BLESSED BECAUSE OF GODLY CHARACTER TRAITS

My Dear Precious Child, In Peter's second letter to the Jewish and Gentile believers he wrote valuable and encouraging truths to them relating to the faith that they had obtained as a gift from Me in the power of Jesus Christ found in the Holy Spirit. In his beginning sentence Peter prayed that My grace and peace would be theirs through their knowing Jesus Christ through the revelations from Myself and from Jesus Christ. (II Peter 1:1-2) Then Peter professed a statement that should be encouraging and empowering to all of My children. He wrote that by My divine power, that being the power of My Holy Spirit who lives in you, I have bestowed upon all of My children EVERYTHING that is necessary for the abundant life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who has called you by His own power and glory. (II Peter 1:3) Did you notice that He wrote that EVERYTHING that is necessary for you to have a life of an abundance of blessings has already been given to you by the power of My righteousness that has been infused into you? In those words he wrote that there is no power that has been withheld from My children which would make their lives on earth a reflection of My heaven on earth, which is what Jesus taught His disciples to pray, that My kingdom would come on earth as it is in heaven. That miraculous event of My Gift Giving occurred on the day of the first Pentecost and it has occurred every time My children have become born of My Holy Spirit and baptized in My Holy Spirit. Peter went on to explain by writing that by virtue of My power of the Holy Spirit and My glory that comes into My children when My kingdom enters into their flesh when you inherit My kingdom of God, that I have bestowed upon all of you the great and precious things that I promised to My children through the prophets of old and then through Christ Jesus, My Son. Those promises are that My power and My glory of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you when you experience the fulfillment of My promise will enable you to escape the curses of the world that has been corrupted by lust and instead you become equal sharers of My divine nature. (II Peter 1:4) Then Peter listed for the believers, which include you in your age of the Covenant of the Holy Spirit, all of My virtues which you must allow to enter into your character through your becoming intimately acquainted with Me. He listed My virtues which you must allow to overtake you through your having revelation knowledge of My goodness and kindness and love. He began the list by writing that you must allow Me to reveal to you My virtue of FAITH which must be the foundation of your salvation. Then Peter wrote that you must also allow My character trait of DISCERNMENT to develop in you along with your FAITH. Next he wrote that you must then develop My character trait of SELF CONTROL along with your trait of DISCERNMENT. Next he wrote that you must allow My character trait of PERSEVERANCE to develop along with your trait of SELF CONTROL. The next virtue that you must allow to grow as your character trait is that you must allow My RIGHTEOUSNESS to grow along with your PERSEVERANCE. Then My next character trait that you must allow to grow in you is your allowing My RIGHTEOUSNESS to cause you to genuinely care for your brothers and sisters, which is the outgrowth of My LOVE. (II Peter 1:5-7) If you will notice, those character traits of Mine are referred to as some of the fruit of the Spirit by Paul in his writings. (Galatians 5:22) Peter is saying in this letter that I have given to My earthly children EVERYTHING necessary for you to become My images in the dark world so that you will shine like the sun in contrast to the darkness. Peter was saying the same thing that Paul had taught, that My character traits need to grow in you until you have the mind of Christ with the Power of My Holy Spirit which overcomes, defeats and ostracizes every demon from the earth into the lake of fire in the abyss. (Matthew 13:36-42) He went on to write that those character traits of Mine, which need to become increasingly your own, are effective in bearing the fruit of your having a true knowledge of the character traits of the Lord Jesus Christ. He wrote that anyone who lacks the qualities of My character traits is shortsighted to the point of spiritual blindness, having forgotten My heavenly gift of forgiving your sins. Peter wrote that you must be determined to make your calling of becoming My child premanent by your becoming My reflection in the earth, and your having made permanent My call upon your life by allowing My virtuous traits to become your traits also. When you allow My character traits to become your character traits, per Peter's instructions from Me, then your permanent residence in My kingdom of God through the calling of Christ Jesus on your life will allow you to be permanently provided EVERYTHING necessary for the abundant life and godliness while you live in the earth because you dominate evil passions, refusing to yield in any way to temptations in thoughts, words or actions because My own character traits have become My mature character traits in you. Your Father of Effective Character Traits

BLESSED FOR BEING HOSPITABLE AND JOYFUL

My Dear Precious Child, In Peter's first letter to the Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ Jesus he mirrored Paul, John and James in their admonitions relating to Christian virtues. He advised them to be hospitable without complaining and that they must be gracious distributors of My grace in which they use their gifts in serving other people. In their serving and your serving humanity you must do it with the strength which I have given to you so that I will be glorified through Christ Jesus, for to Him is the glory and dominion throughout all of the ages. Amen. So be it. (I Peter 4:9-11) In addition to his advice to always display the works of My Holy Spirit in your life, Peter told the people of the first church that they should not be surprised if they are tried by fire from the devil which was already occurring in other places. Those trials are sent from hell to test your faith and you must expect them so that you will not be caught off guard. Instead of complaining and operating in self pity, you must rejoice when you are tried and tempted by the devil because you are participating in the suffering of Christ. When My glory is revealed and My salvation comes to rescue you from the temptations of the devil, you will rejoice exultantly. When you are insulted, ridiculed, shamed, persecuted and insulted for the sake of Christ, it's a sign that My Holy Spirit has come to rest on you and in you, and the devil doesn't like it. However, you must not suffer by being a law breaker, a thief, a murderer or in some way being a destroyer of the rights of other people. If you suffer for being a virtuous Christian, you should not be ashamed. You should glorify Me for being called by His name, realizing that the judgment from the devil has begun for My household. Peter wrote that since the apostles had experienced tribulation that it would also extend to the body of Christ. (I Peter 4:12-17; John 16:33) He wrote that the believers must realize that if a just man is saved with difficulty, then consider what will come upon the sinners and godless people. Think about it this way, that if you suffer for Christ but keep a good attitude, continuing in good deeds, then you have given your life over to a faithful Creator who will see that you are saved from the death of the devil's tribulation. (I Peter 4:18) Peter explained relating to the tribulation about which Christ Jesus spoke before He ascended into My heaven when He said that in the world you would have tribulation but that you should rejoice because He overcame them in every way and so you can also overcome the tribulations with the power of My Holy Spirit, My joy and My peace. (I Peter 4:19) Your Father of Victory Over Tribulations

BLESSINGS FROM SUFFERING QUIETLY

My Dear Precious Child, One of the advantages of doing right is a guarantee that nothing can harm you. Peter wrote that even if you need to suffer for the sake of righteousness, you'll be happy. In his first letter Peter told the Gentile and Jewish believers that they should not fear anything and that they should not be in awe of what other people fear. Instead, they should consider Christ Jesus first in their heart; and should anybody ask them the reason for their hope, they must be ready constantly to reply, making sure that their reply is given gently and respectfully. He wrote that the believers must keep a clear conscience so that when they are ridiculed that the people who libel their way of life in Christ may be ashamed of themselves. He wrote that if it's My will that they suffer, then it's better to do so for doing good deeds rather than for doing evil ones. (I Peter 3:13-17) In the first letter of Peter to believers, he wrote that the reason that Christ Jesus died for the sins of the world, His being a just Man dying for the unjust, was that he might lead people to Me. Even though He was put to death as far as earthly existence goes, He was given life in the realm of the Spirit. It was in the Spirit that He went to preach to the spirits in the prison of hell. They had disobeyed as long ago as Noah's generation, while I waited patiently for the Ark to be built. At that time, eight people escaped in the ark through the waters. Peter wrote that people are now saved by a baptismal bath which corresponds to the ark and the waters. This baptism is no removal of physical stain but it's My pledge of an irreproachable conscience through the resurrection of Christ Jesus. He came into My heaven and sits at My right hand with angelic rulers and powers subject to Him. (I Peter 3:18-22) Christ suffered in the flesh; therefore you must arm yourself with the knowledge that you have the same calling. He, speaking of Christ and the believers in His ministry, have suffered in the flesh, have broken with sin, no longer being loyal to it. Peter wrote that believers must no longer spend what remains of their earthly life on human passions and desires but only on doing My will. In the past you already spent enough time doing what the pagans enjoy, living lives of debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and wanton idolatry. It's no wonder that the blasphemers are surprised that you, after becoming a new person, that you do not plunge into the same swamp of demonic activity where they live. They will eventually find themselves giving an account for all of those transgressions. After all, the reason that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was preached, even to the dead, was because even though they were condemned in the flesh in the eyes of humans, they might have the privilege of living their life in the Spirit and in My eyes. (I Peter 4:1-6) Peter encouraged the believers with the truth that the consummation of their hope was close at hand; therefore, they should not be worried but instead remain calm so that they would be able to pray. Peter knew by experience that praying in the Holy Spirit was the way to avoid being tempted by the devil. While accompanying Jesus in his wrestling with the decision of whether or not to yield to My will, Peter, James and John kept going to sleep instead of praying with Jesus. Jesus told them that they should at least be able to stay awake for an hour and pray so that they would not be tempted by the devil. The three disciples of Jesus went back to sleep three times instead of staying awake to pray in support of their Lord. Consequently, Peter denied knowing My Son three times as a result of his being tempted by the devil. (I Peter 4:7) Another valuable lesson that Peter wrote in his first letter to the believers was to let their love be constant for one another because love covers a multitude of sins. My Love will refuse to hold the sins of everyone against them but instead Love will forgive them. Jesus had given the disciples the power of My Holy Spirit to forgive sins when he appeared to them before He ascended into My heaven to sit down with Me. You have the power to forgive sins, to obliterate them as far as the east is from the west when you have the revealed truth that all sins are the result of the works of demons in the lives of people. When you forgive a person, you free that person from the demons' clutches. That is the ultimate gift of love. (I Peter 4:7-8) Peter walked, talked, lived and ministered with Christ Jesus. He knew Him and loved Him unequivocally. His insights became more in line with Paul's revelations the more Peter matured in the life of the Holy Spirit. His admonitions need to be followed in order for you to lead a rewarding Spirit filled life. Your Father Who Honors His Children With Wise Guidance (Psalm 1:1)

BLESSED BY BEING A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN

My Dear Precious Child, Peter declared in his first letter to the Jewish and Gentile converts to Christ Jesus that you and other believers are members of My kingdom of God, a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people claimed by Me for My own to proclaim the glorious works of Mine who called you from darkness into My marvelous light. To the Gentiles I said that you were once a person with no people but now you are My people and once you had no mercy and now you have found mercy. (I Peter 2:9-10) In fact, he wrote, you are strangers in another country, in exile from My country of God while you live in the earth. Therefore, I urge you not to engage in carnal desires that plague your true nationality and by nature whose very nature wages war on your own soul. He wrote that although the unbelievers would label you as a troublemaker, you must keep yourself blameless among those unbelievers. Then, by observing your good works they, themselves, might give glory to Me when I make Myself real to them. (verse 12) Because of the ministry of Christ Jesus through you, you must obey every human institution, whether it is the emperor as being an earthly sovereign or governors who have been commissioned for the punishment of criminals and recognizers of the upright. Your obedience to them is My will so that you will not be arrested and defame My name. Your good behavior will silence the accusations of foolish men. You must live as free men but you must not let your freedom be an occasion for sins. In other words, live as children of Mine. You must respect every person, fostering love for your spiritual family, reverence for Me and respect for the position of the emperor. Peter in his first letter to the churches wrote that My children who are household employees must obey their employers over other ones, not only the good ones but also the harsh ones. It is a work of grace when a person can suffer injustice and endure hardship through his or her awareness of My presence in your life. If you were to do evil and get disciplined for it, what credit would you get fo that? But when you put up with suffering for doing right, that is acceptable in My eyes. It was for that reason that Christ, Himself, suffered for you as an example so that you might follow in His footsteps. He did no wrong; no deceit was found in Him. When Christ was insulted, He insulted no person. When He was made to suffer, he did not return threats. Instead, He gave himself up for Me, the One who judges justly. It was in His own body that He bore your sins on the cross so that all of you, being dead to sin, could live in guidance of My will. By His stripes you were healed. At one time you strayed like lost sheep but now you have returned to the Shepherd who is the guardian of your soul. Peter in his first letter to the churches mirrored Paul in his teachings on family life, writing that women must submit to their husbands so that their husbands will be won over to Me not by preaching but by the behavior of their wives. The husbands only need to observe the purity of their wife's way of life. He wrote that ostentatious outer garnishments are not for wives of My children. Instead, it is the adornment of their hidden character expressed in the beauty of a calm and gentle disposition. That is precious in My eyes. Peter wrote that the women of old used to adorn themselves like that, being reliant only on Me, equal to but submissive to their husbands. Peter went to the extreme, writing that women should be like Sarah who called Abraham her master. He also wrote that husbands must respect their wives, showing consideration for them because they share lives. He wrote that men must treat their wives as the weaker sex; HOWEVER, they are equal heirs to My gracious Gift of Life. Then Peter gave the reason for his teaching on family life. He wrore that men must treat their wives with love and respect to keep the answer to their prayers from being hindered. (I Peter 3:1-7 Isaiah 59:1-4) In summarizing what seems like restrictive behavior, Peter clarified his guidance by saying that husbands and wives should be like-minded toward each other, sympathetic, loving towards one another, humble towards each other, and also kind and gracious toward each other. He wrote that they should never return evil for evil or insult for insult; instead to always return a blessing. He wrote that both husbands and wives are called to act like that towards each other since they are equals in My eyes so that they receive blessings as their inheritance. Peter quoted Matthew when he wrote, "A person who really cares for his or her life and wants to see prosperous days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit. He or she must turn from evil and do good, seeking peace and following after it because I have eyes for the just and I hear their cries. But against evildoers I have had to set My face." (I Peter 3:10-12) Isaiah knew that truth, that My arms are not so short that I cannot save you and neither are My ears so dull that I cannot hear you, but your sins and iniquities form a barrier between us so that I cannot hear your cries for help. When you walk in My straight path, you don't have to fight off demons at every turn or cry for My help because I am always with you. Your Father of Meaningful Instructions

BLESSINGS FROM KNOWING PETER'S REVELATIONS

My Dear Precious Child, In Peter's first letter to the Gentile believers in Asia Minor, he intended for the Jewish believers in Christ Jesus to read his letter also, as well as the Gentile former pagans. In Peter's salutations at the beginning of the letter he wrote that he was consecrated by the Holy Spirit to a life of obedience to Jesus Christ and the purification with His blood and he spoke that My favor and peace would be upon the believers in the many cities to whom the letter was addressed. In Peter's introduction of the letter he wrote a poem of praise relating to the new birth, which was mirrored in Paul's letters. (Ephesians 1:17-19. In the hymn of praise Peter wrote genuine praise to Me, the Holy Father, and to the Lord Jesus Christ who by His great mercy gave new life to believers. He identified the new birth as being 1. a new birth of hope which draws Life from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He also described the new birth as being 2. a birth into an imperishable inheritance which is incapable of being corrupted because it's kept in My heaven for you and intended for those people who are guarded around them with My power through faith. 3. He also described the new birth as being a salvation which stands ready to be revealed in the day of My new covenant with people when it began on the dayof Pentecost where Peter was in attendance and then wrote about it. (I Peter 1:1-5) Peter had previously experienced the new birth after Christ rose from the dead and appeared before the disciples when he and the other disciples were hiding in a room of a house. The Risen Christ, having been raised from the dead, appeared to them and breathed My New Life into them, causing them to experience the new birth when He breathed on them and told them to receive the Holy Spirit and whose sins they forgave would be forgiven and whose sins they retained would be retained. (John 20:19-23; I Peter 1:1-2) In Peter's first letter to the Gentile and Jewish believers he told them to rejoice in the new birth but he also warned them that for a time they might need to suffer many trials, but he told them that the trials would benefit them if they allowed the trials to add to their faith which he described as being more precious than the splendor of fire-tried gold and its genuineness that leads to praise, glory and honor when Christ Jesus appears to them in revelation. He wrote to the believers that, even though they had never seen Christ in the flesh or in His resurrected body like the disciples had seen Him, without seeing Him they still believed in Him and they rejoiced with inexpressible joy which had been touched with My glory because they were achieving the goal of having faith, a faith which was their salvation; and to you it is your salvation. He wrote that My salvation is the salvation which the prophets had carefully searched out and examined in writings about it through the prophesies. Those prophets spoke about My Divine favor that was prophesied that would belong to My children. The prophets investigated in the scriptures spoken by the prophets the times and circumstances which My Spirit of Christ was pointing toward because Christ had predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories of Christ which were to follow His sufferings. The prophets of old knew what they were providing for you when they prophesied My expectations for the future, not for themselves, but instead for a future generation, the one which had been proclaimed to them by the people who preached the Gospel to that generation by the power of My Holy Spirit who was sent from My heaven. Peter wrote that that wonderful mystery was a mystery that angels longed to research but could not because it was hidden in My mind for generations. (I Peter 1:6-12) In the first letter from Peter to Gentile and Jewish believers he told the people to, first of all, gird up the loins of their understanding; second of all, to live sensibly; and third, to set their hope on the gift of revelation knowledge which was to be conferred upon them when Christ appeared to them, whether in the death of their body or in a revealed appearance. And, fourth, Peter admonished the believers that they, as obedient children, should no longer yield to the fleshly passions and desires that once shaped their ignorant character. Instead, Peter appealed to the believers to become holy in the spirit inside of themselves in every way, attaining to the likeness of Christ Jesus who called them; remembering that scripture reported that "I say for you to be holy because I am holy." (Leviticus 19:2; I Peter 1:13-16) Peter had walked and talked with Christ Jesus, had left his family and lands to follow Him in His earthly ministry, had heard Jesus in His teaching about My kingdom which was to come into the earth, plus Peter had observed Jesus heal the sick and teach about My kingdom which was soon to come into the world, as well as Peter observed Jesus on the cross. Peter had even denied knowing Christ Jesus after the crucifixion, yet he was obedient to go to the upper room and wait for My promise of being baptized in the Holy Spirit to occur. It was Peter who preached a sermon relating to what had happened on the day of Pentecost to a crowd of people and over 3,000 people were converted to the gospel of Christ Jesus. people from all over the world. Peter was a participant in My Kingdom of God first coming into the earth on the day of Pentecost in the upper room. Peter was the first disciple to yield to My power of the Holy Spirit. And I began to allow My Holy Spirit to use Peter's body to continue the ministry of Christ in the world. Peter knew the Christ of whom he wrote in his letter. He was one of the last ones left when many of the other disciples fled in fear before the resurrection. When Jesus Christ asked Peter if the disciples were going to abandon Him, too, Peter wisely professed this: "Lord, where else would we go? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:66-69) When Peter wrote the first letter, he had a long, enduring, grateful, loyal relationship with Christ Jesus, both in ministry and in Peter graciously yielding to the ministry of the Holy Spirit through him. My children must mirror the image of Christ with the dedication and loyalty of Peter. Your Father of Spiritual Empowerment

BLESSINGS FROM ONLY BEING RICH IN REVELATIONS

BLESSINGS FROM ONLY BEING RICH IN REVELATIOINS My Dear Precious Child, The apostle James was very staunch in his condemnation of the rich, probably referring mainly to the wealthy Pharisees who had harassed and plotted to kill Jesus and continued their harassment against the believers after Jesus was raised from the dead and joined Me in My heaven. Their harassment was unrelenting against the members of the first churches. James wrote for the rich to weep and wail because their miseries were eventually coming upon them. He wrote that their wealth was already rotten, that their precious metals were corrupt, and that their corruption would be a testimony against them. He wrote that their corruption would devour their flesh like a fire. He opined that their wealth had stored up evil for themselves during the days of My new covenant. (James 5:1-6) In naming the evils of the rich, James wrote that the wages that they had withheld from their workers were crying loudly from the fields and the cries of the people who harvested the grains had reached My ears. The rich lived in luxury in the earth and had fattened themselves for the slaughter is what James observed. They condemned and even murdered the just people who did not even resist the rich. He told the rich to just wait until their enemies exacted punishment upon the greedy. James wrote that just like the farmer waits for his precious yield of the soil, he looks forward to it while the soil enjoys the winter and spring rains. He told the believers that they must be patient, too, and steady their hearts because My justice would be coming soon upon the rich because of the seeds of injustice that they had sown. (James 5:7-8) In order not to be recipients of the harvest of My justice upon the rich, James admonished the believers not to grumble against each other or they would be condemned also, along with the rich. He advised the believers that they had good examples of living through hardships with patience, always looking toward the prophets of old who endured harassment from people and they became blessed by Me. He reminded them of the loyalty of Job who refused to curse Me and blame his tragedies on Me. My compassion and mercy was demonstrated in Job's life. (James 5: 9-11) James wrote very seriously not to swear an oath at all, not by heaven or earth or anything else. He advised them that their answers must always be "yes" if they mean "yes" and "no" if they mean "no". In that way, he wrote, they would not invite condemnation into their lives on earth. (James 5:12) In further instructions, James wrote to the members of all churches that if anyone was suffering hardship that they should pray. If someone is in good spirits, they should sing a hymn of praise to Me. If someone was sick, they should call the elders of the church who will pray for them and anoint the sick with oil in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. James wrote that the anointed prayer will restore the sick to health and if he has committed a sin, then he or she will be forgiven. Hence, they must declare their sins to one another and pray for each other so that they would be healed. (James 5:13-16) James wrote that the righteous, fervent (meaning heat filled) prayers of an anointed person is powerful, indeed. He wrote that Elijah was only a man, yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and no rain fell on the land for 3 years and 6 months. When Elijah prayed again, the skies burst open with rain and the land produced a crop. (James 5:17-18) In his closing words, James wrote that it might become knowledge to the believers that a person had strayed from the Truth and so another person must bring him back. He wrote that people must never forget this: a person who brings a sinner back from his evil ways will save his soul from death and cancel a multitude of sins. (James 5:19-20) That revelation was new to some people, that a person can be forgiven so easily. That revelation expands My justice and forgiveness in the minds of people, which also expands the revelation of My love. The truths in James' letter amplifies My truths in their simplicity by James' refusing to embellish the truths with unnecessary words. Truths cannot be explained with human words. They come by revelation of My Holy Spirit. Your Father of ENLIGHTENMENT

BLESSINGS FROM KEEPING PEACE

My Dear Precious Child, In a clear explanation of where conflicts and disputes originate, James cleared up the confusion by writing in his letter to the churches that they originate inside your own mind and body, revealing that they are demonic passions and desires. He wrote that those passions make war with your own faculties in an effort to dominate you and become lord over you. What you desire, you do not obtain, so you choose to get it by killing someone. Or, maybe you envy what someone has and you can't get it, so you fight tooth and toenail to get it to better yourself above the other person in your own eyes. (James 4:1-3) Then James wrote that the reason that you do not have what you desire is because you don't ask Me to supply it for you; or, if you ask, you ask wrongly, intending to spend what you get on your own pleasures with no thought of sharing. Often you might even proudly display what I give you as an indication of My favor toward you, creating jealousy in other people. He sternly reminded the people who read his letter that to be a friend of the world is to be at odds with Me. He emphasized that a person is identified as My enemy if he is a friend of the world. There is scripture that says that the Holy Spirit that I have planted inside of you tends to occasionally cause other people to err toward jealousy. Yet other scripture says that I resist the proud but bestow My favor on the lowly. (James 4:5-6; Proverbs 3:34) In order for you to stay pure, James said for My children to strip away from their lives all excess and to humbly welcome My words which have taken root in you with the power to save you from evil. He reminded the people who read his letter to always act on My words. He warned them not to be like some other people who only listen to the words, choosing not to practice them, and in the end they deceive themselves. He compares that person to someone who looks in a mirror at his own face, then he immediately goes off and forgets what he looks like. On the other hand, there is the person who looks into the My ideal words of freedom and lives in their wisdom and instructions. That person is no forgetful listener but he or she is one who carries out My words in practice in his own body. That second man is blessed in everything that he does. James next words of wisdom advised you that if you submit yourself to Me and resist the devil that the devil will fly away from you. In other words, when you are tempted to speak evil of someone, or or Me, if you resist that temptation and refuse to yield to it, then the demon will go on to someone else to tempt. Also, the demons hate to hear you worshiping Me with a pure heart. They flee from your dedicated words of worship for Me. Always remember that when you draw close to Me that I am already waiting for you to join Me because I have already drawn near to you. James advised you to first of all clean your hands, sinners, and cleanse your heart, you backsliders. He advised the sinners to lament, mourn and to weep, letting your frivolous laughter be turned into mourning and your worldly joy be turned into sorrow. The result of your getting rid of all fake worshipful dedication to Me and to be humbled by Me allows Me to exalt you on high. When I lift you up, you are truly lifted high above the earth. (James 4: 7-10) Going back to the dangers of the tongue in its spewing forth poison, James wrote to the readers of his letter, wherever you are, he wrote that a person who does not control his or her tongue often claims to be a devout believer in Christ Jesus. All the while, he is self-deceived and his worship of Me is pointless because he will obtain nothing. He or she is serving the devil and his demons by spewing poison into the world instead of truly worshiping Me. In his letter he sternly admonished the readers of his letter to refuse to speak illl of each other. He wrote that anyone who speaks badly about his brother in Christ is speaking ill of My words. The same applies to judging your spiritual brothers or sisters. If you judge someone, you are judging My words, making yourself the judge. If you judge My words, then you are no practitioner of My words but a judge of them. There is only One judge of the law who can save you, Christ Jesus. So who are you if you judge your neighbor? (James 4:11-12; Matthew 7:1-6) Come on now, you who say to come on with you today or tomorrow and you shall go out of town, spend a year trading and come home with a profit. You have no idea what you will encounter tomorrow. You are only a vapor that appears and then vanishes. If you say that you will do such and such, you make arrogant and pretentious claims by swearing to do something. All boasting and promising to do something makes you open for condemnation. When you know what to do and don't do it, then you sin. (James 4:13-17; Matthew 5:33-36) Your agreement to do something must depend upon My being willing that you engage in the adventure, hinging on, "The Lord willing, I will." James was firm in his beliefs of the negative or positive power of your tongue. Your own spiritual sister spoke My truth when she said that when you utter something negative about someone that the demons from hell turn the same judging words into condemnation on you, yourself. So you curse yourself when you utter something negative about someone else. She spoke My truth when she spoke those words. You must strive to gain control of your tongue. It starts with determining any demons who are concealed in your heart. Eventually their identify will be revealed by the words that come out of your mouth. Your Father of Truth About Words