Allow God’s glory to pierce any pride that may swell. Invite the Holy Spirit to expose any possible motive of self exaltation. Let the cross break all ego.  Imagine His face looking beneath all your acts of service. Quietly admit any craving to be seen more esteemed than others. Ministry is a cross to carry. We empty ourselves, to lift the name of Jesus, not our reputation.  Holy Spirit  reveal any pride in my ceaseless, zealous service. Lord, I seek to know You as well as You know me. Important listen.

God’s mighty power is like a hurricane wind. It blows fiercely to change us for His glory. He is disrupting the old ways and exposing our desires. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” Obey now

Each new season does not last forever, so before we slip into the next valley, it is wise to rally in hope, and shout loudly for what God is doing behind the visible. To God be the glory as He is magnified through every fiery furnace of change. The storms of winter will bring fresh delights. Be assured by God’s faithfulness that Spring — will burst into magnificent blossoms! This exciting Christmas season, we honor Jesus with our repentance. We turn back to the cross and admit any weed of unbelief. The garden of our soul is turned over by the Holy Spirit. He points out what to confess. God enjoys His wild, and passionate way of flourishing through us. He prepares us with His fingers stirring in our dirt. Weeds of doubt, envy, pride, and resistance are removed and LIGHT bulbs are planted. Wait on Him with certainty of the harvest coming. Praise the Lord!

The new man stands naked before God. The Spirit of God uses His Sword to help us crucify our flesh.  “FAITH is CONFIDENCE in what we HOPE for and ASSURANCE about what we do not see.” Heb 11:1   “God is able to BLESS you ABUNDANTLY, so that in ALL THINGS at ALL TIMES, having all that you need, you will ABOUND in every GOOD work.” 2 Corin 9:8  “great grace” is tucked inside God’s favor. The awesome FAITH to believe in the power of God is a gift. Yield to the Holy Spirit. Jesse Penn Lewis

Holy Spirit, I choose to partner with You today. Holy Spirit, I fully surrender my body, mind, and soul to You. I choose to put on pause everything I have learned — so that You can show me the NEW thing You are doing.  Help me resist my old crucified flesh, and remember that You are Holy, and You know more than all scholars combined. Guide me today as I choose to LISTEN and obey Your WISE counsel.  Thanks for the exciting, fresh Word You delivered through Dutch Sheets.  I agree that NO WORD OF GOD COMES BACK VOID. God’s Word NEVER looses it’s POWER.” AMEN

In the beginning God tells us in Genesis that there was a vast darkness. In other words, there were no stars, no planets, and zero light. It was all desolate, waste, a worthless thing, empty, chaos, a barren wasteland. There was no sound, or voice, or thing —until God the Father had Jesus speak, and Holy Spirit hover, and a voice said “Let it be…and it came to be!” John 1:2-4 “He (Jesus) was with God in the beginning. Through Him, all things were made; without Him, nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”

What was chaos became organized, what was dark began to sparkle with light, what was worthless had value, what was barren produced new life. A vast nothing became a solar system, trees, animals, birds, oceans, and fish. God was NOT intimidated by the dark then, and today, His seed has spread worldwide. His Word is being confessed in faith around the globe.  Whoever was blind is about to see the miraculous occur as Holy Spirit is hovering over the seeds planted.  A giant harvest is about to blow the watchers away as the partakers of the divine speak boldly what God has them say. Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ name, let it be done!  Open the naysayers sight, give the doubters faith, make the blind receive spiritual sight and open the deaf ears to hear the Spirit of God speaking Truth into their souls.  Glory to God.

Holy Spirit hover over me that the Word of God in me — manifests into greater grace and boldness. “Let it be done, now in Jesus’ name. My desire is to NEVER grieve Holy Spirit, by hesitation, fear, or selfishness.  Holy Spirit, forgive me for ignoring You in the past and doing things my way, and for leaning on my own understanding of Scripture or God’s matchless, confounding, limitless ways.  Thank You for never giving up on me as I can be stubborn and hard headed. ❤️  A person has few faithful friends and even less reliable sources on earth. Without Holy Spirit leading, guiding, convicting, and empowering us with boldness,  the world would soon crash, BUT GOD!

Heart Revival comes by God’s remnant being determined with tenacity to refuse to quit believing — in God’s Word. We are ‘trouble’ to the enemy because we persevere and we are MORE STUBBORN and PERSISTENT than the devil. “The Word of the Lord stands forever!” God has held the dust of the earth in a basket.  No person ever intimidates or undermines God’s Word or His plan. Nobody means no preacher, idea, or other teaching ever overrules what God wrote. God’s living and active Word has never returned void.

Our trusted Friend, Holy Spirit, sticks closer than a brother, He is the one Friend who truly cares about our eternal destination. The church is the display of Holy Spirit on the earth. For thousands of years, we have been a witness to what HOLY SPIRIT does through ordinary people. What our Father delivered into us makes us His ministers of divine grace. “My child, you are the visible image of MY HOLY SPIRIT!” — Walk humbly as an ambassador of the Most High. We carry the Light of the world. We are made in His image. Visibly we represent the King. I am convinced that the world is changed by men and women who are aware of His omnipresent Spirit. Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

The account of Nehemiah reminds us — as the remnant of God –that in order to build the wall, to build His Church — we must resist the devil daily. The deceiver is persistent and his schemes are slippery and sly. 24/7 the liar continues to try and undermine our faith in the One True Living God. As His hands, feet, and lips, we are His workers. Our job is to focus on what God said and allow Holy Spirit to increase our boldness to keep working. We believe and trust God by faith, regardless of the negative narrative. What foolish leader would dare heap insults upon Jesus Christ? Long ago God ordained the preservation of His people.

Whenever we willingly choose to silence Holy Spirit, He grieves and we miss out on His greater grace.  Walk humbly and trust God.  Jesus  calls us by name, and our names are in His book of Life. Hallelujah! He shows us a different way to view time, and to count and measure our steps towards eternity. Holy Spirit teaches by way of conviction. “This is the Way, walk in it.” His divine way of counting us worthy of His name is by our obedience. He gives us great grace and a measure of faith sufficient to believe in His promises. Each act of kindness is recorded and stored in a sort of safe deposit box in heaven where no thief can steal it. The spiritually blind are given restored sight. The spiritually deaf get their hearing restored. Jesus warns all in Matthew 13:10 and Mark 4:10 and Luke 8:9 and John 9:39 to not just hear, but listen and obey.  All glory to our Father who placed Holy Spirit in our life for such a time as this. ❤️

Look someone in the eye who appears downcast and share your light.  Give them HOPE with your silent smile. Let those who feel invisible be seen and valued by you. Encouragement can be a quiet gift that changes the focus of a sad heart. “One of the risks of being quiet is that those watching can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. Or, her FAITH in Great Grace is awesome! People Don’t know who abides in us!  So, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are. Romans 12:4 “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form ONE BODY, and each MEMBER belongs to all the others. We have different GIFTS, according to the GRACE GIVEN to each of us. Pray for greater grace.

IF it is serving, then SERVE; if it is teaching, then TEACH; if it is to ENCOURAGE, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then GIVE generously; if it is to LEAD, do it diligently; if it is to show MERCY, do it CHEERFULLY. LOVE must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be DEVOTED to one another in LOVE. HONOR one another ABOVE YOURSELVES. Be JOYFUL in HOPE, PATIENT in affliction, FAITHFUL in PRAYER. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.” Welcome Holy Spirit.

To be obedient, our Father exhorts us to ASK. Do I cower, or do I trust God can use me as I am?  There are people who are sleeping under bridges who will become preachers. Women turning tricks who will be leading worship. Greater Grace works through the faith we have in Holy Spirit to do His miraculous work. A Word from God– Micah 6:8 “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy  and to walk humbly with your God.” ❤️

“Do not be anxious about ANYTHING, but in EVERYTHING by PRAYER and supplication with THANKSGIVING, let your requests be made known to GOD. And the PEACE of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:6-7

Acts 4:33 “great grace” is tucked in  God’s promises. God’s favor is the ability to believe in the astounding power of God as we yield to Holy Spirit to do His will through us. Choose who you serve with your thoughts and actions. God’s kingdom of truth, and greater grace, or Satan’s kingdom of lies and deception.  Our delight in divine service is a token of acceptance of our Father’s lavish grace. Those who serve God with a sad countenance, are not serving Him at all; their form of faith, has not the LIFE of the Spirit. Our God requires no slaves of love at His throne; He is the Lord of the empire of love, and would have His servants dressed in garments of joy. The angels of God serve Him with songs, not with groans. Obedience which is not voluntary is disobedience. The Lord looks at the heart, and if He sees that we serve with a forced smile, our love offering is unacceptable. Service coupled with cheerfulness is true. Joy is found in the support of our weakness; in the joy of the Lord, He affords us His strength. Our gladness removes all difficulties. Cheerful service is what oil is to the wheels of a railway car. Without oil the axle soon grows hot, and accidents occur; and if there be not a holy joyfulness to oil our wheels, our spirits will be clogged with weariness. The person who is cheerful in service of God, proves that obedience is the finest contribution from which songs burst from the heart.”

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