His presence is valuable

His presence fulfills like nothing else

Don’t stray from the deep well of my presence

It has depths that I want you to see and be a part of

It contains clarity that will make the cloudy things become as bright as the sun

It has what you are looking for

You live as though it’s unattainable or unavailable, but it’s always there. It’s as close as the breath you breathe.

Find me, seek me, know that I want your attention.

You want all the practical without any of the spiritual. You want the hands-on, quick steps that will make things better, less stressful, quicker, and easier. But practical with no spiritual is temporal. Tips and tricks only carry so far. I’m after the heart. Your heart transformed so that circumstance can’t shake you. Practical will not steady you the way My hand will. Don’t let practical become your new bandaid.

The time is now, surrender to Me, your Father in Heaven. Don't grieve Me any longer by heaping on yourself the cares of this world, always preoccupied by lesser things. You've become joyless & weighed down, but I am here, My child, come to Me and fall to your knees in surrender. Surrender the whole of your life, not just parts and pieces. Repent, turn away, from what so easily entangles you, away from surrender in fullness.

Throw off feelings of bitterness, feelings of anger and resentment. Are you unsatisfied, are you not content? Confront every thought and feeling that keeps you from a thankful heart.  Psalm 100 says, “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.”

You can’t worship the lord with an ungrateful heart.  Praise follows thanks.  Has he not been merciful?  What about his grace? Did he find you and save you?  Does he not stand as an advocate for you?  Has he not silenced the accuser. Has he not defeated death and hell on your behalf?  Your thanks should swell.  Has His unfailing and enduring love been withheld from you? He has proven himself worthy!

Stir your thanks for this great Lord, the Christ, our savior, Jesus!

A Holy Agitation is creeping into my people.

A bothersome weight that creates an inability to see anything but what the Lord is doing.

Fathers and Mothers, take note and pray, the Lord is revealing generational issues.

Husbands and Wives, address your heart and any selfish ambition.

For those lacking conviction, come back to the word of God as your standard for truth.

For those lacking strength, fall on your knees in prayer.

For those lacking hope, trust the God who formed you and saved you.

For those lacking depth, respond to the little whispers of the holy spirit and walk that way.

Delay is a poison to your future in Christ, today is the day, I am calling to you, do not hesitate.

God has grace for your future, but you cannot access it while continuing to look at your past, or your failures, or sin.  Hebrews says to “fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” And Paul says in Philippians, “One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead." You will only move forward when you begin to look to Jesus as the one who holds your future.

Let nothing else define you this year. He has set you free from condemnation and shame, walk in freedom in your mind, setting your thoughts on what Jesus has done!

You do not need greater sight; you need greater trust.

Stop losing your footing every time it looks bad.
I'm not hiding from you.
I'm not keeping things from you to hurt you.
I reveal according to My will.
I am clear in what I show.
I decide how much and no more.

Trust Me.
Hold tight to the truth of My Word.
Do not doubt that My plans never falter.

You fall on your back in defeat when I am calling you to your knees in surrender. You carry what I am calling you to lay down. You feel defeated as you continue to step in My place. You have heard My word, your defeat is in your disobedience.

There's an apathetic blanket that covers you, paralyzing you and weighing you down—you can't move, you won't move towards God and where He is inviting you into. It's time to surrender, the Lord wants to renew your mind and restore to you the joy of your salvation.

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Your prayer life feels stagnant because you keep praying to ask forgiveness for sins He’s already forgiven. Stop identifying with your sin and identify with the righteousness of Christ. In Christ, your position with the Father is secure. Let your prayers be led by Faith and obedience rather than flesh and feelings.

You feel like you’re up against something impossible, a battle you can’t win. The problem isn’t the size of the battle, it’s where your focus is. You’re looking at the fight when you should be focused on the One who’s given you the strength to endure it. Strength isn’t formed in comfort, it’s built in resistance. Stop running from the place where God is shaping you. Set your focus on the Him, not the circumstance. Worship Him through the battle, trusting He’s the one equipping you for it and through it.

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Do not resist the hardships, the frustrations, the irritations, and the discomfort you are feeling.  These are not attacks from the enemy; this is the Lord.  Fruit comes from places of pressing.  He is not crushing you, He is forming you.  And fruit comes when we embrace hard things and walk out what He is dealing with.

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Humble yourself before the Lord.  Take on a serious attitude about the pride that you are seeing.

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Joy is not something you get; it's a byproduct of the Holy Spirit living in you. (Galatians 5:22-23)  God is not withholding joy from you; it's there, but what is keeping it from coming out into your life, like fruit on a tree?

I saw a wound that was festering. It was a large area. The reaction was that this wound needed to be closed quickly, but the Lord said, you have closed a wound that needs to stay open. Being closed means hiding the hurt, leaving the wound open means no longer hiding, concealing, and keeping it in the dark. The Lord is bringing healing to inner wounds of the heart that you've tried to keep closed. Open your heart today to the Lord's work, He is our Great Physician!

You have a deep longing for connectivity with people but want to surrender that desire to the Father for Him to meet those needs of acceptance.

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You have a desire to wake to spend time with the Lord but have been pushing it off.

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You are anxious about how you are raising your kids. The Lord wants you to know that He sees you, He hears your prayers, He will supply the wisdom needed to parent. He wants to rid you of your anxiousness as your trust in Him over trusting in yourself.

I'm not supposed to be a pleasant presence all the time. I am unpleasant to your King-Self all of the time.

Even in times of pressing, you are in my will, yet you will feel neglected and rejected by me and others. And still, you will become rejected by even others.

I am molding you into the version of you that I created; the toughest, most caring,  and the most patient. Through those I have placed in your life, I am working everywhere, and through everything.

It will be hard, yet I urge you to use perseverance in seeing yourself in my will; instead of finding my will in your life.