It is our great privilege to approach the Throne of Grace and to humbly submit to King of kings. With our eyes reverently closed and head bowed, our daily audience with the King is welcomed. Scripture pleads us with an open invitation. On this day we choose to imagine Jesus smiling, and seated before us with His right hand extended holding out a gift for us. He asks us to take it and open it with joy. We joyfully receive His lavish gift of love, grace,  and insider KNOWLEDGE. We hear Jesus say “Come, close my friend.”

As He leads you to the palace of the Father, with your hand in His, Jesus and you walk together. You stand awestruck before the Father’s radiant glory. Trembling and overcome, you slide unto the floor. Listening to the seraphim sing “holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty ” with reverent fear you are stilled. The Father’s voice speaks and another gift lands on the floor touching your face-down-head. “Arise and open it” You quickly obey and find that your spirit is quickened with great COURAGE. Jesus smiles as your appearance reflects His light with a NEW brighter brilliance.

Walking alongside Him, you are made aware that these gifts are to be dispersed and NOT kept for yourself. The gift of KNOWLEDGE is to be used as He imparts — to encourage and to strengthen those He leads you to. You embrace the process and with new personal COURAGE and confidence in Him — you CHOOSE to continue on the HIGHWAY of HOLINESS into the potential HE PENNED in HIS BOOK before you were born. This day’s EXPERIENCE to the THRONE of GRACE has forever changed your daily approach to petition God on behalf of others. Trusting Jesus to translate your groans into a prayer that matches the Father’s will, you rest “in Him” with great patience. Your HOPE for the future is GREATER than ever before.

Grace personified sits on the throne and we exalt Him with our worship and prayers. With our passport stamped by the blood of Jesus, we speak carefully, with perhaps limping, stammering, feeble words – but God — He encourages us “Come, Come and give Me the burdens that are on your heart.” We cherish the opportunity to approach His elevated throne. We tremble with humility before the One who has unlimited grace to bestow. Our God is a burning flame, and LOVE is His name. We bow before His praying ground. Our words pour out, yet wobbling. All our prayers are intercepted by Jesus. He alters and amends each prayer and He makes it relevant to the Father’s perfect will — by His merit. The Sovereign does as He wills and He blesses each heart that beseeches grace. Speaking out of our quaking heart, we trust that God shall not break His covenant. “Ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find.” His word binds Him to hear our prayers and fulfill each promise.

The King bids us to answer His call. He extends His scepter gladly.  We draw near boldly, not sadly! Ah, this day of blessing overflows! Only wisdom does He bestow. Set your affection on Jesus above… and be filled by the Father’s holy love. His grace is like a flood—it covers us by His blood. We choose to celebrate mindfully “in Him” — cuz we are wonderfully made “by Him”. Let loose and be very glad! For this is the day the Lord hath made! May His power be displayed in you as His angels rejoice over you. Talk to God and be transformed.

Matthew 24:31 “God will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.” Cleansing the house of God requires each saint to accompany the Holy Spirit with a joint deep dive into their own soul. Evil hides in corners of pride, in pockets of resentment, under heavy experiences as self pity. Evil is content to lounge in the private chambers inside unrepentant hearts. The zeal of the Lord is snuffed out by the hidden rot. Nehemiah cleansed God’s holy temple. He employed the principle of separation from those who hired Balaam to curse the people of God. We must adopt the righteous anger of Nehemiah and defeat the devil with intention. We purify our temple, the House of God and then replenish with new wine and oil!  Nehemiah 13:2-14 Our God turns every curse into a blessing. We then thank God with our first fruits and He pours out such a blessing that our purified hearts burst wide open to receive it! Glory to God!

Our faithful King of Glory will return to put His people on trial. He will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear ME,” says the Lord Almighty. I the Lord do not change. Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from MY decrees and have NOT kept them. Return to ME, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’ “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob ME. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing YOU?’ “In tithes and offerings.” Malachi 3:5-8

Our Lord Jesus said “It is finished” and now we take up our cross to do whatever He asks us to do. AMEN

John 15:1-5 “I am the true Vine, and my Father is the Gardener. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it MUST remain in the Vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. “I am the Vine; you are the branches.” IF we obey. “If you REMAIN in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” AMEN