COMPLETE COMFORT

Dear One,
Complete comfort is the nature of My Holy Spirit.
He is called the Comforter. He is the comforting one. He amplifies My love in the lives of My children. He delivers My rest to My children. He speaks My words of love and validation to my children.
My Spirit is the extension of My nature. He is My counsel and My power in the lives of My children.
My Holy Spirit was sent from My home by Me into the earth so that My children could have easy access to My gifts. Remember that all of My gifts come to you from My Spirit.
My Spirit gives you My wisdom, My knowledge, My power and ability to bring every negative situation under control and He gives the solution to every problem.
Welcome My Spirit into your life so that you will have all of My gifts and My abilities to overcome every tribulation that your enemy would bring into your life to defeat you.
When My Spirit lives in you, you are more than conquerors. You are spiritual royalty.
Love, God.
John 14:15-18; I Corinthians 12:3-11; II Corinthians 3:17-18; Romans 5:5; II Corinthians 13:14;

DIGNITY AND HONOR

Dear One,

You cannot suffer indignity because of the actions of another person. You can only suffer indignity because of your own actions or reactions.
When another person causes a bad reflection on you, refuse to allow indignity to enter your mind because it will try to invade your peaceful mind and completely take over if you will let it.
Tell indignity who you are in Christ and send that evil spirit of shame to the abyss where it belongs.
When a loved one does an undignified act either privately or publicly, your reaction in a dignified way which is full of love and kindness and goodness and mercy will elevate you to a dignified state. If you react to an undignified act in an undignified way by showing anger, disgust, railing and ranting, then you become undignified, too. If that happens, then you must immediately rebound with acts of forgiveness, love, understanding and honor, which are characteristics of dignity, thus elevating yourself back to a dignified state.
You are My child and you are deserving of dignity and honor just like I am.
Don't accept indignity. Instead, act dignified, speak dignified and be dignified. Live honorably and you will receive honor.
After all, you are My child.

Love, God
Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:32; Galatians 5:20; Ephesians 4;26

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Wresting vs. Winning

Dear One,
When you feel yourself begin to mentally lose ground to depression or fear or unforgiveness or strife or jealousy or opposition or contention, remember that you are already a winner. You are already a winner over those thought patterns and you can win that immediate battle over the mental turmoil that accompanies them. You're not a wrestler, pinned to the ground by an opponent unless you allow yourself to be.
You have won similar battles in the past and you will be a winner again. By an act of your will you can overcome them and emerge from those damaging emotions.
If you feel that you have already lost ground to an invading emotional spirit, just regroup and get on the aggressive side. The aggressive one is the winner every time.
Exert your authority over the negative emotional spirits by declaring them powerless over you. Speak to them of whom you are in Christ, the head and not the tail, the winner and not the loser, that you are above the situation and not below it. Then demand of your mind that it perform as a winner.
I crowned you a winner already.
Love, God
Ephesians 6:12; Deuteronomy 28:13; John 16:3

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Still Waters

Dear One,
You are My child and I want to take on all of your burdens, all of your plans for the future, all of the failures of the past and I make them into successes.
I have taken on the responsibility of guiding you, protecting you, providing for you, healing you, delivering you; and, yes, most importantly, forgiving you.
Give Me your heavy burdens. Then you take on the easy task of walking with Me and hearing My voice. I will lead you to the quiet, still waters of peace with My words. Continue to pray, knowing that prayer is inviting Me into the situation so that I can perfect it.
It may not seem like a fair exchange, your giving Me your burdens and Me giving you My peace, but it's fair in My eyes because I will do anything and everything for you. My Son even died for you so that you can know Me like I know you.
All things that concern you are not only possible but they are guaranteed to be successful because of My Spirit within you.
Rest in Me, knowing that I know best.
Love, God
Psalm 23:2; Matthew 11:20&30

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Overcoming Tragedies

Dear One,
People learn to deal with tragedies in different ways.
Some people regard tragedies as a part of life and merely suffer through them, often becoming bitter and hard.
Some people regard tragedies as results of their own foolish actions and then they suffer devastating guilt the rest of their lives.
My children should regard tragedies as being influenced by and also caused by the devil, the author of evil, and My children know that I can bring good out of every tragedy. My children know that by their praying in the Spirit and walking in the Spirit that the results of every tragedy can change course from the devastation that the enemy intended to all the great and wonderful things that I have for you.
My children can overcome in everything. All of the works of the enemy were overcome by Jesus and He sent the Holy Spirit to overcome them for you.
Always put the blame for tragedies where they belong, at the hands of the devil. Then realize that you can overcome the effects of the tragedies with My power.
Tragedies are only temporary interruptions in your peaceful life when you allow Me to change the momentum and cause them to work for your good. I always make gold out of garbage.
Love, God
John 16:33