MERCY VERSUS SACRIFICE

Dear One, It is so much easier for you to refuse to obey evil promptings than it is for you to obey them and then suffer the consequences caused by the evil actions. It is easier to refuse the temptation to judge, to abuse, to be angry against, to retaliate, to demean others, to oppose others and to sow strife in situations than it is for you to have to pay the price for evil actions. There is no satisfaction for doing evil acts because of the results which occur in your life as a result of obeying evil temptations. There are always consequences to making good or evil choices. You are rewarded with good consequences or evil consequences. That is why I said that mercy is better than sacrifices, meaning that being merciful to everyone is better than having to sacrifice your peace of mind and your joy by being judgmental, critical and oppositional. Refusing to return evil done to you will result in your keeping peace with all men and keeping peace in your own life. Praying for and blessing the people who hurt you are spiritually productive actions because those choices cause My cloud of witnesses to continue to surround you and work good in your life. When you return evil for evil done to you, you cause My cloud of witnesses to be bound from pursuing your best interests because you have chosen evil over good. When you bless others, you receive blessings from My kingdom of love. When you curse others, you receive curses from the devil's kingdom of hatred and strife. Resisting the devil results in continued blessings in your life. I am always blessing you. It is up to you to choose good over evil and enjoy My abundant life. Love is always the perfect way. Love, God Deuteronomy 11:26-27; Deuteronomy 30:19-20; Matthew 5:44-48; Luke 6:28-36; Romans 12:14-18; James 3:8-18; I Corinthians 13:4-7; Hebrews 12:1-2; 12:25-29.

ELEMENTARY AND RUDIMENTARY LESSONS

Dear One, I didn't send my Son into the world to be against any of My children. I only sent Him into the world to destroy the works of the devil. All of My instructions to My children through Jesus were to pray for your enemies, to do good to those who spitefully use you. I instructed My children to bless the ones who curse you and to turn the other cheek if someone strikes you on your one cheek. I instructed My children to obey the governing authorities and to pray for them so that you will live in peace. I instructed My children that if someone asks for your coat that you give him your cloak, also. You know how to depend upon Me for your sustenance and your clothing. Other people may not. None of those instructions even remotely refer to fighting against or talking against or railing against anyone. They refer to acts of love for everyone and refusing to obey negative and opposing emotions which are the areas of your mind where the devil works in your life with his temptations. My instructions through Jesus were for your benefit, to keep you from joining with your spiritual enemy, the devil, who is the instigator of all opposition, of all wars, of all disagreements and of all strife. I instructed My children that where there is strife there is every evil work, every spirit of the devil at work. You do not want to get into his territory by joining him in opposition to anyone because you invite every evil spirit to minister to you and your family if you do. As yet, My children are ignorant of the works of the devil. Many of My children are blinded by the devil himself by his temptations to oppose other people. They think they are protecting My name when all the time they are promoting the works of the devil by engaging in opposition to other people. My name is maligned by the thoughts, attitudes and actions of My own children who persist in opposing, fighting against and cursing others. My rudimentary teachings through Jesus are ignored and often disobeyed because of politics and religious rhetoric. Often it is time to go back to the elementary teachings of My Son who died so that there would be peace on earth. Do good to others, turn the other cheek if you are struck, bless those who curse you, do good to those who spitefully use you and do not return evil for evil done to you. Pray for your leaders and those in authority over you. Then you will lead a peaceful life. Love, God Matthew 5; Matthew 6; Matthew 7; I Corinthians 13:1-7.

LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND

Dear One, A wise man once wrote that love makes the world go around. He had great insight into the spiritual dimension without knowing it.

If My love was to be rejected by every human being in the world, the world would catapult into the heavens. It would never return to its proper axis. Tides would not exist, so water would flood the earth and drown all living matter. There would be no air to breathe because there would be no oxygen. Evil beings who have been kept in abseyance by the power of My love in the earth would have free access to the earth and conquer it for their own pleasure. Those are the reasons why I encourage My children to love one another, to let love be the controlling emotion in all affairs with people and to love Me with all of their hearts, souls and minds, so that the world that I created for you will continue in its orchestrated movements, just like I designed it. Since I am Love, all things work perfectly in the atmosphere of love. You have observed it yourself, that where love exists there is peace and joy. Where there is strife, fear and hatred, there is disarray and every evil work. Those observations should encourage you to let love be your motivating thoughts, attitudes and actions in all situations. You preserve the existence of the earth that I loved so much that I sent My Son to save when you spread love around in every situation. Love cancels out all evil works from other people and love preserves your earth. Not only does love preserve your earth, love changes people from hopeless to faith-filled, from sowers of strife to sowers of love, from sowers of turmoil to sowers of peace. If you want to restore the earth to its first state of perfection, then you should act as My children, sowing seeds of peace and love in every situation. If you want to destroy the earth, then you will sow seeds of strife, jealousy, judgment, hatred and intolerance. Do not buy into the gospel of hatred that is taught and has been taught for years. It is the antichrist spirit. You are children of Love. Act like it. I said that the peacemakers are blessed and called My children. If you sow seeds of intolerance and judgment, you are acting like the children of disobedience, of which the devil is the father. I said that love will heal everything. My love has given you the power of the Holy Spirit to heal and restore the earth. Don't abandon My commission to love everyone by choosing to return to evil ways. You will contribute to your own destruction if you do. Love does make the world go around and continue to go around. Love, God Genesis 1:26-31; John 13:34-35; John 3:16-17; Ephesians 2:14-19; Romans 5:5-11; Romans 8:38; II Corinthians 13:11; Ephesians 5:2; II Timothy 1:7.

PRAY FOR AUTHORITIES

Dear One, Instead of being against leaders of a country, a state or an organization, you should be like I asked you to be, a prayer warrior, praying for wisdom for the leaders so that you will live in peace. The usual behavior of My children is to talk against and work against their leaders, cursing themselves with all manner of evil works because I said that if you judge you will be judged. Your opinions regarding the leaders may be diametrically opposed to My assessment of the leaders. My objectives are to always bring peace. You often forget that I did not send My Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. So when you condemn, judge and opposed a leader, you are doing the opposite of what I asked you to do which is to pray for those in authority over you so that you will live a peaceful life. When you sow strife-filled seeds against a leader, you sow strife-filled seeds against yourself because of the seeds sown. When you pray for your leaders, you also pray for yourself. I said to pray for one another so that you will be healed. When you pray against someone, you are praying against yourself, bringing things into your life that you surely do not desire. Look at the lives of Peter, Paul, Joseph and Daniel who were imprisoned. Paul and Peter prayed and were supernaturally released. Joseph and Daniel both prospered under the reigns of their captors and prospered abundantlly because they knew how to listen to Me and interpret dreams. They were men of prayer, not men of complaints and murmuring. Also remember that the children of Israel who were released from bondage of Egypt did not enter the promised land because of griping and murmuring from unbelief. I have saved all people who turn to Me and ask for deliverance from their troubles. Those who only condemn, gripe, moan and murmur in unbelief are condemned by their own words. I said that it is not what goes into the mouth of a person that defiles him, but it's what comes out of his mouth that condemns him. I said by your words you are justified and by your words you are condemned. I created the world with words and you, as My child, create by your words, creating either good or evil. Learn this lesson well. When you are against anyone, you are against yourself. Let all of your words save rather than condemn. You are My emissaries in the world. Only speak encouraging words that save people. Love, God I Timothy 2:1-6; Acts 12:5-11; Acts 16:19-34; Genesis 41:37-43; Daniel 6:1-5; 6:25-28;Hebrews 12:12-17; I Corinthians 10:7-13; Matthew 15;10-11; Matthew 12:37.

PEACE KEEPERS

Dear One, If you are against someone, you are against the whole world because I sent Jesus to die for the sins of the whole world. Since He is the Prince of Peace, He died to bring peace to every conflict, every disagreement, every war, and every volatile family matter.

  You must realize that no one is right in any conflict in My eyes because the sacrifice of Jesus was for everyone and their sins, iniquities and transgressions. So if they have all been forgiven and blotted out, then there are no right sides or wrong sides. They are all equal, a level playing field. Do you remember the time that you were being persecuted by others for having been baptized with My Spirit and I told you that I love the persecutors just as much as I love you? That was shocking to you, but you learned a truth about the breadth, height, depth and width of My love. You learned about My advice to bless those people who persecute you and do good to them. Also, do you remember when you thought you were so right in a situation and I asked you if you would rather be right and stand your ground for being right or would you rather be righteous and bless the ones who had opposing opinions? You have used that truth many times in order to become flexible, being willing to be wrong instead of being rigid and stiff necked. You forget that I don't need any defense from you because vengeance is mine. If I had been against the world, I would not have sent My Son into the world to save it. I was against satan, not people, and certainly not My creation which I called good. I didn't send My Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. The only time you get in conflict with people is when you forget that your battle is not with flesh and blood but with evil principalities and powers in the air. Instead of being against someone and their beliefs, be proactive and pray in the Spirit for My wisdom for both of you so that My truth will prevail. Keep peace with everyone and you will be called my children. Love, God Matthew 12:29-35; II Corinthians 10:3-7; James 4:1-8; Ephesians 2;1-10; Ephesians 6:12-18, Ephesians 4:3; Philippians 4:7-9; Romans 12:19-21.

AVOID CONFLICT

Dear One, No problems, no conflicts, no religious debates, no controvercy, no rigid opinions, no political curses, no burdens. You have been redeemed from all of those things because your citizenship is in heaven. "Walk on by," should be your natural inclination when confronted with those situations. Do what Jesus did, walk on by them. Don't give them any of your attention or loyalty. When your loyalty is in heaven, you can just walk on by them without giving them your participation. Conflicts, debates, contovercies, rigid opinions and political rhetoric all come from strife which is sent to involve you in oppositional rhetoric in an effort to entice you to speak negatively and destructively about others. They are sent to curse you with dissension and strife. I said that when strife is present there is the present of every evil work which affects people. Don't participate in arguments or confrontational issues. Just walk on by them and let the willing participants enjoy their opinionated rhetoric. They will inherit the plants sowed from the confrontationsl seeds. Political discussions are the biggest culprits because they are based on the same ideologies that existed when Jesus walked the earth, which is promoting the views of a group of people against the views of others. They are rooted in strife. Your opinions won't settle any controversy, anyway, because the ideologies are not based in truth. When you walk on by any controvercial argument or discussion, you keep your peace and lend your peace to the situation because you have refused to add conflict to conflict. I want My children to always be rooted in truth. People involved in debates and heated discussions are not seeking for truth. They are seeking to force their own opinions on others. Always be willing to be wrong in your opinions and beliefs. That is called humility. When you receive the truth from My Holy Spirit about any controversial subject, very often you need to tell no person because the truth is not always received by people with rigid beliefs. You would be casting My pearls before swine and the people will turn and rend you. Avoiding all conflict is the way to keep peace with others and with My spiritual kingdom. Strife and controversy are not fruit of My Spirit. They are fruit of the spirit of evil. Love, God Romans 1:28-32;I Corinthians 12:20-21; I Timothy 3:15-16; Luke 22:24-33; Romans 13:13-14; I Corinthians 3:1-11.

CELEBRATE PEACE

Dear One, When wars end between nations, people celebrate the end of the war and celebrate freedom from the effects of war. You celebrate your freedom from the curses of the law, which are the curses brought from satan because he takes advantage of religious laws that I gave to protect My children from the works of the devil, identifying them for what they are. On the cross Jesus became a curse for the sins of all My children, so you can celebrate the end of guilt and condemnation from disobeying religious laws. Jesus paid the price for your misdeeds so that you won't have to. All sins, transgressions, iniquities, mistakes and misdeeds are forgiven and obliterated from any records in heaven because of Jesus. If there is no record, then they didn't happen. That is reason to celebrate. Celebrate freedom from the works of the devil every day. Celebrate freedom from condemnation and guilt every day. Celebrate the power of My Holy Spirit that I give to you which gives you authority to defeat evil in your life. Celebrate that you are My child, washed clean. Celebrating what I have done for you is more reason to rejoice than the combined celebrations at the ends of every war ever fought. You are set free from the works of the devil and your celebrations are eternal. Celebrating during good times and bad times is accompanied by celebrations in My heaven because My angels always rejoice at the freedom of My children. Love, God Galatians 3:13-14; Isaiah 38:19-21; Matthew 2:10-12; Matthew 5:11-12; Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 1:46-47; Luke 10:20-22.