Psalm 3:3 But You are a shield around me, O LORD; You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
Isaiah 49:15-16 Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands.
Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing.
Judges 5:31 …let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.
May you know that as you turn to the Lord and depend on Him to teach you His language of love and His vocabulary of obedience, and as you encourage one another to be more daring to trust God and more resolute to draw near Him, then nothing He assigns you will overwhelm you. Genesis 11
As the Lord directs you, may you be willing to leave, mentally and emotionally, all that is familiar to you, all that you could fall back on and expect to turn to, growing spiritually into that which the Lord has prepared for you, to make you a part of His kingdom, to supply you with great authority and repute, for through you, He will bless all who come in contact with you. Genesis 12
May you follow in obedience and teach by example the ways of God’s love and the truth of His Word. All of the Law and the Prophets point to Christ, and will endure until everything is accomplished when He returns for His Bride. She will be found without spot, wrinkle or blemish of selfishness, having made herself ready for work, dressed in boots and gloves, wearing the armor of God, giving His love and mercy to those He treasures, rescuing them from the miry traps of the enemy. Matthew 5
Do not focus on the darkness which can still be found in you, but live in the light, My beloved. You are not yet ready to be translated as Enoch was, so there is still an internal war being waged in your members.
However, you have already crossed over from darkness to light, from death to life, because you hear My word and believe in the Father, having love for His children.
Thus do you leave the shadow and the dark behind as a traveler who climbs, step by step, out of a valley into the day’s light on the mountainside. The journey takes time, but if you always take one more step, nothing and no one can keep you from My light and My love.
As you learn to have patience with yourself, leaving to Me the ways of learning and the times of lessons, you will be able to see past the grime and stains in the lives of others and recognize My hand at work in them. In this way, you will learn to extend the grace of My love to a fellow traveler who occasionally needs a helping hand on the upward climb when the going gets steep for them.
Celebrate the light in each other’s lives and rejoice over the distance already traveled, for the road you are on leads only to Me, and I will keep and preserve you as I bring you through the problems, cares, and concerns that surround you.
I am Lord of all circumstances, and they exist to do My will. As the reality of this fact dawns on you, you will be able to more fully rest in My promises and flow in My Spirit, and My work will become your joy.
May you pray to the Lord, Who gives ear to your words and considers your sighing, listening to your cry for help as you pray to your King and your God, waiting in expectation as you lay your requests before Him. He is not a God Who takes pleasure in evil or allows the wicked to dwell in His presence. Psalm 5
May you bow down in reverence to the Lord Who leads you in His righteousness. By His great mercy He brings you into His house, leading you in His way, which He makes straight before you. Psalm 5
May you take refuge in the Lord with gladness and songs of joy as He spreads His protection over you. In this way, you can rejoice with those who love His name even as the Lord surrounds you with His favor as with a shield. Psalm 5
May you answer the Lord when He calls, and not reject Him, but give Him heed when He stretches out His hand, accepting His advice and receiving His correction, lest He laugh at your disaster and mock in your calamity. Those who will not hear Him when He calls will not be answered when they call to Him, and will not find Him when they search. Proverbs 1:24-38
