MESSAGE "Weeping Prodigals / Coming Home"

{* i kept 'hearing' this in my mind/spirit(?):

  "The prodigals are weeping."}



"The prodigals are weeping.  
They are the sheep without a shepherd.  
They are lost ... nowhere to go.  
They feel abandoned ... rejected ... isolated ... cut off.  
They are scared and they are weak.  
They need a place to weep ... and to recover.

They need to feel My love ... 
My joy ... 
My peace.

They need to know (that) they are NOT forgotten.
They need to FEEL My presence ...
My anointing ... 
My power ... 
My glory ... 
My tangible anointing 
..... Me:  they need to feel Me.


They need to know that I am there .... 
I am there ...
I am HERE ... 
I am present .... 
I am a VERY present help in time of trouble.


I am close by (to) them ... I always have been -- 
I have watched them -- 
I have seen the tears ... 
heard their cries ... 
heard EVERY prayer ... 
knew their  EVERY thought.

  
I was with them, even if I withheld My (tangible/felt) presence from being totally recognized.


*****

I tested them.  
I saw them.  
I am STILL watching them. 
I see, I see.


I see HOW they have been hurt ... 
some tortured ... 
some wounded ... 
ALL feeling an isolation from Me.  
I have hurt with them. 
I cry, I cry.  
I have cried with them -- yes, I have.


-pause-
4:31am



"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but I shall deliver them from them all."

My ways are NOT your ways, says the LORD!  
I AM.  
I am ABOVE ... you are beneath.  
I RULE the Heavens ... 
I descend to Earth -- as I please, as I see need.  
I send My angels to 'prepare the way' ... to prepare for My visitations.




"Hark! The herald angels sing!"


Yes, My angels are My 'go ahead' team ... 
My 'advance army', as it were.


They (angels) will go ahead of Me, as I 'will' them 
... as I order them (to).  
My servants are (as) flames of living fire !
They are My mighty warriors ! ... 
They are a fierce brand --- a fierce force ! 
... A fierce foe to your enemy!


I speak, they run.  
I speak, they fly.  
They carry MY WORD very swiftly ... 
throughout the Earth ... 
through the skies ... 
through the clouds ... 
as It rests ... 
as It (then) rests where I will it (where I order It).


"He sent His WORD and healed them..."


-pause-
4:37am
end?



*******


Listen!  
Listen to this ... 
My servants ... 
My HOLY ones  ...

 
My angelic army ... shall also be My reapers ... 
they will 'reap the harvest'....
the harvest of souls.  
They will 'bring in the sheaves' ... 
they will bring in My lost ones ... 
My 'harvest' ... 
My planted ones.



Yes, yes, yes ... 
My mighty angelic host shall indeed help Me ... 
they shall bring in My bounty ... 
they are My Royal Bounty Hunters ...!!! 

They will go and search out My lost farthings  ... 
My decadent ones  ... 
My despised' ones ... 
My forlorn lost children...



They will bring them in ... 
some singly, some in groups ... 
some as gangs ... 
yes, they will Come to Me ... 
as I am waiting with My arms wide open ...


My arms are ready to hold them ... 
and to hug them tightly ... 
and to feel their heartbeat -- once again ... 
yes, ...our hearts will beat together as ONE --
... as one, once again.



*****



My prodigals shall now weep again ... 
yet -- it will be as tears of joy !!  
Tears of release !! 
Tears of deliverance !!


Tears shall flow freely ... 
and Richly ... 
and deeply ... 
as hearts are washed ... 
washed pure and clean ... 
as FREE from the darkness ....
as FREE from the assaults ... 
as FREE from the evil ones ... 
as FREE from the--- torment.



Yes -- Free at last !


Freedom reigns with Me ... 
"whom the SON has set free, is FREE INDEED!"



Don't you see?  ... 
don't you realize? ... 
that I am your Freedom? ... 
I am the way out (and back in) ...



I am the way out of darkness, fear, loneliness and torment ... 
and I am the way (back) in ... 
the way back to (My) light ... 
to My company ... 
to My presence ... 
to that freeing atmosphere 
... to the free and open atmosphere of My love ... 
of My peace ... 
of My mercy ... 
of My forgiveness ... 
of My defense ... 
of My vindication ... 
of My grace ... 
of My joy (!) ...
of My Rich welcoming.



I welcome all.  
I welcome My loyal --yet lost--followers.

  
I receive them (back) to Me ... 
and I will watch with anticipation -- 
as  they return."




4:50am
end of message






Scriptures

Psalm 34:19  "Many are the afflictions of the righteous:  but the Lord delivers him out of them all..."

Psalm 107:20   "He sent His Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."

Psalm 147:15   "He sends forth His commandment upon Earth:  His Word runs very swiftly."

Luke 15:20   " And he arose, and came to his father.   But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."

John 8:36   "If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed."

2 Corinthians 3:17  " Now the Lord is that Spirit:  and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

Psalm 104:4   " Who makes His angels spirits;  His ministers a flaming fire:...".

Matthew 13:39   " The enemy that sows them is the devil;  the harvest is the end of the world;  and the reapers are the angels."

Psalm 46:1  " God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."



Definitions
prodigal = self-indulgent; spending money or resources freely and recklessly;  wastefully extravagant; wasteful, indulgent, wanton, indulgent, foolish, irresponsible, rebellious, squandering

singly =  one at a time

fierce = intense or ferocious;  flaming, aggressive; showing powerful intensity; wild, feral, untamed, undomesticated; aggressive; terrible, powerful, strong, violent, blustery, boisterous, tempestuous, raging, furious, tumultuous, ferocious, devastating, intense, forceful, passionate, fervid, ardent, uncontrolled, fervent, ardent, vehement, furious

liberty =  freedom; the state of being free;  unrestrained, independence, release, emancipation, deliverance, free of oppression and hindrance 

bounty = reward, prize, award, recompense 

despised = hated, detested, loathed, abhorred, mocked, reviled, rejected, spurned, disliked, ostracized, unwanted

decadent =  depraved, shameless, sinful, immoral, hedonistic, wanton, pleasure-seeking, self-indulgent, degenerate, corrupt 

forlorn = abandoned, heartbroken, lonely, pitifully sad; unhappy, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, downcast, uncared-for; depressed, crestfallen, downcast, melancholy, joyless, heavy-hearted, wretched, despairing 

present = now; instant, available, nearby, current, immediate, here, at hand, there, existing, the here and now, the present moment, close by 

farthings = something of small value; the least possible amount (meaning those society has called 'valueless'; the 'least of these')

afflictions = something causing pain and suffering; evil, sorrow, hardship, misfortune, ordeal, trial, oppression, heaviness, pain, illness, malady, complaint, distress, trouble, disorder, disease, scourge, torment, curse, menace, bane, calamity, adversity, lament, tribulation, misery, suffering 

recognized = know again, knew, remembered; identified, perceived, discerned, understood, became aware of; saw, realized, recalled, encountered again, acknowledged, appreciated, accepted, conceded, allowed, placed, validated

tangible =  felt; real;  perceptible by touch; tactile, palpable, visible, substantial, solid, material, physical, corporeal, concrete, noticeable





©strengthfortheweak.com

4:25am

7/3/19

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MESSAGE "Just A Gigolo"

{Writer's note:  I am only the messenger of this message! I just wrote what I heard. This will not be a very popular one with some. I myself cannot say a thing, since I have my own sins / problems to deal with.}




about 2:27am

"My men have become gigolos ... men of hire ... men of the soiled cloth.  They are basically religious whores ... paid-for hirees. Hirelings.

You may call them hirelings ... I call them whores of the church(es).


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


'Take My yoke upon you'.  (I have said this.)  I did not say to take a yoke of whoredoms upon you!  I did not say (to) sell yourself to the highest bidders!  I did not tell you to auction off your gift(s) to the most affluent buyers.
I did not tell you to sell yourselves in My name.  I did not.

Men of ministry are now mere men of prostitution.  They are bought and sold like cattle.  The highest price will win them over!

Why?  Why can they be bought?  It is the celebrity factor.
It is a needing / wanting to be liked, to be admired, to be sought-after.  They go where the applause is ... where the crowds line up for them ... where the *haul* of cash/offerings is immense.  It is dirty supply-and -demand, at it's worst.

Pay for the Word!  Pay. Pay. Pay!  Pay for ministry! Step right up! The show is about to begin!

Pay for My Word! (?)  Pay for the gifts of My Spirit! (?)  Pay to hear about Me! (?)  This is wrong.


*****



*You = (the ministry conglomerates / the ultra-wealthy religious/ evangelical / political system / mostly-American church machine)

You are (in) the wrong. You are so very wrong.  My Word is not your *seed*.  My Word is not your bargaining chip.  My Word is not a bribe ... it is not a *tease* ... it is not to be bought, not sold.  Ever.

MY WORD, MY SPIRIT, My Gifts, My Presence ... *Me* ... are not to be sold.

-pause-

MY WORD ... My words ... My message ... My love ... My salvation ... are FREE.

I am *FREE* to all ... to any one ... any where, at any time.


DO NOT charge (people) to worship. Do not charge for worship! Atrocity!

You (the business of religion, of evangelism, of 'revivalists') .... have turned My free love into a dirty manipulation ... into a filthy parlor trick.


*****

I must say this ... (that) the religious money-makers have been deceived.
Deceived by lust(s) ... by the lust / love of money,  of self,  of control,  of celebrity,  of power,  of sexual attraction(s),  of adultery (on many levels!)
 ...  of pride ... in it's ugliest forms ...  of selfish ambition ...  of deception ...  of thinly disguised witchcraft ...  of oftentimes cruel manipulation of deceit / foolery / illusion / (some) magic
...  and (some) known satanic deception.

This is wrong.  It is not of Me, says the Lord.

You, oh mighty ministers, who call their ministries by their own names ... why is this (so)?  Is it really *your* ministry?  Are *you* in charge?
Do you (only) use Me and My Name as a byword, as a 'means-to-an-end', as a bargaining tool?

*****

I say (all) this not to your hurt ... but for your growth.  I give you (a) chance now to change, to repent.  Come clean, My wayward ones ... My strays.

Come back to your first love ... to your humble beginning(s).  Let My Spirit of grace wash over you ... (to) cleanse you ... (to) free you ... (to save you once again.)


*****


Yes, it is *easy* to become an *evangelist* and to make the people fall before you.  It can be learned.

People are dumb, like sheep ... they follow the leaders, no matter how tarnished they be.

It is quite easy to gain a following.  Just say the right words ... know the right people ... mix with the right crowds ... wear the *proper* clothing ... and 'voila!" ... you now have a following.

! WOW ! You can be a celebrity!


*****


But.
But ... the cost.
The cost of this fame is enormous.  It is even higher for those who would use My Name.

It is quite detrimental to use the poor, the vulnerable, the lonely, the rich widows ... for your benefit.  It is blasphemous to take the widow's bread.
It is pathetic to use the starving, the orphans, the dying babies ... for a ploy.

To use My weakest lambs for your money-making is among the lowest of crimes.


*****


To pretend to have a heart towards the poor;  and, then, -to use them - is atrocious.
You, sir ... You, ma'am ... are hirelings.

You care not. You care not for My sheep.

I told you to FEED MY SHEEP ... not abuse them!

I told you to rescue them, to set them free, to bring My healing to them: to care, to nourish, to love.


*****


Instead, you have traded My love for a lie.  You have listened to the serpent Satan.  He has beguiled you, just as My Eve.  You have listened to the voice of pride ... to the voice of The Liar.

So ... as these truths sink into your subconscious spirits, allow Me to give you another chance.  I will give (My) mercy yet again.

Stop using My weak ones, My rich widows, My lonely ones --- for your pleasure.  Stop the whoredoms. Stop. Stop. Stop.  TURN AWAY.  Give it (all) up.


*****


You desire to please Me?  You will deny yourself.  You will turn once again, back to Me.  You will submit to me, *if* I indeed be your Lord.

If any, if any -- would follow me, they must take up My cross ... and leave theirs behind."





####### message ending @ 2:54 am on 1/4/14





Definitions

gigolo  =  man (or woman) who is paid for services; whore; prostitute; seducer
blasphemy  =  act of insulting or showing contempt; or lack of reverence to God
ploy  =  clever trick or plan used for manipulation (to get someone to do something, or to gain advantage over someone)
use  =  exploit
damnation  =  punishment
wolf  =  Satan
atrocity  =   an extremely wicked or cruel act causing injury
byword  =  slogan, motto, maxim, mantra, catchword, formula
cankered  =  damaged, infected, pernicious, defiled



Scriptures
Luke 20:47    "Which devour widow's houses, and, for a show, make long prayer. They shall receive the greater damnation."

John 10:13    "The hireling flees (runs away, leaves, neglects, doesn't care, ignores, abandons),  because he is an hireling
 (paid for, bought), and cares not for the sheep." (only cares for himself, his fame, his family, his power structure, etc)

John 10:12    "But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees:  and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep."

Matthew 25:42 - 46    "  For I was hungry, and you gave me no meat (no food):  I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink:... (v43) I was a stranger, and you took me not in:  naked, and you clothed me not:  sick, and you visited me not, and in prison, and you visited me not....
  (v44) Then they shall also answer Him, saying , 'Lord, when (did) we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison... and did not minister (didn't help) You'?...
   (v45) Then He shall answer them, saying, 'Truly I say to you, *In as much as you did it NOT to none of the least of these, you did it not to Me.'...
   (v46) And these shall go away .... into everlasting punishment:  but the righteous (the compassionate, the humble)(will go) into life eternal."

Psalm 82;3    "Defend the poor and fatherless:  do justice to the afflicted and needy."

Luke 12:48b     "For to whom much is given, of him shall much be required."

James 5:1-3a,c    "Go now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you ... (v2)  Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten ... (v3)  Your gold and silver is cankered;  and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, ...  you have heaped treasure together for the last days."

and...
Revelation 2:4b     "... you have left your first love."

To Bring You Back - Paul Alan

MESSAGE The Power Is Rising (updated)

2:37am  sunday June 23, 2019


"The power is rising.

It is escalating.  MY Spirit is arising upon the earth once again. He will bring My justice ... My vindication .... My purposes ... My LOVE ... and MY swift punishments. He will reign.


Where there was extreme darkness ... He will bring light.  He will flood the dark spaces with MY marvelous light. 
        

MY light vanquishes the dark things.  Let God arise, His enemies be scattered!


Let My light drown out the despair of your lives ... let My love rid you of ALL fear ... let My joy give you strength!


-pause-


Consider My life .... I have infused those who allow Me to ... to be filled with My extravagant love ... it is a love NOT of the human kind ... it is of the supernatural 'genre' ... hahahaha ... it is a 'love of another kind' ... a love NOT of this measly world!


My love is far above ALL that you could ever ask or think or even imagine ... it is beyond your 'wildest dreams'.


My love is from above, not below ....
It it SUPER-natural ... ABOVE the natural ... it is above the earthly, human realm ... that is why you need ME ...


you need My love ... you need My power ... you need MY strength ... you need My peace


  -pause-


Let not your hearts be troubled ....... rest in Me.  
I will give you rest as have never known before.  
Feel My presence ... it is available ... it is REAL ... 
IT is REALITY!!


I AM REAL.  
I am not a 'fairy tale' ... I am not a 'tale that was told' and (then) faded away.


NO! I am alive NOW. 
I am here for YOU ..... for ALL OF YOU!!!


 -pause- 


Sing to Me ... sing a new song!  sing from your heart! Sing with life! with energy!  with MY power!!  Sing and sing again ... let My love feed your souls!!


-pause-


Close the curtain on your past ... on your addictions ... on your sins ... on your bondages ... on your fears ... on your hindering habits ... on your shame ... on your hurts ... on your demons .....LET ME HEAL YOU NOW ....

I am HERE.   NOW.  I am 'available to YOU ... NOW.


I have come ... to give you LIFE .... REAL LIFE ...

a life without fear ... a new hope ... a new beginning ... no matter where you are in life or age .... I can help you .... I can bring you a new spirit once again ....

-pause-



My Spirit is life ... where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty ... .there is freedom ... REAL freedom  ...no joke ... no con .... it is REAL .... I will not lie




I am the SPIRIT OF TRUTH ... the truth sets your FREE!!!

MESSAGE A Vanguard

"I am raising it up ... a vanguard ... a frontline ... a forerunner group. 
It will consist of seasoned -and brand new- soldiers of My Cross. My saints-in-training have been put through their steps, have gone through extensive preparation for this work.
They will be *advance* troops...a pre-cursor to what will ensue ... what will follow (them).


This vanguard (frontline) will be heard before they are seen. 
They will move stealthily in advance of Me. 
They will be attuned to My very whisper(s)... and they will hearken (listen attentively) to My orders. 
We will work as a team  ...as a common unit .... as an anointed, moving vessel.


-pause-


This newly-established grouping will be a powerful one ... one made strong by (their) weaknesses. 
For, you see, I use those whom the world (and the church) has rejected. 
I will work through broken, torn, maimed vessels. 
These are My potter's jewels ... My most valued fragments of life-force. 
My very tears have dropped upon them.
They bear the scars of My healings;  coming through devastating circumstances. 
These fragile-yet-strong disciples have indeed 'paid the price' of following the Saviour.
They have not followed the crowd(s) ... they have chosen the hard way, the difficult path(s).


They did not relax and bask in luxury,  or fanciful comfort. 
These have suffered long and wide  ... over decades (sometimes) and years upon years of hurt, pain, loneliness, sicknesses never-ending, losses, merciless abuses, and  many dangerous routes.
Their lives have been ripped apart, torn wide open, shredded to bits and pieces. 
They have been dragged through the mire, nearly drowned in despair (many-a-time) ... and have had their security pulled right out from under them, time and again.


These are my star warriors ... and my fledgling scouts. 
I know their hearts .... 
I've tried them ... tested them consistently ... took them through their 'paces' many times ... 
I see how they respond.


I know those who are Mine ... many say they are of Me ... yet I never knew them ... 
These are confident (that) I am in their midst ... yet I do not know them.  
{Do I 'know' you...dear reader? }

-pause-


Yes, many, many will say 'Lord, Lord!' ... and will presume to be with Me in the eternal ... YET I never 'met' them in their lifetimes. They are strangers to Me, as it were. 
I know those humble ones -- those shattered souls ... those empty shells of humans ... THESE I know!


The proud I turn away(from) ... My eyes pass over the arrogant ... I am not concerned with pride, selfish hearts, nor vanity. 
I look to the contrite, broken ones ... those who indeed suffered ... in raw emotion and in cutting, brutal, physical affliction ... many, for endless hours, months, years, decades.
Yes, many still suffer and cry to Me every second of your day.


Their cries do not go unnoticed. 
I will make things right in due time. 
The pain, the sorrow, the turmoil, the vexation, the evil  ...will one day be no more. 
It will be in the far past ... away, gone, banished for ever.


There will be a day of vindication, of defense ... for those who suffer.
I AM YOUR DEFENSE ...  
Man's help is limited ...
I ... I, alone ... am your rescue ... your redeemer ... your Friend.


-pause-


My vanguard will be free ... it will be blanketed by My presence, My love, My power. 
I will be in the very midst ... the 'eye' of this Holy storm troopers. 
We will forge our way ... gathering in places of My choosing .... areas not (always) known to man ... and not conducive to travel ... etc. 
It will be as I see fit in My decisions.


{end?}

-pause-


Don't let your heart be troubled ... neither let it be afraid. 
I am with you, even unto the end. 
I am in charge of time  ...of history as you know it. 
It will be a mighty work ... as a machine ... as a generator of power. We will know one another in the spiritual sense ... we will know how the others have (also) suffered and lived by patience.
The waiting will be well worth every tear, every pain, every insult .... every rejection (or) abandonment.


Those who are first now, shall one day be the last ... the ones in the back. 
Have I not told you (that) if you "humble yourself in My sight, I will lift you up'? 
That is what is happening. 
I see those with true mercy and compassion ... .they are dear to My heart. 
I will reward ... I will lead them to green pastures .... I will be in their midst. 
My presence will be apparent.


Keep a watch, and a listening ear - for My signs, My cues, My signals ... My 'hints'. 
I will lead you. 
Great is our journey."






*from a message 'heard' spiritually 1/29/13  @ about 6:56am

MESSAGE He Cleans Us Up

"A sinner saved by grace.  
That is what you are.
My grace, My mercy, has pardoned you ... has 'let you off the hook'.
You are forgiven of all sins.


You are cleansed from the power of sin.
Sin has no more dominion (power, ownership, rule) over you.
I have overcome the power of sin and death.
My sacrifice (Jesus' death) has made a way for you ... for all.

He has died, so that you may live. 
His death brings life.


-pause-


Let all the earth adore Him.  
He is their King.  
He is worthy of all honor and praise. 
Let all them which name the Name of the Lord say so.
Let them shout (out) His glorious Name! 
Let them sing and shout for joy! 
Let all the world know of our glorious King ... for, yes, indeed, He is Most Worthy.



Worthy is He ... worthy is the Lamb...worthy is the Lamb that was slain.  
Worthy also is His blood.  
His blood was shed for you ... for every one of you.
His sacrifice has brought YOU eternal life.

He is your great Defender ... 
He has *bargained* with The Judge ... to get you leniency ... to get you (a) pardon ... to gain your release, your eternal freedom!



He is your Mediator (He = Jesus Christ).
The Son of God is your Lawyer.
He has presented your *case* to His Father ... (the Judge).
If you have *signed* the deal, and agreed to its humble terms, then you are eligible for the *eternal benefits*.

You will receive LIFE EVERLASTING ... when you pass from this life to the next.



 (*Note:  Do not presume to know IF a person is going to Heaven, or not. We are not to judge ... God sees the hearts, and He has great mercy. We are NOT God!)

-pause-

What God has cleansed, let no man call unclean!  
I am the *washer*... I do the cleaning.
It is My job to *clean house*.... that is, the soul and body.
I will purify you, as you come (unto) Me.
I will lead you.
Let My love open some doors for you.  
I am well able to supply your needs.


When a person has come to Me, I will (then) proceed to begin the *cleaning* process ... the restoration, the freeing, the cleansing.
This is a process, usually.


Do not fret over your past.


Do not allow the evil one (Satan) to condemn you.
He is a liar, and an accuser! 
He is also a great thief ... stealing lives, careers, health.
I despise him, with a holy hatred.


He needs to be put down.
He knows that his time is short, so he has begun a full-fledged effort against you, and all who earnestly follow Me.
If you seek to follow Me, you WILL face opposition of some form.


Don't be amazed when people reject you.
They are ignorant of Me, of My Spirit.


They know not what they do.
If they only would seek Me, I would (surely) show Myself to them.
I yearn to be part of people's lives ... to sit amongst them, to talk and listen, to dine, to commune, to take the bread and the wine.
 (In remembrance of Him ... Communion.)


***********

So, yes, My grace is sufficient for you ... for ALL your sins.
It is also enough for the sin of the whole world.
My grace is sufficient for you, for all.
My blood covers all.
My forgiveness is available to ANYBODY.


Search high and low for Me,
says the Lord,
for I am like unto a pearl of great price
... costly and rare."





*message heard 2/10/13 @ 7:31am ... ending @7:58am



Scriptures:

Psalm 107:2   "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy ..."

Matthew 13:46    " ... who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it..."

II Corinthians 12:9   " And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you:  for My strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly will I rather glory in, my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 

John 10:10   "The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to ill, and to destroy:  I am come that they may have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

Romans 8:1   "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."

I John 2:1b   "....these things I write to you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous."

Acts 10:15b  " ...what God has cleansed, that call not common (do not call unclean)."

Hebrews 7:25  "....Wherefore He is able to also save them to the uttermost that come to God by Him, seeing that He ever lives to make intercession for them."

Psalm 103:3   "...Who forgives all your iniquities (sins);  who heals all your diseases..."

Psalm 103:12   "As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us."

MESSAGE Not Of This World

"You are not of this world." - St. John 15:19a 


 "You are not of this world. You are an 'alien', so to speak. You are a stranger; a foreigner, to this world.

Be 'in' this world, but be not 'of ' it. You are not your own, you were bought with a Price. My Son paid the Price for you. He has paid the ultimate Ransom. He has made the everlasting Exchange ... His life for yours. 


He died that you may live. You have accepted this fact. You have asked, invited, prayed - for Messiah, My Son, to inhabit your heart; your spirit. He has accepted your invitation. He has come to dwell within you. You are part of His celestial body. 

Again, you are not of this world. 


You are a pilgrim travelling through a foreign, strange land. You are just passing through. This is not your home. Heaven is your home. 
--pause- 


Enter My presence with joy ... with thanksgiving. This is not (merely) a trite saying: it is survival for you. You 'must' praise Me ... for your own good! It is not an option: it is mandatory.


Am I a hard taskmaster? The reason for My command is for 'your' benefit, not to punish you! It is for your well-being ... (for) your connection with Me. Praise is a divine connection. It is 'plugging into' My atmosphere! You need My power. I tell you the way. Now, plug in!" 



 ©strengthfortheweak

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Definitions:

celestial = pertaining to the spiritual or (the) invisible Heaven; heavenly; divine
trite = commonplace, mediocre, ordinary, general
taskmaster = one assigning work; overseer  
peculiar = special, treasure, jewel (Hebrew); special, one's own, purchased, possession (Greek)
alien = foreigner, stranger 



Scriptures: 
John 8:23b  "...I am not of this world." 

John 15:19  "If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of this world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." 

John 17:14   "I have given them Thy Word; and the world hates them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." 

John 18:36a  "...My kingdom is not of this world....

Romans 12:2   "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and  acceptable perfect will of God."

John 3:31 "He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: He that comes from Heaven is above all."    

I John 2:15   "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world system), the love of the Father is not in him." 

I Peter 2:9   "But you are a chose generation, a royal priesthood, a Holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of the darkness into His marvelous light..." 
*Note: In I Peter, the Apostle Peter is speaking to the early group of believers, who were Jewish ... as well as to the non-Jewish (Gentiles)

MESSAGE He Is a Concerned Father Part 1

" Great is my faithfulness. My compassions are new every morning. Morning begins after midnight.


*** Many miss My blessings and My words because they try to 'schedule' Me. They try to 'fit' Me into their timetables. What foolishness! My time is not your time. My creation cannot tell Me when to work, when to speak, when to save, when to heal, when to rain, etc.


*** Presumption is useless. My ways are not your ways. My wisdom is foolishness in man's eyes ... (and) to the world. In contrast, those things highly esteemed by the worldly are abominations to Me. They stink in My nostrils.


*** Yes, you may pour out all your complaints before Me. (That's what I'm here for! I listen to My children. I am an empathetic Father.)


*** Yes, I will listen to your worries, fears, questions, ideas, dreams, etc. I am not a God that is far off or made of stone. I see, hear, smell, taste, touch, feel, create, sing, laugh, speak, listen. I am a personable God. I am your Father. You belong to Me, and I to you.


*** Many misunderstand the Father's love. They only believe in a father's wrath and punishment. I am a concerned Father: I have your best interests at heart. I want good things for all My children. But, My plans are not always your plans.


***** Many people do not always understand My workings in their lives. They become angry, bitter, hardened, jealous, offended. They must believe and seek Me and My plans ... and see My hand is upon them ... and My Spirit is leading them.


*** If they seek Me ... they will continue to find Me. The converse is also true: if they do not seek Me, then they will not find Me.


***** Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but I will deliver them out of them all. Have patience. Have faith.


*** My people are like dry bones: parched, dead, in need of life and water. They need My River of Living Waters...My Fountain of Life. I will enable those I call.

--pause--

 Purity and piety are not the same thing. One may appear 'pious' and 'religious' ... but inwardly be a ravening wolf.


*** Those pure in heart will be searchers of truth ... and will face opposition, pain and rejection. (Narrow is the gate ...).


*** You cannot put Me in a box. You cannot contain Me in a 30-minute sermon. I cannot be 'housed' in a steepled building. Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.

--pause--

Defenders of the faith will not always 'jive' with the churches. My SPIRIT is often in opposition to (the) staid religious spirits of fear-ridden traditions.


*** It is time to break out! Break down the walls of religion and of controlling hierarchies. Seek Me ... the Living God. You will not find Me among the dead. I am alive! My HOLY SPIRIT is alive (!) and moving (!) and tangible (!) You can feel My SPIRIT!"



(Message continued in Part 2)



staid = sedate, respectable, unadventurous, quiet, serious, steady, conventional, traditional, grave, somber, proper, formal, stuffy, prim, boring, predictable, routine, dull ritual

compassion =  feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others; empathetic action; caring, sympathetic, loving, lenient, understanding, sensitive, big-hearted, merciful, benevolent, humanitarian, considerate, thoughtful, generous, charitable, helping, listening,tolerant, warm, gentle, kind, tender, softhearted, Godly, good-natured, patient; like Jesus

MESSAGE He Is a Concerned Father Part 2

"I am not some dried-out, dead service. I am not a religion. I am not a ritual. So many think they have Me 'pegged' ... but they are in for a rude awakening.


*** So, to those with an ear ... hear what the Spirit is saying. Awake ... to those who 'slumber'. Awake to life!


*** Cast off the works of darkness: (the) works of religiosity ... and of man. Look for Me. Look for your Saviour. Look for your Comforter.


*** Where do you begin to look? Look in My Word. Look to Me ... look to Me in your heart ... in your cries to Me.     
 Look for the unexpected. Look for freedom. Look for yokes of sin, disease and demonic being broken off people's lives. Where My Spirit is, there is liberty!


***** Beware of counterfeits, (but) ask for My discernment. Seek My wisdom. This is not for all. Few will have patience or endurance to continue in my Word. They will join the masses and go on with their religious charade. This is sad.



*** But ... to those who press on and are true seekers of My Truth ... they will be rewarded. I am a rewarder of those who diligently seek Me.


***** I am burning out the dross. Yes, although you have been in the furnace of affliction, yet you shall come forth as gold. My glory shall be seen upon you, My children ... My brave children.  Remember I care for you.


*** You (and others all over the earth) have suffered the loss of all things.

 --pause--

 But in your loss, you have gained all ... for you gained Me, your Lord.


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For what shall it profit man if he gains the whole world and yet loses his soul?

*** The things of this earth are passing away. There will be new heavens and (a) new earth. The old is becoming new.


*** It is wise to think of the future ... of eternity. It is wisdom to apply your heart to seek things above, and not below. It is My wisdom for you to set your affections on things unseen ... for the invisible things are eternal.


*** You are not of this world. You are an 'alien' passing through. This world is not your home. You are looking toward a Heavenly city ... to Paradise in the Heavenly sphere.


*** Yes, the earth and it's ways are temporal, but My kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.

--pause--

Forever My Word is settled in Heaven. My plans are established. My purposes will be accomplished. "




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personable = having a pleasing personality, friendly; converse = opposite;
piety = a show of religious devotion; false devotion
ravening = greedily searching/hunting for prey, fierce, savage, violent, devouring
jive = harmonize, conform, correspond
hierarchies = graded ranks of church government (man-made)
yoke = bondage, subjection; oppression
discernment = accurate perception, clear recognition;
alien = foreigner, unearthly, stranger; not of this world, outcast
dross = rubbish, refuse, slag, waste, uselessness
affliction = a state of pain, distress, grief; torment, oppression;
continued pain of body/mind (sickness, loss, calamity, persecution);presumption = assumption that something is true 
empathetic = entering into the feeling/spirit of a person, understandingpious = having/showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or religious matters; outward religious appearancestaid = sedate, bland, a colorless kind of correctness, composed type of conduct, fixed in manner; spiritual deadness



*from a message "dictated spiritually" on 7/6/2006