“Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:10

The definition of ensconced is to be established in a comfortable and safe place. In the context of God, this refers to living in oneness with Christ the Lord.

This can only happen if you are anchored to God through the Holy Spirit who is sealed within you.

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness through prayer, meditating on the Word of God, and listening for the voice of Christ.

You can lead a life pleasing to God if you are submitting to the authority of the Holy Spirit. This is because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus will set you free from the law of sin and death. Christ lives in you. 

The Holy Spirit examines all your motives and is at work to build the values of Christ into your life. He convicts you of sin and keeps you on track with God.

An excellent discipline to build into your spiritual life is to commit your works each day to Christ and ask Him to fill you with His thoughts. This helps to keep self out of the way, avoid temptations and allows you to experience the reality of the Living Christ.

Jesus speaks to His people and desires to be your fortress of comfort and safety. Walk by faith reaching out to Him for your every need.

A Christmas message for all!

I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. I desire to protect you from the swirling troubles and the distresses of living in the world but you must come to Me with an open heart and a willingness to listen for My voice. I want your obedience above all else. You can trust Me implicitly because I keep My Word. Look no further than Me for your every sufficiency. I am Christ the Lord and have power and authority over the heavens and earth. I died so you can live!

This is the season of Christmas. Worship Me in Spirit and Truth. Sing praises and songs of hallelujah honoring My name. 

I am an immutable God. I never change. Trust Me implicitly.

Look no further. Find your sufficiency in Me for your every need. 

I am like the Statue of Liberty. I bring freedom to all those who call on My name. 

There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is destruction. The counsel of the Lord endures forever.

Seek me out for wisdom and protection. Do not believe the lies of the world. The world will disappoint you but I keep My promises. 

I am a healing God. Ask in My name and you shall receive. (Last night I saw a boy living in Nebraska with a severe tumor in his arm. He will be healed by the power of Christ.)

I live so you can live. Ask for My unlimited strength to overcome your troubles. This strength comes from heaven and is embodied in My life.

There is no one like Me. Live with Me by faith anchored to the Holy Spirit. 

I can do for you what you can never do for yourself. All the promises of God in Christ are yes and amen.

Rest in My greatness. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.

You will see powerful signs and wonders in the days ahead. I am reconciling all things to Myself. 

I alone am worthy of your praise and adulation!

Turn away from darkness and enter in My light. There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is destruction. Lean not on your own understanding. Seek Me out for strength, wisdom, and joy. I live so you can live!

The definition of whimsical is acting in a capricious manner. This is someone who operates with sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

God never changes but you and I change depending on the circumstances in our lives. We become unstable in times of adversity and tend to drift away from God.

Satan is at work to destroy believers. I sense a strong effort on his part to deceive believers and lead them into evil ways. Do not allow your emotions to control you; live in oneness with Jesus under the authority of the Holy Spirit.

Your only hope for life is in Christ. Come to God by faith living in His promises. Listen to His voice and obey Him. 

Pray diligently reaching out to God for your every need. 

Praise God continually and meditate on His truths.

Ask for the joy of the Lord. Make this your stimulus for life. 

Cast your burdens on the shoulders of God. Give ownership of your troubles to Jesus and then let go. Jesus will sustain you with strength and confidence in His promises. God delivers His people from adversity. 

Jesus is your sanctuary for life. All the promises of God in Christ are yes and amen. 

“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11

I am the beginning of life. My foundation will endure forever. The things of the world will perish but I am eternal.

Build your life on My Word and reject the temptations of the world. There is no security in the world. 

I alone am God and My ways are perfect.

I am the solution for all your troubles. Reach out to Me for your every need.

Come to Me by faith believing in My promises. 

Worship Me in Spirit and Truth. 

Listen for My voice. I keep My promises.

I am not a historical God. I am alive and want to invest Myself in your life. 

You cannot see Me but I see every detail of you life. I know your every thought before you wake up today.

Live grounded in Me through the Holy Spirit. He will show you the reality of the Living Christ.

Ask for My strength. It has no limits.

Nothing is impossible for Me.

There is no one like Me. 

“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.” Hebrews 10:31

Walking with Christ is not easy. You and I are accountable to Jesus for our every action. And, God gets our attention through the trials of life.

Many times the adversity comes at the hand of God and is not provoked by your actions. As a believer, God has one single minded goal in your life. He wants you to live by faith without fear or doubt when the storm clouds come into your life.

Faith is believing and living in the promises of God when your life is falling apart. 

Faith is seeking God out for your every need. Most believers have a tendency to stray away from God when troubles come their way. They blame God for failing them when His ways are perfect.

You have been baptized into the death and resurrected life of Christ. Don’t be surprised when adversity comes into your life. It is ordained by God just like the pandemic we are all dealing with today.

The afflictions in your life are a mirror image of what Jesus faced living on this earth. You can become an overcomer by drawing upon the resurrected life of Christ.

Here is how you can you deal with the adversities of life and live at peace with God?

Praise God at all times.

Ask Jesus to cover you with His blood.

Come to God with an open heart to the conviction of the Spirit of Christ.

Pray diligently seeking His counsel for your life.

Meditate on the truths of God.

Forgive God for His actions which seem unjust and forgive those who have hurt you. If you don’t forgive God will not forgive you.

Listen for the voice of God.

Ask for the unlimited strength of Christ.

Remember, the battle is not yours. It belongs to the Lord. Cast your burdens upon the Lord and He will sustain you with His life.

Rest in the work of Christ and cease from striving.

All things work for the good for those who love God and are called according to His purposes. This does not mean that all things are good in your life but God takes your sin and the adversities of life to create His character within you.

Where sin abounds grace abounds more. This is the nature of our loving and compassionate God.

He lives so you can live even in the most dire moments of life!

The definition of hallucinate is to perceive something that is not actually present. Last night God spoke to me about believers “who try to make Me into something that is not really Me.”

This misconception about God has many influences in believers.

Walking with Christ is a life of faith. You reach out to Jesus for your every need believing in the promises of God. Without faith you cannot please God.

Jesus is controversial and at times will act in a radical manner in your life.

Jesus is not predictable. He does not operate with the logic of the world.

Jesus has no ego but we are self driven people and can never match up to the standards of God.

Jesus hates religion. It suffocates a believer with the burden of keeping laws, doing works, and it creates an obligation to religious duties. 

Jesus is a God of retribution. He blesses and He curses.

The severe judgment of God is at work today in our world. He is angry over the lack of respect for who He is and our improprieties against His ways

As a believer you will experience suffering and pain. This is because you have been crucified into the death of Christ Jesus. 

The Christ follower will experience different seasons with God. There will be times of prosperity and times of deprivation. There will be seasons of ministry and seasons of work and family. There will be times of isolation and times of public acclaim.

You cannot encounter the Living Christ through emotions or experiences. You will find Christ through His Word and listening for His voice.

Jesus will test you to the ends of the earth. Many times this will make no sense to you. The purpose of testing is to build your loyalty to God in times of adversity.

Jesus has given you the Holy Spirit which is the life of Christ. He lives in you and is the source of strength, wisdom, joy, and protection. You walk in oneness with God anchored to the Holy Spirit. There is no other way.

Jesus speaks to believers. You have the mind of Christ; “Be still and know that I am God”.

The gift of salvation is living in the moment with God. He wants to be involved in every aspect of your life. Invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life. This will bring the Living Christ into your reality. You will see God for who He is!

There is this sense of a burden to do things for God in many believers. The truth is you cannot do anything for God. He has done the work for you. Learn to rest in God and cease from striving. It is not by might nor by power but by My Spirit.

The character of God is best defined as “Yours, Lord is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. For everything in the heavens and the earth is yours. Yours, Lord is the kingdom; you are exalted as the head over all.” 

This is the essence of God and He lives in you. 

“But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?” Galatians 4:9

Christ Jesus offers you freedom from suffering under the bondage of religion!

Coming to Christ is a heart transaction to live for Him by faith. There are no rules or rituals required. Jesus died to abolish religion and set you free to worship Him in Spirit and Truth.

The gift of salvation can never be earned or justified through self efforts. It is an expression of the love of God. 

Salvation is not a duty or obligation to please God through laws, religious activities, or works. He wants your heart and willingness to obey Him.

The weak and beggarly elements in the scripture above refer to building a relationship with Jesus through compliance to laws or religious duties. You will never find the Living Christ with this approach. Jesus does not live in religion; He lives in your heart.

Religion will corrupt you but the Spirit of Christ will allow you to see the transfigured Christ and walk with Him in all the moments of your life.

The reality of salvation is living in oneness with Jesus anchored to the Holy Spirit and experiencing His life. 

Jesus offers you supernatural characteristics not available in the world. He emptied His life on the Cross so you can have His strength, wisdom, joy, and protection. He wants to give you an abundant life that originates in heaven and never ends.

Jesus wants to instill His values in your life and transform you into a fountain of Living Water touching those around you.

Walk with Jesus by faith reaching out to Him for your every need. This will please the heart of God and your world will never be the same.

You will see the Living Christ for who He is and know in the deepest part of your heart that He is your only hope for life.

Jesus lives so you can live!

“The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous; His ears are inclined to your cries.” Psalm 34:15

The word from God today is I hear the cries from your heart and see the despondent feelings of My people.

Vengeance is mine. Let go of your feelings of anger and revenge. They keep you away from experiencing the efficacy of My blessings. 

Come to Me by faith believing in My promises. I live so you can live.

Keep your eyes on Me and the things of the world will diminish in value.

Make Me your priority and I will embellish your life with My goodness.

I can do for you what you can never do for yourself.

I emptied Myself to give you an abundant life.

The bleakness you see in the world is My handiwork to reconcile all things to Myself.

Do not be enticed by fleshly temptations or deceived by Satan. Walk in oneness with Me anchored to My Spirit.

I see your deep hurt and sadness. I am a healing God. Ask and you shall receive.

The world is temporary but I am eternal. Come live with Me and you will see My glory and greatness.

There is hope in Me. I will never leave you or forsake you. 

Rest in My greatness. I have overcome the world.

I am a God of salvation and live in the hearts of My people.

Draw upon My strength in time of trouble.

Listen for My voice.

I keep My promises.

Turn away from heresy and false teachings. Accept Me for who I am without compromise.

Live in oneness with Me anchored to the Spirit of Christ.

Your faith in Me will open the gates of Heaven and you will see Me for who I am.

Turn your doubts and fears into praise and thanksgiving. 

I will bless those who bless Me. 

There is no one like Me.

I live so you can live!

We are living in a season of judgment! God is calling for change. Compromise will not be accepted. 

The ways of God may seem harsh and unfair but He will not tolerate those who call on His name and live in darkness. Today God spoke these words to Me! 

Have no other gods before Me.

Live for Me in your thoughts, words, and actions.

Turn away from your rebellious ways and submit to Me.

I abhor the evil and wickedness in the world. 

Your motives do not reflect My character.

I want your allegiance to Me and to live by faith believing in My words.

Rest in Me and cease from striving. I have overcome the world.

I am a God of greatness. You will find Me in diligent prayer, reflecting on My Word, and listening to My voice.

I am alive and My Spirit is sealed in all believers. Don’t reject Me for religion. 

Commit your works to Me and have an open heart to do My will. 

There is no one like Me and I desire to share Myself with you. 

The beauty of living with Me is the ability to be filled with Living Water.

Ask and you shall receive. I emptied Myself so you can have strength, healing, joy, and protection. My life is endless!

I am the same yesterday, today, and forever. I never change and My counsel endures forever.