WHO DO YOU TRUST

Dear One,
Trust that My ministering angels surround you.
Trust that My protective angels encamp round about you.
Trust that I send My words forth from your mouth in My prayer language to do My will in your life, which is healing, prosperity, peace, mercy, freedom from depression and oppression, joyful situations, calm circumstances and loving relationships.
Trust that I will never leave you or forsake you.
Trust that you are called according to My purpose and all things will work together for your good. Those "all things" are your praying in My Spirit, your being attentive to My personal words to you, and your walking in love with all people.
Trust that I WILL do more than you dare think or imagine, according to the power that is in you. The power that is in you is My Holy Spirit, so there is no way your thoughts could ever imagine the marvelous and glorious things that He has in store for you according to My will.
Trust Me in that regard, that you could never extend your mind to the fullness of My glorious plan for you.
Trust Me that your eye has not seen and your ear has not heard all of the glorious things that I have for you in accordance with My love for you and your love for Me.
In other words, like I have said before, "TRUST ME."
Love, God
Psalm 11:1; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 28:7; Psalm 31:1; I Corinthians 2:9-10; Ephesians 3:14-20.

NEGATIVE APPEARANCES

Dear One,
Always remember that appearances do not reveal the true nature of a person and appearances do not reveal the true activities going on behind the attitudes and activities of a person. The person may be wresting with My Holy Spirit who is calling attention to a wrongful word or thought or action. Maybe the person is wrestling with making a decision to change from evil habits to godly habits. All you see may be the effects of the inner battle, not the final life changing decision. Whatever appears on the outside is not what is happening on the inside of a person, in his soul.
That is why you can't go by what you see, only go by what I say about the situation and the person, that all things will work together for your good.
Rejoice when things look bad because going up toward good is the only way it can go, which it eventually will go if you are praying in the Spirit for the person and walking in love.

Love, God
Matthew 7:1-6; Romans 8; II Peter 1:3-11.
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THE UMPIRE

Dear One,
Always trust the gift of discerning of spirits within you. You have seen that it has never failed to be right, even when your reasoning and emotions said it was wrong.
My gift of discerning of spirits, if trusted and relied upon, will keep you from making the same mistakes that Adam did in the garden, that is listening to the logic of satan and falling for his deception.
Jesus operated perfectly in the gift of discerning of spirits and He was always able to see through satan's lies, logic and deceptions. Jesus knew the personality of the devil and the strategies of the devil, and He knew how to defeat him. Your enemies, the devil and his demons, have not changed their strategies; they continue to lie, deceive and destroy.
I gave you the Holy Spirit with His spiritual gifts in order to make your life safe and enjoyable in the earth. His gift of discerning of spirits will keep you from yielding to deceit, lies, deception and destruction. Trust that Umpire that I put inside of you and take His advice by refusing a negative thought when it entices you to obey it. Negative thoughts may come in the form of temptations, testings, judgments, conflicts, oppositions, religious exclusions, jealousy, fear, hatred, and all other enticements of satan.
My discerning of spirits will reveal to you the culprit and his efforts to lead you downward into his pit of depression and destruction. Be alert and stay alert to that signal from the inside of you. It will save from you many, many mistakes.
Love, God
Colossians 3: 15; Matthew 4:3-11; I Corinthians 12;10 & 11; Hebrews 4:12

GETTING TO KNOW GOD INTIMATELY

Dear One,
When My children don't know Me intimately they think that My guidance, My direction and My personal words to them might be harsh, unkind, grievous, burdensome and impossible to follow.
If all of My children only knew that every word that I speak to them will lighten their burdens, encourage them, lead them to an abundant life and bring joy and freedom, then they wouldn't ignore Me and My personal words.
My reputation has been tainted and tarnished by men who don't even know Me, yet they prejudge Me by what someone else said who only knew Me by the opinion of others who were strangers to My true character.
You can look at the ministry of Jesus and through Him you can see My true personality. He said that anyone who saw Him saw Me, His Father. You can study His words of comfort and His ministry to the sick and demon possessed, and you can see My true reflection in Him. Then you can ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth about My personality because He is the Spirit of Truth. When you are firm in the knowledge that I am Love, then you will be able to trust Me to speak My personal words to Me and we will be One. Then you are in for the joy ride of your life because My words will elevate you to the highest level of love, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, patience, mercy and faith.
Get to know Me intimately and you'll love Me more and more. Then you will know that you are loved unconditionally and completely by Me.
Love, God
John 1:18; John 5:19; John 6:46; John 14:7; John 16:12-15Ephesians 1:16-22; Ephesians 3:14-19
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TRAIN TICKET

Dear One,
Stay on the positive train. Stay off of the negative train.
Where does the positive train go? To the plus side of success in every area.
Where does the negative train go? To the minus side of success in every area.
There is no alternate track on either train line. The tracks only go one way. The positive track goes to health, wealth, happiness, peace, love, the abundant life. The negative track goes to failure, poverty, lack, sadness, conflict, abuse, hatred and judgment.
Check your ticket to see what ticket you have bought.
How do you check your ticket? By checking your thoughts and your emotions and your words. There is no middle ground. There is no middle track. There are only the two tracks.
The positive track has thoughts, emotions, attitudes, words and actions that are positive, loving and faith filled, leading to the cities of Light and the Abundant Life.
The negative track has thoughts, emotions, attitudes, words and actions that are negative and filled with inner strife or strife with others, leading to the cities of Poverty and Lack.
You're the one who buys the ticket. Know your destination, check your ticket and then choose the track of thoughts, attitudes, words and actions that lead to it.
I'm already on the train leading to Light and the Abundant Life. Join Me. You'll get to rest in the sleeper berth in the Sabbath Compartment. I paid for your ticket already.
Love, God
John 10:10; Deuteronomy 28; II Peter 1:3-8

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Grace Understands

Dear One,
Grace needs to be extended to all men.
You must allow all men the freedom to have their own opinions and the right to voice them, but you must refrain from being in conflict with them because of their opinions.
Grace grants freedom of choice to others and grants it with a good attitude. Grace cuts off division and strife because grace is unmerited favor, regardless of philosophy, doctrine or opinions.
Grace accepts others and their choices, regardless of whether you agree with them or not.
Grace understands the effects of bad choices and knows that love can cover the effects of bad choices.
The epitome of grace is found in Jesus because when we were dead in our sin, He died for us. Jesus extended grace to the men who crucified Him when He asked Me to forgive them.
Grace looks for areas of unity, refusing to engage in division.
GRACE UNDERSTANDS!
Grace understands people who are spiritually in play school because they have not been afforded the opportunity to be tutored and taught by the Holy Spirit. Yes, GRACE UNDERSTANDS.
Grace holds emotions in check, knowing the repercussions are not worth becoming emotionally involved. Emotionalism never understands anything but its own side.
GRACE UNDERSTANDS!
Love, God
Romans 3:23; Romans 5:2; Romans 6:14; II Corinthians 9:8; Ephesians 4:29; Romans 5:20

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Spiritual Perfection

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Dear One,
Sometimes the reality of the importance of certain people in your life comes flooding into your mind in an exaggerated degree. That revelation results in your appreciation of every individual person and how his life has shaped your life and your character.
Every person you meet and with whom you interchange conversation shapes your character, your inner life, either positively or negatively.
If you look upon every person as My child and as deserving of My love and your love, then you will look upon his spirit, not his flesh, and you will be affected positively.
If you look upon every person only as a fleshly man with imperfections, then you will judge him according to his flesh and you will be affected negatively.
A person's physical appearance and actions have nothing to do with you. My instructions were to look upon the spirit of every man, not his flesh.
The key to forgiveness is to live your life always looking past the outer man and seeing into the spirit of every man so that you see the true person, the real person, the eternal person, the person in need of Me and My power in his life.
I look upon your spirit and I see the beauty. Look upon the spirits of others and appreciate the beauty.
Love, God
Matthew 7:1-4

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Spiritual Men

Dear One,
Sometimes you minimize the importance of your reactions to the people in your life. Begin to monitor the results of your interaction with other people and then truth will come flooding into your life. There will be varying degrees of results to your appreciation of every individual you meet and how his life shapes your life and your character.
Every person you meet and with whom you exchange conversation will shape your character, your inner life, your prosperity and your happiness, either positively or negatively.
If you look upon every person as My child and as deserving of My love as you are, then you will look on his spirit instead of his flesh and you will be affected positively, no matter what his actions or reactions to you have been.
If you look upon his flesh, then you will judge him according to the actions of his flesh and you will be affected negatively.
A person's negative actions have nothing to do with you personally. The secret to a glorious life is your ability to look upon the spirit of a man rather than his flesh and its negative actions.
The key to forgiveness is to live your life always looking past the outer man and seeing into the spirit of every person so that you see the true person, the real person, the eternal person.
One reason to refrain from judging according to the flesh of another person is because the flesh, the outer actions of people, are always changing, just like yours are. All men are in constant transition and change. Their characters and personalities are always changing according to their experience and the people with whom they come into contact. So if you judge them according to their present actions of the flesh, then they may soon change that negative action into a positive one. Sometimes you have continued to judge them one way when they may have completely changed.
The spirit of a man is the only permanently beautiful part of him and it is unchanging. It is life giving. Seeing that part of every man, just as I do, is seeing the part that is of Me, the eternal part, the Godly part.
Look upon every man the way I look upon you, seeing the perfect spirit.
Love, God
II Corintians 10:3-5

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