Fostering Deeper Intimacy with God
Beloved, can you see the harvest? Can you see the fruit that has come forth in your life as you have believed My Word? Each day, you are becoming more conformed to My image as you believe what I have spoken over you. My Word is life, and you have readily received it into your heart. It has taken hold of your mind, and each day it transforms your thoughts so that they come to mirror My own. In this, I am well pleased. Continue reading “See the Harvest”
Spring up oh well! Tap into the store house, the reservoir that never runs dry. It is there. Remove the mindsets that say it’s too hard, that it’s impossible to attain. It is in front of you. Each step brings you closer to the well. Each step removes the constrictions, the mindsets, the perceptions, the fears that keep you blinded to the well of living water that never runs dry. It is there for the taking. Remove the blindfold, remove the blindfold, REMOVE THE BLINDFOLD. (Firm tone) Continue reading “A Time of Water and Fruit”
When you extend grace to yourself and toward others, you will have growth in your life. You will begin to grow. Grace is at the heart of the matter. All things flow out of grace. Be persistent to allow grace to freely flow through your speech, your actions and your thoughts. Continue reading “Grace and New Growth”
John 15:8 (TPT) When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father!
Beloved, you have the choice to bear fruit or not. However, it is not enough to choose to “bear fruit,” then do nothing to cultivate fruitfulness. In the same way you can’t decide to grow a crop, but never plant or tend it; or desire a healthy body, all the while resisting exercise and indulging in poor eating. The decision – the desire for a specific outcome – is not enough. You must align your actions with the outcome.
In the same way, if you decide you want to be fruitful, you must nourish yourself in my Word and be watered by My presence. Then bearing fruit won’t even be a conscious decision because it will be inevitable. It will come springing forth as a natural result of being fed and saturated in Me. It demonstrates maturity. You won’t need to tell anyone that you’re fruitful, for it will be clearly visible for all to see – your fruit giving glory to the One who has nurtured it.
So demonstrate fruitfulness, beloved. Abide in My presence and meditate on My Word. Choose Me and watch as you overflow, bearing fruit and doing so abundantly.
I desire to bear fruit, Father, and have that fruit endure
For my life to make a difference, and my heart to be found pure
So I meditate upon Your Word and choose Your ways each day
Abiding in Your presence – Your love abounding – here I stay Continue reading “Choosing to Bear Fruit {poem}”
Proverbs 31:28 (TPT) Her sons and daughters arise in one accord to extol her virtues, and her husband arises to speak of her in glowing terms.
Beloved, be diligent and consistent in pouring forth wisdom and love, for in due season you will reap a harvest. Refuse to be discouraged by set backs regardless of how disheartening they may be. Love as if you will never be hurt. Love without reserve.
Parenting – whether natural parents or spiritual, is not for the faint of heart. It takes patience, depth, long-suffering, forgiveness, an ability to see and hold to the truth, and an abundance of unwavering love. You must learn to truly be like Me. But the fruit of it will come if you persist. Your children will flourish and rise up and call you blessed. How blessed you are to sow and then see them grow. Continue reading “Sow and See Them Grow”
Galatians 5:22 (AMP) But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is…faithfulness,
Beloved, I AM forever faithful, setting the example for My children. Allow My Spirit to bring forth faithfulness in you. That you might be focused and singleminded, a picture of loyalty and steadfastness – displaying My character and nature as you reflect Me.
Bear sweet fruit, beloved. You are made in My image, empowered by My Spirit, this character is not beyond your reach. It requires trust in Me – a trust that demonstrates to the world that I AM good and worthy of trust. Your actions will speak far louder than your words ever could, so declare My faithfulness by surrendering your all to Me knowing I AM full of love and worthy of your heart. Be at peace, I will meet you there for I AM good. Continue reading “Let Your Actions Declare My Faithfulness”
Isaiah 53:2 (NLT) My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.
Beloved, like My Son, grow in My presence. Like a tender shoot, I will protect you from the elements and nurture you to your full potential. For I see you even now as a grown tree – full and lush, bearing much fruit – the capacity for life within you is great, be mindful to cultivate that growth, to nourish it with My word, water it with My Spirit, and fortify it with My presence.
For the life within you is greater than just yourself. Allow it to multiply and bring forth increase. Be fruitful and multiply. Refuse to allow yourself to become dry and withered. Find the time – indeed make the time – do whatever it takes to carry what I AM bringing forth through you to full term. Behold I AM doing a new thing, will you not know it? [Sensing Him smiling as He asks because He already knows you will say yes – a thousand times yes]
Beloved, you are mine and eternally I shelter, guard and protect you. I seek you and call you into my sanctuary. You are mine Beloved and I cherish you with an everlasting love. My beloved, you are mine and earnestly I seek you. I seek you out and call you my own. Don’t turn away from me. Don’t deny me. Don’t refuse my love for you. Reach for me my beloved as I reach for you. Just as a child reaches for his mother and yearns to be held so I desire to hold you, caress you and blow kisses on your face, wipe your tears and run my fingers through your hair. My desire is to comfort you. Don’t push me away. Don’t resent my plans for you. It may seem painful at the time but the growth that comes from this pruning will be magnificent. You will be a radiant fruit bearing tree full of my righteousness and truth. You will share my love with others and pour out my heart on my children. Nothing is impossible for you because nothing is impossible for me. I love you my child. Be my hands and feet to the least of these. They are my children to and close to my heart. My heart aches for them. I long to pick them up, wipe their snotty noses, clean their cheeks and bring laughter to their eyes but they push me away. Be my hands and feet. Be my heart towards them that they may see me and believe that I am God, their father and good shepherd.
Beloved, sacrifice without obedience brings only harm and heartache. Seek my heart and know I will reveal all that you need to know as the timing approaches for each phase to be complete. You are my heart and I am proud of you. Delight yourself in me my love and I will make you a fisher of men, and restorer of life. My blood cries out to redeem the lost. Do not for sake me or my ways and I will bless you. I will redeem all that has been hidden and lost. My Beloved, come unto me and I will heal you. I will redeem you and make you whole. Thank you my beloved for restoring the life I have given you for bringing it back to life and redeeming what I have laid at your feet, your purpose, your destiny. Only you can make that choice. Only you can bear the cost and see the reward. Only you can make the choice to redeem all that I have given you. Thank you Beloved. Thank you Beloved, my Daughter, my Bride. Thank you.
John 15:4 (GW) Live in me, and I will live in you. A branch cannot produce any fruit by itself. It has to stay attached to the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit unless you live in me.
Beloved, increase comes from Me. Stay firmly rooted. Life can only come from the source. Draw from Me. Drink deeply from My living water – the flow of My Spirit – be saturated in My presence and allow that rich, life-giving atmosphere to bring forth much fruit.
Deep wells pouring forth, gurgling up from deep within you as My Spirit stirs and hovers over you as you rest and dwell in My presence. Behold, I AM doing a new thing, will you not know it? [I sense Him smiling as He asks that as though He knows already of COURSE you will want to know it.] New life – increase – is coming. Increase is here. Continue reading “Increase Comes Through Me”