Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?
1 Peter 3:12 AM For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Philippians 2:5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:13-14 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, 14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be vague {and} thoughtless {and} foolish, but understanding {and} firmly grasping what the will of the Lord is.
Philippians 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
May you walk in the reverent awe and constant awareness of the presence and majesty of God, clothed in humility, and departing from pride and arrogance toward others, seeking to serve those around you with encouragement and strength in the compassion of the Father, for then the Lord will remember you with favor. Nehemiah 5
When the enemy tries to weaken your resolve through lies and slander, may you pray to God for strength to continue. Nehemiah 6
May you seek God for wisdom and discernment to see through the tricks of the enemy. Nehemiah 6
May your enemies lose confidence and live in fear because of the work God is doing in your life through the Word and the Spirit. Nehemiah 6
May you recognize the toxic relationships and connections by which the enemy seeks to poison your mind and weaken your heart from the steadfast faith and trust which God has placed in your life. Nehemiah 6
Who were you, My child, before you accepted My offer of redemption and gift of salvation? What label did the world apply to you before you encountered the grace of My love and were changed by the truth of My Word as you encountered the conviction of My Holy Spirit? Where in My Scriptures were you described before you identified with My death on the cross and were received into the freedom of My rebirth, releasing you from the power, control, and authority of your former “husband” and “master?”
There are none in the world righteous in accordance with My Word, My commandments, or My law, My lovely one. All have sinned, all have rejected My authority, for all have followed their father, the devil; each one has been guided and influenced by his spirit of rebellion and lawlessness. The form it has taken has varied depending on the individual preferences and fleshly appetites – some went to thievery, some to lies, some to adultery, some to murder, some to gluttony, some to abusers. Do you think it matters to Me what form that rebellion took, My rescued one? It is all idolatry, and it causes all to become sons of disobedience and children of wrath.
As I have sought you, My precious one, drawing you with My love, convicting you with My Spirit, accepting you with My grace, cleansing you with My blood, gifting you with My faith, know that it was not because you were highly favored among men for ability or beauty, because of riches or strength, but because of the divine dissatisfaction with the ways of the world that I found in your heart. I sent My love out into the world through the preaching of the gospel and the witness of those I gathered and taught, and wherever I found a response to My love in someone’s heart, a desire for My truth, I sent My Spirit to woo and to draw until you awoke to your need and sought Me.
Just as you were, so also many others are. Though they are labeled by the world and categorized by My people who are young and immature, still growing in My Word and My Spirit, I would not have you to do so. No matter the label, no matter the lifestyle expression, I search the hearts and send you to the ones who, though they wear chains, yet hunger for My light and thirst for My freedom. It is for them that I pour out My anointing upon you to preach the gospel, to proclaim freedom and the acceptable year of the Lord, to pronounce life and liberty in My name by the witness of your lifestyle, by your choices, by your testimony of My hand in your life, by My promises as they find expression in your circumstances.
Love the ones I send you to, My humble one, seeking Me always, not looking at the world’s label, but knowing that they are treasured in My heart, just as you.
May you be built up with love rather than puffed up with knowledge, for if you think you really know something, you still have a lot to learn, but if you love God, you are known by God. 1 Corinthians 8
May you make your choices in love, and let compassion for your brother guide your decisions, for knowledge will prompt you to exercise your freedom but love will constrain you to obey God’s Word. 1 Corinthians 8
May you sing joyfully to the Lord in righteousness, for it is fitting to praise Him in uprightness, making music on the harp and the lyre as you sing to Him a new song, play skillfully, and shout for joy. Psalm 33
May you be a witness to His unfailing love which fills the earth, for the Word of the Lord is right and true, and He is faithful in all He does because the Lord loves righteousness and justice. Psalm 33
May you fear the Lord and revere Him with all the people of the world, for by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and their starry host by the breath of His mouth, even as He gathers the waters of the sea into jars and puts the deep into storehouses, for He spoke and it came to be, and He commanded, and it stood firm, thwarting the purposes of the people and foiling the plans of the nations while the plans of the Lord stand firm forever and the purposes of His heart to all generations. Psalm 33
