Song for the Bride

The closer I grow to Christ, the more He amazes me with His intimate, relentless, breathtakingly beautiful pursuit of His bride. During my quiet time one day, He sang this over her. Sharing this with you, because … you are … His bride…. “O, My bride,Long have I longed for you.Long have I called toContinue reading “Song for the Bride”

Kingdom matters – Isaiah 9:6-7

Originally posted on PRAYER WALL:
Today feels like the end of the world as you have known it. I know, My beloved. I feel your sadness, your fear for the future, especially the future of your children. But it is not the end. For no matter how hard the enemy tries to silence Me, he…

For Fathers

Some encouragement for fathers from the heart of our Perfect Father: My son, I know your heart. You have longed to be the perfect father, to not make the same mistakes your own father did, to raise your children up to love Me, to empower them to be all I created them to be. IContinue reading “For Fathers”

What Faith Is For

For those of us who are weary of the fight, who have struggled for so long to grasp something we want so desperately, but that continues to seem just out of reach….  I felt the Lord saying once again, “I see you. I hear you. I know you, My beloved. I know your pain, yourContinue reading “What Faith Is For”

Rest

My beloved bride, today I’m calling you to rest in Me. Don’t be like the wife who rushes about to please her Husband, doing things I never asked you to do and missing out on the one thing that matters. Luke 10:38-42. Come, sit with Me awhile. Listen to My voice. Hear My heart forContinue reading “Rest”

Every Nation Under Heaven

In Acts 2, during Pentecost (which we celebrated yesterday), the Spirit came upon the apostles like fire, and they began preaching in the tongues of those gathered there “from every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5), leading thousands to faith in Christ. Those languages and countries are many of the very places in the world thatContinue reading “Every Nation Under Heaven”

When it’s hard to wash someone’s feet, step on into the water!

Originally posted on Kingdom Culture Parenting:
What must it have been like for Jesus to wash the feet of Peter, knowing he would soon deny Him? … or of Judas, knowing he would betray Him? John 13. What an example Jesus gave us to love those near to us, even when the things they do and…

Only a Thought Away

I know you’ve been hungry for more of Me, and even for more time with Me. I see the way you yearn to do something more, be something more, but what you’re doing right now already feels like too much. How will you add to it all the things you feel I’ll want you toContinue reading “Only a Thought Away”

Come to Me

“Only I can give you what you’re looking for. Isaiah 9:6, 26:3. “There are decisions you are making, things you are saying that you regret, ways you are treating others that they don’t deserve, courses you are on that will take your life faster in the enemy’s directions. Stop what you’re doing. Now. And getContinue reading “Come to Me”

Take heart. I have overcome the world. John 16:33

Originally posted on PRAYER WALL:
In my quiet time, as I asked the Lord what He wanted to say to us, this is what He led me to share: “It has not been in vain. When you stood up for what is right. When you pressed forward against the flow of the world. When you…