Journals of the Heart

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My Beloved, you are the very delight of My existence, the joy of My innermost being. You are My temple, the home where I abide (1 Corinthians 6:19). I live in and through you. You are My dwelling place. There is no other place I would rather be. You are My favorite one.

I am ever present with you, no matter what you may be experiencing or feeling. I am present in all your trouble (Psalms 46:1) I am not bound by your emotions or situations. I am Your ever adoring and loving Father who delights in you every moment of your life (1 John 3:1). I particularly enjoy your times of quiet rest. Your times of respite are very precious to Me and enable Me to speak in ways I otherwise could not.

How often you think of us, and how vast are your thoughts of us. Nothing escapes your notice.

You Spirit is always with us and speaks through us in ways we cannot fathom…

I refresh you in the midst of all circumstances, in the midst of any situation if you let me. When I refresh in the midst of support; you are invigorated and replenished with the ability to stand in faith with joy (Psalms 23:3). I uphold and restore every portion of your life with My mighty, outstretched hand, strengthening and reinforcing resolve, producing a steadfast spirit in you.

Unbelief becomes faith. Worry becomes peace. Sadness becomes joy. Death becomes life. Bitterness becomes forgiveness. Defeat becomes victory and so on and so on. There is no end to the transforming power of My Word. Embrace truth and disappointment, discontentment, assumption and speculation will flee. All the little foxes will know and understand there is no place for them in the midst of your forgiving, merciful, trusting and faithful heart.

Consider this; friendship is elastic like in nature and has the ability to expand and stretch itself around anything that comes its way giving no matter to race, economic standing, denomination and sees the church as the body of Christ without respect to person or condition.

Thoughts allowed to run rampant and unchecked affect your, mind, your will and your emotions, causing actions harmful in any given situation. Take them captive (2 Corinthians 10:5). The more a negative process is followed, the less you trust Me, relying on your own abilities and intuitions. This never works for the good.

Discontentment is an open door, leading to frustration, assumption and finally supposition. When you encounter situations and attitudes outside the sphere or scope of your influence, allow a time of communion between us. Without it, you tend to follow the dictates of the flesh (Romans 8:13).

Yes, many are living somewhere between death and resurrection. We may overcome in one area to find we need resurrection in another. This process renews our mind and causes us to have the mind of Christ line upon line and precept upon precept to take us from glory to glory…taking us to the place where we can say, “It is truly finished!”

This is the day of grace and abundant life. And it will not have anything to do with human effort. For man shall not get the Glory! But those things that we have been waiting on…things we thought were dead God is speaking into…God is speaking life to wombs, dreams, marriages and lives, and what was once dead, He is now calling out of the grave like Lazarus and declaring “Come Forth!”