Psalm 51:10 The psalmist wrote, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.”
Exodus 15:13 In Your unfailing love You will lead the people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.
2 Timothy 3:1 But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress {and} trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].
Matthew 23:2-3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
1 Peter 2:23 When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
May you be a stranger to, and unacquainted with, the ways of the world and customs of the nations, seeking only to perfect your citizenship in God’s kingdom, walking in the fear of God rather than the terror of God’s creation. Jeremiah 10
May you revere the King of the nations, which is His rightful due, for unlike the works of men’s hands that are worshiped though they can do no harm nor can they do any good, the Lord is great and His name is mighty in power; no one is like Him, for He is the true God, the living God, the eternal King. Jeremiah 10
May you testify to the fact that the images made by hand are a fraud, and a shame to those who make them, mere worthless objects of mockery, but God is He Who made the earth by His power and wisdom, stretching out the heavens by His understanding, controlling the winds and the clouds by His will, sending the rain and the lightning to do His bidding. Jeremiah 10
May you know that your life is not your own, nor is it for you to direct your own steps, so may you turn to the Lord for correction and direction in His justice rather than His anger lest you be reduced to nothing. Jeremiah 10
May you listen to the terms of God’s new covenant with His people and obey them, to believe in His Son, Jesus, Whom the Father has sent to pay the debt of sin that, through the blood of cleansing, you may enjoy an intimacy of relationship with your Creator that you were fashioned for, and as you joyfully obey Him, He will fulfill His oath to you and give you blessings you cannot contain. Jeremiah 11
My child, I am stretching you today. My vision within your heart is causing your reach to exceed your grasp. The faith My Spirit is growing within your heart is filling you with a robust, vigorous trust in My love that you have never known before.
This is not a feeling of confidence that comes from your thoughts, but a certainty that springs up from the Rock into which your spirit sends deep its roots.
Pray in My Spirit, My child, submitting your members to My will, drawing the patient obedience I walked in while on earth into yourself as I perform My work within you. Pray My Word back to Me, My growing one, even as I prepare you to be My witness before peoples and families, clans and tribes, kings and rulers. Though they set their faces against you, My purpose will be accomplished through you.
Look deeper into My eyes of love, My cherished one, and draw nearer to My heart of compassion, trusting yourself into My hands to mold and shape your nature into My image as I add what is missing and remove what is not needed. Though it feels as though I may slay you, wait patiently for what I will reveal to you, for you will face many things that your strength is not sufficient for.
It is not merely a knowledge of what My Word says that will see you through the storm, My precious one, but it is an understanding of Who I am as revealed through Scripture, and the choice you make to draw near in intimate relationship with Me that will see you through, for I am the living Word of God who speaks life into you, making what you do in My kingdom prosper and bear fruit that remains.
My work does not require a title or a position in the religious order, My loving one. To do My work is to obey My commands – love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself. Do this, willingly and in obedience to the way I guide you by My Spirit and My Word, and you are My minister, My ambassador, My Father’s son, and you will be found doing the works I did, and greater, for you will be showing My glory to all the world.
May you walk in honest relationship with those around you as you learn to walk closer in relationship with the Lord, reflecting the depth you have experienced in the love of the Father for you, which gives you an increasing understanding of the value He places on others. Colossians 3
May you be subject to those who have authority over you on earth, obeying them in everything, not only when they are present to curry favor, but in sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord, working at whatever you do with all your heart as unto the Lord since you know it is the Lord Christ you are serving and He will give you an inheritance as a reward. Colossians 3
May you devote yourself to prayer, being watchful and thankful, proclaiming the mystery of Christ clearly as God opens a door for the message, making the most of every opportunity with outsiders, being wise in the way you act, and letting your conversation always be full of grace, which is the salt that seasons your words, keeping them from corruption, that you may know how to give each person a fitting response. Colossians 4
May you not put God to the test by rebelling against the Most High and His statutes, but be loyal and faithful, like a trustworthy bow which does the bidding of the archer, and willingly endure the testing that comes to you, for it is the Father’s good pleasure to purify you in preparation for the wedding feast of His Son, Who deserves a bride without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, having prepared herself, and been made ready for the honor, even as David, who was taken from the sheep pens, and obeyed the Lord with integrity of heart. Psalm 78
May you walk with integrity toward your neighbor, speaking with honesty, and acting with the intent toward him as you would want him to do toward you. Proverb 24:28-29
