Journals of the Heart

Word of the Day

Beloved, we have been discussing grace and your new identity…your new habitation and the beauty of living out of Christ in you and not according to duty or self-sufficiency. It would be good for just a moment to remind you how the enemy works…how he crouches at the door looking for one little opening…looking for you to forget grace.

The enemy of your soul so wants you to focus on what you did or didn’t do. When you do well, he tells you that you haven’t done enough. When you do poorly, he tells you that you are insufficient and not pleasing to God. When it comes to dealing with the enemy it is a no win situation. He has a ploy…a deceptive answer at every turn. This is one reason why it is important to not focus on him. He loves attention and the more you blame him…focus on him the more attention he receives. The best thing to do is focus on Me and My Word.

Beloved, remember this, I was manifest to destroy the works of the evil one and it was done when I proclaimed with a loud voice, “It is finished!” I was made visible to destroy, loosen and dissolve the works the devil has done (1 John 3:8). This does not negate the working out of your salvation, meaning the sanctification or purification of your soul. It is about your focus. Set your face like flint toward Me and My Word and you will not be put to shame (Isaiah 50:7).

When you were born again you were given a whole new life. You were dead in your trespasses and now you are alive in Christ. Your born again spirit will never sin for the old Adam nature has been put to death and you are hid in me. Your flesh has its own desires and longings; but, your spirit is perfect in Me. This is the beauty of grace and how I can say there is no condemnation in Christ. Are there consequences in this life? Yes. There are; but, if you are in Me, there is no condemnation. If there was, seeing you are in Me and I am in you, I would have to condemn Myself. This cannot be. Quit condemning yourself for any reason. Simply confess and repent thereby slamming the door of the accuser in his face to walk in the free gift of grace.

Yes, the enemy wants you to free-fall but, not into grace. He wants you to free-fall into the encumbrances of distraction, doubt, unbelief and fear. Hah! I have other plans and they supersede his. I just need you to agree. This is a whole new day for you.

Arise and ascend to the mountain from whence your help comes…arise and ascend to the mountain of the Lord where the ram is already provided. Look up and draw nigh unto Me for I am already here within the beating of your heart. Breathe Me in…inhale My love and grace which is not only in you but surrounds you and you will exhale in like kind. Arise and ascend to a higher plane of victory for I have taken your old life and made it new. I am forever listening and answering. The well-spring of Christ in you can and will provide all the grace, mercy and provision you need in any area from the least to the greatest. Beloved, what do you need? I am bubbling up rivers of grace in and through you. Partake!…Read Complete Love Letter

For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. (Isaiah 50:7 Amplified)

For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the prey of the terrible will be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will give safety to your children and ease them. (Isaiah 49:25 Amplified)

Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. (1 Corinthians 15:45 Amplified)

[…]The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done]. (1 John 3:8 Amplified)

Prayer

Lord, all I can say is, “grace, sweet grace you are overwhelmingly beautiful to me. You are the most beautiful word besides the name Jesus that I know. Grace sweet grace, I tabernacle myself inside of You…hide myself in You.”

I know I often become enemy focused. The enemy did this and the enemy did that. How that must please him for he is an attention seeker who loves to have his name mentioned above Yours. Today I choose to be God focused…Word focused…Jesus focused. There is no other name under heaven by which man may be saved from his enemy no matter what that entails.

Lord, I set my face like flint and I will not be put to shame…no I won’t. I have a whole new life…a life hidden in Christ…a life seated in the abode of Heaven. Old things have passed away. The person I was is dead and gone. The person I am is in Christ. I am not condemned, judged or guilty. The nature I inherited from Adam has been swallowed up by the new Adam, Christ, and I am perfect before my Father in Heaven.

Therefore, I arise and ascend and come boldly before the throne of grace to receive well-timed help…to receive with confidence what has already been given to me. The well-spring of Christ in me is bubbling up into all the needy, doubtful, hurting, in need of deliverance and healing places of my soul…my mind, my will and my emotions. The grace of Christ in me is setting me free to be a dispenser of all He has given me…all He has made me when I left my old life and became a citizen of Heaven. Come and spring up in me O rivers of life as I free fall into the arms of grace. Amen.

Reflect and Journal

1. Do you find yourself concentrating or speaking about your struggles in life by relating to them to the enemy? In other words. Is he, the enemy, the gist of your focus when it comes to the negative circumstances of your life? If so, what do you think would happened if you turned the tables and began to focus on and speak about the Lord and His Word in reference to what you are going through?
2. Meditate on how the old nature given to you by Adam is gone and how you are perfect in Christ. This perfection is not behavior based and is positional in Christ. It is like this in natural sense. It is kind of like scrambled eggs. Once you were born again, you became one with Christ…you were scrambled up with Him. Can you unscramble eggs? Can you separate them and put them back in the shell? No, you can’t! Your old nature is gone and cannot sin. The old Adam nature is dead…the old man is gone. The flesh is a whole different story, but knowing you cannot be condemned ever again gives you the freedom to walk out the sanctification…the purification of your soul while being tabernacled in grace. Reflect and write out your thoughts on this and how it can change your whole life by setting you free to let Christ live through you and not over you with a do this and don’t do that theology.
3. Take some time to be with Him…knowing He is within the very beating of your heart…knowing He is within the very breath you breathe and free-fall into His heart of grace.
4. Hear His voice calling you…saying to you, “You are My Beloved One.”
5. Here Him asking you, “What do you need most to walk in grace? Where do you need to be healed in order not to be so hard on yourself and others? Come and partake for I am here to bubble up in and through you with free gifts of grace.”