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.
Proverbs 16:9 The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.
Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
Job 23:12 I have not departed from His commands, but have treasured His words more than daily food.
May you know that Lord is both righteous and just, for the soul who rejects the forgiveness in salvation and continually and habitually maintains a lifestyle of sin will surely die, but the person who turns to God in repentance for his sins, leaving them behind and cleaving to the Lord, striving to draw closer and desiring to know and walk in the righteousness of Christ, shall surely live. Ezekiel 18
May you realize that the Lord has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but desires that he should turn from his evil way and return to God so he can live, and may this same heart dwell in you. Ezekiel 18
May you accept that the ways of man are not fair and just, or straight and equal, or right and pondered, but the ways of the Lord are, so repent and turn from all transgressions, lest iniquity be a stumbling-block and a ruin to you, and receive a new mind and heart and spirit, for the Lord has no pleasure in anyone’s death, but so strongly desires that all should live, that He made the way for your redemption, choosing to die rather than live without you. Ezekiel 18, Matthew 3, Revelation 2, Ephesians 4
May you learn humility in the presence of the Lord, walking before God as Jesus walked, laying down your will, giving up your rights, choosing not to express your opinion or make of yourself a reputation, but watching the Father, seeking to know His ways, and refusing to follow the ways of the world’s authority as they lord over the weak and devour the helpless, consuming all who cannot defend themselves, for their judgment is sure. Ezekiel 19
May you accept the pruning of the Master Gardener, Who desires you to be fruitful, grafting you in to the True Branch, enriching the soil and providing the water, guiding your spiritual growth into profitable and beneficial areas but removing and restricting growth that would bring bitter fruit or cause fruit to fail. Ezekiel 19
My child, be comforted by My presence. Abide in the Spirit of My presence, and walk in the shadow of My presence. Seek protection under the wings of My presence, and go forth into battle with the fire of My presence.
Know that in the world you will have tribulation, but even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you need fear no evil for I am with you. The love of My presence will comfort you as it casts out all fear.
The victory I give you, My dear one, is not an effortless victory, nor is it a bloodless victory. The enemy does not roll over and beg of you to be kind to him, or negotiate for terms of surrender. The enemy of your soul, the one who is My enemy, knows the doom awaiting him, for he has been judged and he remains unrepentant. He has nothing to lose, and his time is growing short.
I have defeated him and taken his authority, but though he has no power over you, he uses lies against your thoughts, oppression against your spirit, and people under his influence against you in daily life, vexing you with an onslaught of wickedness.
I have provided you the defensive armor that is effective against his wiles, My precious one, but you must put it on and wear it. The daily reading and study of My Word, the continual praying in My Spirit, the cleansing by My blood and the setting aside of things of the world, all prepare your mind for action and keep you sober of spirit, alert to, and aware of, the enemy’s tactics.
Do not be surprised when the attacks come, My warrior. This is not some strange or unexpected thing that is happening to you. My armor is not for decoration, but is fully functional. You Must Use It. Consciously and deliberately make the daily, hourly, moment by moment decision to walk in My presence, praying in My Spirit, meditating on My Word.
No matter what tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or shortages, or hazards, or violence you encounter in the physical or the emotional arenas, the material realm or the spiritual realm, the natural or the supernatural, the temporal or the eternal, there is nothing that can separate you from My love for you. I have overcome the world,
I hold the keys of death and the grave, and the Father has elevated Me to the place of highest honor, giving Me the Name above all other names. Do not fear, My beloved, for what you go through is bounded by My word, and nothing happens to you without My presence surrounding and enfolding you.
May you see that the gifts and sacrifices of men or the regulations and traditions of institutions are not sufficient to clear the conscience of any who follow their practices, needing instead the more perfect gift and the sinless sacrifice that could only come from, and has been given by, God. Hebrews 9
May you cry to the Lord in your distress, for He will take note and remember His promises, relenting out of the abundance of His great love and mercy, and cause you to gain favor with those who are oppressive to you; thus will He save you and bring you back from where you have been so that you may give thanks to His holy name and glory in the praise to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting, as all the people say, “Amen!” Psalm 106, 1 Chronicles 16
