REVOLUTION

Dear One,
     "Bless them who curse you.  Do good to those who hate you.  Pray for them who  despitefully use you."
     That admonition by Jesus sounded revolutionary to my children the first time they heard it.  It continues to sound revolutionary and impossible to do today because your culture has taught that a person must fight back with violence when violence comes at you, that you must curse those who curse you, that you must hate those who hate you and that you must take from those who use you.  In other words, an eye for an eye has always been the philosophy since Adam's disobedience caused blockages for men from their communication with Me.  It has never been My instructions to My children.
     Jesus knew that your joining with evil in retaliation would always result in evil being returned to you in a larger way.  He knew that I will avenge the evil spirits behind every evil act of men.  I pronounce My judgment against the demonic activity that causes all evil.  My judgment is never against people.  It is always against the evil principalities and powers in the heavens. 
      Your actions against those who wrong you must always be the opposite reaction, love returned for hate, good returned for evil, forgiveness returned for unforgiveness, mercy returned when judged, kindness returned for curses.
     When you are able to do those things, returned good for evil done to you,  the effect on the evil beings behind the bad actions toward you will shrink away in fear because their actions depend on like actions being returned.  When you return goodness instead of unkindness, the other person is freed from the evil behind his or her actions and good overcomes the evil.  Then there is rejoicing in heaven because another battle has been won in the earth.
      When you return evil for evil done to you, there is also rejoicing in the spiritual dimension, but not my heaven.  There is rejoicing in the dimension of evil because they have won a battle which you helped them win by your returning evil for evil done to you.
      Even though it sounds revolutionary to you, please do what I asked you to do, which is to return good for evil done to you, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you.  When you do, we win another battle for delivering the earth from evil.    Yes, every battle is important.
     Love, God
Matthew 5:43-48; Luke 6:28-38; Romans 12:14-21.
       

FLEXIBILITY IS GOODNESS

Dear One
    We have talked about flexibility many times in the past.  Flexibility is one of the personality traits that comes from the fruit of the Spirit of goodness. 
     Flexibility is the opposite of rigidity.  Rigid people are legalisitic about religious standards, submission to unreasonable authority, legalistic about social standards and political philosophies.
     Read over and over again about your brother Jesus.  He was not rigid about any of those expectations.  That is why He was hated by the hypocrites, the Pharisees and the SadduceeS.  He was more concerned about helping people than He was about rigid rules and regulations. He understood that spiritual heredity, backgrounds, parental expectations and education contribute to whether a person is rigid or flexible.  He knew that rigidity is at the basis of all judgmental thoughts.  He taught explicitly that if a person judges another person that he will be judged by others. 
     Jesus knew the cause of all evil in the world is satan.  He knew that people yield to temptations from the devil because He was tempted and He did not yield.  He had My power inside of Him to defeat the devil.  He understood that without My power people have no resistance to the devil and his temptations to do evil.
      Jesus walked in the flesh so He understood the battle between good and evil with which every human being is presented every day which calls for choosing either life or death, good or evil.  He understood the people who yield to temptation to do evil.  Instead of judgment, Jesus had mercy and compassion.
      Rigidity can curse a person physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.
      Jesus knew that flexibility can cause a person to act with goodness and understanding toward others rather than judging them as always being sinners.
      You have heard the term "flow with the Spirit".  Flexibility and goodness allows you to be fluid, never judging, never condemning, never rigid, but always acting toward others with mercy and love.
      That is one of the keys of the kingdom about which Jesus taught. Make it your key because it opens many doors to the abundant life that I promised.
       Love, God
Matthew 7:1-12; Matthew 4:1-11; Matthew 5:7; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 23:23-24; Romans 9-15-16; Galatians 5:22-25.

SEEDS BEGET LIKE PLANTS

Dear One,
     Judgment always begets judgment.

     Violence always begets violence.
     When a society rewards violence, violence will prevail.
     If you will always think about the spiritual seed sowing principle before you take action in any situation you will not receive the same boomerang activity from bad actions that you contemplated taking.  There is no deviation from that principle.   What you sow will certainly be returned to you, maybe not immediately but eventually they will. 
     My desire to you is that you receive love, peace, goodness, kindness, mercy and joy from others because you have given the same actions to everyone. That is one reason why My Spirit distributes My characteristics and personality traits into you, so that you will distribute them to others.  Then they will be returned to you pressed down, running over, shall men give the same virtues to you.
     You cannot judge others and get mercy.
     You cannot perform violent acts and receive peace in your life.  It's impossible.  Your spiritual garden only grows what you plant in it.
     You have heard it said that those who live by the sword will die by the sword.  That is a truth relating to the seed principle.
     If you want peace in your life, sow peace.
     If you want mercy in your life, sow mercy.
     If you want kindness in your life, sow kindness.
     If you want love in your life, sow love.
     If you want goodness in your life, sow goodness.
     If you want people to be patient with you, sow patience seeds by being patient with others.
     What you sow, that shall you always reap.
     Sow seeds from the fruit of My Spirit and reap goodness, kindness, love, mercy, patience, faith and joy all the days of your life.  When you do that, My kingdom will have fully come into your life.
     Love, God
Matthew 7:1-2; Matthew 13:3-23; Matthew 13:31-32; Matthew 4:26-29; Matthew 5:41-46; Luke 6:38.
    
    

    

MIND BATTLES

Dear One,
     I know it is difficult not to take into your mind a thought of worry when you hear that a person has had an unfortunate situation happen.  Your mind travels to an imaginary situation that will probably never happen to you, but because of fear the situation projects the same bad situation into your future.
    Jesus talked about that same scenario when he taught about taking no thought or care for your future, what you will eat or what you will drink.  He said that you should not fear an unfortunate thing happening.  He said that I feed the birds of the air and adorn the lilies of the field.  He said that there is enough evil available to have things happen in the future without you worrying about them and inviting them into your life by worrying. 
     When worrying that bad things might happen occurs in your thoughts, the images of those bad things invade your mind and the devil takes that as permission to bring them about.  The imagination of the bad things happening are an act of permission for him to call them into your life.
     When you do not worry about bad situations happening in your future, they never will because you have not fearfully imagined them and passed on to the father of fear your agreement with his participation in the matter.
     Jesus was very emphatic about teaching you not to worry.  He knew that worrying, fretting, griping and moaning would  block My entrance into your life to bring My blessings to you. 
     Jesus knew all about the battle in the spiritual dimension for your mind, the battle between good and evil.  He knew that there are consequences to entertaining the thoughts of evil deeds possibly happening because when you fear things you are agreeing with the devil's ability to produce evil actions in your life. Your obsessions with those thoughts will enhance his ability to do just that.
     What Jesus was teaching was why should you curse your own future by agreeing with the evil that the devil might do instead of agreeing with the wonderful things that I can do when you agree with Me instead of agreeing with evil.
     Jesus never talked just to hear himself talk.  He never talked just so people could quote him for his eloquence.  He taught spiritual principles that are truth and what will make your life the abundant life that I promised.
     Heed the words of Jesus.  He had inside information.
     Love, God

     Matthew 6:24-34; I John 4:16-19; Philippians 4:8-9.
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SIMPLE PLEASURES

Dear One,
     Simple pleasures can become valuable treasures.
     Even the simplest, yet memorable, pleasures in life make you grateful for them and thankful to be alive to experience them.
     The pleasures of giving even the simple, smallest compliment to another person that you meet can brighten his or her day and will make the day pleasurable for both of you.
     You have experienced that hearing even the most simple truths from Me will give you new life and make you thankful for the gifts of wisdom, knowledge and insight.
     The goodness in the act of giving to you even the smallest gift by a friend or a compliment or an act of love will do wonders for your immune system, your mental and emotional stability and, again, your gratefulness.   It does the same for others when you serve them gifts or compliments or acts of love.
     To be fortunate enough to have warmth in winter and a coolness home in summer results in gratitude again and again.
     Having a wonderful, loving family is a fortune in itself for which you are thankful.
     The hugs, kisses and acts of love of a child will boost your whole mental, physical and emotionall systems into high gear. Their giving flows freely, just like Mine does.
     A song that recalls good memories will bombard you with pleasure.
     True pleasures don't cost money.  They are sent from Me for your good pleasure.
      It is My good pleasure to make your life pleasant, pleasurable and happy.   Good daddies do that.  I'm your Heavenly Daddy and I delight in giving you all the benefits of being My child.
      Love, God
Luke 12:32; Matthew 16:19; Matthew 6:25-30; Matthwe 6:33; Ephesians 1:16-22l Ephesians 3:14-20.

GIVE FREELY

Dear One,
     When you have the resources and see a need, fill that need. 
     That's what I do, and I depend upon My children to do that part of My work for Me.
     I impress upon many people who do not respond to My impressions to fill a particular need, so I go to another person with resources and impress upon him or her to fill that need.  Then if there is no response, I go to another person.
     Eventually someone will respond.  Usually its not the first one.  The people who do respond are usually the people who have been on the receiving end of the generosity of others.  They have experienced lack and they know how to be thankful, so they repay the generosity of others toward them by giving what is needed and passing it on.
     I desire that you become one of the first responders, willing to be the first person to meet a need when I impress upon you to be generous.
     Remember that that there is a spiritual principle involved.  It's a great way to get your needs met, also, because seeds always come back in the form of plants of like nature.
     Love, God
Psalm 146:5-9' Matthew 1):7-8; Matthew 25:37-40; Luke 12:42-43; Romans 8:32; Romans 12:19-20;
    

LOVE LIFTS

Dear One,
     "Love lifted me.  Love lifted me.  When nothing else could help, love lifted me." 
     You sang those words religiously when you were growing up. You loved the melody and the cadence but you were to young to know the truth of the song.    Yet, when life through evil spirits threw its destructive plans at you, you needed to be lifted out of the spiritual dirt and grime, then placed you inside of My protective arms.  There you experienced the reality of the author's experience because you enjoyed the same salvation from evil, who takes many different forms. 
     My love did its easy task, which was impossible with earthly power. Love lifted you and lifted you and is still lifting you, saving you from the turmoil and destruction of evil forces. 
    It is My honor and My great pleasure to rescue you just like I do all of My children who call upon Me. 
    Don't ever forget our relationship.  I am your Heavenly Dad, your Loving Papa.  That is what I do, protect you, provide for you, love you unconditionally, teach you, guide you and counsel you.
     Not only does My love lift you above the things of the earth, but it places you safe and secure in My sheltered arms where you find peace and joy.
     Love, God
Psalm 91; I Corinthians 13:4-7; John 3:16-17; John 10:9; Acts 2:21; Acts 16:31; Isaiah 50:1-2.Psalm 145:18-19.