? - Investing your time and energy into winning souls for My Kingdom? Or are you settling for the cheap thrills of the immediate gratification that paper money brings? Where is your focus? Where is your aim? What are you shooting for? Which treasure are you hunting? 83 ___________________________________________________ I'm trying to get you to bet on the "real thing." My currency is the real thing, the only thing that's going to endure & see you through any crisis! You better start making full use of it, and getting trained in its usage, because you're going to be more & more dependent on it, no more reliance on the arm of the flesh in the future! It's going to be the time that all the prophets have dreamed of and foreseen, the ultimate fulfillment of all I've said & spoken! I want You to praise Me for it! Show the Devil you're not scared of him, nor of anything he can bring about, knowing that he's only a tool in My hands to bring to pass My greater plan! What must come to pass is going to come to pass, the cup is almost full. So, it behooves you to invest all your time & energies into preparing for it! Don't be like those who didn't get into the boat with Noah because they were too busy with the usual affairs of life, their courting and eating and drinking... If you can see the changes happening on the horizon, you better start preparing for them, and not wait until they're here! And one of the best ways to prepare for them is to let others know about them now, before they come to pass, so that they can prepare also, and help you. People have got to see you busy at "building an ark," making preparations for the rain, even though they may not see it coming as clearly as you do, so that when it comes, when it's going to start pouring, they will know that you have been prophets among them. It's expected of you to be warning other people, to talk to them about it! Anything else would be a sin! Shift your dependence to My power and My living waters, learn to apply My power to your lives, and avail yourself of My light. 84 ___________________________________________________ (S.H.:) Put on the anointing of love, the mantle and the anointing the Lord would like to give you, the new you that He wants you to be. Without it, you feel like a villain, like a loser. But with it, you know He can turn you into one of the winners, because you're letting Him work & shine through you. It's not your ugly old self anymore, which obstructs the Lord's light, & only lets others see the darkness of your carnal, natural sinful nature, the old man. But in the light of the anointing of His love, you radiate, you sparkle, you shine; you can do things you never thought you possibly could; it gives you strength to do that which you couldn't do before. The world needs you so much to wear that anointing of love, and you must never forget it! You must give everyone an equal chance, and you must never ever put down the effort & attempt

to win them... anyone you come across... everyone you meet. You owe it to them. It's your duty. It's your only salvation and hope of survival! You must show love, for that is the difference, the one thing that makes you stand out from all the others. Sure, others are polite, courteous and kind, too. But you must have a love that even exceeds that kindness. A love that they can feel & lets them know that there's a chance for them to be forgiven for all their sins, a love that loves them unconditionally & never gives up hoping, never stops believing that by grace, they could make it, if only they'll be open enough for it and receive. You've got to have that kind of a winning attitude with everyone: with your kids, with your brethren, and with strangers! Look no longer at the negative in them. Give them the benefit of the doubt. Don't judge anyone before they've been tried & found guilty. Remember what Nicodemus said to the Sanhedrin when he was trying to protect Jesus? "Our law does not condemn anyone who has not been tried & found guilty." If even the Jewish law gave people a chance to be heard, then how much more so the Law of love. Jesus overcame all that harshness & all that hardness, the unforgiving self-righteousness of the Pharisees against him, because He endured it, like a lamb led to the slaughter. He just sucked up all their hatred like a sponge & converted it to love inside Him, and through His all-encompassing, all-powerful and all-changing love, you can also have the freedom and the power to love even your enemies! "Love your enemies" is a reality. 85 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes I test you to see how badly you really want My truth and My revelations, or how quickly you would settle for some kind of compromise & in-between thing. If you want the truth and nothing but the truth, there is a price to pay for it. Part of that price is often time, because you have to take the time to find out what the whole truth is concerning a matter, and sometimes I can't just give it to you in one quick batch, but you have to take portion by portion, step by step... Sometimes I will only lead you a little ways into a certain direction, which you'll have to follow until you know more & see things more clearly. 86 ___________________________________________________ The self-righteousness of thieves: They think life has treated them unfairly, withholding from them what others, less deserving than they, have in abundance, and in order to mend destiny's flaws, they figure, they just take the measure for themselves that fate or life or I have been withholding from them. If you figure you're good enough to deserve it, it's practically your right to take it from others, even steal it. After all, they're "bad," too, definitely far from perfect, so, why not "punish" them a little to your own advantage by stealing from them, and taking something from them that you want, & probably even deserve? The problem is, that same self-righteous and abusive attitude carries over into other areas of your life as you grow older, and you "punish" people for their not being perfect by being unkind & mean to them in other ways. You toss unfriendly or judgmental, cynical, cutting remarks at them or simply withhold your love from them & turn ice cold when they behave in ways that you don't approve of. It's your way of "educating" people, "training" them and disciplining them, judging them according to the laws of St. Little-Old-You! - Your own laws & rules of the game, something you've always been a master at: bending the rules in your favor; always judging others a little more harshly than yourself. After all, it's the easiest way to get what you want. Others may be working their butts off for it, but you? No, you're smarter than that! God or the fates must have simply made you smarter than being as dumb as to work hard for that money... that's what He or "they" made them so dumb for, so that they could do the hard work for you, and you just take it from them. There are a lot of smart people like that in the world, and if you want to know the truth, the world is run by them, and it's driven

into ruin by them. They suck their fellowmen's blood, use and abuse them, and take everything they can get away with in order to achieve their own ends, which are, in the end, the Devil's own ends. Because when it all comes down to it, you'll find out that you have only been used by him all along, fooled by him from the beginning, driven by your own greed, covetousness and lack of love, respect and compassion for others. It will only be a matter of time until your facade is going to drop. The clock is ticking, and with every second you live, and with every breath you breathe, you grow closer to the moment when time shall be no more and everyone will know exactly what you are, what you have been and what you have done. It may seem irrelevant to you, because all you care about is the fun you want to have with your friends right now. But as sure as the day follows night, it shall be revealed what you are. Eventually you wind up all alone, forsaken even by the Devil, who's been patting you on your back all along, encouraging you about how smart you are, and, "hey, that's not too bad if you take something from them! It's really rightfully yours!" In the end, it will just be you, and you alone, having to live with your sin, and you'll feel pretty dumb then, when you'll stand before Me - which you inevitably will. Turn around and walk a clean path in your life, for which you will not have to be ashamed. Will you live on as a lying & deceitful little "king," reigning for a short time in your own little realm of pride and selfrighteousness, judging everyone by your own laws and rules, and forever thinking you know better than everyone else, including Me, or will you turn around & walk the humble but truthful and honest & sincere road of a true prince for Me? Instead of being thankful for what you're given, and "faithful in the little things," you despise the little things, but My Word says, "He that is not faithful in that which is least is unfaithful also in much." I cannot really trust to give you more, if you're not faithful with what you've got, and you certainly cannot be faithful with what you've got if you don't appreciate it at all and despise it. So, since I can't bless you with more and give you what I want, you settle for the Devil's alternative: "Just take it!" He tells you contrary to what I would say - that you deserve it, and it appeals to your ego & pride, so you choose to believe him instead of Me, the dilemma of mankind since the beginning of the world. It's not that I think that you won't ever deserve special material blessings, but you've got to do something for them, usually. For one thing, you can ask Me for them, instead of stealing them. You can also ask Me for a way to provide them by an honest means, instead of resorting to the Devil's cheap means of stealing. If you continue living his way, there will always be something to hide in your life, to cover up... you will never be able to be completely honest with anyone. It's a life spent in darkness, instead of the light. Choose which road you're going to follow; the high road or the low road, the path of light or the broadway of darkness, the way of truth, or the slippery track of lies.

always humbly remember that you're all of the same material, including the same weaknesses, and you can always grab hold of the beam in your eye more comfortably than having to dig for the splinter in your brother's eye. Often I let you detect the splinter in order for you to become aware of the beam. Self-righteousness is assuming that somebody is guilty of a sin that you couldn't possibly be ever found guilty of yourself, because without Me, you can do nothing good, but anything bad. There's no depth to which the human mind cannot sink, unless you stay fully grounded in Me. 89 ___________________________________________________ Haven't I promised that whatever thou spendest I would repay? Haven't I said "Give and it will be given unto you with the same measure that ye mete with?" Haven't you learned by experience that "he that withholdeth tendeth to poverty, but he that scattereth abroad increaseth?" Giving, sharing, pouring out and scattering what you've got, in My book spells faith, because it shows that You're expecting Me to return in the same abundance to you with which you give. Withholding spells lack of faith. You think you must make sure with your own effort that your existence is secured; you're not really trusting that I will give you and supply for you what you need. Giving is what it all boils down to. Giving, instead of only receiving and demanding, like selfish, spoiled children! Giving of your life, giving of your substance, giving till it hurts. Trust in Me and My promise: you never lose by giving! Not even if it seems absurd, illogical or unreasonable to give! It didn't make sense to the masses that I had to give Myself on the cross, not even to My disciples... But where would you be if I hadn't?

90 ___________________________________________________ When one seeks the wrong things, pursues the wrong desires, focuses on the wrong goals, it taints their perception of things! It causes them to see only or mainly what they want to see! Young people, when faced with a crowd of people of various ages, will almost exclusively zoom in on other young people... Fashion oriented people zoom in on others' clothes & what they wear... others will look at their faces, yet others at the build of their bodies... Zooming in on carnal things, you neglect your spiritual view and insight, your vision. And thus it easily happens that you see things not quite as they are. Finding out the truth takes time, and you have to be willing to spend time on it. You can't just give it a quick glance & say, "Nah, that's not it," just because you don't like the looks of it. When Esau came back hungry from the hunt, all he saw & cared about was the food that Jacob had prepared, and that's all he wanted at that moment. He couldn't care less about his birthright at that moment & wouldn't waste a second thought on it. But I want you to act thoughtfully. In order to receive My pure and untainted input, you must spend 87 ___________________________________________________ time with Me in My Word! On earth, you only have your immediate scope and Judging people by their past mistakes, mentally putting people in perspective and way of looking at things. It's hard for you to see a box consisting of the walls of the confines of your own mind the other side, the other possibilities, that there's another side to which you create for them out of your negative memories & it, another angle to look at it; seeing the "elephant" from more experiences with them is not appropriate anymore in this day & than one side. age when I'm changing lives radically & sometimes rapidly. It's a great gift - the gift of understanding others. The carnal mind is quick to put both Me, and the way it thinks I It's always easier to see the other's weaknesses than your own, should operate, and others into a box, and that's not a very smart that's just human nature, and part of the blindness people are thing to do in My business. plagued by in the darkness of this world. Only in the vast light of Sometimes knowledge is the greatest stumbling block to divine Heaven, where all things are revealed and nothing is hidden revelation, because it interferes with what I would like to reveal to anymore, can you see as things truly are, you will know as you you and pipes up with its own input! When you come before Me, are known, and all things are open & naked to everyone. you must lay aside your own opinions, your own background The love of truth does not only include a love for heavenly information as much as possible, and any preconceived ideas & revelations, but also what others have to tell you about yourself. bias, otherwise a message can very easily become tainted by what you "know." 88 ___________________________________________________ "Forget what you know" is a good slogan. Nearly all the weaknesses you spot in others, you will also be You can be misled by the carnal mind. You have to make sure able to detect in you, if you search thoroughly. Like this you can that you're on My channel and fight to keep your channel clean

and clear of carnal input.

Love is what it's all about. It's not about having a glorious ministry, not about impressing the people with your talent... The 91 ___________________________________________________ only lasting impression you're ever going to make, and the only Becoming steady in your faith and firm in what you believe one they're interested in is an impression of love! If you show should be one of your main objectives to strive and work for. them you love them sincerely and genuinely, that will impress Not to fool yourself into thinking that you know anything, but to them! acknowledge Me instead of leaning to your own understanding, Love is the greatest of all gifts. Greater than prophecy, greater to continuously seek Me for the truth every little step of the way, than good works, greater than the gift or tongues, miracles, faith and not even give your own opinions a chance to form and & all the other impressive gifts! The only gift that will really make crystallize without My guidance & input. That's the only way you a lasting impression on someone that will cause them to change can make sure that the way you see things is really the truthful their lives is that gift of love. way, the true and clear picture. When you're humble and small, then you're able to love people. I want you to love each other including all your flaws, just like I Humility and love are one. do. I loved you so much that I was willing to die for your sins. I So, be not dismayed if I'm having to keep you humble, down and just sucked up all that evil like a humungous magic sponge and low, not able to trust in uncertain riches, but only in Me, your converted it into perfect love, casting out all fear, blotting out all living God, Who giveth you all things richly to enjoy! Trust in My sin, the ultimate clean-sweep! living riches that I'm giving you through your lowliness, your And you can wield that same, supernatural power of love and desperation and your humbled state. forgiveness, too, the ability to love in spite of someone's faults. I Seek not to be in a position where you can lean on your own arm, want you to not call that unclean what I have sanctified, but to your own pride, where you think you don't need to be loving to enjoy it. anyone because you're so self-sufficient! Self-sufficiency is a deceitful device to alienate people from each other, so that all 92 ___________________________________________________ they will be occupied doing is to try to impress each other & Salvation and redemption is all about delivering you from evil. show off to each other, instead of loving and needing each other Firstly, and foremost, the evil of your own hearts, and lastly, once and giving to and receiving from each other, which is the way I you have overcome and have been redeemed from your own had originally intended for the game to work. sins, I deliver you out of the evil of this world! That's why the first Giving people an opportunity to be blessed and feel needed and primary requirement to receiving My Salvation is realizing makes them feel good about themselves, and that's because they that you're a sinner, and that you need My Salvation from your instinctively know that that's the way things are supposed to be, sins. they're fulfilling their true destiny by giving to someone, they're As long as you keep recognizing that need, I keep cleansing you, complying with and fulfilling a part of the meaning of their lives washing you over and over and over again, from the error of your and purpose of their existence. ways. It's not just another selfish need... it's totally okay to need to be needed. 93 ___________________________________________________ Blessed are the givers. You can't just enjoy the physical advantages of being in the The Devil always sees the negative and the bad in people; he's Family without doing your part of making sure you understand the constant accuser of the saints. That which I have called holy what the spiritual principles the Family is founded on are, and and sanctified, he has the audacity to call unclean, accusing you what the Family's all about. You can't just be in it for the loaves of ulterior motives, when love is the perfect motivation. and the fishes and not take time to sit at My feet, listen to My He hates love, because love is what I am, and he hates Words for the purpose of passing them on to others, or sooner or everything that goes along with it, and tries to besmirch it with later you're going to be washed out. his ugly way of looking at things, be it sex or the need to give, But that's precisely what the Enemy is trying to do through the the need to be needed, the need for sympathy, or plain unselfish spirits of seduction: he's trying to subvert & divert your attention giving. He teaches his followers that it's "idiotic" to give, when from the spiritual to the physical, to where you become so they could keep it for themselves. But only those who look enwrapped and enticed by the physical blessing, that you neglect beyond and have greater wisdom than those who fall for Satan's the spiritual. But while the physical blessing is a reward I give, to lies, see the greater blessing & the greater, hidden reward be enjoyed by those who keep My commandments, if you only beyond the apparent loss of the thing you gave away. indulge in the physical manifestation of My love and neglect the The mere act of having to ask people for help is already a much spiritual, the life-giving sap, you're going to die spiritually... greater fulfilling of My purpose and My will for you and all of Sometimes I have to withhold the blessing in order for you to mankind, than when you're just doing your job & getting paid for learn the lesson. it. You give people a chance to be blessed according to whether I have to withhold the good thing in order to show up in which they give to you and how much, in this, My "machinery" of give aspects you're not walking uprightly (Ps.84:11). and take. What is called high among men, I call low, & what they call low I 94 ___________________________________________________ call high, and that which is highly esteemed among men is often Drops of heavenly rain, heavenly love, cause your heart to an abomination to Me. blossom into life and warmth. The spiritual winter of your heart is So, keep walking My "low" road, happily and humbly and over. The hardships you've been experiencing, the heat I've been gratefully! There's nothing to be ashamed of! putting on, are causing the hard shell to soften & crack open & finally the new you is coming to life, the person I wanted you to 95 ___________________________________________________ be. Not the cold, reserved, critical & calculating old you, but the One little disobedience leads to another, it will seldom stay loving, warm, affectionate, embracing you, that does not hold alone. If you doubt My Word in one aspect, and think you can back from Me nor from others! make yourself an exception on that, the Enemy will soon offer A giving you, a smiling you, bubbling over with My humble joy and suggest more compromises for you to make, more and love, dropping warmth and love and affection and disobediences he makes you think you can get away with... encouragement into the hearts of those you pass by. Without this One of the easiest & smartest ways for him to get My children love, there is no worthwhile ministry, mission or cause, and you trapped in the cage of disobedience is by telling them that it's cannot perform My tasks I have for you, and the work I want you actually freedom... after all, it's their own will that got them there, to do for Me. not the seeming, apparent confines that lie in keeping My If this love isn't your driving force and the power that motivates commandments & performing My will, no, the apparent freedom you, it will only be a lifeless going through the motions... it of doing your own thing. cannot work, it cannot bring forth fruit! But all the while, camouflaged as freedom, doing your own thing

will only wind you up in the chains & fetters of selfishness. Only on the straight & narrow path of obedience you will find the true freedom one finds in unselfishness, not seeking their own thing, but the happiness of others. Doing your own thing is still the same, age-old pursuit of your own happiness & satisfaction, which simply won't make you happy. Only in keeping My rules do you find My grace & power you need in order to perform the tasks of unselfishness, the things one needs to do in order to make others happy.

The only way you get that kind of faith is by receiving My instructions & confirmations that this is what I want you to do, in spite of what your mind or your feelings tell you. Walk the low & humble road, whether you feel like it or not. Your mind is seeking ways to struggle out of this, to get you out of that humble road, back onto the "normal" & accepted, beaten path of conformity. But just let yourself go & fall into My lap, that apparent hole & low valley of humility, & trust Me that I will catch you there, proud of you for having trusted Me, & able to bless you for it. 96 ___________________________________________________ So what, if you're a needy human being? So was I. I needed food You've got to look deep and hard in order to find My perfect & shelter & was dependent on the help & hospitality of others so path for you each day. It's not enough to just get your major that I in return could bless them with what I had to give. Those directions or encouragement from Me for the day and then close who are stingy and refuse to give to you for whatever reason, your eyes & ears to what else I might have to show and tell you. they just cheat themselves out of their reward. Even if they think You've got to stay alert & keep your spiritual radio on! they're already up for a great enough reward as it is, for all the One way of doing that is to pick a verse, quote or key promise to good they've already done, someday they're going to wish they memorize each day, to help you stay on My spiritual wavelength would have helped you. & to prevent you from sliding back into the carnal way of You cannot judge or condemn them for their refusal to help, but thinking! See and find out what a powerful anchor My Word and trust Me, one day they're going to wish they had. They will realize promises can be to prevent you from erring and drifting away! what special beauty they missed out on in the reward that would Ask Me to show you and guide you to the right one for each day have been there in that simple little act of helping you, if it was in & put this advice into practice! It's a small step you can their ability to do so & if they only would have found it in realistically take, and it's an important one! Pick a KP & cling to themselves to do so - to overcome that restraining selfishness it, to pull you through. that at that crucial moment in time stopped them from doing the right thing. 97 ___________________________________________________ It's like some of those bonus rewards, enhancements, extra Seek your satisfaction in Me. I am He that satisfieth all things, special weapons or advantages people can pick up in some of fills every vacuum, every longing and every yearning... In loving those computer games. Only that My game & its bonuses & Me you'll find strength that they, the world, know not of. Come, rewards are real, there's nothing "virtual" or "cyber" about them, let Me love you! they're hardcore reality! Combating selfishness is a hardcore reality issue, too much 98 ___________________________________________________ hardcore for some people, to confront themselves with such a Your situation is always the worst you know, that's how the fight! This is only for the real men & women, those who want the Devil's machinery of self-pity works: he gets you so enwrapped real fight, those who have got the stuff & what it takes to face the in your own situation, your own circumstances, etc., that you real enemy: their pride, the Devil & their own selfishness. don't perceive anything but your own confines, until I take you Only the truest of men & women, only the really valiant fighters on a trip outside your little world, like Scrooge, who came to see have got the guts & what it takes to confront that kind of an a misery greater than his own, & what was even more effective - enemy! To choose any other enemy is easy and a cop-out in the end result of where his selfish road was leading him unless comparison! he changed his attitude. The greatest rewards wait for those who commit themselves to It requires a change of attitude in order for you to get to the point that ultimate struggle of good & evil, to confront & combat the where you consider others worthy of your effort to help them, to very evil in their own hearts, the very sin in their lives, for in this, reach out to them - to walk the uncomfortable path & go out of they're fighting the very enemy of God - the Devil - on a day to your way & sacrifice of your own comfort in order to make it day, face-to-face level. easier for others & lighten their load. How proud I am of these. No matter how unheard of they may be It all boils down to whether you deem them & their welfare more in this world & in this life, they will be heard of - you can trust Me or equally important to your own or not. for that! But you first want to improve your own condition & appearance, Those who forego the cheap gratification of conformity & the before you consider yourself ready to help others. You don't immediate rewards of being accepted for adapting to the want to come across as the needy one, you want it to be obvious superficial standards of the world, they will reap the mighty, that you've got something to give to them. But that's not always everlasting & glorious rewards of My Realm. how it works. No one can fake, pretend or cheat at that contest. You're either When I spoke to the woman at the well in Samaria, I seemed like I real for it or you're not. Counterfeit participants & fakes & was the needy One. I didn't have a bucket - she did. But when I phonies are always exposed sooner or later, no matter what shared with her of the spiritual water I had to give, she realized position they may hold in life. All that counts is sincerity & how that it was true, that although I appeared to have even less than real you are about it, how much you really mean it. And your she did, I had something much more & better to give to her than works will show it. anything she had ever received... You realize how embarrassed you feel about accepting people's And you know the rest of the story... how she got converted and help? You need to change your attitude & not cheat people out of was instrumental in reaching the rest of her town for Me. So, My their rewards or allow them to cheat themselves out of My willingness to appear needy bore good fruit in the long run. I rewards so easily! Give them a chance! Give them a chance to be wasn't too proud to ask her for water- otherwise the whole blessed! conversation never would have started. If they're going to receive a reward for every cup of water they There are many willing to help, who might never know how or give you, imagine how richly blessed & how happy they'll be, if even that they could be of help to you, if you're too proud to let you give them a chance to help you in a greater way than that! them know your needs. It's the natural course of human interaction: give and take, help Help them by enabling them to be a blessing & a help to you. It and be helped... But somehow you have allowed your pride & the works even if you don't feel like it. Enemy to alienate you from this natural way of life & the way The Devil will always try to get you to not "feel like it" when it things ought to be. It's so difficult for you to receive, because the comes to doing something good, something that counts for Me. Enemy fights it. He fights you being a blessing to each other! The art is not to pay any attention to him, to ignore your feelings So he makes you too proud to ask, or too embarrassed, or when & do it anyway. That's faith. Faith to act contrary to your feelings. somebody helps you, you almost take on an apologetic attitude

about it & sometimes tend to stop them from giving or doing more than they would. Remember that if I had to do it - the King of kings - then how much more so should you not be too proud to ask - for help, for food, for shelter, for anything you might need. It takes courage to be honest about them, & the Devil will try to nip any attempts of honesty in that direction in the bud, but you should not let that discourage you or divert you from it! Being honest about your needs creates an atmosphere of humility, but it's the natural way it was intended to be. You just admit, "I have this need," & you receive the gift & help from someone to fill it & you give in return whatever you can. My sheep will hear My voice & recognize the right thing when they come across it. 99 ___________________________________________________ The Devil is always after the young, and their battles are often more intense than yours & it takes My kind of sensitivity to tune in to them, to be aware of what's going on with them; to communicate with them about it & to draw them out of themselves, as a doctor would with a patient, so that you know what specific Word medicine to give them. Once you hear them out, show genuine interest & an effort to tune in to them, & concern for them, they'll open up & will be ready for your Word-based solutions, providing you're applying them to your lives yourselves. They'll only accept tried & proven advice. Ask Me & My helpers to help you tune in to them. Call on the Illantri, which will help you connect your hearts to theirs. Ask Herald to reveal to you what their particular needs are, to shine a light into the dark area, that question mark in their hearts & minds that parents & grown-ups seldom have a clue about. Once they'll be able to tell that you are genuinely concerned about them, their hearts & souls, & willing to sacrifice your time for them & to change things for their sake, they will also become more willing to listen to you and accept your solutions wholeheartedly. Come to Me & your helpers regularly, regarding the particular needs of your children, before problems occur, & thus prevent them from happening. I'm ahead of you & can see the bend in the road that for you is just a question mark. I see their future. Never give up hope, just because things have gone wrong in the past. You can change everything today, the way you look at them, their way of seeing you, your whole lives & interaction together. Being open to change is a key factor; being willing to change your sample.

experiences & opinions of what you deem possible and what not! Give Me a chance to work, and don't withhold from them the chance of a life-time! 101 __________________________________________________ Who would have thought that a seemingly innocent & harmless looking sin like a lack of gratitude could be so dangerous, such a formidable foe, capable of causing such damage & loss? But it is real! You couldn't possibly see the major problem you never would have suspected to be the culprit was your ingratitude. I told you how important and life-changing a more praiseful & grateful attitude would be in your life. But nothing drives home a point like a real-life lesson, & by temporarily having to do without the blessings I brought into your life, I have made you recognize the real danger of ingratitude! A lack of love had a devastating effect. 102 __________________________________________________ I'm an Advocate of openness and honesty! You better get ready for Heaven, where everything will be open, and there will be nothing hidden and no more secrets. All your actions and intents will be open to everyone. I want your marriage to be a type of My marriage to you, and there is no way you could hide things from Me, so be honest.

103 __________________________________________________ There is great peace, love and faith found in humility! Not in the frantic urge of accomplishing great things and getting frustrated if it doesn't work out, but humbly & gratefully appreciating all the little things I have created for you to enjoy, & to take the time to enjoy them & learn of them! The perfect things are going to come later. First I must test every man to see how faithful they are in the little things! The little people make this kingdom stand. The big shot types are rather unreliable in comparison to the faithful little ones, who are just thankful for the little things they've got... Nobody's perfect! So, stop expecting perfection from people! If I'm not expecting it, than who are you to be expecting it of them? Just accept this weak, imperfect & faulty human frame you're in right now, & learn to enjoy the little things, be faithful in the least, and then I will also reward you with much! Forget what you know & open yourself up to the simple things, the little things & learn from the little people how to enjoy them! Simply enjoy what you've got, & trust Me for what will come afterwards. Whether I will be able to bless you with more, something bigger 100 __________________________________________________ or better in the long run depends on whether you're thankful for Convey to them that I need them. The Devil uses them to the what you've got already! point of abusing them, and as long as this fills their need to be Those who appreciate what they've got & are thankful for it, also needed, to feel useful, that they have found their place in the love to share it and thus are able to receive more. While those world, and as long as they're not even aware of the fact that I who complain and murmur and wait for "the perfect thing" to have a much greater need of them, and for a much worthier come around until they're going to start sharing of what they, cause, why should they ever get to the point of even considering lose what they think they had & get less & less. "He that to serve Me? How could they, if they don't even know that I have withholdeth it tendeth to poverty." need of them? Enjoy every moment of peace that I've given you while it lasts, That's why I need you to let them know that I need them! This because out of them you will have to gain the strength you will should be one of the major themes of your approach, just like need for the tougher times ahead. Just enjoy and be thankful! anyone who would recruit new soldiers for an army, or workers for a project: you make them aware of the need, you make them 104 __________________________________________________ aware of the rewards, and you advertise the vacancy, make them I'm with you when there are many people, just as much as aware that there's a place for them that I would want & need them when you're alone. It's just easier for you to hear My voice when very badly to fill, if only they are willing & say "yes" to Me! you're alone. Which means, you're just going to have to make a Unfortunately, this is not at all the way most of My reapers are greater effort to hear My voice. You're going to have to learn to recruiting new soldiers at this point in time. That sense of adapt to situations like this, and you will have to learn not to let urgency is nearly lacking entirely. people be such a distraction to you. You must tune into My vibes I have need of them! Great need! And you must let them know! to where you feel them more strongly than their vibes, for their This is your job! Don't withhold from them the golden vibes can be confusing, but My "vibes" will always lead you in opportunity, the chance of a life-time to be employed by the best the right direction. Employer in the world, to find the best cause anyone could ever It's a test and a drill for you to see whether you will still detect live & fight for! the right way even when there are many other ways; whether you Please, don't limit them, nor Me! Don't confine that which I have will hear & distinguish My voice & wavelength out of many ordained and promised to your own limitations of personal others. Take Me with you into their midst.

105 __________________________________________________ I have brought you to the Kingdom for a time such as this that you may learn to surrender to My plan, even when you can't see its wisdom and perfection fully yet, to just say, "I take thee," even if you still see flaws and imperfections, like when Hosea married the harlot... Gomer... the very name I have used in My Word for this nation, Germany. So, take her unto thee for a wife, and fear not, fret not, for this thing is of Me and of My Holy Ghost. I want you to put up with this imperfection for Me, and be married to it, even as I put up and am married to yours. This is a token of the bond of true, everlasting, unconditional love. You don't expect someone to be perfect as a condition before you are able to love them. I accept your sacrifice of love unto Me, and that you are making Me your first, foremost and one true and supreme Love, the feeding Source of all your other loves. 106 __________________________________________________ If you were all perfect, there would be no challenge at all to the commandment, "Love one another" or "love your neighbor as yourself." But because it's sometimes so difficult, because of the weaknesses, mistakes & faults it's such a challenge, & not everybody is succeeding at it. "Love casts a veil over countless sins." How much are you availing yourself of the veil of love? How much do you use it? In other words, how much do you love? How much are you able to cope with others in spite of their faults? Blessed are those who see the good & possibilities others can't see & who can just accept & love people the way they are...

need or deserve, but if it doesn't come across like that at the other end, if the person you claim to love doesn't feel loved by you, then you can either determine that it's their own fault, or you could humbly seek Me about the possibility whether perhaps you and your ability to love may still have room for improvement, and if perhaps there's an area I want you to change in. Maybe I want you to stretch your capabilities of love & mercy! No matter how good a prophet you are, chances are that I still see some things differently than you do. I have ordained you to be teachers of the world, but you yourselves are also still learning, and if you think the time has arrived when there's nothing for you to learn anymore, no more mistakes to improve or correct, then you're just about to make the biggest mistake of all! You will become nothing but another blind guide of the blind. Be open to examine your own heart & show that you truly have the love for the brethren that is willing to lay down your life for them not only in word and tongue, but also in deed and in truth right now, not just in some distant future.

109 __________________________________________________ It sometimes happens that a person gets saved, but they don't let go completely of the spirits of their past. Like Naaman, they want to keep their old gods in a corner of their lives to comfort them whenever they feel ill-treated by Me, when My demands & expectations of them seem too hard for them to cope with. And so, they actually wind up "cheating" on Me. They're "officially" Mine, but are caught "running around" with some other "guy" from their past. They say, "Well, that's just me, that's the way I am, aren't you willing to take both sides of me, the good and the bad?" But what 107 __________________________________________________ they don't realize is that that part is not a part of them, but is Faith does not stand on feelings, emotions or "chemistry," actually an intruder, a spirit, which, like the old man of but on the fact of My Word. Huddersfield, claims a right of ownership to them & mocks Me in I bless it when someone puts Me to the test & goes contrary to My face: "She's Yours and mine, because she will not let me go!" their natural expectations & abilities, trusting that I will do it Familiar spirits can be more dangerous in some ways than somehow. demons, because people don't recognize them as some great Love unconditionally, forgive & give everybody a new chance evil, but they feel so "familiar," so comfy & cozy to have around, each day for a fresh clean start, not keeping grudges or mindsets like old friends, except that they're not real friends, but seek to about them that will throw shadows of negativity on them. Be a drag you down & impede your spiritual progress. conduit of My love which is new everyday, and endless. They're often spirits of independence, & the Enemy has granted Endlessly forgiving, pardoning and giving. Giving new chances, them some sort of "free lance" status, which makes them feel and giving again and again and again... free and great advocates of "freedom," because he knows he can do great harm in this, stopping those who are influenced by such 108 __________________________________________________ spirits from yielding and submitting totally to Me. But what those Forget all you know! This is not a situation in which any of familiar spirits often don't know themselves is that they're you can rely on your personal experiences or understanding, working for the other side. They're deceived into thinking that wisdom or knowledge, but one in which you're each going to they're actually free and independent, but they don't know that have to seek Me. they are actually used by the other side, which makes the If you think your time is too important to deal with such a deception so perfect. problem, then it just shows that an important ingredient is still They're not truly free, they're not saved by Me, and when lacking. judgment comes, they will have to go to their "prison cells" in The ingredient that will let folks know beyond the shadow of a hell or some other state where they will have to learn their doubt that you love them so much that you'd be willing to lay lessons, but since they're obviously ignoring the truth and My down your life for them - as imperfect as they are, for how can light, they're not My sheep, and they will cause their victims to they believe that you'd lay down your life for them if you're not also resist My truth and light to whatever extent they can - they'll even willing to sacrifice a few hours or even days to deal with a stop them from yielding to it completely. problem someone has, in a gentle, loving and patient way? There will always be that weakness, that stumbling block, which What is greater, your zeal and your ambition to "make history" by they will convince their victim is just a natural weakness, but as blowing like Krakatoa & letting the chips fall where they may, or soon as something spiritual is the cause, it ceases to be natural, your love for one of your brethren, even if they may be the but becomes supernatural, for spirit and flesh are 2 different weakest or the least among them? things. It is a test to show whether you have learned something about Of course, there are demons behind the familiar spirit, using him the most important thing. If you haven't got it, ultimately you like a puppet on a string. Sometimes he's aware of them, haven't got what it takes, as you can tell from 1.Cor.13. All those sometimes he chooses to ignore them, but they can influence works, prophecies, miracles & great words will cease and fail, him and intensify the depression or whatever miserable state but the only thing that won't fail - to win their hearts, to make they try to get the spirit's host into. He acts like an agent, a your team that kind of a winning team it's supposed to be and vehicle or a medium between those demons and the host. Their must be if you want to accomplish a fraction of what you would influence becomes a little more "anonymous" & clandestine like to accomplish for Me, is love. (note: a "proxy"). The familiar spirit is like Judas, an old trusted Now, love is a tricky thing sometimes, because you may think or "friend" who will betray their victim with a kiss. even feel like you've got all the love for someone they should He tries to keep them running around in circles, without breaking

out of it, for he knows, the closer they get into the light, the greater is the danger of him being exposed and cast out. He's just a little tool, and you must rebuke the demons that stand behind him and are using him, too. Familiar spirits are deceased humans, the Devil's counterpart of My spirit helpers. Because they were once flesh & blood humans, they can "relate" to people better and also camouflage their influence a little better than demons. They serve as masks or "sheep clothing" to the Devil's demons who will gain entrance through them that is more subtle and not as easily detected as downright & straight demonic influence, although, once the door has been opened, there is no limit to what extent other bad spirits will also pour in through that loophole until the victim realizes what's going on and decides to put a stop to it. Drinking weakens their own resistance and discernment between what influences are really good and bad. It opens the door to those feelings of "I've got a right to make myself feel better right now, to comfort myself and soothe the pain..." They have to let go of that usurper trying to snatch them away. They have to make a choice. Ye cannot drink of My cup and the Devil's. 110 __________________________________________________ Be grateful for this opportunity to practice your combat skills! Even if these trials & battles you're having don't seem to be good to you, they actually are good for you, because they strengthen you. It's training. The spiritual forces you're fighting are real. It's hard to be fighting at 2 fronts, but that's another battle ground reality you're going to have to become trained in, since the Endtime won't be any smoother in this aspect, but only rougher, having to fight outside enemies along with those who will cleave to you with flatteries, as My Word says. It takes discernment, a desirable gift in this day & age you should seek and ask for! 111 __________________________________________________ "Battles never cease." Not in this life, & not before I come. So, just take them, face them, with your chin held high. I'm finding out right now who is taking the first opportunity to sneak out when they can, and I'm not flattered by the results. If I would count only those who don't take every opportunity to sneak out & find a way around having to go out witnessing whenever they can, the odds would be very similar to those of Gideon's army: I'd have to send the tens of thousands home and stick with a few hundred. That's why I'm not very choosey right now & will wink at people's weaknesses, as long as they're willing to witness & do the job & get out the Word, because there are just so very, very few who do. The large majority is trying to find other things wherewith to busy themselves in order to avoid that hard & humbling task of fulfilling the commission I have given all of you. If you would just stay focused on the witnessing, on the battle that's to fight out there, all the other things would fall into place eventually. You would be so thrilled by the results you would achieve, if you would just obey Me & get out there & bring in the sheep, all your little internal problems & idiosyncrasies would shrink to insignificant sizes in comparison! Just hang on & fight a little longer. You haven't even begun to fight, so, how do you know whether it's going to work out or not? The boat has to be in motion before the rudder can take effect. Stop trying to sneak out before you have really given Me a chance! I don't care about any other qualities right now than one's willingness to do the job for Me. 112 __________________________________________________ You're hoping for some kind of black-or-white type of answer, but there are many shades of gray & many factors to consider, many details involved. Everyone has spiritual problems & NWOs to an extent & things to overcome. It's a human trait to want to distinguish between "good people" and "bad people," and to take a distance from the bad & draw a

circle around themselves and other "good" people, that won't let any others in. I want you to learn tolerance for each other, and how to cope with each other's weaknesses: to openly and honestly communicate about them & not just hide under your blanket & wish they're gonna go away soon. What if it's simply your destiny and My purpose for you to work out your differences together? What if I'm just testing you to see what you're going to do about it? The test is too complicated to cope with on your own, and you're going to have to acquire not only greater unity and love for each other than ever before, but also greater dependence on Me and skill in the usage of My spiritual weapons. Nothing drives home the urgent need to do a neglected thing as much as the failure that results from your not doing it, so, even if you fall, it draws you closer to Me. I'm broadening your spiritual horizon. You confine your scope, your perception & what you think you know about the world to your own experiences, those things which you have already seen & heard & felt or perceived in some way. But there is so much more to discover, a whole new bandwidth to upgrade to, when it comes to vision and perception! This is only the beginning of a whole new world I'm about to reveal unto you! Why limit yourself to the same confines that all mortals do, when I'm giving you a chance to break out of them, by widening & opening up your horizon to a greater capacity to receive and perceive than you were ever able to before? You can experience some of the benefits of the spirit world and of the world to come already now, if you're really interested enough! There's nothing, no secret, no mystery I will withhold from you, if you're interested enough. You can prepare both, yourself and others for what's to come, and isn't that precisely what your job is? Getting prepared for what's coming doesn't always have to be a chore, but can and should be exciting, because you will experience new pleasures, sights & sounds and thrills you never experienced before as you do so! Getting to see a whole new dimension is exciting, isn't it? If you continue to seek Me and My whole truth and nothing but the truth with your whole heart, you will see things you've never seen before, and you will activate powers you never experienced before, and life will not be dull, boring, a chore or a drag in any way! You knew that there was more to discover, you just didn't know that those things are closer than you thought. They're actually at your reach and disposal, if you're just interested enough to find them out. Spirit tv is available in your area right now, and all you've got to do is plug in, upgrade, tune in and enjoy! Broaden your horizon! Get ready for something new! Have it and enjoy it for the asking! It's already yours! Just use it! 113 __________________________________________________ Sometimes I want you to put forth some faith for a situation or people less than perfect, trusting Me that I will improve things as you go & step out by faith. Remember not to see everything so "black & white!" Remember My perfect plan! I'm using this situation to cause you to grow way beyond your former state, into full stature! You need that challenge in your life in order to make you into the man you're supposed to be. So, rejoice, all those intense battles are good for you, and you're gowing stronger by the day, by the hour & by the minute! You must not neglect to see My hand in all of this. It may seem as if they turn things upside down a bit, but consider it a ploughing of the field which is necessary before any seeds can be sown, and fruit can be borne. 114 __________________________________________________ All things come from Me. So, it behooves you to take them as such, to not murmur and complain about them, but to have a cheerful and trusting attitude about them, that I know what I'm doing, that I know you can handle them, and that they're the best

thing you need in order to grow and progress in your life. You've got to learn to see things through My eyes, perceive them with My mind & catch My heavenly vision for them. Many times you still call that unclean which I have called clean. What doesn't make sense to you, often makes perfect sense to Me. It's not always going to be the comfortable & easy road I choose for you! You see where that leads. The path of the least resistance really leads downhill. No matter how "legitimate" anyone's excuse for quitting, it's still an excuse for quitting, and what they should have done was to keep on fighting, no matter how hard the battle, no matter how hot the test. You cannot judge by what is right before your eyes. You must look further, into the future of My limitless possibilities, glance through the dark clouds at My bright & shining horizon! I've become so desperate for willing workers, that I'm ready to use anything & anyone, regardless of their flaws, as long as they're willing! If you continue to build on faith, you will reap many benefits, experience many mighty miracles, and you will see the glory of God! Accept that it has got to be so without any murmuring! Sometimes I leave you in situations where you are powerless to do anything in the flesh, so that you will have no other choice but to commit it into My hands, to bring it before Me in prayer, & trust that that's truly the best thing you can do. 115 __________________________________________________ You're going to have to decide whether you're going to be willing to render your energies to a greater cause, joint effort, team or Home than just your own personal family's survival & doing a little witnessing on the side, even if this will mean that you most likely won't be deciding your own moves anymore to the extent you are, but that someone else will guide, direct, lead or "steer" you. Decide whether you think you're going to accomplish more by "running around" loosely, like horses, wild & free, wherever you want, or whether it wouldn't be more efficient for My Kingdom if you would let yourselves be harnessed to & employed by a greater cause, some joint effort, team, or bigger Home, a carriage with wheels, able to transport a much greater load & thus get a larger amount of work for Me done. The Family is all about doing things together, which also includes receiving direction or counsel from others, in order to be most efficient. I am the Head or the Boss of this Family, and naturally I would like for all My children to employ the maximum amount of their energies to My cause, yielding the maximum efficiency possible, so, if there's any way I can manage to persuade you to make the necessary changes in order to do that, of course I will. It's either My 'carriage', or the System's, because you're always going to have to pull a heavier System load if you're just going to live independently & on your own, without the full advantages of communal living. The independent way is harder, tougher and much more energy consuming, and not nearly as efficient in the long run, as dedicating your forces to some sort of joint effort or "winning team." 116 __________________________________________________ If you focus on the negative, you will see the negative. If you focus on the positive - which, granted, with some people is a little bit harder - you eventually will see the positive. You must learn to look for the good in people! Then it will also not be so hard for you to correct them or tell them about some of the things they do you consider wrong, because they'll still feel that you love them & consider them a positive addition & a blessing to your life, not a burden. What is needed is a more positive outlook, more love, more of the ability to see the good in others, instead of the bad. Everybody can see the bad in others; that's not difficult! The Devil can tell you a whole lot of truth about them, and he does so all the time. His demons are at work non-stop to point out to

people all over the globe the faults of others. What's so new about that? But seeing the good in others in spite of the bad, that's an art I want you to learn! Without it, you're never going to have any success with people, because people sense it when you only see the bad in them & consequently don't like them. Like that quote, "The people who like people are the people people like." If you don't like'em, they won't like you. If you want to be liked and loved, you better find ways to see the good in others, so that you will learn to like them and to love them in spite of their flaws, so that they, in turn will learn to like & love you in spite of yours. If you put up with theirs, they'll put up with yours! But if you continually judge them in your mind & label them & put them in all kinds of boxes & drawers, be sure that they'll find equivalent labels & boxes for you, too, simply as a matter of selfdefense. The solution is not to look at the negative, but at the positive, to emphasize the positive traits of others & focus on them. The more you look for the good in others, the more you will see it, & the more it will come alive for you, and it will become more & more real to you! A positive reality instead of one where all you see is the bad. Claim the keys of positiveness, and of a heavenly outlook & perspective, and you will see heaven in others. The world knows enough hell! Time to show them a little more heaven! Discover the positive! 117 __________________________________________________ There is yet so much for you to discover, so much to explore. Not one day of your lives ever has to be dull or boring. You just need to open your eyes & there will be so many truths to discover! In this age of lies you are My discoverers of truth. And there's more to discover every day! Truth about yourself; truth about others; truth about the world, My Kingdom, it's almost limitless what's there to discover! And you can pass on those truths to anyone who is interested and hungry for them. That's what I'm sending you out to seek and to find: those who are hungry and receptive for the truth. That's a prophet's job, to deliver a message, whether it's popular, or whether he thinks it's going to go over well, or not. You overcome fear of people's reactions, pride, laziness, compromise & disobedience by fighting against these things with My Word, the keys & prayer... I'm exposing those enemies to you not just for you to be aware of them and acknowledge their existence, but so that you will fight them! You overcome them by going on the attack! You have to declare war on those demons that are urging you, "Oh, no, you better quiet down, you'd better not rock the boat, no, no, don't say that, don't speak the truth; after all, no one's asked you for your opinion, did they? They're gonna have to find out by themselves..." What good are talents, if you don't put them to use for the benefit of your fellow humans? Claim the keys of love, fight for love, give everything you've got for love! The world isn't being won, nor changed, much less saved by just passively sitting there until they're gonna get the point! They're never gonna get the point unless somebody tells them! Some points they're never going to get in this life, because you were meant to drive that point home to them! One thing is putting people in boxes, labeling them & being unwilling to expect them to change. Another thing is, having the faith that they're going to change & give them a piece of advice that has turned out to be helpful in your own life & shown you where some of your own pitfalls were, as a tool and aid to help them make that change. Whether they're going to receive it or reject it then is entirely up to them, but you will have done your part. You will then not only be a discoverer of truth, but one who imparts & shares what he has found. A pioneer, who will have opened up new ways and territories for others, & treasure not only to keep for himself, but to enrich others & have them benefit from them as well. That's what witnessing is supposed to be all

about. But sometimes you have to discern what message exactly it is that someone needs, and in order to do that, you have to spend time with them, talking to them, hearing them out, finding out what they're receptive for and what not. For 1 karat of diamond, you have to shift 1 ton of sand! It takes a while of digging and searching until you find a diamond in all that sand, someone worthwhile who is hungry for the truth and will receive it. But you have to do that digging, shifting & searching, otherwise you'll never find out! You have to hear them out, check them out, talk to them & have a thorough look at them & not be too quick to discard them! Some that you would have discarded as sand turned out to be diamonds which had to be found by others, which shows that you didn't look very thoroughly! Sometimes you didn't even have the faith that there were going to be any diamonds in that pile of sand in the first place. But I promise you: there are diamonds out there, and if you seek them, you will find them! What else is more worthy of the investment of your love & time & all, than eternal human souls? Is there any greater cause to dedicate your life to? That was the cause to which I dedicated Mine, so, if you want to follow in My footsteps, you'll be wise & do the same! If I thought they were worth it, so can you. Ask Me to open your eyes & show you the good about them, the potential, the hope, the areas in their lives in which you could be a blessing to them! Make your life a blessing! You must not give up on them, but continue praying for them & wait for the right opportunity to give them that advice. People often do not see the whole truth about themselves. If you go about it the right way, you will find a great calling, and great joy in being My messenger, and you will become better at telling others the truth in love. Find out what wonderful fruit the truth brings in others' lives! Don't hurt anyone by withholding the truth from them. That hurts even more. Find ways to let them know lovingly. 118 __________________________________________________ Your problem with getting out My Word is primarily based & seated in pride, since it's obviously humbling to distribute My Word to a crowd of unbelievers, the majority of which will usually reject you. That's why you have to keep your eyes, your focus & your vision on the spiritual, and trust My Word for it, that they are truly spiritually poor, no matter how rich they may be materially, or how proud & cocky they might come across. In the spirit, you'll always be much richer than they, even though the Devil will often try to deceive you into believing that it is not so, which he's been having an easy time with in the past due to your tendency to look at that which meets the eye, looking at what's before you, the way things seem to be - the carnal reality, but not the way I see things! When you only look as man sees, at that which is before your eyes, instead of the heart, what's beneath, then it's easy to fall for the Devil's lies of, "Aah, they don't need you or what you've got to offer them, anyway! Look at them! They look better & happier than you ever did! What makes you think that they ever would have the faintest need of your religion, your God or anything from you?" If you swallow that stuff, then of course witnessing or litnessing is no fun, because you feel like, "Yeah, what have I got to offer them, anyway?" And instead of feeling like giving them what you've got, & wanting to share your spiritual riches with them, you doubt, & you feel like they have something better than you, and the Enemy makes you want what they've got! You've been falling for the Devil's lies & false gospel of, "Blessed is the flesh! Blessed are the rich! Blessed are the proud & those who don't need any spirituality..." Your carnality makes you feel inferior to them. Which shows that you've been trusting in the flesh, and with all the spiritual input you've been taking in, it didn't really serve to make you truly stronger in the spirit. Because the truth is that it will really only rub in deeply, down where it really brings forth fruit, if you are willing to be "ploughed" by the rough conditions you meet out

there when witnessing! You've been running away from that, & it's time you face that enemy, because it's the only way you're ever truly going to bear fruit that remains. You, the Family, are the only true alternative to the System, the only totally dropped out ones from the System, unplugged from the Matrix & independent from the Whore, because you live by faith - outside of the System & not part of the machine, which none of the other groups & churches can claim of themselves, and this makes you totally unique, and should give you the confidence that you do have something to offer: the only true alternative to the Matrix! Keep in mind that it takes shifting a ton of sand in order to find the diamond, & don't let your impatience get the better of you if you run into more wolves, dogs & goats than sheep! Of course the sheep are going to be fewer & less in number, otherwise it wouldn't be a challenge! If there would be no way I could expect of you to overcome your pride, your fears and the lies of the Enemy, I wouldn't put this challenge before you! But I've equipped you with all the weapons you need in order to fight and win this battle, so, give Me a chance to prove that My Word is true, that My promises are true, and that My weapons work, and fight! If you just get out there on the battle field you will regain the conviction you need, which will ultimately free you from any desires to be part of the System! Remember you're not a part of it! The Whore's got no part in you, as you're not part of her! What counts with Me is not your manners or whether someone's behavior is impeccable, but to what extent they are allowing themselves to be defiled by the System, and it behooves you to take on My view and way of looking at things in this aspect if you really want the truth and to convey nothing but the truth! In My eyes, the flaws that stand out to Me much more than little personality flaws or quirks in anyone's behavior are the spots & marks of compromise with the System. The greater the gap between you and the System, the purer you are in My eyes. Whereas, if you compromise and, when it all boils down to it you're still a servant of Mammon, that fact will stand between you and Me, because it's just a matter of fact that "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon!" 119 __________________________________________________ From dust thou art & to dust thou shalt return! Everything in your world is temporal, & everything is only a test. When they're going to be gone, the question that will remain will be: how did you do? Did you cut it? Or will you be ashamed of yourself, wishing you had done better? I don't just want you to begrudgingly endure the pain, but to rise above and overcome the pain as a cheerful winner. What's going to meld you together is the fighting together, the going through the dirt & grind of the battle together, and these mundane things you're having to go through in this life are part of that. Just like the roughness of the nitty-gritty of witnessing serves to rub My seeds deeper into your spiritual womb, thus enabling you better to bring forth more fruit for Me, even so those mundane battles of every day life, including its physical burdens, serve to knit you & meld you closer & tighter together, to truly make you, My Bride, into one. Now you may not see it as clearly as I do, but then you will. All the lessons learned together, on honesty & openness, communicating, overcoming selfishness & laziness, jealousy, and helping others to overcome their weaknesses, it all serves to make you into one beautiful, gorgeous bride, one body, in which every member loves the other with an immense, deep and undying love. Even those who couldn't make it, those who quit, they will have an extra amount of love & admiration for those who didn't quit, who held on in spite of the hardships, because they will know that it took something they didn't have. As long as you're not giving up, & as long as you're making some kind of progress & forward movement, not subtly sliding back, but learning from what I show you, you're winning! You may feel like a loser due to your physical circumstances, but

you should learn to look beyond those & listen to what I'm telling you: you're a winner, one of those who is going to be held in high esteem & admiration forever by your brothers & mates, because you're holding on. Blessed are those who are holding on, who are not giving up, no matter how much temptation makes them waver or may be tempting them to quit. 120 __________________________________________________ You've got to act according to your own faith, your own channel, your own link with Me. I see what you're able to do, what your struggles are. I'm happy you're becoming aware of the need to find out more about people - the most interesting "thing" I ever made. I'm glad you're overcoming your fears of them because you're getting to know what lies behind their actions, and you're maturing into a state where you will be able to help people instead of considering yourself their victim. Often they're just victims of their own ignorance, of nobody telling them any better, victims of the lies they've been told & of a lack of the truth. And one has to be careful to give somebody the light who's been in darkness for so long, they often react adversely to it. Their adverse reactions have scared you in the past, but I'm teaching you to overcome those fears. It's a process of your own healing in order for you to be able to heal others. Praying for them is laying the ground work, & getting done those things you're powerless to do! You will always want to do more & accomplish more, but the more you learn to let Me accomplish things through you, the more you will accomplish in the end! It's not how much something will sparkle or shine or how glorious it may appear, that defines its worth, but how much it will endure the tests of time. Only real gold will last. Truth in the inward parts - applied to purge & make clean, that is what will bring about the true gold that can stand the tests of time! Collect only that which is "for keeps." The truths are helpful in your task of helping others. Praise Me, for I have blessed you richly! Don't let the Devil cheat you out of the joy of your reward by his twistings & turnings! The twisting & wiggling snake! It gives you great peace & a feeling of victory & satisfaction to even behold this picture, because you know you have him exposed! You've got his number, you know where he's at, you've got him down pat & he can't fool you anymore, pull no more wool over your eyes! See him wiggle & wind! Clobber him good & hard, so he'll think twice before creeping into your door next time! It's raining truth! The truth is raining down on earth, watering the parched ground. Now you can go on, quietly & & tranquilly in your path, knowing that you've got a rod that will truly and safely guide you into all truth. Continue on your true path, having the confidence of truth in you, the truth that I give you, the truth and security that I am not giving you a serpent nor a stone when you ask Me for bread. I give you the good manna from Heaven, that will feed the multitudes in the times of trouble. All My truly greats of faith, although Satan had desired to have them, in the end turned out to be way more than he could handle, and they all defeated him. I'm so proud of My overcomers!

to My perfect will. Humility: the moment you think you've got it, that's when you lost it. The moment you think you are somebody, that's the moment you fall! As long as you're willing to humbly remain a nobody for Me, for My sake and My glory, you're faring safely. One of the basic requirements for true prophecy is humility. "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed, lest he fall." I'm testing My brides to see how receptive they are to correction I give them through others. It's important for Me that you learn to trust in and be sure of what I am giving you, of your personal link with Me--that you trust what I'm giving you, not a serpent or a stone for a bread or an egg. The veracity of a prophecy is not determined by how outstanding it is, but rather, by how applicable, how helpful. Is it good for others? Does it minister good fruit? Are the hearers edified by it? For My Endtime prophets it's expedient that they become as pure as possible and as free as possible from any element of self, which contaminates My gold. I am the True Judge, and will reveal all things. One may not be accomplishing much on the surface, but I see whether they have done what they could. Another may be accomplishing a lot on the surface & cause a big stir, but only I will tell whether they have really done what they were supposed to. 122 __________________________________________________ Many times you just do what you feel like & don't check back with Me whether it's okay or not. You just assume, & that's it. I'm available to check back with, anytime & anywhere you are, so, what's the problem? The problem is that you have a weakness with this attitude of, "I know what I'm doing." But do you? Do you really know, without a doubt that what you want to do is the best thing you could possibly do for everybody? Or hasn't it been the case that many times you found out that a certain thing would have been better to do a different way? And by counseling about it, you can see things from a different side that you didn't see before, different perspectives, and different factors. You each look at things differently & can thus contribute to each other with your points of view. And counseling about them beforehand is a lot better than talking or arguing about it afterwards, when it's too late & what's done is done. Counseling & praying about things together is important! You avoid grave mistakes that could be made by doing whatever you think or feel is best at the moment, but which may turn out not to be the best in the long run for everybody involved. Counseling works. 123 __________________________________________________ You've got to keep fighting if you want to keep winning. If you just passively let the Enemy fill you with all his input, then it's no wonder you're being dragged down. You don't realize the need until you're in a crisis situation, where there's no way out but up, with the magic wand of My key power. You must hear My voice even in the midst of tumult. You have to fight harder to get ahold of Me.

124 __________________________________________________ Jacob may have been a deceiver, but he inherited his father's 121 __________________________________________________ birthright. You must grant Me the majesty to determine which In the desperation of not wanting anything false, there is weaknesses I consider more tolerable. When somebody deceives great safety! When all you really want is the truth and nothing but in order to gain advantage, it isn't as big a sin in My eyes as the truth, no matter how ugly it is, then you're faring a safer road when someone puts the affairs of this life before Me. than one who easily settles for something that "sounds good." When you're out for beauty, more than the absolute, naked, and 125 __________________________________________________ sometimes ugly truth, then you run the risk of accepting fake Being thankful for what you've got is an important lesson; to gold, which may appear shiny on the outside, but will not stand learn to be "content in whatsoever state" you're in. The Enemy the tests of time. comes along with all those shiny temptations of all there is "on It requires great desperation, sincerity and humility, honesty with the other side," when you could have heaven in your heart right yourself to the point where it hurts, willingness to break with where you are, right now, if you only have the right attitude. your own romantic image you may have of yourself, in order to The best cure against the "greener grass" syndrome is the truly receive nothing but the real, naked and raw truth - a disillusion that comes when you have a closer look & all that consistently flowing plan that slowly but surely moves you along shine just peels off & you're finding out it wasn't real at all.

I'm making sure that everyone of My children is given a whole bunch of wonderful opportunities right where they are, and unless I'm obviously opening a door for you to go through & go somewhere else, you can always assume that those wonderful opportunities are right there in your own "backyard," & you just have to look for them! You don't have to constantly wish you were somewhere else, in a better situation, or somebody else, etc. In fact you shouldn't, for as long as you do, you're missing out on what you could be accomplishing in life, because you just don't see it! It's really one of the Devil's meanest tricks to constantly try to get people to belittle what they've got, instead of enjoying it. In My Kingdom everybody is completely satisfied & content & happy with what they've got, & there is no more reason for envy, nor is anybody driven by motives such as wanting to show off in pride what they've got, in order to make another feel bad, or to draw attention to themselves. A mature attitude is that of one who has learned that all things come from Me in the first place, & so they give all the glory, honor & credit for it right back to Me, for "what hast thou that thou didst not receive?" To make another feel bad because they may not have received the same gift you did is silly. Enjoy your wonderful gift of a life with no need for envy, but one that can be enjoyed, right here, right now.

It's always going to be difficult to attract others to your message, to your God, to Me, unless you are content & visibly satisfied with what you've got. And there's no reason why you shouldn't be, and if you're not, then it's because you've been allowing the Devil to cheat you out of the happiness that's rightfully yours. The truth is really a precious & wonderful thing so few people really have, and it's a treasure you can proudly advertise. Flaunt it, and walk in the confidence of truth. Fully knowing that you've got My truth can give you that peace & confidence that many others are yearning for deep down in their hearts, & if you don't let the Enemy cheat you out of the joy of it, they're going to come & ask what it is that makes you tic.

127 __________________________________________________ One of the smartest tricks the Devil ever pulled was convincing the majority that he doesn't exist. But even fewer people recognize the extent to which he is invading their own homes, lives & families. The younger a person is, the more the flesh "rules" them, and they see things with their carnal minds, not like I do. They think that physical harm is the worst that can befall them or their child, when in My eyes, the spiritual dangers, which draw them away from Me, are something to be much more concerned and alarmed about than those dangers of physical harm, which I often use to draw a person closer to Me. Abraham was willing to trust Me, that I knew better what was the 126 __________________________________________________ best concerning his son, that My hands were the place he was There's so much more to discover than you could even begin going to be best cared for, even if I asked something as absurd to fathom, so many people to reach right there in your own area, of him as to sacrifice him unto Me. Evidently Abraham had so much to do, to achieve, to accomplish, more than you enough faith to believe that even if Isaac would die, it would be possibly ever could in a life-time, so, one of the Enemy's favorite better for him than what could have happened if Abraham had ways to keep you from ever getting started is to distract you from disobeyed Me. the task at hand with sensations of longing for the far unknown, Now, modern parents are very, very far away from that kind of where everything is perfect... faith. They think they have to do all that is in their power to I have called you away from the shallow waters and am calling protect their children from any physical harm, danger or abuse, you to the kind of deep sea fishing for fish that are hard to get, and if necessary, even to protect them from Me. They don't but worth keeping. believe that the best place in the universe to place their child is in I have given you an intellect to cope with this kind of people you My hands, they don't have the faith of Job who said, "though He encounter here, & that's why I have called & put you in this slay me, yet will I trust in Him," and much less the faith of region. Abraham, who practically said, "though He ask me to slay my It's a fine art, to be able to live in the here & now & fully enjoy it, only son, yet will I trust in Him." especially in this day & age when you're constantly bombarded Today's parents' faith is so weak, they scarcely even know that I with advertisements for the "other side of the fence" where the exist, much less would they consider that I have anything to do grass looks so much greener. with the rearing of their child. They consider raising their child But you have to combat these temptations, in your effort to the duty I gave them, but in their eyes, that duty does not include cultivate your stick-to-itiveness & persistence & determination to Me, or trusting Me for their children. They want to take it all into do all you can right where you are. It's another aspect of being their own hands, just like they try to take their own lives and its faithful in the least, for I cannot promote you, unless you've substance & insurance into their own hands. They place their shown what you can in the very situation you are. And it's simply trust in money, instead of Me. But consequently, they also make pretty hard to get the best accomplished for Me that you can, if grave mistakes, since they don't consult or seek Me about any of you don't even manage to be content where you are. It's hard to these things. They often fail & fall flat on their faces & wind up convince others that you've found the Answer to all your confused, wondering what on earth they might have done wrong. problems and the key to happiness in Me, when all over your face Some do apply genuine & sincere love, which cannot fail. But is written plain & obvious discontent with the situation you're in. often they forget or don't know that to a child, love spells t.i.m.e., Whenever discontentment attacks, you must realize that & while they're working half their lives away in order to ensure something is wrong, not with your situation, but with your own their family's physical well-being, they neglect the spiritual. attitude & spirit, and you must ask Me to show you where the Enemy found a way in. 128 __________________________________________________ You can flow with My anointing & float on the cloud of My Spirit if The veil of forgiveness covers a multitude of sins. Forgive as you know you're right where you're meant to be, & that you can you would want to be forgiven. make the most of that situation right where you are, wherever Remember Me, who resisted not the contradiction of sinners, but you are, no matter what the circumstances. You don't have to endured (Heb.12:1,2). wish you were anywhere else, in fact you must not. It's poison to You become an overcomer by enduring victoriously. your spirit & your fruitfulness. Just tune in & join in & step right into life right where you are, knowing that I have put you in the 129 __________________________________________________ place where you're supposed to be, and if it weren't so, I would I could have told you beforehand that things were going to have told you or opened the door for you to go elsewhere. turn out totally different than what you expected, but you know There are so many precious people to reach for Me and follow up Me: I like to let you find out by yourself. If I would tell you on right where you are and in your neighborhood! Your life is so everything beforehand, we could spare ourselves the whole deal full of golden opportunities & chances, you've just got to open of living this life & its riddles & mysteries in the first place. your eyes in order to be able to see them. Don't let the Enemy get Consider it a game in which you're being blind-folded, & you you to focus on the hole in your doughnut! Accept what I've have to find out things by using other methods than what you're given you & make the best out of it. Hard work won't kill you! usually used to. You're not seeing everything clearly from the

start, otherwise there would be no excitement. You're having to grope & feel your way around, so that you can learn to get in touch with certain situations from a different angle. You've had to "feel it out" & found out that this was not what you were looking for. Instead, you practically found that what you had already was a lot more similar to what you've been wanting all along, all you needed were a few little attitude changes & changes of perspective! I have taught you a necessary lesson the long & hard way, because the long & hard way is the most effective & lasting way, that really drives a point home, not easily forgotten. Everything that's worth something costs something, and if you want a valuable lesson that's going to last, you're going to have to be willing to pay something for it... a bit of pain, a bit of agony, and some desperation. But it will have been worth it. I want you to mature & grow beyond any need or desire for a superficial show... to detect what is real and what is not. I want you to have discernment, so that you won't fall too easily for anything that shines & glitters & promises a lot on the surface, but will turn out to be just another fake & disappointment. I want you to look at that which is not shiny on the surface, that which requires faith to believe in and to invest in, even that which others might not have faith for in the natural. Whatever you do, you've got to have the faith to go all the way through with it, & not leave the job half-done or leave your sheep half unattended when you begin to lose faith in them, or because they're not living up to your expectations. Remember not to see things as black & white, because there are many different shades of grey, & I will use all of them to make a perfect picture... 130 __________________________________________________ Continue to work on focusing on the positive, looking at the opportunities, instead of the obstacles! Now that we've cleared all the Devil's elusive castles in the sky out of the way, that were distracting you & causing you to wish you were hither, thither or yon, you should really concentrate on all the good & wonderful possibilities that lie right before you. You don't have to act as if under pressure, but everything whatever you choose to do for Me - is up to you. It must be My love that should constrain you. Everything you do for Me, I want you to do it voluntarily, out of your love for Me and for the sheep, which is there as a result of My love for you, which you're experiencing everyday, and not because you've got some sort of mental Damocles sword hanging over your head that tells you, "You'd better... or else...!" My quest is and has always been to set you free, not to enslave you. 131 __________________________________________________ When it comes to a heavenly and spiritual viewpoint, there IS no such thing as "privacy," but all things are open & naked before Me (Heb.4:13). I want your relationship and marriage to be one where you really don't have to hide anything from each other. Are you ready for such openness? Then you're really taking a giant step toward Me, toward My ways, toward the ways of the spirit world. It's impossible to deceive anyone Here, to pretend or be a fake. Nobody will fall for it, because everyone is looking right through you. Failure to see that is actually evidence of false spirituality, pretending to be so spiritual, when you're really still living by the carnal concept (wishful thinking) that there is anything you can hide, that won't be revealed in the long run. This cloaking business & hiding things is one of the Devil's games. He gives people that urge to hide things from each other, & to even try to hide from Me. He wants to exclude Me. His goal is to isolate everyone into their own little worlds full of their own little secrets they think they can hide away, when in reality, it's all laying wide open before My eyes. If you want to learn to see through My eyes, you have to become conscious of the fact that nothing, absolutely nothing is hidden

from My eyes, but that before Me, all things are open, naked, and revealed. I'm giving you a chance to live a life-style that resembles the heavenly life-style, with no dark corners in your life, but where My light shines into every single corner of your heart & being, where you're virtually transparent. Why wait until you come to be with Me in My Realm, or until I come to bring about the merging of the realms? You can start living like that right now! Find out how much power 2 people can really develop when there are absolutely no secrets between them! Nothing to hide! It's really a wonderful thing when there's no need for secrets. This different concept of love than you previously had is a much brighter concept. Your concept was always a bit bit dimmed by romantic candle light, where your flaws are well hidden & you can easily pretend to be somebody a bit more perfect than you really are. I'm bringing into your life a love as bright as the sun, one where you don't have to try to hide. Unconditional love is the very magic that will convert you into a true prince of Mine. The Devil tries to scare you that you might lose something through honesty, but you're only going to gain from it. Feel the sexy excitement of total openness! Welcome to Heaven! 132 __________________________________________________ Total freedom only comes through total surrender to Me. You're having to yield every day, at every turn & decision that requires a "yes" to Me from you. You have to forsake all & die to your old man every day. Receiving My help in this daily, through My instructions of what it is I want you to forsake & what area I want you to yield more & progress in is vital. I explain to you how every little thing makes sense. Total unity, totally open communication, honesty, yieldedness & commitment is the way I've been wanting you to go. Sometimes you're only willing to give so much, but I can't really use you unless you're genuinely willing & ready to give all. Giving your all really pays off, & in fact, it's the only way that living for Me really works successfully. It's a bit like those half-developed organs that Evolution expects people to believe in: they won't work. You can't breathe with a half-developed lung, or live with an unfinished liver. It has to be fully developed, nothing half-baked, before it will work. Well, the functionality of your giving-all organ is just about fully developed & in its final stages, & you'll notice the difference when My power will flow through all those pipes & tubes & spiritual veins! It's a certain level of maturity My followers have to reach, at which I can flip the switch that will really make'em shine, because they're ready. It will be plain & clear to all when you're "done." 133 __________________________________________________ The real & natural taste of life isn't always sweet, but heartier. Even so it is with your spiritual intake: for a healthy diet, you won't only listen for or read My sweet words of love to you, but also the words of correction & instruction; the stuff that's naturally a little bit harder for you to chew on, but essential for your spiritual health. It's natural to want life to be as comfortable, easy & sweet as possible, but it's not really good for you, since that's weakening you. That's why there are more battles & less luxury, less ease, less comfort! I need to get My people ready for war, and we cannot fight the foe effectively and successfully as long as you're weakened by all his lulling & tempting devices, by all his addictions to the sweet things in life! Temptations will keep coming your way, but it's up to you to resist them. Otherwise, you'll only be weakened more. The Devil may pretend to be your friend, but only until he gets a chance to stab you in the back. Sooner or later his flag comes unfurled, & the masks of deception will be dropped, and you'll find out that it all was a carefully concocted trap! It's time to go without his luxuries, "bribes" & goodies with which he tries to keep you at peace with him: "Look how sweet I'm making your life! You're not going to fight me, are you?" - The

same way a burglar would toss a watchdog some meat that has been soaked in a substance to make him go to sleep, or even poison, to simply kill him! He knows no scruples, & he won't hesitate to use even the meanest tricks in order to get an advantage over you! These battles are supposed to be signs that everything is not alright, and yes, something is wrong, indeed! Something is wrong. There is no peace with the Enemy. You must fight & defend those I have committed into your care, to defend them with your very life, if need be. It's time to attack! I'm having to purge you of those elements of friendship with the world that make you compromise, ashamed to stand up for Me before them, because you don't want to lose your popularity with them! You need to get rid of this filth, this dirt, this virus, or it's going to spread! There's a great danger of others adopting this System mindset of cowardice & fear to be different, & when this disease has hit fully home, you will have lost another potential & powerful warrior from your midst & will instead have to deal with a constant potential traitor, since they will always be a voice of doubt, a voice for the System and for the Enemy, dragging you the opposite way, instead of pulling along in My direction! 134 __________________________________________________ It's expedient for you that we continue communicating throughout the whole day. P&P time should be like priming the pump, stirring up a flow that should continue steadily throughout the day, so that you can always stay in tune with Me, and not get distracted onto other wavelengths, which are not Mine. When somebody's going through an extreme fight, that's the time to stop talking and join in their fight in prayer and a sober attitude & a vigilant spirit! Excessive words are often a sign of insecurity, that doesn't communicate nor convey trust or strength. A quiet & confident spirit conveys strength. When somebody is going through serious trials, nothing will help them as much as your taking on a serious & sober attitude as well, showing solidarity, genuine concern & that you're fighting alongside them in spirit! You don't overcome a bad spirit with a light attitude, but by sobering up, facing him down, confronting him, and showing that the victim is not alone in their fight, but that you're right by their side, fighting with them and for them.

They're your prize fighters, even though they may be a little odd, have their weaknesses & all that. If you fully appreciate what they're doing, show you're grateful for them, they'll get into the ring gladly & knock the Devil for a loop! And they eventually might put those to shame who didn't believe that they've got what it takes. You've got to believe in them, and you've got to show that you believe in them, that you're counting on them and that you believe that they can and will make it. No matter how big their problem may be, they're the ones who've got the courage, the vision, the love and the humility to go out there & get out My Words. You want your perfect little world, but chances are, you still wouldn't be perfectly happy in it! Because, just like with Adam & Eve, what's got to change is your own ungrateful attitude of your own heart, & you must learn to appreciate & praise Me for the little things, even if they're not perfect, in order to really learn to appreciate the better & eventually the best & perfect things! Love, appreciate & encourage them with genuine concern & appreciation for what they do. Maybe I'm even purposely allowing them to have the strength for things that you don't, just in order for you to see that I measure & hand out talents differently than you might or than you would expect Me to do it according to your own reasoning. Come now & let us reason together, & see who's making more sense in the long run! The ones I have chosen to do the most difficult job in the world aren't those who think themselves perfect.

137 __________________________________________________ I have to test My soldiers in their weak areas. You'd prefer Me to test you in areas of your life you're stronger or would do better in, but those are not the areas that need to be strengthened most. I've got to remind you, "Hey, it's all by My grace!" I'm not allowing you to take things for granted! You haven't arrived yet. This life isn't supposed to be heaven yet, this is not your destination, not paradise. You're not supposed to feel like you've arrived while you're still on earth! You're on a battleground, in a war. And you're fighting your way through toward your ultimate destiny. Don't act so surprised about the repercussions you're reaping as a result of your disobediences. The temptations will keep coming & knocking at your door, but it's your choice whether you will succumb to them! It's time to acquire some spiritual strength & the greatness to resist them, 135 __________________________________________________ because the repercussions will come, whether they will seem Fighting alongside each other is what it's all about. related to the sin or not! Concentrating on the battle at hand, the really relevant things: I'm teaching you the difference between mere physical, fleshly the lost sheep & souls, forget your own problems! If one of you is beauty and real, lasting, eternal beauty of the spirit. Your mind is feeling unloved, imagine how unloved so many of the poor, lost still framed by that Hollywood & MTV-generation way of looking sheep out there must feel, who don't even know Me & don't know at things. of any other hope beyond this life! You long for the total & perfect beauty of My kingdom. But first Witnessing has always been the best solution for personal you must learn to see beauty in the imperfect things. problems. It's going to meld you together better & faster than You can't learn to see the beauty of things the way I want you to anything else will or can, and I'm going to bless you for it. while you're still panting for the artificial, carnal beauty of the Witnessing is My ultimate plan for you, what I desire for you, and System. You can't drink of My cup and the Devil's! In order to in this you will definitely find many victories & solutions! learn to see My beauty, you must renounce the beauty of the world. You can't love both. You'll either fall for one or the other. 136 __________________________________________________ Which is the beauty you want and seek in your life: the eternal & Can a man argue with God? Well, more often than not, they true beauty of the spirit, or the mere carnal beauty that fades like do think so. They don't see the sense in it all, so they question the grass of the field? the whole thing... "Lord, aren't You making a mistake here? How When you behold with the eyes of the spirit, you'll see things can You expect this of Me?" beneath the surface that reveal the true beauty of the spirit, even It requires faith to go out there & die daily for Me! in someone that doesn't appeal to your physical sense of beauty It's tough being the only light in a sea of darkness, and not many at all. have got what it takes for that. That's why I'm using whoever I Whenever there is something going wrong in your life, or not the can who is simply willing to do the job, even if they're far from way things are supposed to be, you can be sure that there's a perfect. Whoever will get out for Me and get out My Words to cause for it, and a very good reason. If it comes across as if I'm these people nobody loves, I will use them, and I am proud of punishing you, there must be a good reason for it, and you can them. Support and sustain them the best you can. Treat them like be sure that this is also out of My great love for you, and that it your champion, and help, support & uphold them! will work together for your best. Be a coach they can trust, one that encourages them & rubs their Him that I love much, I will also have to chasten much when they muscles after the battle & gives them clues on how to fight more go astray. I'm zealously keeping you from the contaminations of effectively. the world. I want to keep you pure unto Me, and you would also

that I keep you thus. I keep you close to Me and I chasten you because of My great love and care for you. So, rejoice when you fall into divers temptations, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial and count it all joy if you're often being reproved by the things I allow to happen in your life as a result of even your littlest strayings. Those things are keeping you in check, they keep you from straying one inch farther from Me than you would possibly want, and they will make you that what I want you to be! It's a wonderful life if you look at it from the proper perspective. There's so much to be thankful for and rejoice about, you just need to see it. 138 __________________________________________________ Can a man be found more righteous than God? For sure there can be found plenty who think so. Who's to say or judge who has run the race & finished their testings in this life, and who's not? Are you the judge of these matters or am I? Some people have won their battles, stood their tests, & they only have one last test to pass, one final enemy to overcome: death, the final foe. Often people wonder, "What kind of a God lets these things happen?" But that is the carnal way of looking at things. People don't see what's supposed to be the point in getting older, becoming weaker with age, but it does make sense, if you look at it from My viewpoint. The whole lesson of life is that spirit is superior to flesh, even though it may not look like it initially. And another very fundamental lesson in life is for man to learn that My righteousness exceeds his own by far, even though it may also not always look like it, and even if I attach many hard tests, which will make people question whether I really am righteous or know what I'm doing. This is the ultimate test to find out whether they really believe that I know what I'm doing, and whether they can say, like Job, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." This is the faith that overcometh the world. This is the faith that overcomes even the final enemy & laughs in his faith & says, "Death, where is your sting, grave, where is your victory? Even though He slay me, I know whom I have believed, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Him shall never die, for he that believeth in Him, though he were dead, yet shall he live." "But then," you wonder, "what about all the pain & suffering they have to go through?" Have I not told you many times that through your sufferings you become partakers of My sufferings? Through your pain I allow you to be there with Me at Golgatha, a moment which will stand forever in the annals of eternity, and through your own pain, you will have eased My load & comforted My soul on the cross, because you have been willing to take on some of My agony & share My pain. It may not seem to you that you would have done so voluntarily, but that is only because you forgot what you had agreed to before you came to earth. To most unbelievers it looks like I didn't go to the cross voluntarily, but that I was simply another victim of Roman injustice and cruelty. But believers understand that it was more than that. It was an act of love. In fact, the greatest act of love ever known to man, and a path I had chosen to walk voluntarily, long, long before. "The lamb which was slain before the foundations of the world." And even so, it may not look so obvious that those who have to suffer painful deaths & sicknesses although they have been living righteous lives for Me would be going through their agony because they made the choice to do so before they were born, but you're simply going to have to take My word for it. "Then," you wonder, "what about all those who die such deaths who don't believe in You, who cannot possibly be partakers of your sufferings, since they haven't even been born again yet and they may not even be Your children?" When I was crucified, I died the same death that millions of others had suffered and would continue to suffer after that. Millions of others, even innocent people had been and would yet be crucified. But what made it outstanding was Who I was, and why I chose to die in the same manner that millions of sinners

died, and also, how I died. Even though on the surface it may seem as if you're just suffering the same fate as countless others, the difference is in who you are, and why, and how you do it! I cannot spare all of My children from suffering similar fates as unbelievers, but I want to show the world the difference in how they die. There were many who died in the Roman arenas during the time of the Roman empire, but only My children died singing, praising and trusting Me, not afraid to die. I'm showing the world through the death of My saints that I came to "deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage," (Heb.2:15) and that I can deliver them, too. Many have come to believe in Me through witnessing the way My people die. What looks like defeat to those who look with carnal eyes, is in reality a beautiful victory and eternal testimony. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." (Ps.116:15) You only see things from your linear point in time, but I see the full scope of eternity, that which was, long before you were born, and that which will be long after this life, and the more you will "hang with Me," you will learn to see things from that eternal angle, too, it will rub off on you, you will see, and you will also behold with the eyes of faith, the faith which overcometh the world (1.John 5:4). 139 __________________________________________________ Commend the whole matter into My hands on a regular basis. I am the One Who can supply all your needs, & if you focus & direct your vacuum to Me, putting Me in charge of it & making Me responsible for your needs, you'll get much better results. It's taking spiritual action concerning the matter that counts. There isn't much you can do about it in the physical, & getting upset won't help any! But you can command Me whatever you want Me to do concerning the situation, and trust & believe that it will make a difference, and it will. You've got to work toward your goal in prayer! I can get you there! But you've got to persistently and consistently walk and work toward it by faith & through the wings of prayer. I can get you places, but you've got to "rub the lamp" or say the magic words that are going to make your carpet fly, so to speak! You can't just passively expect Me to do something about it. You've got to tell Me what you want done & how you want Me to take care of a situation! 140 __________________________________________________ It would be a good thing to remember that before you ask Me for something new, you should praise Me for what I've given you already. Good prayer should start with praise. Do you get the connection between My Spirit being present and praise? You've got to be prepared for the Devil's first grenades as soon as you wake up. So, what better way is there to counterattack than sling a good few showers of praise in his face? Let it rain praise bullets! 141 __________________________________________________ Making money is the System's idea of fruitfulness, not Mine. I will bless you with money if you're doing My job, but I want you to trust Me for your income, more than anything, and I want you to learn to depend more on Me instead of your arm of the flesh. To "make hay while the sun shineth" in My terms refers a lot more to witnessing and follow-up; establishing a church that will support you in the days to come, rather than the immediate "hay" of money or income without being much of a witness. It's the difference between investing in the immediately visible result (money) vs. the longer term, slower results of sowing My seeds & feeding the sheep. 142 __________________________________________________ There's a difference between the things that make sense to you and what makes sense to Me. For Me, any lack of love is closer to insanity than a genuine need for love and an honest expression of a need for love. Your thinking is still so System framed: everything that doesn't

bring in cash, is a waste of time! Dad taught a lot about the importance of showing affection, appreciation and love. Without love, it's all nothing! I'm trying to get you into the habit of doing things you don't feel like doing, like cleaning up your desk, just because it would be a better sample, like witnessing, because that's your most important job, of praising Me, just because it means victory over the Enemy, and of cuddling, just because somebody else needs it, and it's good to be affectionate. I'd rather see you expressing a little too much love than too little! You must stop measuring whats appropriate for your life by the standards of others. 143 __________________________________________________ It's easy to speak up when a culprit has been exposed. But I want you to be braver & more courageous, to speak up, even if it turns out you were wrong. So what? You may wind up humbler than before, which is good. If you show the courage to speak up, they will know that this guy's got an eye on them, and being a safeguard & your brother's keeper. You must not stop or discourage anyone from speaking up! It may be unpleasant to hear what's bugging them, but it's still a lot healthier to have it out than to let it fester inside. 144 __________________________________________________ I can only establish bigger units from well functioning smaller units. The notion that things are just going to fix themselves under the right conditions is wishful thinking at best. It requires some attention and elbow grease to fix problems, not avoiding, but confronting them, dealing with them, working on them. First you've got to establish a well operating core & center of a unit of any size, starting from molecules & atoms, that's pretty much the founding rule of the whole universe. You can't just ignore even the smallest problems & simply build over them. If you have a faulty basements or foundation, the whole building is going to collapse sooner or later, and I'd rather have you rebuild the foundation from scratch over & over again until you've got it right, than risk a whole bunch of people getting hurt by a carelessly built house collapsing around their ears. It just takes time to build faith by faithful study of My Word. At the core of each member, there's got to be Me, or the whole body won't be able to function together. Every living cell has a core, and that core has got to be well intact and healthy, otherwise it won't be able to multiply successfully and grow into a bigger organism. I am the Life that ensures a healthy cell core. As long as that very center of each cell receives the necessary nourishment and protection it needs from Me, it won't have any problems growing into something greater. But as long as there is an area where the flow is hindered, the exchange of lifesupporting substances is stopped or not working as it should, I cannot allow it to grow & spread, otherwise there will be a sick organism. No team can work with only one party giving their all & the other giving as little as possible, just in case it might all collapse. You've got to have faith in Me, that everything in your life truly does come from My hand, and whatever thy hand findeth to do, whatever the situation or task before you, it was meant for you to do it with all your might. I put a project or challenge before you to roll up your sleeves & show what you can with it! You're right where I want you, doing right what I want, & even though it's just something tiny & little you're working on, it's got to be so, because in order to make anything bigger out of it, you're first going to have to get this little core working properly in harmony and unison. If you invest your love, time, affection and energy into this, just trusting that you're meant to do this, because otherwise I wouldn't have put this before you, much less told you to do so, it's going to work, and it's going to result in and reward you with lasting fruit. Stop hesitating & looking for signs of failure! This will work if you just believe in it, and I want you to believe in it!

Appreciate what you've got, employ your elbow grease in it and give it all you got in order to make it work. 145 __________________________________________________ Role reversal is part of My scheme to teach people to walk a mile in the other one's shoes. This happens a lot in the Spirit Realm. I allow people to learn from their mistakes by having them accompany their descendants as spirit helpers, to see what the late ricochets & repercussions of their actions are over time. In the case of the Jews & Palestinians, yesterday's Davids are turning into today's Goliaths. It's a warning, that even My very own people, if they don't stay close to Me, can stumble, and become the very opposite of what they were and were supposed to be, and become My very enemies! This is also manifested in the way that other Christians persecute My Family! It shows that anyone who doesn't stay close to Me can turn into an old bottle, and they can move from the arena into the grandstands, turn from martyr into persecutor, if they don't watch out! It pays to stay aware of the fact to what extent the Enemy can cause you to err from My path, if you allow him! A lot of people go astray and wind up not living up to the kind of sample they were supposed to be. So, it's pretty easy to stray from the straight & narrow. This should always serve as a reminder to stay close to Me and that "he that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed lest he fall," or as Dad put it, "without Me ye can do anything bad!" When it comes down to it, it's only My grace that can prevent you from erring or straying from Me, and you can only ensure that My grace will stay upon you by desperately staying close to Me, staying connected with Me & My Word, and at the same time striving to stay humble and grateful about it at all times & not make the decision to let pride enter in, which is the beginning of many a fall. As soon as any person or group of "chosen ones" came to the conclusion that they were anything of themselves, they lost it, and became just one more curse instead of a blessing. So if you want to be a blessing to others instead of a burden and if you want to remain a blessing until the end of your days, make sure you stay humble, stay close to Me and remember that you are nothing and I am Everything. That's why I'm keeping you down at a level of accomplishing nothing you could ever start giving yourself the credit for. What you have, you only have because you have received it from Me. The Jews sought to give the glory & credit to their own arm of the flesh, and when they did, they ceased being My people and became My enemies. Even so, many of the church have fallen victim to pride and the carnal mind frame of the world, considering worldly values higher than truth and closeness to Me. It's so much like Dad said way back in "For God's Sake, Follow God": "Power, popularity & plenty are dangerous!" As long as you stay small and poor and persecuted, you've got nothing to worry about, you're still on the right track. But as soon as you get big, powerful & pompous, watch out! I've been allowing some of those "Saul" ingredients in your life for you to keep them in check. Always keep an eye on them, and don't allow yourself to become a persecutor, instead of the persecuted. The line between potentially becoming either a Cain or an Abel is very thin, which should be a reason to always stay desperately close to Me, and to stay desperate for My grace. People who take it for granted that naturally, they're the "righteous ones" aren't aware of the danger of how easily they can fall and turn into My very enemies if they don't watch out. That's why so many of My people wind up doing more harm than good at times, because they simply don't stay desperate enough to make sure that whatever they do is because of Me and through Me, instead of some of their own holiness and righteousness or goodness that they think they have. Beware of the flatteries of the Enemy! When he sees that he can't hold you down anymore with condemnation, he'll try the opposite tactic where he'll flatter you & will try to get you so lifted up about yourself that you'll think there's no way you could

possibly ever do anything wrong, until reality -or I - jerk that rug of wishful thinking away from under your feet. The danger comes in when you think of yourself or your particular group as the only right ones and righteous ones. Then I'll often allow you to make some mistake or blunder to remind you it's not you, but I that makes you anything, and I may even allow somebody else to walk around with the anointing that had been ordained for you, just to show you it's still Mine to give, to whoever I choose, yea, even to My former enemies, if need be. Look at Paul! Talking about some role reversal and classic case of persecutor turning into the persecuted, which, of course, is the version that's more to be desired than the other way around! On the contrary, some formerly persecuted Family members have joined the bands of your persecutors, which is the negative version of that type of role reversal. Just be sure you play the role I have ordained for you, which is the humble and meek and lowly role, and don't fall for the "script" the Devil might offer you. The humble, meek & lowly way is My way, and basically all others are not. It may not sound very promising, nor very appealing to the flesh, but you'll find eternal & lasting rewards: peace, happiness, love, joy... all the fruits of the Spirit through following Me and taking on My role. Are you happy playing My role? If you're not, look again and count the blessings! The opposite is scarcely worth it: cruelty, hatred, fear, pride... the world knows enough of that. Let's make a difference together by showing them heaven's humility.

God; One Who only peeks in every now & then, but pretty much leaves everybody to deal with their own troubles. That's not Me! I'm the opposite of that! Especially when it comes to My own children, My brides, those Who have accepted Me as their Lover, Husband & Savior, who implore Me and seek Me everyday and collect My Words as their greatest treasure. Do you really think that there's any way I could possibly be indifferent to your life? Not in the least! In fact, I care a lot more than you think, I am a lot more concerned than you know, and I interact, guide & direct things, orchestrate things a whole lot more in your life than you're aware of. I am involved! That's mainly due to your willingness to have Me involved, for I won't naturally get too involved in people's lives who want Me to stay out of it! But since You want My involvement, ask Me for it, pray for it & long for Me to make things better in your life according to the way I best see fit, every moment becomes significant! There is hardly a moment or an incident in your life that doesn't include some potential lesson to be learned. As long as you're listening, there's hope, because My Word will not return unto Me void. Of course, the more you remember it, the more you help Me to fulfill that promise & really make it happen & have My Word bear fruit in your life. "Remember Me" is a very good slogan to run your life by! In every situation, even if you can't possibly figure out what it's supposed to be all about, if you remember Me, I will bring My sense into it! I will make it clear to you what's happening and what you could or should do or should have done! And as you're learning right now, there is hardly a situation in life where 146 __________________________________________________ praising Me wouldn't be the absolute best & most appropriate The Devil is like a terrorist who has unrightfully taken over thing to do, where praise wouldn't be the most effective weapon the land as a usurper, just like the Jews have taken over Israel or to use. former Palestine by acts of terrorism, having duped the people - So, if you remember Me in a situation where someone's being just like the Devil - into thinking that their enemies are actually attacked, remember Me and the fact that I'm involved, I'm in the terrorists. control, and I might even be allowing this to happen just in order If the smartest thing he ever did was duping people into believing to test you! I'm allowing that demon to attack you to show that he doesn't exist, the next smartest thing he did was tricking whether you learned to apply that weapon I've been trying to people into believing that his enemies are the culprits, terrorists teach you to use! or "bad guys," which he is perfecting right now through I know what I'm doing! Remember? "Hung the world on nothing! besmirching the image of My followers on a global scale, by Hangs pretty good, doesn't it?" having infiltrated and deceived them, or having imposters pose Just start praising Me for allowing this attack as a test to see as Christians, who are really working for his side, or by tempting what you've learned from all the Word and fighting instructions them and afterwards accusing them to the world. you've been reading; for this opportunity to put that priceless It's the same diabolically clever plan he used since the beginning knowledge to the test & thus make it real in your lives! Take it of history, from Esther's time to Nero accusing the Christians of from the theoretical realm out into the practical! It's not just burning Rome, and on down the line. supposed to be head stuffing! That's why it's important that you get a clear picture of what's It's not the amount of Word you know that matters, but the really happening and going on, for otherwise, how can you warn amount of Word that you live! It's got to become part of you, it others, if you yourself scarcely know what's happening? It's a has to come from your heart, and must be visible in what you tough enough task not to become deceived yourselves, these live, otherwise, if it's just in your head, it's not much more than days about which I have said that if it were possible, even the cold, dead knowledge & hot air & you float around like a hot air very elect would be deceived. So, be not deceived, but stick balloon high above everybody else, but not really doing anybody close to Me & My counsel, and I will let you in on what's really any good. going on, no matter what things appear to be on the surface. "Come on down & walk on the ground with Jesus!" That's part of My humility & reality training! 147 __________________________________________________ Not forgetting but remembering My relevant counsel during 148 __________________________________________________ moments when you're being attacked and your faith is being The only way to rise above is to focus on Me, not the tested is pretty much what it's all about... when I'm testing you to seemingly overwhelming forces of the Enemy. see whether you really learned the lesson I've been trying to You cannot look at the waves! The wicked are like the waves of teach you through My Word or whether it just went in one ear & the sea that cannot rest. Instead of looking at the wicked & out the other. getting all seasick, look at Me, Who can teach you to walk on You can always assume that whatever subject you're reading on water! is never by coincidence, but that it's very likely to be a key to Let Me teach you what you have to know in order to walk your what you're going through at the time, and you can be sure that specific and individual path that is destined for you. If you pick I'm going to test you on applying what you've read, even on the up other input that is not what I know is best for you, it can serve same day you read it! as a distraction. Forget about "coincidence," because there is no such thing! Listen to Me, your Coach, in order to avoid any mean knock-outs Everything may seem totally chaotic & not to be making any by the Enemy. sense, and the age-old doubt keeps lingering forever in your The Enemy is by no means a fair opponent who abides by the mind: "Why should God care about me and be involved in every rules. He is ruled by hatred, and he wants to destroy you by any detail of my life?" Even King David asked, "What is man that means, rules or no rules. He knows he'll be disqualified & barred Thou art mindful of him?" from the game sooner or later, anyway, so his only objective is to But you need to get rid of that image of a far-away, not involved cause as much harm and destroy as much as possible while he

can, that's why he is called the Destroyer in My Word. (Jer.4:7, 1.Cor.10:10) Don't let him destroy you, but always keep on guard by keeping close to Me! I'm your only Protection! There is no way you can possibly escape or survive what is to come without Me, so you might as well learn the best you can how to depend on Me daily, to really keep Me in the first place in your life & make Me the most important factor. I have made you in a way that you can't possibly even get through a day without Me. I am training you in the art of dependence on Me. The Devil knows that dependence on Me is your only hope of survival, so he will try to get you to forsake the idea of having to depend on Me. I'm like your Mother & you're like My baby. There's nothing unnatural about the baby's dependence on his mother. There's nothing wrong with dependence on Me! I'm your tug boat into freedom, your horse on which you can ride out of this mess. Hitch your wagon to My star!

just passively and patiently wait until I bring some kind of change about, or you take part in bringing change and renewal about by absorbing Me, including Me in everything and focusing on Me, expecting change & thus helping to make it happen. All newness & variety that is good & positive originates from Me, and I am the Newness, the Variety & the Change you seek! There are certain things I'm capable of that you haven't experienced yet, because you haven't really believed yet that I am able to. You sometimes tend to put Me in a box. The Devil's not going to fight you in an area where you feel "comfortable" fighting him. He wants to hit you where it hurts, in your sensitive and weak and vulnerable areas. Of course, he'll hope that you'll cop out & throw in the towel. But as long as you don't, as long as you keep fighting & keep hanging in there, you're gaining from it. You're being strengthened and trained, and you gain experience. Everything, every day of your lives is a miracle, and with everyday that passes, where you've made it another piece up the road successfully, you've just experienced another miracle! Something that only keeps working by My miracle-working, 149 __________________________________________________ supernatural power. Whether you can feel it being there or not is You want to accomplish something tangible, you need your not relevant anymore, you can see it with every day that passes. little "success" experience sometimes. I just want you to see You've gone as far as anyone could expect you to go on human things from My perspective & see what I consider success, which level. But a new thing has begun, powered by God. is often a lot of barely-to-be-detected-with-the-naked-eye ground You're going to have to get the love and the power to keep this work below the surface. working from Me, every single day. You would like to give your children a treat that they can You've read and heard stories about men who have forgiven the remember as something not boring, but that's because you want murderers of their entire families by My grace, something that to appeal to their mind gear of "what can I consume today, so humanly hardly seems possible. Even so it is going to have to be that I can register this day as a success of some kind?" It's that My supernatural love which is going to enable you to forgive manipulated mind gear of constantly having to receive, each other time & time again for your failures & shortcomings, unlearning the ability to give or contribute something and casting veils over countless sins & flaws, and to not only keep registering that as a success instead. loving each other as much as before, but even more than before So, in order to really do them a favor, you should not adjust to in spite of it all. their mind gear and bend to their wishes, but you should instead Against all the odds of the humanly reasonable and possible, this seek for opportunities for them to learn from you, which will be love is going to grow. But this is only going to be possible by My useful preparation for the future. If you just bend to their scheme, Spirit. you'll just spoil them & render them useless & unable to cope It defies all natural reasoning and laws of probability and all with life later on. odds. Humanly you can't make it, you're doomed to defeat & Being a true leader & shepherd does mean to be sensitive to the failure. But with Me all things are possible. flock's needs, but it doesn't mean to let their desires lead you. I am going to prove once again that some of My greatest victories You cannot let their desires determine your path. come out of seeming defeat. It's the path of the least resistance, but that is where you have to Every breath you take comes from Me. I am the Oxygen that will learn to let Me guide instead. If you continue to compromise keep this flame alive, and as long as you're aware of how much because you want to make things right for them in order to have you depend on Me, this is going to keep going, working and your peace, you're going to reap the results! functioning. But as soon as you look at the waves, you sink! You cannot allow people to manipulate you, you have to stick to So, where do look for variety, for newness, for spunk & what I'm showing you is good and the best for all of you. inspiration? At all the things you cannot have? No. At Me! I'm trying to train you for the War of the Worlds, not a holiday Don't let resignation in! You've got to believe, hold on at any camp where you become weaker & weaker by the day, unable to cost! Let earth and all carnal circumstances recede & let Me lift resist & fight the Enemy! I'm trying to teach you to fight! And in you above all the natural impossibilities! I'm going to make this order to ensure your survival, you're going to have to learn to happen, so you'd better believe Me for it! Don't be dumbfounded: seek your satisfaction and fulfillment in spiritual things, because If I said it, and if I ordained it, don't you think that I also am able you're never going to be able to escape the Devil's clutches & to keep it alive? influence as long as you remain junkies to his enticements & I'm just allowing the Devil to pour some water over it, like the seek them above My pleasures! servants of Baal poured water over Elijah's oxen and altar. It was Your kids have to learn to appreciate the little things & that they an additional challenge, to ask to do the totally and utterly must give in order to receive, otherwise they're going to be lost impossible, to pour all that valuable and precious water down later on, unable to contribute anything valuable to others, only those trenches. selfishly seeking their own pleasure & satisfaction. But for Elijah there was never a doubt that I was going to do it. They've got to do their part in order to feel truly satisfied in the He knew there was going to be fire, and there was going to be long run, finding pleasure in giving and contributing their share rain again. So, as a result, I caused him to do the humanly to the workload, which is much more lasting and important than impossible, because He had My anointing, My power, My fire, and the fleeting little pleasures of consumption. it's got to be that same power, anointing and fire that fuels your Once you've got your priorities straight, it becomes much more actions, your words, your life! pleasurable again to enjoy something small, you won't take life's Never ever doubt that I'm going to do it, no matter how much little pleasures for granted anymore! It's all about giving, not water the Devil may pour over it! He's casting out a flood after taking! you to drown you, but don't you swallow any of it! Let them It's all about serving, not seeking to be served! swallow it! But you must keep on believing, never doubting that My fire is more powerful than all his water, & all that's going to be 150 __________________________________________________ left of it when the twain shall meet and I'm done with him is Behold, I make all things new. I am the One Who brings vapor! variety & change! You can interpret that both ways: either you So, don't insult Me by doubting Me. It's a conduct that is

unworthy of you! You should know better than that! You have been raised & trained to know better than that! In fact, you were born to know better! I cannot fail, and I won't.

forever. But what goes up, must come down, and you're going to have to come back down eventually, and why not do so out of your own accord, before your fuel runs out & you'll take a tumble & spin? 151 __________________________________________________ Humility can be an incredibly effective weapon! You don't let You can always come back to Me for another shower of My pride consume your energy, you won't fall for it, you won't yield golden Words to you, another snack of manna, My heavenly to that temptation to let your flesh make you feel any more bread, My water of life, which is better than wine. "special" than anybody else, because you know, what does it all In order not to stumble, you have to keep your spiritual ears amount to, anyway? Dust in the wind! That's really something open! And have your antenna tuned in My direction! Once you're that applies to all those rock stars. All they really are is dust in involved in something, it's so hard for you to just step out of it & the wind. A vapor that's here a little while & then it's gone! Those take a break & get into the Spirit, but you've just got to do it in tiny, insignificant missionaries, they're doing things that are order to maintain your proper balance! You must drown out the really going to last, and they're going to enter into the halls of world all around you, shut it up and turn on & tune in to the fame of Eternity! music of My Spirit! You try to use that high energy level you feel to do something It's always available! And much more rewarding than worldly special, to make full use of it. But as a result, you often wind up input. cranky & easily irritated, which shows how fragile & brittle this Why feed on crumbs, when I could serve you a whole delicious thin veneer of "feeling great" really is, and how artificial! It's that meal? plastic coating of some personality types, which you're finding Make room for something new, just passing on the things, the out, is just part of their deception. It serves to deceive both them message & gems I give you to pass on to the people who will and their audience. And that's entertainment. You create an receive them, no matter whether many or few! illusion, a spectacle that draws their thoughts away from the Be a little light & ray of hope in this darkness & let it shine! You serious matters of life, it makes them forget about things for a don't have to be a big flash of lightning! Just a little, steady light, while, and it's not really all that bad. like a star in the sky, that will do, that's all I'm asking of you. The only question is, how can you make that entertainment If you want to leave your mark, make sure it's the right kind of edifying, so that it benefits in good results, offering solutions to mark, an edifying one, that makes people lighten up! people's real life problems, instead of just creating a temporary The less self there is involved in there, the better and purer it's high that makes them feel good but will let them down after a going to be! It has to be an unselfish thing! while? The good Samaritan didn't think much of himself or his deed that That's the purpose behind My Family tools: they are basically day when he picked up the beaten man & took him to the inn. He entertainment, but edifying, uplifting and faith-building just did what he could to help, & that's what it's all about. entertainment, from which people can glean valuable lessons for Don't allow the Enemy to discourage you! Be thankful that what their lives! They're an influence truly for good! They give Me the you accomplish is something good and lasting, though it may be glory, not anyone else in particular! Nobody gets the glory but little. There are a lot of big fake "accomplishers" who are really Me! only destroying with their big "accomplishments," or merely It's not, "Wow, look how nice he can play or sing!" but, "Hey, accumulating things. that's sweet! Look at their smiles! They really look like they've The less you have, the better it will be in the long run, because got love or something..." the less you will have to tie you to this world. The less you have, It should teach you not to concentrate so much on the quality of the greater the testimony that you're not of this world, that you're your performance, but on the quality of the spirit that comes not putting your hopes in the riches of this world. across! The less you have, the happier you'll be, because accumulating Do people notice the difference between you and any other riches and things and wealth in this world just ties you down to worldly singers? Do they get something out of it besides just it. You become too heavy to fly! technically perfect music to tickle their ears? Can they take home If you feel rejected & like an outcast, remember that you're in an experience that makes them feel like they've been touched by good company! Look at Paul. My Spirit that day? Can you say that you've touched someone Sure, he felt discouraged at times, too! But he just kept doing with My love that day? That's what counts & what you should what he had to do. "Yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the focus on! Forget about yourself & get into them! gospel!" And even so, you've just got to keep pouring out & giving out what I give you... whatever it is that I give. Don't 153 __________________________________________________ question it, don't minimize it, don't worry if not many people Focusing on the negative debilitates you, even if it's the seem to appreciate it! That's the way it's got to be! truth! Some people need their immediate, visible successes, or they'll You're much better off focusing & dwelling on the positive, drop their projects like a hot potato. But that's not the kind of seeing My hand in everything, Romans 8:28, & how I can even perseverance & shtick-to-it-iveness that I expect My men & use the Devil and his legions of demons, along with all the evil women of faith to have. Pioneers must have vision to see what they bring into this world, to bring about My plan for each of you, no one else can see! - Initiative, to be the first one to try. Plus My children. faith and courage. Keep receiving and drinking in My Words, and Look at the Book of Revelation: even though it talks about all the that faith will grow, and courage will set in, too! suffering and death that's going to befall the world toward its The primary requisite for all those who would follow Me is love, end, there is incessant praise in heaven at the same time. They and once My perfect love will be your driving force & motivation, continue to praise Me in spite of all the suffering they see it will cast out all your fears, and courage will be yours, along happening on earth because they see something you can't. There with everything else you'll ever need! is a perfect plan, and a perfect picture and sense in it all! No matter what all the bad in your life amounts to, you've got to get 152 __________________________________________________ ahold of that glimpse of My perfect picture, My perfect sense in it The result of what artists feel after an exuberant performance all! You've got to see Me and My hand in it! is a feeling that many of them get addicted to, but it's not nearly Look at the positive opportunity in the negative condition. as fulfilling or truly satisfying as the joy over a single soul saved. Instead of focusing on the loss, focus on what you've gained. The less glorious task of going witnessing is a much greater Instead of feeling dwarfed by the giants who rule this world, accomplishment in My eyes. rejoice that I'm going to use little Davids like you to bring those Treating the imposters success and failure just the same is what Goliaths to fall! makes a good pilot: a good and smooth landing! It's relatively easy to take off, and you feel like you want to stay up there 154 __________________________________________________

(Mt.13:52) It gives Me pleasure when My children delight in My Words, both, new and old. There is more to discover in My Word, more excitement to glean from it, than from the whole caboodle of worldly knowledge and entertainment combined. One has to glean a lot longer and harder to find some reliable source of all they call "knowledge" in the world. They just don't seem to stick to the truth as much as My Scribes and prophets would. There are too many people out there who defend nothing but their own little truth. That's the result of Adam & Eve believing Satan's lie at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, "Ye shall be as gods." The problem is that when you have millions or even billions of little "gods" running around & everyone of them having their own "truth," it's pretty hard for those who are not as conceited to find out what to believe in and what really is the truth. The difference between goats & sheep is that goats will eat anything, whereas sheep will only be satisfied with the fresh green grass of My truth, and nothing else. Nowadays people are being drilled into this urge of having to consume and consume and consume even more. They're being brainwashed into thinking that they couldn't possibly be satisfied with merely the grass from My pastures and the fresh clear water that flows there. When there's so much else available to satisfy any little hankering, craving, lust or itching of ears, it seems weird to stick to such a strict and what seems like a "conservative" diet & just be modest & be satisfied by My Word and input. But a good allegory for this is the story of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego in Babylon, where they refused to eat of the king's food & preferred only bread & water instead. After a week they were looking healthier and stronger than the rest of the students. Not all that the world has got to offer is necessarily good for you! So, blessed and wise are they who are satisfied with the relatively little I've got to offer, compared to the abundance of the world, but which is clean and kosher and wholesome, whereas the abundance of the world will only deceive you and make you sick. And if you have a closer look, what I've got to offer nowadays isn't even all that little. The problem isn't a lack of abundance, but rather that people usually tend to yield to the temptation & curiosity for the other side. They think there's more to discover over there, on the other side of the fence. I recommend for you to make the large part of your spiritual diet that which you know is 100% approved of My Spirit & comes from the clean water brooks of My mountain. Watch your diet & learn to restrain yourself & not always to yield to the craving & consume whatever you find or happen to hunger or lust after. But if you want a healthy soul, a healthy body and spirit, then you're going to have to stick to a healthy diet, one in which the rule applies that "less is sometimes more." Learn to discipline yourself. 155 __________________________________________________ It's sad for you to feel alone when you've got such a cloud of helpers around you, but you seem oblivious to them & unaware that they're there. Whatever you feel like, your faith should not be based on feelings, but on the fact that you are not alone! You're never alone! You associate fellowship with mere physical company only, whereas I'm trying to teach you that your spiritual company is a whole lot more important and wholsesome for you. You still go by what you can see and hear and feel with your physical senses, that's what's important to you, all the while neglecting what you could see, hear or feel and be experiencing with your spiritual senses. It's a matter of exercising them! One exercise to activate & experience greater interaction with your spirit helpers is witnessing. "Obedience brings down the Spirit and blessings of God." 156 __________________________________________________ If you're prepared for a crisis, such as periodically occurring emotional lows, then the disappointment won't be so big. You'll

be expecting them as something natural, as night following day or winter following autumn, and you won't freak out, wondering, "What's it again now?" You'll know, "Oh, it's just an emotional ebb." It will be a lot easier to deal with it. You've been hoping "they" would disappear, but it looks as if it would be smarter to just accept them as natural, regular occurrences that you're simply going to have to deal with, a natural result of the fall and of sin in this world. You can't go by feelings. If you wait for emotional confirmation until you're able to show love to someone, you won't be showing love very much. Besides, emotions have often turned out to be deceptive. It's a little bit like "Groundhog Day." The spell won't be broken until you've learned your lesson. Let's face it: everybody in the world can love the person they're emotionally attracted to, they have a crush on or are in love with. But learning how to love unselfishly, for My sake and for the glory of My kingdom is a whole different ball game! You're actually learning to become each other's servants for My sake, for My Kingdom's sake, for the sake of the souls you're winning together by becoming a frutiful team! And instead of being all enwrapped in your emotions for each other, too busy to care about Me and My affairs, you're each learning to put Me first in your lives, to let Me be the one to fill that greatest yearning for utter love, and I will honor this. 157 __________________________________________________ The more you will allow My Spirit to rule you, the more the right kind of emotions will run through you. After all, My love is a very emotional thing, but it's a higher emotion, it's not bound by circumstances, nor influenced by selfish feelings. It's something you would call supernatural! It's the kind of love that's even capable of loving your enemies! Your natural inclination toward your enemies is to hate or at least dislike them, and you feel like cursing them & want Me to judge them. But remember what I said? "Bless them that curse you, do good to them that despitefully use you and persecute you..." For if you love only those who love you, what reward is that? The Systemites do the same! I want My children to be masters at the art of loving, capable of loving more than average. What else can motivate you to want to go out & take My gospel to complete strangers who are not very likely to welcome or embrace what you've got to tell or offer them? That takes the kind of love I'm talking about, and it begins where your natural resources and capabilities to love end. It has got to have come to the point where it's clear that these are not your natural emotions, for they have come to an end, but this is something greater, a divine love, and supernatural, a work of My grace, it's Me working in you, not your flesh, proving that My strength is made perfect in your weakness, and when you're weak in your own resources, then you're strong in Me! 158 __________________________________________________ If you wait for circumstances to be just right and perfect before you'll obey My commandment to go into all the world & preach the gospel, you're never going to do it! The Devil will always be right there to point out to you, "Oh, but this isn't right, and that little detail over here isn't right, either," etc. My blessings don't precede obedience, & it's often your very willingness to go out in spite of the fact that it kills you, that brings down that supernatural love and Spirit of Mine that you're really yearning for. It's a step of faith. You do something for reasons that are invisible to the naked eye, in spite of the visible and tangible conditions. There may be a million reasons why nobody in the world should be able to expect you to go out & do this, but you're doing it anyway for the simple reason that I've asked you and commanded you to do it. That's obedience! You should do it regardless of whether you've got the perfect Home or the perfect sample, just because I'm asking you to do it, and because it's My commandment. You have more love for each other if you experience the heat of the battle field together, & let that melt & mold you together!

I can use anybody in spite of their weaknesses. It doesn't matter if you don't have the perfect sample, Home or marriage, you've got a perfect God, & that's all you really need to advertise. And whatever it takes, you should do it, because that's your main job & purpose in life! If you just obey Me and do it in spite of the way you feel, I will reward you with feeling really heavenly about it! Because you will know that you're in the center of My will, and that means you'll be in the center of the universe as far as I'm concerned, fulfilling your destiny, and isn't that what matters & counts & all you really want? You can make your greatest mark by telling others about Me! So, just ignore all your quarrels, your differences & imperfections & lacks in your sample & keep forging ahead in spite of all that! "There's only one way & that's forward!" You must learn to ignore those feelings of frustration, of hopelessness, of lack of love or whatever happens to be the carpet of emotions the Enemy would like to wrap you up in so that you think you've got an excuse not to do what I've commanded & ordained all My disciples to do. 159 __________________________________________________ Speaking in tongues is a bit like prophecy. You just take the step of faith to give out the first few words that pop into your head. It's a new challenge, a new territory to explore, another area to strengthen, to use your mouth more to give out the things you receive from Me by faith. It's humbling and it defies your natural urge to stick to all that makes sense, since you don't understand the meaning of those words yet, in which case you're just going to have to ask Me for it. It's not like it's "necessary," but definitely desirable. 160 __________________________________________________ As far as witnessing is concerned, you must not try to work up the grace for it in the flesh! You must learn to enjoy the product yourself, if you want to be any good at advertising it. Just relax and enjoy My Spirit, and sooner or later it's going to flow out of you! Yes, it does take an effort, it does take a sacrifice, it's true, it's like dying to yourself & to your pride, but it also brings a new joy and fulfillment. Ask Me to fill you with My Spirit until you just bubble over with My Words and long to give people My message to the point where talking about Me won't seem like some strenuous effort anymore, but will turn into your greatest joy & satisfaction. 161 __________________________________________________ What you're going through right now is My dealing with your former hankering and love for the world, doubting that the world is really all that bad. You still had some hopes & dreams about the System. Sometimes you've just got to forget everything you've learned in order to find the truth for the moment! You've got to forget those circumstances which framed your condition that formed your view of things, in other words, just smash the whole picture (icon=idol) of your perception of things & let Me make it over completely! The Devil is quick to contribute some of his input to your view of things in order to stop you from becoming the totally pure, radical & revolutionary vessel for My truth and nothing but My truth that I would want each of you to be! And sometimes his input comes from the most unexpected sources, so you've constantly got to be on guard! If something hinders or stops you from having changes, if something ties you down to a certain rut and keeps you from obeying My commandment to go into all the world & preach the Gospel to every creature, then you can almost always assume that the Enemy's behind it. You had to get to this point in order to really learn it! I don't just convey all there is to know in a class at the beginning of it, I want learning to be an experience for you, not just a lecture or sudden flash of knowledge. I want you to know exactly why you believe something to be a fact.

Also remember there's a time & season for everything. Many people take their lives too seriously & blame Me for having allowed them to "waste" years in a certain place when they think they could have been somewhere better. But they tend to forget that their lives are vapor, and if I determine that the best place for someone to learn their lessons is a jail or a sickbed or a country that's not as fruitful as others, or whatever, then you just have to trust that I know best that this was indeed the perfect place for you, even though your choice or preference might have been a different one. Relax, you didn't miss anything! Some people have a wrong perception of what it meant when Peter said, "speak as the oracles of God." They figure that it means that whenever they open their mouths, people are supposed to listen and take it as if they were the oracle of God and as if I was speaking directly through them. What it really means is to make sure that it is I who am speaking through you, and to only speak and open your mouth when spoken through, and not just voice any old opinion based on carnal reasoning. 162 __________________________________________________ It's hard to trust Me totally for your providence when you know that you should be doing more in order for Me to be able to fulfill My promises of supply to you. Sometimes the very thing you dread the most might actually be the thing I want you to work on most to tackle or strive to overcome. It's a little bit like "Pay It Forward:" it has to be something difficult, a big thing for you, not just any old thing that's easy for you to do, if you really want to make a difference and do things of real impact and lasting value for others. Anything that's tough on one's self-righteousness and pride is good for them! Anything that engenders humility, greater teamwork, anything that shows you're willing to bend and sacrifice a personal opinion for the sake of greater unity, those are manifestations of love in My eyes, and are important to Me. That which is hardest for you is probably the very thing I might want you to do, and you wouldn't want to "give the Lord that which doeth cost you nothing," would you? (2.Sam.24:24) A sacrifice is a sacrifice because it's hard for you. If it's easy for you, I might still bless you for it, but it's not quite the same as showing your willingness to do that thing which is the hardest of all for you to do, which is often to yield. 163 __________________________________________________ My peace I leave with you! In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. "I can't" is never what I want to hear. Those words don't have any meaning to those who wield the keys. If you wouldn't be faced with this impossible situation, you would never experience the miracle-working power of the keys, you would see no need to wield them, except for occasional prayers of protection when you claim the keys. But I love impossible situations because they force you to use key-power to its full extent. As Dad said, it takes an impossible situation for Me to do a miracle. You're coming closer to Me all the time, with every moment, every trial & battle that passes. 164 __________________________________________________ "What happened?" It's a question to which most people only receive an answer once they get Here. "Where did I fail? Where did I get off the track? What did I do wrong?" A life starts out quite promising, but then, somewhere along the track they lose the vision, the faith or the zest and they slide down the hill. "What happened?" Well, as you know from the story of Job, it's usually your Enemy who's responsible for, or involved with a lot of what happened. Like the evil old man, Mr. Potter, in "It's A Wonderful Life," who unbeknownst to the hero of the story found his money & kept it, and thus caused many problems & trials... that's the way the Devil works, too. He sees an opportunity to work his evil plan, to exploit others in order to spread out his power & convert

innocent villages, homes and entire countries into one big "Pottersville." But with My children, those who communicate with Me and are serving Me, I don't want them to be ignorant of his devices. You may know about how his people work in order to gain control over the world. But it's even more important for you to know what his tricks are that he uses to gain entrance into your lives every day, how he sows his evil seeds of division & tries to divide & conquer! Oh, I wish that you could see it! How he enters, & what he uses. The thing is that often you do see it, you're aware of him working, but then you're indifferent to it. It's all about caring more & being a good shepherd. You've got to learn to be patient and longsuffering, understanding and forgiving, knowing that you're in need of just as much forgiveness. Remember what Dad said about the importance of showing appreciation! Or the "Personal Encouragement Revolution" and many other places in the Word where I've been trying to get you to lift others up by encouraging them & showing them appreciation. But those revolutions and admonitions are all too quickly forgotten most of the time, & people get back into their habits of viewing others with familiarity and negativity so quickly. All that is the work of the Enemy. Just like Potter stole the money in the movie, he sees where you're forgetting about the important detail of applying your spiritual wealth & riches of showing love & appreciation, and he holds on to it, makes it impossible for you to show any more. "He that withholdeth it tendeth to poverty!" Once you start withholding, the Enemy tries to get you to make a habit out of it. It's so much harder to make a habit out of showing praise & appreciation, but it would make life so much easier for everybody. So if you want to know the simple solution: show more appreciation, praise more, be content with such things that ye have, and encourage others more! They need it, they long & yearn for it, and if it is in thine hand to give, why do you withhold it? Don't let the Devil have his way with you and your loved ones! Don't fall for his tricks of going without uttering a word of praise and encouragement for days. Don't be so critical! For every critical word you should utter 10 words of encouragement.

It's a typical carnal human habit to only accept others of one's own kind, in this case, the physical, and to reject or not really fully acknowledge the "other" kind, in your case, the spiritual. But I'm trying to get it through your head that what you're seeking you won't find in your own realm, but only Here, in My Spirit Realm! Stop looking in the wrong place! Stop ignoring the right place! When are you finally going to be interested enough in My Realm that you really desire to see it and perceive it? You'd better get ready for it! And how do you get ready for a place to which you're traveling? You try to find out as much as you can about it! And since it's possible for you to communicate with the inhabitants of that place, you should really take advantage of that possibility. It's advisable to have friends and acquaintances in your new destination! And you do! You definitely have more friends over Here than you do over there! So why ignore them any longer, just because you can't see them with your physical eyes? Open your spiritual eyes!

166 __________________________________________________ The other day you felt like you didn't have a friend in the world... a bit the way the guy in "It's A Wonderful World" felt, too. Deserted & like he didn't have a friend in the world... But I showed him differently. You must dispel the lies of the Enemy about what others think of you. That's one of his "Mr. Potter" schemes you're not aware of, but you must be: he steals your faith in the Family and in yourself as being a valuable part of it. He steals your unity and your love for each other by sowing lies and having you swallow them, and you often don't even realize what happened! You just know that something's terribly wrong & you feel that what's wrong lies with you or the Family or both, when in reality, a lot of all that is based on the Devil's mean old tricks. He stole the "money," the riches of My love that I gave you for each other, by rigging up these situations, using innocent little blunders & blowing them way out of proportion, creating a major crisis out of them. You must expose the Devil's workings! You have to expose the evil "Mr. Potter" at work here & show him up for what he really is! He uses innocent little blunders of the mind, little neglects & shortcomings that everybody is prone to, and creates a huge crisis out of them that makes you feel and think that nobody 165 __________________________________________________ loves you and you're just a useless failure and the best thing Blessed are the lonely, for they shall find comfort in Me! I am would be that you had never been born, etc., ready to jump off the Companion of the lonely. You've seen people rot together, the bridge. become foolish, loud and rough. But not so the lonely! The lonely Thankfully, I've got My "Clarences," My angels, jumping into the have time to think, so they become profound instead of situation to set things straight, to help you out, and to straighten superficial. out your misguided view & perception of things. That movie is Nowadays people are scared & paranoid of nothing more than of really a blueprint for what's happening in many people's lives, of loneliness, as if it were the greatest curse that could ever befall a how the Devil manages to discourage and belittle them in their man... to wind up lonely. But I don't want you to be like that! own eyes... Sure, I know you enjoy fellowship & company, but I don't want That's why it's so important that you constantly encourage each you to shun loneliness or regard it a curse, because I use those other, let each other know how much you love and need each times when you are alone to draw you much closer to Me than I other, & don't give any place to the Devil and his dirty lies trying ever could while you're distracted by others. to destroy your faith, your unity & your positive outlook on life! There is just no other way for Me to train you in perceiving the You must reject those thoughts and determine that you're not realities of the spirit world. As soon as there are people around going to give the Devil anymore chances to enter, listening to his you, you're not even interested! But you can find the perfect lies about what others may be thinking of you. It's a form of company you seek right Here, in the Spirit World! daydreaming of the most negative and harmful kind. It's You must learn to separate the meaning of the words "invisible" entertaining the Devil's thoughts, swallowing his poison, and you and "unreal." For you, they are still too much the same. Just must make a positive & definite declaration that you're not going because you can't see something, you automatically categorize to fall for those lies anymore! whatever you can't see as "not quite real," you don't give them You must be on guard against them! nearly the same importance as the things or persons you can There is no evidence or realistic ground they're based on, except perceive with your physical senses. But that's foolish! Where is some falsely interpreted blunders of the mind! You must see and your faith? "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the keep in mind that there are no bad intentions behind them, just evidence of things not seen!" Don't just dismiss all that evidence, like the uncle in the story had no bad intentions whatsoever of or put it in a mental drawer of "less relevance." misplacing the money. If you ever want to learn to see with the eyes of the spirit, you're Of course, he made the mistake, and the crisis did happen, but in going to have to believe, really believe that the Spirit World is the end, everything turned & worked out for the better, so you just as real, and even more so than the physical, because the might say that it all was just a great big test of faith, and an physical is temporal, but the Spirit realm is eternal, exposure of the Devil and his tricks! Some of the things he does indestructible, incorruptible. and has done in your life, you will never find out until you're with

Me, but as someone who knows My Word as well as you do, you can be assured that if anything goes wrong in your life, he's got his hand in it somehow, but never without My permission and a careful eye that he won't go any further than I permit him, because I know just how much you can handle... The usual human reaction to this is "but that's not fair" & they cry why did I have to create the Devil in the first place, etc.? They all want life to be good and perfect, they want heaven on earth. But that's not the plan & purpose of this earthly life and of this dispensation of grace & Salvation by faith. There will come a time when everything will be perfect, & in order to ensure that it will stay perfect & nobody will ever want to rebel against Me again, I'm having to teach the universe a lesson they won't too quickly forget. I never wanted robots who just blindly obey My every command without any choice, but I do want people - and angels for that matter, heavenly servants as you are My earthly ones - who know why they're serving Me and why they are loyal to Me, why they love Me. I want you and everybody to know why they believe in Me, and why it's good to obey Me - by experience, & not just because somebody told them. And that's why we're creating this huge "database" with the history of the world, that anyone who will ever have any doubts about why it is best to serve, love and obey Me, will be able to go "back" to and experience first hand, just like you're now able to glean lessons from movies like "It's A Wonderful Life" & see parallels to your own life and situation in there... Everything that happens, happens as an "ensample" to those who will come after you, and someday somebody is going to profit from what you're experiencing right now! Nothing is lost, really, nothing of all I allow is ever in vain, so actually, Solomon was wrong about that. It may be vain to collect or strive for worldly possessions and riches or knowledge, but it's not to be understood as "So what's the use of it all, anyway?" There is a use in it all, even in the sample of where that kind of thinking led Solomon, namely to stoop to the dark side in search for ever more knowledge, experience and wisdom, and in the end, what he believed turned out to be true for him: it was all in vain! The best & safest thing to do is to just stick to what I told you, that you've got to be a baby to go to heaven, you've got to be a child if you want true wisdom & just "do it cause Daddy said so," & trust that I have a perfect plan & purpose in everything. There's no use worrying about Me making mistakes. My wisdom of love and obedience is higher than knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up but love edifieth. A greater one than Solomon said this, because he had seen that his own knowledge had all been false & had to be tossed all over, in order to be born again & become like a child once again. "Forget what you know" was the name of the game. And especially forget about the evil lies of the Devil! Yesterday you had this experience when you were looking into the eyes of that handicapped child: you realized how full you were of worldly worries and sorrows, and how far away from the purity of heaven, compared to the simplicity of that child. Isn't this one of the greatest supposed "evidences" of the fact that God indeed makes mistakes? A handicapped child? "How could God allow this if He were perfect? - To let somebody totally innocent be born with such deficiency and cause suffering for him and his parents?" You were wondering about this yourself. Well, now you know. You had a glimpse of how I see things. That that little child although he may never grow up to be as "smart" & "able" as you are in this life, yet all the while is closer to heaven than you are, is purer in My sight, and even to such an extent that you had to feel ashamed at the comparison. It reminded you of the visions Rick Joyner had of Heaven, and how he felt ashamed in the presence of My saints. Well, you felt a little ashamed in the presence of that little handicapped child, because you knew that he was a greater saint than you were. Here you had been fussing and fuming, striving for perfection, not wanting to be late & you found that this little fellow with not a care in the world was a much greater saint & so much purer in My eyes than whatever you had tried to achieve in your own

fleshly efforts. Can you see it now? The purpose in it all? The difference between Cain and Abel? The vanity & senselessness of the striving for carnal perfection and of lack of trust in Me? That child had more trust in Me and faith than you could muster up in all your two and a half decades of studying My Word! So, who's to say who has got more faith? Who's to say how I measure success or closeness to Me? The greater your trust in Me, the better off you'll be. Who, by worrying, was ever able to add one little grain in size to his spiritual stature? Forget about your worries! Trust in Me! Your worries will just drive you away from Me temporarily, until you wind up back here at My feet again, frustrated that all your worries didn't get you one inch further! You don't have to make it in your own strength! If you just trust in Me and wait on Me, I will carry you there! Do what you can do, but don't worry about a thing! Just honor Me by trusting Me and refusing to worry! Why walk when you can fly? 167 __________________________________________________ "The Benefits Of Backsliding" draw you closer to Me, keep you humbler & get you back on the ground of the reality of what your limitations really are. It's not your own goodness or "specialness" that gives you the conviction to stand up for Me before the whole world! It must be My Spirit, which is easily shooed away by a display of pride or a self-righteous attitude. You must know without a doubt that it's all by My grace & nothing else, otherwise it won't work & the anointing is withdrawn & you'll find out what you really amount to & how brave you really are, without Me! They're a special breed, the "By Grace" clan! They have learned that it's truly all just Me & not themselves doing it. 168 __________________________________________________ Enjoy learning the lessons I'm teaching you! Learning isn't the same as punishment. It can actually be fun, and you're acquiring greater & more lasting riches that way than those who work for money only. "It's not having what you want, but wanting what you've got!" Discover the magic & the brilliance in the situation I have blessed you with! But you can only do so by forgetting about the Devil's castles in the sky & his daydreams about what could be or could have been. What could be or could have been is not as good as that which is, trust Me. Of all the possible situations & scenarios for you, this one is the best, this one's No.1, your destiny! So there should be nothing, no illusion of the Devil or any other thing or imagination stop you from jumping in with both feet & putting your whole heart right into this situation that I've given you. Your happy heavenly Home you're seeking, that Home of hearts, is right here! Your lesson is right here, your job is right here, your life & your destiny, everything... right here & right now! No use worrying about what you're missing out on! The real party is happening Here, in the Spirit World, and you won't get any closer to this any other place in the world! Not with tons of people around you & having loads of fun! This is it! The fun is coming, too, don't worry! 169 __________________________________________________ What is the greater love, and what is its greater manifestation? The crush when you were a young boy, or the faithful years of helping out, even without all that much emotional involvement? My love is tangible. It is something you can feel. But it's also more than that! It goes beyond what you feel, and sometimes even contrary to what you feel like. Often you feel like giving up. Why don't you? Because you know - you don't feel it, but you know - that it's not the right thing to do. It's that same old story about feeling, faith & fact. You're learning to see My facts, which are building the faith that will eventually pull up your feelings again, too. But don't look at the hole in the donut just because the feelings

might not be there or as strong as you wish! That would be reversing the situation! You would allow feelings to drag down your faith and disregard the facts! For women, feelings and facts are very closely related, simply because they have a strong intuition that tells them their feelings are right. But this can also be a dangerous game sometimes, especially when the Enemy deals them a few "false cards" & their feelings and intuitions are based on his deceptions. So, what we're having to establish first of all is the proper foundation of My facts, none of the Enemy's counterfeits, & in order to do that, you first have to learn to distinguish between the two, and to discern what are My unshakable facts, and what are the fakes that the Devil would like to present as facts. This logic doesn't appeal to women, but being a man, you need to know that the ground on which you're building is true, & for this you need to dispel your doubts. You also want to improve your house and your building, and then, once everything stands, & is something worthwhile looking at, then you can feel proud of it, too, and that happiness sets in that's there when you've accomplished something, or you know you're on the right track or simply, "this is it!" It's not like you're doubting the whole time, either. It's just that you know that something's missing, you're not done yet, you're still supposed to do something in order to make it "perfect" - at least perfect enough so that the picture coincides with your mental ideal... You're supposed to learn from each other by accepting each other's ways & views, opening each other's lives & hearts to each other. This is what a real marriage is all about. Learn to communicate with My help. I'm the Center, the Hub, and you're coming together over Me. I'm the central exchange point of well-working communication between you, and without Me, you can't do anything, not even communicate! But if you focus on Me and keep your faces turned toward Me, I will be the One Who unites you, Who will interpret what the other one is really saying. I will show her your heart, when all that comes out of your mouth is just head & directed by the mind & your reason. And likewise, I can help you understand what her often unclear "heart-language" means in your language. So far, you've been letting the Enemy do a lot of the interpreting, and purposely twist things around. His goal isn't uniting you, he's trying to play your words against each other in order to divide & conquer, to separate. So, whenever she says something that might rub you the wrong way, turn to Me and ask Me for the discernment and the interpretation of it! I can show you the heart, & that it's really not meant the way the Devil would like to twist it. That's why he who answers a matter before he hears it is a fool: you've got to first hear it properly, with My ears, and not just flare up in a snap reaction based on your first - often misguided interpretation & perception. So, there's lots to learn, isn't there? But that's what you're here to do! You never knew how little you knew, did you? About the real essential things in life, even such basic things as communication between 2 human beings... There's a lot more that you don't know than you know! She just needs to be sure and know that you love her, & then her day & little machine will run smoothly. But if you get distracted & become too busy to hear out her heart... it gets tough for her to keep functioning. There's more to being a husband than just "being there." You need to really be there, in a tangible way, tangible to her sixth sense, that intuition I gave women. If you're not, the Devil will try to fill that void with his input. A lot of women simply adapt to men in this aspect & just block out or mute those senses, sometimes successfully, sometimes not, or they focus on the mundane things, which are also important & need to be taken care of. But just as it is difficult for you to live and operate in this loveless world, so it is for her, and in order for her little world to be in order, she needs to know & be sure that you love her, so you've got to make sure she knows, the best you can. Take more time to express love in those little ways that are so

important to woman. Look for opportunities to do that, make it more of a priority & something important to you. Learn it! What's there to do that's so much more important than letting the person closest to you know that you love her? Love begets love! You will never regret any amount of love you invest your energies in showing! "Whatever thou spendest, I will repay." (Luk.10:35) 170 __________________________________________________ Many times throughout history have My chosen children been slaves to the System & Paul even said, "Servants, seek not to be loosed!" In order to enjoy some things, you just need to work hard. That's the reason why most people work so hard: they want to enjoy more things! You are happy & content with less, but you realize that it would be nice to have a few additional blessings. And you're going to have to work harder at it! There's a fine line between waiting on Me and not realizing that I'm waiting for you to get busy. Waiting on Me doesn't mean staying inactive. There's always room for improvement & ways to become more efficient. I want you to come up with the best possible results in productivity because I know that as a result, the happier you're going to be, because you'll feel accomplished and fulfilled. I'm aiming at your reaching a point of greater productivity & getting things done in the right way, with the proper attitude, having learned to let Me do the things through you & not just operate in the arm of the flesh. I want you to follow Me closely along each step of the way, constantly seeking Me for My direction. Weighing each of the factors against each other, you'll come to the right conclusion of what's best to do concerning a matter in your particular situation. Every person and situation is unique, and you need to find out with My help which one applies to you: is it time for you to join the children of Israel in the mud, making bricks for the Egyptians, or are you called to tend sheep in order to be prepared to free them from their slavery? Whose servant are you called to be? Find out what your faith is, where you stand, what you're willing to do, what you have the greatest burden and faith for, coming back to Me about it & weighing all the details against each other... Study and investigate the matter! How will it affect you spiritually? Will it buy you the ticket to freedom or will it turn into a golden calf, or both? There's no way for you to find out the entire future of what's going to happen beforehand, but you can consider the risks involved, talk about what each of you have the greatest faith to do, etc. What is the greater danger in your situation? That of never achieving anything, or that of becoming a System slave? What are your motivations? Being a System slave can be better than being a captive of Pride. Are you seeking the path of the least resistance or are you really seeking to obey Me? Search your heart for hidden motivations, wrong attitudes, which could lead you up the wrong path! There are many reasons why it pays to get your directions & instructions, counsel & guidance from Me. "Come now & let us reason together..." I like to communicate with you! There is hardly anything more important to Me than achieving that My children learn to walk the right path, in the right direction, based on the right instructions from Me; that they become liberated from the confusion that's a result of the Devil's lies they've often grown up with; that they can see instead of wandering around groping through the darkness. There's hardly anything more important for Me than ensuring that each of you find the center of My perfect will for you, that you take time to learn to hit the mark instead of missing it, and I'm a very patient teacher. My capacity to teach is only limited by your attention span, your capacity to learn, to receive, to listen, to tune in, to let go of your own ideas long enough I've got so much to share, so much to give, and yet there are so

few really willing to listen and to receive it. But the time will come when they will be eager to listen! "They will all be taught in the ways of the Lord," and you're going to be one of My teachers! Tutored and trained by the Master teacher Himself! How would that sound for credentials of a promising future career? In that light, it makes spending one or two hours daily with Me seem like relatively little, doesn't it? If you think that worldly students spend 6 or more hours each day studying their stuff about temporal matters that are going to fade like the grass on the field... "The flower of the field": the wind passes over and it's gone. But "whoso doeth the will of God, the same abideth forever." FOREVER! Think about that. Let that word melt on your tongue & realize that it marks the difference between the timely value of what you're doing and what the majority of the people in the System spend their time on. Compare a few puny decades to FOREVER! "Return to Forever!" "Let's get back to the Garden!" "Come on down, walk on the ground" with Him that was and is and will be forever! Forever is the only reality that counts, as far as I and all My true visionaries of all times were ever concerned. Forget about the temporal! What good is it? What short-sightedness! If you invest each of those tiny little fragile moments, those tiny drops of time, in the vast ocean of forever, they won't merely evaporate into thin air, as the works of unbelievers undoubtedly will, but you're going to make eternal contributions to the one that lasts. Whatever decisions you have to make, measure them by the standards of forever! What weight does it have in the cause of forever? Is that thing you do and are planning to do merely something which contributes to the fleeting, temporary subjects of time, or will it be something worth an entry in the annals of forever?

around you, your fellowman, loving your neighbor as yourself by helping them to find the same blessings & answers you have found in Me. I have simply opened up your eyes a little sooner & have allowed you to find and see the truth before them, in hopes that you would be faithful to pass it on to them, even though they might not seem as interested, but they need it desperately, just the same. Failing to reach out to them is the very sin the Devil is trying to get you to commit, the very failure that's his goal and aim! Will you let him accomplish that? Will you allow him to cause you to fail & miss your destiny? Will he manage to bluff you & scare you out of what you're meant to do? You can either blame him for it forever, or you can refuse to even give him a chance! Call out to Me whenever you're at wits' end about what is happening and going wrong in life! We're trying to expose the Devil's hidden workings in your life. Hidden to you, that is. And you must ask Me every step of the way, as soon as something's fishy: "What happened? Lord, what has actually happened here? I can't see it, I don't understand it, I don't have a clue! But You do, so, please, show me!" I can use anything! Focus on what I'm trying to convey to you & teach you & impart to you through everything you experience! There is a lesson in everything! Expose the Devil's workings! Ask Me to show & reveal to you what he's doing!

172 __________________________________________________ The patients are there, in need of help, but the doctor is deceived into thinking he's sick and helpless himself and thus fails to reach out & do his part to heal them! Instead of being aware of what you've got to give, instead of being the giver and accepting your role of the benefactor I would want you to be, you're focusing too much on your own needs, your own "disease." You're too enwrapped & busy & preoccupied with your own healing, instead of reaching out your hand in order to heal the other, your neighbor, your fellowman, the one closest to 171 __________________________________________________ you, but that's what you've got to focus on: their need, not yours! Pity the weak and heal the sick! Have compassion on the It's a very common problem & trick of the Enemy you have read poor, strengthen the feeble and kiss and touch the blind & lame! about in "Revolutionary Women." You cannot be preoccupied If you cease seeing the poor spiritually diseased as those who with your own happiness, it's elusive & vain to even attempt to seek to cause you harm or as rejecters or antagonists & begin go chasing after it! Your job and your task in life is to make viewing them as victims instead, you'll begin to get a glimpse of others happy! You must quit believing the Devil's lies that you've the vast ministry before you! got nothing to give! You've got so much to give! You're still seeing yourself as the beggar, when in reality it is you But you focus on your inabilities, your fleshly ailments and your blessing them with eternal riches, and all they can do is honor weaknesses, your lacks, instead of that which you've got! You let Me by giving you some of their material blessings in return! the Enemy cause you to view yourself as a weakling and pauper, Satan totally twists things & turns them upside down, inside out instead of a mighty prince wielding the most powerful weapon in & makes things appear as the reverse & opposite of what they the universe! Forget about "Star Wars!" You've got the real thing! really are! You've got the Power! For too long you have seen yourself as the victim, when they are There is more power in your hands than you're aware of. The really his victims, and he's just been fooling you by keeping you Devil's trying to make you oblivious to it. But you must not allow from seeing things the way they really are! You are spiritually him to blind you! You must not let him get you to belittle and rich beyond measure, and they are the poor & destitute, neglect that most powerful weapon in the universe you're desperate for just a cool finger from you, having dipped it into My wielding! You must not let him fool you into thinking that you're cool, fresh living waters. unable to love when I have placed that weapon of love in your But as long as you fall for the Devil's portrayal of the situation, hands! you won't do them any good! It's like a doctor walking through a You've got to avail yourself of it! The same applies to the power hospital, himself complaining about his sicknesses & seeking aid of healing, the power to overcome anything! You can no longer from his patients! A bizarre reversal of roles. allow him to stop you & keep you from what you're supposed to Of course, not only is he trying to deceive you into thinking that be doing! you're sick or the pauper, but he's also deceiving them into You could be pouring into them, instead of just ignoring their thinking that they are actually whole and not sick, and that they need due to being so enthralled & hypnotized by the focus on are rich, instead of destitute, naked and poor, as I see them. your own pseudo paralysis, pseudo impotence & pseudo But what matters is that you see things My way! You must incapabilities. Yes, you are able! Yes, you can! My Word assume the role of the healer and benefactor. promises it, and you've been preaching it to them over and over You have been given so much! If you don't pass it on, if you again, and they have been proving time and again that they allow the Devil to scare you out of it because of pride, then what believe it, but now they're just waiting for you to show that you could have been the beginning of a wonderful chain reaction also believe it! won't come to pass! What's stopping you from giving them the love that they need? Don't fall for Satan's deceptions. Expose him and his devices and What's stopping you from obeying My counsel, from putting it lies to your fellowman, your mission field, your "patients," into action and from doing more than just merely "being there," "clients," whatever you may want to call them, those you are passively lying there & waiting for lightning to strike you in order here to help and reach! You're meant to reach out to those to bring you back to life?

Life is in your hands, you've got the key of life, you've got the power to give, to love, to create, there's nothing you can't do! Why don't you believe it? Is it too good to be true? Is it too beautiful too to believe? Is My power all just theory in your head or do you actually believe it, act on it, use it? This is your dilemma that you must overcome! You've got to put it into action! You've got to make it happen & just do it! I've been telling you this over & over again, now it's time for you to quit being a hearer only & start being a doer. Quit deceiving your own self! How do you deceive yourself by just being a hearer of the Word instead of being a doer? By believing the Devil's lies that it won't work for you! That it's all good & nice & may work for others, but not for you, for whatever reason... You're not good enough, you're not worthy, you don't have enough faith... to hell with all that rubbish! It's irrelevant, just like all the other baloney the Devil concocts in order to get your focus off your goal & off your task, to reach out & touch them! If you'd only reach out and touch them and would listen to their voice... Hear their inner heartcry for what you've got to give! You can't keep it in! Believe it, act on it, do it & send the Enemy back to hell where he belongs! Live, love, give whatever you have to give, just do it! Withhold no longer! I want you to wake up every morning fully conscious of the vast oceans of love and spiritual wealth that you've got to give & share with everybody. Start pouring out! It is time! You must start pouring into everyone you come across. Get out of idle gear & make some uphill progress. You've made your U-turn and you've turned around in the right direction, now you've just got to get going! Zoom in onto the goal that lies before you & step on the gas! The Devil is keeping you from giving the love you ought to. And as a result of that lack of love, there is a whole flood of lies he can pour into their vacancy for the Devil's input. It's like Adam standing by & just watching Eve when she ate the fruit, instead of defending her from the Devil's lies & stopping her from doing it. And often, blaming Eve, or womankind in general continuously for the result of what happened, is one of the causes for a lot that's going on in the world, & one of those devilish schemes I'm trying to expose: the Devil tempts you to blame them and you become resentful. He gives you an excuse for not loving them and you fall for it! There IS no excuse for failing to love! To love is the one and only commandment, so why don't you keep it? And to love does not just mean to passively & reluctantly tolerate. To love is reaching out, actively going on the attack & doing something to alter your "neighbor's" state, not blaming them, but taking the responsibility to do something about it! You see how much I can teach you about the very basic mysteries of life if you just take this time with Me seriously enough & don't just view it as a repetitious duty or ritual? Reject the lie of the Enemy that you're powerless and that you've got nothing to give, for you've got everything! There is no limit to what you can give, if you'll only start! There's an unlimited supply of fuel in your vehicle, but you still think you've got to power it by your own puny force, like riding a bike uphill, when all you need to do is step on the gas, rev it up & get going! Stop looking at the non-existent void & emptiness that the Devil is trying to paint before your mental eye & look at My riches that are yours to give! You can really play Big Spender & dish it all out! Imagine you had an unlimited amount of money to give away to people, to whoever you met, and whoever would take it! Of course, some won't believe it & think it's just a joke, but others are just waiting for you to pull it out of your pockets! I seriously want you to start viewing yourself as a multibillionaire whose sole purpose for existence it is to reduce the poverty of the world & get busy dishing out the wealth! Start handing out the money & see how you'll be changing your part of the world! Whatever thou spendest, I will more than repay! Every little drop of love you'll pour into each hungry & lovethirsty soul by your side will not return to you void. It'll grow and grow an hundred-fold! Every bit of spiritual wealth you'll be

passing out will be multiplied over and over again, if you'll just start. Remember the parable of the buried talent. It's time to dig up your wealth, pass it on, invest it and watch it multiply! You have stored up & hoarded quite some riches for yourself now, but you must no longer withhold them! It's time to wake up to what you've got, to what your task is, and time to stop allowing the Enemy to fool you & grind your fruitfulness to a halt! Time to call his bluff! Time to rebuke his lying vanities, his empty lies, his illusions and apparitions, his false portrayal of things. You must learn to recognize the Devil's workings in your life. Just ignoring him won't do the trick! He's an Enemy that's to be taken very seriously, and ignoring him could be the biggest mistake you ever made! It may be unpleasant having to deal with the Enemy, but what else is a war but having to constantly face & confront & deal with your enemy? - Exposing his tactics, finding out which way he operates, what he's trying to achieve, etc. And you must find ways to lick him, beat him, destroy him! But instead of focusing on attacking and fighting him, he is trying to divert your attention & get you to focus on yourself, your weaknesses, your desires, your wants, your lacks. He doesn't want you to focus on using the weapon in your hand to smite him! 173 __________________________________________________ You sometimes tend to limit Me and My riches in your mind & think there isn't much left to learn, to find out. Knowledge can be one of the Enemy's greatest temptations, and it takes a lot of self-discipline to stay on the straight & narrow of the simplicity of My Gospel. My voice is much better heard and perceived in the silence than when surrounded by others, especially those who still soak up whatever pleasures and enticements the world has to offer. The Real Thing is Here, where I am and rule and reign, in the invisible, eternal realm. But "invisible" often isn't good enough for those of little faith. It's all by faith, and without it, it's pretty hard to find My favor, because faith is the basis of it all, the primary condition. You have to be willing to make a declaration that you prefer something you don't see over something that you can see. Otherwise there's no use in even starting or pretending to walk or live by faith. It means establishing a connection with invisible entities, people, beings, whatever you want to call them, and allow them to become more important to you than some of the visible ones. The gifts of the Spirit are only found by those who truly seek them, and in order to seek them you must spend time in the Spirit Realm, you must show some interest. You're learning to love, you're learning to fight your spiritual enemy, you're learning where to find those spiritual riches and nourishment for your soul! You're learning to communicate with the eternal ones instead of allowing the Devil's vain voices and sirens to drown you out & hypnotize and entice you! It's a myriad of little, seemingly insignificant choices you're having to make each day, as to who you're going to listen to, whom are you going to follow, My voice and the whispers of wisdom, or the Devil's roaring cheers, laughter and enticing songs? Keep your focus on the spiritual. Make the right choices! Distinguish between the Devil's lures & My whispers, and between the way the world sees things and My way. Discern the spirits. Seek wisdom. In the silence you will hear things that really count and will make history. Here on the mountain! Not down in the valley. They're going to be washed away by the next flood, the coming flood of the Devil's lies & iniquity that only relatively few will be spared from, as Noah and his family, or Lot and his... Refuse to go the way of the world, refuse to be colored by their influences, refuse to accept their standards! Question everything you hear, except what you know comes from My good, wholesome sources! And impart what you've been given to others, to those who will listen to and receive you.

174 __________________________________________________ I want you to stick to what's clean and wholesome & not drag in dirt and pollution from the world into your life and into your midst, this sacred temple of your Home, which I want to set apart and consecrate for Me. I want you to shut your doors to the temptations and perversions of the Enemy and discern hard between what is of Me and what is of him, for you cannot drink of My cup and his at the same time! I want you to open your door more for Me to cleanse your life in & teach you My pure, giving and edifying ways of love and not the worldly ways of lust! Compared to the purity Adam & Eve had experienced in the Garden, all else was husks. All they wanted was get back to the garden, and the thrills and pleasures of this sinful world were only shadows in comparison. But you can look forward to the Garden & you can start enjoying the wholesome, pure ways of loving of the future right now, & be aware of not letting any of the defilements of the world enter in. Keep it pure; free of any of the influences of the world. Ask Me to open your eyes and to renew your vision! All the fancy images of distraction of the Enemy are disappearing, and now you're ready for My picture! Seek it with your whole heart. 175 __________________________________________________ It just won't work to do things without checking in with Me! If you want My blessing on something, come & get it! 176 __________________________________________________ Harmony can be obtained by keeping the code of conduct that is appropriate for My children: a code that prefers the others' welfare over their own & that will do everything in one's power to avoid causing the other's discomfort on your own behalf. If the others' welfare is actually more important to you than your own, you'll simply conduct yourself in a manner that will always try to make sure that you are making things alright for them. You walk of their need. Your whole attitude is geared toward them instead of your own needs and desires. It means to lick selfishness & to put your whole self on the backburner for the sake of others. For some people that's extremely difficult, because the Enemy tries to get them all wrapped up in themselves, makes them conscious of their needs, their lacks & their unfulfilled desires & so that's all they can focus on temporarily, until they decide to just forsake all that, ask Me to help them overcome all that in order for unity to continue to thrive & prosper. It is indeed a noble goal to strive for, a purpose and a cause to live for, and the ultimate fulfillment of it is "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends." That love doesn't just come over night or all of a sudden. If you haven't been willing to lay down your life everyday in the little things & ways for others, if you constantly prefer your own welfare & consider your own well-being more important than theirs, then you won't be able to lay down your life for them in a real life & death situation either. It starts today, with the little things. Unity with your brethren & co-fighters is not only a cause worth living for, but also worth dying for, beginning with the dying daily of the little sacrifices you gladly make for each other, and that's the original spirit that used to permeate Family Homes and the spirit of every true Christian and child of God that ever lived throughout the ages. It just means to constantly look out for opportunities to make life a little easier & more pleasant for the others... to seek for ways to serve each other. It really makes life more enjoyable. So many have lost and forgotten that art, mostly due to familiarity. As soon as they notice an unpleasant quality in someone they often figure, "Oh, they're so far from perfect, why should I do them a favor?" Or, "They've got this & that weakness, certainly they're not worthy of me sacrificing anything of my own resources or efforts for them..." This doesn't happen consciously, but it's often the underlying attitude that's there. Whereas the kind of love I want you to have for one another is the kind that is blind to each other's faults, that just keeps loving

unconditionally, that refuses to let the Enemy plant any negative thoughts about them in your mind & automatically casts a veil over any fault or flaw you might detect in them. You make that conscious decision: "No, I refuse to focus on that flaw in that person." And you can ask Me, "Lord, help me to see them as You do!" "If you look for the bad in people, you'll find it." So in order to maintain unity you refuse to look for it. Even if the Devil insists on showing you the bad, "Look here, their flaws, they're obvious, look at them!" You just slam the door in his face & say, "Get lost, punk!" And you refuse to even look at it. You just make a constant decision to accept them the way they are, which will also give you the grace to lovingly point out any shortcomings to them without offending them. You can tell them almost anything you want to, and they'll always feel that your words are spoken in love, if your attitude behind it is, "Look, I love and accept you the way you are, but the Lord was laying it on my heart that perhaps you might actually be happier if you were more considerate of this or that fact..." If you really love a person, you can find ways to even point out their shortcomings to them without causing them hurt or offense. The trick is not to focus on the weakness but on the person and how wonderful they really are, or even if they're not & they've got a lot to work on, how wonderful they could become by My grace, if only shown enough unconditional love, and that you have faith in them in spite of anything. Your attitude must be, "Even if you're never going to get the victory over that weakness, I will love you just the same. But if you want, I can help you overcome your weakness & maybe we can overcome it with united efforts..." But you must never let another's weakness affect your love for them. You must keep it unconditional. That's superhuman love, but it's the kind of love available to you by My Spirit! You've just got to reach out and receive it in the same way you're reaching out and receiving this prophecy. You just pull it down from heaven with that drawing power called faith, the "little strength" that you have, which flips the switch that makes available for you all the superhuman power that I have for you, in order to perform all those superhuman feats that others are incapable of. All you've got to do is ask Me for it and believe it! Just pull it down, bit by bit, let the power run through your lines unit by unit, the same way electricity runs through the cables in your house & enables your machines to work! It's not any harder than what you're doing right now. The only difference is that you wanted the gift of prophecy badly enough in order to focus on it and believe Me for it, and you received it, and you can receive any of those other gifts in the same manner! You just focus on it and then draw it down, you just use it, avail yourself of it, you make it happen, that's all. Just because you believe it. And just the same way you refuse to live a single day without receiving My living Words to you, you can also refuse to go for one single day without the power of My supernatural & divine, unconditional love! You just avail yourself of it in the same manner as prophecy or any other gift you have the faith for receiving. My gifts will make you truly happy, and you can make Me happy, too, by believing Me for it and just availing yourself of all that you need. It will help you make others happier, too, and we're all going to be one big happy Family, the way I ordained it to be, by each one availing themselves of the power and the gifts at their disposal, using & sharing & making My power work for everyone involved, just like a power circuit will go from utility to utility & light this lamp & that one & the other, until we've turned darkness into day! Just put a little love in your heart & shed a little light in theirs! It's pitiful when My children grope about without it, when they go with so much less than they could be availing themselves of! So, when you see a need, when you see a hole, some flaw in someone that needs an infusion of My love & Spirit, don't make the mistake of shutting up your bowels of compassion & turning off your own light to them! Just turn it on & let it shine all the more brightly in spite of that flaw, in spite of that darkness until you've ignited them, too. Just keep shining on in spite of anything! That's your royal duty toward one another! My children owe it to each other to love each other.

177 __________________________________________________ The line the Devil handed Eve concerning the forbidden fruit surely sounded tempting and it "felt right," but it was a lie nonetheless. Whenever your feelings tell you anything that contradicts My Word or what I have told you, then you can be sure about their source! Who are you going to believe? Me or your feelings? Stick to the discernment of My Spirit; always verify those intuitions or feelings with My Word & My counsel to you, and when those 2 don't coincide, you know which one you'll have to believe & choose as truth. I build a new foundation for your life, based on My New Wine, your life saver. Both, feelings and people are a very weak basis to build your faith and your life on. How much better a foundation is My Word! The feelings I will give you will usually engender love, & strengthen your love for someone, instead of doubt. Even if by the gift of discernment I show you something that's wrong with somebody, My Spirit will enable you to cast a veil over their flaws & love them in spite of it. I will even enable you to show love to your enemies! 178 __________________________________________________ It's really true: "God's way up is down." It's just that so few people want to go My way, precisely for that reason: it takes them downhill. Down to the defeat of the flesh, the revelation of its uselessness, and up to the victory of the spirit and the revelation of its superiority & supremacy! What is being associated with the word "teacher" nowadays, is a teacher without the Holy Spirit: a dead exchange of lifeless information, no life, no spunk, no enlightenment, because there's no light! A blind guide of the blind. Their little world is so puny & finite compared to the dimensions that are open to you. They're the guardians of the ignorance the Devil wants to bathe his captives in. Whereas I want you, as a teacher of My wisdom & knowledge, to impart life-giving, liberating truths, not the impoverishing, blinding lies of the System, destined to hide true knowledge from the people! They bury the truth, you resuscitate it! You will have to undo a lot of the Devil's work they are doing in countless children's lives! My earthly "career" as a teacher, preacher, healer and prophet didn't last very long. And you have come to learn that My death was actually My zenith, My absolute destiny; there was nothing higher to be achieved or accomplish than what I did through My death. So, stop viewing death as a defeat! It will just be the proof of the pudding, that you were willing to live and to die for what you've been preaching and teaching. That's what makes the difference: you're not to be another teacher of mere dead facts & figures, but teaching others the eternal way of life! And the cool thing about it is, death has no affect on it, whatsoever, but it's merely your promotion to a much better working place, under much better conditions. Any problems you might be having right now, such as with impatience, etc., will all be a thing of the past then. Your weaknesses seem to be a part of you that seems to be pretty hard to get rid of. But that's why Salvation from your sins was the part that I've had to do, you don't have to worry about it! I'll take care of your weaknesses; just leave'em up to Me! When it comes to all that dirt, I'm "Mr. Proper," for real! I take care of it like nothing & no one else can! Through the daily washing of your soul & spirit in My Word I'm giving you a glimpse of what it's going to be like. Right now it seems like the dirt is really hard to get rid of because it clings so easily to the flesh. The less emphasis you put on the flesh, the more progress you'll make in combating your besetting sins, but they won't be gone completely until you're out of the flesh. They won't have any more power over your saved spirit! Isn't that something to look forward to? To focus on that goal will help you to realize how temporal it all is, the trials & battles you're going through... It takes the punch out of them, somewhat, if you know that soon it's going to be all over. And it also takes the sting out of death, because you know

that death will hold such a glorious promotion for you and a liberation from any hold that sin might still have over your body... Not to mention all the physical ails & pains. You'll be a perfect teacher then. No more angry impatience, no more rolling your eyes over any pupil's slowness in grasping whatever you're trying to impart... You'll also be a perfect lover then, able to read minds... able to read wishes from their eyes. So, if you feel incapable & like a lousy lover right now, just tell her, "Hang on! Soon I'm going to be perfect!" And it's true. So don't get impatient with each other, but wait for the perfect to come. Even if you feel that your flesh is telling you a different story. You feel weaker & less capable all the time as the days & weeks, months & years roll by. But the power of the flesh was temporary in the first place, and the closer you get to the end of that, the closer you get to the real thing. The real thing is the spirit. The flesh is a little playground where you're able to play "god" for a little while... until you get tired of it & decide you prefer to let Me take over that part in your life again. And from then on you realize that although it seems to be going downhill, you're really going uphill, because with each step further down, you get a step closer to Me! If you're open to My Spirit & really avail yourself of My power, you might yet be in for a big surprise as to what I can still do with a man who already thought of himself as pass & as good as dead. Moses' time of greatest usefulness didn't start until he got to the ripe old age of 80. So look up to the unlimited possibilities of the spirit & not down to the illusion of "I cannot" of the flesh, okay? You've got the Spirit, and the more you use It, the more you will discover that usefulness will flood your life. You will feel truly useful and used by Me if you'll use My Spirit to make it happen! Use Me, and I'll use you. 179 __________________________________________________ Whatever you learn or whatever knowledge you acquire, it's still best to "lean not unto thine own understanding," but "in all thy ways" to "acknowledge" Me. Without the Spirit, any knowledge is dead, just as works without love are cold & dead. It's the Spirit that makes the difference! I've put you there to learn patience for the less than perfect, and love for the unlovely. Everybody can love perfect people! There's nothing special about that. But it takes something to learn to love the imperfect & faulty & to put up with their flaws, look past and beyond them & yet come up with a compassion for them that will enable you to even lay down your life for them. So, learn to love others in spite of their faults! Recognize that they are all victims of something greater, just like you, and that you're all there to help each other to overcome those weaknesses & things that hold you captive. And knowledge is not as helpful an aid in overcoming such things for most people as is simple faith & love! A child has faith in people and love for people in spite of their flaws. In fact, it can hardly even see them. Only those who are already grown up often can't see anything but flaws, and what particular weaknesses they have to battle against, and what they should strive for or focus on in order to do so successfully. Also, never underestimate the power of prayer to change & alter any natural flaws & characteristics you or anyone might have! Remember, the solution lies with Me. Anything you will learn will be of no effect or avail if you don't bring it to Me in prayer & ask Me to help you overcome your weaknesses. 180 __________________________________________________ You're making progress in being aware of the Enemy's invisible workings behind the scenes! Some things can be dangerous distractions from the Enemy to get you off the wall of the work that I want you to do, and he doesn't hesitate to pull the meanest tricks & plays real dirty! You've gotten a glimpse of the lengths to which he will go in order to manifest his hatred against you! He's really a very bitter and dangerous Enemy whom to underestimate has turned out to

be a fatal mistake in many lives! The old bastard would love to wipe you out & deal you a mortal blow. He hates you, and he can see that soon you're going to get a lasting victory, because you just won't give in. You need to learn to resist the emotional lies he's trying to hand you. You cannot trust your feelings, not even intuition! The Devil will use anything to deceive you, and if he even uses My Word by twisting it and falsely re-interpreting it, as he tried when he tempted Me, how much more so will he be able to use your feelings to deceive you! It takes a little while & investment of time to make sure you're making the right decisions, choosing the proper option(s) & thus avoid making what could turn out to be a critical mistake. Reckon against whom you are fighting, and that in order for Me to protect you unconditionally, you must make sure you abide within the walls of My will for you by faithful counseling & consulting with Me before any move you might plan to make. Once you do this, you can have the peace that I'm truly in it & that I will protect and bless you in all you do. 181 __________________________________________________ There are a lot of things going on in your life that you're not aware of, mistakes that you're making you're not aware of, forces affecting your life, etc. So it pays to tune in to the Spirit World to find out what they are, because I and your spirit helpers are aware of them and can reveal them to you, if you're only interested enough & care enough to find out & listen. You must study & investigate at times in order to really find out what happened, what's been going on here, "who dunnit?" "Why are we stuck in a rut & don't seem to be making progress?" And that's exactly what We're here for: to let you know. You don't have to grope around blindly in the dark, clueless to the machinations of the Devil & what he's been up to in your life in order to sabotage My plans for you. You can find out. That's what prophecy is for. You don't have to be ignorant of the Devil's devices, plans & schemes, in fact you shouldn't and must not! My heavenly forces are in a way like policemen or officers of law enforcement, and it is their job to catch and expose the culprit. A crime has been committed - or rather, countless crimes - and it is their and your duty to find out who was responsible for this. Who were the perpetrators? Who instigated it, and who were the helpers? Who was involved? You won't be able to solve the whole mystery of My workings in this life, but I'm giving you a glimpse. There's a lot to learn, there's a lot to find out, and only those who don't see it, those who don't have a clue to the vastness of all that is there to explore & to find out about, actually get bored with all the potential excitement around them that they're not even aware of. There's so much more going on behind the scenes that concerns you than you could ever even possibly find out in life. It will be one of the greatest & very special kicks for you in Heaven to solve the final mysteries & see My perfect sense in it all! Right now you can only see it by faith, but that faith is growing. In other words, your ability to see the hidden mysteries of the spirit is slowly growing, and day by day there is more & more to discover. And the more you discover, the more you will be able to pass on and impart to others with ever growing clarity. Even though there is so much more going on than you could even begin to grasp with your earthly mind, all you really need to know is that you can trust Me fully, that I'm in control, and I will only allow things to happen to you that will be good for you in the end, because of My great love for you, because you have chosen to love Me. I will always cause the wrath of man to praise Me in the end, & you will see how it worked out for the best, after all. Just hang on through this time of relative ignorance, where you're having to look for clues here & there as to what's really going on. It'll just make the anticipation of coming to My full light & knowledge greater & more exciting. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." It's the final orgasm, the climax of your life's symphony and relationship with Me, like a dance that culminates in ardent

passion & the final peak... the moment when you'll know even as you are known. So, look ahead, look forward! There's something exciting to look forward to! That mark of the price is really worth it! 182 __________________________________________________ Make My cause yours, and you'll really have something to say! If it's just your own opinion you're pushing, you'll only be adding to the sea of voices & confusion. But if you become a mouthpiece for Me, I'm going to see to it that you're going to be heard! 183 __________________________________________________ You're not alone! This is not the end of the world. Just another step closer to Me, closer to the goal! Closer is the word of the hour! It may not seem like it, and it looks as if it's through a whirl wind of turmoil & confusion, but nothing can change the fact that I'm using this to simply draw you closer. Because that's where I want you: closer! And that's where you're going to be: closer. Closer to Me and closer to My Kingdom, closer to the truth! 184 __________________________________________________ Be more considerate of Me. To consider means to take note of, to pay attention to. You're still paying a lot more attention to people, than you are paying attention to Me. You're still more preoccupied with pleasing them than pleasing Me. That's why I said I'm a jealous God. As long as people's opinions are still more important to you than what I've got to say, you're not really My servant, but theirs. If you're going to be My servant, then it's expedient that you heed Me first of all and make it your primary responsibility to make sure you're pleasing Me. You like to mingle & like to be accepted. But one disadvantage of that is that you easily compromise My standards in order to please them. You want them to think well of you. But I've said in My Word, "Woe unto you if all men speak well of you." You want people to like you and love you. That's natural. But your primary concern should not be that people like you and love you, but to love Me and obey My Word on how to best love them. To love others, according to My standards, doesn't mean to do all you can to please them so that you can be sure they'll love you, but to do the things that I tell and show you they will need the most. The only hope you have is to stick close to Me and get your instructions from Me about what I want you to give to those around you, how I want you to manifest to them My love and My idea of love. There comes a time when I want you to learn to stand up for your convictions. Sometimes you've got to take a hard stand in order to do the right thing and fight the wrong! You've got to learn to be consistently tough, yet loving. We're fighting a tough & mean enemy. That means we've got to learn to be tough, too, sometimes. You've got to do what I'm putting on your heart. You've got to obey Me even if they're going to hate you for it! How well are they going to think of you if all your efforts to make it right for everyone and to please them become so frustrating that you wind up in rage and frustrated anger? 185 __________________________________________________ My old greats of faith like Moses, King David & My prophets of old certainly prayed a lot! They didn't think they were all that smart as to be able to handle things themselves & they fell flat on their faces about the situations they found themselves in on a regular, daily basis! Nowadays you people think you're so smart, you're lacking the desperation & the humility to just surrender & realize there's no way on earth you can do it on your own. And so, instead of committing those issues into My care, you try to figure them out on your own. Not praying enough is really a dumb thing to do, because it could solve all your problems & prevent many of them from ever

happening in the first place! If you walk more in prayer, My Spirit will show you how to properly handle people and situations. If you have a problem, you should make sure that you've done your part to commit it into My hands, so that you know it'll be taken care of and that I'm working on the solution.

casualty themselves... Your mistakes are one of the reasons why you're here. They're part of your learning program. And you're not the only one! Ask Moses how he felt after slaying the Egyptian, or David after having slain Uriah, Abraham how he felt after having lied to the king of Egypt about Sarah... Jacob's sons after having sold Jospeh into slavery, Zechariah, how he felt after doubting 186 __________________________________________________ Gabriel... oh, and of course, Adam & Eve... I frequently have to change tactics & plans & methods, or The tempter is still around, tempting whoever he can find who's even policies, according to the condition of My people. willing to lend him an ear! So much depends on the decisions you make each day. If you That's one big advantage about the time you spend listening to don't obey, I can't show you the way. Me: you can't listen to Me and the Devil at the same time! So if Without prayer you're not going to get very far. It's the A & O, the you want to get rid of the Devil and his lies & you want to get his beginning & end of all things in this business! doubts out of your head, just come to Me, listen to Me and dig Changes of plan can happen because someone doesn't pray into My Word! enough, doesn't apply himself enough in order to really make it There's no excuse for not getting in the Word! happen! Self-satisfied indifference really does a lot of damage. As long as you're taking in My Word, you're gathering with Me. You can't afford to be indifferent nor self-satisfied! That's exactly My Word will never return to Me void. If you receive My Word & what the Enemy will shoot for, to get you to not rely on Me, but take it in faithfully, sooner or later your faith will have grown to just float around on an elusive & deceptive cloud of false security the point where you will find an outlet & where it will benefit that somehow you're gonna manage. But chances are you aren't others as well. But as soon as you stop receiving it & you stop gonna manage unless you call Me for help! drinking it in and feeding on it, you're programmed to spiritual starvation, death and decline. 187 __________________________________________________ What reasonable justification is there for stopping to take in your When life becomes too easy, the desperation dwindles, the life-giving nourishment? What would ever stop you from eating need you feel to seek My face disappears & that lazy old self- and drinking? But then people have always been a lot more satisfaction settles in, that disgusting contentment with the way careful about not starving their bodies than their souls... How things are, instead of the fiery desire to change the world! It's not about you? that I don't ever want you to enjoy life, but I want you to see why I must allow adversity in order to keep that vacuum alive inside 191 __________________________________________________ you, that urge to seek Me or else you know you're not going to There's only one way, & that's forward. make it through the day! If you keep focusing on the Word as your most important priority, Don't settle too easily for the happiness this world & this life has it's going to work like magic, because My Word IS the Magic! The to offer. You'll always know there's something more, something Greatest Magic from before the beginning of time! The eternal better to be found elsewhere; Here, with Me, in the Spirit! magic! Because it gives you faith, the power to move mountains, and what greater magic is there than that? 188 __________________________________________________ Worship of creation isn't going to bring the same satisfaction If I handle your problems by not dwelling on them but and fulfillment as the worship of the Creator, which is manifested encouraging you in spite of them, why don't you try to be a little in taking heed to what He has to say as stated in His Word! The more like Me in that aspect? Dwell a little more on the positive, written Word will compliment and enhance and enlarge your on that which by faith you know is going to be, instead of on the treasure and reservoir of personal communications with Me. It negative, the present conditions as you see them. will confirm to you that you are on My track & will show you whether you are right in the center of My will! Because you are 189 __________________________________________________ part of My plan! Just because you don't witness the execution of Focus on Me, not on what is lacking in your life, and I will the plan yet doesn't mean there is no plan! A plan is a big show you what abundance of wonderful things We, you and I manifestation of faith, because it's the rough draft of some action together, have got to give to the world! you're going to take. But the more intricate & special that action Forget about the things that aren't perfect in your life! The is going to be, the more time needs to go into the making of the perfect is coming, don't worry! But you can enjoy your ride on plan. So, if My plans involving you take a little more time than your way there, even if it's not perfect yet! you would wish, relax, because it simply means that a lot of I want you to learn to appreciate & be thankful for even the less preparation is going into you and My plans concerning you! than perfect! Warfare constantly requires of you to make changes of plans & You've got a golden opportunity to make the best out of what to develop new tactics, and you yourself change a lot. you've got right now! Look at the positive, the opportunities, & When the Enemy does something in your life to try to foil My not at the negative, the obstacles. That's the Devil's tactic: original plan for you, then I and My angels have to make drawing your attention to what's missing. contingency plans & find alternative ways of making things work Whereas, if you make it your priority to zoom in on Me, the out for the best for you & to still bring you to your level of utmost Perfect factor in your life, Who at the same time can make all the possible usefulness for My kingdom! other aspects of your life as perfect as possible by pouring out The more you are battling, the more important you are to Me, My blessings on you in response to your seeking them in the first because if you weren't, then the Devil would just leave you in place, the whole story is going to sound different! peace! But if you come out for Me & stick your head out of the Make the best out of what you've got, instead of always seeing trench, that's when he starts firing, and those are the times when whatever is missing that keeps it from being perfect! Enjoy what you should cling to Me all the more desperately. you have! It could be worse! Things won't ever be totally perfect You should get excited & say, "Hallelujah! The Devil is mad, so in this life. They're meant to be imperfect, and for a good reason, we must be accomplishing something or doing something right, as you'll fully understand in due time. Just trust and enjoy! which he hates!" Every time he attacks I'm expecting you to turn to Me for help so 190 __________________________________________________ that we can lick the foe together! I'm with you, and at no time is There's nothing wrong with just doing the little things it takes this more true than when you're fighting the Enemy! There is no to keep the boat afloat. In a crisis situation there isn't much time greater proof that you're on My side than when you're fighting My for people to pay special attention to others... It's an "all hands Enemy. on deck" scenario, where everybody is pretty busy & occupied I wait for you to come to Me, in order to help you to get the with keeping their own heads above water & not wind up a victory, so that you will know it's not you who wins them, but that

only I can win them through you! Next time you're battling, remember that I'm only waiting for you to come to Me to give you the victory! That's what will show that you've really learned how to fight properly! I'm your greatest weapon, your shield and your exceeding great reward! I will be your Victory! I will show you precisely which weapons to use, which are going to be the most effective in dismantling the Enemy & destroying him and his plans, his lies in your life! So, come on back to Me; make Me and My Word your priority, and you'll never regret it!

immediately! Making love conditional is such a nuisance of the Enemy! He makes you take on the role of the judge & jury in your mind & utter the verdict: "No, I won't love you or show you any love because you have failed in this & that or because you've committed this or that wrong..." That's also the picture he would like to paint of Me in the minds of each of My children. I'm so glad you're finally getting to know the real and truthful picture of Me, of Who I really am, and what I'm really like. And that's precisely the picture and message I'd love you to convey & pass on to others. 192 __________________________________________________ Somebody's gotta tell'em that I love them! I don't want to judge You still have a lot to learn about faithfulness in the little them, I don't want to accuse them, I don't want to hold grudges things. against them, I just want to love them! You can be My hero by being faithful in the small & little things. Every failure you spot in others, I'm allowing them to happen in When I meant for you to shoot your arrow into the unseen order to deal with something in your life that needs straightening distance, do you think I was talking about physical distance? I'm out! Nothing happens by accident. And it's often a test of, asking you to aim for My Realm! My Realm is the invisible "What's he gonna do? How's he gonna react? Is he going to selfhorizon I want you to shoot for, and the only place where you're righteously blame & point the finger & put on a harsh & really going to find your dream and its fulfillment. My Realm is unforgiving attitude? Or is he going to remember that he himself the "Real Thing." is also to blame for the same thing, and use it as a reminder of The temporal realm is nearly unreal by comparison to My eternal his own NWOs and treat the matter in a loving manner, the way and everlasting values. That's why I mean for you not to seek he would like to be treated himself?" For "with the same measure great things for yourself, as it says in Jeremiah, nor to dream of ye mete it shall be measured to you again." (Matth.7:2) accomplishing great & mighty works. The little things you can Blaming and holding things against another creates an iron wall accomplish by striving for the gifts of humility and faithfully of separation between you, and will separate you from the people doing whatever you can to really unselfishly be of help to others you're trying to minister to, and consequently from any fruit you for them to make it on their way, that's what I consider mighty might bear otherwise and the bountiful results I would have you works. reap in your life if you'd walk in love as you have been loved. For I look not as man sees. To be faithful in prayer for others, to Don't let the Devil trick you & cheat you out the joy of giving what be faithfully studying and absorbing My Word, to faithfully tend you have been given! to the needs of the little ones around you, to faithfully and humbly and gratefully continue to praise Me, even in the midst of 194 __________________________________________________ adverse circumstances... that's what I call mighty feats of the Getting to know Me is part of the purpose of life... You can't Spirit! really love someone unless you know them, right? So, in order to Your prayers are like that arrow, and My heart is the goal, and learn to love Me it sure helps to get to know Me. that what you aim for is the things you would like Me to You've got to learn to handle a two-people relationship before accomplish for you. you can learn how to deal with more. Never underestimate the My warriors are warriors of the Spirit! My battle is happening in power of 2 or 3 gathered together in My name. the realm of the spirit! It's a reminder of the importance of little things for someone like The only way victories over evil spirits are won are through you, who would prefer to be totally in tune and in sync with the humbly using the spiritual weapons of prayer, praise and whole universe immediately: If you can't even get a little 2-person claiming My promises; in other words, by hoping & trusting in relationship into sync and in tune, how can you expect to get in Me to do the real fighting for you! sync with the entire universe? You can summon My angels and My spiritual fighters to come to Start off with (a bite on) something you can actually chew. your aid by availing yourself of the spiritual weapons. If you can't lay down your life for this one, who's to guarantee You must let go of the flesh and embrace the Spirit if you want to that you'll ever be able to do so for anyone? win the battles before you. Learning to love your neighbor as yourself, and getting to know "Come on down, walk on the ground with Jesus!" You're not Me better... hey what was that about the purpose of life? I think going to do anybody much good up there, floating high above we're getting mighty close here. everybody else... You'd be much more of a help right down there in the nitty-gritty, pitching in with all the little things that need to 195 __________________________________________________ be done & that are necessary in order to make life smooth & Your chain is only as strong as your weakest link, your Home workable for everyone. as strong as your weakest member, and if one of you falls, it The victory is not won by restlessly wandering off toward distant, shows that you didn't do a good job in making sure your spiritual solitary horizons & daydreams, but by faithfully observing the walls were fortified & strong enough to make sure that everybody humble tasks I ask you to do! And sticking to them consistently. was going to withstand this attack. You've got to stop thinking in terms of an independent individual 193 __________________________________________________ & start thinking in terms of a unit. What's best for the unit, for the Welcome to the modus operandi of how things should and body, for the Home? are supposed to be! Welcome to the way it works when you are Things change in the spirit the very moment you make the in unity! Welcome to victory level! It's amazing what it took just decision to let something else take the priority over the most to get there, isn't it? Just a little bit of love. Just a little bit of important thing in your life - the Word. giving of yourself! See, when I'm asking you to put Me first, this You made the wrong choice, and the repercussions of it were a doesn't always mean that you have to absolve your full 2 hours steady decline of your spiritual strength, of the spiritual walls of of time with Me before you can show those by your side some your Home, your vessel, whatever you want to term it. As its love! In fact, I prefer if you go to it & put into action right away captain, you're responsible for its welfare and safety. That's what what I show you within the first 5 minutes, & then you can come responsibility is all about. You can't just say, "Oh, well, if she back to Me for more later on, that's fine. sinks, I'm a good swimmer!" But when someone is in need of love - especially someone as If she sinks, chances are you're going down with the boat. special and important as your co-pillar that alongside you The results of your neglecting My Word were that it was even upholds the structure of your Home - that's always a priority for more difficult for you to get into My Word today, which shows Me, and you have My permission to answer the need that a downhill spiral will just go further downhill until you decide

to stop & get desperate about going the opposite direction again.

make it all clear. Trust Me in this also, that I have a good & perfect reason for withholding the meaning of some of the things 196 __________________________________________________ from you that you don't understand... It may sound a little tough, Everything in this physical life is vile, faulty and almost evil but Dad was right when he said, "You don't have to understand; in comparison to My heavenly Realm, and unclean, because you all you have to do is obey." are all under the curse of the fall. So, if I can use any, I can use In other words, obedience is better than understanding and all. As long as there's any kind of noble ambition, as long as knowledge. Knowledge can be nothing but a bunch of headthere's any kind of receptivity for what's good, I'll use that, stuffing, but obedience - obedient action - will get you places! regardless of the circumstance of the person having picked the You're better off knowing a little less and doing a little more than wrong religion or even having grown up in it. vice versa. It's better to do than to know, and, of course, best of With the state Christianity has been in for the longest time, it's all, to know these things and do them... really no wonder that people can't possibly imagine that that's Sometimes it just takes Me a little while to persuade some of My where the answer's supposed to be, and you can't really prophets, servants or kings to yield to do My will. It's when they blame'em for choosing to rather look for it at the other end. finally get to the point where they realize that there's no point in The difference is that some sincerely keep an open mind and arguing with Me or thinking they know better than Me, no point in heart, and continue searching, and instead of falling into a rut of questioning or doubting Me, that all they can do is trust that I clinging to their pre-fabbed notions & attitudes, they keep know best, that they will finally consent to just letting Me have checking out what's wrong and what's right. And if they detect My way in their lives... Whether you may be able to see that point something that's not right within their own ranks, they're not coming in your life or not, trust Me, it will come, as long as you afraid to break ties with them, even if that means danger to them. keep saying "yes" to Me, even if you don't fully understand. Others prefer to compromise. They stick to their old mindsets & Faith is a drawing power. It keeps drawing and drawing, and as attitudes they were brought up with, they continue to go the way you draw, I will draw you closer to Me. of the System and play the game until the end. They won't dare to As long as you keep believing and receiving, I will keep you risk losing everything they have gained and accumulated, no moving... forward, toward Me. matter whether it's right or wrong. That's why I say in My Word that you have to let the weeds grow 197 __________________________________________________ along with the good plants, and you can separate them at harvest That's the ultimate test of humility: When you know that time. people aren't treating you the right way, when you know they are It's not that quickly determined sometimes, whether something is sinning against you, or even going to commit a crime against you going to turn out to be an "evil tree" or not. It's pretty clear once that they're going to regret for all eternity, as in the case of My they get to a ripe old age and they are definitely set in their ways. crucifixion, when in such a situation you still won't resist evil, but But My ways are pretty "weird" sometimes & hard to put in a box, stay humble and meek and not say a word, and just let it be... & thus it can happen that I use something that is apparently That's also the ultimate in faith, because you just trust, that even "from the other side" in order to bring about My plans & purpose. though your rights are being violated, and an atrocity is about to I used the Beatles to trigger a movement that would give birth to be committed against you, you still trust that I and the Father are the Family, as a new and living alternative, as well as a scourge in total control and won't allow anything but the best for you to and a convicting testimony to the old, brittle church of that day. happen to you... Just like I have used the Muslims as a scourge to Christianity It was relatively easy to preach "love your enemies, do good to when they had fallen into their idolatries in the past... them that hate you & pray for those that despitefully use you and Nobody can really tell Me what I'm supposed to do or not, which persecute you." But that night I was taken, and when I suffered is one privilege I have as God and the Master of the game. The on the cross, I had to prove that I really believed what I had been Devil and some of his people try the same, and they try to play preaching, and that's the showdown where it will be manifest God, too, but as the entire universe will see in time, We shall see how much of a real Christian you really are, when it comes to Who will have been best at playing it. showing how much you're really capable of loving your enemies. Napoleon was one of those and was told "Man proposes but God As I've said, anybody is capable of loving or liking or at least disposes." All you can do is commit them into My hands and getting along with their friends or relatives... at least that's the trust that I will show them their limitations. way it used to be. But loving your enemies, showing love toward I use all kinds of methods in order to keep the battle alive. I can't those who abuse you & treat you badly, that's a completely allow My people to fall asleep or fall into a false sense of different matter. security, thinking there is nothing wrong and no one to fight. The Check your heart. Would you be ready for persecution? Would World is in the hands of the Enemy, and as long as that is the you know which is the right way to react? What if they lock you case, there will never be true peace in this life for My true up? What if they don't grant you any rights? What if you had no children. Bible, no notebook and nothing but those verses & KPs you So, marvel not at My ways, nor wonder whether these things can actually memorized? Would you be rich or poor then? really be so. Nothing is impossible with Me. You can't put Me in a You'd better be prepared for such scenarios. You need to realize box, you can't tie Me to a certain club or group of people or claim you'll stand much better chances to get the things you would that I belong exclusively there or in this corner or that drawer... need in such situations, and of better treatment if you are If the Enemy has you or any of My other chosen fighters cooperative, humble and friendly. cornered, I will have to stir up and awaken someone else You can't let your anger & pride carry you away! temporarily, in order to use them and divert the Enemy's The days are evil. These are the Last Days, and the Endtime is attention from you. Then, once they will have experienced the here... heat of the fight & will have found out that it's not altogether a Knowing how to behave in such a situation can make all the piece of cake, either, then they will have to prove themselves, difference in the world. and at the same time I will give you a break and another breather Try to practice some "love your enemies." in order to gain some ground again. There is nothing you can do against the tide of injustice that's Don't worry if this will appear to make sense to no one else but sweeping the world. All you can do is be a beacon and a witness you. Some things are just between Me and you because you have for the truth, and you can only be that by being a true sample of a unique mind, and although others may want to partake of your it. Love that is capable of loving your enemies has always been a mind and be part of it, it doesn't necessarily mean that they will very strong sample and witness throughout the generations, and have to - nor be able to - understand all of it. has been a proof of who My real followers were. Many things written in the Bible aren't clearly understood by Don't make any mistakes you might regret by acting unwisely everyone or even anyone, they're to be revealed in their time. I toward them that are without. "Agree with thine adversary like to keep some things a mystery until the time has come to quickly whilst thou art in the way with him..."

198 __________________________________________________ The greatest way in which you can manifest your faith in My Words is by obeying them. I shine My love on you and you reflect it to the World... Sometimes you achieve the greatest results & effectiveness not by doing it all yourself, but by focusing & transferring whatever amount of love and power you've got onto a certain vessel, receptacle or tool that can do the work much better for you! It takes all unnecessary pressure off your back, of thinking you've got to do it & yet feeling so incapable, when I'm showing you, you don't have to do it, you can just let them do a lot of it for you. It always sounded abusive to you, like slavery, to "use" somebody. But that's all that some people need and want. Including Me! I like you to use Me! I can't wait for you to use Me and put Me to work, put Me to the test, to make Me do it for you! Isn't it a relief to have those around who are glad to do it for you when you feel like you just can't? Well, you can! Through them! Everybody in life has got their purpose, their place and their perfect task, and there's nothing wrong with the fact that some are existing to serve. The trick is to return the service with the appropriate amount of appreciation, kindness, attention and love. The Devil has drilled this dislike to the idea of "serving" and being used into people's heads, when that's what a lot of them really inwardly long for and are destined to do! And on the other hand he places some sense of false humility into others, who think they should do it themselves, and they fall under condemnation over the fact that they just cannot... I have ordained it thus that they don't have to do it themselves. All they've got to do is what I've enabled them to do, to love maybe just one key person and focus on them & pour all the love into them that they've got, and that person will spread that love to many others. It's like one of those water pitchers for watering plants: you pour your water in, and it comes out over a larger area than you could have covered, and without making a mess! Everybody's got their purpose & it will work wonders if you shine your love on the chosen receptacle for all you've got to give. Never forget your most important job and responsibility. It's as if I would have given Eve to Adam for a help to meet his needs & he would have said, "Uh, no, Lord, it's okay... Thanks, but I actually think I'm going to manage just fine by myself..." The history of mankind might have become a lot happier tale to tell if men - instead of running off & waging wars or trying to become richer than their fellowman in order to make a great name for themselves - would have been more aware of the role they were destined to play, which would have been to truly love their women and make sure that they were completely fulfilled in doing their jobs & fulfilling their destinies. Love just didn't sound like an occupation worth their time. Well, it was for Me, and that's the big difference between those who follow Me and those who follow the ways of the world and their god... I am never too busy for love, nor is anything else ever more important to Me than love. There is never anything more important than to make sure you're fulfilling your destiny to love. Love is your destiny! Realize just how important it is and you're failing if you don't love, no matter how great & wonderful you think whatever else you're doing might be! Acquiring riches or conquering lands, all that is naught if they have failed to love. No matter what you did, it is nothing, compared to love! Every humble little person who just did whatever they could to show somebody sincere and genuine love is greater in My eyes than all the great conquerors, heroes, super stars and multi-millionaires together! Love is the secret. Foolish is the man who neglects it. Wise is he who respects it. Perfect will he be who makes it his all-in-all. For I am Love and thus, love IS all-in-all! 199 __________________________________________________ I love to answer your questions. But I don't always like to hand you the answer on a silver platter & tell you the whole score

in advance. I like to keep some things a mystery, at least for a while & long enough to give you time to make an effort to use your brain to find out what you can about it. Godly wisdom and knowledge are gifts of the Spirit. You just have to discern between System input or carnal thinking, and My wisdom. I have given everyone the freedom of choice to either doubt or believe Me. Some of the things you know today weren't necessarily always clear to all the angels. When Adam & Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, not all of them were aware of the fact that this was what had been expected. So, these things can be a test of faith sometimes. When it seems like God failed, only those who loyally believe in their hearts that He really IS infallible can keep believing, trusting and obeying Him. The temptation is there to think, "What is He doing? That's not right..." And the temptation of self-righteousness, of thinking you could or would have done better. That choice is there, for everyone. Constantly. That's the plan of free choice. You may be tempted to think, "Hey, God, what's up with Your Family? They're failing You left & right..." Maybe this is your weak point, your point of temptation, where you're having a hard time trusting Me for all things... You may trust Me in everything else, but when it comes to My people, My Family, you seem to have the tendency to think that I don't quite know what I'm doing, or that I'm not capable of coming up with something you would consider they ought to be. But why should I withhold the same freedom of choice that I gave Adam & Eve from the Family? Why should I painstakingly see to it that the Family is "perfect," without the option of failing, (and I'm talking about every single individual), when that is the overall, grand plan? You see, the plan is to show how I can use you, how I can work through you, in spite of your weaknesses. That's exactly the big lesson I want to teach the Devil and all those on his "perfection through own abilities" trip: the more feverishly someone tries to be perfect in their own strength, the bigger the mess they're making out of things, whereas the greatest saints who ever lived learned to let Me do all things through them. No matter how hopeless a case you may be in the eyes of others - or others may be in your eyes - I can use both, you and them, in spite of it, if you'll just let Me & give Me a chance. That no flesh should glory in My presence. That I will get the glory for it, since I'm the One Who initiated the whole thing in the first place, and the One Who will complete it. The only difference is between those who think they can do it themselves and those who got the point that there's no way on earth, no chance in a lifetime that they can, without Me. And that's what's going to make the one difference that counts between the Family and the rest of the world: the realization that it's not in you or them, but in Me. As Dad said, "Lord-letters." To each one of you applies what Dad said, "When He can get you out of the way, then He has a chance!" And as long as there are all these disturbing elements of self in the way, that seek for a way to pat yourselves on the back for what you've accomplished, instead of letting go & letting Me do it through you & seeking to give Me all the credit & glory for it, it's not where it's at. Usually the point where people really get to the point of letting Me do it through them comes with times of great desperation, in times of great crises & great need. As long as everything is affluent, as long as it's times of peace & plenty, usually My people simply aren't desperate enough to be willing to just have themselves "erased" & just let Me be there through them... Again, it's like the Garden of Eden: the situation was too perfect, too smooth, too easy for them, there was no need to get desperate, they felt no need to watch out for temptation, to seek Me as fervently as Adam did after the fall, to find out what the Devil was up to next. It may seem a little unfair to you that I'm having to use all these adverse & difficult situations in order to get people to allow Me to use them - and for them to use Me, seek My wisdom & answers, etc. - but that is really only because you see it from your own subjective point of view. You like to have things easy. That's your

personality. And as soon as things get tough, you complain, "Thats not fair!" But that's where you have to trust Me when I say, "Well the easy way may look best to you, but it doesn't to Me!" You may think the easy way is the best, but I see it differently! To you, the easy, comfortable & smooth way, the path of the least resistance & friction may seem the most desirable, but I say, "Not so." That's why I'm trying to get you to enjoy & relish the battles & hardships, to rejoice in them and to praise Me for them, because, contrary to your own natural inclinations, they're the best things that can happen to you! Without them you would become pampered, spoiled, lethargic, indifferent, lacking all incentive to seek Me - much less desperately - in short, useless. - As far as I'm concerned. So, your troubles & trials make you what you're supposed to be! They change you from something I can't use into useful tools & instruments in My service. They may be the things you least want nor appreciate in your life, but I say, appreciate them, because you need them! Rejoice in them and praise Me for them, because... You want the Family to become what they're meant to be? Well, that's the way! Those troubles, trials, afflictions, problems & battles... all those things you'd preferably do without, are the very things that are going to accomplish that & bring about the changes you need! And that means, the harder they are, the better and more effective they're going to be. That's why you'd better get used to fighting & battling mode. Because the more you battle and fight, the stronger you're going to be - in Me. And the stronger in Me you'll be, the more My light & love they'll see! Rejoice & praise Me every day for your troubles, for every moment & situation when things are not "the way they're supposed to be." Thank Me for your challenges. Therein lies the secret of success and progress! Praising Me for your battles and challenges is one of the most positive, effective & powerful actions a human can take, and applying one of the most powerful & devastating weapons against the Enemy of your souls. Praise Me for your afflictions, battles & adversities. 200 __________________________________________________ Your destiny is to give, and to give and always to give, even if there doesn't seem to be anything to give. As long as you keep giving, I will give back to you. In your poverty I am making you richer than others who bask & dwell in their material riches. St. Martin didn't say, "Well, if I had 2 coats, I would give you one," but he gave half of his own. It is time for more heroes and saintly knights like that, and I want you to be like that. I want you to live what others are preaching. I want you to be a living sample of true Christianity & show the world that there is still hope. Just the fact that there are people who don't only care about themselves, but will also give of their own substance, even to their own hurt, will be a spark of hope that will rekindle the faith in many, even in the darkest time of the history of the world. Setting your affections on things above & not on things of this earth means to make people and souls your true and lasting riches. Accumulating physical wealth is hardly a cause worth living for. And if so, then at least you can use it to share it with the needy and help others when you can... But you must focus beyond material things. They cannot be what your life revolves around. Your main focus should always be on Me and the job I have given you of giving, loving & caring for others. 201 __________________________________________________ Make a positive difference! The art lies in seeing in others the good & positive that is not so obviously seen... to patiently put up with others' flaws & be helpful, loving & tolerant. You cannot go by the sample others showed you, because I have given you different strengths, a different capacity to love... You're different, so don't go by how others have treated you, because I have equipped you differently in order to be able to act differently. I have created you in order to make a difference, not to conform to the already existing way of doing things. It's not

the time anymore for you to imitate others' behavior, but to come up with your own, based on My instructions. I may ask you to do things nobody else has ever done before. I have equipped you with the crazy faith to believe Me for things I may never have asked of anyone else, or that you've never heard or seen before... It's in your power to make a difference, and it's about time you wake up to that calling & live up to it! Don't sink back into the morass & mire of sleepy conformity, but dare to be different, and not only different, but unique! Because you are. There is nobody in the whole universe quite like you, so, trying to fit into the mold of others & yielding to the Devil's attempts to get you to blend in & just act like everybody else is denying your true calling & your real identity. You're not like everybody else, period! I want you to act in each situation not as you may have learned from old, existing patterns of how people habitually act in such situations, but to come up with your own, brand new patterns, based on what I'm telling you, how you're supposed to act. Don't be like everybody else, be what I'm telling you to be & what I want you to be. Don't act like everybody else, but do what I tell you and want you to do, even if nobody has ever done it before. This isn't the same as wanting to be a "special" sheep. I'm calling people to step out & have the guts to dare to be different again & do unusual things, things nobody else has ever done or tried before. 202 __________________________________________________ Your anger stems from the frustration about things not being the way you think they should be. You think life is treating you unfairly, you deserve better than that, & a lot of that anger is directed at Me and those whom I seem to prefer in your eyes, by making things easier for them. Instead of respecting My judgment, it leads you to defiance & rebellion against Me... you think you know better and would have done better, if you were Me, which is exactly the kind of pride that caused Satan to fall. It's the root of all sin, and you must recognize that it's the very spirit of Satan complaining about Me, cursing Me and wishing he would be in My stead. You think you could do better than I, if you were endowed with My powers, you think you're more just, more righteous, you deserve more than what I'm handing you. But only in the yielding to My better judgment & humbly & gratefully accepting the job and the slot in life I assigned you to can you find peace and can you start walking the way of true accomplishment, fruitfulness & fulfillment in Me. Since you sincerely want to make progress and come closer to Me, I'm showing you your enemy and what hinders you. Like Dad said, "you are your own worst enemy," & it's time you face down that "Mr. Smith." The pride that makes you think you're better than God, the root of all sin, is what keeps you from truly drawing closer to Me! 203 __________________________________________________ It takes perseverance to change the world, not letting adversity discourage you & turn you away at the first show of resistance. You're burying your talents and opportunities to change the world under the fears of what people might think about you, fears of their dislike & rejecting you... You figure, "well, if they don't want it, I'm not going to give it to them, even if I know they need it..." That's pride. You're not willing to pay the price of confrontation for their souls. That's sad. I understand and sympathize with you, but I'm hoping that you will become more of a fighter than that, that you will acquire greater faith, love & humility in order to overcome those fears & that pride. 204 __________________________________________________ You are different, and there's no use trying to hide it. The more you try to pretend to be just like them, the weirder it will seem, because it won't really come across as honest. You pretend to be something you're not, & they would accept you faster for what you are if you'd be more straightforward about it.

You're trying to please both sides, Me and them, but that's precisely what doesn't work, as he that is a friend of the world will be the enemy of God. You're going to have to decide that you just want to please Me, above all and no matter what, that's what it all boils down to. It has always been easier when you had a group of people to live together with & just do the "pleasing Me" thing together. It's very hard to stand up & stand out for Me as a single family unit. Don't base your belief system & your actions on what you see other people do, on how they treat you or whether they like you or not. It has to be your own conviction that must spur you on to do what you know is right. It cannot just be the current of others pulling you along, "I'm doing it because they're doing it!" Stop putting on a show of pretending to be just like everybody else.

will open the windows of heaven & pour forth a blessing that there will not be room enough to hold it!

206 __________________________________________________ The Spirit Herself helpeth your infirmities of not knowing what to pray for as you ought, & sometimes helps you to come up with the solutions already while you ask, fulfilling My promise that "before they call, I will answer." It's a little bit the way you find solutions & reach helpful conclusions sometimes by just talking and communicating about things. Communication is really a magical thing. It triggers a lot of answers, opens doors & vaults of possibilities you weren't aware of before, and if it already does the trick with regular human communication, think of how much more effective your communication with Me can be! The answer to your lack lies in greater faith, trust & reliance on 205 __________________________________________________ Me. "Ye have not because ye ask not." If you haven't asked Me I'm always eager to pour out, even if the Devil is trying to for supply in the first place, then it shouldn't surprise you too whisper the opposite in your ear, like "you don't deserve it, you much that there's not much happening. haven't been good enough..." Thanks for not listening to him! Every now & then I simply expect you to stir yourselves up to call Thanks for ignoring him! Thanks for ignoring his attempts to on Me to supply your needs, so that you will know that it comes distract you or get you to look at the waves! from My hands & you won't just take it for granted! Thanks for being faithful to Me and for keeping the faith & good spirits! I know it's not that easy at times, so I doubly appreciate 207 __________________________________________________ your efforts to stay cheerful, victorious and in the Spirit! Thank I have chosen you to be one of those who had to build their You for praising Me when you felt like cussing! I like that kind of faith solely on Me, your knowledge of Me, My Word and My faith, that kind of proclamation that you still think I'm tops even if personal communications to you. Abraham or Moses were such it may look as though I'm allowing things to happen to you that pioneers of faith, who've had to find Me basically on their own, make it tougher on you instead of easier. without much tutorship or guidance from any human party, with I like it when you make an effort to go in the right direction & few exceptions. make progress. It doesn't primarily depend on the training you receive what kind Heavenly thought power is a process during which I reclaim of man you're going to be, but it depends on the choices you territories in your mind that the Enemy had usurped and make. occupied, and it very much involves a conscious effort on your I want to be your Tutor. I want you to know Me so well personally, part, and some active fighting on your behalf! that you won't have to depend on anybody else's good sample, It's not some passive waiting to be endowed with the grace from but that My sample will be sufficient for you! I want to prove that on high. You're going to have to keep at it, be on guard! the Spirit is more important than the flesh! My carnal presence is Praising Me when you're getting into this grumpy mood & spirit not necessary for you, My disciples, to do greater miracles than I is the best thing you can do! Just show the Devil that you're did. Paul accomplished more for Me than the 11 who had walked absolutely convinced that not only I'm the Boss and in control, with Me and had seen Me in the flesh! He relied on the Spirit! but that I also perfectly know what I'm doing, and that you're The flesh is irrelevant! Forget about it! When it comes to convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that even if you may find accomplishing things for Me, what matters is the Spirit. Not how yourself in an unpleasant situation, that if I've allowed it, it's got good you are in the flesh, nor how good the samples were that to be the absolute best possible thing happening to you, because you have seen, not how good the training was or wasn't that you I love you and only will allow the best for you! received, it all depends on your personal connection with Me! That's the spirit of meekness! One of the fruits of the Spirit! You If you witness, I want you to do it with the incentive of helping meekly accept that I know best and you yield to it, whatever I them to establish a personal, direct, spiritual relationship with have chosen for you. Me! I want you to win them to Me. Once you've won them to Me, I Cast down those imaginations and high falluting thoughts and may lay it on their heart to want to serve Me, and I may show fears born of pride that exalt themselves against the better them that the Family is the best place for them to do so, just as judgment of the truth & knowledge of God! Get real! Look at the you have come to the same conclusion and still believe after all real picture! Don't let the Devil bluff you into believing his fake these years. reality! Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of To bring a Gospel and a message to the world that they don't Christ! want to hear is nothing for the proud! This is a job that requires Let Me tear down the walls of the Devil's strongholds in your superhuman humility and obedience, faith and love that goes mind & cast down his imaginations, so that I can recapture each beyond the natural qualities of man. & every one of your thoughts in order to get you to stop believing I'm expecting of you the humanly impossible. There's no sense the Devil's lies! Believe Me instead! You've got nothing to lose! even to try to begin serving Me, unless you believe that I in you Only all My greatest blessings to gain! will work the humanly impossible! Don't focus on the weaknesses, on the flaws, on your sins or I'm all about busting the confines of what the Enemy and your those of your brethren, but on Me, Who will help you overcome human carnal mind have taught you all your life is possible and them! Don't listen to all the garbage the Enemy tries to heap up what not! The Devil says, "You cannot fly." I say, "Believe in Me in your minds to keep you from doing the job of winning the lost! and you will!" The Devil says, "You cannot live forever!" I say, Whatever he tells you, whatever atrocity may befall you, it's "Believe in Me and you will!" The Devil says, "You cannot tell irrelevant, compared to the rewards & glories & immense eternal people about this! They're never going to believe you! They're blessings you will reap if you ignore him and just keep doing it in going to say you're crazy!" I say, "Believe Me, and I will lead you spite of whatever he may say! There is no higher calling! to those who will receive you, contrary to your natural Whatever else you may do, when you get Here, you will realize expectations!" that compared to witnessing, it was all a waste of time. How My grace is so immense that even when you believe not, I remain much more could you have given to win one more, ten more, a faithful, I cannot deny Myself! hundred more? Is this going to be your lament? When you show that, "Okay, I'm going to believe God, even Go out like Abraham, not knowing whither he went, and see what though I personally can't see how He's gonna do it," then I'm I'm going to do. See whether I will disappoint you! See whether I going to do what you can't, I promise!

Don't worry about what to say, because it will be given you what to say! When witnessing, the outcome is My responsibility. It's something you do by faith, and it's My responsibility to reward that faith! The best training anyone can receive is that of My Spirit, to see Me and My power working, to learn to communicate with Me personally and receive things from Me. I am much more involved in your lives and actions than you perceive. When I get something done through you, it's more often than not in spite of you than because of you. The qualities that contribute to letting Me use you are humility, love, faith, yieldedness and a determination to obey Me, all gifts of My grace. I do 90% of the work. You only have to pay Me 10% of your money for doing 90% of the work for you, ha! The more you learn to let Me do the work through you, the better off you're going to be. It's all about letting Me do it for you, about trusting Me, about relying less on your flesh, asking for prayer, spending more time with Me in order to get to know Me intimately, for only then can you also inspire others to want that intimate relationship with Me for themselves. I'll be all the sample and the training you'll need. All you need is Me! 208 __________________________________________________ The type carnal reasoning that doesn't see the good in the challenge I bring about, only the hardship in the lesson, always equals hardship with "undesirable." But those hardships, challenges & battles are the best things that can happen to you! They keep you alive & growing. I'm stressing unity as one of the most important and vitally necessary ingredients. And this is only the beginning of the way things are going to be and meant to be forever. Unity cannot be found on a larger level unless it's there in the core of the smallest unit first! You have to cultivate it on the smallest level first, otherwise it's never going to work on any larger level. First of all, each of you needs to be in tune, in sync and unity with Me, and then you've got to be in unity with each other. Right here, on this small level, I am able to show you what it is in your own heart that threatens your unity: your selfishness, your lack of communication, your tendency to lock others out of your world sometimes. You've been blaming the circumstances. "Had I been blessed with more favorable circumstances, things would have turned out better." Not so. The lessons have always been there to learn all along. The hindrances to unity come right from your own heart. Simply because you were unable to see them before doesn't mean they weren't there. The real thing is right here on the scrubbing floors level of the nitty-gritty work of getting a tiny little family unit to function properly, before you can think of gathering masses of followers! Once you've got that core working the way it should, the other things will fall into place in their time. Just keep focusing on the point of it all: No use aiming for a big thing when you can't handle a small thing first. 209 __________________________________________________ Thinking you've got to do it by yourself, and in the flesh, hinders you from experiencing the freedom you find in just putting it onto My shoulders & letting Me do it through you. This requires faith that will invest time in prayer in order to make sure you're operating in My Spirit. Really learn to do the work in My Spirit, to let Me lead & guide you each step of the way, to consult Me at every stage of the project, and to bathe the whole thing in prayer. I want the fuel and the essence of My Family to be the evidence of the power to do miracles & the impossible! I thrive on the impossible! I want little things brought to magical life by My wonder-working power, not dead perfection of the flesh! Remember at every step of the way that it is My work, My project, and I'm allowing you to work on it, which is an honor and a high privilege, so, don't act like Joe the mechanic who thought he was too smart to consult the boss when he ran into trouble, but do

consult Me, check in with Me regularly whether the way you're going and doing it is where it's at as far as I'm concerned. That's why I enjoy talking to you in prophecy! It's one thing you can't do in the flesh! For every Word you've got to suck on My Spirit & you're utterly dependent on Me for it to work! You can't do it in the flesh or pretend you're hearing from Me! You need the real thing, and what's of Me, and so it should be when you do other things as well. When you talk, when you work... Just like you've got to stop every so often to tune in to Me again & pray & suck a little harder to see what else I've got to say to you when you're hearing from Me, you must also learn to do likewise when you're at work! Ask Me what I want you to do first of all, and then, once you get started, come back to Me frequently & check in with Me. Learn how to work & operate in the power of My Spirit, as compared to power tools! It's time to put that manual crank aside & learn to plug into the power & use it & see how much more you'll get accomplished that way! Just stay plugged in to the power, & when you feel it running out, don't continue in your own strength, but stop to get recharged again. "Temple Time" was meant to be something you do as soon as you realize you need more of My power & strength! Stop everything & get ahold of My Spirit. Then keep going in My power! Why would you want to do anything without Me, My love and My power? Why walk when you can fly? 210 __________________________________________________ The difference between operating in the flesh and in My Spirit is like the difference between walking and driving a car. You need to avail yourself more of the power of prayer! Prayer and My Word are the factors that are going to see you through, not the reliance on your own abilities. "Lest Israel say, 'Mine own arm hath saved me.'" Please, avail yourself of My power. You're so used to relying on your own abilities. It's your greatest addiction: that need for accomplishment, so that you can feel useful and like you've accomplished your task that's your excuse for existing. But you don't need an excuse for existing! I created you with a very definite purpose, and that is to glorify Me, and not to be just another one of those who glory in the works of their own hands. You were created to be a promoter of Me and My cause, and you must seek to fulfill that purpose everyday! As long as you're so full of what you want yourself, you're too busy chasing that, instead of trying & aiming to promote My Cause, which is usually not conducive to your own agenda. Serving Me is a choice everyday: who are you going to cater to, your own desires or Mine? Lethargy, selfishness & pleasure will always promote your own ends in your mind, & all that's there to counter them is My Word & the voice of My Spirit, the anti-flesh, the anti-ego "movement" in the world of your mind, and you have to make your choices every time which side you're going to actively support by your actions. (Phil.2:21). You see, the same weakness & tendency you'd been criticizing & looking down on in others is also definitely manifest in you, when you should know so much better! How can you inspire others to be promoters for My cause when you yourself are not? That's why the churches inspire hardly anyone to give their lives for My cause: they don't live it themselves, & instead most of them seek their own agenda. What is your agenda? Who are you promoting? Who are you in it for? I wish for you to make the decision at the beginning of each day that this is going to be a day you're going to choose to invest in My cause, a day that you're going to live for the sake of the promotion of My Cause & My Kingdom... to put feet to that prayer, "Thy Kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven!" 211 __________________________________________________ I'm teaching you about the often underestimated impact and effect of your personal choices. My promises are always conditional in some way; you have to keep your part of the deal in order for Me to be able to keep Mine: if you make the right choices, then all the positive things apply that I've told you. But if you make the wrong choices, I can take

your blessings away from you again just as quickly as you decide to listen to and yield to the voices of the Enemy! There comes a point when consequences can no longer be put off. Sometimes you only appreciate what you've had after you lose it. If someone doesn't appreciate their job and starts murmuring about it, I might as well give it to somebody else. You might not see or understand why a certain thing was allowed to happen at a certain time, but that's where you'll just have to trust Me and your helpers. These are desperate times, and I cannot wait until I find perfect vessels. I have to use what I've got. But I will do My part to make sure that My vessels are being purged. He that would be the greatest among you, let him be the servant of all. The humblest are the greatest, & the greatest are the most humble. When somebody becomes weary in well-doing, you just might have to pitch in for them & take over for a while, if they feel overburdened, or they say "thus far and no further." What I want is endless love that will stop at nothing, that would do anything, go to any length. You wonder, "Can such love be acquired, even if I don't have it yet?" How much do you desire it? How badly do you want it? What price are you willing to pay for it? Is this love worth everything to you? Everything you've got? Are you willing to go to the ultimate extreme for it? True, endless love will never stop hoping and believing that it is worth it, and this has been the power and force that has been motivating every one of My children to either serve Me or others unconditionally until the end. True devotion and loyalty. No ifs, buts or conditions attached. Will you have that kind of love for Me? Trust Me. You can pour everything you've got into Me, and it will never be in vain or return unto you void, it will always be more than worth it and return to you an hundred-fold. 212 __________________________________________________ Everybody makes mistakes. The question is, how much do you learn from them? You should view them as opportunities to learn from. Some of the most precious lessons you learn are those which you learn from your own mistakes. Of course, that takes humility. It's tough on one's pride to take the blame & face the consequences of their own actions, and to deal with what it is you have done wrong in order to bring certain conditions about. It's always easier to blame the other party for it. But that's not the way you learn. "Taking the Blame" is a good motto. In order to truly understand some things, one has to be willing and able to see them from an objective angle, not only from one's own subjective point of view. No matter how convinced anybody may be of that they're right and that they're the ones being wronged, there's always another point of view, another aspect & angle to look at it. The art is to be humble enough to be willing to see it. It's also in having the necessary love to put yourself in the other's shoes, as St.Francis prayed, to seek to understand, more than to be understood. And there is still My point of view, which might happen to differ from your own (Is.55:8,9). When it comes down to it, the main gist of the problem with humanity - or the problems humans have amongst each other lies with the fact that everybody is much too interested in their own opinion and point of view than to attentively listen to that of another. They're not really open enough to see the other side... For most people it simply takes an effort too great than they're willing to make, to really listen to and absorb the other, different perspective than their own, & that's quite sad. It's impossible to really get the point & learn the lesson if you can't see Me in it. Instead of blaming the other party, seek Me & find out why I'm allowing this to happen. There might be more to it than you've been willing or able to see thus far...an angle you might not have been aware of. I haven't made any of you perfect, and part of life is simply ironing out the imperfections I purposely created you with - with

My help. You don't have to be devastated by your failures! It's okay to look at them & to deal with them, to accept they're there. It takes humility to just accept yourself the way you are, along with all your flaws & faults, even the ones you haven't been aware of so far, and humility is one of the big goals to strive for, since it's synonymous with love, and the ability to truly love. So, are you humble enough to face your own faults in order to truly love without limits? Only if you're humble enough to face your flaws and accept them, and then work on them with My help the best you can, only then can you lick your pride to the extent where people will be able to tell that they're truly being loved by you. There's, lots more to learn about love! 213 _________________________________________________ I'm expanding your horizons, stretching the muscles of your former capacities. Becoming more open for My new, unknown elements, the factor that is so strange to your egos & habits is what it truly means to be revolutionary! To be truly revolutionary is to whole-heartedly jump into a new thing, a direction I'm leading you, even if it doesn't make any sense to you or is contrary to everything you have believed or known thus far! I love it when you trust Me for things you don't understand! That's what I call faith! When you just follow Me along blindly, not seeing or knowing where I lead you, but you just trust Me, that I'll lead you aright! This is necessary training for the future, for in the confusion to come, not everything will make sense, nor will you always be able to see anything ahead, or what may lie at the end of the path or direction I will be leading you. But you must learn to trust that whatever I bring across your path is of My hand, you must see My hand in it - and that it's for a good reason! Don't seek to understand! Seek to trust Me! And if you do, prove it, by praising Me in spite of the fact that you don't understand! Wanting to understand, wanting to see, wanting to know everything beforehand is a sign of wanting the control over your life yourself. But I want you to yield & give up the controls over your life fully into My hand. Only when you can truly do that are you able to fully trust Me for everything, that everything that comes your way, no matter how bizarre, weird or irrational it may seem, is only the very best possible choice of Mine for you & will bring nothing but the best possible results for you. Do you trust Me, that I love you like that? That I love you so much that everything that happens to you is the best possible option? If you've been praying and committing your day into My hands, how am I going to disappoint you by doing anything less than the best? I will even allow the Enemy to only attack & test you in those ways that I know will bring forth the best possible results, & even the mistakes you will make will be those that will teach you the most effective and important lessons, so that truly ALL things will work out for not only good, but for the best for you! 214 __________________________________________________ I'm trying to teach you greater understanding for others & their weaknesses, through the knowledge that nobody's perfect & everybody's vulnerable, & under the given circumstances it could have even happened to you. I'm hoping to enhance your compassion for others, your love and understanding. If you learn to see things My way, you'll learn to view the hardest parts in life not as the worst, but as the best. You used to see My crucifixion as something dreadful, something that people wonder why it had to happen, until you realized that this was actually the main purpose for which I came, My greatest task & most important "job," My destiny. Even so it is with your crosses. You may dread them & you may rather have those cups pass from you, like I wished, but afterwards you'll see that they were actually the most valuable & most important parts of life, without which things would never have been the same... no victories won over the Enemy, no precious lessons learnt... No victory without a battle, no crown without a cross, no rose without a thorn... no beauty for ashes...

215 __________________________________________________ It's not time for any more words, it's time for action. Get your mind set on the task at hand. The task is winning and warning the world, spreading My message, My Gospel. It is not trying to primarily secure your survival. That's the way the gentiles live & what the heathen seek. That's not "losing your life" in order that you may find it. That's trying to save it yourself, the way everybody else does, and the result is that you lose it, like everybody else does who tries to save themselves...the flesh way, the System way, the accepted way, instead of wholly trusting in Me! If you're going to represent Me, you're going to have to be prepared to do the unconventional thing, & for being unpopular! Even if you were perfect, as I was, yet they would find fault in you enough to kill you (Jn.3:19)! 216 __________________________________________________ "An idle mind is the devil's workshop," so don't keep your mind in "idle," but put in My gear, fill yourself with My program, which is the best guard against the viruses of the Enemy. You're on show & on trial for Us to see what you do with the smallest possible unit, how faithful you're going to be in "that which is least." Don't just idly seek to enjoy the situation as much as possible, trying to squeeze the most fun or ease out of it, but work at it! Put something into it! You determine what kind of a revolutionary & obedient disciple you're going to be, & there's nothing & nobody you can blame that's supposedly stopping or hindering you! It just takes work, that's all. This is the era of obedience & it's time to get into some action! Let's see some action! Once you realize that you're actually working for the King of the universe, the highest-ranking Employer you could possibly ever have, then you'll actually see it can be quite adventurous & exciting. Take the responsibility that everything - what you're going to become in the future, your destiny and all that goes with it depends on you, your choices & actions right now, today, and the amount of elbow grease & initiative that you're willing to invest in it! To become a real revolutionary, start right now, today, by forsaking all, laying down your life, denying yourself & taking up your cross in every little situation & at every opportunity that you come across! 217 __________________________________________________ (S.H.:) It's time to get serious about your work for the Lord. Determine what your goals are, focus on them & pursue them & work at them until you will have achieved them! It's no longer time to haphazardly do whatever you feel like doing, but focus & concentrate on the Lord's work, His sheep, and the best possible way in which you can do your part to reach them! When you've accomplished something, don't rest on your laurels & feel self-satisfied, but realize that whatever you happened to accomplish is only a small beginning & a tiny step towards a larger goal, & you shouldn't stop then, but use the momentum to look around what you could do next. There's no more time for coasting along in "idle." In order to fulfill your destiny, you're going to have to apply some elbow grease! 218 __________________________________________________ If you make efforts to put My counsel into practice & fight the devil harder & work harder for Me than before, then of course, the Enemy isn't just going to take it lying down. You have to be prepared that he's going to shoot back! If you declare war on him, he's gonna fight you. Your Home is a constant potential danger zone, in which it behooves you to walk & converse wisely, cautiously & circumspectly, to watch your tongue & simply to be more prayerful in your speech. Be sober, be vigilant. Be careful, watchful, prayerful, attentive.

Don't give the Enemy a chance to enter in through foolishness & carelessly uttered words. 219 __________________________________________________ If you have the right attitude & the right amount of love for people, the right incentive, then nothing is impossible. But don't worry if it doesn't look as if you're going to attain to all of these things in this life. Take it one step at a time, but don't get frustrated if you don't get to the goal in one day. Be patient, not only with others, but also with yourself. Don't require more of yourself than I do. I know you want to make progress & please Me, but you have to learn that those changes have to come from within, through loving fellowship & interaction with Me, through spending time with Me & loving Me, you can't force these things in the flesh! Changes of the heart are miracles that only I can bring about, you can't do it yourself, so quit trying & let Me do it! Just hold still & be My vessel & trust in Me to do what you can't. Open up your life & heart to Me & let Me do it & work in you what you can't bring about yourself. It's so easy, if you just let go. You don't have to do it yourself! Just let Me do it. It's going to be alright, if you just let Me do it. 220 __________________________________________________ I love you very much, in spite of all your failures & shortcomings! It's alright, the way you are! Don't worry about it! Leave the ironing out of the flaws & imperfections up to Me. Maybe what you consider imperfect is just what I like about you; that weakness that keeps you extra humble or dependent on Me. If you were Mr. Success, you might possibly feel better about yourself, but I'm not so sure whether that would be conducive to your being as dependent on Me & as desperate to seek & find Me everyday. You're not strong enough to make it without Me, and I'm very happy about that! Your weakness is the very thing that keeps you close to Me! So, why not adopt My point of view & join Me in rejoicing over your weaknesses? Like Paul: "Therefore will I rather rejoice in my infirmities, etc., for when I'm weak, then I am strong. (2.Cor.12:10) It's not the natural thing to rejoice in your weaknesses, to praise Me for them. It's rather a supernatural thing to do. But it's one of the secrets of rising above! You rejoice in your weakness and let Me be your strength! If you could rely on your own strength, you would try to run the race in your own energy. But since your own energy is practically non-existent, you're having to rely on My hand to swoop you up and lift you above the obstacles... You let My power work for you, which is much more effective than any natural power you could come up with of your own. 221 __________________________________________________ Sometimes I test you to see how much you're really willing to give, how easily you let circumstances sway you to compromise & take the easier way out. But even if it will make things more difficult, I will bless everyone who will make a sacrifice toward My cause. I will bless the disposition to sacrifice for Me, My cause & My Family! I love a cheerful giver! 222 __________________________________________________ What is the most effective thing a "nobody" can do? Pray and witness. Witnessing puts you on the "nobody" level on the scales of people in the world, but on the top of My level, so, if you're faithful to do those things which would qualify you as a nobody in this world, be assured that you'll be a star in Mine! There are a lot of "nobodies" Here who by far outshine the greatest "stars" on earth. (1.Cor.1:28) 223 __________________________________________________ Sometimes people have to prove that they're mature enough to hold a certain blessing. And if they're not, if they're allowing their feelings to go haywire with them instead of keeping the priorities straight in their hearts & focusing primarily on what's truly relevant, namely the advance of My Cause and Kingdom,

then they will simply have to forego that blessing. I won't hesitate to take it away, if it becomes a god before Me to you. If it consumes more time and becomes more of a hindrance than a help, more of a burden than a blessing. One simply needs to make the choice whether what they want is really the truth or merely their own mental concept of Me, the way they'd like to see Me. As soon as you put your relationship on that "untouchable" pedestal, I will have to knock it down from there, & you're just going to have to go without it until you either see the light, or decide to go the rest of the way with your private little concept of the meaning of life, yet another victim to the Devil's deceptions. Many people are so sure of their own perception & concept of truth or their concept of Me, they're willing to kill for it. That's why you have the standard of My Word. 224 __________________________________________________ Even praying is something you have to learn to do by My Spirit; in other words, to let go & let My Spirit do it through you. It's another one of those things you just can't do in the flesh. It's a lot like prophecy. You have to listen to My Spirit & wait for whatever She's going to lay on your heart, similar to when I speak to you. Unless you're in My Spirit, you can't really pray. It's part of the great lesson in life to seek Me. Sometimes you grope around blindly through the darkness of your life in frustration, but you must remember that that's when you need to seek Me, your Light! I use this to lead you on to new places, new challenges, new angles & perspectives where you haven't been before, & sometimes you have to really "look" around & search for My light & see where I'm leading you this time, and you have to be willing to move away from all that's familiar to you. But that's the only way you'll ever make progress, grow, & pioneer & conquer new territory. You can't do that by always sticking to what's comfy-cozy & the things you're so familiar with in life. I also use this when you get stuck on a certain thing or view too much, or you're too occupied with something I want you to get away from, maybe in order for you to come back to it at some later point, when you'll be able to see it from a different angle... You have to keep forsaking things in your life, in your mind, your attitudes. Learning to fight in My army isn't always a pleasant, easy or comfortable thing. It includes hurt, sacrifice & strain, but that's what makes the difference between kindergarten & school, a battlefield and a playground. But even after the darkest & longest stretch of agony, there's light again, at the other side of the tunnel. As long as you choose to go through the right tunnels, you'll always find Me and My light there on the other side. Just because somebody doesn't constantly look "inspired" doesn't mean they're not walking in My Spirit, or they're not living in Me. It's not always fun or "inspiring" to be fighting a war. There's a lot of serious, unpleasant stuff involved, and to become more familiar with these things and that part of life, is simply part of the process of growing up & maturing. As you grow, you notice a lot of not-so-glorious things that you didn't expect before... Gory details you didn't have a clue existed when you were young and idealistic and blue-eyed... Or even simply boring chores and a strenuous schedule. It's "welcome to the real battle of life!" There comes a time when you can't avoid the battles and confrontations anymore, and it's simply come to that: time to grow up! So, no matter how dark & gloomy the battle, there has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man, and it's all simply a matter & part of growing up, maturing & becoming a real man and fighter for Me. Usually it's whatever you're not so comfy with, that I'm trying to stress & emphasize on in your life, always the "totally other," your NWOs, your challenge points... You're My brides, but also My warriors, warrior brides, like the legendary amazons.

225 __________________________________________________ (Sybilla:) I am a spiritual warrior. Here to teach, coach and support you in your spiritual battles. Similarly to how the Holy Spirit possessed Mary in order to help her be receptive to the Lord Almighty's seeds, so I can at times possess you in order to help you be more receptive to the Lord's seeds as your Lover and Husband. Even loving is a thing of the spirit, you know? Loving Jesus is a weapon. How different the spiritual way of fighting is from carnal ideas! Some of the most radical and powerful weapons we have are manifested in something that symbolizes the exact opposite of all that people would associate with warfare in the carnal. But love is still the most powerful weapon in the universe, and the one that we're all here to learn to use and wield and apply in our holy war against evil. And what greater way to apply this greatest of all weapon than the fulfillment and obedience of the greatest commandment of all, to love the Lord? Loving Jesus is truly one of the most powerful weapons you've got. You can call upon my name when you need to love Jesus more. When you feel like you can't really let go of the flesh and your mind is in the way, I'll help you to yield to Him better. 226 __________________________________________________ When you're battling & struggling, in many ways you're even more beautiful to Me. I feel for you, I feel with you, and you're never alone in whatever you go through in life, I share it all, and I always carry you with Me, as you carry Me with you. I'm in you, as you're in Me, we're one, even as the Father and I are one. 227 __________________________________________________ When you really get inspired about something, it's a sure indicator that that's a direction I'm leading you! When you get excited about something & get the vision for it, you definitely have My green light. I lead you step by step. I delight in the projects of My brides & children, just like you enjoy it when your kids get along & play together nicely. And I even participate. I'm always watching, ready to give you tips, counsel, advice, new ideas, etc. 228 __________________________________________________ While My Words can give you the faith and some incentive to take the initiative and the vision, when it comes down to it, the decision and final choice to actually do something about it is all up to you and needs to come from you. No amount of words in the world is ever going to change anything about that. The final step is yours to take. I provide all the necessary equipment and machinery, the connections, the energy, the tools, whatever you need, but you're going to have to flip that switch that makes it rumble! I've poured out & supplied you with the counsel you needed, the necessary assurance of all you need to know to get going. Now you just need to put it into action and actually do it. The doin' it is your part! I'm sayin' it, you're doin' it. That's the way it usually works when you're working for or serving somebody. So, I've done My part, now it's time to let Me see you do your part. It's time to get working. Now comes the obeying part. The being-doers-of-theWord-part, not hearers only. It's the difference between just thinking that something is merely a good idea or something nice to do eventually, and actually doing it. A lot of times I'm actually having to repeat Myself, and that is a sign that it's time for you to do something about what I've already said. It's as simple as that. It's your turn. Can I make it any clearer? I've done My part, now it's time for you to do yours. I've done the speaking, now you move to action. You're not on your own, since I'm actually quite involved in the action, and I will continue to guide you. But the emphasis now is on putting into practice what

you've heard. It's time to make hay while the sun shineth. "The boat has to be in motion before the rudder can take effect," and that's what it's all about right now: getting the boat moving. 229 __________________________________________________ My Spirit is like a broadcasting station that's broadcasting all the time, with the same constant intensity as ever, and the only thing that changes is the intensity of your own receptivity. 230 __________________________________________________ What does quantity mean? Is your faith still limited to measures of quantity? I am not limited to save by many or few, be it people or words. Little is much, if God is in it! Consider this school of life an apprenticeship, where you don't only learn the theories, but also how to apply them in practical ways! It's time to apply your hands & put some feet to the things you've learned. Life isn't only theory! It's important you grasp the theory, but the practical part is what will get you somewhere. You've been receiving it, now it's time to start giving it. Absorb & study it & let it become part of your being. You're one step further now. We've moved from receiving mode to application mode. You've received all the initial software, now you need to get going & get your machine operating. You'll still receive more information and occasional updates, but basically, your Operating System is installed now, and you can just work away!

change. You can't expect progress without change. The things I've told you are for a purpose, they're a means to an end, not an end in itself. They're not the ultimate desired result, but only messages to help you to get there, like sign posts. Don't get into the habit of collecting sign posts, or get so busy creating sign posts that you fail to read what they say or fail to follow the direction in which they're supposed to guide you.

232 __________________________________________________ You've been looking for something to "feed" you, to make you feel good about yourself. But that aching void is only filled by total union with Me, which is only possible through obeying Me. If obeying Me would be the thing you would seek the most, if making Me happy would be the thing you'd be most interested in, then you'd find a way to do it. You'd fight harder to overcome your weakness. You know that there is another stage, one that is beyond and more than just "okay." You know that when it comes down to it, there's a lot more you could pass on to people. Life is a series of confrontations with often very intricately concocted temptations of the Devil to get you to veer off the straight and narrow. He will sometimes work for years to render your service to Me in a certain area useless, or he'll plant phobias in your head that you'll have to overcome first before you can burn free... 231 __________________________________________________ I need you to learn to fight! "Giving you the victory" would be like I have promised that I would never forsake you, never leave cheating, the easy way out. Just because you're My children you. I'm even using your faults to draw you closer to Me. doesn't mean I cannot let you get involved in the fight. I hate to I take you where you're at. I don't reject you. It's just that you see you get hurt, and I spare you, protect you & do everything I have to keep your channel clean & fresh & well lubricated, that's can for you, won't let you get tempted above what you're able to the work you've got to do, that I cannot do for you. If you're more bear, etc. interested in other things than My voice, then I can't help it, if But I know that there's more in you, more that you can do, and your vacuum for Me simply isn't that strong. must do, before I can just "give you the victory." I cannot give It takes certain maintenance work to keep some types of weapon you the victory without you having done your part of fighting. In functioning properly. You've got to keep the pipes clean, the order to get to know Me, you've got to spend time with Me. More powder or the ammunition dry, etc. All that takes time & requires than with other things, even if they seem to be more "feeding" to faithfulness & dedication. you. If you're too occupied with mundane matters to invest time into It's a test to see how much & how badly you really want the truth your spiritual duties, then it's no wonder if you're going to fall or just an easy way out... from your "sharp-shooter" level to a lower one, where you only hit the mark every once in a while. It's up to you, your 233 __________________________________________________ investment, your commitment & all. Keeping your channel fresh & lubricated for Me is comparable Or if the weapon simply becomes too heavy for you, you might to making love: you've got to keep yourself receptive and longing just need a little break. That's alright, too. Don't right away and yearning for Me, desiring Me. assume the worst that I'm forsaking you or withdrawing My gift A lot depends on the level of your desire for Me, how much you from you. Learn to love Me in other ways, too, & give your long for Me and want Me, your craving for Me. I love to be prophecy skills a little break. desired, and when I'm desired and wanted, I come in with all My All things change. Perspectives change. Modes of operating power. See it less as a duty, less as a chore, and more as the change. Tactics change. The emphasis on certain weapons can greatest pleasure there is! change & shift to another. There's more to learn. This doesn't mean we discard the previous classes and lessons and acquired 234 __________________________________________________ skills altogether, we just focus more on other things for a The more time you spend with Me, the more you will adopt My change, to learn additional, new things. viewpoints, & the less the worries, cares & problems of this life, To hear My voice on a large scale every day was comparable to which the Devil will try to make seem so all-encompassing, will feeding on your mother's breast. You've been sucking My paps affect you. You will know that in spite of any appearances, I am in for a long time, but now it's time for you to grow up, to be full control. You won't see the loss, but you will seek that which I weaned and to learn to find nourishment elsewhere and through want you to gain through it. You won't complain about the other means. It's going to be the same, good & wholesome food hardships, but you will rejoice over the lesson & additional and nourishment, from the same Source, and I'm still going to be fighting skills of endurance and perseverance you will acquire close to you and speak to your heart, I will live within you just as through them. much as I have on those days when you felt Me pouring out so Through the loss you may have not gotten what you wanted, but abundantly through you. I got what I wanted: not a spoiled & pampered you, pampered by But we're going to have to be making some progress & move the the fulfillment of your heart's desires, but a more humble you, things I've told you to the application level & put them into humbled by seeing what your own mistakes have brought upon action. Things will not continue as they were & you might as well you, and someone more loving, seeking more what you can give get ready for change, and more change. You've got to keep instead of only seeking to take. Ultimately, this is much more growing, keep expanding your horizon, keep embracing the new, what you would want to be, too, so, I may not be granting you the fresh, although it initially may feel strange to you. We're not your immediate, temporary desire, but your ultimate, eternal trying to establish a new ritual or routine. We're trying to keep desire. things alive and moving and progressing, and that includes and means changing. 235 __________________________________________________ If you want to make forward movement, then this requires Always look at how much more you could be accomplishing

for Me, not how much less. If you compare yourself to those who have made even graver mistakes, then learn from them, but never use them as an excuse. You won't be truly satisfied with less than the best you possibly can for Me, so don't settle for less. 236 __________________________________________________ So many mistakes are made because people don't remember. Why do people not remember? Because they don't really make an effort, they don't really care. They're too busy occupying their minds with the next pleasure, the next entertainment, the next amusement, the next "escape route" that leads them "away from thinking." Or they simply don't care enough to write it down, or, if they've written it down, to read it again! So the root of the problem is really indifference and falling for the distractions the Enemy plants along your way in order to prevent you & keep you from remembering, especially remembering Me and what I've told you. The Devil is very much like the evil fox in "Pinocchio" who diverts Pinocchio from his duties & tries to attract him to "the easier" way to make money, instead of going the hard way of attending school (--the school of life!--), which is what his father Gepetto told him to do, and lures him with the pleasures on "pleasure island." But Pinocchio only winds up making a jackass out of himself, along with all the others, by failing to remember to stay on the straight & narrow, until he finally repents, wants to go home to the father and in not finding him at home, becomes obsessed with the search for the father... what an allegory of life! Sometimes you may not find the Father where you had originally been familiar with Him, once you've neglected to remember Him and to honor Him and to listen to Him, and once you've been down the road of sin. Your search for Him may lead you into the belly of the whale, which are the deep, dark & trying experiences I often use to make a real man out of you, to show whether you've really got a heart after all. Often people are distracted & diverted by the Enemy, purposely lured away from Me & My admonitions & tempted to forget & disobey what I told them or what they simply know to be the good way. After all, everybody else is rushing off to "Pleasure Island," and who wants to be left out & miss out on the fun, right? But if you're going to be a smart little boy, you're going to remember what Father said. You're going to pay attention to Him and send the evil tempters back to hell where they came from. You're not going to listen to them but you'll tell them to get lost, that you won't listen to them, you've got to obey the Father, and there's nothing they can ever do or say that will divert you from that path of obedience! The answers to most of your problems lie in the things I've already told you. You've simply got to remember them! What I've told Joshua about the Words I gave to Moses and him applies to you: write them on the tablets of your heart! Meditate on them when you get up and when you lie down. But for heaven's sake, don't forget them! There's a great mystery in remembering. Imagine you could remember everything I ever told you, everything I ever revealed to you and showed you, every enlightenment that ever came to you! Can you imagine the power, the glow, the divine inspiration you'd give off & radiate? But instead, all those things fade away from your mind, like leaves in the autumn wind for mundane things. There is power in remembering. Claim the key of remembrance. Hold on to it with all your might, for great power, great wisdom lies in the power to remember the things I've told you and revealed to you. It gives Me great satisfaction when you remember and obey the things I've told you. Doesn't it frustrate you when your child just forgets or ignores your words? Well, it does the same to Me when you do. 237 __________________________________________________ I'm guiding you step by step. My modus operandi for My army

is not one where every step or every path ahead is clearly laid out in advance, it's one of trusting and following Me blindly, according to last minute instructions and doors, which I open and close just before it is time to move, without leaving your carnal minds much room to figure it all out by yourselves! I want you to learn a few lessons along the line of appreciating My blessings, My supply, of being faithful stewards over the little I have given you, before I supply more, of being content with such things that ye have, lessons of moderation, not taking things for granted, gratefulness, and of giving Me the glory for it all. The less attached you are to the System, the easier it will be to get out of it, the easier it will be for Me to completely set you free from it, to set you apart from it. If you're not much different from everybody else, then what's the use? What good is the salt if it loses its flavor? 238 __________________________________________________ If your child is giving you trials because of stubbornness, disobedience or laziness, you should ask yourself whether there's a chance that I might want to work on those same areas in your life. If they are causing you trials because you feel rejected or unwanted by them, you must ask yourself why. Often, children have a completely wrong concept of their father, quite similar to people's false perception of Me, their heavenly Father. Ask Me to show you what you can do in such a situation to rectify and perhaps correct their view of things a bit. But the first step is to get them to communicate. Ask Me what you can do, how to approach them in order to get them to confide to you what's on their hearts about you, why they seem to dislike you. If they give you trials because they prefer to spend their time with their friends to the extent that they hardly come to see you anymore at all, welcome to the way that I feel in relation to many of My children! Often it's because someone else fed them negative information about you, similar to the way the Devil tells lies about Me. Other times it plain & simple selfishness, & they just know that having to face you would only convict them & make them feel bad about themselves. There is more truth to the verse that I created you in My own image than meets the eye. In a way, you're all little carbon copies of Me, just like children often are the "spitting image" of one of their parents... Sometimes your children feel resentful toward you because they think you neglect them & don't care about them, similar to the way many people think that I couldn't care less about them or I wouldn't bother with someone as "unimportant," which is really only one of the standard lies the Devil spreads about Me. Others think downright badly of you, maybe not constantly, but at times, which is similar to those times when you're "at war" with Me for allowing all those "atrocities" to happen to you, when really, more often than not, it's your own attitude & distance from Me that can be responsible for such times of testing. Ultimately, fathers are ideal scapegoats. You can blame a lot of things on them that are going wrong, because they didn't do this or that for you, etc., or they broke this or that promise. That's why one of the best & most effective educational milestones in life is having kids on your own, because it will ultimately show you that you're not the perfect mom or dad either, and for once you're able to put yourself in your parents' or even My shoes! When you come to face it, that's one of the main reasons why kids can often give you trials: it makes you deal with your own weaknesses, failures, wrong attitudes, selfishnesses & everything that's ugly about yourself that you hadn't even realized until then. Most of all, having children reveals what a failure you are yourself, that you're not any better than your own parents at all, when you thought you were light-years ahead of them. And that process also moves Me a bit closer to you, because all of a sudden you can begin to see why I'm doing things the way I am, or why I allow this or that to happen... Things start making sense all of a sudden. So, those trials about being a parent, though the most painful of

all they may be, are worth it! As unimportant, trivial or mundane as dealing with children may seem to some people, raising kids, and all the lessons that go along with it, is pretty much the epitome of the meaning of life. While some parents think they're missing out on life because of their kids, missing out on all the fun that singles or childless couples seem to be having, if you pay attention to what I'm trying to teach you in life, you'll actually notice that it's those others, who are missing out on a lot. Parents are leaders. Leaders are always envied, resisted, rebelled against, rejected, opposed & fought against by some people some of the time, but that's exactly the kind of adversities that make a character strong. So, if you thought your kids were robbing some of the value of your life, if they're making you feel worthless, like you're no good and you blew it, think again: they're actually the very factor that will accelerate your maturation, and increase your usefulness to others as a counselor, comforter, or person to trust & rely on, more than any other factor. Kids are worth it. Each of your children is a universe of lessons & experiences to explore, if you're attentive. They're your most dedicated students & also your best teachers, so, watch out! Pay attention! Don't miss those valuable lessons they're here to teach you! 239 __________________________________________________ Never assume that I only work after certain patterns, for I use anything and everything, and My ways are simply unorthodox & often totally unexpected. That's why you've got to stay in tune with Me and forget about trying to figure things out in your own mind. Sometimes I even bring about victories, a new direction or clarity, by telling you to go the wrong direction, just so you'll find out pretty quick where it's not at. Sometimes you've just got to try the wrong door, which has been torturing your mind with temptation or curiosity, and once you find out that it's a closed & locked door, you won't bother about it anymore & can fully concentrate on the door and path I really want you to go. Time is the touchstone of testing, the moor stone to show who it is that really has My Spirit & who really has what it takes, the strength & perseverance, the determination not to give up, plus, no desire to turn back to Babylon or Egypt, because there IS no Egypt for them to turn back to. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose, and for not having any Egypt to return to. Deception is really one of the Devil's big trips, and to be able to recognize his illusions is half the victory.

determined warrior sees is that My weapons of love and truth are unconquerable; they only see a pitiful, weak little challenge to My immensely stronger Spirit & Power! I judge everyone according to their unique circumstances, I take a lot of factors into consideration, and you mustn't be as shortsighted to put them all into one pot & say "tough luck for the wicked that they're so wicked." If there wouldn't be any harvest of souls to reap, if there weren't any treasures to find beneath the snow, what would be the sense & purpose of existence for all My missionaries & witnesses then? Just to warn them & then have'em go to hell? No, as long as there's still one single soul out there to be saved, it's worth it, and it's your job to look for that soul & make sure they get saved. And as long as I haven't returned yet & put an end to all of this, you can peacefully assume that there are still plenty of souls to win, plenty of folks to witness to & there's still plenty of work to be done. 242 __________________________________________________ A lot of things happened to you that seem to lack rhyme & reason, but don't they all sooner or later wind up making sense after all? Some things may not have happened as you would have wished, but you are learning that those things that apparently went wrong in your life are the biggest sources of wisdom & invaluable lessons that will hold their value for eternity!

243 __________________________________________________ I will always speak to you, whenever you ask Me. It's just that sometimes you have more faith to receive My Words than at other times, & as I've told you; it depends on your vacuum, your desperation, sometimes your perseverance, & sometimes you're simply too easily distracted by the affairs of this life to hold out & wait for Me to talk to you. But it's seldom ever because of something on My end that you don't hear My voice, but rather some condition or factor on your end. Sometimes it's also the Devil's lies, telling you I'm upset with you or whatever, that's why I won't speak to you. On the other hand, it's as I've told you, there might not be any new special revelations coming every day. Yet whenever you ask Me and expect Me to answer with a vacuum, I will fill it. It's true that you shine with a greater light when you live for Me, shine for Me, give out My Words & live for My purpose than when you simply exist for existence's sake, try to make ends meet & merely making a living. But My love for you isn't influenced by circumstances. I love you unconditionally, whether you're good or bad, and although I do try to teach you lessons or deal with you for your 240 __________________________________________________ wrongs, it does not influence My amount of love for you if you When somebody chooses to believe a lie about you and make mistakes or fail. My blessings are poured out to you refuses the truth, you will just have to let them go down their according to your faith, your need and your requests. Sometimes path for a while to find out where it leads, unable to do much I specially reward you for "being good" or make you pass dire more for them than pray. straits in other situations, but you need to learn to differentiate You just have to wait and let them mature, become older & wiser between the way I see "good" and the way you do. What you call and able to see the other side. In the meantime, it's important "bad" I might call good. that you don't reject them, but love and accept them, also. Sometimes the greatest blessings I bestow on you come in If they think you don't care, show them that you do care. disguise. You don't recognize them as such. But as you learn to Sometimes, in order to make things "real," they need to start see with My eyes & learn to take things by faith, learn to live by taking place in the heart. the Rom.8:28 factor, your perspectives will change & you'll see Be sufficiently mature to not just do the "natural" thing, but the the "handwriting of good within evil." supernatural: to forgive & forget, and to understand. I know you need My light, My Words, My love, and I will not You've got to come down to people's level, if you want to reach withhold them from you. Remember, though, that you can them! amplify the flow of My blessings, just by obeying My laws & 241 __________________________________________________ dynamics of the Spirit: the more you pour out, the more I can Fishing is an effort that requires patience, skill & pour in. That's just the way it goes, regardless of My love for you. perseverance. You can't get impatient if the fish don't jump into The more you give, the more I can give again to you... you've just your net! There's more to it! A bit more effort on your part is got to "make room" for the new sometimes, & there's nothing required than that! A bit more willingness to sacrifice & to that will call down My Spirit on you as effectively & abundantly as endure. your act of pouring out to others what you received from Me. Sometimes people just don't know what they're saying; they "Love wasn't put in your heart to stay; love isn't love till you give really don't know any better, simply because they have been it away." deceived by the Enemy. And the witnesser of great faith sees & knows that & looks beyond all that build of the Devil's deception, 244 __________________________________________________ his stronghold in their minds! All the experienced witnesser and I'm teaching you many things through the various

circumstances of your life, and like any teacher, I am pleased when My students show interest & take note of the lessons, instead of just letting them pass them by. I'm teaching you about the futility of so-called "security" in the world by people having lost everything over a few days of excessive rain in Austria, no insurance ever meeting a fraction of their need caused by the calamity. I'm teaching you about the worldly crooks who try to make money of others' need for love & companionship & exploit their loneliness & longing for love by the incident with that online flirt service. I'm teaching you that all things are possible to Me, contrary to the thinking of man, by the way I had your wisdom tooth come out properly, in spite of the lack of space and the pressure and pain it caused you. I'm teaching you many things about your fellow men through situations arising with folks you come across, teaching you to discern their personality types, not in order for you to put them in boxes, but to show you the variety & wonders of human nature, just as other people would study the variety of species in nature... I'm teaching you to be a parent with conviction, not to take the (apparently) easier way to let your kids get away with things you cannot approve of, of letting them have their will against your better knowledge... I'm teaching you to trust in Me for your providence, not in your own arm of the flesh, by putting you in a situation where you run risk of losing more by obtaining more. I'm also teaching you that there is no general blue-print of do's and don'ts, but that everybody has to find out what is good for their own, particular situation, contrary to the urge to give in to peer pressure, & do like the others do, just because they do it. Sometimes I also teach you that something you've been looking for feverishly has already been in your possession, but you just didn't see it yet. You were more obsessed with the search than interested enough in the object itself to even recognize it among those things you had already acquired. Take heed lest you search in vain, and search just for searching's sake & fail to recognize among the things you have already found what you are searching for. In many aspects you are acting like one who is still seeking, instead of one who has already found... Stop to cherish that which you have already found! Let it sink in, let it become part of your being, and properly absorb it, so that you can share it with others, too, and let them benefit from your findings, instead of making your whole life one never-ending search for more! I don't mind you being curious and hungry for more, as long as you don't waste the food I've already given you, as long as you share it with those who are needy, those who don't have any true spiritual food at all! 245 __________________________________________________ My treasure chests are always filled to overflowing with goods for you. But if you're too distracted by something else you're more interested in, then no matter how much there is I could give you, you can't receive it, because your focus is somewhere else, your desire is somewhere else. You can't make hearing from Me an empty ceremony or ritual without putting your heart in it. Either your spirit is hungry for My nourishment or it isn't. And when youre more interested in something else, then I'd rather you come back to Me when you truly hunger for Me. I only have something to say when you're truly willing to listen. People are always more willing to listen to Me when skies are bleak & gray and trouble is in the air. When this world looks less than perfect, when it seems that there's something missing, when there are problems that need a solution, or simply a situation that could use some improvement, you can turn to Me, the Source of all improvement, all that is better, the Answer-Man & Solution-Giver to every problem, the perfect enhancement of every not-so-perfect situation! People don't necessarily have to be totally broken before they will accept Me. Sometimes all that it takes is that they realize that

this world isn't as perfect as they would like it to be, and, well, if they want the Perfect, send'em to Me! I'll give'em perfect! I'll show them what perfect really is, the way things were really meant to be, if man hadn't chosen to veer off the perfect path of obedience & harmony with Me! But every man, woman & child can return to that perfect path & find the perfection they inwardly seek, in Me. I'll complete what started as a crooked line & will make a perfect circle out of it. Just because things look far from perfect doesn't mean they'll always stay that way. Just tell'em, "Well, the picture is not yet finished." And tell'em to either wait & see, or to come to Me for a glimpse through My eyes, & I'll give them the vision of what it's going to become & what it's going to look like when it's done! There ARE absolutes! I know, because I'm One of them. In fact, the epitome of all of them. And the tale that there aren't any absolutes is just one of those poisonous lies of the Devil. Just because he put his own curse-resulting filter of "less-thanperfect" over My creation, in order to hide the perfect from man's view, doesn't mean there is no perfect! Since man didn't want to whole-heartedly embrace the perfect, but rather chose the option of doing their own thing & be their own "perfect enough," I allowed life to be imperfect, with Me, and the perfection of the Spirit World being invisible, in other words, with man groping around through life blind to all that's perfect. They're starting to see the mathematical impossibilities of all the perfection in creation to have occurred by itself. But it still doesn't cause many of them to stop & pause long enough to find out what I've got to say. As long as there are other things they're more interested in. How about you? How interested are you? It IS hard to believe in that which you don't see! It is even harder when there are so many other distracting things which you can see! It IS hard to spark someone's interest in the invisible, no matter how perfect it may be! I admit that I did not make it easy! On the other hand, I've made it easy enough for any child to be able to receive Me. Listen to the child in you! It says, "Papa's in control!" It doesn't doubt & criticize Papa the way children do when they get older & become adolescents. It's that childlike loyalty to "Papa" that makes children so precious in My sight, & the reason I'm so close to them. Of course, the earlier they become disillusioned, the harder they will often become. But you've got the power in your hand to bring a little hope back into those disillusioned lives. You can ensure them that their heavenly Papa's still in control, after all, & that He's going to iron all things out & set them straight, no matter how hopelessly dark & entangled & confusing and derailed it all seems to be right now. Tell'em I specialize in creating order out of chaos! I love a challenge! And man has presented Me with quite a challenge right there. But it's not too much or too difficult for Me; I love it! Tell them that I see their pain; that I feel with them; I understand & sympathize! I want to help! And I will help! I will help those right now who ask Me, and I will eventually help all those who don't seek My help, too. And it's not any sadistic experiment, either, or show-off scheme of Mine, to show off how great & wonderful I am, but truly the perfect plan for everyone's eternal happiness. You will find out how wonderfully perfect everything truly is, as hard as it may be to believe this right now. But all the pain, all the suffering will make sense, you'll see! Just hold on a little longer! Hold on! 246 __________________________________________________ Friendship, love & investing personal time into your relationships with people is proving to be more fruitful than ambition and zeal to accomplish great things for Me. I wasn't as much of an "accomplisher" type as I was a Friend to people, hearing them out, visiting them, caring for them, healing them, helping them. Being a helper is what it's all about. By showing that you don't consider your time too important to invest in them, you show that you really love & care about them, you don't just want to use them. In what better way can you live & manifest love than by being a

help to them in their time of need? It should come natural to you! It doesn't always have to be a big disaster making headlines, that would require your help. Recognize when there is a needy situation that requires rolling up your sleeves & pitching in and show the world (or sometimes just a single lonely person) what it really means to be a Christian! You can learn much about being a friend to people, and a helper. How about just concentrating on being a helper & a friend to people, a kind person? A lot of people are too busy for that. Take time for the most important things! It's going to come back to you, you know? More than anything you say or tell people, it's your actions that will reap the greatest benefits & repercussions & rewards. What you do speaks so much louder than words. So, be a doer & find out what you can do to help others! Just look around! Once you're through helping them, they'll often be much more willing to listen to what you have to say! And this is what you can pass on to your children, too: a helpful attitude. But you've got to live it for them to see, first, before they're going to buy it! Give them a sample that's going to be worthwhile imitating and following! That's what counts, more than any words you can say! 247 __________________________________________________ Welcome to the school of learning to love unconditionally. You have to learn to keep loving unconditionally, & not make your love hinge on behavior & good deeds. You must love regardless of failures, just as I love you regardless of yours. "Tit for tat" thinking is never any less justifiable than in the case of parents with their children. Your children are My jobs & tasks I have given you, primarily to love them, in spite of anything they might do, even though it may be difficult at times. Never withdraw your love from them because of anything they might do or fail to do, or you are going to be the one who's failing Me (and them). The same way I forgave you, I also expect you to forgive others, especially your children! Let it teach you to appreciate that unconditional love of Mine, to not take it for granted, to help you see what a precious gift it is, having to learn to come up with that same kind of forgiveness yourself for your children, who are failing you. When your own love fails & comes to an end, call out to Me, and I will make a way to love where there was no way, I will give you strength to love when there was no strength left... If you keep in mind how much & how often you've needed My forgiveness & My love to be unconditional, this will help you keep humble at the same time, & help you avoid becoming selfrighteous. You cannot just give up on them when they're failing you. They need you to be there for them anyway, to know that you're not giving up on them, to know that you've got something stronger, a foundation, a rock to stand on that will cause your love for them not to fail. They test you sometimes to see whether your love for them is really real, or whether you'll give up on them & dump'em in your mental trash can once they start veering from the path of your expectations of them. This is My job, My lesson, My challenge for you. The harder they are to love, the greater the challenge. Sometimes your children fail you, because you've failed to love them first! Your responsibility is to love them. And if the task seems to become overwhelming, I can always supply you with more love from My endless reservoirs! Maybe you didn't invest enough! Maybe you kept investing too much in yourself, your own career, your ambitions, desires, etc. And as a result, they don't share your views, your interests, your love for the things you love, because they were what separated you from them, what distracted you from your responsibility and even your capabilities to love them as you should have... You must bestow special care on those you have the hardest time connecting with! It's the way I search for My lost sheep, & they in turn usually turn out to be My most faithful, dedicated & passionate followers. Without My wisdom, without that direct link between you & Me,

you weren't able to see this, oblivious to your task & purpose in life and any clue on how to tackle it. But now you can see! Now you can hear My voice & receive the wisdom from Me to find out what you're supposed to do. It's never too late for love! If you start concentrating & focusing on this goal the way you should, they will be eternally thankful for it and for the change they will see in you. You're not finished yet with your job as a parent. There are things I'd like you to catch up on. Blaming others won't free you from your share of the responsibility, which is to love them, no matter what; to uphold them in prayer, to not give up on them! No matter how much you fail or disobey Me, I never give up having hope for you, I never quit having faith in you, I never stop loving you, and that's what your attitude toward your children should also be. Look up to Me & learn of Me how to love unconditionally & how to never give up on your children! And you'll soon realize that it all is connected somehow, & it'll all start making beautiful sense, & you'll thank Me & love Me even more for having opened up your eyes to this whole new world of aspects that formerly you were blind to. Without Me, you can see nothing! I am your light. 248 __________________________________________________ Remember what I put up with from sinners. False accusations, fingers pointed at you and people hating you & despising you in a self-righteous frenzy is something you must be prepared for if you follow in My footsteps. Of course they're under demonic influence when they get like that & want to crucify you. But that's when you know you've passed the test & made the grade, when you're able to pray for them anyway, like I did on the cross: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." They thought they were ridding the world of one more criminal or nuisance, they thought they were in the right. The Devil can truly make them feel oh so right about accusing you. You must be willing to bear this if you follow Me and will be My disciple, that sooner or later they will shout "crucify him," because you're not one of them. You will always be one of those outsiders, those strangers & intruders, like Me, that they will resist, because men love darkness rather than light. That's the Devil's imitation of the light of My true judgment: his evil spotlight of false & twisted accusations, kindling in their hearts a false "righteous anger" & desire to lynch you, a hatred, which they believe is for just reasons, just so they have an excuse to do what the Devil really wants: to get rid of you. I have warned you before, that children would accuse and betray their parents. When they have made their decision against you and they hate, resist and reject you, then there isn't much more you can do for them but to commit them into My hand in prayer. They are your children for a purpose. But it doesn't mean that their ties to you are stronger or more significant than those with your spiritual Family, those who receive Me and are truly your brethren and children and parents, those who do the will of the Father, which is primarily to believe in Me, and believe in those that He sends to be His prophets and voices. Love them even if they oppose you. But once they cross the limit & make it clear that they've obviously chosen the opposing side and are against you, when it's clear that they've joined the ranks of those who would destroy you in self-righteous anger kindled by Satan, then you've got to leave them in My hands. Your responsibility to love them isn't something you're supposed to do without My help. When it becomes humanly impossible to love someone, let it serve as a reminder that without Me you cannot do anything anyway. Loving others unconditionally is an art and a task that only I can really teach you. Only I can give you the grace to pray for those who despitefully use you and would persecute you. If you try to do it in the flesh, you'll collapse under the weight of the burden. I want to enable you to do the humanly impossible, but you must remember that it is I Who enable you, that it's nothing you can do

of yourselves. So, when you're faced with an impossible situation, that's the moment when it's time to let Me take over. It's an easy job you've got, because I'm going to do it for you! You don't have to carry the weight of the burden; you must not. Let Me do it for you! It's so much more beautiful, when you realize that you don't have to do it, that you've just got to let go & let Me. People will notice the difference between those times when you try so hard to do it in the flesh and when you just let Me do it through you. Let Me carry the burden for you! When you can't love, let Me do it through you! When you can't sing or talk, let Me do it through you! When you can't walk, when you can't go on, let Me carry you! You must learn to throw your weight on Me, to just let Me carry you when you get too weak to go on by yourself! I am just waiting for that moment when you can't anymore & I must take over... That's My part. When you have done yours & have gone as far as you could, then it's time for the next part, which is Mine. Just like I could have never made it without the Father, it's foolish to think that you must do it on your own! So, don't try to carry the burden alone; the burden of loving the unlovely, of loving your enemies or the foes of your own household, the burden of supplying for them not only what they would need but would consume in their greed! I am the One Who supplies all in the first place, and when I withhold My blessing, then there is a good reason for it, and don't worry about it, I will continue to carry you. Watch out that you don't take on any other responsibility than what I want you to take on. Decide whose servant you are, whether you are My servant or servant to the ties of the flesh! I want you to learn to stand up for your conviction and not let them use you.

magic wand & make you perfectly humble in an instant, that's not what this is all about! Let's enjoy the process! I could have made the diamond just like that, abracadabra and it's there, shiny, cut & polished. But that's not the way the Father works, nor has intended for things to work. Instead, the process is a long and laborious one: of digging & getting past a ton of dirt & debris, rocks & stones, until the raw diamond is found. And then it still needs to be cut and polished... The creation of the beauty of a purified human soul takes a lot of time, work & effort. You're not supposed to find total perfection and sinlessness in an instant! Not until the school of life is over. So keep learning, keep tuning in, keep paying attention and trying to do your best, knowing that it's Me Who's going to have to do it through you, that you can't make it without Me... I just want you to learn to be your best by letting Me, to be the strongest you can be by using My strength, to learn the best & be the humblest & most loving by simply absorbing Me, learning of Me, breathing Me in & just letting Me do it in you. If you focus on Me & put your desire on My side, you may be tempted to worry sometimes, but you won't worry. You'll be tempted to fret, but you won't fret.

252 __________________________________________________ I'm showing you the difference between real goodness, that which comes from Me, and is born in the humility of the realization that in yourself there is nothing good and you can do nothing good, and the pretended goodness of self-sufficiency, of those who believe they don't need Me, they're already good enough; self-righteousness. It's all a pretense, just as with the Pharisees of My day. They were the pompous ones, with a flashy & shiny outward appearance, which was supposed to testify of their goodness. 249 __________________________________________________ And you can imagine how My comparatively humble appearance I always make the best out of everything, and all things work irritated them. They couldn't accept that everything they ever together for good to you, who love Me, even the wrong decisions sought in life, everything they strove for & stood for and believed of others, or decisions that would have maybe been less in, was not where it was at, because that's the way they had done preferable than others. it all their lives. So they rejected Me and My miracles, because This is the path that makes you stronger & wiser and thus is the they couldn't figure that God would use someone so different. best for you. Your convictions are going to be strengthened They had God in a box. By thinking they knew God, they were through this path, as well as your abilities to love more actually more distant from Him than the humble sinners who did unconditionally, to have more patience with others & to be more believe in Me. longsuffering... You're learning to be more like Me. Nowadays, there is even a larger majority of people who are not There would have been no better road to get you there. And concerned with religious matters at all. Their religion is wishing things would have been different doesn't make sense. themselves, or the goodness they think they're acquiring of their You've just got to learn to let Me do it, let Me deal with it, and own efforts. They think they're good and they do good, but do that's why I'm purposely giving you more than you can handle. nothing to relieve the suffering in the world, but just contribute to As long as you somehow think you'll be able to cope with it the functioning of the machine that ever keeps exploiting the yourself, you'll practically refuse to give the ball back to Me, so I poor, they keep it running. They may not know the extent to let you wind up in a dead end pass, where all you can do is give it which they're collaborators of a great evil, similar to the way in back to Me, hoping you'll make more of a habit out of it! Hand it which many people in Nazi Germany didn't know and refused to back to Me! see the extent of evil of which they were collaborators, but in rejecting the voice of truth, in refusing to listen to My servants, 250 __________________________________________________ they heap upon themselves their condemnation, their judgment & I will bless it - financially and in every other way - if you put verdict. Me and My work first & make sure you're doing My job of being a I show you those who do take the time to listen to you, those who missionary. do help you, and the opportunity of giving such people a chance; Instead of feeling depressed about not getting anything rigged you can be the link between Me and them! up on your own, try to focus more on doing things together: Just doing the thing that comes natural in the physical and counseling together, praying together & then attacking things spoiling your kids with material things, doesn't qualify you as together. Together is the word of the day. Keeping this in mind "good" in My eyes, at all. Everybody does that. Just doing your will relieve you from that chained eagle way of thinking that part as a cog in the machinery of the System, which is of the god you're the one who has to do it. I've put you together so that of this world, the Devil, isn't at all what I consider doing a good none would have to carry the burden alone. Simply use each thing or being a good person. other's shoulders & do together what you cannot on your own. They're becoming so absorbed in it, they don't have time at all to That's the way it works. I'm trying to make a team out of you. Try listen to Me, they don't take time to feed and care for their souls. tackling things together! It's just a lifeless rut of the flesh. I show how much better off people actually are when the 251 __________________________________________________ abundance is taken away from them, when they lose those things One way of learning to let there be less of you is by learning which kept them too busy for Me, because in losing that which is to submit to others, esteeming them higher than you, in truly temporal, they often find Me, the Eternal. humble and committed teamwork, where you're learning to be one another's servants. It's not like I'm just going to wave My 253 __________________________________________________

It is hard for you to trust Me. You can't do it in the flesh. While the flesh is busy thinking up ways to save itself, it makes it very hard for you to create a deep connection with Me, because I am the opposite of all its attempts. I am its enemy. That's why the Bible says that the natural man is at enmity with God. The natural man doesn't want to trust Me but in himself. That's why he can't love Me. I'm opposing his attempts to save himself, to keep himself alive. I am beckoning to lose yourself in Me and for Me. But when you've been busy at trying to keep yourself alive and surviving for quite some time, then that's a rut that's pretty hard to break out of. After all, that's fairly much what a large part of your life consisted of, with few exceptions & interruptions: leaning on your arm of the flesh in order to raise your own support. You're in the gear of doing most of the work in order to keep you alive, so that's what's making it hard to trust Me for it. You'd have to hand the reins and the responsibility over to Me. Because that's what I want, I have to cut the flow of finances generated from your own hand. How will I ever get you to completely trust in Me instead of your own arm, otherwise? I'm trying to woo you into trusting Me for your sustenance so that you'll see that you don't have to work for the flesh, for the meat which perisheth, but that if you'll trust in Me & work for Me and My cause, promoting My message more intensively, I will take care of you. I don't want your flesh to do it, I want you to learn to let Me do it for you by your doing what I really want you to do: the eternal & lasting work of the Spirit, not merely the laboring for the meat which perisheth.

There are even some flaws in the Bible, since there are various accounts of incidents that vary in details. But what would you have done without the Bible for the past 2000 years? Aren't you thankful for it, even if there are a few flaws in there? Those who sit back & criticize basically don't do anything good to make the world any better! Do you think I'm going to say, "Hey, listen, buddy, you should have waited until you got all the details straight before you opened your mouth"? - That's perhaps the way those exmembers see Me and picture Me, because their picture of Me is just an extension of their own self-righteousness & need to feel superior in order to justify their failure to do what the Family have done and continue to do, to excuse their lack of guts & conviction to change the world with whatever little bit you have at your disposal. They're like the servant that buried his talents in the ground because he was afraid. So, don't hesitate & wait until you got all the details straight. Don't bury your talents! Be wise in being simple and just giving out what you got. The details will be straightened out later. Those who wait until everything is just perfect will never do their part to change the world. They're the same bunch who always criticize My unorthodox ways of doing things, as described in "Did God Make A Mistake?" Did God make a mistake in using (Dad) as His Endtime prophet? A lot of people sure would think so. But they're going to be surprised! They're going to be surprised & shocked to find out just how different I truly am from their narrow-minded way of thinking! So what if some people don't get all of the details straight! At least they're doing something with what they've got! They don't just sit 254 __________________________________________________ back & criticize, tear apart & nag, nag, nag. Don't you see where You're going to have to get used to it, that in this war, today's that spirit is coming from? The Devil always thought he could do instructions may contradict those of yesterday. So many things things better. Let him show just how much better he's going to are going on that you don't know about, which determine the do it! Let those who do nothing but criticize show just how much urgency of a matter, and while yesterday was yesterday, and better the world will be because of them! How many souls get certain circumstances may have given leeway for certain things, saved through their criticism, their straining at a gnat, their it may all look different today, just as it may all look yet cynical attitudes! completely different tomorrow. It's human to make mistakes! They keep you humble. The proud That's why it's so important you get your instructions afresh & haughty who do nothing but criticize have their reward in everyday. You can't rely on the practical things I've told you feeling so high & mighty & superior in this life, that they can look yesterday. While the general and spiritual counsel of My Words down on everybody else. If that's what they want, let'em have it! to you from the past may still be applicable, when it comes to the But you know the importance of loving people in spite of their practical things, related to the situation, they may vary & differ flaws, & that's an ability I appreciate & will reward much more from day to day. than any attitude of wanting to know how much smarter you are I want you to be open for My new input, possible changes & than everybody else, including Me & My prophets! It's an attitude opportunities! thing! You can choose yours. But I think you get the picture of I want you to be able to truly forsake all at a moment's notice, if which one I prefer. need be. Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose, and you can 256 __________________________________________________ only be truly free when all the things you stand to lose truly mean As long as you were more successful, more busy, making nothing to you, so that you can just forsake them & let go of more money, you were far away and distant from Me, too busy them at a moment's notice. for Me. But I can't do without your love & company any longer! I When you've quaffed every cup of that which you previously just have to keep you close to Me, I have to keep you relying on wanted and it still leaves you dying of thirst for the new thing I Me, I need you to need Me! want to bring into your life, then you're usually ready to truly If you weren't so desperately dependent on Me, things wouldn't walk My path without reservations. be the same. It takes guts to stand up to the brainwash of the Devil, and his 255 __________________________________________________ conditioning of the masses through the media, not to swallow Sometimes you have to share what you know, even if it's just any of that propaganda. a tiny little bit. If you share whatever you know, however childlike Loyalty to David as My Endtime prophet is one of the proofs in & simple it may be, you're still better off than someone who is so My eyes how radical, sold out & revolutionary you are, how much careful that he never shares anything in fear of not getting it all you dare to be different from the System! right. I did the miracles of raising the dead, healing the sick and Those who aren't satisfied with anything less than the perfect are feeding the hungry, which My enemies hated Me for, and David nitpickers, and they never even get a fraction of the good did the miracles of healing the spiritually sick, raising the accomplished that those do who simply have the guts & spiritually dead & feeding the spiritually starving, the miracle of determination to share what they've got, even if they may not bringing those to My fold that nobody else would have had the have all the details 100% straight! faith for, by means that nobody else would have had the faith for. Dad didn't wait until it was perfect; he didn't filter out all the He didn't stop short of anything, just like I won't! I will use strange little truths before he poured out the water. He knew the anything to save a soul, including the Devil himself, if need be. world was dying of thirst, & time was short, so he poured it out, It's the results that count. I'd rather use a lesser evil, like a and the world drank it up, and he fulfilled his destiny, although mistake, a human error & unintentional untruth in order to he didn't fail to make himself a lot of enemies that way, just like I achieve a greater good, instead of being so self-righteously stuck didn't. on all the details, painstakingly making sure that I've got every

little fact & figure straight that I don't accomplish or achieve anything! If nothing is impossible, why should anyone assume that it's impossible to use sex to win another soul to the Kingdom of God, or to show love to their brother or sister? Blessed be your father David for the faith he had to use things no one else had the faith to use, to believe things no one else was ready or willing to believe, for otherwise, this world would have been a different place. It would have been similar to the picture of could have happened if Hitler had won the war. The numbers of actual Family members are ridiculously small! But that's the way I wanted it. I saw to it that through your radical & unorthodox doctrines & revolutionary spirit you would always stay separated from the System, never accepted as part of it. So, don't consider lack of success with the world a failure or a disappointment! It's My way of making sure you stay on the right track - My track! If you know where the world is going, you won't be too sad or disappointed that you're no part of it. Dad was an anti-System rebel, one of the greatest who ever lived! You ought to be proud of having had such a radical & sold out, non-compromising iconoclast for a leader, founder & spiritual father! In the carnal, the Family looks like a poor outfit and a bunch of losers! So what? So did I with My motley crew! But their names are written on the wall surrounding the Heavenly City, the Capital of the entire universe! And so will you, My Endtime brides, be highly honored if you walk worthy of & un-daunting in this privilege of being My called out, anti-System rebels, destined to be different! Isn't it cool to be different? Isn't it great to be offering an alternative? Isn't it great to be receiving Words straight from the Great Alternative to the rut of the Devil, the grind of the old? You can save them from the grind of the old, the rotten, decadent Systems of man, which are soon going to go down into the trash can of history, spiritually, to the bottom of the ocean, like the Titanic. It may have looked all shiny and new on the surface in the physical, but it's the spirit that determines whether you're young or you're old & already rotten & ready to decay & rust away! See as I see! Open your eyes of the Spirit! Seek not to please the spiritually dead but seek those who are alive, though they may seem as good as dead! Those who are big in this world are paying a price for it! They are part of the death and the decadence of the System, suffocating, unable to breathe & to truly live, spiritually. Living the life of a truly anointed instrument & vessel of the Spirit of God requires another price to pay: that of remaining largely unrecognized & unappreciated by the world, persecuted, cast out. Are you willing to pay that price?

hand in hand. Only the humble can take the blows of finding out that the picture you had in your mind, which you thought & were convinced was so accurate, isn't necessarily the whole truth, after all; that reality may turn out to have a few more surprises in store for you; that you didn't have it all perfectly rigged up & figured out, after all; that there is more that you don't know. Socrates pretty much hit the nail on the head when he said "the more I know, the more I know I don't know." It's a bit like, "the hurrier I go, the behinder I get." "The more I lose, the more I gain..." As long as you stay hungry, nothing, naked, humble, open & desperately reaching out for Me to fill you, as long as you keep a vacuum for Me, I can fill you. I have always filled the hungry with goods & sent the rich & full away empty. It's only those who sit like a queen, rich & increased with goods and have need of nothing, knowing not that they are wretched, miserable, poor, blind & naked, who have nothing to expect from Me. So, what would you rather be? A somebody who doesn't really need Me because he's already so satisfied with himself, or a nobody, who's got nothing but Me, ready to receive everything from Me? The Devil nags & teases you: "Now, wouldn't it be nice if you had some success you could show off with, so that you wouldn't have to appear like some poor, little nobody?" But I want to make something better out of you than merely another successful person. Something the world needs much more desperately! - A healer of wounds, a comforter of the heartbroken, a winner & saver of souls. There are enough proud & haughty people around, and they will all meet their doom and downfall; why not be an exception, somebody who's already walking on the humble ground of the reality that without Me, you are really nothing? It's the Devil's job to get everyone artificially puffed up & bloated, blown up, way out of proportion to their real, spiritual size, by artificially created inflation material, like money, fame, reputation, "accomplishments," - some of which may be very questionable in terms of lasting value. All they rely on is their own artificial facade, & when it collapses, woe is unto them... When their pride collapses, everything collapses. They always say "faith is a crutch," but that's a lie! Faith is the only real and true foundation that's really going to strengthen you from within. But the real crutch, which only helps to keep the building of a spiritual person standing up provisionally, without really strengthening the limbs from within, only causing them to further deteriorate, is pride. Pride is the crutch, not faith! So, do you mind if I kick those crutches away from you? It's because I would really like you to walk around freely, on your own 2 feet! Everybody else is walking around with crutches, 257 __________________________________________________ some leaning very heavily on them, not able to go anywhere There are unlimited riches, but you need to absorb them. I without them, showing off how expensive they were. Some even can't pour any faster than you absorb. It's not that I withhold, but have mega fancy wheelchairs. But without them, they can't get that you have to increase the intensity with which you absorb My anywhere, just helpless cripples. And along comes little old you, Word. It has to really sink in before it can yield the desired fruit & running & skipping, without any crutches... And what's best, you results. Keep concentrating on that which I've already shown can even encourage others to get rid of their crutches, too, you you... there's lots. There'll be lots more to come, but you need to can heal those spiritually lame & crippled, who don't even have a absorb step by step. Don't just read & hear, but learn & grow. clue that life without their crutches & wheelchairs of pride is It's always the right time to do the right thing, & showing love, possible. especially to those whom you've neglected, is not a thing You see, when I was around, I healed the physically sick, the dependent on whether they "deserve" it or not, it's simply always lame, the deaf & the blind. But you can heal the spiritually lame, the right thing to do. crippled, deaf, dumb & blind of today. Providing they're willing to see and admit their own sorry state. The problem is that most of them probably won't. They're so used to their crutches; they 258 __________________________________________________ don't even want to consider a life without. But aren't you glad Moses had to become a nobody for 40 years after having you don't need any of that stuff? been quite an important somebody. I'm after the dismantling of Humility will get you so much farther than those old crutches of your pride. Your pride resists it, like a tough beast you're trying pride! So, seek not to feed your pride, to build up your own ego, to kill but that won't give up so easily. your reputation, seek not the success of this world! Forsake But only the humble can truly bring refreshment to the thirsty those crutches of pride! Kick your dependence on them! Toss souls of others. Only the humble gain their trust to really be able them away! Burn'em! And see how wonderfully you'll be able to to reach down into their hearts and to lead them to Me, the walk & run without them! (Isa.41:10!) Only humility can ever give Answer to all their pains & heartaches. "God resisteth the proud you wings to fly! That old wheelchair, no matter how fancy, or but giveth grace to the humble." Only the humble can fully walk those crutches of pride, they will only drag you to the ground. in God's grace, and overflow with it. Humility and grace walk So, why limp around with crutches or roam about in wheelchairs,

when you can walk, run freely, and even fly? 259 __________________________________________________ (Windsor Elerian:) The Lord is trying to get you to the point where you'll be totally free from the grip of worldliness, free from clichs, free from their ideas of coolness, etc., free from the boundaries & ties of the flesh. He wants to make a genuine, spiritual person out of you. A spiritual person doesn't look at the outward appearance, but at the heart. Neither do they put any undue emphasis on their own appearance. It's like that verse, "If any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass; For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was" (James 1:23, 24) People get out of touch with their real, inner, spiritual selves, by putting way too much emphasis and importance on their physical appearance, their flesh. They think their appearance is them, when it's only a tiny fraction of their whole being. Sure, it's tough to not go overboard on looks when everybody else is doing it, but you've just got to realize that the emphasis on the spiritual is an art, a whole way of life that is so much more important, so much deeper and more beautiful, simply greater than all this cult of the flesh & looks, and all that goes with it, be it clothesconsciousness, make-up, hair-dos, piercings, tattoos or suntans. If people rely on these things & let them boost their selfconfidence, instead of walking in the strength of the Lord, then they forget who they really are. If they have to spend half an hour in front of a mirror before they have the guts to go out & show themselves to the others, then that's not really them going out there, but just the made-up shell & packaging of the real you, which you're hiding beneath the wrapping. That's the superficial way! You're only letting folks see your surface, & not what lies beneath. And because you put so much emphasis on it, and you practically put your faith in the flesh, according to your faith be it unto you, and you actually become that hollow shell of a vain & empty person, when you could be a spiritual, genuine person, overflowing with true riches to give to all those you come across, simply by being real & genuine! It's one of the curses that the Hollywood industry, along with the fashion industry & all the magazines & TV shows that are pushing this kind of stuff on people, have wrought over the last century. It's become a rare art, just being yourself. But as Dad said in "Revolutionary Women," one way of really being revolutionary is just being you! And that was the beauty of the original revolutionary women of the early days of the Family. Their beauty wasn't in their make-up, their hair-dos, their clothes, or even their shapes, it was in their eyes, their smiles, the genuine connection of their spirits with those they came in touch with. It was magical beauty! And the same applies to the men, also. It's a matter of forgetting all you know for some, just getting rid of the way you've done things all your life, because that's just the way today's mirror & camera & looks oriented world has brought you all up to be. But if you call on the keys of freedom, we, your Eleria, can help you overcome those chained eagle ruts. Even at events where everybody will naturally try to look their best, hippest & coolest, you must remember that the best, hippest & coolest is just the real you, the you that's beneath the "packaging" or the wrapping, so the less emphasis & time you invest in that, your surface & appearance, the more you'll be able to just let your real you shine through. It's because your real you, your spirit, belongs to the Lord, & the less emphasis you put on your fleshly appearance, the more He'll be able to shine through. So, let Jesus shine through you, & that'll be the best impression you can make on anyone. That's what it's all about. Forget about the flesh & get into the Spirit! 260 __________________________________________________ Your focus was so fixed on your accomplishment, "What am I supposed to achieve? Which great works do You want me to perform?" that you didn't even see the main point I was trying to teach you, that, in fact, I didn't want you to accomplish anything for the time being, but to just let go & let Me... I need you to learn

to let Me do it through you! Sometimes, in your blind ambition to just get something accomplished for accomplishments' sake, you failed to get the point that it's all a gift in the first place: Life is a gift, and I want you to enjoy it. More than being a test, it's a gift for you to enjoy. Your idea & mental projection of this school of life was too much resembling the picture of a System school. But My school is really a lot more fun, a lot more loving, a lot more personal. Hanging out with Me, Your Teacher, is really something that's going to help your life to become easier & more beautiful. My school isn't supposed to make you worry or fret, "Oh my God; what if I'm going to fail this test... what if I'm going to fail the teacher? That's not Me, that's not how My school works. It's more like, "Hey, let Me show you something; let Me help you! I can show you a whole lot of things that can make this whole thing called life a lot easier for you!" A lot of times, people's idea of Me is only an extension of themselves, their own way of seeing & judging things. If you are harsh with yourself and others, then you'll picture Me as harsh, too, but that's not Me! I'm not harsh, but extremely merciful & patient! Yes, there are judgments coming, but not before I will have shown My mercy and longsuffering and patience to the extreme! The only way you're going to win people to Me is by showing them My love & mercy, not by ideas of a harsh God. I am Love, I love you, and I don't want you to go out there for any other reason but to convey that love! If it's not love that spurs you on, motivates you & constrains you, as the Bible says, then wait & ask Me for it! It's not religious zeal that I want to be your driving force, but simply love for Me and them. And if you can't even love Me properly because you're scared of what I might do to you in case you fail Me, if you haven't gotten the point yet that I only want you to love Me because you have experienced My love for you first, then you're certainly not going to be able to convey that love to others. Also, I want you to stretch your faith for others & see that if I've been so patient and longsuffering with you, then there's no miracle I wouldn't be able to do for others as well. In other words, there's hope for anyone, and I can change any life. Just give Me a chance & I'll prove it! So, forget about that whole accomplishment trip & just do whatever little bit you can each day and for My sake, enjoy life! It's the only way you'll ever convince anybody that you've got something better than they, that they'll want to have as well. 261 __________________________________________________ Of course it's in My own interest that My children accomplish the most they can for Me and My Kingdom. But sometimes it takes My unorthodox ways to get there. And if I'm trying to teach you to get things done through Me and My power, then you just can't seek to do it in the flesh. I'm purposely weakening your arm of the flesh for that very reason, so, don't seek to strengthen it, don't let your carnal mind drive you in the opposite direction of where I want you to be. The most important lesson I want you to learn is that you've got to have the right Source of strength empowering you, the right motivations behind you, and the right groove. There's nothing wrong with you wanting to do more for Me, but I want to teach you how to do it properly. And the primary requisites for that are that you know Me, know Who you're working for, so that you don't "sell" people your own idea of Me, but the Real Thing, and that you do it in My strength, not your own, because this job is too big, too monumental for anyone to try to do in their own strength. Without Me ye can do nothing. This one verse is the gist, the crux & the point of it all, the one thing I want you to learn. So, if that's what I want you to learn, it means, quit doing things without Me! Quit doing them in your own strength & any other way but through Me and My power! If you want to build lasting works, you're going to have to use My power to do it, not your own. I want to kindle a fire of love in your heart. It's got to be love, not fear of failure. I want them to see love in your eyes! If it's not

love, it's no use. 262 __________________________________________________ You satisfy Me. Loving Me is an important & powerful weapon you will greatly benefit from. The more you use it, the better off you're going to be, the more fulfilled, happy & fruitful you're going to be, and the more victorious. The art of loving Me is an art of the Spirit, and it's not something that's born of the flesh, although I use the flesh the way I can use a physical appearance to inspire an artist to create a work of art, but the magic lies in the inspiration, the spirit, not merely in the physical appearance. Although the physical appearance is divine in itself, in that it was created by the greatest Artist of all, you must realize that the Spirit is something even higher, even greater, even more beautiful and more divine. Loving Me has to be sparked and initiated by the Spirit. It has to be ruled by the Spirit. I've got to be the ruling force in it. "Forget what you know." You must be open to a completely new experience. I'm the New, the totally Other, not the old, the things you're familiar with. Making Love to Me is a weapon, a tool and an instrument to propel you forward for Me, it signifies progress, coming closer to Me, which always means leaving the old behind. This also means leaving old appetites behind, and things which formerly may have turned you on, must be replaced by new things. You must open yourself to new images from My Spirit, new experiences, new feelings. You must be completely open to the totally new. I am the New, the flesh is the old. I am the Door to the new, the Way to the new, the Shepherd leading you to new pastures, the new bread, the new water of life, the Light, making obsolete the old darkness which formerly surrounded you, and leading you ever onwards, away from the former, the old, the well-known. Making love to Me will result in making more & more of a new creature out of you, it will change you. I want you to become so much a part of Me, the New, that you won't resemble the old anymore. So, don't hold on to the old, but let it go, in order to make place for the totally New, which I am. Are you ready for the new? Ready to bid farewell to the past, the ways of the flesh, the old way of doing things? 263 __________________________________________________ Things change by the decisions people make, that's why it's hard to make accurate predictions & "time tables" regarding the future. The future is as flexible as people's majesty of choice. Certain events are set in stone, but when and exactly how they're to come about depends on many little factors, individual decisions, & switch points. It's the little things that make this kingdom stand... little prayers, & little decisions... little, seemingly insignificant choices. They will determine the rise & fall of kings and what could have been kings & prophets. They make the difference between everything and nothing. For the want of the nail... the kingdom lost. One proud choice to disobey a seemingly minor instruction of the true prophet cost Saul his kingdom... If you're not really open and hungry for the truth and nothing but the truth, you can fail to see the truth even though you've been hearing it all your life. It just passes you by, and the Devil only draws your attention to those things which he wants you to see, the things which feed your ego, instead of those which draw you away from it, make you humble & allow Me to increase in you, while you yourself decrease. The true believers would rather go down with the ship than desert it! If you really believe that this is My ship, then you will rather go down with it, when it seems as if it's sinking, than to jump off in order to try to save your own neck. Who needs those who will only try to save their own necks, seek to further their own cause, boost their own egos? We don't need them on our ship, where we're trying to learn and teach others how to love in total abandon of self. If you really believe and know that I am the Captain of this ship, you won't jump into a life boat to try & be your own captain & "branch" out into your own

business. By their fruits ye shall know them. By the fruit of their lips, their fruit in your own life, you can tell. 264 __________________________________________________ When I came and died for mankind, everything changed. The New Testament was the new way. The new way is the meek way, the humble way. The old way showed us that love was the better way. I'm pouring out greater grace, and you should focus on My grace. Love is showing My truth without words. Truth in action, manifested through deeds of love. The only thing that's going to win them is love. The logic of man is coming to an end. But love will prevail. The return of the heart to the true path will lead the world back to the Garden, the great Reconciliation. This is the way of mercy, in which I want you to walk. Not in the way of condemnation and judging others (John 3:17). I don't send you into the world to condemn the world, but that you should save those who would be saved. To offer Me means Salvation, not condemnation. The condemnation is already there. But I am their Salvation. (Jn.3:19). Be heralds of Salvation, not condemnation! He that judges another will reap the greater condemnation. If I learned obedience through the things which I suffered, how much more so each one of you... The way of greater truth is the peaceable way of silence. Anyone can bicker and backbite, but only few can hold their tongue & hold their peace. Everyone's got something to say, but few can listen and let it be. The meek shall inherit the earth. 265 __________________________________________________ "There is nothing that can come between us, except what you allow." Only if the Enemy manages to make you doubt My love for you, is there a shadow obstructing the flow of My light and love to you. The art of loving is a many-colored & multi-faceted world in itself, enough to keep you busy learning forever. Don't freak out or panic when something happens you think you can't handle. Rejoice over this new challenge. Be ready for anything at any time, to take it with a grin. When nothing can shake you, it only fazes you as "so what, another vain & empty attempt of the punk to blow my hat off," & you shrug your shoulder & keep on trusting Me, that's what I call faith! That's My idea of coolness! Be hot in your trust & love & passion for Me, and cool when it comes to the Devil's attempts to rattle your wagon! Have I ever given you a burden too heavy to bear? Have I ever forsaken you with a load & left you all alone to carry it? No matter how hard or heavy the burden, just roll it over to Me, & I'll take care of it, that's the point. The main point & lesson, when you're faced with a trial, a burden, any challenge, is still: are you going to give it back to Me, or what are you going to do? If you have 3 options: a) hand it to Me, b) freak out & despair, or c) to try to tackle it in your own strength, which option do you think is the right one? Next time you're faced with anything that might frighten or stress you, just remember the abc of success & overcoming. The right answer is always a): hand it to Me! Just hand it to Me & stop worrying about the rest! If anything comes your way, hand it to Me! You don't have to worry about anything. Whatever it is, just hand it to Me! All those things are to teach you to hand it to Me, to involve Me, to "pray without ceasing." Hand it to Me & trust. 266 __________________________________________________ Will you bear this cross for Me? The hurting, the pain, the sacrifice and the humbling, as opposed to the way of self, the selfish way, the easy, comfortable way? Let Me carry your load when it becomes too hard to bear. Just roll it over onto My shoulders in prayer. It's going to be alright. I'll help you make it through. The more you rely on Me, the easier it's going to be. The heavy loads are

there to remind you that you shouldn't carry them yourself, but that you should rely on Me. Make Me work for you so that I may work in you and through you. Learn to let Me work through you by making My power work for you. Don't let go of Me! Don't turn the power, the connection off, but stay in tune with Me. Stay "online." It takes some effort, but you've got to overcome anything that tells you it's too difficult. It's an effort that saves you a lot of energy & difficulty that might come later on, if you fail to do it. Keep Me on your mind & stay connected. Stay tuned!

entertained by tales of "winners" and "champions," those who made it big in this world, the strong, awesome and beautiful, like the gladiators & the "great" ones of ancient Rome, not songs about finding strength in weakness. "What weird doctrine is that?" They can't figure it out! But I want you to distance yourself from all that & find true fulfillment & satisfaction in faithfully doing the humble, little things, keeping on giving out My message & being a living sample of it, even if you think you're not accomplishing much. Even if you are a "nothing," until you find your special "swing," the thing that makes you so special, so useful for Me, that makes 267 __________________________________________________ you the you that only you could have been... Love is more important than the future, for it is the future. It is It's the hardest thing for a lot of people, to just be thankful for more important than success, because it is success in My eyes. what I have made them to be. So many want to be something else It is more important than anything, because it is everything; love or would prefer to be somebody else. But that's often just is God, the most important & supreme, ultimate & greatest of all because the Devil has been causing you to compare. absolutes. If you see the source of this comparing as a trick & a deception Anything else is relatively unimportant. What's important, is love. of the Enemy to keep you from being content with what you have And love loves the unlovely. It sees issues such as "weak" and & what you are, so you won't even start finding out what it is that "strong" differently. you can do to make things better, then you actually start living. I'm trying to re-frame your thinking. Be open to My input, Start living today. Your days are but as grass, and though you all destined to bust all former, earthly confines! may be different flowers, you all flourish & then fade, it doesn't Your mind is constantly looking for familiar borders & confines, make a big difference whether you might have preferred to be a the walls to shelter the world as you've come to know it, the tulip or a rose, rather than a daisy... The end result is the same, comfortable box. and your beauty is particular, special and unique enough for Me, But I say, "Break that box & let it roll!" and for those around you, too, trust Me. What Satan has stolen Your logic, your urge to have things figured out is hindering Me! from mankind is the trust that I knew exactly what I was doing by So, stop trying to figure things out in your head! Praise Me a little making each one what they are. more instead if things aren't ideal! Praise Me for'em and they will Be thankful for what you are, just enjoy the life I've given you to be! At least you'll see them differently, more positively. So much live, instead of looking at what others have or do & accomplish... depends on your perspective. The books that really count and that change the world and make If you refuse the Enemy's or the System's or even your own a difference over time, are the ones written about My little labels of "good & bad" & you start to realize that all things strange but true heroes. Those who felt like nothing compared to deserve the label "good," because I have said it (Rom. 8:28), then the big monkeys in the world, but they just kept swinging from why not just praise Me? tree to tree, from country to country, city to city, spreading My It's like, "tell her she's beautiful, and she'll be beautiful!" The message, and they soon found a swing that echoed around the same applies to your day! If you call it beautiful by faith, it'll be world. beautiful! Praise Me for making all things new, the way they're Stories have often been My ways to drive home certain points. supposed to be, by faith! You can't see it with your physical "The Greatest Story ever told has only just begun," and you're a eyes, but you can see it by faith! part of it. Start the day off praising Me and loving Me, and your day, your life will be better! The only thing that matters is love, and it starts 269 __________________________________________________ with loving Me, and then I'll also give you enough love for those The strength, courage & faith you need to develop an around you. All else will seem ridiculously unimportant to you, attacking initiative comes from your times spent with Me, so by because you'll be so happy just obeying & loving Me! neglecting Me you go the opposite way. There's just no other way around it: if you want to be like Me, you're going to have to 268 __________________________________________________ be with Me. If you want to learn from Me, you have to spend time In the world, it's a virtue to be strong. at My feet, listening to Me. Those who consider carnal strength a virtue don't realize that I have to strengthen you first, before I can send you out to battle. everything comes from the hidden strength of the seemingly You can't go out to battle half-ready, half-baked, half-cooked. "weak" Spirit World. Once you're strong enough to resist the Enemy's temptations & The Devil gives strength to the rulers and champions of the distractions, and to not even give him a chance for an inside darkness of this world. I am the Strength of the weak. attack; once you will have learned to hold on to your unity and My sheep will only truly be satisfied with My good grass, but defend it at any cost, then I'll be able to send you to the battle goats will go for the stuff the Devil feeds them. My sheep aren't field. And then will you also have acquired the necessary love satisfied by anything but love, whereas goats will settle for the and courage for the battle, and you won't be shattered by the first temporary satisfaction that material things, success, money, breeze of worldly temptation or comparison you might come pride & accomplishments bring. across. Nobody is aware of many of the things you witness. Just as there You have to learn to see with My eyes first, otherwise it's were only a handful who witnessed My Words & actions, while useless: you will always feel inferior & like a loser, instead of the the whole world thought where it really was all happening was winner you really are in spirit. You first have to learn to be what Rome. There were many in My days, and in those which followed, you really are, your spiritual you, & not fall into the trap of the who sought to make great names for themselves. But the only flesh. You've got to be My spiritual creation in order to fight the ones who truly went down in immortal fame were those humble battle of the Spirit for souls! As long as you walk around in the little faithful apostles of Mine, who did nothing but their best to flesh, it's no use. take the totally unorthodox message of a poor carpenter's son You've been so used to walking in the flesh, it's hard for you to who had been killed and risen from the dead, to the rest of the get in the Spirit. Learning to fly isn't all that easy for someone world. And Rome sought to put out that fire, but was in the end who has been walking a rut around a stake in the ground... consumed by it. In order to really be free, stay focused on your goal, and resist It takes strong faith to go My humbling, unorthodox way, the temptation to flip flop back to the old familiar stake... the way especially when you've been given talents you would like the of the past, the old way, the way of the flesh, the way that we world to know about. But the world in their superficiality isn't want to leave behind in order to embrace the new. The flesh is really interested in profound talents, they prefer to keep on being always vulnerable, your Achilles heel. It will always lure you into

the trap of doing the wrong thing, of making mistakes, and at one point or other, it could easily turn out to be a fatal one, except for My mercy. Even though Romans 8:28 applies in every situation, and things will work out for good, this doesn't mean that it's always necessarily the best that could have come of it. Just because in My love I can turn every evil into good, it doesn't mean that there never could have been a better option, missed golden opportunities for which you might feel regret & remorse. 270 __________________________________________________ You were destined to be My bride and lover, and nothing else matters! Nothing is more important than our love! And if you fully realize that, then nothing else can faze you or affect you, you're completely sheltered from what's happening out there, safely in My bubble of protection, safely in My arms! "Every little thing's gonna be alright." Everything is going to be alright in the end! Even if you have to go through hell on earth, it's inevitable that everythings going to turn out good, because I have promised it and because you love Me! And the more you love Me, the better things are going to be! That's why loving Me is very much an effective weapon you will want to use, because it enhances and increases My blessing on your life, My protection, the manifestation of My power and the fulfillment of My promise! The more time you spend and invest loving Me, the better off you're going to be! It's the wisest investment you could possibly make! I want you to see it as the most important, most relevant and most practical thing you can do! Just as prayer isn't just the least, but the most you can do, so it is with loving Me! It is the most important activity of your lives, which will empower you to do all the other things you need to do with much greater ease and effectiveness! So, take time to love Me, My love; you won't regret it! 271 _________________________________________________ You're leaving Me personally out of the picture when you deal with others without ever mentioning Me. It's as if My wife is talking to somebody without ever introducing her Husband. I want to be a part of your life. I want you to include Me. I, your Husband, am always with you, and don't want you to ignore or neglect Me, whoever it is you're dealing with or talking to. I want to shine through you. I want to be right there, if not on your lips, then at least on your mind and in your heart. If you think about Me and are conscious & mindful of My Presence with you, then sooner or later something about Me is bound to cross your lips, and in the meantime they'll see Me in your eyes. You tend to go overboard to show them that you can act & talk like them & be just like one of them. But what's so special about that? Especially when what they need & what they're looking for is something different? Somebody who's not stuck in the same old pit, viewing things from the frog's perspective, down there, stuck in the hole, but somebody who's got Me along, your mighty, all-powerful Helper, Who's got the answer & solution to all their problems. I want you to come across as someone who's got Me with you, and unless they indicate definite rejection, I want you to make My answers available for them! Ask Me to show you how you can talk to that person without coming across like a religious nut, but still including Me. One way you can always include Me is by speaking in love, because I am Love. Love is not being superficial, not just sounding the same as everybody else. "Becoming one" is all about coming down to people's level to a certain extent & degree in order to bring them My message presented in a way that's acceptable to them. It wasn't meant to be coming down to their level and that's all. It was meant to have a purpose. You become one with them in order to give to them My message, to give them Me, wrapped up in a packaging they can relate to, but not to forget about Me altogether & just hand them the empty packaging of your superficial outer shell without Me in it! Take Me with you! Let your light so shine before men! Let Me

shine before them! Show them Me! It's your one chance you might get to ever touch their lives for Me! When you deal with people, let Me shine through, and give Me a chance to let that conversation with you make a difference in their lives! Use love. Use My lingo instead of theirs! Get a hold of Me before everything you do! Get onto My wavelength, My plain, get into My groove, My lingo, My Spirit, My love, and make each of your actions, words, conversations, gestures, one that will make a difference in the meaningless, lifeless, clueless Matrix of this world. If you want to be Neo, you can't keep walking around pretending you're Mr. Anderson! You've got to refuse to let the Devil squeeze you into that old System mold of your old you! You've got to refuse to let him make you afraid of being different, or of even feeling awkward about it! Let's hope & pray you come across as different! Long live being different! You can't make a difference without being different! Wanna make a difference? Then dare to be different! Talk different, act different, be different! Let Me be that difference! Let them see it! Flaunt it! If you're just pretending to be one of them, then why should they respect & honor and reward you for being anything outstanding? Just have the guts to be what you are, different to the core! 272 _________________________________________________ It's gotta be Me working in you and through you, if you want to bear good fruit! Whatever you do, wait for My approval, for the confirmation of My Spirit! Those who rush ahead without Me, fall flat on their faces. It's a test of faith, sometimes, for you to wait on Me, instead of running out to do whatever is there at hand to do. Waiting on Me is the secret to success! Whatever you wait for Me to give you the strength, power & wisdom for, will always be a success - what I consider success. 273 _________________________________________________ My Wild Wind may feel a little strange to you, exhausting & tiring at times, but it's good for you, keeps you forever young, forever living, forever alive & bubbling over with good things. Live in the Spirit, breathe in My Spirit, move with My Spirit; let My Spirit move and think and speak in and through you! Feel how it's changing you, making a new creature out of you! Satan sought to snuff out that fire, that light, and sought to get you to put the emphasis and focus on the result of that Spirit, the gift of it, your talent, and he tempted you to lean on that, more than on Me and My living Spirit Herself! The result was a dead end street and long detour of the flesh. But it was expedient that you learned this lesson on one of the most dangerous tricks of the Devil, and one he uses most frequently and most successfully with My people: that of getting them to lean on that which My Spirit has brought forth, rather than the Spirit itself! To rely on the arm, strength and wisdom of the new creature I made out of you, leaning on your anointing, thus creating another "old man" that needs to be shed, let go and forsaken again. To be moving in My Spirit & to let My Spirit function in you requires that you let go of the crutches of the flesh, of leaning on your own arm, talent or anointing for strength and support, and just cast yourself wholly into My arms, willing to trust in nothing else but Me. Let Me be your strength, your support, your Source for everything you need! Refuse to turn to any other means, refuse to do anything to save yourself or keep your own neck above water! Renounce that game of "survival" that everybody is playing, and let that old man die, so that I can resurrect the truly new man in you! The Devil will tempt you with compromise. "Oh, but you can use both, the flesh and the Spirit!" But the more you fall back into the gear of the fleshly methods of support, the less emphasis you will put on My vision for you, of truly putting My Kingdom and My sheep first in your life! Focus on the new way, the new thing I am doing in your life, and on the goal and vision of its purpose, namely not merely to gain

support and ensure your physical survival, but to bring true, eternal life to many, many souls who hunger and thirst for Me!

instead? Couldn't it be that it's the Enemy egging you on to accomplish things only in order to distract you from your greatest duty of loving Me? That's a reality in billions of lives 274 _________________________________________________ everyday. He's keeping'em busy, busy, busy, busily preoccupied "Nothing comes from nothing." You've got to put something with their survival, to make sure they'll be too busy to even think into it, in order to get something out of it! about Me, much less spend time to learn how to love Me. Just because things are going to be alright eventually doesn't How much time are you willing to invest in learning how to love mean you've already made the grade. I'm waiting for you to really Me? Loving Me is more than a task, it's the very art of living. The get ready for Me. very art of living lies in the art of learning to love Me. There are And in order to really get ready for Me, what you need is a few people in this world who really know the art of living, desperate, not a complacent attitude! I want you to be because they spend so little time on learning how to love Me. desperately mindful of Me, on constant CQ with Me, at every step Don't let the Enemy distract you from the most important thing in & turn of the way. life. What could be more important? You've got to realize how ferociously the Enemy fights you! Give Me your time, your attention, your heart, your mind, and There's no way you can afford to be indifferent or half-hearted soon I will be able to rule and determine your actions, causing about it! I want you to be on guard & not ignorant of his devices. you to accomplish more than you ever could without having The only way I can ensure My full protection is if you really make acquired My love & power first. sure your spiritual firewall is up, and the more vehemently you The great secret lies in loving Me. That's all I require of you. The pray, the more vehemently My hedge of angels will protect you! rest will come - not by itself, but by Me. I will do everything and Beware of walking in the flesh! anything through you, if you just allow Me, by loving Me. Are you going to be open and honest about the fact that, "basically, we don't have very much in common with the way 277 _________________________________________________ most people live in this world"? I refuse to let anybody put Me into any kind of box of what You don't have to pretend! You don't have to hide your light! Let they think I ought to do or how I ought to run My Family. Only it shine! Your love & your happiness and peace will be those who accept My wisdom as the supreme standard, who contagious, and they'll want it, too! Pray without ceasing. Be drink in the radical waters I have given for this time & age, I can concerned about their soul! Forget everything you are in the use to fight the battle over the souls of men in history's darkest flesh, only focus on the goal: their soul, safely in My fold! hour. I use what nobody thinks I can use. 275 _________________________________________________ You've got to have faith for miracles of the kind the world has It's important that you do what you do for the right motives, never seen. in the right spirit, not because you're afraid of My punishment if You must see in a completely different way than the way the you don't obey. You can't be a successful soul winner if that's world sees! your only incentive to witness. It's gotta be love. On the other Often I require you to have faith and vision for something greater, hand, as you step out by faith to witness, I give you the far beyond that which you can see immediately before you, and a necessary love. willingness to sacrifice of your own life in favor of the future. I'm trying to get you to take the 2nd role, and let somebody else Start pouring, and I'll make sure that it will be well invested. shine, and just support them, to teach you love and humility, to I can show and teach you completely new things through this be thankful for them, and to learn to esteem them above yourself. adventure of pouring your life, your faith, your substance, into I'm an unconventional God with unconventional tactics, and one another one. The world always goes the way of the flesh, the of the things I resist the most is the moment anyone tries to put selfish way, the way of decay, the ways of death! My way is Me in a box & tells Me, "But this is the way it's supposed to be, always the new way, the contrary to the usual way, the because it's the way it has always been!" No, it isn't! Not if I have revolutionary, unselfish way, the way of faith! come up with a better idea, and you might find yourself lagging behind by sticking to the old way instead of following Me and My 278 _________________________________________________ new, revolutionary methods! I like you to have fun & enjoy life, but I didn't mean life for Me I'm not judging you by what you're accomplishing. What's more to be a permanent vacation! Sometimes you have to embrace the important to Me than your statistics is that instead of becoming dark & painful road in order to be led to final, true & lasting all self-satisfied & self-confident with what you're accomplishing, happiness. My way up is down, there's pretty much no exception you're staying desperate & humble, humbly reaching out for Me, to that, and so, if someone constantly seeks their way up to the desperately clinging to Me to make sure you're on the right path. sunny peaks in pursuit of selfish pleasure & "good times," they When you get all proud of yourself & feel like, "behold, now I've will inevitably land down on the rock bottom of an empty soul, really accomplished something," you lose that humility, that because they're just missing the goal. That's not how happiness respect for others, the knowledge that you need them! You is found. You'll reap just what you sow and if it's only to yourself become so self-sufficient that you think you could easily make it and your own pleasure that you sow, instead of pouring your life on your own. out to others, emptiness is what you will reap. I prefer you humble and small. So, next time the Devil tempts you, "Shouldn't you be 279 _________________________________________________ accomplishing more?" just tell him, "Get lost!" The quality & height of your spiritual standard, & the strength I have put you together as a perfect constellation to do a job for of your spiritual defenses depend largely on you and what you're Me that I consider perfect. It may not look perfect to anyone else, willing to invest in it. If you just coast along, thinking, "oh, well, but to Me it does, so what else matters? yeah, the Lord's gonna pull me through somehow," I might do it, What else could you care about? This is the way, keep walking in but there will be consequences to pay for your lack of it! preparation, strengthening your defenses & actively doing your If you'd be the big head honcho making the whole show run... It part, and I will have to allow troubles & problems, even if just to would be pitiful, don't you think? Sometimes, less is more, if less remind you that there's something missing, something you could keeps you sweet, humble and loving. Keep making more out of & should be doing that you're not, such as take time for a fullless! fledged prayer vigil, memorize keys promises, etc., in order to maintain a high spiritual standard & defense. 276 _________________________________________________ If, instead, you leave a back door open for the Enemy, through Sometimes I want you to do nothing but to love Me. If that's which he can enter, you have to count on the fact that it won't be the greatest commandment and the main purpose in life, what necessarily you he's going to be attacking, but the victims are makes you think that you have to do all those other things going to be the weaker ones. So, in order to protect the weaker

members of your family, you need to keep all gates & doors & loopholes shut, through which the Enemy might find entrance! He's always going to attack the weakest member first, and then, by having attacked them, he's going to strike a blow from within that's also going to weaken you, and thus he has a chance to get at you, too. Strive to strengthen your resources & reserves, instead of taking any risks. Do what soldiers do, prepare for battle, and not act as if life was a permanent vacation. Get serious about getting strengthened & trained up for warfare! Invest time in proactive training & learning to really fight the Devil. Are you being "sober and vigilant," or are you leaving the doors of your defenses wide open, leaving yourself vulnerable, and your flock exposed to the peril of outside attacks? 280 _________________________________________________ I want you to take on the role of a humble, meek, and dedicated servant. Get ready for whatever comes & whenever it comes! Ready to give it your best and your all. Leave nothing to chance. Dedication and devotion is not quite the same as ambition, even though it may look the same. Ambition is when someone tries to zealously achieve something for themselves; they want to be successful, and that's their motivation. Dedication is that same zeal, but not for yourself, but for others, because you love them, and are determined to do the best you can for them. You are there to light their fire, not to reflect their warmth, or wait & see whether they have any warmth at all. Light their fire & get'em hot! 281 _________________________________________________ You asked Me to break you & do with you whatever I saw fit. Do you really want this breaking? Do you really want Me to make you & mold you into nothing? Or do you want to hold on to your pride? You see, warfare isn't always beautifully organized. The signal sounds and you rush out onto the battle field, and you don't always look good in the mess that results out there. The only question that will remain is: have you done what you could? Will you have given it your all? It's those disasters in the physical that sometimes result in the most beautiful spiritual events & miracles. You've got to give up the control. You're not in control anymore, but I am. What's most important is that you really learn to live the message, a living sample, the living proof, a reflection of what you actually live and practice and experience. It's the Spirit that counts! It's not how "together" you are, how controlled, but how much you allow Me to control you! You've got to get your focus off of the things that you're capable of, and focus on what I can do through you. Don't seek to be in control, but let Me be in control. If you're willing to let go & let Me use you like that, even if the result may come across to you as "chaotic," then you'll be a lot more fruitful! What counts is the Spirit! Forget about the flesh. Perfection is flesh. Inspiration, the Spirit, that's what counts! So, let go of the flesh & hang on to the Spirit! Strive for the uncontrolled, passionate surrender to the white-hot fires of My Spirit. Let Me set you on fire, and the world will come out to see you burn! It won't matter whether it will look weird! To hell with how it will look in the flesh! What matters is the looks of it in the Spirit. 282 _________________________________________________ (Windsor Elerian:) Fly! Fly, and let nothing tie you down to the old, to the rotten carcass of this world! It's dead, you know? Compared to the vibrant, living, pulsating and energetic, eternal World of the Spirit, that old carnal world is nothing but stinking, rotting flesh. If you think about it, the Devil is really nothing more than the god of the dead. Come, and join the land of the living, flee like a bird to the mountain of life, make the great escape Here, where everything is

free, power, energy, everything you ever need, want and dreamed! Dive in to the Spirit! You don't have to trudge through that old, stagnant world, you can escape hither, to the Spirit... There's a way of escape, you know? He gave you the power to rise above, so you don't have to be bogged down by all that carnal stuff! 283 _________________________________________________ Some people's supposed spirit trip is nothing but a carnal trip of self-righteousness, pride and self-elevation & trying to accomplish something in the arm of the flesh. Their arm of the flesh may be powered by spirits, but they're evidently not My good, wholesome & clean holy spirits, but they have been sent strong delusion so that they might believe a lie, simply because they did not receive the love of the truth. They had the chance to receive the truth, but when they rejected it, that was their decision to take the down-hill slope. They like to be strong in themselves, in their own spirit, and that very strength is a deception that many can fall for. The lie just sounds too attractive to them: the prospects of doing their own thing, sit on their own thrown, be their own boss... it's the same temptation the Devil fell for. I have equipped all My sons & daughters of all ages with the "majesty of choice," a constant check in your heart which determines whether you're willing to give up your own thing to Me and allow Me to be your Boss & Master of your fate, or not. It's either "yes" or "no" to Me. The temptation of doing your own thing entails an important lesson and can be helpful in warning others & keeping them from falling for it, too. You wish you had never strayed & never listened to those voices that were urging you to give in to those cravings that promised you how much grander things you could accomplish on your own... Those who hold on and who won't fall for that trap have got a mightier thing going than anything anyone could accomplish on their own, no matter how great or strong they may be or think they are. Because this is My doing, and it has been from the beginning. What you accomplish in it is not quite as important as that you stick with it, remain a part of it, help to maintain it & do what you can to keep it functioning. Faithfulness & loyalty to Me and My Family is a great thing. Like that quote says: "A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in the little things is a great thing." The Family may be nothing but a "little thing" in the eyes of some, but faithfulness to My Family, in My eyes, is a great thing. Even so, faith in Me is a little, unimportant, maybe even ridiculous thing to many unbelievers & scoffers, but faithfulness to Me is a big thing. I don't even care how successful you are, how great, or what "biiiig" gifts you have, "one thing is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful!" (1.Cor.4:2) That's all I ask, and blessed is that servant who will have been found faithful! Look at all that you have received! Is it not only fair that you would reward all that with mere faithfulness? Faithfully appreciating and being grateful for what you have received? Returning My love for you with faithful service and obedience instead of falling into the Devil's trap of doubt, final disobedience, denial and betrayal? Those who go against Me and My anointed ones are always completely convinced of the rightness of their own cause. Otherwise the Enemy could not get them that far. I have set you free! Don't let the Enemy lie to you about that! You're free! You may not be making a big splash about it, but just quietly enjoying your freedom, but that's more like what freedom really is. It's not a proud peacock strutting around, "I'm free, I'm free," when he doesn't realize that he's chained to the ground by his own pride & inability to fly. But you, My little songbird, or even if you're just a little sparrow: you're free, you can fly! So fly, My love, fly! 284 _________________________________________________ The pride of life keeps people from doing the will of God. I'm trying to make a shepherd out of you, whose main focus is not so much anymore on what he's accomplishing himself, but

who invests & pours his life, his love, his energy & time into others, so that they may do for Me what you yourself can't. Your weakness is a somewhat immature desire to be heard & seen, a desire for attention. If you're longing for accomplishment & lasting achievements that count, it's the ordinary little folks who do most of that, while the rest of you artists are too busy trying to attract attention! Your only desire for recognition should be for My recognition. Your mistake is a lack of faith, looking for praise, approval, satisfaction and fulfillment in the physical realm, when true fulfillment can only come from the Spirit. I'm trying to get you to set your affections on things above, but your flesh just takes every opportunity it gets to run off with every temptation. I'm having to jerk the comfortable pillow of ease from under you, which is the breeding ground for that lack of desperation & determination to really go on the attack. I can't make it easier for you. Things have to get tougher and worse in some ways in order for them to get better in other ways. The flesh has to decrease, along with all its comforts, and the Spirit has to increase, which only happens by greater emphasis on the spiritual & less emphasis on carnal & worldly things.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. (Ps.37:9) Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land. (Ps.37:34) I will wait on Thy name, for it is good before Thy saints. (Ps.52:9) Because of His strength will I wait upon Thee, for God is my defence. (Ps.59:9) My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from Him. (Ps.62:5) Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Ps.69:3) Let not them that wait on Thee , O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed (Ps.69:6) Our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that He have mercy upon us. (Ps.123:2) I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His Word do I hope. (Ps.130:5) The eyes of all wait upon Thee (Ps.145:5) Wait on the Lord and He shall save thee. (Prov.20:22) Blessed are all they that wait for Him. (Isa.30:18) They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa.40:31) They shall not be ashamed that wait for Me. (Isa.49:23) 285 _________________________________________________ We will wait upon Thee, for Thou hast made all these things. You must allow My Words to really sink into your hearts. (Jer.14:22) That's from where the fruit of learning comes. Wisdom is so The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that much more a matter of the heart than the mind. You've got to let seeketh him. (Lam.3:25) Me plant My seeds into your heart, & you must absorb them with Quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. (Lam.3:26) all your heart, not just acknowledge them with your mind. You've I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. (Mic.7:7) simply got to take the time for those seeds to really sink in. Therefore wait ye upon Me, saith the Lord. (Zeph.3:8) Learning is something that just can't be done in a hurry. Wait for the promise of the Father (Acts 1:4) I'm not going to send you out into battle before you're prepared for it, or send you into battles you're not equipped for. 286 __________________________________________________ I'm revealing to you, bit by bit, every day, how helpless you are Claim the keys of focus! Claim the keys of concentration, of without Me, where your wrong attitudes lie, what your persistence, & rebuke any hindrance from distracting spirits of weaknesses are. the mind who are trying to lure your thoughts away from Me Some people are incapable of living without some kind of (2.Cor.10:4,5). artificially glorified self-image. They can't bare the shame of the These Scriptures you memorized act like a chimney sweeper's ugly reality of what they really are, how nothing they really are, brush, clean out your "pipes" & free it from dirt & smut. Being a how little good there is about themselves, and just how "hearer only" of the Word won't do it. And one of the first ways to desperately they need Me to help them stay on guard and to keep become a "doer" of the Word is by memorizing and reviewing it. them from stumbling. "He that thinketh he standeth, let him take Isa.26:3 - You can have the perfect peace of knowing that I'm with heed, lest he fall." you every step of the way, in all you do, if you keep your mind Many know not how nothing they are. stayed and fixed on Me. The Devil will fight with all he's got to The strength of the flesh is a rope that promises to lead keep you from doing that, because he knows the minute you do, somewhere, like that way that seemeth right unto a man, but you become a powerhouse for Me, and he cannot cause any what is the end thereof? If you know what's at the end of that way further delay, friction or disturbance on the inside - until he gets that seemeth right unto a man, then you can be prepared, and another chance to distract you from Me again, somehow. walk another road. It's a permanent fight to strive to keep your mind stayed on Me, & Walk the humble road, the road that doesn't seem right to a man that's what those weapons of our warfare are there for, to pull by his carnal reasoning, the road of faith, that tells you, "do it down those thoughts and mental picture that are trying to cause Daddy said so." The path of obedience. separate & distract you from the knowing that God is right there There is so much to learn, but it doesn't all fit into your mind. with you. You've got to make room for it in your heart. Don't seek to absorb You've got to train and discipline those thoughts in the it with your head. Let it sink in deep inside of you! obedience of Me. They try to break loose and run wild, hither, Take to heart the wisdom of the Spirit. Put aside all impatience & thither and yon, but you've got to catch them & bring them into patiently wait on Me. Have you got the patience and faith, to wait captivity, tell them Who's the Boss, and Who they should obey. on Me? And those weapons, like the keys, the Word, the power of praise, The temptation is often there, to jerk & make your own move, etc., are helping you to do that. But it's a conscious effort, a real before I or the prophet have arrived, but your only hope & chance fight, and a mental and spiritual war. to make it is to wait on Me. I'm always right there for you. The "knowledge of God" is the knowing & being fully conscious of the fact that God is right (Verses on waiting on the Lord:) here, right there with you and a very real and substantial part of Let none that wait on Thee be ashamed. (Ps.25:3) you every second & every milli-second of your life, the very Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day. Power that created you and keeps you going with every breath (Ps.25:5) you take. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on Thee. You could and should be absorbing Him consciously with every (Ps.25:21) breath you take, every thought you think, every word you speak, Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine etc. But what causes you not to do that is the distraction tactic heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. the Enemy uses, "every high thing" which exalts itself against ()s.27:14) that knowledge & conscience of My Presence in your life, that Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him. (Ps.37:7) makes you think you can do it on your own. "I can do it myself. I can take care of myself."

You may not be consciously thinking that, but your attitude in excluding Me from your activities, your failure to acknowledge Me in all of them, speaks louder than words. If you would truly be mindful of Me in everything you do, things would be different. I'm always there to a certain extent, but it takes 2 parties, 2 poles to make a real connection, and you've got to make a conscious effort, flip the switch, zoom in on Me and stay focused there, stay tuned in on Me, in order to make full use & avail yourself of My power to the greatest extent possible. Zoom in on Me and then let your focus rest there. If the Devil tries to distract you, zoom right back in on Me. It's almost like pulling a stubborn horse or mule back in the direction you want it to go when it starts to go the other way. That horse is like your flesh which thinks it can do it without My help & trudge off on his own. So, you've got to pull the reins & say "No, fella, this way!" That's what you've got to do in order to train & discipline your mind! The keys, My Word, and your own willpower to discipline your own mind are all instrumental tools and weapons in order to make that happen, to keep that horse of your mind on the right track. If you just let your spirit run wherever it likes, the Devil might try to trap you & have you go his way. You often lose sight of Me, forget about Me and just don't think of Me anymore or don't stay connected with Me. But you've got to. You must. It's also like that allegory of the ram and the shepherd. You've got to keep an eye on Me, keep your mind focused on Me, and you're just going to have to make a conscious effort to do that. "Pray without ceasing!" Stay in tune with Me at all times! Claim the keys of heavenly thought power and full possession! Memorize key promises along these lines, or quotes & verses that help you keep your mind in subjection to Me! Use the weapon of the Word more militantly, fully absorb it! Soak it in to the very fiber of your being. Rub that hyssop of My Word deeply into your heart, think on it, meditate on it and write it on the tablets of your heart.

nature with open eyes and an open mind, hungry to ever learn more, prepared him to make the right decision when he finally came to this side of the veil. He knew it was the path of light he had to follow, & basically, that's how I guide all My children around the World into the true light, all through their lives, even when they don't get around to hear the message from one of My servants. I have many ways to speak to them & to prepare them, to teach them in My ways. The important thing is that you don't miss the golden opportunities to bring them in when you come across them, that you show them the simple door & entrance path to heaven, so that they don't have to keep walking and searching any longer than necessary. You've got the light and the power, the love, and it was given for the purpose that you pass it on to them, it's nothing you can hide, tuck away or selfishly keep to yourself. It's not exactly the same form of energy as electricity, but it's very much like it. Electricity is its physical counter part, and an illustration of the even greater, spiritual Power of God's Love. How do you avail yourself of that power, the great energy of God? Through prayer!

289 __________________________________________________ Things break. They deteriorate. They don't get better or improve by themselves, as the evolutionists claim. The only way you can grow in this life and truly gain is by acquiring spiritual riches that won't be corrupted. The only way to grow is in the spirit, because your natural man decreases. You have to sow to the immortal, the spirit. Nothing in this world lasts forever. In fact, time is running out. Your natural stature is diminishing, deteriorating. The only way you can actually gain something that will last is by giving away what I've given you, My Words of life, and by winning souls, which will be the eternal gain you will bring with you from this life into the eternal, the only thing that will last. When an old house deteriorates, it will need some work on it, it won't get better by itself. Likewise, your body needs some 287 __________________________________________________ "maintenance" & repairs done to it, the same way your car does. I want My children & brides to become more acquainted with The tires wear off and you need new ones. and more skilled in the use of their spiritual weapons of loving You can't say, "oh, I'll trust the Lord to fix those tires." You can Me intimately, prayer, praise, the Word, the keys, their spirit trust Me that I'll supply new ones. helpers & prophecy. You can't just close your eyes & hope the trouble will go away. Because these relatively peaceful times will soon be over, and You have to confront it & deal with it, there's no way around it. full-fledged warfare is going to break out. So far, most of you When an enemy comes to attack you, you'll have to face him & have not been taking your training seriously enough. Your main counter the attack, you can't just ignore him. Some enemies are concerns have been your survival, your careers, your futures, inevitable and of a natural kind, as part of the result of the curse, your pastimes, and not truly giving your lives for My cause. such as pain, sickness or death. Although I have overcome them Truly living by faith means, you don't care whether you're going for you, you still have to deal with them to some extent. The to die or live another day, all you know is, you want to follow Me victory is by faith. It is by faith that you know you have eternal blindly wherever I lead. life & that you'll be with Me after you die. It is by faith that you What matters is that you spend time with Me, seek Me earnestly, know that I can heal you from the sicknesses that befall you. And and start learning to rely & depend on Me, not your own arm of by faith you know that I can help you find a solution for this the flesh! problem & get it fixed. For many, worldly success has become a deadly distraction and Countless people deal with these problems without My help, a snare (1.Tim.6:10). without faith. For them its all a matter of natural, mechanical, Following Me requires flexibility & openness to change. carnal things, regardless of whether there is a God Who made Following Me is a constant revolution. I am Revolution. Stay and designed them, or not. The difference between you and them flexible and revolutionary! is by faith. You don't even always look happier than they do. You don't look as though you have more than they, but rather less, 288 __________________________________________________ because you seek treasures that are not of this world & therefore You've been going through this world as one not of them, but you don't ambitiously work for the same abundance they indulge among them, as one who knew where you really come from and in. You believe that what I said is true: "A man's life consisteth where you are going; about the magnificence of the Spirit World not in the abundance of the things that he possesseth." that surrounds you; as one who feels things intensely, There are two paths, two ways for man to choose through life: wondering how it can be that so many don't see and feel as you the carnal way and the path of faith. The result only shows at the do, and always largely feeling rejected and despised by men for end of the road. Along the way, the carnal road often looks like what you really were: not of this world. the more reasonable and the more blessed. They who walk that I always bring somebody across your paths, who receives your road have greater abundance, and those who walk the faith route kind and sticks to them loyally, no matter what the world around will even have to humbly ask those others to share of their may say or think. abundance with them. They definitely look more like the "losers." Spirit is energy, the pure energy from which all that exists But that's where My surprise ending comes in. People of faith derived. Einstein believed in a life after death, and he wasn't believe in a surprise ending. Not so much in order to tease the disappointed. Although he had not known Me during his physical others at the end of the road & be able to say, "See, I told you life, his belief, based on the things he was able to observe in so," but even to let them also be blessed. For they will be

blessed for every helpful deed & thing they shared with you, My people of faith, the apparent losers. It takes faith for them, too, to be sharing with you of their abundance. And I will bless that faith. It's not quite the same as the amount of faith someone has who decides to devote their entire life to Me, but it takes both. Just like you score points in life by witnessing & winning souls & doing loving things, being a loving sample, so they can do the same by helping you or others in need, etc. You're all in the same game, except that you have a special role to play in it, that of the "spirit guides," those who may be poor in the flesh, but can lead others in the ways of the spirit, the true & lasting riches, recognized only by faith. Then there are the "helpers," and of course, the "enemies," those who oppose you, reject you, and make things tougher for you, and there are the truly poor, and the masses of the indifferent, who you're also destined to influence & sway in their decision either for Me or against Me. You can win souls and disciples from each of those other groups & even convert them into fellow "guides" along with you, to help you in your quest, while other, former "guides" can lose their positions & turn into either "enemies" or "helpers," or join the indifferent masses, etc. Everybody has their special role to play. Your role is to help others to determine which is going to be their role and position towards Me, whether they're going to be antagonistic towards My cause or whether they will help or at least sympathize with us. You "guide" them into decisions, either for Me or against Me, sometimes without saying a word. Simply by receiving and accepting or rejecting and despising you, they will already have made a decision. That is why your sample is so important. Sometimes I will give them various or even many chances, & if they didn't jibe with a certain of My representatives or "guides," I will send them another one, to see whether they will respond more favorably to that one... I give each of them opportunities to be blessed by you, My prophet guides & humble servants. Then there are those who pretend to be "guides" & My servants, but they are actually false guides, wolves in sheep clothing. They are, in many ways, even worse than open & downright enemies, because they deceive the people and lead them astray. They make mindless zombies out of those who could potentially have been helpers or even "spirit guides" themselves. The way they treat you determines the way they would treat Me. Some matters I leave up to your choices & decisions, and with others, I don't leave you any option (because I know you wouldn't choose them voluntarily); they're inevitable. In those, you'll also have to show your faith and how you'll master them, and you can even be a testimony and a witness in these situations. Everything is significant and another move in this game of life. Nothing happens by coincidence, there is a purpose in everything.

291 __________________________________________________ Is it My will for you to make it easier on yourself? It is the hard way that makes you stronger. Which is the better preparation for what's to come? Acquiring a carpet that will be jerked out from under your feet eventually, or learning to stand on the rock which will lift you unfailingly above any obstacle, that you might have to face in the future? The easier way is often a cop-out, & by thinking you're gaining something, you're only cheating yourself out of a greater blessing. I want to be the One to provide for you. If you take the easy way out, the System's cop-out, then how can I prove to you My power fully? Put your faith & trust in Me, not in the green paper pig god of the System! It looks downright silly to the world: why refuse money you could be getting for nothing? It's like Daniel and his friends at the royal palace in Babylon, insisting to be fed only bread & water. Or like Elisha's refusal to accept money from Naaman. Sometimes less is more when it comes to all the "blessings" the System has to offer. This is a new day, in which I instruct My brides personally in the ways that are tailored specifically for them and are best for them personally. What do you prefer: money and comfort, or souls? I prefer this "desperate" situation by far over one of ease. The more you lean on System-related or -generated support, the less souls you're likely to win. It's essential to keep up the necessary level of inspiration; the spark & incentive to keep you going for Me. Your "less" in physical blessings brings so much "more" in spiritual blessings, the true blessings & the true excitement of life by fighting among the handful of sold-out & all-out guerilla troops for Me daily. 292 __________________________________________________ The carnal mind sees desperation as something bad, something undesirable, something to avoid at all cost. But desperation is the ingredient that puts the magic into prayers that makes them get answered in spectacular ways!

293 __________________________________________________ In the flesh, you're a pauper, but in the spirit you're a prince. You've got to humbly stay focused on that spiritual creation of Mine in you, knowing that all you are is by My grace. There's nothing you haven't received. Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you. That's why it's so important for you to take hold of My Spirit at the start of the day: When you're in the Spirit, you're less likely to fall prey to pride in any form, because My Spirit is humble. You'll know who you are in the Spirit, & won't be tempted to compare so much with others who may have more 290 __________________________________________________ than you in the physical, & you'll be content with that, just Everybody needs to experience some pain in life, and it is the determined to make the best of it. pain, not the easy times, that makes you grow & brings you If there are things about yourself that you don't like, praise Me for closer to Me. them. Praise Me for all things, even, or especially those you You must keep believing in Romans 8:28, & that even this works consider "bad." together for your good. Exposing the tricks the Enemy pulls in order to sneakily rebuild I haven't forsaken you in your pain, nor am I allowing it because your old man, shows that if you don't watch it, that old man is I'm upset with you, but I simply have to allow it because it will going to creep up again, and before you know it, you'll find also work together for your good. I can't protect you from every yourself stuck in a new Egypt the Enemy helped you build in attack of the Enemy. your life. Which other way do you acquire wisdom but by pain & suffering That's why it's so important to keep revoluting, to keep changing & going through fiery trials & tests of faith? in your life, & not fall into any ruts, routines & habits. The only I'm teaching you to trust in Me! There's no way around it. You're fool-proof remedy is your personal time with Me each day. going to have to learn to trust in Me. You'll have to trust Me for The Devil fights to make you forget all that you're learning from the pain, trust Me for your support, you'll have to trust Me for Me, & it's a little bit like having to start all over again from scratch everything. When someone has truly learned to trust in Me, you every morning. could call that wisdom. You have to re-learn afresh every day just how much I love you, You want quick relief, I want you to trust Me. We're going to have how much I need you to come to Me and how much you need Me to meet in the middle of what we both want. and to spend that time with Me. According to your faith be it unto you! Sometimes it takes a while until you find out where your faith lies, what you have the faith 294 __________________________________________________ for, and how far your faith goes. And that's what tests are all The keys promise you everything: more supply, more fruit, about. more humility, faith. You have not because you ask not in the

power of the keys! You don't avail yourself sufficiently of the greatest power I have ever given to man, which is at your disposal. I have given you the power to overcome any obstacle, any weakness, any problem you might encounter! Some people believe in Me, but they don't think they're supposed to avail themselves of My help. They acknowledge, "Oh yeah, God is there, somewhere up in the heavens, minding His own business, so I'm not going to bother Him with any of my own problems, because He's probably way too busy for that..." Wrong. Each of you on Earth, are My "problem," My "affairs," My "business, & that which concerns Me, and the real problem is that you allow the Enemy of your souls to trick you into believing that I don't care about you or that I don't want to help you, that I'm expecting you to solve your own problems without My help! The problem is that you don't avail yourselves of My help! Is there an easier way to solve it than to just ask Me for help? In other words, to pray? No, but you want to show off how capable you are, how self-sufficient you are, how well you can do it on your own. And most of you humans are quite successful and efficient at taking care of yourselves, seeing to your own needs and those of your closest family, perhaps. But life is supposed to be more than just about caring for yourselves. You excel at taking care of yourselves and wonder why you're still not happy. I intended for you not to just care for yourself and your own, but also for others, outside of your personal family, because, in My eyes, you're all one big family! You all have the same great-greatgreat-great-great....grandfather, Adam, and after that, Noah, so, you're all one big family. It's your choice whether you want to accept your place in that Family and do what you can to help your brothers & sisters or not. Or whether you prefer to play the Devil's game & do it his way: "I take care of myself, and if that means I have to take something away from my 'brother,' I will not hesitate to do it!" Then you can join his family, but it's not going to be anywhere near as fun, and the rewards aren't going to be near as good as they are going to be for those who choose to be on My side & do it the loving way, the helping way, the considerate way. But since it doesn't come natural to you to do things My way, you might have to ask Me for help to be successfully loving. 295 __________________________________________________ "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, Ye have done it unto Me." In taking others in, you're taking Me in, and in trying to do your best so they'll feel comfortable, youre bestowing that same hospitality on Me. It's easy to lose sight of that vision once you become familiar with someone & have come to know their weaknesses, & it gets harder & harder for you to associate them with Me in your mind. Just remember, "one of the least of these, My brethren!" It's easy to host the noble, the strong, the obviously good, the beautiful, whatever pleasant qualities people have. But it's always a real test of love to treat one of the least of My brethren, those with faults & mistakes, & shortcomings, as if it were I. I will bless the efforts each of you will make to show you're one big Family, not just selfish little families all fending for themselves. It's an effort to generate warmth, to shine your light, and to do your best to improve and enhance the situation you're finding, no matter how gloomy it may seem, according to the gifts & abilities you were given. Will you resign at the first show of attitudes you don't agree with, or will you make an effort to make a difference? I'm putting before you this challenge and golden opportunity to grow way beyond your present horizon and restrictions, way past your former way of handling and facing these types of situations. You can show whether you've made any significant progress & have learned from the mistakes of the past, whether you've really grown & matured through all I've been teaching you through the events of your life! The probably biggest mistake to begin with would be to assume that it's just coincidence or chance that they're winding up at your place, and if it hadn't been yours, it would have been

somewhere else. There is no such thing as coincidence, least of all for you, the stars of My show, and you should actually be thrilled with feelings of excitement & anticipation knowing that this whole challenge & situation was planned & orchestrated by Me, it's one of My setups, & therefore, this is destiny! Often My great testings are crossroads in destiny that look very mundane, ordinary, and they're camouflaged as such, since otherwise, you'd obviously shape up, pull yourselves together & put on your best behavior. I like to test folks in the little things: how do they handle a flat tire, the dishes, a dirty diaper, or visitors that may well be on a different wavelength than your own in many aspects? I'm adding the ingredient of the strange factor: new, strange human beings in your lives. Everybody can live a selfish little life, but only those who have My supernatural love governing their lives can live like My Family. And I'm so proud of each one of you who dare to be different, who dare to step out beyond the confines of what's comfortable, your natural, selfish tendencies & preferences! That's what the Family's all about, & I'm so thankful for each of you who are willing to show: "We are the Family! We don't care to live just selfish little lives like everybody else; we're not afraid to make sacrifices in order to show that we've got enough of the Lord's love to put up with another's idiosyncrasies & different ways of doing things, etc. We don't mind the different, because we're open and willing and humble enough to learn from each other and with each other!" The Family's life-style is one of the parts about their testimony and witness that speaks the loudest to the world, the proof of the pudding that you're really different, really "it," & that what you preach or believe in theory really works in the practical as well. 296 __________________________________________________ The battle is rarely ever neatly organized. It's bloody hoodlum, where all that counts is the fight you have, the size of the "dog" in you! How easily are you going to be intimidated? How easy is it going to be for the Enemy to get you to turn tail & run? Or how hard are you going to make the fight for him? How determined are you to lick him, overcome him, destroy him? That's what counts! Don't look at the circumstances! Of course, they're chaos! That's what war pretty much amounts to, & that's what the Devil is trying to create all along! Victory is to be able to grab hold of My peace & heavenly Big Picture of My organized structure of everything in spite of the temporary chaos the Devil tries to create. He may show you that devastated landscape he left you in in the spirit, but you've got to see My heavenly landscape & beauty of what's going to be & what really is in the heavenly realm, beyond all that ugliness the Devil's trying to create! Don't let them influence you, but be an influence on them for the better! Be a rock in their midst that won't be swayed, that refuses to be dragged along by their negative currents. In order to reach that state of spiritual strength and unshakeability, you're simply going to have to come to Me. To be a bulwark of spiritual strength, you'll have to tank up My peace. You're just going to have to get a hold of My peace & strength, you've got to fight for it! It's your first duty! Otherwise, the Enemy knows he's got a chance, and you see the result of it! Don't worry about not being "Mr. Perfect!" Nobody is, & you're just doing fine by letting go & letting Me! 297 __________________________________________________ To maintain a positive attitude & outlook towards people that tend to strike you negatively or give you battles & trials is a very important thing, because so much is determined by the way you see others: your ability to successfully live & work with them, which will affect your fruitfulness for Me, your unity, your general happiness & outlook on life, as well as theirs, & it will affect their decisions & desire to continue to serve & follow Me or not. So, it's important to maintain a positive attitude, an attitude & spirit of forgiveness & of love that casts a veil over a multitude of sins & shortcomings. I appreciate when My children allow Me to control their lives,

instead of insisting on being at the controls themselves. Let Me be your driver! When you get tired, & it gets so foggy that you can barely see the road, & you don't know the way, let Me take over the wheel. That's what full possession is like: you allow Me to take the driver seat of your life, the steering wheel, the gear shift & the pedals, & you just lean back & enjoy the ride. It's pride & the natural tendency for man to want to show off that he can do it himself, but there are situations in life where the only right move to make is to let Me take over the wheel! Common folks need to drive their cars, but V.I.P.s are too busy with more important affairs than just getting from A to B. There are higher goals to attain & greater challenges for My kings & queens, priests & priestesses, princes & princesses, & you're much better off climbing in the back seat & tuning in to your really important affairs & duties.

darkness... Remember & acknowledge Me in all your ways, constantly open for My input, aware & conscious of My presence, tuned for whatever I might have for you every single moment of your life! That's taking Me with you, letting Me be part of you, part of your life. 300 __________________________________________________ What a mess people can make of their lives if they just go through the motions, walk in the flesh & never stop in order to truly reach out & grasp for My Spirit, grab hold of Me and My grace to change their lives.

301 __________________________________________________ I like your efforts to integrate the Spirit World more into your personal reality. If you would let that soft, warm & loving spirit come through 298 __________________________________________________ more often, you'd find that it would be a lot easier for others to Tough is good for you! You're having a tough time with open up to you. people? Welcome to the club! The tough times are what it's all Most of the time you're putting on a show of something that's not about! It's not the easy & smooth times that make you stronger! really you; of some kind of cool comedian.... Whereas, if you Turn on your forgiveness power & cast that veil over a multitude would let My Spirit shine through more, you'd find that things of sins! would flow more smoothly. People would feel more comfortable Just because you can only see the one side, the negative, around you, open up to you more & trust you more. doesn't mean that the positive isn't there. I've had to call you apart from the world, so that you would allow The real problem is that you get rubbed the wrong way so easily, yourself to become different. that you're so easily irritated & appalled by others' behavior. That's a bigger problem in itself than their actual misbehavior! 302 __________________________________________________ (Gem, a Spirit Helper:) Jesus has chosen to operate through 299 __________________________________________________ others, through intermediary links, just as He's chosen you to be Stay close to Me & let Me whisper My Words into your ears. I His links to the world. We, your spirit helpers, are always long for your company & attention even more than any good involved in creating the link and connection between you and the works you might accomplish for Me! You are what matters to Me, Lord, even if you may not be aware of it. We pretty much follow much more than what you do. What you do is secondary, all your communications with Him, because we help to bring because whatever good you'll do, if it's supposed to be them to pass, we're the channels, the vessels that catch the something lasting & truly fruitful, will only be a result of your content of your communications in both directions & pass them times spent with Me and of your closeness with Me, your on. knowing Me. If you want to become a better bride to Him, just let me help you! You can't save others in the flesh. You've got to let Me fill you & Let me become a more integral part of your life, and you'll see possess you fully, so that I then can save others through you. that it means allowing Jesus to become a more integral part of Absorb Me, become like Me by learning of Me, listening to Me, your life! loving Me and spending time with Me. Using me, for you means making the greatest use of His power Put Me first & keep Me in that first place. There's no use running that's possible and available to you right now, it's the next step, off to tell others about Me before you're not 100% sure yourself the next grade up in the direction of growing closer to Him and that you really know Me, lest you come across as some novice letting Him fully possess you. who doesn't even know what he's talking about, like so many Spiritual relationships are actually more important than your spiritual novices in the churches, who stand there in their physical ones, just as the Spirit is more important than the flesh. pulpits, pretending to know what they're talking about when they Only by keeping the Spirit in first place will you be able to haven't got a clue about Me, they don't know at all what I'm like, manage physical affairs, relationships, and your whole life, for nor have many of them ever even touched Me & come to that matter, successfully, and according to His will. experience Me, the way I need you to if you're going to do My Humans are made from spirits. When you come back Here, you'll works. realize just how much everything is really one. All of creation is You're supposed to come away changed from My presence; connected and intertwined, and those separations are only you're supposed to take some of My presence with you & show temporal. the World, let them see that you've been with Me, it's supposed Evil is restricted to the temporal realm you live in. Although to make a difference! Dwell in the Spirit, stay right here in the Satan is still operating from the spiritual realm, his power is light! really only relevant in the physical, and it's only because the Stay focused on Me and only turn to the world in order to show Lord allows it in order for His great big plan & universal lesson to them Me & the influence I've been having on your life, the change come about. Really knowing & comprehending means more than I've evoked in you, the difference I made in your life! just acknowledging a certain fact with your head. It's not just an Otherwise it's like the way you tell something to a child & then act of the head, but of the heart & belly as well. "From his belly he runs off & forgets all about it right away! Growing up & shall flow rivers of living waters" means, you must not seek to maturing means you stop running off & forgetting, you speak words from the head, but from your spirit. remember! You make an effort to remember what I said, I'm your personal, special and closest link. We're so close... we remember the Words I've told you, and you remember Me! That's are one. what will lead to obedience. Disobedience usually stems from I'm your personal private teacher & tutor, so to speak, as many carelessly forgetting My Words & My commandments & yielding men & women of God have had theirs, either in the physical or to all the temptations the Enemy and the world have to offer. the spiritual (or both). I'm the love of God for you. I'm your secret. Obedience only comes through refusing to forget My The Lord likes to make things so simple that even kids can exhortations, but taking them seriously & not daring to let go of understand it. them! You hold them tight, as to a rope to keep you from sinking, to the hand that will lead you out of the jungle of confusion and 303 __________________________________________________ despair, to a flashlight or candle that's the only light in gross The answer is not in acquiring or accumulating more, but in

letting go, in giving away, in diminishing, decreasing, not increasing & adding to your substance or knowledge. Wisdom is more than acquiring knowledge, it's experiencing, yes even suffering the things you learn, just letting them be & diving right into life. It's not holding on to what you've gathered, it's letting go of any false, temporal or carnal securities in exchange for the invisible, thin rope of faith you're going to be walking on instead... This is the real and ultimate challenge, the greatest adventure and test this life has to offer. All other paths in life a man or woman can choose are mere shadows of this great adventure of the life of the spirit you've chosen to live. "In the Spirit, in the Spirit, in the Spirit wild & free you can be whoever you want to be." It is the path that requires the most courage and other honorable attributes, since it's impossible to choose this path for vainglory. Those who walk this path for the wrong motives are going to be washed out sooner or later. So don't be surprised if you find yourself exhausted from it. The flesh only gets used to the spiritual things after some training. You know how it always prefers the lazy & easy way, unless it's to enhance its own abilities or show off its own aspirations.. when it comes to the spirit, it always gets very weak. But as you know, I have chosen the weak things to confound the mighty. 304 __________________________________________________ (Gem:) Staying connected is a matter of training. It's something the flesh fights. It's a habit or an ability you've got to grow in and cultivate, like any other art or skill you're trying to learn. Come back & tank up & get a fresh connection. It's like rechargeable batteries. The main purpose of learning to teamwork is to enhance your ability to be a greater blessing to others. The pleasure & fun part is also okay, it just shouldn't become the main objective. In order to have the "connection," last longer, we have to reduce the intensity of it a little bit. You can't walk around in full "emotional mode" all day, where you're virtually on the verge of tears all the time. The main purpose for availing yourself more of the weapon of greater communication with your spirit helpers is to become a better warrior. Stay tuned for checks, instructions or leadings to help you with decisions you might have to make at the spur of a moment, which will determine either loss or victory. When you get ideas, check in: "What do you think about it?" You have to learn to be able to receive those checks & nudges within seconds, and you've got to make checking in a habit. The time has come for you to learn to apply this modus operandi. God is teaching His church dependence on each other, and there is really nothing wrong with needing another person, nor being needed by them. It's all about learning to be vessels & instruments of His Power, His Peace, His Love. When one of you is sick, it affects all of you, and you're expected to care for them. Just as there's no reason to look down on anyone who is physically sick, there's no reason to look down on the one who's battling. Love means to be willing to even help someone out of a mess they've gotten themselves into, even if it was caused by their own mistake. Love doesn't say, "It's your own fault!" Love quietly acknowledges, "we all make mistakes" & reaches out a hand to help the other up in whatever way you can. It's not so much a specific thing you must do. Your attitude is so important...whether you're understanding of their battles & trials, whether you're truly compassionate. Compassion means you feel with them. Can you feel their pain? Do you make an effort to feel it? "Understanding" doesn't have to happen with the head, it doesn't have to figure out the rhyme & reason of what's going on. A bad emotion is best combated with a positive emotion: closeness, warmth, love. Spirit is so much more flexible than the flesh. Using Spirit power is really what it's all about! The Enemy attacks you with his negative spirit power! Counter it with the positive

power from above: key-power, love-power, Holy Ghost Power! It would be easy to love perfect or near-perfect people, but learning to love people that are giving you a really hard time & tons of trials, why, that's a challenge! It's also a test on your selfrighteousness. How much better do you think or feel you are? "He must increase, but I must decrease." Your old self, that easily irritated & aggressive self needs to decrease, while His Spirit in your life needs to increase. The flesh has to die, your pride has to die, and His Spirit in you, your helpers, need to come to the fore more & take the upper hand. "Long live the Spirit (forever, in fact) - & death to the flesh!" That's pretty much the slogan. The flesh profiteth nothing. The Spirit quickeneth, makes alive, helps you to overcome & rise above your carnal weaknesses & NWOs. So, make the effort to live in the Spirit! Make the effort of love! It's a test similar to the one the Lord went through when he endured "such contradictions from sinners against Him..." You're in His same boat: He has called you His saviors in this world, and like the Father sent Him, so He sends you, partakers of His sufferings. Part of being a partaker of His sufferings is enduring the sins, the negative qualities of the people around you, and of course, the hardest ones to bear are from those who you'd expect to know better. It's best not to expect anything from people that they might not be able to deliver... All you can really do is pray & fight to pass this test the best you can. How are you going to grade yourself when you're through this? Are you going to be able to tell yourself that you truly did the best you could? Just be a good co-sufferer with Jesus. It's sad, the state a lot of people are in, including your own. But that's where His love comes in: love in spite of anything! If He loves you in spite of anything, is it so wrong for Him to expect you to love others in spite of anything, too? 305 __________________________________________________ The term "blindness" really describes the human refusal to see just how much I am engaged in caring for My children, My creation. You've first got to destroy the false foundation the Enemy has laid, the false knowledge he has implanted in people's minds. Blessed are they whose minds are not crammed with all that stuff the Enemy falsely has them term "knowledge." There are so many people who think they know this, that & the other. They "know" that I wasn't "really" born in Bethlehem, they "know" that the New Testament has been "rewritten" & tampered with, they "know" that you all descended from monkeys. If that is knowledge, then blessed are they who don't "know." You really gain wisdom not just by accumulating spiritual wealth & knowledge for yourself, but seeking ways to improve the world around you by passing on to others whatever you receive from Me! A life of giving! Energy comes from opening up your channels & allowing whatever comes into your life to also flow onto others & benefit them as well. As you pour out, I pour in... Witnessing is what it's all about, & there is really no other, no better purpose for you in life. It's the one thing the Devil fights the very hardest, trying his darndest to keep you from doing it! Experience the thrills of overflowing on others with My Words of Wisdom! You didn't see My hand in your life because you had been using your own hand to keep you above water most of the time! You should really allow My hand to bring you the things you want and need, instead of thinking that in any way you have to make an effort to acquire them for yourself! You take care of My business, and I'll take care of you! You first had to find out where exactly it wasn't at! You took the long detour, the 8th way of finding out God's will: finding out what My will isn't! A lot of people are taking that way. In fact, it's becoming so popular, I'm wondering whether we shouldn't call the whole thing "The 8 Ways To Find God's Will" to begin with. And making it clear from the beginning that although the 8th is

very popular, it's also the one that usually takes the longest... You could have taken a shortcut & believed My Word from the beginning, which is the first way, and surest way to find My will: all those promises attached to My commandments, that if you seek first My Kingdom, I would take care of you. You didn't keep your eyes on Me and My Word, but you placed them on man instead, on the fruit of the Word, the result, not the Giver, the Maker, the Cause, but the result. You didn't put your faith primarily in My Word, but in what you saw. Because everybody was so involved in the fruit and manifestations of the Word, the Word itself wasn't kept in first place. When one neglects the spiritual, it becomes lifeless. Life becomes unlivable, not worth living, empty, vain, a hollow shell! You thought that because of your sins I couldn't possibly love you, you didn't deserve it. The Enemy had a grip on you through your own sins. It wasn't that your sins actually caused Me to love you less, but they caused you to believe that I loved you less. That's why dealing with your sins and mistakes is important, too, you cannot just ignore them. Some who have refused to deal with them aren't around anymore, they didn't make it. It takes that honest confrontation with them. So, now you've come to face your sins, learned from your past mistakes, have allowed Me to expose to you your own selfish hidden motives, and have allowed My Words to cleanse you from them with their white-hot truth, and you have come to accept My unconditional love and eternal forgiveness. Trust Me that each stumble will be another fall upward, closer to Me, closer to My arms, and that I will always be there to catch you. And no matter how hard you fall, or how badly you err or sin, I will always, always forgive you! Eventually, if you really believe this, the Devil will have to see that it's senseless, that he can't deceive you anymore into thinking that you have "fallen from grace" or are "too bad for Me." Realizing the importance of this issue for many, I want to make sure that you pass on this message to others. Let them know that God is good, a loving Father, a just Father, Who seeks to be loved, not feared. An important part of your ministry must be to expose the lies of the Enemy! "The Devil was ordained to see whether he could get you to doubt God." As long as you refuse to believe his doubts, and keep believing even with your last bit of strength, you will see that things will continue to keep working out for the best & turn out good for you somehow. Encourage people to take that step of faith to give God a chance! Tell them to make an opening in their lives for the light and love of God, and to see what will happen in that margin of time they choose to believe! 306 __________________________________________________ The trying of your faith worketh patience" (James 1:3). Patience is a mystery. In the natural, the children of men are impatient, they would like to achieve and acquire things quicker than they usually do, understand things quicker. They don't like to take things by faith and wait for the answer, wait for the outcome. The general attitude is, "Now, God, when are You going to start making some sense?" While We go, "just wait and see!" The world is rushing back and forth, trying to satisfy their own impatient desires with fast food, fast entertainment, fast money, fast transportation, fast songs, etc. I'm making your life-style differ from theirs. Take it easy, take your time. Take your time to look and see and behold the great wonders of God." If you're going too fast, you just don't see the hand of God at work in your life. You've really got to take time to see it. See the hand of God in the little things, the way things grow, the way I supply from the ground of the earth, from the sky, from even within your own loins and hearts the fruits of your bodies and souls... It takes time to discover the spiritual creation that so many people have lost St. Francis was talking about: "This is what I must find again: my soul!" We talk about "lost souls," because so many people have lost their soul. I didn't lose it, they lost it. And they can only retrieve it, find it again, in finding Me, and they'll only find Me if they take

the time to find Me. The Devil is spurring everybody on to make the most fun, pleasure, money or other physical accomplishments out of their time. Whereas what people have to do in order to really gain their souls back is to sacrifice their time to Me. I have given them their time, their lives, every minute of it, and yet they refuse to give any of it back to Me. They have time for anything but for Me, they try to avoid Me, run away from Me, sometimes even while pretending to be serving Me. Many are just too busy, too occupied with other things than to be able to really stop & take the time to truly find Me. Finding Me and developing an intimate relationship with Me takes time! Many secrets of life lie in taking your time & going slow. You cannot enjoy your life unless you slow down enough to really wait for Me, really make sure that you're walking with Me, living each day with Me, spending time with Me, moving at My pace and stop trying to rush ahead of Me. Learn to really focus on Me, develop a living relationship with Me, where you live, walk & talk & move with Me daily, where you really learn from Me as your Teacher, your Companion, your best Friend, Lover & Husband. You cannot say that I truly am your Husband and you truly are My bride if you've never taken the time to develop this kind of a friendship & relationship with Me where you truly take time to learn from Me first, get acquainted with Me first. Marriage partners talk to each other, communicate & experience things together. Neglecting to take time for Me you run into danger of someday finding yourself out of touch with Me, because you never took the time to really get to know Me, just like many married couples in the world live together without ever really getting to know each other, their deepest hearts' desires, their deepest secret thoughts, their most intimate feelings, fears, dreams... it really takes time to get to know each other, and it really does take time to truly get to know Me. How interested are you? How much time are you willing to sacrifice in order to really get to know Me? How much do you value the fast pace life of trying to rake in all you can get above the slow pace life of getting to know your Maker and Husband? How much do you value the eternal things above the temporal? If you do take the time and trust Me that I will fulfill My promise of Matthew 6:33 to you, you won't be disappointed. Feel the thrill of learning to walk with God, to walk at My pace, to walk hand-in-hand and eye-to-eye with the Creator of the universe. Thank you for having the patience, for taking the time to really get to know Me! It's really only the beginning, and it's a slowmoving beginning, not much action involved, but as they say, "Slow beginnings, greater ends." The slow beginnings of developing a truly deep and intimate relationship with Me is going to result in the greater ends of greater works, greater thrills and greater adventures than ever, as you learn to no longer move and do things in your own energy, but to flow with Mine, to let the greatest power in the universe move and think and act in you. Let the others have their cheap temporary thrills, if they insist, but come thou & enjoy the greatest adventure of all times. Move with the pace of God. Move with Me! Let Me move in you! Move real easy, move with God! 307 __________________________________________________ Have a little faith in Me! Have a little trust! Don't be so anxious! I'm in control. And there's nothing that happens by coincidence to any of My children. At the same time, this doesn't mean that everything is always going to be perfect. The Enemy will test you as he tested Job, to see just how far you'll walk with Me, how far you'll still trust Me, even when it seems like everything goes wrong. The cowards say, "the risk is not worth taking." The brave say, "nothing ventured, nothing gained..." In today's world, the Enemy has sown a lot of distrust. Naturally, he has also sown a lot of reasons for distrust. I don't view your "mistakes" as anything nearly as bad as you

tend to see them yourselves! Many "mistakes" you made in your life were necessary pathways to a whole new dimension, a world of insight and wisdom that you never even would have found the door to, otherwise. And even if you had found the door, you would not have chosen to walk through it voluntarily because it would have looked so uninviting. How willing are you, how ready are you for My great adventure in your life? How far are you willing to let Me take you? Are you willing to place yourself, your life, your future, your possessions, your substance and all that you are, into the palm of My hand & say, "You know what You're doing?" My way up is down. Those who make it only up, up, and further up in this world usually do so because they're more attuned to the god of this world, the one into whose hand it is temporarily given. Those who are attuned to Me, those who seek eternal values and things which last beyond material gain & physical pleasure, will often have to pay the price of suffering for it, the way of learning from deep, dark & trying experiences. Nobody wants to be made a fool of. And yet the very bravest of men in My eyes are ready & willing to look like fools in the eyes of the world, those "fools for Christ." Broken pride may sound bad to you, but it sounds good to Me. Pride is the very sin that separates most men from Me. Are you willing to risk your pride for Me, willing to give it a try, even IF you lose everything, for the sake of helping another? In My eyes, you will still be a winner, because, being fully conscious of the risks involved, you gave it a try, you gave Me a chance. I use situations that make a man desperate, that cause him to not know what to do, that bring him to wit's end, I cause these to teach a man to look up to Me, to tune his ears to My signals. For when you are desperate, and you're heading down a road which you don't know whether it's right or wrong, then you have a chance to begin to truly hear My voice, My nudges, that's when you will begin to receive My directions, and you will either hear a voice behind you saying, "this is the way, walk ye in it," or you will receive my nudges of warning, signs that tell you to stop & turn around, but you've got to get on that road first, the road that Abraham took when I asked him to forsake his beloved son Isaac for Me. Abraham never would have been the important man that he became if he would not have passed this test, the test of those who choose to love Me above all else, even if it means they will lose everything they love the most. He had to walk that way, he had to climb that hill, he had to be willing to sacrifice Isaac, in order for Me to stop him and say, "It is good. I know now that you truly love Me." That's the road of faith. For many people, their Isaac is their pride. Without sacrificing your pride, you cannot walk the road of faith and love. Because pride harbors fear of failure and therefore causes failure. But if you're willing to lose it all, then you have freedom to love, as the song says, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." Are you ready for the freedom of having nothing to lose?

enhance them, and keep a humble attitude about it. Just be thankful for them, & resist the temptation to brag or show off about them. If you realize how easily you can be prone to pride, it helps you to make that extra effort to stay humble. All of a sudden it's not so bad anymore not to be getting any applause. You wouldn't want to "lose it" over a bit of attention, right? This is war, and it's a very crucial time in history. We're all called to fight & be warriors & soldiers for His cause. Whoever can and is ready to fight is called to the fray. For your own protection we're keeping you from any information that could minister to your pride. The enemy into whose hands I wouldn't want you to fall is pride. These things we're revealing to you are not for everybody. They're primarily for your edification, your training, the strengthening of your faith and the enhancement of your skill in using the new weapons. You must not by any means use the gift of prophecy as a tool to get attention or feed your own ego in any way. It is appropriate to be cautious about sharing prophecies. If you've got any tendencies to get lifted up, then you'd better not ask for any big, fancy revelations. Just ask for what you need to make progress in your walk with the Lord and to help others. Use it more to make headway in the practical realm of applying the Word, sharing the Word, getting out the Word, winning souls & feeding the sheep! Don't go fishing for revelations that are going to be logically explicable, revelations to blow anyone's mind, revelations of information, but those that will alter your life, that will enhance your usefulness for the Lord. Those things that answer questions like, "How can I overcome the hurdles that stop me from giving my all to the Lord & do my utmost & best for Him?" It's all about stirring yourself up, breaking out of old molds & habits, not feeling comfy & cozy with what you've already got. It's not about accumulating messages, it's about getting somewhere! You've got to get moving! It's got to move you from one point to another, from the place where you are to a new destination, a place in your heart of greater & new readiness, willingness, yieldedness, greater unrestricted obedience. Break out of your prison! I'm here to help you jailbreak, in a sense. Many spirit helpers help their charges to break out of their mental prisons. That's what causes God's explosions: every time when one of His children or prophets breaks free from the former confines or illusions of their minds that held them captive: the notion that there's anything you actually can't do! You know in theory that you can do all things through Christ, and that all things are possible to him that believeth, but if you really were able to do anything you wanted, what would you be doing right now? I told you we could be taking this to a deeper level yet! What would you do, where would you go, if you really believed that ALL things were possible to you? Where do you think you would be the most needed, and what would you do? 308 __________________________________________________ (And) if that's your vision, why don't you focus on it, aim for it, (Gem:) Ask the Lord for some Holy Ghost memory power. pray for it to happen & shoot off that arrow into the far distance Claim the keys of remembrance. Train your memory by and go and find your dream? Anything is possible! You can go memorizing. and be and do whatever you want! You have the power to make it The Lord wants all of you to avail yourself more of your spirit happen! You just haven't believed it so far! You haven't reached helpers. Communicating with a (holy) spirit always involves His out for it, you haven't grabbed it. If you really want to live your presence. dream, you can do it! You've just got to commend that dream, It's not necessary for you to know all the details right now. He that vision, that desire into the Lord's hands & quit believing the doesn't want you to get tripped off on facts that wouldn't be Devil's lies that he wouldn't give it to you anyway because for relevant to your needs right now. some reason you don't deserve it! Pray for it to happen and for It's stupid to want to show off. It just makes others feel bad & that dream to become reality! inferior & causes unnecessary trials. Just don't forget to tune in to others & let them shine as well, to It's normal, it's natural to want to be recognized, to want to show support them in the spirit & in deed, to stay humble, to not put the world the gifts you've got. But wisdom is to learn not to brag, them down, but actually prefer their happiness to your own & not to show off, but just to use it quietly and only let it shine on esteem them higher than yourself... those who will also appreciate it, who will truly benefit from your gifts. Do it in an attitude of sharing, not showing off or bragging! 309 __________________________________________________ Just enjoy and use your gifts quietly, keep learning how to Get on that road, even if it might not take you where you

thought you were headed. You cannot be afraid of what people think. Without a vision the people perish. If you don't know where you're going, you'll often get nowhere... When I called out Abraham & he went out not knowing whither he went, he did have the vision of that country that I promised him. He had a vision, & he got the fulfillment of it. He didn't have a clue where it was going to be, but because he followed Me step by step by faith, I finally gave it to him. It's time to start looking and to start walking. Get the boat into motion so that the rudder can take effect. It takes giving what you've got, or even what you haven't got, and as you give, I will fill that void! 310 __________________________________________________ I send people across your path that rub you the wrong way; there's friction. Friction is good to rub off the rough edges on both sides. Life can't only be pleasure all the time. That couldn't be its purpose. The motto for life on earth is: get a taste of the suffering! Get a taste of what I went through for you! You needed to come to earth in order to experience Salvation! You needed to come to earth, to be born of human flesh & blood, in order to learn what it's all about, to get a deeper grip & understanding of it all. The one who brought evil and sin into the world always questioned everything: why do some have different rights & privileges than others? Why can't everybody be the same? He could never trust the Father that He knew what He was doing, he always figured he could do it better. I'm only showing you a glimpse here, I won't reveal the whole picture to you. Some mysteries are supposed to be revealed and unfolded to you step by step, because you might not be able to handle them otherwise. You must trust Me in this, also. Be patient and know that there is more to come. The whole picture will be perfectly clear when you come Home to Me, and this should give you another incentive to keep moving toward that goal, not settling for a comfortable residence & citizenship on earth, but remaining a pilgrim & stranger on his way to a better, eternal Home. All things will never make perfect sense on earth. Some things will remain in the shadow, as question marks, only to be fully answered Here, when you've reached the goal, your destination and the end of your journey. To you it may seem little, right now, this link of communication with Me. You'd like to be perfect already, and you're becoming impatient with all this, "which is in part." (1.Cor.13) But acquiring wisdom is a process that happens over time. Knowledge can be gained pretty quickly and easily, but not wisdom. Wisdom is acquiring the right kind of knowledge, getting to know the right kinds of things, that don't just stuff your head with information, but help you make progress in your life & will be helpful & beneficial to others as well. "Don't seek to understand in order to believe, but believe, so that you may understand," as Augustine said, & don't wait until you've got it all before you start giving, give what you've got, & more will be given to you! Give what little you can, for that is how you'll receive more! Give and it shall be given you! You want to wait until you have perfect wisdom to pass on, but you don't have to wait until you're perfect before you can give a little love. Love is seeing beyond the imperfection & seeing Me, the Perfect in it. Just look again, & once you find a glimpse of Me in them, stay focused on that, & not on their negative sides! Just let it be. What every man or woman or child manages to be, let it be! Don't expect perfection from them! In this world, there is nothing perfect. The antichrist will be the epitome of that kind of the perfection of the flesh, of the carnal mind, and it will turn out to be the epitome of defiance against God. The carnal mind IS enmity with God. Seek My mind, and My ways of seeing things: the beauty in the imperfect, in the humble and childlike, and escape the thinking of the carnal mind, which will only criticize, belittle and complain

about all the innumerable little imperfections you see in My creation! It's hard for you to praise Me when you see so much "wrong" about My creation, about the people I've made and the way I've allowed them to become. 311 __________________________________________________ The circumstances are not as relevant as the lesson they bring and the incentive they give you to pray. Things are just out of control as long as you leave them outside of the range of My control, as long as you neglect to commit them into My care in prayer. As soon as you put Me in charge, I can change things, I can act, & I can make things clearer. 312 __________________________________________________ (Gem:) Relate from the heart and gut side of things, the love side, not the judgmental, analytical side of the mind. From the side of mercy, as you would want mercy if you were in their shoes. The Lord is introducing a whole new modus operandi by trying to get you to see what lies beneath, not the apparent. You're all handicapped by the circumstances of the times you grew up in. Some never having had a relationship with your fathers, making it much more difficult for you to believe that God loves you, others totally having lacked love all their lives, and yet others having been spoiled by their parents, & not having been taught how to face the challenges in life on their own, because they were just pampered & protected from everything. The generation of love-starved parents tries to make up to their kids what they were missing by going totally overboard in some aspects, & yet at the same time finding out how that isn't the solution either, so then they become hard again, and the whole thing is just one inconsistent mess.... Basically, life on earth is a pretty bad chaos & confusion that the Lord has to iron out & will do so when He returns. He has allowed the Enemy and man to make a complete mess out of this world, and it does take some faith to believe that He's going to clean it all up, make all the crooked things straight & restore it all to the way things should have been, but that's one of the wonderful things about His Salvation. It's going to be universal and transcend into every area of life, every dark niche of the body of politics, of family life, of environmental care... simply every aspect where man ever screwed up & failed to do it right, He's going to teach them how to do it properly - with your help. 313 __________________________________________________ Everybody needs shepherding. Even when it seems like they're rejecting it. Kids need training & correction, even if they act as though that's the last thing on earth they may need or want. Many grown-ups aren't better than kids in that aspect... Just like I said that you would do greater miracles & things than I did, I have also presented you with greater and different challenges than the ones I've had to face during My time on earth. Things have become a lot more complex & complicated in your times, there are more factors that play into the picture, which makes it harder to recognize what's there to do, which is precisely the reason why you've got to spend sufficient time with Me to help you analyze the situation, figure out exactly what's going on & what's happening here, so that I can help you find the right solution, and what to do. Prayer changes things, & when you come to the end of your wit & the end of your rope, that's where you've just got to commit the whole thing into My hand & leave it there. Once you've done that, you can have peace about it & dedicate your attention & time to other things again. 314 __________________________________________________ Personal relationships & getting along with people is one of the major categories in the school of life, with a variety in possible scenarios just about as numerous as the amount of combinations of people... a never ending adventure. Since nothing & no one is perfect in this world, this will be another factor to help you appreciate My perfect world, when you

get Here, a world void of the evil & lack of love you see and experience around you. Everybody has been affected by the curse, and the only thing you can really expect from folks on earth is imperfection, knowing that they will one day be perfect, but that probably won't happen during their life-time on earth.

faithful few who supported him, but the majority resisted him and provoked him to anger. But because he allowed them to provoke him, he also missed out on the blessing of entering the Promised land together with them, so, let this be a warning to you: if you don't want to miss the blessing, don't let them provoke you! If you see something going on that you think is wrong, just carry it before Me, and see if it will provoke Me to anger, and I will deal 315 __________________________________________________ with it accordingly. But don't disappoint Me by taking matters "Behold how good & how pleasant it is for the brethren to into your own hands. There's a greater lesson to be learned here, dwell together in unity." You can imagine that if I delight in your from Moses' anger, than meets the eye. He failed the test to let dwelling (living) together in unity, how much the Devil hates it & Me handle the situation... Having begun all this great work not by fights it. his might nor his power but by My Spirit and miracle-working God reveals Himself to the world through His church, through hand, was he going to complete it in the flesh now, and was that you, My body, My bride. If My church is that important, this is one going to be the bottom line: a man's wrath? of the factors the Devil is going to try to fight the hardest. He'll It's never your own personal affair, what concerns My kingdom! If make it hard for you to live in unity with your brethren! It's My people are failing Me in some ways, even if you feel it's something you've got to fight for. manifested in the way they're treating you personally, never take Will you rise above your own personal, natural tendencies, it personal, never deal with it on your own terms, but hand it to preferences & characteristics? Me, and let Me deal with it! It's My affair. Make sure you're being a Everybody can love those of their own kind. That's easy. But if good sample, a good representative of Me, and stand back and you want to be part of My chosen overcomers, then you're going get out of the limelight & let Me deal with it on My terms! to have to render a bit of a superior performance than the It's no use, taking the rod of wrath into your own hands & to lash average Joe. out words of anger, just commit it to Me! The Enemy of your souls is also the enemy of your unity, and if he can't destroy you, destroy your faith, your determination to 317 __________________________________________________ serve Me & do something for Me, then he'll at least try to destroy I've been telling you that desperation is good for you, yet you your unity, in order to prevent you from being more fruitful as a still try to do all you can to avoid a situation in which you'd have team than you ever could be on your own. to get desperate. Make your Christianity a real thing. Don't behave just like Why are you trying to protect yourself from Me? everybody else by evading and avoiding those you don't like, but I promise to reward your trust in Me. prove that you're a follower of Me Who said, "love your I'm trying to get you to progress by not choosing the easiest enemies!" I'm asking you not to avoid those you don't like, but to way, to keep you revolutionary by not settling for compromise approach them, to embrace them. Not to shut them out, but to with the System. Desperate does not equal bad but good for you, draw them in, to include them. No matter how much your own because desperation is what will call down My power to really flesh tells you how much better you are, how many differences help you. you have, how you can't possibly agree or bear with this attitude So many are lacking gratefulness because they never have to get or that quirk... desperate about anything! A lot of people just choose to live with those they can bear to live The easy way out, the path of the least resistance, the with, those of their own kind. They avoid having to stretch their comfortable path with the least possible effort required is a poor own muscles of tolerance. That's so easy. That's so lame. That's choice! definitely not heroic. That's definitely not what I did! I have put before each of you various levels of service, each requiring different levels of desperation. Most of you choose the 316 __________________________________________________ path of the least desperation. That's natural. So, sometimes I I work in mysterious ways, and I'm letting you have a glimpse have to change the circumstances in order to get you out of your of My mystery of the future, so that you won't be discouraged lethargic path. Are you going to resist My workings in your life & and tempted to give up. You must hold on & not give up in order intervene & try to make things more comfortable & less to inherit the promise, the fruit of your labors, suffering & desperate for you by yourself? Or are you going to allow Me to patience. Even if the tree seems to be dry & as good as dead, no work My plan fully in your life without resistance and life, no Spirit in it, I can still cause it to blossom. Don't give up intervention? prematurely! A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness - and obedience - in It's a great test. Abraham saw his own body as good as dead, but a little thing is a big thing. There is a lot to this matter of not he staggered not at My promise through unbelief, but still taking things into your own hands, but trusting Me instead: When brought forth the fruit of his loins miraculously, the promised Saul didn't wait for Samuel and disobeyed him in a seemingly heir, and so it is also with this tree, as you see it, as good as little thing, he lost the kingdom. When Moses took it upon dead, no fruit, no life, no love, no Spirit. But stagger not at My himself to demonstrate his own wrath about the people's promise through disbelief, but believe that I am able to bring to murmuring, he lost his entry ticket for the promised land. pass what I promised, even if the tree is as good as dead. Because Mary didn't insist on taking her fate into her own hands, It took Abraham years until he would see the fulfillment of the but was yielded to God's plan & let Him have His way with her no promise. And as Sarah mocked My messengers in her heart, and matter what, I was able to come into the world to save you all doubted that I would bring it to pass, you look & don't see it. It's from your sins... impossible, you say. But you must not give up prematurely! Look at this tree, this body, as good as dead, but stagger not at 318 __________________________________________________ My promise through unbelief, but believe that I am well able to (Jonah:) "Salvation is of the Lord" means, only the Lord can perform that which I have spoken, because all things are save you! He's your only way out! There's no use looking for possible to him that believeth & with Me nothing shall be relief elsewhere, hoping you'll find something better... You just impossible. have to come to grips with the fact that you wound up there, in The words that I gave to Moses were never as appreciated by his the very particular situation you're in, for a purpose. It's your own immediate generation as they were by the generations to "destiny," the particular circumstances the Lord needs you to follow later. That's just the way it has always been with most of pass in order to learn the specific lesson He wants you to learn. My saints: during their life-times, they were rejected, and only The Enemy is always there to tempt you to disobey the Lord's later, in most cases, after their deaths, were they recognized as better judgment. He always knows better or tries to get you to the saints & great men they were. The first Jews rejected Moses, feel like you know better than the Lord... in spite of the great miracles I performed through him. He had his What finally convinced me was that there was no other way,

Salvation was found no other way, happiness, bliss & fulfillment was found no other way than the Lord's way; that's why I finally said, "Salvation is of the Lord!" In other words, only in His way is there Salvation, is there happiness, is there a meaning, a solution to the problems. Running away from them isn't a solution. The only way is to confront them, to face the job the Lord has given you, even if it makes you cringe & pains you just to think about it. It's like saying, "You're right, Lord! Your way is good for me! This way here that You've ordained before me, I don't like it, but I come to see now that it's good for me, I'll take it. It's the only way that's going to work!" He's the only One who knows the way out of whatever mess you may have gotten yourself into. His way is the only way out, the only Salvation. One just needs to accept it. You need to embrace the pain, that which you see ahead of you & dislike, you need to take it as from the Lord, take it from His hand & say, "I accept."

Keep praising Me, keep loving Me, keep telling Me how much You love Me, need Me, appreciate Me! Keep on licking the Devil by keeping on believing in Me, and showing & manifesting your faith by drawing down My strength & My goodness, by continuing to be filled by what I give you, and giving the fruit of your lips, your praises, back to Me, by converting your inspiration into living prayers and living words of testimony, testifying to others of My love. If you do all things to the glory of God, you'll benefit from staying in My Spirit all the time. I wish to be connected to you on a permanent basis, because then you'll be of much more effective use to Me, a more reliable & receptive vessel, through which more of My light, love & power can flow through onto others!

322 __________________________________________________ Pipes have multiple purposes & uses: liquids flow through them from one vessel or place to another, or air, and with a few 319 __________________________________________________ holes in the right places, you can create heavenly music with The only foundation I want you to build on is My will. All them! You can bring life & joy to many, being one of My pipes! other ground is sinking sand. Know that My mouth is always attached to the other end of the You must accept My will as the only & sole foundation. If that's pipe, and keep your pipe clean and pointed in the right direction. not enough for you, then nothing will be! If I'm not enough for Pipes are very important in machines & cars, to keep them you, then nothing else will be. If My Word and My will aren't a running. They transport oil, fuel, water, or air to the right places, solid enough foundation for you, then nothing else ever will be! and if one of them gets clogged up, nothing runs anymore. Of Can you make "Thy will be done" the sole sufficient ground for course, the Enemy will always try to clog up your pipes, but you your life, your destiny, your paths & choices in life? must refuse to let him, or if he's managed to do it temporarily, you've got to let Me clean it immediately with My Word & the oil 320 __________________________________________________ of My Spirit again! Growing & maturing is not just increasing your knowledge; There's never a shortage of My fuel, you know? And it's for free! it's increasing the bandwidth of the spectrum of what you can Yours for the asking. When nothing on earth will go or flow actually see of the Big Picture. It's being constantly open to new, anymore, no more gas, no more oil, no more water, no more radical, revolutionary and "counter-carnal" input, receiving it & electricity, then My power will still be running through you! And putting it into practice. one fine day, that'll be all that will be needed: My power! It's not necessarily always wringing yourself through to doing In a way, all is My power - or a physical manifestation of it, things the same old way everybody else does it, but sometimes anyway: every breath you take is already a manifestation of the answer lies in a new way of doing things. That's what makes power to begin with! Only then it will be obvious & clear to the difference between a prophet and a regular disciple, a everyone where it all came from in the first place! No more shepherd and a follower Those who are open to My radical new doubting My existence, nor more being oblivious to My presence, input, instructions apart from the norm & distinct from anything no more giving the credit to "chance," "luck" or coincidence! else that's ever been there before, who stand out to Me, and Faith will be universal then, the knowledge of Me will be in whom I can often use in special ways, flowing with My living everyone's heart! waters, the spirit of Aquarius! You've got to live a living example of that time to come. Live now It's exciting, when even the most mundane & seemingly as everyone will, then! Show them a glimpse of that heavenly life loathsome experiences in life seem to make perfect sense in of the Spirit, the eternal life, in order to ignite the spark of faith in view of the Big Picture. When everything makes sense & seems them, that will get their "motor started." obviously conducive to the great plan of God Almighty. When Everything you see is a shadow, an illustration of things you you're aware of those trials & tests just serving to bring you yet don't see. Cars are a bad smelling & relatively dirty version of My another step closer to Me. heavenly machinery, but they serve to do the trick of explaining certain spiritual principles. 321 __________________________________________________ (Show) your friends that I'm more down to earth than they might Keep on believing in the sense of its original meaning, think! I don't mind getting My hands dirty, lying on the floor to "pistevo" - keep drinking in! Refuse to allow the Enemy to tempt get some old rusty model like you going again and make it brand you with anything you should be doing instead! You can only new. There's nothing I can't fix! Sometimes I might need to renew give from within what you have got within yourself. You've got to a certain part or replace it, but I've got a never-ending supply of be filled in order to pour out onto others. spare parts, tools & equipment to make or remake anything that's Of course, when it is enough, that's when you've got to look needed. I can even upgrade your vehicle & make it stronger & around for a way to share it, to pass it on, in order to make room faster than before! If you keep on believing, all things are for the new. possible, and nothing, I really mean nothing, shall be impossible! And you must also keep believing in the sense that when you go 323 __________________________________________________ through a trial, a hard time or a test, that it will serve to bring you Let My Holy Spirit take over the controls of your life. That's closer to Me, that you'll fly higher than before after every test! how you become a vessel, a pure bride of Mine, by letting My After every battle the victory is going to be greater, after every Holy Ghost take you over and possess you: "The Holy Ghost will storm, the blue sky is going to be even more beautiful, after come over you and overshadow you," as Gabriel announced to every purging, your love is going to be greater and purer Mary, and then you shall receive Me, the perfect Son of God, into afterwards. your flesh, and your flesh will be no longer imperfect flesh, but "Keep on believing" is the slogan to success: keep drinking in that which is mundane and earthly will be made divine! My living Word, stay connected with Me, keep on using heavenly It was My flesh in Mary that made her divine, and that's why thought power! Keep on believing when things are not looking so millions of Catholics practically worship her today. But the trick bright, when your thoughts don't feel so heavenly, when you is to just let My Holy Ghost overshadow you, control you and can't see any trace of the fulfillment of the promise, except by possess you, and then I'll be able to come in unto you & bring blind, naked faith in My Word, simply because I have promised it, forth the fruit in you that I - and you - desire! Let Me do with you, regardless of the fact whether it seems so, according to the as I will, as Mary gave My Father leave to do. circumstances, or not.

324 __________________________________________________ When you witness, you get inspired! Inspiration doesn't come from keeping it all for "me, thee, thou & no other," but the inspirational level was always strongest where there was witnessing going on, where people were really doing the job & pouring out, because that is simply where the inspiration will come from: that is what you got the Holy Ghost for, to be witnesses unto Me (Acts 1:8), and if you want the Spirit, be a witness! It's a choice that everyone's got to make: what's more important, their own physical comfort, or comforting lost souls & therein finding the Comforter? And everyone determines their own level of inspiration by the amount of emphasis they put on either one. How much spirit power do they apply? How much do they use My spiritual electricity? Continue pouring out, continue rolling with My wheel of revolution and perpetual change, allowing Me to weaken your flesh, to get it out of the way, to let Me work & move in you. Just let go & let Me! The more you learn that, the higher the inspirational level is going to be, and the best way to achieve that is to actively spread the life, the heat, & the light of love, radiating and creating heat, rather than merely reflecting it. Stay in pouring out mode and see what happens! 325 __________________________________________________ The Enemy fights & tries to prevent with all his might your efforts to stay in tune with Me & hooked up to My Spirit, so he's sending an additional band of his pests to try & make sure you stay tied down to his mundane limbo, instead of breaking through to My sunny side of life... With increased intensity of stress, activity & pressure, you've got to increase the intensity with which you seek Me. When there's a lot to do, you need an extra portion of My strength, & you need to make an extra effort to stay & rest within My peace & calm, in order to move through the day in My Spirit & powered by My joy, instead of getting all fussy & hyped up. Through the power of the keys, no circumstances on earth you ever might encounter have dominion over you, but yours is the dominion over them! You rule your circumstances through the keys. I can give you the tools & weapons and the means to increase your faith, but then it's up to you to use them. You have the power to change your circumstances, and I need you to make use of that power! I need fighters who will refuse to let circumstances get the better of them! Take the time to really live in the spirit! Go slow! Make sure you grow spiritually by continuing to feed your spirits as you go! Fight hard to resist your usual tendency to lock Me out of your lives during extremely busy or stressy days! Don't ever let your days become too busy to include Me in them! If you're too busy to take Me with you in whatever you do, then you're too busy! If you're too busy for God, then you're too busy! If you're too busy for love, then you're too busy! 326 __________________________________________________ Tune into the little people who you didn't even know were there, but who really need you. Start feeding the hungry! Turn to those who appreciate what you've got to give. When the laden guests didn't appear to the wedding, the bridegroom in the parable sent out his servants to call in the poor, the beggars & the lame, the despised of society! If the rich & self-satisfied don't show up to your "party," cheer up, you're in good company: they didn't show up for Mine, either! So, let's have a ball with the poor instead! Give to those with whom your giving really counts! Give to those who don't have yet! Let those know about My coming to the world for whom these good news really mean Salvation and the answer they've been seeking! Minister to the little ones, the despised, the poor and the poor in spirit. Look around! If you look for the right things & focus on the humble & lowly, you will see them. You need to change your

focus in order to see as I see, and to see what I want you to see. 327 __________________________________________________ Impart to others your interest in the Spirit World, your faith in it, that it's real, even more real than your own world, and that it's important to get in touch with it, and you will certainly benefit from it. "You learn as you teach." Sharing things with others makes them more real. If the spiritually rich & satisfied don't want to hear, then go & find new potential vessels & channels. After I found out where the learned & elders were at, the Scribes & Pharisees, I went out to seek a few unlearned men to educate them in the Father's ways from scratch. Find those who don't have an attitude of, "I'm not searching anymore; I've already got it!" Even if you have found the truth, you should always stay hungry for more, and that's what prophecy is all about: you get more everyday, fresh from the heavens, like Manna, "There's always more!" Are you ready for it? Do you want it? Can you handle that much? Or are you already satisfied with what you've got? I'm looking for vessels who always want & seek Me for more! Keep flowing. Keep growing. Cause there's always more! 328 __________________________________________________ I'm not expecting anything from you that you're not able to give. I make you see the goal so that you will seek ways to get there. You realize you can't get there by yourself, in your own strength or energy, so you have to seek My help in order to get you there. I show you the place where I want you to be, so that you will do what you can to get there, start seeking for ways, making efforts, taking steps in that direction, and most of all, seek My help & wisdom to get there. You start realizing what things you will need for your journey, what you need to look out for & what you're still lacking. Next you ask Me to supply you with the things you still lack. You ask Me to fill in the blanks. You analyze the problems that caused you not to reach your destination the last time you set out on this journey, what caused you to fail & to go astray, you learn from it... that's how you acquire wisdom. "The Gospel is about divine union and all the dead-ends it takes to get there." You know those dead-ends, right? You've been down some of those. But you're not the only one. Some of those dead ends make you wonder what they're all about, but I assure you, they serve to drive you closer than ever into My arms. You cannot do the Master's work without the Master's power! I don't expect you to do anything without it! I want you to become sure that it's My power that's compelling you, My power that's driving you forward, My power, My Spirit that's causing you to speak, to act, to do anything, so that everyone will know it, but especially you. You can be sure of My power, and I want you to be. You can be sure of My love, My unfailing, and unconditional love, and I want you to be. Be sure of Me. You've got to have it inside before you can give it out. I'm not saying that you've got to know everything before you start giving out what you've got, I'm just saying that you've got to get ahold of My power before you do My work. I want you to know how to find out what I want you personally to do. Otherwise you might just make a mess out of things, if you pretend you're ready when you're not. There are those who feel they're ready, and even if they may know a lot less than you do, that feeling is of Me. I want them to go out & learn by trial & error. But I don't have exactly the same tasks for everybody. Everybody's got their special job to do. For some it may be getting out the tools & fighting the hand-tohand combat out in the streets. For others, it is to strengthen the spiritual backbone, the frame of it all, against future attacks of the Enemy. There are the wise elders, who, though they may not be out there in the fray with the younger ones, have their task in foreseeing impending evil, and to warn and protect the camp. What's important is that everyone's in tune with their own, personal instructions from Me, the pillar and connection of My personal will for them, and when that's the case, everything will

flow in harmony. When you can each stand up for your individual needs & convictions, even your feelings of what you think is the right thing to do, without having to be afraid of what the others think or that it might not fit into their preferred way of running things, when you can freely communicate without fears, when there is harmony, mutual respect, and My Spirit can flow from each of you to the other, as it does from Me to each of you (- the shape of the cross: the vertical beam signifying My connection with you, and the horizontal standing for your interaction with each other-), then the world will also see and get the message of the cross, for they will see My love at work in you (Jn.13:35). Don't rob others of their opportunities to feel needed. Let others shine. They must increase, but you must decrease. Don't be afraid of fading out. The fading out will only be the true fading in. You fade out of the view of their realm, but fade into Mine, into My true light of being a true accomplisher of the Spirit. 329 __________________________________________________ There were moments when I was tempted to not believe in My disciples. But the Father reassured Me that they were going to pull through somehow. You must make an effort to view people more positively, and you must allow yourself to be more vulnerable & risk getting hurt, & not automatically shield yourself from any possible future disappointment! The pain is part of the deal! If you cowardly try to sneak your way out of it or around it, you're cheating yourself out of necessary breakings & benefits. If somebody makes the obviously wrong choice, the right attitude to have about it is not a self-righteous, judgmental one, where you separate yourself from them totally, with an attitude of "I never would have done that," but rather one of knowing that it could happen to anyone to fall like that, & that it's only My grace that can keep you from falling. Thinking you're better doesn't help any. It only makes things worse. Claim the keys of brotherly love everyday! You've got to accept people's choices without self-righteously judging them for them! You've got to respect their majesty of choice, knowing that I haven't ordained you all to take the same path! Everyone can be a part of the Family, each walking a different path. That's the way it's supposed to be. So, don't be disappointed when someone slips or falls. It's only natural. Stretch your vision, your faith, your level of tolerance a little more in your relations with others by making more room for your fellowman to fall, to sin and fail, just as you have, with the same right to grace and mercy that you have enjoyed, without judging them or losing faith in them. Keep the faith in people! I was trying to get your focus on Me, and I've been trying to get you not to look at people. But that didn't mean that I never wanted you to have faith in people! It just meant that primarily, I want you to put your faith in Me, regardless of circumstances and whatever anyone does. But now that your faith in Me is strengthened, I want you to look around and expand your faith in others as well. If nothing else, expand your faith in Me, that I knew what I was doing when I created them, just as I knew what I did when I created you, including all your faults & pre-programmed failures & everything! Failing is a part of life, & one of the most important parts of it. Can you imagine how yucky anyone would get if they'd only succeed all the time? So, accept failure, your failures and the failures of others, as a necessary part of life, one of those "beauty for ashes" things, & don't take it as a reason to become self-righteous or resentful, but stay loving! Help people not to give up on themselves. When they fall, that's when they specially need you to be there with an attitude of, "I still believe in you!" See what wonders brotherly love and faith in your brothers can do! Treat people like potential winners, not losers. Show more appreciation, not a critical or self-righteous attitude. Forgiveness is believing in people. It's believing that I knew what I was doing in creating them, believing that I know what I'm doing as I lead them through life, and believing that if I have done it for

you, I can do it for them, too. Your job is just to love them! 330 __________________________________________________ Taking care of your body is work, the same as taking care of a house or a garden... You have to keep it running well. Health troubles are like warning signs that things can't keep going the way they have. A break or a change is required. And, as you know, changes are good for you, including physical changes like changing your diet, or fasting for some time. Again, less is often more. Less food is more healthy for you, less indulgence bears more positive results, more health. 331 __________________________________________________ My direction for you is to keep on trusting Me, not to take things on a human level, but to take it as from My hand. The ultimate goal, as far as I'm concerned, is primarily for your faith, not necessarily for your income to increase! We all know you need money, and everybody knows they need money, and that's what everybody else's life is revolving around, that's nothing new! But living by faith, & really putting faith in the first place is, in this day & age, something quite new & radical, and the more emphasis you put on that, rather than on the problem, the lack at hand, and even the immediate & quick solution, the more you're willing to let faith be the answer to the problem, the more proud I'm going to be of you for being so different, so other, so holy! When you don't really have the faith for something, but you trust the one you love & say, "I believe because you believe it!" That's saying, "I believe in you! I personally wouldn't have the faith for it, but your faith for it gives me faith for it, too! Your faith is strengthening my faith!" That's love & showing faith in one another! 332 __________________________________________________ Open your eyes so that you may see the wondrous things about My law. There are more lessons to be learned from My Word than meets the eye. Do you see the Devil everywhere, or do you see Me in everything, even in something the Devil brought about, or the Devil happens to use himself? Many people see the Devil in sex, just because he happens to use it. The question is, who created sex? Me or the Devil? I did. You can see Me in everything if you look hard enough. It's a greater weakness to see the Devil in everything than trying to portray Me and My story even if there are elements in your portrayal that the Devil uses, too! The Scribes & the Pharisees even saw the Devil in Me! They accused Me of being a devil, and so the modern Scribes & Pharisees of the churches accuse those with greater freedom than what they have, of the same. Open your eyes! There's so much more to see! Everywhere! In My creation, even in a simple story! The world is full of wonders! Blessed are they who see them! How miserable are those who see the Devil in everything! Isn't it much more blessed to see Me and My purpose even in the bad things that happen to you? To see My working in your life, to find Me talking to you through the lesson you learn in the battles you're fighting against the Devil and his ilk? How foolish it would be to reverse it, to see the Devil in everything, even in Christmas or in Christian stories, in the sincere efforts of others to bring Me to the world! Often it's the same jealousy that the Pharisees had of Me! Those people don't have the greatness to check their own hearts for sin, the sin of self-righteousness, they always & only see it in others. It all depends on how hard someone is looking for the real thing! If they really want the truth and nothing but the truth, they're going to find Me! And once you've found it, it's up to you to fight for it. To keep it, to share it, to defend it, to make it grow! My story is everywhere! There are those who decry astrology & astronomy, when My Word clearly says that "the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth His handiwork... there is no speech nor

language where their voice is not heard..." (Ps.19:1,3). Some just don't want to see more than what their narrow little minds have determined for them to be their reality. They don't want to expand, they don't want to grow, they just want to put everything & everyone into their same narrow little boxes & mind frames & condemn everyone else who doesn't see things as they do. Just like many people are going to be shocked when they'll find out that I really am Who I claimed to be, there are those who are going to be shocked to find out who My closest friends are. They were already shocked when I was on earth! My friends were not the religious people! My friends were ordinary, simple folks, simple enough to receive My love & what I had to give! My best friends were ordinary sinners, not those who condemned others for their sins. Some of them were also victims to self-righteousness every now & then, that religious zeal & desire for exclusiveness, but they quickly learned that that was nothing at all that I would encourage: whenever one of My disciples came up with any notion of being better than someone else, I openly rebuked them. When they tried to keep the children away from Me, indicating that I was too busy, too important, too holy, too high & mighty to be bothered by children, I rebuked them, because that is not what I am! When the sons of Zebedee thought that they probably were going to have the closest place to Me in heaven, I rebuked them & taught them that that's not where it's at. You wanna be the greatest in heaven? Be the servant of all! My kind of open-mindedness that I advocate, is: be open for My surprises! Be open enough to see Me in everything! Why look for the Devil in everything? But if you seek Me in everything, if you make an effort to see Me and glorify Me in everything, then everything is sanctified! That's why Paul was able to eat with the former pagans he had won to Me! Their customs were totally different from the religious Jewish customs he had been brought up in. But because he had been a victim of extreme religious selfrighteousness & narrow-mindedness, he saw the liberty, the freedom, the liberation from the law that I had brought! It took Paul to drive home that point to the church, & some still haven't got it! Don't see the Devil in everything, much less in the sincere efforts of others to portray & convey Me and My message to the world, but see Me in everything, even in the Devil's efforts to try to wipe Me and My message out! Because I will cause his wrath, and the wrath of those who seek to persecute Me by persecuting you, only to praise Me! I will use him to bring about My will and My plan! Those who see the Devil in everything are short-sighted! They need to look through all that's on the surface & see Me there, My much greater plan and work, beyond any of the puny workings of the Devil. The same applies to the Devil's people: I use them to bring about what's written and what must be done. I allow the Devil's people to enslave mankind in order to set them free! If they were free already, why would they need a Deliverer? If Pharaoh in Egypt wouldn't have made things so tough for the Israelites, they probably never would have wanted to leave! Some even complained & wished they had stayed. It's hard to see Me in hardships, in difficulties, in battles & trials, but I am there! So, why see the Devil in everything, or look for his influence in even the good things? They only see one side of the picture, the side which the Devil shows them, because they're not even open for My point of view. The kind of openness I promote is the one that encourages people to see My point of view. Don't see the Devil in everything, see Me!

on the good side, after all. My mercy was greater than everything, greater than their sin, and certainly greater than the selfrighteousness of those who would have preferred to see them in hell! I'm still a Friend of sinners & still have a hard time with the self-righteous, holier-than-thou pretend-to-be-so-gooders. 334 __________________________________________________ Ringing out the old, ushering in the new... That's one of life's cycles & main themes. If you learn to live out these symbolisms, you become a walking, living message of what I want to say to the world. Live a life of moving, vibrant change. Ever-flowing, turning, revolving, moving, never stopping, never stagnating, forever young, forever changing. You can only do that by living the life of the Spirit, by attuning your life to My Spirit, for what My Spirit signifies in this world, is change. In reality, it is ever constant, but as far as this world is concerned, it signifies change, because the state of this world is rebellion against Me, against My newness. It wants to stagnate, it wants to rot. It is death. I am life, but this world is death. So, by staying alive & continuing to move & flow with My Spirit, by living the life of the Spirit, you actually bring life into this dying, and in some ways already dead world. 335 __________________________________________________ This is your ministry, to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant (Jer.1:10). It didn't really sound like "yeah, that's me" to Jeremiah, either, when I told him that I had set him over nations & kingdoms. You're a nobody, as far as the world is concerned, and yet, upon you and the likes of you hinge entire fates of nations. You're one of My heralds of change. You don't play along in their game, because you know it isn't going to last. It is programmed & destined to fail, to cease, in fact, it's already petering out. With your life-style, you're signaling change, sending out the message, "I have changed, and if you were brave enough, you could do it too! We don't all have to be slaves of the Matrix. Change is possible. And change will come. Don't think your system is the only one possible. Don't think it's going to last forever..." I'm still planning to come & take over this world. I'm still planning on changing everything! I'm still on My way! Some of My changes are not fast, but slow & majestic. I take time. I don't let the old boy get Me into a rush. Patience is one of the names of My game.

336 __________________________________________________ One of your major weaknesses seems to be that you get so easily annoyed by people. It's hard to have a flourishing relationship with someone while you're getting annoyed by them. When you get annoyed by someone, you avoid them; you try to be where they aren't, so that you don't get annoyed anymore. It's easier for you to get annoyed or irritated when you're exhausted. Just come to Me in such situations, & find rest in Me. No reason to get annoyed & then let the Enemy condemn you for not having more love... If this serves to show you that you need to have more love & patience for people, that's good. It's good to see your lack, your insufficiency, your want, the empty, void place in your heart & soul that you still need Me to fill. That's what I'm here for. That's why I'm here... If you need more love & patience, just ask Me! "Too easy," you say? Well, if it's that easy, then why is it so hard for you to do it? Why does the Devil always manage to find a way to keep you from doing it, from just asking Me? - From praying? If it's so easy, then why is it so hard for you to do it? Maybe, if you need 333 __________________________________________________ to have some real challenge, then it might be good for you to In his blindness, the Devil never sees how I use his efforts to realize just how difficult your own mind, instigated by the Enemy, destroy Me, silence Me & wipe out My message, for My own is making it on you to avail yourself of the simple solution of good. prayer! One of the most important "tricks" of faith is, to see the good in You don't really have to battle with the problem yourself, and yet the bad, not vice versa. This applies to people, to incidents, and that's what you choose to do, over & over again, instead of just it can apply to questionable things like movies and books. Some rolling it over onto My shoulders, for Me to take care of it. Why? people who were allegedly on the bad side, actually did wind up Because your flesh wants to play the Almighty itself, that's why.

"No! Wait, I'm going to find the solution myself! No, don't ask the Father for help! You can do it! Just keep thinking harder! Think it through some more! And one more time, backwards & forwards, and if that doesn't help, try a little more worrying! I'm sure something's got to work!..." You act as if the worst thing that could happen to you is that I take your "baby," your problem, away from you & take care of it for you. When all I want to do is help you be a better "parent." You can really feel at ease about the simple solution of giving the problem to Me! There's nothing wrong with it, it's perfectly alright, no matter what the Devil or your carnal mind may be telling you! You don't have to find or come up with the solution yourself! The solution is to give it to Me in prayer, and sooner or later you'll wind up with the conclusion that there is no other solution anyway! I'm the only solution & way out! At first you still tend to get annoyed by that "primitive" solution & easy way out, when you have such a brilliant mind to figure things out by yourself. But you just need to get it through your head that that "primitive" solution just happens to be the best solution. You need to expose that arrogance, that pride, as the same kind of pride that unbelieving scientists or intellectuals have toward believers. They think it's "primitive" to believe in Me, primitive to pray, a primitive reaction of a primitive mind's incapability to cope with the problems it encounters. The question is, if faith in Me is so primitive and they're so smart, then why is the world constantly becoming a worse mess, instead of getting better? What ideas are they coming up with that really do something to change things for the better & to improve the state of the world? And where are they when you need them? Has your own mind saved you out of any real trouble? Sure, I do use your mind, and I frequently give you good ideas, but that's not supposed to mean that you're supposed to find all the answers there yourself. In fact, if you would thank Me & give Me the credit for those ideas, I could bless you with a lot more of them. But that's one of the most common & biggest weaknesses of man: I give them a good idea, and they think it's themselves. One of the greatest dangers you have is thinking that it's you who comes up with all those ideas, whose mind is so brilliant, when it's I Who give it all to you. That's another reason why the poor in spirit are the blessed ones. It wouldn't occur to them that they're smart enough to solve their own problems. One of the biggest jobs the hordes of Satan are pursuing is to keep millions of modern minds thinking they're smart enough to solve their own problems & thus don't need any help, least of all from God! It requires humility to admit that you need help. Now, that's what I'd call smart, when people humble themselves to admit they need help & call on Me! There's no smartness greater than that! You can even beat Einstein and the greatest geniuses in the world by praying! Because by praying you'll be coming up with better solutions than they ever did. Was the atomic bomb a good solution? Certainly not! Come to Me, and I'll give and show you solutions that will exceed the quality of the solutions those brilliant minds in the world of science come up with. It looks to Me like the solutions they're creating only create more problems! So why not be real smart & let Me give you solutions that beat theirs? You don't even have to have a concrete idea. You don't even have to define the problem for Me & put it into words, or ask for a specific solution! You can just give the problem to Me, just wrap it up into a bundle of prayer & give it to Me, and I'll take care of it! I'll take care of it! That's My promise to you! Wherever you might find a problem, just remind yourself that I've promised that I'll take care of it! I'll take care of it for you because I love you so! That's the overwhelming love I have for those and reward those with who take the time to seek Me daily: A special service granted to the wisest of the wise, those who don't think they're smart enough to solve their own problems, but believe that the smartest thing to do is to give their problem to Me. I reward their faith by taking care of it. 337 __________________________________________________ If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me. If you praise Me,

then you can draw them to Me by your faith. You can not only pray for them, but even praise Me for them, that I died for them and have saved them. Your faith for them can save them. I have even given you the power to claim souls. Although it is ultimately up to them and their decision, I have given you such power over them that you can mightily influence them in My favor, and whatsoever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven also (Mt.16:19). Thus is the power of the keys of the Kingdom! 338 __________________________________________________ You're being influenced by outward appearances, because you've been feeding that! You screw up your expectations in the physical to unrealistic levels. You need to realize that that's just the Enemy teasing you. He's saying, "Yeah, see here, the goodies you could have, over on my playground?" If you feed your appetite for unrealistic standards in the carnal, it's as if you're tearing down & belittling and allowing the Enemy to belittle what you've got! The danger about feeding yourself the input from the media, is that you're not content with what you've got anymore, you don't appreciate it anymore. It's like the verse in James about one who sees his face in a mirror and forgets from then on how he was made. He thinks he is actually that image he saw in the mirror. He thinks his flesh is all he is; all of a sudden his spirit, his soul becomes irrelevant! And so it can happen if you focus too much on the physical & the flesh. That's why John listed the lust of the eyes among those things that separate you from the Father, they separate you from love, they separate you from the truth, because only the Spirit is the truth, the truthful, eternal picture of you or anyone else, that which is beneath the temporal shell, that body, which is now here, but you look again, and it is withered. Don't fall for those temporary illusions! 339 __________________________________________________ One of the greatest needs of human beings, including children, is to feel needed, to feel wanted, to feel as an important part of their families; not a burden, but a blessing. If even I couldn't do much in places where people's unbelief hindered Me, and if what saved the blind man was actually his faith in Me (Lk.18:42), his need for Me, his desire for Me; if even I needed to be believed in, to be needed and wanted in order to fully perform My best, then how much more do you all need that? I and you aren't all that different; if I needed to be believed in, then your fellow servants need it, too, and you owe it to them, to believe in them, to need them, to depend on them, just like you owe it to Me, for that is part of the great Commandment & the Law of love! While I don't want you to make a god out of someone else, it still is your duty to love others, and you can't really do that if you don't believe in them. Everything you do to Me, do it also to them! Everything you do to them, you're doing to Me! If you believe in them, if you show them that you need them, if you show them that you want them, that you trust them & trust that they won't let you down, then you're showing that to Me, also. I'm not talking about having unrealistic expectations of people, I'm just talking about having a little bit of faith in them. Let them shine, trust in them, let them develop their skills & put your own ministry on the back burner for a while & just be their support, their coach, their cook & the one staying by the staff while they go out & fight the battle for souls, and I promise, I'm going to see you through somehow. Things that are impossible with men are possible with God, so, don't limit Me and My actions to your mind gear of impossibilities, but make it happen by having the faith for it to happen. What do you want to be written about you: that I wasn't able to do many miracles for you because of your unbelief, or that your faith has saved you? Your faith can do anything for you, so, have faith. 340 __________________________________________________ As the merging of the dimensions approaches, you will first witness that this world is going to become more & more like hell.

The more this world is going to turn into hell, the more you'll realize that you have no part in it, that you're no more than strangers & pilgrims in it, because you are Heaven's children. The more you realize that you're not a part of their world, the more you will cling to Me, and the more I will empower you to rise above this world. If you freak out now, during this comparatively harmless drill, what will you do when the real crisis comes? You must learn to trust Me, to hold out. What you desperately need is more faith, and through this experience I'm causing your faith to grow. But you have to put yourself on My side fully. That means, it has to be clear to you in your mind that when it comes down to it, you have no part in this world, you are Mine. I'm supposed to take care of you when they come at you from all sides. When you run to the enemy camp in order to find shelter & supply there, because you don't trust that I can give you what I need, it may look like a rather "harmless" form of betrayal, but if you already run to the System for "salvation," instead of wholly relying & trusting in Me, then what are you going to do when the real trouble comes? So, holding out in this situation means a lot more than meets the eye right now! You've got to refuse to play their game & refuse to give in, refuse to give heed to their threats! Yes, it's going to require a big miracle for you to make it in this situation, but that's what it's going to require in the future, too! And if you won't make it now, through this test, then you're certainly not going to make it very far in the big one! If your faith and life-style, your attitude and everything about you is the real thing, then even the eventual crisis, of which all the others were only shadows, will only be another part of your life of faith, My plan for you, My Big Picture & everything. All those horror visions of the book of Revelation are real, but some people are afraid to deal with it. They want to close their eyes & hide behind the fake front of the System. It's a matter of facing your fears bravely. If your faith is the real thing, then you'll also be able to deal with the ugly parts of the Big Picture, you won't have to seek comfort in the Devil's dream world anymore. I will supply all your needs, even without any help from "uncle" System. The closer you have come to Me and to My side and shown that you really mean business with Me, the more the Devil has withdrawn his appearances of false peace from you, now that you're getting more serious about fighting him, instead of coexisting peacefully! All that hype about wealth being a sign of God's blessing isn't always true. Especially not when that wealth distracts you from Me & keeps you too busy to hear My voice of truth. Wealth isn't always a sign of My blessing, but often merely a sign of compromise with the System. The trick about "Using It" is not to allow it to use you! Sooner or later, it's going to be all-out war. No more peaceful coexistence then. The sooner you wake up to the reality of war and declare your independence from the System & lean wholly on Me and make Me the sole Source responsible for your needs, the better. 341 __________________________________________________ Desperation is good for you; it drives you closer to Me. Praise Me for your problems. Remember that the neglected path of praise will often lift you right out of the pit into which the devil is trying to cast you! The greater the problem, the greater the victory, and the more it's going to strengthen your faith in the end. You need those greater problems, in order to give you greater faith, in order to tackle even greater problems, greater obstacles & seeming impossibilities in the future. This is all part of your training, your faith-expansion & -growth program. It's from Me, from My hand; not the Devil who's doing this to attack you. Its primarily Me behind all this to test & strengthen you faith, and, ultimately, to prove to you, "Hey, what's all the fuss about? I'm right here!" I told you, "I'll take care of it!" Did any of your worries ever come to pass? Did I ever allow any

of those impending shadows that you saw, to really fall on you? Didn't I spare you & deliver you from them time & time & time again? So, isn't it about time you started trusting Me? 342 __________________________________________________ With giving to children you give and give and give, and every now & then you get a little something in return. But that's because your capacity to give is much greater than theirs. They simply don't have as much to give, except through their obedience. So it is with Me. My capacity to give to you is much, much greater than your capacity to return to Me, and some have more grace than others to return My benevolence & love to them in form of their obedience to Me. Not everybody's the same. I'm already happy if I find someone willing to listen to and receive from Me. All I really want is that you love Me and to let Me love you, and to keep in mind the vision of allowing that love between us to overflow on others. But I know the difficulty of your task: after all, since you're representing Me, and you're trying to tell them about Me, they're not very interested, since they're simply not very interested in Me. Only pain & suffering brings out the best in people, and that's when they usually turn to Me. As long as everything goes alright, they couldn't care less about Me. That's why I have to allow things not to always go honky dory for everyone all the time. And usually those who find themselves "less blessed" in physical aspects, do find themselves more greatly blessed in spiritual aspects in the long run. The poor, the needy, the sick, the handicapped, the disabled & weak... they all find their way to Me much more easily & quickly than the rich, the strong, the successful, those for whom everything goes alright... 343 __________________________________________________ Knowledge puffeth up, love edifieth. I'm trying to steer your whole way of believing, your spiritual life or "religion" away from your head & move it more to your heart. I don't want you to enact your religion, your belief, with your head so much. It's much more important that you grasp the matters of the heart. Seek not to understand these matters with your mind, with your head, but with your heart. Don't just let these things I tell you serve to inform you, to merely add to your knowledge, but let them form you, shape your heart, and consequently change your life & your actions. Only this way will you be able to move out into other people's lives & change them also. You can't bring about a revolution, a rebirth, from your head. Everything in life depends on choices. It's part of a parent's love to leave their child a choice. My children choose to let Me have the ultimate choice, it's okay with them if I don't always say "yes" to everything they want. Whereas those who insist on having their way regardless of Me and what I have to say about it, reap the consequences. This doesn't mean that those who don't care about Me always get what they want, nor that those who do care about Me never get what they want. It depends on what it is they want and a million other factors. There are so many different situations, because with every person it's different. Be able to learn something valuable from practically anyone you meet, to believe in others, that I made them for a purpose, and that you can learn something from that person. You just can't legislate sincere goodness of the heart. Those who get the core and gist of My message, that love, nothing else, is the secret, they are the ones who have their hearts open to Me. It's the heart that matters, not some kind of dogma or theory, doctrine or any other head stuffing. The key and the gist of My teachings and of My life, and of all I want to convey to mankind is love, and that's a matter of the heart, not of the head. Let your faith, your religion, what you live and preach, be a matter of the heart, not a head issue! Pride starts in the head.

You get a "big head" about something you are, something you did, something you're part of. But humility is a knowledge from the heart that recognizes that whatever I get accomplished through you, I get it accomplished basically in spite of you, your weaknesses (those which you often consider your strengths) and your flesh. It's what enables you to be grateful for one another instead of competing with one another, to appreciate one another instead of judging & labeling one another, to love one another, instead of seeking to promote yourself.

as they still received the same reward & pay for their work. It says that because they judged the king for his goodness, they were cast out. That's why you see a lot of those folks leaving & heading for the darkness, and others, who hadn't been there from the first hour coming in & taking their places, their crowns. This is also another reason why I've had to allot more time. This lesson must first become clear. It's not the flesh, any carnal birth-right of being born into a certain group, club or church what makes you special or My Endtime elite. It's how much each one embraces the spiritual heritage. 344 __________________________________________________ You don't have to be old to be an old bottle! I have given you power to reverse the curse through prayer The problem is with the hearts of the people, what's within, it's and the keys. You can reverse the effect of the curse the fall of their attitudes, & that's something hard to get rid of or to deal man brought into this world, at least in the lives of certain others with. Something has to happen from the inside. It's what you touch by claiming the keys & directing My power toward happened when the Early church in Jerusalem finally got the them. point & obeyed My commandment to go into all the world & It's never "beyond hope." For Me, there is no such thing as preach the gospel to every creature. Unfortunately, they didn't beyond hope. It's never too late for love. really get it until the persecution came. That's why persecution is ultimately good for you. For one thing, Everybody's got the majesty of choice that qualifies them to it weeds out those who are only in it for the wrong reasons, who make decisions to either make good of this life or to destroy it. are in it because it's the comfy little rut they've been in most of If you give someone the truth, he can still decide to receive it or their lives. It also draws you closer to others, as you're forced to reject it. It's like with any other gift: he may decide to receive it or cling to them for shelter. The major difference between now & reject it. When they reject what you're offering or giving them then is that they actually had a physical country, which for the that's not your fault. It's their decision. It's not because what carnal minded still meant the "Promised Land" or the "Holy you're offering them isn't good. They just don't want it. Their Land." They hadn't gotten the point yet that I was actually perception of quality, their standard of values is corrupted. through with that, & some Christians still didn't get the clue. Anybody who chooses to worship creation (or even worse, the The "Physical heritage" thing is a trip of the flesh. Those who creations of man), over the Creator, will reap the repercussions don't realize that the royal heritage I'm speaking about is a of that decision. spiritual one are actually lagging far behind those pioneers like There will be differences in the repercussions of your decisions. Paul, who did what he and all My church was supposed to be Not everybody will wind up exactly the same, regardless of doing, way before the rest of them got the point. What whatever they did... determines how much of an old bottle you are is how much you What can you give to someone who doesn't want anything that's cling to the flesh. How much do you allow any sort of physical good? advantage to minister to your pride? The more you realize that There is such a thing as squandering your crown, your royal the flesh profiteth nothing and that the Spirit is all that matters, heritage. You may still be a son and a welcome member of the the more of a new bottle you can become. But first you've got to Kingdom, but you forfeited your heirloom. Sometimes when allow Me to shatter your old bottle attitudes, mindsets & carnal you've gambled & lost it all, the result is actually shockingly dogmas you cling to, that which you "know" & think you're so simple: it's gone. You've lost it, squandered it, and it's gone. No sure of. more heritage, no more part of the kingdom to rule and reign, Have you got the heart? Have you got the love? Have you got the because you chose to be your own little king in your own selfish Spirit? Have you truly got what it takes to be My disciple? little kingdom before it was due, you wanted it all right here & Time will tell. now, you wouldn't wait. You were too short-sighted to invest The flesh always needs to have something by which it can pull your life into some promised future event, you wanted all the fun, itself up, elevate itself, and glorify itself. For many it's age or all the comfort right away. looks, fitness... whatever the Devil can get them to worship or Only faith inherits the Kingdom. There are those who despise it use to distract them from what's really relevant: the Spirit! for lack of faith. So, always cling to your faith. Don't let it go. The greatest danger in communal living does not come in form of Keep fighting, keep running, keep working for the Kingdom, keep disunity but it's the negative peer pressure of lukewarmness! The seeking first the Kingdom. Don't put "all these other things," the contagious disease of stuck-in-the-rut-ness. The constant concerns of life, "what shall we eat, what shall we drink, resistance to change, especially true change & deep metanoia of wherewithal shall we be clothed" first & make them your primary the heart. The comfortable refusal to really open your heart to concern! That's the short-sightedness & foolishness of new things, your eyes to new things I might show you - even unbelievers, those who lacked the faith necessary to inherit the about people you never even cared to notice before, because you Kingdom. They despised the kingdom and the birthright, the title were way too preoccupied with yourself! to the throne for a mess of pottage. They're still sons, but not the True heaven comes through the desperation that makes you heirs of the promise and blessing. seek Me whole-heartedly - a desperation that comes from the 345 __________________________________________________ total failure of finding anything in this world that will truly satisfy It's not about accomplishment. It's about being a pioneer of you. the new, about being a herald of the unknown, the strange, the Those who are satisfied by less than the real thing - that joy radical, the bottle-breaking, raw honesty & truth... your way of unspeakable that comes from utter union with Me, found only communicating. Just like My way of communicating with them through the rejection of fleshly substitutes - only have a cheap was too much for the majority of them to take, it was too honest, counterfeit version of heaven-on-earth. too open, exposing their insides too much, their hearts, they They may have everything, but if they don't have the heart of the couldn't bear it. matter, then they don't really have "it." Paul saw that the church was to become something bigger than As long as you still have an idea of how "it" is supposed to look just a bunch of Jews having found the Savior & received the Holy in the carnal, as long as you define what you're looking for by Spirit. certain physical criteria, of the way the ideal person should look Some people just want to be so exclusive, so special, such a neat or what age they should be, then you haven't really gotten the & special little clique, they don't want to open up & make room point. for the new. After all, they've been there from the beginning. In Until you have gotten that point, you don't have anything to offer fact, from birth. They're like the folks in My parable who them, either! As long as you are still deceived by fleshly complained that those who didn't toil the same amount of hours appearances, you're not any smarter or wiser than they are, so

what could they learn from you? Only if you allow Me to fill that aching void, that "God-shaped hole," are you going to be able to find a proper companion. Because only by finding that union with Me will you have enough to give to the other person in order to keep that relationship going. Otherwise you will only seek to find more & more for yourself, to receive & receive, to be given, to be served, instead of to serve... It's the difference between selfish love and giving love, true love. And only I can give you that true love, the ability to truly give without expecting anything in return. Only once you start looking at those to whom you can give will you find true happiness. What you're looking for is not found there. What you're looking for is found in giving what you've got!

System? Who are My only true drop-outs? If the Devil, the father of lies, really is the prince of the world, then to what extent would he go to lie about, vilify and destroy - if he could - My Family?

350 __________________________________________________ The reason you sometimes feel so far away from Me is basically none other than that you forget. You forget how much I love you, you forget all My affirmations of My unconditional love to you. You have to be reminded each day anew of My love for you. You have to come to Me each morning in order to get the vision from Me and be reminded of who you are and how much I, your Husband, love you. That's why memorization is part of the solution of the problem, because it will ingrain faith in Me and My love deeper into your system, to where it won't be susceptible to feelings, 346 __________________________________________________ circumstances & spurs of the moment. Instructions on practical matters don't always require Memorization is the key to remember. And remember is what you prophecy. I've given you other means to find My will, such as should do! You must remember My unfailing love for you! You godly counsel & counseling, open & closed doors, burdens, My must remember My promises to you! You must remember just checks in the Spirit, etc. If you pray over a matter and you don't how close I am! You cannot just let it slip. Please, hold on to the receive anything about it in prophecy, then chances are that I knowledge of how much I love you and need you more firmly! want you to find out My will for you concerning it by some other That's what matters and is more important than whether people means, such as talking about it or using the ideas I put in your have wronged you or have something against you. Step into My head & then counseling about it, etc. footsteps. I've had lots of people against Me, in fact, nearly an Just because I talk a lot about not listening to your carnal mind, entire race, plus the majority of the surrounding peoples, and this doesn't mean that I don't want you to use your mind or that in spite of all the good I did. Yet it was My Father's love for common sense at all anymore. Me that saw Me through. And even so it will be My love for you that will see you through & help you to focus on the few who will 347 __________________________________________________ make it worth it all! When there's no vacuum, then there's nothing I can fill. You need to create a vacuum first. There doesn't always have to be a 351 __________________________________________________ question spelled out in words, but a vacuum. Remember to focus on Me and on the knowledge of My love, on the power of the keys, and that through them, nothing is 348 __________________________________________________ impossible to you. And forget about the System & your ties to it, The only thing that's stable, that's going to outlast any other its demands from you, its grip & hold on you, its offers to you, its factors involved in creating or affecting your moods, is My Word. false securities. It's the solid rock on which your faith can stand firmly, even You've got to aim your vision on Me as your Provider, as your when your feelings seem to sway. The tighter you cling to that Guide, as the One Who directs & determines all your paths & rock, the more stable your emotional household is going to be, forget about the circumstances that the Devil would like to use to the less easily you'll be swayed by your feelings. keep you tied to the ground instead of serving Me freely. Only the fact of My Word is strong enough to build and pull up your faith to the extent that it will be able to pull up your feelings 352 __________________________________________________ to a steady & stable level, where you won't easily be swayed by Sooner or later you're going to have to buck the System, and moods anymore, feeling distant from Me, or easily irritated or what's important is that you buck it and its influence now, in the aggravated or whatever. Because (if you stand on My Word) spirit; that you counter it with My positive input & My truth. you'll know I'm always right there. You won't allow your feelings If My truth in you becomes hard & solidified, nothing's going to to tell you anything different, even if I allowed some seeming crack it so easily. atrocity to happen to you. You've always been concerned about what people thought about What you need more of is trust, and trust comes through faith, you. But you've got to break free of that no matter where you are which again comes only through My Word. Make greater efforts and in what situation you are, and you've got to convey that to really absorb My Word & actively strengthen your faith conviction, that it's okay to be different. through it, by memorizing or reviewing faith-building passages, Its all in My hands: your life and the life of your children, and if verses or key-promises, and to read more, not just let it suffice you mess up, cheer up, that's part of life. Learn to deal with it as for Me to answer your personal questions. it comes. Tackle tasks in My Spirit, bathing projects in prayer, instead of going about it in the flesh. It's got to be My Spirit, ensure that My Spirit is really there with you, make sure you get in the Spirit! Whatever you do, you've got to make sure you're doing it for My glory by bathing it in prayer. If you don't, then it easily happens that you slip into the mode of operating in the flesh, and you'll reap the repercussions of that. You make mistakes. 353 __________________________________________________ It's always good to be open for surprises & your best ability is your availability. Some of the chances you missed in life you missed because you had already allowed yourself to become unavailable, because you wanted a way out of your current situation, & it couldn't come soon enough. All these are things we want to try to avoid from now on with this new, much safer modus of hearing from Me first about everything. 349 __________________________________________________ The Devil's going to try to cause you to doubt your directions What the Family has to offer is the real thing and the truth. from Me or tempt you with irresistible offers that will look like The amount of truth that exists in the household and fold of "obviously the right thing to do." Or, he'll make nothing happen David is like an ocean, compared to the accomplishments of the at all, just to "show" you, "See, all this listening to the Lord church. After all, the majority of the sample of the Church is still business isn't getting you anywhere!" turning off more people & causing more people not to believe in My main lesson for you right now is patience; to wait on Me and Me than it's winning folks to Me, or to that which I truly am. not move or jerk before it's My time to move. Sometimes less is Don't underestimate the special place the Family has among the more, little is much if I'm in it, and My "nothing" is better than his churches or among the Church - My ecclesia - in general. Who something! That which he and the world consider nothing is in are the called-out ones who have truly obeyed the call out of the reality greater and more lasting riches than anything he and his

temporary world have to offer. Show them what "nothing" is made of! Show them what My "nothing" can do, compared to their "something." I hung the world on nothing, & nothing is the stuff that's mostly everywhere. But if you could see in the spirit, you'd see that what looks like nothing to you is actually quite something. There's simply more to everything, including nothing, than meets the eye. You know what I'm saying? Not everything is the way it seems. So, keep at peace & just doing your - what they consider to be "nothing." Nothing but hearing from Me, communicating with God Almighty and doing your best to pass on what you're learning to those around you. I guarantee you that it will take you further than all of their feverish activity combined is going to take them! "Don't just do something - stand there!" Stand there & bask in My showers of light and live! Stand there & receive from Me that which is truly worth receiving & waiting for! Don't just do something or anything, no matter what, just to keep busy! Get your instructions from Me first & then you'll know what to do! 354 __________________________________________________ People like to have everything planned out in advance, but things very rarely ever work out exactly the way they planned it. "Man proposes, but God disposes." There's nothing they can do about it, I'm still the Boss. And you're a friend of the Boss, more than a friend, My bride & lover. Everyone resents the Boss' lover. The Boss' lover is the target of all gossip & envy. Well, let them gossip & be envious, "Let's give'em something to talk about!" I'm going to care for you, that's all that matters, isn't it? I love you! What else really matters anyway? Certainly not their gossip & ill feelings. Just get stoned on My love & don't care what anyone may do or say! 355 __________________________________________________ There's not so much time for trivia, for chit-chatting, it's time to get down to what really matters, the essence, what's relevant. When you've got to be mindful of every word you say, then you want to make sure you're saying the right words. Make each word count! "Make each day count", and every hour, every minute, every word you say, and every song you sing, if you can! You never know when it'll be your last and the ship's going to go down! You know this ship is sinking, so don't act as if you didn't! Not everybody will be saved! What are you doing to make sure that as many as possible will be saved? I don't want you in the entertainment business, I want you to speak the truth & what's relevant. Make them think, instead of helping to tranquilize them & lure them away from thinking, as the masters of entertainment do. 356 __________________________________________________ If you strive to be a continuously open vessel for Me and My Words, for My viewpoints, My mind, then you'll eventually speak less of the trivial, foolish or negative things that pop into your mind whenever you don't make a conscious effort to stay on My wavelength, but just allow your mind to drift, or just to give off & receive whatever comes... The Enemy is very subtle, & if he can't get you to think bad thoughts or speak downright bad words, he'll try to get you to say some idle word or think something that's not blatantly evil or negative, but vain, idle, of no positive, constructive effect. He tries to have you stay "neutral." Not downright bad, but also not good. In other words, doing nothing to further & advance My Cause & Kingdom. But you need to make a conscious effort to strive forward with every minute. You can never stand still. Even during your times of relaxation, you can make an effort to gear your thoughts into My direction, make yourself receptive to things I want to show you through the movie you're watching or the scenery you're viewing or the conversation youre having with someone else. You can strive to make everything you do edifying, and that is

the fulfillment of that verse, "Whether therefore ye eat or drink; or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." If you do everything to My glory, there will be no regret. If instead of just talking & blurting out whatever pops into your mind you pray about it or make sure that what you're saying is going to be inspiring & comes from Me, you'll probably be talking less, but you'll be saying more! You'll be following closely in My footsteps, the living Word of God in the flesh. This will only enhance your communication. It will move your communication to a higher level, to where you're going to be much more in tune with each other. Just like everything carnal, what's spoken in the flesh can sometimes merely be a distraction of what really needs to be said, and what you would say if you were in the spirit. Communication is more than just talking. In Heaven, there's a lot of communication done without actual spoken words, and you could try a little bit of that already now, in this realm. Claim the keys of heavenly communication with each other, and let My Spirit permeate your communications, both, with each other, and also with others. It actually means allowing your helpers in the Spirit to participate more in your communication, instead of just letting your carnal mind rule such an extensive part of it. Sensitivity to the Spirit can be learned, just like any skill. It's just a matter of focusing differently, listening differently, looking out for different things. It's a matter of keeping your antennas up & making a conscious effort to keep them up. You have to control your mind and what comes out of your mouth, bridle your tongue, as James admonishes the church. The trick the Enemy uses with folks like you who don't have any position of leadership is getting you to think, "Oh, what does it matter whether what I say is in the Spirit or not? I'm nobody anyway, so what I say doesn't really matter." But that's the wrong attitude. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. If you fail or refuse to accept your title & spiritual rank of one of My ambassadors & instead just wear the title "nobody," then that's what you'll be. But if you're conscious of the fact that I sent you, and wherever you go, you represent Me, you'll be a lot more prayerful about what you'll say. Listen more, hear more, learn more. Read between the lines; what is that which he's saying actually saying? What is that saying about him? You can enhance your discernment skills through this. Listening & observing is pretty important in learning discernment, although it is, of course, a gift, but one that takes skill like any other gift, to learn how to use it. Not with the intention to criticize, but in order to help people; you need to find out what their problem is, and then you can pray for their problem as I reveal it to you, and for a way you might help them to see it without offending or hurting them, to make them see the truth tactfully and lovingly. Save your breath for the things that really count, that really matter, that make a difference; the good, positive, uplifting and loving things! It's never the wrong time to say a loving thing! if you feel like you've just gotta say something, make it a loving thing you say! 357 __________________________________________________ (Dad:) You're going to do yourself, your "business," your financial status & thus your standard & your living sample, a world of good by making yourself a bit more rare! Jesus did it, too! Often He hid Himself & disappeared & people were wondering where He was & why He wasn't appearing for the feast & this & that & the other! He couldn't stand their admiration for the wrong reasons. And let's face it: if you're looking for admiration, it'll almost always only come for the wrong reasons. If they're looking for the truth, they can find it in what you've got to say. Music isn't really an incredibly good medium to convey the truth, and the whole truth! It's okay to convey a mood, a spirit, it's okay to attract someone to the message, but then again, with many people's perverted music tastes these days & their ever-growing incapacity to really listen to what others have to say, it's getting harder & harder to really convey the message through music. You know it from yourself: how many songs of the ones you like

& listen to, do you really know the lyrics of, & what they're all about, & what they're really saying? There are a few, yes. But with the majority of them, you just listen to them because you like them, you like the melody, the way they're being sung & played; you like the music & enjoy the fact that it's written & being performed by a fellow Christian, but you don't even know the lyrics of some of your long-standing favorites, with few exceptions. Now, if that applies to you, how can you expect more from your audience? You've got to admit that in the majority of cases, witnessing and playing music are 2 entirely different cups of tea & 2 totally different stories, 2 separate things. You can use the music to open the door for witnessing to someone, but never kid yourself into thinking that you've really delivered the message, delivered the goods, by just singing a few songs unless they're really straight in the face, POW! But as long as that's not the case, you've got to be realistic in seeing music merely as a tool to open doors, to attract people to the message, but never as the message itself. It's not an end in itself, only the means to an end! The end, plus the beginning, the A & O, is the Word! Jesus! You're only driving it home, once you're giving them Jesus! No matter how nicely you're trying to wrap up the Word, the message, the heart & soul & core of what you believe in, unless you make it clear enough that it's Jesus, you can't really say you've delivered your soul, delivered the message & brought home the point of what it's all about. You're not really making a point until you bring'em to Jesus. And no matter how attractive you may try to make it, nothing beats the real thing, the naked Christ! Give'em the raw and naked Jesus, if you really want to make it count, if you really want to feel like you're getting something done, because anything and everything other than that is just plain & simply - when it comes down to it - beating around the bush! It's gotta be the real thing, the whole thing - it's either all - Jesus or nothing at all! Jesus is everything! Jesus is all of it, all that matters, the Beginning & End, the A & O, and if you want to convey anything that matters then convey Jesus, not just some nice music about Jesus, but Jesus Himself! It's either Jesus or nothing at all! The world doesn't need another nice wrapping for Jesus, that just hides His naked truth, all they really need is the naked Jesus, just the raw and naked Jesus, nailed to a tree for them in order to give them what they've been looking for all their lives & what they're going to continue looking for, for the entire rest of their lives, if you don't give Him to them! Make souls your goal, & don't try & steal the show! Your life will talk louder than a thousand words or a thousand songs! What good is all the beautiful music in the world if you're not living what you're preaching, if you're not giving them the living, naked Jesus Christ? What else is actually worth giving? What else is it worth losing your breath over? What else have you got to give that actually gets anywhere, than the raw and naked Jesus? That's all you need, and all you ever needed, the raw and naked Jesus! Yes, you can make a song out of it, but do you have the guts to sing it? Do you have the guts to live it? Sometimes it's just not enough anymore to be preaching the good stuff without ever really living and doing it yourself! Sometimes there is a point where it's enough words, and now it's gotta be action, where they can't take anymore preaching, they gotta see you living it, or else they're just gonna boo you out! It's gotta be the real thing, made real by your actions! Can you imagine what a farce the life of Jesus would have been without that final, heavy ending part, that dying on the cross? In the same way, your life is only a farce unless and until you're taking up that cross; there's just no way around it! If you need help carrying it, ask for help; that's no problem! You've just gotta be ready for Jesus & say, "Yes, Lord, my wonderful, naked, raw Lover and Husband, I'm willing to take that same cross You carried for me! I'm ready to finally return the love You gave me, to respond to Your call." You've just gotta

trust Him that He's going to help you make it, like the Father helped Him to make it! He's not going to let you down - ever! He hasn't let you down during all these years you've been refusing to carry His cross, how much less is He going to let you down once you decide to finally pick it up! That's all you need, and all the world needs from you: the naked God in Jesus Christ! Just give them the naked Jesus, nothing else - no cover-ups, not pretty clothes, no wrappings; nothing, just the raw, naked and true Jesus Christ! You've got Him! What else do you want to give'em? I don't care what else you do, as long as you give'em Jesus! I don't care about anything else... just give'em Jesus! If you want to know what it is that you can't keep in for yourself any longer; it's Jesus! To Hell with anything else; anything that might get you to waste your time on anything else but giving them Jesus! You can't keep Him in! You can't keep Him in, you gotta let Him out... You gotta let Him out in order for them to let Him in! 358 __________________________________________________ Getting your act together means getting your priorities straight, getting down the gist & essence of it all, without much further ado about it. It's the rediscovery of the "simplicity of Christ," that you need, without any fancy wrap ups, no neat packaging needed... Just forget about the packaging, if it tends to take too much of your time, & just present the raw & naked Christ. There are too many people getting tripped off with the pretty fringes & frameworks of Christianity & the Christian life while neglecting the essence of it. Everybody's busy working on their presentation of their Christ, their individual little version of Me, instead of just plainly presenting Me, period! - While time is running out! It's time to really get back to the basics; to quit talking about a revolution & revolute instead, to quit talking about it & just start doing it. You can sing about the problem, you can sing about the solution, but nothing really drives it home like living the solution, being the solution, and attacking the problem head on. The problem is that too few people are doing what actually ought to be done. They're finding nice, convenient ways around it & to keep themselves busy with this & that & the other thing related to the real thing, but not the real thing itself. So, the less time you waste on "Hey, everyone, look here at my nice packaging, my nice wrapping of the gift!" - the better it's going to be, because what the world needs is the gift, not any more wrapping paper! Just grab the gift, which is Me & My Word, & give it out to whoever you meet; that's basically the message, that's basically the job, & anything else is basically just a poor excuse & basically a waste of time when it really comes down to it. Especially in the light of the fact that so many people are spending so much time on all that goes around it, & so few hit the nail right on the head! It's time to hit the nail around the head, & to stop beating around the bush. So, concentrate on the essential; try to really focus on hitting that nail right on the button, don't let the Enemy distract you; quit fooling around. Concentrate on getting out the Word, getting Me to people, whichever way you can. If you do that, then you're hitting the nail on the head. Remember that time is short. The Titanic is up to its neck in water, and the count of souls lost and won is going to be on you, among others who are responsible. It's not just a "nice thing to do" to save souls, but the only right thing to do, in a situation like that, as I see it, and as the whole world is going to see it, soon. So, how do you see it? And what are you going to do about it? 359 __________________________________________________ In what ways was I tempted with anger? Sometimes I grew impatient with some people. Certainly I displayed anger toward the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, but that wouldn't necessarily fall under the category of sinful anger, but more something like righteous & godly indignation. I did have to deal with anger more in My younger years.

One sin that's related to anger, - and anger can sometimes be a manifestation of it - is self-righteousness. Sometimes we see someone we look up to behave in a certain way, and we think we have an equal right to act the same way. I was sometimes tempted with thoughts of judgment in a premature way, before I was really "ready" to be a Judge, so to speak, which is a very common & natural thing to happen during many people's youth. Usually, what helps one to get over this, is to experience other people's anger, to witness how ugly it can be, and how it hurts to be at the receiving end of it. Having seen other people display their anger from a child's viewpoint and the viewpoint of a weak human being helped Me to be more merciful, and to be more "slow to anger," so to speak, more longsuffering. Pride was a sly & subtle enemy to overcome, since it was My goal and destiny to become an eternal, living symbol and sample of humility, God's Lamb slain, in humble surrender & yielding. And although this was My nature all through My life, naturally, the Enemy tried to tempt Me with pride during My earlier years. One perfect example of this is when My parents missed Me & I had stayed back at the temple without their permission... The age of 12 is a very dangerous time when one is very easily prone to pride. One begins to think of himself as very smart and superior to others, even to his former or present superiors or parents. It's hard to know you are the Son of God, and not be tempted by pride. But I was reminded of the fall of Lucifer, how it was pride that caused it, and I was reminded of the purpose for which I had come into the world: not to lord it out over anyone in pride, but to humbly lay down My life for the sins of the world, sins such as this very one I was experiencing in such moments during My youth. I learned a lot more about pride, all of which helped Me to understand how much wiser it is to be humble, how much purer, how much more happy one can be if he simply does not allow pride to take root in his heart but lets humility dwell there instead in full bloom. Humility was clearly the better choice and the better path, and I saw that very early on in My life.

give; not so much because I wasn't a cheerful Giver, but more for reasons of physical exhaustion; sometimes the tendency to feel a little bit like they didn't deserve it, and at other times mixed with the temptation to just be lazy. It's easy to be stingy with some and then again extremely generous with others, and we have to be careful to not be partial in our sharing, not to act from a sense of personal preference, allowing some to indulge in our love and goodness and all we have to offer, while being more stingy with others, but to equally shower everyone with the same opportunities to be blessed. On the other hand, sometimes there is a justified and necessary withholding. Avarice can be overcome by the sheer determination to give, to continue to pour out one's life without measure, without holding back, a determination to give all.

Certainly I was tempted by fear, one of the Enemy's most effective weapons & one of the greatest and most typical manifestations of his power. I was tempted by fear before I faced My darkest hour, the night in which I was betrayed, and since I knew what was going to happen, this wasn't the first time I had to face that Enemy. Being the incarnation of an all-powerful God, to experience fear was the epitome of the opposite of everything I had been and was in the Spirit, and was to become. Fear is one of the sins that has the greatest grip on humanity, next to pride, and since I was to free mankind from it, I've really had to conquer it. Of all My temptations, I confess that fear was one of the strongest, although I was generally a courageous Person and One Whom others probably would have considered fearless. But there were those moments of temptation when the Enemy just knew how to rub it in and to drive it home, that I, My flesh, My body, was going to be in his hands for a certain time, and that there was nothing not even the Father could do about it, or could do to help Me then... The fear of death, the fear of pain; not the fear of actually dying or what was to come afterwards, but the fear of that hour, that cup, which, if it would have been possible, I would have preferred to have it pass from Me... But it was to be, it had to be, I had to go through that! You know that if there's one thing I stand for, it's truth, and I am I, the Epitome and Embodiment of faith, Who had walked on the Way, the Truth and the Life. Consequently, there have been water, Who had raised the dead, Who had disappeared from only very small & minor incidents during which I was tempted to within the midst of My enemies, Whom angels served and to and tell an untruth, to slightly exaggerate something, or use a certain through Whom God Almighty spoke and Moses and Elijah had apparition of a circumstance in order to enhance My own image. I appeared, I was to be subject of fear, in order to free all of also learned these lessons very early in life. Once you have mankind from the grip of the same. battled against the father of lies & looked through him, and once you have seen poor pitiful human souls be victims of lies, deceit There were some who accuse Me of intemperance or gluttony. & untruth, it's pretty hard to fall into that same trap yourself. But I They called My a wine bibber and a glutton; and it may be true have been tempted in this point, too, and you may learn about that I indulged more in the good pleasures this life had to offer these incidents in greater detail, latest when you're with Me in My than some of the holy men people had known before, like John Kingdom. This kind of stuff is future educational material, and it the Baptist, who was living a rather ascetic life-style compared to already is, in Heaven. Me. In fact, this was one of the reasons why John himself doubted Me. He could not understand how we could be so Envy was a sin that was easy to fall prey to as a relatively poor different in this aspect. Maybe you could say I was sometimes young carpenter's son, when confronted with the riches of tempted to live a little bit of heaven on earth and to have a little others. Then again, it was fairly easy to overcome, remembering bit of the share of the heavenly life while I was still on earth. or being confronted with those who were yet much worse off I've had to watch it. I've had to keep the balance. I've had to learn than us: the lame, the sick, the really poor; and if one had a to be sober & vigilant, for My adversary, the Devil was walking grateful heart, it was easier to see one's own blessings & it about as a roaring lion, and he was out to devour Me. I didn't care became harder to be envious of others. about the accusations of the people, but I also knew that this life Also, being the Son of God and Heir of untold spiritual & eternal wasn't the end, My destination. So, the pleasures of this life were riches, it soon became evident that envy was a result of looking not My reward yet, there was something much more to come; and at things in the flesh, through carnal eyes, & losing sight of the yet I knew that all things were Mine, and I wanted to give My eternal, the unseen. Envy could be overcome by looking through disciples - including you - a sample of the life to be lived in the eyes of faith, at the inheritance of the Father's Promise, - fullness and abundance, although some Christians nowadays indeed, of all that the Father held and had to offer... It made all tend to take this to the other extreme & go overboard on this & that the world had to offer look pretty puny in comparison, which actually tend towards downright covetousness & greed. That was is also one reason why the Devil wasn't successful at tempting not what I had meant, and the church will have to pay for this by Me with all its riches, even at one of the very weakest points in destroying its name - besmirching My name and the name of My life, when I felt completely empty and drained and virtually on Christianity and branding Me and My followers in general as the brink of starvation... something that I am not, never was, and certainly didn't intend for My church to be. One of the ways in which I was tempted by avarice was being tempted to withhold of My spiritual riches & all that I've had to Since I was a Man of Love, you might say that Lust was one of

My more difficult temptations, but as the Bible says, I was tempted in all points as you are, yet without sin. Whatever I did, even when tempted with these things, I did it without sin; I did it with love. What kept Me looking forward, instead of looking at something I may have been missing out on, was the great and immense need, the job that was there to do, and this should be the same factor that should help you get over this temptation, too. There are just more important things to do, and there'll be plenty of occasions for this afterwards... You might say that in My case this temptation was related to the temptations of envy, since I knew I wasn't going to be able to live out a carnal relationship such as marriage. But keeping the vision on My future bride & My spiritual bride made it worth it all & helped Me overcome that temptation - although I'm just giving you a very brief rundown of intense matters of the heart, and when it says "tempted, " it really means tempted. It wasn't just a brief thought that I was able to brush of with the wave of a hand. They were intense and very real battles, deep and emotional battles & trials, and as the everlasting school of Life continues, you shall have opportunities to benefit from My lessons (on this topic) further on up the road... Finally, you'd like to know in what aspect I may have been tempted with laziness. Well, there was that temptation to not want pour out to certain people, because I was tempted to feel they weren't worth it, that "Jonah" type of laziness that you're having to confront, the kind that's mingled with a little bit of selfrighteousness and a little bit of spiritual avarice or stinginess. It's the "what's the use" attitude... I knew what was in their hearts, and who was going to make it and who wasn't; so, knowing that some people were going to squander the Father's inheritance didn't exactly motivate Me to pour out My life, My Words, My energy to them. But what helped Me overcome that temptation, was a glimpse into the spirit and into the future, that there were going to be precious souls, who, even though they would squander My grace, My Words, My Love, even My sacrifice and Salvation, yet they were going to pan out in the end and contribute precious lessons learned & valuable gifts to their fellow humans through their experiences. You never know who that person might touch, or (who they might) become, that you feel tempted to refuse to give the Words of life to, because you feel just too lazy to confront their initial rejection or to deal with their lack of faith & lack of conviction, their lack of courage. Having been tempted in all points like you also helped Me to see that there wasn't anyone for whom it wasn't worth it to overcome that temptation, and herein lies another great mystery. This was given you to help you overcome. If you know that everyone with whom you share My Words will be worth it in the end, then it will help you overcome your laziness & temptation to withhold more easily. And if you know that I've been going through these same temptations, you can know that I have overcome and through Me you can also overcome. You can benefit from My power, the power that I gained in part through overcoming your very same sin. You can know that I've done it and so can you, because I've done it. You can stand on My victory! By being a partaker of My life, My flesh, My body, My blood, you can also be a partaker of My victory - the victory over all sin - that I gained for you and all mankind - all of those who will avail themselves of that offer, that gift. One overcame for all. Because I overcame, you can overcome, and because you overcome, others will yet overcome, etc. Don't fail to be a link in that chain reaction. Make it continue! 360 __________________________________________________ I was tempted with jealousy, too, that most unreasonable, uncontrollable and perhaps most bizarre manifestation of pride with a shot of envy. There was no other way to overcome this enemy than to just call out to the Father and pray. Every human being should have experienced it at least once, even if only to be able to relate to and sympathize with the poor victims of this demon and his cohorts.

There isn't much you can learn from it except that you need to fight the Enemy, and that you can't make it on your own but need the Father's help. Jealousy is a perversion of the godly jealousy with which I love and care for My bride, and which the Father feels for those who are His, and sometimes I use human jealousy as a scourge for those who have provoked Me to godly jealousy in some aspect, or to drive home some other needed lesson. It's also another lesson on things not always being what they seem, because although a jealous person may appear as being an oppressor, they are really the oppressed, they may appear as the aggressor, but they're really the victim, as is also the case with anger, to which jealousy is also related. Even so, jealousy is related to avarice, for it does not like to share the person it loves. It is related to fear because it's afraid of losing the person it loves. It's related to deceit; because it deceives itself into thinking it deserves more, and brings many lies to the one's mind who is tormented by it. It is related to intemperance because it's like an addiction to the person one loves, and to lust, like an insane, unhealthy craving for that person, to be enjoyed alone & by no one else. The only aspect in which it is related to laziness is that it doesn't want to deal with the consequences of sharing, the repercussions of allowing an intruder into a relationship. It's one of the most selfish forms of laziness. Jealousy is like a poisonous cocktail of sins mixed into one, so, it's a very potent device of the Enemy. Another way it's manifested in deceit is that the Enemy has managed to persuade some to perceive it as a virtue instead of a sin and a curse... which is why not many people have begun to tackle it, to expose it or to help each other to overcome it. You might say that jealousy is an arch enemy of My Family, because My Family has exposed it for what it is from the beginning, and has determined to root it out from among its ranks, while at the same time Jealousy is determined not to allow some of the most unique qualities of My Family to flourish as they should. It's very intimidating and wields fear and intimidation as one of its principal weapons. You must resist that fear, not in the flesh or with carnal attempts, but in the spirit. Boldly face and resist this enemy! 361 __________________________________________________ How to witness under difficult circumstances? Difficult as in: because everybody has been brainwashed by the Enemy? The trick is not to only look for & discover the things you have in common, the common ground, but leading them to new ground, the new territory of My sphere, the Kingdom of God, where I rule & reign & operate. You're not trying to keep'em right there in Sleepiland, but you gently want to lead'em to Foreverland, to the Land of Truth, and the Land of Love! You've got to get away from carnal thinking, the carnal effort to try to find or build paradise for yourself in that temporary world. You've got to stop putting your money or building your dreams on that kind of ground, & come to the conclusion that you're going to quit looking for "it" here in this life. Even at the risk of being ridiculed, you should make it plain that you decided to put your money in the bank of Heaven and that you're a faith-investor. Everyone is; they all invest in their faith; it just depends on what they put their faith in. Most of them put their faith in things that can be seen. You put your faith in invisible things, that's the difference. It's actually not more foolish, but really only braver than putting faith in material things. You simply trust that there is going to be something where right now you can't see anything, many investors do that. Farmers do that: they plant their seed in soil & just throw it in the dirt, and for the first few weeks or even months, they won't see anything. What's happening is happening out of sight, underground, but faith tells them, that in a little while there's going to be a crop to harvest there. In their case it's faith in nature, and the fact that they've seen the same "miracle" happening dozens of times: something coming from apparently nothing. In your case, the situation is slightly more difficult. Not only are you struggling not to look "dumber than a farmer", sowing seeds

into the apparent void & empty ground, but there are other "farmers" like you, other Christians, who have been doing the same thing as you for decades, centuries, millennia, and not only have they (apparently) still not reaped the fruit of their labor in that the Kingdom of Heaven is still not here, but some of them have sown evil seeds of war and self-righteous condemnation, religious bigotry & hatred in My name and have contributed to the evil in the world heavily, instead of helping to make it better, and the same is still happening right now with supposedly Christian presidents being the warmongers of the world & other Christians staunchly supporting warmongering Israel, etc. I see your problem: with other "Christians" like that around, who wants to be labeled or come all-out as another of those dumb, stupid, bigoted, materialistic & warmongering Christians? But I want you to keep operating against all these odds, & put Me to the test & see whether I'm not going to bring in some fruit despite all the odds that stand against you. I've given you the Truth and the weapon of Faith as a foundation, which I'm daring you to prove whether it's a false or the right foundation for your life! Okay, so there are other sandcastle Christians who build their houses on the shifting sands of disobedience. But you've got the chance to show the world a house built on the rock of actually doing what I say! Okay, so it's a tough job! You've got all the odds in the world against you, but that's just the price for having a house built on the rock, a house that's not going to go down in the storm. The storm IS coming, and you'll be grateful then for every false alarm that helped you prepare for it. As far as many of those people out there are concerned, the storm of life is already raging. That wind that's blowing out there is already rough and tough enough, &, they'll be pretty thankful for any help and advice on how one can weather it & make it through that icy breeze with your chin held high and a smile on your face. Find out who is right & who's wrong! Find out whose truth is real, whose faith is on the right foundation; see whose will crumble first - yours or theirs. Put the money to the test & make it work & make it happen. The only way it's ever going to do you any good is by using it, going out there & applying it in face to face combat & find out whose currency is stronger. Your faith can do so much more for you by applying it & making it do things for others, too; simply by sharing it. Sharing the faith is the name of the game. Share some of that wealth you've got stored up, because it won't do you any good just keeping it to yourself. The only way it'll really grow is by giving it out, passing it on & giving it away, by sharing it! 362 __________________________________________________ If you listen to your own mind only, you're sunk, because it will often subtly lead you in the opposite direction of the one I would lead you, so you've got to double-check everything with Me! Witnessing is the timeliest, most urgent & essential job there is to be done. Matthew 6:63 still applies, nothing's changed about that yet, and it's still, "seek ye first the Kingdom and then...." not the other way around. Really finding the truth is a matter of being willing to let go of what your own mind tells you & letting My mind take yours over, to let My truth reign supreme & be willing to discard your own, "personal little truth," in favor of it. What really matters is getting Me and My Word out to the people, and nothing else matters, really, nothing! And whatever helps you do it is alright. Anything else, any other incentives are distractions and disturbances. Nothing is as important as witnessing, and compared to witnessing, everything else nearly amounts to nothing. So if you really want to accomplish something, anything, forget about everything else & make witnessing your primary focus & prospect. Witnessing is IT! That's the message, that's the clue, that's the score. It's like seed time: they've got to be sown at a certain time,

otherwise it's going to be too late. Now is the time! 363 __________________________________________________ The Devil is testing you, to see how much you really mean business about your anti-System stance. And as you have seen, he manages quite easily to scratch the veneer, that bold front you put on, and when the pressure is on, you again long for the comforts of the System quite easily! It's another of those shocking truths about yourself, which in this case you wouldn't have found out any other way but by My silence & allowing the Enemy to do some of his "talking," his applying pressure to you and your life, your faith... "So... is that good or bad?" you wonder. Well, since it helps you and all of us to know where you're at, where your faith lies and what you still need to work on, it's good! It shows the need. It gives you a realistic picture of the momentary state of your faith & helps you and all of us not to expect more of you than you actually can deliver; not to apply any more pressure than you can handle. Those are your limits, and we can start working from there. This is where your faith ends, so far, and now we've got to work on stretching it a bit more... on extending that vision, that range a bit, & make it larger, longer & more far-reaching. Remember, your heavenly Father knows your frame & that you are but dust. Though your sins be as scarlet, they will be made white, & as high as the heavens are above the earth, so far will I remove your transgressions from you. It makes you humbler & makes you realize your need for Me even more desperately... and that's good. You've got to totally experience My love, My mercy & forgiveness for you before I expect you to go out & sell it to anyone else! I want you to be so sure of it that there will be no more doubt about it at all in your heart when you go out to share your faith with them. It takes those downhill slopes in order to get you there. If you're never down at the bottom, then how can I pick you up again, and how can you experience My mercy? There's a purpose behind making you subject to the law of gravity before I can allow you to soar up into the sky & into eternity. The school of life can be quite a drag sometimes. But it teaches you some really important and essential stuff that you can't learn in heaven. It's in death that you find life eternal; in death and darkness that you find mercy and Salvation of God. In those deaths of "dying daily" you find Me, more so than in the good times, when you feel so close to Me. It's the bad & dark times that actually bring you closer to Me, so don't knock'em, don't curse them, but accept them, say, like Mary, "Let it be! Let it be done unto Your servant/handmaiden even as You have said!" That's the yielding, that's the submission I need. Just say, "Let it be!" Thank Me for them! What makes you think that I'm limited in My power to save you? My power isn't limited, just your faith! My arm isn't too short, it's just your vision, your scope - your faith is short-sighted! You can always only see up to the point where the next obstacle appears. But that's where the keys and rising above come in handy to boost your faith to make that obstacle disappear & just rise above it! From a bird's eye view, it isn't really there. It isn't really relevant. You just fly over it... so what? "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles." - Wait upon Me in the sense of serving Me. And one of the ways you can serve Me and "wait upon Me" is by praising Me, one of the surest ways to rise above your problems, circumstances & obstacles: praising Me for them, accepting them, letting them be & happen to you & finding Me there. How long are you still going to allow circumstances to determine your state of mind? How long will you continue to allow them to rule your spirit, to exceed your faith in My promises & all I have told you, and all My miracle-working power you've seen already? How long will you continue to forget all about Me and that I'm much greater than all that? I'm not judging you or condemning you; I'm just asking you, how long do you want to keep this up? Why not change it? Why not change it right now?

You don't have to submit yourself to the yoke of slavery of the System, because I am your Deliverer. Don't be like those who insulted Me by doubting Me, by thinking that My arm was too short to save them. Surely I had saved them all those other times before, but this time they were going to be doomed... Time & time & time again it happened. They never remembered My miracle-working power & mighty hand to save them out of their last trouble; all they could see was their new, momentary obstacle, and their doom in it. The Devil said "boo!" and they fell right for it! How many more times are you going to dismay at the sight of a problem or an obstacle in spite of the countless times I saved you & told you not to be dismayed, not to fear, not to worry?

Success, in My eyes, is something completely different than it is to you most of the time. How dependent on Me are you, how yielded to Me are you, how desperately do you seek Me and need Me and show Me that you need Me? When everything runs smoothly, you don't take the same amount of time with Me. Your attitude is, "Oh, thank You, Lord, but I think I'll manage just fine today, I'll get by." But when you finally return to Me, to Me, that's success! You somehow know that there's no point in continuing to play the game, to keep on pretending, to keep going as usual, when the love has gone. When there's no more love, what point is there? And that's when you return to Me, the Source of love, with your whole heart, in order to get back the light, the power, the strength, the vision to keep going. 364 __________________________________________________ I'm sorry you have to continue to keep experiencing those Some things I just require you to do regardless of how you stretches of emptiness, of hopelessness & senselessness, but feel about it or how they make you feel. That's called obedience. they're just what's needed to drive you back to Me again in order When it comes to doing the right thing, you've simply got to put for you to be refilled. your feelings on the backburner. You may feel like it's tearing So, don't panic, as though some strange thing happened to you, you apart, but if you know in your heart that it's the right thing to as if nothing was the way it should be, or as though everything's do anyway, simply because it is I Who asked you to do it, then lost beyond hope... It's going to be alright. you should do it, no matter what! When you're at the top, everything's euphoria, and "we're indeed If you always and only go by your feelings or "inspiration" & thus the people... so happy together... etc." Then the first doubts start put your feelings first, before obeying Me, then you should not be coming, later the substantial doubts, & finally you're near surprised if things start going haywire in your life & nothing despair, at the bottom of the curve, which is where you call on really winds up satisfying you. Me again, get ahold of Me in the way that you should, and I send you back on your way up again, strengthened by the input you 365 __________________________________________________ receive from Me, which you can hold on to: the renewed vision; I'm exposing the greatest thief of all, the Devil, who's My way of looking at things, & My Word, fresh from My lips, to constantly robbing people of their most precious gifts & boost your faith again. opportunities in the spiritual realm. But since what's happening You just can't stay up on the peak all the time. You're not home in the physical is often a manifestation of the spiritual, since the yet, & the valley regions & lows are just reminders of that! Why Enemy's kingdom is becoming more & more established, the 2 do you keep expecting things to always flow smoothly? Why are realms are coming closer & closer to merging, and the Devil's you still surprised when trouble comes? Why can't you still treat realm will pretty soon be completely in the physical, you have to success & failure the same & become a man, My son? stand up for your rights in the physical as well. Rising above - or riding the waves of life's circumstances I'm asking you to use wisdom in your words, & that you don't stir means treating success & failure both the same, as success, that up strife unnecessarily. Don't be too quick to expect the worst is; there is no such thing as failure to the man of faith. It may from people. You know that most of the time, when you've look like failure, and all the millions of labels of what's generally expected the worst, it wasn't really so, so be careful, since you accepted by the world may scream "failure", but you'll still refuse wouldn't want to make enemies unnecessarily, and you'd want to to believe it. How can you or they call unclean what I have called agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with clean? How can you or they label failure what in My eyes is him..." As long as you still have to go hand in hand with the success? Success is whatever helps you to stay close to Me, and System in many ways, it's wisest to be friendly and polite, if that just happens to be something the world labels failure, so agreeable, & not offensive, sarcastic or make cutting remarks. what? If it serves to keep you humble, desperate & close to Me, You're wondering why the bad is so overwhelming in this world, than to Me it's still success, no matter what anyone says. & what's the use of it all? But it's also a great opportunity to do Success, to Me, is when you regard circumstances as irrelevant. good, to make a big difference; to do it differently than the I'm glad you're not quite there yet, because it makes you keep majority, to stand up for the truth; to stand up for what's right; running to Me like a frightened child whenever trouble comes. not only for your own rights, but also for the rights of others. But the goal is, that you stand tall when trouble comes, and you Bathe your decisions, your communications and your actions in can just wink at Me & say, "I'm not scared anymore. I trust You good counsel with Me and with each other. now. I know that everything's going to be okay, no matter what things may seem like." That's faith, and when that happens, then 366 __________________________________________________ you'll have become a man, My son! And that's also the point at I'd rather have your marriage be a disaster and full of which you'll be able to comfort others with the comfort which problems, so that you both continually have to seek My face you have just found yourself in My arms, & you can become their about it, even about making it further down the road together one knight in shining armor, a sample of Me and of My love to them. more day, than have it be the other way around, where things No longer somebody who is frightened, worried or confused, like flow so smoothly that you feel like you won't need Me anymore! them, but a beacon to shine a light onto their path, pointing them Now, that would be truly the worst that could happen to you! to Me, assuring them that everything's going to be alright. The reason why I allow misunderstandings to occur between you, that allow the lies of the Enemy to enter in, along with 367 __________________________________________________ sensitivity & pride, is the same reason why I allow these things to You were thinking about how it must have been easier for Me come into any person's life in the first place: to keep you to do My job than it is for you to do yours, of witnessing. You desperate & close to Me, to keep you dependent on Me! The Devil thought, "Well, Lord, for You it must have been relatively easy: is My sheepdog, continuously snapping at your heels & being a You just came into a town or village, healed the sick people there pain in your butts, so to speak, in order to make sure you don't & didn't have to do much else but to open Your mouth & the feel too comfortable in your cozy little lives, don't start feeling at people would just flock to You & listen to You. Certainly it must home in that world, which is not your Home, and to keep you have been easier to preach under such circumstances than the close to Me. ones we're facing nowadays, where people are prejudiced from If I would let you go off on your own successfully and master life the start against us. They label us a sect, & it's not like we're the without My help, you would go further & further astray, deeper only ones who claim to be Your followers. Those others who entangled in pride & self-confidence. claim to be following You, they accuse us of being wolves in

sheep-clothing, trying to lead the sheep astray..." Well, I never made a secret of the fact that you were going to run into more difficult situations than I did. I never made a secret of the fact that the servant isn't higher than the master, if they have persecuted Me, they would also - even more certainly - persecute you. I told My disciples and those to be, that you would be hated of all nations & kindreds for My name's sake, and I know that it's a tough job, following Me, it's a high price to pay. I know you don't want to be hated; I know that you want to be loved instead. But that's the excellency of the faith that overcomes the world: a faith driven by a love for Me that is even willing to be hated by all others for My sake. I know there is no greater gift than that anyone could ever make Me, and all I can assure you of is that the rewards will make it worth it all. Even if you would never do another thing for Me, even if you would never give Me anything else than what you already have, the rewards would already be much more than you could ever begin to fathom or dream of, and I know it's almost too much to ask of you to go even further for Me, but I know you have the potential in you to become one of those crazy overcomers for whom it is never enough to give, one of those who just run on crazy faith that keeps them going forward for Me, no matter what the odds are against you. You won't be reducing those rewards only to your heavenly rewards and to a trickle in this life, the trickle of Me merely supplying all your needs, but you will overflow with joy; My power will become so awesomely manifested in your lives that people will be able to tell that there's something totally extraordinary about you guys, and they will be curious, and they will start flocking around you just like they used to flock around Me. What I'm asking you to do now is the beginners' & apprentices' work: the tests of humility, just doing as I say without knowing if what I'm asking you to do is making much sense or not. But the more you will do this, and in doing it keep your focus on Me, not allowing the Enemy to divert you with numerous distractions, the more you will climb up the ladder of credibility & trust, and the more you will find out that I will pour out My strength & power to you in greater abundance, even to the extent that the Father's Power was manifested in Me, and in My disciples after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. It's a struggle, and only few can resist the temptations of the world to distract you from the straight & narrow, but I can see that potential in you, and you're so close to overcoming! Just hold on, and be willing to do the crazy, seemingly pointless things for Me, and you will reap those heavenly rewards already right there, in this earthly life... at least some of them; in joy unspeakable & a love that will satisfy you more than anything else you could ever dream or think of ever could. It's a high privilege to be chosen to be one of My ambassadors, and it's one you shouldn't take for granted. Don't be surprised that it doesn't come to you so easily; that you're actually having to do some substantial fighting. You think the Devil and his demons are just going to stand by while you're threatening to become one of those who are destined to become their demise, grasping countless others out of their clutches? How can you be so surprised about the struggle & the amount it costs you? It's something worth fighting for.

The Enemy will try to keep you from doing My highest & best, using all kinds of tricks & distractions and whatever he can think of to keep you from doing the most important, the most urgent & necessary thing, the thing you feel the least excited about doing, the least reasonable thing to do, & the one you feel the least like doing, & only one single and sole factor stands as its advocate and in its favor, and that's My will as conveyed to you through My Word. The only reason you know that this is the right thing to do, contrary to what you feel and your mind tells you, and contrary to the fact that it looks so much less inviting than all the other more tempting options, is that I've told you that I want you to do it. And that's where the big mystery comes in: will you hearken to My still small voice? Will you obey it and put it in the first place, making it the most important matter & factor in your life? Or will you allow all the other, perfectly reasonable sounding alternatives & distractions become more important & larger & weightier to you? It's not difficult to disobey My voice, as you find out from the story of Adam & Eve in the Garden! It didn't take the Devil a lot of persuasion. The only question is, have you been falling for his lies & his tricks enough times to have learned the lesson of what truly is best for you, to be able to resist his temptations? Or are you still not any smarter, any wiser, & still fall for his input, his version of the story, his alternative, his compromise? Just like I'm providing an alternative for people to drop out of his kingdom & servitude to him, so he presents you with his alternative to keep you from serving Me. Often it's a reasonable sounding compromise. "Hey, you don't have to do this dreadful thing that God is asking of you. Look over here, you can do it like this, & you'll still get by... You don't have to necessarily obey Him in everything He says....!" He obviously achieved the same thing with Saul, when he got him to disobey Me in some apparently minor matters, which looked unreasonable to the carnal mind... "Why slaughter the cattle when the army is hungry? Why kill the king when he can be worth more alive than dead? And besides, it will look much better in the people's eyes..." Don't feverishly cling to the kingdom yourself, nor impose your sense of right & wrong or what you feel should be the proper thing to do on others, but respect and support it when somebody else finds it in them to do the more radical faith-option. What it boils down to is delegating decisions & leadership to that party, and listening to them, instead of insisting on having it your own way.

369 __________________________________________________ "The most uncomfortable place for a Christian is a comfortable place." Are you willing to go to uncomfortable places & do without the comfortable places at times? Most of the sheep are found in uncomfortable places... And finding them requires willingness to go to the not-so-comfortable places sometimes. The comfortable places are in the lowlands, and they're full of people who are not looking anymore, perhaps never have been, they're just satisfied with whatever comfort the System has to offer them, and the places where the sheep feel well are becoming more scarce. They don't want to be like all those selfsatisfied gluttons of Mammon. That's why you've got to look for 368 __________________________________________________ them in the highlands. It's easiest for Me to guide and direct someone who doesn't I will supply for you to get there, in order to find and free My have any personal plan or agenda. When you're clueless about sheep. As you pour out My food and Word to the sheep, I will what you're supposed to do, I've got the greatest chance to come pour out in double measure unto you. through to you with My suggestion for a plan or schedule. Whereas if you already have any notion of something that 370 __________________________________________________ "obviously" should be done, then I usually have to lag behind Stretch out your hand & receive, grab what's there by faith, you for the rest of the day, instead of having you follow Me. and as you reach out & receive, you get more.... That's how faith You've got to keep making a conscious effort everyday to put Me works. It's how everything else regarding the faith life works, first, before your needs, otherwise I don't have a chance. also in the area of supply. You're making the effort & finding out Remember that the Enemy won't tempt you with obviously wrong that I'm blessing it, and the more you get, the more you have the things to lure you away from My straight & narrow pathway of faith to receive, and so you increase your efforts of faith. But you obedience, but with seemingly good options which are simply must know when it is time to avail yourself of My "elevator" & less than My best for you. quit getting up the stairs in your own strength.

I'm requiring you not to be affected by the affairs & cares of this world anymore. You're not supposed to take that burden on your own shoulders anymore! You've got to trust in Me! You cannot get caught up in worrying about these affairs anymore. I'm not asking you to ignore them entirely, but I'm asking you to trust Me entirely to take care of them! Theres no other way you're ever going to make it through the trouble of the days to come. You must cast off from you their yoke & the fears of lack of supply, or any kind of pressure the System would exert on you, and you must be immune to their scorn and ridicule.

on you, like the machines in the "Matrix" attacking the ships of the resistance. But hey, you're simply going to have to get used to that! It is a war! The System is your enemy and threatening you, yes, but I will always take care of you and see you through every battle, every dangerous & frightful situation, no matter what. Learn to thank Me for it, and use those weapons of praise and prayer to a greater extent, and see how much further they will carry you than the talents & abilities I've given you in the flesh. The spiritual gifts are much more precious, more relevant, more efficient and reliable. Everybodys going to have to learn to pay their dues to Me in the 371 __________________________________________________ future, they just can't keep going on ignoring Me forever. Right There are so many details & factors & lessons you miss out now, they're ignoring Me, ignoring their Creator, and I'm letting on if you just rush through life in a "let me have it all," consumer- them get away with it for them to find out what the results will be type of attitude. You want to enjoy all there is to enjoy, eat your of following the Enemy down his deadly track. cake & have it, too, but the most precious lessons & things But you, who are paying attention to Me, who are doing what you gleaned from this life don't come from seeking to receive, but can to convey to others a sample of living faith and trust in Me, from learning to give. you don't have to put yourself under the same yoke & burden of It's one thing to serve when you're forced to, but it's another fear that all they have put themselves under, much less should thing to really learn to serve voluntarily from the heart, because you be looking up to them in envy or admiration! You are free, you choose to. That is an important lesson to pass on to others, not they! Do you really think that true freedom can be bought especially your children, because if they only learn to serve with money? because they have to, then they will always seek a way out of Everybody's going to have to learn to pay their dues to Me in the servitude as soon as they can. You must instill in them a desire future, they just can't keep going on ignoring Me forever. Right to serve, to give, to be of service to others voluntarily, out of now, they're doing it, they're ignoring Me, ignoring their very love. Creator, and I'm letting them get away with it for them to find out Its nearly impossible to do in the flesh, which is why you need what the results will be of such defiant behavior & of following the help of My Spirit. It helps to have a convicting sample of the Enemy down his deadly track. someone faithfully serving that convicts others & motivates them But you, who are paying attention to Me, who are doing what you to think & feel, "I should be like that, too." can to convey to others a sample of living faith and trust in Me, You've got to show that laziness & lethargy is a weakness, a sin, you don't have to put yourself under the same yoke & burden of an enemy, which has to be fought. It's a choice they need to fear that all they have put themselves under, much less should make. you be looking up to them in envy or admiration! You are the one It's the choice between going through life with a "gimme, gimme" who is really free, not they! Or do you really think that true attitude of consumerism, seeking to enjoy all you can, to get all freedom can be bought with money? What kind of freedom would the input you can, and laying down your life for others. The latter that be? The kind of freedom that Lenin's gold bought for Russia defies the flesh & all that "makes sense" to you in terms of self- during the Revolution, which only brought greater slavery, preservation, the so-called rules of "evolution," which is really greater pain and oppression than they had ever known before! just the philosophy of the Devil. I will take care of you like I promised. Because you sought to put Teaching somebody to serve out of love really requires love, and My will first in your life, to overcome your fears and boldly be a giving and living a loving sample yourself, first. It's got to be My witness to the people for Me, I will also fulfill your other desires, Spirit moving in you, inspiring you to do what you can to help and certainly your needs. So, continue to trust Me; you'll see: it others & make them happy, bringing to birth in you the desire to pays! do something good for others because you love them. 373 __________________________________________________ 372 __________________________________________________ Nobody's perfect. Love loves not because, but in spite of. I want you to be someone who truly lives. Love is learning to put up with the flaws of others as I put up with The type of people that stories are being told about, movies are yours. Love is learning to constantly forgive, to refuse to look at being made about & books are being written about, are not the the bad & look at the good instead. mere survivors, those who fight for nothing else but their survival, like all the rest of them, but the types who take time to live, to learn the lessons of life, who go through life with both 374 __________________________________________________ eyes & ears open & find out what it's all about: those who find You're being a living token and sign of the fact that all things Me, and let Me teach them the gist and essence of life. will not continue as they were. A lot of other people are doing If you just follow, you'll be alright; you won't need to worry their best to keep the dream alive & prolong it, to artificially keep anymore. the bubble from bursting, & they're fighting whole wars in order Childlike faith is more efficient than you could be with any skills to keep up "the American dream." But I have ordained you to be or strength of the flesh on your own. Trust Me more & rely more a drop-out from this game, to not participate in this game, in on Me. order to not be a participant in the collective guilt & blame in It's okay to do what you can in the flesh, but there comes a point exploiting the poorer nations for your own excesses. where your flesh simply becomes too weak, and you're just Youre living in greater excess of your needs than the average going to have to let Me do it for you. citizen on this planet. That's not because you've chosen to, but Learning to let Me do it for you is basically the lesson I want you you also don't need to play this game forever. It's a custom, it's a to learn, the mode I want you to acquire. In order to really do that habit, it's a man-pleasing ritual. you have to take a step back from the busy scene. I don't want everybody to be doing the same. 375 __________________________________________________ There also have to be those who are like gardeners, who tend to Its obviously easier & more comfortable to preach the the plants, water them & care for them. I have ordained you to be Gospel with money in your pockets. The problem is, it's pretty not so much a sower of seeds, but more of a tender of My hard to get the Gospel across to the desperate, from a stuffed, garden. It's a job equally as important, and you all need each self-satisfied attitude, especially when much of the desperation other. in the world is being caused by that very self-satisfied, greedy & The System is putting pressure on you & threatening to close in gluttonous attitude of the leading nations of the world...

Supply and abundance cannot be the principal factor about your life-style. The world has to be able to recognize that you're not part of the big, fat, man-eating Goliath, the machinery of so-called Christendom, along with its Zionist friends & masters, that are swallowing up the poor of the world, but that you are different. But in order to reveal and show yourself as the little stoneswinging David you are, you must des-attach yourself of all that heavy-weight armor & all the ado that doesn't come in handy in effectively fighting the System tyrant. You're guerillas. And though you are equipped with sophisticated spiritual weaponry, in the eyes of the world you are and will be nobodies. So, it's time to quit trying to look threatening or impressive, it's time to start wielding those weapons that are really going to make the difference, and show the world what you're capable of: the slaying of the giant. But it's going to have to be very obviously My hand and My means that will have saved you & will have given you the victory. The real greatness I give each of you individually all depends on your personal obedience to Me, your personal connection with Me. You can't rely on some general type of blessing, anointing or protection just because you're part of My Endtime Elite. Every soldier has to prove himself worthy to be part of that Elite. How much are you each behaving as an elite soldier? My Family is still the best part of My army, and the branch I am most proud of. But many are more preoccupied with the acquisition of supplies than truly spreading the Gospel & preaching My message & freeing the captives of the System. The attitude I want you to acquire is that these things shouldn't have first place, as so simply wrapped up in Matthew 6:33. Sometimes less is more; quite often, in fact. "Clothe her lightly." Shed your weights. Rid yourself of the distractions & concentrate on the essential! No matter what anybody else might say or think about it! You all have different tasks & purposes; you're not necessarily all to function the same way or do the same thing. A heart does different things than a lung, a liver does different things than a kidney, etc. It's okay to be different. If I'm telling you to be different, then it's okay. I might tell others, "stop trying to be so different," but you need something else. Don't be scared to be different. It's okay!

As I have made clear from the beginning, nearly all of My promises are conditional. Even My promises of Salvation are conditional on people receiving it. My love is unconditional, but whether you're going to be a recipient of that love depends on your choices to receive it and say "yes" to Me. All things depend on your choices... 379 __________________________________________________ The weakness of God is stronger than the strength of man.

380 __________________________________________________ Everybody has their perfect role & part to play, & its one of the biggest tasks of the director or producers of a play, movie or TV series, to find the perfect cast. I chose each player, each actor for their perfect role, including yours. In order to make sure you play your part the best you can, live! Enjoy it. Don't take it too seriously, but don't neglect to take it serious enough, either. You don't have to have a clue about everything that's going on. You just have to play your part the best you know how. As far as you're concerned, there's only one role & one part that matters most, & that's the one I've given you to play. Concentrate & focus on it with your whole heart! Meditate on it so you will get the supernatural anointing for it, assistance from the spirit world! Don't let less than ideal "set conditions" distract you. It's rough sometimes, but everything has its price. The play is multi-dimensional, taking place on all & various levels & platforms at the same time! Although the Devil is in some ways participating in the play, he's mainly in the coaching business, since he's still operating from the spirit world. He's sort of in charge of the cast who are playing the villains' parts. But he also has his people who will try to make things not so easy for you to play your part. He tries to make his people look better than Mine & do a better job. He's trying to steal the show from Me since the beginning. We're in serious competition. At least for him it's serious, that is... And since he seems to have a larger "fan crowd" than I do at times, one could be tempted to think that he might actually stand a chance to become the "real" star of the show... Well, we'll see. Usually, once people get a look behind the scenes, & they start getting a bit more of an idea of the whole thing & find out what's 376 __________________________________________________ really good & what isn't, what's real quality performance and Some things you can only handle through prayer. Some what isn't, they usually come over to My side after all. Often the things you simply can't deal with in the flesh or solve with your time in the Enemy camp only helps them to appreciate working own carnal mind. for Me, since working for Me may have its disadvantages, but they're nothing compared to working for a dud like the Devil. 377 __________________________________________________ So, enjoy life! Enjoy acting out the part of your life, even with all A real, true & deep relationship cannot come to pass without the little, seemingly insignificant side-scenes & side roles you're total & utter trust. If you cannot trust Me totally and absolutely for having to play. everything, to the extent that you're willing to lay yourself naked It doesn't really matter if you don't seem to have huge success & into the palm of My hand, stripped of all the outer garments, free a gigantic fan crowd right now; that it doesn't seem to make from all fear, pride & pretense, it won't work. Without total trust it sense what you're doing or you're not sure whether it's going to won't work. do anyone any good ever. It doesn't matter if it seems that way, If you withhold, if you withdraw, and you keep those things back, because I'm telling you, it will. and hidden for yourself, in some dark little compartment of your Those who are willing to play those seemingly dumb little roles life, then progress and maturation and growing together is are the greatest stars Up Here. They may seem a little boring to stopped. It can't happen anymore. those action freaks, but we're preparing for some real You needed to realize something was missing, so that you can sophisticated action here, not just some cheap, "made in China" work on it & strive toward that goal of greater union, greater type of action... trust, and greater commitment again. We're working on a show that might not attract the fast-food It's good to see where you've lacked , and it's good to know in entertainment consumers, but one that will endure the tests of which direction you need to be heading: towards greater time. honesty, greater trust - all necessary ingredients of love. It's all You were wondering about your role you're having to play right part of humility. It's humbling for you to share what's going on now. Well, I just want to encourage you that I and many great deep down inside of your heart. But that's good for you. men of faith have been in the same boat. If you look at My life on It's difficult. It's not easy. It's a fight. Pride fights it, and there are earth, you should be encouraged: it wasn't anything to be going to be other factors, too, that are going to fight it and make envious of. Then there was St. Francis, & many of My apostles... it more difficult. But you just cannot give up. It's something They all were just humble slaves for My work's & Word's sake. worth fighting for! None of them died of old age as rich millionaires in their fancy villa somewhere... So, if you're tempted to think your part's too rough, cheer up, you 378 __________________________________________________ ain't seen nuthin' yet when it comes to "rough." Be glad that I'm

not letting you get you away with the easy part you might actually prefer to have. Now that would be boring! Be glad you amount to nothing and nobody in this world, & that your life is a struggle & a constant challenge, because it's the "somebodies" in this world, who wind up being the nobodies in the next, and the other way around. I see you as the rich man, and them as the paupers. You are the one who is truly blessed. Those others are just inheriting the fake blessings of the Devil. They appear and fade into nothing as soon as the show is over. They turn out to have been nothing but a fake! They lose their value and shining appearances as soon as the curtain falls: "Game over," "The End," & "welcome to the Real World," the Spirit World! They're all going to find out that they have been fools, fooled by the greatest fool of all, the great imposter. So, act out & play your part with the dignity of one who knows that he's the heir of the heritage that lasts, the poverty that will turn into everlasting riches when this game, this show of life on earth is over! Whether people are going to accept the medicine you offer them, no matter how convinced of its effectiveness you may be, still always remains another question. But you've got to sell & offer it anyway, because you believe in it, and you want to help them; you know it's good for them. That's being a "soul doctor" & a missionary or a salesman for Me! You've got to do the right thing, you've got to continue producing the good stuff, even if it seems like nobody wants it. The need is there, and sooner or later you're going to come upon your "clientele," your "crowd," your niche in the market, the people who will have been just waiting for what you've got to offer. This is what I call (having) a vision! 381 __________________________________________________ If I'll only be able to efficiently use you by strengthening & awakening your spirit, I have to do and allow things in order to get you to put less emphasis on the flesh. In order to truly develop a hunger for the riches and the nourishment of the Spirit, you have to choose to forego & fast carnal things. The things of heaven are so much more intriguing, so much more fascinating, so much more exciting and fun, and at the same time so much more wholesome & edifying than the things of the physical world. And yet, you usually turn to the physical for pleasure, because of its single advantage over the spiritual: that it's plainly visible to you. The lust of the eyes is not of the Father because it distracts you from the Spirit (1.Jn.2:16). I do want you to use your eyes, and I do want you to enjoy the truly pleasurable things, but you need to learn to see the spirit, namely the truly pleasurable in them! I want you to find your joy & fulfillment in Me. If that were so difficult or impossible or even unreasonable, why do you think I would ask this of you? It's not only possible, but it's also extremely good for you, and not only in a sense of "healthy," but I'm constantly encouraging you to seek your pleasure in the spiritual instead of the flesh because that's where the greatest satisfaction & fulfillment lies. You can really discover much greater pleasures by looking for the spiritual ingredient in things than by merely referring to the carnal for fun & relaxation. That's the difference between "youthful lusts," "the lust of the flesh & the lust of the eyes," and the kind of heavenly lust that the Law of Love promotes: the first only looks at the physical, the latter is seasoned with the invisible, the eternal, the incorruptible. Thus the former corrupts & ministers to the death & decay of the body, while the latter ministers to the spirit, to eternal life, & is thus simply a lot more wholesome & healthy & good for you, and, trust Me, it's also a lot more fun & gratifying, even if you may not be as skilled at it yet. It takes a little longer to learn the good skills, & to become really good at the lasting arts... It's also not always entirely easy to obtain opportunities to become skilled in these, it takes fight and determination. You need to know what you want & pursue it, instead of settling for the cheaper option. The cheaper option is usually the Devil's substitute for the real thing. In order to obtain the real thing you must pursue it with determination and not allow yourself to be distracted or paid off

with the cheaper substitute. The real thing requires its price. It's not the quick & easy "fast food" solution! This, by the way, also applies to your physical diet! It's so quick & easy to just prepare a quick fix snack, compared to the laborious process of preparing a full-fledged meal, but in the long run, your body will be able to tell and show the difference. So, stay away from the quick fixes. Focus on the real thing, the real, long-term goal, the spiritual! Don't starve your soul. Don't deprive your spirit of the greatest kicks it was created to enjoy by feeding it the cheap quick fix substitutes of the Enemy, his alternatives to the real thing! If it's real things you want, you're going to have to fight for them with determination! Don't settle for the cheap imitation! 382 __________________________________________________ The "more sure word of prophecy" (2.Peter 1:19) is "more sure," more certain than any words of man. They're My Words, & you can build on them, like I've built all of creation on nothing but My Words. I say it, and it comes to pass. I speak not like man. When people say something, it won't always necessary come to pass or be that way, but when I say something, you can bet on it! That's why you do well to take heed to it, "as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." My sure word of prophecy is My daily light to you that shines into the dark place of your lives in this world, a lamp unto your feet, and you can trust in it & lean on it and follow it with assurance. I will not lead you astray. If you follow My counsel & you heed to it & pay attention to My Words, you will be safe. 383 __________________________________________________ You will see in the end, there was really nothing to worry about at all. I'm in full control, although I may temporarily not let it appear that way, to test you, whether you're still going to trust & believe. If things are going too smoothly, I won't have you seeking Me as much & as desperately. So, if things dont look so rosy right now, it is only for your best. It is a form of discipline which is going to result in greater riches and blessings than physical abundance, a token of My very special love for you. 384 __________________________________________________ The good works you do or things you accomplish don't bring you closer to Me, contrary to what you might think. They make you lean less on Me, My grace and My mercy, not more. Only when you get to the point where you can truly look success & failure in the eye in the very same way, & can say, "The Lord hath given, the Lord hath taken a way, blessed be the name of the Lord, and all the glory is His..." only then can I actually trust you with great works, accomplishments & achievements. I want you to know beyond any shadow of a doubt that I'm your only hope, your only salvation, and that without Me you cannot do anything. Once that's indisputably established, then I can start working through you. I need your heart; I need you, first of all! I need your total surrender, your total submission, your total realization that it's got to be Me and all Me doing it & working it in you and through you, nothing else. No element of self whatsoever. Not even the slightest hint of the danger that you might ever talk about the things "you're" accomplishing. It's got to be totally clear that it's Me doing it! The proportion of the gifts & responsibilities you've been given (along with the gifts) don't allow any room for misunderstanding about the fact that it's Me doing it, and it's got to be obvious: "No, it's not me doing it, it's only Him! It's only Jesus!" Certain things need to be stored away first in order to have the right quality, like wines & some types of cheese. Not everything is immediately ready to be shared with the world. There is one thing that's good to share immediately, that's the good, fresh, Bread of Life, My life-giving and essential Word. You can always share those right away, the sooner and the quicker the better. But with some of these complimentary things it's better to wait a while until they're best, also because you don't want to spoil the

people. Right now, everybody's pretty much spoiled, & they've got too much of everything anyway. But if you wait a bit until those things are going to be more appreciated, you'll be happier for it, too. And in the meantime, keep learning in "humble school." Ask for correction repeatedly. Tell each other the truth, be each other's safeguards, shepherds & brother's keepers! Love wants to see the person you love rise up to their full potential. And you can help each other do that.

want you to behave accordingly. I need you to need Me even to a greater extent than you have so far. It's not enough to merely need or want Me half-heartedly. I've got to have you want & seek Me with all your hearts, nothing less will do. When I'm telling you it's no use for you to do anything except by My Spirit & Power, that doesn't mean that your part is to do nothing. But I'm expecting you then to take the initiative to pray desperately for Me to make it happen. That's the kind of action I want and need you to take. Avail yourself of My power in desperation in order for My power of supply to rush in in all its power! There is a reason for 385 __________________________________________________ everything, even if it's just to teach you to pray desperately. Remember, all it takes is 2 or 3, and if these 2 or 3 just come When you do something good, don't immediately rest on your together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. And even if laurels, but let it be only the beginning. There's lots more to go the whole world should desert you, with Me you're still in the on to from there. Don't stop already when you've hardly yet majority, because "more are they that are with us than they that begun! Stretch your faith; stretch your vision: there's more, lots are with them" in the spirit, and much more powerful, too. more! The Enemy may have the physical realm, the temporal, but I rule - If you see Me perform a miracle for you, don't limit your faith to undoubtedly - the eternal Realm, & you just need to learn to put that one, but stretch your faith & your vision & believe that I'm your "money" on the eternal Realm everyday, or in other words, going to do the next miracle, too! "Believe what I have promised; "set your affections on things above, and not on things of this see the miracle and the keys of the kingdom will perform it." earth." Faith is power that you either have or you don't, and if you don't, 386 __________________________________________________ in this business of following Me, then you're in trouble! Youve got to have faith & trust that I can deliver. Youre going to have to absorb My Words much more deeply into I am able and I am willing to solve your problems! I'm more every fiber of your being, if you want them to bring forth fruit willing to solve them than you are willing to believe it or to accept from Me. My solutions or to even ask Me for them! I need and want the real thing, a bride that really wants Me, desperate to bring forth fruit to Me. 387 __________________________________________________ Your spiritual state is what matters most to Me! If you're I don't want you to start relying on the System, because desperate about your physical shape & your finances, but sooner or later the System won't be there anymore for you to rely somewhat self-satisfied about your spiritual state, when it's far on. I don't want you to put your trust or build your existence on from where it ought to be, then something's wrong! sinking ground, that sinking ship, lest you go down with it. I want Maybe your physical and financial state are both symbolic for you to put your trust totally in Me, no matter how adverse the what your spiritual state is, in My eyes, regardless of the fact circumstances, how bad the odds may look. You think they're whether you're hearing from Me every day or not. If you're looking bad right now, but you ain't seen nuthin' yet. hearing from Me but aren't doing the things I say, then what good The greater the "impossibility," the greater the odds are against is it? If you're not really taking them to heart, but just Me, the more I enjoy the challenge. complacently think & feel, "Oh, well, I've had my daily talk from Keep soaking in My Word, keep digging out key promises! Learn the Lord again today, so, I must be doing alright, now let's do to avail yourself of that power of Mine! whatever I feel like..." Do you really think that's the end of it? Is Youre not going to remedy this situation with carnal action or that the kind of religion or faith-life you want? A daily chat with efforts of the flesh, but you're going to have to avail yourself God & then walk off & do your own thing? more of My spiritual power & create a greater vacuum for Me to You can make an idol out of anything. And if you're making an fill. idol out of My time with you, and you're just trying to keep it in If things are not going & flowing the way they ought to in your that neat little box of "Oh, yeah, God talks to me everyday, & life, then it's only because you haven't learned to avail yourself of we're really close & comfy cozy...," don't you think I'm going to My power enough yet! You can't do it in the flesh! I want to prove smash that idol? to you that I'm perfectly capable of taking care of your needs! "What matters is the things you do." Your actions are what make It seems to be difficult for you to believe that I can supply all your you what you are, not your intentions, not even your belief or needs, even without any help from the System or your carnal religion, if they never go any further than your head or your effort. But it's definitely not difficult for Me to do so. It's an easy mouth. Your faith has got to determine your actions, otherwise, thing for Me, as easy as a breeze! As easy as supplying you with what good is it; what is it worth? (James 2:17,26). every breath of air you breathe. Oxygen is at least as difficult to Dont think of yourself as rich and wanting nothing just because produce as paper, or some numbers on your bank account. you have the key in your pocket. If you're too dumb to avail I understand that this game of "numbers" is hardcore reality for yourself of that key and really dig into those riches and make the most people, but they are not the essential part; I am. I am the most out of that privilege, then all the riches of Heaven can't help Provider, the Maker, the Essence behind this whole game called you. You've got to turn the keys in order to wield their power & life, and you're severely underestimating Me if you doubt that I'm overcome! able to supply your needs. Physical loss can lead to greater spiritual gain. Look at Job! He Do you think that I would bless you more for settling for a thought he was pretty righteous & as close to Me as you can get, compromise with the System? Do you think that would make Me and yet he found out through his loss in the physical that I any happier? allowed, that his relationship with Me had only been scratching You've got to give Me top priority. It's absolutely expedient that the surface, whereas now he was getting really deep with Me and you include Me in your decision making & seek My counsel. he got to know Me in a much more profound way than ever Going ahead & doing things because you think it's the right thing before. to do or the reasonable thing is not the way to operate if you There is so much more I want to give you, pour into you and seek first My Kingdom. If you do that, you're acting as if it was share with you, and if physical loss and withdrawal is what will your kingdom, and you're seeking to build your own little get you into a position of willingness and receptivity for these kingdom, not Mine. In a way, you're seeking to usurp the glory things, then so be it. from Me, by taking things into your own hands. The worst you can do is think you've already got it all; that would If you don't acknowledge Me in all your ways, in other words, if be the exact opposite of the attitude I want you to have. I want you don't ask Me about it, if you don't check in to confirm that you to know that you've got nothing and that you need it all, and I something is My will, then how can I direct your paths?

Committing your way unto Me means to check in with Me beforehand to make sure that it's the direction I want you to take, & then you can trust Me for it, that it's going to work out alright. Dont be surprised if things go haywire if you don't check in with Me! I can't allow & tolerate you ignoring Me. You've got to hear from Me everyday about where you should go and what you should do! Ask Me about everything! No exceptions! Remember, "Not by (your) might nor by (your) power, but by My Spirit" the battle is going to be won. You've got to give your little strength to Me and yield it in cooperation to My Spirit. Only that way it's ever going to work. 388 __________________________________________________ In order to get a man out of Egypt, I've always had to stop the flow of business as usual. Moses wouldn't have left for the wilderness if he hadn't killed the Egyptian, if everything would have continued on the way it had been... I'm bringing you into a position where you are more willing to make changes that you simply wouldn't undergo voluntarily, out of your own initiative, if there was no need for them. 389 __________________________________________________ When the world rejoices and is drunk & merry, I'm having you pass through the worst of your trials & battles, to show you that you have no part in them, that you're different; you're going in their opposite direction. When they are joyful, I have caused you to mourn, and even so you will be rejoicing when they shall be mourning... He that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly... You've got to sow the seeds before you can reap the results. You've got to woo some before you can win some. The choice is yours, whether you will conquer the highlands or the lowlands before you, the mountainous territories or the plains, the woods or the wilderness, but it's expedient that you do go forward & not become sidetracked & lured by your Enemy to take a rest here & take a rest there, enjoy this little distraction here & that one over there, be busy with a little affair here and another there, while the Enemy goes before you to usurp the land that you could be rightfully conquering for Me! Be thankful that I'm not letting you continue as you have been! Be thankful for My corrections & chastisements, for showing you that something is wrong, things can't keep going the same way...

piece of the puzzle of the big picture of your life, which again is a piece of My Big Picture of everything. My pictures are living, spiritual pictures, and they always represent the truth. Movies are like foreshadows & examples of My spirit pictures. One must distinguish carefully between the false light of Satan & My true light. It's easy to be deceived by the "enlightenment" of the evil one. There will be nothing lost of the wisdom I've been trying to convey to you during this life when everything will be safe & restored in My Kingdom. But while you are still in this life you have to fight to remember! You have to fight to remember My Words, and not let their power slip through your hands by simply forgetting what I've been telling you. That's why it's so important to read My Word & remember, to remind yourself of what I'm telling you, to keep them in your heart! Often people don't remember the important things in their lives because they didn't esteem them enough. They were too busy with temporal affairs, such as making money, and their lives with all the lessons involved, just pass them by. But I want you to take the time to remember.

393 __________________________________________________ Life was meant to be enjoyed, & at the same time it was meant to be suffered. Best of all is when you can "enjoy the suffering," bear it with a grin, like Paul said, "rejoice in your infirmities." You see, retrospectively, the suffering will always seem not so bad, after all, it will always bring about the "peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby," "beauty for ashes," & joy that "cometh in the morning" after one has sowed in tears. That's why those with great faith can walk cheerfully through their sufferings; they know it will be worth it all, and that the things they suffer in this temporal world are not worthy to be compared with the glories which shall be revealed in them. Just take whatever comes as gracefully as you can, & keep the fact in mind that it is - despite all it may seem like - for your best. And that I will never leave you but am right by your side. Heaven is right by your side to help you through your sufferings. Even the "senseless" suffering that you see in the world will make sense someday. In reality, there is no such thing as senseless suffering. It all will make some sense someday. Even the suffering that evil people inflict on others serves a purpose. It's not as if I hadn't rather had some of those things not happen, 390 __________________________________________________ it's not that all these things are what I would have preferred to be, "He that saveth his life, the same shall lose it, but whoso but they are often simply necessary in order to bring about God's loseth his life for My sake, the same shall save it." There's no great Plan, the ultimate fruit, the ultimate result, there can be way around it. Trying to preserve yourself, your life, trying to none better. "establish" it or to keep it established, trying to cling to it, will The Father knows exactly what He's doing, & even if some deem just result in your losing it. The only way to gain & win is to let Him cruel, He is the ultimate Love. He can only be understood - in go. The more you let go, the more you will gain. fraction - by faith, and few even make an effort, but what's You can't wait until everything is perfect. I can use you, imperfect important is that you remember He knows what He's doing, "it is as you are. You just have to let Me. You just have to give Me a good," even if it may not seem that way to you, and then it really chance! is only one step further to thanking & praising Him for it, for the bad, even if you may not fully understand its purpose. 391 __________________________________________________ Like Job said to his wife: "Should we receive the good from His Compromise is made easily for the sake of immediate hand, but not the bad?" (Job 2:10) He was a great man of faith. success. Watch out that you don't slip into compromise, that you There's still a lot for you to learn from the likes of Job. don't neglect your mission, which can easily happen in a ministry There is a happy side to the life of faith, but also the serious side that's recognized by the world. of life. The great lesson is to take both with a grin, just the same, "A man's gifts will make room for him" & take him before kings, with thankfulness. If you can learn to be thankful for both, the but you've got to let Me carry you there! You've got to let Me do good and the bad times, then you will indeed be a man of faith. it! It's got to be My Spirit doing it, which will have come down Dont act like some kind of victim! Let a lot more praise & upon you for your obedience to My commandment to go into all cheerfulness come from your lips. the world & preach the gospel to every creature! Discover the beauty in it all, even within the suffering. In this day Keep the pioneer spirit, the missionary spirit, the "stranger in & age, when the Devil has gone to pretty much usurp all the best this world" spirit, the "gypsies of the Lord" spirit, the "we've just he could grab on this planet, you're more likely to find the Father got to keep moving" spirit! Don't allow yourself to settle down! and Me in that which he has discarded and despised, just as you Get this ministry rolling in a way so that it will bear spiritual fruit, had been discarded and despised by the System & We came & or pull up your roots & head for wherever My Spirit will carry you. made Our abode with you. I'm purging you from his imprints on you. I'm cleaning you up 392 __________________________________________________ from his smut. Every day of your life is like a picture, which in itself is a Stay close to Me! Stay clean! Stay right here in My arms & don't

go away! He constantly tells you if you don't do things, I won't love you, people won't respect you, and they're going to look down on you. But all you've got to do is what I'm telling you to do, and if I haven't told you to go anywhere, then you can just relax & stay in My arms. 394 __________________________________________________ Communication with Me is not just happening in words, it also happens with pictures and the accompanying emotions. I can grasp & assimilate all youre going through - especially when you give & communicate it to Me - I sympathize with you & send you My appropriate answer. The more you communicate to Me, the more I can help you. The more you're allowing Me to take part in your problems, the more solutions I can offer. The more you ask, the more I can help. The more you pray, the more I can make a way. Theres still so much for you to learn, and still ways to go to where I want you. I want to become even more real to you than I am, more present to you, more relevant. I want you to acknowledge Me as if I were there in flesh. But just because you can't see Me, you think you can't do that. I'll always be somewhat less "real" to you than anyone you can see. That's why I'm trying to get our communication to the visual level as well. It's like the evolution of the telephone: nowadays people can phone each other & look at each other. We can do the same thing, you've just got to learn it! I want to make things easier for you and want to teach you to see Me, to visualize Me somehow, to help you become more heavenly-minded by actually catching glimpses & visions of Heaven. Again, it's more than just visual; it encompasses all your senses! We can communicate with all our senses; that's what I'd call full communication, full & total interaction!

Pride yourself only in Me! Let Me be the only reason to glory in! Where I lead you, you'll feel My tug on your heart. Sometimes you wonder about the places, the empty & lonely places I've led you, whether it was truly I Who guided you there, or whether you've made a mistake & have been misguided. But if you have a look at the world & where it's going, you'll understand! Seek not to be anything big in this world, seek not to compromise for their gain, seek no truce with the Devil! Stay dropped out, small, tiny, nearly invisible & below the surface. The only assurance & insurance is the way of the apparent loser, of him that is willing to lose his life for My sake; the opposite of the way of the world. Shun their ways! 397 __________________________________________________ Learn to avail yourself of My power. All the counsel in the world will do you no good if you don't put it into practice. All of this will merely remain in the realm of the theoretical, if you never put any of it into practice. You need change, & change in any form is good for you, and the more courage you have for greater, radical changes, the better. You're going to have to develop more initiative & get on the ball, if you're going to find and fulfill your dream and the right vision! Don't let go of your anointing, but learn to apply it more in the realm of the physical, of day-to-day, man-to-man, real-life combat!

398 __________________________________________________ It's never too late to come to Me, to turn to Me, it's never too late for love, to receive My love... that's a universal truth! It's never too late! - Not for Me! Even if you missed all the opportunities, all the buses & all the trains, even if you've done so over & over again, I can always give you a brand new chance, a brand new beginning, a brand new ticket, a brand new life! 395 __________________________________________________ Not only do I stand for newness & everything that represents Wonder not about My choice & preference, how I go about, change & renewal & revolution, but I can also impart that whom I choose and when and why I pour out My gifts and into newness to anyone else who would like. A new life can be yours what vessels... You've got to trust Me & let Me have My way with & anyone's for the asking - no matter what situation you're in or these things, Don't get impatient. Trust Me that all good things how old, worn out & useless you may feel. I can make new out of will take time. the old - regardless of conditions & circumstances. Time is Impatience has been one of the main reasons for young people irrelevant to Me when it comes to that. to become frustrated with Me, My work, My modus operandi & No matter how late it is, it is never too late for Me! ways of going about things. I'm too slow for them. They've got to have it fast; right now; they can't wait... But you've got to learn to 399 __________________________________________________ wait on Me! (Dad:) It's good to be flexible & run with the flow of things, You need to trust that everything will come in its good time. You adaptable to the Lord's moves , to be able to stretch & grow in need to stop worrying before I've even had a chance to supply! the way He's leading. You've got to give Me time, just like I'm giving you all the time You may still feel like a bit of a loser sometimes, that somewhere you need to learn your lessons, to get to the point where I want along the way you lost it, & squandered your energies, & you you. would have hoped to accomplish more with your life, but that's Trust is one of the basic foundation stones of working together. not at all the way the Lord sees it. You can only work successfully with someone if you completely Dont give room to condemnation. Keep a positive outlook on trust. We are not of this world, and in our world, one of the basic people! Keep believing in them & show them you do! principles is trust. Sometimes we wind up surprised as to who made it in the long run, and who didn't... quite often, in fact. 396 __________________________________________________ Small is good. Small is powerful. Small is smart! Small is almost everything you want to be. The smaller you are, the better. 400 __________________________________________________ Nobody cares about the small sparrows, but they're after the big, It takes an effort to get a fire burning, or to keep it burning. fat birds. So, the longer you stay small, out of sight, out of range, You have to continue to fuel it & feed it. It's the same with your you can be like an independent little guerrilla fighter, like David, spiritual fire. You have to keep fueling it with the wood of My who was able to run around Goliath, while he could hardly move Word & the oil of My Spirit. Ask Me to help you stay "on fire" for in his heavy armor. Me! Guard that flame, & don't take it for granted. Don't allow So, don't worry if you're tiny compared to all those who are Satan to blow it out! seeking to make a name for themselves in this world! You Beware of the flood of lies he tries to use to put out your fire, wouldn't want to be "big" in their world! both, lies of the System, as well as the subtle little lies he tries to You would rather want to be a nobody who's got nothing to do implant directly in your minds. with the game that they're playing! There's too much pride involved! It's all too much in the wrong spirit - the spirit of 401 __________________________________________________ consumerism, of decadence, while the world is going to pot on The way of total faith is a lonely & rarely chosen one, & it's behalf of their masters. not everybody's thing. Of course, the more comfortable SystemSo be not dismayed if you figure you're a nobody. Don't be version does look more inviting, and people would ask, "Why are envious of evildoers & fret not thyself because of workers of you not using it?" iniquity! But it's a little bit as with television. It's available, it's there, & it's

one of the master pieces of human technological progress, an unbeaten source of information and news, as well as entertainment, and some people would ask, "Why in the world are you not using it?" But in spite of it being available, & in spite of the "common sense" it might be to avail yourself of it, I have given you the faith not to rely on System help. It's really the faith of "there is no spoon," - total disregard for the status quo & physical circumstances. Continue on this path of totally living by faith. Just stay in tune & in touch with Me every step of the way.

407 __________________________________________________ You cannot go by past experiences when I want to do a miracle. A miracle is something apart from the norm. So, of course you can't say, "Well, normally, this doesn't happen, so I don't know if I have the faith for it." Of course, it doesn't happen normally, otherwise it wouldn't be a miracle, nothing special to note or look at. Except that for you, My beloved brides, I would like that miracles become more of the rule, rather than the exception. Everything is already a miracle: every breath you take is a wonder of My creation, a total gift of My love, grace & benevolence to you. Every meal you eat is a token of My love & 402 __________________________________________________ supply to you, and if you just learn to see everything as a miracle The humble, meek & lowly way is the best way, as far as I'm in the first place (instead of taking it all so dreadfully for granted), concerned. The other options of potential compromise with the then you'll also have more faith for other miracles. System are always more dangerous. I prefer for you to be nobody Just because something has been going & working a certain way in this world over being somebody. for a certain amount of time should not mean that everybody The problem is that you would like to be a successful ought to take it for granted, yet that's exactly what's happening. "somebody", instead of a lowly "nobody." People are totally oblivious to the fact that there are people But your destiny is to leave these things in My hand. Its most of starving on this planet right now, because for some reason(s), all My anointing for the need of the hour that makes people great. the same miracles I'm doing in order to keep you alive aren't And the need of the hour is not for another star. happening for them. The main reason being that I would have My preferred way is the unconventional way. It's true that I anoint wanted those of the wealthier nations to "be the miracle" for some to be outstanding lights & tools in My hands to carry My them and supply them with their surplus. But this just message to the world in recognized ways. demonstrates their terrible failure to live according to My ways & But the makers of the business aren't interested in a convicting instead they hoard & store, even destroy their riches rather than Christian message, least of all an anti-System & anti-American sharing them with the poorer nations. message. Some people have been made so paranoid by the Devil that there Don't seek success in the world, not for whatever seemingly isn't going to be enough room, space, food & water for everyone noble reason. on this planet, that they don't even grant the masses of poorer You say, "But they would listen then." But then what? Do you people in "underdeveloped" countries the bare right & means to think they'd go beyond that? To pray more, witness more? survival. And so, instead of sharing their surplus goods with Your sample of living is more important to Me than your them, they rather destroy them, burn them up, and prefer to keep message, and to them also. It's a greater testimony. There are watching the poor starve. Just to make sure the world won't many who preach similar messages you preach, but how many become "overpopulated." That's the end of the road of disbelief, people really live what they preach? How many of them are "for & the epitome and consequence of lack of faith. real?" Selfishness comes from a lack of faith. If you have faith, you That's the difference! have the assurance that somehow, in spite of all the Devil tries to It's got to be clear that you're not seeking to establish or enhance tell you, there will always be enough, I will supply for you, care your reputation or career, but that your only incentive is to have for you, and so you don't have to be scared of giving away & the world see that there IS an alternative, a different way of living, sharing what you've got. You somehow know that I will take care and it's being practiced by a few thousand folks around the of both, you and them, no matter how many. Even through the world, and by the grace of God, you're one of them. "lean years." I allow the lean years to draw people back to Me, to cause 403 __________________________________________________ sinners to repent & make things right, as I caused the sons of By letting your guard down & thus allowing bad spirits to Israel to return to their brother Joseph in humility and enter your midst, be it through disobedience to something I told repentance. you, or through cussing, or any other bad habit or attitude, Remember that the greatest need & hunger is for the spiritual you're weakening the spiritual defense of your whole Home, riches, and being wise - like Joseph - is storing up a lot of letting down the walls of spiritual defense, lowering the standard spiritual wealth to share with the world during its leanest years it & giving the Enemy an excuse to enter in. will have ever seen. The greatest famine I want you to prepare for You bear responsibility for the spiritual standard, and if you is the spiritual famine. lower it & let it down, you're letting them down & allowing them Not all things are as they seem. If you go & dig beneath the to become prey to the Enemy as well. It's as if you're deserting surface of what it seems like, you'll discover a different picture. them, giving in to the Enemy & letting them fend for themselves. Of course there are those who are self-satisfied & think they are It's a matter of having all things in common, as opposed to the rich, wanting nothing. But there are also many, who below that System's idea of privacy. surface are in reality confused & don't have a clue, & wonder what this life is supposed to be all about. And you can tell them. 404 __________________________________________________ You have found out, haven't you? Borrowing money isn't the solution... Tell them about the meaning of life! Making more debts is really not the way to make headway in your financial situation. Debts usually take longer to pay back than 408 __________________________________________________ one thinks. Isn't life so much more enjoyable living it for others, having a vision to literally share your life & give it to others? Giving your 405 __________________________________________________ life away is what it's all about... just pouring it out... What can I do for you today? What would you have Us, your Most of your worries really don't ever happen. It's just empty legion of heavenly helpers, co-fighters & companions, do for bluffs of the Devil, only as real as you allow them to become in you? your mind. 406 __________________________________________________ Sometimes it takes simply getting to the point of recognizing what you lack so that you can find the right "lid" to your problem. 409 __________________________________________________ The reason I've been keeping you weak physically is for you to get accustomed to leaning on Me & operating in My Spirit. I've made you incapable of doing anything on your own so that you

would learn to do things by My power. Watch out that you don't lose the connection! Guard it carefully, & don't fall back into the flesh-routine. Only I can guarantee your operating in the Spirit & thus doing fruitful things that last, and that will cause you to really make progress. 410 __________________________________________________ "Are you being activated?" is a good question to ask people you meet when witnessing, that's what you must look out for. "What are the things I'm telling you, doing to you? Are they evoking a responsive chord in your heart to reverberate, or are you rejecting what I'm saying, does it rub you the wrong way?" All you've actually got to do in witnessing is look for the ones I've already prepared for you & activate them with My Words. They're like codes that will awaken My sleepers. Like that alien tune in "Close Encounters." So, watch for people's reaction to you! The good ones have been choosing good & eschewing evil for so long, they'll know when the good comes around. They've almost grown allergic to the wrong tunes, the wrong sounds, the wrong words, and the superficial stuff that hardly even scratches the surface. They want to dig down deep, that's why it's also so important that you're real, that every song you sing is being sung in the Spirit, that you really mean every word that you say, that it really comes from My heart; that you only speak when spoken through, because you're allowing Me to speak through you! The wrong words will just turn them off! You've got to listen for the power! When you hear something, check it out for My power, and if it's got My power then you can keep it, assimilate it and use it. But if it just tickles your ears but fails to go any deeper, then let it go. When you go out to "sound" for them, make sure you're sounding the right tunes, the right signals. Don't just give off superficial sounds without any meaning or depth! Listen to My Spirit yourself first, before you set out to pass anything on from Me! Listen more deeply to the Spirit. The Spirit has got new things to say today, the wind bloweth where it listeth, and it pays to find out where, and which tune She's singing today. Maybe we've been getting away with singing yesterday's tune today, but you won't be able to get away with it tomorrow. We're heading into the future, and I'm giving you constant upgrades. There are many who are not reaping the right responses because they've either been playing the wrong tunes or they've been playing the right tunes to the wrong people... You've got to have hope that My sheep out there will hear My voice, and they will respond, they will follow; I have promised it. They're going to hear My voice because they will recognize it from all those times I have whispered into their hearts. Just like you heard it and recognized it! Sometimes you can already see it on their faces that they're My sheep. You just know it. And everything they say, every word that pops out of their mouths seems to only confirm it. "He that receiveth you receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me." Go & look out for those Godreceivers, receptacles for God. "Are you a holy hole for God?" That's what's got to be your unspoken question when you look into people's eyes. Look for those YESes, look for those who will react positively. Just find them. They are there.

You have greater obligations in life than just being nice. The word "nice" is nowhere to be found in the Bible. On the other hand, it's right that you don't want to act out of spite. You have to fight for your freedom meekly. The way Moses did. He knew he was in the minority, & that he could have easily been wiped out by Pharaoh, so he had to make sure that it was indeed I fighting for him. There was no way on earth he could have won that battle by himself, in his own strength, power or wisdom. It had to be Me. And now you can also stand back & see Me fight for you. 412 __________________________________________________ Counsel & guidance from Me would be available to anybody who would avail themselves of My gifts. But they're just a lot more receptive to the Devil's gifts; either his material "blessings" or the "gifts" he gives to his children in witchcraft to help them further their own ends. My gifts are for the purpose of helping others, that's the difference, & not many are all too interested, since most "seek their own" (Phil.2:21). Then there are those who do like to help others, but only see the physical need. Naturally, I bless those people for their willingness to help the poor & needy, but the fact remains that they, along with the vast majority of people, fail to see that by far the greatest need (and nearly all physical want & need is in fact only a result of that need) is the spiritual need, lack & vacuum: people's failure to fathom, seek, grasp Me and to communicate with Me, the potential Solver of all their problems. The word "solution" indicates that problems are solved by allowing particles to dissolve into one whole: people have to give up their own interests & yield to the benefit of the greater picture, the universal well-being of all mankind, and the greatest way to achieve that is by recognizing that man is a spirit & thus needs spirit to fill his greatest needs, and by turning to the Father of spirits and all flesh to help you to do so. Thank you for being willing to let Me employ your help, your manpower for this greatest of all tasks: feeding the greatest need of mankind there is. So few are even able to recognize it and those who do seldom ever get around to doing anything about it that would even begin to make a difference. So, it's a monumental job, and you have a monumental foe to make it as difficult as possible for you to do that job, but that's where I come in, and your faith in My superiority, to prove to the world that nothing the Devil and all his followership can do is able to stop even one of My followers if I'm on his side & right behind him. His only chance is dissuading you with his bluffs & distortions of the true picture, getting you to believe his lies & starting to see things his way. But I'm teaching you to see things My way, & I'm not going to let go. See, that's why I've got so much to say: there IS so much to say that mankind is totally unaware of. Not because I wouldn't have been willing to tell them, but mostly because there were so few willing to listen. There's the time factor, too: Now is the right time for this, and I have simply chosen you, My Endtime prophets of the Family, to be the greatest mediators between God & man there have ever been, in this time of the greatest need ever, which is going to turn into the darkest hour of man's history.

413 __________________________________________________ A lot of people are allowing the Devil to steal away from them many an opportunity for them to see & glorify Me in things that they are afraid of & think are evil, and many an opportunity to use 411 __________________________________________________ these things as a witness. Some people's concept & discernment I have put before you another test to see how much you will of what is good & what is evil is slightly distorted. apply My help & My wisdom. in My eyes, the reluctance of wealthy Christians to share their You also have to know: what is your goal? What would be the wealth with the poorer nations of the world, & to really make a outcome you'd be striving for? difference, is more evil than what some of them point their finger The question: is this My perfect will for you? at & shout about. They who know their Father's will and did it not I think it's fairly clear that I'm prone toward your break with the will be beaten with more stripes than those who knew it not. System; that I want you to be free. Others have fought for their Christianity only makes sense if you put Me in the middle of it as freedom for less noble causes and got it. How much do you want the sum of all hope for any positive outcome of the whole thing. yours? Christians are generally lacking to make the difference they

could & should, which is sad, and a lot of it is due to compromise with the world. My Spirit which will lead you in the right path of knowing when it is too much to one side or too much to the other, where the golden middle is, of not being tempted by things of the world, & yet not condemning them altogether. "Happy is that man that condemneth not himself in the thing that he alloweth" (Rom.14:22) Just because someone isn't a Christian doesn't necessarily mean they're further away from the truth than some Christians. Just because someone isn't a Christian doesn't mean one cannot be a fighter for truth and for a just and righteous cause, against the evil in this world, much of which is perpetrated by those who claim to know Me. But if they would read and believe My Word & take it to heart, they would know that just claiming to know Me doesn't do the trick, but the way they treat each of the least of My brethren determines how much of a Christian they really are. Isn't it often so, that I can use you best in spite of yourself, in situations that you wouldn't have thought I was going to be able to use them for My glory, & yet I did in a much greater way than you could have ever imagined? It's gotta be Me, and it's gotta be clear to you that it's Me! Don't worry about accomplishment & achievement. What's more important, is - as I told My disciples - that your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes & Pharisees, that your sample is a better one than that of phony & hypocritical church Christians, that your faith is something more real & living than false & dead religion! If the only way I can purge that falseness, that tendency to compromise out of you, is by making you a nothing & a nobody, and unheard-of, than so be it. Better you're unheard of, if all you otherwise would make known & heard is just another piece of hypocrisy & compromise, any form of tainted Christianity, of which the world already knows too much. It's more important that those closest to you will be able to say, when it's all over: "yeah, he wasn't perfect; he had a bunch of faults; but he sincerely tried his best." Not like with so many "great" men who portray their facade to the world, while some people could say about them, "Yeah, if they knew about him what I know." Nobody's perfect, but it's important to be honest - "true to thine own self" as the saying goes, & real. Don't put up a higher standard for others than you apply to yourself, & don't be selfrighteous. Just be you, & enjoy it. There's nothing wrong with it. Enjoy it & help others to do the same. The serious side of life is important, too, but "a just weight" - a proper balance - is My delight. The more you enjoy yourself, the more people will be able to enjoy your company, the more enjoyable you'll be, and thus you'll help them enjoy themselves, and their own lives more, too, as long as you "enjoy yourself" in My Spirit & in the way I am teaching & leading you.

just as all of you shall be at My right hand when I shall come to rule the world. I cannot use those to rule the world of the future who have already settled for a position of ruler-ship in this world, who have in their spiritual short-sightedness put their money, their faith on this temporary world, & have built their house on sand. I need wise men & women to rule My world of the future, who will have learned to let Me rule their lives & to make Me the most important factor in it, instead of worldly success. What comes out when My children seek to compromise for gain is a hypocrisy & spiritual stench that drives many away from Me and distorts the picture of what I'm all about. Anybody who does not participate in their game will be blessed & accepted by Me, even though they may look like losers in the world. You can become more than conquerors, by not only not-being-part-of-thegame, but also winning others to My Cause! Win other freedom fighters for My cause, or at least work on My side & do what you can to help My cause. The greatest peace one can bring to people is My peace, peace with Me, by bringing them to Me. In order to find true and lasting peace, they need to find and accept Me, the Prince of Peace. 416 __________________________________________________ If you keep in mind that it's a straight & narrow road, & that you've got to "keep it in the middle of the road," in order to keep true & faithful to the path of life, the little dog trail of My Spirit, then you'll be more aware of the danger of veering from it. If you realize that straying from the center, & drifting to the fringes means less life, less Spirit, less joy & the other fruits of the Spirit, maybe it will help you make a more serious effort to stay in the center of My will and in the eye of the storm, the calm place within My palm, where you can find peace, & where it's My Spirit that overwhelms you, not the sensations & drifts of the world. It's a little bit like walking a rope; keeping the right balance, which is achieved by leaning toward Me. You can't go by what they want, but you must go by what I want. Some tend to compromise for the ones they love, just in order to make it easy on them, please them, and to avoid the confrontation of perhaps having to deal with their getting "bored," the apparently greatest of all evils that can befall young people nowadays. In reality they're bored because they aren't ready or willing to face the greatest of all adventures there is, which is a life lived for Me instead of for selfish pleasures & amusements.

417 __________________________________________________ Not everybody's the same. Most kids aren't naturally interested in the Bible; their interest has to be fanned. It's the old scheme of getting a fire started, and to keep it burning. Some people are just better "fire wood" than others: if there's still too much of their own interests in there, the things that they want, the things of the world, etc., then they're usually too "wet" to get a good fire going... 414 __________________________________________________ You just have to wait a while, until all that worldly spunk has Everything is made pure by thanksgiving & receiving it dried up, you don't just toss the log away... as from My hand. So, thank Me, even if the Devil brought it, and They might never get to the point, unless circumstances in the bathe it in prayer, do it for My glory, and I will accept it. There are world change drastically to where they just have to see that what many things you can use if you learn how to use them the right you were saying all along is really true. In the meantime, show way. Just like there are many things in the physical that had to be them what you can see. Show them the signs that show which found out first, how, like cocoa or coffee beans... Then there are way the world is going & that confirm to you the things that you things which are not good to use for My children, such as the believe are going to happen. intoxicating plants from which drugs are being made. They were As much as you'd like to have this world be over with, so that I also created for a purpose, but not for yours... could whisk you away to a better place where you would enjoy Another factor is the quantity in which you use or apply certain life a lot more, this life is really very valuable, and I'm not going things, since moderation is what counts with some of these to rescue you prematurely. There is yet so much to be learned for things, & overdoing it is what will tip the scale to where it's no everyone involved, and there are still so many who need to be longer good for you. saved. I'd be a bad parent, listening to your whims & giving in to them, 415 __________________________________________________ instead of letting you experience what you really need. What you It's more than okay to be little in this world, to be despised, need is a change of attitude, not a change of circumstances. to be a nobody, to be a "failure" in this world. Nearly all My Once your own heart, attitude & view is changed, you're going to greatest successes were failures in this world by their standards, be a lot more effective in helping to change other hearts, and yet I have raised some of them to be the right hands of kings, attitudes & points of view.

I'm influencing you to see things My way so that you can inspire & help others to see things My way, too. So far you have allowed the world's influence on you to be stronger in your lives than Mine. People are more open & receptive to the Devil's input than Mine, because they find the darkness more attractive than the light for some reason. Most people just don't want to be cleansed of their sins, but they want to keep them hidden in the darkness. They want to go on being selfish. They don't want to be told that what they do - or don't do (James 4:17)! - is sin, and that they should stop it. 418 _________________________________________________ People sometimes tend to see themselves as victims, wondering, "Why me?" They would like Me to be easier on them, & tend to ask, "Why hast Thou made me thus?" Or, "Why are You allowing this & that to happen to me? Why me, when I've already experienced so many hardships?" You can see parallels there to the life of Job That's why it's good to share Scriptures about suffering with them, how important & valuable your sufferings are in My sight... 419 __________________________________________________ Thank you for creating a vacuum, a place for Me to fill, for letting Me know that you need Me. All is forgiven and forgotten when you come to Me again to be cleansed. The sins of the past are no more, and thus it is every time you come to Me. I, the living Word, will cleanse you, and you are able to apply to yourself what I've told My disciples, "Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you" (John 15:3). It takes a little time, just like taking a bath takes time, and it takes a little effort, scrubbing the dirt off here & there, but it feels so good, doesn't it? Sometimes children have a hard time taking baths, and some don't like water, but as you grow older, you learn to appreciate them. The spiritual stench has to go that comes from living in this world, accumulating dirt, decaying cells & dried sweat, the results of the curse & the fall, and you can partake of Me, My cleansing, My grace & mercy, My all-encompassing forgiveness & love & feel free & clean again.

you can see a lot of things more the way that I see them than most other people do. But it does not mean that you're exclusively blessed in all aspects, and that I won't bless any others. I'm conveying some of My most life-altering truths to you through people from other churches & denominations, and if that applies to books, why couldn't it also apply to songs? Most of what the churches have to offer is stale, shallow & brittle, but there are also exceptions, and - just as among the Pharisees of My time - those who are not "far from the Kingdom" (Mark 12:34). Be not envious of their success, just use it & enjoy it. One of the reasons I have given them those songs is for your inspiration & enjoyment. Also to show you that you don't always have to carefully hide the message in a song in symbols & parables, but if there are others who openly call Me by name in a non-preachy way in their songs, then you ought to be able to do so as well. You don't have to feel bad about being busy. You just have to include Me in your business. Don't lock or leave Me out. Just take Me with you in whatever you do. Consult Me, acknowledge Me, check in with Me.

421 __________________________________________________ The Enemy tries to dissuade you from helping Me through doubt, the refusal to believe that things are really the way I say they are, that the situation is urgent, and I do need you to do all you can to bring in the harvest before the storm. Back in the days when children were still helping their parents in the fields in order to ensure the entire family's survival, long before "child abuse" and "child labor" were ever an issue, it wouldn't have occurred to children that their parents might not need their help! Of course, they needed their help; there was no question and no doubt about it! It just shows how things have been turned upside down, & how different, how contrary people's mindsets have become to the natural way I ordained for things to be. Back then, juvenile suicides were virtually unheard of, because there was never a question in their minds whether they were being needed, wanted or whether there was a purpose for their lives. Nowadays they think they're "enlightened" and have "progressed" & "evolved" away from those primitive days in which children were an essential part of their family. 420 __________________________________________________ Just as you would find it wonderful if your child would come to Sometimes you have to look beyond the fact that those you & ask, "Is there anything I can do to help you today?" & just church Christians aren't like you, just as you have to look past as much as you would love it if she would develop a more helpful the differences between you and worldly stars whose song you attitude, so, I would be thrilled if I could get you to develop an sing, and just embrace & look at the message. I have to use them attitude that would cause you to look for opportunities, ways & as tools, too, because I don't have enough of My prophets who possibilities in which you could be of help in order to further My are being heard by the world. cause. I have to find tools & vessels among others, to the extent that Just as much as you have to be on the ball with her in order to they're willing to let Me use them. make sure that she does her share & learns to be a happy helper, "All You Need Is Love" was the simple, but powerful message so I have to be on the ball with you. that (John Lennon) was destined to convey to the world. It's easy, just plain normal, carnal sinful human nature, to be just Regardless of whether the Devil was going to get the credit for it drifting off into a lazy life-style. It doesn't come natural to most to or not, it was My message to the world. The Devil doesn't even be helpful, so that's something you've got to strive for & make a believe it himself; he just uses it to fool some people he thinks conscious effort to work toward. are naive enough to believe it, but you know that I am Love and It's a matter of not always being so concerned about the things I all that you need. do for you, but developing an unselfish mindset of seeking what You can even sanctify the mundane things of life, if you include you could do for Me each day; to ask Me every morning, "What Me in them, let Me take part in them & pour out My counsel to can I do for you?" you about them, bathe them in My light & in My Spirit; let Me Relationship is mutual give & take; you're just grateful for each impart to you My view on them. Like this you can sanctify other. It is like that with Me & you, too. anything, & you don't have to be afraid of this & that & the other I'm happy that you've stopped murmuring & constantly being on that the Devil uses, because you can sanctify it, cleanse it & use the lookout for "something better," finally realizing there ISN'T it for My glory. There is nothing I will withhold from you, if you anything better; there couldn't be! As far as the real world is uphold it in My light for Me to cleanse & purify it for you. concerned, not the plastic, make-belief Hollywood type of world Part of humility is humbly accepting that I have blessed others - the Devil is trying to brainwash everybody with into believing that though seemingly less deserving - with My gifts as well, even it exists, just to make them miserable with real life, this is as though they may not have to pay the same price for them, of good as it can get. You've just had to realize it. being despised by the world. Being despised by the world for My Learning to love unselfishly is the best thing this life has to offer, sake will earn you an eternal reward that I cannot grant you yet in there IS nothing greater! There is nothing that will ever make you this life. anywhere near as happy, nothing as satisfying, nothing as Some of the immediate rewards you get in this life are the joy & thrilling, nothing as right on the very button of what life is all satisfaction of knowing you have found My perfect will, & that about!

422 __________________________________________________ It took Moses 40 years in the wilderness to learn not to care about his own concerns anymore, to get to the point where he couldn't care less about his own life anymore, whether he lived or died, where all his former & youthful ambitions were forgotten, and only one thing counted: the will of his Creator. That's when he was ready to hear My voice & see My Holy Fire & experience My presence, and to carry out his job for Me. I'm trying to get you to learn these things a lot faster. I'm already communicating with you about these things that there never was the time & never were the means to communicate about with Moses, certainly not in such great detail. Time is short, as far as those are concerned who ought to have been reached yesterday, as far as those are concerned who are ripe & ready for the message today. There is always a certain amount of time pressure involved in the task of getting in the harvest - ask any farmer - and the timing is crucial with some things. It takes a lot of work & action to respond to the opportunity. My spiritual matters need to have that urgency for you, they need to become as pressing & important to you as your own physical needs. Learn to see those needs, recognize those opportunities & then obey instantly & go to work on them! 423 __________________________________________________ My will is not heard in the strong wind, nor in the fire, nor in an earthquake, but only in that still small voice in your heart. I use My gift of communicating with you to draw you each closer to My heart, so that I can really take hold of the first place in each of your hearts. I am the Sculptor, and all you can really "give Me a hand in" is to expose the side of you I need to work on any given day or moment readily. When I say, "I'm going to have to chip away a little bit of this area right now, over on this side," then you can give Me some co-operation by readily agreeing & saying "Yes, Sir! That side? Here it is! All Yours!" You've got to be ready & receptive to receive My instructions of what I want to emphasize on teaching you every day, every moment, every hour. Sometimes I've got to work on your ability to work together as a team in unity. Other times, I need to draw you each closer to Me again, and to My heart, almost in seclusion. Then maybe I want you to reach out to others, and you've got to be in tune with Me to find out exactly where I want you to go & who I want you to minister to. Right now, you're still learning. I'm preparing you to be a fullfledged pro in this modus operandi, where I'll be able to easily direct you in any given direction. You can see now that with Me nothing is impossible, that I can get you ready for anything by My grace. Just having Me talk to you is assurance enough that you need in order to know that I can guide you safely through any darkness, any tough storm and safely into the harbor of your destination. Blessed are they who continue to follow Me regardless of whether they understand or can see the point of what I'm doing or not; regardless of whether they can clearly see the future ahead or not... So, just keep following Me through any fog, through any storm, through fire & water, through flood & through snow It's forsaking all, all over again, & letting go. Letting go of all your ambitions, selfish desires & motivations... anything that would stop or hinder you from giving & surrendering all to Me. 424 __________________________________________________ You need to find out where your desire to have some "extra money" comes from: is it perhaps to protect yourself from being dependent on My mercy & supply alone? If I'm trying to teach you to trust in Me, then I'm going to have to execute My program on all different levels where this problem is apparent. I have to weed out any lack of trust in Me that you might have, just as much as any leftover desire to have your own flesh save you.

425 __________________________________________________ In the world, but not of the world, that's what I need you to be. It's hard to fight against all those worldly influences. Getting Egypt out of Moses was precisely what took so long: the worldly attitudes toward things, & their viewpoints... If things would continue as they are, there wouldn't probably be much hope for the Family to stay as revolutionary & dropped out as they have been. Even Dad said that the reason he believed the Family wasn't going to suffer the same fate as other movements that fell asleep was that he didn't think there was enough time left for it to happen. Now, the Endtime events didn't happen as early as he would have expected, and the radical spirit & fire of the Family has suffered a blow from the attitude of "all things will continue as they were," and, of course, this is precisely the same attitude of churchy Christians who are building their lives on the shifting sands of this world. With some people it's the security of the System, with others it's the appeal of the System, its images, its apparent "niceness;" with others it's the ties of the flesh that they cling to, that they can't let go of, that they allow to come between them and the point of total surrender to Me, a total break with the flesh & the System, the reception of the truth & nothing but the whole truth, ultimately resulting in total freedom (Jn.8:32). It's a brave step, of really, having "nothing left to lose:" you don't cling to your "nice" images of the System anymore, nor it's "security." 426 __________________________________________________ Sometimes you just have to wait until all the factors are in place & the timing is right. Usually an answer is more appreciated when it doesn't come right away. It gets people a bit more desperate & makes them appreciate the answer all the more when it comes, & makes them more thankful for it. Waiting on Me is probably one of My biggest lessons for you. You've had to wait for My supply almost until the last minute, in order for you to see that it's a test: I'm testing you to see whether you're going to freak out or make some move in the flesh to save yourself prematurely... I don't like to rescue folks prematurely. Parents sometimes make the mistake of giving their kids something that they like or want too quickly, but it often spoils them & the amount of appreciation & gratitude they could have developed otherwise... You still tend to do that, even with grownups. You've got something, and you want to share it right away. But I like to wait & see whether they will really appreciate it. Then there's the factor of rushing ahead in the flesh & not waiting for Me, which amounts to screwing up big time, as Saul did when he didn't wait for Samuel. These are all lessons related to waiting on Me. Also, the aspect of waiting on Me in the sense of serving Me, looking for opportunities to do things for Me & others, to ask Me, "what can I do for You?" is another aspect of waiting on Me. Then there's the age aspect. You're learning that I have quite a different perspective on life & all that goes with it: what I consider young or old, compared to the way people look at these issues. When people think their lives are practically over, that's when I like to begin to really use some of them. Often those who are young & strong in the flesh are really old bottles in the spirit, because they're hung up in the old, carnal & worldly ways of looking at things. They fall for the obvious: they think that strong really equals strong, & young equals young, worldly wisdom & knowledge equal gain... The old principle of accumulation or acquisition, that one has to gain & acquire more in order to grow & add to their stature. But the rules of the Spirit are often the opposite: with Me, what is weak is strong, and I'm teaching that gain and self-preservation are often loss of greater things, when compared to the true, eternal gains & rewards of forsaking all, laying down your life for your friends, & losing your life, instead of trying to save it. Moses was useless to Me when he was strong & powerful & respected, but I was able to greatly use him when he thought of himself as nothing. And the same applied to a row of others: Sarah, bearing the promised fruit of her life in old age & way beyond the state of expectancy; Saul, being highly exalted when

he was lowly in his own sight, etc. Waiting on Me basically means to go contrary to the flow of the world: they all run in one direction, trying to gain, gain, gain, while you're slowly, but steadily going the opposite way: you give of yourself. Thus apparently losing, but truly gaining in invisible but eternal riches & strength & wisdom as you learn to trust not in your own strength, nor that which you hear & feel & see, but in Me. I want to teach you to wait on Me and wait for Me about everything. Don't go ahead with anything until you get My okay for it, at least whenever and as long as you have any choice in the matter. Even when something seems obviously good or even the way I've been leading you previously. Wait for My okay. I want everything done in decency & in order, having things established & confirmed by the mouths of two or three witnesses, etc. The days are over when you were able to make decisions based on something obviously seeming the right thing to do. We've got to get away from going by what things "seem" like. Always remember the verse, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man..." The only way to find out whether things really are the way they seem, or which way they really are, is to ask Me. Ask Me about it before you do anything. I'm trying to make you see how important it is that you thoroughly check things through with Me. 427 __________________________________________________ When you don't feel capable, then I am usually capable of doing it through you. Hasn't it always been like this, that I didn't choose those who wanted or craved a certain position, but those who didn't want it, didn't feel like they could do it? "Man's extremity is God's opportunity." I love to blow your minds with things you previously thought impossible. There were many who said, "But I'm too young," "I'm of poor speech," "Why me?" etc., but I was able to use them all, to their own dumbfounded-ness & surprise, and, in the end, quite successfully. It's usually those who think "Of course I can do it" who turn out to be the failures... 428 __________________________________________________ Sometimes you've got to be reminded why you're fighting, and against what; why this world needs to be delivered & changed. If everything were alright the way it is, then what need would there be for Me to come & "spoil" things for them? I've got to purge My ranks from blindness, and I can only do so by making you see just where the System is at; why I hate it. You can only desire the beautiful truth of My Kingdom by seeing & being confronted with the ugly reality of the System. You've got to learn to yearn for & desire the way things ought to be by finding out where it's not at, so that you can whole-heartedly pray, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven!" In other words, "free us from the ways of the world, deliver us from the awful state this world is in & bring on Your heavenly way, the way things are in Your heavenly Kingdom! Make it happen that way down here, too, not the ugly, senseless, monotonous, unjust, life- and love-less way this place is being run and administrated right now! Come and finally rule the world the way it should be done!" But if My own children aren't even praying or longing for this; as long as even they are satisfied with this world and the way things are in it, what need is there for Me to return? The greatest weapon the Devil ever used against My people was the spirit of complacency. A truly revolutionary spirit will never be satisfied with this world, it will always rebel against it; but there are too few of them, and even they are often being persuaded to temporary truces with the Enemy & his System. They're becoming tired & weary of war. And that's usually when the Enemy will also drop his friendly mask & launch his all-out, open attack: "They're weak & tired now, & just about asleep! Now let's attack'em!" That's why I've cautioned you in My Word to watch & pray, to be

sober & vigilant. The Enemy, as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour, and he's closing in right now. Cowardly as he is, he won't attack you while you're fully alert and on guard. Only when he can get you to settle for a compromise, some limbo of peaceful coexistence with him, and he can get you off guard, "Oh, the System and the world aren't really all that bad," then he has a chance. And that's when I will allow him, too, to show you that you have been deceived. It may not have looked so bad on the surface, but only because you failed to look deeper. Look beneath the surface: it's rotten and stinking within, full of dead men's bones, and settling for compromise with it will mean danger of becoming infested with the same disease that killed them: the sleepiness disease of satisfaction & contentment with a peaceful coexistence with the Enemy of your souls. But I can't let that happen to you, My loves, as much as the Enemy would love it! I've got to keep you awake, even if I have to let you fight with hands & fists for your bare survival. I need you to come running to Me, away from the Whore! Get out of her & don't be infested by her ways! Declare war on her, be her doom & destruction! Her grip of trying to imprison you & chain you to her perpetually is the result of your truce with her. She's saying, "You've had your fun with me, boy, now come on & pay me!" She wants her dues, & is threatening to fall on you & rend you in pieces if you don't pay. It'll probably do you some good to be confronted with the wolves' teeth & foul breath for a while to remind you of why I'm at war with the System, & you can think about if you really want peace with them & be their slave, or whether you're ready to declare allout war against them & make sure & fully known whose side you're on! 429 __________________________________________________ Sometimes you have problems downloading a file, and you've just got to try again. It all depends on how badly you want it. If you really want it, you won't give up so easily. So, how badly do you want today's latest update? 430 __________________________________________________ "The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls. And when he has found one pearl of a great price, he went and sold all that he had and he bought it." Life is meaningless for Me without My bride, and it is meaningless for My bride without Me. Our love is like a "tractor beam" that transcends everything: time and space, and connects us through and in spite of anything, any circumstances or rules of the physical world. The Devil is like the impresario who seeks to keep My bride under his contract, in his service, in favor of her worldly "career," but all that doesn't matter to My bride once she has tasted of My love. All that has become worthless to her, and all she will do is wait for Me to come back to her. Thus is the love between Me and My bride; the greatest passion there is or ever has been. You must believe that the time of waiting is worth it all, you must not despair, nor doubt whether this isn't all a great, big, mistake perhaps, but believe that it's meant to be. The Comforter is there to comfort you through this time of separation, loneliness and suffering through this world, and She'll enable you to call & beckon yet others of My lost brides to come unto Me. And through My Holy Spirit, I am with you, right within you, both reminding you of the fact that this world is never going to be your home, never the place where you belong, but also filling you with joyous anticipation of the glorious Kingdom to come, where all things will be perfect, where we will be truly united, and all My brides shall be as one, as well. No more disunity, nor more separation, but perfect one-ness, total unity, total love. You must not doubt, but continue to believe that the glories that shall be revealed in you are not worthy to be compared to the sufferings of this present time. It will all be more than worth it; trust Me. My love that can make all odds against which you have to struggle disappear.

You've got to focus on the invisible force which can make the right physical circumstances happen for you, or at least fill you with the power to make it through the adverse circumstances. You must not focus on the lack, not on the way things are - quite obviously not the way they should be - but on Me, in the hopes and the faith that I can change things and make them come to pass in such a way that you long for and you know deep inside they should be. There's no use in blaming other parties for things not being the way they should, for if all things are possible to him that believeth, it's only your own fault if things aren't the way they should in your life, because you have simply not allowed yourself to be as close to Me as you could. The only One Who can make love happen from nearly anything, even as I formed Adam from the dust of the ground - is I. So, if you put your love on Me and set you affections on Me and things above, not things of this earth, then you'll be able to love others with this great love as well, and it hardly even matters who it is... You'll be willing to lay down your life for those you know are your brethren, your fellow-brides in Me. There is no other way to make love any deeper than that. It cannot be a selfish love just between 2 humans. It couldn't be a relationship that would exclude others. And yet that is what most people seek. Their focus on the wrong kind of love, namely merely human love & romance, is the very thing that stands in their way of truly finding this great & true love, which will never just end there, with 2 human beings and none other. It cannot happen, because if you would limit and constrain such love to only 2 persons, it would die, it would become a dead end street, like a dead lake, instead of something alive, that keeps flowing on to others, ready and willing to let them participate in it to bring them love and life, also. The answer lies in letting Me be your Soul-Mate, and by so doing, I can almost transform any other person into a soul mate for you. I can satisfy you & give you the right partner, create the right partner for you, or create the right partner out of you, for someone else, if you're willing, and if you put Me first. But if you're still looking elsewhere for the fulfillment of your dreams, if you're just "trying to be good" in order to please Me, so that I will answer your prayers & finally give you the desire of your heart, that's not really how it works; it will just be another disappointment. Only if you truly delight yourself in Me, and allow Me to become the love of your life, then I can also bring about someone to fill the role of a physical manifestation of our love. True love always has got to be open to let others in as well, otherwise it isn't really true love, and it will come to naught, it will sadly trickle out to its earthly end. That's another reason why this world is not your home, & why you're not of this world, because so few are willing to live this true love. Most people settle for the selfish version, and then wonder why it cannot last. It can only last if I am the true, eternal Center of your love, the focal point. You've got to realize that I'm your Sun, and you've got to keep facing toward Me, you cannot allow another to take on the role of the sun for you. Many stare into the darkness of space, waiting for their bright & shining star to appear, all the while neglecting & failing to make Me the true Source of all they're looking for. Many are just trying to use Me to get them what they want, but they don't truly turn to Me to find the fulfillment of all their desires in Me. That's why they don't take time to hear from Me, they don't make their lives revolve around Me. They like to keep Me in their lives as one of their satellites that's supposed to spin & revolve around them & their desires, but that's not how it works. That's why they stay empty, even if they find their hearts' desires. If you want a happy and fulfilled life, one in which your dreams come true to the most possible extent in this life, just make it revolve around Me, instead of trying to merely use Me as a means to your own ends. Often this happens very subtly, and it requires a great deal of honesty with oneself to be able to expose such false motives. That's where the self-deceit of many lies who only use Me - their "religion" - instead of letting Me use them. That's the big difference. It's either they first or Me first. And

many simply aren't ready for this step of total yieldedness, of letting Me use them. For them, I still belong into that box where they can keep Me, use Me to make their petitions known to Me, and then tuck Me away again so they can peacefully pursue their worship of the things they truly keep in first place, only to realize that this is going to take them down the road of heart-breaking experiences that eventually will teach them differently... Blessed are they who have chosen Me to be their first Love. 431 __________________________________________________ You can only be a prophet who calls out others to "come out from among them," if you have been "called out" yourself, first, and have obeyed the call, and have exited from the whorish System. It's like what I told My followers about the Pharisees: what they tell you, this do, but don't do as they do, for they may say it, but they do it not! You can't really follow them, because there is nowhere to follow. Which body do you want to follow: the dying corpse of the old pharisaical church, or the vibrant, new & young body of My called-out ones? A ton of coal isn't worth half as much as an ounce of gold. You, the Family, are My pearl of great price, a valued treasure of gold that will go through the fire of purging but will not be burned and consumed, only purified. It all depends on the works a man builds on the Foundation: wood, hay, stubble, or precious stones. The precious stones are the souls the Family is winning to Me, and they will never burn, never perish. It's so much like the relationship between the Pharisees and My early followers: the Pharisees were well respected, while I and My followers were highly controversial. Even though some of the Pharisees respected Me and My apostles, none of them would have had the courage to forsake all & become one of them. The Pharisees never would have suspected the motley fishers, tax collectors & other followers of Mine from lower strata of society than themselves to become the ascending world religion. I see the Family as the only true existing alternative to the Devil's System. So many seek acceptance, a certain amount of fame & recognition in the world, they seek to adapt & blend in, but that's the exact opposite of what I want. As far as I'm concerned, the more dropped out, the more radical, the more different you are, the better. There is supposed to be a difference between you and them. Just like there's a recognizable & definite difference between Me and the Devil. Yet because the Devil has all the power in this world, he tempts & bribes My children & called-out ones into a truce with him and has them adapt to him and his people to where you can hardly tell the difference between them and the rest of the world. Seek not to be recognized, accepted, well esteemed among men... all that is an abomination unto Me! Just be faithful to My message, to My Word, & let nothing else distract you! 432 __________________________________________________ I want you to need & be dependent on the things the world has to offer, so that you will communicate with them and share with them what you've got, so that they will share with you of what they've got... You've got the largest amount of truth, but you don't have the entire amount of truth. There are others whom I have blessed with other revelations, other parts of the whole truth, and it's My will for you to find those & avail yourselves of them. Even though you're the best, you're not the exclusive holders & keepers of all & the whole truth that I pour out upon mankind in this age. Otherwise the attitude with which you'd approach others might easily come across as condescending, as from above, but I want you to approach them as from equal levels, a horizontal, eye-toeye approach. I'm the One Who gives that which is from above, the vertical connection with all My children, but I want all of you to approach each other from a horizontal level, in order to pass on to each other what you've received from Me via the vertical, direct & individual connectionthe symbol of the cross. I feed you according to your need, individually. And someone

else might be able to benefit from those things that I show you. I see your need, and I give each one of My brides exactly what they need, according to their individual demands. Your particular body condition warrants a particular & individual diet. It may not necessarily be what everyone else might need or appreciate, but you do, and eventually you'll be able to comfort & help others with the same medicine. You don't have to be like everybody else, neither are you in need of the same diet as everyone else. I know what you need, and I love to give it to you.

when you don't, don't feel as if you must make something up, in order to have a "legitimate" reason to come before Me & hear from Me. All the reason you need is that you love Me and want Me. That's all the reason I need! I'd be honored if you showed Me such trust, that you don't have to worry about anything else, that you'll know I'll take care of things, because you know I care that much about you. You just know that there's not a chance in a life-time that I might have missed that little detail or problem in your life that needs attention. It's like when the Shunammite woman came to Elisha after her son had died of a sun stroke: Elisha sent a messenger to her, 433 __________________________________________________ asking, "is everything alright?" And she answered, "Everything If you do for Me what you can do, I'll also do for you what I is alright!" Nothing was alright to her, because her son, her only can do. beloved son had died, but she had such faith and trust, that she just knew that I, through Elisha, would fix this problem. She 434 __________________________________________________ didn't come with a question or a petition. The prophet just asked, (Dad:) Nobody's perfect during their life-times, & life on earth is everything alright? And she answered "yes." And he and I is nothing but a process of learning, of suffering, of struggling honored her faith that day. (2.Ki.4:8-37) from darkness into the light, from the imperfect, faulty and dirty So you can also trust Me, that I will take care of the problems and carnal existence to the perfect, spiritual one. Even the very bad details of your life, without making much of a fuss about them. I things are part of the purpose in all that, but you've got to be able know about your needs and about your troubles, and while to work that heavenly glimpse of hope in there, if you want to sometimes it's good for you to bring them before Me in detail, inspire people. mostly so that you can get a better look at them yourself, while you do so, what counts most of all is your attitude of trust. You 435 __________________________________________________ don't come to Me in despair, wondering whether I have forsaken Sometimes you're too full of preset subjects & you expect Me you, but you come to Me in faith, knowing that everything's to say something on one of them, but I might not have anything under My perfect control. particular to say about them. But sometimes I like it when there's My Spirit will always give witness to you and guide you in nothing there... just you & Me, and you let Me fill the emptiness whatever is the appropriate way to approach Me in each that is you. situation. Just little old you is enough for Me. You don't always have to Its not a set pattern you can follow, never a routine, which can bring some "homework" to show that you've done for Me, just be kept and followed time and again. It's a living relationship I bring Me you, that's all I need and want! want, where you have to stay attuned to My Spirit, keep your What it's all about is not things and issues and problems to solve spiritual antenna up & listen to what the latest move is, what's and accomplishments to be achieved, but what it's really simply the direction the wind is blowing from today? What is there to be all about is you and Me. I love you and want you to love Me, revealed? that's all. And it doesn't always take big works to prove that. It Just be a blank for Me to fill! Be ready and open for Me for just takes love. It just takes a little time and attention and focus - whatever I've got to give at any given moment! One of your on Me, not on any things you want to present to Me, not on greatest abilities is availability. Are you available for Me? anything you think I might want you to do, but just plain old focus on Me, so that I can fill you with My presence, with My 436 __________________________________________________ Spirit. Im trying to teach you to stay in a mode in which you are Dont make a pattern, ritual or tradition out of our relationship, constantly able to receive My vibes & My input. but keep it alive. Keep it subject to change, just as any As long as you're allowing your own thoughts and your relationship would be. circumstances to rule your days, there's still a lot of aggression Respect Me as a living Person, and although it's true that "I am there, a lot of aggravation, which you know is from the Enemy. the Lord; I change not," or that I'm the same yesterday, today and But if you learn to receive My peace, My wavelength & My light forever, this doesn't necessarily mean that I'm ready to make a on a regular level, you'll see, the darkness of the Enemy will have routine or habit out of our relationship as if I were some kind of a to flee. machine. There's simply no better way to get rid of the darkness than by Sometimes all I really want and need is your love. I don't want letting the light in. you to worry or think about anything; not what you think you I'm your Light, & I want to teach you how easy, how simple it is should be doing or accomplishing for Me, or what you need Me for you to let Me in. It's not a complicated process, all you to do for you, or any questions, just tune into Me, acknowledge practically have to do is flip the switch & turn it on. You don't Me, love Me, & take note of that I'm here... have to build a lamp first, you can be the lamp. You don't have to I'd prefer it if you'd come before Me more often with nothing else create a room or a vessel first, just be the vessel. Just be that on your mind and heart but an openness and a space for Me to empty space to receive Me! That's pretty simple, isn't it? I know fill, nothing but your receptivity. you can do that. Like this I can fill into you whatever I like, whatever I see and You're pretty much always capable of just receiving My vibes, My know you need most. Like this I can lead, guide & direct you peace, My love, and, unless you're too tired, also My Words of totally in any direction I like, like a blind man, who simply has to love, comfort & instruction. trust fully in his guide, as opposed to someone who sees and has their own goals & destinations in mind. 437 __________________________________________________ Usually people come to their gurus, priests & teachers or Focus on the day that lies before you. What is there to learn superiors with preset questions, but it's really nice, when for a today? - To do that you won't have to do tomorrow? Let My Spirit change someone comes who doesn't need an answer or solution run through your spiritual "veins" & you'll know what to do, and to a specific problem at all, but who simply comes for the anything you'll do will be "it." company's sake, or simply because he likes the teacher's input, because they're so wise, or so pleasant to be around, whatever. I've purposely made My people a peculiar, strange and imperfect I want our relationship to become less "business" oriented and people, in order to separate & weed out those who thought they more love-oriented; more "Me-&-you" oriented. It's perfectly okay were good enough in themselves. when you have specific questions on your heart to ask Me. But Self-righteousness & pride are dangerous, because they stop

you from even seeing the need for forgiveness, because they don't let you see your own sin. So, thank Me, even for your besetting sins, for your lack of accomplishing great things, for being so weak in the flesh, because all these factors are what keep you humble, dependent on Me. Having made My people less than perfect also helps to remind everyone that it's got to be Me, and that there's no way that any of which got accomplished was done by the efforts of the flesh, which gives the glory to Me. Pride seeks the glory for itself. But if you've got enough reasons to keep you humble, then you don't have as much of a problem with giving the glory to Me.

succeed, and they don't need help. They can pat themselves on the back & are just perfectly content with life as it is... Content, but not really happy. Because self-efficiency can maybe render contentment, but never happiness, that's one of the great mysteries about it all. And thus you see all these contented, selfefficient people around, almost radiating an air of happiness... almost, but not quite there. Because real happiness is only found in something else, something deeper, in a path that the selfefficient and successful in this world barely ever discover, and you can see it in their faces. There is something that poor little old you have got that they can't quite fathom, can't put their finger on, and that's your relationship of dependence on Me. 438 __________________________________________________ It's something very valuable, which you wouldn't want to lose, You've got to focus on the good in order to maintain the and that's precisely why I've got to make sure that you stay in a victory & not succumb to the overwhelming power and sheer position of relative insufficiency, so that you realize and amount of evil displayed in the world. Stay on a positive remember constantly that you can't do anything without Me, you wavelength. can't make it. Self-sufficient people are self-satisfied, but never I want you to be on the alert. It's high time for a frontal attack happy. against the lie behind the educational System and the System's You're not self-sufficient anymore, but you're happy. Your carnal entire brainwash about evolution and other matters. mind still tempts you to seek that "good old" self-sufficiency, I have put this burden on your heart, to fight and counter their that affluence, the success you had during the hey-day of your barrage of lies in a more aggressive manner. Pick up that torch & compromising era. light the landscape! What have you got to lose? The freedom to But with increasing affluence & ability to rely on the flesh, you serve Me and yield My sword of truth without fear of losing the lose that dependence on Me, and thus, your connection with Me; System's respect or your position only comes when you have no in other words: the source of your spiritual riches. such thing to lose. So, the constant choice & battle is: flesh or spirit? What riches Use the sword of godly knowledge to defeat the lies of Satan! do you prefer: the spiritual, or the carnal & material? The lasting, Just because worldly knowledge & head stuffing is of the Enemy or the temporal? Happiness, or mere contentment & selfdoesn't rule out the fact that godly knowledge is a gift of My satisfaction? Spirit! The facade of the successful looks deceivingly real and authentic. Those expensive, plastic surgery smiles look very 439 __________________________________________________ convincing, and some do find glimpses of happiness; but usually Memorization is one of the easiest & first ways to be a "doer" only because in My mercy I do allow them to experience of the Word. It's part of discipleship. "The law of his God is in his moments of real love in their lives. But happiness is something heart; none of his steps shall slide." It's one of the best only I can give, and you have to depend on Me for it, you cannot safeguards you've got, and a needed sample for others to see work it up in your own flesh, your own efforts, and you have to that you're making an effort to uphold the standard. trust Me for the means by which I choose to bring it about in your life: often, not so much by gaining and accumulating, but by 440 __________________________________________________ losing that which was unnecessary, the excess weight of false Bad times that draw you closer to Me, make you realize you perceptions, wrong attitudes, and, simply put, sin. "The sin, can't do it without Me, make you appreciate Me and the fact that which doeth so easily beset us..." (Heb.12:1). Just cast it aside & I'm around. Life in the perfect environment, the Garden of Eden, continue looking unto Me. Sin is all that will rob you of your true wasn't exciting enough in the long run to keep Adam & Eve from happiness, all that will try to distract you from Me, will tell you, the temptation of disobedience. As long as everything was so you don't really need Me, you can make it on your own, achieve it easy & perfect, they didn't realize how badly they needed Me. by yourself, to make yourself happy. Life on earth, with all its ups and downs, was created not only as Sin is giving in to the craving for the wrong type of input, the a grand lesson & story to draw wisdom from for all eternity, but type that increases and exalts the flesh and starves and neglects also as a means to draw My children, My brides, closer to Me. your spirit, your spiritual need, that "God-shaped hole" I've Under circumstances in which you simply need Me for your bare created for Myself, & which only I can fill. But all it will lead to is survival, you also learn to appreciate Me more. You can't ignore disappointment and further realization of where it's not at, unless Me. The point is driven much closer to home of why I'm the most you're willing to live with a deception and a lie, which is, of important part of everything, why I deserve to be praised & course, what many people do. They think and tell themselves that worshiped and loved. that self-sufficiency and self-glory and satisfaction derived from For someone as apparently self-efficient as Satan, for example, achievements & accomplishments is authentic happiness & the and his powerful fallen angels, that was a lot harder to see, just sum of what mortals could strive for in life... as it is for all his self-efficient human followers. Who needs God when they manage just fine on their own? 441 __________________________________________________ You, My sheep, My children, and My brides, chosen before the There will remain mysteries, riddles and questions in life, foundations of the earth, were destined not to be self-sufficient & things that you must take by faith, sometimes because they're independent, but to be dependent on Me. You couldn't make it in part of your tests. this world without My guidance & My care, as opposed to the You have My promises that I do everything for your best, that I goats & wolves & dogs, who do. So, your insufficiency actually choose that path that is best for you, and you shouldn't compare identifies you as one of Mine. "Blessed are the insufficient." with what another has that you don't. You simply have to keep Blessed are they who can't make it on their own in this world, believing that I'm not being unfair. Those who get all the goodies because they learn that they need Me and they give Me honor & during their earthly lives will unquestionably not be rewarded to praise for the things that the others all take for granted: their the same extent in the next, as those who made the most out of lives, every breath they take & every bite they eat, every piece of the little they had. The little, formerly unrecognized folks will be clothing they wear & a roof over their heads. Being dependent on the big stars in Heaven. The rewards in Heaven will not be Me is actually the greatest blessing there is, although it may be handed out unjustly. well disguised or not easily recognized as such by people who My justice exceeds that of the world. deem independence as such a desirable virtue. It's a test, sometimes, when you see all the evident "blessings" For most people it's desirable to be independent, to show that of those who are reaping abundant benefits from their evil they can make it on their own, that they manage just fine. They doings... But "be not envious of evildoers" (Ps.37)!

442 __________________________________________________ Trials & battles with the System are to set you apart from them, to draw you out from among them, to make you separate, for I have chosen you out of the world; but the differences & disputes you're having with your brothers, sisters & your mates & the ones closest to you are to draw you to My bosom & to a position where you see that you can only wholly lean on Me. Happiness can only come from Me; not even from the close union with your brethren or with a wife or mate. You may be living with the most perfect people in the world, but with the wrong attitude in your own heart, and without that closeness to Me, you still won't be happy. Personal attacks from the Enemy remind you that I in you am the hope of glory. Without Me, there would be no hope, just as there would be no light, and in order to go the right way, to keep sin out of your life, you constantly have to be facing toward Me & not turn your back on My light. Only in Me is your hope that you're going to be walking the right path, a good path. Without Me you're going to get lost & make a mess of things. I'm trying to get you to focus on Me constantly & see Me in everything. If you take Me with you wherever you go and in whatever you do, you'll be ready & prepared for whatever bad news or circumstances less than perfect you may encounter. Nothing will so easily defeat you & get you out of the victory then. But it's a mindset you have to fight to acquire. To not just put Me on like something you use when you feel like it. I want to "invade" & occupy every territory of your being. I want to get you to the point where you take it literally when I say without Me you can do NOTHING. If you realize that every breath you breathe is a gift from Me, instead of taking it for granted, then you will also be grateful for the other things I supply for you, instead of taking them for granted or despising them. You must anchor your spirit & soul firmly in Me in order for nothing to shake you. 443 __________________________________________________ I've nearly always got something to say, the question is only whether you're willing or able to hear it! My Spirit is like a broadcasting station that never stops broadcasting, so, as long as you've got a listening ear and a proper functioning receiver, I'll always have something to say. I'm not expecting you to give anything that you didnt receive from Me first. 444 __________________________________________________ Nobility of spirit has a price. No crown without a cross. For some folks, the hardest part to bear about life is just being themselves & accepting the way they are. As if I was being terribly mean by creating them with this or that quirk or quality that they detest so. Thats one of the Devil's pre-eminent tactics of this day & age: by raising the standard of what people are supposed to be like to a totally unrealistic level via the media, he manages to make a lot of people totally dissatisfied with themselves. They just loathe their own imperfection. You've got to disarm the Devil's lies with the sword of the truth! The truth is that if I love you and trust you and bestow so much care and attention on you, invest so much time in you, then how can you dishonor My faith in you by having so little faith in yourself? If you cannot have faith for yourself, then at least have the faith in Me that I know what I'm doing. I knew what I was doing by choosing you. So, quit doubting! When I tell you that without Me you can do nothing, I'm also saying, but look at Me, and look at it this way: with Me, you can do anything! There's nothing you cannot do, and "you can do all things, through Christ, which strengtheneth you" (Phil.4:13). 445 __________________________________________________ You were thinking of the loss of information in microevolution, and remembered that you read in a news article that

fruits and vegetables are not as nutritious anymore as they used to be. They may look better through all that genetic "enhancement" & manipulation, they may in some cases even taste better, but they actually aren't any better as far as nutritive value and health factors are concerned. And you were wondering how this coincides with people, how they actually seem to look better on the surface, almost as if to prove evolution right, but that they aren't any better when it comes to true and lasting values. They've actually lost a lot of quality & "information" when it comes to that. Although the best is yet to come in the world to come, as far as this momentary age is concerned, everything that has derived from the originals has deteriorated somewhat in the copying process. While some things seem to have gotten better on the surface, technology has improved, progressed & developed, & so have commodities, enabling people to live at much greater ease than ever before, which again enables them to put much greater emphasis on superficial things like their looks than ever before, which may give a certain appearance of genuine improvement; when it comes to a good, deep look beneath the surface, there is actually no genuine improvement of life there. As people are finding out: with all the devices they're inventing to save time, yet they always seem to be running out of time & seem to have less time than ever. That's why it pays to see things the way I see. That crummy looking root or vegetable your forefathers ate may have well been a much greater source of vitamins, minerals, & thus health and nutrients, than all that "too-good-to-be-true" almost plasticlike food they sell nowadays. And their hard and rough life-style may have rendered them greater genuine happiness than all of today's technology & gimmicks can give you. And as far as looks are concerned, I have made My view on this clear a long time ago in 1.Sam. 16:7: "The LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." A lot of people may think that they are better than their forefathers, that they may have "evolved" & progressed, but an objective, un-biased look and comparison might tell a different story, in which many of those who have lived before would shake their heads at the arrogance of today's population, to actually fall for such a gross deception to think that they have improved, when, according to lasting standards & values, it is rather plain that man has deteriorated. It's not that things have been perfect in the past, and in many aspects, you have much greater means to spread the truth today, and those who are truly enlightened have more truth at their disposal than ever before, but a lot also depends on what you do with it. Even among believers, you'll find more courage, nobility and sense of honor, discipline and self-sacrifice among the great heroes of faith from the past than even among My most ardent believers and proclaimers of truth in this age. About the only human quality that has truly evolved beyond recognition & to unimaginable proportions is their pride. It has inflated, just like their currency. When it comes down to it, their entire system of values has just been blown up to look bigger, but is so fragile; one little pin will put an end to it very rapidly. 446 __________________________________________________ As long as people still have a chance to be accepted by the crowd, they will do anything, make any compromise, tell any lie, commit any degree of (self-)deception in order to take that chance. They will start smoking, in order to look just as "cool" as the rest, buy the same type of clothes (if they can afford it), start drinking & acting in a way they normally wouldn't. They start using a different language, etc., all in order to "fit in," to be part of the crowd. They want to look like everybody else, and the Devil scares them half out of their wits of being different in any way. That's his way of making sure that everybody will dance according to his tune. What he calls popular shall be popular, what he calls "in" will be "in," and what he declares to be the rules and the law, will be the rules and the law, by the sheer force of fear of being different, despised & ridiculed.

The only cure against all these fears is unconditional love; what the Bible calls "perfect love," which casts out all fears. Perfect love will love you in spite of your other-than-average looks or dress or beavior. It will love you with all your quirks. Fear is a social disease, Satan's biggest weapon to control the masses. They're victims. And if they refuse to admit that they're being influenced to be that way, then there isn't any more hope for them to be cured than for a blind man who refuses to see. It shows how hard it is to stay "real" and loyal to the truth when you're right in the thick of the System! Periods of brokenness are virtually the only times when a human being is willing to look through the facade of the System. No one can receive anything from Me as long as they continue and insist on deceiving themselves into believing that the System is alright or doesn't have any negative influence on them. They cannot accept or receive the truth, because they still cling to the lie. There has got to be a vacuum for the truth, before they can receive anything from Me.

become a true believer is to find the real meaning of the word "to believe," which comes from the Greek word "pistevo," which means to "drink in." It's the act of receiving and drinking in that makes a true believer out of you, an act way too difficult for someone too full of themselves to sit still and listen, too selfsufficient to be needing anybody's advice or help. They're the type of believers like Cain, who get angry at anyone insinuating that they can't do it on their own. They've got to do it their way. They make their sacrifices to Me in their own way, they sacrifice what they deem worthy of being a sacrifice: not that which I would really like, but some self-created effort of their own hand, some product of their hands and sweat they can take pride in and show off before Me and the whole world: "Behold what I have accomplished!" Isn't it sad when somebody is too full to receive? They want admiration for what they've already accomplished, they want the praise & applause of the people, like Saul, instead of obeying & hearkening. They already know it all, so "What could that old prophet tell me, that I don't already know, anyway?" There have - throughout history - none been so blind and The curious and superficial in My days said, "Let's go and hear deceived as those who thought themselves to be enlightened the miracle preacher!" They were after some kind of kick, & they and able to see. After all, those who claim to have already found were in it for the loaves and fishes, or some diversion and the truth are the ones who oppose & try to drown out My true entertainment of sorts. But they were living in the lie, that's why I, voices, not those who are still seeking & groping around in the the Way, the Truth, and the Life, had nothing to offer to them. dark. They were living in the way of death, the way of the flesh, the way It's much more comfortable for them to concoct their own of the lie, the way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end "truth." It makes a lot more sense to them than My humiliating thereof is destruction and death, but they were firmly convinced truth, which always says the exact opposite of what their pride that their way was the right way, the way of life, and My way was and their flesh, their carnal mind tells them. the way of death, and when I was finally crucified, it seemed to Those who refuse to drink in, to wholeheartedly receive My truth, confirm to them that they had been right. That's why they all are they who have heard My Word & received the seed, but then screamed, "crucify Him!" They wanted Me to die in order to prove the Enemy distorts it in their mind & turns it into some gospel of that My way had been wrong, and theirs was right! And for 3 days their own, one which won't oppose him, but will live in peaceful and nights it seemed as though they had been right. It seemed as coexistence with all he stands for, and thus, will always sooner if the Devil had won, but when I rose, that's when the true story or later begin to work against Me. really began, as My power was multiplied manifold in My Not being able to receive correction of any kind is a symptom of disciples. this, because they simply don't possess the humility to take any Sometimes you've got to overcome death first, in order to really form of criticism or indicator that they are not quite on the right break through to life. path, that they ought to change something about the way they're Well, that's what I did for all of you! I have overcome death for doing things and the direction in which they're going. you, I plucked out its sting, so that you could all partake of My life - My unending life, life eternal, life forevermore, life ever- 449 __________________________________________________ increasing. The only way to get more love to pass on is by receiving it So, pity them for their short-sightedness and insistance of from Me, by becoming a receiver, a true believer, first, drinking it "knowing" that their way is right, and that their knowledge is the in. truth. It's comparable to the way a child sometimes is convinced Sometimes people don't have it within them to walk the path of to be in the right, only to find out differently after a little while. "I truth, but they want to, so badly - yet without having to pay the was wrong" are still the hardest words in any language, and price for it - that they deceive themselves into thinking they are, finding out that all you've been brought up to think and "know" that their own little way that they're carving for themselves, is was lies, takes a courageous step to admit, that only few are indeed the path of truth. The most important thing to them is that willing to take. it's their own, some achievement of their own that they can be proud of. Otherwise they would have to give Me the glory for it, 447 __________________________________________________ as something I was achieving through them in spite of their own Sometimes the enemy has to be exposed first before you shortcomings & failures, & that is something they're not able to even know who you're fighting against. Sometimes he has to be accept. They create their own little "form of godliness without the allowed to get under your skin, so that you realize how power thereof." dangerous he can be, how much damage he can cause, and for They think they find Me in their own minds, instead of in My you to determine that you're not going to allow him & let him get Word. Never would it occur to them to which lengths the Devil away with it. goes since thousands of years to deceive the children of men. How can I teach you to fight without a battle? The Enemy is right They underestimate the importance of My Word, which I have there, right in your own midst, and you have to learn to realize given as a standard to discern between right and wrong, true and how he manipulates your pride, your selfishness, your desires of false, truth and lie. Instead, they rely on their own minds as the flesh, your laziness, your addictions & your worldliness, in powerful enough to be able to do so. order to become alert enough to go on the attack against him, Cain and Abel were both believers. One loved Me and the other instead of continuing in a state of truce and peaceful coexistence one didn't. He only did whatever he deemed right in his own with him. mind, and demanded that I should be pleased with it. He was too My way is a very hard way to walk for the proud. Blessed are the full of himself to care about what I wanted. humble. 450 __________________________________________________ 448 __________________________________________________ The prince of the power of the air and god of this world with In order to become a true believer, one has to dig much all his host - physical and spiritual - is your enemy, and he'll try deeper than those who just scratch around a bit at the surface of everything he can to stop you from succeeding in spreading My the matter & then think they know it all. One of the first steps to message. That's why you must pray vehemently against him, for

he influences the weather, he influences his followers on earth to mean you harm, to turn the odds against you in any way he can, but if you stay close to Me and do what you can in order to defeat him, to get ahold of Me and My protection, you'll see that in spite of all his efforts, you will still win. You can't just let him pull his tricks and do nothing about it! Don't make the mistake of not recognizing your enemies, and underestimating them. The Devil is capable of doing anything except those things you ask Me to stop him from doing, so, it sure pays to pray so that I can send out My forces before you, to prepare the way, the hearts, and everything that needs to be taken care of. The god of forces is on your heels as Pharaoh's armies were after Moses & the children of Israel before the Red sea. When you "wade in the water," remember that it will have been I who has delivered you from their attempts to wipe you out & cause you to fail! 451 __________________________________________________ It's not because of My capacity to give that the flow ever stops, but only because of your limited capacity to receive. Faith means nothing more than the extent of your capacity to receive. If you've got the obedient kind of faith with an attitude of "ready to go, ready to stay, ready my place to fill...," then I will just give you the kind of inspiration, power and gifts to spur you into action. The kind of love I have is a gift that you can only receive from Me, it's nothing you can work up in the flesh or through your own efforts. It's a gift you need to learn to receive and learn to apply; the gift of unconditional love. Open the range of the power of this gift in your life to others around you, extending the same mantle, the same veil cast over countless sins, over anyone else you meet, so that they can truly see My love for them in your eyes. It won't be nave & childish love thats oblivious to all the evil thats there, but mature love that has seen to what depth man has sunk, and yet willing to extend a hand and show a way out of those depths, saying, "you don't have to stay down there, if you don't want to," just like I have shown you the way out. I have pulled you out of the depth of your own sin time and again, in the hopes that you'll learn to extend that same mercy on others. If you start thinking something negative about a person, remember that I love them, died for them, and that I love them just as much as you, and that I would like you to be a vessel and instrument of My love for them. Most people just don't know any better than being the way they are, and even the knowledge acquired from My Word didn't protect you from erring, either. It's a matter of the heart, and as you've learned, "the heart speaks to the heart." You've got to learn that language of the heart, the communication from heart to heart, that's what's going to touch lives, change people, and consequently, change the world. Words won't do you any good if you just keep them up there in your head. You need to reach out & apply them on a heart-toheart level, saying "I understand. I've been there, too. But He pulled Me out, & I know He can do it for you!" It doesn't matter if they're older, supposedly wiser, or if they should know better than the way they're acting... These circumstances don't really rule the matters of the heart. Maybe I've ordained you to be the carrier of the spark that will ignite their flame... Don't underestimate the purpose for which I've created you, the way and extent to which I could use you, the extent to which I can use you to touch others' lives, if you will only let Me and allow My unconditional love to pour and flow through you. The lesson about forgiveness is an important one. If you can look into another human's eye with a love that says, "God has forgiven you," there'll be a power going out from you that IS going to affect & change your world in some way or another, trust Me. 452 __________________________________________________

Becoming aware of a failure is the first step toward correcting it. I believe in you! That's in essence what you're saying when you forgive someone: "I believe in you! I believe you're going to make it. You may still have to work on some things, but I know by God's grace you're going to get there." If you know that I believe in you in spite of your flaws, then you can believe in them in spite of theirs, too. The next step after proving you really believe in Me is proving that you believe in what I'm doing in your fellowmen and believe in them, also. If you believe in Me, then it's okay to believe in you, too, because by believing in Me like a true believer does, receiving from Me that which is necessary to make you what you should be, you will become someone that others can trust in. If it's just you, without Me, if there's no connection with Me, then you might not really be trustworthy, simply because the Enemy can short-circuit you and cause you to make some serious mistakes & thus become less reliable. But as long as someone is making sincere efforts to come close to Me, not for any glorious elevation of self's sake, but really only for the love of Me, the love of truth, and the love of love itself, it's okay, you can trust such a person. I know I can believe in you because of the amount of belief & trust you place in Me. I know you won't get tripped off too quickly or go astray, I know you're firmly anchored in My love, you're keeping your will on My side, you want to do what's My will, and since your decisions are going to be in My favor that way, I can see to it that nothing is going to tear you lose from Me or cause you to stray. I can forgive you for all your mistakes and sins because I can see you're going to make it in spite of them. I can see you becoming clean of them, because you love Me more than anything else. I might still have to let you pass through some more of the cleaning and purging process, and it's not as if you're perfect yet, but that's what's wrong about the concept people have: who says someone has to be perfect in order to believe in them? I'm perfect, and I can make you perfect, too, and I will, in My own good time, and as the whole universe one day will behold with joy. You will all become like Me, & all the old filth will be forgotten, to be remembered no more. That's why one life is enough tor Me to make you all you've got to be. And if you don't make it during your life-time, there are places in the spirit world to continue learning; an adequate place for every soul ever created. I and the Father know exactly what each one needs to come to repentance and enlightenment. So, you can even believe in the worst sinner out there. I believed in him enough to die for him, so you can believe in him, too, that eventually, I'm going to see him through to the point where he can see clearly, too, what it's all about. Some take advantage of this great mercy and forgiveness, but you've got to believe in them, anyway. You've got to believe that every iniquity is going to be purged, & someday it's all going to be okay. Until then, just do all that you can to help them to see the light, the sooner the better. You can relieve a lot of suffering and painful waiting in the darkness for others, so bring them the light of the truth now, lest they perish without it. They might and eventually will find it on the other side, but a life that has been touched by My heavenly light is something much more worthwhile remembering than one that hasn't. Give them the greatest gift, one worthwhile remembering when their life is over... There was someone that believed in them enough to bring them My light. 453 __________________________________________________ I have given you the weapon of prophecy, now you must use it. You can't just use a weapon at a certain time a day, when you choose to practice with it, but during the fight & when the battle is hot, that's when you need it the most and your skill with it comes in the most handy, and when it also will be tested the most, for what it's worth. 454 __________________________________________________

It's a rare event that a singer enjoys the concert, just as it is a rare event that a fighter enjoys the battle. It's rare, but not impossible. It's the rare art I want you to learn. Even though you naturally don't like to fight, you can be trained to like it, and once you thrive in the face of adversities, then circumstances have truly become irrelevant, and then you'll be able to enjoy whatever you do, under whatever conditions. Adversities are necessary for you not to become too spoiled. You need them. You want to become stronger? That's what it takes.

the Family as My favored bride upon which I have bestowed My greatest gifts. It doesn't matter to Me how "perfect" or smart or rich or beautiful anyone is; what counts is their dedication to Me, and in being largely willing to be more separate from the world than any other church or group, the Family has merited that favored position of being My totally called-out ones, those who are not in any way part of the System. There is no such thing as some sort of acceptable & peaceful coexistence with the System, and the idea alone is an 455 __________________________________________________ abomination to Me. You must recognize the System for where it's Sometimes all you need to do is avail yourself of the power at. It's not your friend. Oh, you may have friends there, or future that's at your disposal, intead of leaning on your carnal abilities. friends, and it's those I want you to seek out, and if possible, call Weapons are for using. out, too; but it must all be under the general understanding that the System is usurped by the Enemy, and thus there is nothing 456 __________________________________________________ good about it, nothing acceptable, nothing you could or should To hell with the old way. Open your life to My new, compromise with, seek to be friends with. unconventional way, the way on which you'll have to trust Me for I have to be tough on this point, because the more you dream every step. about possible success in the System, the more you will allow I will protect you & will not allow any harm to come to you. your energies & efforts to be diverted away from My cause. You The more you show that you can live apart from the System and must turn your focus on the individuals I want you to reach, but independently of it, the stronger your testimony and witness will away from the System as a whole. The System as a whole is evil. be, because the more genuine will be the hope you'll emit to I want you to hate the System. That's why it's important that you others, that there really is an alternative. The less you are keep exposing it and let no doubt remain inside your own heart affected by clichs & what people think about you, the better. about its hopeless corruption. Let them know you don't care what they think about you, for that The majority of Christians believe that the System's going to turn shows freedom from one of the strongest chains with which out alright, that everything will pan out in the end, and there will Satan has the majority of the masses bound... the chains of be a peaceful happy ending... They don't see to which extent the conformity, of fear of being unaccepted & looked down on. There System is infiltrated and run by the Devil, they're deceiving are others, at the bottom of society, who also don't care about themselves. these things, and when you're on their level in the physical, but Any notion of peace with the System is a false notion. It's wrong, on Mine in the spiritual, then you allow Me to see eye to eye a lie and a deception. through you with every man, just as I did when I walked the earth. Anything that would serve to build up your reputation, your I descended to the level of the lowest of the low, not being a image with the System, your respectabilty - unless in direct respecter of persons, and I want you to follow in My footsteps. reference to your being a part of My Family or as a witness for Me - is a loss for My Cause, because it's a gain for your worldly 457 __________________________________________________ cause, which will tear you away from the Cause of My Kingdom. In order to be healed of a spiritual disease like worldliness or You must resist the temptation and the desire to be a respected a love for the world, one has to recognize it as a disease first, part of the System. I want you to be a true rebel, not some and desire to be healed of it, that's the first step. compromising, half-hearted "friend of both sides." You've got to shift your trust and sense of priorities all the way over to Me, otherwise, if your main incentive continues to be your 460 __________________________________________________ physical and financial security, you won't ever be able to burn The more NWOs you have, the more you need to work on, the free in your ministry, but it will always have a bit of that "tent more there is to learn from. If everybody would be all good all the making" status & flair to it, as opposed to being one of My wild & time, then there wouldn't be anything to learn. "Bad" has a free witnesses. purpose, and I'm going to turn it into good. There's no bad that I want your major concern each day not to be your own bank My heavenly key power cannot turn into good. account or your needs, but the state the world is in, and wonder In fact, there is no bad that My heavenly key power will not turn what you can do about it, what you can do to wake up more into good. people & rally them to My cause. If you look at the bad from this angle, knowing that sooner or later I'm going to turn it into good, it doesn't look all that bad 458 __________________________________________________ anymore, does it? Sure, the Devil tries to make it look so bad that As long as you seek to accomplish anything that will boost to the rational mind it looks impossible that I could ever turn it or strengthen or secure your own ego, it's the wrong attitude. If into good, but I will, at least for all those who love Me. it's nothing but My glory you seek, then it's the right one. Just like everything that happened in your past, even before you You've got to make it a habit to give Me the glory for things, just received Me, turned out to have been for your good, so I will also as you need to cultivate the habit of praying regularly, reading be able to turn the unbelievers' past into their good, once they the Word regularly, etc., and hearing from Me. After anything you will turn to Me. There's really nothing impossible to Me! did or participated in that you consider a success, rest for a few Come out of your finite & limited world & breathe a whiff of My minuted to give Me thanks and the glory. Otherwise it will only heavenly, fresh air of "no impossibilities" and "no limits." Allow strengthen your flesh and its desires to gain ground & secure its Me to expand your horizon and stretch your faith, your focus and own existence; "saving your life," instead of losing it for My your vision & point you further than your temporary horizon that sake. you saw when you were still dealing with the little numbers & You can sanctify things through praise & prayer and limitations of the world. thanksgiving, and by sanctifying them, you can make them less The Devil's goal is to limit everyone. Subtly, he does so under a subject to time, corruption and erosion... Try it! See if blessings cloak & pretense of "liberating" them from the supposed narrowwon't last longer if you sanctify them through your praises to Me! mindedness of Christianity and conservative religionism. He pretends to be their liberator, when he's really the limiter. I'm the 459 __________________________________________________ one who opens the lid & stretches the horizon beyond limits, but You have a real alternative to offer. Not a perfect one, but a he always tries to put it back on & keep everyone boiling inside real one. his kettle. Your greatest testimony is your "apartness" from the System; it's The Devil's trying to exert pressure on you from the outside to in My eyes your greatest forte, and the reason why I have chosen bluff you into believing that circumstances still have power over

you. He reminds you, "But what about this... and what about that? Shouldn't you be worried about this thing and that?..." He knows that if I can get you to truly and fully trust in Me, He won't have any chance whatsoever to control or manipulate or influence you in any way.

let it pour, according to your desire, according to your thirst. That's how abundant My flow is, how ever-present My power, My comfort, My Holy Spirit with all Her gifts of prophecy, miracles, healing, wisdom, knowledge, tongues, discernment, interpretation and faith! Plus the most excellent of all, which sums them all up: love. 461 __________________________________________________ I never run out of mysteries to reveal to you. I crave to fill you to You can only be a true friend to anyone by being apart from the brim. the System, because Systemites are just groomed & trained to You need to drink a lot, both, physically and spiritually. My water think about themselves & secure their own welfare. There may be serves multiple purposes: it nourishes & cleanses, keeps your children of Mine inside the System who may be exceptions to system agile and well circulated. that, but as soon as you seek success & recognition with the My living waters are the very essence of life; they're the System, you turn into someone facing away from My light, and substance of which the worlds were made. Just as the keys have thus unable to help anyone, unable to be genuinely concerned creative power, My Word has creative power. The keys and My about others and their needs. Word are one. Just as My Word unlocks your understanding to I have chosen you to be one of My called-out ones, one of My greater things, which you didn't know before, so the keys are a true ecclesia, destined to be apart from the System, and not a manifestation of all the things you need and would like to have part of it! that are still missing in order to get you to your goal. They're allYou have been blessed with a greater privilege, a higher calling powerful. They're each a token of My omnipotence, but in a form than just to tickle other believers' ears & make them feel more that's tangible for you. You just grab them, and you avail yourself comfy with their compromising existence of acceptance of half- of My omnipotence and miracle-power. truths & deceptions & following the Whore of false religion and How futile and foolish it is to be focusing on your needs and spirituality down to destruction. lacks, and allow them to limit you? As soon as you'll be ready, as Remember the vision of the armies of the Devil riding on the soon as you'll know exactly what My purpose and vision is for shoulders & backs of millions of duped Christians, marching you, as soon as you've got your vision straight, you're going to against My much smaller band of true believers. get all that you need in order to make it happen. The degree to which decption has crept into the churches has grown manifold over the past centuries, even though it may look 464 __________________________________________________ on the surface as if some kind of revival had taken place, and Expansion is the name of the game, as far as I'm concerned: they seem to be more enlightened than ever. If they're so expansion of your horizon, your vision, your faith, your spiritual enlightened, why are so few of them speaking up against the muscles & of the range & limits you have known & conquered hypocrisy, deceipt and crimes perpetrated by their own, thus far. There's always more. Never let your mind limit you to supposedly Christian governments? that which you have already known before, there's always more to find out, new things to discover, to explore, to learn. 462 __________________________________________________ Pray for new visions, new ideas, new methods & new territories Thank you for being willing to be a nothing and nobody in to explore, for new souls, new people, new friends, new contacts. this world. It's the only way to rise to everlasting fame and glory. Pray for new faith for new things, new goals... pray for newness If you realize just how wicked the world is, you wouldn't want to & change, a new outlook, a new horizon. Pray against fear of the have any part in it, much less assume a position of prominence & new, against that feeling that makes you uncomfortable about the fame in it. prospects of impending change, against the old rut that always It's a little bit like those who were famous under Hitler's reign, or makes you feel more comfortable with things staying the way during the time of the GDR in East Germany: nobody wanted to you've always known them, always had'em. Don't let any dust hear or see them anymore after the war, or after the wall came settle in your life! Don't accumulate, but keep going, keep down. You're one of those voices now that cry out in outrage moving, keep burning! You keep burning energy, you keep against the atrocities of the System, while the others are spending yourself... that's what it means to live. To stagnate is collaborators. Only the rebels will be remembered after the the opposite: corrosion, lack of movement, gaining weight, liberation from a wicked regime, the collaborators will be clinging to the old. The newness of constant change is what will forgotten. keep you alive. It may all look so "free" and "liberal" on the surface, but you can Staying alive is not accomplished by trying to preserve what see below the surface & tell what's really going on. you've got, but by virtually burning and spending it, trusting that I will constantly refill you with new energy & life! That's truly I can see who is compromising with the powers that be, and who staying alive. That's the only true life there is at all. is really dropped out. You can't possibly revolute against the System while you're still a part of it. Each one of you IS a living revolution, allowing Me to 465 __________________________________________________ revolute your lives, to let Me turn it right-side-up, in order for you I'm teaching you how to love, the most important and biggest to cause genuine spiritual revolutions in the lives of others, but lesson in life. I want you to learn love from Me. From the way I also, to constitute a living symbol & message that there IS a true love you, you can learn how to love others. alternative to the System. If I am excited whenever you are, and respond to whatever That's something you dare not let the Devil destroy by lukewarm wavelength you happen to be on, or whatever mood you happen compromise with the very forces and establishments I want you to be in, then this means that I want you to do the same for each to be a living witness and testimony against. other. Every minute you invest in establishing your foothold in the I don't give up on you prematurely, but I love you with a love System, in strengthening your reputation with the System, etc., is which hopeth all things, beareth all things, believeth all things," time taken away from Me, that you could have been investing in and never fails, never stops loving, never quits hoping, never My Kingdom. It's really true: you cannot serve God and Mammon, stops believing in you. for either you'll be spending your time serving Me, or you won't. The Devil would love to get you to stop believing in each other. Enjoy your freedom to be different. But remember what I told you: if I believe in them, then you can Why try in your own strength to add cubits to your stature, when believe in them, too; or if you can't, at least you can believe Me all things come from Me in the first place? for them, that I will help them make it. And you can help Me help them make it by praying for them. It's a bit like that quote about 463 __________________________________________________ shepherds: "If you can't trust your leaders, you can at least trust Just open the faucet! All you've got to do is turn it, open it & the Lord for your leaders."

Well, the same applies to your followers, your children, or anyone you live with. Have a little faith in them. Even if they fail or lag behind. A true leader, one who's really out for living successfully in unity and community, manages to inspire others & encourage others about their gifts, their role, their position, the place that I want them to fill. A good leader & true shepherd makes his cofollowers feel needed. Get excited with others, about whatever they happen to get excited about. How about an "anti-coolness campaign?" Get on fire for Me, and you'll see, people will start sharing your excitement once you show that you're making an effort to share theirs. "The real believers get excited and praise the Lord!" Are you a real believer? Here's another quality and trademark of a true believer: not only do they receive and drink in constantly from Me, but they also get excited about it. So, one way people will be able to tell how much of a real believer you are is going to be by seeing how excited you are, and by how much you praise Me! Life is too beautiful, too important, too significant, too precious to be wasting it in a state of mediocre "coolness" and lack of emotion, thrills, joy and excitement about anything. Get some heat into your life! Coolness is a manifestation of pride. It's the refusal to show participation, to be willing to get excited with someone else. It's a lack of love & shows once again how humility equals love, and pride stands for the lack of it. Love equals the ability to show you share their excitement, instead of quenching it with the usual indifference & "coolness." Today's section of the never-ending lesson of love is called "sharing excitement." It's an important ingredient & way of showing love. Share the excitement! Share the joy! If someone doesn't share the joy & refuses to get excited, that's no reason to let them drag you down to their level. Don't just remain "cool" or indifferent, but get excited. Spread some fire! 466 __________________________________________________ You need to get onto the plain of loving people in spite of their flaws. Faith, hope & love go hand in hand. If you have love for people and faith in them, then your hope for the future also increases, because you learn to look past the circumstances and conditions, past the way things are, and beyond their current state, to a future where all things are the way they ought to be. The trick is to accept them right now and the way they are with a love that looks way past all their present imperfections, and sees them as perfect, because I, the perfect One, created them the way they are for a perfect reason. Hope is connected with acceptance. If you learn to accept the way things are, if you're willing to fully absorb reality the way I made it for you, even if you don't think it's perfect, but trust that if I made these circumstances for you, then they must serve a perfect purpose, then you can also have more hope for a better future. You may not think things are perfect right now, but because of your faith in Me, you can hope that they're working together for good toward a better future, a better outcome of things in the future. That includes accepting people - yourself, and anybody you can think of. They all may have a looong list of NWOs, but they're only going to ever be able to even begin making progress with them if they're being loved. In order to punch through to the ability to love people , you've got to punch through to Me! You've got to let My heart speak to your heart, in order for your heart to be able to speak to theirs. Everything is a matter of the heart. It's gotta be the heart. Hope is a matter of the heart. Faith has got to be a matter of the heart in order to become really real and spur you on to works and deeds which prove that your faith is alive; and love certainly also is a matter of the heart, not just a "concept" you can grasp. You either love or you don't. And if you don't, then now is as good a time to start as ever. Just turn on the switch. You've just got to determine that you want it & then do it.

467 __________________________________________________ In My book, you can score a lot of points by being honest with people. It's an art to be able to tell people their flaws in the right way, and few possess it. So few are willing to follow in My footsteps in this aspect. Everybody wants to copy Me when it comes to doing the obviously good things: to help and heal and feed people and tell them nice, faith-building and encouraging stories. Some even like to challenge others with the more daring parts of My message. But to really confront people eye to eye with their sins without self-righteous hypocrisy seems to be a tough one that only few feel called to. Being a shepherd or even simply a brother entails the love and honesty not just to silently accept another's failure, which you know is going to harm and impede their fruitfulness and happiness for Me, but to courageously and lovingly confront them about it. When you choose not to tell people the truth you see about them, you abandon them in some way and give up on them. You don't believe or have hopes that telling them the truth would do any good, and thus you label them as incorrigibles and hopeless cases. It's simply something that My followers are going to have to learn to be more willing to deal with. You can't just ignore a sickness or disease, nor would anyone ignore the fact that they might need a bath desperately. But when it comes to spiritual health & cleanliness, people are a lot more slack & tolerant of evil. That's basically what it's all about: people's individual tolerance level of evil. How willing are you to accept evil in your life? How ready are you for compromise with evil? Some people's levels are higher or lower than others'. 468 __________________________________________________ If you realize that correction is an important ingredient of love, and confronting someone honestly about something you see they're doing wrong is a real token of true love, then your attitude to correction will change. How much nicer is it to be told by a true friend what they think is wrong with you than just the deafening silence of those who don't want to confront you with it! Forgiveness is the goal. Sometimes you've just got to be generous & forgive someone, even if you haven't received an opportunity to tell the other party how you see it. All you can do is trust Me that I'll take care of it in My own, perfect way. You just have to take people for what they are. They're each different. None of them are the same, like pebbles: the variety is incredible and endless. No 2 rocks are the same. You look at them and enjoy them, absorb them, their shape, the way they're made, and you just accept them the way they are, even if some of them seem to have some rough edges that can even hurt you, or some ugly side, maybe some slime or mud at the bottom that needs to be washed off. They're still just another pebble, like you are, and all together you form the river bed through which My mighty river of life-giving waters can flow; My conduits to bring life to the world. Rivers are really good examples of My churches: some of them are polluted, and you dare not drink their water or bathe in them. Others are good and clean to enjoy at the places where they are young, and as they flow on, they also become victims of pollution. Then others have been known to be polluted in the past, but have been cleansed since. There are tiny little rivers of pure, fresh and clean water, which hardly anybody knows, and there are mighty, raging rivers, which give life to many. As you flow, you progress, and you change, and you will all wind up in the same place: the sea, where you'll all become one in Me. Then all differences will have been washed away and have become irrelevant; they will have subsided & made room for total unity, total and complete oneness, each drop of water basically looking the same, and in their time climbing up again, in the rays of the sun, to descend upon the earth again and be poured back into the earth... into the river... the circle of life.

Clear, clean water will reflect what it sees. Only when there's dirt and darkness you have a problem with revealing what you see and observe. If you can communicate in love and just share without inhibitions or fears what you see, you will progress, you will advance and get further toward the goal. Withholding, withdrawing, holding back and refusal and seclusion will lead to stagnation. Openness brings you further. Openness toward each other, to both learn from and teach each other, to care and be cared for, to receive and to share, to shepherd and correct, as well as be shepherded and corrected. 469 __________________________________________________ I pour out Myself to you through everything: the sunshine, the blue sky, the call of the birds, your loved ones,... everything is a token of My love for you. Even when the sky is gray, it's to draw you closer to Me and remind you that there's a better world waiting for you. I'm always right here, waiting for you with open arms, and you're never alone, don't ever forget that, and don't forget to tell others. That's the most important point I'd like you to get across, along with the fact that there's hope for anyone. If you put Me first, you will progress & grow to a point where you can say you're not the same man that you were yesterday. You're a bit wiser today. Let the Devil know you're not the same man he licked so easily some time ago! There is a big advantage in not being so spoiled that you can't appreciate the little things in life. The Devil realized that it's much easier to corrupt people by that constant flow of wealth, than by poverty. Poverty will make them desperate, will make them return to Me and pray, will make them appreciate whatever little thing they've got. But constant wealth will make them despise nearly everything and take it for granted. It makes you lose the power & will to fight the very fight of life.

human being to stay humble if everything they accomplish always turns out perfect. You're subject to flaws & mistakes just like everybody else & you should thus stay open for suggestions & improvement. Sometimes it's a fight to avoid mediocrity! Mediocrity occurs when someone is all too quickly satisfied with a result that would still show room for improvement. My work and personal pride and ambition just don't jive. I call dedication to a job, when someone is just so willing to become whatever they're supposed to become, they forget about everything else. They're willing to do the humble thing, to play the lowly role, they're willing to not look so hot, or even downright ugly for the cause, the message coming across. The message is what counts, and all they consider themselves is a humble vessel to bring it across, nothing else.

474 __________________________________________________ When you don't make an effort, when you're not on the attack and in fighting mode, but just tend to passively drift & let everything just happen, then the tendency is usually downward. There are moments when you can just relax and moments without tension, but you should use even those to make additional headway. You usually don't really fight unless you're being attacked. You fend off the Enemy when you're being attacked, but that's not how you expand, how you gain territory, how you progress. In order to do that, you need more of an aggressive approach. The minute you just settle down to enjoy what you've got is the moment you start becoming an old bottle. I have to allow the Enemy to stir up some trouble for you, in order to get you fighting & shake you out of your happy little world syndrome & remind you that it's a war, and you can't take anything for granted. You can't afford to just drift through life without making any 470 __________________________________________________ progress, because if you're not making any advances into the The more other stuff you have to fill your vacuum with, the Devil's territory to snatch something away from him, then he will less you turn to Me to fill you. But if you voluntarily choose to advance into yours & see what he can rip off from you. forego some of the surrogates, then it doesn't have to be so. This doesn't mean that I don't ever want you to relax to enjoy life, This is the art of voluntarily forsaking something instead of but you need to keep up an advancing attitude. The times when waiting until I take it away from you. It's also called sacrificing or you don't have any outstanding battles to fight should not be trimming the fat. considered times of truce, but you should use them to advance, to make progress somehow, by giving Me the glory for what you 471 __________________________________________________ enjoy, by integrating Me more in those times. If the situation is bad, change it! I have given you the power You're still in the gear of assigning certain times & activities to change your situation! But problems are more often than not throughout the day to Me, and exclude Me from the others. You being caused not by your circumstances, but your own attitudes, don't really stay in receiving mode or connected with Me. You your "system settings." Your attitude affects the way you are don't make a special effort to see Me in it, to get a lesson out of going to function, just as the settings of your computer will affect it, to use it in some aspect to advance or to bring about some its usability & effectiveness. gain for My Kingdom. If your monitor settings are too dark, then you won't see clearly. Hearing from Me is already a lot more than what most Christians Or if your system is overloaded with too much clutter, that won't do, but you shouldn't be satisfied with that. You need to stay on do you much good, either; it's going to slow you down. the attack and in advance mode. You've got to have a conquering Remember that sometimes less is more! attitude, not one of mere preservation of what you've got. There's You're resting mentally on the fact that your survival is more or more, lots more out there to win and gain and accomplish for Me. less secured, so gone is the desperation that kept driving you The point that trying to accomplish things in the flesh is futile into My arms. The securities of this world work contrary to My doesn't mean that you're not supposed to accomplish anything. workings & plans & purpose. You can constantly look out for opportunities of how I can turn something along your path into a victory, an advance or 472 __________________________________________________ advantage for My Kingdom. You've got to seize those It's a matter of attitude & mindset. You just need to set your opportunities, seize the day, and not just let it pass you by. mind to do these things, to observe them, & to keep them up. In order to really seize the day, you've got to be the one who They've got to become rules in your life that you keep, & that are takes the offensive, instead of just being on the defense and only stronger than circumstances, you won't bend them. You'll refuse fighting back when you're being attacked! That's why witnessing to be tempted to neglect doing the right thing, regardless of is so healthy, spiritually: it's a way to lead offensive warfare, of whatever circumstances might try to press you into strengthening your spiritual muscles & fighting skills. compromising & not doing what you know is the right thing to By not exercising your muscles, you're allowing weakness, do. deterioration and decay to slowly creep up on you and take the upper hand, instead of actively fighting for life. Take a pro-life 473 __________________________________________________ stand! Theres always room for improvement! Be more positive, be more definite! Don't just let circumstances I'm constantly keeping the pride/humility factor in mind when I'm overtake you and overwhelm you and determine your days! giving you something, which is why I hardly ever give you Get more out of a day! Strengthen your spiritual muscles. You anything that's already perfect in itself. It's just not possible for a need that preparation!

475 __________________________________________________ Don't forget the most important part about witnessing: drawing in the net! It would be pretty senseless for fishermen to be leaving their nets in the water forever without ever drawing them in, wouldn't it? Don't forget to draw in the net! Sometimes you may think, "Oh, maybe this is too early," but then you're also risking hesitating too long and letting the fish get away again! So, be more on the ball, have more conviction about getting them saved, and be more determined to get the person you're witnessing to saved! It's unorthodox to ask people to pray with you, it may be unheard of, but it's still the right thing to do in such a situation! It's like the difference between talking about sex and actually doing it. It's almost like teasing to only be talking about it without delivering the goods! You'd almost prefer people to stop talking about it instead of teasing you forever by only talking about it. And that's how it is with witnessing and Salvation! Stop talking about it! Stop talking about Salvation when they're ready to get saved! Get them saved! Don't be hesitant to draw in the net when they're ripe and ready. It's better to ask them too early than too late! You can always ask a second or a third time. "Everybody gets a second chance!" 476 __________________________________________________ I'm stretching your capabilities to love, as well as your faith in people: to continue to believe in them, even when circumstances are bleak, and they look to you almost like your very enemies. I was and am more serious about "loving your enemies" than you may have thought. Unfortunately, Christians wage war against their enemies, while promoters of witchcraft preach a message of peace, forgiveness and loving your enemies, in this upside-down world. This is, of course, part of the Devil's plan, to show that his scheme is the "true" path of peace and love, whereas those who claim to have it, namely the Christians, are utterly failing at delivering the goods. You, the Family, are My only hope - or at least by far the biggest chunk of it - to prove him wrong in the end. I want you to be the ones to prove that only My supernatural love in you can enable anyone to do the humanly impossible: to love, forgive and embrace your enemies, those who hurt you, those who wrong you; to look past and beyond all circumstances, to never stop loving in spite of anything. You're by title deed, the contract & testament of My blood, heirs & children of the Kingdom, and "no man can pluck you out of My hand" once you are saved (Mt.10:28). But you have to use that "salvation power" regularly, in order to cleanse you from your sins, so that you can walk through this life as a living example and sample of that Salvation, to show others My transforming power, so that they may want and experience it, too. If there hadn't been any sin I needed to cleanse and save you from, if there hadn't been anything I needed to change about you, then what would have been the purpose of it all? Salvation must be something real, not just hypothetical or theoretical. It must be a visible change and deliverance from some real & tangible negative qualities of yours. 477 __________________________________________________ Children are often touchstones & tests I bring into people's lives, of their levels of tolerance & love of fellowman, as all relatives are, except that you can't quite easily run away from your children. A lot of people do, eventually, but at least they're having to deal with that "mirror" of their ugly traits they didn't wish to face, for a few years, and a lot depends on how they deal with that. Loving your children unconditionally and without partiality, regardless of whether one is more "successful" than the other, or more "promising" than the other, and regardless of traits you would consider positive or negative, qualities you may like or dislike or that may even rub you the wrong way, is an important

issue in life. It's part of learning to love like I do, and as the Father loves. It's something that takes time. 478 __________________________________________________ If love is My strength and power, then the inability to love, is what spells weakness to Me. If love is what life's supposed to be all about, then failure to love & show love, is failure indeed. I don't judge anyone by how successful at business they were or how much money they brought home, but by how much love they show. If "being a good provider" kept you so busy that you never had any time to show love for your family, then I don't care how much money you brought home, I would still consider such a life a failure, if caring for your family's physical needs distracted you from showing your love & affection through your interactions with your family. And that applies to any other activity you might get enwrapped in. Nothing is more important than love. 479 __________________________________________________ You have to make an effort in order to reap a harvest; you can't just expect the fruit to fall into your lap! I don't mind you having fun! I want satisfied customers, they're the best advertisement. I can't really use suffering salesmen, who walk about with a gloomy look on their faces, not really looking as if they were sold out on My product at all. The world wants to see happy faces. They've known enough hell, & they want to see a little bit of heaven, and that's what you've got to show, if you can live it. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you do it unto Me and with your whole heart. Whatever you've got the faith, burden and vision for - it's all yours. 480 __________________________________________________ Less is more! Instead of trying to stuff your days with things to fill, watch and consume, just be more grateful for what you already have. Just remember that less is more, and sometimes you actually lose by gaining. You see it so many times with people, artists, songwriters, singers & all kinds of folks who have made it to the top: they lose it. They just lose that original spark, which comes through that desperation, that emptiness, that hunger, that nothingness of being nobody. To become nothing would have been an excellent goal for life, but the Devil said, "you couldn't possibly be satisfied with being nothing! You deserve much more than that." The Devil and his ilk postponed the big crisis in order to corrupt people more in their excess of everything they can't even enjoy. They've got so much, they can't even enjoy it. It's really "the land of too much!" So, exercise yourselves in moderation & don't be guilty of their excess. It's the excess that makes people unhappy. It's the excess that causes marriages to fail and families to fall apart. They realize that no matter how much they acquire, it just doesn't make them happy, so they often blame it on their partners. They're driven by this need to constantly look for more, for new ways of finding satisfaction. What they don't realize is that they're looking in the wrong direction. Their mode is "getting, getting, getting," instead of giving. 481 __________________________________________________ "The people who live the contradictions are the saviors of the world." The Family is full of contradictions, riddles and wonders. You can't figure the Family out, label it, put it into any drawer & say, "the Family is like this or that, period." The Family is as multi-faceted and complex as each & every member in it. You can't say the Family is all good, according to human standards. But the Family is giving Me room to breathe, to live and exist and move and act within them, which is more than what can be said in favor of most other churches. The Family is allowing Me to be a part of them, more than any other church, and to a greater

extent. Which doesn't mean she's perfect. Especially not according to the standards of the world. She will always blow your mind and bust your mental confines & borders & limitations of definitions of what is "good" and "bad." My people are a peculiar people, and they have always been. It's also a safeguard to keep those out who go by their own standards of goodness, and who would just like to use the "group-feeling" or "group-consciousness" to pose as a substitute for having to take up their own cross daily - the cross of dealing with their own flaws & faults & obeying Me in spite of them. I have set you apart to develop into whatever you have the faith, vision, courage and initiative to be. You would prefer to have a sample to follow you could clearly define as "good." Well, if it were so obviously good, it might be a little too easy. Even I shattered the rich young man's idol when he came to Me and called Me "good sir." I said, "Why do you call Me good?" because his standards of "good" were not the same as God's. You would like to know who the good guys and the bad guys are. Yet you're experiencing that you can sometimes benefit even more from something that has come to you on behalf of the "bad guys" than those who you know to be the good guys. I'm not doing this to keep you confused, but to keep you open, ready to forgive, ready to have faith for anyone. There is no one too bad for Me, too bad to be saved, too bad to be forgiven, if they come to Me. And it's more likely for the "bad" guys to turn to Me in desperation than for those who have known Me and lived a "good" life all their lives. This is the very purpose of the fall of man. It didn't drive them further away from Me, but actually drew them closer. Through the very wrongness of the world, I bring about its utter perfect-ness. Through the world's ways of sin, I bring about the need for salvation, their need for Me, and thus a much closer relationship between Me and you than I could have brought about any other way. That's the mystery of the cross - "agreeing not to demand perfection of God's creatures," but dealing with and accepting their imperfections, even as I am dealing with yours and accept and love you unconditionally - the way you are. This is a transforming love and attitude. You love, in spite of. You don't dislike or hate because of, but you love in spite of. You endure. Having to endure adversities that are being caused by your brethren may be the harder part of what you'll have to endure in life, but it's the part that most closely resembles My cross. After all, wasn't it the ones whom I loved, who were Mine to begin with, who rejected and crucified Me? - Who denied Me, who betrayed Me? So, if you want to follow in My footsteps, I'm expecting you to reach the level of maturity and ability to forgive and love unconditionally. You love them in spite of their rejection of you, knowing by faith that they will change eventually, even as some of My most ardent persecutors turned out to be some of My most loyal and ardent promoters in the end. Don't give up on them. Don't expect perfection or goodness that is simply not there. Stop the antagonism. Stop the tit for tat. Stop the repaying of evil with evil. Stop the bad thoughts, the criticisms, the judgment. Judge not that ye be not judged. Forgive, breathe forgiveness. Nothing else will draw them to Me. Why are all men drawn unto My being lifted up on the cross? Because the message of the cross is forgiveness. Forgiveness in spite of anything. You can never be too bad, only too "good." You'll have to descend from your level to theirs. They may not see it that way, they may reject you and dislike you, but you determine to love them anyway. That's the way I loved; that's the way the Father loves. That's the initiating kind of love, the creating kind of love, the love that makes something out of nothing, that brings everything where there was nothing. The seed which falls onto a ground of dirt and there - by dying brings life. Let them "kill" you, "crucify" you and reject you and love them anyway, and thus become a savior of the world! Join Me, and

take up My cross upon you! 482 __________________________________________________ You never know who will be converted through your witness. Look at Paul... everything is possible. It's not your job to tell who's good or bad, that's My job - one which the Devil has been trying to take away from Me, telling people and brainwashing them with his definition of good and bad, which the AC will take to the ultimate extreme: it will be him labeling you as the "bad guys" that will trigger the greatest persecution of all times and the greatest tribulation of all times, consequently. That's why you shouldn't be guilty of the same thing they're doing - the labeling, the hate, the short-sightedness & selfrighteousness! Believe that I can change any life! I haven't sent you to condemn the world, but to be saviors of the world, just as the Father hadn't sent Me to condemn them, but to save them (Jn.3:17)! Be a savior, not a judge! Be like Me, not the accuser! Bring them Heaven, instead of hell! That's why the Father chose a position for Me on Earth in which I would be of questionable reputation, despised by the rich and pompous, of low degree and heritage, and why I have chosen such a position for you, My Family. It is quite difficult to judge others when you're at the bottom. Judging others is reserved for those on top, who look down upon others. 483 __________________________________________________ (S.H.:) The Family is a funny thing. It looks kind of strange. Some people are scared of it. Some folks think it's pretty, some think it's ugly. But one thing has to be said about it as one of its attributes: it lives. It's because God lives in it. You never know exactly what He or it might be up to next, it's full of surprises. That's why you can't pin it down, label it or put it in a drawer or categorize it. It constantly changes. Don't discard it prematurely. It might all of a sudden start glowing and burn its way clear through your mental trash can. The Family's a funny thing. Funny things do happen. Especially if it's God's thing, you can't stop it from happening. You mess with it and you might find out you just stuck your finger right in the middle of God's eye. Don't do it. 484 _________________________________________________ People don't know how important humility is. Folks forget it sometimes. Pride and arrogance are the result of demonic power, System input, and doctrines which feed your ego & make you see things the world's way: "the survival of the fittest," etc. Someone realizes they're quite "fit," and it dawns on them that they actually deserve something better than those dumb people surrounding them, their family, friends, etc. And often I do give them some leeway and another chance, only for them to find out that their new situation, their new circle of friends won't be perfect enough, either. In fact, no one can hardly ever be perfect enough for people with perfectionist tendencies and expectations like that. What they don't realize is that from My point of view, they're actually not all that much smarter than the folks they look down on, and not all that much better at all. In fact, from My angle, it often turns out that such people thought they were smarter than they really were & only outsmart themselves; that real wisdom, and the real abilities which will get you through life successfully, are found in a completely different direction. I'm weakening your arm of the flesh, because I know that as long as you can rely on it & marvel at it, you'll always find the majority of others around you so much inferior by comparison. I can't allow you to be more popular, because it would be another confirmation of your abilities & your arm of the flesh & your own wit, when I want you to lean on Me and make Me your strength, because it's the only strength that will see you through the times when your own wits won't be of any avail to you. Those who rely on their own understanding and abilities will fail inevitably. Only those who learn that there's a greater strength to

lean on than their own, stand a chance to make it through the dark future ahead. People who trust in their own wisdom and knowledge & strength as their light are following a false light. It's that way - usually their own - that seemeth right to a man, but the end of it is destruction. It's just not the real thing, not the longrange light that you need in order to see further than to the end of your own nose, the kind of light that truly will light your path when the darkness comes. Your own batteries will run out, and your light will be useless, and you'll wish you would have stuck to those good old-fashioned oil lamps and made sure you have lots of oil of the Spirit along in order to keep your path lit. But that light of the Holy Spirit only comes through humility. It doesn't come to those who think they're better than everybody else. It comes to those who see the good qualities in others, which they themselves don't possess: maybe they're more patient, more forgiving, more understanding of others, or simply more unselfish, more giving, more humble. If you can't see the good qualities in others, then you're in pretty bad shape, because love sees the good & possibilities in others, and if you can't, it means that your eyes of love are nearly blind; your ability to love is nearly nil, which means that you don't possess any of what I call real strength. So you may consider yourself to be strong and smart, but all I see is someone weak and foolish. Like I told the church of Laodicea: "Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" (Rev.3:17); or Babylon the Whore: "She saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow" (Rev.18:7). I'm leading you in a direction where you realize it's better to become nothing in this world, a nobody - of no reputation, as I was, if you want to achieve anything that counts in My Realm, at all. Nearly all the big-shot preachers and religious teachers who seem to be so successful, are turning out to have clay feet, and that they're actually invariably being manipulated by the Enemy's ilk somehow. If I use someone in a great way, then it's in a bottlebreaking way, one that wouldn't appeal to their own pride or would feed their own egos. I'm not allowing you to come across as "cool." It would be detrimental to your humility factor. You're better off despised and rejected! They hail, praise and fancy that which is young, strong, where the flesh is still on the rise. "Cool" spells "young:" The flesh is still strong and appealing, good looking, and doesn't resemble any reminder of what is inevitably before them all: death. As soon as you start bearing the first marks of resemblance to that "taboo," you remind them of the unpleasant factor they'd prefer to ignore: evil and sin, which has brought death into the world. Not being popular is the price you pay for learning to wield the true spiritual weapons, the weapons of true strength, of lasting, eternal strength, not their elusive strength of youth, which will whither like the flower of the field. All it takes is a little time, and that which they thought was their glorious, eternal light will start to dim. And once they realize that, they start looking around for the true light. Part of the purpose of life is exactly that: finding out where to look for the true light, that doesn't fade. Finding out where it ain't, namely not in you. 485 __________________________________________________ One mistake to make would be to think that you have arrived where you should be, because you're merely getting started. Sometimes, when things are looking okay, the Devil sends his demons of compromise & settling for less than the best, that principality specially in charge of Christians, and they make you think you're already at your destination, when you barely even got going. That's why you've got to keep pressing in. Don't quit seeking progress, ways to improve & how you can do more than yesterday! And don't let the lack of encouragement distract and discourage you! You're here to please no one but Me, and once you do that, I will also see to it that you're going to start pleasing and reaching

the right people. Stretch your faith, your horizon, your vision, your outlook, your spectrum, your methods & expand! Look into which directions you can go which you haven't tried yet! There are things for you to do here, and your job is to find them. Your job is to make the best out of the situation I've given you and put you in! It takes faith, work and prayer, because the Devil will fight you like mad, trying to stop you from making anything good, much less the best out of it, but that's what the fight is all about! Kick him back! Push him back! Force him to retreat! Bring some light into the darkness. Let your light so shine before men! - That they may see your good works... They may not always consider them "good," but what counts is what I call good, and if I call it good, then it IS. They glorify the Father by beholding your good works. Just by receiving what you're doing. By accepting it, by receiving it, by liking what they see, because they're absorbing His light, like a tree, and it is inevitably bound to bring forth fruit, some new leaf or branch, and it will bring forth new life. If you are messengers of God's light and life, then it will always bring forth some kind of new life when you let your light shine before men! 486 __________________________________________________ "Life to the full," is the motto by which I like you to live. You don't have to be satisfied with only half of the real thing. You've got the Real Thing, Me, and the way to really live it to the full, is to put My way of living into practice & find fun ways to give Me and My message of love to others. There will still be battles & problems, & some cross to bear, and you need to combat your own inhibitions & pride & shyness, but once you've done that, it can be a whole lot of fun. 487 __________________________________________________ When you come to the end of your wit, thats usually the point where you let Me do the talking. People will run to you for your input, because of your connection with Me. You would like to convey to them what you know, your wisdom, the sum of what you've learned, the sum of your faith, including all it's benefits, like the peace you gain from it, but that's not very realistic. You're never going to get people to see everything the way you do from one moment to the other... The smartest thing you can do is to come to Me for them. You've got the connection & "hot wire" with Me. So, you can come to Me for them & ask Me for some advice or counsel to pass on to them. That takes faith, & often you won't even know whether that's what they want, or whether they won't think you're crazy... but that's still the best thing you can do for them. They will have to decide whether they're going to believe it; whether they'll believe that this was really Me talking to them through you. Then they're going to have to decide whether they're going to obey My counsel & act on it... Persecution usually comes as a result of involvement with people's lives, and if you want to "live godly in Christ Jesus," you're going to have to get involved with people's lives. The System's way is "keep out of it, it's none of your business..." But that's not My way. My way is to get involved, to take the risk. (Mt.10:34,35) You want to bring peace. But you have to realize that bringing false peace, allowing people to exist in a peaceful coexistence between good and evil & accepting and tolerating evil is one of the major sources of problems in the world today, and a lack of conviction and guts to declare war on the wrong things are what's causing the world to be in such a mess - the lack of fighters against evil. Look to what extent I got involved with people's lives: I didn't always do the "proper" thing! Some might say I stole away sons from their families, and it didn't just stop there: after the day of Pentecost, thousands of others also decided to live like that and gave away all of their belongings to this strange new sect! Talking about highly controversial, totally improper and perhaps even downright atrocious behavior!

No wonder the disciples suffered persecution! But they did the job I gave them to do, regardless of it! How ready are you to do My job for you?

evil deed a spirit that is not yielded to Me will stop short of, that's why it's so important to keep your spirit in submission to Me. Just like someone becomes a member of My Family through My blood, so a familiar spirit has a link to their victim or charge 488 __________________________________________________ through blood ties of relation, which is why they're called Anything that happens to My prophets is a sign of what's "familiar" spirits. It's their "right" and ticket to mess with your happening with the world. The world is running out of borrowed life, unless you recognize them and refuse to grant them time & money & soon someone is going to have to pay the entrance into your life in any way. You can command them to fiddler. That's why I said, don't be guilty of their excess; don't leave and resist them in the power of the keys. partake in their living on borrowed time & money, don't play their Any addiction can grant them greater power and control over game, lest you'll have the same rude awakening they will, when their victims, just as sin can, putting anything before Me in a the rug is going to be pulled out from under them. person's life, any form of idolatry, which the worship of another person is also part of. 489 __________________________________________________ Obsession has many slaves, as do Pride, Jealousy, bitterness, Be alert and on guard. "Work out your own salvation in fear envy, greed, self-pity, self-righteousness... all these can fuel a and trembling" doesn't have anything to do with your eternal familiar spirit's presence in one's life, and the only way to make Salvation, which you received the moment you received Me. But sure you're rid of them is by replacing all these negative qualities the way you're going to make that salvation work for you in this with the positive qualities of My Spirit. Cast out hatred with love, life depends on your desperation, how serious you are about it, pride with humility, anger and resentment with mercy and how much elbow grease you're willing to invest into it to make it forgiveness, any bad thoughts by thinking of "whatsoever things really work. are pure, just, lovely," etc. (Phil.4:8). It's a gift, but in order to make this gift useful for you in this life, The mind is the realm where familiar spirits operate. They find you're going to have to care for it, put some maintenance work access so easily because they think human thoughts. It seems into it, so to speak. "Working out your own salvation" sounds more harmless, but just as a saint of Mine has to be possessed like saving yourself. But according to My book and My rules, the by My Spirit because I own them, so a familiar spirit belongs to way to save your life is to lose it. the Devil, and thus he can gain greater access to the unsaved Lose it - the excess weight, the wrong attitudes, whatever it is spirit, as much as sin and disobedience and lack of resistance that slows you down, in order to gain what really matters! By all allow. It's a matter of choices of listening to and yielding to the the care and worry in the world you won't be able to add a cubit right or wrong voices. to your life, so, instead of trying to constantly add something to When you notice they are there, you've got to stop & pray, resist it, to make it richer, fuller, more; just lose it, drop it, get rid of them vehemently in spirit. You've got to take action. You've got some of it, and you will see, it will help you gain speed, to take command of the situation. effectiveness and a clearer view of those things that really I'm training you to take charge of a situation in which spirits are matter. involved. It's not a reason to freak out, despair or murmur. As The less you have to worry about other things besides doing the everything in your life, see it as a blessing (however disguised) job I gave you, the better! from My hand, as a challenge to strengthen you, and as a Share it, give it away, let others partake of it. If you share it, it necessary lesson. You've got the power! Just take hold of it and becomes easier. Everything you've got: share it, and it will take charge! Walk in prayer! Discover what a mighty, powerful become lighter, and you'll see, it will become more in a truly and awesome weapon it really is, especially when powered with positive way! The more you give, the more I will repay! the keys! Instead of trying to accumulate more things for yourself, seek to Pray! The Enemy knows that you've got the names of most of his share, to give them away & be a blessing to others! generals and thus uses familiar spirits as his "spies" & proxies to get a wedge in. 490 __________________________________________________ Know that you can resist those spirits' influences with the Stay on the rock bottom of reality of what you truly can weapons of praise & positiveness - the power of positive afford and what not; what your needs really are, realistically, and thinking! When they tempt you to murmur, turn it into a praise! how much you're going to have to work up or pray down Remember how important praise is in order to bring about the accordingly. The buck is going to stop with you - at zero, there's changes you need and for you to make the progress for Me you no more trespassing that line, living on borrowed money or time. desire! You've got what you've got, and what you don't have, you're Always maintain a grateful attitude! Praise is the victory! going to have to get. This is a much more positive life-style than life in the minus. 493 __________________________________________________ Welcome to the reality, the freedom of living on what you've The satisfaction and fulfillment you seek won't be found in actually got, and not what the System lends you! this world. It's found in the Mother-World, the One from which your world originated, My World. Here We see things the way 491 __________________________________________________ they really are. We zoom in onto the details that are still hidden You're going to have to take your job for Me more seriously! from your finite view right now. Everything is so much bigger, so If you faithfully put hours into reaching folks with My message, much more significant, so much clearer and more beautiful Here, you'll see your "business" picking up and flourishing, eventually. in Real Life. From your view, everything seems so small, so insignificant, so 492 __________________________________________________ dull, so gray and colorless, it's hard to believe that any of it really Just like My spirit helpers function as conduits of My Holy makes sense, sometimes. But if you could step back and see Spirit and are subject to superior angels and spirit beings, things with the clarity, sharpness and intensity that We see familiar spirits are being used by the Enemy, they're conduits & things, there wouldn't be a dull moment in your life. carriers of his vices, his negative qualities. Everything is immensely significant, much more than you realize. They enjoy the power he gives them. They don't really realize that There is no such thing as "insignificant" to Me. The tiny, they're slaves of the Devil, as long as he grants them that feeling seemingly insignificant factor that might not be of any of independence, of being their own master. importance to you might be the very one on which I hinge My It's the same reason why so many people refuse to accept Me. future decisions and judgments. They enjoy that fake "freedom" and independence the Devil Strive to catch a glimpse of My view of it, and what seemed large grants them, which will come with a heavy price, though. and important to you may shrink in size compared to something Because in their rebellion against Me they go further and further you hardly even noticed or paid any attention to beforehand. in their actions against Me; there's no stopping place. There's no The art of learning to truly see. It's expedient for you to see with

the eyes of the spirit if you're going to make it to your ultimate destiny. You've got to be in tune with Me, see things as I do, value things according to My standards of what's important.

the world calls "progress:" they're inventing all those machines supposed to make life easier for them, when all the while nothing gets easier at all, but the less work they have to do, the less chores they have to perform, the more problems they actually seem to have. 494 __________________________________________________ Their meaningless education leads to relatively easy jobs in the Without love, it's nothing. System, which are not fulfilling. They may be comforted by the You know there's a whole new dimension of revelations... thought that theyre so smart - thanks to their modern education A whole new world is ready to open its door to you. that they can earn money relatively easily, compared to their But having walked through it should not mean that you can just forefathers, but what do they really gain by all of it? Definitely not leave everybody behind, and forget about all I've been trying to more happiness. teach you on love, unity, the importance of including others, etc. Happiness does not equal finding ways around hard work! Often, The position of your heart has to be right. the way to find happiness is by heading straight for the pile of hard work right before you. 495 __________________________________________________ Happiness is not found in making things as easy as possible on Prayer is like a sweet, spiritual perfume that changes the yourself. Happiness is not found in avoiding the chores of life. atmosphere of a room. A room in which one has prayed has a Good old fashioned hard work would be the answer to many of clean and bright spirit, it's as if someone has been in there with a the world's problems. But then they get into comparing: "Wait a sweet, heavenly perfume, and has left a trace of that scent there. minute: this guy is not working half as hard as I am, and yet he's Just because I've been stressing the visual sense or aspect in My receiving many times the amount I get for my work, so I must be message, didn't make all the others unimportant. All your senses doing something wrong." And the Devil comes & pipes up, can be enhanced in the spirit. There is such a thing as spiritual "Yeah, what you need is a better education!" In other words: use "smell," just as much as there is heavenly or spiritual "touch," your brain in order to find ways to get more money for less work! "sound," taste and sight. What they don't realize is that less work and more money does It's the union of all things that gives a well-rounded and whole not by any means spell happiness! picture. Yes, My picture cannot only be "seen," but it can be felt, Maybe the way of the world, they consider so smart isn't smart at heard, tasted and even smelled as well! "Taste & see that the all, but just a way of cheating themselves out of the little, Lord is good" (Ps.34:8). everyday joys of life... If you're thankful for what you've got, your house, your room, 496 __________________________________________________ your car, whatever it is, then you won't mind investing a little People will be coming to you for help, because you're doing elbow grease in maintaining it, making sure it stays clean, what they never would have the faith to do: to just take the time respectable and a good sample. However, if you think that you to hear from Me, as if it were the most important task in the really deserve something better, why, you ought to live in a universe - and, what they don't know: it IS. palace, & so you're not going to waste your time cleaning up this Otherwise you see things from the bottom, and from the ego-side dump, then you've got a very common problem... of things. No wonder you wind up getting depressed or impatient or aggressive then... 498 __________________________________________________ But if you keep the heavenly vision and act as if nothing else Beware of taking for granted what you have, and wanting matters, then whatever happens down there just won't be able to something different, the "grass on the other side" syndrome. It get you into a fuss. People still think that survival and acquiring prevents you from ever putting your whole heart into the those things that make it possible are more important than life situation you're in, from applying any elbow grease to it, and itself. If the mere purpose for your existence were the insurance instead of being enthusiastic and on fire, you just passively wait of your existence, that would be pretty stupid, wouldn't it? And for the day when things will change for the better, which might yet, that's the way most people live. never happen, because I'm waiting for you to take the initiative to They do this, that & the other just to make sure they keep change things yourself! existing, without ever wondering whether there perhaps might be The only way to break out of that is to take the initiative and just a higher purpose for their existence than that circular reasoning. spread some love & affection the best you can. If you wait for it The inability to be content in whatever state you're in is one of to happen, it might never come; you've got to make it happen! the Enemy's devices to keep you ever looking, ever longing for Learn to be a thermostat instead of a mere thermometer. something else to fill your "need for something" with, instead of To be a pioneer of love, you've got to have the faith and the just praising Me for what you've already got and enjoying it. vision that it's going to be worth it to give and show love to You've got Me, you've got My Word, You've got My Spirit, My others, then you've got to have the initiative to be the first to try Love, and you've got each other. Why constantly look for more? & give love to someone else, and then you've got to have the This item or that item that's missing. "After all these things do courage to see it through, to keep it up, and not be scared that the gentiles seek," the unbelievers. They don't have a real God to you're going to get hurt. You can't allow your love to be passive! love, honor & worship, that's why they get themselves all these You've got to give it away, which is an active deed, and action things to put their hearts into. you perform, not just a passive waiting for all the right circumstances to come up! 497 __________________________________________________ You shouldn't hold others responsible to supply you with the The purpose in life is not to see how easy you can possibly love you need in order to keep you going. A lot depends on you, make it on yourself, but it's the tough times, the battles, the and the initiative you come up with to get out of yourself and efforts you need to make, which all work to make you stronger show love to others. and earn you the "badges" in life that are really worth collecting. It's by pouring out that you will be refilled again! What earns you rewards with Me is pitching in with and for What will be depends on your initiative, your courage, your faith others, sacrificing of your own comfort in order to make it easier and your vision to determine that it's worth it to show love to for them; simply put, to be giving and helping. someone else. You've got to do it, you can't expect everybody I know you're being helpful in general, but you're just not really else to. If you want to change the world, you've got to be the one used to applying elbow grease in your helpfulness, which could to start. be just what you're needing, though; some physical effort in Don't let the Enemy discourage you, but use that power you've order to strengthen your body, instead of allowing yourself to let been given to make a difference. You can make the difference it become weakened further. between what is and what could be! So much depends on you! Your mind is always looking for a way around the hard & The course of history hinges on single humans and single humbling little tasks that are a part of life. It's the same as what human decisions and choices.

499 __________________________________________________ The need of each day varies from that of the next, and it's wise of you to come before Me to lead and guide you step by step, day by day. I lead you gently. I'm not telling you bluntly, "This is it you should do," or "that is it," but I teach you to look. "Look! Look ahead what do you see? What is there before you today? When you look at the day ahead of you, what do you see? In what way does My plan for you seem to be manifested today?" It's a little bit like putting the pieces of a puzzle together, and each day is a small puzzle that only presents another piece of the great picture puzzle of your life, which again is only another piece of the Big Picture of all of history. The important thing is finding the right pieces & fitting them together, and often it's not so much in what you do - although sometimes it is - as in what you can learn. It's a slow progress, because sometimes, instead of teaching you a new lesson, I have to make sure you solidify your gains, I make sure that you've really learned the lesson you've just been taught. Many of the little things that are going on in your life are connected, so let's try to put those pieces together. "When you live with someone day in and day out, the mistakes, shortcomings, problems and idiosyncrasies of that person become very plain to you. But once you notice something, you have a choice to let it bother you or to not let it bother you. Praise Me and appreciate the person for all their wonderful qualities that help to make your Home the winning team that it is. You'll be much happier and will receive My blessings if you focus on the positive, let your love cover the little irritations, and move on! That's the only way a good, lasting, and happy marriage will work and the only way your Home will be good, fruitful, and lasting is if you overlook the little problems with love." (3590:164) That's the gist of the lesson I want you to consolidate. Again, the simple solution is praise, but there's also the knowledge that you have the choice, to either let it bother you, or you don't. That's Satan exposed right there, because he makes you think you're a "prisoner," a captive of those mistakes & flaws of others, that you're going to have to deal with & be subjected to for the rest of your life. But I'm saying, "Not really!" Because by simply making the choice that you're not going to let it affect you or bother or aggravate you, but instead choosing to look at and praise Me for their positive qualities, you deny those negative qualities to have power over you whatsoever, and it's almost as if they wouldn't exist! You can refuse to get aggravated. You can choose to continue to be loving instead, choose to look at the good sides, choose not to be bothered! Choose not to be bothered by their flaws, their idiosyncrasies their quirks! Refuse to look at them! Or, if you see them, use that as something you pray for, and address personally with them, if I lead you to do so, but don't focus on it, and don't let it bother you! Don't let the faults stand between you and them! Choose not to allow them to! That's one effective way in which you can make headway in your usage of the weapon of the Law of Love, and it's applicable in innumerable situations: choose not to be aggravated by the driving style of others! Choose not to be bothered by the way some people seem to act extra friendly only in order to get something out of you! Choose to ignore their tendencies to be more conservative than you in certain aspects, or to be different than you in whatever aspects! Choose to accept and love them the way they are and not to be annoyed by it! You can take the wind out of the Devil's & the Selvegion's sails like that, leaving them practically disarmed. Be prepared for a counter attack, and that they might come up with some real outstanding and aggravating traits in others now, which will only make it even more obvious that it's just one of their tactics! It's the way they work! They magnify & super-impose others' weaknesses in your mind, make them look bigger than they sometimes really are, when all the while you can choose whether you'll allow them to affect you or not; which means, if you make that choice, you won't even look at them, certainly not focus on

them & be so obsessed by that image that you hardly get along with that person or let it affect your interaction with them. It's amazing what power I have given you over your circumstances, isn't it? You can choose to rise above anything; not only your own weaknesses, but also those of others, simply by not allowing them to affect you adversely. It's not the same as simply ignoring them; it's a supernatural act, because it requires a miracle of My love. Love's power is so prevalent, that anything about any person which might be disliked by another is simply "overshadowed" & made invisible, annihilated by it. That's why heaven's so perfect, and everyone in heaven is practically perfect: it's the love that makes them perfect. As undeserving as anyone might be, they're being loved totally and unconditionally, and that just deletes and erases anything you would call imperfect. 500 __________________________________________________ Do you want to lead a mediocre life with mediocre results, mediocre fruits and thus leave a mediocre legacy? Or do you want to excel and shine like a star? There's only one way you can shine, and that's by availing yourself of My light! Without Me, you're just a worm, but with Me you can become a glow-worm, a lightning bug, lighting up the landscape. By allowing carnal things, people, influences and impulses to lead you, you're following them instead of Me, which means, you're making them your leader, your boss, your god. The result is that you wander through life just as clueless, aimlessly, powerlessly and blindly as the rest of them, with nothing to give to them, except a little bit of knowledge that's tucked away in your head somewhere, but you don't put it to use. It's as if you're pretending to be one among the slaves when I have set you free, as if you pretend you're among the blind, when I have enabled you to see, one among the deaf, the lame, the poor, the disabled & invalid, when I have caused you to hear, to walk - nay, to fly, and empowered you beyond limits. You try to hide your light under a bushel, you bury your spiritual riches, the gold of your faith and knowledge of My Word & truth you possess. You're assimilating your surroundings & adapting to them, merely reflecting the present atmosphere & temperature, instead of influencing and affecting it with your own input. If you never flip the switch & turn the light on, it's no wonder you grope around, lost in the darkness, like the rest of them. Do you want Me to tell you, "You could have made such a difference!" when you come Here to be with Me? Do you want to wind up weeping countless tears over what you could have done but didn't? What are you so afraid of? Why not grab hold of the power I've given you? 501 __________________________________________________ Just remember you don't have to do it yourself. It's I Who want to do all these things through you. I want to use you, I want you to be a vessel I can slip into and work through. I want to possess you. If you allow this to happen, you'll see you won't have to worry about anything else: you won't have to worry about saying the right or the wrong things, you won't have to worry about your supply... It's the modus operandi of the Early Church, the reason why everything back then was happening on a supernatural level on a larger scale than today. They didn't try to do it themselves, because they didn't have a clue what to do or how to do it. Just as My Early Church brides never would have made it without the power of the Holy Spirit to have such an impact on the world, so there's no way on earth you're ever going to make it without Her. That's why you've got to spend time with Me to get that power & make sure you're connected. Let Me do the worrying. It's My business to make sure you're fed. If you take care of My sheep, and make sure they're fed, I'll take care of the rest & make sure that you're fed! 502 __________________________________________________ I always have new counsel to give you, even when you don't feel deserving, or in tune. It's one big lesson to not hitch your

faith on feelings! I'll still be there as close as ever, no matter how undeserving you may feel, I still love you as unconditionally as ever. But it also works the other way around: no matter how euphoric you may feel about one of Satan's shiny temptations, it will be a letdown, just the same, & not lead you to happiness. The true path still remains the true path, regardless of feelings which might tell you otherwise. Even if you don't feel victorious, you can still be a victor, more than a conqueror, even though you don't feel like a conqueror at all. "Little is much if God is in it." If I'm in it, even if it's just a tiny little ministry, a tiny little life, a tiny little family you've got, then it's more in My eyes than some real big thing outwardly. What determines the value of something is not how big it is, but how real it is!

Nobody has the vision or the burden or the heart to clean up this place, that's why I'm finally going to have to do it. The Devil really hates the Earth. He knows it's going to be My heavenly HQ for eternity, and so he does his best to destroy it. But it will serve as a perfect example of the Father's restoring power: just as He completely restored many broken lives and broken bodies, so will He also restore this broken planet and make it better than ever. We're not about to toss anything away too quickly! It's amazing what you can make out of things - and people - if you only give them a second chance, or a third... Pray for the Family and do all you can to help Me improve the Family, but there's no use in criticizing or getting down over the fact how far from perfect the Family is. In fact, I'm going to use the same restoration power We're going to use with the earth, and which we've applied to so many lives, broken hearts, souls & bodies, also with the Family. How many times have you been in a 503 __________________________________________________ situation that you thought was hopeless and I saved it & turned it Love, freedom and happiness, all those things you want out into something good after all? Well, that's what I'm going to do of life, only come to you by eliminating the negative things from with the Family, too! You must not give up on them prematurely! your life, which you can do by allowing the positive, namely Me, It's the same with this planet. Some people would rather give up to enter in fully. Just as you can only expect any garden or plot on it already. They say, "Let's get outta here! Take me to Mars or of land to yield its fruit after you've purged it from the rocks, someplace, just outta here!" They're going to get a big surprise weeds & brambles that might otherwise choke the tender sprouts when they'll see what I'm still going to do with this place, and of your fruit. how wonderful and glorious it's going to be! They're going to feel It's work. It simply requires time and hard work. Only the quite foolish and ridiculous then for having given up on this ol' entrance of My Word giveth light. All the other things may give planet a bit too soon. First of all, it's not nearly as old as they've you temporary comfort, diversion, or even a certain degree of all been fooled into believing it is. It seems to be one of the inspiration, but only the entrance of My Word in your hearts, Devil's favorite tactics, making everything older, telling minds & lives brings the kind of light that is going to bring forth everybody how old they are, making them feel old, useless, the fruit of the changes & results you'd like in your life! outdated, etc. Other things can give you entertainment or even a few good When you don't have any idea how young you are! Compared to thoughts or feelings, but only My Word can act as an effective how old you're going to be some day! tool and weapon to actually change your life for the better. The earth is practically still a baby. But of course, the Devil has never shied back from killing babies, either! But I'm going to 504 __________________________________________________ save this baby, just as the Father saved Me from Herod's hand. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak; for to perform My And I'm going to save you, too, and this whole Family! It may will, you find it not in you. You would like to do My will, but the look pretty old and tired right now, but you're going to see! This flesh pulls you the other way, the way of your own will. There are life is just "training with weights," remember that! Right now so few, so few who are truly dedicated & committed to doing My you're all training with weights, but someday soon you're going will. That's why the harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few, to fly! and that's why the summer will be over and they will not be It's a promise I'm going to keep, as unbelievable as it may sound saved... to unbelieving ears! That age-old dream... I'm going to fulfill it! That's why I have to allow the storms to come, to purge your I'm going to make it come to pass! It's going to be part of My hearts and make you white. Woe unto them who think that all great "Restoration Act Part 1," at the Rapture, which will herald things will continue as they were. the Millennium! Who will be ready when the hour of temptation comes? Who will If you could see how important your future is, you could see why stand? Who is wise to take heed? Who will not fall for the the Devil attacks you all like crazy! Of course, he doesn't want apparent, for that which the eyes see; but who sees deeper, that to happen, and he doesn't want you to believe it. So, thanks below the surface, and can discern what's really going on? for listening to Me, letting Me straighten you out & renew your faith & vision! Thanks for listening to Me instead of him! 505 __________________________________________________ Right now, the great lesson is called, "Where it ain't at!" "The The Family is like a garden, similar to the garden of Eden, way which seemeth right unto a man and the end thereof are the and not without the presence of the snake, either, and the only ways of death." By showing you which is the wrong way, by way that garden is going to prosper is by maintaining it, applying letting you experience it first hand, I'm also showing you the elbow grease to it, tending it and keeping away from that snake! right way, which way you need to go to overcome, to rise above, You see, it wasn't just the appeal of knowledge of good and evil to succeed: you just need to turn around, and instead of that did the trick with Eve. What went beforehand was a certain following all those other misleading voices, you just come to Me dissatisfaction with what she had already, otherwise she and follow Mine! wouldn't have been looking for something new. And that's what's Listening to Me is the one sure way to make certain you're on the happening a million-fold all over the world even today. The old right track & that everything's going to be alright! I'm right here serpent whispers thoughts of discontentment into people's with you, and I'm not letting You go or giving up on you, and you minds & so they're ever looking for something else than what can look forward to a great and glorious restoration! In the they've got, never satisfied with what's right at hand, but meantime, you can claim the keys of rejuvenation to give you constantly looking for new sources of satisfaction. little tastes of it. It's like oxygen: it may be invisible and nearly Now, on one hand, if they're My sheep, this can be because unnoticeable, but it has a great rejuvenating effect! they're looking for Me, but many times - once they've been Don't worry if you feel rejected & like you don't fit in! You're in confronted with the choice of accepting Me and either found or goood company! None of My true followers was ever a pop star! rejected Me, it's simply an endless yearning for more Fame and popularity is something for those who seek the big satisfaction. time in this life! My followers know that there's something better, The most important changes take place in the heart, and much better, coming up! changing your circumstances won't do the trick if there hasn't And you don't have to wait for the future; you can enjoy Me right been an inward change happening. now. Anytime, any place, anyhow.

506 __________________________________________________ The Devil's technique is called "isolation tactic." He sows division through his lies and manipulations in order to separate you from the body, and then he'll attack you when you're weakened in your convictions, faith & confidence in the whole thing. Like a bunch of hyenas, circling their prey & driving it away from the herd. If you want to stay alive, you've got to stick with the flock, in unity; there's no wandering off independently by yourselves, or the wolves are going to get you. Unity is a security factor. Rivalry or rejection are usually artificially created by the Enemy and blown way out of proportion. They're lying vanities. I allow some not so nice experiences as tests and lessons for you. Some of the stuff that was happening was bad. The question is, are you going to allow this to be an excuse for you to elevate yourself above them in your mind, to separate yourself from the rest of the body, because you think you're better? Are you going to allow the Devil's isolation tactic to work to separate you from the body so he can prey on you? Or are you going to stick, no matter what? Remember the lesson about choosing not to let it bother and aggravate you. 507 __________________________________________________ Praying is the gist of all that makes the difference! Wisdom is asking Me. Wisdom is availing yourself of My power instead of trying to do it on your own. The big mistake the majority is making is that they're not coming to Me when something's going wrong, they try to figure it out & fix it themselves. 508 __________________________________________________ In order to receive the new, you have to make room for it by letting go of the old. Come before Me like humble servants, with an attitude of "nothing in my hands I bring; only to Thy cross I cling." Luke 14:33 means: don't kid yourself into thinking you can be My disciple unless you're willing to have that attitude of "I give it all to you," and you're willing to tell Me this (and practice it & see it through, of course,) every single day of your life, holding nothing back! Most people are oblivious to the fact that I gave it all to them in the first place, as Paul said, "what hast thou that thou didst not receive?" (1.Cor.4:7) But they think they've got a right to withhold things from Me. It's all Mine to give and to take in the first place. So, what do you think you can withhold from Me? 509 __________________________________________________ Its not how good you are that determines My love for you. I don't expect you to be perfect. Sure, I would prefer it if you had learned the lesson and would stop seeking elsewhere all you could find in My arms. But I know your frame. I know the temptations, and I know your heart. Just don't be surprised if all you find elsewhere is emptiness. The heavenly perfection you seek is nowhere to be found but in Me. There may have been better days, but if they would have gone on forever, you would have started feeling too much at home in this world. I must preserve you as a pilgrim & stranger in this world unto Me. The Family is something for you to pour into, to invest in. Why not show your gratitude by displaying an attitude that doesn't merely expect to receive, but a giving attitude, even a sacrificial attitude. The only ones who are going to make it in the Family are those who are willing to go down with the ship, if need be, knowing that I will come to rescue and save you at the last minute. Remember the warning from "Stand In The Gap," about those who left the castle when it was on fire, they jumped off the ship prematurely. Don't let it happen to you! 510 __________________________________________________

A lot depends on your own initiative; your own overcoming of your laziness & communicating. It's work. Communication with Me is more important right now than communication with anybody else, because of the great impending changes in the world and the approaching darkness! Sometimes it simply isn't appropriate anymore for all that chatter to continue, there will even come a time when there will be complete silence in heaven for half an hour (Rev.8:1). You're seeking happiness, laughter and diversion, but it's a time to quiet down and tune in to what is going to happen, lest you be caught by surprise! Tune in to Me daily! You've got to stay in tune with Me! 511 __________________________________________________ The Family is just that: family; and there will always - in this world - be frictions within families, for various reasons. But real love, loyalty and faithfulness doesn't just stick around as long as you need the ones you love, but even long after that, simply in gratitude for what you have received when you were in need, and so that you can return some of the love that you're in a position to give, even if it requires some sacrifice. Now it's time for you to help make that heaven on earth possible for others. Participating & pitching in, even if there isn't much in it for you, shows your loyalty and your love for Me. You're not only a recipient anymore, but a giver. In other words, you have matured & grown. You're a grown-up now, and your duty is not seeking to provide pleasure for yourself, but serving others, helping to make others happy, and in this you'll actually find much greater happiness than in just seeking your own satisfaction. So, don't look with eyes of expectation of what might be in it for you, but with eyes of expectation of "how can I help, how can I be of service, what can I give?" It's easy to give up, to chicken out & run when the going gets tough! Everybody can do that. But I'm not going to win this war with those who run away when the going gets tough, only with folks who stick, come hell or high water; for them there is no such thing as giving up. It all depends on you and your maturity, whether you allow your real Enemy to convert your brethren into your enemies in your mind! If, instead of resisting and rejecting the pain and pressure, you receive and embrace and welcome it, then you'll really learn something, and will get to know things you will never know otherwise! That's where wisdom comes from. The alternative is only the typical & usual game of playing the rejected & misunderstood victim. With My help and counsel you can understand, and pray, "Help me to seek to understand, not to be understood." Then you won't care about whether you're misunderstood or not. You should also not be concerned about whether or to what extent you're being rejected by others, but how much do you reject and resent them? You say you have legitimate reasons for your feelings of rejection, but everybody thinks that. "If he weren't so-&-so, there wouldn't be a problem..." But maturity is not expecting others to be flawless & perfect, but accepting and loving them anyway. Welcome to the dimension of love unconditional! Once you meet them on the level of unconditional love and acceptance, find out what wonders that kind of love can do! 512 __________________________________________________ The "simplicity of Christ," as opposed to the Devil's braintwisters, could be summed up in one phrase: "There IS an answer!" There is an answer to everything. Whereas the Devil keeps trying to brainwash people with his philosophy of eternal insecurity and confusion: "We don't know whether there is an answer, because everything is relative, & blah, blah, blah." "There are no absolutes." But there IS an absolute and definite answer to everything, and it's yours for the asking, by faith! You've only got to get it from Me! The simplicity of Christ is: "Ask Me!" "Ask Me, and I'll give you the answers even to the most complicated riddles, questions

& problems you might ever encounter." Things are not always simple, but the basic answer is simple: you can ask Me! How much simpler can it get than that? Of course, I will sometimes answer you by letting you find out the answer through personal experience, which, basically, is also a simple concept, although it doesn't manifest itself as simple and as clear an answer as some people would like sometimes. In fact, you might say, while the "simplicity of Christ" is too simple for some people, it isn't simple enough for others, or for the same people in different aspects. I gave you your brains to use them, and I invite anyone to "come now & let us reason together..." (Isa.1:18). It's fun for Me, and can be, for you, too! You don't have to limit your mind to any set boundaries, just let it fly with Me. You only have to make sure that I'm your Pilot! 513 __________________________________________________ Its more blessed to give than to receive. You want to be blessed, or happy? Then give! Give what you can! Look around and see what you can do to make life easier for them, and to make them happy! Don't live to be served, but walk in My footsteps & learn to serve others! If I'm not opening a far away, glorious door elsewhere, look around; there must be something to do right where you are! And there is plenty to be done, as is quite obvious! It may not be the thing you had planned, but look; there's still more! Why not invest energy and effort into this ordinary day? You'll see, the more you put into it, the more you're going to get out of it. He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much. How much are you willing to give to one or 2 persons who love you? How much less than everything you've got? How much do you suppose I would give? 514 __________________________________________________ (1 Sam.15:22). You seek to present to Me great sacrifices of fat and visible accomplishments, accompanied by the applause and praise of men, but that is not what counts with Me. What counts with Me and is much more important to Me than all that is how much you obey what I tell you. It takes overcoming everything the Devil will use to throw in your way in order to stop you from doing it, any kind of temptation and distraction, inkling and craving... It takes strong faith, vision and discipline to keep your focus on the thing I have commanded or asked you to do and to see it through till the end. Discipline is the opposite of spoiling yourself, of making things as easy for you as possible and not withholding any little pleasure from yourself that you might be craving. Discipline means also saying "no" every once in a while to a craving, an urge or a temptation. If you're applying a lower standard to yourself, then you're guilty of the exact thing C. S. Lewis describes in "Mere Christianity:" "I am trying to call attention to the fact that this year, or this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practice ourselves the kind of behavior we expect from other people." It's a "double standard." It really is hypocrisy. It's a very common form of hypocrisy, but it's hypocrisy nonetheless. What is hypocrisy? It's a lack of honesty, a pretense. You pretend to be more righteous or better than you really are by demanding of others to adhere to the rules of a certain standard you apply for them, while basically ignoring it yourself. It's the same kind of tyranny I accused to Pharisees & Jewish religious authorities of, and which I exposed them for, which was what made them so mad at Me and hate Me the way they did. The lack of practicing the fairness of applying the same standard to oneself that you would hold others to is actually one of the basic problems in society. It happens everywhere, and is what undermines trust in families, in companies, in churches, in all sorts of communities. The law enforcement agencies constantly make others pay for sins and crimes they are often guilty of themselves. Oh, and nobody is as guilty of it as modern western governments, who accuse other, much weaker parties of crimes like terrorism, all sorts of injustices and aggressions, when

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515 __________________________________________________ Sometimes there are various reasons why I do or allow things, and the benefit and well-being of My brides who love Me and receive My seeds are right at the top of the list of those factors. You're important to Me! I can use you, and you can use Me. What's lacking is the trust you have in My willingness to let you use Me. But in Me you're dealing with a Partner Who never tires of giving, and One Who simply does not believe in withholding. There is nothing I wouldn't give to you, and all you receive from Me is really only limited by your capacity to receive and to drink in what I've got to give. I want to use you more and more; just as I want you to learn to use Me more and more... 516 __________________________________________________ You can't always drift with the stream; sometimes you've got to make certain decisions and plans, in order to really get to the places and intersections where I want and need you in order to fully fulfill your destiny and purpose. You're going to have to talk and counsel and plan about which direction you're going to take. The Family is a living thing, and as in all living organisms, there are good things that work toward the furtherance and enhancement and procreation of life, and there are negative things, which also have their time and purpose, such as bacteria & other parasites, which are present a-plenty in any body, and just show that there is a war to be fought. Those bacteria are not your actual enemy, but help to keep and make your body strong for the actual fight. 517 __________________________________________________ "Man-pleasing," is a certain behavior one takes on in order to please a certain group of people, some sort of collective "big brother" image, which the Devil uses to make certain personality types toe the line and behave, a "dictatorship of the people." Some image & projection is being created of what the herd is supposed to follow as the consensus and collective "will of the people" (the Devil camouflages his dictatorship as "what everybody wants"). What's born of this, is for some a desire to be popular, for others a need to be accepted or simply not to stick out. Thus, instead of sticking to what's truly right, you try to please "everybody" & live up to "their" expectations... It's all a trick of the Devil to get you to chase some kind of ghost instead of dealing with those who are closest to you the mystery behind the phenomenon that people always tend to treat those worst who are closest to them. The people you're trying to please are often only an image that he and his demonic voices are making you believe in. Instead, start dealing with, caring for and interacting with the real individuals right there by your side, in your house, on your street, in your own village, town, etc. Because many people are so influenced by this scheme, they're often not really "themselves," either, and you first have to get through to their true selves. Don't judge anybody unless you've had a chance to hear them out. The Devil doesn't want to give anybody a chance. He'd like to prosecute them, sentence them, judge and execute them all. His input on anyone is about as bleak as it can get. Come to Me for input on what's there to love about each individual; their good sides & untapped potential, "the good and possibilities that others cannot see." Don't listen to and fall for the Devil's imaginary "cloud of witnesses," which often really only consists of his cloud of deceivers, made up of billions of lies! Pierce right through it with the sword of the light of My Word, and discern what's true and false! Come to Me for the truth. 518 __________________________________________________ You can win anybody a little bit more to Me each day. No

matter how far along the road they may be, you can still be key and instrumental to drawing them even yet a little closer to Me. It's a spiritual art, to be able to draw others to Me. That's what qualifies someone as a good leader or shepherd: you constantly draw others closer to Me. You've got to not only "stop, look and listen" to Me, but also to each other! Take the time to tune in to each other! Take the time to meditate on what the other one is going through, to pray for each other, and there'll be so much more understanding between you. A marriage is a type and symbol of My relationship with you: just as I constantly draw you closer to Me, teaching you lessons and urging you to make progress and grow, so you can and should also do the same within your marriage! "There is no standing still! - You're either going forward or backwards." You're either getting closer to each other or drifting further apart. Often couples simply drift apart because they've lost the vision - they can't see any areas in which they could still be making progress & grow together, when they haven't even yet begun to see! Sometimes the secret of love between two parties is in realizing just how much they need each other. I am the link between you. It's not going to work without Me. With Me, there's no way that this isn't gonna work, no matter how different you may be or think you may be! The Devil is creating mental blocks and phantoms between people, and all those differences. Let them fade away like the illusions that they are! Remove the false layers of the imaginations of the evil one and discover the real and true common ground, the bottom layer, the true foundation, which is Me! All differences, quarrels, flaws & imperfections are really just temporal. In your eternal state, all those differences aren't there at all. Walk a step toward eternity & accept each other. Absorb each other, assimilate each other and become one as you are already one in My eyes. It's going to help you become that which I know you already are. Maybe you simply haven't believed it yet... 519 __________________________________________________ "Try - just a little bit harder!" That's just about one of the basic themes in life. I can give you all the clues, show you all the tricks & tell you all the secrets, but you've got to do the "wenting," you've got to try them out & put them into practice. What I tell you always works. Sometimes you just got to try a little bit harder. You don't have a lot of patience, and if something doesn't work out right away, you tend to give up too easily. Keep trying a little harder until at last you succeed. "Tuning in" works. Keep it up, and it's going to become one of your secret new weapons! Just as I give each of you individual helpers, I also give you individual weapons, gifts & talents. It's part of the weapon & gift of unity. It's a way to enhance your unity & fine-tune it. The Enemy will try to fight it & try to discourage you from using it, but just keep practicing & aiming straight with it until you become a master of this fine art. Just as I have compared prayer to the art & craft of archers; this is a type of prayer, of spiritual communication. Basically, you're praying for someone when you "tune in to them;" except that you're not praying anything specific, you're not presenting a specific plea for them, but it's a form of meditative prayer, designed and destined to "connect" you with them & put you on the same wavelength. Exercise your patience like a fisherman or shepherd... Gently woo and call your precious sheep to "come & dine." 520 __________________________________________________ Blessed is the man who has discernment to see as I see, who is not governed by the ways of the world to look at things. Together is more, not less. It's not "less space," but it's "more power," more counsel, more wisdom, more spirit, greater effect, greater witness and testimony.

All things that I have brought about in your life, every stream of input, every influence, every contact, every friendship... they all work together toward My grander plan. Everything will make sense someday, even the apparently senseless. 521 __________________________________________________ The extent to which evil is allowed in the world was gradually determined by the extent to which people accepted it, just as the amount of good is determined by the extent to which people accept Me and follow My ways. It all depends on people's choices. And even though the Enemy is the one who tempts them and seduces them into evil, it's ultimately people's choices to succumb to those temptations that bring evil into the world. Without cleverly gaining people's co-operation, there wouldn't be much the Enemy could do. On the other hand, no matter how large the deception, it will never be possible for him to deceive the very elect, My chosen ones, those whom I have chosen out of the world. 522 __________________________________________________ You must not underestimate the little things. Perhaps that's one of the biggest mistakes successful people make: they strive so hard for the "big" things, and constantly "bigger" things, greater things, that they nearly totally neglect the little things that surround them, that I've already given them, and that would bring them much greater happiness (if they would just care to pay attention to them) than all their chasing after ever greater things. (Jer. 45:5). "Man proposes, but God disposes." Many a man may have grand plans for his future, but in the end it is I Who determine what his future really will be, and perhaps the way they would have chosen, that seemed so good & right to them, would have only turned out to be a way of death, so I, in My wisdom, choose a humbler & more modest path for them. The worlds of the kings either rose or fell with physical circumstances, but the prophet's world remained stable, because it was built on spiritual values that last, and hinged on Me and their relationship with Me, which was nearly always only a matter of 2nd grade importance to the majority of kings. The truth is, that the prophets were the real rulers, the spiritual kings. They had chosen the realm & kingdom of spiritual, and eternal affairs, over the domain of the physical. Those who settle for success in the physical, let them be their own kings, but come thou and learn to be a king over realms that last! 523 __________________________________________________ The entrance of My Word giveth light, it creates the difference between that darkness of an empty & meaningless life and one that sees purpose and fulfillment in everything. Everything is orchestrated by Me, everything visible is only a physical result of some spiritual truth, and thus there is a plan behind it. I'm urging you to see the invisible cause of the visible more, to open up your spiritual eyes, the eyes of faith. If you see the physical as a result of the Spiritual, then it simply takes on a lot more meaning. You know I meant something by allowing this or that to happen, or even creating this or that situation. You'll know that nothing is without guidance, nothing is by chance; it's all going somewhere, and thus you develop much greater faith and trust with which to walk through every day of your life, and which you can then impart to others, too. Every day should be a vast scope and canvas of opportunities for you, of things to learn, and things to pass on. It shouldn't ever just be a struggle for survival. You don't know how you're going to make it, but if you know that this situation, like everything else, comes from My hand, and that I allowed it for some benevolent reason, then you can enjoy that challenge & glean the maximum there is to learn & gain from it! I want you to run through this episode with flying colors; not fretting or fuming, but on the lookout for those extra rewards that are always strewn along the way, My bonuses, which you only find if you keep your eyes open, your spiritual eyes! The worries & cares of this life are like blinkers that prevent you from seeing the overall scope, prevent you from seeing freely, all

there is to see and discover, prevent you from enjoying life. They prevent you from seeing the good things I have specked & decorated your days with. Worries & cares only allow you to see the hole, not the donut! Embrace this challenge fully as coming from My hand: a golden opportunity to show that you've learned to let go and let Me do it all, & not think you must carry the load by yourself. Even your crosses in life, I help you carry! That is the kind of faith that enables you to be a martyr, a true living witness & testimony for Me, the kind of faith that knows I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. I'm always right there with you, in whatever situation you might find yourself. The only way My presence becomes real to you is by acknowledging it & availing yourself of it. As your life unfolds before you, you will see Me more & more in every dark little corner, even of your past! You're really never alone. And the more you acknowledge and avail yourself of My company, the less you will feel alone or deserted. "Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." How can you be doing it to My glory? By acknowledging Me, praying without ceasing and praising Me, instead of murmuring. Take a cheerful, positive and victorious approach to whatever challenge you find before you. Only with a victorious attitude will you also emerge from any given situation, challenge or fight as victor. If I started this day, don't you think that I'm also going to finish it? And I do things "King-of-kings"- style. If you don't see anything magnificent and glorious about this day, then it's due to your personal perception of it! It's only due to your lack of faith to see beyond and rise above physical circumstances. Because the more you see with the eyes of faith, the more you will see My glorious golden opportunities in even the blackest of nights & most gloomy situations! The blackest night of My life, My crucifixion, My darkest moment ever, was also My greatest, most glorious victory! It all depends on how you see it, which determines whether you're going to be one of the overcomers. 524 __________________________________________________ I'm teaching you how to give when you've got nothing to give. You just stand desperately, naked & empty-handed before Me, not knowing what to do or what to give, only looking to Me as your single hope, and that's exactly the moment when I can teach you the art of the miracle of love: when you've got nothing and stand before Me, expecting Me to give you something to pass on. It wasn't anything you had all along. But you received it from Me and passed it on, and such love can be more precious than natural, human affection. It may look a lot more meager at first, not like very much, more like some dry piece of bread than an opulent meal, or like some bitter root. But if you stick it into the hungry and receptive ground of a heart that's yearning for you, just watch what will grow from it: a tree of life. It's My miracle of love, or the miracle of My love. Just a little bit of My love is so much more powerful and effective than mere human affection. All affection & love originates from Me, just like all natural resources were also created by Me. But the miraculous type of love is when water comes forth from a rock, or in the desert, where there was none before. That's when it's also most appreciated. So, continue practicing the art of My miracle of love, squeezing forth love where there was no love, of giving forth where there was nothing to give. You just turn to Me and ask Me to give you something to pass on, and they'll find that they will have been blessed. Although you've got nothing to give, you've got all things and everything to give, for what you give comes directly from Me. Rely not on any natural resources. Just rely on Me and prove to the world, that your nothing is more than their everything. Because your nothing, your emptiness, your vacuum pulls down everything... from Me. That's the creative power that faith has: it creates something out of nothing. It turns water into wine, or brings forth water from a rock, or creates out of 5 loaves and some fishes enough food to

feed thousands. It creates health out of sickness, life out of death. So, whenever you can't do it, that's the time for you to show the magic you've learned: to let Me do it. Let Me make a way when there is no way out. Let Me give you something to give when you've got nothing to give. Cherish this void, this emptiness, your nothingness, for out of it I'm able to create everything and anything! Here's the faith, hope, love connection: first you have the faith, that I will give you what you have not, & you ask in faith, then stretch out the hand of hope, expecting Me to give to you what you have not, & voil: out comes love, the miracle of love, the love that works miracles. Human love may have some of those qualities, but like all natural resources, it will eventually run dry or fail in some aspect. Only I am the Source that never runs dry, the Source of constant & never-ending supply, of all you ever need, physical or spiritual. 525 __________________________________________________ Its not politically correct to be reminding the world constantly that you are going to be their rulers. But is it the truth? Do you believe it? How much do you believe it? What's your attitude & mentality? That of a System slave & serf, or that of a future ruler, ready to overthrow the usurpers? That fighting aspect of My nature is what I'm trying to cultivate more in you, My Endtime children. That's why I raised for you a leader who was a fighter, a warrior & relentless soldier for My cause. I wish for the Children of David to become the most radical & non-conformist bunch I ever had, because that's what I will need in order to help Me to really take over the world. No compromisers, no half-hearts, no doubters of My truth, but stout believers. You're a future ruler, no use trying to hide it; they will hate you no matter how nice or politically correct you'll ever try to be! It's because they know that you'll be their doom & downfall! You can't conform to their way of thinking, their way of seeing things, because you are ordained & destined to be instrumental in bringing down their System (Jer.1:10). Don't let fear, doubt, lack of courage, faith & conviction get a hold of you, but believe! Trust! Accept! And move forward, going forth conquering, and to conquer! There is no standing still! 526 __________________________________________________ The Devil will always try to distract you from either your personal time with Me, or the time you spend and invest in giving Me and My Word to others. He's always trying to put some god in your life before Me; be it Mammon or pleasure, your own comfort... even food, or intellectual input. He knows you're easily going to detect his tricks, especially as soon as you go overboard on something & obviously exaggerate, & thus he's trying to distract you with a little bit of everything: a little bit of materialism, a little bit of maintaining your image, a little bit of fun. He knows he can't tempt you with blatant sin, so he'll tempt you with subtle & potential sin. None of these things are sins in themselves; they only become sin if you neglect Me in these activities. As long as you keep Me at the center of them, or remember to put Me in the center of them, everything is alright, and there's no danger of your neglecting Me. As long as you don't become impatient and feverishly anxious to pursue your momentary & temporal interests, but continue to take the time to get into the groove of eternity, and stay there, constantly remembering that the spiritual and eternal are what matters, it's fine. But the Devil is waiting and watching, cunningly trying to manipulate things & trying to lead things up to some unguarded moment... Usually when you're low on physical and spiritual energies & tuckered out, exhausted & you feel like now you have a right to let it all hang out, to just relax & even be a little selfish, that's when he's got a chance to come in. There's no time ever that an unguarded or selfish moment is okay. There's never a time when it's okay to be selfish, if you're My child, My bride, My follower. As someone walking in My

footsteps, I have to be able to expect of you to always, constantly be on guard, and to be a sample of unselfishness. Of course, there will be ten thousand "reasonable" voices telling you, "but that's humanly impossible! Nobody can be unselfish all the time!" So what, if they call it impossible? They also say it's impossible for Me to have made the world in 6 days. But you know better! If it's Me telling you to go slow, to take it easy, etc., then you'll know that it's because I know that that's what you need right now. But if it's the Devil or any of his spiritual or human emissaries telling you this, it can be that he's tempting you to do the exact opposite of what I would like you to do. It's exactly the same tactic he was using with Me: he knew he wasn't going to even get close to tempting Me with a downright lie or untruth, so he cleverly used the Word to tempt Me. He used the truth in such a way, that it would have resulted in disobedience to God, had I followed through on his advice. And he's using that tactic with a lot of Christians these days. That's why it's so important to have the Spirit, rather than merely the letter of the law, because the Enemy can use the letter of the law to cause you to do the exact opposite of what the Spirit would lead you to. The thing that really counts right now, today, and that's relevant to your usefulness for Me today, is how yielded & dedicated you are to My Spirit today! I will reward you for your faithfulness in the past, but what about your faithfulness today? I need you today more than I needed you yesterday! As the days are getting darker, and the final battle comes closer, I need all the help I can get! That's why it's so important to Me that you stay faithful to Me each day, each moment. There cannot be an unguarded moment. Remember Amundsen's "Don't rescue me prematurely!" Don't let the Devil relieve you prematurely of your duties to Me, before I have dismissed you! Don't let him cheat you out of the greatest blessings & rewards by listening to his "it's time to relax now," when it really isn't! I'll let you know when it's time to relax & time for a break, and you'll be able to tell the difference between My kind of peace I give you, and the false, premature peace the Devil is trying to bring right in a crucial and decisive moment of battle. He's so corrupt, wicked and deceitful that he won't even hesitate to call for a truce right in the middle & thick of the battle, namely, when he knows he's about to lose. The stupid thing to do then would be to listen to him. The right thing to do is to say, "Truce? No way, dude! You must be dreaming! Here, take that!" And you sock him another mortal blow. Otherwise, he'll always be like those evil characters in the movies, who wince for mercy or pretend to be your friend when they're about to be defeated, but then try to stab you in the back at the last moment. Everything in life bears a lesson, just tune in & learn it! Your lesson for today: stay faithful to Me at every instant, every moment, & don't let the Enemy call the shots or "time for a break!" It's not his right to do so, since I'm the one calling the shots, & you'd better stay in tune with Me & make sure they're My shots & My instructions! 527 __________________________________________________ Responsibility is like a title, a uniform which states your rank: "responsible." You try to hide it, put on some more casual clothes & lend out the uniform to others, so that maybe you can get around having to bear the responsibility. But you simply can't shake it. Life is more than a stage play, and more serious than taking on a role in movie. Your actions carry more weight than they would in a movie or stage play. But in today's Hollywood-framed mindset of whole cultures & generations of people, that has become nearly a foreign concept. Of course, there is also the other extreme, of taking life, or yourself, your own part, too seriously. The trick is to find the golden middle, and not to kid yourself with the illusion that "nothing really matters," nor to torture yourself with bearing the weight of it all yourself, to look at Me for help, to let Me help you bear your burden & fulfill your task. You can do it with My help.

I simply want folks to avail themselves of My help, but boy, are they ever stubborn and dull to get that point! All I want to do is help! But the Devil comes running, as if the place and everybody in it belonged to him, frantically waving his arms & yelling, "No, no, thank You, but we don't need Your help around here; we've got everything under control." And people believe it. They think they can do without Me. So, accept the responsibility. Everyone of My children & brides is responsible to help others and each other to make the right choices, that's what being a "brother's keeper" is all about. When you neglect that responsibility, disaster strikes. It's not as if the job, the responsibility was too great, too heavy, because you can ask Me for help, and that's part of your responsibility. You don't have to do it by yourself. The one reasonable & correct thing to do is to come to Me for help. Let's do it together! Let's tackle the tasks of life together! Find out how wonderfully easy even the most seemingly difficult or even impossible tasks can be, and then you can get others on fire, too, about how My power actually works. Use it so that you can get on fire enough yourself in order to pass it on & "sell" it to others. View yourself as a vendor, a "provider" for the greatest Power Company there is: "Heaven's Power Inc." - The Juice that never runs dry! Endless supply! All for free! All you've got to do is get on fire & sell it! 528 __________________________________________________ Make love your business. Make My affairs your business. Remember that I'm the Boss & check in with Me whether you're doing your job for Me according to My will and liking. Continue to take time to put Me first! Continue to relax in Me! Remember to go about your business for Me in a relaxed & calm & trusting spirit! Your responsibility is to call on Me as Joe the machinist should have when something went wrong, not try to fix it yourself. Relax in the knowledge that you can call on the Boss anytime you need help; you don't have to try to show off how well you can do it yourself. If you give Me the responsibility, you can also give Me the credit & the glory. Make sure you do all things "to the glory of God" (1.Cor.10:31). Then you don't have to worry about the outcome & you don't have to take it all into your own hands or take the burden of the responsibility for the outcome on yourself. Just relax, knowing that "He Who has begun the good work in you will also complete it" (Phil.1:6). 529 __________________________________________________ Go into every day as if it were a big day. Go in "giving-it-all-you're got" gear. Make it a habit to invest the same kind of energy & dedication into every day. It will bring a better equilibrium, a better balance in your life, treating your days with less partiality. If you treat every day the same & consider you're always on stage - My stage, & in My spotlight, you'll eventually render a better performance of your life. If you live each day as unto Me, then you'll know & can rest assured that I'll carry the responsibility for the outcome & you can float on My Spirit instead of having to crawl through your tasks in the flesh. If you always seek to accomplish the most you can - however, not in the energy of the flesh, but by availing yourself of My power - you'll up your productivity & pace in general. The things you do for Me have everlasting rewards. Show Me that you esteem My rewards more valuable than the lucre of the world. Seek not to be able to be proud of your own accomplishments & carnal achievements, leaving your mark among mortals, but make Me proud of you by investing all you've got into eternal rewards. Please Me by showing your faith in Me, & investing into My Realm accordingly. Make My plans more important to you than your own. Put just as much energy & effort into the seemingly less important people - the "newsboys," that you would apply toward the "members of parliament." If you treat both the same, you'll

also learn to apply the same unselfish love with your "parliament" that you do with the lowly "newsboys," your brethren or people you're ministering to, and this will help you to win them over just like you win & draw those other souls to Me. It will be Me & My power working in you in both cases. You may not always know who is My special & particular "newsboy" in any particular situation. Like this you'll have to bestow the same kind & amount of love on each of them. "The wisdom that is from above is... without partiality" (Ja.3:17). Remember to be "winsome" with each one of them. Make an effort to draw each person you encounter closer to Me. Be a true conduit of My love! Be a part of Me! Be Me! - To them. 530 __________________________________________________ (In dealing with people who are My sheep), always use your gift of discernment for the purpose of love, for the purpose of helping them to see more clearly or get further along their road, to expand and open up their and your horizon, never to limit. It's supposed to be a connection of hearts, souls & spirits, not a separation! It's not about categorizing, which is creating lines between people, but about connecting, bringing together, not separating and dividing. 531 __________________________________________________ It's part of life to be confronted with your weaknesses through relationships in a more intense way than you ever could on your own. When it's time to confront, it's time to confront, and you can't just "let it be" in that case & let it drag on & become a monster or mountain. Confront it while it's still okay and sizeable and you can deal with it without having to cause any major pain! Confront it while it's little, and overcome your fears of confrontation! 532 __________________________________________________ I'm not expecting you to do more than you can deliver. All I'm saying is, "Try this!" "This is the way We do things in heaven, and it's the ideal way I've ordained for My children to do things in general, and if you try it, it might bring about some major improvements in your life." I know you're imperfect, but that doesn't stop Me from offering you some of My perfection. 533 __________________________________________________ You can really only help others on a long-term basis if you allow Me to help you first, and not just help others in order to distract yourself from your own problem. One of the greatest decisions to make is whether one will accept the truth when they hear it or not. "Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts" (Heb.3:15). Everything goes on from there, & future events are determined by that moment when you either hardened your heart or chose to open it and receive My truth, even if it initially may be hard to swallow. Even if it hurts, you must trust that it's a good, godly hurt, the "lashes of love." Even if what I'm telling you hurts you deep inside, you must trust that I say these things out of love. It's a matter of being a new bottle or an old. The New Wine is certainly tougher to take... It's radical. "Radical" comes from "roots," and there are certain things you will just have to allow Me to uproot if you really want to be free. How much do you want freedom from pride? How much pain is it worth to you? It's not your works which determine your inner worth, value or goodness, your purity of heart. Someone can all be full of good works but for the wrong inner motivations, like pride, ambition, self-righteousness. Only in heaven can it be determined how "good" and "righteous" those works really were, and what the true motivations were, and somebody who accomplished a lot less might still outshine someone who accomplished great and glorious feats. There are other values by which I determine who is truer, who is greater, who has greater weight. There have been mighty kings who were weighed in the balances and found wanting. (Eph. 2:8,9).

534 __________________________________________________ What makes you critical of others is self-righteousness. Everyone sees the world from their point of view, sees the way they think things ought to be and criticizes the way things are and are being handled. The real challenge is to do it better without becoming self-righteous about it! Sometimes, in order to really learn, you must forget all you think you know. If you stay in tune with My Spirit, I will show you the way things really are & won't let you fall into one of the many delusions that are out there. As long as you're eager to learn ever more from Me, chances are that you're really going to learn something. It's only when you think you already know it all that you stagnate, get stuck & lose it. Be open for the new, My radical and revolutionary new input, My surprises! 535 __________________________________________________ Only speak when spoken through by Me. Sometimes you try so hard to say anything that appeals to their level, something they can relate to. You're going to the nth degree in order to show that you're able to relate to them, in your effort to "become one" with them, like a chameleon, trying to blend in. You've got to make a stronger effort to remain yourself in situations like that. Of course, you don't want to come across as "overly preachy," but the truth is still the truth, and the truth is still your job. Even at the risk of making them feel uncomfortable. It's a whole lot better to make them feel uncomfortable now for a short while by confronting them with the truth than allowing them to drift completely away from My light into oblivion to the point where one day they're really going to feel bad about all the golden opportunities they missed out on in their lives that they could have had if they had stayed on the path of spiritual growth... You can't really say that you've been doing your job if you don't even make the slightest effort to draw them closer to Me in any way. You've got to keep wielding that sword, you've got to keep fighting for Me, there's no standing still. Remember your responsibility of standing up for your convictions, your responsibility of being a voice for My truth, in whatever situation. "If you can't say something nice, don't say nuthin' at all." Better a silent testimony of not being part of all that superficiality by keeping your mouth shut, than speaking without being spoken through. 536 __________________________________________________ You're very "people-sensitive;" sensitive to what they might want or expect from you, and the Enemy even makes you sensitive to what you think they might be thinking about you. Now you can see why I'm keeping you apart. The more you're around people, the more distracted you become. You think when you're together you can just be on a more shallow wavelength, you put on a show or let the comedian hang out. People hardly ever have the guts to be truly themselves in front of others. That's sad. I'm trying to teach you the art of just being yourself in whatever situation. It's not necessary to pretend to be someone else, to put on an act, a show, a mask. You can't really say you're mature or really grown up until you're able to just be you in front of others without pretenses. I'm keeping you apart so that you can learn to be yourself. You need to find out who you really are and then find the courage to be that person in front of others, too, without cover-ups. It's time to cast away childish things. You don't need to play a game anymore. It's time to become the real thing. When you play a game, you're rehearsing for the real thing. You're nearly done rehearsing, and you're getting ready for the real thing. It's time to leave this actor mentality behind and pierce through this matrix of falseness & pretense by realness, by just being blindingly, stunningly, naked you.

537 __________________________________________________ Your sin is only a temporary state, and since time, in comparison to the vastness and reality of Eternity isn't really "real" in a sense, its like paper money: It may have a certain value to you right now, but in the scope of eternity, it's nothing. "The wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is eternal life." Just like people are slaving away for money and live for nothing but money, it seems, smoking away their given time... it's all nothing but a bit of smoke, "a vapor that's here a little while and then it's gone." But the real thing lasts forever. So, don't worry too much about your weaknesses, your sins, your failures... You can do what you can to overcome them, but the main thing you've got to do is let Me. I've already given you the gift of eternal life, in the scope of which you're already perfect. Your sin is nothing to worry about anymore. You're not under the payment system of the "wages of sin" anymore. I've already promised you and given you an eternal vacation & rest from it all, and the sooner you start enjoying living and working and enjoying life for Me, the better off you're going to be. Yes, they will hate and resist and despise you for it, "How dare you despise our value system? How dare you just be happy?..." Old Bottles can't stand the New Wine and news of a new world that's going to conquer the old, the one in which they have invested all their years, their efforts & "blood, sweat & tears" in return for their wages. Sin, time and money are connected somehow. If the love of money is the root of all evil, then it is certainly connected to sin, plus, if "time is money," as they say... they're living away their lives in the slavery of sin. As I told the people, "He that commits sin is the servant of sin" (John 8:34), and I'm the only One Who can liberate anyone from that bondage. They slave away for their meager wages, which, in the end, turn out to be nothing but death, that "way which seemed so right unto a man," but turned out to be the ways of death... You slave away for little colored papers all your life, and all you get for it in the end is the sting of death. But not so for those who receive Me. For I can turn anything and everything into an everlasting value. I'm the Great Alchemist Who can turn their worthless copper into eternal gold. Even death will be something precious in My sight, when someone has become one of My saints by receiving Me. And I can even turn money into something useful, something that creates & brings life, such as your tithes, which are used for the good of My Kingdom. It all depends on the spiritual direction you're going. Everything that's done for self and the Devil turns to death: the whole machinery of the System is geared to destruction and death. But if you give it all to Me, and live for Me, whatever you've got and invest in My Kingdom will turn to God's good and eternal gold, your life will not be wasted, even though it may look like "wasted time" to Systemites and from their "money-making" point of view... 538 __________________________________________________ It's a common phenomenon that people who often experience My anointing cannot tell when that anointing isn't there, and it's just their own mind, intuition or feeling guiding and directing them. This is what happened on a large scale to people who finally got to the point where they will believe that whatever they "get" is from Me, no matter whether it contradicts My Word or My chosen prophets, or not. It's a putting of self above My Spirit, which is, in essence, what pride really is. It takes real humility to admit to oneself (and others), "Hey, I thought I was in the Spirit or on the right track about that one, but I think it's turning out I wasn't." The right motivation isn't always necessarily the right spirit. And that's what they need to learn and discern. Whenever they feel like speaking up & correcting others for something they think isn't right according to their view, and even perhaps according to the letter of the law, they have to decide whether they're going to say it because it must be from Me and the right thing to say just because it has come to their mind, just like all the good things I give them when they're really in tune, or whether they're going to double-check

with Me & make sure that it really is of My Spirit what they're going to say. It's the art of finding out when it really is My time to speak up about your convictions and when it is best to keep quiet. It's a real test of humility. That saying "you're really 3 people, the one you see, the one others see, and the one God knows you to be," also applies to situations: you may see it from your point of view, the other sees it from theirs, but only I see the whole "elephant." The biggest mistake you can possibly make is assume that your view and Mine are always identical. So, why not ask Me to show you the other sides of the elephant before you're going to open your mouth? That's what putting yourself in others' shoes means: come & see the elephant from their angle. And one by one, if you come over to their side & touch & feel what they do, you're going to get a picture that coincides a lot more with Mine than your original view, which you were convinced was the only right one... It takes a willingness to learn more than what you already know, a willingness to tell the Devil, when he attacks through pride, "I know you're telling me right know I already know everything there is to know, but I'd rather make double-sure & check in with the Lord." You need to expose these workings of the Enemy on the subconscious level and become aware of them. Something may feel so right, like "the way that seemeth right unto a man," and at other times they can seem so wrong, but only I can tell you exactly what is right or wrong. What's wrong is what always has been wrong, since the beginning of time: Satan has deceived mankind and brought sin into the world and put you under the curse, so, it's a whole lot tougher to really find out what's the truth, thanks to the knowledge of good AND evil. From then on you've had to learn to discern the truth from the lies, the good from evil, and the art is especially recognizing the evil within yourself. It's plenty easy to recognize it in others... So, maybe what's wrong is not so much the other person's "wrongness" or lack of whatever, but just your own present angle & point of view of things. Maybe you're sitting in front of the wrong part of the elephant, an ugly part of him, and that's what determines your perception of reality right now. Move over to the other fellow's side & touch, feel and see as he does. Put yourself in their shoes. It's not only you singing, "walk a mile in my shoes," but it's the others singing it, too. Just like you're inviting them to walk in your shoes, they're also inviting you to walk in theirs, and there's a lot of shoes to walk in, a lot of viewpoints to share & angles from which to see things... a whole lot of elephant to explore & discover. 539 __________________________________________________ My Word promises that you all shall be like Me (1John 3:2), perfect. Perfectly yielded to Me and perfect in harmony with everyone and everything around. As long as the Enemy is still around, there will always be things, people or wavelengths you will feel incapable of becoming one with, and rightly so. After all, you're supposed to be finding out where you belong, and where it's at. Choosing sides is what it's all about. Some simply choose the wrong side, and it's sad, but you can't let that affect you too much. They just settle for the temporal, for the right here & now, for their own "godhood," their round of playing king. Spoiled children. It's a choice between wanting to be either good children, who can wait for the reward and who are also willing to do something for them, to make sacrifices, or spoiled children who want to have it all now & can't wait until later. Of course, in order to enjoy their cake now, they will have to pay the master of the game. He caters to what they want. Whereas I'm more concerned about what you truly need. It's a choice between your own desires and inclinations, thinking that what you want is all that matters, or whether you're going to be able to trust that I know better, and that what you need is what matters, not what you want or think you need. It's receiving My fullness in exchange for letting go of the world's emptiness, their fake fullness, the counterfeit of abundance, their

"too much of everything." You should be doing more with what you already have, not do more in order to get more! One of the big problems of the times is the lack of appreciation for what's already there. My eternal and spiritual viewpoint is generally more negatively inclined toward the Systems of this world. It takes willingness & courage to face certain ugly facts about the world and yourself in order to embrace My truly positive viewpoint. And whereas the materialistic viewpoint is more positively inclined toward the System and the world as it is, it is in reality the more negative view, because it depreciates Me. While at first glance your view seems to be more negative, more serious, more down-slanted than that of the materialist, it really isn't, because your view is positive toward the true and real things in life that really matter; your view is positively inclined toward Me. There's a big difference between "good" and "bad" as from the different angles & points of view, the different sides of the "elephant." 540 __________________________________________________ I'm trying to get Egypt out of you: the System's indoctrination; and you must check your heart for any remnants & residues of "Egypt" inside yourself & get rid of it. Loyalty to My Family, My clan, My heavenly country & nation is definitely priority over any "Egyptian" philosophies, views or even "open-mindedness." Stay radical, stay tuned to Me, stay dropped out, an Israelite at heart, and have no room in your heart open for the ways and enticements of Egypt. 541 __________________________________________________ Persecution is often an instrument in My hands which I use to make My own church white and to purify. It's the judgment I bring upon My own house first, for that is where judgment begins. I cannot judge the rest of the world while I let My own children get away with sin. The world needs a fair God and Judge. Remember that you're supposed to be aids to the Great Attorney of defense, Who is supposed to defend people before the Father from the Devil's accusations. You're supposed to be on My side, the side of the defense. So, don't get into any judging or accusing yourself! You're supposed to help defend people against the Devil. You're not supposed to be prison wardens, but liberators. Show the people that you're on their side; that you're not there to condemn them, but to save them. Your job is saving them, not condemning them! 542 __________________________________________________ Be so filled with My Spirit, so full of Me, that there's no room for any darkness, any lack or absence of light, such as in the form of doubts, skepticism or disbelief, be it your own or that of the people whose opinion you might be concerned about. It takes a mindset of refusing to allow such things to hit you; just determine to ignore them as empty winds and empty lies of the Devil, empty shadows, that appear as darkness and blackness, but disappear when faced with My light. Your faith in My light needs to overcome those lies & pretenses & fears of darkness, none of which are really real in the first place. The only power the Devil holds is over the mind, but once you refuse to even recognize that power and go forth in the faith that I am well able to overcome all that, the battle is yours. They might decide to cling to their illusions of doubt & darkness, and to that shadow, refuse to let go of the false mindsets of the past, refuse to take that opportunity for a new today and a new tomorrow, but you must make it clear to them that you're offering them the power to blow all that away, all their shadows of the past, if they will just give Me a chance and allow Me to, by receiving Me. I can give them a better future and present than all the good times they ever experienced in the past. And especially for those who didn't have any joyful yesterdays to look back on, whose lives have only been pain and sorrow thus far, I can be their Comforter and Giver of a brand new today and tomorrow.

Of course, it's a whole different story when you're dealing almost exclusively with people who see nothing wrong with this life, who only believe in themselves and who don't think that there's a need for any change whatsoever. They have embraced Satan's illusion as the light, and the light of My truth only bewilders and even frightens them, it's a "strange truth" to them, that topples their neat little picture of the way they see things. But you can still offer them the truth, even if it may not be easy to swallow, it still is much better than the lie, simply because it is the truth. You're dealing in truth (if anybody asks you what your business is), and the problem is that the demand for it is kind of rare, which is why you have to ignite and spark people's interest in it. The lie is easy, the lie is comfortable. It may even satisfy somewhat, like a drug, but it will never truly make you happy. Like a drug, you may become addicted to it and dependent on it, and the thought of ever having to live without it scares you nearly half out of your wits. But wouldn't you consider freedom from such an addiction a positive gift? Yes, it requires a miracle. First of all, they have to be willing to forsake this drug they've been so comfortable with, perhaps for all their lives. And then they have to see it through, to go without it, to start a whole new life of independence from that former crutch they were so used to. That's what's the difference between My sheep and the goats: My sheep know deep inside that there is something else than the drug, the lie, and they're waiting for it, waiting for their liberation, waiting for the truth, waiting for the light to pierce their darkness, their false imitation of light, their "reality," which they can quite clearly sense, couldn't possibly be all there is. The others are fine with it. They can keep pretending and playing the game until the day they die. The lie is like second nature to them, in fact, it's more than that; to them it is the truth, and some will even vehemently defend it. Positiveness would be, to not rest until every effort was made to try to deliver as many junkies as you possibly can. Negativity would be to just give in, to let circumstances dissuade you and make you think it's senseless, no use, no hope, no chance. Negativity would be to accept the mind frame that it's "impossible." Positiveness is faith, to believe, and not give up fighting for their deliverance. I would like you to adopt a fighter spirit, knowing that it is your God-given duty to fight for the deliverance & Salvation of those lost souls, and that giving up prematurely would be a very bad and negative thing to do, almost like treason, desertion, neglecting your duty and high calling from above. So, adopting a more positive mind-frame for you would spell not giving up on them too easily, but continuing to fight for Salvation, knowing that it's worth it. Otherwise it's almost as if you have accepted part of their lie, that they don't really need My Salvation and My Deliverance. If you believe that, then in this aspect you have moved over to the Enemy's camp. You're saying (by your actions): "Yeah, it's alright for you to keep on living the way you do. It doesn't make much of a difference whether you live with the truth or in the lie. If the drug's the thing for you, then keep living with it." You're accepting the Devil's lie as a "necessary evil" and just allow it to coexist. Whereas I would consider positiveness, being a wholehearted & stouthearted, relentless fighter who will not give any room or place for evil to exist. I'm asking you to sound a wake up call that's going to shake them out of their beds and is going to make them shiver. Now, that's what I would call success, and that's what a successful mission would be in My eyes, if you have managed to shake a good few people up, made them shake in their boots, scared and convicted about continuing to live one more day in their illusion, their addiction to the lie. My goal for you is not for you to live a comfortable life until the day you peacefully die of old age. My idea of your purpose in life is not a comfortable vacation. It's meant to be more adventurous than that, daring them to wake up, challenging them. Be a living alarm clock in their lives that will rattle them out of their sleep and their stupor. If that's the spirit in which you will live, you will not go unheard

or unnoticed. 543 __________________________________________________ I like to make My children happy. Happiness is something that often eludes the complicated minds, and you get another glimpse of what I meant by, "blessed are the poor in spirit." The less you worry, the more your trust enables Me to work for you. It's not that I'm opposed to people using their brains, but I'm trying to get you to operate more by the heart, & not so much by the head. It's the heart that attracts people. The regular, average people are almost always rather inclined to be suspicious & mistrusting of intellectually inclined people, who convey an air of intellectual superiority, usually because they often breathe criticalness of those who are less so inclined. And I usually side with them. The Devil is the smart aleck who tries to pretend he's so much smarter than everybody else, & he ridicules them & makes them feel inferior. But blessings come from elsewhere, not only smartness. I bless the honest, humble, hard working people, & they're often more blessed than those incredibly intellectual thinkers, which usually tends to make the thinkers only more bitter & cynical & critical, but what it actually should do is cause them to think for real: that it's not only this supposed intellectual superiority that makes things happen, but the heart is an engine that can generate wealth more efficiently and reliably than mere intellect. The brain alone doesn't do it. It's the heart that moves one to action, which then actually makes the difference. The mind alone doesn't really have creative power. It's the heart that moves the rest of your body along to really get something going. You need inspiration, not just mere brain-power & intellect. If it all just remains in the realm of thought, it can so often be and remain nothing but hot air. You can think things up & down until it hurts & you can talk about them for ages, but usually the simple people will have simply done it long before you ever got around to stop talking about it. It's the difference between intellect & initiative. If you had a choice between the two, I would recommend the latter. Neither intellect nor intelligence are on the list of things needed to make a pioneer, but initiative is, along with courage, another thing which intelligent people often don't possess, because they're often so skeptical, full of doubts, which easily grow into fears, which provide the thinker with lots of reasons why one shouldn't even try. Faith is another quality which one has more often in spite of what their intellect or their carnal mind tells them than because of it, because you have to accept My Word in order to get it, which will often tell you the exact opposite of what your mind will tell you. Then there is vision, vision to see what no one else can see. The intelligent mind often only sees the obstacles, it sometimes even creates them, whereas to be a pioneer, you need more than mere intelligence. You need to be able to see beyond the confines of the mind. Intelligence (and I'm talking about the average amount that people boast of these days), is not enough, it's too limited to accomplish any truly great and outstanding feats. Only those who can see further than the confines of their minds can break out & dare to go where no one else dared to go, do what no one else dared to try. Their minds simply don't know that it can't be done. Others would consider them dumb, crazy, lunatics. "Don't you know that this can't be done?" There IS no such thing as "can't be done" for My pioneers! So, don't overestimate intelligence! It won't get you nearly as far as those other qualities: faith, vision, courage and initiative. Watch out that your supposed intelligence doesn't actually stand in the way of those superior qualities. That's why My Word says that "not many wise men after the flesh are called," (1.Cor.1:26), that the wisdom of the world is foolishness with Me, and that I have chosen the foolish things of the world. Those who think they're so smart are simply not as qualified in My eyes and for My service as those who are simple enough to trust Me. Faith is so much more valuable and powerful in My eyes than human intellect. Oh, the wisdom of a child, if all you learned men would only

embrace it! Learn how to trust, instead of knowing how to analyze and dissect everything. You would learn to let Me do it for you, and thus learn how to use a much greater power than your own. A power that is preserved for the simple. Faith is the power you've got to avail yourself of in order to gain more of what you need. You can't just get these things in the efforts of your own flesh. It's your trust and faith power that are doing the work to bring about abundant supply, not any effort or worry or fleshly attempt to add one cubit to your stature by yourself. You've just got to keep up that trusting power! Continue to trust! 544 __________________________________________________ Prayer changes things. When you feel the Enemy is attacking, pray! When you feel like you're not prepared for something that's coming at you, pray. When you feel like you can't cope, and what life is handing you is a bit too much for you, then pray. Prayer is the magic that makes Me help you carry your load. Without it, you're not going to make it. If there's been any improvement, any progress, it's because of your combined prayers. You must continue to pray. When you pray, you show you care. You prefer to do tangible, visible things, the effects & fruits of which can be immediately seen, heard or felt, but you've got to invest more of your faith in prayer, pour more of your life out in prayer. You believe in prayer as much as you pray. Prepare yourself through prayer! Prayer is the magic I want you to practice! The magic witches practice is only an imitation of the power you release through prayer. Chase away the silly and stupid doubts & attacks of the Enemy through prayer, the way you get rid of flies with a fly swatter or insect spray! Use the insect spray of prayer to rid yourself of the (f)lies of the evil one! Spray some prayer magic in their direction & soon you'll hear their annoying buzzing no more! They will stop touching you, stop bothering you, they will cease to exist. Rid yourself of all the pests of the evil one through that powerspray of prayer! It's pure energy, pure light, pure magic! It's a can that never runs empty of the very force that not only created the universe, but also holds it together. The forces of gravity, speed and light, etc., are all parts of one great force, namely Mine, and you can avail yourself of it through prayer! Wouldn't it be foolish not to do so? You can also prevent problems from ever even happening by applying yourself of that force in a preventative way. Breathing is a lot like prayer. You breathe in My life-giving oxygen, you spiritually inhale My Spirit, My love, My force, and you exhale it again, as you breathe out your influence of positiveness on the world. You shed light into the darkness through your prayers. And if you will quench the thirsty, parched ground of their hearts with the water of My Word, you will in time watch a forest and a beautiful garden grow where there was only desert beforehand. Turn the desert into paradise! You can do it! The first thing you must do is pray! Show them the magic of prayer! Share the magic! Pour it on them! Let them experience it, feel it, enjoy it! Let them notice the difference! Make a difference through prayer, My magic! You want to be a powerful wizard & performer of miracles? You can only perform miracles if you start learning to truly avail yourself of My power through prayer! I give it to you freely. I want you to use it! I long for you to use it! Do you realize that it's absolutely the most foolish thing in the world you could possibly do, not to use it, to neglect it? 545 __________________________________________________ Look at the positive! Rising above means not looking at the negative circumstances, but beyond them, at My power to alter them, and at My purpose in them to teach, train & strengthen you, trusting Me that I know what I'm doing. Then you can thank Me for them, instead of complaining about them. Unfortunately, sometimes there's no other way for Me to make folks realize that things could be worse except by allowing them to become worse. Only then do most folks realize just how good they've been having it.

Let's face it, a lot of this negativity simply comes from being spoiled: as long as the circumstances are all rosy & easy, things just get to a point where they can't be rosy and easy enough anymore, and as soon as a little obstacle appears, you nearly freak out. "Every rose has its thorn." Consider those little trials that come along with the opportunities the price you have to pay for them. You want a blessing? Well, you might have to carry a burden along with it, too. That's just the way things work in life. Even though I do give you all things for free, I expect you to do certain things in exchange for them: I expect you to pray, I expect you to praise Me, I expect you to serve Me in exchange for My supply. I'm expecting you to learn this lesson of dwelling on the positive, even in adverse circumstances, to stay positive, loving and understanding. I know you can do it, and it's like C. S. Lewis said, "It's amazing what people can do if they have to." There's no other way: you're going to have to go through this, you're going to have to stay positive, you can't afford to let the situation drag you down. There's a light at the end of every tunnel. Just keep your eyes on it! Know that I'm going to help you make it through this one also, and know that I want to use this battle, this stretch of darkness to deal with the failings and shortcomings of your hearts. Deal with it. Face it. Let Me rub it in, so you know which areas need washing and treatment. You've got to localize, analyze and expose the disease first, before you can cure it; especially spiritual diseases. They're never cured by simply ignoring them. To deal with this is what life is all about. It's not all and only fun and pleasure. Part of love is to stick with others through their dark times. 546 __________________________________________________ Your self is the first thing you've got to change in order to change the world & make it better. And what other way do I have to let you know that you need to change; that things are not okay the way things are, but to allow things to go wrong? Woe to them who are not being chastened & disciplined by Me, because they must think they don't need Me. There's no hope for those who don't think they need help; like that proverb: "Do you see a man wise in his own conceit? Even for a fool there's more hope than for him." As long as you know you need Me, or at least allow Me to remind you of that fact regularly, there is hope. Less is more especially in the aspect of knowledge or "having your act together." The less you are, the more I have a chance to be in you.

angry, impatient or upset with Me or your circumstances, or yourself. Learn to gratefully embrace life as it comes. If there is a difficulty, don't despair over it, don't get mad or angry about it, but face it and embrace & learn to handle it with humility. The silent, peaceful garb of humility is the one that it behooves you to wear, when you're faced with a difficult situation, a trial or challenge, not to become upset and start ranting and raving. Show that you believe and trust Me for what I've made you. So, next time you get tempted to get upset about something, pull the break! Stop everything and take time to embrace that situation, to love the situation, the gift of My new eternal life I have given you. The Devil might want to have you believe that it's just a part of your old, carnal life, just because you aren't perfect yet. He tries to deceive you into thinking that you're still under the curse, and thus everything appears to be cursed. But I have blessed your life with My Salvation, lifted the curse from the lives of those who have received Me, who accepted My sacrifice for them, those who absorb My existence. Once you grow into a fully mature disciple, faithfully absorbing and imparting My Word to others, you actually become the living Word in the flesh to the World as I have been. You are a part of Me, and if you despise yourself, you are despising a part of My body. But you need to embrace the whole of it, even with its apparent flaws and weaknesses, because I will yet cause those weaknesses and flaws to praise Me, just as I did not save the world through some manifestation of strength and power, but through My death, the epitome of weakness, loss, the ultimate of what the world considers bad. As Francis said, "It is in dying that we rise to eternal life." So, accept and embrace your life fully, along with its death, accept it as just the way I created it, and as it ought to be. It may seem so far from perfect to you, but you just need to have a little faith and patience: trust and see what I am going to bring about through this momentary suffering and imperfection! The contrast of the picture portrayed against the background of evil will help everyone to see clearly. Evil will teach mankind and all of creation a vital lesson, just as dung and fertilizer will bring about better results in a crop. It's a necessary part of the work; ask any farmer. Trust that I will bring forth beauty from ashes, life from death, joy from suffering.

549 __________________________________________________ The Enemy will always do precisely what he knows will stop you from making progress in the particular area I want you to make progress in. 547 __________________________________________________ Whereas if you keep your eyes on Me, on My promises and on My If you could just accept who you are, you would get along so love for you, you will know that I give you - and have already much better with the rest of the world. given you - the potential to overcome all these obstacles, these I cannot really work through you until you have learned to trust weaknesses, both, your own and those of others that bug you. I Me for yourself, for the way I made you, for what you are. I cannot have made you an overcomer. work through you until you come to accept what I have made in My love for you is so strong that this love in you can overcome you, accept it, receive it, let it be. all that. You don't have to allow these things to bog or tie you "Love thy neighbor as thyself" doesn't really work if all you feel down. In fact, all the Enemy's attempts to do so are nothing but for yourself is disdain. Once you trust Me for the way I made you, empty bluffs. My love in you is strong enough to overcome and then you also begin to learn to trust Me fully for other things, rise above all that. including other people, and their blunders, too. You can just let all that antagonism, rejection and resentment You've got to lower the standard of perfection for yourself, first, bounce off like a rubber ball, or like a stone off a rubber wall, before you can lower it for others. you're immune to it. You see what's happening, and you figure, Stop feeling so rotten about yourself, and eventually you're "Hey, this is supposed to hurt me," and you're expecting the going to stop behaving in a rotten way. Accept & believe that I pain, but I'm asking you, where is the pain? It isn't there because have made you the way I knew perfectly well you were supposed My love for you is so strong, it just erases it. to be, forget all those doubts about yourself and just trust, You're thinking you should be offended, that this thing might believe, accept, be. You are more loved than you'll ever know in become a problem, but I'm telling you, what problem? What this life. offense? There is nothing! You don't feel any offense, you just feel the temptation to be offended, but I'm causing you to rise 548 __________________________________________________ above this, simply because of My great love for you. My love for You have to learn patience - patience with the flesh; patience you is stronger than all obstacles, stronger than any lack of love with yourself. or all the hatred in the world or of the Enemy that would destroy You will come across types who will be able to benefit from the you. things you're learning and experiencing right now. That's why I'm telling you, this is not a problem, this is but a joke. You must trust that what I am teaching you will be appreciated Just focus on My love for you, and everything else will become and needed and welcomed in due time. Please don't become irrelevant. Focus on what I'm trying to teach you. Focus on what

I'm giving you. Behold what richness of spiritual goods I have bestowed upon you! It would help you to be more patient with yourself and others if you would remember that when it comes down to it, you're all just children. You're all just learning, like kids in school. Some day you're going to put aside childish things and become mature, and you will see eye to eye. Those who leave My school prematurely are the ones who get tired of My teaching, My curriculum, they play hookies and want to be their own teachers and masters. They didn't believe that I would help them to rise above any inability, any weakness that would hinder them to cope with the lessons and challenges I put before them. They didn't have the faith that My love in them could do the humanly impossible. All you've really got to do is trust in My love, My love for you, that it's great enough to help you to overcome anything. It's the love that overcomes all things. (See Romans 8:31,32). Look at My immense love for you, which makes any lack of love irrelevant! All that matters is My love for you, which initiates everything in the first place. You love Me because I first loved you, and you are able to love others and yourself because I first loved you. "Denying yourself and taking up your cross" is the very opposite of man's modern teachings and other philosophies of "finding yourself," fulfilling yourself" and saving yourself. Denying yourself means to not accept the Enemy's lies, which he tells the proud and self-sufficient that any of you can save yourselves by your good works. It also means to forsake your own plans about making a great name for yourself in this life. It means putting your cards and your money on the Spirit, and the World to come, not the flesh and this present world. It means that you believe what I said: "It is the Spirit that quickens (gives life), the flesh profits nothing," that you have chosen the way of Abel, not of Cain, the way of the "Lord-letters" not of the workers-in-theflesh... But it doesn't mean that you have to suppress yourself once I have renewed you, once you have been born again, once I've saved you and you've become a new creature in Me. The Devil tries to inflate the egos of those who disobey Me, and at the same time to belittle those who do obey Me. He's the "coach" of the wicked, and he will spur on and encourage those who do evil, and he will try to discourage those who do good. I know that it may seem like an impossible fight to win, against such a wicked and sly foe, invisible, unrecognized and operating in stealth, even unnoticed by some of those who should know better. He hates to be exposed. Those demons - including the ones that are lingering around My children and try to influence them and stop them from making progress & true spiritual forward-movement - know who their potentially most dangerous enemies are, those who can see their game and look through the games they cause their victims to play. But all you must focus on is My love for you, it will be stronger than any hatred, resentment and rejection you may experience. Love is stronger than pride. If you let My love permeate your very being, pride eventually will not even be able to phase you. Let My love for you and in you erase any traces of pride! Just focus on My love for you. Let it be more important than anything else. 550 __________________________________________________ Sometimes I use the horrors of this world to drive you into the arms of heaven, to make you long for heaven; in order for you to become more heavenly-minded, less worldly-minded, for you to realize yet a bit more how much this world is not your home, how much you're not of this world, how you don't really belong here. 551 __________________________________________________ We're advancing, although it seems as if the Enemy's kingdom on earth is advancing much faster, the way weeds usually grow faster than good crops, and the weeds seems to threaten to choke My good crops, but you know and can trust that in the end, I, the Wood Chopper will descend with My axe

upon all those evil growths of darkness & will make an end for them & cast them in the fire. Trust in spite of all that the weeds of darkness can threaten to do; continue to believe & see My light beyond the apparent darkness, knowing that the darkness - no matter how gloomy - is only temporal, soon to be chased away by My glorious, eternal light. 552 __________________________________________________ When I say "the flesh profiteth nothing," it means that it's often only prolonging things, making them unnecessarily complicated and creating a detour, when you're trying to figure out & accomplish things in the arm of the flesh, instead of taking the simple way of childlike faith and the way of the Spirit. I know your frailties & weaknesses, and use you according to My purpose, in coordination with what I know about your weaknesses and strengths. My spirit world is very efficient in finding out just what works best with different folks, and we're not bound to any ruts. That's another thing that's so wonderful about the freedom of the Spirit. That's why I'm telling you, keep your eyes on Me, focus on My Spirit and My love, and look away from those who are bound by rules and limitations which don't necessarily apply to you, simply because I've given you greater freedom. I can't allow everyone the same amount of freedom. Some need those tight & strict rules to go by, and it irritates them to see others running around outside of them. But if I have blessed you with greater faith & greater freedom, what is that to them? And if I have given them the need for greater restrictions & tighter rules, what is that to thee? Every man according to his need & purpose. Quit putting each other in boxes. If I have called you to greater freedom, why do you limit yourself to confines which weren't meant for you? 553 __________________________________________________ I'm ushering in a new era in your life, in which you cease to trust in the power of man and learn to trust more in Me. I'm trying to get you to swap from leaning on physical power, and lean on My shoulders instead. I want you to put a greater emphasis on learning to acquire things you need by praying for them, by applying the spiritual principle, "ask and ye shall receive," instead of leaning on the arm of the flesh. I want your life to become more & more of a daily miracle for which you cannot help but give Me the glory as it becomes more & more obvious to you that it's truly My hand supplying for you, not your own efforts with just a little help from above. Direct what strength you have toward Me, using it to activate My much greater power, and avail yourself of that to make things happen for you. If you invest more time & energy in prayer, the results are going to be a lot more favorable than whatever results you achieve by doing it in your own energy. I'll richly reward you for having put My Kingdom & My affairs, My Family, first. 554 __________________________________________________ You're just going to have to trust Me. I don't want you to put your trust in your chariots, but in Me. That's all I'm primarily interested in cultivating in you: that trust. Trust that I will supply your needs, trust that I will lead you in the right way, trust that there is really nothing to worry about, since you put your hand in Mine and your trust in Me. I have always wanted My disciples not to focus on their needs, their lacks, their worldly affairs, but on the harvest: My need for those lost sheep out there who still need to be won, workers that might still be found, if you focus on seeking them out. 555 __________________________________________________ You don't have to cheat yourself out of enjoying yourself. To enjoy yourself means precisely what it says: you can enjoy just being yourself, you can enjoy the body I've given you, the spirit I've given you, the life I've given you, it's nothing to be ashamed of or to constantly deny or to beat down.

People need to see a happy and satisfied customer in whom they can see the joy of My Salvation at work, not somebody who inwardly keeps murmuring about himself, "Why hast Thou made me thus?" That heavenly joy is found in giving Me to others. Happiness simply eludes those who go chasing after it. The only thing I can offer you and you can offer anyone else is a life in which you forget about chasing your own happiness, a life of dedicating yourself to bringing happiness to others, and that will bring you true happiness. The Family has turned out for many folks not to be "their thing" anymore, because it's never been "their" thing in the first place, but Mine, and the only way it can become your thing is by making My thing and My cause yours also. You can only identify with this by making My ambitions and pursuits your very own, which means you'll have to forget about your own. Witnessing is what the Family is supposed to be all about. You're right in the very center of My will when you do. If you go out to show the people how much I love them and how much they're being loved, you'll feel just how proud I will be of you for doing so. When you know that you are being obedient to Me, you just know that you are being blessed. There's no greater way in which you can manifest your obedience to Me than by witnessing, and thus no greater way to experience My blessings. The more you do it, the happier you'll be; Witnessing is a major key to happiness. 556 __________________________________________________ Even as I give freely to anyone who asks, anyone who is willing to reach out their hands & receive from Me the riches I have to offer, so do I want My children to give freely, also. Give and trust that I will supply & that I will touch the hearts of those who will help you!

Feeling "inspired" is not really a safe & foolproof guarantee for anything, whether the thing you feel inspired about is really inspired by Me. You've got to really make sure always that it's My inspiration and anointing, not an inroad or temptation of the flesh to make itself feel grander and greater than is due. That's why I can more easily work with humble people. They don't have these temptations of all of a sudden feeling more special than others, more anointed, more "used." They just do what's necessary & fill the need. Remember that whatever you've got, you have only received, and all you can do is humbly pass it on. That's why I've got to give you thorns in the flesh, aches & pains, your weaknesses, to keep you humble & low & remember your frame, remember that this is not your destination. This is not the place you're destined to reign, but to suffer with Me. The suffering comes first, before the reigning, and that's the part you're in right now. Of course, I'm trying to make it all as bearable for you as possible, and I don't want your life to be all pain & no joy at all, just like I also enjoyed My physical life and it didn't only consist of suffering. But the cross, not the miracles, was the ultimate purpose of why I came, My ultimate destiny. It wasn't My time yet to be a king, but a humble Servant. And that's what you must learn, too. You've got to discern whether these feelings are just feeding your pride & self-reliance or whether they help you to walk in My footsteps and that humble road of reliance & dependence on Me.

561 __________________________________________________ I'm not nearly as scared of breaking up selfish little families as you guys are, contrary to popular belief. It's similar to the difference between the way most people view death, and the way I view it: for them it's the most terrible thing that could happen to them, in My eyes it's precious, a celebration, your glorious 557 __________________________________________________ homecoming, your relief. The easy way out is to quit, and it takes faith to believe that And it's the same with separations, which most people view as you can overcome the difficulties and fix the problems. You've something terrible, but in the case where your service for Me is got to have the faith that I can fix anything, even if I test you, and what matters most & is of much greater importance than any am taking My time until I deliver you. relationship ever could be, changes in relationships, including Contrary to you and your tendency to quit and give up on a separations, come more often from My hand than the Enemy. It's relationship or marriage, I will always stay married to My brides, more often than not a blessing, which brings positive changes even if they are faithless, turn their backs on Me and forsake Me into the separating individuals' lives, freeing them from the in their hearts. My love & faithfulness simply remains. chains of former habits and ruts. If you're having serious long-standing problems in your 558 __________________________________________________ relationship and serious doubts about it - doubts about the How it delights Me to know that I'm the One Who is the authenticity of the motivations that hold it together, then you Answer to all your needs, your quests, the One to quench your should certainly be brave enough to seriously consider a thirst and every longing. How it delights Me to watch you find all separation and at least talk and pray about it. you long for in Me. Sometimes I make things "unbearable" in order to evoke change. For you cannot find what you're longing for in this physical The only alternative would be a slow, painful death, caused by world, and so you turn to Me, and I become more to you than you stagnation, compromise, and what ultimately amounts to ever dreamed I would be, I become more and more important to disobedience. Look at what My Word says about forsaking all, you everyday. You're coming closer to Me with every moment. especially loved ones that distract you from giving your whole Sometimes that greater closeness comes about in a painful way, heart and attention to Me! the ways of disillusionment with this temporary world, and its I'm trying to make you into as revolutionary fighters for Me as I failure to satisfy your deepest longings & yearnings. And that's possibly can, using any possible means. If that takes a where I come in and become all you could ever ask for and more, separation, so be it. I'm vehemently fighting to counteract the and it thrills Me, it satisfies Me beyond measure, to be there for moves of the Enemy to stop you from being a revolutionary you, to become all you've yearned for. Christian, if he can't stop you from being a Christian. Unfortunately, he knows exactly what it takes to get most people 559 __________________________________________________ to stop even trying to be revolutionary Christians: a comfy-cozy The road of less immediate glory leads to higher eternal little family that simply wants to enjoy life together. Maybe do a glory. Those who seek glory in this life and in this world won't be little witnessing on the side every now & then in order to calm satisfied with the humble life of playing second fiddle to down your aching conscience, watch movies & get things that someone else's tune, a life of obedience, a life of submission. everybody else also enjoys; maybe a nice little vacation: They want to be their own kings. "Welcome to System-Wonderland!" It happens a lot more quickly Who will truly burn with My oil, and not just smolder & scorch than most are able or willing to realize. And in nothing flat you're away their own, oversized wick? You can be sure that it's most trapped inside a situation you never really wanted to be in, but likely going to be someone who is weak in their own strength, the longer it lasted, the deeper the rut, and the harder to get out someone totally dependent on Me. of it. It's not as if all the lessons you learn together as a couple aren't 560 __________________________________________________ good & useful, just like anything you can learn about can be Feelings can be downright deceptive. good & useful, providing you're not - like so many - ever learning

without ever coming to knowledge. In other words, never making any real progress. And even if you consider yourself to be making progress, do you really think you know better what kind of progress you ought to be making than I do? So, please allow Me to rock your boat again, because, as lovely as the ride may have been, I'm afraid you got a little off the course & track that I want you to follow, and if that's what still matters to you in the first place, then definite changes will have to be made, and I mean any kind of change it takes, not just the ones you would be willing to make. If you're not willing to make the kind of changes I want you to make, you know that I can make your life of compromise & disobedience fairly unbearable, and if you refuse to give Me what is rightfully Mine, I can take a collection that will far surpass what I might have required from you in the first place. Time is short, and if you have communication problems in your marriage that hinder your communication with Me and My communication with the world through you, then prove that you really want to keep Me in the first place of your lives by forsaking your marriage, lest it become an idolatrous abomination to Me! And otherwise, just forsake your unrealistic expectations of each other, grit your teeth & get your job for Me done. Seek ye first My kingdom, not your marriage or family. That's another fundamental difference between My Family and the rest of the churches: My Family is not afraid to make such radical changes for Me. How radical are you, and how much are you truly part of My Family? 562 __________________________________________________ There are many things that seem right to the carnal mind, but if you don't watch it, they can lead to real danger. That's why I'm exhorting you constantly not to lean to your own understanding nor to depend on your carnal mind, but to ask Me everything, to pray about everything. It means shooting up a prayer about a certain issue & enabling Me and your helpers to give you checks about issues. That's why situations are so dangerous in which it seems so obviously clear what you're supposed to do that you fail to check in with Me.

which is dedicated to My purpose, to the advance of My Kingdom, where all you've got is employed in order to bring forth fruit for Me. That is what "sowing to the spirit" refers to. Whereas all those activities that merely minister to the flesh won't serve to make your fields prosper, but will only leave them barren and desolate, and any fruit or life on it will wither and fade (see Gal.6:8). It requires the pouring out of the very essence of your life, your life-blood, just like I did. That's following in My footsteps. The real sheep won't be satisfied with anything less than the communion with a living God Who can speak to them everyday and gives them relevant answers to the problems of their lives everyday. They can't be satisfied with answers I gave thousands of years ago, they need answers to their problems today. And who else has got such a God but you? Who else holds so much truth and can show them how to receive personal answers from Me but you, who are experiencing yourselves, that it works everyday? I can alter not only your way of seeing the circumstances, but also your capability of handling them and dealing with them, which will make any mountain look smaller and more inviting and less gloomy than before you asked Me to change things with My power. More often than not it will be My altering you, your heart, your attitude and perception of things, that will really make the difference. So, that's where you've got to let Me work, for that's where I have chosen to live: right in your own heart! Let your heart be My home, and I'll be the greatest changing-factor of circumstances you'll have ever known. Make salvation work for you in ever-increasing, never-diminishing power, and soon you'll spread that fire of salvation over to many others. 564 __________________________________________________ Sin is neglect of Me, underestimating Me and not giving Me the importance and priority in one's life that is due.

565 __________________________________________________ It's quite natural to want to see the talents I have given you 563 __________________________________________________ put to use. It's just, what do you want to see them used for? What The whole idea of faith and serving Me is that you don't have do you want to achieve with them and what is your goal? to serve your circumstances and be subject to them, but to apply Personal fame and wealth, which is what the world would your faith in My power to make the most out of them, make consider success? Or the kind of wealth that lasts for all eternity, something better out of them, to use that empty ground and fill it namely souls for My Kingdom? with My seeds, to till and plough it, so that from that which was If you know you're doing your best to invest your time & energy once empty ground, unpromising and seemingly barren, you toward the latter, then you don't have to worry about the former bring forth fruit unto Me. anymore. First of all, the first will have lost its meaning and The ground of your circumstances waits to be tilled, worked and appeal for you, and then I have promised to supply all your needs cultivated through your prayers and your obedience to Me, and if you make My goals your ambition, instead of pursuing your thus altered, from an empty ground to a lush green field, that's own goals. the ultimate purpose of faith. Your life without Me was like a Focus & concentrate on My affairs and what really matters, and desert, but I came into your life and changed it into a pleasant rid yourself of all the influences of the brainwash of the world, land. Now, your job is to turn around and - in order to maintain what people think about you, how they view you, comparing with the happiness I have given you in the first place - to change the others, etc. barren lands of others' lives into lush green lands also. This If you want My ways to rub off on you, then spend time with Me, happiness isn't something you can just keep for yourself, but it investing your time in your heavenly bank account. only remains alive if you share it with others. Only through this I'm not expecting any great accomplishments from you; I just action of turning others' lives into something better, will your expect you to be faithful in the little things. own "land" stay fruitful, fertile and lush and alive also. If you accomplish nothing but to pray for those who need your You have experienced how the Enemy can turn your land into a prayers, then you're already accomplishing a lot more than some wilderness again, if you let him, and that explains a little bit what multi-billion dollar mogul who's raking in the millions by the Paul referred to (Phil.2:12) when he said, "work out your own minute! His millions are going to be absolutely worthless to him salvation in fear and trembling:" it referred to what you do with the minute he dies, whereas you will have saved your riches your own saved life while you're living it, and while you have a where they will truly count, for eternity! chance to cultivate it. What fruit are you going to cause your life Concentrate on the lost sheep. They'll be eternally thankful to to bear and bring forth? It wasn't referring to your eternal you for having brought them My message and Salvation. salvation, to your soul, which is Mine once & for all, but to what You are and remain My only true alternative to the System. All the you're going to do with your saved life on earth. Are you going to others are just another bunch of System junkies with a little bit of allow that salvation to work so that it brings forth fruit? Christian flavor mixed in or a Christian coating. That's the only way your salvation will ever become visible and Continue striving for what the Family is and is yet to become, for beneficial for anyone else. its growth. You won't regret it! A day where I rule the circumstances, and one of which you can truly say, "this is the day which the Lord hath made," is a day 566 __________________________________________________

Love and humility are practically one and the same. Without love there can be no humility, and without humility there can be no real love. Humility is a gift, which you receive for the asking. How badly do you want it? How much do you ask for it, pray for it, desire it? How important is it to you? If you really treasure it as something valuable, then you won't let the Enemy steal it away from you by tempting you to feel superior, or to ridicule others, or to play that tit for tat game of pride, of they reject you, so you reject them. That's the Enemy's goal, to kill your love for them, so that you won't ever even start reaching out to them, to try to win them to Me. Look deeper! Stop judging by outward appearance! The Enemy will try to drive the biggest possible wedge he can between you and those I want you to reach. He tries to persuade you that it's pointless and useless to even try to win them. That's where you're going to have to decide whether you're going to believe him or Me. Those people out there are the reason you're still here. Give them a chance. Give them the benefit of the doubt. You need to give them a chance before they can give Me a chance. Give them a chance to give Me a chance! Don't allow the Enemy to convince you that it's useless! 567 __________________________________________________ "Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth." Knowledge is from the head. Love edifies, it builds up that which is essential. The heart. The inner knowledge, and more than knowledge; the urge and compassion to do something about the things you know are right.

with it. The only thing that will stop you from going down that road is to take in My input instead of his. The Words that I have given to this Family are what is keeping this Family alive. That's why you must immerse yourself in them and not neglect them. If you just manage to stay faithful to My Word, and to keep faithfully drinking them in until I come for you, you'll see: it will have been worth it all! 569 __________________________________________________ (Dad:) Christians want new blood in their churches, but they're too proud to do what the Lord told'em to do: to get out on the streets & make new converts & win souls to the Kingdom. That's what's the biggest difference between us and the churches: that we're not too proud to go out there. Or at least, that's what's supposed to be the biggest difference. How different are you? If you want new converts, if you want to win souls, you're just going to have to go out to the highways & by-ways & find'em & bring them in. So many people want to do it the "proper" way, off the streets, in a nice church building or some kind of nice meeting somewhere. But the streets is still where it's happening & where the lost sheep are.

570 __________________________________________________ There is a higher form of knowledge than that which the carnal mind can come up with. Carnal reasoning and rational, intellectual knowledge are not where it's at when you want to come closer to Me. Man has steered himself into a world more and more controlled 568 __________________________________________________ by his own rationalism and further and further away from Move forward; move on! Even if the future ahead of you intimate communion with Me. seems like a bleak and dreary one, and one you would not wish They have been "alienated from the life of God" (Eph.4:18). The to go through, take hold of those weapons and advance! Believe result is what I prophesied in Matthew 24:12, that the love of that nothing will be impossible; no obstacle too hard to many would wax cold. The great "falling away" (2.Thes.2:3) is overcome, no adversary will be invincible for you. more than a departing from the mere rational acknowledgement No matter how hard or tough or adverse the circumstances, you of My existence. The whole interactive part that's supposed to be can rise above them and make it through them with flying colors, there between Me and man is gone, leaving a vast hole, a because you've got the combined most powerful weapon in the frightening vacuum and terrible, cold, spiritual "low pressure universe. area," which is generating the most terrible storm this world has The Enemy knows what tricks he needs to pull out in order to ever seen. slow you down & tempt you to give up, to say, "Its no use." You Rational thinking is barley scratching the surface of true think you could have probably handled any set of circumstances, knowing. but not these, but you can tell that that's just his engineering. He Success- and position-oriented people rely too much on their knows a lot about you and your weaknesses, too, and what own ideas, ambitions & desires. True leaders have always you're the least likely to be able to handle. Well, that's his job for depended on more than rational knowledge. There is nothing Me: to test you & find out which your weak areas are, and what it truly great you can accomplish with mere head-knowledge and will take to get you to give up. without divine inspiration, the kind of knowledge which comes If nothing can cause you to give up, then this means you tested from the spirit. "negative" to any infection with his virus of the loathsome Giving Seek knowledge that is deeper than mere head-knowledge, and Up disease. But sometimes you've got to build a resistance to a let the things you learn sink in deeper than that superficial level certain disease or virus first. You've got to recognize what you're of rationalism. Get to know the deeper ways of knowing! Get to up against, what his weakening tactics are, and for this you need know for real! True knowledge is more than head-stuffing. to have experienced the symptoms first, and have been confronted with the virus & the disease. 571 __________________________________________________ That's why the theory of Evolution was such a success for the Adam and Eve had already come to know the good, the truth, Devil: he always likes to show people the possibility that they everything I had presented to them, which I had declared as may have been wrong from the very beginning. good. For them to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good Once he has weakened your faith in the very basis and and evil meant for them to discover the other side, the darker foundations of your beliefs and faith, soon there will be no side, the knowledge of that which was not good and was not the stopping point. truth: the knowledge of evil and of that which is a lie. That's all The Enemy will go about with the same tactics he uses to destroy Satan really had to offer: the lie, the illusion, that which man worldly families, and try to sow division and dissention between thinks he knows. you and divide My Family as well. But that's where you've got to The knowledge of evil that Satan brought into the world by fight. Do something in order to prevent it from happening: fight. tempting Adam & Eve to disobey Me, is nothing but an illusion; a Claim the keys of unity and fight for unity, for the survival of your lie; a deception. They may think it's fact, and they may call what spiritual Family, and for its growth. Refuse to believe the Devil's they consider knowledge reality, but reality as I know it is input of "it's no use anyways!" something quite different. He tries to overwhelm you with problems and obstacles, things They swapped programs. The first one was the "good" program, that aren't right, that he instigated and planted in the first place. My program, the program of truth, but it didn't satisfy them. Man But you must not allow them to persuade you to quit! He's trying needed a cause to fight for, and thus, something to fight against; to destroy your faith in the Family and everything that goes along some challenges and adversities to tackle, before he was ever

going to be able to truly be happy, and that's what's happening in this life. If it all comes too easily, they tend to take it for granted, and thoughts start popping into their minds of "what if I were my own boss?" So, everyone can experience what happens when I'm not in charge. If you should ever get fed up with it, you can switch to a different mode again, the mode of accepting My leadership, after all; My guidance & My loving light for your life. Some, sadly, never find out that they would have been able to do that, and quit the game. That's where those who already found Me ought to have come in to let them know about Me, but didn't. That's the big dilemma. Many suicides could be prevented if My folks were more on the ball. 572 __________________________________________________ You've learned that My ways are not your ways, and that My ways sometimes include unexpected, seeming detours, which - if you trust Me - might land you further down the road, and better equipped than before in the long run. Certain experiences can bring about changes in your attitudes, which will enable you to handle situations with renewed zest & energy, and in different ways. You should go through that unpleasant experience with your whole heart and both eyes open for the biggest possible amount of benefits you can carry away from it, not "get it over with as quickly as possible." You've got to embrace the hard times and fully taste them and experience them, so that you can really carry away from them all that I want you to. In many aspects they're more valuable than the pleasant times. You don't have to dread the adversities! You were made for them! You were made to face them and master them with flying colors! After all; I'm giving you the means to face them. Keep your eyes on My supply and provision, not on whatever lack you see. Materialism is like an addiction, a fake way to satisfy the aching voids that were created to be filled by Me. But it is sin. To be filling the place in your heart that was destined for Me with anything but Me is sin. It is idolatry. It is having other gods before Me, or instead of Me. A lot of folks don't know any better; and that's where your job comes in, of reminding them of what's really essential. Remind them that "man shall not live by bread alone," that there is something better that they need, in order to be happy.

That's why they can doubt their Salvation, too, and it makes others doubt as well that they ever got saved or possibly could be saved and are on their way to heaven. In order to make salvation work for you in this life, and do you any good in the here & now, you're going to have to work at it. You're going to have to fight the Devil for one thing, instead of surrendering to him. It's the factor of how much you seek the truth. Some can live with the lie and would be satisfied with a cheap counterfeit. That's good enough for them. The illusion & fake & counterfeit does it for them, they're okay with it. But there are those who just can't stand to live like that, and those are My crown-hunters. They're not going to chase only after mere earthly rewards, but they're going to live this life I've given them in pursuit of that higher reward, that everlasting one. They put their stakes up higher than the rest of them, they shoot for everlasting fame & glory, not in this world, but in the one to come. The only thing that can really spur you on to do the right kind of thing is My love. And that's the only thing that can make a soul that has been won for Me grow, too. You've got to pour on them My love in prayer, and in any other form and shape they happen to need it: forgiveness for their flaws, as a manifestation of how I have forgiven them and will continue to forgive them, simply for having received Me, showing that you're not giving up on them, that you believe in them, as a manifestation of how I believe in them, even if they don't happen to really believe in Me. They drank Me in and received Me in that one crucial moment when they received Me, but then they locked up their heart again, or their mind. But you must not give up on them, and it should not be an excuse for you to stop loving and feeding them. They don't stop being My children! I won't abandon them, even if they turn their backs on Me. Of course, I could do more for them if they wouldn't, and a lot does depend on their personal choices, but I've got to have you believing in them, too, that they're still My children, and still yours, too, they're still your brothers and sisters, even if it seems as if they're stillborn. You never know what miracle is going to revive that seed of Me in them and will bring My dormant presence in them to life.

574 __________________________________________________ Your accomplishments are not what matters most to Me. Wait & depend on Me, trust in Me every step of the way through a project, instead of leaning to your own understanding. Heavenly communication is what it's all about. In My Father's house, with its many mansions, there is lots of communication 573 __________________________________________________ happening; spiritual communication, verbal communications, all When you get saved, you become a live one, and the Devil is kinds of communication. Folks aren't bound to earthly confines & going to try to bag you, and in some ways, the fight and battle of limitations. There's no more need for "firewalls"... It's all sort of life will become even tougher. But it's well worth the price, "open source." Everyone's an open source of information and knowing where you're going to go when the battle is over and communication; something the Devil is trying to imitate in his that you're on the winning side, isn't it? The future losers are gross, abusive way. allowed to pretend to be the winners here in this life. Just consider yourself part of our heavenly communications The Devil will try to use this as an argument to discourage you network, because you are. Tune in to Me on a regular level, even from winning souls: "See? It doesn't work! They're not changed! about little and seemingly insignificant things. They received Jesus, and they still don't act any better than they 575 __________________________________________________ did beforehand... Salvation is a fake," as he's obviously managed Trust in Me is the most valuable thing you have. I need to to persuade some. push you to the extreme at times, to find out just how strong, They get discouraged by the lack of obvious, visible short-term how pure, how real your trust in Me really is. results of when someone got saved. Some people never climb up Faith in Me is not really valued properly, unless it is the most any further that "stairway to heaven," after they get saved: they important thing in your life. I'm constantly trying to get decisions just stay there on that first step, & can even go downhill from from each of My children, in order to show, who or what they put there. The game of free choice doesn't stop there. Although you their trust in when it all comes down to it. And it's good for you have decided to receive Me, it doesn't mean that you're to find out just how much you can trust Me, that even in a lifeautomatically going to continue receiving Me from then on. As and-death situation you can rely on Me, you're in My hands, and you can see with some, they make the decision afterwards to everything's under My perfect control. never open their heart to Me again. The Devil scares them out. All Every time you manage to get over another hurdle, another they do is receive the seed, but they don't allow it to sprout, grow obstacle and challenge in life, it will strengthen your faith to & blossom. They're afraid of letting it fall into the ground and die make it over the next one. Your faith will no longer just rely on so that it may bring forth fruit in them. They instinctively know My promises to you, but also on the experience that I am well that some part of them is going to die with it, if they allow that. able to keep them. Their physical, momentary lives are what matters more to them You'll be able to say with your whole heart, "I know He won't let than eternity. me down, because He has never let me down. He has helped me

through this trouble and that trouble, and I know He will see me through the next one as well." Emergencies & crises bring out the best in you, purify your faith and trust in Me. It's the road of Gethsemane that you will each find in your lives when you truly follow Me. Remember there were 2 other fellows crucified along with Me that day, just as there are many others suffering the manifold ways in which all of you do. Yet I was the One Who had gone that way of the cross for Love, for others, and for the Father that day, Who had walked a righteous path. One of the other two relied on his own "goodness" until the very end, his own smartness, and his own world view. The other saw that there was something greater there, something beyond him, something he couldn't quite comprehend, but he knew it was something he wanted to be part of, in whatever remote way it were possible, and I granted him entrance. It was through My suffering that this soul was saved, and even so, through your sufferings, souls can be won to Me, too. The testimony of the way My saints trust Me in their sufferings and in the hours of their temptation is one of the greatest witnesses and testimonies they can give. Trust that this is not only going to work out for your own good, but also the good of others who love Me, even if they may not know yet that they do love Me. Are you willing to suffer for others, as I was? Are you willing to follow Me? I never asked anyone to worship Me, I asked them to follow Me. To worship someone is easy. It's adoring them from afar. But to follow them and do as they do, thats a real proof of love, that's worship in spirit and in truth (Jn.4:24). I don't want My children to be going through any motions & dead ceremonies, like they do in the churches. I want them to be living samples of Me, to show the world that faith in Me really works, that it's a powerful, lifechanging force. It's just never brought out to the full unless you have experienced those acid tests. Following Me is not about friends, a cool life-style and all the fun of communal living, but about communication with Me. Faith is what gives life, meaning and purpose to it all in the first place, and without it, it won't work. It's like the tiny little core inside an atom. It's so tiny, compared to the rest of the atom, which are like the works, the manifestation that makes faith evident. But without that tiny little core, there'd be no atom, because everything else revolves around it. It's that "little strength" I speak of in Revelations: the tiny little core of faith inside the "atom" of your works & accomplishments & fruit for Me. Without that tiny little strength, nothing else would come to pass. It's the no.1 requirement. Without faith, it is impossible. Just as all things are possible to him that believeth, all things are impossible to him that believeth not, because faith is what makes everything possible in the first place. You've got to have faith, otherwise nothing is ever going to happen. No miracles, no lives changed, no light. Only the darkness & emptiness of unbelief. That's why it's so important that you sow faith. Without faith, there's no real life, only darkness. You may be seeing all those people, and they may look alive, but without faith, they're not. They're not really alive. Just going through the motions, like all those dead church rituals & ceremonies. What brings everything to life is faith, and without faith, there is no life. No life worth living, that is. So, sow faith, help faith to grow, wherever you may go. Strengthen their faith; make it grow. Tell them that faith is what counts. And nothing else matters. 576 __________________________________________________ I'm like a well within you, but in order to bring up the water to the surface, and to spill over onto others, to benefit others as well, you need to make the effort of pumping it up first. Widen your circle of tolerance toward outsiders and give them a chance to accept Me and to change. Exert more faith in people, or rather, in what I can do and bring about in them. I can do all things and am able to change every life that you allow Me to touch them through you. I taught you to pray, "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on

earth as it is in heaven;" but I have also said, "the Kingdom of God is within you" (Lk.17:21). It's within you, and I'm using you to pump it up and slowly but surely flood the world with it. It's coming from all directions, like the waters of the flood, which were coming from both, the "fountains of the deep," as well as from the heavens. See the world as it will be under My power & sovereign rule. Since it's all accomplished already in My eyes, as far as I'm concerned, this is a realistic worldview; more realistic than that of those who doubt that I'm in total and absolute control and fail to see Me in everything. Those who perform miracles are those who are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I am in control, that I have power over all the elements, and that I rule and reign supreme. I need My believers to activate that power and to direct it wherever it's most needed. I judge righteous judgment; I see each heart. I see each circumstance & background. There's a lot more detail to everything. It takes time to get an accurate picture of everything. I don't paint in black & white. My palette of colors is as infinite as My creation. There will never be a lack of surprises, of new discoveries, of new, unexpected twists and turns in events. You will never be able to say, "Now I know everything there is to know..." There will always be whole new worlds and dimensions to discover, new angles from which to see things, new additions to make your scope wider, which will burst your former limits. I'm showing you to love them not only when they're good, but also when they're bad. I am teaching you to love in the way I love; not conditionally, not 'providing you're a good boy or girl,' but always. Love loves always, even when all that appeals to the flesh is gone. Love sees the invisible beyond the visible. You have been carrying around some of that old black and white worldview, and I'm trying to get you to discard it for a better one, a more positive, more colorful one, with a broader spectrum and a wider range of things you make room for, you can include in your circle of tolerance and acceptance. Inclusion is the name of the game, instead of exclusion. You can see Me in everything. Everything belongs! Everything that happens to you comes from My hand, and you can embrace it wholeheartedly. I will not give you a stone if you have asked Me for bread; it's My promise, and I will not break it. If you have asked Me for good food and nourishment, and that's what you desire, I will not give you something that's not good for you. Accept, believe and embrace. Live in the now, the place where time meets eternity. The world needs a whole lot more love than it deserves. Only I have enough love for the world. Others may give according to what people may deserve, but that's just not enough, for good works can never buy you all the love you need. It's got to be My grace from start to finish. 577 __________________________________________________ Focus on integrating, not on avoiding. I'm the Glue that keeps you together. Allow Me to run and flow into the cracks that are between you. Life is not just about making it on your own. Everything happens for a reason, and I want you to be more alert and ready to see Me in the things happening around you. I want you to include Me and get ahold of My Spirit and see the situation through My eyes, so you can react to it as I would react, and not just the way your carnal mind would. By allowing Me to be a greater part of your life, you're allowing yourself to become a more active and intensive part of Me. (Jn.15:5). The key to being happy is to accept that what I want for you is truly best, and in wanting what I want. No matter how convinced you may be of something, My reality might still surprise you; the way things really are. Always stay on pulse with Me & in touch with My reality, and what I know to be the truth.

578 __________________________________________________ By talking about your battles, trials and temptations, you are on your best way to overcoming them. You're having the Enemy exposed that way. Bring it all out into the open and he won't have a chance to do his dirty business in the dark and in secret anymore, which takes the power from him. You're able to call a spade a spade, a bluff a bluff, a temptation merely what it is, namely a temptation, but not necessarily a major crisis, since you're not about to give in to it. It's so beautiful to Me when My brides tuck away their personal desires, put them on the backburner for the sake of the greater good & what's really important: for the sake of My Kingdom and My will. It's realizing that all these things - your desires, wishes, etc., are temporal, and not really what matters, compared to My much greater Cause. The small, personal cause is infinitesimal when it comes to My true and everlasting Cause. Faith is what makes you hinge your focus and vision on that, not the mere fleeting earthly and temporal pleasures. If you can say with Pope John XXIII, "Apart from the will of God, there is nothing interesting to me," then that's a major step toward spiritual maturity. Finally self and its interests have taken second place to Me and what I want. There is a greater cause to fight and strive for, than merely your own. 579 __________________________________________________ I never imitated the System's way; I came up with My very own, straight-forward and direct way. My way was love, truth and humility. Adapt to My style instead of theirs. It's tough to go My way, because it means being willing to take the pain, instead of dishing it out. It means to be ready to receive the ridicule, ready to be laughed at, instead of being the one who ridicules and laughs at others. It means taking up the cross yourself, instead of nailing others to crosses with your words. Make sure that what you say carries the spirit of humility. It's gotta be love. It's gotta be humble. It's gotta be Me. 580 __________________________________________________ How do you become a master of any art? By practice. You learn a skill by practicing it, and the way to learn to love is simply by doing it. Whenever you're tempted to feel critical about someone, instead of allowing the critical words to cross your lips, praise Me or say something nice instead; something loving, edifying, something good. When you're trying to get anywhere, you want to get there in the fastest way possible. You seek an advantage for yourself, you want to get ahead and leave the rest behind. But seeing the world through a universal, all-embracing lens means not trying to separate yourself from the slower folks on the right lane, but seeing yourself as part of them. Try to love even the slowest driver on the right lane. Besides being medicine for your attitude, your nerves and circulation, it also lessens the breakdown risk of your car, the amount of pollution you sling into the air, and the amount of risk you pose to yourselves and other drivers. "Get out of the fast lane!" Patience and love are connected: it takes time to love. There's no way around it. It takes time to love all those drivers on the right lane of life. If you constantly seek to get ahead of everyone and simply curse the fact that you're not fortunate enough to afford yourself a faster car in order to be able to leave even more folks behind, then you're missing the point. That's definitely not My idea of getting ahead. A more patient attitude will improve your relationships. Friends are those who take time to be and make friends. Even if it means sacrificing some of the time you'd ideally invest in the things you consider most important, in "getting ahead." Helping others to get ahead, to grow, to make progress in their lives, taking time to share with them what you've learned, all this requires the kind of patience you need. If you want to be more loving, if you want to love more, just take

your time to do it. That's the only way it works. It means you cut a big piece of the cake of your time that's been given you and pass it on to others and share it with them. That's what witnessing is: you invest some of your time into personally passing on to others what I've given you. You've got to broaden your view not only in one direction. Seeing in the spirit is a multi-dimensional thing. It zooms and expands not only uni-directionally, into the distance, but into all directions, left right, even retrospectively. You can learn things out of the past, if you've got your spiritual eyes open, that you never could have learned otherwise. If it weren't so, what would be the purpose in reading those old Bible stories, or in watching movies about people who lived in the past, or finding out about folks who lived and died hundreds of years ago? So, if I can even cause you to learn from the things that are behind, how much more would I like you to learn from the things - and especially the people - on your left and right? I mean for you to include and embrace them all, the entire scope, circle and spectrum of what surrounds you, and by doing so, embracing Me even in the least of these, your brethren. If you don't, there'll be no end to the differences you'll be seeing between you and everyone else, instead of dwelling on the things you have in common, which will result in isolating yourself more and more from everything and everyone. Isn't it much better to do it the other way? Not judging automatically, but forgiving automatically. No matter what the sin, what the differences between you and them may be, you don't judge, label, criticize and exclude them automatically from your world and your sympathy, but include, forgive, cast a veil over countless sins immediately, without even necessarily insisting on seeing them all. That is love. Try to be understanding, even if you don't understand. All you need to understand is that I love them, and so should you. You can love them; it's okay to love them, and you should love them. Why wait for everyone to be perfect before you're going to love them? You think that way you don't waste your energy but will conserve it, but I'm afraid that's not how it works. Love is like manna; you've got to use it today. That's what living in the here & now really means. Do all that you can to be loving and to give love today. Today and right now is all you've got and that's guaranteed, to give love to those around you; so why not use it? 581 __________________________________________________ The Enemy tries to have you believe that you're having a legitimate reason and excuse for self-pity. He tries to make everybody's situation look like the worst possible to them. That's why it's so important to praise Me and be thankful; show an attitude of gratitude, and why praise is such an important factor and key. When there are battles and quarrels, just praise Me for them. This is a real legit way of overcoming. Just praise Me for another challenge and trial in life! What's your attitude: gratitude or resentment? That's what it all boils down to, your constant choice. Will you resent the trial, the empty half of your cup, or show gratitude for the full half? Life is never all good nor all bad. You might say there are always good things and bad things present in it; it all just depends which ones you choose to look at or emphasize on. If you focus on the bad, then that's what will determine the major connotation of your view, your attitude, your day, your life. But if you focus on the good (and if you have Me, you always have something Good to focus on), then that will determine your outlook. The Devil knows what you hate the most, and tries to rub that in all he can. He provokes those situations you hate. They don't just happen by coincidence or karma. They're attacks from him, which means that you must be significantly important to him as an adversary, that he would go to such lengths to make your day miserable, in order to stop you, slow you down, stifle your testimony. And that should make you wonder why. It should make you go, "Wait a minute, if the Devil goes to such lengths to slow me down or get me down, then there needs to be a good reason for it. If it wouldn't be important how I react now, then he

would just leave me in peace and ignore me. He'd try to lull me to sleep and keep me happy. But I must be doing something right, so he's trying to stop that." Remember that you're a live one. It's you that his demons attack, not those who are not doing anything or going anywhere for Me. In other words, your trials and battles are a direct result of your doing the right thing, like that quote, "when you decide to serve God, all hell breaks loose," or, "The Devil doesn't start shooting until you get over the top..." As long as you accomplish nothing, he'll leave you in peace. But if you're doing My will, he'll attack you, because you pose a threat to him. It's like people who feel threatened by others with power. So, consider it a privilege, a sign and manifestation of the power that you have, if the Devil is attacking. Exposing your weak spots & chinks in your armor also helps our cause, because like this you'll know which limbs and areas you'll have to strengthen, where you've got to watch out & stay on guard. "Count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations." "Rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of the sufferings of Christ." The battle shows that you're on the right side, that you're a winner. It shows that you're still alive, and that the Devil considers you an enemy he should try to stop and slow down. That means you're accomplishing something that counts. It means he hates you and you're not his friend. Isn't it good to know you're on the right side? You're on My side! So, resentment and resignation would be the absolutely wrong reaction to have... that would be what he's trying to accomplish. But if you endure and are still able to keep a grateful attitude, in spite of the dirty tricks he pulls, the division he tries to sow, if you see him as the culprit, instead of blaming the victim or the circumstances; if you see what's happening in the spirit, instead of the carnal view, then you're on your way to overcoming. The flesh will tell you, "Hey, this is not what I'd call success! It doesn't look very much like God is blessing you! Why are you having so many problems? You must be doing something wrong!" But you'll be mature enough to tell, "To hell with success or failure! To hell with the circumstances! All that counts is the battle, and that I'm on the right side, so, bring it on!" If he fails to intimidate you with his empty bluffs, the Enemy will eventually turn tail and run. 582 __________________________________________________ Changes are good for you. I never take one thing away from you without giving you something better. Keep your eyes & ears open for changes. Be flexible. Be movable. In your effort to see the positive side of your situation you sometimes purposely overlook the negative. The real trick is to see the positive opportunity beyond the negative circumstance; the fact that I can alter the circumstances for you. While it's good and commendable to be content with such things that ye have, this doesn't mean that you should settle for something mediocre when I might be able to give you something better. 583 __________________________________________________ Look with the eyes of the spirit. If you look with the eyes of the flesh, you only see the obvious, but the eyes of the spirit see deeper, beyond the flaws, and see the good and possibilities that others cannot. The grass is always greener on the other side, but only until you get there and have a closer look at it. Learning to see the good, and appreciation seem to be forgotten skills that have to be regained by conscious efforts. Praise is helpful in this. Making praise & prayer a habit is really a key to success in life. Count your blessings! Count the qualities of your blessings, list them, describe them, become conscious and aware of them, and you'll find it to be a secret to gratitude, which again is a secret to happiness. Taking things for granted is a killer. Gratitude and appreciation bring new life. Want some new life? Give thanks for the things you've got, and the very act will breathe new life into your being!

584 __________________________________________________ "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for the brethren to dwell together in unity." I love it when My brides live and work together in love and unity, without any of the interferences of the Enemy, the grudges & little differences of opinions & negative feelings he likes to sow. It's a sign that I've managed to get you out of the way and you are giving Me a chance, also to speak to you through others. When you give others a chance to be Me to you, then you truly esteem each other higher than yourselves and submit yourselves one to another. Nothing is as valuable to Me as when My brides love and serve each other. All else is relatively insignificant: your personal achievements, your successes, your works. Nothing else matters to Me like your unity, when I behold My children and see love and humility between them; each one seeking what's good for the other, and not their own. Be patient and merciful with others' flaws and failings, just as you would wish for Me to be with yours. Pray for them. That's the best and most effective thing you can do in order to change things for the better. 585 __________________________________________________ Pain is part of life. Learning to deal with folks who go according to totally different standards, selfish standards, the System's standards, or even the Devil's is what I've had to do also. And if I've had to deal with it, along with their hatred and persecution, as I've told My disciples, so will you. The sting of betrayal, of pain from someone you trusted, is all part of your cross. In part it's a form of chastisement for your former streaks that you were prone to yourself. There's nothing that helps cure someone from a quality that distracts from Me than a good confrontation with that weakness in somebody else. Don't seek to shun or avoid the pain. It's part of it all, the big picture of life... the dark shades, that make for beautiful contrast. Those are the things and experiences that make your heart cry real. No rose without a thorn; no beauty without pain. 586 __________________________________________________ Life is like a drink, and you've just got to quaff that cup. Sometimes it's a little bitter, but you've got to trust the Doctor that it's good for you. Along with the bitter, there's also some sweet. Don't forget to praise Me for it, instead of just complaining about the not-so-pleasant stuff. Praising Me for it all, including the bitter parts of life, shows faith; it's wielding the weapon of praise to the utmost, and you will see and witness the devastating effect it will have on the Enemy, and thus the wonderful, positive effect it will have on you and your life. 587 __________________________________________________ My Spirit will help you see even the ugly and imperfect things from a heavenly and divine perspective, which will enable you to love even that which is far from perfect, because through My eyes you get a glimpse of what they're going to become. Like the man that had been blind from birth, so that the glory of God could be manifest in him, so that I could come along on that day and heal him, even so it is with a lot of pain in the lives of those who love Me: Those pains are there for Me to turn them into a blessing, to bring beauty for ashes. Just exactly what My plan is in this you may not see right now, but you will understand and see and rejoice in due time. Sometimes enmity and a clear division has to be brought about in order to bring My servants and brides to the point where they stop fraternizing with fractions of the Enemy, only in order to maintain some kind of peace. Remember that I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. (Mt.10:34-36) It has come to this point again where a man's foes shall be they of his own household because of Me. Again, there is division among the people because of Me. Again, I'm asking you to be

separate. Again I'm asking you to endure to be hated of men for My name's sake. Even though they claim to know My name, and they claim to know Me and claim that they're part of Me, they are not, for they have despised and rejected Me for this world. They've gone the way of compromise, the way of the flesh. They have not had eyes for the spirit, all they could see was the carnal, they never clung to My Word, the Source of life. It's what makes you separate: My Word. The sword of My Word, a divider for some and bringer of new life for others, is the very force that brings about this separation. The more you live and dwell in it, the more different you will become from them, the more you won't fit in, and the more they will oppose and reject you, just as they have rejected Me, because My Word is Me, and through My Word, you become like Me and one with Me and in opposing and rejecting you, they oppose and reject Me. They find themselves fighting against God, and haven't become aware of it. They think they're in the right. Their own cause is all the cause they need, their own right, their own truth the only one that counts to them. Damned are they who only follow their own truths. Blessed are the genuine seekers of My truth.

persecutors dwelling in material surplus. Even if it seems as if you're getting the raw end of the deal, you must not look at what's at hand, the immediate outlook, the circumstances or the obvious. Sometimes it's only by faith that you can tell that you're on the right side, My side, that I'm with you and that I am blessing you. Only those with great faith can say, "though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. Though He allow me to be imprisoned, to fall sick or to be persecuted, yet will I trust in Him and in His righteousness and that He does all things well.

590 __________________________________________________ You had to find it was in Me, not in any of the distractions, or even physical manifestations of My love, just like Elijah found out in the wilderness that My voice wasn't in the storm, nor the earthquake, nor the fire (1Kings 19:11,12), but in hearing My still, small, spiritual voice, one that is not perceived with your physical senses, but Spirit. Man's spirit can only be satisfied by spirit, as Francis said: "Man is a spirit, he has a soul, and that is what I want to find again: my soul." So many have to find their souls again, their innermost selves, that aching void I have left in each of My children, that only I can 588 __________________________________________________ fill. (Arcos:) Input and output is the name of the game when it When you're young, all the voices of desires are so loud and comes to being a conduit of the Lord's power. You have to make strong, they often drown out the cry of your innermost heart and sure that your channel is clean & smooth, free of any distracting soul. You had experienced My goodness and thought there or obstructing clutter from the System. The Enemy knows the would be no end to it, and kept expecting physical dark, deep hidden spots on your system that you haven't even manifestations of My goodness, rather than the essential, explored yourself! spiritual ones, like the Jews kept (and keep) expecting a physical That's why you need all the new weapons. You constantly need Messiah, not a spiritual One... You had to learn that what you to upgrade your artillery in order to stay up to par with the were looking for was not found in the flesh, but in the Spirit. Enemy. That's where the simple solution lies, and where joy is found: in The Lord is allowing mankind to discover things that have the Spirit. My Spirit is all you need. already been spiritual truths, facts and modes of operation in the It's finding that vacuum, that inner aching void, that empty space spirit world. He allows man to translate it into physical terms, so in you for Me to fill, in which happiness and fulfillment is found, that you can learn a spiritual lesson from it. because how can something be filled or fulfilled unless it's You can't just remain the same, you can't just keep what you've emptied first of the undesirable - or less desirable things that are got, but you've got to change, upgrade, make progress. usurping the place of the essential? Your desires for carnal and Sometimes the old equipment or modus operandi just won't do physical things had to go and be let go of, first, before there was anymore, and you'll need to upgrade, and when the time comes, room, a place and space in you for Me to fill, that's what letting there's simply no way around it. go and forsaking all is all about and what it means and amounts There's more; you should not sink into an attitude of having to. arrived at a point where you don't need to improve, upgrade or Let go of the things you think you need and let Me give you that progress anymore. He wants you to keep your eyes open for new which you truly need. possibilities, techniques & ways. The Lord's leading you to "upgrade," to try out new things. It's 591 __________________________________________________ the opposite of conservatism. Conservatives always try to "From whence come wars...? Even of your lusts that war in preserve & cling to their old ways of doing things, and they your members" (James 4:1). In the case of nationalism it's the resent progress & change. But the Lord wants you to be lust of wanting to believe that "what's mine, is right." You progressive, He wants you to move along with the flow of the automatically assume that just because you happen to have been new. Being a conduit of His power means to always be open and born in a certain country, "your" country, it automatically makes ready for His flow of the new through you, because He is "the it something "good" and more special. Just like your interests, New," that which will radically renew the System of Everything. your hobbies, your ministries and your ways of doing things are The Devil was trying to imitate Him in this, by bringing about his the best... It's simply pride, glorying in the flesh. changes into the Lord's creation, but in reality he only created The majority of American Christians are Americans primarily, and that which is rotting and starting to cry out to be replaced by the Christians secondarily, which isn't being much of a Christian at truly new and incorruptible. all, because either you follow in My footsteps as a pilgrim and Anger, being aggravated, lust, materialism, a desire to resist stranger in this world, or you might as well forget about the change, etc. That's his kind of input. Pride, envy, jealousy..., the whole thing and stop pretending you're something you're not. whole range of sin. Being proud of your country and at the same time professing to The Lord wants to make sure that you do all you can in order to be a Christian is hypocrisy, because it's like claiming to be bring as much change into your life as possible, so that it won't fighting for one side while advertising the Enemy at the same just be the same rut and routine. time. It's treason. Change and being a good conduit go hand in hand. If you're a nationalist, you worship the flesh, you're bound to carnal ties, and you've been duped by the Enemy to fall into the 589 __________________________________________________ pride of life, instead of having been freed by My truth and My Freedom is a thing I give to those who cling to My Word, Spirit to be someone who is not of this world, and You can't be a those who truly adhere to My truth, absorb it, and refuse to true and sincere Christian and a flag-waving nationalist of any of mingle it with lies and half-truths. the wicked nations of this world at the same time! You're either Sometimes people who have chosen the side opposing Me, even advertising this world, or Me, the Alternative to this world, you unwittingly - receive temporary "blessings" from the System, can't do both. You can't advertise God and Mammon. You can't their 30 silver coins, but time will tell that their path wasn't a path serve 2 masters. of true happiness. Better to be persecuted and live with little, than to be one of the 592 __________________________________________________

My Word shows you the world through My eyes, as I see it, without the bias you acquire and accumulate from the world and its vibes. Even the things painful for you are good for you, because they separate you from the world. The process of sanctification is a process of separation. I take you apart from the rest, and consecrate you unto Me. You are Mine. Receive it as an act of My love in which I am drawing you closer to My bosom and into My arms. I cannot do so, unless I take you apart from the world, for we oppose each other. The Devil is trying to make the world look friendly and not so bad, but remember that he is the usurper trying to take My place as ruler over My creation, and while he's in charge, you simply cannot feel at home in this world. A warrior and a fighter for Me is determined as such by his battles against the enemy. But it's important that you discern who is your enemy, and who isn't, and one of the tricks of your Enemy is to try to get you to blame and attack someone else, to focus your anger on someone else. He has tried this many times by causing division and causing you to become upset at one another. If he doesn't succeed at that, he tries to create other "enemies" for you to focus your attention on, all the while preparing another attack. It pays to be alert to the Devil's tricks and not fall for his bluffs. Sometimes you don't come to Me because you think "What else can He possibly tell me? What new revelations could there possibly be?" Well, it doesn't always have to be a brand new, spectacular revelation, but I can always set your view straight & show you which things to focus on, and what tricks the Enemy is up to, just getting you through life, clearly seeing the truth and the path ahead, in today's dark and confusing world; and the world will see in you a living bible, a walking, breathing, talking, singing bible. You are the book I write, and the words I'm giving you are merely a help and a tool toward the real work that is being written here, in a language that will never cease. You now know in part, and prophesy in part. When I, the Perfect One will come, that which is in part will be done away with. There will be no more need for these things that are incomplete. That's why you must focus on a greater goal. Shoot far, for a horizon that is higher than the one you've been able to see thus far. The goal is not all these little things, which are in part, incomplete, they're only means to a much greater end, and you've got to constantly look at Me in order to be able to see that greater end, the goal. 593 __________________________________________________ I made people in My own image, and one of My qualities is that I like to surprise you, and it's a quality I have passed on to My children: the ability to surprise you and come up with qualities about them you wouldn't have expected, the ability to touch your heart and become more valuable to you than you ever might have expected. The treasure chest at the end of the rainbow is quite often discovered right at home in the very heart of someone you might have taken for granted. That's the kind of surprises I like to make: You can travel the whole wide world in search of your treasure, and then you return tired and weary and find it right at home, where it was hidden right before your very eyes all along... It boils down to the discovery that loving your neighbor as thyself and loving Me with all your heart and might, those 2 great commandments, aren't really 2 separate things, but can virtually wind up being one and the same thing, which is why I said, "inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it unto Me." And one of My greatest ways of conveying My love to you is through another human being, so, it can easily be that you're going to find Me right there, in the heart of another person. 594 __________________________________________________ In My book, it's not only okay to be a "nobody," but it's actually desirable. The world may despise nobodies, but when all is said & done they'll realize they just haven't been looking out

for the right things; the right things & right kind of folks were right under their noses all along, but they simply chose to ignore them... 595 __________________________________________________ Little thoughts and words are just as important and significant as great big deeds and actions, they're just as real, and have equal impact on your life. Your little daily interactions and conversations with little people are just as important to the general outcome of your day as the seemingly more important exchange of communication with "big," important people. It's because there is no such thing as "unimportant." - Or at least, there's a big difference between what I'd call important and that which most people would. You really only live fully when you've learned to appreciate the little things as well, have learned to be content with them, to take them just as seriously as the "big" things. Learning to determine and distinguish between what is really important is one of the major lessons in life, and many people are failing at it pitifully. Devotion to the little things is what marks and distinguishes a great man. Don't forget to live, with all your busy-ness and accomplishing things. Don't forget to try to make life as pleasant as you can for your fellowman, those I have entrusted in your care. Refusing to look at the "hole in the donut" is the only way to go through life successfully. You've got to appreciate what you have and what you are; it's the only solid ground on which you can ever build more, for if you only focus on what you don't have and what you're not, then you're sunk. It's like fighting a losing battle, because you don't believe in yourself, your cause - or even in the fact that I love and care for you. When you know that I'm on your side and care for you, that your life is well cared for and safe in My hands, then you can trust that things are okay the way they are, even if ideally there could be more favorable circumstances. The art is, when you aim and shoot for your goal on the distant horizon in your quest to "find your dream," not to forget that the place from which you get there is your present position. Your here and now is what's going to get you there, and it's an essential part of the plan and of the whole picture. The present is the only place from which to reach the future. And thus, what you make of your present (the gift of your being) determines your future. "Despise not the day of small things." Here and now, with all its little problems to deal with, is the foundation on which you're building that which is to be. Treasure every moment, and live it fully. Cussing shows that you're not happy with the present, in this situation where you are. You wish it were different, and you can't take it with grace as from My hand; you can't trust Me for that moment, that I knew what I was doing in giving it to you. You think you're in "the wrong film" or that something must have gone wrong for you to have wound up in that situation, that certainly I must have made a mistake, or your whole life was out of control to begin with. All that is what the Enemy would like to have you believe in order for you to take on a defeatist attitude, and to get you to give up. "Give up! It's no use! Why keep on fighting? You don't stand a chance anyway!" And sometimes the only answer that comes to your mind, when he asks you "why keep on fighting," is "because I choose to." You choose not to give up, not to surrender to him, that's your choice and your determination, and that's what's going to give you the victory, ultimately. You've got to know right from the very start, no matter how unpleasant the situation, no matter how much you feel tempted to wish you were somewhere else - or somebody else - that I'm in control, I'm right there with you, so there's got to be a reason for it all, and there's got to be some sense to it, and contrary to all it looks like, this is going to be for your good. Whenever a situation looks bad and the Enemy tries to get you to moan about it, you've got to realize that that's a lie. There is no such thing as a "bad" situation for My children, My brides, in whose lives I am very painstakingly involved. There may be some situations that may look like bad situations, or they potentially could turn into bad situations, but only if you fail to believe and

avail yourself of the power of My promise in Romans 8:28. I have given you the keys of the Kingdom, and there is no such thing as a bad situation for those who have the keys.

when he'll try to defeat you! Never allow the world around you to make you forget or neglect that little spot of paradise in your heart. "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide 596 __________________________________________________ under the shadow of the Almighty. ...And under His wings shalt There is a difference between the degree of righteousness a thou trust." Under My wings you can always find perfect peace man actually attains to, and the one he imagines he does. and rest and relief from this crazy world around you. You can Finding out that you're not quite as righteous as you thought is a always snuggle up with Me, no matter how big the problems may rare and precious gift. It's like discovering another place on your appear you'll be having to face in life. None of them will be too "system" you weren't aware of before, where the enemy hard for Me to handle, and I want you to remember that. sometimes likes to hide his agents & where he can work in the You don't like fighting, but this is one constant fight and battle dark, undetected. But not any longer, if from now on you will everyone of My children must go through in their lives: the fight choose to be aware of this device of his, this technique & variety against the Enemy's fiery darts of doubt. That's why it's of self-righteousness. important that you never ever put down your shield of faith and Just like physical sicknesses have many different strands and don't neglect the sword of My Word, either, nor the power of the variations, so do spiritual sicknesses. The difference is that keys! Be faithful in building and training your fighting skills with people know a lot more about the physical ones than the spiritual My new weapons. ones. There are very few spiritual "doctors" around, who can Never become too busy for Me and My Word. successfully analyze what's wrong with someone's spirit. Always remember the secret place where I want to meet you That's what the gift of discernment is for, to feel your spiritual every day, where you can always remain a child. pulse, give you a spiritual x-ray and a general check-up, & find You're always going to be My sweet child, no matter what. out "what you've got." Some ills aren't necessarily bad & permanent diseases, some are 598 __________________________________________________ just brief attacks, like headaches that come & go, or a backache I want you to shift the "sense of security" that the or tummy-ache. Others come frequently & give you semi- possession of money gives you, to another "bank," another permanent trouble, but they're not necessarily lethal to your address, so to speak, namely to Me. I want to be your sense of spiritual health. security factor, and no longer can I tolerate money to be that Overestimating your own righteousness is bothersome; it's factor in your life. As long as you still trust in money to give you what's causing the pain, the symptoms that you wish you a feeling of security, what good is that? Moreover, it's a false wouldn't have to experience: the self-condemnation and the sense of security, as My Word also says (1Tim.6:17, Prov.23:5). embarrassment you often feel after having stuck your foot in My Word calls it "that which is not," in other words, it isn't really your mouth, or bitten off more than you could chew. real, it's the perfect distraction the Enemy created & came up If you desire truth in the inward parts, that's what you're going to with to lure most of the world away from Me, and he has keep getting for a while: more bad surprises and not-so-pleasant managed successfully, all throughout history. revelations about your innermost self, about areas in your life in Money is the hole in the donut that everybody's staring at in their which you're not quite being the saint you wish or even thought constant, insane quest for more and more goods & possessions you were. of whatever kind, all the while ignoring Me, the donut, and all that I have already given you. Money is the Devil's perfect alternative 597 __________________________________________________ and antidote to Me, his wonder drug and no. 1 addiction and Nowadays everybody's so concerned with becoming what distraction, his greatest and most effective weapon to turn they think others are expecting them to. It's a rare person who people away from Me. That's why I said there are only those 2 can appreciate just being themselves. possibilities: you either serve God or Mammon. Your focus is Many people say in their hearts, as the vessel said to the Potter: either on Me or on money, it can't be both. "Why hast Thou made me thus?" They're not happy with the way Mammon is trying to have a grip on your life, a greater grip than I made them; they think I made a mistake. Bacchus did, because while Bacchus will get you addicted to I want you to remember My love for you, and with what special things you don't really need, money is something you do need in care I made you and chose your surroundings for you, that today's world. The sad thing is when it gets to the point where nothing happens by accident, and that I don't make mistakes. My own children and brides become so dependent and focused When a situation seems bad, I want you to see My love in it, and on it, that they can't even imagine a world without it in the future. to remember that this is also happening for some good purpose. If you can't imagine a future without money, then I'm wondering The most important thing is that you trust Me and don't believe whether money isn't the greater god in your life than I am. If you the Enemy when he tries to tell you: "You see? Now He made a can't believe My Word, that money will soon disappear during the mistake!" or, "Now He has proven that He doesn't love you!" AC's reign, and can't see how I could run a world without money, That's one of the greatest dangers of growing up: you become then it's as if Mammon, to you, is a more powerful god then I am, more skeptical, which means, you won't believe things as easily and the lasting value according to your mindset, and not My anymore, but you're going to want to find out whether the things Word. Duped into believing in the "omnipotence" of money. you were being told are really so. When children become teens, Is it any wonder to you that I'm trying to throttle that factor, the Devil really attacks them with a lot of doubts, because they which provokes Me to jealousy like none other, and reduce this want to discover their own view of things, and don't just want to source of distraction, this medium of greed and sin from your see things through the glasses they were given by their parents. midst, and seek to replace it with more lasting and certain values They want to make their own picture. and fill that place on that pedestal in your minds with its rightful While it's inevitable to grow up, and it's My will for you to become Owner instead? more mature, you should always keep your childlike faith in Me. The purpose of the "Show Me The Money" series wasn't to get The Devil will try to put a lot of thoughts into your head, which you more focused on money, but on the proper and godly means look "grown up", but in the end can be quite silly, and really only and ways to get the money you need in order to meet your needs. have the purpose to destroy faith and trust in Me. The series wasn't meant to make money a more important issue Many are doing silly things and are behaving in silly ways. In in Family life than it already was, but to get people's views & some ways it's really better and wiser to stay a child. No matter priorities back to the basics of how I can bless you with more what is going to happen in your life which would tempt you to money by obeying My commandment to go into all the world and feel grumpy, always remember that I have My good reasons why preach the gospel, instead of primarily focusing on money and I'm allowing this to happen. It's going to help you to stay happy maybe do a little witnessing in your spare time. when the Devil tempts you to get unhappy, to stay thankful when Learning to be content with less is something you're having to the Enemy will try to get you to murmur, to stay in the victory go through after a period of making sure you've always had

plenty of everything. I always did supply everything you needed, but in your juvenile ambitions you wanted more than that. Now you're learning to be content with such things that ye have, after having experienced - like the prodigal son - that to satisfy every craving can be husks, and doesn't really make you truly happy. Now you're learning to value the true riches. Time will do the talking - and bring prodigal sons and daughters back to the Father's house. 599 __________________________________________________ Some things have dual purposes, dual functions. There's often another side to the same principle, two halves of the same thing that are slightly distinct. Look at both, the far distance for "unreachable" stars to attain, and at the same time remember not to neglect the little things at home that will get you there. If you put the right kind and amount of energy and vision into the little things at home, the right amount of elbow-grease, attention, interest & umph, then those very little things are going to get you far. If you project your long-term vision into your short-term projects it can fuel them and get you a lot further than if you just go through your daily routines in a ho-hum kind of way. Keep your long-term vision in your short-term activities, goals & projects, and thus you'll be using those short-term projects as vehicles to get you to your distant destination. You can get more out of the here and now, there's more potential in the present than you've been making use of. You've got to not only look further, but you've also got to look deeper. There's more to see, both, in the far distance, and right before you, in the small, intricate little things of everyday life. There's more to discover in the distance and at home. There's more directions in which to look than one. Learning to see means not just to look in one direction. The Enemy is quick to show you temptations and distraction on many sides, or things to criticize and belittle in various directions. So, I'm teaching you to see good things everywhere, new things, or the new side of things, which you might not have been able to see previously. I'm trying to teach you to see My way, and not be stuck in the Enemy's rut & negative way of looking at things.

more you will also avail yourself of it, and the more you will be washed clean. You won't be washed clean by ignoring the dirt, or never even finding out it's there... You have to expose it, confront it, discover it and then attack it with the laundry soap of My Spirit, My pardon and forgiveness. And in turn, the more you are forgiven, the more you will also love and forgive others... The whole process is one huge and powerful love-generator, so, I will turn the Devil's evil into My good. It is the fuel that I use to combust it and convert it into My clean and powerful energy. I virtually thrive and power My motor on the combustion of evil. For where sin doeth abound, there grace doeth much more abound. Don't worry about being a sinner. Be thankful for the ability to recognize it and that it will be a way to experience My love and pardon. Praise Me, that My way up is down. Rejoice and glory in your afflictions, trials and adversities, as Paul and Peter taught. They saw over decades of experience how My machinery works, and how evil is always merely used in the life of My saints to turn into something good. I use evil for good. So, don't be afraid of it. Just use it: burn it up! Convert it! Anything the Devil can do is only fuel for My motor. Just like it turns out that oil is being produced in the earth by the centrifugal forces released through the earth's rotations. All the Devil accomplishes through his rantings and ravings is to produce more fuel to keep My machine moving toward the completion of My plan and Big Picture.

601 __________________________________________________ You can't just leave things to themselves and let things have their "natural" course. The natural course of things didn't turn out to bring any improvement at all, but rather decay and a deterioration of the situation, of the condition of things. You can't just let the Enemy have the world & passively stand by as he wrecks it. You've got to do something about it! You've got to counteract, you've got to oppose him. Otherwise, if you don't oppose him, it's almost as if you're siding with him. You've got to oppose the Enemy in order to really be on My side. There's no such thing as not choosing sides or passively acting as a neutral, because that act of not doing anything to even attempt to stop evil is an act of evil in itself (James 4:17). 600 __________________________________________________ I can only do so much teaching through words. Words are like If you use your fears, turn around and face them, confront the theory, but the most effective training is the practical training, them and use that situation to cause you to stir yourself up, call that which you experience in daily life, and your fellowmen are unto Me and ask Me to show you a way out, they can become like your trainers & fellow-trainees, your coaches, and sometimes stepping stones. "I will make a way where there is no way." Many also your pupils and students who need to be coached by you. times you might not have seen those stepping stones, had you I like to be efficient and catch various birds in one shot, and so I not gotten desperate and called on Me for help. have ordained for all of you to be both, each other's teachers and I can turn any evil into your good. I use anything to draw you pupils. The problem is that most folks are much more willing to closer to Me. teach others and have them hear what they've got to say, than to Fear can only be overcome by exposing it for the fake menace listen and learn from others. that it is. It's hard when they don't want to hear - like children who don't My love for you is greater than your unbelief! My pardon is want to listen and obey. It gives you a glimpse of what I'm having greater than your sin. All the Enemy can actually do is try to have to deal with, and it makes you appreciate it all the more when you you believe something that's not true. Oh, he'll mix in some finally do find someone willing to listen. I'm so thankful for those emotions in order to give more weight to his lies and make them who are willing to listen. sound more true, but ultimately it all comes down to your personal choice whether you're going to fall for it or not. And 602 __________________________________________________ choosing not to is as simple as saying "no." The Devil just waits to be able to deal you a blow when he You just say "yes" to Me, "yes, I believe You, Lord," and "no" to sees that you ran off into your day without taking the time to be him, that's all, especially in a situation where he'll try to use strengthened first, without having taken the time with Me. He condemnation. My love for you is greater than all: greater than knows you'll be easy prey then. the impact of your sin, and certainly greater than the Devil's You can't afford it! You may think, "Oh, I'm strong enough!" Or justice or his desire to see you prosecuted and judged for "Nothing's going to happen!" But I'm afraid I have to allow things anything you may be guilty of. I'm your Defense Attorney, here to to go wrong, just to show you that it's true, "without Me ye can protect you from the incessant accusations of the Accuser of the do nothing." Saints, especially to yourselves. Everything only becomes a mess. You're focused on yourself If he manages to make you feel guilty and hopeless, and you're then, instead of Me. You're focused on the circumstances, and I just about to surrender and agree with him, ready to concede to couldn't show you My purpose behind them. No matter what you his verdict, I'll step in & say, "Objection!" I see things differently. do, how edifying it may be, or how much sense it makes that you I see all the background circumstances, conditions and reasons should do it, nothing replaces that time with Me, that personal that caused you to sin and to fail, and I am ready to pardon. touch from heart to heart. Of course, sometimes I will also allow a little of his pressure to Remember to give Me the first place. Otherwise the Enemy is reveal to you that you're not quite as innocent as you may have going to try to paint his picture and his colors onto the canvas of thought. But the more you see the need for My forgiveness, the your day, and it ain't pretty! He's trying to ruin My picture, the

picture I would make out of your day, just like he's trying to make something ugly out of My entire creation, My big picture (Prov.29:18). 603 __________________________________________________ I've got to show you what's really happening. If you don't spend this time with Me, you just don't see it. You've got to pick up your daily portion of manna! I am the Bread of Life. Come and eat Me, consume Me, taste & see that I am good. What could be more valuable than this time with Me? What sort of accomplishment could take the place of communion and communication with Me? It's not My trip, that you've got to accomplish, accomplish, accomplish, or you can't stand to live with yourself... In fact, it rather looks like the Enemy's tactic to Me: "Keep'em busy! Too busy to get into talking with the Head-honcho, before He's going to let them in on what I'm up to!" Don't let the Enemy distract you with busy-ness, don't let him keep you busy, busy, busy, too busy for Me and what I've got to say to you. No way of taking care of My business if you're too busy for Me. Your No. 1 responsibility should be Me. You should most of all be concerned about Me and My will for you every day, and finding out what I want from you. When you cling desperately to Me, when you don't dare to make a move without Me, you learn to do things in My strength and power instead your own. Your most important accomplishment is your time with Me! The people you're trying to impress are here today and gone tomorrow, but I'll always be there! So, let Me be your breakfast every morning! Let Me fill and satisfy your spiritual hunger every morning, before you get into anything else, & all the rest will fall into place. You'll have My anointing, My Spirit, My vision and My strength & stamina to do it, My plan and My viewpoint of things, and you'll be much better equipped for whatever the day may bring! 604 __________________________________________________ Pain is a part of love; it's part of the price of love. What challenge is there in loving only under favorable conditions? The true art of loving is to love in spite of the pain. It's learning to forgive constantly and not to harden your heart, but to embrace the pain and accept it willingly. 605 __________________________________________________ Success, in My eyes, is not the aspiration to fame, popularity and fortune, but acquiring the ability to value the little things. Success, to Me, is winning a soul; not in order to make yourself feel "good" or redeemed to Me by your good deed of winning the soul, but just because you've learned to allow My Spirit to perform that miracle through you! To Me, success means learning to put your own energies on the backburner and learn to avail yourself of Mine! Flesh energy usually exists in order to further its own cause. The things that are achieved by the energies of the flesh are things that usually serve for the flesh to put itself in the limelight or ensure its own survival and prosperity. Learning to apply My energy enables you to act out of unselfish motivations, out of concern for others. True love goes forward in order to make My voice and My Words heard. Success means making sure that people hear what I've got to say, making sure you're passing on My Words. Success, to Me, is not speaking unless you're spoken through by Me. Show them the way I really am. I'd love for you to stop pursuing that worldly ideal of success altogether! My idea of success is in many ways the exact opposite of the way they're being taught. They're pursuing the wrong goals, following the wrong ambitions! Your previous idea and concept of success has been wrong! Financial affluence is not nearly as reliable an indicator that you're on My path or successfully following Me as is the amount of people you manage to witness to and the amount of souls you win.

I will bless you more, the more emphasis you will put on the things that I consider important! Remember what you're here for and what life as a disciple of Mine is all about; about witnessing; about winning others! Stop being so concerned about yourselves and about your own survival! That's none of your concern, that's Mine, providing you do the job I am calling and sending you to! Success, in My eyes, is obedience! Your calling is to turn around and go the completely other way! People will only follow your call and challenge for them to turn around, if you have turned around yourself, and are going the opposite way of the main stream! The first step of success is learning to listen to Me, and then the next step is obedience, to implement those things. What could be more important than that? To be obedient to Me means to love Me, and that's fulfilling the first and greatest commandment, and that's what I call success! 606 __________________________________________________ People underestimate the spirit world and its impact on their lives. When things are wrong, you've got to address and face them, deal with them, you can't just ignore them, or they'll get worse. It requires a certain amount of courage and willingness to face the truth. It's easy to see the culprit over there, on the other side or how the Devil is working in the lives of others, but it's always hard to have to face what he's up to in one's own life. But if even I - having no sin - had to deal with him, then I'm afraid, you, My followers, won't get around having to deal with him, either! There are a lot of negative and not-so-nice factors about a war, and it won't help just closing your eyes and ignoring them! Wounds, as ugly as they may be, have to be attended to! Problems need to be dealt with. Evil has to be exposed. Whenever you see a need, take care of it! Attack! 607 __________________________________________________ Thanks for allowing Me to assume the role of the Boss in your life. It's not exactly human nature to render everything to an invisible God Who demands things that go contrary to everything your flesh tells you. The flesh yells for self-preservation, and I'm calling you to give it up, to let go. The flesh demands selfglorification, but I say, "Uh-uh! Give it to Me!" Thank you for choosing the path of My Spirit! I know how difficult it is. The flesh keeps trying to make its comeback, so, thank you for persevering, for being faithful in keeping that heavenly vision and focus on the things that really count and last, that I bring into your life! Thank you for appreciating My gifts. Thank you for being a vessel of My love! Thank you for being a recipient for My Words and seeds of love! 608 __________________________________________________ Learn to avail yourself of My power to change things! It's in your nature to be quick to accept your fate and resign to the circumstances that are being handed to you without ever trying to change them. It's one thing to be "content in whatsoever state you're in," but you'll also find that the apostles didn't always resign to their fates either. And being content in your state still doesn't stop you from altering the circumstances or praying for Me to alter them if it's My will. It wasn't My will that they stayed in prison forever. Usually you'll find that according to your faith it will be done unto you, according to your faith in My ability to change your circumstances. All it depends on is, do you want Me to change your circumstances? Then let Me know! It's easier than you think for you to change your circumstances; all it often takes is your choice to want to have them changed! The small affairs of life sometimes don't seem important enough for you to stir yourself up about them to call on Me concerning them. That's why I'm trying to drive home to you the importance of little things. Don't neglect them by failing to pray for them. Little things amount to greater results, so you can achieve greater results by praying for the little things and their outcome, not just passively resigning to the way they are, but doing something, namely pray, in order to change them.

You resign to the fact that, "Oh, well, maybe that's the way it's got to be." But I'd say it's too early to say that, when you haven't even availed yourself yet of the power of prayer. The power of prayer is the main power I'd like you to avail yourself of. Otherwise, it's like running merely on the power of your own rechargeable 9 Volt battery, when you could avail yourself of My full and constant 230 Volt. My power is available and helpful and useful for more things than just recharging your own little battery. You can also save on your own energy resources by plugging into My power & letting Me do the work for you. Avail yourself more of that power & put it to work for you more, especially in the little day to day things of life. Nothing's too unimportant for Me. The question is, how important are they to you? Important enough to stir yourself up about them to call Me up about them?

you're doing, but the world couldn't care less. All they're interested in is whether what you've got appeals to them & manages to satisfy that temporary craving & itching for something new... Truly mature people rejoice in their failures because they know they will draw them closer to Me, closer to wisdom. They will have made yet one more experience to enrich them, to help them know in which direction the success they seek won't be found, and will thus bring them one step closer to ultimate success. Even if not achieved in their lifetimes (for truly mature people won't be concerned about the personal glory), they know they'll have laid the foundations for others to walk that path... Even if the vast majority totally ignores their achievements, they will know that there will be one or two who will pick up where they left off, and they will use that path they have hewn into the thicket of the world in order to explore that new terrain, that new dimension that they knew was there all along, although they 609 __________________________________________________ themselves may never have seen it with their own eyes. You cannot serve God and Mammon: one of the 2 voices will Remember what true success is all about. It's not all the hype always gain the upper hand. They won't jibe. They're always that the Devil and the world are making out of it. It's something fighting for lordship and the first position in your lives. The more - though at the same time less. Something less loud and Enemy will try to get you entangled and under his yoke and in the instead more profound. It's often something invisible that can't bonds of his slavery. He will try all kinds of tricks & use all kinds be quite pinpointed. It's something spiritual. How about aiming of pressure to get you trapped in his "snare of the fowler." You for spiritual success? are My free songbirds, and he's trying to catch you to lock you up in one of his cages! Guard the freedom I have blessed you 611 __________________________________________________ with! The goal is not to totally abandon physical affairs, but to let One can lose the life they were given, if they don't guard it well, the spiritual have dominion over them, to allow Me to rule over both, the physical life, as well as the flame of the spiritual life, that physical realm in your life. But because the flesh strives which Satan constantly tries to snuff out. against the spirit for superiority I'm having to remind you of that Guard that flame & always keep it well fueled! constantly, to give the spiritual - Me - priority. The flesh and its affairs cry "me first!" but I gently remind you to St. Francis said toward the end of his life, "We haven't done continue giving Me the first place. anything yet." You can always do more. There's always more you It takes a while until people slow down & cease from all their could accomplish, some more progress to be made, some running around and acquiring and achieving, in order to realize ground to be won. that there is something more. They realize with all they You've just got to do something for those blessings. What you accomplished they're still not truly happy, that there still must be do is what makes the difference. something more. That's why it's important that you learn the superiority of the 610 __________________________________________________ spirit over the physical, so that you can teach them the secret. It The more of a somebody you are, the more concerned you may be hard to learn, and it takes patience. But patience is just usually are about your impression you leave on others, your one of the many spiritual blessings you obtain when you learn to "image" with them, your reputation, your popularity... put Me and My affairs first. Always seeking the attention and recognition of far-away and Most folks start out very impatient, when they want to achieve unknown people also estranges you to the ones around you, who their goals. But once they get there, they slow down to take time are fully aware of you and your presence, yet sometimes for things and people they used to ignore before, when they were wondering why you're so far away, or where you are at all. It's a still so busy beating the air. typical case of daydreaming about the greener grass on the other I seek to be loved as a father wishes to be loved by his children, side of the fence, instead of enjoying what you've got right here and more; I wish to be loved as a Husband is loved by His bride. and now. That typical mental scenario of envy, in which It's so important that you become a living example of that love! everybody else has always got the better deal, and "man, you're Your relationship with Me and our love for each other should really missing out on it," that the Devil tries to weave in so many permeate your very being, and should be what people notice minds. Instead of living fully in the present and enjoying the here about you. Always let Me shine through your eyes, your words, and now, he causes you to chase after some fairy-tale future, not your gestures & acts & deeds of love & kindness. realistic, but effective enough to distract you from all that you could find at hand. 612 __________________________________________________ Part of the real thing is the very reality around you, the one that You have to deny your old self, the old man, that about which folks so often try to escape from. Those make-believe realities Dad said, "You are a new creature, yes, but boy, how that old sound so much more interesting than your own. man likes to pop up again." It's the old man, your carnal man, When was the last time you have attempted to combine your which is at enmity with God, whom you must deny access to mundane reality with the real thing of the endless vastness of My your system, the place from which you govern your life, like an Spirit, in order to find your ultimate purpose in it? Why seek old operating system that doesn't want to give up its realm fulfillment in the distance, when heaven's right next door? easily, although it has already been replaced by a new and better True inspiration is hardly ever recognized by your fellowmen one. during your life-time, that's just one of the things about the world Of course, the Enemy actively tries to install the old system and the way it is. Some will be recognized as saints as soon as again, your old ways of doing things, your old habits, or the old they're dead, with others, it might take centuries, but what does ways of the flesh sometimes in a new disguise. that tell you about seeking glory and honor with people? It's a The old self is all about taking and getting. The new man, the pretty vain effort. Talking about beating the air or chasing the new creature, is all about giving. The old man is negative, the wind! new man is positive. Once you're born again and you have That's why truly mature persons find no real difference between learned to let Me empty you of all the old things and then fill you success and failure: the results - as far as the world is concerned with My new and good things, the input that will cause you to - may be the same. You may have been truly successful at what give instead of constantly having you concerned about getting

more, acquiring more, consuming and accumulating, which was the game of the old man, then you can learn to embrace your new man, My spiritual creation that is you, and you don't have to continue denying that. That's where you must learn to accept that I'm doing something with that person which is you, and you mustn't continue putting it down. Once I start using you, that's where the Devil comes in and starts reminding you of all your old and besetting sins and tells you it's useless, or you're useless, that I could never use you. That's what condemnation basically amounts to. But that's where grace then comes in, and My power to use you in spite of any flaws. So, once you have learned to deny your old self, that old selfish man you were, you also have to learn to embrace and welcome the new creature I want to make you, and it doesn't mean that you have to continue putting yourself down... Once you can be confident that it's Me there, at the very core and center of you, then you can also trust in Me, right there at that center, and that My power in you has taken over, and you don't constantly have to continue to belittle or doubt yourself or to put yourself down. When you have become My creature, then it's okay to accept that person, and not deny him the very right to be. You cannot keep accusing the one whom I have already justified. That's why it's then important to not keep looking for Me somewhere far away and far apart from you, but you can find Me right at the very center of your being, in your heart, the place you invited Me to come into when you received Me and asked Me to save you from your sin, your old man, and I did. I came in and have been living there ever since. That's why you can live from your center from then on, and you don't have to roam about the fringes anymore, the outer and superficial things. You have Me in you! I am your new Center! I am the new Operating System or Program that's there now at the core of your "machine," the complex creation of what is you. I'm not off in space somewhere, far away and hard to reach, but right there at the very core and center of your being, inseparable from you. That's why nothing, no high or low could ever separate you from the love of God, because it's right within you, very deep, right where I've planted it. Right where you allowed My key, My seed, to merge with your inner lock, and it has long taken root there since then, has been activated and has started to bear it's fruit and change your system. I am a very deeply integrated and inseparable part of you, the heart and center from which you've got to live. I've never been far away, but right here all along... It does take some skill to differentiate between what is My input and what comes from your old self or the Enemy, and some folks underestimate that danger, and are a little too confident in their own opinions, but then there are folks who tend to go the opposite way and doubt themselves too much. In either case, you're not truly living from the center. In the first, because you allow some carnal input or input from the Enemy to pose as Mine; in the second, because you deny My presence in you. The Source of living words of wisdom right within you is the Comforter, "Who will bring all things to your remembrance," My Spirit in you. It's tough when people only listen to their minds, their carnal reasoning, and are so convinced that they couldn't possibly err or be mistaken, that they don't take the time to go into the depths of consulting Me. But "living out of your true center" means not to be misled by those superficial voices from the fringes - your carnal mind and other voices, but to be led by My Voice. It's right here, in your own center, your own heart. That's where I live, that's where I am, and you don't have to look very far at all to find Me! 613 __________________________________________________ Humility means admitting your own wrong, even when it seems that the finger isn't pointed at you quite in a justified manner. Once you've got that kind of humility, then unity will also come more easily. Search your heart for things you might have done that may have not been engendering unity...

When you try to fix things in the flesh and in your own strength & wisdom, the outcome may improve temporarily, but the final outcome may still not be the best, necessarily. Whereas, if you commit a matter into My hands, you can always rest assured that the final outcome will be according to My will, and thus the best possible option there is, regardless of what it may seem like temporarily. Sometimes you don't need to do anything else but pray & trust. You commit the matter into My hands and then leave it there, and I promise, you won't be disappointed. Nothing will ever get you as far as if you let Me do it for you. That's why I delight to let you get into situations where you're at wit's end and you don't have a clue what you're supposed to do about it: I want you to learn the obvious, the inevitable: it has come to that; you're just going to have to trust Me! I'm trying with all My might to convince you that prayer is more than just a last resort when all else has failed! Prayer isn't the last thing you should do, but the first, and if things aren't what they should be, then chances are that the main culprit is the fact that you haven't prayed! More often than not, it is true, the guilt and the blame lies with you, although the atrocity you committed may have been none other but that you didn't pray! Quit trying to do things better than I can. Just let Me do it for you! Let Me fix it for ya! 614 __________________________________________________ Part of maturing is to recognize one's errors. Truth is found by receiving Me. Being a Christian means to live in Me and have Me live in you. When you live from that center, which is Me in you, then you walk on the right path, and you don't have to be so distracted by all that's on the outer fringes, the isms and schisms and doctrines about your belief, which are putting skin on your religion or faith, but are not necessarily the essence of it. Many people get distracted by their own doctrines and miss the essence of it. They get so distracted by the many "don'ts" involved in their belief system that they neglect the "dos." Or they focus so much on the factors about their belief that oppose the doctrines of other beliefs that they never find any common ground & thus neglect the essence of My whole teaching, which is to love others, instead of living in a life-long quarrel or even at war with them... I have given no one a perfect blue print of the truth, but leave it up to everyone to discover it with My help throughout their lives. 615 __________________________________________________ Make it a duty to pray over things. If there's one thing you should be truly prayerful about, it's your words. It's not always wise to be so utterly outspoken. Some things would better remain unspoken, while they still may be the truth. Pray before you say or write, and don't forget: less is more. 616 __________________________________________________ Everybody's faith works differently, and everybody's needs are different. There isn't one universal medicine that cures all ills. Although you might say in general that My Word is the universal medicine, or My Power, yet how that Word or Power manifests for each, individually, varies from case to case. It's a part of My "service" and care for you. I like to serve you, that's part of My love for you! Allow Me to take care of you. 617 __________________________________________________ The times you stumble draw you closer to Me. You can't be a perfect sample at all times, and those who want to find salvation through you and others like you will also sometimes have to find that it's "through forgiving that we obtain pardon," as Francis said. People expect Christians to be perfect, but nobody is. I didn't come to call the perfect to repentance, but the sinners. The healthy ones don't need a doctor, but the sick do. The inability to see one's own sin is a much greater curse than all other sins combined, and one sure way of learning to recognize your own sins is through dealing with and confronting those faults in others, too, and forgiving them for them... learning to

accept sin as a natural thing that you're simply having to live with in this dispensation of grace. After all, without sin, there wouldn't be any need for grace, and "where sin abounds, grace does much more abound." That's why some of My greatest saints have usually also been some of the greatest sinners. No one loves quite like a forgiven sinner. Sinning keeps you humble. It's not like I'm advertising sin, but I'm trying to encourage you & help you not to feel too bad about it (Ps.37:24). If you wouldn't make any mistakes, there wouldn't be half as much for Me to talk to you about. You see how your sins, shortcomings & failures draw you closer to Me? You want to learn how to do better, and that's basically what healing, learning, growing and salvation is all about: that void, that need to grow, that emptiness. You have a need for Me when you're not perfect, when you realize you failed, when you need help to see, when you realize you really don't know much of anything... It shows once again that you can't do it without Me, and, well, that's basically what life is all about. Sometimes it may look as if you can, and some people may even believe and be convinced they're doing perfectly fine without My interference or help, but latest when man will have made an irreparable mess out of things, it will become obvious that it was just an illusion, and "no, you're not doing fine without Me!" At least not according to My rules and My book. There's way too much hurting going on, too much destruction... too much injustice way too much suffering. The rich may think, "why, everything's just fine as it is." But I see the suffering of the poor, and I say, "no, it isn't." Just because a rich minority is doing fine doesn't mean that everything's fine. That's just no way, as far as I'm concerned, to be ignoring the plight of the poor, and the fate of those who haven't been as richly blessed. That's not "doing fine" by My account. 618 __________________________________________________ To be or not to be in tune, and on the right track or channel this is the question; to share or not to share? To be or not to be a blessing... Always be ready to give an answer to anyone who should ask you about the source of that joy. Pass on what you've gained. Sooner or later, when the fruit becomes evident, people will listen. Whenever there's a need, do what you can in order to fill it. All I could do was sow the seed. Where do you sow the seed? Do you sow it in areas where there are already fruitful stalks or wheat & ears of grain growing? No. You sow them on the vacant spots, where there isn't much growing yet. And you don't sow seed where folks are already busy harvesting, either. Have you proven yourself to be a trustworthy source of new seeds? Did what you delivered in the past bring forth good fruit? Sometimes you look at your life and wonder. That's why I said, let it grow until harvest time, and then we'll see whether it's good or bad. The Family is like a small, fruitful nation with barren and unfruitful or uncultivated areas in it. You happen to be in one of those less fruitful areas, and so you're tempted to see the Family as sometimes rather lacking. Trust Me, that I will supply for My Family exactly what it needs, just as I have supplied what you needed, individually. I take care of My Family's needs. So, "let your light so shine." What the world needs is a sample of the living words, being lived and enacted by you, a "Bible in shoe leather." Rejoice that I have so richly blessed you with these streams of riches that never run dry, wealth beyond measure, spiritually. One day the world will recognize. It's all a matter of seeing, and of wanting to see. Those who think they see already have less of a desire for new ways of seeing. Remind yourself and others of the need to learn to see - to see new things, to see Me in others, to see what before you couldn't see. Before you're ready to pass it on, you've got to have it inside yourself. You've got to live it, be a sample not a sermon. Pass it on in processed form, via the life it creates in you, not the raw material of more mere words. What is really needed is someone

who takes it and puts it into action - really lives it. These writings are not an end in itself, but a means to an end. They're to help you to live better and better fulfill your purpose, do your job for Me more efficiently. As far as the flak you're getting, remember that that's what I've had to go through Myself, and the servant is not above the Master. It's the acid test of whether you're really capable of applying and putting into practice that which you've been reading, of seeing Me where you wouldn't want to see Me, of loving even your enemies, etc. It's the proof of the pudding, of whether it just goes in one ear and out the other, or whether it really makes a difference. Just like I didn't take the sponge soaked in vinegar & gall to ease My pain on the cross, you should follow My sample and not seek easy relief or a way out of the suffering, the hardship. You've got to go through the pain and embrace the full taste of it in order for it to fulfill its ultimate purpose. There's no shortcut to glory. 619 __________________________________________________ One of the greatest dilemmas of mankind in My opinion are those who deem themselves righteous enough to judge others. No one is 100% righteous. Everyone is guilty of sin. The question is, whose sin bears greater weight? Who comes to Me for forgiveness? Who trusts in their own righteousness & refuses My forgiveness? These are the criteria by which I measure whether anyone is truly righteous or not, and blessed are those who judge not another. Those who justify themselves condemn themselves with their own mouth (Job 9:20). Those who quietly ponder their own sin and rely on My mercy, are they who are justified by Me. I will righteously judge those who self-righteously judge you! 620 __________________________________________________ If you pray more in the things you do, you'll find that it's never going to be time wasted. In fact, "time spent in prayer, is time saved." So, if you want to save time, instead of wasting it, keep praying. Because in prayer I can show you what to do that's really going to accomplish something. Let Me do it through you, whatever you do. Stop to pray and get ahold of My wavelength, instructions, boost of inspiration and Spirit power. 621 __________________________________________________ When you're doing better than most, or you already did so much good, you tend to be content with that, and you tend to rest on your laurels, and those who have already received Me in their hearts so long ago sometimes fail to hear My voice and My knockings, because they've already got it all. It's hard to see all that you're still missing when you've already got it all. It's humbling to look at the vast amount of things you don't really have a clue about when I've already endowed you with so much knowledge and truth. It's harder to see your failures when you've already accomplished so much. That's a dilemma with the world, who think they know so much, when it's so little compared to what's there to know, but it also happens to My children, because it's simply human nature to want to pat yourself on the back & go, "What do you mean, by implementing I'm missing it? I've been doing it all along." It's illustrated in the fact that Christians and religious people, those who ought to know better, have always been those who were the most ardent resisters of My voices of truth throughout the ages. Sometimes I wait for you, My children, to recognize the problem, and pray for it, to ask Me to do something about it! That's usually the way I operate: I wait for you to tell Me what to do. Again, the best thing you can do is pray. You want to change your life? Pray! You want the Family to change? Pray! Whatever you want and have the vision and the faith for: pray! If you want folks to get the point and the heart of the matter, the best thing you can do is pray for it! You can change the world through your prayers! In fact, it will be the first sign and proof that you got the point yourself, too!

622 __________________________________________________ The obstacles are part of your training, to sharpen your focus on Me, to increase your desire for Me. If it costs you some effort to find Me and to be able to hear My voice and receive My personal words, then you will appreciate them more and won't run the risk of taking them for granted. Taking things for granted is one of the great enemies of happiness. That's what I was trying to bring home to you about appreciating your senses. Just to be able to hear and see and feel, to taste, and yes, even to smell, these are gifts that many take so much for granted. Yet if you learn how to use your senses well, you can learn how to perceive Me through them, My love for you. Sometimes it may not seem like much, what you see out there, or what you hear. No big revelations... But if you hear and see properly, taste and feel all there is to perceive, you can find Me there... some new truth I can reveal to you, even through the simple little things of life. The fire of My love for you... The fresh breeze of air, like My Spirit... and the people I have given to surround you, the greatest token of My love for you! One of the greatest sins, crimes and failures of mankind is their lack of appreciation for each other, the sheer inability to appreciate another human being, to see them in their whole beauty, to really hear what they have to say, to perceive them, take them in and accept them for what they are. You won't just find Me in the invisible and inaudible Realm, but I'm right here for you, everywhere, surrounding you all the time, bestowing My love to you through the very things you hear and see and feel; through the voices and looks and touches of your loved ones, the food I supply for you, the air that you breathe, the warmth I supply for you, the walls to shelter you... You don't have to separate Me mentally from the physical things you perceive. I am in everything, and I can be in everything for you, if you just open your senses and perceive Me there. There is so much love all around you, for you to perceive. The universe isn't as unfriendly and hostile as you so often perceive it. Yes, the Enemy is there, and he rules the world, but he doesn't rule your world! You are a citizen of My world, the bigger picture, the larger Matrix, that engulfs and surrounds everything, including the puny, artificial matrix of the Enemy. Mine is the Real Thing. And if you experience the real thing and are part of it, the results of the curse and all the disturbances of the Enemy will affect you much less. In fact, you can learn to let them have virtually no effect on you whatsoever, which is what the art of rising above is all about, and what I have been stressing in My words to you from the beginning: the ability to rise above your circumstances. You rule, -- they don't rule over you! You might as well get used to ruling, because that's what you were born and destined to do and to be and become: a future ruler of My Realm. But you earn the credentials for that future rule right here and now; you collect the necessary experience to become a good ruler in My future in the here and now, and one of the principal, basic lessons in this is to learn how to see and hear and perceive properly. Learn how to see everything through My eyes, to perceive everything with My sense of awareness, perceiving Me in everything, and thus, along with it, My angle of perception. The first step in order to be able to contribute anything worthwhile is to receive what's already there, to fully embrace it and taste it. Taste and see that the Lord is good, and be still and know that I am God; be still and know that I am; be still and know; be still; BE!

let Me change your heart, and much of your world will already be changed. You will be much more content & happy with things the way they are, a lot more trusting, that I'm having My way and that My way is good. The method ranking no.1 in effectiveness when it comes to bringing about change: prayer. The theme is action that counts, action through prayer. Prayer shouldn't be based on selfish desires, but you should let My Spirit guide you to pray those things you really ought to pray for. Strive to get to a point where you can see things My way, so that you know what really needs to be changed, and what doesn't. More often than not, it's really so that what needs changing is yourself, your own heart, your ideas, your mindset, your concept of things, your perception. Don't look so far for the things that need to be changed, but start right here, in your very heart! Allow Me to change you from the inside, and often you'll find half of the changes you would have liked to be made not even necessary anymore. If everyone would just allow Me to change them and work on the beam in their own eyes (you see that it's all a matter of seeing?), then a lot of "splinters" you previously saw in your brothers' eyes would all of a sudden not even really be there anymore... Or if they would, you'd find it so much easier to help that brother remove it by your own sample of having let Me freed you from your own beam, your own renewed perception of things. It's like that prayer, "Lord, help us to change those things that need to be changed, and to not change those things that don't need to be changed, and most of all, help us to know the difference." What needs to be changed most and first of all is you. Stop thinking you already know it all, so that you can be more open to My revelations. Don't be so sure you already see, but ask Me to expand your vision! "The moment you think you have arrived, you lost it." (See ML 242:17). Everybody tends to forget at times just how nothing they are and how little they really know, and how desperately they need Me. Everybody tends to forget that faith is a vacuum you create in your heart, for Me to fill. It's because the ego doesn't want to hear about emptiness. I can use anything or anyone to teach you. Lessons are all around you, if you're just attentive enough to listen.

624 __________________________________________________ I gave you what others would have withheld from you. It is I Who give and Who taketh away, the One from Whom all good things flow. Learn to give Me the honor and credit for them. Learn to give thanks to the One Who giveth all things, and that all things in his life come from My hands, sometimes as blessings in disguise, as lessons to learn from, as mountains and goals to tackle; that life isn't just one joyride, but it's much more like a school, and certain blessings don't precede obedience. Learn to delight in Me, so that I can give you the desires of your heart. It's hard to realize that what you've been looking for has been right in front of you all along, longing for the holy grail, which is always far away, almost not wanting to realize that I can give you all you need merely for the asking. Learn that happiness can be yours right here and now, through Me. You don't need to achieve certain things first, whatever one idealizes, idolizes - because all those idols just distract them from the true God, the true Source of happiness, the true Goal, the true Giver of all these things that you're longing for, Me. I don't let people use the elevator to find Me; I prefer it if they use 623 __________________________________________________ the stairs. Everything that's worth something, costs something. Prayer is the most effective thing to do in order to bring It's got to cost you some of your time, your attention, some about the truly needed changes. Often the truly needed changes effort. But usually, folks prefer to invest all that into something are changes in your own mindsets, attitudes and perception of else, one of the manifold distractions out there, and counterfeit things, inward changes, changes within yourself, rather than the sources of happiness, or their arm of the flesh, or some other other party. supposed "shortcut" to heaven or happiness. Like this you can become a much more effective agent of People are still basically blind, when it comes to recognizing the change, too, if first of all, you allow Me to change yourself. The real thing. They don't even know when they've found it, or when first on the list to change the World is "yourself." they've been found... They think it's got to be something else, You can change your attitude, your way of seeing things, you can somewhere else. They always assume everything they're looking

for to be somewhere far off in the distance. It can never be right here. "First I've got to achieve this, or accomplish that..." When all the while I am right here, and all they've got to do is give Me a little bit of their time and attention. 625 __________________________________________________ The best attitude to have and the best role for you to assume is not so much that of the teacher who knows it all, but of a humble co-learner. There are definitely a lot of things for you to learn, and it's not so much that you are the teacher here, but more like My principal student. There is nothing that will inspire others to learn the lessons from life, like the sample of someone doing so: a fellow student who shows his peers and younger brothers all the things he discovers on their way. Not in the way of some old know-it-all, but someone young at heart, and fresh, like them, only just discovering those mysteries and secrets of life, happy and eager to share them with those on your path, as they unfold. Being a spiritual man means always staying a simple child at heart, an eternal pupil and learner. It's those who think they know something, who don't really know anything at all; those who think they already see are the ones who are blind. But as long as you go through life desperately wanting to learn and see and discover what life's all about, that's what I would consider spiritual. The Spirit quickens and makes alive, that means, it's always young and moving, never old and stagnant, brittle or conservative, stuck on the old way of doing things, never resting on any laurels of yesterday. It takes each new day as an opportunity for a new beginning: "This is the first day of the rest of your life." Make each day as if it were the first day of a new period of your life, and it is, because it's a different period than the past. It's the present: the beginning of the future, where you can do all things differently than you ever did them before. As long as there's still room in your life for improvement, as long as your life isn't perfect yet, you should always be openly welcoming change and that wonderful opportunity to learn how to do things differently than in the past, to see things from a totally new angle, and just let each day be a new learning experience, a new episode, almost like the beginning of a whole new life. Break out of the cocoon of the old! Experience My newness. Let Me renew you, your vision, your concepts, your outlook, your whole being. To be "transformed by the renewing of your minds" is something you have to experience every day in order to find My good and acceptable and perfect will for you every day (Rom.12.2). Let Me "reincarnate" in you every day, to make your life a radical force of change for Me. Don't get stuck in any old mindsets, even if you "already have the truth." Good for you! But what is the truth that I want to teach you today? What is the lesson, the metanoia, the revelation for this day? This day, I can make all things new. This day, things will never have to be the same they used to be! This day, I can work in your life in a way I never have before, if you determine to let Me. This day can be the first day of not only the rest of your life, but of a brand new life altogether, with brand new prospects, aspects and perspectives, a brand new outlook, brand new horizons, visions, goals, methods... all depending on how open you are for Me and My changes, My Grace! Don't stop the flow of My power in your life. It's like breathing, a process in which you constantly inhale and exhale My Spirit, as the life-giving power that will sustain your spirit, just as oxygen keeps you alive in the physical. You can be constantly renewed with heavenly fresh air and new whiffs of My Spirit (Tit.3:5). I bring new concepts, new perspectives, new pictures & illustrations to your mind to give you a renewed vision. Allow yourself to experience Me to the fullness of your capacities! Don't limit yourself to trickles of My Spirit when there are literally oceans to revel in! I give you My power to overcome all things, even death! Live in that conscience, that assurance, in that vocation, that calling, that destiny! Play the role I have created you to perform!

If the Son hath made you free, you shall be free indeed! Grant Me the permission to exercise My power in you to the full! Please don't limit Me! Why settle for less, when you can have so much more? How much I desire for you to fully let Me partake of your life! Let Me refill you again! Let Me save you again and again from the death of this life! There's so much more you haven't even begun yet to experience, to taste, to see and feel and hear and see, and to breathe with every breath you take! Breathe Me in! Don't get stuck on trying to preserve what you've got, but open wide for the floods to come! 626 __________________________________________________ Some are just not interested in finding out what I have to say to shut up long enough to listen. The "god" they communicate with is just an extension of their egos, something they wish for Me to be. That happens to a lot of self-righteous people. That's why I said in My Word that I would have to say to a lot of people who claim to have been doing this and that in My name, "I never knew you." They never knew Me, and I never knew them. All they thought they knew was a figment of their imaginations, an extension of their own desires & what they figured I ought to be. Very few - in comparison - actually really want to know Me. I'm too scary, too strange, too different for most of them. That's why there are millions of Christians who reject the true prophets. They just use Me as a label they associate with, but they don't really have much of a clue Who I really am. 627 __________________________________________________ It's good to define every once in a while what it is you want. Sometimes it's good to remind yourself also of what you don't want, so that you can forsake those things. When there's a choice and an option for an easier way out, and yet My brides choose the less promising, the less visible way, the way of faith, of emptiness, the way of foregoing, sacrificing and forsaking, because they know in Me they will find a much greater happiness, that makes Me so happy. How easily can you resist the temptation? How badly do you really want Me, and nothing else matters? How much do you avail yourself of Me, and how much do you still depend on other crutches? Can you let go of those crutches voluntarily, or will I have to take them away? How much are you really willing to "give it all to Me"? How much do you really "surrender"? How real am I to you, how relevant? To what extent am I your priority? Am I really taking first place in your life? Am I really the No.1 remedy for any lacks and troubles in your life? How quickly do you come to Me for every need, or do you first try to find relief in something else? Am I your last resort, or the One you turn to first? These are questions you should ask yourself periodically to find out where you stand, how sincere and how serious you are about your service for Me, what it really is you want, and whether you're truly giving your all for Me. Is there more you could give? Are you seeking with all your heart to make some progress today? Even if you think, "Well, I'm certainly spending more time in the Word than most other folks I know," how much more time do you spend on some other activity, in comparison to the time you truly spend with Me or for Me? Will you be found wanting? Could there have been more that you could have done, when you assess all that you did, at the end of your day, or at the end of the year, or at the end of your life? It's not about all you've already gained, nor about the progress you already made, but how much there is yet to make. If you have reached one goal, what is your next? Have you reached any goal at all? And what are your goals? What is it you really want? What is it you'd like to accomplish and achieve, and is that which you would like to achieve truly something you would want to achieve for Me? Are you sure it's not just something your own ambition drives you to do, but is it truly the humble thing, and the thing I ask of you? These are honest questions that require sincere answers. You've got to let Me check your heart, if you really want Me to

accomplish through you the utmost possible. If you really want Me to use you to the full, you've got to make sure that you're absolutely not deceiving yourself. How truthful are you being with yourself? Can you really strip your soul bare before Me and let Me illuminate and expose any dark corner in your life that might still be there? Let Me shower your soul with My cleansing, warm and healing light. I am the Light of the world. Are you ready for that light? Are you ready for My touch, My Words, My truth, My love? Are you really ready for it? And how far will you go? How much can you handle? Can I truly fill you to the top until you overflow? I'm trying to free you and cleanse you from any barriers and hindrances that might stop the flow of My power and light in your life, from My heart to you. I'm trying to make sure that all your pipes are clean in order to ensure a smooth and steady flow, a constant stream of My power and current through your life. I'm making sure that the light you give off shines clearly. Each of My brides should regularly check their own hearts to make sure that everything is working properly and all the incentives, priorities and motivations are right.

So, if you're lacking those qualities, you haven't been out witnessing, when that's your job. Instead of being so critical of people, you could be falling in love with them. I know it's a tough job. But in order to get where you want to get, there's no other way. In order to make the progress that you want to make in order to overcome your weaknesses, that's the remedy, that's the way. You can't look down on them. You can only look eye to eye, standing on the same level with them. Give them My truth in humility. If obedience is the way of happiness, then disobedience is the way to unhappiness. So, why not be happy and obey?

631 __________________________________________________ There will always be things in this life you won't fully understand, that you will just have to wrap up in a bundle of faith & trust Me for, things you see "through a glass, darkly," that will only be fully revealed to you when you come Home. That's just part of the deal, when it comes to the life of faith. Seeing Me in someone in spite of their flaws is a big lesson I'm trying to teach you. If you're not willing to put up with or confront 628 __________________________________________________ their flaws, how are you ever going to die for them, if you can't Don't be frightened of the emptiness. It's what makes you even stand to live with them? hunger for Me and thirst after My righteousness. The well- I'm not expecting you to just take people's flaws without doing or meaning hands want to fill you up and make you feel cozy, warm saying anything about them. But I'm expecting you to deal with and fed. They mean well, but they don't know what it means to them, confront them, say something about them, not altogether look unto Me for comfort, supply and protection. avoid them! It's called being a shepherd, or your brother's The Enemy will do and try anything to smother your keeper. That's what it's like to have a shepherd's heart. It effectiveness for Me. He will try today. He will try tomorrow! He involves correcting things that you see are wrong. will try everyday. Not just once, not just twice, but many times. He will try through friend or foe, and, unfortunately, he more 632 __________________________________________________ often succeeds through your friends to get you to compromise. Sometimes you don't even have to say all that much; just The tune of this world is "accumulation:" you basically live for doing it will make all the difference it takes. gaining more. The treasures I want you to glean are not material, Knowledge and prophecies will fail, but love never fails. though, they're not temporal, and to get them, you actually have My relationship with you, our love, and the resulting fruits of it, to let go and lose those things that people of the world cling to. our spiritual babies, are much more important to Me than the So, by accepting the world that they would like to offer you, a bedroom slippers you make for Me. world of greater comfort and security, you would actually be cheating yourselves out of some of the blessings you would 633 __________________________________________________ obtain by forsaking those comforts. If you want to succeed, just stick to My plan! Some things you know are better forgotten and forsaken for a 629 __________________________________________________ better truth, a better way. I'm the One Who's got the plan, and the only way you can be If you'd go through your days & lives with more of an attitude in on it is by following Me closely. If I were to just give it to you, that you really don't know anything, instead of the usual know-ityou would probably run ahead of Me in pride and loudly all attitude, you'd be amazed how much helpful stuff there is yet proclaim, "Thus saith the Lord!" But I don't need or want loud to learn out there... and proud proclaimers as I need and want world-lovers. Not "the The prerequisite for finding My will is to have no will of your own, world" as in "the System," but as in John 3:16: "God so loved the and likewise the prerequisite to finding My riches and blessings world that He gave..." all that was beloved and important to Him. is not to be full of yourselves, your own ambitions, ideas & Are you also willing to give up for the world all that you love and desires, but to empty yourselves of them all and be ready and is important to you, so that the world would not perish, but have open for whatever I've got to give to you. eternal life? Are you willing to leave the comfort of your nice, warm house to 634 __________________________________________________ go out into the cold to save even those who you know will crucify The main struggle thats going on on earth is between those you for your attempts, as I was willing to leave the halls of who want to control and those who leave the control of heaven for you? everything in My hands. Those who want the power and those who concede, Thine is the power and the glory... 630 __________________________________________________ "The truth shall make you free." It is My Word and your 635 __________________________________________________ continued absorption of it that is going to lead you to freedom You want a clear cut answer, but if Im not giving you one, from your sins. Although you must realize that it is not only your then this means I want you to play it by ear. I dont just want you own absorption of My truth that will help you, but also your to have one prayer and then write the subject off, but I want you helping others to absorb it, as well: your feeding them the Word, to deal with this on a more thorough basis, to bathe this whole your witnessing My truth to others, will also give you a greater thing in prayer on a constant basis, on the basis of pray without love and understanding for them, along with more patience to ceasing. deal with their quirks. Since facing confrontation in a prayerful way is good and When you constantly put yourself in a position where you strengthening for your character & personality, Im leading you to practically humbly beg them to receive My Word, you cannot the very thing you would naturally avoid. Life is a constant have any negative thoughts about them. It won't work. That's why confrontation with the forces of evil, and its best to arm yourself witnessing is really a fool-proof remedy against pride, self- for it, instead of seeking to shun it constantly. Some righteousness and a lack of love, because it just practically confrontations you simply cant avoid. And if you avoid them, forces you to walk in humility and love, you have no other you run the chance of the other party - your opponent - taking choice. advantage of you and your passive attitude.

foreign an alien to them. But keep moving forward anyway. 636 __________________________________________________ The voyage away from Eden, the cozy haven youve had here with Me before evil entered your world, (speaking metaphorically now), is part of your destiny, part of your lifelesson, part of the program and part of My plan for you. This life wasnt meant to be altogether pleasant, as much as you seek pleasure in it. Look how and where Moses died: in the wilderness, unable to enter the promised land, as a result of his own mistake. The valuable thing to have gained out of this both for himself and untold generations to follow is the lesson. Its more important and valuable than the pleasure - the temporary, fleeting pleasure he might have experienced, had I granted him to enter the promised land. The real Promised Land is not in this world. Your real and final and ultimate satisfaction, fulfillment, peace or goal, whatever you may be trying to achieve, wont be found in this world or life. This life will always be imperfect, because I want you to continue to seek the truly Perfect. I dont want you to be satisfied with anything this temporal world has to offer. This world is not your home. I want you to continue seeking a better place, and ever striving toward that one, ever following the heavenly vision I give, the fulfillment of which can simply never be found in this world. So you shouldnt keep seeking it here, either. Sure, you want to make the best out of it, and I also want you to, but making the best out of it may be 2 different things, when it comes to My personal view and angle of looking at it, compared to yours. Your best is always associated with fun and pleasure, which is always temporal. My ambition for you lies in the eternal: what can we take along thats for keeps, the value of which will last into eternity? The pleasurable moments are only good for memories that will be shadowed by any tiny moment in Eternity; merely a drop, compared to the ocean. But the lessons are something not only you, but untold others after you will benefit from for ages beyond this one. And the lessons usually come out of the less pleasant experiences... Lessons come from battles, from confrontations, from sufferings and trials, often brought about by your own human weaknesses and frailties, the very things you often try so hard to avoid. That which you think is going to be to your disadvantage, that which you would call a demerit or a minus point, those are actually often the plus points for Me. Its a lot like the different views of My crucifixion: the world views it as a loss, but Here We know it was the total Victory. The ultimate Victory over the greatest Enemy ever fought, was brought about by a seeming defeat. Never forget that, when you go down an unpleasant road, which may seem like a defeat to you. Those seeming defeats make you dig down deep in the dirt, like a man digging a well, and they prime the pump that makes the heavenly water flow. Heavenly water to refresh generations to come. King David hardly thought that the Psalms he wrote would be such a vast source of inspiration, wisdom and comfort to generations to come... Yet they were the honey that came forth from the crushing and twisting of his life, and it has been a source of comfort beyond all measure to innumerable souls. There is so much to learn out of all the open books of life - of lives Ive written, things which at this time many are not able to grasp, but they will unfold, and one day it will all be so clear, and learning wont be a boring chore, as it may be for many today, but its going to be one endless thrill. So, continue to move forward, even to this foreign, unexplored ground, that hostile territory before you, and be confident, that as I was with Moses, so am I with you, and as I was with David, so am I with you, so be not afraid of whatever you might encounter there, but go forth in the spirit of a conqueror. They may win their temporary victories over you today, only to bow their heads to you forever hereafter... The only difference between them and you is that youre learning of Me - lessons that totally elude them - youre seeing, while they are blind. You hear, while theyre deaf. You perceive, while they go on in ignorance and oblivious to all thats really happening. You move on a different plain, and they cant grasp it. Its totally 637 __________________________________________________ Youre longing for comfort and relief, but what you really need is strength and perseverance, and these are not as easily obtained, but come through tests of endurance. While its true that My strength is sufficient for thee, that strength is only found in places of emptiness where you dont feel like you can keep going in your own strength at all anymore. That is where My strength is found, that is sufficient for thee. I cant give it to you any other way. There is no shortcut to it, no easier way to get it. First your own strength must be completely expired, before youre finally desperate and empty enough, ready to receive My strength, which is sufficient for thee. It feels strange to you, not like enough at all, its something youre not familiar with, not as familiar as your own flesh, your carnal strength, and your carnal wisdom and understanding. Only in the void and absence of all these things are you finally ready for My strength, that feels so awkward to you... So like nothing. Its like walking on air, when before you were walking on solid ground. You mean, Im supposed to trust this? You wonder... Its not what youve been used to, your good old, tangible, carnal strength, with just a little bit of help from Me. Im helping you to learn to grow in My strength, and to avail yourself of My strength to a greater measure. My strength is made perfect in weakness. Before, you were relying on My strength to some extent, but it was never really made perfect, because there was still too much of your own strength there. Therefore seek not relief, but seek endurance to see it through. Rely on My strength, and seek not that old familiar strength. Its time to learn to rely on a new strength, which is totally Mine, and to let go of the familiar old. Let Me prove to you that its true, My strength is sufficient for thee! 638 __________________________________________________ The Enemy never fights you when youre strong and on top of things, because he knows he has no chance then. He only fights you when youre down and weak, hes a real coward and hyena. One of the best portrayals of the Devil ever is the coward Scar in The Lion King, who usurps the true kings kingdom, has him killed, and the true kings son needs to wander off into the wilderness. 639 __________________________________________________ Focus more on each others needs than your own, really letting go and expecting nothing in return. Real love, true love will never come back to you void. You already receive while you give it. See the opportunity, not just the obstacle. Its life, and the hardships it brings, that write these kind of lessons in your hearts... 640 __________________________________________________ Its humbling but also liberating when you can say, We have found the enemy, and its us. Its Taking The Blame, dealing with the beam in your own eye (its a matter of seeing clearly) and being humble enough to face your own errors and say the hardest words in any language, I was wrong. Its a hard and painful way, but thats the only way some lessons really stick and hit home. Otherwise, theyre often forgotten too easily, or only briefly grasped with the mind, and not deeply absorbed by the heart life-changing. The easier way wouldnt have nearly the same impact. In order to drive a certain point home, there has to be a vivid illustration of the point. 641 __________________________________________________ Had Abraham really killed Isaac, then it definitely would have been a mistake, but you see, I was the One asking this of him, and I knew he was just going to follow Me on that one. I just wanted to test his willingness, whether he was willing to do so in the first place, and it created a whole new outlook for him, too,

and a whole new relationship between him and Me and with his fellowmen. I know, its hard to trust sometimes, that a God of Love would ask you to do such irrational things, or would use such unconventional methods, but thats why only those with great faith can really trust Me - and My Word, for that matter. Some people consider the Abraham/Isaac episode an atrocity that doesnt really belong in My Word. They didnt really get the point. But when you can trust Me for anything, thats what Id call faith. Having asked him to make that sacrifice, and his willingness to follow through with it, altered everything and made him see clearly, and put everything in the proper perspective. These manifestations of faith are there to bring home a point. And by the result you can tell that it was My voice and My hand in it, after all, no matter whether all the voices in the world are going to pipe up, It was wrong of God to ask that of you or to tell you that! Or, that was not the voice of God at all!, just because it doesnt make sense to them or eludes the capacity of their faith. The Enemy is not fighting them as hard, because theyre not nearly as big a threat to his cause as any of you are, who embrace My full truth. The Enemy knows why he can freely let them loose on the world, because theyre not only working for Me and My cause, but unknowingly also for his, which is what happens to a good many sincere Christians. So, dont look up to them for spiritual guidance, but to Me. Youve got to cling to your spiritual heritage of the house of David, of a real supernatural connection with Me, and not settle for all those mind-answers. Sometimes youve got to appreciate what youve learned and acquired already. Not that you should rest on those laurels and close yourself up to more and new things to learn, but youve also got to review and retain what Ive given you already and not dismiss it, just because youre finding out that in this other corner you can learn new things you never heard before! The important thing is to remain Spirit-led, to be led by Me personally, to look to Me and let Me guide you. You need Me, and thats all youve got to know, plus that Im here for you, always as much as you need Me, and beyond. Lean on Me and on My Word, and youll fare safely! 642 __________________________________________________ Being a good steward over the things I have given you shows that you appreciate them, that youre thankful for them. Of course, the Enemy will fight that. He always makes what youve already got look like nothing, compared to all the elusive things he would offer you, ever since Adam and Eve in the Garden. They didnt know they were living under the most perfect circumstances possible right there, they fell for Satans lie that there was something better than that, which I was withholding from them. You dont know what youve got till its gone, but Im helping you to learn to appreciate what youve got a bit more while you have it! Thats why praise is so important! Praise shows Me you appreciate what youve got, youre thankful for it, which shows that you chose not to believe the Enemys negative input, but are keeping your eyes on Me. 643 __________________________________________________ You want to include Me more in your actions, in your planning, in your work and in your fun times? Just do it! Pray more as you go, before you do and say. Check in with your helpers. Wait for My blessing and My confirming checks in the spirit. Just take Me with you and realize Im right there. Dont let anything separate us! Its only your position that changes. I am the Lord, I change not. Yesterday, today, forever... the same. I am constant. Constantly and permanently there for you, just like the air all around you, just like the universe all around you. As long as the universe is there, you can be assured that Im still there, too! 644 __________________________________________________ Its never too late to start obeying, to become a doer of the

Word. Thats why I am so patient and longsuffering... I keep hoping for folks to hop on the bandwagon of the doers of My will, and sometimes its those folks you would least expect to fulfill that hope, who come to surprise the whole world. Its like an apprenticeship: you learn as you go and put the things you have learned in theory into practice. You were not aware of the many distraction tactics of the Enemy, and how hard and vehemently he would try to cause you to stray, and it would have been nicer without all these painful experiences, but that wouldnt have brought about quite the same result, the result which I am seeing, which is much more beautiful. I prefer deep and profound beauty, even at great cost, over mere niceness. I always prefer the real thing, the really deep thing, that grabs you down at the core of your being, moves you and changes you around. In Me you will always find a Source of never ending depths, untold mysteries to discover, and a whole universe of revelations to explore. I shall never disappoint you. That profoundness is the proof that there is more than the superficiality and occupation with the immediate things, the temporal. The Devil is trying to drive his herd into his vast fold of primitiveness, dullness and superficial, meaningless platitudes and jingles without any depth, to stir them into a mindset of preoccupation exclusively with the things of earth. My sheep hear My voice, and they detect the difference between eternal and temporal. They sense the difference between their tales and the real thing, the eternal life I give. 645 __________________________________________________ The Family was ordained to correct the portrayal of Me and of the Father that the churches have given the World: to show that Im not opposed to pleasure, Im not opposed to people enjoying life. Its because of this wrong portrayal that people are not finding the way to truly enjoy life, which is found by integrating Me in their activities, their lives, their plans, their visions and dreams, or to acknowledge Me in them, to enjoy it all as a gift of My hands. Some enjoy it without caring much about where it all comes from. Its not that I mind all too much, since I can still enjoy their happiness. But what they lack is a direction to look, they lack a goal in their lives, or rather, a goal that leads to a point beyond this life. This life is only the beginning of enjoyments. The real fun is only just about to start. And it also includes the ability to take lifes hardships as they come, in stride, and not begrudgingly. Real enjoyment is knowing that I have given you the power to overcome and rise above anything. I know where happiness for each of My children lies. And I alone can lead you there. 646 __________________________________________________ Youre so used to the clear fresh water from the mountain, youre thirsting for something else for a change, but you must realize that what most people might be looking for is precisely that fresh cold water from the mountain top that you tend to take for granted... Sometimes youre so excited to share your latest discoveries, that you neglect to tell people what got you to the place of that discovery, which could be compared with a science professor teaching a bunch of primary school pupils stuff thats simply way over their heads. First youve got to lay the foundation. The real thing is more than words... A Sample Not a Sermon. The whole church system is still based on the sermon principle, while Im building My Family on the principle of becoming a living sample of the truth, just as I was a living sample, and all My true saints were samples of My love and truth, more than just sermons. There are enough teachers, preachers and talkers delivering sermons, but way too few guides who truly show the way by walking therein themselves first... The one big difference is the sample factor.

The Family is preparing not only themselves but also others for what is to come. Instead of kidding themselves into believing that they still have forever to reach the lost, they heed My warnings in My Word that time is short, and My advice to redeem the time, for the days are evil. Remember what I said about the Pharisees: Do what they tell you, but dont do as they do, since they only say it but dont do it. The general direction I lead is My direction and to teach folks to follow My way, which has many different shapes and manifestations for each separate individual. You can help others to find theirs by pointing them to Me. Take them to Me, and I will guide them aright. 647 __________________________________________________ Ambition often keeps people busy, busy, busy, but their hearts away from Me. Its hard for you to learn to let Me work through you, and sometimes just to be content with the little that you accomplish. You dont only witness to others of My Words, My truth & My gospel, but youre also there as witnesses of whats going on. When I was on earth, I didnt spend My whole time just ministering, but actually 90% of the time I spent watching, observing, learning. You want to learn not just to be a witness with your mouth, but also through your sample, a living manifestation of My truth. That doesnt mean you have to wait until youve reached a sample of sinless perfection before you ever testify of Me and My truth to anyone, but I also want to remind you that your purpose is not only to teach, but also to learn, to observe, sometimes to just silently witness and do what you can to influence things for the better. When the final crunch comes, only I will be able to save the world, and although Im including all of you, My brides, in this, it is I Whose purpose it was to destroy the works of the devil (1.Jn.3:8). So, sometimes you just have to stand back & see Me fight and learn of Me, look unto Me, listen to Me, receive from Me, absorb Me. Only when youve absorbed Me rightly, can you also convey Me rightly. Its not like you know everything there is to know in one day and then jump out on the streets and pass it on, but you need to become a vessel yourself, you live and you learn. Im not putting you in charge of saving the whole world, I just want you to do whatever you can to help Me do it! And Im very grateful for all the help I can get. Dont get so preoccupied with teaching that you lose sight of all there is to learn. Becoming a saint is not so much determined by what you do as by what you allow Me to do with you, by how well you take lifes circumstances gracefully, and just allow Me to break you and reshape you. Its not so much in what you do, but what I do with you and you allow Me to. If it doesnt make sense to you, remember that one day it will, when youll see My version of the picture. You can learn from Me, the Master Artist, by observation; by quietly watching and studying the method of the Master Teacher.

come and delivered you. 649 __________________________________________________ You need to seek ways to make My counsel & input work for you in practical ways. You Look around for ways to implement & apply it... to live it. Stand by My side and help Me by doing what you can. Continue to allow Me to incite you, to get you on fire, to move you. Enthusiasm basically means God inside you. Let the world notice and see that Im inside you! Let them partake of that glow, of that fire. Let them warm themselves by your fire! You dont have to do anything but burn, ... just be there and give warmth and light. 650 __________________________________________________ Give people a chance to give Me a chance! I work in all their lives, and the Father lets the sun shine on all of them, the evil and the good, and He sends His rain on all. Let it rain! Let My goodness rain on anyone. Never give up hope in people prematurely. 651 __________________________________________________ When youve got nothing to lose, no pride, no prestige, then youre free to give to people without fearing what they think of you. If youre weak, needy, hungry & empty & yearning for Me, only then can I fill you. As long as youre self-satisfied, your vacuum for Me is too weak... The same goes for situations when you dont know whats going to happen next, and you have to trust Me for it: As long as youre familiar with your surroundings, and you know exactly where youre going & whats coming next, you cant rely on Me as well as in a situation where everythings open... I can even use you to reach out & be a blessing to people you would personally not expect to be able to break through to. The world needs you to be outgoing, outreaching, outpouring, not introverted, shy, stuck-on-your-self! Only if you sow into peoples lives can you reap from them the fruit of their friendship! 652 __________________________________________________ Im in control, and Ive got it all in My hands. Your lives are all in My hands. What makes you think the devils got any control? He may exert some control over his, but in the end, Im the One Whos in control of everything, and none of the plans and devices he concocts can harm you if I dont allow it, and I wont allow it, if youre in tune with Me.

653 __________________________________________________ The love of money is the root of all evil (1.Tim.6:10), because for the love of money people will compromise the truth. For the love of money people will neglect other, more or equally important tasks in life, such as their fellowship with Me, and their care for each other, all in order to gain more money. 648 __________________________________________________ Once people covet it, they wont act out of love, and thus, Sometimes you dont understand why Im keeping you down, missing the mark of acting out of love, they sin. why Im keeping you weak. The love of money can become like an addiction; in fact, its Being nobody may not feel as great to you & not be as appealing probably the most wide-spread addiction on earth. People are to you, but Id rather have you battle with feelings of under- willing to do almost anything for money. They virtually sell accomplishment and being nobody than indulging in pride and themselves as slaves to the System in order to get it, and they getting all lifted up over who you are and what youve done. will hardly stop short of doing anything for it. Youre not nobody in My eyes. Consider the respect of the The love of money is My greatest rival. Scarcely a man has been invisible cloud of witnesses around you as more important than willing to do the same for Me that he has been willing to do for that of your earthly peers. money. Money is the one thing the Enemy invented to direct There will always come a breakthrough into the light, even after peoples focus on in order to totally distract them from Me. the darkest night. Money has been his most successful tool. Focus on that hope, that dawn that will always be there after a Money is the most worshiped item on earth, the most coveted, stretch of darkness. As the days grow darker and more evil, and the most loved, even though it is only an illusion, for its value is the fog thickens, remember that glorious dawn that awaits you. based on faith in the existing System, instead of Me and My Ill be back for you, just like I promised. Faith is the ability to eternal Kingdom. enjoy that knowledge and act assured of My promises, to be so Money is the wages of the flesh. Cursed be the man that maketh sure of the victory that you can almost act as if I had already flesh his arm (Jer.17:5) and trusts in his own work and says,

Mine own arm has saved me. Money is the item that most provokes Me to jealousy, because even many of My children have fallen prey to the love of it. For the children of the world, everything revolves around money, yet from My children I expect that their lives revolve around Me, not Mammon. 654 __________________________________________________ You find out where its not at by your mistakes, but a even wiser man learns not only from his own mistakes, but from those of others, too. I have given those dandy bad examples - like Judas - for My disciples to know that thats not the way to follow. The end of his way made it plain that his path was the path of destruction, and thus it shall be with all those who follow Satans way and who fall prey for his temptations for personal gain or to save their own lives. He that saveth his life, the same shall lose it in the end, but he that loseth his life for My sake, the same shall save it. Those that cling to and hold on to their own lives, trying so hard to preserve them in their own strength, will only find out that theyve been losing out in the end, while those who freely give of their own substance with disregard of their own loss, they will inherit a hundredfold what they were willing to give. I love a cheerful giver. I will demonstrate to the whole universe that it is far more blessed to give than to receive, that it is far more blessed to be a giver than a receiver. It always pays to give. Its easier for others than for some, but one for whom it is difficult to give, but overcomes his difficulties and gives in the end is more blessed and does the will of God more than one who is naturally inclined to give, but gets tired of it and becomes selfish and withholding in the end... Only the end of the road will tell ones tale completely. The Enemy is not after those hes already got in his bag. I also work in the conscience of those who have erred from My way but are still My children. For those who are on the right path, I say, watch and pray, be vigilant, for the Enemy would love to deter you. For those of Mine who have erred and strayed, I say, this day, when you hear My voice, harden not your hearts! Just as the Enemy will tempt those many times who follow My path, to cause them to stray, so I give many chances to those who have strayed, to return to Me. The trick for true, selfless givers is to remain faithful, not to become weary in well-doing. 655 __________________________________________________ Theres no way to live in the Spirit without prayer. Theres no way to do the Masters work without the Masters power, without spending time with the Master. Connected with Me. Everything youre learning must be put into practice in order to move you forward! Prayer is the hand that moves the gigantic network of My Realm, the Spirit World, on your behalf. In order to make real headway and forward movement and visible, lasting progress, youre going to have to commit your ways unto Me and put your trust in Me, that I will bring those things that concern you to pass. Youre going to have to trust in Me to do it for you, instead of vaguely hoping that it might work out alright, doubting whether I will do it for you or not, and looking around for ways your own arm of the flesh might get you out of this situation somehow if worse comes to worst... In order to find My way, My strategy, My method, My solution, youre going to have to look in the Spirit! You cant look in the physical realm for solutions. Thats not from whence your help cometh. Your help cometh from the Lord, which made Heaven and earth (Ps.121). You rely not on your own understanding, not your own strength, not on luck, but on Me, the Creator of all things. Give it to Me in prayer, put Me in charge of it. And then stand back, relax & see what happens. 656 __________________________________________________ Stretch your vision and expand your spiritual muscles... expand your horizon and look forward, look ahead! Move from the heart, know from the heart, speak from the heart,

share from the heart, live and give from the heart... the inner you that is often so well protected that few can ever find it but what youve got to reveal. The world needs a whole lot more heart! Your mind is trying to get in the way, trying to figure it out! But you cant figure out where one that is born of the spirit is coming from, and where hes going. You cant always stick everyone in a box or drawer, much less one who is born of the spirit, and whom I have set free from any confines... My absolutes are larger, much more all-encompassing and flexible than your little finite measurements, yardsticks and descriptions and typologies... There are things that go beyond that. The person you are right now is going to be left behind. Your soul is something larger. Its like the Law, or the laws of nature, all of which are going to be left behind once you enter the realm of the supernatural, the realm of the spirit. While with some acquaintances and friendships the mind can be helpful, it is the heart, not the mind that will draw them to you. It is the Spirit that will thrill their hearts and minds and refresh and quench their weary and thirsty souls, not so much the input that comes of the mind.

Categories Vol.II: Action/Initiative: 27, 28, 32, 35, 37, 139, 144, 172, 192, 193, 196, 215, 216, 217, 228, 230, 231, 246, 279, 357, 358, 385, 397, 421, 422, 451, 479, 485, 497, 498, 513, 519, 527, 543, 567, 595, 601, 606, 608, 609, 618, 623, 632, 644, 649, 656 AME: 21, 52, 78, 91, 209, 304, 353, 362, 387, 414, 420, 423, 426, 507, 512, 528, 562, 574 Anger: 23, 184, 196, 202, 316, 359, 499, 548 Attitudes & Mindsets: 32, 33, 37, 81, 84, 125, 126, 134, 170, 219, 238, 246, 255, 274, 297, 304, 327, 329, 340, 345, 356, 371, 375, 385, 417, 421, 425, 440, 442, 471, 472, 474, 499, 523, 542, 563, 572, 581, 623 Discipleship: 1, 28, 39, 49, 59, 62, 74, 77, 80, 100, 115, 126, 136, 137, 213, 216, 237, 248, 254, 287, 350, 355, 367, 374, 390, 396, 401, 402, 403, 410, 415, 421, 425, 426, 431, 438, 439, 456, 462, 481, 485, 486, 487, 491, 500, 508, 509, 522, 526, 528, 537, 542, 548, 549, 554, 560, 561, 563, 573, 575, 579, 587, 591, 592, 627, 646, 649 Discouragement: 151, 156, 158, 166, 172, 567, 568 Doubt: 62, 95, 150, 207, 265, 400, 421, 444, 543, 573, 595, 597 Endtime: 13, 55, 82, 83, 291, 310, 322, 340, 387, 407, 415, 417, 482, 484, 504, 505, 510, 525, 551, 622, 646, 648 132, 391, 461, 540, 605,

Faith & Trust: 8, 19, 26, 37, 39, 41, 48, 54, 60, 62, 63, 70, 76, 77, 80, 82, 83, 89, 98, 107, 113, 114, 120,127, 129, 136, 138, 144, 147, 150, Big Picture: 129, 153, 289, 308, 320, 340, 380, 392, 434, 499, 520, 151, 155, 159, 161, 163, 173, 176, 181, 196, 199, 205, 206, 207, 211, 523, 585, 560, 600, 602, 647 213, 219, 244, 245, 249, 251, 265, 268, 284, 289, 290, 291, 303, 307, 316, 317, 321, 322, 329, 331, 333, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 344, 348, Change: 2, 19, 23, 30, 32, 39, 41, 76, 77, 86, 94, 99, 150, 161, 219, 352, 359, 361, 366, 370, 372, 377, 383, 385, 386, 393, 395, 399, 401, 231, 262, 273, 277, 287, 293, 299, 300, 325, 330, 334, 335, 343, 374, 408, 424, 426, 441, 448, 451, 452; 456, 457, 460, 465, 466, 476, 498, 388, 397, 410, 456, 464, 471, 503, 505, 532, 546, 561, 563, 572, 582, 523, 524, 525, 529, 543, 547, 548, 549, 551, 553, 554, 557, 575, 576, 588, 612, 623, 625 578, 589, 595, 597, 608, 613, 623, 627, 631, 633, 641, 648, 650, 651, 655 Children/Parenthood: 32, 52, 61, 99, 127, 149, 238, 244, 245, 247, 248, 312, 342, 343, 371, 417, 421, 477, 549, 597 Faithfulness/Perseverance: 78, 86, 103, 111, 114, 119, 126, 150, 192, 199, 203, 216, 263, 283, 316, 317, 506, 511, 519, 526, 540, 568, Choice: 10, 11, 12, 19, 86, 109, 173, 199, 207, 210, 211, 223, 263, 573, 595, 607, 637, 654 283, 289, 308, 319, 329, 343, 344, 371, 378, 492, 498, 499, 521, 539, 573, 575, 600, 608, 627 Family, The: 32, 62, 78, 93, 115, 118, 248, 255, 256, 283, 295, 349, 360, 375, 425, 431, 437, 459, 481, 482, 483, 505, 509, 511, 516, 525, Churchianity: 145, 359, 361, 413, 431, 448, 459, 461, 587, 591, 626, 553, 555, 561, 565, 568, 569, 618, 641, 645, 646 641, 646 Fear/Courage: 22, 33, 75, 118, 120, 143, 151, 203, 307, 328, 359, Communication: 143, 165, 169, 170, 206, 238, 328, 356, 365, 394, 408, 413, 446, 464, 498, 525, 531, 543, 600 451, 466, 468, 510, 516, 574, 595, 603 Flesh vs. Spirit: 1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 16, 21, 64, 68, 73, 90, 118, 127, 137, Conviction vs. Compromise: 10, 24, 36, 59, 68, 71, 74, 95, 117, 138, 145, 165, 178, 185, 187, 192, 207, 210, 253, 256, 259, 260, 261, 118, 184, 201, 203, 204, 248, 271, 281, 296, 317, 328, 352, 354, 357, 262, 267, 268, 269, 273, 277, 281, 282, 283, 284, 286, 300, 302, 303, 358, 365, 372, 375, 387, 391, 400, 416, 428, 431, 432, 446, 456, 459, 304, 338, 342, 345, 348, 356, 359, 372, 376, 379, 381, 385, 387, 409, 461, 462, 467, 472, 475, 487, 500, 517, 525, 535, 536, 542, 552, 561, 412, 426, 427, 440, 448, 449, 455, 484, 500, 504, 523, 529, 549, 552, 591 553, 560, 563, 581, 583, 590, 591, 603, 605, 607, 611, 612, 613 Correction/Discipline: 20, 36, 41, 45, 46, 55, 56, 57, 116, 121, 133, Focus on the Power: 83, 150, 176, 286, 308, 328, 351, 430, 436, 137, 154, 161, 223, 286, 313, 342, 383, 389, 417, 448, 452, 467, 468, 444, 455, 544, 545, 553, 576, 608 504, 533, 541, 546, 596, 627, 631 Forgiveness/Mercy: 1, 91, 107, 128, 150, 164, 247, 248, 298, 305, Creation: 245, 288, 289, 302, 305, 310, 332, 445, 516, 523, 576 312, 329, 363, 373, 399, 419, 451, 452, 466, 468, 476, 481, 505, 573, 580, 600, 617, 619 Dad: 255, 256, 525 Forsaking All: 2, 14, 28, 46, 132, 176, 216, 224, 254, 258, 273, 303, Death: 181 489, 508, 590, 607, 627 Dedication/Devotion/Commitment: 280, 281, 317, 367, 371, 377, 465, 473, 498, 504, 529, 563, 595, 599 Dependence on God: 6, 20, 21, 26, 30, 60, 64, 68, 69, 83, 112, 122, 145, 148, 150, 157, 191, 199, 209, 219, 220, 248, 253, 256, 258, 261, 266, 273, 285, 287, 291, 296, 297, 325, 328, 366, 372, 375, 384, 385, 391, 409, 411, 424, 437, 440, 442, 444, 484, 500, 501, 507, 524, 546, 559, 560, 574, 602, 603, 613, 617, 623, 627, 637, 655 Devil's Devices: 4, 13, 25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 43, 45, 58, 59, 74, 76, 82, 86, 93, 94, 95, 98, 109, 118, 120, 126, 127, 131, 133, 145, 146, 148, 164, 166, 171, 172, 180, 181, 186, 187, 239, 268, 273, 274, 276, 279, 286, 287, 293, 294, 296, 318, 325, 338, 356, 360, 365, 368, 380, 392, 400, 407, 413, 421, 442, 446, 447, 450, 460, 469, 476, 480, 496, 505, 506, 512, 517, 518, 521, 526, 538, 542, 548, 549, 566, 568, 571, 581, 588, 592, 596, 600, 602, 603, 609, 610, 612, 628, 638, 642, 652, 653 Discernment: 104, 110, 112, 113, 117, 129, 173, 174, 177, 199, 356, 410, 417, 492, 504, 517, 520, 530, 538, 560, 595, 596, 612, 644 Freedom: 2, 6, 12, 27, 33, 74, 95, 130, 132, 239, 254, 259, 283, 307, 308, 322, 372, 411, 438, 456, 457, 503, 533, 542, 552, 589, 609 Fruitfulness: 74, 141, 321, 323, 385, 485, 503, 563, 632 Full Possession: 58, 59, 69, 271, 272, 273, 286, 297, 299, 302, 321, 323, 324, 442, 501, 503, 542, 546, 612, 625 Giving: 73, 89, 94, 132, 149, 172, 200, 230, 243, 288, 305, 310, 324, 326, 327, 342, 345, 359, 371, 407, 408, 426, 443, 464, 480, 497, 508, 509, 511, 513, 524, 537, 556, 612, 639, 651, 654 Giving God the Glory: 26, 31, 77, 145, 199, 210, 321, 348, 356, 384, 387, 437, 449, 458, 474, 523, 527, 624 God First: 2, 4, 30, 41, 45, 46, 59, 68, 105, 124, 148, 156, 184, 191, 223, 273, 299, 302, 305, 306, 362, 368, 416, 423, 430, 457, 469, 500, 501, 526, 528, 529, 553, 554, 555, 561, 564, 575, 578, 602, 603, 607, 611, 624, 627

640, 646, 647, 654, 655 Gods Justice: 441, 541, 551, 576, 619 God's Love: 12, 20, 60, 62, 68, 137, 147, 157, 183, 220, 226, 231, 243, 247, 294, 304, 328, 350, 354, 393, 398, 399, 405, 430, 432, 451, 452, 465, 469, 477, 502, 509, 515, 523, 524, 533, 547, 549, 557, 558, 573, 575, 597, 600, 616, 622, 650 God's Promises: 24, 41, 58, 172, 181, 211, 227, 231, 249, 305, 316, 321, 325, 350, 359, 378, 382, 385, 430, 441, 456, 460, 492, 501, 502, 505, 523, 539, 549, 551, 557, 565, 575, 592, 595, 613, 636, 641, 643, 644, 648 God's Ways & Views: 5, 67, 77, 90, 94, 114, 136, 142, 149, 161, 174, 178, 196, 199, 222, 234, 239, 242, 243, 255, 275, 277, 326, 366, 412, 417, 426, 441, 445, 456, 460, 480, 484, 493, 520, 522, 538, 539, 548, 561, 572, 576, 577, 587, 592, 594, 595, 599, 603, 605, 610, 617 Grace: 264, 329, 533, 576, 612, 617 Happiness: 18, 31, 46, 64, 125, 126, 187, 267, 278, 318, 440, 442, 479, 480, 497, 503, 510, 522, 543, 555, 563, 572, 577, 583, 590, 596, 598, 622, 624, 630, 645 Healing/Deliverance: 34, 76, 171, 172, 289, 290, 380, 457, 533, 545 Meaning/Purpose: 289, 520, 523 Hearing from God (Prophecy): 12, 44, 54, 61, 76, 78, 90, 96, 121, 122, 123, 132, 133, 134, 147, 148, 151, 170, 176, 181, 184, 209, 229, 231, 237, 243, 244, 254, 257, 269, 287, 308, 313, 327, 336, 346, 347, 353, 366, 385, 387, 410, 412, 419, 423, 429, 435, 443, 451, 453, 463, 474, 487, 496, 499, 502, 505, 510, 563, 592, 603, 622, 629, 632, 641 104, 190, 328, 436, 602, Meditation/Resting in the Lord: 528 Meekness: 23, 205, 264 Metaphors: 77, 82, 98, 109, 230, 289, 361, 429, 471, 580, 612, 618, 646 Miracles: 77, 150, 163, 209, 219, 340, 385, 407, 524, 576 Moderation: 414 Money: 7, 13, 14, 71, 80, 82, 94, 141, 142, 200, 291, 331, 340, 375, 380, 387, 404, 424, 445, 457, 469, 490, 529, 537, 598, 609, 653 Movies: 25, 36, 47, 156, 164, 166, 172, 236, 372, 380, 410, 638 Music: 152, 357, 420, 644 Mysteries: 59, 129, 138, 166, 196, 199, 234, 236, 276, 302, 310, 359, 441, 463, 599, 656 Obedience/Disobedience: 26, 59, 95, 98, 111, 155, 158, 170, 172, 184, 186, 198, 216, 231, 232, 236, 243, 267, 275, 285, 299, 317, 319, 342, 364, 368, 375, 385, 422, 514, 605, 624, 630, 633, 641, 644, 649, 655 Overcoming & Rising above: 23, 41, 44, 54, 119, 120, 128, 179, 232, 265, 266, 341, 363, 474, 499, 502, 523, 531, 542, 545, 549, 563, 568, 581, 608, 622, 625, 639 Patience/Waiting on the Lord: 31, 41, 164, 179, 191, 219, 260, 272, 285, 306, 335, 353, 395, 426, 481, 519, 548, 580, 584, 611, 643 Peace: 103, 264, 296, 415, 416, 526, 547, 597 Persecution: 145, 248, 482, 487, 541, 589, 618 Pioneering: 117, 151, 543 Politics: 145, 146 Positiveness vs. Negativity: 106, 107, 116, 130, 144, 153, 164, 166, 179, 188, 189, 201, 297, 298, 310, 329, 332, 333, 356, 438, 474, 492, 517, 542, 545, 580, 581, 582, 583, 599, 612, 630 Praise: 23, 42, 43, 83, 101, 136, 140, 147, 153, 199, 205, 267, 287, Loving Jesus: 48, 61, 97, 147, 194, 211, 225, 233, 262, 267, 270, 276, 287, 299, 306, 321, 430, 496, 515, 565, 570, 611, 624, 632, 647 Materialism: 151, 252, 287, 372, 374, 375, 407, 470, 480, 488, 496, 526, 539, 572, 628 Little Things & People: 103, 136, 144, 149, 176, 190, 192, 194, 208, 216, 230, 263, 396, 441, 469, 493, 497, 499, 502, 513, 522, 594, 595, 599, 605, 608, 622 Looking Unto Jesus: 10, 41, 44, 59, 60, 61, 66, 104, 122, 123, 128, 147, 148, 150, 153, 170, 189, 205, 227, 247, 251, 266, 286, 306, 332, 350, 351, 359, 420, 440, 442, 510, 526, 527, 549, 552, 592, 602, 622, 628, 647, 655 Love: 1, 4, 7, 16, 31, 34, 56, 58, 65, 66, 71, 84, 91, 94, 101, 106, 108, 112, 116, 117, 127, 130, 131, 142, 150, 153, 156, 157, 158, 164, 172, 176, 177, 179, 193, 194, 197, 198, 201, 211, 225, 247, 248, 257, 260, 261, 264, 265, 267, 275, 288, 295, 304, 310, 312, 315, 329, 331, 343, 356, 366, 373, 384, 420, 430, 446, 449, 451, 452, 465, 466, 476, 478, 494, 498, 499, 503, 511, 518, 524, 528, 545, 547, 566, 576, 580, 593, 595, 604, 629, 632, 639

Heaven: 125, 131, 166, 178, 308, 314, 356, 359, 381, 430, 441, 499, 532, 550, 574, 636 Heavenly Thought Power: 96, 114, 134, 151, 205, 286, 299, 304, 310, 321, 356, 442, 474, 496, 510, 512, 535, 565, 587, 612, 618 History: 146, 411, 445, 498, 499, 521, 522, 636, 641 Holy Spirit: 16, 19, 50, 140, 157, 158, 159, 173, 176, 178, 179, 206, 224, 273, 293, 301, 304, 308, 321, 322, 323, 324, 334, 348, 356, 410, 430, 437, 451, 463, 484, 492, 501, 587, 612 Humility/Pride: 1, 3, 4, 6, 14, 15, 18, 31, 33, 44, 58, 77, 86, 87, 88, 94, 98, 103, 108, 118, 121, 136, 145, 147, 152, 197, 202, 203, 205, 207, 211, 212, 252, 255, 258, 275, 280, 283, 284, 285, 293, 297, 307, 308, 328, 339, 343, 357, 358, 366, 377, 396, 402, 432, 437, 445, 447, 448, 462, 465, 473, 480, 484, 533, 538, 546, 548, 559, 560, 566, 579, 591, 610, 613, 617, 621, 623, 625, 630, 640, 648, 651 Independence: 94, 109, 115, 283, 440, 492, 559, 577 Jesus: 76, 144, 197, 226, 227, 245, 246, 264, 319, 322, 332, 357, 359, 398, 446, 579, 600, 644 Keys of the Kingdom: 30, 44, 74, 116, 117, 163, 286, 287, 294, 325, 329, 337, 344, 356, 363, 385, 387, 460, 463, 492, 505, 568, 595, 597 Knowledge/ Wisdom: 58, 90, 91, 103, 108, 147, 154, 173, 179, 181, 196, 199, 290, 303, 305, 310, 320, 328, 336, 343, 345, 365, 438, 484, 507, 534, 543, 546, 567, 570, 571, 576, 610, 621, 625, 632, 633 Law of Love: 4, 84, 499, 593, 605 Leadership/Shepherding: 18, 19, 65, 66, 76, 77, 112, 116, 136, 149, 164, 172, 198, 214, 217, 238, 280, 284, 313, 366, 368, 403, 467, 518, 527, 535, 538, 570, 580, 631 Learning & Teaching: 171, 172, 173, 178, 190, 212, 230, 237, 244, 247, 251, 260, 265, 285, 290, 327, 343, 359, 363, 371, 394, 406, 434, 465, 499, 534, 538, 548, 459, 599, 601, 614, 622, 624, 625, 636, 639,

293, 310, 321, 337, 363, 372, 393, 414, 458, 465, 492, 499, 580, 581, 583, 586, 642 Prayer: 26, 27, 34, 41, 58, 67, 69, 114, 139, 175, 206, 210, 224, 266, 274, 287, 288, 292, 294, 304, 337, 348, 372, 376, 385, 386, 394, 450, 464, 465, 544, 553, 565, 566, 573, 583, 584, 608, 613, 615, 643, 655 179, 311, 492, 620, 185, 313, 495, 621, 186, 325, 507, 623, 192, 336, 519, 635,

189, 268, 359, 393, 414, 442, 480, 492, 496, 497, 498, 505, 509, 539, 545, 548, 581, 583, 595, 597, 622, 624, 642 Time/Eternity: 8, 86, 138, 170, 263, 299, 306, 355, 398, 422, 537, 576, 580, 595, 598, 625, 636 Trials & Tests: 4, 5, 8, 24, 26, 41, 45, 47, 54, 55, 57, 60, 68, 75, 79, 80, 85, 93, 94, 110, 111, 113, 119, 120, 129, 133, 137, 138, 147, 156, 163, 165, 178, 199, 208, 214, 221, 224, 226, 249, 266, 279, 290, 291, 292, 295, 298, 307, 310, 313, 317, 320, 321, 329, 322, 340, 341, 342, 359, 363, 366, 367, 380, 383, 393, 418, 441, 455, 497, 506, 523, 545, 546, 548, 572, 575, 578, 581, 585, 586, 587, 597, 600, 604, 618, 622, 624, 635, 636, 637, 640, 641 Truth/Honesty: 1, 4, 5, 19, 22, 41, 50, 72, 76, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, 98, 102, 112, 117, 120, 121, 126, 131, 132, 143, 146, 154, 177, 178, 223, 240, 263, 305, 332, 355, 357, 359, 361, 362, 363, 377, 384, 392, 413, 428, 430, 432, 446, 448, 452, 467, 514, 517, 533, 535, 536, 538, 539, 542, 571, 573, 577, 578, 587, 589, 596, 606, 610, 625, 627, 630 Unity/Teamwork: 53, 56, 62, 65, 69, 78, 112, 115, 119, 122, 134, 135, 144, 158, 176, 193,195, 208, 250, 251, 275, 295, 297, 304, 315, 339, 384, 385, 430, 465, 468, 499, 506, 518, 519, 520, 568, 577, 584, 613 Use It: 414, 420, 432 Vision: 2, 17, 32, 72, 87, 90, 112, 114, 151, 165, 170, 181, 192, 200, 308, 309, 345, 380, 437, 460, 464, 485, 493, 496, 498, 516, 543, 580, 592, 599, 610, 625, 627, 636, 645, 656 War of the Spirit: 4, 9, 10, 13, 27, 29, 30, 36, 37, 56, 59, 65, 69, 81, 98, 109, 110, 111, 112, 117, 118, 120, 123, 133, 140, 149, 150, 158, 172, 180, 184, 191, 192, 196, 218, 224, 225, 279, 281, 285, 286, 287, 296, 308, 321, 367, 372, 375, 412, 428, 447, 450, 453, 454, 455, 474, 485, 542, 568, 573, 581, 587, 588, 591, 592, 597, 606, 635, 638 Witnessing: 20, 22, 28, 37, 40, 64, 72, 77, 79, 81, 82, 100, 118, 119, 126, 135, 136, 141, 142, 151, 152, 155, 158, 160, 205, 207, 210, 215, 241, 243, 244, 245, 250, 255, 268, 271, 288, 289, 305, 324, 327, 357, 358, 361, 362, 369, 380, 389, 410, 417, 452, 474, 475, 482, 485, 487, 491, 524, 527, 529, 554, 555, 565, 566, 569, 576, 580, 605, 618, 630, 647, 651 111, 171, 274, 391, 542, 117, 182, 275, 407, 544,

Progress/Maturation: 11, 23, 24, 30, 32, 41, 44, 60, 69, 113, 114, 119, 129, 191, 205, 213, 217, 219, 224, 231, 235, 262, 295, 308, 317, 320, 327, 345, 356, 377, 385, 399, 460, 464, 469, 473, 474, 485, 492, 499, 511, 525, 532, 535, 548, 549, 551, 561, 568, 578, 588, 609, 614, 627, 630, 655 Protection: 137, 180, 270, 274, 549, 597, 628 Relationship/People: 34, 53, 102, 106, 111, 120, 131, 134, 145, 150, 156, 176, 184, 194, 212, 214, 223, 240, 246, 295, 297, 298, 308, 310, 314, 316, 328, 329, 339, 356, 366, 377, 399, 403, 430, 352, 465, 468, 484, 499, 506, 511, 513, 517, 518, 531, 536, 538, 561, 580, 593, 595, 602, 611, 631, 651, 656 Revelation: 90, 112, 181, 494, 534, 623 Sacrifice/Forsaking All: 32, 81, 161, 214, 221, 446, 470, 497, 509, 514, 561 Salvation: 38, 57, 76, 91, 92, 178, 264, 289, 310, 312, 318, 337, 378, 398, 446, 452, 460, 475, 476, 481, 482, 489, 537, 541, 542, 548, 563, 573, 575, 612, 625, 647 Sample: 81, 99, 126, 138, 142, 197, 201, 207, 246, 271, 275, 299, 315, 316, 322, 330, 356, 357, 366, 374, 375, 402, 413, 456, 462, 479, 518, 526, 529, 535, 536, 555, 575, 579, 605, 617, 646, 647, 649 Selfishness/Unselfishness: 74, 95, 98, 149, 151, 176, 208, 210, 278, 294, 295, 305, 360, 407, 416, 421, 461, 492, 508, 526, 578, 580, 591, 605, 639, 654 Self-righteousness: 6, 86, 87, 88, 138, 193, 199, 202, 252, 283, 204, 329, 332, 333, 359, 413, 482, 506, 514, 534, 541, 580, 596, 617, 619, 626 Sin: 4, 6, 30, 34, 56, 59, 125, 156, 170, 171, 178, 181, 268, 284, 305, 359, 360, 371, 403, 417, 440, 526, 537, 564, 572, 591, 600, 617, 653 Society: 421, 440, 445, 446, 456, 484, 488, 514, 517, 521, 536, 594, 597, 610, 617 Speech: 34, 35, 57, 218, 355, 356, 365, 579, 580, 595, 615 Spirit Helpers/Hinderers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 109, 155, 225, 287, 302, 304, 308, 356, 405, 492, 588, 648 Spirit World: 131, 145, 155, 165, 173, 192, 282, 288, 301, 302, 327, 380, 405, 492, 493, 606 Supply: 2, 39, 59, 62, 70, 139, 162, 206, 244, 253, 289, 290, 291, 305, 340, 369, 370, 372, 375, 387, 395, 433, 462, 471, 501, 524, 543, 553, 556, 565, 572, 598, 618, 628 System/Worldliness: 13, 25, 33, 35, 80, 118, 127, 142, 154, 178, 215, 236, 237, 252, 256, 291, 301, 306, 312, 334, 335, 340, 352, 365, 369, 370, 372, 374, 375, 387, 389, 396, 401, 415, 417, 428, 431, 438, 440, 446, 456, 457, 459, 461, 462, 484, 487, 488, 514, 525, 537, 539, 540, 550, 561, 579, 591, 592, 605, 610 161, 351, 425, 497,

Word, The: 8, 9, 19, 20, 25, 38, 48, 50, 51, 58, 90, 96, 154, 177, 190, 191, 195, 223, 236, 285, 286, 287, 305, 321, 322, 332, 348, 382, 384, 387, 392, 419, 432, 439, 463, 503, 517, 523, 568, 587, 592, 597, 630, 646 Yieldedness, Submission: 15, 48, 59, 69, 105, 111, 114, 115, 132, 162, 202, 205, 251, 281, 286, 296, 297, 307, 317, 318, 322, 323, 324, 363, 368, 390, 422, 423, 492, 501, 526, 546, 548, 559, 577, 578, 605, 607, 627, 633, 634, 649 Disclaimer The prophecy excerpts contained in this file represent solely personal instructions geared to the receptor and author of these pages and his unique situation at the time given, and are merely shared for the benefit of the edification of any who might find themselves in similar situations or not. It is strongly recommended that the reader find their own personal instruction from God matching their individual situation, as there are never two situations exactly the same. These messages are by no means intended to give general guidelines of any sort, with the sole exception of statements clearly following set biblical truths. They're not to indicate a new "trend" or direction for any other individual(s), but may nonetheless serve as eye-openers to possibilities of ways in which God has moved in my life, which may previously not have occurred to or been perceived by the reader, but never with the intention that the same principles should be applied unconditionally to their own situation, unless clearly confirmed by the written Word of God.

Temptation: 4, 125, 126, 133, 137, 154, 174, 177, 190, 236, 239, 258, 268, 269, 284, 359, 360, 367, 368, 459, 502, 514, 521, 526, 540, 548, 549, 566 Thankfulness/Appreciation: 43, 86, 101, 103, 125, 126, 136, 137,

1 ___________________________________________________ You see your faith crystallizing into something solid, not anymore something vague, scarcely real, but a firm ingredient of your life, something to rely on, count on and lean on. Youve also had to realize that your faith is something thats alive and fragile, something you dare not neglect. Its something you have to keep feeding, keep nurturing and tending, otherwise it might fade away and you find yourself weakened and anything but prepared for the battles of life ahead. Prove to the rest of the world that faith is something more valuable, a more powerful weapon and a greater safeguard and insurance than the things they rely on, like money, or the work of their own hands. Its still relatively few who choose that path of faith over the more familiar road of self-reliance & the arm of the flesh, that the vast majority trots... Let them feel that total forgiveness is available, and that you believe in a forgiving God, a forgiving and loving heavenly Father, Who doesnt hold grudges, but would receive them all with arms wide open. Folks who convey that kind of a faith are the kind of saints this world needs, the kind of spiritual men and women that the people in this world yearn for and that there simply arent enough of. While there are plenty who have watered down their beliefs to the extent where they have hardly any real spiritual substance left to share with and offer to others, those who stick to their guns are often too dogmatic in order to benefit those who dont share their same beliefs, and that is something you must not do, for your task is to allow others to benefit from your faith, to show that its something they can have, too, and that its something to obtain so easily that any little child could, if they but ask for it and accept it. 2 ___________________________________________________ All of My true apostles have heard My voice inside their hearts, thats why it was My love that constrained them, not just some knowledge of duty they had in their heads... Its got to be love that motivates you, its got to be the heart. When you pray, pray from the heart. When you speak, speak from the heart. When you sing, sing from the heart. Faith from the heart, thats the flame youve got to tend, the power youve got to feed from and act from: thats gotta be your motor, the hearth on which is to be done whatever youre cooking up... where its got to be happening! Thats where youve got to find your answers, your motivations, your direction, your driving force that spurs you on. that knowledge deep inside the heart, that I wont let My children down, like a treasure and an anchor that holds them in their trust in Me. 3 ___________________________________________________ It's important that you keep your spiritual house clean. Of course, the Enemy will try to fight that, and if you're not really on the ball, he'll manage to get some pollutant agents in that will affect the structure of your life, your fruitfulness, your walk with Me, your faith, relationship with others, etc. Some spiritual house-cleaning is definitely due, periodically. Spiritual contamination and pollution is something that happens in life the same way anything else gets dirty & needs a wash or clean-up regularly: your body, your laundry, your house, your car, and it's really nothing to be ashamed of. You are in a filthy world, spiritually, and it's just natural to become contaminated by your contact with it, just by living in it. Especially when there's disobedience of any kind, then the demons have a legal right to pester you, and you know that there has been disobedience in your lives off and on, because otherwise it's like saying you're all perfect, sinless saints. You don't have to make a big deal out of it. Just ask for prayer. It's something you should be doing for and with each other on a

regular basis, a lot like taking a bath, cleaning your house or your car. It's something you would look forward to, like the prospect of driving around in a shiny, clean car, or having sparkling clean windows again, etc. Of course, everyone should make an effort to stay on guard and not grant those spirits renewed entrance, which also includes asking for prayer whenever you suspect the culprits' dirty work in action again in your lives. It will draw you closer together, will meld you together more strongly, and will help you all to know that you've got nothing to hide from each other, but that you can trust each other, even with your problems, and that you can help each other and are there for each other. If you deal with evil spirits on a more regular basis, instead of shunning and avoiding confrontation with them, you will also grow in experience in dealing with them, in discernment and also authority over them. You will eventually be able to recognize their handwriting sooner, will be able to deal with it more quickly and thus get rid of the problem more easily and efficiently. You'll become more skilled at keeping your spiritual house clean of any pestering annoyances Fear of deliverance comes from the culprits themselves, because naturally, they're scared stiff of losing their cozy homes... So, that might be the first enemy to overcome, that fear of exposure. It's comparable to some people's fear of being seen naked. But when you're humble enough to know that there's nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of, nothing wrong with being naked... everybody needs a bath sometimes, then it'll become more natural to you. It'll free you from spiritual inhibitions, just as regular contact with other "nudists" or on a sexual basis will eventually free you from natural inhibitions on that level. It's basically a matter of being used to it, and it's something you should get used to & make a habit of. It should be as natural as asking for prayer for physical healing. Denying spiritual sickness is just as silly as denying physical ails and refusing help and medication. I didn't just die for the healing of your bodies, but also for the healing of your spirits, and, as you ought to have found out by now, while Salvation is a onetime thing, its manifestations - such as healing, both, physical and spiritual, have to be applied repeatedly and regularly, even if for no other purpose than to simply keep you humble. Just because you're saved doesn't mean you never get sick again, right? You have eternal life, but you're not immediately a sinless saint. You have to apply smaller doses of the general gift of Salvation on a regular basis & try out its many uses. Again, a lot like electricity: it doesn't only hook you up to the gigantic network of users, it doesn't just light your house in one big flash, but you have to turn on the lights and appliances individually in the rooms and places where you need them and when you need them. You plug in and turn on the vacuum cleaner when the floor gets dirty, your washing machine when your laundry's dirty, or the hot water when you need a bath or shower... Salvation and the workings of the Spirit World are so much like what you experience in the physical; that's why there's no reason to be scared of it. 4 ___________________________________________________ The Devil is a good advocate when it comes to rooting for his own cause and advertising his own righteousness, which he figures is so superior to Mine... And he anoints his people with his mantle of apparent righteousness and justice, his shining examples of what he would call "good," and his idea of righteousness and perfection... There's no relying on My grace there, although perhaps a distant and uninvolved acknowledgment of My existence, fully aware that if God is just, surely He would not let such goodness go unnoticed... But that's rather the extension of their own egos & their would-be image of God, than any real hunger or sincere desire to get to know the real Me. They don't even give Me a chance to reveal My will to them, to let them know whether I agree with them and their concept or not, they just assume that their idea is the right one, because it corresponds to the

consensus of the masses as portrayed through the media. In reality, what they worship is their own sense of righteousness and their own arm of the flesh, My greatest rival and the greatest idols of this time, along with the so easily visible fruit they bear: money. It all sounds so nice, it's so nicely wrapped up in a veneer of apparent righteousness & goodness, but when it all comes down to it, what's really behind it is love for money, and nothing really, nothing else. I'm having you pass through this lesson to show you one of the disguises & tricks & cloaks of the Enemy, the Devil's righteousness. I want you to never be deceived by it, because many have been! I want you to look deeper and see what's beneath it. I want you to look through the hypocrisy and the lie when they make it sound oh-so-good, when all that really motivates them is simple and crude love for money. And they cannot understand, cannot believe, cannot even begin to fathom that what drives you should be anything different than their own greed and lust for things. This greed, this worship of mammon, is the rage, the rush, the addiction of the masses... they're all junkies of things, no matter what pretty names and noble cloaks they want to give it on the outside. Your refusal to play their game angers them & drives them into a frenzy and a rage, because they cannot even begin to comprehend it. They figure you're just another liar, like they are. That's why it's so important that you stick to the truth in all things. You cannot give place to the Devil, you cannot give any place to sin or dishonesty in your life, for the Devil will use it. Realize how important it is for you to make sure you're not falling into the same trap of materialism and the comfort & ease the System has to offer. That greed and compulsion for consumption may be so accepted by the System that they're not even recognizing it as a weakness, but even make it look like a virtue (the virtue of capitalism, for by spending you keep up the flow of currency, you keep the machine rolling), but I'm giving you a glimpse of what it really looks like to Me. It's like a bunch of kids totally obsessed with their toys and never even giving a glimpse of acknowledgment to their Father. The "kind uncle" has shown them a way to get all their toys, and they all dance to his tune instead now. When he calls, they jump, and they'll even believe him when he tells them that their Father is their Enemy, and that those who stay true to the Father are traitors and must be wiped out. 5 ___________________________________________________ It's hard to bear the injustice, the rebellion, the disobedience, the defiance... it makes you want to close up and withdraw your love, your affection, yourself altogether. But that's where you've got to be strong and endure the tension, endure hardness as a good soldier, endure the contradiction of sinners against you as I did... (Heb.12:3). Even from your children, as I have to endure from My children. Even from your bride, as I have to endure from Mine... Never giving up hope, that the power of Salvation is going to bring to an end the good work that I have begun in each of you. Always forgiving and receiving and accepting, in spite of any and all sin, failure and shortcoming... It doesn't say that I endured the contradiction of sinners without ever piping up & saying what I had to say about it. You can still give'em the truth, and you ought to. But what they do with it from then on is up to them. Being good is something that's gotta come voluntarily, from the heart, otherwise the whole thing is only going to do more damage in the long run. Experience is the best teacher. 6 ___________________________________________________ If you will leave people their choices, usually they won't choose what's good for them. They usually won't choose the fight against evil, they'll choose the easy way out. They usually won't choose to resist the temptation, but to succumb to it. If even the

2 most perfect folks ever made weren't strong enough to make an exception, then you can't expect more from the average except if they have decided to learn from their mistakes and the mistakes of others. To expect from kids that they'll choose the better way from scratch just isn't realistic. It doesn't make sense to be shaking your head at their failures, saying, "they ought to know better." You either narrow their choices in order to reduce the potential harm they can do to themselves, or you realistically expect (from 6000 years of experience from history) that they're going to make the wrong choices like everybody else. And while they make their experiences that teach them to do better next time, you still let them know that you love and accept them anyway, that you pray for them and that you'll be there for them, should they ever need you. That's the kind of unconditional love I'm offering people, and if you want to be My follower, that's what I would expect you to try to do as well. It's hard to stand by and watch how they're screwing up, how they're making the wrong choices, seem to develop likings for the wrong kind of things, open themselves up to the wrong spirits. But, hey, I've had to do it with you, and I think it's only fair if you follow in My footsteps and get a little bit of that experience yourself. That's part of the meaning of life and of maturing: to experience how God feels. And then to learn how to love and forgive the way God does. You let some of your abilities go and trade them for more lasting - more useful ones in the long run, such as the ability to love and forgive, instead of your former "ability" to be judgmental and criticize. Good deal, isn't it? Now the trick is to apply it in the course of action: when you see that rebellious spirit, or you hear them fuss and fight. It's alright to let them know that you think they're doing the wrong thing. But you cannot just drop them like a hot potato & forget all about them & write them off in your heart & mind permanently: "That's it. They put themselves on the devil's side. I give up on them!" Those experiences, those choices to go the wrong direction temporarily will bring them back to My arms eventually, just as your strayings did for you. You must let them go and give them the freedom to make their own choices and experiences, but you must never stop loving them. You must let go of them in your mind, of your ideas and expectations of what they should do and become in order not to disappoint you. But you must not let go of them in your heart when it comes to loving them and always accepting them and letting them know you're there for them... even if you feel rejected by them. What should I say? Most of My children are mad at Me, too, for some reason, because they think I'm not there, that I don't care, that I always reward all the bad guys and the undeserving with the things My children want, but that I never give them... And it's true; I purposely don't often let them find all they're looking for and total fulfillment in this life, because they are Mine, and I want them to know there is something greater to come. For the time being, most of them still set all their hopes on this world, but because they are Mine and because My Holy Spirit continues to speak to their hearts and to work in their lives, they're going to learn eventually that there is a deeper meaning to all of this in the World Beyond... Assure them in that hope, strengthen and encourage that tiny ember of faith... The joy you experience when they discover that that tiny ember was in reality their greatest treasure, a treasure exceeding all earthly possessions and achievements in value by far, is worth it. 7 ___________________________________________________ You need to recognize the problem; not just the effect it's having on you, but somehow get down to the root of it. n It's all about dealing with and confronting your weaknesses, and

those of people who are close to you and concern you, instead of avoiding the whole subject. Dealing with evil is a part of life, and necessary, just like doing the laundry, etc. You can't just ignore the laundry until it stinks and you run out of clean clothes... 8 ___________________________________________________ Serving Me happens to be one thing you cannot manage to do successfully in your own interest! It's got to happen because your desire is to make someone else happy, starting with Me. You have to learn to seek My satisfaction, My happiness, and My joy, and that of others. Before you tell others about the great commandment of loving Me, you're having to learn some of the fundamentals of that law yourself. You're going to have to change your attitude and position of heart. It's never too late for love, to start to truly love, to learn all over how to truly love, to take on a new approach of love... It's never too late for Me to make you over, renew you and give you a new heart, a new outlook, a new life! If you really seek the truth, you're going to find it, even if it sometimes may take longer than you would have expected. The way you see and approach things can change everything drastically! Your life can take on a whole new meaning and outlook, your days can become much brighter, if you learn to seek not only what I can do for you, but what you can do for Me, and make that your primary incentive! May you discover the joy of what it means to really be able to say with your whole heart, "All I want to do is serve Him!" 9 ___________________________________________________ (Watchman:) Be happy that the Lord isn't making it all that easy on you, because it's a lot better for your character, your personality, your soul, your spiritual maturity, and all you're ever going to be, to endure hardship! Sometimes the Lord gives us something to have us find out whether we'll handle it worthily and make the best out of it, or whether we'll take it as an opportunity to feed our own egos, our own self-righteousness & pride. A lot depends on our attitude in receiving His blessings. If you use them as some sort of badge of honour to make you think you're better than anyone else, then watch out! The most dangerous enemies of all, our pride and besetting sins come so close to us, that we easily fail to see them and recognize their danger.

some of which will sound good and reasonable, but will only be second best & will divert you from the task of living for others. You'll need to check, "Lord, is this really the best thing to do now? Would this be truly something I'd do for others, or just for myself?" Direct your energies outward! 12 __________________________________________________ Seek the opportunities to do something good, to be a blessing to someone else with your whole heart, the same way you would seek Me, My face and My counsel, the way a blind man would desire sight! It's an effort you've got to make, a whole-hearted effort. You cannot just be passive or lukewarm about it. You ought to be desperate about making sure you did just what it took each day to make a difference in someone's life, to draw them closer to Me. That's what I'd call concern, dedication and (com-)passion! You know there's got to be some purpose why you're here today, there's got to be some good you can do today, and an important part of My plan that you can fulfill, so you're determined to find it. The world isn't going to come knocking on your door to ask for the Gospel! That's the mistake the churches are making! All they ever do is wait for folks to come, but you've got to seek, urge, beckon and charge them to come in! You've got to woo them! You've got to court them, like a passionate man. Where has all the passion gone? 13 __________________________________________________ Everything is sanctified that falls under the jurisdiction of the law of love. What others would consider sin, I have sanctified. To them, it remains unclean. Because the Family is unique in their application of the law of love, they become My inner, "sacred circle," which puts a certain immunity over issues which outside that sacred circle would be considered unclean. While at the same time, that circle is flexible and open to anyone who would enter, so few have the faith or courage to enter, and to those outside, the things that I have sanctified within that circle, remain unclean. There is a way to live apart from the System, and My Family is proving it.

14 __________________________________________________ To love them even when they reject you, even when they have strayed from you and turned their backs on you, that is the art of loving unconditionally, like a true father, whose continuously conveyed message to his children is: "I will always love you." To love, even though they falsely accuse you and attack you, persecute and seek to wipe you out; that is the art of loving like a savior, who even prays for his enemies on the very cross upon which they nailed him. Do you want to have that much love? 10 __________________________________________________ The way to get there is only over the defeat of pride, the way With a giving attitude, you'll never return empty-handed. down to the rock bottom of your soul, where you'll stand before Me naked and humble, but in truth - no pretenses, not trying to I want you to love the people you're going to come across with a be something, just accepting what you are: dust upon which I special love from Me. have blown, and trusting that if I will blow on you yet once again, Love them for Me. Love them with a love that's from Me! Pass on you will rise above it all. the goodness that has been bestowed on you, share some of that I will breathe upon you the breath of life, the breath that first good feeling, that joy, that peace & trust & warm aura of faith. Be caused Adam to awaken, and brought forth life from non-living My messenger boy for them & let them know and see and feel My matter; and so it will raise you from death to life - from a life, love for them! Just pass it on! Pass on the good things I'm giving once so death-like, to a life truly lived in My love, My exuberant you, freely give what you so freely have received! joy, My victory, My Spirit. I need faithful warriors who encourage My people and tell them, "It pays to go on! It's worth it to continue fighting." 11 __________________________________________________ You never lose by giving. I will always fill you up again. The Enemy will attempt to distract you from your goal and vision by planting ideas and desires in your mind of things you'll want, You can break the vicious cycle of rejection. Your attitude can be, "I will accept and receive you, even if you reject me. I will always love you anyway!" That's the kind of love the world needs. Forgiving, unconditional love! Not just the usual, "I'll do something for you if you do something for me," but "I'll do anything for you, no matter what you'll do to me!" That's the kind of love that drives the devil insane, because it's the exact opposite, and the nemesis of his game. It's crazy love,

alright; crazy in the eyes of an unbelieving, rational world, but it's also the only thing really worth living for. When you can love in spite of all, then you've got a treasure that no one can take away from you. Then you are truly rich beyond measure, rich in glory that not even death can take away from you. Seek to love above all else! It takes time to love, but it's never time wasted. Take time to listen, take time to talk. Take time to hear them out to feel them out. Show interest. Listen to their heart: "What is it they're really saying?" You can love even those who would betray you, love those who hate you, hear those out you can't relate to, deal with those who are on a totally different wavelength than you. Who knows if I won't do the miracle of turning their life around? Maybe your touch of love will be the magic spark needed... Maybe all they ever needed was a little bit of real, genuine and everlasting love... Choose to overcome: No longer will you be ruled by fears and anxieties or circumstances, but you will rule them. You can take the upper hand, take charge, take command. 15 __________________________________________________ I often like to bring you treasures from an unexpected, outside source, so that you don't become too introverted, but stay open and enlarge your circle. There's always room for improvement, no matter how right on you or your movement may be. There's always counsel and help you can receive from others, that you should not be too proud or stuck-on-yourself to accept. There's always more to learn, even from people you would have not expected that they might have anything to offer you. It pays to go through life attentively, with both eyes and ears open, and not get too stuck in your dogmas. My purpose is to set people free, not to stick them in boxes or tie them down to dogmas. In their efforts to figure Me out, or stick the truth in boxes with clear-cut confines and jurisdictions, many have missed some essential parts of it. So, it always pays to stay open & not shut yourself up, nor be scared of other "strange truths." Sometimes, the fear of being led astray can lead to not finding anything, not even the truth I would want to show you in addition to what you've already found. 16 __________________________________________________ It would be so easy, if there were tons of predictions being made, all of which would be coming to pass. It would be so easy to feel high and mighty and truly anointed then, and like "we're really it," wouldn't it? There was a time for Moses to be ready for the Exodus, but there was also a time when he wasn't ready yet. There's a time of definite, visible anointing, and there's a time of preparation, of finding out where it's not at, how not to do it, which mistakes not to make. You're still in the preparation phase. Moses did lead the children out of Egypt successfully, eventually. Although it did take them a lot longer to get to the Promised Land than most of them were prepared for. Are you prepared for the long haul? Certainly some of the children of Israel felt just as cheated back then as you sometimes tend to feel. This was not the bargain they had settled for: the Promised Land, yes, but not 40 years of wandering through the wilderness. Yet it was those 40 years in the wilderness that made My people truly My people. And it's not as if they would have been perfect after those 40 years, either, but at least they were ready to conquer the Promised Land! They still had to cope with a lot of imperfections, and those imperfections seem to have gotten worse all the time. There is always only a very small minority of those who really get the point, who really let Me talk to them. The majority will always follow their own impulses. They can't figure out how a real and right and just God could use such a crazy outfit and such

unconventional methods. Their desire for perfection doesn't jibe with My means of using the imperfect. Can you cope with your imperfections? I can. It's certainly more pleasant than the pseudo perfection of the self-righteous, the elite, the Devil's people! I don't care too much for human perfection. It's pretty puny to Me. In fact, it's that human appearance of perfection and righteousness, that to Me, is like filthy, menstruous rags, because I know there is no such thing. There's always blood and filth behind all that facade of righteousness and "we've made it." The price for those at the top to get there was always paid by the blood, sweat & tears of others, who were stepped on, trampled on and exploited. So, it's better to be on the humble side & cast in your lot with the "losers." The losers turn winners again, remember that, and how do you become more than conquerors? By being willing to be good losers, to look like the losers temporarily. Try not to give in to your desire to be in the winners' crowd. You wouldn't enjoy yourself around them. It's better to learn with those who learn from their falls. There's hope. There's always a few who will make it, and who will make history. Joshua saved the day, that's why I chose to wear his name! Out of that bunch, he was the one who made the whole apparent disaster worth it and turned the seeming fracaso into a successful mission, after all. That's more or less how it's going to be in the End, too. You're all finally going to wind up in the Promised Land, thanks to those few Joshuas I will choose from among you, who will lead you there. Don't look at the murmurers and complainers, belly-achers & choosers of the wrong track. Look at Me, and My purpose behind it: to pick out from among them those who will stay faithful in spite of it all, and who will yet stick out from the rest of them all by refusing to yield to the same temptations. The temptations will be there, but they won't yield to them. They won't be perfect, either, but they're just going to have what it takes to lead My people Home... There's going to have to be a lot of cleaning up to be done, a lot of hard work. It's not going to be all glory and no work... There is a lot of hard and dirty work involved in getting it all going the way it should... It's not always nice & clean & perfect from scratch. That's just not the way it works. Just allow some room for disasters, for head-shaking events, stupidities and atrocities to learn from, to laugh at... It's all part of the big picture. It's not all tragedy & drama. There's also some comedy. There's even a place for cases you might not be able to figure out what sort of purpose there might be for a walking chaos like them... There's a purpose for everything and everybody. Often you can do no other but stand back and let Me do, let Me show and let it be. The true seers will always see the true event that will pass nearly unnoticed and quietly after the non-happening of the loudly advertised flop... The true learners will always - in the end - learn the lessons that were there to learn out of all of this, and they will be there to teach the world what really happened... The true wisdom will always be there, available in the whispers, when all the loud rah-rahs of the world will have quieted down, and even before that, usually only far apart from them. Just keep following My whispers, My still, small voice that you can hear in the wilderness, leading you - slowly, step by step, lesson by lesson - on Home. 17 __________________________________________________ I'm trying to teach you to operate in My power, to take on My strength, My anointing, My mantle, in all you do, which also includes My mind, My view & way of seeing things, My heavenly thought power... to avail yourself more of My power through prayer by praying without ceasing, to walk and live and be in Me

as I want to be in You. I want to teach you to love Me, so that you can avail yourself of My love power in order to love others and thus fulfill the great law of love and all things attached to it. Many believe themselves to be more mature than they are, immune to weaknesses that they are not immune to, and perhaps taking certain things for granted that they don't even really have yet themselves, like certain unselfish qualities. They detect faults in others while there are plenty of things in themselves that they don't spot so easily, that aren't exactly the way they should be, either... You're discovering that there are quite a few NWOs that you weren't even aware of, that it can happen that you do the right thing for the wrong reason, and thus it doesn't really contribute to establishing a better kingdom, after all. One of the main problems is that people are not really all that interested in finding out what they're doing wrong. So, I've just got to work with what I've got, and keep showing them ways to do things better. The majority of people are not interested in stopping what works for them in order to deal with wrong attitudes they may be having. It takes a certain level of maturity and a willingness to scrutinize yourself, to face the ugliest part about yourself and then embrace that leper, forgive and love him anyway, and let Me heal him. It takes that certain experience of brokenness for one to be willing to get there. Everybody's got their own time for these things. Some of the things you discover may be applicable to a number of others as well, and you can lead a horse to that water, but then it's still going to be up to them whether they're going to drink. If they want to learn, they're going to learn it, too. You just can't force anyone to. "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." If you're really onto something and finding a better way, others are going to notice eventually, and it's going to come out of you in the way and at the time that it should. You don't have to force it. What matters most of all, is your personal sample. If what you found works for you, people are going to notice it sooner or later, they can't help but notice. Just let it sink in properly with you and let it show, what the truth can do. Let it go to work for you, and others will want to try it, too! 18 __________________________________________________ Although the fundament may be quite old - the whole thing grows, slowly, like a gigantic puzzle, bit by bit (information by information), revealing My Big Picture, in which you're participants. You're not only the students, but the teachers of future generations, just like the other Bible patriarchs have been learners in their times, but have long since become teachers of untold millions. The whole thing grows, that's the plan. While that snowball still looks the same old white, as you roll it through the snow, and it's still made out of the same basic stuff, namely snow, it keeps growing and growing, though, and eventually becomes quite a substantial weight to reckon with... It changes. It progresses. It's never exactly the same old thing. There are new varieties and slants to discover all the time, about those good old fundamental truths. It always takes you back to the same simple but monumental truth and foundation. While love is thought of as something simple, it is also God, and thus the quite complex Source of everything. Don't ever think that you have it all figured out. There are as many different aspects and angles about love, as there are to God, and that's an infinite amount. You're never going to quit learning about love. The moment you think you've got it all figured out, a new door will open that will lead you into a whole new dimension you never even assumed existed. Everybody's got their own personal note, their own personal

contribution to make to My Big Picture. Everybody is important. 19 __________________________________________________ I periodically have to allow you to be humbled; usually after times when you feel all "built up" by something, some pat on the back, some encouragement, for which you might have failed to give Me the glory. I'll always be there to catch you again, but I've got to know for sure that I can trust You; that you're going to be faithful to give Me all the glory for anything you accomplish, and reminding you of your failures is a good and practical way to ensure that. It's like "humility insurance." It's not something to dread, although it's natural that you're not so fond of it. But maybe if you can see it as a necessary part of My plan and procedure, some kind of preventative "safety measure" to make sure you won't go astray or cave in to pride, actually something quite natural, maybe it'll help you to feel less fussy about it when it happens... 20 __________________________________________________ There's no way you're going to be able to drill love and kindness into human heads by force or discipline. The only thing that will teach them love is love. Strive to be the best sample of love you can possibly be, for that's the only thing that will come close to the desired result of people learning to have more love for each other. Do the best you can to teach them to be loving by your own sample of never giving up on loving them in the first place, by just totally giving up your life to love... Only since having experienced the process of human maturation have I also become not only the Lord over all creation, but also its Savior. Something broke open, it made more space in the Plan, not just for the Jews, but for all men... The moment of My death was virtually the crux and crucial point on which all history hinges, the great Crossroads of history, from which on God started walking with mankind. It was no longer just a vertical relationship, from the top down to the bottom, but it was now one in which I had stretched out My arms to welcome all mankind, any who would receive Me, as My personal bride, ready to receive all things from Me, whatever Power, Glory and Majesty I had. I was no longer just an Observer of mankind as its Creator, but I had become a Partaker in mankind, I had walked your same road; I had come down to the bottom, to the same ground as you, and even descended into hell after that. I committed My soul into the Father's hand, knowing that My journey was now going to take Me to the depths of Hell, and sometimes that's what you've got to do, too: Just yield your life into My hand, even if you know it might lead you through hell. But you'll also know that if I'm going to be there with you, then no matter how fiery or awful that hell might be you have to go through, you'll always come out victoriously, in a glorious resurrection, without even the smell of smoke. 21 __________________________________________________ "They all seek their own" (Phil.2:21); everybody is primarily concerned about things they consider able to bring them happiness, safety and whatever it is they want. Sometimes years pass before your children show interest in you. Sometimes they never find out what they've been missing out on until they get over to the other side. It's pretty tough to resist the temptation of resigning to that fate of "they're just not interested..." But I know that My children do need Me, even if they may not be aware of it. The art is to arouse their interest. The art is not to withdraw in resignation when you see that they're not interested. The art is remembering, "You may not be interested right now, but one day

you will, or at least you will wish you had been!" The art is in conveying to them, lovingly, "you may not be very interested right now, but there are certainly advantages to showing interest."

others, too. It's going to come out sooner or later, and all the differences between you will be gone Here! There'll be total forgiveness, total acceptance and total love. And if you can see that, even as a slightly faint vision of something that's going to happen in the distance, in the future, at least it will I can influence their lives and their hearts in ways that you can't help you understand that there's something fundamental you by anything you do or say. This is where your prayers come in, have in common with any of your brothers & sisters, no matter and your faith in prayer, as the most powerful weapon at your how different you are at the time being, and it should help you disposal, and your most efficient tool, relying on Me doing what focus more on that common goal than any differences or you can't in order to get their attention and interest. difficulties in getting along. It should help give you an incentive to break the ice and show I brought you into situations throughout your life that helped Me greater acceptance, greater understanding of them and what get your attention. However, the extent to which a person is they're going through, knowing that I will change them in time, as willing to give Me their attention at all is so much up to each I have changed you. one's personal make-up and majesty of choice. Some simply will You've got to find some common ground with them in order to not hear until it's too late and they lament, "If I only had listened help them, in order to save them. when I could..." You must realize, though, that resignation never helps. If you withdraw and remove your own interest in them or any signs of your support of them, if you stop showing them your love or that you're somehow on their side and behind them, it will usually only push them further away from you, make them feel more unloved and rejected, and it's simply not conducive to what you would desire... that they will love you and come back to you. Sometimes you can do no other but let them go their own way, but it's always better if they know that you still love them, no matter what, just as I love you and them, too, no matter what. 24 __________________________________________________ The truth is only going to help you as much as you believe in it, it's only going to be as effective for you as strong as your faith in it is. "Truth resisted loses its power over the mind," and it won't do you any good. The only way the truth is going to do you any good at all is if you receive it and believe it, act on it and obey it.

I chose My Endtime Bride to be anything but perfect to keep all the hypocrites away who are only in it for their part of the reward, who want to partake of the anointing, all the glory that comes with being the chosen one! 22 __________________________________________________ You've got to be ready to take all the shame and blame that "Take heed how you hear." You must discern the voices that comes with being part of this, or you'd better leave while you say which way to go, and you have to play it by ear and really can! You're still, basically, the people everyone's parents have listen where I lead you. always warned them against, but you're also their only hope, the only true alternative to all the lies they've been fed by the Catch a whiff of My heavenly breath again. System, that are responsible for the big mess they're all in, in the first place. It's not worth it to try to make it for a prolonged period of time So, consider what you've got. And consider whether this is really without new input from Me, without waiting on Me so that I can what you want. And then consider whether you're really going to renew your strength (Isa.40:31). go through with this, ready to lay down your life for this, your reputation, your face, your name, your everything. This is not a You're going to have to learn to put up with things going wrong place for anybody concerned about saving face, nor making a sometimes... It all depends so much on how you take it. name for themselves. Praise Me for when things go wrong! When you praise Me for it, it It's a place to show that you give a damn about anything the shows your faith that I'm in control in spite of it all, and that I can System says, and to prove it, by sticking up for a bunch of folks still make the best out of it. that look like anything but the chosen and anointed ones: just a bunch of guys struggling to make it on the path for God, learning The carnal mind is enmity with God (Rom.8:7) because it yields the lessons of God, trying to live for God the best they can. more easily to the Enemy's wavelength. I never said My people were a perfect people, but a peculiar one. I never said that I had chosen the high and mighty, but the foolish and the weak, the nothings of this world, and the nobodies. 23 __________________________________________________ No matter what you are, you've got to be real, and that's what it's The art of seeing Me in others, in everything... is the art of all about. I'm washing away everything that's fake, false, and all believing that in that imperfection, that momentary ugliness of the excess. All that will remain is the real thing, the real you, the the caterpillar or cocoon, there's a higher purpose and a greater real warriors, believers and fighters, do-or-diers, the ones I'm beauty hidden than meets the eye, that shall be revealed with going to be able to count on! time. The lesson could be entitled "Wait & See!" Wait & see what Everything else must go! I'm still going to do, what that ugly duckling is still destined to become! Wait to see the final outcome before you judge or make up your mind about something or someone and before you stick 25 __________________________________________________ them in your mental drawers or label them. It's good advice, to I want to be connected to your heart. wait & see. My Kingdom must be based on more than mere intelligence or It's like the parable about the wheat and the weeds. thought. It's got to be more than brainpower, but love power that moves you into action... emotion! Time is the great tester indeed, and a revealer of beauty that you Put your heart into it! If you try to figure it all out in your head & couldn't see before. analyze it to pieces, it's going to look ugly. From a rational point of view, this life doesn't make a lot of sense; too much In spite of your failings, mistakes, weaknesses and all you imperfection. It's not smooth enough for the mind. It's too rough, lacked, I knew what was in you, and that time was going to bring too many rough edges. it out. You're still not "finished," but you can get a clearer That's why you're only really going to get through life glimpse now, of what I was having in mind. successfully if you put your heart into it. Seeing the hidden potential that I have started bringing out in you over time, should help you to see that same potential in

26 __________________________________________________ You can't expect people to be perfect, nor anywhere near perfect, nor should you hinge your love on them living up to your expectations. You don't manage to fulfill anybody else's unrealistic expectations, either. Stop charging a price that they could never pay! Stop demanding something they could never fulfill or live up to. You're humanly not strong enough to fulfill any such expectations yourself, so how can you make those demands on anybody else? Why not just accept everybody for who they are? If you decide to wholeheartedly listen, you will also find a way to bring Me into the conversation. But you're not always willing to forsake all and follow Me on the spot into the heart of that person. That's not how you're going to convince them that you love them with a love that is ready to lay down your life for them! That's no way they're ever going to believe it, no way to strengthen their faith in your love for them. But you should. Is your love strong and unconditional enough to show them that they're more important to you than whatever you were doing? As long as what you're doing is not immediately involved with the salvation of another human soul, it couldn't possibly be more important than hearing those closest to you out & really listening to what they've got to say. Listen to them with My ears, and you'll also have My words to give back to them as a reply. What could be more important than love, more important than showing love? Earning money? Installing some new software? Burning that CD or answering that email? Folks around you are never going to be completely convinced that you truly love them, unless you learn to dedicate yourself to them wholeheartedly, to listen to them as if they were the only thing that mattered at that moment. That's the way I talked to My disciples, and they knew that what I had to say mattered. They knew that the only more important One to Me than they was the Father, but besides that, nothing else. Certainly not some insignificant little circumstance or physical condition that concerned our immediate comfort, well-being or supply, much less any new, not really necessary gimmick, just another addition to the collection! Don't let your life become just another collection or accumulation of things! Make it a life that matters! Make it a life that made a difference! Make it a life of which others are going to be able to say, "This fellow really lived, because he knew how to give! He gave it all!" Can you imagine people saying anything nicer or more beautiful about you when you're gone? Wouldn't that be something to strive for, a more worthy cause than making sure you've got this book and that movie, or this or that or the other thing you think you still need? That old survival instinct sometimes makes you forget My Words about "He that saveth his life shall lose it, and he that will lose it shall save it..." True, there are others who are doing worse than you, but that's the kind of excuse that isn't going to count, just like those excuses didn't spare anyone from the gallows during the Nuremberg trials! Are you working out your salvation with fear and trembling? Are you really making sure you're making the most out of that gift of Salvation that I've given you, that I've paid for with a high price? See, I was willing and able to pay the price you demand. Look at Me! I'm fulfilling all your expectations! Why waste your time expecting things from folks who could never live up to all that you might expect of them, when you've got Me right here, Who already more than made up for anything they might lack? Why keep staring into the void, when there's total fullness and wholeness over Here? What else could you possibly need or want? How could anyone possibly have the audacity to say, "But I still haven't found what I'm looking for?" What else could they be looking for? What, unless all they're really concerned about is the puny husks of the flesh, the food that was thrown out to feed the pigs, that My prodigal and wayward sons in this world would feed themselves of, when they could have the abundance at the Father's table?

How long are you still going to settle for pig feed? Why not come Home and feast at the Master's table? Just because there are others who are being materialistic, is that sufficient excuse to become a materialist yourself? You never lose by giving! Never, never, never, never! Even if you should be giving to someone with motives less than 100% pure, it would still not be wasted or lost. "You never lose by giving." That's My promise! 27 __________________________________________________ Sometimes people act as if their things were more important than some poor soul. That is an abomination, an atrocity to Me. That, to Me, is the epitome of setting wrong priorities. It's idolatry of the highest degree, and certainly missing the mark of love, and thus, sin. Just because this may seem like a fairly normal thing to do nowadays, I don't want you to get the impression that this is anywhere near tolerable in My eyes. Put souls first, and everything else will fall into place. Put My sheep first, and I will take care of the rest. Feed My sheep, and I promise, I will feed you! The Enemy is sly and tries all kinds of techniques to get you to think that this thing is more important or that thing is more important, but if you stick close to Me, I will always be able to tell and show you what's really most important! And one pretty failsafe criterion by which to go is: if it's alive, if it's got a soul, and if you can talk to it, then it's got priority. Living souls people, humans, and especially My sheep, your brethren or potential future brethren, should always have your priority over some gimmick. Seeking first the Kingdom: What is the Kingdom? What does it consist of? People! First of all, look after My people, and I'm going to look after you! 28 __________________________________________________ There are innumerable factors which determine how much I can give to someone and how much another person might handle. You'll eventually find out that there was perfect justice in the amounts of blessings, talent, etc., that have been distributed, even though at first glance, the distribution may seem a bit unfair to you at times... 29 __________________________________________________ It takes a conscious effort to give all the glory to Me! It takes realizing that there's an automatic, hidden mechanism functioning in yourself that causes any accomplishment to feed that dark, hidden part of your ego, which seeks to be built up and pumped up by that sense of accomplishment, and then refusing to give in to that urge by making sure that you say, "Lord, I want to give You all the glory for this!" 30 __________________________________________________ Adversity is what makes you strong. You want to have power over unclean and evil spirits? It's these fighting experiences that give you the power you seek. For although it is I Who give you the power, I give it to you by way of applying the little power you already have and finding out that it's not quite enough, that you need to come back to Me for more; that you've got to keep on training, fighting, hanging on... 31 __________________________________________________ How do you become an instrument of My peace? By uttering My praises. By showing forth your thankfulness and a grateful attitude, and thus becoming a living showcase of My grace everywhere you go. By never allowing yourself to be overwhelmed by adverse circumstances but insisting to trust that I am in control of them all, refusing to give in to doubt, despair and murmuring!

How else do you manage to bring love where there is hatred, to bring light where there is darkness, joy, where there is sadness? You cannot do this unless you even refuse to look at the hatred, the darkness, the sadness, or their causes, to begin with. You refuse to see the adverse circumstance as such, but only as an occasion to put My power to the test. You rejoice in the adversity, because it has brought you a new challenge to prove to the universe that I am greater than any circumstance! "Where there is doubt, there let me bring faith." You cannot have any doubts yourself, but must be so full of positiveness, so determined not to give any place to the Devil and his evil thoughts of darkness, of nothingness, that anything and everything that represents his gloom will only serve as a vacuum that's immediately filled up and overwhelmed by My graciousness, My capacity to fill, My all-engulfing and overflowing light, joy and love. Let your heart and soul be a waterfall of My Spirit, against which the Devil and his ilk won't stand a chance! Be a generator of positiveness that will strangle, choke, suffocate and nip in the bud any attempt of negativity to even crop up! Now, that goal may sound slightly "utopic" to you, but it isn't! It is at your reach, by My marvelous, transforming power. You want to become an instrument of My peace? Well, become one! I command you this day: BE an instrument of My peace! I ordain you to go and bring faith where there is doubt, hope where there is despair, love where there is hate, pardon where there is injury, light where there is darkness, joy where there is sadness! That means, you will be an overcomer, and eraser of all those negative manifestations, and you will fill that dark void of nothingness, wherever you see it, with My warmth. Remember that cold is merely the absence of warmth, darkness is merely the absence of light. You've got the antidote to that emptiness, that void, because you represent Me, the Filler of all things, of every void and all low and empty spaces, you are My instrument. In order to be what I want you to be, you cannot be preoccupied with being loved, understood or comforted, but must seek to love, understand and comfort others. Every day will be another series of confirmations of the truth that it is in giving that you receive, in forgiving that you obtain mercy and pardon from others and Me, in forgetting about what you want, letting go of your desires, that you find what you wish for, and in dying that you will rise again and again and again. 32 __________________________________________________ I definitely welcome your having Me involved more in matters and affairs of your daily lives. For Me, it's fun. And even though you dread having to deal with some of these things, they can also become fun for you if you include Me more in them. You can combine the physical with the spiritual, and thus convert every physical matter into an at least partly spiritual one. You want to infiltrate the System of the evil one and eventually overthrow it. He's the usurper, and you're working toward the recapture of the kingdom for the rightful Heir, and by "infecting" anything that's merely carnal, material and physical with a breeze of spiritual, it changes. Blessings flow from one party to another. I want you to be open, not stuck in prejudices, even if based on former experiences. Everything can change. The factors can change, the parties involved can change, the cards can change. Those who formerly were against Me can change and work for Me instead, as it unfortunately works the other way around... King David had to learn this during his life-time, as those who he thought to be his allies turned against him and became his enemies, so that he was forced to seek refuge with his former enemies. There are precedents to what I'm doing in your life in order to establish your trust in Me alone, never in any earthly institution. Your friends of yesterday can become your enemies of tomorrow and vice versa. The only thing that changes not and you can rely on is My being on your side.

It all depends on choices made within those different fractions, people, governments, societies... Their structures change from within according to the decisions and choices made on individual levels as well as corporate... they all affect their stance toward Me, whether they tend to be for Me or against Me. This happens on local levels, too. Maybe a party you wouldn't trust on a national level becomes trustworthy on a local, communal level because of a certain, God-fearing member. 33 __________________________________________________ How puny church Christians look compared to David's mighty men of the spirit... there's just no comparison. Few have the courage to even face the truth of that drastic difference. Sometimes people confuse themselves just in order to not see the truth. Or they try to apply for themselves whatever they can glean from it that makes them feel better, but they're not ready for the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Of course, I prefer them taking in some of the truth to accepting none of it, but on the other hand, only those stout hearted men and women of the spirit who want the whole truth really have what it takes to bring forth the fruit that I desire. With fearful people transformation takes place more slowly as they carefully make each step, making sure they're not giving more than they can afford, or falling into some trap which they suspect around just about every corner... 34 __________________________________________________ You don't need to try to figure Me out, you just need to love Me and obey Me the best you can. I know you better than you know yourselves, and thus also know what you're capable of, better than you do yourselves. Sometimes you may fret & say, "But I can't!" But I know better & say, "Yes, you can!" If you're really sure of My love, you'll always know that whatever I expect of you, whatever challenges I present you with, even whatever pressure I may put you under, it's all for your best, it's all because I love you more than you love yourself, and you can just trust, and go ahead and "do it cause Daddy said so." You just can't put Me in a box, or tell Me that I'm supposed to operate in a certain way! I'm free, and I have everything in the universe at My disposal to bring about My plan. Let go & trust that it's okay! I give you exactly what you need. Why worry about by which means I bring it? I'm teaching you to fine-tune your convictions, and not to go overboard on any issue. What I'm showing and revealing to you may be just fine for you and work for you, but you can't dictate the same remedy for everybody. Usually, people have different problems than worrying about how different or weird you are. What matters is that you love them, that you're being nice to them & are making an effort to be Me for them. I won't ask you for more than you can deliver! I won't give you more than you're able to bear. All you need is right here, and it's available to you for the asking, at the reach of your hand! All you need is Me! You don't need to impress anybody with what an obedient citizen of the kingdom you are, just be yourself, and if you happen to run into problems, we'll take care of them! Everything's under My control! You're in goood hands ! Spiritual input is more effective than verbal input. When you talk, you do use the Holy Ghost, too, but when you pray, She's much more involved yet! The Enemy makes you feel like I'm asking too much of you, "The door knob's too high" So, have a realistic look at things, discern the truth.

Isn't it wonderful when all you can do is pray? When all you can do is let go and let Me take care of it? 35 __________________________________________________ While jealousy is not right and inappropriate, the same also applies to familiarity. To overcome familiarity, you must learn to see a person through My eyes, My eyes of forgiveness when they do wrong, and My eyes of love - unconditional and unshakable. Loving your neighbor as yourself requires some skill. It requires some effort. It takes something, and you've got to put something into it, it costs something. It costs something to find out what makes a person tic, and how to solve a problem. That's the challenge of love. 36 __________________________________________________ The grace is given when you need it - "Power for the hour." In the meantime, just keep hanging in there! It's going to be alright! One day you're going to look back at all this and it's going to make perfect sense. Sorry if all I have for you is a promise. No instant relief, no secret magic remedy... Just faith & hope that it's all going to make sense someday. When a human is born, he is like the raw vessel of clay. Only the fiery trials of life will make a useful vessel out of you. 37 __________________________________________________ I like to work in teamwork, and I don't just run a one-Man show up Here. I like to include everybody I can and allow them to participate in the work on the Big Picture. If folks think they need to limit Me in their heads as to what I can use and what I can't, well, that's their problem. Ask yourself what I'm trying to show you through this; having to deal with the matter of God Himself choosing to work in teamwork. Ask yourself, "am I following in His footsteps in this aspect?" Look around for more ways of doing things together in teamwork. "Together" is the slogan of the day. I first had to teach you to make sure to include Me in all your action, but if you learn to do things in teamwork with others as well, it's just about perfect.

greater works, yet higher mountains to climb than the hills you've tackled so far. I came down to your level to bring you up to Mine, now, are you going to be less than willing to do the same for others? It's not how much you've been given, but how much you do with what you've been given that counts, and sad to say, some of you could be giving so much more! Have you really loved the least of your brethren as much as you would love Me? It's easy to love the King of the universe, the One Who'll grant you all your desires and requests, the Fulfiller of your wildest dreams. But how much can you really love Me in the least of these, your brethren, that little weird brother over there, or that overweight sister over here...? There will always be one step deeper to dig! There will always be one lower brother to love! There will always be a little bit more progress to make, and if you have forgotten that, you're an old bottle, and don't even know it. Or it might be that you are making progress, but only in the areas that you know are easy for you to make progress in. But how much to you really excel in, and confront those areas that are tough for you to deal with? How far are you willing to go for the lowest of the low among your own ranks, who are desperate for love, but get so little of it, just because they may not have in the physical what would qualify them for your accepted age group, looks group, coolness group, or whatever. Come on, let's bust that "group think" & blow all those little "groups" and cliques to hell, in order to finally make one large Family out of all of them!

I'm not expecting My Family to be perfect. Not even the Early Church was perfect, if you look at some of the quarrels they were having. But I do expect you to be sincere, honest with Me and yourself, and I expect you to love. If you can't love the unlovely, or even make an effort to do so, then why do you pretend you're so perfect, anyway? Why don't you just admit that you need My help in order to empower you to do that which I really want you to do? In the end, the truth and I will always catch up with you. I will have to allow something to happen in your life to wake you up and you'll wonder, "What happened? Why did You allow that?" It's because you may have listened to an extent, obeyed to an extent, but not all the way, or not to the extent that I would have expected from you, as part of My Endtime elite! 38 __________________________________________________ There's always a bit more to give and a step further to go, and as When it comes down to the way you ought to be loving Me, far as I can see, and judging by all that's still left to be done, I each other and the world, you haven't even yet begun to love! repeat, you haven't even yet begun to love. Which doesn't mean It is no good to be patting yourselves on the back for a little love you can't begin right now! Ask Me to show you in what aspects here and a little love there, maybe even for a lot of love, you might have been failing Me by failing those around you. Ask compared to what's out there among the rest of the world. Me if there is something I would like to show you about yourself As long as you haven't managed to love those you like least with that you may not have wanted to hear or know so far, something the same kind of supernatural love that enabled Me to love and you might not have had the courage to hear before, or even the pray for My Enemies, even on the cross, it is only a portion of the sincerity, or the necessary amount of love for truth. vastness of the love that I would like to pour out to you to pass Life is full of surprises, and some of the surprises might be about on to the needy. you. I know you better than you know yourself, and I can reveal things to you about hidden weaknesses that you haven't even I prefer to praise you for the good you do, instead of scolding been aware of (Heb.4:12). you for the things you fail to do, but in order to truly fulfill your destinies as My Endtime brides, you must realize that there is more, so much more to give, and that you haven't even yet begun 39 __________________________________________________ to love, to give, to pour out as I would wish from you. As long as It is the Spirit that brings to life otherwise dead matter. Real there are those even among your own ranks who are starving for life comes from the Spirit - the flesh profiteth nothing, it doesn't love, and whose hearts are weeping bitter tears of loneliness, avail much, when it comes to making happiness last. how can you live in self-satisfaction, continuing to ignore the The Enemy seeks to cheat you out of it, by telling you that you've needs of the neediest among your brothers and sisters? got to earn it, work it up, etc. But happiness can't be bought. It is only received in finding Me You're the best of the best, when it comes to My people on the and learning to let Me do through you the things that will bring planet. But when it comes to doing the best that you could be happiness to others. By letting Me guide you, you will find Me doing, there's still a long way to go. I'm trying to draw your focus taking you to the lush green valleys where your soul will find toward a greater challenge, and a more distant horizon, to sweet rest and will finally feel at home, even while yet in this

world, which is not your home. Although you've always known this wasn't home, you can constantly lead others home, to their real Home, even as you walk through this strange world. Bring them Home, into My fold! 40 __________________________________________________ In prayer, you can spread your soul out like a healing balm, and thus have it benefit many, simultaneously. If you don't pray, the balm stays in the jar. But as soon as you pour out your soul to Me in prayer for those whose lives concern you, and those I put on your heart to pray for, because their lives concern Me, it goes to work and soothes, heals, performs miracles, and you become like a magician puppeteer, influencing many lives from behind the scenes: you're becoming My hands, pouring out the balm of My healing elixir over them. So much good can be done and accomplished through prayer. There's virtually nothing better you can do! Prayer is the way through which you can become a partaker of My all-powerful nature and create little miracles everywhere, of new life, new hope, bring light and love where there was none. 41 __________________________________________________ If your kingdom would be perfect, what longing would you have for My everlasting Kingdom? But in this, that the physical kingdom is only a poor, imperfect shadow of what is to come, you will keep your eyes on Me and on My true and everlasting Kingdom to come. It is not My will for any of My sheep to be looking unto man, but I want them to learn to look unto Me, their true shepherd, and by doing so, they will also receive the grace to look past the flaws and faults and failings of their brethren, knowing that you all fail in like manner. When everything is perfect for them, they become spoiled! The only thing that keeps folks desperate, dependent on Me and praying as they ought, is when things are going less than perfect for them, when there are adverse circumstances. Otherwise, the group becomes the substitute for Me, the group becomes god. Man worship is still much more far-spread than many people realize, and one of the most common forms of modern idolatry, with many of its perpetrators/victims not even realizing it. And I'm not for it, but will do what I can to expose those idols for their feet of clay. It is My will that the Family isn't perfect, just as it has been My will that My church never was, and My people never were. The church was never meant to be the all-in-all. The All-in-all is Me, and the church is merely a place where you can find Me, a group of people through whom others can find Me, and sometimes by means of the very fact that My own people are so far from perfect. There's no other way but to look to Me. There's nowhere else to find the Perfect but in Me, and I'm using the imperfect to have those who seek the perfect point to Me. If you think you're going to find the answer and all you're seeking in any group of flesh and blood people, you're wrong! You will always find some flaws anywhere, with anyone, in this world. If you want the flawless, turn to Me! 42 __________________________________________________ It's pride that expects people to be perfect. The pride that tells them, "I deserve better than that." It's the same pride that tells jealous people, "I deserve to be loved exclusively" also tells them, "I deserve to be treated better than this." So, since it's the pride that gets hurt, it means and shows that it must be good for your humility factor, if you think what's happening isn't the way it ought to be for you. At least it's pointing out and showing up the pride. Humility takes people where they're at, as I did. Betrayal hurts, it's true - it's the toughest blow possible on your pride, your flesh, your ego. It means, "they don't love me at all. They even hate me so much that they're going as far as to betray me." But if

you can even forgive them then, it shows that you've made the grade. You recognize that you're not the victim, but in the end, it's they who are the victims of pride, and only your going through with your path of love that you chose, and following through until the very end on the cross, is going to save them from that. You cannot even be indifferent to them and say, "They betrayed me, so what!" But you're going to have to do something about it, you still have to be willing to save them in spite of it. "Save your traitors." They cannot do any better than fail you, but you must do better than fail them! As a rule of thumb for those who want to save the world, you have to expect of yourself what you can't expect of them, because you know I expect it of you, because you trust Me and I have enabled you to (Phil.4:13). You got the point. They may not have gotten it yet. But you can help them to get the point by showing and proving that you got it. If they see someone got the point of love, then they might get it, too. It may still take a while for it to sink in, but you can't just give up hope in them. You've got to keep hoping. You've got to keep believing in them, gotta keep loving. Even if there is nothing evident there that would be worthy of any such love. Nothing could ever earn such love in the first place. Love loves on in spite of, not because of. Keep loving on! 43 __________________________________________________ The basis of the knowledge that you are nothing, is a good basis for Me to give you everything. As long as there is still any notion that I chose you because of anything you are in the flesh, you didn't get the point! What you can become is only because of your willingness to first be made into nothing and nobody, so that everything you are will only be of Me. Anything else, any element of self, of ego, your old, carnal man, that you allow to enter or to linger around, will be disastrous. It's gotta be Me. It's gotta be humble, true kind, give peace to the troubled and sight to the blind... set the captives free... "Pray before you say." It's pride to just spit out any old nonsense that pops into your head, because it indicates that you think that just because it's yours, it's gotta be good somehow. Sometimes you're just going to have to make a serious effort to keep your mouth shut, period! "Sometimes less is more" definitely applies to words! If you feed your ego, it's going to become a monster that's going to turn on you. You start getting easily annoyed and aggravated, because people are never going to be able to be or act perfect enough to satisfy your pride. Instead of chasing after any elusive standards, lower your expectations of people, keep humble. What matters is what you do with every little bit of information, how deeply you allow it to sink in, so that it can be seen in your actions. Otherwise you wind up with a case of spiritual bulimia where you stuff and stuff yourself, but fail to digest it all properly, and so you vomit it all out again, and it will never do anybody any good... And it's because spiritually, you do it for the same reasons that a bulimic person does it in the physical: you want to live up to unrealistic standards of pride and vanity in order to please everybody. It's a pride trip of wanting to please everybody, instead of just being who you are. If your incentive for fellowship is that you want folks to adore you, then you might truly be better off without fellowship! Concentrate on the sheep's needs. You're not supposed to be hunting for applause! It can backfire and result in the opposite of the desired effect! As a faithful little nobody, humbly feed your sheep. Stop trying to be a big somebody. It's only going to make you unhappy! 44 __________________________________________________ Guard the flame. How easily a furnace can go out, if you don't

have the fire burning properly yet, or when the fuel is consumed and you failed to put new fuel on in time... These are all living illustrations of how you must keep and guard the flame and fire in your soul, how you must keep feeding and nourishing it, and shelter it, make sure it gets enough oxygen, etc. It's an art in itself. It takes skill and effort. Sometimes you're too lazy to rekindle the flame or to put a new block of wood on the fire... Sometimes the furnace needs a cleaning, or the chimney sweeper has to come by & clear out all the pipes & vents... Sometimes you have to get rid of the old ashes first, before you can start a new fire... Sometimes the wood is still damp... It takes care and a certain amount of vigor to make sure your fire keeps burning, it doesn't just come by itself. I can help you kindle the flame, I can even supply you with the fuel, but you're still the one in charge of keeping it burning. I cannot do everything for you. That's not what is meant by letting Me do it through you. You've got to make sure it's My fuel that's burning, and not your own wick, that's why you've got to make sure that you always replenish the oil before it runs out. It takes staying on the ball, staying on the attack! You can't get lax about it. You need to be aware of the fact that the Enemy is going to try all he can to snuff out your flame! He wants you to be cold and sick! He wants it to be dark, he doesn't want your flame to light up the landscape and the surroundings, nor does he want others to find warmth by your side! You've got to fight for it, you must fight to keep the fire alive! Sometimes you're also plain weary of the heat, and it's not until you experience another stretch of cold that you really appreciate the fire and its warmth again. And that's when there's a greater willingness again to go through all the little troubles necessary to keep a furnace going. If you work unitedly on keeping the fire burning, in order to share the warmth you generate together, as long as you seek to give and share every aspect of your lives, it will work and burn fine, but as soon as selfishness, jealousy & pride enter, they put a damper on the flame, and problems occur. That's when you've got to seek My face desperately for these problems that threaten to put out your fire. You cannot just try to "live with it," or hope they'll go away. Otherwise, if you just fold in resignation & figure, "it's no use shining my light on others, it'll just create problems anyway," then it's no wonder the flame goes out. It doesn't help to just blame the other party and say, "they won't let me burn," because it's your own responsibility to keep your flame kindled and your fire burning. You will be rewarded according to your stewardship over your own flame, and how well you guarded it, and how much warmth and light it gave off to others, no matter what. Your primary responsibility is to keep the fire burning. If that fire, that light, that life, that flame is really what's most important to you, you'll guard it with all you've got, and you won't allow any heinous tricks of the Enemy to get anywhere near putting it out! You've got to be prepared for anything! You won't be deceived by appearances, either, nor blame conditions or circumstances! You won't be able to say, "Oh, it just went out by itself!" Not if you consider it your greatest duty to keep it burning! The only thing that can make it go out then is your failure to guard it and keep it properly. There's no other excuse for the keeper of the flame for having allowed the fire to go out than his own failure. Maybe you hadn't realized how precious and how fragile it was. Maybe you thought that since I ignited it for you, that I was also going to keep it burning, no matter what, but that's not the way it is. You've still got to do some of the work. Adam had to tend the garden of Eden, and you've got to tend the garden and guard the flame of your heart! You've got to protect your garden, your plants from blithes and make sure they're being watered plenty, and you've got to keep that fire in your heart burning! You will always have My help, but it's still your job. I'm not going to do your job for you. I want you to do your job with My power

and My wisdom, but I still want you to do it. It's still your responsibility. It is your responsibility to direct and use My power in the way you will. You've got to make it happen, even if you let Me do it! You can do that by praying for Me to keep your flame and fire burning, to protect it and not allow it to go out. But that prayer is your act of keeping the flame. You're wisely availing yourself of My power then to do the job, but it's still you doing your job. Prayer is the easiest and most efficient way to get your job done, that's why the Enemy is fighting it so hard. The story of the Devil reminding the Sultan of his prayers is not about true and efficient prayer, since the Devil would never remind you to keep up with that kind of prayer. The story is about ceremonious prayer, the kind one only observes out of duty, like an empty rut he keeps up, only to soothe and pacify his own conscience. But the kind of prayer I'm talking about is a weapon that the Enemy is more scared of than anything else, because he knows he's powerless against it. It's the prayer of truth. The kind of prayer that goes right down to the core and heart of the matter. It's the kind of prayer, originated by the Holy Spirit that directs you to the very thing you've got to do. You know. It's that inner knowing. That kind of prayer is the kind the Devil is most afraid of, and of course he will do anything within his might to keep you from praying that way. He knows you become practically invulnerable to his attacks if you pray for Me to keep and guard the flame of your heart. It's the best thing you can do to protect it. If you ask Me to keep it burning, what can he do? You've got to be savvy to My plan, you've got to be in on it, and get a clue of what I'm up to. And that's basically what you're doing in prophecy: you're getting a clue. Before you were clueless, but now you're getting a clue of what I'm going to do, and what I want you to. And everything all of a sudden obtains rhyme and reason. 45 __________________________________________________ Youre realizing you're not quite as prolific at the art of loving yet as you would wish to be. You have to dedicate yourself more to it. You're finding out it's a somewhat greater task than you had realized. It takes a bit more than what you have thus far been putting into it. Allow it to grow... you can learn love and return to love. Guard that flame. It's not so much focusing on your own flame of love, but by really beholding the other's flame, truly appreciating it, treasuring it, that your own heart's flame gets re-kindled too, and thus you can warm each other. Learn to focus on their very inner being, their inner core and soul. Learn to behold the flame, the candle of their inner sanctuary, that what really makes them burn and tic from the inside. By far the more important to discover and explore is the "inner space" of your fellow human beings. You're going to have to focus, tune in and zoom in on them, really perceive them, absorb and feel them out, hear them out, pay attention to them. Can you blame people for being attention junkies when there's so little they get of that stuff? Everything else seems to be so much more deserving of attention: making money, shopping, car maintenance, success at work, etc. "And what about me?" the inner soul of so many cries. "Nobody's paying any attention to me. Am I really not worth anything?" Judging by the amount of attention some people are willing to pay to their spouses, their children and other loved ones, is it any wonder that so many think of themselves as absolutely worthless? The Enemy constantly uses pride, ambition, greed and other inborn human factors and sins, the tasks with the more promising rewards... the great accomplishments that pay off in immediate, visible results, like cash, applause or appraisal, recognition, reputation, popularity, etc., to distract them and lure

them away from what is really relevant. All these things that feed pride are taking away from love, from feeding that little flame inside the human soul of the one who is so desperately waiting for your love, starving for your love. So many are literally starving for the love that so few are willing to give to the needy. The demand is so great, and all the while the Devil keeps people busy and distracted with other, really much less relevant things and activities than to love others. Focus on people and their needs. Recognize them for what they are, pay attention to them! Give them your time! Give them your full attention, as if nothing else was more important, and - when it all comes down to it - nothing really is. Because you can only say in the end that you loved Me as much as you managed to love the least of these, your brethren. It is a widely spread phenomenon that people think they know another person, even one they're very close to, but in reality haven't really touched the soul of that person, haven't really perceived the true picture of who that person really is. It is one of the greatest tragedies of the times. But then of course, it is equaled by the fact that most people don't even really know who they themselves are. They're all too busy keeping the apparatus running that secures the maintenance of their shells, their bodies; not many folks are really savvy about what's going on on the inside. It certainly doesn't help that those who claim to know something about it are often totally confused and deceived themselves, not at all in touch with My reality. What sort of good advice can you expect from somebody who seriously believes that man evolved from the monkeys? And that what's going on inside the human brain is basically evolved animal behavior? I created the animals to illustrate human behavior in many ways, but to turn it around and base your knowledge about humans on the assumption that it comes from the animals, is not exactly conducive to genuine wisdom, nor real solid knowledge about the human psyche. Unfortunately, by denying the true origin of the human spirit, man is often somewhat reduced to that animal state in which they believe they are in the first place, for "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." If he believes he is an animal, an animal he shall be. And the more people there are walking about, thinking they are animals, the more it seems to confirm that delusion. The "herd instinct," "Monkey see, monkey do." And because there are so few living samples of people who really have the ability to fully tune in to their fellow humans, everybody assumes that that's the way it's supposed to be, the normal state of affairs. To "know" somebody is merely limited to knowing their exterior, their outer manifestations of what's inside, but hardly ever the real thing that dwells inside that body. So few people really touch each other's souls these days. Get in on some deeper love. Look again! Look deeper! 46 __________________________________________________ I'm what you've been looking for, not any group of people, not any church. But when some people find Me, they don't fully embrace Me... They want Me on a safe, mental pedestal where they think they've "got Me" where they want Me, but I won't get too close to do anything beyond their control... They want to be in control... exactly what Satan promised in return for disobedience: "Ye shall be as gods." In other words: "You can be in control yourselves! You don't have to follow and obey this God that you don't really know what He's up to..." When it comes down to it they really only want to do their own thing. But they figure they better make some kind of a deal with Me, some peace treaty, in which they pretend to be on My side, so that I won't do anything that might cross their plans, and so that they can have somebody to blame when their plans don't work out.

The question is: how much do you really believe that I am the answer? How much do you really believe in Me? How much do you really believe I am capable of? Do you really think I can do all things, change all things that need to be changed? Everybody always thinks that they know better than Me. You may be sincerely convinced that you would have known better than Me, or a better way to do it, but please, bear with Me for a little while longer and give Me a chance to bring this to an end. The picture isn't done yet, and of course it doesn't make any sense to you yet. You're just going to have to wait until the picture is finished. How speechless you're all going to be when you'll see the perfection of the final outcome. In the meantime, bear with Me. A lot is up to the personal choices of people. The way they are and what they become depends on their own choices. You are, basically, what you choose to be and chose to become, and often people simply seem to settle for less than the best. My part is making the best out of the mess you make out of it all with your choices, and it's quite a challenge. But when you'll see the final outcome of it all, you will even see My wisdom in having allowed you to make those wrong choices in the first place. When it comes to the end of the road, you'll see that there would have been no other, no better, no more beautiful way to bring home the point, make the message loud and clear, and engrave the lesson on every man, woman and child's heart. 47 __________________________________________________ Patience and prayer is what you can contribute to the improvement of the situation. Trust that I'm at work on it. You're not the only one who realized that something is wrong, and things are being done about it. In the meantime, consider it another test whether you're going to stick or allow this to become your excuse to quit. Let the hurt grind your ego, your pride, your carnal self to powder. That's what those atrocities are there for. Don't let it become an excuse to quit, but let it become a tool to make you more humble, more yielded, more quiet. Sometimes I simply let you experience situations you can't handle, to see whether you're finally going to shut up and pray. Study to be quiet! Make an effort! Try a little harder! Experience the pain for once, instead of immediately opening your mouth to complain about it before it even starts. You can complain all you want about what bothers you - or you can silently trust Me. The Shunnamite woman could have complained about her son having died. But did she? When the prophet asked her through his servant, "Is all well with you and your son?" she replied, "All is well." She trusted that, although he was dead, all was well, because I was in control. And I rewarded her faith with her son's resurrection. How much of that kind of faith can you muster? How much can you trust and say "All is well" by faith? Choose whether you're going to take a trusting stance or not. 48 __________________________________________________ If you still haven't found what you're looking for, it's usually because you've been looking in the wrong places. Happiness is not found in any big noisy careers, nor in big personal accomplishment, but in the quiet, humble act of resting in Me, getting to really know Me, touching Me, hearing My voice and seeing My hand and My footprints in your life! I like it when folks are satisfied with little, able to enjoy the basics of living, and they don't have to have a constant entertainment program or attitude of "keep me busy, or I'll get bored." That is a sickness that evolved from the way the world has developed under Satan's rule and influence. With Me, life never gets boring, but I'm never the big rah-rah type.

If you're empty, I can fill you up again. The greater the emptiness, the greater the appreciation of the filling, the greater the satisfaction and joy that comes with it. That's why I've said, "Blessed are the poor... Blessed are they which hunger and thirst... for they shall be filled." Blessed are the empty, the longing, the searching, for they shall find in Me the Fulfillment of all they're looking for. But you need to look in the right places, the quiet places, not all the loud, noisy and busy places. My still small voice can best be heard in the silence. 49 __________________________________________________ God first. Two words. No matter what happens, that's the rule that always applies. You may think you have acquired all the necessary wisdom by now to solve that problem by yourself, but you'll only find out that that was another classical case of wishful thinking, wishing you'd have stuck to that one golden rule: God first. It's the one rule to which there are no exceptions, the one that always applies, if you want to succeed and don't want to mess up. It's the one rule to keep, no matter what. It's the magic formula that will supply all your needs & solve all your problems. If you put Me first, you just can't go wrong. 50 __________________________________________________ There are still so many things to show, so many aspects to share from My heavenly point of view, to learn to see the spiritual causes behind things. There's more progress to make in your learning to become like Me.

to it, or whether you should confront it, which presents an extra "bonus" challenge to you. In any case, it teaches you to deal with others, teaches you about them and how to handle differences, and, in some extreme case, it teaches you to love, accept and embrace the totally other. It teaches you flexibility and the ability to consider totally different factors and angles than you might previously have been aware of. It opens your eyes to totally new views. If you learn these things under the guidance of My Spirit you can truly learn and acquire wisdom that way. You've got to see Me in it, in order for it all to make perfect sense. It takes the "sting" out of what you're experiencing when you know it's for your good, like all things, and when you can see a purpose with a goal in it. The goal is greater understanding and wisdom. It's greater insight into the human heart, and simultaneously, into the heart of God, as you learn to see the full scope of different angles and possible viewpoints. Since I know what you can handle, it's alright for you to go through this lesson. You don't need to wonder, "Am I in the wrong film?" because you're never in the wrong film. Sometimes you've merely got to adjust to the script, the setting and the coactors. Call it a test of your flexibility and adaptability, plus a test of your trust in the Director's wisdom.

For someone who determines their own personal worth by their works, accomplishments and service to others, it is hard to stand by and see others praised or appreciated for theirs. They think, it's something that's being taken away from them. It's the same root of the problem as is found in jealousy. Of course, it's not rational, reasonable or justified, but just the way pride distorts things. Once you realize and learn how pride works in different People could tell that I loved them, didn't look down on them or minds, it's a lot easier to deal with it, expose it and to overcome. despise them. The person must be honest enough with themselves to be willing to face it, admit the problem to themselves, have it exposed. In Some folks make it difficult for you, and you don't feel like it the ideal case, they should even learn to laugh about such could be expected of you to love them. But I want to stretch your childish behavior in themselves, but depending how seriously "love muscles" to try to extend just a little bit more love, a little one takes himself, this can be quite difficult sometimes. It's true bit more mercy, a little more forgiveness every day. that some people take themselves too seriously, especially in the field of religious service. Pride has a heyday there, which is why Sometimes I purposely let you make such a mess of things, so envy and jealousy - spiritual jealousy - are rampant in the that you don't feel better than anyone anymore, not even the churches, and why I can often rather use simple-minded folks worst person you know. When you don't look down on anyone who are not so stuck on themselves. anymore, and you don't consider anyone more deserving of When it comes down to it, one has to let go of their own ego and judgment than yourself anymore, then you're walking through life of seeking their own glory in order to serve Me, but that is a humbly, and you'll even be able to love the worst of your process that doesn't always happen overnight. It can take quite a enemies. few years for pride to be fully exposed and all its unpleasant, I wouldn't want you to send anyone to hell prematurely, when hidden side effects to be completely weeded out of one's life. there might still be a chance for them to be saved. Mostly because people aren't even aware of their own hidden Sometimes you feel like those people are raping you spiritually, motives until they become mature enough to deal with things and and you don't think you can forgive them or bear it, but you can, are sincerely interested in finding out why things simply haven't because nothing is impossible to him that believeth and wields worked out as they should thus far in their lives. the power of My keys of the Kingdom. I want you to learn to rise Call it a course in "spiritual psychology." Just because above such circumstances, because they're going to get worse. psychology is known to be a worldly thing, and worldly If you commit the matter into My hands in trust, then I'll be able psychologists can be some of the weirdest people you've known, to do the miracle. Remember that it's you I'm training, and you it doesn't mean that there is no such thing in My Realm. The I'm teaching, that you are the one who's supposed to learn study of the human spirit is one of the main things this is all something out of this! about, and as in worldly psychology, it does not only serve to analyze and fill people's heads with knowledge, but also for folks to begin to understand themselves, and to learn to tackle their 51 __________________________________________________ problems on the basis of that understanding. I give to every person lessons and challenges in life that are Of course, the easiest way would be to just pray for deliverance according to their talent and personality type, and what I know from certain problems, but, as you're finding out, it doesn't they can handle. Since you are by nature inclined to relate and always work that way. Sometimes you have to resist unto blood, "see the other side," I present you with challenges along these striving against sin, which means, it takes more than a prayer of lines, even if you may sometimes tend to think I'm asking too deliverance over some of your besetting sins. It takes the much of you. If it wouldn't be hard or tough in any way, it honesty and courage to be willing to face them in the first place, wouldn't be a challenge, right? letting Me expose and show them to you, shine My light of truth In the same process, you're learning discernment, for you're into those dark corners of your heart, and then allowing Me to forced to find out whether that difference in others you're finding clean up there. difficult to cope with is something good, or not. In other words, Simply seeing it, recognizing it and acknowledging it, admitting you have to find out whether you should make an effort to adapt to it, takes humility, and that's already half the victory in itself.

The humility to admit to oneself, "Why, this is ridiculous, the way I'm behaving! - Lord, give me the grace to snap out of this!" Of course, for some people, who are extremely stuck on themselves in this aspect, it can be difficult, because all they see is their own hurt. Their pride blinds them to the truth and often even stops them from being willing to see it. That's why there are so many spiritually blind people who think they see. They can make life really hard, as you can see from My experiences with the Pharisees. You've got to expose the Pharisee within you, that self-righteous prig, that thinks he sees and already knows the truth, and can't stand some other little "nincompoop" to come along and tell them what they think is truth, or even perform a whole bunch of miracles, or accomplish greater works with much greater ease than you ever could. Usually it's the humble sinners who've had to be forgiven for a lot, who can let go of any such pride more easily, and they can just let Me take over, because they know their own lives are nothing. Whereas those who've hardly ever committed a wrong in their lives don't even know what they're supposed to be forgiven for. My Salvation power isn't nearly as effective in their lives, and can thus also not be used as greatly to bring that Salvation, grace, mercy and forgiveness to others. You can only sell to others what you avail yourself of and are using and convinced of yourself. 52 __________________________________________________ You've got to base your decisions on what's right, not just to avoid hurt feelings. Some hurts can be good. They can make you grow, mature, wise up, learn, expand, able to relate, to sympathize, to have compassion on others and see things from their angle, and not just your own. As long as it's your pride that's hurting, it shows that you still need to get rid of. Because there's no way you can serve Me successfully with such a load on your back. I wasn't tip-toeing through life, just making sure there were never going to be any hurt feelings! I was an exposer of pride and false motivations and ambitions of men, and made many enemies. It's nice to be considerate, but it's more important to do the right thing than just trying to be "nice." Niceness isn't going to save the world, but the truth is.

have to deal with, that you should consider before allowing yourself to get back down there. It's like you're invoking the strength of the world, instead of My meek and humble spirit, and the world may give you temporary success and strength in the flesh, but you know what I think about worldly success. "What is highly esteemed by men is an abomination to the Lord." Their idea of success is often My idea of failure. It's not that I won't pick you up again when you fall, but I cannot protect you from the impact and the repercussions of allowing yourself to fall when you ought to know better. I let you reap and taste the results. You cannot indulge in the spirit of the world and drink from My cup at the same time, you must choose which it is you want. Giving your all in the spirit means going the humble way; giving that which humbles you, not that which builds up your ego and pride and self-reliance. It means putting your trust in Me to the utmost, and giving what might cost you a step of faith to give. It's determined by the spirit in which you do it... relying on the flesh, or seeking My glory in it. I want your thoughts to be with Me. I want you to know and acknowledge your dependence on Me. I want you to humbly be aware of your incapability except for Me. I don't just want you not to be obviously proud, but I want you to be definitely humble.

55 __________________________________________________ Although it's a natural urge in you to accomplish things you can be proud of, you must realize that this natural urge is part of the natural man that is at enmity with God. If the natural man is at enmity with God, I want you to become a supernatural, spiritual man. (See Rom.8:6,7; 1Cor.2:14). If to be carnally minded is death, enmity with God, and not being subject to His law of love, and to be spiritually minded is life and peace, you must choose wisely each day between those two paths I have set before you: the path of life, and the path of death; the path of the flesh or the path of the Spirit. Choose the path of life and spirit each day, and run away from all things that would promote the flesh or the things that the flesh would beckon you to do, the way of death, that is not love and life and spirit. Flee youthful lusts, run away from the temptations and enticements of the flesh, and run in the other direction; pursue those things I want you to seek, and "follow 53 _________________________________________________ righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the When I call you to follow Me and give your all, then you cannot Lord out of a pure heart" (2Tim.2:22). allow anything or anybody to hold you back; no earthly ties of Instead of running after money, you'll be running after faith; flesh and blood, nor emotional ones. For My true soldiers and you'll be following My footprints of faith, and obtain everlasting called out ones, the Cause will always be above any earthly riches. Instead of thinking you can judge yourself between obligations, customs, relations or ties. what's right and wrong in your own carnal mind, you'll be Those who are truly called never settle for less than total seeking My righteousness, and the way I see things, not your freedom from those earthly bonds. own. Instead of selfishness, you'll seek the ways of love and In forsaking all, you will find that I will give you My all. unselfishness. Instead of having aggressive and hostile thoughts on your mind, you'll seek peace with all men, especially your brethren, those who call on Me out of a pure heart. 54 __________________________________________________ It's righteousness vs. self-righteousness; faith vs. the faithless, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." What I have materialistic ways of the world; love vs. selfishness, and peace promised, I will keep, even if it may look as if I'm not keeping My vs. the aggressive ways of the world. So, when the Enemy promise, temporarily. Sometimes I have to allow you to reap the tempts you to be self-righteous, to settle for less than My best, to repercussions of your actions. When you strengthen your arm of be selfish, and with aggressive thoughts, you won't fall for it. the flesh, and that which builds up your pride and your self- These are choices you're having to make each day between flesh reliance, then you weaken the spirit. or spirit, the ways of life and the ways of death (Jer.21:8). You cannot build up both, simultaneously; you either strengthen I need you small, weak, desperate and dependent on Me. I can't the one or the other. You cannot invest in one without taking have you break out into some display of your own carnal from the other. By putting your trust in the arm of the flesh, you strength and greatness. make it harder for yourself to find the door back into the spirit. You have to choose between My humble way and the proud ways The chained eagle flip-flopped back to the old rut & stake, finding of the world, between giving Me all the glory, and cashing in it hard to break loose again. some of it yourself and patting yourself on the back. The Enemy tries to put you back on a spiritual chain, once you There's never an excuse to settle for the ways of the flesh, the return to the stake of the flesh, and he doesn't want to let you go easy way out or the "safe" way. Always cling to Me, lean on Me again. And I purposely allow you to stay down there and and rely on My Spirit. experience how tough it can be to get back out of the groove of the flesh and the carnal mind again, because I want you to be fully aware of the risks involved and the repercussions you may

56 __________________________________________________ Not everything you do is obviously or directly an investment in Eternity: every meal you eat or shower you take is not exactly an investment in Eternity, but it helps to keep your body going, which houses your spirit, and thus keeps it learning, growing and progressing. The same applies to other things you learn that are really only relevant in this life: exercising, which you won't need to do in your supernatural bodies anymore, either. But you're going to have to invest something in the here and now, in order to successfully bear fruit that remains for Eternity. Sometimes the investment is hidden or indirect.

57 __________________________________________________ You have to go through certain phases alone. That's when I draw you to Me or get you to focus more on your helpers. But it's also important to work in unity. That's what life in My Kingdom is about: "together" is the name of the game.

There's a time for everything, a time for laughter and a time to refrain from it, and I'm teaching you to strike a better balance. The closer you get to the Tribulation, the greater the atrocities that are being committed in the world around you, the less there is time for laughter! There is a time when the laughter dies down. Right in the thick I cared not only about people's spiritual, but also their physical and the heat of the battle, you won't often feel like laughing. well-being, and I still do. I love to provide and supply for you, Sometimes I may not want you to soften the impact of truth, love to give you the things you want, and fulfill your hearts' because the matter is more serious than it may otherwise come desires. across. It wouldn't occur to anyone that changing a diaper would be a Coming across as "too serious" may have been the better option significant act in the light of Eternity or the coming Kingdom of than not having taken the matter serious enough... There is such God, but if you think again, you'll see that the selfless and a thing as regret over not having done more with your life, not humble act of caring for another helpless human being is very having used it to the full, and some folks have had to experience much something that prepares you for it. It's all about copying that, simply because they didn't want to deal with the serious God and learning to be like Him, and changing diapers is side of life. Most folks aren't taking things seriously enough. something He very much does in a spiritual way all the time, They've been so drilled to having fun, fun, fun... they can hardly when you've gotten yourself into a mess up to your neck, He do anything else anymore. Of course, it's because they've got to always pulls you out of it again, cleans you up and gives you a work, work, work, so when they're done with it, all they want is fresh diaper, right? fun, fun, fun. God has changed you and cleaned you from your own dirty It's okay to be serious about certain things. righteousness and sanctified you with His - simply by your act of Being a furious voice for the truth has its price. You laugh less. receiving Me, His love-gift and Universal Power-Cleaner... You're more serious than the rest of them. That's alright. When it So, get a change each day, and make sure you run around clean comes down to it, by and large, I was a serious Man. I was not a and fresh, bathed in My true righteousness, and not clinging to comedian! But the sitcom mentality has seeped in so deeply into your own, old smelly version. You have to continue disposing people that they think something is wrong if there's no fun and yourself of your waste and getting clean before Me and through no jest involved. It's time to get away from that type of Me, flushed by My water of the Word, which I abundantly pour conditioning. forth for you, as much as you need. Some problems just cannot be solved in a humorous way. Some God is like a loving Father and Mother who lovingly and smilingly lessons just can't be taught the humorous way. Some battles change their baby's diaper... The Father loves to rid you of your can't be fought in a humorous way. It may be that there was a old waste and make you all new and clean. time when I was leading the Family away from being too serious So, never consider anything too mundane or too low or too futile about themselves, but you've swung to the opposite side of the to invest your time in. It's not the high-falluting, glorious road pendulum, to where "Be So Happy" has become some people's that leads to His Kingdom, but the low and humble road, often only credo. paved with seemingly mundane and humbling acts: many dishes Fun is not the A & O, the all-in-all. It's important and it has its to wash, many problems to solve and learn from, even many place, but it's not supposed to be your god. mistakes to make, many diapers to change, both physically and spiritually. 58 __________________________________________________ True spirituality is often merely a matter of doing the seemingly My joy comes from caring for others. low, humble and mundane tasks in the right Spirit, with the right That's one reason why the Devil tries so hard to discourage vision, incentive and motivation behind it, powered by Me and My anyone from even starting to serve Me and live for others. He Spirit. That's the vast difference between My true followers, and knows that they might start liking it, and that it could cause some the sterile, pseudo-spiritual Pharisaical church Christians, who kind of a snowballing effect that he might not be able to stop. think that by staying out of the dirt and never stooping to the Once you start caring for others, you also reap the benefits. depths of getting your hands dirty with some mundane task, Those who leave My service abdicate the joy of caring for others' much less any such dirty affairs as sex, they stay spiritually souls to those who pick up their deserted ploughs and crowns. clean. What they don't realize is that the worst rot possible is See those poor lost souls out there like abandoned puppies who coming from within themselves. They may keep covering up their are looking and longing for a new owner. Say to their souls, "I mess with an outer garment of apparent cleanliness, distract will care for you! I'll take care of you from now on." And even if from their own spiritual stench by constantly pointing at the sins you can't do it yourself, you know you can bring them to Me, the of others, or even making sins out of acts which are none in My true Master of their souls, and if you give them into My care, eyes, but they can't deceive Me, nor anyone else who sees things you'll know they'll always be in the best hands possible. You can as they are in the Spirit. They're like naughty children who already care and accomplish a lot for someone by caring enough constantly run away from their parents when Mama wants to put to pray for them and commit their care into My hands! on a fresh diaper. Little lambs are some of the cutest animals around, and that's Getting rid of your waste is nothing to be ashamed of. It's only precisely the way I see lost souls. It takes work to care for them. pride that makes you want to hide that you're just as much of a But isn't it worth it? Isn't it the greatest thrill you can possibly dirty sinner as all the rest. Once you admit it and submit to the imagine? cleaning process, it's okay. Caring for others is what life, the universe, and the whole "No matter what kind of a mess you've gotten yourself into, you purpose of existence is all about. can always go and clean it right up." Covering up and pretending Joy forever is our slogan. Come on and get some by giving the mess isn't there and pointing fingers at others won't help. some! Cleaning up is what life is largely all about.

59 __________________________________________________ My true chosen ones won't settle for compromise with the evil one! For them there is only all-out war with him, and only one goal in sight: the earth freed from his tyranny. It's important not to act out of an agenda of personal vendetta, and not to fight in a blind rage, but out of love, to rescue your friends.

That's what I would call sin! To put a stop to all that love that I could be pouring from one person into another and back and forth through their loving union - made impossible by some outrageous and preposterous law of man, concocted by the Devil himself: "Thou shalt not love! It's against our rules!" What bondage! What cruelty! What guilt those self-righteous servants of Satan heap upon themselves, deceiving themselves into believing that they're actually doing Me service with their You can avail yourself of the help and wisdom of those from hypocrisy, their spiritual crimes, their lack of love and the selfbeyond time, and their wisdom and insight, their battle righteous hatred they sow! experience, in order to fulfill your destiny and do your part to As I said "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees," I say "woe" contribute to the victory and triumph of good over evil. unto them! You are destined to make a difference! If I remain the Same, yesterday, today and forever, you can be assured that I have not changed in this aspect! Just as I 60 __________________________________________________ condemned the self-righteous Pharisees of My days, so do I I took the burden of the law off your shoulders. I have paid the condemn those of today, even if they call themselves price, and I have taken that weight off your shoulders. It's a "Christians." They are the ones of whom I said," Depart from Me, matter of faith, though. How much do you really believe in My I never knew you!" They never knew Me, and I never knew them! Salvation power? Of how much guilt do you believe My sacrifice Their hearts are far from Me, although their lips may praise Me, was capable of cleansing you? but their praise is dead - killed by their works, which are not Some folks prefer to still take some of the load on their own works of love, but works of self-righteousness, of pride, and shoulders. thus, of hatred. They insist on carrying part of the burden themselves, they are They justify their hatred, their killing of the innocents and poor addicted to the flesh to the extent that they need and want to do by relying on Me, thus besmirching My name before the world, part of the works in their own energy and strength. making Me a God unworthy of anyone's faith, only worthy to be They cling to the lies of the Devil that they're not good enough, mocked, despised and rejected. They are the ones who crucify that they must first obtain some level of goodness before they Me afresh every day. For not only do they reject My sacrifice for are worthy of receiving all My gifts to the full. themselves by insisting on leaning on their own righteousness But it's not goodness that would "earn" them My blessings, but for the "preserving of their salvation" (as if any such thing were faith. Faith and humility. The faith to receive, and the humility to possible), but they also rob salvation from others, leave them in accept it, that there's nothing you can do on your own to make eternal insecurity. Satan rejoices in them as his greatest feat yet, you any more worthy. ever! The perfect deception! The perfect "Christian" cloak, for the perfect satanic and diabolical plot! They cling to the letter of the law, rather than to the spirit. They're living on the fringes, and not from the true center. They don't allow Me to become their True Center. All they want is the 61 __________________________________________________ fringes, the skeleton, the frame that holds the construction It's not so much what you do that matters, but why you do it, together: a form of godliness without the power thereof. A what motivations and incentives lie behind it. What's the spirit facade, really. That's what the church system is all about: pretty behind it? You've got My Spirit, so let that be the Spirit that's buildings that look nice and fancy on the outside, "pretty" behind the things that you do. Christians that look nice and "clean" and "proper" on the outside, but you dare not look inside. I can use you in any situation, if you let Me and commit it into My hands! My goal is to be able to use you in every situation, that They're the type of people who made sure the Romans had Me wherever you are, whatever you do, I can use you, and My words crucified. Without ever getting their own hands dirty, yet they will come bubbling out of your mouth, My Spirit, My living waters were the ones guilty of My blood. Pilate made it pretty plain to will flow out of your belly at all times, "as the Scripture hath said" them that he refused to take that responsibility when he washed (Jn.7:38). his hands before them, and he was more righteous in My eyes than they were. You can always keep fighting for the victory, even if all you do is This is hard for you to grasp, but there are unbelievers who are pray! You've got to fight for the victory in prayer! You've got to more righteous in My eyes than some Christians. pray without ceasing! If you don't have time to hear from Me in a It is the true law, the "moral law" that's written in every man's particular situation, you can still pray! heart; the law of love, and the degree to which every man obeys it, that determines how righteous he is, not all those ridiculous The Enemy is trying to get you to carry the burden yourself. But little rules and laws they come up with themselves. your primary responsibility is to pray and ask Me for help, not to You will only be judged and rewarded by the amount of love you try and carry the load yourself! had for others, you will be judged by the Law of Love, not any man-made rules about adultery and fornication. The amount of love is what counts. The amount of love you give is what will 62 __________________________________________________ count toward your degree of righteousness; and the lack of love There's more to the here and now than you previously you display and manifest will be on the other side of the balance. fathomed, and that includes the care of your bodies, the Are you making people feel loved? Are you making it easy for responsibility you have toward others and the impact you have them to love? Or are you putting heavy burdens on them, that in on their lives, and basically your whole sample, that which you the final analysis spell out nothing else than: "thou shalt not constitute, that which you convey, the energy you give off, love"? Which is precisely what those hypocrites are doing by basically, what you are. forbidding to marry, which is and remains a doctrine of devils, To just be is a greater responsibility, something you actually whether the person has been married before or not, and whether principally do for others. You make an effort to be the best that the person has decided to become a priest or not. Forbidding you can for their sake, so that you can be strong enough to pull anyone to marry, to give them a chance to manifest that bond of them out of the hole and over to My side; that you can be a love between two people that it might result in fruit that I have strong enough light and signal for them to find their way Home; ordained, is a doctrine of devils, who gleefully rejoice at the that you can be a good and clear enough sample of My love and deception they have wrought in those self-righteous hearts, that of what a disciple of Mine is truly supposed to be like, so that made love for yet two more people impossible (see 1Tim.4:1-5). they won't be turned off, as happens so often with average

Christians. What you are is more important than you thought, and thus it requires more work, more investment of your time and effort than you thought, and it entails more than just feeding your spirit. While that was the major emphasis, and it was building a good and thorough foundation, now we're going to have to get back to strengthening and building up the rest of you, and all that it entails: your body and your overall sample, which includes your Home, your team, etc. What you are is important. Especially when you have managed to become nothing for Me. The art is in building up what you are supposed to be without simultaneously building up your pride, your ego, your carnal self, that which you're not supposed to be. Your soul consists of your whole man, body and spirit. What we had to get rid of was the carnal man, the one who just seeks to build up his own pride and seeks the opposite of My will for you, the sinful nature in you that always seeks to contradict Me, to doubt Me, to strive against Me, to run away from Me. But if the first thing you do every morning is yield your whole life to Me, and spend the time with Me that is needed in order to shed the carnal man and put on the spiritual man, then we can also wholeheartedly focus on building up your body and all that goes with it. That is perhaps where you misjudged others before and couldn't see why they were putting so much emphasis on what you considered carnal things. That's how easy it is to misjudge things, people and situations, and how easy it is to see things the wrong way... the carnal way. The carnal way likes to camouflage itself as the spiritual way and manifests itself especially in religious hypocritical selfrighteousness. The Pharisees were more carnal-minded and "in the flesh" than those sinners they looked down on, because the "spiritual" sins of self-righteousness and spiritual pride are much more severe, and much more deeply rooted in the flesh than the mere desire to enjoy the bodies I have given you, including all its functions. That's why there is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. To the carnal mind it looks the opposite of the way I see it. The way that seems right on the surface is the sanctimonious way, that's why you've got to look deeper, below the surface, and see what I've got to say about it, and how I see things. That's what My truth does, and bathing yourself in the truth of My Words: it helps you to see things My way, and not the way your carnal mind would interpret things. It tells you, "things are not what they seem." Of course, the most important thing is still the Spirit, and what they can see in your eyes is so much more relevant and important than any physical sample could be. You've got to look deeply, especially when it comes to people, and you cannot judge by exterior things, just as you wouldn't want them to judge you for your exterior. It's the spirit that counts, and that you can only see once you look beyond the exterior, and you've got to make that effort. 63 __________________________________________________ It's not really love, if it's not humble. As soon as the boasting starts, it starts to get smelly in the spirit. It's like some delicious meal. If you let it stand for too long, it will go bad. There has to be constant movement and renewal. The old has to be discarded, and a new meal has to be prepared. A new offering has to be made, without time for resting on your laurels of the past. You can't sit back and pat yourself on the back for the souls you've already won. You just keep going, the way a good housewife knows she's got to cook another meal every day, got to keep cleaning, got to keep going, got to keep doing the humble task... Those who are too busy worrying, "what's in it for me?" and wondering about the amount of glory they're going to get, usually never really accomplish the kind of things that count, as far as I'm concerned, simply because the wrong spirit is behind it... the wrong incentive. It just clashes with My Spirit, the two don't jibe. Love is love and pride is pride and ne'er the twain shall meet.

That's why, as soon as there's pride involved, something's wrong, it causes the machinery to malfunction. It's like a law of spiritual mechanics: a big no-no. The position of your heart in these matters of accomplishment is just as important as the positions of individual pieces in a machine, or some sophisticated equipment. You can't put a motor in the trunk of a car for instance. But that's in a way, what lots of people do, like that old saying, they put their carts before their horses. It's the horse power that's got to do the job, otherwise the cart isn't going to get anywhere, and that applies to your relation with Me, too. Some people think they don't need the horse, or the motor or the fuel anymore, they're coasting along on some former momentum, and they don't realize that the oil has run out or the horses are asleep. Without oil, that motor's going to give up the ghost pretty soon and cause one helluva stench. That's why I can use you better if you just know that you're utterly dependent on good maintenance, constant refills of fuel and oil, and make sure that the whole machinery is in order. All these things illustrate the intricacy of your lives for Me. There are many factors to consider, and, as usual, lots of folks never bother to read the manual, or they simply misunderstand or misinterpret the parts they do read, or they're not looking for contact with the Master Mechanic and Technician Who could show them all they need to know. I like to be involved in your earthly matters a whole lot more than most people realize. It's important to remember that you are not alone. There's help available for you. How silly it would be to constantly ignore that help & insist on doing everything alone. Tuning in to Me isn't only a one-on-one process, but it includes tuning in to the other members of your team as well, both, on this side as on your side of the curtain. There are oodles of folks involved in everything, so you must expand your horizon and modus operandi to working with multiple members and partners in this body, My church, learning to tune in to them, and being open to input from them at any given time, requesting their input, counseling with them, checking in with them, both, your team members on earth and in the spirit world. I want you to get a broader spectrum of things in general, not the uni-directional way of looking at things, the way a horse with blinkers would. Expand your horizon and circumference and look around you in a full 360 degree circle. There's more to perceive than just the path ahead of you, more than just your own crown and reward, your own personal goal. There's a unified goal that everyone on My side is working together on reaching, and they're hoping that you're going to be a good team player, listen to their counsel. You are not alone. There are millions around you, trying and wanting to help you, so open your channel, and also be receptive for the input they can contribute through those at your side! Everything belongs. And everybody, too! You're not supposed to tackle it all by yourself. 64 __________________________________________________ Dedicating your time to Me is an art that can be improved by the amount of energy and intensity you put into it. Committing the day into My hands in prayer is like drawing a rough sketch & a general deal that says, "here, Lord, make out of it the best you know how." But if you want to go into the details and make a fine art out of it, you say, "Lord, I dedicate this next hour to You, and I want to put my whole being into it! Take me, possess me to the full and help me to make the utmost possible out of it." It's like the difference between passively making love and being the one who takes the initiative. There's a time for both, but as you know, it's nice to have variety. Put some passion into it, some initiative, some more dedication. The amount you'll get out of it is determined by what you put into it. The more you give, the more I give back to you. The more you are determined not to settle for anything less than the very best you can make and get out of each single day, the more wholeheartedly you pray, the greater the results are going to be.

There's always more to give. Just like there is always more to receive from Me, and I always have something more to give to you, I have made you so much in My image, that there's always something more left in you to give, another extra ounce of progress to make, yet another little bit to grow... There's always more, not only of Me, but also of you, that you can give to Me, and I, in return, will give you all the more of Me. When I know you give Me your all, and there's nothing you're withholding from Me, then I also give My all to you. When there's nothing withheld, but all is given on both sides, that is utter surrender, total passion, that's when life has truly begun. By holding back you're just cheating yourself out of the greatest possible thrills you could ever experience. Once you come up with the necessary amount of energy to break through to the other side, My helpers will have a much easier time inspiring you with the necessary thoughts that will guide you to do the things that will help you accomplish the best and most you can. What is needed in order to ensure the best possible guidance you can receive from Me, is a certain desperation that ensures Me that you don't want to settle for anything less than My best possible option for you, that you're really serious about it all, and that you really want to invest something into this; and I won't be slack about rewarding you and blessing you accordingly. 65 __________________________________________________ People often demand from each other a degree of perfection that they lack themselves. It's a form of idolatry, because it's trying to make a god out of something that is no god, namely another human being. Instead of turning to Me as the Source of hope, strength, love and inspiration, they turn to a futile, empty vessel like themselves, fragile and imperfect, projecting into them hopes that only I can fulfill. And thus they create another scapegoat. Someone they can blame for their emptiness, their disappointment, their unhappiness.

do a little bit of what you can. I bring out that hidden potential in you. 67 __________________________________________________ Mine is a straight and narrow path, and although My voice and My signs are everywhere, and My handwriting is seen all over creation, it is only few who are able to see it. Only few are able to make out My path, because the majority choose to look out for other things. People primarily focus on the things they are interested in, and My still small voice of truth that promotes the path of sacrifice and humility is inaudible to the majority, who are still following the ways of the flesh. As you walk My path, and people start to pay attention to you, the tests are becoming harder, and the Enemy thinks up more intricate schemes to deceive you and lead you astray. The immediate, tangible blessing is often accepted at the cost of the hidden, unseen and eternal blessing. It takes desperate seeking of My face and of My will to find out which is truly My blessing, which is the Devil's temptation; which is truly My will, and which is the will of the flesh. My will for you will usually be the path of crucifixion, not the exaltation of the flesh.

68 __________________________________________________ There's more to making salvation work out in this life than the mere act of receiving Me. Receiving Me may secure their place in Heaven, but whether their life on earth is going to be more like heaven or more like hell largely depends on which way they point their antenna in the here and now. It depends on whether they're also going to accept Me in their consciousness. To make salvation work out in the present life takes more than to just say a little prayer to receive Me into their hearts. That prayer may secure their eternal Salvation, but to make it work and make it happen during their lives on earth, they have to strive to live and obey the first and great commandment to love Me with all Pride is a dangerous deceiver that distorts reality, and once their hearts, all their souls and minds. somebody starts walking down that path, the end of happiness They've got to put their salvation and their faith into practice. In and harmonious living together is in sight. "Pride cometh before order to grow, they have to keep receiving and drinking in My a fall." Hopefully, you will just be able to get back up again, wipe milk, My Word. When that flow stops, they become "alienated off the dirt, bandage up the wounds and keep walking, and from the life of God." All that remains is their little egos that are hopefully everyone involved will learn their lesson and recognize often even smaller than those of their unbelieving counterparts the impostor next time he'll come in another camouflage. who have never known Me, because they are still searching what has once been found and rejected by the former believer. The You and you alone are responsible. You can't blame anybody ego of the backslider is a diminishing ego, it shrinks, so to else. You can't blame the older one, the stronger one, the speak, because they have found and rejected Me and My truth supposedly wiser one for your own failures to take heed and not already; there is nothing for them to grow toward or look forward fall into the Devil's traps. to... just a selfish little existence with no other destiny than to No excuse is going to hold ground, as to why the other person finally return to Me. was to blame. You could have focused on Me instead of them. That's why backsliders and apostates are sometimes capable of greater evil than those who never found Me. The Devil makes The culprit is your own failure to look unto Me instead of them. them mad at the unconditional forgiveness they received in their There's no one else you could blame for that. salvation, and they want to prove that they're not worthy of it, that it was a mistake for Me to ever grant them that salvation. The In your efforts to learn to work together you cannot forget that Devil uses them to show what a "fool" I was, in his eyes, to ever it's you alone who is responsible for your own actions and save them in the first place, and die for them. choices, your own victory or defeat, because it is I that give the Only those who can see through the great mystery until its very victory, not any other person. It may have been helpful if the end can believe in such unconditional and vast, all-forgiving and other person would have been strong, wise and quick enough to all-embracing love. It goes totally against the grain of the pride of do the right thing in order to ensure your keeping the victory, but man, any philosophy of works, of being able to earn one's own ultimately, your personal victory does not depend on them, but salvation, because it becomes obvious that only I can do it. And only on whether your own heart is right with Me, whether you're that is, of course, the option the natural man refuses and rejects, truly and fully leaning on Me and trusting in Me, or not. until he gets to the point where there's no other way, and they finally yield to Me in their desperation. 66 __________________________________________________ I hand you some situations for you to hand them back to Me, the way a father rolls a ball toward his child, expecting him to roll it back. That's the way the game works. After you've rolled it back to Me by committing the problem to prayer, and I've done what I can to improve the situation, I'll roll it back to you, and have you The human spirit is like a wild horse that needs to be tamed through the experiences it suffers. It has to be won over through real and true friendship and love. No falseness or harshness or ulterior motives driven by pride will do. Only the real thing.

69 __________________________________________________ Part of developing spiritual strength is learning to resist temptation. I want you to learn how empty, vain, futile and what a waste that spirit of the world is. It's betrayal of Me. Whether you're going to stand strong in the hour of temptation (Rev.3:10) is being determined now, by how firm you stand in the relatively small temptations of every day. Are you going to allow yourself to be pulled along with their current? Or will you stand strong and resist it, and pull them along with Mine? You haven't yet resisted unto blood, striving against the sins of foolishness, worldliness and shallowness that are trying to entice you and beguile you. 70 __________________________________________________ I know the human heart, and that it doesn't seek My interests in the natural. You don't have to put on any false pretenses with Me. I know you inside out, and I totally know where you're at. You don't even need to apologize. I know what to do in order to get you to turn around and learn from your mistakes. I'm much more merciful and longsuffering and patient than you can fathom. I've got to be longsuffering, patient and forgiving enough for any sinner. My love has got to be big enough to even embrace those running far outside of the range of what you would consider "the fold." My fold is so much larger than that. My range is so much wider than what most people consider. I'm a Champion of those who are considered losers by the standards of the System. My sheep won't feel at home with that crowd. I wish I had better news for you, I wish this world were a better place, one where you could feel more at home, but it isn't. It just isn't. You're not what they want, because you're not one of them. Wolves can always tell the sheep underneath all that wolves' clothing. I'm leading you to the most unattractive option of all times as far as the carnal mind is concerned: I'm leading your heart back Home to Me. It's going to strengthen and immensely increase your amount of love for Me, finding out just how futile, empty and vain all the other options are. Being human gives you all the liberties to experience "freedom from Me," to live out the total majesty of freedom of choice. And those whose hearts truly belong to Me realize that "freedom from Me" isn't freedom at all, but the opposite, that true freedom lies in belonging to Me.

doing the person a greater favor by withdrawing. By spoon-feeding them, you're actually ministering to their laziness, and at the same time, neglecting other tasks. There is a time and a season for everything under the sun: a time to spoon-feed, and a time when they've grown enough to be getting the food for themselves. Sometimes You simply have to have the humility to get out of the way! The plan is for each one to establish their own, personal connection with Me, and in order for them to learn that, you have to get out of the way! Sometimes, it's time to shut up and let Me do the talking. You're causing them to form a habit of dependence on you, when what I want is for them to form a healthy habit of dependence on Me. Your intentions may be good, but you're actually operating against My will. 72 __________________________________________________ You're not just learning to disregard the negative circumstances and stay cheerful in spite of them, but you also disregard the opportunity for relying on the flesh in the more favorable circumstances, and instead of patting yourself on the back, or trusting in your own arm of the flesh, you choose to stay humble and desperate and dependent on Me, as if nothing had changed, truly treating success the same as failure: praising Me for both, and treating them equally. 73 __________________________________________________ I can't let you fall prey to the complacent spirit of taking all things for granted. As long as everything's rosy, it's hard to stay desperate. But as soon as I let the Devil loose to blow down your neck, you know you're not at home in this world... As soon as you're having a problem you've got something to seek and ask Me about, you're hungry and desperate for a solution, you need Me. The solution lies in the very desperation, that vacuum, that void for Me to fill. "Power, popularity and plenty are dangerous." In other words, if you're un-popular, it's good for you; if you're poor, it's good for you, and if you're a weak little nobody, it's also good for you!

74 __________________________________________________ There is no other way to overcome your Enemy than by "Pray without ceasing" means, "be in tune with Me always," getting to know him, his tactics, his schemes, his ways of constantly. And whenever you experience moments when that's operating. not the case, then it's usually a reminder that you would have Those who choose to basically remain oblivious to his very been better off if it would have been so. existence, much less get to know his modus operandi, will look a lot worse when the final battle and clinch comes. You have to learn to be able to recognize the Enemy at work in 71 __________________________________________________ the circumstances he uses and manipulates, never losing site of The sense of "being needed" can sometimes be a form of the fact that if I allow it in the first place, then there must be a pride, or it can minister to your pride. "They need me," and so, good purpose in it. you're flattered, and you devote all the time to them that they You ought to learn to rejoice in adverse circumstances, knowing want, instead of having them learn to communicate with Me that they serve My purpose of bringing out the very best possible instead. It's like the proverb about teaching someone how to fish, in you. instead of giving them food. You have to decide which way I'm teaching you through all this to remain stable in spite of you're going to be a greater help to others: by just spending anything. You cannot go according to outward circumstances hours and hours with one single sheep daily, spoon-feeding and influences, and you won't, if you cling to Me tightly in spite them, just because he's too lazy to dig for the food himself, or by of and regardless of anything. You'll still remain firm if your telling them where to get it, and thus be able to devote time to focus is on Me. others as well. When there are other sheep being neglected because of the one It shouldn't matter to you whether it's hot or cold. It's easier to lazy sheep, then it's time to wise up! handle the heat or the cold than lukewarm complacency. Sometimes you've got to get out of the way and let Me appear on Life has its ups and downs, and I purposely allow a whole lotta the scenery! shakin' going on in order to test you. The ultimate clinch being, "Stand back, and see Me fight!" It takes true wisdom to recognize will you trust Me anyway, or at some point allow yourself to when that time has come and then to realize that you're actually believe that you know better than Me?

Real faith will continue trusting that I know what I'm doing. How can you grow beyond your limits unless you've been driven to your limits to find out what they are and where they are? There will always be new limits to discover and explore, you will reach points you have never known before. But instead of freaking out about it, you can rest assured that if I have trusted you with the former one, that you were going to be able to handle it and make it through that one, I'm also allowing you to handle this one because I know you can do it.

pessimism and negative expectations, not only for your sake, but for the sake of those around you, who look up to you! Be freed from the chains that tie you to earth, trudging in a circle, and look up and soar high into the heavens instead.

78 __________________________________________________ The greatest victors are those who refuse to believe the circumstances that indicate or announce defeat! They keep fighting anyway, they keep believing anyway, that they're going to win. That's the kind of attitude that refuses to give in even to Maybe I will allow the Enemy to drive you just a little bit beyond the most un-promising circumstances. your limit. But next time, you'll be able to handle more. And it's True victors don't go by what "it seems like." They know that necessary, because things are going to get worse, and you need those appearances can be deceiving. They don't fall for "false to get to know your limits, your weak points, and you need to be evidence appearing real." Instead, they cling to My Word, that all aware of them, able to recognize them and be cautious of them. things are possible to him that believeth. It seems impossible? But you cannot use them as an excuse to quit and give up. If you Make it possible, by believing anyway. You can make it possible, hand it back over to Me at that point where you can't handle it you can make it happen through your faith, because all things anymore, it'll all work out alright, just as it always has. are possible to him that believes. It may seem to you as if you're losing ground, but you refuse to believe in the loss, because the eyes of faith can see that beyond 75 __________________________________________________ every apparent loss there is always something greater to gain People can tend to become spoiled through a lot of attention. from it and through it. It's never a true loss, but only an They can get used to it and think they have a right to it and start opportunity for something greater to be gained by it. They've demanding it. learned that apparent losses are only opportunities for progress, Its never wrong to give, but it depends on what it is you give. It's because they've come to experience that "God never takes one never wrong to give the right thing, that which I show you a thing away from you without giving you something better." person needs. Just be open and expectant, hopeful for that "something better." Otherwise it can happen that you give and you give, and folks You may not know what it is yet, but you're just going to have to just get used to it and wind up taking it for granted... let Me surprise you. Maybe I want you to create something better To stretch out their arms of faith and touch Me personally and than what you formerly had... Maybe I want you to prime the really get to know Me is the best thing you can convey to them. pump of your creativity a bit and give you new inspirations to Instead of spoon feeding them, teach them how to get ahold of create something better than the previous and make some the food and the nourishment, even if it does take a bit of time. progress, get a little bit further than you were last time... Every now and then it's time for progress, time to upgrade and update. Whenever I have an upgrade in store for you, you can 76 __________________________________________________ always be sure that it's truly an improvement on the stock. I All the self-analysis and introspection in the world isn't going really want to make it true, what the song says, "Every day is to do for you what I can do for you, and what you can do by getting better since I came to Jesus." looking unto Me. The Devil sure tries to make it look as if that weren't true, he sometimes even makes it look as if it were the farthest thing from the truth, but I want to make you see that it's true: that every day 77 __________________________________________________ is going to get better in some way than the previous. You're Learn to look unto Me as I looked unto the Father. going to be a little bit wiser, a little bit stronger, and ultimately The more you look unto Me, the more you absorb Me, just as I happier than when you started out. I'm going to see to that! absorbed the Father by looking at Him. This doesn't mean that it's going to always be easier, because in I couldn't do anything without the Father, but because I was order to make you stronger, there has to be some weight, some constantly looking unto Him, there was nothing I couldn't do. resistance, some challenge, and the stronger you get, the more And so it is with you: the more you look unto Me, the greater One you'll be able to handle. beyond yourself enabling you to do all things, and without Whom If it seems as if somebody is not getting stronger, but a problem you're able to do nothing, the more powerful you will also seems to prevail, then the challenge may consist in finding out become in My might. what it is that seems to be hindering the progress. Perhaps that If you keep looking unto Me, you will have My supernatural person's faith isn't really truly in Me in all points, but there is wisdom that will help you to say and do the right things. You some false hope or illusion they cling to, some concoction of won't be making so many mistakes anymore. You will walk in their own mind instead of My ultimate truth. There might be some love more, as you absorb My love by looking unto Me. mindset about certain issues where they have adopted their The Devil would keep you focused on the ground, walking by "own" truth, and haven't really dug down to the bottom of My sight, instead of by faith. But if you keep looking unto Me, I reality in this certain aspect. promise, I won't let you fall into the ditch, and it is much better to put your trust in Me than in your own wisdom. Maybe they're going elsewhere instead of Me to find what only I By always looking to the ground in order to avoid the pitfalls you can give them. "...Since I came to Jesus" means coming back to miss many golden opportunities on the horizon that are only Me regularly and all the time for more, and not running elsewhere seen by looking up, by the trustful vision of hope and instead. Of course, it's your job also to find out what you can do expectation. in order to improve the situation, and not just assume that See the heavenly vision, the heavenly viewpoint and angle of everything is going to get better all by itself. You need to things. contribute your part in order for everything to get better and Be different, stick out from the down-looking, down-trodden every day to get better. masses and be one who dares to look up instead, one who dares You can contribute your part in making it nicer and better for to hope instead of despair! someone else and be Jesus for them in some ways, to be a Be the one who dares to hope: dare to hope, dare to expect the manifestation of My love for them. In order to make it better for good things, instead of always expecting the worst in order to everyone involved, each party has to allow Me to use them to be avoid disappointments and hurt! Dare to look up, full of Me for someone else. I have determined not to do it all by Myself, expectancy! Don't allow yourself to be bogged down by but to use you as My co-players and team mates. How much are

you willing to let Me use you?

the right and the privilege to just be you! In all your uniqueness, craziness, along with all your peculiar traits and idiosyncrasies, Giving all the glory to Me is not the same as letting Me do etc. You have My official permission! everything and refusing to play your part in it! If anyone asks you who gave you the permission to be that weird You should ask yourself, "What can I do in order to make this and odd, just tell'em I did. If I'm fine with it, they're also going to day a little bit better than the day before for this person? How learn to be fine with it in the long run. That's why you shouldn't can I be the love of God for them?" Part of making "everyday worry about what people are going to think or say about you. You better" is to shift your focus from yourself to what you can do in shouldn't have to feel like you've got to hide your being different. order to improve life for someone else. That's what truly will Who says everybody's got to be all the same? Or who said that make everyday better, and a major part of the secret of how it it's something bad to do things differently? works. If there's anything I want My Family to be, it's different. I want The secret lies in letting the light you receive from Me by coming there to be an alternative to that which already exists, especially to Me spill over on others' lives... in not only feeding yourself and that so-called normal arm-of-the-flesh-dependent System. letting the others see to it themselves, how they're going to get their nourishment, but also sharing the food, sharing the inspiration, and feeding each other. 80 __________________________________________________ It's another of those points that's actually pretty basic, but that It has turned out to be safer to make the Family look a little hasn't really sunk down deep into the roots of your attitude. Your less attractive to begin with, so that only those who truly search attitude shows where you're "at," whether you got the point, and for the real thing will also find it there. at which level of progress you are, your level of maturity and It's a little bit like the motley crew of the "Nebuchadnezzar" in vintage and quality of character. Is yours a selfish, introverted "The Matrix:" They didn't exactly look like the epitome of a attitude, or a giving, mature and loving one? "happy family," or like the kind of outfit anybody would be proud to join right off the bat. It was more like, "Oh, my God, you must be kidding! Tell me that this isn't really happening!" 79 __________________________________________________ My people have always been a peculiar people, simply because Life is more important than accomplishment. It's more than they are not of this world. There have been certain periods and that. The heart is what matters, the motivation; you've got to "golden eras" during which My church enjoyed a certain have the right incentives. It can't just be your own ambition or popularity, but they were few and far between, and often rather urge for accomplishment, your desire to see your name in neon due to some compromise with the existing systems of the world lights, not even a desire for the shiniest crown and biggest which consequently brought My judgment upon them, and the rewards in Heaven. It's got to be love. Your motivation has got to eventual downfall of their glory. be your love for them, which comes from the love I give you for them because you have experienced My love, and you want to My true disciples are going to be able to thrive on anything, no pass it on. matter how rough the circumstances, they will keep going, and will keep producing the life-giving medicine for the souls of the It takes faith to do things differently than the rest, but that's all world, as long as they regularly get some of My refreshing part of the school of faith. You've got to know which role you're waters! All My true disciples need is Me and My refreshing supposed to play, and you've got to be sure of it, confident in it, waters. I will do and provide all the rest for them. It's got to be and allow nothing to shake you or dissuade you from it. entirely My working. One of the advantages of when you're not part of the "in-crowd" anyway, when you realize you're different to begin with, is that You can provide the plant or the soul with water, and you can you're not bound by peer pressure as much, and you have apply a little bit of tender loving care for it, but in the long run, greater liberties to do things differently. what keeps it growing, is My miracle-working power, which will continue to work in spite of anything you do or won't do. You can only advertise for a product successfully if you're truly a satisfied customer first. You can't offer anybody a better life So, just make sure that My sap runs in you freely and richly, and unless you first show that you truly enjoy life yourself. You can't you're bound to bring forth fruit. Keep watering those little show anyone the key to happiness - at least not very saplings, don't let them dry up and wither away, keep praying for convincingly - unless you show that you're experiencing that them, and then trust Me for the rest, that I will do what you can't happiness yourself. do. The same powerful, continuous process that keeps the entire Not everybody in My Kingdom has to do things exactly the same universe in motion, will also keep you and your spiritual babies way. There's nothing wrong with being different. If I would have alive! Just make sure they can see and sense My Spirit in you, meant for everyone to be and do exactly the same, I could have and let Me worry about all the rest! seen to it. I'm an Advocate and Fan of variety, rather than monotonous similarity. I delight in the differences between you. 81 __________________________________________________ You've got to be motivated and driven by My love, not some The differences between your children are the factors of which thing in your head that tells you, "You ought to, because the consist a lot of the challenges and lessons in your life: to learn to other ones are doing it, too!" Find out what it is that I want you to handle each of them individually and take them where they're at. do personally about the basic instructions I've already given you, There's no standard procedure that works with all of them. You of loving Me and others and spreading My Words. Which is the know basically, what everybody needs is love. But how do you way you can most efficiently participate in My efforts? It does not apply that love with each one, individually? That is the challenge, mean that you've got to do it exactly the same as they. and what makes life interesting. Most folks don't even want to bother to find out how to get along with different people. They'd You've got the freedom to do and be whatever and whoever you rather just get into their own little work, their jobs or their wish to be for Me! Some people are afraid of their freedom! Enjoy hobbies. But I've made it so that sooner or later, everybody is it! Embrace it, live it, proclaim it, flaunt it! It's nothing to be going to be confronted with different people, the differences in ashamed of! "You can be free!" people, and thus they're forced to at least be confronted with the If you're not going to find freedom in Me, then who is going to different view of things, even if they may not accept it. It is so in find it anywhere? I didn't set you free only in order to place new order to show people that there is such a thing as a different rules and burdens and regulations on you, or put pressure on view and perspective, and I'm already hinting through that, that you to strive to be exactly like another group of people! You have they're all going to get a surprise in the end to find out how I

have seen things all along: the totally different view - God's view! Insisting that your own personal view of things is the only right one is like insisting you're God, and everyone else's opinion doesn't matter. And that is, unfortunately, what many people do: they put themselves first, ignore the needs of others, and basically play God. But usually something happens somewhere along the line that causes them to realize that it's a fairly solitary and frustrating game, that it's a lot easier and better in the long run to agree with people with different views at times. And that's where the process of learning from others sets in, and voil, you will have stumbled upon one of the major purposes and meanings of life. In other words, part of the meaning behind the differences that exist between people and every kind of creature is also a part of the meaning of life: to simply behold the difference of the other and learn from it, absorb it, register it, test it, prove it, and if it turns out to be any good, perhaps assimilate it, or at least accept and tolerate it. All that spells growth. And in the long run, this is one of the major contributing factors to all of you - all of us growing into One. Simply put, it's love. 82 __________________________________________________ If you live in the light, the light will also rub off on those around you, they can't help it. Youre finding yourself facing the problem that has occurred in many people's lives: how to present someone with Me who has formerly been seared by the bad experiences of having been presented with a false image of Me. How do you present the real Me, that which I truly am, to someone who has formerly gotten to know a false, distorted image of Me? There were many who were a bad or false sample of Who I really am, and a lot of folks have been seared by this false experience with the portrayal of a God that I am not. Love will not go unnoticed. It won't leave folks indifferent and untouched. A love that truly originates from Me and that seeketh none of her own, against such there truly is no law, and nothing can stand against it. Its the degree of purity in it that counts. It may be only a tiny little treasure at first, but people will recognize that what you've got is something special, and they can't just ignore it or be indifferent to it. And with time, it will grow. It's My little power, My tiny little presence in you, which has finally become one with you, a part of you, and grows there until it completely takes you over - regardless of anything the Enemy may try to do. If this is My doing, then nothing can stand against it, and, as Paul said, "who shall separate us from the love of God?" The secret lies largely in the humility to be able to see and admit that you've been wrong. Your intentions may have been good, but good intentions simply are not enough. They've got to become more than intentions. They've got to become your incentive, that which motivates you, the essence of all you are and do: "The love of Christ constraineth us" (2Cor.5:14). The mistakes are part of the training. Without mistakes and errors, there's no need to repent, nothing to admit to, nothing for which to humble yourself and admit you were wrong and need help, no need to change. That's why those who suppose they do everything right are the ones who are most distant from Me. They simply don't need Me as much as folks who screw up a lot. The best thing you can learn out of your mistakes is: don't try to do it on your own, but always avail yourself of My help! If you call on Me and rely on Me, you won't fail. If I'm your strength, you won't be too weak! You won't disappoint folks, because you'll be

pointing them to Me, the only One Who can fulfill their desires anyway. 83 __________________________________________________ There are false types of love, selfish types of love, which don't necessarily come across like love or as benevolent or something good on the side of the receptor. With men, this is sometimes manifested when they have a sexual urge and desire for someone, and they can't understand why this should only come across as repulsive on the other side. With women, it manifests sometimes in a way that they try to spoil the one they love too much; heap too much attention and care on them, which comes across as suffocating on the side of the receptor of such "love." These types of situation have contributed to some people losing faith in love altogether. They saw that love - or what they thought was love - didn't work. They got hurt in their attempts to love. But people need to realize that love is something greater than what they often consider love. "Love loves the unlovely." It reaches out toward those you would have no natural desire to reach out for. It seeks what is best for them, not what you may think is best for them. It seeks what is really the best for them. It is open to possibilities that are contrary to your own natural expectations or notions of what others might need, as drawn from your own conclusions based on your own needs. Love makes an effort to see the other - the totally other side! It expands its view way beyond ones own limited personal view of things and is ready to deal with what's totally different, even opposite of what you've known all along. Love makes you grow. It doesn't just keep you in your comfy-cozy little world right where you are. It doesn't hesitate to get its hands dirty, to move beyond the familiar place of one's own comfort, to go out to the highways and hedges, to a strange land in order to find there totally other perspectives of life in a needy heart or soul. It sees the need and does something about it. Love makes you grow beyond the limitations and confines of your former, your present world. It constantly expands and causes you to expand and stretch your horizon, to venture out into new realms of perception, yet always staying loyal to the True Center of all, which is Me, the Initiator of true growth. True love will never just let you stay in your own little world, stagnating in your old view. Love is like Me, because Love is what I am, and like every aspect of Me: Revolution, constant change, the totally other. It challenges you. It is your oldest desire and yet constantly new. Love is thrilling and mind-blowing: you cannot comprehend it, only receive a portion of it and pass it on. Love is My Spirit which is like the wind that bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof but canst not tell from whence it cometh or whither it goeth. You can never figure out love. You can only know it in your heart, it doesn't fit in your head. Love is the secret, the all-powerful force that rules and guides the universe, for Love is God. It's so much greater than anything that men could pin down and define with their finite minds, and it's definitely so much greater than some of man's limited perceptions of it. One has to watch out that they're not confusing love with some own selfish need for security or affection and something that will actually stop them from experiencing the fullness of My true love in their lives. Love will lead you to situations that are beyond your experiences, to places beyond your present limits. It will lead you back to My arms, helplessly wondering what to do about this new challenge, and only I can give you the necessary love, strength and wisdom to master each one. Love will always bring you back to Me because it originates with Me in the first place. You can only know from whence it cometh and whither it goeth if you know Me, for then you will know that it

comes from Me, it originates Here, with Me, and that's where it will also lead you again for more, another round of learning, another cycle of growth, another little bit of wisdom gained, another season of fruit borne for My glory. 84 __________________________________________________ You can't judge others simply because of their nationality. That's the kind of generalization and bias that cause the type of aggressions that lead to wars in the long run. Just because people don't live up to your expectations, you cannot toss them all in the same bucket. You see a certain unfavorable quality in them, and you never ever expect them to change or snap out of it. You put them in a drawer, there to remain forever, until by the grace of God they might manage to surprise you. But they might change more quickly if you give them a little moral support by encouraging them. By showing that you believe in them and love them, trust them... in spite of any present faults or shortcomings. That's where you've got to adopt My allembracing, all-forgiving view. Love challenges you to stretch your spiritual muscles toward reaching new capabilities you don't possess at present, to stretch and expand your horizon and focus. You need to grow in love, tolerance, acceptance and forgiveness of others, having more faith in them, and positive expectations. 85 __________________________________________________ A thief, who by stealing thinks he enriches himself, only takes loss of his own soul. They don't realize that they're losing by what they consider gain, how they're only heaping up misery for themselves by trying to chase that artificial happiness. There is that which promises to be gain but in the end turns out to have only been loss... The ways of sin make a person ugly, warped, distorted, despicable and undesirable, compared to what they're supposed to be. The question is, can you love them anyway? Can you love them enough to help them find their way back to Me? Can you still see My light in them? Can you still consider them a "friend," even if they don't act like you do? Can you forgive them the way you have been forgiven? 86 __________________________________________________ The "beginner's mind..." the prerequisite for all learning. The more you know, the more you know you don't know. If people only had a clue how little they know. If you can face each new day with the innocent ignorance of a child, a hunger to learn, a desire to still that lack of knowledge, then you're able to learn a lot faster than those who think they already know everything and have to be re-educated first. There's so much you all have to unlearn! Forget what you think you know, and realize how little you really know, and how much there is yet to learn! How can you learn when you think you already know it all? If you realize you've all got so much to learn together and from each other and with each other, then it's not one person acting as the "master" over the others, but each one just humbly shares what they're learning as you go... Let Me teach you! As you continue learning from Me, absorbing the words from My mouth, you will at last truly learn. My Word shall not return unto Me void. It will bring forth fruit (Isa.55:10,11)! 87 __________________________________________________ Don't make yourself too comfortable, too much at home in this world, but keep that hunger, that yearning for that which is to

come, that which is perfect. Strive now for that which is perfect, that you may learn of Me and of My ways, and that you may become - as much as is given you - perfect in this world, as you already are in My eyes. There is nothing imperfect about you in My eyes. It's just your own view, your own perception that still sees the flaws. I cannot even see them anymore. I see the light and the beauty in you, and all I feel for you is love. For Me, that's really seeing. When you can look through the eyes of love, and all you see and feel is love, then you can really see. All the rest is only the space between the stepping stones that lead you there. I will show you the pieces of the puzzle, the steps of the way to take that will lead you to Me, to total love and understanding. The affairs of this life will sometimes disconnect you from the spiritual and heavenly vision, temporarily... You will have to pause and will not be able to see where to step next, momentarily, and perhaps you might even stumble and take a fall, but in My eyes, it is all perfect. In many ways, it's not so much that I - the Perfect - come to you, but you finally come to Me and arrive at the point where you are totally ready for Me, ready to see with My eyes, ready to feel with My heart, ready to become like Me (1John 3:2). The virgins heard that the Bridegroom was coming, and they went out toward Him, to meet Him. Thank you for meeting Me half-way! Thank you for preparing for My coming, for making sure you always have enough oil in your lamps! 88 __________________________________________________ I expect you to come to Me, to make an effort! You can't just sit passively waiting for Me to make everything happen in your life! As you move toward Me, I move toward you. With the intensity you seek Me, I will come and give you the answer and allow you to find Me. Keep your eye and vision on Me, no matter what. The challenges are there for you to tackle and overcome, not for you to be overcome by them and fold up in dismay! I'm your principal Ally, the One you can rely on without a doubt, the One you should consult with most and first of all. One of the Enemy's principal jobs is to supply you with legitimate excuses for quitting! The question is: will you accept and use that excuse? Or are you going to be wise enough to look through his scheme and plot? Does your vision go further than that which is immediately before you? Can you see that there's something going on beneath the surface of the appearance of things? 89 __________________________________________________ When you are young and strong and seemingly independent from Me, I watch you, My children, and I enjoy it and delight in seeing you enjoy the life I've given you. But My truest and greatest joy is fulfilled when you start experiencing that hunger for Me and start realizing that there is something missing, that the basics and essentials I have equipped the process of life and your environment with, somehow don't seem to offer. And the older you get, and the more weary you become of life and all its difficulties, which often at first were hidden from you, the closer you draw to Me, and you come to Me, realizing that you need Me. The greater the longing, the greater the joy, the satisfaction, the fulfilment. It is no longer "I," but "we." Things you learn to do together in teamwork with others, tend to stick with you longer than things you do on your own. There is power in unison and harmony. Just like there is much more warmth there when 2 bodies warm each other, and the bed

is cold when you're in it alone, unity brings much of the warmth of life. I want you to become more conscious and aware of the fact that you are not alone. You're never alone. There is a cloud of witnesses and helpers always at your disposal, at your service, and it's imperative that you avail yourself of their help. Without love, life doesn't really amount to much of anything. 90 __________________________________________________ It shocks you at times to realize how much you're failing. But use it as an opportunity to emphasize just how much you need and are dependent on Me! it's much easier to be "good" when all the credit goes to yourself. The ego will gladly score points for itself by being "good," but it becomes a lot harder once you realize that in reality, there's nothing good about yourself that you wouldn't have to give Me the credit for. That's why it's so important to be honest with yourself and find out what really makes you tic, whether it's love or pride that's motivating you as your driving force in life. Personal witnessing has always been more effective than the mass witnessing and preaching of the churches. I operate oneon-one, and you must really adopt that style, too. "Preacher Syndrome," that urge to stand before a crowd and talk or sing: the kind of "show business" that Christianity has developed into is a clich you've got to get rid of. That's one way in which pride and vanity become the hidden incentives behind a lot of people's "good deeds." 91 __________________________________________________ "Prophecies shall cease..." One day, all this exchange of words won't be necessary anymore between us. We're headed for a higher level of communication! There's something even better coming up, when you'll be with Me in My Kingdom, and you will be as I am (1John 3:2). Thank you for choosing Me as your role model! I will reward your choice in this and won't disappoint you, and you'll see that eventually that choice will manifest in the type of fruit in your life that will cause others to look up to you as well, and you won't have to be ashamed anymore, because they will no longer see you, but Me in you. Eventually you're going to be a role model, too, that people will be able to look up to, if you keep following Me, continuing to seek My counsel and My heart daily, and as I was in this world, so will you be. Thank you for choosing to represent Me, My cause and My agenda in this world, and for not seeking your own! For those who seek an answer, there will be an answer! Sometimes it will take a little time, but if what you seek is the truth, they will find the answer, just as you sought and weren't disappointed! 92 __________________________________________________ There is so much yet to discover, to explore and conquer. Many haven't even opened their eyes to begin to see it, nor to recognize the real issues at hand. Part of your task consists of letting people know what the real issues of life are, what life is all about, and to tell them to quit wasting time on all the comparatively frivilous endeavors they invest their energies and resources in. I've given you helpers along your road to help you keep your eye

on the goal and remind you of your quest, helping you keep your focus on the straight & narrow. 93 __________________________________________________ Isn't it wonderful when there's a vacuum, a hunger, a curiosity, a desire to learn and know more coming across from your children? When there's receptivity, a space to fill instead of fullness, and the notion that they already know and have arrived? Isn't it great when they know their journey has hardly yet begun and they're open for your guidance and counsel, and they confide to you what's on their hearts, when they cease to be afraid of you and your opinion, of your judgment, and they just accept that you love them? It is never too late for reconciliation, all it takes is the readiness to admit you were wrong, a readiness to forgive and accept each other, to take a step toward each other, embrace each other, and start again. You can't give the sheep - those hungry and thirsty souls around you - all that they need from your own resources, that's why it's important that you get refilled by Me. Thank you for following in My footsteps, and for being a sample of My forgiveness and accpetance. Isn't it so much better to show love, instead of being judgmental? So much more beautiful to show them an open door than to shut them out? Look at My life: did I ever avoid or evade those people that others looked down on? I didn't even avoid those who hated and rejected Me. My message has always been, "Come to Me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Too many of My supposed followers, too many so-called Christians don't act as I would, as I did toward them that are without. They don't beckon them to come in, and so they're committing a greater sin than those they judge! They're heaping greater guilt on themselves by pushing away from Me those who I love and who I long to come unto Me. Look deeper, to see that hidden beauty there. Make an effort to see Me in them! Grow beyond your present limits! Open up and widen your present bounds and limits of affection, openness and receptivity and acceptance, stretch your muscles and level of tolerance. You've got to see their naked, wounded soul beyond all that hardened, outer shell, beneath all the camouflage they put on. Is it any wonder people should react negatively to Me when the Enemy has been lying to them about Me, telling them that I don't love them, won't accept them and reject them? Show understanding and consideration of the circumstances that make it so hard for them to believe. Once they've been shown My love, and they still insist on dwelling in the darkness of their unbelief, then you've probably done what you could, you have "delivered your soul," as My Word says, and there comes a time when I won't hold you responsible for their souls anymore. But until then, you've got to be long-suffering and patient with them. Be as patient with their hurting souls as you possibly can. How much have you begged Me to do My part, the part that you can't, of working in their hearts, and drawing them to Me? How much have you asked Me to draw them closer to My bosom? A lot depends on you! Reject them not, lest they recject Me! 94 __________________________________________________ I specialize in the impossible and that which doesn't make any

sense to you. We can benefit and learn from your experiences, and you, of course, can benefit from and avail yourself of the sheer endless pool of wisdom of all ages that is stored Here, according to the effort you make to draw from it, like activating a pump... It's like a heavenly bank of spiritual wealth. The Father has put an account there in your name, and you can draw from it whatever you need, anytime you need it. You don't have to walk through the physical world as a spiritual pauper. Sometimes you feel as if you lost your bank card or forgot your PIN... it seems more difficult than usual to "pick up money from the bank," or maybe you got there too late, after closing time... But all these worries are unsubstantiated. You have permanent access without having People can be overly optimistic at times and expect to find whole to show any card or having to remember any number, because chests full of diamonds and jewels, already cut and polished, as you have the Father's mark and seal in your forehead. You are they go down into the mine, but that's not reality! The reality is one of the royal heirs with special privileges. that you go down there with your pick and shovel, and it's cold, Your natural reasoning sometimes makes you doubt that, uncomfortable and dirty, and for every ton of dirt you move, you because you don't feel special, you don't feel specially good, you might find a diamond. That's the reality of life in the mines! don't even feel much different from any old villain... The Enemy Everything else is a result of the elusive television mentality tries to "remind" you that you're no one special at all, just where everything comes easy, without you ever having to do another wicked human, like all the rest of them, just so you won't much of anything except press a button on your remote control. make any runs to the "bank" and pick up something that you But that's not how leaders are made. Leaders are made with don't deserve in the first place. picks and shovels, not remote controls. But heaven and all its blessings are not earned on a merit basis. You either have the right and you are being granted access to its If you want to be one of those exceptional jewels that make a riches or not, no matter what the Enemy may do or say. In fact, difference and shine a light into the darkness, then you cannot the only chance he ever had is that you fall for his bluffs and expect things to get better all by themselves, but you're going to believe any of this stuff. That's why it's important you bathe in have to do something in order to make it better! You'll have to the Great Link first, each day, for us to remind you of who you work hard on becoming a better person and making a difference, are: one of us, who is at Home Here and has full access to the and not just take the lack of love of others as an excuse for never treasure houses of the Father; an heir with all the full privileges doing anything! and constant access to anything you might need. What Satan says about it or tries to make you believe about it is You're sometimes like spoiled, impatient children, who want it all irrelevant. Like any treacherous Enemy, he won't recognize your done, ready to enjoy: "I don't wanna wait! I want it now!" But authority just as you won't recognize his, since it is only an that's not how things work! It takes time to prepare a meal, it authority he falsely claims as a usurper. He may attempt to takes time and patience for certain circumstances to come about intimidate you with his displays of authority and power, but you where you're finally able to enjoy. Life does not merely consist of know none of it is real, and his days are numbered. You may be the enjoying process. nothing more than a refugee, one of the "underground," one of those he labels "terrorists," but you know beyond a doubt that You want the Family all ready to enjoy and to consume for your you are part of the true and eternal Kingdom which soon is going enjoyment, when it isn't quite there yet, but a lot actually still to be rightfully restored to the true King and its Maker. depends on you, as well as each individual member, and "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High..." Not so whatever they're willing to contribute in order to make the Family small, that secret place! In fact, it's everywhere. The only thing what it's supposed to be. Sometimes it may seem more than that's secret about it is that unbelievers are totally oblivious to it, you're able to afford, and sometimes you wonder if it's really but believers and sons of the Kingdom can dwell in it anytime going to be worth it. and anywhere and "abide under the shadow of the Almighty," It's hard to tell in advance, whether it's going to be worth the that shadow of light, that empowerment from on high, in His effort. Remember, though, that everything that's worth anointing, in His power, in His love. something, costs something. What a poor and meaningless alternative and miserable You can't expect to get something out of anything if you're not substitute to all this is the empty, hollow shell of a life the Devil ready to put something into it. has to offer instead... And what a privilege and glorious task what a reward in itself - to be able to bring this true life of love, the life of God, to others and share His light with them! What joy 95 __________________________________________________ above all joys! (S.H.:) Welcome to the Great Link! The pool of unlimited inspiration and exchange of vital information - the place where all (Ps.139:7,8) The secret place of the Almighty, His Realm, His holy spirits connect and become as one. It's not really "a place" Spirit, can never be lost to you, to anyone of His sons and as much as a gigantic phenomenon, a wavelength, an ethereal daughters who dwell There, who call this Great Link their Home. area and broadcasting range without limitations that expands You can never be lost to it, not even in the depths of hell. His throughout not only the entire physical universe, but also all love is everywhere, as far as you're concerned. There is no place other dimensions: the Great Link is the Spirit World. Here you are that excedes His power range, His range of broadcast. His truly at Home. In the physical world you have causes for fear and station is all-powerful! No static of the Enemy can suppress it, anxiety, and you worry about the diminishing state of your once your conncetion has been established to the point where substance. Here, there is no fear, because nothing diminishes, you're sure it always works, and you've found out that anything nothing can ever be lost - everything constantly grows, and there the Enemy may try to interrupt the connection is just vain is only eternal gain, no loss, whatsoever. attempts. It's his that's a hopeless cause. He's trying to turn and twist it Ironically, much of what is gained is brought about by something around and make you look as if you're the one who has a lost being lost in the physical realm: the flesh must decrease, so that and hopeless cause, and in his world of deceptions it may the spirit may increase. Life in the spirit is brought about by sometimes look like it. But in reality, things look quite different. letting go and death in the flesh. The more you let go in the flesh, In reality it's he that is the loser, not you! It is Christ Who is the the more you grow in the spirit. true and eternal Ruler, not his little puny fraudulent and fake It's almost as if I had to admit that I had made a mistake. The mistake of granting humans the liberty and majesty of free choice. Isn't that what unbelievers hold against Me all the time? "If God would really be just and righteous, He wouldn't allow all that, He'd put an end to this! Those self-righteous critics of Mine think they'd do a so much better job of running this world, if they were in My position. But all the while, they're not even realizing that I am letting them run the world. What they're really saying is, "You should give the power to me, not them."

appearance of a usurper. spoiled, but instead look around for opportunities in which you He may even look as if he's got the upper hand, but you know can do something for others. that he's destined to lose, he can do no other. Some things are temptations of the Enemy. You don't have to avail yourself of every luxury just because it's there. "Victory is life," so, walk in the victory. Walk in the life of a victor, one who is born and destined to win, simply because he has chosen to fight on the right side of the ones who are willing to 98 __________________________________________________ seemingly appear to be the losers... the losers that turn winners. You need Me to open the eyes of your heart and explain to you More and greater are they which are with you than they which are what's happening and what's going on. with them. It's not about finding the right people, the right group, or the right The Great Link is invulnerable, indestructible, eternal, and all- church, but about becoming the right kind of people, even if powerful. It is the greatest Force, the greatest Army there ever there is none other you can look up to and imitate: you can has been or will be - the epitome of power and strength: a strong imitate Me! If you trust that what I teach you is good and you just tower, a mighty rock, a firm foundation, a mighty fortress, a take what I give you at a time, you will see that it will all make bulwark never failing, the great Mountain of the Lord, which shall perfect sense eventually, and take you to a happiness and fill the whole earth, never to be removed again, destined to reign enlightenment you would not have deemed possible before. and last forever. Often it's repeat, repeat, repeat, and it seems as if a million words were necessary until you finally grasp the point, the point that everything has a meaning. 96 __________________________________________________ You finally rise head and shoulders above the supposedly-ableYour help cometh from the Lord, which made Heaven and to-see "accidentalists" who believe that everything happens by earth" (Ps.121:1,2). I am your God, and I want you to copy Me and random coincidence, without any higher purpose or destiny. You "play God" and "be God" in little ways for others. I don't want see that they are the ones in darkness. Their senses of survival you to look up to others and worship them, as if they were God. and self-protection are very clear and defined, often superior to Is that so hard to understand? I want you to turn to a reliable yours, just like many animals can beat you at hunting or source for your needs, namely to Me. And then I want you to protecting themselves and fending for themselves... pass on that which you've been given by others. Like Adam, you walk through this savage garden, surrounded by I want you to give to them what you've received from Me. all the animals, some of which are so much bigger and taller and My goal and desire is for you to reverse that selfish cycle and do stronger than you, equipped with greater survival skills, but you things differently. Instead of relying on your arm of the flesh for don't find your mate among them. But suddenly you wake up one the things you need, I would like you to turn to Me and rely on Me day and find next to you one just like you to accompany you instead. And in relation to others, your fellowman, I want you to through this life's journey, to love and be loved by, to share with not seek what they have to give to you, but you have to give to and learn with and from, as well as to teach, or simply to sit at My them from all that I have blessed you with. feet together and learn from Me. That's the m.o. of the future. It's the only modus operandi that Everyday is a little bit like the first day, when understanding and has any future, for that matter, for the selfish mode of this clearly seeing and hearing first began... It's not as if everything present world will soon pass away. "The world passes away and you learned previously is all there, right away, but you have to rethe lusts thereof" (1John 2:19)... activate that knowledge, that conscience, re-establish your tie of The lust of the flesh, of the eyes and the pride of life are all about love and trust with Me... That is somewhat part of your handicap, taking, about selfish consumption. But "whoso doeth the will of with which you must live. There is no way around it: you must God," which is, to give to others, instead of selfishly taking from spend that time daily with Me, or you'll just drift off in the them, "the same abideth forever." It's the eternal modus meaninglessness of mere survival, the way so many others do, operandi, the one I have ordained from the beginning, the one living lives without meanings. from which mankind has strayed, the one you must find the way Living a life full of meaning, sense and purpose has that price: back to and show others as well. you must make the sacrifice of time in order to re-discover the purpose for today. You need that hour or two with the Teacher. There are those who are supposed to be going My way and supposedly doing things My way, but have been tricked into doing things the old carnal and selfish way again. That's why it 99 __________________________________________________ doesn't matter what you call yourself or pretend to be, but what "Giving up is just about the equivalant of the original sin." you do. Your actions will prove whether you're truly one of Mine Adam & Eve gave up resisting the temptation, they gave up or not. You can call yourself whatever you like, you can be part of resisting evil, they gave up making that effort to strive to obey Me whatever church or movement you like, and hide behind the at all costs... They gave up on believing Me and chose to believe backs of others, but when it comes down to it, what will the Devil's lies instead. determine whether you're really doing things according to My Sometimes all you've got to do is hold on to the right thing when way and My will or not, is your actions. you've got it: the truth, the right way, the good work, and refuse You can say whatever you want, but it won't make any difference to give up, refuse to be distracted and stopped, no matter how until you do what you say. hard the Devil will try. Remember My promises to "him that overcometh" in the Book of Revelation. It's all about overcoming and resisting those 97 __________________________________________________ temptations of the Enemy, overcoming all seeming The younger, immature and childish you are, the more selfish impossibilities, difficulties and potential excuses to quit, and rise you tend to be, the more you tend to "expect" from the wrong above them all on the wings of faith in Me, refusing to doubt that direction. It's never wrong to be expecting things from Me, what I have promised I am well able to keep. If I told you that you exercising your faith, and putting your bucket under the one can do it and nothing is impossible to him that believeth, then Source that won't disappoint you. But not doing that is precisely you will trust and believe that it is so, regardless of appearances the mistake so many immature people make. They don't come to of circumstances. Me, they look elsewhere. With some it turns out that what they It's called perseverance. Faithfulness. Stick-to-it-iveness. The want is not Me. opposite of giving up. It takes an effort every day to snap out of your selfish and If it's really Me and My utmost and best will for you that you're passive "serve me" habits. You need to realize that you're not a seeking, then sooner or later you will recognize the faults in the child anymore, and you must not take every opportunity to be System, including the church system. That's when they might be

willing to put up with the flaws in the Family, simply for the sake of having found the Real Thing. It's true that the Family may not look like "the Real Thing," but that's where you've got to refuse to give up on believing it anyway, just because I said so. If you really want to lick the System, lick the Devil and fight him to the death and refuse to compromise with him, then this is the best place, the best outfit, the best group to do this with. I'm calling you to join the fiercest battle ever, not to some peaceful, easy, relaxing vacation camp. There is a place where folks really fight the Devil to the finish, and it's no holiday camp. It's not for the sensitive or those who are out for a jolly good time, unless your idea of a good time is making the Devil bleed. To serve Me means to serve Me in battle against evil, and it's a relentless battle to the death. There's nothing fake about it. No second chances of, "Oh, I don't think this is what I wanted, after all." There's either fight to the death or desertion.

so weird, so strange... and you wonder, "Can anybody ever be certain of anything or anyone?" Perhaps that's why it's encouraging to know that "Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus stays the same." He won't disappoint you or shock you by turning into some freak you won't know or recognize anymore. Fathers usually won't change drastically anymore, since they're usually old and mature enough to have developed their full personality. It's youth that you have that sort of trouble with. You sometimes don't know who they are because they themselves have often not really yet been able to determine or find out for themselves who they really are.

You thought fame and success would determine who you are, that this would be the factor that would leave your mark on the landscape of history. But it turned out to be a fake. That's not really who you are. Who you really are is not determined by how well you have managed to merely maintain the outer shell of your being: your body - how well you've been able to dress or feed it, 100 _________________________________________________ and in what elegant manner you were able to transport it from Aren't you being stricter and tougher on your own children, one place to another. too, than some other System brats, most of whom you know are How much more exciting and thrilling to be able to really move probably going to go to hell, anyway? The ones whose behavior people in the spirit, to touch their hearts and move them from a and attitudes you care about are your own children. Likewise, I place of darkness into the light. care about you. What interests Me is your attitude. You may not have been very successful in this world, as far as You're going to be confronted more and more with people who what they consider success, but at least you have been in touch are being used by the Enemy to tempt you, to cause you trouble, with the light, and you have been able to touch others with that to annoy you and anger you. light of love, and shed a glimpse of that light on them, and share The Devil and his antichrist System will always accuse you, some of it's brightness, splendor and warmth. That's the sort of prosecute you and blame you, and you'll have to know why, stuff that determines who you really are. according to My view, they're wrong. Disappointment comes from vain attempts to find true fulfilment You must learn how to deal with the Accuser of the Saints and in the wrong places. beat him with his own weapons by exposing his ulterior motives When folks don't expect anything out of this world anymore, then and discern his and their twisted way of seeing and portraying they're usually ready for God. things. You will always stand as the accused in the courts of men Once they've come to accept that there must be a purpose in life, - whether in actual and real cases, or in the courts of their own or else life would not be worth living, then they must also accept minds and hearts - just as I did. And when you stand there, know that behind that purpose must be One Who purposed it and that they have accused and persecuted Me the same, and I have planned it, and what else could be the meaning of life than been there and passed this way before, so that I could be your finding Him to find out what that purpose could be? Defender. Of course, this will point them to the Word, which is full of Forgiveness is a great part of faith, too. Sometimes it takes more information about what God wants from us! Without the Word, faith to be forgiving than to wreak judgment and condemnation their life is as meaningless as that of deaf and blind Helen Keller on your enemies. before she discovered the meaning of things in words. All of a sudden, things had a significance. Before that, life was merely Stand back and let Me fight for you, and you shall altogether hold existence, and a fairly miserable one at that. After that, nothing your peace. That's often the requirement for having Me fight for stayed the same. And that point of recognition and awakening is you: you just hold your peace and totally trust that I will do it. not too far beyond reach for others, either. All they need to discover is that things actually have a meaning. Once they discover that, it's an easy thing for them to find out that meaning, 101 _________________________________________________ all they have to do is read it. (S.H.:) You wonder, "Why would God have children that It's that magical moment from which on everything will make disappoint Him, betray Him and hardly ever live up to His sense, the moment that will bring life into their hollow shell, the expectations?" You wonder if this wasn't perhaps one of those moment of true rebirth. seemingly unreasonable things for God to do, one of those You must hope for, you must expect that awakening! You must "mistakes" He's so often accused of making... believe it is there, somewhere around the bend, and it will turn It seems to contradict the fact that He's all-knowing. If He is, death into life again. shouldn't He have known better? But then, will we ever know if The meaning and purpose of your own life is to convey that the "proper" way truly would have been the better one? concept of meaning and purpose to others. And by failing to Can you trust Him for the final outcome? The journey may seem fulfill that purpose, you only achieve the opposite, namely a to be taking you to the opposite place of where you want to go, contribution to the disbelief that there is no purpose, just as but can you trust Him that despite the way it seems, you're going Jesus said, "He that gathereth not with Me, scattereth abroad." to wind up at the best destination possible? It's time to activate that purpose in your own life and start doing Trust makes the journey much more agreeable, when you're full what you're destined and ordained to do. Tell people about the of confidence that He knows best no matter how bleak the road meaning of life! That life actually has a meaning, a sense of may seem, and that He will get you to the place your heart purpose. There is such a thing as purpose! There is such a thing desires and longs for, that place you'll truly call Home. as meaning! And what better and greater meaning and purpose could there be for you than conveying that knowledge to people? Right now you can hardly envision it: your life has been so full of disappointments, so many things have turned out so differently There is a place they're going. There is a destination to their from the way you would have hoped or expected... Things seem journey, and thus, there is such a thing as destiny. Only that a

large part of that destiny is in their own hands! It's up to everyone's own efforts to find that truth, that destiny, that purpose. They cannot just passively wait for everything to fall into place by itself! It takes an effort, a willingness to learn, a readiness for learning, a desire for knowledge, a desire for truth. It's sometimes a hard and tough job, just like Ann Sullivan's job with Helen Keller, to teach someone the existence of something they're totally oblivious to: the existence of purpose. But once you manage, it's like breaking through from darkness into light, and it will have been worth it! She had the faith that it could be done! She had the desperation and determination that it had to be done. Otherwise her own life would have remained meaningless. Even so, without your conveying the meaning sense of purpose to others, your own life is void of meaning, and the vicious, empty cycle of emptiness and purposelessness will continue. You must live in the conscience of your duty to break that spell! It's the Great Lie indeed: "There is no meaning! There is no purpose!" That's the myth and evil tale you need to expose and destroy! Show them that there is a meaning! Show them all you have been taught! Show them where to find God, where to see Him; help them decipher His handwriting, help them to discover His signs! Show them that despite all the apparent meaninglessness, there IS a meaning, much greater than they could fathom. But it's not beyond their reach! In fact, God is more than willing to reach out to them and show them and teach and tutor them, to talk to them, just as He has been talking to you! Show them that there is a way that they can listen, even though they're deaf. That there's a way they can learn how to see, even though they are blind! There is a way to know that which they know not of, that which they don't even believe exists, they cannot believe because they have been poisoned with the gas of unbelief. But you can revive them, resucitate them, awaken them and bring them back to life! All you need to do is give them the truth: there is a meaning to everything. 102 _________________________________________________ When I came to earth and had to walk right among those men and women I had created, some of which looked quite fierce from that short distance, I wasn't at My safe distance in the Heavens anymore, but right there among all that beauty and ugliness at the same time. The answer, the solution, is to have the humility to say, "I'm not better than you." I gave that example. If anyone had a right to say "I am better," it would have been Me, but instead, I allowed them to treat Me as if I was worse than they, I allowed them to condemn and execute Me as a criminal, and still feel very righteous about it. That's the only kind of love that's going to win anyone over. As long as you still have any notion that you are any better than anyone else, it will seep through eventually, and it will hurt them. It will not have been perfect love. Just because I saved you from your sin, doesn't mean you're better. It only means that you've got a job to do, and that is, to get the other person saved, too. Find some common ground. Build on the things you have in common. Show that you're really not all that different and that you can understand and relate, and that you love and accept them. 103 _________________________________________________ Whenever you get more obsessed with the gift than the Giver, I allow Myself to send you a little reminder that there's more. The message, quite simply is, "come back to Me!" Man was the master over creation and over the animal world, and when he turned from Me, he was leading his entire kingdom away from Me. The result was enmity. That's what the Enemy does, he sows enmity wherever he can: enmity between people, even

hostility between brothers and sisters, enmity between animals, and enmity between man and animals. If you follow the Enemy and his way, you'll reap enmity. The reversal of that process is My way of friendship, of love, of peace, the original way, it's "back to the Garden." Back to the place where all is in harmony with each other, with its Creator. They way of union, of unity. The only reason why I cause division is because I must expose those whose hearts are divided from Me, those who are not really on My side, who don't seek My ways. 104 _________________________________________________ Your communication with Me is the lifeline that will survive any crisis. It's your No.1 lifeline, the most important of all, the part that will never be taken away from you, that personal, heartto-heart relationship between Me and you. Even faith is nothing without love, as 1Corinthians 13 tells you. You can have all the faith in the world and be able to move mountains, but if you don't have love, if you don't do whatever you do, out of love for Me, it's nothing. It means nothing and amounts to nothing. Because I am Love, the only value that counts is love. Even faith one day will become obsolete. Who needs faith, when you see the Kingdom, and you're right in it? But love will be forever. Love never faileth, it will never cease, love is eternal. My goal for you is not to have fear of man or sense of duty to constrain and spur you on, but the love for Me which grows out of your personal connection and relationship with Me, out of receiving My love for you. Only when you can receive My personal love for you, can My love really spur you on and become your driving force and motivation. In My School, the higher up you are, the more dependent on Me you become, the closer you are connected with Me, and the closer our communication will be. All that matters is that I can use you wherever you are and in whatever small capacity you allow Me to. You can become Me for those around you, and that's what life is all about. If they can see Me in you and see Me act through you, hear Me speak through you, and they can feel My love coming through you, what else could you possibly want? What else could be the goal? What else could there possibly be to attain? What official "badge" would you still need, other than that? What greater sign of approval? That's all that counts, for everybody, high or low, follower or shepherd: if I can manage to act and live in you, then you're fulfilling your purpose, and there shouldn't and couldn't really be anything more you'd want... I am the true and divine Husband of every human soul, that's just the way I and the Father have purposed it, destined it, and by this loving union between Me and your soul, true fruit is brought into being and made possible. There is nothing else as desirable about life than bringing that kind of fruit, that's the purpose for which you are ordained. If you stand firm in Me, you continue receiving My life-giving sap, soaking up My sunshine and water of life, nothing can stop you from brearing and bringing forth fruit, not even the fiercest winds and strongest storms. You are My medicine to the world, My healing balm I pour on their aching hearts and internal wounds. You soothe and ease their pain, you bring sweet relief to them, you make them feel a little bit better and make their lives a little more worthwhile. You bring them glimpses of hope, something to look forward to, the confidence that there is something more, something beyond that which they've been able to see thus far... As My doctors and nurses to them, you must display confidence in their healing, in their progress. You cannot frown upon them, shaking your head with an attitude of, "I don't know if they're ever going to make it," but you need to instill faith in them, hope, and, of course, most of all, love. Love is the light that gives them

hope. It's the sunshine that brightens up their days, that puts that spark of joy back in their lives and hearts, that makes life worth living. 105 _________________________________________________ Welcome to the battle of faith of overcoming your fears and all the reasons in the world why you shouldn't be doing this. This is your "Don Quixote destiny," your chance to "reach the unreachable stars." To become a knight, even though you never were a knight! If you're met with resistance, you'll know what to do: just pull out your lance and attack those darn windmill giants! 106 _________________________________________________ There is a pupose to life, and most people are oblivious to it, and it's a large part of your job to let folks know about it. Life wasn't meant to be perfect. The folks who sit around and wait for everything to be perfect are programmed for disappointment. The art is making something nice and enjoyable out of whatever imperfect material you've got to work with: a diamond in the rough, a block of wood to make a beautiful carving out of... a crooked little house to turn into a cozy home... an imperfect manuscript... imperfect children... 107 _________________________________________________ If you dive into your day without getting the necessary amount of oxygen from Me, first, it's like diving into the water without taking a deep breath first: you won't last very long down there... Oxygen is some pretty essential stuff, and so am I. Without Me life is meaningless. Money can't buy rain. Money will buy food, but also only for so long, without rain. Certain things can't be replaced or substituted by money... They put all their trust in that paper, but every now and then, I need to allow certain things just to remind them that there are other things they need, which money won't buy them.

happy, not what you think you need to attain happiness! 108 _________________________________________________ (S.H.:) What the people of God have to offer to the world is, principally, God. If anyone is interested in something else, they will be disappointed. If they're not interested in God, nor in having a personal, intimate relationship with Him, then they've come to the wrong place in search of the fulfilment of their hopes and dreams when they come to the people of God. All the people of God, can ever do, is point Upward to Him for all the answers. If that's not where they want to turn in order to get them, then forget it. Such people will only waste your time. Those who always want to have everything prechewed and done for them and like to be served the food of God on a silver platter are not fit for the Kingdom of God. 109 _________________________________________________ Having to face one's own sins and weaknesses in their children is very effective and purging. Nothing better for curing you of your selfishness than being confronted with a concentrated dose of it yourself every day. It makes you sick of it... Egotism, pride, self-love and selfishness make one assume that role of a king in life, instead of that of a servant. It's the selfishness of the insane... They only think about themselves. Total insanity. That's why only a life revolving around Me, the True Center, can be a meaningful and fulfilled life. Anything else is like drifting around in space without a goal, without aim, just heading for eventual destruction. I cannot protect anyone from their own choices, not even My own children. Every lesson and every trial has an end. It will never go on forever.

All you need in order to become an efficient servant of God, or at least a happy soul, enjoying My Spirit, is a healthy relationship with Me, and I'm granting this privilege to anyone who wants it. They don't have to have any other outstanding qualifications, be especially selfless or sacrificial or anything, all they need to do, the only requirement they need to fulfill, is that they want Me, You are My latter rain that I have ordained to fall and refresh the show some interest in Me, and as long as that's the case, I will parched earth in this time of the End, but you're a little bit like a reveal Myself to them, My mind, My heart, and they can learn of rain drop that doesn't want to fall. You're there in your cloud, Me, each at their individual pace. saying, "No, let me just accumulate a bit more of water! I don't I don't expect any outstanding feats or qualities from anyone. want to fall on this stupid ground, on this stupid, hard and Of course, I'm hoping that My brides and servants will develop a stubborn earth. After all, they don't even deserve it!" desire to pass on all they've received from Me, but The problem is, if you hang on to the sky for too long, the sun your service to Me will only be really effective if it is sparked by might just soak you up without your ever having done the earth love. any good, and you will have become "like clouds without rain" In the long run, the only thing that really counts is love. Love that (s.a. 2Peter 2:17)... "Wells without water, clouds driven with the will stretch your own mental confines and limitations. tempest..." I want to show you and teach you My mercy upon the The big danger in the temptation of "acting like everybody acts" undeserving, how undeserved everything is and was that you're is that they act as if I'm not there, and it can become pretty given, so that you won't take it as much for granted, but uncomfortable for those who ought to know better when they appreciate it more; that you realize what miracle of My grace you choose to ignore Me, for whatever seemingly legitimate excuse. are experiencing. "I did it because they did it" has never freed anybody from their own responsibility. Nothing else but the power of My love can enable you to show Regardless of what they do, which way they act, in which forth the same forgiveness that I have shown you. direction they drift, I expect something different from you! You can't go by their groove, their twist, can't dance to their music! By feeding your enemies, you place fiery coals on their heads It's a different tune than the one I'm playing and want you to play! (Pr.25:21,22), searing their conscience and their minds with an imprint of something that happened here that they won't forget, Every now and then, some of that worldly influence comes and that they will be held responsible for. They're being given a seeping and creeping in. "How's it going?" "Oh, just chance that might turn their life from "not much of a tale to tell" fine...successful..." And you succeed and succeed, and wonder into a beautiful adventure. why you still feel so empty, in spite of all your success. Remember that success in My eyes is a totally different story! 110 _________________________________________________ So, seek success with Me! Seek those things you know make Me I know the struggle you're facing against all the distractions

hammering at the door of your life! I know your frame and remember that you are but dust. The danger of wanting to promote oneself instead of Me and My humble and humiliating message, which involves dying daily, is always there, and part of the battle consists of just resisting that temptation. Whether it's your need to be needed or your need to succeed, your need to avoid pain, your need for security... etc. It's all so hard to let go for the sake of the things I need you to do. The aspect of "dying daily" sometimes gets lost in all your efforts to cherish the opportunities to enjoy life and live life to the full that I'm giving you... opportunities that are hard to forego. It's easier to pocket the blessing yourself first, instead of passing it on. Everybody takes what they are given, and everybody is way too busy playing with their toys, the blessings life hands them, than to pay attention to the needs of others, to pay attention to Me... and you wonder, "Where are the needy?" It takes thorough searching to find true sheep, and it takes a whole-hearted search, but they're out there. You must not give up hope, you must not break off the search, nor get discouraged, nor distracted. You must continue searching. 111 _________________________________________________ We're supposed to change the world. You're not just supposed to moan about the state it's in, you're supposed to do something to change it! What have you done today to change the world, to improve it and to make it different from the miserable state you're so miserable about? Consumer mode is the disease that has befallen the people and nearly every nation in the world. Nobody looks at or appreciates what they've already got, everybody constantly wants more or something else. You've got the healing message that "emptiness is good for you. - You don't need to seek to fill that empty spot in your heart and soul with the first best substitute for God you come across, you can have the Real Thing!" 112 _________________________________________________ People are good at fighting for their physical needs. They'd do virtually anything, go to any lengths & settle for any compromise for money, but when it comes to spiritual things, they figure they can go for a day without food, without nourishment, without spiritual oxygen. No Spirit, no life, no love, no joy...

with you, My communications with you, My position in your life. It can mean the difference between spending the rest of your day or life in Eden or out in the wilderness... It can mean the difference between life and death. You're naturally geared that way that you don't care about Me as much as you should in the first place, and that's why you've got to make a strong effort to cultivate your love for Me. It's a fragile thing, and you can't just take the growth of that tender shoot of your love for Me each day for granted. The times are getting too serious to be messing around with something as important as your daily time with Me, your seeking Me first. There's way too much at stake... Sometimes you might be able to get away with it, and it may seem to you as if you can afford to go for a day without your time with Me, but I wouldn't rely on that. It could also turn out that you'll wish you hadn't. Its your personal responsibility to establish that standard for yourself. It's a lesson some folks learn the hard way. Some folks learn it the hard way of living their entire lives ignoring Me or putting other things before Me. They never even realize until it's too late. The drive of the flesh can sometimes pull you away from Me and into a rut that may seem like a form of godliness, but without the power thereof. It's easier to become like the churches than most people think. It just takes that seemingly insignificant sin of neglecting Me, just underestimating the importance of Me in their lives and in the lives of others; just a tiny little mistake in the proportions of priorities, one tiny little measure of emphasis too much on their own egos, which they stole from the portion that actually belonged to Me, and the balance will come undone and things will start tumbling. The machinery of life is very delicate and intricate, and you wouldn't want to mess with certain factors, or you'll disturb and unravel the equilibrium of life, and when you disturb the balance of the nature of the Spirit, things can unravel quite badly and result in a spiritual earthquake or tempest you may not want to risk causing. Usually these things happen because people figure, "God's gonna take care of everything, anyway, just as He's always done; He's not going to let anything bad happen to Me." But I might, if you neglect your duty of making sure you're fulfilling your personal responsibility to maintain the spiritual equilibrium by keeping the most important things in their place. It's usually a very subtle process when folks start shifting their priorities away from Me, but the results are tangible. That's why certain things happen in your life that are like warning signs.

Some folks consider the blessings more important than the Blesser, and they're dedicating a lot more attention and time to The greatest gifts can sometimes also be the greatest what they're given than to the Giver. distractions. It's a trap folks fall into all the time: they become so They'll have to reap the consequences of those choices , just like wrapped up in My blessings I bestow on them, they neglect the everybody does, but it becomes especially dangerous when they most important thing of all: Me. drag that same attitude of, "Oh well, God's not all that important" around with them into the lives of others and try to make Me You must learn to fight for that need as much as you would fight equally less important in others lives as I've become in their for air, for your bare survival. The things of the Spirit need to own. And that's where you've got to put your foot down and become just as integral a part of your daily life as the physical show that you won't nudge, that you won't adapt your sense of things you wouldn't let anybody cheat you out of, like eating priorities to theirs. drinking and sleeping. There will always be those who will label your devotion to Me as Without the most important thing, you're finding out that life isn't self-righteousness or spiritual arrogance in order to make light of turning out to be much fun. That most important task and duty their own lack of devotion for Me. It's just one of the games and appointment you have everyday has to become something people play. It's your responsibility not to fall for it, but to keep holy, something sacred, something deeply revered and your standard up at all costs. You cannot allow them to call you respected. down from that wall of your greatest duty, to strengthen your Stand up and fight for your most essential need of all. You've got daily spiritual defenses. to make it totally clear that nothing is more important. There is If you allow them, you'll lie there defenseless and open and nothing that could be anywhere near as important as My time vulnerable for the Enemy to take you and leave your life, your

day, a spiritual wasteland. The secret of the beauty of creation lies in the exact proportions, and some people still need to develop a sense for the right proportions. Some people don't know when it's time to stop. They don't know when it is enough. They try to get so much of one thing that it becomes too much. It's too hard for them to snap out of their own rut and change to another ingredient in life and avail themselves of that one. That's why it's so important to sit at My feet and learn from Me each day: among other things you need to develop a sense of the right proportions, the right measurements and the right equilibrium in order for your day to turn out well-balanced, with a well-balanced diet and amount of everything. Some folks think I just slapped things like air, water and earth together, nothing much to it; but each of them are very carefully concocted combinations of ingredients following strict measurements and an exact balance, otherwise the result wouldn't have been the same. You allow the Enemy to unravel the balance of the ingredients of your day, and the air becomes unbreatheable. No matter whom he tries to use, you just need to be aware of his intentions, his goal, his agenda, which is the destruction of your usefulness for Me. He'll use whoever and whatever he can to get there, that's why it pays to be on guard from the very first minute of each day until its end... This battle field of life can become pretty hostile territory when you allow him to just disturb the equilibrium of things a little bit and allow him to take a little bit of the proportions, one tiny measurement of one of the essential ingredients out of your life, that enable you to breathe properly. After all, that's what those poisonous gases in warfare are supposed to do: to disable the enemy and stop him from breathing. If I'm the air that you breathe, don't let the Enemy rob you of it! Don't let him kill you with his poisonous gases, don't let him choke you, suffocate you, don't let him steal your oxygen. Defend your right to breathe! 113 _________________________________________________ When you realize to what greater extent I want to take over your life, and have to, if I'm going to use you as much as you wish, then you're beginning to realize how much more of you there is yet to surrender, how much more there is yet to give, that in many aspects, you haven't even yet begun, or at least you get an idea that there's yet plenty of room to grow, plenty of progress to make. Life isn't going to get boring, because there is yet so much to learn, so much further to go... Keep progressing and keep walking, keep absorbing Me. 114 _________________________________________________ The Devil often infiltrates My children's minds with his input, and consequently they wind up on his wavelength... Often you underestimate the impact of his input and the extent to which his input is being spread and made available. One strategy of countering the Enemy's input more effectively, would be to counter his doctrines and expose them, nullify what he's saying by My truth. The problem is that you don't have much of a clue what you're up against, as well as the sheer amount of input you're up against. In public schools he makes it imperative that children sit and listen to his drool until they don't mind hearing it anymore, start tolerating it and perhaps even start liking some of it. But even if they don't, one of the worst side effects of it is that he's killing any hunger for true knowledge in the effort, since they figure

they're already learning more than enough. The less you do to counter Enemy input in their life, and the more passive your attitude about the whole issue becomes, the more you're giving in to the Enemy and allowing him slowly but surely to take the reins in their life. It's as if you're allowing him to have the control over their life, and thus also a little bit over yours, since they're a part of your life and always a factor that heavily influences you. They can become your "Huddersfield," of which the Enemy can say to both of us, "They belong to you and me!" Of course, a lot is determined by their choices, but the first step is up to you to make. At the rate you're going, they probably will continue to pursue that which they want, which is basically the essence of what they're being taught : "Get what you want, because that's your right, and that's what everything's all about!" The essence of the Devil's success in his brainwashing techniques of the masses is that he makes them think that what he wants them to have is actually what they want. Of course, the essence of My teachings to counter that would be to seek not their own will, but Mine in their life, which would mean the voluntary sacrifice of some of the things they want for the sake of My will... You're going to have to turn up the flow of My input and My power in their life, if you successfully want to counter the flow of the Devil's input pouring into their life! 115 _________________________________________________ One of the greatest challenges about this adventure of the life of the spirit is not to allow things and people to distract you; not to allow them to take the upper hand. Sometimes they will try to win your favor over the matters of the spirit, but I have built in some safe-guards to remind you where to find true and ultimate satisfaction. It is simply the best for you to stay closest to Me, your helpers, closer to the Spirit, and not veer into the carnal gear of things, which will just weaken you in spirit and cause you to fail. You will only succeed in your mission if you don't make a mess out of things by trying to do it in the flesh. It's easy to say, "You've got to stay more in the Spirit!" But how easy are you making it for them to stay in the Spirit? How considerate are you of their need to get close to Me and into the Spirit, how much of an effort are you making, not to distract them? It's important to truly mature into true helpfulness, really being interested in finding out what the people you love really need the most, even if that will mean less attention for you for a little while... Otherwise, it's just childish, selfish behavior. That's one reason why some people don't want to grow up: they know they can hide behind that excuse of childishness. It's a streak that is really just a silly little game. That's one reason why relationships with your spirit helpers are important: a relationship with a spirit helper will always be one without any such games involved. There will never be any ulterior motives, no hidden agendas, no cover-ups, shows and pretenses. It will always be about that which is relevant: the Cause of the Kingdom. There will be some fun and laughter, but no silliness or foolishness, because the Presence of My Spirit will always remind you that time is short and to redeem the time, for the days are evil. A conversation with a spirit helper will always be educational, advocating and furthering your spiritual growth. You won't feel as empty and stupid afterwards, as you often do during or after a

human conversation. You've got a whole lot to learn from your spirit helpers, and the more you "hang" with them, the more their spiritual maturity is going to rub off on you. That's why some of My prophets of old appeared to be so superior to others, so unwavering, looking through any schemes and refusing to be bribed by any tempting offers: they were so in tune with their angelic helpers, since they spent a lot of time on their own, or rather, not in human company, but in the company of their spiritual aids and assistants and tutors. They made sure it was My Spirit which was governing them, and they didn't allow the affairs of this life to distract them. No matter how pressing, important or urgent this life's matters seem to be, including all that is involved in a marriage, relationship or family, for a man of God, the Spirit and the spiritual side of things should still come first. Seeking first My Kingdom and putting Me in the first place in your lives is still expected of you, even if you have a family.

affections in the Spirit World where you simply won't be disappointed. Most of all, and principally, the Spirit World stands for Me, My relationship with you, but I also want you to keep in mind that you're not just dealing with one single Individual here, but a large company which constitute much better company than is available to you on earth right now. If you're looking for perfection, then you need to look to Me, to the Spirit World. Receiving your regular fill of the perfection you find in the Spirit helps you to cope with the imperfections in those around you in the physical world - including your own. The view you receive from Us reminds and comforts you that even though your situation isn't perfect, everything's going to be alright.

Just because there are those who are still full of hopes and aspirations concerning this life shouldn't make you want to begrudge them that earthly joy they're still hoping to find. That's true and mature love, when you can rejoice in the happiness of But it's simply not possible to actually keep Me in the first place others, even if it may seem that you're being "left out" or you're in your lives, without dedicating the appropriate amount of time not benefiting from it yourself. to Me without distractions. If you know how to get your personal needs met Here with Us, in That's why true love is sometimes manifested simply in the effort the Spirit, then you can say, like I did to My disciples, "I have not to be an additional distraction to the person you love, not meat that ye know not of." They may still need physical sources being one of those numerous factors that would try to distract of joy and happiness, but you'll have found that inward Source, them from their most important duties in life, which are their the Source of the Spirit. It's not as if you're altogether ready yet duties toward Me. to give up the joys of this world completely, but you're in the process of discovering that the satisfaction the Spirit renders is Blessed is the one who can silently take the backseat to Me, and more lasting, more effective, more real than the fleeting physical let Me sit there in the front seat with their loved one, who can just joys. enjoy what's going on and learn from it, and won't insist on being They can go hand in hand, too, and one can enhance the other. the center of attention. Staying in the Spirit certainly enhances your times of physical enjoyment. That spiritual contentment is what will enable you to Of course, there are other distractions, too, which you will also be content with the "manna" you're receiving in this life and have to work on resisting on a regular basis, but this particular world. You won't be constantly craving for the pleasures of one often tries to claim its "legitimate right to importance" and Egypt, but you'll be satisfied with the humble but sufficient needs to be put in its proper place more often than obvious supplies I provide for you. You won't be playing the game of distractions. For most people, their families are actually their top "Gimme, gimme more" that's going on all around you. and foremost priorities. They are practically their god. There is This will be specially expedient in the times of scarcity to come, nothing in their lives that ranks above them in importance, and when the pleasures of Egypt will abruptly cease, and survival will thus they have made a god out of their family. become a matter of continuous miracles. That's why My teachings sometimes come across as shockingly "anti-family." But as I told you before, by destroying the supremacy of little flesh families, I create a bigger, spiritual 117 _________________________________________________ Family, and that's what The Family is all about. The Enemy will try to revive your ego, and make your own, It's not that the family unit doesn't have its place of importance, carnal self strong, remind you that you can do it yourself, and try but it's just not supposed to rank above Me in importance, that's to get you to rely on yourself and your own carnal strength as all, and every now and then, it seems as if everybody can use a much as possible, just to avoid your letting go and letting Me and little reminder of that fact. The (carnal) family has come more My Spirit take over and take control. dangerously close to getting people to disobey the first commandment, which is to love Me, than anything else, and You don't need to be afraid of one of My Holy Spirits taking the people should be more aware of that. upper hand in your life and taking control over your life. Those verses about anyone loving their families more than Me not being worthy of Me are there for a reason, they're not some You have to make a constant positive decision of saying "yes, I kind of mistake in the Bible, as some would assume. want You" to My Holy Spirit. It takes humility to take the backseat to an invisible Lover. But blessed is he or she who has the grace to display that humility, To totally trust Me means gaining the victory over the fears and which is one of the highest forms of love anyone can manifest for lies the Enemy will plant in the heart and mind. another, in some cases. You've got to know that you can trust Me; that you've asked Me for bread and I won't give you a snake or a stone. You can trust 116 _________________________________________________ Me that I have given you a reliable source. Seeking refuge and comfort and relief in the Spirit is the only effective weapon that will protect you from disappointments with Youve got to make an effort to make a difference, to be an the affairs of the physical world. With the physical world, the exception, to be an extraordinary sample of someone who puts motto applies, "Enjoy it while it lasts," while lasting enjoyment more emphasis on the spirit world. and a reliable source of satisfaction are only found in the Spirit. It's hard to stay focused on the spirit world in the middle of all Instead of becoming disappointed, disillusioned or even bitter the physical hubbub, it takes an effort. over the blows you will almost inevitably experience from life, You've got to be determined to see it through! You've got to you'll be able to take them much more lightly, and they will know that nothing else matters. hardly even affect you, if you have anchored your hopes and

People who have committed themselves to the other side seem to have it so much easier in this world... After all, they've committed themselves to the god of this world. He's not going to fight them when they want to surrender to him and his spirit. That's choosing the easy side in spiritual warfare. But it's the easy side only because it's eventually going to turn out to be the losers' side, promising temporal victory and being "kings" in this world, but paupers in the world to come, unless they turn around and dedicate their lives to My Cause, the one true Cause. People will sense that that's what's different about you: that you have committed yourself to that true Cause. Even if the majority may dwell in blindness, ignorance or darkness, there are those who also made their choice for My Cause. 118 _________________________________________________ (S.H.:) Turning from a deceiver into a prince of God is the purging process - wrestling with God and not letting go before the blessing, and finding out which of the two is stronger. Finally winding up saying "You win" to God, and surrendering to Him, giving Him the respect which truly is His due. Eventually you come to see that everything He does and everything He did was because He loves you, and all of it was the best of all possible options for you. After all, you discover, He knew best, and He did what He knew was best, thankfully, despite your own initial protest and suspicion of ulterior, less noble motives on His part. What makes you really want to mature is that sample of how much the Father cares for you. Then you want to turn around and bestow some of that same care on others, too. You want to share with them of God's goodness. You consider it would be unfair, even treason, to want to keep all that love exclusively for yourself. You just couldn't possibly do it. By doing so, you would prove yourself unworthy of all His care, His attention, all the lengths He went to in order to teach you effectively. "How to effectively get them to care for others" might be the description or title of one of God's main points in His agenda for our lives. You're tossed into the world as a selfish little human being, and your higher destiny and purpose is to become something else, no longer selfish, but selfless and caring for others. No longer living for yourself and for what you can possibly consume, but dedicating your life to the service of others.

seems to be a halt in the process of reaching out to get to know each other more, as if you both already knew everything there is to know about each other... There is hardly anything sadder than that. Just as there will always be more about Me you can find out and discover and get to know, there will also be constantly new angles and new things you can discover about each other. It doesn't always have to be the same old thing. It takes an effort to dig it up, it takes forsaking some of the old rut, it takes daring to step onto new territory together, that you may not have been familiar with, previously. It takes trust, that the direction your partner is leading you, will be a good one, even though you may not be familiar with it. It takes trust in Me, that when I gave you each other, I didn't give you a serpent or a stone, but good bread to eat, that I knew what I was doing in creating you for each other and giving you to each other. Sometimes you've just got to drink the cup I'm handing you, even as I drank the cup My Father gave Me to drink. There may be moments when you're tempted to pray, "Father, take this cup from me," but if in the end you're willing to say, like I did, "nevertheless, not my will, but Thy will be done," I promise you won't regret it, you won't regret having trusted Me fully; it will all be worth it in the end, and you'll see, there could have been no better result possible than what I am going to bring about through all this. You may have preferred a "shortcut to happiness," enjoying your rewards a lot sooner, having your cake and eating it, so to speak, heaven now and hereafter, but that's not always how it works. Sometimes you have to wait a little for the main rewards yet to come... "It's human nature to want the best of both worlds," but the suffering is nonetheless inevitable. Sometimes I just have to remind you that this world is not your destination yet... there is more to come, you cannot have all right here and now. As beautiful and as rich and full as I try to make this earthly life for you, sometimes I simply have to remind you that this isn't Heaven yet. There is too much going wrong with this world, this is not your destination, not the place of your rest, not your reward; this world is not your Home. You can try to make it as cozy for yourselves as you can, as all those unbelievers do, who don't care much whether there is anything else after this life, but there will always be reminders of the fact that this is not your final destination.

The words "enter into the joy of thy Lord" do apply to some Not everybody is destined to become a Florence Nightingale or extent in this physical, earthly life, and I want you to experience Mother Teresa. But you can nevertheless learn to become more My joy, but you won't really hear them in their full meaning of the mature, more mindful of those around you and their needs. phrase until you come Home where you really belong. The magic of those words will never really work fully until you get Here where all is joy. As long as there are still people suffering from 119 _________________________________________________ the injustice of the world you're living in, how can you ignore it About children, if you think they're stupid or selfish, they will and experience the total bliss I have in store for you? Only once sense it, and of course they won't be attracted to you. Your you've come Home and know that you've done all I expected of negative attitude toward them will work like the wrong pole of a you, all I knew you were able to, in order to help alleviate the magnet. suffering of others the best you could, tried to bring Home with People sense it when you look at the negative in them. "People you as many as you possibly could, only then will you really be who like people are the people people like." Anybody can "not able to enjoy it all the way your heart longs for. like them." But it's tough, and a challenge to learn to like them That is the dawn you're walking toward through the shadows of anyway, in spite of their failures. Try to look at the good in this world, the light your soul is longing for. Your attitude should others, for your own good. be more one of anticipation than one of having already entered into rest and enjoying your rewards. For this would be a false attitude, based on the deception many 120 _________________________________________________ of My children live in, in this world, that they think they're just There is hardly ever a distance between you and Me that I about in heaven already, and they can really lord it out over the would consider "close enough." I always would like you to rest of the world... Almost acting as if this earthly kingdom of continue making progress in your walk with Me and your true theirs were My eternal one. knowledge of Me, really getting to know Me. Remember you're not at home where you are, but that your true Sometimes your marriage seems to stagnate because there Home is still waiting for you. Don't sadden Me by acting as if you

were home already and feeling perfectly comfortable where you are, as if there was nothing better to look forward to. Talking about disappointments... Anyone who settles for what this world has to offer and thinks it couldn't get any better than this, is a disappointment to Me, because they show what little faith they have and what a tiny little limited box they seem to need to put Me in. Don't settle for the illusion that I'm not greater than anything the usurper can come up with in order to make this life constitute of as much of a thrill as he possibly can in order to entice you away from Me and get your vision and focus off your eternal Home! Be thankful for every less-than-perfect day to remind you that this world is not your home, for too many of My believers seem to have forgotten that, and seem to think that this is all the home they'll ever need... They know they'll have to leave it someday when they'll die, and so they try to "bribe" Me with alms, and they try to reserve themselves a fancy spot in heaven with their money. But when it comes to heavenly rewards, I can't judge anyone by how much they give, but by how much they've got left and still could have given. 121 _________________________________________________ You have to make sure that your work is bathed in a spirit of trust and calm. It's important that I am in it. But My Holy Spirit can be easily shooed away, when She feels like She has been replaced by some spirit of feverishly trying to accomplish something, instead of fully leaning on Me. You know how it is when you don't feel needed. You don't want to just barge in on people who give you the impression they're doing perfectly fine without you, doing things in a way or a spirit quite distinct from yours, and act as if the last thing in the world they would need right now is someone coming in and telling them they ought to be doing it differently. Fight for a greater Presence of My Spirit in your work and at your working place. Yes, there is a lot to do, it's true, and time is short and you should redeem the time. But redeeming the time also means to "pray without ceasing" and making sure you're spending every moment possible in the right spirit, in the company of the right spirits, and you're not giving any place to the evil one, which can easily happen if you allow yourself to become irritated, upset or aggravated. Let your m.o. be one of full possession and heavenly thought power, where the room is buzzing with holy spirits and the Enemy wouldn't dream of even sticking his nose in! 122 _________________________________________________ Whenever you get the chance, pray! It will make all the difference in the world. It will show that you're relying on Me and on the Spirit to get it done, you're not just trying to pull it through in the flesh. You're giving Me a chance to work that way. Just give Me a chance to work through you, to shine through you. It's almost as if you're having to receive Me anew each day, saying "yes" to Me afresh each day, making the decision again and again to take Me instead of what this cold, dead life of the flesh has to offer. You're saying "yes" to Heaven when you stop to pray and give Me a chance to work through you. You're then not only making the choice that eventually you're going to go to Heaven, as you did when you first prayed to ask Me to come into your heart, but you're making choices that allow the forces of Heaven to become active in your life right now. The Enemy is trying to slow you down and reduce your fruitfulness for Me. Whereas, if you just stay close to Me, no matter what happens and is going on around you, My Spirit will just keep working in you and through you, and there's nothing whatsoever he can do. You've basically got to ignore all the shiny temptations that

might cause you to give yourself the glory, instead of Me, and other things he will try to use to divert you. Gandhi was a good example of a man who seriously strove to resist temptations. He saw them for what they were and thus was always able to discern the truth. While those around him kept falling for the usual lies and temptations, the lust for power, the lust for revenge, etc., he just kept seeing the truth through it all, and that's what you can do, too, and what can be the difference between you and church Christians with all their highly sophisticated technical equipment to keep their show-business Churchianity on the road, with your simply saying it the way it is, saying what's essential, without all the other big ado about it. Life is supposed to have a meaning, and be meaningful; it doesn't consist of all those other frills everybody's so busy acquiring all the time. And you're driving home that point, bringing things back down to the simple issue of the meaning and purpose of things. You can do a million things each day, but what good are they, if you've forgotten what you're doing them for? It's good if you see your path before you clearly each day. There are times when I'm having you go through the fog, without seeing clearly where you go, but even this is to strengthen your spiritual senses of greater trust in Me. I can lead you with My Spirit, even if you can't see anymore with your eyes where you're going or supposed to go. The Enemy tries to muddle things up a lot, and then it takes some time for regrouping, for letting the mud disappear again until the vision becomes clearer again and you can see where to go and what to do next. You can't be concerned with audience reaction. You've just got to keep your vision of what I've shown you. If you listen to the voices of the critics and scoffers - even the imaginary ones in your head - you're sunk. Just remember to let Me and your helpers do it through you. The responsibility and the load doesn't weigh on your shoulders alone. We can carry this thing through for you and with you. Let us bear the gist of it. You just be the vessels we shine and pour through... Like this you don't have to worry, either, what people may think about you. If it's My thing, not yours, then I can take care of the "image," too, and the way it's going to come across in people's hearts. "Little is much, if God is in it." Better than to wait until everything's perfect, which might never happen. The emphasis is clearly on the message. The messenger doesn't stand in the way of the message, absorbing the limelight for himself. 123 _________________________________________________ There will always come a point where your own tolerance level will be stretched by someone even stranger than you, or stranger than the last "strangest" person you've had to cope with. It's the "embracing the leper" process in the life of St. Francis and of many true followers of Mine. Shutting anyone out who doesn't look according to one's own standard simply doesn't live up to what I said about loving the least of My brethren the way you would love Me. Seeking to be loved by everyone will only leave you disappointed by everyone's incapability to live up to your unrealistic expectations. Your motivation has got to be love for the people. You've got to stay on the rock bottom of the ground that what you're doing it for - whatever it is you're doing - is love, and without love it's nothing. Humbly do whatever you're doing for love, and let that love be

clearly seen in your interaction with those around you, even if sometimes they may seem to be harder to love than anyone far away you don't have to deal with. How real is your love? Where are your limits? There always comes a point of more love and understanding than you've previously had. Everything else is only a distraction. Everything else will sometimes only keep you busily going through the motions of avoiding the very essence of what life is all about: "love thy neighbor" - that person closest to you, you're living with, and having to deal with face to face, that you cannot avoid or evade "as thyself." When you can accept and truly embrace the lowest of the low and let them know you're one of them or they're one of yours, that you consider that there is no difference between you, but they're equally loved by Me as you are, then you've become real. I've always been the Hero and the Champion of the one lost and forgotten and neglected sheep. If I knew the 99 were safely in the fold, My sympathies, My concerns and My love would go out to that one lost sheep, strangled out there somewhere in the brambles, the brushes, the shrubs of the confusion of this world, and often I have wondered why those in the fold were always too busy pleasing themselves to ever come out and assist Me. It's part of being the real thing. Your love for the one lost sheep, the lowest of the low, the least of these My brethren, determines just how real you really are! There is a goodness that goes beyond any confessional differences. There is a goodness that expects of you to be kinder to those who are not your own, who are different than you, than to your own kind. That's what many of the Jews couldn't understand about Me: how could I be so kind to the non-Jews, the Gentiles, the heathen, the "wicked?" Surely, I had to be a sinner, too, like them. What I was showing them was that in the eyes of God, it wasn't going to matter anymore whether you were a Jew or a Gentile, but whether you were a child of God by being a child of good. Those who chose to do good over evil, and those who chose to recognize, accept, receive and believe in the Good when they saw Him or heard about Him, those were to be God's children from henceforth. And likewise there will come a time when I will make it clear to the world that it doesn't make any big difference whether you're calling yourself a Christian, but how you live is what matters, and how much you have given and done in order to make sure that those others, who apparently did not know Me, or perhaps did not want to know Me because of some despicable and loveless sample of one of those supposed believers and followers of Mine, would be given the chance to see a true picture and illustration and token of My love by the way you lived. God would not be God, nor would He be righteous, if He only allowed nominal Christians into His Kingdom, who - although they were supposed to have known the truth - lived a worse sample of what I stood for than some or even many of those who claimed not to believe in Me, because they didn't want to be any part of the hypocrites. Can you blame anyone for not wanting to be a Christian today with the sample that Christians at large give to the world? Just as it is said "he is not a Jew that is outwardly a Jew" (Rom.2:28) in the flesh, so I will also say, he is not a Christian that is outwardly a Christian, in name and in title only. But how much are you really Mine? How much can you really claim to be Mine? How much can you really say that you are My bride, that you have loved Me intimately, have heard My voice speak to your heart, and how much have you obeyed that voice? How much have you gone forth, accepting and bearing My seed and bringing forth fruit unto Me? How many children have you borne unto Me? Can you truly call yourself Mrs. Christ? Are you truly

My wife? Have you truly employed your life in service to Me, or were you just one of the countless slaves of Mammon, who every once in a while offered a little token, a small sacrifice to Me, as one would throw a bone to a dog under the table? That's why I have said, "I will have mercy, not sacrifices." I'm sick and tired of little sacrifices that mean nothing, I want love. Love is the only acceptable sacrifice. 124 _________________________________________________ Every person is like a country to explore. You may love it or hate it; consider it foreign or your own, but there is always something to explore. The saddest thing to do is take it for granted. That's what a lot of people do: they never explore their own countries, they're just interested in far-away lands, and equally, they're not very interested in the people they're familiar with. Oh, they may be very patriotic and act as if they don't love any other country as much as theirs, but - how much do they really know their country - or their loved one? How much time have they really invested in getting to know all there is to know and to find out about them? 125 _________________________________________________ You still have to learn to shut off the "emotional circumstances" that the Devil often creates, and see past them, see through them as illusions. They're spirits that are causing them. Spirits that make you feel unwell about something or someone, but you have to realize they're often either lying or hindering spirits. They're trying to get you to disobey Me, by creating illusions or fake obstacles in the path of doing what I've been asking you to, so that you will use them as an excuse, a "legitimate reason" not to do them. You must find out how "legitimate" those reasons really are. Are they real, or just mental fabrications by the Enemy? You may feel as if you wouldn't be welcome, and you don't want to intrude or bother anyone with the message I have given you to pass on to them, but you have to realize that whenever the Enemy is trying to tell you why you shouldn't be expected to actually do something I told you to do, you can safely assume that he's lying. After all, that's what he's best at. It just about the only thing he's good at: faking things, concocting lies, creating illusions, deceiving people. He's truly the great deceiver, and it is by his deceit that he destroys. In fact, by his deceit he gets people to destroy each other. He doesn't do much of the dirty work himself. But he delights in watching all the wreckage and carnage he causes by his lies and deceit. Thats why hearing from Me does make a big difference. How else will you be able to tell what's going on? You should be glad that you're already getting a chance in this life to clean up, sort out and rectify some of the mess you made and caused, instead of having to wait until you get Here. Believe Me, you'll be grateful for this opportunity one day. Most people don't have a clue about the extent to which they screwed up until they get Here - totally oblivious to the mistakes they made and the impact they had on others and the consequences they brought about. So, be glad you're getting a chance to recognize all this right now. The end of your book has not yet been written! You can still change things! You can still change your act and show that you've learned something! It's not too late. Now, when folks get Here, in some aspects, it's too late to rectify things. I'll let them make up for it in some other way, and they'll be forgiven, but still it's so much nicer when you've been able to make "clean slates" as much as possible while you're still on earth. Make sure that the other parties know that you've muffed it and you're learning from it. I'm not expecting more of you than you can deliver. I know what

you're capable of. But the only way I get you to make progress is by expecting more of you, and in the effort, you stretch your 128 _________________________________________________ spiritual muscles and you grow. A conversation, just like all of life, is give and take, speak and listen. The goal is not always necessarily to impart as much information as possible to another, but to have as large of a 126 _________________________________________________ mutual exchange of information as possible... Be thankful for the times when things go wrong and haywire, By giving them space & time to empty their minds & hearts, you for they indicate that you've been either going in the wrong create the room and vacuum for more new input you might be direction, or that you've been neglecting some pretty important able to share with them. things. As long as everything's going alright, people just don't pay I create a vacuum in you by allowing you to first experience enough attention. When things start going wrong, that's the point yourselves, have your way, have your say in life, and then find where they'll start to listen up. "God, what am I doing wrong?" out that you need My input. Usually those crises, when you realize your life is heading downhill for disaster, are precisely what help you to prevent it Be a receptacle for the contents of their hearts, and once they from really becoming one. have poured out, they will also let you pour in some. Those times also make you more likable. All of a sudden you're back down to the rock bottom of the fact that you're not better than anyone else, even though you could have sworn you were, 129 _________________________________________________ at the rate things were going. The Devil is the champion of conformity and the opponent of But alas, the curtain has fallen, and revealed that your life is a variety, of the liberty and freedom to dare to be different. mess, just like everybody else's, and you have flaws a-plenty, He may pretend to champion the cause of "being different" when just like everybody else. Maybe they're different ones, not exactly it comes to rebellion against God, but only in order to lure the same or of the same kind, but no less numerous, no less everybody into his trap of endlessly boring monotony and horrendous. In fact, maybe even a little worse to behold than similarity where everybody just does things his way, believes some of the others'. what he dictates, and - believe Me, he's not nearly as innovative, nor as mindful of variety as the Father and I are about the Big As long as you can buy yourself things to make you feel better Picture. artificially, things don't seem to be all that bad. Not bad enough to make you ask yourself "what's wrong," anyways. So, that's You constantly discover new facets, new aspects, new details another reason why I have to allow those times of "leanness," and angles, factors and clues to new secrets, mysteries and and it can't always be times of plenty. Plenty is what spoils revelations; things you weren't aware of before. The Big Picture people. That's probably the core of the disease of society: they is moving and growing; it is alive. work so hard in order to have so much money and so many You cannot just stick it into any closed container and say, "Here, things that they can spoil themselves stupid. this is it: the whole truth and everything there is to know." There's always more to it, always more. You may think now You can't blame the Devil for everything. Some things are simply you've got it, and you've reached the bottom line, end of story, the result of man's sinful nature, the results which he has and then a new chapter or whole new story begins. brought about by his own choices - which may have been initiated by the Devil's temptations- but they were still, Let go and take a break sometimes, in order to be able to get nonetheless, his own choices. back to your work with renewed zest, energy and vacuum for more input that "counts." The empty spaces between the The circumstances outside the Garden of Eden teach you the particles of the molecules and between the planets are just as consequences, and thus you learn from your mistakes. I'd say important as the particles and planets themselves. Just because "Welcome to the club," but so far I haven't made any. It's not like the power and energy is invisible, doesn't mean it's not there. I never regretted anything, but the Father has things rigged up in Just because you can't see it doesn't make it useless. Even so, a way that even if I would make a choice which were the lesser of the "empty space" between your accomplishments, your breaks, two or various options, it will yet turn out to be the best for your times of recreation, etc., are just as important as your everyone involved... working hours. Ask any school kid, which they deem more important, more He that praises Me and My name, praises the Father. He has significant: the classes or the breaks in-between them. ordained the flow of things to pass through Me, the Mediator between God and men. Better to know little than to think you know it all. I am the Light of the world by which you can see Him in everything. Sometimes the fun things, the less "serious" things of life, the by-products, turn out to be the main product and most important The more you invest in this life, in acquiring and aspiring in this of all. Look at all the entertainment business is raking in. It's a present world, the more you miss the point, and the more you'll major industry. Not that I approve of the way things are when it miss out and lose in the end, of what you could have truly gained comes to that, but it just shows that "doing nothing" or "not by investing more in Eternity. making sense" sometimes can be worth it. 127 _________________________________________________ Diligence is an important part of love for Me and others. Part of love is being a good steward over the things I have entrusted you. Once you've got the spiritual side straight in your life, and there's no question about that anymore, then it's time to focus on how you can best and most efficiently put all that spiritual input into practice, convert it into a living, flesh and blood sample. If you have the spiritual down pat, then it's time to prove it by your works, by your standard. You can't figure it all out anyway. That doesn't mean that you should never help anyone else to get a clue, that you should never share what you know, but it also means that you've sometimes got to let them be and do what they want to do, what they feel like doing. You can't regiment inspiration. 130 _________________________________________________ I fulfill your specific needs and those of your flock. You need to have answers. You need to be able to show that you've really got the Answer Man, able to give you answers. You're not supposed to be ignorant and duped by Satan's lies,

like the rest of them. Sure, the temptations are there to get lifted up in pride, to become isolated, lifted off, elevated, etc., but I know whom I can trust with My gifts that I bestow on you individually, and it's none of your concern to question Me on this. What I gave you, I gave you because I knew you could handle it, and if at anytime you do fall into one of the Enemy's traps, then you know by experience I know how to make you snap out of it real quick, because you've experienced My hand of correction, and you always feel it upon you. I've earned your respect, so to speak, and since "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," I let you continue and grow on the path of wisdom, past its beginning. Go on, walk down the road of wisdom. It's a "downhill" road, alright, since it won't take you to any high places in this world. Just like the wisdom of the world is foolishness with God, it's also the other way around: the wisdom of God is foolishness to men. So, you've got to get used to that "fool on the hill" image, but as the song says, "he knows that they're the fools," ever firm in the conviction that you are the one who truly knows, for you have assumed My knowledge... the real thing; not the fake wisdom of the world. You can have all wisdom, but if you don't even have the simple basics of love, you still look pretty poor.

(Ps.100). Isn't that the problem? That people think they can thank themselves for what they are, instead of Me? Show them how wrong they are! I don't demand praise, but show them that they're going the wrong way; they'll never find happiness that way. For true happiness lies only in acknowledging Me and giving the glory and honor to Whom it is due by respecting Me as the Source of happiness and life and all things. 131 _________________________________________________ All the sermons and sound advice in the world aren't as effective as a living sample of what you're preaching. The best message conveyed is the one you convey by the way you live. You must never allow yourself to make a god out of your work, not even for a moment. Even if people interrupt you, they still come first. The atmosphere should always be one of "welcome anytime," instead of "not now!" You owe that kind of a sample to the world around you, if you're going to be publishing words reminding people of the importance of love and the meaning of life.

132 _________________________________________________ The fuller you are of yourself, your own plans, ambitions and intuitions, the less space there is for other things, including the views and sentiments of others. The purpose of the things I show you is to answer the questions Although you have found the truth, your life isn't perfect yet, and that people have about Me and the meaning of things, not to it's not as if you'll never have to learn another thing from enrich yourself or enhance your own ego. someone else. True knowledge isn't a popularity factor in this world, anyway, It's give and take. You teach and you learn, even from people but more likely you'll be viewed as some sort of crank, so, these who may seem to have much less to give than what you've got. If factors should serve as safeguards to keep you humble. I choose you're humble enough to be in a receiving and learning position humble vessels, considered foolish by the world, to bring My true in relation to anyone you come across, you'll find life in general a knowledge and light into the world. much greater success, when you come to the end of the road, than if you go through it constantly pushing your own thing on The price of true godliness is that of really not amounting to others. much of anything in this world, but to the contrary: persecution, It's the art of being open enough to see Me in everything, ridicule, rejection, opposition and adversity. So that you truly including in everybody you come across, even as different from might draw your strength from Me and My Spirit and the you as they may seem. The more they differ from you, the greater company of the persecuted, the true men and women of God of the challenge. all ages. Growing older is really something to rejoice in and look forward to when you walk with Me, and only then. Because you're learning to rely more on My power and less on your own, you're truly learning what it means, "He must increase, but I must decrease." 133 _________________________________________________ Sometimes you've just got to realize that you can't have it all. You can't be My chosen people and be popular at the same time. You can't be winning souls and bearing fruit without any testings. The Enemy will always try to discourage, hinder or slow you down, if he can't stop you altogether. I want you to seek the happiness and welfare of others, and not Bad spirits feel well with hosts who give them a good time. That's your own, the art of learning how to give and how to love. why you've got to discipline yourselves to not go overboard with the enjoyment side of things, you've got to stay on guard and on As you give and diminish that which is of and for and by the attack. yourself, you grow in all that which is of and for and by Me. No matter how pleasant things get, you've got to remind yourselves constantly that you're at war, and that you're As you shrink in the significance of the nothingness of this world warriors, a constant threat to the Enemy, and thus constantly at around you, you grow in all things that really count. Welcome risk of any form of attack by him. He'll take advantage of any from the world of nothingness to the world of All Things! You exit weak moment you'll offer him. the land where all is fake and in reality nothing, and enter the land of the Real, the land of Everything. Everything that matters. You actually need adversities and the troubles to keep you Everything that lasts, that is eternal. spiritually awake and alive and progressing. That's why it's a golden City, to remind everyone that Here are found the values that will last, like gold, not the futile values of the world. Keep your eye on that Golden City. Patience is a greater mystery than you thought, and impatience is a greater and more dangerous sin of mankind than most think. The mystery of learning to "wait on the Lord" is a much greater treasure than what many, many people ever acquire with all their gaining and doing in all their lives. "Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before His Presence with singing. It is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves." The lack you're experiencing is creating a necessary vacuum of desperation, of humility, of everything that is the opposite of complacency. I like to have you desperately dependent on Me so that you won't fall back into the ever present trap of leaning on the arm of the flesh. When you've got a lot to be desperate about, then you'll also have a lot to be thankful for, because you'll know that it wasn't merely coincidence that you made it through the dire straits, you'll know it was Me Who got you through the rough times.

136 _________________________________________________ The System's got some mean tricks to enslave people through fear and pressure. I'm just telling you there's nothing to be afraid of. They're not playing fair. "The powers that be" are slowly evolving into the most evil force to ever have governed this world, and eventually the time will come when, like My apostles of old, you will have to make the choice to obey God, rather than men. And The majority of the world simply lives in delusion, since that's in order to be able to do that, you've got to acquire the necessary where the Enemy is guiding them. The biggest problem you have courage and faith to know that when it comes down to it, they're about preaching the gospel is that they just don't want to hear just bluffing. And if you're willing to go to jail for your beliefs, the truth! They couldn't live with it. because they're going to forbid you to witness, or because you insisted on living by faith, instead of depending on the System's The truth about what the Matrix really is would be way too far out, social services, what's the difference? way too horrible for them to believe and accept. That they're Living by faith is a greater witness and testimony. It's part of basically all being used as "batteries" to keep the demonic your anti-System testimony. Many of My children are still running System of the Enemy running. "Welcome to the Machine!" on My instructions of yesterday, when it comes to that. Of course, you're supposed to live as peaceably and as It all comes down to the collision of the Big Lie with the Truth. cautiously as possible toward those that are without for as long One cannot bear the other. You either adhere to one or the other. as possible. But I'm preparing you for the time when there will be That's what it all amounts to in the end. You may try to concoct all-out war between you and the System, and that could happen your very own mixture of the two, but eventually you'll see that rather quickly. And like Pharaoh of old, they will have to be they won't hold, they will each crystallize into opposing fractions, shown and taught that you're not afraid of their threats, because and you'll either cling to the one or the other. I'm on your side. 134 _________________________________________________ The people who swallow the System's brainwash, the loyal slaves of the Matrix, will never accept you as one of theirs. They could never see their own evil clearly, openly and honestly. They just don't have the guts to face themselves as what they really are. They lack the honesty that it would take. Only few are courageous enough to really believe the whole, outrageous truth about the world they're living in. Those who never thought they ever had anything to repent of are the ones giving the world the most trouble with their sins they themselves are blind to. 135 _________________________________________________ "A man's life consisteth not..." in the abundance of the statistics he produces. Lately I'm putting a lot more emphasis on how you do things, in what spirit, and with which motivation and incentive, than the amount of things you accomplish. You may be thinking you're accomplishing so-and-so much and mentally pat yourself on the back for it, and maybe coast on the laurels of your accomplishments, but if that keeps you in a spirit of complacency instead of desperation and humility, then the purpose of those stats is actually defeated. The question is not how much you accomplish on paper, but how much do you really accomplish? How close are you really to the goal I have set before you, that which you would call fulfilling your destiny and the purpose for which you were created and ordained? Sometimes folks can hide behind some great accomplishments and achievements of theirs, while all the while really pitifully failing at what I would really like them to do. The amount of love in what you did is what counts, not the statistics. They're just numbers. Don't hide behind numbers, don't glory in them, only glory in love, and in how much you're able to truly live in and convey My Spirit each day. That's why I got so upset with David's counting the soldiers of his army: he was trying to put his confidence in numbers, instead of Me. Don't put your faith in numbers, but in Me! It's like the "abundance" of money on their bank accounts that some people think their life consists of. Their life and its value basically consist of a number: the amount of money they have on their bank account. Your true value is determined by the amount of My Spirit you allow to flush through your life. How much do you allow others to be touched by Me through you? How much do you really give in order to be able to say you did your best, you gave your all? How much do you have left? Are you doing and giving all you can? That's what counts to Me. Eventually, My Endtime Underground will have to break with the System, it's ties with the System, it's dependence on the System. The System has ceased to respect Me, nor is it really respecting you on a large scale, and you know from My Word that eventually they'll start hounding and persecuting you, so you can't live as if your life and destiny was meant to be one of perpetual peace with the System. 137 _________________________________________________ Everybody wants to be popular with the younger generation, but it's only those who don't care too much about popularity who are going to be able to teach them anything. The most dangerous threat to genuine learning is the illusion that you're right, and that there's nothing to change about your views & attitudes. In the beginning it doesn't exactly evoke positive feelings to be corrected and shown that you were wrong, but in the end, the sincere and true learners will be thankful. The overall tendency is that the older generation is much too easily swayed by every little hunch, inkling and whim of the younger generation, because they want to be "cool" with them, they don't want to be "pass" or labeled as "Old Bottles." But being an Old Bottle has nothing to do with age whatsoever. They'd be much better off with a downright challenge and confrontation than this constant effort to avoid confrontations, resulting in pampering them and giving in to their whims and notions... Nobody wants to take the risk of losing them, so they bend over backwards to be nice to them, but the result is often the opposite of the desired effect. Sometimes, love hurts. Sometimes there's no way around "the wounds of a friend" or "lashes of love." 138 _________________________________________________ If you're faithful to make the most out of the little things I've given you, then you can be sure I will bless you with more. Little is much if I am in it. My Spirit is best able to shine through simplicity!

Some folks get tripped off on the technical side of things, they neglect what's most important, namely My Spirit in it. My promise still stands, that he that is faithful in the least will be given much. What I like to use is the little, the despised, the underestimated things.

Be honored that I have counted you worthy and strong enough to bear these sufferings. Remember My apostles who "rejoiced that they had been counted worthy to suffer" for Me. It's part of your "job" to "endure hardness" as a good soldier of Mine (2Tim.2:3).

141 _________________________________________________ The sun is a very good illustration of what each of you can What the world needs now is not just another "cool" looking be: either a source of life, or a scourge. It all depends on the right Christian. What they need is the fire to warm themselves by, they balance, and whether you agree to make sure to always abide by need to watch someone burn for Me, totally regardless of what My rules and parameters: the exact distance and timing I have anyone may think of them. I like to use people who don't give a laid down for earth's rotations both around its own axis and damn about whether the whole world thinks they're nuts. What I around the sun, etc. need is people who are truly willing to be fools for My sake and My Cause. The devil is constantly trying to change My rules and make his own. He figures if he's god down here, then he might as well I've given you a message, and that has always been the gist and change the rules, be the rule-breaker who wanted to be a rulethe heart of the matter. If you don't have a message to give to the maker, and of course, he's making a terrible mess of it all. world, and you just want to come across as another cool dude, Simple obedience and submission will turn out to have been a then you might as well forget it. much smarter and wiser way than all his smartness, and the sum of all his wisdom which he's applying selfishly and in the wrong Crazy times call for crazy measures. Look at it: the world's gone way. crazy. How do you think you're going to wake them up and reach Even wisdom, and all the gifts of the spirit can turn into them and speak their language? By acting all "normal?" They're something bad and harmful if applied in a wrong way, a way just finding out there is no such thing. without love, and selfishly. That's why Paul said, without love it's all nothing. It becomes negative, instead of positive, a nuisance instead of a blessing, a hindrance instead of a help, death 139 _________________________________________________ instead of life. (Dad:) The Lord put that warning in His Word: "Woe if the salt loses its flavor," and, "No man hides a light under a bushel." He You are My stars. You're the stars of My show, and you become, knew of the dangers of the urge of conformity. bringers of life in this world, sources of words of wisdom and the pivots on which hinges the equilibrium of all, without which there He's still in the business of idol-smashing, and sometimes the would be a false balance which would cause everything to most effective way to do that is the school of one's own collapse, which is precisely what will happen when the Enemy experiences. Sometimes He gets certain folks to the point where will try to wipe you out, My true church, during the Great they finally realize that if they would like the world to be any Tribulation, the times of trouble and hour of darkness I have different, then they're going to have to do something about it foretold. themselves, because it doesn't look like too many other folks are In that hour of darkness you will shine brightest of all. Right now really doing anything about it. They're all too busy & concerned there's still some twilight, and the world isn't as desperate yet for with their looks, their image & coolness and how they come your light, but when the devil's light will collapse and turn into across... lots of things to keep them distracted from the real darkness, reveal itself as what it really is, then there's going to be essence of things. great desperation among those who are My children at heart, and who don't really want to follow the Devil. Make sure the quality's there in your message and in what you Hes sifting them all as wheat now, he's the grim reaper, reaping bring across! Make sure that God is in it, whatever you do, his harvest of souls and even seeking to entice many of My own whatever you say. away from Me. And you stand there, seemingly powerless. But you've got to assume the power over that situation. Act in Show the world the forgotten magic of simplicity! the power and in the name of the Author, the Founder, the Ruler over all, in His undisputable Authority over everything else, any "Clothe her lightly!" That theme works. circumstances and forces that would dare to stand in the way of My will, and that would dare to defy you. Once you've become a sun, you don't revolve around them 140 _________________________________________________ anymore, your path isn't dictated by their rules anymore, or You must take both, the enjoyment I give you, as well as the whatever circumstances they dictate on you, but you become the suffering that comes along with it. If it were just one-sided, and pivot around which things revolve, you determine the rules and you'd only have the fun part of life, you'd soon become spoiled. the course of events. There has got to be some pain and suffering, and often the most effective sort of pain is that which is being evoked on you by How do you regain what the Devil has cunningly robbed you of? your own children. You claim it back. You must re-assume it. You're coming back Let it count toward your being a partaker of My sufferings. See into your realm and take back what is rightfully yours. You may yourself as one of those on the altar, one of the lambs and rams apologize for your temporary absence, for not having been "quite of sacrifice, the partakers of My sufferings. Remember that there," but now you're back in full power, and they can be you're in good company among many other fellow-sufferers, and assured that they can rely on both your authority and on your resist it not. It is good for you. It is good. protection. It may not be your idea of good, but that's where you're simply They need stability, and when somebody is unstable then they'll going to have to trust Me. I show you when it is becoming more look for another source that guarantees them safety. than you're supposed to bear, but in the meantime, bear it with patience. The constant flow of those assured voices from TV - not like those soft and sometimes unsure and wavering voices of their Even if they won't wake up to the error of their ways during this parents - have barged in and claimed the authority over their life-time, you can be sure that the lessons will serve their hearts. They seem to promise, "I will lead you where you can purpose. walk safely." They sound so sure of themselves, as if they knew

what they're promising. But of course they don't, and it's all one big and gigantic fake. But it comes across so real. You've got to counter the counterfeit "realness" of the devil with My actual and total and totalitarian Realness. I have got the absolute rule and power, and that's what has got to be established as the ultimate standard in their lives - and yours, of course, first of all. If you're going to lead anyone in the opposite direction of where the System is leading them, then you'd better know where you're guiding them, or at least that they can fully trust the One Who is guiding you, like Moses, when they walked out into the wilderness and toward the Red Sea. Once they had crossed the Red Sea on dry ground, they knew they had witnessed an authority unequalled, and that this Authority was very likely to guide them safely into the Promised Land. When you remember that you are nothing and nobody and just a hole for Me to fill you, then you will also invest the necessary time in the filling process, and you will be filled - with My power, My authority that's going to make people look up and take notice. 142 _________________________________________________ Giving out and passing it on means putting it to use and into practice, and it makes it all come alive much more than if you just try to store it all away in theory. 143 _________________________________________________ Nobody ever finds out about those folks in whose lives everything seems to be working out just fine, because there isn't the same measure of desperation there, simply because it's not needed. If everything is honky-dory and the way it ought to be, what need is there for desperation? And accordingly, there isn't all that much sweetness and honey flowing over on others from such perfect little lives, as from the lives of those whose lives were crushed like a honey comb. Your mistakes are an important part of the meaning and purpose of your lives, since they are what you learn the most from.

This godly pressure I exert on you is good for you. It's like climbing a mountain: you can't just stay in the middle somewhere, you've got to keep going until you reach the top, even if it costs you every last bit of strength. I'm pushing you beyond what you previously thought you were capable of. Sometimes you have to work at it a bit, even if it's a gift. It's a gift for you to work with. It's a weapon you have to practice and train with, and the more you do, the more skilled you will become in using it. Sometimes it may seem a bit monotonous, as you repeat and repeat the same things, just like training football skills. You've got to keep it alive and moving. Its not just a gift for your own enjoyment and gratification, but it's primarily destined to help you be a blessing to others, so, keep your channel flowing outward. When you feel "stuck" and you don't feel like receiving anything, because your own capacity to receive is exhausted, simply because you don't really happen to need any new input, what about your loved ones? What about others your life is in touch with or is going to touch? I know this happens when you're specially concerned about someone, but what about training that muscle on a regular basis, just as you would your prophecy muscle in general? Like "intercessory prophecy." You hear from Me for the sake of others. You could at least hear from Me about what you could do to "make their day." 145 _________________________________________________ There are some people who simply let their egos stand in the way of what I really want to do, but they don't realize it. They think their program is Mine. That's what happens when I have become nothing else but an extension of their own ideas of Me in their minds, but they're not really in touch with the real Me, they don't really have the real thing, and consequently, the work cannot take off, because people just fail to see My Spirit at work, but merely see a bunch of guys running around in their own steam... the same as they see anywhere else: in politics, in the churches...

You can't have it all: a perfect life and all the passion and thrills that result from the ups and downs of a less stable, more turbulent life, and everybody gets what they're shooting for, what You have to pick up the torch of truly being led by My Spirit, they're aiming at, what they can handle, and what I know they which is a little hard to do, when you're dealing with opposing can take and need most. carnal input, but at least My sheep will see that there are a few among My people who really have My Spirit, not just an idea. 144 _________________________________________________ Turn on receiving mode. Welcome on the heavenly wavelength. Sometimes I keep you on CQ for a little while. Sometimes I need to know that you really want it. I want to make sure it's not just becoming another lifeless habit for you, the way some folks turn on their radios in the morning and let it run all day sort of for background noise because they can't stand the silence. My station requires silence. It requires turning off all other background noises, thoughts and distractions that would throw you off. It's also not something you can take for granted. Although you can be sure of My Presence and of the fact that I like and want to talk to you, it's a bit more than just flipping a switch. You've got to want it and have a vacuum for it. Indifference is a killer that will make it nearly impossible to receive My words. It's more than entertainment. It's more than a ritual to ensure you that you're "okay with God." There will come a time when I will have to become your everything: your food, your oxygen, your water. You will be totally dependent on Me. Accordingly, you should start tuning in to Me with the reverence that is due. Our relationship must grow. The intensity and quality of our communication must grow. There has to be progress.

Leaders are usually leaders because they've got so much of their own personal drive. But in order to become truly one of My leaders who truly lead people in My direction and the way I want for them to pursue, it takes the willingness to let go of all that you think is the right way, and a determination not to settle for any delusion of "My way," namely the temptation to allow your way to become what you try to sell as "My way." It takes that kind of honesty with oneself, that kind of desperation, that kind of determination to refuse to settle for anything less than My best, for anything less than the real thing, which is My input, My direction, My love and My heart... There will come a time when anyone's own steam simply will no longer do, but My steam and power will be required and expedient. Nothing else will do. That's why "The Real Thing" is an Endtime theme: nothing else will work then. Right now, a lot of people are still running on their own fake versions of whatever they consider their real thing, but then, it's only going to be the Real Thing that's going to do the trick, My true Spirit, and nothing else, no more fakes, no more artificial hype, no more one's own excitement or personal ambition or pet doctrine or modus operandi or the way they think it ought to be done, but only My way.

Youve got to let My Spirit take over. Thats what this life's lesson is all about: determining and distinguishing the Real Thing from the fake. Which one is the real thing, the proper picture: this one, or the fake; who simply claims to know better? Who's the one who's really got My authority, the authority and power of My Spirit? If they're not attuned to My Spirit or desperate to stay on My wavelength, then you've got to make all the more effort to do so. You cannot just say, "The responsibility is theirs," but the responsibility belongs to whoever I pick to carry it, and when it's your turn, you've got to be ready. That's what it's all about: being ready and prepared for when it's your turn to carry the responsibility. And then to be able to make sure that there will be a difference between what you've got to offer and all the previous personal modes, namely My Spirit at work, truly, and nothing else. 146 _________________________________________________ Make a more serious effort to stay in My Spirit, to stay on guard, to fill your heart and mind with input that will be conducive to your staying in My Spirit, instead of input you may "have the faith" to enjoy but may regret later having done so. I'm going to demand and expect another level of commitment from you, and another standard of obedience where you can't allow yourself all the same liberties you took the right to enjoy thus far. My work and plan for this area depends on you to a certain degree, and you wouldn't want to screw it all up due to some slackness or lack of obedience in the little things, right? When I promote you to another level of greater responsibility, that also means that I expect another level of obedience from you, and one of the priorities related to that is the spiritual input you allow yourself to consume. It's better to listen to no music at all than to listen to the wrong kind of music! If you need more edifying music to listen to, create some! 147 _________________________________________________ Its not the amount of things you do that counts, but the amount of love in the things you do. There is no higher value, no higher power, no higher intelligence than love. The spirit of accomplishment kills that spirit of love sometimes. Because love takes time to really find out and investigate about the background of the story, it doesn't judge prematurely. Love takes the time to care. While the spirit of accomplishment takes up and eats up that time. It just takes time for the things it deems most important and worthy, judging by what's to be seen on the surface. It doesn't dig deeper.

ranks top priority. You've got to continue spending your time with Me, no matter what's all on the schedule and no matter how many projects there are to tackle, or how much responsibility rests on your shoulders. Continuing to put Me first shows your faith that when it comes down to it, I'm going to have to do it. Youve got to commit the whole thing into My hand and expect Me to do it. It's got to be Me from A to Z, otherwise it will not have the desired effect. I know you're anxious to show that you can do it better and in a more Spirit-led way than it has been done before, but then you're also going to have to continue in a Spirit-led m.o. and not get all hyped up in the flesh, thinking you're going to have to do it all. The spirit of competition is not nearly as conducive to success as humility and when you acknowledge you can't do it and show that you're dependent on everybody's help, most of all Mine. Only I can help you to be truly successful in your endeavors. Only I can help you rise above Satan's attempts to slow you down or stop this thing from becoming a success. It's got to be Me and My perfect timing. You cannot allow any expectations of man to put pressure on you. I'm happy to see you excited and inspired about the projects before you. But you still need to learn to apply your energies wisely, and not lose sight of Me in the equation. By channeling your excitement and inspiration through Me, and rolling the ball back to Me, you can be sure that everything is going to have My perfect touch and blessing: My perfect timing, My perfect pace, and you can rest assured that I'm going to do it for you, you don't have to do it yourself and in your own energy. Thus you won't feel wasted or as if your energy was already spent, but you'll feel constantly renewed, even if more than usual has been expected and demanded of you. Plus, your loved ones around you won't feel left out, or frightened about the change happening in you, because I will remain the Constant in your life that will bring assurance and the right equilibrium into everything, so, My peace remains, and it won't be replaced by stress or panic, or any form of anxiety that comes from feeling as if you'd have to do it on your own... 149 _________________________________________________ You've got to live with the scrutiny of others, and the judgment they're going to pass over your words. It helps to make them more real and to affirm your convictions. After all, if what you believe turns out to be watertight, and that it can withstand the storm, then you can know for sure that it's something you can trust in, rely and build your life on. It's not the audience reaction that matters; it's whether your truth will hold when their criticism has finally died down.

The world of the man of accomplishment is going down, and only The Enemy has a very necessary purpose: to lend extra and the world of the man of love will last. additional evidence to the word of truth of its power by the adversity with which he resists and fights it, tries to besmirch You've got to have the right basis for your works, and the only and nullify and contradict it. He says, "Did God really say so?" right basis for any works and accomplishments wrought for Me and prompts man to find out by his own experience. is love. You've got to make sure that love is the basis and foundation of your household, that it's the prevailing and As time will do the talking, it will finally appear that it isn't I Who's prevalent spirit in your Home and in your actions. the Liar around here, and experience shows which words are really worth clinging to, Mine or his. And thus it is with all words spoken, with every philosophy uttered... only the truth will 148 _________________________________________________ remain. As long as you've got plenty of time, it's relatively easy to take time to hear from Me. But the real test & crunch comes when Youve got to keep washing yourselves with the Word every day, you're busy and occupied with many ongoing projects. and some folks don't even realize to what extent they need that This is where you're going to have to prove and show just how washing. important My time with you really is for you, whether it really On the other hand, the dirt is what makes the water and the

washing necessary. If you were clean already, then what would the washing of the Word and the regeneration of My Holy Spirit be good for? Most people consider themselves clean and look upon others as dirty. But when you look through My eyes, and you have washed your heart and mind with My Words, you can see through the eyes of faith and see both, yourself and others as clean by faith. I have cleansed you, saved you from your sins. That doesn't necessarily mean that sin has disappeared altogether, just as I haven't transformed your bodies yet into eternal and immortal ones. But it will happen. To some extent, your salvation and spiritual "cleanness" is only by faith right now, and it's up to you to which extent you use and apply that faith each day, and "work out your own salvation." Some people get saved, but they still remain on a negative wavelength. They don't apply or use their salvation and My cleansing power for what it could do for them in this life already. They will still benefit from it in the hereafter, but they deny themselves the privilege of using and applying My Salvation power to the extent they could in this life. That's what the life of faith is all about: to which extent do you use it, apply it and make it work? That's why you see some shining more than others: some use it more than others... Some take it for granted and don't use it as much as they should or could, simply because they're happy with the way things are, and the way they are. In their opinion, they're already clean enough, they don't need all that much washing. Whereas folks with a greater "history" of "dirt" will usually make sure they're availing themselves much more regularly and desperately of the hyssop of My Word, and the regenerating Power of My Spirit. They know they need it. How much to you realize you need My Word, My Spirit, My Input, you need Me? How much do you live in a self-satisfied illusion that you're doing fine with the amount of Me you're applying to your life already? With how much or little progress are you content? Will you settle for less than the best? With how little of the real thing are you satisfied? How much of Me can you handle before you say "stop"? Some kids don't like to take baths. Others think they need one everyday. What kind are you? If you're clean through the Words I speak to you, how clean do you want to be? 150 _________________________________________________ Action is not the only thing it's all about. It's certainly very important, but what's most important is that I'm in it, and to ensure that, there's just no way around spending the necessary time with Me.

and in My power. It's got to be the exactly right balance between going too fast and too slow, being too pushy or impatient about things and falling behind, and in order to find that right balance, you've got to desperately seek to stay in tune with Me. "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man," but only finding out for sure which is My preferred way for you to take, and which is My particular highest will for this situation will lead you to the desired results. If you discern the signs of the times, you can tell that time is getting shorter, and you'd rather have an impact on people's lives that's going to cause them to make appropriate changes now than a day too late. I don't want to scare you, but I also don't want you to be lethargic or take it too lightly, thinking that things are going to continue forever as they are. It's time to get stirred up, and really get some movement and action in the spirit going in order to get the desired results. 152 _________________________________________________ It is only in the amount of love you have for your enemies that you can say you truly have supernatural love that exceeds the natural affection that even unbelievers have for each other. Sure, it's difficult to love your enemies. Your natural tendency is to hate them, to cast them out. You'd prefer if they weren't around. But My love doesn't always prefer what would be better for oneself. There isn't much love for others within personal comfort. That's why the most uncomfortable place for a Christian is a comfortable place: the more comfortable you are, the less love you have for others. I have to allow your love to undergo tests to prove how real it is, just as I test your faith. I'm trying to find out, how real is your love? Your capacity to love has reached its limits, you cannot love beyond that, and this should show you where you're having to improve; where you lack, and where you need to acquire more of what you're lacking.

Its tough when all you give to a person is only met with ingratitude, lies and selfishness. It's a tough challenge to love someone like that... But it serves to show you that your capacities to love do have a limit, they're shockingly finite, as you're finding out. You realize that you have a need, that you're lacking something, and that's always good news for Me, because it means soon You don't have to hide behind what you're doing. You can be you're going to be asking Me for that which you lack, for Me to fill free to just be who you are in Me, and that's enough. You can that need, which I always gladly do. enjoy Me, and I will make it happen through you. It doesn't I love to fill any vacuum in your heart, your soul, any empty always have to be a painful or laborious process, and the space there is for Me to fill. greatest sacrifice involved sometimes is just that: your time. It's really true: without Me, you are nothing; you can do nothing, and your love amounts to nothing. It's always good news for Me when you realize how nothing you 151 _________________________________________________ are without Me, because it means that soon you're going to turn You've got the power to control or at least influence the to Me with a renewed hunger and yearning for Me, when you circumstances, and I want you to avail yourself of that power were just beginning to take Me a little bit for granted again. more. There will come a time when circumstances will be too tough and too difficult to just "accept" them and take things the Be honest: you cannot love without Me. Your own capacity to way they are, and it would be good for you to train and prepare love is embarrassing because I am love, and without Me, your now, so you'll be ready then to face things in the appropriate ability to truly love is zero, and every now and then I need to spirit and attitude of faith. remind you of that. Your capacity to love anyone doesn't stem from your being such Only once you call on Me and seek My face can you be sure that a good person, or because you're such a good child of God, or the option chosen will be My option and preference, and only any other goodness you might think you have, but only from Me. thus can you advance and move full steam ahead in My direction

Only when you come to grips with of how little you're capable, how little love you're able to give in the natural, do you realize just how badly you need Me. Life without Me really isn't worth living. You'll find out that there's no fun, no satisfaction in it whatsoever, if I'm not in it, if you didn't include Me and didn't take Me with you. I may let you get away with it for a little while and allow you to experience a little fun and diversion on your own, until sooner or later you'll realize that there's no fun, no true pleasure at all without the true Source of all godly pleasure. A lot of lessons and experiences in life lead to the same conclusion and realization of how much you need Me. It is discomforting to find out how terrible you really are, but that's what My Comforter is all about: to help you realize how far you can fly in spite of yourself. The Comforter, My Spirit, helps you to rise above the confines and limitations of your ego, and lets you find out that you'll get much further in life if you let Me take over. If you allow Me to fully possess you, you'll become a new creature capable of so much more than your old man. Youre going to make sure it's My love that's driving you. "The love of Christ constraineth me" is a good key verse to help you remember what it's got to be. Nothing else will do. If you forget, I will remind you. Life will remind you. Your own incapability will remind you. 153 _________________________________________________ How do you help or cure someone who is sick, but they don't know it? And they don't want to know it... People want to hear things that make them feel happy. The whole story around Me strongly indicates that they're lacking something and something's wrong with them; that they need help. Nobody wants to hear that something's wrong with them. And having to tell them that is hard. Theyre a little more open to hear about the solutions to their problems, when things are going wrong. But they don't want to take the responsibility for what has gone wrong. It takes humility to be able to take it and recognize that you did something wrong to merit whatever has befallen you. It takes humility to realize you need help.

are things to learn from life. But so few are willing. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow. 154 _________________________________________________ Sometimes the apparently easier way, chosen to make things easier on yourself, can turn out to be a detour instead of a shortcut. It's better to put your whole heart into something from the start, even if it means it will cost more effort and work, than to half-heartedly start something that's going to cost a lot more time later to fix and patch up. If you would have paid closer attention to the details, you would have known better what to do from the beginning. 155 _________________________________________________ The essential thing is not what you do, or that you do something. But what is more important to Me is what you are, as you do them. In what spirit are you when you do them? What do you convey as you do them? Are you acting in My love? Is My love recognizable in what you do? You've got to make a difference. Your sample must constitute a difference; it's got to be a different sample, that's going to be infectious to others. Just as I said to those who listened to Me during My time on earth, "Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees...," I say to you now that unless your love exceeds that of the lifeless, loveless goers-through-the-motions, it will be of no avail! It's true that I will resurrect My dead church, but I need those who will wake them up! Yes, I use people to do My work, and you can be one of My instruments! You can be one of My wake-up calls to My sleepy army! You can be feverishly running around and still be spiritually asleep. Only love is what brings you back to life, and what breathes life into what you do. If there's no love in it, then forget it; it's not going to change a single person's life! Only love gives you the amount of dedication and fire and passion that you need in order to truly begin to make a difference in anybody's life!

Leave behind all the clichs in your head of what you think you've got to do or what you think they're expecting of you, and Realizing your fault is the only hope you've got. That's what focus on what I am expecting of you: I'm expecting you to love. repentance, metanoia, is all about. Realizing you've been going "Thou shalt love" was My first and greatest commandment, not in the wrong direction and then turn around... "thou shalt accomplish." I want to use you as instruments and vessels of My love In order to make salvation work out for you in this life, that's the wherever you come in touch with anyone who needs My love, for point you're going to have to get to, sooner or later, the point of only love can awaken their hearts from their spiritual slumber. turnaround, the point of repentance and metanoia. They've got to see the love manifested in flesh and blood in order to break out of their barriers brought on them by that spirit of One thing you cannot do, if you truly want to help them, is ignore busyness, and it's a lot more important to Me that you be living their sin or laugh it off, because you'll be lying to them, really, by samples of My love, than just another accomplisher. giving them the false impression that they're alright. It's true that your love and obedience are manifested to some That's why I don't demand of you to be smiling and friendly to extent in your actions, but way too many hide behind their everyone. I need both. I've got My lovers and "wooers," but I also "actions," their work, in order to escape the much greater need prophets who will show up the sins of the people, who will responsibility to love. They think they don't have to show love refuse to compromise and laugh it off. anymore because of all the things they're doing already. It's not a very popular job. I've got very few people willing to do it on a grassroot level. It's so unpopular. And everybody wants to Just fulfilling your duty and hiding behind your job or position, have friends. the purpose of what you're doing it all for in the first place is But everybody has got their calling, and someone has got to bite getting lost, not to be found under the rubble of accomplishment, the sour apple and play the dreadful role of the prophet who meaningless action and going through the motion. shows and tells the people why things aren't working out the way they hoped. Let love be in everything you do, and if there can't be love in It's not "tough luck." There's a purpose in everything, and what you're presently doing, if you don't find the necessary "causeless the curse shall not come." There is a reason for inspiration in it to eke out a little bit of love for your fellowman, punishment, and every person should be interested and curious than for My sake, find something else to do. enough about the truth to find out what it was in their case. There

If the salt of the earth should lose its flavor, what is it going to be good for? If you don't make a difference anymore, and add some spice to that lifeless, tasteless System, then what good is it? You're not going to touch or change anybody's life, unless you can show clearly by your behavior and the light in your eyes that you're different and truly have something else to offer than the lifeless rut they've got! One of the worst things you could possibly do to Me is to conform to the way others are doing things, thinking you've got to please them and live up to their expectations... They're doing their job, and I will bless them and reward them for that. But you've got a different job! You know and grasp the spiritual significance of the Family and the difference it's supposed to make. Youve carefully got to guard, feed and fuel that flame, that sparkle. The level of love you maintain even just among yourselves is more important than whatever you try to accomplish for Me. It cannot be accomplishment for the sake of recognition from all the others who are just going through the motions for similar reasons. It's got to be alive, it's got to have life and love and fire and spirit and spunk in it; otherwise it will just be another relatively meaningless endeavor. Yes, I will reward you for your faithfulness to Me, and for doing what you did, but it won't be comparable to what you could and really should have been doing and accomplishing by daring to be different. 156 _________________________________________________ Haven't I always said, "according to your faith be it unto you?" And if you have the vision and burden for something, or a "dream," then by all means, grab it. Life is life for those who grab the opportunities, and not those who hesitate. Sometimes you've got to grab life's opportunities.

a man of faith, My son. You don't have to be afraid of anything. As long as you're taking Me with you in the things you do - and that's the primary and most important lesson you have to learn, not to neglect or forget to do that - it doesn't even matter so much what you do, for I'll be in it, and I'll be with you, and I'll see you through and will help you to see it through, whatever it is... You don't have to wait until you've got everything perfect. You learn as you go and you acquire valuable know-how as you work with what little you've got and try to make the best out of it, and then, when the new tools become available, you just swap to using these... In the meantime, keep working with what you've got. You're free. So, use that freedom, and don't let your own fears or your mind limit you or put you in a box. 157 _________________________________________________ You can see where your children are headed, and it pains you having to watch it. You keep hoping that maybe they'll be making the right decision by the grace of God, and you pray they will, but then you know how the majesty of choice is the one thing that can only be affected by prayer within limitations. It's - some would say, the biggest flaw in My plan, since it leaves such a giant loophole for the Devil to operate. But on the other hand, what other universal lesson would ever drive home the importance and advantages of yieldedness and surrender to Me, as does this whole big series of events on earth right now, which shows where man is going on his own, with his own choices, and refusing to yield to Me?

Knowing that you have no one else on this earth you're able to fully rely on, but only Me, that's what creates a bond between us that no one can sever. You're putting your faith in the right Source, and your money on the winning horse, the only One that is not going to disappoint and disillusion you, the only One that's never going to let you down. It makes your faith in Me more real, it makes your relationship Every now and then it's good to remember that with all the evil with Me more real and more storm-proof, and it makes you more that's attached to success stories, there is also some good to be real, as you cling more and more to Me as your only hope. learned and gleaned from them, and that there's also another You turn more and more from the fake you, the carnal you, the extreme: that of being too afraid to ever take any risks, that of deceitful you that's driven by ulterior motivations, into the real being too careful, to the extent where you deprive yourself of and lasting you that you become when you hang close enough every opportunity that the free market has to offer. with Me so that My qualities start rubbing off on you, and you Of course, you don't want to be enslaved to the System, but that become more like Me, the real thing. - A real person. One about doesn't mean you don't want to use it at all, either. After all, it's whom there is nothing false, nothing fake and nothing phony. there for you and to serve you, not the other way around. The Devil is at My command, and under yours as well, and it's not the There is no other One to put your faith into than Me, and by other way around. making others realize that that's what you do, and what works for He's like some ferocious dog that barks and growls and acts up you, you will also give the right kind of example. as if he were the boss, but just one word spoken in My name and authority will shut him up and remind him of who's the Boss My disciples had to realize that it could only be the Spirit that around here. He's only being tolerated for a season and for a was going to pull them through. No carnal presence, no purpose. personality cult, nothing and no one in the flesh... Only God can see you through to accomplish what He wants you to, and He I like to pride Myself in all the things My children, My church and cannot use you until you're ready and will have learned that. My bride accomplish in spite of his opposition, in spite of his suppression and attempts to shut up and stomp out the truth, to Youre living in times that will just continue to wax worse and get My message heard, according to your faith and vision. worse. The world is getting ready for the Devil's version of "Pentecost," when he will pour out his spirit in such measure I want your joy to be full, and I want you to enjoy abundance that he and his angels will literally possess those who will follow whenever appropriate. him and his "son," his chosen one. There will always be times of plenty interchanging with times of There will be no compromising with the antichrist. You'll be less, and greater austerity required: Life's roller coaster ride. either for him and against Me or vice versa. The ultimate decision You've got to learn to handle the ups and downs as they come and choice will be required, and from then on there will be no and treat both the same. more double-minded compromising. It will be either all or nothing I don't want you to get high headed during those times of at all. abundance, nor to trust in riches, and I don't want you to become negatively affected by times of poverty and hardship, either. If you can face both with the same joy and confidence, and you can 158 _________________________________________________ happily and calmly take both with a grin, then you'll have become Quitting is an option that should be a total taboo for you. A

non-valid option, not even to be considered. Yet the Enemy senses that you're not quite there yet, and if he can turn up the heat just a little bit more, maybe then he can get you to quit. Perhaps not altogether, but at least to stop trying to win the victory and the battle today, to do all that's within your might and your power to do today that you can in order to bring about some progress for the Kingdom. If he can get you to mentally resign, and you just go through it in "suffering mode" and hope you'll just come out alive at the other end, it's a different story than if you jump into the battle rejoicing and enjoying the challenge. Your suffering is never in vain. It always has a purpose, it's always happening for a reason, and a good one, so bear it with dignity or at least the trust and confidence that I know what you can handle and what I'm allowing, okay? "When He hath tried me I shall come forth as gold" (Job 23:10). 159 _________________________________________________ You must stay true to the vision, and not compromise the truth for the sake of conformity and having your peace. Conviction is the refusal to surrender to any however tempting truce and settlement with anything but the whole truth. There comes a time when I will test you to see whether you're willing to forsake everything and everyone else - and their opinions - for My sake and for the sake of what I have revealed to you (like that crazy thing with Abraham and Isaac - be certain there won't be any applause nor approval from anyone) What peace is there when it's not based on the truth? It's just some temporary truce with a lie, a compromise with a state of half-truths, a fake peace purchased on behalf of your lethargy. The price: your freedom and happiness. Will you cherish that pearl of great price for what it truly is and cling to it, no matter what? Don't let the Devil cheat you out of that possession, that treasure, although he may try with many tempting and soothing offers... Resolve is an essential ingredient of maturity. It may look to others like stubbornness. But you'll know the difference. Its a time for resolve, certainty and determination to not veer from the straight and narrow path of focus that I have given you. Only that kind of resolve, determination and conviction will be able to truly and successfully lead and convince others, too. When mere opinions turn into divine assurance, that is resolve. 160 _________________________________________________ It's a pleasure for Me to provide for you, and I love to fulfill your needs. You just have to believe it and act on it accordingly. Receive from My hand and rejoice and praise Me as you do, for you are meant to be My receivers, so that you can pass on to others in equal abundance. Ask that you might receive and your joy may be full. 161 _________________________________________________ Here with Me is where you find the true diamonds. Those earthly diamonds that people shed all that blood over are only an illustration of My beautiful and everlasting gems, My truths which I reveal unto you, which last forever.

riches, My abundance, My fullness of life? Until then, it's a selfish life, you take what is yours. But it only becomes beautiful and worth telling a story about once you sacrifice it for others, give your life in order for them to live. Your job is losing your life so that others may find it. It's a tough job, and a high calling. Everybody deserves a chance. And that's what you've got to give them. People will not always be as self-satisfied as they are right now, and you've got to be ready then to give them My Word, or even better: tell and warn them now, so that they will know that a prophet has been among them. Get into the gear of pouring out; get into the Spirit. Everything else is practically irrelevant. "Seek ye first...!" If the job is too big, too scary, too awesome for you, then that's just a reminder that it's got to be Me working through you, since you don't stand a chance of doing it in your own energy. 162 _________________________________________________ This isn't yet your resting place. You're on your way somewhere else, and this world is not your home. Sometimes My children make it so comfortable for themselves in this life that it becomes hard to part with those comforts, and the thought of having to move on elsewhere becomes unpleasant for them. When that happens, and you become too attached to this world, then you've backslidden in heart, and it takes My loving chastisements to get you on the straight & narrow again. 163 _________________________________________________ You may still associate freedom with physical liberty, but look at those bound by their own chains around their hearts, tied to obsessions with belongings or other selfish and ambitious goals. What really makes you free indeed is My Word, not any circumstances. 164 _________________________________________________ "Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven. But the children of the Kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness" (Matth.8:11,12). The children of the Kingdom often take the Kingdom for granted and despise it, while those who yearn for it from afar treasure it. I have some outstanding children even among those who are not "official" part of what is considered to be My kingdom. Didn't I come to establish a new Kingdom and do away with and abolish the old? What then if those of the new kingdom are deceived into thinking that the old is still valid, as many Christians do and practically worship the Jews? They worship the flesh...

Just as it was the Jews, the "children of the kingdom" of then, who persecuted Me and had Me killed, so it is the "children of the kingdom" of today who most seek to harm you. They never knew Me, and I never knew them. While many from the east and west, from other religions and cultures, readily receive you and Me. Just as "He is not a Jew who is one outwardly" (Rom.2:28, 29), The Enemy fights very hard in order to stop them from ever so he is not a Christian that is one outwardly only, and not as he getting into the hands of the people. He doesn't want them to be should be, inwardly, worshiping in spirit and in truth, for the rich or profit from them, he wants them to remain paupers. Poor Father seeketh such to worship Him. people are easier to enslave and govern, you know. What other meaning or purpose could there be for your life than The old church has always mocked and persecuted the new one. to give your life in order for others to be able to finally enjoy My

What really makes the difference is not in what you claim, but actually do, and where your heart is while you do it. Who are you really doing it for? Is it just to boost your own ego and to make you feel better about yourself? The large gist of those who call themselves My people are continuing to lead the world astray into the worship of Mammon, the ways of self, the glory of the flesh and the worship of the things they create with their own hands...

got a right to become aggressive, realize that you'd be a fool to fall into Satan's trap, if you allow him to use a certain situation to provoke you. Just look at Me, the Teacher beyond the immediate challenge of the situation, knowing that there's a deeper wisdom and higher purpose to be gleaned out of this - out of anything - if you will but see it.

It takes looking beyond, at the ultimate purpose of all, not the immediate thing. Just as in magic, the name of the thing controls My Spirit and My grace, and the Father's love are a lot more all- it or makes it "happen," even so ignoring the thing, and instead embracing and all-encompassing than many so-called Christians focusing on the Maker, the Author of everything, will enable you and even sincere Christians would give Him credit for. Their to perform the greatest magic of all: My magic of faith, the magic philosophy remains one of separation and shutting others out, of "nothing is impossible." while My call has always been, "Come!" Whoever is athirst, let him come and drink of the waters of life freely! Focus on Me beyond any circumstance or challenging situation you may encounter in life, and you will become a master at the Keep the "beginner's mind," always aware of the fact that there's art of the greatest magic of the universe... the magic that brought so much more to learn than what you think you know already. everything into being. You'll be a partaker of My creative power, able to create new life, new light, new substance, where before there was just an empty void. You'll become a filler, like Me, a 165 _________________________________________________ giver, instead of merely one more consumer. You'll become a God always shows interest, even to those who aren't source of light, of life, of inspiration in their midst, just as I was, interested in Him, but the problem is, He can't persuade them and every true conduit of My power ever was. against their will. As long as they're just interested in themselves and a thousand other things, He's just going to have to let them If you see My purpose behind every situation that puzzles and go down their selfish road, hoping (and knowing, of course), that challenges you, you will soon find out that there is no problem someday they'll return to Him. that cannot be solved, because you'll see that that's what the Sometimes the greater part of love is the letting go. problem is there for: it's for you to handle it, to master it, and You've got to let them go down the path that leads them away learn to solve it with My help. from you, when you want them close, to be with you, near you and close to you, walking your path with you. If you're a victim of the "coincidence mindset," that everything evolved from random chance, then you'll doubt that things work All this life, this entire history of this present age, is all about this way. You resign to fate and find out it will accept your God letting His children go and walk their own path, away from resignation. Him, in order to bring them ultimately closer to Him. But when you adopt the mindset that everything has a purpose, you'll realize that even every problem has only the one purpose Its what life is all about, and some day they're going to wish that to be a step upward for you to acquire greater wisdom by, to they had belonged to those few who really cared about God, challenge you to make yet another bit of progress. when the rewards are going to be handed out to the faithful ones, those who didn't just settle for the immediate and visible, If you counter every situation with love you can do no wrong, you tangible gratification of the mess of pottage of what this life has cannot lose. to offer. How much do you allow the Enemy and the immediate pleasures and entertainments of this world to distract you from the straight and narrow path of obedience and the total and absolute highest will of God for you? There's never a reason to get self-righteous. That kind of spirit is only what pushes them further away from Me that selfrighteous older brother syndrome. "Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word." If it happened to the greatest of saints, how can you expect it to be any different in this case? 166 _________________________________________________ You can tell how the Enemy - through his agents promoting hatred and strife between parties - tries to sow division between you. Learning the ability to ignore his attempts and not to fall into the trap of aggression and opposition is one of the clues in life it pays to master. It's another case of looking beyond the four fingers of what's immediately before you: you cannot look at the provocation, you must look at the lesson behind it. Will you fall for that provocation right in front of your nose, or will you be wise and look beyond, at the lesson and the purpose in it? If you see it as a lesson and a test, it's much easier not to fall for it. Sometimes the gist of the lesson lies in ignoring situations that would provoke you to become aggressive. You know who is the author of aggression, right? So, instead of feeling like you've 167 _________________________________________________ Honesty is a very important and fundamental factor in wanting to achieving anything for My Cause at all, the Cause of truth, and changing the world; and honesy about your own weaknesses, frailties and limitations is just part of that. Of course, everybody wants to be successful and a winner and show "we can do it." But really getting there, making the progress you need in order to be trained effectively into the shape you need to be in in order to overcome the odds against you requires first of all coming to grips with where you're really at. I'd rather have you go by the realistic view and assessment of where you're at, even if time is short. Time indeed is short, and the harvest is now, no doubt about it. But are you ready for it? And if not, are you really taking the necessary steps in order to get ready? Ask Me to reveal to you what your personal enemy is, the obstacle that would hinder and stop you from really allowing My miracle-working power to work in your life. If you're going to teach others how to let My truth set them free indeed, you will have to let Me set you free first. You have to have it before you can give it and pass it on. I will give you what you need as you go and give and pour out, but you still need to be in receiving mode! You've still got to be open for what I want to show you! You've still got to make

progress yourself, and refuse to be satisfied with the level you're at.

The most important factor is the love and unity which people must see in you, and the overcoming of the obstacles and the If you think there's nothing left for you to learn, then you won't odds involved in this is going to be a testimony in itself. have very much to teach others. The goal is to be able to praise Me and give Me the glory for It's got to be Me and My Spirit and My message you'll want to something you managed to allow Me to bring to pass through share, so you'd better make sure that you're getting ahold of Me, your yieldedness, not to show off something you achieved in My Spirit and get My message inside first, before you get it out, your own strength or wisdom, or based on your own ideas. so that people will be able to feel and witness that personal connection between Me and you. 170 _________________________________________________ I want you to see the need, but I also want you to take the right I can only reveal things to people that they long for and need steps in the direction of fulfilling the necessary requirements to somehow. I can only give the answers they seek. fill that need. You've got to let Me fill you first before you can fill It's got to be something that one's soul is seeking and yearning that need. for first, before I can reveal and give it. According to your vacuum you shall be filled. 168 _________________________________________________ You have to put up some kind of a fight. You cannot just be indifferent, you've got to have appropriating faith and grab that blessing and claim it as yours. I don't want you to "fight" for material goods in a competitive way, the way folks in the System do. But I do want you to put up a fight for your blessings, for your crown, and all that comes with it. While I don't want you to fight for your positions in the world, I do want you to fight for your spiritual position. Don't let the Devil cheat you out of something that could be rightfully yours. If you're not going to fight, the Enemy WILL. Everybody brags that what they've got is the best, and you don't want to sound like them. But it would be nice if you would develop a little more pride in your Cause, in your faith - not for your own sake, but for Mine, and theirs, since you won't do a very effective job at convincing them that I'm the Real Thing otherwise, if you don't dare to advertize Me... You're advertizing for the opposite of all the System stands for, and what you're after is their souls. Sometimes if takes an effort and a price to buy those souls! It takes some daring, some taking a risk. It takes the courage to place a higher bid on them, to invest and risk more for them than the Enemy does. "Whatever thou spendest" in order to win them, "I will repay." Any "losses" will be repaid and reembursed a hundred-fold. I encourage you to develop a little bit of godly ambition. After all, if you don't stand up for your convictions, others will, and they're often less diplomatic, considerate or charming about it... 169 _________________________________________________ Sometimes you've just got to use what's available. If I would wait until you are perfect before I would ever use you, then nothing would ever get done. It's always harder to support someone else's idea, and it's one of the roadblocks to unity, that one's own ideas nearly always sound more attractive, and have a lot more motivational power. The art is to get united about something! The important thing is to know when it is time to unite and do something about the situation at hand with the means available. Blessed are the desperate, for they receive a greater abundance of grace in response to their souls' yearnings. Blessed are they that seek and long and aren't as self-satisfied as the rest of the valley people. Blessed are they that aren't entangled in this life's affairs too much to be really seeking Me to fill that yearning in their soul. Blessed are they that yearn for Me, for they shall be filled to an extent that those who only seek Me half-heartedly know not of. Blessed are you when your own brothers resent you and despise you and reject you, for you shall find a comfort in My arms. Blessed are they that weep, for their tears shall be dried by My own hands, and they shall be comforted by the Comforter of all comforters, and they shall truly rejoice in that day when I shall return to deliver them. There is no greater joy than that which I have prepared for those who suffer and weep for My sake. People are naturally prone to initially resent and reject the unknown. But what they initially rejected may suddenly turn out to become quite popular. Christianity and religion were not nearly as popular until My faithful brides started spreading My Word with their happy smiles all over the place, and it didn't take long until the rest of the world caught on, to the point where you're not looked on as weird anymore at all if you're a professing Christian. History will tell just how much of an impact My Family had on the world and its development. The most important thing is not the mistakes that were made, but the good that was done. And so it is with you and everyone. If you can just make the difference in one life, it's worth it. And you have already touched countless lives, many of which you're not even aware of. Rejected and resented today and hailed as saviors tomorrow. That's the way it has always been.

171 _________________________________________________ Everybody's got their own limitations and capacities of what they can handle. Some folks' limit sets in earlier than that of others, but eventually, all natural resources come to an end. Only I can stretch your capacities beyond your natural limits.

Pressure gets you going. Pressure is one of the physical forces Love sometimes requires for each individual to put their own in the universe that get things moving, and without pressure, ideas and desires on the backburner for the sake of the common there's stagnation. cause. Remember My Word to Ezekiel, and the vision I gave him of the Be a sample of flexibility and openness to change; of bones that were resurrected and became a living army again. yieldedness and humility: be living proof that it's not all that bad Resurrection is what it's all about. I like to raise people and to forsake one or more of your own ideas for the sake of a things and dead projects from the dead and bring them back to simpler, easier solution. life - to bring life where there was none, that is My specialty. So,

even those whom you now see as good as dead - spiritually - are going to come back to life again some day, I promise, and you can trust Me for that. There's nothing that brings folks back to life like a brush with death. Death is just a means by which I bring life, life more abundant. Life isn't really life for a lot of people until they have died. The real life only begins after death releases you from that "cheap imitation" you call life right now. 172 _________________________________________________ There's nothing that teaches you how to do it like the experience you gain from learning how not to do it. The times you fail to spend with Me and to hook up with Me in the spirit drive home the importance and the need for doing it. The Enemy is not a long sleeper. He's very ambitious about gaining control over the world, and if you allow him to be up and about before you, you grant him an advantage. You can't gain the upper hand over him by relying on carnal means or your habitual ways. The only weapons that will help you gain the victory over him come from My hand and My Spirit. Therefore seek Me and cling to Me desperately, as if your life depended on it, for it does. People who don't know about stopping everything to hear from Me just go on & on & on in their feverish activities, beating the air without ever really hitting the mark. Missing the mark is sin. That's why there's so much sin in the world: they never take time to aim straight & hit the mark for a change. They never take time to listen and focus on Me, Who could prevent them from missing the mark over & over again.

you won't take time to reflect and think about certain qualities and ways you react or why you do so, they can remain a mystery forever, until you come Home to Me and your angels and spirit helpers fill you in on what you were so busy missing out on. Most people prefer these things to remain a mystery, since some of them aren't exactly flattering. But you can really only make progress, you can only be corrected on something, if you're willing to admit that negative quality or trait to yourself, and if you're willing to face it and see it. There aren't many who allow Me to shine the light of My truth into the deepest and darkest regions of their hearts, like King David prayed, "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" (Ps.139:23, 24). People can even hide behind their good works and keep themselves busy with doing all kinds of good things in order not to have to think about themselves. I'm not saying that people should spend time thinking about their sins, but I would recommend that they allow Me to show them a few of their weaknesses and allow Me to help them overcome them and work on them. And one simply cannot start overcoming a certain weakness until they become aware of it. It's something they need to work on! It may be the most unpleasant of all work, but folks like to sweep it under a carpet sometimes and just go to work at those things that will yield a better reflection on themselves and give them a better image. That's why some people get stuck and don't make any progress and come across as immature. A coach shows the team its weaknesses.

The harvest must be reaped, but I would like to teach you a few important lessons as you go. 173 _________________________________________________ But so few are willing to listen to Me when it comes to personal The right amount of pressure is good for you. It's what you weaknesses. Few have learned how to take correction from Me, need and what propels you forward into making progress. and few are interested. Otherwise you just passively drift along on the stream of life and never develop any muscle, any character, any personality that's Some of you haven't allowed Me yet to free yourselves from worthwhile. some of your besetting sins... Yes, it's all about the extremely Those who had it rougher are doing better. unpleasant word, sin. After all, that's the thing that keeps people bound and trapped, and what they need to be free of, but like the Pharisees in My 174 _________________________________________________ day, they don't even want to see it. It's too unpleasant to deal Playing the "victim" is a weapon that many people use to get with, too embarrassing, and not very conducive to that shiny things their way, but you're not doing yourself or them or image of success that everybody's striving for: "Look at what we anybody else a favor by giving in to that. Eventually they're not accomplished!" going to get around taking the responsibility themselves for Many people are not even aware that they're being motivated by what's become of their life. Life is what you make it. such things, and most are simply way, way too busy to even listen... Some folks just don't want to be helped, and the best thing you can do for them is let them go and allow Me to teach them the lessons they need through their experiences. 176 _________________________________________________ The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. That's why Their story will be a living monument for all eternity, of where the you've got to learn to operate in the Spirit and let the willingness, wrong choices will lead. zest and enthusiasm of the Spirit empower and motivate you, spur you on. Not all prodigal sons and daughters return to the Father's house during their life-times. A lack of joy in your work and service for Me saddens Me. Instead of taking those hurdles, those challenges, those piles of There is pardon and forgiveness for everyone, no matter how work and tasks I put before you, joyfully and with enthusiasm, loudly the Devil will demand his type of justice. They may reap you drag your feet and ho-humm about it, and you moan under the repercussions of their actions in this life, and some of the the workload, wishing you had someone else's job. consequences in the Hereafter, but the end result will be: The real art of living lies in recognizing each challenge and task "Everything's going to be alright." set before you as your special and individual, tailor-made destiny It's not about "deserving," it's about grace and mercy. that only you can fulfill. Of course, that requires a good portion of faith and vision when that "glorious destiny" is a pile of dishes, a load of laundry or taking the garbage out. 175 _________________________________________________ It takes time to get to know someone, even yourself, and if It's relatively easy to do some glorious job that's going to be

noticed by a bunch of people. But those who can keep doing those little, menial jobs with that same vision are My greatest and truest heroes. Those "little" people are in reality My truly great people, and those "little" jobs they're doing are in reality the greatest service rendered to Me of all, because they require the greatest portion of faith, vision and perseverance, and that's why they will also receive the greatest rewards. "What thine hand findeth to do, do it with thy might!" (Ecc.9:10). 177 _________________________________________________ Whatever a man sows, that will he also reap, and with the measure he metes, he shall also be met. You're going to get out of life, out of love, out of everything - the same amount you're putting into it, everything reflects on you with the same intensity that your own efforts originated in. Half-hearted prayers will only receive half-hearted answers; half-hearted works will only reap half-hearted rewards, fruits and results. You've got to put something into it, in order to get something worthwhile out of it, that's just the way it goes, one of the rules of the universe. The boomerang comes back to you with the same intensity that you flung it. So it pays to put a bit more umph and zest into it, doesn't it? If you want more, you've got to give more! If you want to receive more, you've got to send more. Youve got to make an effort to give more, if you want to receive and reap more. "He that soweth sparingly will also reap sparingly." In certain aspects you haven't even yet begun to give, to love, to pour out, to live... You've got to get serious about it, dedicated, devoted.

inasmuch as ye are being made partakers of My sufferings through these things. I use adversities in your life just as I use them in the lives of all My children: to break them (for "God only uses broken men and women - no others will do,") to draw them closer to Me, to test their faith and make them realize that My Word is true and reliable, and have them depend on Me, instead of their own arm of the flesh. That breaking process is a long and hard process, and sometimes it makes you think as though some "strange thing had befallen you. You think something must be wrong with you in order for Me to allow all this to happen to you. But it's perfectly normal for all those who follow Me, because it's a war you're fighting, and you're fighting on My side, and it's no wonder you're getting flak from those of the world, for I am not of the world, and neither are you. What war has there ever been without a battle? This is no "cold war," nor merely a metaphor, but the real thing. And everything that's worth something costs something. Every victory costs a battle. So, hold on and keep trusting in Me, and know that your brethren all around the world are going through similar battles. You're not in this alone. Everybody has their challenge before them, their mountain to tackle, their burden and cross to bear. But I will never give you more than you can handle (1Cor.10:13). Oh, it may seem too much for you at times, but I know you better than you know yourself - I know better what you're capable of than you do. Some day you're going to look back at these tough times in your life and realize that they were the best thing that ever happened to you. Right now you may feel tempted to think that they're the worst that ever happened to you, but then you will realize just how efficient they were in making of you that which you were meant to become, and how truly My promise will have been fulfilled in you that "all things work together for good" to them that love Me (Rom.8:28). I have enabled you to gain the victory. All you need is to want that victory and fight for it! 180 _________________________________________________ There are more important things for you than living out the desires of your heart, for which there will be all eternity left to indulge in. I know, you want a slice of eternity right now. Well, you can have a slice. But first thing's first. The slice of eternity you can taste right now is a slice of Me and of My eternal Spirit. The spiritual things must come first, otherwise it will be just another case of worshiping the creation rather than the Creator. Let Me be the Sunshine of your life and let Me light up your life! Make Me the Sun around which your life revolves! Remember to keep your eye on the Doughnut, appreciating what you've got, instead of staring at the hole in the middle, and the void of your desires, those things which you haven't got, and which you're tempted to think would make your joy complete... There's just no other road to happiness than the one of truly putting Me first in your life. And staring at those things you don't have yet is the surest way to unhappiness. It's making a god out of them, instead of Me, and it will have the opposite of any desired effect! Plus, it causes a lot of hurt for those around you, since it makes them feel as if they're not really what you want. Ingratitude hurts, you know? How grateful are you? What would make you think that you've gotten to a point where you deserve more than what you've got?

178 _________________________________________________ One's own weaknesses and sins and frailties is what the Enemy most effectively uses to dissuade people from getting going in the direction I want them to. They figure it brings out the worst in them, so they'd better lay low and do nothing. But the Devil won't start shooting until you stick your head out over the top of the ditch. You must count on adversities, on problems. The only way to avoid them altogether is to do nothing, and that is, of course, precisely what the Devil wants. You've got to develop some zest, some determination, some stick-to-it-iveness, gumption, perseverance, some do-or-die spirit. You can't always avoid all the ugly parts by just laying low and playing Mr. Nice-Guy. The battle is bloody and chaotic, and those involved don't exactly come across or strike anyone as "nice." Folks certainly didn't think I was "nice," and it's probably the least fitting term that would describe the event when I was fighting My battle royal and carried My cross up to Golgatha. There was nothing "nice" about it. So, don't worry if things won't stay all friendly and lovey-dovey once you get going. The only place a battle doesn't look awful and gory is on a Hollywood movie screen. Reality's a tough fight. You've got to come to grips with the fact that in real life not everything will look as nice and as perfect as on the movie screens. The real thing is the full round circle of everything involved: not the ugly things filtered out, but the full spectrum of it, with all the pain and gore and ugliness included. Don't cheat yourself out of the lessons and the rewards in dealing with the not-so-nice things in life. How can you overcome your enemy if you never face him down and fight? 179 _________________________________________________ Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing had befallen you, but rejoice,

What have you got that you have not received? Sometimes you start thinking that if you're so gifted, then you probably deserve a bit more than what life has handed you. Sort of like those stars who grant themselves all sorts of luxuries. They can afford it, so they must deserve it, they figure. But do they? It's a matter of ruling now and suffering later. If you play god now, then chances are you're going to miss out on some of the rewards later. Isn't it better to join your brethren down in the arena and playing field of service, instead of sitting in the grandstands and waiting to be served? Life is about giving, not taking. And one of the first steps to giving is to appreciate and realize what you've got, so that you can give from what you've already got, instead of constantly desiring something else, something more... It's really an art to focus on the Donut, not the hole. No matter how much the Devil takes away from you, there will always be more than plenty left to be grateful for. It's all about gratitude for what you've already got, instead of applying your majesty of choice to the acquisition of ever more things you haven't got yet but think you need in order to be completely happy. Often, that kind of a life is a long detour that takes you back to the realization that happiness was what you could have had all along, had you appreciated those things right at your finger tips. Happiness is the ability to fathom how richly blessed you are in spite of the absence of any of those faraway dreams and elusive items the Enemy reminds you that they're not yours yet. The surest way to get them is not to chase after them, but to forget them, let them go, and just enjoy what you've already got. Even if it's nothing you've got, compared to others: Nothing with Me is everything. I made everything out of nothing to begin with, and I can do it all over again everyday in your life, and in the lives of any other. Give Me nothing, and I'll show you what I can do with it. That's why less is more for Me: it gives Me more of a chance to put My power into action. The less there already is, the more I can create, supply, provide and fill. 181 _________________________________________________ The spirit of prophecy is the true testimony that gives witness of Me in the right spirit and in the right way, and is thus the factor of truth that makes the Enemy really mad at you and declares you as his real and true enemies (see Rev.12:17, 19:10). The spirit of prophecy is My living testimony in you that marks you as the few who are a real potential danger and threat to him. You are his opponents for real. All the others don't really know what they're doing, don't even really know for sure who's side they're on sometimes, much less how to fight properly. The spirit of prophecy is what paints the true picture for you. Before that you didn't really know what was happening. You had some basic ideas, roughly, like some rough sketch, which drew some of the basic outlines for you. You only see clearly since you're having Me explain things to you on a daily basis.

understand, and you convey that. It's a pretty powerful weapon, because it's so rare. Imagine you were one of the only persons among thousands who could see properly, and everybody else was groping around half-blind, only seeing vague silhouettes and outlines of things and people around them. Also, the words and sounds they heard were blurred and not really meaningful, whereas you could understand their true meaning. That's just about the way it is. Most people think the distortions they're perceiving and the lies they're hearing are the truth, and they're convinced that you're the ones who are weird, misled, or on the wrong track or channel. You can't force anyone to accept the truth. You can only give it, and then it's up to them if they're going to accept it or insist on keeping their own little perception of "truth." The spirit of prophecy enables you to bear My true testimony. You become My living Word by receiving My living Word. You become prophets, mouth pieces of God and of the truth in this world. You tell and show the world where it's really at, because you're seeing things the way I show you they are, without allowing your views to be tainted by worldly and carnal opinions. You cannot avoid that there are going to be those who seek to use, abuse, sabotage and betray you, who seek to harm you and be a hindrance on your path. But you can pray and commit them into My hands, just as you would anything else. This treasure attracts a lot of hostile movement from the Enemy. He makes you feel depressed and like "How can this be the truth or anything special, if it can't even prevent me from feeling so miserable?" And you feel like tossing it away. But as long as you use that gift and that weapon, it can always pull you back down to the rock bottom ground of My true Reality, away from the delusion the Enemy tries to create in your minds. It's humiliating for people, having to admit that you've got something they don't. That's why pride stands in the way of so many to ever finding the truth. Why should you have something better, something greater, something more real than they? After all, aren't they doing all the things that should entitle them to the blessing, the truth, or whatever - much more than you? That's the way Cain thought, and the memory of his righteous brother plagued him for the rest of his life. You may kill the prophet, but you can't kill his truth. The simple and silent truth that his righteousness exceeded yours, for all your vain striving... It requires humility to receive it, obedience to enact it - simple yieldedness to Me, and quite simply, love. If you've got love, then you've got what it takes, and all you really need.

182 _________________________________________________ The "prince of the power of the air" (Eph.2:2) gives his power to his people. I have given man the power to control the elements to some extent, and especially in this day and age, where Satan's power and the control he exerts over the earth comes to the full, you will find that his people are being given more and more power. Of course, that's a little hard for some to swallow. They figure, if You can only really learn to be a true shepherd who cares, if you the Devil and his people are being given that much power, then allow Me to be that Good Shepherd to you first. Only by spending what chance do they stand against him or them, with the little time with Me and having Me explain to you what's happening, faith they've got? can you really let anyone else know what's happening, too. They will get surprises when they come into My Kingdom and will have to realize how things have really been. A lot of people have a lot of ideas. But not everybody has got the It will show them that the reason they did not achieve all that truth, and their finger on the true pulse of things. The spirit of much for Me in this life is the fact that they underestimated the prophecy is the true pulse of things. It enables you to read the Enemy. They simply could not imagine that he would go to such signals properly. You don't just give a vague estimate of what it lengths to fool them, to trick them, deceive them, manipulate could mean, based on your own free interpretation, but you truly them. They figured, I was handling everything, so that they could

just float along on the stream of life with an attitude of "que ser, ser," when in reality, it would have been up to them to fight a whole lot harder, because the Enemy was a much more powerful threat to the Salvation of mankind than they were willing to see. They didn't want to see the full scope of the danger the Devil represented to mankind, because if they would have, it would have also meant that it was expected of them to fight a lot harder than they actually did. It's a similar manifestation of the type of fear that causes unbelievers to refuse to believe in My existence or the existence of the devil altogether. They know too much would be at stake, if they'd accept that we exist. They know that a decision would be expected of them, who they serve, and that if they'd serve Me, they'd have to oppose him. But by refusing to acknowledge neither of us, they get around having to deal with the whole issue. They refuse to see the spirit world altogether in order to avoid having to make the decision what position they're going to take in this war. The material life is the easy way out for them. When they die, it's all over, they think, and hope, and that's precisely where they'll have their biggest surprise coming. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow, and not many people want to swallow it. Maybe they take some of it, but then they say, "Basta. This much is all the truth I can handle; please give me no more..." They're not interested in the many things I have yet to reveal to you, because they cannot bear them yet (Jn.16:12). They're having a hard enough time with the things I've revealed already, and that's all they can handle. Any more would bust their horizon and freak them out. They don't want to find out what's beyond the limits of their fake little world. They like it the way it is, and thus they're not interested in investigating what lies beyond their horizon. "Don't scare me with the unknown," is their motto. It's easier to believe that the bad weather catastrophes the world is experiencing are My judgments for the world's wickedness, than to believe that I am actually allowing man to tamper with creation to that extent. They figure, if I'm in charge of the bad weather, then they're probably going to be safer than if some maniac is in charge that they don't know and trust... But then, that's pretty naive, because there is a maniac at the controls of this world, and he's planning to take over completely. The Scriptures and prophecies and warnings about the antichrist were not just empty scare tactics, or a fairy tale that's suddenly going to happen at the end of the world, and then it's over. The author of confusion has been marshaling his forces for a long time now, and the New World Order has been in the careful planning and making. The reason why people don't inform themselves about these things is fear. They don't really want to know what they're up against. They figure, the less power I have given the Devil, the less they have to worry about him, and thus the less they'll have to worry about fighting him, and they call that "faith" and claim to believe "God's in control" (or "In God We Trust,") when in reality, they'd have a pretty hard time trusting in Me if they'd face the circumstances as they really are, and dare to look the bleak situation in the eye and pay the full consequences. Most people prefer a dream-world, a world of make-belief that's easier to handle than reality with all its dirt, blood and guts and twisted factors and complications. That's why they gladly fall for the Devils fake versions of reality: they're much more pleasant to handle, more pleasant to the ear and eye than the naked truth. Boldness and courage really show when you're faced with a seemingly superior adversary. As long as folks can kid themselves into believing that their enemy isn't really all that much to deal with, they can handle it

better and make themselves believe that they stand better chances to make it on their own, without any downright miracle and My supernatural intervention. Those who have too much to lose in this life and in this world simply can't cope with the fact that the world should be in such a horrendous mess. They want a nice little world that's basically going to stay the same for as long as possible. Few have the guts to face the coming Tribulation with courage and the faith, that I am going to manifest My power on their behalf in an unprecedented manner, because that's going to be what it takes to face the unprecedented flood of evil that's almost upon you. Can you take My cup and say, "Not my will, but Thy will be done"? Can you quaff that cup of full-scale reality and embrace it as it really is? 183 _________________________________________________ The true sheep will find out that only the Spirit has the answers. 184 _________________________________________________ You're beginning to recognize the advantages of leadership, and the necessity of authority... Something you didn't want to display for years... You figured it would be nicer to just be "everybody's friend." You found out that everybody doesn't necessarily want to be your friend, much less help you in any of your endeavors to change the world... You didn't want to be a leader. But you're finding out that it's pretty hard to get anything done without leadership altogether. 185 _________________________________________________ It takes time to find the right balance and equilibrium between having too negative of a world view, and one that's too blue-eyed, optimistic and naive. Sometimes only time will tell who has been right and who has been wrong. As time keeps doing the talking, and I keep doing My talking to you and through you, you see the picture slowly coming together, and I'm confirming the elements of truth in it. Eschewing the false and choosing the good, the pure, that which is truth. It takes willingness to deal with the sufferings of the world, willingness to take responsibility, to be able to dig down into the whole truth. It requires having to deal with guilt and complicity in collective injustice, taking responsibility for crimes and sins you would not want to have committed and would not want to believe you had committed. Once you've gotten past that point where you think you need to defend yourself from accusations, and you're just willing to admit, "Yes, I, too, am guilty," then you grasp that it's all got to be My grace anyway. 186 _________________________________________________ Focus on the new! - New openings, new possibilities, new options, new people, new perspectives and new prospects. The direction we're moving is forward, not backward, much less standing still. If you're really in tune with My Spirit, then it is My Spirit Who will be moving you, without requiring any actual effort on your own to move. The only effort you're got to make is to make sure you're in tune.

The young prophet sometimes is better off not listening to the old prophet, but to Me, and keeping My counsel in mind, and My voice and guidance in focus. Because if they get you to fall or compromise, trip or stumble, then it won't be their responsibility, but your own, since you could have just stuck to My instructions. For God's sake, follow God!

If you're a lover of truth, you've got to be willing to accept and embrace and seek also the ugly truth about yourself. How can you learn the truth about others, if you're not even ready for the truth about yourself?

"Why Shepherding?" You need to be told the things that are wrong with you, since most of the time you simply don't see You've got to see Me in it all. Otherwise you're sunk. them yourself, and accordingly, you'll miss out on full-scale Because you keep being influenced by others, by what they do or reality somewhat. Your view becomes distorted, and not an don't do, I'm having to keep on reminding you. You're only going authentic replica of the truth or of reality. to make it if you keep your eyes on Me. People can turn into monsters without correction. They're like You've got to see Me! Come and see Me! You've got to make a wild beasts who need a tamer. I am the Tamer, but often, they greater effort in order to see Me. Seek Me! You've got to try won't submit to Me, won't allow themselves to be caught and harder to see Me! held by Me, and instead they continue wreaking havoc among I want you to see Me! It may sound impossible to you, for Me to their fellow-humans. demand of you to see Someone invisible. But I'm asking you to do it nonetheless, because I know it's not impossible. Everyone has their elusive phantoms and bluebirds of happiness I have promised that if you would search for Me with all your they chase, but the road to happiness leads down the humble hearts, I would let you find Me. If you wish to see Me with all your road. God's way of happiness is down, down to the humbling, heart, I'm going to show Myself to you! humiliation, breaking and lowering of the self, the ego that tries to play god almighty, if life would let it get away with that. Just because you don't see more, doesn't mean there's nothing The phantoms and bluebirds often lead them down the wrong more to see. path and in the wrong direction first, the distractions and You haven't even yet begun to see! Compared to all that's yet to temptations, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the see, you haven't even yet begun! pride of life... these are not the way to happiness. I'm as close as you want Me! I can be as real to you now as you'd ever want Me to be! You don't have to wait until you're more mature or wiser or "ready," or until your faith is strong enough. You can have Me right now in all My fullness, without restrictions and limitations, as much as you can handle! How much of Me can you handle? How much of Me do you want right now? How badly do you want to see Me, feel Me, hear Me, touch Me, experience Me, live in Me? How badly do you desire Me? It's all up to you! The distance between Me and you is only determined by yourself and no other factor. You figure, "Well, all these people who have known the Lord for all those years, they don't know Him much better than I do, either, and some of them don't even know Him as well as I do... so, why should I make a greater effort?" Because your effort could change everything! Your commitment can change the world! Your choice to put more into it, even though nobody else may be putting that much into it can change the world for better forever! Everything depends on you! As far as your life is concerned, whatever you want to make happen in it, depends on you, your initiative, your incentive, your vision, your guts, your faith! - Your determination not to allow yourself to get sidetracked or discouraged! Your "yes-power." 187 _________________________________________________ He who breaks the law in the smallest way has broken it completely. It's not the size of the sin or the weight or amount of it that counts. It's that it's there at all, and I want you to recognize it, deal with it, face it or "embrace" it. You have to "embrace the leper" within yourself and accept and forgive him, because that's what I've done with you. Yes, the sinful side of every person is ugly, but if I, the perfect God and Creator of the universe can embrace it, then certainly you ought to be able to do likewise. You don't have to be so scared of yourselves or disgusted by yourselves. As I have said, you'd do Me a favor if you could love yourself for Me and be less tough on yourself, be a lot more willing to forgive and accept yourself, including all your weaknesses, failures, sins and shortcomings. Because that would also help you have a less negative attitude toward others. The way to true happiness is the way to God My way... the way of giving, the way of sacrificing, the way of the cross... The opposite direction of where one in his "right" mind would expect happiness to be. But that's the trickiness and mystery of life. Things are not always what they seem to be. You wonder, "Why did You have to make it all so difficult?" But I've given everyone enough brains to discern between good and evil. If you follow the path of evil and temptation into killing off your brain cells, then that's not My fault... Even simple minded folks can tell the difference. It's just that sophisticated, modern man has become so screwed up! That's why you've got to lead them back to the basics, back to the simple things of life, back to the Garden! It all starts out there, with the tree of knowledge of good and evil and making the wrong choices of disobedience. That's where the cover-up begins, and you have to lead folks back to find the courage to "strip their souls bare" and come before Me as they are and let Me show them what's wrong with them and heal them. As long as they think that nothing's wrong with them, how can they be healed? 188 _________________________________________________ When you don't know whether an idea is from Me or whether it's good or not, that's when you can ask Me & find out! That's what the weapon of prophecy is for. I don't leave you clueless. You may be clueless up until the point you ask Me about it, but once you do, everything can change. In that "New York Minute" when you come to ask Me anything, everything can change! Nothing has to stay the same. I've got the power to change and radically alter everything, any situation, mood or circumstance you may find yourself in, any state of powerlessness or frustration. In fact, that's what those bouts of weaknesses are there for: they're to be overcome with My help! The Enemy tries to delete all your valuable memories of what matters by getting you to focus on the immediate problem: the way that you feel, the circumstances, what little difference you seem to be able to make. But you see, you can make a difference. One man can make the difference. All those heroes: they all made the difference because they refused to give in.

They refused to let the Devil persuade them that it was no use! They refused to quit. And you've just got to grasp the importance of what it means not to quit. That's what made the difference between those who made it and those who didn't: those who did, simply refused to quit. You may have a hundred legitimate excuses of why you couldn't possibly be expected to make it, but the truth and magic formula that's going to help you to make it in spite of any of those reasons still remains the same: refuse to quit! I'm talking about quitting to make the effort to make a difference, to change anything. Being an Old Bottle is contagious! It signals to others: "Look, I'm not moving, not making any progress, and I'm getting away with it!" And since everybody naturally chooses the path of the least resistance, they'll be quick to imitate that sample of do-nothingness, of be-nothing-ness, of hope-nothing-ness, believe-nothingness.

not all that little, after all, and give them a glimpse of what that "nothing" is capable of, that's the kind of faith I love. When you move from being embarrassed by Me to the point where you proudly flaunt Me before them, that's when I can really rejoice in you and use you like never before. That's when I can really start moving in you and through you freely, for you no longer restrain Me to certain controlled moves which you allow Me to make in you, but you give Me free rein to do with you and through you whatsoever I will... That's yieldedness; that's total submission; that's full possession! I love people who've got nothing to lose: no status or reputation to worry about. The more utterly dependent you are on Me for every breath, every bite of food, the better. I love it when you're dependent on Me. I love and enjoy it and indulge in when you depend on Me.

Even those stormy and tempestuous situations during which you It's so much easier to just passively float down the river of experience losses that don't make sense to you - loss of circumstances, without making any effort to get upstream... orientation, loss of crew members, or loss of certain material blessings, they're all so valuable to Me, because I know that all This life-line with Me is the thing that's keeping you alive they'll do is draw you closer to Me; closer to that desired point spiritually, that keeps your faith alive and that keeps you from where you'll desire Me above everything else and treasure Me dying. That's why coming to Me is not merely a pretty good thing above all. to do, it's what you must do, if you're intending to stay alive! Even if you should shipwreck and your ships come home with broken sails, it's so much more of a victory than any of those 189 _________________________________________________ defeatists' lives of spiritual "venture nothing, gain nothing," Sometimes you need to be reminded of who and what you're where everyone just stays safely on the shore. up against, and of what sort of filth we're having to deal with in our war against evil. Sometimes you become lethargic and you're I am that ocean, and out there, you find Me. simply not on the attack or on guard, and I have to allow things There may be greater abundance of safety, of assurance of to happen in order to remind you that it's war time, that evil is survival and material goods back on the dry land, but the true real, and that we have to fight. spiritual seafaring man and pioneer knows that by far the greater treasures are found out here on life's oceans with Me, where you've got nothing and no one else to trust in and rely on but 190 _________________________________________________ Me... Your life is like a ship out on the sea. There isn't much that's organized about the sea: the waves are irregular, and the wind Let those spiritual landlubbers live out their puny little lives of isn't blowing steadily at the same speed or with the same supposed safety, but you come and follow Me out into the vast strength, or from the same direction constantly. And the more openness of the seas, where - in the unknown - there lie new fiercely it blows, the more chaotic things can get, to the point horizons, new worlds to conquer. where you might really have to call out to Me desperately if you ever want to see the shore again and live another day... It's only really safe out here, in the palm of My hand. It may not It requires faith and trust to be one of life's seafaring men. You're look that way, but it is. in My hands and at My mercy. Whereas those on the land who build their towers and castles to protect themselves from Me are quite hard to get at. They know how to protect themselves from 191 _________________________________________________ the Wild Wind of My Spirit, and by the time I get through to them, You're becoming aware of your own limitations and it usually has to be in the form of an earthquake or a similar incapability to live up to some people's demands. Some people catastrophe to shake them up out of their ruts of leaning on their have got a vacuum that is as big as a black hole. Their addiction own arm of the flesh and their neat little routines far away from and greed for everything is all-consuming, it's demonic, and it's Me. no use trying to satisfy that sort of hunger. But your boat is safely in My palm, and even if you get seasick at It's like feeding a ferocious beast that ever cries for more and times, when the wind and the waves get rough, you're starting to more, just like that gigantic cuckoo baby outgrowing its parents, become an experienced seafaring man who isn't too easily sitting in the nest and wreaking havoc. scared anymore but often simply says, "Relax: it has come to They can tyrannize entire families and larger groups and that: I guess we're just going to have to trust the Lord." communities, to whatever extent they can get away with. Until somebody calls their number and exposes their game and their It's not only okay to be different, it's good, it's something to be time is up. desired, even something to be proud of. For to be different from the way they are is not to become proud as they do: indulging in the pride of life, the pride of things and riches obtained and 192 _________________________________________________ treasures heaped up for yourself in this world. To be different While everything in this life, every outcome and from them is to be humble and to pride yourself only in Me, only consequence depends on you and the choices you make, on in the gratefulness of being able to experience Me, having Me at your attitude and the effort you put into things, My grace is such your disposal to talk to, to be close to, to have as your most that no matter how badly you screw up, things will still come out faithful Companion, Lover, Friend and Husband. for the best for everyone. Boasting yourself in Me is a humbling thing before the world, for Salvation works that way that no matter what you do, you will still in their eyes I am as nothing, and those who follow Me are as be redeemed by My blood and totally forgiven. nothing. But if you can show them that that so-called nothing is

It should drive home to you just how vast a gift Salvation really is, and what a precious gift to pass on to others... Where sin doeth abound, there grace doeth much more abound the greater Law beyond, those which the short-sighted, who only look into the temporal realm can't see: My greater law of grace. And by that law, due to the greater amount of iniquity the Devil has been allowed to pour out in this time of the End, there has also been granted a greater measure of grace. And you, My brides and Endtime witnesses and ministers, must be living examples of that grace: not judging others according to what may be at hand - the cold hard evidence against them - but passing righteous judgment, taking into consideration all factors, especially My greater Law of Grace. It's comparable to a "Joker" in a card game: when you don't have what it takes, and your hand won't give you any chances to win, then a Joker can turn your nothing into something, your bad into good. My radical and greater Law of Grace can turn that awful sin of yours into good, and against all odds, it can wash you clean from its guilt. My love and grace and mercy and forgiveness go way past all that you could possibly imagine. Do you see the universe in its vastness? That's how vast My mercy is. You can fill the whole place with darkness, and it seems to be all-engulfing, but My light will always pierce and punch through and bring victory in the end. The darkness is merely that which makes the light necessary, that which calls for the light, and thus, you might say, the darkness is the factor which brings the light about. Without the darkness, there wouldn't be any need for the light.

experience, that someone takes them at eye-level without thinking he's any better. 194 _________________________________________________ Loss or gain, advance or retreat of the whole body, are all factors which in part depend on you, your moves, your actions, your willingness to participate, to cooperate, to be willing to be a part of it and make necessary sacrifices. I want you to become like a river. Before, you were just trickling, but you're slowly starting to flow, and I want that flowing to finally turn into rushing, and even raging. Of course, the Enemy would like to stop or pollute your flow. His first tactic will be spiritual pollution through temptation and compromise, and if he realizes he won't succeed with that tactic, he will try to stop the flow by outside circumstances and persecution or other difficulties. You realize why the Enemy has allowed some rivers to continue to flow and yield their Christian output to the world: it must have been polluted. He figures, if he can manage to pollute it, then it won't do as much damage to his cause, because folks are going to die sooner or later from the pollution and poison he managed to get in there. That's why it's of utter importance that you stay clear of his pollution, and that you stay pure and clean. The further downstream you get, the harder it is to stay clean. The higher up you are, the closer to the Source, the more chances you stand to keep it clean and pure... Down in the lowlands you're bound to run into trouble, so, stay safely up Here with Me! Even if it's in relative solitude and isolation, and life is relatively rough... not the great lush and easy life.

Even if what people seem to prefer on a large scale is the darkness, it will yet serve its purpose to show those who are willing to find out they were wrong, that indeed, there is Keep it pure. Keep it simple. Keep it here with Me. Keep it little something bettter than the darkness they chose. just the bare necessities and the right amounts you need for living without excesses. Keep it humble, keep it low. Keep it in harmony with all around you, as much as you can, and agree 193 _________________________________________________ with thine adversary quickly whilst thou art in the way with him... When you touch ground of the reality that you're simply no better than anyone, that's a good place to start. Some people are afraid of you. Others appreciate you as the lifeThat's what I'd call the rock bottom of reality: no more illusions giving source of My waters that you are. Others seek to about yourself, no more pretenses, just a sinner and Me... carelessly abuse you and pollute you, and there are beavers who would try to build dams in order to stop your flow and put It makes forgiveness a lot more possible to happen. obstacles in your way. Lack of forgiveness and acceptance will often drive people But in the end, you will reach your destination, the great and further into their trap. mighty sea, from which you will ascend again into the Heavens But when they feel you know that deep down in your heart you're and become part of the great cloud of witnesses, only in order to not really any better than they, then they might come out, pour back down onto the earth again in My time, My latter rain... because there's no self-righteous judgment or condemnation to once again start a flow of righteousness that will end up awaiting them. covering the whole world as the waters cover the seas. It's a glimpse for them of hope that there is such a thing as love for them in this world, yes, even for them. Love may not be what they're interested in most of all right now, or they may be focused on different things, but it's still comforting to know that there is such an option. Love, to them, is a thing as distant as Okinawa for you right now. They can't relate much to it, and it's a bit strange to them, not part of their world, maybe not at all what they're interested in. It's too much trouble and too expensive to get there, so they don't even waste a second thought on it, but it's still good to know that there is such a thing as Okinawa. Your descending to their level by refusing to think or believe that you are any better than they, will introduce to their world and their universe the previously unknown option of true, unconditional love without any ifs or buts attached, just "I love you the way you are." The only way they're ever going to start changing is by that

195 _________________________________________________ What is good for My children, My called and chosen ones, will in the end also turn out good for the rest of the world, because all I do for My children will ultimately lead to the establishment of My Kingdom on earth, and that will be something the whole world will profit from, except for those who hate Me and persecute you. 196 _________________________________________________ Losses teach you dependence on Me. The loss hurts, but in the end you learn through the way I provide new possibilities, new options, new tools and methods, new ways of doing things and equipment to do them with, that all things will come and go, but I am the one Factor that remains. I bring about those changes in your life to avoid that the same

should happen to you that's happening in so many others' lives: "Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God." It is the changes that make you revere Me, respect and appreciate Me as the faithful Constant that I am, Who will always provide you with all you may need, so that you get to the point where you realize that all you need is Me. "All you need is love" is correct in the light of 1John 4:8 - "God is Love," and thus becomes "All you need is God." I'd like you to become more aware of that fact. It will help you cope with any losses, changes, any crises and drastic turn of events & circumstances. If you consciously make Me the one remaining Constant in your life, you'll see how easy it will become for you to adapt to any kind of change. You won't be stunned by any loss, but will simply acknowledge, "The Lord hath given it, the Lord hath taken it away," and trust that I will be there to provide not only a replacement, but usually an improvement of some kind for the loss you've just experienced. As in Job's life: if his first wife counseled him to curse Me and die when evil befell him, you can imagine that I came up with some improvement on the stock when I gave him a new family. The experiences and lessons learned in life are actually more important, as far as I'm concerned, than the things themselves, the losses or the gains... At the end of the day, losses and gains are only numbers and statistics, and they may have their place of importance to some extent. But what's really valuable to Me is the lessons and the experiences they bear, like some deep imprint of life's wisdom on your soul, that gives your life the real beauty and value. It's not the things that give you your true value. It's how you handle their loss, the experiences and the wisdom you gain by going through those ups and downs of have and have not, of win and lose, of gain and lose again, and by the way you handle those losses, prove that you are winning and gaining again, even if it may "only" be the experience and confidence that the only thing you can really rely on, really trust in and the only One you really need, after all, is Me.

Opinions are not what leads to the path of life, but the things I personally show each one to do. And if you so easily give in to everybody's opinion in favor of the things I've shown you to do, then it's no wonder you're feeling confused, useless and depressed. Are you just going to watch the sheep go astray, simply because they're so full of their own opinions and you don't want to cross them, and don't like the confrontation of having to disagree with them? Some messes simply have to be sorted out. You can't just leave them to rot under the carpet somewhere.... Sin or wrongs of any kind need to be dealt with, that's what shepherding is all about, and to be neglecting that part of life is to be neglecting one of your greatest God-given duties. Of course, the Devil will try any of his weapons in his arsenal to get you to neglect that duty, including sensitivity, pride, discouragement, whatever it takes. And you can either go under and surrender to him and drown in your feelings of incapability and the resultant confusion, or you can fight. Sometimes I'm expecting you to say no. Do Me, yourselves and them a favor by sticking to your guns and staying true to the conviction that I have laid on your hearts... 198 _________________________________________________ Prophecy is as vulnerable as its vessel. In exercising yourself in the usage of discernment you must not neglect the discerning of your own spirit, which is just as prone to attacks from the Enemy as anyone else's. It's a good reminder to make sure you're staying on the right channel. You always need to be aware that the Enemy will try to penetrate your channel and cause static and interference. I allow things to happen to remind you that you're no better than anyone.

Your gift of prophecy is a vulnerable thing which you need to protect from the negative influences of the Enemy. You can't just Loss is gain if you look at it trough My eyes: it will be the gain of take for granted that it will always work flawlessly, just as you new opportunities, greater trust and confidence in Me, the lasting can't expect your equipment to always work flawlessly. That Factor in your life; greater dependence on Me, greater wisdom, would mean it were perfect, but as Paul said, "Prophecies shall greater treasures of experiences and lessons learned; the true fail... for now we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect values of life. shall come, then that which is in part shall be done away" (1Cor.13:8-10). 197 _________________________________________________ I never meant for anyone to try to figure it all out by themselves. Ever since Adam, I've always wanted man to look to Me for guidance and reference, to show him what's going on, what went wrong, and how he's gotten himself into a mess that only I can fix, when it all comes down to it. If you go by your own impulses and let only your own senses direct you, instead of My Word, then you're bound to wind up in a mess, because your earthly senses will always lead you toward earthly things and in an earthly direction, whereas only My Word can truly give you the heavenly perspective of things. That earthly orientation has rubbed your nose down in the ground and the dirt to the point where you lost touch with My heavenly perspective. Messes have to be dealt with, that's what shepherding is all about. Whereas nothing is getting sorted out if you just avoid and ignore the issues. The Real Thing is Me, the whole of Me, not just that part of Me called prophecy. You cannot just cling to any part of the elephant as the whole thing... Sometimes you just stick to working with the one feature you're most familiar with, just as you would stick to your preferred software program, but I want you to try out different features at times, and not neglect the other important factors about your spiritual life and walk with Me. Choose the best weapons and gifts for each day. Don't get into a rut. Let Me guide you in prayer and by My Spirit in the directions I want you to choose each day.

199 _________________________________________________ There is a deep chasm between those belonging to the top, the officially recognized church, accepted by the System, which has become an integrated part of the System and even one of its major symbols and perpetrators of its evils, and those who You need to have conviction and the guts to do something about belong to the bottom, the downtrodden, despised and persecuted your convictions and the things I show you and lay on your church: the ones may have their time of "reign" and enjoyment in heart, even if it's something as dreadful as opposing and this life, but the others will have theirs in the life to come, when confronting someone else's opinion. those who reign now will have to pay the consequences for

having chosen to look down upon My truly chosen... With their lukewarm, sickening ways of worship, their sickening love for the System, their dreadful desire to always be on top along with the winners, and refusing to walk the path I walked, the path of the apparent loser, their clinging to this world's riches and their positions in the Devil's matrix, theyre really not amounting to much more than a bunch of traitors at heart, spiritually, because in reality, they're following him and his lies, instead of My unadulterated truth.

Life does not consist only of you, but other people are attached to it and form vital parts of it, and separation from them causes pain. It's a pain that they experience already, when you leave them out, or are not paying the attention to them that you should. Theyre having a large part of their lives revolve around you, your needs, your expectations, etc. And isn't it only fair for them to expect some of your attention in return?

The stronger you become in Me, and the more reliable, the more you will find people looking up to you as a reliable source of input and counsel, and especially with your immediate flock and As I told you about rivers: the further downstream you get, the members of your family you cannot just say, "Stop looking at harder it is to maintain it clean, and as far downstream as the me! Look at the Lord!" church has gotten, you can sure see a lot of pollution in it. It's good to want to point them to Me, but folks need human manifestations of My Spirit and My love for them, like you. And if The short-sighted will always prefer their place among the ranks you have a closer look, you'll recognize and see that you need of the mighty, the apparent winners. Only a few and only the wise them, too, that they're My love for you, too. will choose a place among the despised and downtrodden I have made none of you as totally independent units fully minority, but will find Me there among them... functional on their own, but I have purposely made you somewhat dependent on each other, in order to create teams, not just outstanding individuals here or there. 200 _________________________________________________ People love to be noisy. They don't appreciate the silence. The Enemy is having you focus so much on the flaws of others at They don't know when to hush. They don't know how to listen to times that you start to wonder if you're not better off without the whispers of the wind so that they would find peace for their them, but I'm here to tell you right now that it isn't so. It may look souls... that way at times, but it isn't really so. He knows that the only way he can ruin My work which I have The mystery of emptiness is the greatest gift that enables you to begun in you is to use those differences between you, blow them receive any of the other ones... it is the faith that makes all else up way out of proportion and make you feel uncomfortable with possible. anybody else. But remember that "comfortable" isn't necessarily a quality that Listening is one of the greatest services you can render, both indicates My will or direction for you at all. In fact, if something or listening to Me and listening to others. someone becomes uncomfortable for you, then chances are that It has become such a rare art. I'm using them to stir you up from your comfortable rut, which is Even in your witnessing you have to watch out that you don't threatening to lull you to sleep or get you stuck in way you've spout off the answer before you have listened to their souls. You done it "for all this time now." need to find out first what medicine they need. So, have a closer look at those uncomfortable someones you One of the greatest services you can render to each other is to don't seem to be able to understand and who bring question give each other space and room and silence and time to listen to marks into your life. Chances are, they're about to be a new Me. You must allow each other to live, by allowing each other to revelation for you, introduce another step of progress for you in listen to Me. your life, one you may have been unable to see previously, but nonetheless vital. 201 _________________________________________________ You must be tested and tried, there is no way around it. You've got to go through times of purging; I can't make you what you ought to be without it! What I'll be mostly using in your life to really rub in life's lessons and drive home the point, is people. More so than prophecies, more so than wisdom or knowledge and all the other which is "in part" (1Cor.13). For only love will last in the end, and you'll find it'll be all you'll need, even to a greater extent than you are aware The way to enlightenment leads via the path of recognizing and of. learning from one's own mistakes. Love will not only replace man's ambitions for material possessions, but it will even replace the need for ambitions of a Correction is a part of love. It may be disguised as something more spiritual nature. else painful, but it is love nonetheless, love of a kind which In fact, it will expose all other ambitions as useless and replace requires humility in order to be able to receive it... It requires them as the only true and good motivation to do anything, that humility to give and to receive it, and where there's no humility, ever existed. that part of love simply cannot flourish, and thus problems are Love, the beginning and the end. The eternal circle. Don't toss it bound to occur. away! Don't despise it! Don't underestimate it or neglect it! You might regret it & be sorry. Where there's no readiness to receive correction, there can be no growth, and thus there is only stagnation. 203 _________________________________________________ The Holy Spirit is the unifying factor among My church. 202 _________________________________________________ If you're not united, then it's because you're not allowing My I've got to be the Spectrum through which you must see Spirit to unite you, and because you're not yielded to My Spirit. reality. You must keep your eyes focused on Me. If you don't do that, and your eyes wander elsewhere, then you might lose your To become a surrendered and yielded tool in My hands means to grip on reality, your picture might become distorted or submit yourself as one yielded member of the whole, and not try incomplete. to stick out as one special, individual piece. Make sure that what you do is part of the work of the entire body, There are still new factors to explore, things you neglected to be in unison and unity with the rest of the body. realized, yet new angles and viewpoints to see things from.

204 _________________________________________________ It is My will for you to become concerned about the sheep, the folks and souls I lead across your path. It is My will for you that you invest more effort, more time, more energy, more of your concern and blood, sweat and tears into winning them - more prayer. Winning the world for Me is not a job that can be accomplished with efforts that are anything less than wholehearted. The sheep can sense how much they matter to you, and whether you would really lay down their lives for them...

considered enemies. I need you to see Me in the chaos - in spite of the chaos, and refuse to look at the circumstances. That means you also must trust the folks around you, that I will anoint them at the given time to not let you down.

Even a great guy like Shakespeare didn't just make it all on his own. He got his inspirations from here and from there: one man gave a clue, and another one gave the next. He just put the pieces together. He wasn't the sole instrument or vessel, Often, the reason why they make the choice against Me or you is although he may have been the one to collect all the pieces and not even so much because of their own rebellion, but because put them together. there is simply not enough love there that would motivate them The events of his life - as chaotic as they may have seemed to pay the price of giving up their pride. turned out to be the magic and source of inspiration that made It takes a lot of love to overcome some people's pride. his writing so unforgettable. In the end, it wasn't really him writing the story, but it was I and all the other key figures I used, It's the amount of love they feel that is going to draw them back who created the story, and he just captured it. And that's the way to you: an amount of love that is sufficient to be willing to face it is with you, and with your role you're to play for Me. any kind of problems that might occur or arise through your effort to win and woo them, an amount of love that's willing to go You're a part of something greater. The danger is sometimes to to any lengths for them. An amount of love that isn't going to think that you are the "something greater" yourself, and that's give up on them too easily. when I have to set you back on your heels and remind you that it Do you love them enough to not let them go? To do all you takes many people to create a passion play such as this. There possibly can in order to save them? may have been a few key and leading roles involved, such as the "stars" who played the main characters, but in the end, you I need you to have an attitude that will not give up or resign too realize it took each and everyone involved, especially the little quickly but is willing to go to any length for the sheep, in order to ones behind the scenes, those who did the script writing, the draw them in. financing, the costumes, the backdrop... Put some umph into it! Don't give up too quickly! There's a whole bunch of fish to be caught, but only if you're willing to make the Even so it is with this movie of your life, your era, the time and effort to really draw them in! place in history which will go down as "yours." It is significant, and all the more so, if you recognize the "greater thing" you're a You're here to woo and win them! Your job is to free as many as part of. Not an inactive, passive part, but an active one, who you possibly can, and give your all in the effort, and if need be, changes events by his own choices, but nonetheless, only a part die trying. of a greater whole. Love includes not giving up on them prematurely. Don't give up hope for them. Don't stop praying for them. Don't stop feeding them. Don't quit on them, and don't stop holding on. Persistence and patience are two important factors in becoming a successful fisher of men. 205 _________________________________________________ the flaws, mistakes and imperfections in your co-fighters have been little more than a big test of your faith, to see whether you would still keep going for Me, still keep holding on faithfully, in spite of them. A lot depends on you, on your faith, on your refusal to fall for the obvious, that which is at hand, on the surface. A lot depends on your determination to believe that somehow, like in "Shakespeare in Love," everything is going to turn out well in the end, even though you don't know how - it's a mystery. The cast may be a hopeless bunch of losers - or they may look like it, and your Juliet may still not have arrived on the scene yet, and you may think you're lost, from the looks of the circumstances, but everything depends on your faith to believe that somehow things are going to turn out alright anyway. Because I'm in control. It may not look like it, but you'll know your faith will be strong enough to tell - that I am, anyway, and that I'm just allowing the chaotic looks of things in order to test you, to make sure that you've really got what it takes that will deserve and merit the reward. What you're producing may not be what the people want - they want to laugh, and they want comedy, and yet all you can come up with is heart-rending tragedy; but you'll still know that you can do no other but give forth whatever it is I'm giving you to pass on, and you'll see: it'll be alright in the end, and you'll even get along with some of the folks you may have formerly I am the One Who puts the players together, and for a good purpose and reason. You think I'm any less brilliant as a Director than any of those worldly movie makers? You just need to trust Me, that's all. Your trust will inspire that of others. Like the theatre owner, you don't know how, but you know it's all going to end well. "But how?" "I don't know - it's a mystery!" Make some room for My mystery to happen. Have the faith and trust to let it happen! Expect it to happen, and prepare the rest of the crew and the audience in anticipation for it to happen, and never give up hoping that - against all the odds - it's going to happen. 206 _________________________________________________ If you want to feel My Presence more, there is simply no other way than to be spending more time with Me. It's quite simply a matter of keeping Me in the first place. When you try to fill that spot I have reserved for Myself with anything else, I have to let you experience disappointment. You cannot take your spiritual blessings for granted, but you must guard them well. You have to keep the spiritual things first. Otherwise, your decision to yield to the calls of the material world instead, may take you for a detour ride into a spiritual desert, where you'll have to find your connection with Me again. Always allow the spiritual to maintain the upper hand. It's simply the more important. It's the more lasting, the more vital, and the more necessary part for you. The distractions and temptations are there for you to learn to resist them and keep them in their proper place, and never allow them to take Mine.

207 _________________________________________________ The grey and gloomy skies remind you that this world is not your home, and that your happiness and fulfillment is found elsewhere, in the unseen Realm, where I am your Eternal Sunshine that never fades. Come and bask in My Sunshine. Only I know what's really good for you. I, the Good Shepherd of your soul, must keep you and protect you, sometimes even by the sheer force of the circumstances around you. I must close the doors which are not My good and perfect will for you. I need you to pour My heavenly sunshine out on the minds and hearts and ears of those you're meant to reach.

been that same pattern: a seemingly pitiful, bedraggled little band against a much larger enemy, greatly outnumbering My troops, just to make really sure that the victory was going to go on My account, "lest Israel say, 'Mine own arm hath saved me.'" It's natural to want to stand on the stronger side, on the winners' side. It's one of My toughest tests for My true followers, to always belong to the camp of the apparent losers... But that's precisely what forces you to look to Me. And I'm all you need. I'm even allowing it to look hopeless for a while, in order to make sure that you're not putting your hopes or confidence in your own strength... to make sure that if you're going to come away victorious, then it's going to be a total and obvious miracle, and you won't be patting yourself on the back, but will give all the glory to Me.

I've got to allow you to get desperate to realize that you can't I won't let anything usurp the first place in your heart and life that make it on your own. Otherwise there's no way you will ever seek rightfully belongs to Me. I cannot. I need you too much to convey Me and turn to Me with sufficient determination to really find Me My love to the world, and how can you, if you don't fully and My solution, My salvation, My way out of the situation. experience and avail yourself of that love, first? 208 _________________________________________________ The "success" philosophy drives many to want to aspire and ever aspire, to climb and ascend, instead of coming down to the ground of My humble reality and descending. Come down to the level of the children, of the humble, of the lowly, of the simple, of the poor. The high and mighty and proud are always one step away from their next fall, but down here, on the ground of hardcore reality, you're walking pretty safely. Away from the glamour of the ascended, down in the lap of the low, that's where you'll find the comfort of My Comforter. Down there, in unity with your humble brethren do you find My real greatness, that will make you stick out from the norm of those making a name or place for themselves, some kind of position of renown, comfort or safety... their own little kingdoms, instead of letting Me establish Mine within them. 209 _________________________________________________ Only through the Spirit lasting fruit is borne. Through prayer and yieldedness you allow Me to put you into the places and situations where I can use you, and where you can do some good. Theres lots more I can accomplish through you, if you allow Me. This is the way to get things done and to get action pulled down from Heaven: through prayer. Your trials, hardships and difficulties, your tight passages, are the things that are going to make you fly in the end... It's the hard times that enable you to finally spread your wings. I use the friction against the hard walls of the confines of the cocoon of your circumstances in order to free you from the things that hinder you from flying, your natural handicaps. What was once necessary to protect you and keep you comfortable and alive must be stripped off and loosened, peeled off, in order to make you soar to new heights. The amount you receive is determined by your spiritual hunger, which is diminished by the amount of other input you feed your mind with... The less you snack on those other "goodies," the more you will hunger for My pure milk and proper meat. Again you find that less is sometimes more. 210 _________________________________________________ The Enemy starts fighting you when you start making a difference. Your greatest victories will always come out of seeming defeats. The way I've fought all My battles throughout history has always 211 _________________________________________________ If you just let yourself drift haphazardly down the stream of life, it won't take you the same places you might get to if you make an actual effort to swim and steer your life in a certain direction, which you usually do when you're having a goal in sight. It's easy to just go through the motions, but to get the most out of your day, you must ask Me to renew your vision and help you stay focused on the goal. 212 _________________________________________________ There are those who make the right choices, and the question is: do you have the determination to become one of them? When all the false incentives for living don't seem to do the trick anymore, and disappoint you over and over again, why not make the choice for the right one and the one cause that won't let you down, nor fail to disappoint you? 213 _________________________________________________ Ridiculously small numbers have always been My forte. While everyone else always put their bet on the strong & mighty and the numbers of their men, My motto has always been quality, not quantity. The rare few who really do appreciate My truth and My narrow way above all, stick out all the more, and you appreciate them all the more after a while with those superficiality junkies who fall for what's on the surface and never dig any deeper... It takes real discernment and knowledge of people to recognize the true treasures, those you can rely on, do or die. 214 _________________________________________________ On one hand you've always known this wasn't home, but on the other hand you wish you'd feel more at home in this world. If you don't feel at home in it, then it's because this world is not your home. It's confusing, I know, when you've got this bunch of worldly believers hailing Me like their superstar and absolute hero, while at the same time acting as if all they're interested in lies in this temporary world, it doesn't jibe. That's what's wrong with the church system. They think I'm some kind of a cool Dude who can enhance their quality of life both in this world and in the one to come, bliss here and now and forever, have their cake and eat it, too. They totally ignore all the information about the price that there is to pay, and thus give a totally wrong picture of what it's supposed to mean to be My disciple... I admit, the deception is very tempting. Who wouldn't choose the

comfortable way? The flesh automatically chooses that which feels good and is pleasurable... Nobody suffers voluntarily. But what price are you willing to pay for your comfortable life-style? Who and what are you going to betray? Set your affections on things above, seek to derive your pleasure and satisfaction from the very Source of life, from Me. 215 _________________________________________________ Every moment you invest in Me, be it through prayer, reading or memorizing or giving out My Word, every minute you invest in learning more about wielding the weapons of the Spirit World, is a step that takes you closer to the goal of being ready for what's to come. It's a choice you have to make nearly constantly: What am I going to invest my time in? The pictures and the information that comes in the movies or on computer screens move along so much faster than the slow flux of input you get from reading or hearing from Me, or closing your eyes in prayer... It seems to be downshifting to a lower gear, when your natural inclinations tell you to step on the gas... do more in order to get there faster. But that's where faith comes in. Faith to do the opposite of what your flesh tells you to do. My invisible Realm seems anything but conducive to great accomplishments in the physical, which is what the flesh really yearns for. But in the end, all the efforts of the flesh without availing itself of the power of the Spirit will turn out to have been decoys, detours, distractions, and a waste of time, good merely as another lesson on the long list of ways how not to do it. if you want to get there faster and quicker, you're going to have to go slower, and do the exact opposite of what your flesh tells and urges you to do. Stop all the feverish activity in the flesh and find out by waiting for Me and My input where I really want you to go, and if necessary, let Me take you there; find out what I really want you to do, and if necessary, allow Me to do it through you and for you. "Stand back and see Me fight," instead of rushing off into the battle half-baked yourself. Just as it's mice's appetite that lures them into the trap and to their doom, so it is the appetites of the flesh that often lead you into the traps of the distraction, the wrong way, the opposite direction of where I want you to go. To be a follower, a disciple of Mine, means going in the opposite direction of where the world is going and the flesh would lead you. Instead of letting them drag you along with their current, you go the opposite way. Faith disregards all the philosophies of man and their counsel on how to make headway, it discards all that the world advertises as wisdom and their secrets to "success" and chooses to go the opposite way, one that apparently leads nowhere, down to the most undesirable place of the defeat and death of that which the System is trying to build up: the ego, the self, one's own position and advantage... "How can I look good in the eyes of those that I'm trying to please?" "How can I become someone to be remembered?" When in reality, those who are truly remembered have always been those who forgot about themselves and melded with their cause: the people they would give their lives for, seeking above all their good and welfare, and not their own. Faith defies the wisdom of the flesh. It has the courage to say "No" to it. "No, thank you! That's very kind of you to offer me that

advice on how to get ahead and on how to enhance my image, but I think I'll have to pass. Because there's this voice that says, 'There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is destruction...' I'm afraid I can't follow your path..." And then turns around and goes the opposite way. Start to avail yourself of the heavenly sources and powers to sustain you, instead of your own natural resources, which are going to come to an end as all that the Devil has to offer in his realm ... all these things will fade away into nothingness. They'll disappear. And only what was done truly for love will still stand when all those bigmouths will finally have been shut up. So, you want to make headway for Me and make progress in My school of thought, in the School of heavenly wisdom? Stop being dragged about by the old school of the System and the flesh, and whatever they tell you to do in order to make progress. Stop all that and come to Me! Turn around and start walking a new way, in a new direction. Don't be afraid of going the opposite direction of the one everybody else is heading. You may look terribly alone, going that way, and at first you may wonder, "Am I going to be the only one?" But somebody's got to make the first move and have the courage to lead folks in the path that is truly Mine, and they'll follow suit, eventually... Youve got to make a difference and have the courage and guts to withstand the general trend, and go the opposite way. It may look like a humbler, less promising way, a darker, less shiny, less glorious way, and folks may be shaking their heads at you and wonder, "Why's he taking that shabby road?" But in the end you and they will see which of the two paths really will have led to what I'd call true success. True success is the road that will lead you to Me, and you have seen which is the path I have taken. It wasn't a glorious road, and one that not many initially would have had the courage to follow. It was a road that took My followers far away from their homes and all that was familiar and trusted... Away and off into the horizon... into the new, the unknown... with Me. 216 _________________________________________________ I'm the unifying factor between you, your only hope for unity. For only I can give you the necessary vision and love in order to make it, the kind of love that covers a multitude of sins, and vision that doesn't look at the faults but beyond them. If you look at the flaws and faults, you're sunk, but if you look at the lesson behind them, and at My purpose behind them, then it gives you a ray of hope that everything is going to wind up making sense somehow eventually, and you can trust that everything is going to be alright. The goal can only be reached through unity. If it isn't easy, then there must be a reason for it, you must trust that I have a purpose in it. I, the Architect of your life, also have a purpose in this seemingly paradox detail and apparent nuisance... It's going to work out for good. But sometimes you've got to let Me make it work together for good, by putting forth some trust in Me first. If you approach the situation with a negative attitude, then you might be undermining the grounds for Me to bring about My good purpose. You cannot work against Me while I'm trying to bring about that good in your life. You must give Me your cooperation by putting forth a positive attitude of trust that I'm going to do it somehow, even if right now you can't see it. That trust is a requirement for the magic to work. You've got to enable Me to bring about the good out of this by believing and putting forth your trust, and focusing on that ultimately positive outcome. 217 _________________________________________________ There are many who have a portion of My Spirit, but there are

few who are bathing in Her thoroughly, who let Her penetrate their heart and soul and entire being, and who soak Her up as if their every breath depended on Her. I can use those the most who will just let go of their own abilities, wisdom and stamina and strength, and will lean and depend utterly on Me. I like to have vessels and channels to work through. So few truly let go and let Me. It takes getting to the point of readiness, where you can truly say, "Now I'm ready for you, Lord." When a human being is ready to be used by Me, that's a sight that truly satisfies My heart. For a human being converted into a truly useful vessel and instrument of Mine opens up entire new galaxies for Me in the Spirit. Even a galaxy has its limits, but not the possibilities of what one human soul can achieve for Me that is truly dedicated to Me and finally ready to be used by Me without restrictions. The possibilities are endless, of how that one soul will yet affect other countless lives and produce a chain reaction that will result in new life, never-ending. 218 _________________________________________________ I limit Myself to working through your faith. The connection & link between the physical and the spiritual - the manifestation of your hopes and dreams - lies in your faith. It's the vacuum that draws from the Spirit World that which you hope for. If you hope for something, then act & believe & have faith for it... walk toward the goal of the fulfillment of your dreams. You must not only hope, but also believe, in order not to be disappointed. I didn't have to persuade anyone to follow Me or talk them into it. I just said, "Follow Me," and they did. Don't let doubts or hesitation, lethargy or lack of enthusiasm (= "being in God") rob & kill the great things I could do through your united faith! 219 _________________________________________________ I require from you the willingness to continue to say yes to Me, to My way up, which is down, to My cross, even if that's the last thing on earth you'd want, according to your natural inclinations. Everybody has their idol, their god to give up. For some it's their position of power, for others it's their position of comfort. For some it is their relationship or the person they love, for others their possessions... Sin is what stands between you and giving up those things for Me. It is what hinders you from hitting the mark of relieving yourself of those obstacles and distractions that stand between you and Me. Once you have managed to give up all those things for Me, there is only one thing left to give: your life. If you have been strong, willing and faithful to give up those other things for Me, of which you may have thought for a time that your life consisted of them, then you will also be willing to lay down your life for your friends. 220 _________________________________________________ Sometimes I draw your attention to a needed change or improvement by showing you something better than what you have; a need to learn from someone else who has gone further than you. It's a way I use to spur you on to growth and progress. It has nothing to do with status, but it's all about the amount of dedication and commitment you have for My Cause. It's convicting when you find someone who's more serious about it all than you are, who puts more into it, who's more yielded and dedicated and thus brings forth more fruit. It's easy when others are giving less or seem to be somewhat weaker. But when you find someone who is stronger and ahead of you, and more dedicated than you are, then initially it may make you feel a bit

small in comparison. If you have no one to look up to, then it can be a bit sad and lonely at times, up there on that lonely hill or pedestal... Its like an urge to be as close as possible to the top, the sky... to Me... without any distractions. You long for that lonely glorious peak, alone with Me, from where you can look down on the rest of the world. You just have that urge to get there, and in doing so, you show that it can be done. Having found someone who has even achieved to climb higher than you did should give you new incentive to keep climbing. The goal is not yet attained. You may have previously figured that you got as high as you wanted to go or were able to, and you were happy with the height you reached, but now I'm showing you, "there's more." 221 _________________________________________________ Sometimes the obvious can be dead wrong. Its time to try a new thing, to have faith for new steps, & for Me to open new doors and avenues. 222 _________________________________________________ What will you reap when the summer of your life is ending and the harvest is at your door? Will you wish you had done more, sown more seeds and ploughed and tilled the land more? Or will you enjoy and partake of the abundance that the labor of your hands has created? The harvest will tell whether your life's ideology and philosophy has been the right one, and whether your attitudes and modus operandi have been the right ones, or if perhaps you erred and would have been better off adhering to another one. The harvest will tell whether you were on the right track and listened to the right voices, or whether you were deceived by what temporarily seemed to have been the right way, the promising way to abundance, but the end thereof was emptiness and hunger, and it left you barren, vacant and deserted, and you wish you had done differently... As long as you invest the seeds of your time in Me and My Kingdom, you can always be sure that it will bring eternal dividends. While the years of youth are often frivolously spent in selfish pursuits and interests and fleeting pleasures, many a man or woman of Mine has come to the decision of wanting to put more effort into My work in their later years. The Devil limits all things: all he grants is temporary, fleeting, and will come to an end. My time is the generous and neverending dispensation, I pour out in great abundance and beyond measure. If you sow to the temporal, then temporal and limited will be your reward. If you sow to the eternal, your rewards will also be neverending: they will go on and on and on and on, forever... So, if you're wise, be like Me; give like Me; invest like Me, and pour out like Me, beyond measure, in great abundance, never withholding. Don't be stingy like the Devil in your investments, but give and give and pour and pour, knowing that in the same abundance and measure that you pour out to others, it will also be poured out to you. Remove the lids and corks of your vessels and bottles and pour and pour and pour and never stop. In the same measure it will be poured out unto you again! Thank you for learning of Me, and not imitating the narrow-minded and -hearted ways of the Enemy.

223 _________________________________________________ The art is being your brother's keeper without coming across like a party pooper or nagger... Quite a challenge, isn't it? But that's what would determine a good leader & shepherd: someone who doesn't pull his punches, is not a man-pleaser, but at the same time also remains Spirit-led in the constructive criticism and correction he does share... 224 _________________________________________________ Sooner or later you will be thankful for the time you invested in Eternity, instead of this temporary world; in the achievements that will have made a difference for Me and My Kingdom, instead of fleeting pleasures. Right now, it may seem like a loss to you, but then you will count all things but loss, except for My Cause and My interests. What may seem to you like loss now will be perfectly clear as gain to you then... It's a matter of priorities and maturity. 225 _________________________________________________ Focusing on what's relevant puts everything into perspective. It puts the magic into what may have started out or seemed like a gloomy day when you know that I'm in control, I'm here for you and you're here for Me, and nothing else matters. It doesn't matter anymore then, if you don't seem to have many friends, because you know you've already got the best and most reliable Friend you could possibly have. It's wonderful when somebody realizes that I'm really all they need, and they don't have to worry about anything else, because in putting Me first, everything else will fall in line. You cannot allow the Enemy to get you to focus on the button off the vest, the hole in the doughnut. Keep your focus on Me and My miracle working power, and let that power go to work. 226 _________________________________________________ When the Enemy is around, you can't ignore him, but you have to aim your spiritual weapons at him and shoot, and not rest until he's down. "If you don't...lick the Devil first, you might as well forget it." You've got to lick the punk first. There's no use in going on, ignoring him or pretend everything is alright. First you've got to eliminate the disturbing factor out of your life, and do whatever it takes to get rid of his presence, his oppression and influence over whatever aspect of your life. 227 _________________________________________________ Trust in My creative power, in My ability to give life where there was no life! There is one difference between the Family and the rest of the world, and that's their little strength (Rev.3:8), their faith to believe Me for the seemingly impossible, and their readiness, their willingness to be used of Me and have Me work in them and through them and do with them whatever I see fit. Its your only hope in this life. Because you can't possibly make it on your own. You need a Family, an army to fight with, even if it's only 300 men against an army of tens of thousands! Gideon never would have made it alone! Dont allow the Enemy to rob you of that little strength, that little light of faith of yours, to believe Me for the impossible, against all odds, against any apparent circumstances. Walk by faith, not by sight! If you always and only go by what you see, you won't walk the walk of faith very far. It's not about what you see, it's about what you can't see! Believe Me for the things that you can't see! Believe Me for them because I have promised them. According to what you see, I must be a liar, or I must have simply made a mistake, right? But

wait and see! I'm not done yet. I'm not finished yet. And if you look at history, I've often used people that nobody would have expected the sort of feats from that they wound up doing in spite of all the probabilities that stood against those miracles ever happening. You cannot hinge your faith on man or what you see in the temporal realm. The power that makes things happen comes from Me, from My invisible, eternal Realm... and as you have already realized, more often in spite of yourselves and your lack of faith, lack of wisdom and lack of anything that would merit such great accomplishments & feats than because of any attributes of your own, so that it's all a work of My grace and no flesh should glory in My presence. Extreme praise also works the other way around: Not only can you praise Me for My miraculous answer and solution to the calamity before your eyes, but I can do the same for you: I praise you even before I see you doing what I want you to be doing, because I know you will do it! I also that in spite of the fact that you don't seem to be able to live up to what I have promised you would do, you will, anyway! Just like you praise Me, a God Whom many in the world see as a Monster who sides with the wrong ones and punishes the innocent, so I praise you, a group that the world despises and looks down upon. I know you better than they do, just as you know Me better than they do! And I know you even better than you know yourselves, and I know what you're capable of and who you really are, in spite of what you see now in yourself, and the failure that you see when you look at yourself. Only the true visionaries and prophets can see what I see. They don't see the failures and losers that those see who look with the eyes of the flesh only. But they believe Me for My promises. They refuse to doubt that what I have promised is true, and I will honor their faith. Believing is easy when all the evidence supports what you believe. "Blessed are they who, not seeing, yet believe" (Jn.20:29). 228 _________________________________________________ I died for each person, individually. Salvation is a personal issue, between Me and each human being. But the goal is not to remain in isolation, but Salvation in itself, is a means of bringing the soul into the great union of all things, the Kingdom of Heaven. If Salvation is anything, it is salvation from the isolation of each individual in their own sin and entrapment of their own ego and selfishness, and bringing it into the greater Whole, the uniting for the greater Cause, rather than any individual, personal cause. With each Christian Family living their own individual lives in their own individual houses and homes, one most certainly misses the union that ought to be there in Christianity, as found in the Book of Acts. There is a weakness and a present danger to fall for the concept of individualism and "what about me?," but that's where you've got to attack and drive home the point by any means available, that "it's not about me, it's not about yourself; it's not about ourselves - there's something bigger at stake here, something greater, and really worth fighting and uniting for... not just the salvation of me, thee, thou and none other, but the salvation of mankind per se, inasmuch as they are ready for it, ready to receive it and implement it on individual levels... as much as they're willing to integrate into the Greater Body..." Of course, the problem with many of them is, is that they don't accept or recognize the Door, the only Factor which can truly bring unity to mankind, which is Me, My Salvation from sin, and My Kingdom and truth.

The Enemy advertises the self as an entity worthy of attention that quasi amounts to worship, in order to satisfy it and make it "happy," and even availing yourself of Me, My Word and My truth - although only a fragment and watered-down version of it - in order to achieve that goal, which amounts to supermarket style religion: picking out certain pleasant truths, and leaving aside the more unpleasant ones, just serving yourself of the goodies My Word has to offer, and neglecting the convicting truths that would spur you on to change, sacrifice and action. The Devil just allows them a tiny little bit of My truth and mixes it with a lot of his own poison of selfishness, and his lie of the nationalistic version of the "greater cause."

problem! You have to get rid of the mindset that anything would be too insignificant or unimportant for Me to care about. Whenever the Enemy attacks, it's always a good time to come to Me and find out from Me what's happening; why is this happening, and what's going on... There's usually a reason for it. The Enemy is the hinderer, and that's what he will always try to do. So, if you are presented with some hindrance, some obstacle to overcome, you need to be aware that there must be a reason the Enemy is trying to hinder you!

Sometimes you've just got to see it through for My sake! Don't think about yourself so much, think about Me, how proud it's Some folks are just self-oriented, even if they are saved, and in going to make Me if you're going to see it through just for Me, that aspect, they're not really living their salvation, not really even with no tangible reward involved. And remember that the making it work for them nor others in this life, but can actually heavenly reward is already yours as much as you focus on it, as act counter-productively in relation to My Cause. much as you believe My promises for it and cling to them! Only I can give you the love that is necessary to esteem the other above yourself, and to lay down your life for your friends. 231 _________________________________________________ "It takes time to learn to care," and it takes time to learn 229 _________________________________________________ where it pays the most to invest one's time. It's a lot like the The winds of change are blowing, but man's nature is thus growth of a plant. It takes time of stillness, sticking to your place that he often ignores them and resists them. He tries to keep and soaking up My life-giving water and nourishment from the things the way they are, tries to preserve and conserve them, and soil of life. But those who do, in return create oxygen, the stuff continue all things as they have been (2Peter 3:4). that makes life possible for all other creatures around. But My judgments usually came swiftly, when they came, and You are My life-givers. By absorbing My life, you become the caused a mighty widening of the eyes of those who did not factor that makes life possible for others. discern the signs of the times, and thus it shall be again. That's It's an invisible process. Mankind has been unaware of it for why I need you to be prepared and on guard, and not slack. I many centuries. They've always been taking trees for granted need you to be alert! and have chopped them off wherever they came across them... I can no longer allow you to be entangled in the affairs of this life, They just stand there and don't seem to be good for nothing for I have called and chosen you to be My soldier. except to be chopped off and used to feed their fires or build their houses or furniture with... Likewise, people might consider you quite useless. But you and I know more than they. We know 230 _________________________________________________ that you're actually the stuff that makes their life possible. Sometimes you've just got to pray for the love to see things As long as you're around, they don't have to be afraid of through. anything. I will keep things going as long as you're there. But When you know you're not going to be rewarded in this life for a woe unto them if they start persecuting you. It's like those foolish certain task, then you've got to keep your eyes on the heavenly people who are mowing down the rain forests, greedily robbing reward. themselves of their very source of life. If you keep your eye and your vision of that heavenly goal and reward, you become a partaker of these things already here and now. That heavenly joy won't just set in when your life on earth is 232 _________________________________________________ through and you receive your crown of glory. Man was programmed not to be perfectly happy with If you focus on the heavenly reward, part of it will already be anything less than utter union with Me, his Creator, and that yours as you focus on it. That's what gave all My martyrs, faithful includes embracing the truth - and the whole truth, because that witnesses and true saints the power to not give in. It was more is what I am and what I represent. than a mindset or the ability to rationally figure that someday in I cannot tolerate the lie, and sooner or later it has to go, there is Heaven they were going to get their reward for it. They could feel no room for it. that reward already, even while they were suffering. The longer you follow the "little dog line" of the Holy Spirit, the "Keep your eyes upon the goal and the victory in your soul!" It's more that "little dog" will grow, and the truth, and your concept more than a mindset! It's more than a feeling! It's more than a or perception of it will grow, too; it will involve more and more conviction! It's "the victory that overcometh the world, even your factors, which also include some pretty sharp teeth that some faith!" It's that "little strength" that you have and put to use by folks are simply scared of. drawing power from Heaven that is much greater than your own! It's putting that "little strength" to use, that you've got, and The first thing to do in order to cure people from something making it work, and pulling down with it the tremendous power of that's wrong with them is to make them aware of it. Most people God. It's finally getting your eyes off yourself, and your petty are not even aware of the fact that they're afraid of the truth. little problems and situations, and focusing where it counts: You may indeed be very small and seemingly insignificant, but you've You can be a healer of their souls & spirits. You've got the got one mighty God, and He can make all the difference in the healing balm for their wounded and scared hearts, and you have universe for you, if you just apply your little strength of faith to the love which casteth out all fear. switch on His mighty power and make it work in your life. It's all about cultivating that love. People grow and cultivate all kinds of things, but that's the most important thing you can For every problem you may encounter in life, no matter how cultivate and make it grow. small or insignificant (for there is no such thing), and even if the apparent reward for it seems to be nil or irrelevant, there is always a solution that I am more than willing and ready to give 233 _________________________________________________ and reveal to you, as soon as you start doing the right thing, Ask Me for a supernatural portion of love - the kind of love which is to focus on Me, the Solution-Giver, instead of the that loves your enemies, and those who consider themselves

better than you. As with all trials and confrontations, in the end you will see that you'll have learned a valuable lesson out of it that will have strengthened your convictions about why you are the way you are or why you do or believe certain things, even if others may happen to see things differently. The more you become a public figure and representative of My Cause, the more youre going to be subject to the scrutiny, judgment and criticism of others. As long as youre hiding in the dark, the moths wont bother you, but as soon as you let your light so shine before men, theyll sure come at you and make sure youve got what it takes 234 _________________________________________________ My Word gives you great power. It can be a weapon for great good, but if not wielded wisely, it can also cause hurt and damage. The way of My warriors is not ruthless, but generally meek. We fight with love. Our most important weapon is our sample of love. It is even more important than the truth you preach, for without love, even the truth is nothing. The truth is love, and love is the truth. Without love, there is no truth and can be no truth. So, first of all, you've got to bear in mind, in heart and soul the love, without which everything becomes nothing. More important than who is right or who is wrong is love. How great is your capacity to love? How clear is your sample of love? Love wins against the odds. When the conquering kingdom is ordained by My hand, then you'd do better to yield to it and to welcome it and accept it, even as My punishment, My way of disciplining the world for its sins that they are often unaware of, and thus self-righteously defend their "innocence," which unfortunately only exists in their minds... The right attitude to have toward the coming AC kingdom is not one of defiance as yet, since it is coming as My final judgment of the world, and like all things, you must take it as from My hand, and herald and welcome it as My course of events that I have chosen for the world, not like many of those American Christians, who think they've got to prevent it at all costs, in order to preserve the freedom of their oh-so "godly" nation. My warriors fight with meekness, because they know the victory is not theirs, but Mine. I give the victory. There are those who confide in their own pride, their own abilities, their own arm, but all these things are vanity, compared to what I consider important, which is unity, love and humility. What truly counts is not to make a name for yourself or to leave your mark in the world or history or to establish your own position as some kind of hero. It's more important that you establish a church and function as one of My co-establishers of something greater than any mere personal cause or agenda. The teamwork factor is more important nowadays than who's right or wrong, who's got the truth all pinned down to a tee, who's the smartest or best or most righteous, etc. I have given you the power to become whatever you want to be. Are you going to use that power for your own glory, interest and whatever you want? Or are you going to use it for the humbler, more painful path of love?

water, and you can hardly see the baby anymore, so you're tempted to just tip the whole tub over and spill it all out... good riddance. But you're forgetting the main purpose of it all: that baby. It's gotta come out clean, and it's gotta be cared for, dressed and fed and loved. It's not who can get rid of all the dirty water the quickest. Sometimes you've got to look below the surface and see what's still swimming there in the hazy mist or soup... It could be the purpose of it all, that you haven't even seen yet or even considered yet, nor even suspected that it was there... So, handle that baby with care. Handle your fellow humans with kid gloves, and most importantly with love. That's what it's all about, the A and Z of our story. Without love, it's all worth nothing. Always keep the love factor in mind. Your war, your effort, your fight is nothing without love. Let your truth always be spoken or written with love. That's what makes the difference and what will change the world. Change the world with love. 235 _________________________________________________ As long as you still rely on anything about yourself, you're not putting your whole trust in Me. Putting your trust in your natural self allows pride a foothold in your life. What people really like is a spirit of humility. What they almost admire most about you is your courage to humble yourself before them. Humility enables you to reach people. Pride doesn't. Pride is what stands between you and them. Even if that pride is only something you resort to as a sort of protection to keep you from getting hurt, that fear of getting hurt is still a sin you need to overcome. For you must trust in Me, trust that I will protect you. You don't have to protect yourself. Let Me be your shield and buckler. You don't have to enwrap yourself in all those coverings. You've got to develop the courage, the love and the trust to just expose your soul, to bare yourself before them and let them see your heart. It's the Spirit that touches them. 236 _________________________________________________ It takes faith to see beyond the circumstances of your age, the shape and the demands of your body; all the physical factors that would make up a perfectly acceptable argument in favor of not doing that crazy thing your heart is tugging you to do. But then, certain things never would have happened, if there wouldn't have been that someone to disobey their carnal reasoning or the voices of comfort that sounded so much like "home." Instead, they wandered out into the wilderness, into the unknown, and did the unbelievable, things that even their own brethren at first would not understand. They forsook all that made perfect sense to the rest of the world for some call they felt in their hearts and they just couldn't ignore... that defied all their flesh would have wanted and beckoned them to do.

I'm not denying that there are unfavorable circumstances involved in the option of My higher will. But also know that I have given you greater power than ever before to overcome unfavorable circumstances, obstacles, and The one factor that the rationalists just can't see is love. If I have even blockades in your own mind or heart. All you've got to do is chosen mankind to be vessels for My Spirit of love, then who is put forth that believing will and say "yes" to My highest option any rationalist to consider himself smarter than Me? and greatest challenge for you. It takes love to grasp that deeper wisdom that goes beyond that which you can figure out or understand or analyze with your rational mind. 237 _________________________________________________ To know Me is to know Heaven. If you've got Me in your It's good you're exposing all the lies of the Devil, but you've got heart, you've got Heaven in your heart. to beware of tossing the baby out with the filthy bathwater: the baby is still there. That baby is mankind, and it's going through There will be Heaven on Earth, because a good deal of Heaven's its spring bath right now. The Devil has gravely polluted that population is going to come down to invade the earth and take it

over by force, by battle, and by an actual, physical revolution. The tyrant who will have usurped this earth for too long will finally be toppled and disposed of, and the King of Heaven will reassume His rightful title of King of Heaven and Earth.

Wishing things were different so that you can do better just won't work. You've got to make the best out of what you've got, you can do your best to make things better from where you are, and you'll see that that's the way to get ahead, or change the A lot of garbage will have to be disposed of, before things are circumstances. You yourself can change them, either through going to be the way they ought to. It's no wonder you can't see your prayers or actions or words, but never through moaning clearly now, or that you don't feel at home in that world, nor too and complaining about them. happy, because, basically, what it amounts to right now, is a pile of garbage. The king of garbage and slop permeates the The power to change things is in your hands. atmosphere and every sphere and realm of the living, trying to You don't like the way things are? Change'em! convert it into the realm of the living dead. The only thing you can pin your hopes and dreams on, is the future, a future in which all that sickening garbage of the Devil will finally disappear and life will at long last be what it ought to have been all along. I have a job for you to do that's crucial in getting together the right team for that future: the clean-up crew has to be complete, and the ones who will rule this planet and teach people in My ways must all be found and brought to Me. As long as folks are focusing in all kinds of different directions than Mine for their fulfillment and happiness, it's no wonder there's chaos. They all seek their own thing, and not Mine. They all want to get their bellies full of fun, and they consider Me boring. Why should they be spending time in serious things, such as the meaning of life? It's plain and obvious what the meaning of life is all about: have some fun while ya can! And then they wonder at the end of the day why, after all this chasing for fun and pleasure, they still feel even less satisfied than beforehand... As long as they put their own desires first, they're going the opposite way of where happiness really is found. Choosing to walk My path is seldom something that can be done collectively, but is based on individual decisions. You can't "collectively" make it for anyone. Every person must make it for themselves. Having it affect you personally forces you to deal with it. No way of ignoring the Enemy's workings. No way of getting around having to deal with his devices and tricks he uses to enter even the walls of the "very elect" unrecognized. 238 _________________________________________________ The time will come when maturity will be required of you, and taking the responsibilities seriously. When I see that you're ready to be trusted with more, then I will give you more. It's good that you question and test yourself, and check your own heart, "Now, was this really right or good what I did or said or passed on?" Many are too self-confident to double-check with Me about their actions. An outstanding shepherd questions his own actions sometimes. He doesn't take for granted that just because of his position he might never be making a mistake. He stays aware of making potential mistakes. I will honor you with responsibilities according to the levels of progress you're reaching. The art consists in recognizing and appreciating the privilege of what I've handed you already, instead of wanting more, or wishing the circumstances were better. I judge you by what you make out of the circumstances I've handed you. If you moan forever about "if only circumstances were better, then I'd do better, too," I don't buy that. A real leader and world changer is one who makes the best out of the circumstances he finds himself in; he trusts Me for what I'm doing, knowing that with Me, nothing shall be impossible. 239 _________________________________________________ I don't mind you having fun, but I do mind you making a god out of it... I need you as a reliable soldier. I need you to make that transition from flesh to spirit, from putting the emphasis on physical things to putting it on spiritual things, I need you to put first things first and seek first the Kingdom. Seek first My Kingdom and the Sun of Righteousness, which shall arise with healing in its wings. That Sunshine is going to make you righteous and whole, and give you a golden glow you'll never lose! Let it shine on you and make it shine from within you! I don't want you to invest so much time in what you are, as in what you are going to be. I wish for you to take your spiritual nourishment and care and grooming as serious as you would the care you bestow on your physical body. What We've got to offer over Here is so much better, so much healthier, so much more worthwhile than the kicks and thrills you've got in the physical world. We need you where you are, but with a good and solid connection to Our World, so that you can pass on what you're receiving from Us. Not only in the form of the words you're receiving from us, but also in the way you act, your sample, your whole way of living, the attitude of faith that goes out from you that so contradicts and goes against their pitiful and fretful grind. Convey the message to your people that there's no reason to be so afraid. "Be of good cheer, because there's Someone, in fact, a whole dimension full of someones who care for you, are concerned about you, so, why worry and fret so much? You're all in good hands!" If you can only convey that to people, it will already be worth so much and such a comfort to them. In fact, you will have become the very voice of the Comforter Herself to the children of men! Bring them a message from their Heavenly Mother, that She cares for them and keeps an eye on them and has got Her loving and caring arms around them, and they don't need to be afraid. And there are the loving, strong and caring arms of the Father, as well, Who will not let them experience any harm, if He can help it. All they need to do is decide to believe and accept Him through Me, the older Brother Who came and laid down His own life for them in order to spare them any punishment they might deserve. All they need to do is turn to Me, the Sun of Righteousness, like a sunflower turning its face to the sun as it rises... But so many live in darkness, oblivious even to the mere fact that there is any such thing as the sun. Or maybe they can experience it or feel it, but they don't know how to describe it, they don't know what it is. You've got to fill in the blanks for them and let them know that it's Me, so that they can avail themselves of My Power properly. The children of men have always needed help in learning how to avail themselves of the powers and sources of energy that lay hidden all around them. What you've got to do and you're in charge of is letting them know about the greatest Source of Energy in existence that they can tap into for the asking...The Source of all life and all Power, even much greater than the sun, greater than atomic power, greater than electricity or gravity or

any power they know. The Great Power behind them all: the Factor that unites all the forces of nature or physics, the great spiritual Force Which created them all in the first place - the God Factor that's not to be despised. Once you've availed yourself of the God Factor in your equations, then everything else starts making beautiful sense. All the question marks slowly turn into exclamation marks of wonder and awe... 240 _________________________________________________ You're going to learn to develop a more positive attitude toward people... You're saying, "But Lord, the older I get, the more cranky I seem to get: I start noticing the flaws in people more easily, etc..." But it doesn't matter. I can help you overcome those circumstances. You've got at your disposal My very best teams, all ready to support you and assist you in licking the Enemy and getting him out of your system for continued smooth functioning and a happy ending. All you've really got to do is stick close to Me and not get tripped off so easily, not get distracted or lured away by the Enemy's shiny temptations; and I know he's planted them out there aplenty. Just remember that it's best to just stick close to Me. Keep your focus on My Sunshine, that will keep you warm, bright and cheery even through the darkest times. You will have an inner source of strength that people are going to feed off and draw life from, draw hope from, and a reason to go on, even when all hope seems lost. You won't even have to do a lot of talking, a lot of persuading; all they'll need to do is look at you and your calm, cheerful trust that everything's going to be alright, and they'll believe and trust you for it. I'm always beckoning to come, there's always more I want to show you and share with you... One of My biggest problems with the children of men is that usually they can't sit still long enough, they're not patient enough; they've got to be up and running someplace and doing something, when instead they could be learning of Me the mysteries of the universe. A low level of energy in the physical can sometimes be a blessing in disguise, and My way of saying, "Here, sit down with Me for a while, and let Me refill and strengthen you." But many people are too much into their gear of ever doing things and accomplishing things, instead of just letting go and letting Me... They feel that in order to be needed by others, they've also got to do those things that make them indispensable. Their self-worth is determined by their actions, so, they feel that if they're not capable of doing anything, then they're also not worth much, they don't amount to anything if they can't do anything. It's true that your rewards are going to be given you according to the works you did, but the best possible you can do to begin with is to just yield and be a vessel to Me, so that I can fill you with the right kind of energy, the right kind of incentives that are going to enable you to do the kind of works that require My strength to do it through you, so that you can give Me the glory for them.

limelight... Being accepted by others makes you too comfortable about who and what you are already. But I want you to keep changing, I want you to keep moving and progressing more in My direction. I have a different plan for everybody. Something different works for everybody, and one of these days you'll realize how My hand was at work in a different way in everybody's life. Its okay to be following slightly different patterns of development from everybody else, as long as you stick close to Me. Sticking close to Me is a lot better than sticking to the wrong kind of people or even developing the wrong kind of traits around the right kind of people... You must learn to see with My eyes, to think My thoughts and to speak My Words, and you simply don't learn that by constantly being surrounded by people, trying to be funny. If you can't trust what's happening in your life, at least you can trust Me for it, that I'm not going to allow it to lead you astray. 242 _________________________________________________ The refusal of some to believe in a life after death stems from their fear of the consequences. What would expect them there? Certainly they would have to face the consequences for their selfish actions in this life, and they fear they would be punished. So they prefer to push it away into the realm of the unbelievable, the unacceptable, the non-existent - in their minds. That's why it's so important that you portray an accurate picture of Me: that of a forgiving God. People need to know that the reason why they don't believe in a lot of things is because they don't want to believe in them, because they're subconsciously scared of the consequences. And your job is to let them know that there's nothing to be afraid of. I'm not nearly as bad as they think! 243 _________________________________________________ The experience every human being gleans from their choices is what makes it all so special, and what makes this "Big Picture" so exciting in the first place. What kind of a drama would have been there if everyone would have been programmed to do good from the beginning to the end? Not much of a story to tell. In fact, no story at all... The lessons of the suffering that mankind is going through right now because of their wrong choices, will be there forever. My Kingdom will be run by those who will have learned to make the right choices, and that should make quite a difference. Once the story is told, there will be lessons learned from it that will lead to a much happier sequel and continuation of the story.

The art consists of learning to make the right choices right now, in spite of the manifold temptations and urges that would beckon you to make the wrong ones. Will you, by your choices you make each day in your life, prove yourself worthy to be counted among those who will have earned the privilege of leading My people in a better way in the future? Will you be able to show forth that you have learned to make the right choices? People are sick and tired of leaders who keep making selfish 241 _________________________________________________ choices, or whose motives are selfish and wrong in the first Its better for Me to keep you low, small, and unrecognized. It place, who are subject to the same temptations as they are and keeps you more desperate and dependent on Me. It also keeps fall for them, all the while claiming they're something better, and you less distracted by the effort to try and please everybody. that they should have earned themselves a right to lead others, Being "Mr. Nice Guy" is a very time-consuming role to play, and I when upon closer inspection there isn't really much that would have something different for you in mind. qualify them for such a position. People are getting sick and tired of unrighteous and corrupt What counts to Me is you, your soul and personality; that which leadership, that's why I need My future world leaders to make you really are, not the role you play when you stand in the choices that will prove that they have learned to do better.

to utter My Words and praises, the rocks will cry out, if need be maybe symbolic of all the stony hearts I'm having to change into ones that are finally yielded to Me, and willing to do My bidding... I have to do with what I've got. But somehow the counsel and praises of God will be preached, somehow His work will get done. I know the flesh of My servants and handmaidens is weak, though their spirits be willing. What I need for My kingdom is rulers, men and women of It's easier and more natural for them to want the tangible, the integrity who won't succumb to such temptations, but who will visible, rather than the invisible, the eternal, and I know their truly rule in righteousness. frame, remember that they are but dust, as a father pitieth his I need truly righteous leaders who will be able to withstand the children... Devil's accusations. You know what I'm talking about. You see it all the time, when your children are concerned with temporal matters, and only with If you walk through life trying to make sure that there wouldn't be the momentary satisfaction, the here and now, oblivious to there anything the Devil could rightfully accuse you of, then you will be and then... indifferent to it. ready when the time comes. I need you to do a better job, show more integrity and simply be more upright men and women in heart than those who are ruling 246 _________________________________________________ the world today. Change and progress isn't going to happen by watching and looking on and then being disappointed that it won't... Some Some of them might even have good incentives, but they may things you've got to make happen, and one of the surest ways to still be deceived by those they adhere to, and they don't have the make them happen is to start off by praying for them to happen. courage to see the truth about them, and thus to stand up to Once you've prayed for something, I can then help you to them. Some are blinded to believe in this present System, and crystallize it and manifest that prayer, showing you what you can they refuse to see the truth about the rulers of the darkness of most effectively do to put feet to your prayers. this world who are really ruling things from behind the scenes. "The hare never made it, but the tortoise did." You may be Those who have not chosen My way above all fall prey easily to putting a lot of energy into your thing, your determination to the deceivers' schemes and plots. Those who lust for power will make the race, but then, if you get discouraged by being all alone fall for their schemes, not only because they are so intricate, but there up front, or too exhausted and fall asleep, then it can easily also because ultimately they want to, because the price for the be that all those other slow pokes are going to pass you and true path is too high for them to pay. arrive at your destination before you. So, why not adjust your speed a bit to everybody else's and just I need valiant leaders who are not afraid, who won't be flow with the flow a bit more, instead of always feeling like you've intimidated by any frightening prospects, because they know that got to rush ahead? He that is in them is greater than he that is in the world. Don't sin by missing the mark because you're in some hurry. I need leaders whose Sun and Shield am I, whose righteousness Take your time to aim straight, and take it slow... is none of their own, but Mine, who are washed through and Sometimes you get into a hurry by letting someone push you through in My blood and in the confidence in Me, that I am the around, when I want you to move at My pace. one Factor that makes them invincible, makes them right, and will see them through, no matter what. I need leaders whose only hope is I, who know that there is none 247 _________________________________________________ other, least of all any of their own goodness or righteousness or That "cross before you" isn't just a nice metaphor, it isn't just greatness except Mine. a line, you can sing along meaninglessly. Taking up your cross is a hardcore reality that you've got to accept in the matrix of your understanding, your concept and perception of what's to be 244 _________________________________________________ expected out of this life. Your cross is your destiny. Quite a few people don't lack the boldness, drive and And just like with Me, and every other true follower of Mine conviction to push their cause in the natural, but they sometimes throughout history, your cross will always be provided for you by lack the integrity to make really sure that their cause is truly the people. right one, truly a righteous one, and not just their own thing. If you keep in mind that that is your destiny, just as it was Mine, What are you advertising for? Merely yourself, or the greater you won't be disillusioned, you'll know what to expect. Cause? Your job, which is seeking first the Kingdom of God, which again There have been many who pretended to be advertising and consists of people, is your cross. Those people who constitute working for Me, but in the end really only put the emphasis on your job for Me, and that you're supposed to lay down your life their own thing, their own church, or their own name, their own for, also become your cross. TV program, etc. As My follower and as a partaker of My sufferings, that is what you've got to expect. You have to know what your product is, and what exactly it is That cross is real. It's a reality. And you've got to bear it willingly. you're selling and trying to sell. If it's Me, then make it clear. And You've got to stop trying to avoid the hurt and the pain, but if it's something else, then take into consideration whether that is realize that it's essential it belongs. If you try to evade it and really a worthwhile cause to be putting your name, your time and run from it, you'll never learn the lessons you should, you're effort behind it. never going to get the point, and what's worse, you'll fail your Is it something you wouldn't have to be ashamed of being destiny. affiliated with or having advertised for when we'll be considering You've got to allow them to "crucify" you and cause you that your earthly works in the halls of Heaven? Will you be able to say pain. You cannot run from it or try to resist it... It's your destiny that you really invested your life in My Cause? not to fight back. Learn from Me how to take that suffering and hurt from people without resisting it, without any attempts of defending yourself; you've just got to let it be. 245 _________________________________________________ My nature is trust. Trust that even if no one is found willing That's why forgiveness is such a great and ever recurring theme. It's easy to abuse one's position for their own good. It's easy to lighten up on yourself while being tough on everyone else. It's easy to say, "I can behave this way because of my position." It's easy to make excuses for yourself once you're in an elevated position. That's what nearly everyone does, and that's what's robbing people of their hopes for any better future.

It's not just about forgiving a past hurt that already happened. It's about forgiving as you experience the pain, it's accepting the pain, and forgiving in real-time. You won't be shocked or surprised by the pain, because you've been expecting it, and you won't just endure it reluctantly or begrudgingly, but willingly, yes, even cheerfully, if you've been given that grace; that grace to pray for your enemies as they crucify you. How much have you prayed for those who hurt you? If they reject and resist you, rejoice, for so have they done with Me, and it means you're in the same boat with Me. You can learn some of the same lessons I learned, experience some of the same things I did, and bring forth some of the same fruits, accordingly; most of all, the fruits of really being able to love and pardon. You don't accuse them while they cause you pain, you don't criticize or judge them or label them, much less fight back with the same weapons they use, but you forgive, you pardon, you love. That's real greatness. You haven't yet begun to love, to forgive and pardon as I did; you haven't even yet begun to fully grasp the concept of that love, as long as you're resisting the pain and the suffering and the hurt that people deal you inevitably when you're following My path. You still seek pleasure and good times, you still seek the easy road. But I'm trying to gently lead you away from it, because it's not your road. You can find real joy if you willingly choose the path of suffering I have laid out for you. Everyone has a different path to walk, and this is your path. To lead and shepherd and guide your people through very difficult times is the destiny and purpose for which I am preparing you, so quit seeking the happiness and pleasures of the normal life, the artificial and superficial happiness that everyone else seeks. The true happiness you seek is only found in voluntarily choosing the path of suffering for My people, the path I have chosen, and the path that marks the life of everyone of those who have chosen to truly follow Me, although they all may be manifested in different ways. What matters is that you accept your path, and not try to walk someone else's path. Once you've accepted your path and you realize that the suffering is nothing strange about it, but that it belongs, and that it just serves to eradicate the impurities, you'll also find yourself of greater service to My people, and find that there will be those who'll receive your healing, your message, your sacrifice... just as there were those who did receive Me; those who make it worth it all. 248 _________________________________________________ The wrong thing to do would be to harden your heart and react to rejection by withdrawing. Sometimes the threat of the loss of unity with the only person available makes you willing to invest in that unity what you haven't been willing to invest before: you become willing to sacrifice more of your independence, and to bend to their opinion and way of doing things. You become more open to bending what thus far seemed a pretty stiff and stuck-in-your-rut attitude. It makes you more willing to put up with their quirks and face confrontation. It's becoming a price you're more willing to pay, and you're beginning to realize that what you've had was something rare and precious. If you leave things up to chance, or even the remote possibility that there is such a thing as chance, you're sunk. Only if you realize that all things come from My hand and are - contrary to what may seem at first glance - carefully planned, are you able to

appreciate all the factors in your life for what they really are, the tremendous blessings in disguise you so often take for granted, just because you figure you couldn't possibly be that lucky. You've got to be so absolutely sure of My hand and My doings in your life, of My involvement in it, that you don't fall for that illusion of chance for one minute... the delusion that perhaps everything is ruled by a universal cast of the dice, and the outcome is as uncertain as anything else in this life... You may not see the plan, but I've got a very clear picture of it, and I can let you partake of My knowledge, My wisdom, My vision, My goals and My plans for you, and not for you only, but for this whole planet and mankind per se, just as I have already given you a general outline of it in My Word. Humility is keeping on trusting Me steadily for whatever I'm doing in your life, in spite of however unworthy you may seem of it, since it's got nothing to do with your "worth" or "worthiness" to begin with. Thats all you've got to do, basically: Just keep trusting Me, no matter what. 249 _________________________________________________ I'm drawing you close to Me, the only One in Whom you will find satisfaction, and the only One Who won't let you down and can live up to your expectations. Even if it means that you'll have to be putting up with the one little flaw in our relationship, that you can't see Me right now... The perfect is by faith. For now. It will come, and you'll see it, and see that it will all have been worth it, but for right now, it's all by faith, and you'll have to walk by faith, and not by sight. You cannot project hopes which can only be fulfilled by Me on a frail human being... You mustn't. Otherwise, disappointment will be your lot, and your cynicism and skepticism will grow and grow, and make you all the harder to get along with people. You must not look with eyes of expectation, but with eyes of readiness to give. You must not be a vacuum, when it comes to people, but a filler of their vacuums and needs. You must flip from receiving mode (which you're in when you're with Me) into giving mode when you're with people. You cannot expect from people what only I can give. Receive from Me, and then pass on what you've received. Stop regarding other people as sources of inspiration who might minister to you and fill your needs. It's not going to happen, because I expect you to be receiving that inspiration straight from Me, and instead of expecting additional inspiration from them, you must pass on what inspiration you get from Me to them. Make Me the focus of your hopes and dreams, I'm the only One Who can fulfill them. 250 _________________________________________________ Success lies elsewhere than the visible and temporal realm, the goal lies in the spiritual world, and that's where the true treasures of wisdom and insight and greater love are gleaned from. Happiness is not determined by physical circumstances, but circumstances can be completely defied by an inner power and conviction, a spiritual force; My power... It's My power you'll want to give and convey to people. Just focus on the power, not only as that which you constantly want to receive from Me, but also as that which you want to give and pass on to others. I want you to equip those who cross your path with the means and weapons to fight life's battles more effectively. I want you to

help equip them with My gifts, with My power, My light to guide them through life's trials and battles successfully. What really matters is not your physical position, but your place at My feet, where you can learn from Me and from those prophets which were before you that which is essential to give and pass on to those who will be ready to receive you and your message and whatever you will have to give, especially when the troubles which are to come and must come will come. What people think about you is totally and completely irrelevant. All that matters is that you will be ready then to feed them the words of life that they will need in order to survive, a voice of hope in the time of their greatest darkness... 251 _________________________________________________ One of the greatest temptations of the children of men is to always want to have the afar-off, to want what they don't have, to despise what they have been given, and instead only crave and focus on that which they have not. It's one of the Devil's favorite tactics to breed discontent. That's why I'm trying to train you in the usage of the weapon of praise, to make it known to yourself, to Me and the universe that you are grateful for and appreciate what you've got, so that none of these murmuring spirits that make you begrudge what you have, and none of those enticing spirits that lure you into ever wanting what you don't have, can take ahold of you and make your life and that of others miserable. In order to receive more, you must praise Me for what you have already got. Thank Me for what you have received already, and I will gladly pour out more. That's the secret to obtaining more. The more you focus on Me and on what I have given you already, the fullness I have already blessed you with, the more that deception is going to disappear that you're still lacking anything, that there might be something else you need in order to be truly happy and fulfilled. 252 _________________________________________________ The flesh fights being desperate and being dependent... it wants to be happy and independent. And so it shows you other directions in which to look for satisfaction. You consume and consume, trying to fight that gloomy, dreaded feel of desperation, which would drive you straight into My arms. Sometimes you tend to forget that it's a fight, and you run into your day, just like any ordinary day, let your hair down & just relax, without wanting to deal much with the fight it entails. But the problem is that if you don't fight, chances are that you're rendering territory over to the Enemy... If he doesn't encounter much of a resistance he'll make himself as comfortable in your life as you let him get away with. No matter how tired you are, or how exhausted from the day before, or whatever the circumstances are, everything I put before you is a purposeful challenge, and you ought to be making the most out of it.

You become like a magnifying glass that can bundle the sun's light into a pretty powerful source of heat and energy that can start a whole fire, when focused on the right receptacle: any material ready to burn and give its life to shine a light and give warmth to others. The power of focus can help you to discipline yourself to become more single-minded, and not allow other tempting thoughts to lure your mind away from the essential. You won't allow your thoughts to wander, you won't give in to those voices of temptation beckoning you and luring you away from Me, no matter how pressing and urgent they sound. You know that this is more important. You consider staying focused on Me, in order to hear My voice and receive more of My instructions, more important (Job 23:12). When listening to Me becomes more than a chore, more than just one more thing to do on your schedule of routines, but when it becomes all that matters to you, all you live for, the most important thing, then you realize what it means, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God," and you'll know what I meant by telling My disciples, "I have meat that ye know not of... to do the will of My Father in Heaven" (John 4:32,34). When all you're interested in is Me and what I have to say, and what I want you to do, then you'll be fulfilling the prerequisite for really getting things done for Me. You've determined to forsake everything else and lay it on the altar before Me; what I really call "forsaking all." When you really put that thing on the altar and leave it there, without saying, "Okay, time is up, can I have it back now?" and all you care about is My will and if there's anything else I might have to say to you, then I can really use you. You don't pay any more attention to the supposed lack, but put your entire focus, your whole spectrum on the Filler. You don't stare at the problem anymore, but only at the solution. You know the problem has become irrelevant, because all that matters is Me, the Solution, in Whose shadow any problems become ridiculous, anyway. That's when you realize that prayer is the most effective action you can take, and you finally value that weapon for what it's worth: more than anything you could ever muster up in your own strength. 254 _________________________________________________ Your life and destiny are in My hands, so there is really no use in worrying... You're going to have to trust that all things that come to you come from My hand, and that I know what's best for you.

You're only getting to know the true side of the System if you're confronted with the ugly sides of it. Of course, the Devil is showing the youth - especially My youth - the best side and the best face of it, promising happiness and laughter... He also knows it's his perfect weapon to sow division between You must refuse the option to just drift along and simply not you, by creating different loyalties. Who are you going to remain make any progress. Because making no progress actually means loyal to when your children choose to give their loyalty to the regress: You're going back, instead of forward. System? How far are you going to compromise in order to accommodate them? Are you going to stay radical and dropped out, or are you going to compromise, and let them and their 253 _________________________________________________ whims have the rule over you? The more of a conscious effort you make to really focus and stay focused on Me, the clearer My messages to you will become, That's why it's easier for My children, in many ways, when the the more strength and energy they'll give you, the more faith System shows its true and ugly, devilish face and wreaks you'll develop, and the more your doubts will disappear. persecution over My church, than when it's all so "nice" and In other words, focus on Me equals strength and energy. peaceful on the surface. The more you disallow your mind to become distracted, the more It's true that their choices will influence you. But the extent to clearly you will hear My voice throughout the day. which you are willing to let theirs influence yours will again

influence their future decisions. If you choose to remain loyal to Me most of all, and refuse to compromise and refuse to settle for any cop-out the Devil may try to lure you into, then they will respect that in the end, and it will influence their final decision, as to what they will dedicate their lives to. If they see that you'll easily trade your spiritual birthright, heritage and convictions for any little whim of theirs, only in order to please them, without checking in with Me, just so that you will have the personal satisfaction you gain from having made your child happy, then they won't consider your convictions worth very much, nor a path that they'd consider following. Sometimes, in your efforts to find heaven on earth, you yield to the wishful thinking of how nice and easy it would all be if you could just live in peace with everyone, in peace with the System, in peace with the Devil, if possible, so that you could just have your peace. But "there is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked" (Isa.57:21). You can't really have peace with the wicked; and friendship with the world, sooner or later, will turn out to be enmity with God. 255 _________________________________________________ Things universally applicable are still subject to regional conditions. Day and night simply happen at different times in different parts of the world, the same as the seasons: while it is harvest time in one hemisphere, it is spring in the other, etc. One field may pray for protection and a flourishing work, while another might have to pray for judgment to set in, in order to bring about some kind of harvest and a condition where people's hearts are more receptive. I know what is best for My people. Just trust in My wisdom and leave the matter in My hands. Commit it into My hands, and I'll know what to do. I will go to work on it like a competent specialist. All it takes for you is to give Me the assignment (Isa.45:11). 256 _________________________________________________ Thats basically My goal when I apply judgment to people: I'm trying to finally get their attention. The judgment scare is very impressive and sobering, and I'm afraid we're not going to get around it in the long run. What we want most of all is that folks pay more attention to Me, right? You'll be better off if they do, they'll be better off, and I'll definitely be happier, too! Pray for something that's going to get their attention and will make them listen up! It's good that you want people to pay more attention to Me. But that's your job! It's your job to get people to listen to Me! One of the first Endtime events that has to unfold is, "And this Gospel of the Kingdom must be preached in all nations, and then shall the End come" (Mt.24:14). I still need you to do a bit more preaching, before I can ring in the last act! So, if you want the judgment to come, just make sure you do your part and warn them first! 257 _________________________________________________ The happiness of My children is more important to Me than the question whether they "really deserve this." Of course, the Enemy would be the first to pipe up, "Of course, they don't." But, as you can tell, quite often I ignore him and his protests. I see the heart. I see your efforts to do the best that you can, even if the results may be far from perfect. There might be many who would argue, "but they could do a lot better than that," but I don't look at the lack, at the failure, at the flaw, I just look at the effort, just like a man in love, who can only see the positive about the

one he loves. What counts with Me, more than whether they are a faithful steward over what they have been given, or whether they are lazy or diligent, is that they have chosen to be a vessel of Mine, a receptacle of My Words. I want to reward that willingness by keeping My promise to give those the desires of their heart who delight in Me. The only condition I gave was, "delight thyself also in the Lord." I didn't even say, "Exclusively." I said, "also." In other words, you can have your fun with those other things, too. But delight thyself also in Me, and you'll see that I'll be the One to give you your heart's desires! I'll be the One to fulfill your dreams and give you happiness that all those other things can't, and I will do so just because you had your delight in Me. You have the choice to be an instrument of My love to them that is greater than justice, greater than merit, greater than "tit for tat," or you can stick to your legalism. Sometimes you've got to show love in spite of your skepticism, your "better judgment" of what they deserve or not according to how they've been behaving, and you've just got to place a wild and daring bet on love, that if you give this love a chance, the result and outcome might yet surprise you. That's why I allow a lot of "irrational" things My enemies don't understand. Why do I seemingly bless those Christians so much, when they're so out of it, so selfish, so cruel to their fellowmen, so concerned about their own things? Well, I do apply My rod of correction in due time, but they're also all I've got. Who else will listen to Me? Who else will come and spend time with Me? I'm even thankful for that one hour on Sunday mornings. Sure, it's peanuts, compared to what they could and probably should be offering Me, but I'm still so grateful for whatever I can get, that I still gladly provide for them, protect and bless them, just as I have provided for you and blessed you... When you're willing to put your own life, comfort and liberty at stake for the sake of another's happiness, that's what I'd call living John 15:13. When you're willing to make sacrifices and cut off parts of your own supply in order to make another person happy, and are even willing to give that person an opportunity to potentially hurt you by disappointing you in case they will turn out not to be good stewards over the blessing you're willing to let them have, even against your own skepticism, that's what I'd call "greater love." 258 _________________________________________________ These times are simply too important for Me to risk having one of My key people become distracted with "the good life." There are more important things here at stake than the fun and diversion of a single soldier: the fate and future of My entire army depends on each one of you. Youre a lover of peace, but this is a time of war, and I'm asking you to fight for Me. Many who have fought and bled and died in wars didn't want to do so, but they did so out of duty for their country, their king, their cause, and now I need you also to display that loyalty for Me and My Cause, and show that you're willing to do that for Me, which by nature you're not so fond of... to fight. The Enemy won't leave you in peace, anyway. He won't stop and give in until he has you either conquered or defeated and out of the way, and thus far you have reluctantly fought back whenever he attacked you, but now is the time not just to defend what you've got, but to go on an all-out attack to snatch territory away from him that he is unrightfully usurping from Me. This is about your Kingdom, your Country, your future, your status as either victor or one more who's been conquered by this fraud. He thinks of himself as some kind of a great field Marshall and warlord, when in reality, all that he is, is a destroyer. And all he'll accomplish in the end is wreak considerable destruction

and wreckage. Distraction is the name of his game, in order to ensure your destruction. That's why you've got to remain vigilant and on guard, and not only that, but now I'm asking you to come off of your defensive position and strike him a unanimous blow. Show him that you're not afraid of him! Show him that you've got his number, and that you've got him pinned down, and that you're really convinced that I Who am in you is so much greater than he could ever dream of being. Now that I've begun to show you who you are, show him who you are! You may be some kind of upstart, compared to his millennia of fighting experience, but that that won't stop you from challenging him, from daring him, yea, from defeating him! It's true, you wish you had been more diligent in your preparation for this battle; that you had gotten more acquainted with your weapons and had taken this whole war more seriously... But you can still make it. With Me on your side you can't lose, whatever happens. I need you to defy him. I can't just let him take the floor and boast that there is none to challenge him, the way Goliath did before the children of Israel. You can be My David, the young lad who took up the challenge with but a slingshot and a sword, and you can knock him out, deal him a mortal blow. There is a time for everything: a time for peace, and a time for war, and this is a time for war. Now is the time to advance and no longer retreat, but to use whatever you've got on the battle field. 259 _________________________________________________ There are helpers assigned to specific areas in your life, and if you don't avail yourself of them and don't put yourself into a receptive position and mode in order to receive their help, something will be missing that was designed and destined to help you. I cannot do all the work alone. I have simply restricted Myself to not be doing it all on My own.

You could and should have a lot more prayerful attitude as you do your work, and stay in tune with us more. Praise Him for your pain and discomfort. Accept and drink the cup He has handed you to drink, the cup of your suffering. Don't murmur about it, but rejoice that you have been found worthy to suffer for Him. When you're trying to get something done for Him, and it becomes more difficult because the Enemy is allowed to touch your body with some pain or discomfort, then you're suffering for the Lord's sake, right? And that's a privilege. The Lord has been trying to teach you to take everything and accept every situation you face as a challenge or gift from Him, in the light of Romans 8:28. If you praise the Lord for your pain and discomfort instead of moaning and groaning about it, you'll notice the difference! The Lord allows them for various reasons: to slow you down, or not to take things for granted, to keep you humble, dependent on Him, or simply in order for you not to start feeling too much at home in this world and keep you remembering that this world is not your home, not your resting place, but to keep your vision and focus on the world that's to come. Let them make you sympathize more with the millions of people who suffer in this world, who don't know His healing power. For every problem there's a heavenly solution. Your task is merely to find it and avail yourself of it. It is work, sometimes. It takes time and elbow grease to implement them... But you won't get around that. Life simply takes time living.

260 _________________________________________________ (S.H.:) It's hard to believe that He should have folks and helpers up Here tailor-made to suit Your needs, but that's really, basically, the way things are. He must have known right from the start what you were going to need one day. So, just take my word (Spirit Helper:) I'm Vision. I'm here to give you a clearer picture of for it: Here, in Heaven's "Library" of helpers, you'll find any skills what's before you so that you can attack it better and thus spend you need! your days more efficiently. You've been scared by the churches into making sure whatever you get is "kosher" and "from the Boss." Well, the disadvantage of this is that you can sometimes cheat yourself out of opportunities to grow and make progress in certain areas the Lord would like you to expand in. Times are pretty desperate, and the situation is pretty urgent, and desperate times call for desperate measures... The early disciples and apostles didn't know exactly what hit'em when they were filled with the Holy Ghost... they just used the power. You have been given a greater understanding of how it works, and sometimes that knowledge stands in your way to really availing yourself of it more effectively. You figure you fare more safely if you just stick to one Voice, the Lord's. You're not so fond of being confronted with additional choices and decisions, such as, "Which helpers am I supposed to avail myself of today?" But if you stay open for any of us to talk to you at any given moment, then a lot more can be accomplished. We're a team, you know? And it's growing, too. There's a lot of action around you, constantly, in the spirit world, and it would be good for you to become more conscious, mindful and aware of it, so that you can participate more in the action, and allow us also to participate more in your actions, and be more involved in your day. Maybe we can help. Be open for help from us at any given moment. See if there isn't something we can do for you... a problem you need help with... 261 _________________________________________________ If you absorb My Word not just for consumption's sake, but the same way you would refuel a car: in order to get to a certain destination, then you're going to profit more from it. Go through My Word and read not just as a habit and a must, but with the vision in mind that it's supposed to give you insight, vision, strength and nourishment to achieve a certain goal, to fulfill My will for you today, to do the job I want you to do. 262 _________________________________________________ It's the equilibrium of all things and a just measure of all the ingredients that make up the secret of life. Availing yourself of My power makes the big difference... It's the breakthrough from death to life. I've had to let you experience the difference between walking the path of light, and thinking you're walking in it, all the while following the voices and phantoms the Enemy camouflages as Mine. He has done so since the beginning of time, and it's only life's experiences which truly teach you to know the difference. 263 _________________________________________________ My ways are above your way, and what I am doing right now you cannot see clearly yet. Just like some of the revelations I gave to Daniel and My other prophets, which didn't make sense to them in their own time. The only ones who would ever understand most of what they wrote, would live in the distant future...

What you are getting may not necessarily be exclusively for your contemporaries. Mozart never got around to enjoying the popularity of his music during his life-time. There is such a thing as "nostalgia" in Heaven. It will be a very interesting and fascinating study for untold millions and billions yet to come, what voices of truth were around during the great era of lies, the Endtime, when the Enemy was given full rein, and only a relative handful withstood the lure and magic of his mass hypnotism (Eze.33:33). Your job, in many aspects, is just to be there, making the truth available for those who want it. Many did not heed My prophets. The majority usually listened to the false prophets of peace, when there was no peace. You cannot force them to accept, receive or believe you; all you can do is lead the horse to the water, but you cannot make him drink. All you can do is give the message. Don't be concerned about the lack of its popularity. Truth has never been popular on a large scale. I'm not nearly as interested in numbers as in the degree of your dedication and faithfulness and effort to make the best out of what you're given, and I'm the only One who can fairly and objectively judge that, taking all factors into consideration. Fulfillment and happiness is found elsewhere than you have been previously led to believe, and it's got nothing to do with numbers.

They want to be entertained, not shaken up, provoked and challenged... One of the principal and most outstanding and pre-eminent lessons of your entire life, is not to look at man. Whenever another "star" appears on your horizon that you begin to focus on, instead of Me, then I have to allow things to happen that prove to you that this new idol has feet of clay just like all the previous ones... I was criticized by My own followers, brethren and closest friends, betrayed by one of them, and denied by another... Walk a mile in My shoes! If you want to follow My path, then that's what's going to be expecting you. Outstanding qualities are always balanced with weaknesses to make up for them. If they want to criticize and accuse you, they have a right to do so. You've got to go on in spite of the naggers that will always be around, knowing that I always allow those, too, in order to test you, because you're still anything but perfect, and there's still some purging necessary. Leave the responsibility and also the glory to Me. This is My thing; not yours: you don't have to worry about it.

Just give all the credit & glory to Me, and nothing will go wrong. I'm the only One Who can handle it, since I'm totally free of pride. Some folks want to be able to come up with formulas for success Pride is the opposite of what I am, it's absolutely absent from My by numbers, the formula of success." When what really makes a nature. The only thing I pride Myself in is you, My bride, and the hit, is not any pattern of numbers one can follow, but divine Father, His infinite wisdom and glory. So, if you give all the credit inspiration. to Me, in return you'll receive some of that same grateful and humble Spirit that brings down true glory that glories in nothing In Heaven, we have different measurements by which we else but the One to Whom all glory, honor and power and calculate anyone's level of success. We don't go by numbers, the recognition is due... amount of souls one has won, although it's great if someone has Just get out of the way and be Mr. Invisible for a while, like Him. the gift to win hundreds or thousands to Me... But that still And a lot of folks blame Him for their unhappiness, including doesn't necessarily make anyone a greater saint than a you, sometimes. So, if you're receiving some flak and feeling comparatively "unsuccessful" saint who's just been plodding rejected, welcome to the club! away faithfully at whatever their little tasks were they could do in order to make their world better for Me. 265 _________________________________________________ So, don't worry about those big numbers! Let it fall into the The Devil won't fight those who show forth their own category of, "Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them righteousness. not!" Since he advocates his own righteousness, he also encourages If you want to seek great things, seek the things I consider great, people to develop their own sense of righteousness, and, of which will usually not be great achievements to call your own, course, the message he's trying to spread, is that everybody is but things like faithfulness in helping others to live a happier life, basically more righteousness than God and His followers, and he sticking up for the truth, and doing whatever is necessary to tries all he can to make Me and My followers look as bad as further My Cause, without any great expectations of fame and possible. glory in this world... He certainly won't ever give you credit for anything truly righteous you did for My Cause. And he'll always inspire whoever If you want to seek a truly great gift, seek the ability to love and he can to be voices of his own criticism of you. If you refuse to give love. listen to him, he'll find mouthpieces who'll voice audibly what he's got to say to or about you. People have a distracting effect on you, and I can't allow you to be distracted from Me. I know your heart, and how you can just If you find yourself in an absolute minority, it just makes you and devote your entire time to pouring out to people, but that's not your message and your position and task in this world all the necessarily what I want from you right now, when what you've more outstanding, special and significant. got could benefit so many more people, even if not immediately. You wonder, "Who is going to accept our preaching?" It's once again the choice between the immediate gratification Well, even if no one does, your success isn't measured by how and instantly visible result of success, and that which you many people will have accepted your message, but by your cannot see, which is only by faith. faithfulness in proclaiming it. Have a little bit of a vision for the future, which promises grander success than what you could ever expect from this world. My solution never sounds as interesting to people who are not really in desperate need of a solution, who have everything running the way they think it ought... 264 _________________________________________________ I have let your world come tumbling around your ears, in order They can't stop you anymore than they could stop Me. for you to assure them that I'll still be there to hold and catch It's not you they're trying to stop, but Me. them when theirs will come tumbling around their ears... You will

have learned and experienced My realness, My Presence in times of trouble, and you will have a very real faith to offer to people. Arm yourself with godly knowledge, so that you may be well prepared in the days to come, to destroy Satan's strongholds in their hearts and minds, his constructed fortresses of disbelief. I want you to become a skilled master fighter and expert at pulling down Satan's strongholds and delusions in people's minds! 266 _________________________________________________ Most humans try to get around Me, their helpers, and those who feed them what their spirits need. Humans and animals alike prefer to stick to their own kind, if they can, and if they have enough fellowship with their own kind, they don't care much for other kinds at all, much less superior ones who, they figure, might lord it out over them... That's why "Ratatouille" was a nice example of an animal that was interested in the other kind, ready to learn from them, even though there were lots of hurdles and prejudices to overcome on both sides... That rat was actually able to pass on some of its skills to humans, too. We in the Spirit World learn a lot from the things you're going through in the physical. We benefit from the tastes you're developing, the savors and flavors you come up with, and it's something that works both ways... You're helping us, in a sense, to cook the master dish, and you slap in your own ingredients to the Big Picture, which make it perfect and round it off just the way it's got to be... Something We wouldn't have been able to do without you. I need each and every one of you to contribute your special and individual part to My ""potpourri" or "ratatouille," as it's called in French. You're also learning that I'm not nearly as bad and hostile as most other "rats" perceive Me to be, but you're one of those pioneers of inter-racial relationships who prove that there can be friendship between "gods" and men... Everything has a meaning. There are few who aren't oblivious to the meaning of everything, or even the very concept of meaning. I appreciate any help I can get from you in getting them to see beyond their physical needs, to help them to catch a glimpse of the heavenly flavors that are yet to be savored and discovered, whole new dimensions of enjoyment, similar to the way the rat in the movie taught his brothers about the varieties of food... If your eyes are open enough, you can see Me in everything, even in a story in which My Presence doesn't seem to be too obvious...

glamorous, glorious and oh-so-wonderful other side, trying to minimize what it is that you've got over on your lawn, among your own flock... Maybe an alternate version of your reality or of your church, your Family, whatever, might look better upon first glance. But upon second glance, who knows whether you might not have gotten yourself into a bigger mess? 268 _________________________________________________ Contrary to the ways of the world, the quality and quantity of My "natural resources" aren't diminishing, but improving, gaining and progressing with your increasing abilities to absorb and process what I'm giving you. You are not only becoming clean through the outpouring of My Words to you, but you're growing through them, your spiritual equipment and "pipes" are being improved and enhanced, and it's truly a noticeable development. You've been wondering about those Promises of Mine, of eternal life, that are all over the Bible. Sometimes the evidence of what you experience in the physical seems to be exactly the opposite: you grow older and weaker, your body obviously deteriorates. But what really counts is the spirit! Your spirit is being rejuvenated, invigorated, and by reading those words of Mine you feel young again. And that's only a shadow and tiny foretaste of what's to come and what's there in store for you! Whatever you give and pass on has got to be inspired, if you want it to inspire others. It cannot be just cold, dead facts or figures or words... It's got to be alive. It's got to be more than what's coming from your own carnal mind. That "little strength" you have is your receptivity to My signal, which is relatively weak and quiet, compared to all the blaring noisy signals the Enemy is sending out into the world, and it does require a certain skill to stay tuned to My signal. 269 _________________________________________________ It's all about learning the futility of the ways of man, compared to the ways of God. Youre learning how vain and futile the carnal efforts of man are, and how his way, brought to perfection, will only result in the ways of death. You've had to realize just how much man's ways oppose God's way. You've had to learn that God's way up is down. You've had to make all these, what you might call negative experiences, in order to glean wisdom from them. You've had to go down that road and taste from your own experiences, the hurt of your falls, just where it is that man's way is leading, and how much better God's way is, in comparison. There would have been no easier way to really drive this point home in a lasting and effective way.

Communication with the other, the different, that's what it's all about: the re-unification of all things... the restoration of the peace and unison that was there between My creatures in the beginning, and not be so stuck on your own kind only. You can watch a movie and read a book and learn a lesson from it. But nothing is quite the same as personal experience, when it Many people seem to be getting along better with animals than comes to learning. You can only glean so much from watching with their fellowmen. And with the path that many have chosen, others and learning from their experience. What will stick with you can't really blame those who can't relate much to their own you forever is your own experiences, your own pains and hurts kind... and consequences of your own poor choices and mistakes... 267 _________________________________________________ Nothing means as total a break with the System, as joining the Family. The grass always looks greener on the other side, especially to My sheep, for whom the Enemy, the great Deceiver constantly puts up new magic acts, specially featuring and presenting the 270 _________________________________________________ It turned out that making the right choices is sort of a rare phenomenon. It's not something that everybody does all the time. People are much more attuned, in general, to their own desires, wants, inklings and cravings, than to My bidding, and even those who do want to serve Me, usually prefer to do so on their own terms, within a well respected church or environment.

Not many are willing to pay the price for discipleship that is laid down in My Book: persecutions, sufferings, being a stranger in this world, slandered and lied about, and taking up your cross to die daily. 271 _________________________________________________ I want you to be a people of praise, known for your praises, your praiseful attitude, and your manifestations of love for Me. I need you to show the world that there is another level of spiritual maturity to attain. Show them an alternative to immature Christianity. 272 _________________________________________________ Whenever the Devil fights, you can assume that you're on the right track. If you weren't invading his territory and posing a real threat to him, he wouldn't care, right? Believe in the miracle that some will be healed and delivered from their addiction to the lie. Your job is to give the message in spite of any circumstances! I'm leaving the ball in your court, no whining about circumstances accepted. It's time for you to rise above them and look beyond them, to accept the power I have given you to change them or to act in spite of them! 273 _________________________________________________ Are you going to give in to the pressures of the world when they come knocking at your door? Will that little temporal peace you will have gained by just closing your eyes and ignoring the issue or shunning the confrontation have been worth the results and consequences of compromise? 274 _________________________________________________ You may have to dig a little deeper in order to find more precious gold & jewels from My mines and from My mind at times. Just because you've learned to mine them, doesn't necessarily mean that it's always going to be equally easy, or that the flow is constant. Even the mighty river has periods of more or less water. Sometimes you've got to show a greater desire and show just how much you really want it, and that you want Me and My input above anything else, which isn't the case all of the time. Sometimes you're simply more interested in other things... There's still much for Me to show and teach you and reveal to you, but the question is, are you ready for it? Do you really want it? Are you hungry for it? I'm not interested in becoming a habit or ritual for you. I like to satisfy you and fulfill and make you happy, but there's got to be a certain hunger and vacuum. I'm not interested in taking the second place in your life. Most of My children aren't interested in communicating with Me, and at times that's the reason why I'm not about to say much to them, either. Sometimes I have to allow them to undergo times of testing and trial, of temptation in the wilderness, and Gethsemane... Times when they feel like "Why hast Thou forsaken me?" Sometimes that leanness, emptiness and darkness was precisely what was necessary for the making of a man, the making of a warrior, or the making of a champion... You have to keep trusting in My love, fairness and faithfulness, even when I don't seem to be present, knowing that there is a good and perfectly just reason for what is happening. You can always find the cause for that silence or apparent "absence" in your own heart. If recognition and admission of your own sins is a prerequisite

for Salvation, you can assume that it applies to other areas of your life as well, such as My blessings or manifestations of My gifts... But you can always count on My readiness to forgive and to receive you back again with open arms, as soon as you're ready and receptive again for loving communication with Me. 275 _________________________________________________ Soft-hearted parents can sometimes really make a mess of things that they can wind up seriously regretting. You make up excuses in your head, and reasons for why you should allow this and that and the other, and "it's hard enough for them as it is without depriving them of this fun and that one..." As well-meant as leniency may be, the result and the end of that road can be fatal. It's one of the Devil's best counterfeits of "love" ever. In reality, it's only the parent's own desire to be loved, instead of having to deal with a confrontation. You settle for the immediate reward of your child's gratitude and affection, but will reap hell for it later... Sometimes, being a parent is just a real tough job, and it's a real tough fight, a downright battle. True and successful parenting is for warriors, because you must stand up and wield the weapon of truth valiantly and faithfully, stand true to your convictions at every turn and be willing to take blows for it. Otherwise, the Enemy himself will conquer you through your child by his disarming techniques. He will tempt you with the promise of your child's immediate love and affection, in order to let down your guard, give him yet another inch, and another, like the camel's nose, and he'll threaten you with horrific visions of the loss of your child's love if you dare to be as "foolish" to be tough and hold up a standard that is true to your inner convictions, the convictions based on the laws and rules laid down in My Word. It's easier to build a fence at the edge of the cliff now, than a hospital at the bottom of it later: a firm fence of My Word that lays down the rules and limitations in their hearts, so that they won't go astray from Me. Sure, it's work. And you keep hoping, "Oh, maybe everything is going to be alright, and they're not going to fall at all... Maybe we shouldn't worry so much..." But then, if you have any experience with kids at all, you know that if there's a danger, and if there's something they're prone to fall into in all their experimenting and trying out the world, they're more likely to fall into it than not. Its your duty as parents not to close your eyes to the danger and hope for the best, but to do what you can in order to keep the dreaded fall from happening. You have waited so long with the building of the fence that you're probably not going to be able to build it without any protest from them: "But I don't need any protection! You're not granting me any fun and freedom! You don't trust me!" etc. And so you're much more prone to taking the risk. "Oh, maybe we'll be lucky!" Well, you know My stance on luck! It's true that the fence won't be a 100% safeguard and guarantee that they won't fall down the edge after all, and you figure, "Well, then what? All that work will have been in vain!" Well the difference will be that you will know that you have done what you could, and you won't have to hold yourself to blame for what happened. You've got to do more than just hope everything is going to turn out good. Parenting and shepherding is a tough job, and if you want the kind of results from this job that you would like, you've got to invest a bit more than just some good hopes and a few prayers.

You're likely to see the result of hundreds of souls who could have been won but weren't, because you settled for a little bit of temporary peace by granting them some worldly pleasures and not insisting on their fulfilling their duties toward Me. You settled for peace when it was not a time of peace, but a time of war, a time to be alert, and you settled for peace with those with whom and for whom there is no peace, "for there is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked!" You will have failed to have ingrained in them the fundaments of the Family's beliefs that "friendship with the world is enmity with God. Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world, is the enemy of God" (James 4:4). Being a disciple and a warrior for Me has nothing to do with being nice. The word nice is nowhere to be found in the Bible and is simply not what I'm all about! Especially not what the world considers nice! Their niceness and niceties are only about skin deep, and if you dig a little deeper, they can turn out to be utterly treacherous and fatal! Just because certain people are nice doesn't mean that they're necessarily trustworthy. It's great to have friends! But you have to remember to uphold your standard, and that when it comes down to it, what they've got to offer, in comparison to the truth, is mere child's play and naivet. You should think twice if you really want to let your child settle for a path of the System's empty husks that they cast before their swine. Are you going to allow your children to make pig food their spiritual diet, when they could have feasted from the richness of the King's table? It's one thing when they are old enough to make that decision on their own. But to let them go the Prodigal's path right before your own eyes and in front of your noses would be downright foolish. 276 _________________________________________________ It's always the right time to do the right thing, and there will never be a time when it stops being the time to do the right thing, no matter what anybody or even everybody else does. Sheep always need a little nudge or shove in the right direction. Taking up the cross does take a little persuasion, coaching and shepherding to convince them to do the right thing. It takes a little salesmanship. You're supposed to be helping them to make the right decisions in life that will ensure their happiness, fulfillment and fruitfulness, as opposed to the way of the flesh, the path they would choose if you just let'em have their own way. The art is getting people to forsake their own way and convince them that Mine is better! In other words, you're trying to talk them into accepting My leadership and authority over their lives, and trading in their autonomy, which actually is nothing but the dictatorship of the flesh, for the rule of My Spirit, and let them experience first hand which one of the two paths it is that provides the greater joy and happiness. The art - especially with someone who knows Me and is somewhat familiar with Me (I'm saying "somewhat" because there is always a greater degree and always progress to be made in your walk with Me) - is to get them to stop iconizing Me, that is, have their mental picture of Me somewhere up on a shelf from which they can take Me and use Me and play with Me whenever they want, and to actually allow Me to not only participate in their lives, but also allow Me to run their lives and dictate the individual moves. 277 _________________________________________________ The only chance of victory is to keep on fighting. You cannot let the circumstances dissuade you or get you to quit.

There's only those two options: to either quit or keep on fighting, and sometimes quitting seems to be the more tempting of the two for a while, until you come back to your senses and realize that it never really was an option in the first place. What else can you do but fight? Even if you seem to be alone in this fight, this battle, or even this whole war, and sometimes it seems as though the very ones fighting on your side have turned against you. The Enemy can really create some confusion at times. He has always been the author of confusion, and he knows his only chance is to get your focus off of the light and blur your vision. As long as you can see clearly who is the enemy, and who's your friend, and you stand united against him, he knows he doesn't stand a chance. Only by bringing about this confusion where you can't tell who is friend or foe anymore, does he gain a chance. It requires some skill, some experience and some self-discipline, not to start firing away in the mist and the dark, lest you hit one of your own. It requires patience, faith & trust, to just sit and wait it out until you can distinguish clearly what moves the Enemy is up to, recognize him, and then pull the trigger. He will use anything he can to sow division and confusion. It's a little bit like it's going to be during the Great Tribulation: basically, you're not going to be able to do much more than sit it out. You can try your best to witness and win a few souls here or there, but mainly, it's just going to be about having to survive the ordeal somehow, which is going to be tough enough, and a strong enough testimony in itself of My power to keep you through anything. So, if I'm going to have to do the miracle of getting thousands through 3 years of Tribulation, then you suppose I might be able to get you through this period of darkness right now, and this stretch of confusion? If you're feeling confused, it's no wonder. That's what the author of confusion has been up to all along. Just sit still and assured that I am not the Author of your confusion, but am always willing and able to bring back some light into the misty and dark confusion the Enemy is trying to create. Even if you can't see clearly, at least you can hear My comforting voice, letting you know that I'm right beside you and with you and that everything's going to be alright. I'll work it all out, I promise, even if it sometimes may not seem as if I'm doing much of anything besides testing you and then testing you some more...

278 _________________________________________________ There is the temptation to cling to the rational and to assume the superior position. But by taking the humble seat and refusing to put yourself above anyone, but respecting their way of dealing with things, you can sometimes learn a lot more, and wind up with a few surprises here and there, things you couldn't have gleaned from rationalism... You have to trust that everyone has their God-given role to play. Even in correcting and training animals, there's a correct tone of voice to apply, an appropriate measure of respect and sensitivity for their needs. Just because man is Lord over all creatures doesn't necessarily mean that he's supposed to lord it out over them. Coming down to everyone's level, no matter where they're at, is what I did, and that's what folks expect of any true follower of Mine. I'm putting it more and more into people's hearts to be able to recognize the right kind of authority, My kind of authority, that stands in the power of the Father, the power of Love, no artificial

level of power or authority in the carnal. The System is a fake. It's not based on true values, not based on truth, and that's the difference I want you to show to the world. 279 _________________________________________________ People ask, "Why did God allow this or that to happen?" when they never even asked Me for protection. In order to keep problems from happening, you have to take certain measures in order to prevent them, and one of the basic measures you can take to avoid problems is to pray. You can ask Me to prevent them from happening. If you don't pray, I can't do anything except watch you go through it and hope that next time you'll be smarter! 280 _________________________________________________ It's not you who is supposed to speak, but the Spirit of your Father within you. You shouldn't worry about what you're going to say. All you need to be concerned about is that you're going to be all prayed up and spiritually prepared, so that you'll be in tune enough with My Spirit that it will be given you at the very hour, what you should speak. That's the way it has always been, and is supposed to be. "That your faith" - and the faith of your followers - "should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God" (1Cor.2:5). Some people lean on the arm of the flesh and trust that "if just enough people would get together to fight this evil, then we could win." But the truth is that each of you has to allow Me to save you from the evil in your own hearts first, if you want to experience any triumph over evil! You've got to fight evil according to My way, otherwise you're doomed to defeat. Those people make movies in which they can get away with telling the truth quite elegantly about the evils that rule this world, and they're hip and "in" with the "in-crowd." But what you have, and your message of the real and lasting freedom that I bring, the truth about the spiritual evils from which you need liberation and My Salvation, keeps being as unpopular on a large scale as ever. The Devil doesn't really get mad until you name Me as the solution to his fraud. He lets those people get away with their exposs, because he knows that the masses are not going to wake up and fight anyway. Even if they would, their only chance to win would be if they have Me on their side. He knows their only hope of victory am I, and as long as I'm not preached, they won't stand a chance, and thus he won't feel threatened. The only menace to his kingdom is My truth, My Gospel; the message that there is a way out of all the evil in the world: not only the evil of those other guys, the bad guys, but the evil in your own heart that would cause you to act the same way if you were in their position. It is your circumstances that made you see the other side, but what if they were reversed? Would you be any better? Possibly, because of all you've learned at the bottom. But as you can tell from your failures, nobody is infallible, and you can all blow it. The only thing that will safeguard you and keep you from evil and that can keep your own sin in your own hearts in check, is My Spirit, and submitting yourself to Me and My rule and authority. Otherwise you might just become another little tyrant as soon as the roles are reversed. You cannot get rid of evil by merely eliminating it. You only get rid of the darkness by letting the light in. Darkness is the absence of light, and the way to remedy that is by letting the light in... It's one thing to point your finger at the darkness and exposing it, but it's yet another to be flooding those dark spots with My light. All the fingers pointing in the world won't mean doom to the

Devil and his workings, but as soon as you turn on the light of My Salvation message, he starts to squeal, because he knows it's the only thing that signifies loss to his cause and his kingdom. All the movies exposing the workings of evil in the world won't do as much harm to him as one salvation tract, one witness that tells another soul how to get to Heaven... Shine My light into his darkness, and that will really make a difference! 281 _________________________________________________ Try to use all the weapons at your disposal, learning to discern in which type of situation each weapon will be most useful and effective. You must learn to not only use, but also guard and protect your weapons as well, they require some maintenance. Just as you would have to try to protect a sword or gun from rust and corrosion, you must protect your spiritual weapons from the corrosion and harmful acids and chemical processes of the Enemy. Lack of usage is of course one of the worst things for a weapon. You've got to keep the triggers well-oiled, the blades sharpened, and the ammunition dry. Sometimes you need to realize how important and irreplacable a weapon is before you start appreciating it and caring for it as you should. I'm allowing you to experience bouts of disunity, to show you how unpleasant life can be without unity, and to get you thinking of what you can do to maintain your unity. Focusing on the importance of unity might help for starters. Focus on what is wholesome, safe and conducive to tighter unity with your brethren. When the battle is engaged, everybody is supposed to listen to the instructions from the general, or immediate superiors, and focus on carrying out those orders. If you're in a navy unit, you wouldn't be listening to radio transmissions of instructions of an airforce unit commander... If the Family is really the one major threat to the Devil and his kingdom, then he's going to do whatever is in his power to dissuade you, to convince you otherwise, that they're not really worth it, that there must be something better somewhere, making a serious effort to make the Family look as stupid in your eyes as he possibly can in order to weaken your support, your loyalty and determination and conviction to fight for this cause. Some days you have nearly no incentive at all to fight because the Enemy has sown thoughts into your mind that make you figure, "It's not worth it anyway." I'm trying to help you to prevent having to say that when you come Here: "I could have done so much more..." If you really do your best and do all you can, it doesn't matter how little you accomplish in numbers. I know when you have given your all, but I can also tell when there's yet more you could be doing for Me, when there's yet a bit more of an effort you could make to really stay close to Me and within the lines of My perfect will for you. And as long as you're not, I have to keep giving you those nudges, those little tokens and signs of correction, My "hohumms," so to speak, in order to wake you up to the fact that things could and should be better. 282 _________________________________________________ Members of a family don't expect little sister to come up with solutions to their problems. You're too familiar with little sister being so little, and you're not used to relying on her for support & counsel. Besides, "little sister" has shown herself to be prone to certain problems in the past that make her even weaker in "big brother's" eyes.

But then, if we should judge everyone's capabilities by their weaknesses, there would be quite a few surprising and shocking disqualifications. The solution would be to go out of your way and make sure that you don't judge their thoughts, opinions and ideas as irrelevant or non-valid by always being an attentive listener, and showing that you give their ideas a chance and don't fall for the temptation to dismiss them prematurely. Your actions speak louder than your opinions of yourself. Just because you're nice and attentive and respectful to everybody else doesn't automatically make you an attentive and respectful person, as long as there are still certain people to whom you fail to show these qualities. Just as every chain is only as strong as its weakest link, your status as "attentive" is only as valid as the attention you are paying to the least of My brethren. Its relatively easy to be attentive and polite with people that aren't constantly around you. The real acid test comes with the people you see every day. If you can still really pay attention to them, and show interest in them, no matter what they've got to say, then you're showing interest and paying attention. It's no coincidence that "paying" is the thing you must do in order to show or give someone your attention, show you care and pay them due respect. It's one of those things that money theoretically can't buy. The sad thing is, a lot of people are being respected more for their money than for their character or personal attributes. So, showing and paying attention to someone for just being themselves shows that you don't judge or go by the standards of the world. It would be easy to show them the necessary respect if they were a millionaire or would spout off really wise and educated, impressive things all day. But what are the attributes that really count, according to My book? Certainly money and brains are not on the top of My list! Let's see what's there: love, loyalty, dedication, faith, faithfulness in the "little" things, and obedience to My commandments to show love to others, especially by witnessing to them... When you see that they fulfill those criteria, then don't you reckon that you should pay her the due respect, accordingly? You're supposed to esteem each other higher than yourselves, preferring one another. How much do you practice that? You're really only practicing it as much as you do with the person you have the hardest time with. Your general weight as a practicing believer and disciple will be heavily influenced by the score you achieve with those you're most familiar with. Theyre the people you spend most of your time with. That shouldn't mean that you owe them the least respect and attention, but the most.

have erred about certain things; you need a humbler attitude in general. If I don't judge you by your faults, weaknesses and shortcomings, then how much less should you. That would be a literal fulfillment of the parable about the guy who was forgiven his debt but wouldn't forgive others their minor debts! If I am showing you respect in spite of your problems, then you ought to be paying them respect in spite of theirs. You cannot just label people for their problems and stop listening to what they've got to say because of them! You can trust them for what they have to say! It's worth listening to, even if at first if may not seem that way. It pays to listen to the "little" people that aren't so "little" in My sight, that make your living possible with their everyday's "little" things that aren't so little in My eyes, either, and their seemingly "little" things to say, that may not make sense at first. Some of My greatest treasures come very well camouflaged. It isn't all gold that glitters, but a lot of stuff that doesn't glitter can turn out to be gold in the end, too. Focusing on My positiveness, My omnipotence, My omnipresence, My sense in everything in spite of the apparent absence of any such thing as sense. 283 _________________________________________________ When you hurt each other, you tend to close up toward each other. That means you've got to wholeheartedly forgive and forget all those incidents in which you've hurt each other, and give each other a new chance and start clean slated each day anew. You've got to make that conscious effort of seeing each other with new eyes each day, from a clean angle, free of any ugly memories from the past, of hurts you may have caused each other. It's a little foretaste of what Heaven and My Kingdom will be like: starting all over, clean-slated. That doesn't mean that past crimes and sins won't be dealt with, but once they're dealt with, they're also going to be forgiven and as good as forgotten, and people will get a chance to start all over again clean slated, without having to carry any remorse over their past around with them. It's that kind of taste of heaven you've got to be for each other every day: "It doesn't matter whatever you did or said in the past that may have hurt me: I know you're doing your best, so I'm going to forget all that and just delete it, and I choose to see you with brand new eyes. Of course, the Enemy will try to remind you: "But don't you remember what he (or she) did to you?" But you've just got to refuse to listen to him and embrace the newness I can bring into your lives through the power of forgiveness, the power of change, the power of the renewing of the Holy Ghost, the power of Love.

If faith without works is dead, then it doesn't really matter how much more Word you know in theory. What counts is the extent to which you put your faith into practice, how much you are The Enemy represents the ugliness, the weight, the dark and sad actually living your faith. memories. I and My Spirit of freedom represent the opposite: letting go and soaring high into a sky full of light, a brand new You could learn a lot about paying respect and attention to the horizon to explore and conquer together in love and unity, "little" people around you who really deserve it, for in My eyes, because nothing can separate you. they're not just the "little" people, but the real stars, the You can apply Romans 8:31, 32, also to your relationship, to your important people, the VIPs and spiritual millionaires! marriage, and to your relationship with everyone in the Family as You'll find out that there's lots you can still learn from them, that well: You can be persuaded that neither high nor low, no devils they may still surprise you, and that their calculations are valid nor angels, neither death nor life or anything in this world will be and true, worthy to be trusted and reliable. able to separate you from the love I am giving you for each other, My love in you, which initiates and fuels the love you have for You would do very well to take more of a humble seat and seek each other as well. You can determine that you won't let anything the fault in your own court when there's a problem arising or a rob that flame from you! And that applies to your relationship quarrel about something, or some difference of opinion. You which each person that chooses to make that same decision, to must show greater willingness to admit that you were wrong and let nothing stand between you and them, that nothing can separate them from My love, which unites you.

It can even apply to your relationship with those who may choose not to make that decision yet. They may choose to shut you out of their circle of acceptance, but you can draw them into yours. Of course, that may be a little more difficult, but definitely worth a try. It gives you power to change a person, if you show that you unconditionally forgive and embrace them and take them for who and what they are, without judging, labeling or condemning them whatsoever. Pray for the healing balm of My love and forgiveness everyday, that My Spirit will help you to cast a veil over countless sins and failings that may have been committed against you, and you'll see, it will also help you to deal better with your own. After all, if you're quick to forgive others, they'll also be quick to forgive you, and you won't be so prone to feel condemned about your own shortcomings, either. If everything is bathed in the elixir of My forgiveness, it creates a magical new atmosphere where any degree of love and unity is possible, and no shadows of darkness can hinder and obstruct. Refuse to let anything the Devil might bring to your mind stand between you. Let any relationship between you and any brother or sister always be clean-slated, free of grudges, free of anything you might hold against them in the back of your mind, free of any memories of what they may have done in the past that may have displeased you. Just give them all the chances necessary to stand before you clean and aright, just as I give you a new clean chance every day. If you don't hold anything against anyone, then you won't be subjected to that negative force of familiarity, and each person, no matter for how long you've known them, can stand before you like a new person you meet that you don't know anything about, none of their weaknesses and hidden sins, etc. You're going to be able to listen to them without any prejudices, hear them out with genuine anticipation of what they're about to say, eager to have it contribute to your scope, your picture, your horizon, instead of already dismissing it beforehand... Wouldn't you like to be treated that way, too? Wouldn't you love it, too, if people wouldn't hold any of your past failings against you, or even their own negative notions toward you, and if they would just give you a chance to be accepted within their circle of tolerance, give you a chance to hear you out & listen to what you've got to say?

middle of something else, it may be a test of your love, but I'd like you to make an effort to tear yourself loose from what you were doing and devote your full attention to that person. Sometimes you cannot relate very much to what they've got to say. You figure, it's kind of irrelevant to the scope of eternity to listen to tales about seemingly insignificant incidents, or whatever. But if you consider that what they are telling you is what occupies their mind right now, that those experiences constitute their reality right now, then it becomes a responsibility. If you think they ought to be making some kind of progress, you could help them to find a stepping stone from the place where they are to the next one, that would take them a little further along their path, never depriving yourself of the opportunity to learn and glean something from their experience, even if it's just the attempt to associate and identify with their world view or their momentary perspective. If you walk through life with the humble attitude that you can learn something from anyone, and anything they've got to say, from any child or person, you'll find you'll develop a lot more patience with your fellowmen, and since that's one of your goals, I'd say that would already be worth it. It can help solve or avoid future problems that might occur from people having the impression that you don't love or care about them enough to pay attention and listen to them. You should never be too busy to hear others out and listen to what they've got to say. When they realize that you're open for their input, then they'll also be a lot more willing to listen to you, too. Trust that time is in My hands. Hand over the reins of your life - or the steering wheel, in terms of today - to Me.

285 _________________________________________________ The work behind the scenes is what really counts, the invisible hand of God working beneath the surface during the months of snow... You think, it's death, but it's that apparent death that brings forth the new life of the spring. Even so the hard times that cause you to be more desperate, more dependent on Me, they do for Me the real work, which brings on My power on your behalf in your lives. They create the I'd say you owe that kind of treatment to each other... vacuum that draws down My power, that yearning for Me which causes Me to rush in an fill the need. Be thankful for these lean times, and times of crisis, when there 284 _________________________________________________ is only a void for Me to fill, and a desperate need for Me to come I like willingness and a desire to learn to do better, not only in and change things and mend them again. toward Me, but also in relation to your brothers and sisters. The dark and lean times draw you back to the reality that you You cannot just seek to please Me and at the same time neglect need Me, that without Me you cannot make it. or mistreat your fellowman, as so many Christians in positions of I take you back to the ground of the reality that without Me you power or authority have done, and sadly, continue to do. can do nothing, and that also applies to your relationship: without Me, there is no love, for I am Love, and without Me there Thank you for being willing to listen, not only to Me, but also to is no unity, for I am He Who puts together what man shall not others, for in listening to them you are listening to Me, too, in a separate. I put together what belongs together. I am He Who way. makes "everything belong." Keep your focus on Me, the glue that keeps you together. If My example that I have given humanity included taking time for Keep a steady flow of My power through your lives. children, then how much more should you take time for your grown up brothers and sisters around you, who might need your Apart from the need to pay attention to others, an attitude of attention and care even more. forgiveness and acceptance, trust, and patience, the next Just as you seek confirmation that what you're doing is okay, ingredient to making unity work in a relationship is not to neglect and you need those nods from Me and tokens of encouragement Me, My Word, not to take your focus off Me, the Magic and Power from others that what you're doing is not just useless nonsense, that holds you together, the Initiator of your relationship Who so others need those tokens and affirmations as well. Let them must preserve it and make it last. know they're needed, appreciated, wanted, and not taken for I am what you need most desperately in your relationship, and granted. staying focused on Me will guarantee your ability to keep up with the other requirements as well. When you're face to face with another person, I would like you to devote and dedicate your attention fully to them. If you're in the

"Without Me you can do nothing" also applies to relationships. Those who have tried without Me have had to find out that they're missing out on the best and most important thing, no matter how wonderful their relationship might be. So, view your "problems" not as curses, but as blessings in disguise, for they are precisely what keeps you close to Me. When things just float along, you tend to think you don't need anything else than what you already have, you don't see any need for progress, nor do you make any effort in that direction. I am the foundation on which you must build the work of your lives, which also includes your relationships, your families, your fruits. If you take heed that you build on lasting values and that the ingedients and building material, the mortar and bricks you use are quality material, taken from My heavenly mines and resources, then you can be sure that some lasting fruit is going to come out of it, and that whatever you build will stand the testings and fires of time, even death. But if it's only fleeting motivations that drive you, like pleasure, temporary comfort or the fulfilling of your momentary needs and desires, then your relationship may be just as much subject to time and erosion. The only way you can make sure that it's going to last is by putting Me first: to make My agenda your common agenda, and not any selfish interests and pursuits, and to focus on Me, look unto Me and hold on to Me every step of the way as your only Hope of success. 286 _________________________________________________ You have a tendency to consider your work more important than the people I've committed to your charge or send across your path. It's a choice: "Am I going to consider what I'm doing now more important than taking time for this person who is talking to me, or am I going to make that sacrifice of interrupting my work or activity in order to show them that they matter more to me?"

to any circumstance! I'm Master over any condition. No one and nothing can mess with Me. 287 _________________________________________________ A factor that influences your level and abilities of communication is that sometimes you're quite simply on different wavelengths. One thing you can do about that is make an effort to tune in to the other's wavelength. But what if you feel that you're on a "higher" wavelength than they are, you wonder? Well, if you truly are convinced that you are on a happier and more inspired wavelength than they are, then you can try to pull them up to yours. That's what inspiring others is all about. But that requires some work, since people naturally won't just snap out of their own familiar wavelength and tune into yours, especially if they have no clue what your wavelength is all about. In order to get them interested, you have to "broadcast" and "advertise" a little, and let them know what your "station" is all about. You have to "play some of your music" in order for them to find out whether they like it or not. In order to pour out to others, you've got to have a vision for them, and the faith for them, that they will take what you're going to give them and bring forth fruit with it. That's what shepherds do: they feed their flocks and bellwethers in hopes that they're going to lead others to greener pastures as well. It also takes love. You must convince others by your sample that your love is real and worth following.

So, if you want others to consider your wavelenth worth tuning in to, then you've got to play happy tunes, and deliver a sound quality that attracts them, and not play doleful dirges and draggy ho-humm songs. In order to truly inspire others, you've got to broadcast inspiring and uplifting music. Sometimes the problem is that you already know what you You've got to gear your music to your audience, not just play for should do, and you've learned the lesson in theory, but simply your own edification. You've got to tune into them first and find aren't putting it into practice yet. You "know these things," but out what they need. you're not happy yet because you don't do them yet (Jn.13:17), and it bugs you to be reminded of your failure and disobedience. Truly outstanding leaders have always been givers, those who So, what it all boils down to in the end, is an issue of obedience were primarily interested in giving, rather than what they were vs. disobedience. It's a matter of obeying My great going to receive in return. commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself or not. So, in order to be a giver, you've got to tune into the Source that will make it possible for you to continue giving, even when the It's a matter of finally putting into practice what you know in natural resources of others will long have run dry. That has been theory, the sad discovery of just how hard it is to put My Word the strength of each and every one of My disciples who lit up the and will into action. landscape for Me throughout history. That's why a relative novice with a larger amount of initiative can sometimes outscore and "old professor" of My laws and Words, It's not only having figured out the truth and watching how the if they simply live more what the others preach. world is going to pot because nobody's interested in it, but continuing to focus on Me and having Me show you It's a little bit like the jealousy the Scribes and Pharisees had opportunities to pass on the light of truth, hoping and believing toward Me: I was living and practicing all they had known and that there must be recipients for what I have given you. been studying about in theory for all those years, having come to the conclusion that it probably couldn't be done at all, and here I Have faith in the people I have placed in your care. came along and proved them wrong by simply doing it. Great leaders are men who make the best out of what they have. So, it might be a very silly thing to do, trying to choke someone's The others always wait for something better to come around first. faith for "impossible" things by your "knowledge" of why it can't That's one of the most effective tricks the Enemy uses: "Wait be done. until something better comes around." Something better than It's true that they can't expect you to have the very same level of what? A better life? Better circumstances? faith for My power to manifest in the very same manner that they Better circumstances won't come by themselves, you either have do, but at least you should respect it as the nobler ambition, to create them or ask Me to do it for you. compared to your disbelief. And you could make the effort to try and have their faith for the same thing, too, and give Me a chance Failure to inspire others is often due to lack of vision and faith to to do the miracle. even start broadcasting. You underestimate their capacities to receive and pass on what you're giving. You figure they're not Give Me a chance to prove that it's worth it to trust Me. interested and they're not going to listen anyway, so why even There are no limitations to My power, no exceptions, no clauses waste your breath, your time, your energy? in the contract of conditions when it does not work, as the carnal Visionaries are those who never consider their time, breath and mind (with the Enemy's backing) is trying to tell you. I'm superior energy wasted. They're those who have faith in their audience,

and enough faith in Me to believe that nothing happens by coincidence, and if I have put these people there, as much as they may be on a "different wavelength," then I knew what I was doing, had a sense and purpose in it, and it's merely up to you to find out what that purpose is by letting loose whatever you've got to pour into them and then see what happens. Have a little faith in what I'm doing. None of the stars and planets in the universe are in their distinct position by coincidence, but they influence each other in perfectly ordained and synchronized proportions. Don't you think that what I have done with lifeless rock and matter I'm also able to do with living souls? Living souls are the most valuable thing there is, and the greatest evils on earth (are) perpetrated by those who do not share that view. What's more valuable to you than souls? Is there anything? What else is there? What else, but to teach people, to lead them into the light? What are you interested in? Entertainmaint? Money? Diversion? Pleasure? Sex? Success? Safety? Can any of them come up to the happiness and the light with which those shall shine who shall lead many to righteousness (Dan.12:3)? You've got to believe in what I've given you. They're not going to find it anywhere else, and you've got to have the faith that if I have given it, then there are going to be recipients for it, too, people who are destined to receive what you have to give. Never underestimate the power and the magic of My Word and of My truth. You may be so familar with it at times that it may almost have lost its shine for you, and you figure, "So what! This isn't Alladdin's lamp, after all: it hasn't exactly made all my dreams come true and given me all I wanted..." But it has been a steady and reliable light on your path, and though it may not have given you all you wanted - it has always been faithful in giving you all you needed, right? That's a lot more than a lot of people in the world can claim. So, why not share a little bit of your luck with them? You may not figure what you have is so great, but maybe they do, if you just give them a chance to let them make up their own minds about it...

available. After all, you don't want to be a fool who's missing out on the latest. You want to download the latest gimmick, you want to enjoy the latest music and see the latest movies, etc. See what's there on eBay that you didn't even know you needed yet. And thus, you neglect the little and simple things that you always have around, and allow that army of things to crowd out the small things, such as taking time to read My Word together... In My eyes, and according to My system of values, inter-human relationships rank higher in importance than projects by which you can approve yourself and display your productivity. I'm not talking about romantic relationships, nor any other "What's in it for me" type of device. I'm talking about "what's in it for them" focus and what you can do for others in order to help them to move along and make headway in the school of life or just make it through today's battles. It's not about just making sure that you'll make it yourself. It's not just about ensuring your own survival in combat, but how much you care for the welfare and survival of others. The medals are not handed out to those who just made sure they made it through the battle themselves, but to those who saw to it that their comrades made it as well. You're not just responsible for your own life, but for your entire unit, your Home, your family. It pays to put more emphasis on teamwork, on unity, on communication, doing things together, counseling, planning things together, etc. When it comes to things, more is often less. When it comes to working with people, more is always more.

289 _________________________________________________ The Law of Love is even harder to fulfill in some ways than the 10 Commandments, it is stricter and more all-engulfing... So, of course you're failing at it sometimes. But it's good you're realizing it. A lot of people don't. You already know what the secret and the answer to the problem is, right? "If any of you lack wisdom, let Him ask of God, Who upbraideth not, but giveth to any man liberally that asketh Him" (James 1:5). And that applies to love just as well. In fact, wisdom is love. Love includes a lot of things: humility, wisdom, a Everybody reflects the light in their own individual way, but the sacrificial, selfless and giving spirit and attitude... less there is of you, the more they can perceive it as My true, And if it's love you're lacking, well... ask for it! You're relatively unadulterated light, and that's what the world is longing for most. experienced in praying down My blessings when it comes to supply or finances, but every now and then you reach this point where you're having to pray for more love, and you're finding out 288 _________________________________________________ that that's even harder to have faith for, somehow. It all comes back down to love and taking time for human It's easier to believe somehow that God can fill empty pockets, beings, no matter how familiar you may be with them and how than an empty heart... much you deem to know about them, always ready and trusting that there may be something new to find out and learn about When you're finding out how much love you're lacking in your them that you haven't been aware of previously, not taking them life, then you're really finding out how much you've been lacking for granted. in your life. You realize just how empty you are without Me and It's the secret of appreciating what you have and being thankful My Spirit... just how hard and cold and empty it is inside there, for what you're given, which is a matter of trust in Me, too - trust without Me lighting My fire there, and just how badly you need that I have given you exactly what you need. Me to change you and put that new heart within you that I promised (Ez.36:26). One of the devices of the Enemy he has installed in the habits and minds of western culture is to always be on the look-out for If a lack of love is the cause for the problems of the world, then it something else: "What else do I need? What else should I must also be the cause for your personal problems, and if you acquire in order to attain happiness or satisfaction?" It renders lack love, pray for it! What else could be worth praying for as people unable to just enjoy whatever they're given, when they're much as for love? always on the lookout for something else, in this big supermarket of consumerism, where you're constantly tempted to look around Anything can turn into stone within a relatively short amount of and spot new things you never even knew you wanted... time, depending on the conditions, especially when they have The Devil's weapon to stop you from appreciating what you've come in touch with substances that evoke the chemical got and putting your whole heart into it is creating an endless processes necessary for petrification. array of new shiny things to keep you distracted, to keep you too When you allow your love muscles to rust, then your heart can busy for what I'm giving you. You have been trained to always easily turn into stone, so watch out! Don't let it happen to you! get the maximum out of life, to take advantage of all that is Don't let the rivers of time, and all that comes rushing down the

stream of your life, harden your heart! There's no stop to all that corrosion and oxidation, once you allow it to set in. Better stop it before it's too late, and make sure that you keep everything well-oiled with My Spirit, Which, all you've got to do in order to receive, is ask. That's not too much to ask, is it? That's not a requirement that's too tough... Anybody can ask. Need more love? Come ask Me for it! I'll keep your heart from turning to stone, and from becoming all hard and frozen, no matter how cold it is, or how severe life's circumstances. Always keep My homefire burning in your heart, and keep My wheels of love turning! 289 _________________________________________________ If you enjoy My fruits and My living waters, isn't it only fair that you should also bless and thank Me, instead of just "gobbling" them up and taking them for granted? You did a good job, alright, so, who are you going to give the credit for it? Yourself? If you don't really take time to thank Me from the heart, and bathe a project in prayer and praise, then the spirit of it can reflect your self-sufficient attitude, rather than the necessary spirit of desperate dependence on Me. Everybody's busy doing their own thing. That's basically the problem of the world. They keep getting into it more and more, until they become so obsessed with it, that they can't tell anymore who they're doing it for, or whether it's right or wrong, just doing it is all that matters. But that's not how it's supposed to be. Whatever you do should glorify Me, and in order for that to happen, you've got to be in tune with Me, and that takes time to make sure I'm in it, that I approve it, and that also includes communication, teamwork and unity with those around you. No member of the body can just be off into doing their own thing. It doesn't work. Everything affects everybody. The most important thing is that you seek to be in line with My will. 290 _________________________________________________ Whatever gets you to the point of giving others a chance, I will use it, and I must, because there really isn't all that much time left. If what it takes for you to develop a little more faith in others is to destroy your faith in your own goodness, then that's what I will do and use... It's important that you realize that I can use anyone who is willing to let Me and give Me a chance to use them, and that you have just as many obstacles to overcome as anyone else. 291 _________________________________________________ I don't specify in quantity. You still tend to differ with Me on that one: you'd prefer to be part of an outfit you can boast of... but then your confidence would be in the group, not in My invisible power. Just as you're finding out that I can't let you be as perfect as you'd want to be, but I'm having to keep you humble by allowing you to make mistakes and blunders, so it is with the Family: if the Family would be perfect, then there would be a lot of folks in it for the wrong reasons, putting their faith in people, in the group, in the body, in the flesh, instead of My Spirit! It's the experience of falling and failing and getting up again, ever realizing that it's not yourselves, nor of yourselves, but only Me in spite of yourselves, and only because of your openness toward Me, your willingness to turn to Me and embrace Me and let Me take over, that makes you grow and achieve progress. That's also what draws you into My realm of the eternal, the heavenly view and timescope of things, the mystery of the Now,

the present, the eternal moment of God... If your faith can include and claim even the realm of time, to where you are able to allow Me to rule and determine your time, then you won't be under the slavery of the timescape of man anymore, the rush and the pressure that makes their machine tic, but you're part of My living "Machine," which is so totally different from theirs. Theirs is dead. It's lifeless and cold, like metal, whereas Mine is alive and warm. Theirs is dark, Mine is light. Theirs is harsh and hard, Mine is soft and gentle. Get in tune with My Realm, the right side of the Spirit World! 292 _________________________________________________ It's not enough to just take note of a certain weakness, but it takes the next step of determining that you're going to do something to change it, that's going to bring about tangible and visible progress. Just asking Me to give you the grace to rise above the challenges you face each day is like dealing with the symptoms, instead of attacking the root of the problem. Give people the benefit of the doubt, that even if they did something you wouldn't have done, the end result might still be better than having done nothing at all. Recognize their style, even if it may be different from yours. I don't mind you using yours. But please also allow others to use theirs. Be encouraging of their style of doing things, even if it's different from yours and the way you would have done it. Otherwise you're back to the same problem of narrowmindedness that the churches & Pharisees refuse to face. 293 _________________________________________________ In order to get on the prophetic channel you have to go one step higher than the usual level of inspiration that you are on when you write a letter to someone. That's what people don't realize about Paul's epistles: As devout a man of God that he was, and as full of My Spirit he may have been, most of his writings were not direct prophecy. So, a lot of those churches, who take everything he ever wrote as the pure and direct Word of God, are actually making the very mistake Paul warned his followers of: not to become Paulites, followers of Paul, or of Apollos, or of Peter, etc., but followers of Me. They don't seek Me for My new and living words, they're building their lives on the writings of a man - however divinely inspired he may have been - who lived 2000 years ago, oblivious to the fact that the same God who inspired him 2000 years ago is still alive and talking today. That's why their faith is practically dead, a hollow shell, compared to what it could and should be. They aren't even aware of the fact that I'm still speaking today, but feeding nearly entirely off the food I gave millennia ago. You're building on a new and clean foundation, free of the leaven of the Parisees. Relying on their own strength of the flesh, their own justice and so-called righteousness, they put themselves miles above others, taking the right to exterminate them, totally ignoring all I ever stood for. Through their self-righteousness they kill the whole Spirit of what My teachings are supposed to be all about. It's what leads other peoples and nations of the earth to detest that image of Christianity that America is conveying to the world. It's simply appalling when any one nation or group of people is so utterly incapable of recognizing their own faults, constantly self-righteously pointing their finger at others. No responsibility is ever taken. How are they ever going to learn and grow and mature spiritually as a movement or a church?

"He that winneth souls is wise" (Prov.11:30). That's what I consider wisdom. Just going out there, in spite of it all, and doing the best for Me and doing their best to win others to Me. 294 _________________________________________________ You're a follower in My footsteps, so your fate will in many ways be similar to Mine. You won't always be a success with everybody. There will always be those who oppose, resist and reject you and all you have to give, just as they rejected Moses, the prophets and Myself, and nearly each and every one of My true apostles throughout history. Popularity is one of the first things that has to go on the offering plate if you're out to serve Me. Your relationship, your marriage, and your little family are the touchstone of how real you are. Deception stops when it comes to truly intimate relationship: it's the perfect touchstone and proof of the pudding as to what kind of person you really are. Many people have totally different faces when they're out among the crowds, doing their jobs, or in front of their audiences, etc., but once they're at home, there are a few people there who know who they really are. If you can't manage to convince your wife and children that you're a nice guy, and if you can't manage to make them happy and make them laugh every once in a while, then it's probably because you're not a nice guy, period, and you might have to do some serious work on your character. You can come across like Gandhi to the outside world, but if at home you're letting little Hitler hang out, then something's wrong. You're only as real as you are being at home. Learn to be as real as can be at home, so you won't have to put on any act when you go out. Just be you - the same old you wherever you are: the same one when you're at home as when you're before a crowd.

it afterwards, since I didn't always exactly preach according to their liking. So, it's not as if I'm telling you, "Stay away from church people!" But I need you to be aware of the "leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees," and the differences between the gospel of bondage they're preaching, and yours, of true liberty. Your natural tendency is to shun the condemnation they're trying to heap on you, but on the other hand, you need to allow them to make their decisions, and let them come forward with their accusations in order to expose themselves. If you're trying shield yourself from their self-righteous attacks, then the truth about them won't come out. The difference between you and them will not be manifest. Its pretty hard to recognize sometimes. Even My disciples didn't have a clue what I meant with "the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees" (Mt.16). They thought I was talking about bread. Only as time went by and history unfolded before their eyes, the Pharisees saw to it that I was crucified, and later they witnessed the stoning of Steven, the rage of Saul, before he was converted, etc., then they got the point, and realized the difference, between the dead and empty religion of the Pharisees, and the powerful, new way of life I had brought into the world. All I'm asking you is to preach the Word. No big, fancy, wonder-group or wonder-church with light shining from everybody's faces, that would make it so easy to just drag people there by the dozen. You really have to dig down and study the Word: "Are we really right about this? All those others are telling us we're wrong..." And all you've got is My Word to give you the faith that you're right about all you believe in. All I have to offer you is the truth. Nothing more and nothing less than the plain, naked t.r.u.t.h.

That's the thing that I said was going to set them free. It may not seem all that much, compared to great outpourings In the end, there won't be a lot of folks in the world thinking and supernatural manifestations of My Spirit, and a congregation you're a nice guy, anyway, but rather, a dangerous religious nut. of thousands living together and speaking in tongues and raising And the only peace you will have, which will also keep you from the dead, like in the Book of Acts... swallowing the lies the Devil will tell the world about you, is that Just the little, plain old truth. there's a handful of people, your closest friends and loved ones You ask for a universe full of wonders, and all I'm handing you around you, who will know who you really are. instead is a tiny little shabby old key. You may have had some weaknesses, and sometimes you were a It's because I leave something up to you. Everything you wish for downright pain in the butt, but at least they'll know that basically is yours for the asking, but you will have to stick that key in the you had a good heart and just tried the best you could to make door yourself and unlock it and open the door yourself! And once the most out of what you were given... you have found all the wonders hidden behind those doors I enable you to open, all you can do in turn is to pass on that key. It's tough when those who oppose and slander you are from You can tell them all that expects them behind those doors of among your own, but that's the kind of treatment and treason I mystery, but they have to turn the key of faith in that truth experienced, and if I did, haven't I promised that you would themselves. They have to accept it and use it. experience the same? Of course, it's sad when there's war between brethren, but as you You're saying, "Lord, if you could just make it plain and obvious can tell from history, it's what the Devil has been up to since the that we're the right outfit, I'd go out and tell everybody. But like beginning. There will always be repetitions of the story of the fate this, I'm not quite sure what I should tell them." of Abel and Cain, in different forms, as long as the Devil is Well, just give'em that same old key I gave you, that key of truth, around... that key of faith, and tell'em, "This is the key to the Kingdom!" These stories discourage you and tempt you to give up, just as "You want heaven and happiness and love ever after? That key is Adam was discouraged... devastated, when Abel died. But there what's going to get it for you!" is no giving up, no stopping. The "show" must go on somehow, It may not bring you riches in this world, nor popularity, nor a and eventually, another righteous heir will be born, another good great many other showy and flashy things, and it won't solve all fruit will spring up from your loins, and a few generations further your problems in an instant, but at least you're going to be able down the line, they might even bring forth a saint. to know some day that what you have got is the truth. And in a There will always be a few who will make it worth it. Some fruit in world of lies, that is something really extraordinary and special! the far distant future, that you can't even possibly see yet, but you've just got to have the faith and vision that I know best, and I It may not look like it's worth very much. It looks shabbier than will make it worth it all somehow, eventually, and you will see it all those fancy golden keys those others have got, that open up and glorify Me. big fancy treasure chests, with golden and glittery music coming out of it, smiley faces, and popularity... 295 _________________________________________________ I always took every opportunity I got. If they let Me preach in a Synagogue, I would do it, but of course, they usually regretted But when their music is over, the magic of your tiny little key will unfold. It will stand the tests of time. Stop seeking what those others have got!

Stop seeking that which attracts the wrong kind of attention! A lot of those guys are into Christianity because it's being made so darn easy for them. "Join the in-crowd!" "Here, in our cool American church, we're all so happy together, and you'd be a fool not to want to join us, because we're the kings of the world, and we're all happy and dance and sing and love Jesus!" "You can have heaven here and now and later, too!" That bread is baked through and through with the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees. It looks very yummy and inviting. So much bigger, sweeter and more tasty than what you've got, that relatively lean and flat loaf of bread baked without any of the leaven of inflated egos and "better than thou" self-righteousness. If they feel like the champions of the world, you feel like the losers.

Enemy. There is nothing wrong with the picture I portray, about the harvest being plenteous. The Enemy wants you to partake of his version of the story in which he's saying, "Who needs you and your Gospel about your God?- They don't want it! They're perfectly happy with all I've got to offer them!" Are you going to fall for it? Are you going to let that reality of his rub off on you - his way of seeing things? Are you going to swallow it? Or are you going to defy his lying vanities and hang on to My truths and stand on them, knowing that My Word is true, no matter if everything around you may seem to be screaming the opposite? It may seem as though nobody needs or wants My Word. Are you going to believe that and buy that impression of the way things may appear to be? Or are you going to stand fast on My reality, which continues proclaiming, "the harvest truly is plenteous"?

But maybe that humble little bit you've got is worth more than all their fancy acts together, and maybe you should just be happy with it! Maybe you should just make the most of it that you can and while you can, and offer the world a bite of your unleavened bread, and If you can't see that the fields are ready and white unto harvest, the never-ending Source of it! and you know that My Word is true, then something must be wrong with your view of things. It's natural to want to be able to offer something appealing, Pray and make an earnest effort to break through to My reality. something comfortable and accepted, something nice and shiny Come, see through to the bottom of things! Come see the void, and flashy. It's humbling, having to say, "Sorry, all I've got to the vacuum, come see the need! Come and see what you have offer you is the truth," especially when they reply, " Can I just go not been able to see before. Believing is seeing, remember? If play with my friends instead, or go and watch this movie or read you believe that My Word on this is true, as it is in all other that book?" instances, then you also will see it. What are you going to do with this test? Where else are you going to go? Who else has the Words of eternal life? 296 _________________________________________________ The Enemy is trying to prove that the world doesn't need Me nor you. He's trying to play Me, the great filler of every need, of every hunger, and he is nearly triumphant now and saying, "See? Everybody's happy now! Who needs You now?" But you need to look a little bit below the surface. It's true that in the pampered West they're glutted with everything one may crave - physically or intellectually - occupying and distracting their minds, but not ever really satisfying their hearts. But when it comes to those nations against whom the evils of those glutted nations are being perpetrated, and their friends and neighbors standing by, you won't find that same bloated selfsatisfaction. You'll find uproar there, and deep anger, a righteous rage that's soon going to sweep the world and cause a mighty widening of the eyes. I will yet pull out the pillows from under the arms of those who sit at ease in Zion. I cause the wrath of man to praise Me. The wrath of those who see the injustices of the lukewarm will cause men to praise Me, because it will serve to wake up many from their stupor and the Devil's trance. 297 _________________________________________________ Like Jonah, you're finding out that I'm a lot more merciful, a lot more patient and long-suffering than you thought. Instead of just giving them a brief warning and sit back and watch the destruction, you're having to deal with them and their differences for what seems to you like an endless amount of time... But aren't you glad for all it taught you already? You came to realize that if I'm putting up with all their quirks, then I must be putting up with yours, too, and that I really must have a lot more love for you guys than you were able to fathom. You've begun to realize how much more of My love there is than what you thought, how far it goes, and how it takes your life to places, angles and situations you never ever would have expected. Things have turned out so different from what you expected, you were often tempted to doubt the whole thing altogether, but you had to learn that I am in control, and not you.

I'm the Director. You just play your part. It's all about playing the role I gave you to play, and about doing a good job at it: to play the role I gave you to play with your whole heart and with heartfelt dedication, devotion, and getting into it to such an extent that it will leave the audience with their When things don't appear to be the way I tell you in My Word, jaws wide open. You want them to recognize that something then you must look deeper. You must look beyond the great and awesome has been happening there. God was here, appearance the Enemy is trying to create. and He blew on that person's life and lifted it from the miry clay How much are you in tune with My reality? How much do you see into the sky, for all to see... through My eyes, and do you see and hear what I perceive, not People want a good show. They don't care so much about the the impression or picture the Enemy and the world portray? How title of the role you're playing. What matters is how you play it. If much do you fall for their show? you're going to be a Christian, be one with your whole heart (because there's enough of them around already who play that When somebody wants to be the friend of the world, then they part with a lukewarm, half-hearted attitude). just have to go through that experience of what it means to Even the guys on the bad side turn out to be good sometimes, become a temporary enemy of God. for no one is all good and all bad. The big deception often lies Even if you're My child, it means you are putting yourself on the with those who think they're on the good side and take that as a other side of the battle field, actually siding with the Enemy, and free ticket to commit any kind of atrocity in the name of justice... fighting against My Cause, for He that gathereth not with Me, Their own justice, and self-righteousness, rather than true scattereth abroad. righteousness! It is painful, when your child seems to be infatuated with your

All I need is people's cooperation to allow Me to make them into the human beings I have ordained and destined them to be, above and beyond that which they could ever become in the flesh, or if they allow the Enemy to hinder them. All I need is their will on My side and a little bit of their cooperation, and they'll be able to rise above anything. So, cheer up! There's hope! A lot of hope! I can do a lot more, even with the little that you see, than you've ever fathomed. I can do all things through those who let Me strengthen them! 298 _________________________________________________ Some things you cannot counter with reason, like fear. It's a matter of the heart. You cannot just settle deep human matters on a level of logic or pure information. There is no clear line between black and white or good and evil here that you can easily explain... In the end, being a good person, or a bad, is a matter of the heart, not just a matter of clear-cut moral rules and standards by which one can abide and say, "I am a good person" or "I am righteous." One may be keeping all the rules in the book and never have broken a single law, and still have a cold, unbelieving heart. 299 _________________________________________________ The Devil is trying to get them all to play the same old game since the beginning: they think they can hide from Me. They think they've got to hide from Me, cover up and be dishonest, keep their dark little secrets away from Me, instead of being honest, open and sharing about everything. As if there was any sense in trying to hide anything from Me.

Wisdom - as all other aspects of My Spirit - can only be imparted to those in whom it is wanted. The Holy Spirit is like a dove than gently descends where She is beckoned and invited and asked to come. She won't land where She's not welcome, nor will she share a crowded heart that's filled with any other idol and false god and fallacy this world has to offer. 302 _________________________________________________ Pride causes folks to have a hard time dealing with their faults. They refuse the pain it causes them. You'll just have to allow them to move in their own reality that they have the faith for, and continue hoping that some day they'll be ready for the rest of it. Dealing with the ugly truth would probably solve a lot more problems than hoping they'll just go away. Usually, the Enemy won't just disappear by hoping he'll go away. The one thing he can't stand is being exposed and brought out in the open, into the light. Pride has a way of camouflaging itself as a type of love that is very dictatorial about what truths it allows in its midst. It's the most dangerous type of pride, since it does most of its damage from the inside and largely unrecognized.

If you just quietly allow the stream of truth to continue to pour, it will do its job of exposing the problem, and getting rid of it, one way or the other, because the darkness just can't resist it. And in the process, you will be purged by it, too, even by the friction that comes to pass. Call it a refining process, the way 300 _________________________________________________ gold is being refined and brought to its best possible quality. Any Spiritual short-sightedness comes from the abuse of your impurities that won't allow you to see through it will be purged spiritual eyes, focusing and glaring too much at the Devil's shiny away... distractions... That's just the development of the world... people growing less & The truth that will liberate you from the bondage and slavery of less capable of seeing any farther than the end of their noses. the lie and the Father of Lies, will always be good news to My It's an all-present danger, and protection from it is not something true believers. you can take for granted or think it will come all by itself. You've One just has to be willing to pay the price for it, and not allow the got to fight hard to protect your sheep and lambs from the Devil to buy him off with some tempting compromise. Enemy's poison gases and devices... 301 _________________________________________________ Being part of the Real Thing is the severest and most difficult series of tests one can take in this life! Only the truly elite and chosen ones can pass those tests, and I'm not talking about the "smartest" or the "greatest" and obvious "winner" types. Only those who are truly willing to look like the losers in this life have the stuff it takes to become that kind of a winner, and that's what it takes and what it means to be following in My footsteps. Too many of My followers still insist on wanting to look like the winners... Its natural to want to belong to the "winners." My road is not the road to fame and fortune and easy success in this world. The Real Thing doesn't look very inviting at all. It's difficult, in fact, in worldly language, you could describe it, "as tough as hell." It's the path that requires everything. The one where I will leave nothing left over of your pet quirks, your pet idols, nor any of your little pet lies and deceits and cover-ups, all your little weapons of self-defense that you learn how to use in the System. Some are so soaked in pride, all they want in life is to show how much they can achieve and accomplish on their own. Others simply despise the ways of truth and honesty and just prefer to cover up and keep things in the dark. Yet others aren't interested in any of that deep stuff at all. They enjoy the shallowness of superficial, temporal and fleeting things. 303 _________________________________________________ The "real thing" isn't something physical. The real thing is the Spirit. It's not a certain number of individuals as a group, it's a spiritual entity. My Bride is a spiritual entity, and what makes her the Real Thing is My Spirit. Whenever My Spirit is there, a person or a group becomes the Real Thing, or part of the Real Thing, because it's partaking of My Spirit. 304 _________________________________________________ If there's one little way in which you seek the glory for yourself, it will fire back on you somehow. It takes a whole lot of desperation, sincerity and humility, a real whole-hearted effort, to make sure you're really giving all the glory to Me, and you can't just take it for granted that that's what you'll be doing naturally. Greater saints than you have caught themselves wondering if they were doing what they were doing for selfish reasons and motivations of putting themselves in the limelight. The natural thing is to want the love and attention for what you're doing yourself. The supernatural thing to do, that which only I can enable you to do, is to do it all with only one purpose and intention, and that is to glorify Me and Me alone, and it doesn't exactly come natural to you, nor is it always easy for everyone. It isn't even easy to recognize that you're not doing it. That's why so many false prophets out there keep preaching without realizing that My light has gone out in them. So, you must make a greater effort to seek My glory alone. And

one way of doing that is by praying more for My guidance in the things you're doing. Seeking Me and making sure you're getting ahold of Me with an attitude of nothing else matters. Make sure it is Me you want to show off, not your own wit and talents! Theyre not interested in the element of self. They want pure beauty. And they can only enjoy it, if there has been enough humility on your part to make sure that you don't care who gets the glory, as long as I get it. Making sure that I get all of the glory takes quietness and stillness of heart, because it takes time to find out what it is that I really want. If people see you in it more than Me, or instead of Me, then it's no good... You've got to duck & get out of sight. Otherwise, it's also you they're going to try to hit. There are various dangers involved in letting them see you, instead of keeping your camera focused on Me. They will blame you for anything you said that wasn't politically correct, that came in a spirit of "thus say I, not the Lord." It isn't always easy to do all things purely for the right reasons... That's why I'm helping you remember, and one of the ways I do that is, usually, by allowing things to go a bit haywire... When things go wrong, you wonder, "Why did they go wrong?" And that's when you can think about what you may have done wrong that caused things to go haywire... It's humbling, but it's necessary. 305 _________________________________________________ You've got to make a conscious effort to get it into a more positive mode, because otherwise, there will always be negative things to criticize, and you'll never be happy... One sure way of becoming that way is to be staring at the Devil's shiny and unrealistic temptations, which cause you to be discontent with what you've got. You're not thankful for what you've got and are wishing you had something better, and that's why you're trying to find fault with what you have. Lack of appreciation usually causes one to lose what they have, not to gain more. In order to be given more, you've first got to be faithful with what you've got, and in order to be faithful with it, you've got to appreciate it first. Focus on the positive!

people; he's practically got them in the sack. He couldn't stop them from becoming Christians, but he was sure successful at stopping them from ever being anything like revolutionary Christians. They just did what they have always done: clear the heathen temples of their idols, put a few crosses in them and convert them into "Christian temples," never ever paying heed to the fact that I don't dwell in temples made with hands, but that the Father seeks to be worshiped in spirit and truth. They just took the heathen idols out of their part of the System, replaced them with Christian symbols and idols, and called it "Christianity," all the while never having to leave their comfortable situation in the System. They have their "presidential prayer teams" praying for the troops who are slaughtering the innocents by the tens of thousands. No wonder the world is getting sick of Christianity. If that's Christianity, I don't want to have anything to do with it, and I don't. They're going to have to reap the repercussions and consequences of their actions themselves, and they will have to bear My "Depart from Me, ye workers of iniquity, for I never knew you." 308 _________________________________________________ The Enemy is trying to create his own reality for his dupes, in which people like you are the "bad guys," and if you weren't around, everything would be "nice and clean," a wonderfully working, happy System. In My reality it's the other way around: you are the good guys, because you're telling the truth and exposing the System and its puppeteer behind the scenes, and how evil it really is. It's the Devil's type of "perfectionism:" "Ethnic cleansing" and racism has all been his own idea, because he would like to create tons of little carbon copies of himself, very much like "Mr. Smith" in the 3rd issue of "Matrix." Satan is a lot like "Mr. Smith," in that he detests mankind, and if anything, wants to absorb and assimilate them into his system, and convert them into his obedient slaves, totally yielded to him, without any will of their own. He may pretend to be the hero of the "free thinkers," but in reality, he's not nearly as much into free choice as I am, as his "New World Order" will show, at the latest when he will make the mark obligatory for anyone who wishes to survive... He's really a dictator at heart, and all his "goodie-goodie" show that he's pulling off right now, of being a promoter of democracy, etc., and "let the kids have some fun," is just that: pure show. As soon as they're all in the trap, he's going to pull the plug, and the fun will be over, once and for all. It's not going to be called the "Great Tribulation" for nothing: the fun will be over, period. He's going to come up with what he's really good at - the only thing: creating hell on earth. He'll show his true face, eventually.

306 _________________________________________________ You need a positive predisposition and attitude when you listen. You need to turn on your "ready" button: "ready to learn something," "ready to absorb something." Even if it isn't 309 _________________________________________________ anything new. The hardships... Of course, you mind them, especially in the Say something positive: "That's a good point," or "good face of the fact that others seem to be dodging them. They do thought," or "Thanks for reminding me of that," or just "Amen." look smarter, somewhat... They do seem more blessed... on the surface. They do seem happier, or luckier, with big fancy houses, Life isn't all about constantly collecting new little revelations and living in a lovely, temperate climate, while you're freezing in this bits of wisdom, but about learning to apply them. Until you make country you sometimes feel like comparing to hell itself, where them real and make them happen in your life, it's all just so much the people don't specially seem to be fond of you or appreciate head-stuffing. you, one of the leading AC strong holds in the world, right in the center of his future empire, that's slowly coming to pass and is being prepared by his forces from behind the scenes, unseen by 307 _________________________________________________ the oblivious masses... While the Devil has most of the church Christians distracted with his war games in which they're pretending to be fighting I admit, you haven't chosen the more desirable fate, or rather, evil, or simply duped into fighting for him, while they think you have allowed Me to choose a less pleasant one for you than they're fighting on My side, you are My real warriors, and the what others have, and it's natural that you start comparing and Devil knows who his enemies are. wonder, "Wait a minute. What am I doing wrong here? Everybody He knows he doesn't have to worry about those lukewarm church else seems to be having all this fun... What am I doing here in

this God-forsaken place? My God, my God; why hast Thou forsaken me?..." Nobody wants to be the one hanging on the cross and feeling forsaken not only by the world, but sometimes even by God Himself... Who can blame you? But then, what would you rather consider truly walking in My footsteps? Taking the easy way out and slurping Pina coladas under the tropical sun, or going this way of the cross - the way down to the death of the flesh, the way the flesh does not want? I don't blame you for being tempted to chicken out and take the easier, the more comfortable path, especially when everybody else seems to be taking it, and you seem to be the only dummies who are missing out on all the fun... But believe Me, there would have been other places that some of My great heroes of the faith sometimes would have rather been, than the deserted, not-always-promising mission fields I had called them to. They were pioneers. They could see what others could not see. They made history, the others didn't.

subjects, that make you think about things no one wishes to think about. Yet it's the confrontation with the unpleasant thought that evokes the kind of changes that have been the driving force behind history, like the spirit of the song "Amazing Grace," that freed the world from slavery. The man who received that song from Me was a man living in relative solitude... I'm giving you songs that will free the spiritual slaves of your times, and of the times to come.... There are changes coming up that are beyond their grasp, because all they focus on and deal with is the immediate, what's right in front of their noses. They're spiritually short-sighted, they lack the vision for the future, and thus they can't relate to tunes and melodies of the future. So, don't let any attacks from the Enemy discourage you, but be honored that you're counted worthy to suffer relative solitude along with most of My other truly greats who changed the course of history, even though what they did didn't seem to be very promising at the time. Time will tell which is the true gold of My anointing: which will fade, and which will last.

So, consider these days you're living in right now - even though they may seem somewhat solitary times, cut off from all the rest of the hive and from where it's "really happening," the times during which I most likely am able to use you most, the times of 310 _________________________________________________ which someday you might also say, "Yes, those were hard days, You need to deal with your weakness and find out what it is but they were the times during which I was used most by the that made Me allow you to have it, and why it is you're having to Lord." struggle with it. As in everything, there is a purpose for your weaknesses and sins, too. Remember the common attitude people throughout history had toward those that I had anointed and raised above their own You may have been striving the wrong way or for the wrong heads in some way: things and goals in life, and I can teach you how to strive and run Moses - "Who made thee to rule over us?..." properly, and strive for the right goals, and using the right means Joseph - "Here comes the dreamer..." to get there, namely My power and strength, not your own. Nehemiah - "Come down from that high and mighty wall of If I can get you to do whatever it is you're going to be doing in My yours..." strength, My Spirit, My power and by My grace, then My goal in Samson - he wasn't exactly popular during his lifetime among his your life is accomplished. own people, and subject to criticism and gossip, especially If I can get you to cease doing it in your own energy, in your own because of his affection for women, particularly women that were wisdom, with your own efforts, then I've driven the point home not really part of the "clan..." and the lesson is learned. Gideon - "Who does he think he is, sending the rest of us home again, and how does he think he's going to win a battle against You can't really love a sinner, if you're not willing to at least an army with 300?" temporarily accept him the way he is, including his sin, knowing And then the prophets... What makes you think that they were that I can deliver him from it. But healing someone from their ever popular? sins doesn't always happen over night... Look how the people rejected Me, their promised Savior, and how Sometimes you're finding yourselves having to put up for quite a they resisted Paul, My greatest apostle and mightiest tool in My while longer with some of your own besetting sins than you hands, without whom Christendom never might have spread the would like, or even someone else's weakness, and you're having way I had intended. to learn to love the sinner, even if he didn't get rid of his sin yet. In order to get rid of and overcome certain sins you have to take They were the outcasts of the outcasts... The ones considered time to deal with them, and show that you have enough love for weird and "untouchable" by those the world considered weird the sinner - including yourself sometimes - to put up with his sin and untouchable. That's why they often raised their very own long enough to help find the right cure for it, find out what's the crop of followers of Mine to Me. They didn't rely and wait on the lesson behind it and the reason I'm allowing it to linger for so support and popularity from their ranks. long in some cases. There were always those special few who chose to play the tunes that I gave them to play, that didn't always say what others I'm using your sins to draw you closer to Me, and make you wanted to hear, but what I wanted them to hear and chew on. realize that you can't do it without Me. Your weaknesses become the factor I use to draw you to closer dependence on Me and get That's the price of eternal fame, versus the mediocrity of those you to a point of total submission, yieldedness and letting go of who just flow with the current trend and hit the nerve of any less than realistic self-image, of any pretended goodness or popularity of the times... What makes one really great is the guts wanna-be perfection that isn't really there. to be different, no matter what anyone says. Perhaps I'm using one sin to help you overcome another. There were many popular artists in the days of Mozart, while he Perhaps your laziness is one of My greatest tools to keep your had to live in relative poverty. He just didn't hit the nerve of his pride in check, for instance, or jealousy, to keep your selftime. Another kind of sound was popular during his time, than righteousness in check, and so on. what he created. But his lived on forever... That doesn't mean you shouldn't continue seeking My help in order to overcome those weaknesses, and it doesn't mean that But that kind of anointing does have its price. Songs that last you should just passively accept them as "the way you are" and aren't usually written by party tigers. More often than not, they're never make an effort to change. But when there is a weakness composed by those considered the party poopers of their times, that just keeps lingering, sometimes you have to look deeper, the ones that always have to bring up unpleasant and convicting and see what else there may be that I want to show you, besides

the usual, surgical method, of "just get a knife and cut it out and good riddance." Maybe the evil you're focusing on is the lesser of two evils, which I'm using in order to help you get rid of the other one... Your sin actually helps keep you humble, and it also helps Me to keep you closer to Me. So, sometimes your "thorn in the flesh" is actually a useful device that can keep in check some other aspect of the ever present and prevalent sin of pride, or the urge of self to unfold and manifest itself in some great accomplishment, and it can certainly help to give Me the glory for anything you accomplish in spite of your weakness! There are 2 sides to nearly everything. There is a good and a bad side to even all apparently bad things, as well as to seemingly purely good things. That's one of the side effects of the curse, that everything has a shadow side to it, a dark side. Even sunshine: you get too much of it, and it can ruin the crops, or your health, and cause whole lakes to evaporate... Chalk it up to the great party pooper of all times to see to it that even the most perfect aspects of My creation have some drawback to it, a result of the curse. Even water, as necessary it is to make all life possible, can also drown you and bring death. Too much air can pop the balloon or - in the form of a storm - tear down your house. It's one of the mysteries of creation: the dual nature of things. No wonder some folks cooked up the Yin and Yang philosophy, because that dual nature and coexistence of good and evil seems to be prevalent and permeate all of creation. What they don't see is that it is a result of the curse which man's choice to believe Satan, rather than obeying Me, has brought into the world, and that this may be the nature of things presently, and temporarily, but it is not the order of things according to My eternal laws. The darker side of things is programmed for elimination, as impossible as that may sound to the carnal mind. They think they probably couldn't live without evil. It's one of the Devil's ways of making himself "indispensable," at least in some people's minds. Well, you and I know better, and there is such a thing as life without sin; and life without evil is possible. And we're going to prove it to them, whether they believe it or not. 311 _________________________________________________ Sometimes familiarity between people is the very factor that most hinders anyone from becoming a new creature. They would like to become one, but the other person won't let them because they continue to see the old man, the person they used to be, in them.

313 _________________________________________________ Getting to really know someone takes time. If you want to learn how to love, if you want to invest your life in love and dedicate your life to that purpose and make it a life of love, then it's going to cost you all the time you have. You cannot spend some of that time on serving other gods. It always pulls you back in the opposite direction. The longer you walk this road, the more you realize, you can only walk it if you give it all you've got. Any compromise or anything you withhold becomes a major obstacle or detour and usually turns out to be a trap and distraction of the Enemy. Happiness is something received by the act of giving Me your time. If you give Me your time, I will give you happiness in return. 314 _________________________________________________ You need to make room for others in your life. You have to clear out some of the clutter, some of the things your self is occupied with most of the time, so that there will be more space to absorb them. It's risky, and your flesh makes you feel as if that's exactly what you wouldn't want: you want the familiar, that which is approved by you, all that you know is safe & you can trust. But without making room for them in your life, they will just become more alienated from you, because they will feel that they will have to establish their own little world, full of their own little things, because there was no more room in your world for them, or at least not sufficient... When the barns of your soul are so full of clutter that there's not enough room to house others in there anymore, then it's time to get rid of some of the clutter. It's like a full hand without capacity to receive more, but if you let go of what's in your hand, another hand can comfortably fit into it. In order for a body, a unit to blend and grow and merge together there has to happen some giving way first. They won't be open for your input, unless you're open for theirs. Absorption and integration is the name of the game. It's the essence of change vibrating in you that lets others know you're alive. It all depends on how open you are to My input, how adaptable to what I'm bringing into your life...

315 _________________________________________________ My Word is like the magical sword Excalibur, of the tales of old, that was stuck inside a rock, and only the true king was able to pull it out. Only those who are truly destined to become My Sometimes I use a third person to help someone become the new future kings and queens are able to unfold its truth and make its creature they're supposed to be, especially when that person has magic work. It won't do anything for those who underestimate its the sort of qualities that the one I'm trying to change lacks. power, and think, "Oh, it's just a rusty old sword stuck in a rock." Those who know that this is the purpose for which they were born, will free it from the rock and wield it, and it will never miss 312 _________________________________________________ its target, it's the weapon that makes them invincible. If you take care of Me, My desires, and My wish that My You know there is no other way, no other purpose; nothing else message should be spread around the world, I will also take care matters: you've got to retrieve that sword and wield it against the of your needs. evil Enemy and free the captives from his grip and oppression. Even if it sometimes seems as if you're landing right in the same Some despise it. They don't see all that it could do for them. It's mess you've been in before, I'll always pull you out of it again, because I have not made its power obvious. and each time you're a little stronger and a wee little bit wiser. It's just words. Just an Old Book whose meaning is so hard to The progress may seem insignificant to you, but I, Who pay grasp, with many an hard saying in it, who can bear it? attention to infinitesimal details, know better, and see things differently. It all depends on what constitutes value for you. If you're still I don't only see the Big Picture more clearly than you do, but also distracted by the things of this world and the whispers and the tiny little details, that are too microscopic for your view to seductions of the evil one, then you probably won't make the catch... all the processes taking place beneath the surface. whole-hearted effort it takes to draw that sword from the stone. Only if you know you were born and chosen to be an overcomer,

one of those who shall obtain a crown of life from Me and who been introduced. shall rule and reign with Me, will you have the determination it takes to grab its handle and withdraw it from the grasp of uselessness. 319 _________________________________________________ It all depends which voices you listen to in your heart: the voices Since love is My commandment, it becomes somewhat of doubt, or the still small voice of faith... obligatory. Once you voluntarily, out of your own free will and majesty of choice, made the decision to obey and follow Me, love becomes a thing you've just got to do, no matter what. There are 316 _________________________________________________ no legitimate excuses for not loving. It's the crushing of your life that brings forth the beauty of your songs. It's relatively easy to love Me, Whom you have not seen, but As soon as someone has reached the top and is comfortable with perceive as perfect, compared to loving those whose faults and where they are, they "lose it," as you have observed with so shortcomings you see before you all the time. The question is, many singers in the world: they lose that desperation, that heart how real is your love? How far does it go? How long does it last cry that makes their songs real. with those less than perfect? As long as you stay unrecognized, rejected, unwanted and It's easy to love those who do you good, when they do you good. persecuted, as long as you are forced to cling to Me and Me And then? Don't you think you ought to train your capacities to alone in desperation, and you have no other "substitute" to love to go a little bit beyond that point? threaten to take My place in your life, you can be assured that the "honey" will flow forth from your life. Otherwise it's just like the Devil's justice - or his idea of "love," which rewards only the deserving. That's why he's constantly The Devil really is god in this world, while I am the Stranger, and accusing you - My saints - before Me, asking Me to withhold My all My true followers have been pilgrims and strangers, unwanted blessings from you because you don't deserve them. He thinks outcasts. it's utterly unfair that I should bestow My blessings, My love, My protection and care on disloyal and weak, undeserving The sufferings are precisely the factors that make you appreciate characters. Me and all I am for you, and they draw you to Me in a way that all I just happen to have more faith in you and more patience with the good times in the world never could. you than he does. How about you? Is your love as short-lived and as accomplishment-oriented as his? Does it only go to the "deserving?" Or am I your Teacher, Who prayed on the cross for 317 _________________________________________________ those who put Me there, "Father, forgive them, for they know not You ask Me for your daily bread and safety and all sorts of what they do?" things, but why don't you just ask Me for more love, if that's what you need? What's your standard of love? What's the measure you go by? "Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven." What is My will? Are you being stingy with your love? That people love each other. So, ask Me to help you to love more! "Thy will be done" means, "let there be more love," for if the The Standard of Love is an eternal, timeless standard. It's an greatest commandment is to love, then it's obvious that that's unconditional standard. It's the Standard of the Eternal, as what My will is. If you're asking for My will to be done, what do opposed to the finite standards of the temporal world, all of you think My will is? Peace and truth and righteousness and all which will cease and come to an end. those things, yes, but how do they come about? By love. When you consider your accomplishments, your works, and While it's somewhat important to recognize the weak spots in everything you did throughout your day, how do they measure people, and not be fooled into thinking they're not there, it's also up, against the Standard of Love? How much remains when all important to rise above them, just as you would any other else is stripped from it, except for love, and how much love you obstacle. Sins and weaknesses are for overcoming and fighting came up with? and winning the victory over them. If you see a weakness in somebody, start seeking a way to try to All other standards will eventually fail and cease. help them overcome it with My help. If you see the problem, do something about it, look for a solution, don't just resign in the face of it. 320 _________________________________________________ So much is up for you to do... or to ask Me to do... The secret of families in the old days was necessity. The reason why they clung together through thick and thin, no matter to what degree individual interests may have differed, was 318 _________________________________________________ that it was necessary for them, in order to survive. Showing and admitting your vulnerability after you've been Kids in those days were not just asked timidly, "Oh, and would hurt requires humility. you mind helping us with the work out on the field today? That You don't have to camouflage your hurt as cynicism. would be so nice!" - They had to, or else their whole family might Thats just another one of those "games people play," and you not have survived the winter, and they might have starved. don't need that. Necessity was the glue that kept them together, and that's You ought be mature enough not to have to resort to pretending precisely the stuff that's being eliminated from today's families to be the cool guy who's got a smart joke on his lips in answer to and from society today. People don't need each other anymore. all the problems & challenges this life is leading him to face. There are other, better ways to cope and deal with them, like Things simply won't get accomplished if you keep on waiting for honestly and openly addressing the problem, the fear the hurt, people to develop interest! The Devil is a much too cunning the suspicion. master at the art of distraction, in order for anyone to develop sufficient interest in doing My will voluntarily, just because it Sure, it sounds more scary than the comfortable way that happens to be so interesting. "Necessity is laid unto me to enables you to remain in the shadow, allows your feelings to stay preach the gospel" (1Cor.9:16). The only thing that works is that out of the picture, and you can just keep pretending to be the you realize you need to do it, whether you feel like it, whether it cool guy who is miles above it all, and all those things can't even happens to be your particular field of interest, or not! faze him. Well, the time for that game is up, and a new and better game has You cannot just let a child do whatever he or she wants, and

whatever they're craving and feel like doing, no matter how "noble," how "democratic" and how politically correct it may appear in the eyes of today's society! You want to appear as "correct" in the eyes of your children in this aspect: "I never forced you to do anything you didn't want to." But the sad answer one day may well be, "Well, perhaps that's precisely what you should have!" "You should have stopped me from doing my own silly thing, and you should have been more pervasive in your efforts to get me to do God's will instead!" Thats the way it used to be in families: you had to do certain things, whether you liked them or not! But by today's concept of families, that's taboo! You don't force a child to do things they don't want to do, because that might be labeled "child labor." Sometimes you've simply got to realize that you're doing people a huge favor by making them do certain things that may never occur to them out of their own incentive! Modern "enlightenment" is not really all that bright, when it comes down to it. I gave young people all their energy not to be wasting it on selfish endeavors, but to invest it in helping others, those who they ought to show their gratitude to for having raised them, fed them and brought them through life successfully to this point.

You're doing your best to be a testimony and a witness... You're trying to pioneer new methods, new ministries... They don't always immediately render tangible success. Even in the world, there are lots of folks starting out on new enterprises, not all of which wind up being successful. Well, at least they had the guts to try out something new. They have found out that somehow life goes on. Sometimes you just have to get through the not-so-good days and trust that I'm in them, too, even if you can't see Me or feel Me. It's those times of uncertainty that serve best to make sure you become certain of your cause, because you question, and accordingly you receive answers, which strengthen and solidify your convictions and resolve. You ask Me, "Lord, are You sure, this is still the right way?" And I say, "Yes, I'm sure. Keep Walking!" "This is the way, walk ye in it." I'm saying, "It's okay, even if it may seem a bit strange and dim, and this is not exactly the rose-strewn pathway you may have imagined it to be like when you follow God." + You saw where that track led Me. The path of the perfect will of God isn't always an immediate, glorious success-story. It's a story of crosses, crucifixions, humiliations, beatings and hardships, which often can make you wonder, "Lord, are You sure that this is the right path? Everyone else says it couldn't be. Everyone else says, it's a sign of Your blessings to be affluent, so, if I'm going down this path, and I'm still dead poor, doesn't this mean that I'm on the wrong path perhaps?" Where are all those numbers that testify of your success, the affirmation that you were on the right track all along, indeed? Well, sometimes it takes a little waiting for that affirmation to appear, which then also wonderfully brings along the numbers you so anxiously were waiting for, such as the three and five thousand converts won shortly after Pentecost, the affirmation for all My believers that in spite of what it seemed, they were on God's chosen path, after all... Read the tales of Paul and all the hardships he had to endure, often with no evidence that he was on the right path except that I would tell him so, which would lead him to the conclusion that would continue to spur him on in spite of any circumstances: "I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day" (2Tim.1:12). Do you still know Whom you have believed, even when the circumstances aren't all that rosy, or you feel useless, abandoned, downhearted? My Word promises, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee," even when your feelings may imply that I may have done so, temporarily. I need to get your faith to the point where you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I have not left you nor forsaken you, even when all the circumstances and ten thousand voices seem to be screaming the opposite! "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee!" That's a promise that ought to be so ingrained in your heart and mind that no matter what happens you'll still know that I'm right there, not nudging an inch from your side. I'm still around, and don't you worry 'bout a thing, no matter how bleak it may seem! During the rosy times its easy to assume that I'm around. The "evidence" seems to be all over: "The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the flowers blooming, and all the bills are paid. Yeah, certainly God loves me." But I need you to know with that same assurance that I love you when the sun is not shining, there are no birds and flowers, and you don't know yet how you're going to pay those bills!

321 _________________________________________________ Often that which is conducive to immediate "happiness," or fulfilling of a temporary craving, will take one in the opposite direction as far as their eternal happiness is concerned... their outcome in the Big Picture. The biggest enemy and handicap and obstacle in the way of the Big Picture is the immediate "little" picture, that which appears to be so big right in front of your noses, like the carrot on a string on a stick held in front of the donkey's nose... That which you immediately want and makes you run blindly into a certain direction: "I want it, I want it..." Learning to decline, and not yield to the immediate temptation of what one wants in the present, is one of the major contributors of beauty to the outcome of the Big Picture; the rare exception of those who did not give in to the urges of the here and now. That's what vision is. It keeps your eyes on the goal in the distance and thus keeps you from becoming distracted by the immediate little issues of here and now and instant satisfaction. You're willing to chew your way through another rough stretch in the faith and hope that the outcome will be well worth it and make more than up for it. 322 _________________________________________________ It's relatively easy to want to have Me, your perfect God, for a permanent Friend; but what about My earthly representatives? And if you determine that this is what you're going to stick to and follow through with, then you should not do it grudgingly, but wholeheartedly. Don't look at the half-heartedness of others. Just make sure you're not a half-heart yourself! After all, there won't be any legitimate excuses for not having given your all, such as, "Well, they didn't give their all, so I didn't, either..." That sounds pretty lame, doesn't it? 323 _________________________________________________ I'm trying to teach you to get a vision for something that may yield other results than the usual immediate cash-on-hand gratification.

Even when things ought to be different, and you ought to be doing better, I am the One to decide in which aspect you ought to be doing better, and if I decide, "Now it's time for another lesson on trust," then you're just going to have to learn how to trust Me, even when it seems as if you're failing the rest of the world.

Remember that story about the Roman soldier who had a terminal disease, and he knew he had nothing to lose, so he was one of the most relentless fighters for the empire. In recognition of his valiant services, he was granted medical treatment to be cured from his disease, and afterwards he wasn't the same relentless fighter anymore, but sought to protect himself. 324 _________________________________________________ Freedom is still and after all, just another word for "nothing left What's the right balance between being used by Me in spite to lose." You can't really say that all those people who have got of yourselves and being used by Me because of yourselves and so much to lose are totally free. Especially once their lives have something that you do? been fixed up so nicely. They're definitely not free of their How much do I rely on the part you must do? illusions and lies about the System! Sometimes the greatest obstacle to total freedom is the illusion Teaching people to defend only their own, individual "territory," of freedom. "You're free from your addiction to recognition from their own personality, is good and needed, but the Devil isn't people." That's good, but does that mean they are now totally nearly as scared of this rather selfish approach as he is of one free? What about the illusion that there's nothing dreadfully honest soul winner, who is not interested in fixing up and wrong with their System, their country, their leadership, and that improving himself, but lays down his life in order for others to be there is no war being waged on the poor and innocents in the saved. world? Success-type Christians don't get their hands dirty like that. It doesn't look good. This kind of message is naturally a lot more popular than painting bleak and dark End time scenarios, since it also brings immediate improvement and relief from spiritual ails, instead of The art of spiritual self-defense on an individual level cannot be having to plague oneself with further issues of confrontation compared to the universal spiritual warfare. concerning the global political and economical situation. You may look miserable, lying there in the trenches, in the mud, But implying that this is the message that counts negates or dirty, stinking and uncomfortable, fighting life-and-death combat undermines the importance of the other one, which, in My on the dark battle fields of this world, compared to the nice and opinion, is more important. What are all those nice and spiritually shiny practice of spiritual self-defense of those sheltered people groomed Christians trained in the art of self-defense going to do in their ivory towers, in their clean white (spiritual) judo suits. against the flood of evil that is sweeping the rest of the world? But when it comes down to handing out the medals to the ones What are they doing in order to really establish My Kingdom on who will have been instrumental in winning the global and earth, apart from fixing up their own individual little kingdoms? universal war for Me, you can imagine, which type of warfare will What applies here is the same counsel that I gave the people in have had the greater impact. respect to the Pharisees: do what they tell you, but don't necessarily follow their sample. You might learn something from Judo does not inflict any harm on your enemy, it just teaches what this kind of people have to say, but don't necessarily think how to keep the Enemy at bay, in order to enable one to live a life that that's all the truth there is and the end of it. When it comes to "free of conflict." truly offering the world an alternative to its Godless and ruthless Whereas you are being taught to prepare for the greatest conflict System, then the truth does look somewhat different than the there ever was between My Cause and the Devil's, My side and picture these people portray, and their picture differs largely from the Devil's, My people and the Devil's. the one not only I see, but also the reality of billions of other people, who might not be able to afford their 4-step selfNot being aware of the greater spiritual warfare can become a improvement programs, however divinely inspired they may be. dangerous illusion and deception: you think that just because you get a grip over your personal problems and the evil manifested in your own life, the world is going to be a better 325 _________________________________________________ place from now on, and the Devil isn't really up to anything else, Once you've established an excellent line of communication like taking over the world, preparing the world for his own world with Me, you'll probably also find that your communications with order, and the final implementation of his mark. others will increase and improve. All the attention is drawn toward overcoming personal problems - which is all good and has its place - but there is no focus It is important that you establish clear lines of communication whatsoever on the evil the Devil is perpetrating in the rest of the with those you're living with. world. The attitude behind that is, "Let the rest of the world go to If there are already so many misunderstandings and hell, as long as we can save ourselves." misperceptions between you, how much more the Devil is able to hinder clear communication between you and outsiders. All those good works look nice, but what are all those good Communication is something the Enemy is fighting vehemently works compared to one immortal soul snatched away from the against. It's one of the areas in which he tries to interfere, claws of the Devil? intercept and distort and sow confusion. From a carnal and reasonable aspect what you have seems much less desirable and downright pitiful compared to the epitome of a "good life" with all of the good works they've got to show forth. Yet I see things in a slightly different way. There's yet another step further to go in one's dedication for Me, and that is the humble, lowly way of the cross, the only path that truly brings Salvation, not merely healing to souls, bodies and spirits. The gift of healing is indeed a good and necessary one, but what about Salvation? My most popular works of healing the lame, the blind and leprous and feeding the multitudes were not comparable to the act of taking up that cross in order to bring Salvation to mankind. A good and strong line of communication with Me is the foundation. Next you need to have good communications with those you live with, and then you can worry about your communications with the rest of the world. We have to strengthen and fortify the cell from its core, before you can consider cell partition, multiplication and growth. You've got to establish and make sure you've got a healthy cell and unit first, before you're thinking of making that organism grow. There is such a thing as "natural selection," only that nature itself doesn't do the selecting, I do. Of course, I've got oodles of helpers to join Me in that endeavor, which aren't recognized by scientists, because they can't see'em, and so, because they can't see what's going on, they accredit it

all to "nature." They don't recognize that nature has a Source. They don't realize that there's more to nature than meets the eye, because of the invisible, driving and creative force behind nature.

You've got to have your own house, your own unit, in order, before you can start telling the rest of the world what they're supposed to do. You've got to be the right kind of leader, shepherd or person in your own little Home, before you can go You are a bit like those scientists who've been looking for signs out & teach & preach to the world... of intelligence in outer space, when there was the vastest source Youve got to clean up your own mess at home, first, before you of intelligence to be discovered right at home, on the level of the can think about leading the outside world. tiniest living unit known to man. Theres a lot more to be revealed and discovered about your No matter what good intentions you may have, people look on tiniest unit there at home, and it should be enough of a challenge the outside, outward appearances and the sample... What they for you to deal with, before you start pioneering the vast see interests them more than what they hear. And most people galaxies. There's a time for everything under the sun, and the see differently than you do, and are attracted by different kinds of time for exploring the universe hasn't really arrived yet before appearance and presentation than you are... you've explored your own little universe at home. How are you going to teach any possibly existing aliens out Just because I asked you to be different did not mean that this there, millions of light years away, if you haven't even learned the means that your way is better than everybody else's. basics of communication at home? What are you going to impart I didn't promise you any kind of popularity or immediate to them when you haven't even learned how to have peace at recognition as a reward for being different. home, on your own planet, or inside your own four walls? Focusing on the negative and the lack of love that prevails What really attracts people and gets their attention is unity and elsewhere is just going to discourage you. harmony. Focus on Me and drag your focus away not only from the shiny distractions, but also the discouraging, negative things that You can't just run off into the rest of the world, much less the would get you to focus on the pit! universe, half-baked and not really ready for the show. That's why the Bible says you need to have patience. Patience is a key to better communications with each other and 327 ________________________________________________ to a better life in general. It's hard to suspect that the greatest source of intelligence You need to realize you're not in a hurry to get anywhere. There's should lie right in front of man's own noses, instead of out there no rush trying to save the world all at once, much less the whole in the vastness of space. Likewise, it's often easier to spot the universe. Once you get a grip over your own life, your own little splinter in someone else's eye than the beam in one's own... Home and unit, we'll worry about what we can do to improve the But there's always a few minor operations you've got to perform rest of the universe, but for now, let's keep this lesson at home. at home and on yourself, first, before you're ready to face the world and help them out with whatever their problems may be: What do you really know about our line of communication that you've got to wash up, brush your teeth, comb your hair & get we have right here? You realize that there seems to be some kind dressed, etc. So, there's a certain minimum amount of home of translation process going on, which probably involves special maintenance required, before you can get involved in any spirit helpers, just like there are those translation devices inside maintenance work on the outside world... every living cell, and all those proteins doing all their different Faithfulness in the little things is a great thing well disguised. jobs... Even so, there are many things you still need to learn about Whatever it is that costs you the most and that feels like the communications with your wife, your children, about not being hardest to do, you can assume that that's precisely what the so stuck on yourself and your own opinion, and oodles of other Enemy is trying to stop you from doing! things, before you can enlighten the world with your wisdom. A lot of folks think they're ready to be let loose on the world There is a certain order required at every basic level of the before they really are. That's why they often get a surprise. It universe, and at the basis of every smallest unit, in order for turns out so different from what they imagined it to be like; they things to work. If you just allow them to decay and deteriorate, become disappointed and disillusioned and withdraw. Life is full there won't be progress, but regress; you'll fall behind instead of of surprises. And often those surprises, those things that turned making headway. out so different from the way you expected, are key factors in You will have to take care of things in order for them to continue making you change. to develop in a positive, favorable and progressive way. If you That's why people can change so drastically in their personalities neglect them, there'll be chaos, no order, and things will fall when they mature. apart. Experience has taught them that life has this quality of tossing about all their former expectations. Their own little concepts and Energy plus matter plus information makes life possible. You've perceptions of the world and mindsets simply often don't work got the matter, but then you've got to invest some energy in a out, and they realize they ought to try a different direction and well-planned, organized, intelligent way, otherwise there will be head down a different track... no new life, just a slow decay of the old. Often, the conclusion they come to is, "What do I really know at Are you decaying or growing? all?" All their former concepts and truths are being tossed over a You can make the difference by rolling up your sleeves and heap, and they realize they've got to start anew and build a pitching in and making it happen! different concept, a different life, or a different family, a different 328 _________________________________________________ job... Whatever it is they think they need to change. In the Spirit, the victory is already won. It is already done, And it's good. Changes are good for them. and nothing the Devil could ever do can change that... There's no way around it: the victory will be won and has already been won I'm having you learn a bit more about the basics of domestic by Me. That's why it has all been written down already. "Thus it communications before you keep worrying about how you're has been written; thus shall it be done." Of course, the Devil is going to impress the rest of the world... saying, "Well, we'll see about that..." You'll want the impression and mark you leave on the world to be a good one, not just any old one... Realizing that evil works for good gives you greater faith in our Cause. It helps you to praise Me more for when something "bad" happens, for you will know, it will just be another stepping stone 326 _________________________________________________

toward My future, another gallon of fuel that will get our rocket to its destination. That's the trick: not to resist it, but to yield to My plan; not to fight it in your own energy, but to trust Me that I have integrated it into My perfect plan, and thus, everything belongs, whether short-sighted folks can see it, or not. It's not fatalism. It's the faith that I can handle anything, and to those who believe that, and those who love Me, there is nothing "wrong." Nothing can go "wrong" for those who trust Me, for I will right all their "wrongs." If you realize that anything the Devil and his ilk can do is only fuel for My flame, then you can focus more quickly on the greater good behind it all, which will make you a lot more attractive to My sheep. What they need is someone who leads the way in full trust and confidence that I am in perfect control. This doesn't mean that there isn't a war to win and no enemy to fight. It just means you won't overestimate him and won't be intimidated by him, because you'll know in the end, he's only working for Me. All he can really do is pester and annoy, but he can't really inflict any real and lasting harm on My chosen ones, as much as he may try to prove that the opposite is true.

for Christians to be circumcised and only eat kosher food. It took further learning from Me, as well as from the needs of thousands of new church members who were not Jews, to find out what the real requirements were. You can only learn and find out what your children need, by "stooping" to their level, so to speak, and finding out what occupies their world. If love is your religion, then you have to be open for things that may not belong to your primary circle of your top favorite things of interest... You have to trust that some of these new influences on your life come from My hand also, and as I told Peter, not to call unclean what I have called clean. The Enemy is going to be instrumental in bringing about My plan, since the world won't be ready for My one-world religion until the Devil will have imposed his on them. They'll appreciate what I have to say, once they'll have known the kind of spirituality or moral code the Devil had to offer...

When I came to the world, I didn't come exclusively as its Teacher. I also learned through the things which I suffered (Heb.5:8). Part of what made Me a good Teacher was being a good learner also. You have to be able to absorb what's going on around you. Most of the things I learned from mankind were far from the way I knew things were supposed to be. 329 _________________________________________________ But in learning about the problem, I also learned more about Kids copy the behavior and attitude they see in adults: if what the solution was going to be. their parents only display genuine interest for things connected with their own little grown-up world, and the matters that they Communication is already a big part of the solution. After all, the happen to be interested in, and show that they don't really have a giving of Myself to the world was a gigantic act of genuine amount of interest in other things, such as "kids' communication between God and the World. It's a give and take: matters," for instance, then it's only natural for children to adopt God gave that which He most loved, and He's receiving from the that same attitude of "you live in your world and I live in mine." world in return. Often, to their dismay, parents find themselves thus locked out of Eventually, communication between God and men will be their children's lives when they reach adolescence, and they established to such a degree that He will feel comfortable enough wonder "what happened?" among men to make His abode with them, right here, on earth It takes a lot more time, patience, attention and genuine interest (Rev.21:3). in things that are different and in the world of their children, in Total communication, total understanding, total acceptance, total order to become good parents, than what most parents come up love. with. They behave a lot like adolescent kids themselves, when they are so much into their own world, the world of their own peers and 330 _________________________________________________ things that interest them, unable to open their scope for things Acceptance is a great key in communications: accepting beyond that. somebody for who and what they are without prejudice. Once you are willing to overcome your fears and sense of Communication and "going into all the world to preach the strangeness toward the "other," you'll find out that all they would gospel" as opposed to only preaching "at home," is all about really appreciate from you is a little help, a listening ear, and being mature enough to forsake the scope of your own sometimes, just being acknowledged at all. immediate group of interest, and expand beyond it, to a new one you may not be familiar with. So many people are unwanted and unloved, and it's almost as if they feel in the spirit that it's your duty to make up for that: Parents have to learn how to get onto the level of their kids. Most you're supposed to love them, you're supposed to be the people of the time they're trying to get them up to theirs, and teach them of love. the things they know, but being a good parent goes both ways: The people around you need you to believe in them. They figure, you're not only teaching your child, but you're learning from him if you're not going to believe in them, being My true also. representatives on earth, then who is? If you're going to be just as biased toward them, just as incredulous or as indifferent as And that's how it is with evangelizing, witnessing and preaching the rest of the world, then you're taking their last bit of hope the Gospel to every creature, too: as you teach them the Gospel, away from them, because you're the hope of the hopeless. you're first inevitably going to have to learn about their customs, People like you, who put their cards on the other world, give their language, and you're going to have to learn about them in them a tiny ray of hope that there is an alternative. An alternative order to be able to successfully shepherd them and give them they might not feel strong enough to choose for themselves right what they need. now, but just knowing that there is one at all already gives them a It takes time and trust to tune into such seemingly insignificant little hope when all other prospects seem hopeless... matters as a child's world, or the world of a new convert. Youre not just supposed to be teaching them, but that you're It's natural that kids want to get away with the maximum amount also supposed to learn from them. of freedoms and liberties they possibly can. But it is your job as parents to set the limits and provide the security of borders that If it would have been for the conservative hardliners of the say, "Thus far and not further." Jerusalem Early Church, it would probably still be a requirement By playing big "Mr. Cool and Liberal" you're taking away the

security of the reins from them that pull them back, away from the danger zones. Those danger zones may look harmless to them, intriguing and enticing, but so does many a way that leads away from Me. You're there to offer a restraining hand and voice of wisdom that won't just allow them to slip into that dark and shimmering, false, black light of the Devil that has lured so many into darkness. It costs a price to walk the straight and narrow path that leadeth unto life. Entrance through the door may be for free, but it costs something to stay on that path. You can help them make the right choice by making it extra hard on them to make the wrong choices. Spare them some of the pain by making it tougher on them to make the wrong choices. If you make it hard enough for them to make the wrong choices, then they will think twice about making one when they're older. Nowadays parents not only make it too easy for their children to make wrong choices, but they will often even encourage them to make them, because their own lives have been a path of wrong choices. Have the guts to be different. Am I granting you everything you might possibly want? No. I'm giving you all you need, but not all you want, including not all the liberties you want, because I know it wouldn't be good for you. I'm a wise parent. I know better what's good for you than you do. A wise parent knows better what's good for their child than he does, whether he might agree with them or not. That's not only your right, but also your duty as parents. The wrong thing would be to give in. That's what the Devil speculates on, and his secret of success: his false, sugar-candy coated version of "love," love that knows no restraints, and permits anything, and lets them run right into their own ruin. Sometimes, love consists of the ability to say the word "no." Love isn't always saying "yes" whenever your child wants something. Love is saying "no" when they want something that's going to be bad, or even only "2 nd best" for them compared to the eternal rewards they're forgoing by not choosing the very best. There's no telling of the rewards they're going to reap for having been instrumental in bringing some light into the darkness, apart from enabling Me to bless you more as a Home, as a family: your unity, your happiness, your prosperity. Allowing them to make the wrong choices could not only be detrimental to them, but to all of you. Ask them on which side they want to be in this war. Ask them whether they realize how much I need them and how valuable they are for My Cause. Compared to what I see, you're all short-sighted, and all you can see is that carrot on a string dangling in front of your noses. But you have to see further. 331 _________________________________________________ I have faith in you, and I'm very patient. "Love suffereth long and is kind..." I'm not in a hurry. Maybe you sometimes lose patience with yourself, but I don't. If I can believe that you're eventually going to make it, then you can believe Me for it, too, can't you? At least you can try. 332 _________________________________________________ I want to teach you to see with your spiritual eyes. When you look at things with your physical eyes, you're tempted to be depressed, or not to feel too inspired about life or grateful for things... It takes digging and looking a little deeper until you see what's behind it, and discover My "footprint" or "handwriting" in it all,

until you discover My "code," My hidden message in all the seemingly mundane and meaningless... I am the One Who gives meaning to things. Welcome back to the search and quest for the discovery of meaning, the deeper things you may not see at first glance! You've got to put on your Don Quixote vision and see the beautiful beyond the ugly! Even the seemingly ugly things are there for a purpose, and they are tokens of My love as well, even if just to prepare you for a more difficult test ahead of you. I'm gradually preparing you for what's to come, and I'm also telling you, "Yes, I love you, and I care for you; but remember also that this world is not your Home, it's not your resting place, nor your permanent and final destination. You're on your way somewhere else... Remember you don't belong here; you belong to Me and to My World!" I've got to make sure you don't feel too much at home in this world. As long as I know you feel strange here, and you feel very strongly that some things aren't right here, that there's got to be something better elsewhere, I can assume that you're going to show up at My doorstep, asking Me to take you by the hand and lead you someplace better. I can't fulfill all your dreams and desires right here and now in this life, or you wouldn't be looking forward to what's there to come... You wouldn't be desiring My change and My revolution, My metanoia... Like this, you keep praying, "Thy Kingdom come!" You know that it hasn't arrived yet, contrary to the way some Christians seem to perceive things. I have to teach you to stand up for your convictions, stand up for what you know to be the truth, even if what you believe is not popular, or if it puts you apart, as has happened to a lot of My heroes throughout the ages. If I would let you get away with leading the life you please, you would hold it against Me when you come Here: "How could You let me get away with that?" You don't just want what's seemingly "best" for you, but you want what ultimately, and in the scope of Eternity is best for you, right? The reward isn't in the here & now. Strengthen your heavenly vision and loosen your grip on the immediate world around you. My Kingdom is coming, just hold on a little longer. 333 _________________________________________________ Make sure that what you're writing and singing for is to win people to Me, to lift Me up, so that I can draw them unto Me. If it's for any other purpose, then how am I going to be able to use it? 334 _________________________________________________ There are more factors to consider, more reasons to be more prayerful, and a greater need to check things through with Me more thoroughly, otherwise you may regret things. Many of My people throughout the ages would have just loved to stay preaching at home and getting the attention and admiration from their own kind. And it's usually the rejection of those you're trying to reach within your own borders and familiar harbors that drives you out where I wanted you all along. Those who will primarily appreciate what you have to offer are those outside, in the world, who haven't got Me yet to take for granted...

I'm desperate for those who don't know Me yet and will appreciate Me as the Savior and Salvation that I am and will be to them, as compared to those who have been so comfy-cozy with Me all their lives that they don't know sometimes whether to consider Me a blessing or a curse... Your job is bringing new faith to those who haven't got any yet.

335 _________________________________________________ Whatever lesson I try to teach you always brings home the point better when there's a real life experience attached with it. Those who don't believe in Me, don't have the Devil to fight against, and thus often have an easier time doing good than My It's an "all hands on deck" situation, and I need all the man- children. The Devil uses it to point his finger and say, "You see, power I can for this endeavor, and I cannot spare any. those guys don't even believe in You, and yet accomplish more This is the real thing, not a drill, and this hour is the purpose for good than those who follow You!" which I have ordained you. He generally makes it easier to be good on people who don't Any effort not dedicated to this united attack, in My eyes would officially believe in Me, and thus don't give Me the credit for it, be time wasted. and instead he tries to see to it that My own folks besmirch My name and the name of My Cause as much as he can. There is a time for everything under the sun, and the mills of My judgments grind slowly. My responses are well-planned and well- Without taking into consideration the existence of the Enemy and prepared. all that he's up to, things really don't make any sense... No wonder people get confused. It only becomes clear once you Peter was always quick to answer a matter from the top of his realize what he's up to and how he's scheming behind the head and often stuck his foot in his mouth and made a fool of scenes, and what his purpose and goal is. himself. He would overestimate himself, his courage and his loyalty, and boasted, "Though all will forsake you, yet I won't." And he really wanted to be brave... But that artificial display of 337 _________________________________________________ boldness often isn't the real thing. Learn to value people just for being people, and not for Real boldness is not a lot of words, no hot air, no "But make sure whatever they may be able to do for you... to be giving me the credit for this." It just does it! Success thinkers are trying to be somebody. Nobodies are Peter may have been the leader, but John was a steady force that simply not interesting for them. Somebodies are recognized by outlasted him. their outward appearances and status symbols. You have none. It's because love is a stronger force than a hot head... How unimpressive... Love is something steadier, than that attitude of, "I'm gonna show'em..." On the other hand, this enables you to recognize those who Love simply does it, while the rest of them are still talking about merely cleave to you with flatteries; who are interested in you for it. what you might have to give them and what you might contribute Love is the trump card. Love is the winner. Love really does it. to their cause, as opposed to those who recognize the values Love renders. Love is IT. that really count. There's nothing like love. Anything else looks pale in comparison. There's just nothing like it, period. Success type of people are not so much defined by their relationship with Me, and by who they really are when they stand It's time to let the little ones shine! Those who still have the stripped naked of all other factors, alone before Me, but more by energy, the spunk for it and who know that this is what they have the things they do and accomplish, and the people they been created for in the first place. They exist for Me, and you associate with. exist for them. Here is humility. Here is wisdom. Who can be the humble, lowly Even their idea of heaven is different. ground to catch these little ones who shine for Me, without insisting on being the stars of the show themselves? Who can let Well, that's the neat thing abut heaven: everybody can have their shine those whose due it is to shine? Who can get out of the way dreams fulfilled there, and yet it will all blend together somehow. and clear the stage for My real stars? Who can put their own pet projects aside in order to support and A little glimpse of Heaven will direct your focus away from those sustain My champions? temporal matters that disturb you. They need you to be there for them! You may not be able to look eye-to-eye with some of your more It's time to be there for your real job! It's shepherd-time! Time for earthly minded brethren yet, have not much in common with shepherding and being a shepherd, no longer some individual them at this time, but the time will come, when you'll all blend "star-sheep:" "Behold the awesome ram!" It's time for saying, together perfectly, as one. "Okay, it's your show now. What can I do for you?" It's really something to look forward to: all your differences After all, isn't that what I've been doing all along, the Master melded together by My love and the heat of the battles you'll Shepherd, giving you an example of how it's supposed to be? have been through in this life. Even presently seemingly Show Me what you've learned and picked up from Me! Show Me insurmountable differences will be as though they never were. who is the greatest among you and can be the servant of all! 336 _________________________________________________ "It's weird:" you're thinking, "How can people who don't even know You be so much more sacrificial than me, who have known You for most of my life?" It may surprise you that not all of My disciples were by nature the sacrificial types. It's just that they did what they had to, what I had commanded them to do... some earlier, some later. 338 _________________________________________________ Since history is all about recognizing the difference between good and evil, it's obvious that not everybody can tell the difference from the start, otherwise, there would be no need for a lesson. What may look innocent and okay to some, may turn out in the end not to have been so innocent at all: a little curiosity by the first woman causing the Fall of all of mankind, the seemingly

Sometimes the Devil uses some strain of success as a big distraction from keeping My people going in the direction I want them to go. With the Early Church, it was partly their initial success in Jerusalem that kept them from going into all the world as I had wanted them to. In the end, they all learned to be obedient disciples and apostles, even though some had to be persuaded into doing their job for Me, and yet others had to be driven by the sword of persecution to do it...

innocent taste of a fruit that seemed to promise knowledge... It's really not always that obvious, what is really good and what is bad, unless you have come to experience it by the fruits of it. Afterwards you can tell the difference, and you say, "What have I done?" And you repent of your evil. And it's never too late to repent. It may get more difficult, with time, to overcome old habits, but nothing is impossible to him that believeth. What I want is that you develop some conviction against evil! I want you to recognize it for what it is, not accept it as an "innocent" little "part of it all." It's true, it is a part of it all, but it's the part I want you to get rid of. Life is a pathway of choosing what things are there to keep, and what things are there to get rid of.

It's okay to believe in yourselves, so it's definitely also okay to believe in each other. You must not always be so suspicious of each other! Remember that everything, including your flaws and their flaws, works together for your good: I can use it all. So if you manage to see them as a part of it and trust Me for it, and see them as something ultimately good, instead of so terribly bad, then it's going to help you to have a more trustful attitude toward people. It will help you to trust Me more for them, and thus to trust them more, too. "If you can't trust your leaders, at least you can trust the Lord for your leaders." That also applies to the mistakes that were made: I used each and everyone of their mistakes as lessons, as tests, for all kinds of purposes in order to make the Family, or even the world, what it is today, for the same also applies to world leaders. Some things you just cannot simply accept or live with. They All the terrible ways in which today's unwise leaders are leading may seem innocent and harmless to you, but just because the world down the drain serve My greater purpose of bringing about the Endtime scenario: It's all getting to the point where everybody does it, does that make it good? they will desperately need supernatural help and guidance. And so, first the Devil will have his turn, through the Antichrist, and You need to be aware of the influence people are having on you. The Devil is going to try to destroy your testimony if he can! So upon having failed utterly, the world will finally be ready for My supernatural intervention. the question is, are you going to let him? So, if things were a lot better than they are, it would mean that The way to get rid of the darkness is by letting the light in. If you the time of My Coming would still be more in the distance. But avail yourself of the power that is in My Word, and you fill your like with things becoming so bad, you can tell, "Oh, redemption mouth with My praises to the extent that there won't be any room must be drawing nigh" (Lk.21:28). left for the negative words of the Devil, then you've got the One of the dangers of highly intelligent people is that they tend problem solved. to become bitter and sarcastic about everything. That's definitely How serious are you about proclaiming My Word? not My solution, nor My way. Like this, they become part of the Its not all about what's inside and how you feel! What's more problem, instead of part of the solution; part of the negative important is what goes out and how you affect the world. Not forces, instead of part of the positive forces that are supposed to what goes into the body makes a man unclean, but what comes make a difference. You're simply not prepared for the way the Devil sics you onto out of his mouth (Mt.15:11)! each other, makes you suspicious and distrustful of each other, when you walk through your day without My heavenly guidance and input. 339 _________________________________________________ Never feel condemned about your mistakes. They're a part of It's the only thing that can keep your vision clear and pure of any of that dark and negative input from the Enemy about each other, it all. The nature of My saving grace is such that your mistakes won't the world, and just about everything. The Devil likes to pull annul your good qualities, and I will still use your good qualities everything through the mud, because like this he can influence you to the point where you lose your zest, your vision, your regardless and in spite of your bad ones. Otherwise, if I'd be only waiting to find perfect and flawless inspiration for life. vessels to fill, I'd never find anybody to use and work with. Even He's coming at you from so many angles simultaneously in this Mother Teresa had her doubts, trials and battles. It came as a day and age that I have to make an extra effort to help you be shock for the world, but you know better. There is no such thing aware of his devices. Only I can give you the input you need to as a perfect saint. The verse still is true; "For we have this help you be grateful for life in spite of the black, gloomy picture treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may the Enemy likes to draw of everything. He tries a different tactic with everyone: for those he's trying to be of God, and not of us" (2Cor.4:7). lure away from deep, profound and spiritual things, he's painting One of the big lessons is the importance of little things, such as that picture of "everything's honky-dory" and "what are you guys establishing a good, solid and loving relationship on the smallest all so panicky about?" While those who are already aware that something's wrong and fishy, he tries to discourage with a level, first of all. The Enemy tries to distract you with "more important things" in hopeless outlook so that they won't feel like it's any use to try to order to get your focus off of this greatest mystery of all, so do anything about it in the first place... close to home. He's trying to get you to focus outwardly in a wrong way: some "out there" distant glorious future of No matter how bleak things may seem, I'm in perfect control, and usefulness, glory and honor, when My way of focusing outwardly thus it will always be worth it to do what you can to make things is something a lot more down to earth: on a level of personal better. It's never useless or in vain, as long as I'm in it. relationships. Its all about communication, tuning in to each other, being considerate of each other, each other's needs, and being of a helpful attitude toward each other. One of the greatest hindrances in this is the suspicion the Enemy sows by making you doubt others' motives and truthfulness. You've got to keep believing in your people. You've got to project something good into them, instead of the doubts & negativity the Enemy would cast over them in your mind's eye. If you keep in mind what I told you about seeing them the way I see them, namely the way I know they're going to be, then you realize it's not a mistake to be looking at others in a positive light. I'm giving you My positive input and incentive for the day, and then it will be up to you whether you will allow the Enemy to steal that positive view and outlook on things from your minds, whether you'll allow him to get you to doubt it or forget it altogether, or whether you manage to stick to it, cling to it, believe it, act on it and remember it. I ignite the flame. It's your job to keep the fire burning and keep it warm and hot so its radiance will fill My whole house. 340 _________________________________________________

What matters is that you keep going forward with Me and toward Me, and that you keep making progress in your personal walk with Me. If all the outer ado represents more of a distraction, more of a hindrance than a help to that, then I always give you that leeway, that "way to escape" (1Cor.10:13). I have come to set you free, not enslave you with another yoke, and if you feel that a certain yoke that is before you is too heavy, you've got to make sure whether this is really the one I want you to bear. Only I can tell whether you're strong enough, and only I can give you the strength to bear it. If I don't give it to you, there must be a reason for it, and it's your job to find out what it is. People see certain mistakes in others, but are incapable of seeing those same mistakes in themselves. It's easier to think of oneself as the hero who would do it better under different circumstances. Everybodys trying to change their circumstances to show off how much better they can do, only to find out that they'll often fall flat on their faces. The circumstances they were trying to escape from were put there by My hand for a good reason. All they want is get away from their awful present oppressing circumstances that in their opinion are the only thing that separates them from soaring sky high... Once they get their "own" set of circumstances, they may find out it's more like climbing a mountain with a heavy backpack on their back than flying... Only afterwards you often realize that your previous situation, the one you wanted so hard to get away from, was in many ways an easier one, but you wouldn't have had it any other way. That restlessness, that urge to be off and accomplish something big of your own to make a name for yourself comes from a lack of a close & intimate relationship of close communication with Me.

everything, no matter how big the mess is that everyone else made, including out of this mess called Christianity today. Only I am strong enough to uphold and carry you, and that's why I need you to lean on Me with all your weight and all your strength. You can have none other share that pedestal with Me. It simply won't work! It's as if you're trying to run your vacuum cleaner on two 1.5 Volt batteries. For some things, you need the Real Thing: the full 230 Volt current of My power: plug it in, and wooosh, off you go! Forget about them and think about Me! Only then can you even think about them and look at them in the proper way. You've got to look at Me first! Without looking at Me first, there's no use looking anywhere else, because all you'll see will only drag you down. So, come & have a good, long look at Me! It's like all those scientists looking at creation without Me on their minds, coming to completely wrong conclusions and world views: They stare out into space and figure that the earth must only be one random, coincidental little planet among the vastness and diversity of the sea of stars and planets. They look at "the evidence" on earth and figure it all must be millions of years old. What comes out is a worldview of vast, endless nothingness and meaninglessness: no plan, no Planner; no purpose, because there is no purpose Giver. Even so you look at all that life entails for you, and if you do it without Me on your mind, you figure, "It's all pointless." But I'm trying to teach you, "Don't look out there, but look unto Me first. I'll show you and teach you the point." There is a point, but you won't grasp it without Me!

If your focus really is primarily on Me, and I've got true top priority among all things and people that are of interest to you and intrigue you, then you'll be a lot quicker to forgive, and it will be much easier for you to cope with the failures of others. 341 _________________________________________________ You'll look at the dinosaurs and won't see "millions of years," It's not "the survival of the fittest," but "the survival of the and out into space and won't see the earth as a random speck of closest." The one requirement for being able to survive what's dust, but you'll see My hand in it all. Sure, you may be tempted to ahead is closeness to Me. And any physical distraction that you wonder, "Lord, what on earth did You make dinosaurs for?" But would put your trust and confidence in, instead of Me, would be a you'll reach the conclusion that like everything, I have also made hindrance to that goal. them to illustrate certain things: some people are like huge, greedy monsters, devouring everything in their path. Some of I need you to learn the art of dependence on Me, because nobody those giants are peaceful and slothful, and yet can be dangerous, else is going to be able to help you through what's to come, and simply because of their weight and size. My whole creation is full the sooner you learn to get all your strength from Me and to put of drastic differences in size, and just because some things are all your trust in Me, the higher are your chances of making it. way bigger than you are, or some stars are way bigger than your planet, doesn't make you or earth less relevant. Let it teach you Your position in relation to those around you ought to be of one that size isn't everything! What makes you really precious is what who gives and presents support and strength to them, and it has you're made of. to be obvious that I am the source of your strength. A huge piece of rock or mountain may be impressive, but still not They ought to make sure that I'll be their strength and Source of be worth as much as a fraction of its weight and size in gold. It's all they rely on, too. all about finding the true treasures among the vast rocks in this life. It's not as if the situation wasn't urgent. But that's where the People are always impressed by size, neglecting the beauty and urgency lies: that you finally get the point about who you need to importance of little things and thus coming to wrong and put your full and total trust in. erroneous conclusions. More is sometimes less. A tiny diamond is more valuable than a ton of rocks. Are you smart enough to Prayer is and will be one of the most important factors, and one spot the true treasures in life among all the impressive, but often of the main themes is to fight in the spirit, not the flesh. Do you worthless big and huge things? think that what I have begun in the Spirit, you're now supposed Are you smart enough to distinguish the true King of kings from to complete in the flesh (Gal.3:3)? This is all about becoming among all the mighty and fancy kings of the earth, even though stout warriors in the Spirit. He was only a humble carpenter? That's what life is all about: discovering God's mystery in life. If you only focus on the Skepticism toward people stems from putting too much hope in obvious, you're never going to get it. them initially, and then when they let you down, you figure, "I If you only look at people, and the way they act, forget it! You've should have known better," and your outlook on people has got to look deeper: at My hidden acts. Though they may be right grown another shade dimmer and darker. in your face, they're hidden to most, because they just can't see What you need to do is see Me in others, and hope and pray that Me in it. they'll see Me in you, too. Come to face it: being a Christian is all about Me. It's not about how good or bad your fellow Christians I allow people to fail so that you won't hinge your faith in them. are, but it's about the Christ, the One Who came to clean up You encounter another person who promises to be a "star of hope," only to find out that they won't live up to your

expectations, either. The big impressive spiritual giant falls flat on his belly and turns out to have been another "dwarf," just like you. It's because you need to get the point that your hope lies elsewhere. Your only hope lies here with Me in the Spirit Realm and with your innumerable helpers, the true giants and reliable ones. Only I can teach and show you what is true and false, who you can fully trust, and also where My will for you lies. Something might sound tempting, and like a nice change, but you've still got to make very sure that it is My will for you. 342 _________________________________________________ The inspiration that stems from the feeling of having accomplished something in the flesh, is not 100% pure and genuine inspiration of My Spirit. It's not the same kind of inspiration that caused the explosion of My message at Pentecost, for instance, because the Power of that Spirit sought only to promote Me, whereas that other sort of inspiration seeks to promote your own act, and to secure your support and sustenance. I want your faith and trust for your sustenance to come from the pure source of preaching My Word. I would like you to get to the point where it becomes totally clear that I am the One Who provides for you miraculously because you are doing My job. And thus you will be able to give Me all the glory for it, and I will be able to bless you with more unadulterated portions of My Spirit. 343 _________________________________________________ The Devil and his forces permeate this present reality and influence it according to their liking. They go, "C'mon, let's have some fun and mess up God's creation and the beauty of things some more!" When he'll pose as the great "solution giver" through the antichrist, he'll just tell'em to stop all the things he's been egging them on to do all along thus far. It's not that he would really care about the environment, much less the survival of mankind. He's just interested in lording it out over creation for as long as he possibly can get away with it, but he knows his time will be short once he'll be down here for his "grand moment." Youve got to learn to stick to My reality and learn that no matter how chaotic things may seem, I'm still in control. We have to bring this big lesson for all mankind and the whole universe to a close. We've got to wrap it up, and there's just no happy ending without his innuendo.

"Remember from whence thou are come." "From dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return." "He remembereth that you are but dust..." "Ye have come out of the darkness into His marvelous light." It turns out that ordinary dirt isn't all that ordinary. It turns out that it's a highly complex environment and basis for all life and nourishment to thrive and become possible on this earth, an extremely thin and extremely precious layer that used to cover the earth and is now dwindling at a shocking rate. Even with dirt, you gotta know what you're doin'. And the Devil doesn't. He just creates his fake, but it doesn't bring forth any life. So, you've got to discern between "good dirt" and "bad dirt." Not all dirt is the same. The good dirt is what I allow in your life. Call it sin, weakness, temptation, trial or testing, sickness, whatever. The bad dirt is what the Devil will try to make out of it, if you discard My good dirt prematurely! What can originally be good dirt that is necessary to bring forth new life, if you discard it too early and think you don't need it, can turn into the useless dirt of the Enemy: a real problem with self-righteousness and pride, etc., that's going to be really hard to get rid of. So not even dirt and dirt are the same. You can never just look at the surface and at the appearance. You've got to become a well experienced and wise farmer who can distinguish between what kind of dirt will grow good food, and what kind of dirt is useless. So, don't prematurely discard the "bad" things, the unpleasant circumstance I allow in your life, and don't wash it all away or try to get rid of it by force. Chances are you might need that stuff in order to prevent worse trouble from happening to you. Maybe those little sins are there to keep you humble and keep out the really big ones that really can make life a pain for you! Think about it! "Selah!" 344 _________________________________________________ When you look at history you'll find that you never hear much about those who took the easy way out, who didn't dare to take the challenge. Esau, who took the easy way out of selling his birthright in order to fill his stomach on that one fateful occasion, didn't become the patriarch of My chosen people, but Jacob did. For him, there was no such thing as or settling for less.

You bear less responsibility and thus have more freedoms if you settle for less and are satisfied with a lower rank. It doesn't necessarily determine your value as a soldier, but it does show what level of responsibility you have chosen to take on, which His "programming" works like that: if he can get you to think that again, does show to an extent how much you care for others, everybody else is stupid and you alone are the only one who's how much of a leader you are. cool - and if he can manage to do the same with as many people as possible, then he's already practically won. Because like this It's a question of faith, too. Are you going to let the you're never going to manage to work together, but you'll all stay circumstances, the state of your vessel, and the appearance of within your own isolated little worlds, as far apart from each things, affect you? Or are you going to keep on believing and other as possible. hoping for the best, in spite of them? To whom or what do you lend greater weight and credibility: to what you see, or to My Youve got to determine that you're not going to let him influence promises, and what I say? you anymore with his illusions; you've got to refuse to allow him This has been the great question and challenge of faith of all to taint your perception of things. times. Are you willing to believe My Word more than what you see, the apparent evidence & the facts? He's an illusion artist, and he can put on a fairly convincing You're learning that facts are subject to interpretation, depending show. Are you going to fall for his deception? Are you going to from which view or angle you're looking at them. What matters, swallow whatever he tells you that sounds so much like truth? is, which one of the two interpretations is the truth. Are you going to let him make you believe that you're better? Or You've got to decide whether you're going to believe in the are you humbly going to remember your own sins that I have evidence of things that are seen, or "the evidence of things not wisely allowed you to commit, precisely in order to prevent that seen," which is the definition of faith (Heb.11:1). from happening?

From a rational, carnal point of view, and in the light of all that is commonly to be expected, it may be very unconventional for Me to expect of you to believe anything other than what you see. But then, I'm in the business of recruiting a more-than-theordinary lot, a special, and peculiar people of kings and priests and future rulers unto Me, who are willing to put greater weight on what I say, even above that which they see. After all, that's what walking by faith, not by sight, means: you walk and act and behave according to the things I say in My Word, the source from which your faith comes, as opposed to the circumstances of what you see. The world says, "The evidence shows that the world came into existence out of a long line of coincidences," and some of My believers refused to believe that on the grounds of what is said in My Word, and accordingly found new evidence that supported their belief in My Word. You're going to have to decide whether you're going to believe the evidence of what you see, or what I say. 345 _________________________________________________ I actually prefer it when somebody sits down and counts the cost first, than empty promises from hot heads that they don't have what it takes to keep. They seem to be all gung ho and nod "yes, yes," but then they don't even take the time to strengthen themselves for the battle. They don't even consider the possibility that they might be too weak for the battle, and that they might actually become a burden to their fellow soldiers, who - although not as "gung ho," initially, are a bit more serious about the whole thing. It's hard to become enthusiastic about a battle side by side with somebody who looks like they're going to collapse any minute, just because they didn't even deem it necessary to strengthen themselves. Its usually the ones who assess what they're doing, before they get into it, who really have what it takes to see it through. There were those who played their marching tunes enthusiastically into the battle, only to never return. They figured, of course they would win, of course they had what it took, but they didn't. Nobody ever heard of them again. It takes a little more than "rah-rah" to win a battle, and we'll see who's really got what it takes to make it through this alive.

You can't reward laziness. It's the worst thing in the world you can do, because instead of getting rid of it, it will thrive and threaten to take over your lives. Laziness is an enemy that needs to be taken seriously; you cannot underestimate it or take it lightly. You need to confront it, deal with it, get rid of it, eliminate it and overcome it, just as you would strive against any of the other, perhaps seemingly "more serious" sins. Laziness isn't any less serious. One of its greatest weapons is that it doesn't seem as dangerous as other, more obvious sins. Its just as much rooted in pride as the other sins: You figure, why should you do the work, when someone else can do it? In other words, you consider them your servants and put yourself above them in your mind, and that's pride. I have called you to be one another's servants, and laziness hinders your doing exactly that. Laziness eggs you on to behave like a little king or queen that everybody else has to serve, and it's one of the greatest problem factors with youth today, and one key factor in why "women and children shall rule over them" (Is.3:12): Children rule because mothers cater to them, and are their executives to make sure that whatever they want is being "pushed through" before the head of the household. It's very subtle and sly child psychology. And it happens because nobody would ever expect that their "innocent" little darling could possibly and actually be that deeply rooted in sin already, and that demons are actually affecting and using them in order to virtually enslave their parents. Discipline is a very important part of love, and without it, there can be no love in today's world. Sin is something that's got to be dealt with. Just as it wouldn't be love to never change your baby's diaper or never wash him or his clothes, so it isn't love to just let them get away with sin, either. If you are My child, and if you fight the Devil, you need to be prepared for the Enemy's attacks. It's something that's simply bound to happen if you're a Christian and fighting on My side, and that you ought to be prepared to deal with.

Of course the Enemy will attack your kids, and try to attack you through your kids! You must reckon with it to happen, as unpleasant as it is. But the more you're prepared for this type of situation, the more skilled you will become in handling them. A little circumspection, wisdom, assessment of the situation, and That's why parents of more children usually have an easier time intelligence, (as in intelligence during warfare), isn't all that dealing with such things: they're used to them. wrong, and maybe pure enthusiasm or optimism isn't exactly what it takes to win a war. If you've done all you could to strengthen yourself and your 347 _________________________________________________ party, then you have every reason to be optimistic, although you It's okay to call for help. It's more than okay. He that cries for still shouldn't boast yourself of the morrow or shout "victory" help, usually finds that he shall be helped. before the battle is over. But if you haven't done what you could Some people are still quite helpful, even in this day and age! in order to strengthen your spirit for the battle, because you were That's why I'm urging you to go and find them, those who feel busy with "a form of godliness, but without the power thereof," like they're born to help others, and are looking for ways to do so then woe is us. in the most effective way, and sometimes simply don't know how. 346 _________________________________________________ There are certain types of environment that make it easier for Lethargy and his imps to thrive, just as there are types of environment that make it easy for cockroaches, rats, or other pests to thrive. If you make it too comfortable for them, too nice to resist the temptation, then it's no wonder you'll have them around. You can't wait for people to develop initiative. You've got to challenge them, and in many cases, tell them specifically what to do. Jobs left undone will result in blessings forgone. Its all about walking by faith, and not by sight: believing Me for what I say, rather than what you can see before your eyes. You see the relation between the words "white" and "wise?" The wise have been made white in the purifying fires of My chastisement (Dan.12:10), those that are wise and shall shine like the stars (v.3), and they shall be made white during their trials. John saw them in his visions in Revelation, those who were dressed in white, because they had come trough great tribulation (Rev.7:9,14). The victory is yours already. You cannot lose it. No matter what the Devil does, he cannot cheat you out of the victory. It's yours inevitably, no matter what he does.

If you had the faintest clue how loved you are, you would know without a doubt that it's worth it all. 348 _________________________________________________ I can't save a sinner who doesn't realize he's a sinner. Change of heart is something you need to seek and want and ask for, like Salvation. The requirement is that you want it and ask for it. If you think you don't need change, it's as if you think you're already perfect. What do you think is the purpose of all My instructions to you, of all the exposures of sin and the Enemy's tactics in your personal life? It's so that you change things, change wrong attitudes and behavior and thought patterns. If you want to change the world, the first step is to change yourself, or allow Me to change you or help you change.

the delusion that just because you are now willing to change, the process of changing is already complete, but that is, of course, nothing more than wishful thinking. The bulk of the work is still ahead of you, and if you let the first sign of difficulty dissuade you from seeing it through, then you'll be making it very easy for the Devil. You've got to keep wanting change, keep seeking change and keep asking Me to highlight areas in your life that would be good to change. Sometimes it's personal ruts and lack of change which make people grow together in an unhealthy type of codependency, almost like an addiction to the way things are. But if you determine to change things about you, personally, your habits, your attitude, your outlook, behavior, and even your appearance, then you make room for new things.

Its your life, and you have not only the liberty and the right, but You should actively seek out the areas in which you need change the duty to make necessary changes in it that I require of you. If in your personal life! you don't manage to make those changes together, then you just have to take the first step alone. After all, it's your life that needs I'm not bound by restrictions such as age, in order to perform My change, right? miracles. Sometimes I have waited for some folks to reach the ripe old age While you're still in the beginning stages of the "new you," it may in order to really show that it was a miracle, such as with the come across as a little clumsy, and sometimes you may only find pregnancies of Sarah and Elisabeth, or Moses when I called him a lack of support from others, who don't even know what's going to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. on. You may think, "Come on, everybody, don't you realize I'm trying to change here, so could you please give me a hand?" You need to do is to recognize the resentment you feel toward But all they can figure is, "Oh, he must be up to his old antics other people's opinion about you needing to change in some again..." aspect, as from the Enemy. Maybe there's really room for improvement. So, personal change and change of heart is something that you Its really just the Enemy who puts that ugly handle on it: "Oh, and you alone have got to be serious about and got to have the they don't like me. They want me to change." They probably do determination to see through. You can't make it dependent at all love you the way you are, it's just that some of the ways you're on whatever support you might be getting from others. Chances acting make them feel as if you couldn't possibly love them very are there will be none. People have unrealistic expectations of much. each other at times, and they figure, if you've come to grips with the fact that you ought to change things about you, then you'd You've got to let love permeate your actions, your speech, your better do it quickly, quietly and pleasantly. gestures, and yes, even your looks, your facial expression. Is But that's not always how it works. It's like learning to ride a bike, your face expressing love for the ones around you? drive a car or learning to fly: there are some not so smooth landings and manoeuvres you make on your way to getting used Pride and ego can sometimes twist your perception of things. to the new method of transporting yourself from A to B, and all Sometimes the Devil doesn't even have to do much. Sometimes the other drivers behind you shake their heads... the sinful conditioning of your hearts is all he needs for evil and But don't let that deter you. Just keep on learning from your a lack of love to thrive and grow all by themselves... mistakes and keep your focus on the goal, a new, more pleasant you, no matter what it takes to get there. Love is giving the other the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they're They told you it would be good to acquire these new qualities, right about some things. Maybe it would really be good for you to alright, but it's up to you to acquire and learn them. The work and change some things. the job are yours. This is your role to play. It's your magic act you've got to work on, with My help, of course, and have Me If I be lifted up - and I am Love - I will draw all men unto Me. If show you, My apprentice, how to transform the old, grumpy you, love is lifted up, it will draw people like a magnet. into a new, cheerful and more pleasant version. I'll show you all the moves and tricks, but you've got to do the learning. Don't let the vicious cycle become a permanent cycle. Just decide to implement some change in the "matrix," the way It's the era of miracles, alright, and the first miracle I want to things are, the rut and routine of what your life is at present. perform in your life is on you! The first life I want to miraculously You want to change things and change the way they are? You change is yours, the first resurrection I want to perform through bet you can! you is the raising up of a wonderful, new you from the ashes of the old. It takes a few more steps than one to get there. There's the "roll 349 _________________________________________________ ye away the stone" stage, then the "unwrap him" stage, and If you realize you need to change, or even only that it finally, the "come forth!" wouldn't be a bad idea to change, you can't expect that the mere There will also be attempts of dissuasion: "Lord, are You realization alone is going to solve all your problems: "Poof, now serious? He's been dead for so long, he stinketh..." But you've I'm changed, presto!" just got to be determined to see it through: "Do you want to see Because then, as soon as the slightest bit goes wrong, you'll the miracle of the new me, or don'tcha?" wonder, "What happened? Is that what I get for it?" and you even You've only made the first step of the procedure, so far: You've wonder if your intention to change might be what caused the realized you needed the miracle, it would be a good idea, "Yeah, problem. let's raise him from the dead, why not?!" Nothing could be further from the truth. It's just that you haven't And right now you're at phase two: "So whaddowedo next?" You even seriously begun to change yet. You may think, and live in know there's no magic happening without Me, so you keep your

focus pinned on Me. The excitement and anticipation rises, as everyone eagerly awaits what on earth might be My next move, and the next clue I give you, as I show you what to do next, in order to perform this magic "trick," only that it's not really a trick, it's the real thing. You believe in My magic, right? You believe that I am the resurrection and the life. And you have realized that "he that loveth not his brother, abideth in death" (1John 3:14), so you realize you need a resurrection from that death, you need a new heart with a whole lot of more love in it, right? So, the next step you've got to take, is believe Me for it. "The real believers get excited and praise the Lord! The Lord, is going to do what we can't do, so let's roll away that stone, quickly!..." It's miracle time, resurrection time, and show time, folks! Let's have some action around here, and show off some miraculous transformation power! And guess who'll be the first one we'll perform our miraculous transformation power on? Yes, none less than little old, insignificant you! After all, if they see that we've managed to radically change and overhaul you, then they'll know anything wonderful can happen from there on. So, the spotlight is on you and on your tomb! "Ladies and gentlemen, will Lazarus come forth, or won't he?" Everybody's waiting with excitement, so, let's not let them down. What everybody else around you does, is actually irrelevant: whether they realize what's happening, or whether they can believe that it's actually going to happen, or not... it all doesn't matter. All that matters is that you keep on believing and keep on walking by faith toward that resurrection of the new you. That's the goal you've got to keep in mind and focus, and allow nothing to deter and dissuade you. There's no stopping short of that goal.

never take away your true, inner freedom. To the contrary, you might find greater freedom through their restrictions than you ever had before. That's the liberation of the soul. That's the true freedom I came to bring to this world. That's why happiness is not something reserved to those with unlimited freedoms, but is even more often found and embraced by the handicapped, the paralyzed, the weak, invalids and those confined to the utmost, in their physical circumstances. Sometimes physical captivity has brought true liberation of the heart. 351 _________________________________________________ The bulk of your attention and devotion right now goes to your circumstances and the usual "What can I do in order to alter my circumstances and improve my situation?" I want you to learn to put more emphasis on not only your time with Me, but also on the role I am supposed to play in your life. I need you to give Me a more pre-eminent position in your life than you're presently granting Me. Putting Me first requires permanent determination to actually do it and find more ways, more areas and aspects in which you ought to be doing it: more areas in your life in which to include Me, more ways to put greater weight on My shoulders, instead of trying to fix it yourself somehow. There's yet another portion of devotion to be added to your effort to change and letting Me change you. There's yet more to give much more! Your concerns - however pressing they may seem to you - are comparatively miniscule, when it comes to the greater and more urgent needs for you to become what you ought to, and for you to learn how to operate the way you ought to.

You better believe Me for big things, and expect big changes to happen! Don't settle for "little miracles" this time, much less You've got to be ready for the resurrection, for My explosions allow yourself to fall back asleep again, but let it rock! and miracles in your life! 350 _________________________________________________ Thank you for turning on and tuning in again, we'll do our best to make sure you won't be disappointed. The Enemy is as mad and scared as he usually is when you're about to do something special and great for Me, he always fires away with all barrels when he realizes you're going to go on the offensive. You realize you're not really as strong and courageous as you should be. But I will give you the victory anyway. You will be victorious because of your trust in Me, not because of any strength you acquired by your own efforts or works. Unfortunately, trust and faith is Me is something that some people simply lack because they don't cling to the source that brings these blessings into their lives, which is My Word, and if you find yourself lacking spiritual strength and trust, then it's most likely because you've been neglecting My Word. You won't find whatever you're looking for by any amounts of freedoms and privileges, nor by traveling to far distant places. Sometimes confinement and your inability to escape anywhere else make you realize the blessings and the freedoms and joys that can be found right here, right now, wherever you are, even when confined to a prison cell... Sometimes too many liberties and privileges can distract from that essence of things. All you need in order to find freedom, in order to find the next step toward your destiny, is right where you are, even if it's a situation in which you appear to be surrounded and confined by weakness, limitations, shortcomings, inability, impotence, frustrations and restrictions imposed on you. Even if the world takes away your physical freedoms, they can You have learned to trust Me that what happens to you comes from My hand and is planned and elaborated to such an extent that it will ultimately be the best of all options. So why would there be any need for other options? That is My advantage of being all-seeing and all-knowing, and of being able to look ahead into the future: I already know what would be the outcome of all the other options. We don't need any parallel universes, because the other options have already all happened in My mind. If you're really that curious, some day I could share them with you, but it's not actually anything you need to try out in real life. This reality, and this life, as paradox and irrational as it may seem, with all its contradictions and things that don't seem to make any sense, is, after all, the one real thing. This is it! You can and ought to really put your whole heart into it, because this is it. No use wondering what could have been or might have been in some other life or parallel world or universe or some other reality... No need to look for anything better somewhere out there. This is it, right here, the one and only, the best. You won't find anything better anywhere else. I know, it sounds hard to believe because there's so much about this world that doesn't make any sense. But most of that is inflicted by man on himself or his fellowman, and mostly due to all the screwed up mindsets the Enemy has planted in him, and the consequent lack of love and trust in Me. If you can fully trust that I'm only allowing the best possible option for you right now, here in this life, then who needs an endless amount of other variables and options to try out? There's a definite effort happening on My part and all those working alongside Me, both in the Spirit World and in the physical, including you, to make the best possible out of this. It's

supposed to become a masterpiece, and not just one more you'll better stand your ground next time. random result of innumerable other trials and errors... You weren't ready before, but now you feel as though you've got It doesn't mean, either, that everything is preset and predestined, nothing to lose: our definition of freedom. When you've got but that we're putting our best into helping man to make the right nothing left to lose, then you won't have any fears left holding choices, or save him out of his mess when he made the wrong you back from the battle field. You'll barge right in, come hell or ones. high-water, defying any instincts that would try to make you wish We're not just standing by idly and let the wheel of fortune spin to preserve your own life, your own reputation, image, or its tale. After all, mankind wouldn't stand a chance if we just left whatever may have seemed too precious to you before to give it this world over to the Devil completely. up. We're having to give him certain leeway, access and entrance and even power over this world, according to the degree that I will purge and prune whatever needs purging and pruning. man's choices enable him to, but always and only "thus far and not further." Not every resurrection is a glorious one. Sometimes the only There's a lot of planning and strategy involved, and it's anything thing you see after the great, magnificent outer shell has finally but random. died and quit refusing to give up the ghost for the sake of something better, is merely a glimpse of hope of a new life to come. 352 _________________________________________________ But you'll nonetheless know that whatever it's going to be, it's In order to have a resurrection there had to be death first. going to be something better than the former, because the Great Something had to die. Architect of Life has been at work here, and you now know by One is not really totally and absolutely willing to give up all their experience that that's just how He works, He can do no other: the selfish dreams, ambitions, desires and expectations from life latter will always be better and superior than the former, when it completely until they've come to the point where they're willing has His handwriting and stamp on it. He doeth all things well. to give up everything that is contained in this life altogether. So, your new life doesn't seem much, but it's going to grow. In order to be able to lay it all on the altar, it has to become like Guard well what you've been given; keep it pure and free of the dung for you; of no esteem... it must not matter to you anymore, Enemy's pollution and varmint. Nourish it, cherish it, and always nor have any degree of importance; so that you'll finally be keep in mind its sole purpose: to bring life and light to others. willing to embrace whatever it is that I want from you and ask of you. Unless you realize that everything else is as nothing, it will always remain just a wee bit too important for you to let it go 353 _________________________________________________ without hesitation in favor of My option, which otherwise will Less is more also applies to accomplishments. With so always appear less attractive and less important, less desirable many numbers and statistics to boast of, you inevitably become to you. high-minded, and your life becomes a conglomeration of There must be nothing left for you to want to preserve in this life, numbers and statistics instead of the real you, a real person that nothing about this life you would seek to save, for only he who can be loved and hurt and touched... loseth his life shall truly save it. You can't keep it. You can't hang on to it. You've got to let it go (Luke 14:26). It's almost like some men in seeming to have to prove to each other and the rest of the world that their penis is bigger than the You cannot have the new unless you let go of the old, and you other fellow's. Only that here it's about numbers of so-called cannot let go of the old unless you deem it undesirable, nothing spiritual accomplishments, and not the number of inches or you want. centimeters that make up the size of one of your body parts, but No resurrection without a crucifixion. No crucifixion without a it almost amounts to the same type of immaturity. betrayal; and betrayal can only happen by anyone close to you. That's what war is all about: "We've got the bigger weapons, That is why many people don't allow others entrance to their we've got the bigger guns, and we can hurt you more than you lives, or their inner sanctuaries: they're afraid of betrayal, afraid can hurt us, and if we wanted to, why, we could just blast you to of crucifixion. bits!" Talking about "When will they ever learn?!" That kind of hurt is inevitably part of human relationship: Their false image of you, their unrealistic expectations of you, which at the same time only seem to reflect your own unrealistic expectations and false image you were having of Me, exposing your own selfishness in an even more painful way than the revelation of theirs was to you... It makes you want nothing but the truth. It makes you despise any false appearance, any delusion, it makes you want to destroy your icons, your images, your idols, which your mind had carved of yourself, your life, those around you... anything false about it, only to start again with what's left standing upon the rubble of the lies that have been exposed and destroyed. It is a painful process to realize how much your being, your lives, your existence, are still permeated and usurped and infiltrated by the lie, when you thought you had so much truth... Part of the ugly truth I'm having to reveal to you little by little, is just how much you have allowed the lie to gain access to your lives. It makes you seek a better way. If sin leads you down that road, you figure you don't want it anymore, and you'll choose something better next time. If that's the price of sin, you're not willing to pay it anymore. If that's the kind of power you're granting the Devil over your life by compromise then you figure Instead of helping anybody, that attitude only makes everything worse. It creates more lack of love, more tension, more immature behavior - almost like a chain reaction of immature behavior and foolishness - and it certainly doesn't bring unity, nor does it bring you or anyone closer to the true goal I have put in front of you. It's just another decoy of the Enemy. If he can't distract you with sin and with things that are definitely and obviously leading you away from My will, like worldly temptations or the lust of the eyes or the lust of the flesh, then he'll use spiritual pride, and this silly game of, "Let's see who can accomplish more for the Lord!" There is such a thing as provoking one another to godly jealousy, and stirring each other up for greater achievements for Me, and there is such a thing as a race for the highest rewards. But what's most important in it is that you run the right way. You've got to keep the right goals in mind, and you've got to run this race for the right incentives, because if it's just pride that motivates and spurs you on, instead of love, then there's no chance in a lifetime you're going to be among the winners. Because pride and other false motivations will drain the energy and life-blood out of you. The only true incentive that will help you to keep going until the very end is love. And of course the Devil will seek to replace that by any false incentive, if he can, and that's what you've got to be aware of.

Love is the only right thing that spur you on in the right way and enable you to hold on and fight the good fight in the right way until the very end. And whenever you lose sight of that, I have to kill whatever's in the way and blocks your view from seeing the truth. Often, it's some big fat ego that stands in the way, and we'll have the resurrection of a smaller & humbler one, after we shot it down... 354 _________________________________________________ I need you to listen to Me. I need you to get things clear, to get My vision for the future clearly and make it your own. I need you to take heed. I can't have you running around being really busy with little projects here and there while I'm wrestling for your attention in order to convey to you My latest battle instructions. Something new is happening, and I want you to pay attention. I'd like to get your full attention, and the kind of reverence that shows Me that nothing else matters to you than what I want from you. I'm trying to get you out of your little ruts and routines in order to bring about something new - a break with the old, and the beginning of something new. Forget about the former way of doing things, period. Make room for the new. I like flexibility, adaptability, mobility and availability, readiness to become whatever it is I happen to need at the time. That's what I call revolutionary. To be active when I call you to action; to be still when I need you to listen! To bring forth fruit that lasts is a work of the Spirit. You need to get ahold of My Spirit in order to do so. It's got a lot to do with plain and simple obedience, yes, but first you need to listen to My instructions, and find out what exactly I want you to do, before you can obey. You need to agree with Me first, and with My will for you, before you can say "Yes Sir" and go out and do it. You need to comprehend fully what it is I want you to do. Don't worry about whatever little things here & there you could be accomplishing right now. First I want you to listen wholeheartedly. It's time to pause from your actions and activities to pay special attention to what I want from you next. The last thing I want is for everything to continue as usual. Rutthinking has never turned anyone on to turn the world right-sideup for Me! No more "business-as-usual." There's got to be movement and revolution happening, and in order for that to happen, some things have got to change!

It's time to pause and ask yourself, "What am I really here for? Just to enjoy the ride? Or is there a greater purpose for my being here?" Youve got to mean business about My business to a greater extent than you have. When trouble comes - and trouble will come - who is likely to stand their ground and not lose their faith? Those who have been strengthening it and feeding it and investing their time in it, right? So, you're going to be a very substantial and needed help for them in order not to lose it, during those times, and that's a calling. You could call that a profession. It's a profession you've taken on by faith, for a need you believe by faith is going to arise, based on My Word, that things are not going to continue the way they are. You have believed in change, and have invested your time accordingly, not in the ways of this world, which you know are going to change, but in My eternal and everlasting and unshakable values. You've been growing something and building something that might not make much sense to the onlookers, similar to the way it must not have made sense for people that Noah was building an Arc on dry land, and on top of it, housing thousands of animals in it... Even so you see a lot of people deserting you and running off, following the lures of this world... The Devil knows how to get them and how to tempt them. Yet, when the flood came, it sure was a good thing that Noah had built that thing, wasn't it? And even so, when the Devil's flood of iniquity and lies is going to sweep this world for it's greatest hour of temptation yet, you're not going to be sorry you've been investing your time in building your faith. What you are doing is going to make you a capacity in your field. Granted, presently no one might recognize or value that, nor are they being very appreciative of whatever field it's supposed to be you're becoming a capacity or professional in, but I can guarantee that some people are going to be very thankful then for what you're doing now and have been doing. The time you're going to have invested in strengthening your faith and establishing this line of communication with Me will seem anything but wasted then! You'll be one of the few who are going to turn out to have done the right thing! Moses didn't consider himself much of a "professional," either, but a has-been, one that once had it all in this wicked and unjust world, and lost it, and who wasn't quite sure whether to call that good or bad... And when he was faced with the great challenge of fulfilling the purpose for which I had trained him there in the wilderness, he didn't feel ready at all. But he did the job, because I knew better. You can take your job for Me seriously, because I'm taking it seriously!

Problems are more often than not a blessing in disguise: they get you out of your well-working routines and ruts that I would There's going to be a huge vacuum for the kind of stuff that otherwise never get you out of! you've got to offer, when the time comes. They'll come running to you for answers. Contemplate and consider your situation in relation to My will for It will be evident that you will be among those whom I have you. It's time for you to stop & find out what it is I want you to elected to lead My people out of this mess! change and do differently. Those which I'm referring to as My professionals are the very elect, the ones whom Satan won't be able to deceive, because You haven't really been taking your career as one of My they've been so busy soaking up the truth, they will be immune shepherds seriously enough to be calling yourself a to his poison flood! "professional" in that area. Yet that's what I've been training you for. And the time has come now to reckon what this time of When all the others will run out of their professions and jobs and training has done for you and Me, and what the pay-off is going their usefulness, then it will show who will have been the wise to be. investors and real professionals in My eyes! Are you going to waste training and continue the same way as you have, or are you actively going to get busy feeding My flock on a professional level, in order to ensure not only your own, but 355 _________________________________________________ also their survival through the rough times in the near future? The greater the need for Me, the more swiftly I'll be there, and

with greater force will I rush in and fill the need. With all those millions of people out there living in the illusion that they don't need Me, I am desperate for exceptional folks who are dependent on Me, who are desperately in need of Me. I need you to need Me, because without folks who need Me, I'm never going to get the job done. It's only My power that's going to enable anyone to do the job of winning the world, and so I need people who are desperate for that power! I delight in your incapability because I know that's what's going to drive you into My arms and make you beg for My power and grace to be poured out upon you, so that I can go to action through you and in you. A "professional" means someone capable of availing themselves of My Power. Having learned that your own strength isn't enough is one of the prerequisites for being a professional disciple. Playing games is something for kids. But when you grow up to be a man, you're supposed to lay aside childish things, as Paul said. Nowadays, everybody wants to play and stay a child for as long as possible. Very few are really serious about life, much less about living their lives for Me! That's why it often takes quite a few years until I can get a person to the point where they're willing to lay everything - all that playing games - aside and follow Me. It took Abraham getting to the point of "looking at his own body as good as dead," and yet "he staggered not at the promise through unbelief" (Romans 4:19, 20). Not many young people are even interested in characters like Abraham, Noah and Moses these days, because youth has been so overly glorified by the media. But "It's NOT by might nor by power but by My Spirit" (Zec.4:6)! I want to be the strength and power of your life! Youve got to refuse to let the Devil lie to you and discourage you to that extent where you get to the point of wanting to quit. That's precisely what he wants! So, when you get that kind of flak from him, it's a sign that you're on the right track, and that you must be doing something right! The way to success is a way that doesn't always look like success from the start! It's a rough & rugged way, and often you'll be tempted to wonder, "What in the world am I doing here, anyway?" There won't be rounds of incessant applause. It's a rough & rugged, lonely road! With so many jumping off your wagon that you're tempted to ask the last few who remain, "Are you also going to go away?" But then there will always be a faithful few who will end up blowing your mind, making it worth it all! When the majority has deserted you, the nice surprise is the few who stick! Who needs the majority? Who needs large masses and crowds? All you need is a handful that stick! 356 _________________________________________________ You won't make it, trying to please both, the System and Me. If you want it the System's way, then go the System's way, but don't try to keep pretending that both is possible: going My way and the System's, at the same time!

they want to find out the hard, raw truth about themselves and learn how to deal with it. The truth is a bitter little book to swallow, hard on the belly, and only prophets are usually brave enough to eat it. Only the chosen ones choose the red pill of the truth and nothing but the truth about themselves and about everything else. The Internet is the Devil's version of the "great link." That's why he even tries to get you to find your inspiration and information there instead of having Me and your helpers reveal it to you from the spirit world. You must learn to use it more as a tool to reach those and feed those who seek My truth, rather than seeking to still your own hunger there. What I have to offer you is much better. 357 _________________________________________________ I "recycle" your sins and convert them into useful lessons, the "fruits of righteousness, which are exercised thereby" (Heb.12:11). You learn to do better from doing it the wrong way. If what you're doing doesn't have love in it, it won't inspire anyone. If your primary concern is what will be in it for you, the financial potential or possible outcome, then it's dead, and it's no wonder it won't inspire or interest anyone. You don't want to be part of the loveless toiling for gain and mere survival - the rut, the System, the Matrix. If there's no love in it, it's dead. No matter what you do, it's gotta have love in it! Concern about money is not good enough an incentive to turn any endeavor for Me into success. That's why the churches are such a dilemma and such a farce: they just don't have the love! They've been trying to do My work without love! And how can you do My work - the work for the One Who is Love - without love? How can you do good without goodness in your heart? How can a loveless tree bring forth fruits of love? Never allow the love to run dry. If it does, you're in grave danger! Anything you do will be dry, lifeless, and will almost inevitably cause more damage, harm and hurt than any potential good! Sometimes I might be able to rescue some of it and use it to some extent despite the lack of love, but basically, love is the stuff I work with, and the material that I use. That's why I use it wherever I find it, and if it's among the heathen that I find it, rather than among My own professed children, then I will use it and build on it there! What really qualifies anyone as a child of Mine is the amount of love they possess. There isn't any excuse for a lack of love if you know where to get it. It only shows that other things were more important to you than Me and My love, and that, precisely, is sin.

358 _________________________________________________ Only what you commit to Me in prayer is being protected by Me. It's not too much to expect of you, to commit things unto Me in prayer, is it? The first point of organization is something even you can do, and that's pray. You need to get more serious about things and My Make your path free of comparisons. You need to focus on your involvement in them. own way ahead of you as a unique and individual path I'm calling you to walk, and believe that if this is truly the path I've ordained You can't take for granted that your ideas are the A & O without for you, that there will be others to join you in this path, but even you praying about them & committing them into My hands, if they won't, that it is still the path I want you to walk. You making sure that they have My blessing on them! cannot let others dissuade you or listen to their criticisms of your path, just because it's not the path they'd like you to take. Talented people sometimes think they can get by either without Me, or with just the minimum help from Me, so they can pat Few people want to go through the trouble of learning about the themselves on the back when they've done it all, and they wist souls of other people; what makes them tic, and much less do not even that My Spirit hath departed from them before it's nearly

too late. 359 _________________________________________________ Fear is the greatest weapon of the Enemy, because it keeps things in the dark. When there is love and light, he can't operate clandestinely anymore, because he is exposed, so, he needs deep and dark and hidden fears, shadows where he can lurk and operate unseen. When you can face that fear, you'll realize it has blown itself way out of proportion to make itself look a lot more fierce than it really is. Sometimes a sense of humor can help you take yourself less seriously. That's why it's said that the greatest requirement for a missionary is a sense of humor. Approaching strangers in a humorous sort of way takes the seriousness out of the issue, which sometimes scares people away. You don't want to be humiliated, don't want to risk being ridiculed... you consider yourself worth more than that. But what you don't realize is how far above everyone else you're putting yourself through this, how you're putting the value of immortal souls that could be won by your willingness to humble yourself a little bit way below your own pride, your own "reputation," your coolness, and keeping your "dignity" intact. You're trying to preserve your "image" at all cost, instead of allowing Me to destroy it, in order to create a new and better one, or even better yet, a totally new and real you, one that doesn't need any false image to go by. That image is keeping you from exploding for Me, and what's keeping you bound, and a prisoner, not the circumstances or people you blame! Pride has been the greatest jail master of all times, keeping more prisoners in chains than any other sin or master. It's as if you're trapped in a hall of mirrors which distort your image into something you can more easily live with than the you you could be by humbling yourself, overcoming your pride and fears, and being willing to be a fool for My sake. By refusing to become a fool for My sake you only become a fool for your own sake, a fool for the cause of preserving your pride. Is your pride really something worth living and dying for? 360 _________________________________________________ The diamond doesn't come out ready-made from scratch. In most cases, it's hidden from view inside some ordinary-looking piece of rock, or it has to be retrieved from a ton of mud and dirt... It's a lot of work, and it takes time and elbow grease. And once you've found the diamond, there's still all the precision work to be done. The circumstances I orchestrate for each one, the situations, as well as the other individuals influencing and helping to mold and shape the diamond, they all play part in what the final outcome is going to be. So, maybe it's a little hard for you to trust Me right now for what I'm doing, but I say, wait & see what the final outcome is going to be. You don't know yet what that person is going to be like when I'm finished with them, and how they're going to sparkle and shine. You may feel tempted to think, "What am I supposed to do with this shabby piece of rock?" Or "What on earth were You thinking when You created me, Lord? But that's just because you don't see what I see... the finished result.

The miracle is when you can see the beauty in everybody, despite their flaws; when you can see them through My eyes, the eyes of faith and love. You regard the present circumstances that make them not-so-pretty as a temporary shell that is soon to be no more, and only a step in the process of their becoming what they're meant to be and going to be by My grace. You regard My grace and My hand working in them as superior to the present circumstances. Don't look at the immediate 4 fingers of the problem before you, but see beyond them: look at Me, and instead of seeing 4 problem factors, you'll see the solution factor along with each one of them, a perfect replica of each of the 4 fingers. And what may seem like an optical illusion right now someday soon is going to become the glorious reality. Take My Word for it: that which is in part, imperfect, will be done away with when I, the Perfect, will come; and you will all be like Me, totally regardless of your present frailties. The full measure and impact of your Salvation will come to fruition then. You will know then what it means to be fully saved and redeemed by the one top professional Savior and Redeemer of all times. You'll see then what I mean by a "professional" job well done when you'll see the royal diadem framed out of all those formerly imperfect jewels and diamonds in the rough, in its glorious splendor. 361 _________________________________________________ Obedience brings down My blessing and My Spirit upon you, My Spirit of love, and if there isn't enough love or enough of My Spirit, then it's not so much so that I've "allowed" it to be so, as it was your own choice not to fulfill My commandment. Asking Me, "How could You allow us not to obey you?" would be the same as asking, "Why did You allow free choice?" I may be almighty, but it's no big secret that I have explicitly limited My powers not to interfere with mankind's individual and personal choices. It's not as if I can somehow magically "protect" you from your own disobedience. If I wouldn't have allowed that, I would have to "disallow" a lot of other things with it. In the final conclusion, I won't allow things to continue as they are, forever. Eventually I will intervene. When I will stop allowing mankind to disobey, a lot of people are going to wish they had obeyed. 362 _________________________________________________ You're supposed to enjoy life so that you can advertise the Source of joy you've found. I'm giving you the strength and the anointing for the battle at the hour when it comes, and when there is no strength and anointing, then it simply must mean that I want you to rest a little. Enjoy the break! Enjoy life! I won't frown upon you and ask you, when you will stand before Me, "How about all the other hundreds or thousands of souls you were supposed to win for Me?" I know when someone has done what they could. I won't expect more of you than what I know you could.

There is such a thing as doing too much in your own strength, too much for the wrong incentives, too much in the flesh. Do whatever you can, and don't worry about the part you can't Everybody's got their burden to carry and their share of do, because I will take care of that! weaknesses to deal with and to overcome, and you're just going I know what you can do, what you're capable of, what your to have to trust Me that I've been handing out those talents and strengths and talents are, and I won't send you to do something flaws alike fairly. totally different.

I won't let you miss out on anything! Any action you're designed and destined for, I will let you partake in, and for the rest, well, you're just going to have to trust Me that that was supposed to be someone else's job! Relax and enjoy your days while you can! The rough times are going to come, and they're also going to work for you in making people more receptive, making the truth you've got to share more obvious, easier to receive and believe. The coming events will confirm what you've got to say, just as current events are already preparing the way and hearts of the people. Time is on My side! The Devil would have you believe the opposite, that it's on his side, and in some ways it's true: time will eventually play the world completely into his hands. But only for Me to snatch it away from him again forever! 363 _________________________________________________ Flesh-people are always looking for fast, visible fruits and results of their own muscle or wit, so that they can pat themselves on the back and show how much they deserve what they desire - much more so than the weaker ones... the sort of folks who don't get things rigged up in their own strength but have to rely on My grace. Most people don't rely on Me and My grace as much as they rely on their own wisdom, knowledge or abilities. Your talents and abilities really make it hard for you to stay humble and not fall for the temptation to feel superior to those who don't have the same amount of skill, and the temptation to look down on them somewhat, which basically is the root of familiarity. Familiarity stems from the pride of deeming yourself superior in some way to those people for whom you have allowed yourself to lose respect; you consider yourself more "worthy" than they, obviously "favored by the gods," since they have endowed you with greater gifts from on high than your brethren. That can be dangerous, though, and leads to the same kind of self-righteousness that led Cain to believe that he was more worthy of My honoring him, and that he deserved it more than Abel. He was judging things by his own criteria, and he refused to accept Mine. If you humbly accept My criteria, and recognize that in My eyes those less shiny and less obvious gifts of your seemingly weaker brethren are actually more valuable than those flashy gifts, then you can keep your respect for them, and you can even look up to them and learn from them, and you don't have to follow that accursed path of pride until its end, but turn around and go the different direction.

little more thanksgiving, and even if you can't be 100% sure, let's just pretend I knew what I was doing in sending you down this road, okay? Just as the churches (in Rev. 2 &3) were surprised in each case, when I handed out their "report cards," let's just say, you'll also be pleasantly surprised when you'll see the overall outcome of all of this: the sense and purpose in it all; the rewards... Just have a little trust in My abilities to plan and design, faith in My love for detail and precision, and hold on a little longer, even if you can't possibly see how any of this is supposed to wind up making any sense at all. Maybe I need you to go through this in order to show how a man can get through these things with My help. I want to show that there is hope, even for someone who considers his life a complete mess. So, it's not the great and shiny path and success story you would have preferred or chosen for yourself... Can you forgive Me? And can you trust Me that even though it's not, it's still going to be the better of the two options? Can you still trust that this is the best possible option that could have taken place, because of My unfathomable love for you? This is a walk and life of faith, which means you don't know everything there is to know with a 100% assurance, every step you take, and every inch along the way! Some things you've got to take by faith in this life and walk of faith, and even though your head cannot make out the purpose & sense in it all, at least your heart should have that trust and inner, deeper knowledge that in spite of the appearance of it all, I'm in control. I stand in the midst of you, and yet I hold you in My hands (Rev.2:12-16, 20). Sorry about the paradox. Sorry about your mind not being able to figure it all out. Can you trust Me anyway? Can you just keep following Me step by step, even though you may not see exactly or quite clearly where this path may end & where it may lead you? Maybe there is a higher purpose that presently might elude your grasp. Maybe it's just finding out which way you ought not to take, next time. Maybe it's also to seek Me more about what paths and turns in the road you should take, and not just try out this or that possible shortcut. Maybe you're finding out that some shortcuts turn out to be detours, sapping your spirit & energies...

Why can't you just say "Alright, Lord! Guess You know what You're doing"? You think you deserve better for having chosen to trust in Me, for having chosen My path. But what I'm trying to find out is, how much do you really trust Me? It's so easy to trust when everything's flowing according to plan. It's good for you to learn My criteria and standards, by which I Trust doesn't become trust until things are not the way you'd measure and commend My churches - which are the dangers expect them to be. they need to watch out for, the weaknesses and sins they're prone to fall for, and which are the things I most appreciate about them and commend them for. And that's what you can learn from 365 _________________________________________________ the second and third chapter of Revelation. Your present trial is My way of keeping you on your toes, Heres a lesson on respect vs. familiarity, humility vs. pride, you alert, not feeling too much at home and at ease in this world. It's can learn from the church of Smyrna and Laodicea, from Cain My way of reminding you that as much as you'd like to have and Abel... If you know what to look out for, and what My criteria peace, there is a war going on. are, you can find true wisdom, and you'll always have the right attitude toward Me and others. Worldly leaders impose war on their people by deception, lies and fraud, obviously because they're working for the Enemy. The reason why they get away with it so easily, though, is 364 _________________________________________________ because of the extent to which the people are asleep and lulled Let's just assume that you simply don't know all there is to into complacency by all their comfort. They swallow the lies and know; not about Me, not about a lot of things. Let's just assume condone the wars, as long as their own comfort isn't affected by the humble position for a moment, and pretend you don't know a it. They refuse to see the truth, because in their eyes, everything fraction of all there is to know. is alright, as long as they have their little comforts and luxuries. Let's just say, as paradox as it may seem, this is the path you're As long as they can play the game, as long as it works for them, supposed to walk, the one that has been ordained for you. they figure, "why not?" Let's just try to take this path with a little more grace and with a

I'm not allowing things to be too comfortable for you; otherwise you would fall into the same rut. If everything was in order, and you could just live out your wee happy little life in comfort, ease and prosperity, you wouldn't care too much about the state of the rest of the world, either. If things would be going too smoothly for you, you'd simply become too comfortable, too complacent, too much at ease and too indifferent to the state of the world, you wouldn't be moved into action to change something for Me. At least you know that this isn't the way things are supposed to be. You may not know what to do about it, any other than coming to Me in desperation, but that's at least something... It's something for Me to work with, for starters. At least I can convey My view to you, at least you're crying out to Me for help... anything but sink into the morass of the selfsatisfied complacency of the pseudo-Christian System junkies. It's turning out that the persecuted church is definitely healthier, spiritually. I've got to keep you on your toes & do anything to keep you from feeling all comfy-cozy and at home in this present world, which is not your home!

at all. You may consider yourself a loser, and may even consider those at your side losers, or not willing to fight for you or with you, or worse, fighting against you instead, but you're forgetting that I'm not a loser, and since I'm fighting for you, upholding you and assuring your victory, things could never possibly turn out as bad as you've already pictured them in your mind. The onus is on you to change anything about it, not so much on the other parties involved. You can either want the change, and do fight for it to happen, or give in. You want Me to give you a "realistic prognosis," but all I can say, is "it's up to you." I have put before you the ways of either life or death this day, for you to choose whether you'll take the high road or the low road. You want a prognosis? You tell Me! What is it you're going to choose to do? Give up? Quit? Or keep fighting? You know My ways. Quitting is not for Me, so don't ask Me, "Don't You think I should better quit?"

Don't ask Me to lie to you! You can lie to yourself, have the Devil lie to you, or 7 billion other people, but don't ask Me to tell you something I just can't by the nature of My Being. If I'm the way, truth and life, don't ask Me to lead you astray, to lie to you and show you death... You just have to come to grips with the fact that you just can't That's not My way, My thing. You can't ask the Champion of the totally figure Me out! There are some things about Me and My universe to just stop fighting and be so kind as to let the Enemy ways that elude you, and that you will thus have to take by faith. take over and win the battle for a change. It's not that I want to tease you with them or make your life I can feel for you, extend My sympathies for your plight, and miserable, but you just need to trust that even this trial is what in everything, but I can't possibly encourage you to give up! Sorry, My love I know is the best for you, and what will make you that's just not in My repertoire! I just can't do it. It's not in Me. strongest. I can't love you any less than totally and completely. I guess Lets first try everything we possibly can to make it, to keep it you're just going to have to cope with it! going with renewed umph, strength and hope from Me. I ain't that kind of a quitter, and I won't ask you to be one, either. Keeping you aware of the fact that something is wrong will keep There's too much strength and faith and hope in Me. Too much you from just leaning back and relaxing and settling for what love to make up for all your lack of it! you've got, without ever making the faintest attempt toward If it would be My will for you to quit, I would have told you. It's progress. not in My nature to lead you up the wrong path & then say, Its My means of keeping you desperate, just as I have used it in "Fooled ya!" Although that sometimes seems to be your picture the past. There were situations in which you would have liked to of Me, and what you're thinking. stay forever, if I hadn't used someone as a "prick" to keep you moving. All you need is a few words from the greatest Winner of all times If everything were harmony, then you'd probably just stay right to cure you from your loser streak and infuse some new zest and where you are and never move into any change or progress spark and inspiration and life back into your weary bones. You voluntarily. may think you're through, but you're only through when I'm Whereas, if things are not fine the way they are, then you move through with you, and that hasn't happened yet. You're only into some means to change. through when I tell you you're through. You can at least pray for change or desire change... anything but stagnation and the same old rut. I just can't give up on you! Nor will I ever encourage you or tell you to give up on anyone else, especially not anyone you have You never found your "perfect situation" yet with which you fought so many battles with and have come such a long way would be so comfortable that you wouldn't desire anymore with. change. Never give up on anyone prematurely, and always remember how When things aren't the way you wish for them to be, and it keeps I refuse to give up on you, no matter how bad you blow it, you from being totally satisfied with your situation, that's the alright? factor that will move you into change. Remember the importance of forgiveness, the importance to When you desire change, then things can move forward, and keep on believing in your people, and not allow some little sin of otherwise they won't. That's one reason why things just can't be theirs that you're just as guilty of, to cause you to decide that perfect until I come. you're going to quit loving them or believing in them! Don't commit the sin of ceasing to pray for them (1Sam.112:23), of ceasing to have hope for them, and faith that I can salvage the 366 _________________________________________________ situation, no matter how bad. Don't give up on them, when I You're asking Me, "As tired as I am of fighting, do I stand a never would give up on you that easily! chance of winning?" -- referring to this particular battle. How can you not hold on to others the way I have held on to You personally feel it's a hopeless effort. you? What do you want Me to tell you? "Yeah, you're right. Just fold in, it doesn't make any sense to keep fighting..."? That doesn't Did I give up on you? You may have expected Me to, but I didn't. sound like the kind of advice I'd give you, does it? Did I refuse to forgive you or stop believing in you? Did I stop That's because My view of the situation could never possibly be caring for you? You may have known that you would have as hopeless as yours. I always see possibilities and hope where deserved it, but I didn't. Even so, it is My will for you that you you see none. Perhaps because I know that things couldn't don't give up on them, either... Never. possibly ever really be as bleak as you see them. Not as long as I'm at the helm of your lives, and involved in them to any extent

367 _________________________________________________ If to love is My greatest commandment, then it's obvious that that's what the Devil will fight the most from keeping you doing. What he hates most and tries to stop the most is the love you have among each other and for others. He wants to stop all the loving from going on, and that's been his goal from the very beginning, and as you can tell, he's been very successful at it. "From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?" He uses every sin available to keep you from loving. Actually, that's the aim of sin: to keep you from loving; to "miss the goal" is sin, and the goal is love. Failing to love equals sin. Sin is, when anything other than love becomes more important to you. Pride can make you feel like your own ego, honor or hurt feelings are more important. Greed can make you feel as if material things are more important. Fear can make you act as if your own survival and security were more important, contradicting My Word that "Whosoever shall save his life, the same shall lose it." Then come all the lies the Devil uses in order to stop loving others... Lies about them or about what's more important... You've experienced how anger can keep you from love, by making you easily feel aggravated and annoyed by the quirks of others, causing you to become impatient with them, or selfrighteous, etc. Laziness can make you think that your own comfort is more important than that of others, causing you to fail to love... Envy can make you think that what others have should be rightfully yours, causing you to put yourself above them and thus causing you to fail love... Hedonism can cause people to think that pleasure is more important than genuine love. And lust can cause you to never be satisfied with what you have, always thinking that the grass on the other side of the fence is more important than love... He uses his hoards and legions of demons & spirits to play on the weaknesses you're most prone to, and he even has divisions specifically designed to destroy your love and unity. In effect, all sins and all evil is designed for that purpose, to destroy love. After all, if I am Love, love is their Enemy. So, it behooves you to guard your "lovelight" with all diligence and care, and not allow the Enemy to come near it, much less to snuff it out! Sometimes he even uses the fact that you know all these things in theory in order for you to become familiar with the concept and cause you to despise it. Sometimes the thirst for knowledge, another type of greed, can be a dangerous enemy of love, because you start considering knowledge as more important than love. The Enemy has used laziness to get you to give up too easily, to not hang on to love with all your might, and he has used doubt (a side result of that greed for knowledge) to weaken you and cause you to harbor skepticism. One of the ugliest forms of laziness causes you to stop even making the effort to love people, because you just conclude in resignation, "Oh, what is it all worth, anyway?" You underestimate the value of those souls entrusted in your care, and think that your own momentary comfort is more important, more valuable... So, guard the light and flame of your love! Don't let Satan blow it out! It gives another connotation to "Watch and pray lest ye enter into temptation" when you realize that the major goal of temptation will be to get you to stop loving. Once you realize there is nothing holier, nothing more sacred,

nothing more valuable than that flame of love in your heart, and that there's nothing the Devil is more after, the whole thing takes on a new perspective, dimension and level of priority, and you begin to realize it's actually something not only worth fighting for, but that it's simply something you've got to fight for with all your might! You cannot afford to lose that flame, for to lose that flame is equal to losing the life that is within you. "He that loveth not his brother abideth in death." How do you guard that flame? By giving of yourself to others. "He that loseth his life for My sake, the same shall save it." 368 _________________________________________________ Follow Me every day according to the new set of rules and circumstances you'll find that apply for each day in particular. Its time to focus outward and tune in to the needs of others, roll up your sleeves and pitch in with the gigantic job of winning and feeding the world that's there to reach. It's time to realize that those around you need you. It's time to pour out and be there for them. Its time for the giving of yourself and the pouring out of your life to others. You should be ready to turn around and pour out from that which I have given you, and make your major concern and effort the part of pouring out. You should be strong enough from now on to deal with the problems you'll be encountering, not dismay at the prospect of them and fold up in resignation. You'll be expected to make the best out of it, to salvage any crisis situation, and avoid many of them because of your greater amount of care and attention you'll be giving to your flock from now on. You'll be expected to sit together more and organize your activities better. You will also be able to develop more initiative, more drive. Its action time, and time to gain some stature by going out there & being on the move. I'm mobilizing My forces. It's time to show what you've got, show all you've learned, and what My personal training and tutorship has done for you! Its not about what you should expect from them, but what I'm expecting you to give to them! It's got to come to the point where you just know that there's nothing you can expect, and that if anything good is going to be done, it's going to be done by Me through you, and anything else is vanity. All is vanity until I become part of it, take part in it, and become the driving force in it. Once somebody repents and turns from their life of vanity and lets Me get ahold of it and blow My life and Spirit into it, the cycle of vanity ceases. 369 _________________________________________________ There have always been power struggles, unfortunately, even within My own ranks. The trick is not to let those inside attacks of the Enemy dissuade you. The clue is to keep fighting in spite of both your own weaknesses and theirs. Like this you'll know, there'll be no doubt about it, that if the victory will be won, it will have been My working, and there will be no temptation to take the credit for yourself. Make sure that I'm your Source of strength, power and stamina. You'll need Me even more than before, but the means of how you'll get ahold of Me will be different: more immediate, desperate prayer over the situation, more availing yourself of the keys and spirit helpers to fight off any spiritual attacks, more authority in the Spirit to command the situation, and not so much detailed instruction in prophecy. The instructions will be there, too, but the emphasis won't be the same anymore, which will make our relationship and walk together more alive, too, as it will move from the realm of

recorded words to the realm of action, your behavior and attitudes. You will speak My living words more... There will be more pouring out than pouring in. As the Enemy tries his usual ploy of contradicting My Word and making everything look as if it's unraveling and going topsy turvy, the trick is, not to be moved by any of these things, and to learn to look through his schemes, his desperate efforts to discourage and dissuade you from your task. 370 _________________________________________________ It's from the Spirit World that your help and victory comes. Lift your eyes upwards, for that's where your help will come from, from above. Prayer is a weapon more powerful than anything the Devil can muster. "The Devil flees when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees." Man always wants new gimmicks to play with, but I'm usually a little slower in introducing them. I want to show man how much can already be accomplished with so little, and with simple means... The policy of using gigantic machines and technical and scientific advances in order to constantly rake in more, is definitely not My philosophy! My philosophy can be observed in the little birds under the sky being cared for by Me without making all this big ado about their survival. Let them think they've got to move their big machines in order to ensure their own survival, but I want you to be smarter and just rely on Me! Show them that a little bit of faith is more powerful than all that their machines put together could come up with. I want you to stay focused on My power, and how to use it! I virtually beg you to use My power.

with them, some common ground to meet on, and never condemn them for their decision. I let you walk the path you choose, even if I know that there might be a bitter end attached to it, and Ill be standing there to catch your fall. Teach them all you can about how to make it through life successfully with My help. But everybodys got to make their own set of mistakes, and part of love is to grant them that freedom and let them, even if you may know better, and can foresee the end of it. Theyve got to make their own experiences. Its within them to want to try their own way, and the more you fight it, the stronger that urge becomes. You can warn them and teach them and prepare them, but the final decision will be theirs to make, and if they do make what you would consider the wrong one, dont just write them off and close the door behind them. Always keep it open a crack in order to enable them to come back. Always make them feel welcome to come back! After all, wouldnt you want to have had that same freedom to make the wrong decisions too? And you did. And you see that in the final outcome it was good that you learned the lessons you were taught by that road Why deprive them of theirs? 372 _________________________________________________ When I couldnt have done it on My own or in My own strength, or based on My own natural resources of love when I was on earth, I just had to turn to the Father, and rely on Him to do it through Me and/or give Me whatever I was lacking in order for Me to do it. If you cant do it on your own, if you dont find it within you to love, focus on Me, look unto Me, ask Me, and I will give you the necessary strength and love you need.

Prayer and praise, simple enough for any child to use, are yet more powerful than anything man's entire arsenal of weapons and machinery combined could do. When you cant come up with the necessary love for someone, Besides, their machinery usual destroys, but My kind of try to love them for My sake, the sake of another person that weaponry brings life where there was none... stands between you and them, or simply for the sake of peace, harmony and unity. All that the Devil can do with the stuff he shows man, is bring If you cant love them for their own sake, try loving them for My death. He's the bringer of death, I'm the Bringer of Life, and we'll sake! I can give you the grace and the necessary love and see in the final round, which is stronger. Once you've overcome patience for them you need. death, what other obstacle could there possibly be? All the There is never a valid excuse for not having the necessary love, Devil's power is in death and the fear thereof, so, be of good strength or grace, the necessary anointing, or whatever you cheer, I have overcome all that he can muster up! My love is a need, because anything you lack in the natural, in order to do the fire that all his flood of death cannot quench. I'm an job I have commissioned you to do, you can ask Me for! unquenchable fire that will bring life, and life, and ever more life, even through all the death, destruction and havoc the Devil will If you cant do it for any other reason, just do it because you wreak and unleash upon the earth. I have overcome him, and will know it would make Mommy & Daddy happy. cause you also to overcome! 371 _________________________________________________ As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate (Ps.127:4,5). Even if initially they may not decide to go the same way you chose, the time may come when they will stand up for you, defend and protect you. The pain that ensues when your children decide to go the System way is hard, and something I can very well relate to. Yet its part of love to accept that they choose a different way than yours. Never just write them off & say, Forget about them I want your love to be like Mine: forgiving, longsuffering, always embracing and accepting, never rejecting, never casting anyone out There comes a time when certain behaviour patterns draw a line of separation between you and them and it becomes clear that they must part. But always try to keep something in common 373 _________________________________________________ Im involved in revealing new things to My people. Where theres a need, where theres a vacuum, I come in and fill it; thats My nature the way I am. I am the Bread of Life, always ready to fill any hunger and satiate any appetite, as long as its good and in accordance with My will for a person. In order to be a pioneer, youve just got to take the first step, theres no way around it! And often more often than not youve also got to have the necessary conviction to take that step on your own, if necessary, if theres no one else whos willing to take it with you. 374 _________________________________________________ I, Who have called this world into life, this age, this cycle, will also bring it to an end. Thats why at My appearance, time as you know it, will end. It will bring to an end the age of finite things, or at least it will usher it in. The Millennium will herald the New

Beginning that will never know an end, which will really begin after the Millennium.

If youre going to serve Me, youre going to have to give Me priority over the gods of this world, their money, their power, Times reign will officially end the moment the 7th trumpet will their wealth, their positions, and all the benefits they give you, sound and the kingdoms of the earth will be Mine. They will be including your reputation, your salary, etc. Mine forever, but there must be yet one final test to show who will have learned. Dont be among those who will say, If I only had! If I only had It will show, whose heart will be on My side, and in My Kingdom. given a little more time to the Lord, instead of the System; if I only had given a little more to Him instead! Its time to really show in whom you truly put your trust: in Me or 375 _________________________________________________ in them. And your path will be rewarded according to that choice. My yoke is easy and My burden is light. So, if the burden Without faith, it is impossible to please Me (Heb.11:1), and becomes too heavy, then its usually a sign that youve taken on without works, that faith is dead. I need you to do the works that someone elses burden, not Mine for you to carry. last and remain, that will bring forth fruit for Me, everlasting fruit, spiritual fruit! It feels great to be needed, to be indispensable, and sometimes people dont even care by whom, even if it is the System, and even if they sap away all your strength, all your energy, so that 376 _________________________________________________ there is practically none left for Me, and before you know it, you The Essence, the lifeblood of My Family is the Word. find yourself having lived a life slaving away for that which is Only those who cling to the Word will make it. temporal, when you could have gleaned so many more lasting bonuses toward that which really counts in Eternity. 377 _________________________________________________ I just want to keep My children from the embarrassment of I encourage you to put your stakes higher than you have, and having to find out someday in tears that they could have done so I want you to be open for greater changes rolling in with the much more for Me, while they were busily slaving away for the future, and prepare for whats to come. usurper Things are going to tighten up. Theyre not going to become Change is up ahead inevitably. Things will not always continue more open. Authorities worldwide are soon going to start as they are. There is one impending change that is inevitably clamping down and closing in on the undesirable elements of going to hit everyone, even if they wont live to see the Endtime society, as they already are, making it more and more difficult for or My return, and that is death. I dont want My children to enter people to lead alternative life-styles My Kingdom unprepared. I dont want those who truly love Me come before Me ashamed, and thats why Ive got to show them, I want you to be aware that changes might be required in the even in sometimes painful ways, when theyre going the wrong future, and not to be stuck in your present mindset, but realize way, or putting too much emphasis on something else than Me, that you may have to adapt to times becoming darker and more giving their priorities to another, which in effect means, having severe, even darker than the Roman persecution and the another god before Me, which I cannot tolerate. Inquisition! So, it behooves you to walk wisely toward them that are without, The flesh thinks and trusts that all things will continue as they and to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. are, thats why they will always continue to work as they have been for all these years and decades. No major changes have You may have to radically change tactics in the days to come, if happened yet, so its unlikely to assume that theyre still going to youre going to survive. happen, so, why make any unnecessary preparations or Changes are up ahead, and while I do want you to keep that adaptations? Like the parable of the frog: If you put him in hot radical spirit, I will need you to manifest it in different ways in the water, hell immediately jump out but if you heat up the water future! gradually, hell stay inside until the water starts boiling. So, if circumstances are becoming quite uncomfortable and Get together on a regular basis and make tangible plans with real almost unbearable for you, maybe its because somethings steps on how to improve your business for Me. severely wrong, and going to become worse. Maybe its an The haphazard life-style and the ways of those days are going to indicator that the water is becoming very hot, and its time for be left behind! drastic changes, time to jump out, before youre going to boil. The Enemys the one who started the fire, and hes cooking his A new day is ringing in, and its bringing along lots of exciting great final meal, his final empire and World Order. changes, which means, parting with the old. Its time for everyone near and far to get serious with Me; serious about serving Me, and to prove whether they really mean business with Me, because the time for compromise with the Enemy and his System is soon coming to a close, and you must prepare for that time. You must spend time with Me, sitting at My feet learning of Me, what it truly is that I want you to do, and not run around like Martha, busy, busy, busy in service service to whom? Service to Me? My yoke is easy. And My burden is light. And if its not easy, and the burden is not light, then it is not My yoke, in other words, then you have not been serving Me. I, the Lord, Your God, am a jealous God and Husband, and will have no other gods before Me. And believe Me that it is for your best, that Im not allowing those gods before Me, because they dont love you, but will only use you and suck you dry until there is not a drop of life and energy left in you. Nostalgia is not appropriate, but vigilance and being on the lookout for whatever changes I want to usher in next. Thats what it means to stay revolutionary. I want you to be ready at all times, and willing, to make the necessary changes, whenever required. Be truly radical and stay on your toes, ready to change at a moments notice. You cannot afford to become stagnant and set in your ways. You need to stay flexible and alive, changeable, moving! There are great changes coming about that Old Bottles stuck in their pre-set ways wont make it through. I want to use you for as long as I can, and I need you to be flexible and adaptable in order to ensure that! In light of whats coming at you - the Tribulation - you will want to avoid sticking out unnecessarily. Be ready to appear not necessarily as one of them, but at least as one making an effort to blend in for their sakes, and

not someone who stubbornly insists on making a point about how different he is, and not part of it.

make the initial effort of the drawing first! You draw on My Spirit, and it initiates the process of getting My heavenly machinery and engines to work for you. There are sheep out there whom I want you to win, and in order Thats the principle of faith, the flipping the switch, the babys to win some, youve got to be winsome. Youve got to show that sucking on the breast Thats the secret. It was, and always has theyre worth making an effort to you! That you care about them been, and still is. Keep enjoying the secret. Keep sucking. Just enough to change for their sake, if need be! keep doing it! Feel the satisfaction coming up? The power that enables you to do other things you felt previously incapable of? People arent exactly becoming more tolerant as the times wax Thats the power! Keep it flowing! worse & worse and the days grow darker! Unwillingness and resistance to change is a sign of being an Old Bottle. Even giving up your idea of what a New Bottle is supposed to look like, can be part of it. I need you to be radical enough to change! I need you to welcome change, embrace change and to live constant change. Change means progress the opposite of stagnation and becoming stuck in a rut. In order to keep alive, old things have got to go, and youve got to change! So, keep moving with the breath of My Spirit, and come, flow with Me! 378 _________________________________________________ As inevitable as the setting of the sun and the rising again of the same, so is My mighty harvest that I have promised to My reapers, My harvesters, My Family! You are ready to teach & preach? They are ready to receive, to soak up & learn what you have to give. Just as the great number of fishes were unstoppably drawn into the nets of My disciples Peter & James, when I first called them, so will the sheep come flocking to you, as a proof of your authenticity. My sheep hear My voice, and they will follow. Keep believing, and keep drawing them in! Keep throwing out your nets, launching out into the deep, even if before you havent caught anything! Do it because I said so! 380 _________________________________________________ It always takes one man (or woman) of faith to get the stone rolling and to initiate the process, to believe Me for what I said, without any evidence for it. For them, faith is the evidence, the title deed to the promise they cling to. They say, if I said it, then they count it done. You can either sit and wait for the right circumstances to happen, and for the harvest to come by itself, or you can make it happen, by believing that its happening and taking My Word for it, that indeed it will happen. 381 _________________________________________________ How strong, how real, how lasting is your love? The first and no.1 requirement for a shepherd is love. Love that will last, love that will be able to look beyond peoples failures. Youve just got to keep loving them, no matter what they do, you cant just stop loving them. If loving Me and others is the top no.1 commandment, then the Devil is going to try to get you to stop loving. Are you going to let him?

Whatever you do, dont stop loving! Keep on loving, no matter what! There is just no excuse for failure to love. Theres no valid With every word you pour out, your anointing & power will grow; excuse for stopping to love someone. for as you pour out, Ill pour in, & you can never outpour Me! I wont excuse you for ceasing to love them. I expect you to keep loving as I have loved. 379 _________________________________________________ Sometimes youve just got to be firm about what you want, and keep insisting that you will receive. I do want to speak to you, communicate with you. You cant be passive about it. The drawing is your action, the part that you do. Youve got to be more determined about it, take it by faith that I always love to communicate with you, and then act on that faith. Youve got to make it happen; start typing and believe take that first step into the unknown. Its not that I am tired or dont feel like talking. Its not that My mood or My state are in any way affected by circumstances. Thats one of those aspects in which I am unchangeable, steady and firm like a rock, as opposed to your feebleness and quality of easily being swayed by physical circumstances. Thats what some folks appreciate about Me, that Im not as unreliable as they know themselves or other humans to be: not subject to emotional bouts, moods or fits. I do get angry at times, but thats a different matter. You can always be sure that if and when I get angry, theres a good reason for it. When you allow things to flow into your life that dont really have My Spirit, then it interrupts the flow of uplifting, inspiring and edifying things in your life. Choosing the good and eschewing the evil requires a bit of time and experience to learn. So if you want to ensure that the flow of My good and edifying things keeps on steadily in your lives, do take the time to doublecheck. What matters most is that you stay on the ball and on top of things in the Spirit. Everything else will flow, but youve got to Learning to love is all about putting up with others sins and faults, and before youve learned that lesson, theres no use trying to tackle any other one. Whats expected of you is to forgive and to continue loving those who may have wronged you or someone else. Self-righteousness only makes matters worse. Stop taking others sins so seriously, when I havent paid any significant attention to yours. If you want Me to turn a blind eye to your faults, mistakes and sins, then I will have to be able to expect the same from you regarding theirs. 382 _________________________________________________ What I really want to drive home with saying time is short, is the point that you shouldnt waste your time with frivolous things anymore, with worldly things, and that you had better stay on the track and keep going My way, because I know how easy it is for you to get side-tracked by the temptations of the Devil. Yet, once you are on My path and doing everything you can to get closer to Me, you also have to develop some patience and realize that not everything gets accomplished and learned in one day. Once you are on My path, you must trust that time is in My hands, and that the learning and growing process happens at My perfectly ordained pace, and you cannot become impatient with Me or yourself, or others Without that trust, you cannot truly love, because you will always expect more and faster progress from yourself and others than youre able to deliver. Sometimes the step I want you to take for Me is to simply wait

and trust that I will come through for you, to flip that spiritual switch and make that decision to trust and believe in Me. When you look around, thats precisely what a lot of people are lacking. Im not expecting them to take the gigantic step for Me to drop out, forsake all and follow Me right off the bat. What theyve got to do first of all, before they can take any further significant step for Me, is to take that step of faith and make the decision that theyre going to trust Me with their lives, that theyre going to believe in Me and have faith in Me. You practically have to take that step afresh every day and decide youre going to trust Me for your present circumstances and problems and their outcome! Thats why Patience takes faith. In order to have the patience that makes love possible, first of all you gotta have faith. Faith is the process that makes the tree (of your spiritual life) grow from the seeds, the Word. Faith is what causes the tree to grow in the first place, without faith there is no tree of a spiritual life. And once faith has done its work, it worketh patience. Thats the result: youll have more patience with others, more patience with yourself, and you wont get all uptight if the world hasnt been changed into perfect yet all in one day. 383 _________________________________________________ Make your goals a reality. I want to reward your labors with fruit! Just tell Me how much you want, and Ill see whether I can make it happen for you! As usual, Im more willing to give than you are to receive! 384 _________________________________________________ Its better not to deal excessively with your faults, flaws and sins, and to just keep going right ahead in spite of them. And that also includes the faults of your own children, or your own faults reflected in them. It can be shocking and frightening sometimes, and gives you reason to wonder, Why hast Thou made me thus, but in the end, perhaps its just a test for you to see whether you will keep going in spite of it Discernment shouldnt ever keep you from looking at the good in people. Real mature discernment means making the effort to look for the good in people, in spite of the bad you may already see (Heb.12:1, 2) Laying aside the weight and besetting sins sometimes means just to stop paying so much attention to them to the point where youre being hindered by them, and just look unto Me, the Author and Finisher of your faith, your only hope of glory. Some of those extra truths youre discovering should not make you forget the basic truths you already got from My Word! Know thyself does not outweigh the truth of looking unto Jesus! It is good to be able to be completely honest with yourself. But if what you see in facing yourself merely paralyzes and stuns you into a state of zero productivity because youre so shocked by it, then its better to just lay all that ugly ego-business aside, keep looking unto Me and do whats humanly impossible, in spite of all your weaknesses. Its tricky, trying to help someone to overcome their weaknesses in an uplifting way. Youve got to do it sort of through the backdoor, rather than via open confrontation. Taking time with Me about it is a manifestation of love, too. Bringing these issues before Me shows youre concerned and not just writing them off, and that when it comes down to it, Im going to have to be the One Who gives you and them the victory.

process, not just handing you the victory on a silver platter and allowing you to remain weak. Only fighting is whats going to make you strong enough to obtain the victory not entirely by yourself, but with My help, but nonetheless through the part that you can do. There is always a part thats there for you to do. Some things youve got to wrap up in a bundle of faith and figure out over time with My help, and not just want a quick answer. Some of those paradoxes in life take time to understand. Its time that makes them beautiful, valuable, and turns them into experience and wisdom that others will be able to benefit from as well. 385 _________________________________________________ Sometimes less is more, especially when it comes to talking, even when youre pouring out My Word to the sheep. You cant feed babies big meals. Sometimes it takes a more basic teacher to give the really young and fresh sheep the diet they need, otherwise you risk overstuffing them. It takes humility to sometimes share less than all you could, to say less than everything you know all at once, and to maybe let somebody else do the talking for a change, who may not know quite as much, but may have a better sense of what the appropriate diet and needed input for your spiritual babies may be. Otherwise, it can become an act of the flesh, rather than relying on the gifts of My Spirit to really pour out to them what I tell you they need. It can become merely an exchange of carnal knowledge, when what you really need to do is pour out rivers of living water from the spirit, rather than your head. Youve got to listen to the Spirit when you pour out to your sheep, and let Me do the talking through you. Youre a team, and you need to evenly distribute the weight of the responsibility and the load between you, otherwise you might wind up with back problems. I want you to get used to team working. 386 _________________________________________________ Its war time! In war, things dont continue to tranquilly run their course, but there is howling of sirens and running to and fro of people the sky is dark, and theres the noise of gun and shell fire. Theres pain when youre being hit by something, and you may find yourself paralyzed and tied to the spot This is it. This is no drill. Its not a time anymore for entertainment and leisure. Its a call to arms. The success and outcome of the battle will depend on each man, woman and child involved. In the movies you always see the hero make up his mind reluctantly and at the last minute, to finally do his part and pitch in, in order for good to win the battle. In reality, thats an attitude very unlike to ensure success. If you want to win a war, youd better start training and learning how to fight as soon as possible, and prepare for whats ahead of you, and not just rely on luck to give you the strength youll need. Luck is a very insecure factor to rely on in a war, because youll more often than not find yourself and the world around you running out of luck. In fact, youll find luck turn out to be only a faade, the jokers mocking laughing mask to distract the masses and make them think life is funny, keeping them utterly unprepared for the serious episodes to come

This generation, brought up into believing that the meaning of life is to have as much fun as possible, is going to have a hard It would be like cheating to just give you the victory without awakening, soon, to the seriousness of the true core of the sense having done some fighting first. Its like the proverb about of life, which has been hidden from them, and blessed will be teaching a man to fish, instead of feeding him: Im teaching you those a beacon of light and pillar of truth to hold on to and to the skills of obtaining the victory, strengthening you through that guide them in the right direction in My direction.

Sometimes I must counter your efforts to ignore the fact that were at war, and that not everythings fine, and this is not yet your resting place, with evidence for the extent to which the evil one is at work, not only in far-away lands, but right in your own life. Youre used to Me bailing you out of your troubles somehow, sooner or later. But with the severity of troubles increasing, you had also better learn to turn up your prayer power accordingly. In order to prepare you for the Tribulation, I sometimes have to allow little foretastes and shadows of tribulation in your life, to get you into praying mode, desperate mode, no-longer-things-asusual mode You must learn to see and perceive the bad news as good, in that theyre going to accelerate My return. When you see these things come to pass, look up, for your redemption draws nigh! Its all the more looking-unto-Jesus time! So, look to Me, when you see these troubles happen in your life, and dont look to any other source of satisfaction, for that is not My will, and it would defeat the purpose of the suffering I allow in your life. Focus on Me, your only hope, your only strength, and your only light! Nothing else is going to be able to see you through! 387 _________________________________________________ If there is a school of life, and Im its teacher, what the Devil came up with in order to distract people from the school and the meaning of life, was his counterfeit school, the compulsory public school system. Hes trying to make sure that people and young people in particular wont get the chance to tune in to the real school of life, by keeping them busily stuffing their heads with the counterfeit knowledge concocted in his public school system. I can keep My children anywhere, and even protect their minds from becoming polluted by the brainwash the Enemy has them bombarded with on a daily basis. I can preserve them unto Me and keep them from becoming lost to all that smut, even if they may be affected by it somewhat. When you see the overwhelming power and mass with which the Enemy operates in his brainwashing procedure and propaganda and information war, you figure there wont be much of a chance that anybody is going to escape that grind. But I want you to have more faith than that! The school system simply wont click with a lot of people, who, like you did, instinctively feel that its not doing them any good, not teaching them anything truly valuable. Tell them about the cool alternative! Tell them about the school of life! Tell them about Me, the Master Teacher, Who can really teach them stuff thats worthwhile, 100% relevant to real life. If the school system is the Enemys counterpart to My real school of life, then you have to cope with the fact that every hour your child is spending in school, shes being soaked with something other than what I would teach her, if she were exclusively under My tutorship.

lives that it works. Do you really believe that youve got the solution to the Systems troubles and woes? Then how will you present it to the world? Because present it you will and must, unless youre planning to keep it all to yourself, right? 388 _________________________________________________ Youll be dependent more & more on My supernatural protection, as time goes on. I give you My promise of protection, and the promise of My blessings for being willing to take a risk for the sake of My Cause, My Kingdom, and for the sake of love and wanting to help someone and draw them closer to Me. You are more valuable to Me than any achievements for Me you might ever make. Your fruit isnt as important to Me as you are yourselves. Im more involved in orchestrating things from behind the scenes than you sometimes dare to hope 389 _________________________________________________ Youve got to do what Ive given you to do without being deterred or distracted by whats going on on your left and your right! Worse things than whats happening right now are going to happen, and youre just going to have to be able to keep going in spite of them! You cannot let it influence you when those on your left and right are stumbling or falling. Youve got to stand! You can make an effort to lift them up, if they want to be helped and lifted up and stand, but if not, you are going to have to keep going and fighting anyway. If they decide to go a different way, if they allow themselves to become lukewarm and be influenced and swayed by the System, youre still going to have to keep going for Me! Its not how much you accomplish for Me, how many youve reached for Me that counts, as much as how faithfully youve been keeping going for Me in spite of unfavourable circumstances! Even if youre forsaken and betrayed by everyone around you, in the worst case scenario, as it did happen to Me. If youre truly going to be following in My footsteps until the bitter end, youve somewhat got to be prepared for that. If you dont like your church, create your own church! If you dont like the members of your congregation, win some new members to your congregation that you do like and do get along with! If you think that the rest of your faith community isnt really living up to what youd consider My standard, then do it differently, and show the world how you think it ought to be done. If youll operate like that, sooner or later youre going to win the respect of those you may not be getting along with right now, and once theyll respect you, theyll probably also adapt their behaviour toward you.

Youve got to be so convinced that youve got the Real Thing, that you wont be affected at all by the fact that some of the members or even the majority of members of your outfit dont Focus on the solution. If theres a problem, I must have the seem to be representing what youd call the real thing! Youve solution. just got to keep being and keep preaching and keep advertising Youre offering them the solution to death and hell by offering the Real Thing regardless! them salvation. Youre offering a solution to their ignorance by presenting ample information to build a foundation of knowledge If you think theyre not doing it, then do it yourself and be of truth; offering My happiness and joyful Spirit in exchange for whatever you think theyre not or are failing to be! their depressions and frustrations. The Offensive is all about focusing on the solution: What do I Focus on what Im able to do with you and through you, if youre have to offer to the world, and how could we make it more just determined to be that one man with whom there is no limit to attractive to our target audience? which extent I can use him. Our product: The Solution. Our challenge: how to sell it to the public most efficiently. Make Me proud and keep going for Me, just for Me! You can do it! Youre going to have to be able to prove and show from your own I know you can! I promised you can! It doesnt say, I can do all

things through the great and mighty church Im affiliated with. It says, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth Me. Prove it! Do it! Make it come true! No matter what anyone else says or does! Refuse to be diverted by it! Just keep going on, keep forging ahead in spite of anything they do or might not do! Keep going right ahead! Will you do that for Me?

Its the necessary step that it takes, away from independence and self-sufficiency toward love, and just allowing yourself to totally fall into the arms of love and recognize the Love of your life, and just say yes to it, letting fall aside all the other factors that may have motivated you so far, your ambitions and dreams of achievements, etc. All that matters then is love, and once you get there, you will also have the necessary love and patience for others, because nothing else will matter: Time wont matter 390 _________________________________________________ anymore, so there wont be any need to become impatient. The kind of independence and indigenousness Im trying to Money wont matter anymore, so there wont be any need to teach people is to rely and depend on Me, instead of relying and worry. Your ego wont matter anymore, so there wont be any constantly looking up to other people for help. Especially need for defending or showcasing it because I know how short-lived human patience and willingness to help can be. What it takes is letting go. Letting go of all that other stuff, all else besides love. Its really the only ingredient that will ensure your success for Me. 391 _________________________________________________ Youve got to make sure that thats your motivation and the thing It requires some sacrifice and changes to really get on the that rules you, your goal: love. If its anything else, what do you ball for Me and with this revolution. want to witness for, win souls or disciples for? What use would it It all depends on how much and how badly you truly want to be? For what would you win disciples and gain followers, if not make it, surviving there on the frontlines in this war for love? Just to make sure youre keeping up, so no one can laugh at your being left behind? Or to ensure your heavenly Its going to be a rough ride, and its only going to be the ride of rewards? Or My continued blessings? your life if you make the necessary preparations for it, and make sure youre going to be in a condition to enjoy it, instead of being Once you replace all these with a desire for love, for nothing else overwhelmed and knocked out by it because you didnt do what than to love and be loved by Me, then youre in the necessary you could in order to have the stamina that it takes to keep up process that will enable you to do those things for Me that will with My pace in this roller coaster ride make a difference. There wont be any need to be angry with anyone anymore, Remember the most uncomfortable place for a Christian is a because youll know all is forgiven, all things will be well, and comfortable place, meaning that comfort isnt what you ought to youll have that perfect trust in Me that perfect love brings. be seeking. Comfort is your enemy, and anything that makes you feel comfortable may be counterproductive in the aspect of When you see everything from the viewpoint of love, youll see getting you where I want you to be. You cant fight a war there is no need at all to condemn yourself for not managing any comfortably! better; there is no pressure on you except that minimum pressure and challenge that will spur you on to grow and make progress; there is nothing to lose, nothing to worry, fret or fear or 392 _________________________________________________ become upset about! All is good! All will be good. And if it will be If you need help, just ask. It would help to communicate good, it is as good as done. You can count it done! Trust Me! I about more openly. Sometimes it also applies to inter-human promised it, and it will be so. Its really a matter of trust. How relationships: Ye have not because ye ask not. much do you really trust in those promises of Mine? Every once in a while I allow you to fall into a situation where you have to rediscover the art of asking for things. In regards to the Endtime, that skill might come in handy someday. Ask and it will be given you. Pride simply doesnt pay off in this, My business! And it doesnt pay off in relationships, either. And isnt that what My business is all about? So, theres still a lot to learn along the lines of this relationship business, and one of the first lessons is to humble yourself to ask, to openly make your needs known, as well as your appreciation for having them met Youll get what you want if you just cultivate the art of asking for it in the right way. 393 _________________________________________________ What you want is a love for Me so great that nothing can pull you back into the darkness, and you know that there is no effort you could ever make in order to work up that kind of love, or acquire it by yourself. The only thing you can do is to ask Me for it, and to receive My love first, which will then create the necessary love in you. As long as you consider yourself to be self-sufficient, you dont allow yourself to fall totally in love with Me. Its the breakings that make you realize that you do need somebody, indeed, that you cant make it on your own, and that that somebody is often someone whos been there all along, loving you unconditionally, and basically just hoping and wishing and waiting for you to stop taking that love for granted. Once you know I can do it; that I am well able and willing to help you succeed, then all those lying vanities, your anger and frustrations, will melt away. 394 _________________________________________________ As long as youre still trying to run on your own little batteries, youll run dry and wind up disappointed and frustrated. Learn to make sure to run on My power, and not your own. If you make certain to avail yourself of My power, there will be a different kind of zest behind your work, a greater certainty and knowing that youre doing the right thing, more inspiration, and thus, less danger of becoming upset and frustrated in the process. You cant do the things Im asking you to do in the flesh. Theyre spiritual efforts, fought with the weapons of the Spirit. Its not in My interest to fool you, confuse you or lead you astray. Time is way too precious for Me for foolish detours. Im serious about what Im telling you, and Id appreciate it, if you would believe Me for it, and take My Word for it, and if youd act on what I tell you. As so often, I can only say, have a little faith in Me! Have a little trust in Me, that I wont give you a snake or a rock for an egg or bread I give you good food. Hearing from Me does not only consist of the actual receiving of My words, but it should also include a time of prayer, of digesting the spiritual food and input Ive given you of praising Me, and

thanking Me for it, and asking Me to show you ways to implement what Ive given you! 395 _________________________________________________ I want to be your Sunshine when theres no sunshine. I want to be the factor to brighten up your day, the Source that will give you warmth when you feel cold in this world, the One to make you feel loved when you feel lost and forsaken. I want to be the Sunshine of your life; your ray of light and hope, the one thing to look forward to in the middle of all the bleakness that surrounds you.

397 _________________________________________________ People often fail to recognize the enemy within. Most folks fail to realize that in order to be able to change the world effectively for the better, one needs to correct whats wrong on the inside first, or at least recognize the obstacles that are right there at ones own doorstep, and then not be overwhelmed by them, but tackle them with My help.

When you become upset with Me for allowing unpleasant circumstances, youre in effect putting yourself above Me. Youre criticizing Me for the way Im handling things, for the extent to which Im allowing reality to veer from the confines you would give it, if you were in My place. Nothings going to cheer you up or light up your view on things Its a matter of seeing things from My angle, not taking for as much and as effectively as My voice, My Word, and My granted that whatever conclusions your carnal mind may have glimpses of Heaven that I show you. reached are the A and O of everything No matter how smart you are, theres still yet another point of view to explore, and thats Mine, and thats something you dont 396 _________________________________________________ get by figuring out, but by asking. My words are more than just good advice. They are the living All the smartness and capabilities in the world wont get you to essence of all things, and they have creative power. If even your your destination, they wont enable you to survive whats to words have creative power, just think how much more so My come; but faith can. That doesnt mean that intelligence and words, which brought the world into being. I speak and its done. strength are totally useless, and that you shouldnt use them, but Its just that in the case of My children and followers who know you should not rely on them to the extent that you would rely on Me well, I expect them to do their part, so I dont just do the faith in Me and My strength, and greater knowledge and wisdom. whole magic on My own, but I have you participate as much as you can, in making it happen. I show you where to throw the nets, but I wont throw them out 398 _________________________________________________ for you. There is always a solution. I may make you go and find it As with Elisha and his servant, who didnt see the spiritual for yourself, but I give you a nudge in the right direction. forces surrounding them, and he had to pray, Open his eyes, you can pray for others, that I will open their eyes. If you feel ill-equipped or incapable to reach the standard that is set before you, maybe it should teach you to have a little mercy Its a work of My grace that I have come into your life and helped on those for whom you may have put the doorknob a little too you see, and I want you to be an extension of that grace and help high others also. I have prepared many of them, and have begun to show them Even if what youre doing may only seem like a drop in the things already. But you can lead them Home and fill in the details bucket compared to whats needed, it is a beginning, a first step for them that theyre yet unsure about. in the right direction. Its a small beginning to a greater end. Pray for them, that I will continue to open their eyes, and It will take faith and perseverance to bring it to and end, and to continue to teach them things which right now they may not see. have it grow into something stronger and more noticeable, but if That is one of your main purposes: to open the eyes of the you will keep it up, youll find the results far surpassing those of spiritually blind; enhance the sight of those who only have a the usual carnal efforts. vague idea of an outline and shadow of things to come. Just keep it up, and this small, insignificant and unseemly effort will grow into something that is going to bring about miraculous You have to be bold enough to assume the role of a leader. Not a results! passive and hesitant attitude, but a definite and certain hand to show the way. Its an anointing and a mantle you have to choose All I gave the man blind from birth was a bit of mud made from to accept. spittle and dirt of the ground, along with a commandment, to go People will look up to you for guidance, and you cannot just give and wash. But his obedience to do as I said, and his humility to a vague, uncertain signal. You must be sure of what you believe, make something out of the apparently humble gift he was given and that this is the best way to follow. Any other way will at best resulted in a miracle thats been the source of the opening of be a detour. eyes of many ever since Youve got to stand up with conviction and be bold enough to proclaim to people, We are the ones whom the Lord has raised You never know what Im up to with that small, seemingly and prepared to lead you through the darkness thats to come! insignificant gift of yours, that small, seemingly unimportant life Youve got to be determined and know beyond a shadow of a of yours, in a small unseemly situation that you cant seem to doubt that I wont allow you to be led astray, but that I will hold make much out of. All I may be requiring of you is that little bit of you safely in My hand and within My reins of the Spirit. faithfulness, that bit of obedience to do it, anyway, and not to You are Mine, and I will not let you go. I will put My Words into despise what Ive given you, but believe Me for it instead. your mouth, and you will speak them, not with uncertainty, but You may never know what Im still going to do with those little with absolute certainty and conviction, and they will receive gifts Ive given you, unless you just do what Ive commanded you them. to do with them. Sometimes it seems to make no sense: go and wash off some dirt! But who knows what miracles may result I need those who are going to be ready for Me, and accept it and from that simple, sheer obedience! recognize it and see, Yes, Lord, I am ready. Use me now. You may feel like Im teasing you and being mean to you by smearing some dirt in your face, but if you trust that I am Love, and that I only mean to do you good, you will believe Me, that even that dirt will bring about your healing, even if you may not understand it initially. Ill be there to carry the consequences for you. Just speak whatever I put in your mouth. Just be brave and say it; take the lead, and dont let their whims push you around and dictate whats happening. Help them overcome their demons, their besetting sins, and take the authority in the spirit and help them fight and overcome

them. Lead them in the fight, lead them to victory! Lead them to confront their demons, their fears, their addictions, their lusts whatever it is that plagues them, and tell them in no uncertain terms, I can show you the way to freedom, if its freedom you want! 399 _________________________________________________ Things apparently have to reach a certain point until you become really stirred up about something in the spirit. Things have to become desperate before you get desperate If you want to make progress you may have to develop a different attitude about it. Its not anything you can generate in the flesh, even though there is a certain amount of physical effort that goes along with it. But you ought to get stirred up in the spirit about it and show that this is also what you want because its the direction Im leading. The first thing to do is to say yes to My plan and show that youre going to believe Me for it. Why not believe Me for it, and enjoy the pleasant consequences of your faith, rather than doubt and say, Oh, the circumstances indicate that the Lord must not really have meant what He said? Part of the problem has been your attitude of resigning to your fate and saying, Im so tired of living, anyway, You might as well take me Home! That may be what you want or you may think you want, but its not in accordance with what I want, since I need you there to do your job and finish it. You are still needed, even if you may feel old and useless, not much good for anything. Youre only through when Im through with you. 400 _________________________________________________ Sometimes when you think youre doing great, you turn out to be doing not so great, after all, and those times when youre really broken and good for nothing are often the times Im using you the most. That ought to teach you not to resist and fight against those times of brokenness, but rather to embrace and welcome them. Its another aspect & facet of seeing things My way, instead of the carnal way. Your natural man resists the down times, and tries to pull himself up and make you feel better again, pep you up again, and restore the champion in the old man and the arm of the flesh & restore their former glory. But the true art is to stay down there and let it be and just be content anyway, in spite of not being on top of things.

then youre learning to walk by faith and not by sight. The dark times must come, and you must experience them, too, just as everybody else must. How else will you comfort them with the comfort wherewith you have been comforted by Me? How else will you teach them to walk by faith and not by sight? Isnt it the rough times that make you pray more? So, the times you pray more, in My eyes are the more glorious times, even if to you may seem anything else but glorious. But youre giving Me the glory more then. Dont you think that I could have manifested My glory and have My greatest works carried out through the angels more easily? And evidently some of them couldnt handle My decision to choose man as the primary vessel, howbeit a weak and frail one, for My greatest works. Why? Because My glory would be manifest so much more obviously in them. Its got to be clear that the power comes from Me, otherwise, its just another neverending ego trip, like the one the Devil is on and has led his followers into since millennia. Thats why I glory in the times when your ego is low, and you dont feel like youre accomplishing anything. I like to make something out of nothing. I like to turn something unpromising into something glorious. Its just My nature. I see the potential in the dreadful, in the lowly and the despised The glory and strength of man is something I cant do much with. All that show-off in their efforts to impress each other doesnt impress Me much. Im looking for those who are ready and willing to give Me a chance to let My power and glory to be seen and manifested through them. Be honest: how many of that kind of people are there? How often does that happen? Something truly magical happens when a human being allows Me to take over and our forces unite to the point where I can really work through them. Its an historical event that lights up the landscape in a flare, and that doesnt go unnoticed. But Im only able to do that kind of work in the darkness, in the lowly ground, not on the high, sunny and elevated spots. My true church has always been an Underground church in this world. You see the difference between Gods fair-weather friends, and those who get going when the going gets tough? Its those of the second group that really make it.

if you want to make it through the times ahead, youre going to have to learn to also embrace the not-so-sunny and not-so-easy times, and take them with the same grin you would face the good times with. I want you to quit murmuring and grumbling about them. You have often chosen the easiest option and the path of the least resistance, and Im warning you that the way ahead, and Take it by faith that those hard times are just as much part of what the future holds is running out of paths of least My plan, and thus just as much reason to rejoice as the good resistance. times. There wont be too many of those anymore, and you had better And maybe retrospectively, some day you might see that those learn to swim and buck the tide, if youre not going to be washed hard times really werent bad times at all, but that they in fact away by the events to come. were the good times during which I was able to use you the most. I want you to stand, and I wish for you to remain. But a lot You always strive to fill yourselves up with good things, not depends on you in this aspect, since youve got to see to it realizing that My Spirit can only fill empty places & vessels yourself that youre strengthened, just as you need to see to it that your body, your muscles and your back are being Right now your accomplishment-meter isnt on pat-yourself-on- strengthened. the-back level. So, I want to encourage you to stay down there for a while and just soak it in and embrace this relative low. This Why are you still looking for satisfaction in this world as if it was is just as much part of life, part of what Im handing you as the your Home? Appreciate the good days, but dont take them for good, cheerful and sunny times. granted, and dont start whining over the not-so-good ones, but Dont see it as not living up to your full potential, but try to appreciate them, too. Theyre more likely to be the days when I thank Me for these times just as much as you would thank Me for can really use you! a sunny sky. Try to see Me in it! When you can see Me even in the grey sky, and you can fathom My love even from the bleakness of things, 401 _________________________________________________ Everybody makes mistakes and can be wrong about things.

Leaders need to be forgiven and unconditionally loved and accepted for who and what they are, like everybody else. There is a reason and a purpose on My behalf for allowing certain errors in the doctrine. You may just have to trust Me, that I happen to know better what is best, taking all the available information and factors into account, many of which you might be oblivious to. As long as any government allows My children to operate freely, they will continue to obtain My blessings somewhat, even despite other misdeeds. If all else fails, you can blame it on Me for loving you guys so much. You are the apple of My eyes, and I will even wink at other injustices at times, as long as they wont touch you. 402 _________________________________________________ I have supplied and I will yet supply all your needs. I delight in your need. I delight in the opportunity to come through for you in an obvious way, undeniable that it had to be Me. I delight in confounding your doubts and dispelling your worries. But there are also some things you must do. The blessing is there, but you must come & get it. The challenge isnt on My side only. Theres also one for you. Ask and it will be given you. Give and it shall be given you. As you share your spiritual riches, I will see to it that your sheep will share of theirs with you, and as I see you making the effort & doing all that you can to do your job for Me, I will also make the effort to do all I can for you. 403 _________________________________________________ I want you to train your dependence on Me to a tee. Its annoying when those youre supposed to be able to rely on turn out to be less than reliable, but it should stress all the more the urgency of putting all your hopes and trust in Me. Ps.27:10 sums up the lesson. People often overestimate the role of a group or body of people, be it their church, their government, etc., and then blame them for letting them down. I want to make sure you get the point that its futile to rely on people to such an extent, and that it really only pays to put your trust in Me. I like it when you stand on My Word and remind Me of My promises, making sure that Im keeping My end of the deal. I like it when you take My Word seriously. I also like it when you take the future seriously, which is obviously what a lot of people dont, these days. All they care about is the here and now, and After us, the deluge. You start receiving revelations and visions by making yourself receptive for such input and creating a vacuum and an interest for it. But I do have to warn you that some of these things carry consequences, certain burdens of responsibility. Thats why I cant just reveal the future to you lightly or in a casual fashion: You wonder about the future? Here you go. Some of My prophets found the booklets & scrolls of My revelations a bitter pill to swallow, so, Im going to let you determine whether youre ready for such a gift, along with all of its consequences. Things certainly wont become easier for you with such a gift.

Theres always a part that you can do, a part Im expecting you to do, in order for Me to do Mine. 404 _________________________________________________ The situation is desperate, and the time is at hand. The drill phase is over, and its time to get out of the holes and for every man to fight for what its worth. The time for romancing this present world is over. Those who still feel at home in it are going to find themselves trapped inside a vicious vortex thats going to pull them down the drain. Its the end of the world as we know it, and youll only feel fine if you have truly learned to put your trust in Me to the extent where it really wont faze you if its going down. The easy way isnt what makes you happy. When you become too spoiled, you become just that: spoiled, not happy. It behooves you to recognize the seriousness of the situation and behave and act accordingly. Its going to require miracles to survive, and every man will have to walk worthily of those miracles. Youre going to have to fulfill your end of the bargain; no freeloaders. Its time for everyone to tune in, and learn whats there to be learned, and to apply what has been learned. While its going to have to be My miracle working power to keep your heads above water, I cant just do it without your making any efforts to swim whatsoever. Youve got to give Me some cooperation. 405 _________________________________________________ Even though I gave this general consensus and directions of how to operate in the near future, this doesnt necessarily mean that this will dictate the life style of each and every individual. Im not expecting you to each do exactly the same. You cant take it for granted that things are going to flow smoothly if youre not bathing them in My Spirit and prayer, and just try to push them through in the flesh. Im not going to let you get away with not operating in My Spirit! Youve never been very fond of wind. It bugs you. It can downright annoy you. Its not your thing. And youre standing there and feeling this wind blowing your way, and youre rolling your eyes, and wonder Whens all this blowin gonna stop? You prefer the sunshine and easy days; its not a big secret. But it just so happens that this particular time in which youre living is not part of what youd consider easy times. While you have been making it as easy on yourself as you could, theres no way out anymore, no more chance to avoid the wind and the rain, and youve just got to let it blow and bear it the best you can. Not having exposed yourself a lot to the wind hasnt exactly strengthened your spine, and all this rattle-&-a-shake is giving you a backache. All I can do is comfort you & tell you, Youll be alright! Youre going to make it through this storm! But murmuring wont make it easier! Whining doesnt help. Brace yourself, and try to take whats coming at you with grace. Others have had their share of sufferings, too! Now its your turn, and it bugs you finding out that you cant take it as gracefully as they can. Well, but you can try. Start taking it a little more gracefully.

Humility and grace go hand it hand (God giveth grace to the humble). In other words, if youre not handling things gracefully, Its a good thing to continue being prayerful and open for My then it must be that your pride is standing in the way. nudges concerning what the immediate future brings. Its Your pride is giving you hell over whats befalling you. Humility certainly good to feel out the signs of the times by staying in would help you take it more gracefully. So, why not just acquire touch with the news. some of that humility that gives you the grace to take things If youre interested in the future, it starts out with staying in more cheerfully and without murmuring, trusting that I know touch with the present, and all thats happening already. better what I allow than you ever could

Pride might be telling you, Aw, you could run this whole show a lot better in Gods place. But humility tips your shoulder & reminds you, forget it! So, can you just let it be and let Me have My way with things without getting so terribly upset? It takes a whole lot of faith and patience on your part, because this show isnt according to your liking and personal preferences at all, but can you trust Me anyway for what Im doing? So Im taking this in a direction you wouldnt naturally approve of But you know Im the Boss, right? If you dont like it, we can talk. This was a first call and test run to see who would jump on the bandwagon wholeheartedly. So youre not one of them. That doesnt mean I love you any less. Experience has taught Me a lot. I know that sometimes those who at first scream I will, later on peter out, and the reluctant ones might carry on the work after the enthusiasts are gone. If this isnt your time for jumping and pushing, Ill take you where youre at, & will welcome you whenever youre ready. I can only use you according to your capabilities 406 _________________________________________________ You ought to bathe everything in prayer. You never know when something might be a trap or a distraction of the Enemy. Only I can show you that. Things may look reasonable and okay to you on the surface, but if you dont double-check with Me, they may turn out to be a bogus, planted there by the Enemy. Even a good thing can be used by the Enemy, if you dont dedicate it to Me in prayer first.

And your children, naturally, feel much more drawn to the bigwigs, those who make the big time, up on those big, fancy ships, and they look down on you, there in your crummy life boats, so close to the cold, harsh surface of the reality of that ocean youre floating on, while they slowly ascend to fancier boats and threaten to leave you behind. Well, if what they put their faith in is true, and their speculations are right, that the System will forever remain as it is, and theres no storm coming, no iceberg that will sink their Titanic, then of course, you are, of all men and fools, the most miserable. Like Paul said, If our hope in Christ is in this life only, then were of all men most miserable I dont deny that according to rational reasoning it looks totally crazy. I dont blame anyone for feeling tempted to quit in their right mind. I dont blame you for shaking your head at what you see. The only thing youve got that you can go by and walk on, is My Word. Right now, you feel like laughing about it, the way Sarah of old did, when I told her that she would still bear a son in her old age, to become the forefather of millions. But you know who laughed last in Sarahs case, and I dare you to wait and see who is going to laugh last in this case, too. Just wait and see upon whom I choose to breathe My breath of life, and who shall indeed bear the promised heir, and the seed so numerous it shall cover and rule the earth

I never said My Words and Promises wouldnt require faith. I know that without My insistence, if you were to go by your own mind, you would have turned the other direction and gone a 407 _________________________________________________ different way by now, and I dont blame you. I want it to be thus, The heat of My refining fires, purification and cleansing is a that you can go by no other indicator but My Word. I want My natural part of the process of making out of you an instrument, a Word the mere fact that I said it to be enough for you to go by vessel, or item of value for My use. Just like everything else, this and put all your cards on. To hell with the evidence! Faith is the pain and this purging also belongs. evidence of things not seen the only evidence you need, as far as Im concerned: My Word the title deed of ownership of the My church needs cleansing, purging and chastisement to be impossible! made white from all her sins. So, it behooves you to take My cleansing and chastisements with grace and allow it to happen There isnt more I really need, than one single person to believe and yield to it to welcome it, instead of rejecting it and resisting Me for My Word, and believe that Im going to do it as I said, even it. is spite of the total lack of visible evidence for it! Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word. What makes you keep My Word is My afflictions and chastisements, the cleansing process, the opening of your eyes 409 _________________________________________________ about the wrongness of your path. Those somewhat ugly, somewhat sad lessons in life are those of greatest teaching value. Its an uprooting process, which causes the pain. I cant allow Digging for a well in the dirt is dirty and hard work, but it brings you to become comfortable with your sins, or too friendly with forth the clean and life-giving water. Its those clean-on-thethe world, because friendship with the world is enmity with God surface hypocrites who never deal with their problems on a (Jam.4:4). The world really is that wicked, and thats why youve truthful basis that are all rotten within, and for whom there isnt got to stay rejected by it, apart from it, and not feeling comfy- much hope. There is more hope for anyone who knows theyre a cozy in it. mess than for someone who thinks theyre so great. Clean-cut people promise to be less work, and a so much greater Life is hard for a reason. Look at those for whom life has always and easier asset to My work, but it is difficult to even get them to been soft and easy, and how they turned out as a result! see that they, too, need Me. Even your adversaries are there for a purpose! You would prefer the sunshine, but this gray sky out there paints No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but a more truthful and accurate picture of the state of the world. It grievous nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit reminds you that the world is a mess. Its in a sad state, and that of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Just draws you closer to Me, makes you want to get a hold of Me more hold on a little longer and youll enjoy that peaceable fruit of desperately You wont settle for any deceptions & cheerful, righteousness. amusing distractions. You long for sunshine, but the rain is better for you. Its good to become aware of the dirt that you need to be washed clean from. 408 _________________________________________________ Its important. It takes a Systemite to excel in the System. Some people dont realize that. They only realize and take note of As long as the System stays afloat, theres nothing that glides the physical totally oblivious to the spiritual. All that interests along as gracefully on it, as all those expensive yachts & ocean them is the here and now; the flesh. Its as if the spirit doesnt steamers of the System, and your little lifeboats look ridiculous even exist, as far as theyre concerned. The spirit doesnt even in comparison. They look as if theyre going to be the ones to go faze them. Theyre totally flat Flatlanders. down first when the storm hits.

All you can do is pray for Me to open up their eyes. But of course, there are none so blind as those who refuse to see. You cant really open someones eyes against their will So, youve got to pray that I take away the fear and the indifference from their hearts take out the heart of stone from within them and replace it with a new one of flesh. That is a promise to cling to: A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh (Ez.36:26). Imagine a world where everyone is finally going to have love in their hearts for each other, instead of the cold indifference and selfishness that rules the world right now! So, before you can even pray for Me to open their eyes, You must pray for Me to touch their hearts to want to see, and to want the truth; to be open for love and light and life And that prayer must come from your heart, so the saying is fulfilled again, What comes from the heart, reaches the heart. Changing the world: one heart at a time How do you do that? You can only change another heart through something that comes from your heart in the first place: words from the heart, prayers from the heart Whatever love has been there in your heart in the first place, must go out and reach anothers heart.

just do everything exactly the same way they do. It does require a certain amount of boldness to dare to be different, to stick out from the rest. They may even persecute and hate you for it, like it happened to Joseph, and theyd rather see you as a slave in Egypt, than to flaunt your coat of many colors in front of them. People resent other folks being different. But I need you to be different, and youve got to hold on to that vision and cling to My Word, and just do it because I said so. Youve got to stay faithful to what I tell you, not their opinions. It will pay off to stand your ground, if you just hold on to Me and follow Me, and pay close attention to what Im trying to show and tell and teach you! Dont worry if you seem somewhat on a different wavelength, as long as its My wavelength. You have My permission to be different! Im alright & cool with it. B.S.U.R.!

The responsibility that comes with being different and that comes with being led by Me, and thus giving a sample to the rest of the world of the direction Im leading you, is much more valuable to Me than the bit of responsibility it takes to just be In order to really leave an impact on the world, youve got to live hiding behind others and follow along in their tail. from the heart! Youve got to ignore the fears of being disappointed There is nothing that can stand against love, and Were developing personality here, and leadership qualities of love is never poured out in vain. But its got to be there in your the kind that will be needed during the days to come; the kind of heart first. light that can shine its way through the darkness of the The good and kind act has got to come from a heart of love. If it Tribulation. Lights and energies that will rely on others will peter happens without love, they will feel it, if it came somewhat out sooner or later Only those who are plugged in directly to reluctantly, and there isnt really love in it. Me and My power will have what it takes to make it through the It will come and bite back at you in some way and punish you for night. the presumptuousness of trying to pretend to want to help anyone for any other reason but love. That hypocrisy will be exposed. Make sure your motivations are 411 _________________________________________________ truthful and genuine, or some lie is going to hit you from behind! Its hard to stand alone, but its precisely that hardness that makes you into a strong man, and a force to be reckoned It always takes a bigger sinner than yourself to teach you a with. lesson about your own sin. Most people have become popularity-oriented folks, and they Nothing drives a lesson home more effectively than pain. Dont wouldnt dare stand against what everybody supposedly agrees evade it or avoid it or try to save yourself from it. on as being the right thing or not Let it happen. Let it come. Let it be, and embrace it, learn from it, Similar to politicians with their popularity polls, many people, swallow it. Let life hand you what its got to give and receive it; including most of My followers, dont go so much by their inner drink that cup! conviction as they are being lured and directed by the voices of popularity. The natural tendency is to respond to what comes at you in the same manner. You react. Tit for tat. But the way of love is not Most people dont seem to really get the point of Who I was and to repay them with the same currency, but to give them My what My role was during My life on earth. They picture Me as currency of love and forgiveness in exchange for their some kind of Superman with perfect looks and perfect manners, selfishness and greed. Youve got to counter their negativity with speech and gesture. And in a certain way I was. In the Fathers My Positiveness! Dont do as they do, but break the vicious way. But that doesnt necessarily correspond to peoples cycle. standards. You break the vicious cycle of the usual run of things by doing When it comes to them, you might have definitely described Me something totally unusual: you love the unlovely, the unworthy as somewhat awkward and strange. of love, and thus change and touch their hearts, and you will I wasnt a cowboy, lone ranger style with a pistol belt casually change destiny in the long run! around My hip. And I rode no bronco any other than that foal of Thats why love is the most powerful weapon in the universe. But an ass upon My triumphal entry into Jerusalem, 3 days before so many people have lost faith in it or dare not use it. My crucifixion. I got into trouble mostly everywhere I went. If you want to read an Just remember, its got to come from the heart. Thats where it accurate description of what and Who I really was, from an begins, if you want it to achieve a greater end! anointed and divinely inspired point of view, and not a postmortem, post-resurrection and post-ascension overly glorified human view, read the 53rd chapter of Jeremiah. I wasnt your 410 _________________________________________________ average Hollywood type. Nor was I your average politician type When an organized body functions in a certain way, and it hunting for votes. I was on a hell-bent mission, literally, that led becomes the way, the best way you have figured out for things Me to a hell of a death on the cross and a 3-day visit in hell, and it to run, then its natural to want to draw your followers and as all resulted in over 300 years of persecution of My church, many others as possible along into the way with you. You want resulting in hundreds of thousands of them dying martyrs to convert them to your way of doing things. deaths. Only when the tides turned and Rome became officially Christian, that popularity spiel took over, and the church They may be expecting you to move along, just like all the ceased from being the persecuted and became the persecutors others, but what they dont realize is that in your being different in many cases youre actually contributing more than you would if you would

Since when are My followers, My disciples, My prophets, supposed to be concerned about their popularity? Theyre only supposed to be concerned about doing their job for Me of reaching the lost of the world with My message, thats all. Of course those who are not doing that job are going to resent you, just like the Scribes and Pharisees resented Me, and you know there are lots of Pharisees nowadays. Dont look at people, but keep your eyes fixed on Me and on whatever I show you to do at the moment, whether anyone cares to approve of it, or not. Youve got to be able to take some flak, if youre going to stand up for Me. The spirit of the Enemy is striving against Me and resisting Me and My ways on every level, in every area and walk of life. Youll meet people everywhere who are going to struggle against My movement in the spirit. The ones who are truly yielded to My Spirit are very, very rare. The only One Who is truly capable of living up to all your expectations and more, am I. So, look away from the waves, how they rage and foam and threaten to undo you! Just keep your eyes on Me steadily. Few are called to walk upon water. Few heed the call. Do you have what it takes? Step out on the water and you will see. Trust in Me. The Enemy sics his dogs on the carriers of My true anointing wherever he finds them and can stir them up, like a hornets nest, or like dogs barking and nipping at your heels. But they can never really do you any real harm. Primarily, they are just there to test and strengthen your faith and resolve. These are precisely the factors that make you strong. Just another example of the devil actually working for Me, whether he wants to or not. 412 _________________________________________________ If things aren't exactly going your way, maybe you should look around for My way, and which way I might want them. In order to obtain and possess the necessary love to be an apostle and a missionary and a prophet, you have to make persistent sacrifices, consistent efforts to be in a sacrificial and giving mode. Short-sighted people figure that if they take care of their own needs first, then they'll be happy. But if you take care of what needs to be done before the thing you'd personally prefer to do, you might find out that this actually would contribute more to your happiness than that me-first attitude.

when they finally come around to avail themselves of Mine. You may think your present state is a calamity. One day you will see that it was the best thing that could have ever happened to you, because instead of continuing to cruise along in your life in indifferent complacency, your present crisis is just one of those factors to pull you out of that rut & routine, making you desperate enough to cry out to Me & ask Me to change things. Its those times when you cry out to Me desperately that cause things to change for the good. Ive given you the liberty to pretty much do as you please, and the Devil is on your trail, trying to show you your limitations, like My sheepdog that he is, and telling you, No, you cant do that; Im not going to let you get away with it! Hes even trying to kill you, if he can get away with it, and it serves to show you that this isnt just a game. Its dangerous. Theres responsibility attached with it. You cant just do as you please forever. I cant let you get away with it! Your search and quest for pleasure and satisfaction just has to leave you high and dry at some point, because its destined and programmed to do just that. Its not the way to happiness. 414 _________________________________________________ Anger is a tough one to crack because it requires a change of attitude. You cant take the circumstances and what life is handing you, gracefully. You are convinced it ought to be different. You cant let it be. The right attitude to conquer anger would be: Let it be! Let it be the way I know its got to be, even if you may be inclined to disagree with Me! Just give Me that priority over your own wisdom; give Me that benefit of the doubt that I actually do know what Im doing. And extend some of that same trust to your loved ones as well, that they also know what theyre doing, and trying the hardest and best they can to do it right, just like you. Its time for changes, and Im trying to introduce them as painlessly as possible, trust Me; but with your tendency to take the easiest way out, some discomfort is simply inevitable. Times are changing and requiring different, more mature attitudes, more mature openness in communication, better organization, and leaving a lot of youthful, if not to say childish traits behind.

415 _________________________________________________ Im trying to get you organized, but from the heart, not the head, and in the right spirit: My Spirit. Just receiving My words alone won't do the trick. You'll have to It means bathing issues and matters before you in prayer, do them, too. "If ye know these things, HAPPY are ye if you do meditating about them, listening for the whispers of My Spirit them." about them to fill in the blanks and give you any checks, Happiness doesn't just lie in finding whatever pleasure you can warnings and nudges when youre about to forget something eke out of life, but in wringing yourself through to doing that important, or youre heading in a wrong direction. perhaps less pleasurable thing for others that might really help The trial and error method has been working somewhat for a them to come around. You need that giving attitude in order to while, with some kind of results. But eventually, I assume, youll make progress. Otherwise, what you're essentially doing is want to be able to stop cringing when you think about things you backslide. did 413 _________________________________________________ You ought to avail yourself of the 7 ways of finding My will for All that call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. From you, not the 8th, as a standard procedure their sins, or of their troubles whatever you need to be saved Find out where its at by tuning in with Me and following My little from: perhaps from yourself; I will do it as I have promised. It just dog trail of the Spirit, instead of the long painful way of first has to get to that point where youre desperate enough to realize finding out where it wasnt. that you need My Salvation & need Me to save you. Old habits die hard, but I have given you the power to overcome them, and Im expecting you to use it! Most of the time people arent really desperate enough to call out for rescue. As long as things are just fine, or even bearable, When you see all thats going wrong, it seems overwhelming and theyll putter along with whatever steam their little boat might you feel like you dont stand a chance. But even some apparently have on the river of life. It takes those dangerous parts of the puny, seemingly futile and desperate efforts to change things are river with currents stronger than their boat can handle, that make better than doing nothing at all in resignation. Even a little them cry out to Me. progress is better than none, than standing still, or even worse: They know they cant make it in their own strength, and thats retreat.

All that has happened over the years was not in vain! You just have to strengthen the things that remain, keep the keepers and discard the goners! Hang on to those valuable lessons Ive taught you through your situations & circumstances on unity, team working, following My Spirit, availing yourself of the keys, My helpers, prayer power, keeping the right vision, etc. I have prepared you for this day, and you ought to be ready. The only reason youre not is because youre still focusing on people too much, still looking at the waves and wind too much instead of looking unto Me, focusing on Me, on My power, the doughnut, not the hole! I AM the doughnut, the big yummy circle around the nothingness that troubles you; the senselessness. But if you just focus and concentrate on Me, everything will have a rhyme and a reason, it all makes sense. 416 _________________________________________________ If you remember that all that happens to you, the Father allows for a purpose, and you wonder, Why? - What is He trying to teach me through this? then, instead of getting this feeling of indignation about the unfairness of it all, you submit to it, you let it be, yield to the flow and just let the lesson and the experience sink in. Meet the new boss the same as the old boss seems to be the name of the game in this world, or even, worse than the old boss, and things have just kept getting worse all the time, especially in aspects of government. When worse comes to worst seems to be the tale of the kingdoms and governments of man. You can learn something from it and determine youre going to do your best not to make the same mistakes, should you ever come into a position of leadership, or even right in the position where you are. Are you treating those around you with fairness? Are you doing all you can to help them? I gave you and all My followers a perfect sample of what a boss should really be like: a servant of all. How much of a servant are you? Thats the kind of question youre going to be asked at the end of your life: What kind of a servant have you been? Not what kind of a ruler or leader or success type have you been, but how well have you served My people? How well have you served others? Will you have been a good and faithful servant, faithfully handing out the bread of life and serving them the water of life? Or will you use the excuse, Well, I never saw any sample of a truly good and faithful servant to keep you from ever becoming a good and faithful servant yourself? Come down to the level of those who come closest to the sample of a good and faithful servant or handmaiden that you know, and do it like them: really live with them, serve with them, work with them, see eye to eye and walk hand in hand with them.

greater influx of finances to happen in your life, to make sure you wont get distracted and your priorities shift. Its better for your spiritual life when you dont abound. Its better for your level of humility, your level of desperation, and your sense of needing others, instead of being so independent and self-sufficient. You shouldnt rely on them more than you rely on Me, but it doesnt mean that you cant develop a sense of Family, of belonging together and being able to depend on each other for certain things. Another question is, how much can others rely on you? How available are you? How willing are you to contribute to My current movement of the Spirit? It sometimes happens in warfare, that you get wounded by members of your own party. But you cant allow that to weaken you to a point of surrender. Youve got to get over it and keep fighting. Warfare is really an art, and its not necessarily something youre born into or everybody fits right into from scratch. Its a skill that has to be acquired by hard training, and its not something you acquire by giving up after the first few failed attempts. The battle field doesnt always exactly feel like home to everyone. So dont be surprised if you feel strange, and a out of place, wondering how you fit in and what am I doing here? War is ugly. Your superiors yell at you, may even take advantage of you, and not everybody remembers to remain a gentleman on the battlefield. Its not place for hurt feelings. Sometimes you feel devastated. You realize how close you are nearly every moment of your life to the point of losing everything, when all you will have left of your substance will be your naked soul standing before Me. Not the figure of how much wealth youve acquired, how big you are in terms of numbers and figures, just you, your soul, who you really are. What you long for is other people with real souls, folks who know who they are in the spirit. Most of what you see is people who still measure themselves by numbers, by the measure of success they acquire, by what they accomplish. Absolute authenticity is one of My qualities. When it came to people, there wasnt much there for Me to copy. The only thing worth copying in My eyes was the Father, and He certainly is different, the totally Other, when it comes to people. And so am I. And so do those become who hang with Me. They become different. They become weird. You dont necessarily want to be different. Youd prefer to fit in and blend in and just hang with everybody and chill. Well, I have chosen a different destiny for you. Your loyalty to Me, to My voice includes showing a willingness to be left alone and isolated in some cases. The herd may not understand it, not be fond of it, and even reject it, but thats none of your concern and nothing for you to worry about! You will see that it will have been worth it all; all this pain, all this agony, all this going through the grind and process of being made a solid entity, able to stand on your own two feet, when theres going to be the need for it. In the end everybody will stand naked before Me, and they wont be able to hide behind anything else. The question will be how genuine they have been as a person, as an immortal soul. Every unit has to be pure, in order to make the great blending together possible, the great unification, where you will all be as one. The purging is a necessary process you go through, and the sooner you do, the more ready you will be to be a help, support and comfort to others. Somebodys going to have to check the path ahead and clear it of the rocks that are lying around that may be causing hurt to some

417 _________________________________________________ The process of making absolutely nothing out of you, so that I can think and move and act in you involves taking you down to the depths of your soul, bringing you to the point of willingness to let go of everything that builds up your flesh, pumps up the arm of your flesh artificially It includes reducing the numbers that make up your life: the amount of money you possess and possessions you can afford, until you feel like, My life aint worth a dime. In establishing lasting and eternal values, sometimes the earthly values have to be abolished first. You have to have the right foundation first. Your dependence on Me has got to be established firmly before we can allow some

of the weaker sheep. Somebodys going to have to have the guts to try out something new and something different. In the end they will appreciate it and thank you for it. 418 _________________________________________________ Come, dig for My water, My heavenly jewels & treasures for what I have to give to you! Come and seek Me so that I may let you find Me! You may not consider what youve got a treasure right now; you just know you cant make it without it, and that you havent got anything else. But when all things shall be revealed, it will fall like scales off your eyes as to what it really is youve got, and youll feel ashamed for your tendencies to take for granted this gift I have given you. If you were not to receive those glimpses of how I see things, then you would probably never fulfill your destiny that I have in store for you. You would continue to look down, at the hole, at the circumstances, at everything that seems to stop you from ever achieving anything. The real thing, namely reality, is far more complex than a little 2 hour Hollywood episode could ever manage to tell. Those movies may be inspiring, and they may spur you on to continue in your struggle and fight, but you cant expect that same kind of success story from your own life after 2 hours. Theres a lot more believing and persistence against the odds required, in order to be able to tell your own story at the end of the game.

flurry about this or that. I need you steady as a rock to whom they can look and flee for refuge: a solid and firm rock of comfort for them to lean on, a true sample of Me! Can you strive and aim to become that for Me? Show them that youve been with Me, let them know all Ive done for you, prove to them that I can never fail, and assure them that I will uphold them even as I am upholding you. 420 _________________________________________________ Patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit, along with gentleness (kindness), love, meekness, and a good dose of faith maybe also in the people Im sending you to witness to, and their receptivity. If you keep the fruits of the Spirit in mind more when youre witnessing, then youll realize what kind of a sample youre supposed to be. After all, isnt that the main purpose for which the Spirit was poured out? To witness and help you to witness better? So try to keep in mind the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness temperance; against such there is no law. Youll find that if you display all of these virtues in your witnessing, even the advocates of the law wont be able to resist you.

Keep the fruits of the Spirit in connection with your witnessing and vice versa, and youll know what is the right attitude and spirit to have. Bringing across My truth in the right spirit is actually even more important than what you say. In order to win some, youve got to be winsome, meaning, your composure, behavior, attitude and spirit weigh almost more 419 _________________________________________________ heavily than what you say in your witnessing and winning. Its When the blessings arent all that evident, or at least not in the sample that counts, not the sermon. the same way they usually are, you immediately think that I must What you say may all be nice and good and true, but if the spirit be more distant, but that is only because youre still looking at in which you bring it across doesnt jibe with the recipients of the the circumstances, and not beyond. message, then its all to no avail Youll have labored in vain Being true lovers means to be going through thick and thin and wasted your breath basically, not even so much because of together, including the hard times. A fair weather relationship their lack of receptivity, but because of your lack of the right isnt as lasting as one that has gone through many ups and spirit and the right sample. downs. Its the down times that really strengthen the relationship and make it water-proof and weather-resistant. Too What it all boils down to is overcoming your own weaknesses many folks have allowed their circumstances to alienate them first, before you try and help others overcome theirs. You must from Me, and to distance themselves from Me. They have hinged overcome your own anger and impatience first, in order to their faith on the circumstances, instead of Me They wanted a become the right kind of sample thats going to make it possible fair weather relationship. But I need folks who will hold on tight for people to receive the message thats going to help them to Me through the storm, and wholl follow Me through thick and overcome their weaknesses of doubt or fear or disbelief. thin. Thats the kind of love, friendship and relationship I need: the persistent type, the no-matter-what kind, the against-all-odds 421 _________________________________________________ sort, facing all difficulties & adverse circumstances. Youve got The skin cancer epidemic you read about is part of the to be ready for a long stretch, and thats what Im preparing you pestilences I foretold for the time of the end. for. The world is under a curse, and things have gotten worse since the beginning Theyre destroying the protective ozone layer Your sheep need a sample of a storm-tight relationship with Me, that would naturally protect you more from the harmful rays of a living example of someone whose faith has weathered the the sun with their pollution. storms, whose relationship with Me has had its ups and downs Some people believe that everything comes from the sun, and survived them all. including this very planet, and thanks to the sun there is life on Show them that a love relationship with Me beats any Hollywood earth at all, etc., which is true to some extent, but it offends Me episode! Show them what love is really all about! Those romantic that people would put My creation above Me. love films are nice, but theyre not the real thing that they could The sun has been worshiped for millennia, from ancient Egypt have with Me! Even in the midst of the greatest darkness on until today, and thus the sun has always been somewhat of a earth, we can have the fires of love burning! Thats the fire the rival for Me, so I have to allow people to reap the world will need then, the fire by which they will warm themselves consequences of their false and abominable worship of one of through the long, cold, lonely winter before I finally come to take My creations instead of Me, and what youre witnessing right now you all Home with Me. is only the beginning of sorrows, as you know from the book of Youll need to learn endurance to make it through that period. Revelation. You cant become impatient about My return, nor can you Things are going to get worse, and I need for My children to have become weary of hardship so easily. The best is yet to come, but a mature attitude and wisdom concerning the sun. unfortunately, the worst is also yet to come, so youll understand Fact is that the sun wasnt even around until a few days after I that it takes a few more lessons on endurance before youll be had created the earth. Even the plants were there first, as ready for that darkest chapter of mans history. unbelievable as it sounds to modern scientists. So, the sun Thats why it behooves you at all times to be a sample of My certainly isnt the father of you all, as some would have you patience, a sample of calm trust. You cannot worry, hurry and believe. The sun is good and alright as long as its enjoyed

according to the measures I have ordained, and within My perimeters, and especially giving Me the glory for it, but also connected with a healthy amount of respect for the damage it can do. Its like many other gifts I have given you that require caution in handling. You need to follow certain rules about driving a car, or it can quickly ruin or end your life. The same applies to electric appliances, food, animals & pets, sports, etc. Everything is supposed to be handled wisely, according to rules of safety, and not in excess. Even sex is to be enjoyed under certain guidelines of ethics and health pointers in order to prevent damage and harm. Of course, the great insanity of mankind is that they are perpetrating the greatest harm and damage possible on each other through war, a business in which they invest more than just about any other, and that is an atrocity I must allow them to bear the consequences of. They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. They despise life, Me and My creation, so I will let My creation answer them back for their defiance. For whatsoever a man soweth that will he also reap. He that soweth to the flesh will also reap the corruption of the flesh Honor Me Whom to honor is life and prosperity, and keep all aspects of creation in their rightful place: subordinate to Me.

I need you to know that you need My forgiveness. By accepting My sacrifice and believing that it was something I personally did for you even if you may not be able to fathom how you honor that sacrifice, and you give it the due position and significance in your life that it ought to have, and I cannot accomplish that with supposedly sinless saints who arent quite sure for what theyre supposed to need Me. I am the Healer Who cures you from your spiritual diseases, and in order to do that, it is sometimes necessary to talk about them the symptoms, the causes, the severity of your case, and what you can do in order to prevent a relapse, etc., a proper spiritual diet, the right medication, and so on. I am the Lord that healeth thee. 424 _________________________________________________ Its so easy to fall into a trap of self-confidence for obviously good people. Its harder for them to depend on Me for every move they make. All I really need for anyone to be, in order to become someone truly great for Me, is willing to allow Me to use them and make them into something they arent.

Theres perfect sense and purpose in Me having chosen the imperfect to do My job, so that no flesh should glory in My Everything My children do either brings Me joy or sorrow. Its in presence, but it will be evident forever that it was only a work of your hand to decide to either make Me happy or sad with your My grace and Spirit if any great thing will have been behavior. accomplished at all; and so that all those high and mighty wont All I am concerned about is the good of My children. Theres have the excuse that they couldnt have done it because it was nothing in it for Me except the welfare of My children. You are My too difficult. major concern, My most valuable possession. Whenever you feel tempted to wonder what Im doing, just get a glimpse of My viewpoint of things. My requirements and criteria 422 _________________________________________________ may differ from your ideas of capable. The greatest Just the fact that you are so desperately dependent on Me for requirement is willingness and yieldedness to be made willing anything ups the chances that youre going to stick with Me till and made into someone I can use, just to be a yielded the end. Others who are so self-sufficient and dont need Me as recepatacle and vessel and instrument in My hands. As long as badly might just change their minds at some point. Its like that there is any residue of selfwill and high ambitions for yourself, it parable about the recruits of the Husbandman who was looking just wont do. It becomes as brittle clay in My hands that cannot for workers for his vineyard: the first promised theyd go they be formed. You have to be moisturized in the living waters of My probably felt as if they had what it took - and never showed up, Word. So, soak it up well, so that you may become soft and while the second bunch, who never said they were going to go moldable in My hands. perhaps because they didnt feel as if they had what it took did show up when they saw that nobody else did, and when they saw the need. 425 _________________________________________________ Before an impending storm, crisis or famine, its a good & I prefer a husband/wife relationship over a boss/employee one wise thing to collect wisdom and experience that will see you There may even be discrepancies within our marriage, and you through the storm, and when the time comes, others with you, may get mad at Me sometimes, but we can get over that, since hopefully. part of marriage is forgiving each other. The battle youre having to fight now will make you strong for that time. You will need that strength then. Youve got something that some of the supposed winners dont have. The more you cling to Me and avail yourselves of My Trusting in My Spirit, rather than the flesh seems to be a strength, the more you will realize that with Me youre destined to somewhat monotonous lesson, but its one of utmost and become winners in the long haul. All youve got to do is continue supreme importance. Theres no way around it. Its like, if you to walk with Me. You dont even have to run. I will carry you want to get anywhere in life, youre going to have to learn how to through the finish line, if need be. walk, you cant get around it. Learning about the advantages of the Spirit over the flesh is also about getting ahead, instead of falling back. 423 _________________________________________________ The Devil is fighting tooth and nail to get you off the right Many people fall back, they dont really make any headway or path, and hurling whatever temptation he can think of at you in real advance & progress, because theyre betting on the flesh; order to cause you to stray. theyre sowing to the flesh & thus reap the corruption of the Of course, tempting you to commit a sin that is greater than you flesh. Only the Spirit brings life, and thats a lesson that will only deem forgivable is one of his oldest tricks, and he would love for hardly enter into carnal minds. you to fall under condemnation, locking a door between you and Me that no man would dare to open. But never underestimate My I consider Myself a Shepherd. And I want you to follow in My love and mercy. Neither should you ever overestimate the power footsteps, so youre just going to patiently have to learn how to of evil and sin. There is no evil I cannot overcome, and no sin My become a shepherd, how to deal with the problems of the flock, blood can not erase. to nurse their wounds, to feed them the kind of food they need,

etc. Being a shepherd is a humble and lowly job. Not much gratification for the flesh in it, and some people might consider youre wasting your time. But thats why it pays to listen to Me and not to them. Youre learning things right now that are going to come in handy when their System has long gone down the drain. 426 _________________________________________________ The first step needed in order to bring about any kind of improvement is for somebody to see the need. Its seeing the need and realizing the lack, that theres something missing, that makes you want to pray for it and wonder what you can do about filling the need. Often people dont see the need because theyre too distracted by other things. You have the power to really make a big difference. Instead of just jumping on some already finished and finalized bandwagon, you can be instrumental in creating that bandwagon in the making, giving it some of its frills and finishing touches. If it hasnt been done yet, it can be done by you. Once you get going, others will jump on the bandwagon and will catch the drift and pitch in. Its always the getting started thats the hardest thing to do. More often than not I have started something with one man alone. There will always be folks coming up with new and different ideas It may well be that I can use your ideas as an incentive to bring about needed innovation. There are yet a few more riddles to solve, a few more clues to discover, a few more challenges to tackle, and theres more to learn, more for Me to show you. You do what you can, and I will have to do the humongous part that you cant. 427 _________________________________________________ My present move is geared toward you focusing outwardly, out on the field and the flocks that are yet to be gained. The time of physical dearth will be a time of spiritual harvest. The confusion that is coming in the world will straighten the path of greater acceptance for My simplicity, clarity and truth. Tune in to My movement and come away from the distractions. Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily doeth beset us Its time to rise above all those things that hinder you, time to really believe Me for My promises I have given, of the power to overcome all these things. I need you! Thats the thought that should be driving you and spurring you on to continue to move forward, not all those doubts & thoughts of self-pity the Enemy likes to plant in your mind. Refuse to let the Enemy discourage you, and keep focusing on the fact that I need you! Make it an indestructible truth you build your life and actions on: I dont care what anyone says or thinks about me or what Im doing. All I know and care about is that Jesus needs me, for He has told me so, so Im going to do what I have to do and what He wants me to do, no matter what. Thats the kind of resolve I need from you! Stop caring about the opinions of others, and just to be so mindful of the truth that I have great need of you that nothing else matters! I want nothing to deter you, nothing to shake your loyalty to Me, nothing to be able to waive your obedience to Me! I want your heart and soul and mind to wholly belong to Me, be an open receptacle for Me, not for the Enemies doubts and lies.

Youve come this far by faith, and it may not seem like much to you, and as far as youre concerned, it may look as though you have come nowhere. But I see differently. I know what I have constructed in your life to be worth infinitely more than any structure of physical and material value! I know something you dont, and I want you to just trust Me that I know what Im doing in your life. 428 _________________________________________________ Its important that you believe that I have given you the power to overcome your weaknesses, and dont accept the mindset of the Enemy that youre helpless against them, and theres nothing you can do about them, so you might as well resign to your fate and live with them for the rest of your life. One of his doctrines to prevent the regeneration and rebirth of My Spirit from happening is, Change especially of personality and character is not possible. If youre a certain way, thats the way youre going to be for the rest of your life, so live with it. Thats why its important that you dont fall for his propaganda, but show that you defy it and vehemently oppose it by being a living proof that the opposite is true. Yes, you may have all these negative qualities and besetting sins, but you believe in My power to enable you to overcome them, and thats the kind of power the world wants and needs to see. Folks in the world are waking up to the fact that theyre not as good as they wish to be, and they become weary of being addicted to their sins. But they dont know about My power to free them from their grip, they dont realize that thats the very purpose for which I came. One of the first tactics of the Enemy to prevent Salvation from happening is to make people blind to their sin, and to the fact that theyre slaves and captives of their sins and need liberation and Salvation from them. The second tactic is to make those who do see their faults think that theyre absolutely powerless against them, and that theres nothing anyone could ever do about them, but thats precisely where youre supposed to come in and show them thats wrong. There is something that can be done about sin, and the God and Creator of the universe Himself has seen to it that it is within anyones reach. Basically, all youve got to do is ask Him for help, and the help He did send was Me. My sacrifice has saved you from the impact that sin would have on you, and the rewards you would reap for your sin, which are death and hell. Some sins are more subtle, and thats what makes them harder to overcome. The first step is always recognizing it and seeing the need for overcoming it. You see that theres a whole lot of room for improvement in your life, a whole lot more holiness to be attained, a whole lot of cleaning up to do yet. Basically, I want My children to take care of themselves and be clean in a spiritual manner, just as any parent would want their children to wash themselves and not run around filthy. It just takes a certain process to clean up daily, and to prevent sin from having an overwhelming grip on you. Just as God provided soap for physical filth and dirt, He has also provided the spiritual detergent of My Word and My Spirit for you to get clean on a spiritual level. Dealing with sin ought to be something as common to do for every man, woman and child as taking care of their physical cleanliness. Yet the world is in such a mess because the large majority of the population is anything but aware of this fundamental fact of life. In fact, its getting to where the very word sin is becoming a taboo, and dealing with it something awkward and frowned upon by the majority of society. They may have means of dealing with it, like going to

confession, if theyre Catholics, or seeing a therapist, if theyre atheists, and confessing and talking about it may help some (although it doesnt really help to blame it all on somebody else or some circumstance from your past), but in order to truly overcome sin, it takes going a bit further. Youve got to avail yourself of the water of My Word and the soap of My Spirit, and apply it in such a way that you know what youre doing, you know what youre up against, and you know the desired result. When you wash a car or a wall, or whatever, you apply the water and soap where the dirt is, and that means, youve got to recognize and see the dirt first. Some people have become so familiar with their dirt, they almost figure it belongs there. The Devil has many different tricks and devices in order to keep people from observing that most outstanding duty, many ways of preventing them from seeing the need. Either he gets their focus on everybody elses sin (self-righteousness), or he distracts them with physical matters, making them blind to spiritual issues (materialism), or he makes them hopelessly resign to their fate (discouragement), all of which are distortions of the truth, which would make you free (See John 8). Many people apply the Word, but they dont apply it in a targeted manner in order to help them make progress in the areas they specifically need to make progress in. They think My Words are powerful and awesome, but they dont really grasp the point of what theyre supposed to mean for them, personally. I am here to set you free from your sin on a daily basis, and you need to realize that. Youve got to deal with your sin, together with Me. You can let Me be your Therapist or your Priest taking your confession, Ill be all that and more to you. These times together and the words I give you are not only for your feeding and enjoyment, but also for your cleansing, your washing, your daily salvation, if you will. You want to make progress and headway in overcoming your besetting sins, and I can help you with that. In fact, I want to, and thats one of the major purposes our relationship is all about: Its about your sanctification, your purification, your set-apartness from this world, your becoming holy. Not in the sense of a sinless saint so you can sit on a pedestal and applaud yourself, but in the sense of becoming a more efficient vessel for Me, living for the purpose of helping and saving others, instead of personal pursuits. The purpose is to replace wrong motivations with right ones. To replace worldly ambitions and hunger for recognition, applause and approval with a genuine desire to seek first whats best for My Kingdom, namely how to get others saved from a destiny you wont have to share. Youre already saved and know youre not going to hell. But its your responsibility to see to it that as many others as possible wont have to go there, either, and the Devil has been working overtime in order to make sure that you wouldnt do just that. Anything but that.

time with. You have to look for that spark in their eyes that tells you theyre searching, they know that something else is out there. Usually the slaves of the Matrix will oppose your purpose and will thus be working against you, sometimes instinctively, unknowingly, and sometimes going against you at will. They will try to hinder you, defeat your purpose. 430 _________________________________________________ When the job seems too big for you to do it on your own, then its a good moment to rely on Me. The main thing that hinges on you is the responsibility whether youre going to allow Me to operate through you or not; whether youre going to be a yielded tool and instrument in My hands, or not You can do it. You can let Me do it! I can empower you. I want to empower you, and all that really is needed for you to do is to let Me. When it comes to doing it all right, and gracefully and perfectly, its true that it looks more as if things are going to have to work out in spite of you, than because of you. But if you realize like this that its really going to have to be Me helping you and doing the work miraculously through you, then My purpose has been established and accomplished, My personal goal in all this has been reached. My goal is to get you to let Me do it through you, and as long as you may look as if you had all things rigged up oh so wonderfully by yourself, the chances are a lot lower, that thats going to happen. The standard of the Word all the things you know and have been told about how it is supposed to be, and how you should be doing it, are - in many ways - only there to remind you just how desperately you need Me. Its a little bit like the 10 Commandments: They basically showed how nobody can be perfect without Me. The universal lesson of flesh or spirit that I initiated 6000 years ago with the event of Cain & Abel is going to be played out until the very end, as evident in the difference between those who rely on their own flesh and those who know that I am their only hope. The natural accomplishers always make the seeming failures look a little pitiful and hopeless in comparison the losers compared to the winners, the tortoises compared to the hares. But time will do the talking, and only the end of each mans path will reveal who truly walked the right path, and the glory will be Gods in the end, and not any mans. Time will tell who will have really learned the lesson of reliance on Me, and who will truly rise above all things, empowered by Me and My Spirit alone, not by natural abilities. Those who have got nothing to go for them but Me, they are My true champions, who will truly shine in the end.

Weve got to get the world saved. We cant just letem go down the drain. We just cant. Weve got to do something about it! And 431 _________________________________________________ sin is what hinders you from doing just that Right now youre still, unsure of yourself, and you havent been quite certain whether what you were doing was really ordained by Me. 429 _________________________________________________ But once you will have recognized your true place and calling, Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness the uncertainty and immaturity will eventually disappear. and be not unequally yoked with disbelievers means you dont You will know as you are known. You will know that your do business with the slaves of the Matrix, with those who have authority and anointing lie in My words to you, not in anything no interest whatsoever in being delivered out of the Matrix or in you may have done or that you may be or come across as. the existence of anything outside of the Matrix, except for the purpose of delivering others out of the Matrix. The true power and proof of divine authority lay not in young You ought to be constantly on the lookout for those who are Davids voice, harp skills, nor any of his other skills although looking for a way out. his boldness to defy lions, bears and giants were certainly a Those who are not even interested are not worth wasting your manifestation of My Spirit in Him, and a result of his strong faith

 but it ultimately lay in his gift of prophecy as evident in the lyrics and words of his psalms, which are still unequalled in Jewish and Christian literature. It always has to be some lonely shepherd boy out in a field with a few sheep, out in My creation, to whom I can entrust the truth of truths of the day, certainly not to the high priests in their synagogues, temples and tabernacles. There has been no parting of the Red Sea yet, no plagues upon Pharaoh, and the staffs that I have given to others seem to be more powerful, more attractive and more spectacular than that old rod in your hand. But that old rod, My Word, including My personal words to you and the Family as a whole, will in the long run turn out to be a mightier weapon and a more lasting source of guidance than any of the showy dances of the false prophets and magicians of Egypt. Its not the gift that matters, nor the one to whom it is given, it is only My Word, and the fact that I have spoken it, and the extent to which you believe in it and put your faith in it and act on it and obey it that counts. The secret still lies in the whispers, that still small voice that the majority of the world doesnt pay attention to, but that is, My brides, what makes you so unique, so special: you do. And thats really the main thing youve got going for you. Its not a big, fleshly and obviously miraculous thing, its not a big sensation that attracts everyones attention, its just My quiet voice you carry with you, and that people can partake of via your publications or songs. Just like with young shepherd-king David of old, your greatness does not lie in your talents and skills, but in the magic of My wonderworking words to you. Thats where your future lies, and the true greatness of your ministry. David had a much greater impact on the world through the lyrics of his Psalms than he had through any other feats of his. It was the still, small, quiet voice of the whispers of My Spirit and truth, that echoed throughout history in a more lasting, persisting and powerful way than any of his great an mighty feats. That is the magic of the Spirit, and all the magic you need. 432 _________________________________________________ Why do all things work together for good for those who love God? Because they are obeying the greatest of all commandments, which is to love the Lord thy God. Because thereby theyre fulfilling the greatest and most important and essential part of the Law of Love, and just like any other law, it works both ways: it has an effect on you if you keep it. It also will have an effect on you if you try to break it or defy it, which is why the world is in such a mess, and people get themselves into individual messes. Once you get back in line with the balance of keeping My Law of Love, things will start working out alright again. Its the difference between blessing and curse, between walking the high road of living for God and others, and the low road of living for self.

yielding to the hand of God in your life, even if it brings times of trouble and sorrow, to just let it be. Most Christians rebel against that idea and say, No, we are Gods children. We shall not see any sorrow. Hes going to whisk us into Heaven before the Tribulation comes. But My children need to pass through the Tribulation in order to be cleansed and purified from their sins, from their many lacks and ways in which they are failing to love Me truthfully, genuinely and sincerely. Part of loving Me is manifested in loving the truth, and not settling for any comfortable half-truth and compromise with the truth, such as the easy-way-out Pre-Tribulation-Rapture doctrine, etc. The treasure that you find in the Family may not necessarily always be personal happiness, nor the fulfillment of all your wildest dreams and expectations, nor all the love you may seek in this world, but the treasure one can find, if theyre interested, is the truth. Thats the connection between truth and love. If you love Me, you will love My truth, and the extent to which you will love My truth and will refuse to settle for half-lies and compromises will show how much you really love Me. Those who bend the truth or accept the bendings of the truth of others in reality only do so not out of any love for Me, but out of love for themselves. They want Me to cater to their egos and thus bend My truth in order to better suit them and their personal preferences. They want Me to whisk them out of this world and into Heaven before the Tribulation that would make them clean and pure and white for Me. They want the easy way out; they dont want to go the full length of the path for Me. They deny others the right to their Salvation and the security of eternal Salvation, because they couldnt bear the thought that they should be so much less than special to have to share Heaven with all those other seemingly less deserving than they. They shut themselves and their followers off to the voices of their many helpers that could speak to them words and whispers of truth and wisdom, so that their own voices will be heard, and their own truths will be proclaimed instead. They want to establish their own rule, instead of allowing My Holy Spirit to rule over them. And of course, they reject truths of My Gospel, such as forsaking all, having all things in common, and going into all the world to preach the Gospel out of obviously selfish reasons, coming up with cheap excuses why I possibly couldnt demand such sacrifices of them in this day and age.

So, dont see it as a curse, but as a blessing, that I have set you so far apart from them, that you cant and wont possibly be part of them and accepted by them. It may be relatively lonely up here on this hill, this mountain with Me, the mountain of truth, but reckon it a price well worth this immense treasure, whose splendor may right now be hidden from their eyes, but shall be revealed when all that they consider riches will have faded away and only whats real remains. 433 _________________________________________________ Of course, seemingly bad things will continue to happen even if I just love you, thats all. I just know that I love you. Thats you keep the Law of Love according to the best of your abilities, basically all that matters to Me. I dont expect you to be perfect, because the Devil will attack you, test you and try to dissuade and theres nothing you could ever do to make you more you. But when you truly love Me, you will even see those things deserving of My mercies and blessings I bestow upon you. What differently, and youll know that sufferings can be a blessing in matters is that I love you, and Im just so thrilled about the fact disguise, and pain can be a way to partake of what I have gone that you do love Me back to the best of your abilities. through for each of you out of love. I dont look at your lack of progress, or how much more progress Once you truly love, you wont necessarily shun the pain you could or should be making, the way you might look at it. Im anymore, but you eventually get to the point where you accept just so happy that you love Me at all and do what you can. and welcome hardship and adversity, and embrace them as A lot of people dont like Me because of the ugly image Ive been friends who will make you stronger on your path. given by My Enemy. So, Im really thankful and proud of those of you who do what they can in order to restore My image to the Thats one of the great secrets: the stillness, the acceptance of world and show them Who and how I really am, and that Im a

real and reliable Source and Force that people can rely on. Thank you for all your efforts youre making to get people to put their faith in Me! I want you to know that you can always rely on My love, that its a steady thing, and not dependent on what youre doing or how youre doing. I want you to be able to absolutely depend on it, and to be sure that you can rely on it anytime, regardless of whether youre doing alright or not so hot at any given moment. My love for you is not conditional. I want you to be sure of that no matter what. Those people who put Me in boxes and portray Me as a moody God Who would one day consider someone saved and on another day condemn them back to hell if they dont behave accordingly or dont keep the rules, they dont have any idea how off they are, and how they are distorting the picture of Who I really am in peoples minds, and what amount of damage theyre doing by creating this false image of Me. I certainly dont want you to become affected by their false picture of Me. Thats not Me! Blessed are they who can rely on My mercy and who can enjoy being children of a loving God, Whose love is never-ending. Almost as important as what you do is the incentive and motivation out of which you do it, which also determines the way you do it, and witnessing in particular is something that can really only render the desired fruit in the spirit if it is done in the right spirit, namely a spirit of love and faith, rather than out of fear of what might happen to you if you dont do it. Because if you do it out of fear, then you pass on that same spirit: If you dont do this or that, then God just might strike you down and destroy you!

The world doesnt need another group of people who preach that picture of a harsh, unforgiving and rigid God, but they need to see Me as I really am: a merciful, forgiving, ever-pardoning God Whose heart is broken over the atrocities committed unto man by those who claim to be on My side, when nothing could be further from the truth. They have never known Me, and thus I have never known them. They dont know Who I am. And accordingly, they portray and convey a false picture of Me to the world, and thats the idol I want you to tear down and destroy: the false image of Me that others have created for the world. 434 _________________________________________________ In order to finish some things you have started, youre just going to have to get over any lack of enthusiasm and inspiration that hits you sometimes, since its natural to feel inspired about a project at the onset of it, but it usually wears down the longer it drags on and actually becomes work. Youll certainly get a lot more accomplished in the long run if you dont just wait for extraordinary inspiration to hit you, but simply do it because you know you ought to, and keep working on something you started simply because you should also finish it Remember that one thing is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful, and your faithfulness in your work for Me is one of the most important qualities, which you know from My Word Im going to praise you for. So you know that faithfulness pays. If you want to please Me and make Me happy, just be faithful in your work for Me.

As much as you may dread monotony, are you willing to make that sacrifice for Me every now and then, and work on something For many its still, The fear of the Lord is the beginning of for Me that you dont specially feel inspired to do, and just do it wisdom. But that was the rule and spirit of the old covenant. The anyway? Consider it part of your cross for Me, part of your new spirit and motto is, God so loved the world, and All things responsibility toward Me, part of the cup that you might prefer Me work together for good to them that love Him back. Its not to let it pass, nevertheless, you determine, not your will, but Mine anymore, Woe unto you if you do or dont do this or that, but be done. One of those things you do for Me, which, by choice All youve got to do is receive and accept His love, and God will you would perhaps prefer not to do. respect that token of your acceptance of Him and His love as something so precious, He will accept you as His child, and will Its not like I dont want you to have fun in your work. Youve got care for you. to forget about the contest and the reward and whether youre going to be a winner or a loser for some time, and just enjoy the You know how you as a parent were a lot tougher with your fun of it. oldest child than you were with the rest of them that followed? Once you get the hang of the fun of it, regardless of whether You become softer as time continues, and you realize more and youre going to win the trophy or the crown, you start becoming more that love really is the way, the only way. any good at it, and thats when you start becoming good at life Well, if theres one aspect in that Ive changed between the Old itself. and the New Testaments, it is that it has become more Youve got to enjoy the thing you do and have a glory in it, and abundantly clear that love really is the way. And while that love not just dread it or think about whether youre going to be the may have been manifested primarily through a firm hand of winner and take away the trophy or not discipline in the Old Testament, having become a Man and one of you and walking among you did have quite an impact, and has Often you would just forget an important lesson, if I wouldnt changed a lot. remind you through some means, and even though theres a certain monotony to it, just as there is to brushing your teeth or The old philosophy is overhauled. Look at what it is doing to the taking showers, you know theres no way around it. Some Jewish people! If Old Testament philosophy results in treating routines are simply very, very necessary. your neighbor the way the Jews treat their neighbors, the Palestinians, then according to My book and view of things, it Do what you like is one of Satans slogans, because its one of doesnt cut the cake. Of course, many Christians, although they the slogans and mottos of selfishness. Remember that My motto have the New Testament, dont really get the point, either, and was and is, Take up your cross and follow Me. Taking up your they side with the Jews and dont see the injustice and cross and doing what you like are two diametrically opposed monstrous crime thats being committed once again in My Name, things. You either do the one or the other. You can wait forever in the name of their God the God of Jews and Christians alike. until youre going to like taking up that cross, its never going to happen. It shows that for this day and age, a new Gospel is necessary, All you can do is do what you know is right, and just by knowing and more of My counsel is necessary than what is to be found in that its something I have ordained and by trusting that I know the Bible, and that is why Im pouring out New Wine in what Im doing, perhaps happiness is going to overtake you, in abundance. You can get My real picture, the accurate picture of spite of your own original tendencies to dread what I was asking Who I really am, and can and must convey that and pass that on of you, and you might actually wind up enjoying it to the world.

without suffering the consequences for it. Others have been your excuse for lowering your standard and level of commitment, and accordingly those who are supposed to be able to look up to you have been lowering theirs. Its a vicious cycle and chain reaction that stops nowhere unless and until you Remember whos the author behind getting annoyed and decide to put a stop to it in your life. aggravated. Its not Me. Get moving and give it your all. The hard-working, all-giving, dedicated disciples may still be Love is the most important thing, and that includes having somewhat of a minority. But youll have to decide what group patience with your children and loved ones, even if theyre not youre going to belong to: the on-fire minority, or the lukewarm perfect according to your ideas and standards. majority. 435 _________________________________________________ I can see things you cant. I see past present circumstances, and I can only encourage you to try and do the same. This is one way the Enemy works in fathers lives: he gets them annoyed at some of the traits of their children and thus creates deep gaps between them, some of which have never been bridged during their life-times. Of course, there is the other end at which the Devil is working, and that is making children become so spoiled these days, that people figure, Who in their right minds would want to have kids anyway? But becoming really annoyed by their childrens traits and less than perfect qualities is especially something fathers have been prone to. They raise their standards of expectations from their kids so high, that they cant hide their disappointment when the children fail to live up to them. This may not happen consciously, but you do notice that when your child acts a certain way that annoys you, that you must have been hoping or expecting them to turn out differently. 437 _________________________________________________ The main purpose of My Word is not to instill a feeling in you, but to provide you with truth as a foundation to build your faith on. The purpose is not just to instill in them some fleeting feeling and emotion of inspiration, like the folks in church on Sundays are craving, but the main purpose of the truth you convey and pass on to others is to ignite in them a faith that they can build their lives on, and that will be more than a feeling, something solid, sturdy and lasting in the spirit. Even if the inspiration level isnt always the same, just as the emotional level in a personal relationship isnt always the same, the feeling isnt the goal, but the goal is the life you can build from the working relationship and the trust that it engenders. Thats marriage. Thats being My bride. Thats more than just being a visitor on Sundays and giving Me an occasional call just to let Me know what you need. Thats receiving My seeds in you and allowing them to bring forth fruit in you from Me with time. Thats being family.

Well, but thats just the way life is: things turn out differently than you may have expected, including your children. And as usual, you have the choice to either murmur and complain about your fate, or praise and thank Me for having done and allowed what I knew would be best for your general outcome Ive been trying to get you into wanting and recognizing the real and eternal happiness. thing: not to have a relationship with Me for whatevers in it for you, because thats just not the way genuine happiness is found, Maybe if everything would be the way you like it and expected it not to do things you know please Me only for the benefits you to be, you would have become spoiled by life, instead of learning might reap from it, but to really develop a love thats real, and the lessons that come along with hardships and adversities that is so much more than a feeling. It creates a whole new way of being in you, of doing things, of seeing things, and a new way So, if life, including your children, isnt exactly the way youd of thinking and perception. want it to be, remember that things might not necessarily be all Putting away childish things means youre bidding farewell to the that much better for you, your character, and your ultimate toys and getting ready for using the tools, doing the grown-up outcome, if they were different, and that I know best what Im things, the mature thing. Its the transition from playing and handing you. fooling around to actually working and bringing forth fruit, from consuming to feeding others. Try to catch a glimpse of the way I see things! Try to get a view from My perspective! True maturity is all about letting go of your own biased view and swap it for a new one, the view of the One 438 _________________________________________________ you trust simply knows better than you. Love is like a flame you have to guard well, and like a spring of water that youve got to guard well from the poisoning of the If your child has some qualities or habits that seem to be Enemy. Youve got to keep your love pure, and not allow the extremely difficult for you to handle, let life rub them in so that Enemy to sneak in and let him usurp the place of love with lust. you can really learn whatever it is I am trying to teach you Its when you get your eyes off the Creator and instead become through them. too obsessed with creation, and you start worshiping the Maybe thats precisely why parents get annoyed by their creation instead of the Creator, that sin gets in and contaminates childrens undesirable traits: theyre a reflection of their own, and and ruins something that could have been pure. their pride usually makes it pretty hard for them to deal with that. Life is constructed in such a way that its bound to happen that Maybe its just My way of saying, See? Thats what youre doing you slip and fall and mistakes, so that those precious lessons to Me! can be learned from it. But its pretty important that you do learn the lessons, and not just keep falling into the same trap and You may be doing fine compared to others, who are doing worse, repeating the same old mistakes over and over again. but youre not doing so fine compared to the way you could be He that soweth to the flesh will reap the corruption of the flesh. doing, if you would truly keep your eyes on the essential, instead If you focus too much on the creation instead of the Creator and of allowing yourself to be so easily sidetracked by relatively worship whats given instead of the Giver, youre bound to superficial and temporal matters. experience the repercussions. I cant just let you go down the wrong track without doing anything about it. That would be a very irresponsible Parent. 436 _________________________________________________ Youve been using the sub-standard attitudes youve seen in others as an excuse to lower your own, but Im not going to let 439 _________________________________________________ you get away with giving less than you could and ought to Time will do the talking. Time will reveal who will bear the

greater responsibility for any damage done, for any immature behavior.

Testament, you can see that even God as perfect as He is actually learns through His children. There is an actual relationship going on, and relationship always Pride will regularly try to invade your lives and throw in some has an impact on both parties. monkey wrench. Although in essence God is a constant and changes not, there Be aware of the Devils devices through pride, and the damage are certain qualities and attitudes toward certain individuals and he can cause pretty quickly, if you dont stay on guard. His relationship with them, the things He is going through in relationship to them, that do change, but it is always a positive Staying humble means also to be able to take some fuss with change. grace occasionally, and not react in an ugly way that will make a mountain of a problem out of what could have been a little The genetic information for any complete life-form is already molehill. there in its simplest state. Although the outward appearance may A large percentage of maturity is humility. As long as youre still change over time, the essence, the gist, the information in its proud, youre prone to acting immaturely. genes, does not change. The genetic code of God, so to speak, is permanently good and It remains one of the factors about human nature that the thing reliable, nothing can change about that, which is the essence of you can see the least is your own faults, your own sin and your the message, I, the Lord, change not. You can count on Him, own blame in a matter. trust in Him. Hes not going to turn bad on you. With Him, it can only get better. Every relationship has its trials, the big question is, how do you handle them? 440 _________________________________________________ While less than unconditional love may not be true love, an attitude of unwillingness to change, or of being too lazy to even give it a try, isnt exactly the epitome of true love, either. A zero change and zero progress attitude is an attitude that leads to stagnation and death. It suffocates a relationship. Some sort of progress and growth meaning change is supposed to be happening in a relationship or marriage; youre not supposed to stay forever right in the same spot where youve always been. If someone seems to be unwilling to change and to move forward and advance toward the goal of a happy family and a fulfilled marriage, it can be very frustrating, and kill any incentive to invest more energy into it. If they see that youre not willing to invest an effort into the relationship, they figure a one-sided effort would only be futile. That defense mechanism of expecting some kind of return for their labors of love is there for their protection. Otherwise folks would just endlessly abuse them, and have them pour and pour and pour into them without ever giving anything in return. But thats not how its supposed to work. Even I expect certain things from My bride in return for pouring out My life to her: obedience, faithfulness, loyalty, faith and trust in Me Its a matter of focusing more on the other one, the partner, instead of only on ones own needs, wants and desires. Its a matter of grooming the quality of unselfishness. 441 _________________________________________________ Youre representing a voice of genuine truth where usually lies prevail. Its kind of a lone venture, and that makes it harder, of course, but then again, thus has it been with most pioneer efforts ever made. If everybody would have been gung ho from starters, just like during the gold rush that usually followed later, it would have been a different story for historys pioneers, but not necessarily always better Some company youre better off without. 442 _________________________________________________ Your children are not only your most attentive students, but also your best teachers. Through the fact that God repented Himself of the evil He had thought toward His children you read about in the Old 443 _________________________________________________ Even though it shouldnt be so that man only judges by the outward appearance but should learn to see more the way God sees things, unfortunately, man hasnt learned those things yet the Bible is trying to teach. And if youre trying to teach them, whats important is that you show that you have learned something from the Bible yourself, and that is that youve got to become one with them in order to reach them, youve got to become all things to all men. 444 _________________________________________________ Sometimes youve got to have faith for that solitary path that nobody else is walking, and follow through with it, trusting that I dont give you a snake if you ask Me for an apple or an egg. A prophet isnt esteemed in his own country, so you have to do extraordinary things in order to get their attention. In some ways I have made you some kind of an oddball sticking out, and you have to be ready to deal with not fitting perfectly into the overall picture. Some folks in My work just have to have the guts to be slightly different from everybody else, just because it happens to be My will for their particular situation. This is the direction Ive been guiding you, and you need courage to walk in that path because not only are you walking it pretty much alone, but youre also getting some signs of flak or skepticism. People simply resent whats not like them. The question is, what kind of group do I want you to become one with? In a culture where fitting in and following the mainstream and herd instinct of the masses is the rule of the day, what kind of people are you trying to reach? Those who dare to venture from the norm, those who dare to stick out and be different and defy the status quo! (In) a wicked country with a wicked people that is by and large going to hell, as all of the nations that forget God, I dont want you to conform to their status quo and become one with the large majority of them. I want you to stick out, in order to attract those who have the guts to be different and to veer from that highway to hell theyre all trotting down on. You want to send out a signal to the seekers: Youre seeking a different way? Youre seeking a way out? Over here! Some are called and ordained to be teachers, some apostles, and some prophets. Not everybody has the same job, except that of preaching the Gospel. But how youre supposed to preach to

your particular audience, in what attire and on what sort of platform, and in what particular ministry, varies from situation to situation and from individual to individual. 445 _________________________________________________ What matters to Me is that you remain faithful. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. Thats basically the only requirement. The Enemy isnt just going to peacefully stand by and look on as I make a super weapon out of you, aimed and destined for his destruction. Hes going to come up with his best magic in order to stop you from becoming what you ought. He may have made more points in this round, but youre still in the ring, and youre not finished yet and youre learning a bit more with each fight, more about his tactics; and Im counting on the ability of My Spirit in you to teach you something from all this, lessons that will prevent you from falling into the same traps next time You have to focus on what Im doing in your life. Will you stick to what I have shown you, regardless of negative vibes, and gestures of rejection? Physical encounters are always spiritual ones as well. Everybody you meet carries a spirit around with them, one that will either lift up or knock down, and you have to discern which is the case with each one. Some may seem to want to lift you up, but because they cause you to lower your guard and take your focus off of Me, it turns out to be a trap from the Enemy, which may not have been their intention, but its a sobering lesson for you to stay tuned to Me. You cannot let people affect you to an extent greater than My effect on you! Its a matter of putting the creation above the Creator, which is idolatry. If you show that anyones opinion of you matters more to you than My opinion, it proves that I am not Who or what matters most to you, but that you have other gods before Me, which, as you know, I simply cannot tolerate. Its all a test of your loyalty to Me. Will he keep his heart set on Me? Will he remain loyal in spite of the temptation? More often than not throughout history, the sad answer to that question has been no. What Im looking for especially, is people who will reverse that often-observed course of destiny, and who will make a yes out of that, a reversal of that generally observed pattern of destiny that so many have followed before, but one chosen and special one chooses to break out of to set a new standard of greater faith, greater obedience, greater loyalty and greater love for Me than his predecessors. The reason I want you to pray more, to look unto Me more and to apply your spiritual weaponry more, is because thats the only way youre ever going to manage to become that sort of person. There is no remedy that can be followed or applied in the flesh. This is a victory that can only be attained in the spirit and by the Spirit. So, for My sake, and your own, cling to the Spirit, and be not distracted by the finite, pitiful, oh so temporal, howbeit glittering lures and enticements of the flesh. 446 _________________________________________________ Welcome to the Club situations are supposed to help you understand how I feel about things, including those times when you seem to think that whatever the System has to offer is more important than what I want from you. Sometimes I allow others around you or in your care to fall prey to worldliness to an even greater extent than you ever have, just to make sure youll get so sick of it that you wont ever allow yourself to be infected with that virus again. What you must keep in mind, though, is that theyre a victim of that sickness, and you should pray for them, not judge or condemn them in your mind, nor look down on them.

The more self-righteous you get about it, the more you drive them into the Enemys arms, and make them feel at home in his camp, instead of yours. They all have to make their own experiences, including their own disappointments and awakenings about the System. You feel as though this was some sort of Sisyphus task, to try to raise someone in My nurture and admonition whose heart seems to be on the wrong side already, but you cant give up on them prematurely. Sometimes they depend on what faith you have in them, and if you dont have any faith for them, they figure, Well, why should I even keep trying then? Im not talking about high expectations here, just enough faith that Im in control in spite of any of the momentary circumstances and the way things may seem, and enough unconditional love so that they wont have to run all the way to the opposite camp and into the Enemys arms because they feel rejected by you. Wisdom and maturity are supposed to enable you to rise above your natural inclination to play a tit for tat game, but instead have love that is greater than their lack of love. If I wouldnt have had more love for people than they had for Me, none of you would be where you are right now. Youve just got to have more love for people than they have for you, you cannot just reflect whatever amount of affection they might manage to eke out for you. Walk in My footsteps, the path of a Man Who was despised and rejected. As far as they were concerned, I wasnt anything desirable, no one to look up to. But I had enough love to look beyond their lack of love for Me, enough love to love them anyway, in spite of their natural lack of it. Sometimes the problem is that you may think that you have what it takes, but in reality you ought to pray for more love, for greater love is necessary to carry you successfully through this episode of your life. The amount you have right now is not enough to salvage the situation. If youre going to try to keep going with the same small amount of love in your heart, youre not going to make it; youre going to lose them and heap a lot of sorrows and heartache upon yourself. Youve got to have more of a broken heart and more of a burden for them. You cannot just say, Well if theyre not interested in things that are of real importance, then Im not going to be interested in them, either. Thats not the way to win anyone. You may think and feel its hopeless, but youve got to overcome those feelings of hopelessness! Maybe according to the Devils picture of reality, and according to any realistic prognosis based on your personal experiences there isnt any hope. But youve got to put your hopes in My miracle-working redeeming power, My power to reverse destiny and to save anyone from any apparently predestined path of the way of all flesh. I can cause them to be an exception against all odds. But youve got to have the faith for that! Youve got to believe in My miracle-working power going to work in people, you cannot underestimate Me and what I can do to change peoples lives. Whos to say who can make it and whos going to make it and whos got what it takes to make it? Havent you experienced that usually those who make it in the end were those who looked the least as if they had what it took? Give Me a chance, and watch Me go to work in their lives! Expect miracles and the seemingly impossible! Focus on the wonderful things I can do in anybodys life even the seemingly most hopeless of them - and offer them a way out, a chance to get out of there and start anew Youve got to have enough love and faith to give everyone a chance.

to Me will help you to be more on the ball and take the whole thing more seriously. 447 _________________________________________________ I may be guiding another person in a different direction, to do what they know they ought to, but you still have to go by what I lay on your heart, personally. A mans gift maketh room for him, and the last thing you should do is feel ashamed of your gifts and try to squeeze yourself into the same mold anybody else is trying to fit into I want you to enjoy life and enjoy your service for Me and what youre doing for Me: I want you to do what you enjoy! Merely going through a humdrum of performing duties you dont particularly enjoy isnt going to enhance your quality of life, thus your health, your happiness, and thus also not your sample and testimony for Me, which equals your efficiency for Me. So I might as well let you do what you enjoy! You dont have much to do with the governing politics of today, this is not your time, its the day of the usurper, hes going to have his heyday soon. But your time is coming, along with Mine. And its going to be a lasting one. Something so concrete and solid and based on such a firm foundation, that it will never have to be replaced by any other system again, a system thats going to be here to stay.

449 _________________________________________________ I had given man paradise and eternal life to begin with. But upon not living up to the standard of rules I had set as the condition for which they would be able to keep their blessings, Ive had to remove some of them. And were entering a dark period the darkest, in fact of history where man will be Of course, Satan is mad as hell about it, because he likes to deprived of more liberties, luxuries and benefits than he has ever enslave everyone, and he furiously hates people who refuse to had to do without, and that after the time of his greatest be loyal and obedient slaves of the Matrix. This is why he comes indulgence Thats going to be quite a test, and Im just giving up with all kinds of cunning tricks to come up with new little you a little bit of training at that in order to make the transition matrixes for those who have found a way of operating outside his not all too hard for you. mainframe and the big Matrix. So, remember that I have called Many wont be able to cope with being deprived of and having to and ordained you to be free. I have come to set you free, so, give up so many of the things they had grown accustomed to, dont be surprised if thats what you actually are, and dont let and that they have been taking for granted all along. the Enemy put you under any condemnation about it. You dont really know what youve got until you lose it. Sometimes by losing it, you actually gain it for real. You get to 448 _________________________________________________ know its true value, and thus, when you get it back, youll have it Sometimes its that little margin of one or two percent that in a way you never had it before makes the difference. It may not be a clear and obvious black and white type of result, but the little details that make the difference, The sooner you learn to make Me your Master or to accept Me as the fine-tuning to My Spirit. such, the smoother the ride is going to be in the long run. And Sometimes it takes those little things that make all the difference, that includes allowing Me to determine which things are good for that will tip the balance in your favor and will determine the you, and which arent, and in what amounts, learning to trust Me difference between defeat and victory. Its by the little things I with that and coping with the fact that youll have to leave the can determine whether a man is truly great or not, whether proportions, distribution and measures of lifes pleasures in My everything else is just a show. hands. There will be greater sacrifices required of you further down the A little gesture of humility, of giving in to the other party, just a road, so, you might have to make some adjustments in the small token of yieldedness and show of willingness to take a step bordering of your comfort zones. in their direction can make a huge difference. A lot is up to you! A lot is determined by free will, and I dont just You may say, Why did You spoil me like that in the first place? recruit people and say, You have to go, whether you like it or In other words, Why did You have to be so good to me if You not. werent going to keep it up? Im counting on you and your wisdom to help make decisions for Its not that I wouldnt have liked to keep it up if you would have the best of the Kingdom. They may be small decisions and shown that you could have handled it. choices at first, but trust Me, there are going to be weightier But whats in My interest and ultimately yours, too, is whats matters coming up as time goes by. best for your character, not your immediate satisfaction. Thats how I work, and how things in My Realm are being worked Sometimes, instant satisfaction, gratification and fulfillment of out. I seek the consent of My advisors, and Im running things a your desires isnt conducive to happiness in the long run, which little more democratically than you may have had the is what Id call true and real happiness. impression. Theres some pretty far-out stuff going on in Heaven Nothing is impossible, and I can avail Myself of any means in order to bring about My will even if they may seem strange to you. I dont want to exclude you from My plans, just as I didnt exclude My prophets of old, and revealed the things and workings of the Spirit Realm to them so that they would write it down in order to give you a clue. Not only am I here to counsel you, but I also consult you, and ask you for your opinion and input, I go by your inclinations and choices, too. Like this I can know that youre going to make a greater effort to stay in My Spirit and to be truly led of My Spirit, because you know its a great privilege and responsibility to be involved in the decision-making and the plans and workings of the Almighty. Youre an integral part of My Kingdom, and knowing that youre important to Me and that your choices matter 450 _________________________________________________ Youve got to be sure to have something better to offer the world than what theyve got. Otherwise, can you blame them for wanting to walk another road? Youve got to have a goal before your eyes to which you can point and tell others, Come on, lets go there! But if you haphazardly stroll into the landscape without a definite idea of what youre up to, then theyll figure theyre better off sticking to plan A, which is whatever theyve been doing all along. When it all comes down to it, and down to the question of What have you done with your life? its just between you and Me, and youre going to have to take that stand on your own two feet! You should make your connection and relationship with Me the base from which youll be able to work on your relationship with others, and youll have a whole lot more to offer them, instead of living an endless quest of Whats in it for me?

451 _________________________________________________ Your humility is more important to Me than your looks, because your humility level in this life helps determine your eternal appearance, not just your temporary carnal appearance that seems to be so all-important to everyone these days. There are a lot of things about creation that man hasnt discovered yet, and as far as Im concerned, a generation that only sees and looks at the physical, ignoring the greater spiritual truths behind the physical, is a blind generation. He must increase, but I must decrease. If your flesh is deteriorating and diminishing, then My Spirit in you can prosper and come to the fore more. Your dilemma, in this case, is My reason to rejoice, because I know Ill be able to avail Myself more of you the less of you there is going to be, and you ought to rejoice with Me! Do you really think Im planning on winning this war with muscle power, like some of those seem to think who are training their bodies and learning martial arts to help them through the Tribulation? Its good to stay aware of the fact that when it all comes down to it, youre really nothing without Me. When you know you are nothing, then what have you got to lose? What worries could you have concerning your image?

different the proper way, by being some kind of a star or artist thats accepted by the System. So, Ive made you different Is that such a burden to live with? Why not leave the variety I like to create up to Me, and trust Me that thats okay? It may not be perfectly okay according to the Devils and the Systems standards, but it will be certainly okay according to the status quo of the eternal World to come! The name of the game there wont be, Try really hard just to act and look and be like everybody else, but Just be yourself, and enjoy the way God made you! Thats the liberty and freedom I have ordained for My children and creatures to have, not the bondage of having to worry about how different and apart from the norm I made you! To hell with the norm, as far as Im concerned! The norm is on their highway to hell! Lets put it this way: Only different folks go to Heaven! Only those who are bold enough to refuse to just kowtow to the way that is dictated by the rulers of the darkness of this world. They want slaves, not free human beings, much less free human spirits, free enough to communicate with their Creator and be whoever He wants them to be.

Youve got to have the guts to be different, even if its different to the extent of what some folks might call bizarre. Pity those who dont have the guts to be different, but feel as if they have to stick to some sort of consensus of whats accepted or cool. So, youre not cool. Relax, youre not the only one! Its not the Come on down to the ground of the reality of who you are in the end of the world! Youll survive not being cool or in, or hip! spirit! Its bad enough that all those churchy Christian singers are Trying to improve your physical shape a bit by catching up on trying so hard to be hip and friends with the world. So, youre your exercise is a good thing, and Im all for it, but you ought to not a friend of the world, and the world largely despises you, keep Me and spiritual things in the first place. rejects you and eyeballs you as something strange in their midst Without Me and My Spirit any of those efforts become less than they cant quite figure out and put in a box, or maybe they label worthwhile, because the no.1 requirement for being the type of you as nutcase or weirdo! Thats the way it should be! person you ought to be is to stay in My Spirit. Without that, all You wouldnt want to be an accepted part of their world! Not by the other efforts are in vain! My standards, anyway. And as wonderful as some of those Christian singers may be, the kind of signal theyre flashing out Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to to the world is a deceptive one. Its a message that conveys the the glory of God. Whatever you do in the physical, you can notion that its okay to be hip and cool with the world and the make it a spiritual act simultaneously, by giving Me the glory for System, and yet be My disciple at the same time. You can be a it, praising Me while you do it, thanking Me for it. By receiving all star in this world, and a servant of God at the same time! You things with thanksgiving, you sanctify them, which in a sense can serve God and Mammon, after all! means, you transfer them from being purely physical matters into the spiritual realm as well, because youre allowing My Spirit to If youre really conscious and aware of the fact that youre have part in them! nothing, then you dont have to worry about your image, the way you come across or what people think about you, as though you Thats one of the great lessons of life. My message to mankind is, were some kind of something or somebody. If youre truly Why exclude the spiritual? Why have only half the fun? They nothing and after all, thats what I will have to make out of you dont know what theyre missing. But youre finding out, before Im ready to make you truly great in My eyes then you everytime you neglect the spiritual, or forget to include Me and wont care about all that! your helpers in the things you do, anytime you neglect to thank and give Me the glory for the things youre enjoying and Its supposed to help keep you humble, being so weird, so accomplishing in the physical. odd and so unaccepted, so apart from the norm! So, if you dont want to miss out on the blessings of My Spirit, The proud can meet all the standards of what the world expects which bring you joy, love, peace, patience, modesty, self- from them, and they can be proud of that. But pride isnt the discipline, faith, kindness and meekness in other words, the ticket to heaven or happiness, love is, and love is synonymous right spirits and attitudes to be enjoying those things with, then with humility. stay tuned to My Spirit, and dont forget about Me whatever you As soon as you start getting lifted up in pride and you start do. thinking youre even slightly better than your fellowman, the first Dont forget about Me! is the slogan. Remember to take Me thing out the door is your love for them. And with your ability to along, to thank Me and have Me participate in all that you do love, your happiness also goes. So, what would you rather be? Proud of who you are and miserable and unhappy, or happily, humbly loving? 452 _________________________________________________ Its all a question of how much youre willing to embrace Walk by faith, not by sight. Keep your eyes on Me, instead of humility. The hip have every reason to be proud. The un-hip yourself. If you were perfect, what would you need Me for? You have every reason to be humble. So would you rather be hip & would probably just rely on yourself and forget all about Me! You proud or odd and humble? If you can accept your oddness and ask Me, Why hast Thou made me thus? Well, heres the reason. strangeness as a means for Me to keep you humble and happy, I need you that way. maybe then you can live with it better. Be glad that you have the liberty to be just who you are, and that Anybody can imitate the way everybodys doing it, and quietly youre not bound by the pressure to be like everyone else, like all sink into the morass of the masses. Or they can try to be those slaves of conformity out there!

So, the world says, Blessed are the cool, the hip and the proud. I say, blessed are the odd, the strange and the humble. Who are you going to believe? Do you think what I was doing during My life-time on earth was the ordinary thing? Recruiting honest, hard-working men away from their jobs and families for a cause that in the eyes of some, if not most, was highly questionable, and that led Me to a public execution? If I was the Savior of the world, you might say that My style was certainly highly unorthodox! No wonder the Jewish establishment had such a hard time accepting Me! They had expected something or someone a lot nobler, a lot more together, and not just a carpenters son from Nazareth, which was like a by-word among them. Can anything good come out of Nazareth? It took the eyes of true faith to see in Me something nobler than the Scribes, Pharisees, puppet kings and Roman authorities! It also took the eyes of faith to realize My true ministry: to save them from a greater bondage than that of Roman occupation, namely the bondage of sin. Your role certainly isnt to please everybody! Its certainly not just to be another one of those popularity junkies trying to show off how many friends they can get on MySpace! If anything, your role is to show that there is something different than all that indeed! Theres a different way to do it, a different way to live, a different way to go than the abhorrent normal way, which is the worst abomination in My eyes since the beginning of the world. Never before was the way that leads to destruction and hell so broad and wide, and never before did so many walk in it! Even a lot of saved people are walking down that same road to destruction, and to the perdition of all their works! The only thing theyll save out of it will be their naked souls, but so as if through fire. So, let that little bit of heat youre experiencing not perplex you, that heat of wondering, Am I alright? Am I on the right path? Its so lonely up here. Are you sure Youre not leading me up a wrong way, Lord? Nobody else is walking it. Are they shaking their heads at me and laughing about the odd and strange path Im taking? What is that to thee? Come thou, follow Me, regardless of whether this is the common path, the conventional path, the normal or accepted path! Will you follow Me up that road, even if nobody else is walking it? Im not saying that you are better than anyone else. All Im saying is that this is your road, this is My will for you, and your test is, whether youre going to believe Me for it, and obey Me, even if theres nobody else on that same road yet! And maybe nobody else ever will! Be happy if its not a crowded road, but if its a lone and solitary road! Youll have all the more opportunity to hear from Me and less distractions to worry about! Maybe yours is destined to be a road of solitude. Maybe not. Can you trust Me for it, either way, and just take whatever comes, and just do what I lay on your heart to do, and be yourself, that which Ive created you to be without shame and embarrassment? Its okay the way you are and who you are because I made you that way, and doubting that is like saying you know better than Me! Lord, you must have made a mistake in the way You made me! Why dont you worry about your job and let Me keep worrying about Mine? Yours is just to pass on what I give you, no matter what. 453 _________________________________________________ Everybody is prone to make mistakes. How much of My love is being conveyed through you to those you come in touch with is dependent solely upon you, and Im certainly not putting any limits on the amount of love you may feel free to share. Its just that you have found that you bump into your own natural limits. You bump into limits like jealousy that limit the amount of love you can freely share with others, then you bump into limits that make you afraid of what others might think if you show an extraordinary amount of love lots of factors that limit the amount of love you share with the world that everybody is prone to. What the Devil is trying to stop the most from happening, is love,

because that is the proof that Im still around, its the trademark of My existence. And as you know from the Scriptures, one of the signs of the time of the End in which youre living is that because iniquity (or unbelief) shall abound, the love of many will wax cold. Hes trying to kill the love, not only in the world, but also in My people around the world. He manipulates people subtly and cleverly into operating out of selfish interests, and so selfishness, sometimes subtly disguised, is often the true incentive that motivates people, even if they may claim to be acting out of love. Whats important is that no matter what you see or experience, you dont lose the love, but you keep coming back to Me faithfully for more love to pass on to the world! The Family isnt a big piece of cake I proudly present to the world, but basically, a piece of work I present to the world for anyone to participate in who has the nerve, the courage, the necessary devotion and dedication and love for Me that it takes. Sorry if among those who say I will, not everybodys perfect. How do you measure love? Can you truly measure love by the amount of emotion and tears one man can evoke out of others by a speech he is holding? Maybe. But the way I measure love is not only by the words a man speaks, but by his actions. The daily living together, in spite of personal differences, is a much greater proof of love to Me. Now, there may still be friction within those efforts of love, and that friction may sometimes make you wonder, Where is all the love? but its still a lot more than most other people, groups and denominations and churches even attempt to do. You look at the missing button, I look at the vest. You stare at the hole, I stare at the donut. You see the lack of love, I see the effort made that amounts to more love and greater love than I can find anywhere else at present in this world. 454 _________________________________________________ Its becoming more expedient than ever, not to rely on the carnal mind anymore, but to make sure you get ahold of My Spirit, My view and My opinion on matters. The gift comes with a price, and that is that you have to keep availing yourself of it, you cant just use it once and for all times. Its rarely that I give big and outstanding revelations, as in the case of Daniel and John, and perhaps Joseph. I prefer to train you with small revelations, which require your staying in tune with Me, so that I can show you the next step after Ive shown you the first, etc. John and Daniel had to earn their laurels, too, in order to receive such high-ranking, high-quality revelations from Me, and another factor concerning them was: their revelations had virtually no relevance for themselves, but they were principally for your purpose, upon whom the ends of the world have come. You notice it says ends, signifying that there are various incidents that could constitute the end of the world as we know it for some people. But the main point is, youve got to learn to depend on the gifts of the spirit on a regular basis, and not just once a day, but youve got to make an effort to stay attuned to Me throughout the day, and keep receiving My signals, messages and hints. Im trying to get you away from that independent spirit that says, life is ours, we live it our way, as if everything youve got had come from your own hand, instead of Me having given it to you. Its part of giving honor and glory to Whom it is due, instead of yourself, like most people do. I want you to adopt an attitude about the money youre earning that makes you see that youve really been given that money!

Youve been given the opportunity to earn that money by My hand. You never know just how much longer the whole money game is going to last. It might be over sooner than some people think, and Show Me The Money will acquire another meaning, then. It will mean, Show Me the goods! Show Me what you have learned and earned with all thats been given you and invested in you. Just like the man in the Bible who had given a varying amount of talents to his servants and upon his return was asking to see the returns and fruits of his investment. See, even money talk can be applied in spiritual ways. How have you been investing what I first invested in you? What dividends are you bringing and rendering for Me? What is the fruit, the gain of all that I have poured into you? Where is the result? Show Me the money! Am I getting My moneys worth out of you? That may sound capitalistic, and not at all like the Gospel of unconditional love youre used to; more like a business transaction and partnership rather than a marriage, but its just to serve as a reminder that something has been given to you, and the world is expecting you to do something with it for their sake. Im expecting you to do something with it for their sake. Not for anybodys selfish gain, but for the benefit of lost souls, and in order to save lives! A lack and failure to invest in others lives what youve been given would be the selfish thing to do! To do nothing would be the real sin, and the really bad and outrageous thing to do! Thats what the whole parable of the talents is all about. Its a lesson for those who think theyd rather do nothing than even take a slight risk at doing the wrong thing. To do nothing when youve been given so much to do good with, is a sin! To withhold when it is within your capacity to give, is wrong. When the money will collapse, it will become evident what people will have invested their lives in, and whether it will still be worth anything or not. 455 _________________________________________________ You have to check your heart about what your true motivations are. Are you scared youre going to miss out on the best rewards if you dont witness more, or do more of this and more of that? Or is it truly love, and nothing but love that motivates you to win their souls to Me? Because it is only love, and nothing but love that will enable you to do that, after all. Id rather have you so in love with Me that I wont have to persuade you any longer to do anything for Me, but youll gladly do it out of sheer love for Me, than have you try to rig up some carnal obedience out of your own fleshly efforts, that is really only fueled by fear of what might happen if you dont do it Id rather have you so happy and thankful that you can truly offer Me to your friends and acquaintances as the best deal of your life-time, by having personally experienced that I like to give you the desires of your heart and make you happy, than have you try to serve Me for any false and less than noble reason. They already live in a tit for tat world where they only get something in return for something they have to do or give first. I want to be the Exception and the break out of that treadmill. I really want to liberate them from all their fears, not just replace old ones with new ones. If what motivates you is fear of missing out on something in case you dont obey Me, then you dont have the right motivations it takes to win anybody to Me, and theyll sense it, and Id rather you go and enjoy yourself until you find out that theres nothing to be afraid of. Getting Me is only win-win, not another, Well, you win one thing but loser another sort of deal. I dont want people to feel gypped by Me, only loved genuinely loved, as they have never felt loved before, and to a greater extent than they even dared imagine possible. You havent really yet begun to fathom the greatness and depth

of My love, which is also one reason why you havent really yet begun to love! There is so much more to love than you have even begun to fathom, that compared to all there is yet to it, you havent even yet begun to love! The reason you havent even yet begun to love is that you havent even yet begun to receive more than a tiny fraction of My love for you. My relationship with you has always been tainted by some fear of what I might do to you in case you dont do this or that. That is fear, not love. Perfect love casts out all such fears. So, why didnt I liberate you from these fears and false concepts sooner, you wonder? Because I want you to be a help to others in becoming liberated from theirs as well. Youre not the only one who has been bound by subconscious fears and underlying false motivations of religiosity, and I want to liberate you from them in order to liberate others from them. Yet you can only be liberated from an enemy you have recognized. You can only be healed and cured from a disease that has been diagnosed. Only love can do the trick. Only love ever will. If you havent got love, you havent got what it takes. Only love casts out and overcomes all the fears that you need to overcome in order to serve Me successfully when fear will rule the world. Only love can liberate you from them, and free you to the extent where you have nothing to lose, and thus, nothing to be afraid of! If I fail to truly make you happy, then why should I expect you to advertise Me to people, anyway? If I do manage to fulfill your wildest dreams, then I wont have to do any persuading in order to get you to give Me to others. Youll do it gladly and voluntarily. Either I truly manage to do the work through you, and I manage to empower you to do it in spite of your weakness, or the whole thing is just going to be one more trip of the flesh. Either I am the Real Thing, or not. Do you think what the world needs is another trip of the flesh, another do-it-yourself type of religion? If I cant even come into your life effectively enough to bring about a visible change, how can you expect them to believe you that Im going to come back into the world to take it over and make everything better? If I cant even manage to make you happy, but just another person scared of losing this or that or the other, then how can anybody expect Me to be capable of making the whole world happy? Either My power is real right here and now, for you, or forget it. Who wants pie in the sky and some distant future happiness if the world is going to hell right now? Once you realize Im truly as great as you wish to believe by faith right now, I know you will also gladly apply your energies ton support Me in My effort to win the world for My Cause. Dont be afraid to receive from Me life to the full! I dont expect you to pass on to others anything but what you have received from Me yourself. And people want more out of life than a gift of prophecy. They want love and happiness, real and tangible. Can I live up to those expectations? Check Me out! 456 _________________________________________________ I begin My work with the tiniest unit. I work on the little things, and their precision, the small entities on which the whole show is based, the single units, single cells, to make sure that when they part, spread and grow, they dont spread any corrupted information, which can result in deformation, and other less than desirable results. With you, of course, Im working on something spiritual, a spiritual new creation of Mine, and I like to take even more time and care with those. After all, the spiritual building blocks are those destined for eternity, while the physical will largely have to

undergo major modifications and changes and adjustments, before theyre going to be ready to merge with the Spirit World. In creating a spiritual diamond, jewel or gem when someone is becoming gold in spiritual aspects, every little lesson involved in that process is important. The degrees of pressure and heat have got to be just right, the amount of adversity you experience, before you can be taken out of the fire again to be cooled by My fresh pure waters.

other figures, just like in a game of chess, can support and help that figure.

Your no.1 job is to see to it that your smallest unit is working and functioning well, and as a result of that, your life will be flowing more smoothly in general. Just like in chess, you can lose your queen quickly due to some false move, and losing the queen can often signal the whole game being lost. So, you have to guard her at any cost and Most Christians are merely at the stage where theyre uphold her and keep her going somehow. discovering what I meant by telling My disciples, I call you no You dont have to worry so much about all the other players longer slaves, but friends. But My ultimate desire is to take this involved, since she will take care of them, and protect and a step further to where I can say, I call you no longer mere support you and make sure your day will be a winner. friends, but My brides. Of course, this is not just for anyone, only for those to whom it is given, but those to whom it is given to believe and embrace this, I 458 _________________________________________________ treat with very special care. Hasnt everyone been a prodigal son? Its good to remember that. I want to liberate you from the notion that My love for you is Everybodys looking for fun and a good time. dependent on anything you might do or not do. The main circumstance that kept bringing you back to Me was Im not in love with what you do for Me, but with who you are. the fact that you simply didnt find what you were looking for out Its not the blind type of love that mothers often have for their there. children, which sometimes fails to see the areas in which their child would badly needs discipline. I know your impurities will be I want you to become like Me, and to learn of Me and from My taken care of by the Father. That is why you are so upset at Him example that I have given you. If I have granted you the liberty to at times, and it is He toward Whom your anger is directed when go out and make your own experiences to teach you where the you know youre being chastened and things are going rough for world is at, then you must grant that liberty to your children as you. But all I see, My love, is who you are in the spirit, and the well. Theres no way around it. You cant just expect them to be Father has put that love in My heart for you that makes Me see smarter than you were. only the good; I hardly notice the bad, which I know is only If anything, theyve got it harder than you did, because the Devil temporal, anyway. has come up with an entire armada of new weaponry designed to Its right there in the first epistle of John (1John 3:2,3). You are distract and lure them away from Me. going to be like Me when I come for you. On the other hand, you can be confident that if I have brought you safely through all that you went through, I will also be with Trust in My love for you wholeheartedly. You can rely on it. For them. that is what you are: loved. A part of love a very important part, in fact, is granting people You may not see each other as I do, but some day you will, and the right to be themselves, even if that means, dreadfully you will all be as one. One bride, one body, one heart, soul and different from you. mind One - with Me and each other. For this is the will of the It may cost you something to relate to them, but thats what its Father. all about: investment. How much are you willing to invest in their Do you see the privilege? Can you see the high honor? And freedom to be who they are in order to find true happiness? How therein, all the sufficient reason to be truly happy and much are you willing to invest in their happiness at the cost of overwhelmed with joy? You are chosen to become One with God your own preferences and the things and circumstances that the Creator, and that, indeed, is reason enough to be happy and would make you personally happier, temporarily? How much are rejoice! you willing to sacrifice of your cake in order to feed them the essence of life? How much are you really willing to unselfishly help them, even if theres nothing in it for you? 457 _________________________________________________ Thats the kind of love with which I love you. I dont just love you Focusing on the lack never solves the problem, but only in order to get you to do things for Me or do things My way. tends to make it bigger. Let them be who they are, and let them find out by allowing them Whereas if you focus on Me and the vast amount of love I have to walk the road they choose. You cannot drop them like a hot for everybody, My love enables you to even love your enemies. potato because they didnt choose your exact same road. Receiving more love from Me can be compared to recharging a Thats another aspect of the Law of Love: you grant people the battery. It takes time. You dont just pray, Lord, give me more right to make their own choices, just as God does. You wont love, and zap, youre refilled. You have to hang in there, withdraw from them in resignation when they choose a different praying for the person you need more love for, and wait while I path, but you keep on loving them anyway; always ready to recharge your capacities of love for them and others. receive them back with arms wide open If its tough or nearly impossible for you to directly focus on one 459 _________________________________________________ person yourself, because its too painful or whatever, you can You have to have faith in My power to change people from support an intermediary person in their love efforts toward them, what they are into what theyre supposed to be, just as a and pray for them, that their love fails not. You may not have it in caterpillar is going to change into a butterfly someday. you to keep the faith in them and good hopes, but you can The way you get to the stage of what youre supposed to be, is uphold and strengthen the other persons faith for them in prayer via the present state, that ugly, low and imperfect state. and moral support, so that their faith in them fail not. They can be the love agent that you can pour your love into It may be humanly impossible for you to love a certain person where you wont feel like its wasted, because they appreciate it with their undesirable qualities, but thats where you can give and you know theyll use it on others. You can multiply their own wings to your earthbound lack of capacities by praying for Me to love-capacities and thus be a support to them, and through them change that person and commit the matter into My hands, reach many others. trusting Me that I can take care of it and change them into something more lovable. In the Spirit World everybody has their job, and there are certain You dont like things and folks the way they are? Change them key persons that can more easily reach others, and some of the through prayer! I have given you the power, but if you dont use

it, then it wont be done. So much is up to you and whether you will stir yourself up in prayer for someone or not. See, you may be learning to depend on Me, but in some aspects, Im also depending on you. Its a two-way street. Some things I wont be able to do and simply wont get done unless you do your part. Not praying for them to change them is as if you dont have the faith for Me to change them, youre giving up on them, and you dont believe theyll ever change, theyre a hopeless case, as far as youre concerned. Thats what I would call giving up on someone. You passively and non-expectantly stand by and wait to see if something is going to happen that might change your attitude toward them, but youre not contributing any power and effort yourself toward them changing for the better.

In order to successfully walk My path, you will be required more and more to overcome human limitations as you avail yourself of My weapons and My power. In order to harvest good things from people, youve got to invest more time sowing to them; youve got to spend more time with people. In order to get along with them and cope with their weaknesses, learn how to rise above them, overcome or overlook them, you have to spend time at it. In order to learn how to deal with people, youve got to deal with people.

Give me truth may be your personal credo, but what most people want above all is happiness and enjoyment, even if they dont know all the gory details about whats wrong with the world around them. Not to do good when youre capable of it, is a sin. To neglect to Yes, the world is a mess, but the good news is that Im in control do a good thing is a bad thing, and it will bear consequences. anyway! And its that good news youve got to focus and If youve done your part, youll have the peace that you did what emphasize on! Publish glad tidings means, letem know that you could in order to change it; whereas if you dont, Im still in control, in spite of the mess the world is in! I may be condemnation will be nagging at you, or at least the doubt of their only way out, but the good news is, Im more than sufficient what might have happened if you would have at that job! I truly cut the cake! Focus on the solution, not the problem! The good news is that there is a solution to all the oodles of 460 _________________________________________________ problems in the world today! Youve got to know what you want! I can show and teach you Sooner or later theyre all going to find out that there are a lot of things, as soon as you know what it is you want and need problems, indeed, and your job wont be so much to explain to to learn or that theres a need for you to learn at all! them how all those problems came about, but primarily, what the You can either drift through life passively, or you can have goals solution is. before you that you want to reach, things you want to learn and accomplish, fruits to take with you along your journey Home. Of course, its hard for people to witness their beloved world Sometimes when youve already been blessed with certain gifts, collapse, and to believe that the only solution to all of this is you tend to settle for them, and you figure, Well, doesnt it say, something as otherworldly as Me. But those who are chosen will Be content with such things that ye have? But notice that this find in Me the fulfillment of all theyve been looking for. verse is talking about things, and is not referring to spiritual gifts! But concerning those it says Strive for the best gifts! In Youre not on a search for perfect people, but for people who in other words, there are more things for you to receive from Me, Me will find their perfect answer. more that I can give you, if you really want them, and you make People are all like holes of different shapes and kinds, and what the effort to ask Me for them and seek Me and My advice and youre looking for is the type of holes for which I am the perfect counsel for them. There always are, and always will be. peg, the perfect Thing to fill it with. The question is, are you satisfied with the place where youre at, or do you believe there is yet more to gain, more progress to make and further to go? Do you still have a vacuum and a hunger 462 _________________________________________________ to acquire more of what Ive got to share with you? Or are you My call concerning the Great Whore is still valid today, if not satisfied, like those who figure there is so much they know more so than ever: Come out of her, lest ye be partakers of her already, there couldnt possibly be anything they might be able to sins! (Rev.18:4). learn from anyone else? Its natural to want to want to fit in, but sooner or later youre That feeling of complacency and feeling self-satisfied can really going to have to realize that I have called you to be apart from be one of your most dangerous enemies! them, to be a prophet and a voice of warning unto them. The best teachers are those who remain perpetual students. They stay open. They dont close up. Theres a spirit of give and take, not just an outpouring from a stagnant reservoir that doesnt allow any fresh water in! In order to truly keep growing until the day you die, youve got to keep open for changes and new revelations and new directions from Me. Its simply not My will for you to be accepted and received by the church system. After all, if theres not going to be any difference between you and them, then why should I spare you from the judgments that are inevitably going to befall her?

People are bound to make mistakes. Mistakes have happened and they keep happening, and youve got to grant others the same right to make mistakes that I grant you. Once youve learned a new lesson from Me in theory, youve got But its one thing to be making mistakes, and yet another to be to look around for opportunities to put it into action, how to apply totally on the wrong track in some aspects. it in real life So, while My chosen path for this time may not look perfect, its Take it from the dormant domain of your thoughts and your still a whole lot better than the alternative, even if it takes faith to interior into the lucid and awake realm of your actions, the things believe that! you actually do. My true and chosen few have always been a peculiar and Spirit does not resemble inactivity. somewhat weird and chaotic bunch, compared to those who The Spirit will spur you on to godly action. Overcome the had it together on the surface, those who made it big in the inactivity and stagnation of the flesh by godly powerful action of world. And on the surface, those winner types look so much the Spirit! more appealing, to the extent where even some of My own people were tempted and thought, Those guys have it a lot more together than we do. And many have left My straight but rugged, 461 _________________________________________________ wild and narrow path for the seemingly more sophisticated

broadway to destruction that the large majority of the world is going. Whats really behind it is faith in this present world, rather than the better one to come, and love for this present world, that causes the Demases to forsake Me and My Cause and My people the desire to have it all here and now, instead of suffering a bit now in order to reign later. And the lie of the churches is, of course, the ultimate and very tempting compromise: You can have both: fame and fortune here and now and in the afterlife! You can be a star, both, in this life and in Heaven. Well, but Im going to be the One to decide who is really going to go over as a star and who will shine like the firmament in My Kingdom, and those compromisers that look so appealing and so together to you, and like having so much more than you do, certainly wont be among My true stars who gave it all up in order to lead many to righteousness. You cant lead many to righteousness by singing exclusively to those who think theyre so righteous already. You certainly wont become a star in Heaven by being a star among the lukewarm church of Laodicea, and reaping their applause! Its easy to become partakers of her sin, and it happens more subtly than many realize. In fact, they dont. Theyre not aware of their sin at all. What do they really know about forsaking all, about living and walking by faith? They dont have a clue what it means to be despised and rejected of all men for My sake. 463 _________________________________________________ I have given to every man and woman the portion of strength, anointing and wisdom and inspiration and conviction for their task. Youre learning to trust, because thats what youre going to need, in order to be able to teach a whole generation of people that is totally unfamiliar with that concept. All they ever trusted in was the arm of their own flesh, and the System around them, along with everything else they can touch and feel and see. What they dont need is another big shot hero showing off how well he can do things in the flesh. They need someone who allows Me to use him and in whom My hand and My works are made manifest more or less in spite of himself and his incapacities. You have to trust Me that I can trust you with the load I have given you to bear.

Survival isnt something you can take for granted like the fact that the good guy in the movie always wins and comes out safely on the other end. In real life, things do happen differently. Theres a certain important condition attached to your making it through this jungle, and thats sticking real close to Me, the Author of the Book, and the Maker and Director of the Film, otherwise youre going to wind up just another side role playing a victim of lifes circumstances. 465 _________________________________________________ I purposely made some things too tough to manage on your own, so that you would ask Me for My help to do them. Certain things you cant do without help. Especially when it comes to the art of love, man often finds himself at his own limits very soon. The most tragic part about it is that the vast majority isnt even aware of the fact that this is what life is all about, and that they are doing poorly at the most important task in life, unaware that there is any need for improvement. They know somethings wrong, but they dont figure it could be something as seemingly simple as that theres love missing. Seemingly simple, because, as youre finding out, love isnt all that simple, and doesnt come all that easy to selfish human hearts In your patience possess ye your souls (Lk.21:19). Its not only finding it, but truly possessing it. Its yours, and you have it under control. Through what? Whats the key? Patience! Sounds like patience is quite some important ingredient 466 _________________________________________________ Man has been growing up and groomed in a life-style today that makes him think that he deserves only the best and that he should make it as easy on himself as possible. But its so much better to have a humble attitude. Is your attitude, I deserve better than that? Better than the way they treat you, better service, more attention, etc.? Or are you doing what you can in order to make it better for them, too? Are you living a life of service, or are you waiting to be served? Putting yourself above others with an attitude of expectation to be waited upon is cheating yourself out of all the blessings, since it is more blessed to give than to receive, not to mention the rewards that await those who follow in My footsteps of being a humble servant of all Dont seek to be served, but to serve. A lot of people follow their natural tendencies to seek the easy way out, and if there are people willing to serve them, they gladly accept that offer. But as in regard to many other things that life brings along: you dont have to take everything that the Devil has to offer. If you know its not good for you, refuse it. As sweet as that temptation may be try to shun it, and not give in every single time, for your own good. Otherwise youll just become more and more spoiled as the days roll by, and things wont become easier for you that way! A humble attitude and a helpful one, doing what you can, even if its difficult for you is a whole lot better than a demanding, getting upset if theyre not around to cater to your needs and desires, etc. Thats a very dangerous attitude to have. Usually people with that kind of an attitude dont live happily ever after Good and true rulers are loving, kind and humble, and they dont mind pitching in with some of the work themselves. I need to use you in order to make others happy.

464 _________________________________________________ A lot about the intensity with which I can work in your life depends on your determination to have Me included in it, and your refusal to do it without Me. Everything thats worth something costs something. How much are you willing to invest? It takes the baby an effort to suck the milk out of his mothers breast. If hes too lazy to do the sucking, it means that hes not really hungry, and he can wait. The days are definitely evil, and one way of redeeming the time is by spending it with Me. Its time to learn to refuse to wander through your days without Me. Its time to prove just how much you believe that you are dependent on Me and My guidance. Its not a lack of courage not to want to go through this life alone without Me, but it would be a lack of wisdom to do so.

The best and safest way to ensure your happiness is for you to take on a humble servants attitude and try to help others and make them happy.

468 _________________________________________________ Its the ultimate lesson, learning to get your eyes off of circumstances, including the pain that other humans inflict on you and to direct your focus and all your hopes on Me instead. 467 _________________________________________________ Youre inclined to pay so much more attention to that which is of Youre just beginning to find out to what degree the your own kind, namely physical, and especially fellow human, deception thats happening on earth really goes, and how tangible, physically audible and visible like you, that I wouldnt untrustworthy science really is. You never would have imagined stand a chance to ever be noticed or acknowledged by you, that they would have the audacity to lie so blatantly about so much less revered as the ultimate authority, had I made your many things. You wouldnt have suspected just how busy and fellow humans more perfectly suited to your needs and desires. successful the Devil has been at work to wipe Me and My truth The flaws are My personal built-in safety device to make sure from peoples minds, and to what lengths he would go in order to youd pay a little bit of attention to Me every now and then. At do so. Certain scientific facts must be hidden, in order to uphold least thats the proper reaction and the right thing to do. Of his lie. course, there are all these endless other options that people mostly resort to, like go to war, fight and quarrel over their Be open to new, mind-boggling surprises and revelations about differences. But theres really only one right answer to the whats really going on, and what reality really looks like, and how problem, one correct solution to the riddle and the equation, and different it actually is from the commonly painted picture. that is to come to Me about it and ask Me what you should do. By this I am honored, and I will honor your faith in return by helping Knowledge in Heaven is all based on the total and unquestioned you out and showing you what to do and how to fix the situation; acceptance of Gods sovereignty. Its unquestioned that He is the whether the fault really lies exclusively with the other person, or ultimate and absolute Power behind everything, so there is never to what degree it lies with you, what kind of an attitude to take on even a single instant of a question or doubt about whether it accordingly, etc. really all happened the way He said it did in His Word. I have created life as a complicated series of riddles the answers You have to discern the effort the Devil and his folks are making to which you wont find so easily without Me. Try and solve them to get people to doubt Me, My existence and authorship of the without Me, and youll have problems. Ask Me to help you, and universe. Up Here, theres no doubt about how it all happened. youll fare well. But down there you live in a sea of doubts, and you are little islands and bastions of faith in that sea; islands that are growing Can you blame Me for having to resort to what you would call with every bit of knowledge you discover that solidifies into drastic measures in order to get a sufficient amount of your another piece of land when one more paradigm of doubt has attention? This is not about Me being an attention junkie. Its all been replaced by another fact of faith about you, because learning to communicate with Me is going to be so extremely vital and expedient for your survival in the near Of course, all this is heresy and narrow-mindedness to the future, that I cant let up on you and let you enjoy a carefree life. legions of darkness surrounding you. But whether you will allow The lesson has got to be learned, theres no way around it! that to influence you, or whether you will decide to let your light I need to use extreme measures to teach you this ultimate and continue to shine all the brighter, that is up to each individual. supreme lesson. Only this way youre going to be able to do well Also, how hospitable and inviting your island is for others is not in all the other lessons as well. You can only learn how to love dependent on the sheer size of it, the amount of knowledge and others properly if you first love Me by tuning into Me sufficiently facts you have stored up about the way things really are, but its for Me to show you how to love them! primarily determined by how unshakable your faith is in My Authority and Supremacy, even if you dont have all the facts Its the differences that avoid your merely falling in love with your straight yet. own images of yourselves in each other. If all you really love If you let the light of My undeniable Presence and love shine onto about the other person is just their similarities with you, then your island, it will make it a sunnier and warmer place to be for what else is it but narcism? And thats what some people claim, others than a dry stretch of land full of facts and figures. love amounts to. So, make sure that My Spirit is the source of your knowledge, Well, prove them wrong by loving the totally other, the person and that your knowledge truly falls into the category of the kind who is totally different from you and has totally different points that is a gift of My Spirit, and not just a conglomeration of facts of view, and opinions that differ strongly from yours. and figures which might only confuse others. Your battles for Me are always win-win. I simply cant lose. So, If you make My Word the basis and foundation of your faith and indulge Me and bear with Me for allowing all these crises in your your world view, then you cant go wrong, and you wont be life and trust Me that they are necessary for you to learn the disappointed. Some of the things it may ask you to believe may ultimate lesson, which is to have Me in the first place in your life, seem outrageous at first, compared to the tune of the world, but your primary target of focus, above all and anyone else. youll always see that I will bless your willingness to believe it simply because I said so. Im your No.1 Communication Partner, your Central Exchange In doing so, youre training and preparing for your heavenly Point of Communication. citizenship, similar to the way someone would who prepares to I am the Broadcasting Station that makes all good and true migrate to a different country by studying the countrys language communication possible in the first place, and without using Me and customs ahead of time. The better prepared you are, the less as the Central Exchange, the Main Pivot and Axis on which all shocked youre going to be. your other communication hinges and turns, it isnt really much more than a bunch of hot air. Trust is the name of the game. Trust in Me is always completely justified, in fact, the only valid Relax and rejoice, for I have used this situation to bring about a and acceptable option. greater victory for My Cause. Join millions and millions of others in the heavenly Realm who The goal and the end Im having in mind, that you get this vital already know beyond a doubt that Im in control, totally point, is of such magnitude that your little crisis is totally regardless of what things may look like down there, or whats irrelevant in comparison. being said and taught there! Once you get this point, youll have a weapon that will enable you to eliminate all future crises like this, because youll be so in tune

with Me, youll simply know how to avoid them. Unless, of course, they decide to go against My voice, but even that will be a victory, because then youll know where theyre at, and youll simply see your howbeit solitary path all the more clearly before you. Its going to be their test, whether they can discard their own opinions in favor of new and better ones, or whether theyll stubbornly cling to their own. Thats an acid test all have had to go through, and always makes the difference between the Jacobs and Esaus, the Cain and Abels, the Davids and Sauls. Its the acid test of whether youre just going to cling to your own little personal truth and dogma, or you are willing to let it go for a greater one, a truer and more real one. Your personal little truth may have gotten you through life fairly well thus far, but are you up for an update and a ride that is really going to take you places? Its like trying out a motor bike in exchange for a bicycle, or an airplane in exchange for a car.

together, because that is, after all, the goal. The goal wasnt just for Me to establish a nice and neat little private relationship with you, but to have that relationship cause you to become mature enough to finally be able to work together properly with others as well. Remember, The second is like unto it, theyre practically the same: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Loving Me and learning to love Me may be the first step, and I need you to learn to have Me become your All-in-all, but only for the purpose of being able to pass on whatever it is you receive and learn of Me to others, and share it with them.

Our relationship doesnt end between you and Me, but as it continues to grow and progress, youll see that more and more participants are being included in it. Your spirit helpers, your mates and fellow-laborers; those you work with, and your friends. And it all grows and grows into one. Its not just an exclusive little relationship between Me and thee The kind of faith youve got to have is one that will enable you to and none other, but a growing thing the Big Picture. stand unmoved by anything that your enemies even those of My Picture primarily consists of living souls, tangible human your own household (Mt.10:36) may do to you. beings like you and Me, since Ive become a Human Being for your sakes, and as some have begun to realize, that event By clinging to Me and by absorbing My Substance you become changed everything. Before, there may have been separation like a rock in their midst a rock of offense to those who will between God and man. But since then, the name of the game is reject what youve got to say, and a rock of refuge for those who reunification, reconciliation and becoming one. will receive it. If you cling to Me permanently without drifting off onto other Of course, its painful to observe a large part of the subjects of wavelengths, then you will truly become the kind of sample that My desire not the least bit interested in becoming one with us, they need to really be able to rely on. but well just have to wait for them until theyre ready. In the It will be easier for them to see Me in you, the more you improve meantime, lets focus on those who are ready. your sample and become like Me. 469 _________________________________________________ True love is always based on truth, no deceptions needed. The cards are on the table. No bluffing, no pretences, no wishful thinking, and thus no efforts required to keep something going that perhaps doesn't really exist, the way people do when they strongly want something to the extent that they're willing to sacrifice a chunk of reality for it. It's a great lesson on the importance of the amount of truth in relationships, and when you've got to be afraid of telling the other the truth for fear of their reaction, when you've got to start hiding things from them, that is never a good sign. Without total honesty, a relationship cannot really survive in the long run. True love is totally open, nothing to hide. 470 _________________________________________________ Sometimes its okay to be humbled a little by the fact that you do need others. It makes you look weak, helpless, and lost, and you cry out, Help, dont leave me here at the mercy of these people! But sooner or later you are going to have to learn that people are actually quite wonderful beings, and that your correlation with them, your interactions with them, and yes, even your interdependence, are all part of My plan, especially for the future, when you will join us in My Kingdom, where everything is one body, not just individual little parts moving about by themselves. Im trying to get the physical manifestation of My body on earth, My church, to work as closely to the way in which its spiritual counterpart is working already, as much of a miracle that presently may still seem to require 471 _________________________________________________ Focusing on others, and what they might think of you is not exactly looking unto Me or focusing on Me, is it? I know, theres that desire to want to fit in, to be accepted, and its hard when you dont. But youll just have to trust that this is the path I have chosen for you. Those black sheep are sometimes My test for My people to see whether they will love the least of their brethren the way they would love Me. The truth is that Im more often to be found in the least of your brethren than in the well established and accepted, mediocre like-everybody-else types. The black sheep, weirdoes and least of the brethren types usually have much more time to think profoundly than the others who spend most of their time in popular chatter. You never hear about the ones who always fit right in. The people that make history are usually the ones who didnt fit in. They didnt just go under in the crowd, they stuck out. Now there are pros and cons to sticking out. The cons are: its lonely, its painful, and you dont think very highly of yourself because you dont feel accepted. The pros are that you learn to judge by other standards than the superficial standards of men, you spend more time thinking or praying, more time with Me, you become more profound, develop more conviction that way, and all in all, develop a much stronger personality than those who just swim with the tide and do what everybody else is doing, or what theyre being told to do.

It takes faith sometimes to believe that I knew what I was doing in making you some kind of oddball, not like the other ones. Thoughts of evolution start creeping in, and natural selection, Your unity, your melding together into one body, is very and that certainly youre the type who hasnt been favored by important to Me. Mother Nature. But thats precisely why folks like you tend to I needed to establish your interaction with Me and your cling to Me more desperately than the average. Mother Nature dependence on Me, first. I am the Basis, and I come first. doesnt cut the cake, as far as theyre concerned. Now that thats established, we can go to the next step and focus If there wasnt some kind of higher purpose and some plan a little more on your correlation with others again, your behind Me making you differently, then you figure, Life sucks. cooperation with them, and the way you interact and get things And I dont blame you for thinking so, because according to their

game, and their rules of the survival of the fittest, etc., it really does. I dont blame you for not feeling at home in that world. Unfortunately, some of My children do strive to make their home in that world, and seek to fit in there to whatever extent they can. In fact, nearly everybody tries, and its usually those who simply dont succeed at it, who continually wind up being rejected by this world or continue to simply not fit in nor feel at home in this world, who wind up truly dedicating their lives to Me. The meek shall inherit the earth. In the world it may still be the strong and the cool people who inherit this world temporarily, but its the meek, the oddballs, those who dont really fit into that game, who will inherit it for good, when the strong and mighty will have left it in shambles. It will be the meek who will have to clean up the big mess that the strong and mighty will have made of this earth, but theyll have supernatural help to do it, and theyre going to show the rest of the world how it should have been done all along, and that the peaceful way is the lasting way. Its not My will for you to be like everybody else, because, frankly, I like you better the way you are, and I need you to be different. Its okay not to be popular. In fact, perfectly okay, in My eyes! 472 _________________________________________________ Usually the tendency of the flesh is to be fairly infatuated with itself. Most people, even Christians, dont agree in their hearts with what Paul wrote, I know in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. They think everything thats connected with their flesh, their families, their off-spring, their countries of origin, their national or local soccer team, etc., whatever is theirs is the best and the greatest, and theyre virtually blind to its flaws. Man has always had the tendency to adore and worship the work of his own hands. So, if I wouldnt have created you each with some natural flaws to keep you humble and down to earth, imagine where all that would lead. Even in relationships, people seek that in their partner which compliments themselves, that which serves them and caters to them, and they subconsciously seek their own image mirrored in the other one, and usually only wind up as disappointed with that image as they already are with their own flaws. Perfection is not the absence of imperfection, but the ability to integrate imperfection. Im integrating your imperfection in My perfect picture. Of course, Im also transforming you in the process, and through your integration and melting into My Big Picture and becoming one with it all, you actually become perfect, not of yourself, but by absorbing My essence. Its My promise, that you shall be like Me, and in that state, My commandments will have fulfilled themselves in you like promises, and youll have reached the point where you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness anymore, and you shall love Me with all your heart and your neighbor as yourself, etc.

somewhat against thee But even that kind of judgment is referring to their present state, and not that which they will be. You have heard about big failures being transformed in Heaven, and you were told to accept that they are not the same anymore that they used to be. There may still be some tears in Heaven over what they did, and regret for the pain they caused when faced with some of those who were immediately affected by it. But in the end, I will wipe all those tears from their eyes, and all will be perfect. Youre wondering whether the attitude to do the most in this life in order to guarantee the greatest amount of rewards for yourself in Heaven is the right incentive, and whether people should serve Me from that sort of motivation. The answer is yes and no. For some people it may be good to serve Me with that sort of incentive in order to get them going in their service for Me. Sometimes I use your false motivations for My glory and greater good. Theres always time to mature later on, as you grow up and learn more about life. Its better someone serves Me for the wrong reasons than not serving Me at all and getting into mischief instead. And yet again, I may use a period of mischief to get you out of the rut of trying to serve Me for the wrong reasons, and clean up your spiritual household a little bit and become more real in your motivations and the driving force that spurs you on through life. I work in everybodys life in different ways, and what Im trying to get you away from is that drawer type of thinking, that would dictate the same kind of procedure for everyone. I have an individual plan for everyone, not just one big plan for all. In the end, each plan will work together perfectly and weave into one perfect Big Picture that will reveal itself as a Master Plan for the universe, but its not something that you in your present state could pass on as universal advice for everyone, except for some of the basics. How to best make that Salvation work out in ones own life is something theyll have to find out through My Word and their own communications and relationship with Me, and through the things I allow in their lives in order to draw them closer to Me. Communication with Me isnt always established right from scratch, as youve experienced in your own life. Sometimes it takes a while until you get there. What matters is, that eventually you do manage to communicate with Me. It pays to strive to get to know Me during your earthly life. And once you have managed that, then I will also be able to convey to you and put on your heart that which I would like you to do for Me, and I will enable you to do it, too.

If you find yourself incapable of doing anything more than what you are doing, youre just going to have to trust Me that thats My will for you right now, even if your sense of duty may be telling you that you ought be doing more. I wont expect more of you than you can give or do. Sometimes your natural urge to accomplish more can be compared to the story of the Devil reminding the Sultan of his prayers. That illustrates very well whats happening in many peoples lives who strive to serve Me with good intentions, but While it wouldnt make sense to put much effort into reaching in their own energy, and thus often fall short of the real goal. that state of sinless perfection and saintlihood in your own They fail to realize that you cant legislate righteousness, much energy, you can trust in My grace and Salvation power that less love, and love is still the most important thing, not good eventually you will reach that goal. works. It only took one right choice. My work is a work of the spirit. I do employ flesh in order to get it done, but only flesh that is yielded to My Spirit. Some have a portion of My Spirit, and yet are somehow on a wrong track in other areas of their lives, resulting in My ultimate judgment of them including a phrase like, Nevertheless, I have 473 _________________________________________________ Welcome to the club! Sympathize a little with My pain, and what Im going through. May it strengthen your convictions and your loyalty toward Me and put you on guard against any potential compromise with the Enemy, now that you know the

kind of pain it causes Me. Its not easy being a parent and watching your child run off to your enemys camp. I need those who can relate to My pain and share this experience with Me, so that Im not alone in My anguish, and also for them to convey to the world that thats how I feel when they forsake Me for other, puny gods, who will never satisfy them, but who are all they want right now. How easy it is for Satan to lure them away from Me! How easily they fall for his temptations! How easily they forget the warnings But that was the plan from the beginning free choice. Dont you think it pained Me to have to observe you choose to go the wrong way time and again? So, I think its only fair that you should get a taste of how it feels, too. Sometimes it takes becoming a partaker of My sufferings, in order to also be able to partake of My wisdom and My longsuffering, and My supernatural love for people. Youre not a perfect saint from one day to the other. Saints are not born but made, just like great leaders, heroes, or professionals and experts in any field. Youre shifting from the position of the prodigal son to that of the father a whole different range of experiences. When youre young, the role of father isnt really that intriguing, that interesting for you, its the most boring role in the story. But as you grow older and the positions are reversed, and you move from the role of the prodigal son or the older brother, for that matter to that of being a father yourself, you start seeing things with different eyes. You can relate to the verse, friendship of the world is enmity with God from another angle now, and see that their infatuation with your spiritual enemies actually means betrayal, and that they have changed sides. Instead of fighting along with you on your side, theyre now really fighting for the other side and against you, whether they may be conscious of it or not. You get a taste of how it feels when your own are basically actively working against you, and are employing their energies to oppose, instead of support you. These are all things Im dealing with, and in going through these experiences, you can become My apprentice, sympathize and identify with the things Im going through and learn to become more like Me. 474 _________________________________________________ When you stay tuned to My Spirit and you stay on My wavelength, life will inevitably reveal itself to you as an ongoing series of lessons and new confirmations and reminders of those lessons in order to make sure that you really learn them, too. Im a Teacher Who dedicates extra time and special attention to each of My students, tuning in to their personal progress, and always making an effort to give them just what they need.

go, and the writing skills as you employ them. You dont only have Me as your Teacher, but there are others from the spirit world tuning in to the fine little things, as they inspire you and guide your hand in what you do and the different projects you work on, My assignments for you. If you realize how much work and effort goes into it, not only on your behalf, but also on Mine, and that of your co-workers in the spirit world, perhaps it will help you to take the whole thing even more seriously, and to put even more of your heart into it, and strive to excel even more at what youre doing. Youre not much of a success junkie when it comes to immediate success in this world, but you can strive to be one of My legendary success story heroes, who tuned in to the right voice, instead of the voices of greed and selfishness and ego, and did what was necessary not only for their own good, but for that of the world, My Kingdom, and for many others. If you realize that this is the right kind of success youre working for this time, then perhaps it will help you to get on fire for Me and really give it your all in what youre doing. If you just get enthusiastic about what youre doing, the world will see Me in you, and theyll warm themselves by your fire, and bask in the comfort of My voice coming through you. That, of course, is precisely what the Enemy is trying to prevent, which is why he tries to discourage you and lie to you about the futility of your work and efforts, etc, and he likes to portray your whole life as a mess, just so you wont get too excited, too enthusiastic about anything, but will just make half-hearted efforts, not really sure of who you are or what youre doing, and thus not really causing the stir you could, if you would just ignore him and get ignited about the whole thing, confident that Im behind it and in it, and not only that, but also the Instigator of it. I am the One Whos giving you the ideas and inspirations in the first place. So, allowing the Enemy to discourage you about them is like taking the credit for them yourself and saying they are yours, instead of Mine. Whereas, if you make it clear that it all comes from Me in the first place, you have the power to rebuke the Devil and tell him, Hey, this isnt just my own idea, but the Lords, so, get out of my way! If you give Me all the credit for it, then he wont have a chance to belittle it or make you feel discouraged about it, because youll have made it clear that this isnt just your own thing, but Mine, and he and you both know, there is nothing that can stop Me, if I have set My mind on something.

475 _________________________________________________ All depends on your attitude, whether you choose to take on the position of a servant voluntarily, or you prefer to invest your life in a being-served type of position, one in which youre the one whos being catered to, in which you pursue your own interests, etc. That is why I want you to be My brides: Women can relate a lot more to this idea of an existence of service to the ones they love. Men have the ruling and reigning scheme too much in them, and Of course, you must stay tuned, keep paying attention to what it takes a while until some of them get really used to serving with Im trying to tell, show and teach you. their whole hearts. Thats why it takes My Holy Spirit in order to I present My students with a real life problem, and I challenge do it, the Spirit of the Mother Who lives only to serve, both Her them to find a solution in teamwork with Me and their class Husband and Master, Her Son, and all Her other children. mates, and youve come up with some wonderful stuff which Thats why there isnt any macho type of behavior on record from might potentially help others in similar future situations. My disciples after the infilling of the Holy Ghost. You can definitely tell youre making progress when the lessons youve learned are improving your life-style, your sample, your witness and testimony, and your fruitfulness for Me. My school of life is certainly relevant to your daily life, and it isnt just all theory or useless facts you wont ever need in real life, which is one of the great laments about the current public school system. My curriculum is actually based on real life, and Real Life is one of My favorite subjects I like to teach on! I teach you the maths as you need it, and the arithmetic as you Its the question whether you want to promote Me or yourself and your talents. Consider by which youre doing mankind a greater service: by catering to what they want, or giving them what they truly need, even if they may not be aware of it. Sacrificing the opportunity to make more out of your talent in order to do the seemingly impossible job of bringing My message to people who dont even seem to want it certainly requires faith. It may look as if right now youre choosing the losers path by purposely not taking the road that promises quick success. But boy, youve really got something to say.

So, for Gods sake, for My sake, and the sake of lost souls, and last not least your own sake, say it! Say what youve got to say! Speak what I put on your heart to speak! Sing My message, the radical, white-hot message of the spirit of David, because if you dont, then who will? Its not exactly like Ive got hundreds of folks like you available to choose from.

There are by far more important things for you to do than tickle peoples ears. What they really need is My message of eternal Salvation. They In order to make that Salvation work out for them in this life and need the Spirit that is not from this world, to bring them life. have any affect on them right here and now, they will eventually have to realize that its a fight, and theyll have to choose sides. Young people are by and large more desperate than the older generation who have their act together, because they dont know 478 _________________________________________________ yet what the future holds, and theyre scared about it and Its true when you say youre not from this world. anxious. And that makes them by and large a more Its almost as if youre living in a totally different world than those appropriate target group for My radical message than the older around you for whom all that counts is material things; their generation. possessions, and for whom the concept of the spirit world is You can judge an age group of people and stick them into a box pretty much an alien one. or a mental drawer and label them, when you dont really have You have embraced your heavenly citizenship above your earthly much of a clue whats going on inside of their hearts, how one, and have renounced that. insecure they are, because their whole display of boldness and coolness is often just a put-on act to hide whats really Youre fighting in the spiritual, and its purely by faith. underneath. Its relatively easy to see when youre doing something good in They may act as if they feel superior, but that is just what they the physical, but when youre trying to influence and win the have to tell themselves to keep them from going under. world for Me and My Cause, those who dont know Me dont They put their cards on their music, their generation, their age always know what to make of it. group, and its a challenge to find people who are willing to step and look past those boundaries. But theyre out there. You need greater confidence and trust that I will take care of the results if you let the chips fall where they may, and sow more Youve resorted to the same kind of defense mechanism they abundantly. Youre not in control, but I am. use: pretending that you dont like them or just decide to reject Dont be afraid of their reaction! Let Me take care of that! I have them for some flaw of theirs. promised to take care of you! Dont be stingy with your light, but Thats defense mechanism no. 1 in the world, that people use to let it shine! keep from getting hurt: just look for a flaw in someone you feel drawn and attracted to, in order to prevent the risk of rejection. If Youve got to be convinced of what you are doing in bringing you are a victim to that trap, imagine how many others are! them My clean water of the Word of truth, even if it may seem You have to have the courage to like someone and to love strange to them, and they may have their suspicions about you someone and risk possibly being rejected or disliked by them, strangers from another world otherwise, what chance have they got? Conviction is all about knowing that youre doing the right thing in the face of opposition and in spite of many voices who may think to know better than you. Youve got to know what the truth 476 _________________________________________________ is and then fight for it, no matter what anyone else says. Will you continue to trust God like Job, even when it seemed as if He was breaking His very promises to him? 479 _________________________________________________ Sometimes I give you certain promises to keep you going, but I Its a dying world. They may not know it yet. In a world where may fulfill them in a different way than you may have been the young are giving the impression that they rule, because all expecting. that is portrayed all over is youth, and youth rules, they dont realize that theyre in reality only manipulated by a few greedy Everybody speaks a different language and has different hopes old men, who hold them like singing and dancing puppets on a in life, different highlights to look forward to. string, like Pinocchio, while theyre raking in the money, rob I give everybody different goals, and with some folks, whove got them of their liberty and suck the very life out of them. both feet more firmly on this earthly ground, their goals are a little more earthbound, so to speak, theyre slightly more Its hard to see the reality behind this farce, that in spite of its concerned about physical and temporal matters. phony youthful appearance, this world is really rotting and dying, Its a matter of personal priorities and a number of other factors. and almost decaying. Theres nothing fresh about it. They have Im a Father Whos trying to make it right for all of His children. allowed sin to enter, and the wages of sin is death, a death that is now rapidly creeping all over the world. They may not notice it Your position has moved from that of being one of My prodigal while the music keeps playing and the laughter drags on, and sons to having become the father of prodigal sons and daughters their fancy dances, but its all just a farce the Devil keeps going, yourself, and in the case of some of your younger brothers and under the motto the show must go on, only to hide whats truly sisters who are yet more concerned about the affairs of this happening beneath the surface: theyre getting ready for the total world, you have taken on the position of the older brother. enslavement of mankind. Whats important is that you remember that youve been a prodigal son yourself, and that you can sympathize with the When Pinocchio took off with the show-people, he thought he aspirations and dreams of your own prodigal sons and daughters was free, he wouldnt have to attend that stupid, boring school of and brothers and sisters, and dont become self-righteous life anymore, and he was going to have some fun instead, toward them, but as forgiving and welcoming them back with becoming rich and famous. In the end he only wound up making open arms as I have been to you. a jackass out of himself like so many others. The illusion of freedom only led him to ever greater bondage. Even so it is with

477 _________________________________________________ Youve just got to keep giving them the truth in love, whether they seem interested or not. Its the truth, and its the best medicine against their delusion. Whats important is that you try to convey to them the truth not in a narrow-minded way, of believe or perish, but in a loving, attractive and inviting way. You must not push people away with the truth, but attract them to it by always wrapping it up in love and genuine concern for their souls.

the game of this world. The Enemy is the cunning fox that lures them time and time again into their cages with his appealing fake version of freedom and fun, every time losing a bit more of their innocence and humanity. You are of another world, and its only natural that they have a hard time coping with you.

youve been neglecting to make sure that youve got enough of it yourself in order to run over with it and spill it on others, including those closest to you, who are still somewhat dependent on your faithfulness in your walk with Me.

All you need is love, and if youre not going to get it with Me, where are you going to find it? I am the only One Who can fulfill that need for total love in each Realizing whats going on around you should meld you together person, and all you are responsible for is to make that clear to ever more tightly and appreciate what you have got in each other, them and give Me to them, so that I can do the rest in their lives. and not take it for granted. You hook Me up with them, and Ill do for them what you cant do. No human being or group of people can ever completely satisfy Consider how much you have been affected by their imagery of your need for love. It can only be satisfied by Me! So why dont perfection that has drilled you to find flaws with reality, the real you let Me do My job? Letting Me do My job in your life is the thing. only way youre ever going to be able to do yours. Sorry if the real thing isnt all that nice and shiny as the plastic fakes the Enemy creates with his illusions, but it has one You can be with Me right now, anytime, anywhere, anyhow. advantage over his fakes: its real, very much unlike those Thats the message. You dont have to wait until you get to seemingly perfect imitations the Devil creates. heaven in order to experience My divine and heavenly love and joy and happiness and peace, and all you ever long for. I can give Theyre dying, and they dont even know it. They keep dancing it to you right now, and all youve got to do in exchange is come and fiddling on their fancy big boat, and dont even realize that to Me. theyre already up to their necks in icy water My message to every single human being is: Come to Me! The change that would be required to have things start going in a better direction is one that needs to take place right in their own hearts. Yes, they have been deceived, and their governments may be partly responsible. But primarily it is because they have yielded to the temptation, and they have refused to recognize their real Enemy, which is a spiritual one. They have preferred his lies over My truth. So, keep preaching and broadcasting that truth by any means available, so that at least they cant say they never heard it, theyd never been warned. Of course its not what they want to hear. It wouldnt have been very favorably received if someone had gone around on the Titanic saying, Excuse me, but this ship is going to sink! After all, she was deemed unsinkable. And thats what they think about their System. Its not about deserving. Its just that I love you, and I cant wait to give My love to you. I was born to give My love to you and I went all the way to die on the cross for you to prove it. Come and receive My love! Come and experience My love! The goal isnt to find the love you seek in another human being, but to find it in Me, and then let it overflow on them! Seek not to receive from them what they can never give. But seek to receive from Me what you can pass on to them, and in this find both their need and your need truly fulfilled. 481 _________________________________________________ When it comes to truly accomplishing something, what really is going to make a difference is letting Me go to work in your lives, and whats really relevant is not what you do, but what I do. Keeping that in mind will also help you give Me the glory for anything you do accomplish, acknowledging that its really only Me accomplishing those things through you.

The flesh likes to think of itself as immortal, always refusing to recognize and face its limitations, and the kingdom of the flesh is the System. Just as My Realm and Kingdom is the spiritual one, so the Enemys kingdom will become more and more the realm of the flesh, the physical realm, where soon the game will be played 482 _________________________________________________ entirely by his rules, under his rule and actual, physical Sometimes the quickest way to get more is to let go of the leadership, with the sole exception of those who will not have old and open your life for the new that Ive got in store for you. been deceived by his scheme, but see through it and can see it coming and happening right now. Its coming into being, the Devils kingdom of darkness on earth, the creeping death thats 483 _________________________________________________ inevitably taking ahold of them and their world. your righteousness is to Me as filthy rags (Is.64:6). I have sent you to preach the Good News of the Gospel, but for those who will reject it, it becomes bad news, because it signals, heralds and ushers in their doom and downfall. The truth which has been uttered will come to pass and be fulfilled. As long as there are My voices of truth, I will do My part to vindicate them and to prove them right. The world may say theyre nuts and laugh about them and ridicule them and dismiss them, but I will always prove them right in the end. It may not always happen immediately or exactly the same way it may have been interpreted, but in the end it will happen and come to pass. 480 _________________________________________________ The Real Thing is not a group of people, but the Real Thing is relationship with Me. Its loving Me, the meaning of life, and the secret. Whenever you neglect the Real Thing, it becomes unreal, and your life and everything going on in it becomes less real, less what its supposed to be, less soaked in My love, simply because

Pride cometh before a fall, theres no way around it. Whenever you detect pride in your life and thoughts of self-elevation, you better brace yourself for the crash. Its inevitable. Its My protective system of what I cherish as My most valuable assets, namely you. I cannot allow you to be ruined by falling victim to pride. Pride makes you unusable for Me. It ruins everything. I rather wake you up and shake you up and show you where that road leads, than allow you to drift on further down that road. What you call righteousness, and glamour and glory, I often call filthy. As I said to Peter, Why do you call filthy what I have called clean, you can also take that the other way around: How can you call clean what I call filthy? How can you feel so good about yourself, when thats the exact attitude I hate? I need you to be dependent on Me, and I need you humble, knowing that without Me you cannot do anything good, and that Im your only hope.

I could not spare Peter the shame of having denied Me thrice, because he was thinking too highly of himself, and likewise I could not spare you your numerous falls, which bring you back before My throne with the right and appropriate attitude and on your knees, instead of patting yourself on the back.

487 _________________________________________________ You have to go by the way I am leading you by the checks and burdens Im giving you, along with the discernment of how things develop. The most important thing is that you live the real thing, real Pride is an enemy with whom I cannot allow you to fraternize in relationship with Me and each other. any way, and not for any amount of time. Because it will kill you Make the best and most intimate, real kind of relationship out of spiritually, if you allow it to linger around. There is no other way it, wherever you are. than the humble way, if you want to walk Gods way and do That includes having nothing to hide, and total openness and things His way and My way. The only way to do things when honesty. youre walking Gods way is the humble way. As soon as there are skeletons in the closet its very hard, if not virtually impossible, to have the kind of relationship you desire, As soon as you have any notion that you made it and youre on because openness and honesty is such an essential part of it. Its top, thats it! Your usefulness to Me dies that moment, because like the oxygen it breathes and on which it lives and thrives. theres no more flow of giving the credit where it is due, but it all Secrets, hiding and covering up suffocates it, and whatever you flows into your own pocket and thus immediately becomes a think justifies the covering up, you need to overcome that and deadly poison. simply confront it and bring it out into the open! You can blame things going wrong on other factors, but in the So, stay desperate! Stay humble! Stay low! And refuse to become end its really often only that: a lack of honesty and openness, elevated and lifted up in pride or thinking youre so good! Keep the supposed need to hide things from each other, which stifles focusing on Me, your only hope of glory, because any other kind the growth and life of a relationship extremely. Its like a disease of glory is only vain self-glorification and stinks and will ruin you that affects it to the extent of speaking about a handicap. and your life! Its virtually the spirit of the Devil that permeates Youve literally got a handicapped relationship if you cant be the children of the world, but I cannot allow you to get away with completely open and honest in it, so you should really strive hard for a moment, so stay clear of it! for making that total honesty and openness a goal. 484 ________________________________________________ The confrontation that you would naturally shun is the factor that initiates and triggers your growth. The confrontation and friction youre refusing to deal with is having to come and look you up right where you are. You want harmony and peace, and if it were possible, youd want heaven on earth right here and now, but thats quite simply not what this present life on earth is all about. Its in many aspects the contrast to My heavenly life, Here in My heavenly and eternal Realm. But you need to get to know this contrast in order to experience greater bliss and greater appreciation for what I have done. Its a lesson that just has to be learned, a process you simply have to undergo, theres no way around it, if you want to make the most out of your life and learn all you possibly can, and not just lead a ho-hum life and shady existence. And there is just one way to make the most out of this, and that includes suffering. Of course, you would have preferred a life without suffering, and who wouldnt, when thinking short-term, or focusing on the present only, but if you want the real deal and really learn something out of life, and take Home something that will last, and you will profit from for eternity, youve just got to bear a little pain. 485 _________________________________________________ I want you to be happy and fulfilled in your partnerships and relationships, but you cannot just expect and demand a perfect relationship while continuing to hold on to your own selfish desires, because thats simply not what well-functioning relationships are all about. What and how much do you have to give? A lot still depends on each of you, and whether you have got what it takes, and whether youre also willing to give what it takes in order to make this movie of your lives great. You should make an effort to do what you can in order to make this picture great, to make it inspiring and uplifting. 486 _________________________________________________ The easy way out often will have its painful consequences in the long run! 488 _________________________________________________ I dont like for all things to be all the same, and you can see that in My creation all over, where not one animal, not one tree, is exactly like the other. So, should it be surprising that I would work in My church, the supreme crowning of My creation, in that same way? Why would I want each and every member to be exactly the same, behave exactly the same way, and act and look the same? This doesnt sound like Me, does it? Instead of prematurely dismissing what they have to say with a Been there, seen that attitude, why not listen and hear them out? Grant them the honor of your attention and show them that Learning isnt just about acquiring knowledge. Its living the experience youre growing through, feeling it, absorbing it and letting it transform you. Sometimes it doesnt feel like youre gaining or winning anything new at all, but rather as if youre losing something, and its true: youve got to get rid of some excess weight that will just hinder your growth and slow your progress down. Part of learning is to discern what things to hold on to and what things to let go, and before the end of the day I hope youll have found out that the amount of things to let go far exceeds the amount of those you should hang on to. Letting go is really what its all about in this life. Letting go, instead of clinging to things you wont be able to keep anyway. At the same time it is sometimes required to hang on to certain individuals that youd rather let go of Dont go looking around for a way to escape in your own efforts, or try to rig one up with your own arm of the flesh. The Promise says that I will make that way. So, dont do anything in your own efforts that you might regret later on. One of the major factors in all that youre learning is to trust in My doing, more than your own. I will always have to do the major part in order for anything to work, and if Im not in it, then it usually wont happen. Can you yield to your destiny, which I have ordained for you to go through? Can you embrace the pain, instead of cursing it? Can you thank Me for this situation, even if its less than perfect? Can you embrace the ugly leper and find Me there? How about acceptance instead of rejection? How about trusting Me for what I bring along, as ugly and weird as it may seem?

theyre trustworthy and worthy of your attention, your ear, your time, and of occupying some part of your existence with a part of theirs. Thats love, too, you know? Let them be themselves, say what they have to say, and grant them an ear, even if it may fall outside of the scope of your personal, immediate interest or curiosity. It may seem or sound meaningless to you, but your tolerance for what Im doing in each others lives allows Me to do most of the work and work in My mysterious ways that will bring out the greater works that you, in your own efforts never could have accomplished. You cant make love dependent on accomplishments, fulfilled obligations and expectations. People have got to know that theyre loved unconditionally in order to come up with the inspiration and love to do anything that counts and matters in the first place. 489 _________________________________________________ What matters is that you keep your eyes on the goal, your focus on Me and keep flying southward in one of those Vformations headed for the Great Gathering. That is really all that matters, that you keep your eyes on Me and keep following in My direction! If they dont do it, what is that to thee? Come thou, follow Me! It is irrelevant to your path, what they are doing, as long as you keep your eyes on Me and keep following Me. I didnt say to My disciples, Come follow Me, and I will teach you how to elect new leaders among yourselves, and new idols whom you can follow after Im gone! I meant for each of them to become individual followers of Me and individual fishers of men. Each disciple, each follower and each fisher has to be his own, standing entity that others, those who will be caught into the Kingdom through them, will be able to look up to, learning from them how to look unto Me and become their separate and independent fishers of men themselves. Independent from others by learning to be fully dependent on Me. There are also situations where I want you to become dependent on those you work with; to trust in them fully and to be able to rely on them, but I never meant for you to allow anything anyone else does to have such an impact on you that it would distract you from your job for Me or your focus on Me! Sometimes I require your obedience first, before you ever get to see the first glimpse of a blessing or reward. Love is something that you do, totally regardless of whether anyone deserves your love or not. Its simply My first and greatest and only commandment, thats all. You do it because youve got to. Its like breathing in order to stay alive. You love in order to stay alive spiritually. You stop loving and you die. Just focus on this, your greatest, if not single responsibility each day: to love. You cant let up on love! Thats the struggle and the fight youve got to win! The Enemy will do all he can to discourage you from it and tempt you to quit and yell in your ear, Thats unpardonable! when they do something you consider wrong. But have the grace to dismiss it and leave it up to Me to judge that, and be wise & keep My advice in mind, Judge not that ye be not judged. Give it all to Me! Anything anyone might ever do or say to rub you the wrong way, give it all to Me, as youre learning to do with everything else. If you give it all to Me, Ill give it back to you in a purified form that will enable you to enjoy it without any problems. I can turn poison into food for you. All youve got to do is give it to Me in the first place to cleanse it! 490 _________________________________________________ On one hand, the times in which you are living are more evil

than the days in which I was living, and there will come a time when it will be necessary for you to curse your enemies and defend yourselves from them with My power. On the other, you are supposed to show love, for as long as you can, and as much as you can. Once you see they rejected that love for good, then they are basically cursed already by their own decisions, and will bring events upon their heads that will either make them repent eventually, or, if they continue to close their hearts, theyll eventually go down into the pit without you adding any efforts to their misfortune. Cursing people should really only be a last resort defense against those who are your downright enemies, and not used in small scale situations just because someone doesnt seem to like you. You can commit the affair into My hands, though, and ask Me to work in their lives, which is basically what Ive commanded My disciples to do, to bless them that curse you and to pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. Its no great art or feat to love those who love you. The proof of the pudding, how much youre really capable of love, comes especially when its down to loving those who dont love you, but seem to oppose and reject you. Loving those requires a skill in the art of loving that not everyone is master of, and it requires the supernatural, superhuman type of love that only I can give and teach and equip you with. Training yourself in the art of loving in the face of hatred, rejection and lack of love will also sharpen your skills and abilities to deal with unloving behavior on behalf of your loved ones, and instead of going on the defensive right away and withdrawing and reacting negatively and allowing their lack of love to produce more lack of love in you for them, you can learn to counter that natural process and stop the chain reaction and vicious cycle, and allow love to continue and go on, in spite of the adverse circumstances. Its like praising Me and staying in the victory in spite of bad things happening: you just keep on loving in the face of a lack of love. You ignore the circumstance of the void, and just act as if it werent there and continue to fill the atmosphere with your positive vibrations from Me, and you will often bring about miraculous results that way. Thats the way miracles happen. You interrupt the usual, natural run and expected sequence of things, and bring in a new, supernatural ingredient, which allows the whole situation to take a new, supernatural or miraculous turn with unexpected results. Natural reasoning may tell you that they dont deserve it, and it may remind you that you ought to play tit for tat and give to them the same as they gave you, to repay their bad behavior with more bad behavior on your end, but the path of carnal and natural reasoning isnt exactly on the winners list, but it falls prey to evil and becomes one of its earliest victims. You cant just get to My type of conclusion and happy ending by merely putting two and two together, merely going by your own natural experiences alone, leaning on your own understanding. You need discernment that digs deeper and an ear that hears My whispers in your heart that will tell you how you truly ought to react. So, instead of the usual, instant, typical reaction, give it to Me, and let Me handle it, analyze it and interpret it for you and then show you whats supposed to happen next, and how you ought to react. 491 _________________________________________________ Dont give up on giving! Dont let up on loving! Keep on keeping on! Keep stretching those muscles of faith and love and continue to make progress. Theres lots more to learn and more room for improvement. The worst thing to do is to assume the position of one who thinks he has arrived. Thats the moment you stop growing and making progress and thus start to backslide. As long as youre learning, receiving new things from Me and feel

as if there are lots of new things for you to find out and yet for you to accomplish, and you keep an empty attitude of one who has yet much more to learn than what he already knows, theres hope.

Correction and taking it used to be one of the most natural things in the world, but the Enemy has boosted peoples egos to such levels that taking correction has become something more and more difficult for them, especially in Western societies where the Devil has been undermining family values for decades, For some reason I must have brought this person into your life, undermining the authority of the head of the family and his role, and that means that youre going to learn some essential lessons undermining the authority of and respect for parents in general, from your interaction with them. all with the intent to destroy the family per se. Are you going to show love and understanding even when in the carnal you cant seem to come up with much of either? You Bacchus and his legions are having a heyday with more things know youre going to need Me to pass this test, and thats part of than ever they can get their victims addicted to. Be it their own the test itself, part of the challenge, because youre just going to favorite brand of toys or clothes, their favorite singers and bands have to stay close to Me in order not to screw it up. and music, their favorite TV show, computer games or sports In the carnal it looks hopeless, and its a situation you can only team, or just the attention theyre getting from each other. handle with Me, My cooperation and My help, meaning that The tendency of parents is usually not to see the picture in such theres a whole lot of praying to be done. a bleak way, and they figure, kids need that, just like they used to need their freedom or time to play. What they dont realize, A teenager is an ideal instrument to let an adult know just how though, is that this sort of freedom leads their kids right into clueless and helpless he really is, for all he may think he knows. the slavery of the Enemy, who is feverishly establishing his New Heres a situation you just cant deal with in your own wit, your World Order, which he will raise from the crumbled ruins and the own effort to put two and two together, its hopeless, and your ashes of this chaos and confusion and downright anarchy hes only hopes in Me. Especially in this day and age when the creating right now. Enemy is letting loose a legion of toys and temptations to lure Hes creating the disease in order to present the cure to it all with them away from Me. Hes serious about being a fisher of men, his phony imitation of My Kingdom. The world is going to have to too. Except that hes the competition, and not working for My go through that in order to find out where its not at. company. His goal is to put Me out of business, and, of with all his unfair methods of fishing the seas to death, it looks as if hes the big 493 _________________________________________________ mogul and I am a loser. Thats what he would like to believe, and Remember to treat the imposters success and failure both what he makes his followers believe, but time will do the talkin. the same. Time will tell whether My more ecological, more natural, and Trust Me that I knew what I was doing in creating that day. more small scale style of fishing isnt going to be more fruitful in Keep praising Me, whether you lose or win, whether the day the end. His way is the killing way, and hes only out for the brings you success or failure. immediate profit: his getting to the top. My method is a long-term method, and many of the fish he thinks are in his bag will seek a Its always easier to work on your own pet projects than doing way of escape once they realize his bait and hook arent all they some work on something that isnt really all that much your promised to be, and his lures were all fakes. thing, but thats where discipline comes in to just put your own For some its too late, but its never too late for those who have preferences on the backburner sometimes, for the sake of My been Mine to begin with. Even if they do turn their backs on Me, work. give their energies to him in order to fight Me and try to harm My If the Devils philosophy is Do what you like, or Do what thou work. wilt, then you can assume that this definitely isnt My Remember what Ive been telling you about unconditional love, philosophy! and to extend that love and to keep it going even long after the As a child of Mine you ought to be interested in doing My will, not natural amount of love will have been exhausted love that even your own. Thats why I taught you to pray, Thy will be done, loves your enemies, prays for them, seeks to heal them and just as I also prayed in My final hours on earth, Nevertheless, responds to intended harm with benevolence. not My will, but Thine be done Extend that love and work on increasing your love-ability, your patience, tolerance and long-suffering. If you find yourself at wits end in your situation and you cant seem to handle it and it doesnt make any sense to you, let it be a sign to you just how futile it is to lean on your own understanding and reasoning, and how much youre going to have to leave up to Me and commit the whole thing to Me in prayer. The only hope youve got not to make a mess of it, is to stay really, really close to Me and follow Me each step of the way, just do what you can, one day at a time, moment by moment, and pray desperately that I wont allow you to slip and have you say or do something you might regret, thats only going to make matters worse. 492 _________________________________________________ Sensitivity is one of the great hindrances to spiritual growth, because it wont let you take correction as you should and thus prevents you from growing and learning by it. Sensitivity-awareness is a vital pre-requisite to spiritual growth. If you realize youre reacting sensitively to correction, then you must realize that this will endanger your growth and maturation process, unless you choose to fight and overcome it. 494 _________________________________________________ That void in your heart and soul created for Me can never be satisfied with anything less that utter union with Me. Being a visible sample of that union with Me, instead of chasing fleeting earthly pleasures like everyone else, is the only thing that is going to arouse the curiosity and interest of others to find out what it is youve got that they havent. If youre just after the exactly same stuff in life that theyre after, money, fame, success and physical pleasures and comfort, then its going to be pretty tough to persuade them that you found what theyre looking for. I cant allow you to lose that desperation, that resolve that youre simply not of this world, that drives you into My arms for comfort and solace and sweet heavenly communion with Me. The Enemy is distracting enough people away from Me as it is. It is almost as if Im having to say to you, Do you also want to go away? Do you also want to turn your back on Me? I am Father of not merely one or two or three prodigal sons and daughters, but of literal millions and millions. Its a pretty lonely job, being Father to so many distracted children, off on Pleasure Island, having fun and letting the Devil turn them into jack-asses Thats why its of utter importance to Me that there are at least

some who are aware of the Enemys scheme and wont allow themselves to fall for it, but make others aware of whats going on, too I want them to attend the school of life and pay attention to what Im trying to teach them. But the Devil whisks them all off to Pleasure Island, keeping them busy, busy, busy with his amusements, away from thinking or putting them through his fake imitation school, where they pretend to teach them things and fill their heads with enough clutter so that there wont possibly be any space left for whats essential. Make your state of mind dependent on no other circumstance than your union with Me. Ive got to be the Constant in your life, more constant than the sun, more constant than the weather! Rejoice in a rainy day and let it be a golden opportunity for you to let Me be your Sunshine, the One to light up your life, to bring warmth and brightness and happiness. 495 _________________________________________________ Things arent going to stay forever as they are. Tough changes are up ahead, and the sooner you get ready for change and for whats ahead, the better equipped youre going to be. Youre going to have to bear and put up with worse evils than the ones youre currently having to fight and put up with, so, be thankful for the ones youve got, for they will prepare you for the tougher road up ahead, greater obstacles and fiercer adversaries. Follow Me, the Great Teacher, step by step, to find out what Im trying to teach you out of every single circumstance and situation of your life, especially the unpleasant ones. Its important that youre open for the truth and the whole truth in each aspect and situation, otherwise you wind up in a dead end from which therell be no progress, no way out, until you accept the thing you presently refuse to see. Believing a lie is something youll wish to avoid at all cost. 496 _________________________________________________ I dont need anyone to say big words to try to save My reputation. What the world needs above all is a sample of true Christian discipleship. The few of the world I want you to win for Me arent going to be won by smart words, but only by your sample of love, and that is something that sometimes simply requires the ability to take things lying down and shutting up, just as I didnt say anything to defend Myself before My accusers. Strive to live in such a way that when persecution comes, those who know you will know that the accusations wielded against you will be false, and in such a manner that they will want to pick up and continue where you left off once you wont be able to continue your work. Youre trying to win people, not prove to anybody who is right. 497 _________________________________________________ Im as different from the world as anything or anyone can get, and the more you become like Me, the more unlike them you become. The Devil promotes same-kind relationships, so that nobody will reach out for the other, much less for the totally Other, which is Me. Whatever is their own is what has priority. Thats why its so hard to create unity between different Christian churches and denominations, because each of them primarily respects and is loyal to their own, which is somewhat natural,

but then being a disciple of Mine is all about not following the mere natural way since the natural man or mind is at enmity with God. My way is supernatural. So, a challenge to take on, on My behalf or as a Christian, would be to seek the group of people that is the least like your own, and try to reach out to them and find common ground with them try to bring Me to them. Dealing with people is your job for Me, reaching out to people, and reaching them with My message, and in this case, whats particularly challenging about it is the aspect of reaching different people, since most people simply happen to be quite different from you. Thats the great magic of My story: I, the totally Other and ultimate and epitome of being different than mankind, became just like you, in order for you to be able to become like Me. First I became like you in order to show you how to be like Me. Thats the principle of becoming one and what Paul was referring to in becoming a Roman to the Romans, a Greek unto the Greek, etc. He walked toward them, he adapted to them in order to help them find some common ground with him they were able to relate to. In order to teach people to not just love their own kind, you must give an example of loving those who are different from you to begin with, make an effort to relate to them, be a sample of someone who is accepting and understanding of those who are quite different in views and manners from yourself. Im trying to teach you and bring about in you progress in the area of greater tolerance and acceptance of the totally other, one of the things which the world most needs. How can you blame them for rejecting you for being different, when you act just as intolerant of their ways and behavior? Its true that a lot of which causes them to be so different is that they have strayed so far from My ways and the knowledge of My Word. But how can you ever teach them better unless you first show love for them in the first place, and acceptance of their howbeit so very different ways? Youve got to give them a chance to accept and get to know and absorb and assimilate My ways. Once they got the chance, the ball is in their court and its all up to them. But until then, its your responsibility to love them just the way they are, just as I have loved you. 498 _________________________________________________ Blending in and becoming part of the mainstream crowd was never obligatory, as far as Im concerned. In Heaven, nobody is afraid of being rejected or frowned upon for daring to be different. Heavenly society is truly a colorful society. Earthly society structures are so influenced by the way the System does it, where the need of adapting to the way the others do it is so drilled into them, they think there isnt really any other way to get organized efficiently. Of course, one factor being time. If youre under any kind of time pressure and there are deadlines to meet, then its inevitably a factor thats going to have a say in the way things are going to pan out in trying to get organized as a group. In Heaven, there isnt really any such thing, nor will there be a similar or comparable amount of pressure in the Millennium. Just as there are vehicles that run on gasoline and others run on Diesel or some kind of organic fuel, electricity, or what have you, so different people are motivated by different incentives. The majority of cars run on gasoline, and likewise, the majority of people run on the pressure of getting something accomplished within a certain timeframe. But there are those who are powered by different incentives and

fuels than what gets the majority of people going. As an organization its easier, of course, to accommodate a group of people that run more or less on the same basic needs, the same fuel. Its easier to unite a group that runs on the same stuff. But I happened to have made you different models for a certain reason, and even if that reason may not be entirely clear and revealed yet, nobody has the right to say that their howbeit it more mainstream - type of model, using the same fuel the majority of vehicles uses, is the only right kind. Nobody has a right to say that their way is the only right way when I have created folks who work and function differently from the rest. Lets say, Im creating folks like you as a kind of prototype of future machines in order to prepare the average model or the standard, recognized models out there, that there are going to be other types of machines on the market in the future, and theyd better get used to some variety. There arent just going to be the average standard type models in My society, but a whole bunch more, and a greater variety than youve ever experienced before, so, you might as well start getting used to it now and stop putting other folks in boxes. My creation is all else but uniform; otherwise I would have restricted Myself to a lot less variety in species and kinds. The abundance in variety in My creation ought to give you a glimpse of the liberty I want to give You, My children, My crowning creation, to be whoever you want to be, and whatever I have put in your hearts to be, regardless of how far it may veer from the mainstream, as long as you stick to My general rules and codecs of the Law of love. 499 _________________________________________________ The dark and cloudy days are there to remind My sheep that this world is not their home, and to cause them to look for their true Home. Theyre a signal that this is the time that I will go out and search for them and gather them, as I have promised (Ez.34:12). Trust Me that theres something better awaiting you at the end of this life thats going to make up for any lack of fun and enjoyment you had in this one, and that there are other things way more urgent that have priority over just having fun right now. The world is simply too evil to just live in it with the purpose of having fun. Youre one of My voices in this dark place, a prophetic voice thats sounding a warning signal, but I also have to make sure youre doing your job. The dark and cloudy days Im bringing upon you are a sign that things are getting serious, and that youre going to have to focus on your job for Me, because its becoming expedient that I can count on you and rely on you to do your job for Me. Its time to take on a serious attitude that shows youre serious about your position with Me, and that shows your brothers in arms that youre one of them, someone they can rely on and count on and trust that youre with them in this fight. Just thinking about your own having fun would be a selfish thing to do right now that the world is literally going to pot and falling into the hands of the usurper. I need you more than ever now, and thats why Ive got to have you taking this whole thing more seriously. Youre not a kid anymore, after all, that just needs to run out and play. Youre a grown up man now, ready to take on some responsibilities for Me in My Kingdom. Theres more required of you. Its time to put on your armor and forget about the playground, leave it behind, and trade it in for the battle field. The battle field is your place now, not the playground.

There are greater thrills to be had on the battle field than you ever could find on any playground. Blessed are the peacemakers, but it takes some fight and personal effort and sacrifice to make peace in this wicked, warmongering world. Youve got to open their eyes and wake them up from the delusion of the hypnotism they fell under, monotonously chanting, Peace, peace, when there is no peace, nor is peace on the minds or list of intentions of their leaders, but theyre heading straight for destruction. Show them the way to real, true, and lasting peace by making peace with Me, which is achieved by letting go of all lies, sin and self-deception. True peace is only found by embracing the truth. But they have no truth. And thats where you come in. Youre one of My truth-bringers to the world. Dont mind about those who wont receive it, wholl reject or ridicule it, and just tune in to those who will receive it. Theyre ready to listen, and theyre getting ready for what you have to tell them. The more serious the state of the world around you will become, the easier it will become for you to let go of those things which up to now you deemed important. Soon there will simply be more important, urgent and pressing matters on your mind than pleasure, and the same will apply to many others for whom right now, pleasure is a priority. 500 _________________________________________________ It seems kind of unfair that you are having to pay the consequences for that one slip of Adam & Eve, when they couldnt resist temptation. But believe Me when I say, it would have happened to any of you. The consequence of sin needs to be learned. The resulting imperfections, if not to say the blatant and gaping lack of perfection, need to be experienced, for the lesson is learned and absorbed in no other way. Pain is a greater taskmaster than bliss. And whats more, it amplifies the bliss you will experience as a reward for your having learned the lessons manifold. All I can tell you is, Hang in there. It will be worth it! Ive relieved you from the pressure of having to accomplish anything for Me you dont feel capable of. Just enjoy your freedom to be able to love Me without having to prove it. Its only in order for you to have gotten to this point that I had put the pressure on you previously. You knew you had to get to a certain point, a point from where you could do greater things. You were under the pressure of knowing that you had to change some things about yourself, your attitude, etc. And where has it led you? To the conclusion that what matters is that you love and enjoy Me, and that will allow you to accomplish greater things through Me and with My supernatural help than you could out of your own force and incentive. The pressure of needing to accomplish things for Me brought you to the point of realization that you couldnt, without Me, and thus it brought you closer to Me. Some pressure is necessary to get you where I need you. You feel like you have to press in to get in the harvest before the storm, and in your endeavors find out youre not strong enough, and you finally get to the point where you rely on Me utterly to do anything that needs to be done through you. Everybodys different. And thats why your relationship and connection with Me is what counts primarily. I know best what your individual needs are. There are some who seemingly manage to accomplish a lot

without spending a lot of time on their relationship or interaction with Me, and your flesh cries, I want to be like them! But what counts and really matters is what I want you to be like, and you are more important to Me than your bedroom slippers youre making for Me. If those who think they need to manifest their love for Me through their works feel like they need to do that, then letem do it, but it wont work with you. Youre not made that way. I know it, because Im the One Who made you. One of the dangers of community and organization is the temptation to look at the others and what theyre doing and how they are doing it, and feeling envious about it, or feeling as if you had to do exactly the same thing. You may be able to learn certain things from their way of doing it, but you should never just take it for granted that just because Ive shown them a way it works for them, it should also be the exact way I want you to do it. Ive got My very own and special way of doing things in store for you, your own modus operandi, your special power, that makes you fill the special place in My service that only you can. My will for you and most of My children is not some monkey see, monkey do business where everybody is imitating each other, but its a colorful wheel, in which I am the hub in the middle, and each of you are the spokes who are connected with Me and learn and absorb from Me your own specific need and task, and pass that on to the outside world on the rim. Herd instinct is actually the sheer habit of looking at each other, instead of what each of My sheep should do on an individual level, and that is look unto Me. Once youve received from Me the strength and instructions and information of what your purpose is, you can also look to others, not in order to imitate them, but to see how you can give them a hand or strengthen them, too, to share what youve been given, and also look for Me in what they may have to give you. The important thing is to look for Me in everything, and only accept what you find if you can find and see Me in it. Thats why its of such utmost importance to get to know Me. How can you say you love Me if you dont even know Me? How can you say you love others if you dont even know Me? Not knowing Me is truly being clueless and not having the faintest idea of what everything is all about. All you will convey to the rest of the world is the confusion thats inside you. There may be bits and shreds of wisdom in there, as you blindly grope your way through this world in your attempt to make some sense of it all, and you may be very impressed by the discoveries you come up with, but you really only start getting a real clue once you get to know Me. What I am saying when I say, Behold, I stand at the door and knock? is, Would you like to get to know Me? Look, Im standing at your door, and I know all about you, and I would like you to get to know Me, too, so that I can help you figure out all the rest about your life, too. I can bring the answers to all their question marks. But theyre all busy trying to figure them out by themselves, or try to see what the answers are that everybody else around them has found. Nobody is coming directly to the light, because it blinds and scares them. You dont need to be scared of the light. The light is good. The light is friendly. It may be hard, initially, to part with the darkness, but youll get used to it, and youll see, it wont turn out to be all that bad Everybody has got their own individual mountains to climb, their own hurdles to overcome, and they cant go endlessly by how someone else did it. It can help for starters, to learn from others, but there will come a point when they need to realize that the way to do it is to get Me to show them, help them, and do it through and for them, when

necessary. There will come situations where the way it has always worked for so and so wont do the trick anymore, but only the way God is going to have to do it right now. 501 _________________________________________________ Experience in tough jobs is what makes you stronger and excel. Tough jobs also make you rely on Me more than if everything would be such a breeze that you could handle it all in your own energy. Tough jobs in the present are ideal preparation for the tough job the future is going to bring, of survival in a wicked world ruled by the incarnation of the Devil himself. Finding yourself having to handle a tough job also destroys the illusion that life is some kind of a vacation or pleasure trip. Although I love for you to enjoy yourself and have fun in life, a large part of it is just a good chunk of work, which is good for you. How much happier people were back in the days when they had lots of chores and responsibilities to take care of! No one takes on a tough job voluntarily. People have to be either coerced or tricked somehow into doing them. Laziness has become fairly wide-spread. Thats why its good to gain experience in overcoming that weakness, because any lessons gleaned along those lines are going to be helpful and relevant for many people. Of course, there are pros and cons to just being a work force when people are neglecting the Spirit, which ought to be the life force of the works you do for Me. Sometimes the saddest case of being a reproach for My Cause is when there is a blatant lack of My Spirit among My people; when they may have it all neatly organized and rigged up on the surface, but theres just coldness, lifelessness and a lack of love underneath, no fire to give life to whatever it is theyre trying to accomplish. Im trying to infuse new life and Spirit through the Word, teaching you how to fight with the new weapons, getting acquainted with your spirit helpers and showing you new and old means and ways to pray and through the music Im giving you. Keep going, keep sharing, keep working away, keep pouring. I promise and guarantee, none of your efforts shall be in vain. 502 _________________________________________________ Everything you see in this world falls short of the perfection you long for, including the people around you, and of course, including yourself. You once had a glimpse of that perfection, and youve been chasing that ever since, and the fact that you cant seem to find and rehash it makes you dissatisfied with life most of the time. I needed to give you a taste of it so that you knew it existed, so that you knew I was for real and what I can give you is for real, too, but you were just not meant to find it for good in this life or at least not by the usual means of pursuit. You dug a hole, you created an empty place to bury the old life, the dead, but you werent willing or ready to make it big enough to meet the need. Dont do things half-heartedly; because that is one sure way youre not going to find the happiness you seek. Its easy to pursue your own satisfaction. Everyone does it. Its the natural thing to do. People do it until they wake up to the fact that their efforts have been futile and in vain. Its a bit harder to dedicate your life to others, to pursue

responsibilities: youre not always as cheerful when you do, so, maybe theyre not the perfect sample of exuberant joy, but theyre still doing the right thing, trying to do their best. Everyone has different concepts of their best. You would like them to do it more the way you do it, but for them, their best is something else: the things that I put on their hearts to do. Make room for tolerance and acceptance of the ways of those around you. Youve got to trust that it is Me putting on their hearts what they should do, just as Im putting it on your heart what you should do.

and positive attitude about it, from their faith in My wisdom and love and faithfulness to always fulfill My side of the bargain of keeping My promise in Romans 8:28. Try to see the positive in it.

Some people are ready to learn and see; others arent. How many people are convinced they dont need a Savior because they cant even see that theyve ever sinned? Youre seeing another facet of pride that is very common: the inability to see ones own mistakes. Its a wide-spread spiritual disease, and if you come up with any cure for it, itll be like finding a cure for cancer. This form of pride and self-righteousness is responsible for an I have used many a one-man show throughout history, much to incredible amount of evil in this world, because it makes people the dislike of the envious by-standers, who would have liked to march off to war innocently in their firm belief that theyre make use of that one-man-shows energy and resources for doing a right thing for a right cause themselves. Thats just typical human nature. As long as in some Youre going to have to do some exposure work, find out whats way it caters to them and serves their purpose, theyll accept it, behind it, and whats causing the deception What are the lies and if not, they become envious and think they need to resist and the Devil is telling them that get them to believe that theyre fight it somehow. blameless? What are the fears the Enemy uses in order to get them to refuse to face and confront their own mistakes or even its easier for those to accept what youre giving who dont know the existence of such? you personally. The less they see of you, the more the light Its a vast subject, a significant root of an immense problem. shines through, the more theyre able to receive it; which is another reason why Im keeping you out of the limelight. If you can teach people to deal with their sins and their faults, and help them to see them and work on overcoming them, making it something as natural as brushing their teeth or taking a 503 _________________________________________________ shower, that would be a major breakthrough for My Cause. Some situations dont have a way out. Look at those who So, I wish you the best of success for your endeavor and your have to endure a permanent handicap that they have to live with mission impossible. Ill see you at the pole! for the rest of their lives. What counts is your attitude and what you make out of the circumstances and conditions youve been given, and how you handle them. 504 _________________________________________________ Every day is a fresh learning experience. A wife is supposed to be someone to accompany you for life The knowledge I hand out to you comes in daily portions, and through the good times and the bad times. Theyre not for each day is like a learning unit or a class. Thats why journals discarding or swapping when you feel dissatisfied with them. are extremely helpful in retrieving the things you learn on a daily You people need to learn to see a difficult situation through until basis, and one day you will be able to recall and summon a the end, and not be such quitters who throw in the towel at the particular lesson from any particular day or experience youve first sign of adversity. had in life. Nobody ever does only good. Everybody makes mistakes, and nobodys perfect; nobody has ever lived a perfect life of which they can say, I never made any mistakes. Its erroneous to have that kind of an attitude. And, well, some folks just have the kind of attitude which is their besetting sin and handicap to carry around through life that they simply cant see their own faults as easily as they see the faults of others. Theyre so sure and certain of their own good intentions, they cant possibly even see the option of anything being wrong about what they do or say. Theyre incapable of experiencing or seeing the effect their negative output may have on others, because they perceive it all as positive. Thats one of the dark sides of optimism: you see even your own bad as good, and thus prohibiting yourself to learn anything from your own mistakes, because you dont even see them as mistakes. An optimistic attitude alone, without a deep and sincere love for the truth, wont really get you through life truly successfully, either. A life that has failed learning from its own mistakes isnt much of a life at all, since your mistakes are one of the greatest purposes in life per se. And how can you say youve lived life successfully when youve missed one of its major purposes? Helping a blind person to see takes skill, discipline and persistence through tough times. Its easy to take on a job you know youre getting paid for, and which you can quit anytime if things dont work out. But the prospect of being stuck in a relationship with no way out, and not much of an immediate reward or pay-off in sight doesnt draw many volunteers. if you find yourself stuck in a hopeless and dreadful situation for life, just think about others who are handicapped for life, and be thankful for your hands and feet. Try to learn from their cheerful Mistakes are something everyone can relate to, and if you teach others from mistakes you made, that shows them just how human you are, and how much just like them, and that youre not some super special case, endowed with extraordinary gifts from on high, but that youve learned by trial and error, basically the same way they have. Youve come to conclusions, and human conclusions are in some ways more helpful in teaching others than divine revelations. Its the difference between one who teaches what he has learned from books and one who teaches what he has learned from experience. Youve been there, and you can tell of the pitfalls to avoid, and of the things to watch out for. It doesnt always seem as though there were an awful lot of people even interested in gleaning such deep lessons out of life, but youve got to trust that even if theres only going to be one, it will have been worth it. If you want to become like Me and have My kind of love for people and souls, then youve got to be willing to go all the way, even if its only for the sake of one. Do you believe Me that I can save one soul through all your efforts? And will that soul be worth it to you? Then weve got the same vision, the same driving force and motivation. Just keep your focus on that one soul, and that he or she will be worth it! 505 _________________________________________________ You cant blame circumstances and allow them dominion over you, whether theyre tough or pleasant. It all still depends on your choices, and what youre going to make out of those circumstances, and whether youre going to regard them as the

supreme factor, or Me, able to help you to master each one of them according to My will, and not as they will. Being the victor and master over your circumstances means youre able to praise Me for any set or type of circumstances, good or bad. And the way to become such a master is by acting like one, and starting to praise Me either way, even when you dont feel like it.

My son.

Your life is already more public and significant than you know, and the way you handle things and deal with the small-level and everyday things, has a greater impact on the world in aspects of the greater, spiritual world and eternal Kingdom, than any other temporary public output you could ever render. Youre always on candid camera. The question is, what do you deem more important: the Praise gives you power to frame your circumstances, because I temporary applause and approval, or the eternal, heavenly honor your faith when you show that you love and praise Me rewards for putting emphasis on the right kind of priorities? equally, for either good or so-called bad circumstances. Its great to have an extraordinary gift to share with the world, If you praise Me even for your sins, and even the darkest and and to let your light so shine before men. But its more remotest corners in your life, then you expose them to My light, important to make sure its truly a pure light, even if its just a and youre giving Me power over them, instead of withholding little light, and that its a warm light by which people will truly be them from Me or trying to hide them from Me. Youre then able to warm their souls, a light by which they can find their way showing Me that youre allowing Me to take part even in the most Home; and that only really happens if your life is true, and youre intimate areas of your life and youre welcoming Me into every actually living what youre preaching and being a living sample of area of it, without restrictions. the ideals you publicize. Dont be afraid of the darkness, but praise Me for it, too. If you trust that all things work together for good because you love Me, then you really must include those dark and scary factors in life, too. Theyre nothing to be afraid or ashamed of. Dont let fear rule that area of your life, but give it to Me. Let Me have it and Ill change it into friendly and light terrain. There cant just be the nice, bright, comfortable and pleasant sides to life. Only easy stretches make you unfit for dealing with the inevitable harder parts. So, thank Me more for the harder parts & episodes of life. If you could see all things as I see, youd see them as the truly more valuable ones. 506 _________________________________________________ The art is not to stand in the way or allow pride to stand in the way when Im doing something through somebody. Love is granting others the freedom to develop their personal ministries and interests I promised to supply your every need, I didnt say that I was necessarily going to fulfill your every whim. So, maybe this isnt exactly the fulfillment of your every whim, craving and desire you might have, but I can tell better than you that this is what you need. 507 _________________________________________________ It takes time and a real effort to tune in and zoom in to the things and people that really count. It takes a concentrated effort, because there are these other distracting factors of the obvious, seemingly more important attention getters, the factors that bring in more money or publicity All these drag you away from the little things, or from tuning in to the little folks around you and their little world and whatevers on their mind. Youre focusing on the whole world out there, and its hard for you to cope with your little world you find at hand before you, the world youre actually living in and spending most of your time in. Cyber space has opened up a window for you to speak to nearly the entire rest of the world. Its some kind of a public life, and public figures have often had a hard time coping with their relatively less significant, little lives at home. Thats whats so great about the story of Sir William Gladstone and his considering the salvation of the dying newsboy more important than his public speech before parliament. If you can truly care more about the little folks and their souls than your own public appearance, your reputation and all you might ever amount to in the eyes of the world, then youll be a man of God, Dont neglect your family, your Home life, the people you come in touch with, your friends, helpers and supporters The ones you can count on are those whose friendship and love you cultivate in your actual surroundings. It seems like a hopeless job, when everything you try to sow in their lives is being torn down again by the world in which they are so much more deeply immersed than the influence you have on them, but thats where faith comes in to never give up. Faith that I am greater and stronger than any and all circumstances, and that nothing and no situation is ever hopeless with Me; never. Thats the faith of the sisters Ten Boom; they saw what nobody else saw in that horrible concentration camp: that I was with them, with each of the prisoners there. I wasnt with those who wielded the temporary power. They may not have seen Me, but I was there, and I saw their plight, and what she said as absurd as it may have sounded was true: I was with them. I am Emmanuel God with us, and if theres anything I am and anything about My nature that you should know, then it is the fact that Im with you. Im With You, and My Spirit calls out to the children of men. Im with you, even and especially when it doesnt seem like it, and you feel forsaken and abandoned, even in the darkest and deepest pits. There is no pit so deep that God isnt deeper still. 508 _________________________________________________ You start out winning a soul by claiming their soul for Me in the spirit. You cant do it in the flesh. And you cant override their majesty of choice. But you can punch holes in the spirit into their walls of pride that the Enemy has cultivated in them through their fears and self-protective mechanisms. They think theyve got to protect themselves from Me, when Im really the best thing that could ever happen to them. How deceived the Devil has got this world! Often people are afraid of the very people that would save them. Look how the Devil is making the world afraid of you. You would be their potential saviors, and yet he has concocted this big wall of lies and this false image he has given you in order to make you look like the kind of folks that are to be dreaded and feared most. He depicts you as the most dangerous kind of people when you are actually the most benevolent that would do them the most and greatest good. You symbolize and represent their salvation, and yet he depicts you as their damnation. People would never even begin to suspect the extent to which theyre being lied to from just about every angle. Never before has the world been so deceived. When people confuse lies for truth, then youve got great confusion, and thats precisely whats happening.

Nobody knows anymore what the score is because of the sheer, unprecedented amount of lies the flood of lies spewed out at them, and theyre drowning in it. Only those who are brave enough to see the truth and see that darkness of lies surrounding you for what it is, have a chance to see the light. As long as you mistake the darkness for light, theres no chance of seeing the true light. Its almost like you have to be willing to recognize the darkness first in order to be able to see the light. But isnt that how Salvation works, too? You first have to realize that youre a sinner, come to grips with your own darkness, so to speak, before you can realize your need for a Savior. 509 _________________________________________________ There is nothing wrong with the way I made you. It just takes a little while to discern between what are genuinely your natural inclinations, and that which becomes the exaggerated, sinful version of a natural desire that the Enemy tries to promote in order to make you feel guilty about it afterwards, just as it takes time, experience, and skill to learn to discern between what is truth and lies in the world It takes time to learn to expose the workings of the Devil in your life, and the way he operates, but once you do, things become clearer, and it becomes more obvious to you what is okay and what isnt. And in the meantime, making mistakes is whats going to help you find out all the quicker. Learning to take each other where youre at is part of this school of life, and that also includes learning to take yourself where youre at, assessing where you stand, coping with it, and doing your fellowmen the favor of loving and accepting them just like youre inevitably going to have to do it with yourself, if you want to live a happy life. 510 _________________________________________________ I know you better than you know yourself. So, you can be completely honest with Me. Theres absolutely no need for pretense with Me, whatsoever, nor would it make any sense. I definitely know you, and I want to make Myself known to you likewise, so that you may know even as you are known, as Paul said. Getting to know Me is what its all about, and what better initial way is there, of getting to know someone, than exchange of words and communication? Once the words have been spoken, there will be other ways of getting to know each other even more intimately, but words are always good for starters, just like John said, In the Beginning was the Word. So, lets have some exchange of words so that I can create My world, My part of the Big Picture in you today. My truth in you is all you need. Imagining how things are going to be is like an attempt of the flesh to figure out whats before you. But real preparedness is the knowledge of My Word that you have stored up in you, and the Presence of My Spirit in you. No matter what you do, what mistakes youre going to make or how badly you might ever slip, youre always going to be loved by Me unconditionally. You know theres a glorious future ahead of you, no matter what you do. And its that kind of assurance, the gratefulness for the undeserved gift, and the sheer relief and happiness about not having to do anything for it, of not being able to work for it, that enables you to truly convey and give that to others which I want. The world may be in a mess, and so may you, but your state and

that of the world is relatively irrelevant, because Im greater than all of that, and Im going to clean it all up sooner or later, anyhow. And the world, as ugly as it may be getting, is yet to reach her most beautiful state by far, thats My Promise. It is easier for the Enemys children to yield to his power and to be governed by that power than it is for you, My children, to yield to Mine, because the spirit of the Enemy feeds and strengthens the power of ego, which is something the natural man doesnt fight, but welcomes and absorbs, like an addiction, whereas yieldedness to My Spirit doesnt endorse your own power, strength or self, but Mine, which is brought about by your weakness. The natural man doesnt want to be weak, and fights that. He wants to be independent and show how well he can do on his own, thats why its harder for you to yield to My Spirit than it is for the Devils children to yield to his. Also, his rewards are immediate. Riches and power are given into his hands to give to whomever he chooses, whereas I did not promise those things to you in this world, since My rewards follow in the world to come the lasting, and so much better world. 511 _________________________________________________ If Im the One Who created every breath of air you take in, who else do you think might be responsible for the rest of the things you need? I want to remind you from Whose hand all those blessings in your life are coming from. If you havent thanked Me much for what you already have, can you blame Me for not having given you anything better? You tend to seeing how much better things should and could be, but you dont really look at how much worse they could be, too. You look at what you dont have yet, but you dont look at what youve got and what you might lose, if you dont appreciate it. There comes a time when everyone will have to reflect about their sins and mistakes. Say you are some kind of a prisoner in the situation youre in. Would you know what youre doing time for? Do you know why youre there? Are you aware of the mistakes you made, the crimes or sins you have committed, the hurt you have caused others? Do you think the disciplinary measures might possibly be justified? Thats basically how it is in life: you encounter unpleasant circumstances, and you consider them unjustified, as if you deserved better than that. But do you, really? If you believe in My love and justice, cant you also believe and assume that the circumstances I am allowing to befall you are the precise set that you deserve and need in order to deal with your mistakes and learn something from them? The wrong attitude to have would be not seeing your sin and guilt and thus not being able to learn anything out of life and lifes circumstances. So, youre having to deal with a set of unpleasant circumstances. What are they trying to teach you? 512 _________________________________________________ Im trying to clear your life of substitutes. I need to be your true and ultimate Home. You need to find your perfect Home in Me. Just as you have invited Me in to come and live with you, I also want you to come and live in Me. Neither your family nor your brethren are going to be able to be there to help you face and master every trial and temptation before you, but only I can. I want your thoughts, your heart and mind and soul to be at home with Me. I want you to become more heavenly minded; I want you to put on My mind.

I need to become a greater and major part of your life, your I need to refresh your desire for Me daily. I need to cultivate it. thoughts, your actions, plans and words. And in order to do that, I need to prune your other desires. The happiness you seek lies in the letting go of everything else Im very unattractive to your physical senses, because there is and holding on to Me and pursuing Me as the one Pearl of great nothing there that they can perceive, and your flesh is rigged up price most to be desired. in such a way that it will desire the things that will ensure its I have given you so many other that it hasnt been easy for you to survival and fill its cravings. Yet thats where your faith needs to stay focused on Me, but Im using these things as learning come in to tell the rest of you that even though it may not seem experiences for you to find out and filter out what is really best like it, I am an exceptional Source of supply. and essential. I am the Essential. I am what you need. Im the Best. Its a little bit like with people and cats. Normally, cats wouldnt accept people as bonafide source of food and their needs, theyd follow their instincts and look for mice and birds and anything 513 _________________________________________________ they can hunt. But after a while experience teaches them that Those chosen from before the foundations of the earth will these humans taking care of them, especially that one special hear My truth in their hearts, and they wont swallow the lies. human that seems to be in charge, are an exceptional source that Some people just wont swallow the lies, no matter how carefully is to be trusted in spite of the natural instincts that tell them to go concocted they may be. looking elsewhere for food. That human source is so much more abundant and reliable, that the natural means couldnt be Nothing is hopeless when looked at through My eyes or when compared to them, and over time, it proves to be extremely tackled with My supernatural help. reliable and worthy of their trust. Well, thats how it is with Me and you, too. Your natural senses are still trying to look elsewhere for the satisfaction of your 514 _________________________________________________ desires and needs, but I want you to realize from your Man has been working hard on re-shaping his reality experiences, that there is an even more trustworthy Source of all according to his idea for thousands of years, and modern the things you need, and that is Me. machines and inventions have greatly helped him do that to an There are ways in which humans also put restrictions on their extent previously impossible. But unfortunately, a lot of the pets, just like Im setting certain limitations for you, which imaginations of mans heart are evil, just as they were before the sometimes make you not so sure whether Im friend or foe, after flood, and its all calling for similar consequences. all. But just as you do what you consider ultimately best for your pets, so you need to trust that I also only allow whats best for People have not really improved since biblical times, as much as you, and you can trust Me, even about those things I may they would want to believe it. temporarily have to withhold from you. Unfortunately, by creating his own version of an improved and Sometimes its actually good to do without a few things youve enhanced reality, man has gotten even further away from Me. Its gotten so used to that you take them for granted. And just like an example of the flair of mine own arm hath saved me. with your pets, our relationship is cultivated through your trust Theyre trying to save themselves from the ugliness of reality and time spent with Me. The time you allow Me to pet you and that life unleashes at them, and since they somehow caress you, and cuddle up are times that enhance My love for successfully manage in some superficial areas, they think they you and strengthen My desire to want to care for you to the have less need of Me than ever. Even Christians and believers utmost. And once youve spent that time I need with You, I gladly think they can do just fine with just a little bit of help from Me. also give you all those other things you want and need They take care of themselves, they supply for themselves, they try to make sure in their own efforts that they stay healthy, take Only those who find their perfect Home in Me can also convey all sorts of precautionary measures to avoid accidents and other that perfect homey feeling to others. Theyre the ones who calamities, etc. have the gift to make others feel at home with them. Its Its hard to see ones own failures in that kind of a reality. because I am the true Home of every soul. Home is where youre trying to get as the goal and aim of the game of life, and So, if every now and then the stench of pure reality pours back Im waiting there at its end, just like Ive been there from the into your life through some back door, relax. Its the way things beginning. And if youre in tune with Home and your focus were for hundreds and thousands of years before mankind ever keeps pinned on Me, then folks will instinctively feel that youre achieved that current position of ultimate comfort for one of the signposts they can trust that will lead them the right themselves, resulting in ever greater misery. way to get there, too, and mind you, there are many signposts that would lead them in the wrong direction. The only way to get to My truly better Reality is via the ugliness Its all about: making you a true, real and reliable sign post that of your current reality, and taking it at face value, instead of will help lead others Home to Me. And in order to become that, trying paint it over artificially, making it smell nicer with industrial you have to make sure that youre always in tune with Me, which sprays, or settling for lies, half-truths and fakes. means, I have to reduce other factors that you might tune in to If you want the truth, you cannot be afraid of reality; you cannot otherwise. shun it. I am the ultimate fulfillment of your deepest desires, and you can The art is seeing Me there in the darkness, and getting ahold of only convey that to others if you have tasted of My Wine yourself My Spirit even in the depths of hell. I am found in the lowest hell, first, and have come and tasted to see that I am good, and very and theres no pit so deep that Im not deeper still. recommendable, and something worthy of passing on in fact, Im giving you tastes of hell sometimes, just in order to teach you the most worthy, unbeatable and none like it. how to find Me there, too. Its easy to find Me in the pleasant Because this sounds almost too good to be true, they have to circumstances. But what the world needs and will need more as see in you that it is true and that it is real, and that means you time progresses, is someone to show them how to find Me even cannot just occupy your time with substitutes the way everybody in the very blackest pit of reality. So, dont try to create your own, else does. Youve got to be a living wine taster who can tell them more pleasant version of reality, but grasp Me in the one right as a satisfied customer, Come, taste and see that the Lord is before you and all around you. Its going to be a lot more helpful good! than all this escapism and make-belief thats going on. If I want you to attract others to Me, I need to eliminate other I want people to know that Im Hardcore Reality, and not factors youre still searching for satisfaction in, or at least reduce someones invention or fairy-tale. them, and keep drawing you back to Me, the ultimate Source of all youre longing, looking and yearning for.

515 _________________________________________________ This generation has become so hedonistic, they all practice some sort of escapism into a dream world of pleasure and a totally altered reality, just in order not to have to deal with the real thing and life as it is at hand before them to touch and feel and chew No one wants to deal with their responsibility for what is happening in the world. They want to keep living in the illusion of being the greatest, happiest and most enlightened nation on earth and not face the reality of the suffering theyre inflicting on people. Its a game of self-deception, and at the same time making other nations and peoples drunk and high on that same gas. People drink excessively in order to get a break and relief from their ugly reality. They drink themselves into a stupor that makes them feel better about themselves, alters their perception of things, and the way they feel, and folks like that often feel like they have to share that buzz with others. Theyre basically saying, Come, get loaded with us, too! You dont have to deal with that ugly reality out there Have a good swig of our wine and come see things the way we do, feel the way we do Never before has any nation or world power had the same ability to make all other nations as drunk on its wine as America. They stubbornly refuse to see how I might possibly see those things. The truth is too much for them to bear, and so they swallow the lie, mingled with half-truths, that will comfortably keep them asleep in their dream world, where evil exists on a much smaller scale, and the evil guys are always the other guys, and they beat them every time. They live in their illusion of We Are the Champions, while even some of their own prophets are proclaiming that attitude an illusion, proclaiming the fall of the American Empire. She that was originally My Wife, but has turned her back on Me and has gone a-whoring after other gods. She tries to get a free ride on the back of the power and the strength of this world, because thats where her love lies. She doesnt truly love Me, My meek and seemingly weak and humble ways. She prefers the pride of life, and so she tries to get a ride on the back of the Beast and pretends to be the Queen of the World, but only until that Beasts gets tired of her and rends her into pieces. The AC will be the final instrument to bring on that judgment over her, to let her reap what she has sown, and to fulfill My commandment to give her double of the cup and portion of destruction and suffering that she has given to the world. Its not only going to be the AC destroying her, but also the 10 kings who will give him their power. It will be almost like a collective judgment of the main leaders of the world on the great culprit, and along with her they will of course try to wipe out and destroy all she stood for, including her supposedly Christian values and everything associated with them. As time goes by, the puzzle will become clearer, and reveal the whole picture. Its part of your ministry to decipher and discover the meaning of these things. You learn to read My handwritings on the wall and interpret them for the world, just as Daniel did for the bear of his day, the Medo-Persian empire and its ruler. Youre having another dual kingdom represented by a bear right now, ready to devour the Babylon of this day and age Its also significant that the Medo-Persian bear had three ribs in his mouth, just as 3 horns of the ten will be uprooted before the AC History repeats itself in strange little ways. The forces of old will rise to new power, and the players of both sides will help their teams. Just as Daniel is helping you from the Spirit World to fulfill your part of interpreting My handwriting on the wall for the world of today, so the forces behind the empires of the past are working in the spirit for the other side. The spiritual forces are the same. Its all culminating for one great, ultimate physical fulfillment.

516 _________________________________________________ (Daniel:) All the prophets have dreamed of this day in which you are living, during which you see unfolding before you the great happenings and events that we forecast so long ago. It is exciting for us to observe from our vantage point all that is going on, and we can also see things happening behind the curtains and closed doors, that are hidden to you. As much information as you have available, there is always more to find out, always more truth to add to the Big Picture, more to be revealed, more to learn, until it is complete and finished. Gods revelations have always been an act of His supreme grace and mercy. Sometimes you only become desperate enough to really beg Him for those revelations, if your life and survival depends on it, as it did in my case when Nebuchadnezzar commanded all the wise men to be killed because they couldnt tell him his forgotten, yet troubling dream. If the situation hadnt been that desperate, its questionable whether I had ever become what I did. It was this desperation that awakened the gift in me or at least to that extent. Its called destiny. God triggers some events in order to call to life the hidden potential in us, and you and many others will experience such calls likewise. The greatest era of prophets is yet to come, of which my time was only a foreshadowing of events. The ultimate fulfillment of many of the ancient prophecies is still to come, and it is given to your generation to witness these things. And we, the prophets which were before you, shall be glad and honored to help you out in sharpening your skills and discerning the signs of the times, and the Lords handwritings on the wall. The gift of interpretation is a gift that hasnt been as appreciated as it should, because it has been mainly limited to the interpretation of tongues, and thus restricted to usage only in situations where someone received a message in tongues they needed interpreted. But the gift of interpretation goes further than that, even as you have recognized that the gifts of prophecy and discernment can go further and be more elaborate than previously conceived. You should ask the Lord for the gift of interpretation not only for messages given in tongues, but also for dreams and world events unfolding before you, even messages in movies you watch, which can sometimes only be recognized through His anointing and opening of your spiritual eyes. God speaks just about all the time, and everywhere, and you need to learn to interpret His messages all around you. Its all about deciphering Gods handwriting on the walls and screens all around you. His world is like a multi-dimensional screen on which He constantly writes His messages, and you, His prophets just like us, during our lifetimes must interpret them to the world and tell them what it means and decode the messages for them As I have been with your father David, so am I with you. We must all continue the work of our predecessors. Thats what family is all about. The Devil and his wicked family imitate that in his abominable ways, but we must continue the work of God. What David started, you must continue even as the whole Family is a continuation of his work just as he continued what we, the prophets before him, started long ago. Only the Lord can reveal the true, hidden meaning of things, be they big world events, or just small, seemingly insignificant occurrences in everyday life, such as dreams, or even films you watch, websites you read, etc. Just as Dad interpreted the news he read and watched, and the movies or songs he came in touch with as signs of the times, and passed on the deeper, hidden meaning of these things to you, the Family, so you are to continue that work and explain to your sheep and followers whats truly going on. Just as the Lord reveals to you what the Enemy is up to when

you are going through a fight, or what is going on in the spirit world or behind the scenes, or what is wrong with the world, you must in turn help those who come to you for help and insight, those who will listen, to make sense out of the apparent meaningless chaos unfolding in the world, and tell them that there is a plan behind it all.

Part of the Devils plan is to make everything look too confusing to ever make sense, but the good news is that the Lords plan includes the Devils plan, and anything the Devil can do and is allowed to do is only part of His greater and all-encompassing Youve got to take full advantage of the wonderful magic of My Plan, the Master Plan. forgiveness. Its part of the power that should spur every Christian on: yes, youve blown it a-plenty, but youre forgiven, The Enemy still tries to get you to doubt Gods wisdom, as you off to a new start, and eager to help others experience the very still go by what you see, and you obviously cant trust what you same. Its part of the joy of salvation King David wrote and see; it doesnt make sense. Thats why you must allow us to sang about. teach you to walk by faith, and not by sight, not to judge by what you see, but to have true and deeper judgment, according to the It gives you new zest for each day of life, knowing fully that no spirit. matter how badly youve blown it in your life, or what sort of mistakes youve made, youre totally forgiven, as long as you did Along with discerning the signs of the times, use the gift of learn something out of it by facing the problem and your interpretation, to really have the Lord literally translate to you responsibility in the matter, which usually is already guarantee what the things unfolding before you mean in the language your on its own that youre less likely to repeat the same mistake. mind can understand. Once you understand it, you can more You may then make new ones, but only to learn yet more out of easily explain to others whats going on. them. The Lord purposely didnt choose any super-scientific geniuses to be His tools and vessels to the world. He wants and needs I am the One Who doesnt and wont make mistakes, so it pays to people who speak everybodys language, especially in a day and make Me the one true foundation of your lives and to put your age when everybodys language is reversing and becoming entire trust in, instead of any man or woman, or group of people. more simple and primitive. If youre looking for a red thread, something to help you make Ask for the gift of interpretation of things and events that may sense out of all of it, then it behooves you to look for Me in it all, puzzle you otherwise, and it will be given you. because thats your only chance that youll ever succeed at it. Life is a great, exciting and adventurous, multi-dimensional puzzle, and its the challenge of a life-time to figure it out, Thats what Id call learning and progress, when you get to the especially when done not only for yourself, but for the benefit of point of learning from mistakes where you stop making them and many others who will be given a clearer picture and world-view can prevent them from happening through the things you have through your gifts. learned. The Familys main job is to equip ongoing prophets and evangelists like you, like apprentices, for the job. Whatever work each one creates out of the gifts and skills they will be equipped with, is up to them and the task each one of them is given by the Lord. 517 _________________________________________________ Sometimes you have to judge a situation by the need and the vacuum there is. Sheep who are hungry for more of what youve got to share with them, need to hear the whole counsel, and more of what youve got to say. Theyre worth making a little sacrifice for. Sometimes youve just got to give and pour out of your life, even if you cant see any fruit coming from it right away, or even if its doubtful that you ever will, regardless of bleak prospects and unfavorable circumstances. Before I can become your exclusive news channel, you have to work with what youve got and interpret those sources with My help; and the more skilled you become at this, the more prone you will become to hearing the news directly from Me. The key is not to get too absorbed by the events or even the predictions, but to keep your focus on Me, and I will alert you like an inner alarm clock to the truly significant events. Trust that Im in total control, even if the whole thing may appear to be somewhat out of control. Taking responsibility for your own mistakes is often the very ingredient that makes all the difference in the world. Refusal or inability to see ones own mistakes & failings stifles spiritual growth, and encourages straying from the path, instead Changing the world starts with recognizing the void and the need, the places that lack and where errors have been committed, and then taking the initiative to do what it takes to replenish and refill them again, even if may look like a senseless waste of time to others, because you may not be reaping immediate benefits from your work or sacrifice. 518 _________________________________________________ Learn to love unconditionally, forgivingly, and not just according to some reward system of tit for tat, Ill be good to you only if youll be good to me. Just as you have to make the conscious decision to focus on Me and trust in Me for the positive outcome of your physical circumstances, and make an effort of faith to see the good in the bad, because I promised Id work it all out for your good, so you must do the same with people, and refuse to look at the seemingly overwhelming negative side of things, their poor qualities, their lack of interest in spiritual things, their unwillingness to participate in working for My Cause, and instead look at the good, even if its nothing more than a ray of hope that Im in control and will somehow use the apparently bad to turn out for good for them, just as I did in your life.

of sticking to My straight & narrow. In fact, what makes My straight & narrow pathway the most uninviting to most people is the fact that its strewn with the recognition and repercussions of ones own failures, and uphill progress is only made by dealing with them properly. You recognize them, admit them and try to change them, but you dont allow them to put you under condemnation. Once youve given them to Me and theyre confessed and forgiven, they dont have any more power over you.

Wisdom isnt an inherent quality of mankind, but something that is gained by the experience of where your own smartness will lead you, as you suffer the consequences of choosing your own, usually wrong ways. Would you withhold from others the same majesty of choice that Ive granted you and every other human being since the first living couple? It is painful to see them fall for the temptation and eating of the forbidden fruit. You know exactly how futile it is and what a waste of time, how damaging and detrimental, and the suffering

theyre in for. It hurts to see them hurt themselves. But youve not well, but in dire need of drastic change! got to trust that their strayings and errings serve to draw them closer to Me and My bosom than they ever could come otherwise. 520 _________________________________________________ The church thus was a result of teamwork. Even though You seem to forget about your own road as a prodigal. there may have been substantial differences between Pauls A self-righteous attitude wont improve anything. views and the Jerusalem churchs, he never allowed those to interfere with his vision to establish My church, and not some Eat what the table of life has set before you, and trust that its group of his own. He was loyal nevertheless. He was a man of good because I have ordained it. unity. By the end result you can tell that it wasnt an effort of his own to rake in honor and glory for himself, but he really, sincerely just 519 _________________________________________________ wanted to do My work according to the best of his abilities; he My Spirit likes to run wild and free wherever She can, and just did what he knew he had to do, not for himself, but for My She doesnt like to be confined to certain pre-fabbed molds sake, and when he was gone, the brethren kept building on the assigned to Her. foundation he had left them. Most folks attitude isnt very conducive to letting Me take the lead There are too many blockages in the spirit, and it would really take someone to blow a portion of My Spirit through their rusted pipes, in order to radically change that. Pray for My Spirit to miraculously take over, inspire the key persons & bring about a wind of change and a whole new atmosphere. You can make it happen! I have given you the power to make it happen! Ask Me to make it happen! Claim the keys of Make it happen! Just because some people dont possess any great big skills, doesnt mean that theyre going to be skill-less forever! Theres hope for everyone! These are just the beginning stages! This world is still in its diapers! The Big Picture is still in its imperfect, relative beginning stages, and theres lots of room for improvement. One of the obstacles that prevent change is the inability to see the need for positive change, progress and improvement. When people think that things are just fine the way they are, they dont see, desire or pray for improvement. Thats why it takes seeing the ugly truth about your own condition before you can make upward movement into progress and growth. It takes the painful realization of your own need, in order to grow and obtain what you need to get in order to grow, instead of the self-satisfied attitude of the Laodicean church, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing (Rev.3:17). You have to pray for a miracle of spiritual healing from the infectious bug of the Laodicean disease of lukewarmness that is plaguing My church in this day and age, where its so easy to fall into the trap of relying on ones own flesh and comforts and selfsatisfaction, unable to see ones own lacks and wants. Its a good habit to confront yourself daily with your needs, flaws and NWOs. Otherwise you may not think or know that you have anything to work towards! You may think, all things are okay as they are, no improvement needed! And that would be a fatally flawed attitude! The only glimpse of hope you or anybody has in the first place, is recognizing the need, a place for Me to come in and fill and make better. Otherwise, I wont be able to change or improve anything. Its what youd call a humble attitude. The opposite of selfreliance. Theres the connection between money and pride: Reliance on money and your own abilities to get it provokes and invokes pride, as opposed to humility, the place where theres lots of room for Me to bring improvement and My goodness. Pride is the filling up of that room with things you have created (at least in your mind) for yourself, instead of letting Me fill it Pride is the sin that allows things like money to fill and usurp the place that was destined for Me. And when you trust in riches, instead of the living God Who giveth richly all things to enjoy, then youre in trouble, as far as Im concerned, and everything is As Paul said, No man liveth unto himself, (Rom.14:7), and he knew what he was talking about from his own personal experiences, having found out that even if it may sometimes seem as though youre all alone and some island off on a distant shore, whatever you do always affects others. Whatever you do is going to affect the rest of the body in the long run, and you are part of it, even if you may not feel like a part of it sometimes. Often these feelings come from the Enemy to create division between you. Pauls loyalty to the Early Church resembled Davids loyalty to Saul, and it became clear that Paul wasnt seeking his own glory or his own good in what he was doing, but that he was seeking the greater good of the Kingdom, just as David, centuries earlier, would have given his own life for Saul and the good of the kingdom, rather than seeking his own advantage. 521 _________________________________________________ Temporary power is what its all about with some. They place their bet on the here and now. For them, there is no there and then. Materialism is in essence their religion, their spirituality. It is a spirituality of selfishness, of greed, both driven by envy and destined to create more envy one of the triggers of the misery in this world. It is an existence of emptiness camouflaged as abundance, and yet, because most people dont recognize the deception, thats what they strive for. What is the amount of money, wealth, or knowledge or any kind of prestige, that will get you into thinking youre better than anyone else? How easily can pride deceive you? For some folks it takes very little to get there. Thats why its important to watch out that you dont start building that kind of wall around you that separates you from others. It is a good day to die to pride and all that causes you to hold back. Its always a good day to let that old man die that would cling to life, seek to preserve and save it, instead of giving it, forsaking it and laying it down for Me. Do you discriminate others because you think theyre so stupid, just the way some people discriminate others because theyre so poor? In either case, What hast thou, that thou hast not received? 552 _________________________________________________ That is the school of character that has shaped just about every significant man and woman of God: That very lack of support, that being forced to walk alone just with Me and Me alone on their side, against the opposition, is precisely where

their inner strength comes from that makes them rise above the status quo. True and lasting changes that really made a difference and had an impact nearly always came from the bottom and the grassroot levels, as much as the official government program may have sincerely tried to invoke progress. But those on top are inevitably too comfortable to make the kind of changes that are necessary at times, and unable to see truths and perspectives that you see at grassroot level, with very few exceptions. 553 _________________________________________________ Selfishness brings death, unselfishness brings life. Those who only seek to take, dont have the same fruits to show forth in life as those who give and pour out of their lives onto others.

554 _________________________________________________ Witnessing is conviction training. The best way to keep your convictions in shape is to regularly stand up for them. How strong is your own spirit when confronted with other human spirits? By becoming more familiar with the habit of talking with folks about deep, serious and spiritual matters, you will get used to it and also develop the ability of steering an already ongoing conversation on a different subject in that direction.

Its a battle for the ears of the world. Who will listen to our report? (Is.53:1) Who will receive our witness and testimony? To whom shall the The selfish way of consumerism is a way that seems right and arm of the Lord be revealed? You will only find out by bringing seems to be the normal way to a lot of people, and yet its a them the message and thus putting them before the choice of way at the end of which is death, since it doesnt bring life to either rejecting or receiving it. anyone. Only an attitude, spirit and life-style that sows of its substance into the lives of others, in order to multiply and bring forth fruit, 555 _________________________________________________ can bring forth new life. Selfish lives are stagnant. They only If you haven't learned to love your enemies, even those of consume, and thus extinguish, rather than create or bring forth your own household, then you haven't learned much to pass on. new lives. It's better if you shut up then, and stop trying to school-master The selfish life-style does not follow My commandment to be others, stop trying to teach others what you haven't learned yet fruitful and multiply, but just seeks to preserve its own. yourself. It's a difficult and tricky situation to love those foes of your own The takers resist the givers. household, especially when they're supposedly on your side, and it turns out they're not. But is that anything new? The voices of reason will seldom ever tell you to pour out unselfishly. They will tell you to go slow, sparingly, to be careful. You're supposed to be getting the love from Me, and pass it on to Thats why you dont see many pouring out. They dont want to them, not expect it from them, so that you'll be happy enough to risk subjecting themselves to ridicule, so, theyd rather preserve serve and obey Me! and keep what theyve got, hide their lights under a bushel and rather fade away into oblivion than share their lights and bring You're the one supposedly seeing to it that your household stays love, light and life to others. free of the Devil's influences, and prevent his taking over the situation. You have to deal with your mistakes and learn all there is to learn Making Me responsible for your failures is, the same disease as from them. Its not like there is no forgiveness, no reconciliation, that of the Scribes and Pharisees: self-righteousness. but its also important that you bear the full consequences of You're considering yourself more righteous than Me, and say, your actions and become aware of them. "Lord, you're giving me more than I can handle! You're breaking Your Promises to me." When all you're really doing is reap the You cannot play hooky in the school of life. repercussions of your own failures to do what I've been telling you to do, the fallout of your own disobediences... There are a lot of mistakes made that people could learn from, a lot of lessons to be learned out of life, and out of history, but Will you take the responsibility for the mess that you've gotten thats not what theyre interested in or concerned about. Theyre yourself in, or play the same game everybody else plays: "God is not concerned about avoiding the same mistakes over and over to blame for it all"? again. Thats why people never learn anything from history; not their You can't establish a living sample of real and working own, and much less anyone elses: theyre not interested. All Christianity just by omitting a few of the evils in this world and they care about is whats there to consume right here and now, establish rules about a few things you won't or don't do. to hell with any potential repercussions and consequences. The way to establish Christian life is not by creating a few "don'ts" and things you won't do. You must have a few essential People can get envious and resentful about other peoples "do's," things to fill the vacuum with that you've created with the spiritual wealth, just as they can get envious about the physical "don'ts." wealth of others, even if you give it all away. Its so different, therefore they resist it. They cant understand it You may have tried, but the energy you applied wasn't enough, it or put it in a mental box or drawer of something theyve seen wasn't a match for the Devil. before, and so theyre suspicious of it. They figure you must You underestimated your foe. have ulterior motives and hidden agendas. Thats why its sometimes better to reduce the flow to the amount You won't be a very good teacher until you've learned this lesson they can handle, and omit anything that could be misunderstood yourself. This isn't about what you can teach or tell others, but and misinterpreted. about what you can learn yourself. You have to integrate a little bit of quality control in what Don't worry about others at all for a while, just concentrate on youre pouring out. Its more work than just letting it all flow full learning your lesson. stream, like going the extra mile and filtering the flow of whats coming from your source to make sure its clean, understandable You're reaping the repercussions and results of not making this and consumable, and thus will cause no one to stumble, but will your responsibility, your job. Whether you wanted it or not, it was bring genuine fruit. your job, and now you're reaping the results of not doing it.

You could have asked Me for help! You could have gotten concerned and involved! You could have invested some energy. "Nothing comes from nothing." You've invested not much of anything in this relationship, and that's basically what you're getting from it, too. When you sow nothing, what you reap is a big, black, deep and dark hurting hole of nothingness that can definitely be described as something negative, not just a neutral sort of nothingness. Maybe you thought by doing nothing at least you couldn't do much harm. Well, that's what you get for that kind of thinking. Doing nothing can be one of the worst type of sins anyone can commit, especially when you know how to do good and do it not, or when it is in your hands and within your power to give more. You wonder, "But what could I have said and done in order to prevent this from happening?" Well, you could have asked Me to show you what to say and do. You were concerned about so many other things and situations, too concerned to bother much about this one. Well, now this "situation" is developing into the biggest single crisis in your life, and do you think now would be a good time to start doing something about it? Doing nothing but stand by and watch turns out to definitely not have been the right thing to do at all. Well, it's never too late to start doing the right thing. You can still start praying like a house on fire now! Whatever you do, it will be better than nothing! Neutral is not positive, because it does not equal progress and forward movement, but always resembles backsliding. If you won't gain, you'll lose. "That's your problem" is one of the most selfish and disgusting things humans have ever started saying to one another, and it's the opposite of My philosophy! Their problem is your problem, and if you don't believe it, you're going to see it with your own eyes! That problem of theirs you're not doing anything about today is going to be your problem tomorrow, and boy, are you going to wish you had! You didn't think that neglecting a human being could bring such awfully negative repercussions with it, did you? Neglect is ugly, when it comes to its results. But you can start today to make a difference and unto the damage by stopping the neglect. Stop refusing to get involved, and get at least concerned and give them prayer support, if nothing else. If nothing else, you owe the world - and especially those parts of it that are immediately concerning you, surrounding you and touching yours - your prayers. If you can't do anything else, at least you can still make a difference with your prayers! 556 _________________________________________________ The Enemy is like a sneaky lawyer. He knows all the rules and clauses in the law, and he tries to get away with whatever he can, so youve got to put your foot down and make clear that you know what your rights are, know My Word, and the clauses of My contract with you, My Promises. you know what you have the right to ask for and to expect, and you wont let the Devil cheat you out of it. People in the System will always try to get as much as possible for as little as possible, and theyll recognize the loopholes in your conditions. The older you get the wiser you become at ensuring your survival in this world, at making sure that the children of the world cannot cheat you out of your dues.

557 _________________________________________________ The truly valuable people are as rare as jewels, diamonds or gold nuggets among a ton of coal or earth or rubble Theyre hard to find, and they take work to find. Its hard work to first of all recognize them, clean them, and then, keep them, because the Enemy is going to try all he can to snatch them away from you. What he does is drag them back into the dirt, to mingle there with the rest of the rubble and become one with them again and become almost undistinguishable from them. Its almost as though they assimilate the substance of their surroundings. Only time will tell their true worth, and whether theyre real and true diamonds or gems Its a lot of hard work. And it takes a special type of worker, too, to deal with them and handle them, to have the patience to clean and polish them, sometimes repeatedly, from a new layer of mud or dirt that has encased them It takes people-types to do that, the type of people who like people The gifts of the Spirit come as a reward for having shown interest in the bread and water of life in the first place. If they appreciate My Word, they will develop a hunger for it that will cause them to grow into a stature that will enable them to receive My gifts, also. Perhaps you have more reason to be content with what you have than you thought, and youve got all you can handle, and dont really need any more for your happiness Love also includes wisdom, not just openness for anything that comes along. One of the primary purposes for discernment is to distinguish what kind of person might be good for you to take along and what kind youd be better off without, and experience teaches you that the right kind are rare. Good quality disciple material is rare, and not everyone I lead across your path is necessarily destined to become a disciple. 558 _________________________________________________ Since it is wisdom youre seeking, its going to require a lot of wisdom in handling this situation properly, and if you dont, there is a lot of wisdom to be gained from the mistakes you will make So, from My standpoint its a win/win situation in which you cant lose. Just because somebody is failing or doing wrong, or making mistakes, it shouldnt stop you from loving them. I knew that Peter was going to deny Me, and yet I never stopped loving him I died for Judas, too, meaning that I forgave him. I had to forgive him in order to be able to die for his sins Would you walk in My footsteps and do the same that I have done and give your life for one who betrayed you? Would you consider their life more valuable than your own? Can you see that far into the deeper mystery from before time, as C.S.Lewis put it, in order to be willing to take that step of ultimate love and die for the traitor?

Forgiveness is part of wisdom. It adds that ingredient to it that makes it soft and come from the heart. Knowledge is the hard Youve got to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. They registration of facts and figures: you know what theyre guilty of will treat you according to your wisdom and your attitude, your and what they ought to be judged for. self-evaluation, and what you consider your service to be worth. Heavenly wisdom sees further than that. Wisdom looks beyond They can smell whether youre a lion or a lamb, someone the immediate desire for justice. Wisdom incorporates the theyve got to deal with carefully, or whether youre going to be mystery of forgiveness. their next meal.

Sooner or later youre going to marvel at how everything is wonderfully connected and intertwined in My Big Picture Even the Judases and the ones who need our forgiveness the most are an essential part of the Big Picture, and you are connected to them within that picture. There is a relation, and their destiny and fate is dependent on your capacity to forgive them. Refusing to forgive would stop the progress of growing closer to Me again. If you harden your heart, the door and passage is blocked for them. Whatsoever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven, or in the spirit, and whatsoever you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven (Mt.18:18). You cannot save them from following that road they think is the right one. All you can do is receive them again once they come to the end of their rope and recognize the error of their ways. in the meantime you can watch and pray over them You can be their guardian to the extent they will let you. You can learn from it, and allow the experience to break you and make you softer and wiser Will you follow Me, even if they choose to fall by the wayside? Will you continue to follow Me or use their failure as an excuse to quit? 559 _________________________________________________ Putting loving your enemies into practice is going to be essential in the days to come. As the enemies of My Cause all around you will increase, its expedient for you to learn how to handle them and deal with them. Anything that makes you cling to Me and seek Me more desperately is good in My eyes, because it draws you closer to Me, gets you more serious about things and enhances the essential skill of dependence on Me. Anything you cant cope with in your own strength and wisdom is good news for Me, because it will cause you to look to Me for a way out, and there is no better way for Me to teach you. There isnt really anybody else for you to rely on. Youre there to give them aid and comfort, but you cant really lean on them for full support, which is hard, but nothing will strengthen your character more. This is your challenge. 560 _________________________________________________ The Gospel of the flesh is a term that adequately describes Satans Manifesto. Come, let us show the Almighty just how strong we are, and see whether we cannot cast Him off His throne He despises the path of the weakling that I seemingly chose. He wants to reign, he wants to win. He wants to be the all-timewinner, but cannot see in his blind rage that he is doomed to become the greatest loser of all times.

mockers corner, the place where they mentally discard all the apparent losers, while they congratulate themselves and pat themselves on the back for being so wonderful, so smart, so enlightened, so powerful and glorious. Rare has become the man who will not walk in the way of the ungodly, and sit with the scornful (Ps.1:1). Thats where everybody sits and walks, and, after all, isnt their strength in their numbers? Isnt that from where they get their strength? Not from Me, nor by putting their trust in Me, but by listening to one anothers flatteries, any glimpse of hope that will feed their egos and will tell them that they are being desired, and that will elevate their flesh. Thats why true love is the only kind of love that will stand the tests of time. It shows strength that they who live for the temporal dont possess. What must remain is the truth, and you must stand steadfast in it. You cannot be shaken by their desertion in the spirit. If you allow their fall to shake you, they will only be confirmed in their assumption that your way couldnt possibly be the right one. Only if they see you unmoved over time by countless storms, will they finally begin to see that youve got something more lasting than what they traded their happiness for. If you wont be moved by their wrong choices, it will also mean that your attitude toward them wont be much affected, your love for them will remain strong and unconditional You must not see yourself as the victim, but them. Theyre the victims of their own poor choices. So, dont weep for yourself, but rather weep for them. Their path is a chosen path of pain and sorrow, not yours. They may laugh today, they may deride you and scorn you and feel superior to you in their own little wisdom, but dont let it get to you in any way. In fact, their only hope is if you wont let it get to you and if you wont allow your pride to interfere. Only by your showing the strength of the spirit can they be convinced that spirit is superior to the flesh, because theyll not only see the glories and beauties, but also the weaknesses, flaws and failures of the flesh aplenty, and only by making a difference in your own behavior can you convince them that spirit is superior. Show them what true strength and greatness really is. Show them what to do with the false, erroneous gospel of the flesh by wholly rejecting it yourself, and not allowing yourself to fall for any part of it!

561 _________________________________________________ The Enemy makes sure that what people really need is being withheld from them and then makes them look for and find the counterfeit versions of love and the attention they seek, in the System. The truth is that happiness simply isnt found in the attention or In their short-sightedness they dont see the power of spirit. The even love you get from others, but in the act of giving love to only value they see is flesh their own, glorious flesh. Flesh is others. what rules, and flesh is all that counts. Flesh is what they will put But unfortunately, sometimes, in the effort of setting out on this their money on, yea, they will dedicate and sacrifice their lives to enterprise to give love to others, the immediate and apparently the flesh. Welcome to modern-day Baal-worship! more pressing needs of obtaining what one needs to survive take over the good intentions, and occupy much more time and space The more you realize the error of the way of the flesh, the more it than the actual giving of love The surrounding machinery will drive home to you the supremacy of the spirit, and just how becomes much bigger than its core and original purpose, often important it is that you not be blinded by the lures of the flesh. to such an extent that it can hardly be found anymore. Thus is the curse of organized religion, and why people simply Time is on My side. Time will tell just how eternal, how glorious, arent attracted to it; because what most of them are looking for how immortal the flesh really is, and how all-powerful. Those who is love, not organization. Now, if you manage to somehow put their money on the flesh, certainly dont put it on the winner, organize your task of giving love to the world, thats great. But in the long run. Oh, it may seem like it, temporarily. It does look realistically, what it looks like in most peoples lives is that the more promising, somewhat, to the untrained eye of the novice love gets buried beneath a pile of organizational efforts to the and the immature. point where only remnants of that love remain seen. The gospel of the flesh has no place for the spirit, except in the Some people are simply not made for giving their lives in service

to others, or theyre not ready for it. What they want is to be loved, and they feel that they need to have experienced that first, before they can give love to others. They want to get before they figure they are ready to give anything. And if they figure that smoking cigarettes or watching TV is whats going to get them what they want, then thats what they will pursue, and there is hardly anything you can do about it, except hope and pray that someday they will mature beyond that point. One of the principal differences between modern times and the days before television and movies and all this modern entertainment, is that back then people just had each other to entertain A lot of this modern entertainment not only distracts people from Me, but also from dedicating time to truly getting to know each other, since people just dont talk anymore as they used to, and if they do, often all they want to talk about is those trivial issues, rather than the deep, spiritual issues of the heart and soul. Its another manifestation of how people are losing their souls among all the stuff they allow to clutter up their lives, those mountains of things How much do you make a difference? How much do you delve into another persons soul and really grab hold of who they are? How much do you really make an effort to love the least of these My brethren, knowing that that is how I will know and be able to tell how much youve loved Me? 562 _________________________________________________ There simply is no such thing as perfect on earth at this point in time, as long as the Enemys in control and in charge of it. Its quite natural to have opponents, and people who dislike you and reject what youre doing. If it were not so, it would be a sign that there would be something seriously wrong with you. There will always be forces who will resist change, and who will resist the finger of the prophets pointing at weaknesses. But being a brothers keeper is telling when you see something wrong. Of course, it also takes that healthy measure of self-criticism and openness and honesty concerning your own mistakes, otherwise, all that will come across will sound self-righteous. If your motivation is sincerely to just do what you can in order to further My work and My Cause, it will be okay. Usually My prophets and messengers were oddballs who didnt care about their reputation more than they did about pleasing Me, and thus often turned out a bit different than the rest. At least you show that different is possible, contrary to what those of a more conservative nature may have been tending to believe The real degree and grade of revolutionary depends on your connection with Me, which is either real, or it isnt, and if it is, you usually wont have any problems with changes or having things done in a different way than usual. What makes you real is the suffering I bring across your path without you trying to evade it. You eat it, and you dont insist on Me having this cup be removed from you, but say, Nevertheless, not my will, but Thine be done. Everybody has hard times and trials and sufferings in My service, but they dont always swallow the depth of all that there is to learn from them. Not everyone is willing to really face the ugly truths about themselves that have brought their fate upon them. Some even refuse to recognize the calamities that befall them as such. They insist that everythings okay. And in an optimistic sort of way, theyre right. Everything is going to be alright, so by

faith they can say that everythings alright already. Unfortunately, things have got to turn worse before they really get significantly better, and refusing to see the signs of the times, even their manifestations in ones own life and family, isnt always conducive to really learning the lessons behind whats going on Some simply dont have or take the time for all this. Theyve got their work, their activities, and they would almost consider it a waste of time trying to figure out or analyze whats happening around them, as long as they are kept busy doing something with their hands It can be some form of distraction or occupation therapy, but one that I dont hesitate to use, since its that kind of people who keep the machine rolling You see, it needs all kinds of people in My work, not only the prophets, but also the pastors, the teachers, the apostles, evangelists and administrators None can say of the other that they dont need them. Everyone is needed in their capacity. What counts is that each will have done what they could, according to the best of their ability. Whats important is that theres a mutual air of acceptance, instead of criticism and rejection. 563 _________________________________________________ The discipleship life is a sacrificial life-style. Until you can say that youre truly giving your all & do your best, its not really happening Its not really the real thing, until you put your all into it. Its something you simply dont manage half-heartedly! Even though Ill use whatever you give Me, in order to achieve the ultimate results in your service and discipleship for Me, it sure helps to make that commitment and have the determination at the beginning of the day, that youre going to give it your all for Me. Its a mindset, or rather a heart-set; an inner attitude and determination of the heart. You know My Cause is worth living and dying for, and so, youre simply willing to give all, even unto death thats the kind of attitude that makes disciples, and what will cause you not to shy away from unpleasant chores like cleaning the bathroom when it needs to be done, even if you would not consider this to be your job. Its part of the humility that enables you to esteem one another higher than yourself, the only attitude that will ever empower you to lay down your life for one another. Thats where laying down your life starts, and you cant really say that youll be willing to do that in the final analysis, unless thats where you start. The flesh fights it, of course, but you must consider where your refusal to humble yourself might potentially lead to the denial and refusing to lay down your life for Me and one another. The flesh pushes for its survival, and it wants to save itself, its energy, its life. Its opposed to giving, yielding and sacrificing it all for the sake of another. In order to keep it up, youre going to have to avail yourself of My grace and strength, but the determination and decision must come from you. I will help you to see it through, but you must make the initial choice that you want this, you dont want to go the selfish road, but you deliberately choose the unselfish, sacrificial. Its tough on those who give their all when their co-fighters and comrades dont, and the bear share of the load always rests on their shoulders You could make such a difference if you determine each day that youre going to give it your all and not just go through life halfheartedly, trying to get away with giving as little as you possibly can of what really costs you. Thats what it means to resist unto blood. The Devil will fight your being sacrificial, but you wont give in to him. Youll fight him back! You wont let him dissuade you from giving all to My Cause.

564 _________________________________________________ Sometimes you just have to keep sucking by faith, thank Me for whats coming, and keep sucking Sometimes, what youre receiving breaks your bottle. Not everything I give you always sounds like material you could put in a book. Sometimes youve just got to accept and take what Im giving you, even if it may not be exactly your style. It can be a test of your loyalty. To whom are you more loyal, to your fans, the outside world, your audience, or to Me? Im really your greatest, and most faithful fan, as you one day will find out, and Im also your best, most reliable and most faithful Friend. Whats more, Im your Husband in the spirit, your Soul Mate, your best Match. And Im probably easier to please than some of those youre bending over backwards for in order to make it right for them. Plus, Im the only One Who can enable and help you to make it truly right for them, successfully! So, lots of reasons why it pays to seek to please Me and trust Me for what Im handing you, even if the critics may be suspicious 565 _________________________________________________ I can relate to your experiences, because I have not only My own, physical life-time on earth as an experience to account for, but also that of each of My brides throughout the ages, who have let Me partake of their lives. According to the evil of the days, so is greater grace also poured out. Where sin doeth abound, there grace doeth much more abound. You do have a High Priest Who can be touched with the feeling of your infirmities and trials, even if I may have never gone through the exact experiences during My life in the flesh Youre by no means the only man in history who has been driven to the edge of despair, because you would have expected more from your life; something more harmonious, and you feel quite disappointed. What can I tell you? Disappointment = His appointment. Disappointment serves to draw you closer to Me, even if it seems to be doing the opposite at first. You were having doubts whether I was able to relate to you at all, but through having confronted those doubts, you received the confirmation, that yes, I am able to relate to what youre going through. I can sympathize with you, even if My own character and personality wasnt of as selfish a nature as yours. Mankind isnt evolving as much as its devolving. The world is becoming such an incorrigible and hopeless mess, that it behooves you to pray with such an intensity as you never have before. I cannot allow you to dwell in the illusion that things are fine. People want things to be fine, they want to enjoy life, thats natural, and thats why you surround yourselves with pleasant things, and you watch movies to divert you from the actual state of the world. But you would really be better off praying more instead. The diversions arent going to solve any problems nor make any definite improvements in the state of things, but your prayers are! Prayer is the only thing that is going to enable you to partake of My nature and grace to be able to handle these challenges youre facing the way I would have handled them. 566 _________________________________________________ You can always be assured that Im with you. I dont blame you for getting mad at a System thats even more corrupt, much more chaotic, confusing and wicked than it was in My day, although its basically the same spiritual forces behind it now as then.

Its the spiritual forces behind those people youre actually having to deal with, more than the people themselves. By focusing your attention and power on the spiritual side of things, youre addressing the real culprits and powers behind the scenes The people they use are often only instruments in their hand, often ignorant of what theyre really doing. And you can only disarm them by focusing the power on the forces that energize them, the spirits that empower them, by challenging them and commanding them in My name and in the name of the power of the keys to shut up and be quiet. You can bind and tie their hands and paralyze them, stop them from continuing their work in that certain area theyre exerting their influence over. Youre going to have to learn to address the powers behind those people of which they are really often only victims. They really often dont know any better. Of course, the problem with some is, they think they know better, or think they know anything at all, and refuse to realize just how blinded and deceived they are. They cling to their deception with all their might, because its really all theyve got. Just as you are dependent on My strength and input, so they are dependent on their demons that guide them and empower them. So, the best thing you can do is to command those demons to shut up. Let it strengthen your spirit and character to just be out there facing certain truths and battles on your own with nothing and no one else to rely on but Me, and let Me prove to you that Ill be more than sufficient for you, as I have been for Paul and others of My voices and prophets who fought some of their battles single-handedly with only limited support from others. Let Me prove to you that Im more than enough. Let your strength be in Me and Me alone, and allow Me to prove to you and through you to the world that I am sufficient for anyone, and all you really need. 567 _________________________________________________ Refusal to deal with ones own blame is probably the most widespread and most common spiritual disease The pride to refuse to reckon with ones own mistakes, sins and faults The Pharisee syndrome Prayer will have an influence on things to turn for the better, but often the prayers wont even be aimed at the area theyre most needed, if a problem isnt being recognized. Its good you recognize the potential hazards, so that you can pray for them never to happen or come to pass, or, if they already started to happen, for them to stop. Give Me the credit for every breath and step you take, and for every day of life that you get through. Every day you manage to really make it together as a team, give Me the glory for it. Praise Me for it, because its something that you should not be taking for granted anymore than the fact that everything stays put and in orbit both in the universe, and that things keep functioning the way they are. Dont be like those who refuse to give Me any credit for it all and instead take it all for granted, turning My beautiful creation into a garbage heap. Im going to return soon to reclaim what is Mine, and I will dispose of them and put them on My garbage heap, and there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth! Youve got to see the trouble before it happens in order to prevent it, and only the trained eye can see it. In order to prevent storms from wreaking the most possible damage, you need unity and communication, and the doors must be open for and exchange of information to take place. The worst thing to have is an I already know it all attitude, insisting that everybody should see it their way. That is no way to prevent trouble, but the way to cause trouble

Thats the trouble the Pharisees brought upon themselves and their nation, and thats the kind of trouble the whole world is bringing upon itself because of their refusal to see and deal with their own evil and do what they can to prevent it Its the most natural and common thing in the world, unfortunately, but its still not a good thing. Evil has got to be recognized and dealt with. The worst thing you can do is to ignore it.

done it better.

Its not like I wont listen to your suggestions and petitions, and that I wont change My mind about things if I definitely am convinced and persuaded that you had a better idea, or even to give it a try, but most of the times youll find that My original choices are usually the best. Life is like a great, interactive motion picture, and I allow My actors to change the script somewhat as they go, just like some highly respected and well-known actors are able to build in their 568 _________________________________________________ little spontaneous changes into the script. My prophets and Things are usually not as bad as they seem to you, and a lot stars have the power to change My mind on certain issues, does depend on whether youre going to take on the attitude of they just have to have the faith and the courage to try it and, of all is well (2Kings 4:26), even in the face of calamities, or not. course, a good alternative plan. My Word is a solver of any problem you may encounter, a changer of any circumstance you may find yourself in, the great alterer of conditions. The Word is the great magic wand by which I do all My work. I speak and I make it happen the change, the miracle, the healing, the revelation that will change your mindset, whatever is needed in any given situation. Where there was nothing but emptiness, I use it to fill it, and whole worlds appear where before there was merely a void, light enters where before there was darkness, and lots of life is suddenly happening where formerly there was just dark emptiness. I like constructive criticism with good, constructive and productive alternative suggestions. Theyre always welcome among the flood of the usual complaints. We have our little suggestions box called prayer, and if theres anything youd like to change, just let Me know! You can alter the final outcome of the Big Picture by your personal input. If theres anything youd like to change or try out, say so.

I work in teamwork, and Im open to constructive suggestions from those whom I can trust to come forth with such, who are mature and well enough on My wavelength that I can trust that they genuinely seek the interest of the best possible outcome of the Picture, not just a more glamorous role or position for The more you flow with My flow, the more My power in you will themselves grow Its like a river. What started out as a little trickle I grant and distribute My Power and authority to My servants and somewhere in some remote mountainous region, is being filled handmaidens. You can each become partakers of My Power, and fed by another trickle here and there, each growing into wielders of that power, and, after all, it is through you that I do bigger brooks and rivers, gradually, and they connect at some My visible work on earth; through you, the actors, that I convey point, only to make My main instrument and major channel even My ideas and My mind to the people, the audience, who each bigger, wider, larger, and an even greater source and bringer of become participants in the Big Picture, according to their life than before choices Sometimes it takes a while until one river flows into another, but eventually, they all wind up in the same big pool, the sea 569 _________________________________________________ The Enemy can never do anything to stop Me. He may try to get Youve got something special: an intimate relationship with you upset, try to get your attention by the damage he can cause Me, just as I had an intimate relationship with My Father. While you, like a traitor; you watch him recruit more traitors working for others are spending their time and energy on relationships with his cause, potentially causing more damage from within, and you people on their same level, (and its not as if they never had any wonder, When is this going to stop? and how much power am I problems with theirs, either), you have a special relationship with yet going to grant him to infiltrate, divert, pervert and convert My Someone Who can lift you to a higher level altogether. own Naturally, folks will resent that. People are always awed and shocked by My apparent, deliberate What they really hated about Me, and what they couldnt pinpoint powerlessness. They cant quite figure how God could have or figure out, what they were most jealous and envious of and allowed His own Son to be crucified, executed like a criminal. bitter about, was My relationship with the Father. If the Father is That doesnt seem like a very God-like thing to do. After all, if the totally Other, Hes the Light that theyre all scared spitless of youre all-powerful, youd use your powers to prevent that sort of in their darkness, and He was the ingredient about Me, the one atrocity from happening, right? Factor that bothered them most, just like its your relationship with Me that people most resent about you. Only those who dig a little deeper, who care to cast more than just a superficial glance at what is happening, they catch a Youre weird enough as you are already, they figure, but that glimpse of the mystery and magic thats really happening, the Jesus-business just about takes the cake, as far as theyre mystery of the paradox, and unexpected, as opposed to the concerned. usual, obvious humdrum, like so many of those Hollywood movie plots that make you foresee whats going to happen next. But you have to look at it from a positive side: things could get I want My story to turn out a bit better than the average. I want My worse. picture to be the best. I may allow it to look less than promising They certainly have gotten a lot worse in Israel since My day, and for a while to give the competitors a chance, but in the end, it will the popularity and relative freedom I enjoyed in that country for turn out just like with that river: all those resources will flow into the three years of My public ministry probably wouldnt last three the same great Source of everything, and will contribute to one days nowadays common good. Oh, the credits will be handed to each individual involved, and even the Devil will be accredited with his part of the So, cheer up, things could be worse, and they will be worse, too, greatest culprit of all times, but just like some of those but why not enjoy things not being worse yet, while you can? participants in those film or TV productions, a lot of those folks That may sound very simple, but some of the answers in life are know to whom credit is due, and that when it all comes down to simple, and I just would like you to enjoy it all you can. Youve it, nothing would have happened without the Director. got to count your blessings. Youve got to take to heart how well Sometimes folks may be prematurely tempted to wonder, Why I am providing for you, protecting you, and make it possible for does He allow this to happen now? or that turn of events, and you to enjoy life, so that a confidence will be built up through this they figure they wouldnt have done it that way, they would have lasting experience that will strengthen you for the not-so-

pleasant days ahead, of which your heart will say, I have no pleasure in them. Things keep getting worse all the time, but isnt it wonderful how well I am providing for you and supplying all your needs in spite of it all? You looked for a way out, and I provided it for you. I made a way of escape for you, as I promised, and I always will. I never allowed things to become more than you were able to bear. Isnt that something to be grateful for and to appreciate? Isnt that something about which you ought to let some of your joy spill over onto your fellowmen? Let them know that there is a God Who loves and cares for you, and for them, too! Your heart ought to be running over with gratefulness for all that Ive done for you. And yet, you often still only see the hole in the donut. No wonder they are envious of you! They envy you for your freedom, for your courage, your faith They figure youve got all of that, and on top of it, youve even got peace with God, and a loving relationship with Him and a measure of faith that most of them could only dream of. Give them a break! Have a little pity on them! No wonder they resist you: you have it so much better than they! They lead miserable lives compared to yours. You may not see it that way, because all you can see is your battles and trials, your internal attacks from the Enemy, etc. You want everything to be perfect, but perfects not meant for this day and age. The great mess mankind is making of things is in their effort to defy that fact, and the more perfect they try to become without Me, the worse it all gets. So, enjoy your life, because it is a good one. Keep on the sunny side! Look on the sunny side of things! 570 _________________________________________________ Our relationship is something special, and you cannot really blame anybody for not being able to live up to it! I want to take a special place in every persons heart, and I can only achieve that by doing special things for them that others cant. Others come in handy for doing the things I cannot be in charge of, some of the physical needs they help fill for you, your need for physical company and affection, etc. After all, I have the big disadvantage (from your point of view) of being invisible to you, so I need to make up for it. I need you to reserve that place in your heart for Me. Often the price for a perfect romantic relationship is their relationship with Me. Remember, the first part of the two great Commandments is to love Me, because only once a good, strong and healthy relationship with Me is established, can you also really and successfully love others the way you should and the way they ought to be loved. You want a relationship thats more from the heart? Ill be your best Teacher! Come to Me, and Ill teach you how to love from the heart! It takes time to grow a working and fruitful relationship, and care and nourishment, just as it does with any other growing, living thing Youve got to nurture it, feed it, invest in it, give of your time and substance to it, except that it, in this case, is not a thing, but actual, living people and human beings with eternal souls and spirits, just like yours. Thats the meaning behind love your neighbor as thyself: realize that they are the same as you and deserve and need the same kind of love and affection and attention and care as you would want for yourself. Show the sort of interest in them that you would like for them to show you! Do unto them as you would have them do unto you.

571 _________________________________________________ The Devil and his people are best at the art of creating lies and making them seem so real that the majority of people will accept them as facts. Just about in every stratum of society, My counsel applies, Enter in at the straight gate, for straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be who find it. The majority usually trots down the path that seemeth right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of death. It pays to look and think twice before you decide what truth youre going to allow your mind to fall for. Will you fall for that which merely seems right and safe and secure at first glance, or will you look deeper, beyond the appearances on the surface? Its not so much a question of intelligence or IQ, as it is of healthy, God-given discernment of what is good or bad, right or wrong. There is a difference between the official, recognized and lukewarm version of Christianity, and the white-hot Real Thing! There is such a thing as progress and evolution going on in history, even though its not at all to be compared with the supposed biological evolution most people believe in, nor am I talking about technological advances here. Im talking about the progress that the inner core of My church those truly of understanding are making, the wisdom theyre gleaning from the experiences of both, the successes and failures of My people in the past. Im talking about the gift of knowledge thats available from My Spirit, and those who are wise enough to avail themselves of it, and actually learn something out of history, both their own and that of their predecessors. You dont have to keep repeating the same mistakes, nor the mistakes of your forefathers. You can interrupt that vicious cycle. You can reverse fate, stop that treadmill of always falling for the apparent, or even the inclinations of your own mind. You can prove and test which and what is really real, what is truly of My Spirit and what isnt you can have the real thing, and not just fall for something that may appear right, or just because its something that sprung forth from your own mind. There was a time when folks didnt know any better, but youve all learned enough about humility and discernment by now, and you have developed your prophecy skills to an extent where you dont have to settle for shaky and uncertain revelations anymore. I want you to see that there has been going on a certain measure of progress, and that you today are further along My path, you can enjoy a greater resource of heavenly wisdom and input, and thus, greater shall be the works that you shall do than I was able to do during My time and with My means There is more to be achieved, attained and accomplished, and were not talking about physical or material accomplishments here, even though they may be manifested in such ways. Were talking about faith and an application of the spiritual gifts and weapons and tools available to a greater extent than previously seen and witnessed during the history of mankind, and thats going to mean, greater miracles than ever before. You all have a definite purpose and destiny to fulfill, and you shouldnt belittle or underestimate what youve got, because its actually quite powerful, much more than you can presently fathom! Youve been given more than youre presently aware of. Youve got to wake up to it and start using it! The greatest power of the universe is at your command. Thats why you dont need to fear the Devil or his people anymore, either, or what they might do to you in case they get upset with whatever you do! Im more powerful than all of them, and I in you can do greater things than any of them, and I want you to be aware of that, and not cower in fear, but be bold and let them have it, whatever I lay on your heart to say, to speak, or write or sing. Amen?

572 _________________________________________________ Youve got to use and apply the power in faith, and not with an attitude of lets see if this works! Faith knows God will do it, and He does! It doesnt mean that all your troubles, trials and challenges will suddenly, poof, vanish into thin air! But it does mean that you can avail yourself of an extra portion of My grace and strength to bear it all, face it all, combat the adversary and rise above him as you fight. And once you become skilled and exercised in wielding this power, you might notice some occasions on which youll experience instant relief and an instant, tangible and visible answer to your quest. What I am giving you isnt some universal recipe for instant happiness, achieved by permanent popularity and all things just working out fine and everytime 100% according to your liking. Not even the Devil can promise that to his children, even though he may sometimes make it sound that way in the movies. All I can offer you is the butt-naked truth, not just some other fairy-tale of how wonderful things could be in this life. There is going to come a time when all things will be wonderful, but you sort of have to work your way through this mess, through this current period, in order to get there. This stretch seems a little tough to you, but retrospectively you will say, How could I ever complain about these things? Youre still seeing things very much from a perspective that has been influenced by the carnal reasoning of the System: there are certain ideals of comfort and ease imprinted in your mind, and you figure those little pains you have to endure dont really belong there. A carefree, painless life is what you would ideally lead, preferably with all things just falling into your lap as you need them, but Ive never really made it that easy for anyone, not even for Adam in the Garden! He had a job to do, too. And the trials and things youre having to go through right now are all there for the purpose of avoiding another fall of mankind, by making sure youll learn the difference between that hard and painful way of the flesh, and the way things are going to be again when all things will have been restored to their former beauty and glory. And enduring hardness is just a part of it. It belongs there. As soon as any type of hardness sets in you try to find an instant relief for it. What I have promised and have put before each of My disciples is a cross, not a bed of roses. If I ask you to take up and carry your cross, your mind should be a little more prepared for endurance and suffering, and youve got to come away from that vacation mentality, because that is not what I have called My disciples for. I never said, Come on, boys and girls, lets try to have as much fun as we all possibly can! That was never My message. I can have fun, and I dont mind you having it, but it has never been My major prerogative. Its natural to want to make it easy on yourself. Everybody does that all the time, spend their lives trying to make it as easy on themselves as possible, or ensuring that someday theyre going to have it as easy as possible But thats not My goal for My disciples. My prospect for My disciples has always been the cross. Take up your cross daily and follow Me. That has been My message. Not, follow Me, and I will promise you days of ease and plenty! That sounds more like the Devils Gospel. Who wants to be comfortable in a world in which Satan is wreaking such havoc? Who wants to feel at home in it? Youre betraying My Cause if thats what your goal and incentive is, just feeling comfortable and happy and cozy right there smack dab in the Devils kingdom, accepting the way things are, never trying to change anything, no need or reason to fight, no suffering with them that suffer, just silently bearing it all and hoping youll get through it all unscathed.

I give all and I expect all in return! My nature is of such a kind that I am constantly giving. But it would be nave to assume that thats supposed to be a permanent one-way process. I want you to learn from Me, adapt to Me, assimilate Me and become like Me, gradually, to imitate My behavior, and to be converted into genuine and selfless givers as well 573 _________________________________________________ Its natural for the flesh to think of itself as the greatest, and thus the most worthy of causes to promote. Thats why Im allowing you to make experiences that prove to you otherwise and that expose the true, treacherous, deceitful nature of the flesh. You think you can trust it, because youre so familiar with it, and it assures you it has learned all the lessons from its past sins and mistakes, and the moment youre not looking, youve got an unguarded moment where it stabs you in the back and causes you to commit a blunder thats going to wake you up again to its true nature. The truth is, you cant trust the flesh. Thats why My Word says that Accursed is the man that maketh flesh his arm (Jer.17:5). It just doesnt pay. And it often takes quite a while for someone to learn the lesson that it is so. It takes some longer than others, but the more talents you have and the more wonderful qualities you have to show off, the harder it gets, naturally. Its part of the curse of the Devils promise, Ye shall be as gods. That god-hood definitely has its disadvantages, especially when youre trying your best to serve the true God and that little pseudo-god ego keeps piping up, Hey, but what about me? The younger you are, the harder it is to look through the schemes of the flesh, unless you are blessed with an affliction that early on proves to you that your flesh is not as all-powerful as it would claim to be, or youre endowed with a special portion of wisdom from on high. The Enemy is trying to spread his poisonous gospel of acquisition everywhere, trying to pollute and corrupt peoples minds everywhere with his more, more doctrine of greed, materialism and hedonism. Its one of those symptoms of Systemitis, a bug you automatically catch growing up in an affluent society. Getting out to promote Me and My Cause and get out My Word you realize how much more rewarding this is than merely promoting self. There is nothing more effective than personal witnessing in order to promote My Cause and really drive the point Me home to people to the extent where they actually get saved. It takes that personal interaction. All else is compared to cyber sex vs. the real thing. It may be somewhat satisfactory, but youll never get pregnant from it and bring forth the fruit of a new life. In order to have spiritual babies, theres nothing like really getting down to the nitty-gritty of spiritually making love to them with My Words, personally, wooing and winning them and impregnating them with My seed. Theres just nothing like the real thing! Witnessing is part of what makes true discipleship. What people need and really want is more than what your flesh can offer. They need a Savior that wont let them down with human frailties, but Who went all the way to the cross for them already. If what you want to give them is truly for the purpose of bringing them to Me and giving them Salvation, then its okay, but woe if its just an effort to get them to applaud, admire, adore or worship you. All youll do is entertain them and distract them from the Essence and the Real Thing, like so many others. It may be exhausting and tough work to personally witness, but its still the number one most effective way to bear spiritual babies and get real lasting fruit!

of crawling about on your hands and knees! Come fly with Me! 574 _________________________________________________ What you represent to them is the end of their dream, their fake security, their fake money their whole dream world. People well established or deeply anchored in the Matrix dont like folks telling them its all an illusion and a lie. They have chosen the temporal over the eternal; the god of this world over Me; temporal riches over eternal, lasting rewards, materialism over love, the fake over the Real Thing. What matters to them is the material path, and so they judge by material criteria. Thats what they hated about Me. I was a living monument to the fact that they had been placing their bet on a lie, a loser, and building their lives on a fake foundation. The more established their lives were on that foundation, the more satisfied they were with their fake and their lie, the more they resented Me. Only those who at the core of their hearts were dissatisfied with that game, with the Matrix, they were ready to let go of it all and follow Me or at least hinge their faith on Me. People are having to make the same kind of choices about you. You resemble to them what I resembled to folks in My day and My neighborhood. You evoke the same kind of choices in them that I did in the folks of My time, and the end result is basically the same. Their choices concerning you represent their choices concerning Me. Whichever way theyre going to respond and react to you, is their reaction to Me. You preach and speak and live the same truth that I represented, and it presents them with the same choices that people in My day had to make concerning Me. 575 _________________________________________________ Folks have drifted so far from the way things ought to be that its hard to believe that everything is going to be in order again someday, and its true - its not going to happen without cataclysmic changes; but its going to happen. You can take My Word for it. In fact, My Word is full of Promises and actual descriptions of how its going to be. Sometimes its easy to forget about them. Thats why Ive been telling you how important it is to remember, to not forget about what I said, My Promises, My Word, My vision. Sometimes it seems as if the affairs of this life were destined to keep you from remembering Me and that which really matters Its pretty easy to be distracted and sidetracked from the eternal vision, My scope of things. Flesh is flesh, and can satisfy flesh, but only My Spirit can satisfy and quench the thirst of that innermost you! So, let Me satisfy you; let Me prove to you that I can do it, so that youll know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am worth passing on to others and that Im not a disappointment. It all depends on you, the receptor, and your capacities to receive, how much youre going to get from Me, both in aspects of guidance and personal words from Me, but also in regards to happiness and personal fulfillment. What do you have the faith, the vacuum, and the space to receive? What room is there for Me in your heart, in your life? How much space is there for Me to freely move and act and show My power on your behalf? How ready for Me are you? Are you limiting Me by the confines of what youve previously experienced, or by your lack of faith or some other mental restriction, limitation and confine? How can you limit the limitless? How can you limit the eternal, all-powerful, never-ending? How can you restrict the wind? You may erect a few puny walls here or there, but when it all comes down to it, when it blows, it blows, and theres nothing you can do to stop it. Use it, get with it, and dont resist it! Let it push and propel you forward, and let Me cause you to fly instead 576 _________________________________________________ Taking up your cross daily and following Me and fighting on My side means conjuring up some serious self-discipline. As long as youre breathing, theres more to learn. 577 _________________________________________________ God demands first place and vehemently refuses to take second place. Usually, when thats all that people will grant Him, that place quickly disappears from # 2 on the charts down to the obscure regions way below the top twenty. Once you start putting other things before God, therell be no end to other items which will also scream, Me first! and also demand a spot on the throne in your heart or the place in your life which was once reserved for the Almighty. People who dont put God first never understand people who do. Its as if theyre from two different worlds. Theyre different kinds. Youre of the one kind, that strange, out-of-this-world species that believes in putting Me first, and they are of the other kind, which could never even begin to relate to such an attitude. Thats why going on the attack and witnessing to them is really your best defense. Once you make clear to them where you stand and what your convictions are, theyll concede that youre beyond hope, as far as theyre concerned, and theyll stop trying to pull you down to their level of thinking. Just doing what everybody else does, fulfilling your duties, responsibilities and obligations to mammon and the flesh, is not anything potential to change the world for better. Just walking the treadmill of doing what everybody else does in order to keep the machine running wont make any difference. It wont improve the world. It wont stop the world from its downward trend to perdition. Its a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. No true life brought to the world, no light, just the same old usual treadmill in the fog which will finally result in the same darkness thats everywhere. In order to truly bring light to the world, youre going to have to dare to be different and do something else, even if folks wont understand it! Folks have never understood why My disciples and missionaries throughout the ages, preferred to waste their time on perfect strangers, some savages out in the jungles, or natives to far and distant countries, or even criminals or heathen, unbelievers and pagans; how they could be so disloyal to their own, so unpatriotic. They could never understand how they could devote their time, attention and resources to someone else than them, which shows whats really the root of the matter here: selfishness. Of course, anyone would prefer you spending your life making money to cater to their needs and desires, instead of wasting it on some dubious cause. Theyll scream, How could you dare neglect us and prefer that dubious, obscure bunch over us, your own flesh and blood? And in their eyes youll be the most heartless, irresponsible, and downright wicked person on earth. But time will do the talking and I will do the telling whether it was really a waste of time and a mistake to be investing your life in something other than your flesh and blood, doing what everybody else does. There are lots of folks who wont fulfill their obligations for selfish reasons. But the Devil is not the least bit interested in exposing them. All he wants to do is point his crooked finger at Me and at My brides and servants and show how unjust, unfair and improper I am in telling My followers to dare to be different and jump out of the line that he would have them toe, fulfilling

their obligations to his treadmill. Its another matter of flesh vs. spirit. You either sow to the flesh or to the spirit, and those who sow to the flesh simply cant relate to those who sow to the spirit. Youre living, working and striving for two different and opposing sides. The Devil is the champion of the flesh team, those that root for the glory of the flesh and all this earthly life has to offer. I am the Champion of the apparent losers, who wont amount to anything much at all in the flesh, and Im advocating faith in My Promise that there is going to be a better world than this one. Those who are satisfied with what this present world has to offer refuse to accept that there is going to be anything better after this, because, after all, in order to ensure rewards for oneself in the world to come, they know theyd have to make some sacrifices of their present little kingdoms that they are not willing to make. Of course, there are those who are trying to play the best of both worlds, but theyre another story. They are those who preach that you can fulfill both, your obligations to man and to God the same, and you can please both; you can serve God and Mammon. The question is, who are you going to believe? Me and My Word, or them? Will you allow them to influence and sway you with their way of thinking? Or will you remain steadfast and maintain your eyes on My goal and My path? Youre not going to be popular with your relatives if youre going to serve Me, but you should know that by now. You wont make any sense to them, and they wont think very highly of you. Welcome to the club! Thats a decision thousands of followers of Mine have had to make and the price theyve had to pay. You cannot please both, God and those who serve Mammon. If you serve God, youll be an outcast and a traitor to those who devote their lives to Mammon and the god of the flesh. 578 _________________________________________________ People have needs that they want fulfilled, and that they expect other humans to cater to. The problem often is that because they fail to recognize and fully appreciate Me as the sole capable Candidate to live up to their expectations, theyre hauling in more and more disappointments from their fellow humans, who simply cant. Thats one reason why I have made you all so imperfect: so that it would be more obvious for each of you that other human beings simply wont be capable of fulfilling your every need and desire, your longings for happiness, etc.; but only few seem to grasp the point and continue to have unrealistic expectations from their fellows. What you can do is continue to point them toward Me by being a faithful witness of the fact that I can and do satisfy, as well as trying your best to be a living sample of that truth and fact, one by which they can tell and see that youre speaking the truth. One sure way to do that is by putting your entire hopes and trust in Me. First of all, by doing so, youll reduce the risk of making others feel bad about their failure to satisfy you completely, and secondly, you wont feel all too guilty yourself about your inability to do the same for them. After all, you werent made for that job, since its solely Mine. A lot of people in this world are making the mistake of trying to do the job that has been reserved for Me. Theyre trying to be the all-in-all to the person they love and wind up frustrated over their impotence to fully live up to that job, or they wind up frustrated over their efforts to change, improve or save the world singlehandedly. They call such people too good for this world, and while that is true in some sense, in another, the problem is that they werent smart enough to avail themselves of My strength, which could have really helped them to make a difference.

You can never completely satisfy each other or make each other totally happy. And changes of circumstances alone wouldnt do it, either. You figure if he or she were different and would change this or that negative quality about them, then things would be fine, and youd finally be happy. But the truth is, Im allowing each of you to be only less than perfect for each other in order for you to get the point that only I can truly satisfy your deepest yearning and need. And youve got to let Me do My job and fulfill that need, if you want to live together harmoniously and in a fruitful relationship. Allow Me to love you and youll love Me in return, and will be able to love others the way you should as a result. Quit trying to do it all yourself and ask Me for help on how to do it. 579 _________________________________________________ The Devil likes to build all sorts of mythologies around himself. Hes the big pretender, and hell pretend to be anything just in order to deceive and appeal to anyone, similar to the way presidential candidates make promises to certain groups of interest, howbeit not with any serious intentions of ever keeping them. The one thing you can always trust the Devil for is that hes a liar and a pretender. He simply doesnt have a knack for the truth, even though he may go around exposing Me and My people for our sins, all the while busily covering his own filthy tracks. He is also the epitome of self-righteousness and hypocrisy. Woe unto those who have him for their god. I want you to preach the Gospel and tell people about Me in order to free them from their servitude, slavery and bond-ship to this false, evil god and usurper. If you follow his philosophy, youre sunk, and instead of Heaven, youll reap hell. 580 _________________________________________________ I treat you according to the way I know you really are, which sometimes differs from the romantic ideas you have about yourself, and I give you what I know you really can handle, not what you think you can. You have this idea about yourself of wanting to give of your own incentive, but when it comes to giving what I demand from you at any given moment, its a lot harder on you, and your first tendency is to feel offended and hurt, shocked about what is being asked of you. But thats how war is. You dont just get up in the morning and wink at yourself in the mirror while you brush your teeth and have your coffee, and say, Well, Im feeling fine today, so I think Im going to have me a wee little battle of sorts The battle breaks out upon you unexpectedly, and all hell may break loose, and you will just wish youll be ready for it, ready to let everything else go at a moments notice. Your fellow soldiers are hearing their call to battle, and the worst thing you could do is to get offended and fail to give them your support. They need to know is that theyll have your unswerving support, and that you wont be like a flag in the wind, deserting them at the first sign of trouble. The storm is sweeping parts of the world already, and it would be foolish to assume that it might never hit your shores. 581 _________________________________________________ People get out of life what they want out of it, and if they wanted communion with Me, they could have it. You get what you ask for and have the faith for.

Self-satisfaction is a real stopper and blocker when it comes to communication with Me. Your sins are a temporal matter, and I look at the eternal. Authentic identity always creates good behavior, but good behavior does not always create authentic identity. Once you know that I have loved and created you the way you are, and will always love you unconditionally, then youll also be able to improve your behavior accordingly. Man-pleasing is a very popular religion among young people. The Devil figured that some folks just cant be fooled into worshiping things, so what is the next-best thing, right after Me, even created in My image, that he could get them to worship? People. So, hes got hordes of folks bending over backwards trying to make it right for their peers, worshiping their opinions, and their approval, their reaction to them, basically, their own image reflected and found in others. It means more to them than anything else. And its a very natural thing, too, but you know how the natural man is at enmity with God. Living to please others is a death trap, and a poor counterfeit of living to please Me. Dont be surprised if some folks who did less good will actually wind up closer to Me in Heaven than some of those perpetual dogooders. What people call doing good, might as in so many other cases differ from what I call doing good. My greatest desire is for My children to love Me, and while loving your neighbor, is just about the same, if you leave Me out of the picture, you might miss the best possible way in which that love for others could be manifested. You might dedicate your life to filling the physical needs of other people, when I could show you that their spiritual needs are even far greater. A lot of people want to help people, but because they fail to believe in Me, they only help their bodies and fail to quench their spiritual thirst. They couldnt even begin to think of a way to fill it; theyre clueless about these things, usually because theyre still empty inside themselves. And thats where you come in. On the surface, what you have to offer might seem useless compared to the skills of a doctor, a nurse, or a relief-worker of some kind. And yet it is you who attack the manifold problems in the world at their root and cause: the world is in such a mess because they lack the truth and love that a healthy connection with Me would give them. So, by showing folks how they can connect with Me, you may not be erasing all problems instantaneously, but youre giving each one of them a cure and a remedy that wont let them down, once they learn how to avail themselves of it. Its like supplying folks with generators, an unlimited source of free energy, while the others are simply supplying them with energy created in the usual way.

The only chance of success youve got is becoming so skilled in the art of using this weapon yourself, that theyll be impressed and convinced that indeed it may be worth a try. All your doubts and all the Enemys negative energy can be blown away with that invisible, light-weight perpetual power generator you carry with you at all times. And the more you use it, the more enthusiastic about it youll get, and pretty soon you wont be able to stop yourself from convincing others to try it out, too. If you avail yourself of it, theyll see its effects in your life, and soon enough, theyll want it, too. 582 _________________________________________________ Thats part of the great paradox, that even though God knew all about the sinful state of the world and about what was in mens hearts, yet He loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. The Father has so much love that He even gave them Me, the One He loved above all, and allowed Me to cross the one barrier which men consider to be the final, ultimate barrier, death, only to prove that it is possible to overcome it, that death is not a final thing, as some believe and teach, but that love is stronger than death. The wages of the sin the Devil brought into the world with mans help was death, but He was now going to overrule that with the gift of eternal life. Its all grace. Its all by grace. Once you enjoy His grace and become a partaker of His grace, then you can also be gracious to others, and you dont have to be nitpicking at their faults anymore, or be stingy with your affection toward them You can just love in spite of, for that is what grace does. Grace loves in spite of - undeservedly and for no special merit. 583 _________________________________________________ You cant look at the way others perceive you; neither the good nor the negative aspects, and lean on those. Those Christians in the concentration camp in A Hiding Place didnt receive much encouragement, no boosts of their egos for what they were doing and enduring in that situation. All they did was what they knew was right, and thats the kind of conviction Im trying to establish and build in you: to just do whatever you know is right, regardless of audience reactions, applause, approval, or any blatant lack of it.

Its best not to measure your success by peoples reactions to you. In My business, youre sunk if you do it, because if youre genuinely following My path, youll never have a big fan crowd. Thats whats so deceptive about show-business type of Christianity. They make it look like you can be one of My true disciples and yet a superstar at the same time. A lot of the things they say sound very anointed and right on, and possibly, On a large scale, people dont even know that something like that peoples lives are changed and genuinely touched through some could be real. As far as the world is concerned, such things dont of them. But ultimately, the way they lead others is just another exist. Youre definitely out of this world, and since its not of this dead end street up Mammons road, another case of man world, they figure it couldnt possibly even exist. worship and indulgence in the flesh, temple worship and the Well, you and I know better. creation of a new idol: yet another, even more cunningly So youre finding yourself with the tough job of convincing disguised counterfeit of the Real Thing. people that something is real that thus far they didnt believe could be real. Similar to the way that I showed them that blind and lame people could be healed, faith can cause you to walk on 584 _________________________________________________ water and even raise the dead. What they call a mission Now is the time when you must seek and search for Me with impossible is pretty much on a daily schedule for Me, and Im all your hearts. You can not go at the usual pace, not with halftrying to bust their mental confines of impossible, because for hearted dedication and devotion; it wont do. In order to make it Me, there is no such thing. through this next stretch of the way before you, youre going to Its hard to sell people something they never even heard of. have to give more, youre really wholeheartedly going to have to Theyre such herd animals, that if they havent heard any of their dedicate yourself to the Cause, no haphazardly, shrug-ofpeers ever talk about it, they dont want to know about it or have shoulder type of attitude is going to cut the cake. anything to do with it. The time for coolness is over. What is urgently and desperately

needed is the fire of devotion. Coolness isnt going to bring you fulfillment, and continue pouring. through the night, only the fire is, otherwise, youre just going to I want you to continue giving and pouring a lot more. I want you freeze and starve to death. to become a raging river, not a carefully flowing trickle, controlling and measuring whatever amount of water you give, Remember to come to Me when you dont know what to do. Dont but running and gushing wildly and freely. Say not, It is just keep going through the motions. enough. Just let it flow. Judge not by earthly standards of what Dont let your life be directed by whims. is enough or not. The world is not in need of another few drops in a bucket, but it needs a raging river and lakes to swim in. Perhaps Ive been making things a bit too easy on you and have The world needs a lot more than what the stingy and greedy been letting you get ahold of My Spirit too easily so that youve churches have to give! been starting to take it for granted. Maybe Ive got to let you wrestle a little bit harder again until you get ahold of Me, My Nor should you worry about whether there will be yet enough voice, My wavelength, so that you will appreciate it a bit more time to continue pouring. Just continue to look at Me, and at the again eternal aspect of giving. Whether youll live or you die, what is Who likes to be taken for granted? that to thee? Youll just continue giving, pouring and flowing, thats all. Usually this kind of familiarity only stops when the thing youre taking for granted is being taken away from you. 586 _________________________________________________ Allow Me to give you a steady and clear vision for each day to Learning how to love is the art that it pays most to become pass on and convey to others. skilled in. Its the very art of life itself. Anyone who has failed to If the gift of prophecy doesnt make much of a difference in your learn the skills of love hasnt really grasped what life is all about. life, nor in anyone elses, then what good is it for, anyway? Its more important than any other skill you can learn. Theres no way around learning how to love, if you want to Take note of the major outlines of what Ive told you, and really consider yourself My disciple and make any kind of headway and keep the gist of it on your heart and mind, using it as the vision progress for Me and My Cause at all. Ive given you for each day, and a goal before you to attain. You cant stop advancing at it. Its simply something youve got The trick is in remembering all Im telling you. to learn. Loving others is our cross. Its easy to love perfect people, anybody can do that. 585 _________________________________________________ There isnt anything else that you can expect from this world In real life, nobodys perfect, nor are there always clear-cut than the cross. distinctions between the good and the bad. Everybody does All you can do is willingly and submissively pour out your life for some bad, and just about everybody does some good. Even the them, because you know its the only solution. Devils people are coming up with doing something good, You cant save them with your wit, you cannot even save them occasionally, even though they may be doing it in order to with your good works. Theyll only make your enemies more advance his kingdom. furious and will yank the hopes of your disciples up higher in some kind of physical solution, after all, when all you know is To love means to look past the temporal state someone is in, and really needed is a spiritual solution; changes of heart, that will look beyond, at their true potential, one they may not even be alter the circumstances and conditions right where they count, aware of yet themselves. and change lives from within. I want you to learn something out of this situation. I want you to Next time Ill come, Ill change the circumstances, too. But until eat it, chew on it, and not spit it out until youve fully tasted this then, youre pretty much in the same boat that I was in, trying to lesson and experience, because its essential for My training and change hearts, and you can only do that by continuing to lay molding you into what you are supposed to be. The only way out down your life. No use clinging to it, no use trying to save it. As is the way through it! long as youre trying to save and preserve yourself, youre not Youre going to have to experience it, go through it, and carry going to save others. your cross, which is that situation and challenge you find yourself in at any given moment. You may ask, like I did, If it be You need a giving attitude and spirit, not one that seeks to be possible, let this cup be removed from me, but just as in My catered to, admired or loved, like Francis prayed, Help me not to case, youll find that its necessary to drink that cup! Things just seek to be loved, but to love. wouldnt be the same without it. Your personal history, which is a Its natural to want to be loved, but you cant put wanting to be part of history and part of the Big Plan and Picture, wouldnt be loved first. the same without it. You can expect to be loved by Me and receive from Me all the So, you cannot refuse going through it, you cannot try to avoid love you need in order to find strength to give love yourself, but the pain its causing you. Just as the cross was My destiny, this you can never expect the love you seek from others. Its just not is yours. Suffer it! Experience it! Live it! Endure it! And youll see within their capacity to give that kind of love, nor to fulfill your that the resurrection that will result from it will have been worth expectations. the pain. Youve tasted of a heavenly love that simply cannot be found in your physical realm, and continuing to look for love to satisfy you will only leave you high and dry and lead to further 587 _________________________________________________ disappointment and discouragement. Instead, receive what you The System turns the good My people are trying to do into long for from Me and then pass it on to others, and youll find something bad; making Christianity per se look evil and greater joy in giving than you could ever find in receiving. ridiculous. But can you let that stop you? No. I didnt let those who taught that I was evil stop Me, either. Dont tap others for something they can not give. Tap Me and You cannot focus on your enemies and opponents. You have to then open the tap and faucet wide and let it flow upon others. keep your focus on those who are going to be won by your All youll want for them is to receive what youve got to give, sample in spite of them. The Devil will always try to get his without expecting anything in return. Sometimes you stop platform and his moment in the spotlight, and sometimes he can pouring and wait for some reaction, some kind of immediate, get quite bold and dominate the scenery, but youve got to trust visible result. But instead, continue to look unto Me for further Me that even those situations are for your good.

If you dont know what to do, dont keep going, but stop and ask Me. 588 _________________________________________________ In order to really work in My power, youll have to get ahold of Me first. Theres no use doing something great if Im not in it. Take more time, and be still to know that I am God, and what kind of a God I am, and what kind of desires I have and what I would like from you, what I would like for you to do, and how I would like you to do it. When you try to do it in your own strength and energy, you allow yourself to get into a rush. In fact, thats how you can tell that youre working in your own strength. Whereas if you go forth in My Spirit, theres a calmness about it, a peace that comes from knowing that it doesnt have to be you; in fact, it shouldnt be you, thats why theres no reason whatsoever to get uptight and feel under pressure about anything, because the weight of the responsibility concerning the outcome rests on My shoulders, not yours. I want people to know that something greater is happening here, that Someone greater has been at work here than just the fellow who is singing the song I want them to see and hear Me in it. 589 _________________________________________________ You have to face the consequences of your choices and actions. The consequences are there to teach you to think and counsel harder before you make choices. Take the time to check in with Me in order to avoid disappointments. Take the time to get the specifics. 590 _________________________________________________ The Family Road is a tough one, full of trials, and it may well be the toughest road for anyone to choose who wants to serve Me to the fullest in this day and age. There will be oodles of well-reasoned arguments from the rational mind that will easily dissuade you from taking that road, and nobody will blame you nobody except yourself, that is, when youll reach the end of your road and youll see all the blessings you missed out on because you listened to them.

If you listen to the carnal, youre sunk. Thats why youve got Me to listen to, but dont just take it for granted that things would keep going forever as they are, even if youd turn your back on My highest will for you. Part of your cross that youre carrying for Me is the Family Road the epitome of that strait and narrow gate and pathway that leadeth unto life in this day and age, and few there be that find it. Youre either going down System Road or Family Road. In the end, there is no in-between. Youll either serve God or Mammon. And what other way can you think of, not to serve Mammon? 591 _________________________________________________ Man needs to get to the end of his own schemes, concoctions, perceptions, and that which he considers knowledge. As you know, there are two kinds of knowledge, the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. A lot of evil knowledge is actually false knowledge, but man will have to find out by himself that hes simply been wrong about a lot of things he considers fundamental knowledge, and to what extent he has been deceived. You, My prophets, are the keepers of My good and true knowledge, but I also want you to be considerate of what of this knowledge you pass on. Some of it might as yet be too much for them to handle. I even told My disciples that there were things they couldnt handle yet. As long as youre under the rule of time and attached to it is the plan of time, what you might call the schedule of the Big Picture there is a certain order and sequence in which events are supposed to unfold, including the truths and things that shall be revealed both to you, My prophets, and all of mankind. Some things are discovered by one man first, and are not much more of a rumor at first, and then they suddenly spread and made popular. In fact, thats how many theories, some of which are the basis for mans knowledge today came into being. A lot depends on what the majority or key people will accept and choose to accept as truth or not.

I like for you to find things out using your own mind, your experiences and conclusions, along with all youre learning by trial and error, finding out in the long run where things are not at, and which doctrines and theories evidently cannot be truth. The Enemy has full permission to test anyone even If all youll want is the truth, and if thats what you hunger and contemplating becoming a part of it, because of the value of the thirst after because truth is a part of righteousness then you privilege that it is. If someone views it as a potential burden or a will find it and you will be filled, as I have promised (see Mt.5:6). drag of some kind, if they think too much is going to be expected of them, and its going to be too tough for them, or too much Some things are going to have to be left open to be revealed to forget about those. you when you come into My Kingdom, for you cannot learn and Its not about whats in it for you. know all there is to know in your carnal body. Youre only using a percentage of your brains actual capacity, so we dont want to Selfish people are very unreliable people. overload you, nor do we want to strain the capacities of those who will have to listen to you. True faith does not go by personal feelings or preferences, but just by what they know is right, and if they dont know its right, We have to go according to the general pace of the flock. There then its no use. may be some exceptional kids who grasp things quicker than the Youve got to know its right, otherwise forget about it! You either others, but the caretakers will still have to go by the pace of the know it or you dont. rest of them. In fact, theyre going to have to go more according to the pace of the slowest than the quickest. Dont look at the hole in the donut, the imperfections: look at the donut! What else would there be? What alternative is there? There is no alternative to My alternative. 592 _________________________________________________ Why not enjoy My donut, instead of criticizing it, analyzing it and In Eternity, wrong worldviews will be rapidly corrected and murmuring about it? Things could be worse! The donut could be blinded eyes opened and deluded minds awakened. gone! In the meantime it is your task to continue trusting, to continue Show a little more loyalty, and be convinced and sure of what following faithfully, even if it seems that youre one of the few you have there. Its nothing to be taken lightly, for think of what who do. you would lose. The challenge is to become a rock in their midst that wont be

shaken by the storms, even if the waves will rapture others away from you and your path. Youve got to keep going. Dont give up prematurely on people. People who refuse to give up prematurely on others wont let them go before they have tried all they could To you it may seem like a waste of effort and time and energy. To them its simply love. Love That Will Not Let Me Go. There have got to be those who have My kind of love for people that wont let them go, at least not before theyve tried everything to save them, to rescue them and to keep them from going astray. There are certain situations when love is to hope with them even when there doesnt seem to be much hope from the rational point of view. A lot of lost sheep would stay lost, if none would go out to seek and find them 593 _________________________________________________ Isnt it good to find out that no matter how low you sink, you can still never be too bad for Jesus? Isnt it good to know that no matter how badly youll sin and fail, Salvation always works, even for the worst of sinners? Isnt it worth it having to experience the darkness every now and then in order to fully come to appreciate the light? No matter how rough it gets, you can still count on Me, on My love and on your salvation. Youre never going to be able to lose it, no matter what. I love you no matter what youre going to do or say. I wont condemn you. Im not expecting you to be any better than I know you can be. I know youre far from perfect, and what effect does this fact have on My love for you? None. I know youre incapable of feeling even a tiny fraction of that immense love I have for you, nor can you even begin to grasp its vastness. Your mind simply cant cope with it. I know your frame and that you are but dust, and you dont have to try to be or pretend to be anything other than dust, dust that I, not you yourself, will elevate and lift into the light to float there and shine like diamonds. You cannot become a diamond of dust through your own efforts. You can do what you can by keeping your face toward the light and focusing on the light, but it is I Who is going to have to lift you up to shine and sparkle in it

The refusal to recognize anything wrong at all is the only way they can manage to cope with their faulty world. Most of the problems in the world are being caused by peoples preference of their own truth over what really is the objective truth. It takes a sharp, close and intricate analysis of your people, to figure out and determine what it is they really need, and one cannot be scared of the truth and some not-so-pretty details. It certainly doesnt help to close their eyes to any NWOs. Sometimes I choose what could be deemed an unfruitful situation for someone, because the lessons to be gleaned from it are more important to Me than any fruit that could be gained in another situation, or by changing it. 595 _________________________________________________ Theres no use shifting you to a more favorable position. First weve got to cleanse you from rotten and spoiled attitudes, and a little bit of hardship might be just what you need. I care for you whether youre good or bad, just like you keep feeding your child regardless of whether hes good or bad Its just some thing parents do: care for their off-spring, regardless. But whether were pleased with our off-spring is another question. We may love them unconditionally, but were not always necessarily happy about what they do and the way they act and behave To make a difference for Me and be a positive force for good in this world, and not go the way of all flesh & drift down the stream of personal desire requires discipline and sacrifice. You cannot just allow yourself to be pampered like a baby and still think youre being a revolutionary Christian! Youve been talking about the way kids are these days, but maybe youre not all that much better yourself. Maybe its not just limited to kids, this sign of the times that folks seem to have become more and more enwrapped in themselves and their own little world consisting of their own personal interests With kids it may be more obvious because of the noisy way they go about it, but perhaps theyre just picking up something from the adults around them, and taking it to perfection. If you want the world to be less selfish, why not make the first move and give them a sample of what youre talking about? Until then, its easy to just point your finger at others.

Maturity begins where the process of dealing with your wrongs sets in, and with some it happens sooner, with others it happens later. The good news is, its never too late. You cannot make any prescribed pattern the standard for all. 596 _________________________________________________ Everyone experiences Salvation in their own way. You cannot Stay real close to Me, plugged in to My Power, not straying dictate your own experiences, nor views, on others. Be open for away with your distractions and toys. them to make their own experiences. Soon constant vigilance will be required, a constant state of being attuned to My voice and Spirit, no more strayings from the Its painful to watch them go down that road, which you know is straight and narrow. going to lead them to greater pain, but thats where youve got to The time is coming when all the lessons Ive been trying to teach trust that in spite of the looks of it and the vastness of the pain you should be learned, and there wont be any more trial and you see impending, that I will nevertheless get a greater victory error phases. You must get the point and put into practice what from it and My plan and purpose will not be defeated. youre learning and remain on My track. 594 _________________________________________________ Peoples unwillingness and incapability to cope with the truth is something youre going to have to learn more about, deal with, and find ways to bring the truth home to people, even if thats the one thing they reject. Its like working on a cure for cancer. And whether you or they believe it or not, were looking for something more important here than a cure for cancer, and you have only just begun to recognize the problem. The problem is certain peoples unwillingness and refusal to recognize any problem at all about themselves.

The Devil chose this time of technological advances to make his big appearance and reveal himself to the world, a time during which man is showing the ultimate of his strength, wit, achievements and knowledge. It makes Me and My life seem more irrelevant, more distant, more humble and smaller, less impressive to those who are carnal minded, compared to all the great achievements of man and the supposed progress he has made scientifically, socially and in the ways hes making his presence on the planet seen. Man has become somebody, and its in that kind of environment that the Enemy would like to present himself as the

greatest somebody of all. He wouldnt have been satisfied with being a relative nobody like Me, preaching to and caring for a bunch of primitive people, comparatively speaking. He likes the kind of pompous ado that you and I never had a knack for. Loud & proud is the name of his game. He comes across loud and proud, making an awful noise thats sure to catch everybodys attention and will distract them from My still voice, but he will also subtly orchestrate some movement behind your back to eliminate you if you threaten to stand in his way. Thats why your only hope is to stay close to Me, always attentive for My checks, My nudges, My hints and My counsel, because only I can let you in on what hes up to in your life. You could never figure it out yourself.

Im not the liar, Im not the cheater and thief, Im not the culprit. Youll get through these trials in life a lot less painfully if you realize whos on your side, and if you start seeing Me as your Friend and Savior Whos going to come and pull you out of this. 597 _________________________________________________ People with unrealistic expectations from others can often become the cruelest taskmasters; a classic example of what lack of appreciation can do in peoples lives.

Nothing will make you pray like an unpleasant, oppressive situation that you want out of. Sometimes things dont change as much as they could because you surrender to lifes Hes trying to discourage you and get you to quit and give up circumstances too easily; theyre still too comfortable for you to through the battles he brings on in your life. Theyre real attacks, really wholeheartedly desire, and thus pray for a change. The and not just staged tests to keep you humble or desperate. I Enemy tries to pacify you with substitutes for the real thing that allow them, but its not as if I orchestrate them. I am not the One make you think, Come on, its not all that bad, really! No need to Who leads you into temptation. Im the One Who leads you start praying for any drastic changes here through it when it hits you, and helps you come out alright at the Thats another way he can lull people to sleep. Its a false sense other end. Youve got to be sure that Im the One Whos on your of contentment, which actually amounts to settling for less than side. you could have and get out of life, if you would just be desperate The Enemy is telling you that I couldnt possibly love you if Im and willing enough to pray for Me to change things. allowing what he does to you, but it just shows the atrocity of his attitude: You see, God couldnt love you, if He allows me to be Thats one condition for Me supplying you with a way of escape: so mean and cruel to you and make you go through all these you have to ask Me for it. Its like pressing the button that will trials In other words, hes saying, If God were prefect, He make the fire alarm go off, in order for the fire brigade to come to wouldnt have made me like this. But as I told you before, you the rescue. Youre finally getting desperate enough and hot become the way you are by means of your own choices. You do enough under the collar to smash that little glass window and the things you do because you choose to do them, not because I press that button, ready to leave that house on fire behind you. make you do them. You dont want to go down in flames with it. Theres a lot more free choice involved here than what people usually give Me credit for. You do what you choose to do, not what I make you do or have predestined you to. Well, what about Judas? youre thinking now. Wasnt he predestined to betray You? Just because I knew that he was going to do it, doesnt mean that I made him do it. You either believe that people have free choice, or you dont. People are becoming skeptical of the concept of free choice, because theyre seeing theyre not really making that much of a difference with whom they choose for a leader. A lot of it seems to be a fake, the illusion of free choice. And while that may apply to the System, it certainly does not with Me, and some of those fatalists will get a surprise when theyll find out how much actually depended on them, their choices, their words, their actions. When you are going through an attack, dont blame Me for it. Its not exactly like by allowing it to happen I make it happen. You have an Enemy, and hes very real, and hes not kidding, hes really out to stop or destroy you. And while I do have the power to stop him when he goes too far, and I can say, Stop! This far and no further, it doesnt mean that his attack was My idea to begin with. He happens to be the culprit because he happens to have chosen that role, but I didnt make him do it. Just because Im all-powerful doesnt mean that Im doing it all! I leave a lot up to you and to the other participants in the story. I dont want My children to live like orphans and feed on crumbs when there are oceans to swim and revel in. I still want you to be happy, and your happiness is important to Me, even if in certain situations, other things do have priority over personal happiness. Theres got to be the right balance, and if youre not happy in a certain situation and you dont think you can be fruitful anymore, than Ill have to take that into consideration and find a solution for you. Sometimes the mere prospect and possibility of change can already bring positive changes in itself. Sometimes the way to rise above your circumstances is to have the faith to change them. Sometimes rising above requires more than a change of attitude and the ability not to be touched by the circumstances, but a real, actual change in the physical. 598 _________________________________________________ You can already change a lot by praying. If you havent really prayed yet for a change to happen, you might want to give that option a try.

People are a toughie to take sometimes, I know. You get to appreciate the variety of mentalities there is, once youve been stuck with a certain mentality for a long time. My goal and intent is that eventually, people will learn from each other, from each others cultures, and that they will adapt and Im not the super head honcho who wants to play every single absorb from each other the best traits of each culture, and thus, role in the play. Im actually, by nature, quite humble, and like to eventually, create an ideal blend of not-too-much of any quality stay in the background, and like to let the others play their roles or another, but a perfectly balanced human kind. and shine. The idea of creating or breeding the perfect race wasnt the devils and his peoples to begin with. Of course, theyre going I like to share the glory and the fame. Often the Devil projects his about it in the totally wrong way, by trying to annihilate the own personality on Me and makes people think that the way he unpleasant and (in their minds) undesired factors, and try to do it is, thats the way I am, but you who know Me, must realize that all in the flesh. Im trying to teach and rear My children and thats not true. Im quite different from him, in fact, the opposite! creatures gently, by experience, and with a lot of patience Im not his partner for not immediately intervening and (eternitys a long, long time), and thus aim to blend them and stopping him from every crime he instigates, or every trial he meld them together, not for them to become totally uniform, but plots to bring upon you. to nonetheless learn to get along better with each other and become better balanced in their different traits and qualities.

This is a thing that only My Spirit can achieve, and as long as Satans in charge down there, this isnt going to happen. You cant fill a room with a pleasant odor as long as there is still a rotten egg or carcass lying somewhere. You need to get rid of it first; and thats precisely what were going to do: get rid of the rotter. I wouldnt want you to think that your life is as good as over; that there are no more challenges, changes and surprises in store for you. You may have gotten the impression that the only surprises youve been getting lately were bad ones, but that is only because the Devil is fighting viciously to stop you from what youre doing. There arent all that many folks who are really being the kind of voices and samples with their lives that really count, and really make a difference. There arent too many whove really got the Real Thing! There are many who are close to the truth, and not far from the Kingdom. But those who truly dedicate their lives to wielding that sword of truth and cutting a path for Me into the jungle of the Enemy are very rare and few indeed. Its a dangerous life, and you can bet that therell be lots of vermin and pests attacking you, wild and ferocious beasts! Your life is an adventure, a true adventure! Forget about Indiana Jones or Crocodile Dundee! Sometimes those marching with you through that dangerous marsh land and savage territory get weak, tired and wounded, and they seem to become an additional obstacle, rather than a help, but this is where I teach you that caring for others is even more important than your own headway, and laying down your lives for the brethren is what will truly get you to the goal, not just making sure youll get ahead yourself. Good things come and flow steadily into your life because of and through your prayers. Laziness is never as inexcusable as when it hinders you to pray! 599 _________________________________________________ Ive been advocating inward changes all along. Just transporting you across the ocean isnt going to make a missionary, or a better or happier person out of you. Real and lasting happiness is only found in Me and in the center of My will for you. Life can be fun, thrilling and exciting; it doesnt have to be drudgery. Theres room for lots of innovative changes! Try it! Life can be exciting, if you let it! Lethargy wants to make a drag out everything, everything that could be loads of fun if youd just change your attitude about it! So why not give it a try! Changing things starts right here & now with you, right where you are! Dont wait for anyone to come & save you, Im already right here! 600 _________________________________________________ Im trying to get you to acknowledge that you need each other in some aspects, and that you are dependent on each other. After all, thats what community, communal life, living together, and any relationship is simply about. People need each other. Of course, I wouldnt want you to depend on anybody more than on Me, but it wont really work either to say, I just depend on the Lord & dont need anybody else. It is through other people, after all, that I supply your needs, including that for company, even if you may have encountered many thorns on that rose lately. Better a rose with thorns than no rose at all, right? Even some of My most solitary heroes didnt completely live on their own. Elijah did spend time with Me on his own in the wilderness, but then he also interacted with others, recruited Elisha as a disciple, etc; John the Baptist had his disciples, and even Enoch enjoyed company other than Mine at times,

otherwise nobody would have noticed that hed gone missing when he walked with Me and wasnt found, right? Sometimes I give you special times of solitude, just like I also needed and enjoyed during My earthly life, but these also serve to make you appreciate more the company of your loved ones again once youre back from the desert or mountain. Sometimes your brain can absorb things better and focus better when there are no other noises and vibes from others to distract you, and thats okay. I cherish these times when you can just tune in and focus on Me, free of distractions. But then other people arent necessarily your only distraction. Other things distract you from Me, too Its good and within My perfect will for you to recognize how much you need others, and learn to appreciate those I have put at your side. Life is all about learning to appreciate what Im giving you; most of all the people I have given you to live with and to learn to cherish. The problem with Adam and Even was and pretty much every other human since - that they werent completely satisfied and happy with what they had, as perfect as it was, and that instead they craved something else in addition to My goodness, and thats what this daily life is all about: learning to eschew the temptations from the good Im handing you. 601 _________________________________________________ There definitely is a huge difference between you (the Family) and the rest of Christianity, which actually resembles just another part of the System. The vast majority of Christians are like a herd of dumb sheep who dont have a clue at all as to what is going on, that theyre being led straight into the arms of the AC, and to their doom. They resent voices critical of their king, just as they have always resented and rejected the voices of My prophets of doom throughout history. The vast majority of people follow their leader like dumb sheep just because he happens to be their leader and they happen to be the sheep. The masses yield to authority and follow the men in charge, regardless of where theyre headed. Speaking up does have its implications, such as the type John the Baptist found out about. As in everything, theres a good and just balance to be found in this, which Im teaching you to find by feeling out: How far can I safely go? Most people are more security oriented than you. Theyre more concerned about preserving what theyve got. Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose also includes the freedom and courage to speak up about certain issues that others wouldnt. But remember that youre living in evil times, and that availing yourself of that freedom of speech might wind up costing you your freedom and liberties altogether 602 _________________________________________________ Its natural and very common for everyone to see the thing that theyve got going as the thing going, and they cant really comprehend people who hesitate to jump on their bandwagon. You wonder, Why isnt everybody gung ho about this, my project? Well, because maybe Im doing something else in their lives Theyre excited about something else. They simply dont get as turned on and excited about the things your world revolves around, just as you cant get as excited about other peoples current big things, because a number of factors have led each of you to set different priorities, goals and interests in your lives. While it would be great if everyone would

get behind the same bandwagon and push on one hand, because there is a lot of wonderful energy thats being created by a bunch of people working together on a same project, on the other, I wouldnt want to set all My money on the same horse. I like to spread out a little more. Its like you dont put one pile of salt on one corner of your food, but you distribute it equally with a salt shaker Everybody has this natural tendency to consider what they know and what theyve learned to be it. Listening doesnt come easy to anyone.

Many be called, but the chosen are few who choose to employ their energies to what is truly My Cause, and even when they do, it takes a long time to learn how to do it properly. All in all people are fairly prone to relying on their own carnal minds these days, and even spiritually minded people arent immune to that.

Its easy to think youre doing alright when youre right in the mainstream and you have some sort of a position. You dont need to check whether youre doing alright or off the track in any One cant really shepherd anyone else effectively without aspect, you simply know it. knowing them at all, or at least having heard them out to an The truth is, nobody is 100% on track all the time, otherwise extent. they simply wouldnt be human, and those who dont check whether theyre really doing alright are in greater danger of Some people are so sure of their channel, they forget and discard straying than those who they constantly nudge to make sure they everything else. Sometimes they get a picture in their minds, and stay on the straight & narrow. they insist that it must be some kind of big revelation, but it can cause problems when theyre not open for the Spirits interpretation of that revelation or picture. 603 _________________________________________________ My strength is sufficient for thee is like saying, you dont Leaders often figure theyre the leader, so they are the ones who need your own, physical strength anymore! Dont try to run in ought to know everything and be teaching you, and thats it. your own little strength, on your own battery power, but you can Peacemakers usually dont insist on being the ones who know it rely fully on Me and on My strength. Thats enough, thats all you all, but can also hear the other side out and be open enough to need. I promise. Just believe it! learn from anyone, leader or not. But you need to let go of the old one first. Its like switching from Leaders are often the ones who have most to learn ( after all, battery power to current power. You have to plug in My cable. theyre the ones who have been leading this world into the mess that it is ) but then they hardly ever take time for that, unless, of Just as you had to learn how to use a PA effectively, thats how course, another, even higher leader above them summons them you have to learn to use My power gear for your purposes, to to some kind of workshop or seminary, and tells them now its amplify your voice, effectiveness and usefulness for Me, in order time for them to learn something to bring the message across more clearly, in a more powerful Leaders are often unfortunately those who seem to have come to way. When you were playing unplugged there wasnt enough the conclusion that there is nothing left to learn, or they stopped power and volume. But you can sure makeem dance when learning, sometimes simply because theyre too busy teaching youre plugged in, right? and instructing everyone else. Let Me teach you how to use the amplification of My Spirit. They see things from their point of view. Coming over to see the other, lower side of the elephant is something that would require Trust that My strength is enough for you, you can totally rely on a big change in their thinking, when they figure its their job to it! I will provide for you, I will carry you, I will empower you, move change everyone elses way of thinking to come and see their you forward when you cant do it anymore in your own strength. side. There was a time when your own strength was sufficient, but that Spiritual people or people with a spiritual gift sometimes have time is running out now, its going to be over soon. Soon youll difficulties accepting the fact that other people, possibly from only be able to operate in My strength. But see it not as a loss, lower leadership strata than they, could be on a higher spiritual for what you gain is so much more and so far beyond that which level. It doesnt occur to them, just as the Pharisees never would you need to let go and forsake. See it like an upgrade, a have even considered the possibility that I may have been on a promotion, a powerful innovation that revolutionizes everything. spiritual level above theirs. They thought they were the cream of Plugged in to Me, you are strong, because then we are together, the crop. and its not you functioning on your own anymore, as a separate People like that want to give you spiritual aid and guidance, but little entity, but youre plugged in to My circuit, a part of My only on their terms. They dont really come down to hear you out gigantic, universal network, the network of My single spoken to share your point of view of things, so their counsel is sentence, (uni-verse) where I utter a phrase and it is done, My unfortunately only half as useful as it could be if they would take creation magic. the time to hear their charges out. Others who are already more used to operating in My strength Certain people or types of music give you the creeps, while instead their own, see you struggle so needlessly, your efforts others find them enjoyable. Youve got to make room for some and energies invested in making it on your own, when it could be acceptance and tolerance of other peoples wavelengths and so much easier for you, so much more enjoyable. preferences. Youre trying to be good in your own strength, but that strength Some people have great ambitions for their future, and they trust isnt sufficient for you. You need Mine, and let that be enough for that their energy will take them far. But sometimes the years go you. by, and slowly that energy peters out, because it turns out that the spiritual ingredient of that energy wasnt as significant as Youre only going to be able to teach and show others how to they thought. There wasnt enough Spirit in it, after all, and it avail themselves of My strength and power, if you become a seems to have been powered and steered by their own flesh too sample first of how it works. much to bring about the big revolutions and cataclysmic So far, its like youve been using My strength to recharge your changes they thought they were going to be instrumental in. own battery, but I need you to learn to stay plugged in to My power and operate in My power. Their project is always the most important to them. So, be aware that you might be prone to making the same mistake, and remember this next time you feel disappointment about the lack 604 _________________________________________________ of others enthusiasm for your project. Open your spiritual eyes and ears in a new, different way.

There is yet more to hear and see, there is yet a much larger scope to discover in the spirit. There are different ways of knowing than with your head. Knowledge from the head is often critical, sometimes negative, and can also simply be equivocal. You can be quite wrong about some things. Whereas that which is truly of My Spirit is always bathed in and engendering love. Love is like the zero behind the other nine gifts- You add that love factor and you multiply your gift by ten. Love is not something that is acquired via knowledge from the head. Open your heart, your spirit to Mine, and let Me fill it with good and supernatural things that you cant explain or figure out with your brain, but that are going to spur you on to action! Theres more to you than your mind. I want you to open up your whole being unto Me and love Me with all your heart and soul, too, not just with your mind! When youre being so busy, efficient and productive in your own energy, you neglect that bride energy, and become more mentally focused than wholly focused. Remember? Holy: Wholly His, in mind, body and spirit.

accomplishments, that they neglect spending time with the ones they claim theyre doing it all for. They invest their energies and time in being good providers, but neglect the very ones they are providing for A lot of people are accomplishment junkies, and theyve just got to do something in order to feel worth anything, when in fact sometimes the people around them would just wish for them to be there for them. What youll amount to is not so much in what youve done, as how youve done it, in what spirit, whether people will have good, positive and loving memories of you while you were doing it, or whether you caused them pain by neglecting them in all your feverish doing it.

Yes, faith without works is dead, but works without love are dead, too. At least as far as those around you are concerned who you are neglecting on behalf of your works. Theyd rather have a little bit of your love, instead of your works. What are your motivation and incentive for doing great works? You want to make a name for yourself, you want to be remembered, admired, etc. Whereas just being there for others means forgetting about yourself and just being there for them. Its those very accomplishments that minister to your pride and Wait on Me and on My Spirit to reveal to you how things really make you harder to get along with, unwieldy and unyielding, are. unavailable, and too important to be bothered with little The greater weight has to be the supernatural side, My Spirit. things such as the everyday affairs of family life Your mind ought to merely be the vessel that captures it. The price of being a great accomplisher is often that of a father whose children say, He was never there for me. The price of Remember not to make the frame more fancy than the picture whatever you accomplished was your absence from their lives. itself. Allow the Big Picture to steal the show, and dont allow Now, its one thing if what youre accomplishing is really winning your little frame to try to run the whole show by itself, okay? souls and bearing fruit for Me, but if its just sort of done in pursuit of making a name for yourself You like the spiritual puzzle of putting all the pieces of the Big Picture together into one comprehensible frame. Try to not over-employ your head in search for the missing 606 _________________________________________________ pieces, but let Me guide you intuitively. Learn how to hear and Make it a rule to keep your life, your mind, your heart open listen with your spiritual senses, and think deeper than just with for your loved ones, no matter what it is you do. the mind. Know deeper than just with the head. And most of all, Be there completely when you greet and welcome them. Dont in it all, love, for without love its all reduced to but a fraction of treat them like 2nd class citizens. its true and full potential. You have to make a conscious effort to keep people above your projects youre working on. Dont reduce all that you give to Me for that is what your life will People are what its all about. consist of in the end: what youve given to Me to 10% of what it Its a matter of dedicating your life more to people, more to love, could have been! Keep hanging that zero of love behind more actually becoming involved in the art of loving. everything you do, say and know, wash all your thoughts, words and deeds in love, and thus allow it all to reach its full potential! If you become primarily a lover of people, then you will learn to say the right kind of words, and to deliver your message in a loving way, and you wont make anyone feel hurt or left out or 605 _________________________________________________ locked out. Theyll know that youre alright with them, and not The big regrets that people experience when they get Here, mad at them or against them in some way. are not in the great and mighty things they might have achieved and done through works they never accomplished, but all that Unless your project will have that warm people ingredient, it they could have changed by the simple little task of prayer. wont really touch people. It may be inspired and brilliant and The greatest loss that believers realize retrospectively upon everything, but unless it has that taste and warmth and smell that reviewing their lives at their arrival in the Spirit World, is all that comes from rubbing your shoulders with people and getting they failed to change because they underestimated and close to them, most folks wont be able to relate to it, simply neglected the power of prayer. because they may not be that spiritually minded. They need a While others, who hadnt thought of themselves very highly more flesh and blood oriented gospel. during their earthly lives, and thought their lives hadnt amounted to much of anything, are surprised at the extent to You cannot allow your unrealistic expectations to separate you which their prayers did have an impact on things. They actually from people. changed the world without knowing to what extent. Upholding the ones you love and I have placed in your care in prayer, and thus joining them in their personal fights and everyday battles in the spirit, is in My eyes one of the best things you can do with your life. It shows that youve really got faith in Me and My Spirit World, more than the physical, and you put more emphasis on it than whatever you might be able to accomplish in the flesh and in your own little efforts. Millions of fathers are so preoccupied with their careers and 607 _________________________________________________ Every time you correct a child, or anyone for that matter, its really a token of love (Heb.12:6), as opposed to lazily just letting them do as they please and ignoring the matter. Its the sacrifice of love that you make in order to help them do better and the one part you can do in order to change the situation for the better and correct it. Thats what correction amounts to: situation improvement. By approaching certain people on the possibility of improving their behavior, youre ultimately improving your situation.

If you refuse to do it, the situation remains the same, or might possibly get worse, and it proves youre not much of a leader, shepherd or parent, and basically shows a pitiful lack of conviction and courage. 608 _________________________________________________ One factor that determines what you receive from Me, or how much, is your desperation, the strength of the vacuum you create in your heart for Me, in other words, how much you really want and need to hear from Me. When you truly need Me, Ill always be there for you. Nothing is going to change about that. 609 _________________________________________________ Youre still so preoccupied with the things of this world. You dont see things yet from a spiritual viewpoint. You want to get out of there, but then youre not nearly as prepared for coming Here as you sometimes think. Youre still mainly looking at the symptoms and allowing them to affect you; youre not looking at, much less dealing with the causes. If youre allowing carnal ways of thinking to rule your day, then carnal words will come out of your mouth, and if you sow to the flesh, you will also reap the corruption of the flesh. If you adapt to the nonsensical talk of the world, dont be surprised if youre going to reap the fruits of it. Youre trying to adapt to what you perceive as their wavelength, but I cannot allow you to, because it is expected of you it is your spiritual duty to lift and pull them up. You were thinking in a carnal, worldly way, and thus speaking in a worldly way, and you were not seeing the spiritual roots of things. 610 _________________________________________________ Its quite natural to want a scapegoat, and in this day and age where fathers have forsaken their original God-given role of being the man in the house and the leading figure of authority, they have become a favorite scapegoat in many households, resulting in endless amounts of separations, as it often comes to the point where they can bear it no longer, and they move out. Then theyll have to live with the heap of guilt that will be put on them for having deserted their families... Its all largely due to a lack of humility and willingness on behalf of people who like to play the victims game, to take the blame themselves. Its one of the big games of society. Im the victim, so youre to blame. It saves them from having to cope with their own problems and sins, which depresses them. As long as theyve got someone else to blame for their misery and unhappiness, it distracts them from their own guilt. Its sort of a lesser evil when having to choose between the pain of dealing with their own sins and short-comings, and the easier option of inflicting part of the pain on somebody else by blaming them for their misery. It isnt happening on a conscious level, but its one of the Enemys carefully cloaked processes and maneuvers in the dark. The culprit is usually originally, as in the Garden of Eden the Enemy, and the way he works is to get his victims to cave in to one of his temptations, to swallow his lie. The Devil is always partly right about his accusations. Otherwise nobody would ever believe him. He always uses some half-truth as a hook or bait. The question is, are you going to take that halftruth and swallow it, along with the lies that follow? Usually, people do. And the result is the end of a happy, peaceful period in paradise. The Devil just cant stand to see people especially My people living together in peace and

harmony, so he constantly cooks up new devices and means of destroying that harmony. His ticket is usually some failure on your part, or on behalf of one of the parties involved, and if the other side swallows his hook, his half-truth, their ticket to make a mountain out of a molehill, if they choose to get offended, or whatever, then its another little success for the Devil. Once again he has managed to slow down your work for Me, your united efforts for Me, once again he has caused another bit of wreckage. Of course, what he doesnt see, is that he provides ample opportunity for you to learn from all this by doing so. Even if people never get the lesson or the point during their life-time, and frankly, most dont, they will learn their lesson someday, and I will still get the better deal out of it, and the best laugh. In the meantime, its you guys who have to suffer through this roller coaster ride of happiness lost and found. One day its there, the next its gone, and so on. All until you finally get the point, realize whats going on and are mature enough to put a stop to it and you refuse to take the Devils bait. Thats how it goes in the world, and why there are all these wars and conflicts happening. There is never one side alone to blame. Its an art the Enemy has taken to perfection; the art of sowing discord and strife, of bringing war where once there was peace, of destroying friendships and relationships and sowing hatred where once there was love Thats the dark and evil side of The Art of War. The lusts that war in your members which James exposes as the cause of wars and fightings among you are not just typical carnal lusts. They include the desire to self-righteously feel better than the other one, to put themselves above the other, and the craving for that satisfaction to be able to say (or at least believe) Im right and youre wrong. Its the lust for superiority or power over another thats causing by far the greater damage and amount of casualties, and that is something that has barely been exposed, so this ought to be something to ponder. From whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? The lust to exert some kind of power over another by playing the victim, for instance. You give them an excuse to feel victimized, and theyll grab it! The lust and desire for any kind of advantage over another. The lust to oppress another in some way, to deprive them, to exert some form of control and power over them. Disguising that sin under a cloak of false innocence, the victim cloak is one of their principal aids. They are the weaker ones, so they have to go about it a lot more subtly, if they want to get some kind of advantage over you, exert some authority, power and control over you. And by apparently being the weaker ones, the abused, the victims, they manage and achieve what they could never achieve by force or evident superiority. Its one of the subtle machineries of the Devil that teaches his weaker clients to help them get the better part of the deal against the odds. Thats his way of playing Robin Hood and the champion of the weak and downtrodden. He teaches them how to cheat and deceive their way through life. They could have chosen not to. They could have chosen to refuse the Devils hook, line and sinker. They could have chosen the great peace which they have that love My law. But they didnt. The lusts that warred in their members got the better off them, to grab the chance for some kind of advantage. They fell for the Devils temptation to play a part in his strategy, and be instrumental in his maneuver of manipulation, in order to gain an advantage out of it for themselves. They can cling to their lust, that satisfaction that playing the victim gives them forever, if thats what they choose and want. Or they can choose to forgive, they can choose peace. Its up to them whether theyre going to let that lust get the better

off them or not, that self-justification, that in the end will only condemn themselves (Job 9:20). Sometimes it takes a little while until the picture becomes clear and you can define what it is that exactly happened. Once the smoke clears and the fall-out from the battle is gone, you can reconstruct with My help what exactly happened, what maneuver the Enemy applied, and learn from it, so youll be better prepared next time. 611 _________________________________________________ Familiarity is a strange thing. It is one of the main factors that destroy relationships, and yet at the same time tries to prolong unfruitful relationships for as long as possible, since youve felt so familiar with it all along, it would hurt to let it go. The hard part about separations that most folks in relationships dread, is making it official. Nobody wants to be the one who was being let down, or jilted, dropped and forsaken for another one. That hurts their pride. Thats why some couples just resolve to letting their broken relationship quietly peter out. They still live together, sleep in separate rooms, and people arent always quite sure whether theyre still a couple or not, but its not really that important. Theyre still the same two people, and they often have to stick together for reasons of convenience, or because of children involved, etc. Another lesson and learning experience in life on how to get along as two human beings under adverse circumstances that force them to find some kind of a peaceable compromise.

And if thats the case, of course, you should ask yourself why and what you could be doing better. Its easy to spot the tyrant in others, but an entirely different challenge discovering him in yourself. How much love do you have to see with that extra spiritual eye that sees the good in others and possibilities others cant see, instead of only their faults? It doesnt say that love has an extra spiritual eye that sees their faults. Thats usually the Devils eye of self-righteousness, rather than even God-given discernment. If you want something to discern and analyze, then it should be your own behavior, your own part of the blame and your share of the responsibility in this situation and equation, and make a serious effort to find ways of improving your own act. 613 _________________________________________________ Your strength is solely going to come from your relationship with Me, and Im having to allow any distraction to be eradicated, so that you can fully focus and concentrate on Me. What others can or should give you is irrelevant compared to what I must give you and you must receive from Me. The only thing that is ever going to cause you to become a source of strength and a pillar for them to lean on, and a true shepherd, is what you receive from Me. So, come to Me for your needs. I promised that I would supply them.

Lamps allow themselves to be consumed. They allow their wick to burn, theyre not concerned about self-preservation. They want to do what is necessary in order to give light and help Love comes with pain sometimes, because there are still so others. Theyre not concerned about their names being in the many remainders of the desires of the self in there. limelight; they dont need the attention or applause from others. In order to really be able to give Me the glory, youve got to stay Its normal that there are personal interests involved in filling somewhat in the background. Otherwise your person can be ones personal needs. Nobody is that saintly that they get into a more of a distraction, rather than instrumental in drawing others relationship only for the sake of the other one. And sometimes it to Me. becomes clear and evident after a while that what you need isnt going to be met by this particular relationship anymore, and When He can get you out of the way, then He has a chance to when both parties come to that conclusion, thats when theyre shine through you. usually ready to let go and ready for a change. Even if youre not really interested in displaying yourself, it can still come across that way to some, unless you make a It doesnt have to become a big drama. Yes, theres pain conscious effort to stay out of the limelight. involved, everybody can tell. But what is actually causing the So, let there be less of you, in order for Me to be able to better pain? Is it really love and a broken heart about the loss, or the shine through. pain that comes from breaking a long habit, parting from Even if its not your intention to preach yourself, it can still something or someone youve grown very used to, a little bit like come across like that, or the danger is that you do, unknowingly, fighting withdrawals from an addiction? unless you make a conscious effort of making sure youre not. Maybe its a little bit of both. But when theres much mutual pain involved that two are inflicting on each other, then its usually a clear sign that the amount of selfish interests involved exceeds that of the amount of pure love in it. 614 _________________________________________________ Prayer is higher ranking in importance and effectiveness than prophecy. Theres a time for everything. 612 _________________________________________________ Its always best to combine the weapons. Its like a feast, and you View that child not as your child, but say, as a loan from must avail yourself of all the goodies at My table, if you want to Me: My child that Ive given into your jurisdiction for some time enjoy them to the full, and not just restrict yourself to a one-sided to see what kind of a job you would do taking care of her and diet. training her in My nurture and admonition. Maybe the great mistake many make from the beginning is Im teaching you personally through the school of life and your viewing anything or anybody as theirs in the first place. experiences, all that you have to go through, your trials and As My Word says, What have you that you have not received? lessons these are all ways in which I communicate and interact And if people would apply that to the people theyre living with as with you. well, maybe they would treat them with a little more respect, too. They complete another piece in the puzzle of the deeper meaning of everything. Instead of looking at the hole in the doughnut and all you think youre missing out on, it would be better to appreciate anything Those who are truly interested will always be a small minority youre given at all, and not take everything for granted. compared to the indifferent masses. Especially in this day and age, when transgressors have come to the full. So, dont be If you remember that all you have is what youre being given by dismayed or discouraged about only being part of such a tiny Me, you can view the whole thing from a viewpoint. minority. Few there be that find it (Mt.7:14). Perhaps I dont think you deserve any more than what youre being given. Many of those who are saved unfortunately dont change paths,

after they get saved, and they stay on that same old broadway that leads to destruction, and to them applies what Paul wrote about those whose works will not remain, but they themselves will be saved, but as if through fire (1Cor.3:11-15). 615 _________________________________________________ In pouring gear, youre giving and receiving at the same time. Its that flow that comes to pass in communicating. You pass on something to others, but as soon as you take that step, its My Spirit that flows through you, and youre actually just giving what I dictate. It is always more inspiring, and My Spirit flows better when you know what youre receiving isnt just going to be for you, but for the benefit of others as well. Try to keep in mind that whatever youll be getting from Me may not just be reserved for you alone, necessarily, but might wind up having greater impact and go further. I want you to flow like a river! You were destined and created to pour and flow. It requires faith to continue to pour out something the world evidently doesnt want to receive, but youre just going to have to have that faith, that its not going to return void unto Me, as I have promised.

Its a constant give and take. Everything that is alive breathes Me in and out, and I, in return, in- and exhale you, all of My creation. Its a supernatural, and yet natural process in the spirit world, comparable to the process of photosynthesis in the natural world. The quicker you learn that you need Me, and the more you remain in that consciousness of your need for Me, the better off youre going to be, and the more stable and stronger in the spirit; not only experiencing that emptiness, that vacuum that draws on Me and calls for Me and recognizes your need for Me when youre poor, lean, cold and wanting, but also when you dont lack anything in the physical. - Not fooled by success, but even realizing in your strong moments that you need Me just the same as during your weak ones. Its relatively easy to be desperate for Me and wanting Me when there are no other joys and enticements to be had. The real test will come when life will come back in full bloom. Will you cling to Me just as desperately then? Or will you let the appearance of things, the strength of your flesh and the beauty of nature create for you the illusion that you dont need Me as much?

617 _________________________________________________ Just as the Father gave Me the strength and the stamina to Look at the prophets of the Old Testament. Not a lot of people make it despite all odds, so I can help you do the same. listened to them and what they were saying during their life- I need you to turn to Me for that strength, even if I have to make times. you feel temporarily deserted by everyone else. Everyone will listen to the hundreds of false prophets that tickle As long as you still put your hopes in anyone or anything else, their ears, that prophesy peace and plenty, etc. But time will tell you dont really stand a chance. I am truly all the hope you ever who was My true voice and a true prophet. The truth will make need, and Im more than enough. the difference. That which time and history will confirm to have Ive got to become all you need to the extent that you wont turn been the truth. your expectations to others anymore, so that all you will want to do with respect to them is give, and not take. When it comes to Some of the things that are being said right now, some of the your fellowmen, I need you to assume a position of a giver, not a Endtime interpretations, etc., are still hanging in the balances. taker. Ive got to get you to realize that they havent got anything But the actual development of those events are going to tell the to give of what you actually need, but that I alone am the sole true from the false interpretations, and that which has been truth Filler of those needs. all along will then crystallize and show and reveal itself to have Ive got to become the Filler of your need for companionship, for been the real thing, and stand out as such, apart from all the love, for comfort, relief, and everything else, and even if I supply other, false or incorrect interpretations. it by means of others, youve got to give Me the honor and credit for it. Time will tell whos been right or wrong. 616 _________________________________________________ One of the greatest tragedies in human life is the illusion that theres no need for Me in their lives, and there are no lives as pitiful as those of the self-satisfied who live in the delusion of having no need for Me. Thats what the Enemy is trying to construct with all of his distractions and temptations: the illusion that you dont need Me. Hes constantly saying, Who needs Him, anyway? Well, thats precisely the road mankind is taking, a road that will prove whether you, mankind per se, need Me, after all, or not. The Enemy wont stop trying to get you to replace your need for Me with the need for something else, some substitute hes trying to get you dependent on and addicted to, whatever you will allow him to use to crowd Me out of your life. Its usually only when you have nothing left to turn to but Me, that you find the full strength of your relationship with Me again. What I need is you. Its just rigged up that way, that I need you and you need Me. Its the way things are supposed to be. One of the main factors that causes things not to be the way theyre supposed to be, is that people arent aware of the fact that they need Me, and that I need them. Thus they prevent things from becoming the way theyre supposed to be. The heavenly life is a life where that fact and that law of the supernatural is clear and granted: that I need you, all My brides and children, and you need Me. There is no shred of a doubt about it, ever. It permeates everything. 618 _________________________________________________ Man has worked himself up to his pinnacle: to the point where he made it the easiest possible for himself, at least Western man, and that part of the world population floating on the top of their game, the first and second class citizens, so to speak. Whether his state of ease and luxury has brought him happiness, is an entirely different question, though, or even wisdom, since some of the most precious lessons we learn from the Lord come from deep, dark experiences and avoiding those simply equals the foregoing of that wisdom you might have otherwise gained. So, even though those trials, tribulations and castigations may be cause for present sadness, remember the reward, the ability to comfort others with the comfort wherewith you have been comforted by Me afterwards, and trust Me, that contrary to what it may seem to you at the moment, those tough experiences are infinitely more valuable than your happy and easy times. Its natural that you would prefer to have only easy times, and sing, hard times come again no more, but when you face it, the hard times are what life is really all about, and without them, life would lose the major chunk of its meaning. Thats why My Word admonishes My brides and believers to not be envious of evil doers, those blessed by the Enemy who rule and reign in this present world. Their victory is only temporary, as is their rule, and as are their riches, whereas your joining Me in My sufferings will entitle you to the heirloom of My eternal Kingdom.

What it all boils down to is, where are you putting your money and your hopes? The here and now or the There and Then? Are you letting the here and now govern you and your being, allowing it to cause you to dismay and shake in your boots, or are you keeping an eye on the eternal reward? How much of a foreigner in this world are you? How fixed is your vision on the eternal World beyond? How deeply engraved are My Promises in your heart, about the eternal rewards to come? Is your focus on them strong and firm enough to make it through the trials and dark times to come? Dont focus on what the circumstances and the world around you are saying, but focus on and listen to what I and My eternal World are saying. 619 _________________________________________________ Turn your spiritual sight and hearing toward My voice, and away from all those noisy voices of the world. It takes a special effort and skill to be able to make out My voices and input from among all the Systems roars. It is an art, something you decide you want to learn because of its utter importance, the way a young man growing up in a civilization of hunters knew that he would have to learn how to hunt in order to survive. The way anybody pursues their career seriously and responsibly, because they know the survival of their Family depends on it. Y our job is listening to Me, and even if that job seems to be more difficult than ever with the noises of the world trying to drown Me out with more impulses and frequencies than ever, you just know youve got to do it, because your life depends on it. Thats a thing about the art of dependence: you know you need it and cant do without it. I need to be needed by you in order to get My purpose accomplished.

going to be an even stronger force to be reckoned with on the market of life. Its going to last while all other currencies are going down. Even gold isnt as reliable in the long run. I will only honor those with true and lasting riches, who honor Me as the Giver, Owner and Maker of all things. Those who honor Me with their faith, praises and respect those who look at Me again and again will also be honored by Me. In the long run, money will cease to exist. And faith will be replaced by the actual, tangible rewards for believing the previously nearly unbelievable. It will always show to have been the wiser investment in the long run. Money will turn into ashes, while faith will turn into untold riches that money could never buy. Sounds like something worth having your faith tested for a little bit, doesnt it? For some, life is a refinery of the purest gold there ever was, while for others it is a furnace, burning up all those other, less than true and eternal values. Temporarily it may look as if those other guys are the winners, but look again and they wont be found anymore. Hang on to your faith, for I swear it will bring you greater rewards than the ashes between their teeth. 620 _________________________________________________ I always have your attention when youre in dire straits, whereas My opinion doesnt always seem to be that important when things are going okay. Financial tight passes always put you in a position of greater respect for the Giver, the One responsible for paying your bills. It makes you look around for ways you might possibly improve, which, as long as everythings going alright, you dont see a need for.

But when things are tight, you look around and wonder, What could I be doing better? What might I be doing that is bringing You wonder, what could I possibly tell you that is going to make this momentary situation upon me? Youre not taking it for a difference; how could words solve your crisis or catapult you granted any longer that you must be doing okay, but you figure, out of the situation you see yourself in? Wait a minute, why has the Lord stopped blessing me? But you mustnt underestimate My Words. Remember theyre the building blocks of the universe, and the I want to make sure you remember that it is I, and not your own stuff the worlds were made of. abilities, who supply your needs, I want you to give Me all the It is but a little thing for Me to supply your needs. glory for it. Faith is a better and more trustworthy currency than cash. My Promises are certainly worth more than those pieces of paper that the majority of mankind pursue with all their might and energy. My Words build up your faith, since thats where faith comes from in the first place, and faith is just about the most important thing you can invest your time in apart from love. Hope is the way you get there, its your road to the goals of faith and love. Youre not quite sure yet whether youre ever going to make it there, but you keep going and following that direction in which My Promises point; you keep hoping. Its not so much your doctrines and what you believe what will make the biggest difference and your greatest testimony to the world, but the way you live those things and put them into practice. By refusing to join their rat race, even when all the circumstances and signs around you indicate you should, but by continuing to trust in Me, even when the pressure is on, you prove that you really believe what youre preaching, and that you know Im going to come through for you, and nothing is going to mean as much in the lives of others as that faith, that you know and thus they can know, too that I come through for My children and take care of them. The testing of your faith which is more precious than gold (1Peter 1:7). In other words, were upping the value of your currency. Were making your faith even more precious, more valuable, and its When it comes to confronting those in professional businesses with professional life-styles, it does pay to become one with them and try to win them on their level, and not give them the impression that they might have to stoop down to yours Of course, the difference between them and you is that they believe in the System. You dont. But you should show even by your outward appearance and the efforts youre making that you do believe in something that you consider worth getting in shape for, even if its nothing else but convincing them of your cause, and doing what you can to help make it easier for them to believe in it. You sort of have to pretend to be playing their same game as a survival technique. The attitude The Lord will always do it for me, no matter what can sometimes be somewhat snobbish and even wrong, if it causes you to be indifferent to the way you come across at people, and when it causes you to think you can just let it all hang out, and if they dont like it, tough luck. Its a proud and somewhat arrogant attitude to have, that there is nothing and no area at all in which you could be making changes and progress You may think that your way works just fine, since it has been working somewhat to keep your necks above water, and I have been blessing you to the extent that I have kept you alive and going. But if it causes you to fail to see areas and ways in which you could improve and do things better, if it causes you to just settle for what youve got without seeking or desiring any further growth or progress, then youve pretty much reached the state of

Old Bottles.

gospel of death and hate the opposite of what youre trying to bring to people. The bottom is the best place to start for a way up. It shows that why its best to stay positive in your preaching and If youre stuck in a hole, maybe its time to look around for new emphasize on the good and stay on a positive note and shun the ways and stairways and possibilities to get you out of it and to negative, try to avoid talking too much about the things that ascend once again for uphill progress. youre against, but promote Me, and the positive aspects of the Just because I have promised to never leave you or forsake you Gospel, with the exception of coming and prophesied Endtime doesnt mean I just want you to lie in your hole and not make any events such as the coming of the AC and the mark of the Beast, single effort to look for ways out on your own. Sometimes the etc. way I get you out is by revealing to you a new way or method you may not have considered before, or simply a new way of A definite, literal interpretation of the Scripture (when they would looking at things and a new and fresh attitude about it all. all prefer to keep it in the theoretical, symbolic or spiritual realm), Maybe a more professional approach about your business for would mean that they would have to implement Scriptures and Me might be just what you need to give your work for Me a new apply them literally, which would require drastic changes of their boost selfish life-style, since it would implicate that Christians are supposed to do more than just live selfish lives and go to church every once in a while 621 _________________________________________________ Every person you meet is a world of lessons in itself, lessons The types of people theyre hostile toward are the evangelical you can only learn if youre interested enough to find out and ask types who have enough fire to do something about their faith and Me to teach them to you and reveal to you those things about go out to promote it, those full of the Holy Ghost. Of course, them that you dont know. some of those groups may not be perfect, and their ways have become somewhat commercial and materialistic over time, and Relying on your own mind and wisdom in your discerning developed into something that some can react quite allergic to. people can be dangerous, because you may think you have And perhaps they have contributed somewhat to the evils of your somebody all figured out, but because you didnt have any true times, and brought about this false and superficial Christianity and supernatural insight from Me about them, they can deceive thats causing so much harm. and fool you and lead you on, and wind up having cheated you The spirit of Antichrist is the one that is raging against all that, out of your precious time, or worse, having used or even using it as an excuse to extinguish Christianity from the face of betrayed you. the earth altogether. There are folks who know exactly what to say and how to behave By voicing their anger and rage against some of My servants in order to impress others and come across as attractive and no matter how badly at fault they may be theyre actually make people like them. They know exactly what kind of music playing into the hand of the devil and aiding him in his cause, you want to hear. instead of Mine. Somebody who may have looked promising, and as if they had Just like the Pharisees of all ages, they persecute and fight their act together, can turn out to be a total mess, and can make against a small group and minority of believers that they brand you wish you hadnt invested that much time in them, after all. as culprits, and wind up fighting against Me in the process and sticking their finger in My eye. Since people are your job for Me, so to speak, you like to project hopes into them, and your expectations of them are sometimes unrealistically high to begin with. 623 _________________________________________________ Some people are too negative and dont see the potential in Sometimes you rejoice too early. You think the victory is others at all, thats the other side of the coin. The ideal would be yours, you made it, and now you can drop your guard. But in where with My help, you can swiftly assess where people are at, battle, these appearances can be deceiving. Many times the Devil and find out from Me whether I want you to invest your time in has an ambush prepared for you that youre not expecting and them and whether you should put your hopes in them, or whether arent ready for, unless you simply constantly stay on the alert. theyre just basically hot air. Youre on hostile territory, and youre vastly outmanned and outnumbered in the physical, so the prospect of some temporary The environment is bound to have some sort of effect on the advantage does not allow you to coast on your laurels. You need fruit. Its harder to find good, healthy fruit in a spiritually sick and to be prepared for such tricks of the Enemy. He knows what it unhealthy country. takes to get you off your guard. Which is not to say that there wont be any. But theres just He knows one of the best ways to get you is when he can make bound to be a larger percentage of people you come across with you think youre safe and home free, and youve got it made, so spiritual problems, due to the kind of conditioning theyve been you can let down your shield of desperation and staying on subjected to on a large scale. The darkness around them is guard. bound to have some effect on them and corrupts them, as much You cant take anything for granted, and you had better stay as you try to shelter them and counter the negative with good desperate until the very last minute. You cannot even let your and clean and wholesome input. Not many recognize the full guard down after everything is done. scale of what theyre up against. I cannot allow you to think that Money equals blessing, and acquired money equals mission accomplished. 622 _________________________________________________ If as soon as money starts pouring in you stop making an effort The spirit of antichrist is the spirit that promotes self against to make more progress, and thus you stop all growth and bring God. Its the Devils Gospel of Ye shall be as gods, ye, and no the maturation and advancing process to a halt, then I have to one else! He certainly doesnt like Me to be God, and so he conclude that pouring money in your lap isnt a good idea. promotes self and ego, tempting mankind to be their own god, all What was that verse about not putting your trust in uncertain the while scheming from behind the scenes to ultimately enslave riches? them and lord it out over them as their one and only god. Proving that it was he and he alone, whom he had intended to be god all Theres that tendency to care for yourself and see what you can along do for yourself and save yourself a little bit, instead of fully giving Me everything and then relying and trusting in Me fully to It is that sort of people who think theyre free, but are really see you through. bound. They think theyre alive, but are in reality dead. Theirs is a Theres a whole lot more trusting to be done, and its not as

though you had arrived on Trust Mountain yet.

you dependent on Me. Successful parents keep their kids on a relatively short leash. They dont allow them to do just anything If you look around and really open your eyes and stretch your or go anywhere they like. vision a little bit, youll see theres a whole lot more left to give Thats why you were thinking, Rich parents have good kids, - at and new ways of doing things for Me to pioneer. Theres yet least so long as those kids are materialistically inclined, because worlds to discover, of possibilities and opportunities and things I they know that whether they will get what they want or not may want you to do for Me, so stay on the lookout. depends on their obedience and attitude toward their parents. Having to win the respect of your off-spring without the aid of financial pressure is a lot harder, but on the other hand, the love 624 _________________________________________________ and affection of your children toward you will be a lot more He that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed, lest he fall. genuine, because you cant really say that its truly genuine Its better to be not so sure of yourself, better to be humble, respect and love if its based on materialism. How can something desperate, even insecure in yourself, and make sure that any spiritual like love be based on materialism? How could the best sense of security and notion of safety is founded in your faith force in the universe be born out of selfishness and greed? It and trust in Me, not any other commodity or physical strength, doesnt work. Just as lifeless matter has never brought forth any talent or attribute. living thing that has a spirit, contrary to the evolutionary magicians tales. Youve got to make sure that you wont allow yourself to put your So, even if it may look as though rich or wealthy parents are confidence in your own flesh, your own wit and abilities, instead more successful in gaining their offsprings respect, that respect of in Me. You virtually become another person when you do, and may not be truly genuine, if it is based on materialism and some you swiftly mutate from the humble and sweet nobody you sort of bribe system: If youre good Ill buy you this, if youre usually are when youre down and out, not knowing how youre not, I wont buy you that going to make it, into that self-confident somebody. I prefer the nobody any old time. And youll probably find A system of dependence is often the only way to ensure that a agreement on that one from those closest to you. son or daughter will pursue the path of obedience. You have to decide who it is that deserves the glory and praise. While dependence on the System is a questionable thing, you can always be assured that dependence on Me is a good thing, because I truly and always have nothing but the best intentions 625 _________________________________________________ for you in mind, and you can always be certain that whatever I A lot of people listen to what you have to say, so, its a great allow or dont allow in your life is for your best. responsibility to make sure that what you have got to say is Sometimes you have not because you ask not and have really worth listening to. neglected your prayer life, but usually you can assume that if you The only way you can convince them that you arent wasting have done all you could, whatever you have is just what you their time, is by really making what you say uplifting, inspiring need and should have, and anything more than that might not and encouraging for them. necessarily be good for you. Im trying to make you more mindful and considerate of the effect of your words. I want them to build up, not just knock down, even though its still true that delusion must be destroyed in order to build a firm foundation of truth, or, as you have heard it put in another way, in some cases the truth will make you free, but first it will make you miserable. Just as youre finding out that your children in reality appreciate the boundaries youre setting for them, and really appreciate the correction theyre receiving, so it is with most people: they want to be told the truth, even if it hurts. Of course, if you can deliver it with the least amount of pain possible, then thats all the better. Its all about learning how to love and being a light on someone elses path. More and more people are experiencing breakdowns on the road of life, and theyre going to appreciate any kind of genuine help and encouragement along their way, even if your own car isnt the fanciest of all. You have to look at the need, more than what people might possibly say or think about you, or whatever the Devil may do to discourage you and keep you from being an encouragement to others. Get so concerned about others and their needs that you wont have any time to worry about your own and you cant help but be happy Thats just the way it works, and you can begin to tell that it does. 626 _________________________________________________ Dependence on Me furthers obedience. Independence promotes disobedience. Independence promotes selfishness, because it causes you to think I deserve this and I deserve that because I have wrought this and that with my own hands, and so you pursue and chase your own happiness. Dependence on Me knows I deserve nothing, and thus humbly and gratefully accepts and yields to whatever I bring along in your life. Thats a handful of reasons which explain why I must try to keep Better doesnt always mean better paid, more lucrative or bigger, but better in quality, more valuable for your spiritual growth, strength and character. Better for your relationship, as you get along much better during those times when you know you need each other. Youve got to remember the Devils Ye shall be as gods scheme, and recognize it in your own life. Where is he trying to promote independence from Me in your life? Whats the area in which you are most tempted to feel almighty or like you can do it on your own and dont need Me? Its a trap he usually uses with men. Women often have a harder time at playing god, and so their substitute can be another person they make a god out of in their lives, and put before Me, usually a person who doesnt have Me in the first place in their life, either. Thats why things begin to unravel as soon as you shift your dependence from Me to the arm of the flesh. Thats when things start going haywire and your world, your relationship, marriage and family, and just about everything starts coming apart at the seams. In the System, independence is hailed as a virtue and as something worthy of pursuit. My goal is to set you free. Free from such false paradigms by giving you the deliberating truth that you dont have to depend on yourself for happiness and success in life. In fact, you can pretty much forget about it, because real happiness is found exclusively in dependence on Me. Youre merely recognizing a widely ignored fact: that youre all dependent on Me for every breath of air, every ray of sunshine and every drop of rain, and thus every bite of food to begin with, and by recognizing that and giving honor to Whom it is due and ceasing to rebel against that ordained system of dependence on Me, youre just coming back to the natural way of things, the way they were originally intended to be. The Enemy and his cronies are trying to deny that. Theyre trying to play god and decide who is going to get food and even

sunshine and air these days. Theyre taking it upon themselves to decide who is going to live and die, theyre usurping My role in this game of life, and thats why theyre going to have to be so severely judged. If they would have proven that they would have been respectful of the life I have created, and if they would have been just judges and handled their positions of power in a righteous manner, things may have turned out differently, but because they show that they cannot be trusted with it, since they mercilessly abuse their power, they will have to be judged accordingly. So, keep in mind that thats not what you would want to be or become like. Be mindful of the fact that you dont have to be and should not be envious of evildoers, and you wouldnt want to be like them independent of Me and making a mess of things, because they think they deserve to treat themselves selfishly and lord it out over the poorer and weaker ones of the world disrespectfully. To disrespect My creation is to disrespect Me. They have no respect because all they see is themselves, or the way their selfish leaders do it, which are on Satans track. Ultimately, there are only two forces and two leaders that men follow: its either Me or the Enemy.

youve got to do your part and what you can do make sure that My Words dwell in you (see John 14:23). Two things are more effective in pulling down My Spirit upon you than any other: witnessing and praising Me. I have ordained it in such a way that if you cannot do one, you can at least still do the other. If you cannot witness, at least you can praise Me as a testimony of your gratitude to Me, and of your acceptance of My lordship. Before you can receive My Words, you have to create a space for Me to fill, and you have to prove with your actions that you want to go My way, because prophecy is for those who want to go My way, follow Me and do things to further My Kingdom. You have to become familiar with My voice through reading My written Word, and eventually youll also hear My voice speaking to you personally. Trust Me that I distribute My gifts at a pace that I know to be most appropriate, and usually not always, but usually it takes a little while until somebody gets there where I can say Now hes ready. How much do you really want it? Do you think its something worth waiting for and making a few efforts for?

If you refuse to be too proud to admit that youre dependent on Me for everything, youll always have everything you need, plus safety and shelter from the storms of this life, and youll make it 628 _________________________________________________ somehow. There were some of the Pharisees in My day and the days of the early apostles who were favorable to our Cause, and worked for us from the inside by trying to defend us from our enemies, 627 _________________________________________________ etc. You dont give badges of honor to a soldier before he has But their fame, and the extent to which they made history ends proven himself to be a valiant and faithful fighter on the battle right there, and is not comparable to the extent to which My field. There are certain things one has to do in order to receive apostles changed the world with their actions. My gifts of the Spirit. There is a difference sympathizing with My Cause, and truly My Spirit was poured out for the purpose of enabling My going all the way in dedicating your life to fully living it, disciples and followers to witness (Acts 1:8), so there must be a uncompromising discipleship. genuine desire in someone to be a witness for Me. Its your life-style that the Enemy hates and fights so vigorously The gift of prophecy is for those who need to know My will for and thus sends monkey-wrenches into your midst, often in form them in a more specific way than I have already laid down in My of the worldly interests of your children, or by your own desire Word. for a more comfortable life. He tries all he can to destroy your Once your boat is in motion, and you are moving in My testimony and tries to stop you from being who you really are. direction, you will find situations in which you will need more specific and personal advice and counsel and direction from Me, I cant say that you have managed to live up to every point of and I will not hesitate to give it to you. perfect or ideal discipleship to a tee, but at least youve tried. Youve tried and shown that indeed it is possible to live by faith I know what each person can give, and I will reward each one in this day and age, and to live a life of fulltime discipleship, not only in Heaven, but already in this life -- with the gifts they independent of any major institution, even if you may have failed deserve and need, accordingly. in some other aspects to be a perfect sample of what the world When I see that somebody does all they can in order to serve Me would expect of nice and flawless Christianity, which doesnt and to please Me, then I also give them the gifts that they will necessarily resemble My idea of a disciple at all need as tools and instruments to do their job for Me. Its hard to let go of everything you are and resemble to the Some people havent made much of an effort yet to either read or System, your reputation, and see it go down the drain, but only put into practice those things I have said already. until you realize what an illusion all that is, in the first place. The gifts of My Spirit are for those who want to put My Word into Dont be surprised if the System wishes to eradicate your name practice, who want to put My will into action, and live it, theyre from the face of the earth. They cant stand folks who shine a for My Action People. Those who want to be more than just the torch light onto their dark and evil spots and expose their sermon type of Christian who goes to church once a week to hypocrisy and their game for what it really is. listen to the preacher and call that service to God. The System will hate you if youre going to stand up for Me and go on an all-out attack for My truth. Service to Me consists of doing what you can in order to bring My Words of life to those dying spiritually all around you, and Dont be surprised or disappointed if you wont have a huge those who dedicate their lives to that service are the ones who following and a big fan club. receive My gifts in order to help them do the job. The majority of the masses who followed Me only did so as long as they thought I was going to bring them some sort of physical An apprentice will have to work for a month before he will get his advantage, such as liberation from the Romans, which most of first paycheck, and he wont be getting the fancy assignments them expected the Messiah would do. Once they saw that I was before he will have completed the simple ones, and thats how it seriously clashing with the religious authorities of their System, also works with Me, if you want to be My apprentice. and I wasnt going to be big and popular, after all, you can see Those who are faithful students of My written Word will also how even some of My closest friends pretended they didnt know eventually hear My living Word, as I have promised, but first Me, even if only temporarily.

Popularity is one of the three things listed as dangerous, besides power and plenty. Let it go! You have to take a certain stance and be willing to let go of it all, not knowing whether youre ever going to gain any of it back. You can always be sure that Ill make it up to you somehow, eventually, latest when you come Home to Me, and Ill pass out the rewards. But even in this life, youll usually see that you never lose by giving up anything for Me that isnt going to last anyway

development since you were beginners at all this. Im trying to point out ways and possibilities of becoming more serious about all of this business of preaching My Gospel for a living, and thus, professionally.

630 _________________________________________________ The humble attitude of willingness to take the blame is always healthier and more conducive to peace and finding the solution, than the self-righteous finger-pointing attitude of just blaming the other party. If you honestly and humbly admit that you still have lots to learn The words prophet and popularity dont jibe. They dont yourself, youll get further than by the method of appointing belong in the same category. They clash with each other. yourself to the only position of the teacher, and everyone else as Because what a true prophet of Mine has to tell the people is the students. never popular. Its never anything that pleases the populus, the See yourselves as fellow-students, each in a position of give people, because it usually exposes them and their false games, and take, and with everyone involved able to both teach and their hypocrisies, and how they have embraced the lies, instead learn something. of the truth. Prophets arent popular because the truth isnt popular. Even I counsel a lot with My heavenly counselors, and when you If the Devil, the father of lies, is the god of this world, then what read about things which have been determined that must do you imagine permeates the world, and what sort of come to pass (see Dan.11:36) in My Word, then you can assume philosophies run and govern the world? Lies. Lies are the that it wasnt just determined by Me alone, or not even the Father, foundation of the System, and truth acts like a destructive but those conclusions were reached in unity and united ingredient when confronted with that kind of pie-in-the-sky counseling. matter. And most people have fallen for some of those yummy, howbeit The kind of leadership that doesnt listen to anyone else is elusive options at one time or another. Its your job to tell them actually the Enemys kind, because its only pride that doesnt that thats not where its at, and that there is a real thing, that make room for fresh new input from others, thinking that you may not be quite as yummy as the fake looks, but at least its alone know best and assuming that everybody else is dumber or real, its lasting and its truly nourishing and of real value, unlike inferior. the plastic fake. Whether theyre going to believe you and follow suit is up to We know you can do it is definitely better than a doubtful and them, and another question, but all that matters as far as you are skeptical attitude. Even if they turn out not to make it, your concerned is whether you have done your job in telling them. energies will have been invested in a better and more A lack of applause is never a sign that youre not doing your job constructive way if youve been encouraging them than by as a prophet. discouraging them. For a prophet, a lack of applause and feedback from the System is actually a positive sign. At least it shows that what youre My Word is going to bear fruit some way or another, its a winsaying isnt just an effort to become popular and friends with win given, a situation in which you simply cant lose. That kind of them! energy is never wasted. Prophets arent popular. The instant, temporary results may not always be exactly what you wished and hoped for, but its the final result, the outcome of the Big Picture, that matters, and thats where youve got to keep 629 _________________________________________________ your vision. When I talk about professionalism Im talking about My principle works, it will not be defeated, My Word will not professional engagement in bringing about and furthering the return unto Me void, period. So, you never lose by giving, by cause of My Kingdom on earth; commitment on a professional investing positive energy into someone, even if you dont see level. their potential, or even if you see them wasting it. When you choose a profession, youre following a certain calling, You only have My blessing to gain by encouraging other people. and you profess your loyalty to a certain cause. But negativity usually reaps its own results So, for your sake, We have the worthiest Cause in the universe for anyone to apply My sake, and their sake, stay positive! their energies to. Being a professional is more than a matter of outward appearance. People can look as professional as they want to, 631 _________________________________________________ its still their actions that determine whether theyre anywhere A lot of drops in the bucket will add up to a refreshing and near professional or not. life-giving drink, and if everybody contributes their drop, were There are definite contrasts between worldly professionalism eventually going to have our bucketsful that are going to make a and professionalism for My Cause. The dishonesty in the difference. corporate world that they feel they have to resort to in order to Your faith manifested in doing what you can will result in My get ahead, the sense of competition with people trying to climb pouring out to you in greater measure, and eventually youre up the ladder of success in order to get an advantage over others going to start pouring and never stop and show that theyre better than they; thats not what I associate with. There will always be more that could or might have been done When I talk of professionalism, honestys a given and a under these or those circumstances. I dont look at things that requirement for being a professional disciple, as well as unity, way. What matters is that you stay in tune with Me so that you rather than a sense of competition and anyone trying to prove can do whatever it is that counts most at the moment, and that theyre better than someone else. you hit the mark in that way. If anything, we want to prove that our thing is better than that Its learning how to do it in teamwork that counts: with Me, and rat race slavery the System is all about, and when we talk your helpers, both in the spiritual and the physical realms. Just professionalism, were talking about professionally, whole- do what you can and you know Ill do what you cant. heartedly, loving others and trying to help them find happiness. Youre supposed to have undergone some progress and

632 _________________________________________________ I speak through many means. I speak to you through the things you read, through My personal words to you, but also through My ancient, written Word, as well as the New Wine, and I speak to you through whats going on around you, the signs of the times, and even through the words of the proclaimers and interpreters of such events, as in the news clips you read. Youre feeling the pulse of the times by all these things, and as in the physical, so it is with the spiritual: there are good doctors, who diagnose their patients accurately and correctly assess what the problem is, and there are those who are stuck in their own little ways and opinions, and although some of them may have some good advice to offer, a lot depends on the schooling they have received. There are certain things that will identify those who have been on the right track all along and expose those who are at fault. In the meantime, feel with them that are low and destitute, feel the pulse of the times at its grassroots, and dont assume any position of royalty or governance unless you are more than certain that it is I who put you in it. 633 _________________________________________________ Prayer changes things. It certainly has the power to break vicious cycles. There comes a time when words will only go so far, and youre just going to have to apply the counsel youve already received and put it into action, even if its just action through prayer. Sometimes its actually quite good when for a change there is nothing else you can do but pray, because youre giving Me a chance then, to show what can be accomplished by letting Me do it and giving Me a chance to work by commending the thing into My hands through prayer. Youre learning to come to Me not just once the damage has been done, but beforehand. What else can you do but pray, in many situations, anyway? Even better than finding out what happened or why things happened, is preventing them from happening in the first place, through prayer. Thats the power prayer has, and why prayer ranks above prophecy.

634 _________________________________________________ You know My motto: Changes are good for us. Challenge and change are actually not that far away from each other; so, see each potential change as a new challenge for improvement. 635 _________________________________________________ Contrary to popular church interpretations of the passage about the 4 horsemen, the 7 seals are like a fast-forward preview of all of world history at one glance. Youve got Me there, Whose goings-forth have been from the beginning and since the days of old, (Mic.5:2), as the Scripture says of Me, (even though church Christians like to interpret the rider of the white horse as the antichrist), followed by the god of war, who came into the world pretty much at the beginning, too, when Cain slew Abel; then Mammon, as people started trading and developing their materialistic streaks, followed by death and hell. Then there is the prayer and patience of the saints, along with My Promise, and finally, a quick birds eye view of the end of the world not so much as the single events of My Second Coming, nor the battle of Armageddon, nor the Battle of Gog and Magog at the end of the Millennium, but all three rolled into one, the Day of the Lord. The Millennium will herald My day, the Day of the Lord, even if it will last a thousand years. My Second coming will initiate it, and the Battle of Gog and Magog will end it that period of My Day during the existence of the world as you know it, before its recreation, the new earth. And then the 7th seal heralds the 7 trumpets which will zoom in more specifically on certain events of the Endtime. Mammon will be taken away in order for the AC to be revealed, because he will introduce a new system, based for the first time on an invisible currency, the perfect artificial counterfeit of faith My true currency.

Even faith will become obsolete some day, when the whole world shall see. In fact, the whole concept of currency and trade will become obsolete when it will have become clear to the whole My Words are the stuff the worlds are made out of, but your world that everything is a gift to them from Me. words directed to Me, or even your thoughts, or even undefined The whole concept of having to earn your living will be emotions, your hearts simply put, directed toward Me, that which obsolete then. There will only be giving and receiving, the way it you call prayer, are just about equal in importance, and just should work under a worldwide system of love. about as powerful as My very Words, because they are your reaction to My Words, and they are pretty much as important to It will be obvious to the whole world what right now is only Me. obvious to those who choose to see through the eyes of faith, Thats how much your prayers mean to Me, and how much namely that everything is a gift from Me to the children of men in importance and power I give them. Its because your prayers the first place. show your faith and trust in My Words, and that I can do what Its only ones failure to recognize that, which forces him to have you cant. Your prayers are like an extension of My Words, to fend for himself. because they are My Words put into action by you, and thus nearly unequalled in power, except perhaps by the power of I have always cared for, protected and provided for My people, praise, which is your positive declaration of faith in the fact that if which were a relative chosen few. But then the whole world will you have asked for it, and I have promised to answer your be My people, and I will be their King. prayers, you can count it as good as done. Its an unbeatable trio: My Promises, plus your prayers and They will still have to choose whether theyre going to obey Me, praises voil, the combined power of the universe. or not, and whether theyre going to fall for the Devils deceptions once again at the end of the Millennium, but after My Words are going to surpass heaven and earth, and your that, things wont even be determined by such choices anymore. prayers are what you are going to make out of your faith in those Obedience will be universal, and, whats the neatest thing about everlasting words, and your praise is the manifestation that you it, is that it will be totally, 100% voluntary and from a full and believe that I not only will do it, but by faith have already done willing heart, because the world will have learned the it and thus you count it done, and thereby even enhance the consequences of the alternative, and that disobedience is the power that your prayers already had to begin with. way to misery and hell So, theres no stopping you when you avail yourself of My Promises, of prayer and praise. The children of disobedience (See Eph.2:2) will be a sad history Apply the whole magic potion in the name of the power of the then, available for all future generations, as a painful lesson to keys, and youre equipped and armed with the most potent learn from. weapon in the universe. Folks can tend to become impatient with Me and say, When will You finally put an end to all this? But its supposed to be a

lesson for all of eternity, so weve got to make it have an impact, and not just some short little lesson that people are going to be prone to forget. Lets say, Were trying to make this Lesson unforgettable. 636 _________________________________________________ (S.H.:) The heavenly words from Jesus make the difference thats needed to bring back that heavenly spark into your life that youre missing. His input and His gifts are different from all the things that befall you in your earthly life. They simply dont have that imperfect, and thus disappointing quality about them that earthly things do. Sometimes it may look as if you hadnt made much progress, but there definitely has been some, and even if the Enemy may try to make it seem insignificant, the wrong thing to do would be to give up! Giving up and resigning certainly wont lead you to victory! The words the Lord has for you are the factor that are going to give you the victory. Theyll be the difference between victory and defeat, between positiveness and negativity. The Enemy may try to diminish their value in your mind and tell you, What good is it all, anyway? But just stop to pause and think why he would do that. Certainly not in order to help you! Hes just sick and tired of being defeated and exposed by them day after day, month after month, year after year! Theres not much progress he can make in your life, as long as you keep receiving and heeding the Lords counsel, and he sees hes fighting a losing battle in your life. So, the best thing he can do is to persuade you that the very factor thats strengthening you is one you actually dont need, that its useless. Just because not many other people seem to be interested in what the Lord has to say, doesnt mean that hearing from Him is not the one possible best thing you could ever do! Just because youre seemingly the only one doing the right thing doesnt make it wrong! Only time will tell who the true prophets were, and their voices will linger, while the other ones will fade! If you are going to doubt that youve got the Real Thing, then who is going to believe it? Dont let circumstances dissuade you: the problems in your marriage, or the way your kids are turning out, or the way your house looks, or the lack of peoples interest in you and what youve got to say. If you make the Lord and what Hes got to say, your primary interest, then all else will be pretty much irrelevant And sooner or later the people who matter will realize that what you have to say does matter, simply because what you have to say happens to coincide with what the Lord has got to tell them. Even if its just to confirm something somebody else says in a crucial moment. You can sway the tide in His favor. Youve been walking a good path, dont give up on it. Dont put any restrictions or limitations on your times with the Lord, but keep making them the pivots on which the rest of your days hinge, and the central point everything else revolves around! Dont let anyone tell you its useless! Keep fighting on!

Categories Vol.III: Accountability/Responsibility: 65, 589 Action/Initiative: 12, 25, 43, 61, 78, 94, 96, 127, 131, 147, 150, 151, 155, 156, 176, 240, 246, 282, 286, 292, 306, 327, 368, 369, 373, 380, 394, 403, 460, 501, 517, 604, 627, 633 AME: 406, 415 Anger: 55, 166, 296, 393, 414, 435, 456, 622 Attitude/Mindsets: 8, 9, 10, 78, 100, 137, 186, 216, 440, 475, 503, 563, 585, 595, 620 Backsliding: 68 Big Picture: 16, 18, 37, 46, 129, 165, 243, 312, 321, 351, 470, 472, 510, 519, 558, 568, 604, 630, 635 Change: 32, 33, 111, 137, 169, 188, 196, 221, 229, 238, 241, 311, 314, 325, 348, 349, 354, 365, 375, 377, 414, 415, 440, 459, 482, 495, 519, 562, 597, 598, 599, 620, 634

Children/Parenting: 5, 6, 14, 21, 56, 66, 81, 93, 100, 109, 114, 119, 137, 140, 157, 165, 245, 254, 275, 320, 329, 330, 346, 371, 435, 442, 446, 458, 473, 476, 491, 593, 595, 605, 612, 625 Choice/Decisions: 6, 32, 46, 52, 54, 55, 65, 70, 109, 114, 126, 157, 174, 182, 206, 212, 215, 234, 237, 243, 270, 276, 297, 330, 338, 361, 371, 379, 458, 472, 473, 477, 479, 560, 589, 596, 610 Churchianity: 33, 46, 51, 56, 60, 90, 93, 96, 120, 122, 145, 155, 164, 199, 214, 228, 244, 257, 292, 293, 295, 307, 324, 341, 357, 365, 432, 433, 437, 452, 462, 561, 571, 583, 585, 601, 622, 627 Commitment/Devotion: 2, 8, 12, 25, 26, 35, 45, 64, 138, 146, 154, 177, 178, 186, 220, 284, 297, 322, 344, 351, 436, 464, 474, 563, 584, 629 Communication: 287, 289, 325, 329, 330, 339, 392, 468, 510, 567, 614, 615 Conviction vs. Compromise: 4, 52, 54, 57, 59, 79, 138, 139, 146, 155, 156, 159, 168, 190, 197, 214, 215, 223, 254, 263, 273, 276, 296, 302, 309, 356, 373. 375, 389, 398, 410, 411, 427, 436, 444, 445, 447, 450, 452, 462, 471, 475, 478, 487, 497, 498, 554, 571, 577, 583, 592 141, 275, 441, 562,

Faithfulness/Perseverance: 5, 10, 16, 36, 47, 99, 138, 158, 186, 188, 204, 230, 263, 265, 277, 327, 355, 366, 369, 381, 389, 416, 418, 419, 434, 445, 446, 487, 503, 590 Family, The: 13, 15, 24, 33, 38, 41, 57, 79, 80, 94, 99, 115, 155, 170, 227, 267, 281, 291, 322, 376, 432, 453, 508, 516, 590, 601, 628 Fear/Courage: 3, 15, 33, 117, 156, 182, 232, 239, 242, 298, 335, 359, 410, 433, 455, 505, 571 Flesh vs. Spirit: 22, 32, 39, 54, 55, 61, 62, 67, 72, 95, 112, 116, 157, 164, 172, 176, 183, 206, 214, 215, 227, 236, 239, 252, 268, 276, 278, 291, 341, 342, 362, 363, 375, 394, 396, 397, 400, 405, 409, 417, 425, 430, 445, 451, 455, 456, 463, 472, 478, 479, 500, 501, 507, 510, 512, 560, 563, 573, 575, 577, 588, 605, 609, 624, 626 Focus on the Power: 250, 285, 286, 287, 370, 415 Forgiveness: 5, 6, 14, 23, 31, 35, 42, 50, 51, 84, 85, 93, 100, 109, 174, 187, 193, 247, 275, 283, 341, 381, 476, 517, 558, 610 Forsaking All / Letting Go: 26, 53, 133, 219, 253, 352, 393, 487, 628 Freedom: 53, 70, 77, 79, 163, 167, 280, 340, 350, 352, 398, 428, 447, 452, 455, 500, 601, 626 Fruitfulness: 33, 56, 83, 104, 133, 222, 375, 378, 383, 427, 454, 460, 553, 574, 621, 630 Full Possession: 64, 70, 104, 121, 152, 190, 400 Giving: 10, 11, 26, 31, 33, 38, 54, 64, 75, 96, 120, 130, 142, 177, 222, 249, 287, 368, 402, 412, 485, 491, 553, 555, 572, 580, 585, 617 Giving God the Glory: 19, 29, 51, 54, 55, 63, 78, 90, 122, 130, 169, 210, 240, 264, 289, 304, 333, 342, 400, 430, 454, 474, 481, 483, 567, 613, 617, 619, 620, 624 God First: 8, 26, 27, 41, 49, 88, 103, 112, 115, 148, 161, 180, 206, 207, 225, 239, 274, 313, 351, 354, 357, 375, 421, 438, 445, 450, 451, 468, 480, 494, 499, 512, 570, 577, 578, 581, 613 Gods Justice: 28, 143, 238, 263, 360, 372, 626 Gods Love: 6, 14, 34, 35, 70, 87, 93, 104, 109, 118, 152, 165, 247, 248, 257, 283, 297, 347, 364, 365, 371, 395, 401, 421, 433, 456, 457, 476, 480, 504, 510, 582, 593, 595 Gods Promises: 26, 27, 34, 36, 39, 54, 78, 91, 170, 230, 257, 288, 297, 323, 344, 355, 360, 362, 366, 378, 383, 388, 389, 395, 403, 408, 409, 415, 427, 471, 472, 476, 487, 499, 501, 510, 556, 575, 603, 608, 619, 626, 628, 630, 633 Gods Ways & Views: 16, 17, 24, 35, 50, 51, 55, 62, 67, 81, 94, 118, 170, 196, 213, 215, 221, 245, 269, 282, 288, 296, 312, 323, 330, 363, 397, 400, 401, 412, 424, 427, 430, 454, 483, 490, 497, 500, 513, 516, 558, 581 Grace: 36, 109, 174, 185, 192, 339, 363, 398, 405, 472, 563, 565, 582 Happiness/Joy: 39, 48, 58, 79, 85, 107, 120, 130, 180, 187, 237, 250, 257, 276, 350, 362, 404, 412, 413, 434, 447, 449, 452, 455, 461, 466, 502, 557, 561, 599, 625, 626 Healing/Cleansing: 3, 56, 187, 259, 272, 310, 324, 423, 594 Hearing from 112, 125, 144, 274, 277, 293, 468, 516, 562, 632, 636 God/Prophecy: 16, 22, 44, 48, 75. 86, 88, 91, 148, 151, 161, 172, 181, 188, 198, 200, 209, 253, 339, 350, 354, 379, 394, 395, 415, 418, 431, 447, 564, 581, 584, 587, 588, 589, 608, 614, 619, 627, 104, 268, 454, 631,

Correction/Discipline: 17, 20, 38, 54, 112, 118, 130, 137, 162, 175, 187, 197, 201, 207, 223, 234, 256, 281, 346, 375, 407, 413, 438, 456, 492, 511, 562, 595, 607, 620, 625 Creation: 45, 67, 80, 103, 112, 141, 171, 310, 325, 327, 341, 421, 442, 451, 488, 498 Dependence on God: 17, 21, 41, 54, 55, 63, 71, 72, 73, 77, 90, 133, 144, 148, 152, 157, 161, 167, 190, 196, 197, 217, 235, 241, 243, 285, 291, 310, 341, 355, 369, 372, 390, 394, 403, 410, 422, 424, 430, 451, 452, 464, 465, 483, 491, 494, 500, 559, 567, 578, 588, 593, 603, 616, 617, 619, 620, 624, 626 Devils Devices: 4, 11, 34, 39, 44, 45, 46, 54, 58, 60, 61, 67, 68, 74, 88, 93, 95, 103, 112, 114, 117, 122, 125, 129, 141, 182, 191, 194, 228, 237, 251, 254, 258, 262, 265, 267, 277, 281, 287, 288, 296, 299, 300, 308, 328, 330, 336, 339, 343, 346, 353, 356, 367, 370, 428, 435, 438, 439, 447, 453, 467, 479, 491, 492, 497, 503, 508, 509, 516, 556, 561, 571, 573, 579, 581, 587, 596, 610, 616, 622, 628 Discernment: 7, 22, 34, 51, 62, 100, 198, 213, 262, 338, 384, 397, 509, 557, 571, 594, 612, 621 Discipleship: 8, 24, 31, 37, 51, 53, 62, 80, 99, 110, 120, 133, 161, 162, 215, 218, 219, 247, 258, 264, 270, 275, 294, 301, 309, 330, 332, 355, 368, 375, 377, 388, 389, 396, 412, 417, 427, 446, 456, 462, 466, 478, 489, 496, 497, 558, 563, 572, 576, 577, 586, 598, 627, 628, 629 Doubt: 31, 402, 467, 565 Endurance: 5, 9, 16, 47, 505, 552, 572, 586 Endtime: 57, 87, 95, 116, 136, 141, 145, 151, 157, 182, 195, 229, 234, 237, 240, 243, 250, 256, 263, 277, 308, 329, 332, 339, 343, 354, 362, 374, 375, 377, 386, 403, 404, 410, 419, 421, 425, 427, 432, 448, 449, 453, 454, 462, 479, 490, 492, 495, 501, 515, 516, 596, 598, 615 Evil: 7, 280, 310, 328, 338, 423, 567, 610 Faith/Trust: 1, 2, 23, 31, 34, 47, 51, 55, 60, 65, 74, 78, 79, 80, 84, 95, 100, 101, 117, 120, 135, 156, 166, 170, 182, 186, 190, 200, 205, 210, 215, 216, 218, 227, 230, 236, 245, 248, 249, 253, 254, 282, 284, 286, 288, 297, 315, 323, 328, 331, 339, 344, 347, 350, 364, 370, 375, 379, 380, 382, 387, 393, 394, 397, 399, 400, 402, 405, 408, 414, 418, 419, 427, 428, 437, 446, 449, 452, 463, 468, 487, 493, 507, 512, 517, 518, 572, 575, 581, 592, 618, 619, 623, 624, 631, 633 152, 324, 452, 590,

Heaven/Gods Kingdom: 23, 91, 120, 130, 237, 263, 283, 337, 395, 452, 467, 470, 472, 478, 498, 507, 598, 616, 635 Heavenly Thought Power: 17, 121, 512

Miracles: 166, 171, 348, 349, 404, 490 Money: 4, 55, 95, 107, 135, 282, 417, 454, 519, 619, 620, 623 Movies: 80, 205, 266, 308, 386, 418, 419, 429, 464, 479, 485, 516

History: 6, 16, 18, 20, 122, 141, 170, 205, 227, 295, 309, 323, 329, 335, 336, 338, 348, 354, 411, 449, 479, 500, 502, 520, 571, 600, 628, 635 Holy Spirit: 14, 31, 34, 44, 61, 116, 117, 121, 145, 149, 152, 186, 198, 203, 209, 217, 235, 239, 283, 301, 303, 342, 354, 385, 415, 420, 451, 467, 475, 501, 510, 516, 519, 557, 598, 603, 604, 627 Humility/Pride: 3, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 42, 43, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 60, 62, 63, 65, 71, 72, 82, 90, 169, 181, 187, 190, 193, 201, 204, 208, 234, 235, 241, 248, 264, 278, 282, 284, 301, 302, 304, 318, 343, 348, 353, 359, 363, 364, 385, 392, 396, 405, 409, 416, 439, 451, 452, 466, 470, 483, 503, 506, 517, 519, 521, 560, 563, 567, 571, 620, 624, 626, 630, 632 Independence: 390, 417, 454, 510, 514, 626 Jesus: 20, 26, 32, 50, 52, 56, 57, 70, 88, 91, 93, 101, 102, 123, 126, 237, 264, 284, 286, 329, 341, 366, 372, 379, 411, 416, 417, 446, 452, 455, 507, 565, 574, 578, 596, 628 Keys of the Kingdom: 50, 519, 633 Knowledge/Wisdom: 16, 25, 43, 45, 51, 86, 129, 130, 265, 286, 301, 345, 347, 363, 364, 387, 397, 446, 467, 487, 504, 518, 521, 558, 591, 604, 618 Law of Love: 8, 13, 17, 55, 60, 289, 432, 458, 498 Learning/Teaching: 6, 15, 16, 17, 18, 50, 51, 70, 74, 81, 82, 83, 86, 98,113, 124, 126, 132, 137, 140, 157, 166, 167, 172, 196, 201, 206, 220, 250, 269, 284, 288, 304, 329, 335, 387, 404, 415, 426, 438, 443, 460, 468, 474, 487, 491, 494, 495, 500, 504, 509, 511, 553, 594, 602, 610, 614, 630, 635 Little Things & People: 48, 73, 106, 138, 140, 154, 169, 176, 208, 230, 282, 288, 312, 325, 327, 335, 339, 341, 370, 396, 448, 456, 507, 631, 632 Looking Unto Jesus: 41, 48, 51, 65, 74, 76, 77, 87, 88, 91, 96, 98, 116, 166, 172, 186, 202, 205, 225, 230, 264, 285, 287, 326, 341, 384, 386, 411, 415, 452, 457, 468, 471, 489, 517, 613 Love: 2, 8, 10, 14, 18, 20, 26, 35, 38, 42, 45, 50, 55, 58, 59, 63, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87, 89, 93, 102, 104, 109, 115, 123, 130, 131, 147, 152, 155, 166, 169, 181, 193, 196, 201, 202, 204, 215, 232, 233, 234, 257, 263, 278, 282, 286, 287, 288, 289, 313, 317, 319, 329, 330, 335, 348, 353, 357, 367, 372, 381, 393, 409, 432, 435, 437, 438, 440, 446, 452, 453, 455, 458, 465, 468, 470, 471, 477, 488, 489, 490, 491, 497, 506, 555, 558, 559, 560, 570, 582, 586, 592, 595, 598, 604, 605, 606, 625, 626, 629 Loving Jesus: 17, 34, 103, 104, 109, 120, 186, 190, 209, 341, 393, 419, 422, 432, 437, 440, 456, 480, 500, 512, 564, 569, 570, 575, 604, 616 Materialism: 4, 26, 27, 55, 111, 116, 126, 180, 190, 288, 417, 428, 472, 521, 561, 573, 574, 626 Meaning & Purpose: 6, 16, 51, 81, 98, 101, 106, 122, 131, 166, 216, 266, 310, 332, 341, 364, 503 Metaphors: 3, 44, 56, 63, 66, 95, 100, 101, 107, 112, 141, 148, 149, 171, 190, 194, 205, 207, 209, 222, 231, 239, 245, 253, 255, 261, 266, 281, 285, 287, 315, 341, 343, 360, 408, 413, 415, 428, 442, 454, 456, 457, 459, 461, 464, 467, 468, 479, 485, 498, 500, 512, 516, 557, 568, 573, 581, 585, 597, 598, 602, 603, 613, 614, 615, 616, 620, 628, 632

Music: 130, 146, 287, 309, 316, 333, 588 Mysteries: 129, 205, 310, 341, 351, 558, 604 Obedience/Disobedience: 3, 34, 46, 125, 141, 146, 181, 286, 354, 361, 372, 394, 396, 403, 404, 412, 421, 489, 626, 627 Overcoming/Rising Above: 14, 31, 50, 74, 78, 88, 95, 99, 105, 151, 152, 179, 188, 272, 310, 317, 370, 420, 427, 428, 446, 461, 468, 490, 501, 505, 572 Patience: 23, 47, 70, 93, 94, 130, 215, 240, 246, 310, 325, 331, 382, 384, 420, 465 Peace: 39, 55, 159, 254, 275, 499, 588 Persecution: 254, 270, 294, 365, 496 Positiveness vs. Negativity: 31, 77, 84, 111, 119, 186, 216, 240, 305, 326, 339, 366, 387, 409, 461, 503, 518, 622, 630 Praise: 22, 31, 72, 130, 251, 259, 271, 370, 400, 451, 493, 505, 619, 627, 633 Prayer: 3, 17, 21, 34, 40, 44, 47, 58, 61, 64, 66, 93, 122, 151, 198, 209, 246, 253, 279, 289, 317, 341, 358, 370, 386, 398, 400, 402, 405, 406, 409, 413, 415, 446, 459, 491, 555, 565, 567, 568, 597, 598, 605, 614, 633 Progress/Maturation: 6, 15, 17, 18, 38, 50, 56, 63, 64, 69, 74, 78, 81, 83, 84, 92, 97, 113, 115, 118, 120, 123, 130, 133, 144, 149, 152, 159, 166, 167, 175, 186, 202, 217, 220, 222, 224, 238, 241, 252, 272, 281, 285, 291, 292, 312, 327, 340, 355, 365, 377, 399, 412, 414, 415, 426, 436, 440, 446, 460, 474, 491, 492, 499, 519, 555, 571, 586, 593, 598, 620, 623, 634, 636 Protection/Safety: 190, 279, 300, 387, 388 Relationship/People: 14, 15, 23, 26, 27, 35, 45, 51, 65, 81, 83, 84, 86, 115, 119, 120, 123, 124, 128, 132, 174, 202, 216, 240, 249, 263, 266, 282, 283, 284, 287, 294, 298, 311, 314, 318, 329, 330, 337, 339, 341, 352, 359, 363, 366, 437, 439, 440, 458, 461, 468, 469, 470, 472, 485, 487, 488, 491, 503, 506, 509, 518, 555, 557, 570, 578, 597, 598, 600, 602, 606, 611, 612, 621, 626 Revelation: 167, 170, 373, 403, 454, 516, 517, 571, 591, 604, 610 Sacrifice: 336, 352, 391, 412, 434, 493, 517, 563, 572, 585, 595 Salvation: 3, 8, 14, 20, 26, 42, 51, 56, 59, 60, 68, 122, 149, 153, 192, 228, 239, 280, 287, 324, 348, 413, 423, 428, 472, 477, 500, 508, 517, 582, 593, 614 Sample: 17, 20, 26, 31, 62, 79, 80, 82, 91, 96, 101, 117, 127, 131, 155, 157, 169, 233, 239, 240, 271, 282, 287, 294, 326, 329, 348, 387, 389, 419, 420, 428, 443, 468, 494, 496, 507, 512, 555, 560, 595, 603, 605, 619, 620, 628 Safety/Security: 334, 601, 626 Selfishness/Unselfishness: 8, 11, 26, 55, 68, 78, 96, 97, 109, 115, 118, 161, 215, 228, 230, 288, 300, 412, 434, 440, 453, 466, 521, 553, 555, 577, 595, 611, 623, 626 Self-Righteousness: 4, 9, 16, 50, 51, 55, 56, 60, 62, 93, 102, 134, 165, 193, 282, 290, 293, 297, 343, 363, 381, 428, 446, 476, 483, 503,

555, 562, 567, 612, 630 Shepherding/Leadership: 17, 27, 58, 68, 71, 75, 80, 94, 108, 129, 141, 145, 174, 175, 184, 187, 191, 197, 202, 204, 215, 220, 223, 238, 243, 247, 276, 287, 300, 317, 320, 326, 328, 335, 368, 381, 384, 385, 398, 401, 410, 416, 417, 419, 425, 466, 517, 592, 593, 594, 602, 607, 621, 630 Sin: 4, 9, 13, 27, 51, 60, 62, 65, 69, 85, 99, 130, 175, 187, 197, 219, 310, 317, 343, 346, 352, 357, 367, 384, 409, 423, 428, 438, 452, 459, 500, 501, 511, 581, 610 Society: 32, 48, 57, 67, 84, 107, 115, 126, 195, 266, 296, 320, 346, 353, 386, 410, 428, 466, 471, 472, 475, 492, 498, 502, 514, 516, 552, 561, 581, 595, 596, 598, 610, 618, 626 Speech/Conversation: 280, 306, 338, 385, 601, 606, 625 Spirit Helpers/Hinderers: 59, 63, 64, 89, 92, 95, 115, 121, 125, 259, 260, 341, 346, 451, 474, 492, 515, 516, 566, 599 Spirit World: 3, 95, 112, 116, 130, 239, 266, 291, 370, 448, 457, 515, 616, 618 Success/Failure: 25, 54, 72, 107, 148, 208, 215, 250, 263, 265, 301, 323, 324, 336, 337, 355, 357, 474, 493, 583 Supply: 26, 34, 48, 49, 56, 130, 160, 312, 342, 373, 402, 454, 506, 511, 619, 620 System/Worldliness: 4, 13, 32, 48, 68, 70, 79, 96, 99, 100, 107, 114, 134, 136, 141, 155, 182, 214, 215, 243, 254, 264, 275, 278, 288, 301, 356, 365, 375, 387, 408, 416, 421, 425, 429, 444, 446, 451, 452, 462, 467, 479, 498, 508, 515, 556, 574, 577, 587, 601, 609, 621, 626 Temptation: 11, 55, 67, 69, 97, 110, 112, 165, 206, 214, 240, 243, 251, 252, 253, 300, 321, 343, 363, 367, 423, 466, 473, 479, 494, 610, 616, 626, 628 Thankfulness/Gratitude: 120, 180, 238, 248, 251, 285, 288, 305, 400, 435, 451, 495, 510, 511, 569, 590, 600, 612 Time/Eternity: 14, 23, 56, 126, 130, 150, 215, 222, 224, 284, 291, 313, 362, 374, 375, 382, 384, 439, 464, 498, 581, 598, 615, 618, 619 Trials & Tests: 5, 9, 16, 20, 22, 30, 36, 47, 68, 73, 74, 109, 118, 126, 133, 140, 143, 158, 165, 170, 173, 179, 196, 201, 205, 209, 247, 259, 274, 285, 304, 309, 316, 323, 343, 347, 364, 365, 384, 400, 405, 409, 413, 417, 432, 452, 456, 468, 473, 484, 495, 500, 505, 507, 552, 562, 572, 586, 595, 596, 597, 614, 618, 619, 620 120, 210, 386, 503,

272, 280, 287, 320, 329, 334, 338, 347, 368, 420, 429, 433, 444, 455, 461, 475, 477, 478, 479, 480, 497, 499, 508, 510, 554, 573, 579, 627 Word, The: 62, 86, 101, 138, 197, 261, 268, 287, 295, 315, 338, 344, 350, 376, 396, 408, 424, 428, 431, 437, 467, 510, 557, 568, 619, 627, 630, 633 Yieldedness/Submission: 39, 43, 46, 56, 61, 62, 64, 70, 107, 113, 114, 117, 118, 152, 169, 190, 209, 217, 240, 247, 276, 284, 310, 400, 407, 411, 414, 416, 424, 432, 449, 487, 505, 604, 626

Truth/Honesty/Reality: 3, 4, 8, 15, 24, 33, 38, 51, 52, 56, 57, 70, 78, 91, 95, 134, 145, 149, 153, 159, 167, 175, 181, 182, 185, 187, 232, 234, 263, 275, 278, 280, 287, 295, 296, 299, 301, 302, 318, 344, 352, 354, 356, 409, 428, 432, 437, 441, 461, 467, 468, 469, 477, 478, 479, 487, 495, 499, 503, 510, 513, 514, 515, 517, 560, 571, 572, 591, 594, 615, 625, 626, 628, 629 Unity/Teamwork: 3, 23, 37, 44, 45, 57, 63, 65, 86, 89, 103, 155, 166, 169, 194, 202, 203, 216, 227, 228, 234, 248, 281, 283, 285, 288, 314, 325, 337, 343, 385, 417, 470, 479, 520, 562, 610, 629, 630, 631 Vision: 12, 23, 56, 59, 63, 76, 84, 87, 88, 92, 105, 113, 122, 130, 135, 186, 211, 230, 236, 261, 287, 300, 309, 321, 323, 330, 332, 373, 383, 398, 426, 441, 450, 460, 575, 584, 623 War of the Spirit: 3, 30, 44, 57, 59, 74, 99, 105, 112, 117, 133, 158, 168, 172, 178, 179, 181, 189, 210, 226, 252, 258, 265, 272, 277, 281, 324, 345, 346, 347, 350, 352, 366, 384, 386, 391, 411, 417, 445, 499, 555, 566, 580, 587, 610, 614, 623 Witnessing: 12, 26, 27, 39, 82, 90, 92, 93, 95, 101, 102, 107, 108, 110, 128, 142, 153, 155, 161, 168, 200, 204, 244, 250, 256, 263, 265,

1 ________________________________________________ The double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord. As long as you cant make up your mind whether Im really it for you, its a lot more difficult for you to receive things from Me. As long as youre still flirting with the world in hopes that they might perhaps still be interested in you, you seem to ignore another verse from the epistle of James: Know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? The lure and the sirens of the world are one of the most powerful temptations and distractions the Enemy uses against Me and My Cause, and I sometimes just have to stand there and watch it happen. But its not like Im going to encourage you for it. Thankfully, My silence makes you think. Thats a neat feature and advantage of silence. It makes you think. It gives you room to think, for a change, and gives you a break from all the endless noises and distractions which are trying to achieve just the opposite. Silence gives Me room to move. Remember that its the space inbetween the objects that does it. So it is in the acoustic realm. The power lies within the empty, silent spaces between all the clamor and clatter. When I get you to the point where in silence you contemplate and realize that all youve been up to lately was vanity, then I get another chance to present to you My program, which, granted, may be a lot more low-profile than all the rah-rah and ado of selfadvertisement and aggrandizement. Its back from the pinnacle of the temple of temptation to the hill of the humble cross, the true reality of what this world has to offer for every one of My true followers It may all be nice for a while, rounds and rounds of applause and cheers, but once its really down to what youre all about, the cheers will fade. Its a solemn occasion, for the world to be reminded of what they did to their Savior. The kind of gloom you bring upon them is the atmosphere of Golgatha, a reminder that the world always resists, rejects, persecutes, haunts and crucifies their saviors, and Gods messengers. - A reminder of the fact that those messengers are always, without exception, not of this world, because the ways of the world are simply evil. Its a reminder that they have to change their ways, and many have to contemplate and think whether theyre willing to do that, and most of them naturally wont. No one is immune to the worldliness bug, and it pays to stay on guard against it, and vigilant. Sometimes you forget the good old admonitions from My Book: Be sober and vigilant, Watch and pray lest ye enter into temptation, etc. Or, He that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed lest he fall. As soon as you judge another or point a finger at anyone else, you can be almost sure that youre going to be the next one due for the temptation you just criticized in others, just to show whether you were really stronger than they. Any amount of energy and time invested in promoting your arm of the flesh is wasted time and energy. The only thing Im actually interested in and care about is the spreading of the message that will bring souls into the kingdom, or help others to come back to the straight and narrow path they may have veered from. Investing time and energy into anything other than that is simply counter-productive, because it preaches the message that, Well, if he does it, then it must be okay. When its not okay with Me. Its like having to watch those who are supposed to be working for and making advertisement for Me, actually advertise for the opposing side. Imagine youre running for president, and the people you hired for your election campaign were actually campaigning for your opponent, using your money and resources and the time you pay them for to promote your opponent You wouldnt be flipped, either, would you? You would be to say the least disappointed.

Well, its hard to disappoint Me, since I usually know ahead of time what youre going to be up to. But dont be surprised if theres going to be a period of silence from Me, if thats what it takes to bring you back to your senses and make you think. By offering more entertainment, and amusement, you achieve just the opposite of that and lead them away from thinking again, contributing to the entertainment overload that already exists. If theres one thing the world doesnt need, its more entertainment and more distraction from the essential things that they usually ignore. 2 _____________________________________________________ It takes real faith to believe that they that are with us are more than they that be with them, & it takes constant & steady focus on those superior, howbeit invisible forces guaranteeing your victory. Youre going to have to learn more & more to take your eyes off of the obvious, the physical circumstances & factors, and tune in to the spiritual instead. When you look at the physical, youre sunk! There are no happy endings in real life for the flesh. Thats why this whole infatuation with gloom and doom & the darker side of things that so many of the younger generation are subject to, is just another trip of the flesh, and shows just how little they adhere to the spirit. They champion the cause of the flesh & ignore the spirit. It takes faith to prefer the spirit over the flesh, and esteem the spiritual above the carnal; faith that they dont have, because they invest the bulk of their time in other things than My Word, which would give them the faith. So, in their short-sightedness, they settle for the here & now, the visible, with all its gloom and doom, & despise Me & My World, just because they cant see it. Walking by faith & not by sight requires a courage and attitude that only the fewest & rarest, the choicest of My warriors, dare to take on. And thats a privilege that not many choose to be worthy of. All the more it should drive home the importance of focusing on the spiritual, rather than the physical, temporal world & all its interests, to you, & help you make sure you wont make the same short-sighted mistake of Esau. Youre expected not to commit their same errors, but youre still expected to love them. They might reject & not tolerate you, but still youre expected to welcome and tolerate them. If it werent for that crazy, supernatural difference between what you have & theirs, then what would make it desirable? The art lies in not measuring others with their same standards, but loving your enemies, to show love to those who have no love for you. Its easy to love those who are just like you or are on your side. One reason you find so few who are on your same wavelength is so that you learn to love those who are not. How do you love your enemies? Look past the differences & seek some common ground. Somewhere along youve been feeling lonely, misunderstood, bitter & angry, too, so there should be plenty for you to be able to relate to. Somewhere along the lines youve been a System junkie, a pleasure junkie & a fool for the flesh, too, so why not show some understanding & humility, instead of that alienating spirit of pride & self-righteousness? Why not show youre not any better but have been down that same road, too? Instead of trying to protect yourself from future hurt, why not be willing to risk taking a blow, like I did? Sooner or later youre going to have to, Im afraid. Theres no way around receiving some blows, as a follower of Mine. Maybe some of your defense mechanisms only tend to make matters worse 3 ___________________________________________________ Love your enemies is the message, and a fairly important one, because this is what will truly make you stand apart as true

Christians, as opposed to those who sanction killing their supposed enemies (many of which have never done them any harm), by the tens of thousands in far-away countries. I need you to be a sample of that miraculous, outstanding, superhuman love of Mine that even enables one to love their enemies. This situation is going to require lots of desperation and help and guidance from Me, but that is all the more conducive to My plan and according to My will and liking, even if your flesh may crave for the opposite, a situation it can easily handle in its own strength and wisdom. So, theyre different. So is most everybody else. Show them that you accept their being different, remaining friendly, polite and not coming across as judgmental 4 ___________________________________________________ It just so happens to be the nature of the Enemy that he likes to lie, and when hes running out of other things to lie about, and when he sees that he doesnt get any further with his lies about Me, then he resorts to lying to you about each other. When he sees he doesnt have a chance anymore to destroy or weaken your faith in Me, then he intends to destroy your faith in each other. And in the same manner that he used to lie to you about Me, that I dont love you because youre not good enough, etc., he then starts making up lies about your brethren, or your mate or your children, etc., that will alter your perception of them, just as his other lies used to tend to alter your perception of Me, or yourself, or of life altogether. You can more easily distinguish his lies about Me because you know from My Word, and from My repeated assurances, that the things he tells you about Me not loving you, etc., simply arent true. Whereas he has a greater chance to get you to swallow his lies about others, especially when your communication with them isnt so hot. The easiest way to find out the truth and expose him would be to approach the other person and tell them, Im having these thoughts about you, could you help to clarify them? Of course, that does take a certain amount of courage, honesty and humility, but it would be the easiest way to find out.

Keep in mind what youre here for: youre here to introduce others to the Great Teacher Who will bring meaning and light and love into their lives. Isnt that a worthy endeavor? If youre going to sing, make it a song that will make a difference in their lives, a song that will let them know about Me. 6 ____________________________________________________ The only way youre ever going to get people to roll up their sleeves and pitch in and help you with your work is if they see you really being dedicated about it yourself. You might be in this for a longer haul than you may have originally been hoping or preparing for. With a half-hearted attitude, its going to take longer to get the job done! I cant let you off the hook before you get the job done. In My school, there is no graduating with bad grades! Lets get it over with! is certainly not an attitude or mindset conducive to good work and a job done well and efficiently. Its definitely not an attitude thats going to warrant a Well done thou good and faithful servant There isnt any mention in My Book of anybody just having done a mediocre job for Me. I need you to change your mindset and prepare and brace yourself for the long haul, because Im going to have to prolong this class, this lesson, for as long as it takes for you to get it. I cant let you graduate without really actually having made it and passed the test. Youll have to make up your mind whether you really want to belong to the ranks of My dedicated ones who really gave their all, and not just went through the motions because there would have been no alternative. The only way Im going to be able to make My swift return is by My bride and church getting the job done of winning those that need to be won.

Unless you give it all youve got, youll lose, either way! You can only win, if and providing you give your all. You are doomed to failure if you dont, and just hang in there 5 ___________________________________________________ half-heartedly. Stay on the straight & narrow path of conviction and If youre going to hang in there, I need you to do it with a wholeseparation from the world. If you wont do it, how will you ever be hearted attitude. able to expect anyone else to do it? Somebodys got to lead the Hang in there means do it with all your might and wholeway. heartedly, giving all youve got! Hang in there also means, this could take longer than you While there may be more than a few who believe in Me, there originally expected! arent all that many who actually dedicate their time to serving It means, youve been doing alright so far and youve been on the Me and spreading My Word and furthering My Cause. right track, but if youre going to make it for the rest of the way, Does My Cause seem so un-worthy to you? some things are going to have to change now, because change is Dont you think that a relationship with Me is what they need, and the one guaranteed factor of this, My revolution, and has been, that hooking Me up with them could solve a lot of their problems from the beginning. and change their lives for the better? Hang in there, in other words, means, keep changing! Keep Youre not just trying to sell them another religion, youre revoluting! Keep forsaking all! Keep forsaking what needs to be trying to get them to know Me. You introduce them to Me. let go of and keep forging ahead in a new direction, making Dont you think that there are certain advantages to knowing Me progress and conquering new territories! and being able to rely on Me? All you sometimes see is your own Hang in there means, get ready for another U-Turn, and hold on battles and trials, but am I not taking good care of you while most tight as the wheel of My revolution is going to take you for other people you know and see around you lead much more another upside down and right-side up spin! difficult lives without ever really knowing what for? Sorry if that sounds like more than you originally may have Introducing them to Me, the Great Teacher, does the same for thought that it would amount to. Sometimes, in order to make it them that Ann Sullivan did for Helen Keller: She brought easy for My followers to begin their path for Me, I make it sound meaning, yes, the very concept of meaning into her life, and simple, like, Come, follow Me! thats what I do for so many, countless others, too. But usually I But only after a while are they ready to hear some more of the dont get much of a chance, because so few of My people want to details and all that it entails to follow Me: taking up their cross, introduce Me to those who dont know Me yet. forsaking all they have and becoming an enemy to this world, because all they really care about is Me and My Cause.

Sometimes youve just got to try and reach out your hands for The fate of those who realize along the way that they didnt really whatever there might be there, even if you dont feel a special want that after all, is not where you want to go! So, the only vacuum inside, or an explicit desire to hear from Me. Sometimes option for you is giving it your all! its okay if all that drives you into My arms and into the position to hear from Me is the knowledge that you ought to do it, and that its the best you can do regardless of what you feel like. 7 ___________________________________________________ Youve got to make a little effort and stretch out your hands of Passiveness leaves the floor to the other parties and lets them faith to receive. Youve got to do a little bit of pumping and run with it and have their way. It never fights for its cause, no drawing. matter how much you may be convinced that its the truly right one. The decisive factor still remains your hunger and desire for My You mustnt make the mistake of underestimating the power Ive input, and if its not there, then that doesnt mean that I have given you to change things, to influence things, even if by forsaken you, but is probably an indication that you have tried to nothing else but your prayers. satiate that hunger with other things, or youre simply tired of Things wont just improve by themselves if you wont do drawing input from Me. anything about them! If you want things to change for the better, the one thing not to do is to just stand by passively and watch it Whatever happens to be most important to you, you manage to all go down the drain. make time for, and if you really want to hear My voice, you will. Everyones efforts are required in order to bring about the best possible results, and if you just half-heartedly tug along, instead The Enemy is trying to convey to you that spirit of resignation of really giving it your all, doing your part and pushing along, and Whats the use? then it will be your responsibility, if the desired progress hasnt Your vessel seems a little cracked, and you dont seem to be able been made. to hold the water I would pour into you as well as you used to, If you happen to be the one factor that could have made the and so you figure, Well, why should I make an effort then at all, difference, but you didnt, simply because you wouldnt, then to receive any? youre to blame if the battle was lost! But a true spirit of refusing to give up would be to continue to Do what you can, for Heavens sake; you cant let everybody draw down My input into your vessel, even if theres only a down just because you cant see how little old you is going to fraction left of it, knowing that even a little bit of My life-giving make any difference. Why do you have to belittle and put down water is better than none at all what I have chosen, even if its you to make a difference? The world around you will keep changing, your immediate The wrong attitude to have is, If things arent the way I think circumstances will change, and everything around you may they should be, why should I make any effort to change them? develop into something beyond recognition, yet I want you to Well, thats perhaps precisely why they are the way they are, so know that I remain the one Constant in your life that you can that you make an effort to evoke some kind of difference. Maybe forever rely on. youre there to make that difference. Maybe thats why youre seeing the way things ought to be, so that you can help and do Some of the circumstances you experience cause you to reflect what you can in order for them to become that way. negatively on Me, and you derive from them that I must not love you anymore or not as much, and that I am punishing you for By folding up in resignation because you doubt that I could ever something. But even if that were the case, you must remember use you to make a difference you belittle My abilities to use the that even My chastisements are an act of My love for you, and if weak in order to confound the strong, and My wisdom in Im allowing certain of My blessings to be withheld from you, or choosing those I have chosen their flow to be reduced, then youve just got to trust Me that that Its the opposite of praise. Its basically murmuring and is also part of My love for you, and that I know what Im doing. complaining, and it has destructive and negative power, the You can rely on My wisdom. same way that praise has power in a positive, creative and constructive way.. He that loseth his life, the same shall save it. What did you expect from life? That gradually it would contain A negative attitude is destructive. Its expedient that you change more and more things and blessings for you to cling to? Well, the that mindset. reality is that this life is a losing business, which in the end Youre just as responsible as anyone concerning what will youre going to wind up losing altogether, and all that will remain become of this work. is what you will have invested in the true life to come. Its up to you to get out and help push in order for that bus to make some uphill progress, and not just do your own thing and Dont resist the loss, but yield to it and flow with it, and shake your head about the catastrophe that you see unfold as remember that less is sometimes more! the bus threatens to slide backwards into the valley! Youve got to trust Me and My wisdom that the end result will be just what it should be and what is to be desired. All options are open right now, which means, theres a vacant spot for you to jump in and fill it and do whatever you can to save You see that the path Im leading you threatens to be one of even the situation, if youre just willing! greater isolation and separation, and you distrust the prospect of that path of loneliness and pain. It doesnt matter what mistakes have been made before, either by But you can trust Me, even if this may not look like the usual or you or others! What counts is now, and how much faith you have reasonable thing for Me to do! that I can make it through you despite any unfavorable You know from experience that I dont always work in a clear-cut circumstances or odds against you! and obviously reasonable way, but that My ways are higher than Instead of letting the negative things you observe kill your faith, yours. why dont you use them as an incentive to determine to do what Often what Ive been up to only makes sense once youre quite a you can in order to change things for the better? You can change ways down the road, or sometimes even only at the very end of things for the better, I have given you that power! Now, will you it. So, can you trust Me that I know what Im doing, even if once use it? again it doesnt really seem like it? So, Im calling you to be different. Can you live with that? 8 ___________________________________________________

9 ___________________________________________________ One of the conditions to forgiveness is your seeing the need for it, and your coming forward and confessing the sin and dealing with it, confronting it and determining that you will strive to overcome it. Certain things just require consequences and action taken. Youve got to repent and change your ways. Youve got to move on to a higher level. You may think life is treating you badly, but you ought to know that things could get a lot worse, and they will, if you dont show some sincere gratitude for My blessings I bestow on you. 10 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes certain efforts have to be made in order to get what you want, and if everything would always fall into your lap by itself, then I would be spoiling you. Thats not what I meant by trusting Me to supply all your needs. I never said, Dont do anything, Ill do it all! Life may have been easier in some aspects before, but then I never said that it would gradually become easier The challenges grow as you go. 11 ___________________________________________________ Ive provided you with sufficient building material for a house, and now you have to put a structure to it and build it, and put those bricks together according to the way My Spirit guides you. It may not make much sense to be constructing with something as non-lucrative as words from an unseen Creator, and while your contemporaries might perhaps ask you what on earth youre doing with your time, yet posterity might think differently about it, and maybe you will have done humanity a greater service by dedicating your time to such a seemingly un-promising and unrewarding task (as far as immediate rewards are concerned), than by any feverish efforts of your own to have an impact on the temporal world around you. How deep are those temporal impacts that folks leave in the present world? The temporary adoration of thousands, perhaps even millions, but what are they being left with? Unless what you have to pass on to the world is really pointing them in My direction, often it will only contribute to the illusion of their present matrix, and thus it will only encourage them to put more energy into the temporal, and invest more of their lives into that which is doomed to fade and pass away, instead of that which lasts, and in My eternal Kingdom From a temporal viewpoint it may not make much sense what youre doing, but thats what faith is all about: putting your cards and your money not on the same old things everybody else can see, and what they consider to be common sense, but rather that which requires some uncommon sense, a vision for things not everybody else can see You dare to make the statement that My words, and what I have to communicate to you happens to be important enough to invest your time in it, and I will honor that statement. You are fulfilling My Word by your sample that Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word which proceedeth from the mouth of God, and Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you Of course, that kind of labor never did make much sense to those who are only concerned about the here and now, but that is what makes you different. Its the same faith or vision that many aspiring artists or writers needed in order to do what they felt they needed to do, and that they were created to bring forth, even if the world around them thought it was nonsense, and it was usually especially those closest to them, their own families, parents or brethren, that would give them the most flak about it

There is always enough to do and enough thrills to discover about life, if youre interested in more than just yourself and your own immediate well-being or entertainment. Life is full of adventures to discover that the large majority is completely unaware of. It may be hard for you to watch how those who invest in the here and now are blessed with success in return, while your efforts remain largely unseen, but that is the price one pays for being not of this world and one of My disciples. 12 ___________________________________________________ I knew that the appearance of things was not portraying a true picture. While there was apparent defeat before Me, I knew that beyond it lay greater victory, and thats the sort of vision, faith and trust you also must have. Even though it seems as if you were on your way down to the rock bottom of your soul and existence, and the situation may appear to be less and less hopeful, youve got to have faith that beyond it lies a greater victory and resurrection than you could possibly imagine, and which wont be attainable any other way. Youve got to go through this as Ive had to go through Gethsemane, in order to experience that glorious resurrection, and experience once again that the Father will have done it for you the same as He did it for Me. You can claim the promise, You will not leave my soul in hell (Ps.16:10). Even though you must go through this dark period of your life, He will not leave you there, but Hes only using it in order to bring about a similar victory from it that He brought forth through My crucifixion. I will pull you through this somehow. You dont know yet how, and it seems to you as impossible as the raising of Lazarus was to the bystanders of old, or as My resurrection seemed to My disciples during the 3 days I was in the tomb, but it inevitably happened. The light inevitably won its victory over the darkness, and it continued its conquest over the subsequent 3 centuries, and even so it must continue to conquer and vanquish the darkness even now, as the worlds darkest hour approaches. You are My heralds of light, and you must learn to be overcomers of the darkness and not be intimidated nor affected by it. It may seem like a lot to ask when the darkness appears to be so overwhelming and nearly all-encompassing, but thats where faith comes in, the little strength that you have, which is going to turn out greater than everything the Enemy can muster in the end. Focus on the light! Focus on My Power, and see what no man else can see! See the victory beyond the battle, the resurrection past the crucifixion, the new glorious life beyond the grave, the brilliant light just beyond that stretch of pitch black darkness. Dont be distracted by the fake colored and flashing lights of the Enemy, that which seems like light and life, but is not. But keep your focus fixed strong on the true light, the only light capable of lighting every man that cometh into the world (Jn.1:9), even if at present so many of them seem to be in darkness. Go forth and let your light shine! You cannot help but win, even if I use the apparent losers to show the world what is true victory, not wrought of the flesh, but of that which truly brings life: My Spirit. In the flesh you may see death, but the life that is wrought by the spirit is the real thing that lasts. 13 ___________________________________________________ Some things time will resolve, as long as you keep your spiritual eyes & ears open for My input. I may not always show

you everything you need to know immediately, but Time will do the talking. Youre supposed to learn as you go, and lessons learned slowly have a tendency to stick longer and be absorbed better. Youre not supposed to know the answer to everything from scratch. Folks are supposed to know youre in the same boat with them, the only difference being that you have that hot wire with Me by which I can reveal to you answers to certain problems. Youve got that magic lamp of My living words, which can solve problems for you as they arise. It doesnt create a problem-free path for you, but solves them as you go and as you confront them. Im not leading you on a path without confrontations, but one where you learn to deal with them with My help as they arise.

even if your flesh may be telling you a different story. Its easy to be swept off your feet by the loud and enthusiastic rah-rah style of the flesh. It can be quite deceptive and convincing: Of course you can do it on your own! Come on! Dont you feel all that power and energy you have? Show the world that youre its champion!...

That battle royal between flesh and spirit is ever-present. If you forget the lesson for just a moment, the flesh will take advantage of it and try to make its break, and, of course, the spirit, in its tender and gentle way doesnt stand much of a chance to oppose it. The spirit is always the victim of the flesh and its aggressive ways. The spirit will always bring salvation and new life to the flesh once the flesh has come to its end, and is ready to accept that the spirit indeed is superior, but it usually wont take long until the flesh will figure once again that it can do it on its own. 14 ___________________________________________________ In reality it will only make a mess of things trying to face all the The Good News and what is meant by The Gospel is not all numerous challenges in its own wisdom. the gory details about the evils of this world and Satans The fleshs attitude will always be, Were going to show them workings and how he manages to enslave people, although it that we can do it without them! Like a little stubborn child that may take that sometimes in order to wake some people up to the really wants to show the world and only lands flat on its face in fact that they need Salvation. But primarily, the Gospel should be the effort the emphasis on the Good News that I have come to save you from all that Anything the Devil may be up to will be brought to Too many people try to do things on their own without Me, naught, and the first and best thing anyone can do to avail without consulting Me, acknowledging Me, and often even themselves of My cleansing, renewing and liberating power, is to without considering Me or asking for My help at all. Just a quick receive Me, Gods gift to them, and thereby become heirs of His stamp of approval, perhaps, so they cant say they never prayed, Promises. but not really looking up to Me for constant guidance. There is a time for everything: a time to warn people of the evils that may befall them if they refuse to adhere to My ways and Carnal reasoning leads to becoming the epitome of a fool who counsel, but then there is also a time to remind them just how says in his heart, There is no God, and even if there was a God, easy it is to become a child or bride of Mine. there is no need for Him, because we manage just fine on our Youre fighting to bring Salvation to the world, not condemnation own! This whole God-business is just causing a lot of problems, (Jn.3:17). anyway Its good to be aware and not ignorant of the Devils devices. But Its the opposite of the wisdom of acknowledging Me in all your the message you will want to convey to others primarily is that of ways so that I can direct your paths. Its like stubbornly insisting Salvation, that of hope, and an emphasis on the light, and not so on running through the darkness blind, refusing to accept My much on the darkness. light to shine on your path The foundation stone you must lay is that of Salvation, and that Experience teaches you that you all have a little bit of that they have accepted Me in their lives. syndrome within you, and if youre going to give in to it, its The best and most effective weapons against the evils in this going to take you down the same path where youll wind up world is My gift of Salvation. making a fool of yourself. Giveem Salvation! Save them! Get them saved! Make them Mine! Getting them saved and getting them to get others saved is the It pays to listen to Me and wait for Me and My input, My Power best and most effective thing in the world you can do for Me and and Spirit to be your boost and guide for My Kingdom! You can do it yourself, if you insist, but the result will never be the same as when you include Me. You can do it, but whether 15 ___________________________________________________ youre going to be doing a good job at it is another question. It takes faithful practice to get your mind under My control, and if you neglect it for a day, its going to take you greater effort the next. Because youve been trying to come up with all sorts of 16 ___________________________________________________ ideas on your own, your mind is used to doing it on its own The kind of truth that really makes a difference and deals a again, and its always hard for it to let go and let Me take over blow to the Enemys kingdom is the Salvation message. again after such a period of running wild and free I need you to publish glad tidings, the Good News. Your mind will take you anywhere if you let it, wherever it deems A lot of people are preaching negative news, but not many are that success and strength will be waiting. The only problem is, actively offering the Solution. theres no happiness, no joy, no peace, no love waiting there, The Salvation message might not put you on the front page in because those are the fruits of the Spirit, whereas the mind earthly papers, but it puts you on the list of those who obey My working on its own without My Spirit will just bring forth the commandment to preach the Gospel! fruits of the flesh. And so you wind up tired, exhausted and Youre learning just how special obedience is, and how much frustrated instead of fulfilled and satisfied with your trouble disobedience has caused for mankind. Theres a drastic achievements difference, and it pays to be counted among the obeyers. I have to allow you to make these experiences to drive home the importance of depending on Me instead of doing it on your own. I just cant let you do it alone; I need you to include Me in it. I need you to find out by experience that the results simply wont be the same when you try to do things without Me as when you include Me and commit the day into My hands first. I need to make it obvious to you that relying on Me is doubtlessly the preferable option to relying on your own strength and wisdom. Including Me will always bring better results than not doing it, 17 ___________________________________________________ Youre not the only one finding himself a bit clueless concerning how to deal with the younger generation. Its one of those extraordinary challenges you find before you that I want you to recruit and solicit My help in solving and tackling. Sometimes all young sensitive people need and want is to be loved and belong somewhere. If they dont really feel that their home and family is where they

belong, then of course theyll look someplace else among their peers and friends, to find that feeling of belonging and kinship. Its a perfect illustration of My relationship with much of the church. The vast majority are simply quite infatuated with the world and love it the way it is, and theyre not really all that interested in either exposing its evils, nor in offering others a way out. Theyd actually prefer to be in it themselves, and in their hearts thats often the case. Sometimes their attitude toward the world will change later on in life, according to their personal experiences. Others are simply quite comfortable with it and the way things are, and theyre not cut out for the life of a disciple. Fact is, youre in the world, and thats for a purpose: youre there to make certain experiences in it, and you just cant save your child from that path any more than I was able to save you from it Everybody has to make their own experiences in the world that will make them determine whether they feel at home in it, or whether theyll refuse to settle for what it has got to offer them, and seek a better place instead The pain of having to watch them go the other way and forsake you as Paul put it, having loved this present world, is an experience that I want you to go through as a sample of how I feel many times. Its part of obtaining a greater understanding of My mind, the mind of God, and learning to not only see things through My eyes, but also experiencing them with the Fathers heart. I dont only want you to learn to see and think as I do, but also to feel and to love as I do, and the only way to achieve that is via the path of suffering and pain that you experience through these conflicts. To be forsaken by your own for the sake of the world is a very real experience for Me and the Father to deal with, and We would like to allow as many as possible to participate and partake in this pain to give them a greater understanding of Our point of view, and how we feel about it. It will also teach you how to love like We do: not just giving up on someone when you see that they are turning their backs on you, but to continue loving them unconditionally in spite of their choices and preferences for the world, even if its very painful. You may feel tempted to close your heart up to them and lock them out, but you know you just cant do that. You simply have to bear the pain And, like the father of the prodigal son, hope and pray that some day they will return to you, and receive them back with wide open arms, as I have always done with you. Mothers often experience these things differently. They cannot bear to see the whole thing with the realistic view of what their children are actually doing by choosing the ways of the world. They say, Its only natural, and in a way theyre right. They have to make those experiences; its in their nature to have to do so. 18 ___________________________________________________ You dont have to take and accept everything the Devil, or even life itself, hands you. Sometimes youve got to have the grace and the ability to say, No, thank you! Its ingrained into the minds of this consumers society to take and grab and consume whatever one can, but sometimes its simply wiser to forego some of those blessings, which have a hidden price. They may make things easier and more pleasant for you immediately and in short term aspects, but in the long run they make you lazier and spoiled and thus, weaker to fight the battle, which is, of course, the Enemys incentive. He pretends to be your friend in order to weaken you, so that when the showdown comes and he shows his true face, you

wont have what it takes to resist, overcome, lick and beat him. Obedience and successful relationships both depend on the ability to let go of ones own will. People with a strong will have a harder time to form successful relationships with others and finding it in them to carry out orders or whats required of them, especially when its in aspects that require faith, instead of situations with immediate, tangible rewards and gratifications. Its the Whats in it for me? society and a Tit for tat system where folks only do something in return for some benefit, and its very hard to get anyone to renounce that type of thinking for the sake of My Cause, and to persuade them into doing anything for Me, especially if its not going to be rewarded with some immediate benefit, but requires faith in rewards in some distant future, which is only perceived by faith, since the whole rest of the world says that its not going to happen It is I Who will have to right the wrongs of this world, and I know your frame, and wont expect more of you than you can deliver momentarily, but I cause you to grow and stretch your muscles, enhancing your capacities to give. 19 ___________________________________________________ Im a lover of details. Im the Great Teacher, and I love it when My pupils do their homework and thoroughly. Youre finding out that just slapping your theories together on shreds of information without hearing out the whole story has unpleasant consequences. When you get excited about an opinion, you tend to skip a few facts, and it requires a bit more work to really find all the supporting facts and arguments, secure their sources, and to state your point in a more balanced and reasonable way. Unfortunately, that kind of work makes whatever youve got to say or write also more tedious to listen to or read People are always quick to hear some biased gossip, or emotional rantings and ravings of someone that will stir up their emotions for a certain cause or against a certain group of people. What people like isnt necessarily the facts, but hype and propaganda. They basically love to be manipulated, and thats also why they will receive the Antichrist with wide open arms, since he will be the chief manipulator of all times. Give both sides a chance to be heard, at least when there are facts on either end, without omitting any, lest you become guilty of the same tactic of manipulation. Be fair enough to show the facts that speak in favor of the other side, even if it may undermine your own point somewhat. I wasnt a great winner of debates in My time, and thats simply not what its about. Its about winning the soul, not the argument. Id rather lose an argument and win the soul. Thats the goal Not tons of arguments in favor of your point, but enough love to win a soul, even if you never win an argument. Its not about showing off how smart you are, but about loving others, and in the process youll find out, that thats the smartest thing youve ever done. Love may turn out to be even more effective than the raw truth! 20 ___________________________________________________ The Prodigal sons father waited patiently for his sons return, he didnt go chasing after him, nor did he send the police after him, nor did he write him letters about how much he disapproved of his sons strayings. The world is a mess, but you need to ask yourself, what is the best thing you can possibly do in order to improve things? Just pointing your finger at the culprit isnt necessarily the solution. Its one thing to expose evil, but what is the answer you will give?

You have come to learn all you did about the Devils devices, and you cant say youre ignorant of them any longer, which is good. Youve obtained a lot of wisdom and insight about his workings, and its going to come in handy. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy and involves a few more factors besides exposing the workings of evil. It sees how experiencing the fruits and results and consequences of evil is necessary for mankind in order to learn their lesson and for others to acquire that wisdom, too. You cant just impart all you know to anyone by telling them, it is so. If they didnt believe Me, what makes you think theyre going to believe you? So, it might be better in some cases to just hold your breath for a little while until theyre ready to listen. 21 ___________________________________________________ I need people who are in this for the long haul, and who are prepared to walk all the way, no matter how long it may turn out to be. A finished building does look nicer than one that was never finished because the builder didnt quite have what it took to finish it. He didnt count the cost before he started All that remains is a sad waste of space and a monument to wasted manpower and resources due to a lack of wisdom, foresight and the ability to truthfully assess ones own resources and limitations. What are the resources needed to finish running the race for Me? Well, primarily faith. As long as you believe that all things are possible, youll know that even if you get stuck along the way, seemingly without any strength or resources to continue, Ill be able to supply you with what you need. 22 ___________________________________________________ You must forego the negative, distracting input from the Enemy in order to stay empty and hungry for Mine. Ye cannot drink of the Lords cup and the Devils. Youre trying to fight that feeling of emptiness with the wrong cure, which is weakening your channel with Me! One of the Devils old tricks is to pose as some older, wiser brother who says that its okay to enjoy the forbidden fruit; its okay to enjoy that worldly entertainment, its okay to go easy on yourself The problem is that the devices he offers seldom, if ever render true happiness. They only yield a temporary relief from thinking. The assessment of where the world is at can sometimes hurt and tend to be depressing, so you want to drown out those thoughts with some other, less gloomy input, or simply distract yourself with anything available from that reality On the other hand youve experienced that sometimes even a not-so-hot movie could contain some interesting lessons, and you figure more input is better than no input, even if it isnt necessarily all good. But Im just drawing your attention to the fact that some of that not-so-good input can tamper with your channel with Me. It reduces your hunger and desperation for My input, because your mind has already been filled with something.

less than downright evil and only time will tell and expose just how bad the thing really was that he persuaded you to enjoy 23 ___________________________________________________ Some things are giving you trials. But let the trials do their work on you: Let them cause you to pray, let them mold your heart and make you desperate. One of the main causes for things going haywire is because people generally are so complacent instead of desperate. Its okay to be desperate, in fact, quite appropriate in these times, and if it takes some trials and some things that arent the way they should be to get you there, then let it be! Looking at the state of your vessel and the circumstances can be a bit scary sometimes, all that introspection and self-analysis, or the state of your crew. But if you keep your focus on the field and on the job and the goals before you, and the people I have placed in your care to shepherd and take care of, youll see that theres purpose, after all. Hold on to Me, and I will reveal the purpose to you that you may not be able to see immediately. When your life doesnt seem to be making much sense, its time to stop, look up & listen to Me. 24 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes it helps to be reminded how many people have it much worse than you in many aspects. Whatever has befallen you, you can always safely assume that somebody else somewhere at some time must have had it worse than you, and that youre quite blessed. The Enemy tries to amplify the pain and darken the picture by whispering in your ear, as if he was your friend and sympathizing with you, when hes responsible for the mess and the situation in the first place. Hes the real culprit and traitor, and if anything, it should strengthen your resolve against him, and your determination to fight him to the death. Hes the author of the lies that cause the confusion, the misunderstandings, misconceptions and suspicions that cause all the hurt and alienation, so hes the one you should direct your anger against, and whom you should fight accordingly. The other people involved are only his victims, just like you.

You have seen the way he operates time and time and time again, so you should be able to be a strength and a comfort to the other parties involved, instead of playing along in the game of artificially induced antagonism and strife that he initiated with his schemes. Youve got to see the spiritual cause behind what happened, and see what his goals are. He wants to make you feel like giving up and like surrendering to your fate, and as if the others were your enemies! Hes trying to discourage you from reaching out to communicate because he knows that would be the end of his scheme. Communication is a killer of Satans schemes, thats why he tries to fight communication between you, and also with Me, tooth and nail. Communication is his dilemma, his nemesis. He cant stand it, because it is bound to expose his scheme sooner or later and reveal just how ridiculous all those lies and suspicions were that he was trying to sow in your minds about each other. Communication will shed light into each others minds about how each of you really feel. Movies designed to convey a loser spirit to its viewers are not Bringing in that light will diminish the Enemys abilities to conducive to feeling much like one of My Overcomers or future operate in the darkness and there sow his seeds. champions of the world, and what you were hoping to be a cure to your depressions is going to turn out to be part of the problem 25 ___________________________________________________ instead. People use fear as an excuse, when they ought to be So, watch out what youre feeding your soul. An overdose of the recognizing it as a weakness they ought to overcome. wrong sort of input can have lasting implications that you It opens the venue for them to play the victim: I was afraid of werent ready for when you sought some harmless you Thats exactly what Adam & Eve said when they were hiding from Me. It makes you look like the big, bad culprit, and entertainment The Enemy always camouflages his temptations as something they are the victims. But did that save Adam & Eve from having

to pay the consequences of their actions? No it didnt. And thats a lesson for all mankind. No matter what sort of excuse you will give for your sins, it wont hold ground, and it wont clear you of having to pay the consequences. Nobody will be able to stand before Me and justify themselves and clear themselves of their sin or failures. Not by all their trying to do so. The easiest and quickest way to be forgiven is to be willing to admit their sin and admit that they need help, instead of lying and pretending theyre doing just fine without it, which is pride. How to deal with someone who doesnt want to face the truth? Welcome to the great challenge of the 21st century! Thats what Im having to deal with, and among other things what youre here to learn: How to sell the truth to people who dont want it. The least appreciated and wanted commodity in the universe. The most rejected treasure of all times. The only way youre going to be able to sell it is by speaking the truth in love, love being the important factor here, even above the truth factor. Without love, youre never going to be able to speak the truth successfully. Thats why you have to learn to love people in spite of knowing the truth about them, truth that theyre not even aware of themselves Thats the type of art I practice and you can learn from Me. Does it sound like a worthy endeavor to you? Learning to love people in spite of their faults and weaknesses? Thats the business Im in. You wanna join Me? The good thing about it is, if you do, youll find that people will have a much easier time putting up with yours, too!

If it was your own superior qualities that saved you, then what hope would there be for them? But if you put forth a little bit of a believing effort that what I did for you I am also able to do for them, and if you let that positive attitude shine through a little bit, instead of your suspicion and doubt concerning them, maybe theyll also catch the drift and start believing that I can do it for them, too! If Im your only hope, what makes you doubt that I can be theirs, too? Even if theyre going to betray you, what else can you ever do but love them? If you dont love them, you will only give them a justification for their choice and betrayal. Can you make an effort to have a little bit of a believing and trusting attitude that Im capable of bringing the best out of this situation, and that Im in full control? You cannot put your trust in the circumstances or the shape theyre in. The only One it pays to put your trust in fully am I. I can salvage any situation, no matter how bad. Its true that it pays to be prepared for the worst in order to avoid unpleasant surprises. But what crime could they possibly commit that I wouldnt forgive them for? Now, we dont want to find out, if we can help it, but why do you have to act as if there was such a thing? Why cant you just accept the fact that theyre a beloved and forgiven child of Mine, no matter what, and grant them that forgiveness?

So you would have expected more of them, and you resent that theyre going to choose the ways of the world instead of Mine. You resent the way this reflects back on you. Yes, theyre afraid of the truth, which is precisely the reason why But these are fairly selfish motivations, and they certainly wont theyve always been afraid of Me. They cant handle the truth cut the cake in persuading anybody to sacrifice the thrills this without first having received the assurance of unconditional love. world has to offer Once theyve received and experienced that, anything is possible for them. Youre just going to have to trust Me that I have a plan and a Its a power that can transform any wretch or notorious loser. lesson to teach you out of all this, just as there was in the things that happened to you before. If its something thats giving you trials and a hard time, something to give you a reason to pray 26 ___________________________________________________ about and hear from Me about, rejoice: it means theres You simply cant lose by loving even your enemies you something for you to learn and something to grow by, something always win. to help you love better and become a better and truer follower of If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be Mine. thirsty, give him water to drink. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee (Prov.25:21, 22). Just as you have seen that the deep, dark and trying times You simply never lose by loving and doing the loving thing. wrought something better for you in your life, so it will have to be Whereas a lack of love for a Christian is always a disadvantage with them. and a sin, because it is My commandment for you to love others. If you can embrace the pain theyre handing you as an act of It is your responsibility to love, regardless of feelings. love, in trust that its going to contribute to your life, to what you My commandment to love stands stronger, has greater emphasis are and will be in a positive and enriching way, then it will also be and priority than your discernment, or wanting to find out easier for you to love them. For this experience will bind you whether you were right about your feelings and suspicions or together and will teach you that somehow you belong, just as not. everything belongs. Of course, its easier to embrace the pleasant things as parts that The Enemy is extremely clever and knows just what it takes to belong in your life. But thats where faith is needed to get you to neglect your greatest and most important duty of all. recognize those blessings in disguise, which will often have a What he specially fights, is love, and he will even use your gifts more positive effect on the overall outcome than the seemingly of the Spirit to get you to fail to love, if he can, just as he used My and initial good things. ALL things work together for good to own Word to tempt Me. them that love Me, not just the supposedly good things. Faith is not looking at the circumstances, but at what by faith Im Maybe they irritate you, rub you the wrong way and give you a going to make out of them. Just trust Me that one day youll be hard time, but it still doesnt change anything about the fact that very thankful for the lessons in your life theyre teaching you your one and only duty toward them is to love them. right now! Stretch your faith even yet a bit more and trust Me that everything is going to turn out alright in the end anyway, even if thats not what it looks like right now. If it was My love and power that saved you, then who are you to doubt that I can save them, too, from the mess theyre probably going to get into, just as I saved you out of yours, no matter how smart you were or not? 27 ___________________________________________________ Being open to change, wanting and desiring change and actively looking for it and for ways to change is precisely the attitude thats needed: What can I do in order to make more progress, what should I change? etc. As long as you seek change, keep your eyes open for potential change in your life, as long as you keep looking ahead, looking

for the new, and embracing it when you see it, instead of rejecting it, youre bound to make progress and some forward movement. Comfortable isnt necessarily a criterion on My list of prerequisites. While it may be natural for you to seek physically comfortable situations, that may be something youd like to get away from, and seek to challenge yourself a bit more, physically, and discipline yourself more into a slightly less comfortable state, and into a more revolutionary one. In order to win spiritual battles, youre going to have to stir yourself up, and not allow yourself to settle down in a comfortable rut, but steer away from seeking that kind of comfort. You want to be the kind of soldier that is going to stand a chance to win a battle, and isnt just going to be shot down easily because of a lack of mobility. Instead of seeking physical comfort, keep the spiritual up front, and seek to be fit, rather than comfortable. Your usefulness for Me in this war is at stake If you shift your focus away from what you want over to what I want and your usefulness to Me, your fruitfulness and ability to reach and save others, things take on a different perspective. Life may not seem to be worth hanging onto for your own sake, but how about hanging on to it and trying to make the best out of it for My sake and the sake of others? Now its true that those others dont always seem to be exactly appreciative of your efforts to bring them the message that could save them, but Ive been trying to get you to shift your vision from what you can immediately see, the way people apparently are on the surface, to that which is below the surface, and their true need, which they might not be so ready to confess, because of their pride. Love people in spite of their faults and look beyond their faults and flaws, at their hearts and that which truly motivates them, instead of the show they usually put on. 28 ___________________________________________________ The one thing I never want you to forget is that Im with you, and thus things will always work out and turn out alright for you somehow, now matter how bleak or hopeless things may seem. The more each of you will cling to and rely on Me, the more harmony there will be, and disturbing factors will be erased. 29 ___________________________________________________ Many factors force you to cling to Me and seek My face, instead of enabling you to just cruise along by sight. The only way anybody in My service is ever going to make it to the finish line victoriously is by faith, not by sight & being able to calculate every little step ahead, relying on ones own strength, wit and abilities. So its going to take a miracle for you to be able to make it, instead of you being able to rely on your own skill. Does that surprise you that Im not allowing you to get away with relying on your own strength? I want and need success to be brought about by My Spirit, My power and grace, not by your relying on your own skills. I need to get the whole glory in order for it to be able to work. The final outcome and happy end of history will be despite the mess that mankind would have made out of it all, and only because of My wonder-working and miraculous grace, and thats what I want you to put your whole faith in, not any personal, carnal abilities. Its natural for the flesh to want to show off all that it can and all that it is, and that remains ones priority until the point where the flesh has reached its limits and proven itself to be insufficient.

Is it any wonder that there is such a great lack of My Holy Spirit, as long as everybody just tries all they can do in the flesh? There is still way too much flesh energy and carnal attempts to make it happen instead of folks really relying on Me to do it for them or through them. Its a false interpretation of the parable of the buried talents to think that not burying your talents should mean to make the most out of your natural strengths. The talents the parable was talking about and truly referring to were weights of gold, symbolic of the true treasures I have given you and entrusted to you to bring forth fruit with, and its much easier to want to hide those than your own natural abilities. While it is true that some people have a problem with shyness and hide their talents literally, and the parable can be interpreted that way in some cases, the emphasis should definitely be on the Word, the message, and the spiritual treasures I dont want you to hide in the ground. Of course, I want you to use your abilities in order to spread My news and message, but the problem is sometimes that you tend to use your gifts in whatever way and for whatever purpose just happens to seem convenient, without really making much of a difference whether it glorifies the flesh or the Spirit. Whats important is that you keep the focus and the emphasis on the essential, namely the Spirit, My message, and the purpose of it all, and dont fall into the trap of investing your energies in something that will glorify the flesh or yourself instead. Youve really got to be mindful every day of the goal and your purpose: that you would want to preach and glorify Me, and spread My message, and not just preach yourself. Most people are usually not ready to give their whole energies to My Cause until theyve reached an age where their bodies dont promise any more glory anyway. As long as theres a bit of physical glory left, man tries to let the light shine on himself, rather than using it to glorify Me and draw the attention to Me, My message and Salvation. 30 ___________________________________________________ They that will seek Me with all their heart, I will let them find Me. The problem is that so few really seek Me with their whole hearts. Their lack of interest, their indifference kills them If theyd be more interested in finding Me, then My people would also be more interested and excited about helping them to find Me, and consequently, it would become easier for folks to find Me. But as it is, the vast majority is far more interested in finding other things beside Me Which makes it so that more faith is required on behalf of My people in order not to lose the vision for the commission Ive given them to preach the Gospel more faith is required in order to obey Me than would be necessary if everyone would be eager to find and know Me. So, its not easy, but not necessarily because I have made it thus. Folks basically arent interested. My challenge for you is: how do you make them become interested? How can you arouse their interest in Me? How are you planning to compete with the barrage of devices our Enemy has developed to get them interested in themselves and their own amusement or survival? 31 ___________________________________________________ Its in My interest that My representatives to the world are real and not phonies, just shadows of some idea theyre chasing of what they think a good or fruitful Christian or missionary is supposed to look like or behave like. I want what you are to consist of My relationship with you and all you learn from Me. The Enemy fights your becoming the kind of samples youre supposed to be, and tries to use those around you as a

distraction to pull you away from Me and get your focus off of Me. As long as there are still battles to fight, you can tell that youre still on the right track, still on the right side, and still hitting him where it hurts. As long as things arent flowing too smoothly and you cant just float along complacently, you know that you must be having some effect on him that causes him to go on the counter-attack. So, as long as there are battles, trials and troubles, you can assume that everythings alright. 32 ___________________________________________________ It usually only takes one man with the necessary conviction and burning desire to want to change the world with My truth, in order to make it happen, as is evident from the lives of Paul, Martin Luther, Dwight L. Moody and many others who got on fire for Me, and the world came out to watch them burn, warm themselves by their fire, and many contributed their fuel to the flame accordingly. Im not expecting any more of you than I know youre capable of. I know your frame and that you are but dust. But I use dust, as you know, to make My crowning creation out of, and shining diamonds to sparkle and reflect My light to a world in darkness. Dust comes in very handy sometimes, and consists of just the right ingredients that I need in order to perform some of My greatest and crowning works. All youve got to do is stay yielded and moldable and in My light, or even just on the ground of My reality in order to be there to catch others when they fall, and allow the wind of My Spirit to blow you up into the air again when it is time to shine. The way to do that is to stay focused on the light and to keep in mind that your purpose is to reflect the light. We only begin to have real problems once the dust starts looking at itself and thinking of itself as something special, and that perhaps the light it reflects should come of itself: Am I not an adorable grain of dust? Sounds pretty ridiculous, doesnt it? The secret lies in waiting for the moment I exalt you and make you truly great. But that greatness only comes through your constant willingness and determination to glorify Me, the light, and your willingness to just be instrumental in making the world see that light and to shine with My light. How can you be an inspiration for others, and a sample of My love, unless you stay plugged in to My power and make sure that thats what you radiate? Continue to face My light and stay yielded and willing to reflect it, and youre going to make sure that youre going to continue to shine, and you wont need to worry about the light in you going off You cannot look at the threatening wind and waves of circumstances that would try to extinguish your light. Even if your dust should get wet and temporarily stop shining, you must trust that I will use your mud to turn you into a new vessel, and I will resurrect you into a new, better and more useful tool than you were before. Continue to focus on Me and to trust, even if you should lose sight of Me temporarily, knowing that the reason you might not see Me is because you are inside My hand, and Im molding you into something new. Theres a time to shine and sparkle, and a time to regroup and refuel, so dont be dismayed by those periods when you dont seem to be able to give off much light A furnace doesnt always burn with the same intensity, and when it doesnt, you just have to relight or rekindle it. That doesnt mean it has lost its usefulness. Its just time to refuel and let me relight the fire in you. And I never run out of fuel for you. That is My promise to you. 33 ___________________________________________________ Its pride that conveys the notion to people that they deserve better, instead of being thankful for what theyve got and humbly,

gratefully accepting it, even if their lot or portion may have some flaws. Its basically the same as thinking they know better than I to have handed them that situation, and thus putting themselves above Me in their own minds, which precisely wraps up what pride exactly is. Youve got to allow the mystery to happen along with the suffering, along with all the stuff that perhaps you wouldnt have allowed or built in there, had you been the architect, but thats precisely where faith and trust come in and run circles around pride and all the carnal mind will ever rig up in its own efforts. Its your own choice whether you want to be happy or not. It basically depends on whether you cheerfully, thankfully and praise-fully accept what Im handing you, or not, and instead consider that youd have known and done better than I. Thats the problem with the world: They think they could have done better, not realizing that thats precisely the attitude that has landed them in the mess theyre in. 34 ___________________________________________________ There is always a part that you must do in order to activate My power and put it to use for you. You must find the thing that you must do, your calling, that which will call down My Spirit upon you and will cause you to bear fruit. You can tell from nature that it takes certain factors finding together in order to bring fruit. The male must find a receptive and ready female, the chemistry must be right, the timing must be right, the contact must be established and the semination process must take place. The fact that its sometimes more tricky for humans to bear fruit than it is generally in the animal world is symbolic of the fact that likewise, it is more difficult to bear fruit in the spirit. It is somewhat risky. Sometimes mothers give their lives for their babies in giving birth to them. You must be strong enough for the process. It shows that bearing spiritual fruit isnt an easy thing to be taken lightly. It requires labor. It is quite often a painful process and requires sacrifice, and sometimes looks like quite a bloody mess, initially. You dont know what your fruit will turn out like, and whether they might even possibly turn against you eventually No wonder that some people dont feel like theyre ready for it, or like they can take anymore. But even if you cant bear fruit yourself, you can help others to do so, or you can sow seeds elsewhere, or help tilling the ground Everybody has their particular ministry, even if it may be quite funny, strange, or unheard of. Once you have found your niche, your ministry and what makes you tic and works for you, then just go for it and run with it. Once the wind hits your sails, sail away! When the wind isnt quite favorable you simply must wait until it picks up again or turns, until you can make some more headway. In the meantime you can gather your strength and prepare for the next shift of swift sailing. When you feel like youre in an inactive period, you can use it for training and preparation. The next active stretch is bound to come, and youll wish youll have the necessary strength then, and that all your materials will be in order, and that youll have prepared well, so that none of the ropes or sails will tear, and you can truly make all the headway that I want you to make. You have to trust that these quiet seasons are there for a reason and purpose, too. I know best what you need. Sometimes I need you to recover from a longer stretch of operating in the energy of the flesh, and get into Spirit-gear again Youll feel the power and the energy to do whatever I want and need you to do when it comes, and youll simply know that thats going to be the time to go to work at it again. Sometimes an ingredient is missing, and I want you to introduce

some necessary changes, try out something new, add a new factor to your modus operandi Sometimes the secret is to be able to wait for the right moment, and not run off before youre ready, not to zig when you ought to have zagged There are times when its simply time to be still and know that I am God, to remember Who is Boss, and let Me have back the first place and priority in your life again, after a stretch of showing how wonderfully you were able to do it using a lot of your own strength. With each passing year I want you to avail yourself more of My strength and less of your own. The more desperate and dependent on Me you are, and the less you confide in the flesh, the better things will be. You need to learn that I am truly the One Who can and will care best for you. 35 ___________________________________________________ Life isnt something youre supposed to be able to show off with after its done, Yeah, I lived a great life! You either learn from it what youre supposed to learn, or you dont, and it takes whatever it takes to drive home the necessary lessons, whether youre ever able to see the wisdom in the measures Im taking in order to ensure you do, or not. Whats in My interest is what youre really going to take home from all of this, what really sticks with you, what you really learn from it. You tend to be inclined to argue that you deserve better than your lot that has befallen you. Why should you have to end up in such a miserable situation? Well, its those miserable situations that determine and show what kind of person you really are Most people tend to think more highly of themselves than what objective observation and judgment would rule, thats human nature. The question of do we get what we deserve is already answered: Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. You dont only get what you deserve, but you reap the very results and consequences and fruits of your own either selfish or unselfish actions. Somewhere along the line your actions mustnt have been all that unselfish, if they brought you to this place, and if the fruit you reap is this situation youre complaining about. Somewhere there must be something that is still left to be dealt with, some problem to tackle, some weakness to face. The school of life isnt over yet. Im not letting you get away with everything. Im not allowing you to continue kidding yourself. Its time for you to begin to see your limitations and the consequences of your own actions first, before trying to save others from theirs What the world needs most is not another sermon, but a sample. Whats required here is a sample of yieldedness to My limitations that I set before you, the confines that say thus far and not further for your own good, and your cheerful acceptance of them. If children have an example of parents who constantly try to dodge the limitations Im putting before them, then its no wonder theyll wind up trying to do the same whenever they can How mature are you, as in foregoing some personal pleasure for some greater good you could do instead for someone else? 36 ___________________________________________________ Just as Ive had to pull out the sword behind the Early Church in Jerusalem in order to get them to obey My commandment to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, so Ive had to do it time and again throughout history, in order to get My servants and children to obey.

When the time came, I made it unmistakably sure for them that it was time to move on. Not every battle My children ever fight is won. Not if theyre not aware of the Enemys devices, if theyre foolish enough to ignore him or in their pride refuse to see him at work in their own lives 37 ___________________________________________________ You cant rest on the laurels of what youve already accomplished, achieved or even received, if you want to continue making progress. You cannot take any gift from Me, for that matter, to your own credit and merit, pat yourself and the back for it and think how well you must be doing. What hast thou that thou didst not receive? And if you did receive it, how could you ever boast of it, even if its just to yourself Your attitude should always be that of a humble seeker for more, never thinking you have arrived, regardless of how much I pour out to you. Be open to look in new and different directions and ways of making progress and learning from Me. 38 ___________________________________________________ I dont give you more than you can handle. You may be tempted to think its the case, but I know better than you do what you can handle or not. I might bring you very close to the edge of your capacities sometimes, but thats the way you grow and make progress. He that loseth his life for My sake, the same shall save it. Youve got to lose whats disposable and unnecessary, the fake and the superficial things, in order to gain the Real Thing, that which lasts, and has true and eternal values. I give you the real thing in return for the fake you were chasing before. The real thing is connected to suffering. Beauty for Ashes. No real beauty without some pain and suffering! 39 ___________________________________________________ It can happen more easily than some people think, that they make themselves idols and start worshiping other gods and start falling prey to sins such as lust and greed! Youre the light the moths are attracted to, and if its anyone theyre after, and are going to try to annoy, its you! Flesh = temporal; spirit = eternal. Youre largely concerned with temporal matters when you become obsessed with the flesh, instead of investing your energies and resources in the eternal. The Enemy will try to usurp any area of your life that youll allow him, and he knows exactly in which particular areas hes most likely to have success. Youre up against a cunning enemy. 40 ___________________________________________________ Once things are back to normal, you immediately quit seeking solutions, and just let things continue to have their way; and as you know from science, things wont just improve by themselves if you leave them alone, but rather tend to deteriorate. With doors, it does take a little effort of your own to push them open, to turn the doorknob, to knock or ring the bell, it isnt entirely up to Me. You shouldnt be intimidated by obstacles. Wheres your faith in My ability to help you overcome them? Im here to help you. There are rules that need to be kept in order to score in the game, and youve got to take into consideration what happens when

you take love for granted Anything taken for granted tends to lose its magic. Even I wont allow you to take Me and My blessings for granted, so, how can you expect a frail human being to do so? Youve got to put something into anything you want something out of. Sometimes necessity creates whole new worlds of energy and resources you previously wouldnt have seen 41 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes I have to discard an unfruitful branch in order to purge and prune My tree, so that it will be ready and stronger to bear more fruit. It may seem like a loss, temporarily, but time will usually tell and reveal that that which I have taken away was necessary in order to make room to bring in new and better fruit. I do with what I have while its available, but when the time comes, and a branch grows old, its wiser to cut it off and make room for new fruit to grow. The pruning is painful, but the future fruit that will be gained through it will more than make up for it. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. My crucifixion and My parting, the taking away of My flesh, was painful for My disciples, but it was expedient for them in order to get to know Me more closely than before via the Comforter. Even so separation, parting of the flesh, may be painful for you for a season, but it will bring forth fruit that you will rejoice in. 42 ___________________________________________________ Nearly everything about a relationship depends on the way you see your partner. If you view them with critical eyes and dont really appreciate them, they feel it, and it is manifested as a lack of love, which is the fuel of any relationship. It just wont make anymore uphill progress but inevitably grinds to a halt, and you might have to walk a few miles to the next station to get that love tank filled up again and keep on rolling another stretch. 43 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes, when some of your prodigal sons and daughters are on one of their trips into the world, you as parents can find yourselves tempted to become somewhat prodigal sons and daughters on your own again, too. Be it out of resignation, or because you feel so strongly attached to them that you want to show you sympathize with them and their ways, or in defiance of the self-righteousness and lack of love of some older brother Its a test of your convictions, and whether you will stay true to them and keep Me in the first place in your lives and refuse to compromise, as well as of your love, to see whether youre going to treat them in a self-righteous manner and become like the older brother toward them Some tests serve multiple purposes. Its also a test of your unity, and to show whether youre going to stay united as parents over the issue, or allow the Enemy to use this to sow division between you. You dont always pass these tests with flying colors, especially not during their beginning periods, when you dont really see any of the meaning and purpose in them yet. Only when youve come some of the way through them, and have fallen into some of the traps along the way, can you see their purpose more clearly. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down (Ps.37:24). I must allow you to fall sometimes, for various reasons: to keep you humble and remind you that you are only a frail human yourself, prone to weaknesses and sin, mistakes and failure, like everyone else, and prevent you from becoming self-righteous toward those you see erring and straying from the way.

I want you to maintain a loving attitude toward them, even if you can see exactly the foolishness & futility of the path theyve chosen. I want you not to judge them, even as I have not judged you. Experience will be their best teacher, even as it has been yours. After all, isnt that what life is all about, and what you really learn the gist of lifes lessons from? Not from lectures or from books, sermons or talks, but from experience. That is the language that really writes those lessons of life deep into your heart. 44 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes you just have to get going and do what you know youve got to do, and then Ill show and lead and guide you concerning the details as you go. 45 ___________________________________________________ Real greatness does not judge, but is there to catch and accept anyone the way they are including their faults and failures, no matter how grave. Thats the kind of greatness I want you to inherit and learn from Me. The reason Im allowing you to go through hurtful experiences is not only for you to put yourself into My shoes and become a partaker of My sufferings, but for you to learn to love as unconditionally as I do. The unconditional love I have for you I want you to extend to others as well, so that they wont feel judged by you, nor criticized or critically viewed, but just loved. If you can convey to people the notion, the feeling and the confidence of you are loved, then youre there where I want you, and thats the moment theyll begin to follow you, because love is the only truth worth following. When love truly becomes the essence of what spills over from your life into that of others, then youll have learned the lessons I want you to learn and youll have made the progress I want you to make. It doesnt matter how well equipped, talented or anointed you are, because all it takes is your yieldedness and letting Me do it through you anyway. And the way you let Me do it through you is by taking the little steps of obedience I show you to take, and trust that I will be there to empower you at the right moment, when strength will be required that you dont have of your own. All it takes is for a little obedient someone to come along and do what needs to be done, regardless of whether theyre aware of the immensity of the spiritual battle going on around them or not. Less is more evidently also applies to knowledge, and sometimes the less you know, the more you actually get accomplished. The thinkers arent always the doers, and perhaps some of the poor thinkers you may be tempted to look down on today may become the doers of tomorrow, who didnt know that the things youre so scared of couldnt be done 46 ___________________________________________________ I understand and can sympathize with your burden to tell people the truth about the world in order to help them see the need for a way out of this mess. Youre hoping that through recognizing what mess theyre in they will wake up and want the Solution Hold that fast which thou hast. Behold I come quickly. I may not have returned as soon as some of you would have wanted Me to, but all in all, youll see that this whole story is going to be done and over with relatively quickly, and as I said, When you see these things begin to come to pass, look up, for your

redemption draws nigh. It wont be long now, before the world is going to get so bad that many will say, Stop this world, I want to get off! And those that will call upon My name will be saved out of it. There is a path of much suffering ahead for the world, and I need you to brace yourself for it, but I also need you to focus on the glorious happy ending, and instill hope. The less at home, the less comfortable and cozy you feel in this world, the better it is going to be, because you will cling to Me more desperately, you will be walking on the firm ground of reality and the truth about this world without falling for any delusions about it that might lead you astray and along some detours that might cost you precious time.

Youre in a state in which I can use My tools and instruments better than when theyre still with both feet in this world and put their hopes in the present, physical life, rather than My Kingdom to come(Gal 2:20). Youre realizing the futility of putting your hopes and aspirations in the physical life Welcome at the end of your rope, the point where I can catch you and carry your weight instead The place of letting go, where you allow Me to take over, having fully realized the uselessness of trying to struggle on on your own.

50 ___________________________________________________ Annoyance isnt necessarily always of the Enemy. Sometimes it can also be the Holy Spirit grieved in you, or a spirit helper disapproving of something thats going on, and ignoring it or The days are evil indeed, and time needs to be redeemed, not trying to ignore it may not be the right procedure. wasted. Every moment is precious, and I truly need you to invest your efforts in the spreading of the truth, and not in merely entertaining people. 51 ___________________________________________________ Whatsoever ye have done unto the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me. 47 ___________________________________________________ The way you treat them, youre also treating Me. The winter of the world is coming on. Its not anymore the You know that sometimes you could be more loving. days of joy and merriment, although you may still have time to enjoy a few more of those, but in general, its a time of warning, You cannot judge people by their flaws, or treat them according of desperation, because soon all these things must come to pass to what in your mind they may be lacking. Unconditional love is that I have spoken through My prophets. something else. You owe them, because you owe Me! It may come across as a bit I havent called you on a permanent vacation or pleasure ride, but annoying at times, that they would expect more than youre able to war! War is tough! War is anything but pleasant, and its not or willing to give, but they know that according to the standard My choice, either. After all, Im the Prince of Peace, and thats and rules of the Law of Love they have a right to expect the best what I wish to bring on this earth. from you But as you can tell, not many of those in power share those same ideas, because there is greater profit for them to be made from war, than there is in peace. 52 ___________________________________________________ People dont really re-spect each other. They dont look twice. As long as these are the conditions, there can be no peace, nor They think they already figured you out the first time they Heaven on earth for anyone, as much as you would like to have glanced at you, and theres no need to waste a second look. After your taste and share of it already now. But it would be a very all, you couldnt be nearly as interesting as they consider selfish heaven, dont you think, if you were to enjoy it while so themselves. many go to hell without having been told about My true picture of reality, My message of salvation and hope, and that there is Thats why a lot of people have issues with the ado that indeed going to be a change in the not too distant future, of the Christians make about Me. They think its totally unjustified, and kind that the peaceful peoples of the earth, and the meek are think that theyre the ones the ado should be made about, if any. longing for. But thats because they dont really care enough to really probe, find out and investigate what it is that made My life so special, and what it is that makes people follow Me even to this day. All 48 ___________________________________________________ theyre interested in and care about is themselves Sometimes what I would expect from you arent any high and lofty achievements and accomplishments, but just little humble Its another dark side of the ye shall be as gods scheme, and but necessary acts. one of its most unpleasant ones. It practically disables people to learn anything of real value out of Its always easier to work on some pet project that folks will be life. All the information they want and can retain is information able to admire, than the small and humble, invisible day to day thats helpful of getting them ahead and thats conducive to their chores youve got to do, but improvement for your particular own advance. situation would spell exactly that: a greater emphasis on the Its a sad life indeed, but for some people thats all there ever is. small menial and mundane tasks, in order to improve the overall spirit. People judge by whats before their eyes and by what they can see. Thats why they respect neither Me nor My true people, A mess isnt very inspiring; no matter how good you are at because they usually dont have a lot to show forth when it ignoring it. comes to standards of the world, and what theyre impressed by. 49 ___________________________________________________ You dont see death anymore as something unpleasant one should try to avoid, but more as something positive. Youve come to know that dead people arent gone, but safe, theyre safely tucked away with Me in My Domain, where I can take better care of them, instead of having them subjected to the influences of the evil one, even if they may be temporarily withdrawn from the sight of those in the material world. 53 ___________________________________________________ When the emphasis lies on the people, instead of the message, ugly distortions easily come into place When, instead of being diamonds of dust that just let the light shine through, the individuals put too much emphasis on themselves, what is seen when looked at each other is not the light anymore, but the individual aspects that also reveal the flaws and the dirt after all, dust is dust.

If you could just keep your focus on Me instead, you would also letting the light in. All the confession sessions in the world manage to see Me in others more easily. arent going to make it Theyre not going to make a better person out of you, but youre only hope is, as was said, Christ in you, the hope of glory. 54 ___________________________________________________ Life has many riddles and mysteries that man hasnt even It was impossible for the earth to hang there for days without begun to solve yet. the sun and the rest of the stars All it took was Me being there Theyre all trying to make sense of things in their own strength, and upholding it, making the impossible possible. with their own wits and efforts to put 2 and 2 together and make According to the carnal mind thats all pure nonsense. You have sense of it all without consulting or even considering Me. Theyre to accept the fact that most of whats going on here, when it leaving the major Factor out of the equation. comes to Me and My power, is way beyond the scope and So, you can expect that the results theyre coming up with arent capacity of your carnal mind always going to be correct. Thats the difference between supposed godhood, the kind the Some of the basic discoveries man made, that modern man has Devil offered, which declares the human mind as supreme, and based his science on, were made by men who didnt leave Me out true godhood, such as offered by Me through your acceptance of the equation, and are thus accurate, and they work. On the and reception of My Word, My Divinity, My Spirit and Salvation. other hand, some of those who have come up with their own conclusions that would leave Me out of the equation have heavily The only way youre ever going to escape this mess is by letting influenced those who believe in Me and thus affect their way of Me save you out of it. Theres no use worrying about how on interpreting My Word, so there are confusing results and earth youre going to make it. Your only hope, your only chance, interpretations of the meaning of it all, and how its all supposed is trust in Me. to have happened among believers If you keep looking at Me, trusting in Me and keep your mind and If you keep in mind that Im the major Factor in all of it, and that focus steadily on Me, I will promise you, you will see how I all things are possible with Me, then its not so hard to believe created the earth, and you will understand and fully know, and anymore that I should have created the earth, including its there wont be a trace of a shadow of doubt left in your mind vegetation, before the sun. about how it happened, and not a question. You will know as you are known. You will love as you are loved A lot of things happened in the spirit, when disobedience entered as impossible as that may seem to you right now, because I will the physical creation, and it set in motion a chain reaction of do it. I will perfect that in you and in all of Creation, in all My various events that would slowly but surely change the face of children, which I have begun. My creation, and that process is still happening. Dont worry, I wont leave you hanging there all alone and seemingly helplessly, but soon you will see a host of suns and Some of the laws of nature that are in place today were not part stars all around you, and you will perceive that you have never of the original equation. But since death entered through really been alone, that was just an illusion. It was a lesson to disobedience, things naturally tend to decay. Things are getting teach you that I suffice; I am more than enough. My light, My worse, not better, and that process isnt going to be reversed love, My power is all that is necessary to hold you up, and will until I return to restore things to the way they were before soon result in a host of others around you, also upheld by Me, that will make you wonder how you could ever have had the In the present, fallen state of man and all things physical, its no audacity to doubt. wonder that man more often than not comes to the wrong conclusions, including some of My own believers, because the human mind is less inclined to believe the truth than to doubt 55 ___________________________________________________ and believe a lie in general, just as the human heart is rather I will use anything and anyone I can get in these desperate inclined towards darkness than the light, as John put it (Jn.3:19). times that call for desperate measures. I will use any amount of energy anyone is willing to invest in the The only thing that can help you reverse that state and process effort to reach the world for Me, and I will use any tactic to right here and now is the intake of My input, which is the same generate that energy and willingness. power that brought the original positive chain reaction of Creation into being, and which will restore it in the end, too, You have the bulk part of your life behind you, and youve seen when all will have learned their lesson, or the big basic chapter of and experienced many things that have crushed your aspirations this part of history will be concluded. The Era of the Fall will regarding this life, and you have experienced the futility of the soon come to an end, to be replaced by a better one. search for perfectionism in this present life and world. But for others, it is not so, and especially in combination with Me You shouldnt worry about the state youre in right now, the way and My Power, with Whom and Which nothing is impossible, they youre prone to make mistakes and to allow sin to enter in your deem it a worthy effort to strive for the highest goals possible for life, as much as you should look at Me and the fact that Im going Me, in order to reach the greatest heights attainable. to put an end to all that soon, because that is what really matters. What matters is not that youre bad, but that the end of badness Its good to have folks like you who are reminders of the fact that is in sight, and your actual, physical redemption from all of this, the ship needs to stay firmly anchored in Me, and that the efforts at My return, is drawing closer and closer. are futile if made in the energy of the flesh, instead of the Spirit, but you may remember the times when you still had greater Its great and commendable that you want to work out and ambitions, too, about the way you wanted to apply your physical overcome your NWOs*, and that you want to face them, have energies, and I do use those things, even if in the long run things them sorted out, and get into a position where they wont have may turn out differently for some than what they imagined that much of a grip on you. But the main point is that the way youre going to achieve this is not by focusing at them, at your You werent in it for the long haul. You thought it was all going to own condition, and at the waves, but at Me, the Solution Giver, be over sooner, and you ran out of strength like the tale of the and the only One Who can help you overcome all that. hare and the tortoise, and the same applies to many. You were (= Need-Work-Ons) blue-eyed and optimistic, because you thought I was going to rescue and whisk you all out of the mess of this world a lot You dont get rid of the darkness by trying to chase it out, but by sooner

But there were different lessons in store for you and many others likewise. Things dont always turn out exactly the way they initially seem to. What seems nice and shiny and relatively simple on the surface sometimes becomes increasingly complex as time goes on and you get a closer look at it. Youth stands for a smooth and attractive surface, but its often the depths of the many wrinkles of old age that reveal the true intricacy of life. When youre young, everything seems so simple, so smooth, just like the surface of the skin you see in the mirror. Everything seems to be upbeat and energy and singing the tale of progress. Only with the passage of time and more time do people begin to realize that what is truly considered progress is something often quite different from those things they pursued in their younger years. Values change. Everything changes. At first the race is run in the flesh with perhaps a little help from My Spirit. But the truly experienced know that it is not in the energy of the flesh that the race is won, and they rely more fully on My Spirit to carry them through the finish line. You have only just begun to battle in the spirit, and part of you still yearns to run with the younger generation, but you have to let go and realize that that isnt your task, but your task is to be an example of how much more efficient it is to wrestle and fight in the Spirit, in other words, let My Strength do the fighting for you. The younger you are, the more you want to do yourself. The weaker you become, the more you learn to rely and depend on My strength, and naturally, I want to prove that this is the way you truly get more accomplished. So, while for some it may mean to do all they physically can, to become more professional in what theyre doing, in your case it may mean something else, namely that I want you to learn how to professionally rely on My strength, My guidance and wisdom, so that once the younger crowd starts running out of their natural steam, you can show them an even better way that is found in letting go of the trust in the arm of the flesh, and starting to rely on a much greater power Some of the oriental religions have grasped this point about the superiority of the spirit over the flesh better than Christendom per se Right now, the whole world looks up to and has idolized youth and the young. But it will turn out to be those who have learned from experience that really pull the threads and exert the true power that wins 56 ___________________________________________________ I have raised unto Me the rocks to sing out My praises in choosing you as My chosen vessels for this day and age; that which they consider the scum and the lowest of the earth. My Spirit sank down into the lowest regions of society and brought to life there what formerly had no life, and caused those to sing and shout My praises who did not know Me, as opposed to those who sit in their pews on Sundays and do pretend to know Me, but praise Me with their lips only, while their hearts are far from Me. You are the rocks upon which I have built My new and living church for today. 57 ___________________________________________________ Just how true friends really are usually only shows in your hour of Gethsemane, and its best not to screw your hopes up too high, but learn to live with the reality of where most people

are really at, and to develop a strength of character that will help you to stand when you will have to face lifes darkest trials on your own The kind of friends that really count are those who have the same Best Friend that you have in Me, people who also center their lives around Me, and who have a living connection with Me, which I can use to keep you on their hearts and minds, just as I remind you to pray for them. Youve had to learn and find out yourself first what it really takes to be a friend, and what are the criteria that really qualify you as a reliable and faithful friend. It pays off in the long run. It pays off to make other people happy, to help them, and to be a friend to them, even if initially they might not seem to have anything to offer you. Thats what true friends are all about. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. That pretty much wraps it all up and reveals the sort of quality and sacrificial, unselfish attitude a true friend according to My book must have. Just hang on for a little longer, and keep walking that path of true success as defined by how much you give, not by how much you get (the opposite of the worlds idea of success), and youll see that the type of people will show up in your life who have learned to live their lives by the same criteria. 58 ___________________________________________________ When somebodys mind is made up about something you have relatively little chance to change anything about that, and you just have to let them go through the consequences of their choices. Poor choices and their results are often the only thing that will effectively change peoples minds for the better in the long run. You cannot save them from making those any more than I was able to save you from yours. Its part of learning to love unconditionally to allow those you love to make bad decisions and go down paths that you know wont spell out anything positive for them, and yet try to keep loving them throughout their folly and expect them with open arms to come back to their senses someday. The beginning of true wisdom is the realization that your own carnal wisdom doesnt cut the cake, and you begin to look toward Me for answers and wisdom, and not just rely on your own head. Respect for Me, and to start looking to Me for wisdom when your own has let you down, thats the beginning of true wisdom. The realization of just how sad and sick Satans promise of Ye shall be as gods really was, along with all its consequences, is the first step on the path toward true godliness. 59 ___________________________________________________ Life is all about learning forgiveness, the very basics of true love Anybody can love the perfect. Love becomes real when its about loving in spite of the hurt theyre causing you, in spite of the countless times they prefer something else, something infinitely inferior, some dead, material, lifeless thing over you, or theyre giving more attention to anyone or anything else. Love keeps on loving even in the face of the total absence of love on the part of the other one Thats the kind of love that never fails, that never ceases, never stops loving the supernatural love of God, the greatest and deepest of all realities. Welcome to Gods very own Club - not of the high and mighty, but of sufferers and the despised in this world!

not feel My power doing it through you, but I promise it will always be there when you need it! 60 ___________________________________________________ Keep your eyes, your vision and your focus on the goal, and on whats to come, on Eternity. It will take the sting out of anything you might have to go through in this life, any lack of happiness and physical comfort, any amount of suffering and trials. No matter what you do, and what is going to become of your life, the best is yet to come! How do you become more dependent on Me? By trying to maneuver and manipulate the circumstances into the most ideal and best possible position for you? No, rather by yielding to and saying yes to whatever situation and condition you find before you, even if its hard, and then relying on My help to get you through that. You may be more inspired during the good times, even more productive, but thats not what counts to Me. What counts for Me is how much you lean and depend on Me instead of your circumstances! How much you allow Me to let you rise above your circumstances, help you conquer them and make the best out of whatever you encounter in life. 62 ___________________________________________________ Giving people freedom wont always and only bring pleasant results. There are ugly and unpleasant surprises involved in this, but its part of My plan for mankind to find out all theyre capable of, namely what extent of evil theyre capable of, for them to realize how much they need My help in order to accomplish anything good and make their lives turn out good. Youre shaking your head at some of the things they do and wonder, How could they be so stupid? But one way theyre going to learn better is by making the painful experience of where its not at.

Youre worrying, But what if those experiences arent going to be painful for them, but actually pleasant? Well, thats where youre going to have to pray that theyre going to make the right kind of experiences, and that I protect them from the deceptions of the Enemy. Right now he has that power over them, which is the lure of the Paul wrapped it up pretty well in some of the things he said about unknown. Once they get to know what hes trying to entice them rejoicing in his infirmities, in persecutions, poverty, etc. with, just as Adam and Eve got to know the taste of that He knew and had learned how to deal with circumstances the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good & evil, it will have less right way, because his whole world had already been turned power over them, and just as Adam and Eve werent closer to Me totally right side up to the point where he knew that everything before, but after, so will they. he had ever known in the flesh before was wrong, and he had to start all over again completely from scratch, with new rules, Im not saying that I would have recommended for Adam & Eve to made by Me where anything was possible, and nothing the way it eat of the tree. Its just that basically, its inevitable, and people had seemed before. are bent on making their own experiences and they figure, the sooner, the better. Youre going to have to become a pillar and a factor of stability, someone to lean on spiritually, and not look so much for others After all, nobody wants to miss out on anything life has to offer. to lend safety and stability to you. Just as it was part of My love for Adam & Eve and all of mankind to allow them to screw up, so its got to be part of yours. 61 ___________________________________________________ The efforts to protect your children from evil arent met very You like to feel close to Me and get confirmations of the favorably at a certain age, and they perceive it as a lack of love, if blessings and anointing of My Spirit, and now youre finding you would interfere with what they consider their road to yourself having to struggle on by nothing but naked faith the happiness. one thing that is really going to keep you going regardless of how you may feel. You do the right thing simply because you know its the right 63 ___________________________________________________ thing to do, not because you feel like it. You still feel as if youve got to have something to show forth in your life, to tell the world, You see here, all the things the Youre still largely so preoccupied with how youre feeling, when Lord is blessing me with in my life? thats precisely the biggest distraction that keeps you from But I want you to wind down a little, and just be content with performing My will. what you have, and enjoy it, instead of seeking and craving for Youre consuming, fishing and hunting for that type of more, something else to do or add to your collection of satisfaction that will cater to your well-being and happiness, accomplishments. when the true secret of happiness is not in what you consume, In order to really become real, it all has to sink one level deeper but in what you do for Me and others; in simple turns, in into you, onto a personal level, where you can truly say that the obedience. magic youve found is not just something you can proudly advertise and offer to others because its cool, and thats the These morning sessions dont always have to consist of some thing you should do as a Christian and disciple of Mine, but big, flashy and grand revelation that makes you feel inspired. because it truly works in your personal life, too, and helps you to You just do it because you know you ought to, in order to stay in overcome internal problems with your family, your wife and child, touch with Me and to get your latest instructions, not necessarily and makes you a more likable person to be with and have to boost your level of feelings. around. I want you to focus and concentrate on the tiniest unit first, Get more into the gear of doing things just because you know before I want you to evangelize and convert the rest of the world you have to; in other words, make obedience more your and spread your good news to them. I want you to prove on the incentive, instead of relying so much on inspiration, going too lowest, most immediate level first that what youve got to offer much by the way you feel about something and whether youre really works. inspired to do it. I dont just want you to advertise another religion or philosophy, I Become more of a sample of someone who does things simply dont just want you to spread your thoughts out of an urge that because they have to be done, and out of sheer obedience. youve just got to do that. I want you to truly have and enjoy the solution to the worlds problems, and to make it evident that it is Dont feel bad because the feeling and the inspiration doesnt so by its effectiveness in solving your own, immediate problems, seem to be there. Just keep doing what you know you have to, so that you cannot just say, Look, I found this philosophy and regardless. What matters is that the things get done. You may belief here thats really cool, check it out, but you can testify,

This has helped me overcome my problems big-time! Ive truly become a better man through this! What really bugs a lot of people the most about life is their own short-comings. They realize they fall short in some areas, they never manage to be as cool and as great as they would want to be, at least not if theyre completely honest with themselves. Everybody has weaknesses that stop them from attaining real greatness in most cases, and so what everybody really needs and wants is help in overcoming their personal problems. They dont need another pseudo super-hero to show off how great they are and make the rest of the world feel inferior. They need somebody to tell them, Ive been there, and I found this thing that really helped me. And this thing in your case being your relationship with Me, and a real, live line of communication with Me; the ability to receive the solutions to your problems, failures and shortcomings straight from your Maker via the gift of prophecy thats available to practically anyone who wants it. One thing thats required in order for this to work is to not allow yourself to be enticed and distracted by the millions of other voices that constantly try to drown out My whispers, and so you need to learn to choose those few things you really need and should hang on to and let go of all the things you dont need but are more like extra-weight, things that stand in your way of free and good and open communication with Me. The motto is less is more, and the personal quality that describes it is modesty. You decide youre going to live with less than what you previously had and wanted. You reduce and cut the fat intake a bit. You lay low on the calories, both the actual, physical, as well as the spiritual. You need to get away from the mindset of indulgence and start learning to live on a bit less of everything. The more you trim the fat, the more youll feel the spunk and zest of life return to you again. Come back to the ground of the gist of life, and just living on the bare necessities that usually bring you a lot closer to real happiness than the notion that youve got to stuff yourself physically and spiritually with anything that comes your way.

to the world. I certainly am not going to be the type to try to drown them out. I know what I was talking about when I admonished My disciples not to cast their pearls before swine. So, if Ive given you nothing to say for the moment, than thats what I want you to say for the time being: nothing. If they wont listen anyway, and havent received what you have told them already, youve just got to wait until the time is ripe and they will listen, when the clouds of judgment on the horizon that they now refuse to see will be hovering right over them, and make it evident that all things are not the way theyre supposed to be. They refuse to accept your view because theyre scared of the truth. They dont know that they can trust Me. Thats why faith and trust are such important issues and themes to convey: thats part of your job, to impart to them the confidence and assurance that yes, they can trust Me, that I am trustworthy indeed, they can put their trust in Me. I wont let them down. 65 ___________________________________________________ The Enemy has rigged up the illusion that he has vastly outnumbered you, and it takes faith to see through his scheme, and that in reality it isnt so. You feel so powerless sometimes, your efforts seem so puny at times compared to whats needed, and you feel overwhelmed by the apparent superiority of the Enemys presence everywhere in this world. But thats where faith comes in that still sees Me in everything to an even greater extent than the Enemys power. Politically, morally and culturally speaking, it can be said that hes got the whole world in his hands. But only those with great faith can see the extent to which he has taken over this world, but still know that in reality it is I Who have got the whole world in My hands, and only allow him to pull off his little game of playing god of the world for a little while, along with all his little gods who follow him and his lets all be gods scheme.

He may still feel all-powerful as long as hes in My Realm, the Spirit Realm, but once hell be confined to the limitations of the physical world, the magics going to wear off real fast, and hes Just enjoy what you have and make the best out of it. Maybe you not going to make half as graceful a picture at god of this world dont need anything more in order to be happy. as he and his followers may imagine him to be right now Hes going to turn out to be just as much subject to sin as every Why not let Me take over that happiness department in your life other slave to their own lusts and evil in their hearts since the again and leave the responsibility up to Me to truly satisfy your beginning of time. The evil he actually introduced into the world needs, instead of trying so hard to provide those things for at the beginning will turn out to be his own demise and Achilles yourself? heel, as it will turn on him and cause him to make the mistakes that will cost him the ruler-ship over this world, which presently Allow some more room to breathe in your life, and let Me be the he may still think is rightfully his. Provider and the Filler of any actual voids that do need filling. But in the end it will be mighty clear that he will have muffed it, and that the world would never survive if he would stay in power. All creation groans to be delivered of the grip of the usurper. 64 ___________________________________________________ So youre not the only one who groans occasionally and wonders Its hard for you to play the role of a nobody, and just be and sighs, When is this all going to be done and over with? I nothing and no one, unheard of and invisible for a while. know how you feel, even though grace was poured out in a You figure youve got all these gifts that merit a spot in the greater measure during My time on earth, and life wasnt quite as limelight tough as it is nowadays. But thats just the thing about My followers: the time of their Of course, in many physical aspects it has become a lot easier stardom isnt meant to be in this life and this world, but in the for most than it was in My day, but at the same time it makes the one to come. spiritual aspect so much harder. Thats why I asked you if you would be willing to become all The more the flesh is pampered and indulged, the harder it is to things for all men, and willing to let Me make absolutely nothing keep up the spiritual values. out of you, so that I could talk and move and breathe in and Modesty is virtually being destroyed by the all-present Gospel of through you. consumerism that is practically forced on people. The element of self becomes a distraction, yes, even an The Devil knew that this was going to be a stronger force and abomination. The less there is of you, the more the light shines more efficient tool in his hand than any intellectual lie he could through means that the opposite applies also: the more the is of ever cook up. Sheer primitive and instinctive greed, lust and you, the less the light shines through. appetite In order to let My light shine through you, there has got to be less His greatest asset and factor working for him is mans own sinful of you, that means, the voice of your own opinions and views nature, his survival instincts and the lusts that war in his must quiet down, you must hush, and wait until I speak through members. Theyre all going to drive them straight into his arms. you. Thats why its important for you to fight against and resist them to the extent you can. Otherwise, youre just going to be part of Sometimes silence is an important part of what I have to convey his booty and prey.

I want you to overcome, and embrace virtues, such as modesty, and the other fruits of the spirit 66 __________________________________________________ Friendships and relationship require maintenance work. The only thing that really cultivates friendships is actual interaction with people. I wouldnt want you to be part of those whose greatest regret is the realization that they failed to invest time, heart and prayer right where it would have required it the most, namely with those closest to them. I dont want you to be like those countless souls who dont even know their very wives or husbands, their children, and the very ones theyre supposed to be closest to. Is popularity more important than the truth? To most people, it is, and theyre willing to compromise the truth in order to gain or maintain their popularity. Only a special few are willing to let all that other stuff go for the price of that one pearl of truth. Are you like that merchant that sold all that he had for that one pearl of truth? Only a very small handful, comparatively, are really on an all-out relentless search and hunt for the truth and nothing but the truth, and refuse to compromise with any lie or half-truth whatsoever. And of course that sets them apart. The Mountain Men have settled mighty close to the fringes of the valleys of this world, and there must be those to remind them that the valleys of this world are not their Home, and not where they belong. The chosen few are always called and destined for the Mountain. And mountain peaks are simply never crowded. Not those spiritual mountain peaks, anyway. Can you live with having to pay the price of being a mountain man, one of My true pioneers up on that rugged mountain track, which many are singing about, but most are not really willing to set foot on? 67 ___________________________________________________ People sometimes assume that in order to have Me speak to someone and for them to become a prophet, they would have to be sinless saints. Well, you and I know that there is no such thing as a sinless saint on earth. As long as youre in this life, you keep sinning, and all My saints, great and small, were sinning saints until the day that they died or I whisked them out of this world There may come a time when you will have learned to have a greater grip on your sin and control the extent of its power over you, perhaps even to the point where it may seem to others as if you were practically sinless, but you and I will always know better. After all, I also use your sins and mistakes to keep you humble and teach you important lessons, and they work for Me in that way. Imagine if you wouldnt have those pretty obvious faults and flaws. Can you imagine what a self-righteous and spiritually arrogant prig youd be? Like this you know that its all My grace, and not because of anything you do or are. You didnt do anything to deserve this privilege of the gift to receive My words, except for the only thing which is required, which is hunger for them.

They know that usually there will be a good guy, or a couple of good guys playing the leading roles who will make life look good for an hour or two; people whose flaws wont be shown, at least not to the extent that they are in real life. You never see them go to the toilet or the way they really look when they first wake up in the morning, and it gives people a better reality to distract them. Of course, it would be better for them, if instead they would avail themselves of My power to truly alter their reality for them and really bring some improvement into their lives and some real light and hope to brighten up their darkness. But that requires faith, the one currency that most of the world is pretty broke of, precisely because theyre feeding their minds all sorts of different input instead of My Word. So, the Devil may say about you what he will, and he may accuse you to yourself and others, but I will say this in your defense, that you have that certain little quality that the vast majority of people lack, and that is faith in My Word, and a love and a hunger for it, and as I have promised, those who hunger and thirst for these things will not go empty and hungry for long. Those who hunger and thirst for My righteousness instead of any puny artificially created counterfeit version of their own will find what they are looking for, and it wont be a disappointment. Those who make Me their hero are going to be the only ones who will never be disappointed. 68 ___________________________________________________ Your physical capacities are decline, also impeding your abilities to retain and process information, which gives you the impression that youre not learning and progressing fast enough. The thing is that I dont really work according to such time- and earth-bound schedules. Everything you learn and experience right now you will retain fully one day, even though you may not do so right now. It is not going to be wasted. In fact, nothing is going to be wasted. Thats why My Word talks negatively about wasters: theyre so different to My and the Fathers nature. We never waste anything, and so were not very fond of people doing so, but even in that aspect, Our saving grace encompasses their wastefulness to the extent that everything they waste will be saved by Us. That doesnt mean you should just passively let yourself go, either, without making any efforts whatsoever to retain any of the information and experience youre gaining, but it just means that you shouldnt worry about any of it being wasted on you or getting lost due to your incapacity to remember it all right now. Trust in My promise that I will restore all things to an extent far beyond anything you could imagine right now. Your only hope is My Promises, and that I will not turn out to be another liar, and another one of those politician kings that make promises they never intend to keep As much as you cant trust them, you can trust Me! All youve got is My Promises and the experience that so far I havent let you down, and that Ive always kept My Promises to you and have supplied all your needs.

My Promise is that it will be more than worth it if you hold on, and any sacrifice you might have to make Be not envious of evildoers, dont keep dreaming their same temporal dreams or get caught up in their world, which is not People tend to remember and mention only the good sides of yours; not your home But trust that there is something better their saints and heroes, which is where the impression comes to come. Fully trust in My Promise and count on it as a reality! from that some or most of My saints were sinless, but in reality You can trust Me! Thats what I want you to convey to others, this its not so. The scribes wanted to be polite and not offend the very confidence, so its of utmost importance that you learn to do man of God or those who respected him, and accordingly, only that yourself first. wrote down the good things. There are some things people simply dont want to know. 69 ___________________________________________________ Thats also one reason why people are excessively into movies: You cannot define yourself by your accomplishments and

works, but only by your confidence in Me and your relationship with Me. In other words, you must define yourself not by what you are, but by what you allow Me to be and do in and through you. If you go by the physical appearances and condition of your vessel, your situation and everything attached to it, you may lose hope, because you cant seem to make any sense of it, you dont seem to be getting anywhere. Just like with those old pioneers like Columbus, who were sailing uncharted seas for unknown lands, not exactly knowing where they were going, nor if there was going to be any destination at all, or if perhaps they were going to fall off the edge of the world instead, or be devoured by sea monsters But just as I allowed them to discover the Americas in My good time, you must also trust that I will bring you to your destination, even through the fog and times when there seems to be no forward movement, no wind to push you further ahead. If youre going to accomplish something of significance for Me, its going to have to be done by My power, via My directions to you, and for My glory, or its just going to fall flat, and never what you would wish for it to be. Sometimes I just need you to be still and know that I am God. The times indeed are changing, and all things wont continue as they have been, and My people are the first who must take note of the changes, if they want to be any help in leading the rest of the sheep and letting them know whats going on. Its of utmost importance that you stay connected with Me and keep your focus on Me. What matters is whats happening between you and Me, and whether youre right and in tune with Me; all else is nearly irrelevant. All the good works will come and follow automatically, because theyre only a result and the fruit of your loving relationship and interaction with Me. You cannot mistake service to Me as only action. In fact, 90% of it is interaction with Me, Your communion with Me, your devotion to Me, and I will do the rest through you. I will then inspire and empower you to do the physical part of executing whatever is My will for you to do.

time, although My prophets have foretold it from Enoch to John, that I would come with tens of thousands of My saints in the sky Thats definitely something hard to picture for the average rational mind, and probably the majority of folks around you would call you a lunatic if you told them that you believe that thats whats going to happen some day soon. Well, but if youre going to believe that outrageously impossible happy ending for the sad story the history of this world so far has been, then you can also start believing Me for smaller impossibilities today, and allow Me to work contrary to natural reasoning in your life. If Im going to intervene supernaturally and save this whole world from the mess it has gotten itself into, then am I not going to be able to do the same for you and change any less than favorable situation youre in into a better one? Except for the last 2 witnesses who are going to make a lot of worldwide noise via the media, what My church will basically have to do is patiently wait it out until My return during the Tribulation, because its going to be the night, of which I spoke, which cometh, when no man can work. Thats why its very important that you give the world the message as much as you can beforehand, before the Tribulation, and before the mark of the Beast will be implemented and the church will be persecuted, because the night cometh when no man can work.

My strength is enough for you, but your own could never be enough. When youre weak, then I am strong in you, but when youre strong in your own strength, then I cannot be seen in you, and I can hardly shine through. So, ask Me whether I want to see you weak or strong. Ask Me whether its your physical strength and togetherness I need in order to do what I want to get done through you. Youre supposed to get it more together and become more organized and structured and apply more planned strategy in the physical, but youre still supposed to do it in the Spirit and hand in hand with My counsel. The one doesnt rule out the other. The new counsel doesnt make the older counsel obsolete. I prefer you to stay empty and desperate and yearning for Me Its hard for you to sit still at times and just do nothing. After than full and content and self-satisfied with your own all, you dont want anybody to think that youre lazy, or call you accomplishments. Id rather have you seeking Me and unproductive. But these are not the right kind of incentives to be wondering, Lord, what can I do for you, than pointing at all that working for Me. Its got to be more than that. Its got to be love you have done for Me already. that moves you. If you dont have enough love for the people, then at least make sure youre getting enough love from Me so that you can love Me in return, and I will also give you enough 70 ___________________________________________________ love for the people in the process. It may surprise some people, but I wasnt exactly a born optimist when it came to people and all they were capable of in My works arent always simple. Theyre often complex and this life, either. I knew what was in their hearts, and from the intricate, and so is the work that Im intending to do through you. viewpoints of some, it may have also sounded pessimistic that Its not something you can figure out at one glance. The I kept foretelling them that they were going to crucify Me. sculpture of your life is not something I slap together So, Im not going to tell you, Relax, theyre all not as bad as you haphazardly. It takes time, and there are periods when you cant imagine them to be. quite figure out whats to become of it, and you frown and The only thing I can tell you is what I always tell you: Dont look wrinkle your nose and wonder, Huh? Whats it supposed to at them, look at Me! Optimism may not always pay off when it be? comes to people, but it will pay off when it comes to Me. Its But bear with Me. Hang in there and let Me do it. Trust Me that Im actually not just blind optimism then, but real faith and trust. going to make the best thing out of you I could possibly imagine, Focus on Me, and I will give you the strength and wisdom and and that is much better than anything you could possibly guidance to make it through any situation with people. imagine. Youre the work of My hand, and the more you trust Me and just let Me do with it what I will, without much interference or Dont be afraid of their faces! Dont be afraid of what other doubt or questioning from you, the better its going to be. people can possibly do to you, and the hurt they may possibly inflict on you, because Im with you through all of it. I know, its hard to believe that something as messy and The art is to learn to forgive and love them anyway, in spite of it imperfect as your life and your whole situation is supposed to all. turn out into something that will make perfect sense and perfect The art is to learn to pray even on the very cross they nailed you beauty some day, but thats where youve got to have faith in to: Forgive them, for they know not what they do. things beyond those which the eye can see, and beyond things Youre never going to be able to pray that on the cross if you that are thought humanly impossible. dont learn to pray that in the everyday situations of life. Yes, the fulfillment of My Promises requires supernatural measures. Things unseen and unheard of since the beginning of Most people arent aware of the dangers of relationship. Just like

baby animals usually arent afraid of people to the extent that older, grown up animals are. Experience teaches both man and animals alike to be more careful. Its good to be cautious and watchful. I never said, Go ahead and jump right in with both feet, and enjoy whatever situation you land in! I admonished My disciples to watch and pray. There are certain situations and things in life you would naturally wish to avoid, and it takes some looking before you leap, and some wisdom, prayer and communication with Me in order to avoid winding up in a bigger mess than the one you were in previously. There are other challenges in life than finding out exactly what the great universal truth of everything is. Sometimes its the little truths, the little right attitudes and the proper position of the heart that make life on a local and practical level a lot more livable. Thats what is relevant to most people: how can the answers they derive from their faith in Me and from their relationship with Me help them in their physical, day to day lives? Not everybodys necessarily bent on finding out all the whys and wherefores of the intricacies of the universe. Most of them are satisfied with just the necessary information and help to live happy lives together in harmony with others.

authority that will convince them that what youve got to say matters, and by making Me your strength youll become the kind of sample that will spur them on to try and do the same. The goal is to get them to trust in Me. Its frustrating when so many refuse to want to even give it a try. Its almost as if you have to beg them to give Me a chance to prove to them Who and what I really am, and what Im capable of doing in their lives. 74 ___________________________________________________ You are My vessel, and I love to pour into you. Thank you for keeping yourself empty and open for My input, and for not listening to the Enemys lies, that its a waste of time, and his doubts about, Who needs all that stuff anyway? Well, you need it for one, and the time will come when more people will hunger for My genuine counsel, when all the spiritual junk food theyre currently glutting themselves with will turn out to have been anything but satisfactory and the philosophies of this world will have left them high and dry.

You know how it is: when youre young and ambitious you seek to make a name for yourself, seek to make yourself known, heard and seen in the limelight, and so youre bound to compromise with the rudiments of this world, usually to find out that it didnt 71 ___________________________________________________ really satisfy your inner core at all. None of it reached down to What the Big Picture mainly consists of is people, and in that your soul to feed it. aspect, theres yet quite a bit more for you to discover. So, all you can do is confidently wait that there will be those who Even though the heart of man is the same all over the world when will make similar experiences that will lead them to similar it comes to his need for Me, there are yet many differences conclusions as the ones you came to, and will drive them back between the ways people allow their hunger for Me to be into My arms. When the world ceases to satisfy, then I will lift you quenched in different cultures. high. Theres nothing like the real live experience of getting to know That disappointment with the world is a necessary process. people and cultures elsewhere to really give you a bigger view of Otherwise youll never really develop the hunger and need for Me the Big Picture. that you should have. Theres yet more to discover about life than what your little I need those who have made painful experiences with this world, corner of the world has to offer and reveal who from bleeding hearts will shout their convictions from the rooftops. I cannot just rely on the politically correct in order to get My message heard. 72 ___________________________________________________ I never run out of things to tell you. I never run out of things I want My voice and My approval to be sufficient for you, just as I to teach you. Compared to all that is yet to learn, you havent want My strength to be sufficient for you. In short, I want to be even begun, so I certainly wouldnt want you to get the sufficient for you and prove to you that I am truly more than impression that this was it, that the show is over with nothing left enough. to learn, or that youve learned all there is to know. I want you to preserve your hunger and appetite for Me and My I have anointed others due to their degree of hunger and input, and remain eager to receive new things from Me every day, openness for Me, their desperation and willingness to be used by if possible. Me. Once youre in the right spirit and attitude, I will also bring situations in your life where I can use you, and I will bring the necessary inspiration and energy to work on certain projects, and show you which ones are the most needed 75 ___________________________________________________ (Spirit Helper:) Its hard to see the brilliance of the Lords Plan and picture when youre stuck right there in the mundane, the imperfect, where everything good you believe in is by faith. Theres a time for everything under the sun, and you have to flow Certain things are a means to an end. with My timing and stay in tune and sync with My schedule, more Youre wondering, Whats so hot about faith, if its going to be or less the same way you have to make sure that a song stays on abolished again, anyway? the beat. Its the same as saying, What good is a staircase, if you dont Youve got to listen to the Rhythm of Life, and tune in to it and need it anymore once youve reached the top? Faith is the move to it, not jump or jerk ahead of it our miss out on it. stairway that will get you to Heaven, and even if you wont need it anymore once you get Here, its not as if youll be able to say you Sometimes I first need to show you where the greatest need is. never needed the staircase. Small beginnings, greater end. Despise not the day of small things. Its simply Gods Nature, His way of doing things to build 73 ___________________________________________________ greater things from small elements, and using various, imperfect Youve just got to follow Me day by day, regardless of the stages, that may not always make immediate sense to us while physical circumstances of where you are and what your were in one of them, or going through various of those, but its immediate prospects may be. Youve got to know that in the the final outcome that matters. spirit you can be who and wherever I want you to be, and the All youve got is the Promise of the final outcome, and all we can modern means of communication have made it possible that you do is assure you that its going to be worth it. can actually be a tool and a witness for Me in a far-away country, even if you have never moved a step out of your house. Your trials with those who dont have the faintest clue about By looking unto Me you will gain the necessary strength and these things, and who couldnt relate to any of what youre going

through in a thousand years make you fold your hands above your head and cry, Oh, my God; Solomon was right: all is vanity indeed. But think about the contrast youre creating by daring to 77 ___________________________________________________ be so different from the indifferent masses who couldnt care Its easy to trust as long as everythings going okay, just as less about spiritual things. its easy to love perfect people, or people who are unselfish and giving, and who practically live to do you good. Its a little harder Think about it as a piece of gold or a jewel or gem gotten out of a to love the selfish, the less deserving. mine, with tons and tons of worthless, useless rock it was hewn The value system of the System is still drilled into you: you only out of The rocks wont buy you anything, but the gold and get something for something. But thats where My nature differs. jewel does! I give where nothing has been given before. I also love the In this world, it may not buy you much, being one of Gods undeserving. jewels. After all, their system of values is based on paper, and will soon be reduced to nothing but virtual digits in a computer For people who crave recognition and applause, what is of value system. Numbers is what helps them get ahead in this world, whatever increases What do they know about true values? their level of popularity and admiration. Things that are only going to set you more apart from everyone What Im saying is that its not really all that important what all else only seem like a waste of time to them and their way of those other people say or do; whether theyre going to reject thinking. your message or cant handle it. What matters is the few precious It would take some time for them to also start seeing that folks who do, those hearts of gold who are going to heed your popularity isnt all that its made out to be call and are going to be found by you. They may only be a handful, compared to the tons of worthless Surface-lookers only see the obvious. They dont have the rock you may have to get past. But it will be worth it. The quest patience, or the diligence to look deeper. Theyre not willing to and the effort will not have been in vain. make a bit of effort in order to find anything other than immediate All is vanity as far as the rocks in their darkness are gratification. concerned. But as for the gold, there are higher plans for it, a Immediate gratification and fleeting joys, temporary bliss and higher destiny, and they will be anything but vain. spurs of the moment have become the Gospel, the A and O of God is not dumb. He knows what Hes doing. And youre a this generation. perfect part of it. Its going to take miracles to get you through all of this. And the more you believe and trust in Me and My capacity to do them, the 76 ___________________________________________________ more the Devil will fight to prove you wrong. But thats where Sometimes its important to give people something that will perseverance comes in, the part that determines whether your make them happy. faith was just another temporary phenomenon or something real Just like I do with you: I often give you what you want, rather and steady that will last and stand the tests of time. than what you need sometimes, because I most of all want you to Time may erode the ground all about you, it may erode health, know that I love you and to be sure of My love for you above strength and fitness, but if your faith is real gold, time will never everything else. manage to erode or shake that part of you, youll always keep Once thats established, I know I can also give you a little needed clinging to Me, and keep trusting in Me. correction, because youll be able to handle it then and also receive it as a token of My love. I want you to convey to people by your own sample the assurance that you can trust Me! If your incentive is to make people happy, rather than pulling through your own plan of delivering the message more or less because you figure its your duty, then there can be greater 78 ___________________________________________________ magic in that love power, manifested in your desire to make them I want you to learn to accept others the way they are, and try happy and putting their needs above your own, of preaching the to sympathize with them, and relate to them, even if their message. interests differ strongly from yours. I want you to accept and tolerate them the same way you would wish to be accepted by Of course, if youd make another rut out of that, then it would them. become a scheme of man-pleasing, but Im trying to get you to find the right balance between the two. Its best to keep listening to your heart, and not so much to your 79 ___________________________________________________ head. The Spirit World is not subject to the laws and rules of the Its more important that you do whatever you do from the heart, physical world, just as a parent is not bound to the same rules he than just that cold sense of duty, and just thinking youve got to demands of a child, of be home at five o clock, and go to do it because you ought to. sleep at nine, etc., just because what may be perfectly alright for an adult, isnt necessarily appropriate for a child. The goal is not just to slap the message around their ears in a there youve got it way, but youve got to woo them first, win There will come a time when creation will have reached maturity them, and then you can lovingly impart the message. and will be melded with the Eternal World and thus become Its an art. subject to its same liberty when it comes to the rules and laws Many people just resist being preached to, and in order to be a that right now restrain the physical. successful preacher of the Gospel, youve got to learn to woo them first. These are factors that worldly physicists and scientists are oblivious to, as the vast majority of them leave Me entirely out of As in all things, its the sample that counts so much more than the equation. the sermon. If you live for the happiness of others, it will amount If they leave out the Major Factor, how can they get an accurate to more than any amount of sermons you could preach if you just or complete picture? All they look at is their immediate, physical do it out of a cold, factual, sense-of-duty type of motivation. part of the picture. Its the love that matters, more than any amount of message you may give without it. If people insist on believing a lie, I will often give them a little evidence to support that lie, or rather, Ill allow the Enemy to do

so. In order to find the truth, a certain hunger for it has to be there. As long as they are looking for results that exclude Me from the equation, thats all theyre ever going to find. Unbelievers say, Coincidence rules. Believers say, There is no coincidence. As a believer in Me and My Eternal Realm you believe that there is something greater than the physical world and its rules, that surpasses all physical laws. When man separated himself from Me by his choices, he brought those conditions upon himself and his world that make him quite different from My nature and the nature of the eternal. But you know My Promise that all things will be reconciled and reunified with Me. Talking about a unified theory. Theories wont be necessary anymore then. It will be the unified facts of how everything was created, planned and executed by Someone Who left very little up to random chance, but rather to the individual choices of man to bring upon himself either a blessing or a curse. Creation is based somewhat on the same system as computers Is and 0s, yeses and nos on a constant basis, toward Me, their Creator. The right choice to make is to accept Me, to integrate and include Me, and to acknowledge Me, to seek Me in My Creation. The wrong choice is to ignore Me, deny Me, refuse to accept that Im there, and thus exclude Me from their equation and Big Picture. The right choices lead to true wisdom and insight and knowledge, the others to foolishness professing itself to be wise. 80 ___________________________________________________ Potential blessings can be lost if you neglect to pray for the necessary anointing and wisdom before making a phone call, etc. You ought to know better by now than thinking that you can handle everything in your own wisdom. If I bring an opportunity into your life, you have to give Me a hand in bringing it to pass. You cannot complete in the flesh what I have begun in the Spirit.

that he is the present ruler of this world, theyre also perfectly unaware of the extent to which theyre being lied to. All of which, of course, drastically changes once their earthly existence is being terminated and they come to the grips with the realities of the spirit world. They live as if their earthly existence would be all there ever was and will be, and the worst that could ever happen to them would be to have to leave it behind. Thats why I would like you to learn to live in such a way that coming to the Spirit World would be no great shock to you. I want you to prepare for that transition, and live accordingly; not as an alien to the Spirit World, but one who has already learned during his physical life-time to feel at Home Here, in the Eternal Realm. 82 ___________________________________________________ Why should I let all things continue as normal, if theyre not the way they should be? Your work for Me isnt nearly as important to Me as our connection itself, and if theres a problem in the connection, I certainly wouldnt want to let you continue in your work for Me as though nothing happened. You cant do My work without My power, and if theres a problem with the power connection, weve got to fix it first, before you can continue doing My work. What really matters is your connection with Me to get you through life successfully. When Satan has managed to get you to allow something else to usurp the position of priority in your life, I have to do something to restore that position unto Myself. Im not willingly going to give up the top place in your heart. Im not just going to stand by and watch you go down the drain spiritually. All those things that concern you may seem of utter importance to you temporarily, but are they, really, compared to the relationship between you and Me? What could be more important than that?

Imagine in a few years from now, when you may be cut off from the internet, the telephone and the power lines. Possibly the 81 ___________________________________________________ water, too, and I will have to be your Provider for all these things Its quite a revelation to most arrivals in the Spirit World, just that right now youre basically trusting the System for how vast the difference is between worldly standards of How prepared are you for a situation in which youd have to trust information (with their relatively low truth content), and the Me and Me alone? heavenly standard of the truth, and truly nothing but the truth. How else will you be ready then, unless you learn how to trust Me now for everything? Its one of the reasons why My thoughts are so much higher than those of people on earth: most of peoples thoughts are based on erroneous assumptions or misinformation, and quite far away 83 ___________________________________________________ from the truth. The one Factor I want you to be dependent on is Me. As long Following My way signifies a break with the thought patterns of as youre clinging to Me, and what you hang on to, as you hang the world, and learning to adapt to My way of seeing things, and in there is Me, even during the most turbulent turn of lifes roller thus getting ready for the viewpoint that exists in the heavenly coaster ride; youll be safe and sound. Realm. Worries, cares and problems only come into being when you allow other factors to replace that role which Im supposed to One of mans great sins is his presumption that his conclusions, play in your life, and they become more important to you. opinions and concoctions of his mind are true and just, when sadly, in most cases, nothing could be further from the truth. You I only have in mind for you that which is truly in your best could almost say, nothing could be further from the truth than interest, whether you may perceive it as such, or not. mankinds present level and wealth of information at this time, the onset of the 21st century. Only full trust that I will hold you will enable you to let go of all the other things you cling to, and give it your all with the freedom While theres a lot of valid information available, its not the truly of nothing left to lose. valid and reliable information thats largely being disclosed to the You know you never lose by giving, you cant help but win. That public. Truth is simply not what permeates the air, the ether and kind of generosity requires trust; perfect trust that I will take care atmosphere in this day and age when the prince of the power or of you. the air rules and fills the earth and air with his vibes, which consist mostly of lies. The sooner youll have learned to truly rely on your communication with Me for your survival, the stronger & better But since most people deny the Devils existence, and the fact off youre going to be then.

What you are is more than the sum of forms of expressing yourself that you put out. I want you to determine your worth according to different standards than such temporal ones. The essential communication is the spiritual communication, even if it may not seem to be getting you anywhere in this world. In reality, it is much more important and crucial in keeping you alive and going, and successfully so, than any physical means of communications ever could. Its your prayer-, praise- and prophecy-line that keeps you alive and kicking, more than your telephone line, your internet connection, or even the power lines that supply you with electricity. Youve been dependent on those physical connections for practically your whole life, and its not so easy to make the transition of switching to Spirit Power, but thats basically what this whole lesson of Flesh Vs. Spirit amounts to. How much preeminence are you really willing to give to the Spirit? How much do you really believe in its superiority over the flesh? Well, here comes a chance to prove it. Just let go and trust Me and see what happens.

separated from them. Whereas the truce between the Family and the System, and their peaceful coexistence throughout the last decade seems to have dampened that fire a bit that used to keep most of the Family stirred and apart from the world before that. Thats just the thing about things in this world: they deteriorate and fall apart They dont improve, as the evolutionists claim. Thats one of the qualities of this world, and Satan is trying to create an appearance of the opposite, by creating artificial enhancements on the surface, that create the illusion of improvement, while the real body underneath keeps deteriorating and slowly rotting away. Im literally having to allow this world to die in order for it to become desperate enough to finally accept and welcome My return to reclaim My own. Folks blame the state of the world on Me, when in reality its thanks to the Enemy and peoples infatuation with him that the world has gotten into the state its in. Its not exactly because of their dedication to Me Even though some may see religion as one of the responsible evils. Of course, thats going to be the ACs claim, too, and hes going to prove just how much better the world will be without religion altogether, and thats when things will get so bad that Im simply going to have to come to the rescue.

84 ___________________________________________________ There will have to come a time when the West will have to pay the fiddler for the cruel way it has been exploiting the rest of the world, suppressing and abusing the poor, robbing them of the little they had in the first place, only to over-indulge themselves. They all think theyre so smart that theyd be much better off Whatsoever a man, or a nation, or even a whole world as in without Me, but well see about that. first, second or third world sows, that must they also reap. Youve been wading through their territory, even though as an enemy and infiltrator, but it has not left you unaffected, and you need to recuperate, rest and be cleansed from all that filth. Addicts hardly ever think they need help, and are only very reluctant to accept any, and they usually have to be forced into rehabilitation somehow, because its an unpleasant and painful process. 85 ___________________________________________________ Times were harder in many aspects during the years of the Early Church, slightly comparable to the early years of the Family, when they were still small and dependent on miracles, too. What happened with the Early Church during a course of centuries seems to be happening within decades in the Family, and the maturation of a movement seems to have its pros and cons, as with the maturation process it seems that some of that original fire and enthusiasm gets lost. The Family is not a new version of the Early Church, but its a completely new movement, just as there have been other Christian movements throughout the centuries that youve heard about, many of which were wiped out by the official church. Christianity hasnt done a fair job at representing Me for the last three quarters of its existence, with few exceptions here and then. And especially during this time, the age of temptation, which is heading for that final hour of temptation I have announced in My Book of Revelation, it has been especially hard for My followers to remain separated and white-hot revolutionary witnesses and uncompromising fighters for Me. The church has never had such an arsenal of temptations to fight against. The Devil is really giving it his all in this day and age, and the Early Church didnt have a fraction of all that to deal with that My children are having to deal with today. Persecution kept My Early Church alive and humble and desperate, and also on guard against the world, and clearly

86 ___________________________________________________ Many who dont know Me see no other way out but to take their lives. You, My children and witnesses ought to make a difference and give them hope and a reason to live and continue to go through this struggle of life, even though it may be difficult. The difficult part is for a reason. Without Me, life for many consists of being a rebel without a cause. Its like a life without even the concept of meaning, such as Helen Kellers before she met Ann Sullivan. But once Helen grasped the concept that everything indeed has a meaning, she cherished life to an even greater extent than many of her seeing, hearing and talking contemporaries, which is why she became such a celebrity during her time. It shows once again that handicap and hardships arent always necessarily bad for people, but can actually help people to strive to overcome lifes difficulties to a greater extent than those who dont have any comparable handicaps and struggles. I will always give you the strength you need to make it through your struggles, as long as you look up to Me, consider and acknowledge Me and give Me a chance. The crown of life is reserved for those who were faithful unto death, and not quit somewhere along the road. 87 ___________________________________________________ The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. You are a willing vessel, but not always as strong as youd like to be in retaining what I give you or to convert My fuel into good works and actions. I see your state and remember your frame, that you are but dust. Thus I dont expect too much from you, and usually not as much as youd like to be able to expect from yourself. In fact, I even know your weaknesses better than you do, and I can better calculate what youre actually capable of. Thats why its really not necessary to fear that you might disappoint Me. Its pretty hard to disappoint Me. So, thats not something you should worry about. If theres one thing I love, its you drawing from Me the words that can change the world, even if for starters it just seems to

be your immediate world they seem to have an impact on, but you know that I start building big things from tiny things. The world doesnt pay much attention to My tiny, seemingly insignificant words to seemingly tiny and insignificant people. Theyre out for the big rah-rah, the big blaring news and shocking headlines and sensations. But when all the noise and clamor is over, what will remain is My still small voice uttering the words and the music that keeps the universe turning, the music of all things, the song of creation. Some hear faint echoes of it, and they try to figure it out with their carnal minds and translate it into their own scope of understanding, only to give off a wrong picture of it. They come to the wrong conclusions leaving out the major Factor. Thats why youre much better off, drawing no conclusions, but the raw and pure input from the Source Itself. They may consider it nothing, and they may ignore it and prefer what they consider something, but time will tell how much will be left of all their big somethings when history is through with them The tryings and purgings of time erode all things that are not really real, all false premature conclusions, no matter for how long they may have been worshiped and obeyed as truths. The only truths that remain will be those that dont contradict Mine. That may sound like a pretty bold statement in a world of lies, but its nevertheless a certainty. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away. Blessed are they who believe that. Blessed are they who cling to the truth as their anchor in life, and not those man-made concoctions of half-truths and pseudo-truths, mixed with a lot of wishful thinking They may try to blame Me for not having made man more perfect, but as highly as man thinks of himself already, just imagine how much more highly he would think of himself if I had made him more perfect and equipped him with less flaws. Just as you can trust Me for having supplied just the perfect blend of ingredients and proportions in the rest of creation, you can trust Me that I knew what I was doing in making man just the way he is. Even the degree to which all things including man are deteriorating is carefully planned, and the story that had a perfect beginning, in which all things were found as good, will also have a perfect ending, in which all things will again be found as good, and, perhaps even a little better than before, due to all the precious lessons that will have been learned from mans little detour into the world of evil.

worth getting upset about and trading my position in the victory for, and my position on the Lords wavelength? And, of course, then the wholehearted answer must be, No way, dude! Just as the entrance of My Word giveth light, so the vibes and input of discontent and murmuring the Enemy tries to bring into your life are darkness, and you must make a whole-hearted effort to resist that darkness and cling to the light! Sometimes your attitude seems to be that darkness is just one other mood or shade in intervals with the light. You dont view it as the opposite of light that it is, nor as the enemy that it is, but you take it in this sort of passive attitude, as if saying, Well, I guess thats just the way it is, and you get all bitter and cynical and sarcastic over My having allowed that unpleasant scenario happen, when its not really I Who allowed it, but you did! You allow it to happen by refusing to fight for the light, refusing to make an effort to stay in the light and on My wavelength. You dont have to let the darkness in. You can make a choice to fight and refuse to let it in and focus on the light instead, and decide that youre going to cling to a positive attitude instead! 89 ___________________________________________________ I like to win victories that prove that numbers or physical strength or size dont matter to Me at all. I dont need more than a handful to win the battle in the decisive moment. The only question is, as far as youre concerned: will you be in that number, and will you be there when we fight that battle? Will you look at the waves and at the condition of your vessel, your family, your Home will you look at the circumstances, or at Me? If you look at it in the carnal and from a rational point of view, you might as well forget it. The only way it makes sense is if you refuse to look at all that, all the physical odds and circumstances that promise defeat, and you look steadily at the one and only Factor that will ever guarantee your victory in the first place

The Enemy doesnt hesitate in the least to snatch away your own children from you in front of your noses, to virtually rape them right before your eyes, and youll know what kind of a ruthless and merciless battle and resolve will be necessary in order to overcome him. All I really need is a handful of people who simply hate the Devil enough to refuse to compromise with him, and refuse to settle Evil is only a matter of time. Its sting will be plucked. So, having for a sickening truce with him, but are determined to wage an allto cope with evil really is only a matter of time for you, which out war and battle to the death with him. There is no alternative. If should be another reason for you to look forward to joining Us in you hate the Enemy enough, you will refuse to be sent home! the timeless realm before long. All the pain and sorrows will be You will insist on being there when Ill bring an end to him, along over then, and youll see and know even as you are known. with My few chosen ones. Let the rest of the cowards and half-hearts walk home, which is what they wanted to do all along, and go back to sleep. But 88 ___________________________________________________ youre going to want to be in on that battle! The light of My inspiration is a flame that you have to keep Thats all that counts to Me: just a handful and a few determined, and guard. Its something you must fight for, in order to keep it relentless ones, bent on fighting the Enemy to the death! burning. Its the same as exercising: it takes staying at it and increasing The others will serve their purpose, too. But more often than not, the quantity of the exercise to a certain level in order for it to bear they might actually serve to show you what you dont want to be tangible and visible results. Youve got to keep at it! And thats or become like: you dont want to trust in the arm of the flesh, or the same it takes if you want to stay in shape spiritually! in numbers, or in circumstances, and you dont want to go by Youve got to stay on My channel, and that doesnt just happen what you can see, or by the odds and the chance you stand to by itself; it takes an effort, because the Enemy will try lots of win against a physically superior enemy. You dont want to be as tricks in order to distract you from it, irritate and aggravate you superficial as that to think that the God you trust in would be to the point where you get out of it. dependent on such things to win His war. In order not to get out of it, you must fight to cling to My Youll know that it is His war, not yours, and Hes going to win it wavelength. That means, you have to cherish and value your His way, and all you can do is yield to His ways and rejoice in the spiritual position and guard it, and determine that you wont privilege to be among those He has chosen to do it with. allow the Enemy to throw you off, come what may. You will certainly not allow him to use something insignificant to throw Youve got a battle in front of you in which the Spirit of God you off. Almighty will do the fighting for you, and youll just be You must consider, Is this worth getting grumpy over? Is this instruments in His hands that He will use to make a racket that

will scare the hell out of His opponents. The God of all flesh is just as alive and around as He used to be during the time of Gideon and all His other ancient prophets. The scoffers may not believe it, because He never showed up to cater to their whims. But that is because the God of all flesh is not interested in those who only seek to be catered to. He doesnt need another bunch of pampered brats, because He has seen enough of that already, as Im sure you have, too. The only question is, will you have what it takes to make a difference and be one of those exceptions who wont fall for any of the tricks of the Enemy to either scare you, or put you to sleep or distract or hypnotize you? This isnt to say that some of the others may not be woken up, for perhaps they will realize the error of their ways of allowing themselves to fall for the plastic enticements of the Devil. Maybe they will one day be able to tell the difference between whats real and whats fake. But fact is, right now they dont, and so youve got the job of continuing to forge ahead for Me regardless. You cannot let them deter you, irritate you, frustrate you or slow you down in any way, much less stop you. Will you be as revolutionary to refuse to let your responsibility toward them outweigh your responsibility toward Me, My Cause, and this war? Will you be left behind to pamper those who want someone to cater to them or will you march on forward with the few of those who will heed My call and refuse to be sidetracked by any lame attempt of the evil one? You might not see them, but you must believe that they are there: the inner core of My army, that secret bunch of chosen ones who will be there to fight the battle when the time has come, and you must determine to support them and be there for them, if nothing else. Just keep your spiritual focus on that inner, secret core that I have promised you exists somewhere, even if outside the scope of your view, and keep going for them, believing that they will win the battle, whether youre going to be among them or not. At least you can support them, believe in them, strengthen them, and be there for them. The others may never appreciate a single thing you did, but they will. They will know that you have been there for them. Keep in mind that I have once before won a great and decisive battle with a mere 300, and I dont need the tens of thousands. If you cannot believe and trust Me for the tens of thousands you do see, trust Me for the 300 you may not be able to see, those that I will use in the end to win the battle with, and consider them a worthy cause to be rendering your resources, your life, your energies to. 90 ___________________________________________________ You know a few fundamental facts that most of the world does not know, since their knowledge and science is based on lies. They may believe in My existence to some extent, although a lot of them dont, but most of them certainly arent aware of the extent to which the Enemy is in charge of their realm, influencing their perception of things, in fact, controlling it via his educational system and the media.

whole universe that faith in Me even without having all of the facts about Me straight is better than their supposed knowledge consisting of thousands or even millions of socalled facts, that will some day crumble underneath them and take them to a very unhappy ending of their episode. As vague as your perception of My Kingdom may be for you, I want to prove that its still a lot more reliable, more lasting and safer ground to put your feet on, than that concoction they label reality at present, upheld by their feverish efforts to churn out tomes and tomes of information about it, most of which simply happen to be fundamentally flawed by the very fact that theyre leaving out of the equation the principal Factor: Me. The difference between you and them is a very fundamental one: Theyre leaving Me out of their equation and calculation of all things, and you dont. Now lets see whos going to take home the better score when the school bell rings. They may be in the majority and pick on you as the losers, but well see who the real losers will be in the end. Well all find out what teachings will hold ground in the end, and whether all their knowledge will truly turn out to be so much better than your ridiculed faith. Its another classic example of how less can be more: they base their essence, their worth and supposed superiority on the quantity of input they have and supposed facts they use to support their world view. All you have is basically one Book, giving you an outline of the history of the world from My point of view, along with a few hundred Promises strewn in that I will take care of you and take you Home when this is all over, and that Ill come again and help you clean up their mess when theyre finished. Its one Book against all theirs. The Devil is supplying them with all that knowledge thats supposed to ensure their godhood, (after all, he promised them that they would be as gods if theyd swallow his input), and youre saying, no thanks, Im just going to stick with my humble diet of the bread and water of His Word: the Bible will just do fine for me, thanks. Along with My additional input that Im able to give you by means of your availing yourself of the truths of the Bible, that is. Its not based on scientific facts nor investigations, excavations or countless tests in laboratories, and no millions and billions of dollars are being spent in order to acquire your wealth of knowledge, its basically just faith in that one old Book put into practice, put to the test. As far as theyre concerned, you might as well go for a walk on the lake, because they wouldnt take one step out onto that water, but youre doing it. Youre walking on water, and one day theyll watch you sheer running away from them, and running circles around them, while theyll stand on their burning shores and wont believe their eyes.

So, dont seek to counter their false facts and falsified evidence with what they would consider facts and evidence, when thats one thing they dont want to hear and will hate the most and yell the loudest against, anyway. They dont want to hear any facts, period. Their minds are made up, and theres no sense in trying to play the game according to their own crooked and bent rules. No matter what amount of facts you would come up with to refute You know that your ultimate destination is a much better place and expose their lies, all they would want to do is crucify you for than anything youve seen in the physical realm. it anyway. So, instead, just continue to confound them by You also know that youve got Me not only fighting by your side, ignoring all that barrage of what they call facts and continuing supporting and helping you, but even fighting for you, and with to look unto Me and walking by faith on that very shaky ground, millions of powerful co-fighters on our side in the spiritual realm. and on that water that they say is unwalkable. And you know how this war will end, and you dont have to Prove to them that impossible has no meaning to Me. wonder about who will be the victor, even if right now it may seem as though youre vastly outnumbered. Right now, its the Enemys heyday, and theyre all gaga over him, frantically applauding themselves, performing the magic If you just focus on the facts that you do have, youll probably be tricks he taught them. All youve got is your humble, quiet little better off than focusing on the holes in your story or picture. Just faith in that humble old Book and My Promises to you in it. trust that I will fill those in due time. I like My people to walk and operate by faith. I want to show the Those who will listen will listen, and eventually learn, and those

who wont you dont need to be concerned about anyway. You may have much less than they, but its real, and its lasting, and in the end it will turn out that your less was more all along. 91 ___________________________________________________ Some issues are better addressed in a very low-profile manner, if you cherish your liberty. Youre up against a physical majority, and the only way youre going to prevail against them is through your faith, which is what overcomes the world, and not any findings or statistics. You cant fight them on their own ground, because they simply wont allow any room for truth and real facts there. What matters is that faith in the truth rules your own heart and mind and life, and you know that youre among the true winners, even if you may be totally outnumbered by enemy forces, and they pull all the reins. Youve got no chance fighting for liberty, freedom of speech, or even the truth on a political level in a System that is rigged up and determined to strip the people of these very things, because what it seeks is utter control of the masses, and not their happiness or well-being. After all, if the System is the Devils then it couldnt possibly be that happy and free land that they always picture it to be. Theres a lot of lies out there, and while its good and important for you to be able to expose them and define truth from lies, when it comes to echoing your findings, youve got to handle these things prayerfully. You wont read much in Pauls epistles about the corruptions of the Roman empire, either, even though he could have written a lot, but that would have only endangered his relative freedom of speech and ability to say to his people what was really essential for them. They simply knew they werent from this world, and they didnt have to reaffirm that over and over. They emphasized on the positive. Your purpose and goal is not to infuriate the Devils people, but to win and reach My sheep. 92 ___________________________________________________ Once youre nearing the peak of the mountain, the higher you get, the more dangerous and strenuous it becomes. You may not know whether youre going to make it. But the only way to find out is to keep trying. Sometimes the peak doesnt even look very promising. You wonder, So what? What benefit will I get from getting up there? Whats the use? Sometimes all that keeps you going is the fact that I put you there, and if I said its going to work and its going to be worth it, then youre just going to have to believe it, since your experience has taught you that I never lie, and what I tell you has always turned out to be the truth. You figure that if Im the One Who created you and your brethren in such an imperfect manner, then perhaps I couldnt be all that perfect, either. But thats where youre reaching the wrong conclusion. You wont find perfect in this world due to the state its in because of the choices of man, and not because of any failure on My part. In fact, the way back to perfect is the way back to Me, and that, of course, is a hard road, because all thats within you and every human, which strives to play god itself, will try to stop you from going that way. Everybodys trying to build and accumulate their own little kingdom with their own little possessions, fences and populations, instead of giving all that up for the sake of My Kingdom. It should prompt you to examine your own life and see where perhaps youre guilty of the same. To what extent are you really forsaking all each day? Or to what extent do you cling to your possessions, or your rights?

How much do you rely on your own hand to supply your needs, and how much do you really trust in Me for all of that? Could it be that youve built a new Egypt so close to the shores of your old one? 93 ___________________________________________________ It would be foolish to see the Bible as anything other than a foundation on which to build a new building in which you wont refuse to also use new building materials, and new and fresh input from Me and My Realm concerning the manifold situations you may find yourselves in for which you wont find a biblical precedent. The Bible is not supposed to be the A and O. It is definitely the beginning, but its not necessarily the end, and all that there ever was for Me to say. No wonder young people have a hard time relating to Christian religion, if it is devoted to a God Who is not supposed to have spoken since 2000 years. There will be situations that will require new and fresh input to give you guidance and heavenly insight and wisdom on how to deal with them. If people would really take the Bible at face value, they would also avail themselves of the gifts of the Spirit, which include prophecy. So, the problem isnt the Bible, but that people dont believe it as they should. If they would, then they would also avail themselves of the living Word, just as My disciples of old have. Look at the changes I brought into the official standard of Gods teachings! And things keep changing, the changes havent stopped there. By fulfilling the law, I did abolish and nullify it in a sense, and I gave a new law. Those who insist on sticking to the old law will only time and time again find themselves crashing into the wall of their inability to ever keep it, and those who recognize My new law also recognize that its not something brittle, stiff and inflexible, but it is alive, and adapts to each individual situation, since in every situation that involves My children, lots of heavenly counselors and helpers are involved, and each situation is judged on its own merits. Contrary to worldly courts, the courts and judgments of the celestial Realm are always completely just and fair. I will always give you the additional necessary wisdom, strength, love and insight to make it through those new trials and unprecedented situations, unscathed. Im not alone working on your behalf, but there are countless saints working around the clock on your behalf and your situation as well, fighting hard to bring about the best possible outcome in each of the things you have to go through. Whats going on is a lot more detailed and intricate than you thought, and you cant just generalize and find one general theme or solution or label for it all. It involves a lot of counseling, it requires a lot of looking deeper, also at the crevices in your own life, and a more thorough glance at what you could possibly do in addition to the way youve been trying to handle this. There is something new to learn out of every situation. The unexamined life is not worth living, Socrates said, and in many ways he was right. It takes a deeper look at everything, including the degree to which you live up to your own responsibilities, in order to really get out of life all that it is supposed to teach you. Sooner or later each life will be examined and what will have been gained will be summarized, so its only reasonable and recommendable to begin that process during your life-time, and before the final exam. It is good to reflect on oneself and pose the question What have you done with your life, and not just wait for that day when you will be asked that question by Me. After all, that is what all this

amount of heavenly counsel is all about, to help you assess your life and the path youve been walking and find out how youve been doing so far, what things you could do better and what pitfalls you should learn to avoid in the future. Im helping you to go through life as we examine step by step and day by day the progress made, the gains and the losses, the mistakes made, and the lessons gleaned from them, instead of just blindly rushing into it to pursue what you want and crave, as so many people do. There is a purpose to life, and too few people care to ever find out and study and elaborate on it. The challenges Im presenting you with require more than just a haphazard glance and an optimistic attitude of Of course Im going to tackle this. There is also a responsibility, a greater demand for you to pay attention to the details, and a certain duty to avail yourself of your privilege, and Im making sure youll have a reason to come before Me anew each day. You cant handle your life on your own, but only with My help. But who ever said that you were supposed to handle it on your own? Together with Me and all My helpers available to you it can be more fun, and even seemingly insurmountable challenges can turn out to be a thrill, and not something to be dreaded. 94 ___________________________________________________ People always blame Me for things that they themselves are responsible for. I did not cause the repercussions of the Fall of mankind, but mans own choices did. I did not bring war into the world, man did. I did not give in to temptation, but man has, over and over and over again. The only thing I can offer you is a way out of that vicious cycle. Every time you fall into temptation you give birth to another evil that youre going to have to deal with later. So, you cant really blame Me and say, Youve sent me this evil, but somehow you have brought it upon yourself. The sins of the fathers are often manifested in their offspring in order for them to confront them in flesh and blood and deal with them face to face, the way I have to deal with you. 95 ___________________________________________________ Im still trying to shift your faith from the circumstances to Me, the potential Changer of circumstances. Maybe thats a promise for you to cling to: Behold, I make all things new. In other words, Im not only able to change things for the better and make them new, but thats what I do; its My profession and what Im best at, so to speak. Im the New-Maker, the Changer, the Resurrection and the Life. Im the Restorer of old, useless things, even entire lives and worlds. So, dont despair when you see things developing in an unpleasant direction or going down the drain. Theres nothing I couldnt salvage. Nothing is beyond hope. Im the worlds Savior, and a savior is out of a job for so long as his world doesnt think it needs to be saved. You cant save anybody that doesnt want to be saved and wont ask for help. As long as things are looking as if they might make it without Me, theyre not going to want Me around, nor you, who remind them of the fact theyre trying to ignore, that things arent what they should be, after all. Youve got nothing but the present except for a few lessons from the past and a vision for a future, but what you make out of those is all up to you right here and now, so, dont let any crumbled future plans or dreams deter or discourage you, but keep going right where you were at. Look at what youve got and make the best out of it!

96 ___________________________________________________ Most people are not pioneers by nature, but theyre comfortable with their old and usual set of rules, the way theyve known for things to work all along. They dont know Me well enough to recognize Me as a Dynamo of change. I may not change, but I sure cause things to change. A status quo sets in, and I send along My prophets and messengers to defy it, the result usually being an upheaval that the conservative forces strongly resist. Of course, the Devil and his people also pose as some sort of revolutionary force, and they think that theyre fighting for a truly righteous cause in bringing about the New World Order, and they like to picture the religious, and especially the Christian elements of society as the conservative forces, but we know that thats only possible because he has done all he could to keep them content and lull them to sleep spiritually. When Christianity was born, it came into a world that was ruled by an already stagnant empire, and it came as a force of radical change, and it did change the world of its era. The Devils forces tried to stamp it out for three centuries until they realized that the only way to truly overcome this dangerous enemy was by joining them and infiltrating them from within, causing Christianity to become a conservative force itself, instead of the revolutionary force of change and renewal it had been up until that point. Its a struggle to stay alive and to keep the flame burning, and to keep revoluting, and to remain a force for change, and a source of life, and not fall into the trap of stagnation and solidification. Your most dangerous and deadly enemies are not the kind who keep you on your heels and on guard, but those forces which make you feel comfortable and at ease in this world, with nothing left to fight against, and pretty soon after that, not much left to fight for, either. The principal challenge is witnessing, since thats one sure way of having confrontation with people on behalf of your faith. After all, that is the battle, and in order to stay alive and kicking spiritually, thats what you must do: go out there and fight. Youll experience enough persecution on a small level, if you witness, or at least enough resistance and challenge to keep you alive and keep you from dozing off spiritually. So, you must seek that challenge, that battle, even if it may not initially strike you as something pleasant, but its what will keep you alive! Its your purpose and excuse for living, after all! 97 ________________________________________________ Some people need to be given a reason to believe. Theyve been brainwashed with all the arguments for why they shouldnt believe, according to their agnostic scientists, teachers and media hawks, but there are few who make reasonable pro-faith argumentation available on a greater level and in a way that would appeal to non-believers. People have questions and doubts, and youve got the answers. At least some of them, and compared to many people, quite a lot of them. Witnessing also strengthens your faith in that you come up against questions and arguments people have against God and the Bible and the biblical view of things that will cause you to probe further and find answers to and thus enlarge the scope of your knowledge and perception of things, too. 98 ___________________________________________________ Everyone follows what they consider to be the truth, and only the end of the road will reveal whose hunger for truth was really the purest, and whose faith, love for Me, desire for Me and My truth, along with their discernment and usage of the other spiritual gifts and weapons, led them to the Real Thing.

It takes a lot of continuous self-examination as you go, and one mistake or wrong attitude would be to think that youve already got it all down pat without room for new revelations and changes in your mindsets. 99 ___________________________________________________ Its not a time to feel at ease about the way things are, but a time to be alert and to watch and pray lest ye enter into temptation. Its not a game. Its real. Actual, lasting losses are a real risk in this war, and it pays to stay on guard. If you knew how much is at stake, you would be a lot more serious about the role youre supposed to play. Life is a battle and a race, and youve got to be in the condition to make it. Life on earth is finite, your bodies functionality is limited, and death is a reality, an integral part of life, an inevitable event people should prepare for and take into consideration. Most peoples attitude towards death is that they try to avoid thinking or talking about it, when it really isnt much different from taking a journey for which preparations ought to be made. Youll want to know that youre going to be able to manage in the place of your destination, that youre going to receive some kind of warm welcome, and youre somewhat acquainted with the customs of that place, even if it may be a little strange and foreign to you, and you can hardly imagine what its going to be like. Usually, youll try to find out as much as you can about it. Youll want to make sure you have a ticket to the right place, and youre not going to get busted for riding without a ticket, and wind up in detention, or with a fine, instead of at the desired destination. There are no physical things you need to pack for this trip into the spirit world, but its more like you send ahead of yourself some of the stuff that is going to act as your credentials or currency over There. Your prayers and deeds of love, and the souls you win for Me, theyre going to go before and follow you there. Life isnt really much more than a journey during which you may or may not be smart enough to glean items for your final destination in order to equip you with know-how and experience on certain issues that Eternity will be largely about. Life is like a purification process that can raise your eternal value and usefulness in My Realm, if you want to be useful for Me. Some of the rewards for faithfulness can already be obtained in this life, as youve seen with a few of those whom I have specially blessed after years of faithfulness under difficult conditions, whereas those who tend to making it easy on themselves usually wind up with less and come away relatively empty-handed in the final analysis. There are going to be vast differences in the rewards people will receive in My Kingdom. Another reason to pull your act together and take your job on earth seriously, and give it all you got and do all you can, in order not to be among those who will lament how much more they could have done As you need to guard the flame of your connection with Me, the flame of My Spirit within you, you must also give special care to that which you might call your destiny, your calling, your job and purpose for Me, and strive everyday to achieve the highest marks and get closest to the highest score you could possibly attain. 100 ___________________________________________________ If you make it one of your goals to preserve the peace with those you live with, and keep your focus on that goal and make a conscious effort to strive towards it, you can attain that goal.

Quarrels and strife make you realize how precious peace and harmony are. A lot is up to you and how much you want that peace and harmony. There are definite measures and steps you can take in order to make it there. Once you deem peace with your fellowmen and co-workers a goal worthy of pursuing and making some efforts to attain, then according to your faith be it unto you Unity is a weapon that is not to be underestimated in your striving toward the ultimate goal of our Cause of world conquest through love It takes an attitude and a focus steered away from your own, personal and individual desires and goals, and what you personally want to achieve as an individual, and replacing it with focus on the greater good and welfare of everyone. There are definitely advantages to the bellwethers pioneer spirit, but they have to be well-balanced with the advantages of unity, the strength and safety obtained by sticking and fighting together It takes developing a sense of community-consciousness, keeping your mind, your eyes and ears geared toward the welfare and state of the flock, not just your own. Peace has a price. It costs something, and you may have to sacrifice some of your personal comfort or privileges for the sake of that bliss of enjoying peace and unity with your fellowlaborers and the folks you live with. Unity is something youre going to have to develop by making conscious efforts in that direction It means not letting your personal discontent over not having obtained what you personally wanted rule your scenario, but keeping in mind the greater good of the whole body, and thus being willing to pay the price of making the sacrifice of your personal desire Its natural that some things bug you, that arent the way theyre supposed to be. But thats where youve got to learn to hand it over to Me and let me take care of you instead of letting it eat you up from the inside. Keep your mind on the wavelength of the conscience of the greater good, the benefit of all, instead just your own, personal comfort and well-being. Would you be willing to forego some blessings for the sake of another? Its like laying down your life for someone: you could argue, But isnt life a precious gift from God were supposed to take good care of? How could I then be expected to lay it down for someone else? Well, thats just the way love works. It may not sound or seem very rational, but then love is and has always been something that eludes the rational mind, and goes way beyond that. Thats precisely why so many folks dont believe. It simply eludes them and their mental capacity, because you cant figure it out with your mind, its only perceived by the heart, and a decision you make in your heart in My favor. You decide youre going to accept Me or the truth and say yes to Me; youre willing to give Me a chance in spite of the protests of your rational mind or its sheer inability to handle Me and the entire concept for which I stand, the concept of love. I have put you in this situation in order to learn to yield, to be willing to say I will or yes to My plan for you, even if it may be a painful and humbling path You can do no other but trust that it is I Who have chosen this scenario and challenge for you. Youre just going to have to learn to trust Me.

101 ___________________________________________________ A lot of things can be avoided by prayer. A lot of crises and problems can be prevented by soaking your day in prayer before the Enemy can make it unravel. People do it themselves, instead of letting Me do. They try to figure it all out by themselves, instead of allowing Me to show and reveal how it really happened, they prefer to wrack their own minds instead of communicating with Me, and theyd rather work their fingers to the bone than pray and ask Me to lighten their load Thus is the curse of the Do-It-Yourself generation, the one generation that has advanced so far in technology that it believes there is nothing it cant do. While in generations past there have always been limits that proved to mankind that there were certain things they couldnt do and that they would have to recruit supernatural help for, it has come to the point where they believe they can do just about anything without My help. That do-it-yourself spirit, it has rubbed off on you. Instead of relying on Me and availing yourself of the most powerful weapon and equipment at your disposal, you think youve got to do it on your own No wonder you feel overwhelmed and powerless, and become discouraged by your inability to stem the tide of evil youre up against. No one is strong enough to cope with all that on their own without My help. Youve got to protect yourself by shielding yourself with My supernatural protection and really soaking your spiritual surroundings in prayer. Your spirit helpers are not only there to communicate with you occasionally, but they have a multitude of other jobs as well, such as protecting you, inspiring you to witness, etc. So, you need to focus on a wider range of aspects in which you can avail yourself of the spiritual weapons. Its usually only when you realize that youre not strong enough on your own to make it that you really avail yourself of My help and call out unto Me wholeheartedly. Prayer can go where flesh and blood cannot, and do things that are impossible to man. Wisdom is in recognizing that I can do more than you, and that you can reach farther by availing yourself of My help, instead of insisting on doing whatever you can in your own strength to mend or improve the situation. Its natural to want to express condolences and to want to be a comfort to people, just like the mourners in situations where people had died in the Gospels Along came I and perplexed them by showing that their mourning wasnt necessary, because I am able to turn death into life, and Im still able to do that very same thing today for anybody, and I can turn mourning into rejoicing It does require faith, and, of course, in a society where the power of the flesh is considered supreme and the all-in-all, its hard to be brought to that edge where the flesh is powerless, after all, and to trust in a God Who would allow such suffering and loss. Its an individual choice of faith to take the high road or low road in such a situation, just as it is in nearly every other instance of faith. Some people try to save their loved ones from painful moments, or they try to make them less hard for them, but they dont realize that they might be doing more harm and damage than good, similar to the story about the man who cut open the butterflys cocoon in order to help him out and by doing so killed the butterfly This is a struggle toward that breakthrough to the light that they will have to go through themselves, and truly the best thing you

can do for them, instead of trying to be a crutch for them, is to pray. Make it possible for Me to be the support they will fall on and rely on by praying for that to happen, instead of being a distraction yourself that will draw their attention to human support. Death is a sign that there is a degree at which all human efforts fail and are in vain. Its the one last thing that will somehow remind people of Me, and that they dont have their fates in their own hands completely, after all. So, why not grant Me that opportunity to get through to people in such moments? 102 ___________________________________________________ The best preparation for any calamity that might befall you is to stay close to Me, in tune with Me, and in prayer, since I for once can protect you from the worst, and secondly strengthen and comfort you if it should hit you anyway. You have been working on establishing a strong relationship with Me, to the point where your marriage is like a threefold cord that shall not easily be broken. You consider Me your Spouse, in some ways even prior to your earthly one, and if you truly cling to Me you cannot be hit as hard by loss as people for whom their spouses have been the only partner of their lives. Thats not to say that its not tough for those who have strong faith to lose a partner they have been with for many years, but theyre usually better able to cope with it, especially in the light of the fact that their faith also makes room for life after death, and in the Family you can even go as far as receiving communications from deceased loved ones via prophecy Of course, most Christians would consider that practice necromancy, because they dont realize all the significant changes between the Old and the New Testament. They ignore the fact that I was having conversations during My lifetime with such deceased saints as Moses and Elijah, as recorded in the Gospels, and according to their standards, I would have had to be labeled a necromancer, too. Theyre afraid of the spirit world, just as they are afraid of astrology, sex, or anything else that doesnt fit within the narrow frame of their mindset which restricts My communications with mankind to the Bible only. Theyre afraid of virtually anything except the most horrible thing of all, war, which on the other hand they condone and justify and claim that it may be okay and justifiable to kill thousands, nay, millions, for a supposedly righteous cause or their supposedly Christian nation. They wont allow sex outside the frame of marriage, they wont allow people to be free from the fear of hell, but insist they can lose their salvation anytime they sin; they wont allow people to find out more about their fellowmen via tools such as astrology, but they do allow and condone for a Christian to go to war and kill thousands of innocent people for their government, as long as it sails under any pretense of Christendom. They deny their people access to the spirit world, deny them the gifts of the Spirit, including miracles,; they deny them much of the knowledge about the Endtime, and deny them the privilege to live by faith like My original disciples, but they sanction and condone their going to war to blatantly defy My commandment not to kill, but to love your enemies. They deny their followers the freedom from the burden of the ten commandments and the Mosaic Law, which I came to fulfill and thereby bring a new Law, the Law of Love, but at the same time they claim that its perfectly alright to continually break the commandment, Thou shalt not kill in their innumerable wars in the name of Western enlightenment and democracy. They claim that it is righteous to break the commandment Thou shalt not kill, but it would be unpardonable to break the commandment, Thou shalt not commit adultery. What hypocrisy, what a sick religion, and no wonder most of the rational world doesnt want to have anything to do with it!

power and position werent the all in all Just as the Jews have gone astray and have become a people that opposes Me and fights Me and hates Me, and have continuously resisted My prophets, so the churches have become not fighters for My Cause as much as fighters against My Cause on a large scale, by giving the world a false sample of what Christendom is supposed to be like, of what I am truly like, and by resisting My new prophets and messengers throughout every era since the Early Church. Most churches, which are part of the System, and dont even try to offer a way out of it, because they dont even see a need for any way out of it. They are lovers of the world, not lovers of Mine. They would condemn the practice of Loving Jesus as perverse or obscene, while they all the while go a-whoring after other gods, the gods of this world, and they commit non-stop spiritual fornication and adultery with this world. The house of David should stay clean of the influences of the house of Saul as much as possible. Youre better off not spending excessive time on wading through the brackish waters the churches are producing Even the most radical among them are stuck in the church system with no way out. Where will they go? They dont really know what it means to forsake all, take up their crosses and lay down their lives to follow Me, no matter how much they sing about it. Youve got the truth. Youve got the Spirit. Youve got My living Word and the weapons that are going to help you fight and win this war for Me.

Numbers were never something I went by, since I am not restricted to save by many or few. Numbers are irrelevant to Me Where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty, and they dont have when it comes to being outnumbered by Enemy forces. liberty. They are slaves to the System and slaves of the Devils A small minority with God can be more than sufficient a match lies, just like everybody else. All they have is a pretense of against a physically superior enemy. freedom. Wait and see if I will not fulfill My Promises and lead you on to victory! Youre small, despised and persecuted, and far from perfect, and you wonder, How could we be the real thing? Well, only because Ive said so. 104 ___________________________________________________ But if you have the audacity to just believe Me for My Word and The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. But then again, believe it just because I said so, you will see that you have the when youre weak, youre strong, because My strength is made power to make it so. You are it because Ive said it. What else, perfect in weakness. I know your frame and that youre but dust, what other proof or authority do you need? and thats pretty much what you feel like, and youre wondering, You cant see it? Well, then walk by faith, not by sight! Just Well, if were supposed to be doing all those great feats, then believe in what Ive said, regardless of whether you can see it or why dont You blow on us, since we cant raise ourselves up into not. Thats what I would call faith! the air to be Your diamonds of dust? Theres a fine line between rushing ahead of Me and before My anointing comes down on you, or before youre ready for the job, 103 ___________________________________________________ and waiting too long, and you want to make sure you hit the right I warned My disciples to beware of the leaven of the Scribes moment to move forward, and not miss out on My Forward, and Pharisees A form of godliness without the power March! thereof. But while I have generally given the battle call for My overall Youve got to maintain yourselves pure of their influences, and army already, there are different times to attack on each thats why I do not recommend listening to their music individual field. excessively and consuming their brackish waters. What you can do in the meantime is put out the sign posts that Every now and then there will be an exceptionally anointed and will identify you as those who warned them of their fate when it dedicated believer among them, but in general, the description I will hit them, and stay in tune with Me and on the look out for any gave 2000 years ago is still appropriate: lukewarm. move and signals for you to make yours. Money plays a big role in their lives, and preserving their living With a lone guerrilla force of the kind your little team presents, standard, so in their sample theyre actually defying My message you have to assess what is the greatest kind of damage you can that you cannot serve God and Mammon, and that he that saveth inflict on the enemy, and wait for that golden opportunity. his life shall lose it. If anything at all, theirs is a sample of what you wouldnt want to become like, similar to the way David learned from Sauls bad example which mistakes not to make once he was king. Of course, even David made mistakes, and likewise there have been mistakes made in the Family, but all in all you can say that David was a much better king than Saul, and his reign was a much better one than Sauls just as you can say that in My view the Family is a lot better than the churches, though far from perfect. Its not about being perfect, but about doing the best you can. The problem is only with those who are not at all as interested in doing My will as they are in what they want for themselves, and thus defy Me in blatant disobedience and rebelliousness. Theres a difference between slipping and making mistakes in your efforts to obey Me, and a general attitude of defiance, rebellion and outright disobedience. The problem is that those like Saul never really see their own failures, all they see and are concerned about is their position of power and they jealously defend them from any potential intruder or competitor Power games such people play. Whereas David would have rather given up his kingdom to his son Absalom than have him killed He didnt care as much about his position as he did about his family. He had learned that 105 ___________________________________________________ I did not intend to have a perfect organization to present to new believers, lest they should become sidetracked by the organization and get their focus off of Me. I intend to be their Home and their true Companion, and the main part of their new Family, the Central Point of exchange of communication, and their main focal point. Thats why the only ones who make it are those who maintain Me as such and keep their focus on Me, not on any person or group of persons. The only way anyone is going to make it successfully to the goal in the faith life is by keep their eyes on Me. People who hinge most of their faith and give most of their attention throughout their life to a person or group dont have the same kind of lasting anchor to hold them once that person or focal point is gone They have sown to the visible, tangible and perishable, and have thus reaped the loss of the same and the pain that comes with it Its not that its wrong to strongly love another person and miss them, but it shows why I have made it preeminent to put Me in the first place of your lives, and not behind anyone or anything

else: its the only way to protect you from such pain. In many cases I use that pain in order to drive home to them the point of just how finite this life really is, contrary to what seems to be their attitude most or some of the time, during which they keep abusing their bodies without ever expecting to pay any consequences. It shows the pain that is harvested from a life invested in the faith in the here and now, the tangible, the immediate gratification, rather than something as obscure and distant (in their minds) as My Cause or the entire concept I stand for, which may come across (to them) as somewhat chaotic or otherworldly, and thus a little difficult for them to grasp.

share in your strength and in what youve got If they want to dwell in their pain, then that will be their choice. Of course, you cant expect of them to embrace your views from one day to their other, either. But if you can just give them a little glimpse of hope and strengthen their faith in the fact that to know Me is to have eternal life, then it will be worth it. At least you can be a pillar in their midst and a silent testimony to that fact.

106 ___________________________________________________ There are special places on earth, and Id like you to appreciate it when youre in one of them, and cherish the Even though their lives seem more stable than yours on the opportunity, and soak up and absorb all you can of its spirit, surface, what they dont realize is that everything within their because its not to be taken for granted. lives is moving and drifting toward that point of death, and There is no coincidence about the place of your birth theyve got their faith attached and anchored to subjects and objects within that moving frame, and once one of those factors Youre My agents of light in this world of darkness fails or disappears, they fall, too. Whereas your faith is attached to the only stable and unmoving Factor unmoving even in Look at all the fuss theyre making about My birth place. relation to death and Eternity. Even if Bethlehem is far from the peaceful little village it used to This is the true meaning of verses like, I am the Lord, I change be, and it may even resemble a little bit of hell on earth nowadays not, or Jesus Christ, yesterday, today and the same forever, compared to what it used to be, yet its probably the most which indicate that I am a steady, unmoving and stable Factor. In famous small town of that size in the world fact, the only stable Factor compared to all those other moving objects that slowly and maybe unnoticeably, but nonetheless There is something special about the places that were chosen for inevitably slide towards death and perdition. your births, and all those little details will make sense as they The only thing that will never move away from its place in your add up to the puzzle of the Big Picture life, and that will always be a constant, steady, and equally valuable Factor in your life, am I. Theres a connection between birth and death If you want to cling to something unmovable, unchanging, a truly reliable and steady Factor in your life, as opposed to all the other Those are just simple clues to shove you in a certain direction fleeting subjects and objects in your life, the smartest thing to do that you will probably remember at the right time, when youll be is to put your faith wholly in Me. able to connect the dots and it will make sense. I need desperate people, not people who have it all together and figured out without My help. I need folks who dont have a clue without Me. I need believers who truly realize or at least begin to do so how empty and futile their lives and any attempts to accomplish anything truly good and lasting are without Me, without utterly clinging to Me and making Me their major and principle point of focus. Thats why I said to the young man who said he wanted to serve Me but first wanted to bury his father: Let the dead bury their dead! I was giving this young man a chance to hinge his life on something more than all those moving and fleeting factors and instead invest it in the one stable Cause and value that would not perish. Everything else, by comparison is dead. If I am the Life, then anything other than Me that is not attached to Me or dedicated to Me, is equivalent with death. Youre My connection between Heaven and earth. You can bring little glimpses of Heaven that I give you to those who are interested, and pass them on. Just as everything physical has come from the water, so everything spiritual has also originated in one spot, and the beginning and the end both wind up in the same place Just as the rain is a constant reminder from whence you came, so the rain of My Spirit reminds you of the place your spirit came from, and to which you will return.

I like for My children and disciples to know what they believe in, and I like to answer their questions. Im generous by nature, not stingy, and Im communicative by nature, not secluded or withdrawn. I may be a little hard to find, initially, but usually only if you havent learned yet how to look and seek Me properly and to Death is the ultimate proof which shows what they have been point your antenna in the right direction. investing their lives and their faith in: either in fleeting and But once youre gotten to know Me, you know that Im quite perishable factors, or the Eternal and lasting. It is also the one communicative, open, and more willing to give than you are to crucial measuring device by which you can tell just how many receive. are on the wide road to perdition, and how comparatively few are on the straight and narrow way to life. It takes time for the soil to be ready for the seed; it takes a If you hinge your faith in this world and the things in it, even the certain point in time, and a certain degree of maturity. people in it, with all their perishable things and momentary Just as theres timing involved in planting and growing anything, interests that seem so all-important to them at the time, but fade the treasures and fruits of the mysteries of Heaven cannot all be as easily as a flower in the field, then youre clearly missing the reaped and harvested in one day. Theres a time for strawberries, point, and you will find out that youve been heading down the and a time for the bigger fruits, like apples and pears Each type wrong track of perishable things. You yourself may be saved, but of fruit has its own timing and season everything else all you have built upon that life will perish and There is a time for everything under the sun a time to sow, a go down the drain, and the only thing remaining will be your time to reap, a time to be born and a time to die shriveled little neglected faith and relationship with Me. It all winds up in the same place. Its just that most people get lost in the space in-between So, even if those people may have a hard time relating to your They cannot connect the two points, the beginning and the end, attitude to death, its not you who are off on this, but it truly and they cant see how they fit and belong together. Of course, they sadly just shows how far off they have been all along. might, if theyd only read about it in My Book They may either resent your faith or be drawn towards it and Life does make sense, even if it seems to elude most people

presently. Its a story, carefully planned and concocted and told, from the beginning to the end, and the more you let My light shine onto it, the more you become a partaker of My life, the greater the significance and radiance of it; the more thrilling and exciting the story is going to be. Theres going to be some story to tell! Even though your life may be moving and traveling through this world, and not seem as stable as those lives that are deeply anchored in the things of this life, its actually you who are anchored to the real true and steady Point on which everything hinges and everything turns: Youve got the Point! 107 ___________________________________________________ Unless they abide by My rules, you definitely dont have to play according to theirs! Youre not bound by their carnal rules and ways of seeing things. As long as they dont accept Me as the main Father Figure of their lives, you dont have to consider them family, because theyre not. Theyre not working toward the same cause, and thus, as I have predicted, it can happen that those of your own household will become your enemies. Theyre either on My side, or theyre not, and if theyre not, and until they are, they are actively working and instrumental for the other side the Enemys. I have a hard enough time with the times that your minds or spirits are temporarily usurped by some Enemy influence, without subjecting yourselves permanently to such via the influence of some relative that you feel you have physical or moral obligation toward, even though they may have nothing in common with our spiritual Cause. Once anyone has made that decision and they reject Me and they show it openly by resisting you, then Ive shown and told you what to do: you leave their place and shake off the dust from your feet, and your peace will return unto you. Once they made the decision where they reject you and what youve got to say and oppose you, then youve got no obligations toward them, as far as Im concerned, because they have chosen the Enemy to be master over their lives instead of Me. It can even be that once they were unplugged from the Matrix and living in the land of the free, but have chosen to be plugged in and join the Matrix and play their game of fake reality, just because they want to be something or someone more special or more important or powerful than the position I can offer them along the road of humility. Some people just need to play that game. They become junkies to whatever kind of position of power they can possibly attain in life, or whatever measure of worship and artificial respect from others. They need to see their names in big red flashing neonlights; theyve got to be somebody important, powerful and admired, otherwise theyre not happy. They cant just live humble lives waiting for the fulfillment of the promise of future recognition that I will give each one for their works in eternity. They want power and recognition here and now, and their short-sightedness will land them in quite miserable lives, accordingly, no matter how nice and shiny and flashy they may look on the outside. Eventually the awakening will come, to the hard reality that what they settled for no matter how grand or glorious will only have been a fleeting shadow, compared to the eternal and true beauty and glories they could have invested their lives and efforts in. Thats why I have called them dead. They think theyre alive, but theyre not really living, because they invest their lives in things that are dead, as far as the aspect of Eternity is concerned: none of their values will survive, none of their measures they take in order to obtain respect and reverence from others will stand the tests of time, unless they invest their lives in My eternal Cause. As long as they are so short-sighted to live exclusively for the

here and now, their immediate position in this present life and world, what they amount to is nil, as far as My aspects are concerned, the aspects of the Eternal. In the end, it turns out that thats all that theyve ever lived for: their burial. The fruits and results of their lives will all be manifested in how many people showed up to their burial, and all that is left of them is whatever is in that coffin or urn all theyve lived for: ashes to ashes, dust to dust. I dont want you to participate in such an empty game, as if you were giving your approval, that thats the way things are meant to be. Its almost as if youre honoring their game of vanity and emptiness and putting your stamp of approval on it. When they basically reject anything you might have to say, because theyre totally caught up in their own puny, present little world of their own little ridiculous temporal position of power, its up to you to let the dead bury their dead. 108 ___________________________________________________ My influence in someones life can purify their motivations and cleanse a relationship or marriage from any impure and selfish elements. It gives the whole thing a noble cause, and that is really what its meant to be: a unification for the sake of the greatest Cause ever; the determination to walk My path together and follow Me and fight for our Cause, of changing the world with love, fighting and resisting evil, and bringing My light into it A life without Me is an empty life, and you can change their lives from an empty into a full one. Give Me a chance to change their lives. 109 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes you still run out on Me and think you dont need that time with Me, Not today, cause today Im just too busy If you dont get the point, how do you think they ever will? Its like medicine that will cure all your ills and do you a world of good: you know its there, and its available, and youve just got to take it, but then, sometimes, for some mysterious reason, you simply wont. Even if just to see how youll fare without it. Well, usually not too well, right? Its not just a cure, its also a prevention, and if you fail to take the prevention, you might need a cure after all! So, remember to take the prevention in order to prevent having to take the cure! Its like Listening Or Lamenting? If you wont listen, youll probably wind up lamenting, If I only had! Listen to what Ive got to say! Life will be much better that way! Im your God and I love to talk! Tell you which way youve got to walk Its hard to believe that the answer could be so simple Just a little bit of your time and attention, and a little bit of a listening ear! Its hard to grasp that something so simple could be so important. Youd like to tell everybody and shake them, Listen up! This is important! Its really important to listen to what God has to say! Its so obvious that everybodys kind of embarrassed about it, with an attitude of Well, obviously! You dont need to tell us that! But then still, nobody ever really does it! Nobody makes a regular habit and custom out of simply listening to Me, even though that would be the simple and yet allencompassing answer and solution to all their troubles, questions and riddles The simple truth, and single most significant fact of the universe hidden right there in plain view in front of everybodys nose: How could we have prevented all that trouble? How could we have done better? How could we not have muffed it? We could have asked Him!

You could have even just asked Me, Could You please help me to solve this problem? instead of trying to figure it all out by yourself or feeling so sorry for yourself, figuring, Well, I bet this one would just be too hard for Him, anyway! Well, try Me! Put Me to the test and give Me that thing, that problem you think is too hard for Me to solve! Im really sorry that you seem to be having this problem that seems to be so big and immense to you that you couldnt possibly imagine how in the world I should be able to cope with it, but I would just like to humbly ask you anyway to indulge Me, and just give Me a chance anyway. Just let Me give it a try! And, well, if I dont manage, you can still go on and weep for yourself But I can almost guarantee and prophesy that a whole lot of the problem has probably got something to do with your disbelieving attitude already, and if you would only have more of a positive attitude, a believing attitude of faith, you probably wouldnt even have that problem, because according to your faith be it unto you! If you dont have the faith for it, if you dont have the faith to ask for it, believing that you will receive, then of course you wont receive, either Maybe the root of the problem is that you have not because you ask not So, just remember how tremendously easy the answer to all your problems is just ask! 110 ___________________________________________________ Every day is a battle royal between My will for you, that which I want for you, and your own will, similar to the way you notice that your will for your children doesnt always coincide with their own will and what they want to do. What they want to do usually varies from what you would like them to do, and its a trial and a challenge for you to try to get them to see that their time might be better spent in a different way than the activity they choose. Imagine that you would know with a hundred thousand times greater clarity just what would be the right thing for your child to do, the activity that would truly make her happy, but instead she insists on just doing whatever she deems best Well, thats how it is for Me a good deal of the time. The Enemy will do all he can to divert you and distract you from what I want from you, from tuning in to My voice, or yielding your will to Mine. He will fill your head with own ideas of what would be a good thing to do, usually the thing one grade below the best you could do for Me. The best and My highest will for you is a small and narrow pathway strewn with many temptations and detours that may look a lot more inviting, but if you want to avoid running around in circles or beating the air, youve got to keep walking on that small and narrow path, and not fall for the wide and comfy detours of the Enemy. Your own intuitions or notions can sometimes go clear against My highest will for you, and youve got to shoot for a higher wavelength than just the first best thing that pops in your mind to do. Youve got to double-check and keep checking, Lord, is this really Your best, and what You want me to do? So often you take for granted the obvious, or that since it popped into your mind, of course this is what you should do, but youve got to try the spirits that tell you how to invest your precious time! Stay on My wavelength and keep seeking Me and My will for you, keep shooting for the higher mark than the second best the Enemy would try to get you to settle for. 111 ___________________________________________________ Tiny is relative. Just because the world is tiny compared to

the rest of the universe, it isnt that tiny for you, is it? In fact, its got exactly the right size, as does the rest of the universe, as people will discover some day. Everything is the way it should be, and the way it can function best, except for the disturbances caused by the Enemy, which will soon be put to a stop. Man would prefer to have everything within a smaller frame, one a little more comprehensible for the average mind, more calculable and more clear-cut, so that he could say, Well, its quite obvious that things are such and such. The absolute truth is such and such, and there is no deviation It might make things easier in some ways, but it would also automatically eliminate free choice, if it would be so obvious how wrong the wrong path really is So, things are a little more complicated, a whole lot less transparent and clear than man would have it, which also makes it a little harder for him to believe how a God in His right mind could have ever created such a seemingly chaotic world. Because how carefully designed and how intricately it is truly organized only appears upon second or third glance. The universe is made in such a way that it cannot all be figured out easily upon first glance, analyzed and wrapped up in a single formula, and then to be said of: Here, this is it. All youve got to know. Nothing more to find out It takes a bit of a greater effort to figure it all out than even todays advanced scientists have managed. Theyre wracking their brains on that challenge to outsmart God, to show that they could either do without Him or outsmart Him, and thats in a way precisely why it is a bit more complicated than some would have it. Its a constant testimony to the fact that its not all that easy to outsmart God, and that a Genius has been at work here; a Master Mind indeed, and well, if you want to try to beat Him at His own game, good luck! Of course, it doesnt exactly help in mans quest for the universal truth and explanation of everything that the Enemy is not interested at all in having man find out the whole truth about the universe, because it would unmistakably point toward a Creator. He wants to keep everyone in the dark, so that he can come strutting in as the great light-bringer and illuminator of mankind He has already tried to establish that I couldnt have been it, since it wouldnt make much sense to the average person how the Son of God should have lived such a humble, short life, and died such a humiliating death. Thats certainly not his idea of divinity, and those who are just as short-sighted as he is, agree, and are getting ready for a taste of his act instead. Well, time will tell which of the two makes more sense in the end. Just because you cant figure it all out, or because its not the way you would prefer to have it, doesnt necessarily mean that its not the best way it could possibly be, and better than what you might have come up with Just because Gods way doesnt coincide exactly with mans way doesnt necessarily mean that its bad. In fact, just a little more of wait and see will reveal just how much better Gods way will turn out to have been all along than mans way, especially since generally, man tends to fall for the explanations and dogmas of the deceiver. There are doubtlessly a lot of ideas around, and some of them might sound great. But the question is which of them contains the truth? Faith will lead to true knowledge. Lack of faith will often only lead to science falsely so-called. Men of faith are those who will climb the un-scaled walls and sail the uncharted seas that will lead to new, revelatory views and aspects, whereas those who dont possess faith other than in what they can see, will usually only find another abyss for them to stumble into. You get what youre looking for. If its answers you seek, and are open for the truth, even if it may be way beyond that which youve been told to accept as such, according to the conventions of so-called

science, then you will find it. However, if your mind is closed to such, youll only wind up in the same dead-end street along with the rest of the unbelievers, until things will be made unmistakably clear that those who walked the path of faith were right, after all, much to the chagrin and shame of all those supposedly smart people

how, and lets all see what will come out of it. Im basically leaving the world under your control. Yours and the Devils, that is, since the majority of people seem to prefer his leadership over Mine.

Another mistake many people make in their equation and analysis of everything is that they think that the here and now is all theyve ever got, but its not. 112 ___________________________________________________ I speak of eternal life and of Heaven, a better place, throughout Just as with your children, whom you have to let go and My Word, and if they refuse to believe that, I cannot really help follow their own inclinations up until a certain point, even if its in them. a direction that you know is less than the best option, I also have All that really matters is whose promises you believe and put to let you go to find out for yourself where its at, or where its your faith in. Is it the Devils, your scientists, your politicians or not at. Mine? They all may be promising you a glorious future, but since the things they say all differ from each other, only one can speak Worldly people principally look for their own advantage, for their the truth, and only one of those glorious futures is actually going motives are greed, envy and lust for power, and not love. to happen. Their ambitions all lie in the here and now, and that is where the difference should be between you and them. You are called to a Who will have invested his faith in the right version or promises, higher purpose than just temporal matters, and if they want to and thus will have built their lives on the right and true pull you under their yoke of temporal ambitions, thats a warning foundation will be revealed in the end. Until then it may seem as sign that this is not where you belong. though they are the winners and you are the losers, but The more serious it gets, the more they demand of you, no matter momentary appearances can be deceiving and the final result how ridiculously little they may be giving you in return. may be quite surprising, at least for those apparent winners, The Enemy will always require Cesars pound of flesh for so, hang on to your seats and to your hats, because the show anything he will give you, even if its merely an opportunity isnt quite over yet. for you to work for him and be his slave in return for his meager wages If they want to base their lives on appearances, instead of The Devils generosity is a different kind than Mine, and I need thoroughly investigating what really is truth, then thats their you to experience and learn all these things in order to decision. If they would really be interested in the truth, they appreciate Whom youre serving, and thus put your whole heart wouldnt settle for lies so easily. But the lie simply sounds more into your service for Me. appealing to most of them: being their own boss and own little I want you to find out why it pays to trust Me and put your efforts god sounds better to them than having to kowtow to some Head on My side and invest your time and energy into My Cause, not Honcho they havent seen and they dont have the faith to talk to. theirs. It has always been easier to trust in what you can see. But What other ambitions do they have but material gain and to see whether it will turn out to be the more rewarding option remains their own names in the limelight? Can you identify with that and yet to be seen. make that your cause, too? No, you cant. Your job is not to preach yourself, but Me, and to serve God, not Mammon. 114 ___________________________________________________ You cannot make their ambitions the same as yours, nor allow If you can take everything: life, the universe, your yourself to fall into their way of thinking, their way of seeing circumstances, etc. where its at, and trust Me for it all, that its things, and start acting the same way and out of the same really just proportioned for your best, and trust that Im not motivations. purposely withholding any good thing from you, as I promised, What do you really have in common with them? then life can become the full, round thing for you that its Its one thing to find common ground as long as youre supposed to be. You wont stare at the empty half of the glass, or witnessing and ministering to them, but once you see they have the hole in the donut, but at whats there to enjoy. basically rejected you and your message, and all they do is try to find fault with you, restrict and enslave you and tell you which Youve got to trust in My fairness and justice and take everything way youre supposed to burn, then its time to wake up to the fact giving thanks, and not murmur in your heart about somebody that they have made their choice, and its not for you, your cause else getting more than you. or your faith, but merely for themselves, the way of all flesh. When ones only cause has become their own advantage, it has This is not your resting place, not your Home, not the place become a sad cause indeed. where you belong, but youre just a pilgrim and stranger in this world. I cannot fulfill all your desires yet. The Real Thing is yet to come; this isnt it! Some things are worth 113 ___________________________________________________ waiting for! People blame Me for the chaotic state their world is in when it was really and always have been their own choices that were If you look at the universe, you can see great precision there: all responsible for the chaos and the mess. In the beginning it was the measures, the strengths of the forces, as well as the timing all good, and I mean GOOD. with which the stellar bodies move and revolve around each But then what happened? other is carefully designed and planned. So, what makes you Man invested the truest of all currencies, namely faith, in the think that I would muff up the timing for certain things in your words of the Deceiver, instead of Mine, and that created a whole life? Theres a time for everything under the sun: a time for need new paradigm, a whole new worldview, call it another matrix if and a time for plenty; a time to sow, and a time to reap. In order you wish, because not only is a man as he thinketh in his heart, to reap, youre first going to have to sow. Now, reaping may but his world will be effected by his thoughts and the way he sound a lot more like fun than sowing, I know. But the work has sees everything, too. got to come before pleasure, and youve got a job to do for Me If what motivates man is the achievement of Satans promise, before I can pay you for it. Ye shall be as gods, then his world will be affected by it. You want to become gods? Well, go ahead then, and lets all find out If people want luxuries they usually wouldnt be able to afford, what will be the outcome of this. Go ahead and reshape the world they work extra hard for them. They work overtime or take on according to your own ideas, and make the best of it you know second or third jobs in order to afford what it is they want.

So, if you want greater blessings from Me, you might have to work a little harder for Me, too, even if all you can do is pray harder for those things, and do the best job you possibly can with what youve got already. But I cant give you more than what youve already got when I see youre only doing a mediocre, halfhearted job with that. Once I see youre really putting your whole heart into it, instead of staring longingly into the distance for that piece you consider missing from your donut, I might do the miracle of putting it there. Its appreciating what youve already got and making the best of it, and investing the talents I did give you wisely that will bring you more, greater rewards and dividends. But criticizing Me for what Ive given you, murmuring in your heart about it, and failing to appreciate it, wont get you the perfect world youd like to be living in. Thats just the same attitude all those self-righteous people have who look at the flaws in the world and say, Well, a perfect God would have certainly come up with something better than this less-thanperfect world. What they dont know is that it was perfect to begin with, but it has deteriorated due to mans own choices. You can reverse that process again with your choices, but in order to make the right choices, youre going to have to have the right attitude of trust in Me, and really prove that youre going to put your faith in Me this time around, and not the empty promises of the Enemy. Once youve replaced whatever has been propelling your life forward haphazardly in a questionable direction with the proper fuel, namely true and strong and pure faith in the fact that I know what Im doing, even if it may not seem like it to you, then your life will also be steering toward the perfection that I had originally intended for man. But youve got to run your life on the right stuff in order to get there, and not rely in any way on the deceptive input of the Enemy!

please Me or make it good, all I need for each of you to do is to follow and obey Me individually, and if you cannot get any personalized instructions, well, then you still have the general instructions I gave the leaders of the flock. Youre still following, still supporting the main body, whereas others have gone their own way as soon as they thought they were strong enough and got some of their own ideas. What counts is that the ideas and inspirations are Mine, and not so much your own. If people would learn to let Me do more for them, and seek to cooperate with Me, and allow Me and My natural ways to coexist with them, and if theyd avail themselves of My guidance, My power and My blessing, things would definitely turn out better than all their feverish activities and attempts to reshape and recreate the world according to their own ideas Again its a matter of trust and faith: they believe and trust in themselves, their own wits and strength; you trust in Me. Thats already enough reason to resent you for the average do-ityourself citizen. They cant comprehend how anyone can dare to refuse to join in their feverish doing and accomplishing, and just rely on God to see them through. Its outrageous for them! Almost completely beyond their comprehension. Of course, its envy, too, because they see you dont have to wreck yourselves the same way they think they have to and do, just in order to merely survive! They know youve got something they dont, that theyre too proud to ask you for or even to accept from you if you offer it to them. Theyre afraid of the new, the unknown, the different. All you can do is encourage them, calm them down and show, Relax, theres nothing to worry about! God loves you and doesnt mean you any harm. Hes better to you than you could be to yourselves, if you just give Him a chance! Showem Im nothing to worry about or be scared of; that Im actually quite loveable. For those who reject Me, life becomes hard all by itself. I dont really have to do anything, and its not as if I would punish them. They punish themselves And its a good thing to ask them why in the world they would want to do that, when they could have so much love

115 ___________________________________________________ You must not look at how people receive you or react to you, but solely to Me and trust Me for whether youre faring alright or not. According to people who couldnt care less about Me and My opinion in the first place, of course, youre no hit. 116 ___________________________________________________ But who would want to be one in their world, and according to Inspiration is not something you can regulate or legislate or their criteria, by which one becomes popular? determine when and where exactly its going to happen. Thats in essence the meaning of the wind allegory: the Holy Spirit is The last thing on earth I need is just one more of that sheepish unpredictable, like the wind that bloweth where it listeth and crowd following in the rut of the way everybody else does things, canst not tell from whence it cometh or whither it goeth. believing and thinking basically the same as everybody else, namely what theyve been taught by the media to believe, and Love just like the Holy Spirit has a mind on its own and does playing exactly the same silly game everybody else is playing. things contrary to natural expectation. Im yearning for someone daring to be different, and not just It comes and often goes where its least expected. different on the outside, or different for being-different-s sake, All you can really do is yield and flow with it. You cant stand but genuinely different; different as in Not of this world; there looking at your wrist watch and say, Well, ladies and different as in Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you gentlemen, the Holy Spirit is about to arrive in 2 minutes and 25 and ordained you that you should go and bring forth fruit... a seconds different kind of fruit than what theyre bearing with their lives! She hits you from behind. She doesnt like to be calculated, What kind of fruit are they yielding? They who only live for speculated on, analyzed and dissected, because one of Her themselves? Theyre not sowing, and they definitely dont gather major attributes is liberty, and She specially likes to be free of with Me, so they must be doing the opposite. He that gathereth carnal boundaries and limitations. not with Me scattereth abroad. When the time is ready, She will come to you, just like love. Love will come to you when it is the time, when you are ready for love, Its relatively easy to get mutual approval from folks who do it when youre ready to receive Her, because it would be a terrible exactly the same way you do. You pat each other on the back and waste as so often happens that love knocks and you just say, Hey, yeah, were great, and it works for some, and I can ignore Her, reject Her and She has to move on. When love use that. comes, it will have been well worth the wait. I have given others, particularly of the younger generation, this Sometimes it has been there all along, and you simply didnt way of finding support in each other. recognize it, because your mental picture of love was such that But I want you to find your support in Me, as a beacon and a you expected some big, flashy emotional bang with it, but its not comfort for all those who might not have a big group to turn to so much the impact and size of the bang that defines love, as for support, either, but may have to fend for themselves on their the persistency of it, the endurance and its continuity, even own somewhere, due to some series of circumstances through rough times It really often happens quite contrary to natural expectation and I never said anywhere that you all had to be the same in order to apart from preset patterns of human calculations.

Its just like that nonsense about Writing hits by numbers: You know you cant do that. You cant just write real hits according to a certain mathematical pattern. Either the inspiration is there or it isnt, and if its not, you best leave it be and wait until it comes.

well-hidden, selfish motives, unless you truly come to Me and learn of Me how to live and love unselfishly, sacrificially, and how to give of yourself, instead of seeking to take or receive from another. What most people consider and call love is still a far cry away So, even if you havent been feeling any big emotional bangs from what love really is and is supposed to be lately, or big hits of inspiration, you cant say My Spirit has Human love is so often a selfish thing, and it really takes an effort departed from you, either, because the flow simply remained in a to learn to love unselfishly, the way I loved and still do the way steadier, continuous state. the Father loves There may have been no big flashy revelations, but I have Sometimes in order to take the first steps on that road of learning nonetheless continued to give you valid personal counsel, just how to truly love, you first must recognize where its not at, and what you needed in order to progress and mature during this what love is not, that artificial, poor counterfeit version of love, time. the way it is advertised by the movie industry and the world. It seems to be fairly innocent, but the closer a thing comes to the You can count on Me as a steady Source of whatever it is you beauty of God, the more of a danger it can represent in need for life. Not only do I give you all you need, but I also know distracting you from the Real Thing. exactly how much of whatever it is you need at a certain time. That which people usually call love is merely a poor counterfeit When it comes to your needs, Im the Specialist, even if you of what love really is. Its like a drop in a bucket compared to the sometimes differ, and think, But I feel like I need more of this or vastness of the oceans of Gods love, and it would be that! recommendable to make sure youve tapped that ocean, instead You may feel like it, but I know better what you really need, even of trying to get by on your own little droplet if it may be a time of going without some particular blessing, and a time of leanness. The human, finite version of love is pointing inwards, toward Sometimes there is a need for emptiness, a time of scarcity, oneself, and seeks to draw to oneself, like a magnet, and is especially when youve been indulging yourself for a while, geared toward receiving. The love of God the Real Thing like similar to how a fast can be very good for you physical health. the sun, is pointing and focusing and radiating outward, and is geared to giving and ever keeping on giving, it never stops. So, stay in tune with Me in order to find out what your real and Human love only gives a little in hopes to receive back, and the actual needs are, according to My insight and foresight, and not selfish nature of many people is thus that you try to get away just according to your temporary moods and cravings. with giving less all the time in hopes of receiving more in return. But thats unrealistic, and naturally bound to fail. 117 ___________________________________________________ I am a better partner to you than any spouse ever could. Its comparable to the way the sun and the moon seem equal in size, and perhaps even in brilliance and clarity, and yet upon second glance, the sun becomes infinitely more significant. The moon revolves around the earth, while the earth revolves around the sun, which is the source of its light and life, and also for the moon, and is immensely bigger than both, earth and moon. So am I to you. The moon is necessary to keep you stable, but it is I Who provide you with light and life and warmth. The sun definitely plays a bigger role in earths life and survival than the moon, even though the moon is also necessary and indispensable. It is the sun you derive your nutrition and energy from, and when it comes to Me, your spiritual Sun, I also regulate everything else, the forces that keep your spiritual universe in order, along with the physical forces control the universe. Before, it seemed as if I just outranked the importance of your mate by a little bit, and sometimes there seemed to be a stalemate, and I would have to compete with the importance of the role your lover played in your life. But now youre slowly beginning to realize that I am really far more important, and play a far more dominant and superior role in your life than any other person ever could. And thats the way its got to be. The more important I become to you, the better able you will also be to treat your fellow humans, including your mate and family, the way you should. The true recipe for well-functioning love is to seek to learn to give more all the time, the way God does, and that is only possibly by learning how to do it from the Master Teacher Himself, and by loving Him, and letting Him love you and really fill you with the necessary love to pass on to others. Thats why the concept of Loving Jesus is so important: you dont really know what youre talking about concerning love until youve done it, and until youve really done it with the One Who really knows what Hes talking about! Compared to what true love is all about, you havent even yet begun to love. You can only have the Real Thing by tapping into the Source of the Real Thing. You cannot just be satisfied with the manifestations. If you take the manifestations and make them god, and the object of your affection and what you spend most of your life chasing, youre doomed to disappointment like the rest of the world. Only I can really teach you how to do it. Will you let Me? Will you finally pay enough attention to Me in order to show you how this really works? Youve been trying to rattle around with all the levers and knobs of the machinery of love without really having a clue how it works, so, should I finally give you a hand and show you how it works properly? Are you ready to get started for real?

There was a genuine purpose for Moses having to wait in the wilderness for 40 years before he was ready for his job for Me. The more you establish the importance of your revolving around There was something to learn there in the stillness that you Me, your Sun, the more stable you will be as a factor for their simply dont learn out on the busy streets of the markets and lives to revolve around. Its the order of the universe, symbolic of high places of this world spiritual laws that govern the World that for you right now Theres something you learn in the silence, in that void and lack remains unseen. of all the usual noise and clamor that you dont learn anywhere else, but its the only thing ever worth learning, ever worth keeping going at. All else is like dust in the wind 118 ___________________________________________________ You dont really manage to truly and unselfishly love another I still havent become nearly as important to you as I should be. human, unless you spend sufficient time learning from Me how to You still havent started tuning in to Me and paying attention to love. Your love will always be tainted with ulterior, sometimes Me anywhere near the way and the intensity with which you

should. You still havent really yet begun to love Me! Lets face it: you dont know how to love. So let Me teach you and show you how it goes. Lets see what a difference it will make in your life to receive a few lessons from the Master Himself.

to the carnal wisdom of their flesh, and flesh is flesh; only the Spirit brings life.

So whats the way to stay out of temptation and out of the rut of the flesh? First of all realizing that thats not where its at; that this broad Sometimes all it takes is to become aware of the need. way that the majority are trotting down with their usual way of doing things and their run-off-the-mill pursuit of happiness that As long as youre not ware of your need, youre not ready for doesnt really work, is the wrong way, and then looking for the anything, not even the basics, not even salvation. The only way alternative, which is My way. you can ever receive what matters is by perceiving your need for Of course, many people never get very far, once they set out and it and wanting it. determine to walk My way when they become a Christian, As long as you think you can already do it, what need is there for because the only place most Christians ever arrive at is the pews you to learn anything according to your perception? in their churches on Sunday mornings, and thats as far as their Well, now that youre realizing that youre not quite as good at path of Christianity ever goes. It takes wisdom then to find out this thing called love as you thought, let Me teach you a few that this is also not My way, but just a poor counterfeit of it, too, things about it! just like all the Devils counterfeits of My Real Thing. It depends on each individual whether theyre going to fall for it, or uphold My standard in their lives, and truly continue to strive for the real thing in their own lives, and see to it that their life becomes an example and a taste of the Real Thing, instead of just another fake. Its not as though some people are 100% gold and the others 100% fake, but the content of gold varies in each one, depending on how much of My refining process they have allowed Me to put them through. Becoming gold is what life is all about, and the more you have People have the tendency to hold on to or accumulate whatever experienced the refining fires of My chastisements, the closer to they can, because its in their nature to acquire things. the Real Thing your life will be, and the more of Me it will The concept of letting go doesnt always come so easily. resemble. Only the path of heavenly and supernatural wisdom reveals The problem with todays society is that correction has sort of usually with time - how less can sometimes truly be more, and become a taboo, and instead of training their children and young that youre actually better off without certain things, even if people in receiving correction, and allowing them thus to become initially they may have promised some kind of advantage for you. refined, they just basically let them rot in their own stew, It takes wisdom not to fall into the trap of carnal temptations, and meaning that many miss this process and original purpose in life usually that wisdom is only acquired by the experience where completely, and accordingly wind up with nothing much to show that sort of temptation will lead the ultimate lack of real forth at the end of their road. All they will have lived is a purely satisfaction and the disappointment and failure to keep what it selfish life, one in which all they knew was how to take and grab promised, or simply the price you have to pay for it in the long and consume, just act according to the dictates of the flesh, run. Acquiring that wisdom is one of the main themes in life, and totally oblivious to the eternal laws of the Spirit. in part what its all about. The more you realize that this is definitely not the path you want The school of life is about finding out who will be the smart guys to choose for your life, the more you will be on the lookout for My who wont fall into the same old traps over and over again. Who alternative, and as I have promised, they that seek Me, the Real are the ones who will wake up to the fact that this is not where Thing, with their whole hearts, will also find Me! its at and the way things are supposed to be, and will start looking for an alternative and a way out The other religions, just like that fake version of Christianity, are posing as alternatives, too, but are really only other versions of Sometimes its simply the determination to advance to the next the same old way. You just acquire the same old goal of feeling step of your development and say of your old crutch, I dont good about yourself via a slightly different way. need this anymore. You decide youre going to go on to the next level and hang on to Me and spiritual things for satisfaction and My true path requires forgetting and letting go of what you want fulfillment instead of those carnal counterfeits and mere and tune in to and concentrate on what I want, which is ultimately shadows of the Real Thing. the best not only for you, but also all those you will ever come in touch with. The less you need and the less you are concerned with your own The true alternative is a living relationship with Me, with real, acquisition of certain things, the more time you will have to living communication, and letting Me guide you into discerning concentrate on giving, instead of whats in it for you and being between what is right and wrong in each situation in your life, on the receiving end, and thats when you start learning how to and, of course, choosing the right option once confronted with it. really love, and thus, really live. All the other ways are really only the way of the flesh where people are stuck in their own minds, their own brains, and their Some people come up with their own carnal, counterfeit version own individual, and usually selfish way of seeing things, unless of giving, because they discovered that there is a certain they are endowed with an unusual portion of grace. reward and satisfaction in making others happy, but since they dont really know anything about the true and spiritual, eternal The real action and the Real Thing always come from the Spirit standards of love and happiness, they dont know how to give World the Place where everything will wind up again. the truly good things to people, but can actually wind up giving The destination of the temporal is the Eternal, and the sooner them things that are bad for them, and thus make matters worse, one gets onto the wavelength of the Eternal, the better they will like some of those grandmothers with good intentions who also learn how to cope with the temporal spoil their grandchildren rotten, or people who try to comfort people with their wrong, intellectual kind of advice. They think theyre doing others some good, but really only make 120 ___________________________________________________ matters worse, because they are deceived, and work according There are so many things for you to keep in mind, so much 119 ___________________________________________________ The first necessary step toward staying on the track of the Holy Spirit is to recognize how futile the alternative is, and to determine that thats not what you want. The Enemy keeps offering you deals that make you reconsider, and says, You dont have to discard everything from your old life or everything your flesh has managed to achieve! Dont be so extreme! Compromise!

counsel I have given you, that its sometimes hard to know what it is exactly you should focus on at the moment. Thats precisely one of the reasons I need you to come to Me in the mornings to get your focus reset and pinned straight on the target for the day, the mindset and pattern I need you to wear for that day, sort of the way you would choose certain clothes for a day or decide to work on a certain project. Its the make-up of your day, so to speak, that I need you to put on the spiritual make-up of your day. Contrary to what physical make-up does for women, the spiritual make-up of your day doesnt change your appearance into an artificial state, but it helps to portray the real you more accurately. You know how there can be so many misunderstandings between people, prejudices and ways in which the Devil distorts the picture you may have of one another through his influences? If you put on My spiritual make-up for the day, it will not only protect you from any false characteristics the Enemy might try to pin on your personality, which would convey a false image of you to the world, but it also enhances the real, clear picture of you and who you really are. Staying in tune with Me is not only all about Me, or pleasing Me or obeying Me, but its also a lot about you and your ability to be and come across as who you really are, without all the distortions of the Enemy that hed like to attach to your image and the picture of you, your face to the world. Isnt it great when you look into somebodys face and you know right away who they are, and what theyre going through, and what type of person they are? You know where they are coming from and how they feel. Thats what your time spent with Me can do for you: it can help you be more transparent, more visibly who you really are, as opposed to all those pseudo coolness trips that people get into in order to make themselves more mysterious or to help them play a role of something or somebody they not really are.

attached. It almost makes you transparent, like Invisible Man, and youre not a target anymore of all the arrows and bullets of hatred that fly around in this world, because they are only directed against people that pose a threat because of threatening appearances and fronts and scary defense mechanisms they use in order to avoid getting hurt. Once you can rid yourself of all those, and you really have got nothing left to lose, you become free as the wind, practically intangible, and youll really know what it means, Great peace have they which love Thy Law and nothing shall offend them. Nothing can hurt you, because youve got nothing to lose, no pride left to get hurt, no sensitive feelings, no ego to get hurt or offended, just who you are in Me and what you are supposed to be. Youve got the peace then of the truly humble, and the truly free, with nothing left to lose. Thats the kind of peace and freedom that awaits the future citizens of My Kingdom. The best kind of advertisement you can be for that Cause? Being a sample of that kind of peace and freedom. You dont hurt anyone, and you dont really get hurt. Because youre so focused on Me, instead of yourself, and so full of Me instead of yourself that nothing can hurt you.

Sounds great, doesnt it? Well, its a reality. Youve just got to embrace it, and do whatever is necessary to stay and walk within it, just as you would keep on a shield of protection or force field. I can get you through life like a breeze, if you can manage to stay plugged in to Me and fully put Me on, and My robe of humility and move with the wind of the freedom of having nothing left to lose It may sound a little too good to be true and to become a permanent reality for you, but Im just telling you, it is there, available to you whenever you wish to avail yourself of it. You CAN be free You really can! Its a reality youve simply got Isnt it great to just be yourself for a change? The person I to want strong enough and choose and accept for yourself, so created you to be? And by being in touch with Me faithfully, that that I can fulfill My Promise, Whom the Son hath made free, he is exactly what you are and become more and more. The rest is shall be free indeed. all false, and pretenses and things and roles and masquerades of You want to be free indeed? All you need to do is come to Me! someone who you not really are. When someone doesnt really know Me, it becomes more difficult for them to know who they really are and behave accordingly Everything is a riddle for them, including themselves, because they dont have Me, the Answer Man, not even the answer to the question who they are Thats why its important that you help people to find Me, so that they can find out with My help who they really are, what theyre here for, and give their life a meaning. Things dont know their purpose. A car doesnt know its a car or what its there for. You need to go to the manufacturer! And thats precisely the way it is with people. In order to find their purpose perhaps that which many people refer to as finding themselves theyve got to first find Me, their Maker, and I will reveal to them what is their purpose and who they are and precisely what they are here for. Without that experience their lives can be so empty. Thats the great beauty of My people, the true people of God: when they can be without any pretenses, and just show the world who they really are, without anything to hide, without any coverups or false pretenses, theyre just like an open book that people like to read and can identify with and perhaps find traces of their own situations and lives in. Its like a sign for them that someone has been where they are before, and things worked out for them, and it points them in My direction, the direction of finding comfort and all they long for in Me. You can be such a blessing to people by being open and transparent, and just being who you are in Me, and who I show you and teach you to be each day, wholly and through and through My creation, without any false fronts from the Enemy 121 ___________________________________________________ Leave behind all those things that are bothering you, that may seem so important at the moment and seem to take your mind by storm, and come to Me and let Me revamp your concepts, your perception and your vision and focus for the day. Let Me wipe the slate clean and give you a new menu, free of all the things that would occupy your mind, and put on My mind instead. Simply let Me take over. Its an act of letting go, a spiritual forsaking all, and emptying yourself of what occupied your mind before and letting Me fill you with My input, usually with the result of your satisfaction and finding out that it was infinitely better than all those mundane thoughts that plagued you previously. Its all pretty much wrapped up in the words, Looking unto Jesus; youve got to keep your focus on Me and away from all these other factors that try to drag you down. You mustnt fall for their lures and their attempts to tie you down in their same old two-dimensional world with no way out! Youve got to stay Up Here with Me! Youve got to remain a mountain man! Yes, they will resist you! Yes, they will shun, avoid and reject you, and its a pretty lonely, rugged path up that mountain, and you may often wonder, Why have they all forsaken me? Could I be on the wrong path, after all? But time will do the talking and reveal that their path just turned out to be the usual, much-traveled broadway to destruction. They may have painted it to look almost exactly like your mountain path, just the way Hollywood can make things look so deceivingly real, but in the end it will turn out to have been just

another fake, because the true path is simply that lonely, forsaken and forgotten road that not many will travel, where their only true Companion is Me, and the few who have walked it found out that I was truly more than enough. Sure, Ill be with some of the others, too, and comfort them, and let them experience whiffs of My Spirit, as much as they allow Me. But truly following Me and being My disciple is another story indeed, and they will always reject those who walk that path, because its so very different from theirs. These people try to make it seem as if, Look, the path that Jesus was talking about doesnt always have to be that narrow road It can also be that huge highway we have built and were riding down all together, and were having so much fun They think its some kind of progress, and theyve converted My path into a comfortable, sociable road thats easily traveled, just as easily and comfortably as the Systems. And it causes you to wonder Lord, could it be? But you and I know that theirs is not the real thing! If they would really have the real thing, they would recognize My voice when they hear it. And some do, but then they try to get Me to tug along on their conventional way, their usual way, because they simply dont have the courage and faith to let go of Conventional Road and follow Me up Revolutionary Road. Some will be saved as if through fire, and their works will not stand before Me. They could have chosen the Real Thing when they got a glimpse of it! They could have recognized Me in it and they could have sought to get more of it. But they didnt really want it. It was too scary for them, and the other road looked much more inviting and comfortable And on they travel on their usual, run-off-the-mill Conventional Road, pretty much the same way as everybody else, never really making a difference for Me, no matter how much they may try to tell themselves that they are. You can really only make a difference for Me if you dare to let go of the conventional way of doing things and have the guts to follow Me alone, if necessary, up a road that no one has gone up before. So, let them get stuck in their morass of worldliness and of the same old story, but come thou, and keep following Me. Weve got a job to do for real! Let them keep kidding themselves with their games of make-belief. The kind of faith thats theirs is make-belief. They pretend theyve got the real thing, and go through the motions, but dont let them kid you: its not! Its okay to sympathize with them, show your approval to some extent, but then its time again to follow Me and let the dead bury their dead. Sometimes I let you walk a piece of the way with them just to let you know that their way is not where its at, to let you see the flaws in it, and where the differences are between what theyve got and the Real Thing. The Real Thing is always unorthodox, apart from the norm, shockingly revolutionary and different. 122 ___________________________________________________ As long as you continue to take things personal, you wont be able to burn free, fly as high, nor progress in the way that I would like you to. Youll always be vulnerable, instead of becoming practically invulnerable and invincible due to the protective shield of Mine you could be wearing! Youve got to put on My mantle of peace and humility, that will make you too small to get hurt. Only the big shots get hit. Only big egos can get hurt or offended. Little, humble nobodies wont even feel anything.

not necessarily be everybodys fit, and there are special personnel in every army who are not required to wear exactly the same outfit as the combat soldiers. There is sanitary staff, cooks and other type of personnel who wont be walking about with combat helmets most of the time. In the overall picture and outcome, you will fit in, even if you dont feel called or even capable of doing things the way Im leading most of the flock to do them. Its not that Im advocating being special or an exception here, but I do show tolerance and acceptance for those who are pretty much inevitably different and an exception, and you all are special to Me to begin with! 124 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes it takes an effort to get back into the flow, groove and line of communication with Me, back onto the wavelength of the Spirit World, when youve been indulging in all that the temporal has to offer. Its a channel and wavelength whose frequency or place in your life is all too easily occupied by other matters, if you allow it to happen. As long as you allow circumstances to rule your life, instead of claiming the authority over them, along with the moods they bring, thats bound to happen, and you will have to fight and put yourself and your energy back on the side of the spirit You either fight on the side of the spirit, or you allow the flesh to gain the upper hand, and if you do, it will take some effort to enable the spirit to regain its ground, comparable to a wrestler regaining the top position after being overwhelmed by his opponent The spirit is stronger as long as you avail yourself of it. If you just let things have their way and neglect the spirit, the flesh will gain the upper hand soon You have to claim authority over your situation, your circumstances, and just take the upper hand, and not allow yourself to be overwhelmed. That may sound as if more easily said than done, but is simply something you can and must learn. Of course, it becomes more difficult with other human spirits around influencing you, trying to sway the tide in favor of either side (and those fighting on the side of the spirit will always be in the minority), or being manipulated by Enemy forces to affect you unfavorably, even if that was none of their intention. You think you must act and behave in a certain way in order to appease a certain person, but often your assumption that you must do so may be based on an erroneous perception or interpretation of their vibes. Learning to interpret the vibes people give off properly is a challenge in life. Finding out what it really is that makes people tic, and not just falling for your own first best interpretation and wild guess what their intentions and motivations may be In order to really find out what it is that people need and how they really need you to act or react toward them, you have to stay in tune with Me. The circumstances will never be perfect, so you must learn to rise above them, take them where they are at, but not let them govern or determine your spiritual state. You must keep the upper hand and the authority.

A lot of whats going on behind the curtain in the spirit world, including in the confrontations with other human spirits, is a battle for authority. Some will try to exert their authority over you or snatch it away 123 ___________________________________________________ from you, and the Enemy knows how he can manipulate you into Life isnt just a singular thing that looks and feels and giving it up. But in some situations you simply must not allow operates exactly the same way for everybody, but its an that. individual thing, too. Everybody has to live it according to their You may take the humble seat, but ultimately, you must always own abilities. Its not like everybody can wear the same hat. keep the authority I have given you in the spirit. It may suit the majority and most people in the army, but it may Your spiritual rank is always valid, even when in the presence of

a higher ranking officer, and you must not forfeit it, and certainly not in favor of the inklings of an inferior just trying to have their way. They will try out anything, if you let them, but you must maintain your position, otherwise youll soon have chaos on your hands, if you will just allow everybody to have their way Organizing your spiritual life starts by recognizing the priorities and sticking to them. You allow whatever has the priority and heaviest weight in the spirit to assume its rightful position at the top of your list, and thus in the first place of your actions, and that helps you to keep everything and everyone in rank and in order. Just allowing things to have their way, and allowing whoever wants and has the urge to ascend to the top and assume that position, will result in total chaos, instead of organization, and basically, organization doesnt mean anything else than avoiding that sort of chaos.

yield to every little opportunity of pleasure that presents itself. It takes some effort to shift your focus away from that funmentality, where pleasure and enjoyment are your primary incentive, and toward your duty for Me instead, and toward your share of what it takes to get in the harvest of souls. It all boils down to the question of whether your attitude is me first or Jesus and others, then you. Its obvious that the flesh roots for the first option, and its going to take the supernatural work of grace and of the spirit to overcome that and achieve some good in spite of the inklings and urges of the flesh You have to put your will on My side, and really pray wholeheartedly Thy will be done! And allow Me to make it happen. Youve got to allow Me and the Spirit to take the upper hand over the flesh and all that it wants and craves.

127 ___________________________________________________ Im trying to get you to avail yourself of the spirit instead of As you can tell from creation, I have organized everything the flesh. according to strict rules and patterns, and everything functions Your spirit helpers will be a greater and more stable source of because of those rules. The meaning of life is learning that it genuine inspiration to you than any frail and flawed physical makes sense to stick to the rules by reaping the consequences human ever could of breaking them. Thats why mistakes are a major part of the I do understand your need and desire for fellowship, and I do try meaning of life: they teach you where its not at and thus help to comply with that demand to the best degree possible, but you to rediscover the narrow frame of the rules you tried to when it comes to a place or group of individuals I would really escape out of previously. You find out by experience that it pays like you to look for hope and strength, then I would truly prefer to stick to those boundaries you tried to ignore and pass, thus you to put your eyes on Heaven, and whats Here, instead of any leading you to trespass. of your fellow-subjects to sin and evil like yourself, even if there Sometimes sin is making it too easy for those under your may be some who may have made more progress in overcoming authority to trespass and not exerting your God-given, rightful evil than others. authority, which is also your duty. The degree to which the army of spirit helpers thats available to you have overcome evil is unequalled by anyone currently on Man-pleasing undermines your authority in the spirit and can be earth, because they have run the race and finished the course, the greatest threat to your authority, because it causes you to they have reached their goal and can tell and show you how you give it up in favor of another person, who is not the rightful can best reach yours. Theyre not struggling anymore to get holder of that authority over you. You grant them the superior there themselves, like all your co-fighters on earth. position because you want to please them, want to make it right There may be an occasional warrior who has overcome hurdles for them, but dont realize that youre actually going to wind up that youre still struggling with, and they may give you some making a mess of things that way, and its really going to result helpful advice, or they may pray for you or support you by some in the worst possible option for them, rather than the best other means, but its all not comparable to what your co-fighters on this side of the veil can do for you. This is from where your real strength will come. 125 ___________________________________________________ Its hard enough having to watch people go astray that you Its the same reason why I did not choose to stay on earth in My dont have any authority over, but God-given authority was body after My resurrection, but sent the Holy Spirit instead, and, ordained precisely to prevent those for whom you are as you know, thats precisely what your spirit helpers are: they responsible to fall into traps and snares of temptations and ways are the individuals that what is conceived as the Holy Spirit of error that they might fall into if you let them go by their own consists of. Through them I can live within you, and not just be wisdom without any restraint. perceived by you from the outside, so to speak, as just another Even though they might fall into them sooner or later, anyway, individual, but you can hear Me, feel Me, get My thoughts on a regardless of what you do or dont do to stop them, it is still your matter, and I can be a greater Source of strength to you from duty to stop them from harming themselves while you can. If you within than I ever could have been as just another fellow human manage to prevent them long enough from getting into trouble, being to My disciples they might reach the necessary maturity on time to realize the folly and error of their ways by themselves, but if you just let People in the world may rely on numbers and shows of outward them go whichever way they please that has turned out and strength, but I have always tried to get My warriors to rely on true proven to be a very foolish and painful policy. inner strength based on faith, their connection with Me and their link with the Spirit World. Authority certainly does have its rightful place in the order of Youve got to be able to see things they dont see, the way Elisha things such as I have created it, and its not only an option to saw the army that surrounded them that his servant at first did avail yourself of it, but a must-do, your God-given duty. not see. Youve got to know that youre not alone, even when it seems like youre alone, or only a small minority compared to the Its the bitter ingredients in your diet that keep you healthy in the host of enemy forces that surround you in the physical. Youve long run. It cant always be sweet, or youll grow obese and got to know that they that be with you are more than they that be sick with them. Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world also means greater in number. They that fight on our side in the spirit 126 ___________________________________________________ world are more, are greater and mightier than they that fight for There are more important, more urgent matters than having the wicked one, even if it may temporarily seem as if hes fun. Dont worry, I will let you enjoy your share of recuperation, conquering the world. too, but time is short, and in order to get the job done, sacrifices You must know that youre superior and youre on the side of the have to be made sometimes, and you cannot always indulge and far superior, and you cant go by the pitiful physical numbers of

those who fight on your side. Youve got to be full of the conviction of the much superior presence of your true Home, the one where you truly come from and return to and belong, and convey that conviction to others. Youve got to experience Heaven, and be a living testimony to that experience. I want you to know that there is a cloud of witnesses surrounding you, available to you for their wisdom, their strength, their love, and anything that you need, and you dont need to continue to struggle on with the pitiful physical means at your disposal. You need to avail yourself of the Spirit to a greater extent. Its the only way youre ever going to wind up being a satisfactory support to your fellow human beings on earth, and the only way they can manage to be the same for you, because the flesh profiteth nothing, only the spirit brings life. You must realize that this is where your strength lies, and quit putting your hopes anywhere in the physical realm. Your help cometh from the hills, from on high, from the Lord which made Heaven and earth, and thats where youve got to lift up your eyes and turn your focus. And if My sole Presence should ever not strike you as sufficient, I want you to know that Im not alone, either, but there are millions at your disposal, of which each one has got more to give to you than any human living on earth ever could. They are the source and origin of everything good thats ever happening on earth, because even the greatest saints on earth dont find it within them to do good without them - their helpers on this side. Its the Spirit that makes possible and brings forth all that is good, that is pleasant, edifying and brings life. The flesh really profiteth nothing and doesnt contribute anything to that process. If you want to do good, if you want to bring life, then avail yourself of the Spirit, fellowship with My Spirit and My spirits, and let them guide you and strengthen you and empower you to do that which you will find otherwise humanly impossible. Only I, through My Holy Spirit, can empower you to do good. You cannot do it by yourself, nor with the help of other physical human beings who dont avail themselves of My supernatural strength and help likewise. Ive got the source of the strength you need and I need you to avail yourself of it. There is no other way. This is where youll find it, not in what you see with your physical eyes or hear with your physical ears. The strength and inspiration, including the happiness you seek lies only here with Me in the Spirit World, and in your availing yourself of it to the extent you should. Come to Me and seek that which never runs dry, avail yourself of unquenchable resources. 128 ___________________________________________________ Do you want to live to serve a pleasure and entertainment craving mob thats practically impossible to satisfy, unless you put yourself on their wavelength? Your job is to give the world a wake-up message, and not to entertain them, or keep them satisfied in their stupor. Otherwise its as if youre supporting their superficial life-style and encouraging it. Youre not here to tickle the Devils peoples ears. 129 ___________________________________________________ You need these times with Me even more than your times of physical recuperation. You will only find true happiness and fulfillment Here in your hiding place with Me, not in any other, physical location. Your purpose in life is not just to enjoy yourself, but theres more to it than that: true happiness comes through making others happy, and you only manage to do that by coming to learn of Me how that works, and where you have to turn each day, and who I want you to make happy or reach with My love at any given time.

There are things that are more important than your own immediate satisfaction, happiness and contentment, and I need you to trust Me for that. If you cannot even trust Me that I know and mean best, then how are you ever going to get anyone else to believe it? You must learn not to turn toward the creation and manifestations for the fulfillment of your hopes and expectations from life, but to the Creator, to the Source of everything. Otherwise youre making the same mistake everybody else does, and its no wonder that neither you nor they ever find real happiness that way. 130 ___________________________________________________ Keep tuning in to Me no matter what anybody else does, and dont allow these things to distract you from Me. The Devils intention is to get your eyes off Me and become bitter or angry toward them, and occupy your mind with the injustices in this world. But youve got to fight to keep your focus on the Just One, on My Justice, even if no one else can see it. They all say, Where is the justice of God? So, dont be blind like them. Nor be unforgiving, as they are, toward one another. Youre only forgiven to the extent you forgive others, so it pays to have a forgiving attitude. As a true prophet of God you simply cant help not being popular with most people. When people dont like you, remember that they also didnt like Me. At least not the majority, that is, and they all had their doubts about Me at some time or another. 131 ___________________________________________________ A bold and convinced individual professing his love for Me might go further to inspire another individual to reach out to Me than all the choirs and worship bands in the world. What some people need is a personal, individual approach, with a personal and individual testimony from someone they can relate to. 132 ___________________________________________________ It takes an effort to punch through all the fake and false mindsets based on the Devils illusions to the clear picture of reality. He gets people to ignore all the things that are wrong with the world, and ignoring the facts may help you to feel better about yourself and your world, the same way a tranquilizer or drug would, but it doesnt have much to do with reality, even if it may look and feel like reality to you momentarily. The awakening is going to come, and its going to be a painful one. Truth is a commodity that theres not much of a market for, because the majority prefers a lie. Thats why the theory of Evolution is so popular: it portrays mankind as its own master and takes them off the hook of having to deal with the consequences of their actions. It doesnt even matter much whether youre an atheist or a Christian who believes in Evolution: the notion is the same, that somehow God or nature has favored you, and put you in an advanced position over the less privileged of the world, a position you ought to take advantage of in your right mind, according to that philosophy, where the stronger and smarter and more developed will simply outlive the weaker. The direct opposite of all I ever taught. Thats why in many cases Christians who believe in Evolution are really hypocrites, and not true believers at all, because their lives are guided by and geared toward the teachings of Evolution and the survival of the fittest, rather than My teachings of Blessed are the meek and merciful. The time will come when people will find out that they have been

cheated and deceived and ripped off, and they will look for alternatives. Sooner or later they will be so fed up with lies, they will develop a hunger for the truth. Fakes may be tastier and more attractive than the truth momentarily, but they fail to satisfy in the long run, and sooner or later people will develop a taste and hunger for the Real Thing. Thats why many people become Christians after having lived a life of atheism. The problem is, the only version of Christianity they largely have available is largely just another fake in itself, and it takes another while for them to get sick of that lie, and develop a hunger for the even deeper and more pure truth the truth and nothing but the truth, no lies mixed in with it. Its a very small market perhaps, at the moment, but a very important job. For when the time comes, and all those fake and artificial values are exposed for what they truly are, what you have will really be in demand then. You have a hard time believing or picturing it, but remember that Sarah also had a hard time believing that she was still going to bear a son, and I was the One Who laughed last. You can believe My Promises. In fact, you ought to. You should not give in to the temptation to write Me off as another liar or bragger, or someone who simply doesnt deliver what he says. It may take a while, and sometimes longer than you wish, but I always do fulfill My Promises, wait and see. Sometimes the timing of their fulfillment also depends a little bit on your cooperation, your faith and your willingness to help Me bring them to pass. If you have a believing attitude of Yes, Lord; I believe that youre going to do it, its going to be more helpful in bringing about My plans, of course, than a doubting attitude How strong is your faith in My Promises, and that Im going to fulfill them? How strongly do you refuse to believe that Im a liar? 133 ___________________________________________________ It takes effort to bring every thought into the captivity of the obedience of Christ. The mind wants to run free, like a wild horse. Its the strongest part of that which I call the flesh, that wants to rely on its own strength and show off its own power, instead of yielding to and relying on Me. That is why there are older folks who still strongly refuse to accept Me as their Lord and Savior. Their bodies may have weakened, but their mind is still strong and determined to resist Me for whatever reason. Be it bitterness over some thing I allowed in their lives they deem unfair, or simply the fact that they want to be their own, independent master. Its a sacrifice to yield your mind to Me. It doesnt come naturally. You give something that costs you. You must be convinced that youre better off giving your mind to Me than letting it roam free where it can do what it wants. Its all a matter of will: whether you want to do My will or your own, and even if you made the choice to do Mine, the mind will try all it can to convince you otherwise, or at least to make it as hard on you as possible to stay on that course of My will. The flesh is programmed to the motto My will be done since the Fall. Its really like a wild horse, and it takes a strong, skilled and experienced rider to tame it and bring it into submission. An obedient mind is like a well-trained and reliable horse. So, in order to train it, you have to bring it to Me faithfully for training classes where it can learn the rules and etiquette of My Domain, in order to render you a useful knight for My Cause and Kingdom. Often horses are ruled by fear and mistrust, and they have to learn trust for their master. They need to find out by experience that their master is a reliable source of food and care for them, even better than if they run off and rely on their own strength and wit. Other horses are ruled by a stubborn and angry temper, and

yet others can get a little lazy, almost like a mule, but I can bring out the best in each one, if Im given a chance to work with them. Of course, its not just your mind I need, but your heart also. Once your heart feels at home and at rest with Me, your mind will eventually follow. The more you tell yourself that this is where you belong, the more the benefits will convince and draw you back to Me, and the easier it will be for you to come to Me more frequently, and it wont take such an effort. You have to tell your mind whos the boss, similar to the way you have to let your child know, since otherwise it will just do whatever it wants, and obedience becomes harder and harder then. You can only train others as well as you have trained yourself, and you can only convince others of the benefits of yielding to Me, if you have yielded yourself to Me first. When your mind wants to run off, give Me your heart, and I will whisper into it and cause your whole spirit to be steady. I will be your Heart Whisperer. 134 ___________________________________________________ Clairvoyance is really nothing more than a tiny little portion of Gods quality of omniscience. You simply know something other people dont because the all-knowing God has imparted to you a tiny little bit of the portion of all the stuff that He knows, which He may not be able to trust regular people with, but as somebody in the special position of His ambassador, He deems it appropriate for you to know. Youre just imparted a little bit of supernatural knowledge from the Spirit World, information thats not accessible to anyone but those who have that special connection with the Spirit World. Most Christians are scared of this gift, because there are so many non-Christian mediums making money off of it, but there is no gift that the Devils people have that isnt a counterfeit version or imitation of something that God has already given to and ordained for His children. In other words, there is nothing for Gods children to be scared off, least of all any of the supernatural gifts He bestows on His children. While clairvoyance may not be listed among the official gifts of the Spirit, you can put it in the category of the gift of knowledge. Youve been wondering how come knowledge is listed among the gifts of the Spirit when a lot of what Ive told you about knowledge seemed to indicate that knowledge was almost rather a handicap than a blessing and a supernatural gift. While the knowledge of evil could certainly be considered a handicap, I specialize in the knowledge of good, and thats what I like to bestow upon My children. The things I reveal to you are all good and good to know. While the knowledge of evil, the Devils input, may nearly always contain some truth in it, its his diabolical, evil slant and twist on it, and the wicked way in which He applies it to get you to doubt or mistrust Me, that makes it so dangerous. But once you have subscribed yourself exclusively to the good Source of true and good knowledge, you can pretty much rest assured that all I will reveal to you and inform you of will be good for you and edifying, and nothing to be afraid of, even if some of the things may sound pretty cataclysmic and scary to some, like some of the things I revealed to John in the Book of Revelation, etc. After a while youve come to know and trust that even though some of the stuff in it may sound pretty scary, if Im in control of it, it stands to reason that I know what Im doing, and I wont make a mess of it or allow anything to happen thats not supposed to happen and wouldnt be good in the long run The false information of the Devil seeks to get man to place his

trust in himself. Their minds are polluted his philosophy of trust no one but yourself and be your own god and master. Thats what he did, and he figures it worked for him, and so hes advertising his trip: See here? I didnt trust God, but decided to do my own thing & be my own boss, and Im happy! Of course, what he and some of his followers define as happiness, is merely the satisfaction of their lust for power. But weve had a few historic examples of where that kind of satisfaction leads, as seen from the pitiful endings of the lives of dictators like Hitler and others, who left a legacy of murder and bloodshed, and in the final analysis you wouldnt really associate the word happiness with their actions or lives. All those smart, but really unhappy people may have a lot of information stored up in their brains, but a lot of it is false information, based on false and twisted definitions. They hate people who are really and truly happy, and thats what they hate most about you: they cant stand the fact that youre actually and truly happy, when they have all the things in the world that are supposed to make them happy and that theyve worked so hard to obtain, but deep down in the hidden, dark depth of their heart, they know that youve got something that they couldnt even obtain in a million years with all their riches and power. What they had the audacity to deceive themselves into mistaking as happiness actually turned out to be the epitome of misery. What greater misery is there than a fake, fraudulent and pitiful counterfeit version of happiness? Its so much like everything the System is all about: a masquerade. And empty, hollow shell that poses as something on the outside that in reality, on the inside its not. A show and pretense of happiness, success and satisfaction, whereas in the moments of honesty they admit that theyre really miserable inside and lament, I cant get no satisfaction. If it doesnt have the fruits of the Spirit and wont yield that heavenly peace and contentment, then you can safely assume that it wasnt My type of input or knowledge that it was based on. So, while they may claim and think to know a lot of things, even their definition of knowledge varies from Mine. What they may call knowledge, in My book spells, Something they think they know, while I endow My children with true knowledge from on high, My communications straight from Me, My channel and wavelength, not the twisted and warped input from the Devils evil, noisy channel. Thats another reason why its so important that you first get your portion of input from My channel in the mornings: otherwise you wont really have a clue what the truth is. You wont even know what the proper definition of such relatively simple words as knowledge and happiness is. You may think you know something or think youre happy, but unless youve made sure to allow Me to place some of My real and heavenly knowledge and happiness there in your heart, what do you really know at all?

My good and solid and proper input and knowledge, which bears the fruit of true happiness, and not their fake, which only turns out in misery. My input will make you happy. His will make you miserable The choice should be so easy. 135 ___________________________________________________ Whatever it takes for you to touch peoples hearts and really bring across My message to them is what I would consider service for Me, not whatever brings in money by merely tickling peoples ears. Its a terrible waste of time and energy, as far as Im concerned, the only benefit being the money, and I want you to learn to trust Me to bring the money in by different means, so that you can stop leaning on your arm of the flesh for your support. Youve got to have a message to give. Youve got to have something to say, youve got to be doing something more than just tickle peoples ears! You cant just let yourself get away with passing up any opportunity to preach My message. I want the Gospel to be your main job, and what you take most seriously. The only way youre ever going to make a difference in this world and really touch and change peoples hearts and lives is by being daring enough to be a witness and a testimony for Me everywhere you go. The only way youre going to be full of the Holy Spirit is by remembering that you are there to win their souls, and not just to tickle their ears. Youve got to put Me, My Cause and Kingdom first, and not the money! You cannot serve the purpose of both. If its the money youre there for, then My purpose and message goes under! Youve got to be there primarily for My sake, and not care or worry about the money. Just deliver My message wherever you go, and let the money and your supply be My problem. Those songs that carry My message are your badge of authority in the name of which you have been sent there; they are your job to sing, and to leave them out is to hide your light under a bushel (exactly what you cannot and must not do) and to eliminate the main purpose of your being there. Remember Whos your Boss! Dont let them intimidate you with their bills of paper that is here today and gone tomorrow! Live for My eternal currency! If youre going to be real and a representative of the Real Thing, then youre going to have to be real in this aspect, too! Dont let money, or whoever wields it run your life, but let Me run it. Youll see the results will be infinitely more rewarding! The knowledge of evil is always geared toward personal advantage over someone else, and personal gain. The knowledge of good serves to do good to others.

Is that which you think you know really good to know? You can only be sure if you got it from the right Source the Source of everything of which I rightfully said, when it was done, It is Happiness will go down the drain, when the doctrine of selfgood. preservation has taken over. Its only the false input and information of the Devil, the apostate, that added confusion, error and flaw to My Creation. 136 ___________________________________________________ So, all you really have is what I give you, and if I give you I specialize in those who plainly cant make it through life everything, then why waste time trying to please anybody else? If without Me. I have a special love for those who really and Im jealous, then its only for your sake, because I know whats desperately need Me. Sure, their minds may tell them like really good for you. everyone else that they can make it on their own, too; that they are strong enough, etc., but reality keeps knocking on their You want some of My knowledge? A little taste of omniscience, window, and experience continues to teach them that they simply which, when received in frail human vessels, has been termed dont have the strength to make it through this world on their clairvoyance? All youve got to do is hang with Me, stay on My own, nor without the help from above from Someone that wont channel long enough, and get ready to be filled to the brim with let them down.

So, if you feel bad about being too weak to make it on your own through this life, be comforted and know that I dont see that weakness as a handicap at all, but rather as a strength and an asset that will give you an advantage over others who will have to go the long detour of finding out that making it in their own strength will not lead them to that closeness with Me where their innermost heart and core of their being would really yearn to go. Isnt love a worthier cause to live for than money? They all say its impossible. How would you like to be the one to prove them wrong? 137 ___________________________________________________ The knowledge of evil is designed to give man an advantage over another. I came to reverse the situation and offer a different way; that of laying down your lives for one another and mutually esteeming the other more than yourself. By living your lives for Me instead of yourselves you can finally also learn to genuinely live them for others, not to satisfy any selfish desires and lusts, but in mutual love, and truly learning to make each other happy as you primarily seek to please Me in your lives. Thats the way things were ordained to be, and the path that the vast majority of people have strayed so unredeemably far from. Your true purpose in life is to please and serve Me, primarily, and not live for and cater to either your own selfish cravings and lusts and desires, nor anyone elses. The safest and best way is to keep Me first and grant Me that top position in the house of your lives, that will also ensure that the natural order of the way I have ordained the family structure will be preserved, and you will live a successful life, according to My original rules, and not the bent and twisted ways of the System. The New World Order will be one last pitiful example of an empire built and founded on the wrong values based on man putting himself above Me in his own mind and set of priorities, one last glorious attempt of man to rule over the earth in all the splendor and greatness he can come up with, only to once again fail because of the corruption of his own heart, and to be conquered by Me and My lasting Kingdom to once and for all show how its really done properly. It takes a genuine King and ruler in order to rule properly and justly, not a fake and usurper such as Satan, who is getting ready for his final and supreme act of posing as king of the world, adored and worshiped by all those he has led astray by his false doctrines, morals and rules that blatantly defy Mine. It takes time to observe and look through all of this and realize whats going on, in order to be able to determine that you dont want to have a part in this. You dont want to swim along and drift down that current thats pulling them rapidly downstream toward their doom. I need you to stand steadfast and untouched by their game and scheme in order to be an island of hope to those who also recognize that something is wrong here 138 ___________________________________________________ Its a privileged position to have been called apart from the world by Me, and you should see it as a definite advantage, not a disadvantage or handicap of some kind, as if you were being left behind or forgotten and ignored. I need and want you, and I need you to pay attention more wholeheartedly and dedicate even more of your time and efforts to My Cause, and less to the System, because you cant win the battle half-heartedly. Its time to give it your all and put everything youve got into this. Im talking about whats happening between you and Me, your relationship with Me and whatever Im telling you to give and pass on to the world.

What really matters in the first place is your oneness with Me. Once I have become the Pivot and Centerpiece of your life that everything else revolves around, then nothing else really matters anymore, and those other things will either just fade away or fall into place A lot of people have the attitude that whatever path they have found must be the right one, just because they have found it, and they cling so tightly to that, which is really nothing more than an extension of their own selves in many cases, instead of truly and wholeheartedly clinging to Me. They try to get anybody to subscribe to and support their program, and they think they themselves are the center, instead of letting Me be the true Center of their lives, thats why they hardly ever recognize it when someone is in their midst that has truly made Me the center and most important Factor in their lives. They usually only counter it with envy and resistance when they see it, because they know that there is something there that they havent got themselves; they havent been willing to let go to that extent, they havent gone as far for Me or to touch Me and lay all else aside They say its their church or their thing thats the real thing, but as long as there is still a whole lot of System or ego attached to it, it cannot be the Real Thing, because only I am the Real Thing, and the degree to which you become the real thing, too, is determined by how much your life truly revolves around Me, and by how much you allow Me to really run and rule and control your life, by how much time you spend with Me in a real, living relationship and really touch Me. I want you to care about Me and what My will for you is. I want to be your Family! Even if I am the only Member of your family, Ill still be more than enough. People put all this emphasis on their fellowship with each other, but in many cases its sad, because its really only a substitute for a relationship with Me they could and ought to have. Only once that relationship with Me is established and real, and you have regular fellowship with Me, does fellowship with each other also really start making sense and become edifying and lifting up for anyone. Its got to be Me you share at those events, and your personal experiences with Me, and if you cant see Me in each others eyes, then what good is it? If the other person seems to be utterly lacking that living contact with Me, then what common ground is there to build on, what connection is there? The only One that can really fill you with anything to give and Who is going to make company and fellowship with you worthwhile am I, so it pays for you to spend as much time with Me as you can in order to have something worthy of passing on to the people you come in touch with. Some people think their own flesh, their own personality, wit or charm is enough. But without Me you can do nothing even applies to fellowship. Without having touched and known Me personally, there isnt much you can give or do to make anybody else really feel better, inspired or uplifted and strengthened, because all that the contact with you will do for them is present a confrontation with another ego, just another wandering star adrift in this world with nothing much to give, who just wants their own light to be seen and admired a little bit. Whereas if you really and truly shine with My light you have something to give, and you radiate a light and warmth that truly makes others feel good, and gives them something. Youve got to have the fire of the Holy Spirit they can warm themselves by. And if thats lacking, if thats missing, what good is it? What is it worth? If its not Me youve got to give to people, to what avail is it? If its not My light you shine forth, isnt it just another version of the darkness? Without Me you can do nothing, give nothing, be nothing that would ever make a difference in anybody elses life that would ever be worth wasting a single breath over.

I cant force anybody to give their all to Me. But whenever I see anybody close to that position, I will certainly encourage them, and fight to eradicate the circumstances and potential lures and distractions the Devil will send their way in order to make them just continue in their usual rut of keeping other things on the top of their list above Me. Freedom means to be free to just worry about what Id like from you If you enjoy that freedom and liberty, cherish it as such, and dont despise it, lest the fetters of the System will get ahold of you again. If you have that freedom, what are you going to do with it? Are you going to appreciate it or despise it? Will you use it to the full to bring about the kind of fruit from your life that Id like to see you bear? 139 ___________________________________________________ I dont want you to go by false motivations, to be doing some good in order to feel better about yourself. Without Me, you can do or give nothing really worthwhile, and your time with Me has got to come first in order for you to really have something to give and pass on.

People who arent really real on the inside cannot really have a good and clean connection the real thing with Me, the Real One, either, because they simply dont have the faith for it. They subconsciously know that theres something standing in the way between Me and them their self-deception, their lie that theyre telling themselves and the pretense they think they need to put on in order to be able to stand to live with themselves. I alone, and who they are naked before Me isnt enough for them. They think theyve got to have something to show forth in order to be worthy of My approval; be it the amount of friends they bring along, or the amount of things they have done for Me. They didnt get the point yet that for Me, they, their bare souls and yielded hearts, is all I care for, and thats enough for Me. Once Ive got those, Ill be able to bring forth all the necessary and desired fruit in their lives So, be wise not to go by any of those outward clichs of what people might expect of you. Its futile; worthless You cannot please everybody all the time, and thats not what you should waste your energy on. So few people care about pleasing Me, and I really treasure each one who does without wasting their time and energy on bending over backwards to make it right for everyone or anyone else 141 ___________________________________________________ Staying dropped out offers you the advantage that youre really free. Dont worry about poor feedback. If only one out of ten sick people came back to thank Me for healing them, you can safely assume that My true followers wont experience any differently, since I told My disciples that they would share the same fate as I, when it comes to popularity in this world. If they havent thanked Me, they wont thank You, either. But I will. And I will repay and more than make up for whatever you have invested in My work in making it possible for people to catch a glimpse of the Real Me.

140 ___________________________________________________ First youve really got to be convinced of your product yourself and really sold on what Im telling and giving you, in order to have what it takes to pass it on successfully and prove to people that youve got something worthwhile they dont, and that they should like to have, also. The wealthier people are, the more high-minded they also become and the more they think they are. They base their worth and significance on their wealth, when I have charged you not to put your trust in uncertain riches but in the living God Who gives you freely all things to enjoy. As long as everythings still working, they wont be all too desperate for a way out, but eventually things will get worse, and youll be happy to be well acquainted with My path that Im leading you in, so that you can be a comfort and guide to those who will be relatively or completely new to this.

The way to really make Heaven palatable for others is by living with one foot in it yourself. Just as they can get glimpses of Me if you keep Me on your mind in all your actions, they can get a glimpse of Heaven, too, if you I encourage you to keep on the path youre on. Youre learning. stay heavenly-minded and keep Heaven on your mind. Youre listening. Youre growing. Youre learning to let Me work Show them Heaven! through you, instead of doing things in the flesh that might fall flat in the long run. 142 ___________________________________________________ I have lost friends during My life and time on earth due to the Theres always more to learn, so theres always more and truth the Father had laid on My heart to speak, but its better to something new for Me to teach you, although eventually in your lose a few friends than your grip on the truth, because in the end, life the emphasis will shift from learning to teaching others. what matters is not that you tried to please them, but stayed true to your path that I and the Father have put before you and The Devil isnt fooling around, and his distractions, temptations ordained you to walk, even if it wont make any sense to even the and lures arent exactly harmless little diversions or nuisances best of your friends, just as My path to the cross didnt make that can be humored and ignored. They can seriously slow you sense to My disciples. down and hinder your progress. Even if you can only count on one single friend and person to stand by you, then thats okay by My Book. Success for Me is not determined by the amount of friends or fans you have. I certainly didnt build My life on that kind of popularity, and I wouldnt advise any of My true followers to do so, either. The need for man-pleasing is just as much a weakness as any other addiction; that need for constant approval and applause and affirmation from other people, rather than Me. Usually the type of people who need that and base their lives on that dont have a very strong personal connection with Me, and since they dont have the faith to receive personal affirmation and assurance from Me, they need to get it from elsewhere. Weaknesses always look uglier in others than they seem to appear in oneself, and being confronted with a certain weakness via another person can be an effective cure or prevention to make sure you wont fall prey to it yourself. Dont forget about the Jesus Factor as you go through your day and try to figure things out, make sense of it all and solve the riddles. Im your Ace and relying on Me is your smartest move. No matter what tricks the Devil may pull, if you avail yourself of Me, My counsel, My Power, and My Presence, all that I have put at your disposal, you cant lose. Thats why handicaps and unfavorable circumstances are

actually an asset in the long run, because they cause you to avail yourself of My power and wisdom and help, which is the best that could possibly happen to you. So, rejoice in your difficulties! Theyre there to make the best out of you and your life. There are some things the easy way just wont do for you. 143 ___________________________________________________ When life asks you to come out & play, there are often surprises involved, new and strange situations and challenges, requiring you to stick close to the Maker of the game in order to make all the right moves required. If you base your wisdom purely and exclusively on the knowledge and experience youve acquired, without any openness to learn new things and adapt to new situations, then you might wind up looking pretty stupid in some of those situations and make a mess of things. Whereas if you put on a students attitude, ready to learn something new from the situation you encounter, then you can be ready for new lessons, and thus an expansion of your previous scope, and thus the scope of your wisdom and experience will grow. It all depends whether you encounter the situation in a yielded, ready and open and child-like spirit, or with a wise-guy attitude, which makes you critical of anything new and different you encounter The former will make you grow and progress, the latter will make you stagnate and shrink your horizon and scope into a sad little world in your head that simply wont allow any growth or newness, constantly limited by whatever bounds you seek to impose on your little universe. In the first scenario, you truly let Me be God and show you just how vast the universe I created really is. In the second, you insist on being your own god, limiting your own, personal little universe to all the limitations and boundaries you allow, thus narrowing your horizon and your capacity to grow and expand to a fraction of the world that I could show you. Thats basically what is happening in most peoples minds nowadays, and why intolerance and discrimination are rampant. Everybody thinks theyre smart enough to judge who is okay and who isnt, and if, according to their judgment, a certain group or kind of people is not okay, they will discriminate against them, persecute them, attack them or wipe them out altogether. They insist on playing god themselves, instead of allowing Me to be their God and broaden their scenario and teach them about the different kind. If they dont have any room in their hearts and minds for Me, the totally Other, then they usually wont have any tolerance for different kinds of people, either. This doesnt mean that there may not be atheists who may show even more tolerance and acceptance of other kinds of people than even many supposed believers, but it just shows that My presence in peoples lives isnt necessarily limited to labels such as Christian or any other religious or philosophical drawers and labels, but My Spirit flows freely into the lowest places and humble hearts and shuns the proud and haughty of whatever confession and religious affiliation. The most perfect examples of which were the Scribes and Pharisees, who have many modern counterparts. 144 ___________________________________________________ Being a nobody and just walking through life as an empty zero, as opposed to a big shot somebody, enables you to totally zoom into people, get onto their level, instead of judging them according to the degree to which they are different than you Of course, if I would have wanted to make things easy for you, I could have filled your life with people that are just like you. But what sort of challenge would that be? What sort of growth and progress would it provoke? The more comfortable and at ease folks are with their lives, the less they tend to truly grow, since its the difficulties that make you grow.

145 ___________________________________________________ Being attuned to the Spirit World has many advantages. It helps you to be more sensitive to the needs of your present situation, and helps you to tune in to others and their needs better, to have greater understanding for them, since your spirit helpers are in touch with theirs, and they can help each of you to find common ground. Of course, the more earthbound somebody is, the less likely theyre bound to be in touch and in tune with their helpers, and the more difficult it becomes. When your interests lie in the physical realm, and youve got some ardent desire that you just want to see fulfilled, it becomes quite hard to be an empty vessel that can just tune in and receive from the spirit world. As soon as you become willful, and focused on something you want and just have got to have, you pretty much block out everything else, and become virtually deaf to the signals of your helpers and My whispers. Especially when it comes to your interaction with other human beings whose range of interests varies greatly from yours in that particular situation, and thus you seem to have less and less in common during such times. So, its really ones own willfulness that stands most in the way of unity, since it makes you deaf to the needs and desires of others and makes you focus almost exclusively on your own. Youre hardest for Me to handle when there is something you want more than to stay on the straight and narrow road of pleasing Me and staying in harmony with Me and My will for you. 146 ___________________________________________________ What youll hear from Me will always be the unadulterated truth, without any personal feelings mixed in, exaggerations or misconceptions or false interpretations. The more time you spend with Me, the more likely you are going to learn to become like Me and do things My way, and the happier and more fulfilled youll also be, because youll have learned how to make others happy, instead of seeking for them to cater to you in some way. 147 ___________________________________________________ The main reason why I want you to avail yourself of the advantages and services of the Spirit Realm is so that you can know and let others know as well that youre not alone. You have not been forsaken. Youre in good hands, and no matter what hard times on earth you may go through, there is help for you available and close by, accessible to anyone via the hand of faith and the mere effort of asking for it. Our interest in bridging the gap between the two worlds is primarily for your sakes. You are the ones who need help, and who could be doing better, and that are in need of improvement, and We can show you how to get it. There is greater satisfaction for you to be had than just seeking pleasure for yourself. There are greater rewards in the things I want you to do. Sowing to the flesh wont bring you any eternal dividends. Time is short because the night comes when no man can work, and youll be thankful for everything you did before that to strengthen your own faith as well as that of others. Youll be thankful for every moment you invested in your spiritual preparation and strengthening for that time. Even if youre not to experience the Tribulation yourself, youll be grateful for every moment you invest in the eternal instead of wasting time on trivial, earthly matters and personal entertainment. There is a time for everything, and I dont mind your times of fun, but Im trying to reduce the preeminent position that fun and diversion are having in your life to one of lesser importance, and

establish a better one for Me and My affairs in your mindset of priorities. Im thinking about the greater welfare of everybody involved. The limitations and boundaries are for your own good. You may tend to disagree, but you will see in the end that it was so, and youll be very thankful for them. Sometimes you have to save people from themselves and from the atrocities they would commit against themselves, and you cannot just let them go down the road to ruin. Every individual is a little bit like Pinocchio and would do better to heed the advice of their conscience than the temptations of the foxes in this world who promise high life on Pleasure Island 148 ___________________________________________________ Theres nothing you cant change through prayer. Dont like your circumstances? Pray for Me to changeem! You sometimes lack the approval of others, and you wonder, How can I be on the right track if theres so little approval from others? as if approval of others were the one reliable safeguard to ensure youre on the right track. But that would mean that your faith would be based on people, their applause and reactions to you, and thats not what I want. Thats not what spurred Me on, even if some people have mistakenly interpreted My motivations as such, and there are still those jealous of My status as a Superstar, even though they miss the point entirely and fail to recognize that that was one thing I was surely not, even if some are treating Me that way now, as they do with a lot of their saints post-mortem. The way they would really treat Me if I were to walk the earth again as a Man is the way they are treating you, My genuine representatives for this day and age. You are the ones in whom My saying is fulfilled, If they hate and persecute you, remember that they first did it to Me. Being like Me in this world, or being My representative means you cannot go by the approval of others. Those who really made a difference for Me throughout history went on with or without the approval of the masses, or anyone, if necessary, and went on their own, when necessary, clinging to nothing and no one but Me. I always did send them someone to help them do the job, but I always made sure that I was their primary focus point and the One they would look to for guidance and approval, and not their peers. People look to their peers for approval, instead of the One Who could really ensure their progress, if they were interested in pleasing Me, following My guidelines and doing things by My criteria. Instead, they just fool around in order to look cool to their peers, and purposely shun Me, their heavenly Parent. 149 ___________________________________________________ The way to actually lay down your life for your friends, and the best way of preparing yourself for such a heroic and sacrificial act in some possible future event, is to start laying down your life today in the little things, by seeking to be a servant, not one thats being served. If you really esteem anothers life above your own, thats an attitude that will shine through your actions and your willingness to lay down your life for them daily in the way you live and die daily for them, in order to make their lives more enjoyable, and not just seek your own pleasure. A life lived in selfishness, governed by selfish little choices and

decisions to preserve ones own life and comfort, is not really worth living, and to esteem anothers life a worthier cause to give your own for is a very noble thing, and its not just something that comes to you in the split second when you die a martyrs death, but its an attitude you take on while you live a martyrs life, since martyr actually means witness, and as you die daily for others, your life becomes a testimony and a witness above and beyond anything you could ever say and profess with your mouth. What should really be the driving force in anyones life is love, and once you make that the supreme theme and cause you base your life on, it slowly but surely helps you to overcome all your weaknesses and sins, your fears and selfishness that would otherwise make your life go the way of all flesh, a life not really worth living. 150 ___________________________________________________ Im here for you. If you feel empty, Im here to fill you up again. I dont expect you to give or pour out anything from an empty vessel. Im the Tap that has unlimited capacity to refill you over and over again. You may run out of fuel, out of money, out of strength, out of inspiration for your work, but youll never have to worry that youll run out of Me, because no matter what happens, Ill always be there for you. You can always count on My love, My comfort, My being there for you. If anything else makes you feel frustrated, dont worry, thats My will, too, and its alright, and I allow it to happen, because I want to be your primary Source of inspiration, joy, fulfillment and satisfaction. If youre dissatisfied with your work that youve done, its quite possible that I allow it so that you seek satisfaction in Me instead. I dont want you to find fulfillment in your works and achievements as much as I want you to find fulfillment in Me. Your own efforts will no suffice. Theyre not what the world is waiting for. They need something more and better than that. You can never deliver what they need. Only I can. Thats why what you give to them must never be your own work or effort, but only what I give you to pass on to them. If you proceed and do something without asking Me for My blessing on it, you mustnt be surprised if it becomes more of a chore and a drag than a blessing. I may be able to use those things to some extent, but its not comparable to what I can do through you when youre totally yielded 151 ___________________________________________________ Too much fun makes you feel at peace in this world, when I want you to stay aware of the fact that were in a state of constant war. There is no peace neither for nor with the wicked, and thus there is no peace for My warriors in this wicked world and age. If you want peace, youre going to have to find it in that Hiding Place, the secret place under My Wings, in the Shadow of the Almighty, where the world cannot come. 152 ___________________________________________________ When you feel rejected by people, and feel that they reject your message, you have to realize that its because of the Devil that they dont like what you have to say. He doesnt like what you have to say, and so he seeks to discourage you by manipulating and conditioning people into rejecting your output. Of course, hes also doing it in order to stop them from getting saved. He wants to make sure theyll stay his slaves As long as youve got Me on your mind, youll always have

something worthwhile to say. The one thing youll always want to convey and get across is love. Love is what spells success according to My book. If you give love, you cant lose. Thats why love is a theme that never turns sour or runs out of steam. Its truly what people want and wish they could find. 153 ___________________________________________________ I want to liberate you from the grip the System still has on you in some aspects, mentally and practically so that you can wholeheartedly serve Me without having to bend over backwards to please the System and tickle their ears, to focus and dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to My Cause without any distraction, without the stress of having to please and entertain people. Its important for Me that you can dedicate yourself to My Cause wholeheartedly and without distractions. I cannot spare you to tickle peoples ears and consider that more important than what I want you to do for Me and My Kingdom just because it brings in more money. Money is not whats relevant. Some people may not believe that, but its a fact, as far as Im concerned, and especially as far as you and your life for Me are concerned. My job for you is more important, and if you do that, I will undoubtedly take care of you, just as I always have. This is your freedom! Freedom from the slavery to money, freedom from fear and worry and pressure the System tries to put on you by telling you youre not going to survive if you dare to buck the tide Freedom to challenge that ridiculous claim in My name and power. I have challenged it before, and I will gladly challenge it again and again through you and whoever lets Me. This is your freedom, if its freedom you want 154 ___________________________________________________ One of the gravest dangers that ever befell My people and some of My heroes was the temptation to please those I had called them out from, to please the established society of their people or the people of God. I want you to be perfectly free to just focus on My will for you. Pleasing Me and seeking to please Me is what will get you places. Seeking to please the System will get you nowhere, just stuck in the same vicious cycle and treadmill theyre on themselves and thus would like everyone else to be stuck in. 155 ___________________________________________________ Just keep trusting and believing, and seeking first My Kingdom, clinging to My Promise that all these things shall be added unto you if you do. I want you to invest your energy in your faith in Me and My Cause, to make a believing effort and project your hopes and expectations on Me, and not try to come up with some carnal solution of something you might do in the arm of the flesh I want to prove to you that I am real and that youre making no mistake to trust in Me, in order for you to be able to testify to others that I can also be there for them and take their burdens off their shoulders. What really counts about your message is not so much whatever youll say, if its not supported by the way you live. The fact that youre living by faith, are following Me and living close to Me is a testimony that speaks louder than any words of yours ever could. Keep on believing. You wont be disappointed. 156 ___________________________________________________ Just as Henry Kissinger told the American public on TV not to

see the economic downturn as a crisis but as an opportunity to bring in something new, so you can see each crisis as an opportunity to experience more of My fullness and of My capacity to be all you ever need. When youve got no one else left to turn to but Me, its a golden opportunity for Me to draw you closer to Me, reveal yet another side of Me to you that you didnt know before, take you one bit further into My depths, and show you how much more there is left of Me for you to get to know, and for you to come to the realization that I wont be a disappointment to you, but that you can fully count on Me; I wont ever let you down. I wont ever be too busy to give you what you need. So while it may be a little bit sad that humans fail so badly at the task of truly loving, rejoice that I use that fact and circumstance to draw you closer to Me than I ever could otherwise, and praise Me for the contrast that My Being constitutes to the limited nature and capacities of your fellow humans, and yourself included. I manage to do what no one on earth can do: make you and others truly happy. Which other way are you ever going to learn to put Me first in your life? Otherwise youre always going to be swept away by the distraction and attraction of the physical. There must yet be another degree to go further, to get to know Me more profoundly, more intimately. Just as I dont want you to lean primarily on physical means and resources for your support and providence, but to wholly lean on Me for those, I also want you to learn to lean on Me, trust Me and look to Me for the supply of your other needs. ALL things come from My hand, including your mate and every blessing you enjoy, so how would I not be able to supply your other needs, too, when I have really done it all along, perhaps only without you fully realizing it and giving Me the glory and credit for it? 157 ___________________________________________________ Most folks are into big things: big cars, big houses, big screens and whatever they can get for their money, make it preferably big. But Im different. While size, distance and even time are basically irrelevant to Me (although that may be hard for you to imagine), Im really specially fond of little things. Like little old you on your seemingly tiny little planet. I like to devote My attention to the intricate details in My creation. Theres tons of information stored up and being exchanged in each tiny cell within your body and every living thing. What they once used to call a simple cell turns out to be as complicated as a whole galaxy And your body consists of millions of those. Just to show you how much I am into little things, and how irrelevant size is to Me. As far as Im concerned, you are a whole universe in itself, and thats how much I care about you, and about every human being, and in fact, I care about every living thing, especially you. Heaven is not a lonely place with just My Dad, the Holy Spirit and Myself sitting around wondering what to do all day. Its a Place buzzing with action. In fact, if you think, the universe is big, you ought to get a glimpse of the Spirit World, thats when you can really start talking about BIG. There are billions of angels and other spiritual beings inhabiting My Realm, and they all have one thing in common with you: everybody has the majesty of free choice. The Father and I didnt want to have robot-like creatures obeying and serving us all day just because We made them to. We want

everybody to like Us and to love Us voluntarily, because they choose to and want to. Well, some of the guys Up Here chose not to play the game according to Our rules, but wanted to start their own game, and one guy in particular wanted to be his own boss, and even boss of the world, if he could get a chance at it, and so we made a deal, that if he could get the first two people, Adam and Eve, to choose to believe his words over Ours, then he could run the world for some time. Well, guess what Adam and Eve chose? There was only one commandment back in the Garden of Eden where they lived, that they had to keep, and Satan got them to break that and disobey, and ever since, things arent quite the same on earth as We had originally intended, but things are under the curse of disobedience right now, which the first man brought into the world, enabling Satan to play the boss around here for a while, and lord it out over those who dont choose Me as their Boss. I know, it doesnt make sense right away to you that a perfect God in His right mind would have allowed things to slip out of His hands and into such an imperfect, downright chaotic state, but Im afraid youre just going to have to trust Me that things are going to turn out just perfect in the end, anyhow. Even more perfect than they would have otherwise, if I wouldnt have allowed that accident to happen The price mankind had to pay for their disobedience was death, which was not an original part or component of creation. But when it happened, it was immediately clear to Me that it was I Who was going to have to rectify the situation and do something in order to save mankind out of the mess they had gotten themselves into, and the plan was that I was going to come to earth as a Human Myself and lay down My life for those who wanted to find their way back to Gods way. And anybody who will believe that and accept My sacrifice on the cross is forgiven for any and all of their sins, wrong-doings and disobediences, and will come to live with Me in the Place that I have prepared for those who accept My sacrifice. Your body may die, but your spirit will continue to live for ever and soon receive an eternal body that will never die.

your own heart, the true motivations of your actions, and make sure your own small little unit stays clean of any infiltrations of the Enemy. What really matters is who and what youll be Here, and not whether theyll recognize you as what you are there during your lifetime. Look at all the countless saints who lived lives of oppression on behalf of their own and yet held on. Afterwards they were declared saints, but hardly ever during their life-times. If you want to become a real saint, youre going to have to do some holding on. The lack of support from your brethren, because its precisely one of My tools that Im using to keep you close to Me, keep you desperate and on your heels. Company has often been your worst and deadliest distraction, while solitude has usually helped to keep you alert and on the lookout for any traps of the Enemy. Contrary to popular consensus, theres really nothing wrong with solitude. Many of My saints throughout the centuries have indulged in it, as I have also during My time on earth. 159 ___________________________________________________ I cannot just have you use your weapons under easy circumstances, when most of the times you really need them will be uneasy circumstances, namely in the midst of a battle Thats what weapons are for.

There are not many who put themselves in positions of readiness to receive from Me. Usually they want to be entertained and distracted. They figure that in this world, skills such as the gift of prophecy are very unlikely to get them anywhere. After all, My path is just going to lead them in the opposite direction of where most of them want to go, which is up the ladder of success toward fame and fortune, when Mine is the road of forsaking all, denying yourself and taking up your cross Well, you have found out that following Me can actually be the fun version of life, contrary to what most people think, but it all depends on what folks consider fun. I just happen to know whats really best for you and your Just because spiritual things are not visible to you right now, personal, individual happiness. I know which of your desires are doesnt mean theyre less real than the things you can touch and going to do you and others good if I fulfill them for you, and feel and see, as you will find out someday soon. which wont. My heavenly City is going to be visible to everybody one day, and its even going to come down to earth and make the earth the People who represent flexibility and variety will also inspire Headquarters of the universe, so to speak, as you can find others to try out new and different things, even if at times it described in the last two chapters of the Bible seems youre having to walk a long and lonely stretch of the road by yourself. So, just like Adam and Eve, you also have a choice to make, Thus is the fate of pioneers. whether you believe My Word and My input on things, or youd Once your pioneering effort turns into a success story, you can rather listen to the tempting offers of My Enemy. be sure of the applause of the rest of them, but until then they almost expect and want you to fail, because they naturally resent He promised that man would not surely die if they disobeyed Me, that it was you and not their own idea to tackle that strange new but they did, eventually, and continue to do so, and he also mountain path. promised that they would be like gods. So, the choice is, do you want to be your own god, or would you like to give Me a chance? Its a somewhat sad truth, that all youve really got is Me. But I want to prove to you that I am really all you need and more than You can decide whether youll take Me, or you continue to find enough. out just where the story will lead under its current direction. Just remember that if ever things get too tough for you, and they stop making sense altogether, Ill be there for you, ready to take 160 ___________________________________________________ you, if youll take Me. As it turns out, life is a lot more complicated than most people wish it would be. Its more complicated than having a group of people you can simply and clearly pinpoint as indeed 158 ___________________________________________________ My people, or the very elect of God. After all, its God Who The blows you receive in the battle are the best teachers that does the electing, and its not as if any group has the right to help you not to repeat the same mistakes, to know when to keep claim of their own accord, We are it. your head down and when to raise your shield. Theres no clear-cut, black and white definition and explanation If you want an examined life, the best thing to do is to make sure for everything. Just as the microscopic little single cell turned you keep letting My light illuminate and examine the inside of out to be a galaxy in itself, even so life itself turns out to be a

vast, complicated riddle, one that youre not so easily going to solve without My supernatural insight and guidance, no matter how smart you think you are In other words, it has come to that: youre just going to have to trust Me for everything! Not in any human being living on this earth, nor any other entity or force anyone might reckon with, but absolutely only Me. If youre going to put your trust in anyone, and you really want Someone reliable to be in charge of your life, your happiness, and everything, let it be Me! 161 ___________________________________________________ The different way apart from the norm sometimes takes courage and real conviction to take, because you may just walk it alone. What makes it so special is the fact that its not the one everybody else travels on, and maybe no one else has even ever traveled it before you You may not think much of it, because in lucrative terms it seems to be a failure and a flop, and youre even wondering sometimes whether your children wouldnt think more highly of you if you would earn more money, but believe Me that it isnt the amount of money you earn thats going to guarantee serious respect from your kids or a good relationship with them! You may sometimes be tempted to think, Is it worth it? since there doesnt seem to be coming a lot of reactions from the crowds, but youve got to keep your vision and focus on the elect that youre going to help to find and gather together and rally for My Cause. 162 ___________________________________________________ Some of the important lessons in life include coming face to face with some of its ugliness, even if manifested in the character of your own children. You learn quickly that way that, as Paul said of himself, I know that in me; that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. Once you realize how rotten your kids can turn out, you pretty soon lose any illusions about everything springing forth from your loins or womb being all that good. You come to cope with the fact that mankind is inherently rotten, and it destroys any illusions you might have about your own supposed holiness, or any unrealistic image of yourself. I want you to make some kind of effort and shoot for the goal of being able to love as unconditionally. On the other hand, picture it a little bit like the 10 commandments: I basically gave them to people as a goal to shoot and aim for, even if I knew that nobody in the long run and final outcome was ever going to be able to keep them. My goal for you is that you learn to love unconditionally the way I do, but I also know youre not going to make it there all in one day. One day you shall! I can promise you that. In the meantime, keep shooting for that goal, but dont fall under condemnation when you dont manage to love as perfectly as you should. 163 ___________________________________________________ My version of history will be full of huge surprises! Thats one factor about heavenly and millennial education: it will never get boring, because it will be so full of surprises! So many things that people thought they knew and were sure of will turn out to really have been so different from what they thought all along. So many people whom they worshiped as heroes will turn out to be so much less than heroes compared to some of the tiny little faithful folks they never even noticed or would have stopped to give the time of day. 164 ___________________________________________________

You have to have some kind of battles, some sort of challenges, and something to overcome, otherwise Id be spoiling you. I use the less than perfect circumstances in your life to remind you that you do have a perfect God, and that I am all you really need. I want you to focus on Me, and perhaps unfortunately the only way I manage is by allowing other factors in your life to turn out to be less than perfect. Because of the imperfect circumstance you turn to Me. My having allowed your life to turn out a little bit less than perfect is really for your own good and best, since you would otherwise inevitably neglect Me, which would be detrimental to your true happiness. Im the donut youre supposed to focus on, and not on the hole of whats missing in the middle. One of these days youll realize that that hole was exactly what made the donut the good donut that it was, and things wouldnt have been the same without that hole in the middle, just as life would not be the same without other holy holes. So, less is sometimes more, and the secret lies in the empty spaces that I choose to create here and there, in fact, largely everywhere, with just a relatively little bit of matter around in it for you to appreciate. Its the lean times in-between the blessings that make you truly appreciate them as you should when they are there One of the biggest problems of these times is that people are glutted and stuffed and overfed, overindulged and simply miserable because of it. They dont have any hunger anymore, especially not hunger for Me; so you ought to appreciate those times of leanness, of lack, of wanting something that you havent got, so that you will appreciate it all the more again when you get it, even if you have to wait a little while. Some things are worth waiting for. Patience has become a rare virtue. You people are so used to getting everything you want right the moment you want it: when youre hungry or thirsty you go to the fridge or cupboard and fix yourself something to eat or drink, and even that seems to be too much effort for some... It has never been as easy as now to satisfy your needs and appetites, and it turns out not necessarily for your good Why not just enjoy the silence, the emptiness, the nothingness, the empty spaces and waits between the blessings? Just enjoy the fact that its coming. Im going to fulfill My Promises and satisfy your need. Trust Me for the quantity I supply for you, and for the frequency with which I supply certain things. Maybe if youd get more of it, it simply wouldnt be good for you. Im handing out those blessings in exactly the right measure to you. I want to be the Centerpiece of your life, and I dont want any of My blessings that I bestow on you to take that place in your life which ought to be reserved for Me, so thats why I need to create a little bit of space in-between those blessings to give you time for Me; to thank Me, appreciate Me, register Me and perceive Me, instead of just taking Me, the Giver, for granted. 165 ___________________________________________________ Trust simply knows and doesnt have to be convinced anymore that I know better and have a good reason for everything I allow Thats faith: you cant see it, but you know its there, anyway. You may not even be able to feel it, but you just know it, anyway. Faith is knowing it anyway: knowing that I mean well, that I know best, that I choose and only allow whats good and best for you, even if your interpretation of your circumstances and your

feelings may tell you something different or the downright opposite.

you actually do live in accordance with those thoughts and words, that ideology, and how much you manage to put it into practice. Faith is the lone believer in that lonely voice out there that Your heart is determined by the way you live. preaches the opposite of what the large majority preaches. It is While written words have their place, and can be very helpful, the lone believer in the rare voice of truth, the one single when it comes down to it, there is nothing more helpful than a proclaimer of what the large majority would never have the person who actually shares the load and walks the road with audacity or courage to embrace: the utterly preposterous option someone, instead of one who just shows the way. that I, in spite of all the evidence man claims he has for the Work on the implementation of all that you believe in, putting world being millions, nay billions of years old, should have made skin on it, feet to it, and converting it into real live action! this thing in 6 short days, and not much longer than 6000 years The world isnt in need of more good words as much as it is in ago need of good samples. There may be a sea of voices telling you one thing, constantly What will really make a difference in this world is people who repeating it, like some mantra theyre obsessed with, but faith dont only have nice and great ideals in their heads, but actually knows anyway that the opposite is true. manage to live them! What really counts and really matters is the amount of love you Faith is not swayed nor swept away by the stream of conformity have. of the majority, but has the guts to be one single, lone believer Take Time to Love. How much did that lesson really sink deep and rock, and voice of truth a lone bulwark of truth in the down into the depth of your being and consequently seep midst of a sea of lies, knowing that My Presence within you will through into your actions, sample and behavior? surpass and outlast all their furious ragings against you, their batterings against your walls, their pounding on your shores that How much do all the words really sink down into the depth of moans, Give up, finally! your heart and affect your actions, your sample? How much do you really allow them to break open and bring forth the You and I know that its not their raging thats going to win in the peaceable fruit of righteousness in you? long run, but My still, small voice of truth, the truth that lies Thats the difference between righteousness and selfforever out there, waiting in the silence for all the other noises to righteousness: self-righteousness is based on who you think you fade in order to reveal itself as the lasting building block and are, and may even claim to be, according to ideals, thoughts and foundation stone of all that is and was and ever will last. the words of your mouth. But real righteousness is manifested by the way you act, which shows who you really are, and how You and I know that the circumstances, conditions and your much those ideals and good thoughts and words in your mind momentary situations of crisis are only temporal, fleeting, and actually come to fruition. thus, in My sense of the word, not really real. The only things that are real in My eyes and according to My ideas and concepts of It takes more than a bag full of seeds to make a forest or a field of real, are the things that are going to last when all their howls and wheat. It takes the work of plowing that field, planting and sowing illusions however real they temporarily may appear have the seeds, and doing all the work and the labor associated with ceased. that kind of agricultural endeavor its actual culture that needs to be cultivated, and its work, more than just collecting seeds in Picture all that racket that the world is making like one of those a barn carnival processions that you detest so much: they may be What will make a difference is how much you will apply that seed making their unbearable noise for a time, but soon theyll be in the real world, and allow it to interact with the rest of the world, gone and will be heard no more, and there will be lots of room for but also in your own heart, visible for others to see and witness My peace and quiet, and for My still small voice of truth to fill the that this kind of grain really does make a difference! realm and atmosphere. Otherwise, what good is it? If the result is just going to be Their noise, their lies, their deceptions in which they live and another bunch of miserable people barely managing to live which they absorb and broadcast, may annoy you today; but just together, what sort of alternative is it supposed to be? a little bit longer and they will be no more. They will have turned out to be just one more of all those plastic fakes of the Devil that will go down the path of perdition, along with all the rest of his 167 ___________________________________________________ clutter and junk, no matter how all-important it may seem to them The language that speaks the loudest and most clearly is at the time. your actions. All their false concepts of truth and love, their illusions and delusions shall be no more, and only My silent, beautiful Its easy to have a high ideological standard by simply embracing symphony of real truth will remain. certain high ideals that are supposed to come with your faith. Its a little more difficult to be actually living right in the thick of the Its the sheer beauty of the one silent, monumental Real Thing battle, and having to live those ideals. against all that sea of frauds and fakes that will make it so very special and precious it will be all that matters then, that small, You might have to adapt your mental ideals to the circumstances seemingly insignificant, rejected and despised, still small voice of the reality you live in. of eternal truth. You have to adapt your mental standard to the reality that folks around you actually live in, in order for them to be able to relate to you. Its another aspect of becoming all things to all men. 166 ___________________________________________________ I wouldnt want your faith to be only in your head. With the world changing as rapidly as it is, its simply safest and Your mind may be filled with lots of beautiful ideas and input, but best to stay on the foundation that is always right and applicable if your heart doesnt match with that beauty and wont meet the in each situation, and always appropriate, and thats the same standard, then it will still reflect negatively on who and language of love. what you are as a sum. Its never the wrong time to do or say a loving thing, and what the Your heart is determined by your actions and the way you world needs now, just as it did 30 or 40 years ago, is love, and behave and treat others, more than by what you say. Your mind its still the one thing nobody can get enough of, because theres is like the ideology that you have embraced by which you would less of it around than ever like to run and govern your life its like the sermon, or the So, while the truth is important, and delusion must be destroyed commandments. But your heart is determined by how much in order to build a firm foundation of truth on one hand, its

equally, if not more important that its clear that that foundation is a foundation of love, and thus recognizable as a safe haven for those seeking refuge from the debris of their shattered illusions. If theres no safe haven, no beckoning and inviting warm island in sight that they can come to after realizing their delusion was not it, then they wont have the courage to leave what they had before. There has got to be an alternative, and its got to be more than a mental or ideological one, namely a tangible, visible and real one, and thats the difference between having it all in your head and putting it into action. 168 ___________________________________________________ Im always with you, but you dont always remember Me the way you should, or keep Me consciously on your mind to the extent you should. If everywhere you go you keep Me on your mind, then I can also use you everywhere. If Im on your mind when you talk to somebody, I can talk through you. If Im on your mind when theres no one else around, I can talk to you, and you can later use those words or ideas I give you to let Me talk through you, too, as you publish those things in other ways. 169 ___________________________________________________ Change is going to have to happen one way or another. Ive been advocating inward change, as taking you someplace else wont necessarily solve the situation if you drag the same inward problems around with you. On the other hand, sometimes physical changes can be helpful in bringing about inward changes, and if nothing else works and you simply wont change your attitudes, behavior and mindsets voluntarily, then usually some physical change is the last resort by creating a new set of circumstances under which youre simply going to have to adapt your behavior.

that is available to man, and not only that, but its also a device that will enhance and improve all your other communications with your fellow humans as well. Prayer oils the machinery of communication in your life with the oil of My Spirit and thus helps it to operate better and to flow more smoothly, and to flow in the direction of My will. Your degree of spirituality is determined by your prayer life more than by the amount of My Word you take in, because as a hearer of the Word you can still be deceiving yourself, but as a prayer warrior, and thus a doer of My Word, you start actually walking the path, instead of just knowing it. Step One in discipleship is receiving the instructions, and Step Two is getting the machinery of well-oiled communication going through prayer. Prayer will then help you get the necessary spiritual help to put feet to those prayers and perform the action that comes so hard to do in the flesh. Prayer is the key to operate in the Spirit. Prayer is the key that will help you do that which you find impossible to do in the flesh. Prayer is what will bring in all the necessary resources, the supernatural aid Its the wires and tubes that will bring the necessary energy and power to your apparatus and get it going. Thats why praying people will always be greater saints with greater actions to show for it, greater miracles, etc., than the most learned theologian, who has it all in his head in theory. The first step toward implementing and putting all that theory into action is prayer: Action through prayer.

Its more important and powerful than prophecy, because prophecy is what I tell you to do, and whether it will ever get done still depends on your obedience, your efficiency and other physical factors, whereas prayer is what you ask Me your allpowerful Friend and Husband to do, and accordingly, the Because they have no changes, they fear not God, in some results are usually more powerful. ways means that, Because they have no outward changes, they dont have any inward changes. The first step toward really getting things done is asking Me to Fear and respect of Me means obeying My commandments, do it through you, or to help you do it! which means adaptation from the usually originally sinful Its the act of sending up the request that will pump down the behavior to a different one, in other words, an inward change; necessary power for you to do all that you can do. and outward changes are simply conducive to those inward You get what you ask for. changes. If you find yourself without the necessary power or energy to do something, then you must not yet have been praying for it! On the other hand, one can run from one situation to another, always distracted from dealing with the key points I want to address in his life, which is one reason why it would be 171 ___________________________________________________ preferable if you were able to use the situation youre in to make Things are not always black-and-white, easily to define, the necessary inward changes, rather than Me having to shift you analyze and put in a box with a label, figured out. to another one and there perhaps having to start all over to learn Theres so much to learn in life, and the greatest tragedy of the the same old lesson from scratch. times is that folks arent really paying attention to whats there to Of course, sometimes in another light the factors that need learn. Their heads are being stuffed with useless information by change are more easily seen, but on the other hand, it could also the Enemy, and accordingly, theyre totally missing the point and take a while until the things that need change would crop up in flunking the school of life. your life and become recognizable and thus attack-able and The knowledge of evil creates the illusion that you really know changeable. something, when nothing could be further from the truth. The head stuffing of the Devil creates the illusion in peoples Keep praying for changes inward changes most of all. heads that theyre actually smart. Loads and loads of useless information, creating an illusion of a reality thats just a fake, and Changing the world starts with you. So, when should we start? a poor counterfeit of the Real Thing. The problem is that as long as their knowledge gets them all they need for living and to be half-way content and entertained, 170 ___________________________________________________ they wont develop any desire to learn whats really happening It takes effort to implement My input and advice to you. It and going on. As long as theyre happy and content with their doesnt come automatically. Its like the thing I taught you about fake version of reality, they wont start looking for the Real Thing. Salvation and making it work for you in this life: You are clean through the Words I speak unto, yes, but putting them into Thats why trouble is good for people, and the smartest move the practice is still another story, that is up to you! You are saved, Devil could come up with was to postpone the trouble and but the works you build onto that foundation are up to you. prolong this current era of affluence and general contentment for as long as possible, in order to corrupt peoples hearts and Prayer is often the first step. minds thoroughly. Prayer is communication of the most efficient kind in existence

Theres nothing like trouble to awaken peoples interest in the truth. The trouble with the truth is that theres nothing like trouble that makes people want any of it Until then, theyre perfectly happy and content living in the lie. The lie becomes the new truth, the new gospel, the new credo by which everything works, and if you dont adhere to it, youre out, old-fashioned or conservative. The best camouflage for an old, rotten lie is youth. If the Devil could get youth to adopt his gospel of selfishness, greed and sheer egotism as the only existing truth, then nothing was going to be able to save the world anymore from his reign, and thats just about what has happened. Now theyre all enslaved by his evil dogma, and soon hes going to come up with the great solution for his own problem that he caused, but as usual, will blame someone else for, and you know who his favorite scapegoat is Only, since he is declaring that Im only a myth, hes going to make those the scapegoats who have the audacity to cling to their belief in Me His scapegoat is going to be the church. There were those who denied My existence and becoming flesh during the time of the Roman persecutions, but the great apostasy or falling away will be that despite the fact that My existence as an actual living Person had been well established for centuries, a resurge of that spirit of antichrist will occur, where people simply deny that I ever existed altogether The Jesus Myth is the Devils great and final campaign to gather his forces against Mine. What better way to eliminate your enemy than just reducing him to a fairy-tale? Thats why only those are going to be able to survive this onslaught and evade his deception who cling to Me as their only and ultimate Reality, and why clinging to Me is your only hope. He will try to destroy peoples faith in Me on such a large scale that only those who really know Me will not fall for his flood of lies. The odds are against you, but I am with you and for you, and thats really all that matters. If I am for you and with you and fighting on your side, then who or what would stand a chance against you? What chance have all the odds against you, if I, the Maker of the universe, am fighting on your behalf and on your side? My Promises are more and stronger than all those odds and prospects that are seemingly against you. All that really matters in order for you to win is that I remain by your side, and with Me you cannot lose, you cannot help but win. 172 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes My answer, My message I try to convey to you, lies in the silence, in the experience, in whatever it is youre having to pass through. You may momentarily feel forsaken and alone, but you are not alone. I have not left you alone. But the learning process is thus that you cannot really absorb some lessons unless you go through them on your own, unaware of My Presence that is there to help you. Im there and Im making sure that everything works out according to My plan, but I cannot make it easier on you or rescue you prematurely. I cannot save you from a necessary experience that you need to grow and to make progress. 173 ___________________________________________________ Notions of distance from Me are always most likely to occur due to the position of your own heart, and your own personal perception of the situation, and are never based on My actual position, which is unwavering, and always close to you, no matter what you do, since I love you unconditionally. I know what is going on in the spirit world and what has caused

your difficulties. Youre up against foes that you have a hard time combating in your own strength, which is why your mistake has been to fall for their strategy and allow them to put this mental distance between us, when especially in such situations you should strive to seek Me and My closeness all the more desperately, instead of getting into this defiant attitude of Everyone has forsaken me, so whats the use, anyway? The Devil will use anything and anybody to drive a wedge between us. Our relationship is the most precious thing youve got, and you should guard it as your most precious treasure. Thats what the Enemy will try to attack and destroy, thats precisely his intention, and you should defend this treasure, and not let him rob you of it. You must never allow anything to come between us, because this is the very thing the Devil will have intended by his actions, and if you allow him to separate us, then he has scored a point and won that particular battle or campaign. He tempts you to conclude that I must be upset with you or carry a grudge, when nothing could be further from the truth, because I see and know his tactics, and that he is actually the culprit, and whatever blame you may have in it, I have already washed it away and paid the price for with My blood. All the Devil can really do is create this deception, an illusion of a situation in which Im mad at you for something you have done, when that isnt the way it works at all. Im not your average person that gets upset every time you stumble and fall, especially when youve been caused to stumble by his schemes. You must not associate Me with the common behavior patterns of your fellows on earth. Im way above that. I wont get upset with you so easily. I cant. I love you way too much for that, and I also see and know way too much for that, namely that youve simply been fooled and tricked into it, and you simply didnt recognize the Enemys strategy. I know how he lies to you and builds his complicated, intricate schemes in order to deceive you, fool you and trick you, and how he manipulates you into thinking that I am less than I really am, more like any common mortal that youve had to deal with, and subject to their same rules of behavior. Just like hes trying to fool the world into believing that I never existed as a real person, hes also trying to reduce Me to close to nothing in the minds of believers. He may not be able to fool them and trick them into thinking that I never existed, but he tries to strip and deprive Me of some of My divine qualities in your mind and reduce Me to something more human and less divine, and thus much less capable of loving you unconditionally and eternally. Once you know that thats what hes up to, you can be on guard against his attempts, and try to guard your knowledge of the fact that Im not like that. Hes trying to slander Me with his dirty smear campaign. As with any and all lies of the Devil, the choice is always yours whether you will believe them, but theyll always amount to the same old thing they have always been: worthless lies. So, trust in My good gold of truth instead, and burn his useless, currency that may still temporarily hold its worth in a world heavily manipulated and seduced by him, but not for very long. His value system is all based on deceit and illusions, and part of his deception is to try to discredit My value system, and I caution you strongly not to fall for his dangerous propaganda. Dont let him cheat you out of your conviction and fervor that would keep on fire for Me. Dont let him get you to settle for anything less than My gold.

174 ___________________________________________________ I usually like for My children to learn from their own experiences. I allow every type of experience just at the point in time when I think youre ready for it and when there are actual chances that youre going to pass the test and its not too obviously predictable that youre going to flunk it. I have to keep in mind the greater good for My general Cause and body. I cannot allow you to find everything you ever wanted in this world, otherwise you would think that you had arrived at your final destination, when this life is simply a pathway there. You have to dig your way through the darkness into the light, and not allow yourself to be deceived into thinking that this is the light. Most believers think this is just about as good as it gets, and Heaven is just going to be the topping on their pie. They dont see the world for what it is and the shape it is in right now, or if they do, they try really hard to ignore it, which is easy to do when youre in some sort of winners position, and youre the one whos got the wealth and the power. Its all a matter of what position youre in, and your willingness to see and deal with reality as it really is. If youre really looking for the Real Thing, nothing else, and thats all you want, then you wont settle for anything else, no matter how many benefits it may bring you. Part of the test of life is finding out how much you really want the Real Thing, and how easily you might settle for anything less, even if it may appear to be seemingly more, or especially then. It seems youre up for another round of more, and Im willing to give you another taste of it, and as with everything this world has to offer, let you pay the price that comes along with it, and decide for yourself if its worth it, and if its as good as the Real Thing, which may be the quieter, humbler and more solitary road, but at least wont create any false illusions of things that entice you and give you certain kicks and thrills, but with the passing of time turn out to not really be real at all Ive always let you experience what you needed to in order to learn the lessons you had to learn about this world and all it promises and where its really at. When My rough and rugged road seems to be getting too tedious for you, you start wondering just what it might be like if you had settled for the other road instead, and so Im providing you with ample opportunities to find out and get another taste of it You cant sow to the flesh without being affected by your choice and reaping the consequences of what type of fruit the flesh has to offer. Experience is a better teacher than anything I could tell you in advance. You have to find out for yourself. 175 ___________________________________________________ So much depends on you and the umph youre willing to put into whatever youre doing. Life isnt something you can go through half-heartedly or passively, if you want it to be a life worthwhile, worth remembering and worth living. Youve got to zoom in and focus wholeheartedly on whatever it is you want to accomplish for Me, and then go for it, grab it by faith. I have put so much at your disposal. Its only recognizable by faith, but youve got to pursue that track of faith and seek until you find. You cannot give up prematurely or surrender to your fate that it isnt easy enough! My quest simply isnt something that is found or attained or pursued easily. Its going to cost something. So, when you wake up in the mornings, get ready for the day with an attitude thats prepared to give something.

I gave My life as a sample for all My followers, and what I did was give, give it all. Someone who withholds is doing the opposite, and not following My sample. Blessed are the givers. Im trying to teach you to give wholeheartedly of yourself, of your time, of your energies, your resources. Do a kind thing for someone and you will like them better. you start giving, you get the hang of it, and you actually start enjoying it. Walk through your day seeking for opportunities to give. Look for something to give. Keep giving! Keep looking to Me to show you what else it is you can give today, and continue to pour forth your life like a river. Let others enjoy the river that I want to make you, and let them bathe in the riches I want to pour out through you. Water has become a luxury commodity in some parts of the world, and what people used to take for granted now is slowly becoming a treasure. Of course, there are still people who are too dumb to appreciate it, and who would just waste it, just as they waste all kinds of resources, but youve got to be wise enough to discern what are the truly valuable things in life, the true riches, and the water of My Word is definitely the best and most valuable and precious thing you can pass on. 176 ___________________________________________________ The entrance of My Word giveth light and understanding to the simple, but when people neglect My Word, the opposite happens They may think theyre smart because of the quantity of information stored up in their overloaded memories, but what really counts is not the quantity, but the quality of the information theyve got. The true and valid information of My Word brings insight and wisdom. The false, erroneous and in most cases simply untrue information that the Enemy has pouring out through the System has the opposite effect: it dumbs people down. Its as if the thinking apparatus doesnt work properly anymore, because instead of being oiled and powered with My fuel and input, it becomes cluttered and messed up with the poisonous counterfeit input of the Enemy, which he cheaply dishes out in great quantities, and by artificially generating mass hype and hysteria about it, people are actually duped into thinking that its good, and the real thing, when it is just a lousy counterfeit, thats actually poison for your motor, your entire being. Like any tyrant the Devil wants dumb, obedient slaves, not thinkers he might have to defend his point against He is working hard on making mindless zombies he can control, manipulate and steer via his devices of mass hypnotism. What you can do is promote the antidote, and come up with ways to make the Word look more attractive and appealing, which requires stripping the counterfeit input from the Enemy of its glamour and exposing it for what it really is, in order to reveal the beauty of the Real Thing in comparison. Unfortunately, once someone gets hooked on the imitation, its hard to awaken a hunger and desire in them for the Real Thing. It takes waiting until the disappointment with the Devils substitute sets in. The best thing you can do to counter the trend is promote My Word. 177 ___________________________________________________ The wages of sin is death, and it takes making that experience, if necessary, over and over again, until someone can fully appreciate the gift of My grace and of the kind of life I give

a life lived focused on eternity, instead of as a slave of time and all that goes with it: money, security, welfare, materialism, etc. Coming to Me first thing in the mornings is the only thing that will save you from the old rut of the flesh. If you think you can walk the spiritual path in your own strength, the repeated experience of failing will prove to you otherwise. The rule of keeping Me in the first place of your life is simply unshakable and no way leads around it, if you want to live a successful life for Me. Your fleshs ideas of success simply differ too much from Mine 178 ___________________________________________________ Youre still seeking happiness in the flesh, when Ive been trying to convey to you all along how dim the chances are of ever finding it there. All along Ive been beckoning you, Over Here, this is where it is! Here is where youll find true happiness! But you just keep wandering off in the opposite direction, as if you dont believe Me or think that you know better Give Me a chance to prove that I truly keep what I promised. With Me, youre back in Eden, and you shouldnt really have to be looking toward the serpents temptations for satisfaction and fulfillment, because the only thing that keeps you from happiness is your failure to realize and appreciate what youve got and make the best out of it! You keep blaming Me for your circumstances when it is primarily in your power to change them. I cant just let you passively wait for any kind of blessing to fall into your lap. Blessings are generated by things you do that bring them upon you, and its usually obedience to My Words that brings them on. Only there, on that path of obedience, will you find happiness and the satisfaction youre looking for. 179 ___________________________________________________ Respect is something that has practically gotten lost in the Western, me-first culture, where everyone has become little egoworshipers and anyone else only plays second role at best. First comes me, then the next-best person promising to cater to my own personal advance and advantage, and then the folks who are simply necessary to keep me alive And forget about the rest of the world. Selfishness and egotism have become the ruling mindsets and ideologies of this culture, basically because they have become so alienated from the life, Word and truth of God, that the false truth of the Enemy has taken the place of My law in their lives. Parents who fail to recognize the problem only contribute to it by feeding their kids already over-stuffed egos and catering to their every whim The youth of today are the stars of the show, the rulers of this modern, Western culture, to which the real rulers behind the scenes are trying to get the gap nations to bend. They strongly resent cultures in which the parents, and especially the fathers still have the say in the house, and theyre looking down on them as backwards and underdeveloped, when the fact is that they simply havent veered as far off from My path as those who claim to be My people. Since the 20th century and the development of the media, along with the public school system, that the Devil has found a way to finally enter just about every single household and subvert the weakest link in the chain, and through them obtain control over the rest of the family. He undermines the role of the father while at the same time ever boosting the egos of the children, and stirring up a sense of responsibility and loyalty in the mothers toward the child, rather

than her husband. I said that you should be able to learn from your kids, but I didnt say that necessarily everything you were going to learn from them was going to be pleasant. By saying that they can be your teachers, too, I didnt mean to say that they have a position of authority over you. You cannot be passive or lenient about your God-given position in your family, or you will regret it. 180 ___________________________________________________ You dont want to come across as harsh, forbidding and conservative. You want to be a cool parent, even if you know that the danger that theyre going to get into something they shouldnt is quite real. But you also know that theres no teacher like experience, and the sooner they find out where the world is at, and the sooner theyll get their belly full of the slime the System has to offer, the sooner they might truly appreciate what I have to give. You can pray for the danger factors and elements to be decimated. By prayer you can send them into a safer environment than it would be otherwise, and you can also pray for their eyes to be opened regarding the pointlessness of this worlds pursuits of enjoyment and pleasure, and that this is not really where true happiness is found. Let them go without really letting them go from your minds, and keep praying for them and supporting them in the spirit while theyre gone. You can commit them into the care of their watchers and guardians who can be stronger deterrents from evil than you could ever be in person. Give Me a chance to prove to you that I can be the best weapon, Guardian, Protector and Caretaker of your child you could ever wish for. Uphold them in prayer and in the spirit, and find out what a difference it will make. It may just reverse the current trend in them and put their heart and desire back on My side and turn it into a longing for the right kind of satisfaction and fulfillment that is found in fulfilling ones purpose which they were created for, instead of ever missing that mark chasing other, less worthwhile objectives. 181 ___________________________________________________ The majority of people choose the easier way of flowing with the stream and running with the crowd, instead of the hard and harsh winding mountain trail that leads to life the way I intended it. Only a very small minority will have the wisdom to choose that other, apparently harder option. The majority will usually choose the wrong path, because the path of wisdom and the path of life is simply the path of the minority. You are glaring lights in the midst of darkness, and you can bet that the darkness will resist that light, and its the weaker rays of light that fall prey to the darkness first. Thats why you have to make sure you keep feeding both your own light and theirs, in order to keep shining. Its a test of spiritual strength, strength only I can give, and a work of My grace, but as in all things, you must do what you can. Grace works, but you have to avail yourself of the Word in order to make it happen and make that faith grow that will result in works of My grace And you have to avail yourself of My power that is poured down on you as you obey and do your part to get the words out, as well as in. It is indeed the time of which My Word has spoken, gross darkness shall cover the earth, and great darkness the people. But My light shall arise upon thee, and My glory shall be seen upon thee. 182 ___________________________________________________

I have no other choice but to take the blessing away from you again, if it threatens to take the place of the Blesser in your life. Its the quality of the input and information that matters, not the quantity. You get a greater quantity of input via the Internet, but the quality is not the same as the information and input I give you. After all, the Internet represents an aspect of the world, and youre not supposed to love the world, nor the things in it, but youre supposed to love Me, and the things from My World, since its that world where you originally come from, and where youre going to return, your true Home; and no matter how much information you derive from the present world, it will never have the same pleasant effect on you as the kind of information I give you straight from My Realm.

their lives were all perfect. After all, Ive got to give you some reminders that this world is not your home, since people develop some sort of immunity to evil and dont even realize anymore that anythings wrong with the world if theyve never known anything else in the first place They just take it as it is, and look at anyone who claims that theres anything wrong with it as if theyre from Mars They defend their reality and what it is as theirs, and, if its theirs, then it must be good, right?

The Enemy likes to envelop those in a mantle of complacency who claim to be My disciples, and tries to make them feel at home in the here and now, as if to say, See? Its not all that bad, after all. So Ive got to allow a little reminder to come along every now and then to remind you that its not the flawless world the flesh would Too much worldly input destroys your appetite for My input, and sometimes like to make itself believe to be, but theres lots of thats precisely whats happening to a lot of people. room for improvement, and thus, lots of reasons to stay close to Some luxuries are better not to have. Me and seek Me for solutions to lifes problems at hand. Its not always good to accept every temptation and commodity As soon as you tend to think that you can get away with handling that comes your way, as experience will tell you. Sometimes its things without praying and committing them to Me, I must allow wisest to be able to say, No, thank you! them to unravel a bit to set you straight. Everybody assumes that they can handle whatever benefits life You may seem to be able to handle things without Me will hand them. Well, the truth is that sometimes in the case of sometimes, but never for very long. Just as people can have those in whose lives I am heavily involved, I test you to see illusions and false notions about this world being alright, so you whether you are able to handle that extra blessing or not, and can also have deceptive notions about doing things without Me. when it becomes a factor that stands between you and Me and By problems coming up you realize that you must have done threatens to separate us and drive us further apart, then I will something wrong, after all, even if its just that you didnt include have to eliminate it again, and simply take it away Me in it, didnt pray for it, or simply forgot to ask Me not to allow any problems to occur. Less is sometimes more, nearly always when it comes to luxuries that threaten to usurp My place in your life. 184 ___________________________________________________ Life isnt entirely easy to figure out these days, and its The tests reveal your true strength and compare them to the definitely a challenge to make sense of it, and to keep your mind picture and estimate that you had in your own mind, and usually, on the goal. reality shows it to be less than what you had imagined. Its You wonder, Wheres the sense in this? But if truly all things seldom that somebody is actually stronger than they thought. work together for your good, then you must also trust Me that its Its the nature of the flesh to overestimate its capacities. It always true with these things that seemingly dont make any sense argues, No, come on, Lord, I dont need that extra help, I can Sometimes I use these situations to see whether youre going to handle it on my own Just like a teenager who argues keep trusting Me anyway that I know best, even if things dont vehemently that he can stay up until midnight and still get up seem to make perfect sense to you early to get to school The flesh thinks itself capable of handling and resisting the You just have to trust My judgment that the pros will outweigh temptation, but experience and reality will often paint a different the cons picture. Sometimes your victorious attitude in the face of seeming defeat Thats why its important to frequently come on down to the will be all the sample needed for people to see the strength of ground and rock bottom of reality according to the picture I show your character, which will lend greater credibility to what youve and reveal to you. If youre in touch with Me, youre in touch with got to say and may make them curious about the Source of your reality. If youre not in touch with Me, then youre more likely to strength. be influenced by other factors that distort reality as I see it, the Of course I can also use weak vessels in spite of themselves, matrix of the world, and whatever illusion the Enemy manages to and speak through folks whose sample may not necessarily be paint in your mind. impeccable. But it sure helps if your actions and attitudes jibe Hes an illusionist, and while his pictures can look deceivingly with your words and the counsel you pass on to others. real, they hardly ever turn out to be, and while My perhaps You may not be a perfect vessel and have some flaws, but that slightly more modest picture of reality may not appeal to you doesnt mean that I wont be working on them, or that I wont be quite as much, youre much better off there, because you can working on your improvement. trust in it as being the Real Thing. In fact, some unpleasant experiences may serve just to do that The Real Thing is reality according to Me, which is always something you need to distinguish from the false, painted and illusory fake reality and matrix of the Devil. 185 ___________________________________________________ If you want to know where things are really at, stick to Me and My The Spirit World is a little bit like the Internet, only much Real Thing, the true picture of reality as derived from My input vaster, and if youre tuned in to Me an My Spirit a much more that I give you. They may think its a fairy tale, but, boy, are they reliable source for wholesome input, information, vibes and going to be surprised! spirits, and a greater source of contentment and genuine inspiration, since you dont have to wade through all that muck thats out there on the Internet, and nobody Here in the Spirit 183 ___________________________________________________ World wants to sell you anything. Im not saying that relationship is always easy. Nor did I ever Another advantage of the Spirit World: There is no censorship say that its the easy way I want you to go. But when your burden Here. gets heavy and youre weary and heavy laden, you can come to We can deal with any sin, any emotion, any amount of frustration Me, and I will give you rest. or anger you might experience, and theres nothing We havent Perhaps I did make relationships a little hard sometimes in order seen yet when it comes to that. for people to seek Me more often than they would otherwise, if Were a lot better able to handle you including all your problems

and more up to par with your needs and demands than that pitiful man-made construction that makes up the virtual version of the Great Link.

treasure that the true seekers set out to find, and only few will find it. Most cling too much to their own imaginations of what the truth should sound like, or what the Real Thing should look like when they find it. Others do find it, virtually stumble over it, or In the Spirit World We wont discriminate you because of your rather, are found by it, and dont really appreciate it, and age, because everyone Here knows that age is pretty much consequently dont really act in a manner worthy of the keepers irrelevant, or rather, how much of an advantage it can be to have of the flame, adding to the confusion and mystery, and making it greater experience, and nobody Here swallows any of the false even yet harder for others to find. dogma under which most inhabitants of earth live right now that So, even among the small minority who happen to find the Real youth is supposedly superior to maturity Thing in life, yet only another chosen few are actually useful in It took the Devil and his lot decades of constant brainwashing to promoting My Cause and causing the treasure they found or are get people to believe that, and since Our Realm is not under his found by to bring dividends by sharing it with others in a way influence, We clearly see that as one of his schemes of that will truly profit them, not in a show-off type of way, nor in a indoctrination and manipulation. haphazardly sort of way, as if saying, Here, swallow this, if you can handle it, but with love and in full appreciation of the value People dont really have the ability anymore to see the real you or of their treasure. look at anyone unbiased. If you dont meet their artificially made And even less are those who commit their entire lives to this criteria and Hollywood standards, you simply dont come across Cause without tiring from it, nor veering from that straight and as very desirable to them narrow and rugged path They fall for the glitz and glamour that theyre being offered via the media. The question is, who are those who can really see, who are they Well, We dont. We can see the real thing that is you, and We that truly hear? Who can touch and feel and discern My Real appreciate it, like it and love it wholeheartedly, in spite of its Thing from all the other fakes? Who can taste that this is indeed current flaws, which are really only temporal and in large part IT? due to the conditions and what youre going through there. But We can help you overcome and rise above those if you just Its a tough quest when Satan has perverted their appetites, tune in to Us more, and Our channel, and come to visit Us Here distorted their vision and polluted the airwaves with his constant more often. appalling noises and sounds. Many come close, and yet so far This is where your heart and soul and spirit and mind belongs, Very, very few actually come so close that they are ready and and where you can find true satisfaction and fulfillment. Here is willing to give their entire lives for it, truly renouncing all the where youll find the Real Thing, and not fake after fake after other stuff, the excess weight, the ballast, that which the Devil fake. would heap and pile on their shoulders, which they call possessions and their treasures, when often theyre just weights What they call sight is really blindness. What they call seeing and obstacles designed to keep them from finding the true is really only a deception and an illusion. You first have to close treasure that life is all about finding. your eyes, in order to learn how to really see. Who can let go of all that which doesnt really matter? Who will We dont go by clichs, we only see the real you, and thats dare to let it all go for the Real Thing? enough for Us, and We love you immensely. Who will embrace My treasure and recognize it for what its And if you stay in tune with Us, We can help you to find others worth, willing to give everything they own in order to obtain it? who are looking for what youve got, and We can guide you Who is ready to put it at the top of the list of their priorities in life toward them. In fact, thats the great plan, and one of the main and make My Cause their cause, My concerns theirs, and My reasons why its so important you stay tuned to Us! Youve got to truth, My reality their own? find them, and Were the only Ones Who can help you do so. Who will be My people, My chosen ones who will have chosen The more youre in tune with Us, the more likely youre going to not to settle for anything less than the Real Thing? find the people Were trying to hook you up with. The more you seek Us, the more of them youre going to find! 187 ___________________________________________________ The hard thing is not to let yourself get distracted. But if you Faith requires time to grow. The seed of the Word is sown, realize the importance of it and the futility of all the things the and then it takes a little while until it comes to fruition. Enemy uses to distract you, youll get the hang of it, and abide The only Promise We can make is that you will someday with Us Here, on Our wavelength. This is where your strength, understand and see the sense and purpose in the things We your wisdom, and all that really matters will come from. allow. Maybe its only a little comfort when what youre mostly interested in is the here and now, but you see, thats what this 186 ___________________________________________________ whole issue of faith is all about: Will you merely be one more of The Real Thing is the alternative to the many fake realities those who settle for all thats available and obtainable in the here that people build in their minds, their concocted results of their and now, or will you be less short-sighted and set your affections own wishful thinking. The Real Thing is My touchstone, My on things to come? testing point for each one of you as Im asking you, when you All We can promise you is, it will be worth it all! confront each test in life: Can you handle this? Can you deal with the Real Thing? Are you man or woman enough to accept The real thrilling thing about Our Plan in your life is that We make and cope with this full scope of reality without having to resort to winners out of those who may look like losers to the world, and any lies, as tempting as they may sound? even to themselves sometimes When you come to face it, right after pride and perhaps a little Some people believe in themselves, and you tend to envy them a ungratefulness, the one thing that was really responsible for all little sometimes. Others, like you, are totally dependent on Us, on the evil in this world was the lie, and mans tendency to fall for it. Me, and sometimes you wonder where that will get you, The Real Thing is My truth, the weapon with which I counter and especially during those times when I seem to be less present in defy Satans lies, and not many people can handle it. Its pretty your life than at others (notice that I said seem). strong wine, and a very rare vintage in this world, only known Like My outcry on the cross, Why hast Thou forsaken Me? It and appreciated by a handful of chosen connoisseurs wasnt that He had really forsaken Me, but it was what I felt. And thats not how the story ended, but in the end I commended The truth is that pearl, that prize of great value, that hidden My Spirit into His hands.

Whats to be learned from this is that you can trust Me, and you can commit yourself wholly into My hands, even when youre going through your defeat and the pain of crucifixion, or whatever equivalent in your life, your trials, your problems, your times of doubt and despair If you will overcome those doubts and finally yield and trust and commit your life and your all into My hands, you also will experience a glorious and miraculous resurrection like I did.

If you stay focused on Me and praise Me and give Me the credit for the good things in your life, instead of starting to take Me for granted when they come, then you would also be able to enjoy the blessings on a more permanent an steady level.

So much depends on your relationship with Me and how much youre willing to invest in it, and how much youre willing to commit yourself, your spirit and your life and entire being into My Thats how you overcome. Not by constantly riding the high tide hands each day. or a high horse, but by getting up again after you fell by That point of surrender could be your starting point each day, committing your life to Me. Im trying to get you to truly live what and that would accelerate your progress and learning process Ive been trying to teach you over and over again: to treat your quite a lot. Instead of Me having to wait for you to get to that circumstances impartially and treat success and failure the point eventually, youd start out from there and you can same; to stay in the same victorious spirit and attitude, come rain imagine that wed move forward a lot faster at that rate. or come shine to stay on top, spiritually and mentally, even Not that Im in a hurry. But I reckon its you who wouldnt want to when youre on the ground. repeat the same old lesson over and over again, and who would And at the same time to preserve your guard during those times like to experience some tangible and visible progress in your life when you seem to be more blessed and theres a greater flow of that would ensure a more permanent state of blessing, instead of abundance, or during the easy times, when things are going this current roller coaster ride more according to your idea. Surrender into My hands your judgment of what is good and what is evil; let Me decide what is good for you, and what is not. 188 ___________________________________________________ Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not. You may prefer the good times. But could it be that I know Youre always seeking things to do that will make you shine better and that the hard times are actually better for you? before the world as a beacon of My truth And if so, what do you think your attitude should be when youre But remember, I want you to be real, and that means, I want you going through a lean stretch? Shouldnt you be rejoicing and to live a life according to the message you preach, and since My enjoying life just the same as when youre going through the message is one of humility, I require that measure of humility good times? from you to also pitch in and apply some elbow grease at home regularly. If you commit your spirit into My hands, I can help you to be How about pitching in and helping to make the work load a little cheerful and victorious in spite of any circumstances. I can help lighter for your fellowman? How about a little loving your you to truly overcome. After all, what else does it mean to be an neighbor as yourself for a change, instead of all that high pitched overcomer, but to rise above adverse circumstances? The spiritual stuff? How about raising the physical standard a little, greater the adversity, the greater the victory! The greater the so that the spiritual output will have a greater impact later on? miracle I will have to do, and thus, the greater reason to rejoice and praise Me. 189 ___________________________________________________ Youd like to have Me around as your Companion, your Pal, and Expectation The hand of faith reaches out and waits. That is certainly as your Blesser and Provider, but basically youd prefer how faith works. How easy it would be for people to reach out if Id just let you live the life you please with My blessing, but and touch Me, isnt it? And yet, all they lack is a little bit of faith. without much further interference. Well, thats what most It all depends on how real you believe I am, and how strongly you Christians want. believe in My Words and Promises. Unfortunately, thats not how it works. If youve experienced that Ive never ever let you down, why Closeness to Me does not work as long as you still have other should I let you down this time? things and preferences in your life above Me, because those I know, because the Devil made you think that I might be mad at other things are usually rivals to My presence, position and effect you for some reason, and Im going to turn My back on you in your life, and they are counter-productive to what I am trying because youve failed. to accomplish in your life. Its as if they annul My efforts in your Well, youre just going to have to get it into your system that life and tear down whatever Ive been trying to build. thats not Me. I would never turn My back on you or anyone who The only way it works is if you allow Me to move that clutter out truly and uprightly seeks Me. of the way and replace it with My Presence and input in your life I will only turn My back on those who claim to know Me and and let Me take over that spot reserved for the most important commit atrocious crimes in My name without My ever having thing in your life. known them without their ever having let Me know them, and As long as there are other things that occupy your thoughts certainly they themselves never having made an effort to truly more, I cannot really function properly in your life. The only thing know Me and My will. I can do then is work on moving the clutter and garbage as much But as far as youre concerned, I will always be there. The devil as you grant Me the consent and permission to do so. may temporarily be able to create the impression that Im not And once I do, your initial reaction is usually, Hey, why are You there, just as I was tempted on the cross to believe that the taking those blessings away from me? Well, only to replace Father had forsaken Me, but its never true. Just as the Father them with the greater blessing of My Presence and closeness, was always there, I will also always be there. which is what you really want, right? Im not forcing anybody to If you ever should be tempted to wonder whether Im around, just stick close to Me against their will. remember My name, I am. I am always there. I can do no other. But experience has taught you that anything else simply wont Its My nature to be around, a very present help in trouble, even if satisfy in the long run. many blame Me for being absent when they most needed Me, I Of course, if you could, you would like to eat your cake and have am never absent. I may only be beyond their capacity of it, too, and keep all the things you like together on the top perception due to their weak or absent faith in Me, but that pedestal of your life and priorities. Unfortunately, thats not happens to be the one requirement: you must believe. It will realistic. always be done unto you according to your faith. So, every now and then Ive got to remind you of Whos No.1 in According to your faith your ability to see, perceive, hear, feel your life, even if its by the painful process of removing some of and touch Me will be released. Its like the knob that allows the those blessings that you tended to allow to usurp that place. intensity with which you can perceive Me, just as a volume knob

on a TV or radio will increase the level of the volume of the music. And of course, you must be certain to have tuned into My channel first Basically, the same rule and principle also applies to every one of your needs, or even things you would like to have, as long as they are in coordination with My will for you. I may not be able to fulfill each and everyone of your desires in order not to spoil you or cause you to settle for being content in this present world, but as much as its feasible, I will even give you what you want. The power is always on. Meaning, not only the power of My voice, and the opportunity to hear Me, but also the power of My supply, and the only thing needed to make it all work, is faith. See what creative power faith has? Its truly all by faith! 190 ___________________________________________________ Some figure theyre more righteous than I, and thus they decide to treat themselves better than I have or their fate has and help themselves in illegal ways to some blessings they otherwise would not have had And once theyve been caught, they naturally blame Me for the injustice of allowing them to suffer their penalty there (especially if they didnt commit the one crime they were accused of and for which they were sentenced) when there are so many according to them who would rather deserve to be locked up instead of them which might be true, but it doesnt change anything about their own guilt and responsibility which they refuse to see. Thats a relevant lesson for you, since you also tend to blame Me for your circumstances at times, and tend to think you would have known better than to treat you thus Its a very common human trait to quickly judge Me and consider themselves better than Me, of course, always with a lot of encouragement and tutoring from the Enemy My chief accuser. Youre complaining about the state of the world, and how I could let it go that far, and that its no fun to witness anymore or its not easy enough, etc., and youre insinuating that it would be fair to call it quits in the face of such a difficult task. Your task is your jail, so to speak, that you would like to break out of and you try to weasel out of the responsibility Ive given you to bring My message to the people, regardless of whether they want to hear it or not. They need to hear it; thats what its all about, regardless of whether they want to or not. They need to hear the truth, so that theyre going to be without excuse when theyll be judged by Me. They could have chosen to accept the truth when they heard it, but only if they hear it and you are faithful to bring it to them. Of course, youre having a tough time against the flood of lies they willingly soak up from the Enemy via the media You see it as a handicap, as a circumstance that makes your task all the harder; I see it as a circumstance that makes your light shine all the more brightly, and makes the sound of truth all the more precious. The rarer something becomes, the more precious and valuable it becomes, too; and the rarer the truth becomes, the more precious and valuable it becomes, too. They may not appreciate its value, but I do, and I will be the One to judge them according to how they treated that privilege when it was given them. If they despise it, then thats their mistake, and their own foolishness will be their judge and condemnation. Its the same as when you have no vacuum for My input; usually because youve already had too much input from other sources Its a lesson on how important it is to shield yourself from the wrong kind of input, and how poisonous and detrimental it can be. Doesnt it all drive home the importance of your job all the more, and the need for good and wholesome input and information to give to the world, for My truth?

191 ___________________________________________________ You cant give up, no matter how tough it gets. Youve just got to keep fighting, no matter what the odds youre up against. Its true that the Goliath and the Machines out there may look overwhelmingly superior. But thats where faith becomes your principal and most essential weapon, the faith that disregards the odds and knows that I am able to overcome them all for you. Youre up against a large majority, and youre not going to be able to stand against them all alone without help from the Lord of Hosts. Youre going to have to recruit My Army and My forces to rush to your side, otherwise its hopeless. That is never portrayed in those movies where some hero overcomes legions of evil on his own: It creates the unrealistic notion that you just might win against all odds by yourself, but thats not quite correct. Give honor where it is due and avail yourself of the supernatural strength that alone can help you make it in the real fight. A lot of the warfare is fought in prayer. You can do whatever you can in the flesh and in the physical, but if you dont see to it that it will get the necessary boost and umph from the Spirit World, your efforts might be rendered nearly futile, or at least not nearly as effective as otherwise they might have been. Just as it requires miracle after miracle for Me to supply your needs, so it will also require miracles for you to be able to do your job of getting the truth out, and getting the truth heard by the right kind of people. Commend yourself, your life, your works, everything into My hands. Im right here, waiting for you to tell Me what to do, ready to receive you and carry you in the palm of My hands through whatever torment or raging battle. Youre going to make it because Im there, Im right here for you. Dont make the mistake of forgetting about Me, nor your host of co-fighters at your aid. You can do it through Me and with Us. Together were strong. Together were an unbeatable team. So lets do it together, Amen? Together were a majority, even if in the physical you may look ridiculously outnumbered 192 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes its hard to believe in a just and loving God with all of the seemingly unjust things I happen to allow, even or especially in the lives of My loved ones, those who try their best to follow Me. Well, I will try My best to explain to you why some of the things are the way they are. First of all you must know that I will never, ever forsake you. You know, just like I asked on the cross, Father, why hast Thou forsaken Me? but found out that He hadnt really forsaken Me, that He was still there, and so I finally said, Into Your hands do I commend My Spirit. Thats the point to which the Father would like for each of His children to get: the point of letting go and committing our all into His almighty and all-loving hands. The human tendency is to cling, but the Father wants us to let go of something lesser so that He can give us something better. It takes trust, because you dont know what that something better is going to be like, and they say, one bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. But the Father says, Not so, My dear, because what I have in store for you is a lot really a lot better than the one little bird in your hand you so desperately cling to. People always wonder about the story of Abraham and Isaac. How could I demand such a thing of poor Abraham, they wonder, and ask him to kill his one and only son for Me. But you see, it was going to be an example to the world of the sacrifice that the Father was going to make for them in allowing Me, His one and only beloved Son, to be killed as a ransom and sacrifice for the sins of all mankind.

It didnt make much sense to Abraham. Just as it doesnt always make much sense what I seem to be asking of you. But Abraham chose to believe that I and the Father - knew better. Ever since the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, people have thought that they could decide for themselves what is good and what is evil, instead of trusting Me for it. That faith and trust you have acquired by your faithful study of My Word and committing My Promises to heart must be put to use and put to the test, just as gold is purified in the fire. The human tendency is to quickly pipe up, But the fire has been on for a long time now, and its getting unbearably hot. But remember My Promise that I will never allow you to be tempted above that which you are able to bear. What Abraham in effect was saying was, Even if God asks me to kill my own beloved son, I will trust in Him. The same as Job, who said, Even if He kills me, yet will I trust in Him. Can you trust that much? Can you let go of everything and trust Me that I will hold it for you, and make something much more precious out of it than what you previously had? For what is your life? Its but a vapor thats here a little while and then its gone. The best thing you can do with that little vapor is to offer it to Me as incense, as a sacrifice of love, and as something that you know I have given you, and so you gladly and willingly give it back to Me, knowing that it is only a little seed that must fall into the ground and die in order to bring forth much fruit, or like a caterpillar that must become a cocoon in order to become a beautiful butterfly I understand that you are afraid. But you will find out that I am stronger than your fears. And I can guarantee and promise you that your momentary sufferings are nothing compared to the glory that will be revealed in you. Sometimes people ask, But why me, Lord? Why did You have to choose me to suffer for you? Why not somebody else? When perhaps the right question ought to be, Why not me? The attitude of every believer should be, Yes, Lord; take me; do with me as You please, because Im all Yours anyway, You created me and gave me life to begin with, so I trust You with it, to do with it as You best see fit. When a child is small, and you roll him a ball, and you want him to roll it back to you, so that you can repeat the game, at first he will not understand and cling to the ball. And thats how people are: I give them something, and instead of giving it back to Me, they think they must cling to it. But in order to really enjoy the game, you need to roll the ball back to Me. And each time you do, I will roll something better your way! Can you trust Me that My love for you is so great and so pure, that no matter what I ask of you, no matter what I ask you to give up for Me, I will always give you something better in return? Honor Me by trusting Me. Dont believe Satans input that would cause you to doubt Me and would make Me look like a liar, like someone who doesnt keep his promises. You havent even seen or experienced a fraction of My love yet, compared to all that you will yet experience. Contrary to peoples idea of Me, its not so that I dont have need of anybody, just because I am all-powerful. Love and I am Love works in such a way that it constantly needs to be needed. Its give and take, and I need you. I need you to need Me. And by honoring My desire and My need in admitting that you do need Me, you give Me a deep satisfaction that I will greatly honor and reward you for. I only make great kings and rulers out of those who are little or nothing in their own eyes. The less they have, the less they figure

they have to lose by giving it back to Me. So, My love, will you fully honor Me by giving your full trust to Me, and trusting Me with your life, your future, everything? Can you fully trust that you are in the best hands, and thus in the best place in the universe you could possibly be? As messy and as unlikely as it may seem, can you trust that your life, the way it is right now, is precisely the best thing that could have happened to you of all the millions of options, in order to make you the best you could possibly become? People can never figure out why, of all people I have chosen them. But its usually because of some relatively small choice they made to begin with: you chose to come back faithfully to attend to My Words and learn from My lips. It may not always have resulted in all your dreams come true, but can you trust Me for this when I say, it will? That treasure of the Words from My lips is worth more than all the gold or silver you could possibly accumulate in a life-time, because you will have to leave material treasures behind when you leave this earth, but My treasures are yours to keep forever. People sometimes underestimate My Words, but theyre actually the stuff that the universe is made out of. And your faith in My Words is the magic that will enable you to exercise the same creative power that I have, that enabled Me to create the immense universe with its billions of galaxies. People wonder, why would I have chosen a seemingly insignificant spec of dust like earth, just as they wonder why I would have chosen someone seemingly insignificant like you or them or so many of My other seemingly insignificant servants and handmaidens. But one day they will see as I see, and what I consider important, and also what I consider good and evil. Will you trust Me, My love, that I know best which is good and which is evil in your life, and that I will only allow that which is ultimately good for you, even if your present tendency may be to differ? I know you wont be able to do it with an occasional wavering, but even I was tempted to waver and felt forsaken by the Father, only to find out that I wasnt and never had been! He was always there, just like I am and He is in your life, even if you may not always be aware of Our Presence. Can you also say, as I did, Into Your hands I commend My Spirit, my life, my all? One day you will realize that nothing else really mattered in your life, compared to the importance of My Presence in it, My involvement in it, and your decision to trust Me. 193 ___________________________________________________ Its encouraging when you notice that there has been some progress, isnt it? You wonder now, What do You mean, Lord? When did You ever get into a position in which you enjoyed having made progress As if You ever needed any. Do You even know what Youre talking about? Oh, but I do. Remember? I was a child once, too, and an adolescent, and Ive had to learn everything from scratch, the same as you, including how to walk and talk, and do everything, and I very fondly remember those times of learning and growing and making progress. Thats kind of the goal in life, isnt it? You want to go on, make progress, not repeat the same old thing, not remain in the same old spot. It is My Fathers will for His creations and sons and daughters to progress, and not to stand still, but to advance, and the direction He wants everything to go, is obvious: closer to Him, on a path that improves in relation to Him, a state of greater cooperation and communication and interaction with Him; to become an integral and well-functioning part of His Big Picture of Everything

Wisdom refers to in Proverbs 8 by judgment. You can learn to define, determine and judge by true, divine and everlasting standards, as opposed to the faulty and flawed standards of man that are soon to be replaced permanently, even when it comes to such basic things as determining what is good or bad. The sad thing is that many peoples focus is basically all on If you cease from judging yourself, or judging by criteria based themselves, and their concern is primarily with their own welfare, on your own personal inclinations, intuitions or understanding, even in their interactions with others: What can you or they do and instead seek to view things from My angle, you can learn to for me? is their question that determines their attitude in life, truly apply that divine standard that will render the true picture of and one thats bound to cause them to sadly fail and miss the things. point. Its as if you look through a spectrum that will render a clear and true illustration of things, instead of the tainted and poor version True progress is achieved through concern for others and your own outdated software might render. developing an attitude that causes you to look around for things You can become an apprentice to the One True Judge, instead of you can do that may be of service to them, instead of constantly being just one more wannabe judge whose own criteria may be in being on the lookout for someone to cater to your personal well- desperate need of revision Like that of so many worldly judges, being. Its the attitude of a servant, as opposed to that of a tyrant, or even the average citizen who judges everything and just about and the choice between either of those two is basically what anyone by their own individual point of view based on the determines your outcome in the final analysis of your life as information they happen to accept as valid, which is basically, either a winner or a loser. whatever suits them best. The tyrants may presently look like the winners, but theyll Its a choice not for the most comfortable option, but rather, for certainly be the losers in the long run, whereas the servants are the only true and genuine one, no matter what discomforts and going to be the winners in My book. The tyrants are those who sacrifices it may bring, that determines ones ability to truly are too proud to be My servants, and they rebel against that judge and discern between good and evil. Basically, it means destiny, and want to be served and catered to themselves. They allowing Me to judge the matter, and not come to conclusions dont want to dance on another suckers parade as someone prematurely. put it, which just about wraps up the Devils attitude of the That requires patience and faith. Sometimes youve just got to original pride that brought sin and all of evil into the world. leave it there until I reveal to you My thoughts and input about it. But the more practice you get at obtaining My input, the more The only true progress and advancement is achieved via selfless skilled youll become at it. Just make sure you settle for nothing serving. The regress and backwards movement the world is less than Mine, and that you dont mingle too much of your own currently undergoing is all due to millions of little tyrants being personal view and opinion with your judgment, which may taint let loose on each other, powered by the input that Satan has the picture and diminish the quality of your gift of discernment. unleashed upon them on an unprecedented massive scale soon to culminate in the revelation of the biggest tyrant ever As long as your quest is for the truth and nothing but the truth instead of conclusions made in a rush, youre safe. As long as Success in relationship, in life itself, and just about everything, is you remember that it is I Who know, not you, you can fairly safely thus determined by the largely underestimated virtue of humility. assume that youll be getting the right picture and that your Humility determines who will be the losers and who will be the judgment will be fair. winners at the end of this game of life. It is one of the principal weapons with which this war of the worlds is going to be won, as Of course, its safest not to judge anyone at all, but if you have to paradox as that may sound to some and contrary to all they judge a situation, make righteous judgment, as I admonished presently assume and think. My listeners in the Gospel, and that is something you accomplish by allowing Me to be the Judge. Being a servant of Mine is infinitely more rewarding than being a Judge by My standards, and youll judge fairly. slave in the matrix, which may enable you to play a tyrant over a I love and honor those who judge by My measures, and they will handful of other people for a brief time in the present, but will be honored and obtain honor. usually only result in misery later People address and refer to worldly judges as your honor, but it will be My privilege to adorn My true judges with My honor. Better late progress than no progress at all, and I take anything I can get these days; although once Ive got you, Ill keep working on improving and enhancing you and your usefulness to Me, not 195 ___________________________________________________ least of all for the sake of your own fulfillment and happiness. If you really knew and were aware of the extent to which I am actively present and involved in your lives, you would have full I only ask you to be My servant because I have already been trust for every second, every moment of your lives, and you yours all along. wouldnt worry or fret about anything anymore Not about death, and certainly not about living, how to bring in your money and support, etc. 194 ___________________________________________________ If you put My Kingdom and affairs first in your life, I take care of There may be few who appreciate what youve got to give, but all that, as you should have learned from decades of experience they are there. Isnt it great to know youre one of the few on the by now: I was with you in times when you didnt have anything. right path, as opposed to all the masses treading down the path And I have kept you and supplied for you for all those years that is destined for destruction? Why should I do it any differently now? Even if its not necessarily they themselves who are headed for destruction, their path is, while you will already have been Enjoy your life for a change without any stress or worries about walking on the eternal, lasting path, prepared to lead and guide your survival and substance. the way for them who foolishly clung to the wrong path Let Me do My job of taking care of you while you do yours of So, youre in no way disadvantaged, even if you may presently taking care of the sheep and seeing to it that there will be find yourself in a wee minority and vastly outnumbered. material to feed them when the time comes and they will be more Remember My stance on the numbers of man. They dont really desperate for it because My prophecies of old will be fulfilled impress Me, and neither should you be impressed by them. before their eyes, and it will be harder for them not to believe The measurements of man and his standards are faulty at best. If then, and they will be desperate for guidance and spiritual you want a proper and decent standard, adopt Mine. Thats what nourishment. You can never just stand still and stagnate. There has got to be some sort of progress, some moving on, some advancement in the right direction in order not to lose it.

Right now its still pretty much by faith, and some of those events look as if they might happen or not, but once they will be happening, those who have read and heard the prophecies of old wont be able to deny their authenticity anymore, and they will know that the Bible was right and truth all along, and those who proclaimed My Words had been in the right all along You can be free of all those worries. If youre not, then how are you going to convey freedom from worries and fear to others? 196 ___________________________________________________ Ive told you not to go by the way any group of people does it. What matters is that you have the conviction to do what I am showing you to do personally. When trouble comes you wont be able to rely on any group. Youre going to have to be able to rely on Me; thats what matters, and thats what will count: how much will you have learned to truly rely on Me? That will determine the extent to which you will panic or not even when everyone else around you will be panicking. The extent to which youre learning to trust Me calmly now in the face of adversity and loss will determine how well youll be faring then, when adversity and loss will reach unprecedented proportions. So, dont see it as if Im teasing you with these things, but see them as necessary training: Im training you not to cling to things any more than necessary. Im training you to trust even in the face of loss. Im training you because there will be more severe tests than this awaiting you in the future, and I want to make you strong enough to face them and to be able to pass them and not dismay or faint then, because thats when the world will need you and what you have to give more desperately than at any other time. Right now they may think they dont need what you have to give. Not yet. But your strength and faith in those days and in the face of real calamities will determine whether youve really got something to give, and whether what you have is going to be real gold faith thats not going to go up in flames like their paper money and their paper money faith.

Its true that some of the circumstances and conditions I allow to crop up in your life could be deemed questionable. But perhaps Im testing you to see how youre going to take them, and whether youre going to have a positive and praiseful attitude about them or youre going to get into a negative drift and start complaining and murmuring in your heart about them. When youre not quite sure about it, you tend to stay neutral about it and have a lets wait and see whats to become of this attitude. But maybe it would be more helpful if youd adopt a definitely positive and praiseful attitude from scratch, showing that you believe that I know what Im doing, even if its a situation that could potentially be rated either positively or negatively. When theres a choice between rating something positively or negatively, why not make positive your default? Just because you know Im in charge, and I have always made the best out of every situation so far And how likely is it that Im going to let you down this time? Your situation causes you to search your heart and seek Me about the possibility that you might have done something wrong, or at least could do things better. Thats better for you than assuming that youre doing fine and everything is honky-dory, just because you happen to be faring okay financially People always figure that as long as theyre doing well financially, I must be pleased with them, and everythings in order. Just about the worst imaginable punishment for them and the greatest shame is when their finances start to dwindle. They start feeling useless, or as if I had forsaken them and withdrawn My blessings, when it could also be that Im preparing them for a future situation without any money at all, in which case the withdrawal is a token of My love for them.

I want you to become dependent on Me, not on paper! I want you to know that Im a greater force to be reckoned with than any amount of money in the world. Financial power all good and nice, but nothing compared to My power! When it comes to a factor that people put their trust in, then money is definitely My rival no.1, and it happens subtly. How dependent folks become on money only becomes evident once I start withdrawing it or allow its flow to be reduced. If I see that it 197 ___________________________________________________ doesnt have any effect on their faith and trust in Me and they Sometimes the faith of those who have come from a remain cheerful and thankful, then I know money does not affect background of disbelief and have had to fight their way out them, but if I see that their trust starts to crumble, then we have a through the darkness toward the light is stronger, and they problem, and we need to work on it. become better and more passionate fighters than those who We need to establish just Who or what you should be placing have grown up with the truth and tend to take it for granted your trust in. We need to figure out why your faith and trust sometimes. diminishes when your financial status does, because the two The fact that you grew up with an evolution-based background should really be independent from each other, otherwise it makes you a sharper tool in My hands against the enemies of indicates that your faith is still hinged on your circumstances to truth who are threatening to flood the world with their lies. some extent. People who grew up with the teachings of creation often couldnt care less about the beliefs of evolutionists, while you spend more time learning how to destroy their delusions. 199 ___________________________________________________ It also helps you see where many of the evils of society come Life as you know it is not the same as it used to be before the from, and how its their dogmas of disbelief that bring many of Fall, nor what I had originally intended it to be like, and in their curses upon them, and you see the Enemy at work behind comparison, its almost more like death than life the way I had it, and thus are not ignorant of his devices and tactics, and intended, and the way you will experience it again when you will become a more skilled fighter against him than those who ignore come Home to Me. and dont pay any attention to these things. This does not mean that Im advocating suicide or Euthanasia, because life as it is also has a purpose and is meant to be a school, a learning experience youre meant to go through, and 198 ___________________________________________________ not supposed to skip or miss out on. An attitude of gratitude can change so many things, even if its just an interior change, but it sure affects the way you see You can make up for Adam and Eves failure to trust and believe things. and obey Me by reversing in your own life the course they took If you thank Me for your situation and circumstances instead of and decide to trust Me that I know what Im doing, and also mean complaining about them, youre bound to improve things. what I have said. Whereas complaining has never really helped much under any When I said that they would die on the day they would eat of that circumstances. fruit, I meant it, and in comparison to the abundant life they lived before they sinned, the life that I have promised all of My

believers, they were dead after eating from the forbidden tree, and they only returned to life in the sense they had known it before, after they died. You dont have to be afraid of death, because what I have promised to those who accept My sacrifice on the cross is also true: they shall have eternal life, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die, and though he were dead, yet shall he live. You dont need to hang on to this life tooth and nail as if it were the only thing youve got and will ever have, because the best is yet to come. I encourage My followers to lose their lives in service for Me, to give their lives for the benefit of others as witnesses for Me, in order to bring them the eternal life that I originally intended for man to live, and deliver them from this poor simulation of life they currently live instead. A lot depends on your attitude, your faith and your whole concept and perception of life, your input, and on whether you have a positive or negative outlook on things; all factors that determine whether the life you live is more like Heaven or hell. You can walk through life with a positive attitude of trust that Someone knew what they were doing when they instituted this game of life, including its process of aging, sicknesses and other ailments, or you go through life murmuring and complaining about the kind of disaster that life presents for you And according to your attitude the quality of your life will be. You can choose to see the donut or the hole. You can choose to see Me as the loving Father I am, or as the wicked tyrant with the magnifying glass on the ant hill, whos just out to torture and tease you incessantly. If you believe the first, then you will also be able to trust that whatever trial and test I bring along is something which, according to My judgment, you will be able to benefit from. You will know that no suffering I allow to come your way will ever be unnecessary. Youll be able to trust in a divine purpose for everything, even if initially and occasionally youre tempted to doubt and waver. The key to life, and life abundant (John 10:10), is trust in Me. Life is a school, which if youre an attentive pupil will teach you that it certainly pays to trust and believe in Me, no matter how ridiculous the Devil may make that notion appear by all his artistically and artificially concocted appearances of fake realities and truths such as the theory of evolution. Knowledge and the supply of information may have increased, but the quality and value of that information have drastically decreased, so that despite the fact that people have more information crammed into their heads than ever before, theyre not actually any smarter. They just think theyre smarter. Nor are they actually happier, although some may think so, because they consider their technological achievements reasons to be happier than their ancestors who have had to live life without them. The problem is that comfort isnt necessarily always equivalent with happiness. The true source of happiness then as much as now is and has always been knowing Me, and your attitude toward Me is what will determine whether youre going to be truly happy or not. The darkness of the past was just as much due to peoples rejection of Me and My truth as todays darkness, contrary to what notorious atheists claim, that the miseries of the past happened because of peoples faith, which they call superstition. Life is death compared to what it once used to be and what it was meant to be, and what it will be again for those who have accepted My sacrifice, once they cross the pathway of what they presently call death. Their parting from this life will be an arrival in a much better life. On the other hand, as pitiful as this present life may be in comparison, its still there for a purpose, and not to be despised.

Its a testing ground for you to find out and determine how to make Heaven or Hell happen for you by your choices. The reason why some peoples lives resemble death rather than life is that it resembles hell because of their choices, while at the same time it could be so much more like Heaven, if they would only make the right choices. Somebody once made the wrong choice that resulted in this opportunity for you and everyone to make the right ones that will bring them back toward the way things originally were. In fact, they will even be better than they were originally, in the long run. You can choose to trust and believe Me for all that, and watch just what a difference it will make in your life! 200 ___________________________________________________ Im trying to lead you away from thinking in lucrative terms only. I want you to see the real value in and of things. I want you to appreciate what youve got. To appreciate something means you know its worth. Where is that paper money going to be in a few years from now? Where is it going to be in the scope of eternity? Thats why the love of money is the root of all evil: it keeps you from the true values of life. It leads you down the wrong path. You think youve got to go down that way, when all the while Im beckoning you to come and follow Me up this way! Its probably the strongest temptation the Devils got up his sleeve, and with so many good intentions strewn along with it: you want to be responsible. You want to fulfill your duty. You want to contribute your share. And, of course, you want to impress with numbers, the favorite game of all mankind. Im trying to teach you that there are more important things than chasing after numbers. Numbers and their pursuit can make your endeavors come across as mathematical, instead of filled with divine inspiration. The numbers game may be good and necessary for some, but for others it can constitute a distraction from the things I really want them to do and pursue. Dont let your life be ruled and governed by numbers. If you do, youre bound to wind up becoming nothing more than a number yourself. I want to emphasize on the living, personal side of things. I want you to know in a deeper way than the cold, calculating type of head knowledge that most people consider knowledge these days, that can be just so much head stuffing which tends to puff up, while only love really edifies and builds something in you that will last. Knowledge will cease, but love never will. The acquisition of more knowledge will become obsolete someday, whereas love will always be in process. Thats the goal, so why not steer your life in that direction, the direction of love? Steer the boat of your life in the direction of love, not the acquisition of values that can be measured in numbers. Thats one quality of love that makes it unique and different from just about any other gift or value: It cannot be measured in numbers. For how will you measure love? Your knowledge can be measured by your IQ, and you can count the amount of miracles you do, or the amount of people you heal, the number of times you speak in tongues, or even the words of prophecy I pour out to you. But only the Father can measure the sum of your acts and deeds of love, and knows what your score in the Love Game is. Its not something you can figure out by worldly, human means or on their terms. In fact, its pretty much worthless according to their standards, when its just about the only thing of true and lasting value when it comes to Our standard and heavenly criteria. The standard of love is the only true and proper standard. So why not just let everything else go? It sounds scary, doesnt

it? Let everything else go for this shady, hazy thing called love? Well, not if its the very same thing that the Creator of the universe has identified Himself with, the very matter that He constitutes of. Not when He has determined that that is indeed all that matters.

Dont be afraid that you might lose this connection of ours. You can be as sure and as certain of it as you can be of the air that you breathe. My Presence is a constant, it doesnt change. Theres never a time Im not there for you. Its as sure as the presence of the sun. You may not be able to see it, but you can know for certain its there, because otherwise Sure, the world tells you the opposite, and gives you a million life on earth would pretty much cease immediately. reasons why everything else matters and is so much more You may not see it because the skies are grey, but its there. important And youre torn between the two on a daily basis: Likewise you may not always see or hear or feel Me, either, but the standard of love, Gods standard on one hand, and the you can be just as sure that I am there, ready to give My spiritual worlds standards on the other. warmth and light and life to you. The worlds standards claim and shout and provoke, How will Making it not too obvious that its there at times is what I do in you make a name for yourself today? What will you achieve and order to strengthen and train your faith, and loosen your grip and accomplish today? What will you do in order to fulfill your duty to dependence on circumstances. mankind? I want you to know Im there even when its not so obvious, just While the voice of love will call, How much will you love today? as sure as you know the sun is still around even on cloudy days. How much will you allow yourself to be loved, and how much of I want and need you to register that fact. You can depend on Me. that love are you going to pass on? How determined are you to I love for you to need Me. Its comparable to the thrill it gives you make that your goal in life? Instead of all those other things. when you know youre giving people something they enjoy Its a battle. Your mind never stops reasoning, But this thing, through whatever you pour out. and the other! And sure, they all have their degree of Even on cloudy days the earth does benefit from the suns importance. But none of them are as important as the standard warmth and light. So, you can thank Me for, and enjoy My and measure of love. Presence, even during those times when it seems less present or Weigh all you do and are going to do by that standard of love, obvious. and learn to judge things by the criteria of love. See things through the eyes of love, and make it your yard stick by which I dont always like to make things all too obvious. Even though you measure everything, even the cost and price and value of Im right there and available to anyone who asks, I dont force your daily endeavors. Myself on anyone, nor do I like to come across as too obviously Youll see priorities shifting in your life. Things will change. Most the Answer to their problems. Otherwise Id have more than importantly, you will change. enough friends all for the wrong reasons, which in part, you might say, I already do. So, I dont want to make it too easy for What else could be more important? everyone. Youve got to do a little bit of seeking sometimes and make that Its a matter of choice between life more abundant, the full life I effort to find Me and spot Me even in the not so obvious places in promise, and the empty life that people lead when they stuff it life. with the fake goods the Enemy or the world has to offer. Its a I like to make Myself found in less than obvious places. matter of discerning and determining between the true and false Come and find Me out! values. An empty life is what I would consider a life spent in the pursuit of momentary fulfillment as in chasing after pleasure or material 203 ___________________________________________________ things only. The full life is found in seeking Me, the Source of Im not nearly as concerned about keeping your life lasting joy and fulfillment. comfortable as I am about keeping it revolutionary. The question at the beginning of every day of your life is, what I like to shake people up, rather than keep them in comfortable are you going to fill your life with today? The values that last, or ruts. How else can I teach you new lessons, unless I allow new the temporary values of the world? Are you betting on flesh or things and situations to occur in your life? - Even if they may not spirit? Time or Eternity? The fake or the Real Thing? The strike you as favorable. Sometimes all that matters is that theyre Enemys empty promises, or on Me? a change from the usual something different. I like whatever is the opposite of conservative and stagnant. I like the alive and moving. The flesh always tends to become stuck in 201 ___________________________________________________ a rut sooner or later. It may think its immortal, but inevitably and Old habits die hard. unstoppably moves toward the proof of the opposite, and that its Your flesh has been in the gear of fending for itself for decades, only the spirit that brings life. and thats a rhythm you dont easily get out of your system. Its quite a shift from the preserving of the flesh gear to the There are many things that you or any other rational thinker losing your life gear that is involved in the dying daily of might have known better than for Me to allow them, but do they witnessing. Theres nothing in it for the flesh: no glory, no really know all the factors involved, and whether the alternative survival benefits, only a humbling and breaking process and really would have been better? death to pride. Can they really say that they would have been a better judge of The flesh is constantly asking, Cant I do something else the situation? instead? Something more useful? When there is hardly anything more useful to find than A lot of terrible things have happened since the beginning of the witnessing, as far as Im concerned world, a lot of grief and pain. But would you rather have traded in It takes you down to the depth of the death of self and ego, when your freedom to love and serve Me voluntarily in order to have what your flesh wants is to ascend into the sunshine and the things differently? limelight. Free choice has and always had its price. Its not in you to do My will, as even Paul said. The desire may be That has been the plan, and Im not about to stop it now, so close there, and the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. to the goal and the conclusion of the plot. The story is nearly What you need to seek wholeheartedly is My grace to do it done being told, and though theres yet one last dark and fierce anyway, no matter how hard your flesh rebels and strives against chapter to be written and told, the glorious ending is also coming it. into sight. The greatest slaughter since the beginning of history is still before us and impending, and its not as if I particularly enjoy 202 ___________________________________________________ that sort of bloodshed. But just as My blood had to be shed, and

the blood of Abel was shed, and the blood of every lamb of sacrifice since the beginning of the world, so the world needs to pay the consequences for having chosen the way of sin over and over and over again. The lesson has to be made unequivocally clear. It has to stick. Mankind will only appreciate peace and reconciliation with Me after the most horrible wars have been fought, that will be remembered as signs and tokens of warning, so they will truly be able to say from their hearts, never again. 204 ___________________________________________________ The faulty and flawed leadership of the world will serve to help people appreciate the Real Thing when they will finally see it, and experience truly righteous and just governance in My Kingdom. Even experiencing where your own tyranny can lead will teach you where its not at, and how much better it is to subject yourself to the leadership of My Spirit. Knowing that you wouldnt have done better than anyone else had you been in their positions helps you to understand just what are the true criteria for good and anointed leadership

and occupies you matters to Me. Thanks for not being discriminative against the little things! Thank you for allowing other things to matter to you than position, power, wealth, and all the things that the hunters for these top items chase after all their lives, often without ever really enjoying a single day of their lives How many of them have never wept a single tear of joy? They dont even know what theyre missing. Thank you for coming down to My world the world of little things!

205 ___________________________________________________ Love is faithful. It doesnt flare up in the face of someone you claim to love the minute something less than desirable occurs and give them the blame for it. It doesnt treat people unfairly. It takes both the ups and downs, and doesnt just remain loyal during the good times. You learn to take the ups and downs, the bad times along with the good times. Remember that one thing is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. If youre willing to accept what those from the grassroots have to Try to remember to stay a little more faithful and loyal to Me next contribute, instead of dismissing it prematurely, and you trust Me time youre tempted to give Me the blame for some unpleasant that I brought that person and their input across your path for circumstance or when you get angry or upset some reason, you can just about profit and learn from anything Perhaps youll manage not to blame or judge Me, but to just take and use whatever comes your way to push you on forward. it graciously. Yes, it may be a test, and I may have allowed it. But Your natural inclination would be Why should I have to listen just because its a test and I allow it, why not try to pass it, to this rubbish? But just because I have put you in that instead of flunking it by acting exactly in the way you shouldnt? situation, and you know that it would be an unloving thing to do If its a test and you truly want to please Me, why not play along, not to listen to them, you subject yourself to it, and you go and make an effort to actually pass the test and act in a manner through it that will help you to score points, instead of flunking it by You never know what worse fate you will have saved yourself rebelling against it? and them from by your willingness to listen to them, even though Its a test, and youre actually supposed to pass it, if you dont you were basically unable to process much of the information constantly want to have to repeat it they gave you. In fact, it wasnt about an exchange of information at all. It was basically just about gesture, about willingness to Once youve got your issues with Me straightened out, and listen, about sacrificing your time for them, about love. youve got the basis of love straight with Me, then you will also The things they tell you may be in essence invalid, but you start making progress in your relationship with others,and those simply know youre doing the right thing in listening to them you are supposed to reach for Me. anyway. Why do I have you go through this? Why am I asking you to waste your time on this? You dont know, but you just Its during those times of testing, when the pressure is on, that know that you have to do it. your character and strength are being put to the test and must Because you trust that only I know the outcome of what would prove their worth. happen if it were different. You may not have had to listen to them, but something worse could have befallen you. You may not have had to deal with this and occupy your time 206 ___________________________________________________ with all these seemingly insignificant issues, but you may not The world is not going to make your life easier in any way, have gotten any further along, anyway. And so you let Me decide unless theyre bound to get something in exchange for their what I deem you ought to be occupying your time with, trusting services. They only give you something in order to be able to that My ways are not your ways, My thoughts not yours, and take something else away from you. They give you a little Mine as high above yours as the skies above the earth. information in exchange for your freedom. They lend you their You know and trust, because you have learned that I love to take space to do all your communications business on, only to get the unconventional way. more information out of you again that will be helpful in You see Me in all things, perceive Me in all things, and thus for controlling you better you it is without question that I actually am in all things. Im You can always expect from their corporations, businesses and present; Im around, as far as you can see, and I promise, you services to have ulterior motives in lending you their services. and the whole world will find out that you were right about that. The whole world lies in darkness. All they have is a pretense of Thank you for paying attention even to the little, seemingly light, a false light, the artificial imitation of Lucifer, the former and insignificant things! Thank you for having allowed Me to teach fallen light bearer, who all hes got left now is a semblance of the you that lesson; for not being exclusive and insisting on light he once bore, and with which he is now deceiving mankind. occupying your time and mind solely with obviously important Hes not the true light, although he will pretend to be. Most things! Whos to say whats important, and whats not? people in this society accept him as the real thing, though, Thank you for letting Me be the Judge over these things in your because what hes got to offer seems to be so much more life, and for giving Me and them a chance to even make their attractive than what I have to offer: little, seemingly insignificant world important to you. Welcome to He offers prosperity and affluence and power in this world, in the My World! here and now, while I call for abandon of these things. Thats what My life is and always was all about. I have chosen to make you, your world, and whatever occupies His Gospel of pride sounds more attractive to most of them than your mind at any given time, My world, My affair, and My My Gospel of Humility. The followers and disciples of the Gospel concern, because what you are and what you think and moves of Humility will always be fewer in this world than those of the

false gospel of pride They will reject, hate and resist you the way they did Me That should come as no surprise to you. Its a given you should be prepared for. Its what is to be expected from this world. 207 ___________________________________________________ There is no chance for redemption unless the problem and the need for a solution have been recognized. As long as you think that nothings wrong with you and what youre doing, you dont see the need to change things. Now is as good a time as any to turn around and start going a new way, head in a new direction toward greater levels of activity for My Cause, making some efforts to find some of the sheep that I have promised are out there scattered throughout the real world Dont dwell in remorse over what has been, but rather look up and ahead at whats before you. If the right time for different things and ways hadnt been here so far, then it looks like it is here now, and I want you to be open for it, actively seeking and creating new opportunities by counseling with your co-workers and members of your flock about what more you could possibly do together than you have been doing thus far. Theres something new to be created, something new to be done, some innovations and changes to be made that will bring about the progress and the fruit you desire. 208 ___________________________________________________ The flesh is the flesh, whether youre part of My chosen people or inner circle, or not. The flesh will always lure the flesh to walk the way of the flesh, and those who will be able to resist that pull will always be a minority, even if theyre part of a group that already constitutes a minority, just like not everyone among the Jews a small and oppressed minority as far as the rest of the world was concerned did not receive Me, but only another yet smaller minority of chosen ones among them chose to receive and accept Me as the promised Messiah, Savior and Son of God Its shocking sometimes, just how few are really attuned to Me and choose My way But dont see it as a negative, or let it discourage you, but rather, let it drive home to you the significance of the role you play for Me. The less there are around of your kind, the more precious and valuable you become. Its a little bit like with the American Natives: when the Europeans first started coming and conquering America, the Natives were a majority, and were definitely not appreciated, but feared as enemies, and fought, and nearly exterminated. But since theyve become so rare and few, a lot of people have started appreciating them and their culture that nearly disappeared and got lost for good Some folks appreciate you being around, and perhaps especially because there are so few of your kind. Just like the American Natives, they know that you do have some weaknesses and peculiarities about you, but they appreciate and accept you nonetheless, because they know that you have something valuable to give that is on the verge of becoming lost, except for a miracle of My preservation and protection. 209 ___________________________________________________ Once you get going pouring out its hard for you to stop and get into refilling gear. Its hard for you to quiet down and be still once you get going. But its better you do make the effort than to risk running out of energy and fuel, winding up exhausted, burned out, and possibly getting out of it.

The more you rely on the Spirit, the less you will have that urge to do it yourself, in the flesh. You simply learn by experience that the Spirit is the easier and better and more effective way in the long run, that the flesh may have its advantages, but theyre always finite, and sooner or later its bound to let you down, and the sooner you will have learned to depend on the Spirit, the more and longer you will find yourself sustained even in situations in which the flesh would have let you down. Its comparable to the longevity of paper currencies vs. that of gold and other lasting currencies and values: paper money may temporarily be the hottest item around, and everybody may be chasing it and spending all their lives and energies in the pursuit of it and running after it, but in the long run it turns out that its power was very limited and temporary. The fires of lifes trials will reveal which are the values and currencies that endure and last. I want you to endure and to be able to endure, instead of running out of steam prematurely. Thats why I need you to learn to put your cards on the Spirit. You have to be able to recognize when its time to pull out of pouring mode and you need to get a refill. Its essential for you to recognize that the power is not yours but Mine, and that you need that contact and communication with Me in order to keep going and keep pouring. You naturally feel the urge to give out what youve got, but its vital that you recognize that you cant keep pouring out unlimitedly without coming back to Me, getting refilled and thus show that you acknowledge that you rely on Me. Its one reason why I have to keep you physically weak and obviously dependent on Me, not able to do all that much at once. Ive got to have you wait for Me. I cant let you do it on your own. Only together with Me are you as strong as you need to be for this battle thats coming up. If you try to rush ahead of Me, youre risking everything. 210 ___________________________________________________ The question youre asking yourself now is whether I will continue the stream of supply, or is My apparent withholding of the financial flow perhaps a sign that I want you to do something else instead? Well, for one thing, I dont want you to be complacent. I want you to stay in a mode in which youre desperately seeking Me for every step, never taking for granted that your current procedure or state is just perfectly fine without any further need for improvement. In order to achieve that, it is necessary for Me not to provide you with a constantly steady flow, that sort of comes automatically, no matter what you do, but requires a constant monitoring on your behalf of your connection with Me, and the state of our affair, so to speak. If I would supply you with a constant and steady flow of plenty of income, you would probably be much less inclined to doublecheck with Me about My opinion on how youre faring. It would be so obvious then. As long as the machine keeps rolling somehow and puttering away, everyone thinks that things are just fine and okay, no improvement needed. But by keeping you on a financially tight and shorter leash, I am better able to keep you close to Me, desperately looking up to Me, rather than complacently going through your days without question whether youre doing alright, as far as Im concerned. My flow of spiritual riches will always be steady and available to you, and is not dependent on how youre faring, or on whether youre failing Me in some way. To the contrary: if you would be failing Me in some way, I would probably have even more to tell you about it. So the one thing that keeps you concerned about My approval is your financial status.

Sometimes I allow things to happen for you to see what would happen if Life, in some ways, is a constant experiment of Lets see what happens if You live and learn by experience, finding out just what happens if certain things occur. Changes are brought about that way, too. You may realize that certain things you may have once considered the end of the world may not be that grave, after all, so you change your attitude and opinion about them, you overcome your fears of them, and thus you become more free and independent. What if the flow isnt going to continue in the same way it has? Is the world really going to collapse and stop turning? Sooner or later things will become bad one way or another. Perhaps Im preparing all of you for that time right now. Perhaps it has come to that Perhaps things could be worse, and perhaps they will be. Perhaps My Word is right, after all, about its prognosis as far as the future of the world is concerned, and the sooner people learn to depend on Me, the better off theyre going to be 211 ___________________________________________________ I was a Man of no reputation for your sake. Now would you be willing to do the same for Me and become a man of no reputation for My sake? And for the sake of others. As long as youre still bound by ties such as concern over your reputation, how are you ever going to free anyone else from theirs? Only a free person can truly liberate another. They need to see that there is such a thing as freedom out there at all, and thats why they need a living proof and sample of it, and thats why I cant have you captive or slave or subject to any of the devices of the Enemy that he uses to keep his slaves in line. It is not that I forbade My disciples to pay taxes to the Romans, as some later falsely excused Me. But on the other hand, did I have them work in order to obtain that money? Or did I not rather provide it for them miraculously, as in the account of the coin in the mouth of the fish? I am able to provide the filthy lucre the System demands, even without your having to divert your attention from the work youre doing for Me in order to obtain it. You wonder, Why are You leaving me? But that Promise is absolutely real and perpetually valid: I will never leave thee nor forsake thee! Never. Satan may sow that doubt in your mind because of the rather bleak circumstances that make it appear as though I or the Father had forsaken you. But thats just where your faith is being tested, whether you will cling to that Promise of I will never leave thee nor forsake thee, and whether youre actually going to believe it, or fall for the doubt trap of the Enemy. And even if you doubt, I will not leave or forsake you. You may temporarily believe it, and thus it may seem to you that way, but you can absolutely know for certain that this will never ever truly be the case. There is no such thing. Even if youre faithless, I remain faithful. I cannot deny Myself. I cannot go back on My Promises. Im not like one of those politicians like Obama who promises one thing and does another. No matter what noble intentions they claim to have and make themselves believe would justify their means, a false promise is a lie and a deception, and never justifiable in My eyes, nor will it ever hold ground before Me, and as they will all be able to tell by the end result, it will never result in good fruit, either. You cannot obtain good results from an evil deed, just as you cannot obtain good fruit from a bad tree. I may use the mistakes and even sins of My children for greater good, if they are recognized, confessed and repented of, but that is a totally different story. These people use lies as a supposedly justifiable means to achieve their pseudo-noble goals, and they will soon find out just how justifiable they were according to My opinion and the rules of My book. Those are the liars and thieves that the Book of Revelation

speaks of who will have no part, no right to enter into My heavenly City. They may claim to be Christians, but who is going to know whether thats not just another one of their lies that they use in order to catapult themselves forward in the race for power, just like all the other ones? If they claim to know Me, why dont they act like it? By their fruits ye shall know them, and if the fruit of their lips is the opposite of their actions, you can always tell that theyre not of Me, for I am the way and the truth and the life, and the way of lies and lies and ever more lies is simply not My way, but clearly the opposite. Thats the type of people to whom I will say, Depart from Me, ye workers of iniquity, for I have never known you. I have never known them, just as they have never known Me. Were strangers to each other. Just as the pseudo pious religious authorities in My day thought they were children of God or of Abraham, and I plainly told them, You are of your father, the Devil, the same applies to them. You cant tell one lie after another and still claim youre not a son of the father of lies! You cannot lie incessantly and claim to be a child or follower of the God of truth! If you judge everything by the criteria of false and true, youll see that there is quite a gap between My ways and those the cohorts of the Enemy avail themselves of, which make the two parties quite distinguishable from each other. Their way is theirs and Mine is Mine, and never the twain shall meet. I will let them see where their path will have led them. And youll be glad then that you chose the opposite way. They may look like the winners temporarily, but theyre going to be revealed as pathetic losers once they wind up before their Makers throne and will have to give an account for each of their idle words and empty promises they cause the public to put their hopes in only to be let down and betrayed again and again and again. How great the darkness, when that supposed light in their eyes is actually darkness, and how great the deception when what they proclaim as truth is actually nothing but lies 212 ___________________________________________________ I sometimes test your faith, whether youre going to keep on believing even if it seems as if I had forsaken you. I didnt, and I never will, but are you going to keep believing it, even if I dont seem to be around momentarily, or choose not to give you any input on the matter? Im not like the Devil and his mass media: I dont brainwash you into accepting My pre-fabbed conclusions, but I want you to reach your own. If youre going to believe Me and trust Me, I want you to know why you do, and how youve reached the conclusion and determination to trust Me. And in order for you to know those things quite for certain, so that your faith in them will be able to endure any storm (and lo, the storm is coming), I allow you to be tested and to pass through experiences that will assure you over and over again of the reasons that lead you to conclude that you can trust Me, even if temporarily it may not seem to be the case at times. I want your faith to outweigh the circumstances. 213 ___________________________________________________ Have I not said that I have other sheep who are not of this fold? You should be glad that there are many sheep coming back from the false folds of the churches to the true Shepherd; that theyre finding out who I really am, and that they have so much in common with you, even if its quite unlikely that theyre ever going to want to join you. Its a desire for people to join your group, to want them to be part of your thing and what you do, and lend their power to you in

order to enhance yours, but its a carnal desire, and one of the factors that drove them away from the churches in the first place. The concern of the Early Church, and which should be yours, also, was to bring them to Me. Of course, back then, when there was only one church, when somebody became a Christian, it usually meant that they became part and member of the church, too, even if secretly, and that has become a lot more complicated nowadays with all those different churches and groups. Just keep focusing on the true spiritual church, the ecclesia, those who are the true called out ones from the System, regardless of whether theyre going to be part of your group or not. Even the smallest and most despised group, if given the opportunity and power, would fall into the same traps and make the same mistakes as the churches, and thats why its important that you dont keep your eyes on the group or on the people, but solely on Me. Keep your focus on Me, and let that be enough. Let My strength and power be sufficient for you. You may crave and want physical support from people, but Im primarily concerned about teaching you to avail yourself of My support and aid. Once you will have learned to do that, then it will also draw the attention of others toward you, and will cause them to consider lending their support to you and joining forces with you. But first youve got to prove that youre the real thing, and you only become the real thing by keeping your eyes and focus steadily on the Real Thing, Me. It all keeps boiling down to the one same thing, which is focusing on Me and looking unto Me, the Author and Finisher not only of your faith, but pretty much of everything that you are, and not only you, but each and everyone of My brides and My creations. I have started this work, and it is I Who will have to complete it. Im a very active God, much more so than you could possibly perceive right now, and it will be one of the most shocking surprises in history when the extent to which I have been and am being actively involved in whats going on on earth will be revealed. People think its they doing most of the action, while Im up Here twiddling thumbs, but are they ever going to be surprised Im truly not just a passive Observer. They dont call Me the Maker for nothing. Its not as if I retired and decided to watch you guys doing all the action. If you were ever involved in making a movie, youd actually notice that the director happens to be one of the most active figures on the set, and you could definitely say thats the case with Me. Of course, I do a large part of My work through you, My agents on earth, but I dont restrict Myself to working exclusively through you. There are also millions of angels and spirit helpers around, and then I also like to get involved in the action Myself. Thats part of the reason why I never cease from trying to convince you of availing yourself of My help and power, instead of always waiting for some physical figure to appear and save you. Salvation will come to you from the Spirit. Thats the hills from whence cometh your help. Not from the physical heights and big shots around you in your realm, but from the Lord which made heaven and earth. If I created all that stuff, dont you think I might be able to help you out, too? I may have given folks the impression that I am by nature a rather weak and helpless God for having allowed them to crucify Me, but one day even the dumbest soul in the universe will understand that this apparent sign of weakness was actually a manifestation of the greatest strength. If I would have manifested Myself in My true strength, I would have all the friends in the world, but all for the wrong reasons. So, Im allowing the Enemy to play the role of the big, tough head honcho to see whos going to fall for it, and who will not be fooled by his act but will refuse to settle for anything less and other than the Real Thing. Only those who want the Real Thing are going to get it. Let all the others who settle for the seemingly more impressive fake settle for that. If theyre so easily impressed by any old show and

display or power, well, there you go be My guest. What Im really interested in is the folks who wont fall for it, no matter how impressive 214 ___________________________________________________ Prosperity isnt always as conducive to progress as the lean times are. When theres plenty, people tend to look around a lot less for new things they could do, new projects they could start or areas to pioneer. Self-satisfaction settles in way too easily in order to activate that initiative and drive you need to look around and start some new project or even look around for new prospects. So, I am able to use financial instability better than financial stability, in general terms, since it causes greater desperation, as opposed to that stagnating self-satisfaction. Im using your desperation to stir up your innovativeness and creativity. I use those things, just as I use everything else in your life. There is nothing that will stir you up and fan the fire of inspiration in you as that desperation caused by a shortage of funds. As soon as the usual flow stops, you pray more, you look around more for what else you might be able to do for Me, as opposed to the times when a lot of your time is spent on just entertaining yourselves, simply because there is no apparent need for improvement, progress, or change. I use the hard times for both your and My own good purpose, and generally speaking, theyre a lot more conducive to bearing good and lasting fruit than what you would call the good times, - the easy and prosperous times. The hard times are a much more excellent preparation for whats to come than the easy times, which only tend to further spoil you, so just try to enjoy the hard times for what they are, because for one thing, theyre not nearly as hard as they could be, and are inevitably going to be, and secondly, a positive approach to them will lead to greater productivity and show Me that you continue to trust Me in spite of the circumstances, and thus means greater victory! Greater victories out of seeming defeat is My slogan, and Im happy for you that you are going through this comparatively hard time, because it is simply much better for you than a prolonged period of good times would have been, just as I told My disciples that I was happy for their sakes that Lazarus had died, because I was going to be able to do a miracle that was going to increase their faith even more. I use those seeming defeats all the time for greater victories and miracles. So, enjoy these relatively harder and more difficult times as an opportunity to bring out something more and something good and something new in you, something thats going to increase your productivity, and thus your efficiency and use for Me, which these times of pressure have always done. It also makes you look for the most efficient option in order to reach people, not necessarily that which you would personally like or enjoy the most. So, which is better? - The good times or the hard times? You tell Me! Financial stability unfortunately often encourages complacency. As long as a certain method works, people dont look around for something new to do, or at least not as readily, or under the same pressure. Pressure is a force that I use for good. Its not necessarily something bad that needs to be shunned and avoided at any cost. 215 ___________________________________________________ I like to bring out in you the potential that you didnt even know yourself was there, and which other way can I do that than by extraordinary, and sometimes rough circumstances? Certainly the usual way wouldnt bring about those moments of exuberance! You can only reach your extreme strength in extreme situations.

Why not try and enjoy this challenge? The times are hard? Hallelujah! Bring on the night! Bring on the battle! Thats what youre on the battle field for to fight, and thats the only thing thats going to make you skilled at fighting and stronger, not the easy, affluent times. You compare to those who are doing better and you think youve got the raw end of the deal, when in the end it doesnt matter what youve been handed, but what you make out of it that counts, and you know enough stories of people who were really handed the raw end of the deal and rough circumstances, and yet made the best out of it You can do it, too! You dont have to accept the losers fate or the loser label the Enemy wants to pin on you, even in your own mind! If youre going to accept the Devils brainwash and indoctrination, then woe is us! So, guard your truth! Keep defending it, and keep cherishing and valuing it as the priceless treasure that it is! Ive been sowing the seed of the truth in theory in your mind, but now its up to you to make out of it a truth that you can actually live. Dependence on Me is what counts, and where we are right now is the process of taking that principle out of the realm of the theoretical and putting it into practice, applying it in the real world and actuality. Take out the trash in your head! To hell with what anyone else might think about you! That isnt your concern. What should concern you, is what I think about you. Fear not them which kill the body or make themselves opinions of you. Only fear the One Who could really let you get into trouble if you dont make sure you stay close to Him, and care about His opinion of you! I expect of you to stand up for your convictions and for My truth, and not care about all this other stuff What shall we eat, what shall we drink, wherewithal shall we be clothed?... Thats all the same stuff the captives of the System are concerned about.

where its hard to find. 217 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes you think you need something else, something new, but do you, really? Did you already get all you could out of what you already have? Remember that the disciple of the Kingdom finds in his treasure both things old and new. The Bible is the old things you take out of your treasure, and I add the new things I give you in abundance. But the Bible is your fundament. You can read it over and over again, it doesnt really become boring, or give you the feel that its old or worn out, does it? You still keep getting new little revelations from it. What I give is like manna: I give it every day anew, and according to the need of the day. Focus on the things you really need, just as I told My disciples not to labor for the meat that perisheth, but to seek Me, the Bread of Life, which would cause him who would eat from it to never be hungry again. Im the only food that really satisfies in a long and lasting way. Im the satisfaction your soul seeks and yearns for. So, if the Enemy was trying to get you to focus on the hole in the donut once again, and at your lack and wants, and at whats not there, look away from it and look at Me, at all that is there, and all I give, and all I am yet able and more than willing to give, if you just display a little bit of faith. how do you display faith? By praising Me. The Enemy will try to use anything or anyone to drag you down and tear your focus away from Me. But I have supplied means for you to bring your focus back on Me in spite of them.

His forces may be there, and theyre real and pounding on your door, trying to divert, distract and intimidate you, but I represent a stronger force in your life that overcomes them. Yes, its hard sometimes. So what? Can that stop you? I know You see, all this is nothing new: its all there in the Bible. theres more in you than that! I can make a bellwether out of you, Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world, etc. Its even if you didnt think thats what you were. all a matter of being reminded of it in ways that make the same I can do it and make out of you something beyond anything you truth more attractive to your mind again, a new wrapping and dared to dream or think. Just give Me a chance, and Ill prove it to packaging. you! I can make all things new, and even the old things get a new touch if I breathe on them and blow them your way with a new twist, a new viewpoint and angle 216 ___________________________________________________ I showed them that their system and a lot of their values So, a lot of the secret and mystery of life and making the most (which were basically the same as today) werent where it was at. out of it is finding the new in the old: find the new application of But I offered a better alternative. I didnt say, Damned are the some of the same old basic and fundamental truths, and see proud and those who lean on the arm of the flesh and who think which ones are applicable today. Its just like the same old they are wise, but I gave it a positive slant by saying blessed are sunshine, same old rain, but needing to shine and flow into new the meek, the merciful, poor in spirit, etc. places today to bring forth new fruit, new things that werent I contradicted their system without making it an obvious there before. contradiction, but by offering a better alternative. Its the same old ingredients and forces that bring new life. All So, if you focus more on the blessings of blessed are and the Enemy can do is to discourage you from availing yourself of concentrate more on showing the attractive alternative, rather the things and tools youve already got. He tries to make you than pointing out all thats wrong about the stuff they still believe doubt: But that old stuff isnt going to be able to fulfill todays in, youll also have a lot more success in your preaching and needs! What are you going to do now? You dont have what it ministry. takes, etc. Instead of blasting them, you turn around in your approach and When all the while you do. You do have what it takes; you just say, Blessed are they who do things differently. And you list up need to avail yourself of it. all the qualities of such blessed and happy people: Happy people So, if the Enemy ever tries to tell you again that you havent got are humble. Happy people are grateful. Happy people like to give, what it takes to fill the need, to meet the challenge of the day, just they like to love and like to live, etc. remember what I told you: he lies, and you do have exactly and all it takes to deal with him and anything you may have to face. Im not saying that there is never a time to point out the ugly His only weapon is this lie, that you havent got it, but I tell you: truth. But its a lot easier for people to accept what you have to youve got it. Just use it. say if you wrap it up in a positive packaging. Just focus on what youve got and get everything out of it that You agree that theres something positive about pretty much you can and make the most of it! If you just focus on giving out everything, right? what youve already got, youll be faring just fine. So, keep looking at that, and keep looking for that in situations Anything else you might yet need, I will supply and give to you

accordingly. So, dont focus on what you havent got, but on that which you do have. Dont focus on the need as much as on Me, the Filler. The majority of people dont want to hear about or understand the deeper meaning of the signs that I leave all over My creation. They think they dont need to know any more than what they already know. You know that you havent even yet begun to know, and thats why I can always show you more. Let them live in their imagined fullness, unready to receive anything else, anything new, any more than what they think they have, and come with Me to the place of ever more and ever new. 218 ___________________________________________________ Youve got to become more conscious of the fact that Im the One in charge, even if Im temporarily allowing the Devil and his ilk to pretend to be. Thats the whole difference between My disciples and the folks who just obediently trot along in the rhythm of this world: you know youre ultimately under My authority, and when the point comes that what theyre asking of you doesnt jibe anymore with My will for you, thats where youve got to take the stance My early apostles did, that We ought to obey God rather than men. That ought to set you free from any pressure the System tries to exert on you. Of course, theyre going to keep trying, and financial pressure is obviously one of the most effective tools the Enemy has got. And thats where and when your faith is being tried, as to how much you really believe that Im in charge and able to supply your needs without having to resort to the arm of the flesh or having to compromise with the System. I would like you to trust Me entirely for your substance and supply, and I know its hard sometimes when you cant see at all where its supposed to be coming from. But doesnt it always boost your faith a lot when I do it, and especially when I do it in a totally miraculous way without any aid or help from the flesh? I have allowed similar tests with others of My servants, and they werent always blessed with material abundance. Some of My greatest saints were poor. And just because you live in an era during which it is being preached that to be blessed by Me is equivalent to living in physical abundance, well, what if Im daring to make an exception with you? What if I seem to be breaking those supposed promises with you, and all I am actually supplying for you is your needs, and not all the extras that a lot of people nowadays think they need to have as well, especially in the West? What if theyre paying a price for their affluence that I dont want you to pay? What if that price is greater complacency and less fervor and desperation in both their service and relationship with Me? Or what if I just wish to keep you humble, desperate and close to Me and use this situation as My tool to accomplish that? The more desperately you seek Me, the more I am able to do powerful and world-changing things in your life. The more I am able to really let My Spirit flow in you. Complacency and My Spirit simply dont jibe very well. Many of the controversial prophet characters throughout history didnt have snow-white reputations, but that didnt have any impact on their role as prophets. Prophets are not necessarily always sinless saints. Who can tell Me what sort of people Im supposed to use as My voices for the truth? Who wants to stick Me in a box? Youre finding out once again that Im an unconventional God, and even for your standards I can get a little bit wild sometimes. Why do I do things in the seemingly crazy way I do them? Why couldnt I use more normal and appropriate means and established and officially recognized methods? Because I cant identify with their sickening and hypocritical System, thats why, and if I want to make one thing clear, it is that

I dont and wont have any part in it. And those who try to bend over backwards in order to appease and appeal to that System, they literally make Me sick at the stomach! So, dont worry if you stick out and are quite different from them. At least you know that you are not making Me sick at My stomach. Isnt that comforting to know, that youre not one of those that make Me sick and make Me feel like spewing them out? That new movement of people who are leaving the church system may be leaving the churches, but what is their stance on the political system? Are they just moving away and apart from the churches, but still approving of and condoning the political system? Then theyre going to be guilty of all the injustices that system perpetrates, too. With their books winding up on the New York Times bestseller lists, one could almost suspect that this is the case here, and perhaps the Enemy is just using them to continue to put Christianity into a bad light: Even their own folks are deserting them. Dont get me wrong. A lot of what theyre saying is totally true, but what about the way they live? What is their stance on the System? Do they constitute an alternative to the System? They may be exposing some truths about a part of the System, namely the church system, but when it comes to the rest of the System, those guys remain silent. As long as theyre not part of the church system they think theyre good. Well, being a real and complete disciple of Mine also includes sharing and preaching My stance on the world. And if they dont have the guts to do that, then theyre just as lukewarm as the churches theyve just come out of, and were back at square one. Whereas My Family has been a vocal witness and testimony against the System from the beginning, as well as the living proof that an alternative life-style apart from the System and outside its matrix is possible. So, your job and role for Me, even if it may not seem as obviously blessed in lucrative terms, is more important to Me. Youre not just letting the hurt victims of the churches know that there is a way of worshiping Me outside of their institutions, but youre also presenting a real and tangible way out of the System per se, and thats why Ive got to have you really living outside of, and independent from the System, without having to resort to it in any way, even financially. Youve got to be the living proof that, yes; Im going to take care of them if theyre going to leave their jobs in order to serve Me. They may not necessarily be able to enjoy the same sort of abundance they currently enjoy while slaving away for those comforts and luxuries and extras, but for this they can have the simple joy of knowing theyre serving God in the truest and purest form and way possible today in the 21st century, regardless of what all the voices may say that cause them to compare with others: Why do they have so much more than you? More of what? - Material things that bring leanness to the souls of millions and billions of folks around the world? Its true that I want to be at the center of your life. But I also need you to give Me the priority in your life. Its true that I want your whole life, and not just the pinnacle or top position in it. But in order to realistically ensure that and you know how much easier all this is in theory than in actual real life and practice for most people that means letting go of a lot of stuff that would crowd Me out of their lives. Otherwise theirs is just going to be another lukewarm version of a life lived in compromise with the System. Which is also why Luke 14:33 is still a requirement for My disciples that hasnt changed. How ready are they to forsake all that wealth they just accumulated with their Get out of the churches, but stay in the System books?

Theyre being so successful because theyre not really posing a threat to the Enemy, who is working on abolishing Christianity per se, and if he can find a few folks from among the ranks of Christians and disgruntled church members to help him, thats all the better for him.

So, it brings you back to the perhaps lonely, but nonetheless important position of a prophet for My Cause who is covering all the aspects of discipleship, not just the area of relationship with Me. Relationship with Me sooner or later will have to include the aspects of My relationship with the world, because one thing has not changed about relationship with Me since the Bible: Friendship with the world is still enmity with God. And you cant claim to be a friend of God if youre silently condoning and Everybody has their own particular trials in their situation, and consenting with and thus through your actions, approving of the its not as if Im favoring anybody or treating you or them Godless ways of the political System youre living under. unfairly. The grass always looks greener on the other side, and their situation may always look better from a distance, but once If youre never addressing any of the social injustices, and act as you get a closer look, you see that the battles and trials are if I am forever going to tolerate whats going on, never will return evenly and fairly distributed, so nobody is going to have to feel to judge the world and reclaim My bride from among them, then left out or overlooked what sort of alternative to the System is that? And what sort of hope does it offer to those who are absolutely sick and tired of the System sick and tired unto death so sick of it theyre 220 ___________________________________________________ ready to commit suicide? I know its hard sometimes to keep the faith and to stay in the Its not as if the churches were the only evil that has befallen this firm knowledge and assurance of My love, especially when there world, and its not even the worst. are so many influences from the carnal mind and the vibes of the So what about all those other issues? System and the Matrix pounding on you - All their vibes of We all know now that the churches suck, but what about the disbelief and skepticism and doubt. - The same sin that caused rest of the world? Adam and Eve and with them this whole creation to fall under What are you going to do about that, and what are you doing in this curse of nothingness, emptiness and blackness instead of order to help make things better? Okay, youre promoting the love, light and fullness that I would like to give. relationship with Me, that is good, youre emphasizing that I am It takes real faith to see it in a world where there seems to be Love, which is also good, but what about My love for those who none of it. It takes the Don Quixote type of faith to see noble are not going to be helped by your book, but are starving each knights and ladies where others only see scum and lunacy. They day or dying from wounds of war or disease because of the try to prove you wrong because they couldnt stand the social injustices your own government commits that you are so possibility that you could be right and there is actually silently tolerating and condoning and thus, virtually promoting? something else apart from their miserable shadow of a reality Thats why youve got to cling to what youve got with all your If youre not going to speak out against any other evils than that might and not allow folks to steal it or take it from you. Youve of the churches, youre not doing a very efficient job as a prophet got to fight for it. It may not seem like the politically correct thing or spokesman of Mine, because I have a lot to say on those to do, to fight for your religious conviction, nor is it something issues as well. you feel like doing by your passive and peaceable nature, but I need people who are going to let the world know that I am not in even for your own sake youve got to do it, because they wont favor of them, much less responsible for them, because its your rest until youre defeated. own selfish and corrupt governments that you never lose or utter Its a fight to the finish; a fight unto death. Theyre of course one word about, who are responsible for that, pouring billions, fueled by the adversary, but youre fueled and empowered by Me, nay trillions of dollars into their war machine, and thus and I need you to prove to them Who is stronger in the long run, contributing to the evils of this world, instead of reducing them. even though youre so vastly outnumbered. And that is only one of many evils. Once again I need to show that one small man with Me on his side is more powerful than large armies and giants. Even the Israelite army was intimidated by Goliath just as many from 219 ___________________________________________________ your ranks are awed by all the Systems rah-rah. But it still takes Youve got to present the whole spectrum and picture, not just one small man with the necessary faith to defeat the big just one side of it, in order to really present an answer to the mouth of the System. great confusion out there. People need and want to know whats They may all feel like running, but if youre going to stand your going on, both with the System and with Me: why I am allowing ground and refuse to be intimidated, you can win the decisive all these things to happen, etc. battle for the entire army. They need to know who the real culprit is, and that its not Me, If I have done it before and I have worked that way before, why before theyre ever going to start to put their trust in Me. Thats wouldnt I do it again? why your task is so important to Me, and thats also why the More often than not, I have availed Myself of single men instead Enemy is so mad at you and would like to stomp you out, and of armies. What makes you think that I should do it differently hes trying to cut you off from the stream of supply of the this time? System; but dont worry, I am perfectly capable of generating My My Word only shows very few chosen witnesses in key positions own streams whenever necessary. and wielding My power in the very End, while the gist of My bride Your failure to be impressed by his usual pressure tactics is will be holding out surviving in the wilderness what infuriates him most, and so thats also what hes working on the hardest and trying to break. If he could get you to give in So be not dismayed or even astonished that there is not a whole to his pressure and say uncle to the System and run there for army fighting by your side, and if you even seem to be the only help it would constitute a major victory for him in the battle of one on your particular battle field your life, because it would signal, You see, He doesnt take care Its fairly normal, if you look at the history of My people. of you the way He always says He would. Just remember David and the Israelite army shivering before But as long as you show and prove with your life that living by Goliath, if you ever feel tempted to be discouraged by the fact

faith is possible even in this day and age, you create a loophole out of his matrix and prove that it isnt watertight, and thus, destined to sink. See, the only way his system is ever going to work is if he can prove that there is no alternative, and if he can lock Me out of it: show that everybody is dependent on him for survival. He is copying My message of the Art of Dependence in his own peculiar and dictatorial style And your independence from his system is the biggest thorn in his flesh you could ever be. I need to train your muscles of dependence on Me alone, even if its painful having to watch others on your left and right blessed with material abundance to a greater extent than you.

that not too many are standing by your side. Neither did they stand by David, but I with him was all the company he needed to defeat the System bigmouth. Dont look behind you anymore and wonder, Where on earth is everybody? Dont be discouraged in the least, nor surprised, if they wont come or show up, either. This is your battle, and once youll have won it, theyre going to come storming after the rest of the Philistines, too. But for starters, they always need someone to remind them that one man with God on his side is a majority against all the Enemy can muster up!

and salvation to this world that so desperately needs it strikes them as gross No, God would never ever do anything like that! Hes too loving to ever have ulterior motives, such as using you or anyone Well, you can put it whichever way you like, but loving someone means doing certain things for them, and by doing something good for someone, you could inevitably say that the other person is using you, whether they do it on purpose or not. Whether I say, Im using you or youre doing this or that for Me voluntarily doesnt really make such a big difference. Im thrilled youre doing the things you do for Me voluntarily, but You woke up with the mindset of insignificance, of Who am I, I also wont hesitate to apply the necessary means, including and what difference could I possibly make? And Ive had to pressure, whenever time runs out, and its a do or die, now or remind you that you can make all the difference in the world, just never situation, where youre going to wish you had done that by determining to believe that Im not limited by many or by few, thing you were meant and supposed to do, or a lot could be and one person truly yielded to Me even a poor person, or lost perhaps I should say, especially a poor person can be more Its not all about one certain individuals feelings of Oh, Hes useful to Me under the right circumstances than a whole army of just using me. folks who still havent grasped the difference between flesh and If I can use you for good, and for My purpose and for the spirit. establishment of My Kingdom on earth and the salvation of Im still the God and champion of the poor, the small, the souls, one day youll realize that nothing better could have despised and downtrodden, who will nonetheless stare bravely possibly ever happened to you than Me using you, and youll be into the face of a foe who vastly outnumbers them. thankful you didnt listen to those whiners who had a problem with that. Besides being a loving Father or Papa, I am also the Lord of 221 ___________________________________________________ Hosts, the Leader of the Armies of Heaven, and I would not be Im not going to rescue you prematurely at a point where I much of a warlord if I couldnt use My soldiers and put them might risk your taking My aid for granted. into strategic positions of potentially greatest usefulness for My Im not dumb or too good-hearted: Im going to try to get purpose, Cause and campaign, and if I couldnt drill and train something out of this deal, too, namely renewed and more them into states of willingness and unquestioning obedience, intense fervor on your part, and greater thankfulness for having which is probably another term that kind of people might have a saved and rescued you once again at precisely the right moment, problem with the way only a true Savior could. Certain things are just required if youre planning on winning a Otherwise youd take Me for granted, the way a lot of people war, instead of leaving the field to the Enemy. unfortunately do. Thats what a lot of other people on the other hand are accusing Me of already: How come Im leaving all this power and authority If you see the situation from an angle where you recognize My to the Devil if Im supposed to be almighty and all-powerful? omnipotence, and the fact that this challenge is truly an easy So, Im not even going to begin to try to please all those different thing for Me to handle, then you even find it in you to praise Me voices who are saying on one hand I should not use people or for presenting you with this challenge. just categorically state that I would never do that, and those on the other hand who say why Im not doing more to interfere with You dont know yet how on earth Im going to do it this time. All whats happening here on earth. you know is that I have never ever let you down so far, and so If you remember, I have always used people to interfere, you think its quite unlikely that Im going to let you down this including My own appearance as a Human on the planet, and time, unless there is some way in which youre severely failing thats simply what I like to do: use people to do stuff through, Me, so youre seeking Me more desperately, trying to make sure instead of just running the whole show by Myself. Youve got a thats not the case problem with that? - Tough luck for you. All of which Im using to draw you closer to Me. I used those people to roll away the stone from Lazarus grave, Maybe this doesnt coincide precisely with the idea some people when I could have done that part Myself, too. But I simply happen have of Me being this lovey-dovey, cozy God Who would never to not be fond of running the whole show by Myself Are they ever exert the slightest bit of pressure on His children. going to hold that against Me, too? Theyve got their own idea of love and goodness and whats best Some people refer to Me by saying they dont want to dance on for My children, and Ive got Mine some other Suckers parade, the sucker being Me in that They might argue, But then it isnt voluntary anymore to love case Well, its not just going to be My parade, dude, but theres You a whole lot of people who are going to be involved and included Well, when you voluntarily decided to follow Me and accept Me in it, who are also going to be celebrated as the victors along as your Lord and Master, you also basically agreed to the with Me, and anyone can be a part of that crowd and number, clauses in the contract that state that I am allowed to use providing they dont mind and dont start whining over being disciplinary measures in your life that allow Me to draw you used by Me. closer to Me whenever necessary. If you have a problem with that, you may just have to cope with The voluntary part was when you chose Me and My way as the fact that in the end youre going to be found to have been opposed to the Systems way. You granted Me the full rights then useless for My Kingdom and Cause. If youve got anything to to apply whatever measures necessary to get the most out of you contribute, any talents I have given you to begin with, why not in terms of usefulness for My Cause. Not so much because Im put them to use for My Cause and Kingdom, instead of winding the achievement junkie, or need you to accomplish, accomplish, up feeling useless? accomplish, but because I happen to know that nothing is going If theres anything My Family is all about, its the freedom to use to make you as happy as the knowledge that you are being used anything for My Cause, including some of the things the church by Me to the fullest degree, no matter how allergic some people Christians wouldnt have dared to touch with a ten foot pole. may be to the idea of Me using them or anybody. They obviously dont mind being used by the Devil and the People who wait for the perfect and politically correct approach System to feed their war machinery by paying them plenty of and have too many scruples to be using this or using that or the taxes in order to produce more weapons to kill off more Muslims other for My purpose, Im afraid are not the type of material out of in far-away lands But the idea of Me using them to bring love which a Gideons band is hewn that Im going to win a war with

against an enemy force that is vastly outnumbering theirs I need stout-hearted men who dont cringe and whine at the thought of Me using them, but who say, Lord, whichever way You can: use Me. Burn me up and consume me, if necessary! Im all yours, and honored to be used by You in whichever way You see fit Thats the type of people I can actually use in order to win this war against all odds. The people I can use to accomplish My purpose in history are the type who dont mind being used. 222 ___________________________________________________ I avail Myself of unconventional methods. Conventional is human style, and as far as Im concerned, beginners style. Im not a beginner, Im a Pro. So, why should I let a bunch of beginners tell Me how Im supposed to have created the universe? It may totally defy their reasoning how I did it and yours, but why cant you just be humble and admit that in reality youre just a bunch of kids who dont have much of an idea of what the adults are talking about, much less how they devised the complicated world around you? Does a little child understand how an automobile is put together, or how a light bulb functions? Some things are going to remain matters that will have to be taken by faith until youre mature enough to understand them and how they function and came into being. One thing is for sure, though, and that is that an attitude of wanting to know everything better than Me is not exactly conducive to true knowledge and insight, especially concerning My Creation You would like to know how I made this world and everything that comes with it, and youd like to be able to convey a simple picture and understanding of that process to others. Well, the problem is that the only account of how I did it in existence seems to strongly defy the explanation that man has cooked up himself, all in the light of the paradigm that I dont even exist Basically it boils down to two options: you either believe that I could have done it any way I would have liked to, or you dont.

Youre not satisfied with that answer? Well, there are others who have wracked their brains about these issues before, so why dont you read up on what theyve had to say about it? Just as there is a natural remedy and cure for every ailment in My creation, youll also find an answer to any problem or question if you keep looking long and hard enough. If My creation doesnt make sense to you, or the process of how Im supposed to have done it, relax. It wont be the only and last thing about Me that wont make sense to you. I know you want to have everything figured out, so that you can matter-of-factly explain it to others. Sorry I havent made it all that easy Sorry you cant quite come up with an easy answer for everything yet. Yes, its humbling: here you are, supposedly with a lot of insight, personal contact with Me, and a hot wire of prophecy, and yet you cant even plausibly explain to anyone how Im supposed to have made the universe. That is, you do have the records of old, but they simply sound too outrageous, too ridiculous to present to anyone in this day and age, you figure Perhaps sometimes it takes the guts to believe something outrageous Didnt we have this subject before? How you couldnt imagine that the earth could have been just hanging there for days without a sun to revolve around, without its present position in the galaxy, let alone all the hundreds of billions of other galaxies? Similar to the way Im apparently letting you hang there right now without any substance to rely on, with no source to supply your need, no other source except for My invisible hand, that is A lot of the stuff I do, lets face it - you just dont see it. You cant see it, and thats what bothers you. But thats exactly what faith is supposed to be: the factor that gets you to believe in and acknowledge the existence of things invisible, that which you presently cant see. Im saying, Believe and you will see. But you folks would rather have it the other way around: Show us and well believe. Like Philip: Show us the Father, and it is enough. Do you think he ever actually got to see the Father during his life-time? Did he need to? No, he was perfectly able to continue his life of faith even without having seen the Father. All he needed to go on was the visible evidence of His Presence and existence all around him. The evidence speaks loud enough. Does it speak loud enough for you to drown out the other factors that dont make sense to you or cause you to doubt? The evidence may defy the reasoning for My having done it the way it is claimed that I have done it. But just consider it from your own experiences in life: Do you think that it is possible that what I did to the earth during its first days of existence was the same thing I now and then do to you? Just let you hang in there for a while with nothing and no one else to rely on but Me? Perhaps the earth and its creation was a perfect example of what I am doing in every child of Mine by faith ever since: show that I suffice. I am enough. Even if I never would have created a sun or a galaxy or a host of more galaxies, I could have sustained the earth and all life on it somehow. Just because youve gotten used to all the other factors being around and you couldnt possibly imagine life without them, doesnt mean that you can actually leave out the most important life-sustaining factor of them all, and that is Me; which is precisely what the majority of folks is doing, though. They give all the credit to creation itself, instead of Me. They have become just as they have always been since the beginning worshipers of the creation rather than the Creator. Are you going to make the same mistake, or do you have the guts to constitute an exception and make a difference by defying their mindset of unbelief?

223 ___________________________________________________ It would be so easy to gain followers by means of miracles, wouldnt it? But think of how many would follow for the wrong reasons then Not because they found the truth, but because they would want to be part of the sensation, the big spectacle, the news. Back then the miracles happened despite the persecution that I and My followers suffered, and they were their only means of protection, and the only means to prove their veracity and authenticity, and if it wouldnt have been for them, nobody would have become part of that small, persecuted cult or sect they called Christians back then If I would allow the same miracles among your ranks, you wouldnt be able to save yourselves from the masses of followers all for the wrong reasons, the sensationalism, etc. Right now, the only miracle youve got, is that of the truth, and in a world thats in such a state of great confusion, it should already strike you as quite something that I have given you not only the truth along the lines of certain aspects, but the whole picture. Most Christians and believers are deceived when it comes to political aspects, or views concerning the System, the Spirit World, or even morally. Others have the facts straight on whats up with the political System, but they deny My existence or role in the story they want to be the saviors themselves and bring forth a great awakening and change, victory and salvation wrought by the people and for the people You have a more realistic picture of how unlikely that is to happen You know from My Word that the AC and his reign must happen, because they have been prophesied and foretold thousands of years ago. What has been written must come to pass. And thus, making people aware of only one side of the truth is not going to help much. They need to know both the truth about the System, as well as the truth about Me, the only Way out! 224 ___________________________________________________ Lifes all about Stop, Look & Listen! You live in a universe in which things inevitably deteriorate, they dont improve by themselves, so no matter how well youre doing, its essential for you to stop every now and then for maintenance checks to oil the parts of your machinery that need to be oiled, to refuel, etc. Every now and then your car needs to have an oil change, some new tires or other services and work done, apart from your usual refueling: service time. - A box stop. You need to turn yourself in to the shop for a major inspection. Its nothing to be ashamed of, or anything you need to dread. Of course, youll find some things that will need fixing and adjustment. If youre going to be a beacon for Me thats going to shine all around the world, potentially sounding My message into any possible region of the world, then Im going to have to make doubly sure that you stay close to Me and dont become highminded and fall prey to pride and self-elevation, or that you dont become independent , too critical of others and start thinking that youre the only one whos on the right path. Sometimes I have to get you back down here and get you back into the shop for a re-haul and inspection. It turns out that we detected a few problems during this inspection, and were going to have to fixem before we can let you get out on the road again. Perhaps youve overestimated your vehicle a little, and while it was destined to be some mode of transportation to get things or people moved from one spot to the other, perhaps it was meant to happen not as quickly as you would have liked to go, and your bus wasnt the space shuttle you would have like it to be My way up is down, and what I call a promotion is often a call

down to the rock bottom of the realities that some folks have simply try to escape and avoid So, here is My fresh, new reality presented to you, of a lowlier path than the one you were hoping you would have to walk, but you can tell that its most likely better for you than what you would have preferred or expected 225 ___________________________________________________ Rock bottoms a good place to start back on your way up again and out of the hole you have allowed yourself to get into, the hole of resignation to your fate, the hole of self-pity, and feeling victimized by your circumstances. When things are going good you think you must defend and preserve what someone might take away from you Coming to the end of your rope you lose your fears of losing whatever you thought you might stand to lose, your freedom, your comfortable situation, your life Even in your present situation there are still certain things youd hate to lose, and you realize it could always still be worse Yet another aspect to reaching the point you may consider the end of the rope: you realize theres yet another piece of rope to go, and you could still sink even lower Sometimes reaching that low point helps to show you just how much youve actually still got that you may have been tending to take for grantedwhich exposes the fact that part of your condition is due to mindsets and attitudes evoked by your points of view and probably a good portion of the Enemys lies, resulting in self-pity, depression and frustration and that feeling of helplessness, when actually you ought to know that youre anything but helpless if Im by your side.

Some of the things and people I have used throughout history in order to accomplish My purpose were less than desirable and they just about always were less than perfect. So, why not do like I do and make do with what youve got, instead of waiting for the perfect day youll be in the perfect mood and will have the perfect tools at your disposal and just do your job for Me with what youve got? He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much, and once you will have proven yourself to be faithful with the least youve got (and believe Me, some have quite a lot less), I will then be able to bless you with more and with better tools. Thats the way I work.

228 ___________________________________________________ Some folks simply like to assume the role of the teacher, theyre so infatuated with their own minds, filled with all this data that has been fabricated by people like them, man-made data, rather than My input. Their worldview, including their view of Me, is that My role in creation is a very passive one, and that I expect man to be doing most of the action. Theyre like Cain, (except that) the type of fruit that they want to present before Me as their good works are not the type of fruit yielded by the land, but the fruit of their own minds, and that which they consider knowledge: their conclusions that they so proudly tout and advertise And just like Cains, theirs sacrifice is totally unacceptable to Me. What they dont realize is that they are even promoting the same type of murder as Cain by helping to spread their (actually the Devils) philosophy of the survival of the fittest, and even though they may refer to themselves as My children, and I do Contrary to your notion its not so much the circumstances that communicate with them to some extent, the way I did with Cain, require improvement and a positive change as your own their relationship with Me is not comparable to one I have with attitudes and heart- and mind-sets. those who can be truly called My brides Its a totally different story. Its another issue and episode of Flesh or Spirit. They definitely 226 ___________________________________________________ choose the flesh, even if it is that chunk of flesh between their What is it that the world truly needs? Faithful witnesses who ears through their day-to-day sample prove and show that they mean Their faith is very shallow, and its no wonder. They wouldnt business for Me and are willing to go as far as to die daily and be even want Me to get involved in their lives. They want to run their humiliated for Me and My sake... own show, do their own business, and would basically prefer if I To really follow in My footsteps you have to walk that road of left them in peace. Thats why they embrace the theory of humbly and meekly witnessing to people personally and touch Evolution: a religion in which some Supreme Being once upon a their lives with your presence. time tossed the cosmic dice and let everything else take care of There's a time for everything - a time to avail yourself of the itself means of mass witnessing, and then there comes a time to go Anything that My true prophets have had to say throughout out and mingle with the people and become real live flesh and history is being dissected and rejected, similar to the way the blood for them the way I did... Scribes and Pharisees rejected Me and My message. Their god is Directing and sending messages from My heavenly vantage point really only their own idea of a god they way they would like him was the relatively easier part for Me to do. But can you imagine to be: just a very passive, remote and distant initiator of things what the world would be like today if I had not done the hard part, minding his own business and letting them do as they please. too, that of becoming flesh and blood for you and them? Not much accountability of any sort for any actions or wrong I would like to avail Myself of you, if you're ready for it. attitudes, except maybe for the ones being required by society at The Devil is going to fight it, but it's time you really start fulfilling large They simply cant agree with My will and Word as laid out your destiny and fight! in the Bible and thats why they try to find ways to scientifically discredit and dissect it, according to the motto, Lets slap together our own religion. After all, we seem to know a lot better 227 ___________________________________________________ what a good and decent religion is supposed to sound and look Im aiming at your finding the right balance between trusting like than this dumb old, outdated book. in Me for your supply and doing what you can in order for Me to Theirs is a self-made do-it-yourself religion. They provide for be able to bless you the way I would like to. themselves all they need, and all the dogmas they are going to believe in, including their own god, constructed according to Remember that things arent always what they seem, as in the their own ideas of how such a god is supposed to behave, what case of Job, for example: He certainly looked forsaken, and even he is supposed to do or rather, not do, preferably, but leave it cursed by Me, and thats what some of the folks around him said, all to them instead and thus keeping Me or their idea of Me or and even his own wife told him to just curse Me back and die, but God safely locked up in the little tiny box of their minds that they did he listen to them? may think is as vast as the universe, but in My opinion doesnt No, he kept trusting, even if I was going to kill him. get anywhere near cutting the cake of presenting an appropriate Do you have that much faith? receptacle or vessel for Me. I elude them. In their tiny square little minds there is by far not You cant always wait until all the tools at your disposal are enough room for Me. They may consider their own minds the going to be perfect. zenith of evolution and the sum of all wisdom, but for Me its not

much more than a sad joke. They dont even give Me a chance. Just like the Scribes and Pharisees, they resist all that I do and would do. They truly consider Me their competition. They want to be the providers of religion and spirituality for the people, and they consider any actual influence and interference from Me intrusive and bothersome. They get annoyed by Me, and when it all comes down to it, they cant stand Me. Thats why their relationship with Me is limited to having created an idea in their heads that they pretend to worship. In reality they only worship themselves, but that would sound or look too conceited even according to their own standards, so they camouflage their self-worship as some sort of milk-toast, lukewarm, politically correct soft-drink religion well, you know what I think about that sort of stuff (Rev.3:16). Once you realize how terribly deceived some people are, the truth as shabby as it may look at times suddenly receives a new value, and you start appreciating it a lot more for the rare treasure it is. 229 ___________________________________________________ In order to receive anything from Me one has to apply and exert that drawing power of faith, as opposed to a doubting mind (James 1:5-8). The drawing power and your effort of faith are the prerequisite and the condition of our contract that you have to keep, its your part of the deal and of the bargain, and sometimes that may also include having to wait on Me a little. There has got to be some kind of vacuum for Me to fill. My Spirit cant flow into an already full space Youve got to make some room for Me first and empty yourself, create a space for Me to fill. Youve got to want to know something new that you dont know yet, and receive the answer to some question, or at least some filling in of some blank space in your life. If you already have plans and know what youre going to do, then its hard for Me to show you or give you instructions, unless you ask Me, Lord, is there anything else You would like me to do or to keep in mind, apart from what I already know Ive got to do? If you already feel satisfied and there is no spiritual hunger, then My Spirit will hardly ever descend as some icing on a cake It likes to fill the hungry with goods, but if youre already stuffed then you might simply have to wait until youre hungry again 230 ___________________________________________________ When its just about your assurance that I havent forsaken you, which you should have even if I dont talk to you some mornings, then the vacuum or power of the flow isnt as strong as when there is truly a needful purpose for a certain message Its the same as when you have to repeat something to one of your children or pupils that they already ought to know: you dont say it with the same emphasis as you may have done the first time around, and you might even hesitate and wait to see if perhaps they are going to remember and the answer is going to come to them without your having to repeat yourself.

curtain of anonymity. 231 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes you have to specifically listen for My voice. When you notice youre in bad shape and you need the answer and the solution, its time to stretch out your feelers directly for Me. When there has been enough of bad and negative input flooding you from all sides, and youre discouraged, then its time to avail yourself of My Presence. Sometimes all that negative input about whats going on in the world has a negative effect on you, and you need to plug in to My channel and input again. You look around at all these other people, and they all seem to have so much more than you. What have you got? You wonder. What aside from this voice giving you directions, and a little bit of faith in My Promise that this voice, this gift is worth more than all their seeming advantages over you? What greater weapon is there? Some may have greater knowledge than you about certain things. But knowledge can leave you feeling pretty powerless sometimes when it seems to show that youre up against a physically vastly superior opponent. So what else have you really got going for you other than your faith in My Promises that in the end you will turn out to be the victor even against all odds? 232 ___________________________________________________ Your faith is needed most in the dark and trying moments when things dont appear to make perfect sense upon first glance. It would be easy to trust when everything flows smoothly. But while I do bless your obedience, it is also very important that your trust is truly solely in Me, not in your own good works. Your faith cant be a mix of trust in Me and reliance on your own merits. Isnt it thus that even your obedience is largely a work of My grace? It takes an extra specific effort to make sure youre giving Me all the glory for something accomplished. It may not necessarily come automatically. Only then can I continue to bless you, inspire you and give you more, when I see that youre not about to pocket the credit yourself for any of these things I give you because youre obviously giving Me all the credit for it. Its part of the mechanism thats required in order to ensure the continuation of the flow of My Spirit and blessings in your life. Its measured by the amount you praise and thank Me.

Mine is not so much a religion of donts as some church people seem to have the impression, as it is one of dos, and there are more things youve got to do in order to please Me than there are things you shouldnt do. In other words, being a good Christian and fighter for My Cause is more manifested in the things you do than what you dont do. Thats one big difference between the Old and the New Testament. While the 10 Commandments consisted of a lot of Direct interaction and communication with people involving your donts, in the New Testament I have given you a new personal presence, rather than just some medium, does have an commandment that consists primarily of dos. Its not so much additional impact, even though it may be more cumbersome. anymore about rules that may not be broken and negatives you Its the advantages of personal witnessing over mass witnessing should avoid, as it is about things you should do and actually via media such as the Internet. positive actions that should be on every believers schedule. I would recommend to aim for a higher percentage of personal Most people still prefer a religion of donts. Its easier in some witnessing in your outreach, so that it cannot be said of you, ways. They just have to stick to the rules theyre not supposed to This you should have done, but not left the other undone. break. They dont have to develop any initiative, dont have to There is nothing that generates resources like personal contact. look around for ways and possibilities of implementing and Your being there as an actual person bears greater significance putting into action all the things that I told them to actually do: To than you sometimes would want to acknowledge. do unto others as you would have them do to you, to go into all Your presence is required. I and they need you around. Youve the world to preach the Gospel to every creature, to love your got to make yourself a little more visible. neighbor as thyself, etc. You make an extra effort to be nice when you confront someone Thats why a lot of people go back to the Old Testament and personally, which you may not always make from behind the would rather stick to the 10 Commandments, and the donts.

Its a religion of avoiding negatives, not one of implementing positives and positive action. Its a religion of avoiding sin, rather than one of actually doing good. So, why did I install the Old Testament system in the first place, you wonder? Well, perhaps to show the difference. Just as Ive had to show that the Spirit is superior to the flesh. Ive had to become flesh in order to prove that the Spirit is superior. Ive had to show up a better way by demonstrating its superiority over the previous way, the old way, the way of the past. There was a way of the past, the way we used to do it, and there was a new way. There is a way that is destined to be abolished and done away with, and there is an eternal way. Even if the old way was implemented by Me. Back then, things like good and evil were much more clearly defined, and we had just come from a past in which evil had been rampant, and so the emphasis was on keeping evil in check. When I came, I opened up new pathways of enabling mankind to actually do good via My grace and the pouring out of My Spirit, rather than just continually strive to avoid doing evil.

remember for a happy and peaceful life. So, you do well to let Me remind you of the essential each day. Im taking care of you. And you can comfort others with the same comfort and reassurance that you receive from Me. Thats the best thing anyone could possibly do with their lives, pass My comfort on to others. 234 ________________________________________________ As Im concerned, youre the hottest of the hot. Because as far as the Devil and the System are concerned, you are the group he hates most, and he must hate you for a reason. And that reason is that you are My closest friends and allies in this war of the worlds, My best and staunchest soldiers. The Family is a historic statement over time: that there is an alternative to the Devils damnable System!

Those who would rather look around for something else, some more comfortable group Let them, and as I have said before, You pour out things that come from My Spirit, and its absolutely Let the dead bury their dead expedient that you give Me all the glory and credit for it. If the truth is too strong for them, let them live on in their pitiful This cannot go to the credit of your own name. You cannot chalk half-truths and self-deceptions. that one up to your own merits or the list of your own They may claim to be looking for the truth, but often that is only accomplishments or achievements, because they very clearly fall what they would like to wish to believe about themselves. into the category of What hast thou that thou hast not The real crunch comes when they show whether they are willing received? to put My Words and the words of My servants and prophets As soon as youre talking spiritual matters, it becomes very above their own. Until then, theyre just another one in the important that you absolutely give credit where it is due. And its millions of little fabricators of their own personal truths not just a matter of refusing to take any credit yourself, but of actually making positive declarations of giving Me the glory. How could you have done any of this without Me, without My 235 ________________________________________________ inspiration, without My input and outpouring of My Spirit? There is still a lot from My Word you dont know. There is still a lot of stuff for you to find out and explore. You cannot judge how you are faring by their standards of Youre still much closer to the beginning than the end or criteria of blessings, and what it means to be faring well or not. destination of your journey. Your situation may look somewhat weird and unusual, and may Sometimes your head is so full of stuff it creates the impression make you feel forsaken when you start comparing to them who that theres actually a lot that you know, when in reality, never seem to be going through any such trials, but that is compared to all there is yet to know, it isnt really that much. mainly because there are so relatively few who are walking this This is another reminder that the goal isnt head-stuffing or just path. acquiring knowledge, accumulating facts to store in your brain. Real Christianity, the way I originally intended it, is virtually Youll probably make better progress by just taking each day as a unheard of in this day and age. Most of what youve got to go by child, ready to explore something new, rather than as a professor are all these pretenses and fake versions of it, and no wonder who can barely make space for another bit of information in his you feel weird and odd if you try your feet at going for the Real already crammed head Thing. In this world of plastic imitations of everything, the Real Thing Its another matter of leaving the controls up to Me, instead of may look downright odd in comparison. The Real Thing strikes trying to have it all figured out yourself. Its a matter of staying them as weird. open for surprises, trusting Me that whatever I will bring across your path will be good. So, is it true that you may have to go through trials and battles Trust is something more worthwhile to acquire than knowledge. that most people wont have to go through? Yes. Does that mean The kind of knowledge I would like you to gain is the knowing that you are forsaken by Me and I have ceased to bless you? No. and assurance that you can trust Me beyond a shadow of a To the contrary: If I am correcting you and allowing you to pass doubt. Its that knowing from the heart, an assurance, a through times of Gethsemane and purging, it means Im working conviction that will get you much further than any accumulation intensively on and in your life. Somethings happening there. Im of data ever could. doing something. And youre just going to have to trust Me for it, Its the Spirit, rather than the cold, factual information value of that its going to be good. whats being said that truly increases your faith, and thus your spiritual bank account. While the acceptance of certain facts can indeed be helpful to get you there, its not the A and O, its not all 233 ___________________________________________________ there is to it. Im a communications freak! Everythings about Love is still the main thing. communication, as far as Im concerned. Thats why I vehemently fight it when the Enemy or some wrong concept in peoples You may figure, if information was the factor that got everything minds, or some misunderstanding taints their image of Me and started in the beginning, then information must be the key to tells them that Im secluded and uncommunicative and creation magic. But what you need to realize and this is a factor withdrawn, when Im the sheer opposite. that eludes most of those brainy types who are trying to figure Ive got a lot to say! out evolution is that the essence of the information at the core I have to keep reminding folks how much I love them and that of creation is love. Its loving information, to try to put it everything is going to be alright. somewhat into human terms. Its almost a little bit like having to supervise a globe full of The information is not the most important part of it, but love is. Alzheimer patients The information may be the more or less visible or People forget so many things that are essential and vital to comprehensive part of it, while love is the large space in-between

those particles that can be perceived, but love is still the gist of it. It is love that initiates the information. Of course, it is the Enemys goal to try to eliminate or hide that factor totally from mankinds perception, which is also the reason why so few people can believe in a God of love or force of love behind everything. But thats where your role comes in to remind people that there is more beyond that apparent nothingness and meaninglessness that they see. All they may see is void, dark and empty space. But you know by faith that just one layer beneath that appearance lies the allencompassing power of love, and the emptiness is basically not much more than a temporary illusion. It may seem like stone cold, hard fact to the rational observer, but youve got My word that theres more to it. In the beginning there was information, and that information was love, because it was also God, and God is love (John 1:1, 1John 4:8). Theres more to everything than meets the eye, and I am trying to convey some of that more to you and others of My mouth pieces and vessels in order to prepare folks for it. Theres a whole lot more coming round the bend, and they might as well get prepared for it. Those who think that what they know and perceive is all there is are going to get quite a big surprise. Some folks dont like surprises, especially when theyre comfortable with the way things are. But when the way things are spells a life less than sufficient, much less comfortable for a large number of others, then Im not too concerned about the feelings of those who would like to preserve their comfy coziness My essence is revolution: revolution of love, and its going to cause quite a rattle and a stir in the lives of those interested in preserving their stagnant and rotting status quo. The fundamental difference has always been between those who clung to the old, existing system, and those who were ready to let it go in favor of the new, which is, in essence, that which I want to bring into the world and into each individual life that is ready and makes room for it.

instead of having to retrieve it from some other medium and process it first Were talking advanced spiritual communication here. Advanced spiritual information exchange. - Advanced spiritual data transfer. Youve simply got to get into the habit of seeking Me for messages in any situation, even if you dont have any means to write down what Im telling you. Just try to stay plugged in to My Spirit anywhere you go. Try to stay inspired! Try to stay in CQ mode! Try to stay in receptive mode and on standby anywhere you go and anywhere you are. Thats the epitome of the meaning of Watch and pray! It means to always stay alert and attuned to My Spirit. What better safeguard and defense against the Enemys vibes, attacks and temptations is there? It goes along with Pray without ceasing! Take advantage of the fact that its so easy. You dont need any equipment! If you can stay online with your computer nearly all the time, then why shouldnt you keep that little computer between your ears online and in tune with Me and My Great Link?

237 ________________________________________________ Words can only go so far. Prayers can go way beyond what your words or even your actions could ever accomplish, because it gets the Spirit World to move into action on your behalf, and thats where by far the bulk of the action is happening and originates in the first place. You might say, its the Trigger World, the one that got everything started, and for the most parts keeps triggering and keeps getting started processes in the natural world. Just as the brain initiates any action that your hands are going to take, or any movement your legs and feet are going to make in a certain direction, so the Spirit World is the initiator of whats happening in the physical realm, where the initial impulse meets upon the human relays and switch-points, waiting for the individual reactions of either accepting and processing the impulse, or rejecting it, and thus action in the physical realm is born. Of course, there are baser processes which dont require actual conscious decisions, but you know that even on the lowest 236 ________________________________________________ levels of life exchange of information is happening, so basically, Welcome back to the throne room, the broadcasting head the principle applies to all of life. central station from which all My transmissions and I utter the commandment, and the desired result, of course, is communications with My children around the world(s) are obedience, and the execution of the order. What complicates emitted matters is that through the first human choice to disobey, Satan Of course, theyre being brought to you via My helpers, and all has been granted the power to issue his own orders and initiate via spiritual communication: no wires or technological gimmicks processes on his own, which, of course counter My workings, needed, and yet tailored for each individual purpose. and in actuality threaten to take over the matrix of creation like a (Thats) another reason why the Spirit World is superior to the bad virus that can rapidly infect a whole computer system. physical, and another advantage of spirit over flesh: its a lot less I basically try to save whatever I can save and whatever data, complicated. A lot less is needed. Everything is stripped down to information, soft- and hardware wont be rendered obsolete by a lite version of its counterparts in the physical world: you his infection before I will have to reformat and install My dont need big heavy TV sets in order to receive visions from System anew. distant locations, or radios, nor phones, for voice messages You might say, by allowing sin to enter into the world, man has You might need a receptacle in order to gather and collect and allowed all of creation to be infected by a virus that is threatening catch the words, but My angels and spirit helpers dont. They to destroy it, except that I wont let it happen. just pass them on the way they come from My heart Remember that My name means Savior, and I will save and rescue My Own, I promise. Spiritual communication is freer, and Im preparing you for the liberties of the world to come. To become skilled in the arts of spiritual communication can really be of great advantage to you, 238 ________________________________________________ and thats why Im stressing it. It takes fight and effort to stay positive. Its easy to allow I want you to become so good at it, that you can hear My voice yourself to be overwhelmed by a negative world view and the and those of your helpers under any circumstances. negative vibes the Enemy lets loose on the world. The world isnt getting any better, and if you look at the Eventually we might have to swap to a different mode, where you circumstances, it can all be a little depressing at times. dont write down everything I tell you anymore, and you wont Negativity and depression are enemies you need to constantly need that medium anymore, but you will be able to write it on the fight to keep at bay and wield the weapons of My Word, of praise tablet of your heart right away! and of a positive mindset against. No matter how bleak the Its like a new method of data transfer that automatically stores outlook, youve got to keep your eyes on whats beyond all thats the information on your main hard drive and motherboard, immediately before you.

Im your Savior, here to rescue you out of this mess. If there were no mess, there wouldnt be a need for a Savior, right? So, the mess is there for a purpose: to remind you that you need Me. Youre proving that its not necessary for people to take upon their own shoulder the Devils load and the heavy yoke of the System, and that living the way I said in My Word is still possible today: My disciples can still take My light burden and easy yoke upon them in this day and age, and not live under the pressure of the burden the Enemy would like to heap upon them and enslave them with. This is hardly ever the way of popularity, because initially the flesh wants to take on that load to show and prove what it can do by itself. Lets face it: what reaps applause and admiration in this world is usually a show and display of strength of some kind, or at least of mans own wit. Saying youre too weak to actually do it yourself and that you rely on Me for strength isnt exactly the popular thing to do. The problem is that there comes a time in every mans life when they will face a situation in which they wont cope anymore; latest when theyll have to face their passage from this life into the next And, of course, that is the moment they all dread, and nobody wants to be reminded of it, much less make preparations for it And then theyre all shocked and act really upset when it actually does happen to someone they know As if they had never ever taken the possibility into consideration So, while things may sometimes not be looking too rosy for you in your immediate surroundings in a world where everyone chooses to live for the here and now, feverishly fighting to ignore the There and Then, in the overall view of the whole picture, youre actually making the smarter move. At least you wont be as shocked when the curtain comes crashing down. Its almost as if youre anticipating My allowing something to happen that will finally wake them up, shake them up, and shut some of them up, too, who spout their Gospel of false peace and prosperity forever the gospel of the flesh Its as if they invest their lives only in one half of their journey and only take fuel and baggage for the first half of their trip, and when they get toward the other part, which is actually much larger, they find themselves empty and wanting, and often having headed in the wrong direction during the first part. Were back to the Real Thing vs. the big fake. Is the Real Thing always the easier thing, or the more popular? No. But is it still the Real Thing thats going to outlast the fake? Yes. Be glad that what youre investing your life in as the things most folks are investing their wasting them on, that youre going to be dividends of your investments in the much journey of your life, namely Eternity. isnt as short-lived lives in, or rather, able to enjoy the larger part of the

tasks of building up the church and preaching the Gospel, and there are tasks of healing, of casting out of spirits, which include addressing the negative side of things. If youre in tune with Me, you can be pretty sure that what I am laying on your heart to publish is from Me. I use you as a spice of variety in My potpourri of the message that I want to give to the world. Different strokes for different folks The peak of showing that youre educated and mature people would be to show tolerance toward each other and each others different styles Some are called to burn their candle at both ends, others are destined to burn perhaps less brightly, but longer. Now it behooves every man to abide in their calling 240 ________________________________________________ Not everybody is the same, and not everybodys callings are the same. I dont allow everybody to make the same experiences. Not everybody is able to handle the same amount of pain. There is a right time for everything, and youre simply going to have to trust that I will judge matters and each individual fairly and in My own perfect time. In the meantime, remember Pauls advice to live peaceably with all men as much as it is in you, meaning, you should strive for a peaceful coexistence with your fellowmen as much as possible. Love, especially shown by those who are supposed to be more mature, and especially in situations when it may be unwarranted or perhaps undeserved, is definitely not a weakness, but can be a force for the better and helpful in turning things toward a better development than what you personally experienced. It may be a test of generosity, too: How much more are you willing to grant them than you personally received? Of course, its a natural tendency to say, Well, I didnt receive any more love and understanding in similar situations either, so why should I show it to them? But remember the love and understanding and goodness and patience you did receive and experience from My hand and heart, personally, and then try to extend some of that love, tolerance and acceptance toward them that you have known from Me. Dont treat them according to the harshness and lack of love you may have experienced at the hand of your fellow humans, but treat them according to the kindness and love and patience you have experienced from Me! Treat others differently than you have been treated and break the vicious cycle by a reversal of the usual order of things of hurting and being hurt. Why not extend some healing balm of love and forgiveness for a change, instead of more rejection and hostility, even if supposedly unmerited? Things simply keep getting worse in this world; thats one of its qualities. Except that some things do get better. While the world keeps deteriorating, I also know how to preserve unto Myself a special remnant that I refine unto Myself so that they, contrary to the course of the rest of all things, do improve and get better over time. You may think that a lot of things definitely used to be better in its past. - A lot of things, yes. - But not all things. And thats where it pays to trust in and see My wisdom in things, to look out for the little details The tiny little improvements that may not be quite obvious to the eye, but that are nonetheless there, and that make your existence actually quite tolerable. I have to adapt My people to the times and situations theyre living in, and since the times in general have grown worse, it may also seem as if My people had been affected by that course and have deteriorated, too, but if you look closer and, if it were possible, from a neutral, unbiased viewpoint you will actually see that improvement, maturation, progress and growth has taken place, even if the overall picture may somewhat strike you as worse

Theyre trying to tell you that yours is the fake and theirs is the real thing, but youre doing well to give heed to Me instead, and not listen to them, even though they all sound so convinced of themselves and sure make a racket We dont need all the big loud rah-rah and fanfare theyre making. The real thrills lie in the silence, in the little things that the big guns are tempted to ignore altogether The real thrill lies in the still, invisible and unnoticed spaces in-between the whopping chunks of matter, and our nothing may yet turn out to be more than all their somethings. 239 ________________________________________________ There are different facets of service to Me: there are the

I know how to keep My own from the process of decay and deterioration that is affecting most of the rest of the world. Even with all the constant worsening of the world, I can effect some improvements within some chosen regions and aspects of the world, and I keep painting and building and establishing My Big Picture within the crumbling picture of the Matrix. I keep filtering My eternal and lasting chosen elements out of this world from among all the temporal that is destined to crumble. So, dont dismay at the appearance of things getting worse and worse everywhere around you, but look at the miracle of My progress and improvement that I manage to bring about in spite of and even in the midst of all that decay and deterioration! Look at My salvaging power and capability to preserve unto Me anything I like out of this crumbling world, including you and anyone else who will turn to Me and thus refuse to take part in the process of all things decaying. Instead of joining the rest of the Devils matrix in the process of decay, those who cling to Me and keep their focus on Me actually improve. They turn to gold while the fires of tests and time will consume all else around them. Only My chosen elements and lasting values will remain.

merit that things have worked out. It wasnt so much because you were on the right track as it was because I love you. It wasnt as much due to your own goodness as it was due to My love for you. Many atheists want the glory and credit for themselves, which is exactly what the Devil wanted, too, and it shows just how much alike their ways of thinking are, and another factor why they refuse to accept him as a reality: If they would accept the Devil as a reality, they would actually recognize the similarities between their trains of thought. If there would be a party presenting Lucifer as the cool dude that he makes himself out to be, they would rally behind him and say, Yeah, we can relate to his way of thinking, and thats whats basically going to happen when the AC arises; they will recognize him: Now thats our man!

Those atheists say that faith is a crutch, but Im saying, Well, lets see how much further all those human crutches are going to get you that you are relying and leaning on and putting your trust in! Everybody puts their faith and trust in something or someone. They put their faith in man, or if worst comes to worst While the larger aspect of things may be obviously negative, if themselves, and they will have to find out where that faith is you have a closer look at the details of My workings, and what going to land them. Im doing, youll actually see a lot of positive things, and thus You trust in Me, and I insist that you do trust in Me alone, and enough reason for a positive, cheerful and optimistic attitude! ultimately, I promise, you will see that you will have chosen well Positiveness really is the ability to look past and beyond all the to do so, or at least to consent to My removing all your other negativity around you at that perhaps quantitatively smaller and crutches lesser factor and amount of good things simultaneously wrought I regularly have to convince you anew that it pays to put your by Me while the world follows its usual course of decay. trust in Me, more than it does to put your trust in things and The world around your ears may be crumbling and falling apart, people or your own mind, etc. and all the while, from its ashes, another better one is rising, a I prove to you over and over again that it pays to trust in Me. Its lasting one. You are only the tip of the iceberg, the tip of the My personal rebuttal in your life against the Devils constant mountain that will one day fill the entire earth, as Daniel input and his vibes that he spews out to dissuade you and prophesied (Dan.2:35, 44). persuade you to quit Compared to all the mayhem and destruction around you, that tiny tip may not seem like much, and all the evil in the world may seem overwhelming by comparison, but just wait and see: Im 242 ________________________________________________ not done yet. Its merely the tip of the iceberg thats going to sink Determine the worth, value and effectiveness of what youve the Devils proud and haughty Titanic, and that mountain is going been doing, and whether you would and should be satisfied with to fill the earth, even as I have promised. keeping going as you have until here, or should you seek Time can bring quite radical and sudden reversals of situations, significant change? positions and circumstances, and thats what you call revolution, which is what I am all about. You must grant Me the right to communicate and convey I am Revolution. whatever point I want to make clear in the manner I consider most effective 241 ________________________________________________ I wouldnt believe in Me, either, if I really were the type of God as which some imagine Me Of course, the other factor they dont want to confront, and are not ready to accept as reality, is the Devil. It scares them to even consider that he might be real, and thus they laugh him and his existence off, along with the whole caboodle of Me, the Spirit World, and just about anything supernatural. Everybody considers their own lot the hardest, and they complain to Me, how could I, of all things, allow just that to happen to them But who ever said that life was supposed to be all and exclusively fun? Look at all the many lives for whom life is never any fun at all, and mostly due to the selfishness of those who are doing so much better, relatively, and still complain the loudest If, instead of all their complaining about an unjust God, they would only do something to alleviate the suffering, soon there might not be anything left to complain about. Life has its ways of castigating you for your sins of thinking you were doing so great You were doing better when you knew that you were not doing so hot I want to make sure you know that its not because of your own Everybody is fairly quickly concerned when they perceive that their own rights are being violated and that they are getting less than what they think they deserve or should be getting, but sometimes it turns out that theyre having to go through a particular situation because they were not concerned enough about their part and role, and that they have to suffer because they could be giving more The question you will want to answer with a definite yes some day when youll get Here will be, Have I done all I possibly could? And in order to make sure that this will be the case, I have to draw your attention in sometimes painful ways, granted to the areas in which you could improve and that are hindering you from reaching that goal. You could be doing more and giving more, and so, thats what Im drawing your attention to, and Im forcing you to confront this fact and deal with it and see what youre going to do about it 243 ________________________________________________ I have promised that there is nothing that is hidden that shall not be revealed. You wonder, what on earth is the sense of all this? You cant make it out! Its impossible. You cant cope with the mess and

the confusion. You wonder what on earth is going on here How is anybody supposed to figure it out? Well, you dont have to. All you can do is trust that I will fulfill My Promise that everything that is now hidden shall be revealed! No question marks, no confusion left. You will perfectly understand then. All thats required is a little patience, a little hope, and some faith that its going to happen in due time, and that all things are moving toward that point of total revelation! I will clear up all misunderstandings, questions, unsolved problems and doubts, because nothing will remain hidden or unclear or in the dark, it will all come out into the light and will be revealed and examined: all that has been covered up throughout history, causing deceit and misunderstanding. There will be nothing left remaining in the dark. Youve got to realize, though, that this promise cant possibly be fulfilled completely during your lifetime and in the here and now, as much as you would like to understand, analyze and define whats happening. Youd like to be able to put your finger on it and explain it: Thats the way it is! But it isnt quite that simple. Your flesh and your momentary still somewhat carnal mind and thus very limited comprehension simply wont allow you to grasp the sum total of everything You wouldnt be able to handle it. Thats another reason why I said, The flesh profiteth nothing. Even if one would try to explain all things to the carnal mind, it couldnt handle it. Thats why I wont even try, but I will ask you instead to have a little faith and look toward that day when all things shall be revealed. I cannot possibly reveal all things to you right now. Your mind couldnt handle it! Youre just going to have to wait for the right time, the perfect time, the time when that which is perfect will have come (1Cor.13:10) For those who want to know everything, tell them to cheer up: Nothing is hidden that shall not be revealed. Thats a Promise that all of you really curious folks can look forward to being fulfilled by Me. Its going to be a great day indeed. On a personal and individual level, it happens to some extent at the moment of a persons death. Theyre finding out a lot of things about their lives that they didnt see during their life-times, and theyre being shown the gist of the hidden meaning of things in their own personal lives for starters. And the learning continues and goes on and on from there. What good would Judgment day be if there was nothing to be learned from all that has been done wrong throughout history, including the hidden sins and crimes and deceptions that went on behind the scenes that never came out? Youre simply not aware of a lot of things the Enemy does behind the scenes, nor are you aware of all the workings that his people are up to. And its not necessarily the right time to find out all these things right now. But I can promise you this, that it will all come out in the open, and everything will be revealed and made clear. No more questions and confusion then. 244 ________________________________________________ If you focus on witnessing, then opportunities to witness are also going to arise. If you make witnessing your goal and what you want to do, because you just happen to know that its what pleases Me most, then I will open doors for you to witness. If you stay in tune with My Spirit, focusing outward and seeking ways to reach out to others and to fulfill My commandment to preach to every creature, then you will find that I will also supply outlets and vessels for you to pour into. If youve got something to give and youre focused on giving, then theyre going to come to get it. If you know that thats your goal and the best possible thing you can do with your time, and you focus on it and walk toward that goal, then you will also reach it, and opportunities will arise to make it happen.

As long as you keep seeking Me for the utmost possible you can do and for the most efficient way I can use you, I will keep revealing these things to you and show you the way I can use you most. Positively look around for more and other things you could do, instead of eying your situation negatively and finding flaws in it. Of course your situation has flaws. There isnt anybody on earth in a perfect situation. Everybody and every situation has flaws, and some of the worst messes youve known came from the most ideal circumstances You have to stay aware of the fact that this life is and will always be imperfect. Those who strive for perfection will sooner or later have to come to grips with the fact that theyre chasing a ghost, and flawless perfection is just not going to be attained in this life. If you want the perfect, youll have to wait for Me, and in the meantime you can strive to look for Me and see Me as much as you can in every day of your life, even or especially in the seemingly so far from perfect and crazy little circumstances I allow to arise everywhere around you. Faith is taking the craziness of it all and the apparent mess that life consists of and wrapping it up in a bundle of faith, trusting Me for it, and as I have promised that in due time all things shall be revealed and they will wind up making perfect sense to you. 245 ________________________________________________ It doesn't make much sense to you why I'm surrounding you with people you don't seem to get along with, don't jibe with, don't seem to have much in common with, and putting you in situations you want to get out of, but isn't this exactly the way I get you to look at Me, focus on Me, instead of any person, and make Me your best friend instead of anyone else in the flesh? Maybe that you would still prefer a flesh and blood buddy and best friend, but I'm just telling you what's better for you. If it was even better for you and My disciples that I disappeared in the flesh, don't you think that My Spirit and its presence in your life is more important than any physical friendship or relationship? 246 ________________________________________________ At what point did you start expecting more and ever more? Dont you think it would be a little unrealistic to expect this life to keep getting better all the time? The Enemy is trying to get you to focus on the hole in the donut, the button off the vest, and the piece of the cake you already ate, and thus dont hold in your hand anymore. Its not as if life had only handed you a single piece. But you cant be eating cake all the time. Your lack of happiness, fulfillment and satisfaction stems from the fact that you are looking for temporal sources to fill that vacuum. That would defeat the purpose of My trying to teach you to make Me the source of your true and genuine, inner happiness and satisfaction. I want to satisfy your spirit, which can only be satisfied by spirit. You keep looking for means and ways to satisfy your flesh. Its not as though I would forbid you to enjoy any of the pleasures of the flesh, but you seek and want more, and erroneously think that if you could enjoy more, then youd be happier. You seek these things as a confirmation and boost of your flesh, sort of as a pat on the back that tells you, You deserve this, because of this and this and that of your attributes Whereas I have blessed My children with extraordinary blessings because they relied on Me.

247 ________________________________________________ Even though life is a battle, its a lot easier to fight when you

know for sure youve got Me on your side, and you dont let the Enemy persuade you otherwise, to the point where you sometimes tend to think that youve got Me to fight against as well. While the battle is real and it is there, the way to win that battle is by availing yourself of Me, My Presence, love and protection. Once youre inside the protective bubble of My love, the Enemy wont stand a chance against you anymore, thats why hes trying so hard to keep you from getting there, into that secret place under My wings every morning. Once youre Here, hes the loser, and he wont stand a chance.

destruction he would bring upon them.

Atheism and atheist thought the struggle to make it through life and history without Me is necessary in order for the final conclusions to be reached, and for the universal lesson to be learned and taught. Its necessary in the process of ultimately exposing evil, and the futility of that school of thought and rebellion against Me, alienation from Me; the experience of a world without Me and My rule. They say, if Im the Ruler of the universe, why am I making such a mess of things? What they dont see is that by mans choice, My You can see the light, or tell the light is there by the contrast opponent, for whom they voted in a sense by their choices, has against the dark: you can tell what impact the light, or My become the principal ruler of the physical realm temporarily, influence on your life has by comparison with the times when its leaving Me unable to interfere in many cases, since I can only not there, and you allow the Enemy to interfere. You can tell the offer My help when its summoned, requested, or at least battle and all Im telling you is real because of the very real welcomed. attacks of the Enemy, and by the results of what happens when you neglect Me or to do the things I tell you 249 ________________________________________________ That is one of the great paradoxes of evil: it leads to the 248 ________________________________________________ conclusion of the necessity of good. Some of the stuff Satan is A lot (about atheists reasoning) has to do with their own pulling in this world inevitably leads you to the need for a self-righteous view of things the way I made or allowed them, and solution, an antidote, and the conclusion that help and the assumption that they would have done better. intervention is needed. You dont know that you need deliverance My argument is that people are getting a chance right now to until you realize youre a captive. prove just how much better they would do, which will culminate under the ACs reign, the perfect humanist realm in which they The realization of the unjust and pointless system of the Devil is will be able to show off just how well they are able to run a world more apt to drive you into positive action and actual fight for Me, without Me, and instead, with the one in charge who has been My Cause, My Kingdom and My truth, than if I just allow you to responsible for the suffering thats been going on all along. complacently continue living your life. These people must realize that there are two forces at work here, not just one, and the purpose of it all is to have them choose The confrontation with and realization of evil spurs you into between the two. action, and puts you in a mood that makes you determined to The problem is that many people, especially unbelievers ignore change something, or address certain issues that arent right. and refuse to see the entire spiritual warfare thats going on. The When everything is just honky-dory and everything flows without suffering that was allowed to be inflicted on Job, for instance, much effort, youre more complacent and satisfied with things as was instigated by Satan, in order to get Job to doubt My they are, and thus, less determined to change anything. You goodness and to curse Me. And he still largely abides by the become more conservative, interested in preserving things as same technique, as evident from the arguments of these atheists, they are instead of changing them. who could not possibly believe in a God Who allows this kind of So it becomes clear why a less-than-perfect situation becomes apparently unjust suffering. preferable to Me. They all represent their own failure versions of Job in a sense, Routinated people will preserve the routine, the status-quo. and show what basically would have happened if the Devil had Change-oriented people, who are conscious of the need for succeeded to convince Job through his sufferings, that I was not change because they look around at whats happening all around just and righteous and good, and persuaded him to abandon and them, are not interested in preserving the status quo or the way curse Me. things are. What the Devil failed to manage in the life of Job, he did manage Its one of the Devils tactics: to keep people too busy to look and achieve in the lives of countless modern day atheists who around at what ought to be changed. As long as the money use the same argumentation and base their unbelief on their own keeps flowing in, they figure, Lets keep going with whatever experiences and observations regarding the suffering in this were doing. Money is the life-blood of complacency. world. What they dont see is that the Devil is causing it precisely for this reason: to get them to doubt Me or turn against Me. Have you been looking around for possibly needed changes and You may doubt the goodness that lies within allowing the Devil improvement? Or have you just been fine with and complacent to wreak such havoc upon earth, or the wisdom or sense in it, but about the current flow of things? What would you do in order to that is simply where you begin to put your own wisdom, sense spur your followers on to change? and judgment above Mine, which is basically saying, If I were God, Id do better. Well, do better then. Im allowing you to play god right now, 250 ________________________________________________ under this dispensation of the fulfillment of the Devils promise To whom much has been given, of him much shall be Ye shall be as gods, and you can all prove just how much required. Im just making sure that I get My dividends out of what better you would do in My place. If I dont exist, then youre I invested in you. ultimately responsible for your own fate and to some extent the Im not talking about cold transaction here, Im talking living fates, lives and destinies of the people whose lives you touch. relationships. So, go on and show what youre going to do with it! The love I have poured into you, I want you to pass on to actual, Im not forcing Myself on anybody. I only take on the role of God, real live people. Lord and Father over those who accept Me as such. The others may do as they please, and show just how well theyre faring and One thing is statistics, and yet another real reactions and how well they will manage to rule this planet without Me. exchange of communication, and yet another progress and What they dont know is that theyre being manipulated and used spiritual growth in those peoples lives whom you reach. by a being that is not benign toward them, but extremely malign, You have to judge and evaluate a ministry by its fruit. And if over and thats why I will have to interfere in the end, and expose his a certain amount of time it doesnt bear any, then youre just nature, and salvage the earth and mankind from the ultimate going to have to consider trying something else

My favorite approach has always been the personal approach. Theres nothing like the personal touch and your actual presence to evoke a reaction to who you are and what you give. Its more in the face, more direct, something they cant get around and evade You are there, and theyre going to have to make a decision about you. People have become more spoiled than at any other point in history. And finding the exceptions is somewhat hard work that involves some real looking and searching. The real thing is the natural thing, the way I made it. In the real world youve got to make an effort to win people, to not offend people, and the result is that youre usually more careful with your words. You have to abide by the rules of etiquette. But in exchange it also bears real, tangible rewards. 251 ___________________________________________________ The thing about impossible situations is that you need Me to help you cope with them, and theyre the only ones you cant pat yourself on the back for having managed them. Again, its not like Im some egomaniac who insists on getting the glory for everything just because I happen to be so vain, but it is primarily for your own good. Its a very good and valuable as well as rare character trait to be able to give the credit to someone else, especial when theyre invisible, and its really good for your humility, which is one of the most valuable qualities of character per se. Without humility, its almost as if anything you do for Me or claim to do for Me is worthless compared to the value the same achievements attain when the glory and credit for them is given to Me. Giving Me the glory for what you have done is the only proper and appropriate ending it should have, just like Amen is the proper ending to a prayer. But since it doesnt come naturally to folks at all to give Me the credit for things they have done, it can often be a long, hard process to teach them that, and teach them I must, since otherwise their works are not really complete. You may think youre doing really great because of this or that youve accomplished, when in reality, you havent really accomplished anything at all until youve given Me the credit for it. Until then, its just as if you had done it for yourself, in order to make you feel better, to boost your ego or feelings of self-worth. In other words, just another dead, selfish work of the flesh, like so many others. And as you know so well by now, the flesh profiteth and is good for nothing. Works of the flesh dont bring life, only works of My Spirit accomplish that, when theyre wrought by and through My power, not your own, and that fact is being acknowledged. If you do the work by My Spirit and fail to acknowledge it, its as if you avail yourself of someone elses means to accomplish something, but refuse to give them credit for it. In other words, you steal something from them thats rightfully theirs, and because that is morally wrong, and in other words, a sin, I cannot really bless you for it. To make a conscious effort to really seek to give Me the glory for every little thing you do and accomplish is the step I would most recommend in order for you to make progress and rise above. If you would, your days would be much more filled with praise. Praise is the victory, and some of the greatest victories come via the neglected path of praise. Of course, the ultimate show of faith would be when you can praise Me for something even though I havent done it yet. You could praise Me by faith for doing it, because you can be pretty sure by experience and My Promises that its going to happen.

I expect a little more of you than falling over and over and over again into the same trap of murmuring and worrying and doubting whether I will do it. I would like to be able to expect a little bit of genuine progress from you and see that youve actually learned something, and not allow these things to affect you in the very same way they always did. Are you going to take these challenges like a man of faith? Whether your situation is a good one or not mostly depends on your own attitude and point of view, and whether youre taking a victorious stance toward life or you allow yourself to be defeated quite easily 252 ___________________________________________________ Im not responsible for peoples mistakes. You were wondering, could I not see to it, as a perfect God, that likewise you should also have perfect, infallible prophets or men of God leading you? Their mistakes reflect on Me, you figure, and people hold Me responsible for them, when really Im not. Its the same way that you cant be held responsible for mistakes your grown up children make. Thats why Im trying to establish a definite distinction between Me and the church, your personal relationship with Me and your relationship with any group of people that claims to be following Me. Im not immediately responsible for the degree to which they actually follow and obey Me and are the samples theyre supposed to be. I have given them Promises of things that they would become if indeed they follow Me and keep My commandments, but its up to the personal choices of each individual whether theyre going to determine to belong to that special group of chosen ones who have chosen Me above all else. On one hand Im more involved in the action on earth than most people realize and give Me credit for. But on the other, you might say that the degree of responsibility of each child and follower of Mine is also greater than many realize, since they are ultimately responsible for their actions and who and what they ultimately are, and they cannot just blame their failures on Me and say, Why hast Thou made me thus? 253 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes whats necessary in order to restore happiness and appreciation of your previous or current situation is a new situation that isnt quite as easy. 254 ___________________________________________________ Thats the big difference between all My most noble saints and closest followers, and the vast majority of people that ever lived: they dont kowtow to the eternal scheme of survival above all. They know that there is something better and greater than this life, and thus the loss of this present one isnt all as tragic as its made out to be. They have a more tranquil attitude toward death; theyre not scared stiff of it, and thus dont struggle so hard to preserve their life at all cost, but are willing to sacrifice and willing to take risks for Me and dare to do things that people driven by fear would never do. In My eyes its definitely commendable when someone dares to be different, even if that being different may not exactly ensure his being accepted by any number of people Ive always been on the lookout for those who were more concerned about My acceptance of them, and whether they please Me, than trying to please any amount of people. Trying to please people is such a futile effort, and yet its all that

many people live for. Whereas living in a manner that pleases Me is the ultimate challenge in life, and it becomes all the more challenging exactly because its so much more tempting to try to please your peers instead.

their other activities to crowd it out.

256 ___________________________________________________ Most people in this success-oriented society want to sell Get a job! If theres one message the System unanimously popular products, proclaim popular messages, be members of conveys to anyone its that. Its their dogma. The most popular churches with popular methods to spread My message. reasonable thing in the world you can do, the only excusable Nobody wants to be rejected and despised of men the way I thing you can do, the only thing, in other words, that provides was Its not exactly boosting the ego, strengthening ones selfyou with a legitimate excuse for your very existence, is to get a confidence and feelings of self-worth, and so, as long as all these job, and do exactly as they do. things still play some sort of a role in your life, I allow you some In some cases this may be My will for you. Especially if you leeway and a way to escape into fields in life where you can still havent managed to apply sufficient discipline to yourself and in get some of that assurance and affirmation about your role in your life, or you havent been as diligent at your job for Me as society. you should have. The circumstances in which you are are quite different from the If nothing else, it might enable you to appreciate the liberty and way they were during My life-time, and during the time of the amount of time you previously had to do what you liked Early Church, and I respect that. Its going to require sacrifices from you that you werent willing to make for Me Has it ever been easy to be a follower of Mine? Or is it perhaps Sometimes, when people are not willing to make certain that its just a mindset of these times youre living in, that life is sacrifices for Me, I cause them to have to make those sacrifices supposed to be easy and always enjoyable with hardly any for other things, such as their own survival, and all of a sudden it obstacles, adversities and hardships to overcome? doesnt become a sacrifice anymore, but a necessity. Remember that My greatest Promises are made to the Thats what Paul recognized from the beginning: Necessity is overcomers. But how can you be an overcomer, if there is laid unto me to preach the Gospel. There was no other job for nothing to ever overcome? And in order to overcome it, you have him. That was his, and he figured, woe was him if he didnt do it. to strive, and struggle and fight and make an effort to do so. Its He had a lot to make up for. He knew he was responsible for the not supposed to be some feat you accomplish perfectly at ease death of some of his brethren, and that he had better make up for without making any efforts and without any strain. it. He that hath been forgiven much, the same loveth much. How are you supposed to gain any strength without ever making How much have you been forgiven? How much do you love? any effort? Sometimes, when there is less to forgive, there is also less Do you really want to make the choice to take the easier way? passion, less gratitude. Paul was extremely grateful for the Or could it be that the harder way always having the assurance pardon he had found in Me, and My readiness to pardon; the that Ill never make it too hard for you is actually the better liberation from the whole guilt-religion and scheme that he had option for you in the long run? been subject to all his life, and thats why he recognized like no other what exactly the big difference was that I had brought onto You sometimes wonder for what? Since the rewards are the whole picture of humanity, or rather, the big picture of the evidently not coming in this life and this world. relationship between God and humanity. But life wasnt meant to be all about enjoying all the rewards He realized the big change and shift from works over to grace. already here and now. Some things are still meant to come and Centuries later, the established version of Christianity fell into meant to be obtained by hanging in there, even if you cant see the same old trap as the old Jewish religion had fallen into: the the reward and the fulfillment of the promise right now. You cant scheme of works-religion, and it took another Paul, namely see whats in it for you in this one, because its supposed to be Luther, to once again be the pioneer to proclaim to the world My by faith. The greatest of all rewards is by faith, and not seen; message of grace, such as it had been hidden from the common thats what makes it so special. people in order to enslave them. The struggles youre going through are not about immediate But the forces of evil and darkness try over and over and over rewards in the here and now, because I am assuming that youre again to enslave and entrap My people, and thus its happening mature enough to be serving Me not for immediate rewards, but again, and in a way, Dad was My new Paul for this era, to liberate for rewards in the life to come. the people from the bondage and slavery of the unwritten moral If this life is all youre putting your hopes in, then becoming a rules and laws that society especially Christian society had Christian and follower of Mine would have been a foolish thing to placed upon itself: a burden I had never intended for My do. If all youre ever after is a good time in the here and now, then followers to carry. youre really in the wrong outfit. That pretty much explains the role that Dad took on to play in Its true that you could try to have it easier, and possibly enjoy history, and a way to look at him: not so much as a prophet of life a little more, if thats your ultimate goal in life. But if youre predictions that were either going to come to pass or not, but as seeking something more, a greater and more lasting, eternal another Paul or Luther to liberate My people from man-made reward in the There and Then, then it behooves you to also put yokes and burdens that were not Mine, even if they had been told up with some adversities, some trials and struggles in this life, in they were. order to learn and grow and progress and mature from them, I want you to focus on his legacy: the freedom that one can find because progress, growth and maturation are only achieved by through his words and writings, such as you have found. Just as means of the efforts you make in your struggle against your faith in My Words is much more effective than any amount adversities and difficulties. of faith you can place in any group or body of human followers of Muscles only grow by exerting some strain on them. In order to Mine, you also dont have to place your faith in the group that be fit spiritually, youre going to need those spiritual exercises Dad started as much as you should place it in the relevant words and strain those spiritual muscles, and thats precisely whats I have given him. happening. If all you want is to become a spiritual couch potato, then of course, the easiest way is to unsubscribe from this spiritual 255 ___________________________________________________ exercise program. How much each individual lives the Word and actually puts it But if you want to stay fit and clean and strong spiritually, then into practice is up to them. Failure to live up to it is usually youre going to have to do something for it, put up with some primarily based in a lack of usage. People primarily dont live the trials and tests and submit to this school of life, which, granted, Word because they dont use the Word, they dont read it, listen is going to be a little rougher on you than just doing nothing and to it, absorb it enough to become their incentive. They allow all hanging out and wasting your life away.

Youre clinging too much to your own earth-bound view from your personal little perspective of things, but believe Me that the view up Here is a lot clearer and brighter, and its not all as bleak as you may be seeing it. Youve got to see things more the way they are in the Spirit! You cant look at it in the flesh, but you need to see it in the Spirit! The Words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life! If you look at the flesh, youll just reap the same fruits, the same familiarity, the same death that you reap from any type of fleshly relatives. The only thing that brings life is the Spirit, and thats why youve got to look at things and people in the Spirit, and see them with the eyes of the Spirit. Youve got to see the life there, even if its just as through a promise, and as a glimpse of something that isnt really physically visible yet. Even if its just My Promise that I will raise this dead army, these dead bones back to life again. Otherwise, all youll see is death and decay. Youve got to see with the eyes of the Spirit, otherwise youll lose the vision! 257 ___________________________________________________ The only thing that can ensure that youre really going to be My samples and representatives on earth is My Word. You can live communally as much as you like, you can live alternatively as much as you like, but if folks dont have the Spirit of My Words in their hearts, if they dont focus on that most essential ingredient of that life, then it becomes just another carnal fake of the Real Thing. The flesh falls short. The spirit may indeed be willing, but the flesh is weak. There are many things you would like to do, but to do them, you find it not in you. The strength and physical energy is not there. The inspiration might be, but theres not enough fuel to actually carry it out and follow through And in order to really get ahold of that power, you cannot look at people, but it only avails to look at Me and listen to what Ive got to say, and allow Me to empower you.

or downright tyrannical that may sound in some peoples ears. It just so happens that the lies theyre living on are poisonous and will destroy them in the end, and only the truth of My Spirit brings life and will remain. They will destroy themselves by their hateful and selfish poison. You dont even have to do much, because before long, evil will destroy itself. He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life (John 5:24). You who hear and believe My Word have passed from the death of this life on to the real life, life that never dies, the kind of life that only My Spirit brings, while all the flesh brings in the long run is decay and corruption. The Spirit Life is the Real Thing. The flesh is only a poor counterfeit, and more like death in comparison. Its basically what the Devil had to offer. This kind of death life is what you get if you listen to his lies and follow his ways of rebellion against Me Its not the Real Thing, just a poor counterfeit. His cheap counterfeit version of life entails bondage and enslavement, instead of My freedom and liberty that comes from knowing My truth, and is there where My Spirit is. The sad thing is that most people rather subscribe to that bondage instead of embracing My freedom. Theyd rather have the expensive, enslaving fake than My free and liberating Real Thing, because exerting that amount of trust in Me is just too much for them to ask.

258 ___________________________________________________ You dont always make swift progress, but it takes you a while to get the point Im trying to drive home. And so the only way I can get My moneys worth out of all I invested in you is to stretch the time a little bit and avail Myself of your services for a little bit longer... in order to make the game more exciting, I can choose not to see certain things in advance, when it comes to personal decisions youre making, or the exact spiritual position youre going to be in in a few years from now... Its not that Im not able to know it, but as an all-powerful God I Just as My Words and My ideology make up the life that I want to can even choose not to know certain things that I could know if I give to My disciples and followers, so the Devil has his ideology wanted to. that he wants to spread among his. So, although it is pretty hard to disappoint Me, its also not His ideology is that of the flesh: mans own greatness and entirely impossible, because I have allowed Myself to be touched achievements and glory. Mine is that of the Spirit: Not by might and hurt by you, I have made Myself vulnerable to you. nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord, and you will have I want our relationship to be real; as real as it possibly can, and to be My vessels and instruments to prove that the Spirit in the thus it must include the possibility for you to hurt Me in some long run is indeed superior. ways, even if I could foresee the hurt, if I chose to. You might almost say that I do allow certain things against My Isnt it good to know that you dont have to do it in your own better knowledge... strength? In fact, thats why I delight in using weak vessels like I choose not to see certain things in advance, in order to come you: youre the ideal kind of person to show and prove exactly down a little more to your level. that point, that its not in the flesh, nor in any shape or form of I do this for your sakes, in order to make Myself more equal to physical ability. The only thing thats going to do it and cut the you and for you to be able to feel closer to Me by the fact that I cake is going to be the Spirit. can be as vulnerable as you in some aspects. Dont even worry about having to fight this war, because its not I can be as much subject to hurt and disappointment as you can, you having to do the fighting in your own strength, but as for My because I chose to. children of old, I will fight for you! I may be all-knowing, but I can still choose not to know certain Stand back and see Me fight! This is My battle, really! things. I may be all-powerful, but I can still choose not to do Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, saith the Lord (Rom.12:19). certain things, even if some folks would consider it wiser for Me All youve got to know is that Im on your side; in other words, to do them. the acquisition of faith is all you need, along with the wielding of While I may choose not to see or know certain things in advance, the sword of the Spirit: both are obtained by My Word or that does not necessarily apply to the Father, and when theres represent a manifestation of My Word, so the Word is really the A something He deems I ought to know that I previously may have and O. In the Beginning was the Word, and thats whats going to blocked Myself from seeing, He can reveal it to Me, so win the final and decisive battle, too. everythings under His perfect control... Regardless of how unpopular that message may be, or how little it may be understood, its still the truth, you cant change anything about that. And its not that the truth has to adapt to their whims and erroneous assumptions, but sooner or later theyre going to have to bow to My truth, as politically incorrect Thats why the exact hour of My return is still somewhat open, and is only known to the Father: some things depend on you, and in order to make this whole test and Big Picture more exciting, I allow Myself to be surprised by you. In other words, I have given you greater power than you thought, which also

leaves you with a greater responsibility than you previously may Faith would be to look at the positive, even if it's just Me in you: have thought: A lot is up to you and each individual and their the hope of glory and knowing that no matter how bad it looks, choices. it's going to turn out alright in the end. 259 ___________________________________________________ The only way you are ever going to become a better sample is by quitting using others and their less than desirable sample as an excuse to let down your own standard. Their sample may not be perfect, but what sort of an excuse does that give you for not working on improving yours? If they seem to be having a problem with openness and honesty and courage to face and confront someone in open and honest communication about something that bothers them about them, then why not make a difference, and be a sample of loving openness yourself? Keep looking unto Me instead of your fellow humans who are simply bound to let you down because nobodys perfect and theyre all subject to your same weaknesses... The only thing thats going to bring order out of your chaos and mess is if you hang with Me and keep looking unto Me, instead of letting whoever elses flaws distract you! The only way youre going to rise above and walk on water is by keeping your eyes on Me, not yourself, your own weaknesses, nor anyone elses. In fact, the one prerequisite in order for you to make it anywhere is to look unto Me instead of man. Its the only way youre ever going to start solving your problems with others and the only way thats going to help you become the kind of sample of a person that they wont have problems with either... 260 ___________________________________________________ What would be the ideal solution from My point of view, would be if each party would make moves toward improvement in the particular area theyre falling short in, instead of presenting two different extremes... You cant do anything about improving their part. But you can do something about improving yours, and it may be equally difficult for you to improve in your weak area as it may be for them to improve in theirs. 261 ___________________________________________________ No matter how bad you are, I'm in the process of purging you, and making you better. No matter how dirty you've gotten in this process of life, I'm going to get you cleaned up again. You say, "But why can't I get already cleaned up now?" - And preferably, in the process, you'd like to have the people around you a lot "cleaner" and better, too. You'd like to have a picture perfect reality, not that ugly one you're actually living in... with noble people, touting and sporting noble values and ambitions, seeking higher things than the low mundane matters they're mostly occupied with... - Of course, yourself not being exclusively equipped with such ambitions... And the mere fact that these are unrealistic expectations frustrates you and makes you dissatisfied with My creation and the way things are... You wish to be able to expect a bit more than you actually can expect from your fellow humans, yourself and your reality... That ambition for perfection makes you so mad at everybody, including Me. But anger isn't going to help. It's not going to improve anything; only make matters worse. You're only doing yourself harm with your anger, and joining everyone else in making things worse, instead of better. The Devil would love to ruin what you've got going right now! The question is, will you let him? Or will you fight for what it's worth with all you've got? You can influence and manipulate and steer things toward a positive, upward development, or you can let it all slip and crash. What are you going to do? Are you going to hold on to this, the gift of this opportunity and preserve it, guard it and refuse to let it fall and go to pieces? 262 ___________________________________________________ Some people see weaknesses in others and instantly develop aversions toward those people as a result. It creates an air of self-righteousness around them, one that breathes condemnation and judgment or simply being labeled for their sin or weakness that makes them uncomfortable to have around While the discernment that comes from My Spirit is a positive force, this type of a critical nature is usually not inspired by Me, but is rather the nature of the Enemy, the accuser of the saints. Whenever you feel yourself becoming critical, remind yourself that you wouldnt want to join him in becoming just another accuser of the saints. Youd rather join Me in My scheme of forgiving 77 times 7, or however many times is necessary, instead of judging them. My advice has always been, Judge not, that ye be not judged! Whatever you judge another for, as Paul said (Rom.2:1), you run chances that you might wind up being guilty of the same thing. Some call it Karma, some call it the Boomerang effect, I called it, Whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. You get whatever you dish out. If you walk through life with a merciful, forgiving attitude, thats what youre going to get from people. If you walk through life with a critical, self-righteous and judgmental attitude, thats what youre going to get Forgiveness is more than an act, more than something you do when someone has wronged you, its an attitude, a position of the heart that you take on for life. Its a way of life Forgiveness is a way of life, and youre going to have to choose between My way of life of forgiveness and a merciful attitude, or the Enemys judgmental, critical and self-righteous accuser-ofthe-saints type of life-style. The former will bring you joy, happiness, laughter, freedom, and a light and happy spirit, the latter will give you ulcers, if not cancer, and a lot less friends Yes, the negative issues are there and cannot simply be ignored. But they have to be tackled in the right way, a way that genuinely offers a solution, instead of being just another part of the problem, or a whole new problem in itself. You cant battle negative issues with yet more negativity or a negative attitude toward them, but rather with something positive, a cheerful attitude that offers a solution to the problem a positive approach, rather than a negative one. Thats how important it is to stay positive! Thats what the struggle is really all about: how not to be overwhelmed and overcome by all the negative influences and circumstances in life, but to maintain the upper hand and rise above them all and be an overcomer instead. 263 ___________________________________________________ Accepting people for what they are and taking them where theyre at will enable you to have a much better and more open relationship with them. I came to close the chasm between God and mankind, not to

create new ones, and its your job to do the same. Emphasize the things you share and can agree on, and not so much the differences. Try to find the solutions, more than analyzing, exposing and harping on the problems. Youre not only there to address the problem, but to present the solution. The sickness may be grave and the epidemic far-spread, but I am still the Doctor, I am still the Lord that healeth thee. 264 ___________________________________________________ Try to stay on a more positive wavelength, generally. Yes, things are bad. Yes, theyre a mess. But Im still in control, and isnt that something to stay cheerful and positive about? Isnt that something to celebrate? It does pay to hang on and to keep sowing faithfully. My Word will not return unto Me void. It will always accomplish its purpose sooner or later. It just takes time. Immediate circumstances can sometimes be cause for discouragement, but faith trusts in greater results and outcome in the future. The result may not be there right now, but you still believe and keep believing that it will come. You will not regret in the long run having put your confidence in Me.

The way of the majority, the way of the flesh, is the way of Cain, and the path of the minority and of the spirit is that of Abel Your job is to contribute in helping the undecided to choose their path from among the two. - Either Mine or that of the vast majority of those who follow the flesh, the ego, the way of self in many aspects, the way of Satan himself. There can only be one God in your life: its either Me or you. Thats basically the choice that every human being will ever have to make: Me or you. Only one of the two can have the top priority position in your life, and usually the experiences of where selfrule and self-worship leads is what will convince most folks in the long run that they might as well give Me a chance to give them a break from the disaster theyre inviting by thinking they can play god themselves. I granted them their request and the fulfillment of Satans promise, Ye shall be as gods, alright. But I never made a secret of the fact that you might be in for major disappointment

266 ___________________________________________________ Prayer is more important than prophecy. Its not something you can in any way neglect. So, start focusing more on prayer, in order to tank up not only on My words, but also on My Spirit, My support. Communication with Me is a two-way street: its not just Me wanting to communicate things to you, but I also want you to communicate your heart to Me. Remember also the neglected 265 ___________________________________________________ path of praise, another form of edifying communication with Me. The wounds inflicted by a person that one feels close to are Communication with Me consists not only of you wanting the hardest to bear assurance from Me, but you can also give Me your assurance Thats why I stressed the importance of loving and not despising that you want to be by My side today, give Me your all, and that strangers. Anyone can love their own. But watch out, if youre you still love Me serving Me, they might be the very ones turning against you the Its not only Me giving My Promises to you, but I want to hear hardest. your promises to Me, too, and your renewed pledges of By joining My Cause youre saying that there is something more allegiance, your vows of faithfulness. Its something that will important than your flesh and blood family. And of course selfish strengthen our ties in the same way it strengthens your people dont like to have other things to be considered more relationship with your lover when you tell each other repeatedly important than they, especially not by people close to them, their that you love each other, and you compliment and praise each relatives and family: They will try to recruit anyone they can to other, etc. cater to them, and they will defend their territory if some You see how much I want our relationship to be quite like any stranger like Me comes intruding, threatening to draw the human love relationship? How much I want to be your Lover, be attention away from them. part of your team? They resist anything thats not to their own advantage, and since they have no material advantages from My entering into someones life theyre close to, and since that kind of people are 267 ___________________________________________________ generally not interested in spiritual things, I am nothing but bad Its really not so much your congregation as it is My news to them. relationship with you that matters. Theyre an example of how the Devil functions and ticks: only If people become more important to you than I, then theyre just interested in themselves, and promoting themselves, and bound to let you down. viewing Me as their greatest rival. Theyre only your fellow students. I am the Teacher. Only I can teach you to love them as you should, and if they havent learned Even if people are saved, if they make the wrong decisions any better yet than you did, can you blame them? throughout their lives, they can be used as instruments and tools As long as you view them with a sense of expectation of a better by the enemy. performance than you can deliver yourself, then of course youre going to be disappointed. As the separation occurs, the division of the wheat from the chaff, and the clarity sets in as to who is really on My side, and Folks are simply more into occupying themselves with the the morass of the half-hearts and undecided is being washed physical matters of life, than they are into the spiritual away, it sets those who truly choose to follow My path, no matter what, apart as a clear and obvious minority but nonetheless Instead of getting all hyped up about how slowly your fellow powerful. Empowered by Me, while the others confide in students are learning the lessons of love and life, you ought to themselves, in what they are, what they think they know, and be concerned with the fact that youre not learning them as whatever is in their heads. quickly and as thoroughly as you should. Their god is the chunk of matter between their ears, as You cant do much about their failures, but you can do unimpressive as it may be; its all that matters to them. something about your own. And you can always pray. Talking about short-sightedness People who have no higher The only way youre ever going to change anything for the better values and ideals than anything that can be considered their is not by being critical, but by praying. own simply dont have what it takes to even begin to grasp, You cant really say youre putting the lesson into practice until much less follow Me, the totally Other. All they can relate to and you start applying it and really start doing what I tell you, start fraternize with is their own kind. Anything alien is considered converting your thoughts into prayers and then put feet to those hostile and needs to be resisted and fought prayers

The faithful ploughing away of the turtle got him further than the rush of the hare that got him tired and made him fall asleep. Those faithful little prayers can go further than all the hype in the world, and that faithful putting feet to prayers may also yet prove to be more effective than all the high falluting theories and philosophies in the world Keep your feet on the ground. Good grounding will ensure a better reception, so, stay on the ground, and keep your heart attuned to My heavenly music! 268 ___________________________________________________ Its easier to receive, but as you know, more blessed to give, in the long run. I want to be the One you turn to in order to receive what You need and want, but when it comes to others, I want you to reach the level of maturity where youre geared to giving more and you focus more on giving and being there for them, than vice versa. Carrying a cross is supposed to cost you. If it doesnt, then its more likely that youre presenting somebody elses cross that they have to bear, or are contributing to theirs. The goal is learning to become a blessing to someone, someone wholl help others to carry their burdens, and not be the one whos always being catered to. Im calling you out of your comfortable, cozy little cave where you feel like a little king and master of the house Its, in a way, the same selfish attitude that the churches have developed: instead of going out to the highways and hedges and seeking others whom they can serve, they build their own little kingdoms where they can lord it out over their flock Its all about teaching you to take on a sacrificial attitude and the role of a servant, instead of playing the big king others must serve. If you want to follow in My footsteps, you need to learn what it means, The greatest among you must be the servant of all. 269 ___________________________________________________ Despised of men and rejected! Thats My label. Can you bear it? Humility can live with it when it seems as though nobody needs and wants you, because I suffice, and just the knowledge that I need and want you is sufficient for them. The truly humble dont need that constant visible and audible affirmation of people needing, wanting and appreciating them (although it would obviously be preferable to be able to enjoy that); they can live without it, because they know that I appreciate what theyre doing and will reward them accordingly, and thats enough for them. I am enough for them. They dont need the big rah-rah of the flatteries and praises of the people. Now, can you live without that, too? Can you be truly humble? 270 ___________________________________________________ Certain things take more time and work than others. Not everything is easily slapped together. Sometimes that magic works, but other times it doesnt, and youre going to have to apply some elbow grease. Thankfully, certain things have improved. Im happy for good things that are achieved in this world, and for every bit of true progress made in whatever area. I enjoy My work, and all of creation is the work of My hands, so Im in no hurry to terminate all this, which is why Ive been telling you that you might as well get ready for the long haul. Since things definitely looked bleaker during the 70s, the message I gave My people to preach was a different one, and things probably would have come to an end sooner if they would have kept going as they were. But some people woke up, and

some things have changed for the better, like the environment, etc. What is still rather pitiful on a large scale, of course, is peoples attitude toward people. Nobody minds much taking care of the environment, or even treating animals better, but whats still one big NOW* for mankind is to learn to treat their fellowmen with more respect and greater care. *(Need-Work-On) Thats basically what My message was when I said, Love one another. The problem today is that people have multiplied to such an extent, and have in many aspects regressed, instead of progressed at the same time, that appreciation for mankind and human life is at an all-time low. Of course, the Enemys influence doesnt really help in the matter, who keeps pushing his doctrine of de-population being the solution, instead of finding ways for people to get along better. You see that in a way things have got to get worse, too, in order for the situation to necessitate My Return, but Im not going to force things. What I have said, stands: that love is the answer. If they think they know better and need to find other solutions to their problems, they are free to try whatever gets them through the night; Im always open for suggestions. I dont mind folks showing off a little bit what they can do and what good ideas they can come up with in order to genuinely improve things. The only question is, how real are any of those efforts, when by far the largest emphasis is still being put on the weapons trade and armament? Its almost as if any good effort is a drop in the bucket compared to the floods of money theyre pouring into the warmongering business, and eventually the fruits of what is being sown on a large scale will be reaped. As long as an overwhelming majority of resources is being invested in destruction, you cannot really speak of improvement in general. 271 __________________________________________________ Adam and Eve could have chosen to be content with what they had, and things would not have gotten infinitely worse. They could have chosen to be thankful for the paradise on earth they had, instead of following that inkling the Enemy placed in their minds, that I was withholding something better from them The challenge is to make the best out of what youve got while trying to reach your goal. Can you accept and say yes to My system of values and doing things? Can you be content with what I have to offer you without being constantly sidetracked by the Enemys temptations, of better and shinier things? Are you smart enough to look through them? - Selfless enough to not only seek your own benefit, but to be willing to live your life for others instead? Can you say Yes to Me and My program? Can you discern and tell the Real Thing when you see it and have got it right in front of your nose? My Original is sometimes hard to distinguish from the Enemys fakes and copies Only My chosen ones can spot the Real Thing from among the fakes. I dont like to be put in drawers of This is the way You ought to do things. I just happen to have the quality of being Lord and Master over all creation, and I dont particularly fancy having My own creation telling Me how to do things. When I see that you are willing to follow Me, no matter how crazy My instructions may seem to you, then I will also take your orders and input, because then I know youre serious about giving your life for My Cause, instead of some hidden selfish motives, and then I will also say, Command ye Me, and will prompt you to tell Me what you want Me to do for you. But when it comes to those experts on religiosity telling Me

how I am supposed to run My business, I may just choose to do things totally contrary to their expectation, just to remind them Who is Boss. Natural reasoning and My ways of doing things simply dont jibe. I move far above and beyond that plain. Natural reasoning is the realm of the Enemy, and the reason why he is having such success among humans, because he caters to that wavelength: God doesnt do things the way you want them to be, but I will! - He claims. - Lying a blue streak, of course, and only doing it with the hidden intent of your ultimate destruction, if you fall for it.

272 ___________________________________________________ Some things in creation look like Evolution may have quite possibly happened. Just like some stories and things you hear may quite easily lead you to conclude such and such. But whether the story is really true, and whether things really happened the way you assume is another question

What is at hand is that creation is actually quite complex. Its way more complex than anything the evolutionists could have ever cooked up. And complex simply doesnt happen by itself. So, whenever you get tempted thinking there must be something Just because I happened to create an animal that seems to be better, something nicer, something more proper, more undergoing a complex metamorphosis that may lend credibility regular or normal, a more accepted way or road for you to to the assumption that all creatures may have developed in a follow, think twice. Maybe that better way is just what the Devil similar way Well, its a happy little guess, but really only just has to offer as his plausible alternative to My unorthodox and that, and nothing else. And by happy I am not saying lucky. unusual ways You never hear or read about all the millions and billions sunk Sometimes I purposely put clues like that in peoples paths to into oblivion who did things exactly the same way as everyone see whether theyre going to fall for them. else the normal and accepted way. Some things may seem obvious, but they may still be a far stretch from the truth. Its not that I do not love the timid and shy and those who lack One of the big challenges in life is just that: Are you going to fall the courage for outstanding acts and feats, but theyre simply not for the obvious conclusion, or are you going to keep digging the right kind of material I need for My Revolution. for the real deal, and nothing but the truth? When I have the choice between something new and fresh and something thats rotting, old and stinking, like a decaying carcass, what to you think Im going to choose? If you try to use the old pattern in a new day, it is going to have an adverse effect on My plan and My work! I cannot create new life, I cannot bring change and renewal with rotten old ideas and ways of doing things. The old bottles have always rejected My changes. Only the new bottles are ready for My new, radical Wine of the moment. They dont try to preserve what theyve got or once had! Even the new wine of yesterday can eventually become old, and youd better be ready and receptive for the latest updates, lest you be left behind by My Revolution! Those who have got the guts and faith to follow Me whichever wild way My crazy wind blows will be conquering new worlds and dimensions with Me. 273 ___________________________________________________ Many things that happen may look pretty bad at first sight, but as you gain a little distance from them, you see that theyre not really as bad as you first perceived them to be: the hurt from the impact or blow begins to fade, and as the dust settles, you start to see more clearly again, and can tell that I simply happen to bring some blessings from apparent curses What may have initially seemed like a real bad crisis can turn out to have been a blessing in disguise once the shock effect has subsided and you can get a calmer viewpoint of the whole situation. I see farther ahead than you can, and I can see the advantage in a seemingly negative situation that you cant possibly see yet.

We walk by faith and not by sight means that you allow Me to do the seeing for you, and you dont rely on your own perception and analysis of the situation. You trust, no matter how disastrous the view you can make out Conventional is just not Me! Thats not Me! It may take you an before you seems to be. You dont allow the things you do see to eternity to figure out Who or What exactly I am, or what Im scare you or cause your faith to shake and tremble, but you exactly like, and to pin all the correct labels and attributes to My remain firm in your confidence in Me, knowing that compared to nature, but heres one clue for starters: Im most certainly not the fact that I am always there to care for you, and the truth of conventional! Romans 8:28, the aspects before you are merely an illusion. Im not too concerned about conserving any previous ways or notions, but actually more prone to tossing over the old and starting something completely new with whoever is willing to follow, if thats the way Im going to get My message spread, souls saved, lives changed and get people turned on to My Spirit, instead of everyone decaying in the same old way things have always been done. Change is the very nature of My Revolution, because its what this old, stagnant world most desperately needs. It may have change plenty on the surface, but underneath its still the same old forces, mottos and attitudes of Dog eat dog and each his own that have governed it from the beginning. Nothing new, really! - Nothing new under the sun, if you take a closer look. Everybody is still as much into themselves, their own desires, safety and survival as Day One, and Im looking for those with the guts to change and step out of this boring, dull and pointless game. You think youre going to change the world by availing yourself of conventional means and methods? Think again! The vast majority of the population may rely on their own efforts to put two and two together and make sense of what they see all around them; lifes circumstances. But you regard circumstances as secondary and cling to My truth and My Promises as the first instance, the foremost standard and directory by which you know that youre safe and provided for, in spite of the seemingly contrary circumstances claiming the opposite. I need you to remain trusting, even in the face of seeming calamities! You cannot allow your faith to crumble at the sight of adversity. Rely not on your own understanding and your own capabilities to make sense of your situation! If you do, you wont be able to handle the crises that are inevitably bound to hit your life, because you have been trusting in yourself and your own intelligence, instead of Me and My power. I have to allow such situations to arise in order to remind you in Whom it really pays to put your trust.

274 ___________________________________________________ I have to go by your faith and what you're capable of. Maybe you would have preferred to be a greater hero of faith, but you have to realistically go by whatever amount of faith you actually have. Sometimes the way to the best is over a second best... I'm flexible. I can adapt to circumstances, and I specially adapt to your personal preferences and your level of faith. 275 ___________________________________________________ I want you to rely on Me, not on any institution of man or whatever promises people give you.

276 ___________________________________________________ You can get it, if you really want! If you really want it, its there and as available as tap water. But if youre not thirsty, perhaps because you have already quenched your thirst with other, savory, though slightly less healthy beverages, then its no wonder you wont really make the effort to open the tap and release what potentially is there for you If youre already feeding off other input, then you wont be needing as much of Mine. Youve got to be empty in order for Me to be able to fill you up with My stuff

277 ___________________________________________________ When peoples appetite has been stilled with too much other input, theres simply not enough room left for Mine, no vacuum, no hunger, no desire all requisites for receiving anything from Establish some sense of loyalty and responsibility toward Me Me in the first place. and My Word, not making your feelings the prevalent factor, but Where the TV and other sources of information and input have what you know would be the right thing to do. taken My place in someones life, or the place that should be rightfully reserved for Me, a pool of false knowledge comes The Enemy hit you with lies, trying to get you to doubt the value into being that simply doesnt jibe very well with the sort of input of My Word, turning My good gold into worthless copper in your I have to offer. mind. Thats because he had driven a wedge between you and Refrain from feeding yourself questionable input simply for the Me by keeping you apart from Me and too busy to spend the sake of consumption or entertainment, otherwise youll be too necessary time in My Word that would help you realize beyond a full for My input, and accordingly, your faith, your level of doubt just how valuable and effective it is, and that its indeed inspiration, and thus, whatever you have to give to others, will the greatest and most effective weapon in your possession, suffer from it much greater and more powerful than anything he could ever The self-satisfied have never been very inspiring teachers, come up with. preachers, or missionaries. Shiny temptations only go so far, and lies and illusions are only One of the secrets of being a teacher is remaining a student cheap, temporal thrills. But for lasting and deep satisfaction, yourself. theres nothing like the Real Thing: the truth of My Word. When you quit learning, quit soaking up new input from Me, quit Its simply the one thing that will get you the farthest, your best growing and making progress in some aspect, you also quit ticket and greatest bonus youve got in this life, so, see to it that having anything worth passing on to others. you make the most out of it and dont let the Enemy diminish its Youve got to have a learning experience while youre teaching, value in your eyes. making it a two-way street, a dialog, not just a one-sided story, One day youll see that the primary factor that really made a which is exactly what I do with you. difference in life, is and always has been the Word. You cant If I, being all-knowing, am still learning, then this is an example beat it. Its the stuff that everything good is made out of. Without everyone should follow whos interested in following in My My Word, there is no goodness. Its entrance brings light, and its footsteps. absence is darkness. Learning never ends. So, choose whether you want your days to be filled with light or darkness If what you want to convey to others is light, then you Its not just about acquiring and accumulating additional ought to make sure that thats what you have within you to share information. Its a process of acknowledging the other, absorbing in the first place, and dont let Satan snuff it out! and assimilating them a little more each time you communicate You need to fight in order to guard and keep it. Youve got to Its relationship. - All contributing to the huge, slow process of defend your light at all cost. eventual universal integration and all of My Creation becoming In Me is the life, and that life is the light of men. Defending the life one. that really is worthy of defending means to defend the light that The first important step is that you learn to become one with Me, Ive given you, the torch and flame of My living Words that make and I will see to it that you will eventually come together as a all the difference in the world in your life between light and bride over Me! darkness, life and death, winning or losing, hope and despair. It really is that important! So dont let the Enemy fool you into thinking its worthless. 278 ___________________________________________________ Just because they are so foolish to underestimate and despise The Bible is not absolutely flawless, but its nonetheless the its value does not mean that you have to adapt to their foundation and leading piece of literature that conveys My ignorance. Are you going to abandon your flame in favor of their thoughts and will to mankind, or at least to those who are foolishness? Are you going to let them cheat you out of your interested. most precious treasure? They know not what they do to be neglecting the very Source of With people having put their egos above any deity, thus having all life itself! given themselves the rank of gods in their own minds (as Satan had promised), what they consider the only gospel, as The greatest possible amount of recognition will come by making far as they are concerned, is their own opinion. sure you will not neglect this greatest of all treasures in your life, They choose whichever explanation of life, or theory or truth this Source of all joy, life and love, which is My Word. Keep it! sounds most attractive and appealing to them Dont lose it! Its the key that will open doors before you. Dont walk through life cluelessly and aimlessly like they do What complicates matters is that those who claim to adhere to because of their foolish neglect of My light! You can make a My Word have not embraced the love for the truth, but have difference, and youve got to! But this is the only way! My Words subscribed to strong delusion, similar to the situation in Israel of life are the only way! No life, no love, no joy without them! before it was conquered by the Babylonians: they rejected the Only hopelessness and loss! truth of My prophets, and so what they got instead was strong delusion: they believed the lie that led to their destruction and captivity.

Many people are simply so infatuated with their own minds, theyre quite comfortable with the idea that whatever god or divinity there is should preferably stem from themselves, and that god should be some sort of collective entity or conglomeration of minds as enlightened as their own. They cant accept the possibility that they might be mistaken, and so they flatter themselves by concluding that if theyre not god themselves, at least theyre a part of him, somehow. Some folks are so strong in their illusion, that they even continue in the spirit world with the same mindset theyve had on earth, for some period so happy with their dream that they simply refuse to be awakened from it, even by something as earthshaking as their death. Not everybody realizes the truth about everything that has been false or right about their lives when they die. Majesty of choice continues beyond death. And if theyre not really as interested in the truth as they are in clinging to their own little self-made philosophy, I might let them hang on to it for a while longer and let them observe the course of history from the spirit world to help them determine whether they were right or wrong by the outcome.

The wife has really thrown an eye on the wealthy, good-looking neighbor, who offers her all sorts of privileges for being associated with him, and she actually represents a more loyal follower of him and his ideas, while still carrying the name of her husband, and people associating her with him. Im the husband, the church is the wife, you are the lover, and the devil is the neighbor Of course, not everybody in the world is going to believe you. They just know they dont like the wife, and thus they dont like Me very much, either, so, all you can really do is keep telling them that Im not really the way My wife portrays Me And you can offer them to try Me for themselves, and see whether Im not different and better than the churches portray Me.

279 ___________________________________________________ A lot of people just react to their fate and their luck. If whatever befalls them is good, theyre happy, but if its not, they let themselves go with a sort of Whats the use? attitude. Needless to say, I expect of you to be an exception to that behavior. I have equipped you with a faith capable of acting differently, One cataclysmic event that will make it quite obvious to where your life doesnt consist of solely reactions to your fate or everyone, will be the event of My Coming, since every eye shall situation anymore, but where you act in a certain way regardless. see Me, even those who pierced Me and thrust Me through Without that kind of faith, its hard for Me to be pleased with your scholastic development as your Teacher, as Hebrews 11:1 Just because there is Salvation in the spirit world doesnt mean states This may not alter My love for you, and doesnt mean that everyone or even nearly everyone who enters the spirit that I wont like you anymore, but if you want to please Me as world will immediately be saved. If they prefer to cling to some your Teacher by the way you show what youve learned from Me, lie, rather than the truth, then thats where theyll remain, until then its pretty hard to make Me happy with the sort of they come to know better. development where not much progress has been made over quite some amount of time in the area of faith, and it should give Some peoples motivation for rejecting the biblical truth is in part you reason for concern and make you seek to make an effort to fear. They cannot associate My Return and the end of the world change in that area. with anything good: they would prefer to see it keep going, so that no evil should befall them and their families. The gist of the fun in the game of life is to keep playing What they fail to realize, though, is that the longer this world regardless of whether youre winning or losing. Winners are only goes on, the more likely evil is bound to befall them, and that My made out of those who keep making an effort and keep trying to Return will be principally for the purpose of putting an end to all win, even if theyve been losing sometimes, or they havent been that evil. handed all the good cards They dont trust Me. They see My followers and wonder, How How can we be more than conquerors? - By being good can I possibly trust them and what they believe in and stand losers! You can show that youre more than a conqueror, that for? They read the bloody accounts of the Old Testament and youre an overcomer, by being a good loser in the game and figure, Doesnt sound like a very loving God to me! battle of life, and determining that youre just going to keep on They dont give Me the benefit of the doubt, or rather, the benefit fighting, keep making an effort and keep giving it your best and of faith, but prefer to trust in their own minds and rationale your all, regardless of whether you happen to be caught in a instead. And, of course, its their right to deem themselves losing streak of not. Why? Because you know from My Promises smarter or wiser than I, but time will tell which was the smarter that youre going to wind up as a winner anyway, come what choice may! Youre destined to win! No factor in your present situation is going to change anything about that. So you keep your eyes Those who can be definitely recognized as My children are they on the victory at the end of the road and you keep a victorious who simply wouldnt cope in a world in which they themselves attitude, because you know you believe, which means you are god or the ultimate authority on which standard of truth know by faith that youre destined to win. theyre going to follow and cling to. They know theyre not sufficient, no matter how smart they are, and they know that something or Someone greater must be at work here, including 280 ___________________________________________________ something greater than just some universal conglomeration of Unable to make it without Me? Well, thats precisely what I minds as brilliant as theirs want. Let all those super-honchos do it in the strength of their own arm of the flesh and their own wit, and let them show off just The difficulty of your job consists in the challenge of showing the how great they think they are world that the God of those people who are being so deceived in That is the way of the world, and I congratulate you for having many other aspects of their lives should be the true God, after all, chosen not to want to be a part of it. and that the error of their ways is not due to their Book they Do those who fell for it sometimes seem to have drawn the better claim to believe in, but their failure to obey what it really says cards? Temporarily, yes. Have you chosen the harder road? - Obviously. But the harder It could be compared to a wife who has grown familiar with her road will definitely bring the greater rewards and better fruit than husband to the point of not really appreciating him anymore, the sickening road of compromise and selling yourself out to the misrepresenting the opinions of her husband, while his lover still Devil listens to him and knows what hes really all about, trying to tell people, Hes not really the way his wife says he is. I know him, Theres not much use complaining about it. Imagine Me carrying and hes different. My cross up Golgatha with a Why Me? look on My face

Doesnt fit, does it? I knew what I was doing, and I knew why I was there. Do you know why you are there? Are you still conscious of the choice you have made when you decided to follow Me, and the price it would entail, namely that which I have promised each of My followers from the beginning: a cross like Mine? No crown without that cross! They have their reward in the here and now, their thirty pieces of silver, and their moment in the lime light, but just like Judas, they may very well wind up wishing they had never been born at some point, when they realize Whom they betrayed A lot of folks have sympathized with Judas. Thats why they all whole-heartedly chimed in, Crucify Him! when their time came to show where they really stood. But was death able to detain Me? Is there anything in the world or above or below the world that is going to be able to detain you, if you truly follow in My footsteps and truly believe? I know its tough. I know its not always easy to keep the vision. But just as you would wish for your daughter to be smart enough to dress up warm enough before she goes out in winter, I also hope youre smart enough to put on your armor before you march out onto the battle field, and that is simply what each day of your life constitutes. There is no way around this battle and this fight, so the best you can do is be smart and put on your armor and grab your weapons, and not murmur and whine about the tough circumstances on the battle field, but fight with all youve got, wreaking slaughter upon your Enemy! Do you think I would send you out into this battle if I would not know that you have got what it takes for it? If I would not know that I have equipped you sufficiently for it? Yes, they may vastly outnumber you, and the odds may seem overwhelming. But isnt it so that Im not limited to saving My own either by many or few? Havent you learned that numbers are irrelevant to Me, and that I can cause you to win any battle against any odds? Thats the factor youve got to keep your eyes on, the fact that no matter what the odds be against you, you are destined to win! So, you dont look much like a winner in the worlds eyes Do you think I did? Or any of My champions of faith? Its the seeming losers that I have chosen to win the whole world for Me! At least you know for Whom and for what you fight! All that counts for them is the here and now, as if it were eternal But their little heaven on earth they think they have created by their own strength and wit, a heaven without Me, one in which they themselves rule, will vanish away as quickly as their minds were able to concoct it Fakes are always only temporal. Only the Real Thing is what lasts. Let them enjoy their fake while it lasts, and come and fight on with Me for the Real Thing! 281 ___________________________________________________ Draw night unto God, and He will draw night to you, thats a Promise! If you come closer to Me and incline yourself toward Me, lean over toward Me and make an effort to hear Me, to find out My opinion, I will reward and answer the gesture with at least the same intensity and come and meet you more than half way. Its not dependent on achievements, nor your progress in your spiritual growth: I love all My children regardless of handicaps, and will bestow all the care necessary on them, providing thats what they want; and the one sure sign for Me to know that you do want Me and My input is when you come to Me and ask Me for it. Its like making love: you make your need or desire known, and let your lover know that you need and want her, and I, unlike your lover, will never get tired or respond negatively or decline You can always count on My availability to quench and fill your need. Im always willing and there for you, always ready for you, ready to give you the seeds of My words and the passion of My love for

you. The only requirement is that you want Me and are ready yourself to receive Me and have a desire for what Ive got to give. As long as that desire or vacuum is there, Ill be more than ready to fill it. Of course, to the average believer it would sound like a total absurdity, the notion of not only talking with God, as in, having Him talk back to you, but also having spiritual sex with Him that is totally beyond their limits of the acceptable, and it is a secret that only those avail themselves of who are aware of the original sense of the word, believe: pistevo = to drink in. Not only have I separated you from the world in this aspect, but also from the main bulk of believers and those who commonly refer to themselves as My church. My church is a vast body, and the relationship with most of that body is kept rather on an intellectual, somewhat distant level. Much of their interaction with Me is limited to their heads; perhaps it may also move them to action somewhat, involving their hands and feet, and with some who really do love Me, even the heart, but only few have the faith to also love Me with and be those parts of that body that theyre somewhat ashamed of, or they feel dont belong in that relationship with Me You accept and embrace relationship with Me on all levels, on the level of the entire body, in the full knowledge that I have created all those parts for My glory, and that there is nothing wrong with them. Its quite typical of church folks attitude toward Me in general: theyre always only ready to accept certain parts and certain portions of Me and My doctrine Even if they may be ready to accept and wholeheartedly embrace most of Me, very few are indeed ready and willing to take all of Me and all that I am and want to be in their lives. Those are few who live life to the full in all aspects, the way I had intended to give it to My disciples, as I told them, I have come in order that you should live, and live life to the full! Why be satisfied with less than all that I long to give you? Only few grasp the concept of My church also being My bride, or they refer to it in solely theological terms, in which all references to intimacies are being carefully avoided. Its like a part of their lives that they dont grant Me access to. Sort of the way Adam and Eve tried to do after they sinned and tried to hide from Me as if anything could be hidden from Me at all My coming to earth was also in order to restore that level of intimacy between us, where you would no longer feel any need for trying to hide from Me. It was only the first step and the foundation laid for a long journey toward our Marriage Feast upon My Return, but those who enjoy the intimate aspects of our relationship already benefit from the advantages that such closeness to Me brings. They enjoy greater privileges of adulthood and maturity, comparable to the way that adults can enjoy privileges which teenagers cannot. Certain privileges are restricted for adults. You are My spiritual adults, entitled to all My privileges. Theres nothing you cant do, no aspect of Me and My life that I give you, that you cannot enjoy, because you have in a spiritual way reached an age of maturity where you can be trusted with these things. 282 ___________________________________________________ I do hope to be able to offer some hope and a light, an answer to your problems, a solution and a way out, so dont make the mistake of underestimating Me and My capacities to save you out of this or any other mess. Dont worry! I can do it! I am capable, you know? I may not be visible to you, nor tangible, much less fathomable, but I would like to encourage you to embrace this truth by faith, that at least howbeit lacking all those other qualities I am capable! I can handle this and any other problem in your life; its not really a major challenge to Me.

As bleak as your situation may get or seem to you, I always manage to cast sufficient light on it in order to totally change your outlook and your perception of it, and I think I have enough reason to confidently encourage you that I think were going to make it through this crisis, too. Variety is the spice of life, even on the battle field. Different tactics will teach you different modes of defense, and maybe you can even learn a little something from your opponent about offensive warfare. I can alter your circumstances and show you what you can do to change them, but you need to be looking to Me. I cant show you anything if you dont look. I need to get your attention. One of the greatest mysteries in life for some lies in the moment of the discovery of the necessity of paying attention, instead of wanting to get it. The only way youre ever going to attract anyone elses attention to Me is by first paying enough attention to Me yourself. Your focus has been primarily on what you could or should or might do, not as much on what I could do through you. Your primary focus has been on your desire for affirmation, rather than taking on an attitude of reckless abandon and just wanting to serve Me for My sake, for the sake of love, come whatever may. As long as theres still that interest in there of whats in it for me, your motivations have to be cleansed of that desire, to the point where you really do it all with a spirit of having nothing to lose, and thats why you willingly lose yourself, lose your life into My hands, and I gladly sweep you up, and make something completely new and more useful out of that was you. Instead of trying to save and preserve what you have and what you are, let it all go in order for Me to give you something new and better! Sometimes it may not always look better at first glance than what you had before. But hasnt it always made you better in the long run? Dont you agree that the changes I have evoked in your life have been favorable when it comes to quality of character and virtue? You know by experience that reality doesnt always jibe with your own ideas of what your life is going to turn out to be like, so, how come youre still disappointed? Just take My Word for it, that I know better than you what is good and what would have been not so good for you! Your ideas of good would have spoiled you and made you turn out to be arrogant, proud, and thus much less useful to Me in your capacity of reaching and touching others with My love. I need you to be humble! Anything other than humble just wouldnt do! So Ive got to do things to make you humble, keep you humble, and make sure youre still humble! Welcome to Humble Club! - The club of the true winners!

feel so worthless, you constantly think you have to prove your worth to the rest of the world. Just because you dont attain to certain standards that the world goes by you think you have to keep struggling in order to get somewhere. Is making anyone a star really making more out of them? Havent you learned yet that more is sometimes less, and that it diminishes inner values and quality of life, rather than raising it? You should be happy with your life! One day you will realize that its been a wonderful life youve been living, even under those humble circumstances that you can show off to no one. Do you really think what the world needs is just another show-off who can show off what a nice house, car or life hes got? There are too many folks in this world who havent made it up to the peak of the ladder of success, who couldnt even hope or dream to start climbing it, and as long as thats the case, theres something too dreadfully wrong with this game for you to really want to participate in it! Just be content with what you have, because I happen to know that its already more than enough and more than you need, really! 283 ___________________________________________________ Looking for the truth isnt an easy quest in a world that is permeated by lies And usually, when you have found the truth, its not like you find it once and for all, and you right away discover all there ever is to know. You uncover it piece by piece; nugget by nugget, and as you go, layer by layer of the true reality is being revealed to you It already takes a big chunk of honesty to confront the fact that by their nature, humans tend to rather embrace a lie, or at least an exaggeration, slight distortion or tainted version of reality than the naked truth. By accepting the Devils paradigm as their own, dishonest tendencies have become inherent to human nature, which cause people to view things in a subjective manner, including an image of themselves that often lies a little bit in favor of their ego a tendency to always cheat a little in your own favor, and in favor of your own aggrandizement and advantage

When observing human nature, one could almost think that there is something true about the theory of Evolutions claim that man acts out of the same survival instincts as the animals, the quest of the survival of the fittest. Watching the way people behave is quite conducive to that assumption, since it seems to be the only logical explanation. Well, My explanation is the Fall of Man from a state that was supposed to have been intended for something a lot closer to divinity into a state much closer to that of the animal world. I had The standards of the world are not humble. They go by whatever intended for man to rule over creation, but by accepting the lies feeds their pride and their ego and their feelings of self-worth. and deceptions of the Devil, which first promised them divinity Your feelings of self-worth should be based on whatever true on behalf of their own actions and merits, namely the evil action worth I convey to you and give you. Its all a gift of God, nothing of disobedience to Me, they were tricked into an existence that is you can be proud of for having achieved it yourself. becoming less divine all the time. Youre still seeking to define yourself and your worth by your Ultimately, over the last century, they have basically come to achievements. But the only way to really attain happiness is by accept the paradigm that theyre not much different from the not cashing in any credit for those yourself, but genuinely giving animals, at all, and so they have come to act more and more like Me all the credit for them. them, treating each other with less and less respect, and valuing Once you start giving Me all the glory, then Ill know youre truly human life even less, in many cases, than animal life. humble. Id rather have you enjoy your life and not try to achieve or If all that man actually gets out of their deal with the devil is a accomplish anything, rather than seeing you keeping trying to reversion to even lower life forms, instead of the promised prove your worth to anyone. I know what youre worth! You were godhood and divinity, then you know youve been gypped bigworth giving My life for. So, forget about that whole worth and time. value thing and having to prove yourself, and lets just do whatever weve got to do in order to win the world for love, In cases like your own he has to come up with different tactics to Amen? get you off the track of seeking My glory and My will. In fact, he Youre worth a whole lot more than you could ever even begin to goes a lot more out of his way in order to trouble, distract and fathom, but because the Devil still manages to keep making you deceive those who travel on My path, than he needs to worry

about those who are already on his highway to destruction. The efforts he puts into tempting and tricking folks like you are a lot more elaborate. For one thing, youre not oblivious to his existence. You know hes there and hes real, so he has to use very subtle tactics that wont give him away and expose him right away, which would foil his plans for you. If he knows youre looking for love and truth, he tries to alter these goals in your mind, so that what you will be chasing after wont be the real thing, but a counterfeit which will look deceivingly like the original, but isnt quite it. Hell cause you to look for attention, praise and affirmation, and a more superficial kind of love than the real thing. He even created this entire myth around love, made in Hollywood: a love that promises the same thing he promised in the beginning: some sort of godhood, a relationship in which you are being worshipped and adored and served, and for many who wind up in that artificial little heaven, they find out that it turns them into little tyrants, instead of the benevolent, divine objects of their partners affection that they would have thought theyd be. In the long run, people always turn out to be a lot less divine in general than they may have chosen to believe they are, because the way to true godliness is not the Devils road of selfaggrandizement and seeking worship and adoration from others, but is only found on the exact opposite road of leading a life of a humble servant instead, seeking to give ones life to others, instead of demanding from them to live their lives for them and in their service By their nature, which they have taken on during the Fall, humans essentially seek worship from each other, similar to the way the Devil does, and basically the choice they are confronted with all the days of their lives often completely unbeknownst to them - is whether theyre going to put a stop to that game and renounce any desire to be worshiped in favor of worshiping the only One truly worthy of worship, or not. The question is, are you going to wake up from this hollow game of the devil, this empty and dangerous, deceitful trap, or not? Are you going to realize that this is not where its at, or are you going to keep at it, endlessly, until your dying day? Are you ceaselessly going to seek ways to boost and bolster your ego, or are you going to set it back on its heels and put it in its rightful place, and give that throne of worship in your life to its rightful Owner? Some people are so self-absorbed, they are not even capable of showing any appreciation to others, all they care about is themselves, their own career, their egos, their advantage and popularity, and how they come across. They constantly seek attention, instead of ever being willing to pay attention to anyone And accordingly, their lives often end up being the lonely messes that they are. 284 ___________________________________________________ Its painful to realize how much you fall short, and how you are not really any better at all than the worst you look down on, but isnt it so much better than a self-righteous attitude? Isnt it better to approach them with open arms of, No matter how badly youll ever screw up, Im not any better than you, and it could have happened to me just as easily, in fact, it has happened already, repeatedly? Of course, the natural human tendency is to set yourself apart from them and determine you are not part of this that theyre doing. And granted, you have somewhat learned better. But they havent yet. Now the choice is, are you going to be instrumental in helping them to learn better, or are you going to drive them even further and faster away in the opposite direction? Sometimes the only way to ever get anywhere is by refusing to take the conventional way, the way youve been taught to react, or the way folks usually react when they see something going

wrong. If you see My hand behind everything that happens to you, and you know that I am anything but conventional, you begin to ask yourself, Why is He allowing this to happen to me? Whats He trying to show me? And in this case Ive been intending to show you: that youre really not all that much better. So, why put yourself above them? Thats the temptation the Enemy would like you to fall for, and exactly the one Id like to see you resist. Your natural inclination is to demonstrate your disapproval. You react. Thats normal. You dont think of them as highly as they seem to think of themselves, but neither do they think as highly of you as you think they ought to. Thats a common problem. Whos right about their opinions of you? - They or you? Unless, of course, you are smart enough to haul in a third opinion, a more objective one, such as Mine, and I assure you, youre both lovable, despite your many flaws. In fact, I know the flaws of both of you better than either of you ever will, and yet I can perfectly live with them and love you anyhow. Im not expecting anyone to be perfect. In fact, if youre not, I think its great, because then perhaps one of these days you might recruit My help. If youre not perfect, chances are youre going to want to come over and hang with Me, since Im notorious for liking to hang with less than perfect people, and My own image with this world has always been less than perfect. So they might be genuinely misled, and perhaps downright deceived by the Enemy, tempted and lured into his trap, and they fell for it. - Pretty dumb. But are they the only ones or the first? Havent the same or similar things happened to you? Your salvation and eye-opener were the hard disappointments you experienced with the things this world had to offer for you. And maybe everyone has got to make these experiences for themselves How much are you helping them to correct and fix their flawed image of you? How much are you confirming it? How much reason are you giving them to believe that they might actually be right in their assumptions about you? How much do you actually reject and resent them? Sometimes you couldnt possibly imagine how I could love anyone as bad as them, but I do anyway. Im sure there have been folks tempted to think the same about you. But who is anyone to judge whether I might manage to love them or not? I assure you, you cannot possible measure My capabilities to love. You cannot possibly measure My love for anyone, much less restrict or limit it! That would be the most ridiculous attempt at anything you could possibly ever make! And if you can accept the fact that I love them, why not join Me and come over to My side, and let Me show you their good sides and help you to love them a little bit better as well? Some folks are hard to love for some people. Thats what makes life, and My great commandment of loving others a challenge. At least you cant ever say trying to love others was boring. Only idiots get bored, because they havent even begun to confront the greatest challenge life has ever had to offer, right in front of their noses! They cant even see it! How much of an idiot are you? Okay, so you see the challenge. Whats next? Are you going to accept it? The challenge is not to prove who is stronger. Its more like, who is wiser, and wise enough to give in, wise enough to show love, even though, perhaps, in some peoples opinions, undeserved? But then, who ever really deserved anything in the first place? The guys that really brought the most trouble into this world were those who thought they deserved better than what I was handing them. So, why not make a difference and show that

youve actually learned something from history? It would almost Back in My days, their authority was that of the iron of the Roman be a first! Empire, but Im not all too impressed by this government of clay, mingled with a little iron, and you shouldnt be either. They may not deserve to be loved, but neither did you. By You shouldnt be intimidated by it. assuming that theyre unworthy of love because they dont They only have any authority when and if the Father allows it to deserve it, you claim that youre better than they, and somehow be so. In My case it was in order for Me to fulfill My ultimate did deserve the love youve been getting. But did you, honestly? destiny and take upon Me the sins of the world. Before that, they couldnt touch Me. Youre under that same protection, and under Okay, so you were smart enough to make some right decisions. My authority, and if I tell you that you dont need to be Perhaps so far, they havent. So you were smarter, perhaps even intimidated by their barks, you can take My word for it. wiser. But why not extend that wisdom, and let it become love, by not just letting it serve your own advantage, but letting others My authority is the true authority, and I shall rule the world with a profit from it, too, even if seemingly totally undeserved? rod of iron. Perhaps not exactly your picture of political Thats what My entire sacrifice on the cross for mankind was all correctness in this day and age of democracy, but before long about: love totally undeserved. you will all see where that road will lead: only to the toughest and If love were something that would have to be earned or deserved cruelest of all governments ever, to which Mine will come as a first, it could hardly be as great as were always making it out to sweet relief, even if it may be tough compared to what they be, right? It could hardly be God the stuff that the Father currently call government. Himself identifies His nature with, as do I. What makes government effective is the authenticity of the How much have you really learned about love, and how to love? authority behind it, and you cannot have authentic authority How much have you really begun to love? Its never too late to while ignoring the greatest Authority of all. start! Its not that Im telling you to rise up against the government, Im just telling you to claim and stand upon your spiritual authority, 285 ___________________________________________________ the authority that I give you. The day is yours. You can have it if you really want. Dont The Devil tries to usurp and undermine it by all sorts of means, just let yourself drift passively through your life, but take charge! and he tries to weaken and intimidate you and tell you that youre You can take command and determine whats going to happen. powerless. But Im trying to tell you that My power in you is the Dont let circumstances be your boss, but you be theirs! only true strength, authority and power that counts, as far as Im You shouldnt let everything and everybody push you around. concerned. I had put Adam in charge of the Garden, and thus, of his world. They want war? They can have it, and theyre going to have it, His problem was that he didnt really appreciate that and theyre also going to find out that theyre going to lose it. Ive responsibility fully, and he failed to protect those he was in been letting them run this show for so long now, they think charge of. Dont let the same be said of you. Sometimes you theyre practically invincible: Come, Let us break their bands people give in to the Devil too easily! You let him persuade you asunder, and cast away their cords from us They think they too easily, you dont put up any resistance, no fight! You just let can get rid of Me and of My authority. But you know the end of him barge in and have your territory. that chapter, and Who it is that will laugh last (Psalm 2). Dont let him! Give no place to the Devil! If nothing else, you can always pray and rebuke him! But you must not let him push you Mankind is like a wild horse right now, that Im allowing to run around! Remember that I am the Creator and Maker of this, your wild and free, and allowing to run into some trouble, with all that day, your life, your world, and if I say Ive put you in charge of it, wildness and freedom. There will be another phase of human then you ought to believe Me, and not fall for some macho act of history, in which that horse is going to be tamed, in order to find the Enemy or anyone else, barging in as though the place that being tamed by Me wont mean any sacrifice of greater belonged to them. freedom, in fact, it will mean freedom from the ropes and They may think they run this place, and you can let them dwell in bondage of the Enemy, and simultaneously, much greater peace that illusion, but never fall for it yourself. than they have ever known. Its only a matter of time, and they will be replaced. Theyll all be I shall give not only perfect freedom, but along with it also fired for having utterly failed at what they considered to be their perfect peace. job, but for which I have long ordained others to do a much Right now, that horse is experiencing the cost of having its own better job at it; folks who wont ignore Me, the Owner of this freedom, the freedom of running its own way, and wherever any place, to begin with. inkling and whim drives them. Then they will appreciate the freedom of being directed by My will, which may not look a lot Perhaps you understand now why Im not allowing your life to be like freedom to them right now, but will turn out to be the all as easy as a breeze, nor as comfortable as you would prefer it, greatest possible freedom but why there is some resistance youve got to deal with frequently: I need to strengthen your character and your resolve, the fight in you. I cant just allow you to be some little pushover, 286 ___________________________________________________ and if that takes allowing you to get a little mad sometimes, I will Im trying to stretch and train the muscles of your love, avail Myself of that measure. taking you to the extremes and limits of your present tolerance Dont let them push you around! Now you have it on My level, and trying to take you a bit further: how much more can authority! You dont have to let them push you around; in fact, you take? How much more can I stretch your capacity to love? you shouldnt, because I told you not to. I would like to make you You know where My philosophy leads: youve only given all a stone wall theyll chew out their teeth on! I would like to make when youve come to the point of laying down your very life for you a rock in their midst that theyre not going to be able to them, and thats unconditional and independent of any degrees move. Even if youre going to be a rock of offense to them, as I of worthiness they could ever attain to, and regardless of was. problems, weaknesses, and qualities you find hard to deal and Theyre an offense to Me, and they that offend Me will find out live with that I dont react too kindly, and that they might wind up being Presently, youre reaching the limits of your tolerance and love the ones carrying away the greater offense and damage. Who do for people rather quickly. There isnt much reserve, not a lot of they think they are, walking around as if they owned this place flexibility, and your ability to stretch doesnt go very far. Your and bossing and pushing around My children, My servants, My own capabilities come to an end pretty soon. brides? You need My supernatural aid and love to help you do this. As far as their authority goes, Im not all too impressed by it. You cant lift them up to the next level yourself, you cant bring

about any progress in them, and so you have to ask Me for help to do it. It basically all ends up with the simple conclusion that when it all comes down to it, the best you can still do for people is to pray for them Your own human limitations are all too easily reached, and you have no other choice but to learn how to avail yourself of My power, and thats basically what youre going to have to pass on to others as well. The only way anyone is ever going to find sufficient strength to follow Me all the way to the end is if they learn to avail themselves of My strength. Their own simply isnt enough. And yet again, it requires some of their own strength in order to reach out for My strength: theyve got to exert that little strength of faith first, in order to get the great strength they need in order to do the job and finish it and pursue My path until the end. Not many have enough faith to begin with to invest their time in My Word and the effort of getting what they need from Me in order to get more faith. They dont have enough strength to resist the Enemys temptations and efforts to sidetrack them with less important and relevant matters, or just to take the breaks necessary from their work and then invest that time where it really counts and where it would really make a difference, drawing strength from Me, My Spirit and My Word So few have the faith in Me that would make them deem Me worthy of investing some of their precious time in. They all prefer to waste it on some more frivolous activities their own enjoyment, or the advertisement of themselves They deem their egos more worthy of those sacrifices of time, and, granted, after a long, hard day of work, many think that they rightfully deserve that. Which explains why its true what I said, that you simply cannot serve God and Mammon, because if youve been busy all day serving Mammon, you wont have enough strength or energy left for Me. You either serve the flesh, and pay with the exhaustion of the flesh, or you serve the Spirit and reap Her benefits You either invest your life in that so-called security the System claims to offer, or you fully put your trust in Me. Of course, many seek to use Me as Plan B, some sort of contingency option, just in case all the prophecies in My Word should ever actually come true, and that System should come collapsing round their ears: they want to make sure, wed still be friends then, and so they try to pay Me off with little alms of their time or money, just to make sure they can still keep the bulk of it for themselves There are very, very few who really give Me their all. The only way youre ever going to inspire them to give it their all, is by your sample to do so first. 287 ___________________________________________________ There were many nobles and smart minds during the time of Rome, not to mention the great and famous Greek philosophers, some of which some of My servants also looked up to, and even drew inspiration from, occasionally. With the American Empire you have this new, interesting twist, that its major philosophy on the surface is supposed to be Mine, or Christianity. Just how true that really is I have left for you to expose. Folks who only look at the surface of things without looking any deeper will, of course, be fooled. To them, its obvious that theyre the good guys, and the others are the bad

about the Devils final abomination of Desolation. When youre in battle mode everything seems to be so tougher, harder, and less pleasant. And yet, battle mode is the more truthful mode, because it does a more accurate job of representing the real state of affairs between Me and the world. The moments of peace are nice, and I can relate to your enjoying them, but the actual state of affairs is war, and no amount of moments of truce can change anything about that. Some people are not aware of the battle and the evil thats taking place on their own turf. They only see the foreign evil, and the picture of evil is elsewhere. What I need most desperately, is not a bunch of philosophic thinkers, no matter how inspired they are, but honest-to-God warriors and fighters! I need you for a more important task than supplying the world with some more nice philosophical thought. I need someone to be actually fighting on the real frontlines of My war, not just another bunch of wise guys standing from afar analyzing and dissecting the scenery and making smart comments on the situation. They have a lot of insight when it comes to certain areas and aspects of the Big Picture, and in those areas their insight may be superior to yours, but for this I have given you a glimpse, even if its more like a rough sketch, of the entire picture. Theyre good at portraying their little corner of it. But youre showing the world an idea of what it looks like as whole, not just pieces and fragments of it. Its a lot more shocking and awesome than what they have the courage to see right now. So, they may be very much experts in their own little fields of their own little corner of Christianity, but compared to them, you have much greater freedom, and a much vaster and more accurate scope of things. They have insight on their little niche, and thats all fine and good, and you can learn a few things from them here and there, but when it comes to getting the real picture, youre way ahead of them, and things that are common knowledge to you are still due to be shockers for them once they are up for their encounter with the Big Picture Something theyre currently not ready for, nor willing to undergo or confront voluntarily. You still have different criteria than I do. But youve got to trust Me that I know better which qualities are really important and relevant. When it comes to the overall picture, I have blessed you with more truth than what they were ready for Theyve just got too much to lose to be able to enjoy your kind of freedom

288 ___________________________________________________ The Enemy works a lot in the range and domain of feelings. Feelings he artificially creates based on atmospheres, mindsets and dogmas he spews out into the ether via his propaganda and mind control machinery, which I dont want you to subject yourself to Resist the Devil and he will flee from you, Give no place to the Devil, whom resist steadfast in the faith. He wont necessarily show up personally, but has his legions do his dirty work for him, and nowadays, not only via his demons, but also via his demonic output in the media that are bound to The Enemy certainly landed a genius master stroke with this effect you. camouflage of disguising the greatest perpetrators of evil in the Thats why its so important that you subject yourself to My world as Christians and as those supposedly faring under My input, and thus My mindset and way of seeing things to a greater flag. extent than you take in whatever comes from his sources Its the ultimate atrocity, what the Bible used to call an abomination, which will ultimately be instrumental in bringing One of the Devils favorite tricks is to tell you that things would

be better if you had had a different lot than the one I allowed for you to come to pass. You think you would have been better off if this and that had or hadnt happened, but youve got to continue to trust Me that I knew and still know better what is best for your life and which course really would work out together not only for good, but also as the best possible option for you. Of course, these things are still influenced by your personal choices and mistakes, but as I have told you, I even use those mistakes and cause them to work together for your good. A lot depends on the degree to which you manifest your love for Me in your actions and choices, and the more you do, the more I can work things out for your good. Once you do and have done your part for Me in your efforts to reach the world for Me, I will also gladly give you a break and will just let you enjoy a day off and chill without your having to get under condemnation about it. Enjoy the liberty Ive given you without any condemnation. Blessed is the man who condemneth not himself in the thing he alloweth. You see that a lot depends on your own faith again. If you receive it with thanksgiving and in faith, unto the pure all things are pure. It all depends whether you have the faith for it, or not. And as soon as it comes to faith, the Enemy would naturally like to cheat you out of it, because he knows it will make you immune to his sort of input, all his fiery darts of doubt, and his poisonous, deceitful output He tries to belittle you and what you do in your own eyes, but youll realize he does these things because he hates what youre doing. If you wouldnt be doing anything that would pose a threat of any sort to him, he would probably pat you on the back. But like this you can know that youre doing something he hates and is trying to stop. Im not looking at what more you could be doing. Im not that kind of a parent, who when they are presented with a gift from their children, looks at the button off the vest and says, But you could have given me this and this thing, too! I know that generally, you do what you can, and try to do your best. Of course, I will also encourage you to make progress in the long run, but that also includes allowing time and space for some offseasons of just relaxing and recovering from your works for Me. I take what you give Me with gratitude, just as I would appreciate the same of you.

expect them to cater to them endlessly, without giving much or anything in return, which makes the other feel worthless, and with the devaluation of themselves, everything else loses its magic and value as well, including the relationship or the partner Some only keep it up because theyre addicted to the partner or the relationship, and thats not what love is: its not an addiction. While it is something everybody needs, it should not take the form of an addiction where you just wait for your next fix or dose to make you happy. It ought to be something you give and receive in return. Once you take on the position of the junkie or addict waiting for the next fix, the relationship is going downhill. Even in My relationship with you its not like Im the One Who does it all, and all you need to do is wait passively for Me to bring it to you: you have to do something, too, even if its just to pray and ask Me and praise Me for it. That interaction of give and take is what keeps any relationship alive. Its like the circulation of the blood through the body, pumping in and out the lifeblood of the relationship. It gets tricky when there is one party who obviously has a greater need, which can have the tendency to wear out the relationship to an extent, because everyone only has limited capacities to give, unless they make sure they get a refill from Me regularly and know how to avail themselves of My aid to bridge their own incapabilities Of course, its also a matter of positive communication and making a need known in a positive way, and not being so passive about it You have to remember the theme of giving, and not neglect that, in order to keep the relationship alive and healthy. You cannot just expect to be given and be on the receiving end all or most of the time. Youve got to stretch and train those giving-muscles; otherwise theyll turn to someone else to invest their energies in, who will reward them with the appreciation and acknowledgment they need.

290 ___________________________________________________ If you fill your head with too much other input before you come to Me, like answering your mails, etc., its going to be a lot harder to come before Me with an empty spirit for Me to fill. You should really strive to make an effort to come to Me first thing before you get into all these other things. Remember the slogan God first, which in this case can also be applied in a 289 ___________________________________________________ chronological sense. Im hard to disappoint, but not invulnerable to hurt when it Come to Me first, before you get into all these other things, and comes to My brides not paying Me the attention they should, but its going to be a lot easier for you to get My input, because your instead look for satisfaction and fulfillment elsewhere mind will still be fresh and untouched by other topics. Its a lot Its no wonder that you keep getting disappointed, if you keep easier for Me to fill an empty mind with My input than one thats putting your hopes and trust in other factors than Me, or in already buzzing with many other topics humans, who are simply bound by their nature to let you down It also shows that you honor Me above all other sources of input, and fail you, because they could never live up to the job that was and that you deem My input worthy of giving priority, whereas destined for Me. the other way, it could make Me feel as though you think that it If you realize that something is coming between us, some only ranks second or third in your life. personal desire that is distracting you from My will for you, then So, how about giving Me back that first place on your to do list? youre going to have to give it up and place it in My hands and give it to Me. 291 ___________________________________________________ Unrequited love remains unrequited, because its selfish love, You can always expect Me to answer, even if you dont feel fixated on what you want from the person you love, and your anything coming right away, or you dont feel extraordinarily expectations from them, instead of turning around and being the inspired to write whats coming. Sometimes what comes to your giver to someone. It evokes the opposite of the desired reaction, mind may not sound very promising, and thus it takes faith to go and drives them away from you, instead of attracting them. ahead and type it anyway, but I guarantee, you wont be When I tell you that you must become more of a giver then its disappointed in the final analysis. not just good advice you might or might not follow through on, but something thats expedient for you to do, if you want to It doesnt really matter what others do or dont to. Its not continue living a happy and healthy, fulfilling life and relevant to your own actions. If anything, I want you to learn to relationship. do whats right regardless of what anyone else does or even One of the main reasons why so many relationships break up is thinks about what youre doing. You can and you must do because partners wind up taking the other for granted, and just whatever you feel led to do by Me totally regardless of what you

see anyone else doing - or not. Even if youre the only one you see pursuing that particular path, and even if you see everyone else shaking their heads over what you do. So what? What is that to thee? Come thou, follow Me! 292 ___________________________________________________ John the Baptist didnt know that he was the Elijah that was going to be sent to announce My coming. He didnt know who he was, but I did. Likewise, you may not know who you are in the spirit, and you may just see yourself as some insignificant voice in the wilderness, (which may be part of My plan to keep you humble), but whos to say that thats all you are, and that Im not aware of some greater destiny you perhaps arent aware of? So, never underestimate your ministry or your calling. You never know who you might turn out to be! Perhaps if John had known who he really was, he would also have known who I really was, without doubting Me and whether I was really the One to come, but that was the additional test attached to being the greatest ever born of a woman: having had all the right cards, the best hand possible, but without knowing it So, you never know what you might turn out to be if you just keep trusting that I knew what I was doing in creating and ordaining you and calling you to do the specific thing, task, or ministry you find yourself in. Maybe youre something or someone special that you dont even know you are. You may seem to be this insignificant nobody, a total weirdo out in the wilderness, and you may be tempted to wonder, What the hell am I doing out here? But remember that test I gave John the Baptist! Maybe I gave you a greater anointing and responsibility than youre aware of, and you wouldnt want to flunk it If John had known that he was indeed the Elijah that was to come, he probably would have pulled his act together accordingly, and would have thought twice before he sent his messengers to inquire whether I was indeed the Messiah. After all, like everyone else, he had a different idea of what the Messiah was supposed to be like. So, you never know who you are, and just how important your ministry may be, and what an impact your words may have, and what a difference your personal choice of whether to doubt or believe might make, and what an impact it may have on your personal destiny, let alone that of those around you, whom you influence. It pays to hang in there and just keep trusting that I might indeed know what Im doing, even if, from all you can tell, it doesnt seem at all like it. Just keep in mind that I may know a few things you dont, and let Me surprise you with the outcome 293 ___________________________________________________ In this great treasure hunt of life, I am the Prize. If you look for Me hard enough, youre going to find Me. Of course, there are those who are not the least bit interested in finding Me; all theyre interested in is themselves. Thats why not everybody is going to walk away a winner from this game of life. In this game of life, a lot depends on what youre looking for. Its not only your astuteness or your skills that count, but also what it is youre looking for in the first place; not just your wisdom and smartness and ability to give answers, but a lot depends of what questions you ask: What is your quest in life? Are you looking for the right things? What are you in it for? Only those who seek the Real Thing and the truth are also going to find it. The Devil is like a salesman trying to persuade people, What youre looking for is this And we have exactly what you need! Hes the ideal salesman ever since the beginning: He made Adam and Eve realize how insufficient and inadequate their Home in

Eden was, and that what they needed and were looking for, was something much better: a world fashioned by their own ideas, governed by their own rules, where they were going to be able to play god themselves and wouldnt have to kowtow to anyone else (except him, of course, in the long run, but he didnt tellem that!). But there are those who would like to get back to the Garden somehow, who would not like to repeat endlessly the same mistake Adam and Even made, and those are the kind of folks who are looking for Me. They ignore the headless chase thats going on all around them for all those other things that are supposed to bring happiness, and they want just one thing: to find Me again in all this chaos. They know this world, the way it is, is not their home, and that there must be something better. They refuse to be content with the husks the Devil has to offer, they wont settle for anything less than the Real Thing. They know Im the Prize, the One really worth getting and going after, and they wont stop short of that ultimate goal. All they want and yearn for is to find Me, and they wont be disappointed. 294 ___________________________________________________ Loving Me is a weapon that takes the wind out of the carnal temptation that is always warring in your members. Its the only alternative filling that can successfully fill that aching void and hunger. Give Me a chance to prove that I am enough to still that physical hunger. Any area of your life you havent yet fully entrusted to Me the Enemy can use. Anything you havent fully yielded to Me is something he can use against you. Let Me prove to you that I am God indeed, over every aspect and facet of your life, as long as you give it to Me! Sin is whatever is trying to crowd Me out of your life and My rightful position in it, and youve got to treat it as thus, and accordingly, as something I can help you to overcome. There isnt anything I couldnt help you to overcome. The Devil always tries to give things a twist that makes them more complicated. There is a connection between your actual physical needs and their excessive version, which becomes a sin: you do need food, and I have promised to provide that for you, but he will try to turn it into gluttony. And so on. And whatever it is, you cannot allow your need to take the place of utmost priority in your life, as something that is above Me. Thats exactly what the Enemy will try to do. Hell try to get you to not trust Me for that particular area and say, You see, He cannot do that for you, or He wont. Hes letting you down. That proves it doesnt pay to trust Him! Sometimes I may allow to let it seem that way for a little while to test you whether youre going to keep trusting or start to doubt Me, and whether youll yield that area of your life into My hands, or you try to handle that one yourself, trying to take your fate into your own hands and provide for yourself what you think I cannot or will not provide for you, instead of trusting that I will in My own good time, when you will have proven to Me that Ive still got the priority and superior position over these things in your life. I know what I can expect of you. And if I deem it to be the right time for you to pass this test, then youre just going to have to trust Me for it.

295 ___________________________________________________ I need to test you in those areas that are actually the hardest for you.

You wouldnt want to give Me that which has cost you nothing, do you? You want to give until it hurts, and, well, I just happen to know where it hurts the most I know what it is that costs you most to give up to Me, and its precisely those things that Im after and trying to get you to yield. Anything else would be a copout and not a real sacrifice. Im trying to get you to invest in Me whatever it is that is most precious to you. And the promise still stands that whatever you give up to Me, I will repay a hundred-fold. Im trying to cure you from your addiction. And going through the withdrawals is somewhat painful, and youre not exactly easy to have around while youre going through them Its one of those things youre going to have to give to Me so that I can give it back to you in a new, clean and purified form. Its one of those things that need a revision and revolution in your life a necessary radical change. Somewhere along the line the God-factor disappeared, and thats when it ceased being something holy, the way I had intended for it to be, and it became somewhat perverted, adulterated and infiltrated and usurped by the Enemy. It gives him and others power over you, and I would like to have exclusive rights to being the One controlling you. I simply dont like sharing you with the Devil. It has always been My intention to set you free, and since this is some kind of bondage, I would like to free you from it, if you allow

place your hopes in anyone else in that aspect. As long as you keep Me first, your relationships with others will also do well. But when that sense of priorities begins to shift and shake, therell be trouble. Your life is a pretty complicated balancing act. - Something that not everybody is capable of handling. Its a complex and challenging piece of art and work, and I simply cannot entrust this job to anyone else; definitely not to anyone of flesh and blood, and neither should you. You cannot put anyone else in charge of your happiness, and blame them for it when youre not happy or fulfilled, saying its because they didnt keep their promises, or didnt live up to your expectations of them. Chances are, their intentions may have been good, but they simply couldnt live up to the task. They found out they got more than they bargained for, bit off more than they could chew, because youre My apple. Youre My piece of work, My job, and Im the One in charge of you. Ill gladly recruit help occasionally, but that doesnt mean you can shift My responsibility for you and your happiness and satisfaction over to them. Thats what frequently happens in intimate partnerships, and the one mistake that results in the failure of so many relationships, since nobody is ever able to fill My shoes or My role in anothers life.

Its natural and human to want another visible, physical, touchable human by your side to take on that role of the girl or man for everything, everything it takes to make you happy But its certainly not realistic in the long run. When people feel that youre making them responsible for your happiness, and they begin to feel that youre placing the blame 296 ___________________________________________________ on them for not being happy, it becomes a burden much heavier Im working on shifting your sense of security away from the than theyre able and were ever meant to bear. confidence in circumstances, your own wit or strength, or just simply luck, over to My side. People are so often confident in You keep repeating the same mistake of placing your hopes in fake securities. Be it the assumption that all things will continue frail flesh and blood instead of Me, whenever you make another as they are, or that somehow theyre going to make it because human responsible for your personal happiness. Your personal theyre strong or smart enough happiness is a job that only I am skilled to do and capable of, so Not a lot of folks really depend on Me. So, whenever I do have a you shouldnt entrust that one to anyone with finite energies and candidate who stands a chance at learning that lesson and place limited capacities. their confidence in Me, instead of any of those other factors, I Its a monster job. keep after them, and try to get them to really dig it. - Which Theres a hole so big that only I can fill it in every man and explains why I have to bluntly allow you to reap the results of womans heart, and its got to be that way, otherwise folks will your failure to do so. never get the point and will ceaselessly wander in search of This lesson is way too important and valuable than to just allow fulfillment, happiness and satisfaction where it cant be found. you to skip it. When you allow Me to make you happy, then youll also have Its another issue and episode along the lines of flesh or spirit? what it takes to give love and happiness to others, instead of Im trying to tear your focus away from physical conditions, expecting them to make you happy. attributes, circumstances and objects, and get you to put it on the spiritual, namely Me. Faith in Me is your only hope, not your faith in your prospects, your circumstances, or even what the 297 ___________________________________________________ chances are that the folks traveling with you on your journey are The amount of perfection you want in this life all depends on going to remain your pals until youve reached your destiny. how closely you cling and stick to Me. While those inter-human relationships are important, I simply dont want you to place your faith in them. I do want you to have an attitude of faith and trust toward people, rather than always being skeptical of them and expecting them to fail or let you down, but I dont allow you to shift your faith away from Me and place it in them instead. This is only going to work if you primarily keep your focus on Me. For we walk by faith and not by sight. Faith in Me. You cant just go by what you see, by whats in front of you, not even your needs and your prospects and probabilities of having them met. When it comes to those, youve really got to place your faith and trust primarily in Me. Youve got to recognize My rightful position and authority as the Giver, Filler and Sustainer, and not expect others to fill that role, even partly. Youve just got to get this lesson through your head that its I Who am going to have to get you through the night. You cannot Some things do improve, and in some aspects, there is progress and development going on, even if it seems as if in general the world is regressing Nobodys perfect. Who says anyone has to be or is going to be in this life? Thats not whats expected of you. In this imperfect world, under the imperfect circumstances man has brought upon himself by allowing the serpent to rule over it, all that is expected of anyone is to make the best out of the mess you find yourselves in the best you know how, and learn something from the process. Call it The School of Imperfection to teach a lasting lesson for a perfect eternity, one that will hopefully make each man, woman, child and angel remember to appreciate what they will have there and then My destiny and goal for creation is perfection, but the only road

to get there in a lasting way is via this era of imperfection. First there was nothingness. Then there was something. Seems like pretty good procedures so far, dont you think? The light that sheds some sense on the existence of certain things, and their reason for being sometimes only appears a little while later, but always right on time, rest assured. It may not all make perfect sense right now, but it will, trust Me! The people who always insist that everything has got to make perfect sense right now, or else theyll cook up their own theories, simply dont have any faith, trust and patience. So, make a difference and have everything is going to work out perfect sense in the end, even if could possibly see any of that occasional glimpses I give you. faith, trust and patience that alright and wind up making theres no way on earth you right now, except for those

for his shiny temptations or any of his tricks to make you feel bad about what youve got already. Were trying to figure out who are those with thankful hearts, humble hearts, as opposed to all the big shots thinking they always deserve better The type of people who always say, Love doesnt put food on the table, or faith doesnt pay your bills, etc., are saying in essence, The only thing I can trust in to help me survive is my own flesh, my own efforts Its basically the type of attitude Cain stood for, one thats very widely spread nowadays, as you can tell. Okay, so the Abels do tend to look a little bit like the losers in comparison, since they often wind up being martyred by their flesh-oriented brothers, but thats exactly the point where faith makes all the difference in the world: faith that believes that Abel, in the long run, was much better off than Cain 299 ___________________________________________________ Life tells a different story and sings a different tune for everyone. While there are certain general directions, one of My overall instructions has always been for each to find My will and strategy for their personal situation. I grant each of you individual freedom and I allow different strokes for different folks 300 ___________________________________________________ The cog doesnt need to be fully aware of all the details concerning its function and purpose in My gigantic clockwork. So, be not concerned about the significance of your role for Me, whether its an outstanding one, etc., just be there. The important thing is that you do your part, you dont have to worry about it. If you realize that youre just one small part of a greater whole, you dont have to worry anymore about the significance of your part, nor does the weight of the responsibility weigh too heavily on your shoulder, because you can relax and trust that I know what Im doing. Its like all those little pieces, fragments and details of a plot in a story or movie that will turn out to make more sense later on. You can trust Me that Im an intricate planner, and always a few steps ahead of My opponent who tries to cross My plans, and sometimes it may even look to you as if he was succeeding, but youve got to trust in Me and the Father and Our superiority over the Enemy, which makes it a given that it really only does seem that way. Its not really so. Were just letting him be in control to a certain degree, or at least pretend he is. Ultimately it will turn out to have been quite clear all along Who was really at the controls. As messy as things may appear and look around you, you must not go by their looks and the apparent chaos, but know that there is an intricate plan at work, though well hidden beneath the surface of the visible realm, and everything will turn out to make perfect sense in the end, even if your carnal mind will beg to differ at times. We know what Were doing. It may not always seem that way to you, but thats where you really have no other option but trusting Us anyway. One of the reasons why the Enemy likes to wreak chaos in your life and make it look specially messy and chaotic is so that you will start losing faith and trust in that fact, that We know what We are doing. Hes trying to make it look like, You see, He doesnt have a clue what Hes doing, otherwise, would He allow your life to become such a mess? The mess is only temporarily, and what really counts, ultimately, is the final outcome and result, not the temporary state. When youre forging a weapon or constructing a machine or

It doesnt make sense right now, but it will! Thats a message you can pass on to people from Me. Tellem to wait and see. It may not be all quite obvious right now, but it will be! Trust Me! 298 ___________________________________________________ Those who have the better cards are more comfortable with the thought that this life is really it, while those who didnt turn out so lucky are more prone to figure that this couldnt possibly all there is Those whove got the better cards on the surface are usually not as prone to seek and find out the truth about this world as quickly as those who are more critical of the System because of what theyve been handed. Its a little bit like that story I told in the Gospels about the beggar Lazarus and the rich man The beggar turned out to have had the better cards in the long run. It all boils down to a lesson on flesh or spirit: Is all you ever put your faith, trust and confidence in your own flesh (or someone elses), or do you place all youve got on something higher, greater, though presently invisible to you? In other words, are you investing in My invisible, but eternal currency, are you buying that good gold from Me that I have counseled folks to buy (Rev.3:18), or are you settling for the obvious: that which is right before you, lifes circumstances, without digging any deeper? Often its merely a question of whether one is satisfied with their own circumstances or not. If theyre fine, they often wont look any further. Only if theres something obviously lacking to their happiness do they look around extra hard for real sense, purpose and meaning in life, which goes beyond the things which they see and are tangible In a world ruled by the Devil, those who stick to obedience to Me usually dont make very big stars, even though some may temporarily make it seem that way The challenge for you is not to fall for all their glitter that is not gold, and be content with such things that thou hast, appreciate what life has handed you, be thankful for it, and make the most out of it without comparing it with all the excess and glamour others may indulge in The challenge is not to despise what I have given you, which is obviously the temptation: Satan is trying to make you feel bad about what youve got by making you focus on all their glory in the flesh, their playing kings and gods in the here and now. Its the same temptation that has lured My children away from the path of obedience since the beginning. The Devil knows that its one of his most effective weapons, and so he really turns it up and flaunts it in front of you, and he tries to downplay what youve got and make you feel bad about it in comparison Half of the gist of making it through this life is trying not to fall

anything of any degree of complexity, it may not look very promising at every single stage of the work. It may just look like one clot of white-hot molten metal, or even just a muddy hole in the ground or some skeleton-like structure sticking out of the ground, and the critical, sarcastic and cynical by-standers may point their fingers and sneer, Now whats that supposed to be? But just remember My message to them all: Wait and see! Dont pass any judgment prematurely, and before the end result is revealed! Thats My personal advice to any of those critics and by-standers. People always want to have immediate, quick results, and the Devil is great when it comes to catering to that craving and inkling for the immediate, cheap thrill. But when it comes to lasting satisfaction, you had better put your trust in Me, because his cheap thrills are all going to be found wanting. Its tough to wait while all the others seem to be having a ball! I understand and I can relate to that. But all Im asking and begging you is to have a little patience, to bear with Me and give Me a chance, to wait and see whether what Im going to turn up with isnt going to be a whole lot better, after all, than what theyre currently making all that fuss about! Thats what faith is, as opposed to the have-it-now, see-it-now, consume-it-now kind of paradigm and pattern which is the Devils slogan. Faith is the ability to say, No thanks, Id rather wait for the real deal to come around. And you may look a bit like the loser when all the rest of them sneer at you, mock you and go Real deal! What real deal? This is the real deal, and the only thing youll ever get! Sorry if Im having to ask you to indulge Me some more, and I just ask you to wait and see. And thats really all you can tell them, too. Wait and see! All Im really asking you to do is to give Me a chance, and to wait long enough to see whether Im going to come through for you and not let you down. You may have to bear with their laughter, but I promise you: sooner or later its going to fade. And sooner or later, its you whos going to turn into a bright, radiant smile, and who is going to be heard laughing, while all there was ever for them to laugh about will be history 301 ___________________________________________________ Some believe that somehow, magically, man will become smart and wiser over time, and become enlightened enough to bring about peace among themselves, without supernatural intervention on My behalf of any sort, much less the cataclysmic Return My Word describes. Just because their idea of a loving God does not jibe with that sort of scenario, they deny that what is written could possibly be true. They dont realize that being perfectly loving also means to be totally opposed to hatred, and this includes a certain determination against incorrigibly hateful forces, such as those of Satan, which will have to be abolished before that universal peace on earth could ever take place. They would like everything and everyone to just coexist in peace, and for evolution to bring about that enlightenment in a natural sort of way, without My having to resort to the drastic measures described in the Bible, and since they cannot possibly subscribe to any such events ever taking place, they prefer to deny the validity of those statements, which is, unfortunately, where the love of the truth is leaving them, and they dont have much advice and counsel to offer their flocks that would really and constructively help them to prepare for whats up ahead. Since they believe in Evolution, they adhere to the belief that somehow things keep getting better and improving, instead of what the Bible says about it, which is the opposite. They simply dont have it within them to face the full extent to which evil is taking place in this world, or to which extent Satan is governing this realm.

Since they are basically somewhat on top of the world with recognized positions and a good measure of success and acceptance in the world, they figure, Well, if they accept me, it couldnt possibly be that bad. Their message excludes all the negative and refuses to deal with it, and thus offers no real solutions to those who cannot deny all thats going on, while you are telling the world that Im about to deal with these issues shortly, in My own good time, and I will deal with them thoroughly. I have not been called Lord of Hosts throughout the Old Testament for nothing, only for those people to shrug all that off and say, Oh, well, the God of the Old Testament was really not the kind of friendly God we accept nowadays. There was a definite distinction between good and evil, whereas todays tendency is somewhere along the lines of wanting to pretend, Were all good somehow, when nothing could be further from the truth. When it all comes down to it, its all a bunch of wishful thinking, and while their books may be popular, just how truthful they are, and thus how much good they really do, is an entirely different question. The kind of God that is okay to portray and advertise is a peaceful God who wouldnt hurt a fly, who will let everybody just keep right on doing what they are without ever intervening and daring to spoil the party. They totally ignore those passages of the Scriptures that talk about My chastisement, etc., just because it wont fit into their own private and personal little concept of a politically correct God and Christ, which I am not. What theyre saying in other words, is, Were reconstructing God, and were making Him better than He was before They only present those aspects of Me to the world that they themselves can live with, and they know others can live with, and, of course, people dont have much difficulty accepting that sort of teaching, because its basically tickling their ears, itching for that sort of God is my Pal and always does what I like doctrine They think their success is somehow proof that theyre correct. After all, the masses are flocking to hear them speak and are buying their books, so they couldnt possibly be wrong. Or could they? Well, you know My take on the masses. Once youve experienced the same masses that shouted Hosanna yell crucify Him! three days later, youre cured of any illusions about the good intentions of the masses. Those who really adhere to all of what I have to say, not to mention actually do it and act on it, have always been a pitifully small minority, regardless of all the big rah-rah the mass evangelists sailing under My flag are organizing You were thinking about the Whore, and about one of the qualities of prostitutes: they never give you anything for free. And that is certainly a trademark of the church system: If you want to have the love and affection of our God, well, you better pay for it! Perfectly ignoring My commandment to My disciples, Freely ye have received, also freely give! Erasing the borderlines between good and bad or My disciples and the world heightens their chances of acceptance and popularity. If everybodys the same, then theres no reason why everybody shouldnt be buying their books, either. What it really is, though, is compromise and a refusal to really stand up against the evils of this world, or if there is any evil thats being admitted to, its always elsewhere, among the terrorists and Muslims, who wouldnt buy their books anyway. Theres a war going on, alright, whether those guys want to admit to it, or not. Peace is not going to come by itself, and certainly not by man himself finally attaining to wisdom and insight, as much as they want to believe that! Theyre just flattering themselves and their own kind, frankly, refusing to acknowledge

just what has been learned from history so far Whats happening in this war is that the Enemy is successfully bribing a lot of people who are supposedly fighting on My side, but for gain are watering down the message, a message that denies the reality of the war thats raging, a message of false peace, just like that of the false prophets of old.

rule, and unfortunately, most have chosen the Devil as their step father over My authority. So, its not that I cast them out of My house, but by their loyalty to My enemy they have proven that they prefer to be called his heirs, and thus, heirs of his kingdom they shall be, unless they choose to come back over to My camp any time. So, while that inherent goodness or innocence or divine relation or connection is there, somewhat, most people choose 302 ___________________________________________________ to ignore that heritage completely, and prefer their new foster People are different, and I manifest Myself to them in parents rule and authority over them: the nice uncle who different ways, and allow them to manifest their love for Me in offers them all those shiny toys, and whats best, supposed individual, personalized ways, according to each persons autonomy and self-rule, as in, liberty and freedom from My rules individual needs and preferences. (and isnt that what teenagers want most? Freedom from the You cannot generalize a certain way of worship or service and parents rules and restrictions?), for the seemingly small price of say, This is the way its got to work with everybody. While loyalty to him and his rules, which may look a little bit easier to some people may have problems with the concept or idea of keep, since they allow one to remain selfish. being used by Me, others dont have a problem with it at all, but And since people, by heritage of choice, are born into the even have the desire to be used by Me, because it will make them jurisdiction of that usurped foster parenthood of the Enemy, it feel fulfilled and like theyre fulfilling their purpose in life. Certain takes a deliberate and conscious choice to return to the personality types are made for service, and thats what they live jurisdiction of My rule and Law of Love, before anyone can really for and enjoy, and theres nothing wrong about that. take full advantage again of My parenthood, and the benefits of Its a journey. being My child and heir Theres still lots to learn about relationship and love for everyone While I justly discern between those who never had a chance to involved, and youre all pretty much still at the beginning of the make that choice and those who do, everybody basically decides journey, compared to whats yet left to go by their choices and actions which side they prefer to adhere and belong to throughout the course of their lives, and the majority, I may not judge anyone harshly for not putting or keeping Me by their choices, refuse to be My children, and prefer the other first in their lives, but there is still such a thing as certain benefits guy as their rightful dad their own choice being the sole factor you reap when you do; its like the laws of physics In order to that makes it rightful, since that it the basic rule I have installed reap certain results, youve got to fulfill certain requirements for everyone: your choices do count. That is the divine right I have given everyone, and if most of those who were originally My offspring deliberately choose 303 ___________________________________________________ another parent to have the rule and authority over Me, then I have My goal is that you become so gung ho over Me and this big to respect that choice and decision of theirs until they will advantage you have over others by having Me as that permanent someday return to Me like the prodigal son, which in many cases Source of everything you need, that you will more gladly, more may only occur long after their physical lives have past. willingly, readily and openly share Me with them, offer Me to them and advertise Me to them, so that they can benefit from My The way you make that choice to return to the Fathers Presence in their lives, too, the same way you would recommend parenthood in this dispensation of grace is by accepting My a good film, book or piece of freeware. sacrifice for mans sins on the cross. While Adam and Eves Im the best Freeware App on the market, thats guaranteed, the original choice may have bought you the Devil for your new free supply-anything-youll-ever need plug-in that will make all parent, My blood buys you back into the Fathers House, if the difference in the world on anyones system for the better. thats what you want The only thing thats asked in return is that youre willing to do a The sad thing is that this isnt really made quite clear by most of little advertising for Me, if I have managed to convince you and those who supposedly represent Our Cause, and of course the get you sold on Me. Devil, being the great deceiver and usurper that he is, unwilling Sharing Me with others is really not that much more difficult or to let go of anyone voluntarily that he has the rule and authority complicated. All it takes is your own getting sold on Me first, you over, does everything he can to blur that message and make it have to be convinced that I really am something worth passing sound as confusing as possible, constantly trying to cast doubt on to others or recommending. over the veracity of that plot, which is in essence the contract that enables anyone to return to their proper Father, and their rightful heritage as Gods child that he originally cheated them 304 ___________________________________________________ out of. What really matters is your closeness to Me; that you stay close to Me. By choosing to be ignorant of the Devils devices, folks dont really grasp the severity of that choice and of ones own personal Youve been wondering about this inherent one-ness with God responsibility, or at least they dont express it as clearly or that some want to make universally applicable to everyone. emphasize that a deliberate choice has to be made to return to It is true that man has been created in My image, and thus, all Me and the Father as their true authority by accepting My men do proceed from Me, are in some way My offspring. sacrifice. But much like the difficulties you experience with your own off- Folks like that want to make it easier for everyone to be Gods spring once they grow older and decide to go their own way and children by saying, Youre all Gods children, anyway without adhere to different standards than yours, you find out that just their having to make that choice first, and that is unfortunately because someone is your off-spring doesnt necessarily mean where they are mistaken and rob folks of the opportunity to truly theyre fighting on the same side and for the same camp, and to become saved. what degree they consider themselves your off-spring or act as such is an entirely different question. You have also experienced how people who did make the choice In other words, whether they can be considered worthy heirs of to receive Me at one moment in their lives, seem to have made your kingdom and whether you would be able to trust them more permanent choices to reject Me from then on, and they with the future rulership over your domain, or even to rule, reign dont go any further with Me in their lives, the spiritually dead and govern over others, is another question. born, so you wonder, Well, what difference does it really make? By choice, I have made it possible for man to have himself Well that difference is really by faith. My Promise is that they will adopted by another father, and play by that foster parents have the chance to be there during the first resurrection and

experience the Millennium, instead of having to wait for the great White Throne Judgment at the end of it To face down evil to its full extent and for what it really is, is a hard thing to do, but nonetheless necessary in order to catch the full scope of the real picture

305 ___________________________________________________ The Devil could in many ways be called the god of the flesh, while I and the Father would rather advocate the way of the Spirit. After all, the Spirit is where all things physical come from, its the original Realm. Satan knows that in the Spirit Realm he will never be no.1 and so he puts his cards and all hes got on this physical world He cant make it big in his Home World, where I rule, on behalf of the Father, and so, like some of those ex-patriots who dont have what it takes to become a star or big shot in their own country, but might stand a greater chance of becoming famous somewhere else, hes putting on his big act and playing god on earth Some consciously worship him as such, whereas the majority follow him and his ways unawares One thing you must know about him, though, is that hes really not much more than a pretender, and he comes up with a lot of stuff, rules for his followers to keep, etc., that are often just based on stuff he makes up, just in order for him to come across as more mysterious and mystical than he really is Just like with some of the famous illusionists and magicians, a lot of their show is just that: show. Its not that they actually possess any magical powers; they just pretend they do, and sometimes it comes across as deceivingly real. He just hypes up his own act a little more, makes it all a little bit more intriguing, mysterious and tempting for potential followers of his to dabble in his kind of stuff. After all, if everyone knew that hes just a liar and a pretender, theyd lose interest pretty quickly

of what they based their lives on and mistook for reality, was nothing but a cleverly concocted deception by the Enemy of their souls. That shock will only be superseded by the impact of the revelation of how easy it would have been for each of them to discover the truth, if they really had wanted it, how close My truth had been to them all along, and how My messengers have always been there, throughout time, but always despised, looked down upon and rejected by them They simply considered the darkness more attractive than the light, the truth less believable than the appealing lie. Thats basically all there is to the deep dark mysteries of the workings of Satan: not much truth at all, except what has been there all along about it in the Bible and other ancient writings Even some of My own children make more of it than there really is, and read more into it, because of their own fascination for the mysterious. The truth is often too plain and simple for them, too bright, without those intriguing shades of mystery and darkness Evil is the candy Im presently allowing mankind to get an overdose of, so that theyll get so sick of it for all eternity, that theyll never want any of it again. Heaven is for those who are cured once and for all of their addiction to evil. Equally, Heaven is a place where no such thing as interest or a desire for evil will ever occur, because it is the single greatest proof that renders evil utterly obsolete. It is the single greatest statement defying all the lies that make up your present reality, a world and matrix that will fade just like any erroneous and faulty computer program, an operating system based on wrong information, and thus doomed to collapse and crash

306 ___________________________________________________ Its pitiful for Me to have to watch someone choose their own way above Mine, see them choose selfishness and only seek their own pleasure and advantage. Especially in younger years, and especially nowadays, during these evil times, this is just about natural, and almost to be expected even from My Modern science is a good example of his art: literally millions of children, who are being heavily influenced by all the vibes from books written and millions of minds around the globe employed the great society. in supporting his carefully concocted theories and explanations Its simply one of the evils of these times that youre up against. of the universe that create an atmosphere of veracity and Its the same evil that has always ruled mans hearts; its just that genuine authority, and since theyre actually based on some it has grown worse, just as My Word predicted it would. facts they can look and sound deceivingly real and genuine, but when it really comes down to the final analysis, most of all that has been added to those few initial fundamental facts is 307 ___________________________________________________ fabricated garbage. Remember that love is the most important thing, and what Together, the few basic facts and the tons of added artificial this war is all about, and its also the greatest weapon at your fabrications, speculations, assumptions and theories form a disposal. conglomeration that is called science. A conglomeration that Your goal is world conquest through love, and in some ways many future generations will be humorously amazed by. thats a tougher task than hunting down evil spirits Its all about being a loving force and a force for love in this Of course, they all take it deadly serious, just as an initiated world, making a difference in a greater way than just eliminating witch or druid would take their business very serious. Personally, or confronting certain evils to Me, its all a bunch of hocus pocus, since I am actually aware Love is the goal, and so that means fighting to eliminate your of Satans true powers, his true wisdom and capacities, which own hostility toward the type of people you may initially feel like may come across as quite impressive to mankind, but utterly not jibing with, and putting up with their quirks for loves sake found wanting in the judgment of the halls of Heaven. It means a break from the usual tit for tat game the world is playing, and noticeably making a difference for love. So, if you look into these mysteries of the workings of the All the spiritual insight in the world wont cut the cake where that Enemy, dont expect to find too much, because most of what you point isnt grasped. Without love, its all just another dead bunch will find will be based less on actual fact than on his vivid of religiosity that the world would frankly be better off without. imagination and that of his followers, because, after all, his main If love isnt in it, its nothing. incentive and goal is, at it has always been, too deceive, since Not only is your job to turn the worlds attention toward its evils there isnt really much else that he is truly capable of. and mistakes, but also to offer a favorable alternative and an He is great at creating illusions that may come across as example of how to do it better, which is a whole lot more deceivingly real, so real, in fact, that those who fall for them will challenging than just shooting the bad guys. not only die, but also kill for that fake reality. Probably the greatest shock for the vast majority of mankind, when theyll stand before the Fathers Throne, will be the revelation that much 308 ___________________________________________________

Everything in this life is only temporal. Clinging to any part of it is really futile. Only the things that have been done in love, and the time youll have invested in learning from Me and your fellowship with Me are what you can keep from all that water under the bridge

of attention. Youve got Mine. And Im not alone, either. So, let Me just assure you, you are not going unnoticed. Maybe the whole world ignores you, but I and My World wont ignore you. In fact, the ones who are ignored by this world are the ones We pay special attention to. The nobodies in this world are going to be the stars in the next. Forsaking all is just what it means and what its talking about: a-l- So, hang on and dont worry about where youre supposed to fit l. Sooner or later everyone is going to have to let it all go, even if in. The good thing about nobodies is that they fit in just about its tough, and the sooner and the earlier you learn that, the anywhere. They dont demand a lot of elbow space. You can better. Even if it may feel somewhat like dying, just like your pretty much squeeze them in anywhere, and nobody will ultimate death, its not something you should see as a bad thing, complain, because theyll hardly even notice. but as a door that is going to take you to better, greater things. The big pompous rah-rahs who demand attention and fanfares and red carpet treatment wherever they go now thats another You might not have a clue where it will lead you from here, but story. Thats the type of people your kind wont jibe with. you can rest assured that as long as its I Whos leading you, Unfortunately, theyre the kind that the large part of the youre going to be alright. population consists of, at least in the West, and you see what sort of misery they derive from their attitude and life-style, so Most people choose to fight in order to preserve what theyve why not learn from Me instead, the One Whos meek and lowly in got. In reality, though, life is more about learning to let go. heart? The kind who wont even mind and fuss and complain much even when they are being crucified. The kind that go like a The Father and I have advocated voluntary love from the lamb to the slaughter without even making a sound Let all the beginning, which is the only real form of love anyway. other big shots blow their fanfares with all their rah-rah, but who Love has got to be voluntary, born of freedom of choice, and not needs that? brought about by coercion, in order to be real As C.S. Lewis said, the world is desperate for a little bit of silence and solitude. Can you give them that? There are millions of Its always liberating to let go. Because usually those things one wailers, complainers, belly-achers and self-advertisers Why not naturally tends to cling to rather tend to tie them down, to burden give the world a break from all that by giving a sample of them with the chains of the here and now, and even something someone who for once doesnt crave everybodys applause, that once may have been a new thing can become the old, and attention or even pity? Can you do that? Well, you can learn it what I once may have led you to embrace in exchange for from Me, if you care enough to learn something at all from this another, may be the thing Im asking you to let go of for Me now. life, and it requires exactly what this world is so scared of: a little bit of quietness and solitude. Can you handle that? Youll find Folks in the world usually unexpectedly lose their jobs, or a out, it wont be half as bad as they always make it out to be. In loved one, or their spouse to another, and it often opens the door fact, they stand better chances to survive a little quiet than all to a new life, a new experience; and granting another one the that sickening racket theyre making. freedom of the ability to start another life is always a token of They think theyve got to be noisy, or they cant live. Id say its love. the other way around: how can you live with all that racket? The whole universe lives and breathes in silence. Its only man who Christianity, over centuries has acquired an image of consisting thinks hes got to make one helluva noise in order to be heard, of well-respected members of society, but the time is coming for if hes not heard, he thinks its equivalent with non-existence. when My called-out ones will no longer be able to be part of this But take it from the universe: youll live! Silence is not a killer! In society. fact, it might even improve things. Just give it a chance! I had asked you to be a prisoner of love for Me, but I also know how to release My own and set them free from the confines and chains of conformity and comfort that they often allow themselves to be so comfortably trapped in. 309 ___________________________________________________ Thats the advantage of being a nobody: you dont have to wonder how you fit into the picture. When the role Ive given you to play is that of a nobody, and just to be there, without being conscious of your significance and importance, much less demand any acknowledgement for that someone you are, then what have you got to lose? You can almost pretend to be a ghost whos watching the whole spectacle, and isnt that in so many ways what I do? Not recognized, not acknowledged, hardly ever given the time of day, but just being there, ready to help out when solicited. Its tough on your pride, that role of the invisible, the unnoticed, the nobody in the background that hardly anyone ever finds out even existed, but then, who needs pride, anyway? Pride is what hurts. Humility doesnt feel anything. In other words, humility is what makes you invulnerable. If you want to hurt, keep clinging to your pride, which is going to tell you to wallow a bit in your self-pity and that you may have all the right in the world to be hurt. If you want to save yourself the masochism, just hang on to humility. So, you may feel left out, overlooked, run over, ignored by the whole world, but you can know this for a fact: I notice you, and I know youre there. None of what you do is going unnoticed by Me, so youll never have to worry or complain again about a lack 310 ___________________________________________________ I know how to set My children free when I see that its their time for freedom, and when they can be trusted with new freedoms, or even old freedoms Ive had to take away from them temporarily. I like to see you happy. Remember My warning that the time before My Coming was going to be like the days of Noah, where they married and gave into marriage, ate and drank and didnt take heed until it was too late Remember to seek first My Kingdom and then those things shall be added unto you. 311 ___________________________________________________ Im the Teacher. I determine the schedule. Whether you learn anything is up to you, but I call the shots and say when the lessons are over and when its time to start another one Likewise, it is also I Who chose the ingredients and factors and players in the lesson. I choose who and whats best for you and your particular need. Life is a school. Life may not make an awful lot of sense sometimes, just like some of the kids in schools nowadays are wondering about what sense the stuff theyre being taught there is supposed to make, but if you just keep in mind that its a school, and that youre primarily supposed to learn something, then it doesnt really matter so much anymore whether youre

successful or popular or not, how much you have or dont have, whether youre a winner or a loser all that counts is, are you learning something? Folks are often quite lazy when it comes to learning. Your advantage is that youre attending the right school. Your disadvantage is that youre not very ambitious about working and learning something out of it. Its always easier to strive for success in the flesh than to seek the true success of the Spirit, against which the flesh rebels and strives. When there are visible, tangible, immediate rewards involved, such as money and all the things it buys, everybodys quick to pitch in and make progress and show just how good they are at it. When it comes to learning lessons for eternity and eternal rewards, that requires faith faith which most people dont have. Not enough, anyway, to invest the same sort of energy in that they invest in their labors for the temporal rewards. The here and now is quite a bit more important to you than the there and then Youre willing to make a lot more sacrifices, pitch in and invest a lot more time in immediate rewards and gratification than youre willing to invest efforts into the furtherance and establishment of My Kingdom on earth Youre part of the same general plan for humanity. You may be a little further ahead in some aspects, but may yet have a lot to learn in others, in which many of them are ahead of you. The difference is that what they know, and theyve learned is a lot more common than the stuff that you know. Its not that they couldnt know it, if they were interested, its just that youve invested more time in learning and studying about these things. Youre realizing, though, that this doesnt get you ahead in any way in the ways of the world, and once you see yourself in danger of missing out in a substantial way, you succumb to the same pressure that motivates and spurs them on One thing is required in stewards, that a man be faithful. Faithfulness is the one requirement, and one that so few possess. Many can jump into something with a lot of umph and tra-rah and show how good theyre at something. What will really prove how good at it they were is how faithful theyre going to have been at it. And a lot of those noisy racketeers run out of steam easily, jumping from one adventure and project to the next, while the quiet little plodders plod on and make all the difference in the world quietly.

many people, especially women, are appalled by. The difference lies in the incentive: whether its the lusts that war in your members that motivate you, or a sincere and pure desire for love, or at least a sincere desire to please Me somehow, a grateful heart, and the humility to receive it as My gift, not something that you think should be yours anyway, and you just take what is your dues. So, if you feel like I havent been granting you all the desires of your heart in this aspect, perhaps its because in this aspect you havent been delighting yourself in Me as much as you should have, not giving Me the glory for these things as you should have, and simply not including and involving Me as much as you could and should have. Remember that keeping Me on your mind with a thankful attitude when you enjoy these things is what purifies and sanctifies them and makes them become good and a blessing, instead of a curse. Everything is connected. If your heart is right, and filled with the right thoughts, the results will also be right, starting with the right kind of words proceeding from your mouth, and ultimately resulting in the blessings that youd hope for. 313 ___________________________________________________ Suffering simply happens to be part of the deal, both in love and life itself. You cant keep being shocked and surprised when it appears. Some try to avoid it, of course, and never deal with it, but I cant let you do that. Some are trying to dodge the battle altogether, but youre one of My fighters, and thats what fighters are born and called to do: fight! I have also not left you unaware and ignorant of the Devils devices, so you know what hes up to, and how he can even use those closest to you to try to inflict harm on you or weaken you or tempt you to give in, when they dont stay 100% on My wavelength.

You wonder, Is it really possible at all, for anyone, to keep You in the first place? Well, the Devil will, of course, always fight with all hes got to stop that from happening in anybodys life. You might say that a good part of the meaning of life and its purpose consists of merely striving to resist those temptations. How hard do you fight to resist them? How hard do you fight in order to overcome? There are aspects in which you havent really yet begun to fight, and perhaps you havent really even yet begun to truly love, 312 ___________________________________________________ either I have created man with his inherent needs. Dependence is Love is more than this codependency that humans create for the name of the game. If everyone would be independent (which each other in order to make sure their needs are mutually fulfilled seems to be Satans intention and plan more and more in todays and taken care of. society, to create the illusion that they are), there would be even less human contact, less cooperation, less families, less The big problem is that the primary thing people focus on is the community object of their desire, whatever they think will grant them security Especially his sexual needs, as much as they seem to often be or fulfillment of whatever happens to be their greatest need, considered more of a curse than a blessing, have been key in more than on the Giver, the One Who gives all things in the first bringing about My plan for mankind. You know that the Devil in place. reality hates sex in its original, intended way, and especially the Thats what makes this idolatry out of their obsession and purpose for which it was created passions, which causes them to fail to comply with the Law of Of course, he would try and take this gift to mankind and pervert Love. it somehow, just as he has done it with any other gift, including Everyone does that, aplenty. Its what is called sin, and it spirituality and religion, music, education, the arts, etc. happens every day in everyones life, manifold. The goal is to The key is to seek to use all these things for My glory; to include reduce that amount of sin, but as you know, you cant just do Me in them, to be mindful of Me when youre doing them, that without My Power, My Love within you, which is the only because whatever you do for My glory cannot be bad, but is right and effective motivation that can ever keep you from sanctified when you take it in gratitude as a gift from Me. sinning The problem is that many times these things are taken for So, it all comes down to how much you really focus on Me, the granted and consumed without the gratitude toward Me that One Who can make IT possible and happen in your life, as would sanctify them, and thus they often dont glorify Me, and opposed to all these other things you often tend to rather put what could have been beautiful turns into mundane, just another your faith in, faith that they are going to give you what you need, life-less, love-less, spirit-less, carnal act, and thats what so not I.

People who put their focus on other people to give them what they need can swiftly take their loyalties away from one person and shift it to the next, once they figure that the new person is the new promise of all their hopes and dreams coming true that they project into them. It explains the illusion of what many people call love. Im teaching you to discern between the Devils fakes and the Real Thing, including his fake versions of love. Getting to know the Real Thing when it comes to love is really what its all about, and it often takes people years and years of their lives before they find out what love really is, as opposed to all the clichs and feelings that they associated with it. The truth is that it can only really happen real love if you let Me be the Central Exchange of whats going on between you, which is what I have told you in the very beginning. As long as you keep expecting more than is due from another human being, the relationship is programmed to fail. Unfortunately, you have done that. You have made much of your state of mind victory or defeat dependent on those circumstances of what they did or did not do for you, and that simply is not real love, nor can it evoke or engender real love in return, and thus the relationship has failed. People want to be loved for themselves, not for what they do or for their manifestations of love. Love can really only come about if there is love in the first place, it couldnt just be based on actions and works, just like it is with Salvation. Just as a religion that is based on works cannot be true, so a love that is based and dependent on works cannot be, either, and, isnt love what youve always claimed to be your religion, after all? Well, it turns out that you havent been quite as devout a practicer of that religion as you may have thought

practically demand worship from them. And if you have fallen into that trap of man worship, you never realize it until they show their true face as one of the Enemys decoys, after all, even if they may still remain perfectly unaware of who they really are working for. Just as I can use people without their being aware of it, so can the Enemy. Ground your dependence solely in Me, regardless of what people might say. This is a golden opportunity for Me to really draw you close to Me without distraction, and truly teach you to depend utterly on Me, and even if this whole situation may seem as a great evil to you, in My eyes it is actually a greater good. So youve got to trust Me and have the faith and courage to see things once again from My perspective, not yours, even if the picture youre getting right now may be disappointingly bleak and shockingly dark. The Devil likes to use the seemingly good, while I, in contrast, like to use the seemingly bad sometimes, only to defy him and natural reasoning. Its a major lesson in helping you discern in the future between what is authentically good or bad.

I had given you your request, but as so often, sent leanness to your soul in return, which then results in a greater hunger and search for Me, which is how I managed to draw you so much closer to Me. I use the deviances of the flesh to bring about greater victories of the Spirit. So, its not like you must be in utter remorse over all of this, but you must realize that Ive had My hand over your life all this time, and as dark as this way may seen, which in part I have chosen for you, and in part you have chosen for yourself, youve got to see that the end result is going to be greater light. The path that Theres a lot yet to learn about real love, isnt there? You have a ends in crucifixion will always ultimately result in resurrection. long ways to go. The end is not this death on the cross, but the rising again after a brief period in the bowels of the earth So, keep your eyes on the resurrection, which I will bring about just as surely as I did 314 ___________________________________________________ bring you to this cross. In order for the lesson to be learned, it had to be completed unto its end. I could not release you from it prematurely, because it would not have had the same, profound effect. In fact, you 315 ___________________________________________________ would have never come to see this part of the truth, had you not The big plan is to move from the subjective limited scopes of come to this point. individuals to a larger, united vision. Away from focusing on Its a multiple lesson all in one: a lesson on Walk a mile in my ones own, personal needs, and a move on toward greater things shoes, a lesson on faithfulness, on discernment, a lesson on than that: the needs of the community and eventually all of true love, and even if you may feel shattered and deserted mankind. momentarily, this is also part of My plan to help you put yourself In this, the Enemy is striving and working for the exact opposite. in My shoes, and you cant say you havent gotten any wiser from He fights in order to isolate people more and more, and My this. efforts, and those of My forces to bring some sort of unity between people into this seem almost futile and like a drop on a I know, youd prefer happiness over wisdom, but once again I hot rock in comparison with the Enemys success in his great must insist that I know better which is best for you. division campaign. Unfortunately, one does not really begin to seek the greater Its a lesson on selfishness, a lesson on how futile it is to be vision for the universal need thats there to fill until they have putting your hopes and your faith in flesh and blood and things experienced the futility of living only to quench ones own needs. material Thats in essence what I was teaching when I said, He that Its another howbeit strong and painful reminder that when it saves his life shall lose it, and he that loses it shall save it. comes down to it, all youve really, really got in the end to rely on All efforts to merely provide for oneself are counterproductive, is Me, and Im hoping that you will finally truly begin to see that I when it comes to the Big Picture. Only those who forget about am, in fact, more than enough, even if you cannot possibly feel it those things and get their focus off of all that they want and need right now, because all you feel is the pain of the emptiness. for themselves, and onto the much greater need of the whole, be it the body of the community, the Church, or mankind per se, Having learned to depend on Me never comes in as handy as really live life the way it ought to be lived, and not just some form during a time when you lose someone who played an important of living death of a selfish existence revolving exclusively around or even pre-eminent role in your life. oneself. So, this is also a lesson on not allowing other humans to take a So, perhaps this will help you to realize the necessity of this role in your life or a place that is more than their due. death youre experiencing right now: It is the result of your Unfortunately, some people are never completely happy until striving to satisfy your own desires. they occupy the first place in someone elses life, even if they Its how the Devil often operates: someone vows to give their life may never be conscious or aware of that trait. Thats the secret, to Me and may even make some great sacrifice to prove their hidden part of pride that subconsciously causes its victims to loyalty and determination to do so, and then he comes in to test

them just to see how far they are really willing to go, where are their limits, at what point are they going to compromise? As you can tell, you were anything but prepared for those onslaughts of his and his subtle infiltrations of your life and the manifold temptations he strewed along your path just to make sure you werent going to keep your motives pure. Often only the end of the way will reveal it. That end for many is death, but you have an opportunity right here to evaluate your life and what youve been doing with it so far, and what you have really been investing in, and you can tell that you have not always been as wise an investor as you would have liked to be. In so many aspects, you have sown to the flesh and are now reaping the destruction of the flesh. A relationship that is sown and born in spirit is usually one that lasts. But one that is ridden with selfish carnal desires and manipulations is bound to self-destruct sooner or later. My hope is that somehow this experience and the knowledge and wisdom you gained from it, and the greater insight into the workings of your own soul, will help you make some better decisions in the future, when you stand at the next crossroads, undecided what to do, or when you have a choice between a selfish and an unselfish option. The unselfish one is nearly always the uninviting one, the one that you hardly can bring yourself to follow through on, its just not within you. Whereas the selfish option always appeals to the flesh, seems so easy and inviting, but will always turn out to have been the harder lot in the long run After all, what counts is not what youve been given, but what you have done with it. You cannot see your talents and gifts as a reward you deserve for something you did that was better than what others did, who dont have them, but rather as something to put to work and use to invest in My work. Its no time by far to start resting on your laurels yet, thinking you had arrived at your resting place. Theres a job to do. I always choose whats for your good. Granted, there could have been even better choices if you would have exerted a little more love, but a lot does depend on the effort with which you seek Me and the effort you pour into My Cause and into your relationship with Me. If a number of things remain more important to you and you invest more effort in them and their acquisition, then you will also have to reap the natural consequences. If you put other gods before Me, the God of Love, then you will naturally also wind up having less genuine love to give, because that love only comes from that sincere and intimate relationship with Me, which is not limited to your conversations with Me, nor does it end there, but it should rather only begin there and result in some visible manifestations as seen in your actions. That doesnt mean its another works trip. But it does mean that youre only deceiving yourself if you think you can merely be a hearer of My Word without being a doer of it, without implementing it in your life and drawing the consequences, adapting your life according to what Im telling you. Some things are simply not easily learned by words and theoretical lessons that are given, but the best teacher remains to be experience, and this experience youre going through obviously speaks louder and has a greater impact on you, with greater potential to evoke actual and genuine change, than any amount of words I could ever give you. I talk for as long as possible. When there are still no visible results after quite some time, greater measures are required. 316 ___________________________________________________ Tuning in to people is all good and fine, but nothing compared to the importance of getting in tune with Me first of all! Im letting you get a glimpse of what damage humans can inflict on one another, and if you want to stay safe and protected from that harm, it pays to stay tuned to Me and getting in on My tunes! Without Me youre sunk. Life can be mean! I know how tough it can be! Ive been there!

Ive seen it, and I feel your pain. And if theres nobody else around who gives a damn or cares to comfort you, what do you think I am here for? All the time that passed before, all these years I prepared you, they were all training for this! This is it! This is the serious stuff I had been talking about! Not quite what you had expected, but thats how life goes. Why do you think I made such a point of the urgency and the necessity for you to become dependent on Me and Me alone? It was relatively easy in theory, wasnt it? Compared to this? - The real thing? - The hardcore reality of it? If Ive been preparing you for this for so long, then how come youre so utterly unprepared? How can you even think you can make it one day through this without Me? How can you even try? Let Me tell you, all hell is breaking loose all around you, and this is the feast day all those hounds of hell have been looking forward to with eager anticipation! They were greedily waiting for this day they could tear you apart, rip you in pieces and leave you in shreds until there was nothing much left of you. You let the Devil fool you into thinking that My words to you couldnt really make that much of a difference, they couldnt really save the day. So instead, you looked hither thither and yon for salvation from human hands. - And were utterly disappointed once again. Salvation does not come from human hands. That may be one of the principal lessons wrapped up in human history! Jonah gave the clue: Salvation is of the Lord! Why is that such a revelation? Because it takes a while for most people to understand that it doesnt come from human hands. Not their own, and not anyone elses except for those who are part of My rescue mission, and theyre usually not part of the Hurray, we can do it in our own strength crew. If you want to be able to cope and you want to get a clue about My doing, and make it through in one piece, you had better tune into Me, or youre just going to wind up sorry! Thats the consequence of a lesson repeated over and over and still not learned! I want to be here for you, and I want you to realize that and know beyond any shadow of a doubt that I am! I am here for you, and will never ever leave your side. If you cant see Me, feel Me beside you, or hear Me, then its only because you havent been reaching out enough! You believed those other voices, telling you that other things were more capable of helping you in this situation. The resurrection is the part only I can do, and youve got to be prepared and ready for it! Youve got to stay attuned to Me! This isnt anything you can pull off on your own, nor is it something thats going to just pull off by itself, no matter what you do! Youve got to fulfill your part of the deal in it, and that is that youve got to keep in tune with Me! Youve got to keep checking what Im up to, whats happening, and wait for Me to reveal to you what the Devils next move is, or at least tell you how to parry. So, can you see how badly you need Me, especially in this situation? More than you have ever needed Me before, and more than you have ever needed anything or anyone! This isnt just another bad thing that happened! This is a big thing, and its not to be taken lightly! Let Me tell you, Im not taking it lightly! Its the same way the Father knew all along where My road on earth was going to end, but He did by no means take it lightly! The weather reflects the spiritual winter thats going on behind the scenes! For what is left, when love has gone? What warmth, what light, what life? So, please dont feel abandoned by Me! For Me, this is a big thing thats going on here, and I guarantee that this is making you a partaker of My sufferings. Of course, Im also using it to make you feel more with those who have to go through such things, and many of them dont have Me to lean on In a way, for someone like you with a faith like yours, something

like this is the hardest to go through, because you know that I am Love, and you wonder how can I let this happen, if I am Love? And you figure it can only be because the worst case scenario of a human character is what applies to you, and that youre beyond hope and just incorrigible, undesired scum. Well youre not! And neither was I, and yet thats how they made Me feel! Welcome to Rock Bottom Club! This is it! All the others were only previews! Now you have arrived! This is truly it! Rock Bottom! It cant get much lower than this! Well, it could, in physical terms, but not emotionally. So, youre there, at the place where I had been leading you all along. Isnt it good to know that it cant get much worse than this? Isnt it good to know that Ive been preparing you for it, and that Im right here to catch you and comfort you and cheer you up, lift you up and raise you back up again?

Salvation. You always turn first toward that which is your greatest hope. Its preeminent that you remember that I am the Filler. I am the Giver. Im the One Who makes it all happen, and Whos got to make it happen, if you want it to be the right thing. Whats required is a miracle, and you dont make these happen by the arm of the flesh. Its going to take nothing short of a miracle to get you off that deserted shore into another safe haven somewhere. There are people of the kind who take you for a ride, and when theyre finished with you, they just drop you off somewhere in the middle of the road Youve been literally taken for a ride.

Youve got to let love happen; youve got to trust Me that I will bring the right person along in My own good time, instead of feverishly trying to find one yourself. Just dont make the same mistake again of thinking that theres Trust Me that even if you wont find anyone for some time youll going to be any move of the flesh you can possibly make thats still be better off than winding up with another wrong person! going to help you save yourself out of this! Salvation is of the With the right kind of person, you wont wonder anymore Lord! It does not come from human hands, and the sooner whether maybe they are the right one or not; youll know. There youre going to grasp that, the better off youre going to be! will have been no doubt whatsoever from the beginning. Its just It is really true: Your only hopes in Me! It has never been as true that most people dont have the faith or patience to wait for the as now. Now is the time to pull out of the arsenal the deeper right one to come along, nor do they employ My help in finding meaning of My many words of counsel I have spoken to you in them. In other words, they dont really pray and communicate order to prepare you for this! with Me much about the matter, when thats really the one thing So, this is not the time to be neglecting the most important and they should. powerful weapon you possess and try to figure out ways of I want to and have got to be involved in finding you a partner, trying to save yourself out of this mess! This is the time to put to and its not just something you can pull off on your own! If use all that youve learned and prove whether you have learned theres anything you seriously ought to recruit My help for, then anything at all its that. Of course, it not only involves finding the right person, but also Calamities happen. My crucifixion was the epitome of all working on becoming the right kind of person first, and prepare calamities, and youre learning what pattern they follow: After the for them, so that theyre not going to be disappointed by what death follows hell, and thats where youve got to stay for a little theyre going to find, and it includes getting ready for them. while, until Im ready to pull you out or the Father puts you pack Who would you want to be for the love of your life? on your feet! This operation requires a greater miracle than merely finding the right person; it includes making you the right person for There is a deeper meaning to everything thats happening in your them, first. life, since there is no such thing as meaningless in the lives of My chosen vessels. Have I not said, Ye are gods? Those to Its not just a game of luck. A lot depends on what you invest into whom My words have been spoken? They may treat you like the game of life, and what cards you place your hopes and scum, and act as if they were gods compared to you, as they money on, whether its your own wits, efforts, talents, etc., or despise you and mistreat you, look down on you, sneer at you faith in My help to help you win. and make you feel like nothing at all But My nothings are the If its really My help you want to rely on in the game, than you future everythings, pivots on which the wheels of My universe, avail yourself of My trumps and My strategies. and My world will keep turning. If you only tune in to their world, of course you dont see it! I know your condition, your chances, your weaknesses and Thats why Im saying, for the sake of everything you ever held strengths better than even you know yourself, and thus, if you dear: tune in to Me not them! rely on Me, youre bound to arrive at a pleasant destination with greater probability than if you decide to take your fate into your You may think that the fact that theres no one around to give own hands. you comfort is the worst part about this calamity, this disaster. But I say its the best part about it, so that you can finally learn to Time spent with Me is never time wasted. But during a crisis time let Me be your comfort, your aid, your help, your salvation in a spent with Me is definitely time wisely invested, and more so real life situation, and finally not only in a comparative drill! than other things you do spend and sometimes waste your time This is the situation to prove and show all that you have learned, on In fact, theres hardly anything better you can do. and youve just got to stick to what you learned and not allow the Devil to hand you his big-mouthed lies that tell you everything How great is your faith, really, that I am the One capable of Ive ever given and told you is of not much use! pulling you out of this? Seeking around for human crutches made everything worse! You would have been a lot better off keeping clinging to Me! A lot of folks spend a lot more time on a lot less important things than conversing with the Ruler and Creator of the universe! For Heavens sake, dont go by their crummy, foolish, stupid, selfish and futile standards! Why must you try to conform to them or even listen to those voices that tell you what they might be thinking? 317 ___________________________________________________ Im the only One Who can save you, but Youve also got to call and ask Me for help, or at least acknowledge that I am your Its the result of your own personal choices, attitudes and actions that is catching up with you, bearing the consequences, reaping what youve sown, and He that soweth sparingly, will also reap sparingly. Anybody who is prone to self-pity thinks that their own particular situation must be the worst possible, but theyre often being shown how wrong they were once things start getting even worse, and really bad. 318 ___________________________________________________ Trying to save yourself is always going to be of no avail.

Thats a lesson Im teaching you and all of mankind in the long run. Thats what I meant by What man is there who could add one cubit to his stature? Of course, theyre all trying to defy that now by building up their muscles and enhancing their physical appearances artificially But in the end, what have they really added to who they really are? And in the end, all those artificial physical additions will only have turned out to have been temporal. Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger! If the goal is love, then thats precisely what the Devil will try to stop with all his might. In your life and in the life of everybody else who has made that their goal. Sin is missing that mark, that goal, and thats what he will precisely tempt you to do then, to miss the mark and goal of love. And unfortunately he has succeeded in more aspects than many have the honesty to admit to themselves. They dont see to what degree the Enemy has stopped, hindered or slowed them down or kept them from the ultimate goal, how far off from that goal they actually really are. So many things distract you from the Essence, which am I. I am the Source of that love you need, I am both, the starting point and the goal, the beginning and the end, and as long as you move within that frame of My Being, youre fine, youre safe, and youre on the right path, but Satan has many lures that will draw you out of that sacred circle of My love, unless you take heed. 319 ___________________________________________________ The greatest and purest form of love entails sacrifice and laying down your own life for the sake of another, foregoing your personal needs and desires in favor of the well-being of another. When it comes to a womans emotions, the counsel is always appropriate to proceed with caution. Handle with care! Its easy to advertise (the Law of Love) and the attractive liberties it offers. But if youre not willing to pay the price thats attached with it, namely to put your own desires on the back burner in favor of the others welfare, youre only going to cause hurt, and will thus break the Law of Love. 320 ___________________________________________________ Whenever I start a good clean thing on earth, it wont take long until the Devil will try to sneak in and pervert and defile it somehow. The blessing became more important than the Giver of these blessings Himself, and that is something I cannot tolerate, and I simply cannot keep blessing in such a case. And so Ive had to withdraw the blessing, since you didnt really fulfill your end of the bargain to keep Me in the first place. I know that its difficult to do that, and some say its plain too difficult to even try. Then again, if I knew that it would be too difficult, why would I have commanded, Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, or said that to love God with all your hearts would be the first commandment? I didnt say that a large percentage of the populace would manage very easily, but I nonetheless gave you a goal for which to shoot and aim Its a challenge to stay focused on Me! But that challenge is still the goal. The question is, how much are you going to allow the Enemy to divert you from it?

inflict the greatest amount of suffering on each other, so, in a way you might say that human company and influence is something that is to be enjoyed with caution. Thats why I keep saying that Im really your only Light, the only One you can fully and wholly rely on, as difficult as that may seem for you to take, and as panicked as you may presently be at the thought of winding up on your own. Its important that you recognize My preeminence over the presence of any single person in your life that you might be prone to make yourself and your feelings and state of mind so dependent on. I have advocate trusting and relying on each other to a certain extent. But you have to know to what degree. You cannot allow yourself to become totally emotionally dependent on someone, or even dependent in other ways in permanent terms. Being not of this world means being crushed, reduced to nothing and no one as far as theyre concerned, becoming the type of person that knows what it means to truly have nothing left to lose Its good that you remember that youre nothing but a fugitive in this world A fugitive from Prison Planet, and on your way to a better Home World Of course, those who are young still live in the illusion that this world is theirs, and if someone has good cards, of course they want to keep them for as long as possible and make the most out of it that goes Did I cheat you out of those opportunities by allowing the illusion that the game might be over sooner than you thought? - Perhaps. Did it serve My purpose, and a good one? Think about it! Would you have rather been one of the millions and billions of those that dont make any difference at all? 322 ___________________________________________________ The experience of this pain makes of you a better future partner for it. For once, it will have taught you never to take the duration of a relationship for granted, and you will treat your potential partner accordingly. Instead of the underlying arrogance of this wont happen to me, youre more humble instead, having learned that nothing in this world is necessarily permanent, and you certainly cannot claim any type of ownership rights over another person, nor demand anything from them. If this experience should teach you anything, it is that you really have no right to demand anything from a person, least of all their affection. No wonder some women start feeling like being treated as mere sex objects, when thats the part that takes the upper hand in a relationship. I advocate relationship, and although I wish for people to put as much emphasis on relationship with Me as possible, I know their frame, and I know that not everybody has the material to become a monk or a nun. However, this is a danger that far too many people are not consciously aware of in relationships, that the sex factor can be prone to become the primary factor, but since humans are not exclusively physical but also spiritual beings, the physical factor will never truly manage to satisfy their soul, so if the spiritual ingredient in the relationship is being neglected, then its bound to fail. So, its not so much the relationship itself that can be the trip-off or danger, as the role you choose to play in that relationship. If you allow it to be something to cater only to yourself, then it can develop into something dangerous. You cannot say I never warned you of selfishness!

321 ___________________________________________________ Human spirits, because of their vulnerability and liability to be attacked and used by the Enemy and his demons or familiar spirits can pretty much be the most detrimental weapon the 323 ___________________________________________________ Enemy has ever used against Me: My own betrayal came at the Its fairly common for folks to believe that their situation, hands of a human, and so did My greatest suffering Humans their plight and lot, is the worst that could have possibly befallen

anyone on earth. The Enemy is truly a treacherous enemy who can lie in wait and ambush for years and years before he strikes. In some ways as far as youre concerned and the things he can do to you, its true: time is on his side, and its working in his favor and playing the world including its billions of souls - closer and closer into his hands by the hour. And he also has his sleepers; those who pretend to be fighting for My side but become activated at a certain signal to show their true colors, and on whose side they really serve Betrayal is certainly one of the hardest pains in existence to bear, and Im not even going to downplay it or try to find any nice comforting words for it. Words seem like a poor comfort in situations as these, but all I can assure you of is this, that it will pass, and you will truly come out better for it. This is not a loss in the long run and in the light of eternity, but a gain. I promise, I will bring forth victory from this seeming defeat. Well, isnt it good you can take Me with you wherever you go? Imagine the countless people who have to go through pain without My comforting voice Unfortunately, its true: among the greatest failures throughout history have been many of My children, many of those who really ought to have known better. But because they were a threat to Satans kingdom, he was on their heels, and it was them he was after, not those he already had in his bag There are so many things that dont seem to make much sense to you, and sometimes all you can do is wrap them up in a bundle of faith, give it to Me, and try to trust Me in spite of them Trusting is something you do as much in spite of certain things as you do it because of other factors. When you trust Me, youre hanging in the pivot of the balances of good and evil the whole universe revolves around those and hinges upon those who have to go through the real battles that determine the course of history. You may seem to be totally alone and forsaken by God and men, and not a soul caring much about you, but as far as the Real World is concerned, the Eternal World, all eyes are on you right now to see how youre going to make it through this. This is the hour of your destiny, and the decisive battle both sides have been preparing for. Hundreds of thousands on this side of the veil are rooting for you to make it through this victoriously. I am not forsaking you. Please hang on to that Promise! I am here. I am not moving an inch from your side. 324 ___________________________________________________ Its tough to be hated by the world, and you can basically work on your image as much as you like, bend over backwards to please them, etc., but in the long run it isnt going to change much about that. Its a heavy burden to be hated by the world, but its one youre simply going to have to get used to in the light of unfolding Endtime events. Its what makes you partakers of My sufferings, and bearers of My cross, the same cross I carried. Only fighting on My side and staying faithful to Me and My Cause is what brings eternal rewards. It doesnt really matter whether your character is flawless or not, or how wrong whatever you do may come across to be, as long as you stick to Me, youre on the right side.

difference, unless somebody also really lives it and puts it into action 325 ___________________________________________________ You cannot be both, dependent on Me and someone else at the same time; at least not in the long run. Through your weakness I have a chance to become strong in your life. By allowing the light of truth and exposure to flood into the dark, hidden and obscure areas in your life, youre making it very uncomfortable for the demons who have been clandestinely at work there. The greatest source of pleasure in your life has also been your greatest temptation, and thus, the greatest source of pain, your greatest hindrance and obstacle to overcome. Maybe its simply time to put that idol on the altar for Me and fight to overcome it so that you can truly serve Me freely. If you truly dont want to belong to this world, then you just cannot conform to them and their ways, not even in one single aspect You havent been fighting all along as you should have, you havent been on guard all along as you should have, and have allowed the Enemy to weaken you from within because he had this stronghold in your life. Your Huddersfield belonged to him and Me, and its time you give up that last piece of property he holds on you to Me and tear it completely loose from his grip and renounce his title of ownership to it! Youve been having another god before Me, and Ive had to topple it. 326 ___________________________________________________ It would be easy to follow an infallible prophet. And thats what people always seek and look out for: the perfect person and leader to follow, who never makes any mistakes, never commits any sins, and never tells any lies or even makes any erroneous statements. But there simply is no such person. There are only those who might pretend to be such a person. I very much use those things you consider to be mistakes in your life, and from them I teach you the most precious lessons. And, granted, youve made lots of them, and lots of them were made by folks around you, all of which require a lot of faith for you to still see My hand in them and in the path that Ive been leading you. Its much easier to spot Me or assume My Presence in the nice, organized and orderly lives of those who hardly ever make mistakes, who are apparently and obviously successful. But look at My own life and the sort of people I hung out with: From a worldly view point, they were a mess. They all ended up in persecution and martyrdom; not exactly criteria by which the world would measure success. The highlight of My own career was a cross on a hill, a public execution Not a very promising Man to follow, most would say, right?

You do well to have extraordinary faith to see My hand and My will for you in extraordinarily messy and chaotic situations, and even in paths that lead you downhill, as far as the world is concerned: down to the recognition and admission of your own failures and weaknesses Your plight may seem to be the harder one right now, but it will Down to the confrontation and coming face to face with your not be in the long run. The betrayed by this world, the despised deepest, darkest sins and the Devils hidden workings in your and forsaken, will always be the comforted in the next. life, exposing the ugliest sides of you that only few have the courage to deal with One can talk about the lifestyle or the Law of Love all they like, As back then in My days, the closest to God are not those who but it doesnt really become genuine, nor make a genuine have their lives all self-righteously and sanctimoniously rigged

up. The true saints are not those who believe they can see, but those who know they are blind and beg Me and allow Me to open their eyes to the real truth. - The ugly truth about the state this world is really in. By Old Testament standards, every life was also considered a failure that didnt keep every jot and tittle of the law, deserving hell, as opposed to Gods mercy in sending Me to save the world and die for its sins instead So, Old Testament standards are pretty much pass when it comes to measuring My will for this day and age. Not that there arent many wonderful Promises in there you can benefit from, many lessons to learn, and discover the basics of My interactions with mankind, or rather, its beginnings. But My relationship with Man has progressed since then, and you cannot go by the old standards, because My standards have changed since then, from the standard of the law to the standard of Love. Many things that were taboos back then I have made room and allowance for now. Its like John said, Blessed is he that condemneth not himself in the thing that he alloweth. It all depends on your faith now. Your freedom depends on your faith, and on the limitations and restrictions you want to impose on yourself or choose to be free from There is such a thing as progress happening within My Church, My Movement upon earth, even if its happening somewhat clandestinely, and isnt always quite obvious or in your face, and happening among groups that are largely far from view of the general public. Finding My highest path and truth for every age requires some genuine seeking from the proper motivations and with the one goal to truly find Me and My truth and nothing else, and those who fulfill these criteria wont fall for all the shiny fakes the Devil has placed all along their path, at least not in the long run. And once you may have found one of those outlets of My highest truth, you wont always be necessarily convinced right off the bat that this is it, because it will often seem so unlikely to really be it. It will often be a break with the traditional ways and traditionally recognized ways and methods of worship, and a break with all former concepts of right and wrong, even if there may be those who might claim that those things can never change. What they need to realize is that I, the Lord, may not change and remain a firm Constant, but that My methods and even rules of the game may be changed at any time, according to the need and the strategy the Enemy is playing, or even according to My Own judgment of what would be the best strategy to apply for the moment. Basically the camp of believers is divided into those who claim that God cannot change His own rules He has laid down for man, and those who believe that He can, and that nothing is impossible with Him. The former put the rules on an equal level with Him, and thus they often become their only link with Him, while the latter flow with the living flow of a living, moving God, a stream that does not constantly flow in one direction, but will wind and take many turns, according to the places where its refreshing waters are most needed, most wanted, most appreciated, and will bring forth the greatest amount of fruit. There are those who like to keep God in the box of His Own rules, and those who allow Him to be Master over everything in their lives, including His Own rules, capable of adapting them according to the need of the hour. Not a stiff, rigid regiment that cannot change or be altered, but a living Law, judging by the criteria of each individual situation: the Law of Love. While the conservatives always scream Heresy! at the sound of messages such as this, you need to keep in mind that that is basically what they crucified Me for, and many of My genuine followers shared a similar fate. That which the Old Church calls heresy is often the white-hot message and move of God of the hour, the message of the New Church of the day. And if it pleases the Father to even avail Himself of less than

perfect vessels, less than perfect methods in the eyes of man, who is there to judge or correct Him? You really only have the choice to either yield to and move with His flow, or to resist it. And blessed are they who yield, and dont resist. 327 ___________________________________________________ Its within human nature to climb its way up out of a hole and find some light in which to bask. Then again, you must also realize that the days are getting darker in general, and it is utterly expedient that you make My light the one you seek to bask in, not any false, artificial light that the world has to offer, of popularity and ease Its a fight, and fight you must, in order to strengthen your spiritual muscles. Consider this a special opportunity to learn some special lessons in an intensive way, with special attention from Me, even if the attention is manifested by the heat of the fires of My purging judgments This calamity is there for a higher purpose, and some day you will see that meaning and purpose and will be happy and rejoice over it as a token of My wisdom and My love for you. Right now all you can see and feel is the pain, but I promise you, there will come forth good fruit from it, and you will come out better for it. You must not be short-sighted and just look at the immediate, the pain before you, the loss, but you must look ahead at My higher purpose in all of this, and trust Me that its out there, and you will see it, find it and experience it and benefit from it! Dont look back, look ahead, My love! 328 ___________________________________________________ These matters of the heart can turn out to be extremely painful, and you must make sure to tread slowly and softly and ever so carefully, as not to hurt anyone. Freedom spells new responsibilities to try to avoid mistakes that your former confines have safeguarded you from. Its good not to be driven by your sex drive in these matters, but to acquire an unselfish and giving attitude about your sexuality. Just be a sample of My love. You have the gift, ability and potential to be a great blessing to others. While certain things may be okay for you, they may not be okay for others You need to learn to self-guard and discipline yourself in many aspects, along the lines of sincerity, openness, honesty and consideration for others potential hurt feelings, lest you cause any unwanted damage. There are two paths before you, two options: the possibility to bring forth good fruit and life where you will walk, or destruction; so walk carefully and choose wisely each day. Dont let your own desires direct you, but let Me be the Master over your heart. Let Me guide you well, and all things are going to be alright, and you wont have to have a bad conscience at the end of your path about your actions. Im the One Who can prevent you from getting into trouble. So go and make the best of what youve learned and all youre learning yet. Show yourself to be a good, diligent and thorough student of life, and become a master of the most important art there is to learn in it: love.

329 ___________________________________________________ These are the wounds of a friend Theyre the hardest to bear, those wounds of a friend, but theyre part of a martyrs life, ever since Abel. Its expedient for you to put your primary focus on Me without distraction. Its the only way I can efficiently equip you for the kind of battles that are up ahead, and you wouldnt want to be poorly prepared for them, would you? Theres more! Theres more of what Ive got to give to you, theres more of what youve got to learn from Me, theres more progress to make, more strength to gain, more advances to be made into enemy territory, more to conquer! I am He that went forth to conquer and to conquer, and even if the Antichrist may be an imitator of that strategy of Mine, I am the true and ultimate conqueror, and even so do I want you, My mighty men, to be conquerors and more than conquerors. Youve got to move on, make headway, keep going, keep growing and move forward. I cannot allow you to quietly slip back, fall asleep or fall by the wayside. I may be able to spare others, but you are too important to Me, even if you cannot see how or why this should be so. I know what I have invested in getting you where you are. I am He that sees all things, all the factors that are hidden to you and others around you, who may go by outward appearance. I am He that has called you, made you and ordained you, and I am also He that will lead you and bring you to the places whithersoever I want you to go. You are Mine. So, let not the view of those trouble you who have other priorities. All they see is the worldly, materialistic aspect.

Even when life itself seems to jerk all its rugs out from underneath you, you can still trust that Ill be there to catch you, pick you up and carry you, if need be Sometimes quite often, in fact people are only destined to spend some of their time their journey together, and its not always necessarily a disaster if or when they part. Right now it feels as though a part of your life has been ripped out from you, and its hard for you to cope with, but ultimately it will serve for you to gain greater strength and get further along in life than you previously would have thought possible. Its time for you to spread your wings and up and fly again, and see what more I have in store for you. This wasnt by far the best I was able to do for you yet, and as I told you, theres more, lots more. Right now you only see the loss and the pain, the black, dark, empty hole in your donut where once there was an attractive filling. But the whole of the donut is still there, and youve got to get your focus on all the wonderful things Im yet going to do in your life, even if right now you can hardly bring up the faith to believe Me and My Promise. Its the Enemy who tells you, Its impossible, you have not chance! Youre too old; your life is as good as over, etc., and that is, of course, how he likes to make people feel and why he locks them up in this paradigm of the System of Young is in and old is out. But thats just where Im going to defy his imposed mindset and will prove him wrong once again, as I promise you will see.

For some time you thought you had all you needed, and it was easy to trust Me then, under these circumstances, and you could have easily lived your relatively selfish, motionless, changeless Its hard for you to imagine, sometimes, that My relationship with life out to its end that way, but it simply wasnt My will for you. I you should be so much more important than all these other, have greater plans for you than that! earthly matters that encumber you from all sides, but it is, My These changes are needed and necessary! love, it is, and some day you will see the full weight and extent of that importance, too. Things will not continue as they are; not in the world, and not for you. 330 ___________________________________________________ You must not look at the waves, the wind, the condition of your vessel, etc., but at Me, the fact that I am leading and guiding you, and thus will safely take you to your destination without any harm coming to you. Thats why fear is completely out of order. Nor do you need to start worrying about your own sustenance, or how in the world youre going to do it, how youre going to get there, etc., because I will take care of these things. Its true that you have failed in many aspects, but be assured, youre not the first and far from the only one, and I always use this sort of realization of coming face to face with ones own failures greatly, in order to make each person who does a better one for it. Cheer up! All the mistakes youre learning from, you wont have to repeat! Before you were just basically drifting along in your boat with hardly any wind, not much of a direction to follow, and now some movement has come into your life. This little boat youve been traveling in for a while now is soon going to be history, and there will have to take place a change into different vessels, taking you into different directions in lifes journey. But theres nothing to be scared of. Im still the Captain of your life, as well as the One Who ultimately controls the storm, and Who will keep you safely in the palm of My hand. Let not your heart be troubled. The troubled and painful times are not times of My absence. Im here, just as close as I always am; its just that because of all thats happening around you, its a little harder for you to perceive My Presence, and the Enemy may tempt you to feel as if I had forsaken you and makes you doubt that Im still around. But I am, and these experiences are of utmost importance for you to learn the supremacy of the significance of your dependence on Me, of your need to focus on Me regardless of circumstances, and by this experience you will learn to trust beyond a doubt that you can always rely on Me, no matter what. 331 ___________________________________________________ When you feel like nothing, and worthless, thats when I get a chance to renew you and make something for real out of you. As long as you think youre something or someone, youre never as desperate to have Me remold and reshape your life completely, according to My plan and wisdom That desperation is necessary, and its the appropriate attitude to have in this day and age. Things are really desperate. Certain changes cannot be brought about easily or smoothly or painlessly. Some things gotta hurt. Youre natural reaction is to try to run away from the pain, to shun it, avoid it, escape from it, but the way to your resurrection is right through it. Youve got to eat it, chew it, accept it, adopt it, claim it as yours, your cross, your destiny, your cup, and drink it. 332 ___________________________________________________ Remember that My goal is to help you realize that I am sufficient for you. I can manage to make you happy, and I manage to get you through the dark and lonely times. Its natural that you want quick relief from your loneliness, but the truth is that the more you allow Me to take care of your needs, the more you rely on Me and let Me fill that position of No.1 in your life, the better off youre really going to be, because people are bound to disappoint you. Everyone gets what they deserve and whatever it is they sow in life, is also what theyll have coming. The problem with a lot of people is that they want more than they actually deserve. They want to buy their happiness on credit, when they cant actually back it up with currency they have

already earned. What God has put together, let not man pull it asunder, and it is so important that you actually allow God to be the One to put you together in the first place Youve got to let Me and Him do that work. You cant possibly work up love in the flesh, just as you cant work up Salvation or any of My gifts of the Spirit and gifts from My grace I want you to identify yourself by Me, rather than your physical partner. 333 ___________________________________________________ While your personal fate may seem to be the only relevant thing that matters to you right now, dont you think that once the dust settles, it will benefit others that you have gone through this experience? Before, you could hardly imagine that a separation could be so painful. Now youll have a lot more understanding and empathy to offer any of your friends and acquaintances who might be going through similar things in the future. That may be comparatively irrelevant to you right now, when everything seems to be revolving around yourself, your pain and your neglected needs, but wouldnt you hope that there will come a time again when you will be more concerned about the needs of others? You have only been reluctantly embracing the new counsel, because you thought you didnt need it and it wasnt for you. But now that you have to face the challenges of life on your own again, you wish youd be a bit more successful and had taken on a more professional stance about your job for Me

judge by different standards, and simply dont appreciate wealth or riches any other than those values that theyve known all their lives They depreciate you in their minds, because they cant see your soul, all they are capable of seeing is what you constitute in the physical Theyre not interested in the spirit at all, because all they ever invest in is the flesh, the material, the physical You must trust Me that there are more important things at stake than this mating game of marrying and giving into marriage, and that if you seek first My Kingdom, all these things shall be added unto you. If however, you put your search for a partner first and neglect the affairs of My Kingdom, youre only bound to reap more disappointment. I understand and realize that this hole and aching void thats in your life right now seems to be overwhelming, and what occupies your mind and thoughts most, but you must realize that I simply cant bless it when you make these things your god. You can always trust a Flatlander to be a Flatlander Some can pretend to be something or someone else, and come across deceivingly real as someone potentially not of this world, but you can usually only really rely on your discernment once you get to meet them in person Thats when the chemistry that is there between two people really unfolds. Theres nothing like personal, face-to-face contact when it comes to getting to know someone Theres simply no substitute for it. Everything else makes it pretty hard for the average person to assess and fully discern someone elses personality.

Theres a difference between letting Me solve your problems and fill your needs and trying to do so in your own energy. The latter You thought you had all the time in the world as long as your is often prone to disappointment, and only the former guarantees basic needs were taken care of, and you thought your situation success and satisfaction. was settled. Now that this turns out to have been an illusion, or Sooner or later youre going to have to see that you simply cant only temporary, you wish you had invested your time more blame Me for everything bad that happens in your life and every wisely. disappointment you experience. Basically, thats My message to everyone, anywhere: Dont invest your time exclusively in the here and now. Dont settle for Im the only Companion you can never lose in this life. Its true what you can see at present, because things arent going to stay that tangible companions do have that advantage over Me and the same. There will be changes happening inevitably that you My company and Presence, but Mine is more lasting and will wish you had prepared for, had invested some thought in and enduring. had made provisions for. Youre experiencing the typical shock that untold numbers of Loss is simply one of those attached lessons of life that people experience every day because they did not make everyone has got to deal with sooner or later, and better sooner preparations for unexpected changes, because they believed all than later things would continue as they were, and I have told you plenty of times that they wouldnt. Youll be able to comfort others with the comfort you are being Just because the changes didnt come immediately didnt mean comforted with yourself, but unless youve made the experience, that I was kidding. theres no way you could ever relate to them 334 ___________________________________________________ The painful times seem to sometimes outnumber the good times, but there is a purpose behind all this. If all your faith will ever amount to is to trust Me for that, then its already worth it. Its good not to jump to premature conclusions, nor to make efforts to save yourself prematurely, just because you think you can no longer wait for My hand and help to save you. You may not see the solution or the answer yet, and you want it immediately, so your natural tendency is to cook up your own, but that could be precisely the wrong move. Salvation is of the Lord, remember, and even if it may take a little while to get to you, it usually pays to wait for it, rather than to settle for some interim make-shift solution of the flesh 335 ___________________________________________________ Who and what you are is very precious to Me, but people who live completely enwrapped in this world cant relate to that, Endurance is one of the fields in which I train you, and without pain, what would there be to learn to endure? You thought you already had it as hard and as tough as it gets to endure, but as you see, there is always another grade to pass Be comforted that this is going to make you stronger, more compassionate, more real. This is going to make you better. Saying you dont need it is like saying you were already good enough before, and that you know better than Me. Ive shown you your weaknesses that Im dealing with in all this to help you accept the treatment. And I couldnt just leave you off the hook prematurely. Ive got to make sure that the lesson is being absorbed properly. Youre becoming gold through all this. Right now your focus is on all the dirt, the muck and the dross, but trust Me that Im making you something better for it and through it. 336 ___________________________________________________ Youve got to be a doer of My Word, not a hearer only, if you want it to have the desired effect on your life.

To be a doer of the Word means to be sharing it, giving it away, preferably personally and face to face, as you come in touch with different people Its time to ask yourself the question, whom do you really want to follow? Me or your own ideas, ambitions and desires? Theres a difference between putting Me first in discipleship and trusting Me for your needs, and chasing after the objects of your affections and simply trying to drag Me along in it Right now your own agenda is your top priority, when perhaps you should focus and tune in all the more on your responsibilities toward Me, the alleged Master over your life, and trust Me that I will give you what you need once your priorities have been set straight again I am making a way where there was no way! Focus on the good and the possibilities, not on the loss! Just as some peoples gain is going to turn out to have been their loss in the long run, this loss is going to turn out to have been your gain! You may have lost something, but only in order to be given something better, trust Me! Dont look at the waves and the wind: your momentary situation All this is like nothing to Me, and a small thing to change! Thats why you must look at Me more and focus on Me, the One Who can alter your circumstances when you cannot. Youve got to keep your focus on the light! Otherwise, if you focus on the darkness, it will drag you down. Youre beginning to realize just how weak your faith was in your spiritual alliances, compared to how much trust you put in the flesh and circumstances, all of which turned out to have been only temporal, not lasting, not a steady, constant and unfailing help in trouble like I am. Its time you recognize My advantages over any earthly ally you can have! Its time you realize that it pays to trust in Me. Im trying to get you to get your control back over your life to some extent, or even better, allow Me to have control over it. Its a fight! Possibly the hardest battle you ever had to fight, and its the decisive battle of your destiny. 337 ___________________________________________________ People tend to forget. They may love you today and cease to love you tomorrow. The only One Whose memories and opinions of you will last, am I, along with My unfailing love for you. If you want love that never fails, never ceases, never dies, you must turn to Me. As far as your fellow mortals are concerned, it always pays to give love to them, but when it comes to your expectations of them you must always keep in mind that their reservoirs to give will always be limited & finite, just as your own. Dont look for someone to make you happy & fulfill your expectations of them, but for someone you can make happy & give of your but better even My love to. If you always & only take & receive, even the strongest giver will grow tired eventually. Your giving muscles have grown lazy & fluffy. Its going to take a while to cultivate that again, & its going to take some conscious effort & serious training. Youve been spoiled, & have allowed life & those around you to spoil you, & now youre reaping the consequences of that neglect to be giving much of anything in return. He that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and that also perhaps principally applies to whatever you sow & invest in the lives of others and your relationship with them. The problem with aging is that whatever tendency you groom yourself in, will grow more intensive and harder to change

over time. If youve been indulging in a selfish life-style, it will become harder for you to change & snap out of, the older you get. 338 ___________________________________________________ Ive had you in relative seclusion in order to draw you close to Me & to learn from Me. And now Im letting you loose onto a world that for you is rather new, in order to find out how youre going to put all that to use. Im taking you from your old, familiar & comfortable environment & situation, & putting you in another, new & strange one, where you feel a bit like a fish out of the water, but I want to show & prove to you that the one Constant you have in whatever situation & walk of life you encounter is Me, & I am what and Who you can rely on, no matter where, and under what awkward, strange or scary circumstances. If you take Me with you wherever you go, you cant lose. Even if you feel like youre losing everything. Here is the proof of the pudding, whether I really am your Anchor, the one Factor you can rely on to give you strength & peace, even in the fiercest storms of life. Only from such comfort, gained out of such experiences, can you comfort others. Once youve lost it all, but you can still truly say that you still found Me there in the emptiness, darkness & nothingness, you will also have something - Me & My love & assurance of My Presence to give to those who also feel like theyve lost everything. There are those who think they need to fill their life with anything any sort of input, because theyre terrified of the emptiness. But isnt this what you asked Me for, to empty you? Well, it means taking away from you that which gave you the sensation of fullness, & thats precisely what I did Youre empty now, & your life is empty now and it scares you, but its so that I can fill your life again with Me, My Presence, My Life, My Spirit, My Something. My Something is never and nowhere as welcome as where there is nothing to begin with. So, from My point of view, youre in the ideal position: ready for Me. 339 ___________________________________________________ Some people might say that I brought My suffering upon Myself, too. I didnt have to preach such a radical message or offend the Scribes and Pharisees to the extent I did I could have appeased them, tried to live more peaceably with all men, as Paul later advised But then the destiny of Gods lambs in this world ultimately will always be suffering. This is not the place where you are meant to reign or play a winners role This is only the place of your martyrdom, as much as you would like something else. There are only those who either share in your suffering or contribute to it. managed to fool you. The best deceivers are those who are duped by the Devil themselves first. Because they believe in their cause and their pure motivations. Thats one important reason why My Word cautions My followers not to be ignorant of the Devils devices, not to ignore them, but to take heed and learn to recognize and discern them when and where theyre at work. 340 ___________________________________________________ Theres always a first time for certain tests, battles and confrontations Walk with Me! Dont just think you have to face the battles of life all on your own! Im right here to fight with and even for you, if you will just avail yourself of My help, Presence and company, instead of thinking you have to do it all on your own

341 ___________________________________________________ I take who and whatever I can get. Im not choosey. If you allow Me to use you to whatever extent, I will do it Not use you in any negative way, just in order to bring some of My sunshine and love to other people, thats all. But you cant do that if you constantly only think about yourself and what you want You cant spread sunshine from a selfish heart.

Im making you come to grips with some of your limitations, confronting you with whats expecting you in order to make you decide whether you want to make the necessary effort to stretch those limits and grow beyond them, or whether you dont consider it worth the price youd have to pay.

In any case youre learning to appreciate what youve had, and the loss of it is indeed a sad and painful experience. But let it be an important and necessary lesson in gratitude Theres nothing like losing what youve got in order to learn 342 ___________________________________________________ appreciation and gratitude for it. What you had may not have When youve really been made nothing then I can start been perfect, but youre beginning to realize just how precious making you into something new, that which you havent been and rare and what an incredible gift it was, anyway. before. Sometimes your desire for perfection can be your greatest dilemma and handicap. I give you something good, but you cant I dont hesitate to use your weaknesses and turn them into really fully appreciate it unless its perfect, when there is no such strengths After all, some of what the world might call thing as perfect in this life, when it comes to temporal things or weakness, I may well consider strength, and vice versa people Whichever way the world sees you, I always see potential where It all depends on your ability to make the best out of whatever they see none, and even if the world wont believe in you, I do. youve been given. They may not see or appreciate what they have in you as they The secret to happiness is not in finding the perfect, but making did not see it with Me, either but I do. I know your worth, your the best out of what you have. Its not having what you want, but value, and I treasure you. Youre a treasure to Me, even if they wanting what you have. would throw you on the scrap heap. My values are distinct from theirs, and Ill prove it to you. What may be worthless in their eyes is often precious to Me. After all, 345 ___________________________________________________ they dont know what care and planning had to go into the Consider the rest of your life a bonus that you shouldnt take making of some of the things and people they despise. They all for granted think it all just happened by itself anyway; no big deal Well, someday the whole world and universe will know just how I had told you about the attitude of gratitude all along, and maybe wrong they were about that one youre actually going to learn to have some of it by having to learn to live without some of the blessings youve been taking for granted so far 343 ___________________________________________________ I knew when it was time for you to cope without them Remember to walk circumspectly into this new freedom I have granted you. Walk wisely and apply and use all that you Youve just been spoiled by life, like so many. It was the Devils have learned. Now is the time to show whether youve really aim to create the System in such a way that it would utterly spoil learned anything. Whether you will take Me with you and promote its captives, which he found to be the fastest and easiest way to Me and use for good what you have gleaned and gathered from subvert them, more effective than downright slavery, and you this journey of life. So much depends on you. simply havent been spared from the effects of his plan, just as Ill be here to assist and support you, protect and guide you, and many others of My children and brides also havent. continue to fulfill My Promise to you and all My followers that I am with you always even unto the end of the world. When you have less, its easier to appreciate it. The more you have, the more human nature seems to be inclined to look around for what else could still be missing from the collection 344 ___________________________________________________ and conglomeration of items youre already storing up. So, the The world is bigger, and theres a lot more to it than the parts process of loss is very important to help you evaluate things and you have gotten to know so far restore their true value to your perception of things. Its all about people and peoples, their different customs, The more there is of any certain item, the more it depreciates, cultures and realities and the less it becomes again, the higher its value rises The more of the Big Picture you can absorb into your little The human affection that seemed to be so cheap and freely and picture, the closer it will be to the complete picture. Of course, easily available to you now has become a precious, priceless its impossible for anyone to get the whole picture during their commodity, along with a few other advantages relationship lifetime, but at least you would want to make an effort to learn as brought you, which you didnt always appreciate fully. much as possible. Im trying to train your unselfishness muscles, and teach you to not only look for the thing youre in it for yourself, but to learn to look how you can be of service, help and a blessing to others. 346 ___________________________________________________ It doesnt help to be condemning yourself about things. I know your frame, and if I can live with the state youre in and accept and love you the way you are then you should, too. It all feels like a strange new world to you, one you dont belong Some weaknesses are hard ones to tackle, and for some, these in, and youve had these sensations before. But sooner or later besetting sins can be lifelong battles and foes. you managed to cope with it, adapted to the strange new Its not like theres an easy solution to everything. You circumstances and managed to survive and live successfully sometimes blame Me for not just taking the weakness from you within the new environment. or curing you from it, but thats not really how it works with such This is the birth of something new I want to make out of you, and things. this new self Im creating is going to need some time to find its What Im basically telling mankind is that they have to live with way around in this world around you, that right now seems sin, since they so easily invited it into this world, and if I have to strange, foreign and alien to you. live with it, look at it, bear it and tolerate it, perhaps even learn to If youre contemplating to head for any far-flung fields, you might accept it to some degree temporarily, that is then so should as well mentally prepare for being confronted with new, you. unfamiliar customs, vibes, atmospheres and spirits. Your focus shouldnt be so much on the sin, on the blackness & darkness, but on the solution, the cure, My light and love.

If I have a chance to live and dwell in you enough, Ill get around to dealing with that problem in My own time, and eventually, I promise you, well get rid of it. But in the meantime I will use it to keep you humble, teach you sympathy and understanding for the sinners I want you to reach, and to show you just how much you still need Me. In fact, nothings ever going to change about that fact, since you will always need Me. Its just that right now, you and all of mankind need Me more badly than ever, and yet at the same time, only a comparatively tiny handful of folks are aware of that fact. The Devil is trying to get you to freak out about how bad and sinful you are. In reality, its only a shock because hes been trying to hide the awful truth from you. His favorite trick is to make people think theyre holier and better than they really are, and only when he realizes he doesnt stand a chance with that tactic does he change over to the condemnation tactic. Of course, he also cleverly waits for the best moment to change tactics, and knows when it will potentially hurt the most. He will first try to hide your flaws from you for as long as possible and will then try to shock you with their revelation to the extent where you will feel frustrated and discouraged or even condemned about it. Of course, hell also try to get you to condemn others, but you see how that backfires. Whatever you try to accuse someone else of, you usually find youre just as guilty of yourself in perhaps some slightly other aspect, but nevertheless. So, its all not as bad as the Enemy may temporarily try or even be able to make it seem, because no matter how bad the situation or problem, I have the solution, and I will settle and solve it in the long run, even if it may take some time and endurance on your part. After all, I dont just want to overcome the issue for you, but with you, and I do want you to learn from it. But one of the greatest points I want you to learn from it is to trust Me in spite of yourself, to trust Me for the outcome, that no matter how bad you are or seem to be, Im in control, I always forgive and love you, and I will take care of it and get you cleaned up somehow. You may seem to be in a state beyond hope and repair, but you must believe Me that there never is such a thing as beyond hope and repair for Me. I can fix anything, especially you. In fact, the best condition is for you to realize that somethings broken and needs fixing in the first place. Once thats the case, youve really got all the goods going for you, and youve got an advantage. You may not feel very privileged about it, or like having an advantage over anyone or your previous state, but thats where I and My views differ from yours. I will turn this seemingly bad into good for you, just like I have always done. Messes are My specialty, and the bigger the better. It gives Me all the more room to show off what I can do I like to manifest My power on your behalf, I like to do miracles, and the greater the odds, the worse the circumstances, and the more impossible the situation seems, the greater the miracle thats required, and thus the greater the amount of My Power that will have to be released and displayed on your behalf, the greater the extent to which I can go to work in your life, and thereby be glorified in it.

Trust Me. Youre going to make it alright to the other side, and safely to your destination, just trust Me! Life may seem one great big chaos, but trust Me nonetheless that Im in full control, and what seems like a mess to you is a piece of beauty and art to Me, that many hands on this side of the veil are working on and involved in. So, cheer up, We have not abandoned you, even if others have, and it may seem to you at times as though you were all alone 348 ___________________________________________________ You still focus on the lack, the hole thats left there, and you wonder, What donut? I cant see any donut! You cant see the blessing yet in this seeming curse of having been abandoned, forsaken, betrayed Well, its pretty hard, as I know Myself, during those times before the resurrection, in the belly of the whale. Even the time that followed after Jonah was spewed out of the whale wasnt exactly easy, since he had to recover from that experience first, and it took a while until he gained the strength necessary to go to Nineveh and do his job A job that didnt turn out to be all that easy for him, either, since it didnt turn out to be quite as glorious as he thought, and he kept having hard times, trials and disputes with Me Its hard sometimes to trust that I know best, when you tend to disagree with Me so vehemently, and youd so strongly prefer that things would have taken a different course. Its a battle of wills, one might say, and isnt that what life is pretty much all about: the struggle between allowing My will to come to pass in your life, and executing your own, just as you see it being the case with your own offspring who often struggle to have it their way, instead of yours. So, what it all really comes down to it is that moment of truly yielding to that resolution of Thy will be done! After all, isnt that what faith all about? You cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but by faith because I have promised it, and because you have experienced over all these years that I never let you down you know that there is an end to the tunnel, and somehow its going to be worth it. Right now, youre still overwhelmed emotionally by the negativity of the situation, and its hard for you to imagine how it can all turn out to have been worth it, but thats what My Word promises, and thus what faith is all about.

Of course, you want quick relief now, immediate remedy, and if it were possible, Heaven right here on earth. Everybody prefers happiness over suffering And as soon as theres a little suffering involved, I am the culprit. Well, lets just say that it might take an extra dose of faith to accept that the suffering is justified, appropriate and in order, according to what I know, according to My sense of justice and judgment, even if you beg to differ. Everybody likes to be their own little judge, in fact, they would like to judge Me, instead of having it the other way around, but if youre My child, part of the contract says that I am the One Who applies the measures of correction, Who makes the rules and judges over the 347 ___________________________________________________ consequences when theyve been broken, and its not the other Sometimes My will is found by knocking on several doors way around, as much as you might prefer that. and trying out various options. Ive already allowed Myself to be judged once, remember? The Sometimes the option that requires the most faith can be the one Just to be judged by the unjust, and thats what gave Me the that is My highest will for you, since I like to present you with ultimate authority to truly judge righteous judgment forevermore. challenges, and I like to stretch your faith. I like to get you out of So, if you have any tendencies at all to trust Me to be Who I am comfortable little ruts and try out new things and claim to be, then you need to come up with a little bit of trust that I can assess the situation better than you, know better what Life is a risk, its full of unknown factors, question marks and measures are appropriate to deal with it, and that I know what dark areas into which youre just going to have to be brave you can handle. enough to venture sometimes, always knowing that Im with you To take what youre given with grace. as your guiding light and Protector. So, dont try to run away from the pain, dont try to create any If there are any two words I couldnt emphasize enough during artificial shortcuts or remedies for it, but accept it, swallow it, and this time of trial, testing and charting unknown territory, its let it do its job. A change was needed, and well, thats whats

supposed to bring it about In any case, it behooves you to retreat into prayer and the safety of My wings, instead of trying to be your own savior. Only I can really show you a safe way out of this, and it would definitely pay off for you to put your trust in Me, instead of your own arm of the flesh.

them to Me), doesnt mean that youre supposed to go by their standards.

I want you to see yourself as someone whos got something better to offer to them than what theyve got. Its true that your faith may have taken a blow through your loss, and it might take you some time to recover; your feelings of self-worth have been diminished by the shocking revelation of the flaws in your character that you had previously been unaware of But I want 349 ___________________________________________________ you to see all these things more as advantages and blessings, Being alone is nothing to be scared of, if youve got Me by rather than curses or setbacks. your side. In fact, I need to teach you to rely on Me and on My Presence more than the presence of any tangible person. I want you to take on a more positive attitude and see the Removing this human crutch from you just shows how weak challenge to rise above in all this, to view it as an opportunity to your faith really was all along, how low your ability to stand on get to a better place from here than you could have gotten your own two feet without them being there as your crutch, and otherwise. how much you were relying on them for your well-being. I still know what Im doing and allowing in your lives, even if it may be difficult for some of you to believe that You are responsible for your own spiritual accomplishments and progress you make, you are responsible for any fruit you wish to Nothing else would have driven this point truth home to you bring about. more effectively that Ive been trying to convey to you, that the only true and lasting reality you can rely on in your life is My Instead of just allowing yourself to decay and vegetate in passive Presence and My Person in it, because the presence of any other resignation over your fate, youre forced to get out of yourself person may vanish from one day to the other, as this experience again, live again, blossom and bloom again. has shown, and theres nothing like the pain that void has left to If it was this death what it took to get your new life going again, prove my point. That its really wiser to wholeheartedly rely on you must forgive and trust Me that this was going to be the only Me, rather than any man or woman. way how it was going to work and come to pass. Youve got to let the old go in order to have the new Even if theres pain So, far I had only been reduced to the role of the icing on your involved with it cake to some extent, while others played the major role and factor in your life, when you thought it was the other way It takes courage to embrace the new and let go of the old. But around thats what youve got to focus on: the new thats out there ahead before you, not the old youre leaving behind! Its difficult when This experience revealed to you just how much you relied on that which is behind you is so familiar, so comfortable, and you earthly, material and human crutches. cant really make out much of what is out there before you, and you cant see it, grasp it, cant trust it, and its all so strange. They were your emotional support, not I. They were what you But at least you have the vision to get a new kind of life started. largely leaned on and rested the weight of your life, and most of your confidence on, not I, and you didnt even realize it. 350 ___________________________________________________ I am the Number or Value behind yours that will increase your own value manifold, and its wise of you to cling to Me for strength, sense of purpose, and for a sense of eternal values, far beyond those that the world would like to attach to you, as though your worth would only constitute of whatever you do and are and accomplish in this life only So, your life is pretty much turned upside down through the realization of these things, and it takes you some time to get used to it. Its like a newborn baby in some ways, seeing everything upside down at first, until his eyes get adjusted and their brain learns to interpret the visual impulses properly.

I want your strength to be Me and want you to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that your help and strength cometh from the As far as they are concerned, and, as Paul said, if your hope is in Lord which made Heaven and earth, and thus you can do and this life and this world alone, youre of all men the most handle all things I put before you. Its not as if this lifes miserable the crucified, slain and lambs for the slaughter in challenges were too much to ask of you, even if thats what the this world Devil tries to tell you, and how he makes you feel. You cannot focus on your own puny and tiny strength, but you Your value is as nothing, except in the light of eternity. Eternity is must focus on Me and let Me be your strength! the spectrum that makes what and who you are and your true value visible. In their light, you may be a nothing and a nobody. These are key words by which I want you to operate your life: But in My eternal light, youre quite something else. LET ME BE YOUR STRENGTH! Even your failures and your recognition of them are something valuable in My eyes. So, dont look at your own life as worthless, but look at it in the light of eternity, and how its really their materialistic lives that lack purpose and true value in the long run. Of course, if all you look at and focus on is the here and now, then youre lost, and it certainly looks like theyve got the better cards But thats precisely why you must look up and ahead, walk by faith, and not by sight. If you look at the world and adhere to their temporal standards, you can easily get lost and feel like nothing and no one But there is a difference, you know? Just because Im leading you to walk toward the world in many aspects (namely in order to make greater efforts to win more of 351 ___________________________________________________ The feelings of worthlessness the Enemy tries to soak you in are not justified but only stem from keeping your focus on yourself, instead of Me. Rely on Me instead of some crutch, a relationship, another human being, and truly determine your self-worth by who and what you are in Me! Not as the partner of so and so. Remember what your worth and value is in Me and to Me! Dont go by the criteria they judge by! You can only convey higher, spiritual and more lasting values to others to the extent that you uphold them and live by them yourself! If now that your crutch

and artificial booster of self-worth is gone and it makes you feel worthless, then it just proves that so far you have been adhering to less than lasting values.

them? It was just that attitude that this mindset of They on one side, and we, the alternative created for you, which separated you from them. And while that may have been alright for the time, and part of My plan, since I had told you Myself to be separate Unfortunately, it seems to be only too true in many cases where from the world, I have decided that it would be best and wisest to people refer to their partners and spouses as their better now try another, different tactic, one which emphasizes the halves, and when that better half is somehow removed, all things you have in common, rather than the differences. And how theyre reduced to is their own worse half In other words, different and separate you will turn out to be in the end is what they feel as if over 50% of their value has disappeared, like some were going to have to find out. stock market crash, over night The most important factor is love, its not the differences Naturally, Id like to be the Party that is mainly responsible for your inner worth, and be the Factor that you rely on to determine your true value. 353 ___________________________________________________ I love you unconditionally. And if you have feelings of self-worth The Devil has a greater and vaster and more universal grip because you know youre unconditionally loved by Someone over mankind than hes had at any other point in history, one that Who will never leave you, shouldnt that give you a lasting boost pretty much extends to just about every human soul on the and a strong Source of strength to lean on? planet. A lot of his power by which he enslaves people is by creating The only One Whose Presence is always guaranteed is Me. I have illusions, and awaking from these illusions is what I would not promised that I would guarantee that there will always be consider one significant step toward true freedom, and thus, the someone by your side until you leave this earth, but I did promise experience of having your illusions shattered, including the that I would be with you even unto the end of the world. illusions of false, temporary freedom you thought you had, are really another step toward that goal. I want you to honestly assess where your faith lies, and where Some folks pretend to be so free by outward manifestations of you stand, spiritually. I want you to be aware of the extent to their life-style or appearance, but are still terribly bound by pride which your relationship has determined your own self-worth, and and a great deal of self-deception. try to cling more to Me and make sure that you know that I am your the only guaranteed Factor that will remain in your life no What did I tell My disciples, was the factor that would make them matter what. free? - The truth. The truth is the factor that frees you from the All others may leave you and disappear, but I will not. Nothing most enslaving factor in the world, the lies, delusions and else will last forever in this life; only My Presence in your life, and illusions, false appearances and deceptions the Devil creates in the fact that I am always by your side. peoples minds the Matrix. By having this great big fake of counterfeit freedom shattered, you have learned a great truth, and thus have come a significant 352 ___________________________________________________ step closer toward true freedom. Lessons learned from mistakes and the experience of the True, inward freedom is something that has very little to do with deep, dark trying times they often result in, are one of the most outward appearance! precious harvests and treasures I gather from your life. And its As soon as the show is over, you realize that thats really all it not as if they were for My advantage, really, since they are was in the end: a show! The Freedom Show. Really, the principally to yours. Devils perfect counterfeit of true freedom so close, and yet so You are the student and the pupil who has to do the learning and far. is thus gaining something he didnt have before, and while the Thats why you never really felt free during all this time, but more teacher may derive some satisfaction from having taught his like a prisoner of love. class successfully and efficiently, it is basically the student who Some people can hold you captive! They have such a powerful benefits mostly from it, even if the students may not always be grip over you, especially if they hold the key to something that aware of having been rendered a service. the Enemy knows you are addicted to, bound to, and he can use Most students complain about all they have to learn, etc., and it it like a leash by which to keep you tied up. seems like an unpleasant chore to them, and they usually dont think or speak very fondly of their teacher, similar to the way you So, with this shattered illusion of a false type of freedom, Id say dont seem to be fond of My having brought this difficult lesson youre one step closer to true freedom, the kind of freedom that upon you. only the truth can bring. Freedom is not found in self-deception But thats where the student simply has to trust the teacher that and lies. he knows best what part of the curriculum is due, and which You sensed all along that there was something wrong with the lesson is on the schedule, and which will be most conducive to act, but you could have never really known what it was until the the students progress. curtain fell, the show was over and you realized just how real it all was. While before I had you attend an entirely different school than Some people just put on an act. When they dont know who most of the folks around you, the new approach and attitude in theyre supposed to be, what they really do is play a role. It may life I would like you to take on and try out is that of attending the look deceivingly close to some real self, since they play it with same school as they are what you would refer to as the genuine conviction, but it always remains just that: a role, and world, the same school of life, basically, with the one never really their true selves. difference that you always have Me along by your side as your Because in order to be able to be who you really are, you simply invisible private and personal Tutor. Along with much of what dont get around facing your negative qualities and weaknesses youve already learned from Me in the past. and the ugly truths about yourself, which is something theyre So far, because of your exclusive position and attitude, not much not willing to do. of what you learned was really benefiting many other people. But They can play their role so deceivingly well they even believe it by forcing you to come on down, walk on the ground not only themselves. Thats why you cant blame them for purposely with Me, but also your fellow humans, youre now in a better having deceived you, because they even deceive themselves. position to share with them what youve learned and found, as Then again, those are the best of all deceivers, who fall for their well as perhaps learn another few lessons from and with them! own deception. Theres no better way to bring across a role more Youre not at all that different from them, really. Youre certainly convincingly. not much better than they So, whats keeping you apart from

One thing is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. There is hardly a more commendable quality when it comes to relationships, than loyalty. You may be able to show off all the other ones and let them proudly dangle before everyones noses, but just how good and valuable what you had really was turns out in the end, when its either gone, or still there through thick and thin, fire and rain, water and snow. What youll want is somebody to stick with you, not someone you can show off temporarily and feel proud of and have them boost your ego. Otherwise, youre just putting on a show yourself, and you only get what you deserve. If you want to look for real values, look for the kind I look for in people: One thing is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. Its basically the only quality and asset that counts once you make it to the finishing line. It will make all the difference between having made it there on your own or with your partner. If they didnt have it, theyll be gone. 354 ___________________________________________________ I do test those who claim to trust Me, just to find out how deep their trust really goes, and as you know, sometimes people tend to slightly overestimate their own abilities and qualities. Of course, people would always prefer to learn without any pain, and preferably without any effort at all, either, but thats unfortunately not how it works. All I can guarantee is that its going to be worth it, and as Paul said, the sufferings of this present time arent worthy to be compared with the glories that shall be revealed in you. It may be hard to believe that something so fallible, flawed and imperfect should some day turn into something so wonderful and perfect, that that ugly caterpillar should actually turn into a butterfly, but thats My Promise. Those whose trust is in this temporal world and try with all their strength to become butterflies in the here and now on behalf of their own efforts, well, they have their reward. Those who refuse to settle for less than the real thing, however, know that any efforts of their own to transform them into something better are only puny and shadows of what its really meant to be. So, any envy toward those who seem to have it made and seem to have it all is really not appropriate. It shows that your heart is still very much attached to the here and now, instead of having set your affections on things above. The Enemy has his ways of making the temporal seem like eternity itself, and like the only reality. Faith is the still small voice of spiritual reasoning that causes you to take all that hype about the here and now with a grain of salt. Its the lens that helps you see through the show and faade and futility of your desire, and keeps you from getting too excited about it and instead causes you to set your affections on something more lasting yet to come, thus enabling you to put up with a little bit of suffering. After all, its only the here and now, and not all that its hyped up to be. Faith seeks to draw a connection between the here and now and the eternal, thus pulling Me into that time frame of the Present, and whenever that happens, youre beginning to make a difference from all the humdrum of chasing temporary pleasures and satisfaction. If you seek Me in that moment called now, it will become the connection between the present and eternity, and instead of becoming trapped in the Enemys illusion of here and now is all youve got, which makes you feverishly try to get out of it as much as you can for yourself, you break out of that mind frame and become able to do things for others 355 ___________________________________________________ Youre not going to become stronger, or better able to

withstand the impending storms and the Devils onslaughts on the world by seeking ways to make it easier for yourself. Things may be getting tougher, but then it never was a secret that eventually it would be so, was it? But even with things having become much tougher and harder than they used to be for you, theyre still a piece of cake compared to what the Early Church had to go through, or compared to what you expected having to go through once the Tribulation would hit the world In the world ye shall have tribulations, I said, and as some have translated it: bone-breaking opposition. So, things have gotten a little harder for you or even a lot harder. Well, its still not as bad as worldwide persecution, is it? Its still not as bad as the Great Tribulation, is it? It may all be preparation for the Great Tribulation, which will inevitably be coming upon the world sooner or later, but relax, momentarily it can still be said, things could be worse. And they already are worse for some. So, couldnt it be that youve simply been a bit spoiled by life, and by how easy youve had it? Things have been going so easy and so good for you, that it has weakened you, and you dont know how to handle hardship very well anymore. Of course, as evident, this was precisely the Enemys plan, to weaken you through all this, to the point where you would be left pretty much defenseless and weak, and subject to his onslaughts full barrel. May it be a lesson to you on what a cunning and sly enemy youre dealing with here, and to what lengths he goes in order to plan your defeat. And you must admit, hes gotten pretty close this time to getting you to surrender, and throw in the towel, hasnt he? All the previous onslaughts and trials and battles and troubles were mere shadows compared to this. So it turns out, its a war for real, after all, and the battles are real, and the Enemy isnt just messing around. Hes serious about killing your faith, about killing you, if he can! Hes serious about destroying you, your testimony and the impact you could have on the world for good, for Me, and hes come pretty close to succeeding this time, hasnt he? Hes been having quite an impact on your testimony and on your example of being a Christian and fighter for Me in this world, hasnt he? So, would you say hes serious about it, about this war, about inflicting damage on you wherever he can? Do you think it behooves you to fight as if everything depended on fighting and striking back and defending what territory youve got let before he moves in and will have the whole tent? I was hoping to have an offensive warfare going on, but many of My disciples hardly even know how to successfully fight a defensive warfare enabling them to just keep their heads above water. It seems as if some of them are prone to drown in a flood of self-pity the Enemy immerses them in, about their own plight, the hardness of their situation and cruelty of their fate theyre having to deal with So, maybe, just maybe, you havent been fighting as it behooves you to fight? Maybe youve allowed the Enemy to strike and land a major blow to you, allowed him to crack and seep into your armor, to weaken you, when perhaps you should have been fighting a lot harder? Yes, sure, all hell broke loose. And you werent prepared for it. Sorry for having to wake you up to the reality that theres a war going on here! Sorry for having to welcome you to the fact that youre on a battle field, not a playground. Theres a war going on you wont get around fighting. As much as you may tend to avoid opposition and confrontation, you wont be able to avoid this one in the long run. If you try to

run away from it, or you surrender to it or passively try to evade it, its only going to kill you! Theres no other option than to strike back! Youve got to fight! You may have heard and read, For Gods sake, follow God, but now Im telling you, for Gods sake, fight for God! Im not ready to throw you on the garbage heap yet, even if you consider yourself discarded by others. The world may consider you garbage, but I specialize in collecting treasures the world discards, and making precious gems and rare pieces of fine art out of them. If youre rejected by them, rejoice! Thats precisely the material I can use best for My purposes. 356 ___________________________________________________ The same way I cause the rain to come down and water the earth, havent I called My Church of this day, My latter rain to sprinkle the earth during the time of its greatest dearth? Youve got to come down from your lofty positions in the clouds in order to benefit the thirsty ground of the thirsty souls down there as rain that might bring life to others You wonder whether therell ever be anybody ready for what you have to give. Well, you might have to apply some marketing strategy. Youve got to wrap it up a little more nicely! Youve got to make it more attractive to the world! You cant just hand them the raw bait, youve got to attach some kind of lure to it. Youre at a point where you need to start again, and new beginnings are always difficult, but youve been there before. You may not have the same amount of strength left you had then, but you have gained a significant amount of experience and some wisdom accordingly. There are a lot of things you know better now, and youre aware of a lot of the Enemys devices you werent aware of previously. You ought to have gotten substantially smarter by all this. So, relax this isnt the end, and it doesnt mean that its all over yet, but its merely a new beginning, howbeit under a more difficult set of circumstances, since the world isnt getting any better, as My Word foretold. 357 ___________________________________________________ I dont mind you having dreams. Find your dream! Thats an invitation from My Spirit. I want you to pursue your goals, and I dont mind you having dreams, even if they may seem to be what some people might call slightly unrealistic. Many people have such dreams. And I want you to find and pursue yours and make it real and happen for you. Now reality has thus far proven to you that dreams are not very easily found in this day and age, or made to come to pass. But thats one thing about finding your dreams: you cannot give up and quit looking too easily! At least you have some kind of a dream or vision, which couldnt be said of you in your previous situation, in which you felt like trapped in some kind of a dead end with no way out. Now I made a way out, and it struck you as the worst possible thing that could have happened to you. It shows to what degree some people can become emotionally stuck in and tied to their dead ends In a way, thats what Golgathas and graves are, or at least seem to be: dead ends. You got thus far and no further. Except, of course, for the miraculous, unexpected factor of the resurrection, which then goes to show that with God, there is no such thing as a dead end. There is always a way out, and I can always make a way even where there was no way. Just because you cant possibly see it, doesnt mean that I cant do it. Your unbelief has no effect on My abilities whatsoever. Of course, it would have been nicer if you had believed Me instead,

and had trusted that I could and was going to do it, but I love My children even if they fail their tests. Im not the unforgiving, harsh and cruel ogre in the sky, remember? Im glad that your dreams, visions and hopes are so relationshiporiented, since, after all, relationship is what life is all about. - In fact, not only this present, temporary and earthly life, but life in general. - Life per se. Life is to a great extent, relationship. It comes about through relationship, and its all about relationship as it goes on and continues, so what better and more commendable dream could anybody have, as far as Im concerned? Of course, I encourage you not to leave Me out of the equation, but I know you never do in the long run, even if finding another human being can temporarily become your priority and more important to you than your relationship with Me. Hey, Im not expecting you to be perfect. In fact, I know that I can only expect you not to be. If this many years of your life wasnt too much for Me to invest in your previous relationship, what makes you think that I wouldnt want you to spend and invest another significant amount of time on another, especially in the light of the fact that youve grown a lot wiser from all youve learned from the previous ones? Maturation is what its all about, and proving what youve learned from your former lessons, and thus, making it better as you go. True, you may have repeated a few mistakes. But remember the story of Tomas Edison and the first light bulb that his apprentice dropped? He gave him another chance, and well, I give you lots of chances. Thats Me: the chance giver. I always give people lots of chances, especially those who give Me a chance to prove My power on their behalf in their lives. You may not feel as though you could do it, but I can do it for you and through you. Trust Me that Im here for you, even if you may have felt as though I had forsaken you temporarily. Dont give up on your dream of love. It even took you some time to find out what exactly your dream was Well, now you have it! Youve got a vision! Youve finally got a definition of what your dream is in your mind, and Id say, Well, go for it! I dont mind that its not becoming the Disciple of the year, or of the decade or of a life-time. I never said that My goal for you was some sort of endeavor union or accomplishment club. Youre finally beginning to get the point of what its really all about, and what Im really all about what life is really all about, and that makes Me happier than any accomplishments you could rig up, trust Me! You can finally see your dream! Finally you can tell what it is you want. Sorry if getting there took your finding out what you didnt want, but you needed to learn what you need to look out for. There are some pitfalls and traps one needs to learn to avoid before they can set out to find their dream. Finding your dream may also mean having to adopt a little bit to the desires and hearts of others, in order to help them find and realize theirs, too, especially when its all about a relationship. When I was talking about the mating game in Noahs day I wasnt knocking true, loving relationships. As soon as Im in it, everything changes, and it changes from that potential life-less, soul-less and heartless materialistic hunt for the appropriate mating partner to the meaning of life itself. Its just so ugly when that very heart and soul of the matter is missing from it.

Youve certainly got My green light to find your dream and make it come true. How could I begrudge you something I Myself have laid on your heart to find?

definite, lasting changes. I avail Myself of your fellow humans as the most effective administrators of these measures, to discipline you, teach you, straighten you out and to help Me teach you lessons that you would never ever learn from all the theory and friendly wise 358 ___________________________________________________ counsel in the world. The good works that Ive begun in you, will I not also The pain other humans inflict on you unfortunately is a much complete them unto the end? more effective teacher than anything I could ever tell you in a lifeYour faith is a little weakened by disappointments. time. Its futile to try to rig up the miracle of love in your own strength: Anything I tell you may only go in one ear and come out at the the disappointment that results in these foiled efforts usually other, unless I emphasize the lesson by a living sample of does have a weakening effect on your faith and creates in you something you can relate to, some emotional amplification that fear of further disappointment and failure. method of the lesson and point and message Im trying to convey Its another great lesson on the futility of the flesh and any of its to you. efforts to create something as miraculous as a well-functioning You may not be very flattered by this compliment of Mine to you, love relationship between two human beings: its unprofitable, but its actually a token of My attention, love and care for you. It since love genuine love is not something that can be created means, Im not just going to let you go down the drain in from mere flesh, just as life and spirit and intelligence can not indifference. Im not going to let you spoil yourself stupid to a spring forth from lifeless matter. The efforts to do so result in degree of utter uselessness for Me. weakening disappointments, and instead of strengthening you You see, being useless and not able to be used by Me is not the and giving you a brighter outlook, strength and hope for the worst thing for Me, but for you. You will want to bring forth fruit future, the opposite takes place. It weakens you, since its not in this life in order to be fulfilled. Thats just the way folks are where true strength for the battle is derived from, and thus its made not as conducive to victory as patiently waiting and trusting in And as I have promised, each branch that is not bearing fruit will Me. either be taken away or purged, so that it does bring forth fruit. The fear of another disappointment like the ones you have experienced is your emotional and mental enemy, which is The changes happening in your life are not something you can something you could have saved yourself from, had you listened ignore. Theyre not letting you continue business as usual. Its to and obeyed My advice not to try to create this miracle in your impossible to keep going the same way you always have. These own carnal efforts. are long-term, heavy-duty changes in direction, and your path can never be the same after this. In other words, Im really, really serious about bringing forth and evoking lasting change, not so 359 ___________________________________________________ much in the outward circumstances as inward changes of the Who said that dreams always come easy, or that it would be heart, in the attitudes and minds of My people, resulting in a easy to make them come true? Who said that it doesnt cost totally different and new modus operandi in My people. some substantial effort sometimes, to pursue them? And isnt My people have got to change if they want to become the kind of that really what makes them all the more worthwhile and witnesses and examples of My love for the world that I want them appreciated in the end? Maybe some of the blessings youve to be. I cannot just let you continue the same old way you have enjoyed so far came a little too easily, and thus you didnt always gone; not for your own sakes, not for the worlds sake, appreciate them as much as you should and lost them, and not for Mine. accordingly. If the blessings come too easily, thats what can happen, and we So, while this loss youre going through may be the most want to avoid that, dont we? important issue about it all for you at present, its not really for Lets keep working on that attitude of gratitude! Me, since I only use it as a means to bring about My purpose and the results I desire, which is a change in you that will result in greater fruitfulness. 360 ___________________________________________________ In order to ensure definite change, I cant deliver you prematurely. Some things have to change, so Im having to take 361 ___________________________________________________ some drastic measures in order to ensure that change taking Love can be a dangerous game at times, especially when its place. selfish love and a lot of own interests are involved which Youre like a student who all hes interested in is that the class is unfortunately almost always seems to be the case. finally over and you can go run outside and play again, but naturally Im more interested in your learning the lesson A relationship has got to be built on the proper foundation. Evidently, not too many things have changed yet, and its almost as if youre waiting for the lesson to be over so that you can keep going right where you left off and continue the same way, but thats not the purpose of this lesson. The purpose of this lesson and measure is to change things; things in your attitude, your behavior, in you! Of course, I knew where it would hurt the most and thus have the greatest effect possible on you, but so far Im not really pleased yet with the result You havent really made any significant progress yet, nothing has really significantly changed. It isnt enough to just rely on the fact that youre a believer or a Christian: peoples hearts unfortunately remain selfish, regardless of their religion and belief, although ones faith can alter the way they act and behave, and influence their being positively, but its not a guarantee that youre automatically going to be a good person because of your religious beliefs. You thought that just because you were on My side, and on the good side, you werent as prone to making mistakes as others who dont know Me or refuse to believe in Me or acknowledge Me, and that your beliefs sort of automatically qualified you as one of the good ones, but youre finding out that its a little more complicated than that, after all. Believers make mistakes and commit sins, too, and sometimes their imaginary veneer of goodness and righteousness can be conducive to a lack of honesty regarding that fact.

Thats why disciplinary measures like prison terms usually take time, and are measured in time youre doing for whatever wrong has been committed. Obviously, seriously erroneous behavior patterns cannot be changed effectively except over time, and applying long-term disciplinary measures that really One thing is your relationship with Me and the fact that you drive the point home, make the lessons sink in, and bring about believe in Me, accept and seek My counsel, and try your best to

please Me; another thing is your relationships with people, and the way you get along with them Of course, ideally, if our relationship is very strong, and you not only hear and receive My words, but also make a genuine effort to put My counsel into action, it will rub off positively on your inter-human relationships as well. A big factor is the appreciation and thankfulness factor How much would you have treated them differently, had you known that you stood to lose them at any moment? If you had been able to foresee this? Nothing in this life is guaranteed, so it behooves you to treat everything and everyone with utmost respect, appreciation and gratitude, or they might just pass out of your life again as swiftly as they found their way into it And in order to keep peoples interest and that flame alive, youre going to have to work at it somewhat and invest some energy in it. While of course Im flattered that you invested such a relatively large part of your energies in our relationship over the past years, you also realize that you ought to have done that, but not left the other part undone, that of investing more energy into your human relationships as well In a way, pouring most of your energy into our relationship for you was the easier way out, and the one that promised to have the most favorable or perhaps in your case, rather the least unfavorable results, so it wasnt altogether with purely noble intentions that you did it. You just knew that I was going to be the best Pal to hang with, Who was going to give you the least trouble And now youre feeling betrayed by Me because Im not rewarding your faithfulness toward Me and our relationship right away with a substitute for your loss. Well, you consider yourself a truth-seeker, and if you are, Im giving you an even greater gift here than a substitute for your lost relationship, and thats some truth about yourself that you probably might not have come by any other way. So, if its really the truth you seek, and youre a junkie for My truth, here you go. I guess part of the truth you already realized through this is that you were not exclusively a junkie for My truth, but also for a few other things, some of which seem to play at least as prominent a role in your life as the truth So, what all of this will help you to do is have a more honest approach to life, and thus, a more honest approach with others, and you will have come down to their level in a lot of aspects You may have considered yourself to have reached or attained to a higher level of truth than others, but it didnt prevent you from getting hurt badly. In the end it turned out that they had a lot more power over you that your knowledge of truth didnt keep you from. In fact, the pain they inflicted on you came pretty close to toppling over that entire building and construct of faith you thought you had and could rely on, and in the end it turned out that it was hardly able to withstand the onslaught of the wind of lifes often unexpected adversities You could picture yourself as a butterfly having just emerged from his cocoon, totally unfamiliar with his surroundings and trying to cope with the new world hes finding himself in, utterly helpless and not yet ready to fly, highly vulnerable, insecure and a little bit lost. But youre just going to have to wait until the blood will have been pumped into your wings and all the vessels of your body, and that with time youll regain strength and will fly higher than you ever have before 362 ___________________________________________________

A pattern I follow is creating something around a missing major factor that only appears later. Like the creation of the earth before the sun Theres Adam who had to wait for the sunshine of his life for a while until she showed up. The problem is always there before the solution. Thats the gist of the challenge and excitement about it all The question must be posed before you receive an answer. The prayer is made before you receive the response A vacuum must be there in order for something to come and fill it. At least youre getting to know now what you really want. The vacuum is there, and it takes faith for you to believe and trust that in due time its going to be filled Its part of the problem of the consume-it-immediately society in which you live, that nobody seems to be able to wait anymore for what they want Who ever said that all things are going to have to be had immediately? Now, when a baby gets hungry, thats an urgent situation and requires immediate relief, but as you grow older, you ought to develop some skill at showing patience, since its closely related to faith. The less pampered youre going to be, the less insistent that youre going to have to have whatever it is you want or need immediately, the better picture youre going to be of a person thats mature, stable, and of a well-groomed character. Sometimes going without is good for you, which is brought out in things like fasting, and some ascetic traditions do have a point and certain qualities about them in grooming their subjects character, as opposed to the way the ever opulent society of today spoils its citizens. It might come in handy to go without a certain need for a while, since its not necessarily a given that is always going to be guaranteed. Physical benefits alone are not enough to base a fruitful, lasting relationship on. The only thing that can ever uphold it indefinitely is true love. So, instead of being on the lookout for just any old substitute you might potentially repeat the same mistakes with, bearing the same unpleasant fruits, you should look for that rare ingredient that simply wasnt there before, the one you had originally been on the lookout for. It takes faith to hold out for the real thing 363 ___________________________________________________ I was talking about basic needs like food and clothing when I said that these things should be added unto you, if you would seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness as opposed to that sort of righteousness of Cain that always deems to know better than Him and tries to work up its own happiness in its own strength and efforts See, the difference was that Abel loved and trusted Me, whereas Cain constantly thought he knew better, held grudges against Me and developed an angry, rebellious, resentful and self-righteous spirit and attitude You dont want to be the victim, the apparent loser, you resent not being a winner you dont want to be the martyr. Its difficult to please the kind of people who always complain about their lot and what theyve got until they begin to lose it and then complain even harder A large part of the school of life and the life of faith is how well you take those tests of suffering: whether you will develop a

resentful attitude toward Me over them and hold a grudge against Me for the things Im allowing in your life, or you decide and choose to take them gracefully, like Job did In the end, what is all the complaining in the world going to avail? What does it help? It only makes matters worse. Learn to praise Me for the negative things happening in your life! Not to take the suffering and hardship means to put yourself, your own righteousness and judgment above Gods. You think youre better than to deserve this. But as youre finding out through all this, youre not nearly as good as you thought you were Of course, its somewhat disheartening when you realize the depths to which the human heart can sink, and how mundane, selfish and really crude those usually hidden human intentions and motivations are Its always relatively easy to see the truth about others, but a lot harder, and yet a whole different chapter, to be coping with the truth about yourself To see what false securities you trusted in, when you thought your trust was in Me To see what other things beside Me and spiritual matters were really the priority in your life To see that the same whole superficial game you detest seeing others play is also being played by you Quite frankly, you didnt deserve any better than this. According to the way you had acted and what you had invested, this is all We were able to come up with. You get some of your rewards already in this life, and, well, he that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and this was the only fruit you could expect to come up with according to what you had sown Perhaps with a little more elbow grease and a little more blood, sweat and tears invested, you could have altered the outcome of the situation and the overall fruit, but you just kept complaining and simply didnt want to get into it, and your constant attempt and desire to avoid conflict and confrontation is what got you this in the end Its tough to finally see the less rosy and saintly sight of someone after so long, but remember that anything you see only reflects another truth about yourself. A lot of what you get is determined by your own desires and what it is you truly want. If its truly Me and My truth, then thats what youll get. If its My goodness you want, thats what youll get. People will get out of life the results of what they want and look for. If it is things that fail to satisfy the soul, then they will reap that spiritual dissatisfaction in the end You thought you had been looking and yearning for the real thing, but you found that there was some false, carnal ingredient in it. How deep is your love for the truth, really? How much do you really seek and worship other things beside Me? I will still have no other gods before Me, and sooner or later I will expose them to you if they are there, and if you claim and pretend to worship and love Me above all, I will either topple them and tear them away from you, or show the degree of your hypocrisy, if youre not willing to let them go for Me How much are you really willing to put Me in the first place, and how much do you truly worship Me? How much do you really give Me the rank of importance in your life that is duly Mine?

connected to you, much more so than any other fellow human being ever could be. Its similar to the way each of the planets in a solar system are being affected to a greater extent by its sun than by any of the other planets. The other planets do play their role and have a certain effect on each other, but not comparable to the role the sun plays in supplying light and warmth to each, and being the main gravity factor around which the planets revolve. But not only am I providing you with the very forces necessary for life, I also receive from you, and your input, and all youre going through interests Me and is very important to Me, very much more so than it could ever be to any of your fellow humans, each of whom are primarily concerned about their own immediate problems, longings, desires and ambitions. My purpose is to live for you - each of you, and while I would naturally hope that as many as possible would return that affection and dedicate their lives to Me, the reality is that very few folks are actually interested or give Me their attention to the extent that I would long for. Sometimes its that very loneliness that each of you dread so much, that first causes you to pay the attention to Me that is truly My due. If it wouldnt be so important for you to pay sufficient attention to Me, I would just let you get away with it, but there are things that are so severely wrong with this world that youre in for one big bad surprise if I dont somehow prepare you for whats ahead by drawing your attention to Me even if it has to be by means of somewhat drastic measures. Right now, all you see is that everybody seems to have it so much better than you. They are having party time while you are suffering, and you feel left out and like thats not fair. But imagine that a big calamity is going to put a drastic stop to all their partying soon. Would you rather be one of the shocked and surprised participants in the party, or would you rather be prepared for what is happening? Of course, it may be somewhat cruel of them to exclude you from their party, especially if theyve been partying with you all along before, but perhaps your place really isnt there, at the party with them, but with Me, as one of My aids to help them when their party goes bust. Maybe theres something more important going on and to be done than to worry how on earth youre going to be able to join the party! It may hurt terribly to feel like an outcast, deserted and betrayed by your own, and I do feel and sympathize with you strongly. But could it be that there are more important issues at stake than your own personal feelings? Your whole preoccupation seems to be about your position on the ship, when you, best of all ought to know that the ships goin down! You ought to be concerned about getting the lifeboats out! The party will soon be over for each of them. Even if the world and the System keeps going for another pair of decades, it will be over for each of them when their journey on this earth is over, and what will matter will be whether they made any preparations for the end of their journey, and whether you helped them to make any preparations! They may all be enwrapped in the here and now as if it were the only tense in existence, but the here and now isnt going to last forever. It may be the only thing that matters to you right now, this filling of your immediate need, but perhaps and thats where faith comes in there truly are more important things at stake here than those immediate needs.

And if it turns out that youve been having other gods before Me, then how can you expect those who followed you to have done Dont you think the Devil wants to find out just as he did with any better? Job just how real all your display of faith and conviction really was? And dont you think that Ive had to give him the same permission to strike as I gave him with Job, in order for all of us 364 ___________________________________________________ to find out where youre truly at? You cannot quite imagine nor fathom how closely I am I guess you can see for yourself that you werent anywhere near

as good in shape spiritually as you thought you were, but thats basically what Job found out, too, and that he had to rely on My grace only that radical grace, the grace at the root of everything.

word from their lips, and even the very hairs of their heads are all numbered.

Thats whats so preposterous about peoples constant worry about their needs, and why I said, If God clothes the grass of the It doesnt really have to do so much with them its as if they field thats there today and is cut down tomorrow, will He not do were just side roles in this play. But then you always had a so much more for you? If the grass is important enough for God notion that in some ways they were your cross. The only thing to care for it, and the birds are, is He not going to care much was, you thought you only had to carry it, you didnt expect to be more so for you and give you what you need? nailed to it and crucified as well But heres a revelation for you: when you carry a cross, it usually also means that youre going to wind up being nailed to it, and 365 ___________________________________________________ you ought to be prepared for that. In your case you thought Theres a time for everything. having to carry that cross was hard enough, and it didnt even occur to you that crucifixion was going to be part of the deal, Youre going to have to invest some energy again in what is you, too even if that entails strengthening some of what we used to call your arm of the flesh. Youre the one that this is all about as far as I and the Devil are This breaking has weakened you to a point past any previous concerned, and in this aspect the solution is to stop thinking that stage, so its time for some new and different counsel, and to be theyre important, as politically incorrect as it may sound. The heading in a different direction. Its like the seasons: when its Devils not after them, My friend, but after you! cold outside, the counsel is, dress warm, but when the summer He knows that their act was a fake all along, a well camouflaged comes, another rule applies. act of acquiring their own personal needs dressed up in a dogood show. But as far as youre concerned, theres something Right now, were going to have to pep you up and strengthen you about you that he genuinely hates. again, and you cannot just let yourself and your life go down the The truly spiritually and eternally significant things are not the drain over all of this. Remember that Job also still had another, incidents you find on the front pages of the tabloids, but theyll better life after his breaking, and in whichever shape or form it be written in the annals of history according to the watchers and comes, youve got to prepare for and look forward to that better observers in Heaven, a cloud of witnesses that surpasses any life ahead of you, not keep your focus on the pain of the past. worldly audience you could ever dream of having. So, if a lot of things in your life have turned out to be illusions and less than real, the greatest of them is to assume that youre alone and that youre unimportant. You may be nothing and nobody as far as the entire world is concerned, but from a heavenly perspective, the onus is on you. All of this is bearing much greater weight and significance than you could possibly fathom. The Devil keeps trying to feed you his input that this and that and the other is much more important than what you do, and he keeps harping on how insignificant you are. But dont let him fool you! Hes trying to keep them all away from you, just the same way that nobody wanted to be associated with Me during My darkest hour. But dont worry: nobody has more friends than a resurrected son of God. The resurrection will come, and youre not going to be sorry for what you did and had to go through. This may seem like the biggest calamity possible to you right now, but as in everything else I told you that might befall you, it is the best possible of all options, as far as I am concerned, and according to the Fathers plan, laid out in infinite wisdom. You simply may not accept the Devils lens of a viewpoint of insignificance. Once he can get you to believe that you, your life and everything in it are insignificant, youre sunk! Then youre trapped in his matrix, in which youre just an insignificant cog in the machinery, a battery for his machine, just an insignificant Mr. Anderson, instead of the one who could change it all. The Devil is trying to give everything his slant of insignificance, he tries to downplay everything and diminish it, just like the kind of friends always do that nobody needs. But in the light of the fact that everything and everyone is significant, dont let him fool you, and dont let him reduce you to his game of nothingness. If I made everything of nothing, he tries to reverse it and make nothing out of everything. He tries to reduce it all to nothing in peoples minds. He gets them to look at creation the everything I made from nothing and say, Its all nothing! It all came from nothing and came about by itself and bears absolutely no significance. So, beware of his and the worlds mindset of insignificance. If there was ever a lie a greater one than which has never been told, then its that one, and people will all realize some day just how significant everything ever was, even every 366 ___________________________________________________ I am working on you, purging you in order to make you more useful, more genuine, more real. Its true that I can only use broken men and women, and, well, here you go: welcome to the breaking process. You thought you had been through some breakings before, but as I told you previously, You aint seen nuthin yet He that thinketh he standeth, let him take heed lest he fall You may not have deemed yourself to be exactly standing, but you thought you had already been through all the breakings you could handle; well, now you wish you had prepared a little better for what was up ahead. A large part of life consists of preparing for whats ahead. Through the ages men have gathered in the harvest before the storms of winter. Youve got to sow in order to reap. But todays mentality is that everyone just wants a permanent vacation. You were resting on your laurels prematurely, and have found out that they withered and dried away under your weight And everybody inevitably needs to harvest the results and consequences of their actions or lack thereof. So, theres really not much else that I can tell you but that youre going to have to drink this cup and eat this meal of bitter herbs, because they are what you have earned and gained for yourself. Believe Me that its much better to taste of this reward now in this life than having to do it before all of Heaven! Now there is still hope to remedy the situation and make something better out of it, theres still a chance to learn something from it, and your sufferings right now are part of the atonement for your failures, so that youre not going to have to go through them in the afterlife, and wont have to make amends for too many things in the hereafter. Once again, you put your money into pockets with holes, poured your water into cisterns with cracks. Somehow you knew you had this coming and your spirit felt that this was the path you were taking I want to give you a chance to get some more fruit in before there wont be any more time and no further opportunity. Im taking you where youre at: you didnt have it in you to get out there and get active to sow to the spirit their spirits so Im

going to let you do whatever you feel you can do and that you are good at and sow to the flesh in order for some good fruit to come from it, hopefully, by eventually creating opportunities to sow to some peoples spirits Its a little bit like building a material church of stones and bricks: not My ideal concept of the way of living out ones faith, but every now and then I can use it You have to trust that once the lesson is fully consumed, there will also be relief again, but it must be fully consumed, and I cannot relieve you prematurely before it is finished. You see, to a certain extent, there is some truth to the Mormon doctrine of atonement; its just that no one can see to it that another atones for their sin, but each must in a sense atone for his own to an extent by the lessons and sufferings he goes through in life. That atonement is not conducive to or in any way connected to your salvation, but its part of a learning process that you go through once you are on the path of salvation. If I assigned for you a time of loneliness and contemplation during which I want you to tune in to Me as well as some of your problems that need ironing out, then you simply need to accept that. In this aspect, I am your Parent, and youre simply going to have to take it cause Daddy said so. You seek relief, but I say, Not yet! Lets first make sure we learn this thats there to learn from it! We wouldnt want to waste such a precious opportunity to drive home life-changing lessons now, would we?

one thing I have guaranteed), and thus it would scarcely be possible for you to continue living the way you have been up until now If life is a school, you also have to be prepared for a series of tests in it, and part of the tests in the school of life consist in finding out how well you take change, even drastic change, and how it affects your faith. It turns out that a substantial amount of your faith for living apart from the System was based on reliance on your partner, and that they were a driving force and key factor that enabled you to have that faith in the first place. But the problem with faith is, that everybodys going to have to have their own faith, and according to your faith be it unto you, and not according to someone elses. All thats left of your faith right now is the rubble you see before your spiritual eye where once the building of that relationship stood, and its a typical scenario of the sort of devastation that drastic changes and calamities can bring about in life, often quite unexpectedly. Thats why this is an important opportunity for you to base your faith on the only valid foundation this time: My Word and My personal relationship with you, even or especially without the cozy and warm environment of that human relationship that was such an important given in your previous scenario, but as so many other scenarios in life, turned out to be merely temporal.

A lot of your affections, as you must admit, were not on things above, but on things of this earth; but things of this earth, as you Many sad things are happening and must yet happen in this know, always have the quality of being temporal. world heart-rending things, and you must brace yourself for Now when it comes to relationship, theres that spiritual factor in greater tribulation than this. I always told you that in the end it it that is eternal, when it comes to the spiritual realm, but can would just boil down to Me and you, but you never fully pictured sometimes be interrupted by a separation, sometimes by the it and what it would mean, and perhaps you didnt really want to physical loss or absence of that person, etc., and thats what believe it, nor did you think it was ever going to be so difficult for makes the pain doubly hard. It not only leaves a physical, but you if it was going to happen. also a spiritual and emotional hole and vacuum there, and since It shows that people basically are unprepared to deal with most folks, when that happens, sort of automatically blame Me trouble. for their pain, its hard for them to allow Me to come in an sooth I said in the world ye shall have tribulation. But nobody ever the pain and fill that aching void the loss of the person left. takes a prophet seriously. Thats the downside of optimism. True optimism is when you can see the good side within the bad, but More often than not, a loss like this results in greater emotional its not when you try to tell yourself the bad is never going to distance between them and Me on their behalf, not because I happen. actually am more distant, but because they blame Me or hold a grudge against Me for their pain and loss, and I think you know Everybody is attuned to their jolly mating party, but there are what Im talking about. more important things at hand! The end of the world as you know Besides, since the loss in large part is a physical one, its a it is before you, just as it was in the days of Noah, and vacuum that can ideally only be filled with the presence of preparations must be made, and work invested that will ensure another person, but as youre finding out, its not always that the salvation of the chosen. easy to find another person that fits into the hole that the missing Once thats what youre tuning in to, I will also provide the right previous peg has left there. It becomes especially difficult when people and partners to do the job with, dont worry. But if you try the former filler of that partnership position in your life has to do it the other way around, find any old partner, and forget created some sort of dependency on themselves, as is often the about the work and the job youve got to do for Me, its not going case with those who like to make themselves needed and to work. indispensable. An unfruitful relationship had to be ended. That seems to make sense, doesnt it? Now, what you will want is not just any old relationship to replace this former unfruitful one, but a good, solid, lasting and fruitful relationship based on the right grounds and criteria. And you certainly shouldnt cry and be remorseful over whats lost and gone. Its almost a little bit like Lots wife! Remember that you cannot look back! Granted, the past seems so much brighter than the gloomy prospects of the future, but the future is only as gloomy as you allow the Devil to cheat you out of your power to rise above any circumstances! 367 ___________________________________________________ Things are not continuing the way they have been (which is When you were younger and you didnt know about different personality types, things were a lot simpler for you: all you figured that was necessary was love, and it was going to do the trick somehow of enabling folks to live together, and to an extent thats true especially when youre younger. But as you grow older and certain quirks and personality traits start to crystallize in your life, it becomes more complicated, and you cannot imagine yourself to be living with just anyone. The attractiveness of youth makes it a lot easier for people to match or put up with any differences temporarily, but often, later, as the differences begin to become visible, it becomes more difficult and thats why so many marriages eventually end in divorce. All I can really tell you about pain in order to comfort you, is that youre not alone in it, and that I am here and going through it with you. Just because someone else abandoned you a process and

event I couldnt stop because of the majesty of their personal choice it doesnt mean that Ive abandoned you, even if you may feel as if I had. Im closer to you than ever before and feel with you, suffer with you and hurt with you, even if the comfort of those words may sound a bit thin to you in comparison to what you would really like to make up with for what youre lacking 368 ___________________________________________________ Im here to help you overcome. Im not necessarily here to take your problems away like magic or pop them like bubbles, but Im always here at your side to offer My aid in helping you overcome the obstacles. Youve got the greatest factor of stability in existence to offer to anyone: namely Me and My Presence in your life through your faith in Me and your relationship with Me One, though invisibly behind the scenes, happens to be the major Guarantor of happiness, strength and true success in life. Youve been tending to doubt that a little bit, because you saw your life as a failure, and you blamed Me for it in your heart, thinking that knowing Me and having Me in your life mustnt avail to much after all. But what caused the failure in your life was not your relationship with Me, but rather the fact that there were other factors that did come in between you and Me and that to an extent you put before Me in your life, which is always a guarantor of failure, if you do, because the things I have promised in your life can only come to you by seeking and putting Me first. Thats the one condition. Everything else comes for free as a bonus, if you keep that part of the deal. Not an entirely easy one to tackle, I know, but thats My challenge. You ought to at least seriously try to put Me first in your life and make that first and top commandment the guiding principle of your life and see whether it wont bring you all the rest of what you want from life, just like I promised. 369 ___________________________________________________ Maybe youre just going to have to trust Me that I am going to continue supplying all your needs just as I always have. Maybe youre just going to have to believe and trust that I am more than enough, and that My strength is sufficient for you, as I have told Paul Maybe youre just going to have to trust and believe that you can do all things through Me Maybe it would also constitute a difference to all that you see around you in the want-it-now and have-it-all-right-now society that weve been criticizing together. Maybe you could show by a living example that sometimes showing patience is appropriate and some things are worth waiting for. It would certainly be a proof of some degree of maturity.

to make it happen. So, here I am, willing and ready to make it happen. Are you ready to have it happen in your life? And are you willing to believe that I can and want to make this happen? Are you going to refuse to let the Devil steal this dream away from you? Sometimes you might have to fight in order to make certain dreams happen! Youve got to be relentless and not give up too easily! Youve been in your cave for long enough now, that place where youve been hiding from all that dreaded confrontation you didnt like, and its time to come out into the light and fight for what you really want. After all, this may be your one last chance. But its better to have waited for the real thing than have wasted all your energies on some fake. Now this is a dream really worth catching and holding on to. Now you know what you want! You may have had some vague idea before of what you wanted, and you may have thought it was all just going to come to you by itself, but youre finding out it was a process that had to be set in motion in you in order for you to be able to give just what it takes in order to really make it happen. Passive resignation is not what makes this kind of love happen. So, heres your chance to be and become the leader you are meant to be and that your former partners didnt allow you to be, mostly due to their own strong wills. You see, regardless of what they or anybody may say about your failures, when it comes to the degree to which I can really work freely in someones life and bring fruit there, a lot depends on their readiness to put their own will and desire on the backburner. Its not like I and My Holy Spirit barge in and take over in some kind of a dictatorship. We need to have the will of a person on our side and surrendering their will to Us, otherwise it wont work. As it says in the Word, My Spirit shall not always strive with man. There comes a point where I just let them have their will against My better knowledge, and theyll have to find out just where their own willful road will lead them I will always honor those who will say and pledge to Me, Thy will be done. Those who prefer to have their own will done in their lives, and accordingly put themselves in a position above Mine in their lives will have to reap the repercussions of their choice, thats just the way it works, and that includes the fact and possibility that sometimes their own will may drive them apart from the ones they love.

371 ___________________________________________________ In order for a relationship to really be what its supposed to be, there has to be more than the coexistence of just two planets in vicinity of each other. There has to be a correlation Its a little bit like the question whether you want it all in the right in some ways similar to that between you and Me, without here and now, or youd rather have the real thing a little later, or anyone ever being able to take on My position in each life, of as phrased once, Do you want to reign here and now and suffer course, but it nevertheless needs to resemble that give and take, a lot later, or would you rather suffer a little now and reign that need and being needed thats there between us. In other forever later? It is a question of faith, in other words. Faith, as words, you have to be able to give to them in a way similar to the in, something other than all thats available to you immediately way I give to you, and also be able to receive from them the way I here and now; faith in a promise that may not be fulfilled receive from you. instantly, but in My own good time. If you feel like you have a lot of love to give to someone, then thats very good starting ground for a good and potentially fruitful relationship. 370 ___________________________________________________ When you were young, you had so much energy, there was I told you there was a dream to find. Now, if it would have always plenty to give. been too realistic, it could hardly be called a dream. If its just the But now that youve grown older, you are becoming a little more average story of regular boy finds regular girl under fairly cautious about how to invest your resources, and if there is regular conditions, what sort of dream would that have been? someone you feel you could pour your love into not just time, Dreams are made out of special stuff, and theyve got that certain effort and energy, but genuine love, then that is what youre magic to them, that miraculous ingredient that it takes for Me to looking for. make them come true. No evolutionary process that might have Someone can become like the sun for another person, a giver happened any other random way, but stuff that requires prayer, and source of life to them, and that is a very good, valid sign of faith, and nothing less than the very power of the Creator in order potentially true and lasting love.

Youre looking for A love as big as the sun. In other words, and the delay, theyre still going to happen. someone that you will have so much love for, that you will become like the sunshine to them, a source of life, warmth and Becoming disappointed and discouraged at the first sight of love that will not run out of steam delay, so that you quit and want to forget it all certainly isnt the way to make dreams come true and good things happen. 372 ___________________________________________________ So, you definitely have need of patience, and need to learn not to Life as I have intended it is very much about relationship. give in so easily. It is a test, because if you already tend to give I am very much about relationship. An easier, less formal word up at an early point, how do you expect to see through a for it is love. Im all about love, and I am Love, and I want your relationship through its truly tough and darker times? lives to be all about love. Including inter-human love! Its not all about Me and Me wanting you to love Me. Its a question of either insisting on others reaching your same I want love to be everywhere and to permeate every sphere of high standard of communicability, or not, and taking them where life, and it shall, eventually. theyre at, instead, at their level and their own pace. So, while the type of relationship youre seeking seems to be one When youre planning to form a partnership and relationship of the baser and perhaps more selfish forms of love, as opposed youre going to have to adapt to the pace of the slowest member to the Mother Teresa type where one totally yields any personal of your team, and cant just expect to drag them along at your desires to the well-being of others, it is nonetheless a valid form usual pace. of love, makes you a member of the human community, and teaches you endless lessons on the one thing that life is all Patience is one of the primary qualities required in a wholesome, about. loving relationship, and angry impatience has been one of the Life is about people. And thats why I have made people to need biggest threats to maintaining the peace within relationships people. Often it seems as if you cant get along with each other, but as youre finding out, its even harder to get along without Its true that less is sometimes more, when it comes to words. It each other even warns you in the Bible: In the multitude of words, there You need somebody to love, and I have ordained it thus. Perhaps wanteth not sin. In other words, the more words you utter, the not necessarily for each and everyone, since some people do more youre prone to include a mistake in them, and something manage to live without another human soul, but on the other you may regret later having said or written. hand a lot of them dont know all about the importance of human relationships. Where the evolutionary paradigm rules their So, discretion may sometimes be the name of the game, worldview, they can easily cope with the fact that they simply especially when dealing with people who are not as in the face might be stranded on the shore of that endless aimless process about everything as you are. Some things are better left of coincidence having its way, and whether they happen to be unspoken, thats just a fact. And just because it pops into your alone there or not seems to hardly make a difference to them. mind doesnt mean that you shouldnt maybe check whether it For others the union with another human being of the opposite would be wise and appropriate to share it or not. sex practically resembles the meaning and purpose of their existence, or at least some major part of it without which some of the others such as the more spiritual aspects of your service to 374 ___________________________________________________ Me, etc. are hardly thinkable, and I accept that and take I still need to play the No.1 role in your life, not for My sake, different people where theyre at. but for yours, and for your life to become what you would want it to be. Maybe right now you may want nothing else than just live out a relatively normal rest of your life with basically any new 373 ___________________________________________________ partner you would manage to get half-way along with Remember what I told you about the virtue of patience, and But there is something higher that your soul is aiming at and resisting the common urge of always wanting to have things striving for, and Im not going to allow you to settle so quickly for immediately in this day and age? I didnt just say, Some things less. are worth fighting for, but also, some things are worth waiting Nor can I allow you to go overboard completely in euphoria and for. Do you have enough patience to shoot for the best and not focusing on one person alone! Youve got to keep your eye on so easily settle for less at the first show of things not working out the vision and on what you would ultimately like to achieve Not the way you want them, right when you want them? even so much purely for My sake or even that of the Kingdom, but for the sake of your special role in My Kingdom thats going If youre looking for the real thing, then part of the criteria you to give you the utmost amount of a sense of accomplishment and need to bring is a readiness to deal with reality and whatever it fulfillment. Its something I want you to attain for you, most of all, happens to hand you, to eat it and chew it and not hate every and in the process I know youre going to touch plenty of others minute of it, wishing it would all soon be over and the pleasant lives as well part of the movie should finally start. Reality is not a movie, and certainly howbeit unfortunately not You cant find your dream if you take your focus off of Me or off always a pleasant one. the Spirit World and your guidance from the Spirit World, since Theres suffering involved, and yes, patience and waiting for the thats where the vision and dream originates, and you cannot good things to happen at times. They dont always come within finish something in the flesh that I have started in the Spirit. In minutes in real life, as you might expect in the movies, just other words, youve got to desperately make sure you stay before the audience might start getting bored or uneasy. attuned to My Spirit in trying to catch and build this dream and Real life deviates strongly from the Hollywood versions of it, and make it a reality. You cannot allow it to just become a poor carnal failure to cope with that fact is one major cause for problems in counterfeit of the original, spiritual vision! todays society. Finding your dream means to take that dream out of the So, what Im saying is, there is something in it for you as well, if dreamscape and go to work at making it a reality, but it certainly you keep your eye on Me, and your mind focused on the spiritual, wont happen over night or instantly. and its more important than just finding another partner. There are higher goals to attain yet, and I cannot just allow you to The best things in life are free may sound like a nice tag line, simply settle for the cheap substitute like the bone the devil but it isnt necessarily always true, unfortunately. Some things wants to throw you, making you think it will save you from you may have to pay for, and even if its not money, then at least starvation, when something much better will be coming around you have to be patient sometimes, in order to allow them to come the bend, if you just hold on and have a little patience and faith about, and you might need a little faith, that despite the obstacles

375 ___________________________________________________ In a way, that's mainly all I can give you: words. But that's often all it takes to help you make it through your difficulties, right? The assurance of My love for you, the Promise that everything's gonna be alright... You believe it, and your faith in My Words is what helps you make it through another day through this weary, weary world. So how could there be something wrong with passing on words that instill faith in another? You're striving to give Me all the glory in this, so I can see no wrong with it. As long as you keep Me in that spot where I belong, everything's going to be alright. It's hard to believe in coincidence when everything you've got to tell someone and share with them from your experience and all you've learned seems to be exactly what they need to know and hear, right? I told you you'd be able to comfort others with the comfort that I gave you. I still know how to give you the desires of your heart and how to fulfill My Promise and honor it when someone delights themselves in Me. I must keep testing you, especially with tests of patience and faith, to see whether you're going to keep Me first and keep forsaking your Isaacs to Me on a daily basis, but as you can tell, when you do, I always give them back to you to enjoy. 376 ___________________________________________________ Surrendering what you can't keep anyway in exchange for something I give that you cannot lose may initially strike you as a raw deal, but in the overall outcome it actually turns out not nearly as bad as it may seem. And the wonderful truth is: nothing is ever really lost, because I am well capable of retrieving all things for you. So, when it all comes down to it, really, for you there isn't really any such thing as loss. All your apparent losses will only turn out to be gains in the end. The life of Job is a wonderful Promise to every believer along these lines. I never take one thing away from you without giving you something better, even if it's in the afterlife, and thus, largely by faith. Sometimes I give you glimpses in this life of what expects you in the life beyond, but it's nevertheless all by faith. Faith is still the greatest commodity and quality you can have in this life, as far as I'm concerned. That includes not looking at your losses as such, but seeing them as eventual gains, just because I say it is so and promise you something better in return. 377 ___________________________________________________ What you need to realize is that Im really the only reliable Source of hope that youve got, and that you cannot have any other hope without Me. Im the Central Exchange of all hope for you and your life, so to speak. Any objects or subjects of hope and redemption you would desire are only accessible via Me and My help, thats why youve got to turn to Me first for them and in order to reach or obtain them. You cannot rely on or trust in your own abilities to attain them somehow. If you try to avail yourself of those blessings by any other means than through Me, the Blesser, then I simply cannot bless you with it. You need to realize once and for all that I am the Giver of all these things, and there are no shortcuts or direct connections to them that bypass Me. You need to cope with the fact that you are indeed dependent on Me for all your blessings and hearts desires. Its not luck or your own skills, talents or wits that are going to get you what you want, but only your faith in Me, your prayers, and your connection with Me.

Once you establish that essential connection and make sure that youre fulfilling the one requirement to obtain those blessings, namely of keeping Me in the first place and seeking Me first, I can continue giving them to you, just as I promised. But youve got to keep and fulfill your part of the contract. Of course, its natural just like any child would to try if it also works without having to do your part, but you see that the result is always the same: emptiness, where otherwise there was fullness when you did turn to Me first 378 ___________________________________________________ I created you all with clay feet. And the best thing to keep your feet on the ground and stay humble and realistic is to stay aware of your weaknesses and your fragile, flawed frame, so that you wont fall into any temptation of wanting to pretend youre something or someone youre really not Just be yourself! Thats the best! Remember, the real thing is always better than any phony or fake could ever be! Thats why I always advocate reality over the Hollywood replicas. What you need is a miracle, and Im the One Who can do it for you, but for this youve got to stay attuned to My Spirit, and not try to get it rigged up in your own strength somehow. Desperation is the appropriate attitude, since thats what you need in order to get a miracle. 379 ___________________________________________________ You wonder what on earth might be My plan and intention in allowing all this misery to happen in your life. And certainly youre not the first who does. After all, anyone would prefer a life of ease and of joy and of happiness. So, why allow suffering? Well, because its these hard times that really teach you something. The good and fun times, well, theyre just that: good and fun times. But when the heat is on and youre going through trials and troubles and tribulations in life, thats when you really learn something. Of course, you measure success differently than I, by all the enjoyable times youve had, and you count the hard times not as gains, but losses. But I see it the other way around. The fun times are like idle gear, zero progress and advance. Theyre good for your recreation process and to give you an incentive to keep attending lifes school, but the lessons themselves, and what youre learning from them, that is what Im interested in. You may have your focus on the recess and the breaks. Mine is on your progress as a student. So, what is really required here? That I revamp and readjust My entire schooling and teaching system to suit it more to your preferences, or that you simply change your views about the purpose of school in general and see the lessons as the important and substantial part, not the fun and the games during recess? I like you to have fun. But the lessons are whats important about the school of life, not the fun breaks. I really wish I could make it easier for you, but learning is simply only done this way, by attending lifes lessons. Yes, there are a few things you learn during the games, too, but the essential stuff that really matters is only learned by the type of attention you pay when things get quiet enough and you really pause to think about the meaning of all this. So, alright: what IS the meaning then, of all that youre going through? Im not going to tell you, but you need to figure it out yourself. Would I have allowed for things to take this turn if everything about your life would have been just as it should, and if it would have looked as if you were going to make the grade at the rate

you were going? No? So, what does it mean? That some changes were necessary? The necessary changes wouldnt have been achieved any other way than by these drastic measures. Okay, so youre shocked and stunned long enough to think long and hard. Didnt hurt anyone yet, did it? Some thinking? If something basic and fundamental about your act is going to have to change, then what does this mean? Dont keep going the way you have! Stop! Turn around! Before you can preach it to anyone else, youre first going to have to have done this yourself: turn around, walk in a different direction, stop doing things the way you have and start doing them in a different way! Okay, so it IS depressing when you find out that youve been doing things the wrong way and you need to stop and start all over again. And you feel tempted to discouragement and Whats the use? But I can live with that! Ive got all the time and the patience in the world, and if I can, then you ought to learn from Me as well and take the time and acquire the patience. Yes, its tedious when you have to start all over again. And you think time is so short, so let me start already! But I want and need you to do it the right way this time. Im waiting for you to find out things and attitudes you will have to change before youll be ready to enjoy that new blessing in your life. See, with your former attempts I took you each time where you were at, according to the state of your development, education and maturity, and accordingly, you made mistakes. That was okay. It was a time to wink at them. But now youve reached a level of greater accountability, and you wouldnt want to repeat any of the same mistakes! You would want to do things right and properly this time around. Its true, you were running on some information that has turned out to be less than entirely correct, and weve corrected that, and are still in the process of correcting some, so what do you do with the new knowledge you have acquired in this new day? Now that you know better, how are you going to do it, and how are you going to fare? Has the knowledge you gained been knowledge from the heart, or head stuffing only? Have the lessons sunk in deeply, or are you still prone to make the same mistakes? See, thats what life is all about, not the amount of fun you will have had. Not only. When you start a relationship with someone you take over part of the consequences of their former choices, actions and mistakes. Of course, out there they preferably want folks who never made any. You and I know thats nonsense. If they havent made any its because they never even started the learning process. The only way to never make any mistakes is to skip school altogether and simply occupy yourself with doing what they tell you to do in Kindergarten, in order to keep your basic needs met: You just follow the instruction of your overseers and put the pegs into the corresponding holes without ever learning much else. Well, you chose a different path, one thats not as pre-cut and predetermined, and one where its a lot easier to make mistakes, because not too many have walked there yet to tell you which way to turn. In fact, many of your guides were still in the learning process themselves, and all the advice they could sometimes give you was simply their best guess. So, theres no use comparing yourself to those who are not even attending school, but are basically stuck in Kindergarten, spiritually. Sure, they may be having more fun, since their curriculum is a lot more fun and play oriented. But you are a high school attendant, so to speak, and must accordingly expect to be confronted with different material, and cannot expect to be playing the same games as they, or to be taught in the same, playful manner. Youre learning in order to some day be teaching others.

Thats something different, isnt it? Doesnt that make a worthwhile difference? Thats your job, your destiny, and why something else is to be expected of you, and why you cant always expect to be treated in exactly the same, easy way as they are. They might never teach another student in their lives, but of you it is expected to reach that level where someday you will be able to instruct others just as you already have and you will want to instruct them well. Life itself will choose you as a teacher, if you will have proven to have learned its lessons well, and the students themselves will come flocking to you eventually when theyll get wind of the fact that you know something they dont. But only the badges of honor of having passed the grades will get you there. So, you might as well stop complaining about all this apparent lack of purpose in the hardships of the school of life. Theres a higher goal and purpose here than just playing games and having fun. That was pre-school and Kindergarten business. Now its time for the real thing, and the real hard core lessons of life! So, the important thing is not even what roles you play in those acts you sometimes play in school, nor the degree to which you impress your fellow students. That may be part and one facet of your education, but not the main part. The most important question is, how much actual, genuine knowledge can you pass on, about whats actually going on in the school of life? How much can you actually pass on that is going to make a difference and help others make the grade? How much of real, actual value are you able to pass on? And is what you learned and claim to know confirmed by your acts, behavior and an example of maturity, accordingly? Or are you behaving just as foolishly as all the rest of the kids out in the yard, pushing and shoving each other at the me first game? How much does your life prove and show that youve actually learned? Is all that still motivates and spurs you on the fulfillment of your own personal needs? And if so, how far do you think that would go as credentials in My School of Life? Or can you prove and show by your mature and unselfish actions that youve attained some higher level of education than your former Kindergarten peers? See, these things are the sort of criteria by which I measure success, progress, and whether youve actually gained something or lost; and doesnt it appear that sometimes your supposed gains are actual losses, whereas those times when you experience loss are actually those of greater gain? Isnt this what Ive always taught you in theory? So why does it sound and look so weird to you when it is being confirmed by the practical and in the real world? See how off your priorities were? All along, you thought the game and fun part was the more important than the actual learning part and time spent with the Teacher. You appreciated the time with the Teacher, but it turns out that you actually considered playing time with your peers, friends and mates more important Can you blame Me for wanting to set your priorities straight on that one? Its a fairly important facet of maturity to have your priorities straight. 380 ___________________________________________________ Asking for prayer power and relying on My help to do what you cant sounds like a good thing to do, and what Id advise you to. Of course, there will be a few things youll have to do in the physical, too, in order to do the wenting. Youre going to have to get out the umbrella, if youre praying for rain and expect it to happen. In any case, its better to focus on the good and bright side of what the future holds for you than on the negative of what youre leaving behind.

Lately, you could hardly see anything bright about your future, and you couldnt see how The future is as bright as the Promises of God could apply to you You were stuck in a dead end street with no way out, you thought, and all you could see ahead of you was a rather dim future. Well, cheer up! Now youve got something to look forward to! A vision to fight for and work toward! Now, is it surprising that Im expecting you to make some kind of effort in order to make that dream you have found a reality? That happens to be what it takes in order to make dreams come true. It may not necessarily be all carnal efforts, but youve got to make an effort of faith to believe that its happening, praise Me for it, as I have taught you, and not let the Enemy cheat you out of your dream! After all, its real. All that really separates you from it is time, which you should use wisely in order to make a bridge of it that will bring you to your goal, instead of seeing it as the obstacle that will keep you from it. Time is on My side, not the Devils, and if youre on My side, then its on yours, too. You can count on it that things are working in your favor if youre working and living for Me, with Me and both, employ Me and My power in your life and allow Me to employ you to reach and love others. Its not as if coincidence were involved in any sort of way in this whole matter, but its all part of a carefully designed plan in order to get more out of you than any potential you unfolded thus far. Do you think Im about to let the Devil foil My plan? Do you think Ive brought you this far only to disappoint you? I can understand your being careful, but generally, you have reasons to be a lot more positive, cheerful and praiseful about what Im doing in your life. Yes, so it will take some time, faith and patience to get you to your goal. But isnt it about time you had any sort of goal at all?

to make it through this life and dark stretch successfully, is Me. I AM more than enough, really. I am also the Source and Fuel that will keep the fire in your relationship kindled, that will give you the necessary strength to fulfill all the criteria and make all necessary preparations, to really make your dream a reality. You cannot allow yourself to rely on any other factor, human or otherwise, for that. Theyre all weak, frail, and prone to fall prey to deception or some other weakness, and theyre simply not as reliable as I am to assure true happiness and stability in your life. At the same time, I am the necessary factor in your life that will give you the stability that they will seek in you and that they will need also. The strength that you need comes from Me and from your connection with Me, so in order for this dream to ever become a reality, it is absolutely vital that you keep in touch with Me and keep Me first in your life. Thats the main requirement. Ive rigged it up this way on purpose, but its truly for your own good. How dangerous it can be to put too much confidence and trust in any other factor or person, and its better to get hooked on Me than on someone who is bound to let you down eventually, even if its not of their own will or choice, but by circumstances neither of you control. The only Presence and company that will always be guaranteed in your life is Mine. None other will do. Im the only Factor that can keep you and your love alive, afloat and running. Im the only Food that is guaranteed to help you make it through your day, that provides all the necessary substance and nourishment you need in order to make it and stay healthy. Im simply whats best for you. Sorry if that sounds a bit like non-stop self-advertisement, but I wouldnt be telling you this if it simply werent true for you. For just about everyone else out there it may not apply, since theyve all been learning to depend on themselves, their own 381 ___________________________________________________ strength or wit or some other factor, but with you its something Realistic prospects in this world are always bleak. Thats why special thats going on: youre learning to depend on Me, which youve got to learn to focus on Me in the first place. If you look at may make you seem very weak, because you become like the physical circumstances, the wind and the waves, of course, nothing when that greatest and most important Factor of your thats intimidating and less than encouraging. strength isnt there. But on the other hand, Im going to use that Thats why you must learn to overcome and rise above the to prove which strength is really greater in the long run, and circumstances. whose will still keep going when all others have expired and run Of course, you would like to enjoy Heaven here and now, instead out, just like high quality batteries, compared to cheap ones. of later. And you feel as if somethings severely wrong somehow. Im a real Quality Power Source, and Im going to prove to you My Well, yes, something IS severely wrong with this world in excellence and superiority over any other thing you could general, which is why its not your home nor your resting place. possibly ever put your trust in. You will always be only pilgrims and strangers in it, even with all I want and need you to remember permanently that I am the One your efforts to make yourselves as comfortable and cozy as you that makes it work, that fuels and powers it. Im not only the can in it. missing Piece or Center Piece between you to hold you together, I know you want happiness. But I need to keep reminding you but I am the very fuel, power and energy that makes your love that the only chance and way to get it is Me. There is no shortcut, possible in the first place. I am the very life that makes it possible nor any other way. and happen in the first place, so without Me it wont be able to Even if you focus too much on another person instead, no matter run or exist for a moment. how perfect a match they may be for you the only truly perfect You will need to be constantly plugged in to Me in order to enjoy Match for your soul that can manage to truly make you happy am this relationship. I, and you will always need Me, even in order to be able not to Its sort of an upgrade I developed in order to draw and keep you muff things up with that other soul, either. even closer to Me. You need to remember your true Home, and that its not in this Your (former) relationship was a device to bring you to this point world. I know its tough, but so it was for Me. where now youre ready to try and get into this modus operandi Of course, its tough and devastating when youve walked such a of staying permanently plugged in to Me. long stretch with someone who you thought was not of this Yes, Ive been talking about it and advertising it before, but this is world, either, but they turn around and show that they were fakes the way to make it happen. all along and do show their ultimate loyalty to the ways of the I knew what it took to trick you into really getting there and trying world, after all Its the perfect illusion the Enemy likes to use to it My bait for you to get you to stay permanently hooked on Me. discourage Me people at times. Theres no more comfy cruising in idle, but you will only be able With folks becoming more and more deceived and deceptive at to stay afloat in this new life of yours if you keep and stay the same time, in a time of the greatest mass deception ever, I plugged in and attuned to Me. certainly dont envy you, and all I can assure you of is that Im Sounds scary and strange? Well, but trust Me, this is the way its there with you. Im going through all this with you, and all I can supposed to be. guarantee is that Me by your side is all you need in order to make If I am the Source of all that is Love and Life, shouldnt it be it. natural to want to be close to Me and part of Me and My current You can build on this assurance that all you really need in order all the time? And what is really strange and weird are those times

when youre actually separated from Me. Were trying to cut your times of being separated and alienated from Me. I no longer want to be a stranger or strange factor in your life at any time, but I want to become the most familiar factor in it, your very life itself. Thats actually what life for Me Christ-life is all about, and what Galatians 2:20 means. It is not you that live, but I Who live in you. Thus far, you have only been getting into the vicinity of that truth, but have never really been able to live it fully. Well, thats about to change, if youre going to let Me have My way with you. If what you need is miracle after miracle in order to get you what you want, then you wont be able to cruise in carnal gear anymore, but youre going to have to remain dependent on Me permanently. You need My power on in your life all the time, and without Me, you wont make it. Youre finally going to literally experience the truth of what I meant by Without Me ye can do nothing. Sounds rough or scary? Not really. Trust Me. This is just the way life has always really been meant to be all along. For once youll be availing yourself of the light permanently instead of spending intervals adrift in the darkness. The new M.O. is called Permanent Power Mode as opposed to the interrupted and temporary power modes you were running in previously. So, what sounds so bad about permanent power? The power is on all the time. Now youre just going to avail yourself of it permanently, thats all.

at least youre smart enough to ask Me to help you get back out again. Thats not too bad for starters and allows you to have quite a close relationship with Me, even if not always such a happy one, since I still do have to allow you to reap the consequences of your actions and choices. So there DOES exist that option of making the right kind of choices, which some people not many, but some - avail themselves of. And of course, Im wondering, just as any teacher would about their long time pupil, When is that option going to occur to him? The alternative being, ever continuing to learn without being able to make the grade, pass the test and move on to the next lesson So, you are learning. Thats the good news. The question is, are you getting the point, also? Are you ever going to come to the end of this lesson and finish this course so you can move on to the next one? Well, the good news is, eventually, everyone does, since if you dont happen to learn the lesson during this lifetime - further opportunities are provided in the hereafter. Then again, being counted among the overcomers means being one of those who bear the badge of having made the grade and absorbed the lesson. Eventually they stopped allowing evil to overcome them, and they decided to overcome it instead, to nip it in the bud and not let it raise its ugly head above their own anymore. They finally stopped giving in to temptation and started making the right choices for a change. Now that does sound exciting and refreshing, doesnt it? And, well, thats what could happen to you. Quite easily, in fact.

In other words, since Im making My love the power source of your relationship - which it is anyway, in any true love relationship Im also making it the incentive for you to remain permanently plugged in to My Power, which is what I have been aiming at achieving all along. Youre going to like it and love it, trust Me for that! 383 ___________________________________________________ The only way in which your love could ever become anything like Generally, you might say that things are available too easily the sun is by remaining fueled by the true Suns power for most folks in the West today, and its not doing them any permanently, which is Mine. good. Its spoiling them, ruining their character, and well, Im trying to avoid and prevent spoiling you too much. If things dont come too easily for you, dont see it as a negative, 382 ___________________________________________________ but as the way it should be. Youve got to go through something, Youre learning, and that is, after all, the purpose of any some expense, some cost in order to get what you want, so that school such as life. In other words, youre fulfilling the purpose you will also appreciate it and wont wind up taking it for granted of it all. The purpose isnt even necessarily finding happiness in too soon. the here and now, because for those who do learn lifes lessons, Especially when it comes to their fellow human beings, and happiness will be awaiting them forever after. sometimes even their spouses and companions over many But the lessons do include taking the less than favorable years, its one of the saddest testimonies to humankind how circumstances life hands you with an attitude of faith. quickly and easily they can take each other for granted and dont After all, its all about overcoming. appreciate each other as they should. What is it thats to overcome? Paul gave the clue: Dont be Instead of loving and protecting each other, they often do the overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good (Rom.12;21). opposite of envying and fighting the other, killing them, instead Theres the evil and sin in your own hearts to overcome (as of giving their own lives for theirs, which is the example that I, opposed to being overcome by it, surrendering and yielding to the Son of God, have given mankind by My Coming to earth and it), and then theres the outside evil to overcome (instead of showing how to do it, and not merely being a teacher of theories. allowing yourself to be overwhelmed by it). Its obvious that the majority of even My supposed followers That is the challenge. In school, youre asked to solve problems. dont really follow in the footsteps of My actions or the example In lifes school, evil is the problem, and youre supposed to solve that I gave, but usually seek the easier way out, the easy way to it. The challenge is, How do I get evil not to overcome me, but acquire their hearts desires, etc., and youre no exception to how do I overcome it instead? that. Well, since most of you are often clueless about how to tackle So you cannot begrudge My having to discipline you somewhat that problem, one good place to start is always asking the every now and then and step in, showing you that its not always Teacher for help, which I gladly do. good to have all things coming at you all too easily. I dont mind helping you nor being asked to help, because that is Thats why it says in My Word time and again Rejoice in your one of the means I made available to you to solve the problem: hardships. They really are good for you! My help. And the dumbest thing most folks do is to ignore that decisive factor. Youre going to have to do your part to make a good thing So youve got this one advantage: youre not too proud or smart happen. I cannot and will not just present it to you on a silver to ignore Me or refuse My help. platter. All the blessings you ever received from Me in your life You dont try to do it all on your own, but you allow Me and ask were because of certain choices you made or things and efforts Me to help you. you made and you somehow deserved them. Thats good. Now, others may be smart enough not to get So, a lot depends on you, on your faith and your actions, and on themselves into the kind of trouble you do get yourself into, but how youre going to invest your most precious commodity, time.

You can either make it happen by your deeds and actions, or you can squander this golden opportunity, so choose and invest wisely. You need to make it happen, youre the one who needs to work for it, somehow earn it and approve yourself worthy of it. Consider the challenges as some sort of medieval tournament in which youre going to have to approve yourself worthy of the hand of your bride. I will be with you, help you fight, endure and persevere, but the fighting itself is up to you, and its you out there jostling. So, invest your time, your strength and energies wisely. Just like in the movies about those olden days, you know that there was some intrigue within families, with some of the parties involved vying for their own favors and interests, manipulating and scheming, and so, to some extent, this wont be missing from this adventure, either, and each party involved will ultimately show their true colors, as to whether they are truly friend or foe, whether they can be reckoned upon in the future, or whether youre going to be better off without them. Noble men and women are scarce in this day and age. What is important is that you maintain your own degree of nobility, uprightness and sincerity, or gain whatever character strengths you may yet need to acquire. You need to build your own capacities to give and uphold and maintain that disposition, and not become slack, not even if others provide the opportunity. It should be within your manly sense of honor not to allow anyone to spoil you to that degree. Otherwise, the reward will be loss and disappointment. You must never, never let your guard down, and that you should always put your trust in Me above all. I do want you to trust each other. But when it comes to entrusting your life to someone, you ought to make sure that its foremost I Whom youre going to rely on for that one, because only I am strong enough and able and provide all the means necessary to carry that sort of burden. Only I can give and truly sustain life. Only I can truly keep you from all evil in the final analysis. Only I am strong enough to uphold you. They may have seemed strong enough, but they lacked the one ingredient that is required in stewards, which helped you truly appreciate that requirement for what it is, and it helped you to see why I appreciate it so much A lesson on faithfulness. Who would have thought that faithfulness would some day play such an important role in your life? Youre still learning. As long as youre still able to change your views, attitudes and priorities it shows that youre absorbing the lessons life is handing you, and that I, the Teacher, am not wasting My time on you 384 ___________________________________________________ Why is freedom just another word for nothing left to lose? It is independence from things physical. You simply dont allow material things and your attachment to them to bind you, and that includes the physical presence of someone. Of course, you long for the physical presence of your lover, but youre also realizing that your need for love - not covering the physical aspects of it is actually covered just by the assurance of her affection through her words, and youre feeling more loved, actually, than you have been for years. Its that kind of love that brings the life into a relationship and makes loving fun. Its actually the prerequisite for any healthy, good and long lasting relationship at all. True love is the only thing, the only fuel and power that can make a relationship last forever. So you must really fight in order to preserve that spark of true love, that spark of life within your relationship and marriage, and you may never allow familiarity or self-righteousness, a critical attitude or any arguments, differences of opinion, attacks of disunity, or whatever, to kill it. You must guard it, just like I told you that you must guard the

flame of this love and relationship between you and Me. This is the way I have always intended for two people to love each other, and in a way you couldnt really know how to do that until you had this relationship with Me that serves as a model of what your ideal relationship with your lover and wife ought to be like: a relationship of mutual giving and respect, where both parties need each other and regularly voice that fact and assure each other of their appreciation and need for each other. Just like I keep telling you that I need you, you also keep telling me that you need Me Its a given. I can allow this love to take such a significant role in your life because it is My love for you; it is the manifestation of My love for you, and part of your reward for your love and faithfulness toward Me, just as it is her reward for her love and faithfulness to Me, and her desire to put Me first and above all in her life. You thought what you were looking for was going to be found elsewhere and in some other way, by means of your success, or by somehow finding enough different lovers, or whatever you were hoping to get out of life. But you found out that what you were looking for ultimately true love - was found by the meek and quiet way of having a loving relationship with Me, based on daily communications with Me, allowing Me to faithfully implant My seeds into your heart and life and this love is the fruit that is born and springing forth from it now. It shows to what extent and in what detail My hand and care were always involved in every step of your life. It confirms what I have taught you, that no other path chosen for you could have been better than this, the one I have ordained for you, as chaotic as it may sometimes have seemed, and as little sense as it seemed to make to the rational mind. Do you think you can trust Me now for what I am and have been doing in your life all along, including all the battles, the pain, the numerous trials that drew you so close to Me, topped by this monumental physical loss of all that you thought you had and had tied your life and affections to? Doesnt it show that in the end, all you really need is Me, and that I truly suffice and am more than enough for you and can truly and fully supply all your needs? I know how to liberate My own, even if the liberation is a process of the loss of something you had tied yourself to, something that stopped you from experiencing that total freedom of having nothing left to lose. You see, the only thing you can truly never ever lose is My love. And if its My love that is whats fueling your love for each other, then you could never ever really lose each other, either, not even through any physical separation. So, this momentary distance between you is the ideal breeding ground for something very, very precious, and something that doesnt come to pass every day: a love truly made in Heaven. What greater proof can I give than this, of the fact that love is stronger than any physical obstacle or unfavorable circumstance? After this you will know that love conquers all, and you will be able to encourage many people through your experience, not only through your strengthened faith in a God Who loves you unconditionally and more than you could have ever imagined, but also in the power of love itself, and that it is truly all you need, all the power that is necessary to live a happy, truly fulfilled life, because it can help those who believe in it to overcome and rise above all circumstances. You will know that the line God is Love is not just empty words, having experienced the very power of such divine Love - the very fact that God and Love are one and the same, despite all the critics might say who claim that, No, love is not enough, or faith is not enough. It can be enough if you dont limit Me in your faith - or rather, lack of it to do all that I am capable of in your lives. What else would anyone think can ever bring life, can ever bring forth real and lasting fruit? What other than love?

You get what you have the faith for and what you truly long for and seek in life, if it is Me and My means you avail yourself of in acquiring them. You wanted the Real Thing, and thats what you both got. In this case, My pure love within each other And I am very pleased with this. 385 ___________________________________________________ Youre wondering whether Ive got what it takes to win against the giant of the Systems bureaucracy. Well, I would say that My people have had fiercer enemies to confront that I delivered them from and gave them the victory over, so dont quite give up yet. Its true that you might need a lot of wisdom, perseverance and a few other prerequisites, but youve got My Promise, My Word, the stuff that the worlds are made of, on your side, so who or what can be against you? What regulation, what man-made law or rule can defy My will? They may try, and have lots of times; but have they ever prevailed? Did the Enemy ever turn out stronger than Me? Did he ever prevail against Me? Has there ever been a time when I didnt beat him? Okay, so youve got bad cards against him; the same way My people have nearly always had in this, his world temporarilythroughout history. But is that something new? Is that supposed to be a challenge for Me that I couldnt handle? I just want you to make sure that you know who and what youre putting your faith in. Good luck wont do it, chance or coincidence wont do it, but I can. I am able. Can you trust Me for that? Has there ever been a legitimate reason for any of My people to worry, fear and fret? Or have I ever not delivered them out of the hand of the Enemy and all that he could do and come up with against them or Me? So, I can wholeheartedly encourage you: Cheer up! Fret not, nor be dismayed, but be of good cheer, for I thy God am with you and will fight for you. You can hold your peace, and I will do the wrestling with the Enemy for you. Some of the things that are necessary to get the miracle done, youre going to have to do, like the necessary preparations, and show that you have the faith that Ill do it and get ready for the miracle. But as far as the bulk of the battle is concerned, your cause is Mine, and I promise, I will fight for you. Have I not told you that I know how to deliver My own? I am indeed powerful enough for that. Trust Me. Try Me. Test Me. And see whether Im not good and strong enough to do this. If it wouldnt be a challenge or if it would be too easy, it would almost be a sign that this couldnt be of Me. Had you ever started looking at the obstacles realistically, you probably never would have gotten to any of the places you got to, would not have done and seen what you did. So, this is another challenge. What did you expect? Okay, so another, great portion of faith on your part is required Thats pretty much standard procedure, isnt it? Test Me now in this, whether Im not able to fulfill My Promises to you that you can indeed do all things through Me and overcome any obstacles and enemies! 386 ___________________________________________________ Youre expecting the blessings to come too easily. Youre too fun-oriented and are not really gearing up for the seriousness of life and its many pitfalls, challenges and hazards. Youve just had it too easy over years. The responsibility for a significant number of aspects in your life had been taken away from you, and you

willingly consented to that, leaving you in a weakened state, not really able to cope with the challenges youre facing now, with their prospects of having to take on new responsibilities, and with someone who needs you to be reliable and strong enough to lean on. This is a situation where youre going to have to show yourself strong on someone elses behalf and stand strong like a man, not lean and rely on them to do most of everything or letting them carry the bulk of the burden and load of responsibilities. In other words, youre going to have to become stronger and more reliable than you presently are, if you want to be equal to the task. Youre going to have to get in shape for this job. Youre going to have to get a bit more serious about it all. Youre going to have to choose carefully what youre going to invest your energy in. So far, you seem to prefer whatever is the easiest and most fun-promising option, and you dont necessarily always go by what would be the most needed. Now, thats simply not very responsible, is it? You cant really expect to go anywhere or make any significant headway with that attitude and modus operandi. People who get places are disciplined. They take their goals in life seriously enough in order to make it there. While there is definitely a balance needed between being too ambitious in life and living for the enjoyments sake only, its obvious that with you the pendulum swings more toward the latter, and youre definitely one for taking the easy way out. Now its not that I would begrudge you a way out of the slavery of the System, and, after all, I promised that My burden is light, compared to theirs, but there is some minimum effort youre simply going to have to make, some show of good will and incentive youre going to have to put forth, and you know that. The problem is that with all your procrastinating, youre pretty much overwhelmed by all thats still on your slate Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap indicates that a man should take heed and watch what he sows, and to check the motivations of his heart as to whether theyre pure or not, and if mistakes have been made, to learn from them and make sure not to repeat them, or at least try to avoid repeating them. The main thing, as far as Im concerned, is that youre learning something from it all, and youre not just going through each of these experiences as if nothing ever happened and I never tried to convey anything to you, no point, no lesson, nothing. As long as you take the lesson to heart, and try your best not to repeat the same mistakes, and there is some progress, youre gaining that which counts, namely wisdom and experience, and thus it should be bringing forth the fruit of better acts and wiser behavior in the future as well. I know youre not perfect: I know of all your flaws. But I also know your good sides and qualities, and I can see a you that nobody else can see that is going to be purified through all these things youre having to go through. I will make My Promise come true and will make you perfect like Me, and nothing and no one is going to stop that. As flawed and imperfect as you are, I know how to preserve My own unto Me unto that day, and I know how to do so perfectly. Nobody will ever be able to snatch My sheep out of My hands in the long run, even if the Devil may temporarily make it seem that way. I know you dont have much hope left for yourself, as far as this life is concerned, and in a way, that makes you so precious to Me, because I know your hopes are not in this world, and you figure that if anything good is ever still going to happen to you, its all going to be by My grace, anyway. Thats why Im not trying to egg you on to rig up your own happiness in your own carnal efforts, either, but just to do what you can, and that is mainly to put your trust in Me and pray as if everything depended on prayer, and believe that I will keep My Promises. 387 ___________________________________________________ When you come to think of it, life is really nothing else but

this journey through time and space, and regardless of whether you worry about making it to the other end of that stretch, or to your destination, you simply will. Of course, whether you will have reached the desired goals or not is another question, and this is where criteria come in that judge whether your journey was a successful mission or not, but ultimately Im the One Who decides and judges that. Im also the One Who gives strength to those who have no strength and dont think they can make it, in fact thats what I delight in most: choosing the weak and powerless in order to confound the strong and mighty. So, if you feel too weak to make it in the natural, then thats a good reason to believe that I am there to help you, and that I will, and that you will experience My Power lifting you and taking you to that place where you might not be able to get in your own strength

A dream is something slightly different than reality, and in order to make it real, you'll have to take it from the dream domain and step by step work on the necessary preparations to make it happen in the real world. It takes faith in order to build your dream: "Day by day, stone by stone, build your secret slowly..." Isn't it nice to even have a dream? 389 ___________________________________________________ If I won't even stop short of using the Devil for My purposes, what makes you think that I would shun using My own most special of all qualities, love?

Love is a good thing, and I'm not expecting perfection right off the bat when it comes to your attempts to put Me first. I know that there are certain things or types of people that get your You may not always see it, and its within human nature to doubt attention a lot more easily than I can at present. and distrust that I can or will do it, and naturally the Enemy will But I'm a very patient Man. I don't need to have your total and full try to scare you and tell you that I wont, and that Ill abandon you devotion, nor your permanent recognition of the fact that I'm the and you dont deserve it, etc., but as you ought to know by now, most important Factor in your life right now. Life is a process My love is not about deserving it. It cant be earned or deserved. that will lead you there. And while its true that some of My blessings are handed out on a Perhaps you might say unfortunately, it's a road with merit basis, and are a result and fruit of your labors, yet when experiences that will always lead you to the conclusion that I am you look back on your life, the majority of the abundant and the only solid Rock, the one true Constant in your life that you bountiful blessings I have bestowed upon you came regardless can rely on, and the best thing you can do to prepare yourself of whether you deserved them or not: you simply loved Me and and spare you any shock and disappointment is to keep that in believed in Me to the best of your abilities, and I couldnt help but mind. pour My blessings into your life, even if there were stretches of darkness and of testing, I never ever abandoned you but have I'm not constantly trying to drill this into your head, either. It's always been with you and proved so by bringing an end to those just one of the qualities about this life, a built-in equation in dark stretches every time and making a way to escape as My creation under the curse of the Fall, that nothing else will ever Word promises. truly satisfy or turn out to be as permanent and lasting as My Presence and help in your life. My alternative options often strike My children and followers as I am the only real and lasting solution to the problem called life strange, foreign and somewhat alien to their own, but then have one that wasn't intended to be a problem in the first place, but you ever regretted following Me someplace where it was truly Me turned out to be one by man's wrong choices. Who guided you? I am Who and what you will have to deal with in order to find a Do you think you might ever regret following Me someplace solution to the problems you cause by your mistakes. I'm the where My Love is guiding you? Do you think it something to be answer to when you muff it. scared of, something you ought to distrust? Or have I not rather Unfortunately, despite the best of intentions, that's bound to always given you back something better in return for whatever I keep happening. I'm afraid you are still going to make a few have taken from you or asked you to give up? mistakes. So, dont be scared of the new, but trust that I am in it, and that What I'm telling you, though, is: don't worry, I'll still and always its I Who bring those changes into your life, and you may thus be there to help you fix and solve them. whole-heartedly embrace them and pursue them No matter what mess you get yourself in, I'll always be there to I will bring you through them. Listen not to the hisses of the save you right out of it. serpent on your left and on your right, even if some of his wicked That's My Promise and My guarantee. forecasts and prophecies were fulfilled. Of course, he can tell No matter what happens, I'm always with you. That's the one some of the future, he is smart and with the wisdom of the ages. comfort I can offer you, no matter what goes wrong. I'm sorry if that sometimes may not seem to be enough for you, You are never alone, because I will always be with you and I will but in the end, you will find out it IS enough, and actually all yet prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that I indeed am you'll really ever need. more than enough, and certainly stronger than the curses of the - Which doesn't mean that I'll never grant you some of your Devil. desires or someone to love. Quite the opposite, actually: it His people may have their gifts and powers, but they were never means that I'm the One Who can get you those things and Who equal to Mine. Remember that you have the greater power on gives them to you, when you delight yourself in Me. your side, that of the Creator of the universe, and not that of the Once you are willing to recognize and appreciate My qualities usurper who pretends to be something hes not. Woe and shame you realize that all those other qualities in life, people and things on all those that rely on his power and wisdom. Blessed are only you love, also come from Me and that I'm the Blesser Who those who fully and wholeheartedly rely on Mine. blesses you with all this to begin with. I'm simply the Source of it all, so there's no need to separate the I am the real power and Authority. things and ones you love from Me. I give and bring them to you So, walk with confidence into the future and fear not. What I have in the first place. The key, basically, lies in simply acknowledging done for others, I can also do for you, so fear not and fret not, I and not ignoring that. am with you always, even unto the ends of the earth. My grace is sufficient for thee. Sooner or later you will discover that My grace is truly enough, and that My strength is made perfect in weakness. 388 ___________________________________________________ 390 ___________________________________________________ Love is the best cure for any addiction, even or perhaps especially for addictions to any false counterfeit versions of it. Theres nothing like the real thing, and once you experience and enjoy the real thing, the fake definitely fades into the background, and you simply dont need it anymore.

It becomes a different thing again in the light of true love. It becomes a wholesome, clean and godly gift from above, instead of an addiction.

and faith in Me (the One from Whom all love proceeds), that it takes to make it happen or even to allow it to happen in their lives. So, I congratulate you for having this crazy faith to believe and Like the fairy-tale of the tailor who killed 7 flies with one stroke, I embrace and pursue that which others might call a fairy-tale, or also know how to solve several problems in one go and with one too wonderful to be true. simple solution, and love simply happens to be the answer to Thank you for giving Me a chance to prove that Hollywood isnt just about all of the worlds problems. the only place on earth left where things can happen that most folks would deem too wonderful or good to be true. As Ive told you before, the real life isnt always as shiny and 391 ___________________________________________________ polished as those Hollywood replicas of it, but it has the With all that's at stake, the Devil isn't just going to stand by advantage of simply being real. and watch without his usual terror acts of attempted sabotage, So, you may have to deal with a lot of rough spots and deceit and confusion. imperfections, but at least you wont have to anticipate the end of It's a battle. A battle is something fierce, especially for soldiers this movie, where everything is over and you go home or go to who aren't used to them. There is fear, and sometimes legitimate sleep and the story is gone, except in your memories. This story doubt whether those you're trusting with your lives really mean will be a perpetual one in the making. the best for you or even have the wisdom it takes to get you out All youve got to do in order to make it happen is what Ive said of there alive... regarding any of your requests: youve just got to believe it. You Life isn't easy. believe that I can make it happen, and you act on it, and I will. It isn't just a school, but it's also a battle ground sometimes. Now the meaning of faith, hope and love, these three has gained much greater significance in your life, hasnt it? And the Keep fighting for your flame! It doesn't keep burning by itself in greatest of these is love the wind and the rain unprotected... You've got to make an effort You hardly dared to believe that anymore, or referred to to keep it. Keep the flame alive! charitable love when it spoke of that. But even charitable love has got to be somewhat passionate in order to be really moving others and inspiring them. 392 ___________________________________________________ Of course, you can also do loving acts without any such Life and love require more than the emotional, romantic part, emotions and still do a world of good, but if you want to inspire and in order for love to successfully happen and work out in your others and awaken flames in their hearts, of hope in a better life, you cannot always have the emotional part play the main world, quite different from this one, then it helps to have a little role, but need to be able to put that on a back burner for a while, bit of otherworldly inspiration, feelings and emotions, too. as much as you may love it, but it's not actually what you need Its not a requirement or something that everyones got to have, most. but if youve got it, it can certainly help do the job, if you want to There are actual obstacles to overcome, and they are only move others. Nothing moves folks like emotion. overcome by more than emotions, namely actions, which may You are the kind that thrives on emotion, rather than sobriety, sometimes receive necessary fuel from those emotions, but it's and youre not alone. In Heaven, theres certainly a lot more the actions nevertheless that make the difference. emotion happening than in this sober, dry and reserved world. Would I recommend for everybody to be as emotional in this life? Most people get to enjoy what they have as a reward for their Not necessarily. But God forbid that the likes of you should die actions and labors, and well, you have not labored for the meat out entirely. which perisheth, but have invested your life in different things, Folks like you are the spice of the world, like I told My disciples: and finding out now that in order to enjoy certain things, it's Ye are the salt of the earth. Well, there are different spices, too, good to not leave the other undone. and thanks for making My world a little more spicy and tasty with There's got to be the right kind of balance in life between the your crazy love and faith in love. spiritual and physical things, and you can't put too much weight If theres one thing I dread its the notion of everybody being and or emphasis on either end of the scale. acting exactly the same way, which is basically what the Enemy You're finding out the proper interpretation of that verse: "It is is trying to achieve with his universal brainwash for the masses, the spirit that brings life, the flesh profits nothing:" You must but not what I have intended for My people, which have always interpret the things I say in a spiritual, not a carnal way. been a peculiar people. Peculiar, as in strange, different It doesn't mean that the entire physical world is no good, which perhaps even slightly otherworldly the kind that Ive always would be the wrong conclusion and interpretation of that verse. called the one after My own heart. So, keep going, keep on believing. The world is yours for the asking. They may think its theirs, when in fact I specially 393 ___________________________________________________ designed it for folks who appreciate its beauty and see all the I dont mind granting you your desire for true love. I know potential for more thats hidden in the seemingly mundane My what magical powers love has, and how it can give you faith to Don Quixotes and Dulcineas overcome all and any obstacles, and I know that love is a good thing. Many people in this world may not consider it as good as a duty and responsibility, but Im with you on this one. I believe there is 394 ___________________________________________________ a greater treasure here than what people can find in the soulless Im teaching you to use your faith to bring to pass whatever it and tuneless humdrum of just plowing their lives away without is that you have the vision for. that magical incentive and flame of love. Its not so much that I want people to pursue certain specific Not that I want to belittle their efforts and works and labors, all of activities or ministries that are prescribed by Me or leadership, which are done out of a certain kind of love as well, a love for life, but each one can expand in whichever field they feel the most a love for their families and loved ones, etc. competent in, and do whatever would inspire them most, using But there are some in this world for whom such meager and the principles of living by faith, trusting that I will supply all your basic portions of love are not quite enough as an incentive to needs and open doors that no man can shut. fight the battles of life, and you are perhaps more fortunately Of course, it takes knocking on some doors, too; doors that have for the world than they may think one of them. been previously open for you, but also new doors that you may Well, the hopeless romantic is slumbering in nearly every girl, not yet have had the faith to knock on before. and even in the heart of many a man, but few have the courage The horizon of your destiny before you is out there for you to

conquer. You can conquer whatever terrain you have the faith for, and your future is basically up to you and what you have the faith, the vision and the initiative and guts to make of it. The danger lies in letting some of those golden opportunities pass for the sake of the comfort of old familiar ruts. The flesh always resents having to strike out into new, unknown territory and will almost always prefer the old settings its familiar with. So, it takes courage, initiative and gumption to break out of those habits.

So, are you really being the fools? Those who choose not to invest their lives entirely in physical, temporal matters? I guess we'll see. I guess it also wouldn't be much of a test or challenge if the Enemy wasn't allowed to make it look as if you were wrong about it. And that's just it: if life is really a school, and not just merely a competition of survival, then who is attending, learning the lessons, passing the tests? They may temporarily seem like the wiser ones, having made all the necessary preparations as concerning this life and world only, but in the end, only what you will have done in preparation 395 ___________________________________________________ for the other world really counts. There are many negative things you can ascribe to the Devil Of course, there's a balance, too, and preparing for one doesn't that you nevertheless have to deal with, like sickness, your trials, necessarily have to exclude preparing for the other, and a really pains and even death... wise life lived would be one where a just balance is achieved of It's not so much the question where it's from or who caused it, striking a happy medium between emphasis on the temporal and but how to deal and cope with it. the eternal. I have given you your bodies as (howbeit temporal) You know you've got to go through it, and there seems to be no temples to take care of, and part of the school of life entails those way around it, so, how do you take it? What do you learn from it? physical necessities of learning to care for those things I have What is it that I want to show you through it? What benefit will entrusted to you. If you can include it all and combine it all and you carry away from having gone through it? have it function together beautifully as a whole, then you're Yes, it's a curse perhaps; but weren't the real great overcomers hitting the mark, and that's what I would call a life. throughout history those who learned how to turn their curses Then again there's the factor of those who never even get a into blessings somehow? chance to care for their lives properly because those who have Of course, it seems to be a mega-challenge to turn the burden more than what they need for themselves are too selfish to share you consider your worst enemy into something that you see as a it with them positive... But some folks have done it, and they're the real shiners of My Story... 397 ___________________________________________________ They've done it, so you can't really say it's impossible; it's never Nobody is all pure or good, and there's not much use in been done. You can either look up to their example and try to trying to judge who is more righteous, since that will be up to the copy their positive approach or go the way of all flesh and yield Father... to the temptation of negativity... Some folks who might appear to be so good may not turn out to You can choose to either see the good even in the bad, or do as be as good in the final analysis as some who may have been a bit some people do, look for the negative even in the good things... more of a pain for you. It's obvious which approach is the one you should take, isn't it? You need to trust Me that I know what I'm doing concerning the work of My hands, which is what you are... 396 ___________________________________________________ My people have often, throughout history, looked like those who had the raw end of the deal: all the way back from Abel to Job, on to the children of Israel as slaves in Egypt until the Early Christian era where they were fed to the lions publicly, maligned and persecuted... It's the losers that turn winners in the end. The winners may think theyve been the winners for all their lives and think themselves so great and smart, but the whole truth will not be revealed until they stand before My throne and I determine who were the winners when I hand out My rewards. Living a selfish life for oneself and one's own survival is easy to do. Anyone can do that. What sort of reward is there in that? They have their reward. That's what they settle for and want; that's what they'll get. Of course, a life lived for Me looks much more risky in comparison, and in some ways ridiculous, compared to their organized, neatly planned lives. They look like the winners, and you look like the losers in comparison... After all, like Paul says, if your hope in Me is for this life only, then you are of all men the most miserable. But what if you are right and there really is a life after this that is so much more significant than this fleeting, earthly life? So you happen to put your cards on faith and the hereafter. In the face of the fact that nobody can hold on to this life perpetually, you stand a 50/50 chance that you're doing the right thing. They settle for the visible. No one can blame them. That's what rational people would do. On the other hand, you have rational reasons to believe that they just might be mistaken in their assumption that this is all there is. Maybe you've got some information that they don't have. And basically, that's what life for Me and the Gospel is all about: passing on that information that might bring folks to the conclusion that it just might be smarter to prepare for the afterlife, that's beyond this one... 398 ___________________________________________________ Love originally was intended to be not like this supermarket consumer fake version that most people in the west mistake as love nowadays. Instead of just getting what you want (for its price, of course), you had to fight for it. You couldn't just buy it for cash. You had to overcome some obstacles and hurdles in order to get it... Nowadays, in this world that is being more and more usurped and permeated by the Enemy, people are becoming used to just getting what they want by paying for it, or showing their financial capability to have whom or what they want. If they have a credit card and the necessary credentials that make them liable for it, they can even get things they can't really afford. What really matters is that they're willing to play the game by the makers' rules. You don't, and thus, you're one of those who have against them the wrath of the entire System: the evil perpetrators of the whole plan, as well as their hypnotized victims. Basically the only One standing with you and fighting on your side am I along with My heavenly host, who are, of course, a majority compared to them, and a few special chosen ones who for no logical or explicable reason choose to help you or at least sympathize with you. But you even must be careful with them and not put too much of your trust in them. Only time will do the talking as to who was really on your side. 399 ___________________________________________________ I love My wife even though shes far from perfect, and so must you. We, the husbands, must stay faithful, even if they, our brides and wives dont, and even if they go a-whoring after other gods and lovers, we must still continue and keep loving them. That is true, unconditional love. Were training ourselves here, you might say, in a rare and

precious art. It may not be a very valuable or profitable one in the eyes of the world, but what do they know about things that are truly valuable? The good thing is that all these things youre learning in the process will come in handy in the future, with things and situations that are to come with different people involved. Even I progress in My dealings with My people, and as I progress and advance, so does My church, as you can tell with the recent changes and movements toward greater maturation in other parts of My body as well: the church in general becoming more mature in its dealings with the rest of the world and more loving in her approach Just as you are becoming more and more mature with time that passes and with each relationship or marriage in your life, to where you can find parallels between your own life and all of history: sort of a dividing between new and old procedures, such as the difference between the Old and the New Testament. There is always an old and a new way to do it, and usually Im the Promoter of the new, that which is truly new, and not the pseudo innovations of the Enemy, which are usually just the same old selfish attitudes in a new dress. 400 ___________________________________________________ If you can see the one you love as My instrument in your life, My doing and My ordained path for your life, instead of something separate from Me, then you will see that it won't be too difficult to focus on Me at the same time you're having her on your mind. If you can determine in your mind that your future with her and My will for you are one and the same thing, it will be difficult to keep the two apart, and it will make it easier for you to be assured that I'm with you on this, and you won't feel any necessity to exclude Me from your love-life or romance. Even though pretty much all the love you experience in your life comes from My hands (providing it is real love), there are various degrees of purity and of the level to which I am present in it, and this love is like a very rare, precious and pure diamond, so it is only natural that you should be stunned and overwhelmed by its beauty. But if you keep in mind that that beauty comes from Me, then you can enjoy it without worrying about whether you might lose it, not might get to have it for keeps, or whether it's going to be a trip-off for either of you. If you keep in mind that this is My gift and My love for you, then it will also be easier for you to see Me in it and thank Me for it as you enjoy it, and it will be easier for you to trust that the degree to which you get to enjoy it is regulated and determined by Me, and that it will thus always have the appropriate level. It's good that you keep yourself in check when you notice the emotional level seems to be getting too high and you tend toward idolizing her. The remedy is to focus on Me in all this and view it all as a gift from My hands and as My personal token of love for both of you, and thus the emotion in it won't reach inappropriate or out of balance levels, since it can never become too much as long as you manage to glorify Me in it. The obstacles that are there to overcome, just as in every good and perfect thing I put before you, are like an additional proof of authenticity, since it confirms My usual modus operandi, and it resembles the way I work in your life. I like to get several jobs done with one action or operation, and in this case I'm teaching you patience, just to name one of a few qualities that I'm working on enhancing in your life while you're going to have to work your way toward the physical fulfillment of this promise you see before you, so close, so tangible, and yet so far at the same time... You're dependent on miracles, and thus even more dependent on Me than usual, which is always good for Me and a manifestation of My perfect plan for you.

401 ___________________________________________________ Theres a lot of stuff happening in the world that is less than the real deal, that is fraudulent and a fake, obviously, since the big boss who runs their game is the biggest fraud and deceiver of all time. So it behooves you to cling to Me in all your dealings with that fraudulent bunch, and look to Me for guidance and protection, instead of taking it for granted that whatever deal you make with them is going to turn out okay Its also a reminder of what you dont want to be: you dont want to be another fraud and fake like them, thats why its important that you stay true and real, always truthful, honest and sincere, without even little white lies The world knows enough hell; lets show them a little more heaven also entails, the world knows enough lies and deceit, so lets show them a little more truth and honesty. Make an exception and show a difference, a different way as opposed to the ways of the world, by being a truthful person, and someone of whom theyll be able to say, Yeah, hes the real deal. So that theyll know that when you open your mouth, no lie is spoken, but only truth; that theyll know they can trust you. Be transparent; not trying to hide or pretend anything. 402 ___________________________________________________ When you feel like you cant, then I can make it for you. Thats what Im here for. Everybody else in the world may be hesitant to be helpful, and count and consider the cost whether they should extend a helping hand to you and your cause, but I never do. I always jump right in to help, because I consider that My Fatherly duty, My honor and privilege and divine purpose to help you wherever I can, and whenever you ask Me for it, thats when I can and will. So youre not very fit, not very motivated today, and you feel again as if your life is about to come to an end. Well, look at it from this angle: even if that should be the case, the worst that can happen to you is Heaven. Perhaps I would like you to fight a little bit for your life, fight a little bit for whats there potentially ahead of you, fight for your energy level, and not just let yourself go in resignation over the hurt of how youve been deserted. But let it also be a lesson to you, that love is never real unless you truly see it through until the end. The world knows enough fair-weather friends, so its up to you to make a difference and make your life a statement of faithfulness, which is becoming something quite rare in this fickle day and age You see it through no matter how weak you feel, no matter what the circumstances and odds and obstacles are against you. You see it through not matter how bleak the outlook, no matter how strongly the Devil may try to persuade you that you have no chance, so you might as well quit right now. You refuse to give up until youve reached the end of the road one way or the other. Theres no way out other than death! Thats the kind of attitude that drove Me and every true follower of the cross and man or woman of God who overcame. You cannot quit before youve reached the goal. And so, if you should die before your time or at a time you would consider thus then you might as well cheer up, because it will only mean that youve reached your goal a little sooner than otherwise expected, and youve got to let Me take care of the consequences in that case. When it all comes down to it, you have no other choice but to trust Me for both your life and death. So, is giving up an option? Even considering it? Is anything other than seeing it through until the end ever an option, if you really want to make a difference in this world, especially after what you have just experienced? Could you ever let anyone down the way youve been let down? What would be your excuse? Because you thought you couldnt

make it? Because you were too weak? You see, some things youve got to do in order for Me to help you, and the first and no.1 requirement is that you have a little faith in Me. Theres really nothing else you must do as a prerequisite for Me to help you and pull you out of any mess, do any miracle for you that you need, but you must have a little faith in Me in order for Me to do it. Just as you wish and desire that your lover and bride should have a little faith in you, even so youve got to have a little faith in Me. Im not forcing you to do anything else, but that is an absolute must! You cannot do it, you cannot make it without a little bit of faith in Me, that absolute bare minimum of faith that causes you to refuse to doubt that I mean and intend only whats good for you, that I love you and am here for you, to help you, see you through and wont let you down. If you cant believe that at all, then youre sunk, I admit, and not even I can help you, because I wasnt ever able to do many miracles in some places because of their unbelief, and thats just the little part that you must do: you must reach out your hand of faith and flip the switch thats going to turn on My power and light in your life. Now I can understand that you may be tempted to doubt at times, when the circumstances do look rather bleak, and you dont know whether youre going to make it by all rational reasoning. But thats why Im telling you: dont lean on your rational reasoning, but rather put that little bit of faith in Me. Dont invest your energy in looking at the waves, the wind, the threatening circumstances, the weak and frail condition of your vessel, but choose to invest that last tiny little bit of energy you have in trusting Me in spite of all of them! Thats the only chance youve got and the only way youre ever going to make it. Anybody can die any day! But what other option have you got than to trust Me that I know when is the best time and moment for you to leave this earth anyway? And if you die, Ill assure you that youd rather die trusting! In a way, your entire life isnt much more than a path of preparation for that encounter with what you call death, but I really only see as the doorway through which you enter into the real, true and lasting life. So, you feel as though youre as good as dead already. Well, compared to the life and power that awaits you in the afterlife, its true, you are! So there are many other people who have tons more energy than you Okay, so what? The flesh profiteth nothing, its only the spirit that truly makes alive! What good is all the energy of the flesh without the spirit that gives its life any meaning and true purpose?

change anything about it. If you feel like dying, let it serve as a reminder that this is what awaits every human sooner or later, no matter how strong they may presently feel. Consider it good and necessary preparation for the inevitable: the transition from flesh to spirit that awaits every human soul at some point sooner or later. If you feel deserted and betrayed, let it be a reminder that this is what happened to Me, and that this is what you can expect from the death of this world, and deem yourself blessed when you have found somebody who promises to make an exception to that, and especially when you can deem yourself to fall into that same category of the rare exceptions

403 ___________________________________________________ Im here for you. The thought of Me that sometimes still lurks in the back of your head is that of the harsh taskmaster who might punish you any moment for anything evil that you did, but thats not Me. When I need to chasten you, then it really only happens in love and out of love and for your own sake. Im not the vengeful type as which the Devil is often trying to depict Me in peoples minds. If you dont feel very lovable, then just consider it an even greater joy that I am able to love and accept you fully and totally as you are. It makes you feel humble. It goes against the grain of the System where everything you get is in exchange for something you do or are; you only get what you deserve and merit according to your credentials and achievements, etc. Well, with Me everything I give is mostly undeserved, except perhaps for the rewards each one will receive for their deeds in Heaven and the afterlife, but thats basically another story. Were talking about the here and now and this dispensation of grace, and in that, all things I give, including Salvation, My gifts, My support, protection, blessings, etc., often and mostly come undeserved and in exchange for nothing more than folks asking Me for them. Thats basically the only requirement. So, ask Me, and I will do great things for you, just as the Father is giving Me the heathen for My inheritance for the asking. I want to be good to you, too, a good and loving Father, caring Friend, Lover and Husband. I dont want you to be scared of Me or anything. I want you to love and enjoy Me, rather than fear Me. Some folks ought to fear Me: those who bring pain and sorrow to the innocent, or to those of My children who serve and obey Me; but when it comes to you, My beloved brides and those who are so dear to My heart, I wouldnt want you to fear Me, just love Me. Your strength is not in or of the flesh, but in and of the spirit. Which is, after all, the basic requirement and one great That is what makes you different, and it is also what will make the commandment. difference in the long run. The strength of the flesh that they Its not really something you can order folks to do, I know that. have may look superior to yours now, but it will run and peter But since people always want to be told what to do, as in the out, and I prophesy that yours will outlast theirs. case with this Scribe who came to ask Me which was the greatest If you have no strength, then it is because you have neglected commandment, I told Him. the Source of your strength, which is My Spirit. I have made you It doesnt make much sense to try to spur people on to serve Me thus that you should be dependent on Me. Every human is in the way they should by way of rules. There is a better way. dependent on Me to some extent. Its just that the majority refuse Love is the better way. The only way to bring forth lasting fruit is to know it, and act as a totally separate and independent entity through the process of love; and thats what I delight in. from the Life-Giver. Since you are aware of the fact that it is not My slogan would definitely be Make love, not war! Although so, that you are not independent from Me, since there is there is a war going on, and its necessary to fight, and you cant Someone Who supplies you with all the things you need, and just passively drift along on lifes road and let the devil stomp all contrary to popular belief they dont just happen to come about over you, the way to win against evil is through love. The only by themselves, I also want you to remain aware of that fact, and way to make a difference in this evil world is through love. Love learn to live a life conscious of Me, My Presence and your need is the greatest weapon at our disposal, not any attempts to for Me in your life. legislate righteousness. So, were coming back to the basics of love, because thats what it all boils down to and comes back So, if I withdraw your natural strength from you temporarily, around to. dont be dismayed. Its not as if I have forsaken you entirely or When youve come full circle round, youll find its love and love youre about to die although yet again, none of you can add any alone, after all, that matters and thats going to save the day, so span to your lives, and none can know when I might call you you might as well enjoy it, grab it, use it, eat it, consume it, inhale Home. Its just that I would like to assure that you remember you it, do it. When love knocks on your door, thats the time to say need Me, for you do. Just because the majority of folks all around come in, and not be too proud, dumb or hesitant to let it pass you in this world may be totally oblivious to that fact doesnt by.

is, then its you who will turn from an apparent loser into a true winner in the end 404 ___________________________________________________ Even if your path looks somewhat more ugly, chaotic and There are few who honestly and sincerely say to Me, disorganized than that of most of your fellow strugglers and co"Nevertheless, not my will, but Thy will be done," and especially fighters (of whom youre beginning to wonder at times whether those who really stick to their word, after saying it. theyre really on your side at all), be assured that I accept and It makes you appreciate it when you see someone who love you totally and completely as you are, and you dont have to constitutes a difference to that and actually shows an attitude of try or pretend to be something or someone youre not. I know submission... youre trying your best, and Im not expecting more of you than that. What is really relevant and important to Me is this lesson that's All your flaws and weaknesses are as nothing to Me. In My eyes being learned from it all. Surprisingly - for you - love contains an youre as perfect as you actually some day will be. I love you and ingredient that you did not appreciate before, namely that of cant help but loving you. faithfulness. I am He that has begun this good work in you and will also What I'm interested in mostly is your progress, which means complete it unto the end. your changing from one state into the next, one of comparative immaturity into someone wiser, more mature and more capable of handling things My way. 406 ___________________________________________________ You know what I think about mistakes: Nothing in the world will When you get to Heaven, everything will have been worth it ever teach you faster how to do it better or what to look out for at an instant. next time. Its an easy thing for Me to give you a little glimpse of Heaven, to Throughout history I have asked My servants to do things that just pour down a few droplets of Heavens Magic that projects My often may have looked like mistakes, like asking Hosea to marry Realm into your hearts. But your hearts have got to be ready for a harlot... Should it be so odd that I would have made you stick to it, open and willing to receive it, and it just so happens that a person for a while that you were going to learn similar lessons broken hearts are the ideal receptacles for that stuff from? I like to pour My healing balm of heavenly and true love upon Life is all about finding out what you (and all of mankind per se) broken and wounded hearts who really appreciate it. Ive never did wrong, and learning from it how to do better... It's a little bit been one Who tried to cure those who didnt even know they the way you learn from different relationships how not to do it, were sick, only those who were aware that they were suffering, and what to look out for next time, how to set the right priorities, knew that something was wrong and were obviously in need of etc. My help. Heaven can wait, as far as the self-sufficient go, those who are But as I told My disciples: let not your heart be troubled, neither so sure they can go through life without My help. But Im all let it be afraid about it. The devil is trying to get you scared as if ready for those who are desperate for Me, for My love, My lifesome big punishment were awaiting you, when all I really want is giving sap and dew from Heaven, My Elixir of Love. to make you happy. Don't worry, I will guide you aright and will not lead you astray. You're going to come out on the other side Ive been preparing you for this and more You just had to learn alright. It's a win-win situation; you can't lose in this, so there's how to connect the dots and learn to see Me in it, and tell how no need to worry. this kind of love definitely comes from Me, and not exclude Me from it when it happens. You had to learn to love Me and let Me love you first, and to be so sure of My love that you knew that 405 ___________________________________________________ this was the foundation and basis of all other true love youre You may be feeling a bit far away from the sun right now, ever going to find. perhaps because the clouds are blocking the view to My light in Before, I couldnt do this miracle for you because of your your life somewhat, but dont worry, Im never far. Of course, its unbelief, but now your faith has made you whole, it has helped another story if you turn your back toward My sunshine, but you you find that which would make a whole man, a whole and entire are making an effort to see and seek My light. Its just that lifes person out of you, and not just one half wandering about without circumstances, like clouds, are obstructing your view at times. its significant other, or trying to figure out whether the one at These are indeed dark and cloudy times, both spiritually and your side could possibly be it. physically in many ways. Now you know. Theres neither doubt nor shadow of turning, But even the clouds and the rain are good for something and right? You can tell that this is it. And Im excited with you. bring new life in the spring, and newness is definitely whats on the schedule right now. And the obstacles to get there, well theyre just part of the rocky So, its time to let go of the old and open your arms wide for the road you have always been on to get to your destination, but at new Embrace the changes that Im bringing into your life, and least you can see your goal now, even if its still on a distant face and welcome them with courage, and dont be afraid. Have I horizon. Before you didnt even have much of a clue about what ever forsaken or let you down? Walk toward those new horizons your goal was going to be like. You had forgotten what Heaven in My confidence! felt like, this heavenly feeling of what its like when you love Dont be afraid of or dismayed by the things that can and do go someone. wrong. Dont be afraid of your mistakes or even the mess you might get yourself in, or get discouraged by the one you find When you forsook that kind of love to Me and laid it on the altar, I yourself in already. Life is a mess sometimes, and can get pretty set you on a road that would bring you back to that gift but with messy. Even My own life wasnt what most people would the proper and right heart to be receiving it in a manner worthy of consider a picture book career, even if some would portray it as such a heavenly taste, the necessary appreciation and need for such in their attempt to romanticize everything. it Crucifixion is messy. And when youre not of this world, because you belong to Me, and youre always a pilgrim and stranger in this world, its hard to please and make it right for everyone, 407 ___________________________________________________ especially those who see nothing else but this present world. If you dont get alone with the Lord and lick the Devil first, If theyre right and youre wrong, then, as Paul said, its true that you might as well forget it, remember? You want to lick that youre of all men the most miserable. But if youre right and inner devil thats been giving you a hard time, dont you? You theyre wrong about this present, physical world being all there want to overcome whatever separates you from complete union

with Me, as well as the ability to live a truly harmonious life with the ones you love? Well, then this is your chance. Heres your chance to show whos the boss in your life. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood striving against sin means, theres still a ways to go in your journey and combat, theres still some more fighting to do, some more resisting unto blood, some more withstanding, another show of strength that will show the Devil that you will refuse to give in to him and his temptations, to show him and the world that youre on My side, not his. Theres always yet another step to take before that final one when you finally reach the goal and finishing line Theres always yet another bit to give, another bit to forsake and surrender in this life, otherwise it would mean that youre done, and its over.

What measure or span can you add to who and what you are?

Can a sense of duty replace the efficiency and the effectiveness of the power of love? I guess youre finding out that its not so. Maybe you feel too weak to handle it, or undeserving, etc., but then, has it never struck you how come so many people are so scared of love? People want to be in control. They want to be cool and reserved, they dont want to let go and surrender to the unknown. So, youve lived your life as much and as well as you could without that emotional ingredient, and you can probably tell that it didnt get you any further than it might have otherwise But Im rewarding you nonetheless for your faithfulness and am giving you back what you once forsook for Me. Well, I know, you often tried to grab it back, but you see, its a gift in the first place, and it comes from Me and My Spirit and is always given; you can The majority of the happy-go-lucky folks out there who live only never take it. You can only receive it. for the enjoyment of the day may be largely oblivious to the sort So, receive this gift of My Love, and enjoy it. Soak it up. Let it of stuff youre going through, dealing with your sins, becoming change and transform your life, and let it transport you to purified and purged in order to enter into a closer relationship another, softer place. This hard, loveless world is not where you with Me and become ready for a greater degree of living in My belong. You belong with Me, in My Realm of the soft hearts and Presence. But this is the road you chose when you said you were the broken hearted, the Land of Love going to follow Me instead of the ways of the world. This is what you bargained for when you chose Me as your Teacher, instead of all those other wise guys 408 ___________________________________________________ Its not the road to immediate success and laughter, even though Applying the verse, The healthy dont need the doctor, but thats what everybody wants, apparently, even a lot of those who the sick do in terms of knowledge and learning means that claim to be on the same road with you, but its a road that leads those who think they already know and are wise and perfect to what I would call lasting success and accomplishment, and a dont need the Teacher, but those who know that theyre ignorant true inner joy and happiness that lasts forever, and not just until and make mistakes, do. the lucky circumstances have passed (most of which are created If making mistakes is part of the meaning and purpose of life, on the basis of others suffering for them). then what better qualification for learning is there, than to venture out and try something new, even at the risk of those new So, here I am, right where you are. And here you are, right where liberties you may have allowed to turn out to have been I was. Were on the same path, and have been for a long time. mistakes? You can trust that this is an old relationship going on here, and its not like were strangers. You can slowly really believe that Of course, those who think theyd do everything better and dont you may trust Me. make mistakes, like the Pharisees, will never forgive you for those mistakes. But in so doing, they actually become guilty of a So youve been trying to live in relationships without that eternal much worse sin and the grave mistake of crucifying those whom ingredient of that kind of love, and have been trying somewhat to God actually loves most because they need Him most. put Me first by foregoing that danger factor you thought was going to get you in trouble, since you were prone to idolize it. But So, as you can tell, Our way of looking at things is really quite just diminishing the risk factor from the equation didnt turn out different from the human way. You tend to equal mistakes with to be the 100% fool-proof cure or prevention for trouble, either, bad. We say theyre good in the long run, because nothing and you found yourself making mistakes just the same. teaches you better. You equal perfection with flawlessness. We equal perfection with love, humility and forgiveness. I know you tried the best you could getting this far. Others may have worked harder, sacrificed more and perhaps accomplished more, but I know you tried your best and did what you could, 409 ___________________________________________________ which is all I would ever expect from you in the first place. Before, I was in charge of some areas of your life, but now I Weve come a long way together. So, its time for a break, isnt it? feel like I have an opportunity to take charge of other areas in Time to stop trying to do it without love, the force that used to your life as well, that werent really accessible to Me before, spur you on in the days of your youth and used to make you so since they were occupied alive, and even so attractive to others. You never needed Me as much as you do now, and trust Me, You thought you had to let it go for Me. And thats sweet, and I thats a good thing! To be aware of your need for Me is just the appreciate your gesture. But in the end you found out that simple act of awareness and acknowledgement of the most religiosity can be a hard and tough road. Its really difficult to blatant and yet most willingly ignored fact in the universe. Lets please a God of Love without availing yourself of the power of just say you found out something earlier than most other people love itself do, and you know something that they dont yet. So, its all taking you back where you started from: back to love. You may have grown wiser and more mature, wont repeat some of the same mistakes, but basically, love is the key element, and the essence that your life revolves around. So, welcome back at the start, or rather, another start, another chance to start all over again, and this time you can avail yourself of the greatest tool, power and weapon at your disposal without thinking that you have to do it without it. A lot of people are tempted to feel the same way you did: Do we really deserve this? But then, who ever really deserves anything in the first place? What is there that you havent received to begin with? Im giving you something better in exchange for the old. That portrays a common scheme of My love for you and also shows why changes are good for you, since they usually mean improvement, as long as theyre from My hand, and even supposed calamities can ultimately result in positive changes. 410 ___________________________________________________ Maybe you should start focusing on the donut a little bit more again, instead of the hole. The hole is real, momentarily, but remember about the degree of reality of all thats temporal! After all, thats what faith is all about. Its switching your mind gear

from a focus on temporal things to one on the eternal. The eternal reality I already see is, that regardless of present physical circumstances, and nothing can stop what I have willed and promised. Its not My will or intention to let you down. And remember that even though you may feel forsaken by Me, just as I did feel forsaken by Father on the cross, the reality was and is a different one: even though you may feel forsaken by Me, its not so. You are not really forsaken. I have never left you, but will always stick to My Promise, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee, especially not in your painful moments. Even when the one you love is not there visibly, tangibly or audibly for you, they do exist, and their love for you is real. And its the same with Me and My love for you. The spirit can do things for you that the flesh never could. Have I not told you time and again that for Me its not about accomplishment? For Me its about your love for Me, and if youre learning to love Me better by better understanding My love for you, then thats just fine by Me, and in fact better than any great accomplishments and feats that wouldnt draw you as close to Me, but would potentially just make you feel good about yourself and your own strength. I greatly use those who have been broken, and, well, youre going through a breaking process right now, and vessels that are being broken simply cant be used until theyve been reshaped and restored. I am absolutely mindful of your circumstances, and am not a cruel monster or taskmaster that would demand accomplishments from you while you happen to be in pieces If I am Love, youve got to grant Me a little bit of a nicer image than that. Im on your side, and wholly desiring your happiness. Im not doing all this to tease you. Im not that cruel, even if the Enemy may want to make Me look like that. And as for whether I am real, at all: Since its quite obvious that he must be real from all the evidence around you, you can safely assume that the Antidote to him must also exist somewhere, so it might as well be He Who claims He is, and Who is talking to you right now. So, it all comes down to faith again, whether this episode will be a happy one or not. Its all a matter of faith. Are you going to believe it and act on it? Are you going to walk by faith in My Promise and that I will keep it and act as though it will come to pass? Are you going to walk toward that distant horizon in order to find that dream and make it reality, in spite of all the adverse circumstances, obstacles and odds against it?

Of course, the whole world around you screams into your ears, Flesh! Flesh! Flesh! and the Devil, too: Youve got to do it in the flesh! Only your own arm of the flesh will save you, etc. That is the temptation. But are you going to give in to it and shift your trust from Me to your own strength? Dont get Me wrong. I do understand the temptation, and I dont blame you for it: You want to use whats available (as in: visible) and what you think is most reliable. But one of the biggest lessons you ought to have been getting out of life by now is that visible and tangible doesnt necessarily always equal reliable. What I want to prove to you is that although certain things (like that whole Dimension from which yours proceeded, that you call the Spirit World, along with the Creator of both) can under certain circumstances turn out to be a whole lot more reliable than all that you can touch and feel and see. So, I have made you weak. That means, you cant really rely on your own strength as much as you want to. As long as there was nothing you wanted, that was just about fine with you. But now there is something you want, and youre finding out that youre probably going to need greater resources than what you presently have available. So youre checking out all the different possibilities of how you can make greater resources available, including all that you have at your disposal in the flesh Thats natural. But dont you think that in the end youre going to find out again that My strength is made perfect in weakness, that when youre weak your strong, and that My weakness, those who serve Me and appear to be weak before the world, will yet turn out to be greater than all human and carnal strength combined? In other words, where is your trust? - In the flesh or in the spirit? Which one do you really think is more capable? In the end, dependence on Me is the only thing that is going to see you through. Reliance on Me is whats going to see you through, more even than any human partnership. Learning to let Me become your strength instead of anything or anyone else is just about the best thing that can ever happen to you, so cherish each opportunity to do that you might get! 412 ___________________________________________________ Heavy duty tests also offer heavy duty rewards. You risk nothing, you gain nothing. And since most folks are naturally prone to the safety of not risking much of anything voluntarily, sometimes I have to bring about their losses (all of which are only temporary, if not practically illusions), in a way other than voluntary, by taking from them what they would not want to surrender and give up willingly. Call me cruel heartless but in the end you will find that I only meant and intended the best for you, and you will not be disappointed by the results. There are those who always tend to choose the easy way and path of the least resistance. Since I know that that choice ultimately isnt good for them or their character, how else can I prevent them from spoiling themselves, becoming too softened and pampered? You leave Me no other choice, and I think you agree with Me that some purging is needed in your life, if youre going to be the kind of loving partner to someone that you would want to be. So, changes are needed, and yes, the wind and sea are rough that I am sending your boat out upon, but only this way will you ever reach any significant destination. Youll never get anywhere if you only sail around near your old familiar port. And Im not just talking about physical distance, but about your extremes and limits that I need and want you to reach, stretching your faith and venturing out into the unknown, perhaps even the disliked regions of your life (since unknown and disliked are often

411 ___________________________________________________ Thats one of the pitfalls of the mating game: They ate and drank and married and were given into marriage It gets you hooked up totally in the ways of the world, if you want to play it according to their rules, instead of trusting Me. It threatens to absorb all the energy of your life and leave nothing much left over for Me. All you ever worry about and live for is to create a stable situation for your family and keep your wife happy, instead of focusing on My will. Youre going to have to make sure that youre going to be putting first things first. It is My will for you to seek first the Kingdom of God together and trust that all these things shall be added unto you that you need for living, just as they have always been. Its like that verse, Are you going to try to finish in the flesh that which I have begun in the spirit? (See Gal.3:3). Are you going to try to continue by self efforts a work that was born of My Spirit?

synonymous to people), places you naturally wouldnt care or dare to go In order to make any difference at all - Me in your life, and you in this world - this is very necessary. Weve got to do this. Weve got to get through this. Every one of My men, women, prophets, shepherds and world changers has had to go through similar tests and breakings. What it all comes down to in a persons life is whether the pillars of their own will and Mine are running parallel to each other Ultimately, it is the easier way to just yield to My will and My doings in your life, to just say, Whatever You deem wisest to do with my life, Lord, let it be! I sympathize with you, feel for you and am with you while youre going through this. But lets just try to take it all in a little more cheerful manner, shall we? What the changes actually represent is My hand jerking out this gigantic pillow and cushion from under you, that youve allowed to pamper you. Its like this: you know what you want, and I have not left you without the means and the know-how to get those things, but sometimes it just takes an effort and sufficient will-power to get them. Theres nothing wrong with will-power as long as your will coincides with Mine. Am I willing for you to have what you need, and to a certain degree what you desire? Yes. So, why not have a little faith in Me that I will help you to get it, even if I may not hand it to you on a silver platter right away? Why complain right away when I first test you a little bit in order to let both Me and you see how much you really want this? 413 ___________________________________________________ Isnt it so that you were quite often complaining about your situation, because you didnt know how good and easy youve had it, compared to the way things would turn out to be? Thats one of the Enemys secret weapons in making people feel miserable: he screws their expectations up to unrealistically high levels which they cant really attain, so that they will permanently stay discontented because they never really get what they think they want and should have, and perhaps even deserve. Blessed are they who are content with the little things and dont seek great things for themselves Welcome to reality the way you can have it, without trying to alter it somehow artificially, or living in constant criticism of it. Welcome to the acceptance of your realm in which Ive put you. Its really not that bad, is it? I told you how this was Satans strategy ever since the beginning, to cause man to be discontent with what he had by his advertisement campaigns of whatever he thought they were still missing out on, even if they were already living under the most perfect conditions possible So, dont let expulsion from the Garden become your fate again by being discontent with what you have and letting the Devil trick you into thinking theres something else you need, and it might be good and helpful to remind your wife of this danger too, and to be a good watchman & keeper over her, so that she wont fall for the blah blah of the serpent, either.

for you. After all, you know you could use some purging, right? Youre being crushed and broken. Certainly that doesnt seem to come across to you as a good way for your life to be changed. But trust Me, Im in the business of making better lives out of mediocre and ordinary ones Better hearts, purer hearts, out of those that wouldnt have necessarily been considered all too trustworthy beforehand Every profession that ever existed can be taken as a metaphor of something I resemble and do in the lives of people, and in your case you might say Im among other things - a goldsmith that makes something precious, more precious than what it was previously out of your heart. You recently read about scrap gold and jewelry made out of such broken gold. Well, Im making a nicer and finer piece of jewelry out of the broken pieces of your heart. You must trust Me that Im aching for you and with you, too, but youre not the only one whos suffering. Everybody hurts sometimes, they just have different turns, and right now it simply happens to be your turn I wish I could change it or make it easier for you, but this is simply the path that is destined for you to be taken, just as it was My destiny to carry up My cross to Golgatha until I was too weak to continue and the Father sent Me some help to carry My cross. Even so I will and am sending you some help, too. I will not leave you helpless. I will not leave you comfortless. I will not forsake you and I have not forsaken you. Blessed are you who have none other to put your trust in but Me, as opposed to those who place their trust in heroes with feet of clay which they will inevitably turn out to have. Blessed is the man who places his trust in Me, and accursed the man who makes flesh his arm and trust I know, they are hard, those Demas has forsaken me kind of experiences. But theyre the only kind that wake you up to that reality, an important lesson and part of the overall reality of your world. I know its really sad, but humans are simply that fallible. And all I can tell you is that it sure pays to put your trust in Me. If your trust is wholly in Me, then no matter what happens to those around you or by your side, you will not fall, but will continue to stand regardless. Youve had to learn the hard way how weak and brittle your reliance on Me really was, and to what extent you had placed your trust in flesh Youve had to learn that such an experience of loss can make you want to die. Youve had to experience what those words mean, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. For some people, life really bears deathly pain, and it is not something to be taken lightly. You cannot take it too lightly, and youve had to learn how to be able to relate to something like that, and to feel with those who go through experiences like that, how deadly serious life can sometimes be

Certain things simply escape and elude you when you are younger and in your less thoughtful years, the darker side of life, that part you reach as things turn toward the shadier side of things and you become more acquainted with issues such as death and loss, sickness, weakness, and the sort of pains you previously were ignorant of Hes a deadly enemy. But as deadly as he may be, all the more It usually catches people somewhat by surprise, because they alive am I as your Friend and ally. You may not think so right simply seem to think that all things continue as they are, when now, but trust Me, some day youll be ashamed of doubting Me, My Word clearly warns them that they wont, and I certainly have and youll see that I have never left your side for a single warned you repeatedly that they wouldnt. So, it shouldnt come moment. as such a surprise to you You see, youll never really appreciate that fact until youve Youve been prepared by Me for these things, and if youre not, experienced everyone else forsaking you. then its simply because you didnt take these things to heart as How else am I ever going to teach you effectively that I am truly much as you should have enough? I told you time and again, Things wont continue as they are, I know you dont want to go through this pain, and you doubt My and yet you continued just like everybody else as though they wisdom for having you go through it, but trust Me that its good would.

Now, you didnt expect them to change in this particular way, but you see, thats just the point: calamity usually hits you in such a way that youre least prepared for Your own slogan Prepare for the worst, hope for the best and take whatever comes didnt really work for you, because you did not really prepare for something like this to happen It just shows that there is always yet another degree to which one can and should put their trust in Me and be ready for situations in which only I can help them, in other words, another degree to which to realize that your only hopes in Me.

Yes, the loss is terrible and hard to take, but have a look at what Im giving you in return! Now, just because you cant see exactly yet HOW Im going to make it happen, doesnt mean Im not doing it. Some things remain a mystery for a little while in order to teach you to trust Some things are a test of faith.

You have been loved, even if it may not have been the lasting and eternal kind of love, of which I also warned you. But there was definitely love involved, and as the saying goes: Its better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. Youve been Its easy to sing songs about it. But what when it really happens loved and have lost, and now youve found an even better love to you? How ready are you for it? How much did you really through your loss. Yes, so theres temporary loneliness included believe it yourself? To what extent was the song actually a reality in the deal, and its hard for you to take, I admit it, but its nothing to you? To what degree do you really live your own sermons? youre not going to survive. I dont let anyone get around experiencing the full extent of In fact, a little loneliness is going to strengthen and solidify your whatever sermons they preach, and if you sing, My only hopes character and your faith in Me as your sole Savior and hope in You, Im eventually going to make sure that you really, really when it all comes down to it. mean it. You can count on Me. And since Im in this, you can count on Me Back then you thought that your only hope was in Me, but you bringing this to pass in a good way. Dont worry about all the hadnt even really begun to reach the end of your rope yet, nor to Devil might do in order to try to foil this. Yes, you may have to really know what this means. You hadnt been forsaken to such fight and pass through some tests and trials, but in the end, the an extent where it would actually become a bitter reality for you. - victory is yours already by faith, theres nothing that can be Bitter because you werent prepared for it. - Primarily, because changed about that. All the Enemy can do is either cause delay you hadnt really put it fully into practice yet. I had not truly or scare you and bluff you out of believing that you possess the become your only hope quite yet. victory already. Youre the winner here in the final outcome, not he nor any of his worldly champions that youre tempted to envy All hearts are ultimately sinful and evil, and can only be salvaged right now. from similar fates by My grace and the extent to which you yield The one whose side Im on happens to be you, and thats good and surrender and submit to it, and even finally depend on it. news. What you should really be glad about is the fact that I love Theyre only letting you down in the same way that youve let you! others down, and would have, time and again, and this As long as you know that I love you, things couldnt be all that experience will cure you and prevent you from being capable of bad now, could they? inflicting such pain on anyone else again. And yet you know that youre not quite over the hill yet, not I may put some obstacles in your way in order to get the Promise infallible, when it comes to even that very lesson. and cash it in, but Im not going to take this new found treasure away from you without allowing you to get to enjoy it. My love for you is unconditional. 414 ___________________________________________________ Im still in control and know how much you can handle, and I Some people are tough to take. Who are you going to blame? know you can handle this, and youre going to get through this, Them, or Me for having made them thus? And then, have you perhaps not with flying colors, but one way or the other. Youre ever wondered, what would have become of you, if I had made going to come out at the other end in one piece, and thats them differently? How bearable or less so you would have turned comforting to know, isnt it? Youre being loved and upheld by out to be? the strongest arms in the universe, so what is there to worry and fret about? Have a little faith in Me! So, why dont you stop seeing yourself as the victim for a while? Time will do the talking, and you may easily be the one wholl turn out to come away with better cards from all this 415 ___________________________________________________ But you must make an effort to see these things in a positive If you just rely on Me as your strength youll find it wont be light. so tough to be the man in the house again, since the But there is nothing dreadfully new about that that would never responsibility of your sustenance lies largely on My shoulders. I have befallen any of your brethren and co-sufferers throughout have vowed to take care of you, and if I wont do it, I am worse history from Job to the martyrs of recent history than an infidel. I honor and reward those who put their trust in Me, I do not punish them or let them down. I may test them and All these things always have their good side to them and work their faith temporarily, but I will never let them down or out for good to them that love Me, which you do, and try to do the disappoint them, so youre in good hands. best you can Youve got to keep mindful of that fact: youre in good hands! Im I know that you cant love Me without Me having loved you first, taking care of you, and Im your very present help in trouble. You so Im not expecting something of you that I know you couldnt can rely on Me, and you must! do in the first place. Its time to grow up. The days of your youth are past, and playing Right now its tougher for you to love Me than usual, because time is over. Its time that you got serious about your life. The you feel as though Ive abandoned you instead of loving you, times are not becoming easier, friendlier or any more cheerful, since I took someone very precious to you from your side, and but harder in general, and its wise to brace yourselves for hard youre still not quite sure whether you can just trust Me and the times and prepare with My help! promise that I never take one thing away from you without giving Thats why I cant grant you so much playing time. Its time for you something better. each man to do what they must do and get going in whatever Well, it is happening, but I needed you to learn a few lessons in theyre called to do. the process. And whatever it is you feel youre called to do, its time to get I never let such an opportunity pass without teaching some serious about it. essential and very needed lessons and strengthening and That doesnt mean you have to try and do it in the flesh, but you purifying of your character. must find your calling, stick to it and put all you can into it, trusting Me that I will work out the rest the part you cannot do.

Do what you can, and God will do what you cant. Now is the time to show and do whatever you can, because you may never get another opportunity in this life. The time to do whatever you can is now. Vacation and preparation time is over. Its time to vest yourselves and go to work at whatever it is you know how to do best Youve gone through enough hard times in your life to strengthen and prepare you for this. You can handle this, this rough and cold wind thats blowing, but you must be content with those circumstances and not wish for something easier or better. In order to get anywhere at sea, you need wind to push you there. So, dont complain about the wind or the slightly rougher weather than what you might prefer Nows the time to show what youre made out of and to prove yourself, to show your strength. Now is the time to stand tall like a man. Now is not the time to avoid, to hide in the background, but to come forward and face whatever challenges there are to face, to deal with it. Now is the time. Its the time to get to work at whatever youre good at, to share with the world what youve got, show what you have and put it to use. Im going to help you with it. I and the entire arsenal of helpers youve got at your disposal in the Spirit World, a greater cloud of witnesses than ever before to help you do the job in this crucial time of the worlds history thats coming ever closer to the great showdown where all things will be settled and decided So, dont be intimidated by those who would seek to enslave you and drag you to the same level of a superficial, largely meaningless, purely materialistic existence as the one theyre on themselves, but continue to rise above and remember who you are: not one of them, but one of Mine.

I use the Enemy and his maneuvers in your life in order to break you, humble you and get you to a certain point. I know it may seem weird to you, and as if Im sort of cooperating with the Enemy, or standing by as he causes you pain, but you know that hes really only working for Me in the long run and bringing about My ultimate will, and that of the Father You also know that I will use anything in order to get My purpose accomplished, even the Devils attacks and workings in your life sometimes. Youve experienced how I used those times he threw you into a deep abyss of despair to get you to a point of willingness, and how I blessed you with happiness and joy, howbeit not entirely without trials and tests You also know by faith that there is another new and more glorious beginning in store for you, the resurrection of a new and better life than what youve had so far Ive got to make sure somehow that I stay on the top of your list.

418 ___________________________________________________ Dont harden your heart and become distrustful, but also make it a rule never to hinge your confidence on another human being to such a degree where it will affect you that much when they fail you. I warned you that thats what you were going to find out from people. So, instead of projecting all your hopes and dreams into the next candidate who will never be able to cope with that responsibility, make Me responsible for you instead! Hand over the responsibility for your happiness and welfare to Me, and make that a conscious choice in your mind. Youre thinking, Well, but isnt that what I did, and look what it got me? Look not at the circumstances, the state of your vessels and But obviously, you didnt. Not sufficiently. If your confidence and whatever it is that might hinder or slow you down, but only look trust would have been in Me to the degree that it should have at your greatest assets, which are the Promise and the Presence been, this whole ordeal would have hardly affected you as of My Power and strength at your disposal, the heavenly help gravely. that should make all the difference in the world between making Okay, so you are a very emotional and attached person, not as it and not making it. rational and cold as most of your fellows, most of whom put their confidence and trust in themselves. Dont be intimidated and impressed by those who avail But what you must really put your trust in most of all is that I themselves of the power of the Enemy, but know that My power have a better plan for you than for you to have stayed stuck in a in you is stronger than theirs, and I need you to believe and trust relationship that wasnt heading anywhere but south, and that in that and walk in that trust accordingly. what Im doing in your life is a wonderful thing, and Im replacing an old, dead relationship with a wonderful, thriving new one, and Abandoned, deserted, forsaken, these are all attributes that it will simply take a little time to establish it (also to make sure could have described Me and those who were My closest that youll never make the mistake of taking it for granted, the followers throughout history, so, welcome to the club! danger of which is not to be underestimated!). - But never abandoned, left, deserted or forsaken by the Father, So, instead of looking at the dark abyss, the big black hole of and thus the greatest power in the universe, the same Power that emptiness and the pain, focus on the new donut that Im bringing brought it forth in the first place. forth from it! You can already see it, you just have to focus on it Those other powers are just toying with it and usurping it. and project your faith into it and believe in it, that I will bring it to Theyre not its real lords, theyre just pretenders that are soon pass. I will not let you down, nor lead you up a dead end track. going to be replaced by the rightful Owner and Heir, and youll be Youve got to walk toward this thing Im creating with faith and glad you fought on His side, even against all the odds! confidence and believe that it is I Who am creating this miracle and that I will complete this work Ive begun, and not doubt. Its a little bit like walking toward Me on the water like Peter, and 416 ___________________________________________________ its a little hard for you, because the memory of your latest fall There are a lot of mysteries involved in the human mind, and into the water is still fresh in your mind, so youre afraid I will let sometimes it takes time to find out where youre at with a person. you go under again, but I wont. Coming to face it, isnt that what life really is? Its the course that You need to take time and invest it in learning to really put your a man or woman will walk, and by its end youll be able to tell whole faith and trust and confidence in Me. what sort of person they were This experience is serving to teach you that you must put your Even about you theres no telling yet what sort of a guy you will trust in Me to a greater extent than you have been. You must have turned out to be in the end, in total make a greater effort of faith, believe and trust Me more for There are still some choices to be made, some things to be things and focus on Me more than you have been, because the determined. measure of trust youve shown and put forth so far was simply Whether theyll ultimately make the choice for love, or not, is up not enough. You cant make it like that. You need to have more to them alone, and sometimes all you can do to help them make trust in Me! the right choice is pray. Instead of leaving your mind running on empty, and sort of passively glide through your days, you must make an effort to build up your confidence by filling your mind with faith-building 417 ___________________________________________________ thoughts and cling to them. Perhaps you need to commit more to

memory of what youve learned from Me about faith and trust. Its another episode of the kind when things go wrong. Its those times when your faith gets tested and you find out how strong (or weak) it really is, and how much more you should have and acquire, accordingly. Let it enrich you as an experience that teaches you profoundly how valuable My Word is to you, and that You should allow no circumstance to rob you of it. 419 ___________________________________________________ Maybe youre fed up with the situation, but just running away from an ugly or less than pleasant situation has never been the right incentive to get something new started, as far as Im concerned. I may have used that a few times in your life, but as you can remember, it always resulted in situations that had something else less than desirable as a factor that made you want to move on to the next place Sometimes Its one thing: just to stick Perhaps you werent quite as good at some things as you thought Well, youre interested in what I have to say, and I dont take that for granted. A lot of people agree these days that one of the greatest assets someone can have is the ability to listen. They really appreciate it when someone is capable of listening to them. Well, just imagine how much I appreciate someone capable of listening to Me! I really appreciate that, too. Its true, that ability doesnt necessarily bring Me any souls, converts or new believers, it may not result in immediate, visible and tangible fruit, but I appreciate it anyway, and trust that the absorption of My words in your heart will bear the desired results and fruits eventually. Youre bound to learn something from it. You cant spend hours and hours listening to the greatest Teacher of all times without ever learning anything Otherwise, Id nary be a good teacher, wouldnt I? So it doesnt bring in cash Well, then Im going to have to keep bringing in cash in some way, wont I? Im going to have to approve Myself as the reliable Provider Ive always claimed I am Im going to have to show you that I meant what I said when I told you that I wanted to be the Man in your house and be held responsible for the paying of your bills, so that you dont have to worry so much! And so far Ive done it, havent I? Youre still here, listening to Me. So what has changed? Have I changed, that I wont provide for you anymore? So, is everything alright, after all, or is it really as bad as the Devil will portray it, that I have abandoned you, left you alone to fend for yourself, deserted you, etc.? Hes always great at taking advantage of someones hurt to be their comforter. Well, dont you fall for his comfort! As long as you keep listening to Me, trying to stay on My track, I consider you My wife, My responsibility, a receptor of My seeds, and I will honor you by taking care of you. Im not saying Im keeping you completely clear of any trials, temptations and problems, but I do promise that I take care of you, youre My responsibility, and I wont let you down! Just because some things bring you pain doesnt necessarily mean you cannot trust them. Pain doesnt always necessarily equal bad, even though you may perceive it as such. Its the outcome that determines whether it was good or bad: the fruit that it bears. A baby brings pain at birth, but you wouldnt say the babys bad, right? So, think about the baby next time you pass through some pain, and that it may well be worth going through that pain with the prospect of holding that baby in your hand a little while later.

Birth pangs may be hard to go through, but theyre a part of birth. 420 ___________________________________________________ You have to change your mindset. You have to get out of this passive gear where you allow circumstances to overwhelm you and into one where you determine your state of mind, and you determine what you allow to influence you and what will have power over you. You have to decide and declare who is going to be the master of your universe: is it going to be your circumstances, your doubts and all the adversities, or is it going to be Me? The former may look strong and powerful, and the latter only does by faith, in the light of the fact that it happens to be the original Factor or everything, without which none of the other circumstances would even exist. So, isnt it fairly safe to assume that putting your faith in Me would be the wiser option, since I seem to be the only One capable of truly altering any circumstances in your favor? Youre a little bit like Elizabeths husband Zechariah, who refused to believe that I was going to give him a son in spite of his old age, but was left speechless by My doing the miracle anyway, in spite of his doubts The older people get, and the weaker their flesh becomes, the less they seem to believe that I can still use them, as if My using them had anything to do with the strength of their flesh at all. I am the One Who said the flesh profits nothing, so Im also going to be the One proving My point. By using someone whose strength in the flesh has worn down to a fraction of what it used to be, I show that the kind of people I choose are not the strong, but the weak and the dependent on Me, that no flesh should glory in My Presence. Of course, thats a paradigm thats going pretty much directly against the ways of the world and the twist of all thats going on around you, but that is simply My way. My way is just about always in open defiance of the ways of the world, because they live basically in open defiance of Me, negating My existence, My authority, My power, and I will honor those who will let Me use them to prove the world wrong about their point when it comes to ignoring or underestimating Me along with quite a few other points Youre there like one tiny little spec of dust that dares to defy all the monstrous evidence surrounding it which seems to deny you your very right to exist, similar to the earths existence within a largely hostile environment of a galaxy full of odds against it. But do those adverse circumstances alter anything about the fact that life pretty much keeps going on the same way it always has on earth, and that it just keeps spinning and turning regardless of all the odds? Im an against-the-odds type of God, you might say. I like to do things contrary to natural expectation and contrary to what the odds say the outcome is going to be. I specialize in miracles. In the end, do you think its going to be anything other than My miracle-working power thats going to keep anyone alive, and that there is anything more valuable, any better quality they might possibly have than faith in that? For Me, many other options than the ones you have chosen would have been preferable, but because of My love for you Ive had to let you go the way you chose Being a follower of Mine means to be walking in My footsteps, walking a mile in My shoes, sharing some of the same experiences Im making, to share in My life and what Im going through. It shows and teaches you that Im real, and not altogether that different from you. I may be quite different from folks in the world and their way of doing things, but thats precisely why you come across so weird and different to them: you resemble a lot more what I am like in this world, and thats why you dont fit in with them, just as I didnt. Thats not to say or mean that I dont want you to love them and try to reach them the best you can, but if youre wondering why

youre so different from them, thats the reason: youre different because you have learned to become more like Me. And since they cant stomach the way I am, and have always rejected Me and those who carried My message and resembled Me in this world, thats the club you belong to as well, and even more strikingly so in this day and age, when evil-doers have come to the full. Never before was the world as much the Devils as today, filled with his ways and workings, and the more it becomes his, the less I am welcome in it, and the less welcome I am, the less are you. Some folks in their wishful thinking hope for success by blending in with the world, and try to make things not look as bad and pretend that the world is less than evil. And for some time I may let them get away with trying to be friends with the world and enjoy whatever you can while youre at it. But in the long run youll just come to the inevitable conclusion that this world is not your home and you dont really belong there, but you are of a better Place I have prepared for you, and thats where youre going, leaving the large bulk of them behind, even though you might eventually meet them again Not of this world? Cheer up, youre not alone!

ones they love. You never wanted to hurt anyone, and yet unintentionally did. Thats what those human flaws are inevitably programmed to do, similar to the way you may get stung by a thorn on a beautiful rose, or scratched in the brambles Creation is presently equipped with inevitable and undeniable flaws, and thats why, if youre looking for someone perfect to put your trust in, youre going to have to come to Me, instead of projecting those ideals and yearnings into someone of flesh and blood who could never live up to such expectations You cannot even expect of everyone to stay faithful and loyal until the end, as you would have expected them to. And even if thats their intention, there are circumstances beyond their control that might separate them from you anyway. Youre simply best off if you keep making efforts to put the bulk of your trust in Me, otherwise youre just bound to be headed for more disappointment inevitably

422 ___________________________________________________ Generally, for every human, life is on the decline, so youre not an exceptional case. They may make it look differently by temporary outward altering of their circumstances and providing certain temporary securities, but the fact is that none of them, for 421 ___________________________________________________ all their efforts, can ever do anything whatsoever to stop their Its the Devils business, as it has always been, to cast doubt body from the eventual decay that awaits them. So, the end result on what I said, and to make it look like its not true, and, of with everyone, whether theyre super organized and well-off, or a course, according to him, Im a liar, and hes Mr. Truthful. Well, I mess, or dead poor and starving somewhere, is all the same. beg to differ, since I know him a bit better. He may be the type of If the rich would only realize that and see that the only lasting liar that is so good at it that he even believes his own lies, but it difference they could make is to ensure that their poorer and nevertheless doesnt change anything about the quality and suffering fellowmens plight would become a little easier to bear veracity of his statements, namely their status of mainly being on their same journey to more or less the same destination, then false, untrue, and thus, lies, no matter how strongly anyone life would be a lot less cruel. believes them. But as long as they live in that fatalistic attitude a lie, really See, thats the thing about faith: no matter how strong it is, it will which tells them that they must be favored by destiny somehow only ultimately turn out to be the real thing in getting you where to live more blessed and abundant lives than their fellow you want to get, if its placed in the truth. Faith in lies, no matter humans, and refuse to share or do anything to help those who how strong, will always only turn out to be a dead end street and seem to be less blessed, things will remain the same, and to Me it a disappointment. looks just as bad as your life may look to you, and worse, because theyre not even aware of anything being wrong. Like the Oracle in the Matrix, Im always giving you whatever So, Id rather have someone whos a mess and realizes it, then all it is you need to hear for the moment. those arrogant, stuck-on-themselves creatures who think theyre But thats why its important to always get your fresh manna so wonderful while they indifferently let their brothers and sisters for each day and not rely on the counsel of yesterday, especially starve. when its concerning people and changeable circumstances and What troubles Me more than an outward mess is the inward mess situations, since todays friends can unfortunately turn into in the hearts and minds of people. tomorrows enemies; thats just the way life is and the way things I will not condemn you for your messy room or bank account, are with people even though it would be great beyond any doubt if you would be able to improve those aspects of your life, too. Thats why the ultimate lesson in all of this is that no matter how At least your life is in tune and in sync with Me, which is more strongly you feel attached to anyone living on this planet, your than what the majority of folks could say of themselves, the large best bet is always going to be to place your trust in Me above all bulk of which arent even the least bit interested in Me or what I and foremost. might have to tell them As long as Im the No.1 you hinge your life on, the Rock you build Youre a listener, and I like that. Most of them dont like to listen, the foundation of your being upon, and the One you rely on and they prefer to talk and get someone to listen to them, or if they do cling to most strongly, nothing will be able to rock and shake listen, its usually stuff that boosts their egos or caters to their your world too easily. manifold addictions and lusts, the gods they live for and serve I am and will always be a better Anchor to keep your ship safely in port or stably at sea than any other, human anchor you would place your trust in. Theres a risk involved in trusting people, and you might wind up getting hurt. But nothing ventured, nothing gained. Whenever theres a taste of paradise, the serpent will not be far away in order to try to spoil it. But that sort of lesson is what makes life interesting and makes it the school it is, and what makes it exciting Im sorry if life isnt always a breeze But ask around. It isnt for anyone. Its usually not peoples intention to hurt others, especially the And so, because they dont have the Devil to fight against (since theyre basically, even if largely ignorantly, fighting on his side), they also dont have to overcome some of the obstacles he puts in your way. They dont have to fight the demons you fight, because they are basically the gods they follow and worship. They dont oppose them, but serve them, so the demons make it easier for them in many cases, instead of opposing them and making things more difficult for them, although these things vary from case to case, situation to situation and individual to individual. What it means is that youre having to fight harder than they do, and youre going to have to get ahold of My Power and rely on it. They think that what they rely on is their own strength and power, but often it is also downright demonic power that helps

them to thrive in the ways of the world Youre going in the opposite direction, spiritually, so, of course its harder. Of course, what makes it harder still for you is when you become undecided about which tactic youll use and which power you want to serve and avail yourself of.

wind up being the safer and preferable option for you.

423 ___________________________________________________ The Enemy will come up with all kinds of attractive gimmicks that promise the reward in the here and now instead of later -- instant What the Devil will do in addition to opposing you is try to tempt satisfaction but you usually pay later you to forsake My way and follow him instead and join the rest of Hell provide ample opportunities for people to save themselves the world in the apparently easier way. by their own hand and power in order for them to put their faith and trust in themselves and in the rhythm of the world, and it If you feel youre back on a lower energy level now than before, it seemingly works, temporarily, until the music stops, the journey is because youre devoting more of your attention to Me again, is over and theyll have to get off that bus and see where it instead of the projects you placed your hopes in initially to landed them, either more or less prepared for their new improve your situation destination, or completely unprepared When its about the self and advertising the self, one always So, as Ive told you many times, you may seem to have the worse comes up with more energy somehow than when its about Me deck of cards when it comes to this life; and on this particular and serving Me and My Cause and Purpose ride you may only have a 3rd class or economy class ticket. But since you believe and know that this is only a temporal journey, And of course, the Devil is taking advantage of the situation by and you dont trust in it as the only life there is, youll be better clobbering you from all sides while he knows youre down and prepared for the next than those who put all their money on this weak life Having been reduced to a single person fighting on your own again has reduced your power immensely. Fighting a battle on your own is naturally more exhausting, especially when youre not used to it anymore. Those who live for themselves and their own desires basically do so at the cost of the pain of others. Theres simply a difference between those who have personal agendas and those who are yielded to letting Me have My way in their lives the my-will-bedone-people, and the Thy-will-be-done-people. It takes a conscious effort to be a Thy-will-be-done type of person, since the ego will constantly crop up with own desires and agendas, and it takes that awareness and conscious choice to put My will above your own, or at least to keep an attitude that grants Me the right of ways in cases where our interests might be at conflict. Just like in any relationship, there is some mutual leeway and liberty for each party to make their own choice, but just as you would probably appreciate it when your wife regards your decision as the ultimate or supreme or weightier voice in an important matter, I also do when you let Me have the last say in something of greater importance. I grant you your hearts desires and personal liberty of choice to a certain degree, but sometimes it will turn out that you might find yourself not quite as capable of something you may have wanted to do as you thought, after all, and you might have to consider an alternative Basically, its always good to stay open for any alternative option I might bring into the game, since Im quite a bit ahead of you and up front and can see whats going on from a wider angle, and whats going to happen; things that are likely to affect your choices, actions, projects and paths youve chosen, and being yielded to My influences can come in handy then in order to be more flexible and avoid larger complications or dead ends The Enemys tactic is to make everything more complicated and confusing, so that everybody will cling to whichever way is visible out there in the thicket of his jungle, and in order to walk in My direction, you simply have to make an effort sometimes to lay still in order to find My guidance and light on your path. Its, after all, quite an adventurous and perilous ride, this journey of your life for Me, which some call the God Journey There is a jungle full of enemies youre having to get through in order to get to your destination, and your only hope to make it through in once piece is to cling to Me at any cost and rely on Me more than you would on your natural gifts and strengths, which is one reason why I must sometimes let you run out of your own steam, so that you will only be able to turn to My strength and wisdom instead. I simply happen to know for certain that this is going to Of course, its natural to want the best of both, and I will usually try to grant you that option and possibility to a certain degree. But youve always got to make sure that youre not compromising too much with the ways of the world, but grant Me and My ways and My input the priority over the other options. Where that is not the case, I simply have to intervene and remind you, which is My right as your heavenly Parent and Shepherd 424 ___________________________________________________ It always makes a man feel better about himself when he has lots of work, but then, you know Who or what I would like your confidence to depend on instead, right? Your confidence in has not been in Me at large, but in other factors that are caving in right now, leaving you standing pretty weak on that little bit of confidence you have left, namely that bit that was founded on Me Thats not an unusual phenomenon at all, and I use this sort of experience to show My children, followers and believers to what (usually shockingly small) extent they really do put their confidence and trust in Me, and how much they put it in other things instead, unawares. You wonder, But could this lesson really be that important to merit and warrant such pain? Isnt that a little cruel or exaggerated? Well, again thats what youre going to have to trust Me for, as to how important this really is: for you to know exactly who and what you should put your trust in and who you can rely on. Your life is still pretty much ruled by the shine and glitter of all the luxuries you expect from it and you think it has to offer. And if every day thered be great sunny weather and you could just spend your days in the sun, youd have a lot less problems with your fate. But I have chosen to put you through some suffering. Why on earth could that be? The suffering gets rid of all the muck about you that you dont want. And if you think, well, but thats a lot of suffering, then its because theres a lot of muck to get rid of. Basically, you havent been doing all as great as you hoped you are. You really shouldnt be wallowing in self-pity, but start doing what you can and roll away the stone, so that We, your Helpers, can get going and do the things for you that you cant. Okay, youre doing the thing you can do by coming to Me, which is always the best. And I hope now you know better than to blame the rest of the world for your misery. You are responsible yourself for the mess you are in, you and nobody else. It could have come differently, and things could and can still be different for you, but a lot depends on you, and wallowing in self-pity is

not the way to get there! 425 ___________________________________________________ What you might consider strength, I might consider weakness, and what you see as weakness, I may see as true strength. Youre truly richly blessed, but youre just one of those who simply dont know it. Unless everything else is perfect around you, you dont seem to be able to appreciate the perfect thing youve got. But remember that thats what history is all about: creating in you an appreciative heart. Its your heart and the way you see things that needs improvement, more than the actual circumstances themselves.

life and whats befalling you, you may cheer up: it means Im not through with you yet. Im still intending to use you somewhat, if you allow Me and dont mind, since I know thats what you want and desire from Me: to be used by Me, as opposed to being considered useless There have been other times when you prematurely thought you were through. I have used older ones than you for greater tasks than they could have ever dreamed of accomplishing in their younger years

What you need to remember and be clear about is Who youre supposed to be fighting for: is it just yourself, your own survival, satisfaction, welfare and maybe another private little family of your own, or a greater Cause? So, while you may see them as having abandoned you and your cause, how about you in reference to Mine? Are you still with No matter how big the mess, Im going to manage to make it Me? Can I still count on you? Or are you just off to do your own perfect. thing? What anyone else does wont hold as solid ground for an excuse Our combined Power is simply irresistible and invincible. The for why you yourself havent done or havent continued doing Enemy never seriously had a chance, the only power he has over what ought to be done the world and creation is the power that man granted him by choosing to listen to him instead of Us. And since he doesnt Youve got to fight persistently in order to reach your desired really have a chance, thats also the reason why everything is goal, and you cannot give up too easily at the first sight of either going to turn out alright, no matter how bleak it may seem right resistance or even lack of support from your allies. now. In the end what will determine your personal outcome and success in your battle is your own persistence and determination to keep fighting, your own personal refusal to give up. 426 ___________________________________________________ So keep fighting, Amen? If what is required most in stewards is You cant really blame a casualty. They fought long and hard, that a man be found faithful, then make that your personal quest: the best they could, and fell. Maybe they could have been wiser to be and stay faithful, and not quit, but to keep fighting, no and dodged that bullet, that trick of the Enemy that brought matter what! about their fall; maybe it would also have made a difference if Yes, there are legitimate excuses to quit fighting or take a you would have looked out for them better, but in any case, once vacation, and others have succumbed to them. But how about its done, theres no use crying over spilled milk and whats done you? Are you going to make that your excuse? Or are you going is done. to refuse to look for an excuse, because as far as youre concerned, there is no excuse for not keeping on fighting for Me and My Cause, the Cause of Love? 427 ___________________________________________________ One of the biggest issues Im having with My bride and You see, you may not have all the energy, spunk, and maybe not mankind per se is their loyalty, or lack of it. Sometimes when you even the courage that you had when you were younger. But if notice how thin folks loyalties toward you can be, it makes you youve learned something in the meantime along the lines of realize just how solid your own loyalties are toward Me, and that persistence and what it means to stick to the battle and to the perhaps loyalty is still an area for yourself to work on fight and not give up, whos to say that thats not going to be the Just how loyal someone has been or not can really only be told decisive lesson that will have made all the difference in the in the end, when the path has been run, and you see whos still world? standing with you. There are surprises both ways: some of those you expected to make it didnt, and others, of whom you may not Why not forget about what youve lost and focus on what youve have expected it, are still around. gained instead? So, dont judge anyone prematurely for what may seem to be their poor loyalty. You can only tell at the end of the road, and before that its only speculation. 428 ___________________________________________________ Perhaps if you would have had more faith in others, they would Seems as if you, My bride, dont seem to be exactly sure yet have also had more faith in you and would have stood by you, about Me, your Husband? instead of deserting you There are many factors involved, and And how excusable or how much of a bad sign is that? Or blaming folks and turning bitter toward them, especially before how forgivable? I guess you will have to find out whether this the score is even told, never bears any good fruit relationship with Me is what you really want. You need to make up your mind about Me, and decide whether youre finally going If they feel like hiding their relationship with you, perhaps it to trust Me. resembles a bit the way I feel about the way you sometimes seem Youre wondering why Im leaving you in uncertainty, but for one to think youve got to hide your relationship with Me thing, My revelations to you are limited to your faith as to what Just because youre beginning a new episode and new page now sort of things you can receive from Me. doesnt mean Im going to stop drawing parallels between whats Yes, this is another test of faith, since everything needs to be happening in your life, your relationships with others, especially tested as to the degree of its purity and potential of being the real the ones you love, and your relationship with Me and whats thing. happening in your spiritual life. Is your faith, your relationship, your Family the real thing? Am I the Real Thing? Are you? Substantial questions that have come So, whether youre really in a position to judge someone else for up, and that youre better going to find answers to, if youre their lack of loyalty, or whether you should try to see what Im going to base the rest of your life on them trying to show you through this about your own level of loyalty toward Me is what youve got to decide. From where I stand, theres definitely room for improvement on both sides. 429 ___________________________________________________ And as long as Im still trying to teach you something from your Nothing can separate you from My Love. Its the one sure

guarantee you have, come hell and high water Thats the one constant that will never change! You could never ever be too bad for Me or do anything that could change that! Its just the Enemy that tells you any different, and that I couldnt love you anymore because of this or that you have done, and that I couldnt forgive you, etc. Its usually your own conscience that plagues and punishes you most when you do something wrong. Its not really that Im actually mad at you, just your imagination telling you that I am with a bit of the Enemys help, of course And even so it is with love relationships in this merit based world of yours: its hard for you to believe that anybody should love you unconditionally when you deem yourself so unworthy of love You might have to have a little patience until you get to enjoy the full fruit of it, but just as it is with all My Promises, they may take a little time until they come to fruition, but eventually, they do 430 ___________________________________________________ The view from My angle is always bound to be more positive and cheerful than yours, since I see the inevitably happy ending and outcome of it all despite any of the unfavorable circumstances, all of which are merely temporal. All suffering and pain and inconvenience is bound to come to an end and will look so puny compared to the lasting heavenly rewards, they will quickly fade into oblivion by comparison, just as all shadows disappear by total takeover of light. There is a happy ending in store for you, and thats what you should focus on, regardless of any and all temporary problems, doubts, questions and setbacks. Whats up ahead eventually is so much brighter, happier and rewarding, so much more powerful than all that you will encounter on your way there, you should really take cause for joy in that. 431 ___________________________________________________ Life is full of options and surprises that never would have occurred to folks, which is the big difference between theory and actual experience Life doesnt always work out the way folks try to picture or imagine it in theory or in their heads. Theres a big difference between whats going on in peoples heads (imagination) and in Gods (reality).

trusting, or Gave up prematurely in order to save himself? Wouldnt you rather die trusting than to be guilty of having flunked out on Me? See, its always the temptation and attempt of those who quit and betray, to save themselves and try to provide for themselves by their own means what they think they need in order to survive. Instead of giving their lives for Me, they make it their priority to try to save and preserve themselves somehow. They put themselves and their own life above God. God, to them, comes second, and He simply refuses that place. When youre more important to yourself than anybody else is, it simply shows that you have chosen yourself as your god, and folks like that are simply not quite reliable, and you can pretty much tell theyll always sell you out sooner or later for some personal advantage, convenience, or their own survival. Theyre not the type who go to the cross for others, but will nail others to it in order to save themselves, and that is precisely the type of people who lose their lives by trying to save it. Basically there are only two types of people in the world: the crucified and the crucifiers. The question is, which are you? There are those who suffer and those who inflict pain. If you cant take a little pain and suffering, then chances are that youre going to cause someone else pain in order to alleviate your own You dont have to wallow in your pain. You just have to be able to take it, thats all. 432 ___________________________________________________ Why is it that people are always so concerned about being somebody? Why have you people always got to be somebody? Why cant you just live your life and enjoy it as it is, accepting that you already are someone, namely the person I made you? Why can people hardly ever be satisfied with who and where they are and what they have?

Compared to the great stir I caused in history, I was quite a nobody! There were a few nobodies, as far as financial status Dont draw any premature conclusions Youll have to hang in and rank in society were concerned, that caused quite a stir. Its and wait just a little longer to find out & see how things develop. not so much who or what you are in worldly terms, but accepting Its understandable that with all the various challenges & trials what youve been given and making the most of it. What counts cropping up youd prefer to up & leave, but would it be the right is what you do with what youve got, and that often in spite of all thing? the circumstances, obstacles and the doubts the Enemy screams Or would it just be, once again, the path of the least resistance? into your ears, that its useless and you dont stand a chance, etc. Adversities are there to be confronted and faced, not to be Your natural inclination may be to just give in and succumb to avoided, shunned and evaded. those doubts, and if you do, well, then thats the surest way to Only facing them and taking them on will make you stronger. prove them right. But if you really want to get anywhere, youre Running away from them will not contribute to making you going to have to fight and refuse to give in to these odds against stronger at all, but thus only result in your growing weaker you, resist the Enemy and never surrender. Perseverance is one of the qualities Im trying to get you to acquire. The circumstances are your field or working ground. If you look - Persistence. - Hanging in there. - Seeing something through at a piece of land, it doesnt seem very promising: just a bunch of despite the odds & difficulties, not giving up at the first sight of dirt, rocks and nothing else. But when combined with the magic resistance. of some seeds sown into the ground, the power of water and After all, that is something by which the value of a man is sunshine, and a little honest hard work, it can make all the determined: how much hell stick to something he has begun and difference in the world between that vast emptiness of nothing, will see it through until the end before starting something new. and abundance. It might look easier to just run off someplace new and start Its quite a long period sometimes, from seedtime to harvest, and something new instead, but in a way, thats what commitment is: youre obviously not a very good farmer if your attitude is, what to finish something youve begun, even when a tempting new good is it, if I cant enjoy the harvest right away? In fact, youd option arises. prefer to have the bread come out already baked by itself: skip the harvest, the threshing, the grinding of the wheat into flour Isnt that a little bit like Esaus attitude? What good is it, if I cant and the baking process. Thats the dilemma and fruit of this have it right now? What good is the promise, if Im starving right have-it-all-right-now-at-the-snap-of-your-fingers society: now? Not really trusting that I wouldnt let you starve, or even patience has become an extremely rare virtue. People become dying trusting, if thats what it took bored while waiting, and thats about the worst thing, they figure, that could possibly happen to them. Anything but What would you rather have written on your grave stone: Died boredom. Theyd even prefer to have a nice old war, before

theyd risk this worst of all possible scenarios, of getting bored

souls in-between who against all the odds choose Me, the Master of Love, for their teacher, instead of all that the world teaches You lack the energy, spunk and incentive to invest the work and and screams out of every pore of its being. elbow grease needed to really see something through and work Success and love seem to be two totally different things, and the hard enough for it in order to bring forth fruit. You figure you latter is hardly ever considered to bring you the first. Or so they cant. Im saying you can, but youre not so sure. You beg to think. Except for those occasional rare birds who dare to defy all differ. Oh, You dont know me, Lord; Youre making a mistake: that and even take it all to the top by wasting their precious time Im too weak to do this I cant But I say, Yes, you can! and thought on such frivolous matters as love. Yes, we can is actually a very good slogan, if you sling it in the Just the fact how long it took you, one of My more attentive faces of the right people, especially in that of the Devil, who students, to even figure out this one fundamental truth about the constantly keeps saying, No, you cant! So, whenever you feel importance of focusing on the heart of the person youre facing, like saying Lord, I cant, remember Me saying, Yes, you can! instead of all the other ado that makes up their outward appearance or status, title, rank or position in this world, already And believing Me for it is whats going to make all the difference shows how badly needed and neglected it is, and how little folks in the world between success and failure. Its because its true really know about the most important Factor of the universe: that you alone, in your flesh and without Me, might not be able to Love, which is what God is. do it, but with Me and through Me, who or what can there - Emphasizing and confirming once again what I have told you possibly be stopping you? before, and what applies pretty much to the entire human race: Its not you who is the key factor here that determines whether you havent even yet begun to love. And because you havent, something is possible or not, but its Me in and through you. Is you havent even yet begun to live. Not really, the way life ought there anything I am incapable of? Try Me! to be lived, namely in and for love. In fact, I delight in circumstances deemed impossible. So, as far as Im concerned, youve got the perfect criteria and So, never underestimate this treasure youve got. It doesnt seem requirements. If I can do anything at all through anyone at all, I to be worth anything in this world because their values are so can definitely do it through and for you, since its quite obvious screwed up. that you wont manage on your own, and you wont get in My way What youve got is worth hanging on to, because its a truth that trying to do it yourself then! will outlast all that they may presently consider theirs. If youre dreamer and youre just making all this up, then theyre If youre not too strong, too smart, too handsome to try to do it right, and youre of all men the most miserable. But if theyre yourself and try to get the glory yourself, then thats good news wrong, and this just happens to be the Creator of all things for Me, because chances are that you just might give Me a communicating with you, then youre being blessed beyond chance and let Me try to do it through you instead of you trying measure. to rig it all up in your own strength. Im really serious about My strength being made perfect in If you keep focusing on that truth, and on the hearts of people, it weakness. Its not just a line. Its the one basic requirement, that will continue to do the trick in a lasting way! you dont get in My way with your own strength. So, being weak, as far as Im concerned, is your greatest asset. 434 ___________________________________________________ So, Im not asking,Are you strong enough? but rather, are you He that fears has not yet been made perfect in love, because weak enough to let Me be your Man? As you can tell, once again, My perfect Love casts out all fear. My criteria are completely different from those of the world It is natural for you to have fears and worries and other weaknesses until that process of perfecting you in love is finished, so you dont really have to feel bad about it. 433 ___________________________________________________ On the other hand, it is, of course, recommendable that you make To love as I love, that is what it is My goal to teach. After all, an effort to acquire an attitude of trust instead, even for your own its what Im best and Master at, and the art I possess and enjoy sake. most, and thus what I most love to share with others. Its not as if A positive attitude, believing and trusting that I will only allow I were stingy with My know-how like some, and would want to that to happen to you which is for your very best, will help you keep My secrets to Myself. enjoy life better, and will in itself up the chances that the good I know that the more Ill be able to share My skills, the better a things are going to come to pass, since according to your faith it place this whole universe is eventually going to be. will be done unto you. Even if this whole train of thought would just be an imagination and fantasy of your own mind, wouldnt it nonetheless be the Of course, you figure, so many bad things happen to people all only philosophy truly worth living for? the time, why should it go so well for you? Well, in this particular The current seemingly hostile state of the universe seems to case, because Ive promised it. I told you there was a dream to deny that truth of unconditional, unlimited love. But then again, find. I dont do that unless there actually is something there for nobody ever denied that there are obstacles and odds to you to find. I dont tease people. overcome in order for that truth to prevail and truly expose itself as the ruling principle of the universe, even against all that I know life is being rough for you right now, and I dont want to seems to contradict, deny and negate it. make it any rougher. I want to give you some relief, give you a After all, Im leaving the Devil major reins here to try to prove his break, cut you some slack, as they say. I want to be good to you. opposing point of Lovin doesnt pay! But the entire universe I know what you can handle, and I know what youve been (and Im not just referring to the physical entity most people refer through, and as I said in My Word to the old prophets, My to as such) is assembled here to watch the Creators Big Picture thoughts toward you are good and merciful and though you fall, I show to find out whether hes right or wrong about that. will not allow you to be utterly cast down. I love My children. Currently, a lot of people might say, he certainly seems to have a I know I can be a tough parent when a situation warrants it, but I point. In order to get ahead in this (his) world, to live a life for also know when someone is doing all they possibly can, even if love would seem utter nonsense. there may be others capable of more. Love seems to be the one thing in this life guaranteed not to Everybody has been given different talents, gifts and strengths, work out or bring anyone to any physical goal of the kind that and some, along with their special gifts, also certain weaknesses most people would consider accomplishment. to balance things out. But thats just how different our ways of thinking are, and also Youve all got your individual crosses and burdens to bear, along the reason why Im so fond of those relatively few and scarce with your gifts.

Of course, what would be really nice would be if you would make each others gifts and talents available to each other, and help each other out in that way; not just let each person seek their own way and advantage, but have others help you with their gifts and vice versa.

is no such thing as collective relationship, but its always got to be individual and personal, from person to person, heart to heart, in order to be 100% real. Look how much damage has been caused by not really making sure that this was really the case! Where young people were (unintentionally, but nonetheless) forced to display something If you would have made it to the top, the same fate would have they did not really genuinely feel or identify with. Or maybe they been likely to have befallen you that became everyone elses who did for some time, but were not granted the freedom to show ever made it there: the fire of desperation would have gone out, when that had changed, and they wanted something else your heart cry would have been replaced by complacency, and you would have lost it, that special spark that makes music I cannot force anyone to love Me. And Im certainly not expecting alive and electric and causes it to touch peoples hearts where you to force yourself to love Me. Just let Me love you, and find other stuff often just tickles their ears out just how great My love for you is, and then let your heart respond to that love all by itself. Thats how genuine growth It took David a long time, and long, long, painful years, until he happens. It cannot be forced or brought about artificially. finally made the transition from the poor, persecuted refugee to his rightful position as anointed king Try to find a ministry that your heart really leads you to do; And without his years of a humble life in persecution, his something that you feel good at doing, and dont necessarily try kingship never would have been the same. Even with all he had to force yourself to do something that goes against your grain or experienced he made some dreadful mistakes after he came to personal conviction, just because you may think that some folks power, such as the awful thing with Uriah Another example of may expect it of you. what the love of a woman can do to a man, and perhaps vice The best you can be yet is who and what you really are. Its versa usually only by suppressing that and clumsily trying to be something else (and usually making a pretty lousy picture at it), that you turn out to be something less lovable in your own eyes. 435 ___________________________________________________ Have the confidence and trust to follow your heart, and My voice Procrastination has never been key to getting anything or deep down in it, to lead you where I know is the best place for anywhere. you to go, the best things for you to do You can look to this and that person for help, but in the end, the You will never impress anyone as genuine, or the real thing, by one it mostly depends on to make this dream come true, is you. pretending to be someone youre not, trying to fit into a niche youre not made for, and trying to do something that wasnt really And its not so much about how good you look, how fit you are authentically your calling to begin with, even if you think that physically, etc., but what really counts is your spiritual fitness thats the thing that should be expected of you and strength of character. Its your inner stature that needs most of the shaping up, correction and adjustment, and thats what is Now, on some days I may give you the grace for certain things going to make the big difference accordingly, also on the you wouldnt necessarily want to be doing every day of your life, outside and those are going to be the days youre actually going to enjoy And in order to improve your spirit and inner being, you simply doing it. But dont do it because you think you must, or because need My help and daily coaching and tutoring. You may even call you think folks are expecting you to do just about anything to it a therapy or treatment. Weve got to keep working on those rake in some money. weaknesses and bring about some improvement where it really Its still gotta be Me. And its still gotta be you. Its gotta be you counts, and where youll eventually get to the point where you doing the thing that I truly lay on your heart to do, not doing what wont have to be ashamed anymore of certain of your qualities, you think someone else may be expecting of you. but can truthfully stand before Me and anyone else and say, I Coming to face it, that was your dilemma for most of your life: can live with myself, so I figure, so can you. you doing something that you thought folks (or I) would have expected of you, when really the best thing in the world you With nobody left to blame for your circumstances but yourself, could have done would have been to truly listen to your heart its completely up to you to change something about them! Its and find My voice deep down there, the way youre finally able to not whether this or that person makes it tough on you, smothers do now, and find out what it really is that I want you to do, that you, doesnt grant you your freedom, or support you youre called and born to do, and not simply someone elses sufficiently opinion Its you wholl be responsible for your plight, and the success or failure of every day; your own, personal and individual choices. If two of you are really called and destined to be together, then When the buck really stops with you, and you fully realize the your hearts will also lead you in equal directions, and you wont extent to which you have an impact on your own destiny and life, have to succumb to peoples opinions or even rational reasoning maybe its going to drive home the weight of the responsibility I and logical conclusions of what you are obviously supposed to have given you individually, and maybe its going to spur you on do. Those are not very good candidates or weapons of choice to to really make a difference. get you through the dark times ahead, where you wont be able to walk by the sight of rational reasoning anymore, but youre going Youll always and constantly have Me around to help, coach and to be utterly dependent on that still, small voice of faith deep assist you. But you wont be able to shift any part of the blame to down inside your heart, the one youre learning to hear now, and anyone else the one you should learn to trust and heed above all others. Thats what it means to seek Me first, and My Kingdom and The road to hell can be paved with good intentions righteousness, for only I truly know whats good and right up Whats better than good intentions is genuine truthfulness, ahead there on your path, not what your own concepts, much honesty with yourself, and staying true to the call of your own less those of others or the worlds, may tell you about it heart, regardless of what all the other voices around you may say Youre old and mature enough now to hear and listen to My voice, and make sure not to wind up like the young prophet who Its time to learn from experience now, it pays to really listen to listened to the old prophet, which caused him to disobey My the heart and find out most of all what I want from you voice! Of all the voices there are to listen to, the one it really individually, rather than something that may come across as My will pay off most to take heed to is Mine. Thats My collective will for everyone in a certain group, since there really recommendation; thats the big lesson, and thats a good point to

take Home, even if there is nothing else youll be able to boast of. Only My voice will lead and guide you into all truth, and will thus also enable you to be true to yourself and fulfill your true destiny and My highest will for you, to find your dream. If you listen to others advice (who are often not even familiar with your dream, nor do they know your hearts the way I do, nor what you really seek and want or motivates you), then youre often sunk. Godly counselors are only one of 7 items on the list of ways to find My will, and theyre not even among the top 3. And would you know it? Rational reasoning isnt on the list at all! So, Id say it certainly pays to listen to Me; wouldnt you agree? 436 ___________________________________________________ You need to learn that it is not I who am your enemy, and thus funnel your anger against the appropriate sources of your anguish, if at all. Of course, the best would be if you would just learn how to bear all these things that get you enraged a little more in stride. Asking Me is the best thing you can do. Like this we can counsel and reason about it together. Its not as if I would always have pre-fabbed notions and stances on everything ready, just waiting for you to pickem up. Much like in any living relationship, I like to have things alive, moving and flexible. We can talk things over and weigh the pros of an issue against its cons Sometimes you have to play it by ear and take a situation as it unfolds and adapt accordingly. I like things to take place in a natural way, and prefer to keep My bride as free of bureaucracy and Cesars pound of flesh as possible. Now, when that doesnt work anymore, I am ready to concede to some sort of compromise. I have to balance the distribution of gifts out somehow, and its just not realistic to want to be blessed and gifted in every single aspect But thats no reason to feel inferior or like a loser, just because other people might be doing better in some aspects than you. So, you cant make it without Me. Why not just enjoy that fact and lean back and relax and depend and lean on Me? Youre not on your own, not forsaken, and even if your family and friends should forsake you, I will take you up and take care of you, I will not leave you comfortless nor deserted.

But then you also know, what else is there to cling to? You know that the world has nothing to offer but dark, empty nothingness no hold to cling to nothing, anyway, that you could put your faith in, since all theyve got is only temporal, nothing that would ever go beyond this life except for vague speculations and the continuation of their game of luck and hoping to hit the jackpot, perhaps, with some lucky reincarnation 438 ___________________________________________________ God helps those who help themselves, but He also helps those who cant help themselves. In your case, its not quite easy to say whether youre entirely helpless, or whether you just need a good strong kick in the butt. You know you want this. Well, now youre going to have to do something in order to get it and make it happen. Its just been too long since youve been wanting anything badly enough to really fight for it. And youre apparently still not really sure whether you should go on an all-out attack in order to make this happen. In a way, you know that whats supposed and bound to happen, is going to happen. Now, that may sound a bit fatalistic, but its somewhat wrapped up in those words, Que ser, ser. Things are just going to work out the way theyve got to, and whats going to be is going to be. A lot depends on you, as Ive always told you. But then neither I nor you can expect more of you than what youre capable of. Sometimes it is necessary to become aware of ones own limitations in order to bust those very limitations, find out what size of a miracle you need and then ask for it and come up with the necessary faith to make it happen. Focus on what you need, what youve got to make happen, and how to proceed. I cant give you all the revelations of what exactly is going to happen, because you wouldnt be able to handle that. Youve got to play it by ear, take things one step at a time, and walk by faith, not by sight, toward your goal, your dream, and make it happen. Ill help you when you need Me, but in the meantime youre also going to have to trust a little bit, and do whatever it is you can do.

439 ___________________________________________________ Your life is like a flame you need to guard, similar to other I like it when people bless each other and are being a blessing to things youve got to guard if you want to keep them going, like each other. In this society, that expression has virtually no the love you have for someone, your gift of prophecy, etc. relevance or meaning, or at least not much usage They dont Youve got to use your gifts and use them well, and care for feel blessed by each other as much as they feel annoyed by each them. Taking care of what youve been given is part of the deal. other, threatened or in competition with each other Thats what the word steward means: you take care of But I want it to be different. I want you to stick to My kind of something youve been put in charge of your life, your body, family values of wanting to be and striving to be a blessing for your home, vehicle, relationship, your pets, your children, each other, to bless and be blessed whatever Thats My original plan, and sooner or later were all going to get And to be a faithful steward means, you faithfully and regularly, back to it. persistently take care of it and perform maintenance on it. You dont just stick with it doing nothing. You have to nourish it, tend it, give it some care 437 ___________________________________________________ If you take better care of your body, youll also be better Now you know what its like to be actually fighting for love, equipped to take care of the other things Ive put you in charge not just to be talking about it, dreaming about it, or singing nice of: your relationships and environment; even your kids, since songs about it! Welcome to the club! Welcome to My war! This is they also require energy. what Im fighting for; the type of odds Im up against, and Im glad youre getting this chance to have a little taste and glimpse of how it feels to be wanting to salvage your bride out of some pretty chaotic mess, this yearning to give her the peace that you 440 ___________________________________________________ know shell feel with you the longing to be finally one with Sometimes youve just got to trust that I take things apart for her a certain reason, a good one. Remember cell partition? The word part as in parting is in there. By the sneers and critical looks and faces of the bystanders it all doesnt seem to be very promising All youve got are those You may deem yourself less capable because of your diminished promises, and the question theyre going to be kept and fulfilled strength. Id say because of your diminished strengths in the and your faith is going to be rewarded carnal youre more capable of relationship than before

Also because theres more at stake for you, you have greater desperation, which always enables Me to intervene, interact and participate in greater power than when youre just half-heartedly trotting along in the same old humdrum You think the troubles are killing you, when in fact they do the opposite and make you come more alive. Your health troubles are just reminders that you cannot treat this body too carelessly, and that your health is ultimately more important than your temporary looks 441 __________________________________________________ It certainly would have been worse for Adam to remain alone permanently than having to wait a little while for his perfect mate and match to appear He had to do some stuff in the meantime, too, and get his act rigged up and make himself useful and do his job Thats what usually gives women the sort of flair of security that they are looking for in a man, so you may have to approve yourself as capable of independence to a certain degree first, before you can impress a woman sufficiently to be wanting to spend the rest of her life with you. The term helpmeet was supposed to express a physical, tangible aid and support for a man in his daily life that would strengthen him and spur him on instead of having him despair in loneliness. You know now that it is not good for a man to be alone. And its good to know, isnt it? Even if just to show you that I wasnt talking nonsense. You may have appreciated your solitude before, but now youve learned to appreciate company a lot more. Youre becoming more sociable again, more adaptable, flexible and willing to approach people Ask Me whether I think thats a good thing 442 ___________________________________________________ Have I ever not answered in some way? Of course, its a test sometimes, and these tests get you thinking about what might be the reason for them, what I might be telling you through them, and in which direction I might be guiding It all gets you thinking seriously and to assess what might be My higher will for you, where you might be most needed, etc.

things tough for you in one place. How much good are you effectively going to do Me here? When things get hard and tedious on one field, and they seem to be a lot easier in some ways on another, you should seriously consider whether its possible that Im beckoning you to more fruitful fields Sometimes when things become hard to bear in one place, its an indication what it would probably be preferable for you to move to another, since you have not only that option, but the commission, as one of My disciples and missionaries 443 ___________________________________________________ If Ive raised the dead, I can certainly heal the sick and help someone to get a neglected body back in shape. I told you I wasnt through with you and your life yet, and that I still have greater plans for you, so dont get dismayed by temporary adverse circumstances like poor health. Yes, youve been letting your life go down the drain a bit. You mistook something for real love that turned out it wasnt, as I had indicated. On the other hand, I had to have you stick with it for the lesson to be completed, and also for all the other pieces of My plan to arrive at the proper stages The time was now. I have ways that you know not of, and My plans are often somewhat mysterious for you and even hard to believe. But when I need you, I need you, and I need to get you ready for My plan and task for you, and that getting ready may sometimes involve special breaking and reshaping processes. Theres a legacy to be kept and upheld here, a work to continue. Plus, there are lessons yet to be learned from all of this. Its not as if this chapter of My story were all closed and forgotten yet. There are yet issues to be resolved, final conclusions to be drawn and resolutions to be made. There is yet fruit to be reaped from the seeds that were sown.

444 ___________________________________________________ I am enhancing the strength that you have on your own, as opposed to the quintuple power you were relying on as a couple. Imagine how great your combined power will be in this new, cleansed constellation! Your muscles were all neglected to a large extent, but as you You always have to see the input I give in the light of the current begin to train them again, youll see that youll be regaining situation. strength, and you wont be the same weakling anymore as whom you perceived yourself. I want you to think about it and see You have to play it I can make new, better and stronger creatures out of those who somewhat by ear, and I also want you to be where youll be thought they were through, thought they had nothing left to give happiest and most fulfilled. in them, and I can tap strength and resources where some would Happy people are the most effective people when it comes to have not suspected any. making others happy with My love. I appreciate the hard workers who can punch in and put their I am He Who has begun this good work and initiated that new own happiness on the back burner, but I dont insist on flow of My Spirit you feel in your life right now, and I am the One everybody being like that. Id very much like for My children to be Who will hold it up and continue it unto its perfection, for you are happy, see their desires fulfilled, at least to the extent possible in destined to flow and become like a river, perpetually, ever this mostly evil world, or for as long as its possible, since hard growing, ever steady to bring life and nourishment to many. times are inevitably going to come. Hard times are going to come here and there, and youre going to I am an endless, continuous Source of life and nourishment to have to prepare for them somehow. those who trust in Me, and I want you to resemble My qualities as well, in that you become a constant source of whatever it is I Greater sacrifice also always means greater blessings in other want you to give as well, not failing, but continuing, steady, aspects. faithful. A new beginning always has a certain magic to it, as opposed to sticking it out in what sometimes seems like the same old rut that youve been in for years You have to consider that its no coincidence when Im making Just like a tree, planted by that continuous, ever flowing River, representing Me, you steadily continue to bring forth fruit, reliably, in your season, and you fail and wither not. You may have your winters, but you will always recover and bloom again

The greater the darkness the brighter the light that shines in it, and youve found yourself a star here that can shine in this darkness. Remember its not your own strength that causes you to shine, but My light and love in you. Theres not much use in trying to make an effort to shine in your own strength. All you can do at times is rely on Me and trust and confide that I will shine through you and do what you cant.

road of faith in an invisible God Who may only manifest Himself on your behalf at the end of the road - although He already has manifested Himself aplenty along the way, as you've witnessed countless little miracles of supply and you've seen My hand at work. The real crunch comes in the end, when it will show whether I will be with you even when you're of old age, and I will yet prove that it was a good move to trust in Me, and a better one than to put your trust in the System. The odds against you having made the 445 ___________________________________________________ right choice to put your trust in Me become greater as you grow "You can get it if you really want." Whatever you want, you older: the doubts become seemingly more substantiated. Am I can get it, if you really want it and really make the effort of faith to really a God Who's capable of caring for His Own, even when get it: exert a believing will toward that thing you want, visualize they've become old, fragile, weak and brittle? Or do I only work it and trust that I love you enough to make it happen for you, for those who are young and strong and idealistic enough until even against all the odds of seemingly adverse or even they become older and wiser? impossible circumstances. Of course, there is a healthy balance, and wisdom and maturity are good things to pursue. But the wisest move, as far as I'm Whatever's most important to you is what you will devote and concerned, is to put your trust wholly in Me. dedicate your time to. If you think you've just gotta have your fun, and there's no time to really make a wholehearted effort to Will I make it happen for you? Will I make your dream come true hear from Me, then the problem lies with your priorities and against all the odds? That's what you're about to find out! Am I preferences, and not so much with Me or My supposed really a God that it pays to put your trust in? It was easy to say unwillingness to communicate. that as a young idealistic hot head. How easy is it going to be now as you grow older? Will I still be your Rock that will give you What you cannot have, is everything at once. Sometimes you're shelter from all harm, and a never ending Source to supply all going to have to decide what it is you really want. Choose that your needs? option as your priority and then go for it, putting the others somewhat on the backburner, because you can't invest an equal amount of energy in everything at once. 446 ___________________________________________________ All in all, though you may have a few problems, it could all be You're putting your cards on love, while others are advising you worse; and youre right: maybe they shall be. But well deal with to rather put your money on security... that when those problems come around. Maybe someday you will regret your boldness and that you didn't I give you heavier loads bit by bit to train you for the next. Thats heed their advice, but then on the other hand you're finding out how you get stronger and build up some muscle. that you're just not carved of the solitary kind of wood that As far as all the different future options are concerned, isnt it others seem to be made of. You need company. And while that exciting to have such a vast range of prospects before you to may look as a weakness to some, it's simply a feature that I have choose from, discuss about, take into consideration and decide created certain kinds of people with. Otherwise, everybody would on? Youve got a future that you can watch unfold as it comes, be living on their own soon, and that was certainly not My plan or and interact in shaping it, instead of only a dim fog that you have intention for mankind. to wade through towards the obscure unknown Most people's lives revolve around money, instead of loving and caring for each other, and I almost find that downright cheap and disgusting. I make such wonderful things as people, and all that most folks care about is chasing little pieces of paper. Will I blame you for not wanting to listen to them and adhere to their game? - Certainly not. Of course the Enemy will always try to create scenarios where he will make you regret your boldness and defiance of his "nice little game" he created for people to play, his "big picture" version of "Monopoly." He'll always make folks like you, who put their hopes in love look like fools and crazies to the rest of the world, and sometimes even to themselves, in their moments of doubt. All you've got is Me to encourage you that you're not crazy, and that this is the way that you truly won't regret walking, and another occasional solitary soul sympathizing with you, ready to walk that path with you. Walking this road together is definitely preferable. But there will always come stretches, such as My lonely times in the desert, or My walk to Calvary, that you must take on your own, where you'll have nobody but Me, just like I had none but the Father to stand by Me in those moments. They're really but moments in time, but when they happen they seem to be endlessly long. I can only encourage you to keep holding on, to keep believing and soon you will see the dawn. Things will get brighter again. Circumstances conditions thats what you still go by. Forgotten are the visions of rising above even what they commonly call reality. Forgotten are the visions of the Matrix, and how I have empowered you and all of My true believers to overcome their paradigm, just as I was enabled by the Father to overcome. Yes, there was a cross to carry, there was suffering to endure, but we do it victoriously. We are those who overcome the world! So, lets do it, and overcome the world, with all its limitations and circumstances that threaten to lock you in! You can choose to be free through the Words that I give you and of which I said that they are spirit and life and that they should make you free. There is the realm of the flesh from which comes no true life. You have to realize that the true life is not this material existence they put all their emphasis on and invest all their energies in, but the eternal life that I give you. The flesh profits or avails nothing in the long run. All it accomplishes in the final analysis is decay. To create lasting life is something only I can do, and thats the difference. So, dont fall for their lie thats about to die. But lean on and trust in My truth that equals life life truly and everlasting. If life isnt forever, what else does it really resemble but death, since what really counts is the ultimate state things wind up in? Those who can easily settle for the paradigm that their existence All their world revolves around is money and the here and now. is temporal and that they will wind up as nothing but dust, well, There's a substantial and fundamental difference between your thats as far as their paradigm goes, and as far as their ability to lives that they could never even begin to relate to. convey life goes. Just about to the ceiling. If they're right, then you are of all men the most miserable, to put Whereas I want you to shoot for the sky! Think about it: Ceiling your trust in Me. If you are right though, then you will turn out of sky! - Two different destinations. One is yours, and one is theirs. all men to be the most blessed... So, you're taking the daring One is very limited, the other is not.

Their horizon may end with the ceiling, yours never will. While you may be subject to the same physical ills and plight as they, what will make the difference in the long run, is the spirit. So, yes, they are more successful when it comes to things physical. But thats no wonder, since thats what they invest all their time and energy in. All youve got is the spirit. What they might call thin air, or even nothing. But havent I told you that Im about to prove to the world that My nothingness is greater than all they can rig up in millennia of world history? Yes, I have chosen the weak, the apparently foolish, the nothings of this world. Thats just My style. And youre gonna like it, once you see the end result.

miracles. Everyone who returns My love is a miracle to Me, a precious gift from the Father, that someone should actually return My love and respond to Me in the way that I first approach them, instead of ignoring Me, which is, unfortunately, what many do, or try to avoid Me and push Me aside, because they're somewhat scared of Me or just interested in different things than what I have to offer and stand for.

448 ___________________________________________________ While I don't want you to worry about tomorrow, it certainly pays to make plans for the future in order to be prepared. Some people tend to get overboard on the King James translation of that verse, "Take no thought for the morrow..." Youll see that in no way did you ever have to feel bad about It's not quite what I meant to say, don't think about the next day yourself, except, perhaps, for those moments you doubted Me or the future at all. and the perfection of My plan. So, keep your focus on Me and My So, you don't have to feel condemned about trying to shed some ability to overcome all that they consider relevant or important. light onto the path ahead of you. After all, you're doing it with My Remember that you know something they dont. You know better. help and counsel. Futures are being framed and decided on here, and it's not a light matter. Many people might have wished to have spent a few more 447 ___________________________________________________ thoughts on that subject of the future, because in some cases, I let you see both sides of the coin: the advantages and when the future arrived, some found themselves less prepared disadvantages of (different) options, and I want you to carefully for it than they would have wanted. make your choice, and in the meantime learn a lot of lessons and You never would have thought or taken into consideration that grow stronger through your experiences. things would turn out like this; yet they did, and you're finding It is a special time of learning special lessons an opportunity to yourself less prepared to deal with it than you would have liked. focus clearly, and assess what's going on in your life. I don't want you to get a headache over all of this, but maybe you Of course, not all of it is necessarily positive. But the lessons can keep some options in the back of your mind until you have a you gain from it will be, and the experience, the extra spiritual chance to hear from Me about it, or some option and opportunity strength you'll gain from it. might come up that could be helpful in solving the problem, It thrills Me to see and observe what's happening in your lives, some open door, opportunity, or some new information on the and to Me it's something very precious. situation, any of which I am likely to bring along, since I am It's the real thing, and that's not what everybody can boast of in concerned about your welfare, too, want to help you, and am not this world. Many folks are content with some fake. going to leave you alone, fending for yourselves... But you don't have to settle for a fake. You won't have to be I want you to keep knocking on doors, keeping communicating prepared for any ugly surprises as far as the end of the road is with people, tapping them for help or input and counsel. concerned; you pretty much know what awaits you. I will provide and continue to provide open doors for you, just as You've got Me, and I'm all you need. I always have, especially if you're willing to take bold steps into the future. I want you to walk in an attitude of trust in Me, You're learning to discern what spiritual intake and food is good confident in My Promise that I'm with you and will be there for for you. you. You can count on Me. It's an art to hear properly and discern the voices that are Take A Chance On Me. affecting and influencing you, to really choose that which is good for you, and eschew that which is not. As far as I'm concerned, these are all excellent and precious 449 ___________________________________________________ lessons. Just as youre going to have to trust Me for having made you thus with all your flaws, some of which you would have You can definitely trust in what I'm doing in your life, that it's for known better not to include in your creation, so youre going to your good, even if you don't know what sort of an end it will take. have to trust Me for the way I made others. At least you will know that you have loved, that you have learned, and that you've experienced something special that not Yes, there will be battles and trials, and it wont always be easy, everybody has, and you can rest assured and be comforted by especially during moments when youve got nothing but blind, My Promise that I'm not out to hurt you. naked faith to hang on to. I mean for things to work out for your good, and I want you to be happy. I want what's best for you, and so I won't give you a stone I like you to find out where youre at and whats going on in the for an apple, or a serpent for an egg. mist and fog around you with My help. It draws us closer together and strengthens your dependence and reliance on Me. Nothing that happens to you happens by coincidence, and all your paths are carefully planned and laid out for you. I'm not just In a way you might say its all a big experiment to prove which letting chance run your life, which is what the Enemy sometimes of the two is a more reliable force: the faith you put in Me, or the makes you think and worry... What if bad luck should befall you, faith that people put in their own strengths and efforts etc. Its not an experiment in the sense that I wouldnt know the Those whom bad luck befalls usually don't have My protection, outcome yet, but rather one for you and all mankind to find out, mostly because they simply don't avail themselves of it, although basically, that what Ive said all along is true they often know they could or should. I'm allowing you to experience how wonderful it is for Me when My love for someone is actually being returned. It's actually a relatively rare event, which is what it has been for you, too, and why you find it so hard to believe sometimes, that it actually could be true... It makes you appreciate the miracle. See, you're one of My 450 ___________________________________________________ The darkest nights always precede the brightest dawns. If youre going through extremely rough and dark times right now, look up, for your redemption draws nigh! I can only deliver and save those who want and need deliverance from something. If there is no oppressor, no oppression to save

you from, then what do you need Me for, basically, other than to be your Pal and Provider? But its these specially dark, oppressing times that draw Me closer to My children, draw their focus on Me as their Savior and Redeemer and only Hope, and strengthen their dependence on Me, which is a factor I need in order to do in their lives all that I want to do Of course, you would prefer to see whats up ahead, so that you wouldnt have to walk by faith. Thats natural. Of course, youd prefer to be able to rely on your own strengths and gifts and senses, instead of this great relatively unknown and invisible Factor you call God The world around you would laugh and never understand how you could trust in such an uncertain Factor as Me for your wellbeing, but you must not only trust Me for the future, but also for the past and for the present, that everything that happened, came to pass in such a way that I knew would work out for your good, and for your best.

ones he will fight. He wants to make you regret that you didnt settle for his blessing, didnt allow yourself to be bribed by him, but that you insist on waiting for My blessing instead, which may be a little harder to come by and might take a little longer to get and see the results and fruits of, but in the end is the only thing worthy of being called a blessing indeed, since all of Satans blessings only crumble into dust sooner or later.

When it comes to this temporary world and the immediate situation, you seem to have a harder lot than they in many aspects. You have more adversities to struggle against, greater challenges, perhaps less of what most people would refer to as security. All youve really got is Me and My Words, and to most people that doesnt sound like very much. Now, you have the faith that these two factors simply happen to be the Cause of everything, and if they are, then theyre also capable of continuing to uphold what they initiated. And Id say, thats a smart thing to do. To them you may look mighty dumb. But lets just wait and see. I challenge you to dare to try Me and see whether I will disappoint 451 ___________________________________________________ you. That would be a bitter pill to swallow, indeed. But your The Enemy likes to make a mess of things, but I in turn experience has told you that so far I havent, and the only thing delight in restoring order from the mess he made. Your life might that tells you that I might, is the Devil. be a great big mess right now, but if you put it in My hands and So, why not just continue to put your trust in the thing that has trust Me, you may yet be amazed what I can do with it. brought you not richly, I admit, but safely thus far? In this aspect, Im like one of those few rare craftsmen who can Youve come this far by faith, why quit now? - Just because the restore and repair old items and make them look and work better Devil says so? Youve been smarter than that this far, why than they did before. I am capable of improving you to a degree change tactics now? Why leave a path that has guided you aright you wouldnt think possible! thus far? There may be a few things you regret. But you have to Im indeed a very good Doctor, and I can restore any life, no admit that those regrets are not as the Enemy would try to matter how messy or chaotic it may seem make you believe because of Me, or having put your trust in Im the Restorer of all things the Creator and Restorer. I will Me, but rather, due to some failures of your own, some wrong prove to all My children far and wide that what I have set in concepts, miscalculations and simply neglect on your behalf. motion, I am also well able to preserve through any amount and You couldnt really say of yourself that you have followed My way degree of adversities. The Devil shall not cause Me any loss, but perfectly, could you? only gain of superior quality in the end. Thats a mistake some people make: they follow My path, but not truly whole-heartedly, still clinging to some of the ways and thoughts of the world, or to their own selfishness, and then are 452 ___________________________________________________ disappointed if it doesnt work out the way they dreamed and All you or anyone ever had was My Word to go on, versus the blame it on Me and forsake My path. As if they had been doing all word of My Enemy, who sows his doubts about the veracity of they possibly could have and had been pursuing that path 100% those things that I say. His job is to get you to doubt what I say, uprightly without fault or blame, straight from day one. and as you can tell from history, and especially from the current You know thats not realistic. state of the world, hes doing a good job at it, since hes quite Its like a kindergartener saying he did everything necessary from persuasive, and apparently its a lot more attractive for most A to Z to get through college, or like someone pretending they folks to believe him instead of Me never sinned If I say, Youre going to make it; cheer up! then he says, The realistic view is that you do have weaknesses and flaws to Forget it! Youve got no chance! Fold up! And youre going to overcome, knowing that with My help you will. Its true that you have to decide which of the two words of advice youre going to could have made better progress or advanced more than you follow. actually did, had you maybe made a greater effort in some So, far, I think you would agree that you have fared well to trust aspects. Me, even if that trust hasnt exactly made you rich, and even if it But things could have also gone worse. You could have done has landed you in a situation with many more challenges and what many others have: quit, and not keep going in this way tests, perhaps even greater ones than you previously had. anymore at all, and I know there were times when you were very Of course the challenges and tests grow with your experience, close to contemplating that. and the degree of difficulty increases, which is to be expected in Now Ive brought along a reward for you because you held out a series of tests, and a school of the sort that life represents. this long, and its not quite that easy to get ahold of it. You have Youre supposed to grow and gain strength and skills, and thus to pass some more tests and challenges in order to get to enjoy you are presented with ever increasingly challenging tasks and it, overcome a few more hurdles of faith obstacles before you. You thought the book of your life was already as good as At least you cant say that a life lived for Me should be boring. finished, and the story was told, but Im trying to show you, You never have that risk of becoming bored to hell that all those youve only written half of it. short-sighted people complain about who only live for Are you ready for the other half? themselves I know, its hard for you to believe it. A lot of things Ive said Im presenting you with challenges that keep you alive, moving throughout the ages were sometimes a bit hard to swallow for and agile in the spirit, and dont allow you to fall asleep. - Even if those to whom they were said. But that was the difference theyre keeping you desperate at times. Life is a desperate affair, between faith and the vast nothingness that determined the lives and nothing to be taken lightly. of the masses, faith that put them in the history books as world Those who rely on themselves only effectively manage to do so changers, as opposed to those who never dared to trust and by ignoring the actual danger and the reality of their adversary, believe, and sank into oblivion. or by putting themselves on his side and kowtowing to him so he Heroes of faith may not have a lot of respect and rank in todays will leave them in peace. society, but trust Me that they will in tomorrows. He knows who his enemies are, and accordingly, those are the

So, once again, youve got nothing else to go by but Me and My Word and what I say, while the Enemy and all his hoards would convince you that the opposite is true. And youre feeling alone, deserted and scared, unsure whether you can really trust Me once again, this time They believe in the words of men, and their own conglomerated wisdom, based purely on the evidence of whats seen. You base your faith and life on the invisible Source of all that and trust that its stronger than its fruits and mere physical manifestations. I will show who did the better thing. I will show whether it was good or false to put your trust in Me. It may be a tough road, and a challenging one, but I can only repeat My Promise: you shall not be disappointed! 453 ___________________________________________________ Part of the process of getting to know what the real thing is, is to find out what it isnt. You first had to get to know the fraud, in order to recognize and appreciate the real, had to find out what you wouldnt want again, before you could know what it was you really and truly wanted; because, if youre quite honest: thats precisely what you didnt know. Two souls can simply develop in different directions. Its really a lot like the planets: sometimes two planets come really close to each other and then drift very far apart again. Sometimes it hurts, as you feel the gravity of that other planet that was so close to you pulling on you, threatening to take you out of your own orbit and drawing from you your energies and resources. But in this case I have provided a new star for you, one to bring you genuine warmth and light this time, and you, in turn, will do the same for her. It is an art both to give and to receive without restrictions, without drawbacks and limitations, and not many people are capable of that. In this you can learn to relate to Me in a wonderful, deep and intimate manner: learning to find out what it means when someone is truly ready to accept and receive you entirely without reservations, without trying to avoid having the light shine on any parts of their souls it isnt welcome, but truly ready to yield all. Many in the world get glimpses of such yielding, but often they fail to recognize Me as the Source of all that theyre seeking and longing for, and thus only manage to get a glimpse and a fraction of all that there is to be had

Spirit, and the Sunshine of My Love. Its like the light bulb that cant say, Im the light, since its useless outside of the socket, and without the switch being flipped that creates the connection between the bulb and the energy source. If you want to continue to shine and give off warmth and light, youre going to have to abide in Me. If you want the magic to continue to work, thats where Ill come in handy, since otherwise its just going to peter out and wind up in a little trickle scarcely enough to quench the thirst there is for love. The only way and hope to ever quench that thirst is by staying plugged in to the power source that guarantees endless supply of love power. I can do it. On your own, you cant. Thats as simple as it is, and your temporary losses of those loving feelings and emotions are simply reminders of that fact. You cant do it without Me. As long as you remember that and rely and depend on Me to love and shine, you will. Its like that message I gave you some time ago: forget Me not! Its an important factor, to remember not to neglect Me and your fellowship with Me, not nearly as much for My sake as for your own, since you need Me even more than I need you. Yes, I do need you, and a lot, but you need Me even more. I can keep loving and shining without you, if I must, but you can never shine without Me in the long run. Of course, you are the only way the world is ever going to feel and see My love at least that part of the world youre active in, and at least until I would have found and raised someone else, if for some reason you should ever refuse to continue to be My vessel, but as far as dependence goes, you cant work and shine in the long run without Me, My input, My Power and Spirit in you. And you dont need to, since Im always available for you. You just need to come and avail yourself of Me.

455 ___________________________________________________ You have to keep an eye on not putting My creation in a place in your heart above the one reserved for the Creator. The more perfect that creation, the harder that challenge becomes, and its an extra challenge to make sure you give Me the glory, keep Me on your mind, and always view your relationship through the spectrum and lens of My love for you, the fact that its My gift to you. You know that nothing in this life is permanent, and are aware of Others know Me at least in theory, or so they think, from what the danger of losing someone, which would be all the more theyve heard and read about Me but fail to grasp the deeper painful for you now that youve found someone you love so truths of life that are constantly revealed all around them, and much. Im surely not saying this to threaten you, but only to that others are more easily able to see who are not bound by the remind you to remain prayerful, grateful and on guard. restrictions that religion has imposed on them. When youve been given a great treasure, you must know how to guard it well. 454 ___________________________________________________ Just as you know worldly thieves would like to take off with some You must remember that I am the Source. Your own of the things you possess, so the Enemy would like to snatch resources are always limited. Your only hope and chance to keep your most precious spiritual treasures. on loving and to keep on flowing is to stay hooked up to Me, the Thus far, youve only learned responsibility to a certain extent, Source of your love. partly because you didnt always appreciate very much what you If you want the love to continue to grow and flow, youre going to had. need Me. Its like a plant that needs to be continually watered and Now, for the first time and mostly due to the painful fed with sunshine. Your love is the tree, the plant: I am the experiences youve just gone through youre very, very Sunshine and provide the water. thankful for what Im giving you, and youre really concerned Or better yet: you are the ground onto which My water flows, about not losing it. your love is like the tree, and the Fathers love is like the It puts you on a different level of alert in the spirit than the one sunshine that makes it grow, the Holy Spirit like the air, into youve been on previously, which was a very low one. Its good which your love, in return, contributes the result of all that love: to keep in mind the picture of the watchful warrior who is very the water, the sun, etc. More fresh air to thrill others. attentive to all that goes on around him, always on the lookout You are My love trees giving off fresh air and oxygen into a world for any potential threats and assaults of the enemy. that is dying from spiritual pollution. Of course, I would like you to keep what youve got, and I will help you, and will even do the bulk of the work of caring for and Whats important is that you stay grounded in Me, that you keep protecting you and yours. But you must do your part and give Me and continue receiving My nourishment, My water, My Word, My your cooperation. You cant be careless or lethargic about it, or

indifferent. I want to help you to become a good steward over what Im entrusting you and make the most of it. I know who I can trust with which gifts, so I know what Im doing, but Im making sure youre aware of what treasure I am entrusting to your care, and that youre fully appreciating the privilege Im bestowing upon you. You cannot treat this responsibility lightly, and Im making sure that you wont.

In My System, the best things in life are free, and I have already paid the price for you, that you couldnt pay. All your debts will be forgiven, and are forgiven, by faith. You have put your trust in Me, and thats why I have elevated you above those who have put their trust in mere temporal things or their own arm of the flesh. I will yet prove to the world that those who made that seemingly foolish choice to put their whole trust in Me were not so foolish, after all, but that they were really the wisest of the wise. So, doubt not, and dont think that your trust in Me might just All you can do at times is trust in My mercy, and in My Promise bring you disappointment, otherwise it wouldnt fully be trust that I wont allow you to suffer more than youd be able to bear. I anymore, would it? But if you trust in Me, do so wholeheartedly, know how difficult this situation is for you, and I have seen your fully believing that what I have promised I am well able and tears. I always do, because Im always with you. I always feel with willing to keep. you. Your pain is also Mine. I will not disappoint you. The Enemy may try to foil My plans time You share My pain, and I share yours. You have chosen to and again, but He doesnt stand a chance against Me I am well become a partaker of My sufferings, and I am choosing to able to protect My own against any of his devices, so fear not. become a Partaker of yours. Thats how relationship works: its Only trust. always a two-way street. I would never expect anything of you that I wouldnt be willing to give Myself. Because you have learned to love Me well, you will also know 456 ___________________________________________________ how to love her well. Because you have learned how to fight for You must be strong and focus on the positive. In a way, like Me, you will also know how to fight for and defend your family Bambi when his mother was gone, and his father told him to be from the onslaughts of the Enemy. I have been teaching you, and strong now. Yes, its rough and dangerous in the dark and you have been an attentive pupil. In My eyes, youre not as the savage woods of this world with the Devils hounds after you and world sees you: not weak, but strong; not foolish, but wise; not man threatening to destroy the natural and beautiful environment poor, but rich. Ive created. But you must put your trust in Me and continue to fight, refusing Ive had to allow you to first experience the cold, cruel, harsh to be intimidated, even by the seemingly overwhelming counterfeit version of love that the world has to offer, their way adversities. of seeing things, and their superficial criteria by which they judge Youre My sweet and tender little does, like Bambi and Feline, whether theyll be able to love a man, in order to truly and fully and I have sworn to protect you. My love for you is greater and appreciate this pure, genuine love youre experiencing and stronger than the hatred of the forces of the Enemy and all he receiving now. can muster up. I know to protect and guard well those who are Mine, and though there is reason for caution, there is no reason Remember the story about the teacher who was offering the to fear. pupils in his class an Ingersoll pocket watch, and only one little I am stronger, greater than the foe, and I am your unbeatable boy had the faith to grab it and stick it in his pocket. Right now, Champion. And I will champion your cause. I have devoted you see this precious gift Im holding before you, and youre a Myself to your cause and am on your side, so, dont feel little sceptical, like those other, doubtful school boys: No, Lord, abandoned. Yes, things could go wrong, but if you put your trust you cant really be intending to give this to Me! You must be in Me and make Me your hope and the main Factor you rely on, kidding! But I want you to be like that little school boy who was they wont. waiting on the edge of his seat for the teacher to come around I have kept you thus far through all adversities and hardships and offer him the watch. He only had to open his mouth, and and brought your families through many hard times and gone it was, in his pocket. situations that seemed less than promising. That was appropriating faith. He acted it out, grabbed it, and I will show you yet once again just what solid ground and seized the opportunity. It takes a little bit of boldness to claim the building blocks My words and Promises are. Theyre a basis you right to My Promise that maybe others dont have the faith for. can rely on. Theyre the stuff that holds the universe together, But just because they dont have the faith doesnt mean I and can certainly do the same for you and your little universe. wouldnt give it to you. Youve seen others whove had that kind of faith, and you figure, I know youre anxious, and perhaps a little worried that things Perhaps theyre more deserving. Certainly they are. might not work out. But youll have to continue to put your trust Well, perhaps they are, but My mercy is never about deserving. in Me that what I have promised, I am able and willing to keep. Im You cant earn it. It would be a paradox in itself to attempt to earn not the kind who makes promises they dont intend to keep. I am or deserve mercy. Mercy is always undeserved, otherwise it a reliable Basis for your life. wouldnt be mercy. And one thing you can know about My mercy After all, thats what I want to prove to the world through you and is that it endures forever. That means its endless. Im never those like you who trust Me and put their hopes in Me and running out of it. Your patience may come to an end, but Mine entrust and dedicate their lives to Me and follow My path: that I wont. And even so, the measure of My love and mercy for you am indeed more solid ground for anyone to build their life on will never come to an end. than all those supposed securities man could ever rig up in his Your personal means may come to an end, and your resources, own strength and wisdom. and you may be tempted to try to measure Mine by your own Yes, they may think they are very smart and very wise and insufficiency. But My love and mercy endure forever. You talk strong, but just how far their strength and wisdom will get them about endless love? Well, thats what Mine is. And I can also in the long run without My help yet remains to be seen. enable and ensure you to experience and have the same for each In contrast, your lives look like a chaotic and unstable mess other. compared to theirs, and yet, because you have put your trust in After all, as your Teacher, what I would like you to learn most of Me, I will put you high up on a rock for everyone to see in the end all, is to love like Me, and that is, endlessly, unconditionally, with that you have made the wiser choice. ever enduring mercy and forgiveness, and the kind of love that casts a veil over a multitude of sins. Not that I condemn anyone for not having the faith it takes to I know you can do no other but sin and fail, but I at the same time follow My road. Everyone has the liberty of choice and can can do no other but love you anyway. Its the opposite of the choose to do and follow whichever path they prefer. But those Devils system, where everything has to be earned and paid for. who do choose My path will be able to enjoy certain privileges

and rewards that will show that while it may not have seemed that way in the beginning, in the end, and judging by all criteria in the final analysis, your choice was the wiser one. Its all a matter of faith. And so, since faith is so relevant to this path of Mine, is it any wonder that Im putting before you now a path and a reward that it will also require some faith to obtain? I dont like to do things supermarket style, the way most folks in the world have gotten accustomed to: see it, want it, grab it, buy it, take it home and consume it! Lets just say I have a little more style than that. I want you to really take time to behold and marvel at what I have created for you and develop a desire and passion for it that will create in you a deep appreciation for the object of your affection My creation and a conviction that you will never ever want to let it go and guard it with your life. Supermarket items come a dime a dozen, just the way some folks in the world change their partners or spouses, but I want you to appreciate what I am doing here and never forget it, this privilege Im bestowing upon you, and never take it for granted.

whatever is to come. Hold on, and I will safely guide you through all this chaos around you! In fact, the greater the chaos, the more obvious My miraculous guiding and protection. The less there is of that artificial, manmade security, the more obvious it becomes that only I am and can be your true Protector. The more dependent on Me you learn to be, the better off youre going to be.

457 ___________________________________________________ Im still in the finishing stages of your breaking process, as Im bent on changing your life for the better, thats why there are still some painful moments when you realize and become aware of the gravity of the betrayal that has taken place in your life as a token and reminder from Me to you of how importance loyalty really is, ultimately. Your loyalty to Me is an important issue, just as it has become an important one in your life. I want your passion for Me and your dedication to Me be of the sort where you feel that no matter I want you to be on your toes regarding all this that I am doing in what happens, you want to see it through. your life, and not lax, sloppy and indifferent. What was then was Its that kind of commitment I like. then, but what I do now is something different. Im opening up a Loyalty is a big issue for Me, and since I want you to adopt My new and different chapter of the book of your life that is almost views and attitudes and to learn My ways, I needed to make sure like a new book and story all in itself, and its going to be the best that it becomes an important issue for you, too. yet. Its whats going to make the story and book of your life a As you can tell from the history of the beginning, a lot hinges on bestseller! You believe Me for it? loyalty issues. After all, all the evils in this world can be ascribed Well you can! You may get excited about what I am doing and to lack of loyalty on the part of one of Gods top officers, and about to do in your life! For few are the vessels who are weak those who then followed his example and shifted their loyalty and brittle enough to be so utterly depend on the special care of from Our side to his. their Master. See, the most precious and costly vessels are not the fat and heavy ones, but the finest and thus most fragile. 458 ___________________________________________________ Also, whats stored in them is not the average bulk of whats As you go, things will show. You dont always have to have generally available out there, on the market of life, but only the everything figured out beforehand. Life is an as-you-go learning finest and most precious ointments and fragrances. experience, since the practice has proven to be a so much more Your love is a very special and costly perfume that I have put effective teacher than mere theory. together with utmost care. I like to teach you most of all by the things that you experience, Its not the cheap, artificial kind you get on eBay! and basically, thats what life is all about, not just theoretical I am going to show the world, nay, the whole universe, what real head stuffing and accumulating knowledge in theory, but finding quality is. out. As youre finding out what life is all about, youre also being Im not the cheap kind who wants to rake in money quick and just found out. slap their products together. I am the Master of all things, King of - Like the consistency of diamonds. Diamonds are a very good attention to details. example of the Real Thing, since there are so many fakes that It may sound boastful, but in Me there is no pride. Its simply one can hardly be distinguished as such with the naked eye. It takes of the humble basic facts of the universe the rock on which an experienced eye with a great affinity for details; and, well, someday soon the Devils pride and that of the world will fall and thats Me. shatter. A lot of what may seem to appear quite real may come Youre well and safe down here at the humble but ever so solid deceivingly close to the real thing, but only after closer and Rock Bottom Foundation of the universe. There may be no place extensive scrutiny turns out to be not, whereas others who may thats lower, but also no ground thats safer, and in the long run not have looked as promising to begin with may turn out to be of things, you will find yourself highly elevated above their the real thing, after all. artificially created skyscraper heights and towers that will come When you experience the disappointment of someone turning crashing down before long. out to have been a fake, it strengthens your desire to make sure You may temporarily seem to be a lot lower than they, the you are the real thing yourself. You wouldnt want to be a fake kings of this world, but just wait and see. Youre on safe like them. ground that shall never be moved. Though the turmoil of this Any degree and measure of deception often mostly selfworld may be blowing, howling and whistling fiercely around deception to begin with will contribute to the probability of your ears, youre safely protected from all harm within My someone turning out to be less than the real thing. So, basically, protective bubble of light. what it all depends on is ones determination to refuse to settle for anything less than truth. Would I ever disappoint those who put their trust in Me? Would I ever let them down? I may at times test your faith to see and find out whether its real and lasting and enduring, but as long as you 459 ___________________________________________________ refuse to doubt and quit and let go of Me; as long as you do what Avarice is one of the great evils in this world, especially in you can to hold on to Me, I will always hold on to you and never these times, when the gulf between the haves and have-nots is let you go. Youre safe with Me. And because you are, you will let becoming deeper and vaster than at any other time in history. others know that they can be, too. The richest people on earth are getting richer than ever before, Your faith will be a strong fortress and refuge to many in times of while at the same time, more people are starving than ever trouble which are inevitably bound to come. before. So, is there any cause to be alarmed and troubled by the fact that Avarice is definitely being manifested in this world, and these this world is in an upheaval and nothing seems to be certain people will be held responsible for the good they could have about your lives? As long as you know and cling to that fact, that done, and for the suffering they might have prevented, if they I am the one reliable Factor in it all, thats perfect preparation for wouldnt have been so stingy.

Its one of those evils that are going to have to be exposed and dealt with. 460 ___________________________________________________ It's wise not to look at the circumstances, but beyond, at the One Who controls them, and has the ultimate say in things. I need to do something to keep you close to Me, not allowing you to look too far into the distance, because if I would, you know that that's also as far as you would run without giving Me so much as a second thought or glimpse. I know My children. It's not that I mind, but I also know what's best for them, and how much of the good things I give they can take at a time. Everybody instinctively grabs and takes all they can get, that's why I'm only giving you so much at a time; portion by portion, bit by bit. It is I Who am the great Constant in your lives, the perpetual Sunshine that's also there when one of you should not be there anymore to shine for the other, so it's very wise to cling to Me as your ultimate Source of hope. I have given you this love as a token of My own love for each of you, but it's still human love. It's My love wrapped up in human vessels. You should stay focused on the factor in it that represents Me: that fact that it is My doing, that it comes from My hand in the first place, and that I am also the One Who alone can bring it to fruition and will sustain it. If you remain focused on Me, the eternal Source of Love, then your human resources of love will also not run dry. I know and always knew what you're good at, and what you needed and wanted all along, all of which can be named in one single word: love. I know your capacities of love, but I've also had to enhance them. I know your desire for love, but I've had to cleanse it from impurities. I know of your need for love, and I'm still having to teach you that it is I Who am the only truly stable and reliable Source to provide you with that juice of life. Others can be My vessels and conduits of it, and if they remain faithful and focused on Me, they might manage to become a pretty much permanent conduit and vessel of love. But nonetheless I remain the Source, and the only One that's guaranteed to be unfailing.

have your own loneliness cured and being taken care of, but I want this lesson youre going through to be for the benefit of others as well, in the long run.

462 ___________________________________________________ According to your faith be it unto you. If you have the faith that I can and want to deliver you out of your situation, I certainly am able to. But you know that in some places I wasnt able to do much because of folks unbelief, and that is still true. A lot depends on peoples faith. I can only really do for you what you have the faith for Me to do for you. Thats why you have to keep making an effort to believe, put forth that effort of positive expectation, act as if you will receive or had already received the promise and gift by faith, rejoice and thank Me for it by faith There is a part you must do, you know? So much depends on you concerning what Im able to do for you. Your faith makes it happen. The light is there, the power is there, but youve got to turn the knob and flip the switch. Theres a part you must do, a little strength that you have to exert and put to use and work in order to make My greater Power go to work for you! You cant just passively expect Me to do it all for you if you dont even put up the tiniest little effort yourself to show some faith. Faith is what I honor. I cannot honor doubt and disbelief. Faith happens to be the one requirement that one needs in order to make My unlimited power to work for them. It doesnt cost anymore than that, but that is the price. That is why I talk about faith as a currency, and a more stable one than paper money, because its the price you have to pay in order to avail yourself of all My unlimited wealth, power, riches goods and services. And if you think about it, its really not that much to ask, is it? And praise is the voice of faith, the proof, the show that youve got it. If you praise Me, I can tell that you believe Me and trust Me, its like your credit card or voucher that shows Me that youre a bonafide customer or client, whos got what is needed in order to avail yourself of My services and goods. Its the medium that authorizes you to utilize all thats at My command, which is quite a lot. Just about everything. Except for those domains in the hearts and minds of folks where I am not allowed to enter and where access is being denied Me, where Im 461 ___________________________________________________ not wanted or welcome. The fact that youre still so easily shattered and emotionally That is actually what is converting this once heavenly planet into battered shows that your connection with Me isnt as strong as it hell on earth: all those locked regions in peoples hearts and ought to be if you really want to live a stable spiritual life, and minds where I and My loving Spirit and Sunshine are not allowed. walk a firm and stable spiritual walk with Me, without finding Just as you miss the physical sunshine, so I miss and lament the yourself cast down into despair every so often loss of access I have to so many peoples hearts and minds. Through your heartache Im letting you experience a bit of what I Youre trying to get done what you think you need to get done, go through. You become a partaker of My sufferings. So, dont but sometimes neglect your most important appointment of the worry, its not all just you and about you. day over it. Life is really all about Me, your relationship with Me and My role And of course, the Enemy knows how to distract you and take and place in it. advantage of the situation when you are being distracted The extent to which you make room in your life for Me, acknowledge Me, let Me participate in it, determines the degree Compare yourself to a soldier who has been seriously wounded of depths and significance, but also ultimate joy and fulfillment in battle, and of course, youre not immediately fully functional you will experience. It also determines the amount of love you until youve recovered, and that takes time. will have for others, since I am Love, and My Presence in your life Of course, the Enemy will try to slow down & hinder the recovery will be manifested in love. & healing, just as with an actual, physical wound: infections can You allow Me to enter and move in your life, to live in you and come up, and the patient becomes feverish, etc. through you, and by this, your life becomes part of Mine, and Thats why youve got to make extra sure that you submit Mine becomes part of yours. yourself to My care and inspection and undergo the treatment Its really like husband and wife. that I prescribe. The idea of becoming husband and wife as I have laid it down is You cannot just expect to be able to go on with business as really in accordance with that which they call soul mates, usual, as if nothing had happened. where the two shall become one; one flesh, but also one heart, This was a serious thing, and you can tell by the fact how one mind, one spirit, one unit, in order to symbolize and portray seriously hurt you got, and you cant just ignore it and pretend the union that is there between the Father, the Spirit and Me, and nothing happened. also the union that is there, and will be to an even much greater extent, between Me and My Bride. I want you to have a heart for the lonely people in the world, now that you got a good glimpse of what their pain is like All of life is really a metaphor. Its just that most people dont see I dont just want you to be concerned about your own needs, and it. Its a manifestation and illustration of some deeper, spiritual

truth. What remained of Me was not My physical Presence, nor is the greatest manifestation of My Presence on earth the physical existence and presence of My followers, but the truth within My Words and the message that I gave and left behind. It is that truth that will make you free, not an organization nor any conglomeration of people, for flesh will only avail to so much and in the long run profits nothing, and all that truly remains and brings life that will last is the spirit. That is the ultimate conclusion and bottom line of this whole lesson on flesh vs. spirit: the flesh is temporal and thus bound to cease: its destined to die, and thus, in the long run, and from an eternal viewpoint, good for nothing. The spirit is eternal, and that makes all the difference in the world, as far as I, the Eternal One, am concerned. I can relate to your preoccupation with temporal matters, of course. But faith is exactly the opposite: its voluntary preoccupation, so to speak, with eternal matters, instead of temporal ones, and thus its dealing with the things of real value, namely the things that will last way beyond anything thats to be found in the physical, and anyone investing in that, in other words: in the spirit, is truly wise in My sight. Of course, you cannot neglect the physical completely, just as I did not neglect to eat and to drink and sleep and take care of My physical needs when I was on earth, and these, along with many more pleasures continue on in the Spirit World; but what matters is the emphasis on the eternal, to do everything that you do for the glory of God, for an eternal purpose, not just for the shortterm, present and temporal purpose. If you do everything with giving thanks, and to the glory of God, if you continue in the praise of God, then you show forth that you are partaking of the eternal Realm to some extent, and you believe youre part of that, and not just of this small, finite Matrix most people refer to as their only reality. If you do everything in consideration of what sort of impact it will have on the eternal course of things, and what sort of fruit it will bear in the long run, how it will reflect on you and ricochet when you will stand before Me some day, thats when you start living a life thats upright, a life lived the way it ought to be, a life lived in love, since you will act in love and avoid those things that are not done in and out of love. Love is the A and O. Its everything. Its the eternal factor, nominator and common ground that connects the physical, temporary world with the spiritual and eternal. Its the faith, hope love connection once again, and the greatest of these is, and will always be love. 463 ___________________________________________________ While youre going to be dependent on others for certain of your needs, always bear in mind that it is I Who am responsible for bringing these people across your path in the first place to be there for you, and that it all including they comes from My hand. Im the Central Exchange of universal relationships. All edifying and godly relationships originate from Me, and so, in order to appreciate them properly, and also in order to avoid putting your eyes on man - their flesh, their faults - too much, keep an eye on Me as the Giver and Initiator or the relationship. Every relationship is like a plot of land or garden that yields certain kinds of fruit. I had detected many weeds in your former plot, along with the fact that it was growing barren and wasnt yielding the desired fruit anymore, so Im giving you a new, fresh, clean and better one. Your former plot was like your home, and you were dependent on the fruit that it yielded and what it did for you, but since you had failed to see the extent to which I had been responsible for giving you the plot in the first place, and you somewhat lost sight of My role as the Giver and ultimately, Owner, of the plot, things went haywire and Ive had to change some things. With this new plot you can much more clearly see My hand in it. You will never again wonder whether you perhaps might have made a mistake, nor will you have to keep wondering whether its

the real thing or not, but youll know for sure this is My gift to you, My plot for you, My personal garden created and designed personally for you: tend it! This is My plot of land for you: tend it! This is your garden for you to tend and keep and take care of, to defend from any weeds, to carefully guard and defend it from any evil weed seeds from the evil magician, and to work on with utmost diligence in order to prevent it from becoming unkempt and unseemly. And Im confident that you will bestow greater care upon it than you did with your former ones, since it is obvious to you that this is a gift that cannot just be taken for granted. This is more and something better than you knew you deserved, so, Im confident that you will appreciate this new beginning accordingly. You have become more mature and skilled in tending to relationships than you had been before, so while I had lent you the former plots more or less as to an apprentice, I now know and see that I can entrust you with your own and personal garden to keep until I return to reap My yield from it, the fruit that the two of you will bring forth from it for Me together. I know who I can trust with what; I know what I have wrought in your life, and there is a clear and structured purpose behind it all that you may not see, but I can see all the more clearly. One day you will all see that it really is not only all about Me, but that actually, a large percentage of what is going on all around you and in your lives, even though not immediately recognizable, is also of Me, it is My working, part of My plan, designed and destined to bring about something greater than the immediately visible before you. It is the final result that counts, which is something none of you can easily see from your present point of view, but if at all, can only be caught in glimpses of faith. Once you start being able to decipher and recognize My handwriting all over the story of your life, and how it all does add up to make sense in the long run, then you can also have faith that its all working together to build up one final, greater result and master piece, and youre slowly developing an eye for My doings and workings in your life. Youre starting to learn how to see it. That the end result will be something perfect, as utter contrast to the sheer evidence of imperfection you may see before you right now, but nonetheless, recognizable vaguely by those glimpses of faith, mainly based on My Promises, that this is My goal and intention indeed, to make you perfect, and Im in that process, which will be completed someday. All of creation will be perfect, and former things shall be no more than a backdrop of contrast against the eternal beauty and perfection of what will be then and will only shine all the more brilliantly in radiant glory. The memory and knowledge of what once was and had been will always serve as the perfect ground to be able to appreciate the beauty of My final and lasting Creation. Im constantly purging, purifying and improving you and your capabilities, as long as youre learning from Me. You started out as an apprentice, and now I can entrust you with your own personal plot of garden that wont have to be taken away from you again. Its your lasting and final plot, the one you will tend to and keep until I come or call you Home to Me. You wont have to be uncertain of it ever again. It will still be work, and there will still be challenges. But you will never ever have to wonder again whether this is really your plot on which youre supposed to be working or where you belong. It will be clear and sure to you without a doubt. This isnt any trial and error stage anymore on which Im allowing you to try things out to be discarded, but this is going to be your real thing, your final and own property of land on which you can prove what you have learned, on which you can build and plant what I will lay on your heart to do so, and it wont be disturbed or jammed anymore by your own former immature inclinations and hankerings toward the world or less than noble ambitions and motivations, either. Nor will it be work done by someone who doesnt have much of a clue or vision ahead, not much of a direct line of communication

with Me, the Master Gardener, for you have learned to be in just about permanent communication with Me, and you have learned to rely on Me in times of trouble and to really see Me and My role in all of this as the One it pays to attend to. You may not feel as though you deserve these words from Me, but I am proud of you for what you have become and all you have learned from Me, regardless of all there may yet be to learn. All that is yet there to learn is not a negative for Me, but only source of greater joy, since it is promising to give Me lasting pleasure of ever continuing to teach you, interact with you and bring about more wonderful results not only in your lives, but also those of untold others you will yet touch through all that youve received from Me. I can see results that you will be yielding for Me that you cannot see yet, but you can only catch glimpses of, tiny whiffs of future potential fruit and results youre going to bear and bring forth for Me and from Me and through Me. In this aspect youre a yielded, receptive and fruitful bride unto Me, who is receiving My seeds which will not return unto Me void. I can see glorious fruit growing in you that you cannot see yet, but I can already let you partake in the joy of anticipation of. Youre through and through My instruments, My vessels, ordained by Me, initiated by Me, which also will be completed and perfected by Me, a work of My hands that I can be proud of because I do all things well, I make all things good, including you. Because you have believed Me and have received My words, I will also not let you go away empty handed, I will not let you return home without fruit and substantial gains from the seeds you have allowed Me to plant within you. I will yet show to the world that the most glorious task anyone can fulfill is to be open and receptive and yielded to receive from Me, more than anything else they could ever do in their own strength and efforts. That the greatest work anyone could ever have done is to allow and let Me to go to work in them. Its so much like having a baby: you cant really work on that yourself, all youve got to do is receive the seed, and it is I Who do the work of creating the baby in the womb. Or the same goes for any plant: the most you can do is plant the seed, but you can never perform the miracle of making the plant grow from it. Thats why the teaching of evolution is such an insult to Me in claiming that it all just happens by itself. Well, even so then, the things that happen by themselves shall turn out and prove to be greater than all the vain and harmful efforts of mans own feverish and carnal works which so often work contrary to My plans and workings, serving in the long run as not much more than a lesson of which way you should rather not have taken. But Im saying to you: this is the way, walk ye in it: this is your plot, your garden, work ye on it! This is My gift to you, My Home for you, My little plot of heaven on earth, that I hereby give to you, that shall never be taken away from you, because I believe in you enough to trust you with it, and to know that you will do no harm with it, because Ive known your hearts, and I have always known whom I can trust. I have given you this because I know I can trust you, even when you would not have trusted yourselves, but have put your only hope in Me. Blessed are they who have not put their trust in themselves, but in Me, for they can be trusted. And they shall be trusted. Even the fruit of your tears will serve as a great fountain of life to Me. People will know whom they can trust, and they will know I will have put it in their hearts to know, even as I already have with some that they can trust you, because you have set your hearts and hope on Me. Whosoever will place their trust and hope and their bet on Me surely cannot lose in this race of life; youre always going to turn out the winner, because Im the one horse that cannot lose. 464 ___________________________________________________ Eggs and snowflakes seem to look all the same, but upon closer inspection it turns out that each one is different from the

other So, if I go to such detail in the miniscule parts of My creation, how much more so will I add variety in the crowning of them all. Its not the similarities that pose as problems, obviously, but more often, the differences. The more similarities you discover between you, the more you figure you might fit together The proof of real love, however, is more often manifested in the tolerance for and acceptance of the differences between you. You must be prepared for changes and developments in personality Its definitely going to be another big and exciting learning experience, and I love to and enjoy watching My children as theyre learning, and join them in their discoveries about each other and the life I created all around them. Its the same way a teacher enjoys teaching the same lessons over and over again, performing the same or similar experiments over and over again, simply enjoying watching his pupils learn and acquire knowledge from it. Stars and planets can look the same, too, from a distance, but the closer you get, the more you see theres a world of difference, literally So, finding out how to deal with the differences, learning to cope and put up with them and adapt to them, is what makes up compatibility in the long run. The differences have to compliment each other somehow. At the same time, one has to resist the temptation to take advantage of them in some cases, or let them develop into proportions that can turn out to become harmful 465 ___________________________________________________ Youve got to take it one step at a time. I know youre already worried about how its going to be when you get back from this trip, but like that youre just going to cheat yourself out of the joy of it. Havent I done it all so far? Why shouldnt I do the rest as well, if I have promised that I would? Sometimes youve gotta have a little faith in Me. Sometimes youve got to honor Me a little bit, and the fact that Ive never let you down so far. Now, it may look to you as though Ive let you down temporarily at times when I let you go through hard times, but cant even you see that those times were for your good as well? Do you really think you would have been ready for this, if I had not allowed you to go through this breaking? Dont you really see how this was good for you? So you should really have a bit of a more positive attitude about it, even if it did hurt. The lessons coming out of it are so valuable, just like all the lessons youre still learning in relation to your offspring Its not easy to stand accused and tried, permanently judged and criticized by your own off-spring, and a lot of My children and believers actually do the same and hold grudges against Me. Theyre trying so hard to approve themselves in their own sight by their works and carnal efforts, and are just as bitter toward Me when I dont go all gaga over it, just as I did not with Cain, when all I ever really wanted was a little lovin from them, not any grandiose works The way you wish that your children would show a little bit of genuine and unselfish interest in you every once in a while and are disappointed when they turn out to be sheer incapable of that, shows you why its hard for Me to pour out My love to those whose hearts are closed up toward Me. Its also related to the issue of love vs. lust: love seeks the happiness and fulfillment of the other, whereas lust only seeks its own gratification, a very important lesson to keep in mind. There is always that difference between those who are seeking only self-affirmation and a pat on the back to boost their own self-esteem, or some other kind of self-gratification and confirmation that will strengthen their egos, their faith and confidence in themselves, and those who are in it for nothing but love. They want to love and be loved. They have accepted and come to

know the fact that they are being loved, and more than theyd ever be able to fathom, and all they want is to return a fraction of that love Now, it does take a little faith to discover that love, and to see that love, especially since the Enemy is trying so hard to cover all its (otherwise obvious) traces with his lies, twists and distortions, which, unfortunately, most of them choose to believe But that is precisely the reason and factor that makes the likes of you so precious to Me - those who are able to see it and appreciate it and are willing to return that love. Love, as you can tell yourself, has become a very rare and precious thing in this world, and those who are in possession of that rare treasure are very specially treasured by Me. I guard them with utmost, delicate care, and I dont mind at all going hundreds of miles out of My way in order to make things right for them, so do not be surprised if I have rigged up this marvelous thing for you, and am in the process of building the basis of a beautiful, loving and fruitful new life for you! You were and are both looking for the very same thing, and would have each refused to settle for and be satisfied by anything less than the real thing, which is My genuine love, and a partner for whom that is also the ultimate and highest goal. Its not a type of deserving that is attached to any merits of the flesh, but simply an attracting quality that pulls those genuine lovers of genuine love together like a magnet, like that story about the male and female moth that were set free miles and miles from each other and yet found each other despite all the obstacles; and I am saying to you right now, Well done, little moths! 466 ___________________________________________________ You dont have to know everything ahead of time Its natural to want that, but I like to keep you in that place of trust walking by faith, not by sight Im teaching you that theres a deeper knowing than the acquisition of information. The sort of knowledge you acquire by experience is a lot more effective, it works more in you, and half the fun of experience is that you dont know everything beforehand Its like watching a movie: wouldnt it be dreadfully boring if youd know every time how it will end? Well, even so, in the Big Picture of life, youve got to let each scene unfold and enjoy as you go, and most of all, TRUST! 467 ___________________________________________________ I would not want you to jump to premature conclusions. I would like for you to wait it out a little while and see a little further down the road, what's coming there & awaiting you before you make any decisions. The prospects of a completely new life have always been trademarks of My modus operandi and Presence and workings in people's lives. After all, isn't that what I have promised and advertised all along - a new life? - Making it clear that a man must be born again, and that change is essential? - Calling people everywhere to have a turnaround? Plus, if you look at the historical precedents, from My call to the fishermen & tax collectors on down to the pretty clear statements on forsaking all and what it entails to truly pursue My path, you can definitely see a familiar pattern here that will make it easy for you to recognize My priorities and preferences in this matter of choice... Add to it the courage that is needed to take this step, the faith, the love, the vision and initiative, plus the radical determination and guts and incentive to be revolutionary, and you've got a pretty fresh, new pioneer effort, made in Heaven, of the kind that I specially delight in.

468 ___________________________________________________ Just as in your relationship with Me, where you know that the basis and core of it is good, but you also experience some testings that may differ at times from your definition of good, so I allow similar testings to occur in this relationship, which I have told you, is of the same nature as My love for you. You have My Promise that everythings going to be alright, but its not necessarily as though the fulfillment of that Promise is always at hand and visibly fulfilled It takes a while and some faith to get to the end of that road and fulfillment of that Promise. At times you have serious doubts and are very skeptical of whats going on and what I allow to occur on Your path, and you begin to wonder whether this path Im guiding you on could really be it Youre wondering, Lord, is this really it? Could this really be the real thing You promised? Well, I didnt really say that your faith would never be challenged again at all, and that you wouldnt experience anymore trials and testings of the nature that you always do in life, in just about every aspect. Maybe you were expecting too much of a one cure for all problems type of miracle, and youre a little disappointed that it isnt going to be that easy, after all. After all, I want to remain your Universal Remedy and Cure for your problems and lacks, and its not like I was going to abdicate that job to anyone else 469 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes youve got to have crazy faith to do things in a way that no one else would do them. You cant always take for granted that things are going to remain the same and just keep going the same way they always have You have to assess in your own heart what you have the faith to do, what would require the most courage or might be the most noble thing to do in the context of all that you have learned from Me in the past. Your personal pattern that I have drawn and laid out for your life is a unique one that wouldnt apply for anyone else, so, it pays to take heed to what I have been doing in your life. Theres a lesson to learn from the story I have been trying to tell through your life that it is your personal task to grasp and catch the point of. You can imagine the pain that leaving their families must have caused My original disciples and their loved ones, especially since My Cause was (and remains) a somewhat questionable one in the eyes of the world. You know that My way isnt always necessarily the politically correct way. But youre trying to assess whether that would justify breaking your word and letting someone down. Youre just going to have to keep following this path of trust that I will show and reveal to you very clearly what you should do, at the right time. The one thing that would be the wrong to do right now, would be to come to any premature conclusions, and base your decisions on those. Things can still happen that will alter your perception of things and new factors can enter the equation. My plan and purpose in this is for you to gain wisdom from this experience, a personal lesson on how I work in such situations in this day and age, a lesson on following Me step by step by careful assessment, rather than snap decisions Sure, you may wish thered be an easier way, a quicker solution and instant fix and immediate revelation that would not require this more tedious and taxing path of faith, but then that is just where Im telling you again to trust Me that My way is indeed the better way.

You dont need to know all the answers right now, but what you need to do is trust that they will be revealed and given to you at precisely the right time. You have to trust Me for My timing. If you walk in an attitude of blind trust, and that I will open up the right and obvious doors for you at the right moment, without insisting on having to see them all ahead of time, you can also be sure that youll be better able to find your way with My help through the times of darkness that are yet to come, where it wont be possible to walk by sight anymore at all. 470 ___________________________________________________ The Martha-life vs. the Mary-life: Most people simply live Martha-lives, and just like Martha of old, they have a hard time just leaving the Maries be, sitting there, listening at My feet, while they are working hard and bending over backwards in order to please everybody. Basically, what it amounts to is a choice as to whom they really want to please most of all, and in order to please Me, youve simply got to spend time with Me & have the faith that that time spent with Me is a worthy investment. Without that faith it is impossible to please Me. Most folks simply dont have that faith and thus simply spend their time on anything and everything else but with Me. Of course, there are some accomplished organizers who manage to squeeze their time with Me into some little corner of their busy lives, and in some ways, thats the ideal, but not everybody is that organized, and not everybody has reached that level of efficiency, and yet many folks still have that need to hear from Me, but are basically afraid to take that time with Me.

and some hurdles to overcome. You know that life for Me is like that: no crown without a cross, and in this you can be certain that this path together that Ive ordained for the two of you is truly part of the same path, My path, that youve been on and following for quite a while now When things are attained and obtained too easily, you simply cannot appreciate them in the same way as something that youve had to pay a price for and had to endure some suffering for.

Love was meant to be forever; and while that may not necessarily apply to every relationship, it does apply to the ideal relationship, and My idea of a relationship, so what Im building and establishing here in your lives is a relationship that lasts. You cannot think about this in short term, your usual, want-itnow and gotta-have-it-now consumer type of think. This is future think! In terms of something that will last: a foundation for something thats supposed to last you a life-time. The spur-of-the-moment actions have been so far, so good, but now theres something different coming, something lasting, the real thing. One major indicator whether something is the real thing is whether it lasts. The real thing is forever. It doesnt give up its ghost or break into pieces as soon as a little bit of rattling occurs, nor does it easily swap and change over to someone else and shows a lack of loyalty at the appearance of some other shining, flashing star on the horizon. While those less-than-the-real-thing type of relationships youve had were My will for you and part of your preparation to get you where youre at now, youve got to realize that this is something different now, something you can and must put your whole heart I take everybody where theyre at, and if someone has a need for and being into. accomplishment and achievement, I will take them where theyre Just as I would want you to serve Me with your whole heart, at and accept whatever amount of time they have to offer Me. On youre going to have to put your whole heart and energy into this the other hand, what is sometimes sad is that this kind of people marriage. Its going to cost you everything youve got. Its not have a hard time accepting the need of others who are not like going to be something you can just do on the side them, to be spending more time with Me. But of course, I also know that it will be possible for you to do that because of the amount of love I have given you for each The Enemy comes up with all kinds of mean tricks to rob you of other, so its not going to be too difficult. the most important thing in your life, which is that time you I do want you to remember, though, that for this thing, you will spend with Me. have to give it your all. This is My destiny for you, this is My job, So, it is, after all, a fight, and you must determine that this is a task and role for you that youve got to fulfill, and so you can, will priority in your life, something youve got to fight in order to keep and must give it your all as you fulfill it. implementing it, and let nothing and no one steal this right and This is not another half-hearted effort, but the real thing in which foremost duty from you. you must invest your all, every ounce of energy, every bit of strength. Life is, for most people, a struggle to obtain certain values; the If you wonder why you havent succeeded at anything previously, things that each deems most worthy of pursuit, and you must its simply that: you simply havent given it your all yet for determine what it is that is most worthy of pursuit in your eyes. If anything you tried, any of your endeavors, because you always its fellowship and relationship with Me you seek and above all, thought there had to be something better around the corner then you will often have to fight in order to defend that value Well, this is it. This is the better thing around the corner, and in from all the other things and responsibilities in life that threaten order to make this work and succeed in it, you can give no less to crowd that factor out of your life. than your all. 472 ___________________________________________________ Probably it will all boil back down to this point that youll realize I want your being to be anchored in Me. When youre alone, I that without Me, youre simply sunk, and that you can do no want to be your Companion. I want to be the Factor that other than put Me first, if you want to make it through your days determines happiness, joy and bliss in your life, and I dont want successfully. your happiness to be dependent on anyone else. I want you to realize that I am the One Whos always there, the I have simply made and programmed you in a way to be One you can always rely on, and that you will survive, because dependent on Me, and you may get away with running on your Im the strength of your life. own battery for a little while, but sooner or later youll need to I want you to learn to hold on to Me even when things are very come back, desperate for a recharge. difficult for you. I want you to know that I am enough to see you through. Blessed are the weak who let Me be the strength of their life. 471 ___________________________________________________ I am fully aware of how difficult it is for you in this situation to Taking things and especially people for granted is a killer, keep your focus on Me and make Me your only hope and your and Ive watched it do so much harm over the course of time, you major factor of supply and happiness, and its precisely the new can hardly blame Me for making things a little harder on you in challenge I bring along for this new part of the lesson of keeping order to ensure you wont be making the same mistake Me first in your life. In order to be able to truly appreciate something like this In this case, where nearly all you see is good and something you relationship, it is good if there has been a price that had to be want something you wanted all your life its going to be an paid for it, some hardships to go through in order to obtain it, even greater challenge to keep Me in the first place in your heart;

not to neglect your fellowship with Me, and to spend the time with Me you need. Im helping you by not making it too perfect to begin with. But as time goes on and things might go really well, youll have to make an extra effort to keep your focus on Me and not make a god out of your relationship.

This stretch of the road right now may be a little rougher and bumpier than the one of relative rest and ease youve enjoyed previously, but it doesnt mean that its not good for you. It was time to wake up from that nap, and though I used the recent quieter years to draw you closer to Me and for you to learn to hear My voice more clearly and see Me and My hand more clearly in the Big Picture of everything, it doesnt mean that At the same time, the more I become that Factor of stability in whats coming now is going to be any less good, educational or your life, both emotional and in other aspects, the more youll purposeful. also be an anchor and pillar of strength to her, because it wont I still know what Im doing, so just trust. just be human strength youll be relying on, but Mine, and youll always be able to remind her of that, that its not you, but Me Who upholds both of you 475 ___________________________________________________ If she can truly see Me in you then it will work to keep Me in the Its difficult for some people to realize that Ive created others proper place in your relationship and hearts, but thats why unlike them. Theyre usually the kind of folks who are generally youve got to make an extra effort to make sure that I am your quite content with themselves, except for the fact that they notice strength and Who and what can be seen in you. that other people do sometimes collide with them and have problems with their ways. While you might wish to be a little more like them and cant quite 473 ___________________________________________________ understand why I should have made you so different, its the At some point everyone whos going through a hard time, Maries, not the Marthas who have chosen the good part that will some heart break or an emotional crisis, will have to make the never be taken away; in other words, the eternal and lasting part, conscious decision to move on beyond that point of grief and while their workaholism is simply doomed to fade. loss People will still sit at My feet for eons to come and learn of Me, The grief and pain do serve their purpose to soften and melt their while the rushers-around in their own strength and strength of hearts, but at some time youve got to be ready to be formed into the flesh will be gone and forgotten. Its that other part that will something new again and to solidify again as such stay. The death of the old is always for the purpose of the birth of And just as it has always been, the ones have always persecuted something new; a new creature, and you have to envision that the others, because they figure this is their world, and it ought to new someone I want to make out of you and grasp hold of that be run according to their rules. Theyre the majority, and theyre vision and go for it. You can already catch a glimpse of all that the ones with all the power and strength, who will just run over Im able to make out of you, and this doesnt just have to be a the weak, but as I have said, its not they, but the meek who shall temporary reality, but you can embrace this as the new you Im inherit the earth. bringing forth out of this breaking experience, melting and humbling So, what can you do in the meantime, before I will fulfill that That should be the greatest miracle you can see Me bringing Promise and let you inherit what they claim is theirs, but I say is forth out of all of this: the great change taking place in you. And rightfully yours and Mine? All you can do is the same I did, and you should rejoice and marvel at My workings in you, and not thats endure it. You can give them the truth to chew on, but it focus so much on the details of the physical circumstances will usually only make them more upset with you and your kind, stir their anger all the more against you, and their envy, their resentment of the likes of you, just as they would have loved to 474 ___________________________________________________ rend Me with their teeth in anger, as they did Stephen If you make mistakes, I can make it so that every stumble will only be a fall upward, every trial a lesson and something you The works-religionists vs. the grace-religionists the greatest benefit from in the long run. battle ever. The former tear apart, creating deep chasms between themselves and the others by pointing out their superiority and Watch out for any attempts of the Enemy to attack through the others inability to become like them, while the others are the sensitivity, which is one of his favorite weapons right now in only kind who truly bring things and people back together, which emotionally charged situations. is the true meaning of re-legio(n). Its sad when you find those Cains and Marthas who should Youve got to hang on to the Promise that this is something good know better, among your own ranks, but it was sad for Me, too, Ive brought your way, and that I didnt give you a stone or and if theres one thing Ive promised and made clear, its that serpent when you asked for bread or an egg. It may be a different you, My true followers, would always suffer the same fate I did, kind of bread and another kind of cup Im asking you to drink and that what they have done unto Me, theyd inevitably also do than you were used to, but you must trust that this is your meal, unto you which Im serving you. Im putting this in your mouth, and like some of the new and strange foods and dishes youre getting to taste, you can also trust that this is good, will nourish you and 476 ___________________________________________________ make you stronger in the long run. You know My stance, or that of My Word on those who think they know anything. If youre quite certain that you know nothing The difficulties and challenges are there to remind you that you compared to all there is to know, youre quite safe. As long as cant make it without Me, and that youre still dependent on Me. youre genuinely calling on Me for counsel and dont think you The little occasional hurts are to remind you that only I am and can make any sense of things without Me and My supernatural ever will be your perfect Spouse, the One Who wont ever hurt aid and guidance, then youre on a safer side in My opinion and you. view than those who think theyve already got things all figured I may allow you to experience pain, but only to help you grow out by themselves, and theyre so wise and know it all. from it; there is always a good and beneficial purpose behind it. Got no clue? Im with you! Sometimes the road I lead you down in life may look a little rough, wild, and perhaps questionable to you, and youre prone to wonder whether Im leading you up a good and proper trail, but thats where trust comes in, and you ought to know by now that what I choose for you is good. As you may recall, I had My own share and fill of those who thought they knew it all, and it was their knowledge that led them to crucify Me, that caused them to want to see Me dead Sometimes when youre just hanging on by a thread and by that last little bit of faith, not anywhere near knowing for certain

whether you or anyone you know is right about anything at all, Im closer to you than at any other time, because I just happen to like to help those who have come to wits end as far as helping themselves was able to go Im still the Hope of the hopeless and the Helper of the helpless; still want to be all you need, as opposed to those who feel as if they dont need all that much at all anymore, since theyve just about already got it all I figure, thats fine for them; but theyll never know all that I would still have in store for them I manifest My power and Presence in different ways in different lives; usually according to what it is they seek and want and desire from Me. If its opulence and wealth in the physical they want from Me, I will often grant them that. But if its the Real Thing you want; that which lasts forever, you might just have to forego that and find Me the real, true and naked Me there at the bottom of wits end and in the emptiness inside, within that aching void I sometimes leave in your life, just to show you that all else really fails to satisfy that deepest longing in your soul. They can have theirs, but I will be yours because thats what you wanted 477 ___________________________________________________ My love for you is greater than anything you could measure. Its not limited by any confines, so, its always hard for you to imagine or even believe that I could possibly put up with you and your antics, but I simply can. When it comes to love, theres nothing I cant do. No extent or lengths to which My love wouldnt go, there isnt anybody whom I couldnt love, nor is there any sin or evil they may have committed that could ever stop Me from loving them. My love is simply unstoppable.

buildings. It also pays to be up to date and on par with the latest technologies and commodities, which can make life easier, just as it pays to be up to date on all the latest input from Heaven and the Spirit World, and not to dwell only on the old, or adhere only to old, outdated philosophies that still lurk and linger in some peoples minds. There are easy ways to do things like wash laundry, and there are hard ways, and if you like to invest less time and effort in such things, it pays to avail yourself of the latest technological gimmicks that make it possible to invest your time otherwise Of course, it may also pay off someday to still remember the old way of doing things, when the newest and latest and modern technologies may not be available, just as there is an advantage to some degree of conservatism. You dont have to throw out the baby with the bath water, but can keep of the old that which is good and useful. What matters is that you always stay open to Me and My light, and My input, and that you always have room enough available for Me and My chosen methods for you, which means, you might also have to be willing to discard some old ideas and mental baggage every now & then, get rid of some unneeded stuff and make sure you always have room for something new and better.

Youre all just pilgrims & strangers, visitors in this temporary world, if you will, and what I said about making sure you have enough room in your life for Me also applies to staying flexible, moving and alive Without changes you become dependent on other things than Me, and as you have experienced, it can be quite painful when they let you down. Through the changes I have wrought in your life Im causing you to be more flexible, compared to your former, rather stagnant situation. Sometimes you would like to have some more practical and When you move, you set a process in motion that will make down to earth advice from Me, related to your immediate things happen. situation, but I prefer to give you gems and jewels that will last Events, being of a different nature than things, when your life is beyond your immediate situation. filled with them, they dont necessarily clutter it up. What you While prophecies will cease, the words that I have spoken to My do have to watch out for, though, is that they dont take away all saints throughout this age, this period of the universes history, your time, so that there will still be enough time for you to spend will remain, as I have promised: Heaven and earth will pass with Me and receive My input. away, but My Words will not pass away. Always make sure that no matter how much is happening in your Its that whisking you out of your immediate, temporal little realm life, there is still enough room and space and time for Me to into My heavenly and eternal one, where you can see things a happen in your life. Allow Me to participate in it, become a part little more from My scope and angle that gives you the faith to of it and a Member of your team. overcome the obstacles, since all of a sudden they dont seem so As long as you make sure that I am your Guide and your large and overwhelming anymore. Companion on your travels and trip through this life, youre You begin to realize how easy it is for Me to just lift you above moving to My Rhythm of Life, the beat that I have ordained and them, and how irrelevant they become once theyre flooded in the set for the tune that is to be your life. light of Eternity. Life, to you, may represent a series of problems and obstacles, The story, book and metaphor of your life isnt finished yet. You but for Me it is merely a series of opportunities to present you thought there was nothing more to write, nothing more to with My solutions, to show you My love and power and light in discover, but I say, you havent even yet begun your discovery. contrast against all the dark and gloomy backdrop of your Just because one chapter was closed and finished, it did not present conditions. Your life is like a hollow space I can fill with mean by far that I was finished writing your story. There is more My something. Thats why I made it a requirement for My to go, more to learn, more to discover disciples to forsake all and drag as few personal possessions Would you have dared to hope and think that there was going to around through life as possible, since those whose lives are be such a vast, strange new chapter with new characters you had already full have less space left for Me to fill it. never met before, never heard of? What matters is not so much the amount of possessions as the amount of space left for Me. Some folks have relatively little, and As you can tell from My history, I specialize in using people who yet they have very little room left in their lives for Me to reveal thought they were through, that there was nothing more they anything to them, or for My light to shine on their lives. Theyre could do, go through or experience like small, dark, cluttered rooms. I delight in using those who think they cant in order to show As you can tell from the different types of buildings and houses, them that through them I can, if only theyre willing to give Me a some have wide open spaces with lots of light flooding into chance them, while others are small, dark and smelly, so it is with the You have yet more to give. The river of your life has yet more to souls of people. It is usually also the newer buildings that are pour, more water to gush forth, more terrain to discover and more spaciously built and allow more light to flood through them. refresh. Theyve got nothing to hide and are nearly transparent. Some areas may not be as appreciative of the water you have to Some folks hearts, minds and souls are like mansions; others give as others, but remember that its the lower regions you must are like dark, narrow rooms. flow to, as you just bounce off the higher regions of the proud, It requires quite some work to modify and renovate some hard and mighty.

If you go by the level of your popularity and the degree of your reception by others, you might as well fold in, but as you can tell from Moses case, My own, and that of many others of My prophets, popularity is really of no relevance at all in the long run. Moses wasnt even appreciated much by his own people, much less the Egyptians Yet it is he, not his people, nor the Egyptians, whom the world now remembers and honors and has for millennia. So, your immediate impact on the people around you isnt nearly as relevant as the long-term impact of what you have to give in the long run, and how it may affect them even long after youre gone The Devil and his people arent the only ones who have been working over generations, and for whom immediate success isnt always relevant. Theyre only imitating Me and My ways, so you can bet that they copied this, too, from My style and modus operandi, and for a good reason. All the supposedly deep hidden secrets and mysteries that are to be gleaned from magic and the occult are really only revelations because theyre adaptations of My truths and principles. They have copied and learned from Me, and thats why you in this generation of people who have lost much of the ancient wisdom can in turn learn again from some of their adaptations of My principles and rediscover them that way. Thats why magic or anything the Enemy can muster up is nothing to be afraid of: Its only the power and wisdom they have stolen and copied from Me in the first place. Just remember that youre a holder and keeper of the oldest, original and true Magic, straight from the Great Magic Painter Himself, Who cooked up this whole Show to begin with All the others are only former pupils and apprentices who tried to set up their own businesses and rake in some credits for themselves on My behalf and on material they snatched from Me. But just as you and a few others have already found out, so the rest of the world is also bound to realize that theres nothing like the real thing. 478 ___________________________________________________ I still have the answer to the mess that is you. Realizing & remembering what a mess you are will help you keep in mind just how much you need the heavenly answer to that mess, and thus will help you to keep your focus on Me, simply because you have to, the same way you have to keep in mind food in order to survive, or the way you strive for warmth, light and air in order to keep living. Its not a coincidence that you need some of these things so desperately, but theyre to illustrate just how desperately you need Me. Its true that Im letting a lot of people get away with not realizing that, but youre getting a glimpse how far off the track they are Just as you know youre going to be too weak and sick in the long run to make it very far without any of these things, youre also finding out that you wont get very far spiritually without Me, Whom all these necessities of life represent. If you neglect them, or Me, in the long run youll find out that somethings desperately wrong and missing from your life & the way things should be. 479 ___________________________________________________ You cant reap the harvest or the fruit of a tree before its ripe, and though you may see its blossoms and enjoy watching it grow, there is only one certain moment and period which is the right time for the harvest; either too early or too late would be detrimental in some cases. Even so it is with the fruit you are to harvest from this tree of love that I have sown; it has its due season when it is to be harvested, not before. Waiting on Me and moving with My perfect timing & schedule is of the essence. It is up to neither of you to say, Now is the time, because I want

to enjoy the fruit now, or Why cant we have the harvest already? because I am the Lord of the harvest, and only I know exactly when each fruit is ripe, and when the time is ready. Sometimes it requires another portion of trust, when there is something you desire strongly, but for some reason I wont let you have it right away but choose to let you wait a while. Keep in mind this parable and metaphor when you may feel tempted to become impatient: that youre still in the ripening process, and I, the Lord of the Harvest, will show and tell when the harvest is ready. You have learned to trust Me for many other things in your life, and this is going to have to be one more of them, simply because you have learned that I know best. When it comes to timing, Im an unequalled Specialist. Sometimes it may seem to you like a necessary evil: at times it runs too fast and cuts short lives or enjoyable times, and at others it seems to pass dreadfully slow as you wait for the fulfillment of some promise or desire Perhaps the secret is to take both in absolute perfect trust and faith, yielding to whichever of the two I happen to bring across your path. Thats the Naked Now and the art of living in the present, experiencing each moment to the full, instead of focusing on some strongly anticipated event in the future or crying over the spilled milk of the past The great secret to enjoying every moment as much as possible lies in your union and connection with Me. The extent to which you are connected to Me will determine the degree to which you are able to enjoy whatever is going on, finding yourself able, as the apostle said, in whatsoever state youre in, therewith to be content. The result is a happy, joyful life, as opposed to one spent murmuring much of the time about the fate that has befallen you and your circumstances If you can see Me as the constant Source of joy in whichever situation you are, then you can also be happy in a seemingly unwelcome situation in which youre having to wait an uncertain amount of time. Its definitely not comparable with human jealousy when I refer to Myself as a jealous God. I simply do it for your sake, because in the long run its better for you, your loved ones and your relationship, as well as any object of your desire and your relationship to it, if you learn to not make them the most important item in your life, but try to reserve that place as much as possible to Me. This may sound like a very much softened down version of Thou shalt have no other gods before Me, but thats in essence what it means. So far, people simply trusted Me for it and that I knew what I was saying, and it worked for them. Its just in this day and age that people require a better explanation of these things, and Im happy and willing to give it to them. I could have also put it differently and simply said, I wanna be your best Friend! But My relationship with people in general has only more recently developed to such a degree that all parties feel more comfortable using more of a language of love than one of authority. The authority is still there, but the love is prevalent. I wanna be loved by you, and getting you there has proven to be quite a tricky task in many cases, and the route of authority has not always been the best and quickest to get you there. Of course, its still better for a lot of folks to fear Me than to ignore Me altogether, but as a God of Love, I definitely prefer to be loved over being feared. I know you better than you know yourselves; I know best what you need, and I know all about the timing in your lives, and just what it takes to bring to pass the ripening process. 480 ___________________________________________________ I wont ignore those who turn to Me and plead Me for aid and help, which I wont refuse them.

Prayer sets a real process and connection in motion, it gets things moving, activates processes and results in a whole sequence of events. An actual exchange of power takes place, quite comparable to that of an electric current, and not any less powerful I want you to avail yourself of its power in the same way that you avail yourself of electricity and the commodities at your disposal, and realize that My power is just as real, and just as useful, practical and handy. I hate to remain merely in the realm of the theoretical, where many believers keep Me tucked away, unable to interfere with their lives, limited solely to the realm of their minds, and not their daily lives. Theology is not really so much My thing, because I would rather be actively involved in simple and practical-minded peoples dayto-day lives, instead of merely remaining some obscure subject to be studied by some intellectual minds, kept on that purely theoretical level No wonder some people think that I am the creation of people, instead of vice versa; and I am looking for people who will give Me a chance to prove to the world the opposite, that Im more than a mere concoction of some peoples minds. I want My evidence to be seen and noticed. Thats one reason why I bring crises and threats and challenges into your life, because they force you to pray and put My power to the test and enable Me to become active in your lives, which again will strengthen your faith that I am capable of aiding you to a greater extent than maybe you previously thought possible. Otherwise I feel like a genie all locked up in his bottle, never ever freed in order to show his power and make his services available to anyone, never fulfilling anyones wishes. Yes, I do use you, if you let Me, but its a two-way street, and I want you to use Me, too! And I certainly dont have any problems with it. Imagine you had learned a job and no one would ever avail themselves of your services. Youd start feeling useless somewhere along the line, right? So, I want to employ you in order to make you useful in My service, and likewise, I want you to employ Me as well and tell Me to go to work on your behalf and get things going for you, to move and change things! Isnt it exciting and thrilling when I do? Doesnt it prove to you that Im real, that I love you and care for you, and can be of much greater, practical use to you than many folks would think possible? Many things may be changing, but may this never change, that My children believe and know that they can always count on and avail themselves of My very real help, and that I will always be for them a very present help in trouble! May you always know beyond a shadow of a doubt how real I am, and how willing and quick I am to come to your aid and work great and powerful wonders on your behalf. All youve got to do is rub that bottle, flip the switch and ask!

did you ever regret it? What makes you think that you would now? I want to supply your needs and care for you! Its a joy and pleasure for Me! I want to see you happy and satisfied! I want to show the world through your lives that there is a different way, a real alternative a way of trust in Me instead of in oneself and ones own abilities only. You can trust in Me and I want you to convey that to the world. How could I expect that of you if I would let you down now? 482 ___________________________________________________ All you really have to do and can do, is knock on those doors to find out which ones of them I will open. You cant force them open yourselves. What you also can do is listen to and wait for My advice and counsel before you go through any of them prematurely. You can honor Me by double-checking with Me, even if it may seem obviously clear that something would be a good opportunity to take hold of. Make sure that its really My highest and best option of My will for you! What else could I be expecting of you? I know what your capacities are, and your limitations. What makes you think that after 6000 years of history since Cain and Abel and after all that Ive already told you on the topic I would now expect of you to work up a sweat or work yourself to death in your own, limited capacities that I am very well aware of, since I have equipped you with those very limitation Myself, precisely to make sure you wouldnt be able to just join the vast mob in doing exactly the same as everybody else: work for mere survival, being kept way too busy to ever deal with the real and true purpose in life of finding Me in it and listening to what Ive got to say, watching what I have to teach you through that process called life Why in the world should I expect of one of the comparatively few attentive pupils I have left to leave their post on the school bench and join all the Marthas in their endless feverish efforts to be encumbered about with many cares and worries, all about things that I have repeatedly promised to take care of for you, just as I have proven to you that I do?

Its true that some allies and former friends and factors of supply have deserted you, leaving you in some kind of a deep hole, making you wonder how things might possibly go on from here Well, they will go on somehow, dont worry! And no matter how much you worry about them, they will still go on somehow! You cant add, subtract or change anything about that by any amount of worrying! The only difference is that it will make you feel bad instead of good the way you would if you would honor Me by trusting Me. The future, thankfully, is as bright as the Promises of God, not as dark as the worries of man! The future is still in the same powerful and strong hands that have upheld all things since the beginning of Creation, and although man largely thinks of himself as the all-decisive factor to determine all these things, ultimately it will show and turn out not to be so, and you are one 481 ___________________________________________________ of those relatively few who can help Me prove that, and who will People always think of the money factor as the principal one, be able to testify that My strength and power has been available and I understand it gives you comfort and security, or at least a for anyone freely and for the asking, all along! feeling of such. They wouldnt have had to plague themselves all their lives long But you know from My Word, that I have different criteria & the way they have for centuries, if theyd had just a little more priorities by which I judge success or a fruitful situation. trust! I would also like you to aim a little higher than just achieving a Of course, My ultimate goal is not for Me to show them that they comfortable life-style & way to make a living, want you to retain did wrong, but My hope is that others will find their way to trust the vision that youre here because you have a mission and a in Me as well, in order for Me to be able to relieve them of their purpose for Me to fulfill, the commission to go into all the world heavy burdens. It is in My interest, and it is My strong desire to & spread My Good News deliver and free people from their slavery and their heavy loads, I wouldnt want you to forget that you do have a job for Me to do. and want them to learn to take on My easy yoke and light burden upon them instead. Wheres some of that good old trust in Me? Havent I always seen I like to make things much easier for people and deliver them you through and supplied all your needs? Have I ever failed you from the hard, tedious way and road of slavery and servitude to or let you down? Why should I start doing it now? the Devil and the carnal ties of the flesh. It is My desire, ambition Most of your worries and concerns are about money. Isnt that and destiny and purpose to liberate them. So, I need you in order the same thing unbelievers worry about? to do that! I need you to give Me a chance to prove My strength Why not make a difference and trust? and power of supply to you, so that you in turn can testify of it, I know it takes a little effort. But you can. You have so far, and hopefully inspiring and encouraging others to give Me a chance

likewise to prove My strength on their behalf as well. So, there really isnt all that much for you to worry about. There is merely some following to do, some listening, and some watching for where I will lead you, some knocking on doors, some listening and looking out for signs and signals, of confirmations that will say, This is the way, walk ye in it. What more could I expect of you? I know you will always do what you can. All you really need to do is follow Me and not allow the Enemy to divert you, to stay close to Me, to continue learning from Me, so that you will be able to recognize early any potential pitfalls, temptations and traps. You need to stay on the course of learning to discern My voice from his, to distinguish My leadings from His temptations and distractions. Of course, what you must also do is pray in order to activate the power on My behalf for you, to set things in motion, get the machinery of Heaven going for you But nothing much has changed about these basic requirements, theyre basically the same theyve always been. Nothing new is expected of you. I may lead you up some new and different paths to try out, but the basic formula stays the same. The basic formula is sticking close to the One Who doesnt change, while everything around you changes 483 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes things take a turn that is just irrevocably sad. Sometimes people make mistakes that even if they serve a divine purpose are just hard to reconcile, especially for themselves, and during their lifetimes it will be hard for them to live with. Its a phenomenon that serves in pointing out and bringing out the importance of My forgiveness. Even when people find it hard to forgive themselves, yet I will forgive them and comfort them that everything is going to be alright. Even if the mess you made of your life seems so sad that you feel like you could cry forever and ever, My hope is greater than that sadness and will manage to bring light back into your life again. On one hand that sadness helps to soften your heart and repent from former erroneous views and ways, and on the other it serves as another vacuum for Me to fill. There where all hope seems to be lost, I still come in to brighten up the seemingly hopeless situation, will bring hope and light and life where hardly any was still to be expected. Im the unexpected hope and salvation in spite of everything that could have possibly gone wrong, the Answer, relief and Salvation that comes despite of it all So, next time you feel tempted to be overcome by this overwhelming sadness, just give it to Me, knowing and trusting that I will take care of all the parties involved, I know where they are and where they will be, even if you may have lost them. They are still My sheep and no one will be able to pluck them out of My hand, as I said, because the Father Who gave them to Me is greater than all. That Scripture never presented any strong comfort to you, but now it does, and now it can because you have seen the need for that comfort. When it seems as though the Enemy had won and snatched away one of My sheep, never to be seen again, and never to see the light of My day again, be assured that it is not so, but that I will be able to retrieve them, save them and restore them unto the joy of My Salvation, in spite of all that the Enemy may be able to make it look like. Never give up hope, because with Me, all hope is never lost, there is always good reason to hope and to keep hoping, in spite of it all! What you can do, is pray for them, and sometimes I allow you to experience that sadness because you did not pray, and some of the sad things they experience might be happening because you failed to do that which you can do, and can always do, which is pray. At least you could or should have prayed for them, and pray is not the least you can do, but it is always something you can do

and should. So, dont despair, pray! And there wont be any reason left to despair! 484 ___________________________________________________ I have made room for more opinions in this day and age than Pauls or any of the writers of the Bible, with greater liberties for My children and brides to unfold a variety of individual personalities and characteristics. Just as Christianity was a break with the former confines of Judaism, so this day and age has brought many changes to established and conventional Christianity. You cant even say that the truth, as I want it to be absorbed and lived by My children, would fit into this drawer thats conventionally described as Christianity. So, theres definitely a wider scope of what I am allowing you to be these days than those former conformities Just as in training a child, greater and stricter rules are necessary in younger years than when they grow older, more reliable and responsible, so greater freedoms can also be allowed now, that youve become more mature, more established in My ways and stronger in your relationship with Me. 485 ___________________________________________________ Isnt it good to find out where you and your faith are really at, and how youre doing realistically in your spiritual life and walk? In other words, what you really need is a good portion of input from Me, since thats where your faith that faith youre lacking right now will be coming from. Once again it all boils down to spending time with Me. In order to really be able to believe in My Promises, youve got to remind yourself of them, and allow Me through My words to you to reassure you that Im in control, mean the best for you, have the best intentions for you, and am planning to work out everything in your favor, and that Im the One Whos in charge here, more so than those circumstances. If you cant trust Me, then its probably because you havent spent enough time with Me, because time spent with Me will just about always and unfailingly do the trick of convincing you that I am trustworthy indeed. Getting re-filled with My Spirit will always do the trick of reinstalling that confidence in you that everythings going to be alright, no matter what the circumstances may look like! The solution as always lies here with Me, not so much in looking and running hither, thither and yon, trying to figure things out in your own wit and strength! I can do it! You dont have to try to do it yourself! Its something Ill gladly do for you! I can carry your burden! Let Me bear your load! You dont have to wreck yourself or your tiny, weak shoulders, trying to bear all that heavy weight yourself! Ill gladly help you and come to your aid if only you will let Me! The general and overall impression out there is that you ought to be doing as much as you possibly can to save yourself out of your own messes. But Im telling you that the most effective and efficient thing you can do in order to get help is to be spending time with Me, committing the problem into My hand and trust Me and allow Me to work it out! Since its unlikely that you even have the strength, wisdom and power to do it all in your own strength anyway, even the reasonable, rational odds that I might shoulder this load rather than you making it yourself are higher. Your own experience should be proof enough to you that it makes more sense to trust Me to take care of your problems than trying to tackle and solve them on your own! Just because everybody around you seems to be yelling at you, God helps those who help themselves it doesnt mean that you have to try to bend over backwards in order to try to please them and do all you possibly can in your own strength when actually the wiser choice might be to talk things over with Me and ask Me to do what you obviously cant, instead of trying to do it yourself

first and come to Me as some sort of last resort when all else has failed. Nor does it make much sense to waste a lot of energy despairing in a lack of faith and belief with an attitude of Oh, it isnt going to work out anyway, or, Apparently God enjoys to watch me suffer No, I dont. I hate to see you suffer; especially watching you making yourself suffer unnecessarily. I delight in your happiness! Im happy when youre happy! Anything that would make you feel otherwise is a lie of the Enemy! You can be happy, and I want you to be! The reason why things have been going relatively bad is because you have been allowing the Enemy to control things to a certain degree because of your own spiritually weakened state, and finding out that the problem is a lack of faith is the first step to getting it right and mending the situation. Youre simply not always as strong or doing as hot as you might think, especially when there has been a time when you have neglected My Word and My company quite a bit! It will take its toll on you, just as running around without getting sufficient rest and nourishment will take its toll on your body. So, take care of your spirit, and dont let it whither away, because thats where your life is really hidden. Its not in trying to rig up all the physical aspects in your own strength. Your life has to be nourished from the inside. Your inner core has to be strengthened first of all before you can take care of all those outward things, which rank second in importance. Learn to feed and strengthen and take care of your spirit first of all, and then those other things will also fall in place in their own right time! You can make it, and you will, but this is the right way to do it!

Its not that I just felt like teasing and torturing you one fine day. Even though youre overwhelmed by self-pity right now, the state youre in isnt the worst that could have happened to you. It may seem like that to you, but it always does. But I know best, and that this is actually not the worst, but the best that could have happened to you in order to change you and make something better out of you. The only One Who is going to be able to effectively make a better man out of you am I, and precisely with the help of breaking and sufferings and circumstances of the kind youre going through right now. Nothing else would do. Human evil, sin and foolish, superficial attitudes, all that dirt is too tough and sticky to just be swept away with some gush of water! It needs some serious scrubbing! And thats what Im at right now in your life: some serious scrubbing and cleaning up, and youd be doing good to join Me, roll up your sleeves and help me get rid of the muck, instead of whining and complaining about how much it hurts! I want to present My Bride spotless and blameless before My Father. So, why not stop complaining and whining and just allow this process to go over you, and let Me have My way, making of you the white, shiny and clean person that I know youd want to be?

Let Me do My work on you in peace! If Ive told you plenty of times by now that its for the best of you, why arent you finally going to stop complaining and trust Me? I know what Im doing! I seriously happen to know. So, no worries! Im not going to let you drown in your tears. A few honest tears havent killed anyone yet, they have a very purging and purifying effect, and if you ask Me, you deserve them. Im trying to prove to you that the good side is still outweighing Youre not going to be crying forever, dont worry! But while it the bad: that the factor that Im still here for you, never deserting lasts, just be confident that those tears are going to fulfill their you or letting you down, is much more important and key to your purpose, and serve to make you change and want to change, and well-being than any human forsaking you ever could be! Im never want to go back to some of your old ways again! trying to prove to you that My company, My aid and My being on You have brought this sorrow upon yourself, and in order to your side is more relevant to you, your health, welfare and avoid such pain in the future, youre simply going to have to happiness, than anyone elses! change your act! And Im helping you with it. Im helping you to I want to ground you well in your dependence on Me, and teach seriously learn whatever lessons there are to be learned from all you to make Me the main Factor in your life youre going to this, so that you hopefully will never make the same mistake depend on, because youll always be better off in the long run again. doing that. Simply because there are factors and circumstances Unfortunately youre prone to repeating some of the same old beyond human control that happen to make it so that youre mistakes, unless were really driving home a point deeply enough better off trusting in and depending on Me most and above all! here this time, that isnt going to let you forget too easily! So, spending more time with Me is really the key factor. So, let Me do My job on you, okay? Stop complaining! Youre not Youve got to practice what you preach, and show that spending just sobbing, Why hast Thou made me thus? but also Why do time with Me is really the solution and answer and is going to You have to change me and cleanse me like that? Youre even bring the desired results that will exceed the results of trying to complaining about the changes Im bringing about in you do it any other way. In order to give Me a chance to do it, youve because you were clearly not happy with the way Id made you. got to spend time with Me! Time that others would spend on Its not that I had really made or pre-programmed you to become taking care of their own problems. You invest that time taking that way, but you have chosen to become that way by the those problems to Me, talking things over with Me, and seeing choices you made of simply always following the path of the and watching Me as I handle them and take care of them, least resistance and yield to every temptation of ease that was receiving My instructions of what you can do in the physical in coming your way. order to work things out, and basically following Me instead of You didnt really take to heart some of the lessons I tried to teach just going through the motions of doing what is obviously to be you about saying No thanks to the Devil! You always took what done physically without My guidance and input. Its a different he offered you in order to make your path easier, instead of modus operandi, but it is not doing nothing! refusing sometimes, and taking the path that would serve to give So, you cant do it yourself or on your own; but does that mean you some backbone and spine and strength to resist and stand youre going to throw in the towel and quit, or are you going to in times like these! recruit My help and avail yourself of it and get Me to do the Why do you think I want you to gain strength? Havent I told and things you couldnt do on your own? warned you from the beginning that things wouldnt stay as they were, but that times would become harder? I knew that you would need greater strength for the harder days 486 ___________________________________________________ to come, but you were practically refusing every opportunity to You cant say that changes wouldnt have been necessary or be strengthened and just allowed yourself to be weakened more at least to be desired. If youd think everything would have been and more. honky-dory with you and your life, well, then I might as well have Now you can blame whoever you want for this, but in the end its left everything the way it was, but I suppose youre able to tell all due to your own refusal to choose to learn and know better! yourself that changes were indeed necessary. You were blaming and criticizing others for their inability to see The changes came because they were necessary. This their own faults, flaws and weaknesses, or take their share of the heartbreak and this breaking came because they were necessary. blame, but how are you faring yourself in these aspects? How

well can you take the blame yourself? Its not that I want to contribute to your self-condemnation, which wont make anything better at all, but help you to realistically see where you have failed and what you could have done better, instead of taking on the victims role It was easy to criticize others for their playing the victim, but now, as youre doing it yourself, youre seeing that its quite easy to fall into it, isnt it? The art is to be strong enough to refuse it, and honestly, say, No, Im not the victim; if anything, only a victim of my own stupidity and refusal to learn Its your own fault, and youve landed where you are because of your own choices of paths. It doesnt help much to wonder what would have happened if you had chosen otherwise, but what you need to do is take the responsibility yourself for where you are, accept that this is your lot that you have chosen, even if unawares, and that the only way to make uphill progress again is to learn from your mistakes and failures, change accordingly, and start again, this time maybe in a slightly different direction, with different tactics and motivations. I told you that I had to change your heart, and that doesnt just happen by leaving things the way they are, and the pressure youve experienced beforehand simply wasnt strong enough to evoke the real and necessary changes you were in need of. We had to get rid of some serious dirt here! So, why not join us in the fight of getting rid of all the muck and the muck in the dark corners of your life, instead of giving us a hard time and resisting and complaining about the cleansing and purging process? Its really for your own good and the good of your future and the rest of your life, so stop whining about it and let it be, okay? Let it be! Let it happen! Let it pass and be done with you even as the Almighty sees fit, and everythings going to be alright with you! Just yield to it! Its not going to last forever, nor is it going to kill you! We love you! 487 ___________________________________________________ What is faith but the belief that things are going to be better? If you never needed improvement and the assurance of improvement, your need for Me would be obsolete. Thats why folks who figure theyve got everything they need, no improvement required, have no interest in Me Of course, sometimes they may only think they lack nothing. So, as far as Im concerned, youre better off knowing you lack just about everything. You know that somethings not right with the way things are, and that is good. Youre confused because everyone around you is pretending that things are just perfect, and you feel like youre the only one who feels that everythings dead wrong, but, hey, I agree with you, and Im happy to have found a kindred soul in you. So, you may feel like an oddball and an outcast, but youre not the only one, and youre not alone. Im right here with you, agreeing with you 100% on the state of the world.

You cant have it all right now? Well, thats bad, but Im afraid youre just going to grit your teeth and acquire some patience and get through it, just like many others likewise. Heaven is coming! But in order to get there you might have a little bit of waiting to do, a little bit of learning to truly appreciate the blessing, so that you wont immediately take all the blessings for granted again as soon as you haveem. Its not Me, its your own hearts stopping you from getting what you want. Faith and patience two easily underestimated qualities. Its quite a treasure when someone is able to say of them, I can wait. 488 ___________________________________________________ Im proud of you, My total failure in the eyes of the world! You really cant measure yourself by the way the world would look at you or your accomplishments! Youve got to trust that My way of looking at you and your life is so much more mature, wiser, and also the more correct and appropriate way of looking at things Just as man looks on the outward appearance and I look on the heart, so I also dont see as man sees in other aspects of his life, such as his accomplishments. Man looks at the outward show of accomplishments, the outward, plainly visible fruit, but I judge by different, much more refined standards and criteria. The difference between My way of doing things and that of the world, is that My way is perfect and so much more intricate in comparison with the superficial way that people, especially worldly, materialistic people do, judge and measure things. You can be assured that a whole lot more detail and information is involved in My method, in which no factor is being left excluded, whereas mans methods are usually full of holes and missing oodles of factors theyre not even aware of, especially when it comes to judging one another So, if you go by the way people would judge you, youre sunk for sure. But be comforted, theres a more accurate way of judging things, and thats My way, and by My judgments, your cards dont look nearly as bad! 489 ___________________________________________________ Patience is a requirement. Its not optional. Wait on the Lord is a command, not just a suggestion or a good idea, and sometimes you simply have no other choice. The mills of My judgments grind exceedingly slow but exceedingly fine. I dont do things in a hurry. I dont run around like a chicken with its head chopped off

490 ___________________________________________________ A step toward greater honesty, truthfulness and openness is always a sign of maturation and progress. The only problem is, it wont help you, either, to just be drowning Lies, just like all sin, really, are a sign of immaturity, and when in self-pity over it. Yes, the world is bad, and your situation is you can overcome them and shed them, its a sign that you have bad, but what does that teach you? moved on from one stage to another; and you can look at the Dont just surrender to its state and let the Devil walk all over stretch of road behind you with a feeling of satisfaction and you! accomplishment: it was certainly not time wasted. So much has Time to rise up and rise above it! been learned, and youve gained so much to give and pass on to No matter how bad the state of the world or your situation, you others. You truly have become richer; perhaps not materially, but can always rise above it! definitely spiritually. Thats the wonder and one big advantage about having faith and You dont have to be ashamed! Its certainly not as though you having Me in your life. Otherwise, that whole package would be had accomplished nothing in your life, for truthfulness is a useless! precious treasure to gain in life. Let Me prove to you that Im actually good for something and that Isnt it great to be living a transparent life without any need for having Me in your life can make a difference, and is going to! Put deception? Me to use by letting Me help you rise above it all and overcome Isnt it good to see that I have led you to a better path than the through Me even as I have overcome! one you walked before? Isnt it good to see how youve grown and matured beyond your previous, weaker state? You have tasted that its real what Ive got to give you, so, what Even if you had gained nothing else: just the acquisition of you need is patience that youre going to have it for good in its truthfulness in your life alone would be worth it all; all that you own good time! have gone through; with no more need to deceive anyone or tell

any lies, pretend or perform a show. Youve come a long way; and I gave you something better that you desired. If Im making you pause before youll really be able to fully embrace this gift, then its only for you to fully realize what is and has been happening here, to become aware of the full impact and significance of what Ive been doing in your life, lest you should fail to appreciate it, which would be a sad failure indeed. You cant really say you wouldnt deserve this time of testing, and you know it. So, knowing that this is truly for your best and the best for you will help you to bear it a little better and more victoriously. From now on you can be just who you really are without any pretenses whatsoever, and you should gratefully remember this freedom that I have given you, and how I have brought it about through the path I made you walk, with all that youve experienced in it. Remember from whence thou art come. It is good to ponder the significance and the lesson of the path I have caused you to take. It is good to truly learn from what you experience in your life.

491 ___________________________________________________ Theres a proper balance somewhere between considering yourselves or the human race per se either as too imperfect or too perfect. Some tend to see mankind as its own god, some marvel of nature that deserves to be worshiped, while others tend to despise it altogether. The right balance is to love and appreciate it as I do, but be wise enough not to worship it, being fully aware of its flaws and of the fact that there is a Creator behind this workmanship, a loving Father Who deserves to be admired and respected for being the Author of all this life and abundance, even if for some reason right now it all may be less than perfect. If you can take it by faith that all things, howbeit far from perfect, yet serve their perfect purpose, and you can trust that I know exactly what Im allowing to be and come to pass, then you will fare well. You wont be disappointed, because youll know what to expect: flaws and imperfections, but knowing all the while that youre not to stay like this permanently, but youre progressing and on your way to someplace better, some better state than your present one, and even though you may not be in perfect control, Someone Else is. The same applies to relationships: theyre a bit like a mirror of life. Theyre often nearly always - flawed and sometimes far from perfect, but also for a good reason. Youre supposed to grow, learn, mature and progress together, and also serve as teachers and instruments for each other to shape, form and mold you; theres a perfectly calculated and balanced relation between each of you that didnt come about by coincidence, but always serves for good to them who are on the path of My Love. Sometimes what it requires is precisely what a lot of you dont have yet, namely patience. You would prefer your partners and the folks you associate with to be as perfect as possible, and dont have any great level of tolerance for those flaws and imperfections in others. But since I want you to learn to become more like Me, I want you to learn patience and the ability to love folks the way they are, being more patient with their flaws, trusting that Im working on them and that I might even possibly want to use you to help them overcome some of them. Of course, thats one responsibility that a lot of you shun and try to get away from. You dont want to be responsible to teach others their lessons in life. Youve seen so many others do it the wrong way, and you wouldnt want to become like one of them. But lovingly helping others to overcome their weaknesses and thus helping them to grow is precisely what being a shepherd and teacher means. After all, a teacher is there to improve the knowledge and perception of his students, to help them to do things better, in order for them to be better equipped to meet the challenges in life, which also means correcting those things that 492 ___________________________________________________ arent quite perfect yet always keeping in mind that in the I delight in creating perfection from imperfection. Perfection process you might have a lot to learn yourself along those same is not achieved in a hurry. For something to come out really

lines. Just because you have seen a few bad shepherds does not justify your not wanting to shepherd anyone at all. Its rough and dirty work sometimes, and often sheer unpleasant, but somebodys got to do it anyway, or the work will be left undone, which means, the task wont be accomplished and we cant move on to the next level, and some things that were meant to be could not yet come to pass, and well have to wait for another opportunity to come along Yes, its a challenge to deal with those rough and imperfect spots in people, and its got to be done lovingly, patiently and carefully, because you wouldnt want to stir up a hornets nest of hurt feelings and storms of sensitivity. But just because its not exactly easy, and somewhat of a big challenge does not justify not wanting to do the work at all, lest you might wind up failing Me and My purpose for you in the situation I put you in. Sometimes you may feel like running away, when My preferred option for you might be for you to implore Me for more grace, strength and wisdom to go right through it and rise above and overcome in the situation, instead of escaping to the next one You know that I love you and give you freedom of choice, so its not as if Im forcing you to do anything you absolutely dont want to do. But if you find it within you, and even if only by a remote chance you might see the possibility of coming up with the faith that I could enable you to handle this situation, I would welcome it very much if youd give Me that chance. Sometimes all it takes is a little while longer for someone to be loved and understood, or at least seeing someone making the effort to try to understand them, which may sometimes appear a challenge too tough and big for some. But if you can fully trust that I knew what I did in creating each of you and having your paths cross in a certain way, then youll know that there must be a purpose for you in this, a lesson to be learned for more than one party, and that perhaps it will turn out in the end that there was room for improvement on both ends. Think about it. The easiest way is always to run away, quit prematurely and avoid and escape from the inevitable confrontation and the unpleasant pressure that results from it. And your instinctive desire to be happy makes you reject that pressure and turn toward the place that promises sweet relief: the door. But the easiest way is not necessarily the most efficient teacher, and I have often asked My servants and brides and handmaidens to swallow some bitter pill or booklet a sometimes less than pleasant chapter in their lives that turned out to be key in their spiritual progress and development. It takes guts, true inner strength and courage to confront, like a true strong man. Only boys will run. So, its always your choice to walk the rougher path of maturity or the seemingly easier one of youth and immaturity. In this frivolous world it has become ingrained in you to seek pleasure and shun anything that promises the opposite: anything that promises pain and unease, but if you look at My personal history, thats not really My path, and, after all, I have called you to take up your crosses and follow after Me. The same kind of pain that My bride puts Me through at times is sometimes what you as men will have to deal with to get a glimpse of what its like to be Me. If you want to become more like Me, you will also have to eat of the same bread and drink of the same cup that I did, and you know that it wasnt always a pleasant one. I know that it sometimes seems as if the limit of what youre able to bear is being reached or even passed, and even I prayed that if it be possible, that cup should be removed from Me. What really matters and makes all the difference in the world is, if you, too, can add to your attitude and your temptation to run away the clause of, Nevertheless, not my will, but Thy will be done, and how seriously you really mean it

perfect it may take some time, or some process of ripening and maturation, as you can tell by things like wine or diamonds or fruits Anything that grows and is alive, that is part of My creation, needs to go through a certain process in order to come out really good. Thats just the way I like to do things Creation may have been good when I looked at it after the six days it took, but as it turned out just a little while later, it wasnt exactly perfect yet, and I am now in the process of perfecting that which was merely good to begin with. I do all things well. That means, I dont mess things up. Most people might disagree when they look at creation at this point and go, What do You mean, Didnt mess up? But they dont see the end result, nor do they have the faintest clue of it, and even most believers are too scared to deal with it. They somehow prefer to believe that the here and now is as good as it gets, and thats all the state of perfection that will ever be reached by creation, mainly because life is just about perfect for them. Thats why in My eyes those are more blessed who lack and hunger, and who arent so satisfied with the state of the world around them. Its a more realistic point of view, and one that coincides more with the general state of affairs, not just one mans or familys or groups immediate situation, largely ignoring the plight of the poor elsewhere. Just the fact that I said The poor ye shall always have with you to Judas, doesnt mean that I was or am indifferent to their plight, nor that I would want My followers to take on an indifferent attitude toward them. Thats what was so great about St. Francis, since he was one of the first to see that and extend a hand to the poor, actually following My example and not just going by one phrase that may seemingly justify that sort of indifference, when it doesnt, really. And thats precisely what perfection means to Me: you develop a heart for the plight of those less fortunate than you, you show that you care about them, and youre no longer just concerned about your own desires. In other words, My idea of perfection is love, and thats what Im working on, to bring it about on a much larger scale than it is available in this poor, cold and love-starved world at present. Even so, Im working on perfecting you and your relationship, too, making it purer, more selfless, less ego-driven and less driven by your own desires or even tendencies to get bored with a good thing Im teaching you to appreciate companionship and partnership more, and what it really means to have a family, and what a valuable, precious thing a family can be. Im making family men out of those who were not; people who are ready for and mindful of relationship, who are able to focus on that important factor that I built into My creation, which a shocking amount of people is starting to ignore these days in favor of just satisfying their own immediate needs and desires I may even use things like loneliness and broken hearts by abandonment and being forsaken in order to achieve that in some cases, since I have to preserve that valuable ingredient in human life at any cost. Without it, life on earth would not really be worth living any longer, as far as Im concerned

there? How can you claim to have an answer to their desperation unless youve felt it yourself? How can you comfort others with the comfort wherewith you have been comforted unless you first have had a need to be comforted yourself? In other words, how can you help those in sorrow, unless youve been afflicted by sorrow yourself? So, dont feel too bad about being stuck in that lonely, dark and rough situation right now, as if some strange and weird thing or punishment from God had befallen you. Some of it may serve to correct certain attributes of your character, but most of all it should serve to replace the indifference toward those with similar plights. How much understanding did you have so far, for the lonely? How can you empathize with the lonely unless youve been lonely yourself? So, youre coming to know a taste of loneliness And youre beginning to see why so many people are so scared of it. It is a little scary, all alone out there in this big old evil world, isnt it? Having to face the giants and the storms of life on your own How can you even try to help others and encourage them to face those things on their own with nothing more than My help if you havent been in situations yourself where youve had to learn that? Right now youre learning to rely on no one else but Me in the only way you ever could, namely by having had removed all others you relied on previously. Dont you think it was about time someone got to taste of that bitter cup that so many in the world have to swallow, some or many of them without any prospects of hope? Were you ever able to feel this much empathy for all the lonely people? You really had no clue, did you? Until now that youve become one of them. How about this for another, new approach of becoming all things to all men? To the Romans as a Roman, to the Jews a Jew, to the lonely as one of them. How can you, unless youve been there? Well, now you have. In fact, you are. The difference between you and them is that in your case, its only for a little while longer. With many of them, there is no end in sight to their loneliness. So, instead of letting this become a reason for you to wallow in self-pity, let it become a cause and opportunity to break your heart for those who have to live under such circumstances permanently. May you remember from whence you came when your loneliness is over, and may you not forget and become indifferent to theirs. The sorrow of the world works death, Paul wrote, and I have the antidote to both. Remember that this is your goal and purpose, to help alleviate the suffering of the world through what I have to give to it, and that its your job to help pass on what I have to give and have given you. So, if I have now given you a taste of this bitter bread of loneliness to eat, may it serve the purpose that you wont be indifferent to the plight of the lonely, and that you might have more of a broken heart for them, with a greater desire to reach them for Me! May you never be the same after this! I want to change you. And what better method can you think of than putting you 493 ___________________________________________________ through a situation in which you realize yourself that you I dont necessarily want you to achieve anything for the desperately need a change? And may you dedicate your life from world, but for My Cause of bringing true justice into the world, here on to helping to bring about similar changes in others by and in the meantime which would be your job, to rectify the helping alleviate their loneliness in whichever way you can image the majority of My supposed followers have given Me with See, in order to be real in certain aspects, youve got to have the rest of the world, and show them Who I really am. been there. Just like that song asks: Were you there? Can you And in order to get there youve got to acquire a broken heart for really relate? Can you even remotely imagine what it feels like, the plight of the suppressed and oppressed first. The world is the pain that some people have to go through? Do you really never going to get to know Who I really am as long as the only have any clue what youre talking about? ones representing Me are those condescending from the top, the Well, now you do. rich, wealthy and powerful, who cannot even feel with those in Whatever input you give them and whatever help you claim to need, with the lonely, and who havent tasted of the bitterness have to offer, its got to be more than lofty theological advice, that the world has to offer for many lost & lonely people out and its got to be more and better than what theyre used to from there most churches. Even some of their own can see and realize that How can you understand what they need unless youve been God must be anywhere else but there

So, if you really want to offer a tangible alternative, youve got to have something different to offer than they. Youve at least got to be able to really relate, and it really helps to be one of them. So, can you blame Me for making you one of them? Even if its the most despised kind of people on earth that Im making you one of? The kind that nobody wants to be? One of the lonely people? Can you scold Me for My wisdom in this? It may not make any sense to you, but it does plenty to Me. I know, it helps to know that theres a nobler purpose to this, but I couldnt really make it too obvious before, or it wouldnt have become real. I think by now you can really, honestly and genuinely relate to what it feels like to be lonely. Do you think thats a disadvantage? Did it make you any poorer than you were before, or richer? You may presently still wonder and not be so sure about that, but with time you will see things differently, and you will see this whole episode as a key stepping stone to make you what you truly were meant to be. Anybody can talk about it. But not everybody knows what theyre talking about. How would you like to be one of those who do? Can you see now why this is more important to Me than your immediate concerns of alleviating your loneliness? How can you help truly lonely people to overcome their loneliness unless youve also been truly lonely? And with no one left to cling and refer to for help but Me? How can you really tell others that I am the answer and key to their loneliness, unless youve first learned how to be able to use that key yourself? Can you? Have you? Or are you still waiting for some other great white hope to deliver you? And what if that great white hope never came? What would you do then? How would you cope? And how could you ever tell others to cope, who dont have any other hope beside Me? Yes, you may feel lonely right now, but youre by far not the loneliest person around, believe Me, for I have seen a lot more than you To focus on your own dilemma in a situation without getting the point of what I want to convey to you through this experience would be the epitome of flunking the grade. Yes, I told you that you were going on to the next grade, but who said anything about that it would be getting easier? So, whatever it is that Im bringing across your path and whatever I put on your slate: let it sink in deeply. You can trust it, that its good for you, even if initially it may taste bitter at times This is for your good. Accept it! 494 ___________________________________________________ I dont mind answering you even when you feel out of it, since I have the ability to look past your present state, and My capacity to love My children and loved ones far exceeds yours. You might say Im a more patient parent than you are, which would be another reason why it might pay to learn from Me and to become more like Me. I dont blame you for disliking the pain you feel. But while Im allowing this to befall you, you cannot make Me solely responsible for it. I may allow it and deem it the best thing possible to happen to you, but when it comes to who is actually responsible for your dilemma, youll more likely find the right address in your own court than anywhere else. Youve got a cynical streak, and some people shun that Besides, youve just been plain too lazy to make better PR and promotion for yourself, something that simply isnt your style very much. You would prefer someone else to promote your cause and are disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm you have managed to arouse Welcome to the club! Well, I do have folks doing what they think is promote My Cause, but general awareness of the fact that their approach isnt the real thing is growing. Then again you think that perhaps the very reason why youre being left alone, deserted and so unpopular, might be that you did perhaps promote Me and My Cause a little too much

Well, if that is so, and you should have suffered loss by your promoting Me and My message, I promise and guarantee that I will certainly make up for it. So, do I blame you? No. But I will try to encourage you to hold on. While things will and do get worse to some extent, on the other hand, the further you go on with Me, the better they also become in other aspects. Your maturity increases, and with that, your ability to handle crises like these or worse; youll be better prepared, both to handle things on your own and to help others do the same. Your counsel, comfort and advice will become more valuable through this. As I told you, youll be somebody who knows what theyre talking about for a change Isnt that already worth something?

495 ___________________________________________________ Im the Source of all thats good for you. So, if Im trying to drive home the point to you that youre better off tuning in to Me than even getting the latest news and mails from the Internet, that your connection with Me is more important to you than a fast Internet connection, and that your union with Me has even greater priority than your union with your wife, can you blame Me? Ive got to be your central point of focus and the Sunshine that both of you bask in, in order for you to be the sunshine to each other. Without Me, your light is simply going to fade. I am the Source. Those who are not sure about that yet or think that My role might not be all that important in their lives are going to find out that they were mistaken about that There is a Purpose for My being around and for My Presence in your life, even if man keeps trying to tell himself that he can do just fine without Me (with, of course, plenty of support and encouragement from My Enemy, and, really, his enemy, too). You really ought to know better, thats why I cant let you get away with it. The verse about the time of your ignorance God winked at is applicable here. You really ought to know better, and I just cant let you get aw ay with acting as if you didnt know better anymore, as if I hadnt been trying to teach you this lesson for years and over and over again, that you simply cant do it without Me. Everyone who thinks they can do without Me will find out that they can do just about as fine without Me in the long run as they can do without air Life without Me ultimately equals and results in death. Theres really no future in it What some people try to do is just to run and cling to any source of energy, and if getting ahold of the Main Supply is too strenuous or complicated for them, or too uncertain usually simply because they dont have the faith for it, nor can they believe how simple it is, because they did not stick to My Word they will look and settle for just any old substitute and figure, It doesnt matter what you call it, as long as its energy Their own little philosophy is always easier to believe than My truth, which is often a bit hard to swallow. In other words, they put their own mind above Mine and figure what they conclude to be right or wrong must be more so than what I have said Well, lets just say for now, well see about that. And My advice to you is: let them find out the hard way. But if youve had enough of the hard way, you better stick close to Me! Im truly your only hope, and to toss Me in the same box or hat with a bunch of others really wont be doing sincere seekers of truth a lasting nor genuine service. Yes, there may be things from those other religions that are good advice to stick to; but it would be a mistake to toss us all in the same hat and say theres no difference between us Of course, what drives open-minded people who have been singed by the fundamentalism of dualistic religion and black-andwhite think into that corner is the intolerance and inability of many of their former fellows to be able to accept and learn

anything from those other sources at all, and to reject them as altogether evil, which makes them often become a greater evil in themselves with their self-righteousness, which was precisely My problem with the Pharisees, and why I often sympathized more with the Romans than with them So, theres a just balance, a thin line and thread that will lead you to the truth, the perfect truth indeed, and it takes skill and devotion and a committed refusal to settle for anything less, in order to find that And just settling for the easiest and most comfortable way, the way many people do, is definitely not it! Thats why I can only say, beware of the easy way and rejoice that the path I have put before you is sometimes a harsh and difficult one with many trials and some sorrows. I was a Man of many sorrows, and if you walk in My footsteps, life wont always be a piece of cake for you, but you can know that you are on the right path, and that Im not leading you astray, even if temporarily it may seem as though those who are taking a different path are better off than you, or it becomes plain that that those who claim to be on My path are so obviously not really on it! Its really true that theres only a small minority that finds the true path of life in this life. That doesnt mean that all the rest of them will be lost forever. But it sure does make a difference for you, both in this life and the next, whether youre interested at all in finding it! And those who are interested, well, they will reap a fine reward, even if that sounds clich ridden and like a story youve been often told. My Promises still hold true, and Im not a liar, and blessed are they who can believe, no matter how corny the devil may tell them that they sound. So, do you think it helps to be given a shove back up in the direction of the straight & narrow every now & then? Does it feel good to be reassured youre still on the right path, Im still with you, right behind you, havent deserted you and am encouraging to go on and not stop? Others may be struggling in their insecurity, but you dont have to be. Im still right behind you, and you can hear My voice clearly, saying, This is the way; walk ye in it! Just because they dont have the faith for that, doesnt mean that you should listen to them! Youre the one whos making the right and wise choice here. Let them make their own. But dont be swayed by them. I need you, and if theres anything Ive been trying to teach you through the hurtful experiences of the recent past, its that I need you to be faithful. The faithful people are the people who are full of faith. There are plenty of faithless people, and I cant really blame them much. But boy, do I treasure those precious faithful few! So, please, dont desert Me, like so many others who follow their itching ears and any old enticing path that looks more comfortable and pleasurable to walk than Mine, but be faithful to Me! The only way youre really going to make a difference and pose as a different example than those whose lack of faithfulness you lament, is by remaining faithful to Me yourself. 496 ___________________________________________________ I grant freedom and liberty to each one to invest their time and energy in whatever they feel led to. I dont force anybody to serve Me. But if youre going to serve Me, or youre claiming that you do, or that you want to do it, then why dont you do it, instead of chasing after money like all the rest of the world? I never said, You cannot serve Mammon! But I did say, you cannot serve God and Mammon! So, if you want to serve Mammon, then serve him. But if you want to serve God, then serve Him, and not Mammon! Just as I said, render unto Cesar what is his due, and unto God what is His! And if youre going to have the faith to serve Me and trust that I am going to continue paying your bills and taking care of you, then for Gods sake also do trust Me and continue to trust Me, and dont look around fretfully as though now I certainly must have forsaken you, and so you must frantically look around for

ways to support yourself and do for yourself what you think and fear I am no longer willing or able to do for you. I am always willing and able to do it for you. Its just that there are so few willing and able to trust and believe Me for it. So, it really all comes back down to your faith and the question whether you have it or not Of course, what you would like to have is some sort of visible guarantee and assurance that will let you know You will receive so and so much money this month in order to enable you to pay your bills And I cant blame folks for wanting that; and some do think its essential. Maybe you think that if they think so, maybe theres something to it. Maybe you think you ought to think the way they think. But then Ive always been an advocate of the principle of thinking for yourself, instead, rather than letting someone else do all the thinking for you, or letting them tell you what to think, or even influence your thinking all that much, for that matter. If a man doesnt have the right any more to think for himself, then what right is there left to him? If you think that youre faring well and doing well to trust Me for your providence, then who is anybody else to tell you, Not so? If your personal experience has shown you that you can trust Me, then who is anybody else to tell you that you cannot trust Me any longer, or that now its time to take your fate into your own hand? Is there anybody who told you that it was okay to trust Me thus far, but for now youre going to have to change your modus operandi and better rely on yourself? So, you see, the battle is as so often nowhere else but in your own mind. Youre wondering, and you keep wondering, and your mind just keeps on wandering Rational reasoning, along with the old familiar sound of the opinions of the world and the ever-touted gospel of their god are haunting you and admonishing you to finally come back to your senses and quit trusting this highly unreliable and obviously irrational God Who wasnt even able to care for His Own Son, but let Him wind up hanging on a tree to bleed Nice God that is, they say. Or even if they do believe that He knew what He was doing by sacrificing His Son, they wouldnt dare assume that Hed be capable of taking care of their bills and needs. Everybody likes to have greater assurance and security than that. They may trust their God for spiritual matters, but when it comes to financial matters, they prefer to take those into their own hands Besides, most folks are just fine with doing that. Theyve got all the necessary strength and energy to squander on those things. But do you? You wish you would, and that you could just run out on Me and do whatever they would require you to do, so that you could ensure your own survival and the providence for you and your family, but I have chosen to teach you how to trust in and rely on Me. Anybody can show off how well they can take care of themselves with the work of their own hands Even in the poorest countries. Can you blame Me for wanting to choose little old you to constitute a statement that there is some sort of an alternative and a different way of doing it, and that I would like you to make that difference? So, most folks trust in themselves for their providence. Good for them. But I simply happen to have chosen you to trust in Me for yours. Well, okay, you say; then go on and pour it on me, Lord, and dont just let it trickle Oh, it would be easy for you then, to trust, would it? - If I would heap on you the tens or hundreds of thousands, or even the millions? But then you wouldnt really need to have faith in Me anymore, since your faith would be in the money. Thats the problem with a lot of these people who claim to have gotten all these amounts of money from Me: their faith is usually in the money, instead of Me. Some may give Me the credit for it to some extent, but then its

most likely that their real attitude behind the faade of giving Me the credit is, You see, its because God likes to give to those who have done it right. They figure theyve done it right and so God cannot help but bless them, and maybe in some cases theyre right, but in others, its just another form of trust in themselves, trust in something theyve done (even if for Me, supposedly), something theyve earned by their own righteousness and works Well, Im trying to see to it that this will never be your attitude. Because youll know that all that youve got, youve been given in the first place, and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? So, you can be sure you can really give Me all the glory, and not start patting yourself on the back when nobodys looking Doesnt it keep you endlessly more humble than some of those braggers that youve known about how much God is using them, etc.? Arent you also getting just a little bit tired of them? So youve got nothing to brag about but Me Is that really so bad? Or is that perhaps the way it should be?! Let them rush ahead in their own cocky strength and wit Letem go and find out for themselves where theyre going to wind up or whether theyre ever going to be able to really say that theyve truly known Me, or whether Ill be able to say that of them So, youre still sitting here at My feet listening to My words while all those Marthas are feverishly rushing on doing what theyve been feverishly doing all along, all through their lives and all throughout history

no particular questions to answer. There doesnt always have to be a scheduled talk about a certain premeditated issue. I dont always insist on having things perfectly organized, especially when it comes to loving relationships with My bride. Some might say that parts of My creation are pretty chaotic, so you can tell My nature from that. While theres a lot of organization and structure in things in general, I dont necessarily always insist on having it. I can be pretty wild at heart, too, as some folks are finding out. So, would I advise you to be cautious about your daring steps youre taking, or would I rather encourage you to step out on the water? When it comes to anyone displaying some crazy faith and doing something unusual, something not very regularly heard of, you can almost always count on Me being in favor of it, especially when its My children and My brides doing it, who have learned to include Me in what theyre doing by seeking My counsel and bathing the undertaking in prayer, which is as far as Im concerned the best security you can ever get.

Love causes people to do crazy things sometimes, and I wish that folks would be more crazy about their love for Me at times. Perhaps this will trigger in you a courage you didnt previously possess, and I might be able to harness that new quality for My purposes on occasion In any case you can count on the fact that Im with you, even if the whole world would be against you. So Ive chosen you to make a difference. Why me? you still Of course, as far as the worldly officials are concerned, thats say? - Yeah, why you? I could have chosen and taken anybody. hardly a criterion: Oh, Gods in favor of this union? Well, then But I didnt. we certainly ought to give our approval, too! That would almost I know, I know; you dont deserve it, you say. But if I cant prove be too good to be true, although when you think about it, thats to and through someone like you that My love is truly really the way it should be, because it would mean they care unconditional, then how am I going to? about what I say and think I need the weak. Let the strong show off how strong they are. I As it is, those who care about My opinion and stance on things cant handle them; cant use them not in order to show what right now are still largely considered outsiders, if not downright My strength can do. Because they will always just be able to say weirdoes. But I can guarantee thats going to change eventually, that it was partly due to their strength that I was able to do it. and the weirdoes of today are going to be the say-sos of With you theres no doubt left that you simply dont have much tomorrow, and youll be glad you trusted in the right Source and strength left. You can see that if anythings going to be done paid attention to the One Whose opinion does matter in the long through you, then its going to have to be Me doing it. You dont run have the strength in yourself. All youve got left is that tiny little strength of your tiny little faith in Me that just dares to hope and Can I guarantee that everything is going to turn out alright? In keep trusting that I will not let you down, just for the mere facts the long run, yes, I can! There may be challenges and trials, and sake that My Existence is real, because otherwise youd be sunk even some major tests of faith and turbulences, but the end already! result is going to be good, you can trust Me for that. I exist, therefore you are. - Therefore you keep existing against all odds. Its not because of or due to any other lucky Im on your side, and that should be a greater Source of circumstance or power. And you know that. And because you assurance and comfort to you than any human being saying that know, others may and will know also. to you. Im the highest Authority in charge (even if not officially Because of you, they will come to see that Im not a fairy-tale, but recognized by the majority of earth folks currently, but that reality. doesnt really change much about it anyway) and youre in good hands! There is a distinction between My criteria by which I determine a Im working on your behalf and supporting you! Youve got the mans worth, and his own. Mans are, to put it bluntly, quite best Supporter in the universe, the best you could possibly think cheap, since he wont come up with anything other than just the of. same old thing that people have made their major criterion of So, you can certainly cheer up and be encouraged and dont value ever since: money have to go about things in a fretful way I want you to walk in Now, when thats all that determines a humans worth, I find that confidence. Even if youve been broken and shattered, I will somewhat cheap. It doesnt testify of a lot of class It all seems rebuild you, reconstruct you, piece you back together again, and to somehow put them on the level of prostitutes, willing to do youll be stronger than ever before. anything, yea, even sell their whole lives just for this one thing, The things that have occurred to you have moved you and these pieces of paper, which, granted, will buy you many other changed you, and although its turned your life upside down in things, including those you need to live. But when that occupies some ways, I think you can tell that in overall, the changes that most of your time, your efforts, and it becomes just abut the one have taken place are good. single criterion by which nearly everything else is measured in If youre not the same man you used to be before, Id reckon you society, and it becomes your no.1 priority, I simply find it cheap. could say thats good. I like variety. And Im not very impressed by innumerable masses of people basically all doing the same thing 498 ___________________________________________________ Its easy to hide behind a group, even a small family, and 497 ___________________________________________________ who you really are is only properly defined and determined by I like to talk to you, even if theres nothing specific to say or who and what you are when you are facing tough times on your

own. You may not be used to it, but that doesnt mean that its not good for you.

Yes, there may be many who might not be able to even remotely relate to what youre going through, but there are also some who can, and who will be able to identify with what youve been going Wouldnt you like to be exactly the same person when you are on through, and accordingly, your heart cry, and this new greater your own that you are when youre around them? You wouldnt degree of profoundness you have gained through it all. want anybody to be able to tell them, Well, hes like that when Thats the beautiful thing about the kind of scars you carry away you are around, but you should see him when youre not, right? from this spiritual warfare: theyre not ugly, like carnal wounds So, why not work on being the same kind of guy here and now on and scars, but theyre actually beautiful and make you more your own that you would want to be around them? beautiful in the spirit. You always figured that scars were something ugly. - But not so Im not only in the business of creating lives, but also of these marks from your spiritual battle wounds. Theyre really like changing them and making alterations when and where needed; badges of honor, and they dont make you any uglier at all, but and believe Me, if there were none needed in your life, I wouldnt really enhance your spiritual appearance. be working so hard on making any. So while you may resent the way your tears make you look in the physical; cheer up, what they do to your spiritual appearance The goal and ultimate vision of finding your dream is not in is an entirely different story. Your aura increases in richness finding the right situation, opportunity or even group of people to through all this, and its not making you uglier, but actually more make it happen with, but its about you being that person to make beautiful. it happen. Its comparable to what age does to you. While your physical So far, a lot about your attitude has made it somewhat hard to beauty may decrease, your spiritual beauty and stature increases make it happen. True, a lot of factors involved in the constellation and improves. Your lasting values become more, while your didnt exactly make it easier, but now is the time when the right physical and outward values (according to mans criteria) may components will come into place, and that will also include and diminish. require your collaboration in being the right kind of component When you grow out of a thing like this, you really grow, and you and person yourself. rise like a Phoenix from the ashes: a different and more glorious Youve got to be the right kind of material to work with in order to bird than the one who died and shed his previous shell in the facilitate for the other parties involved to also be the right kind of fire material to work with. So, instead of wallowing in self-pity and sorrow, you should Youve all got to be made of the same sort of consistency, that really pride yourself in this experience, or at least be grateful for moldable, easy to form and shape, yielding clay that can be it and for what it does to you, namely make you much richer, easily formed into whatever is needed at a moments notice spiritually, and greatly enhance your inner stature. Youve got to be flexible, adaptable, but youve also got to be Its a little bit like that verse: tribulations must come; but woe true. While your shape has got to be flexible, your consistency unto him by whom they come. You wouldnt want to be in the must remain constant, stable and genuine shoes of those who inflict pain on others. Thats why so many people play a victims role, because they subconsciously know So, consider all this part of the process of reaching the goal of that its the nobler one. The tricky thing about it is that by taking attaining the real thing: not just finding it, but being it or part of on a victims role without actually being the victim at all, and by it. A big part of the secret on your quest for the real thing is merely faking it, they dont reap any true benefits, since in reality becoming it. they only use it to victimize others. Its one of the cleverest schemes of self-deception the Enemy Its usually only after special, earth- or life-shaking events that has cooked up, and a widely popular game that people play folks, especially men, will take and devote serious time to the Of course, when youve been genuinely hurt, and the other party undertaking of having their lives thoroughly examined, corrected is pretty much oblivious to the pain theyve inflicted on you, it is and to make whatever changes are necessary. somewhat legitimate to let them know or allow them a glimpse of It takes drastic measures at times to get them to do what Ive your heart at the damage theyve caused, since ignoring been asking, begging and repeatedly telling them to do all whatever theyve caused wont exactly help them in their spiritual along growth, either. It takes some shaking up for folks to finally get serious about it Yes, there is sadness in the world, but those by whom it has and to finally put first things first, give priority and honor where it come are always going to be worse off in the long run. is due. In every situation there would have been a right way to do things, and when people do them the wrong way, it behooves them to learn from their mistakes eventually, and sometimes its part of 499 ___________________________________________________ your job and task to make them even aware of the fact that they Thats My business: to see to it that you gain more than you might have made a mistake or done things in a less than lose. Yes, there are losses; and they are painful, but I always give favorable way at all you back more, or something more valuable to make up for them, and you can tell that the whole experience of loss has been evoking processes in you that have made you richer and more 500 ___________________________________________________ valuable somehow. The pain you feel and are going through is not in vain. Nor You can tell youve got more to give; youre more profound now, are you going through it alone. and youre moving on a deeper spiritual wavelength. I want you to realize that Im not just taking note of your Its the sort of thing that defines every true artist: the point where sufferings as a passive Observer, but as an active Participant. they no longer just imitate others but develop their own Im in on it. I feel it, too. And whatever you feel and go through, I individual style. feel it, too. So, although this may be one heart-rending experience, you can Im not a stranger to your heart, not like all those folks youve begin to tell that its going to be worth it. I shall not leave you met who are simply on a different wavelength and couldnt comfortless, and when you are comforted you may go and possibly relate to what youre going through. Im in tune with you strengthen and comfort the brethren with the same comfort and what youre going through. youve experienced from Me. And youre going to have to learn to avail yourself of My comfort I am letting you pass through these deep waters in order to give and Presence, because there is no guarantee for a life without you something more precious from Me. All this pain is not going pain for anyone. to be in vain. Imagine what the people of the world, many of whom have to go

through many sufferings, would say if I would spare My Own people from any kind of suffering and only would make life easy for them? That would hardly be fair, would it? A lot of folks could already complain to Me that Ive made your life so easy compared to theirs

what is available to you in the physical. - Certainly greater than words merely uttered by your fellow mortals. You know that its My words that are going to see you through and really make a difference and put you back on the right track and wavelength again. So, as far as Im concerned, there isnt anything better you could Everybodys got their load, their cross and their burden to bear, ever do. Come up with some good ideas on how you can save especially those who set out to follow in My footsteps. yourself? Not even close to it. Too many folks just want Me to do all kinds of things for them My Word simply happens to be the best remedy when there is a without ever being willing to pay any sort of price for lack of something. discipleship. Theyve forgotten what it really means to be a When the earth was void and without form, it was My Words that disciple, and that I promised persecution and a cross to My made the difference; and quite a difference, as you can tell by all followers, just as I had to suffer persecution and pain. the stuff that abounds. So, youre not the kings of the world So, if it has worked before, you can correctly conclude that it Are you surprised? might work for you as well, and that My Words will also put an Well, if so, then you must have missed something. end to your lack, your need, and the vast empty space and Who ever said that it was lifes purpose to spoil you? nothingness that your life is. If anything at all, life ought to serve to shape you, mold you, purge you and frame you into a better character, form something I am capable of rising to the occasion. I can do the subject nobler of you than there was before, and how could that ever justice. Ive got what it takes. Enough of all this boasting you happen without a degree of suffering, pressure and pain? can hear the Devil shout from some remote corner within your So, yes, the process is an unpleasant one, temporarily, but that hearing range, but no matter how loudly he protests, he cant doesnt make it all bad. The bad part is temporal, but the fruit and change anything about it. result are good, and thats eternal. The gain is for keeps; the loss Hes nothing to be afraid of. - Talking about a loser. is only temporary. Hes trying to get you to think that thats what you are, when hes Thats what youll find written all over the New Testament: the really the epitome of one. He just refuses to believe it. But it will suffering is temporal; the glories will be forever. become evident for all to see, and inevitably so. So, just keep hanging in there. Sometimes youve simply got no And those over whom he now would like to cast a loser label other choice. will turn out to be the victors over him. There is a time for everything under the sun, and right nows the Thats why no matter how long and painful this seeming defeat time to keep hanging in there. The pain will cease and relief and may go on, you must remember that its really only temporary, redemption will come, and when they do, you will know how to and every moment of it will only increase the joys and ecstasies treat and appreciate them; no more taking big blessings for you will experience upon your victory. granted You simply must endure; theres no way around it. You must go through this. And when youll come out at the other end, youll know that it has been worth it. Its comparable to a birth, but not 501 ___________________________________________________ a birth into something as cold and harsh as this world. Its a birth I dont have any problems with you needing My help. into a world where you wont have to suffer anymore, but reign I only might have a problem with your not availing yourself of it, and rule. The circumstances wont rule you anymore, but you will and the general atmosphere Up Here is one of patiently waiting basically reign everything along with Me and a host of folks you until you finally do. wont ever feel strange around. Theres absolutely nothing wrong with needing help. Not nearly All this alienation and isolation thats going on down here will be as much as there is with thinking you dont need any. Of course, a thing of the past for you then; a past scarcely worth its neat, cool and awesome when someone knows how to help remembering. It will simply serve as a good reminder of themselves. But Im in the business of also helping those who something you wouldnt want. The void - as opposed to My cant - especially those, actually. fullness. And yet it has its important role to fulfill in your growing Its not as if Id favor those who are more capable of doing it process right now, so, dont despise it. Try to make the most of themselves. After all, I like to be involved. I yearn to be part of it, even if its close to nothing. your lives and to be included in them. And well, when you just Making the most of nothing is an art I like to specialize in, and dont cope anymore with what life has to offer you, thats where I one I like to teach and train My apprentices and disciples in, too. come in. I want you to look at the positive; the donut, not the hole, and try Im a Savior, after all. A Savior without a job, where nobody ever to make the most and best out of it that you can. realizes they need Salvation, isnt much of a Savior, is he? So, let So many folks who will have had a lot more than you wont be Me do My job which Ill most gladly do and help you out here. able to show forth nearly as much as you came up with in eternal Even if its just My usual specialty that I principally offer My help and lasting returns, simply because you will have learned with: words. Well, not just any words, as you ought to have found something they didnt something you will have learned from out by now, but words that really do something and move Me: to make the most of just about nothing. something words that have creative power call it magic if Theres always a little something you can start with: some void, you want. empty or even chaotic space. But lets show the rest of them Of course, many Christians shudder at that word nowadays: what we can do with it, shall we? magic, and well, technically speaking, it is more than that, Lets get some creation power and magic going that everyone is since an actual creative process is taking place; but since that going to be delighted by in the end, when theyre all going to see process proceeds from the unseen and non-physical realm, the that it would and could have been so simply to live happily and term that most accurately and vividly would describe it in your content. language would be magic. Youve just got to avail yourself of the right kind of currency. And for lasting happiness, theres not other currency around quite Im actually proud of you when you admit that you need My help. like faith: faith in My words that work the wonders and miracles In My book, thats about the best show of progress you can make and magic of creation on every level, great or small; universal, and a sign that you really learned something. but also individual and personal. I can do the same for you that I Youre not just trying to chew through your misery on your own, did for the vast void and empty spaces: fill them with lots of good but youre recruiting the best possible help you can get. It shows things, and bring forth abundance where before there was not you have faith, that even though basically what youll be getting much of anything. is words, that these words do have power, greater power than Id love to do it for you. Im the great Filler, and I just love to fill

you up. I like to fill up your life with good things. So, no longer focus on the void, but on what I am wildly willing and eager to do for you!

is complaining so much about it.

There arent many people who enjoy the company of someone who is suffering. They prefer someone who laughs and is fun to be around, and suffering is something that most simply dont 502 ___________________________________________________ have the heart to confront themselves with. You know My stance on giving up: You just cant do it! Its Its for the same reason they turn away their faces from the the one thing I wont accept. Of course, you have the freedom of suffering of the world: the starving people, the many injustices choice to do it, if you would really choose to, but I know you wont accept defeat. I know there is more within you than you are Its the indifference that kills them currently aware of. Thats why I dont want you to think that Im indifferent to your Of course, the Devil has pulled out his best guns, and in that plight. Im not indifferent, but concerned, and I feel for you and matrix of his, hes god, and can come across as quite with you. If you feel youre alone, know that Im all that much intimidating. But how great is his power outside of his little closer to you. My Spirit is not called the Comforter for nothing. plastic matrix? How great is it Outside, in My Real World, the One She does comfort, and its good for you to learn and find out that youre a part and a citizen of? you need Her comfort, too. Theres no country on earth youd be content in, because they all lack, theyre all found wanting and fall short of genuine human I want and need you to learn that My Voice is always going to be needs. Theyre made for their dog-eat-dog matrix, but you arent. a comfort to you that will not fail you or let you down, and that Does that mean youre weak? No, youre just made of a different My Spirit will manage to do what even the most desired company stuff and of a different caliber, thats all. Like that line you heard and physical presence of another human being wont be able to the other day: It takes a rat to win a rat race. Just because do for you; that My capacity to satisfy goes beyond that, and I youre not one of them doesnt mean youre no good! want you to put your hopes on that, not so much the fulfillment Just because youre not one of them, that doesnt mean that of your physical desires. thats anything bad at all! Some things you wouldnt want to be I know you do have legitimate needs, but I need you to learn that part of! I am the Filler and Satisfier of those needs, and that you need to I want you to be part of My crowd and My kind of crowd, and for look to Me in order to have them truly satisfied and quenched. I that Im having to choose and call you out from among them, not need you to need Me. conforming to their mindsets. These Scriptures are still valid, you Im trying to show you that I suffice, and that I can help you over know? Just because Im giving the green light for greater this time. Im just trying to show you how valuable My Presence interaction with the world doesnt necessarily mean I want you all is and can yet be to you. to become integral part of it. Those who want to and feel called to be part of it, I want them to know that there is nothing standing in their way. I dont want 504 ___________________________________________________ them to keep blaming Me for having foiled their plans or ruined Sometimes Im a jealous God because human interests and their dreams, etc. those other gods people are sometimes tempted to put before And if thats the road you want to go, youre free to go. No hard Me in their lives can interfere with Mine. feelings! And when thats the case, Im just having to let the old authority Love is never obligatory, and it can never be, and its sometimes hang out for a little while to remind everyone Whos the Boss heartbreaking to see somebody leave you for another or around here something else they want, but what can you do? Cry your eyes Nowadays people are sometimes so used to becoming buddyout and keep going! buddy with even their bosses and superiors that they dismiss any and all show of respect and subordination, and thus every One of the main lessons Im trying to teach you is that you now and then I might have to remind you that there is still some cannot neglect your role of shepherding. Youve got to speak up sort of hierarchy here. for something you think and feel is right. Yes, you are My wives and brides, and I am your Husband, but Im still the Head of the house! I leave you freedom of choice in That is your way: letting others have theirs. But is it always just about every aspect. But since you have chosen to follow and right? Has experience proven to you that thats always the best obey Me and seek My highest will for you, you must also grant way, or would it sometimes have been better to say no? Me the right to differ when you happen to have personal 503 ___________________________________________________ preferences that dont coincide with Mine Youre just going to have to trust Me that the process Im allowing you to undergo is actually, as I promised, for your good Youve definitely got to grant Me the right to be the Boss in your and not for your worse: that its going to make you better, not house, or youll reap trouble. worse, and that I know what Im doing. There comes a moment when the rightful authority has to be There is that danger that people harden their hearts due to the restored to the one to whom it is due. experience they undergo, and youve seen it and would hate for it to happen to you. So, when things start going haywire in your life, sometimes this But Im not as worried about you hardening your heart as I am can be a desperate attempt of Mine to get you to remember and about your going under from the pressure the world and life pay attention to the fact that I still have some say in the matter, exerts on you. and to give Me back My place of due respect. You cant handle it because youve been spoiled, and Im in the If you always put anything else before Me in importance in your process of making you stronger. lives, you simply cant expect things to continue to flow along all Im not really asking you for any more than to endure. rosily Of course, you worry that youre going to be missing out on all Its a wise person wholl remember in a conflict of interests, who the fun, but how often have we found that worry to be is ultimately the stronger One, and the highest Authority unsubstantiated in your life? All in all, youd be doing a whole lot better trusting Me a little This is your plot of land and garden to work in, and it isnt just more for all of this going to grow and be pretty all by itself. Youd be doing a lot better trusting more in general, and praising If you just let things grow the way they want in this garden, you Me, accordingly, raising the voice of faith. soon might have one hell of a jungle! Its not as if the pain was all necessarily bad for you. What is bad So, dont forget the possibility that the reason why things might

not be going according to your plan is because theyre not going according to My plan, and that I might have different ones for you for the time being

506 ___________________________________________________ You have to find out which is and which isnt the right way Maybe from where I stand I can see that its the better option to from experience. Just like everyone else, youre going to have to have you start a new life instead of just adding new factors and find out that hardening your heart is not it, that resenting what players to your old Im doing and allowing in your life will not bring forth the same results as letting it be, allowing it and welcoming it, and that in Maybe the new life Ive promised is not so much dependent on order to win this fight youre going to have to use the right outward conditions, such as the place where youre going to live, weapons, and not the things the Devil offers you to make you feel as inward changes, brought about by learning how to truly love temporarily better, bask in self-pity, or elevate yourself above and cooperate in harmony and respect, in honor preferring one others in your mind. another, and learning how to live in a fruitful relationship in The truth will always catch up with you eventually, and Im not which I am not neglected, but the prime Member going to let you get away with self-deception, but will show you up and let you reap the consequences as soon as there is an ounce of untruth that crept into your life unawares. 505 ___________________________________________________ There is something here that is not right, and were going to have These tests of faith are to show and prove how much all that to get rid of it lest a root of bitterness should spring up and I have told you has really meant to you, made any difference at all thereby many be defiled. in your life, and to what extent it has been the basis of your faith Youre going to have to get the victory, thats all, and theres no that you have built your life on. way around it! Youre just going to have to pull yourself together So many things have been eroded by the deluge of events that now! have taken place, and youre wondering about this fundament of You thought perhaps I was going to let you get away with your faith, whether its real or not keeping this grudge, and live your life as if nothing ever happened, but thats not how it works, because it would always I seem so far away from you right now, that youre beginning to haunt you again later on! wonder, Maybe theyre right, and I was wrong about Were going to have to take action and nip this in the bud and get everything? rid of it right now, theres no way around it, and thats the reason Others have given up their fundamental beliefs and their basis, why Ive had to let things look extremely bleak to you for a while have started to doubt whether the Enemy really exists, and and not allow you to get tripped off with any distractions, but whether Im really Who I claim to be, My Word really is what it have you give Me your full attention for a while! claims it is, and youre tempted to wonder, like Pilate, What is This is something serious, and we cannot just ignore it. truth? If you give room to one lie, that its okay to be carrying a grudge, So many of your past attitudes have turned out to be erroneous, then soon therell be no stopping place and no halting all the and so youre not too sure anymore what there is left to keep others that will follow from among your beliefs and convictions at all, and youre Youve got to forgive! This is not an option. If My commandment tempted to wonder whether the whole thing was a mistake and is for you to love, then thats one very integral and essential part youve been led up a wrong track all along of it, a proof that you really mean it, and forgive those who have wronged you! Even if theyre not aware of anything they might You think, At least the Early Christians had the Holy Spirit as a have to be forgiven for! proof that it was all real, but where is the Holy Spirit now? Youre going to have to get your laundry done eventually, and Well, She dwells among the praises of My people. She dwells likewise, youre going to have to remove this dirt from your life where She is welcome, and where there is love, not bitterness. because it simply doesnt belong there, since it would drag into If you want My Spirit to be part of your life, then youve just got to and defile your new life as well. praise Me, instead of cuss, complain and murmur and whine Are you going to forgive as you have been forgiven? about your fate and hold grudges. It took you much longer to realize what you had to be forgiven for than it took the one you had wronged to forgive you! So, Are Forgiveness is just about as important as your daily bread, since you going to forgive as you have been forgiven means, are you its mentioned right in the same phrase in the only prayer I ever also going to forgive them before they might even become aware taught anyone. of any need for forgiveness? Do you think that was just good advice to pass on to others? Thats what forgiveness should be to My followers. Its somewhat an act of faith. Even though they havent repented yet, may not Yes, life is tough, and it can be cruel, but youve also got to even know that there is anything to repent of or that they may choose to make it either harder on yourself, or somewhat have done wrong, you forgive them anyway, because Ive bearable! And the road youve been choosing thus far hasnt forgiven you, Ive forgiven the world before they ever repented, been making it any easier on you. and even so, as My genuine follower, so should you! So, part of the blame for the burden you carry is your own! Its an important and integral part of your faith. My yoke is easy, and My burden is light. What is My yoke and Giving it up and taking on you My much lighter yoke of burden? That of forgiveness in spite of having been wronged, forgiveness is whats going to bring new life to you and My that of love unconditional, that of humility, instead of clinging to blessings back into your life. grudges in pride! So, if you want to carry My easy yoke and light burden, youre going to have to drop those other heavy loads of bitterness, 507 ___________________________________________________ grudge and pride. Its tough when youve got nothing left but Me, is it? Youre going to have to forgive! But faith in Me, unless regarded as everything youve got, is really nothing at all. In other words, Me being all you have left is Are you going to show that you learned anything from Me at all really the way its supposed to be, for thats when you really start and forgive, or arent you? believing and really start walking the walk and living the life of Its not justifiable to carry grudges, and its certainly not the kind faith. Until then its really so much hot air and blah-blah. of stuff you should advertise and promote! This is not My All great men who have changed the world for Me got to the point burden, not My yoke, not My cross and not My way! in their lives where all they had left was I, and I came through for Youre going to have to dump that heavy load and send it back to them, and thats why they were finally ready to give their all for where it came from Me.

You figured that when I told you such words as, Im your All-inall they were nice and awesome It doesnt make you feel so hot when all that you gave is only being considered by others as mediocre. So, if that applies to you, imagine how much that applies to Me, Who truly gave all

It may be true that a lot of what is being given (or sometimes merely offered or promised) in the process may not be of any real value, and can more often than not merely represent a token rather than an actual gift, but it nonetheless does the trick, since most people go by these tokens, signs, symbols and rituals thats the kind of game they play.

Lets just pretend for a moment that you and I were the only two Some of their behavior comes across to you as hypocritical or living souls in the universe! Do you think that I would be false, and perhaps it is a very ego-centered game, with enough? - Enough to satisfy all your needs? themselves always being the hub, whereas the whale or dolphin doesnt care too much about his own position in the ocean of life, as long as the environment is healthy and clean otherwise he 508 ___________________________________________________ might just feel like ending his own life by swimming into shallow When you manage to truly put your focus on Me, and in such waters and ending up on dry land a way as is My due, you give Me that degree of importance in Its two separate worlds, really, totally different ways of seeing your life thats really going to make a difference, then thats things and handling and living relationships that can be quite where all the other factors in your life start falling into place and hard to relate to each other. making sense again, too, and your relationships with others will What you must not do is judge it from your own viewpoints or by finally be what theyre supposed to be like. your own criteria, but simply accept them as something different, Because its really only from Me and truly learning from Me and another kind who do things differently. absorbing Me that you receive not only all the necessary input, but also the spiritual ingredients like the love, patience and As you see were reinventing, or rather, redefining the wheel stamina to love others the way you should. here. For some, the two-dimensional wheel is their major means True, there seem to be folks who seem to be doing fine and doing of transportation and getting ahead in life. Others have a more all the right things without Me. But theyre not for Me to worry multi-dimensional aspect and view of life, and they have different about. ways and longings and means and desires of merging with the And since you are obviously doing less than fine in some of elements, availing themselves of them in their journey. these areas, lets just say youre one of the sick who needs the I have made this variety. The trick is finding your own kind, or the Doctor. one that suits you best. The way to do that is sometimes finding Other folks may not need those times spent alone with their Soul out first which kind doesnt. Doctor, but, well, you do. You definitely do. And Im glad you do, since without folks like There have throughout history been those who were the victims you, Id soon be without a job. Imagine a shrink who nobodys of the more aggressive types with their ego-driven games coming to see anymore those meek ones to whom I have promised the world and a new earth. As you can tell, it is within My power to turn your life around This world is not their home and theyve always been strangers, pretty swiftly, and regardless of circumstances expats, pilgrims and nomads on this earth, wandering, homeless It pays off to hang out with Me and pay attention to Me, as you gypsies, roaming and looking for a better world should have found out from experiences in the past, and you will yet find out. Theres nothing that comes close to it! It has really come to that: your only hopes in Me, and that those You should realize what a privilege it is to be able to avail Promises of Mine of a better world will come true, because your yourself of the Presence of the Creator of all things; a privilege kind has always been the one that drew the raw end of the deal in that has a lot of advantages, and should not be despised. their poker game. The problem Im having with most folks is that they simply In their game of poker Im your hidden Ace, the One Whom they consider too many other things much more important. cant and refuse to see, but who will come and save your butt Everybody underestimates the impact that My company, when the game is over and it seems that all is lost fellowship and influence can have in their lives. Everybody is so much more impressed by the way man has managed to Youre doing well to cling to Me. I wish I could promise you artificially alter his circumstances through the work of his hands, anything more in this world, but Im afraid that You and me the enrich himself and make life more comfortable for himself, totally only two living souls in the universe has got to become more ignoring the fact that all the raw materials that make all that than a mere exercise to you, but rather the only Reality you can comfort possible come from Someone Else. stand on. Only then can it unfold its whole power. See, unless I become your only, whole and entire Reality, Ill always only be playing a little side role in your life. Only when Im 509 ___________________________________________________ truly IT: the main Center of your focus and attention indeed, does Your spiritual vision becomes clearer by focusing on the My Presence in your life really become relevant. light, instead of allowing the fog of your own immediate, personal desires to cloud your vision, because they also put a greater So far when youre picturing it, you see yourself and some vague distance between you and others. Figure in the vastness of space or emptiness. But in reality, I AM But when your priorities and focus are right, you can see the universe and all beyond it, and thats why I can dare say that everything more clearly; youre able to view others not merely Im more than enough to fill your needs. from the standpoint of your own needs, but are able to zoom in Im not just a mere friend or some pal to keep you company. I am on theirs, too, and become a giver, instead of a taker. Everything, and without Me, there is nothing: nothing for you and not for anybody. Thats why the sooner you learn to truly avail Not that natural givers wouldnt ever want anything in return, but yourself of My Everything, the sooner you will finally be able to people are usually more willing to give to them, because they wave goodbye to their nothing, because you wont need it come across as giving in the first place. anymore. Youll have found something better, and a great Whereas when you only passively wait for someone to come weapon and means to overcome and rise above their along and give to you, well, lets just say its not as conducive to nothingness. inspiring others to give to you Where there is a void, you will know Me to fill it; where there is Give and it shall be given unto you. Thats a principle that they darkness and pain you will know Me to bring an end to it You have grasped and made their advantage and forte, and one that will know that I more than suffice. other folks could learn from. I am the Magic and Fuel that makes your candle and the light of

your love burn. Without Me, it will flicker and come to an end. I am not the emptiness, which is what the Enemy is trying to tell you, but the opposite is true: absence from Me and neglect of Me is what will result in emptiness. Their pockets may seem full, while you seem to be getting away empty-handed here, but you must realize that their fullness is really only temporal and will fade away like the grass. The only fullness that will last is the kind that you can obtain from Me. Sometimes, in order to bring fullness, I have to clear out all he clutter that is still filling up the space I would potentially like to fill. I cleanse and I purge and make room for the new to replace the old Sometimes that process takes time and work 510 ___________________________________________________ All in all, you might say, if nothing else, life is a school in gratefulness and appreciation, the lack of which has basically brought upon this world all its curses. Its true that it was a loyalty issue, but what brought about the failure in loyalty? A lack of gratitude and appreciation for what was there and wanting something different instead, their own thing, instead of My Thing. And, well, like any wise and loving Dad, Im letting My children explore and find out how it is, running their own thing, and some of it is good, if not at least interesting and thought provoking, while some if not much of it, of course, is dreadful and a crying shame.

of faith? You know Im able to deliver you. - But if not? Will you still keep trusting Me? Sometimes I have to create a worst case scenario for you to find out whether youll keep trusting Me anyway, or youll desert Me when the going gets too tough! What if? Are you going to be able to keep going for Me anyway? Or are you going to give in? In other words, am I your God, no matter what? Or am I not? Is your faith dependent on circumstances and My benevolence and blessings toward you, or are you also going to keep believing Me when it seems like Im not blessing you or treating you well for some reason, as happened to Job? Welcome to the club of folks whove had to go through terrible things, but came out better for it! Job knew, and said, When He hath tried me I shall come forth as gold! 512 ___________________________________________________ I want to drive home to you the difference between Me and human reliability. Due to circumstances that are beyond human control, youll always do best to put the bulk of your trust in Me.

Its not always easy to cope with the changes of direction in which Im leading, I admit, and there are few who have been revolutionary enough to follow along faithfully over a longer period of time. The way the churches handle serving Me - without all those turbulent changes - certainly does make more sense to most of you But Im willing to keep whats for keeps from all that you discover Im very thankful for any yielded, moldable tool in My hands on your journeys, and am certain youll all agree with Me on the during these times, in which things have kept changing more things well figure will need to be discarded, like the cruelties of rapidly and drastically than ever before in history. war and many other evils, once this great Game we sometimes These are turbulent times, and you might say they require term The Big Picture is over. turbulent measures and methods. You dont see much desired order in that chaos, and many are prone to wonder, Could this See, your salvation down there in the belly of the whale is that really be of God? Now, that takes a lot of faith to believe, Im giving you a glimpse of the overall view, and thats what doesnt it? Well, but then isnt faith what its all about? gives you the faith then to keep going, even if in the physical you cant see much of a direction in which youre headed. Faith, hope love Right now were working on that ingredient of Once I convey to you My picture and view you can keep going hope. You never really knew what was supposed to be so hot again, content and satisfied, knowing that all is well, and manage about hope to deserve its place in that trio. But what you need to take another day and step at a time, living in the now for right now is hope that things are going to get better, that its another round, with a little help from your Friend. going to work out for you; its faith projected into a future event, Remember also, that youve got lots and lots of friends Here and thus connected with patience where there is no such thing as loneliness. But even if there Youve never had to have much hope, because all in all you had werent, and you and I were truly the only two living souls in the what you needed and had a life of ease. Temporarily you may universe, know that I would still and always be more than enough have hoped that things might get a little better, but you never for you! really had any explicit need for hope until now Sometimes all the Devil makes you see is the vast blackness of Well, so, does the importance of hope slowly start ringing a bell? the void and emptiness and lack he creates, but the reality is, Does it begin to make sense? If you give up hope, if you dont that there is truly fullness and abundance, because I AM there, believe that Im going to get you out of this, what have you got and I will not fail you, forsake you or let you down. left? Though sometimes you may be tempted to feel disappointed by Me, in the end and by faith you can do so right now you will see that I am not a disappointment. 513 ___________________________________________________ Your painful moment is all you may be able to see right now, and Those qualities of "I can wait; I can fast; I can pray," are truly your own pitiful condition may be all youre concerned about and valuable ones. How much can you say of yourself that you that matters to you, but all I can say is Wait and see! possess them? Can you wait? Can you fast? Can you pray? Or should I better phrase it like this: "Will you?" I can pray, I can wait, I can fast Those are some pretty good Or are you more like the gardener whose former employer wrote qualities! - Able to do without, (I can fast), availing oneself of in his recommendation of him the long list of things his gardener the greatest weapon available to mankind (I can pray), and was capable of, but concluded with the phrase, "But he won't"? possessing the wisdom I am right now trying to convey to you: Obviously you're capable of a lot of things, but I want things the faith/patience connection (I can wait). Wait and see! done, it seems that the less talented ones are the ones who will - Even if youve got to do a bit of crying while you wait. jump to the fore, while you're still fussing about all the things I promise, you will see, eventually, even if through your tears, that are going wrong in your life and all the good things you can't and it will be worth it all! have fast enough... So, in that aspect you're not really walking in the footsteps of the wise men of the world... 511 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes those seemingly insignificant qualities really are the Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego knew their God was ones that make the difference, you know? capable of delivering from the fiery furnace, but were determined to keep trusting Him even if He wouldnt. Do you have that kind Maybe I should phrase it yet differently: Could you please wait,

and could you please pray? I know you need your energies and I won't ask you to fast right now, but could you please have a little more patience, and, if you really want things done by Me, could you please just ask for it, instead of ceaselessly complaining that I'm not doing them? There is that one thing I've left up to you to do, you know. Ask and ye shall receive! By now I would have thought you should be so desperate you'd be on your knees and burying your face in your hands and imploring Me in tears to alter your situation, but instead, you just wallow in your self-pity, cursing your fate... There are ways to get things, and there are ways not to get them, you know? There are certain rules to follow if you want certain things, and if you don't, you won't get them. Likewise, there are certain rules to follow in this game of life, and if you don't follow them, and obey them, you won't get what you want, either! So, a little more praying and a little less complaining might already make a biiig difference in your life, if you should give it a try! 514 ___________________________________________________ Mans extremity is Gods opportunity. When you come to the end of your own capacities, thats where Ill come in and take over and do the things you cant. Im sorry for you to be suffering so, but you know that its also a lesson in wilfulness and allowing your own will to interfere with what sometimes could have turned out to be a much better option Men must learn to yield their will to Me. That may sound very tyrannical and very politically incorrect to some, but ultimately, its a truth. As much as I leave you free choice: the main purpose of that freedom is for you to find out by experience that there is really no better choice you can make than deciding to put your will on My side. Its like that word picture of the father rolling the ball over to the tot, expecting him to roll it back in order to continue the game. You just have got to be willing to hand it back over to Me.

Sometimes, in order to bring about change, swift and radical changes have to take place, especially because of human tendencies to fall back into comfortable ruts as soon as things start to ease up on them again. Hardships and challenges are really good for you; I can only repeat it again and again. Especially when youre prone to lethargy and complacency Those are two very dangerous enemies that may seem innocent enough, but that you must really stay on the lookout for! Theyve caused more harm by their subtle and tranquil approach than many would deem them capable of. So, if things arent flowing perfectly smoothly, relax and rejoice; its for a good reason It could be that the overall situation is more serious than you think, and more drastic measures are required than you think, because things may simply not be as peaceful as they seem. I might be in the process of saving your life right now without you knowing it. So, would I advocate a sense of urgency? Yes, definitely. Changes are better made today than tomorrow. Im an opponent to having things always keeping going in the same old way and rut Im the Champion of change, because its one of the most dire needs in this world where stagnation causes things to rot and foment, while I want and need you, My people, to keep and stay moving and alive. I cannot allow you to participate in their process of spiritual decay.

516 ___________________________________________________ The sooner you get in tune and touch with the Eternal, the better. Be prepared! Yes, theres something better up ahead, and it pays to get ready for it! To just be satisfied with what this life has to offer is like settling for the Prodigal sons husks Theres truly more; lots more. The Devil has always been busy trying to get people focused on all theres more of to have in this world, that other folks might have, and thats his big diversion tactic Many people are motivated and dominated by envy and covetousness I would like you to be different. Most folks think its alright to be that way, and in a way and to an Desperate times require desperate measures, and these are, extent, it is, but you also know that these human qualities are indeed, desperate times. They may not be for some; creating the actually sins. Why are they sins? Because they keep you from appearance that there is no reason for concern, but that would be attaining the real goal and target in life, which is what sin means: fatally erroneous. missing the mark. There is plenty of reason for concern, alertness, and for being on So, you wanna hit the mark? Then quit focusing on the same guard. The Devil is still walking about as a roaring lion, seeking thing everybody else wants! Quit being governed by those pitiful whom he may devour, and just like I, he has gathered himself an human notions such as envy and covetousness. I know it may be army that has outgrown any previous numbers. harder than ever with temptations galore down there that the His power on earth is greater than ever before, soon to burst into Enemy has presently cooked up to keep everybody hypnotized. It his notion of all-powerfulness that will lead to the dreadful final takes a special effort chapter of world history. But thats the goal and the mark, and if you dont want to miss it, Im giving you glimpses of what things really look like behind the youve got to aim for it! scenes, and the aspects arent rosy right now for the world, and even My brides will have to brace themselves for whats to come! Its not so much the being different at any cost... Its the different Of course, like any loving father or husband, I would prefer to and distinct values youve got to set your mind on. Your desired spare you those troubles to come, but as I said, Troubles must trophy is of another kind than the golden calves that people in come, but woe unto him by whom they come. the world chase after: its not made with hands, nor is it I wish I could always guarantee you peace and freedom in this something that can be consumed with the flesh Its that world and life, but unfortunately, that is not Mine to promise you spiritual ingredient that really adds the magic spark to life that in the here and now, except for the peace and freedom you can makes it worth living to begin with. It puts you on the right path. and must learn to have within, even if it be behind prison bars or Thats why its called a crown of life: It makes you live truly like in the midst of turmoil a king, instead of just another slave in the Matrix. You rule and I am and will always be your Anchor. reign over the circumstances, instead of like everybody else allowing them to have the rule over you! 515 ___________________________________________________ As always, the details will be taken care of as the path unfolds before you. You should know by now that in this life of faith you wont need to know all the details beforehand Sometimes people tend to think theyve still got all the time in the world left to make it somewhere, or to leave an impact or get things accomplished, or whatever, but before they know it they find that theyve lived away their lives So, what Im telling you is: you dont have to run in their rat race! You can be free to live a different life, but youve got to fight for that freedom every day! The Devil and all his good and loving, reasonable voices will stand on the shore beckoning you to come back and tie up in port where its safe, where youd be doing what everybody else is doing, and how could you be so insane and irresponsible to try something else, something so different and unorthodox And it

will require some serious resolve and determination to refuse to listen to them, not because youre stubborn or independent, but because you know whats right simply because Ive told you so. You esteem My Word above their opinions, experience and advice, and I will always honor that. Not that youll always be crowned a king immediately, and as you can tell, youll be going through many trials and struggles But eventually youll get there, to that crown of life, and you will know that you, for one, will have really lived, and not just happened to endure an existence that could barely be termed life. You havent even yet begun to fight could be traced back to the verse, Ye have not yet resisted unto blood and if you continue the verse, what does it say? Fighting against sin. So, as old fashioned as it may sound: All those sins which they consider mere human qualities, simply the way they are that people yield to and make the driving forces and motivations in their lives, I want you to resist them and fight them! And the only way to do it is not trying to beat or chase out the darkness, but to let the light in, which means, you have to replace the selfish, temporal goals with better, lasting and eternal ones. Youve got to put your stakes higher than the average! Of course, thats always daring, and they will resent you for it, try to persuade you that it cant be done, etc., but you will know that its going to be worth it! Remember youre a mountain man! Look up at whats before you, and dont stop! Youve got to look up at the mountain peak thats yet there before you to reach, and not give up now! Your redemption is drawing nigh, just have a little patience! When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. While all that they strive for and seek after will vanish like ashes between their teeth, what you will have obtained will be like real gold instead, and better. Gold is only a metaphor for it, a mere shadow of the true values that are in store for you the color of the kings Remember youre a king, and that theres a crown of life destined for you. Yes, its a struggle, and its a fight. But youve got to keep your eye on the target, the goal, the mark of the prize If there were truly no differences, and everybody would be in for the same rewards, it would be utterly unfair toward those people who purposely choose a more challenging and selfless life-style than the average. The trick about this race for the mark of My prize is that it is manifested in a refusal to participate in theirs. Of course, those who are really stuck deeply in their rat race and liking it, dont like the idea that there are some who have chosen not to participate, and they may well be some of those voices beckoning you to join them, lest you be any different from them Thats where their envy is manifested: in their envy toward those who simply have the outrageous courage, guts and faith to refuse to participate in the rat race for the temporal goals and values of this life. Thats why they say: Theres no difference. Everybodys the same. Otherwise it wouldnt be fair. Theres no crown of life, no punishment, and no reward, not realizing that theyre falling for the Devils own spiel of trying to reduce everybody to exactly the same level (when all they really want, is to be the one whos different themselves, but on their own terms and according to their own criteria and values), and refusing to recognize the message that is shouting from every corner of creation: There IS a difference! 517 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes a man has got to do what hes got to do and follow the vision that I laid on his heart, even regardless of negative repercussions his actions might have for some; he has to fulfill his destiny. Retrospectively, the achievements of Columbus are disputed and controversial, since they ultimately meant the bloodshed and slaughter of untold thousands of American Natives, but it was nonetheless his destiny. Even if the mission should not turn out to be successful, it

doesnt necessarily mean that it wasnt his destiny to fulfill. There were those before Columbus or Amundsen who didnt reach their destination, but it was nonetheless their destiny to chart that course so that their successors would profit from their experience. How many people live without any vision at all! So if youve got one, you better stick to it, cling to it, and do your best to make it happen! Especially if its one that I put there and youre working and living for Me! So, this is a job for pioneers, requiring vision, faith, courage and initiative, and if youve got those qualities, My advice, rather than that of the overly cautious, will usually be, Go for it! Some folks arent meant for anything else than to be pioneers of something new, and even if their loved ones protest, sooner or later it gets to the point where nothing will hold them and theyll do what they feel inside theyve simply got to do. Whether the mission will turn out to be a success or a failure in the end is nearly irrelevant, because at least they tried. With more and more people settling for the easier, comfortable and safer option, and pioneers becoming quite rare, you can imagine Me rooting for those who still want to make a difference and have some kind of a vision, the guts and initiative to try. There will always be plenty of folks doing nothing but the same old thing, settling in the safe harbors where theres plenty and ease. But the pioneers are becoming rare. Isnt it preferable to stay alive and keep that fire in your chest burning than running the danger of letting the flame go out and accordingly wind up in a less than exciting and invigorating situation? As Someone Whose zenith of their career was a cross up on Execution Hill at the age of 33, you can imagine that Im not much of an advocate for the usual or normal way, and as much as I would have loved to have had My relationships, I just had to do what I had to do as well and fulfill My destiny, and I consider Myself a Champion of the cause of all those who will try something new, try to bring change for the better and do something different, try something new. Is it going to be hard, rough, and are you sometimes going to wonder if you did the right thing? Probably. Its definitely going to be harder and rougher than just staying where its nice and easy and comfortable. But do you stand greater chances of changing lives for the better there in the unknown, where I have caused your heart to turn its vision? You bet. There will always be something youll accomplish for Me anywhere you are. But if I have laid a certain vision on your heart, youll always wonder what sort of a difference you might have made if you had tried it, unless you actually do. 518 ___________________________________________________ Im sorry youre having to find out the painful way the significance of the role Im playing in your life. Its easily underestimated, especially as long as friends abound, and life seems to be a party. All in all you might say that Ive never been truly appreciated by those happy-go-lucky types, but in the long run only by those who have come to know situations similar to yours. Now, what you must decide is whether youll consider that a curse or a blessing. Is it a curse for you to be able to appreciate the depth and significance that My Presence in your life represents, or do you envy those who remain perfectly oblivious to it due to their manifold distractions? Do you regret being in a situation where you desperately need My help and are utterly dependent on Me, or do you appreciate it as a means to come closer to Me than you ever could if I would just let you live a carefree life? Your flesh would prefer to put Me in what it considers My rightful place, somewhere in the queue behind all its efforts to

provide for you, and its desires to be self-sufficient, independent, and in a position where there would be no need for this Stranger to intrude and mess things up. Most people wish to think theyre better off without Me, and if Id give you a chance to get away with it, so would you. The question is, are you wise enough to consider it a token of My very special love for you, and a very special privilege that Im dealing with you in a manner that makes it impossible for you to just move away from Me indifferently? Can you appreciate what Im doing in your life? I know, you simply cannot from scratch, and without Me giving you these hints. But now, when you come to think about it, what would you prefer? The easy, carefree, superficial way that the majority obviously choose, or this hard and painful road that drives you closer to Me? And which of the two will enable you to truly give more to the ones you love? Which will make you deeper, more profound, and also more appreciative of what theyve got to give? Which way do you think can really be termed living, after all? Theirs or yours? The easy road, or this one, that may resemble My painful road of the cross to a greater extent than you would have liked, and perhaps than you even know Yes, its true, there arent very many who suffer exactly the same way you do right now, and who are going through the kind of agony youre passing right now. But is that good or bad? If you compare yourself and your life to others, and you just want what theyve got, it makes you feel left out, and like you pulled the worst cards possible. But on the other hand, if you really take a close look at what theyve really got: Do they know Me, whom to know is life eternal? Do they communicate with Me? Do they need Me? Do they touch on the gist of life and what it is all about, or do they even come close to it? Do they even have the faintest clue? Maybe some do. But in the long run, you should really never envy them! It may not be the politically correct thing to say, and certainly many would not agree with the thought, but when it comes to really profoundly touching on the essence of life, the lives of many are merely a farce compared to the real thing, which also includes the kind of pain youre going through right now So, you may consider yourself the apparent loser and you may look like the guy who drew all the bad cards, but cant you tell that you have infinitely more to give than those lucky ones, who are really so hollow, because their lives are too filled up with artificial clutter that there should be any room in them for the Real Thing? So, yes, your life and case may certainly be weird and strange and anything but the ordinary, and sometimes you may wish you had just what everybody else has But then again, I need those who do have something more to give to their fellowmen and to the world than what the average person has got to offer. I need an occasional weirdo who happens to pose himself questions about the meaning of life and who seriously spends some time on trying to find some answers. Eventually, somebody else might develop some interest in these issues, too, you know, and theyll be glad somebody else wracked their brain on it before they did! Its like what I told you about those pioneers who may have failed, but their successors profited from their failures and experiences So, you may be one of those suicidal failures who freeze to death a few miles from the Pole, but it will be thanks to you that the next fellow will make it. Can you live with not getting the credit yourself? Can you live and die for the cause anyway? Even if the worlds history books wont recognize your efforts, Ill assure you that Mine will, and theyre the kind of books that will be read for eternity! Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass

away. Now was that just empty blah-blah? I guess the world has yet to find out! And they will! And youre digging these jewels out of the deep, hidden mines of the Spirit. An action totally unrecognized by the criteria of the world, who are even feverishly trying to annul My already recorded Words, and make them look like a fraud, or at best, an error But do you think I will leave those efforts unrecognized? You know that theres not really any other choice you have, because its just about all you can do to even stay alive. All you really need to do is say yes to Me and keep accepting this Fountain and Source of all life. But are you going to be wise enough to consider it a privilege? Are you going to appreciate this that youve got, that may put you on the losers list of the world, but in the history books of My future? Its all by faith, and without it, Im afraid there isnt going to be any way youre going to be able to get a lot of chips and credits that are going to be of any value according to My criteria and rules of the game, and in order to gain more of those, all youve got to do is keep availing yourself of this very same source Okay, so it may not seem like much according to worldly terms, and perhaps not according to anybodys terms But can you appreciate what Im doing here in your life? Can you see it? Can you see anything at all? Are you capable of not running through life blindly, the way they all do, in their ruthless greed and notion that they already know, that they already see? Are you really sure that it is you whos being the loser here? It may seem like that, according to their standards, and what they call seeing. But how did you put it so nicely once, in that little rhyme you wrote: Nothing is the way it seems Not in real life, not in dreams And whats more; can you dig this: Nothing seems the way it is. 519 ___________________________________________________ Theres a proper balance between the degree to which I want you to rely on Me for salvation, such as in cases when you truly cant do anything to alter the situation yourself, and the degree to which I might expect you to do what you can, or at least look around for what you can do. It wont work for you to just close you eyes and whine, Help me, Lord! It takes a bit more desperation than that, which also includes having done all you can within your range of possibilities I have given you a lot of possibilities in this day and age, and I want you to avail yourself of them. Just as you do when you have a physical ailment: you look for natural remedies that might help you; in this case, you have a spiritual or emotional ailment, and it seems to be harder to find a remedy for that Youre like a soldier heavily wounded in battle who finds it hard to deal with his loss, to the extent where he feels like resigning to his fate, and he doesnt have much incentive to keep fighting, or even to keep living anymore. Its a common symptom among war veterans, and youre not the only one. You feel used by the masters of war who put you out there into this danger that caused your loss Fact is, a loss like this could have happened under any condition; war-time or not Of course, civilians can get like that, too, and they find it hard to cope with the loss of a limb or their health, their job, their house, their spouse, their fortune or child

Loss is just something you have to learn to cope with in life; its something you have to experience, and its part of the curriculum, if you will. Its hard to cope with, but eventually you will have to, and eventually you will. I will help you cope with it and comfort you as best as I can, but its still you whos going to have to learn the coping. I can try to make it as easy on you as I can, but you cannot just expect things to flow seamlessly into a perfect situation; that would be unrealistic. Yes, things do get more difficult, somewhat, as you grow older. What about My Promise then, As thy days so shall be thy strength, you wonder? Well, according to the need I shall supply; thats My Promise, and it still holds, but it doesnt exclude or overrule the fact that there are certain trials connected with aging that youre just going to have to go through: The dwindling popularity; the desertion of those whose love and loyalty toward you were less than true As hard as these experiences might be, just like death itself, they are precious in My sight, because they drive home to you the futility of this world in ways that only they can What am I going to need those for in the Eternal Realm? you wonder? Well, they will serve as a needed or at least very complimentary contrast to something which otherwise you might eventually tend to take for granted, as has happened to some, and you can assume that you wouldnt be where you are, if you wouldnt have fallen into that category You know youre a sinner, right? Well, the wages of sin is death, and all the kinds of losses you experience in this life. My gift, of which you can be assured, is life eternal in which you wont need to experience losses of any sort anymore, and thats My contrast to what the Fallen One has to offer. He offers his lossy version of a software and program that only comes close to a cheap imitation of what I would call life, while My version is loss-less! Does that explanation suffice for now to put your weary mind at ease? You know youve made mistakes that warrant this, and you really mustnt complain and act as if you would certainly not deserve this, because it wouldnt be honest. If you messed up, youre also going to have to learn to bear and deal with the consequences! All I can offer and promise you is the loss-free version of what you experience now, once youre finished with this lesson, and thats something to look forward to, and in fact, those prospects should cheer you up enough to be a whole lot more positive about it all! It all depends on how much faith in My Promises youve got!

could call life, or living. And as long as there are these selfish factors of carnal desires in there, it never could be. Only once a life begins to truly yield to the Spirit does it become a life worth living. As long as you yield to My Spirit, I will always give you the grace to face any kind of battle or trial in life. But if thats not the case, if Im not giving you that grace, you must ask yourself, Am I not yielding to the Spirit in some area of my life? You must ask yourself whether you might be putting something else, some carnal element before Me, before the Spirit, and it will always act like a blocker that casts a shadow on your life and blocks My heavenly sunlight from shining onto your life. If you put all your hopes in another human, emotionally, youre bound for trouble, because, as I have told you before, theyre simply bound and programmed to disappoint you! Humans, in their current state, can do no other than crucify their saviors. Thats the chapter they enrolled in when they subscribed to Satans Ye shall be as gods plan. It always involves killing the true God in whatever shape and form He may appear in your life, as long as you insist on upholding your own little fake position as a miniature god. It always involves killing the true love with some fake version of yours that claims to be the real thing, but will only wind up leaving blood stains on the ground Mans version of playing god always involves taking life, instead of giving it, it involves hurting and inflicting pain, rather than mending it. That is not to say that nobody ever does any good, but Im referring to what happens when the ego gets into the way of My will for a person, and they put their own will and desires above Mine, which unfortunately is what happens much if not most of the time in the lives of the majority of people. The trick is to be smart and wise and loving and humble and yielded enough to make a difference 521 ___________________________________________________ Drink from the Fount that alone manages to quench that thirst of the soul Make room for Me; take time for Me; give the necessary importance and pre-eminence to Me, which they dont, because they constantly give it to other things Okay, so youre poor, youre empty, and a humble nothing before them. Welcome to the club! Let only those with spiritual eyes recognize your true value, and youll be free from flatteries that will make your life only unnecessarily difficult.

So you dont have anyone to stand by you in these difficult and trying times, except for a few rare and precious souls. Well, let them be counted. 520 ___________________________________________________ I know whom I have put in special positions of special need in If you and I were the only two living souls in the universe, certain times to find out who will be the ones to give support to would I be enough for you? Theres always going to come a point My chosen ones sooner or later at which Im going to have to prove to be enough for you. The rough times help you find out which from among your As much as you crave human company, it is always bound to friends can be counted on as the real thing, and who not. Youre bring just as much pain as it promises relief from it, and the only finding out a lot of truths right now, and about the true values of true and lasting cure, remedy and healing, is what I have to offer. things and friends, and about what can be counted, and what not. Only the Spirit has the pure medicine and ointment and balm that can heal wounded spirits and hearts; its the only ingredient that Just dont measure, weigh or judge yourself or your own worth truly brings life. Anything the flesh has to offer will turn out to be by their false standards, for that is a dreadful and poisonous not good in the end. The only hope the flesh has in order to ever thing to do, because their standards are all twisted! turn out to be any good in the long run, is to yield to the Spirit. They despise Me and all that I honor, and likewise will I despise Only the Spirit gives life to the flesh that makes any carnal, them and all that they honor. physical existence worth living, and as long as it resists the Dont adhere to their standards, but adhere to Mine only. Spirit and only yields to its own carnal desires and will, all it brings is the same old death you find everywhere else in this world, thats not much more than a poor farce and simulation of 522 ___________________________________________________ what anyone could truly call life. Keep trusting Me. Ive been there for you before, in fact, Ive Thats why youre so frustrated with your life: it strikes you as always been, so why should I forsake you now? Why would I nothing but a farce; its not the real thing, its not truly what you reward your faithfulness to Me unjustly? Just because you cant

see all the single details on the horizon yet, does that mean I have forsaken you? So, what are you going to be? A believer, driven by the power of Hasnt experience shown and proven that I often do add the the incentive of the faith in My capability, or a doubter, driven by details as you go? the dark cloud of doom and despair that lingers upon the notion that Im incapable of anything? I can still do it, you know? See, its either one or the other. Either you believe that I can and Im still there. Youve just got to trust Me for it and believe and accordingly will, or you dont. And frankly, if you dont, youre have a little faith sunk. If you dont, youre stuck in the same fix with all the other Youve got to have a little hope that the future is going to be as unbelievers, namely the hopeless task of attempting to save bright as My Promises, especially if you dare to trust Me for it themselves, and you know My stance of Good luck! on that and to take strides of faith, instead of relying on the same old one ways and same old means and carnal strengths and worldly securities. So, you dont know anything at least you admit that and wish I honor those who honor Me by trusting in Me. youd know something, so that you wouldnt just have to believe it and take it by faith anymore. If you only trust in yourself, what sort of a future do you see in Is it because youre so lazy now that the energy required to put that? A great and promising future comes from putting your trust forth a little bit of faith and the effort of believing Me for in Me and My abilities to live up to My Promise to open doors something has just become too much to ask? than no man can shut. Yes, its true, giving up does require less energy. You just give Where I guide I will provide, and you wont have to worry about up making any effort and let your vehicle slide down the hill into that. the abyss stranded as scrap given up on Sorry if Im not going to give you a big revelation with all the You feel like, why should you make an effort, when others have missing details, just the same old reminder to keep trusting Me proven by their actions that thats what they think of you and one day at a time, but thats just the way I work. consider you a pile of junk worthy of nothing than to be forsaken If Id reveal all the details to you with no question remaining, it by the side of the road? might be easy to believe then, but walking by faith and not by Well, even if that would be their attitude, it would show that you sight means to sometimes walk ahead blindly without seeing and didnt pay much attention to My advice not to go by the opinions knowing all the details before you start walking. of men. I have told you that I believe in you and have more faith All you need to see is the vague direction, like Im showing you, in you than that, and I even keep on believing in you long after and start walking! Ill take care of getting you to your destination you have given up on yourself. just as I have always done. Often when you think youve come to the end (usually way before Whats torturing you is your insistence on getting to know all the that ever really happens), youve barely even reached the details beforehand, and your whining about it, instead of just beginning! trusting Me that I will take care of the details as you go, just as I have always done. Weve been here before: you thought you were through, and I If you would have always insisted on knowing all details say, Thought so, didnt you? beforehand, you never would have gotten anywhere! So, why bug So, you still have no clue, or at least not much of a clue. You Me aboutem now? Faith is all about going on nothing more than somehow know or dare to believe that Im with you, still on your My Promise and believing Me for it, that its going to work out, side, and you have a vague hope that I do mean what I say and even if you dont know all the details involved yet, like where are will somehow fulfill My Promises to you you going to live, how are you going to support yourselves, etc.? Well, youre not the first one whos ever had to go on so little While a lot of folks are more comfortable knowing beforehand evidence whats going to happen, whenever I can find somebody of whom Maybe its just a tiny little hint of a clue, a tiny, little, barely I can still expect to have a little faith in Me for the details, I delight visible shadow of something to go on, but if thats all youve got, in using such a person by those good old-fashioned means of be encouraged that I make biiig things out of extremely tiny their blind faith and trust in Me without having to know all the things more often than not! details beforehand. - Big trees from tiny seeds, etc. - Even big people! Its the art of I operate on different levels in different situations and with appreciating the tiny, the barely visible, that attracts My attention different people, and if I prefer to avail myself of the good old and appreciation in return, as opposed to all the riffraff who are mode of faith and trust with you, can you blame Me for it? ceaselessly and exclusively impressed by the pompous. Perhaps I know just what you need, even if it should be opposed Ive got a love for details and little things, and a knack for people to what you want or might prefer. who do pay attention to, and dont underestimate the little, even All you really need to know at this point is that I will take care of tiny and barely visible, hardly noticeable things and traces of you, and that I stand behind My Promise that Im with you, and somethings that I will complete what I have begun, even if the Devil tries to scare you with thoughts and notions that I never will What do you really know at all? I agree. You dont have a clue. So, why not trust Me for having it? You dont have a clue, but when you look around, youve got enough brains to be able to 523 ___________________________________________________ tell that Somebody somewhere must have one, so, why not trust Faith just happens to be one of the major rules of My game, Me for being the One? one of its major currencies, values and aces in it, a power that After all, I claim to be the One, and experience should have will get you far! At least a lot further than its counterpart, doubt, taught you by now that Im a reliable Source, and that I do not will. tend to lie or fool My subjects, as opposed to My opponent, who Doubt will only get you in the neighborhood of nowhere hardly ever does anything else. vaguely and youll not even be sure of that. With doubt, you Okay, so I do make it difficult sometimes! Difficult because can never be sure of anything. Thats the only thing the doubter youre lazy! You should be excited about whats going on! can be sure of. Okay, so they make life difficult for you, and you think you Whereas the believer can be sure of many things: that Ill always deserve better Well, if you really deserve better, then thats be around, that I have not forsaken him and never will. That I will what youll get, trust Me on that one. make a way, even where there is no way and he cant see a way. If you dont get what you think you deserve yet, then you might The believer doesnt go by what he sees, but by what he believes simply have to trust Me that it might not be the right time for it I can make appear there, if I will, just as I made the worlds appear yet, and you do know that theres a time and a season for at will. everything under the sun, right?

If the time for what you think you ought to have isnt here yet, you might simply have to do what I told you: wait & see! Have a little patience! Its coming! Just dont be rash, dont get impatient, and please, dont get rude with anybody, and dont despair, either! Theres really no reason for it! If times are rough now, some day youll thank Me for the good and needful preparation for the times when theyre really going to get rough! So, life is rough and handing you tons of holes instead of donuts? Tons of zeros? Well, just remember that I made a whole lot of something out of a whole bunch a nuthin before, and that I can do it again. Anytime. You do know by experience that I have done things for you when you have launched out by faith, that surpassed the things I was able to do when you stayed in safer, shallower waters I have opened doors for you in the past, and I have promised that I would continue to do so. 524 ___________________________________________________ Seeing is still more important to you than believing. You want Me to point the way to you, instead of being guided step by step; but sometimes, when the way is complicated, twisted, the path isnt quite clear and the road is dark, you might actually be better off if I lead and guide you step by step and piece by piece by My hand and continuous instructions, rather than just giving you one overall glimpse of the direction you should go, which you might forget and which might also change according to factors that simply are subject to change, as well as the influences of the Enemy, who likes to take every opportunity he can to confuse and lead you astray. I know that this time for you right now is very rough, and you can hardly believe that I should be putting you through such rough times; you think something surely must have gone wrong, and you might have missed My plan Perhaps Im upset with you or severely mad, you wonder, but trust Me, just as you can forgive others for their blunders of the mind, so can I forgive you for yours, and gladly do. The problem is that instead of seeking Me and My hand and comfort for help through these dark and trying times, you easily become upset with Me for allowing them in the first place. Instead of drawing closer to Me, which is what you really should do under the circumstances, you decide to carry a grudge and distance yourself from Me, which is exactly the wrong thing to do. You must trust Me, and you must draw close to Me, like that verse says, Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh unto you! If you draw nigh to Me, you will feel My closeness, and it will comfort you, and it will be a better comfort to you through these dark and trying times than anything else. I want to prove to you that Ill be a better Friend to you than anyone else you could ever have, but if you just happen to turn your back on Me when you actually need Me most, you deprive yourself of that comfort I would give you thats so essential to you. You must realize that this pain and these tests are not just to hurt and make you suffer, but to benefit you by drawing you closer to Me. I want to and have got to be your Comfort! You must learn to draw close to Me in such situations, or there will be no hope. Your only hopes in Me. That doesnt necessarily mean youre going to be stuck with no one but Me for the rest of your life, but it does mean that if you dont learn this lesson of drawing close to Me in times of trouble, and drawing your comfort from Me, there will be no hope. The Devil has been trying to interpret it for you the other way around, telling you that I just want you for Myself and would deprive you of company, etc., but thats not true! Thats one of those worries that is never going to happen. But nonetheless you must use this time right now to learn this essential and valuable lesson of clinging to Me and running to My arms for comfort in this trying situation, instead of running the opposite way because youre mad at Me for letting it happen.

So, if youve been wondering what was happening and what on earth has been going on in your life: this is it! You ran away when you should have come closer! You hardened, closed up and sought distance just when you should have done the opposite and sought My closeness and help more than ever before! Thats the simple solution and the solving of the mystery! Thats whats been going on, whats been going wrong, and by correcting your attitude, thats how you can mend the situation and save you from any further unnecessary pain! Just draw close to Me, My love, instead of running away! What else could I possibly want to achieve through all this? So long have I been with you, and still you do not know Me? Your love is whats most important to Me, and likewise, My love is whats most important for you! 525 ___________________________________________________ Youve been looking to man for help and salvation lately, for an open door, but you must realize that I am the One Who saves (Salvation is of the Lord, remember?) and opens those doors! Ive simply got to let you run into disappointments when you put your trust in anything or anyone but Me, because that is what youre bound to reap sooner or later anyway, if you do! Its not that Im trying to have you for Myself, as the Enemy may try to tell you. But its that youre having to learn to avail yourself of My Love, comfort, Presence and help! You cannot keep running around trying to find satisfaction anywhere else, ignoring the one true Source that is guaranteed to satisfy your needs. I need to make you aware that youre looking in the wrong places and putting your hope in the wrong things, and having unrealistic expectations from others. Im the only One Who can live up to them, and you must avail yourself of that fact. If you dont, then who will, and how is anybody ever going to learn it, if even folks who have been as close to Me as you and learning from My Presence for so long dont even do it? I cannot let you get away with ignoring the one foolproof method to satisfy your needs, because if you do, then who will find happiness? I need folks who cannot just preach that stuff in theory, but prove by their experience that it really works and they have tried and proven it themselves by finding Me to be a sure and certain help in times of crisis! 526 ___________________________________________________ Its a hostile world youre living in; for you as much as it was for Me or any of those truly following in My footsteps. Its become the politically correct thing to do these days to become more accepting of the world and its ways as a Christian, but you can definitely tell that there are places and people with whom the discrepancies between My ways and their ways remain, no matter how much good will you employ to bend over backwards to please them and do it their way There comes a point at which My true followers will have to say (and Im not talking about the half-hearted compromisers who are always more than willing to compromise with the System), Thus far and no further. We have tried to adapt to their ways as far as we could, but thats it Theres a limit to which degree I would recommend you to become as a Roman unto the Roman. Theres a limit to which degree a sheep can try to pretend to be a wolf or do things in such a way that it will please the pack. When it gets too difficult to do it their way or play by their rules, then it just might be time to part As hard as it may be, after all those years in their fertile lands of ease and comfort You know that less is sometimes more, and while you may be having less over there, I can definitely make more out of it than what youve got over here. Of course, a mans original inclination is to try to keep and cling to what hes got, and to protect it, rather than giving it up; and sometimes I have to get him into a situation so desperate that hes finally willing to let go for something better, even if he cant see yet that it is going to be better for him in the long run, indeed.

Yes, you would have to forsake some of your freedoms and luxuries, but how much more would you gain? Leaving it all behind is a toughie for some, as you can even tell from examples in My Word of some who didnt make it. I know its a toughie for you. Thats why Im having you go through this period with enough time and room to think it over. As Ive always said: so much depends on you: your degree of willingness, the lengths to which youre able and willing to go, and what you are willing to give up for Me. I cant make you do it. Some things must come from yourself. 527 ___________________________________________________ Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. I have reminded you that Salvation is of the Lord and that your help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth. Of course, its the Devils job to cause you to doubt that and make you think that its not so; that I have abandoned and forsaken you. So, the circumstances look very bleak, and Im not downplaying the extent and degree to which it must be frustrating. Although Ive certainly seen worse, and you know that chances are that you will, too. But that is precisely the challenge: not to give up hoping, trusting and believing even when those circumstances seem so rough and dark I wish I could save you out of them at the wave of a hand and spare you from them, and I would, if that wouldnt defeat the whole purpose of your journey to begin with. The purpose is that you learn to turn to Me in such situations, and Im glad you did, even if what Im giving you in return isnt some sort of magical cure for all, just a little bit of comfort through My words to you I cant give you the big wonder magic, because there are so many who dont have it, and there are so many to whom you wont be able to give it, either, and all you will be able to give them is a few words of comfort of the same comfort that I gave you when you needed it A little bit of human kindness, sparked by a ray of sunshine and love from the heart of God. The big, powerful magic is still going to reveal itself and appear to bring salvation on a larger, tangible and visible scale later, but first comes that little bit of faith in those little bitty words of Mine that should cause you to just have a little bit more hope to make it through another apparently lousy day victoriously and alive I know about the plight of living, and how tough it is. Sometimes you doubt that I do, because you think that as the all-powerful Son of God I didnt have to go through this, but I chose to, and I did. All I can tell you right now is that turning to Me right now in this situation is the best you could possibly do. People wont always be available for you to see you through and accompany you in the hour of your greatest need, but I will. May it teach you to be appreciative of every day, hour and moment you may spend with the ones you love, but may you also know that whenever they cannot be there, I will. May you always know that Im the most valuable Friend and Companion youve got, and that your faith is your greatest weapon. They may ridicule it, just as Goliath ridiculed Davids slingshot, but his ridicule didnt change anything about the fact that the very thing he ridiculed became his demise, and thats what those big-mouthed Goliaths of this, your day and age will also have to experience. So, cheer up, the prospects may be dark, but your God, Who is with you, is powerful and strong, and well able to save you, and He will. Hell be better to you than any known way, and anything else you could ever rely on! In fact, Hes your only real hope!

You cannot put your hope in man, that they will open the doors that you need, but you can only implore and hope in Me! And that means, you wont look at those circumstances and be intimidated by them, but you will walk in faith and hope with your head held high, because your faith and trust is in Me! 528 ___________________________________________________ If you turn toward the light, you can avail yourself of the power of the light working for you, but if you turn toward and focus toward the darkness, it simply wont work So much depends on you and which way you turn your focus. Thats basically the choice every human being on earth has to make each day, and sometimes various times throughout a day: Will you turn toward Me, or away from Me? Will you say Yes! to Me, or No!? Its not a passive thing. The passive way is basically just another way of expression for the no option. By being indifferent about it or trying to be neutral about it, youre just being another negative. Neutral is just a less obvious way of saying no, unless youre really still undecided, but it wont help you to make any progress, either. If you wait too long to make the decision, your system just might freeze and need a reboot, and the task wont be accomplished, the desired goal or result will not be attained unless there has been a definite series of yes-es, positive decisions in My favor and actual efforts and moves in the direction toward Me, the ultimate Goal. People sometimes tend to see Me as the omnipresent by-stander, observer, or worse, manipulator and puppeteer, when actually, whats really the case, and My principal role in this game, is that I am the Goal. I am what youre all actually trying to find. So, turning away from Me isnt really conducive to reaching the goal, except that I often use your strayings to help you see the error of your ways, and you learn how to tell which is the way by finding out which it is not. Its a lot more important than all the details involved in the circumstances, because it is in My power to change and alter any or all of them. Whats important is that you keep your focus on Me, keep your will on My side, keep moving toward Me, keep saying yes to Me in this game, and consider Me the goal worth attaining, the One you want to get close to, instead of getting further away from. Drawing closer to Me is the magic move that makes positive things happen for you. The Devils main tactic throughout the centuries and millennia has been to find ways and tricks to turn peoples focus away from Me and to get them to focus on either the circumstances or on themselves as the only solution and means to alter them, and even blame Me for the unpleasant circumstances, in order to create enmity between Me and them As you can tell, he manages successfully. So, all I can do is stand here and beckon and warn you: Dont fall for it! Every adolescent thinks that they would be doing a better job at being a parent than their own parents did, just as most people are at least sometimes inclined to think that theyd be doing a better job at playing God than I am, but its experience the experience of actually having children of their own that teaches the first that it may not be as easy as they thought to raise children, and the experience of making a mess of the situations youre in charge of, that you may not be the best boss in the world, after all, either You see your kids upset and carrying grudges with you for some mystifying reasons you cant figure out, and even so I watch you getting upset and carrying grudges with Me at times, when I know that the one thing that would help you make things better would be to turn towards Me, instead of away from Me. Blessed are they who turn toward their Father. Blessed are they who put their grudges aside, since theyre mostly nothing more than fruit of seeds of doubt and dissention and bitterness that

Satan has sown, based on as little actual real ground as any of his lies and illusions have ever been.

change, since youve largely leaned on your own abilities to see you through in the past? So what if Im telling you that Im your only hope? If you follow Me and move toward Me, and youre satisfied with What if I demand that you let all the other options go, in order for My light being the only thing you see up front, I can lead you to you to find out just how real that really is? Because if Im your the doors that I will open for you. Whereas, if you feverishly look only hope, and I turn out to be a fake or less than capable, then around hither, thither and yon for doors you might be able to Woe is all of us, anyway! push open yourself, without much help from Me, or even blaming What if I would just like you to make up your mind about whether Me or feeling resentful toward Me when they dont open, then the youre going to trust Me that I can do this and handle this or not? result isnt going to be the same as the reward you gain by And by this Im referring to this little life of yours, along with trusting Me. those of anyone whos interested in Me at all, plus a few minor details concerning the overall maintenance and function of the Knock, and it shall be opened unto you; seek and ye shall find; universe ask and it shall be given you is not supposed to be applied as What if Im just trying to find out whether there is anybody left much in asking people, seeking their aid and knocking on their down there whos willing to trust Me at all, for anything, and to doors, as that you should seek Me Gods help, knock on His any extent, let alone with their lives (which I happen to be door and ask Him for help! responsible for initiating in the first place)? Its not that I have to convince Myself what Im capable of, but Im So, seek Me, knock on My door, and ask Me for help, and you will obviously having a hard time convincing any of you, at least find, it will be opened unto you, and you shall find aid for sure! I when it comes down to the practical. Im fine for a lot of people may often ask people I bring along your path to help you find it, within the realm of the theoretical. But when it comes to actually but it has got to be Me in the first place that youre seeking, trusting Me for their life, sustenance and income, it often turns asking, and on whose door youre knocking! out to be a different story: Oh, excuse me, Lord, but this is my territory and responsibility; could You just step aside for a Thats been the way you found salvation and aid when you had moment, please? In other words: Now that job is a little too no one else to turn to in the past, and thats the way it ideally hard for You to handle, Lord! We trust You with everything the should be in your future right before you. Youve got to come universe and all that stuff is fine but down here, you see, thats back to Me, your only Hope! where we are boss and in charge. You stick with Your heavenly business Up There, but were in charge down here Seek Me for the particular future and plan I have for you! Knock So, can you blame Me for wanting to find out whether theres on My door, and I will open doors that no man can shut! Got any anybody left there at all who has the guts to give Me a chance to questions, or only see question marks ahead of you? Tap Me for prove that I can handle those wee little lives of theirs? My answers! If youd tell any of them that youre basing your life on input from God and stuff youre getting while youre hearing from 529 ___________________________________________________ Him, theyd probably lock you away, but I want to know from Keeping your focus on Me causes you to be drawn toward you personally: Do you have the guts to do it anyway? Me and toward your ultimate destiny like a magnet. Whenever Am I real enough for you or not? that process is interrupted, and youre distracted by something See, this isnt just a question about a few technical details; its a else you then focus on temporarily, the progress slows down, fundamental question of trust. Do you trust Me for your life, or do may stop entirely, or might even be reversed you not? Can you trust then, that where I guide there Ill provide, So, it pays to keep your focus on Me. Lets put it this way: youre even if I dont necessarily prove all the provision to be there in like planets that can determine by their own will power and advance and show it beforehand, so that theres not really much choice just how close theyre going to be to the sun. And unlike faith required to launch out into the deep? the physical sun, there is no point with Me where proximity to Me I like staunch and stouthearted men who dont mind nor fear is going to endanger you. The closer you are to Me, the more launching out into the deep, not knowing where theyre going, as benefits you will have from My life-giving powers. long as they know that Im the One Who sent them there. Its also comparable to the way moths are drawn toward the light, What else do you need to know? Ive given you enough clues, but My light will never kill, only give new and more life. Im trying and you know the basic rules of forsaking all. to bring home to you the importance of the role I play in your life, Do you believe that heaven and earth shall pass away, but My and that its not to be underestimated, which, unfortunately, it Word will not, and that if I require of you to forsake all in order to largely is. be My disciple, then thats what you probably should do, if you Again, this isnt for My own benefit, primarily, but your own. dont want to miss the mark? Just as the sun is responsible for providing the necessary energy that enables life on earth (along with a few other factors), So, what is it to you what any of them might say? What is that to so it just happens to be the case that I provide the spiritual thee? Come thou, follow Me! Follow Me where? - Nowhere? Or energy you need in order to live your life successfully and for a few rides around the block? If I asked you to follow Me, you fruitfully, and make it to your goal and destination. must have assumed that there was going to be someplace to go, Just as the light simply happens to be pretty important if you and somewhere to follow Me to! want to see anything at all, so it happens to be the case with Me You shouldnt worry about their opinions or personal desires as in your life. I simply happen to be the light the way, the truth much as you should about Mine, because thats where youd be and the life all that stuff, and without that pretty much all- making the same mistakes you made before. important factor, it aint looking too good for anyone down there. You know the proverb, Where theres a will, theres a way, and But just because it has become the fashion of the day to rely on if you do put your will on My side completely, and you will the ones own power and the power the Enemy has helped man to thing that I put on your heart to do, there is also going to be a generate in his own efforts, and they now think they can do way to do it! without Me, youre also strongly affected by that type of think, If you hesitantly look around for the way first, without much of a and its simply very common human nature to tend to neglect will, its not the same thing, and it wont have the same effect. and underestimate the importance of the role I play in your lives. Once you know what youve gotta do, you do it, no matter what! So what if it is going to come to that, that youre just going to Now thats what Id call conviction of the heart! have to trust Me? What if Im going to turn out to be your only Can you blame Me for having to crush your life first, in order to chance for you and your family to survive anyway? bring about this, to bring you to this place, this desperation, this So what if I would like for you to put all your trust in Me for a level of being fed up with all of the bs the Enemy and his

System are producing? Im not condemning it all, but you know what Im talking about. People are still the way Abraham was when he tried to bargain with Me about the sparing of Sodom and Gomorrah: If there are 10 good people in it, would you spare them? I would. But people always overestimate their own goodness, and that of their own species, and blatantly ignore all the atrocious amounts of evil that they wreak upon their fellow humans and the earth. You know that this is the truth. Now, are you willing to stand up for it even if youre going to be put away for it? All I have ever given was the truth. What they did with it was their responsibility. They may distort it, twist it, try to bend it according to their own interpretations and ideas, but I will always come up with new voices to make it clear and beyond a doubt. Its unlikely that many, if any, will take it this time, but it wont change anything about the fact that Ive given it, and its there to do with what they will. I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, and they have done with Me what they willed, so you can assume that nothing much has changed about that. The truth will always receive the same rough treatment in this world as ever. But blessed are they who will bear it anyway. There are people who will have to be given chances and opportunities to be part in this that Im doing with your life. And blessed are they who will perceive that chance and take it. They may become an important and essential part in it by saying yes to My plan. 530 ___________________________________________________ There will be an answer! Sometimes you might just have to wait for it for a little bit! I know its hard for you to hang in there without knowing exactly whats going to happen, or what to do next, but as long as you keep seeking Me and trust Me, youll find guidance, even if its not always in clear-cut shape and form of answers printed out in black and white. You have to learn that there are yet other ways for Me to communicate with you, and I want you to stretch out your feelers and antennae for all kinds of signals, even of the kind you might not have received previously. The times they are a-changing, and thus are My methods and means of which I avail Myself in the interaction with My children, especially as they mature and grow older and wiser, more experienced in My ways. There are always going to be new ways of Mine to discover for you, and Im never going to run out of innovations. Sorry if that means that youre disappointed because you thought you had just about figured how to get answers on virtually anything. In some aspects that is true and correct, but Sometimes the answer is Wait! I want and need you to wait for Me, to wait on Me as you do, to wait and abide in Me as you do. Sometimes that waiting is just what I require of you to manifest your trust. Its like when youre having a baby and he or she is a little late. Its stupid to get impatient and want to cut her open and have a Cesarean, like those greedy surgeons Often, its much wiser to wait. People have got to give Me time. So, when you wait on Me, instead of getting all nervous about how much time you might have left and worrying that you might not make it to your destination on time, youre learning to move at My speed, get a feel for it, and you become subject to My timescape, instead of the rushing, frantic one of the Enemy that he imposes on his captives. It may say in My Word to redeem the time, but I never urged anyone to hurry, except Judas. If youre going to do something evil, you better do it quickly, but if you do something good, why not take your time with it and trust that I, Who have begun that good work in you, will also complete it in My perfect time?

In the meantime, just enjoy your life! I want you to enjoy whatever you do, even if Im beckoning you to climb a tree in the midst of a storm I have urged you before to try to enjoy the battle a little more, and the fight, and not always view yourself as a suffering victim! Once I can tell that youre even enjoying the fight and the battle and the hard times, then I can see that you have learned to truly trust. I know that you dont feel much like trusting right now, but are rather prone to dismay and despair. But havent I repeatedly said in My Word not to be dismayed? I am with thee! I am thy God! I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness! I can do no other! I will not forsake you! I promise. I swear. So trust, Amen? And keep hanging in there! 531 ___________________________________________________ If I dont know what Im doing, youre all hopelessly sunk, thats for sure. And sometimes it looks as though I dont, from all the chaos out there, both on this planet and in the universe. Only upon closer inspection does it make sense and appear that theres a mathematical precision behind everything that simply couldnt have come about by itself. Im trying to teach you to trust in spite of the circumstances or appearances. Im upholding everything that exists by a long strand of miracles, and either you believe in miracles or you dont, but whether you do or not is basically irrelevant to their continuing to happen The difference is that if you do, you can avail yourself of that miracle power, and your ride through life becomes a whole lot more pleasant in a mode of trust vs. fretting. There are people severely incapacitated, and yet their life and existence continues anyway. Somehow theyre being sustained despite their inability Look at Nick Vujicic! A cripple, and yet a powerhouse of positiveness that you could learn a lot from! Im not saying that you should be like someone else or anything, I just want to encourage you that theres reason for hope and trust. Yes, the circumstances seem bad and threatening, and perhaps not very promising at all. But as a contrast you have My Promises, and if you choose to believe them over the threats of the circumstances, you wont regret it! Thats what faith is: you choose to believe Me and My Word and Promises over the appearance of things and the circumstances. You know youre not equipped with wings, and the circumstances all say youre bound to crash, but you choose to believe in My Promises anyway when I say that you will fly! I believe I can fly is a good faith mantra, because it obviously states the seemingly impossible, yet believing that I will make it happen! It also reverberates I can do all things through Christ. All things even fly. So, if you believe that theres nothing you cant do by faith and through Me and with My aid and power, then youll know theres no stopping you. Im on your side, Im with you, so theres no stopping you, regardless of what the circumstances are! You can do it, and you will do it by My grace! 532 ___________________________________________________ Get a glimpse of what it feels like when the one you love, your spouse, your bride, cant seem to make up her mind about something Youre telling her one thing, and she agrees, but then she turns right around and says or does another Welcome to the club of despairing husbands! How else can I make you see the need for conviction and staying faithful to something Ive shown you and seeing it through, instead of wavering and hopping from one end of the scale to the other? How else could I even begin to get you to see it?

Seeing the error of your ways is the beginning of improvement and wisdom, and so it is essential for My purpose for you that you do. Of course, I know what youre thinking: But Youre all-powerful and all-knowing; Youre not going to get confused by our doublemindedness Perhaps not confused, but it can hurt just as much. How much can I rely on you to do and carry out the things that I would want you to? How far can I expect you to obey Me? Are you one of those who say, Yes, Lord, but then do another, by which youre giving Me an even more definite no? You see, its all not that easy! Not for you, and not for Me! How you can change, you wonder? Well, first of all, you need to see the need for change, and thats the first step. As far as your worries: I still want to be the One responsible for your support, and if you cant rely on one source, youre just going to have to keep trusting that I will do it some other way, just as I always have Youre just going to have to trust that things are going to take their course according to My will, as long as thats where youre making an effort to abide. 533 ___________________________________________________ It might be a little tough hanging in there between the two poles of a decision, but youll survive. The longer it takes, the surer you can be that youve taken all factors into consideration, and thus, that youll have made the right decision. Its a little bit like those Christmas presents you could see wrapped up on your Grannys closet for weeks before Christmas, never knowing for sure what was inside them until Christmas Eve It may have been a little torturous, the waiting and the not knowing, but these are just part of life, and its a little bit like that now in your adult life, too. So, you dont know which way Im gonna get this present to you, but you can be assured that youll have it, one way or another; so that is cause for joy, rather than sorrow.

and see just how far that salvation will work and do the trick. When it comes to Salvation, Im just the best Man you could ever get for the job. When you need help and you urgently need to be saved out of some mess that youve gotten yourself into, or that youve simply landed in due to some unfavorable circumstances and some less than favorable people, then its a good time to trust Me, that I am greater than all those circumstances, people, and whatever might be giving you a hard time. It is not you who is greater than they since you wouldnt stand a chance against them on your own, which is what intimidates you but I in you who is greater. In fact, as long as you have tribulations in this world, you know that the Devils on your heels, and thus he must be mad at you for some reason, which shows that youre definitely on My side. If you never had any troubles, that should give you cause to wonder whether youre still on My track. Hell always try to condemn you for wanting to have a little bit of heaven on earth already; always try to give you a hard time for rejecting his version of happiness and heaven, trying to prove to you that you made the wrong choice in trusting Me for it He hates you, he can do no other; but I love you, and can do no other, and will prove that My love is stronger than his hatred. Its an era of free choice, and I have caused it to be that way because I knew what you and others would need during these trying times, hoping, of course, that through it all I will remain Your main focal point and Center of your hopes and trust. But just as I dont demand that you rely on Me to heal every little headache, but I allow you to take a painkiller to alleviate the pain, so it is in this case. Some people are better at enduring pain than others, and I take each one where theyre at and according to what they are able to bear.

534 ___________________________________________________ If youre already negative when things are going quite good, its no wonder that youll despair when they really get rough If you have a positive attitude, grounded in faith, you wont despair even when you feel tempted to despair. I know this present life and world is a looong ways from the heavenly one you seek, and youll never be truly happy and As far as your worries about all the evils that might befall you satisfied with anything less than that real thing, but you simply before you even get there, the proverb may be applied, Im an must make an effort to stay as positive as you can, even with old man and have had many sorrows, most of which never circumstances being less than ideal. happened You must seek the good in it, even if it appears to be evil. Youve While it is good and cautious and wise to be alert and aware of got to look for the signature of good within evil. Its an art, but this worlds evils, you also know that I have thus far protected one that it pays to learn. you from most of them, and am most certainly inclined to keep Some people have a more positive attitude even without any faith on doing so. whatsoever So, if they can do it, not having a clue at all what this life is all about or where it will lead, just vaguely hoping that Your only hopes in Me, anyway, so what is all the worrying in the somehow all things will work out for good or the best, then how world going to do for you, that I couldnt? Youre going to have to much more should you, whove had all this assurance from Me trust Me, no matter what; whether they haul you off to jail or the over the years? world comes tumbling down about your ears Im the One If you dont manage to stay positive, then how will they? Whos going to have to see you through, and your ability to trust On the other hand, Im also aware of the fact that they dont have Me for that will make all the difference in the world. the Adversary to fight, and hes trying to keep them artificially happy in their blissful ignorance. Ultimately, you have the only It has come to that: youre just going to have to trust Me, just like key to real and lasting happiness, and when their plastic youve always had to and always will. Theres no other way, and happiness fades, it will be your turn to offer them the real thing, no way around it. You can try to rig up all the plans in the world, even if that includes having to fight the Enemy of their souls. take any precautionary measures, and still it will boil down to the Youve been hesitant at times to make an effort to get people same old thing that youre ultimately going to have to trust Me for saved because you didnt want to make their seemingly happy things to work out. lives more miserable by getting them over to My side and then My name means, Savior, and thats what I was born and having to fight the Devil. destined to be and do: save mankind from evil, from itself and But wouldnt you much rather have the real thing, believe in the from each other, and Ill always do a better job at it in the long truth and know what the truth is, than living a lie, even if it should run than any of you can do for yourselves, and that applies outwardly be some kind of a carefree life? especially to those who know Me and My Word. Youll never know the deep, inner hidden frustration and secret Those who call upon and trust in My name will be saved. All the struggles of these people with their own conscience trying to tell others who dont believe in that and try to save themselves and them what theyre enjoying is a fake keep themselves alive in their own strength will have to find out

535 ___________________________________________________ Just as Adam and Eve had to learn to cope with the outside world after they had to leave Eden, youre eventually also going to have to cope with the fact that you cant always have exactly what you want right away. The curse is a result of man choosing something other than My abundance and the life lived to the full I want to offer to those who follow Me. Consequently, life became a school of learning to do without some of My abundance, and the final result of it is an ever growing lack that you see manifested in many different shapes and forms on the planet. Some are starving physically, some are starving spiritually, and many are starving emotionally. I have created man with emotions and a hunger for love, and the great famine for love of these times is one of the crassest manifestations of mans lack of My abundance. If it wouldnt be for that need, that aching void, that vacuum in your soul that cries for what only I can offer, you wouldnt even realize your need for Me, and I would truly become obsolete in the hearts and minds of men. So, the result of mans disobedience draws him back to Me, just as David expressed in the Psalms that My chastisements would. Words like correction and chastisement have become extremely unpopular in this day and age, but that doesnt change much about the fact that man needs to learn to bear the consequences of his own choices and actions, period. The easy way the one of blindly refusing to deal with it is just blaming it all on fate, and commenting on the great lack there is, Well, thats just the way things are, and we cant change anything about it. We have to accept our fate While that may be true to some extent, and some circumstances unchangeable, from another and greater aspect, there is a lot you can do about your fate, and if nothing else, your attitude about it. In other words, it is in your power and every humans to change things to a certain degree, even if it is just their own way of seeing things. Every man, woman and child has the power to change their own perception, and thus, their own universe, and usually that way is manifested in some form of saying yes to Me, instead of no, accepting, instead of rejecting Me and My truth in whichever shape or form it knocks on their door. The power of thought and spirit and choice is supreme, and thats why I like to get you to focus on that more than the flesh, more than what you can do in the physical; I want you to focus on the power of the spirit you possess and consider this your greatest forte, your greatest asset. Once you see that its not the fates running amok in your life, but theres an actual intelligent plan behind the things youre going through, it becomes much easier to bear with it, to yield to it, and accept it and be happy with it, doesnt it? Just wait and see for what youre yet going to be able to tell in a while from now, if only you can hold on, wait patiently on Me, and trust Me! 536 ___________________________________________________ The kind of unconditional love, regardless of weaknesses, that you show to your loved one, I certainly also have for you, and you dont need to be afraid that I would ever turn My back on you. I cannot; even when you turn yours on Me. When you do, its not like youll be able to benefit from all there is available when you turn towards Me, but I remain faithful regardless. My faithfulness is unequalled. And what does faithfulness really mean, unless its ever tested? I remain faithful to you. I can do no other. No matter how many flaws you have or sins you may commit

please Me? That would be terrible, wouldnt it? Let all the accomplishers determine their own worth by their deeds, but I wont make your value dependent on yours. Id rather have you find out what I can accomplish through you, if you let Me! Id rather show you what I can still squeeze out of you than have you worry whether youre ever going to be able to make it with the bit of strength that youve got In other words, Id like you to make Me your strength! I am your strength, and Id like you to acknowledge and avail yourself of that! Its not so much about who gets the credit, as about whether you avail yourself of all thats at your disposal! Its by acknowledging your need for My strength that you will avail yourself of it. Havent I kept you alive all these years and provided for you? What is the worst thing that could happen to you? That theyre going to say, We could have told you so? Or that youre going to wind up poor and theyll consider you a loser? Have you so little confidence, if not in yourself, then in Me that I can do better than that for you? I would love to help you through, and Im going to. If not, and Im not real, or capable of doing so, what would there be worth living for, anyway? So what have you got to lose by trusting Me a little bit? 537 ___________________________________________________ Sometimes youve just got to have the guts to lead a life thats totally different than the average life of the masses. If Im not too pleased and happy with the way the world is going, which is obviously the case, then what would make you think that what Id expect of you is to just blend right in and do exactly the same everybody else is doing, trying to secure their own little existences? So you dont know where to go, and dont have much of a clue about what to do when you get there And youre just going to have to trust Me; no ready-made plans, just basically trust Me by blind faith Now, that is very different indeed, and it may not be making much sense to you that I should be requiring something so unorthodox from you Youre worrying I might let you down and make you an example of something folks should not be like, and for a way how not to do it the laughing stock of the whole world Going out, not knowing where he went tsk, tsk Blessed are they who didnt have a clue where they were going, but went out by faith, anyway, trusting in Somebody greater than all the assurances of the world, and that He wouldnt let them down And even if worse comes to worst, and your ships should return with broken sails; at least youll know better then and will have gleaned one more experience and lesson on how not to do it. But then again, you should also be able to have a little bit of trust that what Ive started, Im also well able to finish, and if you believe that I started this, and that Im real at all, then youre also going to have to see this through and allow Me to fulfill My Promises to you

Through your desperation Im drawing you much closer to Me than you felt you needed to be in a long time. Things are becoming unbearable for you, and so you cry and reach out to Me in a way that you havent done for the longest time. As long as things kept on going somehow, you figured theyd just keep going. But now youre seeing that things arent continuing the same way they were, and some things are not working out, so, youre becoming more alert and more desperate But that desperation shall be your salvation, just as it has turned out to be in former times and situations in your life. When you So, youre a non-accomplisher. Do you think Id ever judge you just cant go on any other way than by availing yourself of My for that or would withhold My love from you because of that? help and intervention, thats when I really come into play, and How much do you think youd have to accomplish in order to you rely on and avail yourself of Me and My aid in the way and to

the extent you really should have, all along. Put Me to the test! Let Me prove to you once again that Im just as real and powerful as Ive ever been, and that My Promises are true: As thy days, so shall be thy strength. You may not necessarily feel like that right now, and be prone to wonder if I didnt perhaps bite off more than I can chew with that Promise, but if you just keep trusting by blind faith, and continue to wait and see, I guarantee: you will see! When you dont even have the strength or incentive to get up, no umph to do anything, and all you can do is pray, well, pray then, and see if I will not do for you what you cant do on your own.

Commitment/Fervor/Devotion: 6, 89, 99, 138, 153, 175, 218, 282, 457 Communication: 24, 83, 119, 170, 209, 233, 236, 266, 373 Conviction vs. Compromise: 5, 8, 43, 74, 107, 115, 119, 124, 128, 130, 135, 137, 153, 154, 161, 165, 218, 254, 271, 280, 285, 286, 291, 301, 325 Correction/Discipline/Leadership: 1, 8, 9, 20, 41, 76, 119, 133, 147, 169, 182, 184, 187, 232, 240, 241, 242, 327, 360, 379, 403, 412, 486, 491, 498, 502, 519, 532, 535 Creation/Evolution: 54, 79, 85, 111, 116, 157, 165, 193, 197, 199, 222, 228, 235, 250, 272, 283, 297, 301, 342, 364, 463, 464, 491, 492, 497, 501, 508, 516, 531 Death: 99,101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 199, 238, 243, 254, 278, 308, 396, 402 Dependence on God: 3, 15, 29, 34, 55, 57, 60, 69, 80, 82, 83, 93, 136, 139, 142, 156, 160, 183, 191, 196, 198, 209, 210, 213, 215, 219, 238, 241, 280, 286, 296, 314, 316, 321, 325, 330, 332, 346, 349, 350, 351, 377, 400, 402, 409, 411, 420, 422, 432, 436, 444, 449, 450, 454, 456, 470, 472, 474, 478, 485, 487, 495, 496, 507, 512, 518, 520, 527, 529, 536 Devils Devices, The: 4, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 36, 39, 58, 65, 81, 85, 110, 111, 134, 152, 171, 173, 176, 185, 197, 206, 215, 217, 218, 225, 241, 271, 283, 287, 288, 294, 298, 301, 304, 305, 315, 320, 323, 339, 345, 346, 353, 364, 387, 413, 421, 422, 452, 455, 477, 499, 501, 502, 516 Discernment: 124, 194, 200, 262, 335, 482 Discipleship: 1, 11, 27, 31, 59, 66, 73, 92, 96, 105, 107, 112, 121, 135, 137, 141, 149, 170, 186, 201, 203, 218, 226, 232, 238, 252, 254, 256, 268, 280, 281, 299, 308, 321, 324, 325, 336, 387, 396, 407,420, 449, 469, 474, 481, 482, 491, 493, 500, 504, 516, 524, 525, 529 Doubt: 7, 92, 199, 220, 222, 419, 452, 523, 528

Categories Vol.4: Accountability/Responsibility: 7, 25, 35, 252, 328, 349, 386, 435, 496 Action/Initiative/Diligence: 7, 10, 34, 40, 44, 45, 48, 61, 87, 114, 159, 166, 167, 170, 188, 207, 232, 255, 267, 336, 359, 370, 392 Anger: 50, 261 Attitudes/Mindsets: 6, 7, 27, 37, 70, 72, 88, 114, 132, 198, 199, 225, 317, 379, 386, 420, 434, 534, 535 Big Picture: 71, 75, 79, 193, 223, 344 Change: 6, 7, 9, 27, 93, 95, 96, 169, 203, 207, 232, 235, 240, 242, 249, 271, 326, 330, 333, 344, 347, 348, 349, 360, 367, 379, 399, 405, 409, 412, 442, 477, 482, 486, 493, 497, 498, 512, 515, 517, 532, 535

Endtime: 19, 46, 47, 54, 65, 69, 85, 137, 147, 171, 195, 196, 203, 204, 210, 214, 223, 240, 241, 278, 285, 287, 301, 304, 310, 420, 514 Evil: 20, 87, 203, 249, 257, 301, 304, 305, 382, 459, 534 Faith/Trust: 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 18, 21, 26, 33, 61, 64, 65, 67, 69, 73, 75, 77, 82, 83, 90, 91, 100, 102, 105, 109, 111, 113, 114, 129, 132, 148, 155, 160, 164, 165, 187, 189, 191, 195, 196, 198, 199, 212, 213, 217, 222, 227, 229, 231, 235, 238, 241, 243, 244, 251, 256, 264, 273, 274, 279, 286, 288, 292, 296, 297, 298, 300, 311, 323, 326, 334, 336, 338, 347, 348, 350, 354, 369, 376, 380, 384, 385, 396, 402, 410, 414, 415, 418, 421, 424, 428, 434, 445, 448, 450, 452, 455, 456, 460, 462, 465, 466, 469, 481, 482, 485, 487, 497, 501, 503, 505, 507, 511, 512, 515, 518, 522, 523, 527, 529, 530, 531, 533, 535, 536, 537 Faithfulness/Endurance/Perseverance/Loyalty: 6, 21, 48, 77, 99, 135, 158, 165, 191, 205, 209, 227, 264, 275, 311, 324, 335, 353, 383, 402, 404, 427, 431, 439, 457, 475, 495, 500, 502, 503, 536

Fear vs. Courage: 25, 45, 70, 161, 199, 225, 254, 271, 278, 347, Children/Parenting: 17, 26, 35, 43, 62, 94, 110, 112, 148, 161, 162, 349, 405, 434, 497 179, 180, 465, 484, 528 Flesh/Spirit: 1, 2, 12, 15, 27, 29, 33, 39, 55, 65, 83, 119, 124, 126, Choice, Decision & Consequence: 17, 58, 79, 88, 107, 113, 119, 127, 133, 135, 145, 155, 178, 191, 200, 201, 203, 208, 209, 213, 220, 134, 157, 174, 186, 193, 194, 199, 200, 203, 248, 252, 258, 261, 265, 236, 243, 245, 246, 251, 256, 257, 265, 296, 298, 305, 311, 315, 316, 292, 304, 308, 315, 317, 328, 370, 420, 445, 447, 528, 533, 535 318, 334, 335, 336, 348, 350, 354, 358, 392, 402, 411, 420, 435, 446, 449, 462, 520, 535, 536 Churchianity: 3, 17, 56, 85, 102, 103, 121, 131, 132, 138, 174, 189, 213, 228, 232, 267, 268, 271, 279, 281, 287, 301, 308, 484, 492, 493, Forgiveness/Mercy: 9, 17, 25, 26, 254, 262, 455, 483, 505, 506 496 Forsaking All / Letting Go: 6, 8, 63, 83, 92, 107, 119, 121, 186, 192,

218, 282, 294, 295, 308, 345, 349, 362, 376, 384, 407, 427, 477, 526, 529 Freedom: 62, 102, 120, 138, 141, 153, 154, 211, 257, 285, 295, 299, 308, 310, 326, 328, 353, 384, 514 Fruitfulness: 34, 114, 250, 332, 349, 360, 366, 392, 463, 481 Giving: 118, 119, 175, 268, 289, 337, 509 Giving God the Glory: 29, 32, 53, 64, 69, 138, 156, 187, 209, 232, 241, 251, 282, 285, 312, 463 God First: 54, 82, 83, 105, 116, 126, 129, 134, 137, 138, 140, 147, 150, 164, 177, 182, 187, 267, 289, 290, 294, 302, 310, 313, 320, 325, 329, 332, 335, 351, 363, 368, 374, 377, 381, 411, 417, 421, 431, 455, 462, 472, 479, 495, 504, 507, 508, 509, 520, 525 Gods Justice: 93, 130, 240, 304, 348 Gods Love: 59, 87, 118, 150, 157, 173, 192, 233, 240, 258, 284, 288, 337, 340, 342, 346, 351, 364, 403, 414, 429, 434, 435, 437, 455, 456, 460, 477, 494, 500 503, 536 Gods Promises: 8, 28, 32, 38, 54, 60, 61, 67, 68, 69, 75, 90, 93, 113, 132, 150, 155, 156, 164, 171, 172, 173, 178, 187, 191, 192, 202, 204, 211, 240, 243, 256, 281, 282, 285, 295, 323, 330, 340, 343, 347, 354, 357, 368, 375, 376, 381, 385, 387, 389, 405, 410, 414, 419, 425, 429, 430, 448, 456, 463, 468, 474, 482, 485, 495, 522, 530, 531, 537 Gods Ways and Views: 8, 89, 111, 134, 187, 192, 194, 202, 203, 218, 256, 270, 271, 282, 292, 301, 325, 326, 335, 342, 350, 355, 397, 405, 408, 420, 430, 431, 443, 446, 457, 488, 492, 496, 497, 521 Grace/Mercy: 29, 67, 177, 181, 201, 232, 254, 357, 364, 403, 477 Happiness: 61, 63, 129, 134, 135, 147, 159, 164, 178, 199, 216, 246, 296, 314, 381, 442 Healing/Cleansing: 84, 249, 261, 263, 295, 366, 406, 424, 435, 443, 461, 486, 508, 519, 520 Hearing from God/Prophecy: 8, 13, 22, 37, 61, 67, 72, 74, 87, 93, 109, 110, 116, 121, 124, 129, 146, 150, 159, 168, 182, 209, 229, 230, 231, 236, 276, 277, 281, 290, 291, 299, 308, 419, 435, 470, 475, 476, 477, 482, 485, 495, 497, 501, 503, 510, 522 Heaven/Gods Kingdom: 106, 127, 141, 157, 204, 305, 406, 420, 501, 510 History: 2, 5, 25, 29, 36, 67, 85, 96, 102, 103, 157, 163, 192, 199, 208, 227, 254, 271, 278, 280, 283, 284, 292, 293, 298, 323, 326, 329, 364, 396, 434, 457, 482, 484, 510, 511, 512, 517, 518, 535 Holy Spirit: 34, 102, 116, 119, 127, 134, 135, 138, 503, 505 Hope: 377, 483, 512, 522 Humility/Pride: 2, 33, 36, 37, 122, 143, 144, 149, 188, 193, 201, 206, 224, 251, 269, 278, 282, 282, 309, 314, 331, 352, 378 Independence: 101, 133 Jesus: 12, 19, 41, 74, 95, 106, 140, 148, 157, 187, 189, 193, 211, 213, 226, 235, 240, 241, 263, 271, 280, 285, 293, 383, 444, 460, 482, 483, 501, 527, 528, 533 Knowledge/Wisdom: 15, 20, 45, 54, 58, 79, 81, 90, 101, 111, 119, 134, 135, 171, 176, 199, 200, 222, 228, 231, 235, 314, 379, 476 Learning/Teaching: 17, 19, 20, 35, 37, 43, 55, 62, 72, 93, 118, 119, 142, 143, 171, 174, 182, 199, 243, 277, 297, 311, 314, 315, 328, 335, 343, 344, 352, 360, 366, 379, 382, 383, 386, 404, 408, 435, 447, 455,

458, 466, 482, 490, 491, 535 Little Things & People: 7, 19, 48, 63, 70, 87, 90, 93, 111, 157, 163, 192, 204, 227, 292, 309, 413, 523 Looking Unto Jesus: 32, 53, 54, 58, 70, 73, 89, 105, 115, 121, 130, 164, 168, 213, 245, 257, 259, 275, 282, 291, 313, 316, 320, 329, 330, 336, 528 Love: 2, 3, 17, 19, 25, 26, 42, 45, 51, 57, 58, 59, 69, 76, 77, 100, 116, 118, 119, 136, 149, 152, 162, 166, 167, 200, 204, 205, 235, 240, 270, 284, 286, 289, 301, 307, 308, 313, 317, 319, 352, 372, 384, 389, 390, 392, 393, 398, 400, 403, 406, 407, 433, 437, 445, 447, 454, 460, 462, 465, 492, 502 Loving Jesus/Relationship with God: 102, 116, 118, 138, 159, 187, 210, 266, 267, 281, 288, 289, 294, 302, 315, 335, 462, 479, 508, 509 Materialism/Greed: 65, 84, 106, 107, 112, 186, 218, 301, 335, 350, 516 Meaning/Purpose: 5, 23, 86, 93, 119, 120, 124, 137, 180, 382, 433 Metaphors: 1, 29, 32, 34, 66, 69, 72, 79, 106, 116, 119, 120, 123, 124, 133, 147, 148, 166, 185, 189, 202, 208, 209, 213, 224, 237, 240, 285, 293, 303, 304, 317, 327, 364, 371, 381, 383, 405, 413, 420, 432, 444, 451, 453, 454, 456, 458, 462, 463, 474, 477, 479, 480, 484, 486, 519, 523, 528, 529 Miracles: 223, 358, 438, 531 Money: 75, 135, 136, 140, 153, 161, 196, 198, 200, 209, 210, 211, 214, 218, 249, 445, 481, 492, 496 Movies: 22, 67, 213, 240, 373, 393, 466 Music: 5, 72, 116, 434 Mysteries: 106, 282, 305 Obedience/Disobedience: 16, 18, 45, 54, 61, 110, 170, 178, 199, 218, 232, 298 Overcoming/Rising Above: 12, 40, 54, 65, 124, 187, 214, 215, 251, 256, 262, 294, 325, 338, 350, 366, 368, 381, 382, 395, 407, 415, 446, 487, 515, 516, 531 Patience/Waiting on the Lord: 34, 69, 104, 114, 164, 189, 209, 224, 229, 264, 297, 300, 334, 362, 369, 373, 432, 441, 479, 487, 489, 491, 510, 513, 523, 530, 533, 535 Peace: 47, 100, 151, 240, 285, 301, 514 Persecution: 36, 85, 102, 143, 148, 171 Positiveness vs. Negativity: 7, 14, 88, 198, 199, 216, 238, 240, 244, 262, 263, 264, 271, 307, 348, 395, 528, 534 Praise vs. Murmuring: 7, 33, 156, 187, 217, 221, 232, 251, 380, 462, 505 Prayer: 7, 80, 101, 102, 109, 148, 170, 180, 191, 237, 266, 267, 286, 380, 480, 483, 513 Progress, Growth, Maturation: 6, 7, 9, 27, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 68, 140, 144, 172, 187, 193, 207, 210, 240, 242, 249, 251, 256, 260, 281, 282, 326, 329, 379, 407, 414, 415, 435, 490, 491, 492 Relationship/People: 3, 42, 57, 66, 70, 71, 78, 108, 117, 144, 145, 183, 205, 250, 263, 265, 284, 289, 296, 302, 313, 315, 317, 319, 321, 322, 328, 329, 330, 332, 333, 335, 345, 349, 350, 351, 353, 357, 358, 361, 366, 367, 371, 372, 373, 374, 381, 383, 384, 404, 406, 407, 411, 414, 416, 418, 421, 427, 436, 440, 441, 445, 449, 453, 455, 460, 463,

464, 468, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 491, 493, 495, 499, 503, 508, 509, 520, 521, 532 Revelation: 133, 243, 258 Sacrifice: 18, 27, 100, 133, 149, 254, 295, 319, 442 Salvation: 14, 16, 26, 46, 54, 69, 95, 157, 177, 207, 249, 304, 316, 334, 450, 467, 483, 519 Sample: 3, 31, 35, 55, 61, 63, 64, 73, 76, 77, 141, 149, 155, 166, 184, 226, 255, 257, 259, 286, 315, 324, 328 Security/Protection/Safety: 91, 171, 247, 456, 533 Selfishness/Unselfishness: 47, 52, 92, 112, 119, 129, 137, 139, 146, 149, 179, 240, 241, 265, 283, 306, 315, 322, 328, 333, 337, 341, 344, 452, 465 Self-righteousness: 1, 2, 45, 166, 190, 262, 267, 284 Shepherding/Leadership: 23, 26, 60, 100, 124, 125, 147, 215 Sin: 25, 67, 81, 162, 294, 295, 313, 318, 346, 361, 366, 490, 516 Society: 11, 18, 19, 30, 52, 77, 84, 96, 101, 107, 119, 137, 143, 164, 179, 181, 193, 194, 200, 208, 240, 265, 270, 282, 283, 306, 309, 312, 335, 422, 432, 436, 459, 462, 491, 509, 529, 534, 535, 537 Speech: 250, 312, 373 Spirit Helpers: 50, 93, 101, 127, 145, 180, 213, 236 Spirit World: 49, 79, 81, 116, 124, 134, 145, 146, 157, 173, 178, 185, 236, 237, 278, 305, 323, 364 Success/Failure: 29, 140, 152, 177, 301, 311, 368, 379, 432, 433, 435, 481, 499 Supply/Gods Provision: 21, 82, 116, 150, 156, 189, 195, 217, 218, 219, 296, 364, 369, 419, 445, 481, 482, 496, 501, 503, 509, 529, 532, 536 System/Worldliness/The Matrix: 1, 17, 18, 20, 102, 112, 115, 134, 137, 153, 154, 179, 180, 193, 219, 220, 228, 248, 254, 270, 280, 282, 285, 300, 325, 330, 335, 350, 353, 385, 398, 401, 437, 446, 537 46, 47, 74, 90, 91, 197, 206, 211, 218, 301, 304, 309, 321, 452, 502, 521, 526,

339, 353, 361, 363, 373, 378, 401, 435, 452, 458, 462, 490, 492, 495, 498, 506, 529 Unity/Teamwork: 28, 93, 100, 191, 260, 315 Vision: 11, 60, 95, 238, 256, 357, 370, 374, 380, 388, 394, 509, 510, 516, 517 War of the Spirit: 27, 31, 36, 47, 88, 89, 96, 99, 103, 104, 124, 151, 158, 159, 191, 220, 221, 247, 257, 279, 280, 282, 287, 301, 313, 327, 355, 391, 426, 437, 499, 519 Witnessing: 5, 14, 16, 19, 27, 30, 46, 47, 63, 73, 75, 76, 96, 97, 115, 120, 131, 135, 140, 141, 152, 190, 197, 201, 207, 216, 226, 230, 244, 250, 303, 336, 356, 493 Word, The: 11, 87, 90, 175, 176, 192, 217, 255, 257, 275, 336, 375, 456, 462, 501, 527 Yieldedness/Submission: 8, 32, 35, 45, 49, 100, 133, 150, 187, 192, 221, 226, 235, 271, 282, 294, 300, 325, 326, 336, 342, 348, 363, 370, 422, 486, 491, 493, 506, 514, 520, 529

Temptation: 1, 12, 15, 18, 22, 39, 62, 85, 94, 119, 142, 147, 174, 178, 271, 275, 283, 298, 313, 318, 325, 411, 413, 423, 452, 482 Thankfulness/Gratitude/Appreciation: 9, 33, 40, 114, 164, 198, 232, 246, 253, 282, 298, 344, 345, 359, 361, 363, 383, 413, 510 Time/Eternity: 11, 13, 39, 46, 87, 105, 107, 119, 147, 177, 200, 238, 240, 286, 308, 333, 350, 354, 396, 410, 462, 477, 516 Trials, Tests, Pain & Suffering: 10, 12, 13, 23, 24, 31, 33, 35, 38, 43, 45, 60, 75, 119, 125, 142, 156, 158, 164, 172, 174, 182, 183, 184, 187, 192, 196, 198, 205, 212, 214, 215, 219, 221, 225, 232, 249, 256, 273, 282, 294, 295, 313, 316, 317, 321, 323, 327, 330, 331, 334, 335, 339, 340, 348, 349, 354, 355, 363, 365, 366, 379, 383, 396, 406, 412, 413, 414, 417, 418, 419, 430, 431, 440, 442, 450, 452, 465, 483, 490, 493, 495, 498, 499, 500, 503, 505, 510, 514, 515, 518, 519, 521, 524, 527, 533, 537 True Church: 56, 85, 102, 103, 123, 148, 218, 221, 234, 239, 240, 254, 326, 356, 399 Truth/Honesty/Reality: 4, 19, 25, 66, 79, 81, 87, 91, 98, 113, 120, 132, 134, 140, 165, 167, 171, 174, 182, 186, 190, 194, 211, 215, 216, 220, 223, 224, 228, 234, 257, 272, 278, 280, 283, 301, 305, 325, 326,