THE HIGH CALLING

Dear One,
When you finally decide that, "Old things are passed away and behold, all things become new," then you will find that the unpleasant old things will be determined to invade your mind with unpleasant memories and hurtful occurrences from the past.
Spiritual enemies will be single minded in tempting you to replay unpleasant situations in order to get you into anger, regret, guilt or grief so that toxic chemicals become regularly dispensed into your body, thus making your body the victim of onslaughts of toxicity.
You must learn to close the door or more realistically to slam the door on the bad memories from the past in an effort to protect yourself from the poisonous chemicals which result from digging up the past.
Digging up the past is like digging up an old casket and crawling into it, expecting to find rest but instead finding decomposed flesh and flesh eating worms which live in a dead body.
You must stay in the land of the living, always enjoying life and expecting newness of life with every event.
You are My child and you weren't meant to live with worms, decomposed bodies and injurious situations from the past. I mean for you to bury the past. I said, "Forgetting all things that are behind and reaching forth into those things that are before you, pressing toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
Your high calling is to commune with Me and receive My wise instructions which will bring your inheritance into being.
My supply is endless. What lies ahead is exciting, rewarding, prosperous and joyful. You won't find those in the past.
Love, God

Hebrews 12:1-2; Philippians 3:13; I Corinthians 6:9-11; II Corinthians 5:17.

PROPER SACRIFICES

Dear One,

You need to keep your consciousness alert to discern worry when it attaches itself to your mind. Worry consumes your thoughts about things that are actually none of your business.
When you are actively praying about something, then the workings of My kingdom and how I'm going to answer your prayers is My business. If you make it your business, then you begin to fret about how and when and where I'm going to accomplish the answer to your prayers. When you get into worrying about it, then you have completely moved out of faith into fear via the mental activities of fretting and worrying.
A child does not concern himself with how a parent is going to meet his needs or when it is going to be accomplished. He just trusts his parent to meet that need at the appropriate time and the child goes on his merry, carefree way with trust and faith in the parent, never losing his joy.
My children need to have trust and faith in Me the same way children trust their human parents, without fretting, worrying and wondering how and when and where, but praying and then going on their merry ways with joy, knowing that I have ways and means much more effective than what any human can imagine. My business is not always your business to be concerned with.
My workers, My angels, work much more effectively when they are unencumbered by the opposing forces of worrying and fretting.
I said that double mindedness is always nonproductive.
Worrying and fretting are enemies waiting to snatch your answered prayers before they come to fruition.
Worrying and fretting make good sacrifices. Put them on the altar to be consumed by fire.
Then go do something that brings joy to you, trusting your Heavenly Dad to finish the work.

Love, God
Matthew 6:28-33; Psalm 37; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 10:33

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SPIRITUAL ADVENTURES

Dear One,
Don't ever lose your adventuresome spirit.
Treat every day as if it were the greatest adventure a person can have, the most exciting time for a person to live, and watch for all the miracles that one can find in a day.
Adventures are trips into the unknown, the uncharted waters for a particular person.
That's the way each day is for you, uncharted and untraveled. When you look forward to living each day, you will appreciate the small miracles as well as the big ones.
I created this day for you to enjoy the abundant life. Look for abundance in everything, in love, in financial gain, in peace, in miracles, in mercy, in healing, in joy, in excitement, in wisdom, in knowledge and everything that makes for a desireable life.
Love, God
John 10:10; Galatians 5:22