SCHOOL OF LIFE

Dear One,
     Be prepared for everything that comes your way, the good and the bad, the convenient and the inconvenient, the exhilarating and the devastating.
     When you learn valuable life lessons from bad things that happen, then you are victorious over the bad things because you will defeat them the next time they try to defeat you by playing the same tricks.
     You might be surprised to learn that most bad things that happen can be traced back to a judgment thought of some kind.  That's why Jesus primarily and consistently cautioned My children not to judge because if you do you will be judged by the same demon  of judgment.   Unrighteous judgments of others are the most devious temptations that satan puts in the thoughts of My children because he knows if he can get you to judge others that he can bring the same judgment upon you by his evil ways.
     Also learn lessons from the good things that happen to you.  Learn to value the elements that work together for good for My children, like love, unity, forgiveness, mercy, faith, plus constructive thoughts and attitudes.
     You can key into My wisdom during troubling situations and you should seek My wisdom in beneficial situations.  You should make all situations a learning experience.
     Come to Me for My insight, knowledge and solutions to your prayers.   That's how we make you overcome all the destructive things in life.
     Love, God
     Matthew 7:1-5; John 15:26-27; John 16:13; Luke 6:37-38; I Corinthians 15:57-58; I John 5:4-6; Romans 2:7-11; Galatians 6:7-10;
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LOVE HARVESTS

Dear One,
     Sharing testimonies of My love is sharing Me.  When you share Me you are passing on My love.
     Other people who hear about My acts of love toward you will begin to believe in me, trust Me and desire to know Me.  Where there is no evidence of My love shown to My children, there is no belief in the minds of those who don't know Me.
     When others hear about My love being manifested toward you, they will be confident that I am not the judge and I do not condemn people.  They have heard lies from religious people about My character. The erroneous witnesses have caused people to shrink in fear from Me.
     When they hear about My love manifested toward you and other believers, they will cautiously run toward Me, all because they have heard about My acts of love which reveal My true character.  When they hear more and more testimonies about My love, they will come closer and closer toward Me and they will begin to slowly open themselves up for Me to begin to also show My love to them.
     I said that all who call upon My name will be saved.  They will be saved from the judgment, condemnation and evil acts of satan, who is the author of the lies about My character and personality.
     Telling about My love and showing My love are becoming My witnesses because you have actually witnessed and exerienced My love first hand.
     My promises will become real to the ones to whom you have witnessed about My love and they will begin to experience the spiritual power of faith in Me, all because you shared My actions of love with them.   They will want what you have and what you have witnessed in your life, which is unity with Me because of becoming intimately acquainted with Me.
     Pass the love around.  It always boomerangs back to you, producing more and more of My love seeds.
     Love, God
 John 15:26-27; Acts 1:8; Acts 10:43-48; Acts 22:15; Romans 5:1-11; Romans 8:38-39; I Corinthians 2:9-10; Galatians 2:4-10.
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OVERWHELMED AND OVERWORKED

Dear One,
     Yes, I have told you in the past that changes are good for you.  They cause you to stretch your mental faculties and welcome new and beneficial emotional stimuli.  As a result you grow in wisdom, knowledge and in favor with more and more people.
    There are instances, however, where too much change in too many different areas can often be detrimental to your entire physical, mental and spiritual systems.  There can be too much stress if changes are in multiple areas of your life at the same time with no prolonged relief.  Later there will be post traumatic stress that robs you of energy and stability.  You may not be conscious of its descent into your whole being until some areas of your life begin to fail, either your health, your emotional soundness or your spiritual well-being.
    When too many quick changes descend on you, you often can't deduce the reason for the exhaustion and emotional swings until you come to Me and ask for My insight into what has gone wrong.  When I tell you that there have been too many changes too fast with no rest or relief, you understand the cause.
    The cure for all exhaustion, either physical or emotional, is to relax, rest and treat yourself to some meditation time with complete R and R.
     From your mediation and your reasoning with Me, you will begin to hear words that bring peace and joy to you, which will slowly heal the frazzled emotions that were caused by too much change coming too soon.
    Being overwhelmed is the precursor to all traumatic stress effects.
    When you are at the point of being overwhelmed, it's time to stop, look and listen.  Stop the overabundance of activities or work.  Look at what is happening in your life.  Recognize the stress factors. Stop what has plunged you over the top emotionally.  Then listen to My Spirit tell you what is logical and beneficial for you to accomplish.  Follow up with doing nothing that you are not convinced is beneficial to your emotional health.
    You can't love others if you don't love yourself enough to gauge what is good for you.
     Very often your spiritual enemies have brought the overabundance of activities into your life to defeat you.  Learn to recognize that truth. 
     I can tell you what is extraneous and will lead to exhaustion.  I can also tell you what is necessary to accomplish that will benefit you and your family.
     I want you physically and emotionally sound.  As a result you will be a beacon of light and love in a busy and dark world.
     Love, God 

Isaiah 1:18-19; Luke 24:15; Matthew 6:24-34; Psalm 22:26; Psalm 27:3-6; Psalm 27:8.
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ENERGY RESTORATION

Dear One,
     You can restore your energy that has been lost from worrying and fretting by first choosing to stop those nonproductive mental activities.  They negatively result in more stress and less accomplished goals 
     By choosing only the chores that are absolutely necessary, eliminating the ones that are causing the stress, you are on the way to enjoying the holy days or holidays. 
     Is that elaborate display of decorations really necessary or can it be relegated to the unnecessary pile?  No one will kill you if you don't get a particular self-imposed duty accomplished.
     The light in your own soul is what is important.  The joy that comes from having the time to communicate with Me and pass My love on to others is much more important than earthly displays.  Your love and joy can light up the souls of others when it has been spiritually charged by our times together.
     When you feel that your thoughts are beginning to loose their sense of peace and are heading toward stress that is spiritually, physical and emotionally detrimental, you can tell your mind and body to relax.  Take deep breaths and speak relaxing words to yourself.  Your will  is the real boss of your thoughts and your emotions. You can tell them to calm down and relax like you would an unruly child.
     You can light up the world with your love and your joy which you inherited from Me.  They will continue to bless others throughout the year and not be packed up with the decorations for the season.
     Enjoy the beauty and meaningfulness of what people term "the most wonderful time of the year" by only doing what will bring joy to you and others.
Love, God
Psalm 37:1-9; Matthew 6:27-34; Hebrews 12;1-2; Philippians 4:8. 
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STRESS REDUCERS

 Dear One,
     The attitudes of some of My children deny that this is the most wonderful time of the year, even though they sing that it is.
     Worrying and fretting add to the stress of the season.
     Shed all of the added chores or trim down and eliminate the normal chores until worry and stress fly out the window like the invaders that they are.
     Worry and fretting can rob you of your emotional and physical energy until you have no resources left with which to enjoy the wonderful time of the year.
     Relax and enjoy the love, the joy, the beauty and the celebration of the birth of the Savior who came to relieve you of all the stress.  He said, "My burden is light."   Lighten your own burden by only doing what needs to get done, not the lofty chores that you feel are necessary for this time of the year.
     These days are called holidays, or holy days, so make them holy by lightening your own load and the loads of other people.
     This is a time for celebration of life, not a time of depletion love, peace and joy.
      Restore the joy of your salvation by eliminating anything that is not conducive to life and happiness.
      Make these truly holy days.
      Love, God
Psalm 37:1-8; Matthew 11:30.
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GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE

Dear One,
     It thrills Me with joy unspeakable when I see that you are thrilled with your answers to prayers.  When you are joyful, I'm a  joyful.
     I revel in the exuberance with which you express your joy.  It thrills Me to see that you are, yourself,  thrilled with My works in your behalf. 
    Many of My children who do not recognize My gifts and generosity in their behalf.  They skim over them like they were daily occurrences when, in reality, they are answers to their prayers.  That doesn't affect Me negatively.  I give because I love, not because of any expression of appreciation.  The expressions of appreciation and thanksgiving are important only because of the effects they have in the spiritual dimension.  Praise and thanksgiving clear the avenues from heaven to earth of any blockages and barriers which keep My children from receiving their rightful inheritance.
    So can you see why it thrills me to see you thrilled and appreciative?  It's because I know that your clearing of the avenues will be beneficial to you.
     I said that it is My good pleasure to give you the kingdom.  It increases My pleasure when you decide to accept My gifts and enjoy them.  My joy is complete when you are grateful for them because I know that more of My blessings will overtake you because you have blasted through earthly barriers with your gratefulness and then more of My gifts can flood into your life.
     Keep an eye out for even the tiniest evidence of My generosity toward you.  You miss them so often and consider them to be coincidences when they are, in fact, God incidences. 
     My gifts to you are endless.  For your own benefit, let your appreciation and gratefulness be endless.
                                                                             Love, God
Luke 12:31-32;  Ephesians 1:5-12; I Peter 1:7-9; Psalm 22:3; Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 32:10-11.
  

SEEKING AND FINDING

Dear One,
     I send My love to you through many different messengers and with many different messages.   However, you must have the spiritual eyes and spiritual ears in order to recognize them.
      Messages may come in the still small voice inside of you, or in flowers, in butterflies, in billboards, in license plates, in casual remarks by strangers, in dialogue in movies, in words from songs, in print in newspapers and magazines, or may be in the words of children. They come any way that I feel that you can receive them.
     With diligence I am able to sneak My loving and encouraging words to you past blockages of confusion, unbelief, worry, fear, concern, and all evil conflicts.
      Remember how many times you sang, "Open my eyes that I might see glimpses of truth thou has for me.  Place in my hand that wonderful key that shall unlock and set me free.  Silently, Lord, I wait for thee; ready, my God, thy will to see.  Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine."
     You sang it over and over and over, determined and eager to receive truths that would set you free.
     The desires of your heart were met and are still being met.  You are able to perceive spiritual truths that in the past you never understood.
     Asking Me to open your eyes to truths was, in essence, seeking Me and My kingdom.  Even singing the words of someone else who was asking for revelation knowledge opened you up to receiving My Spirit and the truths that He teaches which come from Me.
     You were unrelenting in your seeking to intimately know Me, which was a declaration to the evil spiritual principalities and powers of the air that you were choosing My family and My ways instead of their conflicting ones.  You chose life instead of death and blessings instead of curses.
     The revelations, wisdom and knowledge that came and still come as a result of your choosing My ways, My principles and the truths of My family, they flood into your mind precept by precept, line by line, here a little, there a little, only what you can handle at the time. As a result, everything beneficial has begun to overtake you.
     With My Holy Spirit as your teacher, you perceive and understand things that have been hidden in the past from My children by evil being.  Those revelations are  the wisdom and knowledge that sets men free.
     Continue in your journey to become intimately acquainted with Me so that you will be like Jesus and only say what you hear Me say and you only do what you see Me do.  Then the seeds you sow will yield love, peace and joy plants.
    Love, God
Isaiah 28:9-10; Matthew 13:10-14; John 16:12-15; Ephesians 1:16-23; Ephesians 3:14-21.
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